Dreamgirls ilivyokuwa Broadway

Mwone na msikilize Jennifer Holliday alivyokuwa kwenye mchezo wa kuigiza Broadway. Sijui, nani anaimba wimbo wa "You're gonna love me" vizuri zaidi... Jennifer Hudson au Jennifer Holliday.

Mnaonaje?

Siku nilivyokamtwa na polisi Dar

(Asante Michuzi Blog)

februari 14, 1992: waandishi godfrey lutego wa uhuru na mzalendo (shoto) na chemi che mponda wa daily news wakiwa na mwanyekiti wa uwt mkoa wa dar mh. mary kabigi wakitoka kituo cha polisi cha msimbazi walikowekwa chini ya ulinzi kwa kuvamia ofisi za uwt mkoa wa dar na kuhatarisha usalama wa katibu mkuu wa uwt mkoa huo e.h. stima. hapo wanatoka kituoni hapo baada ya kuandika maelezo yao. da'chemi tupe stori nini kilitokea na yaliishaje?

Someni jibu langu kwa Michuzi chini:

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Hi Michuzi,

Asante kwa hiyo picha. Umenikumbusha mbali! Wakati huo mimi ndo nilikuwa mpigania haki za akina mama hasa na ndio maana nilipangiwa hiyo kazi siku hiyo.

Yalikuwa hivi. Nilienda kazini Daily News kama kawaida. Baada ya post-mortem nilipangiwa kazi UWT kumhoji Mama Mary Kabigi (sasa marehemu) alikuwa na tangazo fulani. Kule nilikutana na na Godfrey Lutego wa gazeti la Uhuru.

Tulikaribishwa vizuri mle ofisini, ilikuwa na deski mbili. Kulikuwa na viti mbele ya deski ya Mama Kabigi na tulikaa hapo. Kwenye deski nyingine kulikuwa na mama mwingine Mama Eshe Stima. Mama Kabigi alilmtambulisha Mama Stima kwetu. Ajabu Mama Stima hakujibu. Mama Kabigi alianza mahojiano huko Mama Stima ana nuna na kuguna. Ghafla aliinuka na kutoka ofisini na kufunga mlango. Tuliendelea na mahojiano na Mama Kabigi. Kukaa kidogo tukasikia mlango unafungwa na ufunguo.

Mama Kabigi aliuliza kama tumesikia mlango unafungwa. Mimi na Godfrey tulibaki tunatazamana na kujibu ndiyo. Basi tulimaliza mahojiano na kutaka kuondoka. Tulishindwa kutoka mle ofisini kwa vile mlango ulikuwa umefungwa kutoka nje.

Basi Mama Kabigi alisema tukae tusibiri. Kulikuwa hakuna simu mle ndani ya ofisi na enzi hizo hakuna cell phone. Tulisubiri kama saa moja hivi, mlango ulifunguliwa.
Ilivyofunguliwa Mama Stima kaingia mle na mwanaume na mwanake waliokuwa serious kweli na kuelekea kwetu kwa hasara. Kumbe walikuwa ni polisi waliovaa kiraia.

Mama Kabigi, mimi na Godfrey tukaambiwa tuko chini ya ulinzi na hao watu! Doh! Tukaanza kuwauliza sababu ya kutuweka chini ya ulinzi.
Hawakusema kitu zaidi ya kuwa tutaelezwa kituoni. Tuliwaambia kuwa sisi ni waandishi wa habari tuko hapo kikazi na tuliwaonyesha vitambulisho vyetu. Hawakutuka kuviona.

Basi tulikamatwa na kutembezwa kwa kushikwa mikono kipolisi barabarani hadi kituoni. Tulivyokuwa tunavuka barabara mhariri wa Daily News na aliyenipangia assignment hiyo, Mkumbwa Ally alipita na gari. Nikafoka, "Mkumbwa!"

Mkumbwa alisimamisha gari huko najaribu kumwelezea kuwa tumekamatwa na polisi. Wale polisi walinifokea ni nyamaze. Mkubwa alitoka kwenye gari alinishika mkono mwingine na kumwambia yule polisi wa kike, “Huyo anakwenda na mimi!” Yule polisi akasema Hapana wanakwenda kituoni wako chini ya ulinzi!” Basi Mkumbwa alikuwa hana la kufanya. Aliwauliza tunapelekwa wapi. Walimwambia na yeye aliondoka.

Kufika kituoni, tulikalishwa kwenye benchi ndani ya kituo kama masaa mawili. Eneo tuliyokalishwa ilikuwa chafu sana halfu ilikuwa giza. Kila tukiuliza sababu ya kukamatwa hatuambiwi!

Basi kama baada ya masaa mawili na nusu hivi, tulipelekwa ofisini kwa mkuu wa kituo. Tuliingizwa mle moja moja na kuulizwa ilikuaje. Nakumbuka nilimwonyesha huyo mkuu wa kituo kitambulisho changu na kumwelezea mambo yalivyokuwa na kurudishwa kwenye hiyo benchi. Baadaye tulikalishwa wote pamoja na huyo Eshe Stima ofisini kwa huyo mkuu wa kituo.

Mama Stima alisema hivi, "Nilikuwa nimekaa ofisini kwangu. Huyo Mama Kabigi kamleta huyo mwanamke na huyo mwaname mle. Walinitishia kuwa wataniua, walianza kunipiga, niliweza kukimbia kwenda kituoni kutafuta msaada!"

Alisema kama mara tatu. Wewe! Mbona tulibakia kushangaa na kusema huyo huyo mama Stima ni mwongo mkubwa. Tukasema yeye ndiye alikuwa mkali kwetu maana tulimsalimia ha hakujibu halafu alitufungia ofisini.

Sasa huko nje, front deski ya kituo kulikuwa na mambo, alikuja Mzee Millinga kutoka Daily News, mwakilishi wa gazeti la Uhuru (jina nimesahau), mtu wa RTD na Lucas Lukumbo wa SHIHATA. Nakuambia habari zilienea haraka kweli. Nje ya kituo kulikuwa na magari ya vyombo vya habari na wananchi nje wanauliza kuna nini mle ndani.

Basi baada ya muda yule Mkuu wa Kituo alisema kuwa tunaruhusiwa kuondoka. Nikamwuliza sababu anaturuhusu kuondoka alisema, kuwa sisi wote tulikuwa na story sawa. Godfrey alimwambia mkuu wa kituo kuwa kwa kweli hajafurahi kunyimwa uhuru wake!

Mimi nililalamika kuwa tumeshikwa kwa upuuzi. Nilisema kuwa ina maana kuwa mtu yeyote anaweza kutunga uwongo na mtu akamtwe hivi hivi! Wale wakilishi wetu walituambia tuchukue vitu vyetu tuondoke.

Mbona ilikuwa raha kutoka nje ya kituo cha polisi ukiwa mtu huru.

Na kesho yake, hiyo habari pamoja na picha ilikuwa FRONT PAGE news kwenye magazeti ya DAILY NEWS na UHURU.

