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Regional Police Report: Elderly Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run, Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash, and More
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Elderly Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run
An 83-year-old Woostock woman turned herself into McHenry County Sheriff police on Thursday afternoon after she said she unknowingly hit and killed 6-year-old Brayan Silva near Union on Sept. 8.
Varamae C. Phillip was charged with failure to report a fatal traffic accident and leaving the scene of a crime, the McHenry County Sheriff's Office said. Phillip posted 10 percent of a $50,000 bond and was released.
Buffalo Grove
Man Dies After Motorcycle Crash
Anthony Brust, a 21-year-old Buffalo Grove resident died Sept. 11 after a motorcycle crash in Long Grove Monday, the Daily Herald reported.
Stevenson High School announced the news earlier today (Wednesday) on its Facebook page, writing, "Stevenson sends its condolences out to the family and friends of 2009 graduate Anthony Brust, who has died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident Monday night in Long Grove."
The school also notified its followers on Twitter early this afternoon.
Highland Park
Woman Charged In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Might Have Been 'Huffing'
The 18-year-old who crashed her father's car into a family on Labor Day may have been "huffing" from compressed gas canisters or paint thinners before the crash, according the Highland Park Police Department.
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Carly Rousso, the Highland Park resident who drove a Lexus coupe into a Highland Park mother and her three children, may have been inhaling a chemical-laced spray before the crash, which resulted in the death of 5-year-old Jaclyn Santos-Sacramento, Deputy Chief of Support Services George Pfutzenreuter told Patch on Monday.
"We are investigating the use of huffing agents or huffing materials with relation this accident," Pfutzenreuter said. "It can include a lot of different things: cleaners, any types of compressed gases, paint thinners, glues."
Two Deerfield teenagers charged as adults with August burglaries in both Highland Park and Deerfield were indicted Sept. 12 on 10 separate counts each by the Lake County Grand Jury, according to Patricia Fix, the chief of the felony trial division in the Lake County State's Attorney's office.
Joshua Norris and Joseph Mahoney, both 17, were charged with 10 separate offenses each, which total more than 100 years of possible jail time, according to Fix. They are both accused of the same offenses.
Stranger Approached Girl, Asked If She Needed Ride
The Algonquin Police Department is again asking for the public to be on the lookout after a stranger reportedly approached an 11-year-old girl Sept. 9 evening and told her to get into his vehicle.
The report was made at 4:53 p.m. on Sept. 9 while the girl was in front of her home on Foster Circle near Sleepy Hollow Road, according to an Algonquin Police Department press release.
Lake Zurich
Police: Man Who Cleans Homes Cleaned Out A Home
Lake Zurich Police arrested a 26-year-old Mundelein man on Sept. 6 in connection with a residential burglary that was discovered in the 600 block of Waterford Drive on Aug. 23.
Ryan S. Rivera, 1052 W. Hawley Street in Mundelein, was charged with residential burglary and is being held in Lake County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
Lake Zurich Police Commander David Bradstreet explained that Rivera was part of a house cleaning crew that was subcontracted to clean the residence. Rivera is alleged to have taken $3,000 worth of items including cash, jewelry and an iPad. Bradstreet said the alleged offender was discovered after questioning of various individuals who had access to the home.
Unpaid Handyman Takes Oven Door
A landlord who owns a building in the 8400 block of Milwaukee called police on Sept. 10 regarding an incident with a repairman.
The landlord stated that she told the man to check an oven in an apartment and call with a quote. She said a quote never was provided and the man called her demanding $100 for the inspection.
The woman said she told the man that she could not come to the apartment to pay him right away, but he could bill her or she could pay him the next day. The man took the oven door from the apartment.
Sandra Reid
1:32 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
I cannot believe your crime reports are looking like the ones in Phoenix, Arizona - almost all Hispanic surnames! Unbelievable! I wonder how many of your perpetrators are ILLEGAL? A vast number of the ones out here are!
b garrett
7:41 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
liberal politicians............will be the death of us all! more babies born to illegals in arizona than legal residents.....this country well on its way to becoming a 'third world' .country.
Donna M.
2:13 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Actually it was only 2 out of 8 reports. One that was Hispanic was the victim.
B. Smith
4:50 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
S. Reid , your type of comments are what divide people, really!
7:00 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Sandra...you are a racist idiot of the highest order. But I am certain you won't see this comment because you're probably out at a cross burning tonight.
