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A preseason top-10 program coming off a 2018 season where the team qualified for the postseason as a national seed, Ole Miss baseball returns the core of its lineup for 2019. When the Rebels opened full-team practices on Friday, the squad returned seven position players who started 48 or more games a season ago, including All-SEC infielder Ryan Olenek, SEC All-Defensive team first baseman Cole Zabowski and four other players who batted .300 or better last season in Chase Cockrell, Thomas Dillard, Tyler Keenan and Grae Kessinger.
Making the lineup look even more crowded, the Rebels also return a freshman All-SEC infielder in Anthony Servideo, infielder/outfielder Tim Elko, who had one of the best offensive falls of anyone on Ole Miss' roster, and a talented core of five freshman position players who helped comprise the No. 24 recruiting class in the country last season.
As Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco put it, Ole Miss realistically has 18 options it can use as its potential position players at the moment. That's all of them. And that's not a bad thing.
"I've been a part of three national championships and I don't remember a year where we said 'We just have too many players. We're too good,'" Bianco said. "You just figure out a way. Last year we played really well offensively and we were able to move some guys around and keep everybody happy. But I think when you're having success, it's a lot easier. Usually when you're playing well, you're having success."
Bianco said it's too early to start making declarations about which players will start at certain positions. Rather, the practices between now and the season-opener on Feb. 15 will be used to identify which players are capable and deserving, rather than squishing them into a role before the role has presented itself.
Still, what happens with Servideo and Elko will be an interesting dynamic. Both are natural infielders who have been asked to work some in the outfield leading up to this season. A smooth-gloved middle infielder, Servideo said he hasn't played outfield in a game since he was 10 years old, and the 6-foot-4 Elko hasn't spent much time in the outfield since high school.
But outfield is where the reps are likely going to be most available. With centerfielder Will Golsan moving on to the pros and corner outfielder Thomas Dillard likely to be called upon more at catcher after Nick Fortes' departure, Ole Miss' outfield should look different in 2019.
Does this mean guys like Servideo and Elko will play there out of position full-time? Maybe not. Servideo started 15 games last year, most of which were toward the end of the season, and should be considered a serious option at second base if he can beat out returning starter Jacob Adams. And if Servideo can hit the way he did in the second half of 2018, when he improved from batting .175 in his first 19 games to batting .280 in his last 14, there's a serious chance of that happening.
Servideo said he "wasn't himself" during the first half of last season, and spent this offseason building off the good graces of his strong finish to regain some of his confidence and comfort playing baseball. Some of that comfort has extended to playing more reps in the outfield, as has been the case with Elko.
All said though, Ole Miss won't have an idea of what its starting lineup is going to look like until it has to post one. And even then, it's unlikely that what fans see on Feb. 15 will resemble a finished product.
"Early in the season, we'll sometimes platoon and bat left-handers against right-handed starting pitchers and vice versa, and it's really not because that's a certain belief," Bianco said. "It's because you're trying to get guys off to hot starts, you're trying to get guys to have certain success right off the bat. And then through the first three or four weeks we've got to figure it out. The same is on the pitching side.
"By the time we get to Alabama, we'll have the best team that we can out there."
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Read What's Driving Porsche? and History of Porsche AG – FundingUniverse. From the perspective of an executive with the firm, prepare a strategic plan to grow the business over the next three years.
Describe Porsche's history and its 4Ps (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion).
Explain the current situation of the organization in the market (industry, market, and general environment analysis).
Assess the financial performance and condition of the organization.
Conduct a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) to determine areas that offer opportunities for change.
Choose three or four areas from your SWOT analysis and explain why the areas you have chosen are essential to your strategic plan.
Describe your recommended organizational structure.
Explain your plan to measure the success of your strategic plan.
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New Delhi : Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson on Wednesday announced the expansion of its end-to-end 5G platform in India by adding new radio products and software solutions for local service providers.
The new additions to the Ericsson Radio System portfolio further enhances the agility and speed with which Indian operators can roll out their 5G networks, the company said in a statement.
5G enables low latency, ultra-high speeds and high reliability -- making it one of the most important infrastructures for industry digitalisation.
"The hardware and software that we are launching today offers Indian service providers with an expanded and adaptable 5G platform, making it easier for them to deploy 5G," said Nitin Bansal, Head of Network Solutions for the Market Area South east Asia, Oceania and India.
Ericsson is also strengthening its end-to-end mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding best-in-class transport technologies from Juniper Networks and ECI.
The company is launching the "RAN Compute" portfolio which responds to service provider's need for greater flexibility in the deployment of Radio Access Network (RAN) software and hardware functions.
According to the latest "Ericsson Mobility Report", by the end of 2023, global data traffic is projected to grow at a rate of 40 per cent per year, with more than 20 per cent of mobile data traffic worldwide expected to be carried by 5G networks.
"The reason why 5G is gaining momentum globally and in India is that operators will be able to manage their networks efficiently through a combination of 4G and 5G," Bansal added.
The company is also launching its new Ericsson Spectrum Sharing software, expanding the versatility of Ericsson Radio System for 5G deployments.
To manage data traffic in areas where there is highest demand, Ericsson also announced new transport solutions.
All solutions will become commercially available in the second half of 2019, the company said.


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T-Mobile CR to launch IPTV next month
Czech cellular operator T-Mobile has announced the imminent launch of a new IPTV service across the country from 4 April 2016, with subscribers offered a bouquet of three TV plans starting from CZK399 (USD16.5) a month. Launched under the banner T-Mobile TV, the cellco is offering users a choice of: 'Basic', costing CZK399 and including 70 TV channels; 'Standard', which comprises 100 TV channels (CZK499); and 'Premium', which includes 130 channels (30 in HD), for CZK899 a month.
'This year is for us the year of the internet and related services for households,' said Tomas Rysavy, Vice President Residential Segment and Product Marketing at T-Mobile, adding: 'The launch of T-Mobile TV is therefore a logical step that will help us expand our offer for customers and make it even more attractive for them.'
As well as the standard plans, T-Mobile is offering six 'thematic' bundled packages, for those it terms the 'most discerning users', classified as: Rodina (Family, priced at CZK129 per month), Sport (CZK149), Zahranicni (Foreign Channels, CZK99), HBO Zaklad (Basic HBO, CZK249), HBO Komplet (Complete HBO, CZK299) and Pro dospele (For Adults, CZK249). The offer will also include access to the Videoteka video-on-demand (VoD) service at CZK99 a month. People who sign up to the service before 30 June will also receive a promotional discount of CZK100 on their monthly subscription and six month's free access to HBO Zaklad. The IPTV service requires a stable and unlimited internet connection at a minimum of 5Mbps.
T-Mobile Czech Republic reported that revenues derived from its mobile and fixed telephony operations climbed to CZK27.07 billion for the twelve months ending 31 December 2015, up 12.5% on an annualised basis. Mobile contributed the lion's share of the total with CZK18.18 billion, although average revenue per user (ARPU) declined 3.8% year-on-year to CZK253 per month. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 9.3% to CZK10.96 billion, aided by a small rise in the overall customer base to 6.02 million (+0.3%) as at end-December.
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High performance buildings have proven track records of simultaneously increasing business and property profitability, reducing environmental impacts, and improving occupant health. This groundbreaking project will keep Ithaca competitive and ensure a healthy and livable city in 2030.
The Ithaca 2030 District is an interdisciplinary public-private collaboration working to create a groundbreaking high performance building district in downtown Ithaca. With the Architecture 2030 Challenge providing property performance targets, the Ithaca 2030 District seeks to prove that high performing buildings are the most profitable buildings in Ithaca. District Members will do this by developing realistic, measurable, and innovative strategies to assist district property owners, managers, and tenants in meeting aggressive goals that keep properties and businesses competitive while operating buildings more efficiently, reducing costs, and reducing the environmental impacts of facility construction, operation, and maintenance.
These collective efforts will establish the Ithaca 2030 District as an example of a financially viable, sustainability focused, multi-sector driven effort that maximizes profitability and prosperity for all involved. Through collaboration of diverse stakeholders, leveraging existing and developing new incentives and financing mechanisms, and creating and sharing joint resources, the Ithaca 2030 District continues to prove the business case for healthy and high performing buildings. Property owners and managers are voluntarily committing their properties to Ithaca 2030 District goals; they are not required to achieve the District goals through legislative mandates or as individuals.
Achieving the 2030 Challenge targets at a District scale will provide a working model that other cities, towns, and regions can use to reduce costs and resource use while increasing competitiveness and efficiency. While individual buildings have distinct opportunities for reductions and improvements, a District approach provides the opportunity for additional efficiencies across all categories.
The Ithaca 2030 District provides members a roadmap and the support they need to own, manage, and develop high performance buildings by leveraging Community and Professional Stakeholders, market resources, and by creating new tools, partnerships, and opportunities to overcome current market barriers. This type of collaborative action is not only a strategic undertaking to keep Ithaca competitive in the year 2030, but also represents a major investment in Ithaca's future and reflects the collaborative nature of our region.
