Is "iritis" the same things as uveitis? What is "uveitis" and are there different types?
I have been told by my ophthalmologist that I have Uveitis. I have a friend who has Iritis, is this the same thing? I don't really understand the difference and what this means for me.
Uveitis refers to disease where there is sight-threatening inflammation inside the eye and it is an umbrella term that covers a rather broad range of conditions ranging from autoimmune diseases to infections. Uveitis can be classified into various types depending on the part of the eye that is predominantly affected. The most common type of uveitis is called "anterior uveitis", and this affects the front part of the eye. Anterior uveitis is often also referred to as "iritis" as the iris (which gives the eye its "colour") is inflamed. Acute iritis typically causes an acutely red eye that is painful and light sensitive. "Intermediate uveitis" affects the vitreous jelly part of the eye. "Posterior uveitis" affects the back part of the eye such as the retina and choroid. "Panuveitis" affects the entire eye from the front to the back of the eye. Uveitis is a serious eye condition that can cause pain and vision loss and hence it warrants prompt assessment by an eye specialist.
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8849 Brighton este un asteroid din centura principală de asteroizi.

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8849 Brighton este un asteroid din centura principală de asteroizi. A fost descoperit pe  la Observatorul La Silla de Eric Walter Elst. El prezintă o orbită caracterizată de o semiaxă mare de 2,92 ua, o excentricitate de 0,11 și o înclinație de 10,0° în raport cu ecliptica.

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 Lista planetelor minore: 8001-9000
 Centura de asteroizi

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Obiecte astronomice descoperite în 1990
Centura de asteroizi

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Incredible. Amazing. Stupendous. Crazy. The stories behind the world's top three documented solo kayak fishing catches beat anything in Hemmingway's famous man versus fish epic The Old Man and the Sea.
Old Santiago had a skiff, a bona fide boat, however small. Our true-life protagonists faced their piscatorial adversaries from glorified scraps of floating plastic. There's scarcely room for an angler and gear aboard these tiny human-powered craft. Landing a monster in such close quarters is a knife fight in a photo booth.
Before we get to the good stuff, this note. With no worldwide organization to sanction record kayak fishing catches, the big-fish frontier is a wild west of rumor carried on the salt wind, celebrated by grassroots word of mouth and Internet dispatches. There are other kayak catches in this class, but lacking a trip to a certified scale, any objective ranking is forever out of reach.
"I had to stand and lean over the side to pull it in the 'yak. All that weight made the kayak extremely tipsy. A couple times I almost went in. The nose of the kayak was out of the water, and the back and amas were submerged."
"The fish felt like it was way too big to get in a kayak, and after awhile I decided I just wanted to see what I was fighting. So I kept fighting. The strong currents had pulled me way too far out for comfort in a notoriously rough and unpredictable area."
It is August 30. For the first time, Cho trails in the Makahiki race. He won't for long. At 7:30 am, his live opelu takes a crushing hit. "It started taking off and I thought, "Ho, what is this?" he says.
"There's no such thing as too big," says Kevin, and he means it. "Our goal is to catch the biggest fish possible." If anyone breaks the 200-pound kayak tuna mark, it's likely to be these guys.
What constitutes an unassisted catch? For Howard McKim, man of the solo 183-pound Pacific halibut, the answer is cut and dried. Can you hook, fight and land a fish on your own, retrieving the hook without help? If the answer is yes, count it.


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United CEO says employees followed procedures, flier was 'belligerent'
United Airlines employees used proper protocols when a man was dragged from his seat and off a plane, and the passenger was "disruptive and belligerent," United CEO Oscar Munoz told employees in a letter issued late Monday.
Author: KHOU Staff
Published: 7:31 AM CDT April 11, 2017
Updated: 7:31 AM CDT April 11, 2017
LOUISVILLE — United Airlines employees used proper protocols when a man was dragged from his seat and off a plane, and the passenger was "disruptive and belligerent," United CEO Oscar Munoz told employees in a letter issued late Monday.
Videos of the incident Sunday in Chicago went viral, bringing social media outrage down on the Chicago-based airline and prompting a public apology from Munoz. But in the letter, obtained by numerous media outlets, Munoz credited employees with following established procedures when the Louisville-bound flight was overbooked.
"This situation was unfortunately compounded when one of the passengers we politely asked to deplane refused and it became necessary to contact Chicago Aviation Security Officers to help," the letter says. "While I deeply regret this situation arose, I also emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right."
Chicago aviation officials didn't quite agree, placing a security officer on leave after the incident.
"The incident on United Flight 3411 was not in accordance with our standard operating procedure and the actions of the aviation security officer are obviously not condoned by the Department," the department said in a statement.
Louisville resident Audra Bridges posted a video of the incident online Sunday evening, which shows three security officers speaking to an unidentified passenger on United Express Flight 3411 at O'Hare International Airport. One of the men grabs the passenger, who screams as he is yanked out of his seat and pulled down the aisle. That clip, as well as other videos from the flight, were posted on social media and racked up millions of views Monday as the story made national headlines.
The man pulled off the United flight is David Dao, according to a source with direct knowledge of the passenger's identity who asked to remain unnamed because they are not authorized to speak about the incident.
By Monday afternoon, Munoz had issued an apologetic statement about this "upsetting event" and the officer who dragged the man off the plane had been placed on leave.
"I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers. Our team is moving with a sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened," Munoz said. "We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve this situation."
Bridges said United offered passengers on Sunday's overbooked flight up to $800 in compensation if they agreed to take a different plane to Louisville. After they boarded the flight, Bridges said she and her fellow passengers were told that four people would be selected to leave since no one volunteered.
The man in the video was one of the four chosen, Bridges said, but he became "very upset" and said he was a doctor who needed to meet with patients the next morning. When he did not leave willingly, security officers came and he was forcibly removed from the plane.
The man managed to get back on the flight after that, Bridges said. She said his face was bloody and he seemed disoriented. Another video that was shared on social media appeared to show the same man who was dragged off the flight rushing to the back of the plane and repeatedly saying, "I have to go home."
"Everyone was shocked and appalled," Bridges told the The (Louisville) Courier-Journal in a Facebook message. "There were several children on the flight as well that were very upset."
United spokeswoman Erin Benson said four crew members needed seats on the plane so they could catch another flight in Louisville. If they weren't able to get to Louisville, Benson said there could have been a "domino effect" that impacted other customers because another United flight was in danger of being canceled.
Watkins and Aulbach write for the The (Louisville) Courier-Journal; Bacon for USA TODAY

