Re: [Ugnet] Help archives!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. The Native - Original Message - From: Kiggundu Mukasa To: ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [Ugnet] Help archives!! http://www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/ On May 10, 2005, at 9:13 PM, The Native wrote: Can somebody please help me acess the archives? I urgently need my "Are we beingtaken for a ride?" posting. Thanks, The Native ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ * Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 77 972255 +256 71 221141 Fax: +256 31 262122 * ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] Help archives!!!!!!!!!!
The easiest way to accessthe archives is to go to google and type in anyomokolo and search. Anyomokolo The Native [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody please help me acess the archives? I urgently need my "Are we beingtaken for a ride?" posting. Thanks, The Native___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ "The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWERPost your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
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The guards Labyrinths have fed them a few liters too much of Ofut. They have "mato-Ofut" and "mato-Ofut" and "mato-Ofut" for decades. And they have been forgiven, and forgiven and forgiven. The guards of the Labyrinths even went all the way to Annans Banquet to top Ofut and forgiveness with AMNESTY. Hell knows, the way it can only go!! noc'l --- On Mon 05/09, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 9 May 2005 16:43:59 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] "LRA" Slay 20 People LRA Slay 20 People Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Justin Moro, Chris Ochowun and Dennis OjweeKampala AT least 10 more bodies of civilians battered by the LRA rebels were recovered in bushes away from Koch Goma IDP camp in Gulu district putting the death toll of the Thursday massacre to 20. The camp commandant, John Odong, told a security meeting that 10 other bodies were retrieved on Friday evening. Koch-Goma IDP camp is 24km southwest of Gulu town in Nwoya county. President Yoweri Museveni on Friday sent government condolences to families of the deceased. Gulu resident district commissioner Max Omeda delivered the President's and government message to displaced people at Koch-Goma camp on Friday. Five people were not yet accounted for by Friday evening. The UPDF 4th division commander, Col Nathan Mugisha, said the army had beefed up security around the camp. Relevant Links East Africa Civil War and Communal Conflict Human Rights Uganda Refugees and Displacement He said over 120 youths, former rebels, UPDF and LDU deserters were to be recruited into the Local Defence Force. Mugisha cautioned the youth to be law abiding and serve the people. Yahoo! MailStay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] Acholi Leaders Condemn
What crocodile tears!!! Only the other day they preached forgiveness under the spell of Mato Ofut rituals. This is the way it goes when the "rules of the game" is not a shrine for all. We can not have one law for the LRA and another for other Ugandan. Why parallel the national law with "mato-Ofut" !?!? So, through the eyes of Ofut, you can forgive some one who does not want to be forgiven?! The baby knows the baby-sitter will forgive him so, he does what he wants:slain my people!! --- On Mon 05/09, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 9 May 2005 16:42:02 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] Acholi Leaders Condemn "LRA Acts" Acholi Leaders Condemn "LRA Acts" Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Cornes LubangakeneKampala ACHOLI leaders have condemned the renewed atrocities by the "Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels" in Gulu and Pader districts. Pader Woman MP Santa Okot said the resumption of "LRA ambushes" on a civilian vehicle in Parabongo sub-county in Agago county Pader, district on Thursday was a sign that the rebels were not serious with the current peace efforts to end the northern insurgency. "I doubt if (LRA leader Joseph) Kony is serious with the peace talk initiative. "Why should they attack innocent people who are already suffering in the camps where the rebels drove them out of their villages?" an angry Okot asked. Relevant Links East Africa Human Rights Civil War and Communal Conflict Uganda Refugees and Displacement The MP advised the residents to be extra vigilant as the UPDF pursue the rebels. She warned the civilians against collaborating with the rebels but advised them to cooperate with the UPDF soldiers to end the insurgency. Do you Yahoo!?Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF
Mwaami Nyende But all those elites will always be in self interest, does not matter what nation. But we as society change them, we set the standard in which we need to be governed. The moment we do not set those standards, the self interest of the elites surpasses our rights and that is where Uganda is today. We are not critical thinkers we do not have standards and any one can lead Uganda to where ever he wants to. Go back to 1979 and look at No Lule No work. Why did Ugandans love Lule? What was so important that Lule had done or promised to do for Uganda? But they called him a Professor too even if he was never a professor in his life. Lule became on one side the only man to guide Ugandans, how would have we set the standards of how he must lead us when we cried for him with out even knowing his agenda? Because as much as I follow Uganda politics I do not know what was Lule's principles. I do not. But the man joined the war when it is almost over, he lead Uganda for 69 days, and today he is lying in Kololo. So tell me if Obote dies today, God forbid, this is a man who got our independence, is he going to be buried in middle of Kampala road? We have a nation whose politics is at stalemate, when any one tries to talk bout it he goes to how terrible was 1966 and 1968, and we have sworn our selves to never move on from that time. Look here I search for signs of growth in Uganda to show me the future of this nation and I see none. Let us agree that Obote was bad, but can you kindly tell me one educated that Uganda has produced since 1971? For that is one of the standard to know a better future coming. Most of those educated Ugandans, the Wakhweyas, The Wanume Kibedis, the Olara otunus, on and on were all educated under obote for he knew with out educating the masses we will be ignorant people. The term a pearl of Africa was based on the educated Uganda was producing and planning to produce. UPC is a pain to the butt today because it has educated people. DP or KY do not. Tell me one leader who has come into power and does not use UPC brain to form a government. Why? Citibank said that Uganda today has the most bank fraud than even Nigeria. That used to read Uganda has the best Makerere University. But that noncritical thinking came from way back, Ayi Ssabasajja woligwa nange wendigwa What if Ssabasajja is wrong? We as Ugandans must know what is right for us, we have to set up the standards and then the leadership will follow, policies change for you don't want to annoy the electorate, but Uganda has no electorate and no one needs it to be in power. It is not a nation it is a ZOO and we might as well cage it and the rest of society moves on. Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Bwana Mulindwa, I agree with most of your analysis especially regarding M-7's utterances which are extremely economical on the TRUTH. But on the inability of Ugandans to be critical thinkers, I think you are generalising too much. What I personally have observed to be the major problem with the political elite is SELF INTEREST. People deliberately refuse to think or think 'backwardly' and make utterances which make you wonder whether your ears served you well. Otherwise, can you explain to me how a person calling him/herself a professor can make some of the statements I've heard recently from our professors in M-7's regime in support of the 5th term (25 years in power) ? It is SELF INTEREST rather than inability to be analytical. But since you are in North America, can you help me by telling me how much this gorilla called Humvee costs (bullet-proof, TV, fridge, communication equipment, parachute, open roof for papachuting in case all fails, etc). - Original Message - From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ugandanet@kym.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 02:26 Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Mwaami Nyende The problem we must make public again and again is a simple fact that Ugandans are not critical thinkers. Many times I have gone back into my postings in these forums and wondered why every thing I predicted on Museveni and movement have become true to the last data. You and I know that it was even impossible to post any thing happening in Uganda on Ugandanet because all Ugandans here were praising Museveni as a good leader, a man who has done absolutely nothing good for our nation. Museveni was a disaster from day one and he had all the writing on the wall. From how he conducted his war in Luwero to how he became a
Re: [Ugnet] RE: THE NATIONS' RESOURCES NOT LONGER THE TOPIC
Bwana Mulindwa, You mixing up things too much. All those who are interested in Uganda's history know how and why Lule was Tempoararily appointed President. You remember that he did not even go to Moshi but ended in Dar. The No Lule no work business was nothing but wanting to reap where you never sowed. All this being buries at Kololo is nothing but opportunism geared towards hoping to win over the central region. I am not sure that if he had not died when he did, he would have been allowed to become President by M-7. What intrigues me on your new angle is to say: But we as society change them, we set the standard in which we need to be governed. The moment we do not set those standards, the self interest of the elites surpasses our rights and that is where Uganda is today. Are you by society referring to the Uganda peasantry ? If so how does this group of people change the educated elite ? Arenit you theorizing too much to expect uneducated and backward people sleeping in thatched huts on one meal a day to be critical thinkers capable of directing the elite on how to govern them ! This educated political elite who are endowed with state resources to bribe that same peasantry are at the same time backed by a military elite armed to the teeth ! Help me by being more down to earth and practical by telling us how we (Ugandan peasantry majority) are going to go about setting the standards for our political elite when you state: But we as society change them, we set the standard in which we need to be governed. The moment we do not set those standards, the self interest of the elites surpasses our rights and that is where Uganda is today. Are thinking of armed struggle May be. Nyende - Original Message - From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ugandanet@kym.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 03:54 Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Mwaami Nyende But all those elites will always be in self interest, does not matter what nation. But we as society change them, we set the standard in which we need to be governed. The moment we do not set those standards, the self interest of the elites surpasses our rights and that is where Uganda is today. We are not critical thinkers we do not have standards and any one can lead Uganda to where ever he wants to. Go back to 1979 and look at No Lule No work. Why did Ugandans love Lule? What was so important that Lule had done or promised to do for Uganda? But they called him a Professor too even if he was never a professor in his life. Lule became on one side the only man to guide Ugandans, how would have we set the standards of how he must lead us when we cried for him with out even knowing his agenda? Because as much as I follow Uganda politics I do not know what was Lule's principles. I do not. But the man joined the war when it is almost over, he lead Uganda for 69 days, and today he is lying in Kololo. So tell me if Obote dies today, God forbid, this is a man who got our independence, is he going to be buried in middle of Kampala road? We have a nation whose politics is at stalemate, when any one tries to talk bout it he goes to how terrible was 1966 and 1968, and we have sworn our selves to never move on from that time. Look here I search for signs of growth in Uganda to show me the future of this nation and I see none. Let us agree that Obote was bad, but can you kindly tell me one educated that Uganda has produced since 1971? For that is one of the standard to know a better future coming. Most of those educated Ugandans, the Wakhweyas, The Wanume Kibedis, the Olara otunus, on and on were all educated under obote for he knew with out educating the masses we will be ignorant people. The term a pearl of Africa was based on the educated Uganda was producing and planning to produce. UPC is a pain to the butt today because it has educated people. DP or KY do not. Tell me one leader who has come into power and does not use UPC brain to form a government. Why? Citibank said that Uganda today has the most bank fraud than even Nigeria. That used to read Uganda has the best Makerere University. But that noncritical thinking came from way back, Ayi Ssabasajja woligwa nange wendigwa What if Ssabasajja is wrong? But we as society change them, we set the standard in which we need to be governed. The moment we do not set those standards, the self interest of the elites surpasses our rights and that is where Uganda is today. It is not a nation it is a ZOO and we might as well cage it and the rest of society moves on. Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[Ugnet] How to pay for a $300K Hummer, $400 Range Rover, $40M Gulf Stream, etc
Govt to cut Ministry of Health budget By Peter Nyanzi KAMPALA - Mr Francis Omaswa, the director general of health services, has said the government will drastically cut the budget for the Ministry of Health. He was on Monday speaking at an HIV/Aids orientation workshop for parliamentarians in Kampala. We have been told that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has decided to reduce the budget for the Ministry of Health and allocate the money to other sectors," Omaswa said amid murmurs from over 70 MPs. The MPs said they would oppose the move. "No, we shall oppose it in Parliament, it cannot be," Mr Henry Basaliza (Fort Portal Municipality) said. The Ministry of Health is the third most funded ministry after Defence and Education. In the last financial year, the ministry got Shs360 billion and an increase of Shs13 billion for the wage bill. The Chairperson of the Social Services Committee, Ms Dorothy Hyuha, said the government would allocate the money to the Ministry of Gender. = Imelda Marcos: It makes the pizanti happy for me to have 800+ pairs of shoes ... Mrs Baby Doc had cold rooms built in Haiti so sho she could wear her obscenely expensive fur coats ... Does Uganda let roads fall into serious disrepair so our leaders can justify theuse of obscenely expensive luxurious4-wheel drive SUVs? Ask Uganda's Premier, Prof. Nsibambi. I suppose, as Marie Antoinette would quip, the pizanti can always eat cake! Ps: If you feel stressed click on the pig: http://members.cox.net/ladysarakat/piggy.swf Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online & more. Check it out!___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story (Obote and democracy)
Mr Kibuka, He is the short answer to your question #1. from the horse's own mouth (my emphasis): DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY He did not mind people saying it was a good thing to have Parliamentary democracy, or even a great thing. But he stressed there was no point in pretending that Uganda was at a stage wherefull Parliamentary democracy could obtain, because there were certain matters that came with it that were lacking in Uganda. These things had become effective in certain states in the world after many years of trial and error, and many upheavals. But they did not just come like that. Uganda must be prepared to go through years of trial and error in order to get them. Many countries of the world were in various transitional stages. It could not be achieved by wishful thinking.DR. A. MILTON OBOTE (The President) Uganda Argus 23rd June, see: www.kituochakatiba.co.ug/kafir.htm Joseph Senyonjo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Kibuka, You are right, Mwenda should have put those questions to AMO. It would seem from the 1966-1967 machinations ochestrated by Obote and his disciples that the answer to all the three questions isNO. Joseph"M. Kibuka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jal Senyonjo,I bet you can venture an answer to these questions that the likes of Mwenda should have asked:1. Does Jal Obote believe in multi-partyism, free and fair elections ec.?2. Does Jal Obote believe in presidential term limits?3. Does Jal Obote subscribe to power sharing in the form of federo?It is allowed to subsitute Jal Obote for UPC as there is a very little difference if at all between the two.Cheers, M. Kibuka==Federo is the only way forwardhttp://www.federo.com--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joseph Senyonjo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Kibuka, Thanks for sharing this indispensable link containing Abu Mayanja's brilliant analysis right at the time when Uganda was beg inning to disintegrate http://www.federo.com/Pages/1967%20Constitution%20-%20Abu%20Mayanja.htm There are a couple of choice sentences from the article which I thought were worth highlighting for our purposes here: First: Unifomity may not be co-extensive with unity, and a constitution which looks to the end-result, without carefully evaluating or allowing for the strengths of exisiting tribal feeling, may not be realistic or intelligent. Second: The present proposals, by making the President virtually irremovable from office are an open invitation to revolution. Yet the truest test for a successful constitution is whether it provides for a change of government by constitutional means, without recourse to revolution. Like you, I also noted the reference, by the Obote I government, to Uganda's backwardness, and why it was not ready for democracy as practiced elsewhere in the world. This has precisely been Museveni's position for the past 20 years! It is gratifying to note that there were people such as Mayanja who foresaw the turmoil that the 1967 'Republican' constitution would bring Uganda. Joseph Yahoo! MailStay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedsNet/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] AOL to Offer Free E-Mail in Bid to Build Audience
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[Ugnet] $0.14 to Call Uganda
Vonage has a $25/month unlimited calls to US Canada (http://www.vonage.com/products_premium.php), $0.14 to Uganda (mobile or landline), but $0.28 to UK (http://www.vonage.com/intrates.php#U). Where is the catch? Musamize Usual disclaimers, and, I'venever used Vonage. Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Handsome or Not, Was King Tut Assassinated?
