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Tag: Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
10Jan By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Asks Buhari To Drop Plan To Borrow Dormant Account Balances
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position "to promptly drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts using the patently unconstitutional and illegal Finance Act, 2020, and to ensure full respect for Nigerians' right to property." The Finance Act, signed into law by Buhari last December, would allow the government to borrow unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances owned by Nigerians in any bank in the country. But SERAP in a letter dated 9 January 2021 and signed by its deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: "The right to property is a sacred and fundamental right. Borrowing unclaimed dividend...
7Dec By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Asks Buhari To Stop Governors From Borrowing ₦17Trn From Pension Funds
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his "good offices and leadership position to urgently instruct the Director-General and Board of the National Pension Commission [NPC] to use their statutory powers to stop the 36 state governors from borrowing and/or withdrawing N17 trillion from the pension funds purportedly for 'infrastructural development.'" The governors last week reportedly proposed to borrow around N17 trillion from the pension funds after receiving a briefing from the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, who is the Chairman of the National Economic Council Ad Hoc Committee on Leveraging Portion of Accumulated Pension Funds for Investment in the Nigeria Sovereign Investment...
9Sep By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Condemns Arbitrary Electricity Tariff, Fuel Price Hike
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned "the patently unfair and arbitrary hike in electricity tariff and fuel price by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is unjust to many people living in extreme poverty, and entirely incompatible with the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 [as amended] and the country's international human rights obligations." Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP deputy director said in a statement today: "The hike will endanger lives and increase inequality and poverty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. SERAP will challenge this travesty in court if the Federal Government does not immediately drop these retrogressive measures against the Nigerian people." "Specifically, the increase in electricity tariff and fuel price clearly vi...
We Have Spent N31 Billion To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria — Ahmed Idris
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it "spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion." The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, stated this in response to the Freedom of Information request dated August 10, 2020, and sent to him by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE). In reply to Mr Idris dated September 4, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare and CODE Chief Executive Hamzat Lawal, the organizations said: "We note among others that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 spent N22 billion, and 36 states spent N7 billion t...
30Aug By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Sues Buhari Over Failure To Publish Details Of ₦800 Billion Recovered Loot
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to "disclose information and documents relating to the names of people from whom N800 billion in looted public funds have been recovered, specific dates of the recovery, and details of projects on which the money has been spent." The President had in paragraph 78 of his speech to mark the occasion of the Democracy Day on June 12, 2020, stated that: "the government has recovered looted funds in excess of N800 billion. These monies are being ploughed into development and infrastructure projects." In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1064/2020 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking: "an order for leave to apply for judicial review and a...
5Aug By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Condemns Attacks On Revolution Now Protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has "strongly condemned reported violent attacks on #RevolutionNow protesters in Abuja, Osogbo and other parts of the country. The government of President Muhammadu Buhari must end the use of excessive force against protesters, and allow people to peacefully exercise their human rights." The Department of State Services today reportedly arrested Olawale Bakare and six other #RevolutionNow protesters wearing orange-coloured caps around Olaiya area of Osogbo, Osun State capital. Several protesters were also arrested by the police and the Nigerian Army in the Abuja metropolis. In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: "By failing to adequately protect protesters from violent atta...
22Jun By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Sues Health Ministry & NCDC Over 'Failure To Account For COVID-19 Money'
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health and Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over "their failure to account for the public funds and other resources so far spent and used to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria." In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/616/2020 filed last week at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking: "an order for leave to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus to direct and compel the Minister of Health and the NCDC to publish details of the funds and resources from federal and state governments, and the private sector, as well as details of how the funds and resources have so far been spent and used to combat COVID-19...
SERAP Seeks Details Of ₦800 Billion Recovered Loot
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) request to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him "to direct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to publish a comprehensive list of names of people from whom N800 billion in looted funds have been recovered, the details of spending of the money and the dates of the recovery." SERAP also urged the president to: "direct appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly, thoroughly and transparently investigate allegations that payments totalling N51 billion were made into individual accounts in 2019." In the letter dated 13 June, 2020 and signed by SERAP deputy dire...
7Jun By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Asks Appeal Court To Order Release Of Asset Declarations Of Buhari, VP Osinbajo, Others
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to set aside a judgment of a Federal High Court and to order public disclosure of asset declaration details submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, governors and their deputies and other politicians since 1999." The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on Monday, May 11, 2020, dismissed the application filed by SERAP seeking "an order of mandamus to direct and compel the CCB to make available to the public specific details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents, vice-presidents, senate presidents, speakers of House of Representatives, state governors and their deputies since 199...
SERAP Drags Buhari, NASS To UN Over Cuts In Health, UBE Budgets
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN special rapporteurs urging them to use their "mandates to urgently request the Nigerian government and the leadership of the National Assembly to immediately reverse the unlawful, disproportionate and discriminatory budget cuts to education and healthcare, and to stop the authorities from spending N27bn to renovate the National Assembly complex." The special rapporteurs are: Ms. Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education; Mr. Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right to health; and Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In the revised 2020 budget approved yesterday, the Federal Government reportedly gave the National A...
17May By dthataNo Comments
Copy 'Namibia Example', Ban Car Perks For Presidency, Ministers – SERAP To Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his "leadership position to follow the 'Namibia example' by urgently issuing an executive order to ban the purchase of new cars by the presidency, and all ministers for the remainder of the tenure of your administration, that is, until May 2023." SERAP urged him to "use the savings from this ban to support students of tertiary institutions across the country to reduce the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown on them and their parents, and to improve access to healthcare for all Nigerians. We also urge you to encourage the National Assembly and governors to ban the purchase of new cars and to use the savings to pay workers' salaries and pensioners' entitleme...
3May By dthataNo Comments
COVID-19: SERAP Asks Buhari To Use Confiscated Stolen Assets As Isolation Centre
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to "urgently instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abukabar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate ministries and agencies to identify, publish and use confiscated stolen assets as isolation centres." SERAP said: "Using confiscated assets as isolation centres would provide safe and enabling environments for the treatment and care of people, improve the authorities' ability to respond to COVID-19, reduce the risks to Nigerians and to public health." The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire had last week reportedly begged Nigerians to donate and temporarily make their buildings available as isolation centres. According to hi...
12Apr By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Asks Lawan, Gbaja To Give ₦37 Billion NASS Renovation Fund To States
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila urging them to "immediately make a public commitment to redirect the N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to give N1 billion to each of the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as COVID-19 direct reliefs and benefits to the country's poorest and most vulnerable people." SERAP said: "We applaud the patriotic steps and voluntary contributions already made by the National Assembly towards fighting COVID-19 in the country. We now urge you to make major strides to national efforts to deal with one of the greatest threats facing the country by immediately redir...
24Feb By dthataNo Comments
Nigerians Sue Gbajabiamila, House Of Reps Members Over Plan To Spend N5bn On 400 Cars
Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives and all members have been sued by some concerned Nigerians for wanting to spend N5billion to buy 400 exotic cars for principal officers and members. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 192 concerned Nigerians filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives and all members from spending N5billion to buy 400 exotic cars for principal officers and members. The lawsuit also seeks the a court order to and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from releasing any public funds to the House of Representatives to buy 400 Toyota Camry 2020 model cars estimated to cost $35,130 per car. The suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/205/2020 ...
SERAP Gives FG 7 Days To Disclose Spending Of Recovered Abacha Loot Since 1999
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to "disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot since the return of democracy in 1999." SERAP is also asking the Federal Government to "disclose details of projects executed with the Abacha loot and their locations, details of companies and contractors involved in the execution of any such projects, details of all the agreements on the loot, the roles played by the World Bank and other actors, as well as the implementation status of all projects since 1999." In two Freedom of Information requests...
9Feb By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Drags FG, Cross River To ECOWAS Court Over Agba Jalingo's Trial
