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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 77
RE:   H.B. No. 212
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to impose a mandatory fine of
$500, in addition to existing penalties, on any person age
eighteen or older who is convicted of driving under the influence
of intoxicating liquor while having in the vehicle a passenger
age twelve or under.  The bill also clarifies that convictions
under section 291-4.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes (habitually
driving under influence), count as prior driving under the
influence offenses for sentencing purposes under section 291-4,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Your Committee finds that increasing the penalty for driving
under the influence with a minor passenger is necessary to deter
such reckless conduct and to increase highway safety for
children.  Your Committee also believes that the bill will close
a present loophole in the law whereby, depending upon the time
interval, convictions under section 291-4.4 are not being counted
as prior driving under the influence offenses in the sentencing
under section 291-4.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:
(1)  Increasing the applicable age of the minor passenger
from age twelve or younger to "younger than fifteen
years of age";
(2)  Including, as an additional penalty, a mandatory term
of imprisonment of forty-eight hours;
(3)  Providing that the total term of imprisonment shall not
exceed thirty days, to avoid potentially triggering the
right to a jury trial;
(4)  Adding a new section to the bill amending section
291-4.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that
convictions under section 291-4.4 count as prior
driving under the influence offenses for sentencing
purposes under section 291-4.4;
(5)  Replacing the savings clause in section 3 with language
that specifies that:
(a)  The new, additional penalties for driving under
the influence of intoxicating liquor with a minor
passenger do not apply to persons arrested for a
violation of section 291-4 prior to the bill's
effective date; and
(b)  The bill applies, for purposes of determining
prior convictions under sections 291-4 and
291-4.4, to any person convicted under these
sections prior to its effective date;
(6)  Renumbering the sections of the bill consecutively; and
(7)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of
style, clarity, and consistency.
Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
SENATE                              HOUSE
______________________________     ______________________________
CAL KAWAMOTO, Co-Chair             KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Co-Chair
AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair        ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair
MATTHEW M.  MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair    KENNY GOODENOW, Member
ROBERT BUNDA, Member               PAUL WHALEN, Member
RANDY IWASE, Member
SAM SLOM, Member


In both TV and also Movies, there's a topic which has done really well over the past few years: Zombies. This concept has created for numerous exceptionally captivating, majorly lucrative, and also award-winning shows and movies. Nevertheless it's just fiction, right?
When you have lived for almost any actual amount of time, it's no doubt that you really have heard a person inform you of just how imperative sleeping is. It's very likely that you've acquired this lesson on your own, as well as it's also possible that you've already heard from many people that have understood it too. Without sleeping, we truly feel like… well, zombies.
Just as if feeling worn-out isn't already enough of a predicament, there's way more to the story. Any time we are lacking sleep, our brain pretty much malfunctions. That just means that our brain fails to work well. Truth be told, our human brain actually starts shutting down a number of areas as well as functions that are not required for your survival. Therefore staying suffering from sleep deprivation is not just feelings, it most certainly is a physically impaired state of life.
Making issues worse, long term sleep loss brings about over production of cortisol. Cortisol in it's exact level supports us to feel some pressure as well as urgency to get things performed. But when it's overproduced, it leads to us to feel stressed, anxious, and also worried continually. This could certainly give rise to even deeper health related challenges of anxiety and depression. Certainly, sleep deprivation is certainly not good for any of us.
We've all been there. Usually, our lives require too much from us. We supply a lot of our time and effort to our work as well as vocations, our family and friends, as well as our passions as well as activities. From time to time, it feels like there is certainly little left, and it often is difficult to rest and revitalize.
And yeah, perhaps we might all use extra sleep. But, what happens if we can accomplish greater than slumber longer. Imagine if we could rest better?
Welcome to the cloud. DreamCloud is an innovative hybrid luxury mattress. They have a basic goal: To create the ultimate hybrid mattress experience. Exactly what does this mean?
It indicates that they have actually taken the mattress experience to the next level by utilizing advancement brand-new products and modern technologies. It indicates that they've integrated the very best of traditional mattress design that has coils, and also integrated it with the most effective modern design of sophisticated foams, textiles, and also products. It implies they've developed a premium cushion with the most effective of every little thing.
If you feel like you or a loved one might be a zombie, it's very likely because of poor quality of sleep. Maybe you hurt when you awaken in the morning. DreamCloud addresses this on a number of levels. It starts off with using the most recent breakthroughs in mattress and also fabric technologies, and also the best of traditional mattress coil technology (read on for more information about that), and also combining those together in a singular product. And don't worry about having to determine what degree of firmness to buy and hope that you selected appropriately. DreamCloud has tailored their mattress to a level of firmness that stabilize the give and take of the entire body weight as you lay in various positions during the night, allowing you to have just the appropriate level of comfort and support. To allow you to rest assured (no pun intended) that whatever posture you are lying in, it's the correct choice.
Still there's substantially to it than that. Maybe you don't only feel painful or uncomfortable after you get up. Perhaps your neck, spine, shoulder muscles, hips, and/or legs hurt. Not any longer. Should you lay on your back, DreamCloud mattress provides the proper amount of firmness to support the natural curvature of your spine. At the time you lie on your side, you need your spine to remain in a straight line. Other mattresses are often too firm, and they push against that natural curvature, or perhaps too soft as well as allow your spine sink an excessive amount. One way or another, the two are completely wrong, since your spine is forced in either case out of position. DreamCloud is the solution to this challenge, and the results are just as much of a breakthrough as the design of the mattress itself. DreamCloud has definitely polished the level of firmness as well as support to a breakthrough degree.
There will be another problem that appears when mattresses don't breathe properly as well: moisture. Whenever air doesn't circulate in a mattress, it collects moisture from the air which comes in however just cannot let it out. This extensively minimizes the longevity of a mattress, due to the fact the stagnant moisture will start to make the substances in the mattress break down. It also extensively diminishes the comfort, due to the fact the broken down elements in the mattress will no longer perform as they should. The mattress gets uncomfortable, as well as keeps uncomfortable over its cut down lifetime. What a waste!
We are now living in a world that is definitely constantly changing. DreamCloud is a paradigm shift in the approach a mattress is designed. The thing is, mattresses have been in existence quite a while. And identical to cars and trucks and also family homes, the method in which one is developed now is different than it was many years before. Across all industries, people are consistently exploring and making brand new discoveries. From developing as well as using groundbreaking substances, to bettering on a design or even ushering in a new one, the process where we conduct things transforms as time goes by.
Traditional mattresses contain a set of box spring together with a mattress. The box springs go underneath the mattress, presenting an additional layer of support to the mattress. The mattress is made with columns of coils all throughout to offer support. Then on top the coils is some type of "topper". In past times, this topper was loaded with a variety of types of stuffing or cushioning, as well as in more modern days various layers of foam. There are a number of manufacturers that have been making mattresses for years such as Serta, Sealy, Jamison, Sleep Number, and also Amerisleep.
As specified earlier, DreamCloud is hybrid luxury mattress. Since you recognize about traditional bed mattress and the improvements in foams, it's less complicated to understand how DreamCloud brings both of these with each other to develop a product and also experience that are really one-of-a-kind. Let's take a look at those advancements and exactly how they are present in the amazing and comprehensive building and construction of the bed mattress.
DreamCloud is constructed of 8 layers from top to bottom. The top layer is a Truetufted Cashmere Polyester mix. This gives both breathability and softness. The breathability is essential to you resting cool and also extensive life of your bed mattress. As well as the coolness is critical to a top quality nights sleep.
The 2nd layer is Gel Infused Memory Foam. This offers contouring assistance that satisfies your body. This layer is responsible for providing coolness also, and it's likewise a massive contributing element the extraordinary support that DreamCloud provides.
The 3rd layer is Super Soft Quilted Memory Foam. As you lay on the cushion, the top 2 layers sink right in to this layer, which gives an unbelievably soft give that you really feel instantaneously. It becomes part of the design that offers just the correct amount of solid support while likewise supplying softness and convenience.
The fourth layer adds to the same components as the 3rd. It's Supreme Natural Latex, and also it is hypoallergenic. It includes supporting and also bounce, while also assisting the cushion sustain the natural contouring of your body.
The sixth layer is Super Dense Super Soft Memory Foam. That's not a typo. It's a layer of foam that is very thick, yet likewise repays assistance. This allows for you to find the convenience of "sinking in", while additionally being sustained and held in placement, whatever setting you like to sleep in.
The 7th layer is Patent Pending BestRest Coils. This is where DreamCloud's foam technology integrates with typical spring innovation. It is a compression system constructed from micro coils. These micro coils are framed in foam, and have 5 zones of give and take. So as you relocate, shift, and also settle in, these are there all throughout the mattress, constantly offering the best foundation that you need for a quality evenings sleep constant with sleeping on a cloud.
And last but not least, the eight layer at the very bottom is the foundation of all of it. Its a High Density Super Soft Memory Foam layer. And also once again, that's not a typo. It's a layer that thick enough to give you all the assistance you need, but soft enough to let all the convenience as well as softness that you require be ever-present. Every layer is essential to the unrivaled comfort that DreamCloud supplies, yet this one is the foundation of all of it.
Every one of these technological components amount to one point: You will fail to remember that you are in fact sleeping on a mattress since your body will assume you're on a cloud.
It's quite normal for comfort and also quality to go arm in arm. Yet they come with a cost. Well, generally. Except for now.
DreamCloud gives you comfort and support in accordance with mattresses that charge $3,000-5,000+. With that standard, you may be definitely wishing that they will be at the low end of that final price, at around $3,000. Or it could be you may have your fingers crossed just hoping that they are only $2,500, or even closer to $2,000. But do not stop reading at this point. Because you will not actually be spending that.
They really do not cost $3,000 . They don't cost $2,000. All of the DreamCloud mattresses start out around $1,000. They are all in the $1,000's, even for a California King! At that amount, everybody in your residence can easily slumber superior for the value of one traditional mattress. And, they will bring it to your home, set up, and take all of the packaging and your old mattress out for you. For free.
The only option to know that you enjoy anything is to try it out for yourself.
Certainly. It's one thing when something appears very good on paper or perhaps in a commercial, nevertheless it's another to truly experience something for you. And with DreamCloud, it is possible to. Not only does DreamCloud offer an impressive value, they also back it with a fantastic guarantee.
But with DreamCloud, the game has totally totally changed. Because they will deliver it totally free to your home, and you can try it out for a night. And you can check it out for a week. And you can try it out for a month. And then two months. And even three months. Exactly where am I going with this? With DreamCloud, you can try it risk free for a year! You get a 365 night home trial. They deliver it to you for free. If you feel that you are not 100% happy, they will come and pick it up for free. Nevertheless I doubt you will need them to.
It does not have any catch. There is simply just DreamCloud. Well, there's more than that. There's a far better mattress with excellent value. There is certainly a new paradigm in making a mattress, with new technology at every turn. There is certainly the comfort and support that you simply deserve. There is incredible quality together with value. There is an amazing product, reinforced by an excellent guarantee. There is an end to the zombie apocalypse.


