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Lebennin was a region and fiefdom in southern Gondor south of the Ered Nimrais between the Gilrain and the Anduin.[1]
Known as Fair Lebennin of the Five Streams, referring to the Five Rivers of Lebennin, it was one of the faithful fiefs of Gondor. Its largest city was Pelargir.
Lebennin was largely populated by Men of mixed blood, as many Men of Lebennin traced their ancestry to the forgotten 'Men of the Mountains' that had been displaced from the White Mountains by the Númenóreans.
During the War of the Ring, Lebennin did not send many Men to the aid of Minas Tirith as it was under attack by the Corsairs of Umbar.[2] Lebennin was rescued by Aragorn and the Dead Men of Dunharrow.[3]
Lebennin means "five rivers" in Sindarin, consisting of leben ("five") + nin ("rivers").[4][5][6]
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Lebennin is the most populous province in Southern Gondor. Its capital is Pelargir, and other landmarks in the region include Fanuilond (town), Glinduin (river) and Serni (river).[7]
1995-8: Middle-earth Collectible Card Game:
- Lebennin is a region which links to Anórien, Belfalas, Lamedon, and the Mouths of the Anduin. "Men of Lebennin" is a Man Faction, playable at the site Pelargir.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 274 (citing from the Unfinished index)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 95
- ↑ Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth at Tolkiendil.com (accessed 27 June 2011)
- ↑ Jason Beresford, Anders Blixt, Mats Blomqvist, Gunnar Brolin, Jeff Hatch, Tim Innes, Åke Rosenius, Martin Rundkvist, Erik, Rågvik, Chris Seeman, Magnus Seter (1996), Southern Gondor: The Land (#2021)


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She's been watching me
I've found some new-found freedom here in the Big Jak. I've been driving my motorcycle a lot this week, now that I finally have licence plates for it, and it's given me some ability to get around and snap photos that I've not had the opportunity to take.
This girl, painted on a wall at a corner on a one-way section of Jalan Kemang Raya, watches me every time I go by her. Today, I got out and took her picture. I like her headband-ears.
Now that I've got mobility, I think it's time to find some more street art.
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Reminds me of the creepy stalker song by Sting/Police – "i'll be watching you". Weren't the 80's great?
Thanks for letting us stalk you from afar!
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Generic Name: metronidazole topical (MET roe NYE da zole)
Brand Name: MetroCream, MetroGel, MetroGel Pump, MetroLotion, Noritate, Rosadan
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com on Oct 5, 2020 – Written by Cerner Multum
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Metronidazole topical (for the skin) is used to treat skin lesions caused by rosacea.
Metronidazole topical may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Important Information
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Before taking this medicine
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Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have severe stinging or burning when you apply metronidazole topical.
Common side effects may include:
mild burning or stinging;
numbness or tingly feeling in your hands or feet;
mild skin redness or irritation;
dry, scaly, or itchy skin;
nausea; or
metallic taste in your mouth.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Usual Adult Dose for Acne Rosacea:
1% Topical Cream or Gel: Apply and rub in a thin film to entire affected area(s) once a day
0.75% Topical Cream, Gel, or Lotion: Apply and rub in a thin layer to entire affected area(s) twice a day (morning and evening)
-Areas to be treated should be washed with a mild/gentle cleanser prior to application of this drug.
-Patients may use cosmetics after application of this drug.
---Topical lotion formulation: Patients should wait until dry (at least 5 minutes) to use cosmetics.
-For 0.75% topical cream, gel, or lotion: For the topical treatment of inflammatory papules and pustules of rosacea
-For 1% topical cream: For the topical treatment of inflammatory lesions and erythema of rosacea
-For 1% topical gel: For the topical treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea
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1.3% Vaginal Gel: Insert 1 applicatorful intravaginally once at bedtime.
0.75% Vaginal Gel: Insert 1 applicatorful intravaginally once a day (at bedtime) or twice a day for 5 days.
-Vandazole: Insert 1 applicatorful intravaginally once a day at bedtime for 5 days.
Use: For the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
-Vandazole: In nonpregnant women
Usual Pediatric Dose for Bacterial Vaginosis:
1.3% Vaginal Gel:
-Females 12 years or older: Insert 1 applicatorful intravaginally once at bedtime.
Vandazole (0.75% Vaginal Gel):
-Postmenarchal females: Insert 1 applicatorful intravaginally once a day at bedtime for 5 days.
Use: For the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
-Vandazole: In nonpregnant women
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Glenn Beck signs 5-year $100 million radio deal
The Glenn Beck Program is the nation's third-highest rated radio show behind The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Sean Hannity Show
Monday, June 11, 2012, 6:15 PM
LOS ANGELES — Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck has signed a five-year, $100 million contract to continue his morning radio show with syndicator Premiere Networks Inc.
The details were confirmed Monday by a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the deal and requested anonymity.
The contract was earlier reported by The New York Times.
It marks a big pay bump for Beck. His last contract with the Clear Channel subsidiary was reportedly for $10 million a year in 2007.
The Glenn Beck Program is the nation's third-highest rated radio show behind The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Sean Hannity Show. Those two shows are also syndicated by Premiere.
Over the past five years, Beck's audience has grown nearly 50 percent and the number of stations carrying his show has doubled to more than 400.
