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Sotho-Tswana peoples
|Total population
|14,600,000 – 15,500,000
|Regions with significant populations
|South Africa
|Sesotho, Sesotho sa Lebowa, Setswana
|African traditional, Christian
The Sotho-Tswana peoples are one of the Bantu-speaking peoples who settled in Southern Africa. In addition to the Batswana or 'Western Sotho', the Sotho-Tswana group includes the Basotho of Lesotho and the Free State, to whom the term 'Sotho' has come to be more specifically and almost exclusively applied. This group is sometimes referred to as the 'Southern Sotho'. A third group comprises the Northern Sotho who at times have been incorrectly referred to as the Bapedi. These different groups together may be more conveniently described as 'Sotho-Tswana'. At the very earliest stage of their history, they shared a number of linguistic and cultural characteristics that distinguished them from other Bantu-speakers of southern Africa. These are features such as totemism, a pre-emptive right of men to marry their maternal cousins, and an architectural style characterized by a round hut with a conical thatch roof supported by wooden pillars on the outside. Other major distinguishing features included their dress of skin cloaks and a preference for dense and close settlements, as well as a tradition of large-scale building in stone. The traditions of the Sotho-Tswana people point to a northern origin, and indicate that their southward movement was part of the great migrations of the Bantu-speaking iron-age peoples. The standard theory asserts that the Sotho-Tswana separated from other Bantu-speaking peoples in the vicinity of the Great Lakes of East Africa, and that they proceeded southwards along the western part of present-day Zimbabwe.
The ethnonym Sotho-Tswana is a combination of two terms, Sotho and Tswana, that were previously used to refer to the clans separately at different times in history. The two terms have now being combined to better describe the people.
The term Tswana can be used to refer to one of the following
- All the Sotho-Tswana clans residing either in Botswana, Lesotho or South Africa
- Any member of the Sotho-Tswana clans that trace their origin from Kgosi Mokgatle.
- Citizen of Botswana regardless of linguistic or ethnic origin
- Members of the eight major Sotho-Tswana clans as defined in the Chieftainship Act of Botswana.
- Members of the Sotho-Tswana clans that reside in Botswana, South Africa that speak a standardised dialect of the Sotho-Tswana called Setswana sometimes also referred to as the Western Sotho.
The term Basotho can be used to refer to the following
- Citizen of Lesotho regardless of linguistic or ethnic origin
- Any member of the Sotho-Tswana clans that trace their origin from Kgosi Mogale
- Members of the Sotho-Tswana clans that came together under the leadership of Moshoeshoe during the Difaqane.
- The Sotho-Tswana clans that stay in the central and eastern Free State and Lesotho that speak a standardised dialect of the Sotho-Tswana language called Sesotho and sometimes referred to as the Southern Sotho
According to Jules Ellenberger (1912:34), the Basotho name was derived from the name "Abashuntu" a derivate of the Nguni saying "uku Shunta" meaning "to make a knot". The then Batlokwa, who were the very first people to be called "Abashuntu", used to wear a breech cloth with three ends, one of which passed between the legs and joined the other two knot behind, this mode of dress is called the tshega/tshea. This designation, through bestowed in derision, was adopted with pride by the Batlokwa, and later by other Sotho-Tswana clans similarly clothed and is thought to be the origin of the term "Basotho".
The ethnonym Batswana is thought to be antonyms that come from meaning of the Sotho-Tswana word "tswa", which means "to come out of". The name would be derived from the word "Ba ba tswang" eventually shortened to the word Batswana meaning "The Separatists" or alternatively "the people who cannot hold together". One of the chief characteristics of the Sotho-Tswana clans is the tendency to break up and hive off.
In Sotho-Tswana society each member has a totem which is usually an animal, totems are inherited from the father and thus pass like an English surname.The totem animal had traditionally a status of veneration and avoidance: in particular, it was important not to eat one's totem. In modern Sotho-Tswana society this is not as strictly observed. Each morafe/sechaba had it own totem. When naming a clan the name of the founder could be used or the animal they venarate. An example is the Bahurutshe named after the founder Mohurutshe or alternatively they can also be called Batshweneng after the tshwene(baboon) which they venerate, similarly Batlhako after the founder or Batloung after the totem.For some clan the name of the founder and their totem are same like the Bakwena and Bataung where the founders were named Kwena(Crocodile) and Tau(Lion) respectively.