Tut Was Not Such a Handsome Golden Youth, After All By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: May 11, 2005 Artists and scientists drawing on a detailed examination of King Tut's mummy have reconstructed the face of the young ruler as he might have looked in life: an unusually elongated skull, a narrow face, pronounced lips and possibly a receding chin. Pictures of Tutankhamen's reconstructed face and head were released yesterday by Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo. The new photos presented an apparently more realistic depiction of Tut than the stylized image of him on his golden burial mask. "The shape of the face and skull," Dr. Hawass said in a statement, "are remarkably similar to a famous image of Tutankhamen as a child, where he is shown as the sun god at dawn rising from a lotus blossom." The reconstructions were based on the most thorough examination yet of Tut's mummy, including 1,700 three-dimensional images taken in January with computed tomography, or CT scans. The pictures of the skull, bones and soft tissues, more revealing than ordinary X-rays, were the latest of the Tut mummy's encounters with curious scientists and their modern technology since its discovery in 1922. Tutankhamen died at 19, too soon to have given much thought to the hereafter. But he must have shared his royal predecessors' belief in an afterlife befitting rulers of ancient Egypt, an eternity with all of life's pleasures enjoyed in the company of the gods. Still, his has been an afterlife he could never have imagined. The discovery of Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor was one of the archaeological sensations of the 20th century. The treasures buried with him have drawn throngs to exhibitions, making him the most celebrated of pharaohs. His mummy was X-rayed twice, more than three decades ago, and the results heightened speculation about his untimely death: whether he died of natural causes or was murdered. Now three independent teams of artists and scholars, one French, one American and one Egyptian, have used the CT images to reconstruct Tut's face, which Dr. Hawass said was the best preserved part of the mummy. The French and Egyptian teams were told the subject was Tutankhamen; the American team was working blind. The teams essentially agreed on the proportions of the skull, the basic shape of the face and the size and setting of the eyes. They differed on the shape of the nose and ears, which have not held up well. The American and French versions showed a weak chin, while the Egyptians gave Tut a stronger one. Dr. Hawass said the Egyptian team's version "looks the most Egyptian." Before the artists began their work, Egyptian and international experts in anatomy, pathology and radiology, led by Dr. Madiha Khattab, dean of medicine at Cairo University, spent two months analyzing the CT images. They concluded, for example, that Tut's elongated skull was a normal anthropological variation, not a result of disease or congenital abnormality. They noted his thin face and pronounced overbite - buck teeth. Egyptologists said overbites ran in his family, like the Hapsburg lip of more recent royal history. Tut also had large lips, a receding chin and a small cleft in the roof of his mouth. The examiners said the cleft palette did not appear to have affected his external _expression_ in any way. All in all, the science team said, Tut appeared to have been in good health until he died. Judging from the bones, he was well-fed and there were no signs of malnutrition or disease in childhood. His teeth, except for an impacted wisdom tooth, were in excellent condition. He was slightly built and probably stood 5½ feet tall. So why did Tut die so young, around 1325 B.C.? An X-ray in 1968 revealed a hole at the base of Tut's cranium. Some Egyptologists suspected he was murdered, possibly by his successor, Ay. On a recent visit to the University of Pennsylvania, however, Dr. Hawass said the scientists who analyzed the CT images found no apparent evidence of foul play. They said the damage to the cranium was apparently caused when the mummy's discoverers pried the burial mask from the head. "No one hit Tut on the back of the head," Dr. Hawass said, though he conceded that he could have been poisoned. But to establish that would require other lines of analysis. He also speculated that the broken leg that Tut is known to have suffered days before he died could have become infected and contributed to his death. The application of CT imaging to mummy research is becoming widespread. Egypt is scanning all the royal mummies in the Cairo Museum. Last week Stanford performed CT scans on the mummy of an Egyptian child. Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif., recently conducted similar research on seven mummies on loan from the British Museum. Not coincidentally, the re-examination of the Tut mummy and the release of the images of the reconstructed head coincided with promotions of a new
[Ugnet] Can a cookie make you quit your day job?
