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First story: Fabian Nicieza (Writer), Rik Levins (Penciler), Christopher Ivy (Inker), Bill Oakley (Letterer), Christie Scheele (Colorist), Howard Mackie (Editor), Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
(First Story)Alpha Flight has arrived on scene, and Guardian takes control of the situation between the Peace Corpse terrorists and the Avengers and People's Protectorate. Guardian doesn't want the situation to escalate, and to prevent the Peace Corpse, who have already shot Stingray, from shooting any more innocents, she gives them permission to berth the Waterwind. The traitorous Allanson soon discovers though that Stingray is still alive, but unconscious, while the Peace Corpse make their way through the Waterwind, plotting their next moves. The Avengers, Alpha Flight and the People's Protectorate set up a makeshift headquarters and discuss the situation and the easiest way to get into the Waterwind. Guardian informs everyone that they must approach this possible nuclear-disaster as an all-or-nothing situation. Captain America agrees, and leads a small team to break into the Waterwind consisting of himself, Red Guardian, Puck, Box, Vision and Vostok, while Guardian leads the others in an evacuation of the nearby civilians. The infiltration squad make it inside the Waterwind, except Box who wont fit through the hatch, so dives into the water to do some other investigating instead. Puck discovers the crew of the Waterwind, and leads them out of the submarine to safety, while the others take out the remaining members of the Peace Corpse, until they finally discover Prokvtich and Strokov who have biologically attached themselves to the nuclear control console, ready to start World War III. Meanwhile, the begrudged Atlantean warriors plot their revenge on the heroes, and make their way towards Newfoundland.
First Story: 'The Canadian government has authorized control of this situation to Alpha Flight!' exclaims Heather McNeil Hudson a.k.a. Guardian, leader of Canada's premiere super heroes, Alpha Flight, as they stand before their United States and Soviet Union counterparts - the Avengers and the People's Protectorate, where all three teams have gathered in Newfoundland. 'Vindicator, I -' begins Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America, until Heather corrects him, 'It's Guardian now' she remarks, before Captain America addresses her as Guardian then points out that they are all here for the same purpose. 'We want the terrorists who call themselves the Peace Corpse stopped and we want the Waterwind returned to the British Navy' Cap states.
Josef Petkus, a.k.a. the new Red Guardian declares that the Protectorate are responsible for the apprehension of the Soviet military traitors, to which Heather replies by informing the Protectorate that she is empowered to order them out of her country, but offers the option of working together, and asks which it will be. The Crimson Dynamo whispers to Red Guardian that the Avengers are renowned and trusted, but that they do not know Alpha Flight. Captain America overhears this and tells the Soviets that he can vouch for Alpha Flight's abilities.
The Vision hovers in the air and tells his leader that he does not doubt Alpha Flight's abilities, but what he wants to know is if they are experienced enough to assume control over this international incident. 'It's a moot point!' Heather snaps back. Wendell Vaughn a.k.a. Quasar of the Avengers calls out to Cap, alerting him to the fact that the deadline for the next hostage is almost up, and asks what they are going to do. 'Well?' Cap asks, turning to Heather, who replies that they will deal with the Devil and bide for time.
Guardian takes to the sky, ordering Quasar, Vision, Crimson Dynamo and Vostok of the People's Protectorate to form an aerial escort for the Waterwind. 'We're going to give them the time they need to fix the sub' she announces, to which the Crimson Dynamo asks if that is wise at this point. Heather replies that this will also give them the time they need to gather more information and formulate a plan to stop the terrorists. Quasar begins to protest, 'They've already shot Stingray in cold blood - we can't just -' he remarks, until Heather interrupts him, 'We aren't "just" anything!' she exclaims. 'We're doing something that has not been done since this incident began - we're thinking things through!'.
Heather then calls down to those on the deck of the Waterwind, informing them that they have been granted temporary asylum for the purpose of repairing the vessel, but that the conditions of the asylum will be negated should another hostage be injured. 'Understood?' she asks. General Major Illyich Prokvitch, standing over Stingray's lifeless body, replies that he speaks for the Peace Corpse and that the conditions are understood and agreed upon. Heather then informs him that they will escort the Waterwind to a berthing facility.
Heather then uses her communicator to contact her teammate and former lover Madison "Box" Jeffries, asking him to put her on an intercom system so she can talk to everyone else on shore. Box complies, and with everyone's attention, Heather orders them to follow Box to the loading dock warehouse above the shipping yard where they can set up a headquarters. Heather informs Captain America that they counted six terrorists and dozens of hostages, but points out that there could be more below decks that they are not aware of, though at least that gives them a framework.
Red Guardian suggests to Heather that she have Vostok perform a magnetic resonance imaging scan of the vessel's interior. 'Copy that, smart move, Red Guardian' Heather replies, before Heather, hovering above the Waterwind, calls out to Vostok and orders him to MRI on the Waterwind so they can see what is inside it. 'Understood and proceeding' Vostok replies, while Heather orders everyone else to get over to the warehouse.
'Pushy female' Perun remarks in his native Russian while he takes flight, carrying Red Guardian with him. Sersi of the Avengers flies nearby, while Red Guardian remarks that the women of the West are far different to their own, 'But in some ways, don't you find is rather refreshing?' he asks. 'I'd like to give those Commies a refreshing punch in -' Lillian Jeffries a.k.a. Diamond Lil remarks while her lover Box carries her in the air, and interrupts her, suggesting she lighten up. Down on the shore, Fantasma of the People's Protectorate, and Dr. Michael "Shaman" Twoyoungmen of Alpha Flight use their own teleportation abilities to transport themselves to the warehouse.
Captain America remains on the shore and looks out at the Waterwind, while remarking to himself that he had heard of the return of Heather's husband, and notes that it has not seemed to have adversely affected her. Cap decides that, if anything, Heather has grown in her role as leader of Alpha Flight, and wonders if Alpha Flight's presence here is exactly what the situation needed, for so far, the two teams representing the world's so-called "super powers" have spent most of their time tripping over each other. 'I'm not surprised, though I am disappointed. I had always hoped the world's heroes could work together in a way the world's nations haven't'.
Sixteen hours, forty-eight minutes and counting…. 'Eh? What's this?' asks Strokov as he steps on something. Picking it up, he discovers that it is a flattened bullet. He alerts Illyich, asking him if he missed Stingray when he shot him. 'Are you still investigating me?' Prokvitch asks. Strokov replies that he found the bullet on the deck. The traitorous Allanson of the Waterwind kneels beside Stingray and remarks that he is still alive, before asking if no one has noticed he is not bleeding. One of the terrorists suggests that perhaps the bullet could not penetrate Stingray's pressurized costume, to which Prokvitch replies that makes no difference now as the heroes have met their demands. 'And we weaken our resolve at every turn' an angry Strokov thinks to himself.
Allanson motions to his former crew mates and tells the Peace Corpse that he will escort them to their quarters, and suggests that the Peace Corpse work on making the ransom demands. Prokvitch replies 'Very well' and suggests Allanson maintain guard on them, assuring him he will have him relieved shortly, while in his native Russian, remarks to his fellow Soviets that Allanson seems to still believe they are doing this for the money. Strokov exclaims that he thinks they have lost sight of why they are doing this, to which Mendev tells him not to be such a lout.
Voroshilov lights a cigarette and replies that Strokov does what comes naturally, before remarking that the real problem is that the heroes will never allow them to take this vessel into New York Harbor. 'I assume they are merely allowing us the pretence of repairing our vessel in order to prepare an assault!' Voroshilov adds, to which another member of the Peace Corpse agrees, remarking that it is what he would do in their situation. 'Then we must prepare to make our final stand here and right now!' Prokvitch declares.
