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So I basically made this Giant Bomb account for this. The posts in this forum have definitely helped me out in my playthrough, so yeah. Anyways, the reason I'm posting this: Gwyn keeps crushing me over and over. So I need a few tips.
I know most of you would say to parry/riposte, and that's what I've been doing. But I have been using a Quelaag's Furysword since I made it in Anor Londo, and I have never looked back, except now. It only takes 425 of Gwyn's HP per riposte! And he's supposed to be weak to fire. I've watched videos where they seem to take down over a third of this HP with a single riposte, whereas I take maybe a tenth or twelfth. So I upgraded my occult club (I read somewhere that it does more damage to Gwyn), and it still does meagre damage (only like 50 more than Furysword?).
So yeah, I'm out of options. I can usually parry most of his attacks (except his 4-hit combo and the stab) but I manage to flop over and die. I highest I've been able to drop his HP to must have been aroun 15%, I guess. But I was on a roll then, and I'm not now. So any tips regarding which weapons and tactics I should use to beat him would be appreciated.

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A $22m loo with space to spare
IN SPACE, a loo costs a lot. NASA has agreed to pay $US19 million ($A22.2 million) for a Russian-built toilet system for the international space station.
The figure may sound astronomical for a toilet, but NASA officials said it was cheaper than building its own.
"It's akin to building a municipal treatment centre on Earth," NASA spokeswoman Lynnette Madison said, explaining the cost.
It also made sense to buy the Russian system because astronauts were familiar with how it worked since it was similar to one already in use at the space station.
The new system will be able to transfer urine to a device that can produce drinking water.
It will be delivered to the US side of the space station in 2008, while the current system on the Russian side will remain in place.
It will offer more privacy than the old toilet system, an important aspect because the space station's crew is expected to grow from three to six people by 2009.
The space station toilet resembles those used on Earth, except it has leg restraints and thigh bars to keep astronauts and cosmonauts in place.
Fans suck waste into the commode. Crew members also have individual urine funnels that are attached to hoses, and the urine is deposited into a waste-water tank.
Crew members using the current toilet system on the Russian side must transfer tanks of their urine to a cargo ship, which burns up in Earth's atmosphere once undocked from the station.
The $19 million toilet system was part of a larger contract valued at $46 million that NASA signed this week with RSC Energia, a Russian aerospace company.
The extra equipment includes software updates for the station's inventory management system, a spare air pump and engineering support for a mechanism that allows space shuttles to dock with the space station.
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All Christians have been commissioned by Christ to be His agents of hope in the world. As ministry leaders we share an even greater responsibility to share the Good News of God to men and women who desperately need to come into personal relationship with Him. But can we be truly effective in our 21st century context lacking a biblical understanding of the gospel message? And how do we communicate that gospel in an increasingly pluralistic world where our truth claims find a very different reception from even a generation ago. This certificate in basic theological foundations will help you understand better what you believe, how to communicate a rich gospel message to a challenging world, and how to maintain a personal walk with Christ that supports and authenticates and empowers your witness.
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With Marc Cortez, Ph.D. This Lay Leadership Training Course is designed to help believers reconsider their understanding of the Gospel. What is the Gospel? How is the Gospel related to the eternal plan of God? What does the Gospel mean to each believer today? Dr. Marc Cortez, Academic Dean of Western Seminary, answers these and other critical questions that, in the answering, will help to revolutionize your Christian walk. 10 video sessions. Approximately 5 hours.
With Todd Miles, Ph.D. Western Christianity's interaction with world religions used to be, for the most part, overseas. Today, "religious others" often live next door. At a changing time when one public prayer spoken during the 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration festivities was addressed to "O god of our many understandings," the evangelical Christian church should do more than simply dismiss non-Christian religions as pagan without argument or comment. The Church needs a theology of religions that is Christ-honoring, biblically faithful, intellectually satisfying, compassionate, and that will encourage Spirit-powered mission. 12 video sessions. Approximately 7 hours.
With Gary Thomas, M.A., D.D. This seminar was presented at the Lord's Grace Church in Vancouver, British Columbia. In this class, originally titled "Christian Spirituality 101," Dr. Thomas provides an introduction to the biblical and historical roots of Christian spirituality, the spiritual disciplines, spiritual direction, and the pursuit of personal and corporate holiness. 11 video sessions. Approximately 5 hours. Lecture 6, Sacred Pathways (Part 2), is not available at this time.
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Aspen Ascent at Sports Club LA Review
Class Review: Sport Club LA's Aspen Ascent Gets You Mountain-Ready
If you live for the mountains during the Winter, your gym time probably includes exercises to strengthen your lower-body muscles and challenge your balance. Aspen Ascent, a new class at Sports Club LA locations, offers such a workout for skiers and snowboarders alike.
Like many strength-training cardio classes, Aspen Ascent focuses on circuit training with supersets grouped by muscle area, to pump up your heart rate while challenging your muscles. But Aspen Ascent is specifically designed for those who want to enhance their snow sport skills.
The class is divided into three sections: speed and agility, strength and balance, and core and flexibility. A short warmup period at the beginning includes light cardio, such as jumping jacks (my instructor had us do a set of always-exhausting mountain climbers afterward as well). Each of the three sections last between 10 to about 20 minutes, depending on the length of the class, which varies by location. After the core and flexibility section, which focuses on abs and yoga- and Pilates-inspired moves, there are a few minutes of cooldown to stretch your muscles.
Lunges and squats play an important role in Aspen Ascent, as do unstable surfaces to improve balance and upper body work, so many exercises mix a pair of weights with gliding discs. In my class we did two "runs" of every exercise — a short set for 30 seconds with a short break, followed by a minute of the same exercise and a longer break.
See what I thought about Aspen Ascent after the break.
I loved that the class used familiar moves that together are tailored for a skier's workout. Many of the exercises, like the Power Ski Squats, where you jump back and forth in a squat position — keep you in a ski tuck position while completing the exercises. This not only works your abs but helps build your endurance while mimicking the position you'll be in as you make your way down the slopes. Since I've never skied, I appreciated that there were also exercises perfect for snowboarders, especially the lateral exercises like the Inside Edge, where you move your hips side to side on one foot, which works your inner thigh muscles — good for helping skiers and snowboarders make those turns.