Forbes Magazine estimates that Beck, 48, makes $80 million a year. He parted ways with Fox News Channel last year after his TV show's audience size shrank and advertisers staged a boycott following his comment that President Barack Obama had "a deep-seated hatred for white people."
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SEATTLE -- The computers Alaska Airlines uses to check in passengers stopped working at 7:40 a.m. Monday, causing long lines of frustrated passengers who were unable to board flights that were delayed.
Technicians worked to fix the problem, but the company could not say how long it would last. Alaska Airlines President and CEO Brad Tilden said there might be a partial solution by noon Pacific time and a full resolution by 5 p.m.
"We're doing everything we can to get back on track," Tilden said at Sea-Tac Airport during an unrelated announcement with Delta Air Lines about a new route.
The problem was system wide for the airline, a major West Coast carrier.
It could only apologize and ask for patience, said spokeswoman Bobbie Egan. An announcement in the Sea-Tac terminal said the airline would check passengers manually. Another announcement said passengers could re-book at no charge.
On its website, Alaska said if passengers missed flights they'd try to get them on the next available one and would also try to book people on other airlines if that was necessary.
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Alaska and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, are owned by Alaska Air Group.


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Posted: Tue 02 Apr 2013, 07:40
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KMS, EDID and KVM Woes
Subject description: No EDID results in failed automatic setup for monitor
After setting up Macpup529 for a specific requirement I got interested in other Puppy Distros. Simply because Puppy Linux is amazing
For my PC setup, the puppy linux distros are locked at a maximum screen resolution of 1024 by 768 (except for Macpup 529).
Now I have 2 PC's that are dsub connected to a KVM switch. Apparently the EDID information from the monitor is not transmitted by the KVM switch. Hence puppy fails in auto detecting the monitor specifications and defaults to some fail safe but limited video resolutions.
To set the screen resolution to the monitor native resolution turned out to be rediculously simple. Finding the solution was Hell.
Hopefully the process notes outlined below will help out others with this sort of issue.
As I am a Linux Noob it would also be great if the video gurus here could vet the process, provide comment and other options.
Puppy Linux defaults to a 1024 x 768 screen resolution and cannot be set to a higher resoltion to match the monitor's native resolution (1920 x 1080 in my case).
I use a KVM switch that does not transmit EDID monitor information.
The video auto configuration fails and defaults to a basic configuration for the video output port used.
Step 1: Create a save file for recording the new configuration changes.
Step 1a:
Start puppy linux in ram mode only, reboot and create a save file for the frugal install.
Step 2: Use XOrgWizard to create a complete xorg.conf file for later tweaking.
Step 2a:
Start puppy linux, from the Menu select Xorg Video Wizard and run XOrgWizard.
Step 2b:
Select Probe and let it complete to the next step.
Note 1:
It will complain that it cannot probe the monitor (reason no EDID) and requests manual selection of the screen options. provided.
Note 2:
For my PC the Probe will select the Radeon Driver.
Step 3: Enter monitor parameters.
Step 3a:
Select option "Z" (Select this if you know monitor frequency specs)and enter the monitor details.
For the LG monitor they are:
Horizontal Frequency: 31.5 - 70
Vertical Frequency: 57 - 70
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 24
Step 4: Determine which video output is connected.
Step 4a:
Open the Xorg.0.log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) and look for lines similar to these.
RADEON(0): Output HDMI-0 disconnected
RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 disconnected
RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 connected
Note 1:
"VGA-0" "HDMI-0" and "DVI-0" are default monitor identifiers.
Note 2:
These default monitor identifiers need to be used in the "monitor section" of the xorg.conf file for tweaking the default basic configuration of these video outputs.
Note 3:
In my case "VGA-0" is connected and we need to add a new screen resolution to this output.
Step 5: Create a modeline for the new resolution.
Step 5a:
Open up a terminal and issue the "gtf" command
Step 5b:
Eg for a resolution of 1920x1080 and 60 Hz refresh issue
"#gtf 1920 1080 60".
This results in the following output,
# 1920x1080 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 67.08 kHz; pclk: 172.80 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync
Step 6: Modify the xorg.conf file to add the new screen resolution.
Step 6a)
Open the xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
Note 1:
Quick way to do this is via the Menu - Xorg Video Wizard.
Step 6b:
Add the new Modeline to the "Modes" section, against Identifier "modes0", as follows:
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes0"
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync
Note 2:
Here we are simply using the modes identifier "Modes0" because its already set up.
Step 6c:
Edit the name of the Modeline from "1920x1080_60.00" to "New_1920x1080"
Note 3:
This makes it easier to separate this new user defined screen resolution from the default screen resolutions.
Step 7: Modify the xorg.conf file to include the new mode line.
Step 7a:
Uncomment the "UseModes" line for "Modes0" in the monitor sections
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-70
VertRefresh 56-72
* UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
Step 8: Modify the xorg.conf file to point the default "VGA-0" monitor identifier.
Note 1:
After running XOrgWizard in step 2: the xorg.conf is set up using "Screen0", "Card0" and "Monitor0".
Step 8a:
Change all instances of "Monitor0" to "VGA-0"
Section "Monitor"
* Identifier "VGA-0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-70
VertRefresh 56-72
UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
* Monitor "VGA-0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "metamodes" "1920x1080_60 +0+0" #METAMODES_0
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080"
Note 2:
Now the default basic configuration will find the "VGA-0" monitor section in xorg.conf and include the new modeline for selection via XRANDR (or by setting it as the preffered mode in xorg.conf).
