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Curationis vol.31 n.3 Pretoria 2008
The expectations of pregnant women regarding antenatal care
JM Mathibe-Neke
MA Cur; University of Witwatersrand
From a feminist perspective, research on childbirth and women's health is a means to a positive change that is conducted in partnership with women for their benefit. A patient-led National Health System (NHS) (Hillan, 1999) also calls for consultation with patients and the wider public for shaping the current and future health services. This study was aimed at exploring and describing the expectations that pregnant women have regarding antenatal care service by the midwife practitioner. In-depth interviews were conducted in an antenatal unit of an Academic Hospital in Gauteng Povince. Data saturation was reached with a sample of eighteen pregnant women who were conveniently selected. Data analysis ran concurrently with data collection. A manual content analysis as described by Tesch was used. Lincoln and Guba's method of ensuring trustworthiness was adopted (Lincoln & Guba, 1985:328).
Literature was undertaken to compare the findings of this study with those of other previous studies. Women displayed several common expectations that led to the saturation of data.
It also became apparent from the findings that each woman had varied expectations. There were also some commonalities within the women's expectations. Health care, as the major expectation and a basic human right, appeared to be basically fulfilled, with the exception of interactional characteristics such as the communication of information, guidance, involvement, the understanding and explanation of aspects, freedom of choice, punctuality, individualized care and continuity of care.
The conclusions that were reached let to recommendations for nursing practice, education, research and the formulation of guidelines for the midwife practitioner for the implementation of effective antenatal care, based on the identified expectations.
Keywords: women, pregnancy, antenatal care service, expectations
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I re-read this post and thought back to this particular moment; I still have times like this, when Emma looks up at me with that happy, satisfied look after nursing -- they call it "repu" in French, another word I learned as a new mother! -- but for the most part she's now all business, most of the time, and in particular in the morning she's in a mighty hurry to latch onto my breast because, boy howdy, she's HUNGRY after that long night!
Early morning IS one of my favorite times with Emma, even though on the whole I still remain a non-morning person in general. But both my boy and I cannot resist listening to her gurgle and chatter in her crib until she catches sight of me awake and then INSISTS on my picking her up to feed her -- in a jiffy! I love to hear her quietly wake up from a nap during the day as well, chitter-chattering away in the bedroom and not even calling out for me to come get her -- just enjoying her quiet moment alone.
And all in all I am still in a happy nursing mode -- and I'm still thrilled to be breastfeeding Emma, one choice that I stuck to, even when the going got tough. My goal at this point is to nurse her through her 1st birthday, but if she weans herself before then, that's fine too. (Oh, and on a sidenote, it's funny to see the reaction from a LOT of French people when I say that I'm still breastfeeding -- it's mixed, of course, but more often than not they seem more than a little surprised, sometimes even shocked, particularly the pharmacists! Isn't that interesting...) Of course, it clearly has helped that I chose to stay home with Emma a bit longer before returning to work, and this has been a blessing all around -- this time with her is something that I know I need to cherish, because it flies by fast. I really hope I will keep good memories from this year with her that will last me a lifetime.
November 23rd, 2008
I never thought I would say this, but I am SO, SO happy that I stuck it out with the breastfeeding. And I hate to get all sappy and stuff, but I am really enjoying the quiet moments of breastfeeding that I share with Emma these days... The tough times back at the beginning were totally worth it, I can assure you -- sure, I still have a few difficulties from time to time, and I've definitely had my share of rocky points, but on the whole, the experience has become nothing but positive for me. Emma occasionally gets distracted and pulls off when she's unfocused on her latch, and sometimes when she's really hungry she can be anxious while on the breast, but for the most part she leans into me and enjoys the special time we're sharing together. I think my favorite moment is when she has already nursed on one breast, so she's feeling pretty good already and is nearly full, but decides to nurse a bit on the other breast anyway and looks up at me with a little sparkle in her eye, as if to say, "Well, I'm not really that hungry anymore, but I'm a little gourmande like you, Mommy, so I'll stay on here for a while longer..." And she smiles a bit, espiègle and as cute as a button.


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I only had one "Q", so I just threw it in with the"Rs". My list is starting to wind down, believe it or not. And I really haven't watched as much anime as I thought (over time). Still, considering that I spent about a month and a half of my life watching anime (this counts shows like One Piece, which I have watched 377 episodes of), I'd say that I still watched a crap load of anime in my lifetime (think about that….a month and a half straight).
