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All permanent and temporary exhibitions
Evgeny Romashko
25 november 2022—30 january 2023
This exhibition of works by People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Head of the Academic Painting Faculty of the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Art and Industry Evgeny Romashko is timed to coincide with the artist's 60th birthday. Approximately 70 works of his from over the years will be displayed.
Leonid Kolibaba. Sculpture and Drawings
16 september 2022—23 january 2023
This exhibition will acquaint visitors with the work of Leonid Kolibaba, a renowned St. Petersburg-based sculptor, graphic artist and educator, and member of the Ozerki Artists' Village informal art group.
Armchairs, chairs and stools in Russian art of the 18th-20th centuries
18 august 2022—9 january 2023
This exhibition will introduce viewers to the furniture preserved in the Russian Museum, a collection the public is not very familiar with. It will also open up a new perspective on well-known Russian works of art. What kinds of chairs exist? What are they made of? What do people do while seated? What poses do they adopt? What does an empty chair mean? A synthesis of painting, graphic art, sculpture, applied art, and design, the Russian Museum's exhibition stimulates ideas on these questions and more.
Naum Mogilevsky. Sculptures and Drawings
6 october 2022—12 december 2022
Naum Mogilevsky was one of the most outstanding artists of the circle that gravitated around the great sculptor and artistic mentor Alexander Matveyev. And yet his work has received very little scholarly attention and is practically unknown to many art lovers. This exhibition, including approximately 30 sculptures and 40 drawings, invites the audience to rediscover a forgotten master and explore the many facets of his talent.
Igor Tcholaria. Taming the Chaos
23 september 2022—13 november 2022
Taming the Chaos, a solo exhibition of the work of Igor Tcholaria, numbers some 60 paintings, graphic artworks and sculptures. Igor Tcholaria was born in Abkhazia, which stretches along the coast of the Black Sea. He received his basic grounding in art at the Sukhumi Art School, and subsequently continued his education in Leningrad, at the Vera Mukhina School and the Academy of Arts.
Portrait of a Young Man in a Green Caftan by Ivan Nikitin
1 september 2022—14 november 2022
When in 1897 the Emperor Alexander III Russian Museum received the painting Portrait of a Young Man in a Green Caftan (late 1720s – before August 8, 1732) as a donation from the art collection of Prince Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, it was deemed to be an early 18th-century painting by an anonymous artist. The remarkable portrait was later thought to have possibly come from the hand of Ivan Nikitin, but sufficient evidence to prove that came to light only as recently as the mid-2010s, in the findings of a multidisciplinary study and thorough restoration.
5 march 2021—21 june 2021
The exhibition is devoted to the most impressive and spectacular natural events depicted in the paintings of Russian artists. The exhibition will include paintings of artists of the XIX-XX centuries from the collection of the Russian Museum such as I. Aivazovsky, A. Savrasov, F. Vasilyev, A. Kuindzhi, I. Levitan, N. Dubovskoy, K. Redko, M. Vorobyov, and others.
Millennials in Contemporary Russian Art
Millennials or Generation Y - those who were born in the 1980s-1990s and entered the new millennium at a young age. This generation is characterized by the difficult self-identification and the attention to the problem of self-presentation, reflected in the authors' attempt to talk more about their individual experiences, their fears, traumas or fantasy worlds.
The Leningrad Rock Club in Photographs. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Its Opening
28 december 2020—7 june 2021
The Leningrad Rock Club was established in early 1981 and has become a true center of attraction for musicians whose art did not fit into the Soviet cultural framework. The Leningrad Rock Club was a sign of the era of upcoming changes in the country and even now, after forty years, it is hardly needed to explain what was its role in the cultural and social life of Leningrad and, more broadly, the country.
A Photographic Perspective on St. Petersburg
2 november 2020—14 december 2020
The exhibition completes the contest organized in cooperation with the Professional Photocenter Foto-One. Photographers were offered to show their view on St. Petersburg without any limitations in technique, genre, or style. The professional jury chose 97 works inspired by this unique city. Each and every photographer participating in the exhibition has his own, real and magical image of St. Petersburg.
Gifts to the Russian Museum from Artists and Collectors. Selected Works. 1898–2019
29 july 2020—7 december 2020
To mark the 125th anniversary of the Russian Museum, such an exhibition will be shown in all of its palaces, bringing together items of different epochs and donors, including the imperial family (Alexander III, Nicholas II, Grand Dukes), famous patrons of the arts and many others. General sponsor of the exhibition - VTB Bank.
29 july 2020—30 november 2020
Sasha Okun. Where Art Thou?
27 june 2019—29 july 2019
The art of Israeli painter, art critic, teacher, and writer Sahsa Okun focuses on human physicality embodied in the materiality of painting.
Sciarsism & Sciarsists
26 june 2019—5 august 2019
Sergey Dozhd, the founder of Sciarsism, defines the movement as the science of the inner artistic space, and the term itself is composed of the words "science" and "art".
Anna Akhmatova. On the 130th Anniversary of Birth
19 june 2019—26 august 2019
An exhibition in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky Palace presents ten portraits of poet Anna Akhmatova in painting, graphics, and sculpture, created by the writer's contemporaries.
Dreams, Hope and Love in Russian Painting of the 19th – Early 20th Centuries: Works from the State Russian Museum Collection
An exhibition at Tokyo Fuji Art Museum presents 40 masterworks on hope, love, and dreams harbored by the finest Russian artists of the 19th and early 20th century, drawn from the collection of the State Russian Museum.
St. Petersburg from the 1850s to the 1910s in Photorgraphs
Historic events, everyday life of the city, and St. Petersburg places of interest depicted in photographs and postcards of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Boris Kustodiev. Portrait of Fyodor Shalyapin
26 september 2018—21 october 2018
The one-painting exhibition at the Chelyabinsk State Art Museum presents a masterpiece by Boris Kustodiev — Portrait of Fyodor Shalyapin (1922).
Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance)
15 november 2017—11 december 2017
Ange Leccia and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
18 october 2017—13 november 2017
Guitar Drag
Andrei Tarkovsky. Artist of Space
The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), famous Russian filmmaker and film director. A renowned master of cinema, Tarkovsky gained international recognition during his lifetime. He is considered the creator of a new language in cinematic art, having introduced new aesthetics and philosophy to it and influenced its further development.
German Video Art in the Russian Museum
Niklas Goldbach, 2010
2 november 2016—28 november 2016
Reflections on the Birth of Venus (Reflexionen über die Geburt der Venus)
Ulrike Rosenbach, 1978
15 october 2016—11 december 2016
October 15 the exhibition "Family portrait" opens at the Murmansk Municipal Art Museum.
Dronov and Korneev
The exhibition in the Russian Museum is not the first joint project of Mikhail Dronov and Victor Korneev - well-known contemporary sculptors from Moscow.
Dmitry Alexandrovich Prigov. In dialogue with Avant-garde. On the 75th Anniversary of the Artist
The exhibition presents the oeuvre of the prominent Russian artist, one of the founders of the Moscow conceptualism, in aspect of the dialogue of this master with the Russian avant-garde.
Nikolai Romadin
The retrospective exhibition of one of the most prominent artists of the Soviet realistic landscape presents to the public around 70 works from the collection of the Russian Museum, the artist's family and private collections.
Dmitry Shuvalov. 1932-2013
5 november 2014—1 december 2014
The exhibition comprises the works of Dmitry Shuvalov, the Honoured Artist of Russia and prominent professor of Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Industry (Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy of Alexander von Stieglitz).
