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Ambode inherits N418.2b debt burden
• Cuts cost of governance
• Relocates to Ikeja
By Wole Oyebade
AS he officially resumes work on Monday, the new governor of the State, Akinwunmi Ambode, is inheriting a debt burden of N418.2 billion from the outgoing administration.
The debt burden, though accompanied with a repayment plan lasting 40 years plus, is an astronomical increase from the N15 billion Babatunde Fashola (SAN) inherited from his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in 2007 when he took over.
A breakdown of the debt bequeathed to Ambode showed that the Fashola administration has a domestic debt of N69.666 billion, which it obtained from borrowing from banks; N225 billion from bond issuance and N207.499 billion external loan from foreign bodies.
But the Lagos State Government is quick to defend its position, saying its debt profile is sustainable, quoting Agusto and Co, Global Credit Rating (GCR) and Fitch Ratings to justify its position on the debt sustainability.
Commissioner for Finance, Ayo Gbeleyi said government's huge debts were sustainable, as it would not constitute a burden to the incoming government.
He said the total revenue of the state government currently stood at N33.95 billion monthly from N27.82 billion monthly it used to be in 2011, as the state's Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) averages 65 per cent of total revenue with Statutory Allocation plus Value Added Tax (VAT) being about 35 per cent.
Gbeleyi stated that the internal loans from Commercial Banks have tenors of four to six years, while the Multilateral Agency Financing-World Bank, French Development Agency and others are generally on concessionary borrowing terms, such as 20 – 40 years tenor and average of 1.75 per cent per annum interest rate. On the Debt Issuance Programme of N275 billion, in which N50 billion was paid last year, leaving a balance of N225 billion currently outstanding, he disclosed that government had over N100.73 billion as at March 2015 in its Sinking Fund reserve for repayment.
Fashola
On the Commercial Bank debt of N69.666 billion, Gbeleyi added that the incoming government is expected to pay N14.27 billion this year; N13.68 billion in 2016; N34.68 billion in 2017 and the balance of N6.85 billion in 2018.
On the overall loan of N418.2 billion, the mode of payment, according to the commissioner, is that the Ambode government would pay N15.96 billion in 2015; N16.796 billion in 2016; N48.57 billion in 2017 and N10.644 billion in 2018, while the next government after Ambode in 2019 would service the remaining debt by paying N59.313 billion in 2019; N86.54 billion in 2020 as the remaining N180.397 billion would transcend beyond 2020.
MEANWHILE, there are indications that Ambode will streamline operations in the state to reduce the cost of governance.
Besides, the governor has hinted that he would be residing at the Lagos House, Ikeja, to help him resume work and be available from 8am daily.
LAGOS HOUSE: Front view of the Governor's Office, Alausa
Speaking in his inaugural meeting with the Body of Permanent Secretaries in the State Public Service at the weekend, Ambode said though new offices would be created, the present ones would be streamlined in order to ensure that cost of governance is reduced while ensuring greater efficiency.
Some agencies, according to him, would be returned to their original supervising agencies to ensure that the control, which used to be in place for those agencies returns. He noted that part of his speech at Friday's inauguration ceremony already dwelt on the creation of a Ministry of Wealth Creation that would ensure that not only does his administration create wealth, but also ensures that when investments from foreign sources drops, a pro-active situation is in place to take care of them.
The governor added that since the All Progressives Congress (APC) has already formed a government at the centre, investments are also bound to come from the centre, saying when such investments come, the state should have a front desk office that would attend to such people bringing in the investments and people with interest.
Inauguration Ball: Ambode, Dame Abimbola Fashola, Babatunde Fashola and Bolanle Ambode
Harping on a revisitation of ministerial responsibilities of all ministries, departments, and agencies, he said that the ministerial responsibilities were last reviewed in 2001.
Ambode stressed that he would saddle the Body of Permanent Secretary with the task of taking a look at the draft, which the administration of Babatunde Fashola (SAN) could not conclude, urging them to work on such drafts to fit into his vision.
He added that he would ensure that Permanent Secretaries exercise the authority that comes with their positions efficiently and ensure that each officer works for the position he has attained.
The governor insisted that his latest pronouncements were not about reinventing the wheel but about his taking full advantage of the experience he had garnered while in the public service of the state. While advising the public servants to align with his administration, Ambode said he expects all public servants to also be at their desk by 8am so that if he has cause to get in touch with anyone, they would be readily available.
He said he expects the protocol of his administration to be as simple as possible to convey the essence of seriousness and professionalism that would be the hallmark of the administration.
The governor reiterated that the state civil service would drive the change and the continuity, which he intends to put in place in the next four years.
Tagged Akinwunmi Ambode, Ayo Gbeleyi, Babatunde Fashola, Bolanle Ambode, Dame Abimbola Fashola, debt burden, Lagos Debt
January 15, 2014 by topetempler
Frantic search for next Lagos driver
• Will APC play the dark horse joker again?
By Tope Templer Olaiya,
Assistant Lagos City Editor
AS the drumbeat of the 2015 general elections reaches a crescendo, the race for the most coveted governorship seat in the country gets intense and fiercer. Curiously, the conspiracy of silence among the ruling party bigwigs is unnerving.
Various names as likely successor to Governor Babatunde Fashola have been thrown up but delay by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to switch on pre-election activities is causing many party stalwarts sleepless nights.
Among those nursing the ambition to be the next occupant of Lagos House, Alausa next year are Commissioner for Works, Obafemi Hamzat; former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Sasore; immediate past Commissioner for Finance, Tokunbo Abiru; his successor, Ayo Gbeleyi; and the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Waheed Enitan Oshodi.
These are the shortlisted five of technocrats perceived to have the capacity to carry on the Fashola legacy, but against the possibility of facing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), who will likely field politically experienced candidates, the APC is tinkering with its options.
The obvious options are two serving Senators, Ganiyu Solomon and Gbenga Ashafa, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and former Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Muiz Banire.
Political watchers in the state are, however, second-guessing where the next governor would emerge from out of the three senatorial districts in the state.
The calculations are pretty straight: Lagos West have had it for two terms of eight years with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from 1999 to 2007; Lagos Central followed with incumbent governor mounting the saddle; which then makes it politically expedient that Lagos East takes its turn from 2015.
This is why contenders from this zone are upbeat about their chances in the race to pick the party's slot. But what may throw spanner in the works is the strong but subtle agitation by several political and interest groups for a Christian governor in 2015.
This, according to inside sources, is the reason for the party's vacillation on the post-Fashola project, alongside APC's fixation on pushing out the PDP from power at the centre. The religious dimension to the dramatis personae of Lagos 2015 project is a growing concern the party cannot wish away.
APC is already being touted as a Muslim party, a tag the national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, is latching on to, to allege that the party is planning to impose an Islamic agenda in the country like the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood.
Dr Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat
The consequence of this agitation is that by the time the governorship slot goes to Lagos East, it should be a Christian ticket, if the party is thinking correctly.
"The Christian community is beginning to feel disenfranchised and there is a serious search for a Christian ticket from Lagos East, which will knock off the ambitions of many front-liners like Ashafa, Ikuforiji, Hamzat, GOS and Banire," a party chieftain, who doesn't want to be named, noted.
Until Senator Oluremi Tinubu last year openly debunked being in the running for Fashola's seat, rumour mills had gone agog with the story that the penetrative campaign for a Christian governor may not be unconnected with the move to push Tinubu's wife forward.
Close aides of the national leader say it was never the plan for her to run, as the move would have hit a brick wall since she is representing Lagos Central at the Senate, the same zone the incumbent governor is from.
"Even the Senate thing didn't just happen like that. It took a lot of work for Asiwaju to agree to the ticket. You know how women have a way of getting what they want no matter how difficult. Asiwaju just succumbed.
"The lull in the build-up to who clinches the party ticket is leaving everyone guessing who Asiwaju is going to throw up again like he did in 2007 with Fashola. All I can say is that there are lots of candidates waiting to get into the ring. They are only studying the situation before declaring their interest."
Members of the Tinubu inner caucus revealed to The Guardian that after the five names of possible successors drawn up by Fashola leaked to the public last year, Tinubu drew up his own list of technocrats as a counter balance and arrived at the following: Dr. Leke Pitan, former Commissioner of Health; Prince Gbolahan Lawal, Commissioner of Agriculture and Cooperatives; and the immediate past Accountant-General of the state, Mr. Akin Ambode.
Tokunbo Abiru, who was recently appointed an Executive Director in First Bank, was dropped from consideration, as there are chances he could succeed the current managing director of the bank, Bisi Onasanya, and ensure the MD position remains in the southwest.
Religious consideration notwithstanding, there is a dark horse being primed in Fashola's inner circle as a last minute joker should the leading contenders be forced to drop their bid and the surprise package, which is being discussed in hush tones, is the Chief of Staff to the governor, Mr. Mikhail Olanrewaju Babalola.
The list of strong contenders the party is presently working on has now been narrowed to two – Obafemi Hamzat and Leke Pitan, who are both from Epe, Lagos East Senatorial District. Of the two, Hamzat is well positioned because of the enormous resources at his disposal and volume of contracts that had passed through his ministry in the last three years.
Also, Hamzat's father, Oba Olatunji Hamzat, is a well-known formidable grassroots mobilizer and colossus in Lagos politics. His father did Asiwaju a huge favour by stepping down in the running for Senate during the SDP days in 1992. Hamzat senior is also the founder of the Justice Forum, an influential group within the ranks of the Lagos APC.
Dr. Muiz Banire (left); in a handshake across the Niger with Dr. Leke Pitan (right) … at a recent event
But the decision by Oba Hamzat to become a traditional ruler in Ogun State is working against his son, Obafemi. The indigeneship issue is what traditional rulers in Lagos are holding against party leaders and the major hurdle to cross is convincing Lagosians to vote an Ogun prince into office as governor.
Pitan is waiting in the wings to benefit from this contradiction. The template for the actualization of his ticket is the resurgence of groups and factions within the APC. Suddenly, groups, which were before now banned in the old Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), have been revved back to life to project and counter balance the interests of aspirants.
Dominant among these groups are Justice Forum, Mandate Group, and Mega Group. As it stands, Mandate Group leads with a 70 percent membership in the defunct ACN, followed by Justice Forum with 25 percent and Mega with five percent. Within the Mandate faction, Leke Pitan is the main element, and he is aided by his senatorial constituency.
But the man who holds the key in the Mandate Group is Asiwaju as he has the last say. For the other groups, Tinubu still has to convince its leaders on major decisions before some consensus are reached.
Akin Ambode
Gbolahan Lawal
Those in the know in party politics of Lagos State attest to this fact and leaders of the other groups are seriously mobilizing members and shopping for new ones ahead of the APC's national membership registration in all wards and local government areas of the country to enhance their bargaining power in the party.
This was how an influential party leader sums up the dicey chase to clinching the APC ticket: "Nothing is given yet. Anything can still happen. The agitations for Christian governor is strong but it depends on how much noise the Christians are able to make. The noise has died down, but if the noise persists, the leaders of the party would be forced to rethink on their position. It may then switch from Hamzat to Pitan or Ambode. For now, Hamzat is on the frontline."
Tagged 2015 Elections, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Akin Ambode, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Ayo Gbeleyi, Bisi Onasanya, Chief Olisa Metuh, Fashola, Ganiyu Solomon, Gbenga Ashafa, Gbolahan Lawal, Justice Forum, Labour Party (LP), Lagos State, Leke Pitan, Mandate Group, Mega Group, Mikhail Olanrewaju Babalola, Muiz Banire, Oba Olatunji Hamzat, Obafemi Hamzat, Oluremi Tinubu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Supo Sasore, Tokunbo Abiru, Waheed Enitan Oshodi


