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On Pinky and RubiconSunday, August 30th, 2009
What it Means to Have a Majority White America Elect a Black President
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"She" can't have a beer with "the boys", because …Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Henry Louis Gates, James Crowley and Barack Obama ("the boys") hoisted some cold suds on the South Lawn of the White House today in a carefully orchestrated event for the whole world to experience. This was, as the White House called it, a "teachable moment" on race in America. We couldn't be happier for them, you know, the boys – for they have suffered so much. (more…)


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Psalm 131
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 My heart is not proud, Lord,
3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord
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A Linen Belt
13 This is what the Lord said to me: "Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water." 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: 4 "Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath[a] and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks." 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me.
6 Many days later the Lord said to me, "Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there." 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 "This is what the Lord says: 'In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless! 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,' declares the Lord, 'to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.'
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Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
13 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
7 Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."
8 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet."
Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."
9 "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!"
10 Jesus answered, "Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you." 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. 13 "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
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Justify that the limiting form of V(x)=350x/(1+(x^2))^(3/4) when x is small(i.e.x<1) is v(x)=350x
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`V(x) = (350x)/(1+x^2)^(3/4)`
We're trying to find effectively what V(x) approaches as x becomes very small. The best way to do this would be to think of what happens as x becomes very very small.
The numerator would still be `350x`. There is no problem there. However, the denominator starts to look more and more like it's approaching 1 as x gets closer and closer to zero!
To find out why, let's look at it closer:
Our denominator is `(1+x^2)^(3/4)`
We have to look at what number is dominating this expression. Because we know that x << 1, we know that `x^2` <<<< 1! For example, if `x = 0.01` then `x^2 = 0.0001` and the denominator is:
This looks pretty much like `1^(3/4) = 1`.
Another example: x = 0.00001. Well, then `x^2 = 0.0000000001` and `(1+x^2)^3/4 = 1.0000000001^(3/4)`
We'll, again, just call this 1.
Do you see what I mean? As x gets closer and closer to 0, the 1 is the main factor in the denominator. We can repeat these examples for any number of x's close to zero, and we get the same result: something that looks a heck of a lot like 1.
So, we'll just say that if x is much less than 1, our denominator goes from `(1+x^2)^(3/4)` to `1^(3/4)`. However, 1 to the 3/4 power is just 1. Therefore, our denominator is pretty much equal to 1!
Another look, as x approaches 0, we change the function on the left to the function on the right:
`(350x)/(1+x^2)^(3/4) -> (350x)/(1^(3/4)) = 350x`
And that is why, when x gets much smaller than 1, V(x) starts to look like 350x.
I hope that works!
We want to show that V(x) is approximated by f(x) = 350x near x = 0.
If this were the case, then V'(0) = 350. Let's see if that's true.
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Looks like a mess. We could clean it up...or just plug in 0 to find `V'(0)=350(1)-0=350`


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The nine-month "ride of my life" came to a close on Thursday, May 22. The flight back from Birmingham, England to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport was exhausting. Two hours to Iceland, one-hour layover there.Another six hours to get back home.
The forty-four of us got antsy the last few hours on the plane. We could see U.S. land underneath us. We occupied the majority of the rear of the 747. We pulled out laptops, started blaring music. Took off our seatbelts and danced around in the aisle, sat on each other's laps. We got disapproving looks from just about everyone. "It's been a long time," we would have said, had anyone asked.
I felt a mix of emotions. I'd been mentally preparing myself for this for weeks, maybe months. I was excited to see friends and family, but at the same time dreading the change of scenery. We stepped off the plane. Walking up to passport control a greeter told us where to line up, and our first contact with another Minnesota accent was startling, several of us noticed and mentioned it. We retrieved our luggage and I took one final walk through customs with the people that I had come to regard as family.
We swung a right, and spread out before us were dozens of mothers, father, sisters, brothers, friends, and a couple boyfriends and girlfriends. Teary eyes all around; hugs, kisses, waves, handshakes. I was overwhelmed, I looked around, people were already starting to disseminate, I had too many people to say goodbye to. I decided to tackle it methodically, embrace the people I might not see for months first; pat the guys on the back that I'd see the next day. Amanda Haack's parents were late, and she stood in the midst of it all like a lost puppy, she was one of my best friends on the trip, she lives hours away, and she was the hardest to walk away from.
Moments later I was in the family van, the van that had been a staple in my life for several years previous. The van drove out of the terminal, made our way along the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, and my eyes were transfixed on cross after cross.
My friend Dave Doyle and I had commented hours ago on the plane, that the past year was already starting to feel like a fading memory. It took less than ten minutes in that van for family normalcy to return.
Suddenly I was fifteen again, and my mother was driving me from place to place. My two sisters were barking back and forth at each other in the back seat, one of them burped, then giggled, my mom started yelling at my dad to watch the road. The highways, the buildings, the strip malls, the exit ramps; all so familiar and yet felt obscure, as if relics of another universe. We turned onto my street, and my dad reiterated that they had torn down the giant tree that had stood in my front yard for my entire life. The tan-brick and white-painted house in Golden Valley had been the only place I've ever remembered residing. The tree really was gone. It felt so empty. My dad showed me the chunk of the trunk that he'd saved. He was going to make a table out of it.
I noticed the oddest things in the first few moments back at my parent's house. I went to turn on the bathroom sink, and the amount of pressure I was accustomed to applying was different. Our washer and dryer were larger than any I remembered using in England, the shower felt different, there was more water in the toilet, and the comforter on my bed was shockingly black and white.
The next morning, my father dropped me at the U of M - Twin Cities campus on his way to work. Five of us, Corey Onderick, Kelsey Burns, Dave Doyle, and Cory Hertog and I had decided, while in Birmingham, that we loved the metro area, where we were all from, and decided to transfer campuses. Never before had I wanted to go to school in my home city, but the time away from it made me appreciate the variety of experiences it had to offer, as well as the friends I'd left behind when I took off for Duluth freshman year. As I nervously sat in the meeting room, waiting for the others to show up, I couldn't help but ponder whether I had made the right call. The familiarity of the city was scaring me, after being gone for so long, did I really want to spend two years in the city I grew up in? It took Cory finally showing up to break me out of the suffocating trance I felt myself spiraling into. As the meeting began, I looked around at the four of them, and they shot me reassuring glances, we were in this thing together.