May 11, 2005 Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie By JENNIFER 8. LEE Powerball lottery officials suspected fraud: how could 110 players in the March 30 drawing get five of the six numbers right? That made them all second-prize winners, and considering the number of tickets sold in the 29 states where the game is played, there should have been only four or five. But from state after state they kept coming in, the one-in-three-million combination of 22, 28, 32, 33, 39. It took some time before they had their answer: the players got their numbers inside fortune cookies, and all the cookies came from the same factory in Long Island City, Queens. Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball, said on Monday that the panic began at 11:30 p.m. March 30 when he got a call from a worried staff member. The second-place winners were due $100,000 to $500,000 each, depending on how much they had bet, so paying all 110 meant almost $19 million in unexpected payouts, Mr. Strutt said. (The lottery keeps a $25 million reserve for odd situations.) Of course, it could have been worse. The 110 had picked the wrong sixth number - 40, not 42 - and would have been first-place winners if they did. "We didn't sleep a lot that night," Mr. Strutt said. "Is there someone trying to cheat the system?" He added: "We had to look at everything to do with humans: television shows, pattern plays, lottery columns." Earlier that month, an ABC television show, "Lost," included a sequence of winning lottery numbers. The combination didn't match the Powerball numbers, though hundreds of people had played it: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. Numbers on a Powerball ticket in a recent episode of a soap opera, "The Young and the Restless," didn't match, either. Nor did the winning numbers form a pattern on the lottery grid, like a cross or a diagonal. Then the winners started arriving at lottery offices. "Our first winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie," said Rebecca Paul, chief executive of the Tennessee Lottery. "The second winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie. The third winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie." Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets. Then they called fortune cookie distributors and learned that many different brands of fortune cookies come from the same Long Island City factory, which is owned by Wonton Food and churns out four million a day. "That's ours," said Derrick Wong, of Wonton Food, when shown a picture of a winner's cookie slip. "That's very nice, 110 people won the lottery from the numbers." The same number combinations go out in thousands of cookies a day. The workers put numbers in a bowl and pick them. "We are not going to do the bowl anymore; we are going to have a computer," Mr. Wong said. "It's more efficient." May 10, 2005 James Estrin/The New York TimesMany different brands of fortune cookies come from Wonton Food's Long Island City factory. How? www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/05/10/nyregion/20050511_COOK_SLIDESHOW_index.html Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
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Okutu Del Coli: You will drink your Ofut forever.. as long as Mucenbeni , the war monger continues to rule Uganda, there will laway be death destruction and suffering..may be those who are killing Ugandas ( as in UPDF) do not really care about your OFUT thing!! MatekOkuto del Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The guards Labyrinths have fed them a few liters too much of Ofut. They have "mato-Ofut" and "mato-Ofut" and "mato-Ofut" for decades. And they have been forgiven, and forgiven and forgiven. The guards of the Labyrinths even went all the way to Annans Banquet to top Ofut and forgiveness with AMNESTY. Hell knows, the way it can only go!! noc'l --- On Mon 05/09, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 9 May 2005 16:43:59 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] "LRA" Slay 20 People LRA Slay 20 People Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Justin Moro, Chris Ochowun and Dennis OjweeKampala AT least 10 more bodies of civilians battered by the LRA rebels were recovered in bushes away from Koch Goma IDP camp in Gulu district putting the death toll of the Thursday massacre to 20. The camp commandant, John Odong, told a security meeting that 10 other bodies were retrieved on Friday evening. Koch-Goma IDP camp is 24km southwest of Gulu town in Nwoya county. President Yoweri Museveni on Friday sent government condolences to families of the deceased. Gulu resident district commissioner Max Omeda delivered the President's and government message to displaced people at Koch-Goma camp on Friday. Five people were not yet accounted for by Friday evening. The UPDF 4th division commander, Col Nathan Mugisha, said the army had beefed up security around the camp. Relevant Links East Africa Civil War and Communal Conflict Human Rights Uganda Refugees and Displacement He said over 120 youths, former rebels, UPDF and LDU deserters were to be recruited into the Local Defence Force. Mugisha cautioned the youth to be law abiding and serve the people. Yahoo! MailStay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] FW: The results of your email commands
Netters, I have not received mail from Ugandanet forthe last month or so. Occassionally I get the reminders below, and when I respond, I get negative messages. I have even written to Kiggs, but wapi! Are some of us (non-southerners) being systematically exterminated from Ugandanetoba what??? yFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: The results of your email commandsDate: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:30:13 +0300The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is youroriginal message.- Results: Ignoring non-text/plain MIME parts Invalid confirmation string.Note that confirmation strings expireapproximately 3 days after the initial subscription request.If yourconfirmation has expired, please try to re-submit your original request ormessage.- Done.Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ---BeginMessage--- ---BeginMessage--- Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ---End Message--- ---End Message--- ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Robot Sex
