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At first there wasn't anything special/different about them because "How does this affect the price of garri/fish?" is an age old idiom.

Then it got irritating because they used that question to derail every thread (which is the reason they are being banned - derailment. As you can see we can freely mention garri on this thread without getting banned).

Finally it became fun as they replaced Musiwa in my nairaland comedy roster. I missed Musiwa, his maps and his insanity. The Garri Activists are doing a good job filling that void. So I welcome them with open arms and a warm embrace.

However, they will soon be defeated in much the same way that Musiwa and all the other protesters of the past have been defeated.

This article was written in 2009.

[size=14pt]THE BEAST AND ITS ESCORTS[/size]

This month we look at the wheels of the most powerful man in the world, The President of The United States, Barrack Hussein Obama.

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Cadillac One

The current official car of the President of The United States is a Cadillac. It is the first presidential limousine not to have a specific model name (The previous presidential limousine, used by George W. Bush, was a modified Cadillac D.T.S). It has the call sign, Cadillac One (The presidential plane has the call sign Air-Force One and the presidential helicopter is known as Marine One). It looks so imposing that it has been nicknamed “The Beast” by the Secret Service. It first came into service on January 20th 2009. Like any presidential limousine, the security features are a closely guarded secret, but you can trust us, we’ve been able to unearth them for you.

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The New (Obama) Cadillac One (in front) with George Bush’s Presidential Limousines (Behind) on inauguration day.


SECURITY FEATURES

Cadillac One has eight inches thick armour plated doors that are the weight of the cabin door on a Boeing 757. The door handles incorporate a special system, which can only be opened by trained personnel (secret service). The driver’s window can withstand armour piercing bullets. It is the only window that opens, by just 3 inches, so that the driver can pay tolls or talk with secret service agents. The chauffer is trained by the CIA to cope with the most demanding of circumstances. The driver’s compartment contains a standard steering wheel, but the dash board contains a communications centre and GPS tracking system.

The petrol tank in the beast is armour plated and filled with a specially designed foam that prevents it from exploding if hit. Its bodywork consists of a combination of dual hardness steel, aluminium, titanium and even ceramic to break up possible projectiles. A reinforced five inch steel plate runs under the car for protection in the unlikely event of a bomb being placed underneath. The car is built on the platform of a GMC truck. The tyres are reinforced with Kevlar (the material used in bullet-proof vests) and are shred and puncture resistant, with steel rims underneath, enabling the car to escape at speed, even if the tyres are blasted away. The boot holds oxygen supply and a fire-fighting system. The limousine, like the Cadillac DTS, is equipped with night vision cameras, but the location of the cameras have been moved & are a secret. It is also armed with pump-action shotguns and tear gas cannons. Bottles of blood (the president’s blood type) are kept on board, in case he needs an emergency transfusion. The limousine is environmentally sealed against chemical and biological weapons.

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FLAGS AND SEALS

When the president is in the limousine, the presidential seal is affixed to its side and it flies two flags; the U.S flag on the right fender and the presidential flag on the left fender, for domestic trips and the U.S flag on the right fender and the flag of the host country on the left fender for trips abroad. The flags are ventilated and illuminated by High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D) directional flood lights, mounted on the hood.

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The limousine is maintained by the Secret Service, which, on delivery, took it apart and swept it for bugs. Two dedicated mechanics travel with the limousine wherever it goes.


TRAVELS

When the president travels out of Washington, Cadillac One is transported by U.S Air-Force C-17 Globemaster III or C-5 Galaxy transport planes to wherever the president is going to.

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The president never uses foreign “assets” overseas. He either uses Cadillac One, a Secret Service Chevrolet Suburban (Suburban One), or U.S embassy vehicles (indeed, Marine One, the presidential helicopter, is transported abroad by cargo planes anytime the president needs to use a helicopter overseas). This wasn’t always the case in the past. President Jimmy Carter rode in a Nigerian owned Land Rover when he visited Lagos in 1978.

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Jimmy Carter and Mohammadu Magoro at Apapa Port.

Another notable exception was when President Richard Nixon visited China for the first time in 1972. The U.S sought permission to fly in their presidential limousine, but Mao Zedong said that there was no need for that, because there were vehicles in China that were good enough to transport Nixon. Nixon agreed, because of the historic nature of the visit. He used Chinese made Red Flag limousines during his trip, though the limousine was taken apart by the U.S secret service and swept for bugs and other dangerous materials. Presidents Kennedy and Clinton used a white U.S embassy Rolls Royce, when they visited Northern Ireland.

