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Mister Rogers, Jack Denny & Me
Ask anyone. I'm not a huge fan of The Grateful Dead.
At the moment, though — traveling seventy miles-per-hour on the Pennsylvania Turnpike some 37 miles west of Harrisburg — "Truckin'" is kinda' doin' it for me.
Earlier, I remarked to my brother — who is a huge Deadhead, so huge that the only CDs he brought on this trip are The Dead — that, while Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir can clearly sing, there's something grating about their voices. And I'm not about to retract that.
But cruising through the Allegheny Mountains in the dark after a long weekend of standing in the cold looking through a camera's viewfinder, eating sporadically and sleeping even more so, Jerry and Bob's well-worn, time-tested harmonies seem just about right.
Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it's occurred to me
What a long strange trip it's been
I remain surprised and amazed at the journey that Mister Rogers (inadvertently) began by (inadvertently, presumably) initiating this "Mister Rogers & Me" project.
This morning found Chris and I wandering the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh with its Marketing Director, Bill Schlageter.
The Museum has been home to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" exhibit since 1998. Developed in partnership with FCI, it replicates the show's set — it's all there: King Friday's castle, X the Owl's tree — but in a hands-on way. Kids can be on or behind the camera, drive trolley, put on their own puppet show, or play Mister Rogers' piano.
Picture Picture's there too. We watched a video on the making of the exhibit narrated by David Newell. There was Mister Rogers wearing an overcoat and glasses, standing next to Bill Isler and smiling.
Mister Rogers' spirit was everywhere. And smiling.
Still — and I've felt this way numerous times throughout the making of this film — his absence was palpable too.
Puppets from The Land of Make Believe stood in glass cases in the hallway next to the exhibit. And while it was exciting and even moving to see the real Daniel Striped Tiger and King Friday, it made me sad to see them staring back at me all glassy-eyed, lifeless and dusty.
I miss Mister Rogers, and often wish he was here to help Chris and me. I think he would have let us shoot him in Nantucket as I'd originally wished. You may recall that I'd been scribbling "Write Mister Rogers" on my daily To Do list for weeks prior to his death. If I'd only been half as confident or assertive then, we may have captured some of the magic I experienced first hand that September afternoon in 2001.
That's not how it unfolded, though. Or, I believe, how it was intended to unfold.
Instead, Chris and I — and David Newell, Bill Isler, Amy Hollingsworth and all of the people he inspired in some small way — are left to carry the message.
Heck, I shouldn't even put us amongst that list. We're not building a library or a museum, but, in some small way, we're trying to do our part on behalf of his legacy.
I'm still unsure of how it will manifest for us. I felt a tingle of excitement standing outside of WQED yesterday, but I also felt to outside of it all.
Likewise this afternoon as Chris and I drove past the Fred Rogers Center for Childhood Learning at St. Vincent's College just outside of his hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The building is still under construction, but I didn't want to blow our chances of being invited back to interview archivist Brother David Kelly because of an unauthorized shoot.
Still, we soldier on as, I believe, Mister Rogers would have us do.
We drove on to Latrobe, nestled there in the golden-brown Alleghenies, and searched in vein for a scenic overlook from which to shoot the valley. The city was sleepy and gray, and felt almost out of time. Main Street was an empty collection of storefronts, though it wasn't impossible to imagine its great granite buildings in their mid-fifties glory.
We finally arrived on the hospital's parking garage whose five stories towered over the old Rolling Rock Brewery. We climbed the ramps and looked out over it all. The nearby gas station and strip mall made it difficult to visualize a bucolic childhood, but a distant train passing over an arch stone trestle helped.
I stood there next to Chris shivering in the waning afternoon and wondered what the heck we were doing three hundred miles away from our wives, jobs, and homes.
It felt like Latrobe was a bust. We got a few scenics, but the Chamber of Commerce didn't even know where to send us.
As we headed out of town, Chris said, "Why don't you take a left and see if there's a view up there."
We drove around a hillside neighborhood for a few blocks, but were under whelmed. As we turned down the hill to leave town, though, Chris spotted St. Vincent's on the top of the hill across the valley. I parked, and he set up the tripod in the middle of the street.
