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1.
Business: The gold market in South Africa
2. Business: Farming in Southern Africa
3. Business: Is Cape Town now really becoming a part of Africa?
4. Education: Newsreel Archives
5. Education: Want to grow avocados in your garden
6. Education: The History of Britain
7. Education: Ask A Linguist?
8. Education: Visit the Museum of Hoaxes
9. Education: The Museum of Broadcast Communications
10. Education: Behind the Name, The Etymology and History of First
Names
11. Immigration: Does Crime Pay? Want to Buy to "Green Card'?
12. Immigration: Students going to New Zealand Beware
13. Immigration: A sad report of the results of the INS chaos
14. Immigration: What is the definition of an immigrant to the
USA?
15. Internet: Internet Body approves creation of new Web Domains
16. Internet: Mail This Page Ver.2.0
17. Travel: Problems with new tracking system for visitors to
the US
18. Travel: Visitors to UK from Jamaica will require Visas
19. Travel: Want a British Passport?
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1. Business: The gold market in South Africa
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Johannesburg
- South African gold companies said yesterday their earnings would
be lower than last year despite a dollar gold price hovering close
to six-year highs.
Chamber
of Mines' chief economist Roger Baxter said gold producers would
reap almost no benefit from the rocketing gold price, which touched
$357.10 an ounce earlier this week.
Baxter
said the firming of the Rand had effectively wiped out the dollar
gold price gain.
The
Rand was trading at R8.64 to the dollar yesterday - almost 40
percent better than the R13 mark in December 2001. The gold price
has climbed steadily to over the $300 an ounce level before shooting
through $350 earlier this week.
Gold
has added 2.6 percent so far this year and is 25 percent higher
than it was this time last year.
But
while the picture looks good in dollar terms, local gold producers
are receiving less per kilogram than they did last year.
At
an exchange rate of R13 to the dollar, gold producers were getting
R121,000 a kilogram.
Yesterday
Baxter said producers were now receiving about R96 000 a kilogram.
To
read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK link
To
check the latest price of gold bullion per ounce visit our web
page
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2. Business: Farming in Southern Africa
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LUANDA
- The Angolan authorities are considering inviting dispossessed
white Zimbabwean farmers to take over some of the thousands of
Angolan farms abandoned by the Germans during the country's 27-year
civil war.
"We are not ruling out the possibility of welcoming these
farmers," the governor of southwestern Benguela province
Dumilde Rangel said on a local Angolan radio. "They have
the know-how, and if they could work here with us and create jobs
there will be no problem," he said.
Rangel said some 4,500 farms lay abandoned in the Caimbambo area
of Benguela alone, and that only 3 percent of a huge swathe of
rich farmland there was currently being worked.
He said despite appeals for people to come forward to manage the
land there had been no takers and Angolan agriculture consequently
continued to stagnate, despite the acute lack of basic food in
the country.
Several white Zimbabwean landowners have been forced to leave
the country in recent months after their farms were taken over
by the government for re-distribution to poor black farmers.
Angola faces a monumental task of rebuilding the country after
a ceasefire signed in April 2002 finally brought to an end a civil
war in which most of country's infrastructure was totally destroyed.
Fighting between government forces and the rebel National Union
for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) came to a halt following
the death in combat of Unita leader Jonas Savimbi last February.
One of the government's toughest tasks will be to rid Angola of
millions of anti-personnel mines said to scatter the countryside
and which have been a daily threat to farmers and their families.
To read the full story, go to our NEWS
DESK link
For
other business opportunities in Southern Africa visit our web
page
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3. Business: Is Cape Town now really becoming a part of
Africa?
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This
interesting report was submitted to us by one of correspondents,
and it does not necessary reflect the opinion of our company or
editorial staff.
The read this full account, go to our NEWS
DESK link
For
details of flights and hotel accommodations to Cape Town visit
out Travel Site
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4. Education: Newsreel Archives
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British
Pathe, one of the oldest media companies in the world, recently
made available its entire 3500-hour film archive, covering "news,
sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970."
At
their Web site, users can search by keyword or try out advanced
search, if details such as reel numbers or exact titles are known.
Casual users may prefer the "Lucky Dip" search,
which provides a random selection of films to see.
