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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY DONATING YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS
Do you have an old item lying around that you do not need or never use anymore, which seems a waste to just keep in your house. Or throw it away and you feel guilty. TAI is looking to collect items that you want to get rid of, with or without value. While this will reduce the amount of unwanted items from you it will help to improve someone’s living condition in Tanzania. It’s a Win-Win situation. Items collected will then be shipped to Tanzania to a cause involved in improving the human condition.
Due to logistical costs, we recommend small size items. If you wish to donate electronic items with data on them,referring to you, please wipe them clean to protect your privacy.
Currently we are in the process of sourcing the organisation that we’ll be sending items, following successful collection. Please get ready & we’ll inform you of our collection places near you.
Due to logistical costs, we recommend small size items. If you wish to donate electronic items with data on them,referring to you, please wipe them clean to protect your privacy.
Currently we are in the process of sourcing the organisation that we’ll be sending items, following successful collection. Please get ready & we’ll inform you of our collection places near you.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
MWENYEKITI MPYA ATOA SHUKRANI
Nashukuru sana kwa salamu zenu, na nachukua nafasi hii,kupokea uteuzi huu,wa Acting Chairwoman (caretaker) nitauendeleza kwa kutegemea msaada na mawazo yenu pia kwa pamoja.
ASANTENI,NA KIDUMU CHAMA.
ASANTENI,NA KIDUMU CHAMA.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Standoff in Zanzibar worrisome - Maajar
BY GUARDIAN REPORTER
22nd July 2009
Tanzania`s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar
Tanzania's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar, has cautioned over the belief by some investors that efforts to resolve the post-election political standoff in Zanzibar were slowing down and might not bear fruit.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Guardian in London recently, the envoy said the investors’ risk analysis was not an issue as such but she was worried over their general perception of developments in the Isles.
“The opinion makers are not worried about Zanzibar, but they are worried about the reform process. They believe our reform process is slowing down,” said the envoy.
“In my opinion, it is not slowing down, but we fail to let people know what we are doing,” she added
Maajar said she had read the investors’ risk analysis and discovered that “it doesn’t appear to be an issue”, elaborating: “The investors analyse short term and long term security concerns. When the elections draw close, there is usually some apprehension that the polls could breed violence.”
Countries scoring highly in the international arena economically are doing exactly what Tanzania has been doing since the 1990s, she noted.
“They are introducing commercial courts, which we have already introduced. All the same we are still scoring lowly in judicial reforms. We need to work on that more enthusiastically than on anything else,” said the envoy.
She was reacting to fears that last year’s collapse of the ‘muafaka’ (reconciliation) talks between the ruling CCM and the opposition Civic United Front might touch off unrest in the coming (late 2010) general election in Zanzibar and eventually drive away investors.
“Peace talks are good if they are home-grown. They become successful in the end. I don’t think there will be violence in Zanzibar. I also don’t think we should expect an agreement so soon, if we couldn’t reach one all this time,” Maajar pointed out.
The envoy also commented on the pace of Tanzania’s anti-poverty crusade, saying the country was “on course towards redefining itself” after undergoing a myriad of economic changes from socialism and self-reliance to free the market economy.
“If you look back, we had ujamaa (socialism) and self-reliance that aimed at helping bring home-grown development. We wanted to create a society that would help people to access free basic services such as education and health from the government,” she said.
“The economy was small and couldn’t support all those services, and so we ran bankrupt. If the economy isn’t producing enough revenue, the country is unlikely to succeed,” she added
However, she said the above facts clearly “show clearly that the issue isn’t only aid but the choices that we make as a country.”
She quickly added that President Jakaya Kikwete’s predecessors, meaning Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Alhaj Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, “were quite genuine and this was the rational choice at that time”.
Maajar also explained that the impact of the fall in remittances due to global economic crisis was yet to be felt very much in Tanzania because not many Tanzanians tapped resources abroad for investing or sending money back home.
“Historically, Tanzanians never liked to go abroad. They only started going out relatively recently. So we don’t have a big population overseas,” she said. She gave the example of London, where most of the people forming the large group of Tanzanians in London are students who traditionally leave after completing their studies.
The envoy elaborated that there were a lot of informal remittances by Tanzanians living in the UK, saying: “On the part of Zanzibar, we had people who were ready to talk to us about informal remittances. There were 14 million pounds coming from the UK to Zanzibar in 2007 through Western Union.”
On the war on grand corruption, Maajar said people in other countries didn’t necessarily judge Tanzania by considering the number of reports on corruption and other scandals appearing in the media but by the way the country was fighting the vice.
“International opinion makers always focus on what governments are doing about the vice. For example, people are keen to know what the UK government will do to ensure that expenditure-related scandals involving Members of Parliament do not recur because that is what matters the most,” she explained.
Whatever the government in Tanzania is seen doing to address the problem of corruption is perceived and treated similarly, she noted, adding: “And I think it has done quite a lot.”
During the now-stalled ‘muafaka’ talks following the results of the 2005 Isles’ presidential election disputed by CUF, both CCM and the opposition party had agreed in principle to form a unity government after the 2010 general election.
However, the ruling party early last year called for improvements on the modalities earlier agreed by the bipartisan negotiating team. The team had made recommendations with regard to the structure of the Zanzibar government, including the cabinet, and the possibility of setting up a reconciliation council.
CCM later passed a resolution calling for a referendum in the Isles, saying that would afford Zanzibaris the opportunity to decide on the matter. CUF has rejected the plan wholesale.
22nd July 2009
Tanzania`s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar
Tanzania's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar, has cautioned over the belief by some investors that efforts to resolve the post-election political standoff in Zanzibar were slowing down and might not bear fruit.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Guardian in London recently, the envoy said the investors’ risk analysis was not an issue as such but she was worried over their general perception of developments in the Isles.
“The opinion makers are not worried about Zanzibar, but they are worried about the reform process. They believe our reform process is slowing down,” said the envoy.
“In my opinion, it is not slowing down, but we fail to let people know what we are doing,” she added
Maajar said she had read the investors’ risk analysis and discovered that “it doesn’t appear to be an issue”, elaborating: “The investors analyse short term and long term security concerns. When the elections draw close, there is usually some apprehension that the polls could breed violence.”
Countries scoring highly in the international arena economically are doing exactly what Tanzania has been doing since the 1990s, she noted.
“They are introducing commercial courts, which we have already introduced. All the same we are still scoring lowly in judicial reforms. We need to work on that more enthusiastically than on anything else,” said the envoy.
She was reacting to fears that last year’s collapse of the ‘muafaka’ (reconciliation) talks between the ruling CCM and the opposition Civic United Front might touch off unrest in the coming (late 2010) general election in Zanzibar and eventually drive away investors.
“Peace talks are good if they are home-grown. They become successful in the end. I don’t think there will be violence in Zanzibar. I also don’t think we should expect an agreement so soon, if we couldn’t reach one all this time,” Maajar pointed out.
The envoy also commented on the pace of Tanzania’s anti-poverty crusade, saying the country was “on course towards redefining itself” after undergoing a myriad of economic changes from socialism and self-reliance to free the market economy.
“If you look back, we had ujamaa (socialism) and self-reliance that aimed at helping bring home-grown development. We wanted to create a society that would help people to access free basic services such as education and health from the government,” she said.
“The economy was small and couldn’t support all those services, and so we ran bankrupt. If the economy isn’t producing enough revenue, the country is unlikely to succeed,” she added
However, she said the above facts clearly “show clearly that the issue isn’t only aid but the choices that we make as a country.”
She quickly added that President Jakaya Kikwete’s predecessors, meaning Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Alhaj Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, “were quite genuine and this was the rational choice at that time”.
Maajar also explained that the impact of the fall in remittances due to global economic crisis was yet to be felt very much in Tanzania because not many Tanzanians tapped resources abroad for investing or sending money back home.
“Historically, Tanzanians never liked to go abroad. They only started going out relatively recently. So we don’t have a big population overseas,” she said. She gave the example of London, where most of the people forming the large group of Tanzanians in London are students who traditionally leave after completing their studies.
The envoy elaborated that there were a lot of informal remittances by Tanzanians living in the UK, saying: “On the part of Zanzibar, we had people who were ready to talk to us about informal remittances. There were 14 million pounds coming from the UK to Zanzibar in 2007 through Western Union.”
On the war on grand corruption, Maajar said people in other countries didn’t necessarily judge Tanzania by considering the number of reports on corruption and other scandals appearing in the media but by the way the country was fighting the vice.