Step 9: Modify the xorg.conf file to set the prefered resolution on startup to the new screen resolution named
Step 9a:
In the monitor section for "VGA-0" change the line
Option "preferredmode" "1920x1080"
Option "PreferredMode" "New_1920x1080"
Step 10: Optional changes,
Step 10a:
As EDID is false we can inform the "Card0" driver section of this via the options.
Modify this line:
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
### <percent>: "<f>%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
* Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
#Option "CustomEDID" # [<str>] *****
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon" #card0driver
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Step 10b:
Might be wise to also change the Modes line in the "Screen0" section to include the new screen resolution.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0" *****
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "metamodes" "1920x1080_60 +0+0" #METAMODES_0
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "New_1920x1080"
Step 10c:
To be tidy, remove all unused monitor, driver and screen sections in xorg.conf.
Step 11: Restart The Xserver.
Step 11a:
If all is well then restarting the xserver should now serve up the desktop with the new screen resolution.
FINALLY: A Bit Of A Warning.
Of course it is obvious that this xorg tweak is monitor specific. So don't use it on another monitor if its frequency specification doesn't match. At best you get an out of range warning and at worse it blows up your monitor (most unlikely!).
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Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2013, 01:26
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Some extra information:
Recent Puppy Distros use KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) for setting up the initial video resolution. Without a monitor's EDID the KMS seems to fall back to some basic monitor parameters.
Instead of the above xorg.config tweak:
You could simply turn off the KMS feature by specifying radeon.modeset=0 on the kernel command line (for radeon drivers).
Then just run the xorgwizard to set the required screen resolution and restart the Xserver. This worked just fine.
Not sure which method is better for my graphics card (HD5670) but
KMS is supposed to improve hardware acceleration, 3D etc.
With radeon.modeset=0 the GLXGEARS program manages about half the FPS I get with the tweaked xorg.conf file. Tweak = better (maybe)?
I noticed also that puppy has the drm_kms_helper module.
But drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin (instead of radeon.modeset=0) on the kernel command line did not work.
Does anyone know if this kernel configuration item is enabled on slacko 5.5?
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Posts: 3493
Location: www.eussenheim.de/
Posted: Mon 20 Feb 2017, 04:19
Post subject: KMS EDID
Subject description: kernel config
AQUAR wrote:
I noticed also that puppy has the drm_kms_helper module.
But drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin (instead of radeon.modeset=0) on the kernel command line did not work.
Does anyone know if this kernel configuration item is enabled on slacko 5.5?
My guess: command line does not work if kernel is not configured to do so.
Working in Fatdog64 and in slacko64-22.214.171.124 (and in RemixOS
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Posts: 3493
Location: www.eussenheim.de/
Posted: Mon 24 Apr 2017, 06:43
Post subject: Re: KMS EDID
Subject description: kernel config
L18L wrote:
AQUAR wrote:
I noticed also that puppy has the drm_kms_helper module.
But drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin (instead of radeon.modeset=0) on the kernel command line did not work.
Does anyone know if this kernel configuration item is enabled on slacko 5.5?
My guess: command line does not work if kernel is not configured to do so.
Working in Fatdog64 and in slacko64-184.108.40.206 (and in RemixOS
I do know it for sure now.
Working also with
Booted from grub4dos:
# Linux bootable directory config begins
title xenialpup64-22.214.171.124 /dev/sda3 (1920x1080)
uuid 9aead8c0-19fb-443f-a473-300c1baed346
kernel /xenial7085/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 pmedia=atahd pdev1=sda3 psubdir=xenial7085 pfix=fsck drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin
initrd /xenial7085/initrd.gz
Working also with Barry's
next Easy
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Posted: Wed 24 May 2017, 10:16
Post subject: drm_kms_EDID
Subject description: kernel config
Working also with Barry's
Quirky Pyro64 version 0.2 (alpha)
Append e.g.
to APPEND lines in syslinux.cfg files direct and under EFI
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Posts: 12
Posted: Mon 26 Aug 2019, 06:13
Post subject:
Been using this "save on demand" version of Macpup/firefox for safer online banking now for many years.
Unfortunately it will only update to firefox version 45 and recently that is failing to render some of their login pages.
Moved on to bionicpup64 now and that thankfully is very easy to setup as a "save on demand" only system (for online banking purposes).
But this KVM, EDID issue has come back with a vengeance.
None of the earlier approaches have worked except for radeon.modeset=0.
The GPU card is an amd HD5670 and now considered "old".
With KMS off for the ati driver I cannot get past a screen resolution of 1280x1024.
Xorg settings are just ignored for the generic ati driver loaded
AND the propriety AMD drivers for this video card don't work in this bionic pup.
Does anyone know of any compatible ati drivers that will push the resolution up to 1920x1080?
How to get the generic driver to operate at the higher screen resolution?
1920x1080 is the native resolution of my monitor (bog standard these days!) and the bank login pages look much better at it.
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Zuckerberg and the imminent IPO are in the crosshairs of some of the largest issues impacting people, technology, privacy and information sharing. So in this week before one of the largest IPO's in history takes place, I was disappointed to see that focus of investor conversation went onto fashion.
When the most successful entrepreneur of his generation showed up on Wall Street wearing his trademark hoodie and sneakers, many investors cringed. Rather than ponder whether the largest social network could figure out how to derive adequate revenues from mobile platforms, they debated his wardrobe selection. Michael Pachter, a research analyst for Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles was interviewed saying that Zuck's hoodie was "a mark of immaturity."
