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Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $3, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $40 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say average, we mean in a similar condition to other coins issued in 1952, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. [?].
Additional Info: This 90% silver Roosevelt dime contains .0723 ounces of silver. It is also the most rare and therefor most expensive Roosevelt dime minted in 1951. FB or Full Bands and Full Torch are what make these Roosevelt Dimes worth more.
Current silver melt value* for a 1952 S is $1.08 and this price is based off the current silver spot price of $14.95 This value is dynamic so bookmark it and comeback for an up to the minute silver melt value.
**When we say that 44,141,000, of these coins were produced or minted in 1952 this number doesn't always match the actual circulation count for this coin. The numbers come from the United States mint, and they don't reflect coins that have been melted, destroyed, or those that have never been released. Please keep that in mind.


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A feature-packed IDE
for Phaser Game Development
The latest version of Phaser 3 is now available, including the new Shader and DOM Game Objects, Camera Masks and much, much, more!
Article by Richard Davey. Posted on 10th May 2019. @phaser_
After months of hard work, I'm very happy to announce that Phaser 3.17 has been released. There are some significant new features that should make your life easier if you work with HTML Elements over your games, or wish to easily add Shaders in. Plus, there are literally hundreds of updates and fixes across most parts of the API. Let's take a look at some of the headliners:
Previously, if you wanted to add a shader into your game, you'd need to create a custom WebGL pipeline. This wasn't too difficult, but it absolutely could have been made easier for when you just want to blast a simple shader onto the screen. Enter, the new Shader Game Object, and its underlying BaseShader display object.
Now, you can create a Shader and manipulate it on-screen just as if it was any other Game Object. This includes positioning, rotation, scaling, making interactive or even giving a physics body.
The GLSL File Loader has also been overhauled, making it a lot more powerful than before, including the ability to load shader bundles - which are single GLSL files that contain multiple shader definitions along with any uniform values they may require.
Using a shader is now as easy as this:
function preload ()
this.load.glsl('fireball', 'assets/shaders/shader0.frag');
function create ()
this.add.shader('fireball', 400, 300, 800, 600);
Have a look at the Shader examples to see what else they can do, especially when used as bitmap masks!
DOM Elements
DOM Elements have finally left the experimental stage and are now part of the full Phaser release. DOM Element Game Objects are a way to control and manipulate HTML Elements over the top of your game. In order for DOM Elements to display you have to enable them by adding the following to your game configuration object:
dom {
createContainer: true
When this is added, Phaser will automatically create a DOM Container div that is positioned over the top of the game canvas. This div is sized to match the canvas, and if the canvas size changes, as a result of settings within the Scale Manager, the dom container is resized accordingly.
You can create a DOM Element by either passing in DOMStrings, or by passing in a reference to an existing Element that you wish to be placed under the control of Phaser. For example:
this.add.dom(x, y, 'div', 'background-color: lime; width: 220px; height: 100px; font: 48px Arial', 'Phaser');
The above code will insert a div element into the DOM Container at the given x/y coordinate. The DOMString in the 4th argument sets the initial CSS style of the div and the final argument is the inner text. In this case, it will create a lime colored div that is 220px by 100px in size with the text Phaser in it, in an Arial font.
You should nearly always, without exception, use explicitly sized HTML Elements, in order to fully control alignment and positioning of the elements next to regular game content.
Rather than specify the CSS and HTML directly you can use the load.html File Loader to load it into the cache and then use the createFromCache method instead. You can also use createFromHTML and various other methods available in this class to help construct your elements.
Once the element has been created you can then control it like you would any other Game Object. You can set its position, scale, rotation, alpha and other properties. It will move as the main Scene Camera moves and be clipped at the edge of the canvas. It's important to remember some limitations of DOM Elements: The obvious one is that they appear above or below your game canvas. You cannot blend them into the display list, meaning you cannot have a DOM Element, then a Sprite, then another DOM Element behind it.
You can find lots of examples on using DOM Elements in the Phaser 3 Examples repo.
Camera Masks
Masks have been given a huge overhaul in 3.17. You can still create Bitmap or Geometry Masks, but they're a lot smarter under the hood now. Masks can finally be stacked, meaning you can mask a child of a masked container. They restore themselves properly as the display list is processed and make use of caching, meaning performance of Game Objects using the same mask has just increased exponentially. Run this test under 3.17, then swap to 3.16 to see the speed difference :)
As well as improving their internals, I also added a feature I've been after for ages: Camera Masks. I added a new method to the Camera class called setMask and the related clearMask method. You can set either a Geometry or Bitmap Mask on a Camera and, as you'd expect, it will impact anything it renders.
The mask is applied to the top-level, impacting everything it renders. If you were to add another Camera, it would of course not be affected by this mask. Which makes this an interesting way to apply masks selectively.
A special feature of Camera Masks that I added is the ability for them to remain fixed in place. If you use the cursor keys in this demo you'll notice that the mask moves as the camera moves. This is optional. You can also create a static mask on a camera that ignores the camera scrolling. Try pressing the Q and E keys to zoom in and out of the Scene. With the fixed camera, the mask doesn't zoom. With the flexible one, it does. Also, press Z and X to rotate the Camera. Again, the mask rotates with it, but it won't do that with a fixed mask. I believe that having these two options will give you a lot of flexibility when it comes to masking your games.
As important as the above are, they aren't the only new features :) There are lots more that aren't quite deserving of their own headline, but as no less useful. For example, Arcade Physics received a handy new method that allows you to get all bodies in a given region. Or, how about the new overlapTiles method, which lets you check a Body against an array of specific tiles, perfect for small subset tests when using a collider is too large.
There's more, too. Thanks to a great pull-request from @florianvazelle there are loads of new Geometry intersection tests, such as Circle to Circle or Triangle to Line which now return the points of intersection, rather than just a boolean response. Which is very handy for your own physics tests.
There are a few new Loader File Types: CSS File allows you to load a CSS file into the current document and have it applied. The Multi Scripts Loader lets you specify an array of external script files to be loaded, much like the load.script method in previous versions, except the array controls the exact order in which the scripts are invoked - allowing you to make a basic require.js style load system without any 3rd party code. The GLSL File Loader was given a boost, too, and now supports shader bundles.
As well as features there are stacks of updates and bug fixes, so if something has been plaguing your development in 3.16, please give the new version a try.

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Das FFH-Gebiet Blasiwald und Unterkrummen ist ein im Jahr 2005 durch das Regierungspräsidium Freiburg nach der Richtlinie 92/43/EWG (Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie) angemeldetes Schutzgebiet (Schutzgebietskennung DE-8214-341) im deutschen Bundesland Baden-Württemberg. Mit Verordnung des Regierungspräsidiums Freiburg zur Festlegung der Gebiete von gemeinschaftlicher Bedeutung vom 25. Oktober 2018 wurde das Gebiet festgelegt.

Lage
Das 358,77 Hektar große Schutzgebiet gehört zum Naturraum 155-Hochschwarzwald innerhalb der naturräumlichen Haupteinheit 15-Schwarzwald.

Es besteht aus drei Teilgebieten und liegt auf der Markung der Gemeinde Schluchsee. Der überwiegende Teil des Gebiets liegt rund um Blasiwald und im Tal des Habsmoosbächles. Zwei kleine Teilgebiete liegen direkt am Schluchsee rund um den Unterkrummenhof.

