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Kasangati Statehouse: Besigye is still on house-arrest as visitors are detained while trying to see the man; while also showing the reason for why Harold Kajja was detained at FDC HQ earlier in the day!
There is now reported that around the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr. Kizza Besigye have now a total shut-down of visitors again. The Police Force has decided to stop anybody from entering his home and the ones trying is detained by the Police. All journalists are dispersed from the area…
Dr. Kizza Besigye said this yesterday:
"All my visitors are being turned away by the new "owners" of our home since morning. We shall defy this impunity to the end!!!" (Besigye, 08.05.2016).
The amount of people that have been taken into custody is in the staggering amount of 50 people and the Police detain them all. So the ones who try to get to Besigye at this point is now detained. That should be warning at the signs of control that the Police wants to have. DPC Kasangati James Kawalya must have enough to do and busy days of late. Hope he get his paycheck on time, as civil servants usually get it late…
On other news, the reason for why FDC Secretary Harold Kajja was arrested at FDC Headquarter at Najjankumbi earlier today!
"This is what the Kampala South Regional Police Commander, Andrew Kagwa said of the arrest.
"[There's a person we picked from there [FDC], the rest the law will take its course. As a police officer I have powers If I suspect that you are about to commit an offense, I arrest you. We have made an arrest but I really don't know specifically, even if you ask me his name, I don't know who is but we shall know the person who was arrested later" (Observer.co.ug, 09.05.2016).
This happens while also documents, computers and all the other material at the FDC Headquarters are been confiscated by the authorities as they are no proving what I been saying for a while. They are now officially a unlawful organizations, who are by decree an illegal entity that is not a political organization as the Interim Order abolish this party and their organization. So the Party is now totally illegal with full effect and no mercy. As the NRM only let the silent and little meager political hold-on until they speaks out against their regime or trying to go against them.
So the level of arrest and reason is in the wind as the charges and the Police arrests the Forum for Democratic Change, because they are affiliated with the party and want to silence the opposition in the days into the Swearing-in at Kololo. The Post-Election climate shows the level of impunity and access of liberty in the country for the citizens and the men who is not loyal NRM cronies or part of the NRM elite. The ones who work for change and for democratic values might end-up in the chambers of prisons cells, while the National Resistance Movement continues to embezzle state-funds and inviting fellow totalitarian leaders to their shores to make the best out of the coming event.
Let it be known that the event that NRM throws to themselves are greedy guts who can't even supply the people steady progress in Health Care or Universal Primary Education as the medicine, equipment, salaries or even buildings are standing as the pledges of the three decade long rule have not beard fruits. So the tree that was supposed to be good and be ready to be ripe, is dying because the government have stolen the water and the shaded the sun. I know this is a picture, but the image I am portraying is the way the government have embezzled and taken government funds for themselves, not to procurement for needed investment in institutions the government is in charge of.
That is enough for now. Peace.
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The Anti-Gay bill will only resurface in Parliament when the NRM-Regime needs to cover-up all their other neglected issues.
Let me ride on the Western Hemisphere for it's care for the LGBT people in Uganda while letting all kind of other oppressive behaviour happen without any cost or any repercussion. I am sorry to all you western government officials that support the LGBT case. They are all people equal under God. Just as you and me. I have nothing against the LGBT cause or that the LGBT men and woman deserves to screw they want to screw. But distinguish that from the matter at hand. I will discuss the real Equal freedom and justice; that means a governing system that is for Besigye or Mwenda; not just for Mwenda and Opondo, but not for Turinawe.
So let me address you clearly as the National Resistance Movement and their ruling regime under President Museveni have become more and more draconian. The rules of law have lesser value as the regime is more inherent corrupted with the arms, tear-gas and anti-riot Police then actual democratic values. So when you have a system where the Militarized Police Force, Militarized Politics and Army Programs into the Civil Society then the guns are controlling all parts of arenas that the society should lead. So that the Western Hemisphere and international community turns a blind eye to that proves the double standard.
That there is an problem with "the Prohibition of Promotion of Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill" – 29th October 2014". Certainly it must be because the United States can have states like Virgina and such with equally astonishing laws, but not duplicated the heat or massive creations of unlawful bashing. So there are issues with these laws as the LGBT is in this narrative a minority in Uganda. A minority of many, but why complain and make issues with that one minority when the general population is oppressed by a militarized regime? Is that because the NRA of USA is so powerful that a gun-loving president (Former NRA turned NRM) in Africa is cool and flashing AK-47 in Rwenzori is amazing, but him creating bad laws against a minority is overboard.
That a country of 39 million citizens had one Cobalt 60 Teletheraphy Machine at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) broke down at Mulaga Hospital Kampala two weeks ago or so. While there about 17,000 Cancer sick that need treatment, but there none for them in the country. The international world isn't doing much. Instead the rich Aga Khan and his Aga Khan Hospital offers 400 patients treatment in Nairobi, Kenya, so there are no opportunity in Uganda. That does not create a stir, which is another minority of people who are sick and in dire need of treatment. That is the same country that has mismanaged international funding to the health care through the Global Funds has been squandered away. The same health care system has X-Ray Machine broken down in Butabika Hospital and other meagre resources and machines at Hospitals that are decaying around the country. So it is okay that President Museveni and the NRM neglect the sick and dying.
The same with up-country Primary Schools where the walls are thin and rain-water flows in and the bricks are shredded. Where the payments of teachers are always late and underfunded as the rate has not gone up for years even with the steady levels of the neglect while the donor-funding and programs towards schools since UPE launch that was ushered in 1996. But the now steady report of dwindling county schools and the standard of facilities seem to be planned. As it is district by district, not a one place issue and more broad issue amongst the country. This is just an issue that matters for the kid's education and their platform for their future. But the Western media and the Western donors will not put this on blast.
That the Police Force is so involved into politics embedded in the ways that they follows the oppositions, close down their consultations meetings and rallies. The Police Force follows and tag's the opposition leaders. The Police Force detains opposition members and stop opposition celebrations even when the opposition complies with draconian laws of the state. That is not an issue that creates havoc. This oppressive behaviour from the Police Force towards the Opposition can happen without any clear questions or stop of funding them from abroad.
So the issues are bigger then the "Anti-Gay" bill as the nation is built around the President and his elite. This happens while the rest of people might get detained without questions and without charges. Therefore I feel it is wrong that the international organizations and international media focus alone on this issue. As that is a drop in the sea. The Corruption, the bribes, the embezzlement and the ruin of government institutions should be more in focus and sustain a healthy living for the citizens. The framework of the lawful society is far away. With the current Police State and the current arrest of democracy is more haste to fix.
To reinstate the issue of the bill from 2014 is to deflect the grand issues and the mortality of the current affairs. The ways that people are muffled and silenced in general should be more worrying. The way the army and Police are used as strict tools of oppression and the Parliament writing off more and more money to them instead of being representatives of the citizens. That is where the focus should be. Especially since the donor-funding is 20% of the direct donor budget funding of Government of Uganda. That the NRM will spend on the State House, the farm of the President, new Private Plane and cars, not on the services of government that is expected.
