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PROs and CONs for applying Jobs which you aint qualified

This article is courtesy of Corporate Staffing Services. http://www.staff-kenya.com/ HR Training and Recruitment Firm.

This need not happen to you.

Many Kenyan job candidates occasionally apply for ob advertised in the papers and of which they lack experience or the right qualifications. If you normally do this hoping the employer might 'call you' then this article is for you. Read on.

Are you on a hunt for a new job or a new career? If you are, you will likely come across a number of job listings, some of which you may be qualified for and others that you may not necessarily be qualified for. When it comes to applying for a job, there are many job seekers who wonder if they should bother applying for a job that they are not really qualified for. To determine whether or not you should, you may want to examine the pros and cons of doing so.

When it comes to applying for a job that you may not necessarily be qualified for, the biggest pro of doing so is the unexpected. You would be surprised how many employers just schedule interviews without actually examining resumes first. This is most often done when an employee needs to be hired right away or when there weren't a large number of applicants. When that is the case, your resume won't necessarily do all of the talking for you, your personality will. There are thousands of instances each year where employers actually hire those that weren't necessarily qualified for the job in question. The reasons why they were hired tend to vary, but many were just impressed with the applicant's personality, goals, and need to succeed.

Another pro or plus side to applying for a job that you may not necessarily be qualified for is other opportunities, often from the same employer. It is not uncommon for an employer to be doing hiring for more than one position. Although you may not necessarily be qualified for the position that you applied for, the employer in question may have another position available; another position that you may be better suited for. If an employer likes your resume or your personality, if an interview was scheduled, you actually stand a good chance of getting hired, even if it is for a different position than the one that you originally applied for.

Although there are a number of pros or plus sides to applying for a job that you are not necessarily qualified for, there are also a number of cons or downsides to doing so as well. One of those cons is the impression that you may end up giving of yourself. Some employers easily get frustrated or fed up with those who apply for jobs that they aren't qualified for. From the perspective of an employer, it is time consuming to sort through hundreds or thousands resumes or job applications, especially when a good portion of them are from those who aren't even qualified for the available position.

When it comes to applying for a job that you aren't qualified for, the decision as to whether or not you want to do so is yours to make, but it is advised that you use your best judgment. For instance, do not apply for a position as a teacher or a doctor if you don't have the proper degree or required training. However, if you are interested in becoming a retail store manager and it is required that you have a business degree, you may want to think about applying for the job if you are currently working on your degree, even just part-time, or if you have the equal years work experience.

If you are able to land an interview, the question as to why you applied for a job that you aren't qualified for may arise. When answering that question, you will want to spin it in a way that you will benefit you. For instance, respond with something like how you are always up for a challenge or go into detail about how you think you are qualified in other ways. One thing you will definitely not want to do is respond with "I was hoping that I would get lucky." This is a surefire way to lose your chance of getting the job.

DON'T SUCK IT!

Treating a Snakebite

You'll notice that the most prevalent predators in all the Survivior locations are snakes. So what should you do with a bite? First off do not try cutting around the bite and sucking out the poison. This puts you and the victim in even more danger.

The "pressure-immobilization" technique is a good option for many types of snakebites. You should place a small square of clean cloth over the bite and then wrap a bandage over the bite area and around the bitten limb (leg or arm). Think about how you wrap a sprained ankle - this is how you should wrap the snakebite - but not as tight.

You want to slow the spread of the venom but not cut off circulation entirely. If you can make a splint, do that to help keep the leg or arm from moving (increased movement will cause the venom to spread more quickly). This method is also useful in treating some poisonous spider bites. Better take care because you never know!

Master Your Domain

Bring out the best in people. Sometimes you have to give every drop of yourself to people. I think one of the easiest ways to do it is to appreciate and respect them.

Think you have assertive skills with your communication and behavior? Assertion is not dropping an f-bomb on a fellow earthling by telling him how stupid he is. It is not eyeing someone down like an animal watching its prey. It is not shovelling words down someone's throat until they agree with your stance. That is aggression. You might be saying to yourself now "oh great, I have to be a sissy to be assertive". Wrong again. That is submission and allows people to take advantage of you. Assertion is a medium in between aggression and submission where everybody wins. Yes, everybody becomes a winner. Hooray! Hey, master assertive skills for excellent communication and behaviour information about expressing yourself without leaving the other person crying, or without leaving you crying.

