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Proof vs. Uncirculated Coins: What's the Difference?
Striking Hand loaded and struck on specialty blanks. But the production is otherwise much like that used for circulating coins. Double struck by U.S. Mint, creating high luster and mirror-like shine.
Handling These are not hand polished and don't go through the same inspection process. May have noticeable blemishes, such as bag arks. Hand polished and inspected to ensure pristine condition.
Appearance Produced with a brilliant finish, but will not appear as vibrant as a proof coin. High gloss with excellent contrast. Detail is very well represented.
Packaging Protective packaging is included along with an official Certificate of Authenticity. Shipped in protective, commemorative packaging with official Certificate of Authenticity.
Rarity Produced in higher numbers than proof coins, making them easier to find and more affordable, in most cases. Produced in much smaller numbers than non-proof uncirculated coins, making proof coins more rare.
If you're a bit confused about the difference between proof and uncirculated coins, you're not alone. Both are sold in protective packaging with great luster, a certificate of authenticity and hit the market in mint condition because they've never been introduced to into general currency. However, there are distinct and noticeable differences that collectors should be able to distinguish.
In this article, we'll go a little deeper into some of the key aspects that set proof and uncirculated coins apart and look at the reasons for their production. Whether you are new to collecting or simply looking for a refresher, this will help you make a more informed buying decision.
How Are Proof Coins Produced?
The U.S. Treasury defines proof coins as "the finest quality of coins" produced by the United States Mint. These coins are meticulously produced in small numbers and handled to a specific set of guidelines.
The proof blank (a blank coin that hasn't been struck) is actually hand-polished before being fed into specialized presses fitted with polished dies. This production process makes proof coinage particularly distinguishable for a number of reasons:
Proof coins are stuck twice to provide exceptional contrast and detail
Multiple strikes provide a stunning shimmer and highlight the intricate coin design
Proof coins are placed in protective packaging to keep the coinage in flawless condition
Packaged and sold with an official U.S. Mint Certificate of Authenticity
Due to the labor-intensive process, strict production guidelines and hand polishing, proof coins are more rare than other uncirculated coins and represent a smaller fraction of uncirculated coin production.
Uncirculated Coin Production
Uncirculated coins are hand-fed into a coining press, but the blanks are not hand polished, unlike proof coins. Uncirculated coins will have a brilliant, detailed finish. However, you will not find the same type of high-polished mirror-like glow.
Produced much like the coins we use everyday, but with a few adjustments in production that result in a more brilliant finish
These coins will also include an official U.S. Mint Certificate of Authenticity
Uncirculated coins are also sold in protective packaging, but may show blemishes or imperfections
Why Some Collectors Prefer Proof Coins
The craftsmanship and attention to detail is something that many collectors admire about proof coins.
Presentation: Because proof coins are struck twice, hand polished and inspected by hand, the appearance is second to none.
Rarity: Proof coins are less common than general uncirculated coins, making them highly collectable.
Value: Proof coins are typically considered more valuable (but this is not always the case).
Condition: Proof coins are shipped in exceptional condition and are usually free from any visual blemishes.
What Are the Advantages of Collecting or Investing in Uncirculated Coins?
Uncirculated coins are sometimes favored by both investors and collectors alike. Let's take a look at why these coins may appeal to both subgroups.
Cost: Because the cost is typically lower, investors are drawn to uncirculated gold and silver coins due to their affordability. Some investors are more concerned with the raw materials than the coin itself. Collectors can find great looking coins in protective, commemorative packaging at a reasonable price point.
Appearance: Uncirculated coins are visually striking, but may show more blemishes than proof coins.
What Are the Similarities of Proof and Uncirculated Coins?
Technically, both types of coins are uncirculated and do not enter general currency. The primary difference is in the production and physical appearance of the coinage.
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Why Are Proof Coins Produced by the U.S. Mint?
Historically, proof coins were produced as a sort of test run to make sure the dies and presses were functioning properly. In fact, the earliest coins produced by the U.S. Mint never went into circulation. These were struck in 1793 and are believed to be made from silverware provided by George and Martha Washington.
The director of the U.S. Mint would inspect and approve or disapprove proof coins before they were struck in high numbers and put into circulation.
Proof coins were also made to be archived and preserved by the government. As these coins became more sought after by collectors, the United States Mint began producing proof coins in larger numbers to sell into the collection market.
Today, both proof and non-proof uncirculated coins are produced by the U.S. Mint, sold and resold by collectors and investors. Most countries also produce proof coins, so collectors can find rare uncirculated coinage from all over the world.
Which Type of Coin Should You Purchase?
In today's market, more collectors and investors are leaning toward proof coins over uncirculated coins. A primary reason for this is the investment potential for proof. For instance, in 2009, American Eagle proof coins were trading at three-times the spot price of gold. Today, American Eagle proofs are around 1.3 times the gold spot price, but the potential for them to once again trade at three-times the rate of spot, or even higher, is likely.
Collectors and investors also appreciate the long-term growth potential of proof coins. It's considered a low-risk investment with excellent potential to increase in value. Because proof coins are more rare and produced in smaller numbers with a higher level of quality control, you can expect these coins to hold and increase in value.
No matter what type of coin you decide to purchase, there are a few things to keep in mind.
Luster: Is the coin appealing to you? There is actually no way to return a coin's original shininess, so what you see is what you get. Make sure you like the coin as-is.
Damage or Flaws: Is the coin damaged or otherwise flawed? With non-proof uncirculated coins, you may want to avoid purchasing the coin. However, when it comes to proof coins, a mistake made through the minting process could actually make a coin more valuable. It's so rare that flawed proof coins make it through inspection and onto the market, off center strikes, overdates and multiple-struck proof coins could fetch a higher price.
Wear: Older proof and uncirculated coins will show signs of wear if they aren't correctly handled. Inspect coins closely to ensure your purchase is as pristine as possible.
Whether you choose proof coins or non-proof uncirculated coins, there are plenty of great options out there for the casual or serious coin collector and investor. However, if you want to choose coins with a higher likelihood of increasing in value, proof coins are often the safer bet.
1 – https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/coin-production
2 – https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/timeline-of-the-united-states-mint
3 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_coinage
4 – https://www.usmint.gov/learn/collecting-basics
5 – https://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/teachers/resources/money-in-colonial-times#06
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Neuigkeiten zu	Munich Oberschleissheim: Save the Regatta!
In December 2016, we had the opportunity to preset our petition to both adressees, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and State Secretary Mr. Gerhard Eck, and the Mayor of the City of Munich, Ms. Christine Strobl, as the owner of the regatta venue.
Both parties reassured us that the discussions will continue and that solutions are considered that will enable a thoughtful and reasonable renovation of the venue. The petition will be taken to the Munich City Council towards the end of 2017.
Both meetings took place in a friendly and positive atmosphere, but we nevertheless need to continue our cause for the modernization of the venue. We only reached one milestone on our journey.
On December 12, 2016 Regatta München e.V. will be finally delivering the 16,117 collected signatures to the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport, which is responsible for sports in our state.
A delegation of different stakeholders, who signed the petition, will deliver the signatures to Permanent State Secretary Gerhard Eck to ask for support to maintain this unique Bavarian regatta and event site and the historic heritage of the XXth Summer Olympic Games of 1972.
The City of Munich is also willing to accept the signatures and is currently looking for a suitable date for the delivery.
we just reached the milestone of 15,000 signatures! Thank you so much for helping us to reach that number and for your continued support to preserve and maintain the regatta course for Munich, Bavaria, and the world and to reach out to many other people to support this petition.
From now until tomorrow at 11:59pm Munich local time, you still can motivate and activate further supporters and ask them to sign our petition. Every single signature from all over the world will make a difference. So please share the petition once again among all your friends, family members, colleagues, sport mates, and neighbors. They can still sign online or offline using a form that you can download directly from the petition's website.
Please share and sign to save the regatta course. 30 hours left to maintain a brilliant regatta course for the next generations of rowers and canoeists to come.
Thank you once again! Let's get some more signatures in the final hours!
Oliver Bettzieche and Regatta München e.V.
the petition will end on October 27, 2016. I would cordially say Thank you to all of you who supported our cause so far to preserve and maintain the regatta course for Munich, Bavaria, and the world.
I would now like to ask you all to share the petition once again among all your friends, family members, colleagues, sport mates, and neighbors. They can sign online and offline using a form that you can download directly from the website.
Please share and sign to save the regatta course.
Thank you once again! Let's get some more signatures in the final days!
The text was proofed and linguistically amended, the content itself remains unchanged.
Neuer Petitionstext: On December 2, 2015 the 2015, Munich City Council of the City of Munich partly committed itself to the Munich Olympic Regatta Centre in Oberschleißheim. Oberschleissheim. But they also decided to check two alternative usage concepts that endangers endanger the survival of one of the most appreciated, fairest, fairest and busiest regatta courses worldwide. These two alternatives explicitly exclude the hosting of national and/or international events.
3.	to further support the centre in a financially adequate manner equally manner, both as a venue for national and international rowing and canoe sprint regattas regatta as well as maintaining it as a training centre for rowers and canoeists, as a recreational site for nature lovers and walkers, and as sports complex an amenity for all the other sports like cycling, running, triathlon, beach volleyball, beach soccer, inline skating, and many more, which have found an official or even unofficial home here.
Please sign our petition and strengthen the centre and the non-profit organisations here onsite! United we can convince the authorities that a regatta centre without regattas is simply weird and does not make any sense at all. a pointless contradiction in terms. We will forward all your votes at the end of the season to the City Council of the City of Munich and the Bavarian government.
Neue Begründung: The regatta centre was initially planned perfectly in the late 1960ies as a perfect venue for the 1972 Olympic Games in the late 1960ies. The efforts were tremendous and Games. Oberschleissheim was chosen due to the proximity to the city and the ideal location for a post-Olympic usage. A special effort was made to fit the architecture harmonically harmoniously into the landscape of Dachauer Moos – today an extensive nature reserve. The centre is owned by the City of Munich, which took over the buildings of the 1972 Olympic Games, responsible for the administration Games and is the administered by Olympiapark München GmbH.
The rowing and canoe sprint events at the Olympic Games were a tremendous success and quite popular. success. The grandstand was built for the vast an incredible number of 25,000 spectators. 1973, the centre's architect was honoured with the Grand Prize of the German Architects Association.
In the following years, the centre became one of the busiest regatta courses worldwide and up to date is a great sample for the sustainability of the 1972 buildings, just starting to show its age. World Rowing Championships were held in 1981 and 2007, the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1994, the 1998 World Rowing Masters Regatta, and World Rowing Cups from 1997 until 2012 plus additionally German Championships in rowing and canoe sprint.
Apart from the core sports rowing and canoe sprint, additional sports like triathlon, running, long-distance swimming, inline skating, and many others call it their home. Several years ago, a beach volleyball and beach soccer centre was added. National teams of different sports – from New Zealand and China to France and Great Britain – used this sport complex sports venue to train for important competitions.
Sportswomen and sportsmen worldwide know the centre and appreciate it for the its ideal and fair conditions. Munich citizens and visitors from surrounding towns love the unique atmosphere that the centre passes on with its rowers and canoeists on the course in midst the beautiful landscape passes on. landscape. Road bikers and triathletes, inline skaters, and other sports enthusiasts train here peacefully together with the core sports.
Germany only has five other regatta courses, which host big international regattas. In all of southern Germany, this is the only regatta centre.
The centre needs renovation in order to make it accessible and environmentally friendly, and at the same time to fulfil modern safety regulations. The 2.3 km long regatta course itself is in perfect condition and every rower and canoeist loves to visit Munich and to train and compete here in this unique clear blue Munich water.
We don't ask for a luxury renovation. We only ask for the opportunity to use the regatta centre successfully as a regatta centre parallel to its use for other sportswomen and sportsmen from other sports. Not more. After a few years without clear vision it is high noon now that the City Council and the state government clearly commit themselves to this regatta centre and to show action by deciding on a reasonable and modern renovation concept that appropriately considers the centre's unique character.