As we stood there shooting, a teenage wearing jeans and a black Transformers t-shirt walked up the hill and through the shot, all the while staring at us quizzically.
"Whassup, dude?" I said.
"Hey," he responded. "Nice camera."
The kid's name, it ends up, is Jack Denny.
We talked a while. I asked him why there was no sign of Mister Rogers in Latrobe ("Because this town kinda sucks."). And he asked me about our film.
"Who's is it?" he asked.
"Ours," I answered.
"Where's it for?" He followed.
"Theatres," I said.
Jack, it ends up, is an aspiring filmmaker.
"What I really want to do is direct."
We stood there quietly overlooking Latrobe as the sun broke through a tiny hole in the slate gray clouds and shone on Saint Vincent's twin steeples.
We shook hands, then turned to go.
"There are a thousand stories in this town, Jack," I said. "And you've got a camera and a computer. Go tell 'em."
As we wound our way through the mountains towards home, I thought about the quote on the top of this blog:
"There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."
Suddenly, eight DV tapes of footage or not, even the 350 miles of dark, snowy highway ahead of us seemed well worth the trip.

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Mideo Cruz plagiarised one of my seminal art installations.....
2009 OK I'm not complaining. I'm just letting you know I came first. Haha. Double entendre! Atty. Jo Aurea Imbong is not amused.
More Senti
Part of my Lola's farm is on the left. It doesn't look impressive but this is actually a steep slope (the forested area) 2400 metres above sea level. That badass grey Y are scree slopes. I used to 'free climb' one of the smaller scree slopes (yellow arrow). There's a small stream rushing along and we made a power shower (bamboo to redirect the water) and jacuzzi (rock dam). This being the Cordilleras, everyone was au naturel but more often than not you had it to yourself. The water is always cold though. The awesomest thing about this side of the mountain is that it has an underground stream (cave access, red arrow). When I was little it used to be wide open but it was wall to wall of water and I've never fully explored it. It provided crystal clear potable water and the cave entrance was eventually blocked to prevent vandals (rare for a local to do anything crazy with the water supply but all you need is one crazed individual to ruin it for everyone)
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Thinking of a Peaceful Place...
That big chunk of forest used to be me and my cousins' playground when I was little. It has many clear streams and awesome do it yourself trails. There used to be owls and spiders and infinite possibilities. There was no electricity so the night sky glittered with all the constellations. The red structure is the hotel where the Cordillera peace pact was signed and the structure to its right is the school named after my grandfather. I close my eyes and imagine I'm in this forest when I'm stressed.
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Goodbye Tree
Baguio landmark (the tree, not the grotesque house) slayed by Typhoon Mina. photo from PDI
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Meanwhile....in Manila
Start Line Hustle
And they're off.
Oh Such A Wonderful Feeling.
I have something to amuse myself with my redundant digital snaps - turn them into gifs! Prepare for gifs galore!
This is a very sweet kiss with hip and shoulder action. Aah, young puppy love. Such a wonderful thing. It's so mega-kilig. To my young nephews, nieces, and cousins - don't be CBCP brainwashed zombies, go find that loving feeling or one day you'll find yourself suddenly old and regretful.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Man simply walks into Qadafi's Room and Takes Qadafi's Hat and the golden sceptre...
..and looks so fabulousity compared to overdressed news reporter who looks like a dick with that silly helmet on. Military is so in right now. This is one of those extraordinary once in a lifetime events where it may be ok to loot someone's closet...especially that of Qadafi's coz we all know he has some fabulous fabulous fabrics. Leave some for me!
He also gives an amazing thank you speech. "Oh my God, I'm in Qaddafi's room, oh my God."
DSK's $3000/night Sofitel suite had semen on carpet & wall from 4 different men even before he got there...
...as page 18 of the District Attorney's motion to dismiss shows. Maybe the forensic scientists can ask expert witness Tito Sotto if life can begin on those manky walls. This is why I bring my own sleeping bag.
Brown will always be more expensive than white. At the current exchange rate 10 pence = 7 pesos, thus 50p=35 pesos. Himala. I'm having a cheaper dinner now than I would back in de Pelefins. It pays to trawl the bargain bin at closing time.