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Home Business Business Columns How military spoils and bloodied clothes help in defect reduction
How military spoils and bloodied clothes help in defect reduction
By Rey Elbo
REY ELBO
A RUSSIAN "propaganda train" carrying the spoils of the Syrian war traveled 28,500 kilometers in different cities to show to the public seized weapons made in the United States, France, Israel and Italy. There were "[f]ive hundred exhibits of captured armored vehicles, artillery, firearms and improvised explosive devices…on show," Euronews said in a Feb. 24, 2019 report.
"This train is going to show people what we are fighting against in the Syrian Arab Republic," said one army major, Kalno Aleksandr, at Moscow's Kazansky station. Those who came to see the train before it left appeared proud of what they had seen. "We see in the technology that we have been opposed by really serious weapons. We are glad that they are winning with honor, with dignity," said one man, Kubrak Aleksei.
The show was also meant "to drum up support for Russia fighting in Syria" and hopes to recruit more men and women into the military.
Contrast this with the story of a French bishop in the 10th century, which Rolf Dobelli tells in his 2013 international bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly. After a gruesome battle, the bishop "asked the princes and knights to assemble in a field. Meanwhile, priests, bishops and abbots gathered all the relics that they said could muster from the area and displayed them there."
Unlike the Russian military, Dobelli's bishop "called upon the nobles, in the presence of the relics, to renounce unbridled violence and attacks against the unarmed." To dramatize the terror of war, the bishop "waved the bloody clothes and holy bones" of the clergy who suffered senseless deaths and appealed to the people to stop the killings.
These are two different stories that used displays of the spoils of war to support their respective position: the former, justifying a war; the latter, promoting peace. The technique of the Russian military showcasing the enemy weapons it seized and the French displaying the bloodied clothes and bones of those who perished have achieved their goal of supporting war and peace, respectively.
In business, and in many dynamic organizations like those I've seen in Japan, there are many examples of how this display of "spoils" could promote a different kind of war and, at the same time, secure peace and goodwill with customers. I'm talking about the continuous reduction, if not the elimination of product and service defects.
Enter sarashi. It's a Japanese word introduced to me by Kenji Kitamura, retired executive vice president of Toyota Motor Philippines who is now a kaizen consultant based in Nagoya. Technically, sarashi has two different meanings. One, it is a kind of clothing material used as an undergarment for a kimono. The other, exposing something, usually product defects or "spoils" of production, to all workers and their managers to drum up support against the war on waste.
In the context of defect reduction or elimination, sarashi means creating and maintaining a strategic location inside the factory or office where management could show their employees the amount of product defects or service issues they've made carelessly or involuntarily and how they're adversely affecting the company's bottom line.
In several factories I've visited in Japan, defective objects, parts and even finished products have a "price tag," which gives details on how they're losing money every time defects are made. Really, the point of displaying defective products or any operational issue, like reporting on workers' absenteeism and tardiness (on the bulletin board, for instance), is an important management strategy.
But no matter the amount of displays that management can do, it still boils down to the system. Remember the age-old adage that a bad system can beat a good manager every time? That's why when there are problems that constitute defects, rework or repair, there's no better way to address them but to evaluate or reevaluate the system.
The question is: How could the endless display of defects convince managers and their workers to solve their problems? Now that you know something about sarashi, you can reassess your defect rate by displaying actual spoils in any place where people could see them and watch their reaction to them.
Try it out. If you've already invested a lot of time, talent and treasure into producing something that appeals to your customer, then stand back and examine the result. Is your product or service free from defects and could be maintained in the short and long term?
As absurd as it may appear to some people, the best way to reduce, if not eliminate product defects is to display the actual "spoils of war" in the hope that it could touch on the emotional state of the people.
Rey Elbo is a business consultant specializing in human resources and total quality management as a fused interest. Send feedback to [email protected] or via https://reyelbo.consulting
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Don't bother... the game ends before you know it. I wish I never bought it.
Trying to read the story becomes a chore. The grammar is chopped and quite annoying. The "hint" is a magnifying glass that beeps faster as you get closer to the item you need to find. On the positive side, a lot of hints are available. However, the items are not hard to find. Each round is either the name of the item or a black shape of the item with a puzzle or two added. The music fits the pace. If you want a beginner hidden object, this might (notice that I said might) work.
I can't recommend this game highly enough. How can we encourage developers to make more like this?!? I'd gladly pay a few bucks more for a game as enjoyable as this.
Some of the items in this game were difficult to find an I had to use the hint button more than I like to. The graphics were pretty good but I wasn't that crazy about the mini games. I would say that this game is just okay.


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Nocturia is the medical term for frequent nighttime urination. While many people awaken during the night to urinate, those with nocturia experience a frequency of urination—especially in comparison to the number of hours slept—that is excessive and disrupts their sleep cycle.
It is important for a patient suffering from nocturia to seek the aid of a physician, who can help identify the cause of the disorder and recommend appropriate treatment. Nocturia can alert the physician to other disorders, such as prostatic disease.
In conventional medicine, treatment for nocturia is determined by its cause. Patients may be advised to reduce caffeine intake, change their prescription medication, or undergo medical treatment to control the cause of nocturia and the frequency of urination.


The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Team (US-CERT) has issued an advisory about three vulnerabilities affecting Dräger Infinity Delta patient monitoring devices.
The flaws affect all versions of Infinity Delta, Delta XL, Kappa, and infinity Explorer C700 patient monitoring devices. The flaws could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information stored in device logs, be leveraged to conduct Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, or could potentially allow an attacker to gain full control of the operating system of a vulnerable device. The flaws were discovered by Marc Ruef and Rocco Gagliardi of scip AG.
Log files are not appropriately secured and are accessible over an unauthenticated network. An attacker could gain access to device log files and view sensitive information relating to the internals of the monitor, location of the device, and its wired network configuration. The flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3.
An error in the way input is validated could be exploited to cause the device to constantly reboot. An attacker could repeatedly send a malformed network packet causing a vulnerable device to repeatedly reboot until it reverts to its default configuration and network connectivity is lost. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5.
An attacker could break out of kiosk mode via a specific dialog and gain access to the underlying operating system and take full control of the operating system. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4.
All three vulnerabilities were addressed by Dräger in December 2018. Users should update the devices to Delta/Infinity Explorer VF10.1 which can be accessed on Dräger ServiceConnect.
Users have also been advised to review their network segmentation configuration and ensure that the devices are logically or physically separated from the hospital LAN and also check the Windows patch level of their Infinity Explorer.