I can now reveal what was in my previous teaser post!
Here are the beads that I sent to my partner, Andra.
I sent her sort of a tropical mix. Included are denim blue glass pearls, grey freshwater pearls, some crushed velvet ribbon, some of my deep blue patinaed chain and coordinating clasp, lampwork glass rondelles, swarovski crystals, gold tierracast charms of various sea creatures and some gorgeous handmade ceramic shell pendants from Yvi at easyfindings.
I really hope that Andra is inspired by this mix and I can't wait to see what she creates with them!
In return, Andra sent me this bead soup!
I'll admit, at the moment I am stumped with what to make, but I will think of something. I just need some time to play with them. This 4 day weekend coming up should be just that time!
Thank you so much to Andra for the beads and of course, to Lori, for organizing ALL OF THIS.
I will be back on April 13 to reveal what I have made. Stay tuned!
yummy stuff in both soups! though I am just a tiny bit more drawn to the soup you sent because of the unusual denim blue colour of metal findings. As for the soup you received those marble beads are ingenious.
thanks for your comment, Ana! Yes, the marble beads are very interesting. The shape of them has me quite inspired.
Your bead soup inspired me great, I love the color combination!! I've worked a few full days at my project and I am very proud with what I came up!


← HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Two from Veramonte, Casablanca Valley, Chile. Ritual 2010 Pinot Noir, Ritual 2011 Sauvignon Blanc. $19.99 SRP.
Late last year I enjoyed (understatement) the 2009 Plungerhead Zin (review here). The 2010 is a little different, of course: 94% Zinfandel, 4% Merlot, and 2% Petite Sirah. It started out jammy but settled down very quickly as it opened. More fruity and less spicy than last year's model (the Merlot's influence). Beautifully balanced and a good finish. RECOMMENDED!
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C100 Co-Hosts "A Conversation with Frank Wu: Asian Americans and the Law"
On September 16, the Committee of 100 co-hosted "A Conversation with Frank Wu: Asian Americans and the Law," along with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) and the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) in Los Angeles. The event was sponsored by C100 members Stewart Kwoh, founding President and Executive Director of AAAJ-LA; Paul Lin, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Charlie Woo, Chairman of CAUSE; Debra Wong Yang, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the dinner was underwritten by the Committee of 100.
C-100 members Frank Wu and Brian Sun at "A Conversation with Frank Wu: Asian Americans and the Law" on September 16
Speaking to an audience of over 100 guests comprising lawyers, activists, and community leaders, C-100 member Frank Wu, Chancellor and Dean of UC Hastings, shared his insights on a wide range of topics pertaining to Asian Americans and the law, including civic engagement, Asian American activism, and the value of a legal education. "Even if Asian Americans banded together, we are still a minority," Dr. Wu emphasized, "it's only by building bridges and connecting to other groups and building a majority, can you win office and change the world."
Stewart Kwoh provided opening remarks, Charlie Woo served as emcee, and Brian Sun, Partner at Jones Day, moderated the discussion. C-100 member Lily Lee Chen and Acting Executive Director Holly Chang attended the event along with C-100 Leadership Mentoring Program alumni.
To learn more about this event, click here for an extended summary and here for a video recap produced by CAUSE.
C-100 members Brian Sun, Charlie Woo, and Frank Wu and C-100 Acting Executive Director Holly Chang attend "A Conversation with Frank Wu: Asian Americans and the Law"
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Sonarworks in Education / George Hess
George Hess
Professor of Music, Director of Recording Studios at Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
When I took over as director of the recording studios at Sunway University, I found a studio that had clearly been designed and built without consulting any professionals. Of particular concern was the control room, a long narrow room, with a window that was much too large. The only good thing is that the walls were all covered with absorptive materials.
The first mix I made in that room was a hot mess. While it sounded fine in the studio when I played it anywhere else, the bass disappeared, and the balances were off. So, I did what I could to improve the sound, removed some fixtures, and added some bass traps. But the university wasn't interested in putting much money into it, as we're building a new arts building with recording studios that are being designed by pros.
Eventually, I did manage to make the room usable. The bass was still too prominent, but I could work with it. But the students were another story. They were beginners and didn't get to spend enough time in the room to really get to know its sound. And as the program grew, the scheduling got even tighter. So we added a couple of smaller rooms for editing and mixing. Of course, these rooms sounded quite different from the control room.
I installed Reference 4 on the computer in the control room and listen to a couple of mixes with which I was quite familiar. I was impressed. The bass bump was gone, and the overall balance of the mix improved. Next, I installed it in the mixing rooms and listened to the same mixes. They sounded remarkably similar. So, now our students can work in any of the rooms and expect pretty much the same result.
Finally, for fun, I tried it at home. I had recently moved to a new condo and set up an office studio. I purchased an inexpensive but decent pair of near-fields, but the room was untreated and revealed awful resonances. Reference tamed the resonant frequencies and made the room functional. I won't be doing any serious mixing in there, but I can listen to student projects.
Our next step is to install Reference in the Mac lab. We have a couple of classes where students work mostly on headphones. Students are required to have a decent pro-level set of headphones, and adding Reference will make what they hear as accurate as possible.
Ideally, all of your workspaces should be measured and treated by professionals, but for those for whom that isn't an option, Reference 4 is the best solution I've found.


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Ravenous ist eine österreichische Thrash-Metal-Band aus Wien, die 1988 gegründet wurde, sich 1994 auflöste und seit 2014 wieder aktiv ist.

Geschichte
Die Band wurde 1988 gegründet und bestand aus dem Bassisten Franz aka Frank, dem Sänger und Gitarristen Jochen "Jo" Kugelbauer und dem Schlagzeuger Markus aka Marcus. 1990 gewann die Band beim internationalen Metal Battle. Im folgenden Jahr wechselte Frank zur E-Gitarre, woraufhin Erwin aka Erik als neuer Bassist hinzukam. Im selben Jahr erschien über Aaarrg Records das Debütalbum Book of Covetous Souls, das von Ralph Hubert produziert wurde. Danach verließ Franz im selben Jahr die Gruppe und wurde durch den Gitarristen Reinhard aka Adi ersetzt. 1994 löste sich die Band auf. Seit 2014 ist die Band wieder aktiv und besteht neben Kugelbauer und Markus aus dem Gitarristen Joe und dem Bassisten Mex. 2015 erschien eine neu gemasterte Version des Albums Book of Covetous Souls, mit vier zusätzlichen Liedern.

