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Byandala aquitted for the Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Scandal: Thieving is apparently legal!
The Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Scandal that is going as far back as 2009-2010, but the official starting point of the project was in 2014, as the scheduled end of the project was in 2017. This was the works of the Ministry of Works Abraham Byandala. He got siphoned money to a non-existent company, which didn't work on others than imaginary stuff for years. The bills that the state totally paid was up to 24 billion Ugandan Shillings. That this man was in-charge of and took over the years.
This scandal isn't new, the documentation between Byandala, the companies and Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is all there, but that wasn't good enough for him to suffer. That is because of his connection and that he is married to the upper-echelon of society. If he was an ordinary con-man he would linger in jail, but since he wears a suit and is connected. He could walk like nothing after a prolonged case and now they are clearing him of the charges. That happens as it has gone years since he ate this money and the state is ready to move on.
That the National Resistance Movement (NRM) are above the laws is proven with judgment like these. As the former Minister made up a company, siphoned money into the accounts of the make belief and made paperwork for possible road-works, without anything being delivered. The state paid for nothing and was still billed. They paid for ghosts and an a mirage made by the Minister.
This is like a really bad scam of the people and whoever carried the footed bills for company, which was non-existent. That shows the nerve of the NRM, as they are charging whoever oppose them, but their own thieves they are allowing freedom.
That Byandala has stolen billions of shillings is known. This was done while he was in power and he did it with others. As they tried all tricks to hide it, but it leaked and hit the public. As the prices of the road between Mukono-Katosi becoming to huge. The state was continuing to paying for a projects that lasted forever. That is why this is are real injustice. The people didn't get the roads and their funds was taken by a Minister appointed by the President.
That is why this is insulting. As Byandala is walking away without a scratch, without an inch of pain and could take the billions like nothing. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 29, 2018 August 29, 2018 Categories Africa, Business, Corruption, Development, Economy, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, Politics, Tax, TransparencyTags Abraham James Byandala, Bitmen Standard, Bitumen, BMAU, Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, DFA, Director Finance and Administration, Directorate of Planning, Due Diligence, ECC, Economic Policy Research Center, Embezzlement, EPRC, Eutaw Construction Company, GoU, Government of Uganda, Graft, Hon. Abraham James Byandala, Hon. Minister for Works and Transport, HPDU, IGG, Inspector of Government, Inspectorate of Government, Institutional Reforms, International Instruments, Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza, Katosi, Kyetume, Lillian Mwandha, M/s Arab Consulting Engineers, M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc, Marvin Baryaruha, Ministry of Work and Transport, MoFPED, MOU, MPS, Mukono, Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga Road, Nyenga, OAG, Office of the Auditor General, OPM, PDE, PDU, Police, PPDA, Road Construction, The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority, Uganda, Uganda National Roads Authority, Uganda Road Fund, UNRA, UNRA Board, UNRA Technical TeamLeave a comment on Byandala aquitted for the Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Scandal: Thieving is apparently legal!
Opinion: These two ideas shouldn't be thing in 2017: Goats for tuition fees and Jerrycan-Irrigation!
NRM in July 2016 in Kakinga in Western Uganda.
In the Republic of Uganda and Zimbabwe there are two issues that should not occur or need to happen, as the societies under Zimbabwean African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and National Resistance Movement (NRM), that President Robert Mugabe and President Yoweri Museveni has been the Executives for decades.
These two republics has both their issues concerning these gentleman, though not the same. Still, the republics has some dire needs. You know so, when President Museveni has to spread this message in the year of 2017:
"I continue to encourage farmers to use drip irrigation. Even as we wait for government to roll out mass irrigation, farmers can irrigate their crops with basic tools like bottles. No one should let seedlings go to waste on claims of drought yet we are surrounded by water" (Yoweri Museveni, 16.04.2017).
The Jerrycan and bottle irrigation mantra in the land of steady progress, you can wonder and pound about the agriculture reforms that was about to happen when the NRM came into power. Where the wealth creation and the cash crops we're supposed to change the economic landscape. Still, since the Movement ceased power in 1986, the same President as back-then has to spread the message of a drip-drop irrigation system based on bottles and jerrycans. Instead of modern agriculture, because of how he misused the state reserves and the donated aid. Therefore, the lacking facilitation of agriculture. So it is sad to know that the President Museveni has to propagandize the jerrycan irrigation system, like it is a fantastic invention and something that would really be a paradigm shift.
Than you have in Zimbabwe, the county of the Lancaster House Agreement, the ZANU-PF elite and the Bond-Notes, with a massive movement behind the voices of opposition, as well as the financial troubles under President Mugabe. Who has turned the Southern African breadbasket unto a food-import heaven as his land-reforms has destroyed the agricultural production as well as the economic climate. Therefore this news shouldn't be a thing of 2017!
"Parents who cannot raise tuition fees for children can offer livestock in lieu of payment or do chores for learning institutions, a Cabinet minister has said. The Sunday Mail understands that several State-run primary schools in Glen View, Harare have already adopted the arrangement. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora told this paper last week, "Our schools have to be flexible and ensure those who do not have money to pay fees can work. For example, if there is a builder in the community, he/she must be given that opportunity to work as a form of payment of tuition fees" (…) "On the issue of livestock, the community has to arrange a market where everyone participates; from the school authorities, local leadership and parents themselves to avoid parents being duped" (Gwete, 2017).
So in the proud republic of Zimbabwe the Cabinet Minister Dr. Lazarus Dokora, says parents who doesn't have enough cash to pay tuition fees can now pay in livestock or goats. We know by now that the faith in the Bond-Notes is abysmal, still that the Republic has such little cash flow; that can take animals as payments. Shows the neglect of the state, the little money circulation and the financial vows right now. If the financial market and the currency we're in a better condition, than such massive amount of parents wouldn't have to trade their goats and livestock so their kids can go to school.
That under President Mugabe, the citizens have to use their livestock and goats as trading tools, or even as currency because of the lack of stable financial policies. This shows the draconian state and what sort of government that is in charge. When they are more concerned about their Mercedes Benz's than the population!
That the Zimbabwean people and citizens of the Republic run by Zanu-PF should feel betrayed by the lack of governance and care of the taxpayers funds. The Zimbabwean people should be in sorrow as even as their state is insufficient, it now has a plan not to only eat their monies, but also take their animals. So that the future of Zimbabwe can learn how to read and write, even type and some hopefully understanding better what it means to be a Statesmen. A Statesmen that cares about its constituent and their struggles, not just eat of it and leave them to rot. That is what the Zanu-PF elite does right now.
What we have have seen with these two stories is clear lack of policies and wish to intervene in the struggles of the citizens. We can see two governments, that is Zanu-PF and NRM, who clearly are both out-of-time and out-of-pocket as they scrap their best ideas to salvage some hope. The hope is that some can be duped by the idea and support the so-called progress. That it is progressive to take goats as currency to pay for tuition and the other revolutionary idea of using bottles and jerrycans to irrigate the dirt. That President Museveni and President Mugabe is over-due is proof with this. The milk is thick and nasty. The milk is not drinkable and if so you will vomit. The reality is that these men doesn't see or doesn't want to see.
They are eating of the plate and sells their propaganda, the own mindset of lies and deception, and it has been said so many times that the old-men believes. Even if it isn't so. The manufactured reality and the destruction of the society, is the reasons for these tales, many factors involved, but the Presidents has been there through the stages. They have seen it all and created policies that has changed to this level of underdevelopment. If they really did care, than the countries would have looked different. If they would have created parliaments for serving cadres for the people and not their own bellies like right now. That is why many of them think these sort of policies are acceptable and even profess to them. Therefore, the republic's are living in a state they doesn't deserve and the citizens are used as pawns. Peace.
Gwete, Wendy – ''Pay school fees with goats, labour' (15.02.2017) link:
http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/pay-school-fees-with-goats-labour/
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31st Celebration of NRM Regime with a Yellow Jerrycan's into the future!
The National Resistance Movement had their Celebration Party and unleashed their new ruling-party national newspaper. I thought that was the New Vision? Apparently, I am other we're wrong on the Bukedde and New Vision ass-kissing mission during the three decades of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Well, there is so much to celebrate for the NRM!
They have yet another election that rigged and had a new number of sole candidates without any competitions. This is a real victory like stealing candy from a little kid. The NRM can be so celebratory as they are having a too small Parliament, having to few cars for their MPs, added more debt every year into the state coffers with added interest rates on these loans. Together with the waiting of petroleum monies that seems more and more likely to happen closer to 2020 than ever.
NRM can celebrate that they have had a bunch of Vice Presidents, but none has outlasted the long-serving rebel on the throne, that has installed the Jerrycan irrigations as the State cannot afford proper relief or modern irrigation to the their farmers. The cash crops are also struggling as well as staple-food, even the cattle is dying in the cattle-corridor. The NRM has certainly built a perfect nation.
