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Air Sampling Network
Introduction Surface Network Aircraft Tall Towers Boulder Atmospheric Observatory Baseline Observatories
Boulder Central Facility
Introduction Flask Logistics Lab Why Do We Measure Greenhouse Gases? Why Do We Measure the 6 Gases We Do? Measurement Lab Gas Analyzers Standards Calibration Lab Standards Preparation Manometric System Transfer Calibrations
Measuring & Analyzing Greenhouse Gases: Behind the Scenes
Where Do Standards Come From?
Every one of the standards are filled with clean air from a special place in the Colorado mountains called Niwot Ridge. Niwot Ridge is essentially the birth place of the very important standards that scientists rely on across the world.
When filled tanks come back from Niwot Ridge, they are put aside for at least a week to ensure that the air inside the tank is well-mixed. Then the new air tanks are ready to become calibrated standards in the Calibration Lab.
Why is Natural Air Used in Standards?
After many years of trial and error, we have learned that natural air is the BEST medium [The molecules surrounding the gases we are interested in] to create long-term standards of trace gases. Initially, we tried using synthetic mixtures starting with nitrogen (N2) and adding certain concentrations of the greenhouse gases to it. However, these synthetic air standards were not as stable as hoped. There are many interactions that different gases create when mixed together in natural air, which made measurements of synthetic air slightly different than those of natural air. The only way to accurately measure a greenhouse gas that resides at very small amounts in natural air is to use well-known standards of that same natural air.
Niwot Ridge
NOAA's Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) group uses Niwot Ridge, a high elevation mountain research site, to fill large air tanks (also called "cylinders") with clean air that are then used to calibrate greenhouse gas measurement equipment used by scientists all over the world. In fact the CCGG Calibration Lab, where the cylinders of air are very precisely measured after being filled at Niwot Ridge, has been designated the world's Central Calibration Laboratory (CCL) for greenhouse gases. It's vital that all the greenhouse gas measurement labs around the world are inter-compared to make sure that all labs get the same result from the reference materials [This is what the gas analyzers use to calibrate their measurements] such as these air tanks, also known as "standards." The CCGG group has been involved in maintaining greenhouse gas standards since the 1970's. Today the standards preparation facility at Niwot Ridge makes more than 400 standards per year, more than 5000 standards total, and plays a very important role in our ability to monitor greenhouse gases around the world .
Google Map of the Niwot Ridge Standards Preparation Facility: Notice the snow-capped peaks just to the west of the facility, they mark the continental divide.
If you explore the area around the standards prep facility you will see there is very little human development around the facility, but if you zoom out far enough you will see the highly populated front range to the east of the mountains. This site was chosen for these reasons; it's close enough to the Central Calibration Lab in Boulder, and it's remote enough to provide clean air that is not impacted by urban pollution. Clean air is important because it is usually stable, meaning gases won't undergo unwanted reactions within the air tanks that will change their concentrations. In order to have a "standard," the concentrations of the gases within the tank must be constant over time.
The Filling Process
Step 1: Load up the Truck
Duane Kitzis is in charge of filling the standard air cylinders at Niwot Ridge, which is typically done once or twice a week depending on the need for new standards. The process starts at the CCGG labs in Boulder, and the first step is to load up the lab truck with empty air tanks that will be filled at Niwot Ridge.
Loading up the truck: Standard air tanks are strapped to a metal cage in the bed of the truck to keep from falling all over the place on the drive to Niwot Ridge. A dolly is used to transport the tanks because they can be fairly heavy, and a ramp is used get the air tanks off the bed of the truck safely.
**NOTE: Air tanks are filled at Niwot Ridge no matter the weather conditions. There have been times when standards were filled in the middle of a blizzard! So the next time you think your job is demanding, think of Duane and what he has to go through to get up to the standards prep facility in winter**
Step 2: Travel to Standards Prep Facility
Next, Duane drives about 30 miles from the CCGG Boulder Central Facility to the standards prep facility in the mountains west of Boulder. The last couple miles of driving is on a rough dirt road that climbs up the mountain. The dirt road is sometimes blocked by large snowdrifts even into June and July, which makes it hard to reach the standards prep facility by truck. That's why a snowcat is used to transport the standard air tanks to and from the standards prep facility during the winter.
Transportation to the standards preparation facility: A truck is used during the summer, and the snowcat is used during the winter when snowfall makes the road impassible by traditional vehicles. Notice the dog relaxing in the back of the snowcat; his name is Bear. Bear accompanies Duane to Niwot Ridge, which can get pretty lonely during the cold winter months.
Step 3: Unload the Truck
At the standards prep facility, the empty air cylinders are unloaded across the ramp from the truck bed into the standards prep building. There are many times throughout the year when the road is impassable and Duane has to walk or ski up the road. That's why Duane brings extra cylinders whenever he can, and especially when he has helpers along (like the author of this article!). There is plenty of storage for these extra cylinders in an old trailer that used to be Duane's office until the wildlife decided otherwise.
Standards prep facility: All the equipment Duane uses is in either the trailer or the standards prep building. The trailer is used mainly as a storage shelter and a work area. The standards prep building is where the air tanks get filled. Notice the ramp from the deck of the standards prep building to the trailer deck. This makes it easier for Duane to move tanks to and from the buildings with the dolly.
Step 4: Capturing the Clean Air
Capturing the fill air: This diagram shows the main components for capturing the clean ambient air for the standards that will be used by scientists across the globe. Notice the cable ties on the equipment. Duane uses extra thick metal tubing and pressure control valves to keep the whole system from blowing apart because highly pressurized air in the cylinders and tubing leading to them could blow apart. The cable ties are extra insurance to make sure that if a connection breaks, the tubing doesn't fly off and seriously injure someone.
To obtain the cleanest ambient air (the fill air), Duane collects and stores ambient air from early in the morning (12am to 5am) into ballast tanks using an automatic timer. Early in the morning, the air almost always flows from the undeveloped Rocky Mountains to the west, whereas later in the day the wind sometimes changes and brings air up from the populated and polluted Denver/Boulder region to the east (take another look at that Google map above). During the day, as other researchers go about their research, there can also be vehicle traffic up the dirt road that could contaminate the fill air.
The fill air is collected from 35 feet above the ground on a tower, an additional way to ensure that the air is nice and clean. The fill air is pumped and pressurized to 3,500 psi (that's 238 times atmospheric pressure at sea level!) in ballast tanks, like those normally used for scuba gear, using an oil-less pump. The pump must NOT have petroleum products contact the fill air because it would contaminate it with unwanted chemicals. The ballast tanks are pressurized so high because the new standards being filled at Niwot Ridge must be pressurized to around 2,000 psi (136 atmospheres), which means the ballast tanks need to be at a higher pressure to be able to push the fill air into the highly pressurized standard tank.
Ambient air always contains water vapor, but it is important to make sure the fill air is dry because unwanted reactions can occur at the high pressure inside the air tanks if water is present. As the fill air flows from the pump into the ballast tanks, it flows through two different "dryers" to ensure that most of the water is removed. First, a coalescent filter [Similar to a filter in a vacuum, the coalescent filter allows air to move through a fiber mesh without letting water droplets through. The water droplets collide (or coalesce) on the fiber mesh and fall down into the bottom of the filter where the water is eventually removed.] captures droplets of water that may have gone through the pump. Second, any water that is left is removed as the air flows through two stainless steel tubes about 20" long that are filled with Anhydrous Magnesium Perchlorate, which is a chemical compound that strongly absorbs any remaining water. It also dissolves in water, so the Anhydrous Magnesium Perchlorate tubes need to be replaced every month. It is impossible to remove every last molecule of water, but this double whammy gets very close. In fact there is less than 1 part per million (ppm) of water left afterward, which means for every 1 million molecules of air in the ballast tanks, only one molecule is water (H2O).
Step 5: Tank Filling Setup
The tank filling process begins by connecting a new, empty air tank to the flush volume manifold [This is the "highway" of tubing that the fill air flows through to enter the air tank]. Another oil-free vacuum pump is used to remove all the air from the flush volume manifold and the tubing connecting the ballast, zeroed, and spiked tanks. Duane uses a digital pressure sensor (green in the photo below) to determine when the manifold is completely free of air. Then Duane opens the valves along the wall to allow the clean air from the ballast tanks to flow through the manifold into the new air tank. Another digital pressure sensor (red in the photo below) tells Duane the pressure (psi) inside the air tank, and once it reaches about 2,000 psi (136 atmospheres), the tank is full. Then he throws all that work away! This first filling of the air tank is just to get the tank used to the new air being pumped into it. The walls of a new air tank sometimes have unwanted gases clinging to them that will exchange with the new clean air being pumped in, thus increasing the concentrations. For some gases the opposite can happen: the cylinder walls will suck a little bit of the gas out of the clean air, thus reducing the concentration in the air. This all happens when air is first introduced into the air tank, and thus the first fill is thrown away after a few minutes. This ensures that when the final air is added to the soon-to-be standard, it will be stable through time.
Tank-filling location: The "zero" [Zero air tanks (or zeros) have had a certain gas removed from them, or at least enough removed that the concentration is very low compared to what we see in the normal atmosphere.] and "spiked" [Spiked air tanks contain air with MUCH HIGHER concentrations of a trace gas that is not seen in the normal atmosphere.] tanks are on the right, and calibration tanks are on the left behind the analyzers used to monitor CO2 and H2O during the filling process. The flush volume manifold runs across the wall with many valves to allow different air tanks to fill the flush volume with their own set of gas. The LICOR CO2 analyzer is used to determine the concentration of CO2 in the ambient fill air, and the Aquamatic H2O Analyzer is used to make sure the fill air is dry. The large new air tanks are filled where the orange bucket is located, but the smaller air tanks (like the one on the bottom right of the center photo) are placed on the desk.
**Due to compressional warming of the gas in the air tank, like when your bicycle tire pump gets hot after filling your bike tires, Duane has to let the pressure in the tank go above 2,000 psi so that it falls back down to around 2,000 psi after the air cools**
Step 6: Filling Standards
Duane makes up the cylinders according to the requests of CCGG and other researchers around the world asking him for standards with specific "target" concentrations of trace gases. "Targeting" is the tricky part, getting a certain concentration of CO2, CH4, or some other greenhouse gas in the cylinder by using outside air that already has some concentration of these gases. The target values are not exact, the exact amount of each gas in each tank will be determined later in the Calibration Lab, but the final tank concentrations need to be within a small range requested for each standard. Typically Duane can target the concentrations of individual gases to within 2 ppm. Duane uses "zero" [Zero air tanks (or zeros) have had a certain gas removed from them, or at least enough removed that the concentration is very low compared to what we see in the normal atmosphere.] and "spiked" [Spiked air tanks contain air with MUCH HIGHER concentrations of a trace gas that is not seen in the normal atmosphere.] air tanks to target gases within the standards he creates. Typically researchers request standards with low, medium, and high concentrations of the trace gas they are interested in. The "medium" standard is typically filled with the clean ambient air stored in the ballast tanks, which generally represents the background concentrations [The concentrations of trace gases higher in the atmosphere that have been well-mixed over time and represent clean, unpolluted air.] of trace gases for the continental US. But, the high and low standards require more thinking because Duane needs to use the spiked or zero tanks to raise or lower the trace gas concentrations in the new air tank from the ambient air values captured at Niwot Ridge.
Lower than ambient concentration - First a certain percentage of the tank is filled with air from the zero tank, which has little or no concentration of the trace gas, then the rest of the tank is filled with the ambient fill air. If half of the tank is filled with the zero and the other half filled with the ambient air, then the concentration of the trace gas of interest will be half what it was in the ambient fill air.
Higher than ambient concentration - First the flush volume manifold is filled with a calculated amount of pressure from one of the spiked air tanks, then the ambient fill air flushes that spiked air into the tank until the standard tank is pumped up to the desired pressure (typically 2,000 psi).
Filling standards: The flush volume manifold connects to the new air tank, and all the spiked tanks and zeros are connected to the flush volume manifold through a network of valves and metal tubing. The green valves along the wall control which gas enters the flush volume manifold and eventually the standard tank. The pressure sensors on the desk tell Duane when to start and stop filling the standards.
**Duane is experienced enough that he can almost do this in his head when he's making up cylinders that will only be used as CO2 standards. When several trace gases need to be targeted in the standard cylinder, it can get computationally complex. All of these calculations are done by Duane at Niwot Ridge, there is no computer program that tells him what to put into the standards. After over 20 years of experience, Duane is able to fill these standards with targeted amounts of trace gases fairly precisely (to within 1 or 2 ppm)**
The filled cylinders, each with it's own target mixture, are now ready to be brought down the mountain to the CCGG Boulder Central Facility where they will be measured very precisely in the Calibration Lab to find out exactly what concentrations of all the greenhouse gases ended up in the new standard. Duane now gets to find out whether he hit his targets or not. If he got them wrong one day, it'll be ok. He'll just wait until someone sends in a request for the concentrations that he did make, but he will have to head back up to Niwot Ridge and have another go to get the right concentrations for the order.
If you want to learn more about the standard preparation facility and standards, check out the link below:
PREPARATION AND STABILITY OF STANDARD REFERENCE AIR MIXTURES