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the government of Nigeria and Cross River state government of governor Ben Ayade to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja "over the prolonged, arbitrary detention; unfair prosecution; persecution, and sham trial of journalist Agba Jalingo." Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22 over a report alleging that Mr Ayade diverted N500 million belonging to the state. In the suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/10/2020 filed last week at the ECOWAS Court, SERAP is arguing that: "The sole objective of the government of Nigeria and the Cross River state government of governor Ben Ayade is to perpetually keep Agba Jalingo in arbitrary detention and to silence him simply for expressing critical views and ...
SERAP Asks EFCC To Release Shehu Sani
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani. We reports that Operatives of EFCC on Thursday reportedly invaded the Abuja residence of Senator Shehu Sani over alleged extortion. It was gathered that the EFCC officials stormed the apartment in Wuse, Abuja at about 3:30pm on Wednesday to look for incriminating evidence against the former Kaduna senator. This is following arrest of Sani last week for alleged extortion of $20,000 from the owner of ASD Motors. The government critic, who represented Kaduna central senatorial district between 2015 and 2019, allegedly collected money from Sani Dauda, owner of ASD Motors, promising to pass it on t...
7Jan By dthataNo Comments
You Can't Force Buhari To Make Public His Assets Second Time – Femi Adesina
A presidential spokesperson on Tuesday said there was no law that mandates President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his assets publicly. The presidency was reacting to the demand of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) which urged Mr Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the 36 state governors to make their assets public in seven days. SERAP, in its statement on Sunday, argued that the non-disclosure by the officials "seriously undermines the effectiveness and integrity of the constitutional and statutory obligations to submit asset declarations." 'Not true' Meanwhile, the presidency through Femi Adesina, spokesperson to Mr Buhari, while reacting on Monday during Channels TV Politics Today, said no law compelled his principal to make public his assets...
SERAP Gives Buhari, Osinbajo, Governors 7-Day Ultimatum To Publish Assets
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, 36 state governors and their deputies, urging them to use their good offices to: "provide information on summary of the assets, specifically property and income, contained in your asset declaration forms submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) since your assumption of office." SERAP is also asking them to: "clarify within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter, if you have had any reason to review and update the asset declarations submitted to the CCB, and to provide the summary of any such review; failing which we will take all appropriate legal action to compel you to comply with our request....
29Dec By dthataNo Comments
SERAP, Others Ask Court To Stop Spending Of 'N37bn On NASS Renovation'
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to "restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning from releasing N37 billion allocated for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to the Federal Capital Development Agency and the National Assembly until an impact assessment of the spending is carried out." The groups are also seeking a court order to "restrain, prevent and stop the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila and the Federal Capital Development Agency from demanding or collecting the N37 billion earmarked for the r...
SERAP Sues FG Over Failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV Project
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning over failure to "disclose information and specific documents on the total amount of money paid to contractors from the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project, and failure to name the contractors involved and explain why the government has continued to re-pay the loan." In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1447/2019 filed last week at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking "an order for leave to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus to direct and/or compel the Minister of Finance to disclose the details of local companies and Chinese contra...
24Nov By dthataNo Comments
Sowore, Bakare, Falana: SERAP Petitions DSS
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the commission's members to take action against the harassment of Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare, their sureties and lawyers, particularly Femi Falana, SAN. According to SERAP, Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that it would not release the activists until it is allowed to vet sureties that have already been verified by the court. SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, who released the petition on Sunday noted that the harassment of detained activists, their sureties as well as lawyers who come to their defence, shows a steady slide away from the rule of law and underscores the urgent need for th...
SERAP Writes archbishop Of Canterbury, Seeks His Intervention On Sowore's Case
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby urging him to use his good offices and leadership and his "friendship with President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on him to obey court orders most recently involving activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare who remain in arbitrary detention despite a court order for their release." SERAP expressed "serious concerns about the disturbing trends by state governments and federal government to use the court as a tool to suppress citizens' human rights." In the letter dated 11 November 2019 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: "We believe you can use your leadership position and influence to persuade...
31Oct By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments
SERAP writes Trump, seeks travel ban for Governors jailing journalists
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers "pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian state governors and other senior public officials misusing the criminal justice system to jail journalists, bloggers and activists reporting on allegations of corruption from entering the US." SERAP also urged Mr Trump to "use Presidential Proclamation 8697 (which allows the US Department of State to deny visas to foreign officials, their families and friends) who participate in serious human rights violations and other abuses such as misusing the criminal justice system to ja...
20Oct By dthataNo Comments
Employment Slots Scandal: SERAP Calls On ICPC, EFCC To Probe Senate, MDAs
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to: "jointly carry out a prompt, thorough, transparent and effective investigation into allegations that principal officers and members of the Nigerian Senate are using their official positions to get job slots from government agencies." SERAP also urged the anti-corruption agencies to: "probe allegations that some ministries, departments and agencies are selling the employment slots at their disposal, with a single slot being allegedly sold for as much as N1.5 million. We urge you to prosecute anyone suspected to be involved should you consider there is relevant and sufficient admissible...
24Sep By dthataNo Comments
Sowore's Release A Victory For The Rule Of Law – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed decision by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the immediate release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Service as "a victory for the rule of law, human rights and judicial independence." In a statement, SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: "It's a huge relief that Sowore will be freed and can finally return to his family and journalism work. He should never have been detained in the first place. The Nigerian authorities should now withdraw all the charges against him and allow freedom of expression and media freedom to flourish. It's good for everyone." SERAP said: "The Nigerian authorities now have t...
Charges Against Sowore A Mockery Of Justice, End The Case Now – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr Abukabar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, urging him to use his position "to without delay enter a nolle prosequi and discontinue the prosecution of the Convener of 'RevolutionNow' protest and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare, also known as Mandate for apparently politically motivated charges of treason, fraud and 'insulting President Muhammadu Buhari'." SERAP said: "We urge you to use your role as a trustee of the public interest under section 174 of the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 (as amended) to end several of similar trumped-up cases going on in several states." In the letter dated 21 September 2019 and signed by ...
Xenophobia: SERAP Asks African Countries To Take S.A To Court, Seeks $10b For Victims
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the commission's members requesting them: "to urgently submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and to seek an effective remedy and reparation for Nigerian victims." SERAP said: "these attacks constitute serious violations of the human rights of Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa." The organization also urged the commission to "seek in the case to the African Court, punitive damages and adequate compensation of $10 billion (USD) on behalf of hundreds of Nigerian victims and...
28Jul By dthataNo Comments
SERAP Asks Governors To Emulate 'Makinde's Open Asset Declaration Example
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged 35 state governors in Nigeria to "emulate the shining example of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who recently openly declared his assets, by publishing without further delay the full details of their asset declarations submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). SERAP said: "Nigerians ought to know the worth of their state governors. The publication of asset declarations by state governors will improve transparency, accountability and good governance and assure the public that neither fraud nor illicit enrichment is concealed. Knowing the worth of state governors before and after taking offices would also prevent rumours, half-truths or innuendo regarding asset declarations." According to the assets declarati...
SERAP Urges Orji Kalu, Goje, Okorocha, Others To 'Stop Collecting Pensions'
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged all former governors now in the ninth Senate to "publicly commit to stop collecting pensions from their states while they serve as senators, return 'pensions' already collected to the public treasury, and push for the abolition of double emoluments laws for former governors and deputies in their states." Several of the 36 states have enacted pension-for-life laws for former governors and deputies. Among former governors in the ninth Senate that will enjoy such pensions are two ex-governors Abia State, Orji Kalu, and his successor, Theodore Orji; former governor Ebonyi State Sam Egwu; former governor Imo State Rochas Okorocha; former governor Ogun State Ibikunle Amosu; and former governor Gombe State, Danjuma Goje. ...
SERAP Writes Gov. Dickson, Asks Him To Reject Life Pension For Bayelsa Lawmakers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State urging him to use his "good offices as trustee of the state's resources, and consistent with your constitutional oath of office, to reject the proposed life pension bill by the leader of the House of Assembly Peter Akpe, and to prevail upon the House to immediately withdraw the self-serving bill." The House had last week passed a bill that would grant life pensions to speakers, deputy speakers and other members. Under the bill, speakers will go home with N500,000 monthly, while deputy speakers will receive N200,000. 24 other members will each get N100,000. The House is seeking life pensions for members similar to those "applicable to former presidents, vice-p...
SERAP Writes Buhari, 36 Governors, Seeks Disclosure Of Spending Security Votes
