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In the MU Administration building, Dean Arthur Clements rises from his desk and walks over to his safe and pulls out two large and aged books. With both tomes in his hands he walks over to the window and stares out over the campus as the students below who go about their daily business completely oblivious to their dean's concerns. He sighs gently as he considers all the events that have occurred over the last five weeks following the break in and theft from the university library. Such a number of strange and chilling events have suddenly transpired all around town that he can't but suspect that the thefts of the rare occult tomes had something to do with it all. Somehow, he feels in his bones that the locus of all the deaths, injuries, missing persons, abductions and explosions can all be traced back to the schemes of the thief or thieves, not that he's much the wiser of the crime that occurred on his watch. The private detectives he had hired had skilfully traced one of the books to a local bookseller, but how and why this individual had come by the book in the first place still remains a mystery as the detectives had soon left stating that things had gotten too dangerous for them, whatever that meant. And as for the other recovered book, it was found in the hands of a law enforcement official whom he had never met and who had been driven quite mad by sights and sounds unknown. All the dean knew for sure was that the new security measures being installed in the Jeremiah Orne library would prevent any repeat occurrence of the thefts and that he was glad that he had at least gotten two of the books back – it could have been so much worse, although he can't shake the feeling that danger still lurks somewhere out there in the form of the most expensive and notorious missing volume.
Elsewhere in the campus the English 301 course begins yet another lecture and Steven Woodman looks about the theatre and the many empty spaces around him. The absences which account for a third of the class include his best friend Chris Henson, who used to sit next to him. Stranger still, Chris is missing, presumed dead, and his weird girlfriend, Eve, and all her silly sorority girls who all recently boasted of being into witchcraft were all gone too. Even the lecturer had changed – Professor Fairbanks and his exuberant tales of banned books had been replaced by the far more sedate and traditional Professor Emery. Carl Munk still creeps around the campus late at night to spy on pretty girls and one day in the near future will be undoubtedly caught by the campus police – it will be the first steps in a tragic life of petty criminality and an eventual fatal encounter with some of Arkham's inhuman night time denizens. Didier Melville continues to run M.U.C.K and maintains his crown as king of the nerds whilst being blissfully unaware of what has been occurring around town and still spreading utter nonsense about a non-existent Illuminati cult headed by the dean. Luke Dewer still holds his loud dorm parties and still maintains that he runs a satanic cult and boasts that much of what's been going on about town is in fact his doing – something that always impresses the more gullible freshmen girls. Over in the accounts department Charlotte Spinks continues to embezzle funds from the university unbothered by events around town having never been approached by any of the many investigators, which is perhaps for the best, as she would have undoubtedly introduced them to her biker friends.
Eve Williams sits looking out of her mother's living room window on a quiet suburban street in Brockton, a few hours away from Arkham. Heavily traumatised by her recent experiences with the dark forces of the mythos her condition will steadily worsen and she will become a recluse and a drop out, completely withdrawn from outside society. Several of her former friends and Kappa Delta Phi sorority girls are also hundreds of miles away from Arkham, cowering in the sanctuary of their family homes, tormented by the horrifying memories of the murder of an innocent business man that they witnessed and the vague shifting memories of summoned things that should not be that will forever haunt their dreams. The sorority house itself will remain boarded up and uninhabited for a couple of years before the university finally returns it to use and another set of unsuspecting girls set up home there.
Deep in the Miskatonic Valley things are looking a little brighter. Thanks to the visit of a Delta Green death squad the withdrawn and suspicious rural denizens of this backwards land no longer need to worry about the troublesome Childs and Dean clans nor do they have to concern themselves with the odious presence of the dire witch, Mother Willow. The plans of the backwater witch to summon a dread ambassador of Shub Niggurath and take over Arkham has been utterly thwarted by her unexpected transportation to a distant world surrounding a distant star.
Ebden Burns transported himself, Mother Willow and Les Cultes Des Goules to a planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Libra. Shortly after casting the spell all three materialised in a massive stone maze under the frozen planet's surface. It was here that the Great Old One, Eihort, Lord of the Labyrinth, and his brood, have set up home having left the confines of Ebden's ill-fated Arkham bookshop. Ebden drags a protesting Mother Willow to the centre of the maze where he offers her to his god; unfortunately for Ebden there is no way out of the bargain he has made with the alien god and he is doomed to his fate of madness and death. Mother Willow meanwhile, well versed in the occult and possessing sufficient mythos knowledge, recognises the futility of the offer being made to her by Eihort and refuses, calling on her own god to help her – sadly, the Black Goat of the Woods can do nothing to protect her disciple whilst she is in another god's realm. Mother Willow meets an unpleasant end under the stumps of Eihort. The stolen book will remain lost in an alien maze for eons. Back on Earth, in Boston, the condition of the once bright and dashing Eagle Bond PI, Carl Paronuzzi, gets steadily worse until his fits of screaming and madness result in him being sectioned by the authorities – a short time after this twenty of Eihort's brood emerge from within the demented man in a horrific birth that kills their host. His attendants open his cell in the morning to find the strange white creatures running around a pool of blood and pulped bone and gristle; all of these little critters are duly exterminated and several become samples at the CDC in Atlanta where scientists fruitlessly attempt to identify and classify this new species of deadly parasite.
Outside Chris Henson's devastated house in the north-west of Arkham, Detective John Stubbs watches as two body bags are brought up from the excavated basement – he wonders idly if one of the bodies is that of the missing student. Things have been bizarre and far too busy recently for the seasoned career policeman and he knows well enough that in Arkham it pays not to question things too deeply or go prying into any dark corners; something that the Eagle Bond and the multi-agency task force should both have considered before coming to town and stirring up a such ruckus. Stubbs also knows that he has knowledge of only a portion of what's been going on but he reasons that it just might be the most held by anyone alive less the perpetrators. The evidence clearly points to Professor Fairbanks having been involved in the theft of valuable and rare books from the university and it would seem that a couple of his students, Chris Henson and Eve Williams were also involved. He muses that at least the three of them were responsible for stealing and selling at least a couple of the books in the local community and that Ebden Burns had subsequently bought one or more of these stolen books. But with the books being worth in excess of half a million dollars it would seem that word of this had reached dangerous criminal elements, undoubtedly mob connected, who had mercilessly sought out to recover the books themselves and had not stopped short of murder and arson to cover their tracks. This theory explains almost everything that has occurred across town over the last five weeks – the two arsons, the storming of the Kappa Delta Phi sorority house and the multiple kidnappings from the hospital, mental health centre and the private residences on South Garrison Street; not to mention the deaths of the task force. He's not sure exactly how it all ties in with the Drake siblings or the Professor's violent death, along with a whole police search party, at the scene of some sort of satanic ritual in the hinterlands of New York State – perhaps the gangsters caught up with him out there and relieved him of the remaining books and then run into the boys in blue? Not that he'll find out anytime soon since the crime scene isn't in his jurisdiction. One thing Stubbs is completely unaware of however is the eight volumes of The Revelation of Glaaki currently sitting in the Arkham PD Evidence Room, quietly waiting for the day when a bored custody officer will peruse them.
In the land of Hyperborea, millions of years ago in Earth's distant past, Ul-Hamouth the grand inquisitor of the Elk god Youndeh, enraged by the recent attempt on his life in his own home, arrives at the black tower with an army of over 300 men. They storm the granite structure and spend several hours defeating the golem guards at great loss of life only to find the place devoid of any human inhabitants. Meanwhile, on the distant stormy world of N'kai, the powerful sorcerer Eibon arrives via his summoning circle along with his retinue of faithful monks and his new apprentice, Chris Henson. The old mage smiles to himself; it's true that he has lost his ancient home to his enemies and has been forced to flee but his plans to build an escape route to the world of his god, the mighty Tsathoggua, has been successfully realised. He is now safe to practice his dark arts unmolested, assisted by his young aide who has all but forgotten about his previous life in a place called Arkham in the 21st century.
As for Eagle Bond, Bryce Cavendish manages to struggle on for a few more months until the trauma of what he saw in the sorority house and guilt over Tricia's death causes a short breakdown; eventually, after a period of time he commences a new less stressful career as an accountant. Dale Rutherford manages to mentally block all the disturbing occurrences and continues with the firm and buries the memories of Arkham one case at a time. Heather Mosby struggles to do the same and shortly leaves the firm to take up a degree course and is periodically plagued by strange monstrous dreams for the rest of her life. Malcolm Ashford's widow and family continue to petition the authorities for an enquiry into his mysterious death in an Arkham bookshop basement but this never occurs and their doubts are never resolved.
Similar fates await the loved ones of the Delta Green team. No one in authority seems to know why a disparate collection of law enforcement officers of good standing suddenly converged on Arkham as part of a task force no one has heard of, much less why two of them met a fiery death in the basement of a well-to-do suburban house, or that one went missing from the hospital never to be seen again while a fourth now permanently resides in a mental health centre. No one connects the dots when a senior Treasury Department official, Colin Menthers, aka Bernard, is machine gunned outside his Milwaukee residents by assassins unknown (actually Adolf Lepus of the clandestine government agency, Majestic 12).
The mystery surrounding the Adirondack National Park Massacre will never be satisfactorily explained away and various rumours and conspiracy theories will be spread far and wide to explain the shooting death of a respectable Massachusetts' University professor and the horribly mangled corpses of over fifteen policemen, their dogs and an Arkham Advertiser reporter at the scene of some sort of Satanic ceremony. Some of the broken remains of Fairbanks' family and the abducted Brown family will eventually be found scattered wide throughout the dense forests of the park, far from the original scene. Condita manages to leave much of what happened behind her – convincing herself and the police that on that particular night she must have been drugged and hallucinating; and that what she saw and experienced could in no way be real. The three summoned Star-Spawn now quietly meander through the more remote valleys of the national park, far from prying eyes. The Necronomicon is seized from Tricia's abandoned car and entered into evidence where it remains, forgotten, for years while the authorities fruitlessly try to get to the bottom of things.
Most fortunately for the residents of Arkham is that unbeknownst to them the demented plans of Professor Gregory Fairbanks have been scuttled by two reporters and the only member of Eagle Bond who stuck with the case throughout. The professor had taken his love of the secret and forbidden to a new level and with the assistance of the Drake family and his new followers had sought to revive and build up the extinct Cult of Cthulhu and assume the position of High Priest. Fairbanks was guided by dreams sent from his god who still slumbers beneath the ocean in R'lyeh; he sought to awaken great Cthulhu but fortunately for humanity, the stars are not yet right. Instead, had he not been stopped, he would have conducted a number of abductions and sacrifices resulting in a diminishing number of star spawn being summoned forth in great Cthulhu's stead and left to loiter the dense and immense forests of the Adirondacks until called upon. A great disaster has been averted and Fairbanks did not have the time to leverage the terrifying power of the Necronomicon to make Arkham a very different place in tone and feel – its population will not suffer a drastic cull and its society will not now be infiltrated by cultists; Arkham will remain a vaguely sinister town with a dark secret at its heart but thanks to the actions of Lloyd, Condita and most of all, Tricia, normal everyday life will continue. For now.


