To start farming with no inherited land, no money, and without financial backing is challenging irrespective of the economy of the times. Money required to buy the necessary farm equipment and supplies is difficult to ...

Arundo donax has attracted interest as a potential bioenergy crop due to a high apparent productivity. It uses C3 photosynthesis yet appears competitive with C4 grass biomass feedstock’s and grows in warm conditions where ...

Sometimes data is large enough that the resources needed to merely hold the data can severely strain budgets. When resource constraints are severe, and the alternative is not having access to the data at all, an alternative ...

The notes Frances Wolfreston left in her almanacs constitute emergent life-writing: they are clearly specific, personal, and written as a record. Their relationship to Wolfreston’s other book inscriptions might bring the ...

Best practices for using Twitter both to promote libraries and as a professional development/informational tool for music librarians.

This article provides a set of recommendations about how to evaluate human development and family life websites. There are two dimensions that need to be considered in judging the quality of web sites devoted to children ...

The blare of the air horn of a present day diesel locomotive reminds me of the mournful whistles of steam locomotives and brings back memories of my youth and all the sights and sounds associated with the railroad that ...