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors in Nigeria requesting them to use their "good offices and leadership positions to urgently provide information on specific details of spending of appropriated public funds as security votes between 2011 and 2019." In the separate requests sent to Mr Buhari and the governors, SERAP said: "Given the current security realities in the country, we need the information to determine if public funds meant to provide security and ensure respect and protection of the rights to life, physical integrity, and liberty of Nigerians have been spent for this purpose. Our request is limited to details of visible, specific security measures and proj...
17Mar By dthataNo Comments
Compensate Victims Of Building Collapse In Lagos, Ibadan – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged "the governments of Lagos and Oyo states to "take immediate action to address the numerous ongoing human rights impacts of the deadly and catastrophic building collapse in their respective states, including by taking meaningful steps to avoid further damage to the human rights of the people affected." The organization said: "The Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode and Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi should ensure as a matter of priority, access of victims and their families to effective remedies in a transparent manner, specifically, access to justice, adequate compensation, reparation, and guarantees that incidents like these can never happen again." According to the organization: "These tragedies point to w...
SERAP Writes Petition Over Electoral Violence, Ballot Snatching
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over electoral violence during Saturday's presidential and National Assembly Election. SERAP in a letter dated 25 February 2019 signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare urged Buhari to refer cases of electoral violence, killings in states like Rivers, Lagos and Oyo to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The organisation noted that this will serve as a deterrent to offenders and justice to those killed during electoral process. The statement read: "We urge President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately refer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) pursuant to article 13 of the Rome Statute to which Nigeria is a state party, all allegations of election-related ...
SERAP Responds To Fashola's 'No Corrupt' Electricity Contractor
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that attempts to limit disclosure of information of public interest would weaken the government's commitment to transparency and accountability. This was in response to the letter by Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, that the names of contractors that collected public funds meant for electricity projects could not be found in the Ministry records Fashola said, "We have searched the Ministry's record and the information you applied for is not held by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (Power Sector)." The letter signed on Fashola's behalf by Mrs Shoetan A. A, Director (Legal Services) read in part: "I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 4th Janu...
2019 Presidency: SERAP Reacts To Atiku's Plan To Grant Amnesty To Looters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has countered presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Atiku Abubakar over plans to grant amnesty to corrupt Nigerians if elected president. Atiku said he may consider granting looters amnesty provided they are willing to reinvest their loot in Nigeria, thereby creating jobs. The former Vice president said this on Wednesday while answering questions on 'The Candidates', a presidential town hall co-production on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). But, SERAP , reacting in a post on its official Twitter handle condemned Atiku's plan to grant amnesty to looters. According to SERAP, the corrupt must be held accountable and not escape justice. The post read: "Dear Atiku, granting amnesty for corr...
SERAP Gives NJC 5 Days To Take Over CJN Onnoghen's Case
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open petition to the Next-In-Rank to the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) urging the NJC "to immediately take over from the Code of Conduct Tribunal the case of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen with a view to setting up a committee to investigate the allegations of breach of constitutional asset declaration requirements against him." The organization also urged the NJC to: "ask Justice Onnoghen to step aside from his role as Chief Justice pending the outcome of your investigation into the allegations against him. Also, if following your investigation, the allegations against Justice Onnoghen is established, the NJC should refer the case to appropriate anti-corruption bodies for pros...
I'm Not Going To Enrich Members Of My Family But My Friends Is Cronyism – SERAP
Dear @atiku using entrusted position to enrich one's friends is cronyism, which is the byproduct of formal corruption. @anticorruption calls it "form of corrupt behaviour" Cronyism is always evidence of ethical failure.
Serap Drags FG To UN Over Failure To End ASUU Strike
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs urging them to "prevail upon the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reach an agreement to end the ongoing strike action by ASUU, which continues to have real and dire consequences on the right to higher education, specifically university education, as guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to which Nigeria is a state party." In the urgent appeal dated 28 December 2018 and signed by SERAP senior legal adviser Bamisope Adeyanju, the organization said: "By failing to prevent and end the ongoing strike action by ASUU, the Nigerian government has defied and breached th...
SERAP Sues Buhari For Failure To Order Ganduje's Probe
SERAP has sued Buhari over failure to order Ganduje's probe, following bribery allegations against the Kano State Governor sparked off from alleged bribery videos released few weeks ago. According to the anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, though the alleged bribery directly concerned Kano State, the Federal Government could not afford to look away. SERAP who sued Buhari for failure to order Ganduje's probe, also urged the Nigerian President to use his good offices to direct either the Attorney General of the Federation or anti-graft agencies to probe the bribery allegations against Ganduje. In a statement on Sunday by its Senior Legal Adviser, Ms Bamisope Adeyanju, SERAP said it had finally sued the President before the Fed...
Travel Ban On 50 High-profile Nigerians Illegal, Repressive – SERAP To Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that "The order banning 50 alleged high-profile corrupt Nigerians from travelling abroad without any legal basis and a judicial authorisation is clearly arbitrary, repressive and illegal, as it breaches constitutional rights and the country's international obligations, which protect the rights to freedom of movement, to leave one's country, to privacy, and to due process of law." The organization said: "A travel ban by its nature is an interference with the right to leave one's country. It is neither necessary nor proportionate to prevent dissipation of stolen assets or stop politically exposed persons (PEPs) from tampering with any such assets. The ban should be immediately lifted and the order rescinded." Presidenti...
1Mar By raymonNo Comments
Ex-Governors' Pensions: Emulate Saraki – SERAP Tells Gov. Yari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari to emulate Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and kick against double emoluments laws for former governors and deputies in their states. Saraki on Wednesday hailed Kwara State House of Assembly on the passage of bill to suspend payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies when they hold a public office. SERAP in a statement to DAILY POST by its deputy director, Timothy Adewale urged Gov. Yari to show example and abolish double emoluments laws. The statement reads " Chairman, Nigeria Governors' Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari to emulate the example of Senate President Bukola Saraki a...
17Dec By raymonNo Comments
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This year's 8th Annual International Kabbalah Congress took place on February 2-4, 2009. The event brought about 6,000 participants from 52 countries and was covered by national and international media.
Click on the videos to the right to watch various media coverage of the Congress. Here you will find a collection of videos by Israel's top English and Hebrew language television channels, as well as other online news channels.
TEL AVIV - Over the past five years, the International Kabbalah Congress, hosted by Kabbalah International, has established itself as one of the world's most culturally diverse and awe-inspiring gatherings.
Not quite an arts festival, not quite a cultural extravaganza, not quite a social experiment, but something of all three, the 8th annual International Kabbalah Congress is a three-day celebration of human unity and a deep personal experience for every participant.
This year, it was held in the center of Tel Aviv's Exhibition Gardens - Ganey ha Ta'arucha. Despite the tension between Israel and its neighboring countries, and a growing uncertainty about the global financial situation, record numbers made the journey to the 2009 Congress. Many of the 6,000 participants who arrived from over 52 countries were first-timers attracted by past attendees' testimonials.
Anyone who has been to a Kabbalah Congress will tell you that it is a most profound, life-changing experience. The program includes immensely engaging workshops, uplifting meal sessions, emotional and energetic cultural evenings, fun activities and games for children and adults, a variety of awe-inspiring music and dance performances by participants from all parts of the world, and enlightening Kabbalistic lessons with Rav Michael Laitman, PhD.
This winter, the 2009 International Kabbalah Congress took place at the largest exhibition ground in Israel, in the modern setting of Tel Aviv - Israel's largest metropolis, as it spread the warmth of mutual care and respect all throughout the region. For a few brief days, the makeshift village known as "Pavilion Number 10" became the warmest and most cordial place in the Middle East, or even the whole world. It was an event of magnificent diversity, a coming together of people of all ages and from all walks of life: celebrities, creative artists, engineers, road workers, dancers, white collar workers, students, musicians, stock-investors, school teachers, performers, tradesmen, writers, DJs, plumbers, academicians, politicians, designers - and the list goes on and on.
But the International Kabbalah Congress was more than just a three-day spectacle. As Congress veterans are quick to point out, the Congress was marked by its special preparation, focus, and purpose. The aim of this event was to nurture the common point of human unity beyond all the differences that separate people - beyond languages, races, religions, educational achievements and occupational interests.
The Congress created a special environment that enabled its participants to realize the high potential that lies in the connection between people. Its primary aim was to invert the self-centered approach that lies at the base of human relationships and is opposite to the global nature of life in the 21st century. Since this opposition is what gave rise to the current financial, environmental, and educational crises, inverting our self-centered approach will alter the world's unpromising course and begin moving it toward tranquility, peace and prosperity.
In the midst of the raging global financial crisis, this Congress gave its participants a taste of the better world we all dream of and the practical tools to help us take our first steps as one united human family.
For many participants, the International Kabbalah Congress became a deeply transformational experience, one where they broke through their psychological barriers that separated them from others and discovered new ways of expression and communication.
The result was a multi-faceted event, playful and lively, but at the same time one that facilitated deep inner focus and personal growth.
This Congress gave everyone the chance to experience unprecedented unity among people and witness a mini-model of a new, better humanity.