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More than 400 coronavirus cases recorded in three days across Sussex
The number is going in the wrong direction
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More than 400 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Sussex in the last 72 hours.
According to the latest figures from the Government's daily coronavirus tracker there were 402 new cases added to the county's total on October 14.
It means that across East Sussex and West Sussex 8,084 people have now had the coronavirus.
Across the UK, 137 more people have died taking the total to 43,155, while another 19,724 cases have been recorded.
In total, 654,644 people have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
The number of cases by local authority (change from 24 hours ago shown in brackets):
Adur - 291 (11)
Arun - 528 (24)
Brighton and Hove - 1,513 (118)
Chichester - 460 (38)
Crawley - 634 (27)
Eastbourne - 597 (9)
Hastings - 289 (13)
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Lewes - 505 (23)
Mid Sussex - 858 (35)
Rother - 291 (10)
Wealden - 716 (44)
Worthing - 609 (15)
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Coronavirus lockdown measures could take eight years to recover from across the Greater Brighton area, experts have warned.
An "impact assessment" has been carried out by consultants Hatch for the Greater Brighton Economic Board.
It found that the lockdown and related restrictions had had a "significant impact" on growth.
It estimated an 11 per cent drop in economic growth this year in Greater Brighton - an area that stretches from Brighton and Hove to Gatwick and from Seaford to Bognor.
Hatch predicted that economic activity would not return to pre-covid levels until 2028.
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R.P Chapter 166: The secret of the world
Under the wall. Rose, the second zone.
After starting to guard the defense line in the early morning, the Fraternity found that the situation was not right today.
Yesterday, the Titans' attacks were fierce became sparse today. The Fraternity quickly understood the reason. The third zone was broken, and it was the news brought by the dust which just turned back to the group.
After hearing this thing, the head of the group was not surprised. After all, the third zone was a temporary team composed of scattered people. It was normal for the defensive line to be broken.
After dust said the real reason why was the third zone broken, Adam felt not good. The head of the third zone surprisingly ran away. Although he did not bring the girl, this kind of fleeing behavior made Adam very speechless.
However, after understanding the specific situation, Adam was vaguely worried in his mind. The disappearance of the protagonist Eren and the attitude of the character of the plot Mikasa all represented that the head of the third zone might plan something.
Adam had a headache. His team was in peace. He never actively provoked other contractors, but if other contractors come to provoke them, he will not tolerate them.
After considering for a long time, Adam decided not to provoke Su Xiao, but the Fraternity would not only sit and wait.
The fraternity had a member that learned the skill about Fuinnjutsu in the Naruto world, although the level of Fuinnjutsu was not high, as long as they give him two days, the hole on the wall could be completely sealed, so Adam did not pay attention to the third zone which was broken. The reduction of the Titans in the second zone would speed up the process of blocking the entrance of the second zone.
Just when the Fuinnjutsu sealed most of the hole, bad news appeared, the main character of the plot, Eren, held the big stone and went straight to the hole in the third zone.
When Adam saw this scene, he almost spits out the blood. The protagonist of the plot was so obedient, he turned to do the heavy job in less than a morning.
With the roar of the boulder falling on the wall, the first place of the attack and defense war was taken away.
Adam was not a person with a narrow mind. The three zones could complete their task by their own strength, if they can finish faster, that will be their strength.
"Brothers, the hole is about to be sealed, the blue equipment is also a good reward. Everyone has worked hard."
Adam tried to boost morale.
"The boss is really optimistic."
"The boss is in second place forever."
The members of the Fraternity were listless to respond, but the atmosphere in the group was harmonious, there was no complaint. When he saw this scene, Adam smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The hole in the second zone was about three meters in size. Most of the hole was blocked by gravels covered with a black tadpole pattern. After three or four hours, the hole would be completely blocked.
But at this time, Adam heard a loud noise coming from the outside of the city wall, \ the golden light appeared in the hole.
Adam just guessed what the golden light was in less than 0.5 seconds.
"Everyone gets away from the city wall!"
Adam screamed though he shouted to ask others away, he rushed to the hole alone.
"Mokuton Jukai Koutan!"
Adam pressed one hand to the ground, a large number of trees grew rapidly in the soil, eventually forming a tree wall.
Compared with Senju Hashirama's mokuton, Adam's mokuton skill could only be regarded as the light of the rice, but Adam only mastered several mokuton skills and had strong growth potential.
A loud noise came from the side of the members of the Fraternity, the wall they put hard to block was kicked to smash directly from the outside.
Several titan toes with steam appeared in the hole, the colossal titan appeared again.
The stones that were kicked away with huge kinetic energies, spurting outward like bullets. If these stones hit a human, the scene would be like a hammer hitting tomatoes.
The wooden wall made of trees became Fraternity's life-saving symbol, it blocked all the stones. The dozens of members of the Fraternity were only blown by the powerful impact.
The second zone was broken in less than three seconds, the members of the Fraternity were blown away like the heavenly maid's scattered blossoms.
A titan with a skeleton in his body rushed to the hole in the second zone, and the armored titan fled out of the hole without any blockage.
The armored titan escaped with Annie, the colossal titan immediately turned into a large piece of steam.
In fact, the third zone was the most ideal breakthrough point for the colossal titan. But there were a large number of the Survey Corps gathered there, armor titan did not dare to escape to that direction.
The 'Bertolt Hoover (Colossal titan)', which has been hiding on the wall, discovered this situation, so he chose the second zone which had been blocked with not many Survey Corps.
Compared with the contractors, these three spies who had 'the power of the titan' were more afraid of the Survey Corps.
Inside of the wall, in ruins.
Su Xiao picked up the '3D Maneuver Gear' on the ground. This thing was better to use in fleeing, and he was now a member of the Survey Corps.
Now the 'three intelligent titans' in the wall had all escaped to the outside of the wall, the difficulty of the attack and defense task would be much lower.
Standing on the roof to see the miserable situation of the second zone. Su Xiao sighed that the Fraternity was really unlucky, but the sudden appearance of the tree wall made him care a lot, the thing looked familiar.
Su Xiao began to consider the next action, first of all to speed up the progress of the other two areas of the attack and defense task, if the attack and defense task is completed successfully, he can get the blue quality equipment, if the blue equipment is just right for him, his combat power will grow a lot.
However, compared with completing the attack and defense task, Su Xiao looked forward to the 'three Titans' coming to find him.
He was now inside of the wall, the area inside the wall was not too small, it was too small compared to the entire mainland of the titan world.
The titan world was not just a range of three-sided circular walls. It was a very broad and interesting world. It could be regarded as a mixture of technology and micro-magic. According to Su Xiao search for information, the general situation of the titan world was as follows.
A long time ago, on a wide continent (not the location of the wall, but a broader continent), there were two major countries on the continent, namely the 'Marley Empire' and the 'Eldia Empire. '.
The 'Eldia Empire' was weaker than the 'Marley Empire'. The two countries in order to rob the territory, the 'Eldia Empire' collapsed and immediately faced the country to perish.
But one day, a woman named Ymir in 'Eldia Empire' gained a kind of power under the coincidence.
This way of gaining power was called signing contracts with 'devil of the ground' by the Marley people.
Ymir was a war orphan, so she hated the Marley people. After gaining strength, Ymir joined her motherland 'Eldia Empire' and helped the 'Eldia Empire' to fight.
Yes, what did Ymir gain was the power of the titan, the most primitive and oldest and the strongest power of the titan.
The body of a hundred meters high, the whole body was covered by the armor, the invincible power, she even could tamper or clear the memory of nearby human beings.
After this terrible monster joined the war, the Marley Empire was defeated. In less than five years, the 'Eldia Empire' ruled the continent and established an empire that was extremely strong.
As the strongest person in the world, Ymir became the queen of the empire, the only person who had power.
Although Queen Ymir had a strong strength, she would also die. On the 117th birthday, Ymir died under the cries of her children.
When Ymir died, she asked her nine children and let her children eat her flesh and blood after she died.
The children of Ymin did it, the power of the ancestor titan was divided into nine, and the nine children of Ymir got one of her ability. Her children gave the names of these powers of the titan's names, respectively attack titans, armor titans, female titans, colossal titans, beastly titans, and jaw titans.
The glory of the 'Eldia Empire' was still continuing, but the children of Ymir quickly found a situation, their lives became short after they got the power of the Titans, they only had thirteen years, Ymir lived for 117 years after it divided to nine copies, it was 13 years.
Not only that, but the royal family of Eldia also found that only the Eldian people could inherit the power of the Titans, the Marley people could not inherit the power of the Titans.
This made the royal family of Eldia care a lot. They enslaved women of other races and forced them to give birth to the blood of the Eldia.
The power of the nine titans could be inherited by swallowing the previous generation of inheritors. If the previous generation passed away without being swallowed, the power of the Titans would appear randomly on a newborn of the Eldian.
This had further consolidated the rule of the 'Eldia Empire', which ruled the wide continent for 1700 years.
The Marley Empire had long perished under the pressure of the Titans, but the Marley people were not willing to be ruled like this.
After facing the rule of the thousand years, there was a genius with a high IQ in the remaining Marley royal family. The genius understood that a positive confrontation would never be able to fight with the 'Eldia Empire', but he thought of another way. Driving the wedge to provoke the relationship between the family of nine Titans.
The empire, which had existed for almost two thousand years, had long since decayed. Under the efforts of several generations of the Marley people, the family of nine Titans turned against each other.
The brutal civil war began, the Marley people took advantage of this opportunity to seize the power of seven titans, almost to turn over their situations.
But there was also a huge mountain in front of the Marley people. One of the nine Titan families was too powerful. The Titan family had the strongest power of the titans among the nine titans. It was very close to the power of the ancestor titan, so the power of titans was also called as the power of the ancestor titan, the power of the Titans could control the secondary titans awakened by the 'Eldian civilians', and the secondary titans were very similar to the current brainless titans.
In the long war, when the ancestor titans passed down the 145th generation, the inheritors of that generation did not know what they suddenly realized. They left the continent with a group of Eldians and settled on a small island next to the mainland.
In order to prevent the Marley people from using the power of titans, the king of the 145th generation used his power of the ancestor titan to control a large number of thirty or forty meters titans standing in a row and ordered those titans to form a circle of walls with secondary hardening ability. It was the wall Maria that was broken at the beginning of the plot.
After that, the king of the 145th generation used the same method to build the two other walls inside the wall Maria, the wall Rose and the wall Sina.
The king of the 145th generation king became the first king in the city wall, murdered the only family of titans who resisted with Marley people. The first king made his subordinates get the titan power of that family, and the titan power of that family could tamper and clean humans' memories.
Under the command of the early king, the memories of the people in the wall were tampered with, and the people forgot the knowledgeable culture of Eldia.
After that, the early king and the reborn 'Marley Empire' signed a treaty of non-violation.
But on one day, the early king discovered that there were many brainless titans outside the wall. The original 'Marley Empire' had already initially found out the secret of the titan, and the brainless titans outside the wall were the experimental products of the Marley Empire.
After the king of the first-generation discovered that the power of the ancestor titan could control these brainless titans, he did not pay attention to these titans. The people in the wall did not dare to go out, just the same as his intention.
In this way, the world inside the wall appeared, and the wall had thus lived a peaceful life for a hundred years.
But the early king did not know that the resources of the mainland not so far away were severely exhausted because of the successive years of wars, so the Marley Empire wanted to rob this vast island.
The Marley Empire did not directly declare war. They were somewhat afraid of the king of the first generation's power of the Titans. Therefore, the Marley Empire sent four spies who mastered the power of the Titans to sneak into the wall and wait times to destroy the cities.
Annie Leonhart (power of the female titan), she sneaked into the world of the wall at 13 years old.
Reiner Braun (the power of the armored titan), he sneaked into the world of the wall at 18 years old.
Bertolt Hoover (power of the colossal titan), he sneaked into the world of the wall at 17 years old.
Maruseru (the power of the jaw titan), he died, was swallowed by the brainless giants on the way.
When the three people arrived outside the wall, 'Bertolt Hoover (colossal titan)' kicked a door of the outside wall, and Reiner Braun (armor titan) smashed the inner door, the story of the titan world officially began.
After that, the three joined the training corps, in the same period as the protagonist of the plot Eren.
Now that the wall Rose was broken, it was the second time that the three men attacked humans in the wall.


I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto, rather than an untried project. As a native English speaker I would prefer Esperanto.
After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook.
It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook. Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.


