Mandela was old, and his loss is not as substantial as Steve Biko. But his life is the more powerful testimony. Fred Hollows is highly lauded in Australia by many of the same now applauding Mandela. I once met a man who had died in one of Africa's homicidal orgies of violence. The man, whose broken body had been left with others in the half shell of a burned out church where he had rotted for a week. One arm had withered. But after a week, he awoke, and found God. He toured the world, speaking of his experience, and came to my church in Cabramatta with his testimony. Because I am so fat, he had a picture taken, with me, to show his African friends how Australians might live. He related how he had met Mandela when Mandela had been suffering prostate cancer, and he blessed him in the Lord's name. And Mandela was cured. I remember thinking that the Lord could have done better with a child who could give more. But I was feeling uncharitable. Mandela's life, not his petty feelings, means much to Africans and the world. Mandela's legacy is one of hope and love. Forgiveness and redemption. Who hopes for more, that has not sold themselves short?
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Stralia Duke and Vincent Powerhouse Tran. Born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 846 – Hasan al-Askari, Abbasid religious leader, 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
- 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and educator (d. 1809)
- 1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
- 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Robb Royer, American songwriter, screenwriter, bass guitar player, guitar player, and keyboard player (Bread)
- 2000 – Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
Matches
- 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
- 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols underBatu Khan.
- 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
- 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery
- 1877 – The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
- 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
- 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
- 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
- 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at theÉcole Polytechnique in Montreal.
Despatches
- 343 – Nikolaos of Myra, Greek bishop and saint, model of Santa Claus (b. 270)
- 672 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
- 1675 – John Lightfoot, English churchman, academic, and scholar (b. 1602)
- 1882 – Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
- 1889 – Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1949 – Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888)
- 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys) (b. 1936)
Labor Left right out of matters of security
Piers Akerman – Thursday, December 05, 2013 (6:49pm)
HISTORY would indicate the Left cannot be trusted with our security.
CHRISTMAS BLOB
Tim Blair – Friday, December 06, 2013 (11:57am)
This site’s ABC mole, located deep within Ultimo headquarters, forwards an email sent today to ABC staff:
Dear All,The 2013 Christmas e-cards are ready for you to download from the intranet.Our Christmas e-cards are environmentally friendly, quick to download and look wonderful thanks to the talented and creative contributors at ABC Open and ABC Science.
Sounds promising. Let’s take a look:
“We Zarkxalonians From the ABC Galaxy Come In Peace!” writes our man inside the billion-dollar broadcaster. “Give Us State Subsidies or Be Ex-ter-mi-nated! Here Is A Photo Of Our Leader!”
“We Zarkxalonians From the ABC Galaxy Come In Peace!” writes our man inside the billion-dollar broadcaster. “Give Us State Subsidies or Be Ex-ter-mi-nated! Here Is A Photo Of Our Leader!”
Others may observe that the ABC’s official Christmas peace creature is both spineless and brainless. Appropriately, it does have tentacles.
UPDATE. The ABC’s charter examined.
NELSON MANDELA
Tim Blair – Friday, December 06, 2013 (11:13am)
Among one or two other accomplishments, the late Nelson Mandela inspired this toe-tapping tune:
UPDATE. A clear-eyed view from the Wall St Journal:
UPDATE. A clear-eyed view from the Wall St Journal:
The bulk of his adult life, Nelson Mandela was a failed Marxist revolutionary and leftist icon, the Che Guevara of Africa. Then in his seventies he had the chance to govern. He chose national reconciliation over reprisal, and he thus made himself an historic and all too rare example of a wise revolutionary leader …He started his life sentence at Robben Island prison near Cape Town a would-be Lenin. He walked out of jail on February 11, 1990—at age 71—an African Havel.Age mellowed him. Times changed … Mandela became the biggest of African men by refusing to act like a typical African “Big Man.” He transcended his party’s history of Marxism, tribalism and violence. The continent and world were fortunate to have him.
THEY DON’T LIKE SHOPS
Tim Blair – Friday, December 06, 2013 (10:57am)
THE CHICAGO WAY
Tim Blair – Friday, December 06, 2013 (2:47am)
One crim aims to replace another:
Former Chicago Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez, convicted on federal charges of rigging hiring to benefit political foot soldiers, filed Monday to run for the Cook County Board seat previously held by William Beavers — who is headed for prison.
(Via Iowahawk)
Palmer should explain if he snowed Parliament
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (9:22am)
I do hope Bronwyn Bishop investigates whether Clive Palmer misled Parliament, as Hedley Thomas’s evidence suggests:
===WHEN father-to-be Clive Palmer formally asked for a paternity leave pass from federal parliament, few realised it was to give him time to hob-nob at the birth of a vanity project - the “World Leadership Alliance” at his Sunshine Coast dinosaur park.
As political foes and friends alike endured another long parliamentary sitting in Canberra yesterday, Mr Palmer zipped between a beach club, lunch, cocktails and a fancy dinner at the beachside resort, sharing the prestige of his exalted roles as the alliance’s “secretary-general”, as well as “president of the World Economic Council”.
Bemused staff, who leaked the confidential internal diary of his day to The Australian yesterday, said Mr Palmer owed the Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop, an explanation for potentially misleading the house…
When Mr Palmer issued his plea to the Speaker on Tuesday afternoon for an early mark from parliament, it was for the birth of his fourth child… “On indulgence, Madam Speaker, I request leave from the house to be absent from tomorrow for the birth of my child next week,” Mr Palmer said.
The Liberals must restore free speech. That freedom defends all, regardless of faith or ethnicity
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (9:11am)
(POST BUMPED FROM YESTERDAY, WITH POSTSCRIPT)
Professor James Allan:
I do, however, single out Danny Lamm for offering to speak on my behalf. I am grateful to him.
But I believe the Jewish community - or those members involved in public advocacy - should reflect on whether principle here has been trashed for advantage by representatives who should know better.
POSTSCRIPT
I have been warned that some people are taking offence at my mentioning the religion of the judge and the barristers for the complainants. One Jewish community leader has even had the hide to wonder in an email to me if I was suggesting a “Jewish conspiracy”.
It should be clear - and would be to those who know me - that the reference is made to suggest just how much an insult was meant by the Nazi reference and how explosive it was in the context of the case.
There will be some who will nevertheless want to take offence and portray me as something I’m not so they can distract attention from the real argument. To them I say this: I have risked my reputation to defend Israel from calumnies before a mob and a media only too keen to hear and spread them, and on national television:
I understand Jews fearing that too much free speech will unleash anti-Semitism - and I understand even better how much they have to fear from such racism, given the history of the last century.
But they are drawing the wrong lessons from the rise of Nazism. The Nazis did not flourish because they had too much free speech. They flourished because their critics had none.