Frustrated in Palatine
11:14 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
I agree with Sandra personally I am sick and tired of all of the illegals I feel like I live in Mexico not the US, this is my country and I feel like I am the minority!!
1:01 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Frustrated- You are right, you are the minority...most people aren't nearly as ignorant or overtly racist as you and your buddy Sandra. But at least you're a white, tax paying citizen, right?
Brad Faxton
6:28 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I'm sure you would be equally elaborated if the story was "about them gays".
8:13 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Frustrated, this is not 'your country,' you fool. I hate to break the news to you, but not in the much-distant past, your family were immigrants. Regarding your attitude, you are most definitely in the minority, and very soon white people will be the minority in this country. You're probably not going to like that very much. Perhaps reading some American history books could help you understand how "we" took over this country, quite savagely, I would like to add. You might not be so proud if you actually understood the true history of this country.
12:26 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Yeah...and besides all of that, they steal all of the black peoples jobs too! LOL
Really? Mexico in Palatine? Have you ever visited Elgin? The illegals are a huge problem but they aren't just Mexicans. The problem is that our government has decided to protect and support them. Civil rights groups protect and support them. Liberals protect and support them.
People worry about our jobs being shipped over seas...LMAO...its the illegals taking all of the jobs, not the countries over seas. Look in every factory, every fast food place, every restaurant, every convenience store, every school, every doctors office, every grocery store....it's not just manual labor and landscape jobs anymore. Most employers have a don't ask don't tell approach. You and I are paying for their medical bills, their share of taxes, their auto insurance and the majority of their groceries....if they make decent money, most gets sent back home.
1:03 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
So Rob, are you asking all the people you see in every factory, fast food place, restaurant and convenience store for their green cards, or do you just assume that because they aren't white they must be here illegally?
Mark Bushey
12:52 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I love how people always say they are stealing jobs. I have two friends that manage restaurants. They both say they barely get any applicants to work in the kitchen or bussing tables that are Caucasian. Landscaping? Many unemployed people could easily start landscaping businesses. All it takes is a mower, a weed wacker and Craigs List. But you barely see Caucasian names advertising. Sadly, the illegals you are talking about are doing the jobs most of this area is too proud to do. They work hard and make the minimum wage that most unemployed former middle management middle class subarbanites wouldn't ever bother to apply for.
Mark Bushey
8:59 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Having the same disdain for the same person does not mean parroting. But I'm not going to argue with some moron who created an account just to post that comment.
b garrett
7:43 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
politically incorrect i know....but when do you ever see a black person working in these jobs....?
Mark Bushey
1:27 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I will never understand how this country was founded by people trying to find a better life, savagely taking the land from the Native Americans, then turn around and make laws keeping people out. Just because we are born on this land doesn't make us any more privileged than those who are not. I would rather let the hard working illegals stay, and deport those who take advantage of the system and SNAP and welfare.
9:00 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
As Frustrated points out, this is HIS OWN country and he feels like the minority. I guess if you're anything but a white guy (or a white woman, but that is a distant second) this is your country, and everyone else should get the hell out. Even the ones that are here legally probably should go back to wherever they came from so us white guys can have our country back. We ain't no minority, that 's for sure.
This country was founded on the hard work of white guys, and we'll be damned if we're going to be made to feel like a minority. We've worked way to hard to get our pickup trucks, aasault rifles and bass boats to give up now.
10:08 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
"Frustrated in Palatine" made no mention of black or white but only illegal aliens. In case you are unaware, there is a legal immigration policy in the country. You are the racist who does not identify himself hiding behind fake names.
10:46 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I am very well awards of the immigration policies- I deal with them all the time. The policies have nothing to do with Frustraed and Sandra's racist comments- ignorance does.
And how does the fact that I choose to use a pseudonym make me a racist? And..using your first name alone identifies you and legitimizes your statement over mine in what way? I'll wait for your response- this should be good.
Anthony P.
11:45 am on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Try going outside of this country and see how you are treated. You'll see just as much racism if not more. The citizens of this country are walked all over and nothing is being done about it. Now am I the racist one? Feel free to pass judgment, criticism etc and you'll find you're part of the problem. This is caused by all the dirty politics backed by greed. It's clear as day and if you cannot tell then go back in your hole.