Beschreibung und Schutzzweck
Es handelt sich um eine für den Hochschwarzwald typische Kulturlandschaft aus großflächigen extensiv genutzten Weidfeldern mit Steinriegeln, Wiesenbächen, vermoorten Bereichen und Gehölzen sowie extensiv genutzte Berg-Mähwiesen.

Lebensraumklassen
(allgemeine Merkmale des Gebiets) (prozentualer Anteil der Gesamtfläche)

Angaben gemäß Standard-Datenbogen aus dem Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union

Lebensraumtypen
Gemäß Anlage 1 der Verordnung des Regierungspräsidiums Freiburg zur Festlegung der Gebiete von gemeinschaftlicher Bedeutung (FFH-Verordnung) vom 25. Oktober 2018 kommen folgende Lebensraumtypen nach Anhang I der FFH-Richtlinie im Gebiet vor:

Zusammenhängende Schutzgebiete
Das FFH-Gebiet besteht aus drei Teilgebieten, es liegt zu 96 % im Vogelschutzgebiet Kaiserstuhl. Außerdem liegt es vollständig im Landschaftsschutzgebiet 3.15.036 Feldberg-Schluchsee, im Naturpark Südschwarzwald und im Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald. Es liegen keine Naturschutzgebiete innerhalb des FFH-Gebiets.

Siehe auch
 Liste der FFH-Gebiete in Baden-Württemberg

Weblinks
 Datenauswertebogen und Karte im
 Standarddatenbogen für das FFH-Gebiet "Blasiwald und Unterkrummen"
 Steckbrief des Natura 2000 Gebiets 7911-341 Blasiwald und Unterkrummen (FFH-Gebiet) beim Bundesamt für Naturschutz

FFH-Gebiet im Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Geographie (Schluchsee, Gemeinde)
Schutzgebiet im Schwarzwald
Schutzgebiet (Umwelt- und Naturschutz) in Europa

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Dying To Be Men is a groundbreaking book, published by Routledge Publishers, on the powerful effect that masculinity has on the health of men and boys. The book jacket was designed to reflect the troubling reality that many behaviors that are part of modern manhood increase the risk of disease, injury and death. A powerful book by noted San Francisco Men's Health consultant, Dr. Will Courtenay, Phd. LCSW.


Tia is a visual designer and creative strategist, well-versed in human-centered design, social experiences, branding, advertising, e-commerce and everything in between. Her philosophy has always been "no stone left unturned," and finding hidden insights in the details to unlock the "ah-ha" moment.
She brings more than 15-years of diverse experience to Slide UX. Before joining the team Tia worked within agencies, leading in-house creative teams and independently freelancing, building memorable experiences with Turbotax, Mint, Disney, FTDinc, Salesforce, Shari's Berries, Pirch, Infantino, Visit California, and Pebble Beach to name a few.
Tia is curious about many things, most of which stem from her love of podcasts. Her favorite podcasts "broaden her experiences and challenge her perspectives." Tia loves a good meal and finds just as much joy in "talking" food as she does in eating it. She is a glass is half-full kind of gal, approaching work, life, and motherhood with a can-do, positive attitude. Most weekends you will find Tia with her family outdoors taking in all San Diego has to offer.


Well said my friend! Being a fast talker doesn't make you successful in this business. Having compassion and understanding for people in their current situation will make you successful. The financial rewards are secondary and considered a bonus for doing the right thing.
I was at your Mineral City Volunteer Fire Dept. auction last night, I wanted to say I have never had a better time or fun at one. I worked with the previous auctioneer, and I can say that he was never as much fun as you were. You made our night and we had a lot of fun. Am looking forward to upcoming auctions that you will be working.


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Q: Earth occupation/invasion book I read in the 90s I remember a TON of details, but I can't for the life of me find the title of this book.
The story takes place during Earth's occupation by a race of red-skinned, black-eyed, three-fingered aliens, and involves an attack on the planet by other aliens that resemble Swiss army knives. That race's name starts with an H.
The protagonists are a young boy whose mother works for the chief of the occupying race and the chief's daughter.
It was a hardcover book. The cover featured both protagonists. The boy was in a blue shirt with a V neck, very 60s era Trek looking. The female protagonist was described as wearing a cloak and was possibly depicted that way on the cover. Her three-fingered hand was DEFINITELY depicted on the cover. And yes, the invading aliens were described as resembling army knives or multitools, but the exact term swiss army knife might not have been used. All of the occupying alien structures were described as open domes. The female protagonist mentioned that her ancient people lived on open plains
...while ancient humans lived in caves, and that's why modern humans lived in houses and this alien race preferred domes. This is a paraphrase of an exact exchange between the two protagonists
(taken from comments. Ooops!)
I'm located in the US. I read this book in junior high between fall of 1996 to spring of 1997, but it was not a new book. If I had to guess, based on 20-year-old memories, it felt like, or I remember it looking like, it was published in the 70s. But I can't be certain.
The cover, on top of featuring both protagonists, may have also featured geometric shapes: cones, spheres, cubes. But I watched a LOT of UPN in those days.
Has anybody ever heard of this book?

A: The book you are looking for is "Under Alien Stars" by Pamela F. Service, published in 1990.
Here is a link to its US Amazon page  showing the cover, much as you remembered it.
The human boy is called Jason. The alien girl is called Aryl. Aryl's race who have occupied Earth are called Tsorians and the much worse alien race whose attempt at a second invasion is repulsed by Jason and Aryl's efforts are called Hykzoi. One of them is indeed described as being like "a huge, animated Swiss army knife. Its body was flat and elongated, and various-shaped appendages were moving in and out of slots in its side."
It ends on a cautiously happy note but has an absolutely terrifying opening sequence, given that it is a children's book.
Added 27th May 2017:
Given that Under Alien Stars is potentially also the answer to this recent question I am adding some more detail to my answer of last year.
You said that the occupying aliens were red-skinned, black-eyed and three-fingered. In the first chapter the skins of the Tsorians are described as always being maroon, in contrast to the variety of human skin colours. Jason thinks of Aryl's eyes as being like black marbles or hamsters' eyes. They have three fingered hands with claws.
You wrote,

The protagonists are a young boy whose mother works for the chief of the occupying race and the chief's daughter.

Rogav, Aryl's father, is the military commander of the alien forces on Earth and a proponent of treating humans better. The civilian governor of the planet is called Oimog. She advocates harsh rule. Jason's mother Marylin works for Rogav, much to Jason's shame at first.

The female protagonist was described as wearing a cloak and was possibly depicted that way on the cover.

Aryl is shown in a cloak on the cover, and it is said that the colours of the linings of the cloaks Tsorians wear show their rank. Children are "bonded" or apprenticed to one parent and wear the same colour cloak.

The female protagonist mentioned that her ancient people lived on open plains ...while ancient humans lived in caves, and that's why modern humans lived in houses and this alien race preferred domes.

I'm pretty sure this is mentioned several times, so I'm sure you're right, but the conversation I've been able to turn up without re-reading the whole book is between Aryl's father Rogav and Jake's mother Marylin while she is showing him round her house. Marylin asks what Tsorian houses are like and Rogav answers, "We like open spaces, few angles and confining walls." She replies, "Then this place must feel like a cave to you."
Your memories of the cover were very accurate: it shows Aryl with long white hair and wearing a sweeping cloak, with her three-fingered hands raised in front of her. It also shows Jake wearing a shirt that, while not blue or V-necked, does have a neckline and general look incredibly like the Star Trek uniform from the pilot episode The Cage. There is an alien spaceship and a skyscraper, possibly also alien, in the background, forming geometric shapes.