The Uganda Airways, Uganda Telecom, Uganda Broadcasting Company and others are either gone, near depleted or living on their last legs. UTL the phone company is dead-broke and on life-support. UBC is the only State financed Television Company that couldn't afford to get licence to send the African Cup of Nations from Gabon this AFCOM2017. NRM has so much to celebrate.
Certainly the lucky guests who got a Presidential Handshake can be all smiles and grin, as the illegitimate government are postponing and struggling with infrastructure projects, as they are all embezzlement projects for the UNRA to trick monies out of the state. The expenses or building roads have sky-rocketed, the Mukono – Katosi Road Project and Kampala – Entebbe Expressway is examples of the open-air bazar of looting under the NRM.
We can question the ambition of the NRM, as they have included all sorts of missions and promises. Most of them shelved out every election cycle, but then forgotten when the NRM MPs and President has entered the Parliament Avenue. The certainty of Steady Progress isn't there, except for puppy talk of the loyal Musevenists.
This can be said as National Medicak Stores (NMS) are often empty of needed medicines or issuing issues with the sale of copy medicines that we're not supposed to be on the market. The Hospitals lacking medicines, enough trained personnel, lacking payment structures and salaries as the nurses and teachers even have cash-crops or other jobs to survive. The lacking structure and care for the Health Care is evident as the Nobel men and honourable are travelling abroad for their curing of sickness, as even some of the Generals are suddenly dying as they are travelling to their Asian allies.
We can question if the NRM should celebrate that Nakasero Hospital is now seen as the National Referral Hospital instead of the historic hospital, the Kings Hospital Mulago, the Mulago Referral Hospital Complex that is even missing a well-working cancer machine. The only one that was last bought in 1990s and early in the reign of the NRM! The NRM forgot their mission and let it dwindle like so many other institutions; there are many hospitals without working X-Ray machines and other needed equipment to help the sick patience. This is happening on the daily. The responsibility of this fate is their maladministration and it's all in the hands of the NRM.
Certainly they can take their Jerry-Cans into the future, with the yellow t-shirts and yellow flags. Still forgetting their mission and their purpose, they have forgotten why they exists! Since they are now only bowing their knees for the Mzee instead of workingfor the citizens. Right now the liberation was only liberating Museveni, but letting everybody else being under his mercy. That isn't freedom, liberty or justice. That is a dictatorship and Museveni is dictating everything and behind all acts. Just like the biggest scam of 2017, the Presidential Handshake. That proves how little NRM Regime has to really celebrate. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on January 26, 2017 January 26, 2017 Categories Africa, Army, Business, Civil Service, Development, Economic Measures, Economy, Election, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, Politics, Tax, TransparencyTags #Scambailouts, #Steady Progress, 10th Parliament, 1995 Constitution of Uganda, 1995 National Constitution, 2016 General Election, 2016 General Election Uganda, ABC Capital Bank, Abraham James Byandala, Accountability, Accounting Officer UNRA, Acting Director Procurement, Advanced Payment, AFCON, AFCON 2017, Afcon TV Rights, Africa Cup of Nations 2017, Africa Union of Broadcasters, Aga Khan, Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi, Agreement, Amuru, Ann Maria Nankabirwa, Application for Temporary Injunction and Judicial Review, Arab Consulting Engineers, Article 102(b), Atomic Energy Council, Bitmen Standard, Bitumen, BMAU, BoQs, Bribe, Bribery, Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, Cancer Treatment, CC, Chris Baryomunsi, Civil Works, Cobalt 60 Teletherapy Machine, Contracts Committee, Corruption, David Agaba Winston, Development Partners, DFA, Director Finance and Administration, Directorate of Planning, Don Museveni, Donor Aid, Donor Funds, Donor Money, Dr. Jackson Orem, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Due Diligence, East Africa, ECC, Economic Policy Research Center, Embezzlement, EPRC, EU, European Union, Eutaw Construction Company, Examination, Federal License, Frank Tumwebaze, FY 2011/2012, FY 2012/2013, FY 2014/2015, FY 2015/2016, Gabon, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, Graft, Gravel Roads, H. E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, H.E. Yoweri Museveni, Health Care, High Court of Uganda, High Tides Limited, High Tides Ltd, Hon. Abraham James Byandala, Hon. Ann Maria Nankabirwa, Hon. Chris Baryomunsi, Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, Hon. Margaret Muhanga, Hon. Matia Kasaija, Hon. Minister for Works and Transport, Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, HPDU, IGG, Ilegal Practice, Illigal, Inspector of Government, Inspectorate of Government, Institutional Reforms, International Instruments, Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza, Jackson Orem, Kampala, Katosi, Kenya, Kick-Start, Kings Hospital Mulago, Kisoga, Kristian Schmidt, Kyankawazi, Kyankwanzi Leadership Training Institute, Kyankwanzi National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi Retreat, Kyetume, Lillian Mwandha, Local Bank, Local Taxes, Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni., M/s Arab Consulting Engineers, M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc, Margaret Muhanga, Marvin Baryaruha, Matia Kasaija, Members of Parliament, Memorandum of Understand, Militarism, Militarized Politics, Militarized State, Ministerial Policy Statement, ministry of finance planning and economic development, Ministry of Health:, Ministry of Work and Transport, Miscellaneous Application No. 704 of 2014, MoFPED, Money Gift, MOU, MPS, Mukono, Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga Road, Mulago, Mulago Cancer Ward, Mulago Hospital, Mulago Hospital Complex, NALI, National Identity Card System Scam, National Identity Cards, National Medical Store, National Resistance Movement, NMS, NRM, NRM MPs, NRM Regime, NRM-Elite, Nyenga, OAG, Office of the Auditor General, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, Party Agent, Paved, Payment of Lands, PDE, PDU, Performance Guarantee, Police, Police State, PPDA, PPDA Regulation 2003, President Museveni, Presidential Age Limit, Presidential Candidate, Presidential Election Act, Presidential Election Act 2000, Prime Minister, Public Assets, Radiation Workers, Regulation 34, Republic of Uganda, Road, Road Construction, Ruhakana Rugunda, Safety Measures, Salim Selah, solicitation document, State Priority, Steady Regress, Tarmac, Tarmacking, Tax, Tax Identification Number, Tax Money, Telecast, The CONTRACT ACT CAP 73, The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority, TIN, Transparents, TV, TV Football, TV Rights, U.S.A, UBC, UCC, UCI, Uganda, Uganda Broadcasting Company, Uganda Cancer Institute, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda General Election 2016, Uganda National Roads Authority, Uganda National Team, Uganda Police Force, Uganda Road Fund, Uganda Vision 2040, Ugandan Government, Ugandan TV, United States of America, UNRA, UNRA - 5 Year Corporate Strategic Plan, UNRA Board, UNRA Technical Team, UPF, Workplan, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on 31st Celebration of NRM Regime with a Yellow Jerrycan's into the future!
Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Scandal: The MoU between UNRA and EUTAW Construction Company
If you want to look more into do it here:
Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Road Scandal
Author nilspeacePosted on September 12, 2016 September 12, 2016 Categories Africa, Business, Civil Service, Development, Economic Measures, Economy, Ethics, Governance, Government, Infrastructure, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags ABC Capital Bank, Abraham James Byandala, Accountability, Accounting Officer UNRA, Acting Director Procurement, Advanced Payment, Agreement, Application for Temporary Injunction and Judicial Review, Arab Consulting Engineers, Bitmen Standard, Bitumen, BMAU, BoQs, Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, CC, Civil Works, Contracts Committee, Corruption, Development Partners, DFA, Director Finance and Administration, Directorate of Planning, Due Diligence, ECC, Economic Policy Research Center, Embezzlement, EPRC, EU, European Union, Eutaw Construction Company, Examination, Federal License, FY 2011/2012, FY 2012/2013, FY 2014/2015, FY 2015/2016, GoU, Government of Uganda, Graft, Gravel Roads, High Court of Uganda, High Tides Limited, High Tides Ltd, Hon. Abraham James Byandala, Hon. Minister for Works and Transport, HPDU, IGG, Inspector of Government, Inspectorate of Government, Institutional Reforms, International Instruments, Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza, Katosi, Kick-Start, Kisoga, Kristian Schmidt, Kyetume, Lillian Mwandha, Local Bank, Local Taxes, M/s Arab Consulting Engineers, M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc, Marvin Baryaruha, Memorandum of Understand, Ministerial Policy Statement, ministry of finance planning and economic development, Ministry of Work and Transport, Miscellaneous Application No. 704 of 2014, MoFPED, MOU, MPS, Mukono, Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga Road, National Identity Card System Scam, National Identity Cards, Nyenga, OAG, Office of the Auditor General, OPM, Paved, Payment of Lands, PDE, PDU, Performance Guarantee, Police, PPDA, PPDA Regulation 2003, Public Assets, Regulation 34, Road, Road Construction, solicitation document, Tarmac, Tarmacking, Tax Identification Number, The CONTRACT ACT CAP 73, The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority, TIN, Transparents, U.S.A, Uganda, Uganda National Roads Authority, Uganda Police Force, Uganda Road Fund, Uganda Vision 2040, United States of America, UNRA, UNRA - 5 Year Corporate Strategic Plan, UNRA Board, UNRA Technical Team, UPF, WorkplanLeave a comment on Project 1034 Mukono-Katosi Scandal: The MoU between UNRA and EUTAW Construction Company
Project 1034: Mukono-Katosi Road Scandal
There been written a lot by this scandal. I have looked through a dozen dose of documents and found this linking the upgrading of the road from Mukono to Katosi. Which was contracted out from UNRA to two other companies, wasn't properly checked before contracts and authorization. There also been reported on missing monies. Therefore when you read through the quotes and numbers you will have the ability to see through what you have read other places. It's should be an enlightenment journey through a new path.
The road construction and rebuilding of the road from Mukono-Katosi was to upgrade the road from gravel to bitumen standard. The project started 31.1.2014 and is anticipated to be done by 31.1.2017 (MPS, P: 197. 2014).
The Government of Uganda put into the project 960,000 UGX. The releases of funding in July were 80, 000, 00 UGX, in August was 160,000 UGX and in November it was 240,000 UGX. The total release from July to August for the project was 480,000 UGX. Release of the total budget in that time was 50% of that year. (MoFPED,P: 18, 2009).
