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NEW CASES - SOUTH AFRICA
RUSTENBURG CAS 267/03/2017
On Thursday, 09/03/2017, at approximately 08:30, an accident occurred on the N4 highway opposite the N4 Guest Lodge, involving a Scania truck with 2 semi-trailers and a V\W Polo. 1 Person seriously injured and one female deceased.
FRANSCHHOEK CAS 100/07/2016
On Saturday, 2016/07/16, at approximately 18:10, an accident occurred on the R45 Road, La Motte, Franschhoek involving a BMW and a Husqvarna motorbike. Sadly the driver of the motorbike sustained fatal injuries during the accident. CCTV footage was analyses to determine speed.
HOEDSPRUIT CAS 41/04/2014
On Tuesday, 15/04/2014, at approximately 11:00, an accident occurred on the R40 Hoedspruit/Phalaborwa Road involving a Toyota Landcruiser and a Toyota Corolla. 3 Persons sustained serious injuries during the accident.
KRAAIFONTEIN CAS 1398/09/2015
On Friday, 2015/09/18, at approximately 17:45, an accident occurred corner of Denne Street and 9 th Ave, Kraaifontein, involving A Nissan Sentra and the 8 year old Nadia Bond. She sustained fatal injuries during the accident. She was a pedestrian at the time of the accident.
Johan Joubert: Expert for the state.
NPA: Adv. Marquard of Blue Downs Regional Court.
DURBANVILLE CAS 33/05/2015
On 2015/05/03, at approximately 02:20, an accident occurred on Eversdal Road, Durbanville involving one vehicle that collided with a tree. The driver of he vehicle survived but the passenger, Ms Louw sustained fatal injuries during the accident.
Johan Joubert: Exert for the state.
Adv. Ronel De Jager (NPA) Senior State Prosecutor, Bellville Court.
NEW CASES - NAMIBIA
WALVIS BAY CR 67/03/2017
On Tuesday, 16/03/2017, at approximately 20:30, an accident occurred on the B1 Road to Swakopmund, outside the Old Roadblock Station
A Toyota Prado drove into the side of a second semi-trailer drawn by a Freightliner truck. The driver of the Toyota Prado, a female passed away on the scene.
15 Die in gruesome accident in Namia
15 people died in an accident between a minibus taxi and a truck on Friday12 February 2016 in the Oshijoto District.
The accident occurred at approximately 16:00 on the Ondangwa - Oshivelo Road, approximately 10km from the Oshivele gate, (Red line).
TAR Services has been official appointed by the Namibian Road Safety Council and the Ministery of Safety and Security to reconstruct the accident. Investigations is still ongoing.
http://www.nbc.na/news_article.php…
GROOT AUB CR 18/11/2015
On Monday, 19/11/2015, at approximately 23:13, an accident occurred on the B1 Road between Windhoek and Groot Aub, involving a cow, a G4S Iveco truck and a Scania truck. All 3 occupants of the G4S truck sustained fatal injuries during the accident. The Iveco truck burned out including the R15 million thatwas being tranported at the time.
Johan Joubert and Martin Graham eperts for the Ministry of Safety and Security.
OKAHANDJA CR 103/09/2015
On Tuesday, 29/09/2015, at approximately 06:30, an accident occurred on the B1 Road between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo, approximately 52km from Okahandja, involving an Opel Corsa and a Volvo truck. All 4 occupants of the Opel sustained fatal injuries. The driver of the truck sustained slight injuries during the accident.
According to a family member his family the 4 deceased in the Opel came from South Africa, Kamoes, small town for the burial of the deceased mother. In his vehicle was his wife, his wife's niece, the deceased 3 children and another male. Both vehicles were following each other the whole journey from South Africa into Namibia during the whole night.
Johan Joubert and Martin Graham experts for the Ministry of Safety and Security.
OTAVI CR 14/09/2015
On Saturday, 12 September 2015, at approximately 05:45, an accident occurred on the B1 Road between Otjivarongo and Otavi near the 52km marker, involving a Toyota double cab Hilux bakkie and a Scania truck.
The driver of the Toyota bakkie, Mr Phillip Ndayooloka Shiimi sustained fatal injuries during the accident. His wif, Mrs Elly Angaleni Amunyela sustained slight injuries.
HENTIES BAY CASE
Jandre Lodewyk Dippenaar, facing multiple charges related to an accident that killed 6 people on the Henties Bar Road on December 29, 2014, made a first appearance in the Regional Court in Swakopmund on Friday. Magistrate Gaynor Poulton postponed the case to May 16, 2016 for plea and trail.
Dippenaar's lawyer, Advocate JP Theron could not be in court on Friday and made prior arrangements with State Prosecutor Hiskiel Ipinge to have the matter rescheduled.
