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Kamya says Nsangi has only one health centre III, which at times fails to handle certain health complications, which are referred to Mulago Referral Hospital for proper management. She adds however that there are private hospitals being set up in the area and these have helped narrow the service gap.
"The biggest challenge in Nsangi is the limited water supply, especially during dry spells as piped water has not been commissioned in the region. "During dry seasons, a jerrycan of water goes for Shs700, which makes it very hard for many citizens to access water," says Kamya.
Namuddu says land in the area is affordable especially in Maya, Kazinga and Kasenge zones. An acre of land costs between Shs30m to Shs45m whereas a 50 by 50 feet plot of land goes for between Shs8m to Shs10m.
To get a 100 by 100 feet plot of land, one would have to pay Shs18m or more.
Barnabas Kasule, a resident of Maya zone says rent prices in Nsangi are friendly. A single room costs Shs70,000, while a double room goes for Shs150,000 per month. A self-contained room costs Shs350,000.
"However, securing a double room rental for business is a bit costly since most business houses are located along the main highway, which makes them more expensive.
"There are no police patrols which has created a gap for criminals to terrorise residents, making the area largely unsafe," says Hajj Abdul Kiyimba, the area LC3 chairman.
Henderson said officers later watched surveillance video of the man and determined that his weapon was actually a large knife, not a club.
The man demanded cash from the register and got about $90, Henderson said.
"He was last seen jumping a fence separating the store from the service road of east freeway," Henderson said. "An employee of the next-door Whataburger saw the robbery and stated that the man jumped the fence and entered into a small dark mini-van."
The robber was described as a black man, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black faded jeans, Henderson said. He was about 5-feet-5-inches tall and about 140 pounds, Henderson said.
"No one was injured during this robbery," Henderson said.
Televisa Publishing + Digital, a division of Spanish-language media giant Grupo Televisa, is combining two of its magazines aimed at Hispanic business leaders. The titles are the Latin America-focused Poder Magazine and Hispanic Enterprise, which is solely distributed in the U.S.
The resulting magazine will be called Poder (Power) Enterprise and will have a combined, mostly free distribution of 125,000 in the U.S. when it relaunches in September. Like Poder Magazine, it will be distributed 11 times a year.
R&B group Tuxedo - singer Mayer Hawthorne and producer Jake One - are back and they are taking fans on a time warp to the 1980s with their latest release, Tuxedo II. The collection is currently available for streaming on Apple Music (listen below) and Spotify.
The 11-song project is a non-stop party that will remind listeners of that 80s R&B-disco sound that was popular back in the days by such artists as the Gap Band, Cameo, S.O.S. Band, Kashif, Patrice Rushen and The Whispers. While the music is a throwback, it’s joyously upbeat and fresh thanks to Hawthorne's falsetto vocals and Jake One’s production talents.
Highlights include the dance anthem “Fux With the Tux” featuring Snoop Dogg, the sunshiny ballad “Shine,” the touching "Special" and the funky torch song, “July.” Overall, the album is tailor-made for doing the two-step on the dance floor.
Tuxedo will bring their funky, throwback sound on their "2nd Tour Around" excursion. Their 20-city trek begins on May 12 in Santa Cruz, Calif., and winds down on June 24 in San Diego, Calif.
Check out Tuxedo's album below, it's a funky good time.
The vintage fighter plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Duxford Imperial War Museum was an American Mustang owned by the museum.
Officials at the museum have confirmed that one of the planes was forced to make an emergency landing. One witness reported that the plane, the P51d Mustang “Miss Velma” came down in a field near the Duxford Aerdrome. No one was injured in the incident.
The Mustang P51d called “Miss Velma” arrived at Duxford in July 2007 following a successful period of restoration and testing.
The plane never saw service in World War Two and was one of the last Mustangs to be constructed at North American Aviation’s Dallas, Texas, plant.
It is thought she flew as part of a reconnaissance squadron during the US military’s campaign in Korea.
In 1951, the plane was shipped back the US to serve with the Air National Guard until around 1956. In January 1999, it is reported that the plane reappeared in North Dakota as a restoration project.
The restoration culminated in a first flight in May 2007 with Steve Hinton at the controls. Following this the Mustang was painted in the 55th Fighter Group scheme of Capt Frank Birtciel’s P-51D 44-14561, Miss Velma.
Following the successful completion of her flight testing, Miss Velma was fitted with external drop tanks and flew across the Atlantic to the UK, where she arrived at Duxford on the 4th July 2007.