Huyo Mama Stima aliishia kuaibika, hasa kwa vile alituingizia kwenye ugomvi wake na Mama Kabigi. Mpaka sasa sijaelewa hasa ugomvi wao ulikuwa nini, lakini nilivyosikia ni kuwa yule Mama Stima alionywa vikali kuhusu kusema uwongo polisi, na wale polisi walionywa maana walivyotukamata ilikuwa si sahihi. Nadhani aliharibu urafiki wake na yule Rafiki yake polisi siku hiyo maana majina yalitoka kwenye gazeti! Wengine walisema kuwa walikuwa wana ugomvi juu ya nafasi ya uongozi wengine walisema waligombania bwana. Sijui ukweli uko wapi. Ila nilijikutwa nimeingizwa kwenye ugomvi wao.

Siku hiyo naiwrite off kama, "Ajali Kazini! - Adventures of a Journalist!”

Lazima niseme kuwa niliendelea kuwa na uhusiano mzuri na Mama Kabigi. Baadaye alikuja kuwa Mbunge wa akina mama (viti maalum). Na nilimwona kama mtu anayependa kutetea haki za akina mama. Huyo Mama Stima sijui aliishia wapi.

- Chemi

Hillary Clinton ashinda New Hampshire!

Senator Hillary Clinton ameshinda uchaguzi wa awali huko New Hampshire kwa upande wa Democrats. Senator Barack Obama, amekuwa wa pili. Matokeo yalikuwa karibu. Clinton alipata asimilia 39% ya kura, na Obama alipata asilimia 36%. Clinton sasa ni mwanamke wa kwanza kushinda uchaguzi wa awali New Hampshire.

Watu walitarajia Obama atashinda tena kwa kura nyingi. Watu wengi walishangaa kuona Bi Clinton anaongoza kutoka mwanzo. Watu wanasema huenda alivyoanza kulia juzi ulisaidia watu kuona kuwa Hillary kumbe ni binadamu kama wao. Bi Clinton aliulizwa awali kuhusu nywele zake.

Hali ya hewa New Hampshire ilikuwa nzuri na wazee wengi walitokea kumpigia kura Hillary. Vijana walioahidi kumpigia kura Obama hawakutokea. Mtangazaji moja alisema huenda walikuwa wamelewa au wamechoka kutokana na kusherekea ushindi wa Obama Iowa.

Bado uchaguzi wa awali katika states 48. Tarehe 5 mwezi Februari states 20 watakuwa na uchaguzi wa awali.

Hillary Clinton, ni mke wa Rais Clinton. Kama akishinda urais wa Marekani atakuwa mwanamke wa kwanza kuwa wa rais wa Marekani, pia atakuwa First Lady wa Kwanza kuwa Rais, na Bill Clinton atakuwa mwanaume wa kwanza kuwa First Gentleman na ambaye aliwahi kuwa rais.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDsxOTlvH7dg&refer=home

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHHVgKy54TfwGMngikUz9Bj7E52QD8U2CU500

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070108dems,0,7354989.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Msaidie mtoto Zawadi Rajabu Minneapolis, Minnesota

Picha kutoka Star Tribune

Zawadi Rajabu in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Habari wana Umoja,Just wanted to share with you the slide show prepared by Startribune for you to "meet" and maybe connect with Zawadi the young energetic 5 year hold. You can also read the article prepared by Startribune by visiting their website Umoja Society would like to inform you that there will be a fundraiser to assist the Rajabu family with their necessary medical and living expenses.

Sophia Rajabu and her daughter Zawadi are currently in Minnesota for the purpose of pursuing critical treatment for Zawadi. Sophia, a low income single mother, has left two other children behind, an older daughter and a younger son, in Tanzania as she seeks medical treatment for Zawadi. She is the sole provider for her young family.

Zawadi is an energetic 5 year old girl who was born in Sombetini, a small community in Arusha, Tanzania. She was born with a birth defect known as club-feet, a condition which has forced her to walk on both her ankles.

Zawadi was blessed by the kindness and generosity of an American organization known as Siouxland Tanzania Educational and Medical Ministries (STEMM; www.stemm.org). STEMM sponsored young Zawadi’s successful corrective surgery, which was performed on December 12th, 2007, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.Umoja Society will host the fund raising event for the Rajabu family (please see below for event details).

We would like to invite the community here to open their hearts and donate funds so that this family can meet their immediate necessities, both here in the USA and back home in Tanzania during Zawadi’s long recovery journey.

Please invite your friends and family to support the family by attending the event or sending a donation. Zawadi and her mother, Sophia, are currently residing with Smart and Dr. Jessica Baitani at their home in New Hope.

LOCATION: STUB HALL, Lutheran Seminary 2481 Como Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108

DATE: Saturday, January 19, 2008

TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

More on Zawadi click here

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Asante Bill Powers wa YA.Com kwa habari hii:

Find out who has blocked or deleted you on MSN Messenger!

KEEP YOUR MSN MESSENGER CONTACT LIST CLEAN OF THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

Go to:http://blockyell.com/

Inaelekea Obama kashindwa New Hampshire

Inaelekea Senator Hillary Clinton, ni mshindi kwa upande wa Democrats huko New Hampshire kwenye upande wa Democrats. Senator Obama amekuwa wa pili.

Hillary ana 39% na Obama 36% za kura. Kwa upande wa Republicans Senator John McCain ameshinda.

Bado uchaguzi katika jimbo 48 zingine za Marekani.

WaKenya wamshangilia Obama

Hapa Marekani tunatazama matokeo ya uchaguzi wa awali wa kiti cha rais wa Marekani. Na huko Kenya wanatazama kwa makini.

Someni habari chini:

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(AP) KOGELO, Kenya - Seated on plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and barefoot children, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives listened to the radio Tuesday for news of how their favorite son was doing in the New Hampshire primary.

early results were encouraging, bringing a whoop of satisfaction from the candidate's uncle. "Ah, that's wonderful," Said Obama declared, breaking into a wide grin. "But I don't want to jump just yet."

Kogelo, the western Kenyan village of Barack Obama's father, has been spared the political and ethnic violence that has erupted in Kenya after last month's disputed presidential election. But it's just 90 minutes' drive from a town where torched and looted buildings bear testimony to the clashes that have left more than 500 people dead, and the turmoil in Kenya, as well as his nephew's political success, were on Said Obama's mind.

While the dispute is political, violence has pitted other tribes — such as the Obamas' Luo — against the Kikuyu of President Mwai Kibaki, who have long dominated politics and the economy in Kenya.

If Barack Obama were in Kenya today, he would "work with the leadership to bring them to a round table and find a solution to the problems that have been ravaging the country," his uncle said.

In fact, Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs confirmed the senator spoke to opposition leader Raila Odinga for about five minutes Monday before going into a rally in New Hampshire.