Richard Meyer. Collages
30 october 2014—3 december 2014
Russian museum presents the exhibition of Richard Meier's collages. Richard Meier is one of the most famous and successful contemporary architects, and one the most consistent American modernists in his attachment to pure forms.
GRIGORY UGRYUMOV. 1764-1823
29 october 2014—13 april 2014
The exhibition is timed to the 250-th birthday anniversary of the outstanding Russian artist Grigory Ugryumov (1764-1823).
SUSTAINING AND CREATING
SUSTAINING AND CREATING exhibition is the result of successful realization of the program of support for the young artists Unusual Art that gives an incredible chances for the development of artist with limited physical opportunities in the age from 16 to 25 and allows them to receive the national recognition in the very beginning of their career.
JOHANNES SWEINSSON KJARVAL1885-1972
26 september 2013—4 november 2013
This retrospective exhibition presents key-works from the creative oeuvre of Kjarval (his full name was Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval), who was one of the pioneers of Icelandic visual art.
FILIPP MALYAVIN. 1869-1940
It is the first so large scale solo exhibition of one of the most significant Russian artists of the beginning of the 20th century.
YURI KALUTA. RED AND BLACK
The exhibition presents the creative oeuvre of contemporary Russian artist Yury Kaluta.
PORTRAIT OF AFRICA. ANTON LYALIN
4 october 2012—5 november 2012
The exhibition acquaints with the series that unites 64 works by the well-known contemporary Russian photographer who had a trip across Africa and portrayed the unique beauty of landscape of this exotic land and its inhabitants – the representatives of the various world of wild nature that is removed from destructive force of civilization and preserves its independence.
TRAUGOT FAMILY. GEORGE TRAUGOT, VERA YANOVA, ALEXANDR AND VALERY TRAUGOT
29 august 2012—14 october 2012
The exhibition is devoted to the creative oeuvre of two generations of the family of Petersburg artists Traugot: Georgiy Traugot (1903–1961), his wife Vera Yanova (1907–2004), whose works are presented to viewers for the first time ever, and their sons – Alexander Traugot (born 1931) and Valeriy Traugot (1936–2009).
GENIA CHEF. GLORY OF A NEW CENTURY
The solo exhibition of Genia Chef presents the creative oeuvre of the well-known master of contemporary art who was born in the Soviet Union and from 1985 works in foreign countries (Germany, Austria, the United States of America, Spain).
HELLO - THIS IS US!
The international exhibition of the children's photograph is the artistic and educational Photo-project that united the young masters of photograph from Cologne, Turku and St. Petersburg. The exhibition shows what the young Finns, Germans and Russians are interested in.
RUSSIA FOR ALL. Exhibition project by Victor Bondarenko and Dmitry Gutov
The Russia for All exhibition project by the inhabitants of Moscow Victor Bondarenko (the author of idea of the exhibition) and the artist Dmitry Gutov is connected with the practice of contemporary art and realized in the form of the trip across Russia with stops in different cities.
Tatiana Zubkova. The Winners of the First Museum Photobiennale of the State Russian Museum
On the exhibition from the series "Winners of the First Photobiennale of the Russian Museum" there are presented the works by Tatiana Zubkova – the photographer of the Ballet Theatre of Yury Grigorovich, Music and Youth theatres of the "Premiere" Art Association and Krasnodar Academic Drama Theatre.
Andrei Shapran. The Winners of the First Museum Photobiennale of the State Russian Museum
7 october 2010—25 october 2010
In 2009 the Russian Museum for the first time initiated the large scaled The First Russian Museum Photobiennale exhibition project.
KAMIKAZE. TANATOS BANIONIS
4 september 2010—26 september 2010
The main idea of the "Divine Wind" exhibition by the "Tanatos Banionis" project is the reflection of the phenomenon of the Japanese kamikaze flyers on the language of tattoo.
VLADIMIR TITOV
For the first time the paintings by the well-known painter-emigrant Vladimir Titov, who lives now in France are presented at his personal exhibition in Saint-Petersburg. The exposition includes 45 works from the author's collection.
EUGENE ABEZGAUZ
The exhibition activity of Abezgauz envelop hundreds of expositions: from the small apartment-exhibitions of the Leningrad underground to such final historic expositions as "From Gulag to Glasnost.
ROBERT BATEMAN. Canada
8 october 2009—30 november 2009
At the exhibition there are presented for the first time in Russia the works by the well-known Canadian animal painter, naturalist and active greener Robert Bateman.
PAVEL NIKONOV
25 april 2008—3 june 2008
More than 100 paintings and graphic works (mainly from 1980s to 2000s) by Pavel Nikonov from the collections of the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the other museums of Russia as well as from the artist's collection were presented on the exhibition.
IVAN SHISHKIN. From the Collection of the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery
24 april 2008—20 july 2008
The anniversary exhibition of the artworks of acknowledged "patriarch of forests" in the Russian Museum is the project that was made in collaboration with Tretyakov Gallery.
COLLECTION OF PRINCESS MARIA TENISHEVA. On the 110th Anniversary of the Russian Museum
On the exhibition that is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Princess Maria Tenisheva and the 110th anniversary of the Russian Museum the best artworks from the collection of Maria Tenisheva, which are the pride of the museum, will be presented.
ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA. NUDES
Till recently the viewers knew Zinaida Serebryakova as a master of portrait, genre scenes from the life of peasantry.
YURY GRETSKY. IRINA GRETSKAYA. Painting. Graphic Art. Object
The unfathomable creative harmony makes the duet of Irina and Yury Gretsky highly attractive.
MIKHAIL KOZLOVSKY
27 september 2007—10 december 2007
The Mikhail Kozlovsky (1753 — 1802) exhibition is dedicated to the 250th birthday anniversary of one of the leading artists of the eighteenth century.
German Egoshin. Painting from the Collection of the Russian Museum and the Artist´s Studio
The second exhibition of paintings by famous St Petersburg artist German Egoshin in the Russian Museum is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the master´s birth.
Ladislas Kijno
The Russian Museum presents the one-man show of Ladislas Kijno, one of the most unusual and resourceful representatives of the generation of artists, whom traditionally call 'the artists of the fifties'.
Andrei Lanskoy
The Russian Museum presents the one-man show of the artist Andrei Lanskoy.
"THE MIRACLE MAN WAS OF LARGE STATURE". Dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of Daniel Harms
22 december 2005—30 january 2005
The project is dedicated to the centenary of Daniil Kharms' birth. He was one of the most renowned writers of the 20th century.
Family Relics and Contributions of the Stroganovs to Russian Churches. Opening of the permanent exposition
16 december 2005—31 december 2005
The unique works of applied art, icon painting and embroideries from the funds of the Russian Museum are shown in the rooms of the first floor, facing the Nevsky prospect.
ANDY WARHOL. ARTIST OF MODERN LIFE
9 december 2005—28 february 2005
The State Russian Museum introduces the oeuvre of Andy Warhol. This is one of the biggest and most significant projects ever realised in Russia.
Andrei Yakovlev. Painting from the collection of the Russian Museum
The exhibition marks the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Andrei Yakovlev, honoured artist of Russia and winner of the Repin Prize.
Olga Chernysheva. The Happiness Zone
15 november 2004—6 december 2004
The Zone of Happiness exhibition shows four Olga Chernysheva's videofilms (The Unknown, Self-Studying, Dionysius Steamer, Train), as well as a series of drawings and watercolours created by the artist on the basis of her video- and photo-works.
Roger Ballen Photography
This is the first ever exhibition of the famous American photographer Roger Ballen in Russia.