The fast pace of the class is also a plus. The one at the San Francisco location had us in and out in 45 minutes (some are 55 minutes or an hour). I still felt worked, as did my next-day sore muscles, but I like that the class is an effective total-body workout while still saving time.
Aspen Ascent is available at Sports Club LA locations in Boston, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Washington DC, as well as the Reebok Sports Club in New York through March, and will be offered again later in September. Beginner and advanced skiers alike will benefit from this class, so I highly recommend trying it out if it's at your gym. If you've been to Aspen Ascent, what did you think of it?


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Come for the exegesis, stay for the opera. Mark Adamo's new work scours the Canonical and Gnostic gospels and other sources of New Testament scholarship for a speculative love story that challenges the unsavoury reputation of Mary Magdalene, but comes up short as a vital contribution to contemporary music theatre. Mary weds Jesus (here, Yeshua) and, from that vantage point, she becomes an agent as much as observer of cataclysmic events. This prolix piece scarcely rivals John Adams' dazzling 2012 oratorio on roughly the same subject.
The depth of Adamo's research during the opera's six-year gestation is sobering in its detail. But operas don't succeed because of scholarship; every bit of the research seems to infiltrate the composer's arch libretto, which abounds in quotations from scripture, footnotes (116, to be precise); high-flown diction, contemporary news bulletins, political commentary and the occasional rhyme. Characters and chorus often sing in non sequitur, sometimes in the third person, an affectation that wears poorly.
Director Kevin Newbury blurs present and past times and fails to individualise many of the 30 personages in the libretto; we're often left with the feeling that the cast members are not singing for each other, but for posterity. What do we make of the interpolated telecasts of the rather perfunctory crucifixion? And surely there's a less banal way to depict the Resurrection of the Holy Spirit than via a trap door.
David Korans has fashioned a crowded unit set of an archeological dig in the Holy Land decked with stairways and tunnels. At times, it barely accommodates the hoard of bodies that fills it. Adamo's familiar tonal effusions serve him only occasionally here. Words are set with uncommon dexterity, but the voluptuous harmonies generate little tension. A soaring prenuptial duet promises much but there's a Sunday School propriety in the Mary-Yeshua exchanges.
Nathan Gunn is a vocally frayed, marzipan Yeshua without much righteous fervour. Debuting mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke's Mary affirms her superb lyric gifts, but low notes are sketchy. William Burden's strong tenor delivers apostle Peter's spiritual crises with uncommon power, and soprano Maria Kanyova is a cool, proficient Miriam (mother of Yeshua). Conductor Michael Christie evinces notable command over the 78-member orchestra, sometimes overwhelming his singers.
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Why I love it: It's powder, but it's never pancake-y. The velvety-soft formula is infused with 100% Pure Argan Oil, so it absorbs instantly and keeps skin hydrated for flawless coverage that enhances with your natural gorgeousness. Three shades adjust to all skin tones. Slip it into your purse for touch-ups on the go, and meet your match anywhere, anytime.
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Work will start on the first stage of the $24.6 million duplication of Tuggeranong's Ashley Drive, on Wednesday, with the construction of a noise wall and pedestrian bridge.
The ACT government defended the unexpected costs, longer timeframe and smaller size of the duplication between Erindale Drive and Ellerston Avenue, when it was announced in last May's budget.
Transport and Municipal Services Minister Meegan Fitzharris said constructing a noise wall before construction was one of the "most common themes" to come out of community consultation in late 2014.
"A noise wall will be the first feature built to mitigate noise during construction as well as traffic noise when the upgraded road is operational," she said.
The ACT government has allocated $800,000 for Simeonov Civil Engineering to build the noise wall along the eastern side of the corridor between Statton Street and Isabella Drive.
It is expected to be completed by mid-2016.
The $1.1 million pedestrian bridge over Monks Creek linking Richardson and Isabella Plains also came from community feedback.
Tenders for its construction are still being evaluated and a contractor is expected to be appointed in coming weeks when an open tender process for the rest of the major duplication works will also be advertised.
"The upgrade will cater to all modes of transport, with north and southbound on-road cycle lanes, additional footpaths to link with existing off-road paths and the duplication of existing underpasses near Statton Street and Bugden Avenue," Ms Fitzharris said.


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Just OkayI have tried several of Alba's body creams and quite honestly, they're nothing to rave about. After shaving, I prefer the body oil. The Kukui Nut scent is very light on both so I do like that, especially when dealing with a "natural" product. Overall, the Alba line is a step above the common drug-store brand but there is a reason you don't find it in a department store. If you are looking for a cream that works and doesn't have a heavy scent, this one is for you. — 8 years, 2 months agoleo1999 | 678 reviews
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Must have for dry skinI'm absolulty in love with this body butter. It saved me from months of dry itchy winter skin. It works so well that I only need to use it every other day! The consitancy is creamy and feels like a luxury to apply. The scent id very light and does not linger. It smells like cocoa but not in a synthetic cloying way. If you have dry skin and looking for a more natural solution I highly recomend this...read more body butter! I will repurchase when I run out and the weather cools again since this will be to heavy for Summer. — 3 years, 6 months agoLil_Elizabeth | 64 reviews
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HOUSTON - Fire crews said high winds on Sunday hindered their attempts to douse a house fire in northeast Houston.
The fire broke out at a home on Fulton near Hankla around 2 p.m. Sunday.
Fire officials said the home was fully engulfed by flames when they arrived.
Kevin Carley with the Houston Fire Department said the high winds made fighting the fire more difficult.
"It makes the fire more intense, and possibly spreading to other structures," said Carley. "But our biggest concern was the safety of our fire fighters."
Carley said anytime they have high winds, fire fighters take a different approach to fighting the blaze.
"We actually try to approach it from the upwind side so it doesn't just run us over," said Carley. "Typically, on an normal fire, we'd attack from the unburned side. Try to push the fire back into the burned area and protect the house."
Fire officials said two people inside the home managed to get out safely.
