<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:08 AM, Howard Frederick <workshops@tzcrc.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4416763914"><div dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an update to our previous announcement on the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tzcrc.org/">science skills workshops</a> for
later this month and early December. </span><div>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0);"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">We will be running a </span><b style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">second QGIS course,</b><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"> which will be a 5-day introduction to mapping with QGIS plus an introduction to GIS </span><b style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">analysis</b><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">, from the 9-13 December. The course will cost $375 (with food + accommodation at Mkuru training camp $20-40 per day).</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">If you are interested in any of these courses, see the announcement below including the link to the online registration page. If you have <u>already</u> registered and would like to take this new QGIS option, email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org">workshops@tzcrc.org</a> to change your registration!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">There are more scholarship positions available - write to <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org">workshops@tzcrc.org</a> if you have questions or would like to apply!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">--------<br>
</span></font><div><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tzcrc.org/">Conservation Resource Centre</a> will be putting on a series of science skills <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">workshops</span> before <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">and</span> after the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tawiri.or.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=25">TAWIRI Scientific Conference</a> <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">in</span>late November & early December 2013. CRC courses are designed to give you immediately-useful skills that
you can walk away feeling confident with!</span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.265625px;">Courses include:</span><br>
</div><div><ul><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">Introduction to <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">mapping</span> with QGIS: a free <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">and</span> open-source application, QGIS is an excellent way to produce maps <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">and</span> analyse data. Three day course, 28-30 Nov.</span></font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;"><b>Introduction to mapping and analysis with QGIS: five days, 9-13 December</b></span></font></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">Distance Sampling: a <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">survey</span> method increasingly widely used <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">in</span> wildlife studies, </span></font><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25-30 Nov:</span></li>
<ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><li style="margin-left:15px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">Introduction (3 days, suitable for field researchers who wish to collect data);</span></font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">Analysis & <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">survey</span> design (3 days, suitable for those who wish to analyse <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">and</span> design surveys).</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introduction to <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">statistics</span> with R: another free, open-source application, R is the <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">statistics</span> package which has become the choice of many (if not most) academics <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">and</span> researchers. 5 day course, 9-13 December.</span><br>
</li><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 22.265625px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spatial analysis with R: for those with R skills, this 2-day course introduces students to analytical <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">methods</span> <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">in</span> R for <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">mapping</span> <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);">and</span> spatial analysis.</span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px;">Courses cost $75 per day but some limited scholarship positions are available. The CRC is supported mainly by its members <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">and</span> the local community, <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">and</span> <span class="yiv4416763914" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);">in</span> part by the Reid Park Zoo (Tucson, AZ).</span></font></div>
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