The quintet make their way through the chamber where the nuclear warheads are being kept, to which someone asks if the message will be the same. 'After all, destroying Newfoundland does not carry the same amount of international impact as would the destruction of New York!' Prokvitch agrees, before pointing out the fact that Canada will become directly involved could help to precipitate the conflict that they desire.
Prokvitch turns to Mendev and tells him to begin to properly prepare the warheads for their needs, adding that they will draw lots to determine who is chosen. Prokvitch then begins the launch sequence, and the hatches on the deck open, with the nuclear warheads armed. Prokvitch adds that implementing their final solution may be the only chance they have of succeeding. 'And the only hope this world has of seeing the next century…will be destroying it in this one!'….
The Waterwind is berthed, while in an empty warehouse above, fourteen super humans try to find a way to stop the terrorist threat. Thirteen hours, twelve minutes and counting.
The heroes of all three teams are gathered around a large table, with blueprints of the Waterwind laid out before them. Heather motions to a point on the vessel and declares that it remains the quickest access route, to which the Crimson Dynamo adds that it is also the most dangerous. Captain America agrees with Dynamo and asks Heather what she thinks about portals 13 and 14. The Vision informs the group that it would require them to traverse half the length of the vessel to reach either the terrorists, or the hostages, to which Shaman remarks that they will have to make a choice as to which is more important.
Shaman adds that between the information provided by Vostok's scans and the schematics they have received from British Intelligence, they now know everything they need about the Waterwind. 'We still do not know why!' Red Guardian shouts. 'They make no demands, they do not ask for money! They are too unpredictable! We must be equally so!' he suggests. Quasar asks about the people of Newfoundland, suggesting that if they act rashly now, they may as well be sentencing the civilians to death. Cryptically, Fantasma tells Quasar that there are worse fates to be sentenced to.
Vostok offers that the time now might be right to decided upon an acceptable casualty rate. 'That would be a logical course of action' the Vision concurs. Shaman declares that the supposition that a minimum amount of people should be expected to die to ensure their success to be reprehensible, to which Captain America agrees, and asks why it is they must approach this as an all-or-nothing situation. Heather asks her American counterpart if he is suggesting they prepare for both contingencies.
Cap replies that he thinks there should be a small interdiction team to infiltrate and incapacitate the terrorists, while the others evacuate the civilians. Cap adds that they cannot let the Waterwind leave the harbor, for in open sea, they lose all of their current advantages. Heather asks Cap what his recommendations for this interdiction team are, to which Cap replies that he will lead, and that he wants Vostok and Box for their mechanical manipulative abilities, Vision for his stealth capabilities, and Puck due to his size and experience in such matters.
'It's a tight unit' Cap concludes, to which Red Guardian declares that he wants to be added to the team also. Josef adds that the men responsible are Soviets, and that he is a symbol of Soviet people, so he is responsible for their capture. Never one to hold back, Sersi quickly points out that this is not about petty national boundaries or honor, to which Heather backs her up, remarking that there is too much at stake here for pride to dictate their actions.
Red Guardian announces that he has other reasons, and reveals that Vostok's information has shown him one of the Peace corpse is Illyich Prokvitch, whom he has been friends with since childhood. Captain America informs Red Guardian that he can join the infiltration squad, and thinks to himself that this way he can keep an eye on him at the same time. From within his Box armor, Jeffries announces that he is taking a holographic pix of the submarine's schematics, that way he can call up the visual anytime they need it. 'Smooth, Madison' Heather tells her ex-lover, before asking Captain America if he is ready. 'As we'll ever be' he replies.
Nearby, in the devastated undersea kingdom of Atlantis…eleven hours, seven minutes and counting…. 'Again and again they do this to us!' shouts the angry Tyrak as he smashes a pillar over. 'We act upon them and they crush us! They act upon us and still they crush us! How long must our land be subjected to the whims of surface dwellers?' he demands angrily. 'How long will they continue to despoil our seas and flagrantly transgress our borders with their weapons of war?'. Meranino, flanked by several other Atlantean warriors, reminds Tyrak that it has gone on for decades, and asks him what a handful of exhausted soldiers can do about it if their entire armies have failed.
Tyrak replies that Meranino forgets in his old age that the humans invaded them with the very weapon which could lead to their destruction. He then asks why they would have all been fighting over that submarine, and from his water-cycle, launches a communications probe to find out. The probe rises from the water, and continues up into the darkening sky, where it clicks into place, and begins operating. From the receiver in the ocean, Tyrak learns that the situation has not improved and that the nuclear submarine remains in dry-dock in St. Johns port.
Tyrak remarks that it is as Meranino thought, the submarine is indeed stolen and is now berthed in Newfoundland. 'Let us go crush them!' exclaims Orka. But Tyrak tells him that this is not about crushing. 'It's not?' the dim-witted villain replies. 'No, it's about helping them crush themselves!' Tyrak exclaims, before he, Meranino and the others take off on their water-cycles, exclaiming that they will play the game of the surface nations. 'We will cause the nuclear weapons on that vessel to detonate while it is still on the surface! Onward to glorious victory!' he boasts.
Meanwhile, in the Bay of Placentia, ten hours, twenty minutes and counting. Kuryestan is nervously standing guard. 'You go out there with one rifle and hold off a dozen super humans!' he mumbles to himself angrily. Suddenly, 'Pardon me son' a Russian voice exclaims from seemingly nowhere. Kuryestan looks down, where Puck is standing. The diminutive Alphan excuses himself, and asks the young member of the Peace Corpse if he can direct him to the closest unconscious man. 'Oh, never mind…I just found him!' Judd remarks as he leaps up and kicks Kuryestan hard in the face with, knocking him out.
'You speak Russian?' Josef asks, surprised. 'With more eloquence than you, I might add' the aged Alphan replies, while Captain America drags the unconscious Kuryestan away, remarking that they cannot only have on guard. Vostok attempts to open a hatch while remarking that it is not unfeasible to believe that the Peace Corpse do not have the necessary compliment to defend the exterior of the vessel. He reminds his comrades that the Peace Corpse had not anticipated the dry-situation, before announcing that the hatch is locked.
'One to guard the exterior. One to guard the hostages. Four to fix the sub?' Cap suggests, remarking that at least they know where they all are now, before telling Vostok not to force the hatch, and turns to the Vision, addressing him as "Vizh" as he had been commonly referred to, the Vision is quick to remind Captain America that his complete appellation is "Vision" and phases down through the locked hatch, remarking that he will return momentarily. Cap thinks to himself that it is almost as if the Vision was having a contest with Vostok to see who could be the least human, and wonders what is really inside that synthetic mind of his, when suddenly the Vision returns, opening the hatch and announcing that the below decks are now devoid of activity within a thirty meter radius.
'Let's move it out, people. Keep it tight, keep it calm!' Captain America remarks, while Judd leads the way down the hatch. Red Guardian, Vostok and Vision follow, while Box remarks to Captain America 'Could be I should cut down on the sweets, eh?'. Cap realizes Madison is referring to his large Box armor, and admits that he never considered that factor. 'Don't sweat it' Madison replies as he transforms himself into a sub-mercable and dives into the water, informing Cap that he will scope out the situation from under the water, adding that he might be able to find a way to "gum up" the works from outside, while the rest of them do it from the inside.
Down in the Waterwind, the Vision holds up an unconscious member of the Peace Corpse, remarking that he found him monitoring the communications systems when he entered. Cap replies that is two down and dour to go, while Judd points out that they have to make sure the hostages are still alive, and makes his way down a corridor, 'Why wait, eh - life's too short for that!' he jokes, while Captain America thinks to himself that with Judd's size he is more able to handle the corridors than the rest of them can.
