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The Ryans Reread: In Sea-Salt Tears

Hi hello I love Elizabeth Ryan a Normal Amount!

These ramblings are cross posted from my Liz Ryan reread thread in the October Daye Discord server.

I had discussions with a couple people about In Sea-Salt Tears in the thread, but these notes are just messages I sent—my initial reactions to the story on reread. And I reference other Liz appearances, especially Drown the Lamenting!

“We know that, while we may love the ocean, the ocean doesn’t love us.” / “We know that we, among all the fae, are temporary and flawed….” 

me @ the Luidaeg, always: You fucked up a perfectly good descendant race, is what you did. 

(to be fair, that’s just most characters @ the Luidaeg)

but it sure was a Choice to revive your descendant race via a group of people you Made Sure grew up thinking they’re lesser and not worthy and hated (by you)…..

~

“I miss her every day, and the worst of it? The worst of it is that she never existed.” 

See, this is fascinating to me because it’s not true, but it is complicated. Cousin Annie was always a mask of sorts, but so is the sea witch, and both guises enable her to do thing she can’t do when she’s being the other one. There was genuine, honest vulnerability that Liz got to see from her that very, very few people do. There was also so much withheld context. 

But I don’t think Liz ever understands to what degree the Luidaeg was honest with her—which makes sense! How is she to know what was true and what was a lie? So it falls into the category of “things that would be nice for the Luidaeg to explain, if she ever manages to stop being an asshole to Liz.”

~

“Mathias had beer. Mathias always had beer — his parents were Canadian, and they’d been letting him drink since he was fourteen, the lucky stiff. Colin had the weed.” 

I so want to know if this is actually intended to be Mathias from The Unkindest Tide and Colin from A Local Habitation. I know the wiki says that the Colins are the same, but his backstory in ALH doesn’t work with this story—but is that just a continuity issue? It’s hard to believe that there would be two Selkies with the same name at the same time, even if the Selkies overall reuse names…..

also Colin is the weed guy in both ALH and ISST. 

Mathias’s backstory also contradicts if it’s meant to be the same one, bc he’s meant to live on the same coast and be part of Roan Rathad in this one, but if I can headcanon that he was just temporarily living with another clan to see what it’s like over there, I really want him to be the same guy. It’s much more fun if these other Selkies were all part of the same teen friend group as Liz 😄

~

cw: discussion of suicide 

“Former Selkies almost never stay within sight of the sea. The ones who do always wind up drowning when the need to go back to the sea gets to be too much for them.”

oof at the high risk of suicide among Selkies that pass their skins. (I have a lot of feelings in general about mental illness in the Selkie clans and the ways that we see it be normalized or ignored.)

end warning

~ The schism between Selkies and Selkiekin is so intense, and yet there’s such a sense of collective family identity, it’s so interesting. And it really does make you feel for the clan leaders, and how they are responsible for everyone and making sure everyone’s being taken care of, but they are also Selkies and thus firmly on one side of that divide, where their Selkiekin cousins are concerned.

The whole thing of Liz not knowing if she’ll ever get a skin, despite being an only child, and presumed heir is somewhat confusing?? Although we do see a great-grandmother passing a skin to a great-grandchild in this story, skipping over her children and grandchildren, some of whom might not even be alive anymore? 

So I guess she can’t expect that one of her parents will pass their skin to her generation, because they could decide to live a lot longer—Daisy’s great-grandmother was three hundred. 

(Interesting that some folks still do wait a while, and possibly have their children outlive them.)

~

“What are you?” said Mathias bluntly. Tempe hissed for him to be quiet. He ignored her.

It really is infinitely funnier if this is the same Mathias. 😄

~ When I first read this story, it truly caught me by surprise that Liz is only sixteen when she meets Annie. 🥺

~ what Annie is pretending to be—a Selkiekin Roane changeling—is what Diva actually is. at least Liz can be reasonably confident Diva will transform (based on what Aldridge said), she won’t be denied the same way (Liz thinks) Annie was. but still interesting in the context of those seven years when Diva existed, but Liz didn’t know who Annie was yet.

~

“Someone had to stay and keep an eye on the children. The older cousins would relieve us around midnight, and then I could run.” 

again, that whole “we take care of each other” ethos, everyone is meant to pitch in with looking after the kids. and even when Liz does Not want to be on duty, she doesn’t consider ditching her family responsibilities, she’s just looking forward to being off shift.

~

“[Annie] would have nothing but this: empty kitchens and watching cousins walk into the waves when she had to stay on the shore.”

the way Liz is actually Not Wrong about this…..

(except it’s by choice)

~

“Yeah, well.” Colin frowned, keeping his arm around my shoulders. It seemed suddenly like he was smothering me, but I couldn’t figure out how to step away without insulting him. It was clear that he saw Annie as a threat. I just didn’t know why. “I’m not the one you should be apologizing too.”

Colin at the Convocation of Consequences has the dawning realization that he was in a brief teenage love triangle with the sea witch 😄

(sorry buddy you were never gonna win that one, she’s a lesbian)

~

“[Annie] didn’t judge me because of what I did or didn’t have. She never would.”

oh noooo Liz is so painfully wrong about that 😭

it’s not that she doesn’t care if Liz has a skin or not, it’s that she has the opposite judgment of what Liz is used to. and that judgment is gonna be so much worse when it hits

~ Liz and Colin are definitely hooking up, given that she intends to sleep with him that night originally. and given all the sulking, he very much has a thing for her. but given that she goes off and kisses Annie that same evening, she clearly does Not think they have that kind of relationship, they’re just friends that hook up sometimes.

so really only Colin thinks he’s in a love triangle 😄

~

dammit this beach scene still tugs at my heartstrings

(I think because, despite it not being in her pov, I can feel the Luidaeg catching feelings in spite of herself)

but oof, she is millennia old and Liz is barely eighteen

and that’s not even the most dramatic invisible power dynamic at play

it’s never brought up in relation to Liz, but I definitely remember Toby having a thought about how all the Firstborn affect their descendant races and how she thinks the Luidaeg’s effect might be making the Selkies trust her more than they should

and gonna circle back to this later but I do think there’s evidence to support the Luidaeg giving off “trust me, don’t ask too many probing questions” vibes

~

“Every day was a tug-of-war between dreaming of my own future and realizing the horror of what would have to happen for that future to be mine. A relative could choose to pass his or her skin, becoming mortal and dying in the human way, but that’s not the usual way for Selkies to be made. If it were, there wouldn’t be so many of us. We die younger and more often than almost any other race in Faerie.”

They are fully fae, but they have a way higher death rate than other fae. And this has kind of scary implications for the Roane? If the Selkies are more prone to deadly accidents because they don’t grow up as fae and are only thrust into that world later, the same is true of the new Roane. Except if they die, no one will become fae in their place.

on the other hand, maybe the fact that they’re all seers now really helps cut down on the fatal accidents

~

“Was Annie already aware that I’d been passed up again, and that I was the last of the little bonfire circle she has stumbled into eight years ago?” 