He suggested the founder step aside, presumably in favor of a better-coiffed CEO, who understands the importance of Brioni suits in producing returns for investors. I thought it a nice special touch that in his video interview his necktie appeared just a tad off to the right.
I too have suggested that Zuckerberg could not grow into the job as rapidly as he would need to. I once wrote an open letter suggesting he step down . But my concerns are what's under his hood, not the hood itself.
Perhaps Zuckerberg did mean a certain disrespect, and if so, I do not blame him and I doubt it will hurt Facebook's stock performance. Wall Street is well-documented in helping extremely well-dressed slime-balls make billions by misleading Main Street investors to benefit institutional cronies.
The suit itself has become the symbol of white collar shysters and people more interested in prioritizing deals over people and ethics.
The suit is also a two-way cultural issue. Entrepreneurs are supposed to put them on when they go to New York and Washington DC and lawyers, investment bankers and politicians are advised to take them off when they visit Silicon Valley. It's been that way for many years.
The apparel gap is not new. When young Bill Gates was about to take Microsoft public, a PR consultant was said to have nearly wrestled him to the ground to ditch his patented floppy sweater for a well-tailored suit. For a while, Steve Jobs made the same concessions but after his company made so many people rich, he went back to his black mock turtlenecks.
As far as Pachter's immaturity charge goes, Zuckerberg is 27. Demonstrations of it from young entrepreneurs is a time-proven financial asset demonstrated by a long parade of young leaders who have made investors hundreds of billions of dollars over the years.
You often find immaturity in those who are willing to dream dreams and pay the price to make them come true. It is often publicly displayed in form of impatience, tenacity and occasional temper tantrums. Those qualities have been demonstrated by nearly all of the most successful entrepreneurs.
Sloppily dressed entrepreneurs build things. Some of them have last value and in some ways change the world, sometimes for the worst and often for the better. On Wall Street they don't build anything. They just make deals.
I have spent no time inside Mark Zuckerberg's brain. But I think his decision to underdress for his grand debut was not made casually. I think he was telling everyone that he was playing more for everyday, casually dressed people than for the institutional cliques that Wall Street generally represents.
Perhaps Zuckerberg was also playing to investors of a younger generation. Many of that generation is still fond of suits, but perhaps they are less judgmental of smart people who choose not to wear them.
Personally, I continue to wonder if Zuckerberg will grow into the sort of CEO that Jobs or Gates emerged into. But hoodies and sneakers are not the issues that will determine the outcome. And if Wall Street doesn't like Zuckerberg, I don't think it will impact stock performance nearly as much as Wall Street thinks it will.


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Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ad-miralJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 1488 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: It's like "May the force be with you, young padawan" Maybe I better shut up and listen._________________If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love Back to top beancurdturtleJoined: 23 Aug 2006Posts: 1041Location: Southern California Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: I have a fish on the hook? _________________Daniel �Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.� --Dr. Seuss Back to top ad-miralJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 1488 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: oh yeah, thanks guys! This tactic with fish and hook seems to be very good._________________If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love Back to top ad-miralJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 1488 Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject: snowwhite wrote: i agree with tone because as u know sex should not do by ur own but u have to think about ur healthy bodynot just think about ur feeling about it but u have to think about girlfriend maybe she has many un healthy problems . after u marry is it ok because eveyone know about u and ur wife and u feel comfortabe while u do sex ............................. Sometimes it's matter over mind._________________If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love Back to top ToneJoined: 03 Sep 2006Posts: 175 Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: It's been really off the topic but it's fun to follow _________________==>English Quiz |English Grammar |English Conversation<== Back to top OrianiJoined: 13 Oct 2006Posts: 208Location: Venezuela Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: I don't believe neither before nor after. Both are good If people do it well and with resposibilities. That's it. Back to top nancyliuJoined: 06 May 2008Posts: 5Location: BEIJING Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: i think this topic has been talked from generation to generation ,i was born in 1986, so i am the person in 80s . in my opinion ,i feel for this question ,it all depends on yourself, its totally your decision to have sex or not ,and personally ,i support to have sex before marriage, its good for your latter life ,coz sex is part of your marriage and its a very important one ,but i dont think its good to have sex too earlier ,coz you dont have ability to handle things if there would be anything bad things following ,so the perfect age for me is 25, at that time ,i am going to have a stable jobs, and i am capable to face anything .however ,i find that the people who were born in 90s are too open to sex, lots of girls already had experience of abortion which shock me alot ,thats too irresponsible for you and your future partner and also the baby .so i think when you are ready to have sex, do it ,otherwise dont do it .think before you do it ._________________SEIZE THE TIME Back to top ToneJoined: 03 Sep 2006Posts: 175 Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject: I recently heard from one of my friend in Europe that his girlfriend is pregnant. They are not married but he told me like a normal situation. I didn't want to make him nervous that how terrible it was in my country because he seems so calm. Well, interesting that we are living the same world with totally opposite way of thinking._________________==>English Quiz |English Grammar |English Conversation<== Back to top finn1207Joined: 05 Dec 2006Posts: 6Location: Kaohsiung City Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: I believe that there is no exactly answers for this topic. No matter what people decide to do, I think having a wonderful and steady relationship with your couple that is the most important for me. In order to achieve this, men and women must stay calm and smart, that means to know, to understand; to observe before having a sex. In other words, you should do a lot of work to realise who is a "good" person, so that you could never regrets. Open your eyes, and think carefully. Love shouldn't be so complex or harmful, if do so, you must do the right choice --- to LEAVE that person. That's my opinion. ps. take the relationship into serious account. 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I watched Olympic Games but not very much. I really like it. My country, Montenegro, won a silver medal in handball. That was the first olympic medal for my country and I`m really happy about it. :)
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Today I woke up, and asked myself "what am I going to do without the Olympics?". That sounds crazy, I know. But the last 16 days have seen the UK turn into a sport-obsessed, energetic place, and I'm sad it's over!
