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Cape Town

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January 29th 2010
Hello I am back from my second trip to Cape Town with a very different perspective of the city. I left for Cape Town on the 10th of January for a two week course on the statistical analysis package called STATA. I have to admit I was not that excited when I left, I didn’t like Cape Town that much the first time I went, it just seemed like I was in Europe, and two weeks away from home right ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more