So if the Parliament of Uganda under Rebecca Kadaga puts this up again, then it's in a way to put all the issues to the side. To give space for the NRM to work with that in silence as the bill will create havoc, but give way for all the activity of the government. So you have been warned of the non-sense and should look at the major issues that make a difference for all of society, not just a minority. Peace.
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Mzee and his Militarized State; the Guns never left the Executive it seems!
"Soldiers feel that the Police are not serious with the criminal elements and that they are corrupt. The army had to come in and insist that criminals must be punished. It happens in all countries, there is a time when the army assumes the duty of internal security". General Museveni (Daily Nation – Nairobi – January 26, 1987).
This is ironic that President Museveni said in 1987. We can see that times has changed or that his mind set to other perspective then directly from the bush. With the guerrilla warfare and the so-called liberation struggle, that has been discovered more and more about the tactics done to get power.
It is surely and clearly many ways President Museveni talked democratic values while it has been uncovered that he oppressed the media and opposition. It has done that since day one of the regime, just different how far and to what extent. It has always tried to look beautiful on the surface and smiles to the donors and Election Observers Missions while in the end, the institutions built around the Mzee. That the Electoral Reforms haven't really been there for free and fair elections. When I went through the 1996 elections the stories are similar to today's oppression of the opposition.
While opening up for free-market thinking has over time and letting the United Kingdom, Kenyan, South African, Indian and Libyan businessmen got easy trading ability in the country, while the exports and trade boards are gone, less of unions and other governmental structures. In the later years the government has started with micro-credit, Operation Wealth Creation and Youth Livelihood Programs as a cheap way of trying to patch up with the loss of sufficient structures that are sold out, by government to get loans in the beginning of its administrations.
We can easily see that the government who came to power with the guns and ammunition, and still has MPs directly from the army is bound to have the militarized effect on the politics. As the Police are acting with direct force and not following always rule of law. While the government overflows with former colonels and generals becoming politicians instead of businessmen and civil servants as the President is a bush-man himself and been part of two insurgents to power. One in the end of 70s and one in the famous 1986, so the guns never left the power and stayed there; even the tale with the donor-funding of the army from abroad to fight dirty wars the U.S. don't want to stick their finger in, as in Somalia and Central African Republic.
The Electoral Reforms as discussed briefly the NRM-Regime have stifled most of the time any kind of reform and ruling power therefore had to have two elections on referendum to release the Multi-Party Democracy and also been making the difference between using government funds and using the well-known factor of promises pledges from direct government subsidies to the big-men and chiefs, even Parejo's and other SUV's given to men to secure the votes and loyalty to the Mzee.
There been steady shifts in leaders underneath Mzee as he has taken down the men who has been built by his leadership, as he want the ones with his former MPs, VPs and PMs as they wanted to elevate themselves and leave him behind. As the founding father of NRM, nobody else should rule the party and have the Executive control. He took it with a gun and easily takes pictures with it to show where his strength is.
The government have used all kind of methods and tricks to gain riches to NRM elite and leave the certainty of other manufactures, industries and even achieve certain outcomes only for the closest allies of the NRM, even on Town Council levels where NRM members and NRM elders have closest call to get add-ons and secure funding for projects, while the opposition and other institutions have to get hands-out by international NGOs or Bilateral funds to get enough for what they need. The Resistance Councils and the now Local Councils are built for securing de-facto loyalty to the Executive and learn the strength of regime, not to be a democratic system.
The Police and Army is built around loyal men in the top and men the Executive can trust to follow his suit and have his family close connected, even with Gen. Salim Selah not in direct leadership position as he has been involved into too much thefts, thieving and other activities to clean the leadership to look decent for international community, even with Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who is groomed and quickly up the ante with running the Special Forces Command. The ruthlessness of the army and Police never left, and the new laws in place have given lee-way to them to use it as free-for-all to shut down dissidents. While the leadership is steady shifting and moving as they don't want the DPC, RPC and Army commanders to be on short-leach and not be to homely where they work.
The continuation of post-election violence in Bundibugyo and Kasese, the way the army is deployed there days on days, shooting Rwenzururu Kingdoms security guards, while the treat of the ADF-NALU who is stations right over the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and as always the Police issues statements blaming other forces, even when video footage and other eye-witness counter their words and intelligence; in the end insulting the intelligence of the people.
The NRM-Regime and the words of their Executive is now totally different than what he was talking the first years of their reign. The Economy is dire, the donors are more futile and less interested in involving themselves in a militarized economy and where the NRM-Elite instead of the citizens and general population, the ones that get funding is direct funded projects as roads and buildings, but not economic prosperity as the inflations is high, the value of currency dwindles, the amount of monies to buy ordinary food-stuffs, the government have added higher loans to sufficiently take up the vacuum of the loss of donor-funds to the governmental budgets.
The whole picture is not as it should be after the ruling-party have run the country for 30 years, the picture should be a steady economy, a secure police-force respected and honor the citizens, an army working for securing the borders and doing international missions not for securing funding, but to generate peace. The country should have beneficiary institutions and taxations with representation, the ones that been done have not delivered, the steady progress has not been delivered, and when is when the media has blasted or BBC have got a whiff of it. As the NBS or NTV cannot whip the power to change, the same with the papers as they are mostly censored and controlled as the radio-stations have lost their transmitters, license and even their hosts been detained while being on air, the Daily Monitor ransacked for two days and the NTV banned from following the Presidential Campaign trail of the Executive.
There is an issue when the army is such a big part of nation, in the parliament, in the streets, in deployment and around all the time. The internal security is based on the army, not the police who is also militarized with sections of special units with military equipment for breaking down demonstrations and other gatherings of opposition, even independents who was former NRM have struggled with army and the Police Force. As the detaining of Opposition without charges, house arrests of Presidential Candidates and taking people with Candidates Declarations Forms from the Polling Station.
The whole picture is not of the state of business, the way of government that NRA and the NRM promised, it has overtaken the control of the institutions, but not given the accountability and transparency, not the economic landscape or investment climate that they have promised for so long, the basics are much of the same and the deals between the oil companies and drilling has been happening behind closed doors; like not open dealings and showing how the companies pay for their operations and how the government structures are as the oil-laws are not strict and not fully operative yet.
The tear-gas operations and the live bullets are not showing the proof of democratic values and society. The internal security and the structures are not strong, when the army enters all kind of operations, as they even killed bed-bugs in neighborhoods of Kampala in mid-February as the KCCA didn't have the manpower to reach the area, as the UPDF have been used in any kind of processes, even the training-center of the army Kyankwanzi the National Leadership Institute and military training camp; where the NRM MPs has had retreats before the new parliament like the 9th and 10th Parliament went there.