Natalya Savinova. Ceramics (From 'Petersburg Ceramists' series)
The personal exhibition of Natalya Savinova showcases works, which has already became classic, from the State Russian Museum collection, as well as those created recently, which belong to the author and have never been shown to public.
Demian Herst. From the Cradle to the Grave
The first in Russia exhibition of works of the famous British artist, a mega-star of international art stage, Damien Herst, will showcase 100 graphic pictures and one large-scale sculpture.
Victor Ruzo. Life and Work (Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum)
The exhibition dated to the ninetieth birthday of the Swiss artist and philosopher Victor Ruzo introduces his works of different oeuvre periods, which depict his unique life story, a story of a peculiar oeuvre phenomenon.
Hermann Pedit
An Austrian artist, Hermann Pedit (born in 1933) with an unusual creative development. He started painting under the direction of A.Kirchmeier, and after finishing Viennese Academy of Fine Art H.Pedit specialized as a sculptor by a most known Austrian master V.Wotruba; later he was given a purse of Wotruba.
Exhibition of digital technologies
Samsung Electronics is the world leader in manufacturing semi-conductors, household and digital appliances. It was among the companies that were the first to make a reality of a new life style.
The Garden of Boguslav Horak
17 october 2002—18 october 2002
A Czech designer Boguslav Horak is one of the prominent representatives of new European design.
Mikhail Schwartzmann. Retrospective.
Mikhail Schwartzmann (1926-97) was born in Moscow but after his father-s imprisonment the family frequently moved from place to place.
Anna Staritskaya
Anna Staritskaya was born in Ukraine in 1908. At the age of 13 she started studying drawing at the Countess Sukhanova-Tolstaya Art School in Moscow.
Pavel Filonov
The exhibition comprises about three hundred canvases by the renowned master of the Russian avant-garde. Pavel Filonov (1882-1941) v painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Contributed to exhibitions from the 1990s.
Marat Gelman gallery
The Marat Gelman Gallery shows the South Russian Wave, Poor Art and Nostalgia exhibitions within the framework of the Art Against Geography project.
Marguerite Anielle-Palen: myth, legend, fairytale
Marguerite Anielle-Palen was born into an Italian family in Switzerland. Most of her time she lives in Switzerland, sometimes staying in Paris and Italy.
Antonio Menegetty Ontoarte: for the rebirth in art
'Coma'. Installation by V.Kustov
The exhibition was organized with the Ludwig Museum cooperation.
Exhibition of Li San Wong works
Li San Wong is the outstanding contemporary artist from Northern Korea who combines devices of the Far East traditional painting and Western art experience, in particular pop-art.
Franz Lefort - associate of Peter I
17 november 1999—30 november 1999
The exhibition was prepared in cooperation with Swiss Cultural Center. Its main exhibits were historical documents and engravings from the Navy Archive, Russian National Library and the State Russian Museum.


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So, recently, I trapped, put on the parking brake, then proceeded to change my stores via Shift-2. After I selected stores, when I went back to my Tomcat and looked at it externally, it had different stores. For instance, I loaded a LANTIRN and that's all and when I went to the Tomcat is had slung underneath it a JDAM and a few missiles. I brought up the stores menu again and loaded a fuel tank and I literally saw a Sidewinder get loaded on the glove pylon. I clicked off the fuel tank and the Sidewinder disappeared.


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Raiders, Etc.
Red Devils, Etc.
Blue Hose
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Sunshine and some clouds. High 59F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph..
Clear to partly cloudy. Low 41F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Laurens County 2020 Football Schedules
Apr 7, 2020 Updated Oct 19, 2020
Below are the Laurens County football schedules as tentatively determined and subject to further change.
Laurens District High School Raiders
Fri., Sept. 25, at Greenwood*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 2, GREENVILLE*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 9, EASTSIDE*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 16, AIKEN, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 23, at Greer*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30, GILBERT, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6, HILLCREST, 7:30 p.m.
LDHS Junior Varsity
Thurs., Sept. 24, GREENWOOD*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 1, at Greenville*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8, at Eastside* (Taylors), 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15, CHESNEE, 6:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 22, GREER*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Nov. 5, at Hillcrest (Simpsonville), 6 p.m.
Clinton High School Red Devils
Thurs., Sept. 24, EMERALD*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 2, BROOME*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 9, at Chapman (Inman)*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 23, WOODRUFF*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30, at Union County*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6, STROM THURMOND, 7:30
CHS Junior Varsity
Wed., Sept 23, at Emerald (Greenwood)*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 1, at Broome* (Spartanburg), 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8, CHAPMAN*, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15, UNION COUNTY* (postponed).
Thurs., Oct. 22, at Woodruff*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 29, UNION COUNTY*, 7 p.m.
Thurs. Nov. 5, at Strom Thurmond (Johnston), 7 p.m.
Clinton Middle School Wildcats
Thurs., Sept. 24, WESTVIEW, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 1, at Northside (Greenwood), 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8, JOHNSTON-EDGEFIELD-TRENTON, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15, at Merriwether (North Augusta), 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 22, at McCormick, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 29, at Wright (Abbeville), 5:30 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 4, BREWER, 5:30 p.m.
Laurens Academy Crusaders
Fri., Aug. 28, HOLLY HILL ACADEMY, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 4, at Palmetto Christian (Mt. Pleasant), 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 11, CLARENDON HALL, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 18, at Cathedral Academy (Charleston), 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 25, at Northside Christian (Lexington), 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 2, RICHARD WINN*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 9, at Jefferson Davis* (Blackville), 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 16, W.W. KING*, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 23, at Wardlaw* (Johnston), 7 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30, NEWBERRY ACADEMY*, 7:30 p.m.
LA Middle School
Thurs., Sept. 10, CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 17, RICHARD WINN*, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 24, at Newberry Academy* (Newberry), 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 1, at Wardlaw* (Johnston), 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8, at Richard Winn* (Winnsboro), 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15, NEWBERRY ACADEMY,* 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 22, W.W. KING*, 6 p.m.
Moore is a bright spot in Covenant's season
Red Devils come up empty at Chapman
Spanning the County: A few basketball games rescheduled
Austin scores 13 as Devils shut down Broome
This time Campbell slips the last punch, 59-58
Watch the Blue Hose for once ... on TV
Inside the Lines: A Friday of called strikes
Laurens County Sports Schedule for January 18-24
Raider sports to shut down for yet another week
Blue Hose to get another shot at ESPNU exposure
Spanning the County: Ex-PC standout picks up where he left off
Wrestling season to open Friday for PC women
Campbell finishes off sweep of Blue Hose men
Gallery: Campbell 59, Presbyterian 58
Monte Dutton
Gallery: Chapman 61-83, Clinton 54-69 (GIrls/Boys)
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February 7th, 2019 / Other Press Release
4ThePlayer.com latest addition to YGS Masters portfolio
Independent mobile-first studio joins forces with Yggdrasil to deliver premium content
Yggdrasil has announced that 4ThePlayer.com is the latest independent studio to join the Yggdrasil Game Server (YGS) Masters programme, and that it will develop games in collaboration with the supplier across its platform.
The partnership will see UK-based 4ThePlayer.com develop and release unique titles to be made available to Yggdrasil's operator partners.
Yggdrasil will significantly grow its YGS Masters initiative in 2019 to become a global content publisher, identifying and partnering with the world's leading studios to curate, develop and distribute high volume, high-quality games to its customers.
Through the deal, 4ThePlayer.com will gain access to BOOST®, Yggdrasil's collection of proprietary in-game promotional tools.