After
a search returns a hit list of films, choices include "Preview
Film: a page of stills, with a textual description of the
clip;" "Download Now: a free, low resolution clip;"
or "Add to basket, to purchase higher resolutions of the
film." (A rate card giving prices for low and high-resolution
clips is provided.)
One
hint for first-time users, though: if files do not seem to download
properly, check your email, because you will be sent the URL to
retrieve your film. After just a bit of finagling on our first
visit, we watched the Beatles at a water-skiing show, Charlie
Chaplin, and Sir Ernest Shackleton and his sled dogs photographed
in 1916 on returning from their Antarctic expedition.
(This
website was recommend by our associates the University of Wisconsin
in their Scout report) Visit
this site
For
more information on education resources, visit our Education
Pages.
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5.Education: Want to grow avocados in your garden
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Since
leaving South Africa one of our senior partners has longed for
the taste of home grown (South African) avocados, but to grow
them in Salt Lake City, Utah or Cambridge England, has been a
bit of a problem.
In
a desperate attempt we found this website which should be a source
of useful information to all our visitors and subscribers who
love the taste of avocados. Go
to this link.
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6.Education: The History of Britain
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This
wonderful series of episodes shown recently on the TV "History
Channel" is now available on DVD for the first time;
Simon Schama's epic series explores the history of Great Britain
in 15 fascinating episodes.
For more information, go to our link click
here and select "History" in the "Browse"
window
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7.Education: Ask A Linguist?
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The "Ask A Linguist" Web site is a service provided
by The Linguist List, an Internet network for professional
linguists. The site allows students, educators, or other interested
parties to submit a question dealing with language or linguistics
to a panel of linguists that includes faculty members from Oxford
University, the University of Arizona, and the University
of Michigan.
While
users can submit any type of question dealing with language they
choose, a section of the site provides answers to frequently asked
questions, with a particularly thorough section devoted to Arabic.
Previous questions are archived on the site, with message threads
dating back to May 1997.
Recent
message threads on the Ask A Linguist Web site include "Origin
of the Norwegian Language," "Is language innate?"
and "Linguistics and literature." Equally helpful
is the ability to search the entire message archive in a variety
of fashions, including complex queries. Visit
this site
Editor
Note: Many of our clients have to deal with multi-language
problems, and although this website helps with pointed questions,
you may consider using an online translation service such as "Babylon
Pro." Visit
this link
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8.Education: Visit the Museum of Hoaxes
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Developed by Alex Boese, a graduate student at the University
of California at San Diego, this site is a compelling introduction
to many of the most well-known (and a few that are often overlooked)
hoaxes from the year 750 AD to the present.
First
time visitors will want to visit some of the introductory materials
included here, such as "What is a hoax?"; "Origin
of the Word 'Hoax'"; and "Hoaxology,"
which contains a sampling of literary references to the word "hoax".
The
Main Gallery contains a chronological listing of numerous hoaxes
(divided into periods), including the Piltdown Man; the Cardiff
Giant; and the interesting story of Charles LeRaye, who claimed
to have traveled into the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone regions
several years before Lewis and Clark.
For
a bit of a diversion, the site also allows visitors to test their
knowledge of potentially doctored photographs. Visit
this web site submitted by the University Of Wisconsin.
Editors
Note: For our visitors from England you can select the intriguing
story of "Mother Shipton Prophecies" from Yorkshire.
Select the time slot "Before 1700" and then choose the
date 1641.
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9.Education: The Museum of Broadcast Communications
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It
is not surprising that Chicago, home of such radio personalities
as Paul Harvey and Studs Terkel, should also be the home of the
Museum of Broadcast Communications, one of only
two museums dedicated to broadcast history in the United States.
Persons
doing research on broadcast history will find the online archive
most helpful, as it contains a searchable database of 13,000 television
programs, 4,000 radio programs, 11,000 television commercials,
and 4,500 newscasts.
Educators
will find the online exhibits and lessons plans located here,
particularly a special Museum Web site titled The Great Debate
that contains video clips, photos, and newspaper articles
that deal with the televised Presidential debates from the past
40 years.
The site is rounded out by information for those wishing to visit
the museum in person, membership forms, and an online store. Visit
this site.