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The setting will change Thursday, when Roy Halladay boards a plane bound for Florida. His recovery started in stadium bullpens around the country. It will intensify in the form of a simulated game Saturday in Clearwater, which could be the final progression before Halladay appears in a minor-league game.
All signs point to the erstwhile ace's return sometime this season. He has suffered no setbacks in rehabbing his shoulder surgery. He is "cautiously optimistic" about his ability to compete at a higher level than his first seven starts of 2013.
He said Philadelphia is his first choice for employer in 2014. Both player and team can use September as a month of due diligence.
"I'm not worried about next year," Halladay said. "I want to come back and pitch. I just want to be a part of things and be effective. There was a lot going on in [my shoulder] that was affecting things. Really, for myself, to come back and say, 'Hey, this is something I could overcome,' that means more than anything.
"I'm not coming back to try to get a contract for next year, a bigger contract, anything like that. I just want to come back and pitch. After that, hopefully make a decision on where I can win. I hope that's here."
Halladay said he "sees a lot here" to convince him the Phillies can contend in 2014. A healthy and effective Halladay could increase those odds a great deal. Even if Halladay is half the pitcher he was in 2011, the last season he was healthy, he provides great value.
The Phillies have plenty of incentive in Halladay's return this season. So, too, does the pitcher.
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Champion in a hurry: Kim Crow
26 Feb 2014
Crow's life is built around challenges. She was raised in a family of avid sportspeople — her father is former AFL player Max Crow — and was taught 'the most rewarding thing you can do is to do your best'. In 2005 she took up rowing after a leg injury ended her hurdling career, and she attributes a willingness to 'have a go at anything' as the reason she was able to avoid the post-Olympics blues.
'There is a lull after the Olympics and a lot of athletes can go into a mourning period. It's important to be able to find new and exciting dreams, and I think having the challenge of the single scull helped me to refocus on what it was I wanted to do.'
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USDA released the June 29 Acreage Report and Quarterly Grain Stocks Report Friday. Both of these reports are based on conditions as of June 1.
The reports have been called neutral to bullish for corn, neutral for cotton, bearish for soybeans and mixed for wheat. That said, there were no real surprises in the USDA reports and with the reports out of the way the market will turn its focus on the weather and the weakening U.S. Dollar.
Drought in the lower half to a third of the Midwest and the Mid-South continues to intensify with no real short-term relief in sight.
European leaders agreed to use bailout funds to aid banks and that saw a surge in the Euro and a weakening U.S. Dollar with the Dollar in early trading at 81.69, down 1.32.
Corn acreage at 96.4 million acres was 440,000 acres higher than the average trade guess and at the high end of estimates and 540,000 acres higher than the March 30 intentions. This would be the highest acreage since 1937.
More importantly, harvested acreage is estimated at 88.85 million acres, a little higher abandonment number than earlier thought and less than the 89.1 million acres that USDA has been using.
All cotton acreage at 12.6 million acres was 520,000 acres lower than the March 30 intentions, but was within the range of guesses.
Soybean acreage at 76.1 million acres was 505,000 acres more than the average trade guess and 2.18 million acres higher than the March 30 estimate. It would be the third highest on record.
All wheat acreage was at the low end of expectations and at 56.017 million acres were 830,000 lower than the average trade guess and 109,000 acres higher than the March 30 intentions.
These acreage numbers are the ones at least for now that the market will be trading. Acreage changes since June 1 have occurred, most likely in abandoned acres, but will not fully come to light until a firmer number comes probably in the September USDA report. Acreage then will be based from FSA certified acres as well as surveys.
There were no major surprises in the Quarterly Grains Stocks Report as it is called neutral to bullish for corn, bearish soybeans and neutral to bearish wheat.
Corn ending stocks were reported 33.5 million bushels lower than the average trade guess. Based on this stocks data, old crop ending stocks in the July report may be adjusted downward.
Soybean stocks were 27.5 million bushels higher than the average trade guess, and above the top end of expectations. Unless exports are increased in the July USDA report, old crop ending stocks reported in July could be around 200 million bushels.
Wheat stocks ended their marketing year at 742.7 million bushels, 14.7 million bushels higher than reported in June's USDA Supply & Demand report and 16.7 million bushels higher than the average trade guess.
The next USDA Supply and Demand report will be released on Wednesday, July 11 and will update the fundamental numbers based on the Acreage Report and Quarterly Stocks Reports.


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You never know when or where that next sound will pop up. Sometimes you hear a DJ spin it, sometimes a friend plays it for you, sometimes a two-time Grammy winner and composer of a very catchy song from your favorite childhood video game does an open forum interview on your favorite social news website. Well, that's how I ended up getting my hands on a copy of the new (and first) Stereo Alchemy release, God Of Love. Stereo Alchemy is made up of Christopher Tin and his counterpart K4m37r0n, who are an impressive pair, to say the least. Together they create a sound refreshing and new, and the genre ascribed by the makers themselves on the duo's website pretty much sums it up: decadent electronica.
Some tracks on God Of Love, like Love Is Love, have a very Album Leaf feel. Then, you listen to a track like She Walks in Beauty and it's an entirely different experience; the vibes are a bit more indie, but the soul is still there. I think that this is the future of electronic music. As it begins to pervade our culture, we'll see it used more artfully within other forms of music, and sometimes not so artfully, but in this case we're definitely dealing with the former.
If you liked those tracks, this next one is a bit of an in-between. God Of Love's title song, buried three tracks deep into the album, is the crown on this trinity of reasons that you need to check out Stereo Alchemy. They turn negative soundscapes into sexy, euphonic compositions of righteous synth, virtuous instrumentalism, seductive vocals, and just the right amount of bass. This is one for the masses, guys.