“International opinion makers always focus on what governments are doing about the vice. For example, people are keen to know what the UK government will do to ensure that expenditure-related scandals involving Members of Parliament do not recur because that is what matters the most,” she explained.
Whatever the government in Tanzania is seen doing to address the problem of corruption is perceived and treated similarly, she noted, adding: “And I think it has done quite a lot.”
During the now-stalled ‘muafaka’ talks following the results of the 2005 Isles’ presidential election disputed by CUF, both CCM and the opposition party had agreed in principle to form a unity government after the 2010 general election.
However, the ruling party early last year called for improvements on the modalities earlier agreed by the bipartisan negotiating team. The team had made recommendations with regard to the structure of the Zanzibar government, including the cabinet, and the possibility of setting up a reconciliation council.
CCM later passed a resolution calling for a referendum in the Isles, saying that would afford Zanzibaris the opportunity to decide on the matter. CUF has rejected the plan wholesale.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
NAM KIBACHA- THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN FOR TAI
Dear TAI associates
Following the departure of Maria Mnzava, former chairwoman for TAI, the secretary kinldy requested Nam Kibacha to serve as caretaker/chairwoman. Nam has accepted to take this challenge!
While we're working to improve the welfare of the association in general, Nam Kibacha shall act as the association's chairwoman, preferably caretaker, until further notice when the association shall decide to elect a chairman to fill the role.
Nam is a hardworking member of this association; she's been upfront in helping to organise key events as well as offering positive ideas to develop the Tanzania community in Ireland. As a veteran Tanzanian in Ireland, I'd ask all of you Tanzanian's to support her as our new party leader.
Umoja Oye!
Makunja Jogoo
Following the departure of Maria Mnzava, former chairwoman for TAI, the secretary kinldy requested Nam Kibacha to serve as caretaker/chairwoman. Nam has accepted to take this challenge!
While we're working to improve the welfare of the association in general, Nam Kibacha shall act as the association's chairwoman, preferably caretaker, until further notice when the association shall decide to elect a chairman to fill the role.
Nam is a hardworking member of this association; she's been upfront in helping to organise key events as well as offering positive ideas to develop the Tanzania community in Ireland. As a veteran Tanzanian in Ireland, I'd ask all of you Tanzanian's to support her as our new party leader.
Umoja Oye!
Makunja Jogoo
Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
WATU WAABUDU MTI - Co. LIMERICK
Jamani maajabu haya, yaletwa na Recession!
Huko county Limerick kumetokea maajabu kufuatia mti uliokatwa na watu, na kuacha alama (mfano wa picha) kubwa kwenye shina la lake; alama ambayo kwa kuiangalia kwa muda mrefu yajionesha kama picha ya Bikira Maria.
Yasadikika kuwa watu wawili waliohusika katika ukataji wa mti huo-walizidiwa wakati wa ukataji-walielemewa na mti- mti ulionekana kuwaangukia. Baada ya kugundua picha ya Bikira Maria ikijionesha, mti huo ulibadili uelekeo wa mwanguko na kuangukia upande tofauti. Tukio hili limevutia watu wengi toka Dublin kwenda kuabudu. Padre wa Parokia, karibu na tukio hili ameonya kuwa hakuna ishara yoyote ya uponyaji hivyo watu waache kuabudu mti. Mpaka hivi sasa watu wanazidi kuongezeka na kutoa sara zao. Pia yasemekana kuwa wengi wao wenye magonjwa mbalimbali wemeponywa.
Baada ya kuongea na wenyeji wa hapa Ireland, yaonekana kuwa matukio kama haya siyo mageni- kama kisiwa kilichowahi kuwa na watu wengi wachamungu mambo yaya yamewahi kutokea huko county Carlo na Cork. Lakini ajabu kubwa ni kwamba matukio kama haya hutokea sana hapa Ireland wakati wa Recession. Wenyeji wanadai kuwa tukio kubwa la ki-ushuhuda kama hili lilitokea huko Cork miaka ya 80 (Wakati wa recession kali hapa Ireland)
Huko county Limerick kumetokea maajabu kufuatia mti uliokatwa na watu, na kuacha alama (mfano wa picha) kubwa kwenye shina la lake; alama ambayo kwa kuiangalia kwa muda mrefu yajionesha kama picha ya Bikira Maria.
Yasadikika kuwa watu wawili waliohusika katika ukataji wa mti huo-walizidiwa wakati wa ukataji-walielemewa na mti- mti ulionekana kuwaangukia. Baada ya kugundua picha ya Bikira Maria ikijionesha, mti huo ulibadili uelekeo wa mwanguko na kuangukia upande tofauti. Tukio hili limevutia watu wengi toka Dublin kwenda kuabudu. Padre wa Parokia, karibu na tukio hili ameonya kuwa hakuna ishara yoyote ya uponyaji hivyo watu waache kuabudu mti. Mpaka hivi sasa watu wanazidi kuongezeka na kutoa sara zao. Pia yasemekana kuwa wengi wao wenye magonjwa mbalimbali wemeponywa.
Baada ya kuongea na wenyeji wa hapa Ireland, yaonekana kuwa matukio kama haya siyo mageni- kama kisiwa kilichowahi kuwa na watu wengi wachamungu mambo yaya yamewahi kutokea huko county Carlo na Cork. Lakini ajabu kubwa ni kwamba matukio kama haya hutokea sana hapa Ireland wakati wa Recession. Wenyeji wanadai kuwa tukio kubwa la ki-ushuhuda kama hili lilitokea huko Cork miaka ya 80 (Wakati wa recession kali hapa Ireland)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TANZANIA YAPANDA NGAZI LA KANDANDA DUNIANI (FIFA)
Tanzania Imepanda daraja ngazi 12 juu. Tumekuwa namba (97 ) Duniani Chini ya syria na Juu ya Montenegro. Namba (23) barani Africa chini ya Sudan juu ya Gambia.
Nchi ya kwanza Duniani ni Brazil, kufuatiwa na Spain na Uholanzi. Afrika namba moja ni Ivory Coast kufuatiwa na Cameroun, Gabon, Nigeria.
Tanzania Best performance ilikuwa 1995 ( 65) na worst 2005 (175) .
Gonga hapa chini ujionee mwenyewe
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tan/ranking/gender=m/index.html
Nchi ya kwanza Duniani ni Brazil, kufuatiwa na Spain na Uholanzi. Afrika namba moja ni Ivory Coast kufuatiwa na Cameroun, Gabon, Nigeria.
Tanzania Best performance ilikuwa 1995 ( 65) na worst 2005 (175) .
Gonga hapa chini ujionee mwenyewe
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tan/ranking/gender=m/index.html
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
FINGERS CROSSED
Ndugu wanaumoja wa TanzaniaIreland (TAI)
Kufuatia jitihada za kuendeleza umoja, tunaendelea na shughuli za usajiri wa umoja. Tumekwisha jaza form na kuzituma kwenye Offisi ya mapato ili tuweze kupata namba ya usajiri ambayo pia itatuwezesha kupata exemption. FINGERS CROSSED, tukisha pata namba hiyo basi tutaendelea na ufunguaji wa akounti ya umoja/chama. Kama kuna maulizo/swali kuhusu habari hii tafadhari tumeni maulizo hayo;swahili@live.ie
Wenu ktk huduma.
Mtumishi wa umoja
Kufuatia jitihada za kuendeleza umoja, tunaendelea na shughuli za usajiri wa umoja. Tumekwisha jaza form na kuzituma kwenye Offisi ya mapato ili tuweze kupata namba ya usajiri ambayo pia itatuwezesha kupata exemption. FINGERS CROSSED, tukisha pata namba hiyo basi tutaendelea na ufunguaji wa akounti ya umoja/chama. Kama kuna maulizo/swali kuhusu habari hii tafadhari tumeni maulizo hayo;swahili@live.ie
Wenu ktk huduma.