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Chairman Mao Zedong’s Red Flag Limousine (Why do communists need a limousine? Aren’t they all meant to be equal?)


MOTORCADE

The length of the U.S. president’s motorcade varies, depending on the threat level and nature of his trip. It could vary from ten vehicles to forty vehicles (wonder what the POTUS’ carbon footprint is like). When the president is out of Washington, his motorcade usually consists of about thirty-five vehicles. Approximately the first half of the motorcade is known as the “secure package” and contains the presidential limousines, police cars and essential secret service vehicles. The “secure package” breaks away from the rest of the motorcade in the event of an attack. There are usually 2 or 3 identical limousines in the motorcade, one of these limousines carries the president, while the other acts as backup. The second limousine also serves as a decoy and it flies the two flags and carries the presidential seal, just like the limousine carrying the president. The two limousines usually switch positions several times during a journey.

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The two limousines, the radio jamming SUV (with antennas) and the war truck.

The route the president takes is usually cleared of traffic by local police lining the route. About 6 – 10 local policemen on motorcycles ride ahead of the motorcade to ensure that no other cars are on the route (this is very dangerous work and some policemen have been killed in accidents, while performing this duty). A local police car also drives ahead of the convoy to do a bomb sweep (equally very dangerous work). The local police play a very important part in planning the route, because they know the area, control traffic lights and are better able to plan against traffic jams and assist the secret service in planning escape routes and alternative routes.

Some of the main vehicles that travel with the president are: -

(1) Chevrolet Suburban (The War Truck): - Several Chevrolet Suburbans are in the motorcade and some of them carry the Secret Service Counter Assault Team (C.A.T), whose members are mostly ex-marines. They are well trained and well armed. Under U.S law, the secret service can request for the latest training techniques and weapons from any branch of the military and the military must comply with such request.

There was a proposal that some of the SUVs (particularly the SUV behind the President's limo) should carry the Dillon Aero Mini Gun. It is not known if the proposal was accepted. Some secret service agents expressed concern over possible collateral damage. The Dillon Aero Minigun is a gatling gun that fires 3,000 rounds a minute (50 rounds a second). The SUV is known as “The War Truck”. Its roof opens up (much like a sunroof) and a secret service agent, wielding the gatling gun, pops up on a revolving gun turret. The agent is protected on his left and right flank by the doors of the “sunroof”. The Suburbans will surround Cadillac One if there is an attack on it.

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The Dillon Aero Mini Gun in action

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nug5FZgxuk

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Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT)


2)Frequency Jamming Vehicles: - There is usually a vehicle (sometimes a suburban, sometimes a van) which sends out jamming signals across different frequencies. This is to prevent the detonation of road side bombs using mobile phones, remote controls, garage openers and other devices that emit radio waves. Sometimes, a helicopter, which flies over the motorcade, is used to jam frequencies.

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3)Mobile Intensive Care Unit: - An ambulance (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) is always in the motorcade. It is equipped to handle surgeries and carries bottles of the president’s blood type in case an emergency transfusion is required. It is usually a big black armoured truck in the middle of the motorcade, though there are sometimes decoy white ambulances, which are usually full of secret service agents, at the rear of the motorcade.

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HISTORY

President William McKinley was the first to ride in an automobile, but it wasn’t until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt that the first government owned car was used.

The first car specially built for presidential use was the 1939 Lincoln V12 convertible, called the “Sunshine Special”, used by Franklin Roosevelt. The Ford Motor Company leased the car to the office of the President for $500 a year. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the secret service became concerned about potential assassination attempts. The following day, 8th Dec 1941, a heavily armoured 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan was used to transport the president to the Capitol for the famous “infamy” speech. Originally belonging to Al Capone, the car was confiscated by the treasury department following Capone’s arrest and stored in a government impound lot until its ironic final duty. Roosevelt used the car until his “Sunshine Special” was modified to be bullet-proof.

The Kennedy White House purchased a Lincoln Continental convertible, which was stretched into a limousine for the president by Hess and Eisenhart. It was the car President Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. It had a plexi-glass “bubble” top in case of inclement weather, but this was often removed (as was the case on the day Kennedy was assassinated) because the air-conditioner was not strong enough to deal with the heat in the vehicle.

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President Kennedy in the Lincoln Continental, minutes before his assassination.


George Bush’s modified Cadillac DTS (Deville Touring Sedan) once broke down in Rome, Italy, when the president was being driven back to the U.S embassy. Surprised Italians could be heard giggling as the driver tried in vain to restart the car. Bush’s embarrassment was compounded when his back up Suburban was too wide to pass through the embassy gates, so he had to walk into the compound.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX4-a7VBr4c


Wouldn't you like to roll like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazcrYX6Eeg

I hope I don't get banned (Pyguru stay away).