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På spåret till Elektronikmässan
ECH blev lite av en kändis efter medverkan i tv-programmet På Spåret.
Frågan kring kopplingsschemat visade sig vara svårare än väntat för de tävlande lagen i tv-programmet och vi ville därför testa kunskaperna hos elektronikmässans besökare. Många hade sett tv-programmet och kände igen frågan.
Advanced Engineering 2017, Göteborg – Easyfairs
We want to thank all involved for letting us having the possibility to met and make contact with all this interesting people during these 2 days.
Forensics students learning the basic radio technology
Studying the radiation pattern from a IFA (Inverted F-Antenna)
Interesting start this year
This year a lot of new standards is harmonized, so there is much knowledge to learn.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
We at ECH would like to thank everyone who has visited us in 2016 and look forward to equally rewarding 2017.
Interference / Diffraction
In the search for deeper knowledge from our friend Feynman in Interference and Diffraction.
EMC återigen hett
ECH is on right track.
Radar system workshop
Today we had a workshop regarding future radar systems specifically focus on co-existents' of many radar and communication systems within the same spectrum range. The workshop was led by Hans Hellsten (SAAB, and adj. prof. Halmstad University). Except technical challenges the financing of a national radar system research program was initiated. My personal belief is that this technology area is of great importance in the future, especially considering radar in future cars (especially considering autonomous cars) and as an important sensor in many future Internet of Things applications. I really believe that it is utterly important that some of the research funding agencies actually take on this responsibility and fund research activities in this area to preserve existent knowledge and increase the research in the area of radar systems to strengthen Swedish industrial competiveness in a wide range of application areas.


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Two ways of interpreting Tagore
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- Published 19.05.06
|Kamalini Mukhopadhyay performs at Rabindra Sadan (Picture by Shambhu Hazra)
Panchishe Baishakh celebrations this year amply showed that the musical legacy of Rabindranath Tagore rests handsomely on two opposite yet formidable approaches. One looks inwards, and the other looks outwards. While the former is content in taking the conservative route, the latter finds it hard to negotiate with the trends that keep changing every year. The programmes under review demonstrate this.
Discipline, dedication and decorum were the cornerstone of Dakshinee's concert at Rabindra Sadan (May 5). If the absence of exasperated mannerisms was the most welcome feature of the evening's recital, a meticulous planning followed close on its heels. Spread over three segments ? Bichitra, Prem and Puja ? 27 numbers were delivered in solo, duet and chorus. And true to Dakshinee's standards, there was no dearth of notable renditions. Modulation was the key to Mrinalini Guhathakurta's mature work of Na go ei je dhula.
The understated cry of Jadi holo jabar kshan was given its due by Sharbari Das. Anirban Bhattacharya's baritone was expressively restrained in Jadi ase tabe kena jete chay. Alokananda Roy was almost there with Kandale tumi more. Aditi Gupta's Path cheye je kete gela looked beyond her exquisite vocal skills. Nilanjana Sarkar's experience saw her through in Aro aghat saibe. Rahul Mitra did a commendable job with Dukkharate hey nath. Among the duets, Kasturi Chakraborty and Aditya Bhattacharya's Amaar je sab dite habe was unpretentious, throbbing with adolescent cadence. Shono tar sudhabani, a rare Bramhosangeet, topped the chorus honours.
Recital of the day came from Kamalini Mukhopadhyay. Here is one young soprano who has lived up to the great expectations of early years. Her Ki ragini bajale came at the end of the Prem segment. Soaked in the ambiguous melancholy of Kanada, she embellished the number with undulating glides alternating with brisk melodic phrases. The relaxed pace facilitated her measured use of tappa trills without being intrusive. The overall impression was of a soulful prayer.
On the other end, Chakratirtha's Nana Range Rabindranath (Sisir Mancha, May 10) was a perilous journey through popular taste to etch everyman's Tagore. It began well with Sumita Paul's pensive recital of Dakba na aman kare. The 56-minute long play-reading of Bisarjan, conceived by Kingshuk Roy Chowdhury and directed by Bijoy Laxmi Burman, was faithful to the radio drama format and corroborated Tagore's humanitarian view. The elocution segment produced curious results. Biplab Chattopadhyay struck the right poetic notes. Swapnamoy Chakraborty's autobiographical prose piece capturing the gradual acceptance of Tagore in middle-class mindset was dealt at length by Raya Bhattacharya. But Soumitra Chattopadhyay, teaming up with Shampa Sen, disappointed in Karna-Kunti Sambad. The other pairing, between Sovan Sundar Basu and Indrani Haldar did a shade better in a dance-interpretation of Nirjharer Swapnabhanga. Later, Basu teamed up with wife Aishwariya to present poems with high adrenaline count. Surajit Chattopadhyay's forays into Tagore songs were shorn of traditional baggage, in spite of liberties that he took in plenty.


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Kochi franchise partners in negotiations to resolve dispute
The various partners forming the consortium that successfully bid for the Kochi IPL franchise had a series of meetings in Mumbai today to come to a settlement and form a joint venture company that will hold the franchise rights for the cash-awash Twenty20 League.cricket Updated: Oct 19, 2010 21:31 IST
The various partners forming the consortium that successfully bid for the Kochi IPL franchise had a series of meetings in Mumbai on Tuesday to come to a settlement and form a joint venture company that will hold the franchise rights for the cash-awash Twenty20 League.
"There were meetings this afternoon and negotiations are on. All consortium partners were present. They are having another meeting tonight," said sources in know of the developments.
The crux of the dispute is who will run the affairs of the franchise, bought from the Cricket Board for a staggering $333 million, once the JV was formed.
The investors include corporate firms Anchor Earth, Parinee Developers, Rosy Blue and Film Wave - who hold 75 per cent of the equity.
The remaining 25 per cent has been given to the family of Gaekwads - Shailendra, his brother Ravi and their parents plus a few others - as free equity for services rendered in successfully bidding for the franchise, the sources said.
"The majority share holders want the minority to invest 10 per cent and get 15 per cent as (free) equity without giving up control over running the company, while the other parties to the dispute want either the CEO post or the cricketing affairs to be vested with them," the sources said.
Earlier this month the BCCI, owning the IPL, had issued a notice to the newly-inducted Kochi team asking the partners to resolve all their internal disputes within 10 days after terminating the agreement with two other franchises - Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals - on alleged breach of the terms and conditions of the agreement.
"It was further unanimously decided to issue a notice to the unincorporated joint venture holding the Kochi franchise calling upon them to resolve all their disputes and form a company which will hold the IPL franchise rights. Accordingly, P R Raman, advocate for BCCI has been given instructions to issue all the three notices," the BCCI said in its October 10 media statement.
BCCI president Shashank Manohar had said about Kochi that the franchise had not violated the (franchise) agreement, but was only suffering from internal squabbles.
"Kochi hasn't yet breached the agreement. There are some internal disputes," the BCCI chief said.
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Gabon 11th Licencing Round
****** Bid Submission Extended to 31st May 2016 ******
Gabon is calling for international participation in the new 11th Licensing Round which will focus on five blocks covering some of the country's key deep water acreage in the highly prospective South Gabon Salt Basin. In response to the exploration challenges CGG has been appointed to advise the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) on the promotion of this license round and has worked directly with the Ministry to acquire over 25,000 km² of new 3D BroadSeisTM multi-client seismic data.
The round was formally opened on 27th October 2015 by His Excellency, Minister for Petroleum, Mr. Etienne Dieudonné NGOUBOU at the 22nd Africa Oil Week conference in Cape Town South Africa.
His Excellency, Minister for Petroleum, Mr. Etienne Dieudonné NGOUBOU, said: .
"The Oil Ministry has very high hopes for Gabon's new 11th licensing round and are excited by the opportunities for the successful development of this highly prospective region. New deep-water exploration wells offshore Gabon, such as Shell's recent Leopard discovery, indicate a significant pre-salt basin and the new 3D multi-client data acquired by CGG greatly upgrades the resolution of the pre-salt image, further enhancing the chances of exploration success."
Blocks on Offer 11th Licensing Round
Video of the Ministers Speech at the 22nd Africa Oil Week
Multi-Client 3D Survey
CGG completed the acquisition of 25,000 km² of broadband Multi-Client 3D seismic in 2015. The survey shot simultaneously by two CGG high capacity vessels. Acquisition Direction SW-NE for Optimum Illumination based on dip direction and orientation of salt bodies from interpretation of legacy seismic and gravimetric data.
Click on the image for a high resolution version
Click on Data Room tab to request data vewing of Fast Track PSTM dataset.
Road Show Presentations
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DGH presentation - Deep Water Blocks
Geology presentation - Blocks in the Gabon Salt Basin
MCNV presentation - 3D Multi-client Data
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Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Hydrocarbons
Gabon Government Portal


