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Monday, May 9, 2011
The Gorham Case
GORHAM CASE, THE. According to the judgment of the Privy Council in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, the validity of the doctrine of the conditional (or hypothetical) regeneration of infants in baptism was declared consistent with the teaching of the Church of England. The Gorham Case proved to be one of far-reaching importance in the history of the Church of England. It was the first great decision on a doctrinal question since the Reformation, and though its effects were minimised by the leaders and sympathisers of the then incipient Tractarian Movement, the decision of the Court was nevertheless viewed by them as a serious blow to their theory of Sacramental Grace. The circumstances of the case were as follows.
The Rev. Geo. Cornelius Gorham, B.D., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, and a clergyman of over thirty years standing, incurred, when vicar of St. Just, Cornwall, the displeasure of his diocesan, Bishop Henry Phillpots of Exeter, on account of certain phrases,such as "National Establishment, "used by him in a circular relating to a new church in Pendeen, and in advertising for a curate "free from Tractarian Error." The vicar, on his part, protested against the bishop's determination to institute a particular inquiry into any curate nominated by him. This was the first indication of that friction which developed into a serious and protracted controversy. In 1847 Lord Chancellor Cottenham offered Mr. Gorham the living of Brampford Speke in the same diocese. The required signatures of three beneficed clergymen were, on his acceptance of the offer, appended to the Letters Testimonial. These, on being submitted to the bishop for his counter-signature, were endorsed to the effect that he must conscientiously withhold his signature, inasmuch as he considered that the affixing of his name would imply his personal belief that the party to whom it relates had not held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine of the United Church of England and Ireland, and that his own experience attested that Mr. Gorham did hold, write, and maintain what was contrary to the discipline of the said Church. This drew forth a remonstrance from Mr. Gorham. The bishop refused to alter his determination. The Lord Chancellor, on being appealed to, ordered the Presentation to be made out, which was done on November 2nd. Mr. Gorham in due course applied to the bishop for institution. That application led to a correspondence which resulted in the signification of the bishop's intention to test the presentee's soundness as to doctrine by examination. This examination began on November 17, 1847, lasting six days in spite of Mr. Gorham's protest against its continuance, "on the ground that his doctrine-had been sufficiently tested, and that the examination was becoming over-minute and inquisitorial. "Notwithstanding, for three days in the following March (1848) it was resumed, and finally terminated on the llth of that month. The examination was conducted partly by written questions and partly viva voce. When the latter method was used, the bishop's chaplain and Mr. Gorham took down both question and answer. The whole examination was eventually published by Mr. Gorham, and acknowledged to be correct by the bishop, who subsequently incorporated the book in his Act of Petition to the Court of Arches. No less than 149 questions were put at this examination, most of which were answered by Mr. Gorham, while some were declined on the ground of irrelevancy.
To Questions V., VI., and VII., which were to the effect, "Does the Church hold, and do you hold, that every infant lawfully baptized is by God made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven that such infants are born again of water and of the Holy Ghost, and received by the laver of regeneration into the number of the children of God? " Mr. Gorham replied that these propositions being stated in the words of the Book of Common Prayer must be held to contain nothing contrary to the Word of God or to sound doctrine, "and therefore may be deemed to be fairly defensible, if it shall be allowed such just and favourable construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human writings, especially such as are set forth by authority." (See Preface to Book of Common Prayer.)
"Just and favourable construction" of passages like these must be sought, argued Mr. Gorham, (1) by bringing them into juxtaposition with the precise and dogmatical teaching of the Church in her explicit standard of doctrine, the XXXIX. Articles; (2) by comparing the various parts of her Formularies with each other; (3) by ascertaining the views of those by whom her services were reformed and her Articles sanctioned.
The real point involved in these questions was the efficacy of the Sacrament of Baptism, not merely in infants, but in adults, and that question could not, he argued, be fairly dissevered from the efficacy of the other Sacrament, that of the Lord s Supper. (See Article XXIX.) The Articles were cited as teaching that, in addition to right administration of both sacraments, "worthy reception" is essential to their becoming " effectual signs of grace." No distinction is made in this respect between adults and infants. "They that receive baptism rightly (recte baptismum suscipientes, i.e. not merely by lawful administration, but by worthy reception) are grafted into the Church; the promises of the forgiveness of sins and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed."
Such, Mr. Gorham contended, is the doctrine of the Articles on the efficacy of both Sacraments—where there is no worthy reception, there is no bestowal of grace.
The Formularies fairly construed are consistent with the Articles. In the Catechism "the inward and spiritual grace" is carefully distinguished from "the outward and visible sign" which is its token, pledge, and manifestation when rightly received. The conditions of repentance and faith " are expressly required even of infants, who must enter into these stipulations by their representatives. Faith and repentance are declared by the adult in his own person, and are stipulated by the infant through his sponsors as dispositions which exist, or shall hereafter exist, in the mind of the candidate. The whole Baptismal Service, therefore, is constructed on the assumption that these promises are sincere, and are pledged on behalf of the infant by its sponsors as conditions which should be forth coming in the mind of the candidate for baptism. In this charitable hope the Formularies of the Church affirm that the subject of baptism is "a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven" (Question V.).
Question VI. In the same strain of charitable hypothesis it is affirmed that infants" so baptized," namely, not merely according to the institution of Christ, but, with "the stipulation (the answer) of a good conscience towards God," are born again of water and of the Holy Ghost; (Question VII. ) it being impossible that such dispositions and fruits should exist, except when the Holy Ghost has imparted a new nature, which He may do before baptism, in baptism, or after baptism, "as He listeth."
The examination resulted in the refusal on the part of the bishop to institute Mr. Gorham. on the ground of the unsoundness of the doctrines enunciated by him.
In compelling the bishop by legal proceedings to grant institution, the form known as Duplex Querula was adopted, which consisted of a complaint tendered to the archbishop against his Ordinary for some alleged denial of justice. The Dean of Arches (Sir H. J. Fust) issued a monition to the bishop to institute Mr. Gorham within fifteen days, or show cause for refusing; institution to be proceeded with by default. The bishop responded by what is called an "Act on Petition," in which he included the book published by Mr. Gorham containing a detailed account of his examination. The bishop expressed himself convinced that Mr. Gorham was of unsound doctrine in respect to the efficacy of the Sacrament of Baptism, inasmuch as he held that spiritual regeneration is not given or conferred in that Holy Sacrament. This elicited a defensive rejoinder from Mr Gorham. The case came on for hearing in the Arches Court in February 1849, and judgment was given in the following August in favour of the bishop. Sir H. J. Fust concluded his judgment by stating that "the doctrine of the Church of England undoubtedly is that children baptized are regenerated at baptism, and are undoubtedly saved if they die without committing actual sin. Mr. Gorham has maintained, and does maintain, opinions opposed to that Church of which he professes himself a member and a minister."
From the decision of the Court of Arches Mr. Gorham appealed to her Majesty in Council. The case came on for hearing on Appeal, before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, December 11, 1849. The appellant's points, as put by his Counsel, were principally these: The Articles are the Code of Doctrine in the Church of England, the Prayer Book the Code of Devotion. It is not imputed to Mr. Gorham that he holds anything inconsistent with the Articles, but that he holds doctrine inconsistent with opinions gathered by the bishop inferentially from the Services of the Church. The doctrine which Mr. Gorham is alleged to contradict may be stated as that of unconditional regeneration in baptism, which is substantially the same as that opus operatum of the Council of Trent, which Article XXV. condemns, as is shown by the version of that Article in the edition of 1552 (their Article XXVI.), where the words used were "and in such only as worthily receive the same, have they a wholesome effect, and that not on account of the work wrought, "idque non ex opera (ut quidam loquuntur) operate."The present Article XXV., though leaving out the particular words ex opere operato, as effectually condemns the idea of unconditional grace. The question is not whether the doctrine of Mr. Gorham is laid down in the Articles, but whether it is tenable consistently with them.
A true view of the baptismal services shows that they all admit of explanation on that same charitable hypothesis which is confessedly the true explanation in the service for adult baptism, and which charitable hypothesis necessarily pervades the entire Prayer Book from Morning Prayer onward to the close.