While I'm on that topic, you may realize that shows like One Piece and Bleach (shows that I've seen quite a few episodes of, but haven't finished), are not on this character list. That it because they aren't finished yet. I decided not to put the 20+ shows that I'm currently in the process of watching on this list because I have instead elected to add my favorite character from said show to The Character Page whenever I finish a show. Likewise, whenever I list a character from a show (in these posts), assume that the show in question has been completed unless I've said otherwise.
Queen's Blade – Allean
Queen's Blade is great. It has boobs. I'm not a fan of fanservice anime much. But hey, boobs are great. Allean kicks ass (as I've said and taken back many times). Allean:
- Looks the best. I mean, with clothes, without…..it doesn't matter, she's aesthetically pleasing.
- Her personality, frankly, I think she's fed up with her stupid loli sidekick, but realizes that she's kind of stuck with her (this might be nothing more than a hopeful assumption by me). But her personality is so serious, that it makes her stand out amongst the other characters, who are all ridiculous in some way. She has one facial expression, and that's determination.
- Just fucking look at her.
I think I made my point.
Rizelmine – Tomonori Iwaki
Tomo is the epitome of someone who is not a pedophile. He's actually the man. In this series, Tomo is someone who only likes older women, specifically, his teacher, who is a hot babe. He even puts the moves on her, and in my opinion, could have had a serious chance at copping some sensei ass if he kept going.
Subsequently, he hates lolis. Take note of Rizel in the picture above. He usually gets annoyed with the simple fact that she even likes him, and routinely punts Rizel, abuses her, and treats her like general shit. That is, until, he sees what adult Rizel looks like. When this happens, he notices boobs, and stupidly loses sight of his babe teacher. Overall I actually liked this anime a fair amount. I thought it was hilarious, and enjoyed it's repetitive humor (which I sometimes like, and sometimes dislike, in this case, it mainly involved punting lolis, so I found it acceptable). Rizelmine was awesome. And yes, Rie Kugimiya played the voice of Rizel perfectly.
Rosario + Vampire/Capu2 – Mizore Shirayuki
Speaking of Rie Kugimiya, here's a somewhat surprising character for her to voice (in a good way). She may be smiling in the picture, but don't let it fool you, she doesn't smile much. This is a good thing, because her character type is that of a shy girl, who has a crush on the main character. Oh, and she's a stalker. She is an awesome stalker. She takes her stalking seriously, and is very good at it. In fact, I'm hoping that she ends up turning into a real life person somehow, and starts stalking me. I would let her stalk me for ages (a week) until I gave in and let her become my slave for like. Let me list off some things that make her awesome (or else I'll start to ramble).
- She is a stalker.
- She has high, horizontal striped socks (or thigh highs or whatever they're called idk), and they're PURPLE (best color ever since colors were brought into this world by
- She has awesome Ice Powers that look really fucking awesome when used as claws.
- She has an odd strap attached to her leg that as far as I can tell serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever.
- She enjoys lolipoops…….I mean lolipops.
- Rie Kugimiya.
- Will fuck you up.
- She doesn't talk much (typical stalker fashion) and knows for a fact that she will marry Tsukune.
That's about it. The runner up (which I have to mention) can be none other than Normal Moka (with the rosary not attached) because she's a true ass kicker who does give a shit. But I will generally always choose a stalker figure (I messed that up in Gantz when I chose the wrong person).
Rozen Maiden (all seasons) – Suigintou
Well it obviously wasn't going to be Jun (he plays with fuckin dolls), so who could I choose? Well duh, obviously the most badass doll there is, Suigintou. Rie Tanaka (who is AWESOME) voices her (isn't it weird that my two favorite seiyu are both "Rie"?) and does a good job as usual…
Now the thing about Suigintou is that she is considered at first to be the "bad guy" in that she wants to win the Alice Contest (I think that's what it's called…it's been a while since I watched this). and will do so at any cost. She'll use any tactics it takes, even if that means using some….err…harsh tactics to get ahead (she'll kill you). Besides that, her character design is fuckin great and she also hates Shinku, and since I think that Shinku is a stuck up bitch, I can relate.
Rurouni Kenshin – Himura Kenshin
The main reason why Kenshin wins quite easily for me (besides the fact that he kicks ass), is his dark past, where he killed people like it was his job (cuz it was). In the English dub, he is called The Man Slayer. What sounds more badass than manslaughter? Nothing. That's a bad ass name. However, Kenshin wants to make up for his dark past. Of course, even with accepting his new life at the dojo, he still has to beat ass on many occasions, and does so swiftly and with bad assary.