The question of rank and seniority is one that is very important to the Sotho-Tswana. It determines a lot from family relationships, to village matters to relationships between clans and between the different tribal groups. In a family situation the issue of rank determines when a son will go initiation, inheritance. A further distinction is also made between the senior wife and the junior wife if a man is in a polygamous marriage.
As the Sotho-Tswana lived in large villages, seniority and rank also played a part here, where the chief's homestead is situated at the centre of the village, thereafter the other citizen are grouped according to rank where the most junior members are living the furthest from the village centre. For inter and intra relationships between clans it has been a question that has occupied the Sotho-Tswana since the split that occurred between the followers of Mohurutshe and Kwena. While it is generally accepted that the Hurutshe are the senior clan, some of the other clans have disputed this, mainly the Bafokeng, Barolong and Bakgatla. The claims of the Barolong and Bakgatla has mainly been dismissed as for an example some sub clans of Bakgatla like the Bakgatla ba ga Mmakau acknowledge the Bahurutshe as senior while the Bakagatla ba ga Kgafela do not. In the case of the Barolong, the Batlhaping who are an offshot of the Barolong acknowledge the Bahurutshe to be senior to the Barolong, while the Barolong do not. The Bafokeng maintain that their split from core Sotho-Tswana body predated the split between Mohurutshe and Kwena, and therefore they are equal in status to the Bahurutshe if not senior.
These dispute over seniority and rank were driven by the quest for benefits and independence, a senior kgosi could demand a payment of tribute from a junior chief, they could also summon a junior chief or member of his clan to kgotla for a hearing. If a dispute arose between two junior chiefs the closet most senior chief to them would be invited to resolve it. Another important factor was that a senior chief or members of his clan could not be summoned to the Kgotla by a junior kgosi or clam member. An additional factor is this question of rank and seniority was that it was determined by birth and could not be changed, this means a chief born of minor status could not change his standing relative to the other chiefs. This was mainly to discourage the split up of clans into further sub-clans and to discourage the buildup of clans through conquest and warfare.
An important distinction needs to be made when discussing Sotho-Tswana clans is to distinguish between the different clans and the various sub-clans below them. This means distinguishing between clans sharing the same totem the like the crocodile but are distinct such as the Bapo, Bakwena , Bangwaketse and Bafokeng of Phokeng. In distinguishing between sub clans an example are the Bakgatla who separated into the Bakgatla ba Kgafela and Bakgatla ba ga Mmakau over who should lead the clan. One faction defied the usual tradition of male leaders and acknowledged the female, Mmakau, as their kgosi. Those who supported Kgafela then broke away.[1] Further offshoot from the Bakgatla are the Bakgatla ba Mmanaana, Bakgatla ba Mmakau and Bakgatla ba Motsha who all have the kgabo as their totem. The Bakgatla ba Mmakau would later give rise to Bapedi, Makgolokwe, Batlokwa, Baphuti and Basia clans [2][3] If a dispute was to arise between any of the offshoot clans like the Basia and Baphiti then the Mmakau chief would be tasked with resolving it as their senior
Sometime between 200–500 CE, Bantu speaking peoples, who originated in the Katanga area (today part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia), and had been expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, crossed the Limpopo River, entering the area today known as South Africa.
There were two broad waves of immigration to South Africa; Nguni and Sotho-Tswana. The former settled in the eastern coastal regions, while the latter settled primarily in the area known today as the Highveld – the large, relatively high central plateau of southern Africa.
By 1000 CE the Bantu colonisation of most of South Africa had been completed, with the possible exception of what is now the Western Cape and the Northern Cape, which are believed to have been inhabited by Khoisan people until Dutch colonisation. The Bantu-speaking society was highly decentralised, organised on a basis of kgoro (an enlarged clan), headed by a chief, who owed a very hazy allegiance to the nation's head chief.
