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Flamingos on Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Flamingos on Lake Nakuru, Kenya
  • Recently the president of Kenya announced cuts on all premium parks as part of government efforts to revitalize the industry.
  • Additionally all air ticketing services supplied by travel agents are now exempt from 16% VAT tax introduced earlier.
  • Roughly 8% of Kenya’s land mass is protected area for wildlife conservation

Kenya and its conservation

It is a little-known fact that about 8% of Kenya’s land mass is protected area for wildlife conservation. Protected areas are gazetted landscapes or seascapes that have been surveyed, demarcated and gazetted either as National Parks or National Reserves. In Kenya, protected areas embrace various types of ecosystems namely: forests, wetlands, savannah, marine, arid and semi-arid areas. These protected areas comprise 23 terrestrial National Parks, 28 terrestrial National Reserves, 4 marine National Parks, 6 marine National Reserves and 4 national sanctuaries. These form a major tourist attraction with 53% of visitors coming to Kenya citing visitation of these protected areas as their primary motivation to visit the country.

The parks and reserves are branded as Premium, Urban, Wilderness, Mountain, Scenic and Special Interest, Marine Parks and Sanctuaries

The distinction between a park and a reserve is that while in parks there is complete protection of natural resources and the only activities allowed are tourism and research, in reserves, human activities are allowed under specific conditions. These activities include, for instance, fishing in marine reserves or firewood collection in terrestrial reserves.

Most of Kenya’s protected areas are not fully fenced, and hence wildlife moves in and out of these areas in search of pasture and water during certain periods within the year. When they do so, they come into contact with people causing human wildlife conflict. Human-wildlife conflicts are a big problem currently facing conservation groups and government authorities. Let us look at some of the best protected areas you can visit while in Kenya. All dollar figures below are US dollar.

The Masai Mara National Reserve

The Masai Mara National Reserve is perhaps the most popular wildlife park in Kenya. It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetahs but what makes it a show stopper is the great migration where millions of wildebeest and zebra embark on a mind-blowing journey between Kenya and Tanzania across the Mara River every year I what has come to be unofficially branded the 'eighth wonder of the world'. The journey starts in July and goes all the way to October.

Cheetah and cubs in Masai Mara

Budget: Adults $90.00 Children $55.00

Our rating: 9.3/10

Distance from Nairobi: 270 Km

Lake Nakuru National Park

27% of Lake Nakuru National Park is occupied by the pink coloured Lake Nakuru. The lake gets its colour from the millions of flamingos that call it home. Lake Nakuru National Park, classified as a premium park, is also host to a number of other wildlife including nearly 450 birds species, white rhino, warthog, giraffe, hippo, ostrich and lion.

Budget: Adults $90.00 Children $55.00

Our rating: 8.6/10

Distance from Nairobi: 164 Km

Mount Kenya National Park

Mount Kenya National Park is where Africa's second highest mountain, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, sits. The park is home to rare species of animals as well as spectacular lakes, mineral springs and forests. The mountain is an incredibly important watershed, providing water for about 50% of Kenya’s population and producing 70% of Kenya’s hydroelectric power, not to mention the mysterious tropical snow that covers its world-famous peaks that have provided a formidable climbing challenge for many seasoned and amateur mountaineers.

Giant Groundsel with Mt. Kenya in the background

Budget: Adults $65.00 Children $30.00

Our rating: 9.4/10

Distance from Nairobi: 150 Km

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli is also another premium Kenyan park where one can catch breathtaking views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain in Tanzania while criss-crossing with large herds of free-ranging elephants like nowhere else on earth. Amboseli is home to more than 50 species of mammal and over 400 species of bird.

Budget: Adults $90.00 Children $55.00

Our rating: 9.8/10

Distance from Nairobi: 150 Km

Tsavo National Parks

Tsavo National Park is split into Tsavo East and Tsavo West. The two are classified as wilderness parks and are separated by a highway that leads to the coastal town of Mombasa. Tsavo East is less developed than Tsavo West but more accessible. In Tsavo West you can watch elephants bathe among the hippos and the Nile Crocodiles from a unique vantage point of an under-water glass tank. Tsavo East is where the famous jumbo, Satao, recently slain by poachers, lived. Satao had some of the largest tusks in the wild and came from a unique breed of giant tuskers that can grow really large. Only a few remain in the world and they live in Tsavo.

Tsavo East, Kenya

Budget: Tsavo East and West Adults $74.00 Children $40.00

Our rating: Tsavo East 8.8/10 Tsavo West 9.7/10

Distance from Nairobi: Tsavo East 233 Km Tsavo West 240 Km

Aberdare National Park

Aberdare National Park, besides its captivating waterfalls that are the tallest in Kenya, also boasts a collection of over 250 bird species. The rare black rhino and black leopard and bongo antelope call this park home. Because of regular rains here, the park is evergreen providing cool temperatures perfect for hiking.