Studio JKD is basically just me, Jill, and I enjoy creating things. To date, my favorite creation is Happy the Hodag and Buddy the Bulldog.
I'm a Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator and Writer living in Minneapolis, MN who was born and raised (and still pays taxes and plays) in hodag country. As a Creative Director I spend my days strategizing and creating visual experiences for the wonderful world of higher education while my evenings and weekends are spent studying, photographing and drawing all things small. I also create stories and characters for picture books and then subsequently apply those characters and pieces of that artwork to fabrics, paper and products. I call this extension of visual narrative StoryStyle™.
I just launched my third Happy the Hodag book!
Who is Happy the Hodag?
HODAG is my third Happy the Hodag book, released in 2016 for Happy's 10th birthday, and obviously dedicated to hodags everywhere. A definite departure from my two previous books, Hodag is a book I've been thinking about for the past ten years but only finally put to paper two years ago. It was illustrated through the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016, a true labor of love, to deliver it on time for Happy the Hodag's 10th birthday. I really hope you enjoy it!
Keep up with Happy the Hodag at: facebook.com/happythehodag.
The hodag is a fictional monster said to be lumberjack lore from the near turn of the century in Northern Wisconsin. The hodag was made 'famous' by a lumber scout in the late 1800's named Gene Shepard.
Gene Shepard was a major booster of my hometown of Rhinelander, WI as it was becoming established and he was known for his sense of humor. Gene pulled a magnificent hodag centered prank on the locals and is the reason the official Rhinelander, WI mascot is in fact, a hodag.
There is also this other entity, much older than the Rhinelander hodag that looks an awful lot like some of the early carvings of the Rhinelander hodag. Take a scroll through this post on themidwestival to learn more about the pictographs of The Great Lakes tribes hodag-like creature in and around Canada.
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Each Uisge
The "each uisge" (it's Gaellic, so good luck pronouncing it) is a shape changing water monster reported in legends from Ireland and Scotland. Roughly speaking, they typically took a human like shape (though sometimes accidentally leaving a horselike feature, such a hooves for feet), and would come ashore to court young ladies. No one can say if these relationships ever work out, for any female who agrees (and a few who don't) to this courtship end up being whisked away underwater to never be seen again. I drew one of these creatures coming out of the water and transforming as it approaches a small festivity in the nearby village.
I was originally giving this monster it's own section in the book, so it needed a full page illustration... but as I researched more, it became clear that the 'each uisge' was very much related to tales of another monster reported in Scotland called a Kelpy. I eventually combined the two creatures into one longer section titled 'Water Horses,' and so didn't need the extra full page illustration.
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FIRST ALERT: Heavy Snow in the Mountains Continues to Push North, While Heavy Wind Continues on Maine Coast
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Mylan Launching Generic Version of EpiPen
Consumers and politicians have accused the company of price-gouging, considering that the product has been on the market since 1987 and the price didn't start rising significantly until Mylan acquired it in 2007
Mylan says it will make available a generic version of its EpiPen, as criticism mounts over the price of its injectable medicine.
The company said Monday that its U.S. subsidiary will put out a generic version of the EpiPen that will have a list price of $300 for a two-pack — about half the current price. It will be available in both 0.15 mg and 0.30 mg strengths.
EpiPens are used in emergencies to treat severe allergies to insect bites and foods like nuts and eggs that can lead to anaphylactic shock.
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People usually keep a number of EpiPens handy at home, school or work. The syringes, prefilled with the hormone epinephrine, expire after a year.
Mylan N.V. said that it anticipates having the generic versions available in the next several weeks. It will continue to market and distribute a branded EpiPen.
The company charges $608 for a two-pack of the branded EpiPen. Mylan said it will keep in place the $300 savings card for the branded EpiPen and the revised patient assistance program announced last week.
Consumers and politicians have accused the company of price-gouging, considering that the product has been on the market since 1987 and the price didn't start rising significantly until Mylan acquired it in 2007.
There is also little competition, with the only rival product being Adrenaclick, which carries a list price of $461.
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch has defended the price hikes, saying the company only received $274 of the total price for a twin-package while insurers, pharmacies and other parties divvy up the rest.
Numerous members of Congress and other politicians this week have called for congressional hearings on Mylan's pricing, an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and action by the Food and Drug Administration to increase competition by speeding up approvals of any rival products.
At least two companies are trying to get U.S. approval to sell a rival brand or generic version of EpiPen. None is likely to hit the U.S. market until well into next year. Relief could come sooner from Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, a compounding pharmacy that prepares medicines to fill individual prescriptions. It said it might be able to sell a version in a few months and would likely charge around $100 for two injectors.
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Верцаска () — громада  в Швейцарії в кантоні Тічино, округ Локарно.

Географія
Громада розташована на відстані близько 135 км на південний схід від Берна, 13 км на захід від Беллінцони.
Верцаска має площу 143,6 км², з яких на 0,8% дозволяється будівництво (житлове та будівництво доріг), 8,9% використовуються в сільськогосподарських цілях, 46,3% зайнято лісами, 44% не є продуктивними (річки, льодовики або гори).

Демографія
2019 року в громаді мешкало 640 осіб (-7,8% порівняно з 2010 роком), іноземців було 5,9%. Густота населення становила 4 осіб/км².
За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 12,7% — особи молодші 20 років, 53,6% — особи у віці 20—64 років, 33,8% — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Було 326 помешкань (у середньому 1,9 особи в помешканні).
Із загальної кількості 198 працюючих 48 було зайнятих в первинному секторі, 48 — в обробній промисловості, 102 — в галузі послуг.

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Громади Тічино


Plasmodesmatal frequencies (PFs) were analysed in Allium cepa L. roots with a mature exodermis (100 mm from the tip). For all interfaces within the root, the numbers of plasmodesmata (PD) μm−2 wall surface (Fw) were calculated from measurements of 60 walls on ultrathin sections. For tissues ranging from the epidermis up to the stelar parenchyma, the frequencies were also expressed as total PD numbers mm−1 root length (Fn), which is most instructive for considering the radial transport of ions and photosynthates (because the tissues were arranged in concentric cylinders). The Fn values were constantly high at the interfaces of exodermis–central cortex, central cortex–endodermis and endodermis–pericycle (4.05×105, 5.13×105, and 5.64×105, respectively). If the plasmodesmata are functional, a considerable symplastic transport pathway exists between the exodermis and pericycle. Two interfaces had especially low PFs: epidermis–exodermis (Fn=8.96×104) and pericycle–stelar parenchyma (Fn=6.44×104). This suggests that there is significant membrane transport across the interface of epidermis–exodermis (through short cells) and direct transfer of ions from pericycle to protoxylem vessels. In the phloem, the highest PF was detected at the metaphloem sieve element–companion cell interface (Fw=0.42), and all other interfaces had much lower PFs (around 0.10). In the pericycle, the radial walls had a high PF (Fw=0.75), a feature that could permit lateral circulation of solutes, thus facilitating ion (inward) and photosynthate (outward) delivery.
Keywords: Allium cepa L.; phloem unloading; plasmodesmata; plasmodesmatal frequency; root; symplastic transport; transmission electron microscopy.; Fn, number of plasmodesmata mm−1 root length (at individual tissue interfaces); Ft, number of plasmodesmata μm−2 tissue interface; Fw, number of plasmodesmata μm−2 wall surface; PD, plasmodesmata; PF, plasmodesmatal frequency; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.
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Android News / All News / Sony Rumored to Be Working on Snapdragon 600 Devices; 6.4-inch Smartphone
Sony Rumored to Be Working on Snapdragon 600 Devices; 6.4-inch Smartphone
By Tom Dawson
You'd think that Sony might have learned to release fewer handsets and try their best to get the Xperia Z out into the global market but, no. The latest batch of rumors from Japan are suggesting that Sony have a trio of devices in the works that should help make the Xperia Z feel a little older right off the bat. Of course, rumors should always be taken with a pinch of salt but, this is a strategy that Sony have been using for some time now. We saw it with 2012's Xperia S and Xperia T, two "flagship" devices released in the same year.
First of all, there's a duo of regular smartphones that Japanese site smasoku.mobi are reporting on. The Xperia A – codenamed "Dogo" – is said to be a 4.6-inch sized device, powered by a Snapdragon 600, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 3,200 mAh battery. As well as that there's apparently water and dust resistance – a la the Xperia Z – and an IR blaster and NFC support. The Xperia UL – codenamed "Gaga" – shares all of the above internals and could be a sort of "little brother" to the Xperia A, like the ZL is to the Z.
Then there's the monster 6.4-inch smartphone that's codenamed "Togari" and while it doesn't have an Xperia letter assigned to it just yet, there's word that it'll be launching on the Japanese network Docomo later in the year. Specs wise, we should expect more of the same outlined above, but maybe a higher clock speed on that Snapdragon 600. This could well be going up against the Galaxy Note III which is slated for release at the end of the year but, either way this is a huge smartphone and we're not sure it'd sell all that well – why not just buy a Nexus 7?
These are just rumored devices, and devices for Japan at that, so there's a good chance that these might not make it to the west. Having said that, both the Xperia Z and the Xperia Tablet Z have been released on Docomo in Japan and they've enjoyed somewhat global releases recently. It looks like Sony could well have something a little more exciting for us up their sleeve, I just wish they'd throw out the whole letter-based naming scheme. It's getting a little old, Sony.
Can anyone in the comments tell me a letter of the alphabet Sony hasn't used yet?
Tom Dawson
Former Editor-in-Chief
For years now I've had a heavy interest in technology, growing up with 8-bit computers and gaming consoles has fed into an addiction to everything that beeps. Android saved me from the boredom of iOS years ago and I love watching the platform grow. As an avid reader and writer nothing pleases me more than to write about the exciting world of Android, Google and mobile technology as a whole.