Early History[edit]
The Sotho-Tswana are not a nation having one paramount chief, nor are they a confederation of clans bound together by one common purpose, although they have a common heritage, but are a number of distinct clans, each having its own name and chief, who has jurisdiction only over his own particular people and those who have become subordinate to him. Historically, the leadership structure of a nation (Morafe/Sechaba), consisted of a Kgosi/Morena, who was the chief and a member of the royal family, his family members and their servants. The kgosi was the ultimate authority, who devoted all his time to the tribe and was constantly on hand to help people with their problems. He was responsible for law and justice, defence, the health of the tribe, controlling the wealth and bringing rain. He maintained control of his armies by placing close members of his family at the head of every regiment.
The history of the Sotho-Tswana people is one of continual dissension and fission where disputes, sometimes over chieftain ascendancy, resulted in a section of the clan breaking away from the main clan, under the leadership of a dissatisfied chief's relative, and settling elsewhere. Often the name of the man who led the splinter group was taken as the new clan name. Oral traditions teach that the ancestor of all Batswana was Molope. The same oral traditions of the Sotho-Tswana chiefdoms indicate that at some time in the past they were all under the same ruling line of chiefs with claim descent from a common ancestor, Mogale son of Molope with a single totem of phofu (eland). From Mogale the sequence of chiefs became Mhete, Melore, Masilo then Molope. The separation began when the children or grandchildren of Masilo separated from the parent stem. This Masilo was the father Molope and also, as some clans maintain, of Kwena, but others hold that Kwena was his grandson and one of the sons of Molope. While there is division of opinion as to relationship of Kwena to Molope, there is no question with regards to that of the other three heads of branches formed from Masilo's people. These three are known to be the sons of Masilo, the eldest being Mohurutshe, the next Ngwato and the last Ngwaketse.
While there is division of opinion as to relationship of Kwena to Molope, there is no question with regards to the leadership crisis that resulted in the formation of the Hurutshe and Kwena clans following the death of Molope. There are conflicting traditions accounting for this historic split, the consequences of which were the wide dispersal of Sotho-Tswana chiefdoms over the South African highveld up to the limits of the Kgalagadi desert on the west and almost as far as the Orange River on the south; as well the diffusion of Sotho-Tswana language and culture.
According to one tradition, the cleavage that resulted in Phofu-venerating people splitting to become Bahurutshe and Bakwena had to do with the first fruits ceremony.
Another tradition is that the first-born child in Molope's senior house was a daughter, Mohurutshe, while the first-born child in the second house was a son, Kwena. According to this version, the dispute was about whether the chiefdom should be in the hands of the eldest child in the senior house regardless of whether it was female, or whether the leadership should be kept male by electing the senior son of the second house.
From this dispute one group left with Kwena and become known as the Bakwena with the crocodile as their totem. The Bahurutshe being descendent of the senior house of Molope were accepted as the senior clan. Until the end of the nineteenth century this seniority was acknowledged by allowing the chief of the Bahurutshe to perform the ceremony of the first fruits before any other Sotho-Tswana chiefs. It was the Bahurutshe chief who announced the harvesting season and the commencement of the period of initiation, and it was the Bahurutshe who performed the ritual of selecting the best young bulls of the other Tswana clans, before the weaker bulls could be castrated.
Sotho-Tswana society was rocked at the beginning of the 19th century by two developments. The first was the Difaqane ("the crushing"), the forced migration and upheaval caused by the rise of the Zulu nation, which, under the reign of Shaka, evolved within two decades from a typical Bantu-speaking decentralised pastoral society into a highly centralised and organised nation-state, with a large and powerful standing army.
The second was the advance of Boer settlers from the Cape Colony into the interior territory, which was populated by Sotho-Tswana peoples. Those settlers are called voortrekkers and sought to leave British rule following the British seizure of the Cape Colony from the Netherlands.
The Basotho had at this critical time a leader, King Moshoeshoe, who was both an able military strategist and sophisticated diplomat. He succeeded in welding numerous clans into a kingdom capable of repelling attacks by the remnants of Nguni groups fleeing Zulu conquest of their lands. At the same time he reached an understanding with Shaka, who agreed that the Zulu would never attempt to conquer his kingdom.