A 18 year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested for Organized Criminal Activity.
A 47 year old Commerce man was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
A 40 year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested on a traffic warrant.
A 19 year old homeless man was arrested for Use of Sidewalk.
A 42 year old Yantis man was arrested on a warrant for Theft of Property.
A 58 year old Big Sandy woman was arrested for Fraudulent Use of a Prescription.
Sulphur Springs Youth Orchestra's Free Spring Hoedown Concert Being Held This Friday Night at Shannon Oaks Church.


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Петро́ Анто́нович Кардаш (  — ) — кінопостановник, видавець і громадський діяч української еміграції в Австралії; активіст ОУН-з.

Життєпис
Народився у селі Теляче — зараз Мирне Тернопільського району

Закінчив Бережанську гімназію; в часі Другої світової війни арештований гестапо.

З 1945 року проживає в Німеччині; у Мюнхені навчався в Українському вільному університеті.

З 1948 року — в Австралії, оселився у Перті. 1949 року був співорганізатором та членом управи Української громади Західної Австралії. З 1951 року у Мельбурні, працював як культурно-освітний референт української громади; голова осередку Спілки української молоді у місті.

Видає молодіжний журнал «Промінь». Займався постановкою фільмів, зокрема — «Українці в Австралії», «Церкви народу». Видавав альбоми: «Ukraine and Ukrainians», «Ukraine, its History and its Art». Випускав журнал «Український екран», видавав друком молитовники й святкові картки, призначені головним чином для експорту в Україну.

Редактор-упорядник книги «Злочин» про Голодомор 1932—1933 (видавництво «Фортуна», Мельбурн), побачила світ 2003 року зусиллями Комітету Союз Українських Організацій в Австралії та Фундації ім. Олега Ольжича. Видання накладом 5000 примірників повністю передано міністерству оборони України. Проживав у місті Мельбурн, є дарувальником Тернопільської обласної універсальної наукової бібліотеки.

В серпні 2006 року нагороджений орденом «За заслуги» III ступеня.

Помер 23 квітня 2009.

Примітки

Джерела
 Х. Весна, І. Гаврильцьо. Кардаш Петро //

Посилання
 Слово Просвіти
 Тернопільська бібліотека
 Злочин. Упорядник Петро Кардаш.
 Квазіенциклопедія ОУН-УПА

Уродженці Підгаєцького району
Випускники Бережанської гімназії
Випускники Українського вільного університету
Австралійські письменники
Австралійські публіцисти
Українські письменники
Українські публіцисти
Українці Мельбурна
Спілка української молоді
Українці Перта

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You might not be that familiar with ZADAK yet, we'll forgive you for now since they are only a few years old, but this SHIELD DC RGB memory makes it VERY clear they are here to take no prisoners and make no compromises. With the ability to cram a workstation class 64GB of memory into a micro-sized build will be a dream come true for some users out there. One serious problem with most large capacity memory kits is comparatively poor speeds and or timings. ZADAK gives you a solid 3200MHz which is great by itself but also throws in very tight C14 timings as well.
As far as the ever-important aesthetics go, ZADAK again nails it. Asus aura sync compatible RGB lighting compliments the brushed black and satin silver trim. The only downside is system planning requirements. The extra tall modules can interfere with larger than average CPU coolers, and with this targeted at small form factor machines, you'll want to keep an eye on case clearance as well on the most compact cases. If you can fit this in your system, having space to digitally work and play won't be an issue.
As we were wrapping this review up, ASUS announced support for up to 128GB of system memory installed on their other Z390 boards after a BIOS update. We grabbed the latest (and beta) BIOS for our Maximus XI Extreme and Maximus XI Hero WiFi boards and tried them again. Still no luck. ASUS only supports these modules on three specific boards, and the announced 128GB support on other Z390 boards is still limited to one specific memory module from SL Link as of this writing.