Mr. Gorham, on his part, denied the allegation of the bishop that he maintained, or had at any time maintained, unsound doctrine respecting the efficacy of the Sacrament of Baptism, or that he had held, or persisted in holding, any opinions thereon at variance with the plain teaching of the Church of England in her Articles and Liturgy.
The construction put upon Mr. Gorham's doctrine by the Judicial Committee was as follows:--
"Baptism is a Sacrament generally necessary to salvation, but the grace of regeneration does not so necessarily accompany the act of baptism that regeneration invariably takes place in baptism; that the grace may be granted before, in, or after baptism; that baptism is an effectual sign of grace, by which God works invisibly in us, but only in such as worthily receive it in them alone it has a wholesome effect; and that without reference to the qualification of the recipient, it is not in itself an effectual sign of grace. That infants baptized, and dying before actual sin, are certainly saved; but that in no case is regeneration in baptism unconditional."
The concluding words of the judgment given in the Court of Appeal, reversing that of the Court of Arches, are as follows:--
"The judgment of their lordships is, that the doctrine held by Mr. Gorham is not contrary or repugnant to the declared doctrine of the Church of England as by law established, and that Mr. Gorham ought not, by reason of the doctrine held by him, to have been refused admission to the vicarage of Brampford Speke. We shall therefore humbly report to her Majesty that the sentence pronounced by the learned Judge of the Arches Court of Canterbury ought to be reversed, and that it ought to be declared that the respondent, the Lord Bishop of Exeter, has no shown sufficient cause why he did not institute Mr. Gorham to the said vicarage.
"We shall humbly advise her Majesty to remit the cause with that declaration to the Arches Court of Canterbury, to the end that right and justice may be done in this matte: pursuant to the said declaration " (March 8 1850).
As the result of this judgment, the Dean of Arches, acting for the archbishop, duly instituted Mr. Gorham to the living of Brampford
Literature.--Brodrick and Fremantle' s Judgments of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, London, 1865. Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury from the Bishop of Exeter, 91 pp., London, 1850. By the same to the Churchwardens of the Parish of Brampford Speke. A Pastoral Letter by the Bishop of Exeter to his Clergy on " The Present State of the Church," 126 pp., London, 1851. This last contains an Address of sympathy from thirty-seven ministers in Prussia. J. B. Mozley, Review of the Baptismal Controversy, new edition, 1895, and his Primitive Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration, 1856. Among Mr. Gorham s publications relating to the case, the following maybe quoted: "Examination before Admission to a Benefice, by the Bishop of Exeter, followed by Refusal to Institute," London. This is the book mentioned as having been filed in the Register of the Court of Arches. The Rev. W. Goode issued a remarkable pamphlet by way of comment on the Bishop of Exeter's Letter to the Primate above mentioned, 107 pp.
Rev. W. Heber Wright, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, Vicar of St. George's, Worthing.
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Cornerstone exists because of Jesus. We are a people who have been transformed by the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. Through Jesus' death and resurrection, God has forgiven us and adopted us into his family. Now, we have a whole new life.
Through the gospel, God redeems us, forgives us, and adopts us into his family. The good news of Jesus' death and resurrection makes each one of us a new creation and gives us a new identity: children of God. This is why we can never think of the church as an organization or a building. The church is actually a family—God's family, filled with redeemed sinners that are now his children.
Through the gospel, God forgives us, adopts us into his family, and makes us his disciples. This means that the church is not just any family. We are a family formed by God—and sent out with a purpose.
The church is a family that ministers to one another, cares for one another, and builds one another up. Each member of the family is a child of God who is uniquely gifted to bless the family and to be a light in our city.
Just like a vine grows best with a good trellis, our church family grows best with good programs. Our programs and ministries are tailored to support the community and mission God has given us.
Pastor Scott Mehl oversees the church's discipleship and counseling ministry and has earned a doctorate in Biblical Counseling. His material is developed from both years of biblical study and years of personal experience discipling and counseling regularly in the church.
This class fulfills the observation requirements for ACBC certification, and is encouraged for anyone who is interested in sharpening their practical counseling or discipleship skills. It is designed as a time to relate with others about the practical choices made in a counseling situation and to glean from different perspectives or approaches.
We will watch a 50-60 minute counseling video, and then spend 30 minutes discussing it together as a group.
Week 1
Jesse, part 1
Week 2
Jesse, part 2
Week 3
Jesse, part 3
Week 4
Danielle, part 1
Week 5
Danielle, part 2
Week 6
Danielle, part 3
Week 7
Richard, part 1
Week 8
Richard, part 2
Week 9
Richard, part 3
Week 10
Dan and Debbie, part 1
Week 11
Dan and Debbie, part 2
Week 12
Dan and Debbie, part 3
IBCD Observation Set (provided in class)
Scott serves the church by overseeing leadership, development, global ministries, and counseling/discipleship.
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This is the best summary of our true position and relation to Christ, our Redeemer.
The writer of this excellent summation has been gracious to let me copy and post this. Stop by his blog and read some wonderful thoughts, insights and just plain good reading.
Our Kinsman Redeemer Is Risen Indeed
Our Lord used some very unambiguous language in Matthew 15:24: "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Whenever a professing Christian twists the Scriptures to apply the gospel call to include all races, he does violence to those Scriptures, and makes Christ's own words of none effect.
Or perhaps Christ Jesus was simply mistaken about exactly who His people are and the purpose for which He came to pitch His tent among us?
Perhaps the eternal Word is in error in places where we're told that God changes not?
The epistle to the Hebrews was written years after Christ's death and after Pentecost. When we look at Chapter 8 of that epistle, we cannot miss the plain fact that the new covenant is a contract, a legal arrangement, between the Ever-Living and the house of Israel, just as the old covenant had been.
So how is such plain language as that of the covenant so easily and so regularly misunderstood, even by the true descendants of Israel?
The word "gentile" is enormously problematic. There is no such word in the original languages of the Bible. The words usually translated "gentile" actually mean "nation" or "tribe" or "ethnicity." If you doubt this, pull out your Strong's Concordance, do a little fact-checking, and ask yourself this question: Was Rebekah a promiscuous adulteress with two "gentiles" in her womb? (Genesis 25:23ff) Of course not. She had two "nations" in her womb...and the word correctly translated "nations" in this passage is - yes, that's correct - the same word mistranslated as "gentiles" in other passages.
Here's an exercise: try going through the New Testament with your concordance and picking out all the examples of the use of the word "gentiles." But before you do this, write Matthew 15:24 on a piece of paper in large letters: "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." While you're doing your word search for "gentiles," keep glancing back at Matthew 15:24 and keep those words of our Lord in mind. When you've found several examples of the word "gentile" in the NT, look up those passages and read them carefully, still remembering to look often at the verse from Matthew you've written at the top of your paper. If you do this exercise sincerely, it may very well be that you will hear the "click" of scales falling from your eyes and landing on the table in front of you.
A careful reading of Scripture through the lens of the new covenant will clearly show that Christ did not intend evangelical outreach to any people except Israel, nor did His apostles and disciples go to any except the dispersed Israelites. It seems that Paul agonized because he was sent to the Israelites scattered among the nations instead of to his own house of Judah. He knew the gentiles (ethnos - §θvoς) to be the northern tribes of Israel in Greece, but he likely held the southern kingdom's deep animosity against those diasporan northern kingdom Israelites. Finally, though, he reconciled himself to his calling and admitted "there is no difference between Judean and Greek" (Romans 10:12). Both the southern and northern kingdoms comprise the tribes of Israel, God's elect race. Paul never went to any non-Israelites.
It is very clear that the Old and New Covenants apply only to this one racial lineage from Israel. Only Israelites were brought into the Old Covenant, the Law. And here's a thought: no other people can be charged with violating that law which was not given to them.
Why would the Lord Jesus to come to redeem other races from a guilt which is not theirs, according to the plain teachings of His Word? Christ Jesus settled Israel's breach-of-contract and then acted as Israel's agent to secure a new contract, which is again limited to the specific descendants of Israel (refer back to the eighth chapter of Hebrews). So, it would again be time-wasting foolishness for missionaries to carry Israel's Good News to other races, to people for whom Christ did not come.
Christ the Lord is our Kinsman.
He is our Redeemer.
