The UHT route to long-life planet

It’s enough to put the nation off breakfast. Civil servants have suggested that Britons put long-life milk in tea and pour it on their cornflakes to save the planet from global warming.
Officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have made a serious proposal that consumers switch to UHT (Ultra-High Temperature or Ultra-Heat Treated) milk to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It is part of a government strategy to ensure that some 90 per cent of milk on sale will not require refrigeration by 2020. That most shoppers would not even know where to find UHT milk in shops (the cartons are discreetly placed near baking ingredients) does not seem to have deterred government strategists. The move would mean a big shift from fresh-milk consumption to long life. In Britain 93 per cent of milk sold is fresh. UHT, powdered milk and baby milk make up the rest of the market.
The plan is set out in a government paper, seen by The Times, that was sent out last month to farmers’ leaders and the dairy industry. The “milk road map” is intended to help a dairy industry committee set up to work out the carbon footprint for milk and dairy products and to identify ways of reducing that footprint.

Read more HERE ...Timesonline...

Another chess puzzle!

Click HERE for a chess puzzle to solve!

Orlando Bloom in accident...paparazzi involved....

Why can't these people not be left alone!!! They are humans like all other people on earth!! We don't want to know everything about them!! Leave them alone!!

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Orlando Bloom was involved in a minor car crash early Friday morning while being tailed by paparazzi photographers, police said.
Bloom, 30, the star of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lord of the Rings," was driving in Los Angeles at about 2:15 a.m. with two female passengers when a vehicle came up close to him, making a sudden lane change, police said.
"This caused Bloom to swerve and he hit two parked cars," said a police spokeswoman.
Bloom and his two passengers were taken to a nearby hospital. The actor, who tested clear of alcohol and drugs, was not injured.
"He believed he was being followed by paparazzi, and the car near to him was paparazzi," said the spokeswoman.
A 30-year-old female passenger who was in the front seat suffered a cut on her neck while the 35-year-old backseat passenger suffered a neck fracture, police said.

There was minor damage to Bloom's car and the parked cars.

Source: here ....

Autumn

Yesterday I was on my bike in the park close to where we live. While riding around the park, I couldn't help being touched by all the different colours of Autumn! My best season is Autumn, because of the changes. So many changes are taking place and I was mad at myself for not having my camera with me! Surely will take it today!! I had my mp3 player with me listening to some music and at some stage the music of Sweet People was playing...VERY appropriate!! I was also thinking about the song of...I think it is Roger Whitaker...singing..."how small we are, how little we know..."? can't remember! I was really struck by all the different shades...of yellow/green/purple/red....

Enjoy this poem!

Autumn days are here again!

In autumn when the trees are brown

The little leaves come tumbling down

They do not make the slightest sound

But lie so quietly on the ground

Until the wind comes puffing by

And blows them off towards the sky.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you,

and the storms their energy,

while cares will drop away from you

like the leaves of Autumn.

by John Muir

Reading books

Ohio Principal was warned about gunman

I'm just wondering what role drugs play in these shootings at schools. The fact that he wasn't supposed to be in school is one reason, but if a person isn't taking any drugs, things like this shouldn't happen, unless... something terribly went wrong with his upbringing and his environment ...and students he mingled with. I believe drugs must play a role in these shootings...I might be wrong...but that is my view! It is not normal for students to go about shooting teachers and other students! And...what is the Government in the USA make out of this! How is it possible that so many people are allowed to have guns! Chess players I'm playing from Cleveland/Ohio say that more and more people get guns to protect themselves...what is going on with society today! Are we living in a mad-mad world! Schools should be safe places!!

Ohio principal was warned about gunman, students say

CLEVELAND - A high school student said today that he and classmates had warned their principal about threats by a classmate who shot and wounded four people before killing himself, and believed the attack could have been prevented.The student, Rasheem Smith, said on CBS' "Early Show" that despite their warnings about the student who opened fire Wednesday, Asa H. Coon, principal Johneita Durant told them she was too busy."I told my friends in the class that he had a gun and stuff," said Smith, 15. "He was talking about doing it last week. I don't know why they didn't say nothing.
Watch movies about the shootings
HERE and Here...you can watch a movie and read more.