Stil
Laut classicthrash.com unterscheidet sich der Thrash Metal von Ravenous kaum von dem anderer europäischer Bands. Die Lieder des Albums seien dynamisch, jedoch wenig einprägsam und unoriginell. thethrashmetalguide.com befand, dass die Gruppe Thrash Metal mit technisch leicht anspruchsvollen Riffs spielt, der schnell und energiegeladen sei. Der Gesang sei tief und rau und näher am Death- als am Thrash-Metal dran. Insgesamt erinnere die Musik des Albums durch die Aggressivität und die Riffs an Mandators Perfect Progeny.

Diskografie
 1991: Book of Covetous Souls (Album, Aaarrg Records)

Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise

Band (Wien)
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I love a good wordplay gag delivered at breakneck speed, the sort "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" used to deliver when Stephen Fry went rapid-fire nonsense on Hugh Laurie without a stutter, laugh, or breath. Director Derin Seale's short film The Eleven O'Clock is a wonderful comedic scenario in that mold thanks to Josh Lawson's shrewdly surreal script wherein a psychiatrist's new patient believes he too is a psychiatrist. By setting the stage on a day when the real doctor's secretary hires a temp (Jessica Wren's Linda) to sub in for the morning, Lawson ensures we cannot know which is which. Add a slew of intentional visual and auditory clues meant to deceive in order to foster confusion and we won't know for certain until the end.
First we meet Dr. Terry Phillips (Lawson)—a confident gentleman with an air of professionalism who is having difficulty getting into his desk drawer. Next is Dr. Nathan Klein (Damon Herriman)—a scatterbrain with blinders on who mumbles to himself as he enters the office, surprised someone is already there. The easy assumption is that the filmmakers have flipped preconceptions by making the man with poise into the patient and the jumpy one into the doctor, but what if they're actually doing a double-switch to set-up the reversal only to deliver exactly what it appears to be on the surface? You could run in circles trying to guess, but that would only hinder your enjoyment of the quick-witted verbal war that ensues with precision timing and indefatigable hilarity.
Whether it's the constant dismissal by one to correct the other in his wanting to be called "doctor" or a word association exercise gone awry with each round's catalyst becoming the next round's answer, the audience is kept perpetually on its toes. Lawson becomes the consummate straight man slowly losing patience while Herriman continuously loses his train of thought, forgetting how complicated any exchange they share will ultimately prove. Linda becomes the pickle in the middle, her own unfamiliarity with her surroundings amplifying the men's penchant to believe they're each the one with his name on the wall (no one checking is a plot hole worth ignoring). Between this convoluted scenario and the "psychiatrists" within (of whom we all believe are narcissists anyway), it's impossible not to find yourself caught in the whirlwind, hanging on every word.
I'd say I had completely forgotten that specific sketch, but perhaps—subconsciously—I didn't. Great find!


Food Ingredients Europe (FIE) is the global meeting place for all stakeholders in the food ingredients industry.
FIE is held once every two years in a major European city and brings together the world's leading food and beverage suppliers, R&D, production and marketing specialists. FIE is held in Paris Nord Villepinte this year on 1-3 December.
HYET Sweet will have a stand (booth 6E1090) at the fair and would like to welcome all our clients and future clients to come to our booth.


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iiNet hits the acquisition trail again
Nadia Cameron (ARN) 21 September, 2004 07:04
Perth-based ISP, iiNet, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Internet services arm of Melbourne-based IT retailer, Virtual Communities.
The ASX-listed company said the buy-out would add 50,000 dial-up customers to its books, along with 2500 broadband subscribers across Victoria, Queensland and NSW.
Although the purchase price has not been disclosed, iiNet said the deal would be comparable to its $6.3 million acquisition of the FlowCom ISP business earlier this year. The ISP will pay for the business in cash.
iiNet public relations manager, Louise Runkle, said Virtual Communities represented a good opportunity for the ISP to further expand its customer base and support services.
"Virtual has a healthy revenue stream from its 50,000-strong customer base," she said.
The company's existing call centre in Melbourne also allowed iiNet to round out its existing network of support facilities in Auckland, Sydney and Perth and help service Victorian and Tasmanian customers, Runkle said.
In an ASX statement, iiNet said it would offer employment to all personnel currently working for the Internet services division, including call centre staff. This incorporated about 55 employees, she said.
Runkle said Virtual now operated services under seven brand names. Several of these resulted from recent acquisitions made by the ISP, including the ISP, Big Blue.
iiNet would not be rebranding any of these existing services at this stage, she said.
"We won't be forcing customers to upgrade immediately to an iiNet product," she said. "But as a customer's contract comes up for renewal, we will be offering a comparable iiNet service."
The transition was expected to take six to seven months, Runkle said.
iiNet's acquisition of Virtual Communities is the latest in a string of company buyouts undertaken by the ISP. Prior to its acquisition of FlowCom in February, iiNet purchased the iHug business in September last year for $30.1 million. It also acquired several regional-based ISPs in 2003.


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package ucar.nc2.dods;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import ucar.ma2.*;
import ucar.nc2.Structure;
import ucar.nc2.Variable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
import ucar.nc2.write.Ncdump;

/**
 * Test nc2 dods in the JUnit framework.
 *
 * Dataset {
 * Sequence {
 * Int32 age;
 * Sequence {
 * Int16 foo;
 * } stuff;
 * } person1;
 * } NestedSequences;
 * ---------------------------------------------
 * person1.age, person1.foo
 * 1, person1.stuff.foo
 * 0
 * 16
 * 32
 * 48
 * 64
 *
 * 2, person1.stuff.foo
 * 80
 * 96
 * 112
 * 128
 * 144
 *
 * 3, person1.stuff.foo
 * 160
 * 176
 * 192
 * 208
 * 224
 *
 * 5, person1.stuff.foo
 * 240
 * 256
 * 272
 * 288
 * 304
 *
 * 8, person1.stuff.foo
 * 320
 * 336
 * 352
 * 368
 * 384
 */
public class TestDODSnestedSequence {
  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());

  @org.junit.Test
  public void testNestedSequenceParent() throws IOException {
    DODSNetcdfFile dodsfile = TestDODSRead.open("NestedSeq");

    Variable v = dodsfile.findVariable("person1");
    assert null != v;
    assert v instanceof Structure;
    assert v instanceof DODSStructure;
    assert v.getRank() == 1;
    assert v.isVariableLength();

    Array a = v.read(); // DODSNetcdfFile.readFromServer = <person1>
    assert a.getRank() == 1;
    assert a.getSize() == 5 : a.getSize();
    // NCdump.printArray(a, "person",System.out,null);

    int count = 0;
    int fib = 1, prev = 1;
    IndexIterator iter = a.getIndexIterator();
    while (iter.hasNext()) {
      StructureData data = (StructureData) iter.next();

      StructureMembers.Member stuff = data.findMember("stuff");
      assert stuff != null;

      assert data.findMember("age") != null;
      int agev = data.getScalarInt("age");
      assert agev == fib : fib + "!=" + agev;

      count++;
      int hold = fib;
      fib += prev;
      prev = hold;
    }

  }

  public void utestNestedSequence() throws IOException, InvalidRangeException {
    DODSNetcdfFile dodsfile = TestDODSRead.open("NestedSeq");

    Variable v = dodsfile.findVariable("person1");
    Structure s = (Structure) v;

    v = s.findVariable("stuff");
    assert null != v;
    assert v instanceof Structure;
    assert v instanceof DODSStructure;
    assert v.getRank() == 1;
    assert v.isVariableLength();

    /*
     * Array sa = v.readAllStructures(null, true); // DODSNetcdfFile.readFromServer = <person1.stuff>
     * assert sa.getRank() == 1;
     * assert sa.getSize() == 25 : sa.getSize();
     *
     * int count = 0;
     * IndexIterator iter = sa.getIndexIterator();
     * while (iter.hasNext()) {
     * StructureData data = (StructureData) iter.next();
     *
     * assert data.findMember("foo") != null;
     *
     * int foo = data.getScalarInt("foo");
     * assert foo == count*16 : foo;
     * count++;
     * }
     */

    Array a = v.read(); // // DODSNetcdfFile.readFromServer = <person1.stuff>
    assert a.getRank() == 1;
    assert a.getSize() == 25 : a.getSize();

    logger.debug(Ncdump.printArray(a, "stuff", null));

    int count = 0;
    IndexIterator iter = a.getIndexIterator();
    while (iter.hasNext()) {
      StructureData data = (StructureData) iter.next();

      assert data.findMember("foo") != null;

      int foo = data.getScalarInt("foo");
      assert foo == count * 16 : foo;

      count++;
    }

  }

  public void utestCE() throws IOException, InvalidRangeException {
    DODSNetcdfFile dodsFile = TestDODSRead.open("NestedSeq2");
    Variable outerSequence = dodsFile.findVariable("person1");

    String CE = "person1.age,person1.stuff&person1.age=3";
    ArrayStructure as = (ArrayStructure) dodsFile.readWithCE(outerSequence, CE);
    assert as.getSize() == 1;