He is our Kinsman Redeemer (Ruth, chapter four).
And He is risen indeed.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Our Kinsman Redeemer Is Risen Indeed
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Hi Everybody!
Hope you are already for christmas unlike me....Anyway however you celebrate it have a happy time. I remember how at the Zen Center in SLC we used to hold a service in memory of Jesus Christ Daiosho. It was a nice way of celebrating christmas but quite unlike how they do it here.
We had a good time at the sesshin in Beeley (in the English peak district). We just missed the heavy snow by finishing the day before it appeared on all the news programs - the very road we had just traveled devoid of ice and snow.
During the sesshin we made a rakusu for Genpo Roshi and Tenkei Roshi but because everyone was sewing far too fast, Anjo (a monk from Zen River, Holland) and I thought it would be good idea if they silently chanted Namu Ki Butsu (Be one with Buddha) with each stitch, and that worked.
I just heard that her dog Jimmy, a very small black mongrel, is wearing a christmas jacket. She thought that boots would be good but I think I will get someone to knit him legwarmers instead.
Happy Christmas everybody!
love Genshin
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020 review: The best Windows Phone ever made
After a anniversary I alternate the appraisal assemblage and purchased my own Lumia 1020. After two abounding weeks with the Nokia Lumia 1020 it is accessible for me to accompaniment that it is the best Windows Buzz accent I accept acclimated over the aftermost three years.
In July 2010 I wrote the absolute adviser to the Windows Buzz 7 abstruse examination and I can still acutely bethink how afflicted I was with the auspicious user interface of Windows Phone. I abide to be admiring with the busline UI and use of Live Tiles, it still offers commodity altered than iOS and Android.
Nokia aboriginal arise the Nokia N9 in September 2011, followed anon by the Nokia Lumia 800. Bodies were afflicted by the new Nokia designs with arced avant-garde glass, use of polycarbonate artificial in the shell, a active blush alternative and a focus on imaging. Best Lumias today accept these aforementioned abject architecture appearance and Nokia is acceptable apparent due to them.
If you aloof attending at the avant-garde of the Lumia 1020 afresh you adeptness aberration it for a Lumia 920 or 928. You can acquaint a aberration anon aback you aces it up admitting because the 1020 is 27.4 grams (0.97 ounces) lighter. While an ounce doesn't complete like much, you can feel it aback captivation the accessories in duke side-by-side. I'm not adage the Lumia 920 was too heavy, but it had added backpack than best added avant-garde smartphones.
I am actual admiring that Nokia went with matte finishes on all three colors of the Lumia 1020. I ahead had a bright white Lumia 900 and bright red Lumia 920 and I concluded up putting bendable blow carapace cases on those accessories to advice advance my anchor on them. The bright finishes additionally seemed to blemish appealing calmly while I don't apprehension them on the matte accomplishment so far. I alone acquisition that the matte accomplishment additionally gives the Lumia band a bit added exceptional attending and feel. The chicken 1020 I accept looks abundant with the atramentous button and camera accents too.
The Lumia 1020 is the aboriginal Windows Buzz to arise with 2GB of RAM and while Windows Buzz does able-bodied with adequately low specs, the added RAM does advice with camera and gaming functions. The affectation looks abundant with 1280x768 resolution in 4.5 inches and AMOLED ClearBlack technology. Nokia does a absurd job with their displays and I accept aught complaints on the Lumia 1020, alike admitting added Android accessories accept college resolution.
41 megapixel camera
There are abounding accessories and allegory apropos the Lumia 1020 camera, but I awful acclaim you apprehend the accomplished assay from Steve Litchfield in his camera affection commodity and in his 808 PureView vs Lumia 1020 comparison. Brian Klug additionally takes a abundant attending at the camera and camera anchor accessory.
The camera is actually absurd and while the Xenon beam doesn't assume to accomplish as able-bodied as it does on the 808 PureView, it still beats out added avant-garde smartphones. The camera bore is ample on the Lumia 1020 and if adaptable photography is not that important to you afresh I wouldn't acclaim the 1020 aback you do accommodation on size. Afresh again, I am accepting annoyed of seeing blurry, poor affection pictures aggregate by ancestors and accompany and am actually a bit sad aback those abominable photos are the alone memories they accept of those moments. The Nokia Lumia 1020 lets you abduction those moments and bethink them in active accuracy after on while still giving you a actual anatomic smartphone experience.
Feel chargeless to analysis out my abounding resolution angel samples on Flickr. Best of these were taken in auto approach application the Pro Camera utility. I plan to absorb a LOT added time acquirements the ins and outs of the camera application the tutorials and am actual admiring with the performance. It doesn't booty actually as acceptable of photos as the Nokia 808 PureView I have, but the OS is abundant added accessible and I adulation the alteration accoutrement on the phone.
Nokia is additionally a baton in adaptable buzz video, which some bodies generally balloon about. Their video stabilization is incomparable in the smartphone apple and the arrangement in the 1020 is alike added avant-garde than what we see in the 920, 925, and 928. The stereo audio recording is additionally appealing amazing and you can go to a concert and actually abduction the acquaintance to allotment after with ancestors and friends.
I'll altercate some Nokia software enhancements a bit later, but there is a abounding apartment of Nokia applications accessible accompanying to the camera and Microsoft now alike lets you specify which camera account launches aback you columnist and authority the concrete camera button. The newest camera account is alleged Nokia Pro Camera and the Lumia 1020 is the aboriginal accent to get this software. Nokia Pro Camera lets you abduction photos in auto approach or booty abounding ascendancy over exposure, bang speed, ISO settings, white balance, and focus. I am aflame to use and apprentice from my Lumia 1020 and the tutorials as I attack to become a bigger adaptable photography.
Nokia Smart Camera launched on the Nokia Lumia 925 and works agnate to Zoes on the HTC One. Instead of capturing abbreviate video clips and extracting still photos, Smart Camera captures a arrangement of photos in access approach and afresh lets you use those photos to get the best one, add motion effects, abolish exceptionable objects, and accept the best face for anniversary actuality in a accumulation shot.
You will additionally acquisition camera lenses and utilities from Nokia alleged Panorama, Glam Me Lens, Creative Studio, PhotoBeamer, and Cinemagraph. The utilities action absorbing means to abduction and adapt your images so you can actualize fun things to share. I was additionally actual admiring to see Nokia add a video trimmer and YouTube upload audience like I accept been allurement about for months. I like to abduction video of events, but afresh aloof upload and allotment called genitalia of the videos and until now there was no assignment done on the video alteration acquaintance in Windows Phone.
Along with the hardware, in archetypal Nokia appearance you will acquisition a brace of air-conditioned accessories advised aloof for the AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020. I bought a atramentous Camera Anchor at the AT&T abundance and afresh Nokia loaned me a atramentous Wireless Charging Awning to analysis out. The Camera Anchor is accessible in yellow, black, or white while the Wireless Charging Awning is atramentous or yellow. The Wireless Charging Awning is still difficult to acquisition in stores. Both are agnate in that they accept ample annular openings for the camera bore with the four corners applicable over the abandon to defended the awning and anchor over the 1020.
The Camera Anchor is a bit added advanced, yet analytic priced at $59.00. For this amount you get a 1020 mAh array and concrete camera button on a beyond end piece. Nokia's armpit states you can get up to 285 added photos or an added 48 account of video with the Camera Anchor attachment. Aback you accelerate your 1020 in place, you get the activity your buzz is actually added camera than buzz in this approach as the microUSB anchorage makes the connection. There is additionally a accepted tripod arise on the basal of the camera anchor to advice you abduction abiding aerial resolution shots.
Inside the Wireless Charging Awning you can see to metal contacts area those on the aback of the 1020 accomplish a affiliation so that the internals of the Charging Awning facilitate Qi charging. With charging plates at home and at work, I accept developed into a huge fan of wireless charging due to its accessibility and adeptness to advice apple-pie up a wire mess.
Nokia software enhancements
I accept accounting a brace of times about the absurd amount added by Nokia for Windows Buzz owners. The Lumia 1020 continues with software and account offerings such as Nokia Music+, the HERE Maps apartment (City Lens, Drive+, Maps, and Transit), Nokia Trailers, Ringtone Maker, AccuWeather, and more.