🥺🥺 at the fracturing of Liz’s friend group and how isolated it leaves her.

~

also I have to assume that Liz’s parents don’t realize Liz is having a casual flirtation with the sea witch, otherwise why did they not make sure she was picked for Tempe’s skin, thus ending that.

It really is their decision that drives her completely towards Annie 😬

~

“There was a choice there, blurred by sweet red wine and sea-salt tears. Annie didn’t reach for my hands. She was leaving me the room to make that choice on my own, and I appreciated that, because I knew, just looking at her, that she was offering me something more than sex. Sex was easy; sex was fun and cathartic and nothing even remotely like a commitment. But Annie….

Annie had been hurt before. I knew it every time I looked at her.” 

Given the timeline, what Liz says here, and how she talks about hooking up with various people as a teen in an “experimenting and figuring herself out” way in DTL, this is definitely her first serious romantic relationship. 

and also, as of present day, her last 😔

~

[EDIT: oh the sex scene is…..it’s the beginning of a relationship destined to implode, but they’re also so horny and enthusiastic it’s easy to forget that part. it’s hot! them getting handsy before they’re even in the room…..����]

~

“We went to Disneyland, where she kissed me on the Haunted Mansion ride and we had our pictures taken with Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.”

the Luidaeg canonically taking her girlfriend on a vacation date to Disneyland is very on brand but also. the dramatic irony of the whole sea witch thing is. yeah

~

“My mother sighed. My father cried. I loaded my things into the back of Annie’s car, and together we drove to San Francisco, where her apartment was waiting for us.”

godddd this hurts when you realize both her parents Know

Liz’s parents: …..fuck fuck we should have given her Tempe’s skin

it has to hurt so much, knowing that your daughter’s girlfriend is lying to her, knowing that she’s far more dangerous and powerful than your daughter knows, and being unable to say anything

~

“It was surprisingly spacious, taking up most of the ground floor of an old brick building near the wharf.” 

the vague horror of Liz moving into a skerry entirely controlled by her girlfriend and having no idea

I also would like to know how the Luidaeg managed the whole “people bugging her for bargains” thing during the years Liz was living with her

yeah a lot of people Stay Away because of her reputation, and most don’t know where exactly she lives, but some do!

[EDIT: someone else suggested that it’s a different apartment than the one we see in the books, and specifically a different door to the same skerry. so she still has her “sea witch” apartment elsewhere. and I’ve adopted that headcanon!]

~

“We walked hand-in-hand through the city until it was almost dawn, and then we ran back to the apartment, and fell into bed, and held each other through the sunrise.” / “I was restless, moving from job to job until I found a position as a night clerk at a store that sold skin magazines and dirty movies.”

so the implication is that Liz basically lived nocturnally while she was with Annie, although she was still human.

~

“We’d been living together for almost a year before I asked about her family.”

This this is the reason I think the Luidaeg is giving off some flavor of “trust me / don’t pry” vibes. They’ve been dating for years before this, and Liz has never thought to ask about her family? That sounds completely implausible, unless maybe Liz is subconsciously being steered away from asking questions about Certain Things. I don’t think it’s something Annie’s actively doing, it’s just a feature of being Liz’s First and the subtle influence that gives her. And it takes this long for the weirdness of not having ever asked about Annie’s family to finally overrule the vague “don’t pry” vibes.

I could see that when they’re in the “we meet up and chat and flirt and kiss at clan occasions” stage of their relationship, but they’ve been properly dating for eight years by that point, they’ve been living together for a year. That is a long time to never ask “Where are you from?” (which is the specific question Liz asks)

I can’t imagine seriously dating someone in general and not knowing anything about their family—even knowing that it’s complicated and they don’t like talking about their family would be knowing something. But Annie has to tell Liz that she’s not very comfortable talking about her family, which means even that hasn’t come up in conversation before.

~

“My mother…went away. And my father couldn’t stand to be around me after that. He left me by the sea. Said ‘It’s in your hands now, Annie,’ and walked away. I haven’t seen him since.” Her breath hitched, and I realized with a start that she was crying. “I miss them so much.”  

god I love this scene.

it says so much about her complicated relationship with her parents, and thus says so much about how she is being honest with Liz when she doesn’t have to be. she could have invented a different backstory for herself, but she told the truth — because that’s such a huge part of why she pretends to be Selkiekin, she gets to show emotions and build connections she never would be able to otherwise. this conversation is so intensely personal because she is choosing for it to be, she chooses to pour out some of her messy feelings towards her parents and cry about them and let herself be held.

~

“Did she know, even then, that I was lying to her? Did I know? I like to think not.”

(this is about the “I’ll never leave you” promise.) oh Liz 🥺 you meant it at the time, it wasn’t a lie

also! thinking about it…..that was never a promise she could keep, what with her being mortal.

the best thing she could do to keep it was take the skin. and she very clearly intended to come back, she wasn’t breaking up with Annie. she just didn’t think Annie would follow through on the ultimatum.

she did go back, afterwards. she didn’t walk away.

Liz didn’t leave Annie. Annie left her.

~ okay I’m at that scene now and it’s like. this? this is meant to be the betrayal that the Luidaeg holds against her for two decades and counting?

she made the best decision she could with the information she had!

Drown the Lamenting gets into this more, but there’s the visible age gap struggle and how she assumes it would lead to a break up eventually — and the skin would fix that.

(or at least not make it worse, she doesn’t actually know it’ll age her down)

She promised to never leave Annie, and the immortality would help guarantee that.

This is what she’s wanted her whole life, this is her dream. She has no reason to think there’s anything wrong with it.

Even if it was just the last point — I genuinely believe she did nothing wrong by choosing her life’s dream, especially when “you can pick your dream or me” is a pretty shitty ultimatum to give to someone. tbh I wouldn’t blame her if she did choose to break up with Annie at that point, but she didn’t even do that! she thought Annie didn’t really mean it.

the Luidaeg chose to withhold crucial information from her, and then has been punishing her for making the wrong choice all this time.

Liz literally doesn’t understand why it’s an either/or decision, as far as she’s concerned there’s no reason for it to be?? why can’t Liz be a Selkie and they can stay together??

so yeah, she picks the choice that gives her what she wants and would make them both equally immortal, instead of the choice that requires her to deny her dream and continue to age and has no benefit other than “doesn’t make Annie jealous bc she can’t have the sea,” as far as Liz is concerned. I don’t think it was a betrayal at all.

the part that could be seen as a betrayal is her choosing to take the skin of a dead Roane, when Annie, who she thinks is part Roane, will never have the sea. but at that point it’s literally take the skin or die, so.

which is also a deal the Luidaeg put in place! she’s the reason Liz can’t choose to back out at the last moment.

~

“Damn it, Annie! That’s not fair! Have you looked in a mirror lately? I’m getting old! I’m going to keep getting old, and then I’m going to die, and I’m going to leave you alone again! I’m doing this for you!”

