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Diversity Is Strength! It`s Also… Witchcraft, Imported By Immigration. (And, Yes, From Obama`s Kenya Too)
Probably one of the most
emailed-around articles on Election Day was this:
"In western
Kenya, relatives, friends and a bull ready for
were massed around the homestead of Barack Obama`s late
father, awaiting a hoped-for victory for their new
favourite son…Leading
in US opinion polls over
Republican rival John McCain, Obama received some
added support in Kenya with special prayer sessions and
even a victory prediction from a local witch doctor."
Kenyan relatives ready bull for slaughter,
Odhiambo Akombo, AFP,
November 4, 2008
Witch doctor?
In the wide, wide world of diversity, there`s nothing
quite as pungent as
witchcraft. In many ways it is the gold standard of
primitive anti-civilization belief systems—because
it takes the human yearning for meaning and plops out
credos that are reason-free and often violence-prone.
And because witchcraft and superstition represent
such a complete refutation of multiculturalism—the
ideology that all cultures are morally equal—there is
little discussion in the polite liberal press when
monstrous crimes result. The tone is one of proper
shock, e.g.: isn`t it terrible these things still go
on in the world? Yet immigration in large numbers
from these same societies is accepted with no
Now that our President-elect is the son of a Kenyan
national, it`s especially interesting to observe how
strongly Africans cling to their belief in witchcraft.
National Public Radio remarked recently that
"In much of
Burnings Haunt Kenyan Tribe, by Gwen Thompkins,
largely positive).
If President Obama
succeeds in arranging more
immigration from Africa, Americans can expect a wide
assortment of superstitious behavior that we would find
objectionable, to say the least.
If witchcraft only included mildly offbeat practices
like casting spells and mixing up herbal concoctions, it
might not matter much. But those primitive beliefs can
lead to deadly violence.
30 albinos have been murdered in the last year
because of witchcraft. Their body parts are much desired
for sorcery rituals and bring a high price. There is a
cross-border trade with Burundi where albinos,
including children, are chased down, killed and
One man was pursued by four armed men and had to
hide in the forest for two days.
The purchasers may place a body part near a gold mine
to bring the metal to the surface or on a hook as fish
killers sell body parts such as arms, legs, hair, skin
and genitals, according to police and albino groups.
involved in witchcraft, especially in mining and fishing
industries, believe these will enrich them, President Kikwete said last month, calling it a `stupid belief.`
Local media
have reported several incidents of victims left to bleed
to death.
`They are
cutting us up like chickens,` Msembo said, while
pointing to a picture on a wall in her cramped office of
a limbless body with the skin on its face peeled off
from an incident in 2007." [African
albinos killed for body parts, By George
Obulutsa, Reuters,
As a result, the 200,000 Tanzanian
albinos are terrorized and angry that their corpses have
become a commodity. In one recent case, a
10-year-old girl was killed and mutilated by a gang
to sell the parts.
accused surprisingly often of being witches, and often
expelled from their families. One investigation counted
town who had been accused of witchcraft and turned out.
"The notion of
child witches is not new here. It is a common belief in
Angola`s dominant Bantu culture that witches can
communicate with the world of the dead and usurp or
`eat` the life force of others, bringing their victims
misfortune, illness and death. Adult witches are said to
bewitch children by giving them food, then forcing them
to reciprocate by sacrificing a family member. […]
since 2000 to dispel notions about child witches, Ms.
Silva said, but progress comes slowly. `We cannot change
the belief that witches exist,` she said. `Even the
professional workers believe that witches exist.` "[African
Crucible: Cast as Witches, Then Cast Out, By
Sharon LaFraniere,
New York Times,
Witchcraft pops up in diverse ways
that we westerners can scarcely imagine.
For example, it was reported in September that
accusations of sorcery set off a soccer riot in eastern
causing the deaths of 13 people, most of whom were
children and teens. [Witchcraft
rumor sparks riot at Congo soccer game, AP,
player was suspected of throwing something into the net
of the opposing team, which was
thought to be
"witchcraft." The result was violence and death.
And here`s a situation you don`t often see repeated
often in
Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital
[By Joe Bavier, Reuters,
there were only attempted lynchings, after men
became convinced that black magic had been used to
disappear their all-important plumbing. (However, 12
accused snatchers were beaten to death by mobs in
ago, Reuters notes.)
Back to
eight women and three men, between the ages of 80 and
96, were
burned to death for being witches in western
Kisli people of that region are said to believe in
witchcraft with particular fervor.
Not that
the only place where sorcery is part of the social norm.
witchcraft activity, despite its
pretensions to being a
new member of the
Last March, a journalist
reported and photographed an accused witch tied to
tree while being beaten by her fellow villagers. The
alleged witch lived through the violence, but
another woman did not survive a similar attack the
same month.
A 2006 study found that some
200 people had been killed in the state of Assam in
for allegedly practicing witchcraft.
And here`s a story of witchcraft hysteria from
"The tea
plantation worker and his four children had been blamed
for causing a disease which killed two other workers and
made many unwell in
"About 200
villagers tried and sentenced the family in an
unofficial court, then publicly beheaded them with
"They then
marched to a police station with the heads, chanting
slogans denouncing witchcraft and black magic." [Indian
`witchcraft` family killed, BBC,
Times of India
reported a
medieval-style test recently:
Branded witch, tribal woman forced to dip hands in
hot oil [
boiling oil:
"A group of villagers, including the panchayat members (Patels), then
took the woman to a deserted location and forced
her to pick a silver coin from a vessel containing
boiling oil. The woman suffered severe burns on both
her hands and she fell unconscious. However, this did
not deter the villagers and they thrashed her badly with
hot iron rods due to which she received head injuries.
She was then forcibly taken to the Gharasiyas` house and
told to ward-off the miseries from the family by
chanting magic words. "
Long-time VDARE.COM readers know
that immigrants don`t leave primitive beliefs behind
just because they are relocating to the
package—sometimes including the very worst that humanity
has to offer.
One disturbing case was the murder of eight-year-old
Victoria Climbie, an African child living in
caused by ongoing physical abuse
connected to a belief in witchcraft on the part of
her guardians. They
tortured and killed her at least to some degree
because they
believed her to be possessed.
Worse, her case was only the tip of the iceberg.
"An official
inquiry into the abuse of African children branded as
witches is expected to conclude that there have been at
least 50 such cases over five years in London alone.
investigation is expected to find that cases of
sorcery-related abuse are now spreading outside the
capital to areas such as
only a minority of Africans in
The abuse of
the children has ranged from shouting to beating,
starving, slashing with knives and razors and, in at
least one case, murder." ["Witch
child" abuse spreads in Britain, By
Jack Grimston Sunday
Another shocking murder was
"Adam," an
unidentified child whose
headless torso was found in the Thames in September 2001.
The African boy was believed to be between four and six
years old and had swallowed a
potion containing bone fragments before he died.
Investigators concluded that the boy was killed in a
ritual murder as a part of African witchcraft.
No-one was ever arrested.
After more investigation of missing children in
300 black boys aged 4-7 were unaccounted for,
leading to fears of widespread child sacrifice. But
child protective agencies do not track the many foreign
children sent to live in
the care of persons who are not the parents. So the
extent of abuse is not really known.
More complicating is the presence of ostensibly
Christian churches, populated with African immigrants,
which commonly practice exorcisms. [`Exorcisms
are part of our culture`,
By Cindi John BBC News, June 3, 2005]In
particular, Congolese and Angolan preachers accept the
existence of evil spirits, curses and demonic
possession, and weave that belief into their ministries.