9:07 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
So Anthony, because there's racism in other places it makes it OK for Americans to be racist? And what's the connection to dirty politics backed by greed? Nice conspiracy theories, Anthony.
Frustrated in Palatine
10:45 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Brad it is so funny that you would call Sandra and I ignorant when you are the one who can not even spell simple words correctly! Maybe you should take a good look in the mirror before you go and point fingers!
Frustrated in Palatine
11:06 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Let me explain something to you Co-exist I am VERY proud of my country and being an American, you may be ashamed of who you are and where you came from but I on the other hand am not! For YOUR information "fool" this IS my country, you know nothing about my family where they came from, nor do you know that white people are going to be the minority! Maybe you should stop prediciting the future with your feeble mind!
11:07 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I'll type slower this time so maybe you can understand it Mr. he who hides behind keyboard. T h e r e w a s n o m e n t i o n of r a c e i n t h e e a r l i e r c o m m e n t s m a d e b y "Frustrated in Palatine". You brought race into the discussion and exposed yourself as the racist you are. And if you say you understand this countries legal immigration policies, tell us how it's working these days as this country is invaded and this administration looks the other way?
9:13 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Maybe the RELENTLESSRACIST would understand if we typed in Spanish?
Sandy Reeves
12:28 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wally - RC is a racist, hates jews and hates women.
9:10 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Erica, You are a lying mindless scumbag with the intellect of a small soap dish. The best you can do is spread baseless lies about people on here? Gee, I wonder who you learned that tactic from? And weren't you on here last week asking people to be respectful while your hero Lisa Stone's dignity was being kicked up and down the streets of Buffalo Grove like an empty soup can? She re-emerges, albeit briefly, and now you're back to your simpleminded attacks again. I saw right through you last week, you empty-headed nincompoop.
First of all, I am JEWISH, and secondly, I don't hate all women. I just hate ignorant, lying lapdog sock puppets like you. Now go help your pal Lisa pick up the last few remaining shreds of her dignity that are scattered on the floor at BG Village Hall.
And as for you, Wally...I 'll just let your previous ignorant comments stand on their own merits and let your ignorance be forever immortalized on the Patch. They need no response from me- they tell the world all it needs to know about you, which isn't much.
You can head back to your double-wide feeling good that you really told me off, and I'll look forward to seeing you on the next episode of Cops. And by the way, have you met Erica yet? It seems like you two have a lot in common.
Mark Bushey
10:07 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
RC was standing up to the perceived racism in some of the comments. So how does that make him racist?
sorlei hughes
9:50 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I am not racist but I must admit while I do think learning another language is important, I do not agree with the United States putting everything in Spanish or getting a recording press 1 for Spanish and 2 for English or the recording automatically starts speaking spanish.if you visit Mexico nothing is in English. English has always been the language here and if you want to live here , you should learn to speak our language not vice versa.
1:31 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Companies started catering to Spanish speaking people for one reason....to sell more products, not to ostracize you. I'm sorry that the extra 10 seconds it takes to push the number one or two on your phone slows down your day, but in the grand scheme of your life in America, things don't change. If not understanding someone bothers you when they are talking to someone else, then the onus is on you to learn what they are saying.
I love my language (english) and I don't speak Spanish well at all...but Mexico is our neighboring country. There is a reason European students learn multiple languages. That way they can communicate with other cultures easily, inside and outside their borders.
6:47 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Yeah that has worked real well in terms of peace and prosperity in Europe the last 200 years. Pick up a book that doesn't have pictures, you'll be amazed what you can learn.
7:56 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Yes, no doubt learning other languages is why the wars were fought. I forgot that is why Germany invaded Poland...because they learned each others language. Thank you for the history lesson. Understanding more about a culture doesn't start wars....ignorance about cultures does.
8:52 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Actually Relentless, no I do not go around asking and I do not assume if they are white they are illegal. I actually work and own part of several business's that work with or serve many local, regional and nationwide business's small and large. Most have many illegals employed somewhere within their ranks and they know it. What makes you think I am white? Why the hate and name calling? There are better ways to discuss other points of view. Spirited discussion and compromise is how this nation became great. It's ok to have disagreements, it's not ok to ack like a total tool, to everyone that doesent agree.