Those first few days, I felt alienated from my home country, and the people inhabiting it. I wanted nothing to do with anyone, and I only spoke when spoken to. Everyone told me that the reverse-culture shock coming back was much more severe than the shock getting to England, but I underestimated their warnings. I found myself slipping headlong into a very real, very profound depression. Thinking now, two weeks after I got back, I find that I am no longer a participant, but an observer of U.S. culture. I find myself floating along the fringes, skeptically studying every Wal-Mart, every parking lot, every car, every billboard, the way people walk, and dress, and talk.
I wanted to write this article immediately upon returning, but I've been at a loss for words. Even now, I find it hard to describe the changes that have overtaken me, that have taken over every one I've talked to from the trip. We can't be content with just our little slice of the world anymore, with Minneapolis, or Duluth, Minnesota. I've lived in the United Kingdom for a year; I've traveled to nearly twenty different countries. I've stood in front of the Berlin Wall, I watched the Eiffel Tower light up on New Year's Eve, I've had Christmas dinner in London. I lounged around in some of the largest outdoor Turkish bath houses in Budapest, Hungary; I've taken old Soviet trains as far east as I could, through Romanian oil fields, through Bulgaria, across the Turkish border. I drank apple tea and smoked sheesha while watching boats come through the harbor in Istanbul, and I stood on top of the Acropolis, and looked out on the great city of Athens. I made my way west again from there, endured a grueling trip to the hospital in Croatia when my knee gave out on me midway through my trip, and hobbled to our villa in Spain on crutches.
This weekend, I could be in Paris. Instead I'm at my parent's house. It's an odd reality one has to come to grips with.
But I've experienced moments of healing and transition that have been as frequent as the dark thoughts. Two days after touching down, my father took me and my youngest sister about an hour outside of Minneapolis, to a little town on the St. Croix River. It was a town I'd been frequenting off and on my whole life. We commented that the local ice cream shop no longer stood next to the local independent grocer. It had relocated to the back lot.
After having a burger at the local bar and grill, we drove down a winding street, and approached train tracks. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a solitary train conductor, standing next to a solitary three-car train. On the way back around, that train started moving, and we stopped at the intersection to watch it pass. It crawled by, and each person, and I mean every single person, stood by the window and waved at us, young children, an Indian couple, an old man. It was so reassuring to see people still using that form of transportation that is such a part of daily life in Europe. We got ice-cream at that old parlor, and again out of the corner of my eye, I caught the slogan written on the change jar. "Change Needed." In more ways than one.
But it's the little towns, the simple life, the neighbors that all know each other, and care for each other, the small town America that gives me hope.
I've returning with a revitalized vigor for life, with a greater environmental awareness, with an increased respect and in some since devotion to public transportation (I've vowed never to own another car), and a profound connection with the inhabitants of the world around me. Through the new lens over my eyes, I've began searching for signs of a changing tide, of the kind of movement that will be needed to heal the rift in our country, to reverse the destructive tendencies that have become such a normal part of public life for the last century.
And believe it or not, I'm beginning to see it. It's taking skyrocketing oil and food prices, and the high rates of unemployment to get the humble residents of small towns to start talking about changing the status quo. But it's exactly this kind of talk that is sweeping the bar tops, the supermarket checkout lines, children's PTA meetings. Americans, albeit a bit behind the rest of the world, are realizing that after decades of burning through our finite natural resources, after building suburb after suburb that forces us to commute 30 miles a day to work, that we can't sustain ourselves much longer on our present course. The millions starving and the victims of resource wars all over the world can attest to that. The hundreds of thousands dead in Burma and China showcase nature's tendency towards equilibrium.
Shifts in attitude start small, and they start at home. SUV sales are going down, hybrids are going up, more people are biking and walking.
Mike Cason, Dave Doyle, and I went to see Barack Obama's victory speech on Tuesday night at the Xcel Energy Center. We stood outside for six hours. People called us crazy for getting there so early. But 40,000 people showed up to a place that holds 20,000. We stood thirty feet behind the podium. The energy, the electricity, old and young, so many people vibing to the same person, the same message, the same unifying goal of leaving our children and our grandchildren an Earth worth living in, could be felt in every recess of the jam-packed stadium.
The realization that I need to channel the positive insights that I'd accumulated into a productive force here back in the States has been a creeping sensation. But it would be a waste to do anything less, and I'm trying to do the best job of reintegrating back into our society, while hanging on to the friendships, lessons and experiences I attained in my time abroad.
My biggest fear is that I will forget the magical year we shared together. Sometimes it feels like it was just a dream. But it's kept alive by the friendships I've made, the pictures, the knowledge I've gained.
When I stare out of my parent's window, I can see the missing space,
the gaping hole, which my childhood tree had always occupied. But when
I squint my eyes and think back, I can still see the tree where it once
stood, however with the passing time its branches are a little fuzzy and
some may be in different places.
"Reverse Culture Shock" by Mike Cason
Dealing with the reverse culture shock and changes in relationships has left some of us with the feeling we are losing ground. In England the possibilities were endless. There was always another train ticket to buy or cheap flight to find. We had what seemed like an eternity for winter and spring break to travel anywhere we could manage. Most of us made great use of our time and gained lifelong memories as a result, meeting someone new at every step along the way. Coming back to America has suffocated me with an isolating feeling. Gas prices, travel distances, lack of public transport, and all those other annoyances are magnified. At least we do not have an exchange rate to worry about anymore.
When people say "You don't know what you had 'til it's gone," they really mean it. The change of scenery is complete. I, we, are never going to live in England again. At least not with the time and space we did these past months. That group dynamic is missing. Regardless of how much we hated parts of it at times, I miss even the worst drama. It was our life in England. No matter how many stories we tell, only we will know what it was really like. How could I explain flat 109 logically? Or the 44 for that matter?
There are a few people from this trip I am still hanging out with as much as possible. It's almost like were using each other for support. Talking about readjusting with friends that are going through the same thing is easier than explaining yourself to family and old friends.
Seeing so many different cultures and getting a first hand view of life in other countries allows me to reassess my own culture. I'm glad America has garbage collection, unlike Albania. I wish we had universal healthcare, it really works. I miss having busses that go where I want to. And if anyone know a good Balti joint in the metro area, please let me know. We don't know how good we have it. Thanks to my experiences abroad I appreciate parts of the U.S. a little more.
The style of living between our suburban wasteland and the rest of the world is so different. I can't picture myself enjoying living the "American dream" anymore. It is a fine life for most people, but I find it lacking in more ways than one.
All this may feel negative. I am actually really positive inside. I have plans and goals that I know I will achieve: road tripping this summer with friends that were on the trip and a few good ones that remember me even after the lengthy absence, or looking forward to returning to UMD closer to graduating from college than before. Maybe I'll take a trip through Central America to see what it's like there. I still need to find a job and get a few shirts back from the ex but those are small worries in the long run.