    StructureData outerStructure = as.getStructureData(0);
    StructureMembers outerMembers = outerStructure.getStructureMembers();
    assert outerMembers.findMember("age") != null;
    assert outerMembers.findMember("stuff") != null;

    // get at the inner sequence
    ArrayStructure asInner = (ArrayStructure) outerStructure.getArray("stuff");
    StructureMembers innerMembers = asInner.getStructureMembers();
    assert innerMembers.findMember("foo") != null;
    assert innerMembers.findMember("bar") != null;

    assert asInner.getSize() == 3 : asInner.getSize();

    StructureData firstInner = asInner.getStructureData(0);
    StructureMembers firstMembers = firstInner.getStructureMembers();
    assert firstMembers.findMember("foo") != null;
    assert firstMembers.findMember("bar") != null;

    // StructureMembers.Member timeMember = innerMembers.findMember(timeVar.getShortName());

  }

  // server+"NestedSeq2", "person1.age,person1.stuff&person1.age=3"

  /*
   * boolean show = false;
   * public void testReadNestedSequence() throws IOException {
   *
   * DODSNetcdfFile dodsfile = TestDODSRead.open("test.23");
   *
   * DODSStructure struct = dodsfile.findStructure("exp");
   * assert null != struct;
   *
   * DODSStructure datas = struct.read();
   *
   * DODSSequence seq = (DODSSequence) datas.findStructureByShortName("ComplexSequence");
   * assert null != seq;
   *
   * int count = 0;
   * Iterator iter = seq.getSequenceIterator(null);
   * while (iter.hasNext()) {
   * if (debug) System.out.println(" testReadStructure row = "+ count);
   * count++;
   * DODSStructure data = (DODSStructure) iter.next();
   *
   * DODSGrid profile = (DODSGrid) data.findStructureByShortName("profile");
   * assert profile != null;
   * DODSVariable v = profile.findVariableByShortName("depth");
   * assert v != null;
   * assert v.hasCachedData();
   * Array a = v.read();
   * assert a.getRank() == 1;
   *
   * Dimension d = dodsfile.findDimension("exp.ComplexSequence.profile.depth");
   * assert d != null;
   * assert d.getLength() == a.getSize();
   *
   * if (debug) System.out.println(profile.getName()+" == \n"+profile);
   * break;
   * }
   * }
   */

}

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Dialekt erronkariera − wymarły dialekt języka baskijskiego używany w Nawarze. Kobieta będąca jego ostatnim użytkownikiem  zmarła w latach osiemdziesiątych. Dialekt ten nie miał tradycji literackich.

Przypisy

Baskonia
Języki Hiszpanii


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Jakob Mathiassen (født 1977) er en dansk betonarbejder og forfatter.

Siden 2001 har han arbejdet som jord- og betonarbejder. Han har blandt andet arbejdet for Skanska med konstruktionen af Løvens & Elefantens Gård på Christianshavn, for NCC på Bella Hotel konstruktionen i 2008-2010 og for det italienske firma Trevi på det Københavnske Metro byggeri.

Mathiassen udgav i 2011 bogen Beton – historier fra skurvognen på Informations Forlag.
I bogen skildrer han livet som betonarbejder og berører foruden arbejdet med beton emner som pendling, fyring, uddannelse, racisme, østeuropæiske arbejdere, sikkerhed, fagforening og forholdet til andre faggrupper, formanden og ingeniøren.
Om bogens autenticitet skriver han "Alle historier i denne bog er baseret på den virkelighed, jeg har oplevet på de københavnske byggepladser, men sammenhængen og navnene er pure opspind".
Bogen blev relativt godt anmeldt, blandt andet gav Jyllands-Postens anmelder Simon Staffeldt Schou den 5 ud af 6 stjerner og skrev "Læs den for det sjældne og indlevende portræt af livet i Danmarks hvide arbejderklasse, der for en gangs skyld ikke er skrevet af en udefrakommende sociolog, men af én, der selv har fødderne plantet i den."
Bogen var på Politikens bestsellerliste i foråret 2011 under "biografier og erindringer".
Med Klaus Buster Jensen udgav han i 2014 bogen Kamppladser. Østarbejdere og social dumping i byggeriet om social dumping efter EU's østudvidelse.
Bogen er også udgivet som e-bog på tysk i 2015.

Mathiassen er tillige tegner og forfatter på tegneserien Sjakket i Dagbladet Arbejderen.

Henvisninger

Kilder

Faglitterære forfattere fra Danmark
Dansksprogede forfattere fra Danmark


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Robo sapiens Portfolio Favorites
Ten years and tens of millions of dollars in the making, the Honda P3 strides down its course at the car company's secret research facility on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan. The product of a costly decade-long effort, the Honda robotic project was only released from its shroud of corporate secrecy in 1996. In a carefully choreographed performance, P3 walks a line, opens a door, turns a corner, and, after a safety chain is attached, climbs a flight of stairs. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 34-35.
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Should we still be wearing Nike?
It's time we hold Nike accountable
By Lily Robinson, Collegian Columnist
For years, Nike has worked to harness the full spending potential of their female consumers. In late 2017, they received recognition for releasing the first sports hijab. That same year they were revolutionizing sports bra technology and expanding their lines to be more size inclusive. A year later, Nike CEO, president, and chairman, Mark Parker, tweeted that 2019 would be a "true tipping point for women in sport." However, you may want to rethink wearing your Vapormax sneakers and Nike Pros spandex, because Nike might not be the progressive, feminist brand it claims to be. Behind the carefully scripted narrations and inspiring aesthetics is a rot that the company has failed to address for far too long.
In November 2019, American distance runner Mary Cain came forward about the abusive treatment she had endured at the hands of Nike Oregon Project head coach, Roberto Salazar. Cain detailed that Salazar shamed her into losing weight, weighed her in front of teammates and blamed her poor performances on weight gain.
Under Salazar, Cain suffered three years of secondary amenorrhea: cessation of menstruation often due to excessively low body mass and extreme exercise, five broken bones and suicidal thoughts. When she reported cutting herself to both Salazar and the team's sports psychologist, Darren Treasure, neither acted. Previous athletes, family members and coaches who worked and competed under Salazar have corroborated Cain's claims and suggested that the issues were present even before Cain's time with Nike.
Sadly, poor treatment of women at Nike isn't unique to their competitive team or Salazar. In early 2018, an unofficial survey circulated among female employees of Nike. The survey was in response to gender disparity, pay gap and inappropriate workplace behavior by male colleagues. According to Nike's own reports, 22 percent more men held a position of director or above and 28 percent more men are vice presidents than women.
It can be expected that companies will make mistakes. With the right response, Nike could have been forgiven. Nike's attempts to right these wrongs, however, have been notably lackluster. While Nike did eventually make some high level staff changes and sang their own praise over raising the salaries of 10 percent of their employees, the changes were clearly a backup. It took four women banding together to file a sex discrimination lawsuit and the failure of Nike's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit for changes to be made.
In the aftermath of the Oregon Project scandal, Nike did even less. In response to Cain's testimony, Nike excused themselves by claiming that, "These are deeply troubling allegations which have not been raised by Mary or her parents before. Mary was seeking to rejoin the Oregon Project and Alberto's team as recently as April of this year and had not raised these concerns as part of that process." While Salazar was fired and the Oregon Project cancelled, Nike never spoke out against the former coach nor did they open themselves up to third party investigation, opting instead to investigate internally.
For a company coming off such a rough year, Nike is faring suspiciously well. According to macrotrends.net, Nike ended 2019 with a 108.43 percent increase in net income over 2018, making it their second most profitable year. This means that consumers aren't feeling morally obligated to stop buying Nike, likely a result of three major factors.
First, their public relations team has been covering each mess by gracefully sweeping the remnants under the rug. Just check out their diversity and inclusion page; concerned consumers who end up here will be given a reassuring pat on the head and sent on their way.
Second, Nike is trendy and their products are high quality. Athleisure is a growing trend and Nike, named the most valuable apparel brand by Brand Finance, is one of the most common brands for shoes, leggings and other chic athletic wear. People aren't willing to sacrifice fashion even when it means supporting the maltreatment of women.
Lastly, from my own experience, consumers don't connect the swish on their clothing to the immoral practices in the news. When I asked a friend what she thought about how little ruckus there has been in the aftermath of the Mary Cain scandal, she said that she felt that Nike, as a clothing brand, felt separate from the Oregon Project and she didn't think it would be likely to affect her decision to purchase Nike products.
Even with a company as monolithic as Nike, consumers do have a voice. In the 1990s Nike came under fire for supporting poor working conditions. The consumer-backed 'sweatshop' boycott affected Nike's bottom line and resulted in practice changes significant enough that The Guardian referred to it as "an object lesson in how giant corporations can be brought to account by ordinary consumers."
Change has been made in the past. Consumers do have a voice. We are at a critical time in the advancement of society and sports for women and cannot afford to let that voice go unused. As consumers, our greatest power is our choice to spend or not to spend and until Nike steps up, apologizes and makes improvements, don't spend.
Lily Robinson is a Collegian Columnist and can be reached at [email protected]