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namespace {

using agent::asan::Shadow;
using agent::asan::TestMemoryRange;

// The global shadow memory that is used by the CRT interceptors.
Shadow* crt_interceptor_shadow_ = nullptr;

}  // namespace

namespace agent {
namespace asan {

Shadow* SetCrtInterceptorShadow(Shadow* shadow) {
  Shadow* old_shadow = crt_interceptor_shadow_;
  crt_interceptor_shadow_ = shadow;
  return old_shadow;
}

}  // namespace asan
}  // namespace agent

extern "C" {

void* __cdecl asan_memcpy(void* destination,
                          const void* source,
                          size_t num) {
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(source), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(destination), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
  return ::memcpy(destination, source, num);
}

void* __cdecl asan_memmove(void* destination,
                           const void* source,
                           size_t num) {
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(source), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(destination), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
  return ::memmove(destination, source, num);
}

void* __cdecl asan_memset(void* ptr, int value, size_t num) {
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(ptr), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
  return ::memset(ptr, value, num);
}

const void* __cdecl asan_memchr(const void* ptr,
                                int value,
                                size_t num) {
  TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                  reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(ptr), num,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  return ::memchr(ptr, value, num);
}

size_t __cdecl asan_strcspn(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
  // TODO(sebmarchand): Provide an implementation that guarantees the same
  //     behavior as the original function.
  NOTIMPLEMENTED();
  return 0;
}

size_t __cdecl asan_strlen(const char* str) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::strlen(str);

  size_t size = 0;
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(str, 0U,
                                                                 &size)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str) + size,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
    return ::strlen(str);
  }
  return size - 1;
}

size_t __cdecl asan_strnlen(const char* str, size_t max_count) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::strnlen(str, max_count);

  size_t size = 0;
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(
          str, max_count, &size)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str) + size,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
    return ::strnlen(str, max_count);
  }
  return size - 1;
}

const char* __cdecl asan_strrchr(const char* str, int character) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::strrchr(str, character);

  size_t size = 0;
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(str, 0U,
                                                                 &size)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str) + size,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  }
  return ::strrchr(str, character);
}

size_t __cdecl asan_wcsnlen(const wchar_t* str, size_t max_count) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::wcsnlen(str, max_count);