Judd opens a door where the crew of the Waterwind are being held at gunpoint by their traitorous comrade Allanson, and are currently hassling him, asking him how much it cost to make him turn, when suddenly, Judd lunges at him from behind. Allanson fires some shots, but they go over Puck's head, while Puck exclaims that it is time to give these boys their chance. 'Though I'm sure they'd like to whack you more than once, eh?' Judd adds, before smacking Allanson in the neck, knocking him unconscious. Captain America and Red Guardian enter the room and Cap remarks that there are three down now, before telling the Waterwind crew that they will take things from here, before asking Judd to take the sailors topside.
Nearby, Voroshilov asks Prokvitch and Strokov if they heard gunfire also. Prokvitch replies that he did, but points out that they cannot leave as the work is almost completed. Voroshilov goes to check on what the gunfire was about, 'We were all planning to die on this vessel anyway, right?' he thinks to himself. 'What difference does a few hours make?' he adds, when suddenly, his weapon turns into a plant that clasps his hands together. Vostok appears before him, exclaiming 'Perhaps re-creating your weapons of war into a symbol of peace will show you the errors of your ways?' Vostok suggests. 'Or maybe not' Red Guardian exclaims, kicking Voroshilov over and rendering him unconscious.
Cap orders the Vision and Vostok to fly on ahead as they are the fastest. 'Quickly - they know we're hear!' he adds. Vostok remarks that, logically, he would anticipate that the remaining members of the Peace Corpse will be in the missile-control room. The Vision adds that the Peace Corpse, knowing they had no real hope of escaping the docking facilities, then the nuclear warheads would be their last bargaining tool.
Shortly, Captain America and Red Guardian arrive outside the door to the missile room. Josef remarks that it is quiet. 'Too quiet, to coin a phrase' Cap adds. 'Pardon?' Josef asks, not understanding the remark. The Vision declares that they had best proceed with great caution, to which Cap asks him what is going on. The Vision replies that it would appear that what has been, until now, a very complicated dilemma, has developed yet another intriguing facet.
Vostok opens the door to the control room, and motions to Prokvitch and Strokov, the two remaining members of the terrorist insurgency, who have biologically attached themselves to the missile control console. Indeed, both men are attached to the console with dozens of wires protruding from their bodies, and Vostok remarks that, in essence, they find themselves confronting two men whose sole desire has been to start a third world-war - but now they have turned themselves into living nuclear arsenals!
First story: Captain America, Quasar, Sersi, Stingray, Vision (all Avengers)
Box IV, Diamond Lil, Guardian III, Puck, Shaman (all Alpha Flight)
Crimson Dynamo V, Fantasma, Perun, Red Guardian III, Vostok (all People's Protectorate)
Meranino, Orka, TyrakOther Atlantean warriors
General Major Illyich ProkvitchAllansonKuryestan, Mendev, Strokov, Voroshilov and others of the Peace Corpse
This issue features a back-up story featuring the "Avengers Crew" written by Mark Gruenwald.
First story:Heather changed her codename from Vindicator to Guardian in Alpha Flight (1st series) #90 with the return of her husband, who once more took up the Vindicator codename. They would switch names again in Alpha Flight (2nd series) #1.
Stingray was shot in Avengers (1st series) #320.


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Hackers I admire
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Before proceeding I would like to clear the difference between a hacker and a cracker. As defined by The Jargon File, Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 a hacker is (abridged for my purpose):
- A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
- One who programs enthusiastically(even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
- A person who is good at programming quickly.
- An expert or enthusiast of any kind
- One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
A cracker is some one who breaks security on a system. Coined in 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker. An earlier attempt to establish `worm' in this sense around 1981-82 on Usenet was largely a failure.
Contrary to widespread myth, cracking does not usually involve some mysterious leap of hackerly brilliance, but rather persistence and the dogged repetition of a handful of fairly well-known tricks that exploit common weaknesses in the security of target systems. Accordingly, most crackers are only mediocre hackers. Thus, there is far less overlap between hackerdom and crackerdom than the reader misled by sensationalistic journalism might expect. Crackers tend to gather in small, tight-knit, very secretive groups that have little overlap with the huge, open poly-culture hackerdom; though crackers often like to describe themselves as hackers, most true hackers consider them a separate and lower form of life.
If you already know the difference between a cracker , you may want to know about a cracker's viwpoint of things too. A Comment on "Warez D00dz" Culture is an article (this link should be more permanent) which provides some insight to what The Scene, or "warez d00dz" culture really is.
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
These are the people who wrote C. C is C. Often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain varying according to the speaker, as "a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language". In his Reflections on Trusting Trust Ken Thompson said "I am a programmer. On my 1040 form, that is what I put down as my occupation.". He had also written a very cunning Trojan Horse into the C compiler which he describes in his essay. I will give it briefly here:
The C compiler contained code that would recognize when the `login' command was being recompiled and insert some code recognizing a password chosen by Thompson, giving him entry to the system whether or not an account had been created for him. Normally such a back door could be removed by removing it from the source code for the compiler and recompiling the compiler. But to recompile the compiler, you have to use the compiler -- so Thompson also arranged that the compiler would recognize when it was compiling a version of itself, and insert into the recompiled compiler the code to insert into the recompiled `login' the code to allow Thompson entry -- and, of course, the code to recognize itself and do the whole thing again the next time around! And having done this once, he was then able to recompile the compiler from the original sources; the hack perpetuated itself invisibly, leaving the back door in place and active but with no trace in the sources.
Truly awesome and truly fiendish!
Richard M. Stallman
He is the President, Free Software Foundation.However, I think it would be better to describe him as the founder of the Free software Movement. For a better understanding of Free Software you can read The GNU Manifesto written by Richard Stallman at the beginning of the GNU Project, to ask for participation and support. He is also the programmer of Emacs and gcc(and a lot of other things). I admire him for his hacking skills, his vision and his determination.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Stroustrup designed and implemented the C++ programming language. Many people describe C++ as elephantine but I love the language. Almost anything that can be done in any language can be done in C++. The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup is a good book for learning C++ but it is not for novices. The book is full of useful tips, code snippets and advice. Really makes you appreciate the hacker that is Bjarne Stroustrup.

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Cambridge 6 v Caldy 15
OUTSIDE the professional Premiership and Championship leagues National 1 is the highest level in English rugby.
In their first season it has taken a while for Caldy to fully come to grips with the game management needed at this rarified level but at Cambridge they showed the nous to do a number on their opponents.
In the first half Caldy's pragmatic 'rope a dope' style combined with the power of their pack saw the Wirral side suck the life out of the home side.
The first 10 minutes were all Cambridge but wave after wave of midfield drives were snuffed out by Caldy's backrow and centres.
Cambridge never looked like breaking through and after a couple of promising line out drives came to nothing the 'Blood and Sand' resorted to the boot of Ben Penfold to put them 6-0 up at the break.
With the breeze behind them Caldy were in the ascendancy from the start of the second half and they switched gears.
Well-marshalled by the excellent Ben Jones and Rhys Hayes at halfback, Caldy stretched the home defence bringing wingers Luke Hibbard and Tommy Banks into the game.
As the holes started to appear number 8 JJ Dickinson slalomed in for the first Caldy score to put Caldy's nose in front after Ben Jones' conversion.
The Cambridge scrum was creaking and from a penalty infringement Jones put Caldy further ahead before the win was confirmed with a late try in the corner from playmaker Rhys Hayes.
Final score Cambridge 6 Caldy 15.
This was a tactically smart win by an increasingly mature Caldy side. The Caldy scrum anchored by the outstanding Derek Salisbury broke Cambridge's resistance enabling Jones and Hayes to dictate play.
Next week Caldy will need all their nous and power, and as big a home support as they can muster to counter the mighty Coventry who will be coming to Paton Field with their all stars and All Blacks.