In some cases, pastors have crossed the line into
child abuse in their activities to drive out evil
spirits. Social turmoil has been an unfortunate
byproduct, with ethnic groups
accusing police of racism.
has not escaped from the diversity of African churches,
as even the New
York Times has reported.
battle against the witches and devils that parishioners
regard as the source of life`s difficulties.
Founded by a Congolese couple, the congregation
fights the effects of sorcery as members sing, pray,
kick and shadowbox against demons. Parishioners slice
the air with their arms to cut the ties which evil has
on them. They meet late at night because they believe
that is when the forces of evil are most active. [
A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat
Demons By Neela Banerjee,
So it goes in the increasingly borderless world that
elites are promoting, in opposition to our old-fashioned
nations with unitary cultures.
The advantages of
One-Worldism are much-touted. We hear much less
about the darker side of human nature with its many
dark corners of fear
and ignorance.
The social progress we have made in
of immigrants whose
customs are incompatible with our
We have a system of government and society which we run
by principles based on reason, not the reading of
entrails. And we would like to keep depending on
Remember this when the new President starts pressing
for more African immigration and influence.
Brenda Walker (email
her) lives in
LimitsToGrowth.org and
She had a rabbit`s foot as a
kid, but it didn`t bring any luck so she threw it away.


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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A grassroots organization that has had a major impact on keeping drunk drivers off Austin streets is taking their message to the Texas Department of Transportation on Thursday.
The agency wants to hear from ATX Safer Streets.
The group has been able to implement three citywide efforts to curb drunk driving since they formed in March.
One of their big successes was getting the city to stop towing under the Interstate 35 bridge during the weekend so people who didn't want to drive home after drinking could leave their car.
Sara LeVine, the founder of ATX Safer Streets, spent 10 years as a bartender and knows firsthand the problem of drunk driving.
Since then she has gotten the city to bring more awareness to the rule concerning overnight parking tickets being dismissed if the driver can show a receipt for taking alternative transportation home.
The grassroots organization also helped introduce ridesharing service like Lyft, SideCar and Uber. Right now the city is looking to develop a pilot program for these services but are still currently illegal.
Now their sights are set on removing towing from private parking lots downtown after 3a.m. and getting more taxis on the road.
"But also allow out of town licensed cabbies from San Antonio, Dallas, etc. to come in and work during events and festivals to help with the influx of tourists," said ATX Safer Streets founder Sara LeVine.
LeVine said when she looked at the DWI numbers for June they were the third lowest since 2007.
Last June there were 502 arrests – this year 386.
Their next goal is to get Capital Metro to run about a dozen bus routes around the clock on the weekends.
"Cap Metro is our big fight and we are having a hard time getting through to them and understand public transportation is a huge part of reducing DWI's," said LeVine. "There's a 2009 study out of Washington D.C. that found for every hour service was extended fatalities from drunk driving incidents went down 70% and accidents went down 40%."
Capital Metro currently has eight bus routes that run from midnight to 3a.m.
But Amy Peck, a communications specialist with Capital Metro stated in an email; "We do not have additional budget at this time to expand the late night services we currently offer, some of which do pick up as late as 3 a.m. Capital Metro's long term plans from ServicePlan 2020 focus on continuing to invest in core frequency and services to enable a "frequent route network" during the bulk of weekdays and Saturdays, when we experience our highest ridership."

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I have had histamine intolerance (and specifically DAO deficiency) all my life. Until my 40s it was just inconvenient. Then it became chronic.
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I was intolerant to vitamin c, and to quercetin, which acted as pro-oxidants (rather than as anti-oxidants), at even tiny levels in my toxic body. It turns out that glutathione is a master anti-oxidant that regulates these anti-oxidants.
I was also intolerant to all methylation donors. Methylation involves four interlocking, conversion processes; folate, methylation, B12, and glutathione that are important to detoxification.
According to Dr Ben Lynch, the glutathione cycle is the most important of these cycles. Until glutathione depletion is addressed all other methylation interventions are futile.
Also I had chronic acute inflammation markers which were "off the charts" including ceruloplasmin (which regulates copper), c-reactive protein, and metabolic markers. I put on 30 kilos in about 6 weeks in response to inflammation.
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Demi Lovato Talks Being a Role Model, 'X Factor' Mentees Chime In
Demi Lovato is embracing her role model status.
The brave X Factor judge, who has been open and candid about her experiences dealing with body issues, an eating disorder and more, said she's learned that being looked up to by other young women is a gift and not a curse.
"I don't feel pressure to be a role model just because I'm so open with everyone that there's no pressure to hide anything," Demi told us at the X Factor Top 12 Finalists party at the SLS Hotel Monday night.
"I feel like I hit a certain a point in my life where I realized being in front of young women is inevitable for me, and there was a lot of maturing that I had to do, rather than looking at it like it as a burden," she continued. "I used to always be like 'I'm a singer not a role model,' that whole mentality."
"I grew up. I realize that it's something that whether I want to be or not, I'm a role model," Demi went on. "I look at it as not so much as a responsibility, but I look at it more as a gift. I'd rather be the best person I can be for other people than them not seeing my great side."
Demi said she doesn't get too much time to talk to her mentees Rion Paige, Ellona Santiago, and Khaya Cohen about "outside things," adding "the little time we get together it's about music."
"But, I find myself talking to Khaya like 'who are the boys you think are cute?'" she said with a laugh.
Speaking of Khaya, she told us exclusively, "Demi has really helped me become more comfortable with myself and to just be able to go on stage and feel good about my performance."
Demi's other mentees, Rion Paige and Ellona Santiago also gushed over their mentor, talking to us exclusively about their experiences with her.
"The best thing Demi has taught me is really to just dig deep inside myself and don't be afraid to channel every struggle or every cry or every piece of joy you've had through your song," Rion said.
"I'm so honored to be working with [Demi]. It is so special. She's like an older sister," Ellona said. "I have three older sisters, so it's so great to have an older sister like Demi. She knows the music industry and I'm just so glad that I'm working with her."
"She gave me some personal advice," Ellona continued. "I've worked with her twice and she just told me however tired, exhausted you may be you've just got to keep going, you've got to keep moving and in the long run it will benefit you more and you'll be like I'm so glad that I did that because now it's paying off."


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Glastonbury 2011 random person watch
Written by Paul Hinchliffe & Susan Luya Friday, 24 June 2011 22:01
Features - Reviews
Glastonbury 2011 random person watch:
Ben Jest - Builder turned actor/wannabe and currently manning the Arc bar in Arcadia.
On the events in Arcadia tonight Ben says "Jaw dropping . I've seen some shit in my time and this is the best. Two guys throwing 4 million volts of electricity about. It will blow you away." (Quite literally I imagine)
I can't wait to see it and will be back Here for the show at midnight .
On the music ben said " Two Door Cinema Club are the best band so far but Primal Scream are the big one for me."
Catch Ben on youtube under "platos cave and that". And his wedding video under "bens boomtown wedding"
Some crazy random Glasto stuff for you!


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One hundred years ago today, over 5,000 women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. for universal women's suffrage. Marching on March 3, 1913, one day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, women demanded the right to vote. The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 was the first major national effort calling for a constitutional amendment.