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Having rest in Central Park.
Summer is over and we begin an autumn full of hope. We face a week of hard work. Very soon, I will be able to share with you some photos of my new art workshop. Pako Campo artHOUSE is conceived as a space open to the public. It will be a place of cultural exchange and collaborative work. I want it to be a meeting point for experimenting with new techniques and mixing different arts.
And all this in a historical place. A beautiful stone house from the late 19th century. Step by step and after many months of work, it is recovering its essence after decades of abandonment.


The POSIX subsystem in Windows is headed for a slow death march, again. Not many people realize that Windows NT had a POSIX subsystem from the beginning which was enriched along the way to run a fork of OpenBSD called Interix. Originally the POSIX subsystem was bundled with Windows NT 3.1 and was a barely useful POSIX.1 environment to meet DoD purchasing requirements. Later, it was removed from the Windows core distribution, re-implemented by an ISV and called OpenNT and then Interix. Interix was acquired by Microsoft and sold for a while before being distributed free of charge. Later it was bundled with Services for UNIX 3.0 and 3.5 before being re-integrated into the Windows distribution as the Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). At one time Interix actually ran Hotmail during the migration from a FreeBSD to NT backend.
After passing back to the Windows team and being rebranded SUA, Interix languished. The original developers scattered to other projects like Monad/PowerShell, left Microsoft or were never hired by Microsoft when it acquired the technology in the first place. Interix is maintained by a very small team at Microsoft India and these guys are focused primarily on just keeping it working through kernel updates. In practice, the quality of the product has been in decline. At one point, for example, it shipped with most of the .so shared libraries corrupt so that nothing that linked to those libraries would run. The toolkit that makes SUA useful lags many, many months behind the release of a new version of Windows and Microsoft required "premium" client SKUs (ultimate or enterprise) or server SKUs to access the technology which greatly limited its distribution. It is generally as unloved by the powers that be as anything could be, except perhaps IronPython and IronRuby which have already been killed.
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) is a source-compatibility subsystem for compiling and running custom UNIX-based applications and scripts on a computer running Windows operating system. WARNING: SUA is deprecated starting with this release and will be completely removed from the next release. You should begin planning now to employ alternate methods for any applications, code, or usage that depends on this feature.
One obvious reason to deprecate SUA is that loading the extra subsystem makes Windows take a noticeably longer time to boot. The architecture is very much at odds with the instant boot goals of Windows 8.
There have been a number of developments over the last few years that makes Interix less compelling. Things like fast-CGI on IIS and an official PHP port from Zend, lots of dynamic languages with native Windows runtimes, mySQL and PostgreSQL for WIndows, C libraries like pthreads for win32 and msys which have made Interix less necessary. For perl-heads there is even Strawberry Perl which is supposed to be a lot more CPAN friendly than ActiveState perl. I think Hyper-V and PowerShell are the real strategic replacements for SUA, though. PowerShell integrates with COM and WMI and fits the object nature of Windows better than any POSIX shell could. Hyper-V lets you actually run your UNIX app on Windows on a supported Linux platform which I'm sure smells much less MacGuyver to CIOs than this weird Interix POSIX on Windows thing that nobody ever heard of.
From the time that Hyper-V officially supported RHEL with hast enlightened drivers and Jeffrey Snover decided that the new shell and automation for Windows would be based on .NET and pivoted to build Monad/PowerShell rather than putting KSH on every Windows machine, Interix's days were numbered. Now it's official, Interix will be gone from the world about 11 years when Windows 8 reaches end-of-life but if you are smart you will jump ship now because this product will have the minimum life support staff imaginable.


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Excelerate Technical Management Signs The Neptune Declaration
LNG industry leader taking action to deliver on the shared responsibility to support seafarers with global partners spanning the maritime value chain
The Woodlands, TX – Excelerate Energy L.P. (Excelerate) joins forces with global companies and organizations to sign the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change, under Excelerate Technical Management (ETM), a wholly-owned subsidiary that is responsible for the management and welfare of seafarers and crews on Excelerate's fleet of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs).
Dedicated to overcoming the seafarer crisis to enable crew changes and repatriation, more than 500 entities spanning the maritime value chain have signed the Neptune Declaration. The declaration defines four main actions to facilitate crew changes and keep global supply chains functioning. They include:
Recognizing seafarers as key workers and give them priority access to Covid-19 vaccines;
Establishing and implementing gold-standard health protocols based on existing best practices;
Increasing collaboration between ship operators and charterers to facilitate crew changes; and
Ensuring air connectivity between key maritime hubs for seafarers.
"The declaration marks a significant moment in the industry where we commit to being a part of the collective group working to hold ourselves to the highest standards. We take great pride in joining this effort," said Cal Bancroft, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Excelerate Energy. "We have and will continue to be steadfast in our commitment to stewardship, accountability, improvement, and leadership as it pertains to all parts of our business."
Excelerate began transitioning its fleet under ETM after outsourcing, beginning with FSRU Experience in February 2020 after The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Government of Belgium awarded Interim Documents of Compliance (DoC) under the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. Excelerate completed the transition of the tenth and final FSRU Excellence on October 28, 2020.
The Neptune Declaration was developed by a task force of stakeholders from across the maritime value chain. Learn more about the Neptune Declaration and see the full list of undersigning companies and organizations here.

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Danna Paola opens up about her anxiety
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Enjoying her return to the halls that saw her born as a star, the singer and actress Danna Paola confessed in an interview for the Hoy program how she has managed to stay on the floor in the face of so many professional successes.
"I am in a moment in life where I am more grounded than ever, I have my feet on the ground and my gaze at the sky and the stars and in my dreams, but one rather becomes a little more reserved with his things, already Sometimes you just trust more and sometimes I think that respect is the main thing, and you become politically incorrect, and many people take it as rude or 'your fame has risen,'" she said.
Later, Danna revealed that she prefers to be very tight with her life to counteract the anxiety she suffers.
"You have to know how to mark that line of respect that in the end as artists it is increasingly difficult to bear or to arrive and say is very overwhelming, I suffer from a lot of anxiety and it is something that I think is very important to talk about, because there is not only people out there who suffer from anxiety, depression and it is something that many of us also carry, so you have to respect just and not know what is behind the artist, the important thing is that I know where I come from, where I want to go, what I want to do".
Regarding the way in which she fights her illness, the interpreter of "Oye Pablo" commented:
"My music literally, my best therapy is music, my family, dancing. From my forties on, what I learned the most was the balance between work and my personal life, having the time to heal you first. You are first, then you and last you, sometimes we forget that".
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Meritage is a winemaker's art form. Combining the "merit" of the grape and the "heritage" of the vines, Meritage is the name given to blending the Bordeaux varietals together to achieve a complex and balanced wine.
For many, the thought of being a winemaker implies a glamorous life marked by creative expression and freedom to explore. Sadly, however, prior to the founding of the Meritage Association, this was not the case, and a creatively blended vintage like Meritage wine was not allowed. In the 1970's, based on rules established by the Federal government, a winemaker was beholden to certain percentages, for example, at least 75% of the overall blend must be Cabernet Sauvignon, in order to call the wine "Cabernet Sauvignon" on the label. These same rules also applied to many other varietals. As a result, many winemakers were bound to these percentages and other "rules" when attempting to craft the best wine possible.
In 1988, a group of American vintners formed the Meritage Association to create a classification that would identify hand-crafted Bordeaux style blends. No longer would a winemaker be confined to a percentage. The only limitations were that he or she must use two or more Bordeaux varieties in the final blend. With little restriction, a winemaker could now take the best grapes from a given vintage – a dash of Merlot here, a dollop of Cabernet Franc there, to make the best wine possible.
Must be made from a blend of two or more of the following varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, St. Macaire, Gros Verdot and Carmenere. No single variety may make up more than 90 percent of the blend.
Must be made from a blend of two or more of the following varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Sauvignon Vert. No single variety may make up more than 90 percent of the blend.