Researchers at Cornell University designed this modular cube (photo and illustration at top), the basic building block of a three-module robot that can self-reproduce. Each cube contains a microprocessor, a motor, and electromagnets. The magnets selectively weaken and strengthen connections between other cubes, thereby determining where the structure breaks and joins.The growing cube assemblies are supplied with extra cubes at two "feeding" locations. A three-module robot can replicate itself in just over a minute.Images courtesy Cornell University New Robot Reproduces on Its Own James Owenfor National Geographic News May 11, 2005 Scientists have created a robot that can replicate itself in minutes. The team behind the machine says the experiment shows that self- reproduction is not unique to living organisms The researchers add that the ability could be harnessed to drive major advances in nanotechnology, the science of the very small, and may even lead to space colonization by robots. Developed by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, the machine was constructed from cube-shaped robotic units (modules) that functioned independently. A four-module robot could assemble an exact replica of itself in just two and a half minutes. Writing for tomorrow's issue of the science journal Nature, the researchers say the plastic robotic cubes each contained a microprocessor, a motor, and electromagnets. The cubes were split diagonally into two halves, allowing the cubes to swivel to change position or move objects. Each cube was preprogrammed with building instructions, says Hod Lipson, an assistant professor at Cornell's department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and department of computing and information science. "The cubes are aware of contact and release events [with other cubes] and of the order in which they were assembled," he said. Lipson says the robot can do little but self-reproduce. But he notes that it would be fairly easy to add modules with grippers, cameras, or other specialized equipment. The researcher adds that, while the robot is a relatively simple device, it strengthens the case of scientists who believe self-reproduction isn't unique to living organisms and that in the future machines will be able to clone themselves. If so, the implications for some fields, including nanotechnology and space exploration, could be huge. "Consider a robotic mission to a remote planet," Lipson said. "If a traditional robot is sent and it breaks, the mission is over. But if modular robots are sent over with a supply of materials, and a fault happens, they may be able to self-repair." Recycling Robots The researcher suggests such robots could adapt to solve problems. "If a new, unforeseen task emerges, a robot might construct a new, more suitable robot from scratch, and then the new robot will dismantle the old robot," he said. "These kinds of scenarios, where machines sustain themselves and adapt by consuming and recycling components, get a little closer to the way biology works." The prevailing view holds that self-replication is an ability that organisms or objects either have in full or lack entirely. But Lipson's team theorizes that self-replication isn't a yes-or-no proposition, but exists at varying degrees. The researchers present their new robot as an example of this theory. The team says the extent to which something is self-replicating depends on many factors. For example, mineral crystals build exact replicas of themselves, but only in a solution. By contrast, rabbits reproduce themselves less accurately than crystals do but are less dependent on a specific environment. Through understanding the principles of self-replication in nature, the team aims to make robots that are more robust and adaptive. "We are interested in making a practical robot that can self-reproduce but also do something useful," Lipson said. "We are also interested in making these machines at microscale." Nanotechnology involves the precise manipulation of atoms and molecules to create structures around the scale of one billionth of a meter. Proponents say this fast-expanding field, seen by some as the next industrial revolution, could potentially change the way almost everything is manufactured, from medicines to automobiles. More advanced nanotechnology could see the creation of nanomachines. For instance, so-called nanobots could be programmed to attack and reconstruct the cells of cancer patients or perform surgeries a thousand times more precise than currently possible. Low-Cost Production A crucial objective of nanotechnology is to make products inexpensively, says Ralph Merckle, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Computing in Atlanta. "While the ability to make a few very small, very precise molecular machines very expensively would clearly be a major scientific achievement, it would not fundamentally change how we make most
[Ugnet] Museveni writes to Kagame; From the Monitor Kampala
Museveni writes to Kagame By Frank Nyakairu Mercy Nalugo KAMPALA - While Parliament's Presidential and Foreign Affairs committee was issuing summons to four senior ministers to explain the escalating tension between Uganda and Rwanda, President Yoweri Museveni yesterday sent a special message to his Rwandan counterpart Maj. Gen Paul Kagame. The Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa delivered Museveni's "special message" to Kigali yesterday morning."He has gone there as President Museveni's special envoy," said the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Julius Onen when asked about the content of the message. "This is communication between two heads of state and it's in not for public consumption," Onen said. NO RISKING: A security officer handcuffs Lance Corporal Peter Ongom (L) and Warrant Officer II Sam Tugume at the army 1st Division Court Martial at Mbuya barracks yesterday. The two with Sergeant Bakirirahi Barigye are on trial for allegedly spying for the Rwanda government (Photo by James Akena).However Uganda's ambassador to Rwanda, Adonia Ayebare, threw more light on the message when contacted by phone. "The Minister briefed President Kagame about the transition process in Uganda," he said. "As a neighbour, Rwanda has an interest in developments in Uganda and it is prudent to keep them up to date. They also brief us from time to time about developments in Rwanda."Kutesa's visit comes a week after three junior officers fled Rwanda to Uganda. Three UPDF soldiers are on trial in the Army 1st Division Court Martial for allegedlly spying for Rwanda.The British government in the past m ediated talks to improve relations between the two states after they traded accusations of harbouring each other's dissidents. Ugandan legislators, chaired by Kampala Woman MP Ms Margaret Zziwa, yesterday resolved to meet ministers Amama Mbabazi (Defence), Betty Akech (Security), Ruhakana Rugunda (Internal Affairs) and Sam Kutesa (Foreign Affairs) over