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Bio: Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari
Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari
b. 499 – d. 571 in Damascus
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`Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah ibn `Abd Allah, Thiqat al-Din, Abu al-Qasim, known as Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari (499-571), the imam of hadith masters in his time and historian of Damascus.
Ibn al-Najjar said: "He is the imam of hadith scholars in his time and the chief leader in memorization, meticulous verification, thorough knowledge in the sciences of hadith, trustworthiness, nobility, and excellence in writing and beautiful recitation. He is the seal of this science."
Born in a family imbued with knowledge, he began his scholarly training at the age of six, attending the fiqh gatherings of his older brother Sa'in al-Din Hibat Allah ibn al-Hasan (d. 563) and learned Arabic and grammar at the hand of his maternal grandfather Abu al-Mufaddal al-Qurashi. Two of his uncles and one of his brothers were successively in charge of the head judgeship in Damascus, Abu al-Ma`ali Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn `Ali al-Qurashi (d. 537), Abu al-Makarim Sultan ibn Yahya (d. 530), and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan.
By the time Ibn `Asakir reached puberty he already possessed hadith certifications from the scholars of Damascus, Baghdad, and Khurasan. At age twenty, after his father died, he travelled around the Islamic world in pursuit of hadith narrations and performed pilgrimage, returning to Damascus and travelling again on and off between 519 and 533, "alone but for the Godwariness he took as his companion," hearing hadith from 1,300 male shaykhs and 80-odd female shaykhas in Baghdad, Mecca, Madina, Asbahan, Naysabur, Marw, Tibriz, Mihana, Bayhaq, Khusrujird, Bistam, Herat, Azerbaijan, Kufa, Hamadhan, Ray, Zanjan, Bushanj, Sarkhas, Simnan, Jarbadhqan, Mawsil and elsewhere.
After 533 he sat teaching hadith in a corner of the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, then in the Dar al-Sunna school (subsequenty renamed Dar al-Hadith) built for him by al-Malik al-`Adil Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zanki. He shunned all kinds of material possessions and turned down the office of head preacher, concentrating on teaching, writing, and worshipping. His most famous student was the sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, who attended his funeral behind the imam al-Qutb al-Naysaburi.
Ibn `Asakir was buried at the Bab al-Saghir cemetary, next to his father, near the grave of the Caliph Mu`awiya ibn Abi Sufyan.
Ibn `Asakir authored over a hundred books and epistles and narrated under five hundred hadith lessons. Among his larger works:
- Tarikh Dimasqh in eighty volumes.1 Ibn Khallikan said that it contains, like al-Tabari's Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk, several books that can be read independently.
- Al-Muwafaqat `ala Shuyukh al-A'imma al-Thiqat in seventy-two volumes.
- `Awali Malik ibn Anas and its Dhayl in fifty volumes.
- Ghara'ib Malik in ten volumes.
- Al-Mu`jam listing only the names of his shaykhs, in twelve volumes.
- Manaqib al-Shubban in fifteen volumes.
- Books of "Immense Merits": Fada'il Ashab al-Hadith in eleven volumes, Fadl al-Jumu`a, Fadl Quraysh, Fada'il al-Siddiq, Fada'il Makka, Fada'il al-Madina, Fada'il Bayt al-Muqaddas, Fada'il `Ashura', Fada'il al-Muharram, Fada'il Sha`ban.
- Al-Ishraf `ala Ma`rifa al-Atraf.
- Akhbar al-Awza`i.
- Al-Musalsalat.
- Al-Suba`iyyat in seven volumes, listing narrations with chains containing only seven narrators up to the Prophet — Allah bless and greet him –.
- Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari Fima Nusiba ila Abi al-Hasan al-Ash`ari, a defense of al-Ash`ari and his school which he divided into the following sections:
a) Genealogy of Abu al-Hasan al-Ash`ari
b) Prophetic hadiths that pertain to him
c) Al-Ash`ari's renown for knowledge
d) His renown for piety and worship
e) His struggle against innovations and their proponents
f) Dreams that indicate his high standing
g) Five generations of his students [2] h) Those who attacked al-Ash`ari and his studentsHe concluded the book with the following lines of poetry:I have chosen a doctrine that in no way resembles innovation But which successors faithfully took from predecessors. Those who are impartial declare my doctrine sound While those who criticize it have abandoned impartiality.
- Yawm al-Mazid in three volumes.
- Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Takhlit fi Hadith al-Atit ("The Exposition of Error and Confusion in the Narration of the [Throne's] Groaning").[3]
- Arba`un Hadithan fi al-Jihad.
- Arba`un Hadithan `an Arba`ina Shaykhan min Arba`ina Madina.
Ibn `Asakir defined hadith in the following verse of poetry:
It explains the Book, and the Prophet only spoke on behalf of His Lord.
Ibn `Asakir's son, Baha' al-Din al-Qasim ibn `Ali, said:
My father was assiduous in congregational prayer and recitation of the Qur'an. He used to recite it once a week, concluding it on the day of Jum`a, and once a day in Ramadan at which time he entered seclusion (i`tikaf) at the Eastern minaret. He performed many supererogatory prayers, devotions, and invocations. He would spend the nights before the two `ids awake in prayer and supplications. He used to take account of himself for every passing moment.
Ibn al-Subki relates that the hadith master al-Mundhiri asked his shaykh Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn al-Mufaddal al-Maqdisi: "Which of these four contemporary hadith masters is the greatest?" He said: "Name them." Al-Mundhiri said: "Ibn `Asakir and Ibn Nasir?" He replied: "Ibn `Asakir." Al-Mundhiri went on: "Ibn `Asakir and Abu al-`Ala' [al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Hamadhani]?" He said: "Ibn `Asakir." Al-Mundhiri went on: "Ibn `Asakir and al-Silafi?" Al-Maqdisi said: "Al-Silafi (is) our shaykh. Al-Silafi (is) our shaykh."[4]
Ibn Sasra narrated: "I used to rehearse with him the names of the masters he had met. One day I said to him: 'I believe that our master never saw anyone like himself?' He replied: 'Do not say that. Allah said: {Therefore justify not yourselves} (53:32).' I replied: 'He also said: {Therefore of the bounty of your Lord be your discourse} (93:11).' He replied: 'In that case yes, if someone were to say that my eyes never saw my like, he would be correct.'" Al-Khatib Abu al-Fadl ibn Abi Nasr al-Tusi said: "We do not know anyone who truly deserves the title of hadith master in our time other than him." Al-Dhahabi said: "I do not believe that Ibn `Asakir ever met anyone of his level in his entire life." Ibn al-Subki added: "Nor anyone near his level."
Main sources: al-Dhahabi, Siyar A`lam al-Nubala' 15:254-262 #5129; Ibn al-Subki, Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-Kubra 7:215-223 #918.
[1] Dar al-Fikr in Damascus has published seventy of them to date in mid-1999.
[2] Translated at www.sunnah.org/aqida/tabyin_kadhib.htm
[3] See section entitled The "Groaning of the Throne" (p. 248).