It was organized by Alice Paul, who was born in New Jersey and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She traveled to England and became involved with the suffrage movement. Upon her return to the United States she joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The Washington parade was her first duty as part of the suffrage association. Paul later commented on why the parade was held the day before Wilson's inauguration and how it all came about.
That was the only day you could have it if you were trying to impress the new President. The marchers came from all over the country at their own expense. We just sent letters everywhere, to every name we could find. And then we had a hospitality committee headed by Mrs. Harvey Wiley, the wife of the man who put through the first pure-food law in America. Mrs. Wiley canvassed all her friends in Washington and came up with a tremendous list of people who were willing to entertain the visiting marchers for a day or two. I mention these names to show what a wonderful group of people we had on our little committee.
When they went to obtain their police permit for the parade, the police tried to have the women march on Sixteenth Street, past the embassies instead. After the police chief was visited by a committee member's mother, who happened to be the wife of a congressman, the group obtained authorization to use Pennsylvania Avenue.
On Monday, March 3rd, more than 5,000 marchers descended on Washington D.C. for the parade. The parade included nine bands, four mounted brigades, 20 floats, and an allegorical performance near the Treasury Building. The marchers were separated into different categories. Leading the parade, wearing a crown and long white cape on top a white horse, was labor lawyer Inez Milholland. Women from countries that had already enfranchised women were first, along with officers in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The "Pioneers", women who have been working on suffrage for decades, came after. Celebration of working women followed the Pioneers section and included nurses, farmers, homemakers, doctors, college women and more. Other sections included the National Association of Colored Women, individual state delegations and male supporters.
The parade began late. There was a very large turnout, in part because many tourists came to see the inauguration the next day. The association was worried that the police were going to underestimate the parade's audience and not make preparations. Committee member Mrs. John Rogers went to see her brother-in-law the night before about crowd issues. He just happened to be Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War. Secretary Stimson promised to send over the cavalry from Fort Myer if trouble should arise.
The parade appeared to have a good start; however Pennsylvania Avenue soon became chocked with thousands of spectators. At the same time a few blocks away, president-elect Wilson arrived at the railway station to very little fanfare. When they asked where everyone was, they were told everyone was "watching the suffrage parade."
Mostly men, the spectators began to jostle and hurl insults at the parade members. With massive crowds, the parade could barely get past. Some women were tripped and assaulted while the police did little to stop it. One policeman even told some women that they should have stayed home where they belonged. Over one hundred marchers were hospitalized due to the injuries they received from the crowds.
It took six hours to go from the Capitol to Constitution Hall. Finally, Secretary Stimson was called and quickly sent over the troops to clear the way for the parade. It was reported that Helen Keller "was so exhausted and unnerved by the experience in attempting to reach a grandstand . . . that she was unable to speak later at Continental hall [sic]." The majority of the women finished the parade and the event continued as scheduled.
There was much furor over the mistreatment of the marchers and it became a major news story. It led to congressional hearings with more than 150 witnesses telling of their experiences and resulted in the firing of D.C.'s superintendent of police. While suffragists around the country were up in arms about the hostile crowds against the peaceful parade goers, Alice Paul remembers it differently in a 1974 interview.
The principal investigation was launched at the request of our women delegates from Washington, which was a suffrage state. These women were so indignant about the remarks from the crowd. And I remember that Congressman Kent was very aroused at the things that were shouted at his daughter, Elizabeth, who was riding on the California float, and he was among the first in Congress to demand an investigation into why the police hadn't been better prepared. As I said, the police just didn't take our little procession seriously. I don't think it was anything intentional. We didn't testify against the police, because we felt it was just a miscalculation on their part.
Whether it was a "miscalculation" or blatant indifference by the police, the Women's Suffrage Parade of 1913 was just the start of using public protests as a tool to achieve universal rights. It would take another seven years, and many pickets and parades later, for Congress to pass the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 giving women the right to vote.
Sheridan Harvey, "Marching for the Vote: Remembering the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913", American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States, 2001.
"Battle for Suffrage", American Experience, PBS.
Robert S. Gallagher, "I was Arrested, Of Course…", American Heritage, Vol. 25, Iss. 2 (February 1974).


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Who is the chick on the genie commercial?
Who is the chick on the genie commercial?
Yup it does
I have 2 Roku boxes in my house and still can't believe they don't have an official Youtube app for it yet. The new Time-Warner cable deal for Roku is pretty cool for people in Time-Warner Cable areas.
If roku had Google Play movies would of def went that route. I like how cheap it is and all the things it can do.
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I got my 12 year old daughter a Roku for Christmas. She told me last night she never watches regular TV anymore. I have a media server with quite a bit of content, plus Netflix, Crackle, etc.
With an antenna, a roku or other device and various apps I think folks could live without cable . . .
I really got it for a stable, dedicated Pandora stream for my master bedroom setup, which is where my whole-home system is run from, so the NeoTV definitely works great for that.
Thinking about calling to cancel my DirecTV. When they ask why, going to say switching to THA HOPPA! (just like that as I sit in my Puma wind suit). Do you think they would then offer me a Genie?
Another reason why I love this new smart TV! Has all the sweet apps built in, I don't even use the hopper apps anymore. DLNA to stream/play the stuff on other computers or server in the house too!
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Surely VUGear has some pictures of the Genie model in a compromising postion?
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I called Direct last night to tell them I was switching to Dish. They dropped my bill $25/month for the same programming plus gave me the genie for free plus a 2nd HD receiver for free. Could have done better switching to Dish outright but I prefer Direct and like having access to Sunday Ticket.
I dropped DirecTV back in July and got Dish. I like the Hopper setup and I most definitely love the sling adapter but DTV offered me 700 dollars in credits to switch back yesterday. I turned it down because they still can't stream live sports or any channels I watch for that matter outside of LAN.
Obviously, I could buy a Vulkano or the full Slingbox but it's the principle of it...
Allegiance sucks....big time !! I've thought about satellite internet. I have had DISH and Allegiance Cable....now with DIRECTV and liking it.
i have genie as well as cox's whole house dvr. cox cuts out (mosaics, etc) 1000x more than dtv. its funny, when cable gets shitty, i switch to satellite. whoulda thunk it?
So does anyone know who the Genie chick is?
I love the genie.
Not Safe For Work
I recently upgraded one of my SD DVRs to an HD DVR and while on the phone with DTV I asked about the Genie. I was told I could have used my free equipment upgrade to get a Genie, but since I just upgraded another receiver that I'd either have to wait for a year or pay the $300 for the Genie. Needless to say I wasn't very pleased and told the CSR on the phone that their website should explain that a Genie is an option for existing customers eligible for a free upgrade.
Flash forward to earlier this week . . . like many other DTV customers I got an email saying that I could get a free Genie upgrade the next time I moved . . . I promptly emailed DTV and said I'd love to get this upgraded without moving. Got a call from them on Tuesday and the CSR gave me the Genie upgrade and installation for free. Installation is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
It will save you more money.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The fatal crash involving a man who was chasing his wife near New Haven Sunday night was ruled an accident, according to the Allen County Coroner's Office. The coroner has identified the Fort Wayne man as George Collins, 54.
Sheriff's department spokesperson Corporal Jeremy Tinkel said the single-vehicle crash happened at Paulding Road and Minnich Road near I-469 around 10:30 p.m. According to the sheriff's department, Collins was driving a van when he crashed. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities said it began as an argument between the married couple near the corner of Dunkelberg Road and Ashton Pointe Boulevard in southern Allen County. The wife is said to have jumped in an SUV with her daughter and drove off in an attempt to diffuse the argument. Collins hopped in a van and began chasing them, according to police.