That's the Small Covered Bridge, above. I love covered bridges, just in general...this one is cute and rustic and I <3 it. The textures are great, and I like the little details of the candles and the arched accents on the side. I may have to create an area on my sim that needs to be bridged.
Next is the Rustic Dock - it's simple, nothing fancy, and also well textured. This would be great on a lake or pond with some super comfy seating and lots of plants and flowers.
PT also sent me his Flower Cart - really cute, nice and shabby and rustic - I've got this displayed on my sim now. :) What's really cool is that this cart is available at Operation Squeegee, where 100% of proceeds are donated to a fundraiser for the National Wildlife Federation, to aid in recovery from the Gulf oil spill. Operations Squeegee ends July 15th (I'm so behind :( ), so be sure to check that out now!
I did swing by PT's shop to see what else he has, and I adore the Tiny Church! I'm not sure if this is rezzed anywhere for viewing, but the picture looks precious.


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Q: Auto detect firebase Phone Auth sms code in Flutter Please read properly and then comment, hope this help full for software community.
I unable to auto detect firebase phone auth sms, when i test in android it's work without doing anything, but when i tried it in flutter sms not detected automatically, require manually type sms code, I did not find any documentation to do this process automatically.
I wan't to know how to detect automatically that sms code from Firebase phone auth
Future<void> verifyPhone() async {

starTimer();
phoneNumber = contryCode+mobile_controller.text;

final PhoneCodeAutoRetrievalTimeout autoReRetrive = (String verId) {
  this.verificationId = verId;

};

final PhoneCodeSent smsCodesent = (String verId, [int forceCodeResent]) {
  this.verificationId = verId;

  pageController.animateToPage(2, duration: Duration(milliseconds: 300), curve: Curves.easeInBack);
  /*smsCodeDialog(context).then((value) {
    print("VERIFY PHONE SIGN IN");
  });
  */

};
final PhoneVerificationCompleted phoneVerificationCompleted =
    (PhoneAuthCredential creditional) {
  print("VERIFY PHONE AUTH SUCESS");
  this.mPhoneCreditional=creditional;
  //_controller.animateToPage(3, duration: Duration(milliseconds: 300), curve: Curves.easeIn);
  loginIn(creditional);
};
final PhoneVerificationFailed phoneVerificationFailed =
    (FirebaseAuthException excepton) {
  Fluttertoast.showToast(
      msg: excepton.message,
      toastLength: Toast.LENGTH_LONG,
      gravity: ToastGravity.CENTER,
      timeInSecForIosWeb: 1,
      backgroundColor: Colors.red,
      textColor: Colors.white,
      fontSize: 16.0
  );
  print("VERIFY PHONE AUTH FAILED " + excepton.message);
};
FirebaseAuth mAuth=await FirebaseAuth.instance;
mAuth.setLanguageCode("en");
await mAuth.verifyPhoneNumber(
    phoneNumber: phoneNumber,
    timeout: const Duration(seconds: 45),
    verificationCompleted: phoneVerificationCompleted,
    verificationFailed: phoneVerificationFailed,
    codeSent: smsCodesent,
    codeAutoRetrievalTimeout: autoReRetrive);

}

A: *

*Make sure you have added the debugging, release, sha1, sha256 keys to your firebase project.

*Make sure you have enabled appcheck enabled on your firebase    project.

*Make sure you have enabled the Android Device Verification api    on your google cloud console.
The below code is slightly modified from the example code given in firebase auth plugin, for my projects the detecion is working well.
Some devices may fail to detect the otp, but most of the devices will login automatically.
The code which detects the sms is highlighted in sendOtpFn()
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:projdebug/Widgets/Widgets.dart';

class LoginPage extends StatefulWidget {
  const LoginPage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() => LoginPageState();
}

class LoginPageState extends State<LoginPage> {
  final FirebaseAuth _auth = FirebaseAuth.instance;
  final _phoneNumberController = TextEditingController();
  final _smsController = TextEditingController();

  String _message = '';
  late String _verificationId;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(onPressed: () {
        setState(() {});
      }),
      body: Card(
        child: Padding(
          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
          child: Column(
            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
            children: <Widget>[
              Container(
                alignment: Alignment.center,
                child: const Text(
                  'Test sign in with phone number',
                  style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
                ),
              ),
              TextFormField(
                controller: _phoneNumberController,
                decoration: const InputDecoration(
                  labelText: 'Phone number (+x xxx-xxx-xxxx)',
                ),
                validator: (String? value) {
                  if (value!.isEmpty) {
                    return 'Phone number (+x xxx-xxx-xxxx)';
                  }
                  return null;
                },
              ),
              Container(
                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 16),
                alignment: Alignment.center,
                child: Button(
                  icon: Icons.send,
                  buttonColor: Colors.deepOrangeAccent[700]!,
                  text: 'Send otp',
                  onPressed: sendOtpFn,
                ),
              ),
              TextField(
                controller: _smsController,
                decoration:
                    const InputDecoration(labelText: 'Verification code'),
              ),
              Container(
                padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 16),
                alignment: Alignment.center,
                child: Button(
                  icon: Icons.done,
                  buttonColor: Colors.deepOrangeAccent[400]!,
                  onPressed: manualSignInFn,
                  text: 'Confirm otp',
                ),
              ),
              CrossFade(
                show: _auth.currentUser?.uid != null,
                child: Button(
                  icon: Icons.logout,
                  buttonColor: Colors.deepOrangeAccent[400]!,
                  onPressed: () async{
                    await _auth.signOut();
                    setState(() {});
                  },
                  text: 'LogOut',
                ),
              ),
              Visibility(
                visible: _message.isNotEmpty,
                child: Container(
                  alignment: Alignment.center,
                  padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16),
                  child: Text(
                    _message,
                    style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.red),
                  ),
                ),
              )
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  // Example code of how to verify phone number
  Future<void> sendOtpFn() async {
    setState(() {
      _message = '';
    });