Sayote Baron
Boy Bawang
Google+ Y U No work on Opera???
If it's good enough for Alfie....
Oh how loverly to see you Sir Michael. If Austin Power's dad eats here then it must be shagedelically good.
Mmmm. Curry. Rules out french kissing and anal sex for randy couples.
Aaaaand, the morning after the night before. More! More!
Signs Overkill
The Dawgs Inspecting Leica Gurl's Fashen Choices.
His Royal Orangeness Karl Willem and PA/PR Gromit carefully inspect the handiwork of young chinese seamstresses to see if they are fit for purpose.
Monday, 22 August 2011
My housemate's reaction to kibbles.
Preppiness is so Conyoness
This is, like, one of the most conyo brands in Her Majesty's kingdom. Normally, I'd never...
...but I get to choose undies for Leica Gurl so it's ok.
Our Weekly Grocery Essentials.
Brogues are so in right now apparently.
Leica Gurl has a wide grin after picking these babies up from the same cobblers who make Mr. Bean, Jeremy Clarkson, and the Red Baron's shoes.
...and all I got were these socks.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
The Ganges Washes Away Your Sin
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Atty. Jo Aurea Imbong doesn't want you to check your balls on Prime Time Television
...among many other scientific and educational things that Atty. Jo Aurea Imbong, handmaiden of the CBCP, doesn't want you doing. Let's keep the Philippines in the Middle Ages and uphold the idiotic Theocrazy espoused by consciously ignorant and morally corrupt Bishops.
Steve Backshall: 10x better than Bear Grylls. 100000000^1000000000th better than Kuya Kim
And just as charismatic as Ray Mears or Bruce Parry. When I grow up, I want to be like them....if a failed politician like Kim Atienza with no background in zoology/botany and meteorology and no special forces training can be a weatherman and 'wildlife' host, so can I dammit.
Bavette of beef. Don't you like how utterly pretentious this plate is? I do like the plank of wood for a plate as when I was a wee little boy, my favourite plate was made out of carved pine wood.
Apparently, most women are hornier towards the end of their periods.
Rice Yields Data for 2009: Basically, we are fucked
Growing up, my mother, ad nausea um, kept reminiscing how agriculturists from the all over came to our technical schools in the 70s to learn scientific farming methods. I've always thought that the Philippines had the highest rice yields in South East Asia. Hosting the International Rice Research Institute should be a big advantage. Then I looked at the data. The Philippines is actually a mediocre rice farmer. One can blame the typhoons and droughts but our neighbours also get their fair share of destructive events during the growing season and yet they are harvesting more per hectare than us. I've seen the paddies in Spain, Italy, and Japan and quite obviously, mechanised farming reduces wastage. With a population growth rate of 2% (with dirt poor provinces like Maguindanao at a crazy 6%) we are pretty much fucked and will forever be a net importer of rice. Thailand (with a lower yield but smaller population is the world's largest EXPORTER of rice) and Vietnam for example, would rather plant surplus premium rice to sell to Europe. Bakit naman sila magtatanim ng mumurahin para ibenta sa atin? Ano tayo sinuswerte? What really really exacerbates the situation is moronic Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines who promote the fallacy 'Marami pang lupa sa Pilipinas'. The rice fields need water and you need to protect the watersheds which feed the rivers which irrigate the farms and run the hydroelectric power plants needed for industry. You can't keep converting agricultural land and forests to slums. As of July 2011, the population of the Philippines is 101M.
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Reminiscing. SNL Classic.
My dick in a box.
Not gonna git you a diamond ring...that sort of gift don't mean anything....Girl you gotta know you're my shining star.... A girl like you needs something real. Wanna get you something from the heart...something special girl.....it's my dick in a box....my dick in a box.
One good reason to break up with your girlfriend
...is when they go vegetarian because this might lead to veganism and eventually into the frontline of Gabriela rallies. Leica Gurl ordered vegetarian burger and I nearly fainted. Could she be a closet veggie? Soon we will be wearing beads, sandals, and hemp clothes and not showering for days. That is a fate worse than death.
I love halloumi but burgers must have dead animal!
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Monday, 15 August 2011
Polnareff Classic with a rather hilarious music video...