[4] This could mean either that he considered al-Silafi the greater master, or that he implicitly admitted Ibn `Asakir's superiority but expressed it in terms of the student's requisite adab with his teacher. Ibn al-Subki noted that Ibn al-Sam`ani was superior to all of them except Ibn `Asakir, but that he was in far-off Merv, whereas the rest were in or near Egypt and Sham.
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Aisha had an important role in early Islamic history, both during Muhammad's life and after his death. In Sunni tradition, Aisha is thought to be scholarly and inquisitive. She contributed to the spread of Muhammad's message and served the Muslim community for 44 years after his death. She is also known for narrating 2210 hadiths, not just on matters related to the Prophet's private life, but also on topics such as inheritance, pilgrimage, and eschatology. Her intellect and knowledge in various subjects, including poetry and medicine, were highly praised by early luminaries such as al-Zuhri and her student Urwa ibn al-Zubayr.
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Transliteration is not concerned with representing the sounds of the original, only the characters, ideally accurately and unambiguously. Thus, in the above example, λλ is transliterated as 'll', but pronounced /l/; Δ is transliterated as 'D', but pronounced 'ð'; and η is transliterated as 'ē', though it is pronounced /i/ (exactly like ι) and is not long.
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Systematic transliteration is a mapping from one system of writing into another, typically grapheme to grapheme. Most transliteration systems are one-to-one, so a reader who knows the system can reconstruct the original spelling.
This is a list of fictional characters featured in the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. These characters appear in the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny anime television series, as well as in the manga and OVA spinoffs. Both series focus on the raging conflict between Naturals and Coordinators, the former being regular humans and the latter being genetically-enhanced ones.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED begins when the neutral space colony Heliopolis is attacked by ZAFT, a military organization composed of Coordinators. Coordinator Kira Yamato pilots the mobile suit GAT-X105 Strike to protect his friends on the Naturals' ship Archangel from potential enemies as they head towards Earth. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny continues two years after Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and follows the teenager Shinn Asuka and his duties in ZAFT.
Kira Yamato (キラ・ヤマト) is a first-generation Coordinator, who lives on the neutral space colony Heliopolis to avoid war between the races of Coordinators and the Naturals, but such area ends involved in the war. Born as a Coordinator, Kira is the only person able to pilot the Strike mobile suit created by the Naturals, and is forced to pilot it into numerous battles to protect his friends. He is voiced in the Japanese series by Sōichirō Hoshi and in the English adaptation by Matt Hill.
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Food dye chromatography
Stanley Donwood's artwork for Matthew Herbert's polemical album finds colour in chemistry
Paper chromatography, one of the more visually striking aspects of school chemistry lessons, is a method of analysing mixtures of compounds using absorbent paper – such as litmus paper or even a coffee filter. The rate at which each compound is absorbed affects the way it migrates across the paper, resulting in a fanning out of the compounds' different colours, which may be further emphasised by the use of indicators such as litmus.
When artist Stanley Donwood was commissioned to create the artwork for Matthew Herbert's polemical album Plat du Jour (Accidental), he decided that a chromatography experiment with food dyes – many of them banned outside the UK – would provide a striking image. 'I found the conjunction of the attractive and the unsettling extremely effective,' says Donwood. Herbert's music does something similar, using the sampled sounds of broiler chickens, popcorn, Coke cans and apple-crunching to make music that is engaging, melodic, funky and disturbing at the same time.
Having tracked down some chromatography paper from the Biology Teaching Labs of Essex University and from Whatman.com, Donwood conducted a series of experiments. He bought food dyes (yellow, cochineal, blue, raspberry red, scarlet and green) from supermarkets and catering supply shops and teat pipettes from the chemist.
Donwood explains: 'I then strung a wire between a coffee-grinder and a boiler pipe in the corner of my kitchen, and used bulldog clips to suspend sheets of chromatography paper above the washing-up bowl, which was filled with clean water. Shortly before suspension, the sheets were dribbled and splashed on the bottom fifth of the paper with a selection of food dyes.' Capillary action propelled the water up the sheets, separating the dyes into their constituent parts.
The finished chromatography was professionally scanned at high resolution to make the most of the colours. Donwood used different details from the scans in the Plat du Jour CD / book to accompany Herbert's notes and credits (more than 8000 words), and behind a spread commanding: 'Avoid Supermarkets.'
Donwood was disturbed by the research he carried out into the nature of food dyes. For example Green S (E142), a dye found in sweets and food sold in the UK, is banned in Canada, Finland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the US, and 'not recommended for consumption by children'.
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Top: Cover of Plat du Jour, dedicated to 'anyone anywhere that has walked past a Starbucks, McDonalds, Tescos, Asda, etc., without going in and eating the wrong bit of the world.'
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WASHINGTON -- Iran has decided to keep its nuclear program within Israeli-demanded limits to avoid an Iranian election-year crisis, U.S., European and Israeli officials said.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ensured Iranian nuclear officials keep the country's amount of uranium enriched to 20 percent purity below 250 kilograms, or about 551 pounds, the senior officials told The Wall Street Journal in a story published Tuesday.
The 250-kilogram amount of uranium enriched to 20 percent purity is what experts say Iran would need to make an atomic bomb if it processed the uranium further into weapons-grade fuel.
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Dolly Parton Will Reunite With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin for '9 to 5′ Sequel
Dolly Parton is reuniting with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin for a sequel to their smash 1980 movie hit, 9 to 5.
According to the Today show, Fonda confirmed the news on Wednesday (July 25) at a Television Critics Association press event, telling reporters, "Right now, Dolly, Lily and I are all intending to be in it."
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"I've been talking to Lily and Jane ... Actually all these years, we've talked about doing a sequel to 9 to 5 and it never made any real sense until just recently," she tells ABC's Nightline.
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Foil is Your Friend
If there's one essential item you need to make camp cooking easier, it's aluminum foil. Almost any food item can be cooked quickly and effectively using it. Simply wrap the food item in the foil, and place it on a grate over the campfire. Some of the most popular foods to cook with aluminum foil include hamburger meant for burgers and pasta dishes, whole potatoes, almost any type of vegetable, and chicken parts. Obviously, cooking times will vary depending on what you're making. A good rule of thumb for this easy, all purpose campfire cooking method is to assume cooking times to be similar to that of using a grill. Read another post on uses for aluminum foil while camping to learn more.
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Before the invention of the microwave, people used more primitive heating methods to cook leftovers. Following this logic, preparing certain foods in advance can seriously cut down on time and effort spent cooking during your next camping trip. Before you leave, make some simple, hearty foods that fit nicely in the cooler and can be reheated easily over a campfire. Scrambled eggs, spaghetti, Hamburger Helper, and biscuits can all be cooked at home and stashed safely in Tupperware containers for later use. Best of all, their reheating time at the campsite is minimal, giving you plenty of extra time to enjoy the beautiful spot you're camping at – wherever it may be.
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We are thrilled to celebrate another Founder's Day by getting out into the community and volunteering. Launched several years ago in honor of our past Chairman of the Board, Dan Sullivan, Sr., this annual summer event, which takes place around his birthday, honors his legacy of caring for the community. This year, more than 600 employees across our global offices will give their time on various projects.
