<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094</id><updated>2012-01-01T11:48:42.934+01:00</updated><category term='Deity'/><category term='Optimism'/><category term='Soccer'/><category term='Transition'/><category term='Poli'/><category term='Economics and Trade'/><category term='Society'/><category term='Chessboard'/><category term='Meaning'/><category term='Politics'/><title type='text'>The Variances</title><subtitle type='html'>You derive good from bad and the reverse holds. Actual things have variances. Nothing stays isolated or remains the same. What we choose to take or accept undergoes optional variations. Whether we are wrong or not are aspects of our perception of Variances. Whether things make sense depends on the spot we stare at - we could be all right all the time. Life is dependent on variances.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-4386521634954156796</id><published>2009-03-30T11:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T12:00:51.833+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Brand Darwinism: When &amp; Why Brands Falter &amp; Die</title><summary type='text'>Brand Darwinism: When &amp; Why Brands Falter &amp; Die December 22, 2008 issue of Brandchannel.com Much like living organisms, brands have a lifecycle. At times, they take on a life of their own. While some brands stand the test of time, others fade away soon after they come to market. What happens when it’s time for brands to die, and why? A primary reason for brand fragility is the very nature of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/4386521634954156796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=4386521634954156796&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/4386521634954156796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/4386521634954156796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2009/03/brand-darwinism-when-why-brands-falter.html' title='Brand Darwinism: When &amp; Why Brands Falter &amp; Die'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5854342143559067299</id><published>2008-11-10T07:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T07:55:08.804+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Arsene Wenger: A 1 Man Tribute</title><summary type='text'>True or false: the reason's why we love Arsene Wenger           Let’s play a game. It is called “True or False” and this week’s subject is Arsène Wenger. Here goes . . .  1) Wenger is fluent in five languages, including Japanese.  2) He is 6ft 1in tall.  3) The club he supported in his youth were Borussia Mönchengladbach.                  4) He won a French league title as a player with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5854342143559067299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5854342143559067299&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5854342143559067299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5854342143559067299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/11/arsene-wenger-1-man-tribute.html' title='Arsene Wenger: A 1 Man Tribute'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5770582666353834753</id><published>2008-11-10T06:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T07:03:08.886+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Barack Obama Wuod Luo - A trully great Kenyan</title><summary type='text'>  Hello, Chicago.  If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.  It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5770582666353834753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5770582666353834753&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5770582666353834753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5770582666353834753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-obama-wuod-luo-trully-great.html' title='Barack Obama Wuod Luo - A trully great Kenyan'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-7967632171949855374</id><published>2008-11-10T06:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T11:48:42.944+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poli'/><title type='text'>Barack Obama Wuod Luo - A trully great Kenyan</title><summary type='text'>  Hello, Chicago.  If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.  It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/7967632171949855374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=7967632171949855374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7967632171949855374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7967632171949855374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-obama-wuod-luo-trully-great_10.html' title='Barack Obama Wuod Luo - A trully great Kenyan'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-1397202061337782784</id><published>2008-10-03T11:39:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T12:58:10.636+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics and Trade'/><title type='text'>Government In Business and 21st Century Economics</title><summary type='text'>In the past week I gained from two learning events which though unrelated in occurence, are very much linked to the past as well as the future. Who sets prices? And pricing is to whose interest?When it is the buyer that increases the price does it negate fundamental economic laws of elements of markets and pricing in particular? Questions have been asked whether at all there exist a price level </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/1397202061337782784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=1397202061337782784&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/1397202061337782784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/1397202061337782784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/10/government-and-regulations-inside-21st.html' title='Government In Business and 21st Century Economics'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5630372957891604912</id><published>2008-09-03T11:36:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T12:32:24.719+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chessboard'/><title type='text'>Strikes are Revolutionary and Inevitable</title><summary type='text'>Those Hockey players are morons.  It was reported that they are going to be banned for five years by the Kenya Hockey Union.  This means that they will not be able to represent the country or play for any club events.  NOt sure what happens if they move to another country are they still banned from playing for clubs that are members of the national federation?kimHalo halo Kim,I know you love </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5630372957891604912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5630372957891604912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5630372957891604912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5630372957891604912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/09/strikes-are-revolutionary-and.html' title='Strikes are Revolutionary and Inevitable'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-2975384602159160669</id><published>2008-07-02T10:15:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T11:35:56.129+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Society'/><title type='text'>Dangerous Waters</title><summary type='text'>It is like swimming in the Atlantic at Lekki Beach when the tides are up and waves are awash as they build, rise and break on the great boulders deliberately erected to stop another 'may yet come' catastrophe. When you are in the water, and having a human eye and nose your senses of smell and hearing are highly varied yet still you rely on them to take control of your aquacy. As opposed to the '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/2975384602159160669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=2975384602159160669&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2975384602159160669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2975384602159160669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/07/dangerous-waters.html' title='Dangerous Waters'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-3385525824918148553</id><published>2008-07-02T09:56:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T10:03:22.050+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deity'/><title type='text'>Of “God’s Great Missionaries” and Us.