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Your Own Personal Jesus
J.T. Price
"Playing the Saint Is Bad for One's Health": The Death of the Adversary by Hans Keilson
"A small, plain-looking man, in the grip of something stronger than himself, was speaking as though he were strangling himself. He stood there like a damned soul. A torch was wavering at a crossroads. He had to choose… During those moments he became alienated from himself, and that which took hold of him was simply something alien. But at other times he thought that it was his own self. Then he felt himself as great and strong and irresistible as a river. He began to urge, to scream, and to rave. He could not contain himself, he burst his banks. But he did not understand what he was doing. To me he sounded like a drowning man who was screaming for help." — The narrator of The Death of the Adversary on Hitler
Among other things, Adolf Hitler was a failed artist. Whatever it was that denied him advancement as a painter along the artistic strata of Weimar Republic Germany — insufficiently fine technique, lack of original vision, shortage of commitment or an underlying character flaw ('and… how,' says History) — he was able, as firebrand and chief of the Nazi state, to pillage galleries across the country, to decree what was and was not fit for German citizens' aesthetic appreciation. For lack of precise criticism, brute force made for an obvious answer. As portrayed in the 2004 German film Downfall, Hitler resembles at his end nothing so much as a megalomaniacal magazine editor, unable to grasp the fact of collapsing advertising revenue and terrified to allow crass foreigners, the invasive other, to compromise his dream of an immortal Berlin. Alone with Nazi architect Albert Speer in a massive room where the city has been modeled in white plaster at reduced dimension, Hitler takes one last longing look, a boy forced to quit his toys forever and confront in life what it is he has done.
The name of the adversary in Hans Keilson's WWII novel, first published in Germany of 1959 and recently re-released in the U.S. as a paperback, is never stated, a single initial serving to identify the man. In complement, the specific identity of the narrator and his people is not made overt, only the fact that they have been singled out. What The Death of the Adversary directly addresses is the intellectual conception of a Hitler-like figure in the mind of one of the persecuted. "In compensation for having to play the role of the vanquished," thinks the narrator, "I conceived the intoxicating fantasy of being in an unassailably superior position, so that finally I succumbed to the idea that the way towards him and through him was the way to my own self."
With a manuscript secreted into the hands of a stranger, Keilson's novel begins; that stranger, a lawyer, having buried it until the war is over, subsequently presents the pages to a literary personage, to hear his estimation of their content. This framing device encloses the novel proper, the first-person account of a man delineating his relationship, largely imagined, with an adversarial figure whose deathly ire is first petty, then pitiable, then consuming, then terrifying, then something else entirely, as it takes root in a stricken republic.
Through a sort of titanic idiocy the narrator self-identifies with his sworn enemy. But that self-identification is no simple delusion, even if not a shred of it is present in the head of his other. Advises a friend of the narrator, "What are you after? You're dissatisfied with the whole creation and rack your brains about your enemy. You brood. Do you think he broods over you? He acts."
That Dostoevskian labor of self-identification with an enemy, no matter how remote — in this case, literally, Hitler — figures, at last, as an act of heroism, a vote for humanity, no matter how doomed or prone to contradiction the effort. Though the novel effectively ends with a joke, the breadth of its content defies any punch line. Driven from his home, the persecuted keens:
Even if you should think — but it is not true — that you are fighting me not because I hold different opinions or have differently colored hair, or because my nose has a different shape from yours, all that you are fighting against is your own; and the more you try to keep it from yourself and do not want it to be true and cannot accept it and start cheating, the more furious becomes your fight against it in me, carried on with a hatred that is no longer on the side of life. But there, where you are struggling with yourself, in that primal place, I want to take hold of you and be held by you; there, in that place, I stand beside you.
"A Tricky Guy": God Says No by James Hannaham
"Disney World was the only thing I believed in as much as God." — Gary Gray
Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA opened to visitors on July 17th, 1955, its counterpart The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL on October 1st, 1971. Over the entryway of the former, there is a sign reading, Here You Leave Today And Enter The World of Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy. The latter, it happens — not significantly different in its machinery of enchantment — is a source of happiness for Gary Gray, the protagonist of James Hannaham's debut novel God Says No. If Gary happens not to conform to Disney's image of middlebrow decency, no matter. Even as a self-described fat, gay, black man, he cannot help loving it.
Or maybe it does matter: Gary's exclusion from the fold of the mediated mainstream, his extreme otherness so defined, leaves him grasping for a sense of belonging — from, arguably, the very centers of his exclusion, Disney and evangelical Christianity. The irony of that premise is what carries the day in Gary's journey from sexually confused youth to sexually confused married man to sexually confused gay tourist about town to sexually confused Christian reform camper to himself, Gary Gray, the end of all his exploring, narrator of the novel: "I was like Pinocchio, a wooden marionette always begging to become a real boy." Like Hawthorne's "Wakefield," Ellison's The Invisible Man or an actor on stage, Gary slips out of one context and into another, viewing the place he left behind through the eyes of his present standing.
The novel's suspense, such as it is, hangs on the question of Gary's agonized wavering, his desire to do what is right and what will hurt those dear to him least, while sorting out his own control, or lack thereof, over what his body wants — what he wants: "Was this Satan's influence corrupting me, or the voice of my true self? Was my secret sexuality my true self? More true than my wife and family? I didn't have an answer — I was a walking question mark."
Along the picaresque way, the reader receives a theme park tour of contemporary America's manifold attitudes and manners of response to homosexuality: Gary's wife (Annie), daughter (Cheryl), an abusive father, a lover (Miquel), a theater director (Rex), a hyper-masculine homosexual cop (Manny), a prostitute (Penny), a Christian theorist (Dr. Soffione) and a friendly ex-lesbian (Gay), among many others. We are meant to laugh, yes (the novel is ripe with a comedy alternately overt and understated: "I thought how strange it was that you could meet really nice people in shameful situations like public-sex."), but also to respect the heroic going-against-the-grain of Gary in struggling to uphold the banners of Disney and Christ — all be the grain, here, his own sexual preference.
In Charles Baxter's novel The Soul Thief, the protagonist Nathaniel Mason confronts the cognitive dissonance of how he sees God: "The God that watches and loves him cannot be a personal God." It is that same dissonance — between the Jesus who watches and the Jesus who acts — that plagues Gary, nettling his doubt. Being a nice and private man, he naturally keeps his rants to himself. Or to himself and his readers:
God never spoke about what He saw. Certainly not to me. How long had I pleaded with Him to help me, to fix me, to show me a sign, only to be ignored? If you thought on it, God let everything on Earth happen. God plunked Himself down at a big desk and okayed everything with a fat rubber stamp. Should it be a sunny day? Why, yes! Today, let's wipe out the coast with a hurricane. Great idea! Should there be roller coasters? Yeah, let's build a whole mess of 'em! How about a train wreck, Lord? Fine with me! Do we need a snack food called Cheeze-A-Roonies on Planet Earth? Heck yeah, bring on the Cheeze-A-Roonies! What say you create an evil dude named Adolf Hitler? Yessirree! Seemed He didn't even have a rubber stamp for No. He let good and bad stuff happen all the time and didn't care if folks did what they pleased if they could handle the consequences and keep the secrets.
Akin to J. Robert Lennon's Castle, the rendering of reality in God Says No shimmers in a way that accentuates the artifice involved in its making, its status as a sort of silent performance piece by the author Hannaham. There are casually surreal, Kafkaesque moments (Fort Sumter called Fort Sumpter); at other times, Gary's perspective seems informed by incident beyond his known character:
Feelings feel real enough when you've got them, but sometimes they don't mean much more in the scheme of things than what the weather was on this same date last year. When you think about it, it gets tough to put your emotions into boxes called Real and Not Real, or even Sexual and Not Sexual. The way a friend of mine puts it, the problem with attractions might be that they're all sexual.
Beyond Gary's known character, though, is where the novel takes place, what it is about: "I reminded myself of how Jonah sacrificed himself to the sea to save his companions on the ship. But where was my whale?" If that makes, in places, for uneven narrative, well, This Side of Paradise isn't a flawless first novel either. In God Says No, Hannaham takes no easy outs.
–Jeff Price is a Brooklyn-based editor and writer.
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In this episode, Seth Leishman interviews Bernie Zimmerman, chair of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission. Bernie was born in a monastery in Germany, emigrated to the U.S. in 1949, lived in New York and New Jersey as well as San Francisco, before moving to Nevada County in 1979.
To learn more about Bernie and the history of Nevada County, listen in!