Susan Horn, the mother of one of the deceased, Jan Carel Horn, was the first to arrive at the court and while waiting for the proceedings to start she commented that she just wanted justice to be served.
"I visited the accident site where 5 crosses have been planted next to the Henties bay Road in memory of our loved ones on Thursday and left fresh flowers. I don't know Jandre and met him briefly when he arrivied to fetch my son in Henties Bay a day before the fateful accident," said a visibly emotional Horn.
Gertie Pretorius, the mother of deceased Dina Lavinia Pretorius, sobbed silently in court. After Dippenaar made his first appearance Dina's father Petrus commented that the pain was made worse by the long wait for the trail. Dippenaar is facing murder charges stemming from the collision which claimed the lives of 3 German tourists - Markus Walter Helmut Joschko (48), Alexandra Marlene Joscko (49, and Antonia Klara Joschko (16) - and 3 Namibians - Charlene Charne Schoonbee (24), Dinah Lavinia Pretorius (30) and Jan Carel Horn (27).
An FJ Cruiser that Dippenaar was driving collided head-on with a Ford ranger occupied by the German family of four and caught fire.
The burnout wreckage of the Toyoyta FJ Cruiser.
The wreckage of the Ford Ranger double cab bakkie.
Dippenaar is also charged with driving without a valid driver's licence. He also faces a charge of fraud for allegedly pretending to the Roads Authority that his driving licence was lost on December 17, 2014 and inducing the Roads Authority to issue him with a duplicate without having a valid driver's licence. Swakopmund Otis Finck.
OKAHANDJA CR 11/11/2015
On Tuesday, 03/1/2015, at approximately 05:30, an accident occurred on the B1 Road between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, approximately 33km to Okahandja, involving a truck and a Isuzu bakkie. Four persons travelling in the Isuzu bakkie sustained fatal injuries during this accident.
The driver of the Toyota bakkie, Mr Phillip Ndayooloka Shiimi sustained fatal injuries during the accident. His wife, Mrs Elly Angaleni Amunyela sustained slight injuries.
Johan Joubert and Martin Graham eperts for the Ministry of Safety and Security
On Friday, 19 December 2014, at approximately 20:00, an accident occurred on the B1, Main Road between Otavi and Otjivarongo, approximately 60km from Otavi involving a Scania truck tractor with 2 trailers, a Scania bus, a Toyota Hilux bakkie with trailer, a Mazda 3 and a MAN bus.
Fortuanetly only minor injureis.
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VAN REENEN CAS 19\04\2006
Johan Joubert was summoned to the North Gauteng Court on 15 November 2013, after compiling an expert report on the merits of a claim against the RAF.
The accident occurred on Saturday, 29\04\2006 at 04:30 on the N3, Van Reenen Pass. The accident was a head-on collision between a 9,4 ton truck and a Mazda Etude. In the Etude, the husband, his wife and an 11 month old girl died.
The older sister, 4 years old at the time, was traveling in another vehicle and was not involved in the accident. The claim against the RAF was for the support of the 4 year old girl.
The RAF refused to settle prior to going to court. On the morning of the court date, the RAF decided to settle. A cost order was issued against the RAF for all cost endured to have lodge the claim against he RAF.
Due to the excellent report compiled by Johan Joubert, the RAF, settled for the full claim amount as well as the cost order. A happy ending to a very sad story, more than 7 years after the accident occurred. The appointing Lawyer was Mario Coetzee Attorneys and the Advocate was Adv Calitz.
COURT ACQUITS DRIVER OF 2010 CAR CRASH THAT KILLED NELSON MANDELA'S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
Published November 06, 2012Associated Press
Lawyers say the driver in a 2010 crash that killed former South African President Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter has been acquitted.
Hulme Scholes said Tuesday that 25-year-old Sizwe Mankazana was found not guilty on all counts. Mankazana faced charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and culpable homicide.
Mankazana was driving Zenani Mandela, 13, home from the Soweto concert that kicked off the 2010 FIFA World Cup when he hit a steel barrier. Zenani died at the scene.
Scholes says the magistrate described the crash as a "freak accident," according to the South Africa Press Association. He said the state failed to identify that mechanical failure was likely caused the accident.
Zenani's grandmother Zindzi -- Nelson Mandela's daughter -- is fronting a new United Nations campaign for road safety.
Nelson's Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash caused by a driver travelling at twice the 80km/h speed limit on a motorway, a court heard.
An accident specialist claimed the estimated speed of 162km/h led to the death of 13-year-old Zenani Mandela, who was the back-seat passenger in a car driven by Sizwe Mankazana.
The vehicle crashed into a barrier on a bend on the M1 freeway as they made their way home from a World Cup concert June 11, 2010.
Mankazana, 25, denies culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving.