///This is the code snippet which [detects the code from sms automatically]
    PhoneVerificationCompleted verificationCompleted =
        (PhoneAuthCredential phoneAuthCredential) async {
      setState(() {
        _message = phoneAuthCredential.smsCode ?? "";
        _smsController.text = _message;
      });
      await _auth.signInWithCredential(phoneAuthCredential);
      Widgets.showToast(
          'Phone number automatically verified and user signed in: $phoneAuthCredential');
          setState(() {});
    };

    PhoneVerificationFailed verificationFailed =
        (FirebaseAuthException authException) {
      setState(() {
        _message =
            'Phone number verification failed. Code: ${authException.code}. '
            'Message: ${authException.message}';
      });
    };

    PhoneCodeSent codeSent =
        (String verificationId, [int? forceResendingToken]) async {
      Widgets.showToast('Please check your phone for the verification code.');

      _verificationId = verificationId;
    };

    PhoneCodeAutoRetrievalTimeout codeAutoRetrievalTimeout =
        (String verificationId) {
      _verificationId = verificationId;
    };

    try {
      await _auth.verifyPhoneNumber(
          phoneNumber: _phoneNumberController.text,
          timeout: const Duration(seconds: 120),
          verificationCompleted: verificationCompleted,
          verificationFailed: verificationFailed,
          codeSent: codeSent,
          codeAutoRetrievalTimeout: codeAutoRetrievalTimeout);
    } catch (e) {
      Widgets.showToast('Time out to Verify Phone Number: $e');
    }
  }

  ///Code which will be executed only when a confirm otp button is pressed, ie both phoneNumber & otp is typed by the user manually.
  Future<void> manualSignInFn() async {
    try {
      final PhoneAuthCredential credential = PhoneAuthProvider.credential(
        verificationId: _verificationId,
        smsCode: _smsController.text,
      );
      final User user = (await _auth.signInWithCredential(credential)).user!;
      Widgets.showToast('Successfully signed in UID: ${user.uid}');
    } catch (e) {
      print(e);
      Widgets.showToast('Failed to sign in');
    }
  }
}

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Dating Execs Respond To The Threat Of Competition From Facebook
Tuesday, May 29 2018 @ 09:43 am
At Facebook's annual developer conference F8, founder Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement that spread like an especially voracious wildfire across the web: Facebook is entering the dating game.
The news sparked immediate reactions from key players in the market.
Despite recently ditching the Facebook login requirement for its app, Bumble took a diplomatic approach. A spokesperson described the company as "thrilled", telling CNNMoney "Our executive team has already reached out to Facebook to explore ways to collaborate. Perhaps Bumble and Facebook can join forces to make the connecting space even more safe and empowering."
Other major dating players took a less enthusiastic path.
Joey Levin, chief executive at IAC, extended a snide invitation to the industry that referenced Facebook's recent scandals. "Come on in," he told Axios. "The water's warm. Their product could be great for US/Russia relationships."
Levin also released a letter assuring shareholders that IAC is well-positioned to compete with Facebook in the dating arena.
"We respect the power of Facebook's network – as consumers and partners we have been great beneficiaries of their mission to connect the world," he wrote. "However, on the long list of things we worry about in our dating business, [Facebook] doesn't top the list."
"We have a 23-year head start and several months advanced warning, and we're going to take advantage of all of it," he added.
Match Group CEO Mandy Ginsberg released a statement saying she was surprised at the timing of the announcement given the controversy surrounding Facebook's misuse of personal and sensitive data.
"We understand this category better than anyone," she wrote. "Facebook's entry will only be invigorating to all of us."
Didier Rappaport, CEO of Happn, said the announcement was just "trying to distract" from the recent data scandal, while Ashley Madison CTO Ruben Buell called it an attempt by Facebook to build another ad platform and sell personal information to advertisers.
Tinder CEO Elie Seidman echoed the comments of other dating executives during an interview with Yahoo finance. "They have an interesting set of baggage," he said, and are "in a very competitive space."
Seidman also said, "Facebook has lots of things to think about. We have the benefit of thinking about one thing, all day every day. He concluded by saying he is "convinced" Tinder can "rise to the occasion" and take on its newest rival.
Even traditional matchmakers insist they feel no threat from Facebook.
"There really is a magic meeting face to face and that's why businesses like mine have survived even with the growth of the Internet," Michael Karlan, president of Professionals in the City LLC, told The Street.
A congested market of dating services stands to boost upscale matchmaking businesses because people will "want personal service even if it costs more," argued Michelle Jacoby, a matchmaker in the Washington D.C. area.
The dating industry's message to Facebook is loud and clear: we won't go down without a fight.
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That leaves the last refuge of the believer in inherent presidential power: Article 2 of the Constitution, which makes the president commander in chief. As a candidate, Obama harshly criticized the Bush administration's near pathological reliance on the idea that this clause trumped all other legal restraints on the president when he was protecting the country. As president, Obama has relied on inherent presidential powers to an unprecedented degree.
At its maximum, commander-in-chief power gives the president the authority to use force in national self-defense without waiting for Congress. America's national interests would certainly be implicated by the rise of an Islamic State statelet. But the U.S. is not defending itself against Islamic State in any meaningful sense. The brutal deaths of several journalists are a moral outrage, not a national security crisis. Obama has not given a credible public argument about why bombing Islamic State is an act of self-defensive war. Even if it were, the War Powers Resolution should then start ticking – and the administration won't acknowledge that it applies at all.
So what, if anything, does the Obama administration believe authorizes its newest war? There are two real possibilities, and both are legally and morally preposterous. One is that the administration essentially believes that if it is bombing from the air or pushing a button from afar – as in a drone strike or a cyberattack – it isn't going to war and doesn't need legal justification.
Before you laugh at the preposterous idea that air war isn't war, recall that the administration actually made an analogous argument when it ignored the War Powers Resolution during the Libya bombing. Somehow the idea that U.S. ground troops won't be involved is supposed to transfer the category into something else – a humanitarian intervention or just global police work. The experience of continual drone strikes in countries with which the U.S. is not at war may have strengthened this perspective over the last six years.
The other possibility is that the Obama administration secretly believes that, if it's killing jihadis, then it's covered by the 2001 and 2002 authorizations as a kind of general catchall. This is legally indefensible, because those authorizations were specific to al-Qaida and Iraq respectively. Morally it's worse still, veering dangerously close to the since-refuted Bush-era notion that the U.S. is in a global war against radical Islam. Again, however, the practice of constant drone strikes may well have created this unconscious norm in the minds of the administration's actors.
What of it? Should the absence of a credible legal authorization for this war bother us? After all, the decision to go to war is often wrapped in only a thin tissue of justification – should the war on Islamic State be any different?
The answer is yes, and for a specific reason. It's true that declaring war on another country often seems arbitrary as a matter of international law. But that's a different question from whether the U.S. government is following its internal constitutional restraints in choosing war. The U.S. Constitution is designed to require that Congress take an active role in the decision to go to war – because the great majority of the framers believed that a republic should go to war only when the public supported that action.
Today's Congress actively wants to avoid endorsing the war on Islamic State, in large part because it fears that, if put plainly before the American people, the war would be unpopular. Yes, Democrats fear alienating their base at the midterms – but that's just a cynical way of saying that congressional Democrats want to avoid confronting public opinion. At the same time, Congress wants the president to be able to go forward.
This sets a dangerous precedent. This Congress may be winking at the president and telling him to proceed without authorization. But future presidents may want to go to war even when only a small part of the population approves – and they'll be able to say that even the liberal Barack Obama started a full-scale war entirely on his own. This moves us one click further away from the ideal of a republic that goes to war only when the public approves.
Noah Feldman, a Bloomberg View columnist, is a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard and the author of six books, most recently "Cool War: The Future of Global Competition."
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Titanijum(III) oksid je hemijsko jedinjenje, koje ima molekulsku masu od 143,732 -{Da}-.