It is true that I only attended one event, and that was only a football match - a quarter final between Brazil and Honduras, which sounds much more exciting than it actually was. I don't think the Brazilian team did themselves justice, but they won anyway, as Honduras finished the game with only nine players on the field. Despite being hundreds of miles from London, the atmosphere has been palpable, and the games a triumph.
Maybe you have a favourite moment from the games, where an athlete from your country really excelled. If you want to share it, please do! I'll tell mine first. It may have been a bronze medal, rather than silver or gold, but watching Tom Daley diving had me on the edge of my seat, shouting at the television and essentially praying for that 18-year-old, who has shouldered more in the last year than I have had to do in my whole life. And he's done it with a smile. I was "Team Tom" from before the Olympics even started, and felt like a proud older sister as his medal was confirmed.
I had two friends volunteering for the duration of the games. One in the press office, the other outside venues. It sounds like the volunteers did a fantastic job. Like most other Brits, I was questioning whether London was capable of hosting the games, whether Team GB would put on a satisfactory show, whether there wouldn't be some complete disaster following the security and ticketing problems. Thankfully, I was shown that London was more than capable of hosting the games, Team GB could succeed emphatically, and that the whole two weeks seem to have passed disaster-free. I am happiness itself.
I hope the "legacy" of these games will be that young people, like you guys, continue in your sports and are inspired by the people who can now say "job done". I remember thinking it was too late to get involved in a new sport during my teens, but it absolutely wasn't. There have been many stories these games of athletes who started late. Who knows what you could do. Try something new, whatever takes your fancy!
I watched Olympic Games but not very much. I really like it. My country, Montenegro, won a silver medal in handball. That was the first olympic medal for my country and I`m really happy about it. :)
I love watching the Olympic games, especially athletics and swimming. My countri didn`t win a lot of medals, but on the last Olympic games our woman handball team won second place. i`m really looking forward to the next Olimpic games.
My country win many many medals, and just for the medals, not for elses, so when listening the number of the medal we get, and sometimes is the first, l just .... not happy as my friends around me.
I didn't watch too much Olympic Games.Bosnia didin't win any medals.But who cares!? Our politicals care only about thenselves.
I watched Olympic Games..VERY exciting..My country is Turkey...Turkey won 5 medals in the London 2012..
i really enjoyed watching the olympics last year!
Olympics games of 2020 will be on Madrid!! SPAIN 2020
Yep! I enjoyed them a lot! Though I had a long journey to London! NO, my country didn't win any medals. I'm happy Britain won the third place! I also am very happy for Andy Murray won the tennis finals! I really miss the olympics 2012, they were the best in the history (my point of veiw):(!!!!!!!!!!
im from denmark and i love olympic. Its so nice to watch everybody competition and its very funny to watch.
I love Olimpic games all those people gather in a Country despite ther different beliefs it´s absolutely thrilling.
I really enjoy watchin diving and swimming.
México often gets medals in diving and this time was no exception and I think we all got surprised when México won a golden medal in soccer! , I really hope they can do it again,it will make us so proud.
i don't watch Olympic games.but like the Olympic games.
I watched the Olympic games.My country,Montenegro won the silver medal in women's handball !!! :) :) :)
i don't watch Olympic games.but like the Olympic games.
I watched. I think the best from my country;s team is Ilya Ilyin
yes i watch the olympic games i like very much
yes i watch olympic games... I LIKE IT...............:)
Wow! I want to watch olympic games. :D I don't go London Olympic Games and Rio is so far.... :(
I dont watch olimpic games
i watch olympic games, i like it very much but my country hadn`t win any medal : (((((
I watch olympic games and my country have win medals there.:)
I don't watch olimpic games very much,and i don't have any information about it..
i am from albania
i like olimpic games
yes i watch olimpic games
albania has always win medals there
Yes my country albania win medal on athletic, shooting, highweigh
My country is Albania.
I don't watch to much olympic games.My country haden't win any medal.:(
I didn't wach the Olympics Games, and even I don't know that my country won something or not. But my friend, he is a sportsman, went to London as a volunteer, and he was excited! He said that it was really interesting and amazing games, and my country Ukraine showed good enough results.
I watched olympic games.
i really enjoyed watching the olympics last year!
my country had participate only one time in olimpic games.
to told the truth albania hadnt win any medal ;(oh noooooo
I watched the olympics every day, my country (spain) didn't do it really well, but the olymics were so interesting! I watched jessica enis from the great britain team in athletism, she is incredible!! and also the swimming competition, phelps did it really well! and mireia belmonte is absolutely the best spanish athetic! lol
London has organized very well the olympics! :)
No, i did not watch much of the Olympic Games but i watched some of them like hockey etc. our team (Pakistan) did well in all the matches but could not win a medal, but i really enjoyed all the matched which our team had played during the Olympic Games. Many congratulation to Great Britain for hosting such a great event.
