AMANI KENYA: PEACE FOR KENYA
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All Kenya Needs on jubilee Year is Peace and more Peace.....
Lets all preach peace as we head to the general Elections.
Happy New Year 2013!!
Wish You All A Great, Prosperous, Blissful, Healthy, Bright, Delightful, Mind Blowing, Energetic, Terrific & Extremely HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!
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Remote control for roaches
A cockroach, of course.
Scientists are using that knowledge to develop a remote to control and steer roaches. Researchers from North Carolina State University have already developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. Can't wait to get this fixed to our iphones so i can have a feeling of this experience.
Dr. Alper Bozkurt (http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/people/aybozkur/) says, “Our aim was to determine whether we could create a wireless biological interface with cockroaches, which are robust and ableto infiltrate small spaces,”
Read more (http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/wms-cockroach-steering/)
So if, years from now, you happen to come upon a roach or insect wearing some little number/something like a jacket, smile for the camera—b4 stomping!
Now this drives me to thinking of a remotely controlled human cyborgs which i gues is already in progress especially in medical field. Imagine of a patient with a heart problem. After several surgical operations,the heart fails and is replaced by an artificial one. This artificial heart is designed in such a way that it functions all like a natural one. The doctor fits in sensors all over the artificial device and connects it to the internet. Now the patient can move around without any worries as the doctor from wherever he is via the web/internet can remotely monitor the heart operations of this patient.
Now imagine 100 such patients. Imagine 100,000 of the same. Imagine the doctor from his Iphone/computer controlling such a number of patients. Arent they really cyborgs.?? The doctor can increase the pace of the patients hearts remotely. What if a virus gets into the control sytem and results in malfunction of all these hearts?? What if the doctors thinks, hhmmmmmhh, ''am in control of all these human bodies,let me see what happens if i stop their hearts.''???
Now stop imagining this happening in a world you dont exist and assume our president is such a patient, several of his aides and some other prominent personnalities and the doctor decides to bring about a revolution of some sort.
Technology is a good thing but at the sametime dangerous and thats where we are headed. In 20 years time to the future such things will be a reality!!
The Morning After - Walk of Shame Giude
................So it is Saturday morning, I have a mother of a hangover after a cocktail of KEG, Jack Daniels tots, Bluemoon, Kibao and assortments of lethal substances. What a night! Pombe nimewacha I swear. Turning to my side, I see a hump under my small duvet. It is her…I have to deal with the hangover, but she has bigger problems, she has to do the walk of shame across my hostel and endure the condescending stares from all them SDAs, CU and Bible study groups and the “holier than thou” camps.
Problem is, it does not matter if the chick is my girlfriend, or a chipo from some dingy club beyond river road, campuserians judge more than the supreme court bench combined. As always, the morning after the deed inevitably arrives and, as the sun of the new day dawns, the weight of the situation dawns on those who find themselves somewhere other than their own bed. So instead of trying to yell at every stare, “ITS OKAY, IT WAS MY BOYFRIEND” or “WE DID NOT GO PAST FIRST BASE” here are some tips to make walk of shame less shameful, take them with a pinch of salt, if some suggessions sound out of the ordinary, I blame it on the alcohol.
Wear his clothes and shoes: You might as well pretend to be a dude, tuck in your hair in his hooded jacket and walk in his timberlands with swag. Gotea a comrade or two for the plausibility effect.
Confirm your appearance: make sure you look alive like you just came to his hostel in the morning to “borrow some notes” and you are leaving. Problem is, guys’ hostels rarely have mirrors, so you will have to make do with your touch-phone screen.
Get out in the afternoon: this is a good thing as you will get free breakfast and lunch, if the guy has any sense of humanity. Plus, you’ll avoid the walk-of-shame drama in the morning.
Get a trench coat: it will hide the clothes underneath, or lack thereof.
Wear sunglasses: those big round ones, like Lady Gagas are the best – those ones that make you look like a grasshopper. The shame predators will not recognize you and the bulging hangovered eyes.
The mobile phone: this is an amazing device to use for awkward situations. Text, pretend to call as you pass the judging crowd along the hostel. You can coin things like, “yeah…the interview was great, am just from my cousin’s place at Hall 20…..he is okay, will be there in a minute…”
Big bags: I have been a hater for those huge gunias our campo ladies carry but this is the time to put them into use. If you know walk of shame will be inevitable in the morning, carry an extra blouse, scarf, dress…or even your whole wardrobe…because with the outrageous sizes of bags I have seen…am sure they could move in in one night.