The Kyankwanzi resolutions or decrees as party MPs has set precedence for the coming term and the evolution of the ruling-party as the structure in the last go-around left many of the old-foes behind, and the former secretary-general and Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi behind. While this time the struggles with Justine Kasule-Lumumba, Jacob Oulanyah and Rebecca Kadaga might go through hardships in the coming 10th Parliament as the internal security means the security of the Executive and bring down the men and woman who has ambitions. That is why the Executive have centered the powers close to him. As even ambassador's claims he is hard to read, the generals of UPDF fear him and just want to do his will, and the same with the police force who has a loyal Inspector General who follows every whiff from him. Even former Warlords and M23 are yearly on the payroll from the State House. As they are securing the security of the state and the government institution as civilian militia-men that does their army bidding; also does discreet business for the Executive as their role have never been told to the world. Therefore we can only be guessing at this point; though they are not cutting the grass at Entebbe or Nakasero!
The way the Army is embedded in the society and external politics, the guerrilla warfare brought the Executive first to a Ministerial Position before the General Election of 1980 and again at the takeover in 1986. He came with the gun and never left it, and never let it go, in all endeavors and structures the embedded army has followed, the loyal cadres and commando have continued, the re-payment of loyalty and offered protection have come in handy. The kickbacks and graft never left the offices, the building of the businesses have also centered the government officials, while the former government businesses has been sold for quick bucks or privatized.
The internal security can be questioned with the army running the streets in Kasese, Kapchorwa and Kampala as a steady force and looking like Marshall Law or state of emergency as the government shows the display of power, and the Police rides around in Personal Armored Carrier and have mortars as Journalist lose their cameras and the media get muffled with. The insecurity created and the ballots been stolen in broad daylight, the impunity of law of fellow citizens is not creating the peaceful atmosphere the Executive have promised and said he delivered, as the Kenyan funding of the campaign and Sudanese Army men proves the Executive went far to secure his stay in power, instead of trusting the ballots and votes, he trusted his instinct and went for the guns and ammunition that have given him the power before, as he had loyal well-paid puppets in the Electoral Commission and generals in the Campaign Team, together with losing NRM Primaries who was paid off; in his mind this should have gone in silence and gotten the credible result needed to be respected statesman abroad, instead the announcement and the cracks of the army and the social media showed the true colors and not the story given by the Executive or his party cadres, which shows the payments and party program is shell of keeping power by any means, instead of building fruitful societies and institutions for better tomorrow. The lies are not invisible anymore, the questions the actions and killings is not only in the hands of semi-army police force and the general populations knows it. As the mourning of the announcement and the weakness of the state comes forward; therefore army had to be deployed and the reshuffling of Police Commanders happening a month after Election Day.
You can lie once and fool the crowd, but lie twice and then the storm comes on the horizon. That is what is happening now and the Executive knows and knew before these elections that the people are tired of his lies and reprogrammed pledges. As the changes of society has only brought bottled water from mountains of the Rwenzori and cellphones, certainty at one point the Universal Primary Education and extended Local Councils that has benefited, but also after a while the schools started to disappear and become depleted. The more districts, sub-counties and counties have taken a toll on the economy. Also been set-up to secure more loyal cadres in Parliament and locally. Through the chain-of-command as the structure is militarized and set to fix the monies, the government institutions, government businesses, government organizations and the commission to be loyal to the Executive, even the churches and holy institutions, if possible they can have some dissidents and opposition; that is just enough for the country to have a rouse and jolly while eating the donor-funding and letting the people stay poor while the NRM-Elite stays powerful. Especially the NRM and the Executive does not care about the FDC and their claims to justice, as the justice is the basics, but for the NRM it is to keep Power and let their Executive stay continuously. And by the minute does not seem to want to leave the country in a state that he promised when he took power.
As his guns does not seem to be silenced, the level of fear, the way the PAV rides down the streets and highways, the way the roadblocks are put, the way the Police detain without charges and the way the government mend laws to fit the Executive, the way the banks are demonstrating their will of following him to earn monies, the way the businesses are centered around him and given favorable deals, the way the harassment of opposition and media, the way the army and police involve in politics and daily life, it does not seem as a democratic and just society. The detention of the ballots and preventative arrest of citizens are worrying, as much as the control and efficiency of it. The pride of the government and its institutions are weak when the KCCA need the Army to fight local problems, the Executive does not trust anything else and therefore the biggest smiles on the photos from him comes in army fatigue and guns as that is the place he feels the best, not in the office or at state meeting. If not it is on his farm relaxing while the monies are piling in without doing anything. Peace.
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Press Release: African Human Rights Body Cautions over Privatisation in Education in Uganda (02.03.2016)
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Letter to the President / Mr President – Ston-city (Youtube-Music-Video)
"A letter to the Ugandan President specifically and holistically to african leaders with downtrodden citizenries. This message has been approved by God" (Ston-City, 2016).
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Two neglected schools by the NRM-Regime one of them is St. Nikozi P.S. in Ruteete sub-county
I will describe two schools here today, which isn't the first time there are coming some sub-county and up-country schools that been neglected by the NRM-Regime. There been in certain districts where the money hasn't been allocated or given to this, instead been squandered or wasted on other issues then the UPE and the basics of structures to facilitate good learning. NRM have forgotten that and this is a great mismanagement of the regime.
First the St. Nikozi Primary School in Kabarole District and in Ruteete Sub-County; the school is worn down and looks shattered. Certainty that the school has been forgotten by the elected MPs and LV5 Councilmen in the district and sub-county officials as it can't be in the central of the area. In the budget for 2014/2015 the whole budget for the upkeep and salaries is UGX 1 Million. Which is a meager budget and you can't afford much for that amount of money. The Picture above is for St. Nikozi P.S. The Picture under is from Kalungu District:
Dr. Kizza Besigye again had the ability to visit a school without having issues with the Police while doing so. That is surely because they had a ghost-roast while celebrating NRM liberation day. The school he visited was in Kalungu District where he was travelling around in Bukulula sub-county. Here is the photo over of it and under as well.
The Education department doesn't see this school as it biggest challenges in Kalungu District:
"Understaffing and lack of teacher accommodation: The department has a gap of 163 teaching staff that are needed to cater for the gaps in our UPE schools and also the department has only 2 substantive staff members. Most schools lack staff quarters".
"Underfunding: The department has a big funding gap that requires external funding like funds for cocorricular activities (Athletics,Ball games,Scouts and Guides), printing of Mock exams, Marking of Mock exams centrally as well as conducting of workshops for PLE" .
"Lack of a sounding vehicles: The department is having only one very old vehicle (TDMS) type that is in a bad mechanical situation though it is still on the road moving with high maintenance costs" (LGB Framework Paper – Kalungu District). We can already see that the government officials locally doesn't focus and school, but vehicles so that the kids can struggle with the wind and rain.
That is enough for today. Peace.
Local Government Budget Framework Paper – 'Vote: 598 Kalungu District' – Budget Paper for 2015/2016.