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You suffer from anxiety. You want an immediate solution, and primary care physicians will often prescribe a benzodiazepine or an SSRI. The only quick fix for anxiety is anxiety medicine. Psychotherapy and mindfulness training will take time.
But it is also well known that anxiety medicines have debilitating side effects, and that they can be addictive.
However, the primary problem with taking medications is that they don't solve the underlying problem. They can provide relief, but they don't deal with the psychological causes of your anxiety.
Both benzodiazepines and SSRI have serious side effects. most common adverse effects are drowsiness/fatigue, memory/concentration difficulties, and sexual dysfunction with benzodiazepines; and drowsiness/fatigue, sexual dysfunction and nausea/vomiting with SSRI's. This is another incentive to discontinue medications.
There are a lot of reasons to think twice about taking medications for anxiety. But the most important are that: (1) they can cause addiction and (2) they don't don't address the underlying psychological problems that are causing the anxiety in the first place.
WARNING: READ THIS BEFORE GETTING STARTED.
If you're on anxiety meds, and decide that you want to discontinue them, you should never stop taking them without first consulting your doctor. In addition, you should never stop taking them abruptly. Doing so will cause severe and unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, and may actually cause anxiety more severe than when you initially started the medications. Most importantly, even if you experience severe side effects, continue taking the medicine and contact your doctor for a safe way to reduce the dosage.
Discontinuing benzodiazepines is a serious matter. Always talk to your doctor about the safest way to gradually reduce your medication, and follow your doctor's instructions. Your doctor will taper you off of the medication, and perhaps give you other medications to ease you off of your medication so that you will not have withdrawal symptoms.
Do not use the Internet, including this article, as a source for how to stop taking them. Your body type, the length of time you've been on the medication, your dosage - all of these affect how dosing should be completed in order to safely stop taking medications.
With drugs like benzodiazepines, a very slow withdrawal is crucial. Some studies have put the withdrawal rate as slow as 25% less per month, implying as long as 3 to 4 months or more before the drug is wiped from your system. Weaning off of these drugs can be a very slow process, and one that must be completed exactly as directed to avoid withdrawal.
Once you have gotten through the period of time where you could have problems with withdrawal, you will want to take new and different measures to reduce your anxiety.
The most important things you can do to reduce your anxiety is to go into psychotherapy, do meditation or seek out mindfulness training.
You can also try herbal remedies. Do not try Kava, It can help anxiety, but even short term usage can cause severe liver damage. However, there have been a few studies that show that both Valerian and Passionflower do help some people. They are worth a try.
Another helpful thing to do is to avoid unnecessary triggers of your anxiety, and slow down the pace of your life. Make sure that you don't put yourself into the same stressful environments that were stressful for you before.
Finally, talk to your doctor, friends and family about what you can do if your anxiety comes back strong after you have stopped taking the medications. The sooner you react to this anxiety, the easier it will be to get back into managing your life.
The bottom line is that it is admirable to try and reduce your anxiety without taking medications. But always do so with a doctor's guidance and the greatest caution.
However, there is no need to be ashamed if you need to take medications. But the best thing to do if you need medications is to combine them with psychotherapy. The two work well together.


A bond is simply a loan between two parties.
A person who buys a bond is the lender of money at a fixed rate of interest. The borrower is the organisation, which issues the bonds. Issuers are usually government bodies or large corporations.
Organisations issue bonds as one way of financing operations – the Australian government has used bonds to fund road projects.
Like any loan, the borrower must attract investment by offering interest on money lent. Bonds are issued with a guaranteed fixed interest rate for a set period of time.
When that period expires, the investor's original capital investment is returned. The original investment is known as the "face value" of the bond. The interest rate is known as the "coupon".
The date of expiry is known as the "maturity date".
For example, on 1 July 2010, the Australian Government issues a 10-year bond with a face value of $1000 and a coupon of 5 per cent.
The bond owner will receive an interest payment – paid by the Australian Government – of $50 per year (5 per cent of $1000) for the next 10 years.
On 1 July 2020 the investor will be paid back the bond's face value of $1000.
Once issued, bonds are traded on an exchange and purchased or sold by individual investors, fund managers and other institutions. The price of the bond may change depending on demand and supply of buyers and sellers in the market.
A bond's price may change when it's traded on an exchange but its face value, coupon and maturity always remain the same.
Any change in price will also change a bond's yield – or the return on the bond based on its current price.
For example, a bond with a face value of $1000 and a coupon of 6 per cent (or $60) has a yield of 6 per cent. This is determined by dividing $60 by $1000.
But if the price of the bond rose to $1200 investors would still receive a coupon of $60 – pushing its yield back to 5 per cent ($60 / $1200). If the bond was to fall to $600, the yield would rise to 10 per cent ($60 / $600).
This explains why a bond's yield falls when its price rises, and why its yield rises when its price falls. It also explains why a bond investor who sells prior to the maturity of the bond may experience a loss on the capital value of their investment if long term interest rates rise. Conversely they may sell at a gain if long term interest rates fall.
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The CANTAM2 structure consist of essential implementing units called nodes. Actually there are 4 nodes coordinated by their PIs /or institutions. These nodes are broken down into WPs which is divided into 5 WPs. Each WP has a lead PI though the network is interconnected by the nodes. These constitute the implementation committee which is overall chaired by the Project Coordinator, Prof Francine NTOUMI.


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Noret-Khent ("Övre Lagerträdområdet", även Sycamore khent) var ett av de 42 nomoi (förvaltningsdistrikt) i Forntida Egypten.

 M1-W17:R12:N24

Noret-Khent med hieroglyfer

Geografi
Noret-Khent var ett av de 22 nomoi i Övre Egypten och hade distriktnummer 20.

Distriktets yta var cirka 4 cha-ta (cirka 11,0 hektar, 1 cha-ta motsvarar 2,75 ha) med en längd om cirka 3 iteru (cirka 31 km, 1 iteru motsvarar 10,5 km).

Niwt (huvudorten) var Henen-nesut/Herakleopolis (nära dagens Ihnasya el-Medina) och övriga större orter var Agarib och Sidmant.

Historia
Varje nome styrdes av en nomarch som officiellt lydde direkt under faraon.

Varje Niwt hade ett Het net (tempel) tillägnad områdets skyddsgud och ett Heqa het (nomarchens residens).

Distriktets skyddsgud var Herishaf och bland övriga gudar dyrkades främst Seth.

Idag ingår området i guvernement Beni Suef.

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Externa länkar

 Om Egyptens nomoi
 Detaljerad karta över Egyptens nomoi
 Hieroglyfsymboler för Egyptens nomoi

Nome i Egypten


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Jan 4, 2021 - Politics & Policy
"Impeachable offense": Democrats react to Trump's Georgia call
Rebecca Falconer, Orion Rummler
Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Leading Democrats accused President Trump Sunday of corruption, "abuse of power" and committing an "impeachable offense" for urging Georgia's Republican Secretary of State in a phone call to overturn Joe Biden's election win.
Why it matters: Trump was impeached by House Democrats in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressing Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son Hunter Biden, before being acquitted in the GOP-controlled Senate.
No president has been impeached twice. But after the Washington Post obtained Trump's recorded comments to Brad Raffensperger, several Democrats made that call.
What they're saying:
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris told reporters Trump's actions represented "a bald-faced, bold abuse of power by the president."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told reporters, "I absolutely think it's an impeachable offense, and if it was up to me, there would be articles on the floor quite quickly. ... He's attacking our very election."
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who was lead House impeachment manager during Trump's impeachment trial, tweeted: "Trump's contempt for democracy is laid bare. Once again. On tape. Pressuring an election official to "find" the votes so he can win is potentially criminal, And another flagrant abuse of power by a corrupt man who would be a despot, if we allowed him. We will not."
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) tweeted, "This is clearly an impeachable offense and I believe there is nothing under the law giving Trump immunity from criminal process and indictment for this conduct. The law and order party is a farce."
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) tweeted, "Ever notice this forever impeached president cannot help but project himself with others? "Rigged" elections, "highly improper," and "extraordinarily" corrupt all can be adjectives for this disgraced and outgoing president."
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) tweeted WashPost's report on Trump's hourlong call with a comment quoting her remarks as a House impeachment manager last February for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress: "President Trump's constitutional crimes, his crimes against the American people and the nation, remain in progress."
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) joined Democrats in denouncing the president, telling CNN Sunday after reading a transcript of the call: "You see threats made, threatening in essence a crime."
Of note: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told her caucus in a statement on Sunday that Democrats should aim "to convince more of the American people to trust in our democratic system" during the Jan. 6 vote to certify Biden's victory, and not use the forum to debate Trump's presidency.
For the record: The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington noted in a statement Sunday calling for Trump's impeachment that "the logistics of holding impeachment proceedings in the final two weeks of a presidency" are "hard to pull off."
But the group added: "if this isn't impeachable conduct, then literally nothing is."
The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
Go deeper: More Republicans denounce GOP plans to challenge election results
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Kaine, Collins' censure resolution seeks to bar Trump from holding office again
Sen. Tim Kaine (center) and Sen. Susan Collins (right). Photo: Andrew Harnik/Pool via Getty Images
Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are forging ahead with a draft proposal to censure former President Trump, and are considering introducing the resolution on the Senate floor next week.
Why it matters: Senators are looking for a way to condemn Trump on the record as it becomes increasingly unlikely Democrats will obtain the 17 Republican votes needed to gain a conviction, Axios Alayna Treene writes. "I think it's important for the Senate's leadership to understand that there are alternatives," Kaine told CNN on Wednesday.