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Q: Qt no such signal, but it does exist Qt can't see a signal that exists.
I have a main window that opens up a child window, and the connect statement for that works absolutely fine:
mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include "addstaffform.h"
#include "stafflist.h"
#include "editstaffwindow.h"
#include <QDialog>
#include <QString>
#include <QList>
#include "person.h"

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();

private slots:
    void on_btn_add_clicked();
    void refreshStaffList();

    void receiveData(Person& newPerson);
    void receiveEditedPerson(Person &editedPerson, int index);

    void updateDeleteEnabled();
    void updateEditEnabled();
    void on_btn_delete_staff_clicked();

    void on_btn_staff_edit_clicked();

private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
    QString s;
    QMainWindow *newWin;
    QMainWindow *editStaffWin;
    StaffList *m_staffList;
    QList<Person> m_personList;
    Person m_person;

};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

The method in mainwindow.cpp that works with no problem:
void MainWindow::on_btn_add_clicked()
{
    //Open the add staff window, which is a form
    newWin = new AddStaffWindow(this);
    //connect the signal from the new form to the slot in this window to receive the person object
    connect(newWin, SIGNAL(sendData(Person&)), this, SLOT(receiveData(Person&)));
    newWin->show();
}

Signal in addstaffwindow.h (the instantiation of newWin)
signals:
    void sendData(Person &p);

Now, in the edit form (editStaffWin), I have the signal, and I've made sure that Q_OBJECT definitely IS there, cleaned, run QMake and build several times, but it doesn't think that the signal exists.
editstaffwindow.h
signals:
    void sendPerson(Person &, int index);

So in the mainwindow.cpp for editing, sendPerson(Person &, int) doesn't show up:
void MainWindow::on_btn_staff_edit_clicked()
{
    //Get the index of the widget
    int index = ui->lst_staff->currentRow();
    int size = ui->lst_staff->count();

    if (index > -1 && index <= size)
    {
        //get from staff list
        m_person = m_staffList->getStaffAt(index);
        editStaffWin = new EditStaffWindow(this, m_person, index);

        connect(editStaffWin, SIGNAL(sendPerson(Person &, int)), this, SLOT(receiveEditedPerson(Person&,int)));

        editStaffWin->show();
    }

}

Any ideas why? I'm not doing anything different for either of them.
EDIT: full EditStaffWindow header:
#ifndef EDITSTAFFWINDOW_H
#define EDITSTAFFWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "person.h"
#include <QObject>

namespace Ui {
class EditStaffWindow;
}

class EditStaffWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit EditStaffWindow(QWidget *parent, Person &p, int index);
    ~EditStaffWindow();

signals:
    void sendPerson(Person &, int index);

private:
    Ui::EditStaffWindow *ui;
    Person m_person;
    int m_index;

public slots:
    void showData(Person &p, int index);

private slots:
    void on_btn_save_clicked();
    void on_btn_cancel_clicked();

};

#endif // EDITSTAFFWINDOW_H

A: It seems that not using the code autocompletion is probably part of the answer, as I have to manually type the signal
connect(editStaffWin, SIGNAL(sendPerson(Person &, int)), this, SLOT(receiveEditedPerson(Person&,int)));

Running clean, qmake, build all may have been part of it as well. What could have also caused a problem was how I was writing the signal for the connect statement, but looking back, it's the same.
What I did do, though, was remove the int declarations from the sendPerson signal, clean, build, then put them back, and it worked.
Apart from that, I'm not sure what caused it not to work.

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Inspired by a 1949 poster from the Archives, Coca-Cola Great Britain commissioned a team of artists to design and create the world's largest recycled piece of artwork. More than 200,000 aluminum cans, extending over 100 meters in length, were used in the development of the artwork that was installed on top of the chalk cliffs of the Sussex coastline. It required a week to complete and can only be fully viewed from the air. At the end of Recycle Week, each of the 200,000 cans will be recyled saving enough energy to keep a television running for seventy years.Shown below is the 1949 poster that inspired this project and a photo of the completed artwork called Precious Metal.


Siri is, by far, my favorite recent addition to iOS. In an age when electronic devices keep getting smaller, faster, and thinner, the humble keyboard feels increasingly like a relic of a bygone era—an era when computers were designed to occupy entire rooms instead of the palm of a hand. Apple's virtual assistant has changed the ways in which I interact with my mobile devices in a significant, if small, way.
Alas, Siri is frustratingly limited. It's integrated well enough with Apple's own apps, as well as with services that the company decides to support, but it's otherwise nearly impossible to use with third-party software of any kind. That's disappointing, because in such a context it could be a game changer—especially for people who have difficulty interacting with a normal keyboard because of a disability.
In an ideal world, Siri would be the primary way for me to interact with many aspects of my iPhone and iPad, and the keyboard would be available as a backup when needed. I'm sure plenty of developers would love to be able to take advantage of Siri, if only Apple would make it possible for them to do so. Unfortunately, the technology behind Siri makes that a significant challenge for the company.
The extra microphones on the iPhone help reduce noise.
What we know as "Siri" is not just an app built into our phones and tablet, but rather a collection of software and Internet-based services that Apple operates in cooperation with a number of partners. By keeping the majority of the functionality server-side, the company can offload much of the work to powerful computers rather than taxing the limited resources of its mobile devices; plus, Apple can use the data it collects to continuously improve the service and offer new functionality without having to release a new version of iOS.
When you issue Siri a command, your device is mainly responsible for collecting the sound of your voice and converting it into an audio file, which it then sends to Apple's data center for processing. This is not as trivial a task as it sounds—you'd be surprised at how much noise a microphone picks up, even when you're in what seems like a quiet environment. For this reason, Apple has been investing heavily in technologies that make that sound as clear as possible: Most recent iOS devices feature multiple microphones, along with sophisticated hardware that analyzes the mics' input to produce a signal scrubbed of most of its noise—a cleaner signal requires less data to transmit and is easier to process.
Once it reaches Apple's servers, your audio file goes through a series of steps that progressively transform it into an action that a computer program can perform—such as figuring out what the weather looks like. The output of that action is then transformed back into text that can be read to you in a natural way.
Siri's voice recognition works very well (this was dictated in a room full of screaming children).
The first of these steps consists of converting your spoken words into text—a task that Apple reportedly delegates to voice recognition powerhouse Nuance. Siri does a remarkable job here: Even with my Italian accent—"Noticeable," as a friend once told me, "but you'll never be picked as the next voice of Mario"—I find myself only rarely having to repeat a command.
However, Siri's success at understanding me is possible only because it already "knows" the words I am likely to speak: The service uploads your contacts and other data about you so that it can recognize the information later on with a good degree of accuracy. Apple has programmed Siri to understand all the terms that are required to fulfill the tasks it supports, based on the context in which they are presented.
In order to allow third parties to take advantage of Siri, Apple would have to figure out a way for developers to "teach" the service about the specific terminology that their software is going to use, and the context in which it is going to be used. As you can imagine, this would be difficult even for simple apps, and nearly impossible for others, particularly if they deal with complex concepts that do not lend themselves well to vocalization.
Teaching a computer to understand idioms can be very hard. Luckily, here Siri pulled up a list of restaurants instead of calling the police.
Once voice is turned into text, Siri's next job consists of understanding what the user is asking for, a process that relies on an area of science called natural language processing. If you thought voice recognition was difficult, this is many, many times harder, because humans have a nearly unlimited ability to express any given concept using endless combinations of words, and they often say one thing when they really mean another.
Assuming that the user has a passable command of their chosen language, this is usually a relatively easy problem to handle. The hard part comes when all those words have to be turned into some sort of actionable content that an app can process; to do this well, the system must have what is called domain knowledge—in other words, it must know the subject area you're talking about.
You've likely encountered a similar problem when asked to deal with a body of knowledge you're unfamiliar with: Your doctor, for example, may tell you that you need to be treated for dyspepsia, but unless you are a medical professional, you probably won't know that you just have indigestion and need an antacid or two. Apple would have to come up with a way for developers to explain to Siri what their apps can do, and provide all the appropriate terminology for those actions.
Of all the parts that make up Siri, this natural language analysis is probably the toughest for developers to tackle, because apps differ greatly, and it's hard to come up with a magic solution that can easily be applied to every possible situation. To make things worse, natural language analysis is not a familiar field for most programmers—who, until now, have mainly been concerned with point-and-click (or point-and-tap) interfaces.
Siri's personality may feel gimmicky, but it helps the user feel like they are part of a conversation.
Once a request has been processed, Siri must convert the result back into text that can be spoken to the user. While not as hard as processing a user's commands, this task, known as natural language generation, still presents some challenges.
Allowing third-party apps to integrate with Siri would be a boon for both developers and users, but it's going to require a lot of effort for everyone involved, in large part because it would represent a significant departure from the way we are used to designing and interacting with our software.
Still, it's fair to say that the company is quietly laying the groundwork for putting more and more Siri-like capabilities within the reach of every programmer, starting with Apple's ever-increasing investment in the back-end facilities that it needs to run Siri's complex infrastructure.
For example, dictation is now built into both of Apple's operating systems, though developers are not currently allowed to add their own specialized jargon to the vocabulary. Similarly, both OS X and iOS have recently acquired several programming interfaces that can be used to analyze the syntax of a text document, although they do not help much in the much harder task of interpreting its meaning. Finally, Apple's software has long been adept at speech synthesis; right now this capability is used primarily by system tools like VoiceOver and is off-limits to developers (at least on iOS), but it wouldn't take much work, from a technical perspective, to turn speech synthesis into a general-purpose tool that everyone could use.