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Living on the Sydney beach is amazing, but not as great for my skin. Thanks to strong sun lights and salty water my skin suffers from dryness. After 2 years of non-successful attempts with a various range of conventional cosmetics products, I felt desperate. Then I was lucky enough to spend two months in Bali. When I visited local markets I bought an organic coconut oil to give it a try. I was amazed by the result! It worked perfectly for me so I started to experiment with all types of oils. And I was hooked!
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Avocado oil
Who doesn't love avocado, one of our the healthiest fat? But have you know that you can spread avocado not only on the slice of bread but also on your skin? More precisely, avocado oil is extracted from the avocado tree that is native to Central Mexico. It supports skin regenerating and hydrating and makes the skin and hair more supple. It is quite thick and rich in vitamin A and E. Avocado oil provides perfect protection and aftercare when your skin is exposed to the sun or the wind. There three different types available in the market: bright green (made from fresh pulp), dark green – almost brown (made from dried pulps) and pale yellow (has been refined, obtained from dried pulp). It absorbs easily and doesn't leave a greasy film.
Evening Primrose oil
This regenerating and softening oil, which is extracted from seeds of the primrose plant, is great for dry, wrinkled or damaged skin. It has yellow to pale green color and is thick and rich in vitamin E.
Jojoba oil
Currently my the most favorite oil, which is extracted from seeds of the jojoba shrub. Interestingly its composition is very close to that of human sebum (the natural oil which our skin produces). It helps to control the production of sebum, regenerate, calm, soften, and protect the skin. It also has anti-inflammatory properties. As a bonus, it contains a natural sunscreen. Jojoba oil has a yellow color and is actually a wax that is liquid at room temperate. It absorbs very easily. This oil is my first choice in hot Australian summer.
Olive oil
We all know that extra virgin olive oil is perfect for our favorite salad, but have you know, that is the perfect treatment for your dry and sensitive skin too? The olive oil is extracted from the ripe fruit of the olive tree and it contains vitamins A and E. It nourishes and moisturizes the skin. It comes in various shades of light green has an aroma that is more or less pronounced. When using olive oil for skin care, avoid an overly fruity scent.
Tip: Put a few tablespoons of olive oil to the bath water. Your skin will be smooth, soft and glowing.
Sunflower oil
This oil extracted from the seeds of sunflower is perfect for dry and very dry skin. It has softening and nourishing properties. It has a yellow color and a fruity aroma similar to that of sunflower seeds. The sunflower oil absorbs very well and is rich in skin soothing vitamin E.
Sweet almond oil
It is extracted from the kernel of sweet almonds and it helps to soothe, tone and soften the skin. The sweet almond oil may also help to treat minor burns. It has a pale yellow color and a very discreet scent, is rich in vitamins A and E. The sweet almond oil absorbs very quickly without leaving oily appearance.
Well, now you know my top 6 facial oils for dry skin. Now it is time to start experimenting and find the best one for you.
Can't wait to hear about your favorite ones :).


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Welcome to part 14 of my tour through ASP.NET 4.0. In this episode, we're going to look at two new features Microsoft have added to the way we can control ASP.NET session state. If you choose to use them, they will definitely improve the perceived performance of your session state provider and therefore your application.
Session Compression
Arguably the easiest way to improve session state performance is not to use it, or at least to put as little in it as absolutely possible. However, sometimes that's just not possible. Even some Microsoft teams use perhaps a bit more than they should - the Office Web team stick Word files in session state for example - so we're not the only ones who do it. The problem then is that performance suffers as session info runs over the network between the database storing the info and the web server and then onto our users.
The first of the new features in ASP.NET 4.0 is to make use of the compression features in .NET and apply them transparently to all the serialized session state on the fly as it goes between the web server and the out-of-process state server.
"Anecdotal evidence suggests that this [trade-off between CPU time for network bandwidth] provides reduction in size of between 33% and 66%." - Stefan Schackow, PDC 2009
All you need to do to switch session compression on is set the following config.
<configuration> ... <system.web> ... <sessionState compressionEnabled="true" ... /> ... </system.web> </configuration>
Just to reiterate, session compression doesn't apply to in-process session state but applies equally to the SQL Server provider for out of process session state and the out-of-process state server provider. If you've never considered or simply never needed to work with an out-of-process state server, why not give it a try? Some say that they always go straight to out-of-process - your mileage may vary. Should you wish to investigate further, here are a few good links.
- Comparison of all three Session State Providers
- Pillar to post guide to setting the out-of-process stateserver up
- A slightly deeper guide to how it works
- How to set up a SQL database for storing session state data
Ever wondered how ASP.NET actually determines whether session state should be used for a page? Me neither. All we really need to know is that we set a default for the Session State module in web.config - enabled, read-only or disabled and then use the @Page directive's EnableSessionState attribute to override that default as required.
However, this is all declarative. What we've been unable to do from v1 to v3.5 SP1 is to override and set the current mode for the session state server programmatically. This now changes in v4 where we can set a new value in the HttpContext that says what mode it should be. Simply create a new HttpModule and hook the BeginRequest event. It has to be this early so the change can be set and ASP.NET will notice the change.
public void Init(HttpApplication context) { context.BeginRequest += new EventHandler(OnBegin); } private void OnBegin(object sender, EventArgs e) { HttpContext c = (sender as HttpApplication).Context; c.SetSessionStateBehavior(SessionStateBehavior.Required); }
The SessionStateBehavior enumeration has four possible values. Three of them - Required, ReadOnly and Disabled - set the state server mode and override the value of any EnableSessionState attribute in your @Page directive. However, the fourth value - Default - sets the state server mode to that declared in web.config and allows overrides from your @Page directives, just as it did in previous versions of ASP.NET.
In case you were wondering how session state does work, the session state module inspects the HTTP headers for each incoming request for a 'marker interface' which it then interprets as session state being required or read-only. If it's not there, session state is read as disabled. Hence the problem with setting SessionStateBehavior programmatically - the mechanism has to work over the top of those interfaces rather than manipulate them - they are interfaces so there is nothing to manipulate.
In this episode, we've looked at two new features of ASP.NET for dealing with session state servers - session compression and the ability to set their behavior programmatically. Touted as a post-RTM release, much like the new OutputCache providers mentioned in Part 13, Microsoft also plan to release a new partial session state provider which allows you to state which items in session state should be downloaded from state to web server for any given page being requested. However, that's for investigation after April 12. So for the meantime, happy coding!


