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Educating For A Common Collective : Pedagogies Of Sharing And Caring, Anita Rampal

South South Forum 南南論壇

Declaring an ‘educational arms race’ with India and China, President Obama warned his country against ‘unilateral disarmament’ with budget cuts, because ‘countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.’ Militaristic jingoism leads to new terms such as ‘out-think’ and ‘out-educate’, reflecting a crassly competitive commodification of knowledge. This is contrary to the spirit of transformative education, which looks at education to reduce inequalities, to ensure sustainable development and to address social justice for all through collective action. Despite the Jomtien World Declaration on ‘Education For All’ with an ‘expanded vision’ - for the empowerment of children, youth and adults …

Agrarian Reform And Rural Reconstruction In The Philippines = 菲律宾土地改革与农村重建, Isagani R. Serrano

South South Forum 南南論壇

Agrarian reform is at the heart of rural reconstruction and both are essential to achieving sustainable development. It includes not only land redistribution but also empowerment of peasants as key actors in building the rural economy. Land is not only an asset to be owned and accessed but also as a natural resource with multiple uses for both economic development and protection of ecosystems. Land ownership has hitherto been a centerpiece question in Philippine development, indeed, in nation building. Land monopoly on one side and landlessness on the other have defined to a large extent the history and political economy …

Characterization Of Urban Agricultural Practices And Gardeners’ Perceptions In Bronx Community Gardens, New York City., Michelle Melissa Althaus Ottmann, Juliana A. Maantay, Kristen Grady, Nilce N. Fonte

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

This study investigates urban agricultural practices in the community gardens in the Bronx, New York City, United States, due to their historical role of helping bring peace and a sense of community to areas that suffered from violence and social injustice. Through semi-structured interviews with the gardeners, visits to observe the gardens, and a spatial analysis of community socio-demographic characteristics using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), we characterize the community gardens visited, and survey the gardeners’ perceptions regarding the benefits and challenges that are involved in the activity. The GISc analysis results showed that there is a much higher rate of …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (December 10, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Walmart's Sustainability Journey: Defining Sustainable Products (B), David G. Hyatt, Andrew Spicer

Wal-Mart Sustainability Case Project

In “Defining Sustainable Products (A),” we examine Walmart’s search for a systemic solution to define a sustainable product precisely. In this case, Matt Kistler, who succeeded Andy Ruben as the company sustainability leader in 2007, knows that the company is lagging behind on its espoused goal of selling sustainable products. The case asks students step into Kistler’s shoes as he leads Walmart’s sustainability office through a systematic review of the different models and frameworks available for measuring the sustainability of products presently in use. Eventually, the students face a decision about what Walmart should do to make systemic progress with …

Walmart's Sustainability Journey: Defining Sustainable Products (A), David G. Hyatt, Andrew Spicer

Wal-Mart Sustainability Case Project

In “Defining Sustainable Products (A),” we examine Walmart’s search for a systemic solution to define a sustainable product precisely. In this case, Matt Kistler, who succeeded Andy Ruben as the company sustainability leader in 2007, knows that the company is lagging behind on its espoused goal of selling sustainable products. The case asks students step into Kistler’s shoes as he leads Walmart’s sustainability office through a systematic review of the different models and frameworks available for measuring the sustainability of products presently in use. Eventually, the students face a decision about what Walmart should do to make systemic progress with …

Program Helps Day Care Providers Serve Healthy Meals, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

Should Santa Be On A Diet? Uab Nutrition Scientist Weighs In, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Doublesex Target Genes In The Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium Castaneum, Jayendra Nath Shukla, Subba Reddy Palli

Entomology Faculty Publications

Sex determination cascade in insects terminates with the production of sex-specific protein, Doublesex (Dsx). We identified the dsx homolog (Tcdsx) in Tribolium castaneum. The pre-mRNA of Tcdsx is sex-specifically spliced into three female (Tcdsxf1, Tcdsxf2 and Tcdsxf3) and one male-specific (Tcdsxm) isoforms. Cis-regulatory elements potentially involved in sex-specific splicing of the Tcdsx pre-mRNA were identified in the female-specific exon and the adjoining intronic sequences. All the three female-specific TcDsx proteins share common OD1 and OD2 domains and differ in their C-terminal sequences. Knockdown of Tcdsx resulted in a reduction in the oocyte development, egg production and hatching of eggs laid. …