Budget: Adults $65.00 Children $30.00

Our rating: 9.5/10

Distance from Nairobi: 170 Km

Nairobi National Park

Nairobi National Park is one of Kenya's most successful black rhino sanctuaries, it also enjoys its own wildebeest migration as well as hosting over 400 species of bird. The park is so close to the city one could call it a suburb inhabited by animals. Walking trails offer visitors a chance to experience the African bush at its best.

Budget: Adults $50.00 Children $25.00

Our rating: 9.7/10

Distance from Nairobi: 7 Km

Meru National Park

Meru National Park is regarded as the new kid on the block of Kenya's National Parks. After a spate of misfortunes between 2000-2005 that saw it virtually enter the outcast category of places not to go, courtesy of banditry and poaching, Meru National Park has re-engineered itself as one of the most promising parks in East Africa. The park was made famous by the Adamsons when they raised Elsa the lioness that later featured on the Oscar-award winning film, Born Free, based on the book by the same title.

Budget: Adults $75.00 Children $40.00

Our rating: 9.9/10

Distance from Nairobi: 293 Km

With such a rich assortment of breathtaking gems of nature, one begins to understand why Kenya is this place you come to explore and never feel like leaving. The options to choose from are almost limitless as you discover that each of the parks has its unique attributes that pretty much sets it in a class of its own. Some of the parks give you bragging rights such as the Nairobi National Park, which is the only park in the world inside a city. During the period from July to October, Masai Mara National Park is the place to catch the great migration while Tsavo is the home of the mighty Tuskers still remaining on earth.

Depending on your objective, budget and disposable time, any of this parks has the ability to offer an unforgettable experience. Our ratings may be a rough guide to help you make prioritisation decisions but otherwise try to make time to visit all.

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Beckham had just five catches for 56 yards and a touchdown when the teams met in the regular season in Week 5, a 23-16 victory for Green Bay. The Packers' secondary was battered by injuries then, just like it is now. Quinten Rollins (neck/concussion) will miss the game Sunday, while Damarious Randall is questionable with a knee injury. But second-year player LaDarius Gunter, who helped contain Beckham back in October, remains healthy. Gunter has become the most consistent cornerback for the Packers, who have also been without veteran Sam Shields (concussion) since the season opener.

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9:21 a.m., May 12, 2006--George W. Luther III, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, has been named the 2006 winner of the Francis Alison Award, the University's highest faculty honor.

"George Luther's accomplishments as a teacher, a mentor and an internationally recognized researcher make him an outstanding selection for the 2006 Francis Alison Award," UD President David P. Roselle said. "With his impressive record of service and scholarship in a variety of scientific disciplines, he is well-deserving of this honor."

Provost Dan Rich announced the award at the Named Professors Dinner on May 10. "Dr. Luther exemplifies the best qualities of our faculty--cutting-edge research, a commitment to his students and the respect of his colleagues here and around the world," Rich said.

UD's Board of Trustees established the award in 1978 to recognize the scholarship, professional achievements and dedication of the faculty.

In addition to his professorship in the College of Marine Studies, Luther holds joint appointments in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Plant and Soil Sciences. He also is an honorary professor at the School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences at Cardiff University in Wales.

“I really am thrilled to receive the Francis Alison Award,” Luther said. “There have been so many great scholars at the University who have received this award in the past--and so many great scholars here now--that it's very humbling to be named this year's recipient.

“At the same time, I'm thrilled for the students and postdocs I've worked with over the years, because this award also reflects on them and on their contributions to my work. None of us does our work without help.”

Luther, who describes himself as “a physical inorganic chemist who happened to make the switch to applied chemistry” in the field of oceanography, conducts research covering a wide range of areas. He has studied chemical reactions in the Black Sea and in Delaware's Inland Bays, where he investigated the cause of a fish kill that left 2 million bait fish dead in Rehoboth Bay.

In the mid-1990s, with the assistance of student Paul Brendel, Luther invented a gold-tipped microelectrode sensor that can be used to measure the amount of oxygen, hydrogen sulfide and metals that marine organisms can use to survive in various environments. The device is used in situ to assess environmental health in real time, and Luther collaborates with colleagues around the world.

“We've been everywhere-from the top of Yellowstone to the bottom of the ocean,” he said. “I'm interested in chemistry wherever it happens.”

Yellowstone, while far from the ocean, is the site of hydrothermal vents, the same phenomenon Luther has investigated nearly two miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, where scalding-hot vents are home to microbes that are among the planet's oldest life forms. That deep-sea research, part of the College of Marine Studies' “Extreme Voyage” series of expeditions, has potential industrial applications in such areas as food processing and drug manufacturing.

Luther's work in the Black Sea began with a groundbreaking 1988 expedition, and in 2003 he was one of the chief scientists representing the United States in a month-long international expedition funded by the National Science Foundation. He and his research team studied the unusual chemistry of the 700-mile-long, mile-deep Black Sea, of which nearly 90 percent is a zero-oxygen “dead zone” that supports only a few bacteria.