Think about it for a minute. Being close and being clever ain't like being true. Think to yourself that everyday is your last, the hour to which we do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. Lets be true to ourselves and constanly embrace appreciating and respecting the other persons, we may never have tomorrow to do it! Showing apprecaition and respect is showing God's love to one another, to acquintancies, to strangers. Its today its now!

Lets think about assertiveness in our relationships.

WHAT'S A BLOG?

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.
Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Employees who blog about elements of their place of employment raise the issue of employee branding since their activities can begin to affect the brand recognition of their employer. In general, attempts by employee bloggers to protect themselves by maintaining anonymity have proved ineffective.

ORIGIN
Early blogs were simply manually updated components of common websites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, or on regular web hosting services.

TYPES OF BLOG
There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.

1. Personal blogs
The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following. A type of personal blog is referred to as "microblogging," which is extremely detailed blogging as it seeks to capture a moment in time. Sites, such as Twitter, allow bloggers to share thoughts and feelings instantaneously with friends and family and is much faster than e-mailing or writing.

2. Corporate and organizational blogs
A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs. Similar blogs for clubs and societies are called club blogs, group blogs, or by similar names; typical use is to inform members and other interested parties of club and member activities.

3. By genre
Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs (also known as travelogs), house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs. Two common types of genre blogs are art blogs and music blogs. A blog featuring discussions especially about home and family is not uncommonly called a mom blog. While not a legitimate type of blog, one used for the sole purpose of spamming is known as a Splog.

4. By media type
A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs; see typecasting (blogging).

A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a Phlog.

5. By device
Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it. A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance. Such journals have been used as evidence in legal matters

The most difficult questions you'll be asked on a JOB INTERVIEW.

Just like it is, these are some of the most difficult questions you can be asked in a job interview. So far in my carrier today, i have done several interviews but seven of these have been great and a learning experience for me. My intrinsic motivation tells me probably i messed up somewhere and i should try again and again to be the best and so do you. To also help you know and overcome some of these difficult, may be annoying (but never lose it), questions in a job interview, I came across beautiful questions am sure they will help melt the ice in your system and here is how to answer them to enable you earn what you have been looking for. So are you comfortable for this job interview Sir and Ma'am? We are ready to go, lets begin.

1. Tell me about yourself.
Since this is often the opening question in an interview, be extracareful that you don't run off at the mouth. Keep your answer to a minute or two at most. Cover four topics: early years, education, work history, and recent career experience. Emphasize this last subject. Remember that this is likely to be a warm-up question. Don't waste your best points on it.

2. What do you know about our organization?
You should be able to discuss products or services, revenues, reputation, image, goals, problems, management style, people, history and philosophy. But don't act as if you know everything about the place. Let your answer show that you have taken the time to do some research, but don't overwhelm the interviewer, and make it clear that you wish to learn more.You might start your answer in this manner: "In my job search, I've investigated a number of companies.Yours is one of the few that interests me, for these reasons..."Give your answer a positive tone. Don't say, "Well, everyone tells me that you're in all sorts of trouble, and that's why I'm here", even if that is why you're there.

3. Why do you want to work for us?
The deadliest answer you can give is "Because I like people." What else would you like-animals?Here, and throughout the interview, a good answer comes from having done your homework so that you can speak in terms of the company's needs. You might say that your research has shown that the company is doing things you would like to be involved with, and that it's doing them in ways that greatly interest you.

For example, if the organization is known for strong management, your answer should mention that fact and show that you would like to be a part of that team. If the company places a great deal of emphasis on research and development, emphasize the fact that you want to create new things and that you know this is a place in which such activity is encouraged. If the organization stresses financial controls, your answer should mention a reverence for numbers.

