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GF indoor archery, small-bore rifle leagues set to begin
You know its winter when area archery and rifle clubs start gearing up for their respective shooting leagues. It all starts Jan. 3, when the Red River Archers hosts a swap meet and chili feed at 7 p....
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2012 Archery State Tournament results
A total of 336 archers competed in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament April 13-14 in Bismarck. Jeff Long, NASP coordinator for the State Game and Fish Depart...
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Kids with disabilities can try archery on Saturday
Members of Proctor High School's DECA program will hold an event for kids with disabilities from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Chalstrom's Bait and Tackle, 5087 Rice Lake Road. Kids of all ages...
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No pronghorn hunting this year
North Dakota Game and Fish biologists found the statewide pronghorn population is 37 percent lower than last year and down more than 50 percent from 2008 due to severe winter weather. T...
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OUTDOORS CALENDAR: Northwest Sporting Clays 200 Minnesota Circuit Shoot
A list of upcoming events related to the outdoorsBy Brad Dokken , May 19, 2013
UND, Game and Fish partner on new wildlife management area
UND is partnering with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to manage 160 acres of university-owned land along the Forest River as a wildlife management area and will offer a limited archery hunt on the site this fall.By Brad Dokken , May 12, 2013
ND archery tournament participation up 9 percent
More than 360 archers took part in the recent National Archery in the Schools state tournament in Bismarck. Coordinator Jeff Long says participation was up 9 percent from last year, despite the fact that a major snowstorm was bearing down on the state.By Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Student archery tournament set in Bismarck
North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is encouraging schools that participate in the National Archery in the Schools Program to sign up for the annual state tournament.By Associated Press , April 03, 2013
OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Red River Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's 23rd annual big game banquet
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OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Red River Archers 3-D League begins
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OUTDOOR CALENDAR: 18th annual Itasca winter bird count... Bemidji snowmobile tour...
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Red River Archers' 3-D League begins, Red River Archers indoor range... and more.By Herald Staff Report , December 02, 2012
'Hunger Games' sparks interest in archery and survival skills
Zack Kocurek credits "Robin Hood" for getting him interested in archery four years ago, long before he read "The Hunger Games." Still, the 14-year-old from Plano, Texas, likes the way the books and hit movie have made his favorite sport cool.By Nancy Churnin , June 04, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Minnesota elk hunt, School archery tournament etc.
Elk licenses will be available in the Grygla, Minn., area and in Kittson County, which this year has a new zone in the northeast part of the county in addition to its traditional zone near Lancaster, Minn.By Compiled by Brad Dokken , April 29, 2012
Grand Forks woman overcomes near-fatal brain hemorrhage, takes up archery (VIDEO)
An administrative assistant at Turtle River State Park, Nessa Schrank, 26, shot her first deer with a bow last month during a hunt near Buxton, N.D. Not bad for a young woman who just got serious about archery last February. Even more impressive for a young woman who nearly died after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage in March 2006 and has only partial use of her left side.By Brad Dokken , November 12, 2011
Bismarck archery season canceled due to flooding
Bismarck will not have a deer and turkey archery season this year because of Missouri River flooding.By Associated Press , August 07, 2011
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Easy SEO Tracking Niche Analysis Tool Review
Today I want to take a closer look at the tool I created recently - Niche Analysis Tool. To explain it quickly, it is a search engine optimization (SEO) tool which aims to save a lot of time performing basic market research by analyzing keywords and phrases to tell you which sites are using them most effectively. You can then use this information to improve your own site and climb the rankings.
Analyze Competition
The functionallity is very simple. The text entry box is on the left, and instructions are on the right. That's it, and it means you aren't overwhelmed by a load of images and text – everything is right there and it's pretty intuitive to use.
To start the process, you just need to type in the keywords or phrases you want to analyse and hit the 'Check Competition' button. Give the tool a few seconds, and it will come back with the results of its analysis. This is the part we're really interested in, so what does it tell us and how useful is it?
The results are presented in table form, with four columns. These give
Analyse Competitors' Links
A nice touch that the tool provides is the ability to look a bit further into competitors' sites. Click the 'Analyse Links', and you'll get a breakdown of the backlinks associated with the relevant site (see below). Be warned though, if the site has a lot of links it can take a while for the results to come back, because a lot of information need to be proccessed. This analysis means you get to see which sites are linked to your competitors and what their page ranking is, so if you want to make a note of them for some more research you can do.
If you haven't already, try the tool with some of the keywords from your sites and see who your competitors are. Once you've done that, you can shift your focus towards beating them in the rankings and you'll have a head start as you know how they are using their keywords.
Nice work but I didn't have much luck with it only did the one search but it said for my own site that the keyword wasn't in the title or url?
Maybe a few bugs?
The word was "paul knight"
Giving you a thumbs up anyways for sharing this and I will defiantly take another look.
As already mentioned above export to csv would be good but I'm guessing If you register and login you get that?:)
Thank you for sharing this tool with us. It is excellent to see SEOs developing their own software rather than just relying on the bog-standard tools we all use! Nice work.
Cool tool. It looks easy-to-use too. Really good tool. As the others metioned above, I would include the suggestion to add an "export to csv" feature with it.