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Surf Lisbon - The House Lisbon, Portugal
Surf Lisbon - The House has been welcoming Surfholidays.com guests since Jan 2010
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Ocean front location in Caxias, a small village only 15 minutes away both from Lisbon´s historical city centre and Cascais. In Winter you just have to cross the street to score some waves and the most famous surfing breaks around Lisbon are only between a 5 to 20 minute drive from the Surf House. In a 5 minute walking distance you have access to local restaurants, coffee shops, bakery, pharmacy, ATM, grocery stores, etc,... If you want to bring your skateboard we also have an amazing skatepark only 5 minutes walking from the Surf House right in our village.
A typical Portuguese Summer House converted into a Surf House overlooking the Ocean.
The Surf House can accommodate up to 18 guests in 4 splendid private rooms and 2 shared rooms, all sharing three comfortable and spacious bathrooms. Guests have access to all the common areas: cosy living room with big LCD screen, large dining room where breakfast (included) is served daily, sea view internet room, fully equipped kitchen, garden with barbecue facilites, free wireless internet, central heating for low season colder evenings, air conditioning in the shared attic room and any other amenities you would find home away from home.
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Second time I have been back to the surf house. Absolutely spotless as always ! Staff amazing and helpful as always and I was welcomed back like an old friend. Would not want to stay anywhere else.
Thanks so much for your great review. It was great to see you back here and to enjoy some more surf sessions with you!
We really can't wait to see you again.
Take care and see you soon.
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The instructors were great as always so helpful and always happy. It was also great to be welcomed back by them !
Beds are clean and comfortable, bathrooms are clean and enormous. Has all the amenities to cook for yourself feels really homely.
The instructors were fantastic, really supportive, gave pointers on how to improve, but we're also really friendly and made learning to surf really fun.
We provide Airport Transfers from and to Lisbon International Airport (LIS) and they can be booked in the booking steps.
No other European city matches so well the word Surf as Lisbon does. It was around its beaches that Surfing was born in Portugal, with different waves for all ages and levels along with a climate that allows people to enjoy the beach all year round. Adding to this, Lisbon itself, is full of history, culture, sports, gastronomy, nightlife and a great heritage of endless virtues waiting for you!
Main Surf Beach: Carcavelos and Costa de Caparica
Kids Surf Lessons
In this initial surfing state, the overall objective is to provide a quality education and to engage the child in the context and culture of surfing, on a cheerful and safe environment. From June 1st to September 30th the lessons are 2 x 2 hrs each day. From October 1st to May 31st it is 1 x 2 hr lesson per day.
Beginner Surf Lessons
Beginners level is open to everyone who never surfed before and to those who had some previous contact with the sport, regardless of age, gender or fitness level. We have boards and wetsuits appropriate to each person so that learning is done in an effective, safe and pedagogic way. From October to May it´s 1 x 2 hr lesson per day and from June to September it´s 2 x 2 hr lessons per day.
Intermediate Surf Lessons
The Intermediate level is appropriated for those who have already some experience in Surfing and want to evolve to a superior level. After an initial evaluation by the Head Coach the surfing will begin. From October to May it´s 1 x 2 hr lesson per day and from June to September it´s 2 x 2 hr lessons per day.
Private Surf Lessons
Private Lessons for one, two or three persons. Try our personal trainer experience as you´ll improve a lot faster with a professional and certified instructor only for you. It´s a 2 hour lesson with a certified instructor and all the equipment included.
We offer Yoga in our garden (or in our spacious living room in case the weather is not good) with our professional and local instructor Maria Pi. Sessions happen from 8am to 9am from Tuesday to Saturday.
Level: All Levels
The nearest break from Surf Lisbon to The House, at only 2 minutes walking distance. Only works on big winter south / southwest or west swells but if you get the right tide and wind (offshore winds come from N / NW / NE) you can score some barrels on the perfect lefthander that breaks near the pier. On really big swells you have a righthander point break at the opposite corner of the beach.
Santo Amaro de Oeiras
Level: All Levels
One of the best point breaks in Portugal! It works with big winter NW / W / S / SW swells. If you are confident, you can jump into the peak from the rocks in front of the castle, but make sure you time it right or you'll be washed back up onto them. It's a heavy, fast and often hollow wave which will be populated by the best surfers in Portugal, so make sure you let them have their waves. Basically, GO BIG and don't stop. This can be one of the best waves in Portugal when it is on. In Summer, you will see a lagoon, so best to come between September to March when the Winter swell rolls in.
Level: All Levels
Another winter spot, sheltered from the big W and S / SW stormy swells. When every spot is blown up and stormy you can find some small but perfect rights near the fortress, on the right side of the beach. For advanced surfers you also have fast and hollow waves, breaking left and right, on the center and on the left side of the beach, near the jetty.
Level: All Levels
Carcavelos is Lisbon's gem. When it's on, like from 4 to 8 feet, you have multiple peaks to both sides along the large beach. All hollow and with some juice with shallow sandbars. One of the best beachbreak's that Portugal has to offer. It works with NW / W / S / SW swells and offshore wind come from N. Fits every surf level from beginner to professional.
São Pedro do Estoril
Level: All Levels
Another righthander point break that holds swell. It´s longboarder´s paradise! Long rights from the outside peak until the shore. Good spot also for beginners due to the soft and long white water waves. At paddling distance, you have Bafureira, a spot for more advanced surfers, another righthander point break but a more powerful and tricky wave.
Costa da Caparica
Level: All Levels
Actually, Costa de Caparica, has 30kms of beachbreaks. From the city center, where the jetties and the beach orientation makes waves bigger and with more defined breaks, to the wild and uncrowded south beaches. Depending on the swell and the sandbars you can find a dream wave just for you on the south of Caparica. Works all year round and is better with NW / W swells and winds from the East. It´s one of the places our school goes often due to uncrowded waves and the beauty of the landscape. Its one of the places where Surf Lisbon has its location, with uncrowded waves and a beautiful landscape along with a great bar at the Beach.
Level: All Levels
Want to have a really different surfing experience? If you are lucky and your stay at Lisbon Surf House matches with the elements you can surf a wave generated by the ferry boats that cross Tejo river every morning coinciding with a particular wind/tide/sand equation. It's a 45 to minute drive from Lisbon to to pretty much in the middle of nowhere.
Level: All Levels
One of the most beautiful beaches around Lisbon... Lefts and rights with many spots along the beach. A good alternative when the waves are small at the spots near the Surf House but better to surf in the morning before the wind shows up. Hosts lots of national and international surfing competitions all year round.
Praia Grande - Sintra Area
Level: All Levels
Situated in Sintra area it´s one of the most consistent breaks near Lisbon. A good option for those flat summer spells, Praia Grande rarely hasn´t got rideable waves. Hosts the Bodyboard World Tour event in August / September every year.
Level: All Levels
The region of Ericeira has been recently awarded as World Surfing Reserve. It´s a world to class surf zone encompassing approximately 8 km of coastline. It contains a high density of outstanding surf breaks, including iconic breaks such as Ribeira d'Ilhas and Coxos, among others.
The coastline of Ericeira is dominated by rocky cliffs, and these are what gives the area its character, along with its famous beaches located in small bays. The diversity of waves in the area, along with their various degrees of difficulty, enables good surfing conditions for all levels of surfers, from beginners to professionals. Also, Ericeira is home to regional and international surf competitions. Ribeira d'Ilhas currently hosts each year, a WSL men's prime professional contest.