</title><summary type='text'>This is an inspection into the lives of those great men of God - like John the Baptist, the Apostle John, the Apostle Peter, the prophet Daniel, and others.Truly these men (and women, just as deserving) were indeed “faithful” to the Lord. Their life stories are a great encouragement to us today.However, the Lord Himself never called any of them “great.”In fact, take Moses for example, the “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/3385525824918148553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=3385525824918148553&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/3385525824918148553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/3385525824918148553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/07/of-gods-great-missionaries-and-us.html' title='Of “God’s Great Missionaries” and Us.'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5607277714632259325</id><published>2008-06-28T11:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T11:57:58.705+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Society'/><title type='text'>For A Season and Reason.</title><summary type='text'>They say it is inevitable that friends must part some day. Parting always takes something from you even if it's going to be just for a short while. You could live with that. Until some time passes by and you almost forget the last time you saw your friend, and you realize it was the 'last' time. Remember all the 'last times' you have taken for granted in the past and said a timid 'goodbye' to a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5607277714632259325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5607277714632259325&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5607277714632259325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5607277714632259325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/for-season-and-reason.html' title='For A Season and Reason.'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-746441015102307758</id><published>2008-06-23T16:20:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T10:42:31.611+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Those Before Me.</title><summary type='text'>Agonga Otitimah met me at a Lecture Theatre down in FASS. Actually the Complex had not been completed at the time and we only had the adjacent Silo-like halls for lectures. Cartography, Geomophorlogy, Operations Research and Systems Analytics had their classes taken down their at the sprawling Egerton grazing grassland. It was a pretty distance of about a km from Siaya 4.So I 'strayed' into this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/746441015102307758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=746441015102307758&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/746441015102307758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/746441015102307758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/those-before-me.html' title='Those Before Me.'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5723426882572852398</id><published>2008-06-20T23:36:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T10:59:25.302+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>A Political Friday</title><summary type='text'>I was off office today but I was in throughout the day. My head has been throbbing. Perhaps the swarm (or is it colony) of mosquitoes that have all of a sudden invaded my humble abode are squarely responsible for my headache. Like Maragia says (and it has happened to me many times before) sometimes you are in a situation that you want to do something but just decides to ignore it. I have been off</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5723426882572852398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5723426882572852398&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5723426882572852398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5723426882572852398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/political-friday.html' title='A Political Friday'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-3460942087749421112</id><published>2008-06-20T21:41:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T16:06:37.241+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Of LSMW and Verbal Batch Recording</title><summary type='text'>I know if you recorded my conversation I would definately denounce a good portion of it on playback. But consistency is a good thing not only in what one says but also in what one does. You get those anecdotes from politicians saying 'I was misquoted' or 'I was quoted out of context'. Part of the ability to do it right lies in character while the other part may lie in practice. Whichever way one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/3460942087749421112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=3460942087749421112&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/3460942087749421112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/3460942087749421112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/of-lsmw-and-verbal-batch-recording.html' title='Of LSMW and Verbal Batch Recording'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-5552673569087943778</id><published>2008-06-18T02:44:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T21:41:32.809+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Next Stop: The Theatre Of Dreams.</title><summary type='text'>Lets talk football again.I missed  three great things in a day on Saturday the 14th. Bunni Olape, the Nigerian IM had just remembered me and sent an invite to me about a National Chess Championship at the National Stadium Surulere. I forgot to reply the text to confirm if I'll be there. That was not by choice but due to pure memory erasure that was the 2nd week of the 'go-live'. It has been a </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2693aaec73875338&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/5552673569087943778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=5552673569087943778&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5552673569087943778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/5552673569087943778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/next-stop-theatre-of-dreams.html' title='Next Stop: The Theatre Of Dreams.'