If you feel that you have to concoct an answer to this question - if, for example, the company stresses research, and you feel that you should mention it even though it really doesn't interest you- then you probably should not be taking that interview, because you probably shouldn't be considering a job with that organization.Your homework should include learning enough about the company to avoid approaching places where you wouldn't be able -or wouldn't want- to function. Since most of us are poor liars, it's difficult to con anyone in an interview. But even if you should succeed at it, your prize is a job you don't really want.

4. What can you do for us that someone else can't?
Here you have every right, and perhaps an obligation, to toot your own horn and be a bit egotistical. Talk about your record of getting things done, and mention specifics from your resume or list of career accomplishments. Say that your skills and interests, combined with this history of getting results, make you valuable. Mention your ability to set priorities, identify problems, and use your experience and energy to solve them.

5. What do you find most attractive about this position?
What seems least attractive about it?List three or four attractive factors of the job, and mention a single, minor, unattractive item.

6. Why should we hire you?
Create your answer by thinking in terms of your ability, your experience, and your energy. (See question 4.)

7. What do you look for in a job?
Keep your answer oriented to opportunities at this organization. Talk about your desire to perform and be recognized for your contributions. Make your answer oriented toward opportunity rather than personal security.

8. Please give me your defintion of (the position for which you are being interviewed).
Keep your answer brief and taskoriented. Think in in terms of responsibilities and accountability. Make sure that you really do understand what the position involves before you attempt an answer. If you are not certain. ask the interviewer; he or she may answer the question for you.

9. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Be realistic. Say that, while you would expect to meet pressing demands and pull your own weight from the first day, it might take six months to a year before you could expect to know the organization and its needs well enough to make a major contribution.

10. How long would you stay with us?
Say that you are interested in a career with the organization, but admit that you would have to continue to feel challenged to remain with any organization. Think in terms of, "As long as we both feel achievement-oriented."

11. Your CV suggests that you may be over-qualified or too experienced for this position. What's Your opinion?
Emphasize your interest in establishing a long-term association with the organization, and say that you assume that if you perform well in his job, new opportunities will open up for you. Mention that a strong company needs a strong staff. Observe that experienced executives are always at a premium. Suggest that since you are so wellqualified, the employer will get a fast return on his investment. Say that a growing, energetic company can never have too much talent.

12. What is your management style?
You should know enough about the company's style to know that your management style will complement it. Possible styles include: task oriented (I'll enjoy problem-solving identifying what's wrong, choosing a solution and implementing it"), results-oriented ("Every management decision I make is determined by how it will affect the bottom line"), or even paternalistic ("I'm committed to taking care of my subordinates and pointing them in the right direction").

A participative style is currently quite popular: an open-door method of managing in which you get things done by motivating people and delegating responsibility.As you consider this question, think about whether your style will let you work hatppily and effectively within the organization.

13. Are you a good manager?
Can you give me some examples? Do you feel that you have top managerial potential?Keep your answer achievementand ask-oriented. Rely on examples from your career to buttress your argument. Stress your experience and your energy.

14. What do you look for when You hire people?
Think in terms of skills. initiative, and the adaptability to be able to work comfortably and effectively with others. Mention that you like to hire people who appear capable of moving up in the organization.

15. Have you ever had to fire people?
What were the reasons, and how did you handle the situation?Admit that the situation was not easy, but say that it worked out well, both for the company and, you think, for the individual. Show that, like anyone else, you don't enjoy unpleasant tasks but that you can resolve them efficiently and -in the case of firing someone- humanely.

16. What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a manager or executive?
Mention planning, execution, and cost-control. The most difficult task is to motivate and manage employess to get something planned and completed on time and within the budget.

17. What important trends do you see in our industry?

Be prepared with two or three trends that illustrate how well you understand your industry. You might consider technological challenges or opportunities, economic conditions, or even regulatory demands as you collect your thoughts about the direction in which your business is heading.

18. Why are you leaving (did you leave) your present (last) job?
Be brief, to the point, and as honest as you can without hurting yourself. Refer back to the planning phase of your job search. where you considered this topic as you set your reference statements. If you were laid off in an across-the-board cutback, say so; otherwise, indicate that the move was your decision, the result of your action. Do not mention personality conflicts.