Good one!
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PopSci.com welcomes back Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. Dr. Chameides blogs at The Green Grok to spark lively discussions about environmental science, keeping you in the know on what the scientific world is discovering and how it affects you – all in plain language and, hopefully, with a bit of fun. Now, PopSci.com partners with The Green Grok to bring you exclusive new blog posts a week before they hit the Grok's blog. Give it a read and get in on the discussion!
First, a recap of last week's post: In the late 19th century Thomas Edison pushed for a distributed system to deliver electrical power. His dream was never fully realized. Instead, George Westinghouse's system designed circa 1891 took shape and forms the structure of today's grid: a centralized system.
Today's Grid: What's Wrong
While it's based on his vision, Westinghouse might not recognize our current grid -- a vast system of some 16,000 power plants connected by hundreds of thousands of transmission lines carrying electrons to millions. Collectively, every year we consume more than 4,000 million megawatt-hours of electricity (see figure 1 here for a breakdown of energy sources).
We're used to electricity on demand. We expect the flip of a light switch to produce instant illumination. To accomplish this, we've organized our electric grid into three wide-area, synchronous grids: an East, a West, and a Texas grid (it's special I guess).
Why synchronous? And why not national? It all has to do with that pesky alternating current (AC), in which electrons move back and forth. Here's the thing - you can't just plug different power plants, windmills, or regional grids together. For an AC grid to work, all electrons everywhere on it must switch direction at exactly the same time or else it crashes and everyone loses power. Accomplishing this over the entire country would be a tall order given the technologies currently employed. So we synchronize each of the three grids independently and then connect them together using high-voltage direct current (HVDC) trunk lines.
While it's been enormously successful, many believe that a computerized, adaptive system (a so-called "smart" or "intelligent" grid) could do better. I see four key issues the smart grid could address.
Why We Need a Smart Grid: Four Big Improvements
1. Reliability - Our complex grid involves untold numbers of switches and substations connecting power plants to households and businesses whose electrical demands rapidly fluctuate in time. Unfortunately, the grid is highly sensitive to small variations in voltages and/or the timing in which the electrons change direction (i.e. phase).
Relatively minor events like snowstorms and thunderstorms, can result in local blackouts – not a foreign experience. But when a local failure triggers a cascade of failures, blackouts can roll across entire states – think August 2003.
To address such problems, the smart grid will be "self-healing," meaning that problems will be detected, isolated, and fixed in real-time with little or no human intervention.
2. Two-Way Interactivity – Current in the grid itself flows in direction – power is sent from plants. The grid doesn't monitor consumers' real-time usage (or even their generating contributions from solar cells or wind turbines). To ensure that there's enough power to meet all needs, power companies always keep excess capacity on hand; this extra electricity is thrown away except on rare instances when demand peaks. Not very efficient. A smart grid would interact with homes and their smart appliances, adjusting power supply and demand in real-time to maximize efficiency while guarding against system overloads.
3. Flexible Transmission System - The current grid is designed for generating facilities typified by coal-fired plants: always operating at or near capacity. It's Westinghouse's system. But it's predicated on a worldview of plentiful energy resources, where inefficiencies and waste are acceptable. That worldview no longer applies. Dwindling fossil fuel supplies and global warming concerns demand renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, resources that tend to be:
Putting more renewable sources of energy into our current mix (see pie chart) requires a hybrid grid that combines the best features of centralized and distributed systems.
Such a flexible grid would use intelligent systems to handle a wide variety of power sources and storage systems while also maintaining stability.
4. A National Electron Superhighway - Finally, our transmission system must be able to send power efficiently around the nation. Why? Consider wind. The Midwest has much of this potential resource, but people are concentrated on the East and West Coasts. We need a way to get that energy to the people with a minimum of resistive losses. So we must replace outmoded trunk lines (that connect our regional grids) with a single high-voltage transmission line that crosses the nation incorporating nodes along the way that allow individual sub-grids or generating stations to plug in. To minimize resistive losses, this new transmission line will probably be a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) line.
Great Idea but …
It's easier to talk (or blog) smarter than it is to be (or act) smarter. Building the smart grid poses challenges.
One issue is money. Estimates put smart-grid costs in the ballpark of $65 billion over the next decade or two. The $11 billion from the stimulus package is a start, at best.
Then there's jurisdiction.
While the need for a smart grid is a national priority, questions of jurisdiction will rise, say, when the installation of a national transmission system is announced and you learn the lines will be strung through you neighborhood.
Ultimately, getting a smart grid is about more than smart technologies; it's also about figuring out how to be a smart society. The latter might prove to be a lot more difficult.
Bill Chameides
Dean, Duke University
Nicholas School of the Environment|www.TheGreenGrok.com
There could be no better investment in America than to invest in America becoming energy independent! We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources.Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. The cost of fuel effects every facet of consumer goods from production to shipping costs. After a brief reprieve gas is inching back up.OPEC will continue to cut production until they achieve their desired 80-100. per barrel.If all gasoline cars, trucks, and SUV's instead had plug-in electric drive trainsthe amount of electricity needed to replace gasoline is about equal to the estimated wind energy potential of the state of North Dakota.There is a really good new book out by Jeff Wilson called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now.