the two countries' relations.The ministers are scheduled to appear before the committee next Tuesday."There seems to be some tension between Uganda and Rwanda again and more Rwandans are coming to Uganda. What is the problem?" Mr Patrick Ochieng (Bukooli South) asked. Ochieng said about 8,000 people from Rwanda had sought refugee in Nakivale Camp in Mbarara District. "And 10 people are coming in everyday," he said.Ms Jaria Bintu (Masindi Woman) informed MPs that it's not only the Rwandans that were coming into the country, but also Congolese. "It is important that the government gives an explanation about the i nflux of these refugees because even Congolese are coming in from Congo to Hoima, Nebbi and Masindi," Bintu said. Ochieng said other Congolese are settling in Kyangwali in Hoima District. Ms Sammy Loote (Moroto Municipality) said the refugees were posing a security threat to the country."Some are received but they disappear mysteriously within the country. Aren't they a threat to the country's security?" wondered Loote.Zziwa said a joint meeting of all the concerned ministers was inevitable.The MPs have also drafted a memo to present to Museveni in which they have raised a number of concerns. They say the president should clarify on his election manifesto and the Shs5 billion pledges he made to the people. "There are complaints of eviction of people by the National Environmental Management Authority and the National Forestry Authority. The president should tell us their fate," Ochieng said. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] UPC fielding own candidate for '06
UPC fielding own candidate for '06 By Charles Mwanguhya Mpagi KAMPALA - The Uganda People's Congress (UPC) announced yesterday it will field its own candidate in next year's presidential election anticipated to be held under a multi-party arrangement.The announcement at the party headquarters is likely to upset opposition plans under the group of six (G6) parties, to which UPC is a member. The G6, alliance plans to field a single candidate to challenge President Yoweri Museveni should he offer himself for re-election. The group has variously indicated that a single opposition candidate would be the best to defeat Museveni or any other Movement backed candidate after 20 years of no party activity. But UPC said yesterday the group was only set up as a united front to fight the Museveni dictatorship but not to determine who contests in the elections. The Chairman of UPC's Constitutional Steering Committee (CSC), Hajji Badru Wegulo, announced the party' s position at a hastily called press conference at the party headquarters on Uganda House. "Come 2006 we are going to field a Presidential Candidate," Wegulo said. He said the party had seriously considered the position, which would be confirmed by its annual delegates conference due in August.The coordinating chairman of the G6, Mr Chapaa K. Karuhanga, said he still hoped a single candidate would emerge saying individual parties have to come up with their own candidates first."I don't know at what stage they will go it alone because for us (G6), we believe that each party will come up with its own candidate you never know if UPC comes up with their candidate and he is the one agreed upon by the rest then we shall support him," Karuhanga said. The President General of the Democratic Party, Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere, could not give a comment."I am going to church right now," he said and hang up when contacted.A UPC official, Mr Joseph Ochei no, said he was confident UPC has the capacity to go it alone and win. Several opposition figures had hoped they would copy from the Kenyan model of the National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) that in 2003 swept aside the Kenya Africa National Union (Kanu) candidate Uhuru Kenyatta. "The commission (CSC) has completed preparations of guidelines for election of party leaders at the branch, constituency and district levels. Guidelines for branch elections have been distributed to the district organising committees for implementation. It is expected that by the end of this month, branch elections will be completed in all the districts. Constituency and district elections will follow thereafter," Wegulo said in a statement titled 'UPC to field its own Presidential candidate in 2006.'He said this would culminate into a delegates conference in August, which will select who stands on the party ticket for the presidential election.Who is eyeing the seat? Wegulo indicated yesterday that the party had a good cadreship of young men who are 'capable, disciplined and dedicated to lead the party." Wegulo said it would be unfair for old guards to insist on staying around yet UPC had a proud record of nurturing good leaders including many of those in government today. As he made the announcement all eyes were focused on the 42-year-old chairman of UPC's London bureau Mr Joseph Ocheino who recently ended his 17-year exile to help "rebuild" the party. Ocheino attended the press conference and contributed to debates. A regional weekly, the East African newspaper reported last week that Ocheino was being prepared to stand as UPC's candidate a claim he has vainly denied.Ocheino is said to be a close confidant of Obote and was reportedly asked to return together with Obote's son Mr Jimmy Akena after some restrictions on political party activity were removed. Another potential candidate is Dr. James Rwanya rare recently sacked as the chairman of the party's supreme organ that Presidential Policy Commission which Obote disbanded on March 23. Rwanyarare confirmed that he was busy mobilizing to run as UPC's Presidential candidate. He told The Monitor outside Uganda House that his sacking had given him time to move freely and mobilize. He said he would be prepared by the time of the ADC in August. Several other people have indicated they will vie for the seat. UPC's third coming Since the party was registered under the Political Parties and Organisations Act (PPOA) nearly two months ago intense activity has been going on at Uganda House to prepare UPC for a third coming. The party ruled the country at independence after forming an alliance with the Kabaka Yekka party. Until 1972 when Iddi Amin deposed Obote in a military coup. The UPC returned to power in 1981 having beaten the Democratic Party and President Yoweri Museveni's Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) in an election believed to have been grossly rigged. The party was again pushed out in a second coup in 1985 forcing president Milton Obote to exile for a second time. Obote has since
[Ugnet] Just another futile exercise..