Birth of a planet!

Nasa's image of the day....beautiful!!!Look here... to see more...

Epilepsy drug helps alcoholics quit the bottle

A drug used to treat seizures and migraines may help alcoholics quit the bottle, according to a study in the US. And unlike other medications for alcohol addiction, sufferers can get help without having to completely dry out first.
"You can be treated immediately for the disorder when you are in maximum crisis," says the lead author Bankole Johnson at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, US.
Johnson and colleagues followed the progress of 317 individuals with alcohol dependence for 14 weeks. Half received treatment with the drug topiramate, an anti-convulsant sold under the brand name Topamax, while the other half received a placebo.
At the start of the study, participants were averaging about 11 drinks per day, and drinking heavily on more than 80% of their days. They totally abstained on approximately three days a month.
By the end of the study, those receiving the drug reported drinking heavily on just 20% of days. They also averaged only 3.5 drinks per day, and managed to stay completely sober more than half the time.

Read more Here ....

Song of the day!

6-way tie for first in 2007 Isle of Man

6-way tie for first in 2007 Isle of Man
Follow THIS link to play through the following two games... and to read comments made about the moves.

GM Mateusz Bartel (2609) vs. GM Michael Roiz (2630)
Isle of Man International / Isle of Man
Round 4 25 Sep 2007
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GM Yuri Yakovich (2597) vs. GM Mateusz Bartel (2609)
Isle of Man International / Isle of Man
Round 3 24 Sep 2007

Cleveland shooter dead!

Four people have been shot at Success Tech High School at 1440 Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland.
The shooter, 14-year-old Asa Coon, is dead.
The victims were two men ages 57 and 42; and two boys ages 17 and 14. A 14-year-old girl hurt her knee leaving the building but was not shot.
All the children are in good condition and the two adults' conditions were "slightly elevated," according to Mayor Frank Jackson. The mayor and schools CEO Eugene Sanders came to the school and have been giving brief updates to the media.
Read more and share your comments
Read updates
More updates
School wanted metal detectors
Shooter described as hyper
Shooter wasn't supposed to be in school today
Cleveland schools will be closed Thursday
Students were put on lock down
Expert says this is the first fatal school shooting of the school year
Injured teacher described as a good guy


Source: Cleveland blog.

Charlize....named sexiest woman alive

Oct. 10, 2007, 9:27 AM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK --

Charlize Theron has an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award. Now she's Esquire magazine's "sexiest woman alive."
Past winners of the title include Jessica Biel, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson. The issue featuring Theron hits newsstands Oct. 16.

Theron talked with the magazine about growing up on a farm, her political interests and her work, including her latest movie, "In the Valley of Elah," a murder mystery set among U.S. troops newly returned from Iraq. "I wanted to make the movie precisely because it evades formulas about guilt," the 32-year-old actress said. "I'm drawn to ambiguity."

Theron also candidly discussed her least favorite film, "Reindeer Games."
"That was a bad, bad, bad movie," she said. "But ... I got to work with John Frankenheimer. I wasn't lying to myself — that's why I did it." Theron won an Oscar for her role in "Monster." Her screen credits also include "North Country" and "The Cider House Rules."

Source: Click here for MSN movies and HERE to see a gallery of pics about Charlize.

13 wives and 30 children!!?

Paul Kruger was the President of South Africa during the British-South African War (Boer War). He was born on the 10th October and in the "old" South Africa, this day was always a public holiday. I was on a hiking trip in the Transkei. Read here about my hiking trip in the Transkei..and here more ...... Anyway..uncle Mauritz ....... took us to the most beautiful and interesting places in the Transkei...and he also took us to a lady...a black lady...she lived about 50m from the beach! We were tired and thirsty when we reached her home and she had the coldest cool drink ready for us. This lady...(will never remember her name!), was the 13th wife(!!!) of the attendant of Paul Kruger!! Now, you would think that with 13 wives there would be zillions of children...no! only about 30! that brings you with an average of 2-3 children per wife, which is really a small number...if you know what I mean...anyway...she had a bed of her husband with artifacts of Paul Kruger. I took photos of it. Paul Kruger's photo was also on the bed. Her husband was the last attendant of Paul Kruger. She told us...very interesting!! ...that every year on the 10th October...she and all the other wives, come together near Potgietersrus/Pietersburg and celebrate Paul Kruger's day!! I wonder if they are still alive and how many of them and if they still do it!! That was really an amazing day on that trip...I can still picture about 20 geese walking around her house and everything was so tidy and neat and she had really a lovely house on the beach...