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Well, a Church is not necessarily a 501c3...one can get a tax ID and a bank account without it. There are guidelines on the IRS website about that...IRS is clear that due to separation of church vs state, a Church is a Church without being 501c3. 501c3 has some perks naturally like corporate veil and all that.
So, are you saying a Bishop can not use Economia over these specific canons?
the issue can only be resolved by Ecumenical Council and not by personal feelings of any bishop.
In the Middle East, there is a great deal of mixing, even in parishes, of EO and OO.
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After thirty-one days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, more than 1,000 dead and a week of haggling between France and the United States, the United Nations Security Council finally approved a cease-fire resolution on Friday.
With visible exasperation, Kofi Annan, beyond American retaliation as his term finishes at the end of this year, told the Council, "my disappointment and sense of frustration are shared by hundreds of millions of people around the world. For weeks now, I and many others have been calling repeatedly for an immediate cessation of hostilities, for the sake of the civilian population on both sides who have suffered such terrible, unnecessary pain and loss. All members of this Council must be aware that its inability to act sooner has badly shaken the world's faith in its authority and integrity."
And that that was just frustration over the time it took to get the resolution. An actual cease-fire will take longer. One reason is that acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his American friends want to disguise the unpalatable truth that they have achieved nothing that could not have been done within days of the Hezbollah kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, which sparked the conflict.
While the US delegation included the Israelis, the Lebanese surrogate was France, which ironically was one of the major movers of earlier UN resolutions designed to hobble Hezbollah. Israeli actions in Lebanon, however, have created such a constituency for Hezbollah in Lebanon that Paris ended up negotiating on its behalf.
The tie-breaker in the deadlocked negotiations was the Lebanese offer to send in 15,000 troops to match a phased Israeli withdrawal, although Friday's attack on a refugee convoy under Lebanese Army escort–yet another murderous "accident"–seems designed to show what the Israeli Defense Forces really think of them.
In the same insensitive vein, knowing that an agreement was near in New York, Olmert's government launched a new offensive on the very day the draft was coming to fruition. Even as he professed support for the resolution, he announced that the offensive would continue until the Cabinet could meet on Sunday to decide whether to call it off. Olmert called Bush early Saturday morning "to thank him for the concern he showed for Israel's interests in the Security Council."
The Israeli leader has reason to be grateful for the Bush Administration's callous and foolish procrastination of a cease-fire in order to give time for Israel to "finish the job" with Hezbollah. However, beyond the ruined infrastructure of Lebanon and hundreds of new graves, it is difficult to see what the Olmert administration achieved. Hezbollah now enjoys immense prestige across the Arab and Muslim world for standing against Israeli arms longer than any of the national armies of the region.


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Newsletters 2012
Office Africa February 2012- Kaingo camp comes in at first place under South Luangwa National Park in Trip Advisor, with Mwamba Bush Camp at a healthy 6th. Bush weddings are in full swing at the moment and we get a chance to view some guest artwork. A series of photographs showing a lion pride hunting two buffalo's will put you in the action while we also view our photographs of the month.
Office Africa May 2012 – we are back live from South Luangwa, after the opening of Kaingo on May 26th for the 2012 season. In this newsletter we talk about our new brochure, our staff, you can read an interview of Derek Shenton and be updated on Proflight's luggage policy.
Office Africa June 2012 – The second month of the season has been busy and you will find a lot of pictures in this newsletter. We are showing the Mwamba lion cubs to start with. Then we feature some photographs taken by our long term expert guide , Patrick Njobvu. You will also find the second part of the interview, this time focusing on Jules Shenton.
Office Africa July 2012 – Cruel Month, this is the title we should give to this past month of July! We have had so many incredible sighting, mostly involving lions of course, but also leopards, hyenas and vultures. Not for the faint hearted on the pictures side! And we will have more for August as sightings keep coming as we are putting this newsletter to "press".
Office Africa August 2012 – August brought more sightings, especially of very young lion cubs, and loads of leopards. We also had a day of rain, which was unheard of at this time of the year. All in all a very good month in South Luangwa.
Office Africa September 2012 – More great stories in this September newsletter, especially of this great sighting of WILD DOGS coming to the river across from Kaingo. Summer has arrived, with temperatures soaring. Don't miss the pictures from guests Chris, Lorenza and Benson. Sad to think we are heading to our last month of the season!
Office Africa October 2012 – The month of October is probably the best for lion sightings and it was the case again this season. We had the pleasure to find all the Mwamba cubs reunited! So don't miss out and have a look at this newsletter. October is also the peak for our photographic hide located at Mwamba, with fantastic photo opportunities.
Office Africa November 2012 – Our 2012 season came to an end, and camps are now packed away until May 2013! In this newsletter we feature many beautiful pictures from our guests, with the lion cubs, snake attacks, croc attacks! And much more. We ended the season with massive rains, and you can see the effect of such downpour on our trails. Our next newsletter will be in January 2013.


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Si Racha, Thailand, Aug 29, 2013 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In Thailand, the Diocese of Chanthaburi is reaching out to rural residents through a human development program offering assistance to families and children of all religions.
"Kids need to be inspired to aspire, and especially rural kids, because unlike city kids they lack exposure and facilities," Father Giuseppe Ekapop Phonmoon, director of the Chanthaburi diocese's office of Diocesan Social Action, told CNA.
On Aug. 22-23, the office held a program at the diocesan pastoral center in Si Racha to encourage inter-religious relations and to help develop the living conditions of rural residents in the diocese.
More than 100 children, both Catholics and Buddhists, participated in the two-day program.
Diocesan Social Action is a pastoral and social initiative of the Thai bishops' conference that promotes human dignity and the capacity for improving the life of rural and poor citizens irrespective of religion in the nation.
Fr. Phonmoon said the initiative has two dimensions: one "cognitive-educative," and a "charitable," action-oriented dimension.
The formative dimension includes a section to expose participants to the Catholic faith life and identity.
Diocesan Social Action also helps in financing micro-credit, helping farmers to buy agricultural products so long as they regularly attend the training program.
Many of the families who participate are of "mixed religious marriages," he said, and the program must respect them while orienting them to Catholic faith life and helping foster inter-religious dialogue.
Program participants become ambassadors of good will, receive training and help to develop their living conditions. The training is offered free of charge to the rural poor, as similar programs offered by other groups are generally cost-prohibitive for those who need them most, he said.
Catholics are a very small minority in the south-east Asian nation. In the Diocese of Chanthaburi, they are 0.8 percent of the population, and less than one percent of all Thais are Christian. Nearly 95 percent of Thais are Buddhist, and most of the remaining population is Muslim, making inter-religious relations a notable fact of life for Thai Catholics.