In my opinion: A national energy grid is fine, but it will need safegaurds so we cannot have a national "blackout." The High voltage DC trunk lines are so 20th century tech. A lot is wasted in heat, and massive ground electrocutions are a threat if there's a breach.
Why not use a high powered LASER or intense microwaves instead? Speaking of waste heat, the LASER or micros are pure energy. If optics to send and receive the laser are free of contaminants, that sort of truck-line will not heat...much. To prevent any sort of trunk-line waste, or highly expensive land stations every so many miles, it could be beamed into space and bounced off a stationary satellite, which would slightly spread the beam on its way back down, so as not to destroy structures if it becomes uncalibrated, etc. (What a shame if all that power would suddenly shine on a nearby town.) I KNOW, have a "dead-man" switch setting. If the satellite loses its parallel connecting "communication" beam, it immediately shuts down the ground station until it can reconnect and recalibrate. The protocols would be military grade top-secret.
Microwaves are a 2nd or interim choice until solar power converters can become more efficient. However, land optical lines are much safer UNDERGROUND than high voltage DC. Low voltage is fine underground...but moving past 100,000 vDC underground at high amps is a threat to nearby populations if breached.
Of course, the military would LOVE such a setup, and the beam could be MANUALLY diverted or bounced around the world on a series of reflective satellites, until a target is reached. So, as you see, there are pluses and minuses to every invention. Perhaps, you could tell the military to "make their own," but I still see the redundant possibilities might still get built-in, for possible emergencies...such as a small asteroid, perhaps?
HOW MUCH can be transmitted on a laser??? The limit is only in the technology. The amount of power that can be in a beam is nearly infinite, versus our WIRED technology. Just look at pulsars in space, or from the center of a black hole, to how power beams can be created naturally that dorf anything we can dream up.
A space beam from various power stations on Earth could also better coordinate with a space based power system, thus reducing infrastructure costs in future expansion(s).
I hope this helped get a clearer picture on expanding our technology.
ZipWizard - Interesting ideas.
Dr. Bill Chameides
Dean, Duke University
Nicholas School of the Environment
www.nicholas.duke.edu | www.TheGreenGrok.com
Better battery storage would answer a lot of these problems. The out of phase power can be run through batteries so that generators do not work against each other. High earning times like when the wind is blowing or during the day in Arizona can be stored at large battery stations. Added peak requirements can be almost immediately addressed. If a plant goes down, the batteries can provide some back up.
Better batteries would address so many problems. We're not there yet, but the company that invents them would be a good investment.
Your article reminds me of my one Electrical Engineering class where I asked how far do the electrons travel in AC current? A: Not very far.
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Religion is as old as humankind. With the dawn of language came the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What is death? Thus, religion was born, describing a supernatural world beyond our ordinary senses.
Religion usually involves belief in a personal God or gods. Religious dogma — principles laid down by an authority — are taken by believers to be true on faith.
Religion deals with meaning and values — questions of "why." Compare this with science, which deals with facts and theories, in search of answering "how."
The most frequently practiced religions (or lack thereof) in the world today are: Christianity (2.1 billion); Islam (1.5 billion); and secular/nonreligious/agnostic/atheists (1.1 billion).
Watch the geography of 5,000 years of religion evolve.
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Pope calls for protection of children from abuse
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for courageous defense of children to protect them from abuse.
Francis made no mention of the church scandals in many countries in which clergy abused children and hierarchy covered up for them. At a Mass he celebrated Sunday in crowded St. Peter's Square, Francis said abuse victims are in his prayers.
He stressed that all must work with courage so that children, who are among the most vulnerable people, be always defended and protected.
Ignoring sometimes heavy rain, Francis toured the square in a popemobile, but left the vehicle to embrace disabled adults and children along his route.
In a surprise, he ventured beyond the Vatican's confines, riding the popemobile down a Rome boulevard to greet thousands of cheering faithful who couldn't fit in the square.
Life in prison for man who beat 2-year-old son to death
A St. Louis man convicted of brutally beating to death his 2-year-old son will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
The reasons may be unknown--an alcohol fueled rage or bipolar disorder--but a jury has made sure 32 Aaron Lucy of south city will never hurt another child.
He was found guilty of first-degree murder and four felony counts of child abuse, evidence tampering and armed criminal action in the death of his son, Kyle Lucy. He has no chance for parole.
The boy's mother,30-year-old Amanda Newman, told the St Louis Post Dispatch she was satisfied with the life sentence because she believes it will keep Lucy away from their daughter, Abby, who is now 7.
Prosecutors said Lucy beat Kyle to death the day after Christmas 2010 while the family was at a holiday play.
Authorities said Lacy left bruises and scrapes on almost every part of the toddler's body and caused two skull fractures and a fatal brain injury. Blood was found throughout the apartment, including on the back of a picture frame, a broken drawer an overturned television that had been thrown across the floor.
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The charges come more than two years after an anonymous call to a state hotline sent authorities to the O'Fallon home of Victoria and Terry Smith. Their son and his siblings were removed from their parents care, but later returned, according to court documents.