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Denver's Flatiron Building at the corner of Court Place and Broadway was built in 1916-1918 by James H. Brown, son of Henry C. Brown founder of the Brown Palace Hotel. The site, which is across the street from the hotel, was originally the location of the Brown family residence. The family lived there until 1883, and the house was one of the last old residences in the business section of town.
J.B. Benedict, a well-respected Denver area architect, designed the Flatiron Building. Many of Benedict's buildings are still in existence and are listed on the National Register, State Register or designated as Denver Local landmarks. A few include the Woodbury Branch Library in Denver, Denison Arts and Sciences Building at the University of Colorado, Carnegie Library in Littleton, Town Hall in Littleton and Rosedale Elementary School in Denver.
The three-story Flatiron Building had a terra cotta facade, 250 feet of glass frontage and 44 offices and storerooms. It was designed to be extended to six-stories, which was Brown's plan. But within a few months of its completion in 1918, Brown sold the building to Richard Wensley of the Bogue-Wensley Lead company for $125,000.
In 1951 Continental Bus Systems negotiated to turn it into a Trailways terminal. Redesign began and by 1953 the exterior walls were replaced with redwood paneling and the windows and doors with aluminum. Continental Trailways moved to a new terminal in 1976 and eventually the old building was demolished. The site is now part of the Denver World Trade Center.


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On 4 July 2005 at 07:52 CEST (Central European Summer Time), NASA's Deep Impact mission, launched on 12 January this year, will start exploring a comet's interior by producing a crater with an impactor spacecraft, allowing another spacecraft to look deep inside the comet during a fly-by immediately afterwards.
For the first time, it will be possible to study the crust and the interior of a comet. As the material inside the comet's nucleus is pristine, it will reveal new information on the early phases of the solar system. This is a natural precursor to ESA's Rosetta cometary mission, which seeks to perform the subtler task of orbiting and landing on a comet.
The impact will produce a crater expected to range in size from a house to a football stadium and reach an unknown depth. Ice and dust debris will be ejected from the crater, revealing fresh material beneath. Sunlight reflecting off the ejected material will provide some brightening that will fade as the debris dissipates into space or falls back onto the comet. Dramatic images of the impactor spacecraft's final approach and possibly of the impact itself and of the crater will be sent to Earth in near-real time by both spacecraft.
Several observatories in orbit around Earth and countless Earth-bound telescopes will work in concert for an unprecedented global observation campaign to collect a maximum amount of additional data and information on this event.
ESA will use both its Rosetta comet chaser and the XMM/Newton Observatory to observe the impact. ESA's 1-metre OGS telescope on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) will be used for observations from the ground. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope will also observe the event.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) will direct all seven telescopes it operates at the La Silla and Parañal sites in Chile towards the event, amongst them the Earth's currently most powerful and highest-resolution instruments in the infrared and visible wavelength ranges.
Initial data from these European observations will be available on 4 and 5 July, beginning a few hours after the impact, to enhance the images and information from the Deep Impact spacecraft itself.
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Lure of gold in Ariz. mountains leads hikers astray
- Hikers in search of their fortune often go looking for the legendary Lost Dutchman%27s gold in the Superstition Mountains
- The Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association doesn%27t charge for rescue operations
- One woman has been rescued twice in the past three months
David Bremson sees plenty of rescues in the Superstition Wilderness, like the 51-year-old woman who had to be pulled from the mountains for the second time in three months Wednesday after she got lost seeking the legendary Lost Dutchman's gold.
Typically, the weather is nice. People go hiking, hunting or seeking their fortune, and when someone gets lost or injured, search-and-rescue volunteers are called. Bremson, operations chief of the Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association, doesn't mind doing rescues. But he has a message.
He doesn't believe the Lost Dutchman's gold exists, so his advice is don't endanger yourself looking for it. But if you do get in a jam, his team is not going to bill you for their work.
"Most of the body recoveries we've done out of the Supes have been Dutch hunters," Bremson said.
The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine is thought to be hidden in the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction. According to lore, it is named for German immigrant Jacob Waltz, who purportedly discovered it in the 19th century and kept its location a secret. A number of people have died hunting for it.
A Dutch hunter who got lucky twice was Robin Bird, the woman who went searching for the fabled gold and ended up flirting with death before she was rescued late Wednesday night.
Bird also had to be rescued in December while doing the same thing.
This time, she was found lying in the mud along the Bluff Springs Trail at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. She was unresponsive and suffering from hypothermia and severe dehydration, said Tim Gaffney, spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
"Had they not found her when they did, she would have succumbed from the elements," he said. "She was not prepared to survive another night out there."