"She confirmed that she was traveling, trying to get away from him at a high rate of speed," said Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff's Dept. "Speeds reaching close to 100 miles an hour."
The chase went about 12 miles before Collins lost control and was thrown from the van. The Allen County Coroner's office said the husband wasn't wearing his seat belt and died at the scene.
The wife, who was talking with police on the phone, heard the crash.
"The female involved was very upset, obviously shaken up from the whole incident," Griffith said. "But the rest of the news took a toll on her as well."
To try to understand why the wife would drive so fast to get away from her husband, NewsChannel 15 looked up Collins' record. He has a history of violence. Collins pleaded guilty to a battery case, strangulation, and invasion of privacy in the past six years.
"It's a tough spot. She did obviously the right thing to try and diffuse the situation but then she put herself in a situation where she didn't know where she was and we wanted to help," Griffith said. "We encourage people, just like the dispatchers did last night, to get to a place where public safety officials or police officers may be."
The Allen County Coroner's Office has ruled the death an accident. Investigators said speed is a likely factor in the crash and will await further tests to determine if alcohol was also involved.


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William H. Young, president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers, today issued the following statement regarding the shooting death today in Pompano Beach, Florida of retired letter carrier Paul Rein. Rein, who became a sheriff's deputy for the Broward County Sheriff's Department, was slain while transporting a prisoner to court:
"It is shocking to learn of the tragic shooting death of NALC retired member Paul Rein as he performed his regular law enforcement duties in transporting a prisoner for the Broward County Sheriff's Department.
Brother Rein had a lengthy career as a letter carrier in New York and Florida before retiring from the Postal Service in 1987. Soon thereafter, he joined the Broward County Sheriff's Department, but has remained a member of our union.
On behalf of NALC's 300,000 active and retired members, I extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends during this period of mourning."
source: National Association of Letter Carriers
Related link: Slain deputy had left postal service at 55 to begin second career


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Prince Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, has decided not to attend the unveiling of a new memorial to his late employer in London. The 46-year-old, who provoked a huge controversy with his book A Royal Duty, said he was worried his presence would detract from the original purpose of the event.
Princes William and Harry were known to be deeply upset by his book and there was concern they would come face-to-face with him at the ceremony.
"It would be inappropriate to go, I don't want to hurt anyone," said Burrell. "It is becoming uncomfortably clear that the day could focus on how William and Harry will react to me. So after much soul-searching and with a heavy heart I have reluctantly decided to withdraw in their interests."
It is also believed the Spencer family, who testified against the ex-butler at his trial for theft in 2002, would prefer not to see him there. "I can't allow the day to be dominated by the 'Windsors, Spencers and me'," said Paul. "It would be an irrelevant sideshow."
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It seemed as if the Nashville Predators had no shot to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday as long as the sides played at even strength. That's because they got so few shots when the teams had five skaters each.
Good thing some penalties were called.
Joel Ward scored his first goal of the season when he redirected a pass from Francis Bouillon 1:13 into a second-period power play. That led Nashville (5-6-1) to its second victory in as many nights, this one a 2-0 triumph over the defensive-minded Blackhawks before 13,585 at Sommet Center.
"Every time we had a chance to create some offense, to jump in the play and do something we tried to do it," Bouillon said. "That made a difference (Thursday)."
For the game, the Predators outshot the Blackhawks 28-22. However, 18 of Nashville's attempts came during the 10:31 it had at least a one-man advantage and only nine came in the 39:46 when the teams had equal manpower.
The game's only other goal was scored when Chicago completely abandoned its defense. Jerred Smithson scored shorthanded into an empty net with 3.9 seconds remaining.
"It's always fun (to score)," Smithson, who has a goal in each of the last two games, said. "I can be a defensive, hard-nosed guy so I want to try and contribute where I can."
Speaking of defensive-minded, Chicago (7-4-1) came into the night with a league-best average of 22.3 shots against per game. That was more than four shots fewer per game than any other team had allowed.
In the Blackhawks' first visit to town this season (Oct. 15), Nashville was held to a season-low 13 in a 3-1 defeat. The Predators also lost 2-0 last Saturday at Chicago.
"You knew they were going to be hungry and desperate because the first two outcomes weren't in their favor," Blackhawks' coach Joel Quenneville said. "The difference was we didn't cash in on our opportunities."
Ward, however, did. It was on the Predators' fourth shot of a power play that began when Chicago defenseman Cam Barker was sent off for cross-checking with 6:20 to go in the period. J.P. Dumont, David Legwand and Cody Franson all chances that preceded the goal.
Prior to the penalty, though, Nashville failed to register a single shot in the second. After Ward scored, the only shot before the second intermission was a relatively harmless effort by Dave Scatchard from just inside the blue line with less than a minute to play.
It was another 5:22 into the third period before Chicago goalie Cristobal Huet faced another puck. Yet when three Blackhawks were sent to the box in the final 3:47, the Predators unleashed a flurry of 11 shots.
Similarly, in the first period Nashville ripped off four shots – three by Shea Weber, one by Bouillon – in the final 3:27 of the first period, a stretch that saw two penalties called against Chicago.
Ward's goal also was the Predators' second on the power play in as many nights and the first time this season they converted in consecutive contests. Weber had a power-play goal in Wednesday's 4-3 victory at Minnesota.
"Our power play has come through a couple times in the last two games for us," coach Barry Trotz said. "… We're just pounding pucks, making good solid decisions, going to the hard areas and we're scoring goals.
"That's how you have to do it on the power play."
• Goalie Pekka Rinne recorded the first shutout of the season for Nashville and the eighth of his career. He also stopped all 12 shots he faced Wednesday in relief of Dan Ellis.
He has wins in each of his last three appearances.
"I've been feeling a little better and it's a really good feeling," Rinne said.
• Forward Martin Erat was scratched with what was called a lower body injury. He was injured during Wednesday's game at Minnesota and the plan was that he would be reevaluated Friday or Saturday.
"He didn't think there was much there and then (Thursday) afternoon he just didn't have enough to go," Trotz said.
Erat had one goal, no assists and a team-worst minus-9 rating in the first 11 contests.
• The Predators and Blackhawks have played three times this season. All three times the first period has ended in a scoreless tie.
• Nashville forward Patric Hornqvist had one penalty in the first 11 games. He had three – one in each period — in this one.
• The Predators have scored four goals in their last four home games.
• Jordin Tootoo (hip flexor) missed his 12th straight game and center Jason Arnott (upper body) missed his fifth straight due to injuries.
• Defenseman Alexander Sulzer was a healthy scratch.


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The May 23, 2014, edition of Focus on Funds reports from ICI's General Membership Meeting on trends drawing the most attention from industry leaders.
Stephanie Ortbals-Tibbs, Director, ICI Media Relations: Welcome to Focus on Funds, the Investment Company Institute's weekly roundup of industry news, ICI activities, and research findings. This week we're reporting from ICI's General Membership Meeting, which began with a fascinating dialogue between the head of ICI, Paul Schott Stevens, and the head of BlackRock, Larry Fink. Among the many topics they touched upon, growing concern that funds might be designated as systemically important financial institutions.
Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock: We want, and welcome, a conversation with our regulators here in the United States and worldwide to ensure a sounder environment for long-term savers. Unfortunately, in the United States at this moment, we have a new overseer called the FSOC. And there is no transparency … So you're asking me how to deal with this, I'm not sure because there is no transparency in how the FSOC works. The only thing I know factually is the FSOC leaks information as a committee — they're the leakers — I learn about what goes on via the press. There is no formal communication, in fact we're inhibited — maybe prohibited — to have conversations. But the process today raises a lot of questions.
Stephanie Ortbals-Tibbs: Also at the meeting on the leadership panel, some of the best in the business talked about exactly what's going on in the business right now and what all in the industry need to be thinking about.
Daria Foster, Managing Parter, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC: Opportunities and challenges are really the same coin just different sides. So the challenges for us are to make sure that we provide intelligently designed products that meet these very needs and communicate to the public in a way that's actually changing all the time. I think the challenge for us is that you have people who still look at printed materials, yet as you look at the younger population — and, also, I think all of us — use web, social media, mobile, so how do we make sure that we're communicating what we do and how we do it in a very thoughtful way and in a way that people can access it and it's easily available.
Bill Glavin, Chairman and CEO, OppenheimerFunds: For a long time the U.S. was the world's lead regulator: we had the biggest market, we had the most liquid and deepest capital markets and everybody looked to the U.S. to lead in terms of regulation. But a lot of that evaporated in 2008 because if you go outside the U.S., they believe that this was a U.S.-created crisis. So there's a lot more feeling that the US isn't in a position to lead on regulation anymore. And that's emboldened other regulators in Europe and in Asia, some better, some worse. At a minimum, it's more fractured. The global environment and regulatory environment is much more fractured than it had been. And you've got now regulators competing with each other in some respects, saying how can someone create a really good place to domicile funds. Others are putting up barriers that you, frankly, you look at it and you wonder why anybody — if they keep going the way they're going — would want to domicile in Europe and manage funds in Europe.
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This hadn't been discussed much in the thread (The article mentions bug tracking, specs, cvs).
I also think he redeems himself on some of your points in this paragraph.
None of these strategies work if you're not really an excellent contributor. If you don't write good code, and lots of it, you're just going to be resented for messing around with bug databases when you "should be" writing code. There's nothing more deadly to your career than having a reputation of being so concerned with process that you don't accomplish anything.
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By using Rolle's Theorem, prove that:
if the real polynomial p of degree n has all its roots real, then so does its derivative p'.
give an example of a cubic polynomial p for which the converse fails.
be the n roots of a polynomial
Note: The derivative has degree n-1 so has at most n-1 roots
Consider the following by Rolle's theorem.
for i =1 to n-1
Then for each i There exists a
such that
These are each of the n-1 zeros of the derivative.
I guess this proof only works the zero's are not repeated(I think)
I hope this helps
Good luck
I had an epiphany while playing some video games.
if it is a repeated root then the polynomial can be factored and written as
where f(x) is a polynomial
now we can take the derivative of p
So repeated real roots yield real roots of the derivative.
This can be generalized if a root is of multiplicty n the derivative will have a real zero of multiplicty n-1.
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FULLERTON – The FBI has issued a federal arrest warrant for a man who may have kidnapped his former girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter, authorities said Saturday.
The FBI is working with the Fullerton Police Department to investigate the disappearance of Diana Gama, 12, last seen at 8 a.m. Wednesday on her way to Nicolas Junior High School, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.
The bureau has the resources to look for suspect Hermilo Ocampo Morales, 34, who police believe fled to family or friends in Chicago, Atlanta or his home state of Guerrero, Mexico, Eimiller said.
If found, Morales could be placed in custody and returned to California to face prosecution, she said.
The FBI's Crimes Against Children Task Force regularly works with local police in abduction cases, ramping up its involvement when a victim is taken outside local jurisdiction, Eimiller said.
Officers found Morales' 1995 white two-door Acura abandoned Wednesday.
Investigators believe he and the girl may be using public transportation or may have gotten another vehicle, Eimiller said.
Diana Gama, described as about 4 feet 2 inches tall and 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing faded blue jeans, a white jacket with blue sleeves and a pink top with blue stripes. Morales is 5 feet 6 inches tall and 185 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a gold tooth in the front.
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Sat Day 2-Jr2: Travel Kyoto - stay Kyoto
Sun Day 3-Jr3 : Travel Himeji - stay Kyoto
Mon Day 4-Jr4 : Travel Osaka - stay Tokyo
Tue Day 5-Jr5 : move to Tokyo- Yokohama - stay Tokyo
Wed Day 6-Jr 6 : Travel Hakone - stay Tokyo
Thu Day 7-Jr7 : Travel Nikko - stay Tokyo
Fri Day 8 : stay Tokyo - Disneysea
Sat Day 9 : Tokyo
Sun Day 10 : Tokyo
Day11 : Depart Narita 13.00
1. I will buy JR Pass 7 days, when should I start to use it, or should adjust program. Or shouy I buy more JR West Pass.
2. How about train ticket for leaving Tokyo - Narita?
3. For Himeji, can i combine to travel with other city-- ex. kobe / oska
4. Should I stay overnight at Hakone
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6. And many days in Tokyo, how should I plan for travelling.
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Girl Friday Productions answers those questions throughout their stellar production of Our Town. By digging deep into the play's heart, the company takes Thorton Wilder's look at American life at the turn of the 20th century and reminds us all why the playwright won a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts.
Working forward and backwards in time during a dozen-year span at the beginning of the 20th century, Our Town lives off the rhythms and relationships of small town life, in this case Grover's Corners, a small New Hampshire village.
We meet the men, women and children of the area, watch them fall in love, have fights, get drunk and gossip. And we watch them pass on as well. Wilder's play is at one level absolutely mundane nothing particularly special happens during the show but on another quite epic, as we watch as the characters deal with the infinity of what happens after they die.
It's an easy play to make overly sentimental or just plan dull, but director Craig Johnson and the talented cast overcome these common troubles.
The key way this production works and certainly the most daring step taken is the removal of the familiar stage manager character. In his place, the ensemble shares his lines that detail the town's background and the histories of the varied characters. In many ways, this makes the stories that unfold much more about "our town." (And as anyone who has ever lived in a small town can tell you everyone does know everyone else's business.)
Though at its core an ensemble piece, Our Town does have a number of standout performances. Chief among them are Jenny Hollingsworth and Ian Miller as Emily Webb and George Gibbs, the two young lovers who serve as the closest thing to main characters in the play. We see them at different stages of their relationship awkward teenagers, happy newlyweds and in the time after one of them dies and feel the joy and loss as they go along. The two actors embrace their characters and understand that what they need to be, above all else, is real and honest.
Those traits can be seen throughout the cast, even when they are working with characters that may be less well-rounded (the town drunk and the town busybody, for example). Even these characters breathe with the same depth as the other, better-defined ones.
In the end, Our Town is not just about the rhythms of small-town life, but the value of living and the need to hold on to and cherish the brief years we have on the earth. In a world of so many distractions, that's a valuable lesson to take home from a night at the theater.
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I've been collecting choral music for a pops kind of concert for, oh, 30years or so. You can tell long I've been doing it by how old some of the arrangements are! No, we aren't doing Girl from Ipanema or any Burt Bacharach.
