<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style=""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font size="4" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"></span><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="">J</span>oin our </font></font></span><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" style="" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Semantic Harmonization </span><span style="background-color:transparent">meeting starting at 2 pm EST from your computer, tablet or smartphone using the link below</span></font></p><p style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/800617765" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(64,160,184);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/800617765</font></a></span></p><p style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">You can also dial in using your phone.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">United States: <a style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(64,160,184)">+1 (408) 650-3123</a></span></font></p><p style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Access Code: 800-617-765</font></span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="4">Gary Berg-Cross Ph.D.  </font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="4">Consultant</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="4">Potomac, MD</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="4">240-426-0770</font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:17px;white-space:normal">A study, published in <em>Ecological Economics</em>, focused on European residents, and determined that happiness correlated with a specific number of bird species.</p><p style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:17px;white-space:normal">"According to our findings, the happiest Europeans are those who can experience numerous different bird species in their daily life, or who live in near-natural surroundings that are home to many species," says lead author Joel Methorst, a doctoral researcher at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, the iDiv and the Goethe University in Frankfurt.</p><p style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:17px;white-space:normal">The authors calculated that being around fourteen additional bird species provided as much satisfaction as earning an additional $150 a month.</p><p style="colo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