Mtumishi wa umoja
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
SHUKRANI
Shukrani kubwa ziwafikieni nyote mlioweza kuhudhuria kijisherehe kidogo cha kumuaga Maria Mnzava. Tunaweka uthibitisho hapo chini wakati tunajiandaa kuyarudi-tunapokea somo toka kwa Mdau Guy.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
AIB Street Performance World Championships 2009 ( DUBLIN)
18 June 2009 - 21 June 2009
The AIB Street Performance World Championship is back and it is universally agreed that it is time for some serious free fun! this June the best contortionists, piano jugglers, magicians, breakdancers, comedians and a whole assortment of world-class professional jesters will descend on Ireland to battle it out for the most coveted title in street performance, the AIB Street Performance World Champion. For the fourth year running, the Championship will explode onto Dublin’s Merrion Square, bringing with it unthinkable feats, unimaginable tricks and unbelievable hilarity. As always, competing in the Championship will be some of the most bizzarly talented and fantastically imaginative entertainers on the planet. Get ready for:
-Betty Brawn, the strongest women alive who can (and will) tear any Irish man to pieces -The USA Breakdancers, one of the best breakdancing troupes in the world, who are as comfortable spinning on their head as they are at making you laugh out loud -Titan, the undisputed heavyweight of robots, who, at 8 ft 2in will makes Arnies T1000 look like a pussycat. -and a man who knows more about flying cabbages than anyone else on the planet And here’s some more of the gravity-defying, head-spinning highlights this year:-Alakazam, (Australia) the man who has made an incredible career out of his ability to squeeze his entire body through the mouth of a squash racket -The extraordinarily random, completely daft, hilariously funny Mike Wood (Canada), who catapults cabbages onto a spikey helmet on his head -Mr Toons (Denmark) – the perfect example of a grown man with too much time on his hands, resulting in a wonderfully bizarre act that leaves you asking, less how did he come up with that, but rather why on earth did he come up with that! -The crazily agile, beautifully charming and absurdly funny contortionist Bendy Em (UK), who will have audiences on the edge of their seats as she contorts herself in to mind-boggling positions -Rob Williams (USA) and the world’s first foot-sandwich restaurant (yes, those are sandwiches made with his feet) Plus: -The wonderful sign interpreters from the Centre of Deaf Studies will be in Dublin all day Saturday and Sunday, interpreting every show on both days -For those who want to get some more hands-on entertainment, there will be a whole host of other activites, including free clay modelling workshops, face painting, balloon modelling, juggling workshops, and a show that takes place in the belly of a 30-foot long sleeping sow!
Timetable:
Monday, June 15, 2009
INVITATION
The chairman of the Association of Tanzanians in Ireland, Maria Mnzava, has decided to relocate to Tanzania. Following this decision, the board of management of the Association of Tanzanians in Ireland has the honour to invite members to a special gathering with Maria on Sunday 21st June at Mr Guy's residence-#28 Luttrells Town Avenue, Castlenock. (How to get there: Bus #37 from City Centre)
The event will commence at 3pm- please bring some drinks with you. If you wish to donate any gifts please bring them on this day.
As per constitution stipulation, the association is seeking for a new member to fill the leadership position vacated by Maria. Foward all queries to swahili@live.ie
The event will commence at 3pm- please bring some drinks with you. If you wish to donate any gifts please bring them on this day.
As per constitution stipulation, the association is seeking for a new member to fill the leadership position vacated by Maria. Foward all queries to swahili@live.ie
Thursday, June 11, 2009
IRISH FOOTBALL TEAM: WORLD CUP 2010
Ndugu wadau
Tunapenda kukusanya mchango wa mawazo ili tuweze kuishawishi team ya mpira wa miguu ya Ireland kuweka kambi yao Tanzania kwa maandalizi ya kombe la dunia 2010; iwapo ita-qualify!
Kwa kushirikiana na ubalozi, sisi tutaandaa propasal yetu, kisha tutaituma kwa FAI (Football Association of Ireland). Tuma maoni yako kwa swahili@live.ie
Tunapenda kukusanya mchango wa mawazo ili tuweze kuishawishi team ya mpira wa miguu ya Ireland kuweka kambi yao Tanzania kwa maandalizi ya kombe la dunia 2010; iwapo ita-qualify!
Kwa kushirikiana na ubalozi, sisi tutaandaa propasal yetu, kisha tutaituma kwa FAI (Football Association of Ireland). Tuma maoni yako kwa swahili@live.ie
Homes at extremely competitive price
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Fingal county council offers incredible opportunity to get on the housing ladder with monthly mortgage payment less than €500. Check out details at www.fingalcoco.ie/housing/affordablehousing
FOOD FESTIVAL @www.tastefestivals.ie
For your leisure time, join Dublin's top restaurants for a great food and demostrations at Iveagh Gardens this Sunday. Festival starts 11th June, ends 14th June. Event on Friday 12-4pm, Sunday, 5:30-9:30pm.
Monday, June 8, 2009
THINGS TO DO IN DUBLIN THIS SUMMER
SIGHTS
Marsh's LibraryOne of the city's most beautiful open secrets is Marsh's Library (tel 454 3511; www.marshlibrary.ie; St Patrick's Close; adult/child/student €2.50/free/1.50; open 10am-1pm & 2-5pm Mon & Wed-Fri, 10.30am-1pm Sat), a barely visited antique library with a look and atmosphere that has hardly changed since it opened its doors to awkward scholars in 1707. It's just around the corner from St Patrick's Cathedral.
Crammed into its elaborately carved oak bookcases are over 25,000 books dating from the 16th to early 18th centuries, as well as maps, numerous manuscripts and a collection of incunabula (books printed before 1500). One of the oldest and finest tomes in the collection is a volume of Cicero's Letters to His Friends printed in Milan in 1472.
The building was commissioned by Archbishop Narcissus March (1638-1713) and designed by Sir William Robinson, the creator of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham; today it is one of the only 18th-century buildings in Dublin still used for the purpose for which it was built. In short, it's a bloody gorgeous place and you'd be mad not to visit.
War memorial gardens
By my reckoning, the most beautiful patch of landscaped greenery in Dublin is the War Memorial Gardens (tel 677 0236; www.heritageireland.ie; South Circular Rd, Islandbridge; admission free; open 8am-twilight Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun), if only because they're as tranquil a spot as any you'll find in the city. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, they commemorate the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died during WWI; their names are inscribed in the two huge granite bookrooms that stand at one end. A beautiful spot and a bit of history to boot. Take bus 25, 25A, 26, 68 or 69 from the city centre to get here.
Chester Beatty Library
The world-famous Chester Beatty Library (tel 407 0750; www.cbl.ie; Dublin Castle, Cork Hill; admission free; open 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun year-round, closed Mon Oct-Apr) houses the collection of mining engineer Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), bequeathed to the Irish State on his death. And we're immensely grateful for Chester's patronage: spread over two floors, the breathtaking collection includes more than 20,000 manuscripts, rare books, miniature paintings, clay tablets, costumes and other objects of artistic, historical and aesthetic importance. The library runs tours at 1pm Wednesday, and 3pm and 4pm Sunday.
The Artistic Traditions Gallery on the 1st floor begins with memorabilia from Beatty's life, before embarking on an exploration of the art of Mughal India, Persia, the Ottoman empire, Japan and China. Here you'll find intricately designed little medicine boxes and perhaps the finest collection of Chinese jade books in the world. The illuminated European texts are also worth examining.
The Sacred Traditions Gallery on the 2nd floor gives a fascinating insight into the major rituals and rites of passage of the major world religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. There are audiovisual explorations of the lives of Christ and the Buddha, as well as the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
Head for the collection of Qurans from the 9th to the 19th centuries, considered to be among the best illuminated Islamic texts. You'll also find ancient Egyptian papyrus texts (including Egyptian love poems from around 1100 BC), scrolls and exquisite artwork from Burma, Indonesia and Tibet - as well as the second-oldest biblical fragment ever found (after the Dead Sea Scrolls).
The comprehensive Reference Library (hby appointment only), complete with a finely lacquered ceiling that Beatty himself had installed in his own London home, is a great resource for artists or students.
The library regularly holds specialist workshops, exhibitions and talks on everything from origami to calligraphy, and admission is free. It's easy to escape from the rigours of Western life on the serene rooftop Japanese garden or at the Silk Road Cafe on the ground floor, which serves delicious Middle Eastern cuisine.
Kilmainham Jail
If you have any desire to understand Irish history - especially the juicy bits about resistance to English rule - then a visit to Kilmainham Jail (tel 453 5984; www.heritageireland.com; Inchicore Rd; adult/student/child €6/2/2; open 9.30am-5pm Apr-Oct, 9.30am-4pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun Nov-Mar) is an absolute must. This threatening grey building, built between 1792 and 1795, has played a role in virtually every act of Ireland's painful path to independence.
The uprisings of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 ended with the leaders' confinement here. Robert Emmet, Thomas Francis Meagher, Charles Stewart Parnell and the 1916 Easter Rising leaders were all visitors, but it was the executions in 1916 that most deeply etched the jail's name into the Irish consciousness. Of the 15 executions that took place between 3 May and 12 May after the rising, 14 were conducted here. As a finale, prisoners from the Civil War were held here from 1922. The jail closed in 1924.