A: This sounds like a book in the Xeelee series by Stephen Baxter, and particularly like Reality Dust:

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Question: What would happen if DNA replication did not occur before meiosis?
What would happen if DNA replication did not occur before mitosis?
Why is it important for DNA to be replicated before meiosis starts?
Does DNA need to be replicated before meiosis?
What will happen if DNA replication fails?
What actually happens to DNA is necessary before or as it is replicated copied?
What would happen if DNA replication occurred again before meiosis II?
What would be the effect if meiosis did not occur in nature?
Why is DNA not replicated after meiosis?
Does DNA replication happen before mitosis?
What would happen if a cell divides before DNA replication is completed?
Interphase happens when the parent cell creates an exact copy of its genetic instructions for its daughter cells. … If the cell did not replicate its DNA before cell division, then mitosis is not going to happen. Without mitosis, the cell would just continue to grow until it could no longer meet all of its needs.
DNA replication needs to occur because existing cells divide to produce new cells. Each cell needs a full instruction manual to operate properly. So the DNA needs to be copied before cell division so that each new cell receives a full set of instructions!
Before meiosis actually begins, the DNA that is packaged into chromosomes must be fully copied. Previous to replication, a germ cell contains two copies of each chromosome, a maternal copy, and a paternal copy. … After replication, the homologues are doubled, and each chromosome now has a homologous pair.
IT IS INTERESTING: How nondisjunction occurs in both meiosis I and meiosis II?
When Replication Errors Become Mutations. Incorrectly paired nucleotides that still remain following mismatch repair become permanent mutations after the next cell division. This is because once such mistakes are established, the cell no longer recognizes them as errors.
Before replication can occur, the length of the DNA double helix about to be copied must be unwound. In addition, the two strands must be separated, much like the two sides of a zipper, by breaking the weak hydrogen bonds that link the paired bases.
If DNA replication occurred again before meiosis II, the sister chromatids would be replicated and the cells would have four copies of 23 individual chromosomes. At the end of meiosis II, the resulting haploid cell would have two copies of 23 individual chromosomes, a condition that is incompatible with life.
On absence of meiosis cells will end up to divide my mitosis ie to increase in numbers but will not qualify to be gamete then sexual reproduction will stop. … If there is no meiosis then the number of chromosome become double after each generation and genetic makeup of species changes.
Is the DNA replicated after Meiosis 1? Why or why not? No, because DNA is replicated in Interphase first and no interphase stage exists after after Meiosis 1.
IT IS INTERESTING: Question: What are the 12 stages of meiosis?
The S phase of a cell cycle occurs during interphase, before mitosis or meiosis, and is responsible for the synthesis or replication of DNA. In this way, the genetic material of a cell is doubled before it enters mitosis or meiosis, allowing there to be enough DNA to be split into daughter cells.
If cells don't replicate their DNA or don't do it completely, the daughter cell will end up with no DNA or only part of the DNA. This cell will likely die. … Cells also copy their DNA right before a special cell division event called meiosis, which results in special cells called gametes (also known as eggs and sperm.)


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Q: the CSS and all the HTML tags are correct yet my ivu date picker icon is mis aligned. is there a problem with the verson of my VUE js? I am new to vue js and I am facing an issue with the datepicker icon misaligned. It is going above the input tag.
I am using vue@2.6.8
datepicker icon shout be aligned

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As a 'former' user of the electronic cigarette i can honestly say that all it does is offset your smoking habit onto a similar habit.i used one for ages-but started smoking again.i would agree entirely that its the best so called nrt product and i would recommend it to anyone who wanted to 'smoke' (or vaping as its called when you use an electronic cigarette) and just offset their smoking habit or use one where smoking wasnt legal.Im living with somebody who quit smoking one year ago and he has just offset his smoking habit to the nicorette inhalators and he is till using them.electronic cigarettes have been banned in few countries.Ebay have banned them from their site so its either make or break for electronic cigarettes.i personally know about 10 people who have offset their smoking habit to electronic cigarettes and i also know alot of people who use them in places where smoking is banned.i personaly believe there is a place in soceity for these items and believe they would be good for smokers who can use them in places where smoking is banned but more testing should be done on them.
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We're almost to the point when shopping for presents becomes a mad, desperate scramble to find something for the people left on your list. But there's nothing lamer than giving (or getting) a pointless gift you'll never use. Remember the fruitcake gag? Gag us.
So to make your life a little easier, here's a list of ten food-related, easy-to-find gifts that people will find useful, particularly cooking newbies and those in need of a little extra assistance. Anyway, who couldn't use help in the kitchen?
Not many people have the cash to spring for a Vita-Mix. Seriously, $300+ for something that smushes your food? But at $99.99 at Bed, Bath & Beyond, the Ninja is a steal in comparison, and it's almost just as good. God knows someone you know could stand to eat a few more green smoothies and a few fewer McDonald's breakfasts.
Slow cookers are a kitchen cure-all. Busy moms, broke students, and gourmet chefs alike are into these hot little meal makers. They're inexpensive (Target has one for $29.99), they're easy to use, and they're the ultimate in kitchen convenience. Always a gift win.
These little stone suckers come in handy for myriad purposes, from mashing herbs to pounding nuts. You can score one for $19.99 at Macy's.
7. Cookie of the month subscription.
Nobody is gonna say no to cookies in the mail. Especially when they come in flavors like peppermint schnapps, birthday cake, and salted caramel cream. At $95 for three months (shipping included), it'll be a monthly reminder to the recipient of how awesome you are. It'll also inspire your loved ones to bake their own.
There isn't a soul who won't appreciate a piece of this famous French cookware -- particularly one of the "French ovens," AKA epic casserole dishes. They're not cheap ($105 for the smallest), but they're worth every red penny.
If you know anyone with an affinity for whipping up baked goods, a mat like this one is a must-have. No more burnt edges, stuck brownies, or greasy cooking spray ever again. The awesomest news is that it's cheap. For only $13.49 at Overstock.com, you'll be a culinary hero by shelling out only some spare change.
Drying lettuce is one of those colossal time wasters you'll most certainly regret doing on your deathbed. You could have been eating instead -- or doing almost anything else. So a salad spinner is an amazing time-saver in any kitchen -- particularly one whose inhabitants are fond of veggies. It might seem slightly unromantic, but your giftee will thank you come diet season. Plus, IKEA has one for $3.99. Steal of the century.
This is a staple in any kitchen. Who in hell uses a hand mixer these days? This genius invention will save any cook from an overly developed forearm. And trust us, anyone you gift this to will be forever grateful. It costs $350, so make sure you give it to someone you really, really like.
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It's hard to get a good read on exactly where Thurston stacks up in 5A softball.
Sure, the No. 8 Colts (13-1) are averaging 15.6 runs per game, by far the most in the classification. But they have yet to face a team in the top 10 of the OSAAtoday 5A and 6A coaches polls.
The Colts appear to be turning a corner in their third season under Holte. In 2017, they went 13-14 and lost in the 5A play-in round. Last year, they went 17-11 and fell in the first round of the playoffs, a humbling 9-1 loss at Hood River Valley in which Holte said her team was intimidated.
This season, with six starters back, the Colts are intent on showing that they belong.
"The seniors kind of have a chip on their shoulder, with something to prove," said Holte, a 1992 Thurston graduate who coached conference title teams at West Albany (1998-2000) and Pleasant Hill (2013-14).
The Colts have steamrolled most of their opponents this season, winning nine games by at least 10 runs. In their biggest tests, they won 12-6 at Lebanon (8-4) and lost 10-8 at Crook County (7-6). In that defeat, they rallied after giving up five unearned runs in the first inning but fell short.
"By the time we woke up, it was too late," Holte said.
Junior center fielder Savana Decker, sophomore first baseman Hope Burke and senior pitcher Harmony Stevens have been showing the way. They are returning starters from last season, along with senior shortstop Allyson Keefauver, junior catcher Olivia Jegtvig and junior second baseman Leila Dopp.
Decker has emerged as a candidate for 5A player of the year. She not only is hitting .661 with nine doubles, seven triples, three home runs, 30 RBIs and 11 stolen bases, but she is putting on a defensive clinic in center field.
"She makes ESPN highlight reel plays," Holte said.
Holte said that Burke is one of the best first basemen she has coached. Burke is pounding the ball, recording nine doubles and three triples among her 28 hits. She also has 25 RBIs and has scored 30 runs.
Stevens is batting .566 with eight doubles and three home runs and is improved on the mound. She has a 2.54 ERA and has struck out 82 in 74 1/3 innings.
The Colts, who are 6-0 in the Midwestern League, are tied with Eagle Point (8-4, 6-0) for first place, a half-game ahead of No. 6 Crater (10-2, 5-0). They play home doubleheaders against Crater on May 6 and Eagle Point on May 17.