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What a great way to turn the perspective around from negative to positive. I can use this – thanks!
Awesome perspective! I have definitely found this to be very true in my life! I always soar to higher heights after "leavers".
Soaring to higher heights is definitely the way to go!


I am an Assistant Professor in Management. My research is experimental behavioral economics. The basic philosophy of behavioral determination I follow is that human hehaviour is based on a small number of "hard-wired", dispositions, determined on a time-scale of millennia. I believe four are enough for most purposes: reciprocity, rank or status comparison, rule following, and efficiency or social welfare concerns, in addition to the standard one, of private consumption. Over the shorter, cultural time-scale – within a particular lifetime – people learn "appropriate" ways to channel these dispositions into behavior. On an even shorter time-scale – each time a new action is required – they interpret their possible choices based on the cultural norms they have internalized. Behavior therefore represents an interpretation of how the various cultural responses to basic biological impulses are best expressed in the current decision context. The goal of my research is to study how people effect this interpretation, and what affects the interpretations they make.
Particular interests involve honesty and lying – notably self-deception and wishful thinking – and the effect of group identity on behavior. Avenues by which I have been exploring these issues include (1) measures attention to different characteristics of a decision problem as a determinant of their relative weight in the actions chosen; and (2) dynamics of repeated interaction based on evolutionary game theory.
The methodology consists of two facets. First, from assumptions drawn out of the "philosophy" above, I apply the standard economic methodology of deducing optimal behavior given a set of possible actions, and some ranking criterion to order them. Second, I confront these theoretical results (or predictions, based on the assumptions made) to empirical experimental data. Thus I try to maintain a theory-driven empirical research paradigm.