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Tensions have been building over the last several months, as many in the EU have begun to partially or wholly close their borders. This has placed states such as Greece in a difficult situation. They have not the resources or the desire to shut off the flow of Islamic migrants into their country.
With their Northern neighbors building fences to stop the travel of migrants through their lands, Greece is faced with the problem of housing, feeding, and providing medical care for those now trapped inside their border. The resulting log jam has created a volatile situation, already erupting in violence.
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Middle Eastern migrants have used a home-made battering ram in an attempt to force their way into Macedonia from Greece today. They also rioted and threw rocks at police, who retaliated with tear gas.
The migrants managed to destroy a gate on the border with the Medieval siege weapon, which they had fashioned from steel poles. It is not clear how many managed to get through the broken gate.
These people, mostly men, were so desperate to travel through
Macedonia that they were willing to face men in riot gear. Macedonia has said that it will not allow any migrants except for Syrian and Iraqi to enter.
And with 6500 migrants on the Greek side of the Macedonian border, the Greek government has threatened political action if things do not return to normal.
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Alexis Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister, has threatened to block EU legislation, including David Cameron's "reform deal", unless other member states accept more migrants.
"We will not accept turning the country into a permanent warehouse of souls with Europe continuing to function as if nothing is happening", he said last week, adding: "Greece will not agree to deals (in the EU) if a mandatory allocation of burdens and responsibilities among member countries is not secured."
But as I reported, many of the Balkan countries have stated that they were not going to take any more migrants. And unfortunately for Greece, Macedonia is not a member of the EU, and such tactics will likely prove unsuccessful.
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A friend of mine introduced me to "Marshmallow Fondant" over a year ago, and I will never simply "ice" a birthday cake again. It works just the same as store bought fondant, but tastes way better! (and it's cheaper! Cheaper is good!) I've had several emails asking how it's made- so I figured it would be a perfect recipe for the 'i heart faces: dessert recipe" week!
Here we go!
To start, you'll need a large bag of marshmallows, crisco, icing sugar and vanilla. (which I forgot to put in the picture, so just pretend it's there! Clear vanilla is better if you have it, as it leaves the fondant a brighter white.)
Count out 50 large marshmallows.
Okay, well 49 will do….
Add 2 tablespoons of water, and microwave at 30 second intervals stirring in-between.
Not quite done yet…
It usually take about 2 minutes, but keep going until there are no lumps left.
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the mixture, and stir well.
Now comes the messy part!
Get out your crisco, and grease a good 12x12 inch spot. You'll need it in a minute.
Now, we're going to add 1 cup of icing sugar at a time, and stir it into the melted marshmallow.
About 3 cups in, it should start to look like this.
Once it begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl and hold together in a more dough-like substance, you're ready for the next step. Take off any rings, grab the crisco again, and cover your hands in it. Use lots. You won't be sorry. :) Now pour the mixture out onto that greased spot that you prepared, and start kneading. Slowly add another cup of icing sugar on top and knead it in.
I used a total of 6 cups, but just keep kneading until it's smooth, and no longer sticky.
It should be able to stretch without tearing. If it tears, it may be too dry, which can easily fixed by adding a few drops of water.
Lastly, you'll want to roll it into a smooth ball, cover the outside of it with crisco, and have your helper hold open a plastic bag while you drop it in. (cling wrap works too!)
Twist it up air tight, and leave it in the fridge for a few hours. Or overnight, which is what I prefer to do. I always prepare the fondant the night before I make the cake.
My least favourite part: cleaning up…
Now here are just a few tips on decorating with it.
You'll need cornstarch and food colouring.
Pick a spot on the counter, and spread out some cornstarch. Don't be afraid to use quite a bit. The more the better in my opinion…
When you take out the fondant, it may be a little bit hard to work with. You can pop it in the microwave for 10-20 seconds. Try 10 first, and then another 10 if needed. You'll be back to a sticky, messy, mush if you leave it in too long!
To colour it, start kneading and get it pliable and then add a few drop of food colouring on top. Keep kneading until the colour starts to mix in.
Not quite….
Getting there.
It should resemble play-doh, when you're finished. Probably why the kids love this stuff so much!
There we go.
So once you have your colours ready, pick which one you'd like to use for the base of your cake.
I have my cake already iced, and I set it in the freezer for 20 minutes or so prior to adding the fondant.
(On top of my frozen pizza works just fine!)
This way the icing hardens a bit, you can smooth down any sharp spots with your hand, and you won't leave finger prints when smoothing down the fondant.
While it's in there, roll out your fondant into a large circle. You can measure, or play it dangerous and just go by eye. That's what I do…
This is where the cornstarch is important. If you don't use enough, you'll go to lift it up and it will be stuck to your countertop. Lots of cornstarch is the key here. Don't worry about it showing on the fondant, you can brush that off later.
Carefully lift your circle and drop it over the center of your cake.
Smooth it down gently with your hands, pressing out any air bubbles and smoothing out and lumps and bumps.
Here is where my lazy susan, and love of pizza come in handy.
Trim off the excess.
Now you have your base, and the real fun begins!
Here I did a simple polka dot theme. Where I rolled out several different colours, and cut out different sized dots.
Again: lots of cornstarch is key! :)
To apply them, simply brush one side with a little bit of water, and the sugar will act as a glue. Once they're stuck, they're stuck!
I used my pizza cutter to cut out some stripes, and here we have the finished product!
My favourite part: Cut, serve, and enjoy!
Here are a few other things cakes I've made using marshmallow fondant.
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The Venice Biennale is the United Nations of art exhibitions. It represents high ideals and noble aspirations, and reliably shows itself incapable of fulfilling them. This year's edition, the fifty-fourth, on view through November 27, is even more disappointing than usual, which is a bit of a surprise because its directorship was entrusted to Bice Curiger, the Swiss curator of Zurich Kunsthaus and editor of the au courant magazine Parkett. Her broad familiarity with contemporary art across the world should have been ideal preparation for the many difficult tasks she faced at the Biennale, above all the organization of its vast main exhibition.
As usual, this year the main exhibition is uneasily divided between the Central Pavilion in the spacious Giardini della Biennale (the former Italian Pavilion) and the old shipbuilding warrens of the Arsenale, a fifteen- or twenty-minute walk away. For a long time the trend was to keep expanding the curatorial section of the Biennale—ever more space, ever more artists. The unwieldiness spun out of control in 2003, when Francesco Bonami's sprawling exhibition, "Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer," took the form of a sort of conglomerate of exhibitions, some curated by Bonami and others farmed out to various colleagues.
Since then, the successive curators have reined in the shows' centrifugal tendencies, but only to some degree. None have thought to bypass the Arsenale or the Central Pavilion and make a unified exhibition in a single location, but the urge to encompass more and more artists seems to have been stifled. On the other hand, the compulsion to give the exhibitions grandiose titles that don't commit the curator to any particular aesthetic or intellectual program has remained irresistible. Curiger has offered "ILLUMInations," evoking light both in the literal and the intellectual sense (not to mention the inevitable references to Arthur Rimbaud and Walter Benjamin), while also insisting that within the global art world, the idea of the nation is still an important and relevant one. No kidding: as always, nationhood is everywhere at the Biennale, no more so than in the pavilions of dozens of countries ranging alphabetically from Albania to Zimbabwe and in size from the Republic of San Marino to the People's Republic of China, not to mention the "collateral exhibitions," of which several represent such peoples-without-a-nation as the Scots and the Roma. While every artist at the Biennale is somehow or other ascribed to a nation, for what that's worth, if you read their biographies in the catalog you'll learn that many of them reside outside the country of their birth. What does that suggest about Curiger's contention that "the idea of 'nations' can be taken in metaphorical relation to the community"? Art relates to a different, more dispersed and more ambivalent form of community than that of the contemporary nation-state. It somehow associates at once with the global circulation of capital (and of capitalists) that occurs somewhere in the stratosphere above the terrain of the state, and with the vast underground migrations of people, whether legally or otherwise, across borders always more permeable than the governments that police them would like to believe. But art often relates antagonistically, if at all, to the sovereign states that claim to divide up the earth's landmass among themselves. It sometimes seems that the cultural values of developed countries, at least, can be manifested only through antagonism, by artists biting the hand that feeds them.


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MTN unveil this plan this week at the Africa's Biggest tech event in Lagos-Nigeria by TechPlus .. Normally, 3.5GB data goes for N2000 ; but this time, MTN at TechPlus applied the multipliers effect that gives you 7GB of data for just N2000. I know you love it when you get big data for lesser amount. This is exactly 100% bonus.
It is a new plan, a new deal for those who think they value the use of data.
Will it Work on My Device? Yes, it will work on all eligible devices including the un- repented Symbian phones.
How To activate/subscribe for This offer Plan?
- Load N2000 on your MTN line
- Test 2016 to 131 and you'll receive a message that you have been credited with 7GB on Tech 100% Dealzone.
But do you know what…. You can even get upto 11GB with your N2000… Ask me How?
It's simple. MTN is currently on weekend promo called WowWeekend. This is how wow weekend works, when you recharge any amount, you get free data e.g, when you recharge N200, you get free 100MB. When you recharge N500 and above, you get free 1GB.
Load your line with MTN airtime of N2,000 and you'll get free 2GB usable only from Friday to Sunday. You can then use your N2000 to get 7GB of data making it 11GB.
It is time to choose which network is your best when it comes to data.
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I made this curry a few weeks back for David and I on a Friday night. It was so easy to put together, and we ate it while we watched Captain Phillips. Holy cow! Talk about an intense movie. I was a little apprehensive about watching Captain Phillips, but I ended up really enjoying it. It was one of those movies that when it's over you have to do some research for yourself. I needed to know more! If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend it.
Anyway, back to this meal. So, after making it that Friday night I knew I'd be making it again. For starters it comes together realllllyyy quick! I wanted to call this 20 Minute Veggie Red Curry because for an experienced cook, it could come together in 20 minutes, but I don't want ya'll to think I'm a liar if it takes you longer to prepare. It's really easy though! I mean, I'm sure you can all handle slicing some mushrooms (if you don't buy presliced) and chopping some green onions. That's about it for your prep work!
It's got a nice curry flavor (obviously) and it's definitely not too spicy if you're worried about that. Heck, if you really like spicy add in a jalapeno pepper with the seeds or maybe some red pepper flakes. Take this recipe as a guide and add to it however you see fit. Out of chickpeas but have black eyed peas? Sub it! Outta spinach but got kale? Perfect! I served this over quinoa and it's kind of like a quinoa curry soup since there is a lot of liquid but I like it like that. I also served a side of roasted broccoli with it, but you could even add the broccoli directly in the pan and it'd be delish. I'm just trying to get the point across that this dish is highly adaptable. Have fun with it and enjoy it!
25 Minute Veggie Red Curry
1 (13.5 oz) can coconut milk
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons red curry paste
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, drained
1 (8 oz) package sliced mushrooms
4 green onions, chopped
1 (5 oz) bag fresh spinach
Cooked quinoa or rice, to serve
1. Pour coconut milk into a medium pot. Fill emptied can up with water and mix that with the coconut milk. Bring coconut mixture to a boil. Stir in tomato paste, curry paste, lemon juice, brown sugar, chili powder, and salt.
2. Stir in chickpeas, mushrooms, green onions, and spinach. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve veggie curry over quinoa or rice.


