petroleum ether (bp 60-70°C ) at room temperature. After centrifuging off the ether layer, the residue was air-dried at room temperature.

Water that may contain salt often is used to cool soil to help overcome high-temperature inhibition of lettuce germination. This study was done to determine how lettuce cultivars differ in their germination response to high temperature and NaCl. Ten lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars (Grand Rapids, Climax, Coolguard, Empire, Great Lakes 659-700, Mesa 659, Salinas, Vanguard 75, Red Coach 74, and Wintersupreme) were germinated at 20, 25, 30, or 35C with 0.0, - 0.3, - 0.6, - 0.9, - 1.2, or - 1.5 MPa NaCl. With no NaCl, germination percentages and rates decreased significantly at 35C for all cultivars except `Salinas', which decreased at 30C. With higher concentrations of NaCl, decreases in germination percentages and rates were observed at lower temperatures. Cultivar differences in response to temperature were present with no NaCl but became larger in the presence of NaCl. `Great Lakes 659-700' and `Mesa 659' were most sensitive to high temperature and salt. `Coolguard' and `Empire' were most tolerant to high temperature and salt, with some tolerance also present in `Grand Rapids' and `Vanguard 75'. Relative tolerance of cultivars to NaCl as shown by germination percentages and rates was consistent with growth of roots.

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As a result of a dramatic surge of community-wide traumatic events over the last years, we have seen an increase in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)-trained clinicians in the United States who want to volunteer as responders to their own or neighboring communities in the wake of disaster. This grassroots movement was followed by the Trauma Recovery/Humanitarian Assistance Program’s (TR/HAP) development of an organizational structure for Trauma Recovery Networks (TRNs) to provide EMDR training and treatment in their own local, affected areas. The personal stories of disaster response interventions by TRNs in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New York City in 2012–2013 are examples of two decades of HAP team “experiences along the way.” Lessons learned from the inside out are shared to encourage other developing networks in the logistical, emotional, and spiritual preparation for community disaster work. With the unfolding of TR/HAP’s development of a National Trauma Recovery Network, there is an opportunity to ensure efficient and effective disaster responses by properly trained and prepared local EMDR clinicians. TRN chapters and their teams continue to increase awareness in local communities of the healing possibilities of acute and longer term trauma symptoms through early intervention with EMDR treatment.

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