On the 1st December 2010 the Government of Uganda made a memorandum of understanding between the government and the company of High Tides Limited and also with the Eutaw Construction Company of United States of America. High Tides Ltd will pay Eutaw Construction Company the monies $1.750.000. That agreement is for the license for UNRA/Works/2009-10/00001/18/08 for tarmacking of Mukono – Kyetumo – Katosi/ Kisonga – Nyenga Road (72km) (MOU – 2010).
The Strategic Plan from UNRA had the development plan set for finishing tarmacking the road from Mukono – Kyetume – Katosi done by 2017. And the works would be started by 2014 (UNRA, P: 57, 2012).
The budget performance Financial Year of 2011/2012, the Government budget that was revised was 6,841,489,157 UGX. Released for FY 2011/2012 6,697,682,837 UGX, and the expenditure of the FY 2011/2012 it was 6,697,682,837 UGX. The release performance for the FY was 98% and absorption rate was 100%. (MoFPED, P: 41, 2012).
PPDA findings:
"The procurement for the contractor for upgrading the Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road commenced in July 2010 and by 19th January 2011, the procurement had reached award stage. However due to lack of funding as stated by the PDU the contract could not be awarded hence the request by PDU on 22nd March 2012 to have it cancelled. The First request by PDU to have the contract cancelled was rejected by the CC. However on re-submission by the PDU on 9th May 2012, the CC approved the cancellation" (…) "The HPDU also recommended that negotiations be held with M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc. to confirm cost adjustments. The negotiations were held by the appointed members (see annex) and this culminated into signing of the contract with M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc. on 15th November 2013 at UGX. 165,272,156,814 after SG approval" (…) "The Authority noted that the UNRA Directorate of Planning prepared BoQs from which the estimated value of the procurement was derived amounting to UGX. 184,357,246,540. It was noted that the Contracts Committee approved the solicitation document to be used on 2nd November 2010" (…)"The negotiation team recommended that a price of UGX 165,272,156,814 was sufficient to carry out the works"(PPDA P:2-3). "On 2nd October 2013, supplementary negotiations were held between the appointed UNRA negotiations team and M/s EUTAW Construction. The negotiations concluded that a price of UGX. 165,272,156,814 was sufficient to carry out the works" (…) "On 10th October 2013, the HPDU submitted the conclusions of the negotiations to the Contracts Committee for approval. The HPDU recommended for the award of contract for the Civil Works for the upgrading of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road from gravel to paved standard to M/s EUTAW Construction Company Inc. at a contract price of UGX. 165,272,156,814 inclusive of taxes" (…) "On 7th November 2013, the AO wrote to M/s EUTAW Construction Company Inc. informing the bidder that the bid with the corrected amount of UGX. 165,721,156,814 had been accepted. The AO also asked M/s EUTAW Construction to furnish the entity with the performance security within 28 days in accordance with conditions of the solicitation document" (…) "On 15th November 2013, the contract between M/s EUTAW Construction Company Inc. and Uganda National Roads Authority for Civil Works for Upgrading of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga was signed at a price of UGX. 165,272,156,814 inclusive of taxes" (…) "On 13th February 2014, the Authority received a letter from the Inspectorate of Government. In the letter, the Inspectorate of Government alleged that the award of contract to M/s EUTAW Construction Company for Civil Works for Upgrading of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga was done in a dubious manner and that the costs were unrealistic. 2.40 On 27th March 2014, the Authority wrote to the Uganda National Roads Authority informing the entity that it had instituted an investigation into the award of contract for the for Civil Works for Upgrading of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road from bituminous to paved standard" (PPDA, P:10-12).
Unrealistic pricing on the road:
"The directorate of planning prepared BoQs from which the estimated value of the procurement was derived amounting to UGX.184,357,246,540. It was noted that the Contracts Committee approved the solicitation document to be used on 2nd November 2010" (…) "on 7th November 2013, the AO wrote to M/s Eutaw Construction Company Inc. informing the bidder that the bid with the corrected amount of UGX. 165,272,156,814 had been accepted. M/s Eutaw Construction wrote to the HPDU acknowledging receipt of the bid acceptance from the entity on 8th November 2013, and also confirmed acceptance of the offer to commence work as soon as the contract was signed. The Authority noted that the reduction in price from UGX 182,983,576,600 to UGX. 165,272,156,814 after negotiations was irregular and contrary to the requirements of PPDA Regulation 219 (3)" (…)"The Authority noted that on 14th November 2013, the Hon. Minister for Works and Transport, Hon. Abraham James Byandala wrote to the Accounting Officer UNRA directing him to implement the contract for the Civil works for upgrading of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road from gravel to paved standard immediately while due diligence was still being carried out by the UNRA Technical team. The Authority also noted that on 14th November 2013, the Legal Counsel UNRA, Mr. Marvin Baryaruha wrote to the Accounting Officer advising him that the contract with M/s EUTAW Construction could be signed while due diligence tests were still continuing. The Authority also noted that the PDE proceeded to sign the contract before the completion of due diligence tests. The Authority notes that it was highly irregular for the Accounting Officer to sign the contract before the completion of due diligence tests contrary to the requirements under Regulation 34 of the PPDA Regulations, 2003" (PPDA P:12-15).
Grand Corruption:
Inspector of Government Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza where it was said in the introduction: "While Uganda has developed excellent laws to prevent and combat corruption, the challenge remains the implementation and enforcement of the laws. Uganda has ratified a number of regional and international instruments aimed at fighting corruption. It is now crucial to ensure these instruments are implemented and enforced in order to achieve their intended purpose. If corruption is not addressed, it will continue to have a drastic negative impact on public service delivery. In turn, this will prevent all Ugandans from fulfilling the aspirations articulated in the Vision 2040" (Inspectorate of Government P: 6, 2014). Further on: "A significant amount of evidence supports the view that the incidence of grand corruption in Uganda has increased over recent years. Recent cases involving the embezzlement of public funds suggest the effectiveness of state institutions in monitoring government programs is limited. Recent examples of cases of grand corruption include the fraudulent procurement of a contractor for the Mukono-Katosi road and subsequent advancement of UGX 24 billion to nonexistent contractor to kick-start the road construction in 2014; of UGX 205 billion through the national identity card system scam in 2011; and of UGX 58 billion lost in the OPM in 2012, among others" (Inspectorate of Government P: 33, 2014).
MoFPED quick analysis;
Mukono-Kywetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga: 74km, how much work completed by May 2014: 0% (BMAU, P: 14, 2014). "Limited capacity within UNRA and the Uganda Road Fund: For example UNRA is faced with in the Mukono- Katosi road procurement scandal and sluggish performance of other roads such as Ishaka-Kagamba, and Mbale-Soroti" (BMAU, P: 19, 2014).
MPS on the Project:
"Mukono – Katosi/ Kisoga – Nyenga (72km) – Contractor is on site mobilizing to commence works in July 2014. Payment of land and property compensation was ongoing" (MPS, P: 6, 2014). By the June 2014 progress of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the gravel roads of 20% of the road and 80% cumulative (MPS, P: 14.15 2014). Workplan output for the road was 160 Acres in 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. By 2013/2014 there was expected to be 5% of the work. By 2014/2015 will be 20% of the road. In the 2013/2014 we're the budget for road 40.000.000 UGX. And in 2015/2016 it was expected to cost 50.000.000 UGX for the progress of the road. Of the 20% – 10% was for Supervision and 15.9% funds for works (MPS, P: 197, 2014).
EU speech on Infrastructure in Uganda:
"First, Institutional Reforms and Strengthening of good practices as Uganda prepares for an important expansion of the infrastructure works, present and future investors need to be reassured that there are well-functioning Regulatory Institutions; clear, transparent and efficient procurement procedures and respect for the rule of law" (…) "This leads to the loss of significant amounts of public resources, as in the case of the Mukono-Katosi contract that you have mentioned this morning. Development Partners are encouraging you and will support you, Hon. Minister, in all your efforts to take efficient and rapid corrective measures in order to avoid these episodes from happening again in the future" (EU, 2014).
Ruling from the High Court of Uganda in 2014:
"The order of Her Worship Lillian Mwandha issued on 06th November 2014 in Miscellaneous Application No. 704 of 2014, restraining the Attorney General and (UNRA) or their agents from implementing the order/directive of the 1st Applicant to exclude the 2nd Applicant from participating in the emergency procurement for the construction of Mukono-Katosi-Kyetume/Kisoga-Nyenga Road be set aside" (…) "A Court of law cannot sanction what is illegal, and an illegality once brought to the attention of the Court overrides all questions of pleading, including admissions made thereon. In the premises, and in view of what I have outlined above, I do hereby allow preliminary objection by Counsel for the 3rdRespondent" (…) "Accordingly I do hereby set aside and/or vacate the Interim Order issued by the Deputy Registrar of this Court on 6th November, 2014. Since the main Application for Temporary Injunction and Judicial Review are still pending, I order that costs be in the cause" (IGG, 2015).