A project of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative (TCCPI), the Ithaca 2030 District is part of a larger effort in Tompkins County to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, HOLT Architects, Taitem Engineering, and Local First Ithaca are collaborating with TCCPI in this effort.
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Mark Melancon's team clinched the division
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The Braves clinched their second NL East title in a row. Get used to it, folks.
There was a brief time in my life where the Atlanta Braves didn't win the NL East every year, but that time is over now. For the second year in a row, the Braves have clinched their division, and they did it with two guys they have locked up on the cheap for the next decade. With all the money they're saving on Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies, you know they're going to fill out their roster with ringers and go on another stretch where they make the playoffs every year for at least the next 10.. If Josh Donaldson isn't manning third next year, it will be Anthony Rendon. Mikes Foltynewicz and Soroka will be joined by Gerrit Cole. No one will be safe.
At least the Braves will be somewhat benevolent overlords. The Braves could have had Mark Melancon out to pitch the ninth and clinch the division against his former team, but no, they went with Josh Tomlin instead. I suppose the Braves value resting their closer before the playoffs more than being extremely petty.
While I'm glad we were spared from watching Melancon get mobbed by his teammates, I'm happy that he's going to the postseason. I am a little anxious about watching him try to close games against the Dodgers in the NLCS.
After three games against the Red Sox, a team that has played six nine-inning, four-hour games, tonight's game was a welcome change. This game only took 2 hours and 21 minutes. The Giants and Braves could have played this game twice in the time it took to play Tuesday night's game, and they still would have had an hour to spare. Tyler Beede made quick work of anyone not named Ozzie Albies or Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mike Foltynewicz couldn't be trifled with the Giants offense.
Beede's final line looks pretty ugly, but almost all of the damage against him was done by Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies. Beede didn't have a lot of trouble with the rest of the Braves lineup. Sure, he got a little lucky with where the other Braves hit their balls, and Kevin Pillar and Brandon Crawford made two excellent defensive plays behind him. But he got a lot of quick outs and made some good pitches. He even made Josh Donaldson look absolutely silly on a changeup in the dirt. Part of the way through his swing, Donaldson realized he had no chance of making contact so he simply hucked his bat at the ball. Unlike Javier Báez or Vladimir Guerrero before him, Donaldson did not make contact.
Against Beede, the three through nine hitters were 3-for-19 with a home run and a walk. Albies and Acuña were 4-for-5 with a double, a homer, and a walk. Acuña took a first pitch curveball from Beede and took it to the opposite field.
If the Braves only faced the Giants for the rest of the year, Acuña certainly wouldn't join the 40/40 club. With all the dingers and doubles he'd hit, he wouldn't have enough opportunities to steal the three bases he needs. I suppose he could try to steal third, but his buddy Albies would just knock him in before he got a chance to take off.
The Giants had just as many answers for Mike Foltynewicz as they did for Acuña. It's impossible to be mad at the offense. What were they supposed to do? Just look at this sequence to Stephen Vogt.
Just a gorgeous 3 pitch sequence from Folty to get Vogt swinging.
- 95 mph paint inside
- 96 mph that he blows past Vogt
- 88 mph slider thats just unhittable pic.twitter.com/MOMcd3DxFT
— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) September 21, 2019
The only time McCann ever had to move his glove was when Folty's slider broke the laws of physics.
Just as Beede couldn't contain the Braves' leadoff hitter, Foltynewicz couldn't contain the Giants'. Mike Yastrzemski had three hits against Foltynewicz including a double. Maybe if the Giants could have built the entire lineup out of Yastrzemski, they could have stood a chance.
That Mike Foltynewicz didn't throw a complete game shutout is a moral victory. It's also an indication of just how hard it is to throw one in 2019. The only way that Foltynewicz went out for the ninth is if he was under 90 pitches especially when the Braves need him for the postseason much more than they need him to get three outs against the Giants.
The non-Yastrzemskis may not have done anything interesting on offense, but Pillar and Crawford made those two plays to bail out Beede. Pillar laid out for a ball in left center that was probably hit closer to Alex Dickerson than it was to Pillar.
Pillar would later be taken out of the game which was unusual. Pillar almost never misses an inning, so it's only natural to assume that he tweaked something, but he was just double switched to get Jaylin Davis in the game. It's a good thing that Pillar isn't hurt because he is currently in the midst of a two-game walk streak. If he extends that streak to three, it will be his longest since April 23-25 of 2017. If he can somehow make it to four games with a walk, it would be the longest streak of his career.
The odds are against him doing that. Pillar has only walked in 2.8 percent of his plate appearances this year. Somehow, Tim Anderson has him beat at 2.5 percent.
The Crawford defensive highlights have been scarcer than they have been in years past, but when they happen, they're still just as good. Crawford reprised his catch at the Oakland Coliseum from last season with another catch in foul territory.
Brandon Crawford was playing in his regular spot, even a little towards second, and ended up here somehow: pic.twitter.com/Fys7bAz8YO
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) September 21, 2019
Crawford may not be very fast, but he still has excellent instincts and sure hands. That slide says he knew exactly how much space he had before he ran into the fence and where exactly the ball would land. Hopefully, Crawford can create a few more highlights before the season's end. We'll need them to keep warm in the long winter to come.
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Kosclienlny celebrating his equalizer against West Ham
West Ham vs Arsenal : Talking points
In a feisty London Derby, Arsenal and West Ham United split the points with a 3-3 draw at the Boelyn Ground. This will be the last match between the sides at this stadium as West Ham will move to the Olympic stadium next season.
The opening goals by Ozil (18') and Sanchez (35') were pegged back with a double strike from Andy Caroll (44, 45+1, 52). Koscielny would go on to score the equaliser in the 70th minute, and despite attempts from both sides, the deadlock would not be broken further.
Let's go through the talking points from this match:
The 3-4-3 formation of West Ham
The most puzzling start to the match was the 3-4-3 formation picked by Billic. With Kouyate suspended, Obgonna, Reid and Tomkins formed a 3 man defence. Antonio and Cresswell were moved up the pitch. The Hammers, not used to this formation, suffered as Arsenal dominated the opening 35 minutes.
Towards the end of the half, they shifted back to their usual 4-3-3 and regained their stride. As expected, Tomkins was substituted for Emenike who went up front, allowing West Ham to play with the more familiar back four. The second half, which saw both teams attack and defend often, was a more even one.
2. Andy Carroll
He had 4 goals in his previous 24 matches in the Premier League. He has nearly matched that record with a hat trick. Despite picking up an early booking, he pulled a disarrayed West Ham back into the game with a brace just before half time. Early in the second half, he scored his 3rd goal to give the Hammers the lead.
Carroll was the hero of the Hammers with his hat trick.
A constant threat, he was linking up well not only with Payet but with Cresswell and Emenike as well. However, his aggressive play did cause one of the 2 disallowed goals of West Ham United to be ruled out, with his pulling of Koscielny adjudged a foul, just before the Hammers found the net. If he can up his game, he can be sure of playing a big role as West Ham try to make a challenge for 4th place.
3. Arsenal back line and Ospinia
Arsenal decided to continue with Ospinia in goal despite having a fit Petr Cech. The defence looked good when moving up to provide support to the attackers, but were fragile when trying to keep the Hammers out. Carroll and Payet were able to out muscle the Gunners backline with ease. They were just barely able to keep out some wonderful long passes, mostly through the last-second interceptions of Koscielny.
The backline and goal keeper of the gunners were not always in synch.
Ospina did not put up a very convincing deisplay, barely clearing the ball that fell to Carroll for his second goal. Gabriel also came in the way of his keeper for Carrol's 3 rd, preventing him from trying to keep it out. This kind of miscommunication can prove to be costly for the Gunners.
4. Payet is the key.
Payet has been nothing short of a revelation this season. The most lethal free kick taker in the League and one of the most creative midfielders, its no surprise he is a contender for the Player of the season award.
Nothing short of phenomenal, Payet can be the key to leading the Hammers to 4th, but Arsenal were able to keep him quiet and limit his effectiveness this game.
When he gets into his grove, he uses his speed and creative skills to not only try and provide a long through ball, he can take on the entire defence on his own. This allows other players to get into the right positions. If teams foul the Hammers near the box, they could rue their mistake.
Arsenal, aware of his prowess made sure not to commit fouls near their box, to somewhat limit the effectiveness of Payet. Hector Bellerin did a commendable job, keeping him quiet for more than half the match.
If the Hammers want to make a 4th place charge, he is the man to lead them.