Kyrgyzstan’s president has fired the chief of the state culture agency for permitting a controversial, Russian-born U.S. photographer to hold an exhibition in Bishkek. Sergei Melnikoff is known for his critical views of Russia, which he has called a “country of slaves.” Kyrgyz MPs from the ruling party insist Melnikoff’s exhibition would harm Bishkek’s relationship with Moscow.
At least six insurgents and five Russian troops have been killed in gun battles in Chechnya, authorities in the war-scarred Russian province have said.
A Russian court today opened a libel case filed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov against an opposition newspaper he says damaged his reputation when it wrote he had murdered, tortured, and harmed fellow countrymen.
Minibus taxi drivers in the capital of the Russia's Republic of Daghestan are on strike today for a second straight day, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Is Ramzan Kadyrov's Star On The Wane?
Just a few months ago, Ramzan Kadyrov's position as Chechen Republic head appeared unassailable. He was even named in December as a possible candidate for the post of federal official responsible for the entire North Caucasus. But since the start of the year, he has incurred veiled criticism from both Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In addition, he has been the subject of damaging allegations from media outlets both in Russia and abroad.
Attackers fired grenades today at the police headquarters in the Russian province of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya, killing one officer, officials said.
President Dmitry Medvedev has said only economic and social development can quell an Islamist insurgency in Russia's north Caucasus and urged local leaders to back his new envoy to the impoverished region.
Djimmi Tanduyev, whom Muslim inmates of a North Ossetian jail selected a year ago as their imam, has been placed in solitary confinement for three months after being found in possession of materials urging Muslims to join the jihad and pictures of Chechen resistance commanders Shamil Basayev and Doku Umarov.
Norway has supported the energy needs of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the Northeast Nigerian households face alarming fuel and energy needs.
In Borno State, the most affected by the Boko Haram conflict in the North-east region, it is estimated that 95 per cent rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking food and lighting homes.
This has made households with limited access to fuel and energy resources at greater risk of food insecurity and owing to low electrification, face numerous protection risks.
As a negative coping strategy, some households are forced to undercook their meals or sell portions of an already insufficient food supply to purchase wood fuel.
FAO, in a statement by its spokesperson in the North-east, Patrina Pink, said the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the Borno State Ministry of Environment are offering more sustainable cooking and lighting solutions to resource-poor households in the Ngala Local Government Area.
Pink said in the statement shared at the launch of the Emergency SAFE kits, the Commissioner for Environment of Borno State, Sunday Gadzama, stressed that wood fuel use mounted an immense pressure on the natural environment, in turn leading to deforestation.
Gadzama, who was represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics at the Ministry, Bukar Zanna, said the cooking stoves allow for a drastic reduction in firewood collection by requiring about 65 per cent less wood fuel.
The solar lanterns distributed do not require wood fuel or any other resource, and as such as made daily life easier for IDPs.
The FAO Representative in Nigeria, represented by his deputy, Nourou Macki-Tall, at the occasion in Ngala noted the limited mainstreaming of energy issues in humanitarian responses and called for more agencies to employ the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy Approach.
He also stressed that FAO’s programme in remote Ngala, symbolised the organisation’s commitment to support ‘hard to reach’ areas.
To aid in implementation, FAO engaged the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s double-digit lead has vanished in the race for New York City comptroller’s Democratic primary, as he is in a statistical tie with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, according to two new polls.
The amNewYork-News 12 poll, which was released Thursday, currently has Spitzer with 46 percent among his fellow Democrats for the Sept. 10 primary, while Stringer closes in with 43 percent. The 3 percentage points separating is within the poll’s margin of error.
Meanwhile, a new Quinnipiac poll, also released on Thursday, shows the two candidates deadlocked with 46 percent each. That poll shows Spitzer 10 percentage points down from where he was two weeks ago.
Stringer is dominating the white vote with 65 percent supporting him as opposed to the 29 percent that favors Spitzer, according to News 12. However, what Spitzer lacks in the white vote, both polls note he gains with the black vote.
The News 12 poll was conducted by polling firm Penn Schoen Berland between Aug. 22 and Aug. 27 among 600 likely Democratic primary election voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The Qunnipiac University poll was also conducted Aug. 22-27 among 602 likely Democrat primary voters with the same margin of error.
