Nata Village is finally able to access the internet for all the travelers, campers, and the community to use this when ever they need to send a quick message. Nata Village has three locations where you can access the internet. First, the post office has six computers available to be used at any time. Furthermore, you have the availability to make copies and send around the world and back. Second, Wild Butchery has four computers and a fax machine that can be used. Finally, North Gate Lodge also has internet for any one to use.
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Mural Project
Posted on: May 20, 2009
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Nata Village along with the Sua Secondary School Health Club and Nata Primary School were able to draw up and paint the Murals so that it would be educating their community on having good health and knowing their status. Both Sua Secondary School and Nata Primary School worked very hard putting this special event together. The students hope the message will help a lot of people with their Mural education. The students will continue to educate their community and travelers with more Murals on the A3 road that passes through their community.
Nata is the proud host of North Gate Lodge, a new accommodation facility that is strategically located at the Kasane, Francistown and Maun road intersection.
Nata, naturally a traditional village which for many years had only one accommodation facility, has felt the demand for more accommodation establishments after the bush fire that gatted down the one facility.
Nata is a very important place as it serves as a gateway to both the Chobe and the Okavango Delta – and that is what makes the lodge so vital to tourists and business travellers alike.
Seloma Tiro, the owner, is a man who had a vision of building a lodge slap-bang in the middle of Nata, and that’s how North Gate Lodge was born. The lodge is in the good hands of Peter McClelland, the general manager, and his wife, Susan, who is deputy general manager. They have, along with Tiro, worked tirelessly to get the lodge to where it is today – an oasis in the almost barren landscape of the Nata area. There are 24 rooms – including chalets, family rooms, executive rooms and single rooms – all of which are well-furnished and competitively priced. There is also a conference facility and the bluest swimming pool one can imagine. The rooms are equipped with TV and air conditioners which all add to the comfort of the rooms.
Very convenient parking is available within the lodge property for guests and the area is under 24-hour security surveillance so one does not worry about the vehicles.
It is not so surprising as the cool and tranquil lodge almost makes one forget the busy, noisy life going on outside its walls in the village of Nata . It provides an environment in which one can have a peaceful rest after a long drive. According to Peter they provide tours to the Makgadikgadi Pans, Kubu Island, and Nata Bird Sanctuary as well as Nxai Pan with its famous Baines Baobabs.
Peter wants to turn Nata into a destination rather a stop over – “we want people come here because they want to visit Nata, and not because they are passing through to Chobe or the Okavango delta,” he said.
Next time you are in Nata, try it out at North gate Lodge, the fully stocked wet bar is situated right next to the swimming pool!
5 Vocab. Words
Posted on: April 29, 2009
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1. admirable: worthy of admiration
2. backup: substitute
3. cache: hiding place
4. destitute: lacking something
5. exile: banishment
There might be a Swine Flu shot in the near future for you, but who really wants to get stabbed by a sharp needle?It just gives me chills thinking about it. But help could be on the way. The masterminds behind the FluGen figured out a way to deliver vaccine just under the skin, and not into the muscle, which is what hurts so much.
This nifty disposable micro device is a Swine Flu fighter that’s about the size of a poker chip, and with a quick button press, its tiny pump sends the vaccine into a set of micro needles that are barely embedded into the top layer of your skin. You can hardly feel them.
While not the first idea of its type, FluGen’s version is probably going to become reality soon, given the current Swine Flu outbreak. Even better news is that for some reason, this type of multi-pronged shallow injection is more effective against the flu. Also, more people will probably show up for the shot, since it’s allegedly painless. Good timing — bring it on.
5 Vocab. Words
Posted on: April 8, 2009
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1. ambition: strong desire or drive to succeed
2. bracer: one who or that which braces
3. defamatory: injurous to a reputation
4. fibril: small or slenderous fiber
5. leonine: relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a lion
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The D-roll, or “digital roll,” is what designer Hao Hua considers to be a “next generation laptop design,” as it does away with the book-like form factor in favor of one mimicking an artist’s scroll. Whether or not something like this will even be possible in the near future seems to matter less when you look at how much effort Hua put in the design.
Up above you can see the D-roll set up like a regular laptop, and it’s easy to imagine how portable it’d be all rolled up. There’s an in-between configuration that you could theoretically use to browse email quickly and the straps double as places to plug in your USB devices. It also has a detachable webcam you could use on the computer or wear on your wrist. Though it’s just a concept, it seems there’s some interesting thoughts that laptop designers could incorporate as takeaways from the D-roll.
5 Vocab. Words
Posted on: April 1, 2009
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1. crucible: a severe, searching test or trial
2. droll: amusing in an odd way
3. eccentric: irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd
4. farce: a light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect
5. ludicrous: causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable
A team of industrial design students from the University of Louisiana have put together a railway that wouldn’t need stations to pick up passengers. Instead, system features driverless pods that are mounted to an elevated rail on an arm, which can lower the cabs down to pick up or drop off passengers anywhere along a route.
The idea came in part from roller coasters — though you don’t have to worry about your pod speeding off through a loop — and a century-old monorail in Wuppertal, Germany, which has only had one major accident since 1903. The team hopes that a system such as their versatile monorail would cut down on the need for buses, which, with personnel, fuel, and maintenance costs, can be too costly to run effectively.
5 Vocabulary Words
Posted on: March 26, 2009
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1. apportion: distribute proportionately
2. arbor: shelter under branches and vines
3. lookout: one who watches
4. halfwit: foolish person
5. invalid: one chronically ill
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