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Kruger was born at Bulhoek, his grandfather's farm in the Steynsburg district near the town of Cradock, and grew up on the farm Vaalbank. He received only three months' formal education, his master being one Tielman Roos, but supposedly became knowledgeable from life on the veld. His father, Casper Kruger, joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter when the Great Trek started in 1836.
The trekkers crossed the Vaal River in 1838, and at first stayed in the area that is known today as Potchefstroom. Kruger's father later decided to settle in the district now known as Rustenburg. At the age of 16, Kruger was entitled to choose a farm for himself at the foot of the Magaliesberg, where he settled in 1841.
The following year he married Maria du Plessis, and the young couple accompanied his father to live in the Eastern Transvaal for a while. After the family had returned to Rustenburg, Kruger's wife and infant son died, probably from malaria. He then married Gezina du Plessis, who was his constant and devoted companion until her death in 1901. Seven daughters and nine sons were born of the marriage, some dying in infancy

Read more HERE ..... Wikipedia...

Birth of the Stars!

WOW! Isn't this a fantastic picture of the night sky ...!
Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy.NGC 3603, a prominent star-forming region in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away, image reveals stages in the life cycle of stars.Powerful ultraviolet radiation and fast winds from the bluest and hottest stars have blown a big bubble around the cluster. Moving into the surrounding nebula, this torrent of radiation sculpted the tall, dark stalks of dense gas, which are embedded in the walls of the nebula.

These gaseous monoliths are a few light-years tall and point to the central cluster. The stalks may be incubators for new stars.On a smaller scale, a cluster of dark clouds called "Bok" globules resides at the top, right corner. These clouds are composed of dense dust and gas and are about 10 to 50 times more massive than the sun. Resembling an insect's cocoon, a Bok globule may be undergoing a gravitational collapse on its way to forming new stars.The nebula was first discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1834.

Chris Blignaut

My ma is gek oor Chris Blignaut se musiek....ek hou van hierdie een!
This is one of my mum's favourites....this song is called.."The donkey is a wonderful thing!"

Interesting link here and here too aboutChris Blignaut.

Blue mood...thoughts drifting...Ingrid Jonker

Just my mood...not in a mood to say anything today!

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Ingrid Jonker died by walking into the sea!

To: Ingrid Jonker...Poet...A van Heerden

I see her pain,

I hear her voice

No one understood,

on one looked up

She carried a burden,

She carried herself,

She carried alone

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Through her words,

Through her thoughts,

Through her lines

Through her phrases
She opened her soul

She opened her heart

She cried out

All on deaf ear
Abandoned

alone confused

loved used

abused
She let them.

~

Their acceptance made her accept,

But she died of that,

inside her soul.

She had too much of this world to carry on…
The water was calling
In her own defence

She gave herself

At her own expense…

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This poem is in Afrikaans/English....

Somewhere I have never travelled - Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie

Ingrid Jonker.....adapted by e.e. cummings

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somewhere I have never travelled,

gladly beyond any experience,

your eyes have their silence:

in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,

or which I cannot touch because they are too near

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iewers het ek nooit gereis nie daardie groen verte

verby alle herinneringe jou oë dra hul stilte

in jou geringste gebaar is daar iets wat my omsluit

of wat ek nie durf aanraak nie iets te ná

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your slightest look easily will unclose me

though I have closed myself as fingers,

you open always petal by petal myself

as Spring opens(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose

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jou oë van landskappe sal my maklik blootlê

al het ek my hart gesluit soos twee hande

jy ontvou my keer op keer soos die lente

bedrewe en heimlik haar eerste roos

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or if your wish be to close me, I and

my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,

as when the heart of this flower imagines

the snow carefully everywhere descending;

