Darwinian Agriculture

Darwinian Agriculture
Author: R. Ford Denison
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691173761

Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agriculture As human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability. Darwinian Agriculture presents an entirely new approach to these challenges, one that draws on the principles of evolution and natural selection. R. Ford Denison shows how both biotechnology and traditional plant breeding can use Darwinian insights to identify promising routes for crop genetic improvement and avoid costly dead ends. Denison explains why plant traits that have been genetically optimized by individual selection—such as photosynthesis and drought tolerance—are bad candidates for genetic improvement. Traits like plant height and leaf angle, which determine the collective performance of plant communities, offer more room for improvement. Agriculturalists can also benefit from more sophisticated comparisons among natural communities and from the study of wild species in the landscapes where they evolved. Darwinian Agriculture reveals why it is sometimes better to slow or even reverse evolutionary trends when they are inconsistent with our present goals, and how we can glean new ideas from natural selection's marvelous innovations in wild species.

The Coming Tsunami

The Coming Tsunami
Author: Jim Denison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1637630484

In The Coming Tsunami, pastor and cultural scholar Dr. Jim Denison addresses the gravest threat Christians in America have ever faced—four cultural tidal waves threatening to submerge Christians in America and the biblical morality they proclaim. Through proactive, biblical steps, he helps us redeem these challenges so that we can live the way Jesus calls us to live. This book is a warning sign. The coming cultural tsunami is the gravest threat Christians in America have ever faced. Caused by four cultural “earthquakes,” the cultural acceptance of four specific ideologies has seismically shifted our world. With the rise of a “post-truth” culture, the expansion of the sexual revolution, the attraction of Critical Theory, and the advance of secular religion, Christians are increasingly labeled as intolerant, irrelevant, oppressive, and dangerous—the antithesis of the life Jesus calls Christians to live. These tidal waves are threatening to submerge Christians in America and the biblical morality they proclaim. And the ultimate repercussions of these issues—the coming tsunami—have yet to be fully experienced. In The Coming Tsunami, pastor and cultural scholar Dr. Jim Denison of the Denison Forum: assesses how our current culture came to be, identifies the enormous danger these cultural quakes represent, explores their consequences for evangelicals and our larger culture, and offers proactive, biblical steps to redeem these challenges as opportunities for God's word and grace. The coming cultural tsunami will greatly impact Christians in the coming years. It will undoubtedly influence and affect your children and grandchildren. However, unlike tsunamis in nature, which cannot be stopped once they have been created, it's not too late to stop the moral tsunamis of our day. But Christians must act now. The rain is falling.

The Digital Frontier

The Digital Frontier
Author: Sangeet Kumar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0253056500

The global web and its digital ecosystem can be seen as tools of emancipation, communication, and spreading knowledge or as means of control, fueled by capitalism, surveillance, and geopolitics. The Digital Frontier interrogates the world wide web and the digital ecosystem it has spawned to reveal how their conventions, protocols, standards, and algorithmic regulations represent a novel form of global power. Sangeet Kumar shows the operation of this power through the web's "infrastructures of control" visible at sites where the universalizing imperatives of the web run up against local values, norms, and cultures. These include how the idea of the "global common good" is used as a ruse by digital oligopolies to expand their private enclosures, how seemingly collaborative spaces can simultaneously be exclusionary as they regulate legitimate knowledge, how selfhood is being redefined online along Eurocentric ideals, and how the web's political challenge is felt differentially by sovereign nation states. In analyzing this new modality of cultural power in the global digital ecosystem, The Digital Frontier is an important read for scholars, activists, academics and students inspired by the utopian dream of a truly representative global digital network.

Dirk Denison 10 Houses

Dirk Denison 10 Houses
Author: Dirk Denison
Publisher: Actar
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-09-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781945150753

Dirk Denison reflects on the diverse influences that have shaped his practice over 30 years in a volume featuring 10 remarkable houses designed in a broad range of modernist vocabularies ? each finely tuned to its site and occupants. Taking the form of an in-depth conversation between architect and educator Dirk Denison and journalist Fred A. Bernstein, this volume chronicles Denison?s childhood in Detroit, travels and early encounters with the arts and architecture, and his education at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. For design professionals and students of architecture, 'Dirk Denison 10 Houses' draws attention to the manifold ways in which life experiences at all scales nurture and shape a career in the field, but the book is an engaging read for anyone interested in the gratifying process of building one?s own home.

Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations

Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations
Author: Daniel Denison
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 111823510X

Filled with case studies from firms such as GT Automotive, GE Healthcare China, Vale, Dominos, Swiss Re Americas Division, and Polar Bank, among others, this book (written by Dan Denison and his co-authors) combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive. Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more.

Denison, Iowa

Denison, Iowa
Author: Dale Maharidge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Through Maharidge's plainspoken prose and Williamson's photography, we are privy to a sweeping perspective layered with a microscopic depth of observation, and a searingly honest portrait tempered by heartfelt compassion. Denison, Iowa is a book about a small town at a critical time in our history."--BOOK JACKET.

Denison's Wife

Denison's Wife
Author: Alexander Fraser
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2023-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382808382

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Midland

Midland
Author: Michael Croley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1982147784

Leading journalists between the coasts offer perspectives on immigration, drug addiction, climate change, and more that you won’t find in national mainstream media. After the 2016 presidential election, the national media fretted over what they could have missed in the middle of the country, launching a thousand think pieces about so-called “Trump Country.” Yet in 2020, the polling was way off—again. Journalists between the coasts could only shake their heads at the persistence of the false narratives around the communities where they lived and worked. Contributor Ted Genoways foresaw how close the election in 2016 would be and, in its aftermath, put out a public call on Facebook, calling on writers from those midland states to help answer the national media’s puzzlement. Representing a true cross-section of America, both geographically and ethnically, these writers highlight the diversity of the American experience in essays and articles that tell the hidden local truths behind the national headlines. For instance: -Esther Honig describes the effects of the immigration crackdown in Colorado -C.J. Janovy writes about the challenges of being an LGBTQ+ activist in Kansas -Karen Coates and Valeria Fernández show us the children harvesting our food -And Sydney Boles chronicles a miner’s protest in Kentucky. For readers willing to look at the American experience that the pundits don’t know about or cover, Midland is an invaluable peek into the hearts and minds of largely unheard Americans.

Clifford's War

Clifford's War
Author: J. Denison Reed
Publisher: J. Denison Reed
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1737164019

In this page-turning suspense action novel, private investigator and military veteran Clifford Dee finds himself in deep trouble. After accepting jobs from an unrelenting local Mafia boss, Clifford is promoted from PI to hitman...without the option to refuse. His envious arch-rival will do anything to take Clifford down a peg and earn back the favor of the mob...even if it means paying the ultimate price. To find a way out of the Mafia's clutches, Clifford must make friendships and alliances in the most unlikely of places... and hopefully escape with his life intact. Winner: Onlinebookclub C/T/H/M book of the year for 2021 Editorial Reviews: "...Crime thriller fans...will find this a winning choice!" -Booklife "Lots of dark humor among the cast of unique characters make Clifford's War a treat." - Independent Book Review "...an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride!" - Indies Today "...an immersive story that will keep you turning page after page!" - Reedsy Discovery "...a fast-paced thriller!" -OnlineBookclub "...powered by thrills!" - Booklife "...much like an action movie." - Independent Book Review "...so graphic and realistic, you'll smell the tang of blood and flinch at the crack of gunshots!" - Indies Today "...this is one of the better books that I have reviewed on Reedsy!" - Reedsy Discovery "...a suspenseful and engaging novel that is difficult to put down!" -OnlineBookclub "...fast-paced, hard-edged thriller!" -Booklife "...the supporting cast seems real and each character is memorable." - Independent Book Review "...wonderfully violent book!" - Indies Today "...an excellent book that has a great storyline and detailed descriptions that put you in the middle of the action!" - Reedsy Discovery "...unexpected twists that kept me guessing until the end!" -OnlineBookclub