Jay Evans with the Houston Fire Department said people should avoid anything that requires the use of fire outside when high winds are blowing through town.
"We urge the public to not be barbequing this weekend, not to be using any type of fire at all around your home," said Evans. "Should you feel the need to use a barbecue pit, make sure you have a bucket of water handy so when you're finished, you can put your briquets in the bucket of water."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Harvest Moon 64
Review by terrisus
"Life on the farm"
Life on the farm. It's certainly not the thing for everyone. There are plenty of people out there who prefer the hustle and bustle of life in the city. Waiting for plants to grow pales in excitement compared to sitting in an office cubicle for hours. Walking is tiring on the legs, and it's much more convenient if there's a bus or train around to catch instead. It takes a special kind of person to want to wake up each morning and milk a cow. It's not the sort of thing that's going to drag everyone out into the middle of the farmlands away from their usual daily living. It's the same thing with video games. As farming isn't for everyone, a farming video game isn't going to be for everyone. Why scatter seeds and cut down lumber, when you could be scattering bullets and cutting down monsters? Waiting for crops to grow might be far less interesting than running through a minefield with enemies chasing you. Compared to fighting off aliens, chatting with the townsfolk might seem dull and boring. Plus, why try to woo a local lady, bringing her gifts and talking to her, when you can just rescue one from a monster and of course she'll fall in love with you? Again, it's not the thing for everyone. If one is looking for a bit of a break from all the high-paced action and stress out there though, a nice break on the farm might be just what one is looking for. Of course, it won't be long until you discover, that rushing out to chop lumber, hurrying home to get the crops out before the shipper comes, and still not forget about your ladyfriend takes a good deal of effort as well. It's not all just a walk in the park, and, while it doesn't have the same sort of "action" that other games may provide, there are definitely a number of goals and tasks to apply oneself to, and which are going to require more than a couple of guns to solve.
Things start off simple enough. Your grandfather has passed away, and his farm is left abandoned. You visit the town where his farm is located, and go around as the villagers offer their thoughts. Afterwards, you head out to the farm and find it overgrown with weeds and covered with rocks, and just in a general mess. You though, being the hard-working individual you are, volunteer to take it over. So, it's left up to you to clean up the debris, get things organized, and set the farm back on a steady course again. It's not going to be an easy task, but, you're not going to let a bit of hardship get in your way. There's work to be done. Once you're finished with the introduction and being shown around town, you're plopped down in your farm, and pretty much it's up to you what you want to do and how you want to go about things from here. You have a little farmhouse, and in front of it a big open field. Or, well, it would be open, aside from all that stuff cluttering it. You don't have to clear off the whole thing right away if you don't want, but, you'll want to pull up some weeds, cut up some stumps, pound down some rocks, and clear away enough space for you to get started. Can't get a good farm running with all that stuff all over the place. For the purpose of clearing and preparing your field, as well as various other tasks, you have an assortment of tools at your disposal. These range from a hoe to till the soil and a watering can to water the crops, to an axe and hammer to remove stumps and rocks, and other things such as a fishing pole for a little bit of fishing on the side. These tools start out basic at first, but will improve with use, watering more ground, chopping up things quicker and improvements such as those. When chopping up stumps in particular, it's not only helpful in removing them from areas you might want to plant, but, the wood is also stored in a shed at your barn. This wood can then be used for other things, such as building a fence, or using when ordering expansions on your house.
Off to the side of your farm, you'll find the main town area. This section has a number of buildings, featuring shops to supply you with various needs, houses where you can talk with people, and various other living and social environments. One of the most important things here, is the florist with a variety of seeds that you can buy. The selection of seeds varies by season, depending on what grows well under certain conditions, and by price as well. Some produce costs less to buy, but less when you go to sell it. Some crops just grow once, are picked and then you need to go out and buy more; meanwhile, some crops will grow to a certain point, allow you to pick just the vegetable itself, and then re-grow another one from a midpoint (an example being corn, where you can just pick the ears off and let new ones grow in). So, you'll have a number of choices and considerations to give when looking for what sorts of crops you'd like to purchase and grow. The game progresses through time, not at the pace of real time, but based on a game clock. So, while you do have to pass through seasons and wait for crops to grow, the time in the game is moving while you're playing and stopped while you aren't. It isn't as if you have to just place the crops and then don't get to play the game again for a couple of days, or that you have to check in on things periodically to make sure nothing's going wrong. The game is ready to be played when you are, and won't go anywhere when you need to take a break. During the course of play, however, it will progress through the time and seasons, and you'll have to take that all into consideration when planting your crops or planning your daily activities.
There's more to your farm, however, than just clearing and planting. After all, what would a farm be without animals? As additional ways of raising money, you can also purchase cows and chickens, and they will produce milk and eggs. The milk can be sold, and the eggs can either be sold or incubated and hatched. So, whether you choose to do either or both of those along with the crops, or instead of the crops if you wish, is up to you. There are a number of different ways that you can choose to go about raising money. In addition to animals you can use to gain money, you can also get a horse, which you can use for transportation and for help when gathering crops. As well, during the winter, unless you have a greenhouse, you won't be able to grow crops out in your field. So, during that time, you'll have to go about finding other ways to earn money. Animals are one option, but there's also a mine that's open in the winter where you can dig for ore. So, things change depending on the season, but, there's always a bunch of stuff to be doing. It's not all just about your farm, however, as there are many other things to do in the course of your day's activity. You can visit the town not just for purchasing things, but to talk with the people there. In addition to just talking to the people, some of them will give you recipes for food that you can collect, working to build up a cookbook of interesting food concoctions. There are also a number of various festivals which come up on certain days as well, which you can choose to participate in if you wish. These activities range from food competitions, to horse races, to dances and stargazing. These things serve to bring something to look forward to as opposed to just day after day of farming, and are very nice for a break from the ordinary. Whether it's a friendly competition, or just a bit of relaxing and chatting, the festivals serve for some interesting diversions.