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Ottawa 67's /
Ottawa 67's 2008-2009 Attendance
Mar. 15 vs Frontenacs
Primary Arena: Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada (cap. 9,862)
1 Fri. Sep. 26, 2008Sep. 26 Belleville Bulls at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,516 96.5%
2 Fri. Oct. 3, 2008Oct. 3 Peterborough Petes at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 5,456 55.3%
3 Sun. Oct. 5, 2008Oct. 5 Guelph Storm at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 5,640 57.2%
4 Fri. Oct. 10, 2008Oct. 10 Belleville Bulls at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 5,414 54.9%
5 Fri. Oct. 17, 2008Oct. 17 Windsor Spitfires at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 5,135 52.1%
6 Sun. Oct. 19, 2008Oct. 19 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 6,263 63.5%
7 Fri. Oct. 24, 2008Oct. 24 Sarnia Sting at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 6,286 63.7%
8 Fri. Oct. 31, 2008Oct. 31 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 4,893 49.6%
9 Sun. Nov. 2, 2008Nov. 2 Owen Sound Attack at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,712 88.3%
10 Fri. Nov. 14, 2008Nov. 14 Belleville Bulls at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,966 80.8%
11 Fri. Nov. 21, 2008Nov. 21 Brampton Battalion at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,000 91.3%
12 Fri. Nov. 28, 2008Nov. 28 Oshawa Generals at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,862 100.0%
13 Sat. Nov. 29, 2008Nov. 29 Kingston Frontenacs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,740 78.5%
14 Fri. Dec. 5, 2008Dec. 5 Barrie Colts at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,250 83.7%
15 Sun. Dec. 7, 2008Dec. 7 Kingston Frontenacs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,066 81.8%
16 Fri. Dec. 12, 2008Dec. 12 Oshawa Generals at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,080 81.9%
17 Fri. Dec. 19, 2008Dec. 19 Peterborough Petes at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,269 83.8%
18 Fri. Jan. 9, 2009Jan. 9 Niagara IceDogs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,929 90.5%
19 Sat. Jan. 10, 2009Jan. 10 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,259 83.7%
20 Sun. Jan. 11, 2009Jan. 11 Plymouth Whalers at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,457 95.9%
21 Fri. Jan. 16, 2009Jan. 16 Saginaw Spirit at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,464 85.8%
22 Fri. Jan. 23, 2009Jan. 23 Oshawa Generals at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,499 86.2%
23 Sun. Jan. 25, 2009Jan. 25 Erie Otters at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,792 79.0%
24 Fri. Jan. 30, 2009Jan. 30 Belleville Bulls at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,463 75.7%
25 Sun. Feb. 1, 2009Feb. 1 London Knights at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,335 94.7%
26 Fri. Feb. 6, 2009Feb. 6 Brampton Battalion at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,437 75.4%
27 Sun. Feb. 8, 2009Feb. 8 Kingston Frontenacs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,471 75.8%
28 Fri. Feb. 13, 2009Feb. 13 Peterborough Petes at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,731 78.4%
29 Fri. Feb. 20, 2009Feb. 20 Kitchener Rangers at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 9,304 94.3%
30 Sun. Feb. 22, 2009Feb. 22 Niagara IceDogs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,344 84.6%
31 Fri. Mar. 6, 2009Mar. 6 Barrie Colts at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,870 89.9%
32 Sun. Mar. 8, 2009Mar. 8 Sudbury Wolves at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 8,084 82.0%
33 Fri. Mar. 13, 2009Mar. 13 Peterborough Petes at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 7,211 73.1%
34 Sun. Mar. 15, 2009Mar. 15 Kingston Frontenacs at Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre 10,228 103.7%