Crash specialist Craig Proctor-Parker told Johannesburg Magistrate's Court that he had judged the car's speed by looking at the skid marks with his 'naked eye' and said it was clear what had happened.
The court heard that the car was in a good condition and all three occupants were wearing seat belts, it was reported on www.timeslive.co.za.
Mankazana was a friend of the Mandela family, who were present in court, and had been driving his father's Mercedes-Benz when it crashed into a barrier.
EVIDENCE heard in court revealed that the scene of the crash in which former president Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela was killed could have been tainted and may have impacted the police investigation.
Her mother Zoleka Mandela was brought to tears upon hearing this at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday. She had to be comforted by her mother Zindzi and grandmother Winnie Madikizela-Mandela outside the court.
Accident specialist Craig Proctor-Parker conceded under cross-examination in the trial of Sizwe Mankazana, the man driving the car in the crash that killed the 13-year-old girl, that the scene at the M1 and M2 interchange could have been partly "spoilt on the day" he visited it.
Mankazana, 25, has pleaded not guilty to charges of culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving, and drunk driving.
Mankazana allegedly lost control of his father's car and hit a concrete barrier after a 2010 World Cup concert. Zenani died at the scene.
Proctor-Parker testified it was highly probable the driver was traveling at high speed and the crash was what would be defined as a "single vehicle loss of control".
"He lost control of the vehicle and hit the barricades, resulting in the car facing in an easterly direction."
However, under cross-examination by defense advocate Kenny Oldwage, Proctor-Parker said he used no assessment instruments and did not know what could have caused it.
"Are you saying you used nothing but the simple naked eye?" asked Oldwage and Proctor-Parker agreed.
"I found no [skid] marks that I could calculate," the specialist said before admitting that the scene was partly messed up and was not secured properly for him to make a proper evaluation.
Proctor-Parker also could not indicate how fast the car was going at the time of the crash.
Oldwage criticized him for relying only on the police docket to compile his report.
August 21, 2012, Khethiwe Chelemu
Johan Joubert: Expert for the Mandela Family in Civil Claim
KNYSNA BUS ACCIDENT
August 25 2011 at 07:27am
Police divers at the scene of an accident where 15 people died, 14 of them children, and 44 were injured when a school bus plunged off a bridge and into a dam in Knysna. Picture: Anoeschka von Meck
The Western Cape Education Department will investigate why a 32-seater bus was used to transport 58 school children involved in a horror crash in Knysna on Wednesday, MEC Donald Grant said.
Fourteen of the children were killed when the driver lost control of the bus on a low bridge and it plunged into a dam on the way to school. The bus driver was also killed. The remaining 44 children were injured.
"According to our records the vehicle approved for transport on this route is a bus that seats 67 learners," Grant said in a statement.
"Sixty-five learners are registered on this route in our learner transport scheme. However, the bus involved in today's accident is a 32-seater bus, which is usually assigned to another bus route," he said.
There were only limited circumstances where buses could be substituted, Grant said. The children were pupils at the Rheenendal Primary School and aged between 7 and 14.
Pojie was unable to confirm whether the brakes had indeed failed.
President Jacob Zuma expressed his shock at the horror crash.
Carlisle was accompanied to the scene of Wednesday's crash by Grant, community safety MEC Dan Plato, and finance MEC Allan Winde - Sapa
Mr. Martin Graham: Testified in inquest as expert in mechanical vehicle analysis.
DE DOORNS BUS ACCIDENT
Twenty-two people, including 2 children, have died after a bus veered off the Hex River pass near De Doorns.
"We have confirmed that is the final number for fatalities," spokesperson for the Western Cape health department Faiza Steyn said.
Eight people, including three children, were critically injured, 14 were seriously injured and 44 sustained minor to moderate injuries, she said.
Western Cape traffic chief Kenny Africa said the bus was on its way to Cape Town when the bus driver lost control.
"There are still people trapped in the bus, as well as the driver, and we are pulling up the bus now," he said.
ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said the double-decker bus was crushed against the side of the mountain along the pass.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) sent its condolences to the families of those who had died.
"This is a terrible tragedy. We urge people to be extra cautious when it is raining and to follow all the rules of the road," IFP spokesperson Petros Sithole said.
"The traffic cops and police should investigate whether the bus was overloaded and if so, we would expect the necessary criminal charges to be laid against the bus driver," Sithole said. – Sapa
Mr Martin Graham: Expert in mechanical vehicle analysis.
De Doorns bus crash: Driver convicted
Johannesburg - A Western Cape bus driver was found guilty on 23 counts of culpable homicide by the Cape Town Regional Court on Monday, SABC news reported.
Sisa Nonoma's R10 000 bail was extended and he would be sentenced on 3 December, after his conviction under a plea agreement.
