444 research outputs found
Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) Project Final Report: National Standards and the Damage Done
No full textThis is the final report of the Research Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) project, a three-year study of the enactment of the National Standards policy in six diverse primary and intermediate schools. This report provides an overview discussion of the pros and cons of the National Standards policy as experienced by staff, children and parents in the RAINS schools. It summarises the policy and methodological background to the research and the findings of the two previous RAINS reports. The report is also being accompanied by online case studies and other data files
Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) Project. Second Report: Understanding New Zealand’s Very Local National Standards
No full textThis is the second report of the Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) project, a three-year study of the introduction of National Standards into New Zealand primary and intermediate schools
Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) Project. First Report: Researching Schools’ Enactments of New Zealand’s National Standards Policy
No full textThis is the first report of the Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) project, one year into a three-year study of the introduction of National Standards into New Zealand primary and intermediate schools
The Quetzal and the Macaw the story of Costa Rica's national parks
No full textCosta Rica lost almost half its forest cover from 1950 to 1990, much of it burned to clear pasture for cattle. In the last two decades, however, millions of acres of Costa Rican forests have been saved by a national park system that now ranks as one of the most effective in the world. This achievement holds valuable lessons for conservationists everywhere. In The Quetzal and the Macaw, acclaimed naturalist and award-winning author David Rains Wallace traces the growth of Costa Rica's park system from uncertain beginnings (early park employees weren't even sure what national parks were) to the present, when the park system shelters about ten percent of the nation's land--forests, mountains, beaches, wetlands, and other ecosystems--from destruction or commercial exploitation
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No full textCaption: "Torrential rains floodout cars on Morgan Road near I-40 during Wednesday rush hour traffic.
Initial Identification of Issues with Spray Coverage in South Georgia Blueberries
No full textBlueberries are the number one fruit crop in Georgia, having an annual farm gate value of over $220 million. A multitude of diseases and pests continue to threaten this valuable crop. In order to effectively manage established and new pathogens and insect populations, fungicides and insecticides continue to serve an important role in integrated pest management of blueberries. Two questions prompted by blueberry growers are: (1) which sprayer provides the best coverage and, (2) how effective is the practice of alternate-row-middle spraying. A field day was held in September 2013 to assess a variety of sprayers, including cannon, airblast, and boom; in February 2014, an alternate row middle study was conducted to determine coverage when only spraying every other row middle. Spray coverage was assessed in both using Kromekote cards and Vision Pink dye. Cards were analyzed using DropletScanTM software. Preliminary results are discussed. Results will be used to initiate more specific studies regarding sprayer coverage and efficacy.Paper presented at NABREW Conference, Paper Session II:Blueberry Extension, on June 25, 2014, Atlantic City, N.J
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No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Heavy rains turned All Sports Stadium into a lagoon Thursday night.
“It rains in my village”: From Literature to the History of Private Life
No full textThis paper discusses Aleksandar Saša Petrović's film “It rains in my village” (1969), from a dual perspective: as a constructed narrative world shaped by the literary work referenced by the author (and thus, a potential adaptation) and as a valuable source of anthropological and historical material.
In the opening credits, the author invokes the weight of authority embedded in the name of the Russian genius, inviting the viewers to embark on a quest for Dostoevsky (or to follow Dostoevsky’s footsteps). Although there are no direct quotations from Dostoevsky in the film’s surface, we have detected numerous similarities hidden beneath it. The ideological similarities Petrović alludes to operate on the edge of typological analogies and often cannot be definitively explained or directly linked to Dostoevsky’s novel The Demons. In the film It rains in my village there is something inherently Dostoevskian, yet it is difficult to precisely delineate where these associative connections are justified and where the author’s free and independent articulation begins.
In It Rains in My Village, the author develops the story with considerable freedom, playing with the referenced text while creating a new narrative world where layers of the proto-world he points to can be seen. At the same time, numerous sources and proto-worlds emerge, branching out, diverging, or converging toward the film. It turns out that the film also resonates with numerous possible traces of intertextual debates, drawing our attention to one significant and valuable layer – a newspaper report embedded in the film's foundation, even though Petrović does not explicitly reference it in the credits.
Memory, blurred recollections, and reminiscence have led to the displacement and creation of a fundamentally altered version of the proto-world. Within the context of the narrative world as a central concept in transmedia storytelling, this paper addresses the modification and transposition of the narrative world of The Demons. This is complemented by allofilmic quotations (from painting, literature, and music), interverbal quotations from documentary material (a newspaper article), and the inscription of contemporaneity and the present moment through depictions of private life, customs, anecdotes, leisure activities, and romantic troubles of the inhabitants of a Vojvodina village in 1968
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No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The twisted remains of a backyard shed hang from a tree in a northwest Oklahoma City residential area after the rains cease.
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No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Spearing fish at Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner, Larry Riley and his son, Kenneth, 8, Bethany, try their luck in an area that was dry land before last week's rains.
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