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Rano Raraku on Easter Island
Given that it's the Easter Holiday weekend, we thought it was fitting to make this week's travel photo about Easter Island. This photo was captured at Rano Raraku, a volcanic crater in the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Easter Island is famous for it's mysterious moai statues, the giant stone heads you see in the photo. It is said that close to 95% of the statues found on the island were carved from the volcanic stone at Rano Raraku, making it the quarry. Today, there are close to 400 moai statues remaining at Rano Raraku.
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El Centre Europeu pels Drets Humans i Constitucionals (ECCHR) és una organització no governamental independent i sense ànim de lucre que té l'objectiu de fer complir els drets humans per mitjans legals. Mitjançant el litigi estratègic, intenta responsabilitzar els actors estatals i no estatals de les violacions de drets humans. Va ser fundada l'any 2007 per Wolfgang Kaleck juntament amb un grup d'advocats a fi d'ajudar a protegir els drets garantits per la Declaració Universal dels Drets Humans, així com en altres declaracions de drets humans i constitucions nacionals, per via jurídica. L'ECCHR participa en litigis, utilitzant el dret europeu, internacional i nacional per ajudar a protegir els drets humans.

Labor
L'ECDH treballa casos que il·lustren i evidencien problemes legals i socials, reconeixent que les violacions dels drets humans es cometen en contextos concrets amb la finalitat d'assolir determinats objectius financers, socials, militars o polítics. L'ECDH sovint influeix en els debats sobre aquestes qüestions des d'una perspectiva crítica del poder polític.

L'ECCHR també investiga i ajuda a coordinar les estratègies de desenvolupament de l'advocacia legal al voltant dels casos judicials. L'organització treballa dins d'una xarxa d'organitzacions d'advocacia associades i persones afectades per violacions concretes dels drets humans. El treball de l'ECDH se centra en les àrees següents:

Delictes internacionals i responsabilitat
El Programa Internacional de Crims i Responsabilitat té com a objectiu garantir que les infraccions greus del dret internacional, com ara crims de guerra, tortura i altres crims contra la humanitat, siguin processades i els autors portats davant la justícia. L'ECDH centra el seu treball en els països i temes següents:

 Crims de guerra i crims contra la humanitat perpetrats per exemple a Síria, Sri Lanka, Colòmbia i Argentina
 Greus violacions dels drets humans comeses en el curs de la guerra contra el terrorisme pels EUA, el Regne Unit i els seus aliats a Guantánamo, l'Iraq i l'Afganistan, així com mitjançant atacs amb drons
 Greus violacions dels drets humans, inclosa la tortura i la violència sexual al Iemen, Colòmbia, Síria i el Congo
 Tractament dels crims de les dictadures a Argentina i Xile (Colonia Dignidad)
 Responsabilitat de l'OTAN i l'ONU a Sèrbia i l'Afganistan

Fet migratori
El programa Migració de l'ECCHR advoca per la protecció i els drets fonamentals dels refugiats i desafia les polítiques d'asil a Europa mitjançant un treball de casos estratègics. Les àrees d'atenció inclouen:

 Polítiques d'asil, refugiats i migració de la UE
 Devolucions en calent a les fronteres exteriors de la UE

Corporacions i drets humans
El programa d'Empreses i Drets Humans estudia tres àmbits principals: activitats empresarials transnacionals en règims autoritaris i zones de conflicte, condicions laborals en la cadena de subministrament global i activitats empresarials que afecten els drets econòmics i socials. Les àrees d'atenció inclouen:

 Cooperació d'empreses amb règims i parts en conflicte i la seva relació amb les violacions dels drets humans
 Condicions laborals inhumanes en la cadena de subministrament mundial a les indústries agroalimentàries i tèxtils: Pakistan, Xina, Bangladesh i Qatar
 Accés a la terra i als mitjans de vida: Zimbàbue i Perú

Institut d'Intervenció Jurídica
A l'Institut d'Intervenció Jurídica, l'ECDH se centra en les perspectives crítiques del dret, especialment pel que fa a les dinàmiques de poder. Combinant la teoria i la pràctica del dret i mitjançant l'intercanvi amb institucions de recerca i universitats, però també mitjançant la col·laboració amb activistes i artistes d'arreu del món, l'ECCHR pretén contribuir als debats polítics, legals i socials sobre les relacions de poder injustes i la justícia social. Al nucli d'aquest treball es troba la comprensió del dret com a expressió de les relacions de poder social i, per tant, un instrument d'hegemonia, però també el reconeixement del potencial emancipador del dret.

La formació jurídica crítica de l'ECCHR ofereix als participants una plataforma per a la teoria i la pràctica del dret internacional dels drets humans. Té com a objectiu desenvolupar i aprofundir en una anàlisi crítica de les qüestions contemporànies del dret i la societat. Des del 2008, més de 400 advocats de drets humans de més de 40 països han estat formats per l'organització.

L'ECCHR organitza conferències i altres esdeveniments públics, fa difusió als mitjans de comunicació i publica informes i comunicacions per a informar la societat sobre greus violacions dels drets humans a tot el món.

