#Interior Ministry

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By Sam Metz

September 11, 2023

An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble.

Law enforcement and aid workers — both Moroccan and international — have arrived in the region south of the city of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude-6.8 tremor on Friday night and several aftershocks.

Residents await food, water and electricity, and giant boulders now block steep mountain roads.

Here’s what you need to know:

WHAT ARE THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED?

The epicenter was high in the Atlas Mountains about 70 kilometers (44 miles) south of Marrakech in Al Haouz province.

The region is largely rural, made up of red-rock mountains, picturesque gorges and glistening streams and lakes.

For residents like Hamid Idsalah, a 72-year-old mountain guide from the Ouargane Valley, it is unclear what the future holds.

Idsalah relies on Moroccan and foreign tourists who visit the region due to its proximity to both Marrakech and Toubkal, North Africa’s tallest peak and a destination for hikers and climbers.

“I can’t reconstruct my home. I don’t know what I’ll do. Still, I’m alive so I’ll wait,” he said as rescue teams traversed the unpaved road through the valley for the first time this weekend.

The earthquake shook most of Morocco and caused injury and death in other provinces, including Marrakech, Taroudant and Chichaoua.

WHO WAS AFFECTED?

Of the 2,122 deaths reported as of Sunday evening, 1,351 were in Al Haouz, a region with a population of around 570,000, according to Morocco’s 2014 census.

People speak a combination of Arabic and Tachelhit, Morroco’s most common Indigenous language.

Villages of clay and mud brick built into mountainsides have been destroyed.

Though tourism contributes to the economy, the province is largely agrarian.

And like much of North Africa, before the earthquake, Al Haouz was reckoning with record drought that dried rivers and lakes, imperiling the largely agricultural economy and way of life.

Outside a destroyed mosque in the town of Amizmiz, Abdelkadir Smana said the disaster would compound existing struggles in the area, which had reckoned with the coronavirus pandemic in addition to the drought.

“Before and now, it’s the same,” said the 85-year-old. “There wasn’t work or much at all.”

WHO IS PROVIDING AID?

Morocco has deployed ambulances, rescue crews and soldiers to the region to help assist with emergency response efforts.

Aid groups said the government has not made a broad appeal for help and accepted only limited foreign assistance.

The Interior Ministry said it was accepting search and rescue-focused international aid from Spain, Qatar, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, bypassing offers from French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden.

“We stand ready to provide any necessary assistance for the Moroccan people,” Biden said Sunday on a trip to Vietnam.

WHY IS MARRAKECH HISTORIC?

The earthquake cracked and crumbled parts of the walls that surround Marrakech’s old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site built in the 12th century.

Videos showed dust emanating from parts of the Koutoubia Mosque, one of the city’s best known historic sites.

The city is Morocco’s most widely visited destination, known for its palaces, spice markets, tanneries and Jemaa El Fna, its noisy square full of food vendors and musicians.

HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO OTHER QUAKES?

Friday’s earthquake was Morocco’s strongest in over a century but, though such powerful tremors are rare, it isn’t the country’s deadliest.

Just over 60 years ago, the country was rocked by a magnitude-5.8 quake that killed over 12,000 people on its western coast, where the city of Agadir, southwest of Marrakech, crumbled.

That quake prompted changes in construction rules in Morocco, but many buildings, especially rural homes, are not built to withstand such tremors.

There had not been any earthquakes stronger than magnitude 6.0 within 310 miles (500 kilometers) of Friday’s tremor in at least a century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Northern Morocco experiences earthquakes more often, including tremors of magnitude 6.4 in 2004 and magnitude 6.3 in 2016.

Elsewhere this year, a magnitude 7.8 temblor that shook Syria and Turkey killed more than 21,600 people.

The most devastating earthquakes in recent history have been above magnitude 7.0, including a 2015 tremor in Nepal that killed over 8,800 people and a 2008 quake that killed 87,500 in China.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?

Emergency response efforts are likely to continue as teams traverse mountain roads to reach villages hit hardest by the earthquake.

Many communities lack food, water, electricity, and shelter.

But once aid crews and soldiers leave, the challenges facing hundreds of thousands who call the area home will likely remain.