"On 15th November 2013, UNRA entered into an agreement with Eutaw Construction Company Inc. of 622 Beach land Bivd Suite 201 Vero Beach Florida USA for upgrading of Mukono- Kyetume -Katosi/Kisoga –Nyenge Road (74 Km) from gravel to paved (Bitumen) for a contract price of UGX.165,272,156,814 including all local taxes. Examination of expenditure vouchers showed that only UGX.24,790,823,522 (15% of the contract price) was paid to the construction company as advance payment" (OAG, P: 6, 2015). "On 18th November 2013; UNRA received the contractor`s performance guarantee from a local bank dated 13th November 2013. On the 19th November 2013, UNRA management wrote to the contractor rejecting the performance guarantee on condition that it was not consistent with the provisions of the contract data. A second performance guarantee from the same bank dated 21st November 2013 was tendered in by the contractor. On receipt of the performance guarantee, the Acting Director Procurement wrote a memorandum dated 26th November 2013 to the Director Finance and Administration (DFA) requesting him to verify the authenticity of the performance guarantee and requested the DFA to inform them of the results of the verification" (…) "The due diligence report was dated 8th November 2013 and the agreement was signed on 15th November 2013. It was evident that management ignored the findings and recommendations of the due-diligence team by going ahead to conclude the contract" (…) "the agreement details revealed that management later entered into an agreement at a contract price of UGX.165,272,156,814 far less than the bid price of UGX.183,285,341,234 translating into a reduction in price of UGX.18,013,184,420 (183,285,341,234 – 165,272,156,814) which was 9.9% of the bid price. I could not establish the cause of the reduction" (OAG, P: 7-9, 2015). "Examination of expenditure vouchers showed that UGX.24,790,823,522 (15% of the contract price) was paid to Eutaw Construction Company Inc. of 622 Beach land Bivd. Suite 201 Vero Beach Florida USA on the 24th of January, 2014. However, I noted that management had not made any effort to recover the money advanced after the failed contract. In response, management explained that the issue is under investigation by the IGG and Police. UNRA Board and indeed the Police and IGG are in charge of these investigations and they shall take action based on the findings" (…) "I noted that on 12th January 2015, the same construction work of Upgrading of Mukono- Kyetume -Katosi/Kisoga –Nyenge Road (74 Km) was contracted to another company for a contract price of UGX.253,940,121,150. This was far higher than the original contract price of UGX.165,272,156,814 in a failed contract earlier awarded to Eutaw Construction Company Inc. of Suite 201 Vero Beach Florida 32963 United States of America. This reflected additional spending" (…)"The schedule of other receivables includes a figure reflected as Prepayments in ABC Capital Bank of UGX.173,701,010. This amount has been held in ABC Capital Bank for over a year under unclear circumstances. During the review, I noted that there were been no significant steps taken to recover the money held since the previous audit. In response, management explained that this amount was fraudulently transferred to ABC Capital Bank with the assistance of some UNRA Staff members and officers working with ABC Capital Bank. Police instituted investigations where suspects were arrested" (OAG, P: 10 -12, 2015). For the road building even by 2014 there was no acquisition of land by the government because of the requirement of the TIN (Tax Identification Number), there have been issued with the payment for the land. And have been relaxed by the MoFPED. When it comes to the construction of the road there wasn't any signs when the review was written (OAG, P: 23, 2015).
UNRA clarified their story:
"The contract for construction of Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road project was awarded to EUTAW, an American road construction firm, after an international bidding process. This project is being supervised by another international company, M/s Arab Consulting Engineers, from Egypt. UNRA is working with both the consultant and contractor for this project to make sure all contractual obligations are met, project specifications are followed and the project is completed on time" (…) "The purpose of Advance Payment is to allow the contractor mobilise equipment, personnel, materials, set up camps and commence works. The contractor on Mukono – Kyetume – Katosi / Kisoga – Nyenga road project has fully mobilized, there is active equipment on site, the site camp is ready and works have commenced" (…) "While it is true that UNRA may have potentially been exposed to a fraud with a risk that the UGX 24 Bn advanced to EUTAW would not have a security backing it up, this situation has been largely avoided for now. UNRA is currently reviewing its due diligence protocol to make sure Government funds are not exposed to this kind of risk again. UNRA is cooperating with the Inspectorate of Government, the Uganda Police and other enforcement institutions to make sure that a thorough investigation is carried out as per their mandates" (Kitakule) .
When the courts are over and all the numbers will be on the ground they will be different then the official documents I have in my possession. The IGG and the courts should after the trials deliver that documents to the public. So that the people involved could be scrutinized. Though that might hurt people in power, like infrastructure ministry and UNRA which also deserves that after not even doing a proper "due diligence" on the agreement between UNRA and the companies involved in the project and upgrading of the road. This should still be able for folks to look through the paper trail left behind and get information. Because this scandal didn't happen overnight… happened with money and where it went should be interesting. Especially when it all will be put into place, because I don't have the shadow budget of this or the rates of the monies that got pocketed by somebody else, that is for sure! But compare that to the basic budgets and appropriate funds from the government of Uganda to the tarmacking for years. And will until 2017 when its estimated to be done. Peace.
Alnange, Dan Kitakule – 'CLARIFICATION ON ALLEGATIONS THAT 24BN HAS BEEN LOST ON MUKONO-KYETUME-KATOSI/KISOGA-NYENGA ROAD PROJECT' Link: https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=423:clarification-on-allegations-that-24bn-has-been-lost-on-mukono-kyetume-katosikisoga-nyenga-road-project&catid=1:latest-news-first=.-title=Clarification
Delegation of the European Union to Uganda- H.E AMBASSADOR KRISTIAN SCHMIDT – 'EU Head of Delegation Speech at the 10th Joint Transport Sector Review October 24, 2014' (24/10/2014) Link: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/uganda/press_corner/speeches/2014/20141024_en.htm
IGG: THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA – IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT NAKAWA- MISC. APPLICATION NO. 744 OF 2014: [Arising from Misc. Application No. 703/2014 and 704/2014 and Misc. Cause No. 63 of 2014] (12.01.2015) Link: http://www.ulii.org/ug/judgment/high-court-civil-division/2015/1
Inspectorate of Government (IG) & Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC): Tracking Corruption Trends in Uganda – Using data tracking mechanism – Annual Fourth Report 2014.
Republic of Uganda – MoFPED: Budget Monitoring Report October – December 2008 (January 2009)
Republic of Uganda – The CONTRACT ACT CAP 73 – Memorandum of Understanding – The Agreement is made this 1st Day of December 2010 Between High Tides Ltd and Eustaw Construction Company.
Republic of Uganda – MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (MoFPED) – Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU): Improving Service Delivery in Uganda – BMAU Discussion Paper 1/14 November 2014
Republic of Uganda – Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2014 – VOLUME 2(B) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND STATUTORY CORPORATIONS (June, 2015).
Republic of Uganda – Ministry of Works and Transport: MPS 2015/2016 – Presented to Parliament for the debate on the budget estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for Financial Year 2014/2015 (June 2014) Link: http://www.csbag.org/docs/Ministry%20of%20Works%20and%20Transport%20Ministerial%20Policy%20Statement%20FY2014-15.pdf
Republic of Uganda- MoFPED – 'Annual Budget Monitoring Report FY 2011/12' (December 2012)
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC ASSETS AUTHORITY (PPDA) – "INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR THE UPGARDING OF MUKONO-KYETUME-KATOSI/KISOGANYENGA ROAD FROM GRAVEL TO PAVED STANDARD TO M/S EUTAW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY" (June 2014)
UNRA – '5 Year Corporate Strategic Plan' (2012/2013 -2016/2017) – (June 2012) link: http://ric-uganda.com/rc/files/1.7_UNRA_5Year_Corporate_Strategic_Plan.pdf
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Court Discusses Venue Selection in Recent UIM Case
In Florida car accident cases, one of the first issues the parties may argue over is where the case will be heard. Of course, most plaintiffs would prefer to file the case in a venue that is convenient for them. However, as a general rule venue is appropriate where the defendant resides. That being said, a plaintiff can choose where to initially file a case, and may have some say in where a case is heard.
A recent case discusses a somewhat complicated venue issue that arose after an uninsured motorist collision. The case involved a named and an unnamed defendant, and required the court to determine whether the named defendant should be able to transfer the case to his home county. Finding that the case could be heard in either of the defendant's home venues, the court determined that the named defendant was not entitled to transfer the case.
The plaintiffs were involved in a three-car accident after an unnamed driver swerved in front of their vehicle, requiring them to quickly apply the brakes. The named defendant, who was traveling directly behind the plaintiffs, slammed into the back of their car. The plaintiffs claimed the named defendant was following too closely.
The state's uninsured motorist statute permitted a plaintiff to file a case against an unknown driver in either the county where the accident occurred or the county where the plaintiff lives. Thus, the plaintiff elected to file the case in the county were the accident occurred.
The named defendant sought to transfer the case to his home venue, arguing that under the general rule, venue is appropriate where the defendant resides. The trial court denied the defendant's request to transfer venue and the defendant appealed.
On appeal, the court held that the defendant's request to transfer venue was properly denied. The court explained that, when a case involves multiple defendants with different home venues, venue is appropriate in either of the defendants' home venues. Here, because the UIM statute provides that the home venue of an unknown driver is either the plaintiff's home venue or the county in which the accident occurred, venue was appropriate in any of the following three venues:
The named defendant's home county;
The county where the accident occurred; or
The county where the plaintiff resides.
Because the venue was appropriate where the case was filed, the court held that the lower court was proper in denying the named defendant's request to transfer venue.
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Court Discusses "Coming-and-Going" Rule as It Pertains to Employer Liability, South Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Blog, published July 19, 2018.
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Q: Number formatting with two digits after decimal point in Java I've written code to compute Levenshtein distance between two strings and give output like in floating point format with numbers after the decimal point.
How can I format the output to display two digits after the decimal point? I don't know how to do this in Java, but I know in C I would use something like .%2.f.
Here is the code:
package algoritma.LevenshteinDistance;