The Basotho state he created was strong enough to keep the Boers at bay, maintaining the independence and integrity of his kingdom after the formation of the Orange Free State. As tensions between the two Boer republics (Orange Free State and the Transvaal) and the British increased, he was able to skilfully manoeuvre between them, and to fight to a stalemate when diplomacy failed. As a result, Lesotho (or Basutoland as it was previously known) was never part of South Africa, but became a Crown Colony and then an independent nation in 1965.
The Northern Sotho and Batswana were less politically centralised, and suffered worse during the Difaqane. The Matabele were a Nguni nation closely related to the Zulu who, under their leader Mzilikazi rebelled against Shaka, and fled KwaZulu (Zululand). He killed many of the Batswana, before finally settling down in the southwestern part of what is modern Zimbabwe, where he built his capital Bulawayo. After the initial assault, the Batswana kings were better prepared for Matabele aggression, and managed to fend off further invasion attempts.
The territory of Batswana was divided by the British and the Boer South African Republic (ZAR). With the formation of the Union of South Africa following the ZAR's defeat by the British in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), some of their territory became part of South Africa; the rest became the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, which became the independent state of Botswana in 1965.
The differentiation between the various black African groups in South Africa (Sotho-Tswana, Nguni, Vhavenda and Vatsonga) is primarily rooted in linguistics. They speak languages which fall under different sub-branches of the Bantu language group, just as Germanic languages are mutually intelligible to an extent, and totally different from Romance languages.
Like other Bantu speaking societies, many Sotho-Tswana people still practice a traditional Shamanist type religion African Traditional Religion, based on devotion to ancestors – as intermediaries to God (a person is said to exist for as long as his "shadow" is still felt on earth by living relatives).
Each small settlement had its traditional herbalist healers (dingaka), who also function as shamans, spiritual counselors and protectors against evil spirits and black magic.
Under European influence, most Sotho-Tswana people adopted Christianity. Lesotho is predominantly Catholic, a result of King Moshoeshoe's decision to invite French missionary organisations into his kingdom, as part of his diplomatic manoeuvres to prevent any single European entity from dominating the area, which he realised would be disastrous for the Basotho people (later developments in neighbouring South Africa a century later proved how astute he had been). Most Batswana and northern Sotho belong to some Protestant denomination.
Contemporary Sotho-Tswana society is adapting to a rapidly urbanising population and culture. In rural areas, traditional culture remains an important force in daily life. In the region's urban areas, which are cosmopolitan, multi-racial and multi-cultural, western cultural norms are predominant.
Like all non-white South Africans, the Sotho-Tswana people suffered greatly under the apartheid regime that ruled South Africa from 1948–1991. They were forcibly relocated to the economically unsustainable designated homelands (apartheid left the majority African population with about 13% of the land, most of it unsuitable for cultivation). The Bantustan for the Batswana people was Bophuthatswana, while that for the Bapedi was Lebowa and for the Basotho, QwaQwa.
- ^ André Croucamp and Bea Roberts (2011) A short history of the Bakgatla ba Kafela, Totem Media (Pty)Ltd, p 1
- ^ http://govza.gcis.gov.za/ts/documents/determination-bapedi-paramountcy
- ^ http://govza.gcis.gov.za/ts/documents/determination-batlokwa-ba-mota-paramountcy
- Mesthrie, Rajend (1995). Language and Social History: Studies in South African Sociolinguistics. p. 49. ISBN 0-86486-280-6.
- Setiloane, Gabriel M. (1976). The Image of God Among the Sotho-Tswana. ISBN 90-6191-007-2.
- http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/population/tswana.htm
- Totem Media. (2010). Mining the Future – The Bafokeng Story. ISBN 978-1-77009-824-4.
- Kobus du Pisani. (2010). The Last Frontier War:Braklaagte and the Battle for Land Before, During and After Apartheid. ISBN 978-9-03610-090-8.
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Gcc 3.2.1 and NVidia driver's problem!
Hello guys!
I have serious problems with gcc 3.2.1!
Here is the problem.
I got the New Nvidia drivers, Nvidia-4363. Things were running smoothly... until I've decided to upgrade from gcc-2.95 to gcc-3.2.3
Oh, I regret it SO much... I decided to re-compile the kernel with gcc-3.2.1... it compiled OK. But Nvidia's drivers... well... the drivers got COMPLETELY unstalble... it compiled, but it crashed even more than Win95.