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-8300043909554723906</id><published>2008-06-08T23:51:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T00:53:04.813+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Fake II</title><summary type='text'>So what did you do at Guantanamo? Or what did the mother gazelle do? It works all the time and every player knows when to lie about his intentions when he spots the opportunity. But the beauty is all in the way nature does it.You didn't say you would use that rock, throw it into the water so that Chu and Blue would be distracted by the call of their name as the rock hits ad displaces water in the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/8300043909554723906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=8300043909554723906&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/8300043909554723906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/8300043909554723906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/fake-ii.html' title='Fake II'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-2268745304100637483</id><published>2008-06-08T22:22:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T23:36:43.085+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Transition'/><title type='text'>Games People Play</title><summary type='text'>Between systems during a transition there is always a 'cutover crisis'. Transition is an end to an era and a beginning of another. A polygamous man passes on in the arms of one of his wives and the mini drama that will never be told begins. The lady under whose roof the departed husband had his last breath starts to shake of every part of the house for all kinds of valuable information and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/2268745304100637483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=2268745304100637483&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2268745304100637483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2268745304100637483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/games-people-play.html' title='Games People Play'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-7512516988277828612</id><published>2008-06-01T02:20:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T02:30:42.687+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meaning'/><title type='text'>Grammer</title><summary type='text'>In the Safari Children's book 2 which I passed through in 1982 while in class 5 I remember this short story about Simon Makonde. He was born on a Sunday, named on a Monday, Married on a Tuesday, taken ill on a Wednesday, treated on a Thursday, died on a Friday and was buried on a Satrday.That was in Kenya years ago. Ishola now asks Maragia if he has heard of someone called Igwe Chukwu. Then he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/7512516988277828612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=7512516988277828612&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7512516988277828612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7512516988277828612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/grammer.html' title='Grammer'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-1024872498941061754</id><published>2008-06-01T02:01:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T02:20:21.302+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Optimism'/><title type='text'>Chicken Come To Roost</title><summary type='text'>One may want something very badly and when it will be incidental in the future the waiting can be very enthusiastic. It has been a first project for many here and I can see in their faces reflections of anticipation as June 1st approaches. But more has been about the events that have culminated to this evening.I can consider questions or relevance to want to know how much who will say 'I did this</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/1024872498941061754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=1024872498941061754&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/1024872498941061754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/1024872498941061754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/06/chicken-come-to-roostchicken-come-to.html' title='Chicken Come To Roost'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-2105086136466481869</id><published>2008-05-31T18:28:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T19:17:25.466+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Fake</title><summary type='text'>You have read through the Art of War and perhaps practised a few pointers drawn from the lines of that great writing. You may have even read for a third time the 48 Laws of Power. What about my favourite that is The Three Musketeers? In this you come out with a cunning demeanor that drives you to outwit your opponents and succeed in winning contests.Let us see how it works in life and how correct</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/2105086136466481869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=2105086136466481869&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2105086136466481869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/2105086136466481869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/05/fake.html' title='Fake'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-7942313290490084837</id><published>2008-05-16T13:25:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T22:21:55.989+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soccer'/><title type='text'>Back Passes</title><summary type='text'>Back passes are made by players who do not have drive to attack, torment and anihilate opponents. A backpass takes the ball further away from the opponents goal and reduces the probability of a goal for your team in the near time. It is a change of plan and another must be launched again.Tell your players to always have six options whenever they get the ball 1. pass forward 2. play forward 3. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/7942313290490084837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=7942313290490084837&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7942313290490084837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/7942313290490084837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-passes-are-made-by-players-who-do.html' title='Back Passes'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858963102895599094.post-6741300321162310064</id><published>2008-05-16T12:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T13:41:02.359+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Optimism'/><title type='text'>Optimism, Pessimism or both?</title><summary type='text'>We are encouraged to always be positive. That you are better off being optimistic than accepting scents of pessimisms whenever you smell them. But you realize that when the situation points at a bad thing you may well save yourself gross unexpected results by admitting that the things could be just as bad as they are feared.Yesterday Luckson advised us that some problem we are likely facing in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/feeds/6741300321162310064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8858963102895599094&amp;postID=6741300321162310064&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/6741300321162310064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8858963102895599094/posts/default/6741300321162310064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actualsandvariances.blogspot.com/2008/05/we-are-encouraged-to-always-be-positive.html' title='Optimism, Pessimism or both?'/><author><name>Soulman Nyandiek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05546671270503781613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WBCvxoTPDZE/SFhl1GDohyI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1lSc4mu09WQ/S220/Nokia006.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