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"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Sunday, June 10, 2007
PRELUDIUM: It was forty years ago today....
One of my dearest friends in ministry is Mark Harris, a priest from the Diocese of Delaware. I first met him in 1986 and instantly fell in love with his intelligence and wit and left-of-center humor.
Go on over to his amazing blog and wish him Happy Anniversary!
Rock on, Mark Harris, rock on!
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- June Butler said...
Elizabeth, I had my orders concerning Mark's anniversary earlier from MadPriest, and who would dare to disobey him?
I heard somewhere that you would be "Doin' the Lambeth Walk". I hope you will do Lambeth blogging while you're there - that is if you have time what with your meetings and stuff. In anticipation of the trip, I give you this:
Any time you're Lambeth way,
Any evening, any day,
You'll find us all
Doin' the Lambeth Walk.
Every little Lambeth gal,
With her little Lambeth pal,
You'll find 'em all
Doin' the Lambeth Walk.
Everything free and easy,
Do as you darn well pleasy,
Why don't you make your way there
Go there, stay there.
Once you get down Lambeth way
Ev'ry ev'ning, ev'ry day,
You'll find yourself
Doin' the Lambeth Walk.
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Hiiraan Online Thursday September 5, 2019
The Chairperson Somali community Board in South Africa, Amir Sheikh has condemned the attacks against the community and their properties amid escalating xenophobia attacks.
Amir said many African countries had sacrificed lives and times for the freedom of South Africa during its struggle for independence.
When South African need the assistance of Africa, they were all assisted, when Nigeria attained its independence under the firist prime minister el-haji Isack Abukar, they (Nigeria) give them (South African) the support they needed, Ghana the first country got independence give them support, Madela was trained to use a gun by an Ethiopian, it is Morocco that economically supported them with money," he reminded. "We are not foreigners in an African land, we cannot be foreigners in own land. Today South African has invested in Nigerian, in Ghana, Sierra lione, in Kenya, all over, we are not attacking them, why are they attacking us."
He urging fellow foreigners not to be intimidated by South Africans and stay the areas.
"As an African, we must stand, please don't run away Tokombis, let's defend what we got rights for," he said.


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Kennett Square Borough to explore expansion of parking garage
By Steven Hoffman
Plans to expand the parking garage in Kennett Square have accelerated.
At the Jan. 20 council meeting, Kennett Square Borough Council asked interim borough manager Joseph Scalise to take immediate steps to seek funding for the project.
The borough has had a $3.1 million expansion of the parking garage in its Capital Improvement Plan for several years, but the project is moving forward now because Genesis Health Ventures, the town's largest employer, finds itself in need of additional parking.
"Mr. Scalise and I have had some discussions with Genesis to see what their needs are," explained borough council president Leon Spencer.
Scalise said that Genesis Health Ventures has acquired some companies in California, and as a result they expect to need to add between 30 and 80 employees in its Kennett Square headquarters within the next year. Genesis has the necessary space in the buildings for the additional employees, but they will need parking.
Scalise said that the parking garage currently has 350 spaces with 310 of them designated as permitted parking spots. Genesis Health Ventures currently utilizes 340 spaces—that's more than 100 percent capacity, which is possible because all the employees with spaces aren't using them at the same time.
A $3.1 million expansion of the parking garage would add 203 spaces, Scalise said.
Council members said that if Genesis Health Ventures needs additional parking then it was the town's responsibility to explore the options that are available.
"I don't think we need a parking garage expansion right now as a borough," said council vice president Dan Maffei, "But a very large company in town…needs additional parking."
Maffei pointed out that not only is Genesis a large employer in town, having those employees working in Kennett Square is a benefit to the shops and restaurants.
"You can't overestimate how important that extra foot traffic is for a town this size," Maffei said.
Spencer said that when Kennett Square officials were having discussions with representatives from Genesis Health Ventures, it was apparent to him that Genesis was maintaining its offices in Kennett Square for the long haul.
"They are very dedicated to remaining in town," Spencer said.
Maffei said that if the borough moves forward with an expansion of the parking garage, two things will be necessary: significant grant money and private capital to help offset the costs of the expansion.
Genesis could make a financial contribution up front or agree to higher parking garage rates. Scalise also said that agreements could be worked out so that the owners of the Genesis buildings would be sharing in some of the costs.
Currently, the fee is $700 annually for a parking space in the garage.
Scalise said that he has already met with county officials to discussion a grant for economic development. The window for the county grant opens in February, Scalise said, and the borough would need to contribute 25 percent as a match to the county's 75 percent.
The larger state grant that is available for economic development could provide up to half the total project cost of $3.1 million.
Scalise informed council that the deadline for the application for the state grant is approaching, and the council authorized Scalise to retain the Lancaster, Pa.-based RETTEW Associates, an engineering and planning design firm, to assist with the grant application process.
Council member Geoff Bosley said that once the borough council knows what funding is available, they can make a decision on how to proceed.
Spencer said that the goal is to fund the project without passing along the costs to borough residents.
"If this is to happen, it should not impact the taxpayers in the community," said Spencer.
In other business at the Jan. 20 meeting, council approved a memorandum of understanding with neighboring Kennett Township that will allow the borough police to enforce the weight limits on the bridge on State Street near the Rite Aid pharmacy. The bridge itself is located in Kennett Township, but Kennett Square mayor Matthew Fetick said that it would be a benefit for the borough to have control over the enforcement because it will likely serve as a deterrent to overweight trucks that are passing through the borough.
"Our ultimate goal is to reduce truck traffic in town," said Fetick.
Additionally, the memorandum of understanding will also allow Kennett Square Borough police to patrol and respond to calls throughout Anson B. Nixon Park, instead of just the portion of the park located in the borough.


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A major theft ring connected to Apple's physical retail stores has taken a hit, as more than a dozen people have been arrested.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has announced on Thursday that law enforcement has arrested 17 people in connection to the theft ring. According to the announcement, the thieves stole from physical retail stores in 19 different counties. The network of thieves apparently grabbed upwards of $1 million worth of goods from those retail stores.
They were able to do this by wearing hooded sweatshirts and running into the Apple Stores in a mob of individuals. In the flurry of shock and awe they would grab the devices that were on display and then escape with them. Attorney General Becerra said, these large-scale networks of thieves "cost California business owners millions", and that consumers end up paying for it.
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Scientists have long believed that the power of the sun comes largely from the fusion of protons into helium, but now they can finally prove it. An international team of researchers using a detector buried deep below the mountains of central Italy has detected neutrinos—ghostly particles that interact only very reluctantly with matter—streaming from the heart of the sun. Other solar neutrinos have been detected before, but these particular ones come from the key proton-proton fusion reaction that is the first part of a chain of reactions that provides 99% of the sun's power.The results also show that the sun is a remarkably steady power source. Neutrinos take only 8 minutes to get from the sun's core to Earth, so the rate of neutrino production that the team detected reflects the amount of heat the sun is producing today. 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Initially, a two-thirds deficit in the detection rate confused the results. It turned out that neutrinos could transform from one type to another as they fly through space, but detectors were sensitive to only one of the three types. Once this "neutrino problem" was resolved, neutrino observatories went on to detect neutrinos from almost all the predicted reactions in the sun—but not the pp reaction. What makes the pp reaction hard is that the neutrinos have very low energy that is about the same as the energy of various radioactive decays that happen on Earth, making it easy for an earthbound detector to confuse a decay with a neutrino event. "Detecting neutrinos of this kind is an almost impossible thing to do. You need very low background levels and a lot of patience," Biller says.The Borexino detector at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, 1400 meters below the Italian Apennines, is made up of a spherical transparent vessel filled with 300 tonnes of highly pure pseudocumene, a benzenelike liquid. Neutrinos pass easily through the overlying rock, but occasionally one will hit a nucleus in this "scintillator" liquid, producing a flash of light that is detected by an array of detectors positioned all around the sphere. Such detectors are always situated deep underground, to protect them from cosmic rays, and are surrounded by buffer layers of liquids to fend off radioactive decays in the rocks.Despite these efforts, to detect pp neutrinos the Borexino collaboration had to go through an especially lengthy purification campaign to reduce the levels of radioactive contaminants in the scintillator liquid—particularly krypton-85, a byproduct of nuclear testing and reprocessing that now pervades the atmosphere and produces a decay signal very similar to that from the arrival of a pp neutrino. "Any tiny air leak and krypton-85 will get inside," Pocar says. The researchers, Biller says, "really pushed the cutting edge, achieving ridiculously low levels of radioactive contamination."There followed a year and a half of data collection and a year of analysis "to show it was not background or a detector effect," Pocar says. 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Gameloft to employ the freemium model for remainder of 2012 lineup of Android games.