My wife and I are at odds over what vehicle to get our 16-year-old daughter. I am currently driving a 10-year-old Mercedes-Benz E350 with 81,000 miles and am interested in moving up to possibly Tesla’s model S. I love the E350 and have maintained it faithfully, and think it would be a good, safe car for a teen girl. Yes, I know I spoil her terribly, but from a practical point of view, what’s wrong with this idea?
You’re right that it’s certainly a safe vehicle, and that’s the top priority for teen drivers. And the fact that you know the car, and have kept it well-maintained increases the chances she won’t get stranded in it. But I fear that everyone at her high school will hate her. Especially the teachers, who are all driving 16-year-old Hyundais. And your wife does have a good point about leaving her something to aspire to in life. If she starts out driving a Mercedes, what incentive does she have to lie, cheat, steal and inside-trade later in life to get one?
In my opinion, the best cars for teenagers are very safe, and very ugly. You want something that will protect her when she has her first accident (when, not if). But you also want to give her some reason to apply herself, and work for a better future. So it’s a tough call here, Michael. The car itself, the Mercedes, will certainly protect her. But do you want to burden her with being “the kid the who drives a Mercedes”?
Here’s my solution: Give her the Mercedes, but first, take a sledgehammer and put at least one big dent on each side. Then drive it into the garage, making sure you scrape the passenger side against the garage door opening for at least 6 feet. Then put two “Ask Me About My Grandchildren” bumper stickers on the back. Then give her the keys.
If you have a little dent, pretty much any body shop can bang it out, fill it with Bondo and repaint it for you. But when you have to replace full panels, welding aluminum is a lot different than welding steel. To weld aluminum, body shops need to purchase expensive, new equipment, and get special training to use it. And based on Father Guido Sarducci’s “law of supply-a and-a demand-a,” you’d figure that fewer competing body shops would lead to higher prices, right?
So here we are, a few years later, and how much have F-150 body repair costs gone up? Zero. We checked with IIHS (the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety), which, as you might guess, carefully tracks insurance payouts. The organization’s latest report on the F-150, from April 2017, found that the cost of body repairs, compared to the 2014 F-150, has stayed the same.
How could this be, you ask? Well, a lot of it has to do with Ford. They were rightfully concerned that stories about higher repair costs could lead people to avoid F-150s and buy Chevys instead. So they took a bunch of proactive steps to make sure repair costs didn’t go up.
They offered discounted repair equipment to their dealerships, along with training. They lowered the price of the aluminum body parts, making many of them cheaper than comparable steel parts. And, they made the truck more modular. So if you bash the front-right corner of your new F-150 into a concrete pole in a parking garage, you might be able to replace just the affected section, rather than the whole front fender (which is how you’d fix the older, steel F-150).
Since some of this cost control is dependent on Ford keeping the prices of their aluminum parts low, keep in mind that this story could change over time. Although Ford does have a huge and continuing interest in avoiding headlines like “F-150 costs more to repair than competitors.” The F-150 is Ford’s best-selling vehicle, and any meaningful drop in sales would be a disaster for them.
So as long as there’s heavy competition to sell pickup trucks, and as long as the world’s supply of aluminum remains plentiful, there should be no major issues repairing F-150s. When you see a can of beer go up to $23, that’ll be your clue to start worrying, George.
MANCHESTER UNITED'S worst fears came true last night when David De Gea closed in on a £22m move to Real Madrid - moments before the Spanish transfer window closed.
De Gea looks set to clinch his dream switch to the Bernabeu after the European giants struck a deal with United that will see £7m rated Spanish international Keylor Navas travel in the opposite direction as part of the deal.
United have also agreed a shock £36m deal to sign unheralded Monaco striker Anthony Martial that will make him the most expensive teenager in world football.
But even this caused outrage amongst sections of fans, who accused United of panicking before the transfer window closes tonight.
De Gea's Old Trafford exit will bring an end to a long-running saga that has seen United humiliated, outwitted and left his relationship with Van Gaal in tatters.
United were desperate to keep De Gea, but alarm bells started ringing eight months ago when he refused to sign a new deal worth £200,000-a-week that would have made him the highest-paid keeper in the world.
The Spanish star kept quiet about his future, but made it clear to United that he wanted to return to his homeland to join Real.
Van Gaal made him go on the club's pre-season tour of America - then refused to pick him once the Premier League season started after claiming his head wasn't right.
De Gea, who cost United £18m from Atletico Madrid in 2011, has spent the last three weeks watching his team mates from the stand alongside fellow keeper Victor Valdes, who has also fallen out with Van Gaal and was last night considering offers from Marseille and Watford.