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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is highly endangered and only about 7% of the original forest remains, most of which consists of fragments of secondary forest. Small mammals in the Atlantic Forest have differential responses to this process of fragmentation and conversion of forest into anthropogenic habitats, and have varying abilities to occupy the surrounding altered habitats. We investigated the influence of vegetation structure on the micro-scale distribution of five small mammal species in six secondary forest remnants in a landscape of fragmented Atlantic Forest. We tested whether the occurrence of small mammal species is influenced by vegetation structure, aiming to ascertain whether species with different degrees of vulnerability to forest fragmentation (not vulnerable: A. montensis, O. nigripes and G. microtarsus; vulnerable: M. incanus and D. sublineatus; classification of vulnerability was based on the results of previous studies) are associated with distinct vegetation characteristics.
Although vegetation structure differed among fragments, micro-scale distribution of most of the species was influenced by vegetation structure in a similar way in different fragments. Among the three species that were previously shown not to be vulnerable to forest fragmentation, A. montensis and G. microtarsus were present at locations with an open canopy and the occurrence of O. nigripes was associated to a low canopy and a dense understory. On the other hand, from the two species that were shown to be vulnerable to fragmentation, M. incanus was captured most often at locations with a closed canopy while the distribution of D. sublineatus was not clearly influenced by micro-scale variation in vegetation structure.
Results indicate the importance of micro-scale variation in vegetation structure for the distribution of small mammal species in secondary forest fragments. Species that are not vulnerable to fragmentation occurred at locations with vegetation characteristics of more disturbed forest, while one of the species vulnerable to fragmentation was found at locations with older forest characteristics. Results suggest that micro-habitat preferences may be an important factor influencing the capacity of small mammals to occupy altered habitats and, consequently, their vulnerability to forest fragmentation at a larger spatial scale.
The coastal Atlantic Forest is one of the most diverse, and most threatened, natural environments in the world . Due to severe human impact over the last few centuries most of the primary coastal Atlantic Forest has been destroyed. Only 7% of its original extent remains  and a considerable part of remaining forest takes the form of secondary forest fragments at different stages of regeneration, embedded in a rural or urban matrix [2, 3]. In fragmented landscapes such as these, both the stage of regeneration and the degree of fragmentation influence forest structure within the fragments, which in turn determines habitat suitability and affects species occurrence as well as the composition of animal communities [4, 5]. Since secondary forests may play an important role in species conservation if primary forest habitats are limited , it is important to understand which factors determine species distribution in secondary forests.
Although small mammals play a key role in neotropical forest ecosystems, including the Atlantic Forest, in terms of seed dispersal [6–11], dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi  and predation on seedlings [7, 10, 13, 14], only a limited number of studies focused on the influence of vegetation structure on small mammal distribution in secondary Atlantic Forest fragments [15–17].
The effects of forest fragmentation on Atlantic Forest small mammals vary among species. Some species are able to persist in isolated fragments and cross or occupy non-native vegetation in human-altered areas, while others are restricted to large and/or connected forest remnants [16, 18–22]. Since vulnerability to fragmentation is influenced by the capacity to occupy the altered habitats of the matrix [19, 21, 23–25], it is expected that preferences on a microhabitat scale in forested habitats will vary among species showing different degrees of vulnerability to forest fragmentation on a larger scale.
The identification of the scale that best explains variation in presence or abundance of organisms is a major goal in ecology . This implies the necessity of examining ecological patterns on different scales. The issue of the "correct" scale at which assessment of biological parameters should be carried out has been the topic of numerous studies in ecology [27–32]. In fact, in his review Jorgensen  called attention to the lack of consistent use of the appropriate scale in small mammal microhabitat research and that broad but widely accepted generalizations (e.g. habitat partitioning, relation between abundance and availability of microhabitat) might be based on results that often confound micro- and macro-habitat effects.
In a recent study on small mammals in Caucaia do Alto, São Paulo, Pardini et al.  showed that three rodent and two marsupial species were affected in different ways by fragmentation on a macro-scale. The rodents Akodon montensis Thomas, 1902, and Oligoryzomys nigripes (Olfers, 1818) as well as the marsupial Gracilinanus microtarsus (Wagner, 1842) were not affected by fragmentation while the rodent Delomys sublineatus (Thomas, 1903) and the marsupial Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) decreased in abundance in smaller and/or more isolated fragments. In the same region, Umetsu & Pardini  showed that the three species not affected by fragmentation were able to occupy anthropogenic habitats while the species vulnerable to fragmentation were restricted to native vegetation on a macro-habitat scale [16, 21].
In the present study we extended the previous work by adding a smaller scale to the investigation of small mammal habitat preferences in the same Atlantic Forest study area. While Umetsu and Pardini  studied the response of Atlantic Forest small mammal populations to habitat variation, this study deals with the response of small mammal individuals to micro-habitat differences. Specifically, we investigated the influence of vegetation structure on the micro-scale distribution of three small mammal species not affected by fragmentation (Akodon montensis, Oligoryzomys nigripes, Gracilinanus microtarsus) and two species vulnerable to fragmentation (Delomys sublineatus, Marmosops incanus) in six secondary forest remnants in the Atlantic Forest fragmented landscape of Caucaia do Alto. We investigated if the occurrence of small mammal species is influenced by vegetation structure, aiming to ascertain whether species with different degrees of vulnerability to forest fragmentation are associated with distinct vegetation characteristics.
In total, 698 individuals belonging to 12 species were captured 1597 times in 14400 trap nights, resulting in a trap success of 11.1%. The five focus species were the most common species in the studied sites: the terrestrial rodents Akodon montensis and Delomys sublineatus, the scansorial rodent Oligoryzomys nigripes, the scansorial marsupial Marmosops incanus and the arboreal marsupial Gracilinanus microtarsus (Table 1), which accounted for 76.8% of individuals captured.
Locomotion habits ([58, 59] and own observations) of the investigated species, number of individuals captured (numbers of males, females and unsexed individuals are given in parenthesis), number of used trap locations and percentage of trap locations where more than one individual of the same species was captured.
Additional species captured were the sigmodontine rodents Juliomys spp. (Osgood, 1933, 32 individuals), Euryoryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848, 20), Sooretamys angouya (Fischer, 1814, 26), Brucepattersonius soricinus (Thomas, 1896, 5), Thaptomys nigrita (Lichtenstein, 1829, 58) and the didelphid marsupials Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied, 1826, 23) and Monodelphis americana (Müller, 1776, 14), and Micoureus paraguayanu s (Tate, 1931, 1).
In several trap locations more than one individual of the same species was captured (Table 1). In the case of Akodon montensis, the percentage of traps with more than one individual of the same species was 34.35% (Table 1). For all other species, however, the percentage of traps with more then one individual of the same species was below 20% (Table 1).
The vegetation characteristics were reduced to three principal components (PC1, PC2, PC3) with an Eigenvalue greater than one, which explained 69.9% of the variance in the data (Table 2). The factor loadings are a measure of the correlation between original habitat variables and the new variables (PC's, ). The correlation matrix (Table 2) revealed that the first principal component, which explained 33.9% of the variance, described the canopy height and the density of the vegetation up to three meters. The second principal component (20.5% variance explained) reflected the amount of bamboo and the number of horizontal structures while the third (15.5% variance explained) described the density of the canopy (Table 2).
Factor loadings of Principal Components.
Eigenvalues, variance explained and correlations (factor loadings) between the three principal components and vegetation characteristics.
The vegetation structure synthesized by all principal components differed among fragments (two-factorial ANOVA; Table 3). Species response to these major trends of vegetation structure variation, however, was in most cases independent of the fragment considered.
Full results of 2-way-ANOVA. Results of 2-way-ANOVA for all species and all three principal components.