Annie laughed, a sound as bitter and lost as the bellow of a foghorn. “No, Liz. Don’t even try that on for size. You’re doing this for you. Because you want it. Because you feel like you were cheated somehow. Well, you weren’t cheated, Liz. I gave you everything I had it in my power to give. You weren’t cheated. I was not a second place ribbon.” 

She thinks Liz is just making excuses, but we know the age thing is clearly bothering Liz, that it’s not just an excuse. Liz is also definitely doing this because she wants it, but she has no reason to think it’s a Selkie skin or Annie, not until Annie lays down this ultimatum.

“I gave you everything I had it in my power to give.” …..except the truth

~

cw: discussion of suicide 

My mother’s mouth twisted. “Oh, sweetheart, I’m sorry. I tried to be strong, for your sake; I tried to let you go. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t sit by and watch you leave us. I’m so sorry. I was weak.”

🥺 this scene hurts more after reading Drown the Lamenting knowing she knows that passing the skin will kill her. It will kill her, and it will hurt Liz, but she is doing it anyways because she can’t watch Liz stay with the sea witch forever. and the defiance of this skin passing, choosing to risk the sea witch’s wrath by taking Liz away from her. because getting her daughter away is more important than the consequences. she already knows she won’t survive this.

end warning

~

her father being buried in the sea, and there clearly being traditions around burials is another way the Selkies are Not Like Other Fae—they’re close enough to the mortal world for the night haunts to more often leave bodies behind for them to bury, often enough that they have burial traditions. (it also reminds me of how their wakes also buck fae tradition, being more lively celebrations of life)

and given that he would have no reason to pass his skin because his daughter is already a Selkie, and since Liz’s mom died after passing her skin he probably wouldn’t want to leave Liz the same way, I doubt his death was expected the same way? It seems more likely that there was an accident of some kind, as there more often is with Selkies, and he died unexpectedly and as a Selkie.

I wonder if, post-Diva’s birth but pre-his death, the question of “is Liz still his heir?” actively came up? because Liz broke the rules and had a changeling child and is she still allowed to inherit the clan? and only the Selkies, not the Selkiekin, know the full Selkie-Roane connection and thus might understand why having a Roane changeling kid might be different. Did the question of inheritance have to be ironed out beforehand? Or was it assumed if the sea witch had a problem with that, it would be dealt with if Liz tried to take over the clan?

~

The mourners were a constant tide, terrifying my daughter—sweet Diva, only seven years old, with her father’s huge green eyes and my tendency toward stillness—and forcing me to answer questions I wasn’t yet prepared for.

huh I’d forgotten about the “tendency towards stillness” line. because we see Diva so little, but she is in constant motion when we do—running to be the first to the door, running around the house, running up to Annie and talking a mile a minute.

I realize it could be “I hadn’t thought much about this character”/Not That Deep, but I could also take it as Diva was a much quieter/shyer kid than she is as a teenager, that she used to tend towards watching the room.

~

“I was contemplating the liquor cabinet”

Liz inheriting the clan was probably what kicked off the road to where her alcoholism is now—between access to a place to hide from the rest of the clan (with a place to store alcohol already included) and having her world upended that same day.

~

The door swung open, revealing the heads of the three nearest Selkie clans: the Chase, O’Connell, and Anthony families.

We know the O’Connell and Chase clans are East Coast (and so is the Lefebvre clan)—and they’re all relatively close together and 3/5 of the North American clans. idk why there are so many Selkies in that area in particular, enough for three major clans, but I’d like to think the Anthony clan is somewhere else—it’s never said, so in fic I’ve placed them on the northwest coast of North America.

and presumably Seanan hadn’t invented the the Lefebvre clan yet, otherwise they would have been included in this bit. because they’re not any further than the Chase or O’Connell clans.

so presumably the clan leaders were around already for the multi day funeral, it’s probably something that’s expected when someone knew takes charge. (Liz also says “There’s more?” implying that they’ve all been talking to her a lot already, but they’ve been waiting for the Luidaeg to show up to do this last bit.)

[EDIT: Never mind, the coastal distribution of clans makes sense—given the Selkie clans presumably originated in Scotland, it makes sense that a majority of the modern North American Selkies would be clustered around Nova Scotia.]

~

I stood before I could think better of it, almost stumbling as I raced around the desk. “Annie! Annie, I missed you so much, I—”

it’s been eight and a half years and Annie was the one who disappeared without a trace on her, the one who failed to communicate. and her immediate reaction is still to welcome her, to want to talk and fix things.

and the Luidaeg could have done this reveal in private, but she chose to let Liz embarrass herself in front of the clan leaders—her new peers and the only people who are allowed to know who Annie is.

the Drama of this reveal ahhh

I remembered winding my fingers through that hair while she cried out, muffling her voice against my skin. I looked at that hair now and knew without touching it that it would slice my fingers, that every strand would be razor-edged and deadly.

this image ahhhh — a good memory soured, intimacy and closeness vs a warning to stay away…..I am Hurting

~

I forced myself not to look away from her. “I missed you,” I said. “I buried you,” she replied.

Liz just found out Annie lied to her for decades and the very first thing she says is still I missed you……god

“I buried you” what a cruel thing to say and then leave and it’s also not true, Annie has not moved on from Liz the way she’s acting like she has here, the things she says about Liz later on point to many emotions roiling under the surface.

~

These are the things every Selkie-child knows: that the sea does not love us, that we are finite and flawed, and that we must never, never trust the sea-witch. I know all these things to be true.

that last line oof. the lesson she learned in the end is that all the warnings were true 🥺

~

Because I made the greatest mistake of all, a mistake that may well be unique in all our world: I loved her, and she loved me. I broke her heart. I proved that we are still no better than we were. Even after all these generations, we are still betraying her.

Liz did break her heart, but the rest of what Liz says here is so much more blame than she deserves, she really has internalized that it was all her fault, even to the point of comparing taking her mother’s skin to the original murder and theft of the skin. “we are still no better than we were.” holy shit taking a skin your family was bound to on purpose to keep the magic alive is not in any way comparable to murdering the Roane to try to become immortal.

(I am thinking about “You’re going to cut yourself to ribbons already over the things you can’t undo” and I am so sad about her 😔)

~

in DTL she finally stopped dreaming of Annie and started to be well rested and now she says she always dreams of Annie and it’s what she deserves 🥺

~

“At least my daughter will be spared the choice.”

once again she talks about Diva being spared the betrayer’s bargain as the key Thing (I’m noting this bc of how the narrative of Diva as apology is only ever something other characters say, and Liz recoiled from the idea of having a kid as an apology to someone, but she did like the idea of a kid who would never need to wear a skin to have the sea).

interesting that it’s left ambiguous what exactly she’s “not sorry” about. her relationship with Annie? her choice to leave and take the skin? (I mean, probably not that—although it’s complicated actually, because if she never left Annie, Diva wouldn’t exist).