The problem is that it shows NO message error... it just freezes. I had that problem with gcc-2.95 and from Nvidia-41xx to NVidia 4363 too. I've changed my compiler to gcc-3.2.1 But it didn't help. Problems also include some wrong colors being displayed. And Nvidia drivers crash whenever I attempt to move a window. My linux distro is Slackware 8.1 and my kernel is 2.4.20. Please, help me. I'm getting desperate.
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Ok, I forgot to post some details. Here it goes.
Processor: Athlon XP 1800+
bash-2.05a$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
Model: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Video BIOS: ??.??.??.??
Card Type: AGP
Video Bios: American MegaTrends Rev. 2.60
Kernel => 2.4.20, no patches.
Dristro => Slackware 8.1
Here we've also got X86Config file... it uses
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Here's a log file.
Oh, I've compiled gcc-3.2.1 myself, with the following options...
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.1/specs Configured with: /root/Atualizações/Software/Fontes/gcc-3.2.1/./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-threads=posix --disable-win32-registry --enable-checking --disable-nls
You built gcc in the same directory as the source is in?
That's not a well-tested way of building it -- you have to create another directory, then do (from inside that directory) ../gcc-3.2.1/configure <options>, not ./configure <options> from the gcc directory.
Take a look at the LFS book (linked from www.linuxfromscratch.org), to see how they do it. Building it that way hasn't failed me yet...
I've created a directory inside gcc-3.2.1 directory, called
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That's not a supported setup either (creating a build directory inside the source directory, that is). The only widely-tested way of doing it is to create a directory at the same level as the gcc-3.2.1 directory (I call it gccbuild too, but that's personal preference), like the LFS people build it. So that if you cd .. from the gcc-3.2.1 directory and do an ls, you see both gcc-3.2.1 and gccbuild.
I've compiled gcc as you told me to, but the driver still insists on not working at all...
I suppose you've recompiled the kernel and nVidia driver with this newest compiler, right?
If so, I'm not really sure what it could be... :(
The problem is that on the kernel source, right below 'enable AGP support', there are some drivers for other cards. Not disabling them will cause conflits and also your card is going to be *really* unstable.
Solution: Disable the modules of other card on the "Character Devices section".
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I have not looked into the current draw of the car, it cranks up pretty fast 2 or 3 seconds tops, even in 30-39 degree weather.
Some of you may be aware porsche has been selling lithium batteries as an option for their vehicles, but it costs something in the ~2K range.
Note the spec is 12.8V, 18Ah, 480A for a flat 6, but they make the same stipulation as this thread, do not use in freezing temps.
This technology may be in it's infancy, but I think it'll eventually make it's way into even factory performance cars, so it's good to know for the future also.
thanks very much for sharing that info... this dovetails in with my conversation with Yuasa technical last week. naturally one of my questions to Yuasa was ...
does Yuasa have any plans to offer a LiFePO4 battery in the near future? their answer was .. Yuasa is an OEM supplier to major motorcycle mfgs for original equipment batteries.
if/when a major motorcycle mfg decides to offer LiFePO4 batteries as original equipment. Yuasa will then offer LiFePO4 batteries.
interesting ... Porsche's LiFePO4 spec's ... 12.8v 18AH 480CCA ... 12" Long, 6 3/4" Wide, 4 1/2" Tall .. Weighs just under 12 pounds according to
optional battery for 911 GT3 and the Boxster Spyder.
this is the first OEM that I'm aware of that has offered a LiFePO4 battery as a factory supplied option. even if it's for exotic Porsche models.
Does anyone know of any other mfg that's offered an LiFePo4 battery as origin equipment?
it's important to point out, despite the $2,000+ selling price. Porsche has decided to use actual amp hour ratings. not the PB/EQ rating that can lead to installing wrong size LiFePO4 batteries. which then results in failed LiFePO4 at the first sign of cold weather and unhappy customers.
"The lightweight battery offers a very high standard of everyday driving qualities but its starting capacity is limited at temperatures below 32 degrees F or 0 degrees C, due to its specific features.