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FDC had massive campaign rallies in Tororo today; also the display of the dire situation of Paya Primary School
FDC had massive campaigns in Tororo, while travelling with the successive rallies in the area. They had a stop at schools and looked at the situation the NRM-Regime has kept. This here is one of the schools in the area. The police did not stop this visit because they we're situated at some referal hospital in Tororo.
That is Paya primary school in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda. It was built in 1971 by Amin-government but it has collapsed in NRM-Regime."If Mr Museveni was talking about a UPE where, in a Kisoko school, teachers cannot 'bend' because of being surrounded by 150 children in a class; that is not what UPC was talking about in 1962. In Paya Primary School where Museveni was a couple of years ago – built in 1960s; the roofs are off and the latrines flow; that was not UPC's idea in 1962" (Ochieno, 2013).
The early Amoni stop-over in Tororo after many road-blocks mounted by our supporters demanding to atleast see their candidate and contribute to their freedom with the little they have.
The People's President at a stopover in Kirewa Sub-County in West Budama North, Tororo.
Dr. Kizza Besigye message after the rallies:
"Thank you Tororo for welcoming us and coming in big numbers today we come to the end of our third leg of the Eastern campaign trail and we will be in Wakiso, Buganda tomorrow".
That's enough for today. Peace.
BTW, interesting site review of the school in 2011:
Paya Primary School: Amount of teachers was 5. The amount of school-children: 345 boys and girls 405. There supposed to been Parent-Teachers Meeting in the recent 4 months when the check-up from the government. There was reported to be situated with latrines for both genders, and that there was a safe water-source at the school.
Budget for 2015/16:
"Shs 94.0 million were allocated by Paya to fund costs of running the Primary School July 2015 and June 2016" (…)"Shs 0.0 million were spent by Paya to fund costs of running the Primary School July 2015 and September 2015" (Budget,go.ug, 2016).
http://budget.go.ug/index.php?p=data-srch-top&flag=1
Ochieno, Joseph – 'Museveni was wrong on UPC's record in education' (17.02.2013) link: http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/-/691260/1696678/-/format/xhtml/-/6fx42q/-/index.html
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The People's President campaigns in Budaka and Namutumba; The Calvary tear-gassed Budaka town the day before
Yesterday in Budaka there have been events transpiring around 9:40 AM in Budaka Town to around 10:00 AM where the Police wanted to be scary. The Calvary wanted to show their power the day before the People's President and Forum for Democratic Change campaign convoy have rallies in town. They was successful and proves the reach of Dr. Kizza Besigye! Take a look!
The Police claimed yesterday that the FDC would not be allowed to have rallies in the central of the town, and would be confined with having the rallies on the outskirts.
In Budaka Dr. Kizza Besigye said this:
"Instead of Mr. M7 using our taxes to provide us with social services, he uses it for his survival in power. After visiting Abim Hospital in Karamoja, now every health centre and hospital all over the country is guarded like a barrack".
Message from the People's President after the rallies today:
"Thank you Budaka and Namutumba for the support for my candidature and all the FDC flagbearers. Our pledge to you Budaka and Namutumba your vote for me and FDC on 18th February 2016 is a choice for Equal Opportunity and Shared Prosperity. One Uganda One People. For God and my country! #WesigeBesigye".
Well, this will not be extensive on the one district because of my limited time, but this tells enough!
Good governance level of Budaka:
Schooling:
"The Budaka district local government is grappling with the challenge of inadequate primary school teachers. The district is currently short of about 227 teachers needed to cope up with the overwhelming number of children enrolled under the Universal Primary Education" (93.3 KFM, 18.11.2015).
Environmental issues in Budaka:
"Budaka, Mt Elgon and Moroto areas in Eastern Uganda. Today CISU, which administrate the Danida grants for small Danish NGOs, has approved our Environmental Awareness Project, nearly 1.9 mio DKK. The project will focus on the energy crisis, deforestation, waste management, water management, land pressure: reasons, solutions, capacity building and advocacy. A 4 year project in partnership with NFRE ( Nordisk Folkecenter for Vedvarende Energy ), JEEP and SNF in Uganda" (Good Source, 05.03.2015).
NRM actions in October 2015:
"A group of Kanyamas/ militias have been ferried to Kibuku district & Butebo county to torture voters. These have been dispatched & led by Kalangala action plans. These were brought by the yellow bus and they have had over a break at Iganga from where they will be distributed to Kibuku district & Pallisa district to help other candidates i.e Dr. Mutono Patrick. These incidences have rocked these areas where over 200 voters have been tortured, property destroyed. They have petitioned the president & the Uganda human rights commission & the case is due for hearing. The masses are determined and unless police intervenes, there is likely to be a catastrophy ever registered in the area. The voters have petitioned the RPC & IGP to intervene in time" (Good Source: 25.10.2015).
BTW – Forum for Democratic Change volunteers:
"TEAM BESIGYE VOLUNTEERS. Next meeting will take place on 16th Saturday January 2015 still at Katonga road and we shall be meeting according to our regions. Central and Eastern Uganda will meet in the morning at 10:00am; While Northern and Western Uganda will meet in the afternoon at 2:00pm. Every one who is ready to volunteer for Dr Besigye's mobilization campaigns is welcome and come with a friend. For any details kindly contact 0752871050. We are winning!!!!"
Thanks for today and more later when I don't have too much ordinary work! Peace.
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Press Release: UWONET, ACFODE, FOWODE and CEWIGO Joint Press Statement on the recently passed obnoxious Amendments (05.10.2015)
Ring fencing political posistions not healthy for Uganda's Democracy and Gender equality:
On October 2, 2015 the Electoral Commission announced the amendments passed by Parliament of Uganda to Presidential and Parliamentary Acts in preparation for the 2016 elections. Among the announcements was the increment in nomination fees for aspirants in the 2016 elections. Barely two months to the nomination of members of Parliament and Local Councilors MPs passed nomination fees which in the opinion of women of Uganda is intended to bar many upcoming women and youth from accessing political positions of leadership. According to the amendments, MPs are expected to pay nomination fees of 3,000,000/- up from 200,000/- in 2011.
It is a fact that most women and youth are challenged by limited resources and face an uphill task to raise money to contest in an election. The majority of civil servants are teachers some of whom are preparing to contest in the forthcoming elections. On average, a secondary school teacher in Uganda takes home about 450,000/= per month while their counterparts in primary school earn about 250,000/=. The newly passed nomination fee for MPs and local councilors is simply out of reach for the majority of Ugandans who would want to serve the country. It is common knowledge that aspirants must prepare for their election and fundraise.
However, this can be done more easily if candidates are not caught un- aware about critical items they must raise money for like nomination fees especially within an unrealistic time frame. In addition, political parties which at times assist candidates with nomination fees do not have resources since majority hardly receive any funds from their members.