An excellent audiovisual introduction to the building is followed by a thought- provoking tour through the eerie prison, the largest unoccupied building of its kind in Europe. Incongruously sitting outside in the yard is the Asgard, the ship that successfully ran the British blockade to deliver arms to nationalist forces in 1914. The tour finishes in the gloomy yard where the 1916 executions took place. To get here, catch bus 23, 51, 51A, 78 or 79 from Aston Quay.
Old Jameson Distillery
Smithfield's biggest draw is the Old Jameson Distillery (tel 807 2355; www.jameson.ie; Bow St; adult/child/student €13.50/8/10; open for tours every 35min 9am-5.30pm), a huge museum devoted to uisce beatha (the water of life). To its more serious devotees, that is precisely what whiskey is, although they may be put off by the slickness of the museum, which shepherds visitors through a compulsory tour of the re-created factory and into the ubiquitous gift shop.
On the way, however, there's plenty to discover. Beginning with a short film, the tour runs through the whole process of distilling, from grain to bottle. There are plenty of interesting titbits, such as what makes a single malt, where whiskey gets its colour and bouquet, and what the difference is between Irish whiskey and Scotch (other than the spelling, which prompted one Scot to comment that the Irish thought of everything: they even put an 'e' into whisky).
Then it's straight to the bar for a drop of the subject matter; eager drinkers can volunteer for the tasting tour, where you get to sample whiskies from all over the world and learn about their differences. Finally, you head to the almighty shop. If you're buying whiskey, go for the stuff you can't buy at home, such as the excellent Red Breast or the super exclusive Midleton, a very limited reserve that is appropriately expensive.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND
Two sites, both free: why is it only tourists visit the most important deposit of Irish artefacts and treasures in the country?
Designed by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and completed in 1890, the star attraction of this branch of the National Museum of Ireland (tel 677 7444; www.museum.ie; Kildare St; admission free; open 10am-5pm Tue-Sat, 2-5pm Sun) is the Treasury, home to the finest collection of Bronze Age and Iron Age gold artefacts in the world, and the world's most complete collection of medieval Celtic metalwork.
Until it was decommissioned over a decade ago, Collins Barracks, built in 1704 on the orders of Queen Anne, was the largest military barracks in the world. In 1997 the early neoclassical grey stone building on the Liffey's northern bank was given a sparkling, modern makeover and now houses the decorative-arts-and-history collection of the National Museum of Ireland (tel 677 7444; www.museum.ie; Benburb St; admission free; open 10am-5pm Tue-Sat, 2-5pm Sun).
Inside the imposing exterior lies a treasure trove of artefacts ranging from silver, ceramics and glassware to weaponry, furniture and folk-life displays. Some of the best pieces are gathered in the exhibition Curator's Choice, a collection of 25 objects hand-picked by different curators, displayed with an account of why they were chosen.
The museum itself offers a glimpse at Ireland's social, economic and military history over the last millennium. It's a big ask - too big, say its critics - but well-designed displays, interactive multimedia and a dizzying array of disparate artefacts make for an interesting and valiant effort. On the 1st floor is the museum's Irish silver collection, one of the largest collections of silver in the world; on the 2nd floor you'll find Irish period furniture and scientific instruments; while the 3rd floor has simple and sturdy Irish country furniture.
Lovers of modern furniture and design will enjoy the exhibition on iconic Irish designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976), which is a museum highlight. Gray was one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, and the exhibition documents her life and work, and shows examples and models of her most famous pieces. The fascinating Way We Wore exhibit displays Irish clothing and jewellery from the past 250 years. An intriguing socio-cultural study, it highlights the role of jewellery and clothing in bestowing messages of mourning, love and identity.
It was once a barracks, so it's fitting that military history should be a feature: one exhibition chronicles Ireland's Easter 1916 Rising while the new Soldiers & Chiefs: The Irish At War Home & Abroad 1550-2001 explores the civil impact of conflict through original artefacts, audio accounts and replicas. At times harrowing and visceral, these exhibits bring to life these poignant episodes of Irish history with remarkable force.
jeanie johnston
One of the city's most original tourist attractions is an exact, working replica of a 19th-century 'coffin ship,' as the sailing boats who transported starving emigrants away from Ireland during the Famine were gruesomely known. The good news is that the Jeanie Johnston (tel 066-712 9999; www.jeaniejohnston.ie; Custom House Quay; adult/child €5/3; open 10.30am-5pm Sat-Sun Oct-Apr), a three-masted barque originally built in Quebec in 1847, made 16 transatlantic voyages, carrying more than 2500 people and never suffered a single death. A small on-board museum details the harrowing plight of a typical journey, which usually took around 47 days. The ship also operates as a Sail Training vessel, with journeys taking place from May to September. If you are visiting during these times, check the website for details of when it will be in dock.
The Best Walk
On a summer's evening, just before the sun begins to set, wend your way to the South Bull Wall and walk the length of it to the Poolbeg Lighthouse. From here, the views of Dublin Bay are stunning, and if you have the weather, there's no better place to get a sense of the city.
iWalks
If you fancy a go-it-alone guided walk, why not download one of Pat Liddy's excellent iWalks ( to subscribe, go to www.visitdublin.com/iwalks/iwalks.xml ), which you can play on your ipod or equivalent mp3 player - all you have to do is subscribe to the podcasts at the above address (or search for them on itunes). There are a bunch of walks, from tours of the city's different districts to walks tailored to historical, architectural and activities themes.
Farmers' and organic markets
Dublin Food Co-op (tel 454 4258; www.dublinfoodcoop.com; 12 Newmarket; 2-8pm Thu, 9.30am-4.30pm Sat) A buzzing community market specialising in organic veg, homemade cheeses and organic wines; there's also a baker ands even baby-changing facilities. Howth Fishermen's & Farmers' Market Bar (tel 611 5016; www.irishfarmersmarkets.ie; West Pier, Howth Harbour; 10am-5pm Sun & bank holidays) One of the best in Dublin, this is the place to come for fresh fish (obviously) but for organic meat, veg and homemade everything else, including jams, cakes and breads. A great option for Sunday lunch.
People's Park Market (tel 087-957 3647; People's Park, Dun Laoghaire; 11am-4pm Sun) Organic meat and veg, local seafood, Irish fruit and farm cheeses are the mainstay at this popular market in the south Dublin suburb of Dun Laoghaire. Grab a burger and sit on the lawn.
For more info on local markets, check out www.irishfarmersmarkets.ie, www.irishvillagemarkets.com or local county council sites like www.dlrcoco.ie/markets.
TRAVEL NEWS
Business Class is DippingPosh Travel is out and watching your wallet and holidaying at home are in. The signs are everywhere. The number of people flying business and first class fell sharply, by 19 per cent, in March, despite bargain business and first-class tickets. The decline in economy travel was lower, at 8 per cent, but will fall further, says the International Air Transport Association.
The only destination seeing a growth in passengers is the Middle East. Everywhere else demand has plummeted, prompting Iata to forecast a €4.7 billion loss this year, on top of losses of €8.5 billion last year.
E-passports for US travel
If you're travelling to the US this summer, be aware that from July 1st you'll need an e-passport to enter the country. If your passport was issued after October 25th, 2006, but is not an e-passport, apply for a visa before you travel or apply for a waiver at the US port of entry. This could cost $545 at the airport; customs officers can waive the fee.
Friday, June 5, 2009
CHEKA KIDOGO DUBLIN
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
IS A COCONUT a FRUIT , NUT or SEED ?
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Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed.
Botanists love classification. However, classification of plants can be a complicated matter for the average person. Coconuts are classified as a fibrous one-seeded drupe. A drupe is a fruit with a hard stony covering enclosing the seed (like a peach or olive) and comes from the word drupa meaning overripe olive. A coconut, and all drupes, have three layers: the exocarp (outer layer), the mesocarp (fleshy middle layer), and the endocarp (hard, woody layer that surrounds the seed).
The coconut we buy in the store does not resemble the coconut you find growing on a coconut palm. An untouched coconut has three layers. The outermost layer, which is typically smooth with a greenish color, is called the exocarp. The next layer is the fibrous husk, or mesocarp, which ultimately surrounds the hard woody layer called the endocarp. The endocarp surrounds the seed. Generally speaking, when you buy a coconut at the supermarket the exocarp and the mesocarp are removed and what you see is the endocarp.