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Schoenus es un género de plantas herbáceas de la familia Cyperaceae. Comprende 412 especies descritas y de estas, solo 109 aceptadas.

Descripción
Son plantas perennes, raramente anuales. Tallos cespitosos, a menudo teretes y lisos. Hojas basales, lineares, filiformes, setáceas o reducidas, canaliculadas, de vainas amplias a veces barbadas en la abertura. Inflorescencia terminal, racemosa, paniculada o capitada; brácteas foliiformes con bases amplias. Espiguillas bisexuales, solitarias o en agregados cimosos cortamente ramificados, comprimidos, paucifloras; raquilla endurecida y recta en la parte basal y sinuosa en la parte distal. Glumas 9-13, dísticas, carinadas, 1-nervias, oscuras, las inferiores estériles, las distales 1-5 subyacentes bajo flores bisexuales. Flores normalmente bisexuales. Perianto de cerdas lisas, plumosas, escábridas o ausente; estambres 1-3(-6); estigmas 3. Aquenios ovoides o elipsoides, trígonos, obtusos o apiculados, sésiles o estipitados, lisos, rugosos o escrobiculados.

Distribución
Se encuentran principalmente en Australia y Sudeste de Asia, unas pocas en Europa, África y América.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Carlos Linneo y publicado en Species Plantarum 1: 42. 1753. La especie tipo es: Schoenus nigricans L.

Especies seleccionadas

 Schoenus abbreviatus Nees
 Schoenus absconditus Kük.
 Schoenus achaetus (T.Koyama) T.Koyama
 Schoenus aculeatus L.
 Schoenus acuminatus R.Br.
 Schoenus acutus Labill.