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Just how unpleasant are things going to get at Time Out? The Evening Standard reports that Tony Eliot might have to pony up £3 million to keep the company going, and Media Week has news about a round of redundancies.
In the annual accounts the auditors warn that the group could "require further financing to continue trading" if it fails to meet "forecast trading results" this year or if Mr Elliott does not invest £3 million by June.
The London edition of Time Out had an actively paid circulation of 68,579 in July-December 2007 ABC figures; that had fallen to 55,928 for January-June last year, or nearly 20% off in 18 months. Advertising was reported to be down 30% last year.


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Here is a protein recipe for a guilt-free protein popsicle dessert that lets you hit your macros and perhaps even satisfy that sweet tooth. While I am not the biggest fan of sweets, this protein packed treat sure does taste good.
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1/2 cup Liquid Egg Whites
1/2 cup Water
1 scoop Chocolate Whey Protein
1 1/2 tablespoons Chocolate Syrup (Low-Carb)
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How (Not) to Plan for Your First Research Project
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Thinking of doing research? This session will provide strategies for early-career academic librarians planning to do research, including applying for grants, planning for research and writing, and getting over your imposter syndrome. We'll do this by example, re-living our experience of applying for a CARL Research in Librarianship grant and conducting the associated research, including all the things we didn't do right. Attendees will learn what to consider when planning for research and applying for funding, what to prepare for, strategies for project development, and which units on campus can support them through this process. When we received our grant and began our research process we felt woefully under-prepared, a fate we hope this session will help you avoid!
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-Compare different processes for developing and planning a research project
-Evaluate and re-evaluate imposter syndrome and how it applies to new researchers
-Explore how we learned through trial and error what not to do in the grant application process
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Sajni Lacey is the Learning and Curriculum Support Librarian at UBC Library's Okanagan campus, in addition to serving as the subject librarian for English, History, Education, Indigenous Studies and a smattering of languages. Sajni's focus in on integrating information and digital literacy into course and discipline curriculums. Recent work has involved piloting the integration of micro library sessions in the First-Year English program, developing a peer observation program for instruction, and creating an integrated approach to writing and research instruction.
Susie Wilson is the Data Services Librarian at the University of Northern British Columbia, in addition to serving as the liaison librarian for a wide variety of subjects too numerous to list in this bio. Susie's focus is on outreach and community connections to campus groups, information literacy integration, and juggling the many hats she wears.


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Rain is first Asian celebrity to be invited to Fashion Awards 2016
Angela Jung , Dec. 2, 2016, 9:07 a.m.
Singer and actor Rain has been invited to the Fashion Awards 2016, according to news reports Monday. The invitation marks the first time an Asian celebrity has been invited to the event. Alongside Rain, the ceremony will feature celebrities from around the world, such as Alexa Chung, Kate Moss, Babara Palvin and Karlie Kloss.
The ceremony will take place in London, England, on Monday. The entire event will be aired through Naver's V app.
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Please leave my family alone! Uche Jombo to bloggers
Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo has taken to her Instagram page to debunk new rumours that she has parted ways with her Puerto Rican husband, Kenney Rodriguez.
She claims the stories are fabricated and people should face more important stories than focus on her family.
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If YOU are going make up stories about my life or marriage try FACTS.
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Please LEAVE my FAMILY out of your manufactured made up stories, there are more important stories, real issues in world people are worried about than little old me.
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Home improvements can be costly. For a home with a 1,000 square feet space, renovations can easily cost around $18,000. Meanwhile, a 3,000 – to 4,000-square foot home needs around $36,000 for improvements.
It takes guts and serious finances to push for home improvement projects. Yet, Americans are not as worried about funding renovations as they are about staying on budget. Indeed, a proper estimate is hard to come by but you don't want to find yourself suddenly out of money to fully furnish those new bathroom tiles.
Fortunately, you don't need to get yourself into massive debt just to finish your home improvement projects. There are ways you can follow to save thousands of dollars on your home renovations.
Explore these options before you submit those financing applications.Find lending professionals near you.
You don't need to get a loan to fund your projects. If there are no reparations needed, you can set the project aside for later and save the money needed for it in the meantime.
You may create a separate bank account for your home renovation savings. You can have direct deposits to this account so you can't be tempted to use the money for other personal expenses. You might be surprised one day how much you've already accumulated for the project.
Another way to save is to cut down on your regular splurges – probably eat out less often, make your own coffee at home, cut down clothing costs, and pack your own lunches. These small savings can easily add up and help you save the much needed renovation money to get your project started.
Find fairly priced contractors
Many homeowners opt to go DIY on their renovation projects. However, not everyone has the skill or the time. If the same situation applies to you, you need to find contractors. If you find contractor services too expensive, you can opt to hire service vendors instead. These are those who provide contracting services aside from their full time contracting jobs.
Realtors are also good resources if you want to find reliable and fairly priced contractor. Ask your local real estate agent if they have anyone in their network who can help you with your project at a reasonable price.
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You're paying your contractors' skills and time. So if you are able to do some of the required work yourself, you can lessen the fees you need for the job. These minor DIY jobs can include the removal of unnecessary floor elements in preparation for the placement of new flooring, refacing your kitchen cabinets, adding wainscoting, and painting, among others.
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Nelliyampathi, popular for waterfalls – commonly known as ootty of poor people
Nelliyampathi, beautifull spot in palakkad district
Nelliyampathi is very popular by its name, ootty of poor people. Nelliyambathy is one of the hill station in palakkad district, the place is surrounded by tea and coffee plantations. the hill is located 60 km from palakakd, weknow the temperature is high in palakkad district but the exception is here by the approximate temperature 21 degree Celsius. there is forming a lot of waterfalls when it is raining, seetharkundu waterfall is a main waterfall in Nelliyambathy, which starts from here and finally reaches at gayathrippuzha in palakkad. it is believed that the name seetharkundu is derived from the name seetha of ramayana, according to epic during the vanavasa rama took bath here. it is located in a height of 100 feet.
Seetharkundu Waterfalls Nelliyampathy
poabs organic estate, pothudy reservoir, Nelliyampathi guha, meenambara view point are the major attractions in Nelliyambathy, comfortable accommodation facilities you will get in Nelliyambathy the main hotels are orange valleyy resort, greenland farmhouses, misty valley hill resort etc. the distance from nelliyampathy to palakkad is about sixty km. there are many easy to locate the destination. The nearest airport is not in kerala, it situated 120 km from Nelliyambathy, there iis many bus services available from palakkad bus station NH 47 passes through nenmara it well connect the other main cities. Palakkad railway station is near to the spot with 60 km distance. choose taxi to destination point.