But Bird was hardly the only hiker who needed help this week.
At 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, rescuers found three men who had gotten lost in the Superstitions on Tuesday. They had met Bird on the trail and asked for directions, and she steered them wrong.
At 6:30 p.m. Sunday, a 21-year-old Arizona State University student was rescued after he failed to return from a hike on Saturday. "This is not an unusual amount of rescues," Bremson said. "It's fairly normal."
Rescues often occur under the radar. But when a cluster like this makes news, people wonder: Who pays for the rescues? How much do they cost? Ever since Arizona passed the so-called Stupid Motorist Law in 1994, Bremson said, the question gets asked: Should there be a stupid-hiker law?
Search-and-rescue workers say no.
"It seems that the only people who don't want to charge for search and rescue are the people who go out there and perform the rescues," Bremson said. "There are no mountain-rescue teams or search-and-rescues that want to charge. We're the people that spend our time and our money and our lives doing this, and we don't want to charge for rescues."
Search-and-rescue teams train on weekends, on their own time. They buy much of their own gear, taking donations to help defray costs.
"How do you determine stupid?" Bremson said. "People may not be well-equipped, they may not be experienced. There are already laws in the books that cover being negligent."
The problem is not unique to the Superstitions. Two Northern Arizona University students were rescued from the Humphreys Peak area north of Flagstaff on Sunday.
Aaron Dick, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office's search-and-rescue coordinator, said that if people think they will be billed for a rescue, they may hesitate to call. If they delay, darkness or bad weather could make the rescue more difficult. Studies have shown that in places that charge for rescues, people are reluctant to call.
Under state law, counties are responsible for rescues. The process varies by county but typically begins with a call to the local sheriff's office. That information is usually passed on to a volunteer rescue group, according to its location and expertise. The Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association, for example, is skilled at canyoneering and cave rescues. Other groups use horses or tracking dogs.
Counties took over rescue operations in 1971. Since then, the state has maintained a fund to help defray search-and-rescue expenses. That fund is typically about $200,000, said James Langston of the Arizona Division of Emergency Management.
The money can pay for a helicopter if one is needed. Frequently, the Department of Public Safety sends a rescue helicopter. The agency does not charge counties for the first hour and a half of its time.
"When you look at all the (outdoor) activity that goes on in the state in a year, that's really peanuts," he said. "If one life was lost, is $200,000 too cheap? Or is it not enough?"
The National Park Service collects money for search-and-rescue operations out of admission fees.
"The cost of National Park Service search and rescue, nationwide, is less than 1 cent per user," Bremson said. "That's nothing, considering what they pay to clean up after people."
Bremson said his team spends about $40,000 a year, most of it out of members' own pockets.
"That's a pretty good bang for the buck," he said.
Bremson said the real problem is not the cost of searches but people who aren't prepared for the backcountry. People who hike in city parks need to be prepared when they hike remote areas.
"Bring a cellphone and a bottle of water, that's their mantra," he said. "Now, they go out into the backcountry, where one bottle of water will last 15 or 20 minutes, and their cellphone doesn't work."
The consequences can be deadly. In July 2010, three Utah men disappeared in the Superstitions while searching for the Lost Dutchman mine. Their bodies weren't found until hikers stumbled upon them the following January.
Search-and-rescue team leaders say a map and compass are more reliable than a phone or GPS. And basic items such as food, water, extra clothing and matches can help keep you comfortable if you must wait for rescue.
Rescuers ask people to point to their map and show where they got lost, Bremson said.
"Well, none of them have a map. People are becoming more and more isolated from the outdoors because of the amount of time they spend indoors."
(Contributing: Arizona Republic reporter Jim Walsh


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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
A few days have passed since the introduction of the GAW Miners Digital Cloud Miner – the Hashlet and we've been testing it since the sales of the cloud miner have started and we have purchased a 5 MHS Hashlet. So now it is time to do a report on our experience using the miner and of course the thing that probably most of you are wondering about – the profitability you can expect. We already have some numbers to share, even though at the moment the Litecoin and other Scrypt-based crypto coins are not very stable in terms of price and the trend if going down and not up. With the current unstable market situation you need to be careful and wise when doing a decision to invest into a mining service or ASIC miner, unless you believe that things will soon improve and the prices will get back up as many people into crypto currencies do.