public class LevenshteinDistance {

String hasilPersen;

public String getHasilPersen() {
    return hasilPersen;
}

public void setHasilPersen(String hasilPersen) {
    this.hasilPersen = hasilPersen;
}

public LevenshteinDistance() {

}

public double similarity(String s1, String s2) {
    if (s1.length() < s2.length()) { // s1 should always be bigger
        String swap = s1;
        s1 = s2;
        s2 = swap;
    }
    int bigLen = s1.length();
    if (bigLen == 0) {
        return 1.0; /* both strings are zero length */ }
    return (bigLen - computeEditDistance(s1, s2)) / (double) bigLen;
}

public  int computeEditDistance(String s1, String s2) {
    s1 = s1.toLowerCase();
    s2 = s2.toLowerCase();

    int[] costs = new int[s2.length() + 1];
    for (int i = 0; i <= s1.length(); i++) {
        int lastValue = i;
        for (int j = 0; j <= s2.length(); j++) {
            if (i == 0) {
                costs[j] = j;
            } else {
                if (j > 0) {
                    int newValue = costs[j - 1];
                    if (s1.charAt(i - 1) != s2.charAt(j - 1)) {
                        newValue = Math.min(Math.min(newValue, lastValue),
                                costs[j]) + 1;
                    }
                    costs[j - 1] = lastValue;
                    lastValue = newValue;
                }
            }
        }
        if (i > 0) {
            costs[s2.length()] = lastValue;
        }
    }
    return costs[s2.length()];
}

public String printDistance(String s1, String s2) {
    System.out.println("[Edit Distance]       " + s1 + " and " + s2  + " " +similarity(s1, s2) * 100 + "%");
    return  similarity(s1, s2) * 100 + " % ";
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    LevenshteinDistance lv = new LevenshteinDistance();

  lv.printDistance("841644761164234287878797", "841644487611642341");