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Mega exercise of the Indian Navy brings together 35 fighter planes, two aircraft carriers and submarines

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 11/06/2023 - 12:28in Military

The Indian Navy recently performed a mega exercise in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating its combat prowess with two aircraft carriers, several warships, submarines and more than 35 combat aircraft.

According to PTI, the aircraft carriers - INS Vikramaditya and the newly inaugurated INS Vikrant - were central parts of the operation.

Meanwhile, Indian Navy spokesman Commander Vivek Madhwal reported on the exercise on Twitter: "The perfect operational integration of the two aircraft carriers... Indian Ocean and beyond."

After the introduction of INS Vikrant in September, this was the first mega exercise of the fleet involving the two aircraft carriers.

Madhwal shared a video of the naval mega fleet and said it demonstrated the "formidable ability of the Indian Navy to ensure sustained air operations throughout the vast maritime expanse and emphasizing our commitment to protecting India's national interests".

The exercise, which was a Carrier Battle Group (aircraft carrier battle group) with the two aircraft carriers, included aircraft such as the MiG-29K and helicopters such as the MH-60R Seahawk, Kamov, Sea King, Chetak and ALH.

Officials told the PTI that almost all air assets were operated by the two aircraft carriers, which functioned as mobile bases.

"In addition, they (aircraft carriers) provide our friends with a guarantee... the Indian Navy is capable and ready to support our 'collective' security needs in the region," Madhwal said.

The exercise was carried out at a time when China is increasing its presence in the Indian Ocean.

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How we met-

It was weird, well not weird. I dunno how to put it into words because it was 23 years ago. It was the summer of 1999- and my bff @deathsembrace662 had gotten me into the game, W1ld AR\Ms. I played it a bit but she was at the part of Court S3im, and the Epitaph Sea. Boomerang and Luc3id (not my dog, the guardian) were giving her some trouble and I was attempting to help her defeat them.

Then came the rest of the events that happened in that part of the game. I always looked at movies, stories, and games from a neutral point of view. The scene where Jane and Rudy talked all night reminded me of how I would spend the nights talking to spirits. Alh@zad’s fight came on screen, and at this point we were playing the game at each other’s house and sharing the files back and forth- in hopes to beat the game together. The battle with him was struggling and I was all “ Do I will kiss you three times if you let us win”. And... lol. it worked. My friend and I laughed and looked at one another. And the game continued. I was kind of enchanted by his politeness and silver tongue. Even if his methods were a bit.. questionable.

It am *pretty* sure the Ocean City trip happened after the fact, at least I think...?  It was all around the same time.

I was at Ocean City and a spirit was lonely, and I told him to follow us home. That me and my friends would welcome into our coven. I was 15, and overly friendly and wanted to help everyone. Once I got home I told my friend all about how I found someone else to join our group. And he was kind, sweet, very polite, old school knightly and just.. very well mannered. I didn’t put “ water is wet” kind of moment until later. When I tried to see him with my third eye I saw a blur of brown, with black hair, and intense eyes. I assumed he was a anthro cat- because I drew everyone as a anthro cat back then. I remember welcoming him into my life, even to go as far as to make him a sandwich and soda, and giving him a space to sleep on my top bunk.

He was my best friend, we did everything together. I had struggled with love and relationships and thought dating was stupid, and cried over him a number of times. I didn’t know I could feel this close to someone else. The bond and friendship was so intense. We shared and did everything together. He aided me in Algebra and Biology. He helped me in Spanish 2 when I couldn’t wrap my head around it. My grades went up. There was no scientific explanation for all of this. He was intelligent, almost to the point it was kind of scary (in a hot way) how some spirit this smart was helping my goofy ass.

My friend, and her f/o Garrett (yes same one, he’s clueless. He didn’t know Aub was *him*). Laughed and pushed us to date. So we did, and a lot of stuff happened over Nov of 1999 through Nov of 2000 when we handfasted. Now.. 2000 that’s a story for another day, but we definitely went through hell together in a very F\FSevenh0use kind of way. Those events absolutely strengthened our bond. I don’t think I would have survived any of that with out him. I knew he was Alh@zad the entire time. So when I finally told him that I already knew, when he was nervous about being honest with me. He admittedly broke down in my arms...

We were a match made in Heaven. Nothing could stop us.

And of fucking course was this was known to everyone in our circle. Some kids in our group started messing around with Simon’s version of the Necr\onomic0n. There’s a reason why they were. I was taken a long for the ride. Al was *pissed* he got very lectury with my friends saying this was dangerous. I had a hunch why, but the spelling was different. The names were slightly off. I didn’t really know if they were the same person- but I had a hunch (that hunch was later clarified in 2005).

He was so protective, kind, and his wit was unmatched by anyone else I knew. People would come and go- but nothing had the connection that we had. Nothing was even close. I felt safe around him, safer than I had ever felt around anyone else. Which is kind of questionable I suppose to people who know who he really is and *love* to judge him. They don’t know him like I know him. And I am lucky to have this sweet, kind, gentle, intelligent man. Who I am proud to call my husband.

He had been by my side the whole time- and a lot happened between late 2000 and 2023- I could write stories for days about that.

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GOBO: Kogi State Governor Backs Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Entrepreneurs

Kogi State Governor Alh Ahmed Usman Ododo has endorsed the Governor Ododo Business Outreach (GOBO) initiative, aimed at uplifting marginalized groups and providing economic opportunities at the community level. Launched on October 31, 2024, GOBO has already shown positive impact among petty traders and small businesses. During a meeting with the Kogi State Forum of Senior Special Assistants,…

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Governor AbdulRazaq Turning Kwara To Model State - Lawal

The chairman of a leading pro- democracy group – Alliance For Sustainable Kwara (ASK), Alh AbdulRazaq Lawal has hailed the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for gradually turning the state into a model. Lawal noted that the governor has not only turned Ilorin, the state capital into a model city, he has also initiated applausive moves to make every part of the state worthy of…

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PDP constitutes 25-member National Reconciliation Committee