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Choose the SUV taxi services to reach the terrain area of terrain, there is possible a jeep to these areas which is more better, the rent of 500 to 1000 rupee per day for trip to tea and coffee plantations and other popular sites of town. it is just 1.30 hours drive to destination, it is 80 km away from Thrissur town.pothudy dam welcomes you when you ae in Nelliyambathy journey located at the entrance, which is constructed in 19th century.


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Dozens of angry protesters took the streets in the northwestern city of Maarat al-Numan to protest against the authoritarian rule of Jabhet al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria.
A raw footage was filmed featuring a group of young men calling on the ultraconservative group to be forced out of the city, and branding the group's chief, Abu Muhammed al-Jolani as "Iranian nark"
On March, the city witnessed more violent protests after Nusra fighters stormed the headquarters of the FSA-affiliated Division 13. Dozens of fighters from both sides were reported killed and injured in the clashes.
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When quantum materials get hot: anomalous thermal conduction and radiation
Heat conduction in and radiation from solids provides a unique window to probe solid state physics, and also plays a pivotal role for a wide range of industry applications. Although it is a traditional research focus in mechanical engineering, study of heat transfer from materials scientists' perspective would result in new discovery, new insight and new applications.
In this talk, I will show our recent work on understanding novel charge dynamics and electron-phonon interactions of quantum materials with electronic phase transitions. An unusually low electronic thermal conductivity is found in metallic vanadium dioxide, and is a signature of absence of quasiparticles in a strongly correlated electron fluid where heat and charge diffuse independently. An unusual, temperature-independent lattice thermal conductivity is found in crystalline tantalum disulfide, which is attributed to strong electron-phonon coupling that dominates over the conventional phonon-phonon scattering.
I will also discuss how we engineer these materials for novel thermal applications. By grading or meta-structuring the metal-insulator phase transition, we demonstrate temperature-indepdendent thermal radiation which is used for a superior infrared camouflage and decoy, as well as switchable thermal radiation which is used for thermal imaging gradient enhancing.
Speaker: Junqiao Wu, UC Berkeley
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Syria opposition derides ambitious Vienna plan as 'unrealistic'
VIENNA - Syrian opposition members on Sunday said an ambitious plan by world powers for a political transition in their war-ravaged country was unrealistic, though some reacted with cautious optimism.
Global diplomats gathered in Vienna agreed Saturday on a fixed calendar for Syria that would see a transition government in six months and elections within 18 months.
A final statement after the meeting said the goal was to bring Syrian government and opposition representatives together by January 1.
Anas al-Abdeh, a member of the opposition National Coalition, said the statement remained "unclear" but marked some progress.
"A ceasefire is in principle a good thing as it will alleviate people's suffering. But the most important thing is observing its implementation," he said by telephone.
But Samir Nashar, a fellow Coalition member, derided the Vienna plan as "frustrating and unrealistic", insisting it "will not lead to a political solution".
"How do they expect that after everything that has happened in Syria, people will just kiss each other in the streets?" he said.
With millions displaced and the country's infrastructure devastated, Nashar said Syria would need much longer to hold free and fair elections.
He warned that the omission from the Vienna statement of a key aim of the uprising -- the departure of President Bashar al-Assad -- would strengthen claims by jihadist groups that the international community is "conspiring against the Syrian people".
"This was the biggest blow... This is a gift to Daesh, to extremism," he said, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State jihadist group.
On Sunday, a top Iranian official said several countries involved in the peace talks had tried to bar Assad from future elections, but Tehran, a key backer of Syria's regime, insisted the demand be withdrawn.
Assad's departure has been the centrepiece of opposition demands since Syria's uprising began in 2011 and Western powers -- including the United States, France and Britain -- have called for him to step down.
Saturday's talks in Vienna were the second round of the broadened diplomatic efforts to reach an end to Syria's war, which has left more than 250,000 people dead.
Top diplomats from 17 countries as well as three international organisations met the day after a deadly coordinated assault claimed by ISIS in Paris left at least 129 people dead.
Hassan Abdel Azim, the head of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, an internal opposition group, said Vienna had set out a "practical plan".
"Everything that happens in Vienna, we agree with and is in line with the vision of the NCCDC for a political solution," he said.
But he cautioned that the process remained "open to amendments".
Confidence-building measures, including a ceasefire, prisoner releases, and aid deliveries were all "steps that pave the way for a transitional period, forming a government, and holding elections," Abdel Azim said.
Though Syria's conflict began with anti-government protests, it has since fractured into a multi-front war between the regime, rebels, Kurds, and jihadists, with shifting military alliances throughout the country.
UN peace envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura was tasked, as part of the Vienna talks, with bringing about a ceasefire between warring groups.
But Fares Buyush, head of the Fursan al-Haq rebel brigade fighting in north and northwestern Syria, said the decisions reached in Vienna were "far from reality" and that a ceasefire would be "very difficult" to implement.
And Asaad Hanna, a spokesman for the Division 101 rebel group, said Vienna's goals -- including a ceasefire -- were divorced from the reality of forces fighting both IS and Assad's troops.
"Just because the international community holds a press conference, it doesn't mean they're going to stop Daesh," Hanna said by phone.
"The uprising is happening on the ground. How can the meetings exclude the decision-makers on the ground, who would be the ones implementing the ceasefire?"


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The upper legislative chamber passed the bill after the senators considered clauses in the bill.
The bill was broken into four parts to allow easier passage.
While considering clauses of the bill, the senators disagreed on who would have the responsibility to guard against environmental degradation.
Some senators had wanted the ministry of petroleum resources to be responsible for taking care of oil spills and other forms of environmental degradation.
Hope Uzodinma, the senator representing Imo West, said the ministry of the environment should be allowed to take care environmental conditions to ensure that the standard is maintained.
He said this would be in line with the new world order in cognisance to climate change.
Also speaking, Magnus Abe, Senator representing Rivers South-east, said the matter should not be left in the hands of the oil industry because they were after profits
"I think our recent experiences in this country, we all know the situation of the Niger Delta as a result of the lack of regulation in the oil industry," he said.
"If we leave this matter in the hands of the oil industry, we will end up in a situation where we will spend our time fighting over issues that we should not be concerned with.
"I want to align myself with those who have suggested that environmental issue should take precedence over the bottom line so our people are safe."
However, the senators agreed that the proposed Nigerian Petroleum Regulatory Commission should work with the ministry of environment to protect the oil producing communities.
The senators also agreed that the chairman, Nigerian Petroleum Regulatory Commission should be appointed by the president and not the minister.
Speaking after the bill was passed, Senate President Bukola Saraki said it would ensure transparency and accountability and create and an enabling environment for the petroleum sector.
Dr Joe Abah, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms has reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the Open Government Partnership, (OGP) and the need to address the corruption in the extractive sector. In this interview with Mr Emeka Ononamadu, National Coordinator PWYP-Nigeria and Mr Audu Liberty Oseni, editor Extracting Accountability, at the National Steering Committee and donors meeting for OGP, he speaks of the government commitment to OGP and the importance of addressing the huge corruption in the extractive sector, particularly in the oil and gas.
Below are the extracts of the interview:
Q: Within your reform agenda do you have any specific focus for the extractive sector?
R: The specific attention is our work in strengthening Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). The World Bank is talking to us about working with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the agencies under it, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a few of them. But they are still talking with the Minister for state first, and when they are ready they will let us know. We have done some work with the ministry of solid minerals particularly with regards to the solid minerals development fund that is supposed to be set up and run. We will help them to sort out how that fund is best managed.
Q: There are specific NGOs that are so interested in what your agency is doing, like Publish What You Pay that is focusing on the extractive sector, how do we connect with your agency in terms of promoting the ideas to the grass roots?