5. The realistic chance of the top 2 for Arsenal
The only challenging fixture remaining for Arsenal is Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium . The rest of their matches are going to be against struggling sides like Villa, Palace, Norwich, Sunderland and West Brom. While the title hopes of the most fanatic of supporters will now be dashed, the Gunners have a very good chance of taking second. If they win all their remaining matches, with a now fit squad, they should finish second in the Premier League.
Arsenal still have a realistic chance of finishing 2nd this season
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Irina Shayk Net Worth 2021, Wiki, History, Fashion, Relationship
Irina Shayk is a Russian actress and model.Her professional career began when she was spotted by an agent while walking in Russia, at the age of 13. Her acting debut came with her role as Caterina Sforza in the soap opera La Cucinella. She has since appeared on several successful films including The Bourne Ultimatum and Knight & Day, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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2021 Irina Shayk Net Worth
Approximately $30 million
Irina Shayk is a Russian actress.
She is a Russian actress and model. She shot to worldwide popularity in 2011 when she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue. Models.com has named Irina Shayk a "Industry Icon."
Irina Shayk Wiki/Quick Facts
Identifying Information Shaykhlislamova, Irina Valeryevna
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Year of Birth The 6th of January, 1986
Place of Birth Yemanzhelinsk is a city in the Soviet Union.
Sign of the Zodiac Capricorn
Occupation Actress, Model
Relationship Unmarried: Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristian (2010-2015) Bradley Cooper (2015–2019) is an actor who has starred in a number of films.
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2021 Net Worth Approximately $30 million
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Date of Birth, Birthplace, and Age
Irina Shayk was born in Yemanzhelinsk, Soviet Union Russia, on January 6, 1986. She is a 35-year-old woman. Valery Shaykhlislamov, her father, was a Volga Tatar.
Reason for Notoriety
Irina Shayk shot to worldwide prominence in 2011 when she was chosen to be the cover model for the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue."
She was named 14th on Models.com's list of "Top 20 sexist models." She's also covered a number of other publications. Her move to high-fashion work earned her widespread acclaim.
History/Early Years
On January 6, 1986, Irina was born. Her father worked as a coal miner for the Tatars. Her mother was Russian and worked as a kindergarten music teacher. According to Irina, her father was influenced by her appearance, and people often mistook her for a South American.
Her mother encouraged her to pursue music, so she began playing the piano at the age of six. She enrolled in a music school when she was nine years old and studied there for almost seven years.
Her father died when she was 14 years old due to illness. Because they were short on cash, her mother began working two jobs to make ends meet. Caesare is the name of her beloved dog.
After graduating from high school, Shayk was accepted into the marketing program. Later, she and her sister decided to enroll in a beauty school.
A modeling agency representative there appreciated her attractiveness and took it into consideration. In 2004, she competed in the beauty pageant "Miss Chelyabinsk." She was the winner of the competition.
Shayk dated footballer Cristiano Ronaldo until January 2015. This was a five-year romance. Later that year, she began dating an American actor named "Bradley Cooper."
The pair has a daughter named "Lea De Seine," who was born on March 21st, 2017, in Los Angeles. In June of this year, they called it quits.
In 2007, Irina replaced Ana as the face of Intimissimi, a position she held for three years. She was then appointed as their ambassador.
In 2007, she also made her bikini debut in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. In 2009 and 2010, she participated in various modeling projects. She signed a deal with IMG models in May 2009.
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She was a model for Armani Exchange's summer/spring 2010 campaign. She was on the covers of "GQ" and "Ocean Drive." Complex magazine published a list of the "50 Hottest Women of Russia," and she came in first.
2010's Best International Model
Glamour Spain bestowed to her the award of "Best International Model of 2010."
GQ Spain
She caused a stir towards the end of the year when she was photographed naked in the December edition of "GQ Spain." The photos were digitally altered, and Shayk did not undress for the session, according to her. The magazine, on the other hand, apparently responded by claiming that 15 witnesses were there while she was posing.
Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue
Shayk was the cover model for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue in 2011. She was the first Russian woman to appear on the cover of the magazine.
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GQ Mexico, Tatler Russia, Amica Italy, the special Christmas issue of Elle magazine in Spain, and others were among the publications she covered that year.
The World's Sexiest Woman
She came in 14th place on Models.com's list of the "Top 20 sexist models." She was also chosen "Sexiest Woman in the World" in a Hungarian magazine.
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Irina worked on advertisements for Blanco, Agua Bendita, and Morellato in 2012. She also collaborated with Mariano Vivanco on the cover of the "L'express Styles" magazine.
Irina Shayk and Mario Testino
In November, she collaborated with Mario Testino on an editorial for Vogue Spain's December edition. Irina presented Top Model po-Russki season 4 that month.
Irina Shayk & High-End Magazines
In the years 2013 and 2014, she also covered a number of high-profile publications. Irina Shayk walked the Jeremy Scott runway at New York Fashion Week. Similarly, she walked the Givenchy runway at Paris Fashion Week. In September, Irina Shayk was featured on the cover of "Allure" magazine.
She was the Russian team's placard carrier during the 2014 Winter Olympics' opening ceremony.
Work in the Fashion Industry
Shayk's move to high fashion work began in 2016. She has been working in the fashion industry since then. She walked the runways for high-end brands such as Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Mango, Diane Von Furstenberg, Givenchy, and others.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
In 2016, Irina Shayk attended the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She has worked on advertisements for Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Missoni, La Perla, Roberto Cavalli, Lord& Taylor, Avon, Victoria's Secrets, and a number of other brands.
In October 2015, Shayk was named the International Spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris.
She played "Megara" in her debut film, "Hercules," which was released in 2014. Her co-star in the film was Dwayne Johnson.
Work in the Social Services
She has been assisting a maternity hospital in her hometown as part of her social job. Irina Shayk is raising funds for a Russian organization that assists ill children by providing them with basic treatment.
She and her sister have also aided with the reconstruction of a local hospital's children's department. Shayk is the official ambassador for "Pomogi Charity" in Russia.
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SMS Geier
SMS Geier, 1894
Name: Geier
Laid down: 1893
Launched: 18 October 1894
Commissioned: 24 October 1895
Fate: Captured by the US Navy, 6 April 1917
Name: Schurz
Acquired: 6 April 1917
Commissioned: 15 September 1917
Fate: Sunk 21 June 1918 after collision
Class and type: Bussard-class unprotected cruiser
Displacement: 1,918 t (1,888 long tons; 2,114 short tons)
Length: 83.9 m (275 ft 3 in)
Beam: 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draft: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 3-cylinder triple expansion engines, 2 screws
Speed: 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h)
Range: 3,610 nmi (6,690 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h)
Complement:
9 officers
152 enlisted men
Armament:
8 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/35 guns
5 × revolver cannon
2 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes
SMS Geier ("His Majesty's Ship Vulture")[a] was an unprotected cruiser of the Bussard class built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). She was laid down in 1893 at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven, launched in October 1894, and commissioned into the fleet a year later in October 1895. Designed for service in Germany's overseas colonies, the ship required the comparatively heavy armament of eight 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/35 guns and a long cruising radius. She had a top speed of 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).
Geier spent the majority of her career on foreign stations, including tours in the Americas, East Asia, and Africa. In 1897, she was deployed to the Caribbean, and during the Spanish–American War the following year, she ferried Europeans out of the war zone to Mexico by crossing the blockade lines around Cuban ports. After being transferred to the western coast of the Americas in 1899, Geier was reassigned to China to help suppress the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. She remained in East Asian waters through 1905 before being recalled to Germany for major repairs. In 1911, the ship was assigned to the colony in German East Africa, though she served little time in the area, as the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912 and the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 required German warships in the Mediterranean to safeguard German interests. Geier returned to East Africa in early 1914, but in June that month, the new light cruiser Königsberg arrived, and Geier headed to China for second deployment there.
Geier was still en route to the German base in Tsingtao when war broke out in Europe in August 1914. Slipping out of still-neutral British Singapore days before Britain declared war on Germany, she crossed the central Pacific in an attempt to link up with Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron. While at sea, she captured one British freighter, but did not sink her. In need of engine repairs and coal, Geier put into the neutral United States port at Honolulu, Hawaii, in October 1914, where she was eventually interned. After the American entrance into the war in April 1917, the US Navy seized Geier, commissioned her as USS Schurz, and placed her on convoy duty. She was ultimately sunk following a collision with a freighter off the coast of North Carolina, with one man killed and twelve injured. She rests at a depth of 115 feet (35 m) and is a popular scuba diving site.