Chegunn: Hmmmm what of all their presidents that were killed,Abe lincoln was killed while watching film! And if it's that nobody is actually safe in this country. If you're going on the streets and you don't get hit by stray bullet or get robbed or make motor we pass one way jam person or get picked up by the police or get beaten up by military men or better still get shot at by a policeman or any other military man then thank God for journey mercies. You know IT IS NOT OUR FAULT THIS COUNTRY IS THIS UNSAFE, in a country where over 80 milluon are jobless i think this country is still very safe you know what i mean.
And if u want to know y i think this country is safe in comparison to d level of unemployment, please visit any football viewing centre on saturday, when u see the boys ehn you just know they are unemployed and u wonder how all d houses in this country have not yet been burgled

1) What was the level of security around Lincoln when he was killed and what was the level of security around Murtala when he was killed?

2) Are you saying that the threat level against the president is the same as the threat level against a regular citizen?

Government officials are protected to prevent unconstitutional change of policy (Akunyili = the ban on fake drugs, Osoba = provision of drinking water, Murtala = reduction in size of army & civil service, Lincoln = freedom of slaves). These threats arise because of their official position, therefore their office (government) provides security for them. If not we would have an Anna Lindh situation everyday.

3) Has any US President been assassinated by a foreigner?

4) Has any Nigerian head of state/government been assassinated by a hungry or jobless man?

Can you count the bikes?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazcrYX6Eeg

There has never been a coup 'de etat in the US, yet what happened to Murtala when he was on his way to work?

What happened to Dora Akunyili? What happened to Olusegun Osoba in 1992?

I already told you that I saw Obasanjo @ Mr Biggs and at the market. You've also seen on this thread a pic of Rochas buying corn. Remember Marwa and the akara/killer beans story?

Chegunn: Why won't he be insulted when we have no reliable means of transport and our transport minister opens his mouth to say we all should go buy bicycles forgetting that there are no good roads not to talk of pedestrian walk ways or bicycle lanes. She we go dey ride bicycle for express? And in london the bicycles are at different points for hire not the type of rubbish maduekwe was proposing. I hope you know he had an accident on his way to one of the fec meetings on his bicycle.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I expected people to campaign for cycle lanes to be built, etc. But the complaint was, "he wants to take us back to the stone age", "how do you want me to leave my car and ride bicycle", "this isn't the 1950s, we should be moving forward not backwards". I expected people to push him to take his plan to the next level, not that the plan should be abandoned.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. In the '80s many people told me they saw General Babangida in a 5 series BMW, driving himself without any escorts. I didn't believe them until the navy guy told me his story.

My friend the navy guy was on sentry go @ the gate of navy base (I can't remember exactly, but I think it was Apapa). At night a BMW 5 series drew up in front of the gate. "Who goes there", my friend shouted. "The C in C" came the reply. Navy guy moved closer to the car and saw IBB and Murtala Nyako (Head of State and Chief of Naval Staff). There were no escorts. He only saw the two of them in the car!

Years later, IBB said in an interview, that, when he was Head of State, he usually drove himself to Otta to see General Obasanjo.

Wondering, will I get banned if I publish my article on the US President's motorcade?

Back to what I was going to say. My first experience was during Canada '87. The Golden Eaglets qualified for the final of the U-17 world cup for the 2nd time in a row (after China '85). The semi-final victory over Italy was shown in the middle of the night. After the final whistle (around 2am or there about) General Babangida walked out of Dodan Barracks, accompanied by only 2 guards (well, we could only see 2 guards) and started shaking hands with people on Obalende Road (note, he was not a politician and he was not contesting any election).

Governor Fashola plays football at Campos Square almost every sunday.

These things depend on local threats and circumstances. For example, Marine One (the helicopter) and Cadillac One are airlifted to whatever part of the world the US President is in.

When George W Bush visited Spain, they airlifted the helicopter from the US to Spain so that he could go to the Spanish PM's farm by helicopter. All these at government expense.

US President's cavalcade


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Chegunn: i disagree with, it is not when elections come they interact with the citizenry. It is a known fact that london mayor Borris Johnson takes the tube and even after coming out pedals a bicycle to work. We all know that David Cameron rides a bicycle to the parliament. It's not like they are holed in one rock we don't know the location or one legislative quarters like that. Even the white house is open for touring, i mean we all know what the oval office looks like.

