* Certified reference materials, ‘ controls ’ or standards used to check the quality and traceability of products

Furthermore, they act as buffering systems whereby they reduce coastal erosion, and improve water quality for in situ animals by processing material and ‘ filtering ’ sediments.

This was the idea that individual citizens could help make ‘ those social decisions determining the quality and direction ’ of their lives.

The name today is usually shortened to ‘ Asti ’ in order to avoid associations with the many wines of dubious quality which are labelled as Spumante.

Alternative translations are ‘ long bright world ’ or ‘ land of abiding day ’ referring to the length and quality of the New Zealand daylight ( when compared to the shorter days found further north in Polynesia ).

She employs a food / feasting metaphor and states that her poems are not ripe, but that applause and praise will make them pass as a ‘ general feast ’ to those of vulgar taste who take quantity over quality.

This disease, also known as ‘ Scab ’, inflicts yield and quality losses on farms in at least 18 states.

First held in 2007, it was shortlisted in the ‘ Best New Festival ’ category of the Virtual Festival Awards The ethos of the event is to present high quality music at an affordable price and give a platform for local bands from across West Yorkshire to a large audience.

This also provided a simple ‘ quality assurance ’ system.

Dale Jorgenson, of Harvard University, President of the American Economic Association in 2000, concludes that: ‘ Griliches and I showed that changes in the quality of capital and labor inputs and the quality of investment goods explained most of the Solow residual.

Some military analysts, notably US Secretary of the Navy, Hilary A. Herbert called the battle ‘ nearly a draw ’ – although the Chinese had lost several warships, the Japanese had suffered considerable damage, and if the Chinese ammunition had been of higher quality, the outcome might have been different.

The coins minted by Sydney carry a small ‘ S ’ mintmark to identify them for quality control purposes.

Away from the market, Sheep Street was considered ‘ very respectable ’ but its northern end at Crockwell was inhabited by the poorest inhabitants in low quality, subdivided and overcrowded buildings.

And the promoters by way of ‘ live ’ demonstrations bring alive the hygiene benefits of using such brands and improving the quality of daily life.

Where once the area was run-down, depressed, and classified as ‘ deprived ’ in many categories, the 21st-century Devonport is beginning to achieve the city ’ s vision of … “ The recreation of Devonport as a distinct place in modern Plymouth ; a vibrant self sustaining community ; a place of real quality, variety and interest, the pride of residents, attractive to visitors and a model of 21st Century living, working and playing .”

‘ As Northwest University adds programs and gets bigger, we are even more committed to getting better, providing the highest quality education.

Quality on the internet is more than a ‘ difficulty ’ with specific search techniques having evolved to assist us to reveal the quality of information found online.

The most famous Coronelli ‘ s globes are divided into 2 groups: the first one includes the Globes manufactured for Parma ’ s Duke and for Louis XIV, which are unique for top quality ; the second one includes those built since 1688, as result of a well known experience.

The term ‘ milliner ’ comes from the Italian city of Milan, where the best quality hats were made in the 18th century.

“ It serves to reproduce the dominant definitions precisely by bracketing the hegemonic quality, and operating with professional codings which relate to such questions as visual quality, news and presentational values, televisual quality, ‘ professionalism ’ etc .”.

Already debilitated by the Chattanooga starvation, the quality of Sherman's horseflesh ran downhill as the campaign progressed.

Indeed, during the period that these supplements were produced, third party campaign publishers strove to emulate the quality of the additional materials, often offering separately-priced ' deluxe ' clue packages for their campaigns.

The backlash surprised Cessna and resulted in a company public relations campaign to try to explain the decision from a business perspective and assure customers that quality of the aircraft will not be compromised.

Chaosium's role-playing game Call of Cthulhu ( currently in its sixth major edition ) has been in print for 30 years and has garnered consistent praise for the high quality of its campaign and adventure supplements.

During the Defence of the Reich campaign in 1943 and 1944, there were not enough commissioned fighter pilots and leaders to meet attrition rates ; as the need arose to replace aircrew ( as attrition rates increased ), the quality of pilot training deteriorated rapidly.

The current restructure has focused on the removal of men of a quality now judged to have been unsuitable for the Bougainville campaign and since the end of operations there the army has, with Australian assistance, attempted to reform all aspects of its training and administration.

Bringing a level of detail and quality to the concept of a campaign setting which had previously been unknown in the nascent RPG industry's publications it could be considered a qualitative reimagining, less heavily entrenched in the tactical mass-combat, wargaming roots of D & D.

They started a big advertising campaign, but didn't pay attention to the technical details related to their number of users, so their quality of service decreased.

Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani made a crackdown on vandalism a centerpiece of his anti-crime agenda in the 1990s, asserting that a strong campaign against nonviolent " quality of life " crimes such as vandalism would bring about a corresponding decrease in violent crime.

Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s.

Growing increasingly frustrated over the size and quality of the parts she was given, Crawford embarked on a campaign of self-promotion.

In an attempt to differentiate itself from its bargain competitors, Eastern began a marketing campaign stressing its quality of service and its rank of highly experienced pilots.

To encourage people to settle there, the railroad engaged in a significant advertising campaign, exaggerating the quality of the soil and climate.

To attack the connection, Hoyle began a public campaign to discredit the Big Bang theory and wound up coining the term " Big Bang " which remains stuck to the standard cosmological theory today, though the descriptive quality of the name has heavily been criticized as being misleading.

* National Website of BornLearning a public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children led by United Way and other partners.

During the latter part of 2003 and the early part of 2004, the American fast food industry assisted in a public relations campaign to promote the supposedly superior quality of beef produced from Angus cattle (“ Angus beef ”).

Consumers Union is a sponsor of the Stop Hospital Infections campaign, whose goal is to aid consumers in finding the best quality of health care by promoting the public disclosure of hospital-acquired infection rates.

Mark Anthony led the Twelfth, renamed XII Antiqua (" of consolidated quality ") during his campaign against the Parthian Empire.

The county began a strategic marketing campaign in 1995 to brand itself as the origin of the highest quality beef in Korea.

During his career, he participated, in the quality of Coordinator of the National Base in Beira, of the National campaign of Vaccinations, that culminated with the qualification of Mozambique for the eradication of measles.

* January: Bill Gates decrees that Microsoft will secure its products and services, and kicks off a massive internal training and quality control campaign.

Beginning in 2006, the campaign focuses on obtaining equal and quality education for children who are unable to attend school due to conflict or war.

Although, among the veterans of that campaign there is a consensus that only the combat is able to adequately prepare the soldier, regardless of the quality of training received earlier.

Accordingly, the CPC also advocates " universal access to affordable, high quality healthcare ", fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legalization of same-sex marriage, US participation in international treaties such as the climate change related Kyoto Accords, strict campaign finance reform laws, a crackdown on corporate welfare and influence, an increase in income tax rates on upper-middle and upper class households, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in welfare spending by the federal government.