9:27 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
The RELENTLESSRACIST is noting more than a sock puppet for the tax and spend big government liberals. He was last seen in a urine stained obama hopey changey T-shirt chanting "gimme gimme more free stuff" along with the rest of the occupy idiots.


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MESQUITE, Nev. - Robert Duane "Bob" Boley, 64, died Sunday, March 27, 2005, of a heart attack in Mesquite, Nev.
Bob's wishes were to be cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Bob was born to Duane and Barbara "Bobbie" Boley in Glasgow on
July 9, 1940. Bob graduated from Glasgow High School in 1958. He graduated from Northern Montana College in 1962, where he excelled in football and baseball. He received his master's degree in counseling from the University of Montana.
In 1979, he married his sweetheart, Barbara Strong.
Bob began his teaching and coaching career in Outlook. He served in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam conflict. After the war, he taught in Dodson, Lodge Grass and Havre, where he was vice principal until 1977. He was principal at Poplar High School from 1977 to 1980 and at Colstrip High School from 1980 to 1987.
Bob and Barbara moved to Lakeside, where they owned and operated the Spinnaker. In 1993, they sold the Spinnaker.
Bob was an avid sports fan and a Green bay Packer follower. He also enjoyed golfing, hunting, playing cards and carpentry. Bob was a past master of Havre Lodge, AF/AM in Havre, as well as a member of Algeria Shrine. Bob was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kalispell.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents Duane and Barbara Boley.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, a resident of Lakeside and Mesquite, Nev.; children, Staci (Otis) Thrasher of Butte, Qui Boley of Missoula, Shaun (Kari) Boley of Boise, Idaho, and Casey Boley of Inverness; four grandchildren; sister, Barbara Diane Boley of Great Falls; brother, Terry (Diann) Boley of Kent, Wash.; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; and dear friend, Rheta Housman of Mesquite, Nev.
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By: Genevieve Shaw Brown and Gio Benitez
Updated: March 15, 2013
Another day, another Carnival cruise ship is having issues.
The company announced late Thursday night that the Carnival Legend, currently off the coast of Honduras, is unable to sail at its optimal speed because of a technical problem, forcing the ship to cut short passengers' vacation.
The Carnival Legend has canceled its visit to Grand Cayman today so it can immediately return to its homeport in Tampa Bay, Fla., according to a news release.
The Legend is on the last leg of a seven-day Caribbean cruise that departed Tampa March 10.
The Legend is on the last leg of a seven-day Caribbean cruise that departed Tampa March 10.
Carnival did not know the exact number of people on board the Legend but, according to its website, it can hold 2,124 passengers and 930 crew members.
About 1,500 miles away, passengers onboard the Carnival Dream will be flown home rather than completing the remainder of their cruise back to Florida after their ship stalled at a dock in St. Maarten with a mechanical problem Wednesday.
"Since it is unclear when the Carnival Dream will be departing St. Maarten," Carnival spokesperson Vance Gulliksen said in an email to ABC News Thursday, "it only makes sense that we fly guests home and we are in the process of arranging both charter and commercial flights for guests to be flown to Orlando or their final destinations."
The ship suffered from a malfunction to its backup generator, but Carnival says the Dream hasn't lost power and admits there where interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours Wednesday night.
Gulliksen said only one public restroom was taken offline for toilet overflow and there was "a total of one request for cleaning of a guest cabin bathroom.
Aside from that, there have been no reports of issues on board with overflowing toilets or sewage."
Aside from that, there have been no reports of issues on board with overflowing toilets or sewage."
The cruise line, the world's largest ship operator, suffered a public relations nightmare that played out in the media for nearly a week when the Carnival Triumph lost power a month ago. An engine fire crippled the Triumph, leaving more than 4,200 people stranded for five days with overflowing toilets, no power and a scarce food supply.
"You know what, I thought everyone gave me a hard time when I was booking this cruise saying I can't believe you are going on a Carnival cruise after what happened with the Triumph," Kris Anderson, who is on the Carnival Dream with his family, told ABC News Thursday.
"What are the odds it's going to happen again, right? And then look at us now," he added
Despite the mishap on the Dream, people are dealing with the headache in a good manner.
"People obviously are upset, disappointed but it seems like, in general, most folks are going with the flow," Anderson said.