Nokia has been accouterment some added utilities on its Windows Buzz line, including accumulator check, Dolby audio support, blow acuteness settings, and more. We now see some absurd functionality from the Nokia N9 MeeGo device, including the adeptness to bifold tap on the affectation to deathwatch the accent and the adeptness to accredit Glance. Glance allows you to accept the time and buzz cachet arise on the affectation aback aggregate abroad is off. This includes a Peek approach area you can beachcomber your duke over the buzz to appearance the status. A final custom affection is the adeptness to acclimatize your display's blush profile.
Apps and the Windows Buzz Store
Microsoft afresh appear there are now added than 160,000 apps in the Windows Buzz Abundance and for my claimed needs there are aloof a brace missing that I use on iOS and Android. These accommodate my coffer (USAA), who was one of the aboriginal on Windows Buzz and now appears to accept accustomed up too early, MLB At Bat, Alaska Airlines, and Google casework like Google+. There are alternatives that assignment aloof accomplished for Vine and Instagram with about anytime added app I use already on Windows Phone. In addition, Halo: Spartan Assault, is advancing to all accessories soon.
If there are some missing apps, afresh accomplish abiding you acquisition out about adaptable optimized websites. Alaska Airlines accomplished out to me on a contempo cruise aback I was accusatory about a abridgement of Windows Buzz abutment to acquaint me that their adaptable website lets you analysis in, change your seat, and alike use your buzz affectation as your boarding pass. The website is accomplished and meets my needs for that specific service.
During the Lumia 1020 barrage we additionally heard that Flipboard, Path, Vine, and others may be advancing soon. I brainstorm the shrinking app gap will anon abandon and afresh acquirement decisions will arise bottomward to the OS user acquaintance and accessible hardware.
There is no agnosticism that the Nokia Lumia 1020 is the best Windows Buzz accent anytime made. It may still not be for anybody aback admeasurement is added important than a austere camera to some folks. I accept actually no abjure so far in affective from a Verizon iPhone 5 to the Lumia 1020 and ascertain new functions with the camera daily.
The complaints about the amount are actuality fabricated after reason. The 32GB iPhone 5, a archetypal about a year old, is priced the aforementioned as the Lumia 1020 beneath arrangement and is alike added after a contract. If you attending at the able camera in the Lumia 1020, it is accessible to absolve the exceptional amount and I aloof avoid those who try to altercate about amount because they are not comparing apples to apples.


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Here's a few words from the bride before we get to those jaw dropping pics.....
"It was an absolutely amazing weekend, everything we'd hoped for and more. Watching all the plans we had made with Rosena and Fred take shape really added to the anticipation. They, together with the Dar Ayniwen team, ensured every detail was perfectly taken care of, leaving us to make the most of our time with our family and friends. We were genuinely relaxed and had so much fun! Marrakech fully played its part too, winning over our guests in the same way it had done us several years before. We've joked we'll have to return every year on our anniversary – and I'm sure there'll be some that now attempt to join us!"
English couple Clare Blacker and Richard Clarke, met at work and bonded over their love of travel and adventure. A conventional English wedding was not for them and they chose Marrakech as their destination after having fallen in love with the exoticism of the city during their travels.
Clare chose a Dress by Suzanne Neville and Richard a Ted Baker suit with a turquoise tie and pink boutonnière in keeping with the décor theme of the day and some smart Tiffany's cufflinks, a wedding day gift from his bride.
Clare chose a fuchsia pink theme with turquoise, teal and gold accents for the ceremony and reception, reflecting the pink bougainvillea, which added such wonderful vibrancy to the villa's gardens.
Guests followed a path of fuchsia rose petals through the park, past the birdcages to a fountain patio for mint tea on arrival before being seated in the stunning garden pavilion for the ceremony. Fuchsia curtains billowed in the afternoon breeze between the pavilion columns, Moroccan lanterns and rose petals lined the aisle and 2 stunning bouquets of fuchsia Atlas roses framed the couple as they exchanged their vows.
Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed champagne and canapés in the olive grove at sunset on Moroccan rugs, poofs and cushions. Before being seated for dinner, guests were surprised by a performance of local 'Gnawa' musicians and acrobats, which finished with most of the guests dressed in the Gnawa costumes and hats and joining in the singing!
Dancing continued into the early hours and revellers were sustained with a late night Sharwarma bar and many cooled off by paddling or dipping in the pool!
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I'm honestly not that much of a Barney Frank fan, but I love his recent letter to the CEO of Bank of America and to the three other biggest bank CEOS, scolding them for being greedy when it comes to second liens that are involved in short sales.
Yes, only an obsessed man deeply involved in a short sale would really pay attention to something like this. But I have personally confronted the avaricious posturing of a major institution that is a second lien holder.
In my case, it happened to be GMAC, not on the list of the Big Four. It was GMAC that wouldn't accept BofA's $3000 offer for release of second lien, and it was GMAC that is squeezing a fairly substantial additional sum out of my coffers -- because they can. And GMAC is one of the sickest financial institutions and a major beneficiary of federal bailouts -- to date, not paid back.
It's a good thing that short sales are getting more attention now that we're getting close to the kick in of the HAFA rules in eary April. Why there was even a front page article in the NYT this morning on this aspect of the mortgage mess that has seemed way too esoteric for the general audience.
As to my own quest, which is supposed to end later this week, today was a day of minor progress. A hopeful initial negotiation with a potentially lethal parasitic lien holder. A scramble to obtain a totally unnecessary document that's being demanded by the title insurance company. But the end is nigh, and chances are decent there's going to be happy ending.
Monday, March 8, 2010
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Easiest Lemon Cookies
Elaine Moretti
I'm not sure where I got this recipe, but something tells me it was on the side of the cake box. Extremely easy to make and they look beautiful. And of course, they are very tasty too. Especially if you love lemon.
1 boxlemon cake mix (i used dh lemon supreme)
2 largeeggs
1/3 cvegetable oil
1 tsplemon extract
·i add about 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice and a couple of pinches of lemon zest (if you don't have fresh lemons ignore this step)
·confectioners' sugar
How to Make Easiest Lemon Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil and lemon exract. Blend together until no dry particles are visible. Batter will be very dense.
- Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners' sugar. Roll dough around until they are lightly covered. Once sugared, place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for approximately 9 minutes. The bottoms will be light brown, the insides chewy and will seem undone when you touch them. Check the bottoms.
- Cool them on a wire rack.
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These are the quilts I made for Alanna's Orphans. I tried a new technique – it looked so easy when our friend did it. For me, sometimes the "easier" techniques turn out to be harder. Like for me, the dreaded applique comes easy. For me, it is fast. This one was – for me – HARD!
I found myself jumping back and forth from cutting to sewing. I did all the quilting at the end. If I were to do another one, I would maybe quilt as I go, but that means a lot of changing threads. . . no, I don't think I will do any of these again. Sewing through six layers is difficult to do with accuracy, and then doing the quilting – for me – is not easy. I'm glad I tried it, I'm glad I finished the quilts, and I think I will stick to techniques that work better for me.
This coming Monday, March 24, all quilters in Q8 are meeting in a huge Quiltathon to put together quilts for the orphanage. Our goal is 20 quilts. I am secretly hoping we complete more!


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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Rugby Personalities: The Big Interview: Bryan Habana
By: David Walsh
Source: UK Sunday Times
The rising star of Springbok rugby tells David Walsh how he deals with the unique pressures of the Rainbow Nation.
Eight days ago Bernie Habana walked with his 18-year-old daughter Alycia to the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. He liked going places with Alycia because in her company you never got lost. Go to a rugby game with Alycia and you end up at the right gate. "The brains of the family," he always says.
Eight days ago Bernie Habana walked with his 18-year-old daughter Alycia to the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. He liked going places with Alycia because in her company you never got lost. Go to a rugby game with Alycia and you end up at the right gate. "The brains of the family," he always says.
Bernie Habana's reasons for being in Cardiff last weekend were straightforward. His country, South Africa, was playing Wales, and since he was a boy, rugby union has been one of his passions. Alycia, too, likes the game. In the rivers of Welshness that flowed up St Mary Street and towards the ground, Bernie picked out South African flags here and there.
