![]() However, the summit, scheduled for June, was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Īccording to a source close to the Gabonese Foreign Ministry, Gabon had already applied for several months and the Commonwealth had sent a delegation to Libreville for an assessment to determine whether Gabon is eligible for its criteria. Libreville is now patiently waiting for its candidacy to be validated at the next Commonwealth summit in Kigali, Rwanda. Since 2012, Gabon with Chinese support has invested heavily in the construction of stadiums, hotels and other infrastructure with the goal of turning itself into a tourism hub. The option of making Gabon a bilingual country was also in line with the country's ambition to develop the tertiary sector as part of the diversification of an economy that is overly dependent on oil, wood and mineral sectors. Libreville intends to vary its development choices based on the development models of the English-speaking countries, according to the Gabonese Foreign Ministry. In Africa, there has been an opinion among observers that economic development tends to be more dynamic in English-speaking countries than in most French-speaking countries. His spokesman, Jessye Ella Ekogha, added that it was a choice aimed at "sustainable development of the country." In his major announcement last week, the Gabonese president said the goal is to diversify Gabon's economy. But his plan to make room for English in schools had failed when the country had sledded in a severe economic crisis following the fall in commodity prices in 2014. ![]() ![]() The president had followed the example by sending a group of teachers to Ghana to learn English teaching. In October 2012, the Gabonese president paid a short visit to Kigali to "examine the experience of English-French bilingualism" in Rwanda, a French-speaking community that also belongs to the Commonwealth. It is about ensuring that Gabonese people are better armed," said Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, former spokesman for the Gabonese presidency. When you leave the French-speaking zone, if you don't understand English, you are almost handicapped. "Gabon wants to develop and offer itself the best opportunities. Though international, the French language, the official language of Gabon, is not the most spoken in the world, while English is still the language of business, a shared opinion among the Gabonese officials. Gabon's willingness to join the Commonwealth is not a decision that comes out of nowhere.Īli Bongo, a perfect English speaker who spent part of his childhood in the United States, has never hidden his intention to lead Gabon into the Anglosphere, in order to realize modernization. Speaking of a "historic turning point," he made this major announcement in London after a meeting with Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland. Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba said last Tuesday that his country plans to join the Commonwealth in a short time. LIBREVILLE, May 17 (Xinhua) - Gabon, a French-speaking country in Africa, has decided to knock on the door of the Commonwealth, almost all of whose members are the former territories of the British Empire.
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![]() I like to make collages to summarize albums of photos that I have so I can post it on my blog, use as my desktop wallpaper, use for scrap booking projects, etc. ![]() Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker This is the project website (includes a lot of examples, screenshots, link to the download, etc.): I made each of those in less than a minute. One is 200 photos of my cat in the shape of a heart, and the other is Cody created with 161 images that I grabbed from the Donation Coder website (Shape Collage can grab photos directly from websites). I have attached two example collages to this post. Shape Collage is among the most awesome products I have worked with - it is a one trick pony, and it performs flawlessly.I'd like to announce a (donationware) program I wrote called Shape Collage that automatically creates photo collages in different shapes, like a heart, cat, or in the shape of a word, very quickly and easily. Support option includes e-mail support and an online FAQ. Here are some sample collages created in Shape Collage. Click Create to save your file - Figure 3 shows a picture collage created within a heart shape.
Where do deleted photos go on Android? When you delete pictures on your Android phone, you can access your Photos app and go into your albums, then, scroll to the bottom and tap on “Recently Deleted.” In that folder, you will find all the photos you have deleted within the last 30 days.If you lost Picasa photos or pictures in Windows or Mac computers, relax. The photo or video will be back: In your phone’s gallery app. Touch and hold the photo or video you want to restore.If you want your device folder items to appear in your Photos tab, you can back them up automatically. If available, open your device folders to find your missing item. At the bottom, tap Library Find the folder under Photos on device. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos. From the list of the backup, choose the one that contains the files you deleted 6 months ago or 3 years ago and choose Restore to get back the deleted data. Then, scroll down and tap Backup and restore option. On your Android phone, open Settings app. How can I get deleted pictures back after 2 years? However, if you have a recovery tool like Photos Recovery you can get back many many years old pictures, videos, and audio files. ![]() Primarily, recovering pictures might seem impossible. ![]() You can use a built-in backup utility on Windows and use it to restore data. Learn how to back up photos and videos to Google Photos.Ĭan I recover deleted photos from 5 years ago? Picasa no longer works online, so you will not be able to add or sync albums or individual photos. The “cloud” is essentially a tech term for “online storage.” Your photos are encrypted and stored securely on Google’s servers, backed up in several cloud storage data centers. Remove the SD card and scan it with photo recovery software on Windows or macOS.Īfter you have synced or backed up your photos or videos, they will be stored in the cloud. Here’s what you can do: Restore them from a cloud backup. Yes, in many cases, it’s possible to restore deleted pictures from an Android phone. After retiring Picasa from further development in 2016, Google announced in March that the desktop photo-editing program would no longer work to upload or download photos, or manage online albums. Is there another program that would be as easy as Picasa? A.