  // GetNullTerminatedArraySize always speaks in bytes.
  size_t size = 0;
  if (crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<wchar_t>(
          str, sizeof(wchar_t) * max_count, &size)) {
    return (size / sizeof(wchar_t)) - 1;
  }

  ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str) + size,
                  agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  return ::wcsnlen(str, max_count);
}

const wchar_t* asan_wcsrchr(const wchar_t* str, wchar_t character) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::wcsrchr(str, character);

  size_t size = 0;
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<wchar_t>(str, 0U,
                                                                    &size)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str) + size,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  }
  return ::wcsrchr(str, character);
}

const wchar_t* asan_wcsstr(const wchar_t* str, const wchar_t* keys) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::wcsstr(str, keys);

  size_t size = 0;
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<wchar_t>(keys, 0U,
                                                                    &size)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(keys) + size,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  }
  const wchar_t* ret = ::wcsstr(str, keys);
  if (ret != NULL && !crt_interceptor_shadow_->IsAccessible(ret)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(ret),
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
  }
  return ret;
}

const wchar_t* asan_wcschr(const wchar_t* str, wchar_t character) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::wcschr(str, character);

  const wchar_t* s = str;
  while (crt_interceptor_shadow_->IsAccessible(s) && *s != character &&
         *s != NULL) {
    s++;
  }
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->IsAccessible(s)) {
    ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(s),
                    agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
    return ::wcschr(str, character);
  }
  if (*s == NULL)
    return NULL;
  return s;
}

int __cdecl asan_strcmp(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
  // TODO(sebmarchand): Provide an implementation that guarantees the same
  //     behavior as the original function.
  NOTIMPLEMENTED();
  return 0;
}

const char* __cdecl asan_strpbrk(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
  // TODO(sebmarchand): Provide an implementation that guarantees the same
  //     behavior as the original function.
  NOTIMPLEMENTED();
  return NULL;
}

const char* __cdecl asan_strstr(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
  // TODO(sebmarchand): Provide an implementation that guarantees the same
  //     behavior as the original function.
  NOTIMPLEMENTED();
  return NULL;
}

size_t __cdecl asan_strspn(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
  // TODO(sebmarchand): Provide an implementation that guarantees the same
  //     behavior as the original function.
  NOTIMPLEMENTED();
  return 0;
}

char* __cdecl asan_strncpy(char* destination, const char* source, size_t num) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::strncpy(destination, source, num);

  if (num != 0U) {
    size_t src_size = 0;
    if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(source, num,
                                                                   &src_size) &&
        src_size <= num) {
      ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(source) + src_size,
                      agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
    }
    // We can't use the GetNullTerminatedArraySize function here, as destination
    // might not be null terminated.
    TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                    reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(destination), num,
                    agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
  }
  return ::strncpy(destination, source, num);
}

char* __cdecl asan_strncat(char* destination, const char* source, size_t num) {
  if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_)
    return ::strncat(destination, source, num);

  if (num != 0U) {
    size_t src_size = 0;
    if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(source, num,
                                                                   &src_size) &&
        src_size <= num) {
      ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(source) + src_size,
                      agent::asan::ASAN_READ_ACCESS);
    }
    size_t dst_size = 0;
    if (!crt_interceptor_shadow_->GetNullTerminatedArraySize<char>(
            destination, 0U, &dst_size)) {
      ReportBadAccess(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(destination) + dst_size,
                      agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
    } else {
      // Test if we can append the source to the destination.
      TestMemoryRange(crt_interceptor_shadow_,
                      reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(destination + dst_size),
                      std::min(num, src_size), agent::asan::ASAN_WRITE_ACCESS);
    }
  }
  return ::strncat(destination, source, num);
}

}  // extern "C"

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Q: How to display number one by one from number string using php? Below code using in my website for visitor counter,so how can i display if number string is 0541000 suing php, I want below result using php

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A: try this-

<?php

$word = '0541000';
$myword = str_split($word);
foreach ($myword as $val) {
    echo "
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}

?>

A: Try this:
$numbers = '0541000';
$array = str_split($numbers);

echo '
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foreach($array as $number){
    echo '
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}
echo '
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     . '

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in case, the string is not empty.

A: Just try with:
$input = '0541000';

echo '
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for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($input); $i++) {
  echo '
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}
echo '
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Q: How can I compare items in 2 ListView controls and display the missing items? I'm coding a program in c#. I have 2 ListView controls. listview1 is getting TagName and TagID from mysql database. listview2 is getting TagName from an external device. I would like to compare the TagName fields from the 2 listviews and display a MessageBox with the missing items if listview2 has missing items that are shown in listview1. How do I go around doing this?
So far i've tried this:
LstView.Sort();
ListViewDatabase.Sort();
if (ListViewDatabase.Items.Count > 0)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < ListViewDatabase.Items.Count; i++)
    {
        string t = ListViewDatabase.Items[i].SubItems[1].Text;

        for (int j = 0; j < LstView.Items.Count; j++)
        {
            if (t != LstView.Items[j].SubItems[1].Text)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Missing Tag" + LstView.Items[j].SubItems[1].Text);
            }
        }
    }
}

But this just shows all the tags in listview2 and not the ones that are missing. Any help will be much appreciated.

A: You can use such linq query to get items which are present in listView1 but are absent in listView2:
var diff = listView1.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>().Select(x => x.Text)
                    .Except(listView2.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>().Select(x => x.Text));
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("{0} Missing.", string.Join(",", diff)));

A: You can use this, just modify it based on your required fields and according to the name of the controls.
List<string> list1 = listView1.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>()
                        .Select(item => item.Text)
                        .ToList();
List<string> list2 = listView2.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>()
                        .Select(item => item.Text)
                        .ToList();
var commonUsers = list1.Select(a => a.Text).Intersect(list2.Select(b => b.Text)); // or use .Except to get the opposite