St. Charles County prosecutor Tim Lohmar did not immediately respond to a message asking for information about the delay in filing charges and why the children were later returned to the home.
The Smiths, who have since moved to Elsberry, do not have a listed phone number or an attorney on record. Arrest warrants have been issued, and Lohmar said both are expected to turn themselves in.
Lohmar said authorities received the tip in December 2010, when the boy was 6. When police, paramedics and a case worker went to the home, the child's grandmother showed them to the basement, where the child was in a 3-foot-tall, 3-foot-wide and 6-foot-long crib covered with a plywood top and held together with bungee cords, tension straps and zip ties, he said.
The boy's parents were shopping at the time, and his grandmother was watching him and his five siblings, ages 11 months to 8 years.
The child was naked, sitting in urine and feces, Lohmar said. According to court documents, the siblings told police their brother was often kept in the cage and they fed him hot dogs and chicken nuggets through the bars.
"We certainly understand that any parent is going to have stressful times, especially parents with severely developmentally disabled children," Lohmar said. "But our view is that this was a completely inappropriate way to handle this particular situation."
When the Smiths came home, they told investigators that they fashioned the cage for the boy's protection - it was the only way to keep him from hurting himself when left alone, Lohmar said. They said they did their best to keep the cage clean and kept him naked so that he wouldn't accidentally hang himself with clothing.
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Valley tomato farmers handcuffed by grower organization's bankruptcy, give away 75 tons
SACRAMENTO – Sacramento Valley tomato growers parked three big rigs at a downtown park Friday and offered 75 tons of free tomatoes to the public and charities to protest the cent-per-pound price their crop is bringing in.
"This represents the 14,000 acres that may be plowed under if we can't find buyers," said Jeff Merwin, a fourth-generation farmer from Clarksburg.
The recent bankruptcy of the San Ramon-based Tri Valley Growers cooperative has left tomato farmers with a glut.
California's second-largest fruit and vegetable processor filed for federal bankruptcy protection in July after losing nearly $200 million in the past three years.
Now tomato farmers say they're getting about a cent for each pound of tomatoes and face $95 million in losses themselves this year. Before Tri Valley's bankruptcy, they expected 2 1/2 cents per pound.
The farmers are asking Congress to help offset their losses by providing $31 million from a farm disaster relief program.
The farmers decided to give the tomatoes away to illustrate what they're worth, Merwin said.
California grows more than 90 percent of tomatoes used in tomato-based products in the United States and nearly half the tomatoes processed worldwide. Sacramento — nicknamed "Sacra-tomato" — is a production hub.
About 100 people lined up at Cesar Chavez Park to fill boxes, bags and buckets with the free tomatoes. When the farmers on the trucks couldn't bag the vegetables fast enough, office workers and downtown residents climbed on the trucks to help themselves.
Members of Senior Gleaners were also planning to take advantage of the giveaway. The volunteer group of mostly retirees goes into commercial groves and picks extra produce that would otherwise go to waste.
Elena Perez walked to the park from her office after hearing of the protest and left with a bag of tomatoes.
"I heard they were having problems, not able to get a good price," she said. "I didn't know much about it."
Liz Easley, a Corps of Engineers employee, stocked up to make salsa.
"I understood there was a problem, but I didn't know it was this bad," she said, watching a co-worker balance one foot on a parking meter to reach into the trailer.
Tri Valley agreed to take 40 percent of the tomatoes they contracted for; the rest will probably be plowed under, Merwin said.
Tomato processing plants in Thornton and Los Banos were idled as Tri Valley scaled back this year's tomato production to 40 percent of what wa soriginally contracted, said Maya Pogoda, spokeswoman for the cooperative.
Tri Valley is seeking a buyer, she said.
Merwin said that because of the bankruptcy, more than 500,000 tons of tomatoes won't be processed this season.
"This has hurt us as badly as any drought or flood," he said. "The fact that it came from a bankruptcy just means it's coming from a different direction."


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Any element becomes far more engaging and interesting when it moves, transforms, or explodes convincingly before your eyes! With a skilled ability to develop artistic vision, an adeptness to understand technology, and an inner drive to "wow" people, FX artists create awesome spectacle. They provide simple, elegant animation that brings interactions and environments to life. They also provide intensive and sophisticated solutions for complex problems and design challenges. FX can powerfully impact any and all elements in a scene to dramatically enhance any experience! Come help us at Avalanche to shape the future of games through an exhilarating career with all of the advantages of being a part of the world's best known entertainment company – The Walt Disney Company!
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Congratulations to Randall Grahm and David Kinch, two big winners at the James Beard Foundation Awards—the Oscars of the foodie world!
Grahm, "the Willy Wonka of the wine world" and founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard, won Best Beverage Book for Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology. We were delighted to celebrate the launch of this book when Randall stopped by in September for an entertaining book talk and signing, and delicious wine sampling.
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By Maxine
Children love a challenge and what better way to maintain their interest in reading over the summer holidays than using books and technology together.
Public library summer reading programmes are a wonderful way to promote children's reading and keep that momentum going. Gretchen Caserotti of Darien Public Library has blogged about some of the ways in which Libraries and Transliteracy have been used to promote reading and keep young readers engaged over the summer break.