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en as jy my sou verlaat geslote dan

sou my voorhoof sluit mooi en onmiddelik

soos die hart van 'n blom sou droom

van 'n wit sneeu wat alles oral bedek

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nothing which we are to perceive in this world

equals the power of intense fragility: whose texture

compels me with the colour of its countries,

rendering death and forever with each breathing

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niks wat ons in hierdie wêreld kan versin

ewenaar die krag van jou broosheid die tekstuur

van jou oë tref my die groen van sy veld

een bevestig die ewige en die vir altyd met elke sug

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(I do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;

only something in me understands

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)

nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

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ek weet nie wat dit is wat jou laat vou

en ontvou nie ek verstaan net êrens op my reise

die stem van jou oë is dieper as alle rose

nee nie eens die reën nie het sulke hande

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Poem found here: Parnassus ...

The Child

The child is not dead

The child lifts his fists against his mother

Who shouts Africa ! shouts the breath

Of freedom and the veld

In the locations of the cordoned heart

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The child lifts his fists against his father

in the march of the generations

who shouts Africa ! shout the breath

of righteousness and blood

in the streets of his embattled pride

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The child is not dead not at Langa

nor at Nyanga not at Orlando

nor at Sharpeville

nor at the police station at Philippi

where he lies with a bullet through his brain

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The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers

on guard with rifles Saracens and batons

the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings

the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers

this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere

the child grown to a man treks through all Africa

the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world

Without a pass

Ingrid Jonker March 1960

(Translation of: "Die Kind" ) Poems now owned by Simone Jonker...daughter of Ingrid

Hot air balloon!

Chess puzzle

Try to solve this puzzle here.

Mind Dance

That's me...and Ingrid Jonker

........for the rest of the evening....

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This is an Afrikaans poem written by Ingrid Jonker...a brilliant poet of South Africa...follow the link at the bottom to read about her. Some of her poems have been translated in different languages.