Find out what the Aso Rock Villa looks like. Click on this link https://www.nairaland.com/951565/aso-rock-belongs-nigerians...in-democracy

By the way, Ojo Madueke was insulted when he started cycling to FEC meetings and advised Nigerians to take up cycling (most common complaint. . . "He's trying to take us back to the stone age!"

Chegunn: is it me? that guy in Amosun's pic looks like a prisoner. his aides are almost trampling on d poor guy sef.

Yep! That's the blue prison uniform. Amosun granted state pardon/amnesty to prisoners (including a 75 year old man) in January (to mark his birthday). I would have posted the story, but I don't want Pyguru to ban me again.

Thanks mods. Free at last!

According to Obasanjo, Murtala Muhammed refused to have an electricity generating set installed at his house when he became head of state. It took Obasanjo and Danjuma a long time to convince him to do it.

He also refused to be driven around in motorcades or to use sirens. Usually it was just the Head of State, his ADC, his orderly and his driver riding in his official Mercedes Benz limousine. No outriders, no escorts. He also refused to move in to Dodan Barracks, but retained the official house given to him when he was commissioner for communications.

He was assassinated while going to work (his car was stuck in heavy traffic) at the junction of Bank Road and Ikoyi Road.

Finally! It's visible again. Thanks mods. So Obasanjo and Johnson-Sirleaf ate at Mr Biggs, went to the market, etc. That wasn't the only time he did that while he was president.

[size=14pt]Finally, OBJ Kicks off his campaign![/size]

Discussion in 'News, Politics & Current Affairs' started by michael, Mar 5, 2006.

Obasanjo, Johnson-Sirleaf In Abuja Meet-The-People Tour
From: Madu Onuorah, Abuja
President Olusegun Obasanjo will this morning attend a thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel as part of the programme to mark his 69th birthday.

The low key event is expected to be attended by a few of his associates, aides and family members. Later in the afternoon, a squash competition will hold at the Squash Court near the office of the National Security Adviser.

[b]Yesterday, Obasanjo and visiting Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf undertook unscheduled visits to four different locations in Abuja in what has been termed a "meet the people tour."

From the Presidential Villa Abuja, both Presidents Obasanjo and Johnson-Sirleaf visited the NNPC Mega Station at Wuse, the Garki Model Market, the Asokoro General Hospital and an outlet of Mr. Biggs at A.Y.A. Junction, Asokoro.

The Presidents' visits to the locations took Abuja people by surprise as it was devoid of heavy security presence.

At the NNPC mega-station, where the Presidents were conducted round by the Supervisor, Mr. Stephen Yohanna. President Obasanjoshook hands with customers and staff, stopping briefly for chats with some of them.

Soon, some cheering crowd gathered at the station. A smiling President Obasanjo waved to the crowd, eliciting even more cheers.

The visit to the Garki Market was electrifying. The traders - young and old - clapped, laughed and cheered as the Presidents snaked through the stalls. "Sai Baba", "Baba o'' and "Presido", the traders shouted and chanted through the period the President was in the market.

At the Asokoro General Hospital, the President visited the sick and congratulated mothers that had just been delivered of babies. He was conducted round by the Hospital's Senior Consultant, Dr. Mike Aghahowa.

At the Mr. Biggs outlet at Asokoro, patrons including former Presidential aspirant, Mrs Sarah Jibril and some students of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, were certainly not expecting Presidents Obasanjo and Sirleaf when they walked into the eatery.

President Obasanjo took time out to talk with them and partake of a meal of chicken and rice with two young girls, Oluwasore and Adetutu Ojo and their mother.[/b]

After the visits, Presidents Obasanjo and Sirleaf rode through other districts in the city before returning to State House.

Culled from The Guardian

http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/forum/threads/finally-obj-kicks-off-his-campaign.4856/

I'm aware of 3 occasions when OBJ did this. IBB used to drive himself around Lagos in a five series BMW when he was @ Dodan Barracks. Once saw Abdulsalami @ Onikan in a G Class when he was head of state. Need I talk about Murtala Muhammed?

centje: educate me please...
if se*xuality section is hidden frm google search why still censor words there?

That's a question for Seun to answer.

afam4eva: I don't get...

Seun gets money from google adverts. If those words appear on nairaland google will ban nairaland = no money for Seun. The sexuality section is therefore hidden from google, while the word censor prevents you from using those words on the open forum. You'll get banned if you bypass the word censor.

Ishilove: Haba na,since when??