The nearly landlocked Black Sea was a lake dating back to the last Ice Age, Luther said. When sea levels rose, the Mediterranean Sea broke through, causing the bottom layer of the Black Sea today to be extremely salty. Little mixing occurs between the surface waters of the sea, which receive fresh water from rivers, and the dense, salty bottom waters. These natural conditions are compounded by serious pollution problems in the surrounding countries.

“The Black Sea research is one of those areas where many disciplines interface,” Luther said. “And, in general, much of my work is highly interdisciplinary and can include chemistry, environmental engineering, marine studies and plant science. The ecosystems of Yellowstone and the Inland Bays, for example, include microscopic plankton plants.”

During part of the Black Sea expedition, two teachers from Talley Middle School in Delaware joined the scientists on board the research vessel to help with the work and to take their experiences back to their classrooms. In conjunction with this project, students at the school formed a club to study various aspects of the Black Sea region and developed a web site reporting on topics from the sea's water quality to Turkish culture.

In addition to the scientific research, Luther said the opportunities to visit such ports as Istanbul and to work with colleagues from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine has enabled him to expand his knowledge of history and religion in the region.

A member of the University faculty since 1986, Luther was named the Harrington Professor of Marine Studies in 2000. He has served as associate dean of the College of Marine Studies, has advised more than 30 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and has published more than 165 journal articles, reports and book chapters.

In 2004, the Geochemical Society cited Luther's “innovative research in environmental geochemistry” and presented him its Clair C. Patterson Award. In selecting him for the award, the society wrote that Luther “has unselfishly and enthusiastically interacted with colleagues across a range of disciplines, including biologists, geologists, environmental chemists, environmental managers and public policy makers.

“His unabashed enjoyment for his research draws a steady stream of beneficiaries of all ages and educational backgrounds to his lab to learn environmental geochemistry.”

This January, he was awarded a five-year honorary professorship at Cardiff University, where he has collaborated since 1993 with Prof. David Rickard on research involving metal-sulfur geochemistry. Previously, in 1996, Cardiff named Luther a Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

Luther is editor-in-chief of Aquatic Geochemistry, associate editor of the research journals Marine Chemistry and Geochemical Transactions and a member of the geochemical editorial board of John Wiley & Sons, a major scientific and technical publisher. He has been appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, a committee dedicated to fostering global interaction in the scientific research community.

In addition to his outreach work with middle school and high school science teachers, Luther frequently gives public lectures on environmental issues, and he has presented chemistry-based magic shows to spectators at UD's annual Coast Day celebration.

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Can't have my woolly bears maligned, so here is some info regarding the two different creatures. The tent caterpillars are the nasty destructive ones and I remember them dripping from the trees, landing in my hair or going down my collar. Very unappealing. That said, I don't really want a woolly bear walking about on me either--prickly little feet!
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Tent caterpillars

Tent caterpillars are moderately sized species in the genus (Malacosoma) in the moth family Lasiocampidae. Species occur in North America, Mexico, and Eurasia. Twenty-six species have been described, six of which occur in North America. Some species are considered to have subspecies as well. Although most people consider tent caterpillars only as pests due to their habit of defoliating trees, they are among the most social of all caterpillars and exhibit many noteworthy behaviors.
Tent caterpillars are readily recognized because they are social, colorful, diurnal and build conspicuous silk tents in the branches of host trees. Some species, such as the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum, build a single large tent which is typically occupied through the whole of the larval stage while others build a series of small tents that are sequentially abandoned. The forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstrium, is exceptional in that the larvae build no tent at all, aggregating instead on silken mats that they spin on the leaves or bark of trees. Tents facilitate aggregation and serve as focal sites of thermal regulatory behavior. They also serve as communication centers where caterpillars are alerted to the discovery of new food finds.
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The banded woolly bear larva emerges from the egg in the fall and overwinters in its caterpillar form. It survives winter freezes by producing a cryoprotectant in its tissues. Once the weather warms, the larva devours all the grass and weeds it can, pupates, and becomes an adult, which then lives through the summer. It is the larvae of this species which are the subject of common folklore, which has it that the forthcoming severity of a winter can be predicted by the amount of black on the caterpillar; this is the most familiar woolly bear in North America. But in fact, larvae produced in the same clutch of eggs can vary from mostly red to mostly black, even when reared under the same conditions, and this variability invalidates any actual temperature-related trends that may otherwise be evident. In fact, the orange band will grow towards the ends of the body, with the black bands decreasing in size, as the larva matures.

  1. Hullo you,
    Online at the same time, Huh. Was just going back to my stuff after goofing off to post when I saw you on my dashboard and as usual, can't resist....

    Ref reading the stripes;

    guess its important to stop and work out which way the bloomin thing is pointin' otherwise you could be way out!!!

    ps. just had to put silly in for my word verification. Are you trying to play with my mind here??