}

}
edit, I mean the return of the method public double similarity or the method printDistance .
Its because, in another class when i create an object this class, I need the return with format 0.00

A: Here are couple of ways :
    double number = 678.675379823;
    System.out.printf("%.2f", number);

If your want to hold the result in a String
    String no = String.format("%.2f", number);
    System.out.println("Formatted no :"+no);

java.text.DecimalFormat is neat, clean and simple way of formatting numbers upto n number of decimal places.
    NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("##.00");
    System.out.println(formatter.format(number));

Though java.text.DecimalFormat is a nice utility class and allow you to dynamically format numbers in Java it has one problem that its not thread-safe or synchronized.So be careful in multi-threaded environment properly.

A: Use System.out.printf(String formatString, Object... args).
System.out.printf("[Edit Distance]       %.2f and %.2f %.2f%%%n", s1, s1,
         similarity(s1, s2) * 100);

Here's the documentation on format strings
Some relevant excerpts (that documentation is long and a bit confusing):

*

*The format specifiers for general, character, and numeric types have the following syntax:
%[argument_index$][flags][width][.precision]conversion

*

*The optional argument_index is a decimal integer indicating the position of the argument in the argument list. The first argument is referenced by "1$", the second by "2$", etc.

*The optional flags is a set of characters that modify the output format. The set of valid flags depends on the conversion.

*The optional width is a non-negative decimal integer indicating the minimum number of characters to be written to the output.

*The optional precision is a non-negative decimal integer usually used to restrict the number of characters. The specific behavior depends on the conversion.

*The required conversion is a character indicating how the argument should be formatted. The set of valid conversions for a given argument depends on the argument's data type.

A: You can use something like this :
public class DecimalPlaces {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        double d = 1.234567;
        System.out.printf("%1$.2f", d);
    }

}

OR
public void GetTwoDecimal(){

        double d = 2.34568;
        DecimalFormat f = new DecimalFormat("##.00");  // this will helps you to always keeps in two decimal places
        System.out.println(f.format(d));
}

A: use:
 DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.00");
 df.format(your_decimal_value)

A: DecimalFormat can be used and I use it after I have multiplied the similarity by 100.The code is below and hope it will help you.
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class LevenshteinDistance {

    String hasilPersen;

    public String getHasilPersen() {
        return hasilPersen;
    }

    public void setHasilPersen(String hasilPersen) {
        this.hasilPersen = hasilPersen;
    }

    public LevenshteinDistance() {

    }

    public double similarity(String s1, String s2) {
        if (s1.length() < s2.length()) { // s1 should always be bigger
            String swap = s1;
            s1 = s2;
            s2 = swap;
        }
        int bigLen = s1.length();
        if (bigLen == 0) {
            return 1.0; /* both strings are zero length */
        }

        return (bigLen - computeEditDistance(s1, s2))
                / (double) bigLen;
    }

    public int computeEditDistance(String s1, String s2) {
        s1 = s1.toLowerCase();
        s2 = s2.toLowerCase();

        int[] costs = new int[s2.length() + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i <= s1.length(); i++) {
            int lastValue = i;
            for (int j = 0; j <= s2.length(); j++) {
                if (i == 0) {
                    costs[j] = j;
                } else {
                    if (j > 0) {
                        int newValue = costs[j - 1];
                        if (s1.charAt(i - 1) != s2.charAt(j - 1)) {
                            newValue = Math.min(Math.min(newValue, lastValue),
                                    costs[j]) + 1;
                        }
                        costs[j - 1] = lastValue;
                        lastValue = newValue;
                    }
                }
            }
            if (i > 0) {
                costs[s2.length()] = lastValue;
            }
        }
        return costs[s2.length()];
    }

    public String printDistance(String s1, String s2) {

        double result = similarity(s1, s2);
        double times100 = result * 100;
        DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
        Double formattedResult = Double.parseDouble(decimalFormat.format(times100));

        System.out.println("[Edit Distance]       " + s1 + " and " + s2 + " "
                + formattedResult + "%");
        return formattedResult + " % ";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

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America was founded on the belief that "all men are created equal." However, a question must be posed which asks who constitutes "men" and what is "equal"? Africans were taken from their country and enslaved in America. They had to fight to retain dignity and grace in circumstances that were deplorable. Even slaves who were well taken care of were not able to realize the dream of being free again.
...m is not an open invitation to Africans like it is to other immigrant groups. They are not voluntary participants in American society; therefore, they must settle for less than others have to. They must fight twice as hard to have half as much as others.
De Arman, Charles. "Milkman as the Archetypal Hero." Obsidian: Black Literature in Review 6.3 (1980): 56-59.
Moraru, Christian. "Reading the Onomastic Text: 'The politics of the Proper Name' in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon." Names: A Journal of Onomastics. 44.3 (1996): 189-204.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York: The Penguin Group, 1977.
Peterson, Nancy J. Toni Morrison: Critical and Theoretical Approaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.
Storhoff, Gary. "'Anaconda Love': Parental Enmeshment in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon." Style 31.2 (1997): 290-309.


In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a hiker scrambles up a rocky slope in the wilderness.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a colorful riverbed spills out into another water source.
A group of 4 people hold hands and gather around the base of a giant Redwood tree in California. They all wear bright jackets, and the forest is a vivid green. They surround the trunk of the tree and give it a group hug on this outdoor adventure photography shoot.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a couple sit up in their sleeping bags in their tent in the North Cascades in Washington state. This picture was part of a shoot for marmot.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a woman stands on a rock to take a cell phone picture of the sunset. The pink light of the setting sun lights up her figure and the mountains beyond her.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, Adrian Ballinger lies reading in his tent by light of a headlamp. This picture was taken on an expedition in the himalayas. It is night, the moon is bright, and the stars are out.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a couple hike down a hill silhouetted against a blazing sun.
In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, two women sit back to back at a vista point overlooking the North Cascades.
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In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a man hikes down a rocky slope, spraying fine gravel everywhere.
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In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a line of backpackers hike along a trail in the north cascades in washington state. It is autumn, and the fall colors blanket the hillside.
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In this outdoor adventure photography photograph, a woman camping sits in the door of her tent in a blue puffy jacket, watching the sunset over the north cascades. Clouds fill the valleys around her vista point. This picture was part of a shoot for marmot.
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News of the MCU's timeline scroll comes to us from Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts. He's been doing rounds of press ahead of the film's release, and in a recent conversation with EW he revealed how he was shown the holy grail of MCU secrets: the scroll.
I'm sorry, but the fact that there is a physical scroll of spoilers is so over the top and perfect for a comic book franchise. I'm just not going to get over it.
Much like the Star Wars franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a ton of secrets and spoilers that they're trying to keep under wraps. Each crossover moment must be heavily guarded, such as the bombshell that Spider-Man would be showing up in Captain America: Civil War. As such, Marvel Studios has to go to great length to keep its cards close to the chest. This includes not giving cast members scripts, at fear of possible leaks or press junket flubs.
And while the MCU has always guarded some secrets, things are getting especially precarious as Phase 3 inches to its conclusion. While normally Marvel Studios releases its full Phase schedules years in advance, nothing besides Spider-Man: Homecoming's sequel has been officially announced for Phase 4. This is likely due to whatever character deaths and craziness occurs in the next two Avengers movies. With many of the original Avengers' contracts up after Avengers 4, it seems that the likes of Iron Man, Black Widow, and Captain America are in danger of being killed off in the battle against Thanos. If only Jon Watts could tell us what he saw on the scroll after Phase Three ends!
Alas, we'll just have to wait and get more information as future installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are released. The next trip into the MCU is Jon Watts' Spider-Man: Homecoming on July 7th. In the meantime, check out our 2017 release list to plan your next trip to the movies.