Indeed, Germany had laws against Nazi hate-preaching before Hitler’s rise to power, and they made not the slightest difference (although, yes, they were weak and even more weakly applied). For instance:
Or even more often:
===Professor James Allan:
THIS government’s commitment to repeal at least parts of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, the so-called anti-hate speech laws that were used against Andrew Bolt, raises at least four crucial issues.I have been particularly disappointed to be treated as collateral damage by Jewish community leaders and political players who have been demanding these illiberal laws be kept. Several have privately assured me they found the case against me a misapplication of the law or even an injustice. But not one publicly said so. Every one of them knows what a supporter I have been of the Jewish community, not just in print, yet not one publicly protested when a Jewish QC told a Jewish judge in my case something far more foul than anything I had written - that my thinking resembled that of the Nazis who drew up the Nuremberg race laws. That obscene slur struck me as a legally sanctioned defamation.
First, any commitment to free speech is a commitment to allowing people to say and write things you may not like, that you may detest, that you may disagree with and find offensive. If the words spoken are words we all agree with and find congenial, then there is no need for any commitment to free speech…
The next point about the repeal of these existing hate speech provisions is that they were grossly misused in the Bolt case…
The whole Bolt saga was an embarrassment to Australia’s liberal credentials…
Next, there is the democratic issue. Tony Abbott and the Coalition went to the September election with a major pledge to repeal all or most of section 18 of the act. So it is right that, having won a big majority, they do what they promised…
The fourth issue relates to the prudential aspects of running a newly elected government. George Brandis, our new Attorney-General, made plain his commitment to free-speech principles before the election. And he is clear that he will proceed with some sort of repeal…
This repeal needs to go ahead. All four aspects of this provision, the ones aimed at offending, insulting, humiliating and intimidating, they need to go. A half-hearted repeal would hardly make Brandis or the Coalition defenders of free speech and liberty. Honour your campaign pledge, Senator Brandis.
I do, however, single out Danny Lamm for offering to speak on my behalf. I am grateful to him.
But I believe the Jewish community - or those members involved in public advocacy - should reflect on whether principle here has been trashed for advantage by representatives who should know better.
POSTSCRIPT
I have been warned that some people are taking offence at my mentioning the religion of the judge and the barristers for the complainants. One Jewish community leader has even had the hide to wonder in an email to me if I was suggesting a “Jewish conspiracy”.
It should be clear - and would be to those who know me - that the reference is made to suggest just how much an insult was meant by the Nazi reference and how explosive it was in the context of the case.
There will be some who will nevertheless want to take offence and portray me as something I’m not so they can distract attention from the real argument. To them I say this: I have risked my reputation to defend Israel from calumnies before a mob and a media only too keen to hear and spread them, and on national television:
Please do me the courtesy of not now trashing my reputation by smearing me as some kind of enemy of Israel or Jews just to win a debating point. I’ve dared say more in Israel’s defence in public than many Jews with a public profile. Drag me down in this debate and you only undermine one of Israel’s greatest supporters in the media. And you win only trash in doing so - laws even worse that the kind activists used to try to stop me from saying what I did below (from 2:45) about anti-Israel boycotts:
UPDATE
I understand Jews fearing that too much free speech will unleash anti-Semitism - and I understand even better how much they have to fear from such racism, given the history of the last century.
But they are drawing the wrong lessons from the rise of Nazism. The Nazis did not flourish because they had too much free speech. They flourished because their critics had none.
Indeed, Germany had laws against Nazi hate-preaching before Hitler’s rise to power, and they made not the slightest difference (although, yes, they were weak and even more weakly applied). For instance:
The [Völkischer Beobachter] was originally founded in 1887 as a four-page Munich weekly, the Münchner Beobachter. It had become a daily anti-Semitic gossip sheet with a circulation of about 7,000 when it was bought by Adolph Hitler in 1923 to serve as the propaganda organ of his Nazi Party. In 1941 its circulation had passed 1.1 million.
Publication of the Völkischer Beobachter was suspended three times in the early 1920s by the pre-Hitler German government because of anti-Semitic articles and attacks on government policies and officials.
Or even more often:
VB was chiefly a purveyor of anti-Semitism and radical propaganda. [Publisher] Amann later bragged that after passage of the Law for the Protection of the Republic, it was banned thirty-four times for harassing the “Weimar system.”An example:
July 15, 1931Hitler even boasted of being censored to win support:
BERLIN (Jul. 14)
The Voelkischer Beobachter, Adolf Hitler’s personal organ, was suspended by the Munich police today for three weeks. The suspension is the result of the paper’s virulent attacks on the German government in connection with the Hoover moratorium plan and the publication of an allegation that Karl Severing, Prussian minister of the interior, was heading an organized massacre of Hitlerites by Communists.
Once the principle of such censorship was accepted, it was turned against everyone - and none more than the Jews of Germany:
Nelson Mandela dies
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (8:46am)
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has died, aged 95.
===Not a whistleblower but an idiot and tool of Russia
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (8:38am)
Not a “whistleblower” but a traitor. Edward Snowden, given asylum in Russia, helps Russia’s PR war:
===Swedish signals intelligence agency FRA spied on Russian leaders and shared the data collected with the US, local media report citing Edward Snowden leaks.Mark Bowdenaug isn’t buying the “whistleblower” line, either:
Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden ... are young people at war with the concept of secrecy itself, which is just foolish. There are many legitimate reasons for governments to keep secrets, among them the need to preserve the element of surprise in military operations or criminal investigations, to permit leaders and diplomats to bargain candidly, and to protect the identities of those we ask to perform dangerous and difficult missions.(Thanks to readers A.B. and Tabitha.)
The most famous leakers in American history were motivated not by a general opposition to secrecy but by a desire to expose specific wrongdoing…
Manning and Snowden are wholesale leakers. I can’t know this for a fact, but I suspect they were not completely aware of all they carried off. It isn’t just that they didn’t completely understand what they were leaking; they literally did not know what all of it was. Computers enable individual operators to open floodgates. Out spills everything, the legitimate along with the illegitimate. It’s easy, and it’s irresponsible. It proceeds from a Julian Assange-influenced, comic-book vision of the world where all governments are a part of an evil plot against humanity…
There have been a few things in the Manning and Snowden leaks that might have warranted taking a principled stand, but the great bulk of what they delivered shows our nation’s military, intelligence agencies, and foreign service working hard at their jobs—doing the things we the people, through our elected representatives, have ordered them to do. It came as no surprise to me that America has been aggressively collecting massive pools of data in order to discover and derail terrorist attacks in advance, an enormously difficult thing to do, and yet the very thing Americans demanded after 9/11…
Snowden ... has turned himself into an enduring symbol of idiocy by fleeing the oppressive grip of Barack Obama for the open arms of that great civil libertarian, Vladimir Putin.
Both Manning and Snowden strike me not as heroes, but as naifs. Neither appears to have understood what they were getting themselves into, and, more importantly, what they were doing
ABC tells children Abbott isn’t sorry like nice Rudd was
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (8:31am)
Miranda Devine notes the ABC is so saturated by its Leftist bias that even children’s programs preach its politics:
(Thanks to readers Whatthe and watty.)
With a cheery youth-friendly style, [Behind The News] promotes the soft-left line on everything from asylum seekers to gender equality to big government spending.
[Tuesday’s] episode of BTN began with a story about Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s “broken promise” on Gonski funding.
Next was “Why sorry seems to be the hardest word over the Indonesian spy scandal”, complete with footage of Kevin Rudd making his Stolen Generations apology. Praise for Rudd was cleverly delivered using Tony Abbott’s words.