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Archive for the tag "Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu"
Opinion: Long live the ironies, but most likely, long live the foolishness
There is something about tyranny and dictatorships, where the Dictator can travel around like a King. Have his court and his jesters on tour, he can hold a campaign rally, some sort of public function without notifying the authorities or even get the approval to do so. That is because his the Fountain of Honour, the Head of State and the President.
In this regard, all through the 2019. The President and his team was for long a part of the Operation Wealth Creation Tour, where he travelled and held rallies. Also held a Radio Tour and others ones too. Hard to remember them all, but it all legal, because its the President and his court doing so.
During the last two weeks, we got to see that Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine planned and notified the Electoral Commission of planned consultation meetings in consideration of being an Presidential Candidate in the 2021 elections.
I find it very special, that the People Power Movement and everyone else has to follow guidelines and follow codes to be able to assemble, meet and hold consultation meetings. When you consider how easy and non bother it is for the President. Because, the implications for the President, should be the same as for any other aspiring candidate for the same role. There shouldn't be one whose allowed to sing songs on bridges, while the other cannot even put up a speakers and microphones to do a gig. However, we all know there is a double standard, but this sets it in print.
That Bobi Wine and the PPM is limited in their actions, just like the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and Dr. Kizza Besigye been in the past, even Amama Mbabazi and Go Forward was stifled before the 2016 elections. With this in mind, it follows a pattern, but the restrictions and the limitations put on Bobi Wine isn't fair.
As he should have in all fairness, been able to do exactly what the President did during his Operation Wealth Creation tour, which was direct campaigning on the slogans of the 2016 elections. When that was allowed and accepted by the state, the same state should make it possible for Bobi Wine to do the same. That is as if there was level playing field for candidates, which by the regulations and orders by the Police and Electoral Commission, proves its not.
Not like the President nor his crew had any idea who would show up and how many for the rallies during 2019. They gathered a lot of people, hired buses and hoped to have propaganda shots, but they didn't have an estimate or afterthought of how big things would be. Alas, that Bobi Wine and his team has to know and say whose possible is really concerning, because that is limiting his approach and also his possibilities to reach out.
If the President and his cronies this is well handled, well, I hate to break it to you. Its not, not the slightest. It is weak and a continued double standard, hypocrisy at the highest order. Most likely by the blessing from the orders from above. Alas, he knows and the ones giving the instructions to People Power knows.
Not like this is shocking, it is a pattern and showing the intent to stifle and put hurdles for the rising star. They want to stop the momentum and contain it. They want to ensure that the authorities are there and that they can handle it. They want to have the information and the intel to ensure, that the they can prolong the reign and secure the prospects of another rigged elections.
Because, if it was free and fair, why where there ever any issues with the gatherings nor the rallies of the President? There should have been, why no tear-gas? Why no-one arrested and taken into prison for inciting violence? Why were there ever anyone taken or house-arrested for preventative reasons?
Well, that because the President, everything goes and everything is cool. The rest has to beg to grab a microphone and say some words of wisdom. That's just how things are in the Republic. Peace.
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Opinion: Anticipating a rocky road for Bobi Wine
It is not that I wish anyone ill, I don't, but knowing how the "orders from above" works and seen how the opposition has been treated over the years. I just know how this will play out. Even as the People Power Movement (PPM) and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine MP plans to hold his consultations in 2020. It will not be without any hurdles.
There will be consequences, just like him jumping on campaign trails and joining forces with other opposition activists for the various by-elections during the 2018 and 2019. That is just the way it is.
The first and foremost. The PPM and Bobi Wine will be served with new criminal charges, if this is "inciting violence", "unlawful assembly" and so-on. It will catch on and they will also told that they didn't file the paperwork accordingly to the Public Order Management Act and surely pinned with some charges from the Penal Code. That just happens.
Secondly, the security outfits will monitor, block venues, follow the convoy of Bobi Wine. They will seal of hotels, they will detain activists and local organizers. They will ensure that the radio stations are losing their licenses and so-on. That just happens.
If the PPM and Bobi Wine still try to access the venues and such, there will be live-bullets, arrests and people hurt. There will a bath of tear-gas on the public, there will be road-blocks and will be damage of property.
The Police Force will say the supporters are rowdy, are hoodlums and thugs, while it was the police and armed state officers who fired the first bullet and tear-gas at the venue. The state will say the PPM didn't act correct according to codes, even if they have negotiated for months for the stadium and whatnot in whatever county they were visiting.
In this manner, the Presidential Consultations, the meeting of locals and such will be with fury. It will be testy and will not be easy. If you thought Amama Mbabazi and Dr. Kizza Besigye have had it hard. The upstart and the rising star Bobi Wine will feel it too. There will be abducted mobilizers and stories of impunity within the range of the consultation season.
If not, the state has had a change of heart, which I doubt. It wouldn't be shocking if the state tried to pull-off house-arrest and "preventative arrest" of Bobi Wine and close associates. Since, that way they can contain him in Wakiso district.
This state will use all means, because the old man doesn't feel the love anymore, people are tired of him. That is why they use all means. To think otherwise is naïve, after seeing other campaigns and election cycles under Museveni.
We just know and will not be shocked, because this is scheduled programming. Peace.
Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine letter to the Electoral Commission – Re: Notice of Intention to Conduct Consultations (03.12.2019)
Opinion: This Moses will not lead the public into the promised land
"The NRM has already won the 2021 elections with over 80%. We are now campaigning for 2026 elections and let no one tell you that Ugandans are tired of President Museveni" – Bebe Cool aka Moses Ssali in South Africa this weekend, December 2019
Bebe Cool might think his slick, he might think his smart and sounds like fine wine. However, Bebe Cool is degraded and low-rate fizzy-drink, a sugar-coated and lack of flavour, which he tries to sell to the crowds like Champagne. Everyone can see it, smell it and know by just looking at the bottle.
Moses will not lead people across the desert. Moses will not lead the people to the promised land. This Moses, the Cool guy will lead people agony and more issues. The state and the party he mobilizes for are self-serving elite. The NRM are working for the President and his cronies, it isn't working for direct development, neither building a strong state. That is known for Moses, but he will not say it.
"Then the Lord said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'" (Exodus Chapter 33:1, New International Version).
Just like Moses himself, he never got to see the promise land, he actually never got cross the River Jordan after 30 years in the desert. The Republic of Uganda have been 33 years under the reign of Museveni. The man Moses praises and thinks will bring changes. While his really lost in the wilderness and not allowed by God to cross the river.
Bebe Cool is a false prophet, who says everything the master want to hear. His a loyal subject. Even as man whose supposed to mobilize and guide. The man knows that the President isn't preoccupied with 2026. His just working as hard as he can to fix 2021. That is why Bebe Cool is following the trail of Bobi Wine. The smug man, whose paid to be a distraction.
Bebe Cool, Mr. Moses thinks his that smart is funny and tragic. Because, just like Moses. At one point he will not go to promised land. His used with promises, but his descendants will live there. They will be able to cross Jordan. That's because the promises of the regime, the promises of Museveni will not materialize. They will degrade and distort with time. The reasons for it is that its busy salvaging whatever it can. It is so busy doing so, that it doesn't see the hurt or the problems across the Republic.
That is why the NRM lacks the trust, the support or even the grass-root mobilization it needs. They cannot outspend and buy off the whole population in every single poll. That is what it does, but at one point, that buck stop. Bebe Cool might act like it is won, when it really is rigged. There is no speculation of it even. It is mere reality.
That Bebe Cool is saying this too: "I warned the enemies of development that I will bring to light all their lies. The era of misleading Ugandans has come to an end" (Bebe Cool, December 2019). His the one misleading the public and doing it as propaganda for the state. His the Softpower and the "silent Majority" nonsense. Nonsensical and unstructured, as a man whose fighting on deck, while his boat is sinking. Instead of either trying to "balancing the boat" or trying to save people to land. He fights the crew for wrecking the ship.
Bebe Cool could be serious, but his the messenger… He will not get people anywhere. This Moses will encircle them and trap them. He will make them walk around aimlessly in the desert for yet a few more decades. They will not move and will never cross over Jordan. That will not happen with Cool neither with Bosco. They are just in it to rule, not to serve and neither to actually govern. Peace.