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I recently impulse-bought this shamshir on Ebay for probably too much money, and now I don't quite know what to make of it.
The seller classified it as Afghan, due to the thick blade, multi-fullering and the punched out circles at the forte, some of which have residual inlays of yellow metal. The blade shows a stripey wootz pattern in some areas. At the base of the spine there seems to be a repaired delamination crack.
Now the hilt is where it gets weird.
The handguard is glued solidly to the tang without any movement. On one side the guard seems to have been repaired. I think the guard is actually made of a very fine grained crystalline wootz, but I don't know if that comes out in the photos.
There are 2 handle scales on each side, the upper ones look like walrus ivory I think. The lower ones are not symmetrical. One could be black horn I think, the other rather looks like wood and has a wide crack filled with adhesive, which covers the upper languet (?).
glued to the tang at all, so you can actually look inside the hilt.
It seems the tang was broken off at one point and a thinner tang was welded laterally to the original one. This secondary tang is bent to one side, so that one of the handle scales sticks out at an angle, the lower rivet on this scale is of course cut off, the lower rivet on the other side is lost.
The last strange thing is that the welded on tang is actually too long, because the pommel cap, which is riveted to it, doesn't actually cover the upper part of the handle scales at all.
So I'm at a loss as to what I actually have before me now. Some hack repair attempt gone awry? A composite? The way it is barely holding together now, even with the second tang unbent, would still not be a functional assembly as I see it.
Secondly is there any hope of fixing this, and if so, can you recommend an experienced restorer, whom I could approach for this task?
This project looks like a real basket case to me!
I do not think it's possible to execute a sympathetic restoration. Your time involvement will build incrementally to the point where you'll have more "sweat equity" invested in it than it may be worth.
I would carefully disassemble it completely. Study each piece carefully and decide whether it can be fixed or discarded and replaced.
Once all of the small bits have been organized and planned, I would tackle the tang first. Without it being properly repaired, it would be difficult to proceed any further.
Refit the bits to the tang but do your best to maintain patina.
The blade might be wootz but the delamination and the pattern in your photo seems to indicate more towards pattern welded.
I think the original scales were walrus ivory, but then when the tang broke, the scales broke off as well and only some parts were recovered, while the lost parts were crudely replaced with horn or whatever it is. But this is only my opinion.
Now if I were you, I would try to have it restored and have some new bone scales installed. But should check the material of the blade first, to make sure it is worth it.
You should be able to tell whether the blade is of wootz or it is pattern welded by examinng it with a magnifying glass or trying some local polishing and etching.
PS: I wouldn't try this myself and let a somebody skilled to do the restauration. Unfortunately, the only person I know doing this kind of work is based in the UK and you don't want to add shipping and taxation to what you may have to pay for the repairs.
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As always hard to judge from photos, but what you have looks like a beat up but fairly standard shamshir. Riveting a stub tang to a flat plate with the profile of the hilt is the normal construction for these. Two piece grip scales are not unknown either. It all depends on what you paid for it.
I agree, and I don't really plan to do any work on this myself, both because I lack the skills but also because I think there is some potential in this piece.
The pattern is actually quite tricky to photograph, I tried to take better pictures. I think it rather looks like a wootz pattern, but I am not 100% sure. The blade is actually etched, it is just a rather low contrast pattern that is wiped off in most areas.
Riveting a stub tang to a flat plate with the profile of the hilt is the normal construction for these.
That's really interesting. I have only seen one dehilted shamshir blade in M. Khorasani's book and I was sure the tang was a solid piece, but I looked it up just now and you cannot really tell, because there is no close up.
Also browsing through the catalogue there were many shamshir handles on which the pommel caps didn't cover the handle scales, but there is a noticeable gap filled up with adhesive. So this could be the original hilt assembly after all.
This begs the question of why is there no trace of adhesive above the guard?
While this may indeed be a 'basket case', as more historian than 'collector' or connoisseur, I always admire these battered old cases as old warriors who are in my opinion well worthy of restorative attention .
In my view, items should be 'stabilized' with as much use or repair of existing components as feasible. The damage and age found in these kinds of weapons to me stand as 'history' and literally untouched much in the sense of archaeologic discoveries. Perhaps a 'romantic' view admittedly, but I think profoundly valid.
This appears to me to potentially a Persian shamshir which found use in the volatile frontiers of Afghanistan and India's northwest frontiers in the latter 19th century. The unusual lanyard ring on the pommel as well as the four dot devices emplaced in the blade are what suggests this to me.
Not only worthy of necessary restoration, but continued research, as well exemplified by one of our long esteemed members who made a long running thread very much a group effort as he restored a 'basket case tulwar' from these regions.
I always think of Philip Tom for the restoration and authentic stabilization of these kinds of weapons.
There is history here, and that is not measured monetarily.
Hi Jim, your comments are like a breath of fresh air which I would entirely endorse, well said.
After seeing the last photos, I am more convinced it is pattern welded, but very fine structure, somehow similar to the Hada on Japanese swords.
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Thank you very much Miguel!
Mariusgmioc, it is a very good blade, which is why I suggested Philip, who is a master with these kinds of blades and refinishing, and well known in our community.
Thanks for you comment Jim, you captured my feelings on this issue really well. This sword somehow really speaks to me, and though I wouldn't say cost is no issue at all, I do not see this as a financial investment.
I'd love to ask peter, since I've seen some examples of of his work. But this issue http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21422 makes me a little hesitant to ship to the US. I've received some other suggestions per private message, which I think I will try first.
The hilt seems made partially from rhinohorn and maybe walrus, so you should make the restoration in Germany!
I have made very well experiences with a professional restorer in Olbernhau (not me!). He restored my Yatagan perfectly.
Just a suggestion, but could it be a blade from a tulwar modified with a shamshir style hilt to make it saleable in the Arab market?
I think this blade is from early to mid 19th century. Persian blades of this period were normally more massive. More like a Kilij or the british 1796 light cavalry pattern than this blade.
I might be wrong but to me this blade IS clearly a shamshir with a shamshir hilt. So it is a shamshir both, bladewise and hiltwise.
In my view, the characteristic Tulwar blade has less curvature and is wider than the shamshir blade.
Agree. Looks like a 'north' Indian made shamshir blade. Yes these can be found on Arab swords but this one does not have Arab dress.
Thanks for the reply, I sent you a PM.
As for the tulwar vs. shamshir debate, that may well be, I've seen lots of shamshir blades mounted on tulwar hilts, but the tang on this sword is actually still pretty long, the exposed part is already close to 8 cm, and the tangs of tulwar blades I have seen so far have been a lot shorter.
Intestingly the sword feels quite hefty in the hand. The balance point is down about a third of the length of the blade and the spine is quite thick with about 6 mm until very close to the tip. So I was quite suprised when it weighed in at only 750 grams.
The ring on the side of the pommel cap reminds me of something. I think if you search the forum you will find it diagnostic of it's origin.
You mean the Baloch or Sindhi ones we have discussed recently?
Interesting, though the rings of these hilts are attached differently, they are all pierced completely through the pommel cap, while the ring on my sword is laterally hinged to a rivet through the cap. I've done a cursory google search and I did not find a similar example so far.


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What is "too young" to begin a weight loss program with children? Is there actually such a thing? There are many different opinions on the topic of child obesity but one thing everyone can agree on is that it is becoming an epidemic in North America. Many reports show that obesity now kills more people in a year than smoking does.
So whose fault is it? I don't think there is any one area of blame but a combination of many. The fast paced lives that we lead have created more of a demand for "quick" meals whether they are pre packages or fast foods. The consumption of junk food is at an all time high with more and more variety that are all very attractive to our kids. Parents often think they are doing something nice for their kids when they give in to the demands of "I have to have that" when they see the constant advertising of attractive and yummy treats on television. Lack of exercise, face it many kids to day are just plain lazy. So is a weight loss program the answer for overweight and obese kids? My answer is definitely yes. If however you ask me is the answer to put these kids on a diet…my answer is definitely NO!
So what is the difference? Weigh loss means changing the way your child eats in a very positive way. Tell them to eat more fruits and vegetables because they are healthy for them. Keeping the junk food out of the house is the best way to make sure they are not eating it. I don't mean that an occasional treat is not ok but the key word here is "occasional." Watch their fat intake. Pre packaged foods and fast foods are very high in fat especially Trans fats which are very dangerous. More and more companies have realized this danger and are offering Trans fat free foods.
Get your child involved in physical activities. Today our children's lives often revolve around television, video games and computers. The common negative denominator here is that they all involve just sitting. These are all excellent ways to help our children with their weight.
There is a big difference between healthy weight loss and a diet. A diet is something negative that makes children feel focused on their size rather than their health. Diet does not mean healthy it means getting thin any way possible, which is exactly the opposite of what we want our kids to believe. What you teach your kids when they are young about eating habits is the seed you plant for their future and giving our children good health is in my opinion our responsibility.


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In the summer of 1960, two young men joined the ranks of the United States Naval Academy. Four years later they would both graduate and become naval pilots carrying out missions off aircraft carriers in Southeast Asia. Eventually, a week apart, each would be shot down over North Vietnam and each spend the next 5 1/2 years tortured, isolated and imprisoned as prisoners of war. They really came to know each other through tapping coded messages and stories about their lives and hopes to each other through their prison walls. To this day Captain Charlie Plumb and Captain Read Mecleary remain close friends.
There are great stories about choice in the world, stories that teach all of us, both military and civilian, about the power of the human spirit.