The President of Uganda H.E. Y.K Museveni has on a number of occasions professed the importance of quality men and women in leadership. In 1995, affirmative action was passed by Parliament to give women, youth and people with disabilities an opportunity to participate in leadership by redressing imbalances created by history and tradition. This law therefore goes against these principles and is a back track on the importance of providing equal opportunities for men and women in leadership bearing in mind the limited economic opportunities in Uganda.
We are therefore calling on all political parties to reject this amendment in its totality.
We call for a revision of the amendments in order to enhance participation of citizens especially women and youth in the forth-coming elections.
UNITED WOMEN CAN!
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Press Release: Africa Faces the Challenge of Sustaining Growth amid Weak Global Conditions (05.10.2015)
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2015— Sub-Saharan Africa countries are continuing to grow, albeit at a slower pace, due to a more challenging economic environment. Growth will slow in 2015 to 3.7 percent from 4.6 percent in 2014, reaching the lowest growth rate since 2009, according to new World Bank projections.
These latest figures are outlined in the World Bank's new Africa's Pulse, the twice-yearly analysis of economic trends and the latest data on the continent. The 2015 forecast remains below the robust 6.5 percent growth in GDP which the region sustained in 2003-2008, and drags below the 4.5 percent growth following the global financial crisis in 2009-2014. Overall, growth in the region is projected to pick up to 4.4 percent in 2016, and further strengthen to 4.8 percent in 2017.
Sharp drops in the price of oil and other commodities have brought on the recent weakness in growth. Other external factors such as China's economic slowdown and tightening global financial conditions weigh on Africa's economic performance, according to Africa's Pulse. Compounding these factors, bottlenecks in supplying electricity in many African countries hampered economic growth in 2015.
"The end of the commodity super-cycle poses an opportunity for African countries to reinvigorate their reform efforts and thereby transform their economies and diversify sources of growth. Implementing the right policies to boost agricultural productivity, and reduce electricity costs while expanding access, will improve competitiveness and support the growth of light manufacturing," says Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa.
According to Africa's Pulse, several countries are continuing to post robust growth. Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania are expected to sustain growth at around 7 percent or more per year in 2015-17, spurred by investments in energy and transport, consumer spending and investment in the natural resources sector.
Gains in Poverty Reduction
Africa's Pulse found that progress in reducing income poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa has been occurring faster than previously thought. According to World Bank estimates poverty in Africa declined from 56 percent in 1990 to 43 percent in 2012. At the same time, Africa's population saw progress in all dimensions of well-being, particularly in health (maternal mortality, under-5 mortality) and primary school enrollment, where the gender gap shrank.
Yet African countries continue to face a stubbornly high birth rate, which has limited the impact of the past two decades of sustained economic growth on reducing the overall number of poor. Countries still lag behind those in other regions in making progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). For example, Africa will not meet the MDG of halving the share of population living in poverty between 1990 and 2015.
Weaker Commodity Prices
Sub-Saharan Africa's rich natural resources have made it a net exporter of fuel, minerals and metals, and agricultural commodities. These commodities account for nearly three-fourths of the region's goods exports. Robust supplies and lower global demand have accounted for the decline of commodity prices across the board. For instance, the drop in the prices of natural gas, iron ore, and coffee exceeded 25 percent since June 2014, according to the report.
Africa's Pulse notes that overall decline in growth in the region is nuanced and the factors hampering growth vary among countries. In the region's commodity exporters—especially oil-producers such as Angola, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria, as well as producers of minerals and metals such as Botswana and Mauritania, the drop in prices is negatively affecting growth. In Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia, domestic factors such as electricity supply constraints are further stemming growth. In Burundi and South Sudan threats from political instability and social tensions are taking an economic and social toll.
Fiscal deficits across the region are now larger than they were at the onset of the global financial crisis, the report finds. Rising wage bills and lower revenues, especially among oil-producers, led to a widening of fiscal deficits. In some countries, the deficit was driven by large infrastructure expenditures. Reflecting the widening fiscal deficits in the region, government debt continued to rise in many countries. While debt-to-GDP ratios appear to be manageable in most countries, a few countries are seeing a worrisome jump in this ratio.
"The dramatic, ongoing drop in commodity prices has put pressure on rising fiscal deficits, adding to the challenge in countries with depleted policy buffers," says Punam Chuhan-Pole, Acting Chief Economist, World Bank Africa and the report's author. "To withstand new shocks, governments in the region should improve the efficiency of public expenditures, such as prioritizing key investments, and strengthen tax administration to create fiscal space in their budgets."
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will be repeatedly tested as new shocks occur in the global economic environment, underscoring the need for Governments to embark on structural reforms to alleviate domestic impediments to growth, the report notes. Investments in new energy capacity, attention to drought and its effects on hydropower, reform of state-owned distribution companies, and renewed focus on encouraging private investment will help build resiliency in the power sector. Governments can boost revenues through taxes and improved tax compliance. Complementing these efforts, governments can improve the efficiency of public expenditures to create fiscal space in their budget.
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It may be that the closest, most interpretative and creative reading of a text involves translating from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us deepen our skills and sensibilities in new ways. The seminar has a triple focus: comparing and contrasting existing translations of a single work; reading translators on the art and theory of translation; and the creation of your own translations. We will also consider translation as an act of bearing witness to cultural and political crisis, and as a means of encoding messages that would otherwise be censored.
You will have two options for a final project: a manuscript of original translations, accompanied by an introduction; or an extended literary essay on the issues at play in this course. You may work in any genre, from French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, or Portuguese.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in French, Spanish, Catalan, or Italian. Please arrange an interview with the instructor prior to April 29.


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She opened the crates and saw the cats. She…
She opened the crates and saw the cats. She felt sick (VIDEO)
By Amelia Pak-Harvey |
HUDSON, N.H. — Shelly L'Heureux of the Pets in Need animal shelter went to pick up 13 rescued Persian cats from the back of a friend's SUV last weekend.
The smell was so bad she wanted to vomit.
"They were loaded with fleas, they were all underweight, they had some deformities, some missing eyes — some had one eye," she said. "It's just horrific, I don't know how people can do this."
One volunteer's friend, who wished to remain anonymous, went to pick up the cats from a man named "Dennis" whom she contacted through Facebook. The man recently moved to Manchester to be in his daughter's care, and met the woman at Capital Area Veterinary Emergency Service last weekend to drop off the cats.
The man and his daughter abruptly left after dropping off 12 cats in two crates, two in a cardboard carrier, and a mother with a litter in a broken carrier, according to the woman. They claimed they had to get their granddaughter to an appointment.
The woman, who has taken in two of the least sick cats, is looking to see if anything can be done to charge the man with cruelty and neglect.
L'Heureux met the woman to take the other cats back to the shelter, but the situation was worse than imagined.
"I get there and she has two semi-large crates in the back of her SUV, and 13 cats that are stuffed into these two crates," she said.