In addition to the people in the town who are just there to talk with, there's another important role that some of these people play: Marriage. While this is completely up to you and you can progress just fine through the entire game as a happy bachelor, there are a couple of eligible women around town who might be interested in a relationship. So, if you can pull yourself away from your farming work for a bit, if you can take the time to bring someone a gift, have a little chat, or pay a bit of extra attention to someone at a festival, they might return your interest as well. After a while of this, you might even find yourself ready for marriage. Once married, your wife will move in with you, and do a couple of things around the farm to help out. Not just that either, but you can even have a child as well. While the child will never progress all the way to a full adult, staying at an infant stage no matter how long one plays, it's still a very nice thing to have a child. Plus, of course, it's good to have some company around that house, as opposed to just the daily routine of chores every day. The game progresses through a couple of years of all of this, and, at a certain time, your father will come to your farm and check in on you. He'll look over everything that you've done, and give you a grade based on your work. This is the "goal" of the game, to produce enough work to get a good grade when he comes. Regardless of what he says, however, it's not as if the game just stops and ends there. After he leaves, you're free to continue on with your life for as long as you want. There is no "end" to the game, you can continue working away at your farming, improving your farm, talking to the townspeople, and spending time with your wife and child as long as you'd like. While after a while you'll have done everything in the game there is to do, it's still nice to be able to just wake up every day and see your wife's shining face there next to you, and your child crawling around on the floor, and knowing that these things make all that farming worthwhile.
At this point, there have been a number of games in the Harvest Moon series released. For someone looking to get into the series (if all of this has sounded interesting), they may be wondering if this is the one which they should choose for their introduction. If someone has played some of the other games in the series, they may be wondering if this game is worthwhile to pick up in addition to others. This game, while there are a number of things to do, isn't quite as complex or involved as some of the later games in the series. Likewise, it is more involved than some of the earlier games. So, depending on how much one is looking for beyond just the basic core of "plant stuff, harvest stuff," one might choose to go with either one of the earlier games (for less stuff) or the later ones (for more stuff). This particular game, however, has a very nice balance of everything. There's not so much stuff to do that one is going to feel rushed and overloaded and like they have no time to actually get anything done. There, however, isn't a lack of things to do, where one is going to feel like, if one has to see one more head of cabbage that one is going to go insane. There's the relationship aspect and various areas both in and around the town to keep one occupied and interested after one has finished their daily planting. On the other hand, the planting and animals and such are straightforward enough where one isn't going to feel like one never has a chance to stop into the town and actually be social with people. While certainly many of the other games in the series are interesting as well (and worth checking out if one does enjoy this and wants more), this is probably one of the best choices out there either for someone looking to just get into the series, or anyone who has liked other games in it and wants to check out another one of them.
Again, it's not a game that's going to appeal to everyone. If you've read to this point and are still thinking "Great, farming. So, what else is there?" this may not be the game for you. While there are other things to keep one interested, if the idea of running a farm is the most boring thing one can imagine, it's not like there's some action shooting side game to keep one interested or anything. While there are a number of details and intricacies to it, the game is what it is: A farming game. If one is looking for a chance to run one's own farm, and to socialize and to have fun with it, however, this is definitely a spectacular game. If one has read to this point so far and hasn't been driven off by any of it, and thinks it sounds interesting, it's at least worth checking out. One never knows what sort of game one might find appealing. One might end up falling in love with it.
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
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BP PLC on Tuesday reported lower than expected earnings for the second quarter as it struggled to lift production in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Although the actual costs of the spill diminished, the fallout from the disaster continued to weigh on output, down 11 percent from pre-spill levels. The company said the damage to its reputation could have a long-lasting impact on its prospects.
BP reported a net profit of $5.6 billion for the three months ending June 30, compared with a loss of $17.2 billion a year earlier.
Replacement cost profit, a closely watched industry benchmark, was $5.3 billion compared with a loss of $17 billion a year earlier. The second quarter result was lower than the average analyst forecast of about $6 billion.
Last year's earnings were hit by a $32 billion charge for responding to the Gulf of Mexico crisis.
The lower-than-expected profit hit BP's shares. They were trading 2.5 percent lower at 463.45 pence ($7.58) as trading opened on the London Stock Exchange.
"In our opinion the key factor for investor sentiment is the long-term actions to restore the lost shareholder value," said Tony Shepard, analyst at Charles Stanley & Co. He said investors are waiting for an update on the company's strategy following the collapse of its Arctic exploration deal with Russia's Rosneft.
Richard Griffith, analyst at Evolution Securities, said BP's recovery was on track and affirmed a "buy" rating on the shares.
BP said it has so far paid $6.8 billion for economic and environmental restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, including $5.1 billion from a $20 billion trust fund to settle individual claims. It estimates the total cost of the spill, including the trust fund, at $40.7 billion.
In the second quarter, payments from the trust fund totaled $2.1 billion, including $873 million to individual and business claimants.
The company said the majority of the cleanup on the U.S. Gulf coast was completed in the first three months of the year, while "limited" work continued on marshes and barrier islands. No further work is planned on the seabed, BP said.
The company acknowledged that "the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has damaged BP's reputation, which may have a long-term impact on the group's ability to access new opportunities, both in the U.S. and elsewhere."
In the short-term, the disaster has had a clear impact on BP's production levels.
During the second quarter, its oil and gas production was 3.43 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, down 11 percent from a year earlier. BP said that primarily reflected "the ongoing impacts to Gulf of Mexico production as a result of the suspension of drilling, and the continuing divestment program."
Full-year production is expected to remain close to that level, BP said.
Oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has slumped 43 percent to some 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
"It's probably going to go down even more before it goes up," Argus Research analyst Phil Weiss said. "Those wells decline, and it doesn't look like they're ready to start production somewhere else" anytime soon.
Chief Executive Bob Dudley was nevertheless upbeat about the company's prospects, saying he expects future cash flows to grow faster than output.
"We expect the momentum of our recovery to build into 2012 and 2013 as new projects come on stream, particularly in higher-margin areas; as we complete current turnaround activity; as we return to work in the Gulf of Mexico; and as uncertainties reduce," Dudley said.
He added that 2011 had been "an unusually good year" for gaining access to resources, with new tracts awarded in Australia, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom, the South China Sea and Trinidad.