Darien Library's programme takes the form of a number of quests which on completion give each child a stamp in their passport. Gretchen explains that
"Quests are activities that ask kids to read, think and create through various platforms."
One quest that appealed to me is
How would this idea transfer to your school library?
For further information and ideas about how to approach the summer reading slump take a look at summer slide and holiday reading.
Contrary to popular opinion, texting by children may not be damaging their literacy development. All those colloquial texting shortcuts may not be harming their spelling after all.
A research study from Coventry University claims that: "There is no evidence that children's language play when using mobile phones is damaging literacy development."
They found that access to mobile phones might even have a positive impact on spelling.
As reported in The Telegraph (UK) of 30 Jan 2011, researchers recruited 114 children aged nine and 10 from primary schools in the Midlands.
Love it, hate it, use it or abuse it. This January saw Wikipedia celebrating its 10th anniversary. Ten years! Where'd that go?
Onward and upwards apparently. While world attention is currently focused on Wikileaks, Wikipedia's impressive credentials continue to rise and shine; its one of the top five most visited sites, it has around 17 million articles, these are written in over 250 languages. In fact there's probably a Wikipedia article about its 10th anniversary, (there is, I just checked).
Wikipedia's success has also spawned many other imitators. There's Conservapedia, http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page the conservative Christian alternative and
Uncyclopedia http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page the irreverent "content free" alternative. If you're bored, both have interesting things to say about evolution, global warming and homosexuality…
Marc Weiser, a scientist at Xerox once said the best technology is invisible and that can also be applied to Wikipedia, and Google. Constant and automatic use has embedded them into our online lives so they become ubiquitous, and thus invisible. Thanks to Wikipedia it's so quick and easy to find information online from Pokemon card games to Ptolemy.
The real question is the quality of that information and importantly (for our students) what do you do with that information? As many have noted Wikipedia represents one way to begin the enquiry journey but its not an end in itself. Similarly though you have to question any assignment or project that can easily be answered using a cut and paste from Wikipedia.
Anyway happy 10 years Wikipedia. You've reshaped the information landscape, you're (still) free and you represent an extraordinary collaboration of human endeavour and good faith.
For those interested Here's a clever infographic exploration of Wikipedia's history narrated by Jimmy Wales, one of its co-founders.
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The concept of literacy has evolved from a fairly universal one: the ability to read and understand printed text, to a rather complex one: the ability to absorb and understand many types of information in an ever-growing list of formats. The range of literacies includes, but is not limited to: digital literacy, information literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, health literacy, financial literacy, and news literacy.
We need to grow and maintain our own knowledge and understanding of the many literacies, how they are interrelated, and why they are important for students. We need to identify ways of effectively facilitating understanding in our students. Basic literacy, critical analysis skills and competence with ICT are key to developing all other literacies.
How do school libraries fit?
One of the major concerns about multiple literacies or transliteracy voiced here and overseas, is about the divide between those who do and those who don't have these skills.
The school and its library are a good place to address that divide, to give access to the tools and teach the competencies, especially for those students who come from a home that has limited access to a computer or to broadband Internet.
It is in fact critical, that all students learn multifaceted literacy competencies at school if they are to be effective adult participants in our democracy and our society generally.
The pace of change from an analogue to a digital environment is accelerating. The ability to navigate effectively through the future landscape of data and information to find and utilise valid information for any purpose is a basic skill that will underpin others.
School libraries therefore are well placed to provide access to and learning opportunities for students to become skilled users of text, data, and other information that will form the foundations of other learning.
Lane Wilkinson writes: "Transliteracy comes into play as a pedagogical method, a way to break down the barrier between the student and the library. It encompasses established methods like transfer of learning and analogical reasoning in the library classroom. It's using Wikipedia to find keywords for a search in CINAHL. It's reading an academic journal article and then looking up the author's personal blog for more contexts. It's comparing hash tags to subject headings and Amazon reviews to abstracts."
" Linking up traditional notions of authority with the realities of how people obtain information today"
Recently the Unquiet Librarian wrote a thought provoking post about transliteracy and what it means for libraries.
She writes: "I would like to further explore how libraries can be sites of literate communities. …Where people are engaging in many kinds of literate practices to consume and create content in thoughtful, meaningful, and new ways that meld traditional and new literacies.I also will continue to explore how participatory culture and librarianship dovetail with transliteracy."