Some scientists like to refer to the coconut as a water dispersal fruit and seed. A seed is the reproductive unit of a flowering plant. From a reproductive point of view, a seed has the “baby” plant inside, with two basic parts: the embryo root (hypocotyl) and the embryo leaves (epicotyl). In the coconut’s case, if you look at one end of the coconut, you’ll see three pores (also called eyes). The coconut seed germinates and a shoot emerges from one of the pores. In addition to the “baby” plant in the seed, there is the food to kick off its life called the endosperm. The endosperm is what makes up most of the seed and, in the coconut’s case, is the yummy white stuff we eat.
The word coconut itself can also be confusing because the word “nut” is contained in the word. A nut can be defined as a one- seeded fruit. With that loose definition, a coconut can also be a nut. However, a coconut is not a true nut. A true nut, such as the acorn, are indehiscent or do not open at maturity to release its seeds. The seeds are released when the fruit wall decays or are digested by an animal.
Yet another interesting aspect of the coconut that has baffled scientists for over 200 years is where did it originate? Is it of Old World or New World origin? Scientists have used art, botany, entomology, etymology, folklore, fossils, genetics, and travel records to try to figure out where the coconut first appeared.
Odoardo Beccari, a renowned palm specialist from the early 20th century, suggests that the coconut is of Old World origin and more than likely came from the Indian Archipelago or Polynesia. To strengthen his argument, there are more varieties of coconut palms in the Eastern hemisphere than in the Americas.
Interesting Coconut Facts
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Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed.
Botanists love classification. However, classification of plants can be a complicated matter for the average person. Coconuts are classified as a fibrous one-seeded drupe. A drupe is a fruit with a hard stony covering enclosing the seed (like a peach or olive) and comes from the word drupa meaning overripe olive. A coconut, and all drupes, have three layers: the exocarp (outer layer), the mesocarp (fleshy middle layer), and the endocarp (hard, woody layer that surrounds the seed).
The coconut we buy in the store does not resemble the coconut you find growing on a coconut palm. An untouched coconut has three layers. The outermost layer, which is typically smooth with a greenish color, is called the exocarp. The next layer is the fibrous husk, or mesocarp, which ultimately surrounds the hard woody layer called the endocarp. The endocarp surrounds the seed. Generally speaking, when you buy a coconut at the supermarket the exocarp and the mesocarp are removed and what you see is the endocarp.
Some scientists like to refer to the coconut as a water dispersal fruit and seed. A seed is the reproductive unit of a flowering plant. From a reproductive point of view, a seed has the “baby” plant inside, with two basic parts: the embryo root (hypocotyl) and the embryo leaves (epicotyl). In the coconut’s case, if you look at one end of the coconut, you’ll see three pores (also called eyes). The coconut seed germinates and a shoot emerges from one of the pores. In addition to the “baby” plant in the seed, there is the food to kick off its life called the endosperm. The endosperm is what makes up most of the seed and, in the coconut’s case, is the yummy white stuff we eat.
The word coconut itself can also be confusing because the word “nut” is contained in the word. A nut can be defined as a one- seeded fruit. With that loose definition, a coconut can also be a nut. However, a coconut is not a true nut. A true nut, such as the acorn, are indehiscent or do not open at maturity to release its seeds. The seeds are released when the fruit wall decays or are digested by an animal.
Yet another interesting aspect of the coconut that has baffled scientists for over 200 years is where did it originate? Is it of Old World or New World origin? Scientists have used art, botany, entomology, etymology, folklore, fossils, genetics, and travel records to try to figure out where the coconut first appeared.
Odoardo Beccari, a renowned palm specialist from the early 20th century, suggests that the coconut is of Old World origin and more than likely came from the Indian Archipelago or Polynesia. To strengthen his argument, there are more varieties of coconut palms in the Eastern hemisphere than in the Americas.
Interesting Coconut Facts
- Every bit of the coconut is used. As a result, coconuts are called the “Tree of Life” and can produce drink, fiber, food, fuel, utensils, musical instruments, and much more.
- When intra-venous (IV) solution was in short supply, doctors during World War II and Vietnam used coconut water in substitution of IV solutions.
- Botanically, the coconut palm is not a tree since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem.
- Possibly the oldest reference is from Cosmas, a 5th century AD Egyptian traveler. He wrote about the “Indian nut” or “nut of India” after visiting India and Ceylon, Some scholars believe Cosmas was describing a coconut.
- Soleyman, an Arab merchant, visited China in the 9th century and describes the use of coir fiber and toddy made from coconuts.
- In 16th century, Sir Francis Drake called coconut “nargils”, which was the common term used until the 1700’s when the word coconut was established.
- It takes 11 -12 months for the coconut to mature.
- At one time scientists identified over 60 species of Cocos palm. Today, the coconut is a monotypic with one species, nucifera. However, there are over 80 varieties of coconut palms, which are defined by characteristics such as dwarf and tall.
- Coconut growing regions are as far north as Hawaii and as far south as Madagascar
.Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
A TANZANIAN JOINS A CHARITY TO HELP SOLVE LACK OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN TANZANIA
HI ALL BELOW IS AN EMAIL FROM MONICA MWANGONGA WHO RECENTLY JOINED A GREAT CAUSE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY IN TANZANIA
READ had places at both these events last year and raised over £20,000! We'd love to smash that total this year. All you have to do is make a minimum fundraising pledge if you want to run in either of these events. If you want to know more or register your interest please contact: tanya.dsouza@readinternatonal.org.uk
You'll even get a free T-Shirt! That surely makes the pain worthwhile.
On the basis of the number of our supporters we have and numbers who have already expressed their interest for this year’s 10km race and Half Marathon, I would like to urge you to confirm your interest as soon as possible as it is very likely that they will fill up very quickly - probably by the end of the month!
It costs us 50 pence to send a book to Tanzania, so all money raised makes a huge difference. Find out more about our work at www.readinternational.org.uk
Monica Mwangunga (monicamwangunga@hotmail.com
I recently became a Trustee for a great charity called READ International. We're a charity supporting children's education in Tanzania, East Africa and we're looking for people to get their suits off and running kits on to support this very worthwhile cause.
At the moment we have:
- 20 places for The 2009 British 10km race in London on Sunday July 12th
- 20 places at the 2009 Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, on Sunday 11 October 2009
READ had places at both these events last year and raised over £20,000! We'd love to smash that total this year. All you have to do is make a minimum fundraising pledge if you want to run in either of these events. If you want to know more or register your interest please contact: tanya.dsouza@readinternatonal.org.uk
You'll even get a free T-Shirt! That surely makes the pain worthwhile.
On the basis of the number of our supporters we have and numbers who have already expressed their interest for this year’s 10km race and Half Marathon, I would like to urge you to confirm your interest as soon as possible as it is very likely that they will fill up very quickly - probably by the end of the month!
It costs us 50 pence to send a book to Tanzania, so all money raised makes a huge difference. Find out more about our work at www.readinternational.org.uk
Monica Mwangunga (monicamwangunga@hotmail.com
Thursday, April 30, 2009
SWINE INFLUENZA
HERE ARE THE TOP 10 GENERAL INFLUENZA PREVENTION METHODS
Medical
1. Vaccination
2. Antiviral medications
- Must start within 2 days of illness
- Treatment as advised by your health care provider
Non-Medical
3. Cough Etiquette
- Properly cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when coughing or sneezing – See CDC “Cover Your Cough” at: www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/
covercough.htm
- Proper Hand Washing Procedures
- Wet hand with warm water
- Apply soap to hands
- Rub hands together vigorously for 15 – 20 seconds, covering all surfaces of hands and fingers
- Rinse hands with warm water
- Thoroughly dry hands with disposable towel or air blower
- Use towel to turn off faucet
- Proper Use of Hand Sanitizer
- Apply product to palm
- Rub hands together covering all surfaces of hands and fingers
- Rub until dry (15-20 seconds)
- Use on visibly clean hands
- Consider offering in public areas
- Germs are often spread when a person touches some thing that is contaminated with virus and then touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth.
Hard Surface Cleaning and Disinfecting
7. Clean
- Organic material could protect the virus from sanitizers
- Removal of the organic material is a key part of effective disinfection
- Detergents should be rinsed off to avoid dilution or inactivation of disinfectant
- Follow directions for use on the product label of a properly registered disinfectant which has claims of effectiveness against influenza viruses listed on the label.