Nairaland would get banned if it doesn't ban you for using those words = no money for nairaland

These rules are not new. They are contained in the nairaland constitution drawn up on July 30th 2005 (may I humbly suggest that the rules and regulations thread should be stickied in a prominent place so that all nairalanders are aware of it).

https://www.nairaland.com/1026/nairaland-forum-rules-regulations

On the thread below Seun explained the reason for the rule banning obscene material.

https://www.nairaland.com/362872/new-era-word-censorship-nairaland

Fact checking has been tried before and it failed (just as I predicted) because nairaland does not have a team of journalist that interviews people and checks facts from the source. It is a discussion forum where people can discuss, argue about and refute stories.

https://www.nairaland.com/976371/fact-checking-nairaland-front-page-separating

The solution = broadcast versions.

In the US the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fines stations that show indecent material. Therefore, for example, Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice" has an original version and a broadcast version (with all the expletives removed). Shabba Ranks "Mr Loverman" video has a shot of a girl in a wet white t-shirt. That shot is not in the broadcast version.

These agencies ban broadcast of indecent material on free to air radio and tv stations (because, theoretically, it's easier for kids to view or listen to these material on free to air stations). However, that does not stop you from buying the videos/audio, watching a live performance or watching it on cable/satellite tv.

However, Wande Coal can decide to challenge the NBC's action in court.

History of FCC's indecency regulation in the US.


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-21/news/sns-rt-usa-televisionindecency-factbox-20120621_1_indecency-rules-definition-of-broadcast-indecency-tv-profanity


ABC and Fox challenge the FCC's fines in court.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/business/media/justices-reject-indecency-fines-on-narrow-grounds.html

[size=14pt]snopes.com: Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion in Nickels[/size]

FALSE

Origins:   In August 2012, the business and technology worlds were rocked by a decision in a patent infringement lawsuit which had a jury finding that Samsung, the world's largest maker of cell phones, had copied patented features of Apple's iPhone and iPad technologies in several of its products, and awarding Apple $1.05 billion in damages.

Several days later, that decision was spoofed in a humor piece positing that Samsung had paid off the award in nickels:

Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins

This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.

The funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send the creators of the iPhone their billion dollars in the way they deem best.

Many readers who came across the article as it was circulated online mistook it for real news, even though the original and its most common reproductions were labeled as "humor" and "satire." But even for those who encountered it out of context, several aspects of the story should have stood out as implausible:

The jury decision awarding Apple $1.05 billion in damages had been issued only a few days earlier, and damages as large as this are not paid off nearly so quickly. The judge in the case has not yet handed down her decision, and undoubtedly several rounds of appeals (likely culminating in a settlement), dragging on for months (if not years), will take place before Samsung actually pays out any damages to Apple, as noted in the Washington Post:

Q. Was the verdict final?

A. No. Samsung is challenging it. First, Samsung will first ask the trial judge to toss the verdict. Then it will appeal to a court in Washington that specializes in patent appeals. Samsung has vowed to take the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.

To pay off a billion dollars in nickels would require 20 billion of those coins. That amount would require Samsung to obtain the equivalent of all the nickels struck by the U.S. Mint in the last several decades. (In 2011, for example, the U.S. Mint produced less than one billion nickels, and 2010 less than half a billion.) Samsung would have to round up virtually every nickel in circulation to acquire over $1 billion worth of those coins, a feat that could hardly be accomplished without having a significant impact on the U.S. monetary system.

A single nickel weights 5 grams (about .011 pounds), so a billion dollars' worth of nickels would weigh in at about 110,000 tons. That load would far exceed the carrying capacity of 30 or so trucks (requiring each truck to carry over 3,600 tons, or more than 7.2 million lbs. each). The equivalent of about 2,755 eighteen-wheeler trucks, each hauling 40 tons' worth of nickels, would be needed to transport the weight of that many coins. (Even if we ignored the weight factor, the sheer physical volume of that many nickels would likely require the use of many more trucks to carry them all.)

As to the hypothetical question of whether Apple would be obligated to accept payment of damages in such a form, since the late 19th century pennies and nickels have been considered legal tender and are therefore "a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor." (Businesses selling goods or services are not required by law to accept legal tender as payment, but this particular scenario involves payment of a debt rather than a purchase of goods or services.)

Last updated:   29 August 2012

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/samsung.asp

Osmond Ezinwa

Queen Elizabeth @ State House Marina in 1956


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e75cgmKEF0

I comment when

1) I want to relax and get rid of stress.

2) Thread topic has to do with development or history.

3) The thread is started by, or has comments by, my favourite nairalanders (Musiwa, Fstranger or Calloti).