Artigos sobre a avaliacao do estado de conservacao de especies pouco conhecidas e o manejo de recursos vegetais em unidades de conservacao (UCs) sao temas da quarta edicao da Revista Biodiversidade Brasileira BioBrasil, publicacao eletronica e de cunho cientifico do Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservacao da Biodiversidade (ICMBio), que acaba de ser lancada.Leia o artigo completo: http://tinyurl.com/cvkfnbjAcesse a revista: http://tinyurl.com/cvbvsku The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is pleased to invite applications from early-career researchers for a 3-week intensive training workshop in ecological analysis and synthesis, to take place at NCEAS in Santa Barbara CA June 19-July 10, 2013.Participants will receive hands-on guided experience using best practices in the technical aspects that underlie successful synthesis from data discovery and integration to analysis and visualization, and special techniques for collaborative scientific research. Instructors (including but not limited to Jim Regetz, Ben Bolker, Matt Jones, Mark Schildhauer, and Stephanie Hampton) will advise participants in small-group synthesis projects, and also lead daily hands-on exercises that cover a breadth of topics.Thanks to generous support from the Packard Foundation, all travel and living expenses of participants will be covered during the workshop.Applicants should be early-career researchers here defined as roughly within 5 years post-Ph.D., although exceptional candidates in the final stages of graduate work will be considered.Please complete the online application. Once you register you will receive an email token that will take you to the application.The application includes a series of short essays. The questions can be found below to facilitate preparing answers that can be pasted into the online form.Applications must be received no later than 5 PM PST on March 1, 2013.For inquiries, please contact Juliann Aukema.Essay questions for application:Research Interests (450 characters/75 words)Career Goals (300 characters/50 words)What would you hope to achieve by participating in this training workshop? (900 characters/150 words)Describe your proficiencies in statistical analysis of ecological data (450 characters/75 words)One part of the training workshop will be hands-on, small-group projects. Please suggest a topic for a small-group synthesis project. Include, briefly: 1) topic, 2) data sets (and their availability), and 3) possible analytical approaches. (900 characters/150 words)http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/nceas-summer-institute-2013 Saiba como ganhar dinheiro clicando... As 10 melhores Piadas de caipiracaipira 1:O sujeito chegou naquela cidade e ficou sabendo que o Jose queria vender um burrinho. Achando o bichinho muito simpatico, ele perguntou:- Qual e o nome dele?- Num sei, nao...- Como nao sabe? O bicho nao e seu? E o caipira:- So qui eu num sei qual e o nome dele... eu chamo ele de Zeca, so.caipira 2:O patrao da uma bronca no caseiro:- Olha, seu Jose, nao deixe a sua cadela entrar novamente na minha casa! Ela esta cheia de pulgas!No mesmo instante o caseiro vira-se para a sua cadelinha:- Teimosa, ve se nao entra mais na casa do patrao! La ta cheio de pulgas!caipira 3 :Uma mulher estava esperando o trem na estacao ferroviaria de Varginha- MG, quando sentiu uma vontade de ir urgentemente ao banheiro. Foi.Quando voltou, o trem ja tinha partido. Ela comecou a chorar. Nesse momento, chegou um mineiro, compadeceu-se dela e perguntou:- Purcaus dique qui