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I Thought I Didn't Have Long To Live!
TL Chapter 33
Chapter 33 (I'll just hold your hand)
Lariette opened her mouth with a smile on her face, pretending to be okay.
"I put a lot of purifying power today, so it will probably be more difficult to purify for a while."
"Is that so."
Asrazan also struggled to answer in a voice that was no different than usual. However, his shyness was evident in the way he couldn't make eye contact with her.
"Yeah, so check it… Well, I can do it next time. ha ha ha…"
When the word 'Check it' came out of my mouth, embarrassment came again. It meant simply to check the state of the curse, but it was not as simple as it was because the part.
'How can I check it?'
It was a curse on the upper body, so there was no big problem as he only had to take off the top. Occasionally, I saw the knights taking off their clothes during training, so it wasn't a big embarrassment for men to be half-naked.
Of course, in the case of Asrazan, it was difficult for her to bear because his face and body were too her type.
Even if I finished purifying his upper body, how can I purify his lower body? Although it can be purified over clothes, touching bare skin was much more effective to make it quick and clear.
'Pants… Should I take it off?'
The thought that followed naturally made Lariette's face shriveled up in an instant. Even so, she couldn't insist on Asrazan or the Duke of Kandel to take off his pants. Even the dare to think of this felt cheeky.
He was too shy to even kiss her. Take off your pants directly to Asrazan like that! It was so unreasonable that I even felt guilty.
Asrazan glanced at Lariette, and noticed her blushed cheeks, and dyed her ears red at the same time. He had already realized that she had all sorts of thoughts in that tiny little head.
'What are you thinking this time?'
Asrazan tried to infer her thoughts with anxiety. It was clear that he intended to be ashamed of himself if he heard anything.
However, the reason he was anxious was that he was afraid that she might misunderstand the cursed state of his lower body.
In the case of the lower body, the curse was usually spread on the thigh. Fortunately, however, the most important part was that its function and appearance were intact.
What if she thinks there's something wrong with that part that's hard to mention? Worries dominated his mind.
As a result, Asrazan had to say something that would make it even more awkward.
"The area is fine."
"Yes? what…."
"… I wonder if you'll be misunderstood."
She knew enough without even asking what that part was. Lariette felt so hot that she thought her face couldn't get any hotter.
'I know that! I've felt it!'
It didn't feel like one or two times. The fact that he was in very good health even though he was under cursed was already known enough from many experiences.
She couldn't stand the situation and bit the inside of her lip. I also closed my eyes tightly. Asrazan also turned his head, unable to meet her gaze, perhaps regretting what he had said.
"Hm, okay. Then I'll just go for it today. Evening is…."
Lariette opened her mouth to escape this awkward moment. But her bad body seemed to want to make the situation even worse.
A rooster-like sound rang out from Lariette's stomach. Unable to bear the hunger, her stomach was screaming.
I've been starving for about a full day since last night, so it wasn't unreasonable to hear the noise.
But why must it be now, at this time? Lariette bowed her head in shame. My cheeks were burning.
Asrazan asked in a very cautious manner so as not to shame her further.
"… Shall we start with dinner?"
Lariette chewed good quality food and thought about the shame and embarrassment of the past. For that reason, she clenched her fork in the middle of the meal.
Asrazan was no exception. He wanted to kill himself just before he mentioned 'that part'. His large hands were also full of power.
However, the difference was that Lariette's fork was perfectly fine, while Asrazan's was crumpled like a piece of paper. Because of that, Asrazan had to open, crumple, and unfold the fork several times over and over again.
Dinner ended in such an awkward atmosphere.
After saying goodnight to Asrazan, Lariette returned to her room and laid down in bed and recounted what had happened during the day.
From waking up at the Duke of Blanche, breaking a window, jumping off the second floor, kissing Asrazan deeply, receiving treatment from Doha, and finishing up the upper body purification.
It was unbelievable that it happened in one day.
First of all, when I think of what happened in the Duke of Blanche, my anger soared, but I was grateful for those who helped me. They were Anne and Master Joel.
'It would be nice if I could bring them both to the Duke of Kandel.'
Lariette thought as she curled up on the bed. But that was not going to happen.
Anne and Master Joel need a paying job. Not only is it embarrassing to ask for employment at Duke Kandel, but even if they do, if they leave, their position will become ambiguous after that.
So, for them, staying in Duke Blanche was the best option. Although the Dukes and Duchess Blanche weren't good parents for Lariette, they were all the more so because they were not too bad for their employers.
Suddenly, my heart broke. It wasn't that my relationship with my family had gone bad at all. On the contrary, the fact was only a relief.
However, the bitterness came from remorse for her past self, who foolishly devoted herself to Blanche. I was so stupid that I didn't even try to rebel until I knew I have a time limit.
'In a way, I'm glad it's the end of the day…'
If Anne had heard it, she would have been yelling, but Lariette was sincere.
Had she not been sentenced to death, she would still be enduring the role of an obedient princess in the Duke of Blanche.
Far from enjoying this sweet love affair with Asrazan, if she didn't even know him, and she may have already married the Marquis of Segreb.
When I think of that ugly face, goosebumps all over my body. I would be a hundred times happier to die after enjoying life like this, even for a little while, than to continue such a terrible life.
"The problem is that I am so happy…."
Lariette sighed and muttered a little in the dark.
Yes, that was the problem, being so happy
It was really a problem that I hated dying because I was so happy. It's getting harder and harder to leave him.
– I like you, Asrazan.
-So do I.
I remembered the confession I had made earlier on this bed where I was lying. The answer he had given came to mind as well, tickling my ear.
Obviously, it was just a three-month contract relationship. It was difficult to deepen my heart because the end of the relationship was set.
But today, when I jumped down from the second floor of the Duke of Blanche and fell into his arms. When he hugged and kissed me softly.
Lariette suddenly fell in love with him.
She buried her face in the pillow and drew a sigh from the depths of her chest. Thinking of Asrazan's friendly face made my heart tickle.
It wasn't just because he was handsome. The kindness, the cuteness that seems unknown, and the jealousy that pretends not to be, but is subtle, made me laugh over and over again.
'He's handsome, but he's kind and cute. This is a scam.'
Lariette patted the pillow with both hands alternately. I was angry because Asrazan was so cute. I can't see him after 3 months, so it's annoying that he's so cute.
Later, I began to worry about the heartbreak. Fortunately, Asrahan's response was not that deep.
When he said he liked it, I thought it would break my heart if he said that he wanted to put out the love in his mouth or increase his contract. However, Asrahan simply replied that he was not to that extent.
It was a very fortunate thing, but strangely, it hurt like a stab in my chest. It was an indescribable feeling.
'Ugh, let's go to sleep.'
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like I couldn't sleep. Lariette closed her eyes tightly and tried not to think about anything.
But the more you try not to think, the more you think. Just as it becomes more uncomfortable if you pay attention to blinking your eyes and breathing.
In the end, after struggling for a long time, Lariette finally started to take a nap.
But not long after she fell asleep, a bright light leaked through the large window with a roar.
Craaak-!
Lariette jumped out of bed, startled by the sound of thunder in her ears. Her body was drenched in cold sweat.
"Hah, hah, ha…"
Her face turned white as if she had seen a ghost. The sound of her breath rumbled harshly between her thick lips.
Lariette hurriedly looked around. The Duke's room, full of luxurious decorations, came into view.
Then she reached out and grabbed her cheek. It felt soft and soft to the touch.
After confirming that, Lariette took a deep breath with a relieved face. But still her thin body trembled slightly.
Is it because of the loud thunder? The ferocious face of Duke Blanche, who had previously slapped me on the cheek, was drawn in front of my eyes very clearly.
It was obviously finished well, and I got through it well, but I don't know why my body was shaking and I was sweating so much.
Lariette took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. I forcibly closed my eyes and kept repeating, 'It's okay, it's all over.'
Craaak!
But just as I was about to get a little better, the sound of thunder resounded in the eardrums. And the tremors that had subsided began again.
When I was with Asrazan earlier, I was suddenly so afraid of the darkness that had never been normal. It seemed as if the Duke of Blanche would suddenly come out of the dark again and slap my cheek. Even though I knew it was nonsense.
Lariette finally couldn't shake the fear and got up from the bed. Then she moved without knowing where she was going.
It's better than being alone in this darkness wherever you are.
As soon as Asrazan opened his eyes, what he did was grab the sword that was placed next to the bed.
It was a habit learned on the battlefield. If he feels a suspicious presence, immediately open his eyes and grab his sword. I had to do that in order to survive there as a young soldier.
The reason he opened his eyes was because he felt a small presence like a mouse somewhere. At first it felt quite far away, but it was steadily approaching his room.
It was a curious thing. First of all, there was no one big enough to dare to break into the Duke of Kandel's mansion, and even if it was an insider's employee, there was no way anyone could escape from his shadow surveillance and come to his room.
Asrazan drew out his sword with an expressionless face and carefully looked at the signs. As he woke up, he realized that something was strange.
First of all, the person approaching seemed to lack the heart to hide its presence in the first place, and was not even trained in gait at all. And the closer It got, the more familiar the shape it was.
'……!'
Asrazan, noticing the presence of the owner, hurriedly put the sword back in. Then he quickly walked towards the door.
I opened the door without hesitation and saw the face of the person I expected. Her face was much paler than usual.
"Lariette?"
Asrazan asked in a particularly low voice because he had woken up. But instead of annoyance, his face was full of worry.
Lariette forgot to answer for a moment and admired Asrazan's waking state. The muscles that could be glimpsed through the gap in the shirt were still very good. The messy hair looked sexy too.
Asrazan asked, adjusting his attire as if embarrassed. It was then that Lariette came to her senses and remembered the purpose of coming here.
"Uh, that's…."
She couldn't answer properly and bit her lip. It was because I was embarrassed to say that I was afraid to be alone because of the memories of the past.
"Come in. The hallways is cold."
"Ah, thank you."
Asrazan hurriedly led Lariette inside and sat her on a soft chair. Then he put the coat over her body, which was only wearing pajamas.
"Would you like some tea?"
"No, it's okay, you don't have to wake up a servant at this hour…."
"I'll make it for you."
He started preparing the tea without drying it. Her body felt so cold as she put the coat on, so her heart was impatient.
Teacup and tea leaves were already prepared in the room. Because sometimes he drink alone.
That's why his posture in the tea was quite natural. Lariette opened her eyes and looked at what he was doing.
"Be careful it's hot."
Asrazan carefully handed the teacup and sat down next to Lariette. The fact that he was so close made her feel less afraid.
Lariette slowly drank tea and expressed her gratitude. Even though she came at this hour, he was very kind to treat me without any rebuke.
"… Are you sick?"
"It's not like that. just…"
Lariette hesitated to answer again. I was very grateful for his concern, but I didn't want to show my weakness.
Suddenly, lightning flashed through the window. It just happened that there was a good excuse.
"I'm afraid of the thunder."
Lariette blatantly lied. It wasn't a lie at all, because I was afraid that I would be reminded of that scene when I heard the thunder.
On the other hand, Asrazan had a slightly bewildered expression on his face. It was only because he knew for the first time that the sound of thunder could be frightening.
The only things he feared were the sudden attack of the enemy, the hunger due to lack of food, the situation of having to endure several hours in the icy water, and the increasingly rotting skin.
However, she said she was afraid, so Asrazan looked for a solution with a serious face.
"The earplugs and I will tell them to bring it."
"No, it's okay. Rather than the sound itself…"
Lariette rested her head on Asrazan's reliable shoulder, who was sitting next to her, and continued.
"I think it's scary to be alone."
And at that moment, another big thunder rang out. Craak- bang! It was a loud noise as if the sky was about to fall.
Surprised by the unexpected sound, Lariette said that the sound itself was scary, so she dug deep into Asrazan's arms.
Even though she tried very hard not to do that, her body trembled again. And the face of Asrazan who discovered this darkened noticeably.
It looked familiar to him. The soldiers who went through the war for the first time were shaking like this.
The pupils trembling with anxiety, and the body trembling pathetic. It was the attitude of a person who was greatly shocked.
Asrazan bit his molars and swallowed the rising anger. I wanted to go to Blanche again right away and pluck out the eyes of those who personally assaulted her and cut off their limbs.
But he knew right away that it wasn't what he was supposed to do now. So Asrazan just hugged her tightly.
Lariette stopped trembling after a while and raised her head down. The purple eyes staring at Asrazan were particularly soft.
"Asrazan…"
"Say it."
Asrazan answered in the most friendly voice possible. It was meant to give her whatever she wanted.
"Can't I sleep here?"
Because he still didn't expect it to be such a demand.
Lariette added, looking pitifully at the stiff Asrazan.
"I'll just hold your hand and sleep."
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Awwww, trust noona and let hold hands lol