合作、教育、文化、综合 = Cooperation, Education, Culture, Synthesis, Yong Yuan

South South Forum 南南論壇

简阳市新天地水稻种植专业合作社推广生态农业模式创新

简阳市新天地水稻种植专业合作社成立于2010年3月，历时不到3年，合作社发展迅速，有机生产在全村得到全面推广。

1、合作是基础。新天地合作社在合作主体上由传统的纯农民变为“农户+专家+乡镇农技员”，整合了三方优势，提高了合作社整体素质。在管理上引进参与式方法，实现了民主，激发了农户自主性。

2、教育是关键。提高农户综合素质，特别是实现农户自我学习和自我教育，是推广生态农业的关键。合作社成立了文化中心，农民田间学校，采取举办专题研修班、读书日等方式，对农户进行生态农业、社交礼仪、营养保健、传统文化等多方面的培训学习，将教育作为合作社的首要工作和农民的最大福利。

3、文化是保障。在合作社开展文化建设是保证发展方向、提供发展动力的最佳办法。合作社成立了老年协会、妇女协会和文艺队，在农闲和各种节假日组织各种歌舞等文艺活动，并鼓励农户自己创作，激发农户创新热情。

4、综合促发展。针对农户的综合需求，提供养生保健、市场营销、文化教育、环境治理、儿童支教、统一生产管理等综合服务，促进社区综合发展。

An Innovative attempt to extend Eco-agricultural model by Xintiandi Rice-Planting Cooperative of Jianyang

Xintiandi Rice-planting cooperative of Jianyang was founded in March 2010. The cooperatives developed rapidly in the past three years and spread organic production all over the village.

1. Cooperation is the foundation of the cooperative. Xintiandi Cooperative changed the traditional cooperative agent from pure farmers to “farmers, experts and technicians”. It integrates the strength of the three parts and improves the overall quality of the cooperative. The participatory management is also used by the cooperative to stimulate the famer’s autonomy and …

中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会简介, Lei Liu

South South Forum 南南論壇

中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会（以下简称“中国滋根”）成立于1995年，是在国家民政部正式登记的全国性、非营利性社会团体。

中国滋根的宗旨，是支持以人为中心、可持续的发展。

中国滋根支持的对象，是中国贫困农村的农民，以及在城市里艰难谋生的农民工。

支持的重点是人的基本需求，包括基础教育、成人教育、基本医疗卫生、小型经济文化项目和环境保护技术的推广。

“一校一村”：村校互动，打造乡村综合发展参与平台

自2009年以来，中国滋根在长期支持乡村教育与乡村发展的基础之上，从“项目合理布局、资金适度集中、长期扎根基层、立足能力建设”出发，开发了“一校一村”项目群实施计划。

“一校一村”项目“以学校为中心，以村庄为基础”。重视乡村小学作为村庄的中心、社区的公共空间、乡土文化和民族文化传承的平台所起到的重要作用，也是对中国自2001年以来实施的“撤点并校”政策进行的反思，以及就如何保留并建设乡村小学进行多元化的尝试，并就“撤点并校”政策的改进进行试点和政策倡导。

“一校一村”项目以教育为切入点，注重整合学校、社区和家庭的教育功能，鼓励村民和学生家长参与到学校发展中来，组织“家长—教师”协会参与学校发展事务，开展乡土文化进课堂，并在学校基础设施建设中投工投劳。继而鼓励村民和学生家长参与到村庄的其他公共事务中，如村庄垃圾处理、道路修建、乡村文艺队、小型合作经济、合作社建设等。

“一校一村”项目强调村民的能力建设，并为村民提供多样化的学习渠道和交流机会。开展不同省份项目点的互访、不同地区发展经验的交流以及参加各种有关乡村发展的交流会；同时和各级政府部分、各类培训机构合作，直接到村，解决村庄生活生产发展难题。