He was the driver of the bus that crashed on the N1 near De Doorns in the Western Cape on 5 May 2010, leaving 23 people dead.
Charges were provisionally withdrawn against his brother, Malinga Nonoma, who was the owner of the bus. Both were initially charged with 23 counts of murder.
The bus was on its way to Cape Town with 78 passengers, instead of the 64 it was certified to carry. Sisa lost control of the vehicle on the Hex River Pass, between De Doorns and Touws River, causing it to overturn.
Bus driver convicted
WOMEN KILLED IN COLLISION WITH POLICE VAN
A Cape Town woman died and two police officers and five suspects who had been arrested in Du Noon were injured on Tuesday night when a car collided with police van at the corner of Koeberg and Plattekloof Roads.
An eyewitness, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was driving behind the police van at around 11pm on Tuesday and at corner of Koeberg Plattekloof Roads he had seen a VW Golf driven by a middle aged woman jumping a red robot and colliding with the police vehicle, overturning it.
The woman, and her dog which was also in the car, died on the scene, said Table View Police spokesperson Elizabeth Munro.
Munro identified the deceased woman as 33-year-old Charmaine Wijnbeek.
She had two dogs in the car, the other one fled the accident scene, said Munro.
She said the police van had five suspects in the back when Wijnbeek allegedly drove into them.
One of the five suspects sustained a broken leg while the others involved in the accident, including two police officers, sustained minor injuries and were treated at Somerset Hospital and Grootscuur Hospital, she said.
A culpable homicide docket has been opened for investigations.
Wijnbeek boyfriend Corrie Goosen was unable to comment other than to say the family was preparing funeral arrangements and needed time and space.
In another incident a 60-year-old pensioner was beaten to death in Diana Street, Sandrift in Milnerton on Tuesday afternoon.
A murder docket has been opened for investigation, police stated. — Peter Luhanga
Cape Town - The woman involved in the car crash in Milnerton that killed her and one of her two dogs has been identified as Charmaine Wijnbeek, of Burgundy Estate in Richwood.
Wijnbeek was killed when her VW Golf collided with a police vehicle that was transporting five suspects to the Milnerton police station.
The vehicles collided at a traffic light at about 10.30pm on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said a case of culpable homicide would be opened to establish the exact cause of the accident.
"After SAPS members arrested five suspects in Dunoon, they returned to the Milnerton police station.
"On their way back, at the corner of Koeberg and Plattekloof roads, the driver of a VW Golf collided with the police vehicle," Van Wyk said.
The crash happened in lanes where road construction was under way for rapid transit bus lanes.
Van Wyk said one of Wijnbeek's dogs died in the crash.
"The other dog ran off and is missing."
Witnesses can call investigating officer Colonel Douglas Muller at 021 528 3800021 528 3800
yolisa.tswanya@inl.co.za
Johan Joubert: Expert for the NPA
PAROW CAS 619\12\2012
December 27 2012 at 07:55am
Cape Town - Two Cape Town police officers were killed in a car crash while on duty on Christmas Day.
Constable Quinton Snell, 33 and Glynis Lorenzo, 38, died when their patrol van was hit by a BMW Tuesday morning.
The BMW allegedly jumped a red light and collided with the police van in Parow just before 2am, resulting in the death of the 2 officers.
ER24's Vanessa Jackson said the incident was one of 10 fatal road crashes across the country.
She said the accident in which the officers were killed took place in De La Rey Street early on Christmas Day.
"The details surrounding the incident are not clear, as the incident is believed to have involved a state vehicle and police are investigating," Jackson said.
"The two occupants of the one vehicle were declared dead on scene, while the other three patients were taken to Tygerberg Hospital by ambulance for further medical care."
According to reports,
police spokesman Frederick van Wyk said Lorenzo and Snell were on a visible policing patrol when they were killed.
He said the driver of the BMW, who had been hospitalised after the crash, would be charged with culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving once discharged.
Van Wyk said a blood alcohol test had been performed on the driver.
Based on the test results, the driver could be charged with drunk driving.
Lorenzo's sister, Deidre Gordon, said on Wednesday that Snell and Lorenzo had been working together since the beginning of the year and grew very close.
"They were very close to one another, they were like brother and sister, they didn't want to be apart," Gordon said.
She said the two had been together since she could remember and that she will miss having regular conversations with her sister.
"She was a very loveable person and was committed to her job… I will miss chatting to her, she was very supportive," she said.
Gordon said her sister was supposed to have joined the family for lunch on Christmas Day after finishing her shift.
"The lunch was cooked by her and she was going to join us at church after her night shift; then we would come home and eat," Gordon said.
Lorenzo was one of three girls. She was single and had no children.