2 Service history
2.1 First deployment abroad
2.2 Second overseas deployment
2.3 World War I
2.4 Service as USS Schurz
3 Wreck
4.1 Footnotes
4.2 Citations
Illustration of Geier
Main article: Bussard-class cruiser
Geier was 83.9 meters (275 ft 3 in) long overall and had a beam of 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) and a draft of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) forward. She displaced 1,918 t (1,888 long tons; 2,114 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two horizontal 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines powered by four coal-fired cylindrical boilers. These provided a top speed of 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) and a range of approximately 3,610 nautical miles (6,690 km; 4,150 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph). She had a crew of 9 officers and 152 enlisted men.[1]
The ship was armed with eight 10.5 cm SK L/35 quick-firing (QF) guns in single pedestal mounts, supplied with 800 rounds of ammunition in total. They had a range of 10,800 m (35,400 ft).[1] Two guns were placed side by side forward, two on each broadside, and two side by side aft. The gun armament was rounded out by five Hotchkiss revolver cannon.[2] She was also equipped with two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes with five torpedoes, both of which were mounted on the deck.[1]
Illustration of Geier overseas
Geier was ordered under the contract name "F" and was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven in 1893.[1] She was launched on 18 October 1894, after which fitting-out work commenced. During her launching ceremony, Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Victor Valois christened the ship. She was commissioned into the German Navy on 24 October 1895 for sea trials. Her trials were completed on 21 January 1896, and she was decommissioned temporarily in Kiel. During construction, her design was slightly modified based on experience from her sister ships that had already completed their sea trials. Geier's displacement was increased slightly by around 50 t (49 long tons; 55 short tons) compared to the other ships of the class and her stern was modified.[3][4]
First deployment abroad
Geier was recommissioned on 1 December 1897 for her first deployment abroad, to the West Indies. Until then, Germany had relied on school ships to protect German nationals in the region. Rising tensions in Haiti prompted the Admiralstab (Admiralty Staff) to send Geier to the Caribbean, replacing the old ironclad Oldenburg that had been scheduled to deploy there. The ironclad König Wilhelm, which had recently been rebuilt into an armored cruiser, was sent to strengthen the German naval contingent. Geier departed Kiel on 9 December and arrived in Charlotte Amalie in the Danish West Indies on 3 January 1898, where she rendezvoused with the school ships Charlotte and Stein. Charlotte and Stein had already taken care of the situation in Haiti, so Geier went to Santiago de Cuba, where she stayed from 24 March to 6 April. She then received an order to visit Brazilian and Argentinian ports; stops included Pernambuco in Brazil (16–20 April) and Bahía Blanca in Argentina (23 April). While she was in the latter port, her tour of South America was cut short due to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.[4]
Geier in Havana in 1898
On 6 May she arrived in Saint Thomas. She thereafter made trips to Santiago de Cuba and San Juan. While in San Juan on 13–14 May, Geier witnessed an American squadron under Rear Admiral William T. Sampson bombard the city. The US government permitted Geier to cross the blockade line outside Havana to evacuate twenty civilians of various nationalities and take them to Veracruz in Mexico, arriving on the 29th. There, the governor of the city and the artillery officer from the training ship Zaragoza visited Geier for some practice torpedo launches. While Geier was in Mexico, the German ambassador invited her commander and 27 men to visit Mexico City, where they were received by President Porfirio Díaz.[4] Geier thereafter returned to Cuba. On 16 June, the ship called on the port of Cienfuegos in Cuba. She passed through the American blockade of Santiago de Cuba twice, on 22–29 June and 1–4 August.[5]
After the war ended, Geier visited New Orleans on 14 October, departing eleven days later for the Caribbean. She then resumed her tour of South America that had been interrupted by the war. She typically stopped in ports where significant numbers of Germans had emigrated. While in Buenos Aires, she received an order to proceed to the west coast of the continent. She transited the Straits of Magellan on 20–23 February 1899 and made stops in Valparaiso, Chile, Callao, Peru, and Panama. From 11 to 17 May, she stopped in Puerto San José, Guatemala, where she met a British cruiser; the two ships were sent there to settle financial disputes with the Guatemalan government. Geier's tour continued, with stops in Corinto, Nicaragua, Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Puntarenas, Costa Rica. While in Corinto, she received orders to proceed further north, to the western coast of the United States and Canada. She stopped in Acapulco before arriving in San Francisco on 14 August, where she underwent a boiler overhaul. On 18 September, she departed San Francisco bound for Vancouver, stopping in Esquimalt en route. On 18 October, she left Vancouver and began her return voyage south. She visited Chilean harbors in January and February 1900, including Puerto Montt on 14 February, before turning back north, as she had been assigned to the newly created West American station.[4]
German 1912 map of the Shandong Peninsula showing the Kiautschou Bay concession
While in Acapulco on 9 July, Geier was ordered to cross the Pacific to join the forces of the Eight Nation Alliance fighting the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China. She left port on 11 July for Yokohama, Japan, by way of Honolulu, Hawaii. She arrived in Chefoo on 29 August, where she joined the ships of the East Asia Squadron. Geier first patrolled the Bohai Sea before docking in Tsingtao at the German-held Kiautschou Bay concession in October. On 28 October, she steamed to Shanghai, where she remained until February 1901. Geier then steamed up the Yangtze to Chungking, where she replaced her sister ship Bussard. On 5 April, Geier returned to Tsingtao; on the 29th, she was transferred to the coast of central China, where she replaced another sister, Seeadler. Geier returned to Tsingtao on 18 July, and began a tour of Korean and Japanese ports four days later with the flagship of the East Asia Squadron, Fürst Bismarck. The next twelve months were filled with cruises in the region.[6]
On 15 October 1902, Geier began a long cruise south to the Dutch East Indies, which also included a stop in Singapore. The ship entered the dry dock in Nagasaki, Japan, for a major overhaul on 2 March 1903, which lasted until 26 April. At this time, Geier was formally assigned to the East Asia Squadron. The ship resumed its normal routine of cruises in East Asian waters with stops in various ports. In February 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out; from April to August, Geier was in Chemulpo, which had been captured by the Japanese. By 1905, the ship was suffering wear, having spent over seven years on foreign stations. The repair facilities in Tsingtao were insufficient for the amount of work that needed to be done, and so Geier was ordered to return to Germany. She left Tsingtao on 14 January and arrived in Kiel on 16 March, where she was decommissioned for a significant period of repair work. Her three-masted schooner barque rig was reduced to a two-masted topsail schooner rig.[6]
Second overseas deployment
Kaiser Wilhelm (center) aboard SMS Geier
In early 1911, Geier was recommissioned to replace the unprotected cruiser Sperber on the East African Station, based in German East Africa. On 2 May she left Danzig, arriving in Kiel the following day. There, she was equipped for the deployment abroad. The ship left Kiel on 8 May and arrived in Dar es Salaam on 9 July, where she joined Seeadler.[6] She cruised the colony's coast, but at the end of September she was ordered to the Mediterranean Sea, as the Italo-Turkish War had broken out on the 29th.[7] At the time, the only German warship in the Mediterranean was the old gunboat Loreley, the station ship in Constantinople; this was a result of the heightened tensions in Europe following the Agadir Crisis in July, as most German warships in European waters had been recalled to Germany.[8]
Geier's departure for the Mediterranean was delayed by a coal fire in Dar es Salaam, which required her crew to put out. She left East Africa on 2 October and arrived in Piraeus, Greece, on 16 October, where she remained until January 1912. She was then formally assigned to the Mediterranean Division, along with the recently arrived battlecruiser Goeben. From mid-April to mid-July, she made trips to provide humanitarian assistance in Libya, Palestine, and the Red Sea. These were interrupted by the arrival of Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht Hohenzollern; the two ships cruised to the island of Corfu in early May. On 17 July, Geier went to Trieste in Austria-Hungary for an overhaul that lasted until 30 September. She thereafter went on a cruise of the eastern Mediterranean and visited several ports.[8]
She was loading coal in Haifa on 31 January 1913 when a coal dust explosion killed two crew members. While cruising Turkish waters in August, she was ordered to replace the light cruiser Breslau in the international naval blockade of Montenegro during the Second Balkan War. She arrived off the mouth of the Bojana River in Montenegro on 11 August and patrolled it until 14 October, when she was released for a major overhaul in Triest. After repairs were completed on 4 January 1914, she was ordered to return to the East Africa Station. She arrived there on 22 February and conducted a survey of the harbor at Tanga. On 6 May, the ship was formally reclassified as a gunboat. The light cruiser Königsberg arrived on 5 June to replace Geier, which was then reassigned to the South Seas Station, where she would in turn replace her sister Condor.[8]
Geier's collier Bochum
Geier's captain learned of the rising tensions in Europe following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria while en route to the Pacific. The ship coaled in Singapore on 25–29 July, departing the day after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Geier thereafter proceeded southeast through the Gaspar Strait, rather than north to Tsingtao, where he would be expected to go. While off Batavia on 1 August, Geier received the order from Maximilian von Spee, the commander of the East Asia Squadron, to join him at Yap. On 3. August, she received word of the German mobilization and the order to begin cruiser warfare. She coaled at Jampea from the steamer Elmshorn of the Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft (DADG) on 6 August before steaming north through the Buton Strait. Off Celebes she rendezvoused with the DADG steamer Bochum, which acted as her collier.[8]