“So it seems Tony is a fan of people who say sorry too. Well, he was.”
That is, until the Indonesia spying scandal erupted. No mention that the spying occurred during Rudd’s sainted reign…
A scan of other BTN stories this year finds similar examples of loaded commentary: “The new PM Tony Abbott hasn’t repaid some money that he claimed for going to a few running and cycling events. The fitness freak says they were genuine community events, so it’s OK for the taxpayer to help foot the bill.”
UPDATE
A petition is circulated:
To the President and members of the SenateSign here.
We the undersigned request that the Senate:
1) Conducts a complete review into the Australian Broadcasting Corporations Act 1983 and strengthens the ABC’s charter to remove any ambiguity;
2) Evaluates whether the ABC with its expanding media and online presence is making it impossible for independent media to compete;
3) Evaluates whether the ABC is suitably servicing the contract to run the Australia Network;
4) Reviews whether the ABC board including the Chairman is abiding by the charter;
5) Evaluates whether the Managing director of the ABC, Mark Scott, conducted himself appropriately when he decided to promote the Guardian’s spy allegations. Especially since it has emerged that the ABC refused requests from intelligence agencies to redact the material in the interests of national security.
UPDATE
Reader Peter of Bellevue Hill:
An insightful interview with Donald McDonald on The Drum- watch vid from 9.20 to 30.43.
He was asked (at 21.24) by host Julia Baird should the ABC have published the August 2009 Snowden leak. McDonald: “I personally would have left it to The Guardian.”
Abbott fixing what Rudd, Snowden and the ABC broke
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (7:41am)
The Abbott Government is making good progress in fixing up Labor’s mess:
===THE Abbott government has accepted Indonesia’s six-step process for restoring the bilateral relationship in the wake of the Australian spying scandal...
Importantly for Australia, which is braced for the release of further secret material stolen by Mr Snowden, a former US security contractor, about its espionage activities in the region, [Indonesian foreign minister] Dr Natalegawa said Indonesia did not want the revelations causing any further crises.
“What I have suggested not only to Australia but to other colleagues in our region, to be honest, is that we must ready ourselves for what’s to come in future revelations, not (just) about Australia but whomever,” he said.
And now for the firm smack of leadership
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (7:26am)
Dennis Shanahan is right about the problem and right to suggest the fix is already in:
===Abbott’s genuine humility at being elected Prime Minister needs an injection of pride in achievement to demonstrate who is in control and to develop a less supine position.
He needs to become more openly assertive and responsible—not just for public consumption but for internal reasons.
There is evidence in Abbott’s actions, such as the surrender of the forlorn and dangerous plan to save $1.2bn in school funding, and in his behaviour—the marked stepping up in his parliamentary performance directed at Bill Shorten and the previous Labor government—to suggest he is preparing to take the field.
Professor Reuter’s next job: to apologise in Indonesia for sliming his country
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (7:02am)
On Tuesday I accused Professor Thomas Reuter of spreading incendiary anti-Australian propaganda in an article in the Jakarta Post claiming Australian troops occupied Bali for the Dutch during the independence struggle and were involved in massacres.
It turns out he just made that bit up:
What else is Reuter teaching at Melbourne University? What other dangerous stories is he telling in Indonesia?
At the very minimum Reuter has a responsibility to publish a retraction of his claims in the Jakarta Post. And Melbourne University should hold an inquiry into his activities. The taxpayer-funded Conversation should also explain how it came to run something making such preposterous and dangerous claims.
This correction on Reuter’s article raises more questions than it answers and does not address other clear errors Reuter has made:
===It turns out he just made that bit up:
The University of Sydney’s Adrian Vickers, a historian of Indonesia whose father was among the Australian troops in the region just after the war, ... said it was simply not true that Australian troops had occupied Bali during the early period in which Allied forces were seeking to hold positions for the returning Dutch.This is scandalous. And what of Reuter’s other claims in his poisonous article? Where’s the evidence for his claim that Australia is guilty of “attempts to assassinate Sukarno”? Where’s the evidence for his claim that there was “applause” from Australia for the massacre of up to 1 million Indonesians in the power struggles in the 1960s?
And he said there was no evidence of Australian involvement in atrocities against Indonesian independence fighters.
“I have seen nothing (before) that even alleges this,” he said. Professor Vickers said research suggested that “many of the troops were sympathetic to the Indonesian cause"…
Last night, after Professor Vickers complained to The Conversation, Professor Reuter backtracked and the website posted a correction. Professor Reuter said the passage was “poorly worded”, admitted Australian troops did not occupy Bali, and was “clarifying the nature of the information on which I based my statement of alleged Australian involvement in actions against local supporters of Indonesia independence”.
What else is Reuter teaching at Melbourne University? What other dangerous stories is he telling in Indonesia?
At the very minimum Reuter has a responsibility to publish a retraction of his claims in the Jakarta Post. And Melbourne University should hold an inquiry into his activities. The taxpayer-funded Conversation should also explain how it came to run something making such preposterous and dangerous claims.
This correction on Reuter’s article raises more questions than it answers and does not address other clear errors Reuter has made:
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that “Australian troops participated in the occupation of the outer islands, including Bali, and were involved in massacres”. Elements of these claims cannot be verified and have been removed.
Proof: Holden doesn’t want to be saved - or some Ministers don’t want to save it
Andrew Bolt December 06 2013 (6:46am)
Holden may have saved the Abbott Government the trouble of deciding whether to give it yet another handout:
More resistance to calls for a bailout:
===The Australian understands that General Motors was poised to announce it was ending its Australian manufacturing operations in 2016 as early as yesterday, but a decision in Beijing the night before has delayed the decision.Of course, such comments may come from Ministers keen to turn off the tap but just as keen not to get the blame for Holden closing down:
Sources say that General Motors is delaying the announcement for commercial reasons… It is understood some Coalition ministers, including Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, have not been advised of General Motors’ decision, because the company “does not want to be saved”, sources told The Australian last night.
Mr Macfarlane said last night it was not his understanding that General Motors’ had already made a decision to pull out of Australia.But maybe the rumor is true:
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said last night Mr Macfarlane had told him he had spoken to Holden and the company had denied the reports.
“What is happening now is that federal government ministers are briefing against their own colleagues, exposing the deep divisions in the Liberal Party over the auto industry’s future,” Mr Weatherill said.
A Holden spokesman last night declined to “respond to speculation”.UPDATE
More resistance to calls for a bailout:
SENIOR Abbott government ministers are resisting a quick bailout of Qantas, despite the airline flagging plans to sell down key assets such as its frequent flyer program and Jetstar as it heads for a predicted pre-tax 12-month loss of up to $860 million.
Joe Hockey and Transport Minister Warren Truss yesterday turned pressure back on Qantas to take steps to improve its fortunes as the airline flagged 1000 job losses in a disastrous profit guidance to the market, predicting it would make a loss of between $250m and $300m for six months…
Qantas has been desperately lobbying the government and conducting a campaign against rival Virgin Australia in an attempt to get debt guarantees to help it avoid the downgrade.