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LOHAS Partner Will Nix Announces AFCI/SIE Society Partnership
LOHAS Partner Will Nix recently co-authored the announcement of the partnership between the SIE Society and the Association Film Commissioners International (AFCI) to promote greater cooperation on social impact entertainment (SIE) projects across the globe. Read the full article below.
The AFCI and the Social Impact Entertainment Society (SIES) have partnered together to further the networking, education, and other core missions of each organization. The SIE Society is the leading global alliance in Social Impact Entertainment (SIE). Its mission is to connect, equip and amplify SIE organizations, creative impact Producers, Education-Entertainment, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social and Behavior Change Communications (SBCC) practitioners.
A visit to the SIES website reveals multiple resources, including an Ecosystem of SIE organizations around the world; a Calendar of SIE Events; a Member Directory with biographical and other background information; and a subject-matter Resources section with academic, professional, industry and other studies. Topics currently covered include SIE 101, Diversity, Inclusion & Representation, Environment & Sustainability, Case Studies and Impact Reports, Mental Health, SBCC 101, and Media Literacy. Other topics are being developed and curated and will be added periodically to these initial materials.
Most importantly, the SIES has a global lens to its mission and operations. We want to have strong, ongoing connections to not only the AFCI headquarters team but also to the members of the AFCI around the world. With this in mind, we look forward to offering professional speakers and resources for your AFCI international, regional, and local events as well as our creating joint ones together. One of the ways we envision doing this is with another of our partnering organizations, Producers Without Borders, led by the SIES' Head of International, Kayvan Mashayekh.
In all professional or personal relationships, trust is the key foundation that glues people together. This common denominator is the vital ingredient that allows individuals of different backgrounds, cultures, languages, ethnicities to thrive in a creative setting. Producers who spend a lifetime building a network of reliable colleagues can only have a chance at success of moving seamlessly from one project to another if they can rely on a team of competent individuals who simultaneously share the same vision for reaching a goal.
The craft of producing requires Passion and Perseverance in pursuit of storytelling. By speaking the universal language of film and television to communicate these stories more effectively, producers are able to transcend cultural boundaries and have a lasting impact on how we think and feel from one generation to another.
Our initiative is intended to bring the best producers and creative people from around the world closer together. It is now working closely in tandem with the SIE Society as a partnering organization. In today's expanding universe of content creation across multiple platforms, the craft of producing has never been more challenging. Whether the innovators are in film, television, or multimedia, there is a need to share knowledge and best practices to enhance the skill sets of filmmakers focused on the craft of producing and storytelling.
The global mission of PWB and the SIE Society is to: Collaborate. Create. Deliver. The SIES and PWB will jointly expand upon the international educational seminars that PWB has been offering to industry members since 2015. These have included top professionals as panelists at the World's most prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, BFI London, and the AFM, as well as networking sessions during the Toronto International Film Festival and FilmBazaar India. In 2020, in response to pandemic challenges, PWB has grown even stronger as the premier educational service entity for the Ukraine State Film Agency (in cooperation with USAID), providing top-level professional webinars for filmmakers hungry for specific content relevant to their markets. The SIE Society and PWB look forward to working closely with the AFCI Headquarters Team and the AFCI's Film Commission Members around the world to expand upon such collaborative endeavors.
Learn more about Social Impact Entertainment and how LOHAS Advisors can support your next entertainment production through strategy and financial insight.


After taking two one-day workshops with Paul Johnson, pop-up artist extroadinaire from the UK, at the Philadelphia Center for the Book, I decided to do another fun post about pop-ups poppin' up all over...so here's some to peruse and pop on over to... Check out Paul Johnson's work at http://www.bookart.co.uk/paul_johnson_works.html... He will be in Baltimore this week and at Pyramid Atlantic's fair November 5-7, 2010...also check out again if you haven't already the great pop-up exhibit at 23 Sandy Galler at www.23sandygallery.com; Also, check out some great pop-up exhibits online at the www.popuplady.com... Esther K. Rubin a.k.a. "the pop-up lady" was also the juror for the current pop-up exhibit at 23 Sandy Gallery. She highlights the recently-closed exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC and includes a link to the exhibit with highlights, videos, and pictures from opening night. So start hoppin' and keep on poppin'...this blog is the result of popping too much caffeine...have a great weekend and more to come!!!


Imagine you have four feet, and move the foot first in the direction you intend to move in.
The front foot moves forwards, and the back foot moves backwards first.
The right foot moves right, and the left foot moves left first.
Moving to the left with a large left foot step, recover your base with an equal distance step with your right foot. Keeping your base slightly more square (showing more chest), maintain stance integrity by keeping your lead foot ahead of the rear foot (be aware to not switch stances). Similar for moving to the right except traveling to the right with a large right foot step, recover your base with an equal distance step with your left foot.
Coaching Point: sometimes it helps to step then drag the recovering foot to prevent excessive "bounding" where the feet come too close together.


The war between the director and entertainment provider may be indicative of the future of movies.
Netflix has clapped back at Steven Spielberg who claims the company should be competing for Emmys with its films and not Oscars despite them ensuring they meet all real qualifying criteria. The company's PR team took to Twitter to slam Spielberg, who is currently trying to have rules changed to limit Netflix's eligibility to compete for the Oscar's.
Alfonso Cuaron's Netflix flick Roma made film history by almost winning the Best Picture Oscar and taking home a total of four statues for Roma and a documentary short. This success has fired Spielberg up and he has been part of a select group of industry heavyweights objecting to Netflix's eligibility.
Spielberg has promised to take up the issue at a meeting of Academy leaders next month, where he is a high-level member of the Oscar-voting Academy – serving as a "governor" of the branch that represents film directors.
Netflix angered Hollywood traditionalists by putting Cuarón's Roma in select theatres for only three weeks before making it available on its digital platform, flouting the usual 90-day "window" that separates a movie's run in theatres and its arrival in the living room.
Others critics have complained about Netflix's hugely expensive marketing campaigns to promote its movies to Academy voters (its promotional blitz for Roma may have been the most expensive ever) and grumble that Netflix refuses to conform to other traditional practices, like releasing box office results.
The tide of internet opinion is hugely behind Netflix, with many pointing out how hypocritical it is of Spielberg to claim he is merely doing this to defend the big screen, or quintessential movie experience.
One writer, Cedric Voets, has pointed out how Spielberg's complaint that Netflix is devaluing movies by "forever changing the quintessential cinematic experience" bizarrely echoes a compliment he gave early in his career to Alfred Hitchcock who he said had, "forever changed the quintessential cinematic experience".
Voets on Cracked.com said: "Netflix immediately releasing its movies online lures people away from the theatre, which is the only right way to watch movies. This is from the man who backed a company that wanted to deliver in-theatre movies to your home for $50 a pop in 2016.
Voets also joked that Spielberg spent millions of dollars on a private home cinema so exclusive "it has a hidden entrance that only he has the key for".
Influential industry voice Franklin Leonard tweeted that Netflix had been a real boon for diversity and representation.
"It's possible that Steven Spielberg doesn't know how difficult it is to get movies made in the legacy system as a woman or a person of color (sic)," Leonard tweeted Saturday.
And as the debate grows ever larger, with the number of articles, columns, social media posts, and podcasts damning Spielberg's "conservative thinking" continuing to grow, Spielberg himself does not appear to be backing down.


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UM Today
Dr. Anand Kumar
N95 decontamination research attracting worldwide interest
The news that UM medical researchers have been testing the possibility that N95 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) masks can be reused has attracted attention from far and wide.
As noted in UM Today last week, research conducted at both Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg (HSC) and the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, was performed by a team led by Dr. Anand Kumar, a UM researcher and critical-care physician at HSC, in response to worldwide concerns about the supply of N95 masks. They tested four different types of N95 masks using four different sterilization methods: repeated cycles of standard autoclaving; ethylene oxide gassing; ionized hydrogen peroxide (iHP) fogging; and vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) treatment. They found that some N95 masks might retain integrity through as many as ten sterilizations and reuses.
The study has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, but Kumar's team released their preliminary results in the hope that they may offer hope to health professionals during a time when PPEs are in short supply. The study has been published on UM Today.
Several media have picked up the story of the team's work, from Yahoo News:
Kumar said the pleated fabric masks can be cycled through an autoclaving machine 10 times and come out as good as before.
"The reason this is really important is that autoclaves are available at literally every established hospital in the world. There is probably no hospital in the world that doesn't have an autoclave machine," Kumar said.
to Radio Canada International:
"There is a sliver of light–maybe more than a sliver, maybe–emerging from the Canadian Prairies to fight the darkness that is the COVID-19 pandemic."
to a small-town newspaper in California:
"When it comes to the sterilization of fabric masks, there's really no research on the subject, so in a public setting, they obviously need to be kept as clean as possible and will provide protection. But for health workers, they should only be used as a last resort and just once if possible.
"As far as N95 masks, the University of Manitoba has done encouraging research. The university tested four types of N95 masks and four methods of sterilization. They identified techniques that may allow N95 masks to be sterilized up to 10 times."
In addition, UM Today has received requests for the research paper directly from some health professionals throughout North America.
community engagement, COVID-19, COVID-19 outreach and research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International
CBC Manitoba: Banned art project depicting Winnipeg as a queer paradise revived 23 years later
Posters heralding Winnipeg as "One Gay City" have been plastered on three bus shelters in the downtown, as part of a new art project from the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
School of Art, School of Art Gallery
President Michael Benarroch update on Summer Term and supporting our collective success
As we embark on 2021, we know that together we will continue to make our community proud.
campus community, president, President's Perspective
New Academic Jobs – January 13, 2021
New Academic Jobs - January 13, 2021


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Witching Hour – trzeci studyjny album brytyjskiego zespołu Ladytron, wydany 3 października 2005. Specjalna edycja albumu zawiera drugą płytę z ostatnimi teledyskami i dokumentem Pewnego razu na Wschodzie - Ladytron w Chinach, z wyszczególnieniem atrakcji z 2004 roku z trasy koncertowej po Chinach. "Sugar" i "Destroy Everything You Touch" zostały wydane jako single. Niektóre wersje tego albumu nie obejmują "CMYK" lub "Untitled".