After purchasing a 5 MHS Hashlet, a relatively quick and easy process, though it sometimes might take a bit more time than we needed, we have moved to activating our hashrate in the ZenCloud website. The ZenCloud service is that is also used by GAW Miners for the hosted ASIC miners, including the Scrypt and SHA-256 devices, however since we haven't used the service before it is new for us. If you have purchased a hosted miner you may already be familiar with the service and how it operates, but we'll go through the important things for the people that are new to it like us. One very important thing to note is that the Hashlet is a digital cloud miner for mining Scrypt crypto currencies in a multipool and you are getting paid in Bitcoins.
The main Dashboard panel is the place where you get all of the basic details that you need when you login to your account – information such as the current hashrate or what was the last payout that you got. Do note that the Hashlet gets current and hourly hashrate reported, however the generated payment is credited to your account once every 24 hours. The Dashboard page gives you the total amount of coins earned for the last 24 hours, however the actual amount you get is a bit lower due to this number not reflecting the deduction of the maintenance fees. On to top right of every page you can see what is the current amount of BTC you have in your account since the last payment and their average USD value based on the current Coinbase exchange rate.
The Miners panel from the menu on the left is where you actually add the Hashlet that you have purchased by redeeming the ZenHardware code that you have received and then you get to see the Hashlet you have purchased, but unless you set a mining pool it will not start to mine. Setting a mining pool could be a bit confusing at first as you need to drag the pool icon from the Altcoin list of pools on the right over the Hashlet, or you can use the Batch Update pools if you have more than one Hashlet to make it easier.
Once you drag the pool icon over tha Hashlet, below you will see the icon of the pool appear and the expected daily payout from that pool based on the estimation for your hashrate from the previous day. Obviously the highest payout is the ZenPool as GAW Miners have promised, but you can alternatively select to use Clever Mining, Multipool.us, NiceHash, TradeMyBit or WafflePool as alternatives. The important thing here however is that regardless of which pool you choose you are not setting worker information and you are only getting paid in BTC directly, so you cannot mine some altcoins and get them in your account with the Hashlet – only direct Bitcoin payments. Below you can see what are the current 24 hour estimated for 5 MHS Hashlet with the different supported pools.
5 MHS Hashlet Current Pool Profitability per 24 hours:
Clever Mining – 0.00237291 BTC
Multipool.us – 0.00218895 BTC
NiceHash – 0.00251380 BTC
TradeMyBit – 0.00230103 BTC
WafflePool – 0.00245989 BTC
ZenPool – 0.00309374 BTC
These numbers show that the ZenPool gives a bit over 20% higher profit as compared to the second most profitable pool in the list, and how exactly do they manage to get the extra profit apart from the lack of pool fee we do not know. Do note that these numbers represent the expected profit without the maintenance fee, so what you actual get credited in your account may be less. You can however also get more depending on the price fluctuations on the specific day of mining, especially if the prices the previous day were low. Even though we seem to be seeing pretty close numbers from day to day so far.
The Latest Activity panel is kind of history log on what have you been doing in the control panel, logging the time and the action you have performed. The next panel called Balance is that one you will want to use more often as it shows the list of your financial transactions – the mined coins and the maintenance fee. It can be a bit confusing as it apparently shows first the maintenance feed deducted and then the full amount of mined coins added the same as in the Latest Activity. This way it seems that for the first day we have not been deducted any fee, even though we have mined for just a few hours as you can also see from the amount of mined coins.
The Balance panel is also the place where you can either deposit or withdraw BTC in your account. Both buttons however do have some weird rounding applied as per the current Coinbase exchange rate that makes entering an exact value real pain in the ass, and while it may be useful when depositing BTC, it is really annoying when withdrawing as you want to enter an exact value that you have in your account. If you are wondering why you would need to add BTC in your account, the reason is simple – to purchase more Hashlets from the ZenMarket panel instead of going through the standard purchasing procedure that you need to go over if you do not yet have a ZenCloud account.
We've been talking about the fee, but we have not yet mentioned what exactly is the maintenance fee that you need to pay for the Hashlet digital cloud miner. It has been set to $0.08 USD per MHS per day, so for our 5 MHS Hashlet we need to pay 40 USD cents per day for the fee from our total mined coins. Our profit for the first day of mining (only a few hours actually) was lower than $0.40, however we were not deducted a fee for that day and after that for the next two days we have managed to get the fee to be about 1/4 of the total mined coins or with other words close to 25% with the current not so favorable Scrypt prices. Obviously since the Hashlet is not time limited cloud mining contract, the time that it should expire is when the mined coins are not enough to cover the fees as this would make the miner unprofitable and you would not want to actually have to pay to be able to continue mining instead of making money from it. This is the way we understand and expect things to go with the Hashlet as this piece of information regarding the lifetime of the digital miner is not clearly described by GAW Miners yet.