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Sarah Palin
Is there any doubt it's imperative to protect the heart of Christmas? Take a look at this article about an elementary school in Texas banning Christmas trees and the colors red and green from a “winter” party. Just like I write about it “Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas,” every day we see stories like this one, and we need to stiffen our spines, say “enough is enough,” and hold on to REAL hope, America! The real hope that IS the message of Christmas. We can remember and capture that spirit of true hope during this holiday season and commit to live it out every single day. I promise you, it works!
See the article here:
http://www.foxnews.com/
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JOHN WAYNE
With a heavy heart we report Nelson Mandela has passed away. Mandela was 95. In his lifetime, he was a man of complexities. He went from a militant freedom fighter, to a prisoner, to a unifying figure, to an elder statesman.
Earlier this year we announced John Wayne Cancer Institute will Honor the Mandela Family by presenting them with the "True Grit" Award. "The Wayne Family is truly honored to present the 'True Grit' Award to the Mandela Family," said Patrick Wayne, Chairman of the Board at JWCI and son of the legendary actor John Wayne. "Their spirit, fortitude and strength in ending apartheid and easing human suffering inspire us all and is unsurpassed as is our commitment to eradicate cancer and provide hope to cancer patients around the globe."
The Mandela Family will be honored with the "True Grit" Award for continuing the mission of former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Laureate Nelson Mandela who helped bring an end to apartheid. As global advocates for human and civil rights, democracy, reconciliation, mutual respect and tolerance, the family is preserving the history, heritage and legacy. A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the 1940s, Nelson Mandela was a leader against the white minority's oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in prison for nearly three decades and made him the face of the anti-apartheid movement both within his country and internationally. His family also suffered under the regime and was imprisoned and sentenced to house arrest. In 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa, forming a multiethnic government to oversee the country's transition.
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." Nelson Mandela
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Ali Kadhim
February 1st, 1975 - From an island prison, within a 4 meter square concrete cell, and on a bed matress less than an inch thick, he writes to his wife and says “Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.” Mandela served 18 of his 27 years in prison within that very cell. He still continues to teach so much to those willing to learn. Leadership, justice, freedom, resistance. Your words and actions will never die MADIBA!
===The Obama Administration failed to adequately justify its growing ties with the Burmese government and military yesterday at a Congressional hearing. Those who testified for the Administration were met with strong, bipartisan opposition from Congress.
"I personally don’t believe that the Burmese military needs to be trained to stop killing and raping and stealing lands from people within their own country,” said Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley of New York...Republican panel chairman, Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio, also said the administration was being too hasty to engage with the military, and that the United States risks losing its remaining leverage to encourage further reforms."
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These two guys, Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Laxmi Chandra, have been running a free school under a metro bridge in New Delhi, India for the last 3 years. Rajesh and Laxmi have about 30 students - they are kids who live in the nearby slums and cannot afford a public education.
Faith in humanity = RESTORED!
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James Calore
If you need me, I'll be in the study...===
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Michelle Malkin
‘Brava, ma’am!’ Doctor responds to AMA solicitation in epic fashion [pic] ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/
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Stephanie Ann
While people argue about whether Mandela was a hero or a terrorist, I will reflect on the words of two different men... and I know which one I choose to support.
Here's the difference between two men!
“As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr., 1956
“At the end of the day… violence was the only weapon that would destroy apartheid.” ~ Nelson Mandela, 1959
===Here's the difference between two men!
“As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr., 1956
“At the end of the day… violence was the only weapon that would destroy apartheid.” ~ Nelson Mandela, 1959
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David Bowles
I'm excited to announce that on December 10th, AIM Media Texas (the folks behind The Monitor and other papers) will be releasing Creature Feature: 13 Frightening Folktales of the Río Grande Valley. This eBook collects the nine stories published in The Monitor this past September and October, plus an additional four tales I crafted especially for the volume. Featuring a baker’s dozen of fantastic illustrations from several amazing artists, this beautiful book will make a great Christmas present for that fan of fear in your family.
Creature Feature will first go on sale throughwww.themonitor.com, but it will eventually make its way to your preferred purveyor of eBooks. Enjoy…with the lights on!
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http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/dl-entertainment/films-that-are-sexist-on-rewatching-20131128-2ybp0.html
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http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/i-have-the-support-of-qlders-newman/story-e6frfku9-1226776849155
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http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/ses-boss-accused-of-trying-to-hinder-icac/story-e6frfku9-1226777054685
Former NSW State Emergency Services deputy commissioner Tara McCarthy was fired after doing her job too well and alleging to her boss that his good mate had engaged in potentially corrupt behaviour, an inquiry has heard.
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My heart goes out for that mum and the toddler. - ed
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Until somehow when this lady met this camel. And they knew it was much more than a hunch. That their troupe would one day be like a family. And that's the way they became a shady bunch. - ed===
Aprille Love
Taking a moment to remember the wonderfully inspiring man that is Nelson Mandela!
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Where the Land Meets the Sky
Taken in Northern Arizona just outside of Monument Valley. The monsoon clouds were building in the late afternoon heat of the day and were creating some nice micro storms.
Cropped 3 image Panoramic
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— in Arizona.Taken in Northern Arizona just outside of Monument Valley. The monsoon clouds were building in the late afternoon heat of the day and were creating some nice micro storms.
Cropped 3 image Panoramic
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Camera Nikon D7100
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 10 mm
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Governing for all? - ed
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Did you know Mac can support Windows?
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John Tran LOLOLOLOLOL lolz!!! Borats Lalich! I remember at the voting booth when a guy hands me Lalich's leaflet, I said no thanks, he sees me Asian so was surprised and said "really, not Labour?" I said "Piss off, please", he looks sternly at me, I said "I did say please and remember it's non of your business who I vote, and remember you might be breaking a law here."
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http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/govt-opposition-deny-holden-pull-out-plan/story-e6frfku9-1226776625199
Union has destroyed car industry - ed===
one day, eyes .. ed
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http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/model-to-serve-4-yrs-for-killing-gary-mara/story-e6frfkui-1226776655925
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A reformed terrorist, an ongoing bigot, a humble man and a statesman. Nelson achieved much in his life, and inspired many. He rests now. But his legacy uniting a nation should be marked by being kind to others. - ed
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I'm sure there is much to criticise, but some of the criticism is OTT. Unless critics stick to the truth, they devalue their currency. - ed
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.. she said 10 years .. ed
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http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviation/qantas-cuts-1000-jobs-mulls-future-of-jetstar-and-frequent-flyers-20131205-2ys00.html
The easiest way to compile a small fortune is to start with a large one. - ed===
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/cricket-great-jeff-thomson-slams-mp-craig-thomson-for-adopting-his-name-during-alleged-dalliances-with-prostitutes/story-fni0cx12-1226775479018
but the prostitutes remember he was very fast.. the honourable member of the privileges committee .. I couldn't make that up, write and call it believable fiction - ed===
Keating is being offensive. - ed
John Tran He is. Though I do understand the argument that too much significance is being placed on ANZACs, the idea that a nation found an identity out of immense grief and tragedy, and realisation that's it's own path can be forged much better without it's masters.. is unique and unpretentious. More so, that it does not glorify war and commenrate a revolution, or the murdering of brothers or neighbours in civil war. It signifies a simple agonising respect, but somewhat sensible awakening. Though you can also be a self centred, obnoxious whining indolent attention seeker like keating.. and call a dumb failed military expedition, without really able to see beyond that is troublesome from a former PM
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David Bowles
"It's like there was a fellow in every man that's done a-past the sanity or the insanity, that watches the sane and insane doings of that man with the same horror and the same astonishment."