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A Creepy Student Essay Contest – Wall Street's War For Young Minds By Richard Eskow | January 31, 2013 It may be the creepiest student competition in history. Foreclosure.Com's essay contest may be trivial compared to what Wall Street's doing to undermine our educational system and manipulate our thinking, but it reflects the same warped set of values. Read Post
Push To Get Heidi Hartmann For Labor Secretary By Isaiah J. Poole | January 31, 2013 The Campaign for America's Future 's Roger Hickey today joins a long list of leaders who are calling on President Obama to name Heidi Hartmann, the founder and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, to be the next Secretary of Labor. "The next Secretary of Labor must be a visionary leader dedicated to [...] Read Post
Atlas Shrugged For Dummies By Digby | January 31, 2013 John Nichols compiles a list of quotes from some of the "Randiest" members of congress (and I'm talking about people who have the hots for a dead Russian romance novelist.) But then he features one who makes even the Rand lovin' Paul Ryan look like a casual reader. Read Post
The Kids Are Alright, But the GOP May Not Be By Terrance Heath | January 31, 2013 The GOP is perhaps just beginning to digest the message of the 2012 election; in which the demographics of their coalition can be summed up as old, white, wealthy, and male — compared to the diverse coalition that gave Barack Obama a second term, helped the Democrats hold to their majority, and won few more Democratic [...] Read Post
Warning: Austerity Hysteria Endangers Your Job By Robert Borosage | January 31, 2013 The U.S. economy shrank unexpectedly in the last three months of 2012, ending over 30 months of economic growth. Exports lagged, reflecting, in part, declining markets in Europe, now suffering a costly recession inflicted by misguided austerity policies. But the greatest cause of the decline was unexpectedly large cuts in government spending, particularly in the military. Read Post
Fine Lines On Immigration Reform By Digby | January 30, 2013 Josh Holland has a nice succinct rundown on the possible roadblocks to the immigration reform effort. It's a little bit more complicated than it seems at first. It's hard to know where this is going to go. The President seems to be doing the usual thing of starting out on the center right before negotiations begin, but maybe it will work out this time. Rubio has adopted the Democratic attitude that the Republicans will get big points for making the attempt and the nation --- specifically Latinos, I'd imagine --- will blame the other side for the failure. I think maybe Marco's confused. It's either going to be the Republicans walking away from a deal because it doesn't offer up enough punitive measures, "enforcement", "border security" and offers a much too easy path to citizenship or Democrats walking away because it's too punitive and makes a path to citizenship too difficult. Read Post
Sen. Chris Murphy Readies His Next 'Make It In America' Jobs Push By Isaiah J. Poole | January 30, 2013 Now that he is a freshman senator, Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy says he plans in the coming weeks to continue the push he started as a member of the House to advance a "Make It in America" jobs agenda. That agenda includes cracking down on China's currency manipulation and violations of trade rules, tightening up [...] Read Post
The GOP and Obama's Second Term: Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2 By Terrance Heath | January 30, 2013 In Part 1 of this series, I wrote that Republicans who were incensed that President Obama had nothing to say to them in his inaugural address should be far more worried the possibility that the president realizes he doesn't need to spend time and energy reaching out to Republicans. After all, not only was Obama [...] Read Post
Progressive Breakfast By Terrance Heath | January 30, 2013 MORNING MESSAGE: Day of Action Against Poverty – And The Assault Against The Poor OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "An effort to move the fight against poverty to the top of the national agenda begins today, led by the Half in 10 campaign and the Coalition for Human Needs. The major campaign goal is to persuade President [...] Read Post
Day of Action Against Poverty – And The Assault Against The Poor By Isaiah J. Poole | January 30, 2013 An effort to move the fight against poverty to the top of the national agenda begins today, led by the Half in 10 campaign and the Coalition for Human Needs. The major campaign goal is to persuade President Obama to talk about poverty and its solutions in his State of the Union address February 12. [...] Read Post


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A long awaited episode of Reel Choons from CatchMyBass has finally arrived. Bearsprey is a relatively unknown artist that hails from the Jersey coastal area. Yes, he is another artist that is coming out of the college scene, but that's about the only thing that's relatively common about him. His style is unique and constantly changing. You could say that he's somewhat of a chameleon in the scene today. By looking at his SoundCloud you could tell that he likes to touch 'em all. Starting with some basic edits you could tell Bear's grew up off of a 90s hip hop stigma. Moving forwards with the scene, he clearly jumped into a more electro feel, almost a mix of Mord Fustang and Daft Punk in the music. One of his bigger hits came from the surge of trap music when he put together Hardwell's Spaceman and Major Lazer's Original Don From here, he steered over from the electro feel and jumped into a more techno and tribal feel with his music while keeping his past love of electro alive. Yes, that's a whole lot of jargon in one sentence, so the best way to understand is to simply listen. A good friend of mine, I can tell you that Bearsprey will continue to chameleon his music until he finds the right balance of genres. His tendencies point to techno and tribal feel in the future and I'm excited and hope that he continues working to find this perfect genre. However, I do know one thing for sure, he loves great music, and loves when he can make people laugh and smile. So here you have it. Real Choons Episode 04 Feat. Bearsprey.
My favorite song of his: Malfunction vs. I'm in Love aka Machine Heart (Gaudino vs. La Roche)
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I bet that almost all of us have heard that drafting in the swim is a great way to either swim faster at your normal level of intensity, or maybe swim at the speed you would normally swim, but using less intensity. It's well known that drafting on the bike makes a significant difference, as much as 20%. But drafting is illegal in most triathlons. However, drafting during the swim is legal. Now, I have heard commentary from triathletes that although swim drafting is legal, some question whether swim drafting is ethical. I won't be digging into the ethics of swim drafting today, I'll simply say I think it is ethical, primarily because in most mass swim starts, it's simply unavoidable. What I do want to focus on is the scientifically proven performance gain from swim drafting, and I'll do that with 3 specific studies.