Members of the Moroccan Parliament are scheduled to convene Monday to create a government fund for earthquake response at the request of King Mohammed VI.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice [3/?]

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Interior Ministry reports massacres are taking place in Gaza

I hate how my brain went "we know, we all know" like.. We know, and no one will do anything. The people who want to help get blocked. This world is rotting.

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Elections, the deposit of symbols, the race to finish first on the ballot

Elections, the deposit of symbols, the race to finish first on the ballot

The first step of the August electoral campaign is about to be consummated: on Friday 12 August at 8 am, the ‘queue’ at the Viminale will begin to be able to deposit the badges of the parties and movements thatand intend to run in the elections on 25 September. An unprecedented mid-August eve for the parties that until Sunday 14 at 16 will have to ‘fight’ for the place on the ballot paper, the…

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Consider the Best Uses for Glass Ready Cabinet Doors

The addition of Glass Ready Cabinet Doors to any kitchen design is a welcome one. Glass doors not only break up the monotony of solid cabinet faces, but they also provide both aesthetic and practical value. Let's look at several glass-front door applications to see how you might combine them into your kitchen's layout and decor.

Glass paned cabinet doors have recently been more of a fad in kitchen design than a standard. Among the many advantages of glass-front cabinets are: • Allowing for splashes of color and seasonal décor to be exhibited behind glass-front cabinets to help make tiny areas feel larger • Adding reflected interest to the entire design by utilizing available light.

Ultimately, depending on what's within, glass cabinet doors provide both utilitarian and aesthetic appeal. Glass-front cabinets are a great alternative to entirely exposed shelves since they keep your valuables safe and secure.

Textures for Kitchen Cabinet Doors with Popular Glass Fronts

While shaker cabinet doors with glass come in a number of textures, while working with customers on their kitchen renovation product selections, we've found three distinct trends.

Glass Panel Cabinet Doors have one little flaw: you can see straight through them. So, if you're going to put them in cabinets to hold beautiful dishes or seasonal décor, they're fantastic. Clear glass, on the other hand, may terrify some homes since, while there is storage, there are less places to hide a jumble of household objects. Reeded textured glass panels are a smart choice in situations like these. They have all of the advantages of glass doors but are less expensive.

This design is characterized by vertical lines that repeat in a regular rhythm. Keep that in mind as you examine how it will blend in with the other textures and patterns you want to use in your kitchen. If your backsplash or flooring, for example, have a directional design, you might want to try the following trend on our list.

Another common alternative is cabinet door panels made of water glass. They feature a more complicated, non-linear pattern that looks well in both modern and classic kitchens. This design, however, is significantly more translucent than the reeded variant, so bear that in mind when determining what to put behind them.

If you have a more complicated pattern on your floors, countertops, or backsplash, you might prefer the more basic texture of water glass. A streamlined contemporary kitchen, on the other hand, can benefit from the vitality that water glass designs can bring. Consider glass-door appliances to suit your new kitchen's glass-front cabinets, such as this built-in wine cooler:

Clear glass is a tried-and-true classic that most renovation homeowners choose. The glass cabinet doors can be seen in farmhouse, classic, transitional, and even modern kitchens. With transparent glass, the emphasis is on showcasing what's inside as well as the willingness to keep them clean so they're not obscured by smudges and fingerprints.

A Style Guide for White Kitchen Cabinets and Countertops

Do you think popular white kitchen cabinets have a lot of oomph? If you're thinking of using white to reface your current kitchen cabinets or to replace them entirely, you're not alone.

A kitchen centered with flexible white cabinets provides a bright, fresh appearance to a number of design styles, from classic to modern, rustic farmhouse, shaker, or sleek and streamlined transitional aesthetics. White also helps reflect available light and enlarges the appearance of a room, which is beneficial in prep areas. Plus, especially in a kitchen area, ageing eyes will welcome the added dose of light.

White Kitchen Cabinetry Countertop Options

The first stage in creating a color palette is deciding whether you want warm or cold tones. However, the overall style and feel you want to achieve, as well as the practical preferences of your family, are equally vital, such as countertop upkeep, eco-friendly materials, seamless finishes, textural features, heat and scratch resistance, and so on. However, here's a quick guide to picking the right countertop for your white kitchen cabinets:

1. Whether you're refacing, buying new cabinets or going custom, pick an overall design concept and a cabinet door type and color.