Odinga, a Luo, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio that Obama's father was his uncle, and that Obama called him "in the midst of his campaigning ... to express his concern and to say that he is also going to call President Kibaki so that Kibaki agrees to find a negotiated, satisfactory solution to this problem."

Gibbs said Odinga and Obama's father are from the same tribe, though he was not aware they are related.

Obama, speaking Tuesday in New Hampshire, said he urged that "all the leaders there, regardless of their position on the election tell their supporters to stand down, to desist with the violence and resolve in a peaceful way in accordance with Kenyan law."

Obama was coordinating his efforts with the State Department, his advisers said, and has discussed the situation with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

He has also spoken with South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, calling him during last week's Iowa caucuses in between satellite interviews with local Iowa stations. Tutu has been in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, trying to secure an end to the violence.

On his last visit to Kenya, in August 2006, Obama touched on themes not normally debated openly here, criticizing the high-level corruption and the tribal politics that have dominated the country since its 1963 independence from Britain. Both have played a role in the post-election violence.

"Very many people sat up and listened, but the government didn't like it," Said Obama said of his nephew's speech, which was televised nationwide. "It touched a nerve they didn't want touched. The corruption is endemic here and tribalism cannot escape your eyes — you just have to look at the government ministries."

In his speech, Barack Obama said: "Corruption is not a new problem; it's not just a Kenyan or African problem. It's a human problem. ... While corruption is a problem we all share, here in Kenya it is a crisis robbing an honest people of the opportunities they have fought for and deserve."

"Ethnic-based tribal politics have to stop," he said, to applause from university students and staff.

Obama's relatives, gathered Tuesday in the family compound at the end of a dusty dirt road lined with mimosa and mango trees, listened for news of their American relative's election fortunes.

Inside his grandmother's cinderblock home, framed photos of Obama's 2006 visit and an earlier one in 1987 lined the walls, alongside a signed election poster from his Senate race. Sarah Hussein Obama, wearing a brightly patterned dress and sandals decorated with shells and beads, sat in a wooden chair in the immaculate living room, waiting for news of her grandson.

Obama's father, also named Barack Obama, won a scholarship to a university in Hawaii, where he met and married the candidate's American mother. The two separated and Obama's father returned to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist until he died in a car crash in 1982. His white-tiled grave is located in a secluded corner of the family compound.

The younger Obama was mostly raised in Hawaii and did not know his father well, but his presidential bid has sparked excitement in Kenya. Thousands were drawn to his appearances during his 2006 visit.

Said Obama said his nephew "has proved to be a beacon of hope here and shown that even in difficult circumstances you can make it to the highest height of achievement with just determination and hard work."

If Obama is elected, he would improve relations between Africa and America because he had his roots in Africa, his uncle said.

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Associated Press writer Nedra Pickler contributed to this report from New Hampshire.

AP Photo: A boy opens the gate of the school named after U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama...

Slideshow: Barack Obama

Alicia Keys atakuwa Lena Horne!

Habari kutoka Hollywood zinasema kuwa Oprah, amemchagua mwimbaji maarufu, Alicia Keys, kuigiza kama mcheza sinema na mwimbaji maarufu wa Marekani, Lena Horne. Sinema hiyo itaitwa The Lena Horne Story.

Watu wamengojea miaka mingi hii sinema. Production bado haijaanza.

Lena Horne alikuwa maarufu miaka ya 1940' na 1950's. Alikuwa pia ni moja wa masex symbol wa wakati huo. Ana miaka 90 sasa.

Kwa wasiojua, Lena Horne, alikuwa mmarekani mweusi wa kwanza kupata studio contract Hollywood, 1940. Alicheza katika sinema kadhaa kama Cabin in the Sky (1943), Stormy Weather na Panama Hattie. Alikuwa mwimbaji maarufu mpaka miaka ya 80 alivyostaafu. Weusi wametoka mbali katika Hollywood na ubaguzi bado upo. Enzi hizo kama ni mweusi unaingia mlango wa nyuma, hakuna ushirikiano na wazungu, mnatumia choo duni, unakula chakula nje, hakuna kulala hotelini na mengine mabaya.

Bi Horne alimtaka Janet Jackson, amwigize. Baada ya ile kasheshe ya Superbowl mwaka 2004, (Janet Jackson kuonyesha umati chuchu), Horne alisema hana habari na Janet Jackson tena wala hataki kusikia habari zake.

Oprah ameanza kutengeneza sinema za weusi tena. Alikuwa amepumzika kwa sababu ile sinema ya Beloved , ilikuwa bomu. Watu wengi wanasema Beloved isingekuwa bomu, kama mtu mwingine angeigiza kama mhusika mkuu, Sethe. Oprah aliigiza kama Sethe na alikuwa na Scenes za mapenzi pamoja na scene ambayo ananyanyua gauni na kukojoa. Pia watu wanasema kama wangesema ni sinema ya matishio (horror) ingefika mbali zaidi. Sinema nyingine ambayo Oprah ame produce hivi karibuni ni The Great Debaters starring Denzel Washington.

Barack = Baraka

Obama alivyomaliza High School

Kwa wasiojua jina la mgombeaji wa rais wa Marekani kutoka chama cha Democrats, Senator Barack Obama, ni 'uzungunization' wa jina Baraka.

Kwenye taarifa ya habari wanawaambia watu kuwa Barack ina maana ' Blessed' (aliyebarikiwa).
Na sisi waswahili tunajua katika lugha yetu hakuna neno inayoandikwa Barack. Hivyo naona kwa vile walikuwa Marekani, na ni jambo ya kawaida kufupisha majina, au 'kuzungunize' jina walibadilisha jina, Baraka kuwa Barack. Na alivyokuwa shule alikuwa anatumia jina 'Barry Obama'.

Kwa wanaokaa hapa Marekani wanajua wakati mwingine kusudi usonge mbele inabidi kuzungunize majina. Wayehudi wamefanya hivyo miaka mingi, na wahamiaji waliofika Ellis Island enzi za 1900's wengi walikuwa majina yao yanabadilishwa hapo hapo. Wayehudi walifupisha au kubalisha majina kusudi watu wasijue asili yao, mfano jinaGreenberger ilikatishwa kuwa Green.

Hebu tajeni majina yaliyokuwa Kizungunized. Kuna machache hapo chini

Osama = Sam
Suleiman = Sal
Mohamed = Mo/Mike
RutaXXXXXXX = Ruta
Rashid = Rick/ Rich
Abbasi = Abe

Amwua na Kumpika Mpenzi wake

Kuna nini ndani ya maji ya Texas inayofanya watu wanaoiinya kufanya vituko?

Leo kuna habari kuwa huko Tyler, Texas, jamaa fulani tena mmarekani mweusi, kamwua mpenzi wake, Jana Shearaer (21). Baada ya kumwua kamkatakata vipande, kachemsha vipande hivyo, na kuweka mezani pamoja na uma na kisu tayari kwa kula.