R: We partner with a number of NGOs on different issues, we worked with Right to Know Initiative, for instance, to put in place the country's first Freedom of Information (FOI) portal which we also exported to NEIT. We are trying to make sure it goes into the Open Government Partnership (OGP) national action plan as a standard practice.
We have worked with PPDC on procurement transparency; in fact, they rated us as the best in the country in terms of procurement. Our scope is so wide, we can work with anybody on any issue, anything that draws monies from the Federal Government, it doesn't matter what it is.
I think, if we are able to identify areas of mutual interest, there is no reason why we can't partner on specific things. Another thing that we do quite well is to facilitate joint work among the government. Assuming you want to do something, we could work with you to bring NEITI with other people in government together. We have that convening power.
We work across government, we are doing some work with NNDC, we need to go and sort out that place so the agency can deliver for the people of the Niger Delta. Again, we bring support from the World Bank, FOSTER, DFID and EU as well. We are not territorial; our work is on anything that improves governance.
Q: There have been series of reforms in the past to sanitise the oil and gas sector, yet the corruption in the sector has continued unabated, What measures do we have in place to make sure that this one is the final nail in curbing corruption in the extractive sector?
R: There is no such thing like final nail on corruption anywhere in the world; I think that is raising the threshold to an unrealistic level. I think what we need to do is to make sure the processes are in place to avoid abuse and impunity.
We have had in the past, NNPC operating as almost an extra-legal entity; it is bizarre that NNPC could have a recurrent budget higher than that of the Federal Government. If you are running NNPC, you are running an alternative government, and those are the sort of things we need to address and make sure they don't happen anymore.
We have had issues where it is difficult to state with confidence the exact number of barrels of crude we are producing per a day, we don't know how many we are losing to bunkering, we don't know where the monies that oil companies pay go to, whether they even pay what they are supposed to pay. All of those things are not just the way they should be.
People will tell you, it is highly political, yes, everything is highly political, but the important thing in my view is, do we have the system in place such that if there is abuse you can easily trace the source of the abuse? If you look at a number of these agencies, the government has not yet taken the decision to rationalise some agencies and parastatal, some of those agencies such as Petroleum Price Regulating Agency (PPRA) I don't know what they are regulating and what they are there for. The Petroleum Equalization Fund, I don't know what they are equalising, and even the PTDF.
There are a number of these agencies that are just an overhead, and the more of these agencies we have, the more difficult it is to nail down where exactly the problem is. Those are some of the things we are hoping that if we put in place a streamed lined extractive industry sector where responsibilities are clear, we strengthen NEITI to be able to monitor, report independently and clearly, we ensure that the National Assembly takes NEITI report seriously and also equip NEITI to be able to go to the citizens. Even if the National Assembly doesn't because the greatest friends of the reformer are the member of the public, if you are getting blockages in the National Assembly, you go to the people, the people will demand and back you up. That is what we are trying to do.
Q: Within the 2016 budget framework, the government has not allocated any money to support the OGP in addition to other support they are going to be getting. How do you take away the fears of the people that government needs to match its words with action?
R: I think it is important that government does that, but does it in a decent way. And that's why if you look at the Minister of state and my intervention this morning, we wanted to make sure the project is realistic. A lot of what is in the project is what we call civil service costing. People putting more activities that they can't do physically if you were to count all the monies and give to them, they just cannot physically do all of them.
In a lot of cases, the activities are not contributing to the commitment, I don't know what people think, you designed activities and there is no clear link to what you want to achieve. I think it would have been a bit difficult for a government to just say here are a hundred million funds for OGP when it does know how the project is going to be run.
That is going to be a bit difficult, however, the government usually puts aside N1.5billion every year for public service reform under the service wide vote, and if you look at passionately, everything we have talked about here is all about public service reform. Although there is no label that says OGP N200million or N500million, we are confidence that within the service wide vote, it is possible to fund some of the activities if they are clearly defined.
And that is why, it is important that we look through the activities one after the other, see which ones are already budgeted for in the 2017 budget, see which ones donors have already pledged to support and then see the gaps. I think the way we are trying to do it is more honest, than government coming out to announce, it is putting N5billion to OGP and the money never comes out, that will be unfortunate.
That's why some of our people may feel that we have been harsh on them this morning, but we have to be, this is something we are exposing ourselves to the international community to see. It will not be good if by December when the evaluation will be done and we are at 25% or 30% implementation. A lot of the activities in the OGP are cost free, the more useful and urgent ones are the ones that do not require financial resources. For example, the head of the service issuing a circular of a new rule being put in place does not need additional funding.
I think it is important that government continues to show commitment, the Attorney General of the federation was here, there were about four other ministers here today, and that is a clear sign of government commitment to OGP. I was in Paris when we launched the national action plan, we held few meetings, and the international OGP secretariat is keen to supporting Nigeria, even with peer learning (capacity building).
I think the sceptics is normal for anything new, particularly giving the track records the government has had in this kind of initiative, but, with the OPG being co-chaired with the national action plan been co-created, it is unlikely that government will simply not do anything. You could see the commitment of the donors here today. One of them said, the money is in the room, but, we just need to make sure the plan is clear. So I am very optimistic.
Q: You talked about Peer learning, for us at the CSO, what is the plan to get key government agencies particularly those within the extractive sector into this peer learning mechanism
R: We have designed a tool on how to successfully run a government agency, many people are appointed to this position without knowledge on how to run a government. We have designed a guide to help them, we have also produced a tool with which people can actually access themselves and improve their performance.
We have piloted that with NEITI, Nigeria Communication Commission, Federal Road Safety Corps, and Universal Basic Education Commission. We are trying it with the Niger Delta Development Commission, and later on Investment Promotion Council, Economic and Financial Crime Commission, and Export Promotion Council. There are about 12 to 15 agencies that we want to pilot the designed tool with and refine it.
Ones the tool is refined and finalised, we will be able to use that to spread good practice across the board. Using this, we will start to create pressure on the MDAs to do the appropriate thing. And no Director in any of the MDAs will like to be ranked low.
Q: Within the FOI Implementation, what do you think are the reasons why the extractive sector is not complying?
R: For a number of reasons, first of all, they have a lot of money and with that, they can dare anybody. Secondly, there is an inbuilt attitude not to be open and transparent, and that has been in the interests of both the government and oil companies.
If they are not transparent, government officials and oil companies get more illicit funds, pay less tax, and destroy more of the environment. It has been beneficial to everybody for not being transparent in their operations.
I think that is why, and like as I said earlier, if you are in NNPC and you are running overhead budget bigger than the Federal Government who would you listen to, that is just the way it is.
Q: There is a general belief that the beneficial ownership will bring sanity in the extractive sector, do you believe, key players in the oil and gas will support this initiative
R: I don't actually think they need to key in, we are government, we need to say this is what we need to be done, and if you don't do it, we will revoke your license.
What are they supporting, the government should simply say, if you are going to prospect for minerals in this country, this is what you need to do. Is either you do it or you don't get the license to operate.
With regards to the beneficial ownership, Nigeria has a beneficial ownership register and you will need to comply. We will give the people time to comply and set a date after which we will start to take action.
People will simply be told, we need to know exactly who are the real owners of the companies, not necessarily the legal owners, it has to do with, is government sufficiently committed, and if the government is sufficiently committed they will comply. Is like gas flaring, the day government needs the flaring to stop it will stop.
Mr. Suleiman made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Tuesday.
"The total length of the completed double track as at today is 45.245 kilometres.' 'He said the project was awarded on May 25, 2007 to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation for the final construction of Lots 1 and 3.
He said the cost of the project was $841. 645 million with completion period of 48 months.