Puss came out of their eyes, L'Heureux said, and some of them looked deformed from overbreeding.
In her 10-plus years of animal rescue, she has never seen anything this bad.
"The fleas were unbelievable," L'Heureux said. "When we washed them, the water would turn red. They had sores on them from scratching from the flea bites, it's just horrible."
The cage-free shelter has since been nursing the cats back to health, although one of the three kittens died. The other two skinny, flea-infested kittens were brought to an emergency vet, L'Heureux said.
Suffering from respiratory infections, all of the cats are on medical treatment but will need even more, including possible eye surgery.
Now, the shelter is trying to raise at least $5,000 through the GoFundMe website, accessible at www.gofundme.com/fi2hvs, to pay for other medical costs. All of them need to be spayed and neutered.
The site had raised $2,900 as of Saturday afternoon.
The medical bill is already $500, L'Heureux said, and the cats also need help with eye problems. One of them has no eyes, another has very deformed eyes, and one of them has an eye with a torn retina, L'Heureux said.
"After they're all fine with their respiratory infections, we're going to take them to our vet, have them checked out," L'Heureux said. "See if they have any kidney issues, have them tested just to see if they have any health issues."
One of the kittens, named Micky Ward, struggled to recover from an extremely low blood count due to the fleas.
"He's a fighter," L'Heureux said. "He's fighting for every little thing."
But Micky fought his last fight on Friday night, turning blue while gasping for air. L'Heureux rushed him to the ER vet, but he died.
"It breaks my heart because I wanted him to live so bad," she said. "But he's playing with the angels now."
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Pair of former western Kansas legislators to lead governor's tax reform panel
Tim Carpenter TimVCarpenter
Gov. Laura Kelly selected two former members of the Kansas Senate on Thursday to lead a task force being assembled by the governor to weigh options for changing the state's tax system.
Steve Morris, a moderate Republican from Hugoton, and Janis Lee, a Democrat from Kensington, agreed to co-chair the Governor's Council on Tax Reform. Within several weeks, the governor plans to appoint other members and issue an executive order outlining her vision for the search of a fiscally responsible, fair and sustainable tax structure.
Morris and Lee served more than 20 years in the Senate. Morris presided as president for eight years. Lee was ranking Democrat on the Senate's tax committee and later was a hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals.
"I know Steve and Janis share my desire to keep the state tax burden as low as possible," Kelly said. "They also understand how important it is to ensure that our tax code supports public investment in areas such as education, public safety and infrastructure needed to help Kansas prosper."
Tax policy was a central issue of the 2019 legislative session because of Kelly's veto of two bills passed by the House and Senate, which failed to override the governor. Both bills would have enabled multinational corporations to avoid state income tax when returning foreign income to Kansas and would have trimmed the state's 6.5 percent state sales tax on food.
Kelly said the council should proceed with caution, because of uncertainty about the economy, in the quest for opportunities to build a "sensible tax system that benefits Kansans who need it the most, and ultimately all Kansans."
Alan Cobb, president of the Kansas Chamber, said he was disappointed by the appointment of Morris and Lee. He said they resisted sensible tax reform and voted for numerous tax hikes.
"In this day and age of competitiveness when Kansas struggles to grow, it is mystifying why Governor Kelly appointed two former legislators to lead her tax reform council who historically held Kansas back," Cobb said.


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Specsavers in Whitby has played host to a group of school children from the nearby Stakesby Community Primary School, in order to educate them on the importance of eye health.
The team at Specsavers in Whitby gave the children from Stakesby School a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of an optician and workshops in eye health.
The children were rotated between three different sessions, the first looking at spectacles and lenses and how they work, the second looking at the anatomy of the eye and exactly what happens during an eye test and what an optician looks out for, and finally the day ended with a session on optical illusions and a quiz.
Norman Cole, store director at Specsavers in Whitby, says: 'It's so exciting to be able to see future generations not only learning about the importance of eye health but also taking a keen interest in what it takes to be an optician.


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When Poetry is Music and Vice Versa…
I am sure you have heard the word "champion" used in reference to folks who extoll and proclaim the value of an idea or planned project. There are champions in all fields of endeavor, and the creative arts are firmly included. And in the genre of poetry, there is one who aaduna treasures.
This champion has been a special and gracious guest at all aaduna annual fundraisers for the past four years including this past May where he read the poem that we are presenting on today's "Avenue." Without a doubt, we appreciate his ongoing support, continuing creative literary contributions, scholarship, and exploration of musical legacies through poetry. We sincerely offer our abundant thanks to...
Howard Nelson, featured poet, aaduna fundraiser gala (photo by: Lisa Brennan)
Glad to hear that Sister Rosetta Tharpe has been elected
to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
It's a nice recognition to have—
even though she's not here to enjoy it,
at least not able to attend the ceremony in person.
Nina Simone got in too.
I never thought of her as a rock singer,
but definitions are problematical.
Glad to have her in there too.
Sister Rosetta, I knew about somewhat,
but when she got elected I went over to YouTube,
where you can see just about anything
you might want to see, or so it seems.
If you type in, say, Robert Burns,
hoping to see him reciting in some Scottish tavern,
you won't find him, though you will find plenty of people
reading and singing his poems. But Sister Rosetta Tharpe,
by the lucky accident of timing—my God, there she is,
playing her guitar, singing and swaying,
picking and strutting, her eyes flashing. That is joy.
Her stage presence, her style of singing,
visceral, theatrical, blues, gospel, wonderful.
Check out the one where she is playing
in a train station, in England, 1964.
She comes walking along wearing a long white coat
and high heal shoes, strolling with a handsome
young escort on her arm. She is about sixty.
When she comes to where her guitar is leaning,
she picks it up and plays on the rain-soaked platform
to the kids clapping along on the other side of the track
"Didn't It Rain," and then "Trouble in Mind."
At one point after a riff she interjects,
" Not bad for a woman—huh?"
entirely secure in her prowess.
In some of her solos you can hear Jimi Hendrix
getting ready to be born. I'd like to recommend
a few other songs in addition to those:
"This Train," "That's All," "Up above My Head,"
and of course "Down by the Riverside."
Up and down, up and down, up, and down.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is in the Hall of Fame,
not just the one in Cleveland, nice as the honor may be,
but the real one, the one made only of music and time.
Howard Nelson (photo provided)
Howard Nelson, born in New Jersey in 1947, was educated at Gettysburg College and Hollins College. He moved to the Finger Lakes region of New York in 1970 and has lived there ever since, teaching at Cayuga Community College, an institution he retired from. He is married, has three grown children, and is a granddad. His collections of poems are: Creatures (1983), Singing into the Belly (1990), Gorilla Blessing (1993), Bone Music (1997), and The Nap by the Waterfall (2009. His poems have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies, and read on Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac." All the Earthly Lovers: Selected & New Poems was published in 2014. Mr. Nelson's poem "The Moon" was published in the 20th anniversary issue of Northern Woodlands magazine, and he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for "Best of Small Press Publications for 2014." He also writes criticism and essays, and is the author of Robert Bly: An Introduction to the Poetry and editor of On the Poetry of Galway Kinnell: The Wages of Dying, and Earth, My Likeness: Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman. He contributed to Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia. He is a member of the Thoreau Society, and his recent pieces on Thoreau have appeared in The Thoreau Society Bulletin. Professor Nelson continues to read at several venues throughout the United States, and is a frequent reader at local and regional community literary events.