He loves his country's flag. For him it is a symbol of South Africa's diversity and at the same time an expression of its unity. Others interpret the colours as they wish; he sees the blue as depicting South Africa's clear skies, red stands for the fertile soil, green for the vast lushness of the countryside, yellow for the sunshine and white, ah, the white he knows symbolises peace. "It's like a beautiful woman," he once said, "you fall in love with it."
He and Alycia had shown their tickets at a security check 50 yards or so before the turnstiles when he noticed the other flag: the orange, white and blue that was the country's official emblem of South Africa before the end of apartheid. As a man of colour, he considers the old flag an image of oppression and finds it offensive.
It was draped across the shoulders of a young white South African as he and his two friends made their way to the game and Bernie Habana wasn't prepared to let it go. Approaching the young man, he pointed to the flag. "Do you understand how people like me see that flag as personifying what was wrong with our country?" The young supporter was unsympathetic.
So Bernie tried to explain that South Africa was now a different country with a new flag, and if the old hurt was to be taken away, then the symbols of injustice had to go first.
"You have the Springbok on the jersey you wear and a symbol of oppression across your shoulders," he said. He gets emotional but not unreasonable when talking about South Africa.
"My son is playing for South Africa today," he said to his young compatriot. "I don't want you to support him and he would not want you to support him."
"Who is your son?" "Bryan Habana."
"You're just bringing politics into sport."
"I'm not. I am speaking to you as a human being."
The young man's two friends apologised. The one wearing the old flag remained defiant, but then he seemed to hesitate. Bernie and Alycia walked on. Glancing back, Bernie saw the man pull the flag from around his neck, fold it up and stuff it into his coat. He went back to speak to him. "I appreciate the respect you have shown in putting away that flag," he said.
They all then made their way inside the stadium and to their seats. South Africa won 33-16 and Bryan Habana, the new star of his country's rugby team, scored two tries, his 14th and 15th in just 14 internationals. He failed to add to that tally against France yesterday.
IT WAS a day he would remember, Thursday, May 25, 1995. Bryan Habana was 11 and a pupil at Meredale Primary School. Before that day, his parents had never taken him out of school.
Not for any reason. Faith, his mother, was an educationalist; Bernie was a successful businessman. They both believed in education. But Bernie also loved rugby, and on that Thursday he took his boy to the opening match of the 1995 World Cup, South Africa versus Australia in Cape Town.
Coming just 13 months after the country's first free elections, this was an important moment: South Africa's chance to show its new face before a world audience. So that morning father and son boarded a flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
It was the beginning of a long journey for the boy.
A HOTEL near the town of Chantilly, north of Paris, is the latest staging post. He is here with the Springboks, a valued member of the team he first saw 10 years ago. His mother and father, Alycia and his girlfriend, Janine, have endured a bitingly cold Parisian morning and four trains to visit.
He kisses his parents, his sister and his girlfriend, although not in that order. They ask how he is. He smiles and says things are just fine. They talk about Paris and the rugby, and when Bernie gets a quiet moment, he reminds his son that there is just one match, one weekend, to go and then a long, long season will be at an end. His son nods knowingly; one weekend, body and soul can hold up for one last weekend.
And it shall end pleasantly enough. This evening he will attend an International Rugby Board banquet in Paris to celebrate the International Player of the Year. Dan Carter, New Zealand's outstanding fly-half, will deservedly receive that award, but Habana was one of the five shortlisted players, and 12 months after first playing Test rugby, has been named International Newcomer of the Year. It is an achievement comparable to that of the more experienced New Zealander.
We sit in a quiet landing on the first floor of the team hotel and he begins to tell his story with the rapid-fire delivery of a sprinter. He was born Bryan Gary Habana on June 12, 1983, in a suburb of Johannesburg, although his was no dusty suburb. Like his brother, Brad, and Alycia, he attended private school.
"The biggest thing about my childhood," he says, "was the love shown to us by our parents. If you have that always coming towards you, you automatically try to give it out to other people.
"One of the core values in our family was that colour was not an issue. It's a value I hold dear to my heart and will do until I start turning in my grave. Growing up in a country with so much history and so much diversity between the cultures, I was never conscious of the differences. I didn't worry about the colour of a man's skin or the significance of his surname, and for this, I am thankful to my parents."
From the day he first ran, he was an athlete. From the age of six until he was 13, he never lost a 100m or 200m race and at primary school he played football and cricket, too. But when he talked to his parents about sport, they told him it was nothing compared to the importance of education. He was a good student.
He was seven or eight when he tired of people always spelling his name incorrectly; "Brian," they wrote, not understanding he was "Bryan". "Why couldn't you have made my life simpler," he asked his dad, "and called me Brian?" "You don't understand," Bernie replied, "You are Bryan Gary Habana because I named you after two footballers, Bryan Robson and Gary Bailey, who both played for Manchester United. I called you Bryan because of Bryan Robson's drive, his ability to inspire his teammates, his love for the game and his determination to come back from bad injury. Gary is your second name because he was South African and he played with a smile on his face."
There were other things Bernie could have told his son; how he had travelled to England in the late 1980s because he wanted to stand in the Stretford End before they tore it down and filled it with seats. How he then went to Twickenham and when this lady from the Rugby Football Union brought
him on a personal tour, he could smell the history in the old timber and the green paint.
Plenty of things he could have told the boy. How he had played for the old South African Rugby Union, the governing body that catered for non-whites who played the game.
He loved rugby but he hated the oppression of apartheid, any kind of apartheid. His own union banned him for life because in his love for the game, he attended one of the games between the Springboks and one of the unofficial touring teams of the late 1980s. "I accept my punishment," he
told his accusers, "but you must also ban the man who reported me, because he too must have been there."
What to tell a boy whose mind is free of prejudice, whose eyes see what is good, whose hopes are unbounded. So, to tell him about rugby, Bernie took his 11-year-old out of school on that Thursday and boarded a plane for Cape Town.
"It was my first experience of rugby," says Bryan. "I'd heard about the game, knew my dad had played it, but I'd never been bothered. There wasn't a rugby culture in my primary school; athletics, cricket and football were my sports. Then I went to Cape Town and saw that opening match. It was a turning point for me . . .
"My dad and I flew to Durban to watch the semi-final against France, we were at Ellis Park for the quarter-final against Samoa, and when you are alone with your dad at the World Cup final and your country is playing the All Blacks, that was just unbelievable. It brought me a lot closer to my dad and
a lot closer to rugby."
So much about that tournament remains vivid in his memory. Before the quarter-final, his father took him to watch the national team train at the Wanderers' club in Johannesburg. When it was over, he waited outside the changing room to see if he could catch a glimpse of the players.
Francois Pienaar was signing autographs when he asked Bryan if he would mind keeping an eye on his kit bag.
For the kid, this was a privilege beyond description. He carried Pienaar's bag to the car, and there, the captain of the Springboks opened the bag and gave him a blue training jersey with No 6 on the back. He brought it home. Although it was big and loose over his tiny shoulders, he slept in it every
Because he was bright and innocent, he soaked up all the goodness from that World Cup campaign. "I sat there wondering how 40 rugby players could unite a country of 44m people, a country that was so culturally diverse. How amazing it was that our president, imprisoned for 27 years, could come on to the field and be the face of what South Africa now stood for.
"It showed me what the country could be, what potential there is. It meant a lot to me that Chester Williams was part of the team and that he was there totally on merit. He was also showing the new face of South Africa, centre of the stage for the black community. I thought, 'If I could be part of
this, it would be unbelievable'. Chester's presence seemed to say, 'There's many other people who can do this'. And I wanted to be one of them."
He remembers, too, the overwhelming emotion and the sheer chaos of the final. "We had tickets, Dad and I. But the stadium was so packed that we couldn't get to our seats. My dad ended up sitting on one seat, with me on his lap. I will never forget the passion, and at the end guys were drinking beer, hugging each other, crying. I had never seen anything like it in my life.
"We can win the World Cup again, but it will never be the same; you're not going to get that feeling again. To have experienced it with my dad, well, it's definitely something that stuck in my mind."
IT WAS a year or so before Bryan played his first game of rugby, for the Under-14 G's at his new school, King Edward VII in Johannesburg. They were the seventh-best under-14 team in the school, a collection so modest that the achievement was to get them on the pitch at all. In his first experience of the oval-ball game Habana scored two tries and started as he meant to continue.
