item number eight is that we are traveling as a team bob younis as an eye to hong kong and were there to meet with private equity, private debt as was public equity managers. the last is that the update on the hedge fund consultant is that we expect that the contract with an adc will be done with hopefully in a matter of about two weeks. we have a job description awaiting approval from the mayor's office. the manning managing her doctor. once those things, things like that are done it will be the beginning move forward on the return initiative. so, without altering over to norm and asked if there is any questions or comments. >> thank you. i know you must have questions. no? >> know that among the spot i lost my train of thought. >> i understand the rfps and hiring surges in traveling with her managers investments getting very busy. however, this goes back to the point of try to raise with [inaudible] about the effective [inaudible]. to be the third page of your report. the private equity shows 11.6 and -- 10.7 pick counting the dry powder though which are numbers at the bottom is 21.

. >> nora younis is a reporter for the "egypt independent," an online and print news source.n the morning of january 28th, nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. >> they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. >> while organizing their coverage of the day's events, nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. >> we heard many bombs. and we couldn't see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. >> nora's footage shows a massive crowd of protesters engaged in a growing battle with police. >> the people wanted to get across the bridge, across the nile to tahrir square to join the revolutionaries in tahrir square. >> a line of riot police, led by two armored vehicles, races across to meet the c

next will be mohamed younis. he is the glop organization's subject matter expert on the middle east and north africa. his research at gallup focuses on employment in the muslim world and focuses on relations between the muslim majority and western societies. and finally, coming with us from cairo will be rabab el madi. she is associate professor of political science at the american university in cairo. her research interests cover the areas of state civil society relations, social movements and resistance and the political economy of social policy. so now, if we may, let us turn to the short video of the -- on the street interviews with citizens in beirut, cairo, ramala, and tunis, explaining what future they want for themselves and their country.