Geier's crew made temporary repairs to the ship's engines and boilers before proceeding north to the Palau Islands. Bochum took Geier under tow to conserve coal.[8] On 20 August, she managed to contact the cruiser Emden, which was detached from the East Asia Squadron and operating as a commerce raider. Emden instructed Geier to rendezvous at the island of Anguar, but she was unable to reach the island before Emden departed.[9] Nevertheless, the two ships met at sea the following day; one of Geier's cutters took her commander, Lieutenant Commander Curt Graßhoff, aboard Emden to meet with her captain. Emden then departed for the Molucca Strait, while Geier proceeded to Anguar.[10] After arriving, Geier coaled from the HAPAG steamer Tsingtau. Graßhoff intended to rendezvous with the East Asia Squadron in the central Pacific, and proceeded through the Bismarck Archipelago before turning north to Kusaie.[8] There, on 4 September, Geier captured the British freighter Southport and disabled the ship's engines before departing. The freighter's crew repaired the damage, however, and Southport made for Australia where she reported the German gunboat's presence.[11]
On 11 September, Geier arrived in Majuro, though the East Asia Squadron had already departed the island on 30 August. By this time, the ship's engines were in such bad shape that she would have been unable to reach Tsingtao,[12] though the point was moot, as Japanese forces had already besieged the port.[13] In addition, opportunities for commerce raiding in the area were slim, and there were no suitably fast steamers available to arm as auxiliary cruisers. Graßhoff therefore decided to follow the East Asia Squadron to South America, despite the slow speed of his ship, which was reduced to 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). The Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) steamer Locksun towed Geier to the Marshall Islands, where further repairs were made from 17 to 20 September. By this time, the ship's coal and water supplies were so low that the ship would not be able to continue past Hawaii. She arrived in Honolulu on 15 October, where the then-neutral Americans requested that Geier be interned.[12] Two Japanese ships—the battleship Hizen and the armored cruiser Asama—had been patrolling in the area. Upon learning of the arrival of Geier, the two ships remained just outside the three mile limit to await Geier's departure.[11] Graßhoff was able to delay the internment request until 7 November owing to damage to the ship and poor weather.[12][b] The following day, the US Navy interned Geier.[11]
Service as USS Schurz
Schurz in San Diego
The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies on 6 April 1917. The US Navy seized Geier and refitted her for service in the Navy as a gunboat. The ship was renamed USS Schurz on 9 June, and commissioned on 15 September 1917, under the command of Commander Arthur Crenshaw. Schurz departed Pearl Harbor on 31 October and escorted Submarine Division 3 to San Diego. Arriving on 12 November, she continued on with the submarines K-3, K-4, K-7, and K-8, in early December. At the end of the month, the convoy transited the Panama Canal and proceeded to Honduras. On 4 January 1918, Schurz was relieved of escort duty. She carried the American consul from Puerto Cortes to Omao and back, after which she sailed for Key West. From Florida, she was transferred to New Orleans and then sailed for Charleston, South Carolina on 1 February where she entered dry dock for periodic maintenance.[11]
Assigned to the American Patrol Detachment, Schurz departed Charleston toward the end of April and, for the next two months, conducted patrols and performed escort duty and towing missions along the east coast and in the Caribbean. On 19 June, she departed New York for Key West. At 04:44 on the 21st, southwest of Cape Lookout lightship, she was rammed by the merchant ship Florida. The ship hit Schurz on the starboard side, crumpling that wing of the bridge, penetrating the well and berth deck about 12 feet, and cutting through bunker no. 3 to the forward fire room. One of Schurz's crewmen was killed instantly; twelve others were injured. Schurz was abandoned and sank three hours later. The ship was struck from the Navy list on 26 August 1918.[11]
The wreckage rests at a depth of 115 feet (35 m) with the top of the wreck situated at 95 feet (29 m). In 2000, the ship was the subject of a Phase II archaeological investigation headed by East Carolina University.[14] The wreck is protected by sovereign immunity and it is therefore illegal to recover artifacts from the site without permission.[15] In 2013, Scuba Diving magazine named USS Schurz as one of the top ten wreck dives in North Carolina.[16]
^ "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (German: His Majesty's Ship).
^ According to the terms of Treaty XIII of the 1907 Hague Convention, warships would normally be interned after spending 24 hours in a neutral port. They could remain in the port longer than 24 hours "on account of damage or stress of weather". See: Hague XIII, Articles 12 and 14.
^ a b c d Gröner, p. 97
^ Gardiner, p. 253
^ Gröner, p. 98
^ a b c d Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 198
^ Nunez, p. 76
^ a b c Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 199
^ Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, pp. 199–200
^ a b c d e f Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 200
^ Lochner, p. 63
^ Lochner, pp. 65–66
^ a b c d e Mooney, p. 381
^ Halpern, p. 74
^ Casserly, Tane (2001). "Laser Digital Modeling and the Archaeological Investigation of USS Schurz" (PDF). Stem to Stern. 16: 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
^ Barnette, Michael C (2004). "Lost At Sea: A Treatise on the Management and Ownership of Shipwrecks and Shipwreck Artifacts". Association of Underwater Explorers. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
^ Gerken, Michael (Apr 18, 2013). "Top 10 Wreck Dives of North Carolina". Scuba Diving. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
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PARIS PREVIEW: What to expect at MAISON&OBJET and Deco Off 2020
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As Paris prepares to welcome designers from around the world for Maison&Objet and Deco Off, editor Hamish Kilburn previews what he expects to be the most significant products to launch at both shows…
Maison&Objet and Paris Deco Off never fail to attract and engage a large international crowd, and with just days until this year's shows open, 2020 is going to be no exception.
Despite the two events contrasting in style – one dominating the volume of Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte on the outskirts of the city with a variety of brands, and the other spilling out into the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés – together they work harmoniously. As a pair, they are undoubtably two of the hottest events in the design calendar, intriguing more than 80,000 design enthusiasts to descend onto the streets and trawl through the exhibition halls of Paris.
Many would argue, myself included, that both shows have become the go-to destinations to garner and guage the product launches and new styles from leading suppliers that are expected to dominate the market over the course of the rest of the year. It is for that reason, and the fact that there sea of interior design trends flooding the market, why Paris a quality trip worth taking in January if you are looking to cut through the noise for interior inspiration.
However, as someone who has walked the six halls and the narrow streets, it's wise to approach Maison&Objet and Paris Deco Off as a marathon, and not a sprint. In order to give you a headstart, here are just some of the product launches and new collections that we expect will create the most noise this month.
Zaha Hadid Design: Hall 6 — Stand P38 (M&O)
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Interpreting the ordinary into something unexpected. Referencing Zaha Hadid's process with each new project – ZAHA HADID DESIGN (ZHD) continues to examine its significance within the dialogue of contemporary design by interpreting both the present and the future, and by continuing to share Hadid's story.
ZHD, which has been led by co-directors Maha Kutay and Woody Yao since 2013, has an extensive cross-disciplinary portfolio which includes design in fashion; jewelry; limited edition furniture; interiors; exhibitions, installations, sculpture, and set-design.
NANOLEAF: Hall 1 — Stand G49 (M&O)
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Founded in 2012, but only recently exciting the hotel industry with its modular lighting design, is NANOLEAF. The lighting company prides itself on creating innovative lighting solutions that are smarter by design. By infusing artistic design and technological innovations in their products, NANOLEAF brings excitement, convenience, and joy to the way people experience light. NANOLEAF is a green technology and "IoT company" changing the world with innovative lighting solutions.
The newly introduced Unified Light Panels Line with interconnectivity will give users complete design freedom to create all new creative configurations, from abstract geometric layouts to perfect replicas of their favorite characters and shapes. The Unified Hexagons invite users to truly tap into their imagination to personalize their lighting designs.
NARDI: Hall 6 — Stand M111
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NARDI Italian manufacturer of outdoor furniture 100 per cent Made in Italy that is furiously waving the sustainability flag. The company, which was founded in 1990 and based in Italy, is specialised in designing and producing high-quality designer furniture in resin for outdoor use in the residential and hospitality sectors. All of its products, designed for people's wellbeing and relaxation, are made in a production chain that is entirely "Made in Italy" and are eco-friendly. High-quality resin processed using cutting-edge systems is combined with aluminium, synthetic fabrics, padded elements and glass to make products with a design that is original and almost completely recyclable.
OGO Furniture: Hall 6 — Stand C80 (M&O)
OGO is a brand with roots that comes from the Spanish islands. The mild temperatures have marked the serene and peaceful character of the company's products, so that guests can enjoy the open air.
Nacho Timón and Ana Llàcer, both Valencian designers, together with the OGO creative team have developed an original collection created to be practical and useful. A key aim for OGO is to not limit designers when decorating a space. Exhibited at the show, LOLA by OGO is a minimalist, versatile and unique piece that is ideal for a contemporary hotel lobby.