He has been a prolific scorer of tries through the 10 years of his involvement in the game, first as a scrum-half, then as a centre and now as wing.
Sometimes he seems blessed with the good fortune to be so often in the right place at the right moment, but it happens so routinely, it is not luck at all. He has a razor-sharp instinct for knowing where he needs to be, and once he gets the chance, that's it. Nobody catches Habana.
Injured at the beginning of last year's Under-21 World Cup in Scotland, he made his first start in a pool match against New Zealand. His knee was heavily strapped, he was not 100% fit, yet still he scored three tries in a match that the Kiwis won decisively.
You remember, too, his first cap for the Springboks, coming late in the game against England at Twickenham 12 months ago.
By then a dominant England were home and dry. The crowd stayed in their seats only because their team was threatening to score again. Then Habana came on, and against the tide of English dominance, he ran in a try.
Seated in the stand, Bernie jumped up and acclaimed the score, arousing the curiosity of the Englishman in the next seat.
"Why, when your team has been thrashed," he asked, "does it matter that you get a consolation try?" "Because it's my son that scored it," said Habana.
"Well, that's the most wonderful thing," said the England supporter, "the most wonderful thing."
For the Habanas, it was. Their boy started his first match against Scotland a week later and scored his second and third international tries. His Test career has just reached the end of its first year and already he has scored tries against England, New Zealand, Australia and France. His tries-to-matches ratio is extraordinary.
As a talented, educated and intelligent non-white Springbok, his importance to the team transcends conventional boundaries.
When South Africa played Australia earlier this year for the Mandela Trophy, a game organised by the former president to raise awareness for the fight against Aids, Nelson Mandela greeted the players wearing Habana's international cap, the one from Twickenham. He also spoke on the telephone to Mandela, who wanted to talk "to that youngster who scores all the tries".
Habana is aware of the particular responsibility he bears.
"Oh, definitely. But it is good. When I go back home and a white person tells me how they love to see me score tries for the team, or a person of colour tells me I am the reason they started watching rugby, that's a good feeling. This was what I wanted 10 years ago, to represent what South Africa
can achieve, to be proud of South Africa, to be part of a country that has so many cultural differences and can still say, 'It's not about colour, it is about the person '.
"It is a huge task, something I realise more and more each day. I appreciate how difficult it is, this path being laid before me, and I just hope I can continue to take it for a very long time."
So when the game is over, he waits and he signs every last autograph. Nobody is turned down.
Bernie looks at his 22-year-old son and worries that he is taking on too much. "You must learn to say no on some occasions," he tells him.
But Habana has a good memory. "Remember when I was young, dad," he said to his father, "and we would wait for the Springboks and you would tell me to look at the faces of the kids who didn't get an autograph?" He will get on with it; many miles to travel before he sleeps. Professional rugby meant his BSc university degree was not completed, and that is something he still wants to finish. In the past 12 months the team has moved from sixth in the world to second and although he appreciates the last section of the climb will be the toughest, he fervently believes it will happen.
What does it mean for the kid at the end of his first year of international rugby judged one of the five best players in the world? "To be listed alongside Dan Carter, Victor Matfield, Tana Umaga and Richie McCaw is for me as good as winning. I rate Tana Umaga as one of the most respected players to have played the game; Dan is one of the most exciting and yet one of the surest; Richie McCaw is one of the all-time great No 7s; and Victor has been doing it for a few years now, South Africa's outstanding player.
"I will only be successful if I can achieve the consistency that Victor shows in his game.
"To get the respect of your peers, you've got to do it again and again. Being nominated this year will be no good unless I get nominated again and again."
Bernie brought his son to Cape Town 10 years ago so that the boy could sense for himself the greatness of rugby and perhaps see a vision for a new, vibrant nation. He hoped it might spark something, and all along the way, he said it would only work if the young player was driven by a love for the game.
"Bryan is a professional, but he doesn't play for money. He doesn't need to. My business (the home improvements company Three By Four) has been successful and Bryan has a lot of shares. I tell him that I am working hard to make him wealthy. All the money that he has received in endorsements has
been placed in a trust fund and if he stopped playing now, then he wouldn't have to work again."
There are, though, things that he has to do, rugby and stuff just as important. Victories to satisfy his competitive streak, tries to quench his thirst for excitement, hearts to win over, mindsets to alter: rugby can be your game, South Africa is our country.
Did he choose this path or was it chosen for him? What does it matter? The important thing is that he keeps travelling.
The flying Springbok who went from obscurity to pin-up boy in the blink of an eye
BRYAN HABANA, the clean-cut, turbo-charged Springbok, is rapidly establishing himself as South Africa's Jonny Wilkinson minus the injuries, with his image on magazine covers and sponsors queuing at his door.
After helping South Africa win the Under-21 World Cup, he marked his full Test debut with a try against England within five minutes of coming off the bench at Twickenham in 2004. He raced over for two more against Scotland the next week, demonstrating his ability as a lethal long- range strike runner with an eye for the interception. The 22-year-old's electric pace has seen him scorch to 15 tries in 15 Tests, already making him his country's ninth- highest all-time try-scorer, yet Habana does not see himself as a wing.
He started his career as a scrum-half at King Edward Vll School in Johannesburg, where his talent was spotted by Jake White, the Springbok coach. Although Habana now plays on the wing, he says he would much rather play centre.
The winner of South Africa's player of the year award has just been named the world's best newcomer to Test rugby by the International Rugby Board - barely a year ago, many of his countrymen questioned Habana's right to be in the team.
Nicknamed Brock, Habana plays Super 12 Rugby for the Blue Bulls in Pretoria, scoring nine tries in 12 games since joining last season.
He comes from a close family, and his father, Bernie, is Habana's biggest supporter. The multi-millionaire owner of a successful home improvements business has travelled the world to support his son in every international match he has played so far
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Anyway great interview and backgroun on the player. He will become a BlueBull Great, allthough he wasn't raised in Blue Bull Country. I still imagine what a centre combination of him and Ettienne Botha would've done to opposition.
Also, great talent, great potential but not the finished article yet, in my opinion.
It worries me a little that Bryan is both financially very secure already and experiencing very early success and international acclaim.
Let's hope he keeps his feet on the ground and keeps working on areas of his game.
It worries me a little that Bryan is both financially very secure already and experiencing very early success and international acclaim.
Let's hope he keeps his feet on the ground and keeps working on areas of his game.
This is an absolutely fantastic interview. Damn it is really gooseflesh stuff ...
Everything about it.
How come we can't have writers at SA RUgby who have the prosaic capabilities of this journalist.
Me to boet...they would have been devastating.
With a father like that, I think Bryan knows exactly how lucky he is.
Can't we get Bernie Habana into SA RUgby somehow? He sounds like a man with far more ethics and integrity than Brian Van Rooyen...
Everything about it.
How come we can't have writers at SA RUgby who have the prosaic capabilities of this journalist.
Me to boet...they would have been devastating.
With a father like that, I think Bryan knows exactly how lucky he is.
Can't we get Bernie Habana into SA RUgby somehow? He sounds like a man with far more ethics and integrity than Brian Van Rooyen...
eah Davids, Bernie must have great integrity, I mean, he was Bryan manager when he signed for the Bulls. Obviously he saw how much more integrity the Bulls have than the Lions!!!!
How's that picture though....
Drew Mitchell. Eddie's so-called 'speedster' having Bryan Habana run away from him...
I remember this test match for one thing.
When the Boks won the turnover, Blades screaming at his mike
"Get the ball to Habana! Get the ball to Habana!"
Drew Mitchell. Eddie's so-called 'speedster' having Bryan Habana run away from him...
I remember this test match for one thing.
When the Boks won the turnover, Blades screaming at his mike
"Get the ball to Habana! Get the ball to Habana!"
Yeah Davids, jeez Habana's fast. To think he's only something like 4th fastest over 40 meters in this country. I think Chavanga, Roland and Nokwe are all faster than him.
Anyone else surprised that Kandas hasn't put up a 'Spears' sub-heading under 'Site Navigation'...;-)
St Pete, did you see our two Russian articles?