Or last bad not least, do it like a boss: Cat walk in your sexy outfit, heads high in a way that ensures the potential judgers have fantasies, and wet dreams about you. Be proud and not a conformer to (double) standards. And if someone stares you too long, nod approvingly, and say…”yeah, I could gerrit.” Make it a walk of pride.
Posted by Ken Nyalwa on Oct 22, 2012 in On Campus
"CREATION" and the "PERFECTION" within it....Why YOU are "YOU"! "CHROMOSOMES". And "BLACK FRIDAY"
THika Superhighway commisioned
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The Thika Superhighway![/caption]The recently completed Thika-Nairobi superhighway commissioned by President Mwai Kibaki on Friday, November 9, 2012.
Construction work on the highway kicked off in April 2009 and was scheduled for completion in December 2011 – meaning the project is eight months behind schedule.
The project, which is part of an elaborate plan to decongest city traffic, involved changing Thika road from a four-lane carriageway to an eight-lane superhighway, building underpasses, erecting flyovers and providing interchanges at roundabouts.
The highway’s construction budget was initially Sh27 billion but it eventually consumed Sh31 billion, an amount the Kenya National Highways Authority GM Meshack Kidenda attributes to inflation and additional works on the road.
“The 50.4 km project overshot its budget by Sh4 billion due to inflation and additional features that changed design work,” said Mr Kidenda.
Thika road was built in three sections: Uhuru Highway to Muthaiga Roundabout; Muthaiga Roundabout to Kenyatta University; and Kenyatta University to Thika Town. The sections were undertaken by China Wu Yi, Sinohydro and Sheng Li respectively.
The highway has significantly reduced the time taken to travel by road between Nairobi and Thika from about two hours to about 45 minutes.
Unfortunately, Thika road will be commissioned amid rising cases of vandalism of its lighting poles, barriers and road signs aimed to enhance safety of vehicles on the road.
According to Mr Kidenda, vandals are increasingly frustrating efforts to fine tune the highway in line with international standards by vandalising the highway’s fixtures meant to aid the flow and safety of vehicles on the superhighway.
“The crooks are destroying street lights, crash barriers and even destroying timer sensitive control panels which cost about Sh100,000 each,” he said.
Mr Kidenda said that although the authority was considering reinforcing the furniture and putting in place a patrol team, Kenyans should also play the policing role and report any cases of vandalism.
Posted in constructionKenya.com
November 6, 2012 | By Danson Kagai
Mare Ignorance:Deaths at a Construction site:Two workers killed and two others injured after a heap of sand they were excavating collapsed at a construction site in Gigiri, Nairobi.
Various workplace safety signs commonly used at construction sites and industrial work environments.[/caption]Two casual workers were killed and two others injured on Monday after a heap of sand they were excavating collapsed at a construction site in Gigiri, Nairobi.
The four were were excavating a mountain of sand from a building that has been under construction near the Village Market when the sand collapsed on them, killing two of them on the spot.
“Two of the workers died as a bulldozer tried to remove the sand from where they had been trapped. The others who had multiple injuries were saved and rushed to hospital,” said Nairobi Area deputy police boss Moses Ombati.
Police had to fire in the air to save the construction site manager after angry colleagues of those who had been trapped descended on him blaming him for the deaths.
we can say this was as mare case of ignorance. The workers said they had warned the manager that it was dangerous for them to dig the sand manually while a bulldozer was also digging at a nearby site but he allegedly forced them to continue with the work.
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According to Ombati, police are investigating the circumstances under which the 2:30 pm incident happened.
“Action will be taken if there is any form of negligence on the side of management of the site,” he said.
Kenyans still proud of Obama, but with an eye on their own elections
...The musician Makadem is still following Barack Obama, but he's focused on getting Kenyans ready for their own election. In Barack Obama's first election, the eyes of Kenya, where his father was born, were watching closely. But this year, as the novelty has worn off and Kenyans face their own upcoming election, attention has shifted especially as people focus on getting young people interested in voting. Many in Kenya claimed the candidate as one of their own because Barack Obama's father was Kenyan. Nairobi singer Makadem scored a hit with this song titled “Obama Be Thy Name.”Four years later, Makadem says Kenyans are still on Obama’s side. But Kenyans have their own upcoming elections to think about, and Makadem admits that’s what he’s concentrating on.“I’m always a positive person and I’m quite optimistic that it will end up well, but the way it looks, it looks bad,” Mak said. “At the end of the day things always seem to work out. So that’s what gives me the optimism that we’ll have a new president and Kenya will come out on top.” One campaign issue close to Makadem’s heart is getting young people to vote. He says there’s a lot of work to be done on that front.