…names Oyinlola, Ben Obi, 23 others as members In its bid to reposition the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), constituted a 25-member National Reconciliation Committee to be headed by former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. This was announced by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, on Friday.According to him, the NWC acted based on an earlier approval by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Ologunagba said, “Following the National Executive Committee (NEC) approval for the Constitution of the PDP National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) of our Great Party, the National Working Committee (NWC) hereby releases the List of the Members of the National Reconciliation Committee as follows: “Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola-Chairman, Rt. Hon. Chibudom Nwuche, Alh. Bello Tafidan Gusau, Sen. Ben Ndi Obi, CON (BOT), Sen. Tunde Ogbeha- Member. ”Other members include: Sen. Shuaibu Isa Lau, Dame Dr. Esther Uduehi (BOT), Sen. Zainab Kure (BOT), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN (BOT), Alhaja Mutia Olayinka Ladoja (BOT), Dr. Abimbola Ogunkelu (BOT), Rt. Hon. Ude Oko-Chukwu, Rt. Hon. Boyelayefa Debekeme, Chief Emmanuel Ogidi and Dr. Eddy Olafeso. Others are: Chief Dan Ulasi, Hon. Abdulsamad Dasuki, Otunba Segun Showunmi, Barr. Amina B.B. Faruk, Alh. Hamza Akuyan Koshe, Evang. Mike Ikoku,Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, Comrade Bisi Fakayode, Sen. Ibrahim Dankwambo is to serve as Secretary to the committee while Chief Anicho Okoro is to serve as Administrative Secretary. The party spokesman also said the committee will be inaugurated at a date to be announced later. The NWC charged all leaders, critical stakeholders and teeming members of the PDP to remain focused and committed to the vision, principles and aspiration of our great Party in the overall interest of the growth, development and stability of the PDP and the nation. Recall that the PDP had been embroiled in crisis since it’s Presidential Primary held on May 28, 2022.Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar polled 371 votes to defeat his closest rival former Rivers State Governor now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who polled 237 votes. Wike led four of his then governor colleagues to form the Group of 5 or G5 governors as they were known to openly campaign against the PDP and its Presidential candidate. They had among other things, demanded for the resignation of the now ousted National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyiorchia Ayu insisting that the party leader and its Presidential candidate cannot come from the same geographical north at the same time Some state chapters of the party are also currently in turmoil as various tendencies scramble for the control of the soul of the party at all levels Read the full article

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Disability National Promotes and Protects the Rights of People with Disabilities

Disability national promotes and protects the rights of people with disabilities. Our enforcement, regulation, coordination and technical assistance activities are guided by a social model philosophy of equality.

The ADA was enacted after tireless efforts by activists like Judith Heumann and Edwards Roberts who sued to gain admittance to Berkeley while using wheelchairs and iron lung machines.

The ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. It prohibits discrimination in employment, public services and access to buildings such as stores and hotels.

To be protected under the ADA, a person must have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. This definition does not limit the types of impairments covered by the ADA and includes conditions like blindness and deafness.

Title III of the ADA prohibits private places of public accommodation (hotels, restaurants, retail stores and other businesses that serve the general public) from discriminating against persons with disabilities. It also requires them to comply with accessibility standards for new construction and alterations of facilities.

This title also establishes a nationwide system of interstate and intrastate telecommunications relay services to help people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-disabled communicate over the telephone. This title is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.

NDRN

The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) works to advance the nation’s goal of equal opportunity, integration, full participation, inclusion and economic selfsufficiency for people with disabilities through enforcement, regulation, coordination and technical assistance.

NDRN also evaluates what questions about disability national are asked on federal surveys and what improvements need to be made within those data sets. For example, in 2020, NDRN member agencies, P&A systems and CAPs across Alaska worked hard to ensure a fully accurate and accessible census by alerting the U.S. Census Bureau to the fact that the data it was using about people in Assisted Living Homes (ALH) was outdated and inaccurate.

The NDRN also supports the legislative efforts to obtain increased appropriations for the P&A systems and CAP networks as they enforce the federal laws protecting civil and human rights at the state level. This includes advocating for the repeal of practices like having water poured on a 7-year old or putting a middle school student with ADHD in seclusion all day.

The Look Closer Campaign

The Look Closer Campaign was a national disability effort to change the way we view people with disabilities. It challenged the preconceived notions and unconscious biases we have about people with disabilities and promoted a new way of thinking that recognizes their abilities and focuses on what they can do instead of what they cannot.

The campaign also encouraged states to ensure that the portrayal of persons with disabilities by the media is positive; organizations of persons with disabilities should be consulted on this issue. It should also be ensured that public education programmes concerning disability matters include information about the rights of persons with disabilities and their inclusion.

INL recently hosted a national forum to discuss how we can cultivate a more disability-inclusive work environment by upending assumptions, practicing conscious inclusion and providing role models for people with disabilities. The event was attended by leaders from the 56 DD Councils across the country and was sponsored by Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The Disability History Project

People with disabilities are the largest minority group yet their history is largely absent from American culture. This hub presents stories of accessibility, innovation, struggle, drama, and surprise that bring people with disabilities to the center of our nation’s history.

1954: Brown v Board of Education establishes civil rights for black students and opens the door for disabled students. 1962: Ed Roberts becomes a disability activist for college campuses after being denied access to Berkeley and begins Centers for Independent Living that eventually span the US. 1974: Chicago Illinois repeals the last “ugly laws” - laws that declare anyone who is diseased, maimed, or mutilated to be an ugly person.

Use these resources to deepen your understanding of disability national and how it affects your students. These include:

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Kogi guber poll: Dont set the State on fire, accept defeat in good faith – Women, youths tell SDP Women and youth groups in Kogi on Saturday pleaded with the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alh. Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka to accept the result of the Nov. 11 governorship election in good faith. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the groups, who staged a rally round the streets of Lokoja metropolis carrying placards with various inscriptions, begged Yakubu-Ajaka and his supporters not to do anything that would set the state on fire. The groups said that Kogi belongs to all indigenes and residents alike irrespective of political, tribal or religious leanings, and must be cherished, nurtured and preserved, not to be burnt down. Mr John Dele, who spoke on behalf of the youth said nothing must be allowed to affect the peace being enjoyed in the state under the administration of Gov. Yahaya Bello. “Our joy is that the off-cycle governorship election was the freest and fairest in the history of our state. “We, therefore, urged aggrieved parties, who might still want to contest its outcome to go about it in line with laid down guidelines instead of harassing the electoral umpire and the opposition,” he said. Dele called on security agencies to rise to the occasion to maintain the existing peace in the state. He also urged the Governor-elect, Usman Ododo, to ensure that the incumbent’s legacies in the area of peace and security were sustained. He cautioned SDP and its supporters not to heat the polity unnecessarily with actions capable of burning down the state. “Elections have come and gone and someone has won. If you’re aggrieved, follow the right channel,” he said. Also speaking on behalf of the women, Ireti olukomogbon, said that the SDP candidate was trying to set the people against INEC with unfounded allegations. She said the governorship election in Kogi was free and fair and appealed to the SDP candidate and his supporters to embrace peace and work together with the candidate that won. “Kogi people have shown clearly that they stand with the Kogi Agenda with their votes. If you’re aggrieved, go to court the proper way. As for the youths and women demography, we will support Alh. Usman Ododo to succeed,” she said. Responding to the protest, Mr Isaiah Ijele, SDP Director of New Media, Muri/Sam Campaign Council, said the protests was stage-managed by APC against SDP and its governorship candidate. He denied the involvement of his party in any act of violence in the state as a fallout of the Nov. 11 governorship poll. “We, hereby, call for the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in the protests, inciting violence and making provocative statements,” he said. (NAN) ===========