This is the peak season for cruising with students on spring break and chilly weather across most of the United States and Canada.
Carnival insists that potential vacation goers should still choose the company, saying, "We provide enjoyable vacations to 4.5 million people each year. It is important to remember that in neither instance was guest and crew safety compromised."
As a consolation of sorts, Carnival flew Grammy-winning singer Jon Secada onto the Dream Thursday to perform for stranded passengers.
"Thank God that I was not too far away to be here tonight for everybody on board," Secada said.
Passengers on the Dream voyage will receive a refund equivalent to three days of the voyage and 50 percent off a future cruise.
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Preparations for the Tanzania Street Children sports academy (TSC) tour of Germany next month are in closing stages, the executive director of the body, Mutani Yangwe, confirmed yesterday.
Mutani said the trip would take on board twenty players and seven officials including the Tanzania Football Federation's technical director, Sunday Kayuni.
The TSC director said Kayuni will be on board the flight to Germany as a way to cement relationship with the TFF and to give him a glimpse of how the players of the Mwanza-based academy feature in Europe.
The TSC contingent will be in Germany for a three-week sporting entourage.
Yangwe said Kayuni will be joined by Mwanza City deputy director, Jeremiah Tito, on the flight expected to take off on July 14.
"The aim of the tour is exposing up-and-coming talents from communities and schools to the international stage," he said.
However, Yangwe said Kayuni will not exhaust the entire three weeks with the team and instead he will stay there for just a week before boarding a flight back home.
Commenting on the team preparations, the TSC director said the team is ready for the German tour after its head coach Rogashian Kaijage laboured with the training sessions to shape it up.
He said the team has so far played two trial matches against Mwanza based top flight side Toto Africa and emerged with victories of 1-0 and 3-0.
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Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precluded miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports. ~ Book Description
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Christopher Hitchens' god is not Great is an expression of the profoundest moral outrage at the transgressions of religious people. As such, Hitchens follows in a long and honorable tradition. Indeed, in his life and teaching, Jesus also was a consummate critic of corrupted religion. In particular, it was the religious authorities of his time and place — the pharisees — that he most roundly denounced. His criticisms were many, but included charges of hypocrisy, pride, legalism, and unkindness. Like Hitchens, a consistent theme in Jesus' criticism is how inhumane their religious strictures had become. For example, in one of a number of confrontations over Sabbath observance, Jesus reminds the pharisees that the Sabbath was instituted for the sake of humankind, not vice-versa. Furthermore, the letters of early church leaders follow Jesus' precedent in confronting the failings of his earliest followers. And they all stood in a long line of prophetic voices that, according to the biblical record, were called by God to correct the recurring degeneration of Hebrew, and then Christian, religion. Finally, today you can browse the bookshelves of any Christian bookstore to find volume after volume lamenting this or that shortcoming of the Church. Clearly religion can be corrupt, even poisonous, and it is hardly exempt from criticism. But though Hitchens is in good company in his indictment of religious transgressions, god is not Great is something of a missed opportunity. Because his rhetoric evinces such a profound contempt for people of faith, Hitchens fails to speak persuasively to the very people he thinks need saving. If intended merely as a call to arms for his compatriots, god is not Great is a tour de force. But if he hopes to deconvert the converted, to liberate those captive to religion, another course is needed. If that is the aim, here's how to criticize religion.
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Nathan Jacobson » Reflections on Christopher Hitchens' god is not Great
How People Poison Everything
Nathan Jacobson » Reflections on Christopher Hitchens' god is not Great.
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Nathan Jacobson » Reflections on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion.
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Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt concluded 2009 by broadcasting a debate about God between polemicists Michael Shermer and Gregory Koukl, thereby bidding adieu to what he called "The Decade of the New Atheists". It was indeed a remarkable cultural phenomenon how four atheologians in particular rose to prominence by selling scads of books: Sam Harris with The End of Faith (2004), Christopher Hitchens with god is not Great (2007), Daniel Dennet with Breaking the Spell (2006), and, of course, Richard Dawkins with The God Delusion (2006). But just as noteworthy, perhaps, is the cavalcade of able critics who rose to these challenges to Christian theism. As with the cottage industry of criticism that accompanied Dan Brown's and then Ron Howard's The Davinci Code, these broadsides served as provocation for countless apologists. Of course, none of them were remotely as successful as their atheistic rivals in terms of sales. One wonders whether they will slip into oblivion just as Hume survives in philosophy readers, while most of his contemporaneous critics do not. Whatever happens, the swift and mostly scholarly response to this one decade's worth of the perennial barrage on Christian theism leaves it an open question whether, in the final analysis, it was the atheists or their counterparts who owned the aughts. Consider the following list an opportunity to judge this contest of ideas for yourself.