PEDRALI: Hall 6 — Stand J2 / K1 (M&O)
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Since 1963, PEDRALI has produced seats, tables, complements and lighting exclusively manufactured in Italy through a design process, which combines tradition and innovation, engineering excellence and creative brilliance. The latest collection, Folk, is the result of an accurate research aimed to create industrial design products made of metal, plastic materials, wood as well as upholstery.
Following the cornerstones of a 100 per cent made in Italy production philosophy, the company's activity is joined by a profitable collaboration with numerous designers that has allowed the company to achieve an award-winning status in the international contract market.
Arte Showroom – 6 Rue de l'Abbaye (Deco Off)
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Following the unveiling of an army of new and adventurous collections in 2019 – as well as hosting an insightful roundtable – Arte's showroom in Paris is preparing to lift the lid on more new wallcoverings for 2020. Arte wallcoverings adorn the walls of both residential homes and project interiors in more than 80 countries worldwide. Every year, an in-house team of experienced designers creates several new collections. All of these new products must be innovative and trendsetting while also being of superior quality. The wallcoverings vary from urbain sophistication to dramatic exuberance, but they always retain the same tasteful elegance.
If 2019's eclectic mix of surfaces is anything to go by, then the showroom will be well worth a visit during Paris Deco Off.
Designers Guild – 4 Rue Vide Gousset (Deco Off)
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Designers Guild is introducing a distinctive new season abundant with an elegant mellow richness. Spring 2020 examines the influence of the early twentieth century garden designers and their innovative use of natural wild planting – pushing the boundaries of style just as its artistic and literary counterparts of the Aesthetic Movement also did. Discover a decorative fabric collection of floral prints, elaborate embroideries and complex geometrics, plus versatile textured wallpapers and four new plain and essential fabric textures. Imagined in every organic hue, from earthy sepia, birch and hemp, to celadon, emerald and topaz with hints of azalea and turmeric. With beautiful new home accessories too, a new paint collection inspired by the soft, soothing shades of nature and new collections from the company's brands.
Jab Anstoetz – 25 Rue du Mail (Deco Off)
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Since 1946, Jab Anstoetz has been showing its true colours in textile furnishings at the highest level of quality. The Bielefeld-based group of company's portfolios is continuously growing, setting new trends in interior decoration with a sure instinct. Among its range: textile furnishings, wallpapers, flooring lines (carpets, wall-to-wall carpets, LVT), high-quality curtain rods, blinds and panels, upholstered furniture as well as exclusive accessories.
Jean Paul Gaultier – 325 Rue Saint-Martin (Deco Off)
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This time the influences in Jean Paul Gaultier's new collections are taken from the pop universe, where the fortune teller and the work of the macrame makers blend naturally into magical landscapes of floral opulence and the third dimension and other graphic waves. The introduction of the first two outdoor fabrics continue the mix of playing with nature, but still with a nod to the influence of pop and even rock.
Kobe – (Deco Off)
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Kobe is a successful editor of soft furnishing fabrics and wall-coverings for domestic and contract interior markets and will be among the leading suppliers exhibiting in the neighbourhood during Paris Deco Off. Kobe has showrooms and offices in major European cities and has a passion for interior design is paramount, with a strong focus on innovative high-quality products.
Rubelli – 11 Rue de l'Abbaye (Deco Off)
Catering for all contract needs, Rubelli is keeping tight-lipped around the launch of its new textile and wallcovering collections in Paris later this month. The company is, however, promising us new textures and new colours that are both smart and iconic, timeless as well as contemporary. The collection will be one to be seen, to be touched, to be experienced, to be loved. Following last year's show, where the company launched a colourful display of new textiles, wallcoverings and partnerships, the showroom is expected to be among one of the most popular during Paris Deco Off 2020.
Zimmer + Rhode (Deco Off)
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Raising the curtain on the ZR autumn collection – CIRCUS. The CIRCUS collection combines spectacle with precision and skill, whisks you away to a magical world, and shows that a great passion lies behind every true virtuoso.
If you or a company you know of are launching a new product or collection in Paris later this month, and you would like it featured on the Hotel Designs website, then please contact the editorial desk with description and high-res images.
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UJS rockets up the rankings when Dorset primary schools are compared by the progress the children make from age 7 to age 11. Tables based on 'added value' over four years, published on the BBC news website ('right-click' to open in a new window or tab), show UJS as 12th out of 84 Dorset schools. For the third year running, UJS pupils made above average progress compared to schools in Dorset and across the country. On this measure, we are the second ranked school in Weymouth and Portland (up from fourth last year).
These figures are a much fairer way to compare the results of schools (as well as our own results from year to year) and are based on the progress made by that group of children from the SAT tests they took at age 7 to the ones they took at age 11. Unfortunately, the value added figures are not included in the table published in the Dorset Echo. On the measures used in the Dorset Echo, UJS still achieved a respectable 38th place out of 84 Dorset primary and middle schools.


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More than half of professional planners say they have limited influence in housing design and an overwhelming 87per cent want to have more say in this area, according to a new survey.While planners generally welcome the Government's focus on improving the design of housing developments, only 11per cent think that design trumps other considerations in helping communities accept new development. There is also a demand for the Government to do more to promote the use of design codes and style guides.The survey findings of which will inform the Institute's efforts to enhance the profile and influence of planning. 'They will help demonstrate to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, and the Government, that planners stand ready to tackle the challenges of poor quality design and build of housing,' said Victoria Hills, RTPI chief executive in Propertywire. 'The enthusiastic response to the survey shows how much our members care about housing design and want the Institute to do more to help them bring about places that are attractive, functional and of high quality to live in,' she explained. She pointed out that there are key issues to do with the commerciality and culture of the wider housing market, which take time to change.
On my watch, the University of Benin has recorded giants strides in so many areas. It may also interest you to know that our academic activities in the University of Benin have taken a giant leap. To this end, my administration remains committed to regular promotion of staff as at when due, conversion and proper placement of staff. It is based on our commitment to a culture of academic excellence which remains unwavering. University of Benin has continued to attain commendable strides in its academic development efforts.
*Technical Symposia will highlight discussions on most recent cutting-edge technologies and practices in pharma and allied products manufacturing companies. NPME 2019 would be events to update and upgrade the pharma manufacturing technologies on bases of attend- explore- evolve. The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers' Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) together with their partners – GPE EXPO PVT, jointly organizes NPME 2019. PMG-MAN organised the first pharma manufacturing exhibition in June 2008. These include Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers' Expo (Nigeria); Kenya Pharma Expo (Kenya); Africa Pharma Expo (South Africa), Arab Pharma Expo (Jordan), PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo (India); Asia Pharma Expo (Malaysia & Bangladesh); Pak Pharma Expo (Pakistan); Nepal Pharma Expo (Nepal) and Global Pharma Expo (India).
Like in other states of the federation, politicians in Ondo State have commenced the battle to outwit one another in the race for the single ministerial slot meant for the state. To many, the internal wrangling within Ondo APC may bring to fore a replay of what has been obtaining in the state over the years. Daramola, just like those before him, has been a passive player in the politics of the state. The former Speaker hails from Supare Akoko in Ondo North Senatorial District, just like the governor. Some party members frowned at the choice of Mimiko, noting that he is from Ondo in the central senatorial district.
Fourth seeded Tom Jomby lived up to his billing, as he was the only survivor among the ranked players in the final of the fourth Dayak Championships (ITF World Tennis Tour) at the Abuja National Stadium. Kalenichenko of Ukraine came up strong in the second set, but fell 7-6 (4) in the tiebreak. "I had thought I will catch up and clinch the second set, but Jomby's big serves and hot shots neutralised my efforts. "I am staying back to participate in the GSL Open," said the soft spoken Kalenichenko, who is making his second trip to Abuja in the ITF World Tennis Tour. Akindoju said he hoped to see more Nigerian talents featuring in the ITF World Tennis Tour in Abuja, adding that the NTF was concentrating efforts in youth development.
Capital market operators have been irked by the loss of value put at about N4.5 trillion in the last one year, blaming the government for the slow pace of development witnessed in the nation' s capital market, which has persisted over the years. The operators who renewed the call on government to urgently initiate intervention measures either directly or indirectly, to help reverse the long reign of bears and revive the market, lamented that government has not invested in such a way that could encourage people to participate in the development projects.According to them, there is no visible evidence of direct or indirect government funding in the development of the market or incentives for institutions responsible for market development by providing the necessary funds and ensuring that they have proper logistics to carry people along. Indeed, the market has been engulfed by persistent sell pressure and investors' apathy since the first quarter of 2018, after the market had recorded significant upsurge in 2017, with an increase of N4.5 trillion in market capitalisation, which conferred it the third best performing stock exchange in the world then.Specifically, the capitalisation, which stood at N15.55 trillion as at February 28, 2018, now stands at N11.02 trillion as at Thursday, April 11, 2019, representing N4.5 trillion or 41.5 per cent loss. "The way it works, if they buy through them, they can target some companies, buy stocks of these companies and by the time they do this, there will be activity in the market and you see a lot of investors both foreign and local returning to the market."It would stimulate the market with liquidity. This is when government comes into the market and releases some amount of money into the market to buy stocks and as they are buying, even the foreign investors will know that there are no fundamental issues with the listed firms," he added.