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History of Government (4) - Moses
A new role of military leader emerged with Moses. During 400 years of slavery in Egypt, Israel has developed into a nation. God chose Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt into the promised land. This would not be easy, because the Egyptians did not want to lose their slaves, the Canaanites did not want to lose their land and the nations in between were afraid of the nation on the move. Moses was primarily a military leader with responsibility for leading the armies of Israel into the new land. This was the first time that the tribes of Israel acted together to form a combined army.
Moses had been trained as a leader in Egypt, but after a false start he escaped to wilderness, where he was called by God. The calling was clear.
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey... So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt" (Ex 3:7-10).
God appointed Moses to be a military leader to bring the nation out of Egypt into the Promised Land. He was not called to be a king and his position was not a permanent one. Moses died when he had led Israel up to the edge of the promised land. Joshua was anointed to take Moses' place and finish the task (Deut 31:1-8). With God's help, Joshua conquered the promised land by defeating the kings in the South and then the kings of the North. He then divided the land among the tribes and families. The completed the task that Moses had begun.
No successor was appointed for Joshua (Jos 23). The reason is that the task that Moses started was now completed. Israel no longer needed a military leader. God had promised that if Israel obeyed him, he would keep them safe from their enemies (Deut 28:1-7). The Moses/Joshua model was not the optimal form of government. It was a temporarily military leadership model for a unique situation, which has not occurred again.
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Tigers and Other Wild Cats
WILD CATS' ORIGIN
TIGER'S ORIGIN
Physical Characteristics and Behaviour
Perfect Killing Machine
Sex Life of Tiger
Global tiger population
Causes for decline in tiger numbers
Saving the Tiger
Tiger for Sale
White and Coloured Tigers
EXISTING SUBSPECIES : Siberian Tiger
South China tiger
Indochinese tiger
Sumatran Tiger
Malayan Tiger
Bengal or Indian Tiger
Tiger History in Indian Subcontinent
30% tigers increased in India
Tigers Killed in India
Tiger attacks and Man-eating
Great Trekker
EXTINCT SUBSPECIES : Balinese Tiger
Javan Tiger
Caspian Tiger
LION : A majestic cat
Why do Lions have manes?
The Only True Social Cat
Sex-life and Reproduction
Lion in Culture, Symbols and Literature
Lion Population
Man-eater Lions
SUBSPECIES : Asiatic Lion
West African Lion
Cape Lion
European Lion
North East Congo Lion; Southwest African Lion (Katanga Lion) and Transvaal Lion
WHO IS KING OF JUNGLE — TIGER or LION?
LEOPARD : A spotted predator
Black Leopard
White Leopard
SUBSPECIES : Indian Leopard
Sri Lankan Leopard
Persian Leopard
Amur Leopard
Indochinese Leopard
Arabian Leopard
North Chinese Leopard
Javan Leopard
JAGUAR : The only 'big cat' of Americas
CHEETAH : The fastest land animal
Asiatic Cheetah : On the verge of Extinction
Exterminated in India
Northwest African Cheetah
JAGUAR, LEOPARD & CHEETAH : DIFFERENCES
SNOW LEOPARD : A highly secretive cat
CLOUDED LEOPARD : A 'SABER-TOOTH' CAT
SUBSPECIES : Sunda or Sundaland clouded leopard
PUMA OR COUGAR : CAT WITH MANY NAMES
JAGUARUNDI : Cat with a otter-like appearance
AFRICAN GOLDEN CAT
Asiatic Wildcat
African Wildcat
European Wildcat
Chinese mountain cat : Felid with many names
Southern African Wildcat : Recently recognised subspecies
BLACK-FOOTED CAT : Smallest African feline
CARACAL : Cat with long hair-tufts on ear tips
SAND CAT : A true desert feline
SERVAL : Cat with longest legs
AMERICAS' SMALL SPOTTED CATS
Andean Mountain Cat : 'Mini snow leopard'
Colocolo have expansive geographical range
Geoffroy's Cat can stand on hind legs
Kodkod : Smallest cat in Americas
Margay Cat : Felid with one pair of mammary glands
Ocelot :The largest Leopardus
Oncilla : Among smallest American cats
Pampas cat : Small but heavy cat
Southern tigrina : A new species
Pantanal cat : Named after Pantanal wetlands
LYNX : Medium-sized wildcats
Eurasian lynx : Largest of the four spcies
Iberian or Spanish Lynx : World's most threatened cat
Bobcat : Stubby tail with "bobbed" appearance
Canada lynx : Snowshoe hares are favourites
SOUTHEAST & CENTRAL ASIAN CATS
Asian Golden Cat : One of the least studied felid
Bay cat : highly endangered felid
Marbled Cat : A 'mini clouded leopard'
Jungle Cat : largest living Felis
Pallas's cat : Felid with longest and densest fur
ASIA'S SMALL SPOTTED WILD CATS
Leopard Cat : Feline with leopard-like spots
Subspecies : Asian Leopard Cat
Iriomote Cat
Amur Leopard Cat or Far Eastern Forest Cat
Borneon Leopard Cat
Visayan Leopard Cat
Rusty-spotted Cat
Fishing cat : Largest Prionailurus
Flat-headed cat : resembles more to a civet than to a feline
Eurasian Lynx of Scandinavian type
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), which is also known by the names of northern lynx, European lynx, common lynx and Siberian or Russian lynx, is a medium-sized cat found in Siberian and European forests, Central and East Asia. While its conservation status has been classified as "Least Concern", its populations have been reduced or extirpated from western Europe, where it is now being reintroduced.
The largest Lynx
They are quite secretive creatures. They are seldom heard or seen because the sounds produced by them are very quiet. This is the reason that their presence in an area often goes unnoticed for years. Tracks on snow or remnants of prey are the usual indicators of their presence in any area.
They are the largest of the species. It can measure 80 to 135 cm in length and can be 70 cm high at shoulders. Tail measures 11 to 25 cm in length. Usually males weigh 18-30 kg, while females weigh between the range of 8 to 21 kg. Males found in Siberia have the largest body size and can weigh up to 38 kg or reportedly even 45 kg. Its legs are powerful and relatively long, with large furred and webbed paws, which act like snowshoes and prevent the cat from sinking into the snow. Like the typical lynx characteristics, it also possesses a short "bobbed" tail, black tufts of hair on ears and a long grey-and-white ruff. Its tail has an all-black tip.
In summers these cats have reddish or brown coat with relatively shorter fur. The colour tends to be more bright in animals living at the southern end of their range. In colder months the fur becomes more thicker and turns silver-grey and can vary up to greyish-brown. The fur is almost always marked with black spots, although their pattern and numbers are highly variable. Eurasian lynx's underparts, including the neck and chin, are white at all times of the year. Some of the animals have dark brown stripes on their forehead and back. Although spots are likely to be more numerous in individuals from southern populations, the animals with heavily spotted fur may exist close to others with plain fur.
This species is known to make various kinds of sounds, but they generally remain silent outside of the breeding season. Their mating calls are much louder, which include deep growls in males, and loud "meow"-like sounds in females. Besides this they have been observed making various other sounds which include mew, growl, hiss and purr. Like domestic cats, they will "chatter" at prey that is just out of reach.