Dudley told investors in a conference call that the company has rebounded since a year ago, when "our own survival was in question."
BP continues to scour the globe for more petroleum sources, and it plans to get back to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico very soon, the CEO said.
Earlier this month, U.S. regulators granted BP its first permit for plugging and abandoning a well in its Atlantis field in the Gulf. The company expects to begin exploring again in the region very soon.
"It's not right for us to lay out a timeline because it is regulators who approve the permits," Dudley said. "But we have lots of people gearing up ready to go."
BP estimates the Gulf of Mexico spill will cost the company $40.7 billion, including the $20 billion trust fund to handle damage claims. That estimate does not include potential legal settlements and major government fines stemming from the spill. BP said it has started an arbitration process with Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which is a part-owner in the blown-out Macondo well. BP claims Anadarko should pay $5.5 billion for its share of the spill costs.
AP Energy Writer Chris Kahn in New York contributed to this report.


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Dr. John Pierce (pictured), an anti-aging doctor who has been linked to middleweight title contender Vitor Belfort, has apparently had multiple fighters inform him that they would rather go to the black market for performance-enhancing drugs, than get a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) for testosterone.
And now that the TUE program has been shut down? Dr. Pierce tells MMAJunkie – in a rather candid interview – that he believes those fighters will now go another route; the illicit route.
"What they've in essence done is taken people that were forthright about their usage of testosterone for a medical purpose and punished them for it," Pierce told MMAjunkie. "That makes no sense because, bottom line, it's going to happen.
"Instead of having a physician involved in the care of a patient – monitoring their levels, where you're getting a test all the time, much more so than you would a normal patient because of the nature of their work – you're going to get people doing it underground, using black market steroids, not bio-identical hormones that have not been tested. They could potentially get themselves sick injecting themselves with whatever.
"And then, at that juncture, they're cheating because they're not being forthright about it."
MMAJunkie went on to ask Pierce if the now-defunct TUE program was actually helping athletes come out of the shadows of the black market, and into the offices of medical professionals. And while Pierce hadn't spoken to any athletes first-hand that had benefitted in such a way from the TUE program, he did say that "It had the potential to do that, and in my experience, it did do that." Pierce added "I actually have had people tell me that doing it the illicit way was much easier. They wouldn't even consider doing it the legal way, because it would be much easier to do it the illicit way. They wouldn't be under as much scrutiny."
In the case of TRT's most talked-about fighter, Vitor Belfort? Pierce told MMAjunkie he could not confirm he treated Belfort due to medical privacy laws. But Pierce was able to speak on the biggest "foul" that TUE detractors cite, when speaking about Belfort: the belief that past steroid abuse triggers the low-T condition, and is one of the main causes for athletes to need a TUE in the first place.
"[The link between previous steroid use and low testosterone is] the biggest crock of nonsense I've ever heard.", Pierce told MMAJunkie. Pierce also backed a colleague's study, in which a link between head trauma and low testosterone is being looked at; an interesting – and plausible – possibility, considering the nature of the sport in which TRT is most often used. (Although one would have to wonder why the sport of boxing and football fail to see as many TUE exemptions being offered up, if this were the case.)
And what about Belfort's abilities, before and after TRT?
"Is [Belfort's] level of performance going to drop? I don't know," Pierce said. "That all depends on his training. Does testosterone help? Absolutely. Can he still function and perform? Absolutely. Will his testosterone levels be where they were when he was on testosterone therapy? Who knows. The idea is that if he's truly hypogonadal and incapable of producing that on his own, and he needs exogenous testosterone to maintain a decent level, then he won't be able to get to those levels. So there's going to be some adjustment. But as with anybody in the world, we have the ability to adapt."
When MMAJunkie pressed Pierce for a comment on whether Belfort should continue to compete or not, he mentioned that Belfort (or any other fighter using TRT) would be at a "marked disadvantage" if he is to fight at a level below those accepted by endocrinology experts.
"Everybody who likes NASCAR, it would be like when you start with NASCAR, this is car that you can get, and you can't change it. So 10 years down the road, the new rookie comes in, and he's got a car that's brand new, and you can't beat him. Why? I'm a better driver, I'm better than everybody. He's got a better machine. To me, athletes are machines. You're asking for a high level of performance from them at all times. It makes it more difficult for them, but it doesn't make it impossible.
"I truly hope for [Belfort's] sake that he can compete at the same level, and then all the naysayers can just button their lips and say no more. Because it seems to me that everybody's trying to take away from this particular individual's accomplishments, and all the time and effort that he's put into his career."
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my friend is precsribed to take 30 mg. of adderall a day orally which she does but then she also snorts 30 mg. of it once or twice more throughout the rest of the day. she says she feels tired if she doesnt do it and she likes the feeling it gives her. what will happen to her body/brain if she continues to do this on a regular basis? what are the long term as well as short term effects this will have on her? if you could let me know that would be wonderful because i am really worried about her. thanks so much for your help!
Psychostimulants such as Adderall are commonly prescribed and efficacious medication for the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD). This medication is a psychostimulant, a controlled substance with a very high potential for abuse because of the way it increases energy and productivity. Generally, this is a risky prescription for an individual with a history of addiction. There is even a more profound rush of energy and heightened feeling of euphoria when it is crushed and snorted, similar to the effects of cocaine. Tolerance and intense psychological dependency develop. With continued use and increasing tolerance, individuals often experience a rebounding feeling of fatigue and depression and sometimes go on to develop feelings of paranoia.
I would recommend that you encourage your friend to discuss her pattern of use and response to Adderall with her physician and seek a chemical dependency evaluation and treatment program.
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Firefighters were called out to rescue Daisy from the water in Vivary Park, Taunton, early on Sunday morning.
Taunton Deane Mayor Dave Durdan, leader of the dragon trail, said: "Why spoil people's fun? It's unbelievable.
"One young boy who cuddles and kisses the dragon every time he goes by was in tears.
"But it's not just children who have enjoyed the dragons – it's virtually everybody of all ages in the community.
"It's been a community venture and all the money goes back into the community.