Below you can see what the actual earnings are by days that we have accumulated in our account from mining so far with the 5 MHS Hashlet. Note that these are the values with the maintenance fee already deducted from them. The first number in BTC represents the total account balance after that specific day, the number with plus in the brackets shows the actual mined coins for the specific day other than the first one (this is minus the fee) and in the end of the line you can see the average estimated USD price of the available coins.
Day 1 (only few hours of mining)
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
So the current actual profit for 5 MHS Hashlet is equivalent to about 1.20-1.30 USD per day after we deduct the maintenance fee from the mined coins. That would mean we'll need around 65 days (a little over 2 months) to get a return of the investment of $79.99 USD for purchasing the 5 MHS Hashlet if the conditions remain the same – something that will hardly happen. We already know that the network difficulty will most likely continue to increase, but what we don't know yet is what is going to happen with the price of LTC and other Scrypt-based crypto currencies in the next 2-3 months. So in fact we can ROI faster or slower than that number of days, depending on a lot of factors, but breaking even in just about 2-3 months does not sound like a bad thing as after that you can expect to actually make some profit. How much actually depends on the purchased hashrate and the current market conditions when you have earned enough to cover your initial investment. Do note however that since you are getting paid in BTC, if the Bitcoin exchange rate for example doubles you can instantly lower the time for ROI, but if the opposite thing happens the time will double. And as we usually do recommend, do not invest more than you can afford to lose if things do not go the way you planned it. It is also not a wise idea to invest all in just one place, so think about spreading to multiple services.
– For more information about the Hashlet Digital Cloud Miner by GAW Miners…


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I bumped into Erias Lukwago's offices purely by accident some months ago and made my way in to chit chat for a few minutes during which I was surprised by the astonishment on his face when I asked what he planned to do after being thrown out as Mayor of Kampala.
Quite flabbergasted, he asked back how that could happen, while repeating, "Abasajja b'andi bubi!" (They are really on my case!) and laugh-laughing in that manner that you always find it hard to associate with seriousness.
A few minutes later, the police arrived quite at random, led by District Police Commander James Ruhweza, to serve him with some notice or another regarding a rally he had planned – and I exited amidst an eruption of the obvious tiresome jokes to do with tear gas and whatnot.
Lukwago's look of astonishment stayed on my mind because I had seen it before, most significantly when we were students at Makerere University and had just joined the Guild Representative Council, and some debate manoeuvre pulled the rug out from under his rambunctious feet.
Even back then he clowned a lot as a student politician, but he had the gab to get himself elected, and Lukwago is no fool; today he has Parliamentary Membership and Mayorship of the capital city of Uganda on his CV, so he is 'serious'.
And whereas he is down, he might not be out; but this is not about politics; and neither am I going to dissect the law.
Lukwago's fate could have befallen any Ugandan in politics, corporate management, private business, or even in private.
And while the politicians discuss this with three-letter party lenses and analyse the colour of the report bindings, and the shawls of Justice Catherine Bamugemereire and neckties of Minister Frank Tumwebaze during the months of the tribunal, we have to acknowledge what this really says about us.
First of all, whenever anyone accosts you to discuss the report and its fairness or skewed nature, test to see whether they have read it – mostly, you will find peace in their silence.
Yesterday afternoon I tweeted part of it under #Lukwago and parried the usual statements from people who will probably never read the Tribunal report; just as Lukwago himself appeared not to have read the KCCA Act before embarking on his campaign for Mayorship or assumption of the seat.
Or maybe they had read it, but felt that if they argued enough they would simply wish away what it said along with months of witness statements, tendered evidence and even cross-examinations of the protagonist himself; just as Lukwago seemed to believe that press conferences and palaver would get rid of the basic facts that the Tribunal stuck to.
Basically, the Tribunal "found that the three grounds of Abuse of Office, Incompetence, and Misconduct/Misbehaviour were proved…"
The evidence in the Tribunal Report's summary is damning enough on its own but reads like stuff that happens in any other government office, private company or even domestic arrangement:
– The letter he wrote inciting the public against paying taxes proved abuse of office.
– Recalling and replacing representatives to Makerere University and Mulago Nursing School without the approval of the KCCA, abuse of office.
– Failure or refusal to convene meetings where he was required to, Abuse of Office.