O. nigripes was captured at trap locations with a significant higher mean value for PC1 (Table 3; Fig. 1), meaning a lower canopy and denser understory vegetation. No significant difference was found between used and unused trap locations considering PC2 or PC3 (Table 3; Fig. 1), as well as, no significant interaction between factors (FRAGMENT*USE; Table 3).
Association between the occurrence of small mammal species and vegetation characteristics described by the three principal components. Comparison of mean (+/- standard error) component scores of used (open bars) and unused (grey bars) trap locations for A. montensis (A. mon), O. nigripes (O. nig), G. microtarsus (G. mic), D. sublineatus (D. sub), and M. incanus (M. inc) and. Asterisks mark a significant difference between used and unused trap locations. Numbers of used/unused trap locations are given below. For A. montensis results of PC1 and PC2 are not given because the use of vegetation described by these variables differed between fragments (significant interaction between FRAGMENT and USE).
The marsupial G. microtarsus was captured at locations with a lower mean value for PC3 (Table 3; Fig. 1) i.e. locations with lower canopy cover. Mean values between used and unused trap locations did not differ significantly in PC1 or PC2 (Table 3; Fig. 1) and again no significant interaction between factors (FRAGMENT*USE) was found (Table 3).
For A. montensis, there was a significant difference between used and unused trap locations in all principal components (Table 3). Significant interactions between factors FRAGMENT*USE, however, was observed for PC1 and PC2 (Table 3), indicating that the influence of vegetation structure synthesized in these two principal components on the species distribution was depended on the fragment considered. Irrespective of the fragment, however, A. montensis similarly to G. microtarsus was captured in trap locations with a significantly lower mean value for PC3, i.e. lower canopy cover (Fig. 1).
For D. sublineatus, mean values did not differ significantly between used and unused trap locations (Table 3; Fig. 1) as well as no significant interaction between factors FRAGMENT*USE was found in any of the principal components (Table 3).
For M. incanus, however, there was a significant difference between mean values of used and unused trap locations in PC1 and PC2 (Table 3; Fig. 1), meaning that the species was captured more often in locations with higher canopy and less dense understory as well as in locations with a higher amount of horizontal structures. No significant interaction between factors FRAGMENT*USE was found for any of the principal components (Table 3).
This study examined the response of individuals from five small mammal species to vegetation structure on a micro-scale and represents an extension of former studies by Pardini et al.  and Umetsu and Pardini  which assessed the influence of a larger scale (habitat) variation in vegetation structure and fragment size on small mammal populations in the same study area.
The results presented here revealed differences in vegetation structure among fragments as well as within fragments among trap locations. The observed major micro-scale trends in vegetation structure (as synthesized by the three principal components) within the secondary forest fragments studied represented a gradient of forest succession/disturbance from old/undisturbed sites (higher canopy height, less dense understory, less horizontal structures, denser canopy cover) to initial/disturbed sites (lower canopy height, denser understory, more horizontal structures, less dense canopy cover), similar to that observed on a larger scale (among habitat fragments) in Caucaia, from fragments of native vegetation in initial stage of regeneration (shrub vegetation) to fragments of native forest [16, 21].
These micro-scale differences in vegetation structure are probably caused by the interaction of several factors. Several studies pointed out a variety of factors influencing forest succession [34, 35]. There are differences in colonization ability among plant species  which may lead to small scale differences in species composition and therefore secondary forest structure. Furthermore, abiotic and biotic conditions might differ between locations. For example, soil nutrients provide an important resource for colonizing plant species after forest clearing [35, 36] and are likely to vary due to pre-abandonment management. Furthermore, it has been hypothesized that differences in the occurrence of mycorrhizae might influence vegetation composition  and thus vegetation structure. Another cause of micro-scale variation in vegetation structure might be sporadic residual old-growth trees within the secondary vegetation  which can influence the surrounding habitat and also substantially increase canopy height at certain locations. Tree falls and the resulting gaps represent an additional source of small-scale variation within the forest . Gaps in the canopy alter microclimatic conditions such as radiation, heat fluxes, wind, and humidity levels . Other possible causes of variation are fire or cattle entering the forest. Although these events were not observed in the studied fragments during the study, they were relatively common in adjacent fragments and could have influenced studied fragments prior to data collection. Because not all parts of the trapping grids were located in equal distance from fragment edges, part of the variation might be due to edge effects. Because the proximity to edges influences several abiotic (micro-climate, windspeed, soil nutrients [24, 40]) and biotic (invasion of non-forest species, species composition ) aspects of the habitat, edge effects may have severe influences on forest structure [42, 43].
Although vegetation structure differed among studied fragments most species responses to micro-scale variation were independent of the fragment considered, i.e. were similar in all fragments. The exception was some of the responses of one species non-vulnerable to fragmentation (A. montensis), which were influenced by the fragment considered. Thus, irrespective of the variation in vegetation structure among fragments, the distribution of all species except from D. sublineatus was influenced by micro-scale variation (within fragment) in vegetation structure. A. montensis and G. microtarsus were associated to locations with less canopy cover, while O. nigripes preferred locations with lower canopy and denser understory. On the contrary, M. incanus was captured in locations with higher canopy, less dense understory and higher amount of horizontal structures, while the distribution of D. sublineatus was not influenced by within-fragment vegetation variation.
The response group which preferred younger/more disturbed forest sites (A. montensis, O. nigripes, G. microtarsus) included a marsupial and rodents, terrestrial (A. montensis ) and scansorial (O. nigripes, G. microtarsus [44–46]) species, as well as insectivores/frugivores (all species [47–49]) and granivores (rodents [10, 50]), making taxonomic or ecological traits such as locomotor abilities or diet preferences poor predictors of the observed micro-habitat preferences. Nonetheless, both population response to larger scale (habitat) variation and to fragmentation are consistent with the micro-habitat preferences of this group: species preferring younger/more disturbed sites within secondary forest fragments (A. montensis, O. nigripes and G. microtarsus) were found to be able to occupy anthropogenic habitats and to be equally abundant in smaller and larger forest fragments [16, 21].
On the contrary, the marsupial M. incanus, which preferred older/less disturbed sites inside secondary forest fragments was found to be restricted to patches of native vegetation and less common in initial stages of regeneration . Although D. sublineatus was found to decrease in abundance in smaller and/or isolated forest fragments  and to be restricted to patches of native vegetation , this species presents similar abundance between patches of native vegetation in initial or latter stages of regeneration (22). Accordingly, we could not find any response of this species to micro-scale vegetation variation inside forest fragments.
Thus, our results indicate that patterns of habitat preference at the population level may be caused by individual responses at a smaller spatial scale (i.e., micro-habitat selection). Species whose individuals prefer younger/more disturbed sites within secondary forest fragments would be able to establish populations in degraded habitats at larger spatial scales, thus being less vulnerable to fragmentation in the long run. On the other hand, species that do not show this preference for disturbed sites or whose individuals are restricted to old/non disturbed sites inside secondary forest fragments would not be able to established populations in degraded open habitats at larger spatial scales, being more vulnerable to fragmentation in the long run.
Studies on the responses of Atlantic Forest small mammals to habitat variation that include different spatial scales are rare (but see ). To our knowledge only two studies on microhabitat selection of small mammals in the Atlantic forest biome included partly the same species as in this study [15, 17]. Fonseca and Robinson  investigated the selection of microhabitat from available habitat (measured as the mean of the variables obtained over all trapping stations) in primary and secondary semi-deciduous Atlantic forest for some small mammal species including M. incanus (all other species investigated by Fonseca and Robinson  were not subject to this study). They found no habitat selection in M. incanus, i.e. this species chose the microhabitat randomly from the available habitat. Dalmagro and Vieira  studied microhabitat of O. nigripes and A. montensis as well as of Delomys dorsalis, a congeneric of D. sublineatus, in Araucarian forest in south Brazil. Concurring with our results, they found that O. nigripes preferred areas in early successional stages within the forest. On the other hand, they also found that D. dorsalis preferred denser canopy cover and a positive correlation between canopy cover and the occurrence of A. montensis. Although it is difficult to directly compare these results given the heterogeneity in sampling design and data analysis among studies, these results may indicate that the response of the studied species to vegetation structure may vary among different types of forest in the Atlantic forest biome.