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Police seek suspect in deadly Norwich shooting
John Penney
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NORWICH - Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Norwich that is being described as a "targeted" attack.
Norwich Police Department patrol officers and detectives responded at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday to Lake Street where officials said a 39-year-old man was shot. The unidentified victim was transported to The William W. Backus Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Police said the attack appears to have been a targeted attack and the incident is being investigated as a homicide.
Several Lisbon residents on social media late Tuesday afternoon reported receiving a reverse-911 call informing them the suspect was last seen in the area of Club House Road.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Det. Dennis Bialowas at (860) 886-5561, ext. 3157, by email dbialowas@cityofnorwich.org or by calling the department's anonymous tip-line at (860) 886-5561 ext. 4. All information can be kept confidential.
Tuesday's shooting is the second such fatal incident in the city since June in which police say a victim had been targeted.
Edward McIntyre, 66, was found dead at approximately 1:45 p.m. on June 10 inside his residence at 52 Laurel Hill Ave., Apt. 3, police said. McIntyre died of multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy found.
That investigation remains active.
Anyone with information on McIntyre's death is asked to contact Detective Chris Chastang at (860) 886-5561, ext. 3156.
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In a single round of voting today, the General Assembly elected Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland as non-permanent members of the Security Council for the next two years.
The five non-permanent members were elected according to the following pattern: three seats for the Group of African States and the Group of Asia-Pacific States, one for the Group of Eastern European States, and one for the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. All the new members met the required two-thirds majority and were elected in the first and only round of voting.
Egypt's representative expressed concern about the bilateral agreement by Italy and the Netherlands to share the term, cautioning that it could have a negative impact on the Council. As an exceptional arrangement, it should not set a precedent for the future, he emphasized.
The General Assembly's next meeting will be announced.


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By Nick Booth
Brexit has created a devastating new health issue that can be directly blamed on David Davis, Kate Hoey and the 'extremely Right' democratic terror group, Vote Leave.
The potentially deadly social virus is a mixture of two known conditions, Munchausen's Sydrome and DPD (Despite Brexit Disorder), a British version of the French 'nostalgie de la boue'. The two friends in viral form have interbred to create a phenomenon that spin doctors are calling Brex-Hausen's coverage.
Munchausen's is described by the NHS as a 'factitious illness' in which the sufferer pretends to be injured or fakes the symptoms of injury. Celebrity casualties include a well-known pop singer who claimed to have been insulted in the street by London taxi drivers and another 'star' who claimed to have received death threats.
In the former case, no evidence was available to back the claims. More seriously, in the latter case the 'victim', identified as an 'early stage TV personality' claimed he had been subject to homophobic death threats after winning a reality TV show. Later, he admitted that the death threats were made up because, he said, everybody does it.
Speaking on the NHS website, psychiatrist Dr Christopher Bass says Munchausen's is inspired by a need to inhabit the 'sick role'. This victim status is more likely to be developed among adults (aka 'voters') and is four times more common in females than males, according to Bass.
A more recent variation of the condition is Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, in which symptoms of illness are projected onto others. This behaviour was first identified when some carers would deliberately make their charges (usually children) ill, presumably in order to gain some control and approval for looking after them.
In a sinister development, this tool of social manipulation has spread to many sections of the entertainment industry and the media. Injury projections and public displays of emoting are becoming increasingly common among everyone from anchormen to actors. "Nobody who works in front of a camera or a live audience is safe," warned an expert.
Since the Referendum in June, incidents of Munchausen's Syndrome by Luvvie have gone through the roof and the public has been shell shocked by constant insulting accusations over imaginary crimes and non-existent prejudices.
There has also been an alarming rise in Despite Brexit Disorder, especially in the BBC, The Guardian and The New Statesman. In each of these sects, the walls of the newsrooms carry 'grimspirational' posters, urging hacks to plumb new depths of gloom and create a suffocating atmosphere of pessimism. "Make It Sad", says a poster in the BBC canteen. "Made it Bad", says the poster at The Guardian. "Make it up", says the poster at BuzzFake magazine.
However, there are signs the situation has got ten times worse when the two behvioural viruses merged into two lethal forms, Brex-Hausen's Syndrome and Brex-Hausen's Syndrome by Coverage.
The first known case of Brex-Hausen's Syndrome was identified yesterday in The Guardian.
In the outbreak, the bereft-leaning paper's Despite Brexit Correspondent, Lisa O'Carroll, seems to be desperately projecting awful social injuries onto the Swedish people. Naturally a recent exercise in democracy was blamed.
In a report O'Carroll accuses British people of xenophobia and hate crimes against our north Germanic cousins. The news story might not make sense to many people. Even if there are people in Britain small minded enough to hate foreigners, Swedes would be so far down the list nobody would ever find the time to abuse them. Besides, critics point out, most of the 100,000 Swedes that live in the UK are likely to live in London, where the worst offence against Swedish sensibilities is likely to be indifference.
Despite the lack of logic or firm evidence, the patient can be observed ploughing on with the story, oblivious to the effect this social divisiveness has on others. Until The Referendum, little has been known about those who belong on the so called 'Extreme Sanctimonious Spectrum'. But, a democracy experiment showed, the desperate need to been seen in a good light, frequently at other people's expense, can be devastating.
Is there no antidote to the pernicious spread of this beastly disease?
There may be some good news on the horizon. According to monitoring agency GriefWatch, there are signs that many Remainiacs may be adjusting to their democracy aversion. A small number are no longer in the denial stage of their reaction to free speech and the will of the people. Though most are still in anger and bargaining, frequently both, there are some promsing signs. Some optimists say that by 2020, many of today's Remainiacs might have moved to the acceptance stage of grief. In the meantime, the public have been asked to keep calm and carry on.
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In case you didn't already know, we here at CHICKS ROCK! love few things more than a good book, and we're excited to announce that TWM is launching a summer book club! We've posted the details below so that you all can participate and get started this long weekend.
TWM'S SIZZLING SUMMER BOOK CLUB!
You asked for it, we've got it! Get away this summer with a captivating book each month and then join TWM Members and guests to discuss it over classic Italian cookies & pastries at Veniero's in the East Village!
Includes coffee, tea or soda and an assortment of Italian pastries and cookies!
An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India's most controversial empresses - a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal Empire. Skillfully blending the textures of historical reality with the rich and sensual imaginings of a timeless fairy tale, The Twentieth Wife sweeps readers up in Mehrunnisa's embattled love with Prince Salim, and in the bedazzling destiny of a woman - a legend in her own time - who was all but lost to history until now.