Looking at a map of where I traveled makes it feels like a dream. I was actually over there in the places I had read about in history class. Pictures remind you of little things. It's hard to forget some of the places; the sunset in Sorrento, the missed train in Amsterdam, the free coffee in Zagreb. Three of a seemingly endless string of moments we lived. Only two weeks ago I was trekking to Shannon. In the last 24 hours overseas, arriving in Birmingham, finally getting back to Tennis Courts, partying one last time, cleaning and packing frantically, running to Shackelton to return my keys, and not being able to sleep on the final Den Caney ride or overseas flight. I barely had time to think. It feels like it was already years ago.
Passing our yearbooks around on the plane was a sobering moment. Some of these people were about to become a line in a book of mine, a witty comment about how political I was or some inside joke. I didn't really know what to say to most people, in words or in text. I was mostly silent. One girl started crying; luckily she liked gummy bears and cheered up quickly. For how exciting I thought returning home would be, it was traumatic and hard. Much more than anyone warned us. I felt like the life I built was being broken into pieces that would now be scattered across the U.S. After a smooth pass through customs, the parents were waiting near the doors of the terminal. I looked around and saw my mom. Hugged her and then didn't know what to do. I didn't want to walk around and say bye to everyone. T hat would have been too hard. I said goodbye to a few close friends and got the hell out of there. For better or worse I left some people without saying goodbye. I like leaving things open like that. Why make something you don't want to end final if you don't have to.
Last Tuesday Dave Doyle, Erik Lund and I went to the Obama rally at the Xcel. After a couple cups of coffee and a quick lunch, the hours of waiting came to an end. We passed through the metal detectors and past piles of abandoned umbrellas and chairs, I had to jog to catch up with Dave and Erik, they were moving so fast. We went down the steps to the floor and some volunteer gave us yellow wristbands and told us to enjoy the view. After all that waiting and a long line ahead of us we didn't expect to be 30 feet from the podium. The podium stood empty for another two hours and then to incredible applause, Obama took the stage and announced his nomination. It was nice to finally feel the excitement in person. After reading about it all year, words can't describe the hope he gives, the people he unites, and the feeling I got listening to him speak. For the thousands of people there that night, it meant something. It meant something to the little boy halfway across the world too, and that's the part I love.
I returned to my house to find a bundle of balloons floating in the front yard. Three small ones: one red, one white, and one blue. A fourth was the largest and was in the shape of a guitar. It read "USA Rocks!" My mom is pretty funny!
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Tommy Makem, a songwriter, balladeer and folk singer who with the Clancy Brothers and as a soloist introduced a raucous, revolutionary take on time-honored Irish folk music, first in the United States and then in Ireland, died Wednesday in Dover, N.H. He was 74.
The cause was complications of lung cancer, his son Conor said.
Mr. Makem's music emerged in the 1960s as part of the rise of modern folk music, and its sound and success particularly buoyed Irish-Americans who remembered the sting of prejudice toward immigrant ancestors. Mr. Makem, a baritone who played the banjo and tin whistle, was hailed as the godfather of Irish music.
After a concert at Town Hall in Manhattan in 1962, Robert Shelton wrote in The New York Times that "most American 'mainstream' folk music groups seem wan and one-dimensional in comparison" with the Clancy and Makem act.
In 1961 the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, the name under which they performed, signed a $100,000 recording contract, a big deal at the time. Mr. Makem and Joan Baez were named the most promising newcomers at the Newport Folk Festival that year.
On March 12, 1961, the group, all of whom were born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States, performed for 14 minutes in front of a television audience of 80 million on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the first of many television appearances.Continue reading the main story
The next year an Irish radio announcer visiting the United States took some of their albums back to Ireland and played them on his show. They skyrocketed to popularity. By 1964 a third of the albums sold in Ireland were by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
In 1963 they performed at the White House at the request of President John F. Kennedy, who was of Irish descent. Mr. Makem had rewritten an old song, "We Want No Irish Here." It was taken from the time in America when there were signs saying, "No Irish Need Apply."
In an interview with The Belfast News Letter in 2003, Mr. Makem said, "superimposed over us on television was a great shot of President Kennedy laughing his head off."
Thomas Makem (who made a point of not revealing his middle name) was born on Nov. 4, 1932, in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. His mother, Sarah Makem, was a legendary folk singer whom the American song collector and folk singer Jean Richie, among other musical folklorists, visited to collect traditional songs.
Mr. Makem made his stage debut in his hometown at the age of 5, singing "The Little Beggarman." Like many in his family, he emigrated to New Hampshire to apply skills learned in Irish linen mills to that state's cotton mills. His factory career ended when a broken piece of machinery landed on his hand, requiring several operations.
His uncle took him to New York in 1956 for the St. Patrick's Day parade, at which he met two of the Clancy brothers, Paddy and Tom. He already knew Liam Clancy, who soon returned from Ireland and joined the group. After one of their first appearances, Pete Seeger, the folk singer, and Alan Lomax, the folklorist and musicologist, encouraged them. Bob Dylan, in the early days of his career, solicited songwriting tips from Mr. Makem.
All of the group's members aspired to act, and some, including Mr. Makem, achieved modest success, but by 1956 they were committed to music. They recorded their first album that year in the Bronx in the kitchen of Kenny Goldstein, a prominent folklorist. After two more albums for Tradition Records, including one of drinking songs that became a cult favorite, they signed the $100,000 deal with John Hammond of Columbia Records, famous for discovering Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin, among others.
Mr. Makem left the Clancy Brothers on amicable terms in 1969 to have a solo act. In 1975 he joined with Liam Clancy to form a duo that lasted until 1988. Mr. Makem then resumed work as a solo act.
In reviewing a music festival on Randalls Island in The Times in 1999, the critic Neil Strauss praised Mr. Makem's rendition of his own "Four Green Fields," calling it "the hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad."
"Audience members pumped their hands in the air and sang in spellbound unison," Mr. Strauss wrote.
Mr. Makem also wrote books and prepared and narrated television shows on Ireland's history. For many years he owned Tommy Makem's Irish Pavilion, a restaurant and bar in Manhattan. Despite this and the many drinking songs he lustily performed, he did not drink alcohol.
Mr. Makem's wife, the former Mary Shanahan, died in 2001. He is survived by his daughter, Catherine Makem-Boucher; his sons, Shane and Conor of Dover, and Rory of Amesbury, Mass., who are all three performers; and a granddaughter.