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New CDC figures show the United States logs 19 million new STD cases each year. Less than half the people who should be screened receive the recommended STD tests, CDC said. If left undiagnosed and untreated, STDs raise the risk of HIV infection.
The report found large racial disparities in STD rates, reflecting a range of factors including poverty, lack of access to health care, and high STD rates in predominantly black communities that increase one's risk of infection. Blacks have a gonorrhea rate 20 times that of whites and almost 10 times that of Hispanics. Blacks accounted for 48 percent of chlamydia cases in 2009, reaching a rate eight times that of whites and three times that of Hispanics.
Since 2000, syphilis rates have been climbing among men who have sex with men; last year MSM accounted for 62 percent of all syphilis cases, up from just 4 percent in 2000. The rate of syphilis among blacks was nine times higher than among whites and four times higher than among Hispanics.
According to the report, gonorrhea reached a record low last year, with declines in all racial and ethnic groups. However, Cook County ranked highest with 13,330 gonorrhea reports in 2009, a jump of 7 percent in the metropolitan Chicago area since 2005.
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During the weekend, even Ars takes an occasional break from reviewing just how mastered those iTunes songs are or worrying about a few malicious Android apps. Weekend Ar(t)s is a chance to share what we're watching/listening/reading or otherwise consuming this week.
Experts project The Avengers to dominate the weekend box office. Major magazines currently devote pages to Joss Whedon. So if there was ever a perfect year to embrace whatever inner geek resides within, this is it. And the day to do so is this Saturday, the first in May.
Since 2002, the first Saturday in May has marked the celebration of Free Comic Book Day. The name leaves little to the imagination. Comic book shops across the world offer up titles for no charge in the hopes of promoting comic culture to the masses (and gaining a few new readers of course). Major publishers such as DC, Marvel, or Image develop exclusive titles for the day, with shops even purchasing these exclusives themselves in order to participate. Comic retailers will dole out an estimated two million books this year alone.
(Not bad for a holiday started by one guy's column in a trade magazine, with only four shops participating in year one).
The concept of a niche industry-wide promotional day may feel flat now—from bookstores to coffee shops, everything has its own "day" nowadays—but Free Comic Book Day may be the modern original. It predates all the major industry days by five years: Record Store Day ('07), Small Business Saturday ('10), and even its comic compatriot Read Comics in Public Day ('10).
Frankly, comics may be the medium that needs this support the most. As of 2011, it was roughly a $650 million dollar market. For perspective, the Harry Potter series has sold 450 million copies. And the transition to digital may still be in its infancy, but it's already marred by a concern of impacting the print income.
But comics provide so much to popular culture. That's why celebs like Kevin Smith vouch for it, Hugh Jackman too. It's a development farm for endless amounts of film and television, while simultaneously remaining an endlessly flexible medium (somehow Maus and the sexed-up New 52 Batman fit within the same category?).
So find a local participating shop through the holiday's official website. You can even browse (not to mention preview) the exclusive titles so you can go in with a purpose. "Gold" books refer to titles that cost slightly more for the shops and are a little more rare, when compared with "Silver" titles of course.
This year's freebies run the gamut. There's a new New 52 book from DC. You can find things like Donald Duck for the kids, The Avengers for dedicated fans, or even oddities like My Favorite Martian for the pop culturally curious.
There's never been a wider range of comic-references splattered across media nor a brighter lens being focused on comics-related things. It's never too late to pick up your first or encourage a friend to do so. Indulge.


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Gang Tags, or graffiti tags, are a type of collectible item in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, found only in Los Santos.
Carl Johnson has to search for a total of 100 gang tags all around Los Santos and spray over them with the Grove Street Families' emblem with a Spray Can. A tag needs at least 29 units of spray can "ammo" to be completely sprayed over. Tags and their basics are first introduced during the mission Tagging Up Turf. Spraying over an enemy tag increases the player's respect and respraying all 100 tags is required for 100% completion.
Upon completing all the gang tags, the player will receive certain rewards. These are:
- Molotov Cocktail, AK-47, Sawn-off Shotgun and TEC 9 delivered to the kitchen at the Johnson House;
- Grove Street gang members will start to carry Desert Eagles, SMGs and knives instead of the usual pistol and TEC 9.
For locations map and photos of the graffiti see here.
- Commerce (2)
- Downtown (3)
- East Beach (8)
- East Los Santos (11)
- El Corona (6)
- Ganton (2)
- Glen Park (4)
- Idlewood (10)
- Jefferson (6)
- Las Colinas (7)
- Little Mexico (3)
- Los Flores (2)
- Los Santos International Airport (2)
- Marina (2)
- Market (4)
- Mulholland Intersection (2)
- Ocean Docks (5)
- Pershing Square(1)
- Playa del Seville (5)
- Rodeo (2)
- Santa Maria Beach (2)
- Temple (1)
- Verdant Bluffs (1)
- Verona Beach (2)
- Vinewood (1)
- Willowfield (6)
- If the police spot Carl spraying a tag, a wanted level will be applied, which should be noted with tags located in high-traffic areas. This is because the spray can is counted as a weapon, and "firing" a weapon will grant CJ a wanted star when caught spraying, though a "real-world" perspective can also be applied in that spraying graffiti is generally considered an illegal act by itself.