“一校一村”项目从学校教育、成人教育出发，向基本医疗卫生、小型经济文化项目和环境保护技术的推广迈进，使得项目种类更加多样化，项目内容更加切合当地的特点和需要。其中较为关键的就是让当地人自己去发现问题，讨论解决问题的方法，并一起行动起来去促进问题的解决。

“一校一村”项目都是由由当地人提出申请、提出解决方案。中国滋根工作人员所起到的作用就是和当地人一起发现问题，找到切实有效的解决问题的思路，参与当地项目的实施，总结乡村可持续发展的经验。

“一校一村”项目注重和地方各级政府部门的合作，注重各方社会公益力量的参与，从而打造一个乡村综合发展的参与平台，对公益力量和社会资源进行有效整合，推动城乡互动、村校互动、村民互动，从而促进着村庄的综合发展。

Could Cities Feed Themselves? The Case Of The Urban Agriculture Movement In Cuba = 城市能否自给自足? 古巴城市农业运动调查报告, Eduardo Francisco Freyre Roach, May Ling Chan

South South Forum 南南論壇

Before 1990 the production and market of vegetables in Cuba was monopolized by a large state enterprise where horticultural techniques such as hydroponics and zeoponics are used (in zeolite subtract) with heavy use of chemical products. But, in 1991 due to the Collapse of Soviet Socialist System in Eastern Europe, the Cuban agriculture enters into crisis. Without chemicals pesticides and fertilizers, metal containers, and cement, the hydroponic-zeolite technology could not be used anymore. In this context, the Movement of Urban Agriculture was born in which people produce fresh vegetables intensively applying agro-ecological principles and Organic techniques, consume and directly sell …

Current Situation Of Farmers, Peasants' Movement, And Ecological Agriculture In Nigeria, Arigbede Olaseinde Dr.

South South Forum 南南論壇

No abstract provided.

Linking Food Systems And Human Health : Geographic Variations In China = 链接食物系统与人类健康：中国城乡之间的差别, Anthony M. Fuller

South South Forum 南南論壇

This paper is exploratory. It seeks to link the two dominant food systems of Chinawith impacts on human health, as measured by the increasing but differential incidence of non-communicable chronic diseases. China is passing through the Nutrition Transition where traditional diets are being replaced by high fat and meat diets, high calorie snacks and meals with high protein and oil intakes.The argument is constructed on the basis that in general urban citizens increasingly consume processed foods manufactured by the industrial food system. Rural people on the other hand remain consuming their traditional diets. Process foods derive from industrial agriculture while …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 9, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2012

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 9, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2012

No abstract provided.

转基因话语、利益结构与基因竞赛 = Transgenicdiscourse, Interest Structure And Gene Competition, Li Zhou

South South Forum 南南論壇

由于近些年生物技术的突飞猛进，世界各国已经展开了一场类似于核竞赛，又远比核竞赛更为隐秘和严重的基因竞赛，我们需要认识转基因竞赛甚至战争的性质，走出技术化的缺乏主体性的转基因话语讨论。转基因研发推广过程中，有七股力量已经联合，形成一个利益共同体，使得转基因大潮势不可挡：跨国粮商得利润、外国政府得战略、地方政府得政绩、中资公司得好处、科研院所得经费、国家部门得租金、种粮农民得闲暇。我们需要认识让生存逻辑和生命逻辑，服从于商业逻辑和政治逻辑的转基因利益结构，认识其可能导致人类生存危机等系统性风险，旗帜鲜明地反对转基因育种和产业化推广；退一步讲，即使进行转基因技术的研发，也要采用国家集中体制，以防止类似核扩散的基因技术不可控行为的发生，阻止一场在种子领域的殖民掠夺；同时重点发展和推广常规育种，强化农田水利建设，采用更为安全可行的措施，以阻止人类在转基因领域的自杀式竞争。