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10.Education: Behind the Name: The Etymology and History
of First Names
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Created
by Mike Campbell, a Canadian with a great interest in linguistics,
this site is a cornucopia of information about the etymologies
of first names. Containing information on over 11,000 first names,
users can begin by entering their own first name into the search
engine (which can be customized), and information will be returned
about the origin of the name and other helpful details.
From
the site's home page, users can also click on a number of topical
headings, such as Spanish Names or Biblical Names
to see an entire list of names related to these cultures or themes.
Also helpful are a series of short essays on the general origins
of first names, names by usage, and elements of first names. Users
can both post questions to the message boards provided on the
site and view lists of the most popular names by year, going all
the way back to the year 1900.
Editors
Note: As the name of our IT guy is Garrick, we tested the
character behind the name and what does it tell us?
GARRICK
m English
From a surname which was originally derived from a first name
meaning "spear power" from Germanic ger "spear"
and ric "power".
When
you know this guy you will know that he is true to his NAME.
To
check the meaning of your name, visit
this site
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11. Immigration: Does Crime Pay? Want to Buy to "Green
Card'?
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JOSE -- For 12 years, Leland Sustaire was the fix-it man, a veteran
U.S. immigration supervisor who accepted $500,000 in bribes from
two immigration brokers to authorize green cards for South Korean
immigrants throughout California.
The
scheme fell apart in 1998 when a nervous Sustaire turned himself
in, agreeing to wear a hidden microphone to help indict Korean
American brokers John Choe and Daniel Lee. Both were convicted
of fraud and bribery in 1999 and sentenced to three years in prison.
For Sustaire's cooperation, prosecutors argued that the 54-year-old
former official should avoid time behind bars: He was sentenced
to six months in a halfway house and six months' home confinement.
The bribery culprits did their time. But a steeper price - deportation
- confronts hundreds of Koreans who say they were victimized.
But
the steepest price for the scam, immigration lawyers say, is being
paid by the 275 green card recipients. Many are established professionals
- scientists, doctors, ministers, Silicon Valley software engineers
and business owners - who insist that they had no idea their green
cards were tainted. One broker even acknowledges that his clients
were innocent, and the government has yet to offer evidence to
the contrary.
But
after 15 years or more in the United States, the green card holders
are discovering that the prosperous lives they have fashioned
in their adopted homeland are in serious jeopardy.
Immigration
and Naturalization Service investigators are tracking down many
of them for deportation hearings, even though Sustaire testified
that he burned all records from the applications. Included were
original documents that cardholders could have used in their defense.
A lawyer says the government is instead relying on an inaccurate
list of names Sustaire compiled from memory.
Editors
Note. When our firm operated a service for helping immigrants
from Angola into South Africa, many of whom did not qualify, officials
in the Department of Home Affairs, who claimed that they
could "arrange" "Permanent Resident Permits"
for these desperate people, and they continuously harassed our
staff to "cooperate" with their scheme. The Cost?
$5,000 per "deal". They assured the applicants and showed
the officials in our office, the long list of successes, and that
none of them have ever been deported, so again we ask the question,
Does Crime and Corruption pay?
Editors
Note: Our firm offers various services for immigration to
the US and Canada, visit
our web page for more details.
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12. Immigration: Students going to New Zealand Beware
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Foreign
students are still queuing through the night outside the Immigration
Service in Christchurch - and braving drunken abuse - to get visas
renewed.
It was reported last month that students were arriving at school
exhausted after spending half the night queuing outside the service's
Christchurch office, which has been handing out numbered tickets
to the first 50 arrivals and telling the rest to return another
day.
To
read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK link
Editors Note: Our firm has an excellent service for arranging
Passports and Visas, visit our web
page
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13. Immigration: A sad report of the results of the INS
chaos
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A
combination of legal technicalities, missed communications and
aggressive action by the INS has combined to force this family
out of their adopted country. The government says they can't come
back for at least 10 years.
This
recent report sent to our office reveals the poor situation that
now exists in the US with regard to immigrants trying to be straight
and honest.
Meantime at least 15 million illegals live quite openly in the
US and this number is increasing by the day in view of the new
"Amnesty" being planned between the US and Mexico.
Read
the full report of this sad story by going to our NEWS
DESK link.
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14. Immigration: What is the definition of an immigrant
to the USA?
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There
are immigrants, non-immigrants and illegal immigrants. There are
criminal aliens, political asylum seekers, and refugees. Now,
the nation's complex immigration system has added another category
by which to classify new arrivals: "special aliens."