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William Dembski, Various Publishers
With yet another volume bearing his name, Debating Design (422 p.), one has to wonder if William Dembski ever sleeps. His recent publications also include Uncommon Descent (366 p.), Signs of Intelligence (224 p.), and The Design Revolution (330 p.). But, especially in light of Antony Flew's recent comments about the force of arguments from Design, his latest project may win an audience his previous works missed. Bearing the weighty imprint of Cambridge University Press and co-edited with Michael Ruse, Debating Design hosts a discussion between leading advocates and critics of Intelligent Design. William, nice work. And get some sleep.
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Daniel-Howard Snyder and Paul K. Moser, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
With the publication of J.L. Schellenberg's Divine Hiddeness and Human Reason, in recent years philosophers of religion have focused their attention on the problem of the "hiddenness of God", the evident fact that, if God exists, he is not as overtly obvious as he could be. The psalmists and prophets often lamented this apparent absence of God. And Bertrand Russell, imagining a possible meeting with God in the afterlife, famously said he would explain his atheism by the lack of sufficient evidence. A good place to start exploring the problem is in a recent collection of essays: Divine Hiddenness: New Essays. On a more pedestrian level, Phillip Yancey has wrestled with this question at length in his typically poignant and honest style. See his Disappointment with God and Reaching for the Invisible God.


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MARK KEOHANE says Schalk Brits would be a bold but brilliant Springbok selection for the November internationals.
It is unlikely to happen but don't be surprised if lock Marco Wentzel is part of the Boks three-Test campaign.
Brits, according to those with South African links and actively involved in rugby in Europe and the United Kingdom, is the best hooker in the English Premiership and he is also rated by many as the best in Europe.
He plays for Saracens and has always expressed his desire to play again for the Springboks.
For those in South Africa who haven't seen much of Brits in the past few seasons, take a look at this Brits performance against Leicester. It just illustrates the class of the player on attack, in defence, doing the basics of hooker play and so much more. You can find many more examples of his performances on Rugbydump.
Heyneke Meyer rates Adriaan Strauss highly and he will probably select Chiliboy Ralepelle and Craig Burden as back up to Strauss for the Tests against Ireland, Scotland and England.
Bath director of rugby and former Bok forwards coach Gary Gold says Brits would add a dimension to the Boks.
'He has been brilliant for the last few seasons and is so highly regarded over here,' Gold told keo.co.za. 'There are several European and English-based South African players still good enough to play for the Springboks, which doesn't necessarily mean they are better options than what is in South Africa. But Brits, in the absence of injured Bismarck du Plessis, would be a player I'd not hesitate in getting involved. He commands presence and there is huge respect in the English game, especially, for his ability.'
Former Bok and Italy coach Nick Mallett said Brits would be the one overseas-based player he would look to in the November internationals.
'More so in light of the absence of [Bismarck] du Plessis. You have a guy who consistently has been the best performer in his position. He knows the opposition. He knows the conditions and he is not a player at the tail end of his season, as is always the negative for the southern hemisphere sides touring in November and of course for the northern hemisphere sides touring here, Australia and New Zealand in June. Fatigue is always a factor to be considered and Brits, of the South Africans abroad, has been a big performer for some seasons.'
Mallett singled out Francois Louw and Ruan Pienaar, who will be selected, as quality additions to the squad and said he had been impressed with the contributions of Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Rory Kockott.
Injuries may force Meyer to look at a veteran like Botha, but outside of that he is expected to put his faith in those who played in the Rugby Championship.
Brits would be a bolter, even though he should be selected on ability and performance, but the player who may be the bolter is lock Marco Wentzel, who played for the Boks as a youngster a decade ago.