De Gea has been a revelation in the last two seasons and his loss will be a huge blow to United, who were willing to let him leave for nothing next summer but knew deep down there was little point in keeping him against his wishes.
De Gea's exit will rub more salt into United's wounds considering club chiefs vowed that Real president Florentino Perez wouldn't get the better of them this summer.
Perez identified De Gea as his long term replacement for Iker Casillas - who has joined Porto - and has finally got his man.
United hoped De Gea could be used as bait to lure Sergio Ramos to Old Trafford, but Perez refused to sell and has gone on to secure the services of one of the best keepers in the world.
De Gea, 24, was understood to be having a medical in the Spanish capital last night and is expected to sign a long-term deal worth around £160,000-a-week.
On a busy day of transfer activity at United, Belgium international Adnan Januzaj completed a loan move to Borussia Dortmund.
The German outfit beat Valencia in the race to sign the winger, who has struggled to make an impact at United under Van Gaal.
Outcast keeper Anders Lindegaard, meanwhile, has joined West Brom on a free transfer, with the Baggies also locked in a battle with Tottenham to sign striker James Wilson on-loan.
January 21, 2016, 6:13 a.m.
They say the best way to understand someone is to walk a mile in their shoes, and it turns out that same logic roughly applies to the study of animal vision. Sure, you can't exactly insert yourself into the mind of another living being — let alone an individual from another species — but you can learn quite a bit by studying how and why animals use their vision.
In the February 2016 issue of National Geographic, science writer Ed Yong attempts to do just that in a fascinating article that explores the evolution of eye anatomy and examines the role that a creature's environment plays in the development of eye function and appearance.
"The variety of tasks that eyes perform is limited only by the fecundity of nature," Yong writes. "They represent a collision between the constancy of physics and the messiness of biology."
Yong's article is accompanied by incredible close-up images by photographer David Liittschwager that illustrate the diverse biology of various animals eyes. In the case of the Cuban rock iguana (above), "the eye [...] offers a window into a fundamental truth of evolution: Form follows necessity. Four types of cone cells in this diurnal creature’s retina provide excellent daytime color vision. A simpler third eye on top of the lizard’s head senses light and helps regulate body temperature."
In the video below, biologist Tom Cronin explores the diversity of how eyes and vision manifest across different animal species, from humans to mantis shrimp.
Continue below for a look at more of Liittschwager's gorgeous eye macros.
How much do you know about your eyes?
Quarterback David Garrard is back with the New York Jets and placed on an exempt list for the next two weeks.
Garrard left the Jets in the spring due to a chronic knee problem.
Now that Mark Sanchez is done for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery, the Jets are looking into whether Garrard can be a backup for them behind rookie starter Geno Smith, who has passed for seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Marvel Studio's new Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer turns out to have so many blink-and-you-miss-them moments that fans are still unearthing Easter eggs and little asides days later. We caught Michael Pena's snapshot appearance, and we wrote about the images of Ghost, the sequel's primary villain. Later, the use of specific music was unearthed. And now, we see a gigantic Duracell battery in the corner of a screen grab, and it makes us wonder... is the battery large, or is Hank Pym's laboratory small?
We have been able to piece together a few key plot details about Peyton Reed's Ant-Man and The Wasp, thanks to this first trailer. We know it takes place after Captain America: Civil War, because Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) discusses how he went to help Cap (Chris Evans), and he's under house arrest, with a restricting ankle bracelet. We also know that his actions brought unwanted attention to Pym tech, as Hope van Dyne complains, "Thanks to you, we had to run. We're still running."
And we see Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) shrink his laboratory, turning the San Francisco building into a mobile, transportable operation.
To that Hello Kitty Pez dispenser that knocks a dude off of a motorcycle.
And why not, right? The chief gimmick behind Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinemamtic Universe is the hero's ability to manipulate size -- both his, and the size of things around him. The sight gag of an enlarged Thomas the Tank Engine in the first Ant-Man movie was a hoot. I'm glad that director Peyton Reed and his crew are leaning into what stands them apart as they work on Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Want to watch that trailer again? We have you covered.
Ant-Man and the Wasp will open in theaters on July 6, following in the massive footsteps of Joe and Anthony Russo's Avengers: Infinity War. Stay up to date on all of the MCU events with our Upcoming Marvel Movies guide.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Asian internet lobby group, whose members include Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, on Thursday criticized India’s plans to regulate social media content.