The first is a 1998 study from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. This study took 8 triathletes, not swimmers but triathletes, in a controlled environment and concluded that they were able to swim 3.2% faster when drafting then when not drafting. 3.2% is pretty significant, about 40 seconds over a mile swim. What was also interesting is that they looked at skin fold thickness, and concluded that drafting benefited leaner swimmers, but that this benefit did not reveal itself in non-drafting positions. I conclude from this that swimmers who are not as lean, expose more of their profile outside the drafting zone, whereas lean swimmers can hide more effectively in the shadow of the swimmer they are drafting from. A 2003 study from this same journal concluded that swimmers were 4.8% more efficient after drafting for 750 meters vs. swimming 750 meters solo.
I told you there was a 3rd study, and this one is the most fascinating to me. But before I talk about this one, let's discuss drafting position. Most of the drafting material I have read says to draft behind and laterally of the lead swimmer. Meaning, draft on the side, in what would be their "blind spot" if you were automobiles instead of swimmers. But, this 3rd study disputes that. This 2003 study, also from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that drafting 0-50cm directly behind the lead swimmer resulted in a 21% reduction in drag at 0cm behind the lead swimmers toes, and a 20% reduction in drag 50cm behind the lead swimmers toes. Now, that's not a 20% gain in speed that is a 20% reduction in drag. The researchers did not make a conclusion on performance gains, just the effect of drag. But we all know that swimming is almost exclusively a fight against drag, and 20% is no small benefit. What I found encouraging about this, was that you didn't have to be scrapping the lead swimmers toes to gain the advantage. 50cm is almost 20 inches, which is a nice and polite distance to swim behind your host. Now, these researchers also looked at rear/ lateral drafting, so not side to side, but somewhat behind and to the side of the lead swimmer. The maximum drag reduction in rear/lateral drafting was only 7%, which still isn't' bad, but it's only 1/3 of the drag reduction from being directly behind the swimmer.
In summary, is swim drafting worth it? This question reminds me of the article when I covered transitions. It is all a matter of return on investment. If practicing drafting with your swim buddies for a few hours will result in a 3% increase in swim performance, then the answer is absolutely yes, it is worth it. However, I see two risks. I fear the risk of latching myself onto a swimmer in a race who is either a) slower than me, and I won't know that until I get to T1, or b) a swimmer who goes off course and ends up zig-zagging all over the lake. If you can trust your lead swimmer's navigation, and are confident that they are slightly faster than you, I say draft away.
David Warden is a 3-time USAT All American and Elite Coach with Joe Friel's TrainingBible coaching. His work has been published in Triathlete and USA Triathlon Life magazines. He is the former Vice-Chair of the USAT Rocky Mountain Region, and the host and producer of the #1 triathlon podcast, Tri Talk and part owner of www.powertri.com.


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- The organization will submit a signed Third-Party Contract Agreement and Authorization Letter to NOVA for approval. A new Contract Agreement and Authorization Letter must be submitted each semester.
- The Business Manager located at the Annandale Campus reviews and is responsible for all college TPCs (nongovernment) regardless of the campus the individual attends. A copy of the approved contract will be sent to the organization.
- The organization assumes full liability for all tuition and fee charges of the individual(s) and course(s) identified under the TPC regardless of the grade(s) received or completion of course(s) after the enrollment Census Date (add/drop deadline). Charges for course books and similar materials are the responsibility of the individual or are funded by arrangements not included in this agreement.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Mia Blanche Ceramics
From her Stockholm studio, Mia Blanche creates these beautiful ceramics in such lovely colours. Exclusive to Gidgi, a small selection are now available in Australia! Shop HERE xx
6 comments:
- Amanda said...
Oh my, that little ribbed bowl holding the berries is so 'me'... will have to pin it to my wishlist folder :)
- July 12, 2012 at 3:57 PM
- Kate Lewis-Driver said...
What gorgeous pieces! And great that you have them in stock! Very tempting!! Kate x
- July 12, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Sarah B said...
They are so lovely Rachael! Really pretty. I love the aesthetic :)
ps I hope you are well x - July 12, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- Jules said...
Oh pretty on my wish list for the new house...whenever!!!!! xx
- July 12, 2012 at 10:56 PM
- Letitia Linke - The White Shed said...
These are stunning! Thanks for my gorgeous order and for the tea towel for me so kind. Letitia xx
- July 14, 2012 at 8:51 AM
- Shaz said...
They are beautiful. The colours are so subtle.
- July 16, 2012 at 1:57 PM
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* Angela Andrews of the Legal Resource Centre compiled this summary of the Specialist Report.
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Original Report by: The Green Connection: Christy Bragg, Roshan Stanford, Liz Mcdaid, Basier Dramat, Lynette Munro
Problem Statement
In almost all sectors involved in environmental management – private consulting, government, education, NGOs – women and historically disadvantaged racial groups are underrepresented. Various statutes, policies, and hiring targets aim to correct historical imbalances. One example is the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act No. 53 of 2003 (BEE Act), under which the Minister of Trade and Industry issues codes of good practice to companies contributing to BEE goals, such as promotion of black business ownership and human resource development. These codes of good practice are then applied in determining license applications and government contracts. Despite such measures, the status quo in the environmental management field remains demographically unbalanced.