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ALH vs ETF Dream11 Prediction: Fantasy Cricket Tips, Today's Playing 11, Player Stats, Pitch Report for KCC T20 Champions Trophy, Match 24

Al Hajery (ALH) will face EcovertFM (ETF) in the 24th match of the KCC T20 Champions Trophy at Sulabiya Ground in Al Jahra Governorate on Tuesday, May 9. Before the match, here is everything you need to know about the ALH vs ETF Dream11 Fantasy Prediction. Al Hajery has had a poor season so far. After playing three matches, they have only won once and lost twice and are fifth in Group B with two…

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2023 Election: Northern group tells Nigerians to Ignore el-Rufai

A group known as United Northern Interest Movement (UNIM) has described the Kaduna State governor, Mal. Nasir Elrufai, as one who shouldn’t be taken serious by well-meaning Nigerians. In a statement issued in Kaduna on Friday and made available to newsmen, the group said the recent vituperations by the governor against the president and Northern Elders is nothing but self-serving by a man running away from his past and present shadow. The national secretary of the group Alh. Abubakar Musa Suleiman said Gov. Elrufai has zero principle on issues rather than his personal and family interest whenever its threatened. He said the governor always swims in controversy and anarchy. “Imagine a man who has been calling Tinubu unprintable names just few weeks ago has now turn around to be his friend and insulting our elders” “The same man who formulated lies, including politically cooked up religious lies in order to take power, is now insulting northern leaders just because it’s evident that his men and party won’t return to power” he added. The national secretary appealled to northern elders and Nigerians not to fall to the antics of man parading himself as a leader that is speaking on national issues. He said Gov. Elrufai is only trying to cause anarchy in the country, hiding under 2023 election interest as he severally did in Kaduna for 7yrs but for the intervention of our leaders and elders that are always intervening, Kaduna State would have been turned to a war theater. “Nobody is his friend. This is a man that has betrayed all his benefactors and friends as people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Atiku Abubakar, Nuhu Ribadu, Hunkuyi, Rotimi Ameachi and many others have bitter stories to tell about him” “Tinubu should be wary of him, he won’t spare Pres. Buhari immediately after May this year. He is a bristle and unreliable character;” Suleiman added. Read the full article

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A look back and update on the debate over the features in the martian meteorite ALH 84001, which led a group of researchers to propose in 1996 that they had identified evidence for martian life. Today, many of the individual features identified in that sample have been produced in the lab without the help of life, but mechanisms to produce all of them in a single rock other than the presence of life still elude researchers, leaving this rock a tantalizing mystery.

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Daily Tafsir of Ibn Kathir

Righteous Deeds ascend to Allah

(To Him ascend the good words,) means, words of remembrance, recitation of Qur'an, and supplications. This was the view of more than one of the Salaf. Ibn Jarir recorded that Al-Mukhariq bin Sulaym said that "`Abdullah bin Mas`ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said to them, "If we tell you a Hadith, we will bring you proof of it from the Book of Allah. When the Muslim servants says, `Glory and praise be to Allah, there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is Most Great and blessed be Allah,' an angel takes these words and puts them under his wing, then he ascends with them to the heaven. He does not take them past any group of angels but they seek forgiveness for the one who said them, until he brings them before Allah, may He be glorified.'' Then `Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, recited:

(To Him ascend the good words, and the righteous deeds exalt it).'' Imam Ahmad recorded that An-Nu`man bin Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah said:

(Those who remember Allah and glory Allah by saying, `Glory be to Allah, Allah is most Great, all praise is due to Allah and La ilaha illallah, these words go around the Throne buzzing like bees, mentioning those who said them. Would one of you not like to have something with Allah mentioning him)'' This was also recorded by Ibn Majah.

and the righteous deeds exalt it. Ali bin Abi T?alh?ah reported that Ibn Abba0s, may Alla0h be pleased with him, said, The good word is the remembrance of Alla0h, may He be exalted, which is taken up to Alla0h, and the righteous deed is the performance of obligatory duties. Whoever remembers Alla0h when doing an obligatory duty, his deed carries his remembrance of Alla0h and takes it up to Alla0h, may He be exalted. Whoever remembers Alla0h and does not perform the obligatory duties, his words will be rejected, as will his deed.

but those who plot evils, Muja0hid, Sa 0d bin Jubayr and Shahr bin H?awshab said, This refers to those who show off by their actions, i.e., they deceive the people by giving the impression that they are obeying Alla0h, when in fact they are hated by Alla0h for showing off. Alla0h says:

(theirs will be severe torment. And the plotting of such will perish.) meaning, it will fail and vanish, for their reality is apparent from up close to those who have insight and wisdom. No one conceals a secret but Allah will cause it to become known, on his face or by a slip of the tongue, or He will cause the person to wear it like a cloak (so that everyone will see it). If it is good, then the consequences will be good, and if it is bad, then the consequences will be bad. The person who shows off cannot continue to deceive anyone but the fool, but the believers who have insight are not deceived by that; from up close, they soon discover it. And nothing at all can be hidden from the Knower of the Unseen (Allah).

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Australia’s Largest Hospitality Group Launch Nightcap Hotels Nationwide Australia’s Largest Hospitality Group Launch Nightcap Hotels Nationwide.  ALH Group has launched Nightcap Hotels, a nationwide accommodation brand offering everything a guest needs to eat, drink, play and stay, all at an affordable price.  

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Tips untuk pengguna iPhone

Berikut tips untuk iPhone. AZA kini menggunakan iPhone 8.

Senarai pecahan tajuk

1. Safari

2. Emoji

3. Battery

4. Compass

5. Camera

6. Multitasking Menu

7. Data

8. Network

9. Fungsi Tap Pada Paparan Masa

10. Shortcuts untuk cepat taip

11. Apps

12. Sound

13. Sticker

14. iOS update AUTO/MANUAL

15. Calendar

16. Add Widget

17. Fetch / Push

18. To edit text

19. Reminders

20. Calculator

21. Call back

22. Customize your replies

23. Settings

TITLE 1 - Safari

1. Reading pane - Pada di hujung ruangan URL safari terdapat icon reading pane. Jika anda tap icon yang simbolnya garisan yang berbentuk seperti perenggan tersebut, anda dapat lihat paparan standard untuk apa jua page yang anda baca di internet.

2. Bookmark - Taipkan pada ruangan URL safari alamat website yang ingin anda lawati dan tap butang "Go" pada keyboard anda. Bila page tersebut berjaya anda lawati, tap pada butang safari yang ada simbol anak panah dan tap pada bookmark. Last but not least, tap butang "Done" pada keyboard anda. Ianya akan secara automatik berada dalam senarai "Favorites" anda.

3. Multipage - Icon multipage yang mempunyai simbol dua kotak segi 4 bertindih pula akan memaparkan pelbagai page yang anda lawati. Jika anda mahu clear 100% paparan tersebut hanya perlu tap pada icon multipage dan swipe ke kiri. Jika 100% clear telah dilakukan, maka ianya akan memaparkan pelbagai bookmark "Favorites" anda. Anda hanya perlu tap pada mana-mana icon "Favorites" tersebut untuk lawati page tanpa perlu menaip sepanjang mana pun alamat URL lagi.