4ThePlayer.com is a mobile-first games studio that aims to build the ultimate gaming experience for players across many markets. The company was founded by Andrew Porter, former Casino Content Director at Playtech and Ash Gaming founder Chris Ash, both keen slots players, with a combined 40 years' gambling industry experience.
Andrew Porter, CEO, 4ThePlayer.com, said: "We are delighted to partner with Yggdrasil, a company whose approach to high-quality innovative content very much compliments our own.
"Their platform tools are some of the most advanced and most utilised by operators. We look forward to innovating together to deliver the best player experiences and operator promotions."
Stuart McCarthy, Head of Studio Partnerships at Yggdrasil, said: "By having 4ThePlayer.com join the YGS Masters Programme we can offer our partners exclusive and unique content from one of the leading independent game studios.
"The industry experience that the 4ThePlayer management team has is invaluable and, with a focus on quality over quantity, we are confident the games they create will be highly appreciated by operators and players alike."
Yggdrasil now has partnerships with five leading independent studios including 4ThePlayer.com, Rabcat, Northern Lights, Fantasma Games and Avatar UX.


All of the Allergic Solution baking mixes are versatile. Each mix can be adjusted to suit your taste buds and allergic needs. Although our mixes taste delicious just the way they are, it's nice to have options and experiment with different flavours.
At Allergic Solution we are constantly creating new recipes and combinations for your eating pleasure. This section will be updated periodically with new recipes. If you don't see a recipe that appeals to you today, keep checking.
Thank you so much for making us a part of your baking and eating experience.
3 Tablespoons water 1 Tablespoon ground chia seed or chia seed meal (you can also use flax seed) Grind the chia seeds into a meal in a blender or spice grinder. Add the water to a small bowl. Add the chia seed meal and mix together with a whisk or fork. Let the mixture sit for 5 to 10 minutes so it develops a texture similar to a raw egg. Warm water will work a little faster than cold water.
Instead of adding sugar to your recipe try adding fruit juice in place of water. It will provide sweetness without the added sugar.
Olive oil is a natural preservative and possesses a multitude of health benefits. Try using virgin olive oil when preparing these mixes, it will increase the nutritional benefit and increase the layers of flavour.
Fresh or dried berries can be added to the mixes to increase the nutrient content. Berries contain antioxidants which are important to reduce inflammation and increase good health.
To suit your allergic needs, any type of milk or non-dairy beverage can be used.
If you can tolerate eggs and for extra protein in your cakes add 2 eggs to either the Carob or Vanilla Cake Mix, when adding the water put 2 beaten eggs into a measuring cup, fill to 3/4 cups with water.
For extra moist cakes replace the milk or milk substitute with full fat coconut milk.
You will need a bread pan that holds 4 mini-loaves. Pampered Chef has a nice mini-loaf pan.
Follow the directions on the packaging of bread mix and gently scoop ¼ of the completely mixed bread dough into the individual mini-loaf pans.
Bake at 400°F for 35 – 40 minutes.
You will need a mini-cupcake pan. Pampered Chef also carries mini cupcake pans that create nice size mini-cupcakes.
Follow the directions of the Carob Cake Mix or Vanilla Cake Mix and gently pour prepared batter into mini-cupcake pan. Liners also work well for these delectable mini's.
Bake at 375°F for 14 – 16 minutes.
Makes 35 – 40 mini cupcakes.
You will need a muffin pan to make these little treats.
Follow the directions of the Carob Cake Mix or Vanilla Cake Mix and gently pour prepared cake batter into cupcake pan. Liners also work well.
Bake at 350°F for 22 – 25 minutes.
Makes 18 – 24 medium cupcakes.
All of the recipes below list ingredients to be used instead of the ingredients on the back of the package. These recipes provide a slightly modified list of ingredients needed to achieve different flavours. The steps on how to prepare the mix remain the same.
Mix sugar, bananas, eggs and oil together. Mix for 1 min add Yeast-Free bread and mix until all flour is mixed in.
In a large bowl, add ground chia, vinegar and 1/4 cup of warm water. Stir and let sit for 1 – 2 minutes.
Add entire contents of pouch, plus cinnamon and maple syrup, add stir until completely combined.
Stir in cranberries and sunflower seeds. Pour into bread pan.
Although Allergic Solution mixes are allergen-free, this mix tastes great with eggs for those who can tolerate.
1. Lightly grease pan/griddle/waffle iron and preheat.
2. Place eggs, oil, milk and water in a large bowl.
5. Add to pre-heated pan/griddle/waffle iron and cook to desired readiness.
* If electric mixer is not available use whisk.
This mix also makes Italian cookies called Pizzelle.
Follow directions on the package and instead of step 4 (add to pan/griddle/waffle iron and cook), place in a greased 9" round cake pan and bake at 350°F for 35 – 40 minutes.
1) Spray pizzelle iron with oil and preheat on medium setting.
2) Place eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla extract and rice milk in a large mixing bowl.
4) Gradually add entire contents of pouch and mix on medium speed until completely combined and batter is smooth.
5) Scoop ½ tsp of pizzelle mixture into each cookie grid and cook for 1 minute.
6) Gently lift out each cookie and place flat on cooling rack.
5) Scoop 1 tsp of dough and roll into small (cookie) ball, place on parchment paper lined cookie tray, spacing each cookie "ball" approximately 4 – 5 cm apart.
7) Using a fork, flatten each cookie "ball" so each cookie is approximately 1 cm thick.
7) Place in preheated oven for 6 – 7 minutes.
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Follow directions on the package. After step 4, stir in the dried berries before adding cake batter to baking pan.
1. Preheat oven to 325°F and grease bottom of a 9" round cake pan.
2. Place oil, pumpkin, water, vanilla extract and sugar in a large bowl.
3. Using an electric mixer, blend on low speed for 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved.
4. Gradually add entire contents of Allergic Solution Vanilla Cake Mix (mix spices in with dry mix before) and mix on medium speed until completely combined and smooth.
6. Bake for 45 - 50 minutes.
2. Place oil, milk, water, vanilla extract and sugar in a large bowl.
4. Gradually add entire contents of pouch and cocoa powder and mix on medium speed until completely combined and smooth.
**If electric mixer is not available use whisk.
This mix also makes18 cupcakes or 36 mini-cupcakes.


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Stratex appoints new CEO, refreshes corporate strategy
AIM-listed gold exploration and development company Stratex has appointed Tim Livesey to the board of the company as CEO with immediate effect, replacing interim CEO Dr Bob Foster – who has subsequently resigned from the board.
Livesey (50) is a geologist and has been involved in the international exploration and mining industry for three decades.
Working on a number of exploration and advanced stage projects through feasibility to development, Livesey has a broad range of experience including roles in senior management, advanced project development, social license to operate, government relations and arbitration.
He has participated in the exploration, study and development of several world-class assets, including the Nkomati nickel mine in South Africa; the Kabanga nickel project in Tanzania; the Jabal Sayid mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and Tethyan Copper's Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, on which he remains an adviser to Barrick Gold Corporation (through Lelantos Consulting Limited) in regards to ongoing arbitration with the Government of Balochistan and the Government of Pakistan.
Most recently, Livesey was COO at Reservoir Minerals and, following the purchase of Reservoir Minerals by Nevsun Resources in June 2016, he took on the role as MD of their operating company in Serbia, Rakita Exploration, completing some company development and re-alignment and kick-starting the pre-feasibility studies at the Cukaru Peki deposit.
He is currently chairman of Minexia Limited, a mining investment, development and advisory company. Livesey has also co-authored a number of technical papers and regularly presents at international conferences.