Results showed that major trends in micro-scale variation in vegetation structure within secondary forest fragments are similar to those observed at a larger spatial scale, i.e. among habitat fragments. This micro-scale variation in vegetation structure was shown to influence the distribution of most small mammal species in secondary forest fragments. Species that were shown to be able to establish populations in altered habitat and not to be vulnerable to fragmentation were clearly associated to younger/more disturbed sites within secondary forest remnants. On the contrary, species that were shown to be unable to establish populations in altered habitat and to be vulnerable to fragmentation preferred older/less disturbed sites or were not influenced by micro-scale variation in forest structure inside secondary forest fragments.
Thus the results, in combination with previous studies [16, 21], show that species responses are similar at different spatial scales of habitat and microhabitat, suggesting that microhabitat preferences may be an important factor influencing the capacity of small mammal to occupy altered habitats and, consequently, their vulnerability to forest fragmentation at a larger spatial scale.
The study was conducted in the region of Caucaia do Alto (23°40' S, 47°01' W) about 80 km south-west of the city of São Paulo, in a transition zone between dense ombrophilous forest and semi-deciduous forest classified as "Lower Montane Atlantic Rain Forest"  in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Elevation ranges from 800 to 1100 m . Monthly mean temperature range from a minimum of 11°C to a maximum of 27°C. The annual precipitation level is 1300–1400 mm and fluctuates seasonally with the driest and coldest months between April and August.
The area includes a fragmented landscape, composed of secondary forest fragments embedded in an agricultural landscape, and an adjacent 10.000 ha forest reserve (Morro Grande Forest Reserve). Secondary forest covers 31% of the fragmented landscape, which is dominated by anthropogenic altered habitat (33% agricultural fields, 15% areas with rural buildings or urban areas, 10% vegetation in early stages of regeneration, 7% pine and eucalyptus plantations, 4% others). A more detailed description of the study area can be found in Pardini et al. .
This study is part of a larger project investigating the effects of forest fragmentation on the small mammal community in Caucaia do Alto [16, 21]. In the overall project several forest fragments differing in size and connectivity to other fragments as well as different plots in the continuous forest of the Morro Grande Forest Reserve were studied. To investigate the microhabitat preferences of small mammals, five forest fragments and one study site in the continuous forest were chosen, so that all sites were of secondary growth forest between 50 and 80 years old , but varied widely in terms of fragment size. Two sites were located in fragments of about 14 ha, two in fragments approximately twice as large (30 ha), one in a 175 ha fragment and one within secondary forest inside the Morro Grande Forest Reserve. The study sites were at least 8 km apart and movement of individuals between them was unlikely (and not detected). However, other forest fragments were in the vicinity of the study sites and inter-fragment movement between these fragments was possible.
Regular trapping grids of one hundred trap locations 20 m apart from one another were established in all six study sites. One small and one large trap (23 × 9 × 8 cm and 38 × 11 × 10 cm, respectively; Sherman Traps Inc., Tallahassee, USA) were set up at each trap location. One trap was put on the ground, the other one at an approximate height of 1.0 to 1.5 m, alternating the positions of small and large traps from one trap location to the next.
Data collection was carried out during two trapping sessions in each of the study sites from March to June 2004 (1st session: 4.03.-7.04.2004, 2nd session: 18.05.- 26.06.2004). Each session consisted of six consecutive nights of capture, totalling 2400 trap nights per study site. The traps were baited with banana, and a mixture of peanut butter, oat and sardines. Traps were left open for the night, checked every morning and rebaited if necessary. Captured animals were anaesthetized (Forene®, Abbott GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany) for 1–2 minutes and marked individually by numbered ear tags (Fish and small animal tag size 1, National Band and Tag Co., Newport, Kentucky, USA). In addition to sexing and weighing, the length of their tibia was measured to the nearest 0.5 mm (measurements were taken for another study). All individuals were released at their respective trapping location.
Each of the 600 trap locations were characterized with respect to vegetation structure within a 5-meter radius around the trap locations according to August . Vegetation characteristics were canopy height (estimated with the help of a marked 5-meter pole in meters and grouped into seven categories: < 6 m, 6.1–8.0 m, 8.1–10.0 m, 10.1–12.0 m, 12.1–15.0 m, 15.1–20.0 m and 20.1–25 m), canopy cover (estimations were based on a scale from 1 to 4: 1 equals less than 25% cover while 4 counts for 76–100% cover), vegetation density at 0 to 0.5 m, 0.5 to 1.5 m and 1.5 to 3 m (estimations were based on a scale from 1 to 5: 1 indicates 20% of the specific strata is covered by plants, 5 indicates 81–100% of the specific strata is covered by plants), the amount of bamboo (estimations were based on a scale from 1 to 4: 1 represents a percentage of cover of up to 25 of bamboo while 4 represents 76–100 percent bamboo) and the quantity of horizontal structures as an indicator of the connectivity of the vegetation above ground (1–4 scale: 1 means that few or no surrounding trees are connected by horizontal structures, 4 means a 76–100% of the surrounding trees are connected to each other by horizontal structures at any height).
The vegetation variables were standardized and reduced to three principal components (PC1, PC2 and PC3) to minimize correlation and to identify major traits of variation in vegetation structure (SPSS Principal Component Analysis, default settings, Varimax rotation).
We investigated if species distribution is influenced by micro-scale variation in vegetation structure and if these influences depend on the fragment where animals were captured. To test these hypotheses, we compared the scores of the principal components (dependent variables: PC1–PC3) using a factorial ANOVA, with FRAGMENT (1–6) and USE of trap locations (used and unused) as factors. Thus we investigated differences in principal component scores among fragments and between used and unused traps, as well as the existence of interactions between these two factors. Significant interactions indicate that the influence of micro-scale variation in vegetation structure is dependent on the fragment considered.
Only A. montensis and M. incanus were captured in all fragments. Other species were captured only in five (D. sublineatus, G. microtarsus) or four (O. nigripes) fragments. The component scores of all principal components deviated little from a normal distribution (Kolmogorov-Smirnov-Test). In analysis of variance, non-normality of data can be tolerated, especially when sample size is large . The assumption of homoscedasticity was tested by Levene's test for homogeneity of variances. Variances of PC1 and PC2 differed among fragments. ANOVA is robust to deviation from this assumption where sample size is large . The comparison among fragments included six treatments with n >= 100 each. With many samples or treatments the effect of any one sample variance on the estimated variances within treatments can only be small . Therefore we continued with the analysis although Levene's test indicated heteroscedasticity in PC1 and PC2 among fragments.
We aimed to keep data independent of individual behavioural responses to capture. Therefore, only first-captured individuals of both capture sessions were considered . Trap locations were weighted by the number of individuals captured at the respective location.
All tests were conducted on STATISTICA 6.0 (StatSoft Inc., Tulsa) using a significance level of 0.05.
Thomas Püttker, Renata Pardini, Yvonne Meyer-Lucht contributed equally to this work.
We thank Jean-Paul Metzger and Fabiana Umetsu (University of São Paulo) as well as Christoph Knogge and Klaus Henle (UFZ Leipzig) for a very fruitful cooperation and scientific and logistic support. We also would like to thank Jörg U. Ganzhorn for supporting this study and helpful comments on statistical questions. We thank W.E. Magnusson and three unknown reviewers for their helpful comments on a previous version of this paper. We are grateful to Laura Sandberger, Anne Leppin, Claudia Guimaraes, Camilla Armstrong and Jürg Brendan Logue for field assistance. We appreciate the financial support provided by the BMBF Germany (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, project ID: 01 LB 0202). This study is part of the BIOCASP project (Biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes on the Atlantic Plateau of São Paulo, Brazil).
TP, RP and YML participated in design of the study and data collection. TP performed the statistical analysis. TP and RP wrote the manuscript. SS conceived the study, participated in its design and helped to draft the manuscript. SS and RP participated in the project coordination. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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