"It's such a shame that anyone would try to ruin it."
Daisy was discovered by Vivary Park ranger Shaun Cregan when he unlocked the park gates.
Mr Cregan, who said the attackers must have climbed over the fence, alerted the fire and rescue service and the dragon was hauled to safety by four firefighters.
"Fortunately, it's not been damaged, which is a relief, but it must have taken a lot of effort to push it into the water as it's quite heavy," said Mr Cregan. "It's all so pointless."


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David Aaker, the "father of modern branding" today published AAKER ON BRANDING: 20 Principles That Drive Success (Morgan James, July 2014, $17.95), a compilation of the most important concepts to shape brands and grow businesses. The book is the 18th title for Aaker, the vice chairman of Prophet, a strategic brand and marketing consultancy.
AAKER ON BRANDING: 20 Principles That Drive Success tackles today's branding challenges head-on, covering how strong brands are created, implemented, nurtured, defended, strengthened and ultimately leveraged to support business strategy. It combines practical brand lessons with illustrative real-world examples to deliver a useful refresher for seasoned marketers and a primer for brand novices looking to get up to speed quickly.
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Pea 'n' Cheese Salad Recipe
Radish slices add color and crunch to this fresh-tasting potluck favorite from Inez Orsburn of Demotte, Indiana. "I usually serve it in a bowl lined with romaine leaves, then garnish it with radish roses."
- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 2 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1 cup cubed cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced radishes or 1 jar (2 ounces) pimientos, drained
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, relish and seasonings. Stir into pea mixture. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup: 285 calories, 23g fat (6g saturated fat), 64mg cholesterol, 479mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 8g protein.
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President Obama is returning to Washington for one last attempt to deal with the fiscal cliff. During prior negotiations with Speaker Boehner, the Republicans rejected the latter's "Plan B" in which taxes would rise on those earning an annual $1 million. Anti-tax conservatives continue to oppose any deal that cuts taxes on the wealthy. Robert Reich argues that even if House Republicans in 2013 continue to block a deal, Obama and the Democrats should call their bluff and go over the cliff:
...What if we go over the cliff and House Republicans continue to hold out against any tax increases on the rich while demanding major cuts in Medicare and Social Security?
The path of least resistance is for Obama and the Democrats to offer to keep everything as is, through 2013 – extend all the Bush tax cuts and continue all current spending (lifting the debt limit along the way) – unless or until a "grand bargain" on the budget is agreed to before the end of next year.
...The real problem with this gambit is it doesn't change the game. Even down the road, Boehner's hands will still be tied and the fanatics will remain in charge — which will give Republicans the stronger position in negotiations leading to a "grand bargain." Compromise would have to be almost entirely on the Democrats' side.
That's why I'd recommend going over the cliff and forcing the Republicans' hand. It's a risky strategy but it would at least expose the Republican tactic and put public pressure squarely on rank-and-file Republicans, where it belongs.
The fanatics in the GOP have to be held accountable or they'll continue to hold the nation hostage to their extremism. Even if it takes until the 2014 midterms to loosen their hold, the cost is worth it.


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What back button does, technically
From technical point of view the back button manipulates the app's Activity stack. Pressing back calls finish on the active activity and removes it from the stack. If the app only has one activity or the current activity is the only one in the stack (ie. user has closed all the other ones) back button will close the application.
Behavior after pressing back or pressing home look very similar to the user. However, from technical point of view they are very different. Back will terminate the app but home will move the app to background.
Because the back button has the power of terminating the application it can also cause problems to the user. If the app manages data changes poorly or fails to save application's state on exit user can lose data when pressing back.
In some applications it doesn't make sense to store the application's full state on exit. A good example of this would be a file manager application where user will probably expect the application to start again from the sdcard root every time.
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Note: All of the following should be used only if saving the app state on exit is not possible or if closing the application can otherwise make the user to lose work. If neither of these conditions are true the back button should just exit the app.
Double press back
Some apps prevent accidental app exit by requiring users to press back twice when the app is exiting. Common pattern is to display a toast to the user when he or she presses the back button on activity stacks last activity.
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This functionality can easily be implemented by overriding main activity's onBackPressed() method. In this example when user presses back button the app will display a toast for 4 seconds on which time a new back press terminates the app immediately:
private Toast toast;
private long lastBackPressTime = 0;
public void onBackPressed() {
if (this.lastBackPressTime < System.currentTimeMillis() - 4000) {
toast = Toast.makeText(this, "Press back again to close this app", 4000);
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} else {
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Confirmation dialog
Some applications prompt user when it is about to exit. This seems to be particularly common with game apps. This practice is not recommended in normal applications. A confirmation prompt would disrupt user's normal workflow. Even in games using this option should be very carefully considered.
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Run in background
Some apps, like Spotify here, don't close when back is pressed if there's a process going on. In this case Spotify keeps running on background if a song is playing. This is indicated by a notification bar icon.
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Back long press for app home screen
Roman Nurik, a Android developer advocate from Google, tweeted an excellent idea for an extension to the normal back button behavior:
romannurik Roman Nurik Android UI idea: Long press BACK to get to the home screen of your app.
Generally hiding actions behind long press is not very good UI practice (it has some good uses like long pressing a list item to get context menu). Google has already replaced home long press as multi-tasking control in the latest Android version (3.0). In this case, however, I feel like long pressing back to bring user to the app's home screen is a good idea as the functionality is available to the user by other means also. Back long press in this case is just a shortcut for advanced users.


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OK, now when I load an epub in the Calibre reader, or previously when I loaded it in Sigil the text was small (perhaps 12pt) and the images displayed at whatever their native size is. The problem is that now when I load an epub in Sigil the images are scaled up and the text is about 30pt. On a 1024 pixel wide Sigil window I get about 5 words per line and there doesn't seem to be a way to change that (
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When in Book View, look at the zoom controls at the bottom. Does it say 100%? If it doesn't, zoom it down to 100%.
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Based on the Sigil XHTML view showing a changed "don't change this" section, I think that's the problem. But regardless, I'd like to be able to change it back. There doesn't seem to be anything useful in the registry, nor in the assortment of file locations that I've checked. So how do I change back to the way it was when I first installed it?