- A tag is not considered sprayed until the on-screen message appears and confirmation sound is played, which can be triggered without the tag being completely covered and so can still be locked on.
- Spraying over any tags that will be used in the mission Tagging Up Turf before the mission will result in the tag being reset and requires respraying every tag in that mission again.
- Before Carl unlocks the spray can item in the Johnson House, he can find one on the rooftop of the shop directly behind the house, which can be obtained by jumping onto the low wall in the alley between the Johnson House and Ryder's House.
- The Varrios Los Aztecas gang tag is orange (like the Vagos), however, their gang color is turquoise in the beta.
- From the start of the game up until Sweet's arrest in The Green Sabre, the Temple area is territory of the Temple Drive Families. It is only after that mission that Temple gets occupied by the Ballas, so it must have been a mistake as to why 'Temple Drive Ballas' tags are present right at the beginning.
- Spraying all the tags won't reward the player a lot of respect, despite the game telling that spraying a tag will gain CJ respect in the mission Tagging Up Turf.
- Some of the well hidden, out-of-sight locations of the gang tags make no sense from a realism point of view. Gang tags are supposed to warn rival gangs, unwitting pedestrians and cops of the gang's presence; as a means of 'marking one's territory'. They do however, make some sense as a gameplay element to denote a 'hidden' collectible and a secondary challenge.
- Permanent textures of gang markings, usually done in black paint, can be found all over Los Santos. The player cannot manipulate these in any way.
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At the public hearing portion of the October 14 meeting in Goodland, Kansas Wildlife and Parks commissioners approved a variety of proposed regulation changes.
Commissioners voted to approve a proposal to increase the number of spring turkey permits in Unit 4 to 500. Unit 4, which is the southwest corner of the state, is the only unit with limited permits. Three hundred twenty-five permits were authorized in 2009, and biologists feel the turkey population can sustain a higher harvest.
In other action, the Commission approved increases in long-term and annual camping permits. The in-season (April 1-September 30) annual camping permit fee was increased from $150 to $250, and the off-season (October 1-March 31) annual camping permit fee was increased from $150 to $200.
Recreational vehicle long-term camping permit fees in all state parks — except El Dorado, Milford, and Tuttle Creek — were increased as follows: long-term camping with one utility was increased from $200 to $240; two utilities was increased from $260 to $300; and three utilities was increased from $320 to $360.
Long-term camping fees at El Dorado, Milford, and Tuttle Creek were set as follows: one utility - $280; two utilities - $340; and three utilities - $400.
Cabin rental fees at several state parks were added to accommodate new cabins coming online in the future, and cabin fees at other parks were adjusted. Cabin fees vary, depending on the cabin and location. To learn more, go to the "Locations with Cabins" link on the KDWP website.
Commissioners agreed with a proposal to establish a multi-year youth hunting and/or fishing license. The new youth licenses would be valid for youth age 16-20 years of age. The one-time purchase, multi-year youth fishing or hunting license is $40. A one-time purchase multi-year youth fishing/hunting combination license is $70. In other fee considerations, the Commission voted to reduce the fee of the nonresident antlerless-only deer permit from $75 to $50.
The Commission approved amendments that make weigh-in procedures consistent for bass tournaments and allow anglers who possess a tournament black bass pass to cull black bass after the daily creel limit has been met during a weigh-in tournament.


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Samsung is giving away free Prince tickets, but only to customers who complete a scavenger hunt using its phones. WSJ's John Jurgensen reports from South By Southwest in Austin. (Photo: Getty Images)
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... the South by Southwest people are lining up for promotional campaign for Samsung phones ... if these bands get lucky though snag a ticket to a concert by Prince on Saturday night ... for Samsung at the chance to gain ground in its growing battle for market share with Apple's I thought ... the competition grew more intense Thursday with Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy phone ... by the news outlets outlets what sort of demographic are huge times ... our two year bringing together dinner at Sydney's may be and they'll all in one day someone's identity of people who are ... the right yet been eight years and one dollars in the community ... and what are they people are very innovative and looking for the next big thing ... this being the next big thing after the I phone ... the ... euro in it ... he conceded Samsung has made big investments presence here ... in this clubhouse where people come in and Samsung phones work for you to ... design their own t shirts ... customers here to find themselves over dead phone battery can tweak Samsung ... and the dispatch a bike messenger to deliver a fresh one ... Samsung won't say how much it spent here ... but given the appearance that prints and other big acts the company booked ... a kid come cheap ... this pushes differ from Apple strategy The company doesn't do promotions or sponsor parties in South by Apple declined to comment ... to see Prince band's first need to commit some time to Samsung ... these people have completed a city wide scavenger on the Galaxy devices on price ... those who put them all reported year hopes of nabbing one of two hundred concert tickets ... does it lead to even dissolving yet to have the data via an Internet statement not like the idea I hadn't and then ... I know it ... I got ... itself by Samsung is far from the only brand from rorting itself ... but it has scored points with a huge presence here ... and by bringing in some of the biggest superstars of the week ... as the real reason he was dating a mile per hour was ... not so ... for The Wall Street Journal I'm John Jurgensen ...


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It's a boy!