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Police targets 'meant car crime was given higher priority than rape', The Guardian, Tuesday 17 March 2009
Yard unit was understaffed and overburdened. Inquiry says untrained officers handled cases
by Rachel Williams
One of Scotland Yard's elite sexual assault units has been condemned for serious failures after untrained officers were left investigating rapes, despite repeated pleas to management for more detectives.
An internal inquiry describes how cases were mishandled in a department that was "understaffed, underskilled and overburdened". It also documents claims by members of Southwark's Sapphire team that management treated car crime as a higher priority than sex offences, because it was under pressure to meet targets for solving cases. The percentage of rape allegations that end up in court is notoriously low.
Four officers are to be disciplined over the case of a teenager who alleged she had been raped in 2005. The report seen by the Guardian reveals that the suspect could have been arrested within days of her coming forward instead of three months later.
Officers never searched for forensic evidence at the scene of the alleged offence, and vital phone evidence was not obtained. The defendant was acquitted.
Two of the officers involved had previously been found responsible for failures in the case of the rape of a 13-year-old.
The document comes the week after the conviction of taxi driver John Worboys exposed failings in the Sapphire teams, created in London nine years ago to set a gold standard for rape investigation, amid concerns about the low conviction rate. It contains testimony from senior members of the Southwark unit that paints a picture of a department in crisis because management did not consider rape a priority.
Campaigners from Women Against Rape, which supported the alleged victim and her mother, described the findings of the Met's directorate of professional standards as the most damning such report they had seen in 30 years.
An untrained PC who should not even have been investigating rapes struggled to deal with up to 33 sex offences at a time under a "punishing workload which would have tested even an experienced investigator", as the unit manager's pleas to her superiors for more detectives went unanswered, the inquiry reveals. Under the Met's rules, a trained detective constable is the lowest rank who should handle rape cases, but by December 2004 the unit had only two, and in May 2005 it had none.
According to the borough's targets, it should have had at least four.
The motor vehicle crime unit had two DCs, and the teams for burglary, robbery and intelligence also all had more than the Sapphire unit, the manager told interviewers.
She had voiced her concerns several times to the borough's deputy commander in April and May 2005, telling him the position appeared "indefensible" on paper. Late in 2004 she had been called in by the senior officer in charge of Sapphire across the Met to explain a drop in performance figures. She was furious when, soon after, she was asked to provide officers from her under-strength unit to staff a borough robbery initiative.
At the end of May 2005 she fired off a report to the borough commander highlighting her concerns. "The picture painted was that greater importance was given to motor vehicle crime than victims of serious sexual assault," she wrote.
The report said: "Evidence ... indicated strongly that the situation [over understaffing] was known, problems anticipated and action could have been taken to address this, but for failures at [a] more senior level."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which managed the inquiry, said the investigation of the teenager's case "fell far short of what the victim had a basic right to expect".
Three officers are to be given written warnings and the fourth, who is being disciplined over his response to the initial complaints about the investigation, is to receive advice.
The alleged victim, now 19, said: "I expected the police to get me some justice. When I heard about the verdict I just felt crushed. The police and the government are meant to protect you - if they can't do it, who can?"Her mother said: "It was just completely mindblowing to see the extent of the incompetence."
Ruth Hall, of Women Against Rape, described the report as a "breakthrough". "This goes explicitly into the fact that rape was not accidentally but deliberately, and determinedly, deprioritised." The alleged victim's solicitor, Debaleena Dasgupta, said: "How many other women and girls were let down as a result of this choice?"
The Met said it could not comment on the report because the disciplinary process was ongoing. There are now seven DCs on Southwark's Sapphire team. A review by the central Sapphire team in January 2007 found that it was adequately staffed by "dedicated and committed" officers.
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Honourable Ministers,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this Special Event of the 2021 High-level Political Forum, on SDG Acceleration Actions.
Today's event will shine a spotlight on the inspiring efforts by governments and other actors to speed up sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and promote the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Today's focus on action – rather than words – is much needed.
More than 8 per cent of the world's population live in poverty. Youth are three times more likely to be jobless. And over 4 billion people live disconnected from the digital world.
We need to ensure that our societies rebuild in a sustainable and resilient manner. To this end, our efforts must be grounded in the universal roadmap provided in the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA, has set up an online platform to share information about new and ambitious "SDG Acceleration Actions", undertaken by governments and all other actors.
This SDG Acceleration Actions database, functions as a central space to collect and share details about key commitments – those made in connection with major intergovernmental gatherings, including the HLPF.
As of today, over 300 bold, ambitious commitments and initiatives, aimed at advancing the Decade of Action, have been published.
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SRetail gold and silver demand appears strong, says HSBC. The bank cites data on the U.S. Mint website reporting sales of 116,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins in October, up nearly a quarter from the previous month. American Eagle silver coins did better, more than doubling to 3.8 million ounces. "This reaffirms our view that gold prices under $1,300/oz and silver under $18/oz stimulates retail coin and small bar demand, which provides support to prices," HSBC says.


President Donald Trump's decision to revive the fight over the Affordable Care Act has stirred a political and policy debate among Republicans on how best to approach the divisive issue heading into the 2020 election.
Failing to repeal and replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, is one of the biggest shortcomings of the president's first term. It left Republicans with a broken campaign promise, dismal approval ratings and a narrative they haven't been able to shake – that they don't support protecting those with pre-existing medical conditions from high-cost care. In some races, it cost Republican seats last fall, flipping House control to Democrats.
But among Republican senators, there's reluctance to embrace Trump's new priority. Usually tightlipped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was given little advance notice of the president's new push, spoke volumes when asked about it.
"I look forward to seeing what the president is proposing," McConnell told Politico.
And in the House, it's a mixed bag. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy initially panned Trump's move, questioning the timing that collided with Trump's bounce from the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. But the GOP leader does see value in kick-starting a health care debate, said a person granted anonymity to discuss the situation. House Republicans continue to be asked about it back home and a new GOP health care bill could improve their standing with voters, the person said.
What's unclear is whether a Trump-Care bill will emerge from the White House or Capitol Hill to replace the Affordable Care Act or if the president's push for a policy outcome fades to little more than a topic for the campaign trail.
Trump discussed health care at length during a rally in Michigan Thursday and again during an appearance in Florida Friday.
"We are going to have a plan that's so much better than Obamacare," the president promised after touring an aging dike in South Florida.
For Trump, returning to health care shows his commitment to a 2016 campaign pledge and his desire to frame the 2020 debate on his terms.
Stung by the Democratic gains in November and sparked by another ACA legal challenge that could make its way to the Supreme Court, the president dug into the issue this past week, deciding to fight. He feels that it is an important battle to take on, said two people familiar with White House thinking who were not authorized to speak publicly.
The president has been actively engaged in conversations about health care, dialing up lawmakers in the House and Senate, and the White House is expected to lay out further details on his goals in the coming days.
"We are working very hard on that," said Trump as he was heading out to the Michigan rally, singling out Republican senators John Barrasso, Rick Scott and Bill Cassidy among those involved.
"They are going to work together to come up with something that's really spectacular," the president said.
But in truth, there is no grand Republican plan on Capitol Hill to replace Obamacare.
The thinking among McConnell and other leading Republicans is that it's best to avoid another messy legislative battle. Republicans are loath to repeat the undertaking that consumed much of 2017. At that time, Republicans could never agree on a new health care plan and the months-long exercise ended in failure when John McCain joined others in rejecting one last-ditch effort, dooming the yearslong campaign to repeal and replace Obamacare.