Lista utworów
 "High Rise" – 4:54
 "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 4:36
 "International Dateline" – 4:17
 "Soft Power" – 5:19
 "CMYK" – 1:49
 "amTV" – 3:26
 "Sugar" – 2:50
 "Fighting in Built Up Areas" – 3:59
 "The Last One Standing" – 3:11
 "Weekend" – 3:57
 "Beauty*2" – 4:23
 "White Light Generator" – 3:59
 "All the Way..." – 4:08
 "Untitled" – 9:03 (Utwór w zupełnej ciszy)

Niektóre kopie zawierały DVD zawierające teledyski do Sugar & Destroy Everything You Touch oraz krótki film, Pewnego razu na Wschodzie: Ladytron w Chinach. Ten jest również dostępny na Extended Play.

Bonus CD
W 2007 r., Witching Hour zostało ponownie wydane i dołączona do niej została bonusowa płyta.

Europejskie wydanie
 "High Rise" (Club mix) – 6:08
 "Nothing to Hide" – 3:51
 "Weekend" (James Iha remix) – 4:00
 "Citadel" – 3:48
 "Tender Talons" – 3:28
 "Last One Standing" (Shipps and Tait mix) – 3:46
 "Soft Power" (Ebon's Strong Weakness mix) – 5:39
 "International Dateline - Harmonium Session" – 4:18

USA wydanie
 "Soft Power" (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix) – 6:48
 "Soft Power" (Loz & Brendan Long Remix) – 7:39
 "International Dateline" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) – 5:42
 "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix) – 6:52
 "Weekend" (James Iha Mix) – 4:04
 "High Rise" (Ladytron Club Remix) – 6:11
 "Sugar" (Archigram Remix) – 5:27
 "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Playgroup - Vocal Edit) – 5:27
 "Nothing to Hide" – 3:51
 "Citadel" – 3:48
 "Tender Talons" – 3:28

Przypisy

Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 2005
Albumy Ladytron
Albumy Island Records
Albumy Rykodisc
Albumy wyprodukowane przez Jima Abbissa


Molina Fine Jewelers returns to the Fifth Annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Horses & Horsepower as the sponsor of the Molina Fine Jewelers Drivers & Players VIP Lounge. Ticketholders in this lounge will receive complimentary food and cocktails, VIP parking, and exclusive access to the event's polo players, and luxury and exotic vehicles' drivers.
Molina Fine Jewelers began during the Golden Age of the Italian Renaissance when José Molina established ateliers in Milan. Today, Jose's equally dynamic and talented descendant, Alfredo J. Molina, continues this tradition of excellence. In 1987, Alfredo Molina began a new chapter in the Molina tradition when he opened an exquisite salon in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. Under the careful guidance of this master gemologist, Molina quickly developed an unparalleled reputation among discriminating connoisseurs across the globe.


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By offering your customers a product that they need they will always think positively of your brand. Not only suitable for industries such as Veterinary practices, Animal hospitals, or Shelters but also perfect as a unique corporate giveaway. Offering items such as Pet apparel, Dog leashes, Pet Bowls, Dog collars, Cat collars and leads, Bandannas as well as dog biscuits. Why not add something as unique as a branded ant farm. Show the dynamics of your business and create a truly engaging promotional product.