2. Choose your color scheme and if you want warm or cold tones. This will make choosing a countertop color and considering complementing or contrasting your design much easier.

3. Then, depending on the performance that best matches your personal use and wants, conclude your budget alternatives and pick a countertop material that best suits your personal use and needs. A style with a combination of countertops is also popular.

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Best Salon Interior Designers in Delhi NCR

Nowadays, SALON is considered the best place for body relaxation and set the mind free. That’s why, when we talk about a SALON, comfort, voluptuousness, and luxury come to mind automatically. You have to always remember that a good ambiance and interior of any place attract the people most. Hence, the interior should have such attractiveness that gives a tranquil impact on the customers as well as staff team members also. As the best Salon Interior Designers in Delhi NCR, we have earned a good reputation by completing so many projects within the deadlines. Our team assure that every stage in the Designing procedure is delivered very sharply from the beginning to the final setup.

Nail and Hammer are the best, professional and reputed Salon Interior Designers in Delhi that provides neoteric and contemporaneous experience with a good team of professionals. Our team always focus on your demand of you and designs everything according to modern technology. We know that the interiors design of the SALON is not just about the decoration or placement of the furniture and colouring of the walls but also ambient planning and selection of various things that can make the Salon a much more attractive and relaxing centre. Hence, our expert engineers give special emphasis on some factors like Storage, styling areas, soothing colour schemes, Shampoo areas, Lavish Baths, Spa Rooms, flooring options and much more, everything will be designed exactly just according to the atmosphere as you want to create for your customers. Thus, an appropriate dispensation of things has a major role to give your place an attractive look.

Are you planning to design a Salon, if yes then you are at the right place? We are a professional Salon Interior designer in Gurgaon that can provide you best, latest, and most contemporary beauty salon interior design ideas with a highly experienced and professional team of engineers. We always work by using the finest quality material and preferable workmanship to give an attractive and impressive look to your salon. Our team works on fixing everything like the placement of mirrors, Salon furniture, flooring patterns, and space-saving shelves. Our experienced Interior Designers also use modern sciences and quality materials along with modern technology for developing the interior of your Salon. They also know to comply with the quality norms and values to assure the reliability of the clientage.

As the best Salon Interior Designer in Noida, Nail and Hammer have a good reputation in this field because we have completed many various projects within the deadline. Our interior decorators focus on the client’s expectations and never get the burden on the client’s budget. Services that are offered by us increase the stylishness of your salon and leave an amazing engram on visitors. So, our service is offered as per the specification of the clients and much appreciated because of the finest way and proficiency.

Advantages of hiring Nail and Hammer for Salon Interior design:

Help choose the idea for your salon.

Design a stellar interior for your salon.

Evaluate setup prices concerned.

Install good lighting within the salon.

Use the proper technology to embellish the interiors.

Helps to decide on items of furnishings and alternative accessories.

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Interior Ministry will design and update ID Cards according to EU Law

Lawmakers and competent bodies will continue discuss the removal of the father’s and mother’s names from Cypriot ID cards on June 6

Interior Ministry will update MP’s for new ID cards design and how much it will cost. Lawmakers and competent bodies will continue discuss the removal of the father’s and mother’s names from Cypriot ID cards on June 6, following the example of other EU countries. Cyprus is the only country among the 26 member states of the European Union that continues to mention the parents’ names on IDs…

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French TV journalist having a hard time trying to get woman in the street to comment on Macron's latest speech yesterday

Protesters organised casserolades (aka banging on pots and pans) in front of city halls across the country at 8pm, when Macron was speaking, to symbolically drown out his voice. Later that evening, Macron was filmed singing a song with some 'random people' in a street in Paris, trying to show he can go out and meet people and have fun because protesters don't exist. The people he was singing with (members of a choir, some of whom are 'alt-right-leaning') were using a folk song app created by far-right activists that was criticised a few months ago for hosting a Spanish fascist anthem & Third Reich military marches.