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COVID-19: Nearly 11,000 people could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer due to pandemic, charity warns
Written by Hitmix News on 9 March 2021
Nearly 11,000 people in the UK could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer due to the coronavirus pandemic, a charity has warned.
Breast Cancer Now has said fewer referrals and less access to treatment, coupled with a pause to breast screening programmes, meant 10,700 fewer people were diagnosed with breast cancer between March and December 2020 than it would have expected.
The team analysed a range of data to reach the figure, including the number of people starting their first treatment for breast cancer, the number of women screened each month and the length of time for which services were paused.
The charity's services have resumed but they are operating at around 60% capacity due to the need for social distancing and infection control.
It warned of a forthcoming "perfect storm", with health workers in imaging and diagnostic services under unprecedented pressure due to the pandemic, having already been "chronically under-resourced" beforehand.
Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breast Cancer Now, said: "The tragic cost of almost 11,000 missing breast cancer diagnoses is that in the worst cases, women could die from the disease.
"And looking ahead, while we cannot know the full impacts of the pandemic, what we do know now is that over the coming years the number of women coming forward could overwhelm our already over-stretched workforce.
"Women with breast cancer have already paid an unacceptable price due to the pandemic – we simply cannot afford for any more time to pass before UK governments invest in and tackle the crisis facing the cancer workforce.
"Only then will we be giving women the best chance of an early breast cancer diagnosis which we know is critical to their chances of survival."
Breast screening services were paused for different amounts of time across the UK during the pandemic, including around four months in Scotland and five months in Wales.
While services were not officially paused in England, Breast Cancer Now said this still happened as hospitals turned their attention to fighting coronavirus.
It said nearly 1.2 million fewer women in the UK underwent breast screening between March and December.
There was also a 90,000 drop in referrals to a specialist for patients with possible symptoms of breast cancer in England between March and December.
Overall, it put the number of patients undiagnosed with breast cancer due to the pandemic at around 8,900 cases in England, 890 in Scotland, 687 in Wales and 248 in Northern Ireland.
Jane Murphy, clinical nurse specialist at Breast Cancer Now, said some women had been reluctant to visit their GP or hospitals for fear of catching COVID-19, or did not want to burden the NHS.
She said: "The pandemic has thrown us all into unprecedented times and it's natural people will have concerns.
"But the sooner breast cancer is diagnosed the better the chances of treatment being successful, which makes it vital that women continue to check their breasts regularly and get any new or unusual changes checked with the GP, and continue to attend breast screening appointments when invited.
"The NHS wants people to attend their appointments and report symptoms to their GP – they have measures in place to keep staff and patients safe."
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Dr Jeanette Dickson, president of the Royal College of Radiologists, said: "It is vital that those patients who missed screening last year – or who did not see their GP if they had possible symptoms – come forward.
"The NHS is open for business and the sooner we can diagnose cancer, the sooner we can treat it."
An NHS spokeswoman said: "While the vast majority of cancers detected through screening programmes are at a very early stage and so the clinical impact on patients is extremely low, thousands of invitations are being sent every month and people should book in for screening as soon as they are invited.
"If you feel a lump or any cancer symptom, please come forward and get checked."
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After doing the block oiling mods, I decided to take a crack at modding the front cover and oil filter adapter. The general idea is to do some smoothing, deburring of casting flash, removal of restrictions, and slight enlargement. I was able to first practice on some junk pieces. Take your time and don't get carried away.
First, the front timing cover. The first photo (above) is of the backside of the front cover, with the pump downwards and the distributor hole upwards. The photo shows the suction (pump inlet, or "S") passage at the bottom and discharge (pump outlet, or "D") passage near the top. Here I used a carbide bur to smooth the rough edges where the passages make 90 degree turns to go down to the pump. In the discharge passage facing you, I ran a ½" drill bit in it to open it up a little; if you do this be sure to center the bit as it will try to "walk" and eat into the gasket sealing surfaces.
The next photo shows the gear pocket, the front cover is lying with the engine side down. The photo shows the gear pocket and pump inlet (just above the "S"). This is the other end (after a 90 deg turn) of the "S" inlet passage mentioned above. I just smoothed the 90 deg turns with a bur, trying not to enlarge it any in the downward (towards you) direction. The photo doesn't show it, but there is room at the top of the passage to enlarge it slightly upwards.
With the cover flipped over, this photo shows the discharge hole at the top of the pic (marked with the arrow inside, pointing away) which is the other end of the "D" passage shown in pic 1 (after the 90 deg turn). This hole was opened from .470" (stock) to .530" using a 17/32" drill bit. You will be able to see the far end of the bit through the discharge passage so you will know when to stop. The far end of this hole is where you will want to smooth the 90 deg turn. The outlet port of the pump which feeds oil to the filter adapter is in the middle of the picture, near the tail of the arrow pointing towards you. I opened up the hole towards the top using a bur, don't make the hole any larger towards the bottom; that feature (along with the 90 deg. turns at the cover inlet and outlet) helps keep oil in the pump when the engine is off. Also be careful and don't get into the gear surfaces to either side (left and right) of the hole.
Now, the oil filter adapter. Oil leaves the pump and enters the adapter through the rectangular slot at the left in the picture. Oil leaves the adapter and back into the cover through the round discharge hole (with the arrow inside) at the right. Not much to see from this top angle except where I enlarged the hole on the right to 17/32". Be very careful as the filter bypass spring is at the bottom of this hole, stop before you get there. You will want to smooth out this hole with a bur where it intersects with another (shown later). Also the astute observer will notice that I got a little carried away and "poked through" the casting, in the relieved area near the discharge hole. I got a little greedy on my 1970 casting. The next photo shows a later casting (1976) which is different in this area; it has more "meat".
This is an unmodified later model piece.
This next photo shows the adapter from the oil filter side where I just smoothed out the rectangular inlet's rough edges and casting flash. The shiny metal is visible on the right.
Oil leaves the filter through the bigger round hole in the center, above the filter bypass valve. This photo shows where I smoothed the internal passage using a bur. There are a lot of jagged places and restrictions so just smooth those out and don't get carried away here. You can also do some smoothing from the gear surface side of the adapter where the two holes intersect; be careful of the bypass spring at the far end of the bigger center hole.
This picture shows a stock piece, showing the same hole with more restriction.
A view of the discharge hole porting from the gear side. The oil filter's center big hole is at the far end of this one. Stop your porting as you near the gasket surface.
Same view, stock piece, more restriction.
A word on oil booster plates. This is a photo of my Melling P-20I plate. In addition to a new wear surface for the gears, it increases the efficiency of the pump by decreasing the pumping losses. It works like this: it "closes off" the relieved area of the adapter, on which the gears ride as they turn, carrying oil from the low pressure side around to the high pressure side. In the photo, you might be able to make out the "low" and "high" written in the relieved areas. The gear on the left turns counterclockwise, the right gear turns clockwise. In the relieved area, any oil that the gears are trying to compress "squirts back" down into the suction (low pressure) area, instead of being carried on around. Only where the area is completely closed off can the pump develop pressure and move oil. You can see from the pic of the stock adapter that the left gear turns about halfway through a revolution that is useful. The right gear about ¼ of a turn. The booster plate closes off these relieved areas so that more of the oil is carried around by the gears and is not wasted. Now looking at the gear pocket in the front cover, you'll see that the gears are not completely "surrounded" plus at the top there is an area where it is also open, so the plate only helps out on the filter adapter's inefficiencies, but it helps. Make sure the bigger round hole in the booster plate as well as the oval slot at the bottom do not obstruct flow in either the adapter or the cover; you might have to "port match". The round hole measured .600", the slot needed a little clearancing at the corners to fit mine. The larger oval slot is to allow excess oil from the pressure relief valve to be allowed back into the suction side.