With its nominal capacity of 18 Ah, the lithium-ion battery offers a level of practical output and performance not only comparable to that of a 60 Ah lead battery, but better in many cases. As with all Porsche batteries, a genuine Porsche Battery Maintainer is recommended for vehicles which are stored for over two weeks. ~
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The Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots have shared what arguably has been the best rivalry in American professional sports for much of the previous decade. Who can forget New England's triumphs against Peyton Manning in the snow in Foxborough, Mass. during both the 2003 and 2004 playoffs? Or the epic Colts comeback in the 2006 AFC Championship game en route to Super Bowl glory? In truth, the NFL largely has become what it is today because of these two teams (all-time great quarterbacks, as well as Bill Polian's successful lobbying for rules changes after the 2003 AFC Championship game). Now, though, the rivalry welcomes a new significant face: Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck. True enough, rookie quarterbacks haven't won against Tom Brady's Patriots in Foxborough, but Luck is the biggest reason the Colts, picked by many analysts to rank near the bottom of the league this season, are 6-3, the same record the Patriots carry entering Sunday's showdown at Gillette Stad...
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Poor graphics and music. Somewhat complex controls.
One of the first titles that helped launch Nintendo's 4-player accessories, Play Action Football was Nintendo's answer to the popular "Tecmo Bowl" series, bringing 4-player support, 8 NFL cities with real players, and a sim-based gameplay engine to the gridiron. You could even work your way through a season and try to get to a Super Bowl of sorts.
Unlike Tecmo Bowl, this game shows gameplay in a overhead view from a bit of a diagonal perspective, somewhere between 3/4 and overhead. The graphics themselves are not that good. Movement of characters is not smooth at all and there's not much detail, plus it's hard to see when they all bunch together. A couple of nice touches are the scoreboards when you score a touchdown and when the referee signals a score or 1st Down. Sounds aren't much better either between redundant music and some static crowd noise. On the flip side, there's actually a little bit of digitized speech, namely when the referee says "1st Down!" ot "Touchdown!" Controls are complicated at first but otherwise responsive, but after a while it seems like you're better off just button mashing and hope for the best.
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The College Gameday on ESPN Radio show with hosts Ryen Russillo, Trevor Matich, and Brad Edwards will be live from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday. The crew will discuss all the games as they happen throughout the day and show the four-best games to Mountaineer fans in attendance on HD TVs facing the crowd. Fans are encouraged to stop by the ESPN Radio stage and enjoy the broadcast.
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Perhaps you are lucky enough to have booked an extended trip overseas, or perhaps you have purchased a second property or a holiday home; all these are very good reasons why you might need empty house insurance.
You may not realise it but your existing home insurance will contain a clause that your property must not be left unoccupied. If it is left empty for longer than the policy allows, your cover will be made void both during and after your absence.
For this reason, if you have a property which is likely to remain unoccupied for extended periods of time, taking out empty home insurance is a must.
We take a look at insurance for unoccupied property and how to work out what you need.
There's a wide range of reasons why a property might be standing empty for some time and estimates suggest there are as many as 700,000 in the UK at any one time.
Some buildings are awaiting refurbishment, owners may have had to go into hospital or care, whilst some lucky folk are enjoying the sights and sounds of exotic locations.
Whatever the reason, it's essential to be aware that a regular house policy will not provide insurance for empty houses. Of course everyone may leave for short periods from time to time so the vast majority of policies permit a property to be left temporarily but a cap of 30 consecutive days (typically) is usually stipulated. If you expect your absence to be longer, you will need specific insurance.
If you are planning on being away for a while but will be returning - and all your contents are still in situ - then finding cheap unoccupied house insurance probably sounds like a good idea.
However, if the property is not just unoccupied but more or less empty, you may wonder at the value of bothering with insuring unoccupied property. After all, what's the point in taking out insurance for unoccupied house and its contents if there is nothing there to cover?!
First and foremost, the risk is not just to the contents, but also the structure. Building insurance for unoccupied property will provide cover in case there is damage caused by floods, fire or other events. A house is a large investment and one you will want to protect.
Even if there are no contents, the property could also become a target for vandals and thieves; you might be surprised at what unscrupulous people decide to steal! By having unoccupied building cover, you will be protected if the worst happens.
Finally, without insurance for empty house you could be liable if any damage is caused to surrounding properties. For example, if a slate falls onto your neighbour's property, or there was a fire which also damaged their walls, without vacant property insurance, you would be left to foot the bill.