- Wipe down frequently touched surfaces with a properly registered disinfectant
- Light and air control switches
- Faucets and toilet flush levers
- Door knobs, TV and radio controls and telephones
- Public restroom doors
- Other surfaces as needed
- Disinfect all surfaces in the bathroom that may have contacted respiratory secretions, urine or feces according to standard infection control procedures. Carefully read and follow all product directions according to the product label.
- Wipe down frequently touched surfaces with a properly registered disinfectant
- With cold or flu symptoms, stay home and get plenty of rest
- Check with your local health care provider as needed
Friday, April 10, 2009
HAPPY EASTER
EASTER IS A SEASON OF HOPE. HOPING THAT THERE IS LOVE.
IT IS TRUST IN TOMORROW
IT IS FALLING ASLEEP AND WAKING AGAIN WHEN THE SUN RISES.
IN THE EYES OF ANOTHER IT IS TO SEE THAT YOU ARE UNDERSTOOD.
AS LONG AS THERE IS STILL HOPE THERE WILL ALSO BE PRAYER
AND YOU WILL BE HELD IN GOD'S HANDS
(HENRI NOUWEN)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Bajeti hii Msumeno Makali
Wadau,
Bajeti iliyotangazwa jana imeongeza maumivu. Bonyeza web hii uone kiasi gani cha pato kitachukuliwa na serikali.
Bajeti iliyotangazwa jana imeongeza maumivu. Bonyeza web hii uone kiasi gani cha pato kitachukuliwa na serikali.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
G20 Capitalism Failure
We have witnessed the world's strong economies coming together to solve the mess they created themselves, financial crisis. This is not the first time these supra-economies ever met to discuss the global financial crisis; and every time they meet, they face strong protests from anti-capitalism. We all know that these leaders are working hard for the good of the world; why is it that protesters from every corner of the world oppose and distort their gathering. Why can't protesters give these leaders a chance to quickly resolve this worrying economic situation, instead they protest and attack key governmental buildings.
Protesters somehow know that there are hidden agendas. Capitalism will never admit failure and this is not the majority of us want to hear.Capitalism is on the edge of falling into communism. All capitalistic governments are now run similarly to communism.Yes they are! Anecdote evidence of banks falling into hands of government clearly shows a form of communism where firms are owned by government. This has been the trend in most G20 nations.The meeting held in London to find best and quicker ways of ending the recession by no means touched some aspects of communism similar to the ones Mr Mugabe (and the late Mobutu of Zaire) has been using to run Zimbabwe. Britain for instance, had suggested to 'Print more money' so as to easy the recession. Brainy economists, strategists and financiers around the world ran out of ideas on how to solve this crisis. It now seems the only solution is to PRINT MORE- as Idd Amin once said to his Minister of Finance.
G20 leaders put a great show in London, they enjoyed being interviewed and have their pictures taken.Not one of them seemed unhappy or empathyse with those struggling to cope with daily life. We read and heard more stories of their menu, written by celebrity Chef J. Oliver. It is this menu that worked the magic for IMF to approve one trillion dollar- again it bounces back to Mugabe, Amin and Mobutus formula of Printing More.
Protesters somehow know that there are hidden agendas. Capitalism will never admit failure and this is not the majority of us want to hear.Capitalism is on the edge of falling into communism. All capitalistic governments are now run similarly to communism.Yes they are! Anecdote evidence of banks falling into hands of government clearly shows a form of communism where firms are owned by government. This has been the trend in most G20 nations.The meeting held in London to find best and quicker ways of ending the recession by no means touched some aspects of communism similar to the ones Mr Mugabe (and the late Mobutu of Zaire) has been using to run Zimbabwe. Britain for instance, had suggested to 'Print more money' so as to easy the recession. Brainy economists, strategists and financiers around the world ran out of ideas on how to solve this crisis. It now seems the only solution is to PRINT MORE- as Idd Amin once said to his Minister of Finance.
G20 leaders put a great show in London, they enjoyed being interviewed and have their pictures taken.Not one of them seemed unhappy or empathyse with those struggling to cope with daily life. We read and heard more stories of their menu, written by celebrity Chef J. Oliver. It is this menu that worked the magic for IMF to approve one trillion dollar- again it bounces back to Mugabe, Amin and Mobutus formula of Printing More.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Kiswahili miaka ya 80 na 90.
Hapo zamani za kale!
Mdau mmoja katuandikia kwa vituko kutukumbusha miaka ya 80 na 90 wakati kiswahili kilipokuwa kinafanyiwa 'make up'. Wakati huku ulaya, na hasa uingereza, wanaikumbuka the 80s & 90s kwa kutamba kwa boybands; Tanzania tunaikumbuka mi80 na mi90 kwa mabadiliko makubwa ya kiswahili. Sisi wa mikoani tulisubiria kwa hamu misamiati iliyokuwa ikitokea miji mikubwa kama vile Dar, Arusha, Zoo na Iringa. Mi80 na mi90 huko mikoani ilipambwa kwa misamiati mbalimbali, ambayopia iliweza kutuchanganya kitafsiri. Mfano
Mdau mmoja katuandikia kwa vituko kutukumbusha miaka ya 80 na 90 wakati kiswahili kilipokuwa kinafanyiwa 'make up'. Wakati huku ulaya, na hasa uingereza, wanaikumbuka the 80s & 90s kwa kutamba kwa boybands; Tanzania tunaikumbuka mi80 na mi90 kwa mabadiliko makubwa ya kiswahili. Sisi wa mikoani tulisubiria kwa hamu misamiati iliyokuwa ikitokea miji mikubwa kama vile Dar, Arusha, Zoo na Iringa. Mi80 na mi90 huko mikoani ilipambwa kwa misamiati mbalimbali, ambayopia iliweza kutuchanganya kitafsiri. Mfano
- Tukitoe, Tukinyanyue= (mara- kitoe king'ombe kidogo)
- Chalii= kijana (Ar, kijana; mza- kulala chali)
- Mshikaji = rafiki (bila mabadiliko)
- Buzi = (Mara, mbuzi mkubwa; Dar- mtu anayekunyonya kifedha)
- Mambo fresh= Mara, neno fresh lilitumiwa na wauza maziwa kumaanisha ubora wa bidhaa hiyo.
- Kihiyo= (Dar na Arusha, mtu aliyetuhumiwa kwa kuiba kwa kutumia kalamu; Msm, neno kihiyo lilimaanisha-kichaa!
- Mura= (Dar, tafsriri=dume)- Mara, tafsiri= Shujaa
- Msimbe= Dar, bibi/girlfriend)- mara, mke au binti mwenye kutembea na mtu aliyeolewa.
- Ndege - Arusha, neno hili lilimaanisha nuksi; mza- neno ndege lilimaanisha uharibifu wa zao la mpunga kwa ndege wengi!
- Magiro ganu- (msm, watu hawa= Dar-?)
- Nyang'au - msm & mza= mvamizi, Pwani = nyama kavu
- Kereng'ende = Bara (msm, mza na Shy = mtu wa kawaida, Dar, moro = mtu baki
- Bumunda- Msm (mza & msm mtu asiyejiweza kimasomo)
- Piga Ng'ombe - (kanda ya ziwa = kaba kabali kwa nia ya kunyang'anya/kwapua= Dar, Pwani, Moro, Iringa = piga ng'ombe kwa fimbo.
- Kusomesha = (Dar- chombeza, msm, mza & Ar = kijana kumshawishi binti)
Kampuni za kusafirisha mizigo kwenda Tanzania
Wazalendo!
Kwa yeyote anayejua kampuni zinazosafirisha mizigo kwenda TZ tokea hapa Ireland, tunaomba maelezo. Kuna watu wengi wanahitaji kusafirisha mizigo kwenda TZ (kwa unafuu) lakini hawajui jinsi gani. Tasaidiane!
Kwa yeyote anayejua kampuni zinazosafirisha mizigo kwenda TZ tokea hapa Ireland, tunaomba maelezo. Kuna watu wengi wanahitaji kusafirisha mizigo kwenda TZ (kwa unafuu) lakini hawajui jinsi gani. Tasaidiane!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Special Thanks to all Mothers around the world
Wadau Ireland tunapenda kuchukua nafasi hii kuwakumbuka kina mama wakati wa siku yao 'Mothers Day' iliyosherehekewa duniani tarehe 22.03.09. Kwa kunukuu maneno ya mzee mmoja (wa kale) kuwa maisha ya kina Mama ni sawa na Pilot anaye-endesha ndege. Kina mama pia ni pilots katika familia. Pilot huhakikisha kuwa ndege inasafiri salama hata anapokuwa amechoka au kujisikia kusinzia. Kina mama katika familia huhahakikisha watoto wanaongozwa vema siku hadi siku bila kuchoka.