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South Africa's current population is estimated at 49.9 million, with a racial breakdown as follows: 79.4% African, 9.2% White, 8.8% Coloured, 2.6% Indian/Asian. The breakdown of the economically active population is as follows: 73.4% African, 12.2% White, 11.3% Colored, 3% Indian/Asian.
In order to gauge the demographics of the environmental sector, a study was conducted using information from various organizations' profiles and membership lists as well as questionnaires and interviews. The following list is a summary of the results.
- General trends: Across all racial groups, most environmental management professionals work in the private sector. Across all sectors of environmental management – academia, consulting, government, industry, and NGO – whites are overrepresented and occupy most senior management positions.
- Government: The government has achieved far more success in transformation than other sectors. For example, the race distribution in the Department of Environmental Affairs Development and Planning (DEADP) of the Western Cape is close to the race distribution of the economically active population in the region. This is due to government commitment to transformation goals and well-structured policies.
- Professional memberships: Historically disadvantaged individuals (HDIs) and women are underrepresented in professional registration bodies. White men especially dominate the more advanced categories, but the percentage of HDIs are increasing in the candidate categories. The highest proportion of Blacks occurred in Candidate Engineering Technician, a low level category.
- Education: Race distribution of students pursuing environmental management-related degrees at the undergraduate level is improving (though it varies from school to school), but not at the post-graduate level. Schools vary widely in their transformation policies and support systems for historically disadvantaged students.
- Women in Education: Women are underrepresented in environmental higher education, both in the student population and in teaching positions.
- Private Sector: Race distribution in the private sector is imbalanced and transformation slow due to lack of formal policies or skills development. There is a perception that many companies place Black employees in positions beyond their skill level and without adequate training simply to boost BEE numbers, without regard to their career development. There are few transformation policies or gender policies in private environmental assessment practitioner (EAP) firms.
- NGOs: Transformation in NGOs in the environmental management sector has been uneven. Well-established NGOs, such as WWF and WESSA are still White-dominated, but small community-based organisations and sustainable development NGOs are more representative.
- Staff turnover: There is perceived high staff turnover of HDIs in the environmental sector. The perception is that HDIs will work at an NGO or in the government for a couple years, gain experience and training, and then will be lured away by higher-paying private sector companies. HDIs are in high demand because of the BEE requirements. This causes a "brain drain," loss of institutional knowledge, and skills shortage in the government.
- Networking: Networking is a crucial skill in gaining work and recognition in the field.
10. Skills gap: There exists a gap between graduates' skills and employers' expectations. Employers particularly look for writing skills and people skills.
11. Entrepreneurship: There is a need for more entrepreneurship in the environmental management sector.
12. Awareness: There is little awareness of environmental management as career option.
- Holistic employee training: Because the BEE program has turned into a reactive numbers game rather than proactive transformation, EAP firms need to develop formal transformation policies and adopt a holistic approach to employee development, encouraging staff to further their training and giving them incremental increases in responsibility.
- Transformation Charter for the environmental sector: Government and civil society institutions should develop a Transformation Charter for the environmental management sector to establish best practices, develop indicators other than BEE numbers measuring transformation, and facilitate communication among government, industry, and NGOs addressing skills shortages and placement programmes.
- Encourage entrepreneurship in HDIs: Large, well-established companies can allocate resources to developing mentorship and working relationships with smaller emerging enterprises.
- Education and Recruiting: In order to promote awareness of environmental careers and address the skills shortage, schools and teachers should be encouraged to include environmental topics in the curriculum and instill how environmental issues intersect with social and other matters. The environmental management sector should increase recruiting efforts through educational camps, job shadowing, and attendance at science fairs and expos.
- Internships and Mentoring: Because mentoring and internships are so important in developing skills and gaining job experience, public-private partnerships should develop more of these programmes. Mentoring projects should be set up in which senior officers about to retire work with younger professionals. These mentorship programmes must be mindful of socio-cultural context and careful to set the right tone.
- Networking & Professional Bodies: Registering with professional organisations requires being sponsored by a reputable environmental assessment practitioner. This makes it difficult for HDIs, who usually have unequal access to educational resources and fewer networking opportunities, to break into the field and become certified. Schools and workplaces should provide HDIs with resources and encouragement to network through attendance at conferences, workshops, and meetings and involve them in various aspects of the EIA process so they can meet consultants, engineers, community members, and other participants in the field. A more formalized sponsorship process should also be established to facilitate registration with professional bodies. There is a need to fast-track registration of Black environmental management professionals, allowing for some leeway in the registration criteria in favour of experience or mentorship.
- Staff retention: In order to retain staff, workplaces should develop effective communication between management and staff, foster exciting career opportunities, develop systems to integrate socio-cultural differences, and work with the global job-shopping culture by offering career development opportunities and rewards based on individual performance.
- Recruiting and Retaining Women: Women's forums and associations should be developed to showcase role models of successful women in the environmental field and otherwise provide a voice for women. EAP firms should make accommodations such as child care, work flexibility, and training to attract women to the workplace.


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