4. Clear history safari

Tap Setting > Safari > tap pada "Clear history". Alang-alang tap juga pada "Clear Cookies and Data". Maka history, cookies dan data 100% clear.

5. Block cookies

Tap Setting > Safari > Block Cookies > pilih "Always".

TITLE 2 - Emoji

Guna emoji untuk gambarkan emosi suka, sedih, dan sebagainya.

Tap Settings > General > Keyboard > Add New Keyboard > Emoji.

TITLE 3 - Battery

1. Nak cepat penuh charge iPhone? , hanya aktifkan "flight safe mode". Swipe paparan dari bawah skrin menghala ke atas. Pilih button airplane mode, cara terpantas tak nak ganggu solat (JANGAN LUPA OFF ALARM sebab tetap akan bunyi walau flight safe mode), nak charge mobile phone cepat penuh, nak putus hubungan melalui mobile phone sebentar.

2. Nak bateri tahan lebih lama?

Tap Setting > General > Spotlight search > untick yang kurang penting.

3. Paparan battery percentage icon

Tap Setting > General> Usage > "on" battery percentage.

Jenis lithium-ion adalah lebih baik lebih kerap di cas untuk memastikan jangka hayat bateri lebih lama. Masa terbaik untuk charge adalah ketika tahap bateri berada pada kadar 10-20%. Ianya akan memanjangkan jangka hayat bateri dari 400-600 cycle kepada 1000-1100 cycle. Ini bermakna jangan charge bateri ketika tahap bateri berada lebih dari 20%.

Sekali setiap 3 bulan pastikan bateri anda 0% dan pada kadar yang segera mulakan untuk di recharge sehingga penuh 100% bagi memastikan komponen bateri digunakan 100% setiap 3 bulan.

TITLE 4 - Compass

Compass bukan sahaja untuk compass, tapi boleh berfungsi sebagai pengukur ketepatan keseimbangan. Anda hanya perlu swipe ke kiri setelah aktifkan compass.

TITLE 5 - Camera

1. Nak focus gambar tanpa hilang focus yang membuatkan gambar anda blur? Hanya tekan pada screen beberapa saat sehingga keluar indication "AF Locked", kemudian anda boleh gerakkan kamera anda tanpa hilang focus.

2. Nak snap photo tanpa tekan pada butang di screen? Gunakan butang "volume" untuk snap photo.

TITLE 6 - Multitasking Menu

1. Nak cepat clear background apps? Hanya gerakkan 3 jari anda ke atas pada "multitasking menu" maka 3 background apps dapat anda clear serentak.

2. Apa jua aktiviti anda pada iPhone anda, nak clear hanya pergi ke "multitasking menu". Cara paling cepat untuk ke "multitasking menu" adalah dengan "double press" butang iphone.

TITLE 7 - Data

Anda nak jimatkan data? Pergi ke "setting>mobile data" dan pilih apps penting sahaja gunakan data anda, yang kurang penting anda tetapkan untuk bila ada sambungan Wi-Fi sahaja.

TITLE 8 - Network

Network macam tak kuat? Dapatkan ketepatan kekuatan network di mana anda berada ketika itu dengan dial *3001#12345#* dan tekan butang call. Jika result adalah -50 adalah bagus maka -100 adalah kurang bagus.

TITLE 9 - Fungsi Tap Pada Paparan Masa

1. Auto scroll up - Bila kita baca content di internet, terutama content yang panjang, cara mudah untuk kita naik ke paparan teratas adalah tap pada paparan masa yang terletak pada bahagian tengah teratas skrin mobile phone anda. Kalau website tiada button auto scroll up pun tak jadi masalah.

2. Teknik ini juga untuk mengecilkan paparan penuh yang melindungi button seperti back's button, multiple pages, bookmark dan sebagainya pada safari.

TITLE 10 - Shortcuts untuk cepat taip

Nak cepat typing?

Tap Setting > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement > + > sampai kat stage ni, anda nak shortcut untuk apa? katakan "Alhamdulillah ;)". Siap ada emoji lagi selepas text Alhamdulillah . So pada bahagian phrase dan shortcuts taipkan seperti berikut dan save.

Phrase > Alhamdulillah ;)

Shortcuts > alh

Tap save.

Later bila anda taip "alh" jer terus keluar perkataan lengkap "Alhamdulillah ;)" seperti yang telah anda setting. Mudah dan pantas. Standard kan semua shortcuts anda gunakan huruf kecil sahaja dan 3 huruf sahaja dengan menggunakan 3 huruf terawal pada perkataan yang anda mahu tetapkan.

TITLE 11 - Apps

1. Banyak Apps penyebab anda tak alert? Gunakan Apps berbeza untuk tujuan yang berbeza.

AZA gunakan WhatsApp untuk one-to-one communication. Telegram Messenger untuk group discussion. Ada perkara nak group chat, masa tu sahaja AZA gunakan Telegram Messenger. Group chat tak perlu notification sebab real time chat. Berbanding one-to-one chat yang memerlukan immediate respond bila sahaja dapat notification. Manakala Google Plus untuk integrated dengan Blogger. Ketiga-tiga Apps ini AZA gunakan untuk stay in touch dengan anda.

2. Versi iPhone anda tak sesuai dengan Apps version? Tak perlu nak lakukan perkara pelik jika anda tak boleh nak download apps kerana mobile phone version. Mari AZA ajarkan anda cara mudah untuk anda masih boleh download apps tersebut dengan menggunakan older apps version.

Step 1

Login iTune pada komputer anda dengan menggunakan Apple ID anda seperti apple ID iPhone anda bila anda nak download apa-apa apps di Apps Store.

Step 2

Download Apps yang tak boleh nak download pada iPhone anda tadi kerana kali ni pasti boleh kerana anda download ke komputer anda.

Step 3

Bila dah berjaya download guna iTune, kali ni cuba anda download apps tersebut guna iPhone anda. Kenapa kali ni boleh? Ini adalah cara yang betul tanpa perlu lakukan perkara yang pelik. Welcome to Apple family ;).

TITLE 12 - Sound

Receive call anda tak dengar apa-apa sound? Check button pada iPhone anda adakah anda lupa switch button "silent-ringer" yang terletak pada bahagian atas button volume.

TITLE 13 - Sticker

Suka dengan sticker yang dikirim oleh rakan anda? Anda juga boleh gunakan sticker tersebut tanpa anda perlu bersusah payah untuk edit. Bagaimana?

Step 1 > Tap pada sticker tersebut. Kemudian akan dipaparkan dialog box dan anda pilih simbol "bintang" pada dalong box tersebut. Secara automatik anda dah boleh gunakan sticker tersebut untuk dikirimkan kepada rakan anda yang lain. Bagaimana?