St Pete, did you see our two Russian articles?
Sois Zaheer Raylands Aldo.
Bloody hell we're a bunch of liquirice all sorts.
A team with white Afrikaners, Jews (okay not since Joel Stransky), Englishmen, Christians, Africans, Muslims....it's actually quite cool.
Chavanga was an Africa Games 100m athlete for Zimbabwe and his 100, 200 and 400 metre records still stand in Zimbabwe.
Did you know his boet was one of those Galdiator body builder muscle steroid rager types...
Maybe we should ask him to come and play openside flank for the Boks...or maybe he'll solve our tight head issues, so log as he gets off the roids.
No...imagine one of the AB's getting 'geniepsig' with him and he flies into a roid rage....
Bloody hell we're a bunch of liquirice all sorts.
A team with white Afrikaners, Jews (okay not since Joel Stransky), Englishmen, Christians, Africans, Muslims....it's actually quite cool.
Chavanga was an Africa Games 100m athlete for Zimbabwe and his 100, 200 and 400 metre records still stand in Zimbabwe.
Did you know his boet was one of those Galdiator body builder muscle steroid rager types...
Maybe we should ask him to come and play openside flank for the Boks...or maybe he'll solve our tight head issues, so log as he gets off the roids.
No...imagine one of the AB's getting 'geniepsig' with him and he flies into a roid rage....
When I said Roland, I meant Raylands! Shit am I slow today! My uncle gyms with that warrior oke from Gladiators. Bigger than any human being outside of the Bulls Squad I've ever seen!!!
Where did you get the stats? Not that it's wrong or something, I would just love to see the top 10 with their times. I looked for it on numerous websites but couldn't find it...
Where did you get the stats? Not that it's wrong or something, I would just love to see the top 10 with their times. I looked for it on numerous websites but couldn't find it...
I cant remeber to be honest Reinardt. I also just looked them up. I can try to get it for you, I know someone in the inner circles who might just have them.
I remember that there were stats on the WP site on their players at one stage.
Our agent for Andre Hough, Eugene somehow managed to get stats on the top 5 last year and published them on keo.
Our agent for Andre Hough, Eugene somehow managed to get stats on the top 5 last year and published them on keo.
Oh shit, that was supposed to be on the Black tide thread! I'm moving it, so ignore the deleted post!
Reinhardt, please tell me your keo comment was a joke. Please, he's an arsehole that wishes he knew everything.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I just found this post from 6 months ago, thought I would post it now while I work on another:
Have you ever looked back on a situation and wondered how it worked out the way it did, or why you reacted the way you did?
I'm a firm believer that life is not random and that-at least in my life-most things that have either happened because of something, or because it is leading to something, and sometimes both. Granted I can't explain everything in my life, there have been a number of instances I know have something more to them but I don't understand. And then there are even more things I just don't understand.
I'm getting married next week and amongst the amazing bustle of it all and the unfathomable amount of tiny details I wonder how it is that I managed to come to be marrying this man. I look back and see a strange dance that brought me to this beautiful moment and though there was a great deal of painful or frustrating situations, I wouldn't chance changing a single detail if it altered what God has given me in this moment.
People have said it before. You've heard it in those chick-flicks and Disney cartoons, the cheesy line about how one person wouldn't change a single thing in their life if it meant never having known whoever it is they're in love with... or if they were given the choice they'd do it all again just to be with them.
But I'd like to move beyond my cheesiness (truly it is my medium, not my message, at least right here) and focus on the curiosity of outcomes. How strange it is that there are so many instances when if you had reacted or decided differently-and it could've been plausible for you to do so- that might have changed what is now happening in your life. Or perhaps not, perhaps one's maturity and circumstance governed the decisions they have made, which is not to cut God out of the equation, He chooses when to teach enlighten His children.
So I suppose this could boil down to the same old philosophy argument about fate or destiny, or as Christians see it the struggle between God's plan and man's choice, that I (and many others) have repositioned in daily experience.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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Strange how the some of the best things come in the darkest times of your life. You bear through with a full knowledge that everything is not well. Even despite a spark of optimism (whether somewhere within you or an outside contribution) proclaiming that good things can come from the trials we endure something other occurs within it all. Something that even if you had been given the opportunity to find some way around what you are (or had) gone through, you might have given up the great life lessons but you endure it all again for that one thing that came of being in that place. I think most of us have been in that place, I know I've been there more than once.
I feel like I have been hovering around a comatose state of my soul and mind. I know I am there but I feel like I am asleep, reverting to basic life motions until that allow me survive through to the end. And as the end steadily moves into the present there seems to be the smallest beginnings of awakening. Like the deep sigh that comes when we see that spring is finally breaking the bounds that winter has held is the sigh in my heart. However, the flourishing of revitalization is only being approached, the end is only in sight, not actually here. Soon. And one can only hope that when a new phase of life has burst forth, though endured for that one cherished element, all the great things encountered come to fruition.
And that cherished element can be enjoyed as fully as he was appreciated in darker hours.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
something better & something lost
Someone once asked me if I could wish for three things what would it be? Not a difficult question, there is no tree falling in the woods or one hand clapping, it is the kind of thing people ask each other for conversation sake all the time. At that time I think I responded with my student debt paid off, a car, and the third thing escapes me. But reflecting on those two parts of my answer the heart of what I was asking for was freedom. I was asked by a co-worker at the college cafeteria that I worked for, and I was sort of stuck there. There aren't many places to work in a village that exists because of the Bible College that is there, but I did good considering the options I had. Though I managed to obtain a pretty good job, I was still stuck. With some student debt racked up and no way of getting anywhere to get a better job I suppose I felt trapped. However, the questioner did not see this in my answer; he merely shot back as soon as I responded, "So you wouldn't cure cancer?" He thought he was being smart and witty, and left right away to let his savvy answer sink in. But I stood there a moment and after thinking about it I said to my self—since there was no one else to talk to—"no, no I wouldn't"
This probably seems cold hearted to some. Selfish to others. But it seems to me that after considering humanity through history, curing cancer, one of the most insidious diseases we battle with, wouldn't be that much of a feat. We have cured many debilitating diseases before it, and even if we did cure it, something else would kill us. If it isn't cancer, it could be the avian bird flu, maybe even SARS. I respect the medical profession, rely on it; I admire man's ability to treat, control and fight diseases like cancer. And I think that missionaries might be better met if our culture could share more of its medical knowledge. But wishing away a problem like cancer seems more like wishing to live forever. I guess the question that I would be getting at here is would curing something as invasive as cancer make life better or just make life different?
And if we did make life better, physically, would it be better in every respect? Humanity over thousands of years has spent attempting to perfect and improve all aspects of humanity, and we weren't always making forward steps. Through this process one idea has arisen; if we attempt to perfect something do we perhaps lose something greater? The same question applies to curing cancer, or curing any such crippling disease, if we achieve bodily perfection would we lose something else? Would we lose all of the good things we have seen, and even more of the good things we have never even realized by making everything perfect as we see it?
My student loans are greater now, but I do have a car. And I think if I was asked again I'd still like them to be paid off. If money had been no object, however, I wouldn't have changed much of what I did. I would have done it with less stress since I wouldn't have had to work through school (but that same conclusion still stands, would something else have been lost). But I cannot see the course of humanity, my belief in God leads me to a belief in the fate of humanity, but I am not so pompous to believe that I know how we will get there. My belief in God also leads me to believe that He sees the big picture. And since He sees this I would trust what He presses on my heart to do. It occurs to me that perhaps I'm benefiting humanity more by following Him where he asks me to go than by solving the problems I think need to be fixed. If you don't believe in God, than this could just seem like a cop-out answer, that I'm just doing what is in my heart just like everyone else and calling it God. Perhaps, that is a discussion for another time. The question that still remains is how do you know that what you're wishing for is truly a benefit? Perhaps one person being freed of debt could be of greater profit to humanity than curing disease.
Friday, January 19, 2007
nicht wuerdig by astormcrow
'not worthy'
I'm writing my 'positional paper', which is what every Bachelor of Arts graduate must write in order for Briercrest to allow you to officially graduate. While it is fantastic that I'm writing it, it means the end is in sight, I'm so tired, worn out, and bored with homework that it's hard to focus on summarizing the nature of God and the identity and work Christ into a hundred words or less, with Scriptural backing...But as I said, the end of my schooling is in sight, and that is a relief. I've enjoyed most of my time at Briercrest. And even the times I didn't enjoy I know were crucially important for learning.