Polisi wanasema walivyofika nyumbani kwa, Christopher Lee McCuin (25), walikuta sufuria ya supu inachemka jikoni, juu ilikuwa inaelea sikio la bindamu. Mezani kulikuwa na kipande cha nyama ya binadamu iliyopikwa na uma ilikuwa ndani tayari kwa kula! DUH! Mauji na vituko vilivyofuata alifanya nyumbani kwa mama yake.

Christopher alimwita mama yake kuja kushuhudia alivyofanya, ndo mama yake alikimbia kwenda kuita polisi.

Polisi hawajui kama alimla sehemu au la. Itabidi kinyesi chake kipimwe.

Mungu ailaze roho ya marehemu mahali pema mbinguni. Amen.

Kwa vile hayo mauji yalitokea Texas, huyo Christopher atahukumiwa adhabu ya kifo.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/06/texas.slaying.ap/index.html

http://crime.about.com/b/2008/01/07/man-kills-girlfriend-cooks-body-parts.htm

Obama ashinda Uchaguzi wa awali Iowa!

Mbaguzi Jefferson Davis

Senator Barack Obama (Illinois)

Sijui niseme ni miujiza au ni kuwa Marekani inabadilika katika maswala ya rangi ya binadamu. Senator Barack Obama, ambaye baba yake ni MKenya na mama yake ni mzungu, kashinda katika uchaguzi wa urais upande wa Democrats huko Iowa. Obama ni mweusi na asilimia 95% ya wananchi wa Iowa ni wazungu. Wiki ijayo New Hampshire watapiga kura zao za awali.

Kama umefuatilia habari za ubaguzi hapa Marekani, lazima unaelewa kuwa ni vigumu sana mtu mweusi kupanda hivyo katika siasa za Marekani. Watu wengi wanasema kuwa hawakutarajia kuona mtu mweusi anafika mbali hivyo katika ugomebeaji wa uraisi Marekani.

Ubaguzi ulivyokuwa mbaya kuna weusi walisema kuwa hawatampigia kura maana wanahofia kuwa akichaguliwa kuwa rais atauliwa na wazungu wabaguzi kama Martin Luther King Jr. na Medgar Evers! Hofu yao si ya kuchekwa maana Obama amepewa ulinzi wa Secret Service mapema kabla ya wagombea wengine. Hiyo ni kwa sababu hao wabaguzi walitishia kumwua.

Na kuna maajabu mengine kuhusu Obama. Mama yake mzazi ni mjukuu wa Jefferson Davis! Kwa wasiojua historia ya Marekani, Jefferson Davis alikuwa rais wa kwanza na wa pekee wa Confederacy hapa Marekani. Hiyo Confederacy walitaka utumwa wa weusi udumu na ndo waliopigana na watu wa Union na kusababisha vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe hapa Marekani. Weusi wangekuwa bado utumwani kama wasingeangushwa na Union!

Lazima huyo Jefferson Davis alijigeuza kaburini kwake alivyopata mtukuu mweusi, na anajigeuza tena kuona kuwa huyo mtukuu mweusi anakaribira kuwa rais wa Marekani.

Ukweli watu Marekani wamechoka na hao Repeblicans. Wamechoka ukoo wa Bush na uongo wao uliosababisha vita isiyo na maana huko Iraq. Wamechoka kuona hali ya maisha inashuka kwa Mmarekani wa kawaida huko matajiri wanazidi kutajirika, asante Bush. Pia kwa wanaokumbuka Bush aliahidi kuwa akichaguliwa kuwa rais bei ya mafuta itashuka. Mbona bei imezidi mara mbili na hao wenye kampuni ya mafuta (wakiwemo familia yake) wamo!

Obama ameahidi kuwa akichaguliwa kutakuwa na mageuzi Marekani! Ningependa kuona anachaguliwa na kuona kama atafanya mageuzi ya kweli!

Mungu abariki na awalinde Senator Barack Hussein Obama na familia yake! Safari bado ni ndefu!

Balozi Mwambulukutu bado ana hali mbaya

Habari kutoka Afrika Kusini zinasema kuwa Balozi Emmanuel Mwambulukutu, aliyepigwa na majambazi wiki iliyopita bado ana hali mbaya. Amelazwa kwenye wodi ya wagonjwa mahututi na ana saidiwa kupumua kwa bomba. Majambazi hao walimpiga kichwani na kumjeruhi vibaya.

Naomba wadau mkumbuke katika sala zenu ziwe za kikristo, za kiislam, za kiyehudi, za kihindu. Amen.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/nipashe/2008/01/01/105418.html

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20080103094816302C531872

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,161808,00.html

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20071231060422979C847037

The International Gospel Church

Baadhi ya wakimbizi kutoka Burundi waliojiunga na kanisa la IGC hivi karibuni
Mchungaji Jessie Stevens kutoka kanisa la Bethel Missionary Baptist Church akiwasalimia wakimbizi waliojiunga na kanisa la IGC.
Hao walikuwa wanakwaya kwenye kanisa huko kambini Bongo. Sasa wanatuburudisha na nyimbo za dini hapa Boston.
Kwaya ya IGC
Wageni kutoka Bethel Missionary Baptist Church wa Wappingers Falls, New York
Baadhi ya wakimbizi waliojiunga na kanisa
Mchungaji wetu, Reverend Jared Mlongecha

Sampuli ya vyakula vilivyotolewa kama zawadi kwa waumini wa IGC. Kila mwaka kanisa la Bethel Missionary Baptist Church inaleta zawadi ya nguo na vyakula na mahitaji mengine kwa ajili ya waumini wa IGC, hasa waliotoka Afrika hivi karibuni.

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Karibuni kwenye kanisa la International Gospel Church iliyoko, 85 Crescent Ave. huko Chelsea, Massachusetts. Misa ya jumapili inaanza saa nne asubuhi (10:00am). Misa ni ya Kiswahili na inatafsiriwa katika Kiingereza.

Hivi karibuni tumepata waumini wapya, hasa ni wakimbizi kutoka Burundi waliokuwa kwenye kambi muda mrefu huko Tanzania. Tunawaumini kutoka nchi mbalimbali, baadhi ya nchi ni USA, Haiti, Sudan, Korea, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda.

Wote Mnakaribishwa!

Hali inazidi kuwa mbaya Kenya!

Maiti za watoto waliouliwa. Picha imepigwa leo kwenye mortuari ya mjini Nairobi, rais Mwai Kibaki alivyoitembelea leo.

Miguu za maiti kwenye mortuari huko Nairobi leo. Mortuari haina nafasi ya kuweka waliouliwa sasa.


Jamani, wakimbizi kutoka Kenya wanajaa Tanzania, Uganda na Sudan! Kama hujui Kikalenjin unauliwa! Eti unaulizwa swali kwa lugha hiyo na kama huwezi kujibu kwa kiKalenjin ndo mwisho wako! Na sasa madai kuwa uchaguzi uliopita ulikuwa si wa haki yanazidi. Ni balaa gani inaotokea Kenya? Uchumi wa Kenya umeathirika pia! Wazungu na wageni wengine wanaikimbia!