Since the rapid development of the biotechnology in recent years, the countries in the world have already started a new kind of competition—genetic competition, which is similar to nuclear arms race but far more secret and serious. We need to recognize the nature of the transgenic contest and genetic war, getting out from the subjectivity-absent technical discussion on transgenic technology. In the process of transgenic research and development(R&D), seven forces have already jointed and formed a “community of interests”, pushing the transgenic trends overwhelming: the international food dealers gain profits, foreign government wins strategy, local government achieves performance, Chinese-funded …

Economic Resilience : Including A Case Study Of The Global Transition Network, Julie Richardson

South South Forum 南南論壇

This paper explores the dynamic properties of organisms and ecosystems that make them so resilient and capable of adapting to changing circumstances, allowing them to maintain an overall condition of coherence, wholeness and health while living in balance within the resources of the planet. Key principles of resilient ecological systems are explored including: self-regulation; positive and negative feedback; diversity; scale and context; cooperation; emergence and novelty; and ecological tipping points. In contrast, market based economic systems can produce unstable growth with unintended destruction of cultural and species diversity and homogenisation of global life-styles. The paper re-examines fundamental economic principles using …

Murray Ledger And Times, December 8, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

V. 80, Issue 10, December 7th, 2012

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Improving Phosphorus Use Efficiency Through Organically Bonded Phosphorus, Micheal W. Hill

Theses and Dissertations

Current maximum efficiency of phosphorus (P) fertilizers that is utilized by plants in the same year of application ranges from near zero to thirty percent. Despite low utilization of P in crop production, yields are often limited by P deficiencies. Innovative technology is requisite to achieve greater efficiency as fertilizer demands are increasing, while phosphorus mineral resources are rapidly being depleted. A growing environmental concern for nutrient pollution of surface waters also carries significant weight. A novel new product, Carbond® P, is promising technology to increase P use efficiency. Research is needed to understand its capabilities and the functioning mechanisms …

News Of The Department Of Animal Science, Department Of Animal Science

Animal Science Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 7, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 7, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. Included are articles on plans for President Barack Obama's second inauguration.

Text Messaging As Adjunct To Community Based Weight Management Program, Claudia Bouhaidar

Theses and Dissertations

Obesity ascending rates are still a public health priority. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of tailored text messages on body weight change in overweight and obese adults in a community based weight management program. A secondary aim was to detect behavioral changes in the same population. The study design was quasi-experimental with pre and posttest analysis, conducted over 12 weeks. A total of 28 participants were included in the analysis. Body weight, eating behaviors, exercise and nutrition self-efficacy, attitude toward mobile technology, social support and physical activity were assessed at baseline and at 12 …

Fall Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Fall Commencement ceremonies.

Annual Holiday Pet Food Drive Gathers Food For Seniors' Pets, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2012

• Winthrop folks learned several years ago that homebound seniors who receive Home Delivered Meals from the York County Council on Aging were sharing their lunch with their companion animals because they had nothing else to feed them.
• The Winthrop offices will continue the drive this year, collecting pet food and toys until Dec. 12 and then making deliveries to the York County Council on Aging on Dec. 13. Donations for each client include bagged or canned dog or cat food, treats and toys.

Spartan Daily December 6, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 51

A Gap Analysis Of Nursing Systems And Practices In Malaysia: Culturally Appropriate Interventions To Advance Nursing, Chenit Ong-Flaherty

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

This project comprises a gap analysis of differences between American and Malaysian nursing programs, and additionally, proposes culturally appropriate interventions for Malaysian nursing to adopt American nursing models. The gap analysis was conducted on nursing systems and practices in Malaysia undertaken to identify the differences between Malaysian and American nursing, and the influences that affect Malaysian nursing. The aim is to facilitate the use of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence Practice Standard #4: Orientation Prepares New Nurses for the Work Environment, and #6: Professional Development is Provided and Used. The proposal of culturally appropriate interventions as …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Add University Studies Request
• Prerequisite Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Request

Department of Theatre Arts

• Credit Hour Change
• Course Description Change
• Course Number Change

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Number Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Course …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Add University Studies Request
• Prerequisite Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Request

Department of Theatre Arts

• Credit Hour Change
• Course Description Change
• Course Number Change

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Number Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Course …