When Mr. Makem arrived at LoganInternational Airport in Bostonin 1955, he carried a makeshift suitcase,a pair of bagpipes and an X-rayof his lungs to prove he did not havetuberculosis, he said in an interviewwith The Boston Globe last year.The customs agent told him, "Have agreat life."
More than a half-century later, Mr.Makem declared, "I took him at hisword."
An obituary on Friday about the Irish musician Tommy Makem misidentified the source of an account he gave of his arrival in Boston in 1955, including his description of being told by a customs agent, "Have a great life," and his declaration more than a half century later, "I took him at his word." It was an interview last year with The Boston Globe, not The Associated Press.


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- Phone Number:208-852-1781208-852-1781
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Reave and LaFern
Reave and LaFern Warren, of Murrieta, celebrated their 50th anniversary March 4 with a special lunch at the Summerlin Country Club.
They were married March 2, 1962, in Ontario.
Mr. Warren marketed the original EEG machines to hospitals along with nurse calling systems.
Mrs. Warren worked for many years at General Telephone Co. as an executive secretary to the vice president. She continued to work in the many businesses the Warrens owned together.
They continue to provide service in the medical field with their company, DDR Consulting.
Their children are Denise Potter, of Valencia; David Warren, of Murrieta; and Kevin and Amy Pitt, of Murrieta.
They have nine grandchildren.
They have been an inspiration to their children through their amazing love story and their commitment to provide a loving, God-filled home.
Frank and Betty
Betty and Frank Tavaglione, of Riverside, celebrated their 70th anniversary with lunch at Olio's in the Marriott Hotel in Riverside. They will celebrate again with all their relatives on Easter.
They were married Feb. 24, 1942, at First Baptist Church in Sacramento. They met at the University of Redlands, where she received her bachelor of music degree. Mr. Tavaglione was a guest star with John Raitt in a production of the "Vagabond King" there and Mrs. Tavaglione was the pianist and a dancer.
Mr. Tavaglione sang on the Maxwell House radio show as Frank Travis. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, singing for the troops in many countries and on BBC radio from 1942 until 1945. He also gave command performances for King Peter and Princess Alexandria of Yugoslavia. His career was in opera and radio and Mrs. Tavaglione played for his concerts.
He taught singing at UC Riverside and now, at nearly 97, is still teaching private students at home.
Mrs. Tavaglione has been a singer and pianist with the Riverside Mission Belles chorus for 54 years. She worked at the headquarters at what was then March Field Air Base, was a dental chair assistant and a piano teacher.
Their children are Linda and Peter Spiers; and Steven and Sally Tavaglione.
They have four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Valdis and Helen Veldre
Valdis and Helen Ella Veldre, of Hemet, celebrated their 50th anniversary Feb. 26 with a brunch at Maze Stone Restaurant in San Jacinto with many friends.
They were married Feb. 24, 1962, in Las Vegas.
Mr. Veldre emigrated to California from Latvia in 1950 and Mrs. Veldre emigrated from Scotland in 1960.
Mr. Veldre served in the U.S. Army, and spent 30 years with Pacific Telephone/AT&T before retiring in 1987.
He enjoys music and computers and plays several musical instruments.
Mrs. Veldre worked for an insurance adjusting company in Riverside for 20 years and spent two years in the newsroom of The Press-Enterprise's office in Moreno Valley before retiring in 1987.
She enjoys reading and is a 48-year member of the Lady MacDuff Lodge of the Daughters of Scotia in Riverside. She also enjoys meeting with friends in two tea groups.


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New Haven Wooster Square Annual Cherry Blossom Festival is April 14
(Rain date: April 21)
"Last year more than 5,000 people of all ages enjoyed an afternoon of fun, great entertainment and activities and great local food in Wooster Square Park," organizers said in a statement. Festival co-chairmen are Peter Webster and Charlie Murphy
Admission is free.
Among 2013 features are:
• Entertainment, including jazz, steel band, big band music, and for the second year – opera.
• Artists and Authors
• Dedicated Children's Area with arts & crafts, including activities with Peabody Museum, New Haven Museum and Horizon Wings, a raptor-rescue organization that was hugely popular with families last year.
• Pet-Friendly Area with dedicated exhibitors
• The New Haven Free Public Library's Bookmobile will be there for the first time – a great addition.
• A range of local food vendors and display tables with Wooster Square history.
When cherry blossoms bloom is always a big question, organizers said and for the second year in a row, there is the Cherry Blossom Blog, with photos added daily.
The 16th Annual Pre-Festival Concert, a free concert featuring the musicians of Wooster Square, will be held at 7:30 p.m. April 12 at St. Michael's Church on the square.
More: Wooster Square Park is across from the 500 block of Chapel Street. Organizers encourage festival attendees to walk, bicycle, or take public transit to this colorful outdoor festival. It's a 10-minute walk from the New Haven Green. Bus transit routes have stops at the Park on Chapel Street and nearby on Grand Avenue and State Street. Limited parking is available on neighborhood streets and in school parking lots at Conte-West Hills Magnet School on Chapel St. and Metropolitan Business Academy on Water Street..
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The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has decided to crack down on houses and shops with broken sewer pipes that spill filth on roads or pavements.
From next week, drainage supervisors will identify such houses and serve a three-day ultimatum to the owners and occupants to repair the pipes. If no action is taken, the CMC will disconnect drainage connection to those buildings.
People are welcome to inform the CMC control room at 2244-6015 if they come across such broken sewage pipes, said mayor Subrata Mukherjee on Saturday.
Following complaints from pedestrians on nuisance caused by broken sewer and sewage lines, Mukherjee asked his council member, drainage and sewerage, Rajiv Deb to take harsh steps against such owners or occupants.
We have received complaints on such broken sewage lines or pipes in buildings located on BB Ganguly Street, Bentinck Street, Meredith Street, Chandni Chowk, Sudder Street, Royd Street, Surya Sen Street, Motisil Street, Dacres Lane and British India Street, Deb said during the day.
The problem with broken sewage pipes is acute in Burrabazar and in the congested alleys in north Calcutta where premises have been let out for residential or commercial purposes. In some of these buildings the landlords do not reside and the tenants avoid paying for repairs of the broken pipes.
In a building close to Orient cinema, for instance, a fruit juice shop has come up covering the broken sewer pipe of the building, Deb pointed out. A channel has been dug out on the pavement to drain the water to a gully pit. Often raw sewage pours on the road from the broken pipe of Great Eastern Hotel on British India Street, he added.
The situation becomes unbearable particularly after a heavy shower when water logging occurs.