Habari zinasema kuwa sasa watu zaidiya 600 wamekufa tangu ghasia zianze.

Nadhani sisi waTanzania ni mfano wa kuigwa na 'UNDUGU' yetu. Hatuna ujinga wa mambo ya ukabila kiasi hicho. Asante Mwalimu Nyerere!

Pia nimepata habari kuwa Uganda umeathirika kutokana na ghasia za Kenya. Mafuta yanasafirishwa kwenda Uganda kupitia Kenya. Sasa wamesimamisha usafirishaji. Lita moja ya petroli iliyokuwa 2,500/- za Uganda kabla ya ghasia leo ni Ug. 10,000/- lita! Nauli iliyokuwa U.10,000/- sasa ni 60,000/-!

Mungu Ibariki Kenya na Afrika Mashariki!

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From ippmedia.com

Kenya haijatulia

2008-01-03

NAIROBI, Kenya

Hali bado ni ya kutatanisha nchini Kenya huku idadi ya watu waliokufa kufuatia machafuko yaliyozuka tangu kutangazwa kwa matokeo ya uchaguzi mkuu kufikia zaidi ya watu 300 hadi jana, limeripoti Shirika la Habari la Uingereza, Reuters.

Huku hayo yakiendelea kutokea, Rais Mwai Kibaki jana amejitokeza na kuwashutumu wafuasi wa aliyekuwa mgombea urais kupitia Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Bw. Raila Odinga kuhusika na ghasia za kikabila nchini humo. ``Wafuasi wa Raila Odinga wanahusika na mapigano haya ya kikabila,`` msemaji wa Ikulu nchini Kenya, Alfred Mutua alisema jana. Wafuasi wa Odinga ambao wengi wao ni wa kabila lake la Luo nao wamekaririwa wakitoa shutuma kama hizo kwa Wakikuyu ambao wanadaiwa kumuunga mkono Rais Kibaki.

Nchi kadhaa za magharibi pamoja na Uingereza zimetoa wito kutaka Umoja wa Afrika (AU) na Jumuiya ya Madola kuwapatanisha Kibaki na Odinga ili kuweza kurejesha hali ya utulivu nchini humo. Katika taarifa ambayo waliitoa kwa pamoja jana, Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Uingereza, David Miliband na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Marekani, Condoleezza Rice, walitoa wito wakitaka uhasama huo umalizwe.

Wakati katika baadhi ya maeneo ya vijijini kuna taarifa za kuwekwa kwa vizuizi barabarani huku wananchi wakiwa na mapanga, mjini Nairobi baadhi ya ofisi zilianza kufunguliwa jana na polisi kuendelea kuweka doria nzito. ``Hii ndiyo demokrasia gani?`` Alihoji mtumishi mmoja wa Benki Kuu mjini Nairobi ambaye alisimamishwa na polisi wa doria jana alipokuwa njiani kuelekea kazini. Juzi watu 30 wanaoaminika kuwa Wakikuyu waliuawa baada ya kanisa walimokuwemo wamekimbilia kujihifadhi dhidi ya machafuko kuchomwa moto mjini Eldoret.

Alipoulizwa kama ni kweli Kibaki alishinda uchaguzi huo, Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Uchaguzi Kenya (ECK), Samuel Kivuitu alikaririwa na Reuters akisema: ``mimi sijui lolote,`` jambo ambalo limeendelea kuzusha utata wa ushindi huo. Nchi nyingi za magharibi tayari zimeshatoa tahadhari kwa raia wake kuacha kutembelea Kenya katika kipindi hiki cha ghasia zinazoendelea.
Mwenyekiti wa AU, John Kufuor alikuwa akitarajiwa kuwasili nchini Kenya jana kwa ajili ya kufanya upatanishi, huku Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza, Gordon Brown akiwasiliana na pande husika kwa njia ya simu. ``Suala la Kenya lina umuhimu mkubwa kwa namna demokrasia inavyotekelezwa tukizingatia kwamba kuna chaguzi nyingine miezi 18 ijayo katika nchi za Agola, Ghana na Malawi,`` alisema Miliband.

Mwandishi wa habari wa Reuters ambaye alikuwa kwenye ndege angani aliweza kushuhudia moshi mzito wa nyumba zinazoungua huko Eldoret jana huku baadhi ya vijana wakiranda mitaani na mawe, mapanga, mishale, pinde na mikuki kwenye vizuia vya barabara. Hali katika vitongoji vilivyopo nje ya mji wa Nairobi mapema jana ilikuwa shwari japo baadhi ya wakazi wa maeneo hayo walisema kwamba watu wanaosadikiwa kuwa Mungiki walitawanya vipeperushi vilivyodai kwamba mapambano yataendelea dhidi ya Waluo.

Habari kutoka mji wa Naivasha uliopo kwenye Bonde la Ufa zimesema kwamba takribani wakazi 300 waliokuwa wamejawa na hofu kufuatia mauaji ya Eldoret walilazimika kulala kituo cha polisi. ``Tulilazimika kukimbilia kwenye sehemu ambayo tumeamini ni salama,`` alisema Agnes Alouch akiwa kwenye bwalo la wafungwa.

Alipohojiwa kupitia kituo kimoja cha televisheni nchini humo, Kivuitu alikaririwa akisema kwamba alilazimika kutangaza matokeo haraka kutokana na shinikizo alilolipata kutoka vyama vya PNU na ODM. ``Wendawazimu huu hauwezi kuruhusiwa uendelee,`` lilisema gazeti la Daily Nation. Wakati huohuo, maelfu ya wananchi wa kabila la Kikuyu analotoka Rais Kibaki wameripotiwa kuyakimbia makazi yao katika eneo la Bonde la Ufa wakihofia ghasia hizo.

Imeelezwa kwamba maelfu wa Wakikuyu wamelazimika kuomba hifadhi katika makanisa na vituo vya polisi wakihofu kuuawa kama ilivyotokea kanisani mjini Eldoret, umbali wa kilomita 300 kaskazini mwa Nairobi. ``Tumekuwa tukilala nje kidogo ya Uwanja wa Ndege ambako kuna baridi kali,`` alisema Patrick Karikuki (23) jana. ``Sikujua kama Kenya inaweza kugeuka na kuwa namna hii ambapo tunauawa kwa sababu tumempigia kura Kibaki.

Hata kama kura ziliibwa, kwa nini wasiende mahakamani?`` Aliuliza kijana huyo. Baadhi ya abiria waliweza kuonekana katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Eldoret jana wakisubiri kupanda ndege kwenda mjini Nairobi baada ya vijana kuzuia barabara kuu iendayo Nairobi kwa magogo ya miti. Hadi jana mchana, polisi nchini Kenya wamekadiria kwamba watu wasiopungua 75,000 wamelazimika kuyakimbia makazi yao.