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The proposed 50 kTon magnetised Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector at India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) aims to study the effect of Earth matter on the propagation of atmospheric neutrinos and determine neutrino oscillation parameters. The main goal of ICAL is to determine neutrino mass hierarchy and perform precision measurements on the 2-3 mixing angle and mass-squared difference. The ICAL detector is optimised to detect charged current (CC) muon neutriuno and anti-neutrino events. These events have a muon track and hadron shower in the final state. Using a magnetic field, the charge of the muon can be determined and thus neutrino and anti-neutrino events can be identified separately. Muons have excellent energy and direction resolutions in ICAL. The only information about hadrons available in ICAL are the number and position of hits in the shower. Using this the energy and direction of hadrons can be reconstructed. Though have comparitively worse resolutions than muons, adding hadron energy along with muon momentum and direction as one of the final state observables improves the sensitivity to oscillation parameters. Performing the analysis in a wider range of observed muon energy, i.e, 0.5-25 GeV, and also imposing a constraint on the ration of muon-neutrino and anti-neutrino events improves the sensitivity to parameters especially to the 2-3 mixing angle. ICAL being a huge detector can be used to probe exotic phenomena like neutrino decay. Analysis of 500kTon exposure of ICAL with only CC muon-neutrino and anti-neutrino events can constrain the life time of the third mass eigen state, two orders of magnitude tighter than MINOS. If decay is present in nature it will affect the measurement of the standard oscillation parameters also. These are also studied.


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Q: Run inference using ONNX model in python input incompatibility problem? I am a beginner in programming, I am trying to run the "tinyyolov2-8.onnx" model, I am struggling with the input formating, can anyone suggest how to formate the input for this model. code is given below,
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import tensorflow as tf

sess_ort = ort.InferenceSession("tinyyolov2-8.onnx")
# sess_ort = ort.InferenceSession("mobilenetv2-7 .onnx")

in__1 = sess_ort.get_inputs()[0].name;
print(in__1)

out__1= sess_ort.get_outputs()[0].name;
img= np.array(Image.open('416_416.png'), np.float)
img= img/255;

# img = np.random.random((1,3,416,416)).astype(np.float32)
img= img.reshape(1,3,416,416);
print(np.shape(img))
res =  sess_ort.run(out__1, {in__1 : img})[0]```