The interviewer may spend some time probing you on this issue, particularly if it is clear that you were terminated. The "We agreed to disagree" approach may be useful. Remember hat your references are likely to be checked, so don't concoct a story for an interview.

19. How do you feel about leaving all your benefits to find a new job?
Mention that you are concerned, naturally, but not panicked. You are willing to accept some risk to find the right job for yourself. Don't suggest that security might interest you more than getting the job done successfully.

20. In your current (last) position, what features do (did) you like the most? The least?
Be careful and be positive. Describe more features that you liked than disliked. Don't cite personality problems. If you make your last job sound terrible, an interviewer may wonder why you remained there until now.

21. What do you think of your boss?
Be as positive as you can. A potential boss is likely to wonder if you might talk about him in similar terms at some point in the future.

22. Why aren't you earning more at your age?
Say that this is one reason that you are conducting this job search. Don't be defensive.

Good luck my friend and be the star your new employer really wants.

Résumés that stand out!

I always say you never know how much you can achieve if you gave your very best to your undertakings. Looking for a new job? Use these following tips and put your best foot forward. A creative, well-written cover letter is often the best way to make your résumé stand out from the endless sea of applicants and find its way into the 'must read' pile of the person making the hiring decisions.

Obed Mule, a creative designer, is a specialist in digital video production, logo designs and publications, animation and interactive media creations based on instructional system design process.

According to All Business Solutions 'simple solutions powerful advice' in My Blog Specials, here are 10 simple tips to help your cover letter be more effective:

1. Make yourself stand out. Get the competitive edge by writing a cover letter that focuses on your unique and exceptional qualities. What makes you tick? What makes an ideal candidate? Be strategic, persuasive, and concise.

2. Target the right person.Sending your letter to the proper person can make all the difference. Avoid generic addresses such as “To Whom It May Concern” or “Dear Sir or Madam.” Instead, call the company and find out the name and title of the person who does the hiring for the job that you’re interested in. Remember to ask for the correct spelling of his or her name.

3. Stay simple.

Keep your cover letter brief. Never send a letter that is more than a page in length; half a page is ideal. Be sure to use clear, professional language while steering away from buzzwords, acronyms, jargon, or anything overly personal.

4. Make it shine.

The overall visual impression of your cover letter can be just as important as what’s written upon it. Make sure to use crisp, quality stationery. Match the style of copy on your cover letter with the style of your résumé. Stick with one font and avoid solid walls of text that make the reader’s eyes bounce right off the page. Break your text into digestible morsels with lots of white space.

5. Be an attention getter.

Don’t waste your first paragraph by writing a dull introduction. Grab the employer's attention from the start by pointing out how you can make a difference in a way no other candidate can. Keep in mind that you have only about one to two seconds to get your initial point across before the reader moves on to the next letter.

6. Sell yourself.

Don’t expect to wow a prospective employer with a lengthy checklist of what you’ve done in the past. Instead, position your accomplishments in terms of how you could bring the same benefits to their company. Your cover letter needs to answer the question “What’s in it for my company?” Clarify how your expertise will benefit them directly.

7. Hire a proofreader.

If you cant hire, get someone with a good language command. Never underestimate the negative effect of bad writing, which can greatly hurt your chances of landing a new position. Invest in your career by hiring a professional writer or editor to check your cover letter for spelling, grammar, and overall readability.

8. Avoid exaggeration.

There’s nowhere to hide when you finally land an interview and the prospective employer wants to know what you meant by “best in the world.” Avoid saying anything that sounds like hyperbole, which can project the wrong image and damage your credibility. And remember never to speak poorly of former employers or coworkers.

9. Close encounters.

Don’t depend on the employer to take action. Request an interview and tell the employer when you will follow up to arrange it.

10. Don’t forget the follow-up.

After sending in your cover letter and résumé, it’s imperative that you follow up. You’ll greatly increase your chances of getting an interview if you call the employer directly after writing, rather than just sitting back and waiting for a call.

Climate change

Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. The warming of the climate system is unmistakable, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level.

Hon Makhosini Hlongwane M.P Zimbabwe (far right) in a light conversation on climate change with Mr. Samuel Njoroge.