Mama ni mwalimu katika familia. Mtoto kama mwanafunzi atamuuliza mama swali hata kama anajua mama hatokuwa na jibu; ataomba kila kitu hata kama anajua mama hatakuwa na uwezo. Je, ni nani hakuwahi kulia akiwa mdogo? Je, ulipolia ulimtaja nani? Mama! Mwenyezi mungu awape kina mama wote duniani afya njema ya kuwawezesha kuishi maisha marefu na hata kuweza kuonja matunda ya watoto wao. Kina Mama wa Afrika, kwa namna ya pekee, mnahitaji pongezi kubwa; mungu awabariki. Kina mama vijijini Afrika mzigo wenu kimaisha unatia huruma kubwa. Siku ya kina mama duniani itoa changamoto kwa viongozi wote Afrika kuinua maisha ya kinamama vijijini.
Mama ni mwalimu katika familia. Mtoto kama mwanafunzi atamuuliza mama swali hata kama anajua mama hatokuwa na jibu; ataomba kila kitu hata kama anajua mama hatakuwa na uwezo. Je, ni nani hakuwahi kulia akiwa mdogo? Je, ulipolia ulimtaja nani? Mama! Mwenyezi mungu awape kina mama wote duniani afya njema ya kuwawezesha kuishi maisha marefu na hata kuweza kuonja matunda ya watoto wao. Kina Mama wa Afrika, kwa namna ya pekee, mnahitaji pongezi kubwa; mungu awabariki. Kina mama vijijini Afrika mzigo wenu kimaisha unatia huruma kubwa. Siku ya kina mama duniani itoa changamoto kwa viongozi wote Afrika kuinua maisha ya kinamama vijijini.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
KAPELO ZA KIMOBITELI
JAMANI SUMMER INAKUJA ZIANDAENI SIMU ZENU KWA KUNUNUA KOFIA ZA VIMOBITELI. NA ZENYEWE PIA ZINA FEELING.
WADAU TUSAIDIANE KATIKA MKWAJA HUU (Recesion)
WADAU NINAWAZO KAMA KUNA MTU ANAHITAJI KITU AU MWINGINE ANA KITU CHA ZIADA UNAWEZA KUWEKA HUMU ILI ANEYEHITAJI AWEZE KUSAVE PESA.
PIA TUNAWEZA KUBADILISHANA VITU HUMU.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
St. Patrick's Festival 17.03.09
Wadau hawa walipopewa mwaliko wa kuhudhuria St. Pat's Festival, Ireland, walikumbuka kubeba myamvuli; Ati waliambiwa Ireland kuna mvua nyinigi na hali ya hewa hubadilika mara kwa mara. Miye niliwanasa kwenye Kamera, Katika shangaa shangaa yangu kwenye Parade hapo O'Connell St. mida ya saa saba. Baada ya kutafakari picha hii nikagundua kuwa myamuli hii ilikuwa imeandaliwa kupambana na jua kali lililotwanga mtaa mzima wa O'Connell na kusababisha Mto Lifey kunyauka! O'Connell st. imeshuhudia Global Warming- evidence tazama Picha. Wadau tuleteeni picha mlizopiga leo kwenya Festival hii- baadhi ya picha zangu zimeungua tokana na jua kali!!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Kuundwa kwa Kamati ya chama: Tanzania Ireland
Ndugu Watanzania Ireland
Tunapenda kutangaza kuundwa kwa kamati ya chama cha watanzania hapa Ireland. Kwa taratibu za uongozi si vema kwa Mwenyekiti na Katibu kufanya uamuzi wa kila jambo bila kuwa na chombo saidizi ndani ya umoja wetu. Dhumuni mojawapo la kupendekeza kuundwa kwa kamati ya chama ni kutuwezesha kuwa na mchango wenye uwiano mkubwa katika kutoa mawazo, majadiliano na kufikia uamuzi wa mambo mbali mbali yanayotuhusu.
Kamati ya chama ikiundwa na uwiano mzuri weye wawakilishi toka vitongoji mbalimbali hapa Ireland itasaidia kupanga taratibu mbalimbali zitakazoweza kuendesha umoja na hivyo kupunguza idadi ya mikutano ya mara kwa mara (isiyo ya lazima).
Tunapenda kukuza umoja huu, Tanzania Ireland kama tawi la watanzania waishio nje ya nchi bado ni changa. Mabibi na Mabwana tunaomba mjitokeze ili tusonge mbele!
Tunaomba yeyote mwenye kupenda kujiunga na 'Kamati ya chama' atume jina lake kwenye barua pepe:swahili@live.ie
Tunapenda kutangaza kuundwa kwa kamati ya chama cha watanzania hapa Ireland. Kwa taratibu za uongozi si vema kwa Mwenyekiti na Katibu kufanya uamuzi wa kila jambo bila kuwa na chombo saidizi ndani ya umoja wetu. Dhumuni mojawapo la kupendekeza kuundwa kwa kamati ya chama ni kutuwezesha kuwa na mchango wenye uwiano mkubwa katika kutoa mawazo, majadiliano na kufikia uamuzi wa mambo mbali mbali yanayotuhusu.
Kamati ya chama ikiundwa na uwiano mzuri weye wawakilishi toka vitongoji mbalimbali hapa Ireland itasaidia kupanga taratibu mbalimbali zitakazoweza kuendesha umoja na hivyo kupunguza idadi ya mikutano ya mara kwa mara (isiyo ya lazima).
Tunapenda kukuza umoja huu, Tanzania Ireland kama tawi la watanzania waishio nje ya nchi bado ni changa. Mabibi na Mabwana tunaomba mjitokeze ili tusonge mbele!
Tunaomba yeyote mwenye kupenda kujiunga na 'Kamati ya chama' atume jina lake kwenye barua pepe:swahili@live.ie
Canon Multipass C70 Fax,Printer,Copier- BURE
Ndugu mdau
Tunashukuru kwa kuchukua uamuzi wa kugawa Printer- Bure. Kwa moyo wako mkunjufu, toa maelezo unapatikana wapi-Anwani yako, ili wanaohitaji waje kuchukua. Ajabu!uliweza kupata muda wa ku-'scan' picha ya printer na kutoa 'spec' zake lakini hukupata muda wa kueleza vizuri unapatikana wapi, anwani, tel # etc.
Tunashukuru kwa kuchukua uamuzi wa kugawa Printer- Bure. Kwa moyo wako mkunjufu, toa maelezo unapatikana wapi-Anwani yako, ili wanaohitaji waje kuchukua. Ajabu!uliweza kupata muda wa ku-'scan' picha ya printer na kutoa 'spec' zake lakini hukupata muda wa kueleza vizuri unapatikana wapi, anwani, tel # etc.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Canon Multipass C70 Fax,Printer,Copier- BURE
Habari Wadau, Ninazo hizo CANON MULTIPASS C-70 zilizotumika , kwa anayetaka tuwasiliane kwa email hii (azania@eircom.net). Nitagawa mwisho 2 kwa mtu, Pia uweze kuja kuchukua mwenyewe sina nafasi ya kudeliva. Nyingi zinafanya kazi ila sina uhakika kuwa zote zitafanya kazi. Specs zake hizo hapo chini. Asanteni
Canon MultiPASS C70 All-In-One InkJet Printer
Consumer Rating:
Information:
The MultiPASS C70 is a highly featured, full color, all-in-one PC connectable multifunctional printer. The small and compact unit offers Small Office/Home Office users the ability to color fax, color.
The MultiPASS C70 is a highly featured, full color, all-in-one PC connectable multifunctional printer. The small and compact unit offers Small Office/Home Office users the ability to color fax, color print, color copy, color scan and also to PC fax. The MultiPASS C70 is the perfect all-in-one color desktop solution.??The MultiPASS offers superb quality color bubble jet printing to give all output that professional look. The MultiPASS C70 takes advantage of a 'no fuss' cartridge replacement system, ensuring full printer functionality with ease. If the majority of the output is color, a color cartridge is used, however, if the output is predominantly text then the cartridge can be quickly and easily swapped with no mess, for a black cartridge. The MultiPASS C70 allows printing on to many types of media; plain paper, high resolution paper, glossy photo paper, T-shirt transfers to name but a few, ensuring users can get maximum creativity and capability from one compact unit.