Sovereign Trust insurance Plc has said that despite the challenging economic environment in 2018, the company recorded brilliant performance when compared with 2017. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the underwriting company, Olaotan Soyinka, said the development is a very heart-warming one, considering the level of work that was put in place in 2018. "It is quite interesting to note that the company recorded a phenomenal leap of 167 percent in its Profit Before Tax totaling N540 million, against N202 million recorded in year 2017.He added that the gross premium written in 2018 stood at N10.5 billion compared with N8.5 billion in 2018, representing a 23 per cent increase. In 2018, a total of N4.2 billion was paid as claims against N1.9 billion that was paid in 2017. Net claims expense grew to N1.7 billion from N1.3 billion in 2017, underscoring the company's claims paying ability, resulting in a 37% net claims expense, while total assets also rose by a marginal five per cent to N11.3 billion in 2018 from N10.8 billion in 2017.
Adequate funding of teaching hospitals will reduce medical tourism – NMACorroborating the CMDs, the President, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Francis Faduyile, in an interview with one of our correspondents, lamented the underfunding of the teaching hospitals. Faduyile said the problems of most teaching hospitals in Nigeria were inadequate infrastructure, lack of enough skilled manpower and inadequate funding. Further analysis showed that during the three-year period, the University College Hospital, Ibadan was allocated N37.12bn; LUTH, N20.96bn; Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, N21.19bn; UNTH, N32.09bn; while N24.92 was allocated to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Others are OAUTH, N25.59bn; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, N23.38bn; University of Jos Teaching Hospital, N21.26bn; University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital,N6.91bn; University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, N27.34bn; University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, N21.23bn; Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital N19.48bn; and Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, N22.16bn. Also, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital was allocated N23.94bn; University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, N17.02bn; ATBUTH, N12.15bn; Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, N36.53bn; Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, N11.09bn; Federal Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, N17.65bn; Federal Specialist Hospital, Irrua, N17.24bn; and the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, N18.37bn.
According to UNCTAD, some 93 billion cubic metres of water – enough to meet the needs of five million people – is used by the fashion industry annually, and around half a million tons of microfibre, which is the equivalent of three million barrels of oil, is now being dumped into the ocean every year.As for carbon emissions, the industry is responsible for more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. If we carry on with a business-as-usual approach, the greenhouse gas emissions from the industry are expected to rise by almost 50 per cent by 2030."Despite the grim statistics, producers and consumers of fashion are increasingly waking up to the idea that the industry needs to change. A number of companies, including large volume retailers, are integrating sustainability principles into their business strategies. Examples include the global clothing chain H&M, which has a garment collection scheme; jeans manufacturer Guess, which is involved in a wardrobe recycling programme; and outdoor clothing company Patagonia, which produces jackets using polyester from recycled bottles. Smaller companies are also helping change the environmental landscape of fashion and building sustainability into their whole business model.Among them are the Swiss firm Freitag, which upcycles truck tarpaulins, seat belts and seat belts to make bags and backpacks; Indosole, which makes shoes from discarded tyres; and Novel Supply, a Canadian clothing business, which has a "take-back scheme," so that the company can reuse and recycle them.
A yet-to-identified policeman attached to the Zonal Intervention Squad of the Zone 2 Police Command, was on Sunday, alleged to have shot dead a young man at Ifo area of the Ogun State. Tribune Online learnt that the happy trigger cop shot at the victim (name unknown) following an argument between them. He told journalists that the policeman was said to be Zonal Intervention Squad at Obada Oko, in Abeokuta, but under the control of Zone 2. Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police clarified that the officer was not a member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as been peddled around. The incident has nothing to do with SARS but men of Zonal Intervention Squad in Obada Oko and they are under Zone 2 command.
The candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2019 governorship elections in Oyo State, Engr. Akinwale Laosun has congratulated the people of the state and Nigerians, especially Christians on the successful completion of the Lenten season and the opportunity to witness another Easter season. Engr Laosun in a statement on Sunday, urged the people, particularly Christians to emulate the virtues of the sacrificial nature of Jesus Christ who laid down His life for the salvation of mankind. He enjoined the people of the state to show love towards one another and be ready to work for the peaceful mutual co-existence of the fellow mankind and the state as a whole. While congratulating the outgoing Governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on the successful completion of his eight years as the states helmsman, Engr Laosun also congratulated the Governor-Elect, Engr Seyi Makinde on his victory at the polls.
Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to National Television Authority's Veteran Broadcaster Cyril Stober's retirement from broadcasting. Cyril stober, Vera chiwumba, Emma Okondo, Kehinde Young Harry, Ademola Adeoye, Eugenia Abu … all shaped my childhood memories. Happy #retirement #cyrilstober pic.twitter.com/K5CW99E4dl — Not A Failed Dream (@Justbrainbox) April 21, 2019Cyril Stober speaking meant absolute silence every 9pm. If you did not watch Cyril Stober on NTA or you do not know him, then me and you no be mate. Yesterday was legend Michael Jackson & Beyonce, 2day it's veteran Cyril Stober & Ebuka.


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New EITI Civil Society Board members join the EITI International Board
New EITI Civil Society Board members were selected to join the International Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for the three-year term June 2019-2022 at the EITI Conference in Paris on 17 June 2019.
The new composition of the CSO representation on the EITI Board is:
Jean Aimé Brice Georges Mackosso
Commission Diocesaine Justice et Paix, Congo Brazzaville
Brice MACKOSSO was born in 1969 in Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. After attending school at the Notre-Dame de Loango Seminary, he graduated from the University Marien Ngouabi with a degree in law. In 1997, he co-founded the Commission Justice et Paix au Congo Brazzaville (Commission for Justice and Peace in Congo-Brazzaville). After the armed conflict in the country in 1997, Brice starts focusing more on the work for transparency in the extractive industries. This work leads to a Declaration by Congo Episcopal Conference on "Oil and the Mission of the Church in Congo" in June 2002. He is also founder of the first African Coalition Publish What You Pay in 2003 and participated in the launch of the EITI both internationally and locally. In April 2006, he is arrested due to his work related to the transparency of the extractive industries, but later released thanks to international pressure. He joins the EITI Implementation Committee in 2008 from its inception in Congo Brazzaville to date. He has been coordinator of the Justice and Peace Commission and alternate member of the EITI Board for the period 2016-2019. He is currently Deputy Coordinator of the Congolese Coalition Publish What You, and Coordinator of the Campaign 'Tournons La Page' in Congo Brazzaville.
Mtwalo Msoni [Alternate]
Publish What You Pay Zambia, Zambia
Born on the 10th of September 1992. Mtwalo Msoni is an Economist and Research with over 5 years of practical experience leading on both theoretical, analytical and field research making use of statistical analysis and economic data. Making use of this expertise Mtwalo has lead and co-authored more than 8 research papers on Extractive Industry and Governance, and Economic Justice. He has further been involved with consultancy work with the United Nations Development Progamme, Oxfam, Transparency International, Civil Society for Poverty Reduction and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development.
Mtwalo is the National Coordinator of the Publish What You Pay Zambia Coalition and is spearheading the Zambia Civil Society Technical Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. Mtwalo Msoni is also serving in his 4th year on the Zambia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiate (ZEITI) Board, a position he has held since the age of 22. Mtwalo has expertise in evidence based advocacy working at community, national and regional level on; Taxation, Natural Resource Governance, National Budgeting and Planning, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development, Investment, Trade and Development, Transparency and Accountability. In addition to this, Mtwalo also has proven expertise in Institutional Capacity Development and Coalition Building.
Oleksiy Orlovsky
International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine
Oleksiy Orlovsky is a lawyer, master of public administration, PhD in constitutional law. Oleksiy has been working at International Renaissance Foundation (Ukrainian brunch of Open Society Foundations) since February 2007 in the position of Democratic Practice Program Director. The Program is leading by Mr. Orlovsky was responsible for support of drafting beneficial ownership in Ukraine and for its present implementation as a part of obligations of the Government of Ukraine in OGP Action Plans. He has big experience as a lecturer of National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. He has been a member of public councils under different Ministries (he has been the Head of Public Council of Ministry of Justice). In 2012-2014 Oleksiy was a member of the Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine. He is a member of Ukrainian EITI Multi-Stockholders Group and EITI International Board (since 2016).