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When the world watches American Olympian Nick Symmonds go for gold in the men's 800 meter competition at the London Olympics, viewers may notice something different about his outfit.
Symmonds will have a piece of tape over his left deltoid to tape up a temporary tattoo — one that a company has paid to have on his body.
Symmonds, currently ranked first in the U.S. and sixth in the world, auctioned off space on his body in the form of a temporary tattoo for sponsorship of him as an athlete.
Hanson Dodge Creative was the winner. The company shelled out $11,100 in an e-bay auction for the space, according to Symmonds. Nike is another of Symmond's sponsors.
"Domestically, I'm allowed to display the [Hanson Dodge] tattoo, but internationally according to IAAF and IOC rules I have to tape over it," Symmonds explained Monday on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange".Symmonds said that he hopes in the future, athletes can control their own sponsorship at the Olympics, in addition to the Games having their own sponsors like McDonald's.
He expressed his frustration about ban on individual sponsorship for track athletes.
"We train for four years for these events, and we come here and all these sponsors have helped over the years with travel, medical, housing, food, everything, they've been everything to us and when we come to the Olympics and can give them a return on their investment, suddenly we're not welcome anymore, and I just think it's terrible," Symmonds said.
"If I can't develop myself as a brand, and give companies a return on their investment, it really hampers my ability to earn a living," he added.
Symmonds flew into London last week, and will compete to be the first American to win a medal in the 800 meter contest since Johnny Gray got a bronze in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.


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John Taft is compelled to portray the beauty of the Colorado landscape
By Bonnie Gangelhoff
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When Colorado painter John Taft received a drawing in the mail from his mother last year, he was puzzled and amazed. Taft had no memory of creating this third-grade "masterpiece," and the rendering was an incredible foreshadowing of things to come. "The drawing is of an artist wearing a beret, and he is painting on location in the West with a dark-blue car behind him," he explains. "On the back of the drawing it says, 'What I want to do when I grow up.'"
Here's the curious thing: Taft grew up near Buffalo, NY, and had not been farther west than Ohio at the time. And years later, when he actually did move westward to Colorado, he bought a dark-blue Honda CRV. "But I don't wear a beret," he jokes.
On this particular day, Taft is settling into his studio and recounting the circuitous journey that led to his life as a landscape painter in Longmont, CO, about 40 minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park. Behind him and leaning against the wall is a painting titled TOP LIGHT that depicts the snow-covered Rockies and which is headed for the prestigious Oil Painters of America show at Evergreen Fine Art in Evergreen, CO. Another painting, CHANGES, sits next to it and captures a Colorado field and irrigation ditch on a rainy, overcast day. The painting is one of 20 works that Taft has earmarked for his solo show at Vail International Gallery in Vail, CO, in July. "CHANGES stemmed from a cool, wet, breezy autumn day that was holding its own against the first signs of winter," Taft says. "I found it very refreshing and invigorating and a nice contrast to the more usual sunny days of Colorado. The tonal quality and close color harmonies reinforced that feel."
Taft's studio is in a converted garage warmed by oriental rugs on the cement floor and with a spacious window that reveals a lush lilac bush in full bloom. ?As he unravels his path to landscape painting, the family dog, Sydney, an Australian shepherd and border-collie mix, barges into the room, looks around, and then sinks quickly to the floor to sack out. Taft's love of the landscape harks back to his youth, he says, when he worked at his father's wholesale nursery in upstate New York. "I think it was that experience working for many years in all kinds of weather that connects me so strongly to the land," he says.
Although Taft showed a talent for drawing in his early years, he didn't entertain thoughts about a fine-art career because he didn't believe people actually made a living at the pursuit. Instead, when it came time for college in 1981, he enrolled in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and followed a practical course curriculum in illustration. The first seeds for a career in fine art were planted during a painting class with artist Dan McCaw. "Dan was inspiring, and I think I realized back then that I was more interested in being a gallery artist someday than pursuing a career as an illustrator," Taft says.
But it would take many years and many jobs in the television industry before he took such musings seriously. His art career, he recalls, began rather humorously when he took a brief break from art school to earn money. He was hired by an eccentric Frenchman living in Beverly Hills to paint an 8-foot-tall replica of Jacques-Louis David's famous painting NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS. The client demanded that Taft replace Napoleon's face with his own. "And it turned out he wanted me to do the work for free," Taft says.
Things got better after that, though. For the next 18 years Taft enjoyed a successful career in the high-end computer graphics field as a designer and art director in the television industry, sometimes in Los Angeles but mainly in New York City. He created animation packages for network news and entertainment shows, among other things. But by 2001, when Taft was the design director for a cable network, he had begun painting on the weekends and also began to take workshops with artists Jim Wilcox and Scott Christensen in Jackson, WY.
Shortly after returning from the Wilcox workshop came the event that permanently altered so many lives. On September 11, 2001, Taft was on a bus headed from his home in New Jersey to his office in Manhattan when he looked up from his newspaper to see smoke rising from the World Trade Center. Later, from the television network's 15th-floor office, he saw the towers burning. "I think 9/11 brought into focus the seriousness of life and made me ask myself when I was going to become a fine artist," he says.
A few months later, he joined an artists' group that met over coffee and croissants at actor Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Grill. The conversation centered on the integration of faith and work. "I began to feel called to painting. The net result of 9/11 and the discussions was a dramatic paradigm shift for me," he says.
At that point, Taft says, he began to think about how much he needed to save in order to resettle in the West someday. He knew that he wanted to work toward becoming a full-time landscape painter and also live in the place he painted. One day in 2004, fate intervened quite unexpectedly. ?Taft went in to work as usual, and his boss fired him. But his boss also handed him a very generous severance check. The amount was roughly what he and his wife, Lisa, thought they should save to move and start over again. Their decision was a brave one—they packed up their four children, all under the age of 10, and drove to Colorado to begin their life anew.
That first year in Colorado, Taft recalls, he spent as much time in Rocky Mountain National Park as the park rangers. He sketched and painted for hours—the lakes, mountains, streams, flowers, and fields. "It was like school for me, teaching me many things, including such practical things as the fact that I really wasn't interested in painting in the snow and wind when it was below 25 degrees," he says.
Today the inspiration for his landscape paintings still stems from being on location in all seasons (except for the most frigid days) to do sketches in pencil and oil and take photographs occasionally. Once back in his studio, he works out design and color ideas with additional studies. Eventually Taft copies a study onto a larger canvas, first drawing in paint and then blocking in the major forms in color. Then he continues to add details. In the final stages of the painting process, aesthetic considerations dictate his choices, rather than absolute fidelity to his reference material.
Taft says he never tires of painting Colorado terrain because there is so much variety just a few hours from his front door. And focusing on the region allows him to stay close to his family. In all of his paintings, Taft says, his intent is to convey the profound visual beauty he sees in the landscape. "I have come to see the arts in general as a gift to mankind and beauty as nourishment to the human spirit. This gives me a sense of purpose as an artist," he says.
Mark LeVarn, co-owner of Vail International Gallery, where Taft's show is on view this month, recounts how a few years ago he was looking for a painter who could capture the spirit of the western landscape. Fellow Colorado painter Jeff Legg suggested Taft. "We wanted a master landscape painter who could paint in a large format. That was proving hard to find," LeVarn says. "When we saw John's work, we knew he was right. Jeff Legg told us at the time that John was one of the best, and he was right. People see the spirit of the West that John conveys in his paintings, and they are moved."
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London - (Rotters): Hidden cold war files at the National Archive in Kew may hold the secrets of JK Rowling's nativity according to latest reports.
The serial children's book plagiarist had previously been assumed to be Anne 'Weakest Link' Robinson's natural daughter following a steamy one-nigh shag with ex-MI6 boss Sir Richard Queerlove.
But specimen swabs tested at the Kew secrets store have revealed that Queerlove, 109, was merely the cover-up artiste in a 45 year hoax.
"It was Ronnie alright who spawned Rowling," sources close to the former hatchet-wielding twins related today.
"He also ordered the hit on neo-fascist wannabe Prime Monster Margaret Thatcher that ensured she was replaced with the lookalike crone who's Cherie's real Mom," Deeper Throat explained.
Today's report also states that Gorgon Brown hid Venables/Thompson intelligence files in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement with the IRA.
Tory shadow national security advisor Pauline Neville Jones is a bonkers fantasist 'and probably Gerry McCann's birth mother'.