Factors that can shape climate are often called climate forcings. These include such processes as variations in solar radiation, deviations in the Earth's orbit, mountain-building and continental drift, and changes in greenhouse gas concentrations. There are a variety of climate change feedbacks that can either amplify or diminish the initial forcing. Some parts of the climate system, such as the oceans and ice caps, respond slowly in reaction to climate forcing because of their large mass. Therefore, the climate system can take centuries or longer to fully respond to new external forcings.

As part of global effort to contain these climate forcings, an African Parliamentarians Summit on Climate Change entitled 'Climate Change: One Africa, One Voice, One Position', hosted by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi was launched by Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki at the headquarters of the UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya.

Co-organized by the Kenyan Parliament, the Pan African Parliamentarians Network on Climate Change and the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, the two-day meeting is aimed at consolidating past and ongoing efforts and initiatives by Parliamentarians in Africa in the run-up to the AU-AMCEN special session in Addis Ababa, 19-23 October 2009, and the climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December.

Honorable members, all the very best in this endeavour and this time keep your words for once :)

Microblogging platform

Meet David Karp, only 23 year old and making real money with his own founded Microblogging platform, Tumblr. Visit its website in my blog specials.

Believe it or not, Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything! It's pretty cool, a combination of a blog and Facebook, which is perfect if you are a chronic exhibitionist like me :)

He says his Goal No. 1 is growth is aiming the blog for a mainstream audience. Click to begin this magnificent tour! Should i say blogging and Money are inseparable or what!

In 2005, David Karp was running his software consulting business, developing new media for big media companies. He got the idea for Tumblr after becoming captivated by a new form of blogging known as "tumblelogging" that presented material of various formats (such as text, photo, and video) in a stream. While building a tumblelog for himself, the programmer realized other fans of the form would want to use a simple tool that would allow them to create their own.

So during a two-week window between consulting jobs, Karp, who first started coding when he was 11, created the first iteration of such a tool designed with speed, ease of use, and customization in mind.

Launched in 2007 for general consumption, the Tumblr platform now has 1.8 million users and has landed $5.5 million in venture capital from two rounds of funding with Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Karp, 23, says the 10-person company is not making money yet but will be experimenting with revenue-generating features this quarter.

Believe it!

NEW Webpage: Kenya Wildife Service

Yay!! Meet the new site for Kenya Wildlife Service.

In comparison to the former official webpage, which in my personal opinion it had seen better days, the Kenya Wildlife Service has a beautiful site and yet more interactive. Kudos to the men and women behind this success, it was really wild! Hey, check it out. Or you can visit nmy blog specials to view the page.

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) conserves and manages Kenya’s wildlife for the Kenyan people and the world. It is a state corporation established by an Act of Parliament Cap 376 with the mandate to conserve and manage wildlife in Kenya, and to enforce related laws and regulations.

The challenges facing wildlife and biodiversity conservation in Kenya are many and varied. They include climate change, habitat degradation and loss, forest depletion, tourism market volatility, human wildlife conflict brought on by population growth and changing land use habits of communities that co-exist with wildlife as well as wildlife crime.

To tackle these issues, KWS has employed a multi-pronged approach and strategies and engage different interest groups, stakeholders and partners.KWS undertakes conservation and management of wildlife resources outside protected areas in collaboration with stakeholders. It is our goal to work with others to conserve, protect and sustainably manage wildlife resources.

The community wildlife program of KWS in collaboration with others encourages biodiversity conservation by communities living on land essential to wildlife, such as wildlife corridors and dispersal lands outside parks and reserves.

Lets all help to conserve!

CYCLE WITH THE RHINO 2009

Hahaha, in my own perspective having participated in this event three times, its very adventurous. In other words its full of sweet risk, scorching heat, and it requires enormous courage on-the-inside to brush shoulders with charging buffaloes, investigative lions, and you never know when the rhino will give you company. You have to be physically fit my friend for the event!

Left, myself pushing the peddle in the Cycle with the Rhino race last 2008 in Lake Nakuru National Park. Out of over fifty cyclists, managed 12th position. Previous year 2007 was 19.