Mjini Eldoret, Mwandishi wa Habari wa Reuters alielezwa kwamba watu walikuwa wakiulizwa maswali katika lugha ya Kalenjin kupata utambulisho, na wale walioonekana kuwa wageni kutokana na kushindwa kujibu waliuawa kwa mapanga. ``Wanakuuliza wewe nani katika lugha ya Kalenjin. Wanapobaini kuwa huijui unauawa kwa kukatwa na panga,`` alielezwa mwandishi huyo. Shirika la Haki za Binadamu Kenya (KHRC) na Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Haki za Binadamu (FIDH) yamesema kwamba watu waliouawa tangu Desemba 27 mwaka jana ni zaidi ya 300.

Wakati huohuo, Japan jana imeungana na nchi nyingine za Ulaya kuzitaka pande zinatofautiana nchini Kenya kushirikiana kumaliza ghasia za kikabila zinazoendelea kuleta maafa. Waziri wa Mambo wa Nje wa Uingereza, Gordon Brown amesema jana kwamba tayari amewasiliana na Rais Kibaki na Odinga kuwataka washirikiane kumaliza machafuko hayo. ``Nimewasihi wote Kibaki na Odinga kuwajibika ipasavyo katika nyadhifa zao ili kuyamaliza mapigano hayo,`` alisema Brown.

Wakati huohuo, Rais Kibaki jana aliwaalika Ikulu Wabunge wote wapya waliochaguliwa katika uchaguzi uliopita, hatua ambayo wachunguzi wanaona ni ya kuwapoza. Hata hivyo, hadi tunakwenda mitamboni haikufahamika kama wabunge wote waliitikia wito huo na kambi ya upinzani ilikuwa haijatoa tamko. Katika uchaguzi uliopita, mawaziri 20 waliogombea Ubunge kupitia chama kipya cha Party for National Unity (PNU) kinachoongozwa na Kibaki waliangushwa huku chama cha ODM alichogombea Odinga kikipata takribani viti 100 bungeni.

Wakati huo Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Bw. Ban Ki-Moon, amevitaka vyama vya siasa na viongozi wao nchini Kenya kumaliza tofauti zao kwa kufanya majadiliano ya amani kwa pamoja kwa mujibu wa sheria na taratibu za nchi. Katika taarifa yake aliyoitoa jana kuzungumzia vurugu zinazotokea nchini humo, Bw. Moon, alisema amekuwa akifuatilia kwa makini matokeo ya uchaguzi huo na vurugu zilizojitokeza ambazo zimesababisha maisha ya watu wengi kupotea.

Alivitaka vyombo vya usalama kufanya kazi yao na kuwaomba wananchi wa Kenya kuwa watulivu, mavumilivu na kuheshimu sheria za nchi. Naye Novatus Makunga wa PST anaripoti kutoka Arusha kwamba waangalizi wa Jumuiya ya Afrika waliokuwa wanafuatillia Uchaguzi Mkuu wa Kenya wanakamilisha taarifa ya tathimini nzima ya uchaguzi huo uliotawaliwa na machafuko na inatarajiwa kutolewa hivi karibuni.

Akiongea kwa njia ya simu na Shirika la habari la PST, kutoka Nairobi, Spika wa Bunge la Afrika Mashariki, Bw. Abdulrahim Haithar, alisema kuwa Jumuiya hiyo ilikuwa na waangalizi wapatao 14. ``Tulikuwa na waangalizi kumi na wanne wakiongozwa na mheshimiwa Michael Sebalu kutoka Uganda na kwamba sasa wanafuatilia ripoti ya matokeo ya uchaguzi pamoja na yale yaliyojitokeza baada ya matokeo kutangazwa,`` alisema.

Alisema kuwa sekretarieti ya Jumuia ya Afrika ya Mashariki yenye makao yake makuu mjini hapa ndiyo itakayotoa taarifa kamili baada ya kukabidhiwa taarifa hiyo na waangalizi hao. Bw. Haithar alisema kuwa waangalizi hao walikwenda nchini Kenya kusimamia uchaguzi huo wiki moja kabla ya uchaguzi huo kufanyika.

Wakati huo huo, Idara ya Uhamiaji mkoani hapa katika hatua ya kudhibiti wahamiaji wanaotumia njia za panya kuingia nchini, imeimarishwa ulinzi katika maeneo yote yanayozunguka mpaka wa Namanga na wananchi wameelimishwa dhidi ya wahamiaji haramu. Hata hivyo, Ofisa Uhamiaji wa mkoa wa Arusha, Bw.Justin Kabigumira, alisema kuwa kwa sasa mabasi yanayosafirisha abiria kwenda Mwanza na Uganda ambayo yalikuwa yakipitia Kenya yameendelea kusimamishwa mpaka hali itakapokuwa shwari. A

lisema kuwa hatua hiyo inatokana na Uganda na Kenya kufunga mipaka yake kwa kuhofia machafuko zaidi.

SOURCE: Nipashe

Kwa habari zaidi soma;

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL03651413.html

http://allafrica.com/stories/200801030536.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/03/kenya.economy/index.html

Kenya inageuka Rwanda

Loh! Nimefuatilia habari za vurugu na mauji Kenya. Mambo yanayotokea huko ni ya aibu.

Hasa kwa vile ni nchi ya Afrika Mashariki inayojulikana duniani kama nchi enye amani na utulivu.

CNN wanasema kuwa waKikuyu wanauliwa na waJaLuo! Wanasema hadi leo zaidi ya watu 300 wamekufa. Hivi, Kenya hakuna FFU wa kutuliza hizo ghasia?

Kisa cha vurugu ni matokeo ya uchaguzi. Mzee Mwai Kibaki kashinda katika uchaguzi, lakini watu wanadai kuwa Mzee Raila Odinga, ndiye mshindi wa kweli. Wanasema kuwa kambi ya Kibaki imechezea kura zilizopigwa kusudi Kibaki aonekane kama mshindi.

Nilikuwa naongea na mKenya (MKikuyu) hivi majuzi kabla ya uchaguzi. Alisema kuwa Mzee Odinga hawezi kushinda maana ni MJaLuo, hajatairiwa na hivyo si mwanaume. DUH! Kwa hiyo mwanaume mwenye govi si mwanaume kamili. Mbona mwenye govi anaweza kumtia mtu mimba?

Nashukuru kuwa Bongo hatuna ukabila na chuki kiasi cha kuuana! Mungu Ibariki Kenya, na Afrika Mashariki!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQUIrJzN6krWc0yJ6DP3ySeXQekQD8TTPIA80

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnBAN250878.html

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=65ca9348-45f0-4373-9375-5f80a19b8261&k=77393

Eddie Murphy aoa tena!

Melanie Brown alivyokuwa na Mimba ya Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy na mke wake mpya, Tracey Edmonds

Mcheza sinema maarufu, Effie Murphy amemwoa alikuwa mke wa mwimbaji Babyface, Tracey Edmonds. Walifunga ndoa jana sikukuu ya sherekea mwaka mpya huko Bora Bora, Polynesia.