Wentzel lacks the physicality of Eben Etzebeth, Flip van der Merwe and Botha, but he is primarily a No 5 lock and Meyer told keo.co.za earlier in the week it was the one area of concern because of injury to Andries Bekker and Ulster-based Johann Muller. Juandre Kruger assumed the responsibility in the three-Test series against England played in South Africa earlier in the season, but Wentzel has been consistently impressive as a winner of lineout ball and in his organisation of the lineout.
Wentzel, capped just twice for the Boks, has enjoyed spells at Leicester and Leeds and is now integral to the forward pack at London Wasps.
For those unfamiliar with his contribution read Brendan Gallagher's feature in the London Telegraph on how Wentzel is viewed within the Wasps coaching structure. He has assumed a role very similar to Victor Matfield's at the Bulls and Boks.
Meyer also confirmed that none of the Japanese-based trio Fourie du Preez, Danie Rossouw and Jacque Fourie are available for selection because of the structure of their respective club contracts.
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24 Oct 2012, 14:11 pm@nama1-40: Brits would inject necessary speed into our pack, which as a unit is far too slow for a tier 1 team at current.
24 Oct 2012, 14:12 pm@willievz-51: Especially since we now play a less mobile nr8
24 Oct 2012, 14:13 pm@nama1-49:
ja ok. -
24 Oct 2012, 14:27 pm@katman-50:
How many starts did John Smit have ahead of him and why was that? -
24 Oct 2012, 14:30 pm@willievz-51:
Into the back line, you mean. -
24 Oct 2012, 14:34 pm@willievz-52: The advantage however is, that he is not quick enough to get away for the potential contact ala his predesessor, Pierre Spies.
24 Oct 2012, 14:36 pm@nama1-55: No, linking the back line.
Strauss and Chilli are the ones that set up camp at the far end of the back line on offense.
24 Oct 2012, 14:37 pmMind you, I would still start Strauss.
24 Oct 2012, 14:39 pmBrits is a poor version of Burden
24 Oct 2012, 14:39 pm@Mr Black-59: Other way round.
24 Oct 2012, 14:46 pmKeo, why the fascination with Brits? We've got plenty of talent playing in the Currie Cup – even without the injured okes like Bissie, Chillie and Liebenberg.
And Wentzel? Bro, have you lost it? lol.
24 Oct 2012, 14:50 pm@nama1-54: I haven't followed all the games, but Smit was a sub in all the games I saw, with Brits the starting hooker.
24 Oct 2012, 15:08 pm@katman-62:
Oh OK.He started a few games ahead of Brits and I got the impression that it was because they were looking for more scrumming power. Might be totally wrong of course.
24 Oct 2012, 15:25 pmBurden is a less creative version of Brits. I like his passion though. But he is not a tier 1 unit.
24 Oct 2012, 15:32 pm@Jinx2-64:
What do they say about opinions?
24 Oct 2012, 15:59 pmChiliboi is the best!
24 Oct 2012, 16:07 pm@Hondo-66:
Must have take a hell of a lot for you to admit that. -
24 Oct 2012, 16:42 pmBrits is overrated, it isthe question ofa big fish inasmall pond. English ckub rugby is at a lower level and that is why he loks good.
24 Oct 2012, 16:43 pm@KingTJ-68: So why did JDV at Munster and John Smit at Clermont struggle at this so-called "lower level"?
24 Oct 2012, 16:45 pmSorry tabloid keyboard
24 Oct 2012, 16:54 pmJS is over the hill, he should come back to the sharks and coach. Never watched JDV there…so cant pass opinion, but many of our plyers have gone there that couldn't the mustard here. Just look at reinach strauss and the rest of the english squad…..none of those players where good enough. So UK idols to try and make it .
24 Oct 2012, 16:55 pmHopelik trek Gottlieb Swart 'n paar strooitjies.
24 Oct 2012, 16:56 pmSo they joined UK idols(rugby) to try and make it.
24 Oct 2012, 17:00 pmOh dear I wonder if the unregistered keow is Brits' agent? That's why he's forever punting him duh!!!
But Brits is good, maybe on par with Strauss; possibly not as good a scrummager but better with a bit of space and ball in hand. Not sure I would boot anyone to accomodate him though.
24 Oct 2012, 17:03 pm@nama1-54: Because JS was the best set piece hooker to ever play the game, was a brilliant leader, a good in close defender and he hit rucks…..pretty simple really.