Commenting on his appointment Livesey says he is pleased to be joining Stratex.
"In particular I am looking forward to working with the team to enhance the value of our existing portfolio and importantly, to develop some new avenues for exploration. The board and management have steered the company through a difficult year; it is now time for us all to focus on developing some new opportunities for exploration and development success, in what we hope will be a more positive market through 2018/19."
"Livesey will be invaluable in re-establishing Stratex's profile as a successful exploration and development company focusing on gold and high-value base metals. I would also like to record our appreciation and thanks to Dr Bob Foster for steering the company through a very challenging last few months," says Stratex chairman Peter Addison.
Over the next 6-12 months, the board's strategy is to maximise shareholder value through the following activities:
Fast-track exploration at the Dalafin gold project in Senegal and reduce Stratex's financial exposure through the conclusion of a joint-venture arrangement to bring in third party funding and additional expertise;
Earn-in or acquire interest in new projects where mineralisation has already been identified but where we can add value quickly through focussed exploration, resource definition or expansion and progressive technical and economic studies;
Continue to monitor its investments in other companies and support further exploration as appropriate;
Continue with the realisation of value from existing lower priority projects which are converting to royalty arrangements.
Stratex International
Tim Livesey
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I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Produced by Matt Serletic
Album Nine Lives
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lyrics
I could stay awake just to hear you breathin'
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you (even when I dream)
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wonderin' if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just want to stay with you
In this moment forever
I don't want to close my eyes
I'd still miss you, baby
I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
Well, I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time
Yeah (yeah)
Don't want to fall asleep
'Cause even when I dream of you
I don't want to fall asleep, yeah
About "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was Aerosmith's first number one song. It was featured in the movie Armageddon, which starred Steven Tyler's daughter, Liv Tyler. U2 was originally asked to perform this song for the movie—the idea for Aerosmith performing it only came after Liv was cast.
Aerosmith's guitarist Joe Perry explained to Classic Rock magazine in 2002:
At the time, we just didn't have the time to settle down and do it. We were out on the road, so they brought us in to see the movie and said 'here's the song, this is where it fits into the movie, you can do it if you want.' So we were in the studio within the next three days cutting it. And yeah, we do wish that we'd had a little more time, so that we could have had a shot at writing it, but it was perfect timing. The song was great, people loved it, and I don't think people care that much who wrote it.
Spinner claims that songwriter Diane Warren intended the song to be for Celine Dion.
Tom Hamilton:
I was scared shitless. I heard the song, and I was like, we can't do this. This is too embarrassing, I can't handle this idea. [laughs] But, that was kind of my knee-jerk response. It worked… And we worked with producer Matt Serletic on it, who was very good at understanding that the song had to sound like something that Aerosmith would play. So between us and him, I think we struck a balance. I call songs like that our survival songs, you know, because it was during a period where a lot of radio stations weren't playing Aerosmith anymore… So we found ourselves trying to re-ignite our career, you know, but without that traditional route of getting heard. So we went another route, and it kept us going.
via Bass Musican Magazine
What has the song's writer Diane Warren said about the song?
According to The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits, Warren said:
I saw some of the scenes [of Armegeddon], especially the end where Bruce Willis' character dies. There was more emotion than usual for Jerry [Bruckheimer]'s movies; it was very touching. So I wrote 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. I'd had the idea because I heard something that James Brolin said about Barbra Streisand, that he didn't want to go to sleep because he'd miss her. I kept that in mind. When I demo'd the song, it was very soft and more keyboard based. I thought, 'This is a good song for Celine Dion.' Which shows that songs are so malleable when they're quality songs.
What certifications has the single received?
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is certfied Platinum by the RIAA:
What makes the song important?
This song was the first and only #1 hit for Aerosmith. Despite their most recent album Nine Lives reaching #1, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" got the band back on the radio again. The band recorded this track during the Nine Lives tour following a series of setbacks. Lead singer Steven Tyler had torn his ACL and drummer Joey Kramer had gotten second degree burns after his car lit on fire at a gas station.
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Track Info
Written By Diane Warren
Label Epic Records, Hollywood Records & Columbia Records
Drums Joey Kramer
Bass Tom Hamilton
Guitar Brad Whitford & Joe Perry
Vocals Steven Tyler
Sampled In
Daddy by Juelz Santana
lossless loss by christtt
Interpolated By
Love Lost by Trey Songz
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by New Found Glory
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Danni Carlos
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Michael Ball
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Side A
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Nina
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Jed Madela
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aaron Kelly
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Mark Chesnutt
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Regine Velasquez
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Pomplamoose
I don't wanna miss a thing (american idol performance) by Caleb Johnson
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by The Lounge Kittens
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Courtney Harrell
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Michael Guy Bowman
I Don't Wan't Miss A Thing by Khalil Ramos
Nine Lives Aerosmith
1. Nine Lives
2. Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)
3. Hole in My Soul
4. Taste of India
6. Something's Gotta Give
7. Ain't That a Bitch
8. The Farm
10. Kiss Your Past Good-Bye
11. Pink
12. Attitude Adjustment
13. Fallen Angels
14. Falling Off
15. Fall Together
16. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing


Hays County Democratic Party leaders voted to appoint Katie Bell Moore, a Buda accountant, as the party's interim chair by the narrowest of margins Thursday night.
Precinct chairs selected Moore, 14-13, over Courtney Strange, the former Texas State University College Democrats president. Moore will serve out the remainder of Anna Martinez Boling's term as county party chair, a largely organizational and administrative position.
"I had a great opponent so it makes sense that I got in by the skin of my teeth," Moore said.
Boling held voting opened for 45 minutes because some precinct chairs had been told erroneously that the meeting was at the San Marcos Activity Center instead of the library. Three votes were cast during the extension.
Moore has said she will run for a full two-year term in the party's primary in March 2010.
Moore moved from Austin last year with her husband Graham, who works for Lockwood Andrews and Newman, the engineering firm whose San Marcos operation is headed by former County Judge Eddy Etheredge. They live in Buda with their two young sons.
CORRECTION: The article originally stated that votes were cast by secret ballot. Precinct chairs cast written ballots but they were numbered to correspond with a precinct chair sign-in sheet.
Correction: Katie Bell Moore moved FROM Austin last year TO Buda. She does live in Hays County.
What are you correcting? I'm reading in the article that she moved FROM Austin. And that she lives in Buda. I guess I don't know what you are trying to get at here.
Here's the relationship: Katie Moore – husband Graham – Eddy Etheredge – Jeff Barton – Charles Soechting. Barton/Soechting are now in charge of the Hays County Democratic Party. Bad news for open government. Good news for the Good Ole Boy/Girl network.
Check public records to see how many Hays County contracts have gone to LAN (Just one of many special interests in Hays County). Then check who contributed to Barton's election campaign. The Moore family moved to Buda last year. Good planning.
After being voted out of office in 1998, Barton and Etheredge are back in the saddle. Etheredge is the bag man and Barton is gearing up to run for county judge next year to gain a fuller grip on Hays County.
The Tax and Spend Champ!
Barton has already created more county debt (read higher property taxes) in two years than the previous ten years combined. $226.5 million road bonds, $90 million government center, $30 million jail, and countless consultants for millions of $$, and climbing.
And what if SH 45 W isn't built across the fragile Edwards Recharge Zone! Barton's five lane FM 1626 becomes an expensive dead end into Austin. Watch Barton operate on CAMPO to ensure SH45 is built.


Local MP, David Rutley, lent a hand with the unveiling of the second annual Christmas Tree Festival in Macclesfield.