Abstract: As of Mar 2017, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has more than 750k registered drone users. Safety of drones is the most crucial issue while designing drones. Most prior research focuses on aspects of the drone piloting system, drone applications, and drone cyber security. However, there lacks a system level protection for drone's essential peripherals. Several rootkits such as motochopper show that a commodity operating system is not safe, and the OS kernel can be easily compromised, such that the malicious applications can take control of the drone. We propose a new mechanism PROTC to protect the essential peripherals from being maliciously accessed. The protection is abstracted through the feature of ARM TrustZone. PROTC implements a trusted computing block within ARM TrustZone that enforces secure access control policy for the essential protected peripherals of the drone. The hardware protection from ARM TrustZone ensures that the trusted computing block of PROTC that runs privileged instructions is isolated from drone OS. PROTC successfully shows that only authorized applications can access drone's protected peripherals.


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Kerala achieves the highest annual decline in infant mortality rate followed by Mizoram and Karnataka, states the Health Ministry.
Union Health Minister J.P Nadda on Tuesday inaugurated the 5th National Summit on "Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India" being held in Assam and also released a report 'Healthy States, Progressive India' which ranks states and UTs on improvements in common health meters.
West Bengal was declared the best state in Family Planning category while Chattisgarh and Rajasthan were ranked second and third respectively.
Himachal Pradesh again was ranked the best state for the highest annual decline in Under 5 Mortality followed by both Assam and Jharkhand in second position and Gujarat and Kerala in the third rank.
Speaking at the event, Nadda said the government is focused on promoting innovative approaches.
"The govt believes in cooperative federalism. The Health Ministry stands with the states. While the ownership is that of the states, we are ready to lend all technical and financial support. The essence of co-operative federalism lies not in decentralization alone but also in sharing and learning from each other," he stated.
In 2013, the non-Hispanic black infant mortality rate in the U.S. was 11.1 per 1,000 live births, compared with 5.1 for non-Hispanic whites.
Caregivers say current Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) packaging designs have inappropriately large sachets, lacks clear usage details and are visually unappealing.
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In September, 2003 Jenny moved into her own home with two friends and a caregiver. Jenny and my husband and I had traveled for about three years on a journey of house hunting, housemate hunting, caregiver searching, and furniture buying. The biggest challenge was finding the right caregiver. With the help of a close network of friends and advisors, built up through years of living with a daughter who is intellectually disabled, we found both a good caregiver and good housemates. We contemplated what supports we needed and eventually sought legal advice but decided not to use government support.
As we followed this journey, we were aware of the emotional bumps in the road. Jenny had to feel ready to make this move, and so did my husband and I. When driving her up to her house with clothes one day, Jenny asked, "Mum, is this forever?" I paused, then answered, "Yes. Is that OK?" To my great relief, I heard "Yes". So much meaning – so few words.
We wanted Jenny to have her own home so that she could begin to feel what it was like to live without our daily presence and supervision. Through this, we wanted her to get that wonderful feeling of independence and control over her own environment, to the best of her abilities. And she did. She began to make more decisions about her own life, and to feel really good about it. While Jenny's self-confidence has always been good, it soared with this newfound experience. She realized she was ready to leave school and join the working world – fewer holidays, but a pay cheque!
Jenny continues to thrive, participating in her own community, making new friends there, and exploring her neighborhood territory (shops, parks, restaurants).
We have had a few challenges, such as occasionally finding a new caregiver and a new housemate, but everyone in the house works together to face these challenges and come up with solutions. Jenny's life has changed. She is really learning to be who she is.
As I have watched Jenny's gradual transformation, I have felt so thankful that my husband and I have been able to give Jenny this gift of independence. But this capacity to help our daughter has lead to a frustrated desire to help other families do the same for their sons and daughters who are intellectually disabled. But how? I could not go out and buy 100 other homes. Then, in a moment of solitude about two summers ago, I had the thought of helping families help themselves. Many families can develop their own plan and carry it out themselves. They just need to see the path. I had done it and I could show them the path. Thus begun the first flicker of LIGHTS.
Now Community Living Toronto has partnered with me, and together with our board of directors, we will be able to release many more butterflies into this city of Toronto.


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Kickapoo Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,158 and it contained 3,005 housing units. Kickapoo Township changed its name from Orange Township on an unknown date, but the best guess is 1850.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which  (or 99.78%) is land and  (or 0.22%) is water.

Demographics

References

External links
City-data.com
Illinois State Archives

Townships in Peoria County, Illinois
Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois
Townships in Illinois

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A winter stroll through the woods and fields of Minnesota is always rewarding. It clears the mind and renews one's spirit. And if you are lucky, you might come home with a keepsake of some sort.
Like an antler shed by a whitetail buck.
If finding a shed antler intrigues you, the next few months are prime time to be afield. In Minnesota, most bucks shed their antlers about mid-January. In nature, there are no hard and fast rules, but the physical condition of a buck roughly determines when the animal will shed its antlers. Therefore, the largest bucks usually drop their antlers first because the rigors of the rut have them worn down.
This winter, many bucks dropped their antlers during December because of stress incurred by the early snow and severe cold. A friend of mine found three shed antlers very early this year, during the first few days of January.
In my experience, the best places to find shed antlers are the north edges of fields in which the deer were feeding during the peak antler-shedding period. At night deer often bed in or close to these fields, especially along the north side. In such locations, you'll often find an abundance of tracks and beds, and with a bit of luck, a shed antler.
Daytime bedding areas are also good locations to find sheds. Concentrate your efforts in areas with a southern exposure. Deer seek these locations because the temperature can be several degrees warmer than surrounding spots.
You might find an occasional shed antler by following deer trails that connect feeding areas with daytime bedding locations. But, over the years, I've found relatively few sheds along deer trails. Think about it: Deer spend most of their days bedded or feeding. They spend less time traveling to and from those areas.
That said, I've found shed antlers in some strange spots. Once I discovered a dropped antler lying in the middle of a country road only a short time after a snowplow had passed.
One early spring day, I found two shed antlers as I was carrying a photography blind to a remote pond where I hoped to photograph ducks. The blind was a burdensome contraption. Once it was strapped to my back, I was forced to walk in a hunched position, which left me staring at the ground. I would not have found either shed had I not been encumbered by the heavy load.
Finding a shed antler is usually not that easy. Because of the current deer management system in Minnesota, heavy hunting pressure is put on bucks, and the majority of animals that carry antlers are killed each fall. Also, antlers don't last long once on the ground because squirrels and other critters consume them.
For whatever reason, antlers have enthralled man since the beginning of time. Though I can't explain the magnetism, I can attest to the thrill of discovering a shed. I find myself examining the antler from end to end while wondering where the buck is now and if I'll see him next year when he is wearing his new headgear.