Ashton Kutcher let it slip on NBC's "Today" show Thursday that he and Mila Kunis's second child will be a boy. While talking to Savannah Guthrie, who is also expecting her second child, Kutcher opened up about his daughter Wyatt and said she somewhat understands what's going on with her mom's pregnancy.
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"She points to Mila and she's like, 'baby brother' when she points to the belly," he said, "and then she points to dad and she goes, 'Beer,' so I think she gets there's something in the belly but I don't quite think that she knows that it's not going to be a plastic doll yet."
"The Ranch" star also confessed he's a little nervous about having a second child around, even though he has plenty of experience raising Wyatt. "I'm a little terrified to be honest," he admitted. "It's intensely scary."
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But he admitted he's not reading every single book this pregnancy. "You have a recognition that they're pretty durable," he joked. "You're not going to break them."
Kutcher said the cause of his stress is all the "rules" about bringing home a second child and introducing it to the older sibling.
No matter how things turn out, however, he and Mila have one common goal: to raise children "to not be an a--hole."
"The one topic of conversation we had even prior to ever having kids was always how do you raise a child to not be an a--hole?" Kunis revealed on "The Kyle & Jackie O Show." "And it's so important because we both came from pretty, pretty, solid poverty backgrounds and grew up very poor and are very much self-made and are very aware of what a dollar is worth."
Kunis also said that it was "beautiful" that she and her husband's kids will never know what it's like "to have ketchup soup for dinner," she did confess that they probably would "never know how to appreciate things."
"It's a matter of teaching them from a very early age that you know mommy and daddy may have a dollar, but you're poor," she said laughing.
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I am doing a project in which the hardware measures the temperature of the beverage inside the bottle and sends the data to computer via virtual Serial Port (using USB to serial converter). I have to plot the samples of that data into a Temperature vs Time
graph in real time (means every second Micro-controller sends temperature value serially, and then I need to plot the sample into the graph in real time just like oscilloscope). Also I have to plot the graph of one variable(according to one known equation
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I have done serial communication with PC successfully. But I don't know how to draw this graph. I am new to C# and looking for your precious suggestions.
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CHICAGO, IL – Earthquakes, volcanoes and the African superplume are only some of the phenomena under investigation through AfricaArray, a program that establishes geophysical observatories, trains African and American students and examines geophysical phenomena on the African continent.
"In order to train masters and doctoral students there has to be a research effort," said Andrew Nyblade, professor of geosciences, Penn State and co-director of AfricaArray. "We started with geophysics but we think it is a good model to support all geoscience," he told attendees at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science today (Feb 13) in Chicago.
The model, created by a trio of institutions — Penn State; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, S.A., and the Council for Geoscience (S.A.) — combines student education with establishment of a research program in geophysics; field schools attended by African and American students and corporate personnel, and a graduate exchange program.
The center of the program is the research that relies on data from a network of seismic observatories: 27 installed by AfricaArray, 6 that should be installed by the end of the year and 16 other seismic observatories. The program also employs temporary targeted networks of stations for specific, higher resolution problems and currently has networks in Angola, Botswana and Namibia exploring the Congo Craton; South African gold mines looking at small, deep seismic events, and in Uganda/Tanzania for imaging the African Superplume. Data from the stations is stored with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), a university research consortium sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
"Africa has not really been looked at in this way by geologists," said Nyblade. "Underneath South Africa and its surrounding ocean sits the largest seismic anomaly in the Earth's mantle. We call it the African Superplume, but we do not really know what it is because we do not have very good images of it."
He notes that another superplume exists in the middle of the Pacific Ocean exactly opposite the African superplume and slightly smaller. Investigating the African superplume is easier. Scientists understand the down welling that takes place at subduction zones, areas in the Earth where one tectonic plate moves beneath another and dips down into the mantle. However, scientists do not understand up welling, which is perhaps what forms the superplumes.
"We do not really know what it is or why it is or how it fits into plate tectonics," says Nyblade. "It could be a key to understanding how our planet works internally. If we record enough data we can help to explain and image the mantle under Africa."
Nyblade works with Paul Dirks, head of the School of Geosciences at Witwatersrand who he met for the first time in 2003 at that first meeting of Penn State AESEDA — Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa. Although an independent project, AESEDA now is a partner in AfricaArray. So far, after three years, AfricaArray has supported 34 undergraduate, 13 masters and 10 doctoral students. They have also hosted five postdoctoral fellows. From the U.S. side, 12 students, half of them women, have participated in three-week geophysical summer programs to South Africa from North Carolina A&T State University; Fort Valley State University, Georgia; University of Texas, El Paso, and California State University, Northridge. Graduate students from Wits have also come to the U.S. to study under Penn State faculty co-advisors.
"We decided that if we could do this at Wits, we should be able to do it at other universities in Africa," said Nyblade. "And, if we are going to do this so that we can focus on students with disadvantaged backgrounds, women across Africa are in that category."
Plans for the future include expansion of seismic observatories into West Africa and eventually North Africa as well. They are currently working with two other African universities — Agostinho Neto in Angola and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia — to include the program in their universities. The researchers would like to see installation of additional types of sensors and monitors including meteorological, environmental and geographic positioning system instruments, noting that once the infrastructure is there for the seismic observations, it is easier to collect data in other disciplines.
Other researchers involved in this project include Ray Durrheim and Sue Webb, University of the Witwatersrand and Gerhard Graham, Council for Geosciences. AfricaArray is a public private partnership supporting geoscience training and research in Africa.


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