But choosing what to do has turned out to be quite difficult for me. I'm not as good as evaluating pop arrangements as I am straightforward classical stuff, so I really have to hear them. Fortunately Youtube has almost every pop arrangement on it. But unfortunately many of the performances and/or recordings are second rate. So I struggled.
And then there's the question of what "fits" a pops concert. Anything that's fun? Only Broadway-type stuff and jazz? Even limiting it to those two categories left me with a lengthy list.
I started with Rodgers and Hammerstein (see, that dates me; if I were younger I'd start with Sondheim). There so much wonderful music there. I was able to find a medley that included music from several shows, not just one, and with some tinkering it makes a pretty good arrangement. (The tinkering is, in truth, omitting tunes I'm not fond of.)
I heard Capital Pride Singers perform a piece called "Forever Doo-Wop" last fall, and it was great fun. So now I had two medleys, one for each half, both quite fun, and very different. But what else?
I looked at a lot of Broadway, especially Sondheim, and some jazz, and some Latin sounds, and some folk and some spirituals, and made one of my famous too-long lists of possibilities, and then whittled and whittled.
And then I had auditions among the singers for what they'd like to do, and let their repertory choices drive the rest of my choices. Solo, duet and small group singers are doing songs from Porgy and Bess (guess which piece!), Secret Garden, Song and Dance, Chicago, West Side Story, Phantom and Annie Get Your Gun, as well as Jerome Kern, Gershwin,and Freddy Mercury!
So I just filled in around them with some pop and jazz.
And with a special set for a special reason. But I do have to save something for the next blog!
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Nah. I'm going to turn and face the new job. Yup 🙂 I handed in my notes at my current company on Monday and I begin work at my new company on Sept 23rd. I will be the IT Development Manager in charge of….development 🙂
They needed a project manager who knew how to read and write code and voila, they got me!
So excited. New adventure, new surroundings, new commute. Yes, sports fans. I'm trading in my 2 hours commute into NYC for an 18 minute commute two towns over. YES! TWO TOWNS! I can wake up at 7:30, get a shower, breakfast, coffee, dressed, and to work before 8:30! 🙂 Actually my plan is to get a gym membership around the corner so I can get up at 6am with the kids, get them ready and off, go do 30-45 minutes at the gym, come home, shower, get ready – and not wear a tie, and get to work before 8:30am.
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Tony Stewart never thought of himself as superstitious. If things don't change, though, he might be racing with a rabbit's foot hanging from his rearview mirror soon.
Stewart was a rookie sensation on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit last year. He won three races, finished every event but one and wound up a stunning fourth in the standings, the highest for a first-year driver since 1965.
With those credentials, Stewart and his bright orange Pontiac seemed likely to challenge for a championship in 2000.
Instead, he has struggled just to make it to the checkered flag. Through nine races, Stewart already has three of those dreaded "DNFs" -- did not finish -- beside his name. Top-five finishes at Rockingham, N.C., Las Vegas and Darlington, S.C., have been countered by 34th in Atlanta, 42nd in Bristol, Tenn., and another 34th in Talladega, Ala.
Can we call this a sophomore slump?
"I'm not very superstitious," the 28-year-old Stewart said. "But I'm starting to become that way."
He endured a miserable day at Atlanta Motor Speedway. First, there were mechanical problems. Then, he had to make an unscheduled pit stop with a cut tire. Finally, he clipped the outside retaining wall and slid into the path of Robert Pressley's car, getting a mild concussion in the race-ending crash on lap 270.
At Bristol, a track where Stewart led a total of 352 laps during the two 1999 races, his day ended after only 73 laps when debris on the track cut a water belt, causing the engine to overheat.
IN HIS MOST recent race, at Talladega, Stewart was minding his own business coming through the tri-oval when a 16-car crash took him out on lap 138. His crew managed to get him back on the track for three more laps before the engine quit, dropping him to 13th in the standings -- 321 points behind leader Mark Martin heading into the California 500 Sunday.
"We're doing the same things we did last year," Stewart said. "But we had a great year, a clean year. We didn't have a lot of DNFs that cost us points last year."
Cocky, outspoken and quick to show his temper, Stewart plays down the bad luck that has plagued his Joe Gibbs Racing team this year.
"We tend to overanalyze these things," he said. "How many parts are there on a car? How many cars are out there on the track? How much control do we have over all that? It's really a small percentage. A lot of it is luck. Last year, we had it. This year, things keep creeping up on us. Everything moves full circle."
It's been a a dizzying ride from record-setting sprint car driver in his native Indiana, to the Indy Racing League champion no one knew, to a Winston Cup phenom whose No. 20 paraphernalia is already among the most popular on the circuit, right up there with guys like Martin, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon.
But the 1999 rookie of the year has dealt with frustration before. Like any boy from Indiana who grew up racing, his ultimate dream was to stand in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500, taking a sip of milk and waving to the 400,000 fans.
DURING HIS YEARS in the IRL, he always had the fastest car on the track. He started on the pole as a rookie in 1996 and led a total of 109 laps, but mechanical problems kept knocking him out.
"It could be a lot worse," said Stewart, who grew up about 45 miles from the speedway. "I remember what I went through in the IRL."
Last year, he ran the 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C., on the same day. In an amazing performance, he became the first driver to complete both races, covering nearly 1,090 miles in two very different race cars. But he finished ninth at Indy, leaving a void in his life. (He was fourth in Concord).
"The 500 is the 500," he said. "You can't substitute anything for the 500."
Nevertheless, Stewart won't attempt another double this May. There's too much work to do in Winston Cup.
"We're not having the year we had last year," he said. "We're trying to run for points this year. We don't want to dilute the effort."
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Instead of appending the URLs with .nt or .rdf as in /node/66.nt, I want to provide an explicit link or button so that users can select the export format and click it. Is there any easy way, preferably through UI to do this? This should be associated with all the items of a specific content type.
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Portsmouth and Manchester City have been linked with Real Mallorca striker Dani Guiza.
Mallorca's sporting director Fernando Pons has admitted that English clubs have expressed interest in the attacker, but claims that an offer is yet to be made.
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If you are in South Charleston WV and have a problem with troublesome facial wrinkles, the South Charleston WV Dysport® dermatologists at Huntington Dermatology, located in Huntington WV, can help you. As the skin on our forehead begins to age, it becomes loose and wrinkly allowing the brows to begin to hang low and lose their youthful arch. Your brow lines may even begin to droop over the eyes and scrunch the skin of the upper eyelids. There are some surgical procedures that can eliminate excess skin and raise the eyebrows to a more youthful appearance, such as a brow or forehead lift, but with any surgical procedure comes some risks and necessary downtime. Now, people throughout South Charleston WV have a solution to their forehead and brow problems: Dysport® for Brows. Huntington Dermatology, located in Huntington WV, utilizes Dysport® for the brow and forehead areas to give you the look you have always wanted. Not only is Dysport® able to lift and tone the upper face and reduce the facial wrinkles throughout the brow area, but also making the eyebrows look younger and less tired.
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Did we even need to drill the Deepwater Horizon oil well to begin with? Actually, no. There are over 100 million homes in the U.S. Most of them use energy inefficiently because they're not well insulated, sealed and set up. The energy contained in the biggest oil spill in U.S. history is equal to the energy that just 75,000 homes waste in a single year.
Seventy-five thousand homes represent less than 0.1 percent of all single-family homes in the U.S. or the number of homes in a single mid-sized U.S. city, like Providence, R.I., or Chattanooga, Tenn. Doing energy retrofits to make those homes efficient would save the equivalent of the entire Gulf Oil Spill every year on a permanent basis.