  2. You now have me racking my brains, trying to remember what UK tent caterpillars look like. i can only think of caterpillars (tent ones? Cannot remember) from my childhood, which had a bright blue stripe along them . . .

    I am wondering about the woolly bears, and the weather, and thinking if you had one of those warm/cold, warm/cold winters, would they then be uniformly banded?!

  3. BB; I found lots of info on the web about woolly bears. It seems that those who study such things have determined that the striping can vary amoungst "bears" from the same hatching of eggs. Probably regional differences in coloring as well. The weather prediction re the bands of color is [of course] a bit of folk lore, but don't we cherish such things.
    Al; if you think the stripes on the caterpillar itself are confusing, can you imagine Mr. Teale and his experiments, shaking up several and remembering which ones were headed in which direction?
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Lila Black has had an interesting history with Elves. Magic, elemental energy, demons and technology exist side-by-side in this alternative version of our world. A little Shadowrunish, or maybe TORG, there was a Quantum Bom and the spaces between the different dimensions were pulled together, or ripped apart.
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Colonel Kemp and the Antisemitic Scots

Here's a fine speech by Colonel Richard Kemp against the slanderers of Israel, which starts from an unusual point of departure, but then turns to the depressing intensity of the hate regularly spewed at Israel. Then, as if on cue, here's an example he doesn't give: public libraries in Scotland are banning books by Israelis.

In a recent discussion I had we were looking at antisemitism in Western civilization. I posited that hatred of the Jews is hardwired into it - this doesn't mean that all westerners are Jew-haters, rather that the potential is there and needs to be fought off. One of the other discussants asked if I was also saying that hatred of Jews is in the DNA of Western civilization, and it occurred to me that the two metaphors are actually instructive. DNA can't be changed, at least in the present stage of technology, so saying that antisemitism is in the DNA of Western civilization would mean there's no hope for change, but also no responsibility to try. DNA is what we're born with, and we can't choose it or control it. Hard wiring, on the other hand, can be changed by the engineers, at the very least, so the moral requirement is there: will people make the effort to re-engineer the wiring, or won't they? Because if they won't, that's their decision. Some people and societies are quite advanced in re-wiring. Lot's of folks, in Scotland and elsewhere, haven't even begun.

Don Draper said...

Can someone link to that UN study documenting civilian to combatant kill ratios for Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, etc.? Thanks!

Silke said...

There is a Scot named aparatchik commenting at Elder of Ziyon. I have asked him immediately if he has any further information on those news -

aparatchik tells us that the Scottish record as to Jews is really good, so what crops up there now is probably not yet hard-wired and is some specialty of the SNP=Scottish National Party.

Lets hope that the Scots honour their tradition and stop the madness.

Valerie said...

For what it's worth, I highly doubt anti-semitism is "hard-wired" into the Western world. There has always been, and remains a substantial difference between U.S. religosity and that of Europe's. ------ As Dennis Prager says, Jews serve as "canaries in the mine" vis'a'vis a country's self-image. Demonization of Jews has been used by both left and right, depending on ideological "fashion".

Barry Meislin said...

Um, no. Nor do I think it's what you meant.

Culturally/theologically/ideologically imbued? Most definitely.

Can one escape one's culture? Well, it's been done. (In both directions, alas.)

Can one escape the mad culture of death that seems to have resurfaced in Europe and the West (with a exemplary assistance from the culture of death that predominates in the Middle East and friends)?

Well, one can only hope....

File under: "Tra-di-shuuuun! Tra-Di-Shun!"

Avi said...

Yaacov, when one argues over metaphors rather than the actual issue, one is likely to be drawn away from the original question. On the other hand, using metaphors can illuminate the issue in question and introduce new viewpoints.

As a biologist by training I would posit that in fact if antisemitism is part of the DNA of Western civilization, which I think may well be true on a cultural level, then this gives reason for hope for its treatment. Firstly, the effects of DNA are felt in conjunction with the environment. The fact that a person has a gene which predisposes them to a certain condition, apart from a number of specific cases, does not mean that that condition will develop. The effect of the environment is paramount in most cases. Indeed, recent research seems to indicate that the mass of DNA, junk DNA, is the mechanism which, in response to the environment, controls the DNA implementation.

This being so, I think that we can use the metaphor as tool not only to describe the condition, but also to view the treatment. If antisemitism is identified, isolated and condemned, as it was in the West from the end of WWII until the 1960/70s, then it can be kept under control. Once it is let loose, then it can multiply and cause great damage, to the Jews and to society in general.
One of the minor effects of the Holocaust and the Nazis was that the previous outbursts of antisemitism literally and metaphorically paled in comparison. The bubbling historical undercurrent of antisemitism from Medieval Spain or Reformation Germany or nationalist Ukraine or Poland or Russia or then gentile and civilized social exclusion of Jews in the UK and North America ,in all their manifestations, lethal or just unpleasant, have been forgotten in the light of organize mass murder.