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In England before the Protestant Reformation, the Feast of Our Lady's Assumption into Heaven was celebrated with great solemnity and was called by our forebears "The Feaste of Our Ladye Seynt Mary in Harvest".
The Church teaches that the Immaculate Virgin Mary, preserved from all stain of Original Sin, when the course of Her earthly life was finished, was taken up, Body and Soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by Her Divine Son as Queen over all things, so that She might be the more fully conformed to Her Son, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Conqueror of sin and death. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular participation in Her Son's Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians.
"In giving birth, you kept your virginity. In your dormition, you did not leave the world O Mother of God
But were joined to the Source of Life. You conceived the Living God, and by your prayers you will
Deliver our souls from death." (Byzantine Liturgy: Feast of the Assumption of the Mother of God: Troparion)
By Her complete adherence to the Father's will; to His Son's redemptive work, and to the on-going prompting of the Holy Spirit, She is the Church's model of faith and charity. Thus, She is the pre-eminent and wholly unique member of the Church, indeed, She is the exemplary realization or "type" of the Church. Her role in relation to the Church and to the whole of humanity goes still further. In a wholly singular way, Mary cooperated by Her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity, in the Saviour's work of restoring supernatural life to our souls. For this reason, She is the Mother to us in the order of Grace.
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CHRIST the RESURRECTION is the First Fruit, and Mary is the beginning of the Harvest of which, one day, we hope to be part. Let us ask for the grace to have our eyes focused on the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father. That we may see heaven as our true home and destination, and that we may reach it through the prayers and protection of the Holy Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, crowned by the hand of Her Saviour and Son.
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If you love airplanes and have a fascination for aviation you will love the image section on FlighGlobal.com.
Under the cutaway section you will find hundreds of high-resolution images of cutaways of airplanes of all types. You can peek into the interior and view the intricate details of passengers planes, military planes, and helicopters, and even cross section of airplane engines. The labels are not very readable on a quite a few of them, though. If you want higher resolution you have to buy them.
Who designs these mind boggling beasts anyway?


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Q: Set Xcode Autolayout default to superview over safe area Please don't mark as duplicate as similar questions don't cover the actual point of the question: Changing the default behavior.
Pretty much every day I set constraints and then have to manually set them from safe are to superview for example for bottom/top container view. This is pretty time costly and fairly annoying.
Is there a way to set the default behavior to superview over safe area?
I'm fully aware of how to change them and also how to change it "one time" before attaching them as described in several similar questions over here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


The Pricing example page demonstrates how you can create a beautiful page with the Interstellar theme. Here is some information to help you replicate this page as it appears in the demo.
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The partnership will bring enhanced commerce functionality to Retailers around the world. London, England, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flooid today announces a strategic partnership with FreedomPay, the global leader in Next Level Commerce™, to bring industry-leading Retail solutions to merchants globally. Powered by FreedomPay, Flooid allows merchants to connect their retail channels, removing barriers […]
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Cambodia Committed to Become Key Cashew Producer and Supplier
Cambodia is committed to turn itself into a major producer and supplier of cashew product in the local, regional and global markets.To do so, a draft National Policy on Cashew Nuts 2022-2027 has been elaborated and was approved by the cabinet ministers…
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Raytrix GmbH is a German company founded by Christian Perwass and Lennart Wietzke that was the first to create and market commercial plenoptic cameras. The R5 camera produces images of 1 megapixel resolution, while the R11 produces 3 megapixel images. Unlike Lytro, which initially targeted the consumer market, the main market of Raytrix's cameras is industrial and scientific applications where depth information of each pixel can be more useful.

See also
 Lytro
 4D light field

References

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EPFL researchers simulate the process of adhesive wear
Image of the computer simulation showing adhesive wear on a self-affine surface. © LSMS / EPFL Credit: © LSMS / EPFL
One of the parameters that influence the wear mechanism is surface roughness. A better understanding of how surface roughness changes during the wear process would improve our control over this mechanism. This could lead to significant reductions in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and costs.
Researchers at EPFL's Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LSMS) have taken an important step in this direction. They have digitally simulated how surface roughness changes over time, and their results are in line with experimental results.
What sets their simulations apart is their duration: using a method developed at EPFL, the LSMS researchers were able to simulate these mechanisms over an extended period of time. In other words, they managed to capture the entire process – from the initial geometry to the final fractal geometry. Their findings were published on 8 March in Nature Communications.
This study is the LSMS researchers' third on adhesive wear. Their first study – published in 2016 in Nature Communications – used digital simulations to describe how the process of adhesive wear produced fine particles. In 2017, taking their simulations further, they came out with a second study, appearing this time in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, demonstrating that it was possible to predict the volume, shape and size of these particles.
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Scientists are still far from fully understanding the physics underlying wear, and engineers must still carry out ad hoc experiments for each situation. What is known, however, is that worn surfaces display a characteristic fractal morphology, called self-affine, that has some fundamental properties regardless of the material and the scale. The origins of this self-affine morphology are still unknown.
Little work has been done on how surface roughness changes over time – and it has been mostly experimental. One limitation of experiments is that, because of the debris that forms, it is not easy to monitor how surface morphology changes during the rubbing process. The researchers overcame this problem through their digital simulations, which provide a constant stream of data.
Powerful digital simulations
"We used high-performance computer simulations to track the change in surface morphology in 2D materials," says Enrico Milanese, a PhD student at the LSMS. "In our simulations, we observed that contact between two surfaces always generates a wear debris particle. That particle is then forced to roll between the two surfaces, wearing them down. This led us to conclude that wear debris must be present for the surfaces to develop their characteristic self-affine roughness."
In the future, the LSMS researchers hope to explore the origins of adhesive wear by applying their simulation approach to 3D models of materials that are of interest to industry.
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This cosmopolitan, centrally located neighborhood is on the up and up, attracting residents and visitors alike from all around Boston. Home to families, young professionals, and a vibrant gay and lesbian community, South End South is characterized by the bustling hubs of Tremont Street, Columbus Avenue, and Mass. Ave. Elegant brownstones, eclectic shopping, and a broad range of dining options make South End South one of Boston's less known but locally sought after destinations.
Flanked by Tremont Street, West Springfield Street, Washington Street, and West Haven Street, South End South sits just north of Lower Roxbury, adjacent to the Back Bay Fens, Symphony, and the Museum of Fine Arts. With easy access to 1-90 and 1-93, South End South is ideal for commuters, busy families, and everyone in between.
The South End South neighborhood sees around eighteen sales each year, and sellers can expect to wait around forty-five days before an offer is made. South End South's desirable real estate has been trading for around $964 per square foot.
A handful of parks characterize the cultured South End South, which offers easy access to Flour Bakery, Jaho Coffee and Tea, Toro, and Orinoco. The South End Burial Ground, along with Blackstone and Franklin Squares, sit to the east of South End South, and the O'Day Playground lies just northeast. Easy walkability to the South End's many eateries, parks, and bars make South End South one of the larger neighborhood's best kept secrets.