Level: All Levels
The peninsula of Peniche offers both north and south to facing coastlines. The result is the finest surfing conditions everyday regardless of the swell and wind direction. The Peninsula of Peniche always offers you a beach where the wind is off shore, creating perfect waves. Along the 15 Km of coast line you can find more than 20 surf spots for all levels of surfers, from beginner to advanced.
Annually, in October, its famous break of Supertubes hosts one of the ten events of the WSL World Tour of Surfing. Surf Lisbon Team is always there and will take you to see all the action live with the pros Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina, Ítalo Ferreira, Julian Wilson, Filipe Toledo and many others.
Downtown Lisbon city itself does not have a beach and walking around siteseeing you may be oblivious to the fact that dozens of beautiful white sandy surf beaches are only a 5 minute car drive away (Or 4 train stops!)
The surrounding beaches pick up all the swells the Atlantic have to offer making it one of the most consistent surf destinations in the World.
The area has a good selection for all standards. Closest to the city would be Caxias & Santo Amaro de Oeiras. Caxias is a beautiful beach that on its day can produce perfect lefthander barrels. Oeiras is more of a winter wave and is one of the best waves in Portugal.
Next stop is Carcavelos, probably Portugal's most famous wave. Its one of the best beach breaks in Europe and regularly hosts National competitions. It suits all standards, a perfect place to learn and a great place to score some fast beach barrels with multiple peaks along the 1km stretch of beach.
There are many other spots along the coastline that runs from Lisbon out to Estoril & Cascais. Long boarders will love Sao Pedro and short boarders will thrive on spots like Poca and Sao Joao. Then on the other side of Cascais there is the stunning long white sandy Guincho beach, one of Portugal's most consistent surf spots, usually best in the morning as it can be exposed to afternoon onshore winds.
Across the river Tejo in Setubal, a 20 minute drive away, is the less crowded Costa de Caparica. Perfect for beginner/intermediates as the man made jetties create nice consistent waves. The beach stretches for 30kms and all of it is surfable!
Lisbon is also a great base to explore other regions. The surf mecca of Ericeira is only 35 minutes drive away and 1 hour north is Peniche, host of the WSL World Tour every October.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Late to First Hour
22 comments:
- Emily Kennedy said...
I too am SO ready for Friday. Actually, I'm ready for a long night of sleep preceding Friday.
- September 10, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- Lainey said...
I am absolutely diggin' on your shoes! I love the two-toned colors and the way it's cut. So unique!
- September 10, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I love the outfit! It looks cute for running late!
- September 10, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- ALWAYS CHASING said...
Tglasses look great on you...not an easy style to pull off! :)
- September 10, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Fashionisaparty.com (Suz) said...
those shoes are so great! i love the different patches.
xx - September 11, 2009 at 12:30 AM
love the color of the pants
the shape of the glasses is classic, chic, and flawless
love it! thanks for sharing the inspiration
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cosmicaroline.blogspot.com - September 11, 2009 at 2:40 AM
- C said...
Katy, I LOVE this outfit! Ain't nothin wrong with casual!!
- September 11, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- Secondhand Stella said...
I love your shoes and necklace!
- September 11, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- Shen Dove said...
Love your whole look but especially the top and jacket!
I have both of them from the kids section of Target. Thanks for showing that you can be stylish and have clothes that fit well when you're petite. - September 11, 2009 at 8:52 AM
- ScribbleBabbles said...
that's why they called it peep-toe shoes. I see your toes peeping from the shoes :D anyway, your shoes is so lovely! I definitely want one of that!
- September 11, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Orchid Grey said...
I had the exact same kind of day today. blagh, can't wait for the weekend! you look great though!
- September 11, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Unknown said...
you look fabulous. love the plaid shirt with those indigo jeans
- September 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Kyla said...
So cute! And I heart your smile :)
- September 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I LOVE this whole outfit!! It all comes together so nicely... and those shoes... Oh the shoes... SO GREAT!!
Hope you had a great Friday... and great weekend!
thebargainhunterextraordinaire.com - September 11, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- K said...
I dont think it looks very junior high at all. It's definitely pretty casual haha but it looks great. I love the shirt with the bright pants. Love.
- September 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- Taylor Sterling said...
darling darling darling. great shoes!
- September 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- Woods said...
i love your sunglasses and i'm jealous of your blue pants!
- September 11, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- myedit said...
Those jeans are a fantastic hue! And I like how you brought it down with black/brown booties...
- September 11, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Linda said...
I might have to mug you for that necklace....but you are all the way in Kansas so you can keep it...for now.
- September 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- ipopheart said...
woot- had one of those days too it was raining downtown today and just couldn't get out of bed. But outfits just has all the right things!!
- September 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- Fashion Hungry said...
i loveeee the pantss.
& the shadess, i'm obsessed with turtoise sunglass frames - September 11, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Stephanie.27.Munich said...
like the pics a lot...pretty girl...the shades is quite cool...!shoes also!!<3333 LULU
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Full Speech of 2017 Budget Presentation at NASS by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, December 14, 2016
1.It is my pleasure to present the 2017 Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Assembly: the Budget of Recovery and Growth.
2.We propose that the implementation of the Budget will be based on our Economic Recovery and Growth Strategy. The Plan, which builds on our 2016 Budget, provides a clear road map of policy actions and steps designed to bring the economy out of recession and to a path of steady growth and prosperity.
3.We continue to face the most challenging economic situation in the history of our Nation. Nearly every home and nearly every business in Nigeria is affected one way or the other.
4.Yet I remain convinced that this is also a time of great opportunity. We have reached a stage when the creativity, talents and resilience of the Nigerian people is being rewarded. Those courageous and patriotic men and women who believed in Nigeria are now seeing the benefits gradually come to fruition. I am talking about the farmers who today are experiencing bumper harvests, the manufacturers who substituted imported goods for local materials and the car assembly companies who today are expanding to meet higher demand.
5.Distinguished members of National Assembly, for the record: For many years we depended on oil for foreign exchange revenues. In the days of high oil prices, we did not save. We squandered.
6.We wasted our large foreign exchange reserves to import nearly everything we consume. Our food, Our clothing, Our manufacturing inputs, Our fuel and much more. In the past 18 months when we experienced low oil prices, we saw our foreign exchange earnings cut by about 60%, our reserves eroded and our consumption declined as we could not import to meet our needs.
7.By importing nearly everything, we provide jobs for young men and women in the countries that produce what we import, while our own young people wander around jobless. By preferring imported goods, we ensure steady jobs for the nationals of other countries, while our own farmers, manufacturers, engineers, and marketers, remain jobless.
8.I will stand my ground and maintain my position that under my watch, that old Nigeria is slowly but surely disappearing and a new era is rising in which we grow what we eat and consume what we make.
We will CHANGE our habits and we will CHANGE Nigeria.
9.By this simple principle, we will increasingly grow and process our own food, we will manufacture what we can and refine our own petroleum products. We will buy 'Made in Nigeria' goods. We will encourage garment manufacturing and Nigerian designers, tailors and fashion retailers. We will patronize local entrepreneurs. We will promote the manufacturing powerhouses in Aba, Calabar, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Nnewi, Onitsha, and Ota. From light manufacturing to cement production and petrochemicals, our objective is to make Nigeria a new manufacturing hub.