To take the metaphor further, there are genes which are disadvantageous to the individual, but are nevertheless selected for by evolution as they have a positive effect on the species. Sickle Cell anemia in African populations with its increased resistance to malaria is a case in point. Politically, antisemitism is a great tool for distracting the polis from certain problems and behavior of the leadership and focusing on “the other”, so even with the bad effect on society, it has its uses in the hands of unscrupulous people.

Of course one can even hope that there will be a mutation in the DNA and antisemitism will actually disappear. One can also take steps to identify and strengthen the environmental controls on the disease breaking out. At the moment, our problem is that precisely those who should be combating the disease, academics and intellectuals, are those most active in promoting it. See what is happening on campuses across the western world.

Barry Meislin said...

And from the indefatigably optimistic (depending on one's POV) "Spengler" (heh):

File under: "Things are never what they seem" (including this?)

Jaimy said...

"DNA can't be changed, at least in the present stage of technology, so saying that antisemitism is in the DNA of Western civilization would mean there's no hope for change"

That would actually qualify as nitpicking but still. Epigenetics observes that although the DNA is presumably constant for a given life form. The life experience of the organism is affecting which parts of the DNA code are de/activated.

That's why a cloned Dolly can have behaviour/health difference than her actually sole parent.

I.e. there is always hope.

Anonymous said...

I don't think your distinction between hard-wired and DNA will hold up. They mean the same. "Hard-wired" contrasts with "programmed." The computer can be reprogrammed but its wiring isn't generally changed. If anti-semitism has been programmed into Europeans, in the way it is being programmed into Palestinians by skewed texts, TV, etc., then it can be changed--though this might be enormously difficult.

Silke said...

yes and that's why I keep saying that we must do something to empower little people to think for themselves. Based on my experience we should start with telling them that it is their right to ask the most simple questions of the most elevated people.

At least in Germany we get brought up (independent of all the derision we display for academics) that an academic is possessed of superior knowledge and so we tend to accept his/her word as gospel.

i.e. "we" must get the "masses" on the pro-Israel bandwaggon before another pied piper shows up who appeals to academics and "masses" equally.

After the Mavi Marmara I tried in shops and elsewhere the shtick that I'd say "and they sawed off the reling of the ship" which got me immediate enthusiastic support because the "masses" hate vandalism.

I have discovered some other loopholes through which "we" could get the "masses" to approve. On the face of it they all look terribly simple and silly but since I am part of the "masses" different only due to a love for reading I know that each one of them might work towards empowering them to ask the right questions like for example why do you campaign for people who go for vandalism?


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So I know have all my major things for the week out of the way.  I feel good about both the test that I took.  The Psych test went better than the last time even though there were some things that my mind completely blanked out on, wich is frustrating, but there were more this time that I was sure of what the answer is.  Human growth isn't so much a hard class it just has loads of information that you have to memorize.  Also the spanish test this morning I think went really well.  I am starting to think more "spanish-like" and that allows you to use common sense when constructing setences and such.  My biggest problem is memorizing vocab, which basically boils downto practice practice practice!

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Saturday, 26 March 2011

What you don't have

Coincidence is a funny thing. I tend to read books and listen to music at the same time, and this frequently leads to some strange collaborations. Listening to REM's Life's Rich Pageant (particularly Begin the Begin) whilst reading Michael Scott Rohan's Winter of the World series leads to all kinds of re-inforced messages.
The most extreme example was several years ago, whilst listening to The Yearning by Things of Stone & Wood and reading a book by David Gemmell (I forget which), I read the words "the shadow of death" at exactly the same time as they came over the speakers. It took me a moment to work out exactly what had happened as my initial perception had been that these words had suddenly acquired more weight.
It'd be enough to make you nervous, if you were superstitious, easy led and very nearly dead.

Just this morning I was listening to the excellent Meursault album All Creatures Will Make Merry  whilst finishing off Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science.
I heartily recommend both of them.
But as I was reading the good doctor's final pages he produced a quote from The Economist along the lines of "the true cost of something is what you have to give up to get it".
At about the same time from the stereo came "It's not about what you don't have, it's how little you're given and how far you can run with it".

Coming, as they did, so close together they struck me as quite profound.

I'm not going anywhere with this blog by the way, it just occured to me, that's all.

But I guess it does give you a bit of an idea why people are so precious about children, after all, what you've given up to get there is incredible.

On a completely unrelated note, I've fished the REM album out for a listen this afternoon and, in looking up the link above, have just lost about half an hour reading interesting stuff about the band.
The internet is still eating my life.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Oi, picture, almost catch up again! LOL

Happy Halloween!

After trick or treating! (we had shed our toque, mittens and boots)
Gwyn wrote her name all by herself...  (I gave her the letters)
Old washer going out....