Those gratuitous Bikini Girls are made me expel Ribena through my nostrils. Devant tant d'indifférence/Parfois j'ai envie/De me fondre dans la nuit/Au matin je reprends confiance/Je me dis, je me dis/Tout pourrait changer aujourd'hui = Cartwheeling, hip gyrating bikini girl. uberLOL!
Sunday, 14 August 2011
This why you fat.
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Kreni's Awesome Birfday Parteh!
Leica Gurl turned 21 last night and so His Royal Orangeness Karl Willem and PA/PR Gromit rustled up a simple dindin to mark the occasion.
El Fartinator and Old Lady Snorer were so keen to get the celebrations started. Woof. Woof.
The revelers had angus pepper grill steak with blue cheese dressing and potato croquettes with some rabbit food....
....ands for dessert, cake and strawberries Baguio style.
Ze dawgs blow the magical candle. We luff Kreni!
Nomnoming the angus beef.
Very full.
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ReviewYes, windshield(s). In 2009, after owning the car for two years, driving the car on the highway, there is a crack in the windshield. Replaced the windshield and a year later in August 2010, driving car on the highway and there is a crack again. Had a Toyota Corolla from 1994-2006 and the car hood flew up into the windshield on the highway and there were ZERO cracks on the windshield. What is wrong with Subaru's windshields or window frame? It shouldn't crack so easily against rocks flying around on the highway. It's the highway, there is always going to be loose rocks. Perplexed.
Best FeaturesAWD, great in the Chicago snow and winters. Visibility through the windows in the car are great. Can see everything.
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Alabaster Mortar & Pestle
creamy patina on this old mortar and pestle set is part of what makes
it so special. It's a stunning culinary conversation piece - and seems to have been well-loved (and used often) before we came across it. The mortar,
unimaginably heavy, thick, and in beautiful condition, is large enough
to make a sizable batch of pesto, aioli, or harissa. The pestle is
strong, without any cracking or splitting. It would be a shame for this
pair to be relegated to a shelf as a decorative piece. It deserves a
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The mortar is 5-inches tall and 8-inches in diameter.
The inner bowl measures 6-inches across.
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13 August 2009 This week at the Ranch 0
The other day Grahm, Jo, Jen and AJ headed down to the big city for a Rockies game. Wow, the traffic, the noises, the people, the price of hot dogs! Apparently they survived their city immersion project and made it back to the ranch in one piece. I thought it would be fun to share a picture of them at the game….yes, there is life away from Vista Verde, for some of our staff!


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New Delhi/Lucknow/Patna, Jan 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party today held nationwide protests against Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's remark at the AICC that BJP, RSS were organizing saffron terror camps, a remark disowned by the Congress.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, addressing BJP workers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, lashed out at the Congress and demanded apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Oman awards Duqm airport contract
The Tender Committee at the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (SEZAD) has awarded the third package of Duqm Airport project, following the completion of the airport runway and internal roads, as well as other works, Times of Oman has reported. The package includes the passenger terminal, the 37-metre-high air traffic control (ATC) tower featuring a control building, the air cargo building, the firefighting building, the airport maintenance and services equipment building, as well as the central services building, which includes the central cooling unit, the generators and the power transformers. The package also includes setting up two secondary stations for power generation.
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Can you believe it??? A new blog post!!!
I'm still alive, really I am!!! (If you follow me on YouTube or social media, you might already be aware of this!) But, this blog? Oh my word. Have I ever been the most neglectful writer of life…
And my only excuse is…
(I always wondered why more people didn't do foster care…and then I became a foster parent. But that's another blog post & another discussion for another time!!!)
Although I happen to know a lot of super moms with more than 4 kids, foster care, adoption and even more going on that are still able to juggle it all, the truth is, I don't think I will ever be THAT cool. These last 8 months have been an emotional whirlwind, and while I don't wish away the experience whatsoever, I do have to admit that now that it's behind us, I see and appreciate the past and the present that much more.
Hindsight really is 20/20 isn't it?