When I was in elementary school I used to do cross country running. Every one of you probably has heard me refer to myself as athletically challenged, I wasn't anymore athletic then than I am now, although I probably had more stamina then. I'm not exactly sure why I kept doing it every year, it could be because my sibling were all athletic. I wanted to live up to that standard and cross country running was the only thing that didn't require tryouts. I usually started off well, feeling pretty good just for being there and trying, but it never lasted long, I usually became exhausted pretty quickly and always came in with the last slaggers at the end.
I seem to have a little more perseverance when it comes to handling stress or juggling things (such as a lot of hours at work and courses with high expectations and work loads), but I'm beginning to feel kind of like I did when I was running those races. There came a point when I grew tired, and came to end of what seemed a unending perseverance. Every person has a breaking point; I've come to that point before and I came to find it again recently, but just as before God has raised me and given me enough to make to the end. And though last summer I looked forward to graduation as freeing me to adventure the world on my own, God knew I'd need something more to get me through the year, and gave me something to look forward to when I was done.
Now if I could only keep in mind that I am incredibly privileged and undeserving of all that God has handed me. That I only have 3 more months to get through what he asked me to come here for, and that He is faithful to carry me through what we began, I might be able to get through these last few papers.


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I briefly mentioned Elvis Perkins in one of my Random Friday Thoughts -- and thanks to my friend Tracey (fellow mama who I don't see nearly enough!) I had a chance to see Elvis Perkins in Dearland last night. I can sum up the experience in two words: simply amazing. The songwriting, the music . . . wow. I was a fan before, but now I am a total devotee.
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Three main "corridor" trails go down to Phantom Ranch located on the Colorado River at the base of Grand Canyon National Park. Beginning on the South Rim are Bright Angel and South Kaibab Trails, and from the North Rim, the North Kaibab Trail. The Bright Angel Trail starts right in Grand Canyon Village. The South Kaibab Trail trailhead is at Yaki Point, about 4.5 miles east of Grand Canyon Village via the Rim Trail. A free shuttle bus is available. These three corridor trails are all well-maintained though all three are also used by mule trains, so watch where you step!
Bright Angel Trail runs 9.6 miles to Phantom Ranch and South Kaibab Trail is about 7 miles to the ranch. South Kaibab follows ridge lines and is a steeper hike (and not suggested for ascents) and offers huge vistas, whereas Bright Angel follows side canyons, has more shade and foliage and animal life, and is considered an easier ascent. The trail descends 4380 feet from Rim to river.
This photo below is taken from the Bright Angel Trail (near the top) looking down at Indian Garden campground (the lush green area in the upper center of the photo which the snaking white trail leads to) which is located 4.6 miles from the South Rim. It's another 5 miles from there to Phantom Ranch at river level via Bright Angel Trail as it continues down into the inner gorge to the Colorado River. A second trail, the Plateau Point Trail continues to an overlook where you can look down at the Colorado River far below. In the photo below, Plateau Point Trail is the white line crossing the plateau and ending at the cliff line.
The photo demonstrates the elevation difference from near the top of the South Rim down to the Tonto Plateau. How does one get down there? The second photo below gives the answer -- switchbacks! Lots of switchbacks.
These switchbacks provide an example of how elevation is lost as one descends to the Tonto Plateau. In just 3 miles of trail, 3400 feet of elevation are lost. The switchbacks seem to be endless when you are on them, but they make it far easier to gain and lose elevation.
People who do not carry enough water and drink it regularly can quickly become dehydrated from the heat and strenuous exertion, and it is not unheard of to have a delirious, disoriented hiker walk right off the edge of one of these switchbacks to his death. Rangers are stationed randomly on the trail, monitoring hikers for water and proper footwear, etc. There is water at the 1.5 mile and 3.0 mile Resthouses (except October to April), and also at Indian Garden Campground.
Indian Garden is lush and provides lots of shade. It is an oasis that has been used for centuries by Native Americans. In fact, its springs were used by the prehistoric Anasazi, and after 1300 AD the Havasupai Indians farmed here. From here, the Plateau Point Trail takes you a mile and a half to the overlook where you can look down into the inner gorge and gaze at the Colorado River.
The Bright Angel Trail crosses the Tonto Trail and then continues descending, this time alongside Garden Creek and Pipe Creek. Though Garden Creek is a bit hidden on your left by the slope, you'll no doubt see backpacks sitting along the trail. Drop yours and go join in the fun just below the trail level. I've enjoyed this locale three different times, and not everyone is necessarily clothed.
One section of the creek has as many as six cascades you can cool off in and play in. This is a welcome diversion on a hot summer day! They caution you NOT to drink this water.
You'll probably notice sections of the Transcanyon Pipeline along the way (photo below.) The North Rim is more than 1000 feet higher in elevation than the South Rim and receives 90% of the rainfall for the canyon, but 90% of visitors are on the South Rim. For decades, water was delivered to the South Rim by railroad, a very expensive proposition as visitation increased. In 1932, a pump station was built at Indian Garden to pump water from its springs to the rim, but visitation outgrew this supply. A five year construction project piped North Rim water 16 miles to the South Rim in 1970 (and also to the two resthouses.)
Rainwater and snowmelt on the North Rim percolate through the soil more than 3500 feet until hitting the impermeable Mauv Limestone layer. It then gushes out in great waterfalls at aptly named Roaring Springs about halfway down on the North Kaibab Trail (photos are on my North Kaibab Trail page.) Some of the water is captured, treated, and pumped back up to the North Rim for visitor use. Most of the water (500,000 gallons per day) is sent via 6" pipe buried beneath the North Kaibab Trail down to Phantom Ranch and Bright Angel Campground, across the Colorado River beneath the Silver Bridge, and up the cliff to Indian Garden. Gravity and reduction diameter piping get the water all the way from Roaring Springs to Indian Garden! A pump house then sends it to the South Rim via pipes drilled through the rock. Large storage tanks on the South Rim contain about 3 weeks of water, so when the pipe breaks anywhere along this 16 mile route, they have time to find and replace the broken pipe.
Devil's Corkscrew shown below makes the long traverse through the Vishnu Schist geological layer (the oldest rock layer in the canyon.)
After reaching the Colorado River, you arrive at the River Trail, constructed in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its completion made it possible to travel the 1.7 miles along the Colorado River to Phantom Ranch through a sand dunes habitat. The temperature was nearly 120 degrees when we hit this section of the backpack and it was a rough stretch to complete.
In the late 1960s, the Silver Bridge (550 feet in length) was constructed to support the Transcanyon Pipeline, and it is a wonderful feeling to reach this bridge after the long slog through the dunes section.
Below is a photo of the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch (looking from the west) and showing the Silver Bridge in the foreground and the Black Bridge in the background.
The construction of the Black Bridge in 1928 necessitated the transportation of 122 tons of materials down the 9 miles of trail by mules and human power. Walking single file, 42 Havasupai tribesmen snaked the one ton, 550 foot long suspension cables down 4000 feet of elevation loss via the South Kaibab Trail! Photos of this construction are here. The Black Bridge has wood over its floor since mules use this bridge.
Phantom Ranch was built in 1922 on a site once used by Native Americans. John Wesley Powell and his group camped here in 1869 and Wesley originally named the creek "Silver Creek" but later changed it to "Bright Angel Creek" when he wrote about his trip. President Teddy Roosevelt stayed in this area in 1913 on a hunting expedition, and his love of the canyon helped propel it into the National Park System in 1919. Below is the canteen building which is air conditioned and offers free ice water during its open hours. We retreated to its coolness many times during our stays in Phantom Ranch cabins and also when tenting in the nearby Bright Angel Campground.
Here's one of our campsites in Bright Angel Campground which is a half-mile from Phantom Ranch. There are 32 sites available (plus 2 group sites.)
Here's a bird's eye view of Phantom Ranch from the Clear Creek Trail about 100 feet above the canyon floor. You can see Bright Angel Creek along the base of the far cliff line and the cabins dotting the landscape.


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