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Opinion: Bobi Wine need to muster "W2W" on steroids to get rid of Museveni
"We know that Museveni is planning to rig the election, he has done it in the past … But we are banking on overwhelming him because a vote can easily be rigged if it's not overwhelming. And ultimately, if President Museveni tries to rig the election … the people of Uganda will rise up and they will stop it … They are tired of this operation and they are tired and they will not take it any longer" – Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Al Jazeera on the 30th November 2019
That no one can conquer or win in an election with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni should be common knowledge by now. The 2021 Polls is only done for the facade sake and not because the will of people will be listened too. The public and the voters will not be listen too. Just like the rigged elections of 2016 and 2011, and so-on.
Bobi Wine needs to must er the character, the finesse and the ability to get people to listen to the amount of the gatherings, the demonstrations and the defiance of the Walk to Work in April of 2011. The W2W showed the government, that the public can rise up and stand-up to them. That time because of the rigged elections of 2011 and also the rising inflations as a cause of the overspending during the elections.
The People Power Movement and allies needs to collaborate like they predecessors did together with the Action 4 Change (A4C). They was capable of getting together and standing together against the authorities and the enforcers of the law. A4C and W2W did very well, it even made the authorities so scared, that they killed civilians, which the authorities never have investigated. Neither, taken responsibility for the wrongfully arrests nor the preventive arrests of the leaders behind the demonstrations.
The PPM and Bobi Wine needs to do it on a larger scale and be able to inspire in the midst of possible bloodshed and insecurity created by the power-vacuum, because this sort of operation will cost. The will be more pain and suffering. There will be hurt and damage. Bobi Wine should know this and that an army based government will not give way. They will use all military organizations and security outfits, which will stop all public gatherings, demonstrations and block every type of communications platform to silence it.
That should be well-known and should be the machinery behind the election of 2021. Just like it was in 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001 and in 1996. There been various names of the security outfits, but they have had the same mission. They will do the same thing again and if the people rise against the machine. The machine will answer, by the "high above" ordering it to pull the trigger. The hammer will hit and the bullets will come their way. Not because I believe in violence, but that is how this government answer dissidents. Either take away their civil liberties, take away their freedom or buy time. Either way, the government has always won.
It is a matter of time, when the centre loose hold and the ones who follow up on the orders says its enough. That the generals and other security leaders gives way to the public, instead of following the "high above". But at this point, that is just mere speculation, when they see that their behaviour and acts will deem them unfit for the afterlife of Museveni. Still, as long as his breathing and giving them power. They will let their legacy go over a little envelopes.
Bobi Wine needs a big structure behind him. He needs his supporters to bring the same sort of energy, but even more resilient than during the "Walk to Work". They need to be so resilient and so steadfast, that the public needs reassurance and security that its working. Since, if it seems like failing and that its fade quickly. Than the costs of standing up towards the dictatorship will not hold. Since its better to live, better to keep the health and await the possible end by doing nothing. Than risking it all, when it seems like it will be a fiddle.
This is the message Bobi Wine need to spread as well, since the PPM and their allies needs to know this. Especially, since the peaceful takeover will not happen over the ballot. The Electoral Commission, the state authorities are all blind in loyalty to the President. There will be no turnover over an election, but only toppled by a revolution. And a military government doesn't give up easily and especially, when they have everything to loose by giving way.
I end here, but my point is already said. With that in mind. A Luta Continua. Peace.
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Opinion: The NRM proves again that the IPOD is worthless…
"The NRM has boycotted the meeting of IPOD scheduled for the handover of IPOD seat from Democratic Party to FDC. This as FDC insists the discussion should focus more on the meaningful dialogue and smooth transfer of power in Uganda" (NBS Television 27.11.2019).
Not to long ago, actually for two IPOD Summits the FDC boycotted these, as they did boycott the first IPOD Summit, as an reaction to the police brutality and harassment from the authorities. The second one was because they didn't want just a photo-op and a friendly greeting with the President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The IPOD Summits haven't resolved anything or made any amends with the electoral reform or dialogue between the NRM and the opposition. The IPOD is just a paid journey from the Dutch, to preoccupy the parties on the way to yet another General Election in 20201.
Just a friendly reminder of what NRM said when the FDC boycotted it:
"Kasule Lumumba: NRM is the minority in IPOD. FDC is the leading opposition party. FDC shouldn't run away from responsibility. NRM remains committed. Come and offer leadership and we work together, Come and show Ugandans that you can lead" (NBS Television, 17.10.2019).
"I have always said FDC is a radical extremist party behaving like a millenarian cult & hostile to dialogue. This was on display yesterday when they boycotted the first IPOD meet. They used to say they would only attend IPOD MEETINGS if Museveni attends. What is their excuse now?" (Andrew Mwenda, 18.12.2018).
"I don't know why anybody [FDC] who says they are democrats would not like dialogue. I always welcome opportunities for dialogue because when you don't dialogue, you miss an opportunity to be understood clearly" – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the 12th December 2018 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo
Therefore, I wonder what will be the excuses of the NRM in the upcoming days. One that has already come out, which is unbelievable is that they wasn't invited. That one is just a lie, I don't believe that Norbert Mao forgot to send the invitation to the NRM Secretariat. The DP head wouldn't miss that one out.
It is weird that FDC comes now after boycotting for so long. It seemingly a play for them. It is insincere to take the helm. That it is, after calling out the other parties for being involved in the months ahead of this. The FDC knows this. Yes, this is politics, but the perception of this isn't brilliant. It is insincere at best.
The FDC should have pulled out, unless it seems they are just in it for the party-funding and possible billions promised after the second summit in May 2019. The environment for the FDC isn't better. Their party offices has been raided both in Kampala and in the up-country. Not like the FDC leadership is secure and safe for police brutality. Neither is their ability to conduct party activity in general.
What is weird is the NRM who has harassed and diminished the FDC for boycotting from before Christmas last year until the present IPOD takeover. That is very rich of them to not sit in the yellow chairs. Because, its not like the NRM will end up behind bars or get detained for participating. Neither house-arrested nor awaiting court-cases because of their loyalty elsewhere, than the President himself. Since all of them are loyal to him.
I never have believed in IPOD. Just like the Apple IPOD, I believe the relevance is gone and not vital for the changes in the Republic. It is just a tool for the NRM to keep the others in check. The NRM will only use this to settle the score and use the platform to ensure they are following guidelines and supposed protocol. The IPOD will not challenge or have any significant power, as the NRM and the government haven't given it that.
The IPOD and IPOD Summits are PR stunts and play for the facade. It is weird that the FDC wants to play now. They should have dropped out and been righteous. Instead, they wanted a little spotlight and look decent now. That's a bit late, but the NRM are totally in the wrong. When they have called the FDC out, but bails out themselves. That proves again the real value of it.
The real value of the IPOD is none, except for the Dutch donors who pays for the "dialogue". Peace.
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Opinion: Museveni used to be a darling of the West…
When I read that people have trouble that Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is liked in the West for his ideals and his vision. They shouldn't forget that the West named President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a "new breed" together with President Paul Kagame in the mid-90s. It is a few decades ago and seems like a lost time. But, it is not so far away from the current time were in now.
When I read that National Resistance Movement (NRM) hard-liners and apologists says Bobi Wine is to loved in the West. The NRM wouldn't have stabilized the economy, wouldn't have had some economic growth or ability to built successive big-programs back-in-the-day, if it wasn't a donor darling. The NRM wouldn't have done this on Qaddafi funds nor the North Korean training of military brigades.
If Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and other Americans like John McCain didn't have a soft-spot for the proxy armies of Museveni. He wouldn't get as much funds, military support and so-on over the years in power. That's why the same gentlemen fuzzing about Bobi Wine amplifying the diaspora, going and getting support in North America.
Should remember how Janet Museveni was stuck in Sweden during the bush-war. How the NRA tried to get support from the United Kingdom during the Bush-War. They finally got some help, reluctantly from Libya. They will not speak highly of that today, but that is a fact.