ERROR is:

```runfile('D:/ANN/ONNX_files/ONNX_model_RUN.py', wdir='D:/ANN/ONNX_files')
image
tensor(float)
['None', 3, 416, 416]

grid
tensor(float)
['None', 125, 13, 13]

(1, 3, 416, 416)
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "D:\ANN\ONNX_files\ONNX_model_RUN.py", line 47, in <module>
    res =  sess_ort.run(out__1, {in__1 : img})[0]

  File "D:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\tensor_python3_6\lib\site-packages\onnxruntime\capi\session.py", line 111, in run
    return self._sess.run(output_names, input_feed, run_options)

TypeError: run(): incompatible function arguments. The following argument types are supported:
    1. (self: onnxruntime.capi.onnxruntime_pybind11_state.InferenceSession, arg0: List[str], arg1: Dict[str, object], arg2: onnxruntime.capi.onnxruntime_pybind11_state.RunOptions) -> List[object]

Invoked with: <onnxruntime.capi.onnxruntime_pybind11_state.InferenceSession object at 0x000001F4803CE960>, 'grid', {'image': array([[[[0.38823529, 0.71372549, 0.68235294, ..., 0.79607843,```

A: help(sess_ort)
...
 |  run(self, output_names, input_feed, run_options=None)
 |      Compute the predictions.
 |
 |      :param output_names: name of the outputs
 |      :param input_feed: dictionary ``{ input_name: input_value }``
 |      :param run_options: See :class:`onnxruntime.RunOptions`.
 |
 |      ::
 |
 |          sess.run([output_name], {input_name: x})

'run' takes a collection of output names. Update the call to this:
    res =  sess_ort.run([out__1], {in__1 : img})[0]
Also note that most likely you're loading an image in HWC format and ONNX runtime wants CHW so you may need to transpose it (instead of just reshaping).
i.e. if you check the shape of 'img' it's probably {416, 416, 3}, and if so you need to do numpy.transpose(img1, (2, 0, 1)) to make it {3, 416, 416}. After that you can reshape to {1, 3, 416, 416}.
No idea what the purpose of this line is:
img= img/255;


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This odd and unique psychedelic record is the most Mexican LP sought among collectors, who, offer thousands of dollars to be able to get an original copy in good condition. This comment appears on Antonio Malcara's book "Catologo subjetivo y segregacionista del Rock Mexicano", and he is quite rightly because this LP and Kaleidoscope are the two most important and representative pieces of Mexican garage rock-psychedelia.
Bodo Molitor not only made hos sole record one of the most wanted LP's but also contributed in the LP "Kaleidoscope", pressed in 1969, collaborating with the cover graphics, likewise in another record wanted by collectors "La Libre Expresion".
Bodo Molitor was misundestood in his time but today, 37 years after, experts of fine rock, recognize the delirious range of sounds that explode in multicolor sonic-cosmic-psychedelic rainbow.
In graphic arts, Bodo reflects through his work, a wonderful world full of fantastic images, zoomorphic beings, humanoids and rare vegetation, that despite the apparent anarchism in lines, harmony prevails and invites to drive away sadness.
In an effort to rescue from oblivion this disco graphic jewel, producer Manuel Alvarez found not only the original master but also four bonus tracks.


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Share this Story: Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls for inquest into inmate's death
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls for inquest into inmate's death
"I know that he cried out for help and Correctional Services Canada refused to acknowledge that he was suicidal."
Curtis McKenzie, who signed a section 810 order after a statutory release from federal corrections in 2017, in the lobby of the Star Phoenix building in Saskatoon, SK on Friday, October 4, 2019. Photo by Liam Richards /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Days after the death of 27-year-old Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate Curtis McKenzie, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is calling for the Saskatchewan Coroners Service to complete an inquest into his death, believing that Correctional Services Canada (CSC) refused to acknowledge that McKenzie was suicidal.
According to CAP, McKenzie committed suicide while in custody. In a statement to the StarPhoenix on Tuesday, the CSC would not confirm the cause of death.
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"I am deeply disturbed about what has happened to Curtis. I know that he cried out for help and Correctional Services Canada refused to acknowledge that he was suicidal. I believe CSC was derelict in their duties. I have sent out an email to the Office of the Correctional Investigator," CAP National Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin said in a statement.
Beaudin, who had previously supported McKenzie as an outreach worker, also noted that McKenzie was "made to sign" a Criminal Code Section 810 order, also known as a peace bond, before he was released from a previous sentence. He was then re-incarcerated in May 2018 after violating the order by succumbing to a drug addiction he had continuously battled in the past.
Refusal to sign a peace bond can result in up to another year in custody.
"Signing the … 810 was his death sentence," Beaudin's statement read. "How many times has the corrections system failed Indigenous people? He was struggling with trauma, mental health issues and addiction, and not once received proper care from Correction Services Canada. His mental health deteriorated after CSC put him in extended solitary confinement. That is considered torture by the United Nations. He needed treatment, not torment."
"These orders were created to protect individuals who have reasonable grounds to fear for themselves or their family's safety," added CAP National Chief Robert Bertrand. "But now they are being used on a wide range of cases, laying conditions on people even if no specific individual has reasonable grounds to fear for their safety."
According to the statement, the parole board had previously acknowledged that McKenzie's mental health issues had "remained unaddressed" while in custody, despite numerous requests by both McKenzie and other advocates for alcohol and drug treatment.
McKenzie was receiving support from Str8 Up, an organization that helps people leave the gang lifestyle, before he was re-incarcerated in 2018. While in court in August 2017 after assaulting a police officer during a river rescue, his lawyer, Kim Armstrong, said McKenzie had been doing well on statutory release: he was sober and had secured a job, but when stressful situations arose in his life, he coped by mixing alcohol with meth.
The CSC said McKenzie had been serving a federal sentence of two years and one day for breach of recognizance and break and enter (not a dwelling house). The sentence had started on May 30, 2018.
The CSC said it will review the circumstances of McKenzie's death and police and the Saskatchewan Coroners' Service will be notified in accordance with CSC policy.


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Хекла је стратовулкан на југу Исланда, висине 1.491 метар. То је један од најактивнијих вулкана на Исланду; од 874. године, на подручју Хекле и у њеној непосредној близини догодило се више од двадесет ерупција. У средњем веку, Европљани су овај вулкан називали "Вратима пакла".

Хекла је део вулканског гребена дугог 40 km. Најактивнији део тог гребена, пукотина дугачка око 5,5 км, назива се Хеклугја. Хекла личи на преврнут чамац, с низом кратера, од којих су два генерално најактивнија.

Честе велике ерупције овог вулкана покривају већи део Исланда тефром, а ти слојеви могу се користити за датирање ерупција других вулкана на Исланду. Приближно десет одсто тефре настале за последњих хиљаду година на Исланду потиче из Хекле, а реч је о количини од око пет кубних километара. Кумулативно посматрано, овај вулкан произвео је у протеклом миленијуму више лаве од иједног другог вулкана у свету, и то око осам кубних километара.

Веровања
На исландском језику hekla је огртач са капуљачом, а вулкан је то име по свој прилици добио због своје "капуљаче" од облака на врху. Рани латински извор назива планину Монс Касуле.

Након ерупције 1104. године, Европом се раширила прича, коју су вероватно зачели монаси цистерцити, да је Хекла пролаз у пакао. Монах Херберт од Клервоа написао је о вулкану у свом делу De Miraculis:
"Чувени ватрени казан на Сицилији, који људи називају димњаком пакла, обична је пећ у поређењу с овим пламеним безданом."

Песма монаха Бенедеита, из око 1120. године, о путовањима Светог Брендана, помиње Хеклу као Јудин затвор.

Флатејски кодекс (исл.: Flateyjarbók) казује да су људи, за време ерупције 1341. године, у ватри што је куљала из планине видели велике и мале птице, и веровало се да су то душе. Каспар Бојкер је у 16. веку написао да се врата пакла могу наћи у "безданом понору Хекле". Веровање да је Хекла "врата пакла" одржало се до 1800. године. Још постоји легенда да се вештице окупљају на Хекли за Ускрс.

Историја ерупција

Прва забележена ерупција Хекле одиграла се 1104. године. Отад се догодило двадесет до тридесет снажних ерупција, а вулканска активност понекад потраје и до шест година, уз краће паузе. Ерупције Хекле су променљивог типа и тешко их је предвидети. Неке су врло кратке (седам до десет дана), док друге умеју да потрају месецима и годинама (1947. године, ерупција је почела 29. марта 1947, а завршила се у априлу 1948. године). Последња ерупција догодила се 26. фебруара 2000. године.

Спорт и рекреација

Хекла је популарна дестинација за љубитеље пешачења у природи. После најновије ерупције, за прелазак целе стазе на Хекли потребно је три до четири сата. У пролећном периоду, скијање је могуће на кратким стазама на самом ободу кратера. Лети су проходне планинарске стазе, такође дуж обода кратера. До вулкана се може доћи аутобусом до Ландманалејгара, смештеног 30 км источно од саме планине, и могуће је одсести или камповати на фармама у том крају. "Хекла центар" на фарми Лејрубахи отворен је 2007. године.

Флора и фауна

Област Хекле некад је била шумовита. Шума и неке траве много су отпорнији на таложење пепела и пловућца него ниско растиње, али комбиновани ефекат насељавања људи и вулканске активности допринео је да ионако нестабилна површина псотане подложна ерозији. Пројекат пошумљавања Хеклускоукар, покушај је обнављања 90.000 хектара некадашњих шума на обронцима Хекле, који започиње ђубрењем земљишта и сетвом траве. То ће стабилизовати пространа подручја покривена вулканским пепелом, допринети ублажавању ерозије на деловима тла попуцалом од мраза и унапредити биодиверзитет. Реч је о највећем пошумљавању овог типа у Европи. После ерупције, готово сва "безбедна места" на новим токовима лаве у року од двадесет година колонизују маховине, да би се на тим местима, у року од педесет година, образовао хомогени слој дебео и до двадесет центиметара.

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The Romance Genre in Gamebooks
Oct 5, 2017 • Annette Ding
My topic of choice is gamebooks in the romance genre. By "romance genre" I mean books in which romantic content such as dating, falling in love, or relationships are a large part if not the main part of the storylines.
I primarily focused on the romance gamebooks found in Box 14 of the Katz Collection. I chose to focus on the YA and adult romance gamebooks because of the stark differences in tone and content between these two subgroups.
The YA romance gamebooks focus entirely on romance, filled with drama, conflict, friendship, and boys. Due to the young age of the target audiences I began to think of the potential educational implications these gamebooks may have in terms of navigating relationships and weighing values. With happy endings as signals of encouragement and bad endings as signals of undesirable behavior, a YA romance gamebook can communicate to its adolescent readers that certain patterns of behavior are desirable. Of course, the YA romance gamebooks can be read just in fun, like the adult romance gamebooks.