Eddie alimchumbia Tracey mwezi Julai mwaka jana. Na kama mnakumbuka kasheshe iliyompata Eddie. Alizaa mtoto na Spice Girl, Melanie Brown. Yule Spice Girl alidhania Eddie atamwoa ndo kashutukia Eddie kamtupa na yuko na Tracey. Eddie alikataa mimba ya Melanie na kusema si yake. Alijifungua mtoto wa kike mwezi Aprili. Ilibidi wafanye DNA kwenye mtoto na aligundulika kuwa kweli ni mtoto wa Eddie. Nyie wanaume hakuna kukwepa majukumu yenu asante DNA!

Sasa Eddie ana watoto sita, watano alizaa na mke wake Nicole Mitchell Murphy na huyo moja aliyemzaa na Melani Brown.

Hollywood skandali haziishi!

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Eddie Murphy celebrated New Year's Day by tying the knot with film producer Tracey Edmonds.

Tracey Edmonds and Eddie Murphy were married in French Polynesia on New Year's Day.

The pair exchanged vows Tuesday on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia in front of a small group of family and friends, their representatives told People magazine.

A call to Murphy's publicist, Arnold Robinson, wasn't immediately returned early Wednesday.
Murphy and Edmonds began dating last year and were engaged in July.

Murphy, 46, has five children from his marriage to Nicole Mitchell Murphy, who filed for divorce in 2005. He also has a daughter with Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown.

Edmonds, 40, has two sons from her 13-year marriage to singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. As head of Edmonds Entertainment Group Inc., she has produced the film and television series "Soul Food."

Murphy's film credits include "Dreamgirls," and the "Beverly Hills Cop," "The Nutty Professor," "Shrek" and "Dr. Doolittle" movies.

Heri ya Mwaka Mpya - 2008

Tunaaga mwaka 2007 na kukaribisha mwaka 2008 leo usiku.

Nawatakia wadau wote HERI YA MWAKA MPYA!

Sinema ya Real Men Cry

Amanda Peet

Mark Ruffalo & Ethan Hawke

Wiki iliyopita niliitwa kuwa extra katika sinema ya, "Real Mean Cry". Inahusu wanaume wawili walivyokuwa marafiki tokea walivyo wadogo huko South Boston. Baadaye wote wanafungwa gerezani.

Sasa scene enyewe ilipigwa kwenye gereza la Billerica House of Corrections. Ambayo ni gereza la medium security. Walikuwa na ulinzi mkali na tulichunguzwa hata kabla ya kufika huko (background check). Kuingia unapita kwenye X-ray na kusachiwa kama unapanda kwenye ndege. Ilibidi tuache simu, kamera na vifaa vingine mlangoni. Halafu kila ukitembea hatua kama ishirini kuna mlango ambayo inabidi ufunguliwe. Kulikuwa hakuna kwenda chooni bila kusindikizwa na mlinzi wa gereza. Halafu tulipewa ID za kuvaa mkononi. Kwa kweli si rahisi mtu kutoka huko.

Kuna waigizaji wa kiume walivalishwa magwanda ya wafungwa. Utadhani ni wafungwa kweli kweli. Ila wamevaa hiyo ID mkononi. Sasa kuna jamaa mzungu alienda chooni. Alivyokuwa huko anasema, mlinzi alimtania na kusema, "Mkamate huyo, mfungwa katoroka!" Mzungu anasema alijisikia vibaya kweli.

Nilikuwa na waigizaji wengine wawili wa kike. Na tulisindikizwa eneo la kusubiri. Njiani tulipita wafungwa wa kweli. DOH! Mbona walianza kupiga makelele kama ngedere! Tulivyowapungia ndo kabisa waliigiwa na kiwewe! Naona walikuwa hawajaona wanawake muda mrefu.

Nilivyofika kwenye seti walisema kwanza nitaigiza mlinzi wa gereza. Nilimcheki mlinzi wa kike wa kweli aliyekuwepo zamu hapo. Alikuwa ni buchi lesbo hasa! Nikasema mungu wangu nitakoma. Lakini mimi ni msanii wakitaka niigize hivyo itabidi. Kwa bahati walinibadilisha na walisema nitakuwa mgeni namtembelea mfungwa. Cha kuchekesha, walikuwa na upungufu wa wanaume weusi waigizaji. Walimchukua jamaa aliyekuwa ana shughulikia chakula (caterer) na kumvisha nguo za mfungwa. Ndo nilifanya scene na huyo. Tulivyo maliza scene jamaa alibadilisha nguo na kuendelea na shughuli zake za catering.

Waliniweka karibu na Amanda Peet. Nilicheka kweli kimya kimya maana kuna wakati madirector (waongozaji) walinigombania. Moja aliniweka sehemu fulani kukaa, mwingine alinihamisha. Nilivyohamishwa jamaa aliingia seti kwa haraka na kumfokea na kumgombeza yule mwingine eiti kwa nini alinihamisha! Loh! Nikasema kumbe watu wanaanza kuni-notice.

Sinema zingine ambazo niliitwa mwaka huu lakini nilishindwa kwenda ni : The Great Debaters starring Denzel Washington (nilikuwa Bongo) na The Lonely Maiden starring Morgan Freeman ( ilikuwa ni short notice).

Mwakani sinema kubwa kama nane zinatarajiwa kupigwa hapa Boston nazo ni zifuatazo,( hiyo ya Shutter Island ya Scorsese ndo itakuwa kiboko ya mwaka 2008):


From Boston Globe:
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"The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"

When: Production crews are already here, setting up shop in South Boston's Seaport District.Director: Mark WatersStars: Jennifer Garner and Matthew McConaugheyStory: While attending his younger brother's wedding, a bachelor is haunted by the ghost of - you guessed it - his girlfriends past.Release date: February 2009

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"Shutter Island"

When: It's hard to say, but location scouts have been scouring the area looking for suitable locales that could sub for a 1950s hospital for the criminally insane.Director: Martin ScorseseStars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, and Mark RuffaloStory: A drama based on the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name. US Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of an escaped murderer who's believed to be hiding on Shutter Island.Release date: 2009
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"The Surrogates"

When: Scouts already have picked a few locations and producers are telling local crews to be ready to go by the spring.Director: Jonathan MostowStars: Bruce Willis and Michael Jai WhiteStory: Based on the popular graphic novels of Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, the futuristic action flick imagines a world where humans live in isolation but interact through surrogate robots. A cop, played by Willis, investigates the murder of surrogates.Release date: 2010
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"Against All Enemies"

When: Word is scouts have been in town, but it's unknown yet when or where filming will take place.Director: Robert RedfordStars: Bruce Willis (Sean Penn and Vince Vaughn were initially attached, but have reportedly dropped out)Story: Based on the memoir by former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke, the story centers on the government's failure to heed warnings about a planned attack on the United States.Release date: 2008

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"Bride Wars"


When: Word is Kate Hudson, who stars and produces, had such a good time in Boston shooting "My Best Friend's Girl" last summer that she wants to return. Timetable unknown.Director: Gary WinickStars: Kate Hudson and Anne HathawayStory: A comedy about best friends who become rivals when they schedule their weddings for the same day.