– Failure to establish or renew Standing Committees, Incompetence.
– Failure to cause Committee reports to be presented to KCCA, Incompetence.
– Failure to sign minutes, Incompetence.
– Attacks on KCCA staff using the Auditor General's report, Misconduct.
– Disregard of Ministerial directives, Misconduct.
These bullet points, slightly edited, could get most company directors thrown out of office if somebody did a serious check, and I don't know how many other government offices would measure up to a spot-check of files to ascertain whether minutes are signed or meetings are even held as stipulated.
Just yesterday morning a group of us, entrepreneurs, were discussing these weaknesses amongst ourselves:
– Many seem to abhor proper governance; they don't contract work with seriousness, nor do they follow full invoicing and accounting procedures, if any. They don't read contracts or terms of reference, and sometimes just don't even read…or think. Most private companies are run whimsically with a semblance of order that is just that – a semblance – but so are many government departments, and even some of the BIG companies that thrive on momentum and our having little option but to use their products and services, plus our lethargy towards change.
– Many business leaders abuse office daily – influencing job appointments, ruling like monarchs rather than leading, using fear as a tool like the slave driver's whip rather than the motivation of reward. There is no need to look to any government office for senior officials using cars for private use or office imprest to take their wives (polite, you know who I mean there) out to lunch; they're the same number of private businessmen that use company money in this way, regardless of what the shareholders say.
– Shareholders? How many Ugandan companies make a distinction between shareholders and management, or have Boards of Directors? Or have meetings of the Board, with minutes signed and registered and actions endorsed and followed up? What about the government parastatals and ministries?
The list goes on, and on, and if Lukwago's provides any learnings for us we should only hope that these learnings are taken down in notebooks and implemented rather than picked up by the Registrar of Companies, and other arms of the government that could cause nationwide administrative mayhem by checking to see how many of us call meetings when we should, take minutes and then sign them.
It would certainly help change Uganda if this did happen and we were forced to get organised, because it has changed Kampala.
Jennifer Musisi is not an NRM party functionary as far as I know, even though many people say Lukwago's woes are just political. Musisi and her KCCA are just organised – a simple walk through the corridors of City Hall and the absence of people selling chapatis and kabalagala near the lifts is a good indicator.
But more seriously, the changes are evident seen from above, and they seem to have permeated 'to the grassroots' of Kampala. Today, the so-called downtrodden masses did not riot. I drove through Kisekka market on my way from a school run while tweeting the #Lukwago ruling and didn't even look up to check whether anybody was angry.
A few weeks ago someone told me that those women you see sweeping the Kampala roads so dedicatedly in the mornings cost KCCA about Ushs600million monthly, but they are working happily earning a few hundred thousand shillings each. In the previous city administration, this person said, road-sweeping was a contract that went to one supplier who billed the City almost Ushs2billion and employed a few people who earned less than Ushs100,000 each.
And I never saw any of them, nor did I see their work, under Ssebagala or John Kizito Sebaana.
Unverified, but if it's true, I can see where the support for the likes of Lukwago went.
The people who had spread Nakasero Market onto the road and forced car users onto the one lane on the Kiyembe side weren't happy about being reigned in, but when they saw the market expansion plans they shut up about it and are now waiting to be like Wandegeya Market vendors.
Sseeya Nasser Ssebaggala, the originator of the lumpenproletariat-turned-lumpenpolitick, also left those tactics long ago – some say he was chucked but the reality seems to be very different.
In 2011 Museveni & the NRM got 46.08% of the vote, a close second to Besigye and FDCs 46.86%, where in 2006 Museveni and the NRM had won 39.5% and Besigye and FDC 56.7%.
But like I said, I'm not going into the politics – even though it was certainly the motivation and a surefire objective.
Right now, Lukwago is down but not necessarily out.
There might still be many people who will vote for him to return as Mayor; plus, his chambers, on Media House along Kiira Road, which he shares with MP Medard Ssegona, are still open. Of course many people might think twice before hiring him as their lawyer, in case he doesn't cross some t's or dot i's and makes them lose their cases.
But he will still have clients, so even if he doesn't win back the Mayorship, he might bounce back as a big time lawyer – not as big-time as Kiryowa Kiwanuka, his former classmate and now nemesis, but big-time all the same.
Nevertheless Lukwago has been brought down using:
– Abuse of Office
– Incompetence
– Misconduct
All these were of his making, just as any other average Ugandan in his or her job is currently sitting lacklustre and doing nothing but trusting that a well-delivered excuse, or highly-connected relative will save them should anybody look into their work.