-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
12 Best of the US resumes tomorrow in The Monitor.
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12 Best of the US resumes tomorrow in The Monitor.
Aprille Love
Got my cook on. Oven baked garlic and rosemary lamb with roast vegetables and yoghurt, mint and corriander sauce. #wifey #masterchef
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http://dontpkethebear.com/25-funny-auto-correct-fails/
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Eric Hoffer: "The Jews are a peculiar people: Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews. Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people, and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it. Poland and Czechoslovakia did it.Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchmen. Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese--and no one says a word about refugees. But in the case of Israel, the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees. Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single Arab. Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis. Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms. But when Israel is victorious it must sue for peace. Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world."
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http://jeremyrosen.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/death.html
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http://zoa.org/2013/11/10220685-zoa-supports-israeli-pm-netanyahus-firm-repudiation-of-pres-obamas-dangerous-deal-sought-with-iran-in-geneva/
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http://zoa.org/2013/11/10222272-zoa-iranian-appeasement-deal-is-our-eras-munich-obama-the-new-chamberlain/
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http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1213/Teddy_Roosevelt_Menorahs.php3#.UqFPVBULMTc.facebook
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<There is a question puzzles me that I permanently thinking about it why there are some people do not recognize the state of Israel in spite of the culture Cabalasraúala and civilization and its superiority in many areas of intellectual, scientific, you answer it state made itself and a permanent research in the advancement and promotion in its state and its people, they're just like any other peoples of the world have the right to that have their state and identity>
I would argue that Israel is widely recognised, but that it is part of the politics of the left to embrace bigotry which unites them .. remember, US Democrats have a proud history of exalted leaders who killed Indians, supported slavery and exploited Blacks. Frther, a conservative position is often different to that .. therefore, the left have to support such bigotry to be different. The left don't have to be consistent in their bigotry, they merely have to be united in their opinion which devalues cultural values and assets. - ed===
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“ISRAELI SETTLEMENT FACTS AND FALSEHOODS”
1. JUDEA AND SAMARIA (JEWISH ROOTS) OR WEST BANK (ARAB ROOTS)?
“Judea” (יהודה) is the origin of the term “Jew” (יהודי). Judea and Samaria are the cradle of Jewish history, religion, culture, holidays, ethos, language and yearnings. The official name of the area was “Judea and Samaria” from Biblical times until April 1950, when Jordan occupied/annexed the area, renaming it “West Bank,” as distinguished from the east bank of the Jordan River. Judea and Samaria was the official name used by the 1922-1948 British Mandate of Palestine, as well as by the U.N.
2. ARE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE?
Jewish settlements were established in Judea and Samaria after the 1967 War. However, it was pre-1967 Arab terrorism which annihilated the Jewish communities of Hebron, Gush Etzion and Gaza and raged in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Galilee during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s — Arab terrorism aimed at preventing the establishment of an “infidel” Jewish state in the “abode of Islam.” Several Arab armies, and Palestinian terrorists, raided Israel in 1948 and persisted in anti-Jewish terrorism before the 1967 establishment of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.
3. IS THE STRATEGIC GOAL OF MAHMOUD ABBAS TO UPROOT THE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA?
Mahmoud Abbas is the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which supersedes and oversees the Palestinian Authority. The PLO was established in 1964, three years before the establishment of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. The 1964 Covenant of the PLO referred only to the pre-1967 area of Israel. The current PLO Covenant targets Judea, Samaria and the pre-1967 area of Israel for “liberation.”
Abbas is, also, the leader of Fatah, which was established in 1959, eight years before the establishment of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. The August 2009 Sixth Convention of Fatah called for the continued struggle “to eradicate the Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence.” The strategic goal of Abbas is to uproot the Jewish state and not, merely, the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.
4. WOULD THE UPROOTING OF JEWISH SETTLEMENTS ADVANCE PEACEFUL COEXISTENSE?
Peaceful coexistence on the one hand, and the uprooting of Jewish or Arab communities on the other, constitute an oxymoron. The 1.6 million Arabs, among 6 million Jews, within pre-1967 Israel do not constitute an obstacle to peace; nor do the 350,000 Jews, among 1.7 million Arabs in Judea and Samaria. The uprooting of Arab communities in pre-1967 Israel would be as immoral as would be the uprooting of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. “Judenrhein areas” contradict peaceful coexistence. In fact, the litmus test of Palestinian/Arab intent is the acceptance or rejection of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.
5. DOES JEWISH CONSTRUCTION IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA PREJUDGE THE OUTCOME OF NEGOTIATION?
Palestinian construction in Judea and Samaria — which is dramatically larger than Jewish construction there — presents facts on the ground, just as Jewish construction does. Western tendency to single out Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria, while ignoring Palestinian construction, prejudges the outcome of negotiations! Opposition to Arab presence in pre-1967 Israel should not be tolerated; so, too, should the opposition to a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria. Israel’s government razes illegal Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria. Israel should, also, raze the 1,100 illegal Arab homes built annually in Jerusalem and the thousands of illegal Arab homes in Judea and Samaria.
6. ARE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA LEGAL?
Judge Stephen Schwebel, former president of the International Court of Justice, determined that Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria was rooted in self-defense and therefore did not constitute “occupation.” Eugene Rostow, former dean of Yale Law School, former undersecretary of state and co-author of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which sets out the criteria for Israel-Arab peacemaking said U.N. Resolution 242 does not call for withdrawal to the pre-1967 boundaries; Israel’s withdrawal from Sinai amounts to a 90 percent withdrawal from post-1967 areas; the legality of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria “cannot be terminated except by a recognized peace between Israel and its neighbors, and perhaps not even then, in view of Article 80 of the U.N. Charter, ‘the Palestine article,’” which upholds the 1922 British Mandate for Palestine. This 1922 international legal instrument considered Judea and Samaria part of the Jewish national homeland: “Jews have the same right to settle [in Judea and Samaria] as they have to settle in Haifa.” The 1993 Oslo Accord does not prohibit the construction of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.
The campaign against Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria is based on gross misrepresentations. It is not a peace-enhancer; it is an appeasement-enhancer, fueling terrorism and undermining the pursuit of peace.
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http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/12/05/as-kerry-visits-jerusalem-pa-police-arrest-outspoken-businessman-for-calling-for-abbass-downfall/
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Madu Odiokwu Pastorvin
Heavenly Father, I bless You and thank You for Your goodness and faithfulness in my life. I receive Your promises as truth, no matter what is going on around me. Fill me with joy and peace as I hold fast to Your promises for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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As it is written: ‘I have made you a father of many nations.’ He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed — the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.(Romans 4:17, NIV)
Twenty years before Abraham ever had a child, God said to him, “Abraham, I have made you a father of many nations.” Notice God spoke to him like it had already happened, in the past tense. I’m sure Abraham thought, “God, you must have made a mistake. I’m not a father. I don’t even have one child. Abraham could have talked himself out of it; but instead, he chose to believe.