As police examined the scene of the crash yesterday, a witness said that a woman, believed to be Snell's partner, was hysterical and repeatedly shouted "you said you would never leave me" - Cape Argus
Charge: 2 x Culpable Homicide
2 Police officers killed on Christmas Morning
Johan Joubert : Expert for the state.
W/O Patric Heron: Western Cape Accident Response Unit
TABLE BAY HARBOUR CAS 93\12\2012
By Natasha Prince
Cape Town - A second passenger involved in the horror crash at the V&A Waterfront 10 days ago, in which a 19-year-old lost her life, has also died.
Georgina Moreland was killed in the early hours of December 9, when the car she was in smashed into a tree in Dock Road.
Provincial police spokesman Warrant Officer November Filander confirmed on Wednesday that a second passenger, 22-year-old Rohan Roodt, had died in hospital on Tuesday "after he did not recover from his injuries".
Filander said a case of culpable homicide was being investigated. The driver was also reported to have been seriously hurt.
It is believed that the dead were part of a group of friends that had been out for the night.
The collision occurred at about 2.40am in Dock Road at the V&A Waterfront close to the One&Only hotel.
Moreland's mother and sister have been struggling to come to terms with the loss.
Moreland matriculated with six distinctions at St Cyprians High School, enjoyed horse riding and was popular socially, her family said.
Moreland's mother, Louise Raynor, said she was angry with the driver.
Moreland was set to travel from the Waterfront to Camps Bay with a friend but opted to go in the BMW instead, said Raynor.
"She definitely got in because of the fancy car," said Raynor.
Raynor said she rang her daughter's cellphone soon after 5am on December 9 when she had not returned home.
A police officer answered her daughter's phone and she thought "the children were in trouble".
Moreland had a private cremation last Wednesday, but hundreds of her friends had gathered at Llandudno beach where they sang songs to remember her.
Johan Joubert: Expert for the State
Charge: 1 x Culpable Homicide, 1 x Drink driving
Defense: Advocate William Booth
The accused was sentenced to :-
Two years imprisonment which is suspended for a period of 5 years
In addition, the accused is sentenced to three years correctional supervision
The correctional supervision comprises of the following-
House detention for the full duration of the correctional supervision
The accused is ordered to 576 hours of Community Service with a minimum of 16 hours per month
Treatment, development and support programmes.
HERMANUS MAS 61\04\2012
"Give us justice for Jake"
A cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Jake Wootton was knocked over on Wednesday 4 April. He died of his head injuries several days later.
A cross, some flowers and photographs, and a letter saying "Jake my darling, you will never be forgotten."
This marks the spot in Dirkie Uys Street where Jake Wootton, head boy of Milnerton High School, was hit by a car on Wednesday 4 April. He sustained head injuries when he fell to the ground, and never woke up again.
Life-support machines were switched off at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital on Sunday, and a case of culpable homicide is being investigated by the Hermanus police.
According to Lieutenant Fadila September, spokesperson for the Hermanus SAPS, the accident occurred on Wednesday at around 23:30.
A group of eight young people were walking in the direction of Northcliff when they heard a car coming from behind.
Members of the group have alleged that the car was traveling at a high speed.
However, a source close to the driver has denied that he was speeding.
September said the youngsters, who had been walking in the middle of the road, split up and moved to either side of the road.
"Jake Wootton was hit by the driver's side of the vehicle and knocked over," September said.
According to Hanli Grant, mother of one of the girls in the group and the group's hostess for the evening, one of the boys had ER24's number on his phone; he made the call, and the ambulance was on the scene within minutes.
Jake was stabilized at a local hospital, after which he was transferred to Vincent Pallotti in Cape Town.
Grant said Jake's friends were extremely traumatized by the incident. "He was a very popular boy. We only met him that day, but he made a very good impression."
Allegations have been made that the driver was under the influence of alcohol. The letter pinned to the fence even says that Jake "was knocked over by a drunk driver".
However, no blood samples were taken of either the driver of the car or the victim.
Asked why no one had been tested, September said an investigation into this very question had been launched.
The family of the driver has been cautioned by their lawyer not to speak to the media.
However, the passengers in the car have denied the claim that the driver had been over the limit.
Steve Wootton, Jake's father, said the support the family has received has been overwhelming. He had a positive story to tell: the family decided to donate Jake's liver and kidneys.
"His liver went to a young girl from Johannesburg who was flown down to the Red Cross Children's Hospital.
"On 9 April, she woke up on her third birthday with a new liver and, possibly, a new life."
Wootton said he and his family now just want to see justice done.
"We're not looking for revenge. It won't bring Jake back. We have to come to terms with his death and accept it. We don't want to see another young life ruined. We just want to see justice run its course."
Jake is survived by his father, his mother Sue, and his sister Leigh.