According to Swapan Duttagupta, special officer, transport infrastructure development of the CMC, there are over three lakh buildings in the city proper and about 75 per cent of them are more than 60 years old. If the problem of broken sewage pipe exists in 20 per cent of those buildings then the total number of pipes needed to be repaired or changed will be more than 20,000, he pointed out.


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Police officers were dispatched to the TJ Maxx store at Assembly Row last week on reports that a shoplifter exited the store and refused to return the stolen merchandise.
While en route to the store, the officers were informed that the suspect was walking towards Assembly Row. They were able to locate and stop the suspect, later identified as Deanne Fronduto, of Medford, at the intersection of Assembly Row and Artisan Way.
The officers informed Fronduto of the reason for the stop, and she reportedly stated that she did not steal anything and claimed that all of the merchandise that was inside of her purse belonged to her.
The officers requested that the store Loss Prevention staffer identify all of the stolen merchandise. The employee reportedly confirmed that all of the merchandise located inside of her purse was stolen.
According to reports, the Loss Prevention staffer stated that while conducting floor surveillance, she observed Fronduto selecting the merchandise and concealing it inside of her purse. She also stated that she observed Fronduto walk past all points of sale, fail to pay for the concealed merchandise, and exit the store. She further stated that once she was outside she identified herself and requested that Fronduto return the stolen merchandise and go back inside the store.
She then stated that Fronduto refused to cooperate and fled on foot towards Assembly Row.
The Loss Prevention staffer then recovered two dresses, one pair of jean shorts, one bottle of lotion, two gift bags, one card, and three iPad cases from Fronduto's purse. The officers were informed that the total value of the stolen merchandise was $264.90.
Fronduto was subsequently placed under arrest for larceny over $250.


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The Oxford Book Of Descants - Melody Edition
The Oxford Book of Descants is a definitive collection of 102 descants to well-known hymns, carols, and worship songs. It features descants by a wide range of composers, including contemporary names such as David Willcocks, John Rutter, Malcolm Archer, and Paul Leddington Wright, as well as celebrated twentieth-century church composers such as Alan Gray, Edward Bairstow, Sydney Nicholson, and John Wilson. Published in both full music and melody editions, this is a fully practical collection, with selected descants presented in different keys and with alternative words to match most popular hymnals. The full music edition provides an organ part for each descant while the melody edition contains the descants alone, without their accompanying tunes. With a superb range of descants, ably written and sympathetic to the style and harmony of the original tune, this is an excellent resource that will be welcomed by all choirs and church musicians and will enhance hymn singing at church services.
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Julian Elloway studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music and subsequently specialized in piano accompaniment with Paul Hamburger. After university he worked in Brighton as a choir conductor and repetiteur, especially with the University of Sussex Choir, New Sussex Opera and Brighton Festival Chorus, and as Director of Music at St Paul's, West Street, Brighton. He then became Music Editor at OUP. He now works as a freelance musician and music editor.
Antony Baldwin: ABBOT'S LEIGH (in C and D)
Alan Gray: ABERYSTWYTH
Christopher Gower: ABRIDGE (in D and C)
David Willcocks: ADESTE, FIDELES
Anthony F Carver and Donald Davison: ALLELUIA No. 1
John Cooke: ANGEL VOICES (in D and C)
Donald Davison: ANGELS' SONG
David Willcocks: ANIMA CHRISTI (in F and G)
Adrian Lucas: AURELIA
James Vivian: AUS DER TIEFE
Thomas H Ingham: AUSTRIA (in E flat and F)
Ashley Grote: BEAUTY FOR BROKENNESS
David Willcocks: BETHLEHEM (in F and G)
John Scott: BLAENWERN (in G and F)
Sydney H Nicholson: CARLISLE (in E flat and D)
Kenneth Naylor: COE FEN
Maurice Bevan: CORVEDALE
Donald Davison: CRIMOND
Paul Leddington Wright: CROSS OF JESUS (in G and F)
Harold Darke: CRUCIFER (in D and C)
John Scott: CWM RHONDDA
Sydney H Nicholson: DARWALL'S 148th (in D and C)
Simon Lole: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (in C and B flat)
John Wilson: DIX (in A flat and G)
Sydney H Nicholson: DOMINUS REGIT ME (in G and F)
David Willcocks: DOWN AMPNEY
Philip Moore: DUKE STREET
John Rutter: EASTER HYMN
Harrison Oxley: EISENACH
David Willcocks: ENGLEBERG (in F and G)
David Willcocks: EVENTIDE
David Thorne: FAITHFUL ONE
FAITHFULNESS (in E flat and D)
Paul Leddington Wright and Robert Prizeman:
William Llewellyn: FATHER, WE ADORE YOU
William Llewellyn: FATHER, WE LOVE YOU
Thomas Armstrong: FOREST GREEN
Robert Gower: GERONTIUS (in A flat and G)
Ashley Grote: GOD OF THE POOR
Christopher Robinson: GOD REST YOU MERRY
John Barnard: GUITING POWER
Alan Gray: HANOVER
James Vivian: HEINLEIN
John Rutter: HELMSLEY
Robert Gower: HIGHWOOD
Ashley Grote: HOLY IS THE LORD (in A and G)
John Scott: HYFRYDOL
Ashley Grote: IN CHRIST ALONE (in D and E flat)
Benjamin Lamb: IRBY (in F and G)
James Whitbourn: JESUS IS LORD (in G and A flat)
Christopher Gower: LASST UNS ERFREUEN (in D and E flat)
Reginald Thatcher: LAUDES DOMINI (in C and B flat)
John Wilson: LAUDS
Sydney H Nicholson: LAUS DEO
Harrison Oxley: LOBE DEN HERREN (in F and G)
John Barnard: LORD OF THE YEARS
William Mathias: LUCKINGTON
Richard Lloyd: LUX EOI
Malcolm Archer: MACCABAEUS (in E flat and D)
Alan Gray: MELCOMBE (in E flat and D)
Alan Gray: MELITA
David Willcocks: MENDELSSOHN (in F and G)
Alan Gray: MERTON (in F and E)
Alan Gray: MILES LANE
John Wilson: MONKLAND
Cyril Winn: MONKS GATE
David Willcocks: MORNING HYMN
Alan Gray: MOSCOW
Sydney H Nicholson: NEANDER
James Vivian: NICAEA
David Willcocks: NOEL
William H Harris: NUN DANKET (in F and E flat)
Alan Gray: ORIEL
Alan Gray: PRAISE, MY SOUL
Harrison Oxley: PRAXIS PIETATIS (in F and G)
John Scott: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
John Henderson: QUAM DILECTA
Sydney H Nicholson: REDHEAD No. 46
David Thorne: REGENT SQUARE
John Scott: REPTON
Edward Bairstow: RICHMOND (in F and G)
Unknown: ROCKINGHAM (in D and E flat)
Simon Lole: SAFFRON WALDEN
John Henderson: ST ALBINUS (in C and B flat)
John Scott: ST ANNE
David Blackwell: ST CLEMENT (in A flat and G)
Donald Davison: ST COLUMBA
Cyril Winn: ST DENIO (in A flat and G)
Robert Gower: ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Christopher Gower: ST HELEN
John Wilson: ST MAGNUS
William Llewellyn: SEEK YE FIRST
Cyril Winn: SINE NOMINE
Traditional: SING HOSANNA (in E flat and D)
John Wilson: SLANE
David Thorne: SLANE
Donald Davison: SONG 34
Antony Baldwin: STUTTGART (in G and F)
Ashley Grote: THE SERVANT KING
David Willcocks: THORNBURY
John Wilson: TRURO (in D and C)
Sydney H Nicholson: UNSER HERRSCHER
Robert Gower: VENI EMMANUEL (metrical version)
Robert Gower: VENI EMMANUEL (plainchant version)
Sydney H Nicholson: WAREHAM (in B flat and A)
Donald Davison: WAS LEBET
John Rutter: WESTMINSTER ABBEY (in A flat and G)
Alan Gray: WINCHESTER NEW
Alan Gray: WINCHESTER OLD
Richard Lloyd: WOODLANDS
Benjamin Lamb: WOODLANDS


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6:15 PM, Sunday, August 22, 2015. "My biggest fear is that I may not see my daughters grow…not that I'm afraid of death, but I would very much like to see them grow up." -Neighbor Rachel Fairbanks with her daughters Frankie and Charlie in Anchorage's South Addition neighborhood.