But you guys, I can't wait to share with you all that God did and all that God is doing, and the good news is, I will actually begin sharing it HERE once again! Now that life is calmer and more settled and my brain feels less mushy and cobwebby (new word), I am actually incredibly excited to begin writing again as well as continuing to make my videos over on my YouTube channel. I even have a really fun & exciting little project I'm working on just for you guys that I hope to have ready to go the beginning of January!
I think after all these many many years of ups and downs with my writing and my blog and trying to find my voice and a balance, I'm getting closer and closer to understanding what it is God has put on my heart to do. Maybe it's the circumstances that have happened over these last few years, maybe it's age and getting older, or maybe…it's more likely the combination of both.
Either way, I'm back, and I am so excited to connect with you guys here once again!


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ABI Research announced it forecasts that worldwide mobile broadband-enabled subscriptions will hit the one billion mark in 2011.
For more information visit: www.abiresearch.com
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One Billion Mobile Broadband Subscriptions in 2011: A Rosy Picture Ahead for Mobile Network Operators, Says ABI Research
SINGAPORE–Worldwide mobile broadband-enabled subscriptions are mounting up, and will hit the one billion mark in 2011. According to the latest market data released by ABI Research, at the end of 2010 there were more than five billion mobile subscriptions globally, with one in five of those having access to mobile broadband. Another 28% growth or 6.6 billion wireless subscriptions is expected by 2016, with 40%, or twice the current percentage of users, being mobile broadband-enabled.
Despite many markets reaching saturation with penetration levels in excess of 100%, mobile network operators still have a lot more to look forward to. "With the proliferation of mobile broadband, it has become increasingly common to have multiple mobile connections per user," comments research associate Fei Feng Seet. "The main motivation is the desire to stay connected everywhere, with more high speed 4G wireless networks lighting up, and a huge increase in the popularity of social connectivity."
Chinese and Indian operators are now the top five mobile network operators measured by subscriptions, putting Verizon Wireless in the US into sixth place. As of the third quarter of 2010, China Mobile alone accounted for 11% of all global mobile subscriptions.
"China's and India's penetration levels are nowhere near the 100% mark, leaving much more room for growth than any other countries," notes ABI Research practice director Neil Strother. "However, the strictly regulated telecom markets in these two countries impose high barriers for foreign players, which may slow the rollout of new technology."
In terms of subscriptions, worldwide mobile penetration now stands above 75%, of which the Asia-Pacific region accounts for close to half.
ABI Research's "Global Mobile Subscriber Database" (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1005359) tracks key worldwide subscription trends by quarter, by operator for over 120 markets. The research is also presented by region: "North and Latin America Mobile Subscriber Market Data" (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1005363); "Asia-Pacific Mobile Subscriber Market Data" (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1005366); "European Mobile Subscriber Market Data" (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1005324); and "Middle Eastern and African Mobile Subscriber Market Data" (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1005361).
These databases form part of The Mobile Consumer Research Service (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/The_Mobile_Consumer_Research_Service), which includes Research Reports, Research Briefs, other Market Data products, ABI Insights, and analyst inquiry time.
ABI Research provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies. From offices in North America, Europe and Asia, ABI Research's worldwide team of experts advises thousands of decision makers through 29 research and advisory services. Est. 1990. For more information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500


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Princess Aprit
Another glimpse of an upcoming book . . . that is definitely not for middle graders. Aprit is stuck in a love triangle that includes a prince whose only desire is to be a minstrel, and a mysterious faun called Fenrian, whom she has—perhaps unwisely—let out of a thousand years of prison. How was she to know that fauns are wicked creatures with a reputation with the ladies? The apricot-haired princess has to save her kingdom without losing her life in the process—but this is not your traditional fairy tale.
+3 # questions /: — 2011-10-23 20:45
hey i just had a question, what book/story is Princess Apirt from?? (so confused)
+1 # RE: questions /: — 2012-02-26 11:57
actually, Aprit is from a new book L.J. mentioned somewhere on the site. I think it's called Wanderer.
0 # Aprit — 2012-05-10 07:45
Looking forward to this book - and hopefully its turn into a new series for Lisa.
0 # RE: Princess Aprit — 2012-06-19 13:32
beautiful drawing love the background and how she looks portrayed against it
0 # Inspiration? — 2012-07-01 03:11
This reminds me of the works of Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. I take it the artist was inspired by him?