You just made a revolution in my head!
I'll have to re-read this.
"But there is a second, much larger group of people who were used and hurt by Maciel."
But Jack, please understand, for many of us who "clamor for the suppression of the LC", it is precisely because we see the pastoral complexities, and we come down on the side of rescuing these men.
Whether their vocations survive or not (and this would be by the grace of God, and the hope they had a true call to vocation and not a coerced vocation) in my opinion, they are like neutered priests right now. I can't think of a Vatican intervention that will turn the tide of distrust of the Legion. Aside from some die-hard long-standing RCs, I see diminishing support for this sinking ship. Is that the best the LCs can hope for? To cater to a slender group of RCs? Is all this suffering, the tension among parish communities what Christ has in mind for them? I don't think it is.
I don't wish this life on any good, loving, sincere, Church-loving Christ-centered legionary. I say this out of love. I wouldn't wish this on my own brother, or son.
I also have not had a discussion with any LC priest or brother which has given me any hope there are LCs who truly have a grasp on anything that needs to change. Not in my discussions with the priests and brothers I know, not in the LC/RC publicity from various TDs, etc. That's just my experience.
There are pastoral complexities pertaining to justice and restitution, involving people outside of LC/RC, such as victims, MM's children, and ex-members. The LC/RCs I know seem oblivious or insensitive to these realities. How does a vatican delegate instill the proper concern, sympathy, sense of justice, outrage, or conscience? How is critical thinking restored?
Have you seen anything that concretely gives you reason for optimism? Do you not think it's possible for the vatican to support these priests on their way out in a way that does not "throw them under a bus?" I do.
"It would help if the Legionaries themselves gave some public sense they abhor the damage done by the founder to his sexual victims and to the Church and express more forcefully their recognition of their need for "reform." "
Have you got that one right, Jack. This, more than anything else is what is making me take my distance as an RC member. There is a denial of the truth going on that is anything but healthy.
Leave my soul in those hands? I don't think so.


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Explore over fifty years of Spider-Man with this deluxe art book, featuring exclusive interviews and content from the incredibly talented people who brought this amazing hero to life. Since he first appeared in the pages of Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, Marvel's number one web-slinger has been swinging into the hearts of super hero fans everywhere. Originally portrayed as the chronic underdog, Spider-Man has grown from amazing to spectacular to ultimate and beyond, dominating the comics sphere and consistently ranking among the most popular super heroes of all time. With the proportionate strength of a spider, a genius mind, and a fully loaded arsenal of quips, it's no wonder why Spider-Man is the best arachnid around. Marvel's Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular celebrates the incredibly rich and expansive history of this iconic character in a brand new and unparalleled way--showcasing the jaw-dropping art of the Spider-Man comics and diving deep into the remarkable stories that have shaped Spider-Man into the super hero he is today. Featuring the best of Spider-Man comic art and exclusive interviews from leading Spider-Man creators like Brian Michael Bendis, Gerry Conway, Tom DeFalco, J.M. Dematteis, David Michelinie, Mark Millar, Alex Ross, Dan Slott, J. Michael Straczynski, Roger Stern, and many more, this spectacular compendium truly captures the great power and great responsibility of developing one of the most monumental heroes in comics history.
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The company was founded back in 2000 with the goal of channeling the applied research performed by PhD Suren Husinec – scientific adviser to the Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (IHTM), Belgrade University – into tangible commercial results. This basically means that Duochem was built on the foundation of research and development, new materials and modern production technologies from the very beginning. The end result is a long term business perspective and sustainability based on constant exporting of most of the company's production.
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All efforts undertaken on the new project have thus far generated results which testify to a product with excellent efficiency and vast market potential. Formulation of the product has been mastered, as well as the composition of its components; product stability and efficiency in controlled laboratory conditions were tested and confirmed. After that, the company conducted a simulation of real environment efficacy and completed necessary preparations, including a portion of equipment for production of semi-industrial quantities. These activities were implemented in cooperation with IHTM and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, and the company is now organizing production of quantities needed to perform field tests planned for spring 2014.
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Companies care for the safety of their employees when they're travelling — but they are still falling down on providing the support needed to make workers completely safe.
A new Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation report released today found that more than three-quarters of business travellers in the UK, Germany and France agree that their organisations care about their safety while travelling for work.
Conducted in partnership with Concur, the How Traveller Booking Behaviour Impacts Safety study, also found risk management services supporting business travellers are still far from comprehensive and universal.
"During these times of global uncertainty, business leaders have a responsibility to know where employees are and keep them safe and informed," says Scott Torrey, chief revenue officer at Concur. "One of the most surprising results of the study is that more than half of business travellers know that not booking through company channels can affect their safety but a majority still book outside.
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Direct bookings. In the last year, nearly half of business travellers used a corporate online booking tool (OBT). However, nearly 70%of business travellers whose company uses a TMC say they booked at least one business trip directly with a supplier in the last year. Fewer than 40% say their organisation has a system in place to capture travel plans and itineraries booked directly with suppliers.
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Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office Issues Call for Comments
The U.S. Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO), hosted by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), is currently seeking public comments on recently issued drafts of management metrics and intellectual property management guidelines developed for the federal government's planned National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The NNMI plans to establish up to 15 Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation (IMIs), regional bodies intended to bolster manufacturing innovation across the United States.
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The NAS are an important resource in the design and development of a wide variety of vehicles, including aircraft and spacecraft, as well as other types of machinery. The CAD models are expected to allow engineers to reduce financial and time costs associated with the design process and to bolster consistency and quality assurance in connection with the design of these types of products.
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ASPE Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the National Society of Professional Engineers
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Les Vintage Cloth ou Saint Cloth Series, appelées plus couramment Vintage sont une ligne de jouets de la forme Action Figure accompagnés d'une "armure" (voir Saint Seiya), devenus figurines de collections (ainsi que leurs accessoires). Ces figurines sont basées sur le manga Saint Seiya et reproduisent les personnages de son anime (connu en France sous le nom Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque).

Elles permettent à la base de jouer avec les personnages du dessin animé et leurs célèbres armures, et étaient par exemple proposées dans les catalogues de Noël.

Histoire et production

Histoire
Les figurines Vintage de Saint Seiya sont les premiers jouets issus du dessin animé japonais Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque ("Saint Seiya" dans la version originale) sortis par Bandai Japon et vendus dans plusieurs pays diffusant la série.

Les premières ventes ont eu lieu en 1986.

Les modèles de Vintage Cloth produites dans les années 80 sont:
 les premiers jouets de Saint Seiya ayant jamais existé.
 des figurines articulées, permettant une richesse de mouvements du jouet.
 fidèles aux dessins, même si de petits détails manquent et que certaines nuances de couleurs sont faussées.

Quinze ans après les Vintage Cloth, l'effervescence autour de Saint Seiya étant toujours un marché intéressant, Bandai Japon lancera une réédition des figurines Vintage (Deuxième Génération) et simultanément une nouvelle série de figurines de collections, les Myth Cloth, lesquelles s'adressent aux collectionneurs.

Production

Figurines

Vintage Cloth

Les dates de sorties sont celles de création, donc de l'édition japonaise. La diffusion en France est précisée par une mention.

Les rééditions ont commencé en 2002. Les rééditions font partie des "éditions HK" et ont bénéficié d'une diffusion internationale qui est précisée par une mention.