I still don't know what you mean by the changed "don't change this" section. I know what you're referring to, but I can assure you it's not the cause of your problem. That section never changes unless the user does it himself. Tidy can perhaps merge those CSS styles into other CSS style tags, but the styles themselves are the same.
Again, it's not causing the large text/image size. The zoom mode is. It's the
thing that can enlarge both the images and the text.
And if you want to know, Sigil stores its settings in the registry, under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Strahinja Markovic/Sigil. Just delete that folder and you'll have a "fresh" installation. Deleting this folder will also reset any stored zoom settings, but as I've said, you can always change it with the controls at the bottom of the window.
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At the risk of adding extraneous detail, I've been doing a fair bit of large-scale editing - take a full novel with HTML next/prev links on every page, and use regex replacement to strip them out. Which at times involves clipboard copying the whole thing into my text editor of choice, using a regex engine I know, then pasting it back in to Sigil. I'm very used to the 100% cpu pause while Sigil loads, saves or changes view mode
Sometime in the middle of that Sigil lost the plot as above. I can zip up and send you files or whatever, let me know what you need.
Try not to paste rich text directly into Sigil. Always import it. The reason is that Webkit takes over the pasting functionality and it's hard to work around this behavior. So export everything to HTML and then import it into Sigil.
And copying an entire novel worth of text onto the clipboard and pasting that somewhere? A
idea for any text editor. On Windows, all of that text will be UTF-16 on the clipboard and take up 30MB+ for an average novel. Parsing all of that on the fly...
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Tomas Felipe Trujillo was born 4 FEB 1808 while Tomas Bara Trujillo was born abt. 1820 (per 1860) census. Pries (as transcribed) Trujillo reads more like Ines. In 1860 Tomas Felipe Trujillo was living Santa Gertrudes, Mora, New Mexico while Tomas Bara Trujillo was living Pojoaque, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Are you sure that Tomas Bara Trujillo is the father of your Manuel Trujillo? To me it looks like Tomas Felipe Trujillo may be the father of your Manuel Trujillo. Sorry that I didn't list Manuel Trujillo born abt. 1949 in my other post.
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Maria Trugillo - 33|NM
Jesus Trugillo - 16|Laborer|NM
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Not only is Pulp reuniting, but Jarvis Cocker is is publishing a book "Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics." As anyone who is familiar with Pulp and Cocker should know, this will be an abstract and surreal treat.
Jarvis Cocker is a latter-day Scott Walker with the literary talent of a bard—a dirty, fucked up but infinitely sublime and hilarious bard.
Cocker got his start in the UK experimental pop band Pulp, where he first deployed his dizzying array of lyrics. (Pulp, in fact, has reunited for 22 shows through 2011, including a recent performance at Glastonbury.)
And so it comes as no surprise that Cocker is publishing a book of lyrics titled "Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics." The title itself almost implies a tongue-in-cheek incestuous union.
Watch Cocker's interview with Faber and Faber's publishing director Lee Brackstone below, in which Cocker reflects on the art of writing and publishing lyrics.
The biggest problem with people when they first start to write is they think, "Right, I'm going to say something really profound. I'm going to say something nobody's said before, and I'm gonna sum it all up in one song and blow everything apart," or whatever. And if you have the idea in your mind you always write absolute bile, you know, rubbish.
My breakthrough really came when I stopped kind of thinking I've got to be profound and just started writing about everyday, normal things. And that was really precipitated by an accident where I ended up falling from a window and been in a hospital for about a month. So I really did come down to Earth. Then my gaze shifted to the more kind of normal, everyday things… [I]t was entertaining to me. I was curious to find out how people lived their lives 'cause I didn't have a clue how to live mine.
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text: CINCINNATI (AP) The best thing to do with the Cincinnati Reds right now is just get out of their way.Cory Lidle pitched his third career shutout and Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two-run homer Sunday, leading the Reds to their fifth straight win, 7-0 over the Houston Astros.The Reds have won eight of nine, pulling into first place in the NL Central with their best surge of the season. They opened the day tied with the Astros and the Cubs.Everything is going their way for now. Their broken-bat flares find a hole and their opponents line drives find someones glove.I think were right on track, said Lidle, who gave up only six singles. I dont think there are very many teams that want to face us right now.The five-game winning streak matches their best stretch of last season, when they lost 93 games and traded away many of their stars at midseason.The Astros have lost a season-high four in a row, knocking them out of first place for the first time since April 29.Trust me, theres not a guy in this clubhouse thats worried, catcher Brad Ausmus said. This is a good team. Good teams have slumps during the season.Lidle (3-4) struck out four, walked two and hit Craig Biggio as he got his first victory since April 22. The Reds turned three double plays behind the right-hander, who has three complete games this season.Lidles other two shutouts came for Oakland in 2002.A talk with Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench a few days ago helped Lidle figure out why hes been so inconsistent this season one good outing inevitably followed by a bad one. Bench shows up at the Reds park occasionally, and Lidle had never met him.I told him I thought I was throwing the ball pretty good, but things werent going my way, Lidle said. It was frustrating. He told me that I had to just wipe that out. Its just getting into the right frame of mind.Griffey hit his ninth homer and 490th of his career in the fifth inning off Wade Miller (5-4), who matched his season high by giving up five runs in only five innings.Sean Casey had three more hits, including a solo homer that raised the NLs top average to .380. Austin Kearns singled twice and drove in a pair of runs, extending his tear since he returned from a broken forearm.Miller came in with gaudy career numbers against the Reds 7-1 in 13 games. History was no help against a team on a roll.In the first two games of the series, the Reds knocked out Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens after five innings apiece. Miller was already kicking the grass in disgust as he headed for the dugout after a tone-setting first inning.He, too, was gone after the fifth.In the first three games of the series, which concludes Monday night, Houston starters have given up 12 runs in 15 innings.Our pitching hasnt crumbled, but our starting pitching this series hasnt done great, said Miller, who struggled with all of his pitches. Once we get hot, the whole team is going to get hot.The Reds loaded the bases with one out in the first on an infield single and a pair of walks, and Kearns singled softly to right field for a 2-0 lead. Kearns cracked a bone just above his left wrist when he was hit by Ryan Vogelsongs pitch April 26, and has gone 6-for-17 in five games since returning.Javier Valentin hit a solo homer in the fourth, and Griffey hit a two-run shot deep into the seats in right field in the fifth for a 5-0 lead. The homer left Griffey one behind Fred McGriff for 21st place on the career list.Casey added his fifth homer off Brandon Duckworth in the seventh, leaving him 3-for-4.Notes: 1B Jeff Bagwell got a day off following a night game. Bagwell has only one home run in May. ... 2B Jeff Kent had one of the singles off Lidle, extending his hitting streak to a season-high nine games. ... Reds SS Barry Larkin also got a day off. Larkin is the only starting shortstop in the majors without an error. ... Biggio has been hit eight times, the most in the NL. ... Closer Danny Graves reached 20 saves faster than anyone in major league history. Graves got No. 20 on Saturday in the Reds 42nd game. Lee Smith got his 20th in the Orioles 46th game in 1994. ... OF Adam Dunn struck out twice, padding his total to 51, most in the NL.