text: Hi Netters, Everyone is naturally very concerned about EtBr in CsCl and agarose gels. Is there any alternative stain availabel particularly for agarose ie DAPI or the other Hoescht stain (can't remember it's no.). To try and cut down on gel sue I reuse my agarose gels at least 5 to 10x. ie just remelt and poor. Yes the background goes up slightly and by the tenth go it is quite cloudy but for general use (ie not retrieving fragments or after maximum sensitivity) it is fine, It also saves a fortune if yuo run as many gels as I do! Duncan -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Clark | Internet: duncan at firstname.lastname@example.com GeneSys Ltd. | Compuserve: 100015.1406 at compuserve.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Install the desired version of Message Queue in the global zone.
This version will be propagated to all existing nonglobal zones. If you create additional nonglobal zones, Message Queue will also be propagated to these zones. Note that you can install different instances in whole-root zones as well as sparse-root zones, but using sparse-root zones allows you to make more efficient use of disk space and other resources.
If you want Message Queue to be propagated to any other nonglobal zones, create these zones now.
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Tanzania is a beautiful, quaint country with an abundance of wildlife and scenery that will leave you at a loss in deciding what adventure to partake in first. With outstanding natural spectacles, Tanzania is one of the go to countries to visit in Africa.
With that in mind, when you are planning on visiting the area, you have to take a lot of things into consideration. From the places you want to visit, to how you will get around, these are factors that one has to think about.
In the event you are debating between self-driving and hiring a local tourist driver, here are a few advantages and disadvantages to help you make your final decision.
Epitomising the image of Africa, Tanzania has it all – mountains, beaches and islands with majestic views, national parks and game reserves so vast some are the size of small countries and with the most impressive natural event in the world of annual migrations. Nothing is as humbling as seeing the snow-peaked Mt Kilimanjaro when the sun rises. Nowhere are animals as visible as on the high plains of the Serengeti. To look down into the immense bowl of the Ngorongoro Crater is to stand at the gates of heaven itself. Moreover, relaxing in Zanzibar with its coral-sand beaches, barefoot beach lodges and opulent heritage is the ultimate holiday finale.
When is it best to visit Tanzania?
I really depends on where you are going. Tanzania is a huge country and has different weather patterns. Areas around Moshi, Arusha and Kilimanjaro are generally cool through out the year. Generally the country is warm, experiencing rain between March and May. If you are interested in sunny beaches and coastal tides, then end of the year and January is the best time. The weather is perfect for the beach and the festive season will not disappoint. The National Parks are open throughout the year.


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Mayor seeks assurance that Clonmel jobs are safe
The Mayor of Clonmel has sought a meeting with management at the town's Boston Scientific plant to seek assurances that the plant won't be affected by up to 1400 job losses it has announced in its operations worldwide.
Cllr Darren Ryan wrote to management at Boston Scientific Clonmel, which is one of South Tipperary's biggest employers, following the announcement last Friday that the parent company plans to shed between 1200 and 1400 medical device jobs in its international operations by the end of 2013 through a combination of layoffs and attrition.
While no indication has been given as yet as to where the posts will be lost, the Mayor said he was anxious to meet with representatives of the Clonmel plant to get assurances that there will be no job losses at the plant.
The Labour councillor said he had been inundated with calls and e-mails from worried local Boston Scientific employees asking him if he had heard anything.
"Every effort must be made to retain all posts in Clonmel. There is an extremely qualified and dedicated workforce in the Clonmel plant and this must be reflected when the decision is being made," he told The Nationalist.
Cllr Ryan hadn't received any response from Boston Scientific management at the time of going to press yesterday (Tuesday).
"It's something I will be pursuing and endeavouring to get. This is people's livelihoods at the end of the day. Boston Scientific makes a great contribution to the local economy and we need to be sure that the Clonmel plant is retained."
Boston Scientfic employs more than 700 people in its Clonmel operation, which manufactures pacemakers.
The multi-national hasn't specified, which divisions would be cut in its latest global restructuring programme, which was announced a day after it unveiled plans to expand its operations in China.