Step 2 > Tap pada ruangan untuk anda taip message yang kebiasaannya anda gunakan untuk whatsapp rakan anda. kemudian anda tap pula pada simbol sticker yang terletak di penjuru kanan ruangan untuk anda taip message tadi. Anda akan dipaparkan simbol "jam", "bintang", "love" dan beberapa sticker yang anda dah download (jika ada). Tap pada simbol "bintang". Di situ tersimpan sticker yang anda copy dari rakan anda tadi.

TITLE 14 - iOS update AUTO/MANUAL

Setting > General > Software Update > Off. Tak nak auto update sebab kalau update cepat sangat, pastu baru tahu ada security flaws pada update terbaru tersebut kan naya. Bukan boleh percaya sangat ngan Apple tu. Dah banyak kali mereka release update tapi kemudian baru tahu ada security flaws.

TITLE 15 - Calendar

Gunakan app “calendar” yang ada pada iPhone anda sebagai reminder

TITLE 16 - Add Widget

Gunakan juga app add widget iaitu “up next” utk auto paparan semasa apa yg telah anda tetapkan pada calendar termasuk alarm.

TITLE 17 - Fetch / Push

Pastikan apps yang anda gunakan setting ke "fetch" bukan "push" email bagi memastikan bateri anda kurang buat kerja yang sebenarnya tak perlu kerap. Go to setting> Password & Accounts > fetch new data > OFF "Push" button. Go to fetch and select either manually/hourly/every 30 or 15 minutes.

TITLE 18 - To edit text

Click and hold the space bar. “you can move the cursor instead of trying to drag the cursor itself with your fat thumb”.

TITLE 19 - Reminders

Gunakan app Reminders yang terdapat pada iPhone anda untuk remind anda Birthday dan pelbagai perkara yang boleh anda asingkan ke pelbagai tab mengikut kategori yang anda cipta sendiri.

TITLE 20 - Calculator

Instead of resetting your baby maths from the start, just swipe left or right on the calculator to erase the last number you typed.

TITLE 21 - Call back

Hit the green phone picture on your handset. This will automatically bring up the last number you dialed.

TITLE 22 - Customize your replies

Simply go to Settings > Phone > Respond with text and set up your own customized responses. Easy!

TITLE 23 - Settings

SETTINGS > GENERAL > RESET > RESET ALL SETTINGS

SETTINGS > IF (YOU HAVE SIGN IN TO YOUR IPHONE) > NAME, PHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL

SETTINGS > IF (YOU HAVE SIGN IN TO YOUR IPHONE) > PASSWORD & SECURITY

SETTINGS > IF (YOU HAVE SIGN IN TO YOUR IPHONE) > PAYMENT & SHIPPING

SETTINGS > IF (YOU HAVE SIGN IN TO YOUR IPHONE) > ICLOUD > OFF

SETTINGS > IF (YOU HAVE SIGN IN TO YOUR IPHONE) > ITUNES & APP STORE > OFF (ALL)

SETTINGS > AIRPLANE MODE > OFF

SETTINGS > WI-FI > OFF

SETTINGS > BLUETOOTH > OFF

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > ON

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > MOBILE DATA OPTIONS > ROAMING OFF

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > PERSONAL HOTSPOT > OFF

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > NETWORK SELECTION > AUTOMATIC > ON

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > ON (ONLY IMPORTANT APPS) such as Safari, Phone, etc

SETTINGS > MOBILE DATA > WIFI ASSIST > OFF

SETTINGS > PERSONAL HOTSPOT > OFF

SETTINGS > NOTIFICATIONS > SHOW PREVIEWS > NEVER

SETTINGS > SOUNDS & HAPTICS > ON (SYSTEM HAPTICS ONLY)

SETTINGS > DO NOT DISTURB > OFF (ALL)

SETTINGS > SCREEN TIME > ALWAYS ALLOWED > PHONE, MESSAGE

SETTINGS > GENERAL > ACCESSIBILITY > DISPLAY ACCOMMODATIONS > AUTO BRIGHTNESS > OFF

SETTINGS > GENERAL > KEYBOARD > AUTO CORRECTION > OFF

SETTINGS > GENERAL > BACKGROUND APP REFRESH > OFF

SETTINGS > CONTROL CENTRE > ACCESS WITHIN APPS > OFF

SETTINGS > DISPLAY & BRIGHTNESS > OFF (ALL)

SETTINGS > WALLPAPER > CHOOSE A NEW WALLPAPER > SELECT BLACK & WHITE

SETTINGS > SIRI & SEARCH > OFF (ALL)

SETTINGS > TOUCH ID & PASSCODE > USE TOUCH ID FOR > ON (ALL)

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Quran 2:204

"Dan di antara manusia ada orang yang tutur katanya mengenai hal kehidupan dunia, menyebabkan engkau tertarik hati (mendengarnya), dan ia (bersumpah dengan mengatakan bahawa) Allah menjadi saksi atas apa yang ada dalam hatinya, padahal ia adalah orang yang amat keras permusuhannya (kepadamu)."

"And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents."

Kefahaman AZA

"Allah mengetahui apa yang tidak kita ketahui dan mengingatkan kita agar berhati-hati"

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Coalition of groups asks President Tinubu to strip Atiku of GCON national honour The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Political Parties for Good Governance has asked President Bola Tinubu to strip Atiku Abubakar of the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON). The group stressed that doing so would serve as a deterrent to others about the importance of respecting the office of the President. The convener of the coalition, Dr Lilian Ogbole, made the call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. She noted that if Atiku’s recent press conference can aptly be described as a face-saving gimmick to capture power from the back door by whipping up sentiments and fabricating lies, Peter Obi’s belated press conference of October 11, 2023, over the same issue was at best childish, shameful, and laughable. Ogbole emphasised that rather than providing evidence to contradict Tinubu’s submissions to INEC, Obi laughably requested that the President help him with evidence that would invalidate the certificates and information submitted to INEC. The convener said it is getting clearer that the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was on a collision course with national interests and has never subscribed to true democracy nor respected the rule of law. Ogbole opined that Atiku, the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party in the 2003 election, was not a man Nigerians could comfortably entrust with the welfare of the country, going by his leadership antecedents. Her words: “The fact that Alh. Atiku Abubakar serially lost his bid to become the President of Nigeria isn’t enough reason why he should deliberately drag the image of Nigeria and that of the coveted office of the Vice President, which he once occupied, in the mud. This is unacceptable to us, and we will not henceforth sit down and watch him do such a thing. “As stakeholders in the business of nation-building, we wish to use this medium to call on His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to utilise the authority conferred on him by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to protect the image and interest of the country by stripping Alh. Atiku Abubakar Sadiq of the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON). “You will agree with us that a man with Atiku’s character is not honourable and does not deserve to keep the award that is meant for honourable men and women of repute.” #CoalitionasksPresidentTinubutostripAtikuofGCONNationalHonour