All the same cycle with the Rhino 2009 is a spectacular adrenaline packed unique event that is held at the Lake Nakuru National Park where you get to cycle viewing wild animals. The race is organised in collaboration with Lake Nakuru Park Action Committee and Nakuru town Business community.

Lake Nakuru National Park is known as the “Jewel of Kenya’s National Parks”, it’s renowned to be a Bird watcher’s paradise famous for over a million flamingos, very successful rhino sanctuary and a Ramsar site. The park also boasts of hosting over 300 species of plants, 450 species of birds and 50 species of mammals. Over the years there are various challenges facing the existence of the parks ranging from wild fires, human wildlife conflict, deforestation, and competition for water resources.

The essence of this event is to support the government conserve this jewel, Lake Nakuru National Park.

According to the sponsors, the proceeds of this year’s event shall go towards community projects around Lake Nakuru National Park supporting the human wildlife conflict, tree planting and awareness creation on resource management, and Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Trust.

This event will be held on Saturday September 19, 2009. For more details on the event cycle here.

Right, after the race.

EL NINO: Kenyans hope and fear

All parts of the country are subject to periodic droughts, or delays in the start of the rainy seasons. Kenya’s climate has had a profound effect on settlement patterns, as for centuries population has been concentrated in the wettest areas of the country.

Left, livestock has been hit severely by drought.

Usually, rainfall occurs seasonally throughout most of Kenya. The coast, eastern plateaus, and lake basin experience two rainy seasons with the “long rains” extending roughly from March to June, and the “short rains” lasting from approximately October to December. The highlands of western Kenya have a single long rainy season, lasting from March to September.

Today there is no rain, there is no heallthy surviving livestock while others have gave in, and there is no harvest this season if the mercy of the heavens dont intervene.

Generally, the hottest time is in February and March and the coldest in July and August. Kenya’s different topographical regions experience distinct climates.

According to the 4th Triennial Global Consultation on Creation Stewardship and Climate Change held this July in Limuru, Kenya, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, and an increase in the quantity and intensity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods and diseases such as malaria have the greatest impact on the poorest people in our world. "In order to minimise the harm associated with these changes and call for climate justice for the poor, responsible stewardship of God's creation requires us to tackle these causes," they state.

In its most recent update on the subject, the UN World Meteorological Organization stated that the expectation is for El Niño conditions to very likely prevail through the remainder of 2009 and into the first quarter of 2010. Susequently, the United Nations is helping Kenya prepare to mitigate the effects of torrential rains expected in the last three months of 2009 due to El Niño weather pattern.

Now that we are learning the hard way and experiencing the kicks of mother nature, its our responsibility to support the democratic and transparent governance of institutions that provide community environmental services from grassroot levels, and take actions as individuals for a better environment. I do.

Above right, a tourvan cruises through Lake Amboseli in Amboseli National Park. The drought hasn't spared the wildlife either.

NEW WORLD ORDER

Dear Friends.

What is New World Order? Does it exist? Who created it? Was it there since the beginning of the age? Are we at the edge? Are we at risk? Was it prophesised?

New World Order. Am researching about the New World Order, am concerned as an individual but tell me more, where is the world today and where is it? Tomorrow?

Please read WORLD WAR THREE link at my blog specials.

Please post your comments.

"Men think in herds, go mad in herds, but recover their senses one by one." Charles Mackay.

To my friends in JAPAN

To all of my friends, acquintances, colleaques, just all of you, thank YOU. Without you guys, it would have been a mess, for lack of a better word... may be it would have been very difficult to enjoy and feel this new culture in Japan. I really valued your time, willingliness to share with me your experiences, and above all our friendship, thank YOU!

My memoirs in Japan were made of this.

"Obed Mule who is from Kenya told us there are five animals called the Big Five, which are the elephant, leopards, rhinoceros, lions and buffalos." http://ayepo.go.jp/haisai04_2009.html

AM REALLY GETTING SENTIMENTAL: Again thank you very much my friends in JAPAN for making my stay wonderful and of so much joy and fun!

THANK YOU AHSANTE ARIGATOU THANK YOU AHSANTE ARIGATOU THANK YOU