NB : Cette liste ne tient pas compte des modèles exclusifs comme Odin, le Grand Pope Ares (éditées en petit nombre au Japon, à gagner via concours fin des années 80) ou la Version Concours de l'Armure du Sagittaire (boîte spéciale)...

sorties en 1986

Les chevaliers de Bronze :

Seiya de Pégase (Version 1). Sortie en France.
Shiryû du Dragon (Version 1). Sortie en France.
Hyôga du Cygne (Version 1). Sortie en France.
Shun d'Andromède (Version 1). Sortie en France.
Ikki du Phénix (Version 1). Sortie en France.

sorties en 1987

Les chevaliers d'Or :

Aiolia du Lion. Sortie en France.
Camus du Verseau. Sortie en France.
Shaka de la Vierge. Sortie en France.
Aiolos du Sagittaire. Sortie en France.
Shura du Capricorne. Sortie en France.
Dohko de la Balance. Sortie en France.
Masque de Mort du Cancer. Sortie en France.
Mû du Bélier. Sortie en France.
Milo du Scorpion. Sortie en France.
Aldébaran du Taureau. Sortie en France.
Aphrodite des Poissons. Sortie en France.
Saga des Gémeaux. Sortie en France.

La chevalière d'Argent :
Marin de l'Aigle. Sortie en France.

Une Nouvelle version des chevaliers de Bronze (en concordance avec le dessin animé) a aussi vu le jour :

Seiya de Pégase (Version 2). Sortie en France.
Shiryû du Dragon (Version 2). Sortie en France.
Hyôga du Cygne (Version 2). Sortie en France.
Shun d'Andromède (Version 2). Sortie en France.
Ikki du Phénix (Version 2). Sortie en France.

Les chevaliers d'Acier :

Créations du Professeur Asamori, ils s'apparentent à des Chevaliers-Mechas et n'apparaissent QUE dans la version animée de Saint Seiya (ils n'existent pas dans l'œuvre originale) :

Shô du Toucan (armure céleste).
Ushio de la Dorade (armure marine).
Daichi du Petit Renard (armure terrestre).

Les Chevaliers Noirs :

Ce sont des chevaliers qui s'opposent aux chevaliers d'Athéna dans l'histoire. Il s'agit d'une forme "en négatif" des Chevaliers de Bronze. Ces chevaliers font partie des renégats. Ces figurines ne sont pas sorties en France avant leur réédition.

Seiya de Pégase (Version 1 - Renégat).
Shiryû du Dragon (Version 1 - Renégat).
Hyôga du Cygne (Version 1 - Renégat).
Shun d'Andromède (Version 1 - Renégat).
Ikki du Phénix (Version 1 - Renégat).

sorties en 1988

Les chevaliers d'Odin :

Siegfried de Dubhe (Guerrier Divin d'Alpha). Sortie en France.
Hagen de Merak (Guerrier Divin de Beta). Sortie en France.
Albérich de Megrez (Guerrier Divin de Delta)
Mime de Benetnash (Guerrier Divin d'Eta)
Thor de Phecda (Guerrier Divin de Gamma)
Fenrir d'Alioth (Guerrier Divin d'Epsilon). Sortie en France.
Syd de Mizar (Guerrier Divin de Zeta). Sortie en France.
Bud d'Alcor (Guerrier Divin de l'étoile double de Zeta)

Les chevaliers de Poséïdon, aussi appelés Marinas :

Poseidon.  Sortie en France.
Bian de l'Hippocampe - Cheval des Mers. Sortie en France.
Io de Scylla. Sortie en France.
Kassa des Limnades.
Isaac du Kraken.
Kanon du Dragon des Mers. Sortie en France.
Sorrento de la Sirène. Sortie en France.
Krishna de Chrysaor.
Thétis de la Néréide.

sorties en 1989

Les Chevaliers Noirs :

À la suite de la sortie des Nouveaux Chevaliers de Bronze (1987), les figurines des Chevaliers Noirs doivent correspondre à la forme "négative" de ces nouvelles versions. Ces figurines ne sont pas vendues en France avant leur réédition.

Seiya de Pégase (Version 2 - Renégat).
Shiryû du Dragon (Version 2 - Renégat).
Hyôga du Cygne (Version 2 - Renégat).
Shun d'Andromède (Version 2 - Renégat).
Ikki du Phénix (Version 2 - Renégat).

Vintage Cloth Deuxième Génération

Sorties en 2002

Après avoir arrêté l'exploitation en 1990, une promotion est lancée pour doper les ventes en DVD, dans laquelle de nouvelles armures voient le jour en 2002. Il s'agit d'une forme dorée des armures "Nouvelles Versions" des Chevaliers de Bronze (concordant avec l'histoire de Saint Seiya).

 Seiya de Pégase (Version 2 - OR). Sortie internationale.
 Shiryû du Dragon (Version 2 - OR). Sortie internationale.
 Hyôga du Cygne (Version 2 - OR). Sortie internationale.
 Shun d'Andromède (Version 2 - OR). Sortie internationale.
 Ikki du Phénix (Version 2 - OR). Sortie internationale.

Sorties en 2003

Après le succès de la réédition de 2002, certaines armures Vintage sont rééditées par Bandai Japon dans un nouvel emballage et vendues partout dans le Monde. Comme la provenance de ces figurines Vintage rééditées est Hong Kong, on appelle ces formes "édition HK".
Les ventes par correspondance étant devenues très simples avec Internet, la sortie est considérée comme "Internationale".

Pour commencer, les douze Chevaliers d'Or et les cinq Chevaliers de Bronze Nouvelle Version (1987) sont donc réédités en édition HK.

Sortent aussi six nouveaux Chevaliers Renégats :

Camus du Verseau (Renégat). Sortie internationale.
Shura du Capricorne (Renégat). Sortie internationale.
Mû du Bélier (Renégat). Sortie internationale.
Aphrodite des Poissons (Renégat). Sortie internationale.
Saga des Gémeaux (Renégat). Sortie internationale.
Deathmask du Cancer (Renégat). Sortie internationale.

sorties en 2004 : réédition intégrale

En 2004, toutes les armures ayant été créées dans les années 80 sont à nouveau produites en édition HK. C'est l'occasion pour les Français d'acquérir les armures qui n'étaient pas encore sorties en France.

Certaines de ces rééditions seront à partir de 2006 produites spécifiquement pour une sortie en France, avec des emballages français.

sorties en 2006

De nouveaux personnages voient le jour, mais Bandai Japon développe désormais les figurines Myth Cloth.

Les chevaliers de Bronze :

Seiya de Pégase en armure d'or du Sagittaire. Sortie internationale.
Shiryû du Dragon en armure d'or de la Balance. Sortie internationale.
Hyôga du Cygne en armure d'or du Verseau. Sortie internationale.
Jabu de la Licorne. Sortie internationale.

Les chevaliers d'Argent :

Algol de Persée. Sortie internationale.
Misty du Lézard. Sortie internationale.
Shaina de l'Ophiuchus/Serpentaire. Sortie internationale.

Les Spectres (servant Hadès) :

Myu du Papillon. Sortie internationale.
Gigant du Cyclope. Sortie internationale.
Rhadamanthe de la Wyvern. Sortie internationale.

Saint Seiya
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Bounty Killer Addresses Leaving Stage After Clash With Beenie Man
by S. Leslie May 17, 2017
Bounty Killer has stepped for ward to address leaving the stage and opting not to clash with Beenie Man at a show in Trinidad over the weekend.
Bounty and Beenie were the headlining acts on the Guinness Fully Loaded Music Festival in Mucurapo, Trinidad on Saturday night. But while the two artists were performing together about five minutes in, the dancehall legend left the stage in an angry tantrum and later leave the venue. In a lengthy post on Instagram, Bounty Killer explained why he left the stage.
"The promoters of Guinness Fully Loaded had never booked me to perform along with Beenie Man," Bounty Killer said. "They booked both me and Beenie as solo acts and think that's how it works, as long as both artiste on the show then we gonna work together. Nope. So in my head I was gonna do what I was paid to do – which was my solo set. I told one of the promoters I will do my set then call up Beenie at the end and do a few and he said 'fine.'"
Bounty Killer said that he should have performed after Aidonia but the promoters put him on the spot when they called out both him and Beenie Man at the same time. So in an effort to please the fans he performed a short set and then leave.
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A Floran begins their life's work.
A Floran's Goal was removed from the game files, and is no longer obtainable.
A Floran's Goal was a codex entry all Floran players had available immediately when starting a new game.
Ssstab. Ssstab, sssmash, hunt. Find glory, make good Floran. Ssstab. Get best kill. Win all of Florans. Sssow ssseeds of discord. Punch all of the prey.
Making friends would be nice too.