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Madeliefies in Namakwaland
~~~Ingrid Jonker

Waarom luister ons nog

na die antwoorde van die madeliefies

op die wind op die son

wat het geword van die kokkewietjies

Agter die geslote voorkop

waar miskien nog ’n takkie tuimel

van ’n verdrinkte lente

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Agter my gesneuwelde woord

Agter ons verdeelde huis

Agter die hart gesluit teen homself

Agter draadheinings, kampe, lokasies

Agter die stilte waar onbekende tale

val soos klokke by ’n begrafenis
Agter ons verskleurde land

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sit die groen hotnotsgot van die veld

en ons hoor nog verdwaasd

klein blou Namakwaland-madeliefie

iets antwoord, iets glo, iets weet.

Read about Ingrid Jonker HERE in Wikipedia.

Roll of Honour

My prediction....2007....SOUTH AFRICA....

More rugby HERE

South Africa...37 ..Fiji..20

WELL DONE!! SOUTH AFRICA!!! AGAIN!!!

Ek het natuurlik die wedstryd weer op TV gekyk, maar ai, die spanning!! Hierdie Fijiane is blokke van manne, hulle eet seker meer as net mieliepap daar anderkant! My senuwees was natuurlik gedaan en toe dit nou sommer 20-20 is, toe breek my moed en met 23-20 het ek omtrent nie verder gekyk nie, ek wou nie sien hoe Suid-Afrika begrawe word nie, dit sal darem te erg wees. Maar later weer gekyk....kan ook nie wegbly nie, moet darem my land ondersteun! Sjoe! Dit was darem hittette...ek is net vrek bly ons is deur....ek glo die paadjie nou is sommer maklik, maar Suid-Afrika moet net nie nou op hul loure gaan sit en dink...hulle kan gerus wees nie...hierdie Franse en Engelse is bietjie skuilie, ek dink hulle steek iets weg....

15:54: "Well done Fiji. This has been the best ever World Cup. Rugby is really becoming a world sport now and the quality of play has been very good."MD1
15:51: "Hats off to a good Fiji team. South Africa need to spend this week wisely if they intend to advance any further in this tournament."roomatthetop on 606
80 mins: TRY South Africa 37-20 FijiAfter a series of 5m scrums and forward drives, South Africa end the match with a try from fly-half Butch James, as he comes back on the angle against an exhausted Fiji defence.
Percy Montgomery kicks the conversion, and South Africa get a 17-point win which they barely deserve.
The final whistle goes and South Africa are through to the last four to face either Scotland or Argentina.

77 mins: There's a bad-tempered end to this classic encounter with Fourie du Preez and Schalk Burger both losing their rag as South Africa try to score a clinching try.
South Africa keep on taking 5m scrum after 5m scrum, and it has effectively ended the game.
73 mins: Terrible bad luck for Fiji as flanker Akapusi Qera gets a fingertip to Butch James's attempted drop-goal as he charges it down.
James's effort is always going wide of the posts and long, but Qera's touch means South Africa get a totally undeserved 5m scrum.
Schalk Burger bursts off the back of it, but knocks on in the act of scoring to give Fiji a glimmer of hope.
71 mins: Fiji are still attacking, but a knock-on from Seru Rabeni allows South Africa to clear through Butch James's booming touchfinder.
69 mins: TRY South Africa 30-20 FijiSouth Africa's forwards power their way through for a hard-earned try which should, in theory, win them the match. We've said that before though, haven't we?
A great kick from Fourie du Preez puts Fiji in trouble in their own 22, and their line-out is penalised for not straight.
South Africa take full advantage as just a few phases later, Juan Smith drives over for a desperately needed try.
Percy Montgomery kicks the converison, and South Africa are more than a converted try clear.
67 mins: This is yet another classic quarter-final. Fiji burst up the right flank with a Lomo-esque surge from Vilimoni Delasau, before the ball goes out to the other flank.
A debateable forward pass, unnoticed by the officials, makes its way to Ifereimi Rawaqa but a sublime tackle form JP Pietersen stops the lcok from touching down. One of the best tackles I have ever seen, and you cannot take your eyes off this for a second.

SOURCE: BBC...

Read more... HERE on the BBC website.

South Africa book a semi-final berth

Read more here about it!

Sunday's mood

As hierdie kunswerk kon praat, dan sou hy presies gese het hoe ek voel....

Die Nieu Seelanders het ook verloor...!! Kan jy nou meer...ek het sowaar gedink hulle gaan die beker wen hierdie jaar...nou toe nou!! En die Australiers! Maar ek het nie veel van hulle verwag nie, meer van Nieu Seeland...maar wie weet wat gebeur in die sport...een dag sus en die volgende dag so...ek het baie hoop vir Suid-Afrika, maar Engeland moet nou net die haantjie begin raak nie! Een Nieu Seelander op die skaakwebsite het gese dat, as Nieu Seeland gaan verloor, gaan daar weer honderde ouens emmigreer! Kan jy glo....hyself het die vorige keer ge-emmigreer toe hulle verloor het! Wat! Kan jy glo dat 'n sport mense so beinvloed. Wat my sommer die hoenders in maak is hierdie Amerikaners. Hulle nasionale span speel hulle harte uit en ek hou nogal van hulle, hulle het meer woema as die Engelse gehad en dat hulle geen dooie woord op hulle nasionale TV se van hulle rugby-span se resultate nie! Ek weet hulle is nie 'n rugby-"land" nie, maar nogtans! Hoe moet die arme manne voel, gee alles vir hulle land, speel hard en end-uit, en wat kry hulle! Nie eers 'n "mooi ouens, julle het darem probeer nie"...kom laat ek dit daar los.