Today, you may be thinking, “I’m not blessed. I’m not confident. I’m not healthy. I’m not favored.” But when God says you’re blessed, don’t try to figure it out. Just agree with God and say, “I am blessed.” When God calls you prosperous, don’t go check your bank account. Don’t go look at the stock report. Just agree with God and say, “I am prosperous.” Things may look impossible. That’s all right. That’s the way things looked for Abraham. But sure enough, God’s promises came to pass, and he became the father of many nations. When things look difficult, don’t agree with your circumstances, agree with His promises because He is faithful, and He will complete what He’s started in your life.God bless you.
Twenty years before Abraham ever had a child, God said to him, “Abraham, I have made you a father of many nations.” Notice God spoke to him like it had already happened, in the past tense. I’m sure Abraham thought, “God, you must have made a mistake. I’m not a father. I don’t even have one child. Abraham could have talked himself out of it; but instead, he chose to believe.
Today, you may be thinking, “I’m not blessed. I’m not confident. I’m not healthy. I’m not favored.” But when God says you’re blessed, don’t try to figure it out. Just agree with God and say, “I am blessed.” When God calls you prosperous, don’t go check your bank account. Don’t go look at the stock report. Just agree with God and say, “I am prosperous.” Things may look impossible. That’s all right. That’s the way things looked for Abraham. But sure enough, God’s promises came to pass, and he became the father of many nations. When things look difficult, don’t agree with your circumstances, agree with His promises because He is faithful, and He will complete what He’s started in your life.God bless you.
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HOW LONG CAN YOU LIVE ON EARTH?
harriet died at 175 years old.harriet was not a human.She was a Galapagos tortoise,and she lived at a zoo in Australia.Researchers said that freshwater pearl in Finland lived for more than 200 years.The burrowing clam (ocean quahog) often lives beyond 400 years.Various tress such as the bristlecone pine and some species of cypress and spruce,live for thousands years.
Yet human,who are generally considered to be the apex of terrestrial life,do well to live for 80 to 100 years despite our extraordinary efforts to extend life. What do you think is responsible? or is there the possibility that we can live much longer?
What did Bible say about how long we can live on earth? Genesis 6:3 says,Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” Psalm 90:10 says,The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.Proverbs 10:27. Yes, we can die before our time but Let me ask you this, when a person has an abortion, is that God's appointed time for that baby to die? When somebody commits suicide, is that God's appointed time for them to die? When somebody gets drunk, and kills an entire family, was that God's appointed time for them to die? Is it Biblical to "die before your time"? Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?Ecclesiastes 7:17. I want you to reflect on the message and change your ways.God will always be right.God bless you.
harriet died at 175 years old.harriet was not a human.She was a Galapagos tortoise,and she lived at a zoo in Australia.Researchers said that freshwater pearl in Finland lived for more than 200 years.The burrowing clam (ocean quahog) often lives beyond 400 years.Various tress such as the bristlecone pine and some species of cypress and spruce,live for thousands years.
Yet human,who are generally considered to be the apex of terrestrial life,do well to live for 80 to 100 years despite our extraordinary efforts to extend life. What do you think is responsible? or is there the possibility that we can live much longer?
What did Bible say about how long we can live on earth? Genesis 6:3 says,Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” Psalm 90:10 says,The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.Proverbs 10:27. Yes, we can die before our time but Let me ask you this, when a person has an abortion, is that God's appointed time for that baby to die? When somebody commits suicide, is that God's appointed time for them to die? When somebody gets drunk, and kills an entire family, was that God's appointed time for them to die? Is it Biblical to "die before your time"? Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?Ecclesiastes 7:17. I want you to reflect on the message and change your ways.God will always be right.God bless you.
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Father God,I thank You for the dreams and desires You’ve placed in my heart. Direct my steps. Fill me with Your peace. Show me the purpose and plan You have for me so that I can make them clear. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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G'day,
Here is my tribute cartoon to the man who's name meant "Troublemaker", and wasn't this father of modern South Africa certainly a troublemaker for the forces of tyranny and oppression. He will be missed of course but NEVER FORGOTTEN, especially by the billions on this planet that value FREEDOM above all else.
Godspeed
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- 1060 – Béla I the Champion was crowned king of Hungary.
- 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed and then came into force exactly one year later, establishing the Irish Free State, the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British government.
- 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completed his controversial novel Lolita, five years after starting it.
- 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory (flag pictured) was granted self-government.
- 2005 – Members of the People's Armed Police shot and killed several people in Dongzhou, Guangdong, China, who were protesting government plans to build a new power plant.
Events[edit]
- 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
- 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols underBatu Khan.
- 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
- 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughalarmy.
- 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1877 – The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
- 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
- 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
- 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- 1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia.
- 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
- 1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
- 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
- 1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War.
- 1947 – The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
- 1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- 1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earthorbit.
- 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
- 1969 – Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
- 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
- 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- 1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at theÉcole Polytechnique in Montreal.