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NY Times Editorial: The Slow Demise of Capital Punishment
Submitted by trodello on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 3:32am
In 2013, Maryland became the sixth state to end capital punishment in the last six years. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have abolished the penalty, and it is dormant in the federal system and the military. Thirty states have had no executions in the last five years.
As it becomes less frequent, the death penalty also becomes more limited to an extremely small slice of the country, and therefore all the more arbitrary in its application. All 80 death sentences in 2013 came from only about 2 percent of counties in the entire country, and all 39 executions — more than half occurred in Texas and Florida — took place in about 1 percent of all counties, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center. Eighty-five percent of all counties have not had a single execution in more than 45 years.
Public support for the death penalty — an important factor in the Supreme Court's consideration of its constitutionality — is at its lowest level in four decades, and 40 percent of people surveyed by Gallup say they do not believe it is administered fairly. Surely that is due in part to the hundreds of exonerations based on DNA testing — including 18 death-row inmates — which continue to reveal irreparable failures throughout the system.
Of course none of this matters to, say, Troy Davis or Cameron Todd Willingham, both of whom were executed in recent years despite deep doubts about their guilt. Nor is it of much use to the 3,100 people still sitting on death row around the country.
The argument is not that all of these people are innocent, or that they deserve to be released. Most would be justly imprisoned for most if not all of their life. But the death penalty as applied in America now — so thoroughly dependent on where the defendant lives and how much money he can spend on his defense — violates the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection, and no longer can overcome the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments.
The dishonor and shame of capital punishment are further highlighted by the current shortage of lethal-injection drugs, a "crisis" resulting from the refusal of European drug makers to provide them for executions. As a result, states that use lethal injection have turned to unregulated compounding pharmacies, and have even passed laws to hide the identity of those pharmacies and the chemical makeup of the drugs. This only underscores the fact that when it comes to the death penalty, the United States is virtually alone in the Western world.
In a 1994 case, Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: "I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. It is virtually self-evident to me now that no combination of procedural rules or substantive regulations ever can save the death penalty from its inherent constitutional deficiencies." How long must we wait before a majority of justices agree?
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Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem since 1904. The death penalty was outlawed between 1914 and 1920, again between 1964 and 1978, and then again between a 1981 Oregon Supreme Court ruling and a 1984 ballot measure. Since 1904, about 60 individuals have been executed in Oregon. Aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the penalty of death under Oregon law.
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The 4th year of the world's first sincere-and-ironic comedy festival needs your help to make an ice cream limo, get a petting zoo, etc.
232 backers pledged $18,122 to help bring this project to life.
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival is the world's first sincere-and-ironic comedy festival and celebrates New York's close-knit comedy community, while making fun of the trappings of comedy festivals. The upcoming festival marks the 4th year of the event, which takes place every September in Park Slope, Brooklyn. This year we will become the world's first comedy festival to boldly add a full day of science, along with a petting zoo, and hopefully, an Awkward Party Bus.
The festival is a grassroots event created and run by Eugene Mirman, Julie Smith and Caroline Creaghead. The performers all participate at a fraction of their normal fee, because of their enthusiasm for this dumb, but charming event. Previous performers include: Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia, Kristen Schaal, David Cross, Daniel Kitson, Fred Armisen, Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, Michael Showalter, Janeane Garofalo, John Oliver, Jon Benjamin, Yo La Tengo, Todd Barry, Reggie Watts and of course, John Oates.
-Pay a living wage to the people who work really hard to make this event possible.
-Pay comedians enough money to afford one very nice meal and maybe even buy a pair of shoes.
Your name will be printed in the festival guide, in small print, as a Cheapy Cheap-face.
Your name will be printed in the festival guide, in small print, as an Acquaintance of Eugene's.
An autographed headshot of Eugene that says, "AMERICA'S LITTLE DARLING" at the bottom.
A festival poster signed by Eugene + Eugene will write your name down on a piece of paper and hand it to a stranger sometime in the next year.
An official badge making you a Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Marshal, which comes with the right to put people under "Eugene Arrest" (which isn't a form of arrest, but permission to ask someone if you can buy them a drink) + two drink tickets. Also, with this badge comes the right to ask anyone at festival where they grew up, when they had their first kiss, and for life-advice. Answers can not be forced, but flash the badge, and ask away. Double also, a cute photo of Eugene's cat will be emailed to you. (Note: this reward does not grant admission to any shows).
You are invited to a Pre-Show Meet & Hug with Eugene at The Bell House, 4pm on Saturday, September 17th + a poster signed by Eugene.
A birthday phone call from Eugene (for you or a friend) + An autographed ostrich egg that gets you and a guest into the VIP HUSH-HUSH AFTERPARTY, a roped off area in the middle of the main room of Bell House that will have complimentary champagne, cured meats, and fresh towels. So exclusive it sizzles; you will be the envy of everyone everywhere forever + a poster signed by Eugene. (Note: this reward does not grant admission to any shows).
An autographed ill-fitting children's policeman, fireman, or army outfit that gets you and a friend after-show backstage access one evening to stand around awkwardly while comics talk about how their sets went + an autographed poster + a cute picture of Eugene's cat will be emailed to you. (Note: this reward does not grant admission to any shows).
Saturday VIP Robe that gets you into the following events on Saturday, September 17th at The Bell House: a Pre-Show Meet & Hug with Eugene + the Archer Panel, featuring Jon Benjamin and Adam Reed, creator of FX's Archer + The Talent Show Presents: The Drunk Show With John Hodgman and Ira Glass + access to the VIP HUSH-HUSH AFTERPARTY, a roped off area in the middle of the main room of Bell House that will have complimentary champagne, cured meats, and fresh towels. So exclusive it sizzles; you will be the envy of everyone everywhere forever.
Entry for you and a guest to the AWKWARD PARTY BUS with hors d'oeuvres and awkward surprises all weekend + access for you and a guest to one festival show (because of limited tickets, show must be arranged in advance) + autographed headshot + signed poster.
Eugene will record an outgoing message for your voicemail + access for you and a guest into the AWKWARD PARTY BUS with hors d'oeuvres and awkward surprises all weekend + autographed headshot. (Note: this reward does not grant admission to any shows).
An animal in our petting zoo will be named after you + you get an autographed WWII helmet that says DOUBLE VIP that gets you and a guest into two festival shows (because of limited tickets, shows must be chosen in advance) + You're invited to the Pre-Show Meet & Hug with Eugene at The Bell House, 4pm on Saturday, September 17th + access for you and a guest to the AWKWARD PARTY BUS with hors d'oeuvres and awkward surprises all weekend.
Your name will appear in the festival guide as a Secret Helper.
Corporate Special! Your company will receive a fancy wall plaque that says "This plaque is to certify that YOUR COMPANY'S NAME has donated graciously to the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. That means YOUR COMPANY'S NAME is cool and 'gets it.' It means YOUR COMPANY'S NAME is attractive, possibly environmentally friendly, and a generous lover. This plaque certifies that YOUR COMPANY'S NAME is a brand that can be trusted, even in a blizzard or during war-time. YOUR COMPANY'S NAME is number one and we love you. Sincerely, The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival"
You and a guest are invited to a limo ride and dinner in Brighton Beach with Eugene and festival producers + an autographed WWII helmet that says DOUBLE VIP that gets you and a guest into two festival shows (because of limited tickets, shows must be chosen in advance).
A very nice backgammon board and eleven point match with Eugene + an autographed WWII helmet that says TRIPLE VIP that gets you into three festival shows (because of limited tickets, shows must be chosen in advance) + access for you and a guest to the AWKWARD PARTY BUS with hors d'oeuvres and awkward surprises all weekend.
You'll be made the official sponsor of our festival merchandise. We'll put up a picture of you and a paragraph about why we either like or dislike you (or your organization). When the festival is done, you'll get to keep whatever merch we don't sell (valued somewhere between $100 and $2,000). It is a really great investment, just ask any businessman.
We'll give you $5,000 in $1 bills.
Eugene will fly to any domestic destination of your choice and hand deliver a letter for you to a mutually agreed upon person in an accessible location within the next year + access to the VIP HUSH-HUSH AFTERPARTY, a roped off area in the middle of the main room of Bell House that will have complimentary champagne, cured meats, and fresh towels. So exclusive it sizzles; you will be the envy of everyone everywhere forever + access for you and a guest to the AWKWARD PARTY BUS with hors d'oeuvres and awkward surprises all weekend + a weirdly decorated, very heavy chain that gives you and a friend access to all the festival shows.
A leather jacket covered in swears, culturally and racially insensitive messages and inspirational sayings that gives you and three friends access to all the festival shows + parties + a "handler" that will be assigned to you at the festival. This person will probably be around 22-years-old and only sort of helpful + 4 signed posters + a Vespa scooter with doodles by comedians all over it.
Paid accommodations in a nice hotel in NYC for all 4 nights of the festival + a weirdly decorated, very heavy chain that gives you and a friend access to all the festival shows + a "handler" that will be assigned to you at the festival. This person will probably be around 22-years-old and only sort of helpful.