10.Today, the demand of the urban consumer has presented an opportunity for the rural producer. Across the country, our farmers, traders and transporters are seeing a shift in their fortunes. Nigerians who preferred imported products are now consuming made in Nigeria products. From Argungu in Kebbi to Abakalaki in Ebonyi, rice farmers and millers are seeing their products move. We must replicate such success in other staples like wheat, sugar, soya, tomato and dairy products. Already, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Organised Private Sector and a handful of Nigerian commercial banks, have embarked on an ambitious private sector-led N600 billion program to push us towards self-sufficiency in three years for these products. I hereby make a special appeal to all State Governors to make available land to potential farmers for the purpose of this program.
11.To achieve self-sufficiency in food and other products, a lot of work needs to be done across the various value chains. For agriculture, inputs must be available and affordable. In the past, basic inputs, like the NPK fertilizer, were imported although key ingredients like urea and limestone are readily available locally. Our local blending plants have been abandoned. Jobs lost and families destroyed. I am pleased to announce today that on 2nd December 2016, Morocco and Nigeria signed an ambitious collaboration agreement to revive the abandoned Nigerian fertilizer blending plants. The agreement focuses on optimizing local materials while only importing items that are not available locally. This program has already commenced and we expect that in the first quarter of 2017, it will create thousands of jobs and save Nigeria US$200 million of foreign exchange and over N60 billion in subsidy.
12.We must take advantage of current opportunities to export processed agricultural products and manufactured goods. Let it not be lost on anyone that the true drivers of our economic future will be the farmers, small and medium sized manufacturers, agro-allied businesses, dressmakers, entertainers and technology start-ups. They are the engine of our imminent economic recovery. And their needs underpin the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
13.Let me, Mr. Senate President, Right Hon. Speaker, here acknowledge the concerns expressed by the National Assembly and, in particular, acknowledge your very helpful Resolutions on the State of the Economy, which were sent to me for my consideration. The Resolutions contained many useful suggestions, many of which are in line with my thinking and have already been reflected in our Plan. Let me emphasise that close cooperation between the Executive and the Legislature is vital to the success of our recovery and growth plans.
14.Permit me to briefly outline a few important features of the Plan. The underlying philosophy of our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan is optimizing the use of local content and empowering local businesses. The role of Government must be to facilitate, enable and support the economic activities of the Nigerian businesses as I earlier mentioned. Fiscal, monetary and trade policies will be fully aligned and underpinned by the use of policy instruments to promote import substitution. Government will however at all times ensure the protection of public interest.
15.First we clearly understand the paradox that to diversify from oil we need oil revenues. You may recall that oil itself was exploited by investment from agricultural surpluses. We will now use oil revenues to revive our agriculture and industries. Though we cannot control the price of crude oil, we are determined to get our production back to at least 2.2 million barrels per day. Consistent with the views which have also been expressed by the National Assembly, we will continue our engagement with the communities in the Niger Delta to ensure that there is minimum disruption to oil production. The National Assembly, State and Local Governments, Traditional Rulers, Civil Society Organisations and Oil Companies must also do their part in this engagement. We must all come together to ensure peace reigns in the Niger Delta.
16.In addition, we will continue our ongoing reforms to enhance the efficiency of the management of our oil and gas resources. To this effect, from January 2017, the Federal Government will no longer make provision for Joint Venture cash-calls. Going forward, all Joint Venture operations shall be subjected to a new funding mechanism, which will allow for Cost Recovery. This new funding arrangement is expected to boost exploration and production activities, with resultant net positive impact on government revenues which can be allocated to infrastructure, agriculture, solid minerals and manufacturing sectors.
17.I earlier mentioned our ambitions for policy harmonisation. But we all know that one of the peculiar problems of our environment is execution. This phenomenon affects both government carrying out its own functions and the innumerable bureaucratic hurdles in doing business. To this end, I will be issuing some Executive Orders to ensure the facilitation and speeding up of government procurements and approvals. Facilitation of business and commerce must be the major objective of government agencies. Government must not be the bottle neck. Additionally, these Executive Orders will widen the scope of compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act by Federal Government owned entities and promote support for local content in Ministries, Department and Agencies.
18.The Executive will soon place before the National Assembly proposals for legislation to reduce statutorily mandated minimum times for administrative processes in order to speed up business transactions. In addition, I have established the Presidential Enabling Business Council, chaired by the Vice President with a mandate to make doing business in Nigeria easier and more attractive. Getting approvals for business and procurements will be simplified and made faster.
19.In 2017, we will focus on the rapid development of infrastructure, especially rail, roads and power. Efforts to fast-track the modernization of our railway system is a priority in the 2017 Budget. In 2016, we made a lot of progress getting the necessary studies updated and financing arrangements completed. We also addressed some of the legacy contractor liabilities inherited to enable us to move forward on a clean slate. Many of these tasks are not visible but are very necessary for sustainability of projects. Nigerians will soon begin to see the tangible benefits in 2017.
- We also have an ambitious programme for growing our digital platforms in order to modernise the Nigerian economy, support innovation and improve productivity and competitiveness. We will do this through increased spending on critical information technology infrastructure and also by promoting policies that facilitate investments in this vital sector.
21.During 2016, we conducted a critical assessment of the power sector value chain, which is experiencing major funding issues. Although Government, through the CBN and other Development Finance Institutions has intervened, it is clear that more capital is needed. We must also resolve the problems of liquidity in the sector. On its part, Government has made provisions in its 2017 Budget to clear its outstanding electricity bills. This we hope, will provide the much needed liquidity injection to support the investors.
22.In the delivery of critical infrastructure, we have developed specific models to partner with private capital, which recognize the constraints of limited public finances and incorporate learnings from the past. These tailor-made public private partnerships are being customized, in collaboration with some global players, to suit various sectors, and we trust that, the benefits of this new approach will come to fruition in 2017.
- Fellow Nigerians, although a lot of problems experienced by this Administration were not created by us, we are determined to deal with them. One of such issues that the Federal Government is committed to dealing with frontally, is the issue of its indebtedness to contractors and other third parties. We are at an advanced stage of collating and verifying these obligations, some of which go back ten years, which we estimate at about N2 trillion. We will continue to negotiate a realistic and viable payment plan to ensure legitimate claims are settled.
2016 Budget performance
24.In 2016, the budget was prepared on the principles of zero based budgeting to ensure our resources were prudently managed and utilized solely for the public good. This method was a clear departure from the previous incremental budgeting method. We have adopted the same principles in the 2017 Budget.
25.Distinguished members of the National Assembly may recall that the 2016 Budget was predicated on a benchmark oil price of US$38 per barrel, oil production of 2.2 million barrels per day and an exchange rate of N197 to the US dollar.
26.On the basis of these assumptions, aggregate revenue was projected at N3.86 trillion while the expenditure outlay was estimated at N6.06 trillion. The deficit of N2.2 trillion, which was about 2.14% of GDP was expected to be mainly financed through borrowing.