Friends of Milnerton High School head boy Jake Wootton, who was buried on Tuesday, claim police declined to breathalyse the driver who mowed down the 18-year-old and officers told them things were done "differently" in Hermanus.
Jake died when a car ran him over him in Hermanus during the Easter weekend.
The police's conduct in responding to the accident has come under the spotlight with the provincial transport department saying that it was indicative of a far wider-ranging problem with the police's capacity to respond timeously, effectively and thoroughly to road traffic crashes.
Jake's mother, Sue Wootton, earlier told the Cape Argus that the driver was arrested after the crash and released the same day because blood samples were not taken within the required two hours.
On Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the View Church in Table View to pay a final tribute to Jake
. Many of his friends wore wetsuits to celebrate their friend's love for body boarding.
In a series of emotional eulogies by family and friends, a picture of a socially conscious, empathetic, mature, diligent and sensitive young man emerged.
"As a result of this, of who Jake was, his passing has left a big empty space in our hearts and in the leadership of our school. Milnerton High will mourn one of its favourite sons for a very long time," said Paul Besener, Wootton's principal.
Besener said, after the service, that the school's trauma counsellors had had their hands full with assisting Milnerton High's 1 100 grieving pupils.
After the service, the congregation gathered for a wake and a "paddle out" at the Big Bay Life Saving Club. After a ritual of splashing and the floating of a wreath, the surfers caught a succession of waves in Jake's honour.
At the wake,
Bradley Cacela and Jamey Forknall, two of Jake's friends who were with him shortly before the accident, described how they had been standing with him in a group of eight or nine friends on Dirkie Uys Street in Hermanus.
"Somebody called that a car was coming, but we didn't pay much mind because the car was approaching from the opposite side of the road; we just moved into the bus stop," said Jamey.
When a second, more urgent warning was sounded, the group jumped out of the way, to avoid the car smashing into them, but Jake was hit.
The car had reportedly veered across the oncoming lane and on to the shoulder on the opposite side of the road.
"The guy hadn't even braked before the impact," said Jamey.
"The first thing he said was 'I'm not drunk,' and he had a really aggressive attitude towards us," said Bradley, who added that he could smell alcohol on the driver's breath.
"He was more concerned about the state of the car than that of Jake who was lying in the road."
They phoned an ambulance (which arrived within five minutes) as well as the police. By the time they left the scene, 10 to 15 minutes later, the police had not arrived. It was only at the hospital that police first liaised with the group of friends.
"They treated us with contempt, almost as though the accident was our fault," said Bradley. "And when we suggested that they breathalyse the driver (who had accompanied the group of friends to the hospital) one of the officers said that this wasn't Blouberg and that things were done differently around here."
Police had not responded to the Cape Argus' inquiry into the case at the time of going to print.
Stephen Wootton, Jake's father, referring to the driver who hit his son, said: "I want to see someone answer for my son's death, but I also don't want to see another young person's life ruined by this incident. I've heard, however, that the police did not conduct the initial phases of the investigation according to protocol, and that makes me unhappy."
The Western Cape transport department's Hector Elliot agreed that the police's conduct was inadequate.
"The case of Jake Wootton is a tragedy. It is, however, indicative of a far wider-ranging problem with SAPS's capacity to respond timeously, effectively and thoroughly to road traffic crashes."
Elliot said that while there were many instances of individual excellence in this regard, the overall picture appeared to be exceedingly dismal.
"It is a strong contributor to the culture of lawlessness that prevails on our roads," he said.
The SAPS's response times can vary, said Eliott. In Jake's case, this led to the suspect being able to leave the scene before the police arrived.
Once on the scene, many officers don't know what to do, added Eliott.
"They do not assist victims or survivors or establish incident control.
"They do not sanitize the scene or create witness contact lists. They repeatedly fail to obtain blood samples and other evidence from the scene.
"Finally, the follow-up investigation by police into the crash is often inadequate.
"Crash and mechanical investigations into the circumstances of an accident are rarely carried out.
"The net result is that the prosecution service, which is not without its own capacity challenges, is not provided with the materials to put together strong cases in a timely fashion.
"Killer drivers can get off without facing the consequences of their actions, particularly if they can afford a seasoned criminal lawyer of the type that appear routinely when the children of the wealthy kill people with their parents' cars," said Eliott.
Eliott said the Department of Transport and Public Works has been working closely with the Department of Community Safety, and has defined a research project to be carried out into SAPS responses to road traffic crashes in the Western Cape. - Cape Argus
Charge: Culpable Homicide
Advocate Billy Downer
Deputy Director Public Prosecutions Cape Town

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It wasn't a commissioned illustration– just an idea of mine: namely, that we are often blind, and choose unwisely.
Please tell me you have a password protecting this.