What Gwyn's play space looked like while the new washer was installed.(had to take the pantry out to level the floor)

This is just to the left of the pic above. Small space even smaller!
Wow the kitchen looks bigger....
Drawing on the $5.00 roll end! Best $5. I spent in a while!!(hours of entertainment had and many left in it)

Printed her name, unprompted. All on her own.
Hmm.. what to draw next?
Hair cut!!! LOVE the Rub in Colour!!

So does she! (I got a purple to do it at home!!)

Birthday girl!

LOL I think she liked the outfit....unwrap, strip and on.

Home made birthday piniata. Only crafty pic in this post....
Not the safest booster seat... not the worst... LOL (Yes I made her get off it)

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New better button - I hope.

Trash the other one, I like this one better. I hope you do too!

Now, I'm going to make coffee and crochet. I wanted to dye my wool today but didn't realize I was out of vinegar. I'm trying not to dwell on it. As the first day in over a week that I haven't had errands to run, I'm not going out, either. Tomorrow I'll get it along with other things and then we'll see when I have a chance to do it again.


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Go Green with Dryer Dots

Earth Day is just around the corner on April 22nd. Looking for ideas to make a difference? We have just the product for you to make an earth friendly effort each time you dry a load of laundry: Dryer Dots!

This product by Gleener comes in a bag of six dryer balls, each about the size of a tennis ball. They are a fabulous alternative to chemical-covered fabric sheets. They are made up of 100% New Zealand wool and soak up moisture and cut dry time by 30%. Other benefits include reducing static and helping to soften and separate items in the dryer. Dryer Dots are free of chemicals and fragrances, making them ideal for anyone with allergies or asthma. They can be used with any dryer-friendly fabric.

Use 3 balls for small loads and all 6 for medium to large loads.

Gleener's directions for use seem pretty easy, too: "Toss into dryer and run cycle as usual"!

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Trendsetter Yarn is owned by Barry Klein, one of the most innovative designers in the industry today. He is constantly on the lookout for European yarn sources to create new yarns that he can use in his designs. Trendsetter yarns are indeed setting a trend in the world of knitting and crocheting.

One of the new yarns available today is named Dune. Dune yarn is especially nice for creating classy garments for evening wear. This Trendsetter yarn consists of a variation of shiny gold fabrics intertwined with yarn. It is available in a variety of colors designed to suit all tastes. Accessories knit or crocheted with Dune are exquisite and show off the coat or dress exceptionally well.

Articles knit or crocheted with Dune must be hand washed in cold water without suing any detergent. Dry cleaning is recommended to achieve the best results. For this reason, it would not be advisable to knit or crochet baby or children's garments from this wool, unless you want a high dry cleaning bill.

Another Trendsetter yarn is called Genie. Genie yarn consists of 60% acrylic, 20% wool, 15% poliamide and 5% metallic. This yarn is knit on large needles - 12 mm. The gauge is 8 stitches to four inches so every 2 rows is an inch of the garment completed. It doesn't take long at all to knit a sweater from this yarn. It looks and feels like fleece, but has a gold trim. Sweaters knit or crocheted from Genie can be worn as coats on cool days. It is also great for making scarves, shawls and purses.

These are just two of the fifty-four different types of yarn that Trendsetter yarn has available. All of these yarns come in various colors designed to create elegant garments and accessories for clothing or the home.

Trendsetter yarn also has a large assortment of patterns available for all its yarns. Knitting a pattern especially designed for the yarn assures the knitter of a designer sweater. The cost of the yarn is higher than ordinary yarns and as such is well-suited to specialty items. It is mostly a novelty yarn and is used for extraordinary projects requiring specialty yarns. A ball of Trendsetter yarn contains about 120 yards in a 20g ball that retails for approximately $6.50. At this price an adult sweater would cost close to $300.00 to knit!

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I checked out a book from the library today which has never been checked out before. Date of publication? 1977. Administrative problems in metropolitan areas: a case study of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Area. On the problems of urban development in the Poona metropolitan area. I wonder if it will ever be checked out again, I wonder if it has ever been read before.

It may not be the most interesting subject, I may hate the class and therefore the fact that I even know of the existence of this book, it may be 5:32 A.M. and the paper may be due at 8 A.M. and it's not even started yet. This book may live in the basement in those creepy moving bookcases and smell like mold, but not the nice old book kind, just the kind that makes me sneeze, and it may be impossible to read because it appears to have been typed using a typewriter.

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Whether you have done yoga before or are new to it our post-natal yoga classes will provide you with the tools to maintain your mental, emotional, relational and physical health in your role as a mother.

Strengthen and stabilise your body
A key focus of post-natal classes is core strength work to restabilise your body. Flexibility is built on strength.

Realign your body to prevent or alleviate tension or injury to your neck, shoulders, hips and back
The physical challenges of lifting, carrying and feeding your new baby can place asymmetric stresses on your body that manifest as tension and even injury to your neck, shoulders, hips and back. Our post-natal yoga classes are structured to help you re-establish balance and learn correct alignment while handling your baby.