Ons het gisteraand die dvd gekyk wat ek so 'n paar dae terug geblok het..."Life is Beautiful"...dit was nogal 'n goeie storie, bietjie hartseer! Dit gaan oor die Jode en die Nazi's. Die gaskamers...ens...die arme pa wat so positief bly en dit als vir sy seuntjie. Dan het ek nou 'n boek hier gekry wat ek vir £1 van Amerika af bestel het. Die titel is..."The adventures of the reluctant Messiah"..deur Richard Bach. Richard Bach is nou regtig een van my gunstelinge sedert ek "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull" in Suid-Afrika gekoop en gelees het. Ek het die boek hier in London weer raakgeloop, weer gekoop en weer gelees...dis net een van daardie boeke! Ek sit nou met drie boeke wat ek gelyktydig probeer lees. Genade, ek kry nie eers een gelees nie...het nou 'n so 'n hoofstuk in elkeen gelees...'n skaakspeler het die "reluctant" een aanbeveel...ek het nou omtrent 4 ander boeke van Richard Bach gelees..."One"..."Bridge across forever"...kan nie nou eers aan die ander dink nie, sal hulle nadersleep en hulle blog...maar almal regtig baie goed. "One" gaan meer oor hoe hy sy vrou ontmoet het, nie 'n suiwer liefdesverhaal nie, maar byna. Hy was van beroep 'n vlieenier gewees en daarom draai al sy boeke om vliegtuie en vliegritte ens. ~As jy enigsins kan, kry die Jonathan Livingstone Seagull boek, dis uit en uit die moeite werd om hom te lees, ek sal hom baie beslis weer lees.

For a dancer..

I didn't know about this song, only when one Dutch player introduced me to this song, I got to know it and have also never heard before about Jackson Browne...BEAUTIFUL song...!

Bitterbessie Dagbreek

Ek is verslaaf aan gedigte en veral hierdie een wat altyd teen my kamermuur as student opgeplak was! --saam met natuurlik 'n dosyn ander....

BITTERBESSIE DAGBREEK ~~ Ingrid Jonker

Bitterbessie dagbreek
bitterbessie son
'n spieël het gebreek
tusen my en hom

Read HERE the rest of the poem and ON THIS LINK you can read more about her...and the same poem...all on my Wordpress blog. You can also read "Muskiete Jag" and listen to her song....on the first link.

Show me the place ...

This poem was written by C Louis Leipoldt, (1880 - 1947) - a South African poet and you can read an English translation here to, translated by Melissa on her blog, link at the bottom too....it is one of our best poets we've had and this poem is one of my favourites too...do read the English one and enjoy it!

WYS MY DIE PLEK

Wys my die plek waar ons saam gestaan het,

Eens, toe jy myne was -

Vroeër, voor jou liefde vir my getaan het,

Vroeër, toe jy myne was.

Kyk, dis dieselfde;

die silwer see

Blink in die sonskyn,

soos lang verlee

Dit eenmaal geblink het,

'n welkomsgroet

Vir ons liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed.

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Wys my die plek waar ons saam gekniel het,

Eens, toe jy myne was -

Vroeër, toe een siel vir ons saam besiel het,

Vroeër, toe jy myne was.

Kyk, dis dieselfde; die hemel, blou,

Lag soos voorheen op my en op jou;

Dit skitter nog altyd 'n welkomsgroet

Vir ons liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed.

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Wys my die plek waar ons saam geloop het,

Eens, toe jy myne was -

Vroeër, toe ons harte so veel gehoop het,

Vroeër, toe jy myne was.

Kyk, dis dieselfde! Net jy nie.

Vra,Wie van ons twee moet die meeste dra ?

Jy wat vergeet het - of ek wat boet

Vir my liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed ?

by C. Louis Leipoldt (ca. 1880 - 1947)

SHOW ME THE PLACE

Show me the place where we stood side by side,

Once, when you were mine -

Earlier, before your love for me died,

Earlier, when you were mine.

Look, it's the same, the silver sea

Shines in the sun's rays, just like before

It once shined,

a welcoming

For our love that endured and everything enhanced.

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Show me the place where we knelt together,

Once, when you were mine -

Earlier, when one soul possessed us,

Earlier, when you were mine.

Look, it's the same, the sky, so blue,

Smiles just as before on me and on you,

It continues to shine as a welcoming

For our love that endures and everything enhances.

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Show me the place where we use to walk,

Once, when you were mine -

Earlier, when our hearts hoped so much,

Earlier, when you were mine.Look, it's the same!

Except for you.

Which one of us has the most to bear ?

You, that has forgotten - or me,

that has to pay

For my love that endures and all enhances ?

Translated by......Melissa here on her blog!

Chess puzzle

Chess puzzle... Mate in six moves!

Dance of Love