![]() The pie is a standard projectile weapon that can be thrown forward or dropped to be a mine. The diamond can be dropped or thrown, which will turn anyone that touches it into a ticking bomb and will halt nearby racers. A magic wand will exchange places with someone you shoot. They still have full control, they’re just slower. There is a variety of traditional weapons such as pies, homing pies, a magic wand, a pillow, lasagna and so on, but what do they all do? A pillow will make the other racers fall asleep. There is a 150 CC for those brave enough. It feels like the only way to keep a lead is luck. 100 CC is the real challenge of the game, borderline tough. There are three levels of difficulty 50CC is slow, dull and super easy so easy I found myself starting to doze and that’s no embellishment. When you do get into the game, it hits another speed bump because there is no local split screen or online play. Another glitch I’ve come across is after a time trial or grand prix, sometimes the menus fail to appear, which means I’ve had to restart the game. I would say its an issue of forgotten textures, but nothing other than the menus and icons are here, so its a deeper issue with the game. ![]() To start, I want to point out that windowed mode has a black screen with only icons, so you’ll need to play in full screen mode. ![]() There’s nothing to keep you in the game other than your own drive to unlock everything with coins you find on the tracks. Its missing the glitz-and-glamour of bigger, flashy kart racers. With all the unlockables, route exploration, customization, depth and good weapons, this should be some sort of smash it right? It checks all those boxes so well, but there’s just something missing from it. It has eight playable drivers and you can customize a lot of things that matter when it comes to bonuses and buffs. Sixteen small circuits, each with big roads and generic themes like a farm, an airport, Egyptian desert and western gulch. Garfield Kart is a kart racing combat game that takes the vanilla mediocre route rather than a thick, fattening lasagna road less traveled. “With Steam Bundles, if a customer already some items in the Bundle, they will pay for and receive only the items not already in their account. Then just check out and you’ll have bought a gift copy of a bundle you already have the games for. You can also buy a sub (bundle) as a gift even if you have none, some, or all of the apps in it. You can buy an app (game or software) as a gift whether or not you own it. Man Burning Crusade was my debut into WoW, and all of these extras might actually pull me back into it.How do you gift a bundle on Steam you already own? its overkill for such little time to catch up with our shaman/paladinĪlso "A Dark Portal Hearthstone for use in Burning Crusade Classic, providing a unique visual effect inspired by the gateway between worlds", is that like an additional hearthstone with different cooldown such as Dalaran? Comment by MenderMystfire on T12:25:26-05:00 least prepatch next week to have enough time. Price thoo? Comment by mocan on T12:23:44-05:00Ģ weeks prepatch? c'mon Blizzard. How about we seperate the Shadowlands mount from the - I assume - overly expensive package deal, and just sell it seperately? I have no intention of playing TBC what-so-ever. You've ruined yet another one of your products Blizzard in the sake of short term profits. This is only going to devolve further until the monetization is that of Shadowlands, which is what Classic players rejected. Blizzard's intentions to keep classic true to the product of the time is gone and the implementation of the store will take precedent. Maybe the person wants a belf or drae Comment by Carthac on T12:21:33-05:00 it say it right there in big fat bold letters OMG, FINALLY CONFIMED YESSS Comment by exiledmember on T12:13:01-05:00īummer that the toys don't carry over to retail! Comment by Blutelf on T12:13:09-05:00Īh so this is how we are supposed to get alts to 60 in our 14 day pre-patch, thanks blizz, great job as always.