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House of Shem Hard Road Tour
Fri 21 Sep 2012, 8:00pm–2:00am
Where: Trees Tavern, 1 Balmoral Drive, Tokoroa, South Waikato
Door sale: $37.00 ($35.00 + $2.00 fees)
Presale: $30.00
House of Shem,
Andrew Tosh
Listed by: Carl Perkins
With support from Grove Roots, Majic, Paepae DJs and hosted by Israel Sta.
House of Shem will be on the road in Aotearoa, picking up some guests on the way who are rising up in the NZ music scene. House of Shem have just completed their USA & HAWAII tour and recently a full 4 week tour of AUSTRALIA. There 2nd album "Island Vibration" debuted at #1 on the NZ music charts and Itunes charts. There video clip "Thinking about you" now has over 900 thousand views on youtube. House of Shem will be releasing their 3rd album in the new year and will continue to spread their music internationally with a Full USA, Hawaii tour in the works for 2013
Joining them for Porirua and Wainuiomata are 8-piece reggae band Grove Roots and up-and-coming singing sensation Majic who has just come back from recording at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica. For the Hamilton show is Waikato-based band One Drop Natives who are steadily growing their reputation in Aotearoa and are ready to release some new music this yearm and for the New Plymouth show is L40, a 7-piece band who hail from Ratana Pa, and are fronted by Caleb Haapu who is brother of well-renowned singer songwriter, Seth Happu.
Playing the music between the sets for Porirua and Wainuiomata are Paepae DJs who, have been smashing their soundsystem around NZ for some time now, making partirs start before top bands including Andrew Tosh, Spawnbreewzie and Jboog. For the Hamilton, New Plymouth, Tokoroa and Rotorua shows are two friends from Chile. Representing the House of Shem Soundsystem are DJ Rudebuay and DJ Sito, who are gonna mash up the dancehalls around Aotearoa & beyond. With their dancehall reggae style and blazing hot riddims, they are surely in the right place on Earth to share their music!
Auckland Folk Festival 2020
Kumeu Showgrounds, Kumeu, Auckland
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Last ditch attempt to save Nepalese rhino
By	Carly Waterman	on	May 24, 2007	in	Uncategorized, EDGE Updates
An ambitious new plan to save the one-horned Asian rhino in Nepal is today being announced by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), National Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal and Nepalese Government.
The Nepalese rhino population has declined dramatically over the last ten years and the current population is estimated to be less than four hundred individuals.
Dr Richard Kock, ZSL Conservation Programme Manager, commented, "This is a fantastic step forward for the conservation this charismatic species."
Funded with a Darwin Initiative grant from the UK Government, the new plan will involve:
• Anti-poaching and surveying work by specially trained rangers on elephant-back
• Restructuring of the current reserves to ensure more effective protection of the rhino populations, including assessing and managing invasive species in the reserves to improve the environment for all threatened species
• Working in the local communities surrounding the three reserves to encourage active conservation and discourage poaching
• Assessing the current populations to determine the most effective way of ensuring the most viable and successful populations
The recent changes in the political situation in Nepal, from political autocracy and Maoist rebellion to representative government, has resulted in a situation where ZSL and other organisations can work with the new Nepalese government to address threats to wildlife and to rhino in particular.
Dr Kock, added, "The shift in government towards a more inclusive democracy in Nepal mean that we can finally start to address the current conservation crisis. In the last ten years, poaching has threatened to completely wipe out the rhino population, but the recent shift in political situation is finally offering a glimmer of hope. The new Nepalese Government will be working closely with the Zoological Society of London, along with a consortium of partners from Nepal and elsewhere, to continue to develop a sustainable, long-term conservation plan that will safeguard the future of the species."
The rhinos of Nepal are Greater one-horned Asian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis), which are currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and are ranked 74 on the EDGE list. The large decline in rhino numbers in Nepal in recent years is a result of poaching, which increased significantly in the unstable political climate.
ZSL will be working with the foremost Nepalese conservation charity, the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), Nepalese government departments and other NGOs.
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Dan Dickinson has been Chairman of INAV Group, LLC's Board since its inception. INAV is in the business of purchase, sale, and lease of commercial airline aircraft and engines As the non-executive Chairman , Dan is responsible for setting the tone, culture and growth of INAV Group, LLC™ – a company that has garnered a global reputation for trust, dependability and quality.
With his wealth of industry knowledge, innovative business strategies and commitment to operating on a very high level of trust with partners, team members and customers, Dan's insight and guidance has played a crucial role in the continuous growth of the company. His adherence to establishing and promoting the company's core values and ethics has also led to the development of long-term partnerships, alliances and strategic relationships both nationally and internationally.
Dan also Chairs as the sole shareholder of G.A.S. Capital, Inc. (GASC) since 1976. GASC was established in 1969 and is a major shareholder of INAV Group, LLC™. GASC is a holding company with investments in a diverse group of worldwide aviation and some non aviation related companies and affiliates. The businesses specialize in the buying, selling, brokering and leasing commercial and business aircraft, helicopters, engines and spare parts worldwide and also the electrical generation space.
In 1996, Dan and his team noticed an ongoing demand for small power generator packages. To fulfill this need, Dan and the INAV Group, LLC management created INAV Power Generation and developed the 1.2MW Innovator Genset. In 2001, the majority interest of this innovative company was sold to American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP).
Dan's affiliations with hundreds of institutions worldwide provide an extensive network, allowing his companies to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming one of the finest domestic and foreign aviation related organization in the world. Aside from his involvement with INAV Group, LLC ™, Dan is actively involved in promoting the industry. He is a founding member of the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA), a trade association that was formed to establish ethics in the marketplace. He has served as NARA's President, Vice President and twice as Chairman.
Over the years, Dan has acquired niche knowledge regarding the performance and operation of aircraft and he worked in the industry since he was 21 years old. His first job out of college was selling corporate aircraft. In fact, before he graduated, he had already made his first sale.
Dan is a licensed pilot and he attained his commercial flying rating before his graduation from college. He is type rated in several bizjets including the Learjet, Citation and Beechjet with over 10,000 hours of flying experience. In1972, Dan received his Bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University.


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The Government of Zimbabwe, with support from GEF and World Bank, is developing land use and resource management capacity of managers and communities in the Hwange-Sanyati Biodiversity Corridor. This project will support improved land, forest, wildlife and protected area management and build national capacity on REDD+ as a tool for good forest stewardship. The HSBC project has provision for the country to pilot a REDD+ sub-project in Ngamo and Sikumi gazetted forests.
Determining the overall scope of work for setting up a pilot REDD+ sub-project.
Elucidating modalities for forest carbon estimations and non-carbon benefits.
Developing detailed guidelines for assessing social safeguards.
Providing advice for national capacity development on REDD+.
Providing advice for setting up of a credible national MRV system.
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Nerve agent attack: What is Novichok?
Updated / Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018 16:16
Chemical and forensic experts are examining several scenes in Salisbury
The substance used in the attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has been identified as a kind of nerve agent called Novichok.
What is Novichok?
A group of nerve agents that are more potent and lethal than VX or sarin.
They are made of two separate non-toxic substances that work as a nerve agent when brought together.
Dr Andrea Sella, professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London, said: "Novichok is not really very different from all the classics. You've got the same basic chemical framework at the heart of it.
"I'm not sure it's ever really been used. There's not much experience of seeing these things, they would have recognised it was some sort of nerve agent, which is part of the reason for the delay (in identifying it)."
Why was it created?
Novichok, which means newcomer in Russian, was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s as a new kind of chemical weapon that would be harder to detect, more potent than existing nerve agents and exempt from the Chemical Weapons Treaty.
Dr Sella said: "Novichok agents are ones that were kept very quiet by the Russians and developed to try to gain advantage against the more conventional things they knew Western governments had.
"If in fact it is one of the handful of Novichok agents then that starts to point very narrowly at Russia."
Novichok and other nerve agents attack the nervous system and stop chemical messages getting around the body.
They cause the heart to slow down and airways to become constricted, leading to suffocation or brain damage.
"It must be excruciatingly painful and unbelievably violent," Dr Sella said.
"You have very painful muscle contractions, vision goes pretty quickly and what little you can see is blurred, then you can't breathe."
Symptoms of poisoning by the novichok nerve agent: pinpoint pupils, salivation, spasms, convulsions, paralysis, heart failure @AFP #Skripal #Salisbury pic.twitter.com/cYP8Vost1g
— AFPgraphics (@AFPgraphics) March 13, 2018
Nerve agents, including Novichok, can be inhaled as a fine powder, absorbed through the skin or ingested.
Dr Sella said: "There are various versions and various kinds of formulations, they are typically oily liquids which go through the skin.
"It's possible that someone ingested it and then it takes time for the stuff to detach itself and then get to you."
Symptoms can start within seconds or minutes of being exposed and include convulsions, paralysis, respiratory failure and death.
How can it be treated?
The treatment for nerve agents is to administer an antidote immediately but some of the damage from the chemical and oxygen starvation can be irreparable.
It is not known if there is an antidote available for Novichok.
Sergei Skripal