Shogi

Shogi, or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan.
Objective
Technically the game is won when a king is captured, though in practice defeat is conceded at mate or when mate becomes inevitable.

A traditional (shogi board) displaying a set of koma (pieces).
The pieces on the far side are turned to show their promoted values.
The stands on either side are komadai used to hold captured pieces.
The board itself is raised for the comfort of players seated on tatami mats (background), and is hollowed underneath to produce a pleasing sound when the pieces are moved.
Read more here about Shogi.

Kasparov vs Vladimir Putin...

The Tsar’s Opponent
Garry Kasparov takes aim at the power of Vladimir Putin.by David Remnick
On a recent summer evening, the greatest player in the history of chess, Garry Kasparov, wrapped up an exhausting series of meetings devoted to the defeat of the Kremlin regime. After days of debate, a motley pride of unlikely revolutionaries – bearded politicos, earnest academics, and multigrained environmentalists – collected their cigarettes and left Kasparov’s apartment, divided and worn out. Little had been accomplished. Crumpled drafts of fevered proclamations lay scattered on the kitchen table. Puffy-eyed and unsmiling, Kasparov grunted a curt farewell to his comrades and went off to make yet another urgent telephone call.
Kasparov is forty-four. He was the world chess champion for fifteen years. Until his retirement, two years ago, his dominance was unprecedented. Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer – none came close. Chess has outsized meaning in Russia, and Kasparov at home was a cross between the greatest of athletes and a revered intellectual. Now he has volunteered for grim and, very likely, futile duty. As the most conspicuous leader of Drugaya Rossiya (the Other Russia), an umbrella group of liberals, neo-Bolsheviks, and just about anyone else wishing to speak ill of Vladimir Putin.

Read newsarticle here ....

Chess puzzle

Chess.... puzzle to solve.

Out of Africa--movie

This film - based on the true life of Karen Blixen - is of course a must-seen....click here to see clips from the movie...Out of Africa . Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
See more here about the true story of Karen Blixen, just a short clip.

Read the complete true story of Karen Blixen here.


Music file...Africa take a minute and listen!

Bee Gees

To-Love-Somebody-

Die Bee Gees was nog altyd een van my groot gunstelinge. Hulle bly darem 'n wenneer. Jy kan in enige bui wees en na hulle luister en hulle sit jou sommer in die regte bui! Fluweel-musiek!

James Blunt, music movie

Ek het James se CD...."Back to bedlam" en daarop verskyn die liedjie wat op die video is, "You're beautiful". Ander wat ook mooi is, is "Goodbye my lover", "Tears and rain" en "High"...

Tom Waits...music file

Listen and enjoy Tom Waits

Ek het nie geweet van die musiek van Tom Waits, totdat iemand my van hom vertel het, en die liedjie is pragtig. Die woorde is sommer ook net hier!

Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You

Tom Waits

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display
your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear
you calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, there's people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown,
take that frown and break it,
Before the evening's gone away,
I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,
and it being late, you'd like some some company,
Well I've had two, I look at you,
and you look back at me,
The guy you're with has up and split,
the chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
Turn around to look at you,
you're nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face,
guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you.
Copyright© 2000-2007

When there is faith - Robert Le Noury
When one door closes another opens,
when you finish one page there is another,
when one shooting star fades you see the moon.

There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
There is always a silver lining around that cloud.
There is a reason for each season.

When you ask it shall be given,
when cry you will be comforted,
when you rejoice the Angels sing.

There are more answers than questions.
There are more smiles than frowns.
There is a reason for living.

Faith teaches us these truths.
Faith holds fast when others dispair.
Faith is true when all else is vain.
"Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith."
Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)

On Safari!

South Africa is always THE place to be!!

Follow this link here to see a movie....enjoy!

Underground

These pictures were taken on platforms as I was travelling on the Underground.....or ..........the tube...some of the pictures are Platform Art....You will read it in the right bottom corner...it is to promote art and artists throughout London. The other pictures are only advertisements.....and one picture tells you that London Underground is busy improving the stations!