- 1991 – In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- 1992 – The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
- 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- 2005 – Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
- 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
- 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- 2008 – The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
Births[edit]
- 846 – Hasan al-Askari, Abbasid religious leader, 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
- 1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
- 1421 – Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
- 1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1550 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (d. 1605)
- 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
- 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician (d. 1670)
- 1637 – Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
- 1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
- 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1685 – Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Italian wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
- 1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and educator (d. 1809)
- 1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer, botanist and politician, counsel for the defence of Louis XVI (d. 1794)
- 1752 – Gabriel Duvall, American politician and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1844)
- 1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1805 – Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
- 1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French illusionist (d. 1861)
- 1812 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
- 1823 – Max Müller, German-British philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
- 1833 – John S. Mosby, American Confederate army officer (d. 1916)
- 1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)
- 1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
- 1863 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)
- 1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
- 1872 – William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1874 – Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (d. 1979)
- 1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
- 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, English poet (d. 1941)
- 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
- 1884 – Cornelia Meigs, American children's author (d. 1973)
- 1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918)
- 1887 – Lynn Fontanne, English-American actress (d. 1983)
- 1887 – Joseph Lamb, American composer (d. 1960)
- 1888 – Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949)
- 1890 – Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist and author (d. 1946)
- 1890 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
- 1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German painter (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Osbert Sitwell, English author (d. 1969)
- 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)
- 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
- 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)
- 1904 – Ève Curie, French journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1905 – Elizabeth Yates, American author (d. 2001)
- 1908 – Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (d. 2003)
- 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1909 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader, Prophet President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (d. 2002)
- 1910 – David M. Potter, American historian (d. 1971)
- 1913 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot (d. 1943)
- 1916 – Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
- 1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
- 1917 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (d. 1977)
- 1917 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Skippy Baxter, American figure skater (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Paul de Man, Belgian-American critic and theorist (d. 1983)
- 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Peter Dimmock, English former TV sports presenter
- 1920 – George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003)
- 1921 – Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – John Brunt, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1944)
- 1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American politician
- 1924 – Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1928 – Stanley Clinton Davis, English politician
- 1928 – Bobby Van, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
- 1929 – Frank Springer, American illustrator (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss director
- 1930 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
- 1931 – Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
- 1932 – Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)
- 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, American air force general
- 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler
- 1935 – Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician, Senator from Saurel, Quebec (2001-2010)
- 1936 – Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
- 1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American author and evangelist
- 1936 – David Ossman, American comedian and actor
- 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor
- 1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician
- 1940 – Richard Edlund, American cinematographer
- 1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
- 1941 – Bill Thomas, American politician
- 1941 – Wende Wagner, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright
- 1942 – Robb Royer, American songwriter, screenwriter, bass guitar player, guitar player, and keyboard player (Bread)
- 1943 – Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2008)
- 1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 – Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian director and producer
- 1946 – Frankie Beverly, American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze)
- 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer
- 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician, Ambassador to France
- 1947 – Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
- 1947 – Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist (Weather Report)
- 1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and singer
- 1948 – Don Nickles, American politician, Senator from Oklahoma (1981-2005)
- 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
- 1949 – Linda Barnes, American mystery writer
- 1949 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1949 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (Kudzu) (d. 2007)
- 1949 – Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop
- 1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- 1950 – Helen Liddell, Scottish politician
- 1950 – Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer
- 1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes, English former ballerina
- 1951 – Maurice Hope, Antiguan boxer
- 1951 – Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager
- 1952 – Chuck Baker, American baseball player
- 1952 – Nicolas Bréhal, French novelist and literary critic
- 1952 – Charles Bronson, English criminal
- 1952 – Edward Etzel, American competitive shooter (1984 Olympics)
- 1952 – Joe Harris, American football linebacker
- 1952 – Christian Kulik, Polish-German footballer
- 1952 – Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Craigslist
- 1952 – Shio Satō, Japanese manga artist
- 1952 – Jeff Schneider, American baseball pitcher
- 1952 – David L. Spector, American cell and molecular biologist
- 1953 – Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer
- 1953 – Geoff Hoon, English politician
- 1953 – Tom Hulce, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese writer and illustrator
- 1953 – Kin Shriner, American actor
- 1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball player
- 1953 – Ann Begg, Scottish politician
- 1955 – Rick Buckler, English drummer (The Jam, The Highliners, and Time UK)
- 1955 – Steven Wright, American comedian and actor
- 1956 – Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, Tired Pony, and The Baseball Project)
- 1956 – Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer
- 1956 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot) (d. 1982)
- 1957 – Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sound and The Outsiders) (d. 1999)
- 1958 – Nick Park, English director and animator
- 1959 – Stephen Hepburn, English politician
- 1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman, president of Nintendo
- 1961 – David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies and The Martinis)
- 1961 – Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
- 1962 – Janine Turner, American actress
- 1962 – Ben Watt, English musician and radio presenter, Everything but the Girl
- 1963 – Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
- 1965 – Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer
- 1966 – Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
- 1967 – Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
- 1967 – Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
- 1967 – Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress
- 1969 – Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
- 1970 – Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer
- 1970 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Ace of Base)
- 1970 – Adrian Fenty, American politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
- 1970 – Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
- 1970 – Michaela Schaffrath, German actress
- 1971 – Craig Brewer, American film director
- 1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 – Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
- 1971 – Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
- 1971 – Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
- 1972 – Heather Mizeur, American politician
- 1972 – Mónica Santa María, Peruvian model and television host (d. 1994)
- 1972 – Rick Short, American baseball player
- 1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
- 1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer
- 1976 – Colleen Haskell, American actress and producer
- 1976 – Alicia Machado, Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Universe 1996
- 1976 – Lindsay Price, American actress and singer
- 1977 – Kevin Cash, American baseball player
- 1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- 1977 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- 1978 – K. D. Aubert, American actress
- 1978 – Chris Basak, American baseball player
- 1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player
- 1978 – Ramiro Pez, Argentine-Italian rugby player
- 1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Yanina González, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2004
- 1980 – Steve Lovell, English footballer
- 1980 – Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
- 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
- 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
- 1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player
- 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
- 1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
- 1985 – Dulce María, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (RBD and Jeans)
- 1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1986 – Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England 2007
- 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
- 1986 – Sean Edwards, English racing driver (d. 2013)
- 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer (Urban Symphony)
- 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer
- 1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer
- 1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
- 1992 – Johnny Manziel, American football player
- 1993 – Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1995 – Joy Gruttmann, German singer
- 1996 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
- 2000 – Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
Deaths[edit]
- 343 – Nikolaos of Myra, Greek bishop and saint, model of Santa Claus (b. 270)
- 672 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
- 1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1562 – Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
- 1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 – Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1672 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (b. 1609)
- 1675 – John Lightfoot, English churchman, academic, and scholar (b. 1602)
- 1716 – Benedictus Buns, Dutch composer (b. 1642)
- 1718 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746 – Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)
- 1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788 – Jonathan Shipley, English bishop and politician (b. 1714)
- 1855 – William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
- 1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794)
- 1868 – August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
- 1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (b. 1814)
- 1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (b. 1814)
- 1882 – Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
- 1882 – Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
- 1889 – Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 – Werner von Siemens, German businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
- 1921 – Jesse Carleton, American golfer (b. 1862)
- 1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
- 1934 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, Russian general (b. 1863)
- 1949 – Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888)
- 1951 – Harold Ross, American journalist, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
- 1955 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1956 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian politician and economist, 1st Minister of Law and Justice (b. 1891)
- 1956 – John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873)
- 1961 – Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
- 1964 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer (b. 1895)
- 1964 – Consuelo Vanderbilt, American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877)
- 1972 – Janet Munro, English actress (b. 1934)
- 1976 – João Goulart, Brazilian politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1982 – K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and academic (b. 1933)
- 1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (b. 1927)
- 1983 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys) (b. 1936)
- 1989 – Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 – Sammy Fain, American composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 – John Payne, American actor (b. 1912)
- 1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
- 1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
- 1991 – Mimi Smith, English nurse, aunt of John Lennon (b. 1906)
- 1991 – Richard Stone, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1993 – Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Heinz Baas, German footballer (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 1997 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
- 1998 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
- 2001 – Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
- 2001 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909)
- 2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan army officer and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Jerry Tuite, American wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
- 2005 – William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
- 2006 – John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Betty Moschona, Greek actress (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Katy French, Swiss-Irish model and socialite (b. 1983)
- 2010 – Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist (b. 1953)
- 2011 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
- 2012 – Mike Boyette, American wrestler (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Jan Carew, Guyanese writer (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Eta Cohen, English violinist and author (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Bim Diederich, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Alice Harden, American politician (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Karine Kazinian, Armenian diplomat (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Jeffrey Koo, Sr., Taiwanese businessman (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker) (b. 1951)
- 2012 – Reginald Norby, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Giovanni Sostero, Italian astronomer (b. 1964)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Abraham of Kratia
- Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)
- Nicholas of Myra
- Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. (International)
- Constitution Day (Spain)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
“Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:7, 9-10NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Ask, and it shall be given you."