27.The implementation of the 2016 Budget was hampered by the combination of relatively low oil prices in the first quarter of 2016, and disruptions in crude oil production which led to significant shortfalls in projected revenue. This contributed to the economic slow-down that negatively affected revenue collections by the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the Nigerian Customs Service.
28.As at 30 September 2016, aggregate revenue inflow was N2.17 trillion or 25% less than pro rated projections. Similarly, N3.58 trillion had been spent by the same date on both recurrent and capital expenditure. This is equivalent to 79% of the pro rated full year expenditure estimate of N4.54 trillion as at the end of September 2016.
29.In spite of these challenges, we met both our debt service obligations and personnel costs. Similarly, overhead costs have been largely covered.
30.Although capital expenditure suffered as a result of project formulation delays and revenue shortfalls, in the five months since the 2016 Budget was passed, the amount of N753.6 billion has been released for capital expenditure as at the end of October 2016. It is important to note that this is one of the highest capital releases recorded in the nation's recent history. In fact, it exceeds the aggregate capital expenditure budget for 2015.
- Consequently, work has resumed on a number of stalled infrastructure projects such as the construction of new terminals at the country's four major airports; numerous major road projects; key power transmission projects; and the completion of the Kaduna – Abuja railway to mention a few.
- We remain resolute in our commitment to the security of life and property nationwide. The courageous efforts and sacrifices of our heroes in the armed forces and para military units are clear for all to see. The gradual return to normality in the North East is a good example of the results. Our resolve to support them is unwavering. Our spending in the 2016 fiscal year focused on ensuring these gallant men and women are properly equipped and supported. We will continue to prioritise defence spending till all our enemies, within and outside, are subdued.
33.Stabilisation of sub-national government finances remains a key objective in our plans to stimulate the economy. In June 2016, a conditional Budget Support Programme was introduced, which offered State Governments N566 billion to address their funding shortfalls. To participate, State Governments were required to subscribe to certain fiscal reforms centered around transparency, accountability and efficiency. For example, States as part of this program were required to publish audited accounts and introduce biometric payroll systems with the goal of eliminating ghost workers.
34.Our efforts on cost containment have continued throughout the year. We have restricted travel costs, reduced board members' sitting allowances, converted forfeited properties to Government offices to save on rent and eliminated thousands of Ghost workers. These, and many other cost reduction measures will lead to savings of close to N180 billion per annum to be applied to critical areas including health, security and education.
2017 Budget priorities
35.Let me now turn to 2017 Budget. Government's priorities in 2017 will be a continuation of our 2016 plans but adjusted to reflect new additions made in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. In order to restore growth, a key objective of the Federal Government will be to bring about stability and greater coherence between monetary, fiscal and trade policies while guaranteeing security for all.
36.The effort to diversify the economy and create jobs will continue with emphasis on agriculture, manufacturing, solid minerals and services. Mid- and Down-stream oil and gas sectors, are also key priority areas. We will prioritise investments in human capital development especially in education and health, as well as wider social inclusion through job creation, public works and social investments.
37.Our plans also recognise that success in building a dynamic, competitive economy depends on construction of high quality national infrastructure and an improved business environment leveraging locally available resources. To achieve this, we will continue our goal of improving governance by enhancing public service delivery as well as securing life and property.
The 2017 Budget: Assumptions, revenue projections and fiscal deficit
38.Distinguished members of the National Assembly, the 2017 Budget is based on a benchmark crude oil price of US$42.5 per barrel; an oil production estimate of 2.2 million barrels per day; and an average exchange rate of N305 to the US dollar.
39.Based on these assumptions, aggregate revenue available to fund the federal budget is N4.94 trillion. This is 28% higher than 2016 full year projections. Oil is projected to contribute N1.985 trillion of this amount.
40.Non-oil revenues, largely comprising Companies Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Customs and Excise duties, and Federation Account levies are estimated to contribute N1.373 trillion. We have set a more realistic projection of N807.57 billion for Independent Revenues, while we have projected receipts of N565.1 billion from various Recoveries. Other revenue sources, including mining, amount to N210.9 billion.
41.With regard to expenditure, we have proposed a budget size of N7.298 trillion which is a nominal 20.4% increase over 2016 estimates. 30.7% of this expenditure will be capital in line with our determination to reflate and pull the economy out of recession as quickly as possible.
42.This fiscal plan will result in a deficit of N2.36 trillion for 2017 which is about 2.18% of GDP. The deficit will be financed mainly by borrowing which is projected to be about N2.32 trillion. Our intention is to source N1.067 trillion or about 46% of this borrowing from external sources while, N1.254 trillion will be borrowed from the domestic market.
Expenditure estimates
43.The proposed aggregate expenditure of N7.298 trillion will comprise:
Statutory transfers of N419.02 billion;
Debt service of N1.66 trillion;
Sinking fund of N177.46 billion to retire certain maturing bonds;
Non-debt recurrent expenditure of N2.98 trillion; and
Capital expenditure of N2.24 trillion (including capital in Statutory Transfers).
Statutory transfers
44.We have increased the budgetary allocation to the Judiciary from N70 billion to N100 billion. This increase in funding is further meant to enhance the independence of the judiciary and enable them to perform their functions effectively.
Recurrent expenditure
45.A significant portion of recurrent expenditure has been provisioned for the payment of salaries and overheads in institutions that provide critical public services. The budgeted amounts for these items are:
? N482.37 billion for the Ministry of Interior;
? N398.01 billion for Ministry of Education;
? N325.87 billion for Ministry of Defence; and
? N252.87 billion for Ministry of Health.
46.We have maintained personnel costs at about N1.8 trillion. It is important that we complete the work that we have started of ensuring the elimination of all ghost workers from the payroll. Accordingly, adequate provision has been made in the 2017 Budget to ensure all personnel that are not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System platform are captured.
47.We have tasked the Efficiency Unit of the Federal Ministry of Finance to cut certain overhead costs by 20%. We must eliminate all non-essential costs so as to free resources to fund our capital expenditure.
Capital expenditure
48.The size of the 2017 capital budget of N2.24 trillion (inclusive of capital in Statutory Transfers), or 30.7% of the total budget, reflects our determination to spur economic growth. These capital provisions are targeted at priority sectors and projects.
49.Specifically, we have maintained substantially higher allocations for infrastructural projects which will have a multiplier effect on productivity, employment and also promote private sector investments into the country.
50.Key capital spending provisions in the Budget include the following:
Power, Works and Housing: N529 billion;
Transportation: N262 billion;
Special Intervention Programmes: N150 billion.
Defence: N140 billion;
Water Resources: N85 billion;
Industry, Trade and Investment: N81 billion;
Interior: N63 billion;
Education: N50 billion
Universal Basic Education Commission: N92 billion
Health: N51 billion
Federal Capital Territory: N37 billion;
Niger Delta Ministry: N33 billion; and
Niger Delta Development Commission: N61 billion;
51.N100 billion has been provided in the Special Intervention programme as seed money into the N1 trillion Family Homes Fund that will underpin a new social housing programme. This substantial expenditure is expected to stimulate construction activity throughout the country.