Relax, reconnect and rejuvenate
It is difficult for a new mother to find time for herself. Relaxation, centering and rejuvenation is an important aspect of these post-natal classes.

Classes are a community and support for like minded mums.

The babies are present during the classes. Sometimes they can be part of the class, either held in poses if they need a cuddle or as a tool for correct alignment while you hold them.
There is also an opportunity for baby massage - a great time for bonding between you and your baby, as well as a help to relieve wind, and aid in relaxation.

You can start after your 6 week check up – no prior yoga experience is necessary.

Classes are paid for in 6 week blocks -

1 class/week - $140
2 classes/week - $250

There are no refunds once a block starts.

Monday 3 Jun 10.30-11.30 (Pilates)

Friday 3 Jul 10.30-11.30

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Your teacher is Sarah Moore. Sarah is an accredited yoga teacher with the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia and she holds an Advanced diploma in Yoga Teaching. In addition to these classes she teaches prenatal yoga, kids yoga and normal yoga classes.

Bring what ever you need for a yoga class – you want to wear something that is easy to move in and you may want a towel and water. Bring your own mat if you have one.

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TYR Technical Partner -

Just to explain my absence, first of all I've been changing ISPs - you may recall I promised to give Virgin Media the push. Bogons Ltd - Internet for the Clueful were tapped after the normal exhaustive procurement process, and I spent last Sunday afternoon setting up an ADDON ARM8200 modem/router to work with my existing WRT54G WLAN box. I was hoping to use ZIPB, but eventually settled for renumbering the WRT54 (although, as the modem seems to be a Viking one, this might show the way).

Anyway, that was fun...of a sort, and the upshot is that Phorm can still bugger off and I now have considerably higher IP bandwidth. And then I vanished down a wormhole in the work-life continuum for the rest of last week, so no blogging for you, which is just as well because I was mostly thinking about SIM-based authentication systems and related OSS-BSS issues. And you wouldn't want that.

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This is a great opportunity for you to meet your favourite Yorkshire Players, get involved in a game of Kwik Cricket, receive some first class coaching from our coaches at Pro Coach and even play on the legendary outfield at a Yorkshire Bank 40 match!

Don’t worry about missing the cricket match though; our open days are before any of the excitement starts so you still get chance to go over and watch!

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Friday, February 11, 2011

This morning, while brushing my teeth, our electricity went out. Again. I wonder why Oncore seems to have such trouble keeping our electricity going. It doesn't help that all the house has is electricity. No gas, or any other options. Just electricity. Thus, a lunch of Ramen noodles was made with the help of a camp stove.

Last week, I forget which day, the electricity went out due to rolling blackouts. That's fine, we can handle that. But then, 15 minutes later, the electricity came on and then went off again not 5 minutes later. We headed off to school figuring Oncore knew, since they were running the rolling blackouts. When we got home later that day, we find out, via the neighbor, that the electricity had been out for 7 hours. The neighbor spent several hours trying to reach an actual person, not a recording (we'd only heard recordings for the previous 3 outages). She did, but spend much of the day on the phone trying. Seems they turned our electricity on, something blew and they didn't know it was still out. Their reporting system didn't report to them that we had reported an outage. It was quite the ordeal.

Today, we talked to an actual person every time we called. That was nice, but it took them 6 hours to get the electricity back on. Seems when you live outside city limits, don't be dependent on electricity, or be ready to deal with semi-regular outages.

For those readers who living outside a city, whether true country or merely semi-rural as we are, do you often have power outages? How have you dealt with them? Just endure? Or are you otherwise prepared? I'm trying to think through if we should/ought/can deal with an outage other than candles and a camp stove.

  1. We live in a rural area with a local electricity co-op that seems quick to respond. Our home is wired for a generator in an extreme emergency (ice storm, etc.) and makes it possible to keep the fridge, oven and some lights on. Our heat is electric .. but we have gas heat as well that doesn't require elect. to start. So far in the four years we've lived in our home the power has not gone out very often .. the longest maybe five hours. It's good to have camping equip. for a back up .. we have oil lamps, candles, and battery lanterns. Hey .. I even have a night light that stays plugged in and comes on if the power goes off. My (handicapped) son has to have a night light on at night .. this product has been a life savor!