The Festival, which was organised by Macclesfield and Bollington United Reformed Church, enables local businesses and organisations to take part in the event by donating and decorating Christmas trees, which reflect the identity of the individual groups. Visitors' admission charges and the funds raised from the event will be donated to the East Cheshire Hospice.
Although the trees were the centrepiece of the weekend's festivities, there were also storytelling events amongst the trees, carols from King's School Junior Choir, and the traditional Carol Service in the Church, bringing the festival to a close on Sunday evening. The Church was also pleased to welcome Father Christmas, who found time in his busy schedule to join in the fun.


Katy Perry has weird physical ailments just like you and me and your old dog or cat or the fish that one guy made the life vest for (so cute).
But Perry's not a fish that can't float, she's one that floated straight into a riptide that made her knee funky forever.
The only difference is that I feel closer to death, instead of the earth.


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Be there when it happens - Forefront's 43rd Annual Luncheon will take place Thursday, June 22!
We are thrilled to announce that this year's luncheon will feature Luis A. Miranda and cast members of the Chicago production of Hamilton.


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NRA re-elects Wayne LaPierre after gun lobby group's bitter power struggle
Closed-door meeting also elects Carolyn Meadows president
Gun rights group braces for New York investigation
Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans and agencies
@JamilesLartey
Wayne LaPierre with Donald Trump and executive director Chris Cox. LaPierre was re-elected unopposed. Photograph: Michael Conroy/AP
Wayne LaPierre, for decades the fiery public face of the National Rifle Association, has seen off opposition inside the organization over its finances and direction to win re-election as chief executive of America's notoriously influential gun lobby group.
The move, announced on the NRA magazine's American Rifleman website, came during a closed-doors meeting of the group's board of directors on Monday. Despite the internal disquiet, LaPierre ran for the post unopposed.
For the past two decades, the NRA has faced criticism from its members that its leaders had become corrupted by the millions flowing into its coffers. The criticism has included allegations of self-dealing and excessive personal spending. The pressure has now increased as New York's attorney general has begun an investigation that could threaten the group's tax-exempt status.
The turmoil boiled over on Saturday when Oliver North, a conservative stalwart and former Reagan aide implicated in Iran-Contra, was ousted from his role as NRA president after trying to force LaPierre out.
It was unclear if the conflict that has roiled the 5-million-member organization would still lead to significant changes in its operations. NRA board members did not immediately return messages for comment; their phones had been confiscated before entering the meeting room.
Oliver North forced out as NRA president amid bitter power struggle
The board also elected a slate of leaders, including Carolyn Meadows as president. She bypassed the person who would ordinarily have been next in line to become president.
Not everyone in the organization was thrilled. "There's been a few occasions where I wanted to burn my life membership. Seeing Wayne LaPierre back at the helm is bringing those feelings back," said one member in a Facebook thread that followed an angry open letter from a former NRA employee.
The NRA's charter was originally filed in New York, giving authorities there broad latitude to investigate its operations. The newly elected New York attorney general, Letitia James, has made no bones about her dislike of the NRA, calling it a "terrorist organization".
"I never thought this thing would ever get to the level it got," Joel Friedman, an NRA board member since 2002, told the Associated Press before the 76-member board met to decide whether organizational changes were needed.
Just last year, an investigation by the previous New York attorney general led Donald Trump's charitable foundation to dissolve amid allegations it was operating as an extension of Trump's business empire and presidential campaign.
The prospect of scrutiny by New York authorities led the NRA last year to hire an outside law firm and to ask its vendors to provide documentation about its billings.
The NRA in recent weeks sued Ackerman McQueen, the Oklahoma-based public relations firm that has earned tens of millions of dollars from the NRA since it began shaping its fierce talking points in the past two decades. The NRA accused Ackerman McQueen of refusing to provide the requested documents.
Ackerman McQueen turned the NRA from an organization focused on hunting and gun safety into a conservative political powerhouse. The firm created and operates NRATV, an online channel whose hosts often venture into political debates not directly related to firearms, such as immigration and diversity on children's TV.
That transition has frustrated some members, such as the former Republican congressman Nate Bell, who lamented on Twitter how the organization had "abandoned its foundation of single issue advocacy and become a boot licking apologist for Republicans".
Bell continued: "I'm seriously considering a run for NRA board next year. There's a leadership crisis in the org and there are far too many yes men on the board."
The NRA has faced financial struggles in recent years, losing a combined $64m in 2016 and 2017, and that has prompted some to question whether the large sums spent on public relations and NRATV are worth the money. In its lawsuit, the NRA said some of its members have questioned NRATV's weighing in on "topics far afield of the second amendment".
According to LaPierre, North – who is allied with Ackerman McQueen – tried to strong-arm him into resigning by threatening to expose damaging information about the NRA's finances – specifically, allegedly excessive staff travel expenses – as well as sexual harassment allegations against an employee and accusations that LaPierre had charged tens of thousands of dollars in wardrobe purchases to his expense account.
North's own contract with Ackerman McQueen raised alarm bells within the NRA about the costs and possible conflicts of interest. LaPierre, in a letter to the board, noted that of the 12 TV episodes Ackerman McQueen promised to deliver, only three have aired.
Trump says NRA is 'under siege' after New York opens investigation
NRA insiders have described an operation with warring factions, a place where some are compensated richly, driving expensive cars and wearing fancy clothes, while most rank-and-file are paid so little that they hold down more than one job and risk being ostracized or fired if they question expenses.
"Right now, it looks like the NRA has become like a self-licking ice cream cone," Allen West, a retired army lieutenant colonel, conservative commentator and relatively recent NRA board member said in a video interview with the website Tactical Rifleman. "A lot of money is being raised just to scratch the backs of certain – a cabal of cronyism."
"We've got one shot to fix this, and we've got one shot to make it right, which means there probably does have to be some personnel leadership changes," he said. "There also definitely has to be organizational reforms."
Trump weighed in Monday in defense of the NRA.
"The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State AG, who are illegally using the State's legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very important organization, and others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the internal fighting, and get back to GREATNESS - FAST!" he tweeted.
Associated Press contributed to this report


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Pastor Joakim Lundqvist is Senior Pastor of Word of Life Church in Uppsala, Sweden, with 3 200 members and an international network including over 700 churches. Word of Life has an extensive international missions program and has produced millions of books and audio and video material containing faith inspiring teaching in several languages.
Word of Life's Bible School has graduated more than 10 000 students in Sweden – one of the most secularized nations of the world – and a total of more than 50 000 students in its 15 bible schools around the world, including Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East and Central Asia.
In recent years, Word of Life has also been breaking new ground with its focus on giving support and care to the most needy in society. Word of Life is now running several rehab centres, homeless shelters, refugee ministries and other social care programs, inlucing an extensive work to provide medical help, food and education to poor children and victims of trafficking in India.
In 2002, pastor Joakim founded the Christian cross- denominational student organization 'New Generation' in Sweden, and saw it grow to some 15 000 members nationally and 25 000 internationally in just ten years, before stepping into the ministry of Senior Pastor at Word of Life.
Pastor Joakim is a much appreciated speaker and author, having visited over 50 nations, inspiring and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ in their own world.
His 30 years of experience in youth ministry shines through in his creative sermons, aiming to relate to every generation.
Pastor Joakim is a board member of Dr Yonggi Cho's Church Growth International (CGI), on the global table of Global Kingdom Partnership Network (GKPN), and board member of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance (SEA).
He is married to Maria, who serves as Music Director at Word of Life, and they have two grown-up daughters, Evelina and Julia, both involved in the church and ministry.