These animals inhabit rugged forested country, which provides them plenty of hideouts and stalking opportunities. Depending on the locality, this may include boreal forest, forest-steppe and montane forest. Animals living in mountainous parts descend down to the lower altitudes in winter, following their prey, and avoiding the deepest snows.
Solitary by nature, Eurasian lynxes are mainly nocturnal or crepuscular. They usually spend their day by sleeping in dense thickets or other places of concealment, but they may also be found hunting during the day when food is scarce. Its hunting area can extend from mere 20 sq km to huge 460 sq km, depending on the availability of food. Males are known to cover much larger distances in search of food than females, which tend to live in exclusive, rather than overlapping, hunting ranges. These cats can travel up to 20 km in a single night, although about half this distance is more typical. They patrol on regular basis throughout all parts of their hunting range, using scent marks to register their presence and sending warnings to other individuals. Scent marks may consist of scrape marks, feces and urine spray at prominent locations along the boundary of the territory.
Eurasian lynx's hunting strategy usually includes stalking, sneaking and jumping on prey. When conditions are suitable they also resort to ambush. In winter, especially after the snowfall, visibility becomes more prominent and sneaking and stalking becomes difficult then the cat switches its focus to larger prey. It hunts using both vision and hearing, and often climbs onto high rocks or fallen trees to scan the surroundings. A very powerful predator, these lynx are capable of killing adult deer weighing up to 150 kg.
Eurasian lynx preys on small to fairly large mammals and birds. They are the only Lynx species that depend more on ungulates (hoofed animals) for food rather than the lagomorphs (hares, rabbits and pika) or rodents as the adults need 1 to 2.5 kg of meat daily. Among the recorded prey items for the species from smaller to larger are dormice, squirrels, marmots and other rodents, grouse, rabbits, hares, foxes, red foxes, wild boar, chamois, red deer, roe deer, reindeer, moose and even other ungulates. In winters these lynxes go for fairly large ungulates as the small prey is less abundant. In the case of larger prey they may take several days to fully consume it.
Wolves, which belong to the family Canidae, are enemies of lynxes, they have been reported to attack and even eat them. To avoid them, lynxes tend to be less common where they are abundant. In Russian forests, the most important predators of lynxes are the wolverines and the gray wolf. Wolverines are possibly the most determined of competitors for kills. They often steal kills made by lynxes. This is the reason that lynxes usually avoid encounters with wolverines, but if the kittens are involved then lynxes put up a very formidable and ferocious defense. Examination of Siberian tiger's stomach contents have revealed that they too prey upon lynxes. In addition to predators described above lynxes also have to secure their food against scavengers like wild boar, red fox, golden eagles and eagle owls. In the southern part of their range they also have to compete with leopards and snow leopards.
In Eurasian lynx mating season lasts from January to April, during which females come into oestrus only once. In normal circumstances this period lasts four to seven days, but if the first litter is lost, a second oestrus is common. Eurasian lynxes do not seem to be able to control their reproductive behaviour based on prey availability, as is evident in the closely related Canada lynx. This is perhaps due to the fact that Eurasian species feed on variety of animals from small to large and usually do not face food scarcity.
After the female conceives she prepares a den at a secluded place, often protected by overhanging branches or tree roots. To make the home warm and comfortable she lines up the den with dry grass, feathers, deer hairs and all such material. Gestation period in the species lasts from 67 to 74 days, after which one to four blind kittens are born, each weighing 240 to 430 grams. Initially the kittens have plain, greyish-brown fur, they attain full adult colouration when they are around eleven weeks old. Their eyes open after ten to twelve days. They start taking solid food at six to seven weeks, when they begin to leave the den. They are not fully weaned for five or six months.
Eurasian Lynx range map (Attribution – Chermundy and IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Two to three months after the kittens are born the den is abandoned, but the young remain with their mother until they are about ten months of age, which is also the start of the next breeding season. These lynxes attain sexual maturity when they are two to three years old and have lived for twenty one years in captivity.
Range and status
Central Asia:- Eurasian lynx is found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Sinkiang, Qinghai and Gansu as well as to northern slopes of Iran's Alborz Mountains, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.
India:- Ladakh area of Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and most other Himalayan states.
Pakistan:- Adjoining areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern Areas (Gilgit Baltistan) and FATA
Nepal:- Most of northern areas of country.
Russia: Forests in Siberia have more than 90 per cent of all Eurasian Lynxes. Their distribution is from the western borders of Russia to the Pacific island of Sakhalin.
Turkey:- As "the fate of Turkey's wildlife lies with various governmental bodies holding often conflicting agendas and handicapped by a lack of skilled personnel and funding" unfortunately " there are no estimates of the number" of Eurasian lynx living in Turkey and possibly their number is declining due to legal hunting of the animal from August to the end of March every year. (The Status of Mammalian Carnivores in Turkey—Kirk Johnson)
This cat was once quite common in the whole of Europe. Due to large scale killing its population started declining and by the middle of the 19th century, it became extinct in most countries of Western and Central Europe. There have been successful attempts recently to reintroduce the animal into its former range.
Eurasian lynx extirpated in Croatia and Slovenia in the beginning of the 20th century. A project for its resettlement was started in 1973 under which it was successfully reintroduced to the Slovenian Alps and the Croatian regions of Gorski Kotar and Velebit, including Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park and Risnjak National Park. To protect the species both countries have listed it as endangered and have enacted laws to protect it.
In 1970s several resettlement projects were successfully initiated in the various regions of Switzerland; since 1990s Germany too started numerous efforts to resettle the lynx. It was due to these efforts small populations have now become visible especially after the year 2000 in the Harz mountains near Bad Lauterberg.
Status of the Eurasian lynx in various European countries and regions:
Britain:- It was believed that the animal had vanished from Britain, much before the nation came into existence. Experts are of the opinion that this happened either about 10,000 years ago, after the last glacial period, popularly known as the Ice Age, had retreated or about 4,000 years ago, when cooler and wetter climate change was taking place. However, carbon dating of skulls found in the Craven caves in North Yorkshire and those that are with the National Museums of Scotland show they lived in Britain between 80 and 425 AD. An indigenous name for the animal, lox, existed in Old English.
Julian and Dinaric Alps :- The species had been considered extinct in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1973 a successful reintroduction project was carried out in Slovenia under which three males and the same number of females brought from Slovakia were released in the Ko?evski forest. Result is that now the animal can be seen in the Slovenian Alps and in the Croatian region spanning the Dinaric Alps and over the Dinara Mountain into western Bosnia and Herzegovina. All the three countries have listed the animal as endangered and have enacted law to protect it. Present population estimation is that Slovenia has about 40 animals, Croatia 40-60 and 50-60 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Eurasian Lynx in the USSR stamp
Carpathian Mountains:- About 3,000 Eurasian lynxes are believed to be living in this 1,500km long mountain range, spread over Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest contiguous population west of the Russia.
Balkan peninsula:- About a hundred Balkan lynx, subspecies of Eurasian lynx, are living in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and possibly Greece. Occurring in the remote mountainous regions, their largest numbers are in remote hills of western Macedonia. It has been on the brink of extinction for nearly a century due to large scale poaching. It was declared extinct in Bulgaria in 1985, but sightings continued well into the 1990s.
Romania:- It is claimed that outside Russia, the largest population in Europe is in Romania, exceeding 2,000 animals, which includes most of the Carpathian population. However, Most authorities feel the figures are overestimated. Limited hunting is permitted but the population is stable.
Estonia:- The country has the highest density of Eurasian lynxes in Europe, notwithstanding the fact that 180 animals were legally hunted in 2010. According to a 2001 estimate there were 900 individuals in the country.
Czech Republic:- The lynxes were exterminated in Bohemia in 19th century (1830–1890) and in Moravia probably at the turn of the 20th century. In 1980s, about 20 specimens were imported from Slovakia and reintroduced in the Šumava. In the beginning of 2006 the population in the Czech Republic was estimated at 65–105. Hunting of lynx is prohibited, but it is often threatened by poachers.
Fennoscandia:- The only non-domestic feline in Scandinavia, lynx found in the region were close to extinction in the 1930s–1950s but after the rigorous conservation efforts were undertaken their number increased again. In the meantime protective hunting for lynx has been legalized again. The numbers are still on a slow increase.
Finland:- According to a 2009 estimate there were about 2200-2300 animals in the country. Though the limited hunting is permitted, the population is still increasing every year since 1991. In 2009 hunting permits were issued for 340 lynxes.
Norway:- Lynx population is quite stable in the country except for the southwestern counties, where they are only found intermittently. Country had achieved the national goal of 65 births in 2007 itself, with 69 to 74 registered births. The population was estimated at 409–439 specimens.
Sweden:- The country had about 1400 lynx in 2006 and 1250 in 2011. Here hunting is allowed, but it is controlled by government agencies. This has resulted in steady decline in the population. In 2006 there was killing of 41 lynxes outside of hunting of which 31 were killed in traffic accidents.
Germany:- The animal was wiped out in the country in 1850, but was reintroduced in 1990s to the Bavarian Forest and the Harz. Soon the other areas were populated by individuals immigrating from the nearby France and the Czech Republic. The first birth of wild lynx in Germany was made public in 2002, following a litter from a pair in the Harz National Park.
France:– The animal was wipe outed by about the year 1900, but was reintroduced later to the Vosges and Pyrenees and has moved to the French Alps from Switzerland.
Latvia:- There were about 700 lynx in the country in 2005 estimate. In Lithuania the estimated population was about 80–100 individuals.
Belgium:- The animal was extinct for about 300 years, but in the first decade of the 21st century it was noticed that it has started recolonizing the eastern part of the country. It is believed that these animals are probably from the populations in the Vosges region of France or the Eifel region of Germany or possibly illegal introductions by hunters.
Netherlands:- Some sightings have been reported despite the fact that the animal has been extinct in the country since the Middle Ages. It is believed the animals sighted were probably captive-bred that have escaped or were released into the wild. There is also a possibility of animals moving in from Germany, since several of the sightings reported during the 1980s and 1990s were around the Reichswald area.
In Other Countries:- Lynx is considered extinct in Italy since early 20th century but over the past 30 years a limited recolonization of the Alpine habitat is being done by the populations living in Switzerland and Slovenia. The animal became extinct in Switzerland in 1915, but was reintroduced in the year 1971. Lynxes are native to forested areas in Central and East Slovakia also where they are found mainly in mixed forests at altitudes of 800 to 1000 m. About hundred or so individuals are also residing in Poland.
Accurate classification of the subspecies of the the animal is still being debated, but based on recent interpretation, the list includes:
Boreal Lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) — found in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Western Siberia.
Carpathian Lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus) — found in Carpathian Mountains and Central Europe.
Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx martinoi) — found in Balkans.
Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki) — found in Caucasus.
Altai Mountain lynx (Lynx lynx wardi) — found in Altai Mountains.
Siberian lynx (Lynx lynx wrangeli) — found in Eastern Siberia.
Lynx lynx isabellinus — found in Central Asia.
Lynx lynx kozlovi — Central Siberia.
Lynx lynx stroganovi — Amur region.
Sardinian Lynx (Lynx lynx sardiniae) — found on the found on the Italian island of Sardinia (now extinct)
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Q: amcharts radarchart with two valueaxis starting at radius 50% Summary
In the RadarChart the assignment valueaxis2.renderer.innerRadius = new am4core.percent(50); is ignored. But why? Is that a bug?
In this am4charts demo the weekdayAxis (Mon-Sun) does have an innerRadius assigned and it works. It is a CategoryAxis however.
Details
How would you modify the am4charts provided tutorial for the RadarChart so that series 1 is using the outer 50% and series 2 the inner ring?
At the looks of it, it should be simple. Add a second value axis, bind series 2 to the axis and axis1 has radius=50%, axis2 innerRadius=50%.
But it seems that the
valueaxis2.renderer.innerRadius = new am4core.percent(50);