That's why its hypocritical of Museveni and the NRM to say Bobi Wine isn't legit, because he has support from the West. That's because Museveni isn't an donor darling of the West any-more. He was during the battle against the Lord Resistance Army (LRA), countering HIV/AIDs and so-on. Also the build-up of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) in the 1990s. This is all well-known now.
However, the NRM people will come with daggers, swords and harsh words for endorsements from Americans now. But they was all praise and giggly like teenagers around pop-stars, when their President and the NRM was praised by the West back-in-the-day. For all achievements, the following of policies pushed by the World Bank and International Monetary Funds. Therefore, the NRM and Museveni should look at Bobi Wine and wish it still was them. Not act like they didn't enjoy the limelight back when.
So, when people bitch about the endorsement. Just look back at how Museveni enjoyed the love from Bill Clinton and others. It was fine when he did it and even postponed elections while being praised. Even supported the insurgencies in the DRC and Rwanda, by the same foreigners. Therefore, the NRM and Museveni should remember they used to be the darling, but is now a bitter EX.
They are like Kenzo, who still wish they had the love of Rema. But they have lost it, because of the cheating and lies. The deception and playing the guards wrongly. Even as long as the NRM and the army fights the battle the US doesn't want in Somalia. They are still not as loved as they used too. That's why Bobi Wine is a threat there too. Because, his a new darling and the NRM cannot accept that. Peace.
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Opinion: Bebe Cool the political enigma…
We are living the day and age, where Musa Ssali aka Big Size aka Bebe Cool are vibrant. Someone who is addressing politics and claiming importance of both careers and businesses made by other artists. Even if they are all dismissing it.
Bebe Cool thinks that his brilliant, that he has wise wisdom, but in reality it is only words of pleasure for the President and the rest of his men. There is nothing else too it. His man whose fine with the dictatorship, with the order of the day, because it pays him and his in the atmosphere of power. Even if he has nothing to do there.
It is not like his a scientist or a leader of men. Unless, his trying to teach people to be spoiled brats. Than, he could have schooled half of Kabalagala, Kampala. Maybe, even drumming up artists for a gig-song or concerts before campaign rallies. That is his place in the realm of importance.
His only in the spotlight because the President want him there. Trying to make Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and his People Power Movement looking bad. Not like the President nor the State House wants him around for guidance on border conflict nor ensuring the micro-loans are properly made for a part of the population.
Bebe Cool is only a useful fool for the President. A modern day Jester, who thinks highly of himself. But he will bury his own career and his own misery on the final day of judgement. The day the President doesn't need him or the Presidency is finally over. Some of songs might be played, but he will nothing vibrant in the public to say. His now bound by the Court of the President, the day his not needed there. He will be left behind.
Not that Bebe Cool is thinking of that, because he thinks this last forever. Like so many others think. Even if the President is at advanced age. Still, it will not last forever, even if the President want his son to carry mantle, when he stops breathing. There is nothing in the cards, that Bebe Cool needs to be jumping around when Muhoozi gets the crown. If he even will be crowned, as the people are tired of Musevenism and needs other leaders to get somewhere.
Bebe Cool might think his a juggernaut, but his just a foot-soldier whose sacrifices will not be paid. Just like many of the peasants who feed the NRA, but never got any of the spoils. That is a reality the Bebe's of the world doesn't want to hear. As he wants to be King, but is only the fool. Peace.
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Opinion: The NRM is fishing, but will anyone be tricked?
We are at a stage and time, when the National Resistance Movement (NRM) are trying to play smart by getting Butchaman, Kusasira and Jennifer Full Figure on their team. They are trying to be wise by making new sub-groups like the NRM Yellow Power. We can all see the mix.
While the old game of paying for relevance and need for meal tickets have come too. As in the past there was a big pushing group within the NRM called the Poor Youths, in 2019 it has become the Isolated Youths. We just know that the NRM is busy scheming and someone wants to get a handshake.
We all see the drill as we are in 2019. Two years ahead of 2021. We know what is up and what's at stake. That is why the government is busy scheduling cities and new districts, even if the previously created ones cannot be sustained, neither have addressed the legally bound institutions nor buildings. Therefore, the state is crippling itself without any outside forces looking in.
While the government is busy finding new schemes to hurt the opposition. The Yellow Power group is just a mere reflection of the People Power Movement, but just a continuation of the NRM itself. We can be adviced that Bebe Cool might show up and the neera neera movement sings its songs.
There will be no fanfare, only a paid escorts and enterprises, which consists of old cronies and old slogans made lit by a new generation. The sort of build-up, where the saviour and the creator of the party will be a blessing until eternity. That is the sort of acts the NRM is up too.
They can lie about it, they can make splendid promos and photo-ops. They can look like a picturesque Hollywood movie, but the end of it is a Tarantino flick. Where everyone dies, except for the anti-hero, the President and the Self-styled President for life. His the one that survives it all and is the only person walking on earth.
We can laugh, but we know the game that is played. It is a mockery of the institutions, of the state and the republic. Where the President is only residing over whose eating and whose at the table. He controls and micro-manage the events together with his handlers. There are no middle ground. Because, the opposition is dancing in tear-gas, arrests and safe-houses. That is just the way it is.
The NRM Yellow Group is only a challenge to Bobi Wine and his folks. We all know that, the Isolated Youths and Poor Youths are only made because of the hunger, the lack of resources and places to go. Just like the justification of the ghetto-fication of the President and his party, that is only done to answer to Bobi Wine too. We can only look and wonder, why didn't the government give a crap 20 years ago about ghetto?
Because, the voters didn't matter. That's why, not like they matter too. Only for shows and for tours, but not for real. Since, the elections are shams, rigged and prefixed to hail the king. That is what it is. We can lie, but than we're like the NRM and we shouldn't.
So, lets be real. If the NRM didn't see Bobi Wine and People Power as a threat, why coping and why suddenly hire the Ghetto? Well, that is because they have seen what it does and how it connects. That is why they suddenly care and are there. Not because the President has any passion or concern, but because his image needs a boost. He will never play games on the streets, he will never ensure the safety of the kids in the ghetto. He will only play the façade and get the preside over the throne. That is what he does and nothing else.
The president and his men are building, but only for the need of themselves, but not for the real fundamental change. Because, that train has left a long time ago and the causes to do so are also not functioning anymore. We are at a point, where everything is done for short-term gain and not for building proper institutions. Since, everyone is supposed to have blind loyalty to his highness.
You do not challenge the Leopards Anus, only praise him. Not write poetry or words that express your concern, because then your in trouble. Peace.
Opinion: Butchaman take a chill-pill
"Without me NRM was not going to defeat Bobi Wine. I would like to thank President Museveni for appointing me as his advisor, I promise to be loyal to him. My brother Bebe Cool told me that Bobi Wine has one trick that he beats them with, he does not respond to people who attack him. I would like to tell you that I have come with 45 tricks to end Bobi Wine's political fame" – Butchaman aka Mark Bugembe on 29th October 2019
If Butchaman thinks his an big-shot, his not. Just like plenty of the other Presidential Advisors he will be forgotten in a minute or two. There was over 146 Presidential advisors before the appointments of him and Catherine Kusasira.
If they think they are special. They should be reminded about Boda-Boda 2010 and Abdullah Kitatta , who was useful during the campaign of 2015, but easy a victim and criminal after that. His serving time now for the duties he did while being at the reigns of Boda-Boda 2010.
That is why Butchaman should take it easy. He might be useful like Mbabazi, Bukenya or anyone else. His a fitting the program of having someone with knowledge and speaking the language the ghettos understand. But his not fighting for their cause, only pocketing money like the artists who made 'Tubonga nawe'.
Butchaman can kid himself. Make him feel important now that he has a government function and a title. Still, his only relevant because Museveni fears the popularity of Bobi Wine. That is why Butchaman even was considered. Since, Museveni don't know how to relate or be a part of the generation that grew up post-1986. That's why the likes of Butchaman comes into the picture.
However, Butchaman doesn't see that. He thinks he has it all figured out. The Ghetto and creed will carry him. Like he doesn't become a sell-out doing this, just like the artists of the gig-song of 2015 wasn't shunned for a while after the General Election of 2016. Did Butchaman forget that? Who knew right?
Well, Butchaman might be on his high horse, but he doesn't know the play it seems. His part of a game he doesn't know. He has to steady the boat, ensure that he gets to safety. Right now his burning his bridges and he hasn't even started in his office.
NRM is using Butchaman, not Butchaman using the NRM. Even if Butchaman thinks it differently, because he doesn't know this play. His a pawn played by the King. The King commands and the pawn has to obey. Therefore, when the pawn is lost, the King will not save him, but will do what ever he can to get "check-mate". Peace.
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