Priced at $250 and available at amazon, these are the best bet a runner can ask for. The great in ear heart rate monitoring and audio provides absolutely the best runner friendly feature including the ability to cancel noise when required. Compatible with both iPhone and Android this device has a battery life of 3 hours and the carrying case contains enough juice to recharge it twice.
The Epic2 are not just the normal battery life earphones but they are the new invertor in the field of earphones with a massive battery life of 12 hours between charges this device is your best audio companion. The ear hooks are essential to keep the larger sized buds in place and therefore compact to keep. The three buttons remote makes it easy to both adjust volume and switch songs. You can also take calls with the help of this but don't worry they aren't light enough to bounce off when you are running. They also have an IPX5 waterproof rating that makes them sweat free. Fairly priced at $100 at Amazon they come in all the colors you demand for.
Generally people are seen complaining that the in-ear editions of the wireless earphones are not comfortable and it's a bit stingy when they wear it. Behold, the Decibullz custom fit Bluetooth wireless earphones that are made from a soft moldable plastic which take the shape of the ear you wear it in. All they require is to boil water for 30 minutes, drop them one by one to soften the ear buds and then place them in your ear and they will take care of the comfort levels, although it sounds a bit snugly but no one cares as long as it works perfectly. They are fairly priced at $120 on Amazon.
If you are considering a more economical option for wireless headphones for runners then these are the best Bluetooth headphones priced at $80. The technical design isn't much of a hit but they are super comfortable and just like its competitors the over the ears are of a more secure fit. The sound quality is pretty good and you will not be disappointed at all. The ear buds are so designed so that some noise can be penetrated into the ear canal which is a good thing if you want to use these headphones for outdoor exercising use. The battery life is said to be of eight hours per charge and it also comes with an added bonus of BackBeat Fits neoprene armband for your smart phone.
The best pure sports headphones is what the tag line reads of this Bluetooth earphones. Considered a great fit and incredibly light these earphones have an astoundingly great audio considering the compact, small size. The fit is completely secure and comfortable, fantastic clarity and plenty of bass. The tiny battery lasts for around 8-10 hours between the charges and this is the future of the wireless headphones 2017.


VIENNA, Va., Nov. 19 -- Newspaper advertising expenditures for the third quarter of 2002 totaled $10.7 billion, a 1 percent increase over the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America. Retail advertising spending rose 2.7 percent to $5.1 billion, and national ad spending increased 5.2 percent to $1.7 billion while classified dipped 2.9 percent to $3.9 billion. Within the classified category in the third quarter, automotive ad spending led the way with an increase of 5 percent to $1.2 billion. Real estate gained 1.6 percent to $944 million, recruitment advertising dropped 19.4 percent to $1.1 billion and all other classifieds were up 10.3 percent to $687 million. "These numbers are encouraging, and they are in line with what we were expecting as the economy begins to show signs of turning around," said NAA President and CEO John F. Sturm. "The newspaper industry has held its ground through the advertising slump and should be well positioned to ride the upward trend." For the first nine months of 2002, retail advertising expenditures edged up 0.6 percent to $14.9 billion, national slipped 0.1 percent to $5.3 billion and classified dropped 6.9 percent to $11.1 billion. Total ad spending in newspapers for the first nine months was $31.3 billion, down 2.3 percent from the same period last year. Through the first nine months in the classified category, automotive grew 5.3 percent to $3.5 billion, real estate increased 3.4 percent to $2.5 billion, recruitment declined 27.2 percent to $3.2 billion and all other classified gained 3.5 percent to $1.9 billion. "We've turned the corner, ending six quarters of negative comparisons," said NAA Vice President of Business Analysis and Research Jim Conaghan. "Our industry's advertising performance will improve as the economy gradually gains momentum." NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Most NAA members are daily newspapers, accounting for 87 percent of the U.S. daily circulation. Headquartered in Tysons Corner (Vienna, Va.), the Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that affect the newspaper industry collectively: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership. Information about NAA and the industry may also be found at the Association's World Wide Web site on the Internet (http://www.naa.org).


Here is a description of a meeting we will have available for residents weekly. Transparency and vulnerability are so important. Here is an excerpt from the article. I have started a notebook with tools for community building, and I have printed out the free book that is provided by this author. Thanks to Paxus, the author, and Federation of Egalitarian Communities for funding this.
What is a transparency group and should I join one?
A group of people willing to share intimate information about themselves with each other, who are willing to explore their histories and emotions. While transparency groups are not designed to be healing in nature, it is generally the case that these searches improve the lives of those who try them.
You will need at least 3 people and it's best if the group is fewer than a dozen. You should find a group who is willing to meet regularly, weekly is often desirable. Frequently, the members of these groups share something in common, a hobby, a residence, a team, a job, a community, a political or spiritual group. And transparency groups are not for everyone and often people who start out in them drop out when they find it is not their cup of tea.
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Malcolm Lang (February 25, 1875 – February 24, 1941) was a Canadian politician, prospector and contractor.

He was born in Eagle, Elgin County, Ontario. Lang was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1914 provincial election as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cochrane. He was re-elected in 1919 and 1923. While still a Liberal MLA, Lang attempted to move to federal politics in 1925 as a Labour candidate in Timiskaming South. According to the House of Commons website, Lang faced off against another Labour candidate as well as the successful Conservative candidate. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on his next attempt, in the 1926 federal election in a straight contest against the Conservative incumbent and with the unofficial support of the Liberals who did not stand a candidate. Though a Labour MP, Lang generally supported the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King and ran for re-election in the 1930 federal election as a Liberal-Labour candidate, with the full backing of the Liberal party, but was unsuccessful.

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