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Brisket Bones?
I went grocery shopping the other day and realized that not only do I not make enough money to be alive, but I definetly don't make enough money to eat like a normal person. All of the normal things I pick up like chicken, hamburger meat, pork chops were just TOO expensive for my ever-shrinking budget. I was forced to pick up a few things I'm not familiar with at all ... like brisket bones. It appears to be a huge slab of meat (that was only four bucks, I might add), but I have NO IDEA what the hell to do with them. Any ideas?


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Coal operators have pushed their run times up about ten points (to around 70%) in the last decade; another ten points is still achievable. Refurbishing plants with new furnaces, boilers, and turbines will add even more power to the grid. A few years ago Detroit Edison was set to replace turbine blades at its Monroe, Mich. plant--a fix worth about 70 megawatts of new power, with no increase in fuel consumption or emissions--but the Clinton Administration treated rebuilt plants as "new sources," requiring prohibitively expensive new scrubbers. New rules recently announced by the Bush Administration won't. Those changes will be worth about 40 gigawatts of additional capacity over the long run, if they survive in the courts.
Even oil is beginning to look interesting again. Warren Buffett put $1.5 billion into Center Point and TXU (nyse: TXU - news - people )--whose older gas-fired facilities can also burn oil. Keep in mind, also, that the country is divided into ten major--and largely autonomous--grids, and conditions vary considerably from region to region. The Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) grid in the Midwest, for example, is still seriously short of peaker capacity, so it makes sense for a coal utility like Wisconsin Energy to invest in two new 545-megawatt gas-fired units.
Better wires will facilitate further shifts from peak capacity to base. Here again much of the action is in upgrading existing facilities. Last year New York's Marcy substation was outfitted with silicon switches that boosted the capacity of existing wires by 240 megawatts. To be sure, parts of the utility business are subject to regulated, cost-plus pricing. But the deregulated fraction is growing, and a good portion of the gains to be made from upgrades of old plants will flow into bottom lines.
The portion of gross domestic product fueled by electric power passed 50% around 1978; it's 65% today. All-electric information technology now accounts for somewhere between 25% and 60% of GDP growth, and the fraction continues to rise year by year. Domestic electrons have no shelf life, they face no off-shore competition, and barriers to entry in the baseload market are substantial. Utilities and merchants--the ones with long-term horizons, coal and nuclear capacity, and a stick-to-the-knitting business philosophy--are going to prosper.
Our critics responded that we were too high by a factor of three to ten. Lots of people got interested; even Doonesbury caught up with the debate on October 23, 2000, (http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index20001023.htm) by way of Presidential candidate George W. Bush, who had cited one of our estimates in a speech (http://www.bcse.org/climateact2.htm). Our estimate continues to circulate, and our critics continue to maintain the right number is no more than 3% -- most recently in the Wall Street Journal. ("Bold Estimate of Web's Thirst For Electricity Seems All Wet," Dec. 5, 2002, www.wsj.com). But we stand by our numbers. To read more about this subject, and a rebuttal to the 3% claim, log on to Peter Huber and Mark Mills' Digital Power Group at www.digitalpowergroup.com.
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Infrared rays are one of the sun's rays. Infrared rays are the healthiest rays that penetrate into your skin deeply and they dissolve harmful toxins that have been accumulating in your body. The infrared rays are vitalizing to your cells and metabolism, as all living organisms absorb and radiate infrared energy. This energy in the human body is enhanced by the microns radiated from our infrared sauna.
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When you sit in a traditional sauna you are sitting in a hot room where the temperature is at about 180°F- 220°F. In an infrared sauna about 80% of the heat penetrates inside your body while the other 20% goes to comfortably heat the air at about 104 -140°F. This deep heating effect in your body stimulates your cardiovascular system, your immune system and your lymphatic system. Due to this process your body deeply sweats. Studies show that sweat from a traditional sauna contains 3% toxins where sweat from an infrared sauna contains about 17% toxins.
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Is Lindsay Lohan finally getting married?Friday, September 12th, 2008
Rumors are spreading lately that it won't take long until Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson will tight the knot. Lindsay Lohan was spotted wearing a huge heart shaped diamond ring on her left hand, which could be an engagement ring from Samantha. We will know sooner or later if this rumor is true.