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Our support for education seeks to help individuals while also contributing to broader challenges such as enabling access to education and improving the condition of rural schools. We are keen to make sure that we complement the efforts of the government by building capacity, whether that be by improving school buildings, supporting university education, developing the capacity of institutions to provide better educational services, or helping individuals gain the skills they need to make a valuable contribution to society. We believe that education can help individuals contribute to better citizenship. Our support includes programmes with a number of disadvantaged groups.
In 2013, for example, we and our partners continued to provide support for school construction and refurbishment. We also opened new schools; which can change the lives of entire communities, especially in areas where there is poverty or other forms of deprivation.
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BP and University Agostinho Neto (UAN) signed a cooperation agreement in 2005 which aims to improve the quantity and quality of Angolan engineers and geoscientists in Angola. The programme provides financial assistance for internal scholarships, text books and laboratory equipment, programmes to improve teaching skills, and other education equipment, materials and facilities.
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BP initially committed $2.3 million to fund three sessions of the programme and has provided significant technical assistance. Further funding to cover a fourth course was subsequently provided.
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The university has agreed to convert the existing BP-sponsored programme into two full Masters degree courses, enabling students to take either a Masters in oil and gas law or in oil and gas business management.
The new programmes will involve collaboration with the Brazilian Petroleum Institute, and will offer unique opportunities to engage current and future leaders, and will position BP for hiring the best graduates. The strong networking created around the programme which involves students from a wide range of institutions such as oil companies, legal firms, the Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Finance, allows them to make a significant contribution in their chosen fields, reducing reliance on foreign technical assistance.
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To celebrate the production start-up of the biggest ultra-deep water project in Africa comprising the largest subsea infrastructure in the world, BP organized a high-level delegation visit offshore to officially inaugurate the Plutão, Saturno, Vénus and Marte floating production storage offloading vessel (PSVM FPSO) and a special technology exhibition in the Natural History Museum in Luanda.
The desire for information on all aspects of our industry – and especially Plutão, Saturno, Vénus and Marte (PSVM) project and role – was evident from the thousands of visitors of all ages who came to the technology exhibition to gain insight into the significant contribution being made by the oil and gas industry in the development of modern Angola.


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Earlier this month, CEO Larry Page announced that Google is reorganizing in order to foster innovation. Not content to be the kings of search, Page and his business partner Sergey Brin are leading disruption in their company to separate its money-making businesses from the ones incubating new ideas.
We're all familiar with Google search, YouTube, and online advertising, which will all remain part of Google. Less familiar are the companies developing contact lenses that read blood sugar levels, self-driving cars, and delivery drones, among other projects, that will be under the Alphabet umbrella but not part of Google.
Google may be the face of the new research and development. The company's challenge will be to stay true to its passion and purpose, while resisting the urge to become only a holding company focused only on financial results. If it can, it will create an opportunity that many other innovative companies failed to capture as they grew and matured.
In past paradigms, R&D has focused on meeting the articulated needs of its customers. Today if you wait for a need to be articulated before you begin, you may be too late. The process by which R&D is approved, funded, and transitioned is changing. In this emerging environment, R&D staff members must begin to anticipate what the future customer will want and understand the environment in which the future customer will reside.
Apple is a perfect example of the process. We don't believe anyone at Apple started with a vision to create an iPod Shuffle. Instead, they recognized how important music was to most people and how important portable music could become. They used an emerging technology – digital music files – and created a small device that allowed users to download their favorite music and play it back randomly. To top it off, the tiny iPods produced incredible sound and consequently disrupted the music industry. As you know, they were followed by the iPhone, iPad, and iWatch.
The point is that Apple and Google didn't wait for their customers to articulate a need. Instead, they anticipated and met an unspoken need in the marketplace. Going forward, successful R&D efforts must read and anticipate the customer and also the future in which they will live.
We would like to suggest three areas where action will be needed: human capital, R&D's position within an organization, and leadership. We'll discuss a few major points in each area now, but plan to discuss each of them in greater detail in future blogs.
The new business models we are building require a different focus on employees and their contributions to the workplace than the old. This is especially true for R&D organizations. The new landscape requires new attributes – people who are culturally intuitive rather than just technically proficient, who question authority rather than accepting judgments, and who are calculated risk takers rather than being averse to risk, to name just a few. We must develop hiring practices that identify the attributes needed for particular projects and departments, and that will require a shift in focus for the entire hiring process.
Engineers and scientists have long been the backbone of R&D departments and will remain central to the process, but companies will need greater diversity of thought and background to be successful. We will need to hire for differing points of view and experience, not just differing physical traits. We need people in R&D with backgrounds in anthropology, sociology, and psychology. We need storytellers and global thinkers. We need employees who are customer focused and outcomes oriented. This multi-attribute, multi-disciplinary group of individuals must also coexist and be capable of working together as a unified team.
One of Google's best moves is to remove innovative divisions from the pressures of only making a profit. The recent reorganization can sustain the ability, behavior and leadership that has already propelled Google to its place as one of the world's most innovative companies. Apple has also organized so that R&D is leading the company. Time will tell if the strategies will work.
We believe, they will, but with a caveat. The strategies will work if the "why" of the companies – purpose and passion – lead decision making, but will not if financial performance alone leads. Both are important, but the key is which is more important for sustained performance over decades.
R&D is not dealing with today's customer. That's the job of the current lines of business. It's not dealing with tomorrow's customer. That's marketing and business development's job. R&D is about dealing with the customers who come after tomorrow's customer – in other words, the future of the company. Protecting the innovation that comes from disciplined dreams and risk takers is critical for the viability of a company. Isolating it from today's pressures is required.
We have left perhaps the most important element for last. A thriving company must have visionary, engaged leadership that can build core values, trust, vulnerability, and freedom. We suggest that innovation is a corporate responsibility, not just the purview of a single leader. It is ongoing and essential to the organization.
At Toffler Associates, we define our approach with three words – understand, plan, and adapt. When you seek to understand a customer, an environment, or a world, you stand in the future. That's where leaders should be as they challenge their R&D departments to anticipate their customers' unspoken needs. This is how you Future Proof® your organization.
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What is Yahoo going to announce? Is it mLife again? Mlife was boring. How about something interesting... like an internet circus or the President giving a speech while the Chemical Brothers spin on the turntables in the background or online hog trading like an e*trade for pigs. Better yet, a free Tivo for every man, woman and child on earth with the ability to wireless-ly watch taped HBO on your existing Texas Instruments TI-81 calculator that you haven't used since that Algebra 2/Trig class in junior year of high school!
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Stir Crazy Brookfield, WI - 53005
Stir Crazy is categorized under Shakers and Stirrers in Brookfield, WI and active since 2008.
Stir Crazy was established in 2008, and today employs 1 to 4, earning $1.000.000 to $2.499.999 per year. This is a Shakers and Stirrers business, which does work in the B2B market, and is classified as a Shakers and Stirrers, under code number 7225111 by the NAICS.
If you are seeking more information, feel free to contact at the company's branch by writing to 15795 West Bluemound Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin WI 53005 or by phoning (262) 786-3100 Full Phone Report. You can also visit this business on Facebook by going to their profile page at Facebook or on find them on Twitter.
Business Name: Stir Crazy
Address: 15795 West Bluemound Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005
Website Address: stircrazy.com
Annual Revenue (USD): $1.000.000 to $2.499.999
Location Type: Branch
Business Category: Shakers and Stirrers
Stir Crazy was started in 2008 to provide professional Shakers and Stirrers under the SIC code 3821 and NAICS code 7225111. Since its inception, the company has gone on to take a total of 1 to 4 personnel under its employment and has achieved earnings of $1.000.000 to $2.499.999 per annum.