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Dana McAllister has given herself over to prostitution as a means of getting out of her desperate situation. When she meets the young multi-millionaire, Richard Hanistan, he turns her life completely around but now she must keep him from finding out her dark past and her dirty little secret .
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she just got done saying she didnt like being touched, but she fantasizes about this man?
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Her they behaviour to him at first ...then a minute later makes her seems like a golddigging opportunis
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hi dandan! I don't know if the ending's supposed to be like that, but it turns out good :) Though it's frustrating on our part since everyone loves happy ending, right? HAHAHA I might read your other works. Perhaps their beautiful, too.


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WHEN an island nation relies on airlines to supply 99.9 percent of its tourists, terrorist acts involving planes can devastate the travel industry. Sri Lanka discovered this last year. The Indian Ocean nation, formerly called Ceylon and known for its uncommon physical beauty and high-quality tea, now begins the long climb back -- with a chance to reinvent itself.
Two decades of civil war beginning in the early 1980's weakened the tourist trade, but by 1999 Sri Lanka had managed to recover. That year 436,440 tourists came, breaking the record set in 1982. In 2000, the number dipped slightly, to 400,414, after a spate of political violence, including an assassination attempt on President Chandrika Kumaratunga in December 1999. But 2001 got off to a very strong start.
On July 24, however, an ethnic Tamil rebel army from the north struck the Sri Lankan air force base and the adjacent international airport in a daring predawn raid at Katunayake, near Colombo, the capital. No tourists were killed, but a third of the nation's airline fleet was destroyed or damaged along with several military aircraft -- and prospective visitors around the world canceled in droves. Monthly tourist arrivals through June ran as much as 15 percent higher than in 2000, the Sri Lanka Tourist Board said; the numbers plunged by 14 percent in July and 54 percent in August from their levels 12 months before.
Then came Sept. 11. The attacks on the United States sped up the collapse of tourism in Sri Lanka. September arrivals fell by 64 percent from the same month in 2000, and hotel occupancy rates were down to 30 percent or lower. Visits in October were down by 51 percent and those in November (the last month for which figures are available) by 46 percent. December is also expected to show a decline, though less precipitous. Winter is Sri Lanka's high season, and figures for these months will be a bellwether.
North and northeastern Sri Lanka are effectively off limits to tourists because they are simply too dangerous or undeveloped. Situated off the southeastern tip of India, the nation has 19 million people and a varied topography, from beaches to forested mountains in the south-central areas to a dry northern plain. For a country of its size -- about as big as Ireland -- it has about a dozen game parks or nature reserves, a first-class tropical botanical garden near Kandy, and a large collection of ancient Buddhist statuary, monastic sites and cave paintings.Continue reading the main story
The tourism industry is looking for ways not only to bring back traditional visitors -- the majority from western Europe, led by Britain (the former colonial power) and Germany -- but also to attract newcomers from areas like eastern Europe and Russia. Hoteliers are also hoping to see a revival in Asian travel, which has slumped since the regional economic crisis of the late 1990's. Visits by Americans and Canadians, on the rise until last year, still account for less than 5 percent of tourist arrivals. Religious attacks that killed several hundred Muslims in India after the deaths of 58 Hindus in the burning of a train on Feb. 27 are expected to have little or no effect in Sri Lanka, although the Sri Lankans have been trying to attract more Indian tourists.
Renton de Alwis, the chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourist Board until this month, said that the country was studying Bhutan's experience with high-end tourism in the Eastern Himalayas rather than developing new mass package tours. The country also expects to promote additional cultural and ecological tourism. It is encouraging the opening of more ayurvedic-herbal spas and luxury resorts; two luxurious Aman hotels are being planned.
Amid all the bad news last year, there were some upbeat figures that might have gone unnoticed in better times. The tourist board's generally meticulous statistics reveal that tourism actually increased in the cultural triangle -- the area enclosed by three ancient Buddhist capitals: Kandy, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa -- as well as in the cool tea plantation region in the middle of the island, most notably in the hill station of Nuwara Eliya. Colombo, too, maintained some growth in tourism.
Most remarkably, tourists have also begun returning in small numbers to Trincomalee, until recently cut off by the war between Tamil militants and the Sri Lankan army, which is dominated by the country's Sinhalese majority. Trincomalee, on the northeast coast, has one of Asia's largest natural harbors and Sri Lanka's best beaches. It has never been developed for tourism, which only adds to its appeal. Almost all of Sri Lanka's beach resorts are on the west or southwest coasts.
A cease-fire negotiated by Norway and monitored by the Scandinavian countries is now in effect between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the rebel army. If peace holds, more of the country, including the old city of Jaffna in the north, will open to travelers.
Mr. de Alwis echoed other tourism officials in saying that the caution born of bad tourist seasons had prevented overbuilding resorts or ruining large areas of natural scenery. ''We have retained our exotic nature,'' he said, ''and had time to learn from others' mistakes.''Continue reading the main story


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