The Healthcare Coalition (HCC) Planning Subcommittee was established by the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee (REPC) to revise and update regional plans relating to disaster preparedness and response.
HCC Planning Subcommittee meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month from 10:00 – 11:00 A.M.
The HCC Planning Subcommittee uses the gaps identified in the TSA-E HCC Regional Preparedness Strategy to prioritize projects and efforts to increase the overall preparedness of the TSA-E HCC. One-off issues and projects are often identified by REPC and sent to the HCC Planning Subcommittee to develop a recommended solution.
The next HCC Planning Workgroup meeting will be Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. This meeting will take place in Room 150 of the NCTTRAC Offices at 600 Six Flags Dr, Arlington TX, 76011.
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Learn Jazz Piano: III. Solo Piano and...
0:09Skip to 0 minutes and 9 secondsSo let's have a look at playing our tune "Stella By Stralight" with an Aerbersold playalong. It's important that you choose the right Aebersold playalong because there are at least 5 and they vary in the feel - for example, one of them is Latin - and in the key that they're in. The earliest version is Volume 22 and that's in C. But I've played "Stella By Starlight" hundreds of times with lots of different people and I've always played it in B flat. So I think you should learn it in B flat.
0:42Skip to 0 minutes and 42 secondsIf you're using a playalong that isn't in B flat then use your Audacity or Transcribe trick to get it into that key so you're in a position to play it in the standard key at jam sessions say. The object of the exercise is, first of all, to play the tune with a playalong in voiced position and then to run the appropriate scales. In the first instance, you can go up the scale - you can start from the root. Maybe in the second instance you can go down the scale, but what we're aiming towards is playing the scale pretty much from wherever you happen to be on the keyboard at the time the scale comes.
1:23Skip to 1 minute and 23 secondsEven though this is a fairly slow version of "Stella By Starlight" that I'd like you to use - and I haven't said which it is yet - I'd like you to use the version on Volume 93. It has a guitar on the right hand side, but it doesn't really matter because on the left hand tracks - which we're going to use - it's got bass and drums. So we'll isolate those from the guitar. It's fairly slow but, even so, I think you'll find that it goes at really quite a fast lick when you come to running these scales.
1:56Skip to 1 minute and 56 secondsSo the object of the exercise is to start the scale and finish the scale wherever - but (only) use the notes of the scale. That's what we're aiming to do and then in the next session we'll take it on from there. Just one thing - if you want to play the tune in the middle of the piano, rather than separate out the hands, you'll find that the tune clashes quite a bit with the voicings that we've been looking at. For example, take the second line So the tune is there and if you're playing a 6/9 voicing for E flat major7 you can see that there are 2 notes above it.
2:38Skip to 2 minutes and 38 secondsIf I only play the 1 note below it, it sounds a little bit thin - which although it's acceptable it's not perhaps the best solution. I mean one solution is to play the voicings in a lower position
2:52Skip to 2 minutes and 52 secondsand you've got quite a few notes then below the tune. The other thing you can do is just play the notes below the tune - as I said that can be thin - or play all the notes in the voicing but make sure that the tune stands out - that the tune is louder. For example, that second line again.
3:19Skip to 3 minutes and 19 secondsSo that B flat comes out louder than the other notes in the chord.
3:27Skip to 3 minutes and 27 secondsOK, as I say, the main object is to run the scales, especially our old friend
3:36Skip to 3 minutes and 36 secondsG altered.
The Object of the Exercise
We discuss an exercise in playing the jazz standard "Stella By Starlight" with a playalong, where the object of the exercise is to play the notes of the scale accompanying each chord, going both up and down the scale and starting it from anywhere.
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Gospel Reflections Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him
'Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him'
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B)
In his reaction to the leper Jesus mirrors the compassion of God – he is not afraid to challenge the rules about what is 'clean', and what is 'unclean'. Fr Adrian Graffy reflects.
40 A leper came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees: 'If you want to,' he said, 'you can cure me.' 41 Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. 'Of course I want to!' he said. 'Be cured!' 42 And the leprosy left him at once and he was cured. 43 Jesus immediately sent him away and sternly ordered him, 44 'Mind you say nothing to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your healing prescribed by Moses as evidence of your recovery.' 45 The man went away, but then started talking about it freely and telling the story everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, but had to stay outside in places where nobody lived. Even so, people from all around would come to him.
Other readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 Psalm 31 (32) I Corinthians 10:31-11:1
We continue to read from the opening chapter of the Gospel of Mark, and once again we are told about a healing worked by Jesus. This time it is the healing of a leper. In his desperation the leper violates the rules about keeping away from people. The reaction of Jesus mirrors the compassion of God. When our text says that Jesus 'felt sorry for him' this points to the deep compassion of the loving God. What is perhaps most remarkable about this miracle is that 'Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him'. Our first reading from the Book of Leviticus tells how lepers used to be taken to a priest and formally declared to be 'unclean'. They were banished and had to live apart. This was still the practice in Jesus' day. Jesus' attitude is completely different. He is not afraid to violate the law by reaching out and touching the leper. In this way Jesus challenges the rules about what is 'clean', and what is 'unclean'. In this miracle story it is by his touch and a simple word of command that Jesus heals the man. Perhaps surprisingly Jesus then orders the healed man to comply with the law by going to a priest and making a thanksgiving offering for his recovery. Jesus orders the man to tell nobody about his healing. This is a rather curious feature of the gospel, which shows that Jesus did not want popularity and was anxious that his work should not be misunderstood. But in his enthusiasm at being healed the man proclaims the word everywhere. The gospel ends with the irony that, while the leper rejoins society, Jesus the healer stays outside 'in places where nobody lived'.
What does Jesus' acceptance of the leper teach us?
How do I try to reach out to those who are rejected by society?
Let us pray for a spirit of compassion and understanding.
Let us share the healed man's enthusiasm to make known the goodness of God.
About Rev Dr Adrian Graffy
Rev Dr Adrian Graffy is a member of the Vatican Commission that takes a lead in Bible scholarship, interpretation and promotion in the Catholic Church.
Rev Dr Graffy said of his five-year appointment by Pope Francis in 2014: "It is an honour to be nominated by Pope Francis as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. I feel humbled and very much look forward to being of service to His Holiness and the Church."
He added: "A great deal has been achieved in England and Wales in recent years by many co-workers to advance Biblical scholarship and the provision of easy-to-use resources. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them and the Bishops' Conference Department for Evangelisation and Catechesis for their efforts to promote understanding and love of the Bible, particularly through the publication of the teaching documents, The Gift of Scripture and the study guide to Verbum Domini, The Word of the Lord."
Rev Dr Graffy received his doctorate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1983. He taught for over 20 years in St John's Seminary in Wonersh, and is Chair of the National Scripture Working Group, which is an instrument of the Department for Evangelisation and Catechesis of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Fr Graffy is a past director of Brentwood's Commission for Evangelisation and Formation and parish priest of Christ the Eternal High Priest in Gidea Park, Essex. Among his publications are the Gospel of Mark and the Letter to the Romans (Alive Publishing).
Listen to BBC Essex interview with Fr Adrian Graffy
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Virginia – About Us
by Michael Tait | Aug 9, 2021
The Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation is actively engaged in efforts to bring the American chestnut back to Virginia's forests. Here you will find information about our past and present activities, how they contribute to fulfilling our mission and answers to some of the questions you may have about American chestnuts and our breeding programs.
The mission of the Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation is to restore the American chestnut tree to Virginia's woodlands to benefit our environment, our wildlife, and our society.
Donate to the Virginia Chapter
Make a one-time donation to support our restoration activities or schedule monthly donation to sustain our continuing operations.
Become a Sustaining Donor
Become a sustaining donor by putting us in your will, estate plans, or donating land for a breeding orchard. Without people like you, The American Chestnut Foundation wouldn't exist as it does today.
The Chestnut Story
The American chestnut was once one of the most important trees in our eastern hardwood forests. It ranged from Maine to Georgia, and west to the prairies of Indiana and Illinois. It grew mixed with other species, often making up 25 percent of the hardwood forest. In the virgin forests of the Appalachian Mountains, the ridges were often pure chestnut. Mature trees could be 600 years old and average 4 to 5 feet in diameter and 80 to 100 feet tall. Specimens as large as 8 to10 feet in diameter were recorded.
The American chestnut's annual production of highly nutritious nuts was extremely reliable. At the turn of the 20th century it was ranked as one of the most important wildlife plants in the East. Many wildlife species depended extensively on them. Bear, deer, wild turkey, squirrels, many birds and small mammals – and once, the huge flocks of passenger pigeons – all waxed fat for the winter in the chestnut forests.
Eastern rural economies depended on the nuts as well. Livestock were fattened on them, and the nuts were a major cash crop for many families in Appalachia. Railroad cars full were shipped to the big cities for the holidays, because of the high demand for this finest-flavored of all chestnuts.
The tree was also one of the best for timber. It grew straight and tall, often branch-free for 50 feet. Loggers tell of loading entire railroad cars with boards cut from just one tree. Straight-grained, lighter in weight than oak and more easily worked, it was as rot-resistant as redwood. It was used for virtually everything – telegraph poles, railroad ties, heavy construction, shingles, paneling, fine furniture, musical instruments, even pulp and plywood.
Then the chestnut blight struck. First discovered in 1904 in New York City, the lethal fungus–an Asian organism to which our native chestnuts had very little resistance–spread quickly. By 1950, except for the shrub-like sprouts the species continually produces (and which also usually become infected), the American chestnut had virtually disappeared from eastern forests. In Virginia, trees that have survived the blight are few and far between. While those that have survived are truly a beautiful sight to behold, they are disappearing quickly.
Multiple efforts are underway to bring this precious tree back. Recent developments in genetics and plant pathology promise that this magnificent tree will again become part of our natural heritage. The American Chestnut Foundation was created to coordinate a breeding program for the purpose of creating blight-resistant American chestnuts for eventual reforestation. TACF scientists are well on their way to developing a tree that is American in every way, with blight resistance borrowed from its Asian cousins. Virginia is one of several states that now have satellite breeding programs to ensure that blight-resistant trees will be suited to local environments.
Blight-resistant seeds and seedlings will not be available to the public for several more years. Meanwhile, individuals and organizations concerned about issues such as forest diversity and wildlife preservation are encouraged to plant chestnut seedlings that are not blight-resistant, for several reasons. First, planting seedlings is an important way to help preserve the chestnut genes that we might otherwise lose. It will also help call attention to the effort to bring back the tree. Also, by planting these seedlings, individuals and organizations gain knowledge about where and how to plant and care for chestnuts, in preparation for the widespread efforts that will be necessary once blight-resistant seeds and seedlings are available. Finally, it is important to note that if there are no blighted chestnut trees within a mile of where new seedlings are planted, blight is not likely to occur in the new trees for 10 to 20 years (20 to 40 feet of growth). Individual trees that do become blighted can be treated if the blight is caught and treated quickly.
The Virginia chapter of TACF was formed in 2006. Of course, Virginia is in the heart of chestnut country and has been at the center of the restoration effort from the beginning. The national research facility is located in Meadowview, in southwest Virginia, and scientists at Virginia Tech have been involved in chestnut research since long before there was a state chapter. The formation of the Virginia chapter kicked off the effort to develop a tree specifically adapted to the climates and soils of the northern part of the Commonwealth. The chapter office opened in Marshall in 2008 to provide a convenient place for meetings and volunteer training programs.
The Virginia chapter shares a Regional Science Coordinator with the Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia chapters. The Regional Science Coordinator is the liaison among the chapters and with the national organization and oversees the breeding program in the state. The Regional Science Coordinator for Virginia is Brianna Heath. He can be contacted at his office in the Virginia Department of Forestry offices:
900 Natural Resources Drive
Brianna Heath
A Southwest Virginia Branch of the chapter focuses on activities in and around Meadowview. Contact information for the branch is:
Meadowview, VA 24361
A Catawba Valley Branch conducts activities in the Roanoke and Blacksburg areas.
The first two Virginia chapter chestnut breeding orchards were established in 2007. There are now 14orchards, including two with only pure American trees to be used for future breeding and research. Our goal is to have at least one breeding orchard in each county west of the fall line and north of Roanoke.
As of 2017, Virginia's chestnut breeding program has expanded to 14 orchards, two with pure American trees, at the locations shown.
Our Newsletter - The Bur
The Virginia Chapter's semi-annual newsletter, The Bur, contains important stories about the progress we are making in our programs of planting and breeding American and hybrid chestnut trees in orchards and forests throughout the state.
Copies of The Bur can be downloaded in pdf format from the links below.
Download Issues of The Bur
The Virginia Chapter's Officers and Board of Directors are drawn from throughout the state's regions.
John A.Scrivani, PhD, President
Fred V. Hebard, PhD, Vice-President
Tom Wild, Secretary
Cindy Ingram, Treasurer
Darrell Blakenship
Steven Bodolay
Clem Carter
Jerre Creighton
Jack Lamonica
Warren Laws
Beth Merz
Rob Porter
Anna Sproul-Latimer
Ed Stoots
Rod Walker
Pete West
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Fall 2021 Newsletter Has Many Interesting Articles!
The Fall 2021 issue of The Bur, the Virginia Chapter's semi-annual newsletter, contains many interesting updates on our progress toward reestablishing the American chestnut to our forests. You can download it here. .
Spring Issue of The Bur Published
The Spring 2021 issue of The Bur is now available for downloading as a pdf file. This 12-page issue is packed with exciting news about our progress in re-establishing the American chestnut.
Fall Issue of The Bur Available
The Fall 2020 issue of the Virginia Chapter's newsletter, The Bur, is now available for downloading.


Thanks for your lovely comment. Stuff healthy lemon and yoghurt though - those banana a maple ones have got me drooling.
pecans, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, chocolate chips--these are all things i've added to pancakes. i've never tried raisins and i can't believe it!