assignment is ignored. I have traced it with the debugger. It checks if via properties["innerRadius"] and therefore assigns NaN to it.
Relevant modifications in the code to reproduce:
var valueAxis = chart.yAxes.push(new am4charts.ValueAxis());
valueAxis.renderer.radius = am4core.percent(50);
var valueAxis2 = chart.yAxes.push(new am4charts.ValueAxis());
valueAxis2.renderer.innerRadius = am4core.percent(50);

and
series2.yAxis = valueAxis2;

My question is twofold: Am I missing something or is this a bug? What would you do to get such diagram?

A: It is a bug in this release of am4charts.
https://github.com/amcharts/amcharts4/issues/2484

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Rewired is the sixth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 2004. This was the first album released by the band following the death of the co-lead singer Paul Young. Partly because of this, the album was credited to "Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack". It is the only Mike + The Mechanics album to date with only one lead vocalist and the last to feature Paul Carrack.

The album was released in the UK as a standalone single CD and as a limited edition CD/DVD combo. The limited edition 2-disc set comprises the 9-track CD album plus a 10-track bonus PAL formatted DVD featuring a video for each song plus long and short versions of "One Left Standing". The album was eventually released in North America by Rhino Records in September 2005 as a single CD only.

In September 2004 the compilation album Rewired + Hits was issued in the UK, which repackaged Rewired and the 1996 compilation album Hits together as a double CD. The cover is a close up of part of the Rewired cover overlaid with both album covers side by side.

Mike Rutherford later called the album "dodgy", elaborating that "I look back at it and you know... we made the record, I didn't think too much about it, but later – I probably should not have done it. The chemistry with Carrack and Young was great, then we lost Paul Young and I kind of battled on – with some nice songs. I shouldn't have done it. And the sound on that – I don't like it."

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Bruce Eder called Rewired "a fine record, a mix of pop/rock synth-orchestrated balladry that favorably recalls both the mid-'70s work of Genesis and the more pop-focused work of Phil Collins". He particularly praised Rutherford and McIntosh's playing and Carrack's vocals.

Track listing
 "One Left Standing" (Carrack, Rutherford, Sharon Woolf) – 5:11
 "If I Were You" (Carrack, B.A. Robertson, Rutherford) – 4:21
 "Perfect Child" (Carrack, Robertson, Rutherford) – 5:11
 "Rewired" (Will Bates, Carrack, Rutherford) – 5:31
 "I Don't Want It All" (Carrack, Rutherford) – 5:06
 "How Can I?" (Carrack, Rutherford) – 4:44
 "Falling" (Carrack, Rutherford, Woolf) – 5:17
 "Somewhere Along The Line" (Carrack, Robertson, Rutherford) – 3:52
 "Underscore" (Bates, Carrack, Rutherford) – 5:09

Personnel
 Mike Rutherford – electric guitars, bass guitar, programming, backing vocals
 Paul Carrack – lead vocals, keyboards, electric guitars, drums

Additional personnel
 Will Bates – programming (1, 2, 4-9)
 Rupert Cobb – additional programming (1), programming (3), backing vocals
 Ashley Clarke – additional programming
 Robbie McIntosh – electric guitars
 Ian Thomas – drums
 Neil Wilkinson – drums
 Peter Van Hooke – drums
 Ricky Hanley – backing vocals
 Andrea Hunnisett – backing vocals
 Lisa Law – backing vocals
 Owen Paul – backing vocals
 Sharon Woolf – backing vocals

Production
 Mike Rutherford – producer
 Peter Van Hooke – producer
 Will Bates – additional production, additional mixing (4, 9)
 Graham Bonnett – engineer, mixing
 Nick Davis – vocal engineer
 Ren Swan – additional mixing (1)
 Mark Taylor – additional mixing (1)
 Jeremy Wheatley – additional mixing (5)
 Ian Cooper – mastering
 Tim Young – mastering
 Jason Day – project coordinator
 Hik Sasaki – project coordinator
 Darren Evans – art direction, design

Studios
 Recorded at Fisher Lane Farm Studios (Surrey, UK).
 Drums recorded  at Abbey Road Studios (London, UK).
 Mixed at Metaphonic Studios (Surrey, UK).
 Mastered at Metropolis Mastering (London, UK).

DVD credits
Movies researched and co-ordinated by Peter Van Hooke
Contributions by the National Film and Television School
Animation by Andy Frain and Touchwood Animation
Some movies provided by Isabelle Wuilmart, Will Bates, and Frank Laurin

References

Mike + The Mechanics albums
2004 albums
Albums produced by Mike Rutherford
Albums produced by Peter Van Hooke
Virgin Records albums

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