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"The Town"



When: "The Departed" producer Graham King has scouted here, but the writers' strike may hold things up.Director: Adrian LyneStars: UnknownStory: Based on Chuck Hogan's award-winning novel "Prince of Thieves" about a band of robbers who are hunted in Boston by a tenacious FBI agent and a woman who could destroy them.Release date: 2008
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"The Fighter"

When: With any luck, the production, which could end up being the largest ever filmed in the state, is expected to begin filming in Lowell next fall.Director: Darren AronofskyStars: Mark Wahlberg and Brad Pitt, who signed after Matt Damon dropped outStory: A biopic based on the life of former champ "Irish" Micky Ward and the brother who helped train him.Scheduled release: 2009
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"Hickory Nation"

When: Filming on the North Shore could begin as soon as next month.Director: Rebecca Cook, who'll also get a writing and producing credit.Stars: Aimee TeegardenStory: A drama about life after a mysterious hit-and-run in a small Maine town.Release date: 2009

Balozi Mwambulukutu apigwa na Majambazi Afrika Kusini!

Balozi Emmanuel Mwambulukutu

Duh! Afrika Kusini kumeoza kweli kweli. Yaani mpaka siku hizi diplomats hawataki kwenda huko. Kama wewe ni mgeni huko nasikia unatembea roho mkononi maana lazima utaibiwa.

Sasa wanaua watu ovyo hakuna thamani ya maisha. Hebu tazama walivyofamya Lucky Dube!

Sasa balozi wetu Mzee Emmanuel Mwambulukutu kapigwa na majambazi na mke wake amechomwa kisu! Heh! Walikuwa kwenye dinner party, na wengi wa wageni walikuwa waTanzania.

Habari za kuaminika zinasema kuwa Mzee Mwambuluku aliwaambia hao majambazi, "Mungu awabariki!" Majambazi walijibu, "Hatumjali Mungu wachome visu! hao mbwa" Ilichukua polisi zaidi ya dakika 25 kufika kwenye eneo la tukio!

Serikali ya Afrika Kusini inasemaje hapo!

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Tanzania ambassador to South Africa badly beaten during robbery
Dec 29, 2007

Johannesburg - Tanzania's High Commissioner to South Africa became the latest high-profile victim of the country's violent crime problem when he was badly beaten by intruders at a farewell dinner in his honour in Pretoria Friday night.

Emmanuel Mwambulukutu was listed in serious but stable condition in hospital Saturday after being badly beaten by thieves who stormed the party in a diplomatic residence, SAPA news agency reported.

His wife and six other people sustained minor injuries after being beaten, some with bottles. The attackers tied up the around 25 guests and robbed mobile phones, money and household belongings before making off in Mwambulukutu's luxury jeep.

One person was arrested in connection with the attack after police found him in possession of the car. The suspect was shot and injured during the police operation. South Africa has one of the world's highest violent crime rates. Diplomats are said to be increasingly loathe to accept postings to South Africa, where over 50 people are murdered each day.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN929828.html

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20071229082822603C908882

Utrecht Art Supply - Kampuni enye Ubaguzi dhidi ya Weusi!

Mnaosema ubaguzi hakuna Marekani soma hii habari chini.

Huko Berkeley, California kuna jamaa mweusi alifukuzwa kazi kwa vile mfanyakazi mwenzake mzungu alisema kuwa hajisikii vizuri kuwa karibu na watu weusi. Jamaa alikuwa ni mfanyakazi mweusi peke yake katika ofisi hiyo.

Sasa kwa nini huyo mzungu hakufukuzwa? Duh! Tena jamaa alifukuzwa kabla ya Christmas! Kampuni ya kikatili kweli.

Nami nasema watu weusi wasinunue bidhaa zao! BOYCOTT UTRECHT ART SUPPLY!

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PRESS RELEASE:

WHITE WORKER’S RACIST CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S WISH GRANTED BY NATIONAL ART SUPPLY CHAIN

by Rayford Bullock, Universal Life Press

Wednesday Dec 26th, 2007 9:54 PM

WHITE WORKER’S CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S WISH GRANTED BY NATIONAL ART SUPPLY CHAIN: AFRICAN AMERCIAN FATHER RELEASED BECAUSE THE WHITE WORKER FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND AFRICAN AMERICANS!

Berkeley, CA, December 26, 2007 In the liberal multi-cultural City of Berkeley, California and home of the internationally renowned and respected University of California where diversity is as common as apple pie. On the eve of the New Year, the sole African American employee at Utrecht Art Supply in Berkeley at the foot of U.C. Berkeley on University Avenue didn’t get an annual Christmas or New Year’s bonus, gift, party or a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year from his employer. But, the company granted his white co-worker’s New Year’s racist wish.

On December 18, 2007, the store’s only African-American employee received a formal Separation and Release Agreement from his employer, because his white co-worker, John Paulson, the store manager didn’t feel “comfortable” working around African Americans.

It certainty comes at an uncomfortable time for the young African American worker. It happened just before Christmas, and he is a dedicated hard working single parent raising two minor children. Jeff Olson, Utrecht Art Supply District Regional Manager flew in from Chicago and delivered Paulson’s wish that Jeff said had been gift wrapped and endorsed by Utrecht’s CEO, George Meunch, in Cranbury, New Jersey.

Utrecht is a national chain of art supply stores founded in 1946 in New York by artist Norman Gulamerian and his brother Harold. The company is named after the street New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Certainty, this is a new low in racial tolerance and relations in this country. Racial uncomfortability instead of business necessity, ability, job performance, personal conduct, character and criminal convictions, as a justified ground to release employees from their jobs will certainty negatively impact the country’s economy and set race relations back to the stone age.

I wish this wasn’t true especially for his young father, his two young children, for the moral character of this nation, and coming at Christmas and a New Year when our spirits are so low due to the wars, housing market crisis, high gas prices, and the economy.

Reached for comment about the story at the Berkeley store, Paulson declined to comment, and referred the matter for comment to the company CEO, George Meunch. Mr. Meunch did not respond to repeated calls to his office, or a requested written e-mail comment to the story. More bad season cheer for the New Year, Utrecht is planning to expand and open up about twenty new art supply stores in cities with substantial populations of communities of color.

An anonymous observer commented, “If they (Utrecht) don’t want people of color working in their stores, how do they reasonably expect people of color and people of conscious to continue to shop at their stores, or better yet open their arms to welcome this type of company with such senseless management styles of racial intolerance and insensitivity into their cities?” Will anyone at Utrecht that question? _____________________________________________________________________ If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with the young African-American father, please call Rayford Bullock, Universal Life Press, at 510.220-0711 or e-mail at rayfordbullock [at] yahoo.com