If you need this type of cover and are about to carry out an unoccupied property insurance comparison, it's vital that you consider more than just the cost.
If you think the property will only be empty for a short time, don't rush into taking out a full year's worth of home insurance unoccupied property cover. Because many properties will be empty for longer than the 30 days specified by regular insurance but much less than a year, it is possible to take out short term unoccupied house insurance. This can start from as little as 3 months and is a great way to prevent wasting money on insurance you won't ultimately need for the full year.
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Discussion in 'Saltwater' started by JayB, Aug 12, 2013.
Outlaw out in the boat. Out right now. Got one tonight. Trolling
Took the boat out for an early AM run in MA11. Beautiful morning with tons of bait at the crack of dawn, so much dimpling the water it looked like rain. 2 for 5 pinks on the fly. Same story of spotty action for the run so far this year. There are fish in the there, but you have to work for them. They seem to hold a bit deeper down as well and I've had more connections on a sinking leader rather than floating line.
I had good luck off a boat last wednesday using an intermediate line and heavily weighted flashy pink fly. The fish were taking the fly 3-5 ft off the bottom in 12 feet of water. Action was hit and miss as we had to wait for small schools to swim through.
If I was writing headlines for The News Tribune it would read "Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Poo-Poohs Dash Point Pink Salmon Fishery"


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Globe Critique: An impressive use of light
Mark Laverty of Plymouth was a photographer for his high school newspaper, but put his camera aside for about 30 years before the digital revolution rekindled his interest.
"I've experimented with lighting with, I think, some reasonable success," he wrote in his application for a Globe critique. "However, I'm now trying to develop a better sense of composition to produce more compelling photos. Can you tell me what I might have done better in my example photos?"
We asked Barry Chin, a Globe staff photographer for 22 years, to review Mark's photos. Barry graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1982 and worked at the Boston Herald and Hartford Courant before joining the Globe.
During his Globe career, he has received numerous awards and honors. He won the National Headliners Award for Spot News in 1989 for his coverage of Hurricane Hugo. In 1996, he captured first place in the International Olympic Committee's Best of Sport Photographic Contest, Golden Lens Award, and also received the National Headliners Award for Sports Action. That year he also won second place for Sports Picture Story in The World Press Photo Contest.
Barry covered the 1992, 2002, and 2004 Olympic games; won Best of Show and 1st place in the Feature category of the 2003 National Baseball Hall of Fame Photo Contest, and 1st place in the Action category in 2004. He has received numerous awards from the National Press Photographers Association, the Boston Press Photographers Association, and the Associated Press.
Barry admired Mark's lighting techniques: "I'm impressed with the varying uses of light," he said. "He has examples of different, dramatic uses of artificial light and is pretty skilled at it, I would say." And he also had some thoughts on Mark's compositions. Here's his photo-by-photo critique:
Barry thought that both the composition and lighting of this photo were very good.
"Generally, when you have a low angle and are shooting upwards into the sky, often your meter is fooled because the sky is brighter than your subject, so you tend to underexpose your subject," he said. "But it looks like he has enough light to fill the face of the boy – he might have used a reflector or flash-filled it. The boy's face is well-exposed. That lighting also allows the sky to go darker because you're exposing for the sky but won't underexpose for the face."
Barry's right; according to Mark's Flickr account, he used an SB-24 light bounced off a silver umbrella set up to the right, and also lightened the boy's face during post-processing. He used a polarizing filter to make the sky bluer, "and to slow down the speed so you could see the wheels spinning."
Since the boy still used training wheels, Mark suspended the bicycle from ropes, then removed them in Photoshop. That's perfectly acceptable for non-journalists, Barry pointed out, but a cardinal sin for photojournalists. "We never manipulate reality with Photoshop," he said.
Barry also liked Mark's use of a wide-angle lens. "The angle is very nice," he said. "It accentuates the wheel and draws your eye because of the unusual composition. It adds interest to the photo."
Barry thought the lighting of this subject was successful, but the composition less so.
"I don't like cutting off appendages," he said in reference to the woman's missing right foot. "Be very careful, especially when you're shooting someone in a fashion-type situation. Also, using a wide-angle lens (in this case, 18mm) distorts the human anatomy. The closer you get, the larger the closest element becomes.