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Dec 26, 2016 07:30 AM EST By Aldous Calubad, UniversityHerald Reporter
Bulls vs Spurs: Aldridge Leads San Antonio In First Christmas Win
LaMarcus Aldridge started out strong by shooting 11-11 and ended the game with 33 points in leading the Spurs to victory against the Bulls with a score of 119-100. The Bulls vs Spurs game featured the Spurs jumping out to a 26-8 lead before the Bulls tied the game in the third quarter.
According to SB Nation, Kawhi Leonard had a double-doublue with 25 points in 7/14 shooting, 10 rebounds and 3 steals. Pau Gasol, playing against his former team, had 12 points and 7 rebounds. On the other side, the Bulls could not get on their rhythm in this Bulls vs Spurs game as Dwayne Wade was the lone bright spot with 24 points and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler scored 19 points but it took him 19 shots to get there.
LaMarcus Aldridge had his second-highest scoring game since joining the Spurs last season, according to ESPN. His 33 points were his season high for this season and he also finished with nine rebounds and just one turnover in this Bulls vs Spurs game. Robin Lopez was tasked to try and contain him but he ended up playing just 19 minutes and his team was outscored by 26 points when he was on the floor.
The Spurs shot a whopping 82.4 percent in the first quarter, their best field goal percentage in a single quarter since they shot 84.6 percent against the Knicks in the third quarter of their game back in December 10, 2014. The Spurs once again proved they have a deep bench as their bench has outscored the opposing team's bench in 20 of their past 30 games.
The Chicago Bulls don't get any rest as they host the Indiana Pacers on Monday night and Coach Fred Hoiberg is not expecting his star Dwayne Wade to sit out the second game of a back to back after a grueling Bulls vs Spurs game. Meanwhile, the Spurs don't get to play again until 3 days later when they host the Phoenix Suns.
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Metabolomics, or the study of metabolites, traditionally has been used to identify biomarkers of diseases. Now, there is growing evidence of metabolites' role as regulators of biological activities and modifiers of other omics, including genomics. However, the difficulties of characterizing a large number of metabolites for each patient have limited the applications of metabolomics in precision medicine and drug discovery. The combination of ReviveMed's proprietary database and their AI algorithm offers an opportunity to conduct fewer experiments to identify metabolites more efficiently. Once the identity of the metabolite is predicted, the data is integrated into other large-scale molecular datasets and translated into novel therapeutic insights for drug discovery purposes.
ReviveMed envisions the use of automated tools to help therapeutics developers introduce real, data-driven evidence into the process of drug discovery and development. ReviveMed's technology reveals the crucial relationship between the activity of genes and proteins and the phenotypic behavior in both healthy and diseased states. ReviveMed exploits the best features of AI and omics science, creating what Frost & Sullivan believes is a strong competitive advantage. The details of Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Award can be downloaded here.
ReviveMed is an AI-driven drug discovery platform focused on discovering therapeutics for metabolic diseases including fatty liver diseases. ReviveMed is a pioneer in the intersection of AI and metabolomics, located in the heart of biotech innovation in Cambridge, MA. ReviveMed uniquely overcomes the difficulties of identifying a large set of metabolites for each patient, based on the technology that ReviveMed's founders developed at MIT and published in Nature Methods. It further translates metabolomic data to generate novel therapeutic insights for drug and drug response biomarker discovery. Currently, ReviveMed is collaborating with tier-one pharmaceutical companies and pursuing internal drug discovery programs. Learn more at www.revivemed.io, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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The Federal Pell Grant is the foundation of federal student aid, awarded to undergraduate students with the lowest Expected Family Contribution (EFC). The award amount changes annually and varies with your level of enrollment. Federal Pell Grant recipients must finalize all registration within the first 30 days of the semester. A student who withdraws from one or more courses within the first 30 days of the semester will have their Pell Grant award reduced to the adjusted level of enrollment. Pell Grant eligibility is limited to 12 full-time semesters or the equivalent. You can learn more here.
Like the Pell Grant, the FSEOG is awarded to undergraduate students with the lowest EFC. Priority must be given to Pell Grant recipients. Very limited funds are available, so it is critical to apply as early as possible to be considered for this grant. Find more information here.
MN State Grant
The Minnesota State Grant is awarded to undergraduate Minnesota residents with a low EFC attending a MN post-secondary institution. Once a student has attempted the equivalent of 4 full-time years of post-secondary education, the student is no longer eligible for the grant. Awards change on a per credit basis for enrollment between 3 and 15 credits. The FAFSA has to be completed and received by the school within the first 30 days of the semester. Find more information here.
MN Dream Act
The MN Dream Act provides certain benefits to undocumented students who meet the following criteria: attended a MN high school for at least 3 years; graduated from a MN high school or earned a GED in MN; complied with Selective Service registration requirements (applies only to male students ages 18 to 25); provide documentation to show they have applied for lawful immigration status but only if a federal process exists for a student to do so (does not include applying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). There is currently not a federal process in place so this documentation is not currently required.
MN Education and Training Voucher (ETV)
An Education and Training Voucher (ETV) provides up to $5,000 per award year to pay for post-secondary education, including: tuition and fees, books, housing, transportation, child care, other school-related expenses. For more information, click here.
MN GI Bill
The MN GI Bill program provides assistance to eligible MN Veterans, currently serving military, National Guard and Reserve members who served after September 11, 2001 and eligible spouse and children.
Click here for additional information and the application.
MN Indian Scholarship and Tribal Grants
Minnesota residents with documented one-fourth or more Indian ancestry may be eligible for the Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program. Students of Indian ancestry may also be eligible for a Tribal Grant. Students should contact their individual Tribal Education Office for specific information and application forms.
MN Postsecondary Child Care Grant
Now available to BOTH undergraduate and graduate students!
Undergraduate and graduate students who are Minnesota residents, meet income guidelines and have out of pocket child care expenses are considered for this grant. The student must have a dependent child 12 years of age or younger who will be receiving care regularly. Eligibility is restricted to those students who are not receiving Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) benefits and have not attended 5 years of post-secondary education as an undergraduate student. The same applies to graduate students (not counting undergraduate enrollment). Funds are limited and applications are processed until all funds are awarded. Find more information here.
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MN Teacher Candidate Grant
The Minnesota Teacher Candidate Grant provides post-secondary financial assistance to eligible students enrolled in Minnesota teacher preparation programs during one term in which the student is completing a required 12-week or more student teaching experience. On a funds available basis, selected undergraduate and graduate students may receive awards of up to $7,500 for one term. Applicants must intend to work in an identified shortage area and/or belong to a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in the Minnesota teacher workforce to be eligible. Students must complete the FAFSA or MN Dream Act application for the aid year, showing demonstrated financial need.
MN Teacher Candidate Grant Application
TEACH Grant
Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students admitted into a designated high-need subject area at BSU with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher. Within 8 years of completing/ceasing their program, the student must teach full time for four years in their high-need area in a designated low income school or the TEACH Grant will become an unsubsidized loan with accrued interest. Additional information can be found in the TEACH Grant Application and the TEACH Grant Information Sheet.
BSU provides individual grants to deserving athletes. The grants are awarded by the coaches in each sport and may vary in amounts based upon individual athletic ability. Athletic grants are regulated by BSU, NCAA and league rules and regulations.
Ethel Curry American Indian Leadership Scholarship
The 2020-2021 application packet will be available online on the MDE Indian Education webpage by March 1, 2020 and have a FIRM deadline of May 31, 2020 for completed applications to be postmarked.
To be eligible for priority consideration, an applicant must meet the following requirements:
An enrolled member of a Federally recognized tribe;
Attending an accredited college or university in Minnesota;
Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree;
Have a minimum GPA of 2.0 for undergraduate applicants and a 3.0 for graduate applicants.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate leadership qualities within the American Indian community.
A list of required documents necessary for consideration appears on the Ethel Curry Scholarship Application form which may be found on the Indian Education page of the Minnesota Department of Education website, or by contacting Kristen Aeikens at 651-582-8558 or kristen.aeikens@state.mn.us.
Rural MN CEP
Educational benefits for tuition assistance may be available through the Rural MN CEP Office for students who are in their senior year of college. This program is income based as well. For more information, click here.
Veterans may earn educational benefits based on their U.S. military service. See Veteran's Benefits for more information.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS)
Educational benefits are available for people with disabilities to help achieve their employment and independent living goals. For more information and eligibility criteria, click here.
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In 2012, we continued cost saving measures to sustainably reduce ABB's costs and protect our profitability. Costs associated with these measures amounted to $180 million and $164 million in 2012 and 2011, respectively. For further details of these cost saving measures and our cost take-out program (which was substantially completed in 2010) see "Note 22 Restructuring and related expenses" to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
In both 2012 and 2011, estimated cost savings initiatives amounted to around $1.1 billion. These savings were achieved by optimizing global sourcing (excluding changes in commodity prices), through reductions to general and administrative expenses, as well as adjustments to our global manufacturing and engineering footprint.


I will be living in LA for the next few weeks to work on a feature film! Taxi Driver has been one of my all-time favorite films for its realistic portrayal of gritty characters struggling against isolation and loneliness. Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, begins production this week of a new film he is directing called The Canyons. It's written by Bret Easton Ellis who also wrote American Psycho.
Huge thanks to Devon for telling me about this project, Miya (UPM!) for getting me on board, and Ryan and Jesse for putting me up in LA. You guys are amazing!!
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