Consumer Rating:
Information:
The MultiPASS C70 is a highly featured, full color, all-in-one PC connectable multifunctional printer. The small and compact unit offers Small Office/Home Office users the ability to color fax, color.
The MultiPASS C70 is a highly featured, full color, all-in-one PC connectable multifunctional printer. The small and compact unit offers Small Office/Home Office users the ability to color fax, color print, color copy, color scan and also to PC fax. The MultiPASS C70 is the perfect all-in-one color desktop solution.??The MultiPASS offers superb quality color bubble jet printing to give all output that professional look. The MultiPASS C70 takes advantage of a 'no fuss' cartridge replacement system, ensuring full printer functionality with ease. If the majority of the output is color, a color cartridge is used, however, if the output is predominantly text then the cartridge can be quickly and easily swapped with no mess, for a black cartridge. The MultiPASS C70 allows printing on to many types of media; plain paper, high resolution paper, glossy photo paper, T-shirt transfers to name but a few, ensuring users can get maximum creativity and capability from one compact unit.
MDAU.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
40+ Years still depending on aid from the West.
For decades, Africa has remained a continent of aid recipient (simply beggers)! African leaders have failed to come up with strategies that can liberate the continent economically. I mean failed due to the fact that the continent has for so long been used to receiving easy cash to support struggling buggets. African countries have been used to others doing things for them. This includes the hearty charities of western countries, the generous rock stars working day and night to raise cash to combat hunger in sub-sahara and many more. The contintent has continued begging from the very countries it claimed independence from. Of all aid recipients, Africa is the biggest economic recepient. One wonders why it has not been possible for Africa to shine economically and stop receiving aid year on year from the west. We, Africans, were led to believe that colonialism cemented long term ties to an extent that it left the continent poorer and poorer. On the other hand, others have argued that following independence dictatorship by few leaders led to massive migration of skilled people to Western countries hence contributing to building western economies.
These are just excuses. Why is it that a small country like Ireland (wih 4millions), which was colonised for three hundred years, has managed to build its economy and reached a point of supporting a vast African continent of almost billions of people?
We have begged from the West and now decide to extend to East. We have now shifted to Asia. The Chinise are increasingly interested in the piece of the pie in Africa. The increased influence of China in Africa means another extension to the already existing aid inflow to Africa. China will help any Cuntry that suits its own agenda-energy and minerals. To sight a few examples; the construction of Railways in Zambia; construction of highways in Ghana; redevelopment of Nigeria rail Network; Construction of National Stadium in Tanzania and in Ghana; construction of oil product facilities in Khartoum etc.
We need revolution in the continent, I don't mean war but different thinking, different ways of doing things. My grandfather used to say 'ukimwonesha mtoto kuvua samaki hata omba mboga kwa jirani'. We have abundant resources but why can't we learn to fish ourselves? Why do we need to ask the Chinese? We blamed the West for their tricky contracts on various projects in Africa, how can we be sure that the chinese and Indians won't do what the west have done.
by Mr. M Jogoo
These are just excuses. Why is it that a small country like Ireland (wih 4millions), which was colonised for three hundred years, has managed to build its economy and reached a point of supporting a vast African continent of almost billions of people?
We have begged from the West and now decide to extend to East. We have now shifted to Asia. The Chinise are increasingly interested in the piece of the pie in Africa. The increased influence of China in Africa means another extension to the already existing aid inflow to Africa. China will help any Cuntry that suits its own agenda-energy and minerals. To sight a few examples; the construction of Railways in Zambia; construction of highways in Ghana; redevelopment of Nigeria rail Network; Construction of National Stadium in Tanzania and in Ghana; construction of oil product facilities in Khartoum etc.
We need revolution in the continent, I don't mean war but different thinking, different ways of doing things. My grandfather used to say 'ukimwonesha mtoto kuvua samaki hata omba mboga kwa jirani'. We have abundant resources but why can't we learn to fish ourselves? Why do we need to ask the Chinese? We blamed the West for their tricky contracts on various projects in Africa, how can we be sure that the chinese and Indians won't do what the west have done.
by Mr. M Jogoo
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
YOPET
Sisi YOPET (Youth Organization for Poverty Reduction - Tanzania), tumesaka kwa Muda mrefu ushirikiano wa watanzania wenzetu waishio Ireland na viunga vyake. sisi sio Njo, ni kikundi chenye watu takriban 420 members sasa. Makao yetu makuu ni hapa hapa Kunduch-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. tumejifunga kutafuta mpenyo wa kuondokana na Umaskini iwapo tutawezeshwa. tuna malengo yetu na mikakati. iwapo tutapata mawasiliano yenu mazuri, na moyo wenu wa uzalendo tutashirikiana kujikwamua.
Pastor Bihagaze
Mwenyekiti
Pastor Bihagaze
Mwenyekiti
SHUKRANI
UONGOZI TANZANIA IRELAND, WADAU IRELAND, UNAPENDA KUTOA SHUKRANI KUFUATIA ZIARA YA WAZIRI MKUU, MIZENGO P. PINDA TAREHE 25 HAD 27 FEB 09. NI MATUAMAINI YETU KUWA KUSHIRIKI KWENU KWENYE MAANDALIZI, MAPOKEZI NA HAFLA KULISAIDIA KUFANIKISHA ZIARA YA WAZIRI MKUU HAPA IRELAND.
KWA MARA YA KWANZA KATIKA HISTORIA YETU (WATANZANIA IRELAND), ZIARA YA WAZIRI MKUU ILITUPATIA FURSA YA KUJUMUIKA PAMOJA NA KUJISIKIA KUWA 'BADO TUNATAMBULIKA NA TAIFA LETU'. TUNATANGULIZA SHUKRANI ZA DHATI KWA MH. BALOZI MAAJAR NA TIMU YAKE KWA KUSHIRIKIANA NASI KAMA FAMILIA MOJA. WATANZANIA IRELAND MMEJIJENGEA SIFA NZURI. TUNAOMBA SISIMKO NA CHACHANDU ZA WIKI ILIYOPITA ZIWE CHANZO CHA KUIMARISHA UMOJA WETU.
ASANTENI
KWA MARA YA KWANZA KATIKA HISTORIA YETU (WATANZANIA IRELAND), ZIARA YA WAZIRI MKUU ILITUPATIA FURSA YA KUJUMUIKA PAMOJA NA KUJISIKIA KUWA 'BADO TUNATAMBULIKA NA TAIFA LETU'. TUNATANGULIZA SHUKRANI ZA DHATI KWA MH. BALOZI MAAJAR NA TIMU YAKE KWA KUSHIRIKIANA NASI KAMA FAMILIA MOJA. WATANZANIA IRELAND MMEJIJENGEA SIFA NZURI. TUNAOMBA SISIMKO NA CHACHANDU ZA WIKI ILIYOPITA ZIWE CHANZO CHA KUIMARISHA UMOJA WETU.
ASANTENI
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Ziara ya Waziri Mkuu Mh. Mizengo Pinda - Dublin Institute of Technology
Waziri Mkuu Mh. Mizengo Pinda akikaribishwa na mwenyeji wake Prof. Brian Norton, President wa Dublin Institute of Technology, katika ziara yake katika chuo hicho tarehe 27/02/2009.
Waziri Mkuu Mh. Mizengo Pinda na Waziri wa Sayansi na Teknolojia Prof. Msola wakiwa na wenyeji wao wa Dublin Institute of Technology. Kulia kutoka kwa Waziri Mkuu ni Prof. Brian Norton, President wa DIT, Dr. Fredrick Mtenzi mhadhiri wa DIT, na Prof. Godwin Mjema, mkuu wa chuo cha usimamizi wa fedha Tanzania, IFM.
HABARI KATIKA PICHA- Waziri Mkuu akiwa Dublin (Ireland)
Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda na ujumbe wake wakitembelea Kituo cha Mafunzo na Utafiti na Usindikaji Vyakula kilichopo Ashtown (Ashtown Food Research Centre) nje kidogo ya jiji la Dublin nchini Ireland akiwa katika ziara nchini Ireland Februari 27,2009
Mke wa Waziri Mkuu, Mama Tunu Pinda akipokea zawadi ya maua kutoka kwa Katibu wa Umoja wa Watanzania waishio, Ireland, Bwana Makunja Jogoo wakati Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda alipozungumza na watanzania hao jijini Dublin akiwa katika ziara ya kikazi nchini Ireland, Februari 27, 2008.(Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)
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