- Efforts to fast-track the modernization of our railway system will receive further boost through the allocation of N213.14 billion as counterpart funding for the Lagos-Kano, Calabar-Lagos, Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Warri railway, and Kaduna-Abuja railway projects. As I mentioned earlier, in 2016, we invested a lot of time ensuring the paper work is done properly while negotiating the best deal for Nigeria. I must admit this took longer than expected but I am optimistic that these projects will commence in 2017 for all to see.
53.Given the emphasis placed on industrialization and supporting SMEs, a sum of N50 billion has been set aside as Federal Government's contribution for the expansion of existing, as well as the development of new, Export Processing and Special Economic Zones. These will be developed in partnership with the private sector as we continue our efforts to promote and protect Nigerian businesses. Furthermore, as the benefits of agriculture and mining are starting to become visible, I have instructed that the Export Expansion Grant be revived in the form of tax credits to companies. This will further enhance the development of some agriculture and mining sector thereby bringing in more investments and creating more jobs. The sum of N20 billion has been voted for the revival of this program.
54.Our small- and medium-scale businesses continue to face difficulties in accessing longer term and more affordable credit. To address this situation, a sum of N15 billion has been provided for the recapitalization of the Bank of Industry and the Bank of Agriculture. In addition, the Development Bank of Nigeria will soon start operations with US$1.3 billion focused exclusively on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
55.Agriculture remains at the heart of our efforts to diversify the economy and the proposed allocation to the sector this year is at a historic high of N92 billion. This sum will complement the existing efforts by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and CBN to boost agricultural productivity through increased intervention funding at single digit interest rate under the Anchor Borrowers Programme, commercial agricultural credit scheme and The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending. Accordingly, our agricultural policy will focus on the integrated development of the agricultural sector by facilitating access to inputs, improving market access, providing equipment and storage as well as supporting the development of commodity exchanges.
56.Government realizes that achieving its goals with regard to job creation, also requires improving the skills of our labour force, especially young people. We have accordingly made provision, including working with the private sector and State Governments, to establish and operate model technical and vocational education institutes.
57.We propose with regard to healthcare to expand coverage through support to primary healthcare centres and expanding the National Health Insurance Scheme.
58.The 2017 Budget estimates retains the allocation of N500 billion to the Special Intervention programme consisting of the Home-grown School Feeding Programme, Government Economic Empowerment programme, N-Power Job Creation Programme to provide loans for traders and artisans, Conditional Cash Transfers to the poorest families and the new Family Homes Fund (social housing scheme). The N-Power Programme has recently taken off with the employment of 200,000 graduates across the country, while the School Feeding Programme has commenced in a few States, where the verification of caterers has been completed.
59.As we pursue economic recovery, we must remain mindful of issues of sustainable and inclusive growth and development. The significant vote for the Federal Ministry of Water Resources reflects the importance attached to integrated water resource management. In this regard, many river-basin projects have been prioritized for completion in 2017. Similarly, the increased vote of N9.52 billion for the Federal Ministry of Environment (an increase of 92% over the 2016 allocation) underscores the greater attention to matters of the environment, including climate change and leveraging private sector funding for the clean-up of the Niger Delta.
60.Provision has also been made in these estimates for activities that will foster a safe and conducive atmosphere for the pursuit of economic and social activities. In this regard, the allocation for the Presidential Amnesty Programme has been increased to N65 billion in the 2017 Budget. Furthermore, N45 billion in funding has been provisioned for the rehabilitation of the North East to complement the funds domiciled at the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative as well as commitments received from the multinational donors.
61.Mr. Senate President, Mr. Speaker, distinguished and honourable members of the National Assembly, I cannot end without commending the National Assembly for its support in steering our economy on a path of sustained and inclusive growth. This generation has an opportunity to move our country from an unsustainable growth model – one that is largely dependent on oil earnings and imports, to an economy that focuses on using local labour and local raw materials. We cannot afford to let this opportunity slip by. We must all put our differences aside and work together to make this country succeed. The people that voted us into these esteemed positions are looking to us to make a difference. To change the course of this nation. I have no doubt in my mind that by working together, we will put Nigeria back on the path that its founding fathers envisaged.
62.This Budget, therefore, represents a major step in delivering on our desired goals through a strong partnership across the arms of government and between the public and private sectors to create inclusive growth. Implementation will move to centre-stage as we proceed with the process of re-balancing our economy, exiting recession and insulating it from future external and domestic shocks.
63.I thank you all for your patience and patriotism.
Being the speech of President Muhammadu Buhari on the 2017 Budget, christened: "Budget of Recovery and Growth," presented to the Joint Session of the National Assembly on December 14, 2016.
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An exhibition at the Getty Research Institute features the dances, films, and words of Yvonne Rainer, including fascinating (and funny) excerpts from her diaries. Listen to them here
Most exhibitions feature labels and gallery panels with just enough information to give visitors the basics. For curators, writing these concise gems is no easy feat! Deciding what goes in them can be an art form. In fact, some labels are themselves art.
Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films at Getty Research Institute gives this approach a twist. While labels written by curator Glenn Phillips guide you through the exhibition, Yvonne Rainer's writings—quoted extensively throughout both galleries—provide personal context. "She's always put her life in her work," says Glenn, who emphasizes that Rainer's art, while abstract and conceptual, is far from dry or impersonal. "Her words give visitors something that is beautiful, funny, provocative."
For the exhibition, Glenn also asked Rainer to record selected passages from her diaries, which begin in her teenage years and run well into adulthood. These reveal a different side of the artist, with topics varying from dreams, to arguments with schoolteachers, to thoughts about consumerism while shoe shopping. Nothing is off limits. One diary entry from the 80s, a list of shameful conditions and operations, seems positively Whitmanesque. Whether hilarious, violent, or despairing, there's always clarity in Rainer's voice.


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The IRS, the Independent Sector, and the National Council of Nonprofits are this week reminding non-itemizers that charitable contributions made this year may qualify for a tax deduction. This temporary rule comes from a provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was designed to help cash-strapped nonprofits during the pandemic.
Since an estimated 90 percent of taxpayers take the standard deduction, many could benefit taxpayers and charities stand to benefit. However, the December 31, 2021 deadline for making a cash contribution to a qualifying charity is fast approaching. So, let's take a look at what the IRS had to say about deducting tax year 2021 charitable contributions.
How much in charitable donations can taxpayers deduct if they take the standard deduction?
The amount of tax year 2021 cash contributions to qualifying charities that taxpayers taking the standard deduction can claim depends on their filing status:
- $300 for individuals
- $600 for married couples filing jointly
While described as "cash," the IRS points out that qualifying contributions can actually "include those made by check, credit card, or debit card, as well as amounts incurred by an individual for unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their volunteer service to a qualifying charitable organization." However, agency's definition doesn't cover "the value of volunteer services, securities, household items, or other property."
Keeping that in mind, the agency notes that this temporary deduction has "special recordkeeping rules," including:
- Obtaining an acknowledgement letter from the charity before filing a return
- Retaining a cancelled check or credit card receipt for contributions of cash
To help taxpayers meet the recordkeeping requirements, the IRS included a link to Publication 526, Charitable Contributions.
How can I find a qualifying charity?