"If this were a fashion shoot for shoes it might work, but if that were the case, you wouldn't want her face that well-lit. That wide an angle makes the legs appear a bit grotesque or unnatural. I would not have used an 18mm; I would have used a medium telephoto or a less wide angle: 35mm or 24mm. You have to be very careful with 18mm -- it's a super wide-angle, so you have to be very careful not to put the lens too close.
"I also think I would have put the subject in a more relaxed, natural pose."
A dramatic photo that succeeds on both the lighting and composition fronts, according to Barry.
"This is successful because there is very dramatic lighting coming from both sides of the subject," he said. "This is called 'hatchet' lighting; notice the dark area down the middle of the face and body. He did fill in the front, perhaps with his camera's popup flash. Still, it was good lighting to accentuate the body and muscular physique and make it more dramatic. A tighter crop may have helped you focus more on the relationship between the clasped hands, his face, and his physique, but that's just another variation. This photo is very successful."
But what about amateur photographers who don't have access to lights?
"God's light, natural light, north light is the best light ever created," Barry said. "For those of you who don't own a lighting kit, put your subjects near a window and use natural light to side-light your subject. Often when we're on location and shooting portraits, we'll just move the person near a window."
The harsh theatrical lighting here lends an air of mystery to this photo, Barry said.
"Both the background and lighting are theatrical," he said. "The background suggests a sense of the unknown: Where is she? What is she doing? Is she hiding from someone? Generally you don't want harsh shadows in your image, but here it works. The light falls off the edges, illuminating her face, but less so her clothes. This appears to be one light, slightly high, over her left shoulder, gelled to give it a nice warm tone.
"The composition is good. Even though her left hand is cut off, in this case it doesn't bother me too much because that area is going dark anyway and the focus is on her face. If it were in the frame originally, I would have included it. If it was cut off because of the size of the lens, next time I'd try to move to include it."
Barry liked the lighting effect here as well, although the light was a bit harsher than it had to be. And the issue of body distortion from a wide-angle lens arises here again.
"Because Mark didn't use an umbrella, the light is a little harsher," Barry said. "He could have turned down the power of his strobe or moved the strobe further back. He still got a nice lighting effect, but there is a strong shadow from the ball and the detail in the face is a little washed out. Post-processing could have darkened the face a bit.
"I would have to say that this image is the least successful use of lighting of his five examples. The use of artificial light here doesn't supplement the natural light, it overwhelms it, and is too noticeable. In other words, the use of strobe outdoors for the boy with the soccer ball is a good idea, but when the strobe light is so noticeable (as in the case of the heavy shadow and slightly overexposed face in this image), then it is not as successful.
"The 18mm lens gave a little bit of distortion again, with the lower body larger than the head. It was successful with the photo above of the boy on the bicycle because in that image, you're not distorting the body; rather, you're distorting the wheel, making it more of an object of interest. While the distortion in this photo is not as prominent as in the photo of the woman on the car, it's still noticeable. There's a large torso and a smaller head. It's a perfectly acceptable angle – I like the way the boy is coming into the frame at a slight diagonal -- it's dramatic and fine. But the wide-angle lens and distortion is borderline. I would have gone with a 24mm or 35mm lens, or moved back just a little bit so I wasn't that close."
Overall, Barry was quite impressed with Mark's work.
"He is even trying multiple lighting, which can be tricky, as well as distracting if you don't use it well. But he does. He is pretty sophisticated with his lighting and is still experimenting.
"His compositions are good, but he has to be careful with that extreme wide-angle lens, especially with people. When using it to shoot objects or landscapes, it's okay to get close, but with people, it tends to distort.
"Overall, I would say Mark is pretty skilled."
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Switching gears is all the rage—but what else could I possibly do?
There are subtle signs that you're not advancing at work. Like when you've had the same title, salary and responsibilities for a decade. And when your boss thinks it's a great idea for you to write a column about switching careers. So when I found out that Risk/Reward: Why Intelligent Leaps and Daring Choices Are the Best Career Moves You Can Make was written by Anne Kreamer–a very powerful media executive–I decided that promoting her book could help my career.
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