The government's response was that the President "couldn't know the background of the people he met that night." Maybe if he wants to avoid being associated with the far-right (that's a big if, I know), Macron should keep in mind that with the kinds of strategies and positioning his government has adopted lately, people in the street who welcome him with open arms and are proud to be filmed with him have a higher than average likelihood of supporting fascism.

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If you are a Ghost fan, here are a few photos I took today at The Ministry. You may recognize these settings from their chapter videos and a few delicious music videos.

I do apologize but I have been asked by the grounds management to not release the name and location. It is still a resting place and I must respect that. The place would be swarmed, and we can't have that happening. If you are in the know about the location, please refrain from commenting it or I will have to delete your comment. Thank you for respecting the sanctity of this place.

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Cuba Arrests 17 linked to Russian Trafficking Network Recruiting Cubans for War in Ukraine   

As reported in yesterday’s post to this blog, the Cuban Government on September 4th stated that it “has detected and it is working to neutralize and dismantle a human trafficking network that operates from Russia in order to incorporate Cuban citizens living there and even some living in Cuba, into the military forces that participate in military operations in Ukraine. Attempts of this nature…

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice [4/?]

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31.03.2023 - Another part of the house done. I originally did not want a colour on the wall here but it looked boring without some colour. Really happy how it turned out!

Lieke Koster - There's a River in My Veins

Paper Ministry - Morning Sun

Plantstraws - plant straw medium

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Having panic attack about seeing how hell is breaking loose because of ONE SINGLE MAN

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SPOT IMPROVEMENT OF FP17;TENWET-IRONGO ROAD 2024 - MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION TENDER FEBRUARY 2024  OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER NAKURU COUNTY TENDER NOTICE The County Commissioner Nakuru County invites bids from interested, eligible & qualified contractors to undertake the road works shown here below: S/No Tender No Tender Description Eligibility 1. NKUW46/2023-2024 SPOT IMPROVEMENT OF FP17;TENWET-IRONGO…

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Manama Ch F: Mikhail Kukushkin [Alt] def. Richard Gasquet [1] 7-6(5), 6-4 Match Stats

📸 ATP official website

While this turned out to be a tight match, M. Kukushkin’s aggressive play through his forehands could out-pace Gasquet, which not only helped him to absorb the pace in the middle of the first set, but also helped him navigating the first set tie-breaker. This way, even under pressure as evident in the first set tie-breaker, he won a key point before securing the first set several points later thanks to a forehand down-the-line winner, and maintained his point construction to add to his intuitive play. As a result, even though both players had 4 break points, the Kazakh alternate successfully converted 50% of them, including the crucial one from the second set.

Interestingly, both players had their own service game strengths by the conclusion of this match. Despite scoring just 2 aces to M. Kukushkin’s 3, the latter still won his 77% first serve points, 16% more than Gasquet considering his firmer second set. On the other hand, Gasquet won 3% more points from his second serves compared to his first, but it was also the same difference with M. Kukushkin’s second serves, where the latter won 61% of his second serve points despite double-faulting just once.

This became M. Kukushkin’s first Challenger title since the Irving Challenger 2018, winning his eighth Challenger title without dropping a set (and facing his toughest opposition, judging by the scoreline, in the finals) while advancing to the finals in almost twice of it, where he was close to the title last year. Interestingly, Gasquet received a wild card to next week’s Doha (250), where he will face Alexander Shevchenko in the first round. Knowing A. Shevchenko’s red hot form, this could be an interesting test for the French veteran, who is still striving to return to the Top 100. Should be a close, exciting match, although he had to counter A. Shevchenko’s aggression before taking further initiatives.

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Cypriot Citizenship was granted to Vietnamese investor Dependents

the law firm handling his case that it was not possible for him to be in Cyprus to sign the relevant certificate, his dependents were granted the Cypriot citizenship.

The processing of the application for Cypriot citizenship of a Vietnamese investor who was wanted in his country for a serious criminal case at the time had continued smoothly despite that fact, Local News reported on Wednesday. In fact, he was granted Cypriot citizenship even though he had been  arrested and remanded in custody by that time and later revoked by cabinet due to Report on Golden…