"This consisted of approximately 60.67 kilometres of standard gauge double railway track and associated permanent way within FCT.
"In Aug. 2012, due to deficiencies noticed in the estimations, the scope of the contract was varied to $823, 540 million for the final design and construction of Lots A1 and 3. "The project has attained about 84.33 per cent completion as at Dec. 2016," he said.
The acting secretary stressed that the total length of double tracks of 45.245 kilometres has reached 98 per cent completion.
Mr. Suleiman said 12 stations had reached 75 per cent completion, 50 culverts 100 per cent completion, nine pedestrian overpasses had also reached 85 per cent completion.
He said 13 railway bridges were 100 per cent completed, 15 flyover bridges 80 per cent completed, locomotive and rolling stone stock depot also reached 85 per cent completion, communication 67 per cent and signalling at 87 per cent completion.
Mr. Suleiman said "the projected date of the completion of the project is Dec. 2017.
"The feasibility study and conceptual design for the remaining lots 4, 5 and 6 are under procurement.
"These lots are available for concession under a Design, Build and Operate (DBO) basis," he said.
(Premium Times)
This was disclosed in the update on the assets under management obtained by our correspondent from the National Pension Commission on Wednesday.
According to the commission, the funds rose from N4.6tn at the end of the 2014 financial period to N5.3tn in 2015.
The Director-General, PenCom, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, said the funds were being well managed, adding that no fraud had been recorded under the scheme.
She explained that the Pension Reform Act, 2004, which was the governing legislation of the CPS, was repealed and re-enacted in July 2014.
She said the new law re-enacted the copious provisions of the repealed 2004 Act, which included the establishment of the CPS as well as PenCom as the sole regulator and supervisor of pension matters in the country.
"Among other significant revisions, the PRA 2014 introduced some innovations in the pension system, instituted a stiffer regime of sanctions and penalties for infringements, ensured the upward review of the minimum rate of pension contribution in order to enhance the value of pension pay-outs, and expanded the coverage of private sector employees under the CPS," Anohu-Amazu said.
The Chairman, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, Mr. Eguarehide Longe, said the pension funds were active in different investment portfolios. According to him, the bulk of the funds is invested in government bonds, which the government has invested some in infrastructure.
Ideally, he explained that money that had been borrowed for reasonably long-term should be used for reasonable long-term assets and not to fund recurrent expenditure.


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We're bringing home the bacon thanks to Kona Island at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort in Walt Disney World!
Oh yeah, my friends, the Polynesian now serves Chocolate Covered BACON. And THREE VARIETIES to boot!
food IS a theme park
We're bringing home the bacon thanks to Kona Island at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort in Walt Disney World!
Oh yeah, my friends, the Polynesian now serves Chocolate Covered BACON. And THREE VARIETIES to boot!
What happens when you ask a Cast Member to "Spice up" your order at The Tropical Hideaway (Disneyland's newest hangout in Adventureland)?
You get whatever you order topped with candied BACON. [Read more…]
Happy weekend! Here's all the Disney food news this week!
The 2018 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is happening NOW!! Find out EVERYTHING you need to know about the festival on our Epcot Food and Wine Festival pages! PLUS – check out our BEST OF THE FEST!
TOY STORY LAND IS OPEN at Disney's Hollywood Studios!!! Click here to see ALL of our coverage!!
And it's time to get the DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining 2018 e-book! Save 25% now with code wdw2018!
We have a lot to share with you this week, so let's jump right in…
Check out all the latest Disney Food News — even the stuff we don't mention in posts on the blog! — on our Disney Food News Pin Board, including menu updates, restaurant closures, special events, and more! We've got all the latest for you, so check it out before you go.
It was just an ordinary day in the Magic Kingdom until we neared the Haunted Mansion and could smell bacon. We followed our noses to Liberty Square Market and made a discovery!
Guess what we found! Candied Bacon and Chicken Skewers!
Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival
is a fabulous opportunity to eat lots of great food and to drink lots of great drinks. And while we know we'll be putting some of our returning favorites on our must-eat list — we also make a second list: New Stuff We Can't Wait to Try! (Yeah, we're all about lists here at DFB!)
And this is that list — including a few items we got the chance to sample recently!
The new Guinness Bailey's Shake from the Ireland booth got us all kinds of excited when we saw it on the menu! We were expecting a frozen, creamy drink with a powerful hit of Guinness and Baileys — and that's just what we got when we tried it during a preview! PLUS it comes with the glass! We can't wait to try it again!
The Shimmering Sips Mimosa Bar is brand new this year, and the offerings sound incredible! Mimosas include varieties like the Tropical Mimosa and the Madras Mimosa (which we have tried!), and there's a tasty-sounding, kid-friendly drink called Frozen Apple Pie!
But aside from those intriguing drinks, the Mimosa Bar is also serving up pastries like an Almond Croissant and a Cheese Danish with Sweet Icing! One of each, please! [Read more…]
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Y'all already know about the new grown-up drinks being served up in Pandora at the Pongu Pongu lounge, but that's not the only place you can get something new and boozy in the Animal Kingdom! Nosiree!
If you happen to find yourself on the other side of the park in the land of cartoonish dinosaurs, stroll up to the window of Trilo-Bites and take a gander at their (changing-with-some-frequency) little menu.
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OK, I promised you on Saturday that I'd have a full, extensive review of the new BoardWalk Bakery for you soon…and here it is!!
Last Friday, I was up bright and early to be first in line for the grand re-opening of the brand new BoardWalk Bakery at Disney's BoardWalk Inn! And while I wasn't FIRST in line, I came pretty close. 🙂
Long a fan favorite, this tiny bakery needed a major overhaul in the space department, and we couldn't wait to see what Imagineers had dreamed up.
We'll start with atmosphere pics and lead into the goodies. If you want to dive right into the super sugary part, scroll to the bottom section called "What Did I Pick?"
When looking for the BoardWalk Bakery, head down the steps from the hotel's main lobby to the BoardWalk, and you can't miss it.
I wasn't disappointed to see that the bakery had tripled in size. This place really needed to be larger!
You can see that there are now two entrances to the bakery — one for those queuing up for food, and one for BoardWalk Inn and Villas guests who just need to refill their resort mugs. A great system!
And, of course, Hue G. Krazont is still the proprietor. 🙂
Time to head inside!! Guests who were there first thing received these snazzy celebration buttons. (Okay, they're the regular celebration buttons with handwriting. But still.)
We are ecstatic to see a lot more room inside the bakery, even though most of it is reserved for the actual queue line.
The classy red walls and checkerboard floor along with wrought iron, brass, and dark wood accents give this spot a been-there-forever kind of classic feel. The schoolhouse lighting is another fun addition!
Note, however, that the display cases have multiplied by about four! They're not kidding around with the focal point here!
If you do find yourself in that long queue line, at least the large windows make people watching on the BoardWalk an easy sport.
Soon you'll get up to the bakery and dessert cases to make your selections. We've got LOTS more pics of these in our "Eats" Section of this review…so scroll down for the goodies!
After you've made your selections and check out, it's time to [Read more…]
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Thanks to reader Susan T., we have a bit of seriously rad information for you: The King Cupcake recently debuted at the Pop Century Resort at Walt Disney World in the Everything Pop food court! As a tribute to Elvis Presley, the cupcake features all of the flavors from the King's renowned favorite sandwich:
This is totally a big hunk 'o love, right?! Can you believe that?!?
Susan sent along this review — scroll down to see her pic!:
The cupcake was nice and moist. I would've liked a bit more banana custard inside, but it was nice and tasty. The peanut butter icing was to die for. You really need to like peanut butter, which I do — so I loved the icing.
It was my first time eating candied bacon. It was [Read more…]