Watching the buffoon below deceive fellow citizens and members of the International Community is , repugnant to say the least. Which "Kony rebels" is this fellow talking about? Could it be that the war in Northern Uganda continues unabated because the so called "kony rebels" are actually UPDF Museveni soldiers who are the ones killing our people? If this be the case,bringing peace to northern Uganda will and must involve containing the UPDF. Anything else is merely engaging in a futile exercise which will lead the people of Uganda no where. This of course include drinking the OFUT ( peace potion think) ..Think about it! Matek ICRC aids 700,000 displaced persons I CONDEMN: Gulu district chairman Col. Walter Ochora addresses Koch Goma IDP camp residents on Saturday. LRA rebels attacked the camp two days earlier, killing 14 people THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has aided 711,000 people, reflecting 48% of displaced persons in the north, writes Henry Mukasa.ICRC deputy head of delegation Maryse Limoner said the aid reached 142,000 households in 69 camps.The aid is in the form of medicine, water, food, non-food items and security, Limoner said.The head of delegation, Pierre Andre, said ICRCs mandate was to improve the situation of civilians trapped in the conflict by ensuring economic security, provision of water and sanitation and care for the sick and wounded.We are neutral in terms of the politics but we side with the victims, Andre said. The ICRC officials made the remarks at a media conference on the operations of the international agency at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala last week.On the conditions of detainees, ICRCs assessment of international humanitarian law violations and whether the Governments approach to rebellion was cause for the despicable situation in the north, Andre said, We cannot say the direction being taken by a government would lead to conflict because we might be wrong and lose credibility. We are not political analysts. Published on: Thursday, 12th May, 2005 Email this article to a friend.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] No Stand Yet On Cutting Aid - EU
The fact is , fellow citizens and members of the International Community, the NRM military dictatorship has used whatever tricks it deems necessary to hold on to power; not least of which are attempts to manipulate the Uganda Constitution by any means necessary to provide for Museveni's so called SAD term which include bribe members of the so called Uganda Parliament so that Members may vote "wisely". This to the EU is not reason enough to suspend Financial Aid to Museveni dictatorship. I say, once the country is engulfed in chaos, which many a Uganda political observers have hinted upon time and time again, it may not be necessary to the EU to suspend its Financial AID money after all.. Indeed, many people including members of the EU resident in Kampala will be running heading for the nearest exit out at Entebbe Airport. .Now you can make a difference, by demanding an even playing field in the political arena for all Ugandan Political parties.( not that some of us care) and send a message in no uncertain terms to the Dictatorship in Kampala that the EU will not take any nonsense, you still do not want to do so!! Sometime the white man is so stupid!!! They cannot see the obvious.!! The country called Uganda is doomed! if Museveni is still around.!..if for nothing else but for the many wars which the regime has created and the immense degree of poverty in the country.. a sure recipe for which revolutions are made of!!! Matek Matek No Stand Yet On Cutting Aid - EU Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) May 11, 2005 Posted to the web May 10, 2005 Badru D. MulumbaKampala The European Union has not taken any position on Uganda's political transition, but they are watching how the process will go. Britain has withheld a Shs17 billion aid to Uganda, saying the country is not handling the political transition process satisfactorily. "This usually happens when there is a major problem, but we don't have a major problem in Uganda right now," said Mr Sigurd Illing, the head of the European Union Delegation in Uganda in an interview with The Monitor on Monday. But he warned that if other EU members consider the transition process bogged down, they could take a more uniform and tougher stand against Uganda. "The only case I know of among EU member countries that has cut aid is UK which has cut, I think, 12 percent of its aid," Illing said. "But we have continuous contact; they [Britain] are not taking a decision in thin air," he said. Britain announced recently that it had withheld 5 million pounds (about Shs17 billion) of budget aid to Uganda for March. The move has been widely perceived as the first sign of donor discontent over Uganda's slow transition to multiparty politics. "When our last release of budget support fell due in March we were concerned by several aspects of the transition, including that insufficient progress had been made towards establishing a fair basis for a multiparty system," Britain's High Commission in Kampala said in a statement. Illing did not say whether EU had taken a stand on the British action but simply said, "We discuss, we coordinate our efforts and we exchange information. We are talking and we will continue talking and exchanging information amongst us." He said the EU was not in a position to tell member countries which position an individual country should take on her relations with another State. "The EU member states take their own decisions. Each country has maintained the right to deal independently with any foreign country," Illing said. The Irish Ambassador, Mairtin O'Fainin, was one of those who said they had not taken a stand on aid to Uganda. But he would not say when they would sit to review their aid policy towards the country. "We have not cut any aid. We are in constant touch with the government about the contentious issues. [But] our aid is still flowing normally. Most of it is budget support," Fainin said in an interview. Ireland gives Uganda about 35 million euro a year. The diplomats spoke to The Monitor at Illing's residence in Kololo where he held a reception on Monday evening to mark the EU Day. It was attended by at least 10 European ambassadors. Illing told his guests that the name Europe has come to symbolise liberty, tolerance, solidarity, democracy, and rule of law. "These values are not exclusive, but they are common European values, which we are ready to protect at any cost," he said. Illing said Uganda must reduce her dependency on donor aid. But for that to happen, he added, domestic revenue must be increased. He said reducing aid reliance also calls for an improved export sector and helping the private sector to grow. Half of Uganda's aid, which supports the national budget by about 52 percent, comes from EU countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Sam Kutesa, said the government was grateful for EU's continued support. Relevant Links East Africa Aid and