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It was my pleasure to work with the tank textures. I am happy that my art in this unique project was helpful.
I would love to test the Mod, but where I could get Arma 1 digital download? Haven't bought games for years from Internet and don't know for sure which would be the best way...
peteliuz @ Mar 1 2016, 10:20 AM wrote: I would love to test the Mod, but where I could get Arma 1 digital download?
Ferenssi @ Mar 1 2016, 04:39 PM wrote:You can get the Steam version from the BI store. There's actually a sale at the moment:
h- @ Mar 7 2016, 11:46 AM wrote: So you went and wasted money on an old game to play some unfinished alpha mod.
Nice pic though.
I wish the engine would support something like that..
The basic ground texture probably could be made shinier but the snow 'bumps' on the ground are clutter and have none of the shader texture stuff that is available on everything else in the game.
I think the glitter on snow is a small yet fascinating visual detail which could make the Mod to look even more wintery + it would be quite fast and easy thing to do to every texture which has some snow / frost in it.


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Sharon and I were washing the pickup one Saturday afternoon when she said, out of the blue, "Are you glad you had girls instead of boys? Would you rather have had sons?"
She was referring to the fact that I was the only male in the family. One wife, two daughters, a German Shepherd, two cats, two newts, two rabbits, all of which sported a preference for being female. I was the only one that held out for being one of the opposite sex! (We do have several hundred spiders that live around the windows, and in the fireplace, but as of this writing, I have not been able to determine their gender absolutely.)
Am I glad I had girls instead of boys? It was like asking me if I preferred the world round instead of square. There was no way I could answer to the point of satisfaction. What comparison does one have?
At first I joked about it. Yes, I had said, your mother and I tried boys at first, but they were so untidy that we sent them back before the warranty ran out, and exchanged them for girls.
Sharon laughed and repeated her question. I tried to think what had precipitated the question. Was it because I had sighed a little too much when I wanted a pair of (stronger) arms to hold the wrench when I was turning the nut on the other end? was it the time when I just didn't feel like splitting another log?
We stopped washing the pick-up, and moved up to the rising mound of the lawn where two apple trees were forming their first tiny fruits. I had planted them both for the girls - one each, Red Delicious for Sharon, and a Yellow Delicious for Kate. We sat down, and Sharon stretched out, arms folded under her head, and waited. I wondered; would I have planted them for sons?
It wasn't the first time the question had been asked. I had often asked it of myself. Boys instead of girls? It isn't that simple. Sex and gender have nothing to do with character.
From the very beginning, I have reveled in the insights that came with children in my life. I have always tried to tell them who they are, often without comprehension, but always giving them the message, like some lighthouse, until it sinks in and they understand. And when I stand and look at them, the age and sex of these two girls come out a pretty poor second against the wonder and grace that they express about and to the world around them.
Again what is the comparison? We superficially compare our mothers with our best friends' mothers, or our brothers with other seemingly kinder or more experienced brothers of others. But it is a surface comparison. My daughters have covered my life with a million and one little secrets and intimate details that no one else could possibly accomplish. I have known the all theirm lives. Much of what they are is me, not as a copy or semblance, but as a reminder of who I am as well.
If I were to say that I would rather have something, or someone else, I would have no way of knowing to whom I was comparing the others. My daughters have given so much to my life, taught me so much about children, and little girls and growing, that I would be scared even to think about any kind of replacement, imaginary or otherwise.
When I was first married, I thought that we would have a son, or sons, and maybe a daughter or two. Perhaps. Much of this thinking was wrapped up in human theories about lineage, male dominance of the family, and so on and so on. Whe I first saw Sharon, so tiny, so dependent upon us, all thoughts of the consequence of boys or girls disappeared from my head. It has been relatively so all my life.
I have not missed sons. I would certainly miss daughters. All the ladies in the house, have highlighted my male qualities, and I, (hopefully) have enhanced their uniqueness of being women. We have tried to create both a separation and a togetherness of our different qualities, bringing a kind of androgenous harmony without stifling our special qualities.
"Yes," I told Sharon under her apple tree, "I am glad I had girls. I am very glad you came along. But I think you would have made little difference to the way I feel about you, if you had been a son."
She smiled. I smiled in return. Sometimes it seems a little difficult to get close to sons. It shouldn't. But Sharon and I shared a moment that we have always known to be there; a mutual respect for two human beings who recognize that people can exist very well without labels, be it father, mother, son or sister. I was tempted to ask her if she would rather have had a brother instead of a sister. It would have been a waste of time. I know her answer would have been the same as mine.


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Back at the start of this year I made a "2016 New Years Resolutions" video, and thought it'd be interesting to look back over that, and see how well I actually did.And of course, make some new resolutions for 2017.
I surprised myself by having actually achieved quite a lot of the things I wanted to do!
My 2016 Resolutions were:
1. Make a video every week
2. Learn to draw faces.
3. Clear out my wardrobe.
4. Go out more.
The only one of these I didn't do was "Learn to draw faces".
Because I am faceblind, it's hard to know what makes a face look like a face. But I'll keep trying.
My 2017 Resolutions are going to be:
1. Focus on Quality over Quantity.
Basically, keep making videos and drawing, but do it more slowly and focus on making them better rather than trying to just get them done every week.
2. Study.
Because I'm going to be a student again. I'm gonna need to study!
3. Refine my wardrobe.
I cleared out a lot last year, and there are still plenty of things I want to clear out, but there are also a lot of items I'd rather alter to fit me better so I can wear them more.
That's the plan for 2017!
Do you have any resolutions for next year?
Did you make any last year?
If you did, did you keep them?


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MMA: Inside the Cage's latest episode runs down all the latest talking points in MMA, from the potential Ronda Rousey vs. Cris Cyborg superfight to the death of DREAM, and examines the tragic death of amateur fighter Dustin Jenson in South Dakota. Hosts Casey Oxendine and Cyrus Fees get a professional opinion from fight doctor Nathan Elliott, who explains the importance of pre-fight physicals and the potential danger from "second impact syndrome," which could have put Jensen's health in danger considering how frequently he was competing.
But hey, you didn't come here to get bummed out, right? Brighten your day by checking out the Hit Parade segment that starts at 4:44, which features a powerbomb-KO that will join Rampage vs. Arona and Kaufman vs. Modafferi in the powerbomb-KO Hall of Fame. Plus, Casey gives advice on how to prevent injuries in training, a preview of XFC 18 (June 22nd, Nashville), and a classic scrap between Scott Holtzman and Brandon Demastes. Enjoy, and follow the MMA:ITC guys on Facebook and Twitter.


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Fatigue, weight loss, shortness of breath, night sweats and enlarged lymph nodes are common stage-4 symptoms of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center states. Individuals may experience lightheadedness, fever, loss of appetite or fullness in the abdomen or frequently contract skin and respiratory infections.
The majority of people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, don't have symptoms in the early stages, which may last for years, according to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. CLL develops when diseased blood cells, known as lymphocytes, are unable to perform normal immune functions and progressively crowd the lymphatic system and bone marrow. The lymphocytes fail to reach maturity and gradually interfere with the healthy production of red and white blood cells and platelets.
In stage 4 of CLL, the excessive buildup of faulty lymphocytes may drastically reduce white blood cells and the amount of platelets in the blood, the National Cancer Center explains. Doctors periodically take blood samples to evaluate changes in composition, and they also observe the patient's spleen, liver and lymph nodes to determine if they are dangerously enlarged. The antiglobulin, or Coombs test, is another common diagnostic procedure, which involves scanning the surfaces of platelets and red blood cells for destructive antibodies. Doctors may conduct diagnostic imaging tests, such as CT scans, chest X-rays and MRI scans, to evaluate any damaging effects to organs and lymph nodes.


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Men due in court over cannabis factory discovery
Three men are due to appear in Portlaoise District Court today charged in relation to the massive seizure of drugs near Tullamore on Tuesday.
The trio were arrested and brought to Tullamore Garda station after Gardai discovered 5,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €1.5 million in Durrow.
The drug cultivating operation is one of the biggest discovered in the history of the state.
The three men arrested are non-nationals. Two of the men are believed to be in their 20s with the third in his 30s.


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