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11:15 AM, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Julianne tries on a garage sale mask.
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6:30 PM, Friday, August 21, 2015. "I'm a retired ECHL hockey player…now I hang out with Elsa." -Gary Shaneberger with his daughter and Great Dane, Momo, at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage.
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7:15 PM, Thursday, August 20, 2015. "I'm from Colorado and I've been in Alaska for one month. I'm working for an asphalt company and so far, I love it here." -Rugby player Danno Lewis on the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage.
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4:15 PM, Wednesday, August 19, 2015. "We're a mom and dad…when we grow up we want to be in love." -Joe Standifer and Christina King, originally for the village of Tyonek and now living in Anchorage's South Addition neighborhood.
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3:45 PM, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Omar Joseph and Torrell Ridge stop to repair their bicycle on 15th Terrace in Anchorage. "I leave Friday for a fish processing job in Atka and I won't return until my birthday on November 15th." -Torrell Ridge.
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4:15 PM, Monday, August 17, 2015. My two year old neighbor, Ruth, on Anchorage's Delaney Park Strip.
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7 PM, Sunday, August 16, 2015. Dancer Shauna Taylor near Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage.
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7 PM, Friday, August 14, 2015. I'm a control freak…I like everything exactly the way I want it." -Tim Lewis with his friend Juan Roman Caruz' Jerez at his home in Anchorage's South Addition Neighborhood.
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8 PM, Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Sophie Minich, President and CEO, Cook Inlet Native Corporation, Anchorage.
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8 PM, Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ConocoPhillips Project Engineer Wally Ward on a warm evening at Valley of the Moon Park in Anchorage.
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4 PM, Monday, August 10, 2015. My South Addition neighbor Beckey Farliegh is always willing to assist in the photographic process.
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9:15 AM, Sunday, August 9, 2015. "I wear this suite each and every Sunday…and occasionally during the week." -Tillman Bradley on his way to church in downtown, Anchorage.
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6:15 PM, Saturday, August 9, 2015. "I've been a meat-cutter, an auto glass installer and a tattoo artist…I now want to go to barber school." -Wesley Barker with his wife, Odell and their five year old son, Xavier, at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage.
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6:45 PM, Friday, August 7, 2015. "This may be the first portrait we have ever had." -Trevor Rennie with his photographer son, Jovell, at the "Pop Up" photographic exhibition in the Fifth Avenue Mall during the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Anchorage.
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7:15 PM, Thursday, August 6, 2015. Jay Hall and Donna Freeman stand in the doorway of their home in Bootlegger's Cove in downtown Anchorage. "We would love to buy a house…we would love to buy this house. Unfortunately, getting a place of our own may be a few years off." -Donna Freeman
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3:15 PM, Wednesday, August 5, 2015. "I was walking my dog at 7 AM yesterday, suddenly, a much larger neighbor dog came from nowhere, flipped her over and bit her stomach…Buttons died late last night…I'm so sad, don't know what to do." -Artist Kay Marshall at her home in Anchorage
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7:15 PM, Tuesday, August 4, 2015. West High 2014 graduates Karl Hickel, Daniel Jones, Dalton Chapman, Blake "The Great" Teller and Chase Anderson prepare to play Ultimate Frizbee and the Delany Park Strip in Anchorage. "We're all terrible athletes…Dalton plays college baseball…he's our only hope for the big leagues." -Blake Teller
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2:30 PM, Monday, August 3, 2015. "I've worked here one year…my friends work here, my girlfriend works here…I love it here." -Mobil Tech Specialist Matt Akins in the "Family Room" at the Apple Store in the Fifth Avenue Mall in downtown Anchorage.
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3:30 PM, Sunday, August 2, 2015. Ingrid Woodard sits on the running board of her husband's 1931 Model A Ford Taxi Cab at the "Show and Shine" Classic Car Show on the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage.
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12 PM, Saturday, August 1, 2015. "I'm 81 and a-half years old. I was one year old when my father acquired this 40 acre plot in 1935. I am one of the original Matanuska homesteaders." -Ken Loyer, Palmer, Alaska.
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7:15 PM, Friday, July 31, 2015. "Would you please send me that photo…my tattoo artist would love it." -Law intern Glen Rice at the Alaskans Against the Death Penalty Fish Fry fund raising event in west Anchorage.


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Vivacious vocalists Angham and Asala Nasri are battling it out for the song title 'Baladi' (My Country). The two patriotic singers have much to passionately sing about their homelands right now.
After recording a new song dedicated to her Motherland after the downfall of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood from power and ousting of President Mohammad Morsi, Angham was surprised when two days later Syrian singer Asala Nasri completed a duet with the same title alongside Egyptian singer Hussam Habeeb.
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Bulls out-muscle Stormers to stay in contention
The Bulls used their powerful, cohesive pack of forwards to out-muscle the Stormers and beat them 28-12 in their Vodacom SuperRugby match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night, to maintain their interest in finishing in the top six and making the playoffs.