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A control system is a set of the devices which are normally used to the command, manage, direct and helps to regulate the behavior of other sub parts of the system. These are divided as a logic system and sequentialsystem controls, and as feedback control system. In the frequency domain analysis of the control system the input and output of the system is converted into the corresponding complex frequency domain.
To make the electrical and the mechanical systems analogies electric circuit analogies is done. The analogous electrical and the mechanical system will have some differential equations of the same format. There are generally two analogies that are used to go between the electrical and the mechanical systems. These analogous quantities are defined below.
Electrical Quantity
The Mechanical Analogy I (Force-Current)
The Mechanical Analogy II (Force-Voltage)
Voltage, e
Velocity, v
Force, f
Current, i
Resistance, R
Lubricity, 1/B(Inverse friction)
Friction, B
Capacitance, C
Mass, M
Compliance, 1/K(Inverse spring constant)
Inductance, L
Transformer, N1:N2
Lever, L1:L2
There is an important relationship exist when we converting the circuit to the equivalent mechanical system. This is a relationship between the Kirchoff law and the equivalent mechanical system
But there is a problem in this analogy is that it is works very easily with capacitors that are grounded. This can be also defined as the analogies between the energy in a capacitor and the energy in a mass. And the analogywhich is between the electrical ground with the voltage=0 and the mechanical ground with the immoveable position.
To apply this analogy, in the circuit or the mechanical system the every node of the electrical circuit becomes the point in the mechanical system. The ground becomes the fixed point the resistor become the friction elements, the capacitors become the mass and the inductors become the springs. The sources of the current and voltage are also transformed. The current source becomes the force generator, and the voltage source is now used as an input velocity.
There is also a very important relationship exist when converting from the electric circuit to the mechanical system. This shows the relationship between Kirchoff law and the voltage law. But as there is a problem with thecurrent analogy there is also problem with voltage analogy these are works easily for the inductors with the current defined through them. This can also be defined as the analogies between the energy in the inductor and the energy in the mass.
The resistors become the friction elements, the capacitors become the springs and the inductors become the mass. The sources are also be transformed. The current source is use as input velocity, and the voltage source as a force generator.
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February 5-6 The Book Clubbers of the 53rd parallel
The Book Clubbers of the 53rd parallel read Carol Shields' Unless a story about three daughters. These women braved wind chills of -50 to get together and talk books….Mike Power brings us their meeting. Book Club members are; Jennifer Mercer, Vicky Drover, Lynn Foster, Alicia Webber, Fay Pittman, Cheryl Morris, Marie Daigle, Brenda Testoo, Ree Warren.
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Alastaro 25th of July; Yet again the true freaks have gathered together to show their respect to the motor-racing. Semi-slicks changed, pressures checked and full tank of V-Power under, sounds like our convoy is once again ready to start it´s 150km b-route journey to Alastaro. The 3km long track has become the real home for the true Carfreaks appearance. It´s safety and lack of near by settlements are ideal for having some petrol head´s fun.
Unlike the track event three weeks before, the second Carfreaks.net track day was blessed with a great weather. Some would even think of it as little too good for the circumstances.
The session gathered a big horde of eager Carfreaks around Finland and few even from abroad. Even though there was a lot of cars at the scene, the track had plenty of room to cruise around. This year one very positive sight could be seen at the track. It really is a new decade now: High power monsters have become very ordinary!
There is no blingbling nor glitter missing when you enter the huge halls of Dubai International Motor Show. This year was already the 10th time that the Motor show was organized and presentation on the carpet was magnificent. Car makers from new chinese comers to top tuners were showíng the best they have to offer. So forget the depression and check out the gallery for all the pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
The latest Audi RS4 is a dream come true in an icy and cold country such as Finland. The engine generates 420hp with 430Nm torque and the engine hits the redline at 8250 Rpm. The car weighs 1650kg and combined with the horse power you get 254 power/ton. These figures accelerate the car to 100km/h in 4.8 seconds. It hits the top speed limiter at 250km/h. The dream atmosphere is however dampened by a high price tag which is set to 115 200€ in Finland.