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Since December 2017, violence in the province of Ituri, in the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has left nearly 1,000 people dead and half a million displaced. Breaking out in the territory of Djugu, small-scale attacks first pi…
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High levels of mercury contained in whitening creams contribute to health hazards
The obsession for blemish-free and even-toned skin is a common phenomenon with many women of diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultures.
In fact, the global market for skin whitening alone in 2022 was estimated at $8 billion, with a projected increase of nearly an additional 50% within six years.
As we know, pigmentation and melasma are one of the most challenging conditions to treat. Skincare professionals are trained to take a personalised and clinical approach with each individual client and investigate the origin and cause of the pigmentation or melasma to determine and recommend an effective treatment plan.
Meanwhile, as the global demand for skin whitening products continues to grow, unscrupulous skincare formulators are resorting to high levels of toxic ingredients in a bid to capture this growing market segment. Here we uncover some of the high risks factors that are impacting not just the user, but possibly their whole family.
In the US, a woman lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, through the use of a skincare cream containing high levels of the toxic chemical, according to a case report shared exclusively with CNN.
The report, shared by Dr Erin Batdorff with the Minnesota Poison Control System, details the extensive symptoms experienced by the woman and her family, and how home visits conducted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) found high levels of mercury in both her and her children's bedrooms, bedding, household towels and laundry area.
Batdorff, a fellow in medical toxicology who examined the woman in her home told CNN. "No one intentionally wants to hurt themselves or their family members. But it's out there and you can't see it, you can't smell it. There's no way for consumers to know whether mercury is in the creams or not because it's not noted on the labels."
The woman, whose name has been concealed in the report to protect her identity, was referred to Batdorff's team after she reported an array of symptoms to multiple doctors, ranging from insomnia and leg pain to muscle weakness, fatigue and, eventually, the loss of her peripheral vision.
Clinical tests revealed elevated levels of mercury in her blood and urine.
Batdorff explained that the most common symptom she sees from potential mercury poisoning is tingling or numbness in a patient's hands or feet. She described the woman's loss of vision as "a more extreme and permanent symptom."
"Unfortunately, she will not recover her vision," Batdorff told CNN. "So being a young woman that now has vision loss is really frightening and pretty concerning."
The toxicologist added that there are likely to be many more people who are being exposed to toxic levels of mercury and are not showing symptoms, or at least not yet.
Following the referral, Batdorff and the MPCA visited the woman's house twice, about a year apart.
On the first visit, she presented to Dr Batdorff and his team the skin whitening creams that she had purchased from abroad but said she was no longer using them.
The team found the amount of mercury in two of those products to be several thousand times higher than the permitted levels of 1 part per million (ppm) in cosmetics and urine tests revealed high levels of mercury in her body (23mcg/litre), but mercury was not noted as an ingredient listed in the products.
At that time, the team did not consider the levels of mercury in her home to be a concern, but over the course of a year, the mother had increasingly elevated levels of mercury in her body, the case report states.
A second home visit in 2022 found that two new skincare products the woman had bought at a local department store, one of which was not labelled as skin whitening but was known to be used for this purpose, also contained high levels of mercury.
The products found in her home were empty from use, but the MPCA team tested new unopened versions of the same product, finding extremely high levels of mercury of 11,000 and 18,000 ppm.
"There are limited outlets for the availability of these products, and we have no reason or evidence to believe there would be any difference in the products," said John Gilkeson, Toxics Reduction Specialist at the MPCA, who tested the woman's home and has conducted three visits to the homes of people using skin whitening creams in recent years.
New urine tests confirmed that the mercury level in her body had risen to 46.6 micrograms/litre – more than nine times the level considered normal (5 micrograms/litre) – and certain areas in her home now also contained elevated levels of mercury, putting her family at risk.
Background mercury levels below 200 nanograms per cubic metre (ng/m3) are not considered a concern, Gilkeson explained. But the children's bedrooms recorded levels of up to 400 ng/m3 and their towels read up to 600 mg/m3, according to the case report.
Levels of up to 300 mg/m3 were found in the washing machine, where mercury likely accumulated as clothes worn by the mother were laundered, in turn contaminating other clothing and materials that go into the machine. Urine tests on one of her children found that they now had elevated levels of mercury in their body, albeit much lower than their mother at 6.88 micrograms/litre.
The number one possible source of mercury exposure
Mercury has long been used in skin whitening products due to its ability to block the production of melanin. US Federal Drug Agency regulations and the Minamata Convention on Mercury – an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury – limit the use of mercury in cosmetics, excluding those used around the eye area, to 1mg/kg of mercury, also known as 1 part per million (ppm).
The products found in the woman's home ranged from 4590ppm to 18,000ppm. At high levels, the inorganic mercury typically found in these products is extremely toxic. Chronic exposure can lead to kidney and liver damage, as well as neurological damage including personality changes, anxiety, depression, early childhood development issues and, as seemingly shown in this case, vision loss.
"With inorganic mercury, it's that chronic long-term exposure that concerns me the most," said Batdorff. "It's more subtle but ends up building up in our system and is hard to eliminate, especially when it gets into the brain … and once mercury has crossed over into the brain and our nervous system, it can cause a lot of unpleasant side effects."
For Batdorff and other experts, finding people early and removing the sources of mercury before they cause permanent damage is crucial.
Other concerns with skin whitening products
"When we're thinking about the risks, another area is pregnant women, women of childbearing age and babies and children. We don't want people in those groups to be exposed to high mercury," said Jessica Nelson, Program Director for the Minnesota Biomonitoring program within MDH, who led the 2015 and 2019 studies.
"We need to be sure women know that products can have mercury in them. And we also need to focus on women who speak languages other than English and different ways of sharing the information, ideally through community partners."
Symptoms associated with mercury poisoning may include:
Loss of peripheral vision
"Pins and needles" feelings, usually in the hands, feet, and around the mouth
Lack of coordination of movements
Impairment of speech, hearing, walking and/or
Skin-whitening uptake sparks concern among Australian dermatologists
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest census data from 2011, 24.6 per cent of the population was born overseas, while 43.1 per cent of people have at least one overseas-born parent.
"I think this sort of population shift has actually resulted in an uptake in the potential purchase of skin-whitening agents and certainly in my practice as a dermatologist that specialises in pigmented skin and coloured skin, I've seen a growing number of consultations and queries," Dr Michelle Rodrigues from the College of Dermatologists and a consultant dermatologist in Melbourne said.
"The majority of patients that see me about lightening have a preconceived idea that this is more beautiful and this stems from very deep-seated cultural and historical beliefs that perhaps this leads to increased employment or marital opportunities."
While there are no national figures for pharmacies and beauty stores the ABC spokesperson confirmed, that the sales of whitening and brightening creams, scrubs, lotions and even pills were increasing.
A Priceline spokesperson also stated that the whole mask trend in skincare is across all categories but particularly in whitening — that's the fastest-growing trend and you can see that coming out of Korea and China. It's definitely on-trend, and it's definitely something that we've had to focus on.
Online product purchases
As we know the availability of online skincare is robust, encouraging "do-it-yourself" solutions also for problematic skin conditions. This market can bypass any regulations and exposes consumers to potentially risky products.
If you are currently treating pigmentation and melasma skin conditions, it is advisable that you warn your clients to ensure they are guided by a qualified practitioner when purchasing their skincare products.


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Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity! Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's… actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?