In February 2018 after a successful opening where they received a standing ovation, The Absolute Theatre began a tour of Portugal with their production of 'The 4 Clowns of the Apocalypse' after which they will bring the show to theatres and community venues in the West Midlands and London in March 2018.
Last year Absolute Theatre, who are based in North London approached Teatro do Montemuro with the idea for the show and both companies set about making it happen. Teatro do Montemuro is located in a small village in Central Portugal, which does not have a shop, cafe or post office, but has a full working theatre that holds an international theatre festival, runs workshops and has produced shows for over 25 years.
Absolute Theatre and Teatro do Montemuro have been admirers of each other's work since the late 90's and are very happy to have together created The 4 Clowns of The Apocalypse', which is both companies first ever clown show and appeals to children and adults alike.


naaah, no hope for any other bd players.
Does nasir stand a chance?
did m.ullah and gazi passed the auction?
What if pak sl bd player + unsold other team player organise a t20 competetion.
not at all surprised.. given how the franchises are buying the players this time.. good for them not buying him..
I was shocked to see Youvraj Singh being sold at Rs. 14Cr... Common yaar.. what happening here! Now I am more eager to see him play to depend those crores that franchises had spent on him. As usual I will be playing ipl fantasy cricket from Dream 11 and see if I can win some cash prizes this time too. Finger's crossed.
Some people doesn't deserve to have money. 14c. on Yuvraj? The hell man?
Not sure why KKR is messing with Shakib. They needed to let Shakib go to the other team. They waste all the money to keep him benched. Since they don't play him, it's almost like they don't want to play against him either.
almost like what Chris Gayle did to them after they let him go!


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Ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale fin dalla tenera età, dove dopo diverse presentazioni ai festival per bambini ha vinto il primo premio al festival di Tetovo Bletëzat 98 all'età di 13 anni. I primi successi presentano un ponte di attraversamento della canzone per bambini a crescere, i premi aggiudicati sono stati per le prime canzoni del Festival (Këngët e Stinës )nel 2002 a Tirana, il premio del pubblico a Nota Fest a Skopje e ad Albafest nel 2003.

Kasapi, dopo essere stato ufficialmente fidanzato con la modella Aferdita Dresha, nel 2013 è tornato single.

Discografia
 Tash po Kthehesh
 Medikament
 Axhamiu (2003)
 Do te vije nje dite (2004)
 Pa ty s'jetoj (2005)
 Kush te ndau prej meje (2006)
 S'e pranon (2007)
 Sillu pshtillu (2008)
 Live popullore (2009)
 Medikament (2010)

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CLEVELAND HUMANE SOCIETY
The CLEVELAND HUMANE SOCIETY came into existence in 1873 as the Cleveland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Its formation was due to the work of City Councilman ORLANDO J. HODGE, who in 1871 had succeeded in having the council pass an ordinance prohibiting abuse of animals. JABEZ W. FITCH served as the organization's first president.
In 1876 the charter of the SPCA was amended to, in the words of the CLEVELAND LEADER, "extend its protection over the unfortunate children who are growing up in this city under blows and curses." To reflect its wider concerns, the unit's name was changed to the Cleveland Humane Society.
Specifically, the society was charged with aiding homeless and orphaned children, those without adequate food or shelter, those suffering abuse or neglect, and in finding suitable foster and adoptive homes.
In 1927 the focus of the Cleveland Humane Society again changed, then becoming entirely concerned with aid to children. The Animal Protective League and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals assumed jurisdiction for animal welfare.
In 1935 William I. Lacy was appointed director of the Humane Society, and he began an effort to coordinate the efforts of the city's various children's advocacy groups. In 1942 his efforts led to the merger of the Cleveland Humane Society with the Children's Bureau, whose focus had been working with troubled youths.
On 1 July 1945, in a further consolidation, the Cleveland Humane Society ceased to exist as a service agency. Its assets were vested in a child welfare trust, and its program was taken over by Children's Services.
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Motta R (2011). National forest inventories: contributions to forest biodiversity assessments (2010). iForest 4: 250-251.
Abstract: National Forest Inventories are the most complete source of information on forests, and are also a potential important tool for assess and monitoring status and trends in forest biodiversity, Nevertheless, according to Chirici et al., the current inventories have some limitations and should be improved mainly to increase the harmonisation of the field protocols and to enhance the collection of non-tree forest information that are important for the biodiversity assessment.
Gherardo Chirici, Susanne Winter, Ronald E. McRoberts (eds.). "National forest inventories: contributions to forest biodiversity assessments". Series "Managing Forest Ecosystems", vol. 20, Springer Ed., Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 206.
This edited book has 26 contributors from 10 different countries and it is the result of the activities of Working Group 3 (WG3): "Contributions of field data acquired in NFI for forest biodiversity assessments" led by Gherardo Chirici and Susanne Winter of COST Action E43 "Harmonisation of National Inventories in Europe: Techniques for Common Reporting" (chaired by Prof. Erkki Tomppo). The main purpose of the book is to provide a comprehensive and informative overview of forest biodiversity and to analyse the potential role of National Forest Inventories in providing robust forest biodiversity indicators.
The issue of the conservation of the biodiversity has been taken into consideration in most Forest management plans for long time but it is only since 1992, the year in which a large number of countries signed the Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro, that the issues to monitor, protect and enhance biodiversity have been included officially in most national and international forestry policies. Besides in the last decades International Conventions and the increasing awareness of the stakeholders and policy and decision makers have pointed out the need for robust and statistically sound, updated and long-term information on non-productive forest functions and on the maintenance of biodiversity.
The most extensive and comprehensive data on the status of the forests at the national and/or regional levels are yet provided by the Forest inventories that have been established in many countries.
Methods of forest inventory have principally been developed for estimating the standing volume of wood in forests and for recurrent measurements to indicate changes in stand structure and growth with time. Traditionally, such inventories focus on assessing timber yield, and therefore do not generally incorporate measures of other ecosystem components. Besides due to different historical backgrounds and varying environmental conditions National forest inventories use different basic definitions and methods, which lead to inconsistencies and lack of comparability for international reporting. To harmonize global forest information international organisations (e.g., FAO) have been developing common key definitions. Nevertheless these definitions have not been harmonized and consistently applied.
In the same time many research projects have developed efficient, optimized methods for monitoring forest biodiversity at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Nevertheless, a straightforward approach for monitoring forest biodiversity is still lacking.
The book is divided into 6 chapters.
In Chapter 1 (The Need for Harmonized Estimates of Forest Biodiversity Indicators) the authors analyse the problems related to the harmonization that typically consists of two components: development of common international reference definitions and development bridging techniques that facilitate estimation according to reference definitions using data collected according to national definitions.
Chapter 2 (Essential Features of Forest Biodiversity for Assessment Purposes) describes how Working Group 3 (WG3) of COST Action E43 selected 41 candidate biodiversity variables based on current ecological knowledge and the process that lead to the selection of 17 biodiversity variables that were then grouped into seven essential biodiversity features: forest categories, forest age, forest structure, deadwood, regeneration, ground vegetation and naturalness.
Chapter 3 (Prospects for Harmonized Biodiversity Assessments Using National Forest Inventory Data) evaluated the prospects for harmonized estimates of biodiversity indicators based on selected variables. The evaluations produced positive harmonization possibilities for forest categories and the tree height and diameter variables associated with forest structure. For other variables, possibilities were constrained by lack of common reference definition, assessment methods, measurement thresholds and other factors. Thus, efforts at harmonization for these essential features were constrained to a few variables or a few countries with similar NFI features.
In Chapter 4 (The Common NFI Database) bridging techniques for the harmonized estimation of forest biodiversity indicators for each of the selected essential features were tested and a common database was constructed and populated with raw NFI data provided by some of the COST Action E43 participating countries, while Chapter 5 (Harmonization Tests) reports the results of testing the proposed procedures for harmonizing estimates of indicators for six of the seven essential features of forest biodiversity. Finally, Chapter 6 provides summary and conclusions. The main conclusions are that National Forest Inventories already are the most complete source of information on forests, both in terms of number of sampling units and in terms of the information acquired in the field and are also a potential important source also for assess and monitoring trends in forest biodiversity, Nevertheless the inventories have some limitations and should be improved mainly to increase the harmonisation of the field protocols and to enhance the collection of non-tree forest information that are important for the biodiversity assessment.


A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck late Saturday in southeastern Arizona near the New Mexico state line, but there were no initial reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10 p.m. PT (1 a.m. ET Sunday) and was centered about 31 miles northwest of Lordsburg, New Mexico, and about 179 miles east-southeast of Phoenix. The epicenter was shallow and was in a sparsely populated area north of Interstate 10 and just south of the small town of Duncan, Ariz.
Monica McDaniel, a clerk at the Hampton Inn in Lourdsburg, told NBC News it was the first earthquake she had ever experienced. "It just felt like all the walls were shaking and trembling," she said. "I didn't get scared. I just waited for it to stop. I didn't know what it was." She said the shaking lasted "a good seven seconds" but when it was over there was no damage at the hotel. AZCentral.com reported that residents of Gilbert, Mesa and Chandler in Arizona reported feeling the quake.
The 5.2 earthquake struck near Duncan, Arizona. Officially the USGS says it struck 50 km, or 31 miles northwest of Lordsburg, NM.