It is almost amazing that a man with a University education and such experience can neglect to sign meeting minutes, ignore the basic rules of governance as spelled out in law, in a way that can be used to whip him out of a job, but it is a reality that could have befallen any of you fellows out there being average or lousy Ugandans.
So we should check ourselves – lest someone petitions and comes for us in our offices…


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Former President George H.W. Bush is improving after being hospitalized for bronchitis, and he should be home in time to celebrate Christmas with his family, the hospital said Thursday.
"[I]nstead of battling the lingering effects of bronchitis, the focus of his treatment now centers on a physical therapy program designed to increase his strength in advance of his eventual discharge," The Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center said in a statement.
Bush, 88, was admitted Nov. 29 for complications related to bronchitis. At the time, doctors said they expected him to be in the hospital for only a few days.
"Given his current pace of progress, doctors expect that President Bush will be able to celebrate Christmas at home with his family -- though no release date has been set at this time," the hospital added.
Bronchitis is a common condition in which the bronchial tubes in the lungs become inflamed and produce mucus, which creates the need to cough, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It can turn serious in people with weak immune systems, including children and the elderly. Symptoms such as chest pain, weakness and coughing typically last two weeks, but can linger for as long as two months.
Bush served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989-1993, the capstone of a long career of public service. He lost his first bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1980, at which time Ronald Reagan chose him to be his running mate. He went on to serve two terms as Reagan's vice president.
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Of course, there is the question that comes into play in just about anything in Detroit: race. Duggan believes it's not important this time.
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Duggan, joined by supporters, announced his mayoral candidacy Tuesday evening. He spoke about his plan to turn the city around without a state-appointed manager.
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My husband and I have not heard from our child in a long time. We have sent letters with no answer. We just want to make sure hes ok.


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Brian Six, Jon DelCollo, Matt McCusker and Setoiyo sat down to talk about their new role as hosts of the Raven Lounge.
WitOut: Can you refresh our readers on the Raven Lounge and its history?
Comedy Attic: Absolutely. Center City Comedy (CCC) started comedy shows at the Raven Lounge five years ago. Raven Lounge follows a seniority format. The structure is performance-based, in terms of who gets to go first. It's a place where you can earn your way up. Whoever gets the most laughs gets to go first.
WitOut: What is like to be the new hosts at the Raven Lounge open mic?
Comedy Attic: We are just four good guys keeping up the momentum that has been built over the last five years. In the beginning, when we took over the show we decided to keep the show the same format as CCC. Comedians start signing up around 8:30pm when they come in. We look at the list at 8:50-8:55pm. We have about 14-18 comics during the first half of the show. We take a ten minute break before the second part of the show and make a list of comics for the second half. The second half usually consists of 20-27 comics. Then, we have a third part for new talent where we try to squeeze in as many fresh faces as we can.
WitOut: What are some challenges of hosting a show?
Comedy Attic: The hard part is putting the list together. We know everybody and we have to make decisions for the crowd and make sure they enjoy the show. It is an intimidating show to host. Even though it is once a week, it is a long night. We just have to make sure we promote the show, and keep the comics as well as the audience happy.
WitOut: Are there any changes in the structure of the show?
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2. Use a stable version of MPC-HC. I know, I know, being on edge is always cool, but the versions available at xhmikosr.1f0.de/mpc-hc/ are still beta after all, so this is just a heads up.
The bug:
For some reason, I can't get to use Haali Media Splitter. It doesn't matter if it's set to prefer or not in the "External Filters", MPC-HC will use it's internal splitter.
PS: If it helps, I used a .reg with my own settings for MPC-HC, but I don't believe that's the cause.
Last edited by Niyawa; 01-21-2014 at 05:35 PM.
madVR scaling algorithms chart - based on performance x quality
Specs, KCP version and a detailed report of the issue you're dealing with is necessary when asking for support. Anything not relevant to KCP will be ignored.
MEGA SUPPORT! However, when I try to donate:
"This recipient is currently unable to receive money."
Fuck Paypal.
I will add in the option to choose between LAV or Haali
If you can upload your .reg config with LAV splitter working for me to look at.
The whole purpose of this beta is to get an idea of what installation options people want to see. (I'm trying to cater to both basic and advanced users)
In regards to the bug, its using MPC internal on my fresh win8 install. Investigating whats wrong atm.
EDIT: missing a few reg entries adding them into the installer thx for the help
Version 0.2 Beta
CRC32: be5c6b3f
Quickly addressed the Haali problem