īlood elves and draenei cannot be boosted. I'm stoked! Comment by Kelras on T12:11:11-05:00Īm I going to get this like a good, blind little paypig just so I can have a Warp Stalker mount on retail? Some changes = Lemme squeeze you for more money Comment by Bonyfoot on T12:11:09-05:00 Prepare for incoming rage Comment by kovee87 on T12:10:25-05:00 Is the Illidans Path toy still consumable or is this version just on a cooldown? Comment by Ghausght on T12:10:18-05:00 30 days of World of Warcraft game time, providing access to WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, and the modern gameįor more information on World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic, visit theĬomment by hirohitoboy19 on T12:08:13-05:00Īh so this is how we are supposed to get alts to 60 in our 14 day pre-patch, thanks blizz, great job as always.The Dark Portal Pass, which boosts one character to level 58 (same restrictions as standalone Dark Portal Pass apply upgrading from the Dark Portal Pass to the Deluxe Edition does not grant a second boost.).The Path of Illidan toy for Burning Crusade Classic, which causes your character’s footsteps to leave flickering fel fire in their wake for a short time.A Dark Portal Hearthstone for use in Burning Crusade Classic, providing a unique visual effect inspired by the gateway between worlds.The Viridian Phase-Hunter mount, a variant for use in modern World of Warcraft (including Shadowlands) and reflecting the game’s current visual style.The Reawakened Phase-Hunter mount, a creature that draws on the otherworldly energies that transformed Draenor into Outland, for use only in Burning Crusade Classic and designed to match the look of the original expansion.This edition includes all the items from the Intrepid explorers looking to further enhance their Burning Crusade Classic experience can purchase the optional A little bit of gold to start their journey.Up to four Runecloth Bags (14 slots each).A set of level 58 magic (green) quality gear. ![]() Not usable on blood elf or draenei characters , allowing them to boost one character of their choosing on a Burning Crusade Classic realm to level 58 (limit one per World of Warcraft account Starting on May 18, after the weekly scheduled realm maintenance, everyone who wants to prepare early to join the adventure when Outland opens on June 1 will have the option to purchase the As with WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic will be included with every WoW players’ subscription at no additional cost.įor those who haven't played WoW Classic recently, or if you're looking to enhance your experience, we have a host of special items just for you. Are you prepared? World of Warcraft®: Burning Crusade Classic™ launches on Think about it - your reputation is that of a greedy outsider, so they offer you a large reward to send you, in a dinky ship, to the most dangerous place in the galaxy. The entire main Polaris plot starts because they tried to kill you off and failed. Yes, they sent us on a suicide mission, intending to pick through what's left of our corpse later for retrieval. Meet me in the bar in a few hours, and I will have something more for you." "We will have to explore this phenomenon further. "This is most unusual," he tells you, looking slightly shocked. You tell him to check your sensor logs if he has any doubts. "What!?" he exclaims, drawing the stares of several of his colleagues. You raise your eyebrows and tell him that you had absolutely no trouble with them at all, and that they basically left you alone. They are possibly the most aggressive life-form we have ever heard of." ![]() "Very few have ventured into Wraith space and survived. Take Sample posted: Upon landing you are greeted by several blue-robed Polaris scientists who begin poring over the sample you took. We stop by the first stable station we see to refuel. These only really occur in Polaris space, though there may be a handful of deprecated stations in Auroran territory. The "station's hull integrity is too unstable" to dock, but it's still functional, serving as an early warning station for Wraith incursions. Heading back, there's an interesting little station - A'j Do. ![]() We turn around for home - the concentrations of Wraith have gotten to truly unnerving levels, especially considering how they could kill us within a second using their ridiculous beam attack. ![]() We reach the target system, dominated by a gas giant, and the sensors deem us to have collected enough data. They don't respond to hails, falling in and out of cloak as they weave around us. We almost immediately see the Wraith presence. The Ver'ash are happy, if tired, and the Nil'kemorya all seem to be preternaturally relaxed and alert. The difference between the two groups is subtle yet obvious. Ver'Ar Plas's Bar posted: You see a number of Ver'ash in their dark green uniforms talking with a number of gray-cloaked members of the warrior caste. |