Over the weekend, I wound up at Washington, D.C.'s Trapeze School with a group of friends. Before one of them headed up a ladder to attempt a somersault landing from the trapeze bar, she handed me her phone and asked me to take photos. "What's the password?" I asked. "I don't use one," she replied. My jaw dropped as it often does when someone I know tells me they're choosing not to take one of the very simplest steps for privacy protection, allowing anyone to snoop through their phone with the greatest of ease, to see whichever messages, photos, and sensitive apps they please.
So this post is for you, guy with no iPad password, and for you, girl who stays signed into Gmail on her boyfriend's computer, and for you, person walking down the street having a loud conversation on your mobile phone about your recent doctor's diagnosis of that rash thing you have. These are the really, really simple things you should be doing to keep casual intruders from invading your privacy.
2. Put a Google Alert on your name. This is an incredibly easy way to stay on top of what's being said about you online. It takes less than a minute to do.Go here. Enter your name, and variations of your name, with quotation marks around it. Boom. You're done.
3. Sign out of Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. when you're done with your emailing, social networking, tweeting, and other forms of time-wasting. Not only will this slightly reduce the amount of tracking of you as you surf the Web, this prevents someone who later sits down at your computer from loading one of these up and getting snoopy. If you're using someone else's or a public computer, this is especially important. Yes, people actually forget to do this, with terrible outcomes.
4. Don't give out your email address, phone number, or zip code when asked. Obviously, if a sketchy dude in a bar asks for your phone number, you say no. But when the asker is a uniform-wearing employee at Best Buy, many a consumer hands over their digits when asked. Stores often use this info to help profile you and your purchase. You can say no. If you feel badly about it, just pretend the employee is the sketchy dude in the bar.
5. Encrypt your computer. The word "encrypt" may sound like a betrayal of the simplicity I promised in the headline, but this is actually quite easy to do, especially if you're a MacHead. Encrypting your computer means that someone has to have your password (or encryption key) in order to peek at its contents should they get access to your hard drive. On a Mac, you just go to your settings, choose "Security and Privacy," go to "FileVault," choose the "Turn on FileVault" option. Boom goes the encryption dynamite. PC folk need to use Bitlocker.
6. Gmailers, turn on 2-step authentication in Gmail. The biggest takeaway from the epic hack of Wired's Mat Honan was that it probably wouldn't have happened if he'd turned on "2-step verification" in Gmail. This simple little step turns your phone into a security fob — in order for your Gmail account to be accessed from a new device, a person (hopefully you) needs a code that's sent to your phone. This means that even if someone gets your password somehow, they won't be able to use it to sign into your account from a strange computer. Google says that millions of people use this tool, and that "thousands more enroll each day." Be one of those people. The downside:It's annoying if your phone battery dies or if you're traveling abroad. The upside: you can print a piece of paper to take with you, says James Fallows at the Atlantic. Alternately, you can turn it off when you're going to be abroad or phone-less. Or you can leave it permanently turned off, and increase your risk of getting epically hacked. Decision's yours.
7. Pay in cash for embarrassing items. Don't want a purchase to be easily tracked back to you? You've seen the movies! Use cash. One data mining CEO says this is how he pays for hamburgers and junk food these days.
8. Change Your Facebook settings to "Friends Only."You'd think with the many Facebook privacy stories over the years that everyone would have their accounts locked down and boarded up like Florida houses before a hurricane. Not so. There are still plenty of Facebookers that are as exposed on the platform as Katy Perry at a water park. Visit your Facebook privacy settings. Make sure this "default privacy" setting isn't set to public, and if it's set to "Custom," make sure you know and are comfortable with any "Networks" you're sharing with.
9. Clear your browser history and cookies on a regular basis. When's the last time you did that? If you just shrugged, consider changing your browser settings so that this is automatically cleared every session. Go to the "privacy" setting in your Browser's "Options." Tell it to "never remember your history." This will reduce the amount you're tracked online. Consider a browser add-on like TACO to further reduce tracking of your online behavior.
10. Use an IP masker. When you visit a website, you leave a footprint behind in the form of IP information. If you want to visit someone's blog without their necessarily knowing it's you — say if you're checking out a biz competitor, a love interest, or an ex — you should consider masking your computer's fingerprint, which at the very least gives away your approximate location and service provider. A person looking at their analytics would notice me as a regular visitor from Washington, D.C. for example, and would probably even be able to tell that I was visiting from a Forbes network address. To hide this, you can download Tor or use an easy browser-based option like HideMyAss.com.
These are some of the easiest things you can do to protect your privacy. Ignoring these is like sending your personal information out onto the trapeze without a safety net. It might do fine… or it could get ugly. These are simple tips for basic privacy; if you're in a high-risk situation where you require privacy from malicious actors, check out EFF's surveillance self-defense tips.