Matthew 7:7
Matthew 7:7
We know of a place in England still existing, where a dole of bread is served to every passerby who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the traveller may be, he has but to knock at the door of St. Cross Hospital, and there is the dole of bread for him. Jesus Christ so loveth sinners that he has built a St. Cross Hospital, so that whenever a sinner is hungry, he has but to knock and have his wants supplied. Nay, he has done better; he has attached to this Hospital of the Cross a bath; and whenever a soul is black and filthy, it has but to go there and be washed. The fountain is always full, always efficacious. No sinner ever went into it and found that it could not wash away his stains. Sins which were scarlet and crimson have all disappeared, and the sinner has been whiter than snow. As if this were not enough, there is attached to this Hospital of the Cross a wardrobe, and a sinner making application simply as a sinner, may be clothed from head to foot; and if he wishes to be a soldier, he may not merely have a garment for ordinary wear, but armour which shall cover him from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. If he asks for a sword, he shall have that given to him, and a shield too. Nothing that is good for him shall be denied him. He shall have spending-money so long as he lives, and he shall have an eternal heritage of glorious treasure when he enters into the joy of his Lord.
If all these things are to be had by merely knocking at mercy's door, O my soul, knock hard this morning, and ask large things of thy generous Lord. Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been spread before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a comfortable prospect that they shall be all supplied. No bashfulness need retard when Jesus invites. No unbelief should hinder when Jesus promises. No cold-heartedness should restrain when such blessings are to be obtained.
Evening
"And the Lord shewed me four carpenters."
Zechariah 1:20
Zechariah 1:20
In the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, "What are these?" The answer was, "These are the horns which have scattered Israel." He saw before him a representation of those powers which had oppressed the church of God. There were four horns; for the church is attacked from all quarters. Well might the prophet have felt dismayed; but on a sudden there appeared before him four carpenters. He asked, "What shall these do?" These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns in pieces. God will always find men for his work, and he will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first, when there was nothing to do, but first the "horns," and then the "carpenters." Moreover, the Lord finds enough men. He did not find three carpenters, but four; there were four horns, and there must be four workmen. God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write; not four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough work. Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that when the "horns" grow troublesome, the "carpenters" will be found. You need not fret concerning the weakness of the church of God at any moment; there may be growing up in obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the nations: Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and Augustines from the thickest darkness of London's poverty. The Lord knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a multitude of mighty men, and at his word they shall start up to the battle; "for the battle is the Lord's," and he shall get to himself the victory. Let us abide faithful to Christ, and he, in the right time, will raise up for us a defence, whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the season of peril to his Church.
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Today's reading: Daniel 1-2, 1 John 4 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Daniel 1-2
Daniel’s Training in Babylon
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service....
Today's New Testament reading: 1 John 4
On Denying the Incarnation
1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood....
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Mary, Mother of John Mark
Among the Marys mentioned in the New Testament, Mary, the mother of Mark who wrote the second gospel, is spoken of but once (Acts 12:12 - read 12:1-19), yet this brief description of her is suggestive of her life and labors. She was probably the aunt or sister of Barnabas, the one-time companion of Paul (Colossians 4:10), and such a relationship accounts for Barnabas' choice of Mark as his companion - a selection over which Paul and Barnabas parted. Further, being related to Mary would account for the leadership among the saints gathering in her spacious home. Evidently the family belonged to Cyprus, hence the choice of such by Barnabas as the first station in his journeyings (Acts 4:36; 13:4 ). Sir William Ramsay holds that the narrative of Mary in the Acts was by Mark, which would account for the details of his mother's large house becoming a well-known center of Christian life and worship. There is a legend to the effect that this same house was the scene of a still more sacred gathering when, in its upper room, Jesus observed the Lord's Supper on the night of His betrayal.
It was to Mary's home that Peter found his way after his miraculous escape, for he knew that a company of believers had gathered there to pray for his release. Peter had a peculiar affection for the godly home. He called Mark, "his son" ( 1 Peter 5:13) - a spiritual son, having led him to yield his life to the Saviour. The way in which the saints met in Mary's home bespeaks her tried steadfastness and the bond of intimacy that existed between them. That Rhoda was one of the maids indicates that the household was considerably large, implying that Mary was a widow with means to maintain such a commodious home. As Barnabas her relative gave up his land for Christ, Mary gave up her Jerusalem home to be used as an infant church.
Mary was a woman of sterling qualities and was loyal to her Christian ideals. At that time Christians were a persecuted sect, yet she faced the consequences of yielding up her home as a center of spiritual power and influence, and was self-sacrificing in time, effort and money to serve the Lord. It has been suggested that young Rhoda who went to open the door for Peter was hesitant thinking perhaps it was the soldiers of Herod who had come to arrest some of the homeless Christian friends whose benefactress and patron Mary had become.
As for Mark the evangelist, her son, he was deeply attached to his mother which was probably one reason why he returned to Jerusalem from Perga (Acts 13:13). He wanted to be nearer the one who had meant so much in his life. Doubtless he derived something of Mary's straightforward and decided character so prominent in the gospel he wrote portraying Jesus as the lowly servant of God.
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Amram [Ăm'răm]—exalted people orinexperience.
- A grandson of Levi, son of Kohath and father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. Amram died at 137 years of age (Exod. 6:18, 20).
- A son of Bani, who married a foreign wife during the exile (Ezra 10:34).
- A son of Dishon and grandson of Anah (1 Chron. 1:41). This name should be Hamram or Hamran.
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SHEPHERD
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby keeping watch over their flocks at night. - Luke 2:8
It may seem like a stretch of the imagination, but try it anyway: If you were God, and could announce the arrival of the savior of humanity, would you send your messengers to some shepherds out in the fields, as they whiled away their nighttime watch? Why not instead send angels to an assembly of the religious council in Jerusalem? Why not to the megalomaniac King Herod? How about Caesar? Wouldn't that be a night of work-to blow opens the doorways of society, to change everything with a few simple words.
Yet God chose the shepherds. Rough characters at that time, laborers who performed the tedious tasks that many others were unwilling to do. They appeared ragged, smelled of the flocks, and were used to sleeping on the cold, hard ground.
Often, the Bible tells of extraordinary shepherds. A millennia earlier, David, the "shepherd-king" of Israel, had cared for his people, just as he had cared for sheep when he was a boy shepherd in the fields outside Bethlehem. David could write the incredible words of Psalm 23, because he knew what it meant to be a good shepherd, and he knew that God was his good shepherd.
David tells us, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters" (vs. 1-2). And that isn't all. The Lord guides. He protects with his rod and staff.
Jesus, the descendant of David, came to be the good shepherd. In the Gospel of John, Jesus said that he knows us as his sheep, and we are to know him (10:14-15). He promised to defend us from wolves, and not run away. But most importantly, he said that the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
So consider this: On the night Jesus' life began in this world, an inexorable process was set in motion-leading to the day when he would lay down his life for the world. All this in the fashion of a truly good shepherd. So an angelic visitation to shepherds in Bethlehem-men who understood feeding and guiding and saving-was the best way for Chapter One to begin.
Prayer for today, Psalm 23:
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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