Comparing the Costs of the Oil Clean-Up to Wasting Less at Home
No one really knows how much it'll end up costing to clean up the disaster created by the Gulf Oil Spill. And when a final number is calculated, years from now, there's no way that it'll take into account the true extent of the environmental damage that the oil spill has created. But even in the preliminary estimates made before the oil has finished flowing, the cost is expected to exceed $40 billion.
How does that compare to doing 75,000 home energy retrofits? Less than $1 billion. And those retrofits – using low-tech and low-cost techniques like better insulation, air sealing, replacing furnaces with more efficient versions – are permanent. And those 75,000 retrofits save energy year after year. Every year that goes by, those 75,000 homes will save the equivalent energy of the entire Gulf Oil Spill.
How'd we figure this out?
The Gulf Oil Spill has leaked somewhere between 25 million and 50 million gallons of oil into the ocean so far – depending on which estimates you believe. In addition, a nearly equivalent amount of natural gas has escaped: we're not counting that energy in our calculations. The oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico alone represents approximately 4 million MMBtu's (million British Thermal Units) of energy.
For comparison's sake, the average U.S. home consumes about 170 MMBtu's in a year when you factor in the costs of generating all forms of energy used. This varies widely from region to region, but it's a good rule of thumb. An efficient home, however, uses only 120 MMBtu's on average each year. So doing an energy retrofit to a home saves an average of 50 MMBtu's per year per home.
The calculations all have a pretty large margin of error – since no one really knows how fast the oil is leaking, how much is already in the water, or how much more will spill before the leak is plugged.
Is your house wasting energy?
You can find out pretty easily. There's a quick online energy efficiency estimate tool at EnergySavvy.com that you can use to find out where your home stands. If you're looking to do a home energy retrofit to become more efficient, make sure you take advantage of all the utility energy rebates and government tax credits designed to help pay for it.


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The Key Church strategy recognizes cultural diversity in North America and presents the Christian message in a way that respects and communicates the indigenous concerns of different cultural groups. At the heart of the key church strateg is the belief that a church can be comprised of many congregations, meeting separately yet ministering together, in a variety of different settings a strategy that has been adopted by 300 churches in 27 states. In the Foreword, Lyle E. Schaller calls it one of the most innovative, practical, and effective approaches to outreach ministries I have encountered in nearly four decades of working with congregations.
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Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township by Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed
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In 1960, apartheid's planners created the 'Indian' township of Chatsworth, evicting people from established neighborhoods around Durban and forcibly settling them into the grid of a modern racial ghetto. Making a home within this architecture of exclusion, along streets without names, tens of thousands of new residents began building new lives and new communities, developing an urban space with a unique cultural vibrancy born of creativity and economic struggle. With the dismantling of 'Group Areas' legislation from 1990, and within South Africa's continually changing political landscape, the Chatsworth township has witnessed innovations of livelihood, shifting boundaries of identity, and protracted social challenges. This book brings together an exhilarating mix of voices that collectively tell the story of Chatsworth's origins, transformations, and ongoing rhythms of daily life. Its narrative richness is further enhanced with classic photographs, some dating back to the period of early settlement, as well as a contemporary photo essay by distinguished photographer, Jenny Gordon.
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Culver-Stockton Chapter Major Philanthropic Events
The men of the Culver-Stockton Chapter of Delta Upsilon participate in two major philanthropies every year. While other smaller philanthropies take place throughout the year, these major events are the staples to our values.
Delta Upsilon Homeless Rally
Beginning as one of the first philanthropies in 1988, the Homeless Rally has been a staple and tradition over the years of DU at C-SC. This event begins in the morning on a Saturday where the men build a giant box fort. They then stand along side of the road and collect donations that benefit the Madonna House. Along with financial donations the men collect clothing and non-perishable items. The men then camp out in their box forts all night, no matter of the cold, rain or snow, the men make every attempt to fight the elements. While the location of the event has changed over the years the overall theme of bringing awareness of homelessness has not.
Lewis County Relay for Life
Delta Upsilon's involvement with the Lewis County Relay for Life began in the fall of 2003. This over night event signifies the fight that a cancer patient goes through from dusk until dawn. The men have been awarded multiple years the most spirited team and most laps. Doing fundraisers leading up to the event as well as the night of the event, the men raise money for the fight against cancer.


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Cold Day started out as a theme for a friends blog and is inspired by a design I saw on CSSZengarden. Its a good theme for a blog and if you're daring you can easily change the colors and images used in the theme. The default photo is a shot over-looking the narrow strip of ocean between Sweden and Denmark, from the Swedish city of Malmö, where I live.
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I'm glad that my friend Barry couldn't go with me to Rocky Mountain National Park yesterday to see the annual elk rut. But this afternoon he didn't have any clients for his therapy practice (http://www.bouldertherapist.com/ ). And he wanted to see and to photograph the elk rut giving me a reason to go back this afternoon.
While the weather prediction for today in the mountains had been for rain and snow, we were blessed with a mostly sunny afternoon. Another big difference from yesterday was much less traffic.
The biggest difference, however, was being with Barry. The long drive from Boulder to the park didn't seem as long because we had so much to communicate.
We went to the same parts of the park that I went to yesterday. First, I drove to Horseshoe Park, where I got my best pictures yesterday. But there wasn't a single elk there today.
We stopped to take a short walk to the falls on Roaring River. Here we shot each other. First Barry.
Then he shot me at the Roaring River Falls.
We drove on to Upper Beaver Meadows. Lots of elk and lots of photos. None of mine were good enough to keep. But here's a fine photo that Barry took.
Finally, we hit pay dirt at Moraine Park. There the elk were on both sides of the road.
I thought that I was being smart to park before passing through the elk. We were easily able to walk through the area where the elk were crossing the road and volunteers were keeping the elk safe from people and visa versa.
Being almost surrounded by the elk herds was a great experience. And we shot many photos.
But after the sun went down — and it began to get rather chilly — we must have had to wait almost an hour get back to my SUV. We had to wait for one obstreperous female and her bull to cross.
Otherwise our timing was great. The light at end of day was as beautiful as the first light that I have often sought out.
The sound of the bull bugling is every bit as wonderful as seeing and photographing these majestic beasts.
Here is a link to a magical clip of elk bugling: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6204268
YouTube has a fine video with bugling (after the first couple of minutes) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knev7wPWC2Q
And here is a short video with bugling: http://tipt3.utoledo.edu/starters/elk/elkbugle.mov


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We've looked at lines and how they create movement or tranquility in your photos. Remember, lines can be literal – the visual edge of something in your picture – or implied, such as the line of sight of a person in your photo.
As we're approaching the start of the Design4Kids 5.6 workshop in Honduras, everyone is busy putting together our lesson plans for the students. One of the great things about teaching photography is that you regularly revisit and review ideas and concepts that have become second nature, and causes you to see them in a fresh perspective.
With that in mind. I thoug I'd continue on the review of the basic elements of design in photography.
The next design elements to consider are shapes. Just like lines, shapes can be literal objects – formed by closed lined into circles, triangles, rectangles or an abstract – or created by an area of tone or color, or by a pattern of similar objects.