They
are male visitors, including students, tourists and workers, from
18 Middle Eastern nations that the U.S. government believes may
harbor terrorists.
Under
a new law, adult men from five of those countries, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, Sudan and Syria must report by today to a U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization Service office to be photographed, fingerprinted
and interviewed. If they don't show up, they can face deportation.
Other
countries are being added in the near future.
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15. Internet: Internet body approves creation of new web
domains
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London
- The group that oversees the Internet's traffic system said on
Sunday it plans to approve a host of new address suffixes to join
the likes of ".com" and ".org"
over the coming year.
But
most Internet users will not be able to register Web site names
in the new domains, as they will be limited to organisations in
specific fields such as health care.
The
precise number and names of the domains will be determined at
an ICANN meeting in early 2003, the group said. To read the full
report go to our NEWS
DESK
For
information on other domain extensions which are currently approved,
visit our web
page
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16. Internet: Mail This Page VER 2.0
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"Mail
This Page" is a utility program that allows users to
email Web pages or HTML files directly from Internet Explorer.
After
installing this handy program, users can click on the Mail
This Page icon contained within the Explorer toolbar, and
the page will be converted into an email. Additionally, there
is a FAQ section that answers several questions about the application.
MS Windows is needed to use the software. Visit
this site.
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17. Travel: Problems with new tracking system for visitors
to the US
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1st
Report.
Yet
another ill-conceived reaction by the Bush administration is threatening
to cause chaos at airports.
The
US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is insisting all
airlines provide detailed information about ticket-holders in
advance of their arrival. The INS wants visitors to supply their
address while in the USA, including a zip code, before they board
the plane. Carriers would face heavy fines if they failed to comply.
The
new security rules for travel to the USA are due to come into
force next month. The Association of British Travel Agents
(ABTA) believes the move could bring airports to a standstill.
"Under this rule, airports would be completely clogged
up; they're not equipped to collect this information."
BA agrees, but also says, "if a passenger can't give a
full address in the USA, we'll have to refuse to carry them."
ABTA
has suggested that travelers could complete a form with the required
information in flight. However, the INS wants the data to be available
to staff before flights land. But surely any potential terrorist
is going to be organised enough to have a false address in advance.
This is the kind of knee-jerk response to the threat of terrorism
that will do nothing to actually "protect" the USA.
Editors
Note: Send in your opinion for inclusion in a future Newsletter.
2nd
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WASHINGTON
(AP) -- Millions of travelers arriving and departing the United
States will have to submit detailed personal information this
year under rules proposed by the federal government as part of
the war on terrorism.
The
rules proposed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
once they are finalized, seek more information from travelers
than under current law and for the first time extend the requirements
to U.S. citizens and others previously exempted.
All
airlines, cargo flights, cruise ships and other vessels carrying
crew or passengers will be affected, with the exception of ferryboats.
The information will be sent electronically to the government
before a traveler arrives in the United States or departs from
it, giving officials a complete manifest of exactly who is on
board.
"It's
another way to enhance security for travelers," said
INS spokeswoman Kimberly Weismann
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18. Travel: Visitors to UK from Jamaica will require Visas
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Jamaicans
entering Britain will now be required to have visitor visas under
new measures announced by the Government as part of a crackdown
on illegal immigration and drugs.
From midnight no Jamaican national will be allowed through immigration
without the necessary papers.
The Home Office said the move would help cut down queues at airports
and prevent people who visit the UK on holiday or visiting relatives
from absconding.
But, it conceded it was also part of a crackdown on cocaine smuggling
from Jamaica and on the movement of the Yardie gangsters who travel
between the Caribbean island and the UK.
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19. Travel: Want a British Passport?
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The
revelation that a reporter from The Telegraph was able
to obtain a stolen British passport and use it to enter the country
recently, aroused concern among the Opposition Conservative last
night and prompted a Home Office inquiry.
Dominic
Grieve, the Conservatives' home affairs spokesman, said: "What
your reporter has done is very worrying. It shows the ease with
which almost anyone could obtain entry into the country.
"We
have known for some time that people are using stolen and forged
passports, and we really now need to see some firm action from
[the Home Secretary] David Blunkett."
To
read this full story, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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month's quote:
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knowledge." Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881
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