The Bulls had to fight their way back from a 12-0 deficit inside the first quarter, the Stormers using clinical counter-attacking play to punish the home side's sloppy work at the breakdown, but were in firm control once they eliminated the mistakes from their game.
A dominant scrum allowed a tremendous platform for the Bulls to set up their favourite driving plays, and the lineout was as solid as ever, and the Stormers were left to live on scraps of quality possession, while also generally trying to play from their own territory thanks to the excellence of the Bulls' kicking game.
To put it frankly, the Stormers had their backsides handed to them and, no matter how positive the attacking intent, you can't do much with crap ball.
The demolition job was made even more dramatic by the spectacular change in fortunes after the first quarter. The Bulls were scrappy in the first 10 minutes and the Stormers looked in control.
Schalk Burger rolled back the years to play a typically destructive role in the first quarter, but he also showed his skill and nous in setting up the opening try. Fellow flank Nizaam Carr had just made his second breakdown steal in the first 10 minutes, the Stormers quickly shipping the ball wide, and Burger cut inside before offloading beautifully to Cheslin Kolbe on the left wing. That injected the pace required and Kolbe then found centre Juan de Jongh, who sent flyhalf Kurt Coleman racing clear for a thrilling opening try.
The second try was also a direct result of the Bulls not protecting possession well enough in the ruck, with hooker Scarra Ntubeni pouncing on an unattended ball. Carr was once again involved before the ball was sent wide and De Jongh provided a strong finish to put the Stormers 12-0 ahead in the 19th minute.
But fortunately for the Bulls, these breakdown errors were not ongoing. They tidied up their act at that crucial phase and the steady stream of possession was used to batter the abrasive Stormers defence into submission. Eighthman Grant Hattingh, flank Jacques du Plessis, lock Paul Willemse and even Jono Ross carried the ball strongly and centres Jan Serfontein and JJ Engelbrecht were also willing battering rams.
While the Stormers had produced some inspired counter-attacking play off turnovers for their points, the Bulls were clinical in their own methodical way – most times they were in the opposition 22, they came away with points.
The Bulls opened their scorecard in the 23rd minute, the incisive running of Serfontein and Engelbrecht causing the Stormers to stray offsides and flyhalf Handre Pollard, who certainly had his eye in when it came to shooting at goal, slotting the first of his five penalties.
The Bulls were back in Stormers' territory three minutes later and Pollard, who has donned the number 10 jersey with aplomb since being elevated to the starting line-up, slotted a slickly-taken drop goal.
The home side secured front-foot ball from the scrum with ease and, in the 29th minute, they really shoved the Stormers backwards to earn a penalty, Pollard converting well from the centre-spot.
The Bulls were carrying the ball with more and more confidence by this stage and, after the flood of turnovers in the opening exchanges, the momentum had definitely shifted at the breakdown (consistently getting over the gain-line will do that) and a frustrated Burger was in referee Craig Joubert's ear more and more.
"In the first 20 minutes, we were able to carry the ball and be influential on attack, but the tide turned and then it became difficult for us. I got a bit worked up and had a few words with Craig, but I tried to calm down and I apologised to him as we went off at half-time," Burger admitted after the game.
It was a ruck penalty against eighthman Duane Vermeulen for not supporting his own body weight that allowed Pollard to level the scores at 12-12 on the stroke of halftime and the Bulls, having shown great character in clawing their way back to level terms, will remember the second half with much fondness as they clinically shut the Stormers out of the game.
The Stormers, jailed in their own half by the pinpoint kicking of Pollard, scrumhalf Francois Hougaard and fullback Jurgen Visser, were brave and positive, but the generally poor quality of their possession and the physicality of the Bulls meant they were up against a brick wall.
The Bulls made the ideal start to the second half when Serfontein's lovely dart from the kick-off forced the Stormers to come in from the side of the ruck, and Pollard kicked the penalty to give the home side the lead for the first time, in the 42nd minute.
Pollard stretched the lead to 18-12 in the 55th minute when Vermeulen and Ruan Botha combined to stop a rampaging Dean Greyling, celebrating his 50th SuperRugby game, but the young lock then did not roll away after the tackle.
The Stormers enjoyed a better period of possession thereafter and spent time in the Bulls half. But, in the 66th minute, substitute flank Siya Kolisi, on for Burger, tried to burst on to a flat pass but knocked on. The ball bounced into the hands of another replacement loose forward, Jacques Engelbrecht, and he quickly fed the ball to the backline.
The resulting try not only clinched the victory but came straight from the Stormers' own play-book.
Hougaard read the situation brilliantly, putting the grubber through behind the Stormers defence for wing Akona Ndungane to chase. The veteran wing showed great pace as he got there first, hacking the ball further forward and then winning the race to the dot-down as it crossed the try-line.
With Pollard's conversion, the Bulls' lead was 25-12 and the win was secure, Stormers coach Allister Coetzee saying afterwards that it was the pivotal moment in the game.
Replacement flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter added a 71st-minute penalty from the halfway line as the Stormers were sentenced to their eighth defeat in 11 matches – Burger summing up their showing when he said: "We brought quite a young and inexperienced team here and we really put the Bulls under pressure at the start. It was a big effort, but the accuracy wasn't that good."
Coach Coetzee is right to point out the huge injury problems that the Stormers have, and bringing two very inexperienced locks – 22-year-old Ruan Botha and 20-year-old debutant Jean Kleyn – to Loftus Versfeld meant their engine room was always going to be under pressure. To make matters worse for the visitors, experienced loosehead prop Brok Harris had to be replaced for much of the match and Springbok tourist Ntubeni went off after 55 minutes. Their replacements were rookies Alistair Vermaak, on debut, and Stephan Coetzee.
The Bulls have now climbed to eighth on the log, just two points from the playoff positions, and captain Victor Matfield warned that the same confidence that saw them win the South African Conference last year with nine successive wins is returning.
"The belief is starting to grow and I'm very happy with tonight's performance, it felt like the Bulls of old. We just squeezed them, gave them nothing and our scrum killed them.
"We kicked long and then got our line up, we were able to get the ball in the right areas and then fight for inches. It was a great effort to come from behind and then we just built our lead. I'm very confident of the future when I look at our young players," Matfield said.


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NEW YORK -- Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh dismissed Patriots coach Bill Belichick's attempts to minimize the impact of the team's illegal taping of opponents' coaching signals.