  2. I'm an American and have been living in Cape Town, South Africa since 1990 with my S African husband. Power cuts and rolling blackouts have been a part of our lives off & on (ha ha) for about the past 5 years. The worst year was 2008. This all has to do with the govt's inefficiency in forward planning for the size of the population (including foreigners/refugees) ie too few power stations, urban migration, little family planning in some sections of the population, and being the first generation living in post-Apartheid society (affects everything esp education). "Eskom" has the monopoly on electricity here and we experience the same thing your neighbour & you have with frustrating phone calls to inanimate voice mails. We have all electricity in the house, but a gas braai (barbeque pronounced "bry" to rhyme with "dry"--Afrikaans word) outside that we can cook on in such times (as long as the gas cylinders have gas!). Always having a stash of candles, candlesticks & matches in various places around the house helps (our kids are 19 & 17, so safety is ok). As do remembering to keep boiled water in flasks (thermoses) every day (saves electricity anyway to keep from re-boiling water every time a cup of tea or coffee etc is needed). Also, keeping batteries charged for lanterns is impt as we've been caught short a few times on that. We have 4 headlamps (small kind that we wear for hiking/camping trips) at our bedside which free up our hands. One learns to develop tolerance and a sense of humour (a bit) on these daughter's 13th bday party 4 years ago ended in blackness from a power cut, but the girls didn't seem to care. They lit every candle they could find, ate the cake and all jumped in our pool by the light of the moon & stars!

  3. Mrs. Mac and Becky -- Thanks so much. I feel better that I've done really all I can do without replacing my electric stove with a wood burning stove, or doing the house so that heat is from wood or somesuch. Perhaps someday, I'll have this, but for now, I'll regularly double check my matches, candles, batteries for flashlights and the fuel can for the camp stove. We, as a couple, are so very technology dependent, its a struggle when the electricity does go out, but its always a good time.

    Thanks for all your wonderful advice, Ladies, you've been a blessing to me even from the distance that we correspond!

  4. I can empathize! We are currently at 14 hours without power per day. It's called 'load shedding' here. Thankfully, we have a battery back-up and inverter system so we can at least power laptops and a light or two! Surely one doesn't expect outages in the U.S. though, right!?

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Scott Brown Cosmo Centerfold & His Daughter's American Idol Performance

Scott Brown is a very intriguing person. Did he win the election because or despite this Cosmopolitan centerfold picture? You tell me.

Who knew Republicans can be so sexy?  Well young republicans can be sexy.  How about his daughter?  One of his daughters was on American Idol.  Check out the video.  I am a horrible judge, but it seems to me she won't be getting any recording contracts anytime soon.  I could be wrong.

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She doesn't seem bad to me, but I'm into heavy metal so I'm not one to ask on that. lol. And no, the picture didn't do it for me either. I am happy about his win though.


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Duel Monster Spirits, Duel Spirits, or what are now known as Duel Monsters is the name given to the creatures whose remnants inspired Pegasus J. Crawford to create the popular card game of the same name. They are creatures born of the darkness of one's soul, that remain on the earthly plane long after their progenitor dies. These spirits seem to form a bond with a human that shares characteristics with them (a characteristic similar to "demons", which are said to be mythical creature representing your soul in classical mythology). The spirits become a person's Ba (In Egyptian mythology, the Ba was the other half of your soul. Your personality). Some people can possess multiple spirits as their Ba. A person's Ba can fuse with their ka (life energy) to fuse the person with their spirit, such as when mahad became Dark Magician. When a person dies, they can either pass on into the afterlife, or fuse with their Ba to become a Duel Monster Spirit like Mana did. Through magical forces, which are often involved with Duel Monsters, a person can summon multiple spirits in astral form. However, that person is still strongly bonded to their Ba and performs best with it.. As with most things, there are spirits that align closer to good and those that do so with evil. It should be noted, however, that if a spirit skews closer to good, it can still commit atrocities at the behest of its owner, since it is bonded to their will.

These spirits have played a pivotal role in human history dating back at least three to five thousand years. Humans somehow found a way to summon them to the physical plane using magic and spells. The Ancient Egyptians sealed their spirits (or the means to summon them) in stone tablets by ripping a person's Ba from them, killing them in the process. These tablets resembled duel monsters cards and later inspired Pegasus to create the game. In doing so, Pegasus sealed the duel spirits (or means to summon them) in the cards, similar to how they were sealed in the tablets. However, they are only truly summoned when magic forces are involved or when they are involved with certain individuals. Otherwise, they are merely represented by the Solid Vision projected by KaibaCorp technology. Therefore while they wander the Earth, they cannot materialize without someone summoning them.

Regardless of their nature, Duel Monster Spirits seem to possess an identical set of abilities, whose only difference is how powerfully those abilities manifest. Holders of Duel Spirits can detect other's who possess spirits with but a simple look, gain a sort of "sixth sense" and the ability to create games of darkness. It should be noted that except for creating games of darkness, a person that once had a spirit still retain the abilities granted by spirits to their users, albeit much weaker versions of those abilities.

Depending on how powerful the spirit is, when materialized in the human plane, their presence alone can render those without spirits unconscious. Lengthy exposure to a powerful spirit can cause physical changes in the user, due to the mental and physical toll sustaining their spirits' forms take on them. Further, prolonged exposure to someone that possesses a powerful spirit can allow traces of that person's Ba to "leak out" into one's own soul, causing a new spirit to be born.

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