24 Oct 2012, 17:06 pmSomething interesting. Sorry for afrikaans
DIE feit dat daar nie 'n enkele gekleurde speler die naweek vir die Oostelike Provinsie Kings teen die Cheetahs opgedraf het nie, is 'n probleem vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugbyunie (Saru).Só sê die uitvoerende hoof van Saru, Jurie Roux."Dit is 'n probleem vir Saru en ons het dit met die Kings opgeneem."Roux het nie gesê wat aan die Kings gesê is nie.Wynand Claassen, oud-Bokkaptein, het gesê as die Kings nie Suid-Afrikaanse gekleurde spelers kies om te speel nie, is dit sinloos om hulle aanstaande jaar in die Superreeks te laat speel."Dit defeat die purpose. Word hulle nie juis toegelaat om in die Superreeks te speel sodat meer gekleurde spelers die kans gegun word om op daardie vlak rugby te speel nie?"Naas Botha, voormalige Springbok-losskakel, sê om gekleurde spelers te laat speel, was nooit 'n amptelike rede vir hul insluiting in die Superreeks nie."Daar is nooit amptelik gesê dit is die rede nie."Die Cheetahs het die Kings Saterdag met 53-14 vermorsel in die eerste van twee promosie-en-relegasiewedstryde.Claassen reken die Kings gaan nie die mas opkom in die Superreeks nie."Hulle gaan verneder word." Roux het ontken dat Saru geld vir die Kings gegee het om spelers te kontrakteer vir aanstaande jaar se Superreeks."Saru het nie méér geld vir die Kings gegee as vir enige ander unie nie en sal ook nie bykomende geld gee sodat hulle beter vaar in die Superreeks nie."Botha wou hom nie uitlaat oor die Kings se kanse nie."Ons sal moet wag en sien. Hulle het 'n paar spelers gekontrakteer wat dalk 'n verskil kan maak. Tot voor die onderskep-drie van Andries Strauss het hulle nie te vrot gevaar teen die Cheetahs die afgelope naweek nie."Cheeky Watson, president van die Kings, het teen druktyd nie sy selfoon geantwoord nie.
24 Oct 2012, 19:50 pm@Skeppie-75: Maybe in 2007 ….post 2007 a useless lump of lard .
25 Oct 2012, 02:09 am@husky-74: Brits probably would do a better job at 13 than Taute!
@grant10-77: let it go g10, Smit was still a top player in 2009 and a good test hooker in 2011 albeit Bismarck was a better one
25 Oct 2012, 03:24 amBuild a bridge ya boring git!
25 Oct 2012, 03:26 amI rate Brits. Watched his game over the week-end, great hands, step and appears all over the park.
SA's no 2 hooker IMHO, but doubt 'ol blue eyes would consider him……..unfortunately
25 Oct 2012, 09:28 amA hooker who does up and unders, is kick receiver, side-steps and runs in the back line like any centre… Maybe this is what the Bok back-line needs a forward who can cover both.
Check his performance in the Premiership final, this guy is very impressive
25 Oct 2012, 09:43 amIn an ideal world my SA team
1 Steenkamp / Beast / Coenie
2 Bis / Brits / Strauss
3 Mujati / Doctor / Cilliers
4 Estebeth / Mostert / Flippie
5 Becker / Kruger / ?
6 Brussow / louwe / Coetzee
7 Smith / Burger / Alberts
8 Burger / Vermulen / Daniels /Spies / Brits?
9 Pienaar / kocket / Hougie
10 Lambie / Goosen / Jnjies – Lambie before Goose just for experience for now
11 Habs / Mvovo
12 Fourie / F Steyn /Jordaan
13 JdJ / Taute / JDV
14 JPP / Hougie / Basson
l515 Taute / F Steyn / Lambie / Ludik all before Nik Nak -
25 Oct 2012, 10:58 am@rabooby
Does SA not have any other quality scrum halves other than Pienaar (has been reliable at best) and Hougie (mercurial at best)?
Who is the new talent there, seems like another of the many Bok weak spots at the moment?
25 Oct 2012, 11:28 amDon't think we have another option. We need to find another FDP or bring him back till we can. Think Pienaar will come good again.. we just need to get more game time with players, our 10 keeps changing so that changes things all the time. So I think Pienaar has done a great job considering,, I just wish he would clear the rucks quicker ..
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