Mariya Lobacheva [Alternate]
Echo Public Association, Kazakhstan
Mariya Lobacheva is program director at Public Association Echo. Her work includes managing a research and advocacy strategy to promote transparency and citizen participation. Mariya has been working on the implementation of the EITI in Kazakhstan for 15 years. She's also a moderator of the Dialogue Platform on the EITI. The Dialogue Platform brings together NGO coalitions advocating for transparency and accountability in the extractive industry in Kazakhstan. She presented civil society in the EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group in Kazakhstan for three terms. Mariya has carried out several analytical works related to the extractive sector's influence on the local population, as well as civic participation in income management at the subnational level. Her work "Social payments of extractive companies. Issues of transparency and public participation." was taken by the Agency for Civil Service and Anti-Corruption of Kazakhstan to exclude corruption risks in managing these payments.
Erica Westenberg
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), USA
Erica Westenberg is the Director of Governance Programs at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). She is a lawyer and provides policy advice on extractive sector transparency and good governance in resource-rich countries worldwide, as well as in international multi-stakeholder initiatives. Prior to joining NRGI, she was in the energy and infrastructure group at Skadden Arps, where she advised clients on energy, natural resource, and infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States. She was highly involved in the development of the 2013 EITI Standard, the 2016 EITI Standard, and the EITI Civil Society Protocol. Recently, she represented civil society in the multi-stakeholder working group that developed proposals for the 2019 EITI Standard. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a M.Sc. in development management from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in government from Harvard College.
Simon Taylor [Alternate]
Global Witness, United Kingdom
Simon Taylor is a co-founder and director of Global Witness, launching Global Witness' oil and corruption campaign in 1999. This work began the global call for transparency and accountability for the oil, gas and mining sectors, around the relationship between extractive industry companies and the people who live in resource-rich countries – people who are, more often than not, desperately poor. Exposing corruption in these sectors led to Global witness' conception of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Campaign, which Simon co-launched in 2002 with other NGOs.
PWYP's interests have expanded from a focus on revenue streams to the wider extractive industry governance framework, including transparency of contracts and their fiscal terms, disclosure of the beneficial owners of companies, environmental impact disclosure and genuine free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). As a movement, we are moving from transparency to accountability.
Cielo Magno
Bantay Kita; School of Economics University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Dr. Cielo Magno is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines' School of Economics. She represents the civil society in the international board of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Prior to being a member of the international EITI board, she coordinated Publish What You Pay Philippines and was a founding member of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Philippines. She sits as a member of the board in a number of organizations including Bantay Kita-PWYP Philippines, Action for Economic Reforms and Center for Energy, Ecology and Development. She is also a member of the Executive Session on Extractives Industries of the Center for Sustainable Investment (CCSI). She was a member of the Global Council of PWYP. Her publications include topics on mining taxation, natural resource governance, environmental regulation, and civic space. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in economics from the University of the Philippines. As a Fulbright scholar, she earned her PhD in Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University in Boston.
Diana Kaissy [Alternate]
The Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI), Lebanon
My name is Diana Kaissy and I am the executive director of the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative-LOGI. Since 2011 I have been working directly with other civil society organizations across the globe to collectively influence and reform the extractive industries through the use of the EITI as a transparency tool. Through supporting a nationwide process of civil society elections for the MSG, we were able to strengthen the Iraqi civil society's engagement in the extractive sector in 2015. In 2018, and in collaboration with other civil society actors and guidance from PWYP, we were able to produce the first civil society EITI guide. At the national level, I supported civil society in Lebanon to develop and endorse the Code of Conduct that is currently being used to guide civil society's elections for the Lebanese MSG.
For the next 3 years, our activities will be dedicated to unlocking the true potential of the EITI by focusing on beneficial ownership at the sub-contractual levels.
César Leonidas Gamboa Balbín
Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), Peru
Executive Director of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), a Peruvian NGO that promotes natural resources governance in the Peruvian Amazon and is a member of local and national MSG of Peru. Cesar Gamboa is a Lawyer and Doctor of Law and Political Sciences, he is a professor of the environmental management system, indigenous people's rights, and natural resources governance in Peru. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Fondo Casa de Brasil, the American NGO Bank Information Center BIC, and participated at Latin American and Caribbean civil society networks to improve transparency, access to information, and citizen participation. In the last three years, he was a member of EITI Board, attending the validation committee and outreach & candidature committee, and promoting with the other CSO board members, the inclusion of environmental reporting as a new EITI standard.
Óscar Pineda [Alternate]
Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and Research (PODER), Mexico
Óscar Pineda is a Senior Researcher and Community Organizing Coordinator at PODER where he facilitates community research and organization processes with ground organizations facing extractive projects. He is also part of the Group of Civil Society Organizations involved in the EITI implementation process in Mexico where Oscar has been working along with all CSO members in transparency and corporate accountability subjects.
Find out more about the selection process on CBI's website.


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Home » Tribune » Wed 26th Jun, 2019 » EU, other international election observers on 2019 presidential poll
EU, other international election observers on 2019 presidential poll
Wed 26th Jun, 2019 04:49
Tribune Online
The just-released report on the last presidential and the National Assembly elections by the European Union Observer Group, The International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute is simply a damning case of deep-seated corruption that has eaten deep into, not just the electoral process, but also into the entire moral fabric of the society.
Cancerous and leprous corruption, especially within government circles and among those opportunistic few who control the levers of power and means of production and distribution of scarce national resources, has completely eroded our national ethos and cherished moral values. Corruption has elevated mediocrity, hypocrisy and bad governance to high heavens.
The electoral process has not been spared of this ravaging malignant and ruinous national malaise. The electoral process has been horrifically bastardized, monetized, militarized and privatized by the rulers, elite and their prostituting collaborators and allies, both local and international. These opportunists see politics as a full time profession and a "do-or-die" and "winners-take-all" occupation. They have no other means of livelihood.
Alleged N14.1m SURE-P fraud: Ex-perm sec knows fate Sept 24
The 2019 elections were probably the worst in the electoral history of Nigeria, witnessing more mayhem and causing more incalculable casualties than any election in the Nigerian history. Aside the uncontrolled and uncontrollable activities of the Boko Haram insurgents, kidnappers and rampaging herdsmen and the genocidal killings recorded during the grisly three year Nigerian-Biafran civil war progrom, no event has recorded more mindless cold blooded killings in Nigeria, as did the last elections. The Nigerian "Situation Room", leading local election observers and monitoring groups had since also passed the same damning and condemnatory verdict over the last presidential election that suffered acute lack of integrity, transparency, credibility, fairness, freedom of choice and acceptability. The incumbent government was so desperate to win at all costs because it knew it had no credible or viable record of performance to rely on. That was why it threw caution to the wind and militarised the entire elections to its own advantage. The government simply employed and deployed brute force and coercion. It was all so shameful, so undemocratic, so primitive and so antediluvian. Earlier gains recorded by the country on integrity of elections were readily eroded.
Mohammed Adamu
The EU Observer Group, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute were, therefore, dead right in their careful assessment and damning report. But, for the fact that they are ordinarily compelled under international best practices to employ diplomatese and diplomacy of decency of language in their expression and communication, these international election observers would surely have used stronger disparaging and derisive terms, such as the elections amounting to "bare-faced brigandage," "electoral robberies," "stolen mandates," "stone age politics", etc. I am personally greatly embarrassed as a Nigerian citizen and patriot, on the bizarre conduct of the last elections.
Time to overhaul the security architecture
There was a recent shocking revelation concerning ISWA (a splinter group from Boko Haram, led by Abu Musab al-Barnawi, son of Boko Haram's founder, Muhammed Yusuf, whose 2009 killing by the Police had sparked off the Islamic insurgency). Reuters in a recent report noted that a map produced by a US Development Agency in February, 2019, shows that ISWA (Islamic State in West Africa), do in fact occupy and control large swathes of Borno and Yobe states, demanding and receiving tax from indigenes.
This is contrary to the repeated lies of the government since 2016, that Boko Haram has been "technically defeated." No. It has not been defeated, whether technically, mechanically, psychologically, mentally, psychically, physically, spiritually, or militarily. The government is simply living a lie. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff only recently confirmed the obvious, when he accused some military personnel of non-commitment to the fight against insurgency. The nagging question is what are the military chiefs themselves still doing in office when they have expired in terms of fresh ideas, high-notch performance or effectiveness? Why has President Muhammadu Buhari retained them many years after their statutory retirement age, when they have evidently been afflicted by the law of diminishing returns?
Surely, lies, like the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) products, have expiry date. The chicken has finally come home to roost. It is common knowledge that many soldiers have since been deserting their beats, resigning, or escaping abroad. The entire security apparatchik and architecture of the country need total overhauling, starting from removing from office, all the military chiefs. Albert Einstein, the father of Nuclear Physics, was right when he said, "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." I concur.
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