Adult gamebooks are generally characterized by a broad streak of humor. Adults, unlike adolescents, are more experienced in life which may explain the much more varied and most of the times humorous / ridiculous choices presented in these gamebooks. Also, while there is a focus on romance and dating in the adult romance gamebooks, it is not quite so center-stage as it is in the YA gamebooks.
In order to determine the modes of behavior promoted by romance gamebooks I focused on labeling endings and choices. I divided endings into four general groups based on good or bad, and romantic or unromantic:
good/ romantic (G/Rom E)
bad romantic (B/Rom E)
good unromantic (G/E)
bad unromantic (B/E)
For example, a bad romantic ending (B/Rom E) would be where the main character had a chance with a guy but blew it versus a bad unromantic ending would be the main character dumped spaghetti all over herself at a party. Usually in a YA romance gamebook a good unromantic (G/E) ending would involve friendship in place of romance versus in the adult romance gamebook there is much more variation.
In the choice labels, I noted information that was more specific to each book, as on the first time reading through I had not figured out a scheme for consistently labeling the main types of choices across all books. On reflection, however, the main choices offered in romance gamebooks are:
"Guy A or Guy B?"
"Setting A or B?"
"Guy or Self?"
"Guy or Friend?"
"Friend or Self?"
"Wild or Wilder?"
The first three choices mostly show up in the YA gamebooks and with less regularity in the adult gamebooks. The choices are also connected. For example, choosing Setting A or B (a laid-back surf café or swanky beach club?) decides where and thereby what kind of guys you meet.
Adult romance gamebooks typically have "Wild or Wilder?" choices. By contrast, a feature unique to YA romance gamebooks is the "Guy or Friend?" choice, which is further reflected in the happy endings. These happy endings come in two forms, that of the happily ever after with boyfriend or the happily ever after with best friend forever (BF / BFF). Also, in some instances it is not a choice between a guy or friend but rather a choice between self-interest and friendship. For example, in the gamebook "Friends Forever" from the Turning Points series, the main character must choose between popularity and keeping a promise to her friend. The "Guy or Self?" choice is between a guy and the protagonist's own career / ambitions. The choices that I labeled were mainly ones that took place at divergent parts of the story lines, usually ones in the later half that determined what types of endings the reader got. In the annotated text files, I left notes next to choices indicating the results they lead to, but did not include these notes in the graph illustrations since some were too long.
Looking across the dozen or so romance genre gamebooks in this survey there is not much unity in structure. In general, through, they tend to be largely linear, exhibiting more width than length in their graphs, some extremely so. The Turning Points series which falls under the YA subgroup is characterized by an incredibly linear structure, concluding in one first and only choice that allows the reader to choose between only two possible endings.
In other YA romances the diverging story lines depicted their graphs rarely or never intersect each other – that is, is branching, but not merging. These story lines are also fairly similar in content. For example, in Angie's Choice from the Make Your Dreams Come True series the reader must choose between taking Honors Chemistry or an Auto Repair class (with all male classmates). The two choice leads to two separate main story lines that do not intersect at all with each other and the contents of each storyline are essentially the same: girl meets multiple guys and works to successfully date one of them.
Romance gamebooks featuring more adult content also exhibit more story line options. In A Night of a Thousand Boyfriends, from the Date with Destiny series, the potential story lines range widely across settings and genres, from a night spent staying in, to escaping a hostage situation, to even traveling to an alien planet. In addition, the graph structure shows a degree of convergence of story lines before diverging again in the earlier half of the graph which differs starkly from the young adult romance gamebooks where the branches continue to branch with no cross-over at all. In some instances, adult gamebooks also offer the choice of returning to a previous lexia. Only one series in the YA romance genre gamebook offers similar options, the Pick Your Own Dream Date series, in which the reader is given the choice to regret her current date and return to an earlier lexia to choose again – which is decidedly less exciting.
The YA gamebook series Sexuality Decision, which is a centered on the topic of safe sex, graphs similarly to the other YA gamebooks with a traditional tree-like structure and a decidedly linear progression. There is some convergence of story lines in the middle of the graphs, similar to the adult romance gamebooks. Between these two subgroups the YA romance gamebooks feature shorter, simple structures with longer linear branches whereas the latter has a wider and more varied, at times complex structure though still ultimately tree-like.
The YA romance gamebooks read like stereotypical teenage love stories, largely focused on PG level romance (the steamiest things get might be a dramatic kiss at some ending) and promote a romance/friendship-centric and at times patriarchal mode of behavior as a way to a happy ending. Decisions like waiting for a guy to ask you out are rewarded with happy endings whereas bucking up and asking him out get bad endings. In addition there is a delicate balance in terms of what choices a reader needs to make in order to secure a happy ending. A certain level of romantic initiative is needed but not to the expense of being inconsiderate and certainly not ruining a friendship. This mixture of demands is reflective of the confusing message teenage girls often receive on how to navigate the dating pool. How eager is too eager? Friends or boyfriend?
While most romance gamebooks reinforce stereotypes with good endings that usually favoring a romance/guy centric choices, the available endings are not always strictly patriarchal. In Kerry's Dance from the Turning Point series the single choice in the gamebook is a Guy or Self choice between going to Paris for a few months as part of a ballet program or to stay and build a relationship with her love interest. In the case the reader picks ballet or the Self choice, they are rewarded with both ballet and a heart-felt letter from the male lead stating his ever-lasting devotion that assures her he will wait the few months out. It is a you-can-have-everything type ending. In Worthy Opponents of the Make Your Dreams Come True series, if the main character chooses to run against her crush as class president then this choice leads into a set of story lines in which ending up with her crush is one of the possible endings. If, on the other hand, she chooses to be his campaign manager (as a way to get closer to him) then she is locked into a story line where ending up with her crush is not possible. In order to win her crush it is better for the main character to be bold and confident. This may have been done to create a more interesting story, or possibly to convey ideas about women's empowerment. Either way it is good to see some options that do not favor stereotypically submissive behavior.
Bad endings, on the other hand, are decidedly easy to define and less varied: alone and miserable. "Twenty years later, you're bitter, lonely and living alone. Nathan is happily married, the father of three terrific kids, and a famous soup opera star." (56, Pick Your Own Dream Date) These gamebooks pull no punches when describing the horrors of ending up relationship-less, and this is also true for the adult romance gamebooks. Night of a Thousand Boyfriends even employs an endless cyclical "ending" to demonstrate exactly how bad decision it is to stay in for the night instead of going out on a date: you are asked to perpetually turn between pages 34, 42, 56, and back to 34 again while reading your obnoxious roommate's gloomy poetry.
In general adult romance gamebooks favor patterns in which the bolder (or "wilder") the choice, the better. The conventional niceties still have to be observed though: listening to your date's voice mail while he is answering the door is a bad choice that will lead to bad consequences. Adult romance gamebooks also differ in their types of happy endings. Instead of "BF or BFF?" we instead get perpetual size six waists, spontaneous orgasms, nights of a thousand girlfriends, or joining a community of sexy mermen, et cetera. Rather than a classic teen romance we are more likely to encounter an adventurous / risqué "night out" sort of story, often filled with bizarre happenings and slapstick humor.
My research lead me to the realization that it is only in the adult series that themes related to LGBTQ choices and identity are introduced. Such instances either take the form of the main character being exclusively queer (as in Escape from Fire Island!) or with the often-straight main character being presented with a choice of sexual orientation later on in the story. In addition to sexuality, readers may also choose the gender of the main character. The early gamebook Consider the Consequences (1930) presents three chapters, one about a woman and two about men. The more recent adult romance/adventure gamebooks Whatever You Want and Big Night Out actually allow readers to pick between main characters of different genders. Furthermore, gamebooks may offer choices about both gender and sexuality. Big Night Out provides readers who choose the male character the experience of being attracted to a "Chris" who is, at the reader's choice, either a "Christopher" or a "Christine."
Gamebooks are all about choice, and possibly the inclusion of character gender and sexual orientation as a choice is the industry's way of advancing their medium. It may also reflect the growth of inclusion of the LGBTQ community since the 1980s when the majority of (very much heteronormative) YA gamebooks were published. Speaking of representation, romance gamebooks also have a noticeable lack of people of color, not just as main characters, but as characters at all. All the YA romance gamebooks feature young white girls and boys on their covers, with no illustrations inside. Character illustrations in the adult romance gamebook series Date with Destiny (both on the cover and in the book) are vague enough that the characters could be seen as people of color, with darker skin tones, hair. The only romance gamebook I found in which people of color are unambiguously recognizable and feature as main characters is in Too Soon for Sex from the Sexuality Decision series. That series includes a publisher's note stating it "may be most appropriate for use in communities in which there are high rates of teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease or substance use." Certainly, safe sex is a relevant topic for all teens, but representing protagonists of color only in works that focus on social ills only highlights the general lack of people of color in the "regular" romance gamebooks that are about dreams, empowerment, or just pleasure reading.
jeremydouglass@ucsb.com
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