Our minds use shape to help us indentify and understand our world. We recognize familiar shapes and respond to stored emotional responses we've associated with those shapes. Creating shapes with pattern, color and tone can cause our imaginations to make similar associations even when the literal subject has nothing to do with the shape. Ever laid on your back in the grass on a warm summer day and looked for familiar shapes in cloud formations?
You can even us shape to cause an emotional response that is very different from what would normally be associated with the object itself. This technique is especially useful to create abstract images from otherwise familiar subjects, and create a dynamic photo from what may appear at face value to be an uninteresting subject.
Keep in mind – the spaces in between shapes are shapes in themselves. Being aware of and using the figure and ground interplay, of the positive and negative space, will give your photos another level of emotional energy.
Remember – each of the tips we talk about here are all part of a complete picture. As you become familiar with them and use them in your photos you see the shift in visual energy.
A great way to practice these different elements to cause them to become second nature in your photography is to take each one and shoot self-assignments with them. This is the technique we use in the Photo Mentor classes and our Premier Photo Tours workshops. The more you practice these elements that combine to create an emotional image the more they become a subconscious part of each photo you see. Your photos automatically improve as you absorb each lesson.


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The Cobbled Lanes of the Melburn Roobaix
After heading all the way to France to see the Paris-Roubaix earlier this year, it seemed only fitting that I had to undertake the Melburn Roobaix. I had done the Melbourne version a couple of years ago with my brother, but on a cold, wet day we did it quickly and didn't experience all it had to offer. I talked Mrs Bugler into doing the ride with me on the understanding that we wouldn't be going quickly and we would regularly stop for coffee, lunch and refreshments. She wasn't overwhelmed with excitment but we both began to look forward to the day.
The Melburn Roobaix is the brainchild of Melbourne cycling aficionado Andy White. Andy runs a website and bike 'hub' both called Fyxomatosis. The website and store grew out of his love for cycling culture as he began blogging about his cycling escapades, bike builds and photos. Andy holds a special place in his heart for the Paris-Roubaix. He has ridden the course, written about it, photographed it, and he finally parodied it in Melbourne. In 2006, Andy organised an homage to The Hell Of The North in which riders cycled through different cobbled sectors in Melbourne's lanes. In similarity to Roubaix, the cyclists finished their 'race' with a lap of the outdoor velodrome in Brunswick.
The Melburn Roobaix has consistently grown in size due to the inclusive nature of the ride. An important point of the ride is that it is not a race. There are no prizes for first, second or third. Instead prizes are given for 'The Cutest Couple', 'Most Awesome Foursome' and 'Furthest Travelled'. People are encouraged to participate, and complete a leisurely ride with numerous stops. It is no surprise then that one of the sponsors to have climbed on board sells coffee. As Mrs Bugler and I arrived at the start, a velodrome in Hawthorn, there were over 2000 participants of all ages, genders, wearing all kinds of outfits and on all manner of cycling machines. A quick scan of the crowd was enough to tell us we wouldn't win 'The Cutest Couple' but we weren't disheartened as we bumped into a couple of friends.
We set off not long after we registered. There was no official starting time, people just pedaled after they received their course map. The first sector, Bonbon, was a short lane off Wellesley Rd in Hawthorn. The bumps quickly reminded me how hard it is to negotiate cobblestones with narrow tyres. I slipped at one point but remained upright and we continued north through the leafy streets of Hawthorn. Mrs Bugler was quick to remind me of my fallibilities as a cyclist as she was directly behind me when I slipped on the wet cobbles The first detour was to Osty's house where we admired his recent purchase from the outside before cycling on to Fitzwilliam St and sector 2, La Deuxieme.
Our group re-gathered after the cobbles for a coffee near the beginning of the sector. Another was added to our peloton and by the time we climbed back aboard our whips not many riders were behind us. Sector 3, Le Facile, was supposed to be easy. The cobbles had been pulled up leaving a bit of a treacherous and muddy ride. I don't think that Andy had planned this. We skillfully negotiated sector 4, La Mort Des Roues, before heading back into more familiar Bugler territory around Studley Park. I was disappointed not to see the Paris-Roubaix zip through the Trouée d'Arenberg, but the Trouée d'Yarra-enberg was a decent second prize.
We resurfaced from the forests of Yarra-enberg near Dights Falls, a short cycle from Casa del Bugler. With the weather proving drier and warmer than anticipated, we voted to stop by home for a change of attire. As we detoured, I noted a couple of cyclists following us and, thus, being led astray. After the quick pit-stop, we headed north into Clifton Hill. Boucle Inégale, sector 5, began near Abbott Grove and looped around on itself. We nailed L'homme Dur off O'Grady St in quick succession before retiring to the Royal Hotel on Spensley St for another well-earned rest. We had done half of the sectors after all.
The re-fueling made the next part of the ride a highlight. The sun was out as we smashed sector 7 off Falconer St (Fitz en Travers) and set off along the Capital City Trail on Park St to the west. The distance on the map looked significant but the perfect cycling conditions meant that we high-tailed to the Flemington drains in quick time. The lack of detours and pit-stops probably contributed to our average speed too.
It was just as well we had such a dream run because number 8 was the only sector rated as 5 stars on the Melburn Roobaix. The dreaded Koppenburg. A blue-stone lane off Myrnong Crescent rises very, very steeply behind the houses of Ascot Vale. Cowbells rang out as we ascended. We rose from our saddles and pushed our cranks. Finally, after much exertion I rolled under the banner signifying the summit. But the sector was only part done. We still had to bump over cobbles with legs that felt like jelly before we rolled out onto blessed asphalt once again. There was only one way to celebrate. A six-pack of Melbourne Bitter from the closest bottleshop.
In many ways, it felt like we were almost finished. The hardest sector was done. We had ridden from the east of Melbourne to the west. We were celebrating. But there was still some Hell to come. A Monteé de la Pavé off Fanny St Moonee Ponds was rated as 4 stars and was longer than expected. We re-crossed the Tullamarine and confronted Carrefour l'Fyxo off Hope St Brunswick. Again, it felt impossibly long. By sector 11, Nouvelle rue d'Homme off Newman St, Mrs Bugler was complaining that she doesn't even really enjoy cycling. Welcome to Hell.
Our screaming legs and aching crotches told us that the end was nearing. And it was. We zipped along to Evans St for the final sector, Chemin des Géants. As opposed to Mrs Bugler, I was enjoying the rhythm of the cobbles. I attacked the cobbles with some speed and stood up as I ground out the final sector. Smooth bitumen welcomed us at the end and, as a team, we rolled on to the Merri Creek Trail for the push to the finish. The huge crowd of cyclists had again congregated at a velodrome for the second time that day, this time in Brunswick. I rode high around the banks of the track and coasted to the finish line.
We rewarded ourselves with sausages and beer, very appropriate for the Melbourne version of the Queen of the Classics. One of the things I enjoy about the Fyxomatosis website is the way that it seems so personal, as though you are reading about a friend. Hell, I even appear in one of the galleries! This made it somewhat of a surprise to see Andy perform the presentations in front of such a large crowd. He almost seemed like a celebrity.
We didn't win the cutest couple, or the most awesome foursome. Furthest travelled was always going to be tough when the race went so near our house. But we, along with countless others, had a brilliant day. We saw parts of our fine city that we didn't know existed. We found new coffee shops and pubs. We encouraged and supported each other. Even cars seemed friendlier and more polite. So kudos to Andy and the Melburn Roobaix for making A Day In Hell seem so nice.
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