"It was something that they continued to have me do throughout the two years I worked in video, under coach Belichick," Walsh told HBO's Andrea Kremer in an interview scheduled to air Friday night on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."
"If it was of little or no importance, I imagine they wouldn't have continued to do it, and probably not taken the chances of going down onto the field in Pittsburgh or shooting from other teams' stadiums the way we did."
The Spygate investigation began after the NFL confiscated tapes from a team employee who recorded the New York Jets' defensive signals in the 2007 opener. Belichick was fined $500,000; the team was fined $250,000 and forced to forfeit its 2008 first-round draft choice.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell essentially declared an end to the case Tuesday after a 3½-hour meeting with Walsh, who supplied the league with tapes of coaches' signals made by the Patriots. The meeting was agreed to only after Walsh's request of protection from litigation was met by the league.
"We set that position out very early," Michael Levy, Walsh's attorney, said Thursday on "Mike & Mike In the Morning" on ESPN Radio, "because [early in the process] the NFL and the Patriots were somewhat hostile" toward Walsh.
After meeting with Walsh later Tuesday, Sen. Arlen Specter called Wednesday for an independent investigation. The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Specter criticized Goodell, saying he has made "ridiculous" assertions that wouldn't fly "in kindergarten."
Walsh also was interviewed by The New York Times on Wednesday in Levy's Washington, D.C., office. He said the number of tapes made for any one game increased when Belichick was hired by the Patriots.
"On average, when you're scouting a team, we'd do anywhere from 60 to 70 cut-ups on offense, 40, 50 cut-ups on defense. Special teams, you're making another 10 to 15 tapes," Walsh told the Times.
"When Belichick came along, we added even more to the preparation. We were doing more cut-ups, and we were also coming into the age of digital technology, too. So we were able to attach statistics to the video, on computers. The great thing about technology, it's supposed to make things easier, but in a sense it creates more work for you."
When asked by the Times whether what he was doing felt wrong, Walsh said, "I had always been a big Patriots fan. I was very enthused, just to have the opportunity that I had and the job to work for them. I wasn't going to question what they wanted me to do. They became upset if we filmed a practice drill incorrectly. I didn't want to imagine what the consequences would be if I refused to do something altogether."
In the interview, posted on the newspaper's Web site, Walsh also reiterated what he told Specter on Tuesday, that a New England assistant asked him what he saw during a St. Louis Rams walk-through before the 2002 Super Bowl.
"I told [ex-Patriots assistant coach Brian Daboll] I saw Marshall Faulk returning kicks, which I had never seen before. And then he started asking me some questions about what they might have done on offense. If I had seen a tight end, how the tight end had rolled out in certain formations. I tried to tell him what I could remember the best I could," he said.
"Yeah, to try to jog my memory," Walsh responded, when asked whether Daboll drew diagrams. "Maybe draw a formation on paper and ask me if they would have done that, or if I noticed this particular movement."
On Thursday, the NFL issued the following statement: "Our security department re-interviewed Brian Daboll on Wednesday and he has no recollection of a conversation with Matt Walsh about the Rams' walk-through practice."
Even if Daboll and New England's former video assistant did
speak about it, "It would not be a violation of NFL rules," the
league said Thursday.
According to the commissioner, Walsh said during the Tuesday meeting with Goodell that he had no knowledge of that walk-through's being
videotaped -- as had been reported by the Boston Herald the day before
this year's Super Bowl.
On Wednesday, the Herald apologized for a story that said the
Patriots videotaped the walk-through before the 2002 Super Bowl. In
the apology, the Herald said, "We now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walk-through ever existed."
The NFL statement said that Walsh, other members of the Patriots
video department, members of the Rams video department and others
preparing for the Super Bowl were authorized to be in the stadium.
"Mr. Walsh told the commissioner that he was wearing Patriots'
attire at the time and did not conduct himself in a clandestine
manner," the NFL said. "He said that he saw Rams employees while
he was there and also was on the sidelines. He stated clearly to
the commissioner that nobody from the Patriots requested or
directed him to observe or report on the Rams' walk-through."
Former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz, now an assistant for the San Francisco 49ers, said he is satisfied with the NFL's investigation.
"I'm very confident that there was no impropriety [at the Super Bowl]," Martz said in a statement. "I believed Bill Belichick when he said there wasn't and I took that at face value.
"I was stunned at Matt Walsh's allegation that he was on the sideline in New England Patriots apparel during our walk-through. I find that insulting, disturbing and a slap in the face to both our team security and NFL security, who both do outstanding jobs. I promise you that if he was on the sideline, he was not in New England Patriots apparel because he would have been identified."
Walsh also told the Times he was hired in 1999 and first filmed a game for New England in the 2000 preseason, against Tampa Bay.
"Once I had done it for the first game, and I kind of understood a little bit of the process of how it was going, I actually asked one of our quarterbacks if the information that I provided was beneficial in any way," Walsh said. "He said, 'Actually, probably about 75 percent of the time, Tampa Bay ran the defense we thought they were going to run. If not more.'"
Walsh told HBO his superiors coached him on how to evade NFL rules limiting the number of camera operators per team to two and that team officials instructed him on ways to avoid detection.
"The line of reasoning that we would give to other teams for why we need a third camera setup was, 'Well, our coaches want to have a tight shot of the kicker and the holder exchange just to go over with the guys in meetings. You know, they want a tight shot, you know, of the quarterback, you know, just to go over the quarterback's footwork and mechanics in meetings,'" said Walsh, who mentioned Patriots video coordinator Jimmy Dee as one of the superiors who coached him.
"If I was in the end zone, we would say, 'Well, we just want to have two end zone shots of the game because our coaches like always seeing the view of our players' backs.'"
Kremer asked Walsh about Belichick's comments about his lack of familiarity with Walsh and his actions, referencing a comment that "I couldn't pick Matt Walsh out of a lineup."
"Um, it's funny. The first time I heard that was when somebody in Hawaii brought the quote to me, too. And my firsthand answer to them was, 'Well, I wonder if he can pick me out on one of the three team pictures we're in together.'
"I don't know if I was just that forgettable and he can't remember me or if he was just trying to distance himself from this whole situation as best as he could. I think Bill's got a pretty good memory."
Kremer also asked about Belichick's claim that he misinterpreted NFL rules.
"When I was doing it, I understood what we were doing to be wrong," Walsh said. "We went to great lengths to keep from being caught. Just saying that the rules were misinterpreted isn't enough of an apology or a reasoning for what was done. Coach Belichick's explanation for having misinterpreted the rules, to me, that really didn't sound like taking responsibility for what we had done, especially considering the great lengths that we had gone through to hide what we were doing."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.