The IRS notes that their Tax Exempt Organization Search tool can help taxpayers find charities that qualify for a tax-deductible donations. The online resource lists numerous databases that users can search, including:
The page also includes several accordion menus that can contain useful information.
Source: IR-2021-247


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Generating test data that matches existing data
I've had to create test data a number of times, including data for tables that had mandatory foreign keys to existing tables. It was not feasible to just create new master rows for my test data; I wanted to refer to a random sample of existing data; but the code that generates the test data had to perform reasonably well, even though it had to pick out some random values from a very large table.
Solution? A combination of the new 10g SAMPLE operator, and DBMS_RANDOM. To illustrate:
(create a "very large table")
SQL> create table t as
2 select rownum n, dbms_random.string('a',30) v
3 from all_objects;Table created.
SQL> select count(*) from t;
40981(get a random sample from the table)
SQL> select n, substr(v,1,30) from t sample(0.01)
2 order by dbms_random.value;N SUBSTR(V,1,30)
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11852 xSsdmFtGqkymbKCFoZwUzNxpJAPwaV
8973 RGyNjqMfVayKdiKFGvLYuAFYUpIbCw
25295 eJJtoieSWtzUTIZXCbOLzmdmWHHPOy
297 hiTxUPYKzWKAjFRYTTfJSSCuOwGGmG
1924 yZucJWgkFviAIeXiSCuNeUuDjClvxt
40646 wMTumPxfBMoAcNtVMptoPchILHTXJa6 rows selected.
SQL> set serveroutput on
(Get a single value chosen at random)
SQL> declare
2 cursor cur_t is
3 select n from t sample(0.01)
4 order by dbms_random.value;
5 l number;
6 begin
7 open cur_t;
8 fetch cur_t into l;
9 dbms_output.put_line(l);
10 close cur_t;
11* end;
21098PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
My test code would open the cursor, fetch as many values as it needed, and then close it. If the cursor ran out of values (e.g. the sample was too small for the desired amount of test data, which varied), my code just re-opened the cursor to fetch another set of random values from the large table.
The reason I sort the sample by dbms_random.value is so that if I only want one value, it is not weighted towards rows found nearer the start of the table.
Note: If I didn't really care about the sample being picked at random from throughout the table, I could have just selected from the table "where rownum < n".


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If you've found this page you've probably watched Episode 56 of Never Enough Pooh on YouTube.com/MostPooh5150. Thanks so much for tuning in.
As I mentioned in the video, once a month we will be giving away a Pooh item to a random person who submits the right answers to questions. All the answers can be found by watching episodes of Never Enough Pooh. You can enter anytime there is a new question so stop by often. (one entry per question - must be a subscriber to my YouTube channel).
New episodes are published on YouTube.com/MostPooh 5150 usually at least once week.
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Code of Conduct & Complaint Procedure
Code of Conduct
This Code of Conduct defines the basic ethical behaviour which are binding for all employees of Helvetas. It is based on the Mission Statement, the Human Resource policy and our Personnel Regulations. It thereby reflects foundational values and principles of our organisation, to be applied irrespective of cultural contexts. The Code of Conduct expresses the commitment of each collaborator to adhere to and to promote high ethical standards in our work and as part of our working culture. It constitutes a compulsory annex to the employment contract.
The correct conduct of employees is of specific relevance to Helvetas. First, the intercultural context in which collaborators of Helvetas operate makes their conduct particularly exposed and sensitive. Unethical conduct of a collaborator can, beyond its direct consequences, have far reaching negative impacts on the effectiveness of our work and on our reputation. Second, as a development organisation receiving donations from thousands of individual and institutional donors, our organisation and its employees are accountable to these donors and subject to a high degree of scrutiny by the public and the media.
This Code of Conduct is binding for all employees worldwide in any contractual relationship with Helvetas (including interns & volunteers, Board of Directors and its Advisory Panel as well as consultants) at all times during their assignment with Helvetas. It is expected that principles of this Code of Conduct are also respected outside the workplace and working time. Furthermore, all partners Helvetas collaborates with must commit to follow the key principles of this Code of Conduct.
Complaint procedure
Reporting of suspicions is decisive for an efficient fight against individual misbehaviour or corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest. Victims and witnesses of misconduct related to activities of Helvetas have the right and the obligation to report cases immediately. Therefore, Helvetas has defined a complaint mechanism and several complaint channels.
Report of suspicion of misconduct
Hereafter you find options to report misconduct in Helvetas activities (such as violations of the Code of Conduct, corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest, bullying, sexual harassment, child abuse, failure to comply with project standards). Victims or witnesses of misconduct ("complainants") inside and outside of Helvetas can report their complaints in three different ways.
1) Internal complaint channel
Misconduct or suspicions can internally be reported to the direct superior or directly to the following email-addresses:
2) External complaint channel
Safecall is a professional external provider, to which complainants can address in full confidence. The experts of Safecall receive complaints in over 170 languages and transmit them to the person in charge at Helvetas. The confidentiality and anonymity of the informer is respected. Safecall provides two contact options:
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- Online: www.safecall.co.uk/report
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Don't be afraid — cleaning a refrigerator (and keeping it clean) isn't a herculean task if you follow these tips:
- Create a homemade all-purpose cleaner by combining the following in a gallon of hot water: 1 cup clear ammonia, ½-cup vinegar and ¼-cup baking soda. Pour into a spray bottle, or use from a bowl with a sponge. This no-rinse formula is a degreaser that prevents mold and mildew. Wipe down the entire refrigerator with this solution, including the drawers and shelves.
- To prevent grease and odor buildup on top of the refrigerator after you've cleaned it, just buff some paste wax into the surface.
- Use toothpaste to remove tough stains. It contains a gentle abrasive and has a pleasant odor.
- To get those dust bunnies out from under the refrigerator, remove the grill and run a yardstick covered with a pair of pantyhose underneath. Also check the pan of water under the unit, since it can hold unpleasant-smelling water.
- To combat household odors, fill a clean old sock with activated charcoal from an aquarium store, tie a knot in the top and place it in the back of the refrigerator. This will last a month or two, depending on the size of your refrigerator and how heavily you use it.
- For a faster fix for odors, sprinkle vanilla extract on some cotton balls, place in a shallow dish and put in the refrigerator. Orange extract also works.
- Eliminate lingering odors in your vegetable bins by putting a crumpled piece of a brown paper grocery bag inside and leaving it for 48 hours. The paper will absorb the odor.
- Check for adequate tightness of the insulating seam around the door by placing a lighted flashlight inside the refrigerator and closing the door. Turn off the lights in the room (this should be done at night) and see if any light escapes from the seams. This will help you pinpoint any leaks.
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- Keep your refrigerator at 37 degrees.
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As a follow up to the popular Movie Favorites, this eagerly awaited collection features the hottest movie themes arranged for full band or individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). In the student books, each song includes a page for the full band arrangement as well as a separate page for solo use.
Includes: Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible Theme, My Heart Will Go On, Zorro's Theme, Music from Shrek, May It Be, You'll Be in My Heart, The Rainbow Connection, Also Sprach Zarathustra and Accidentally in Love. This edition features optional piano accompaniments for each piece.
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
Series: Essential Elements Band Folios