Great insights for all of us today…..
Why? Because, it makes me squirm. My go-to answer has always been "Work. Work is my hobby, because it's all that I have time for." What an awful life I was living! I woke up, went to work, came home, did more work, slept, then started it all over again. During those days, I abandoned the other aspects of my life: family, spiritual growth, community involvement. All of these were a distant second to climbing the corporate ladder.
Hello friends — I hope you had a joyous Christmas Day that was relaxed, and full of family, love, and much too much wrapping paper. I want to introduce you to Mark Armstrong, an illustrator whose blog I happily happened upon this afternoon. His drawing skill is quickly obvious, and after just a paragraph or two, his wit likewise becomes apparent — I now follow his blog, markarmstrongillustration.com, and you may want to do the same.
A recent illustration for The Partner Channel Magazine, which focuses on marketing and salesmanship. It was for an article entitled Why People Buy.
1. Reciprocation: Give to get. You comment on my blog, I'll comment on yours.
2. Commitment: Small sales lead to bigger. A satisfied customer will ask you to take on on bigger, higher-paying jobs.
3. Social Proof: Evidence that people like you and your work: sales, commissions, testimonials, enthusiastic followers.
4. Liking: People buy from people they know and like. Reach out, join groups, be friendly and courteous.
5. Authority: We buy from people who project it. Good manners, good grammar, knowledgeable blog posts all project authority.
6. Scarcity: The ol' limited time only: People will buy it today if they're afraid it might not be available tomorrow.
I decided to incorporate these buzzwords into the illustration by running them around the perimeter of the face. Photoshop's ability to string text along a path came in handy here. I could then adjust the path to align the text perfectly along the head's contours.
You can see some slightly thicker lines running through the brain. They define its four principal lobes: frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal– what you'd see in a medical diagram. It makes me smile at myself for being such a stickler for detail.
It's the old maxim: one has to know the rules before one can successfully break them. A humorous illustrator has to know what something really looks like before he can draw a credible cartoon version of it.
What do you think? Ever heard anyone coming down that little ladder into your skull? Is blogging a form of salesmanship? one that requires us to pay attention to these same psychological triggers?
I feel so much better, now – I thought CONFUSION was a BAD thing….not so, maybe?
Are you confused about how to proceed with your hottest new idea or project? If so, take heart! Confusion is not always a bad thing. In fact, it's often a necessary part of the creative process.
The weirdness enters when you start judging yourself for being confused. Then, instead of benefiting from this normal stage of "not knowing" you end up in endless rounds of self-talk, procrastination, and worry.
Technically speaking, it's a state of mind in which the elements you are dealing with appear to be indiscriminately mixed, out of whack, or unable to be interpreted to your satisfaction.
Everyone from Einstein to Mickey Mouse has had this experience. It comes with the territory of trying to innovate.
Most of us, unfortunately, have a hard time acknowledging it.
"Not knowing" has become a euphemism for "ignorance". And so begins our curious routine of appearing to know and giving bogus answers — to ourselves and others — in a pitiful attempt to mask our confusion and maintain a sense of control, brilliance, and selfhood.
Great breakthroughs often emerge after times of dissolution, chaos, and confusion.
Wasn't the universe itself created out of chaos?
llya Prigogine, a leading brain researcher, describes this phenomenon as the "Theory of Dissipative Structures". Simply put, when things fall apart, they eventually reorganize themselves on a higher level (if they don't first become extinct).
And while this transition stage certainly looks and feels like confusion, what's really happening is that the old structures are giving way to the new.
"I am a fool, oh yes, I am confused.
Somehow, he knew that things needed to be a little mixed up for there to be space for something new to enter his life. He knew that sometimes it was wisest just to let life unfold — and that any knee-jerk attempt to clear up what he perceived to be confusion would only leave him with his old habits, patterns, and routines.
There is no need to fight confusion. Let it be.
It's a stage we must pass through on the road to creation. Fighting confusion only makes it worse — like trying to clean a dirty pond by poking at it with a stick.
And, besides, even while our conscious mind is telling us we're confused, our subconscious mind is processing a mile a minute to come up with some amazing solutions. In the shower. While we're exercising. Even in our dreams.
First, we refuse (to have our status quo threatened). Then, we getconfused (trying to sort out all the new input). Then, we try todiffuse the process (by regressing or denying.) Eventually, we getinfused (inundated by new insights). And, finally, we get fused(connecting with previously unrelated elements to form a new and unified whole).
Allow confusion to be what it is — the catalyst for new and more elegant outcomes.
2. Identify what's confusing you. Name it.
In the mid "80′s" he came home after his latest single was not turning into the success he was used to. On coming back home he turned on the television and happened upon a BBC documentary about a famine in Ethiopia, with sudden insight his life before this moment suddenly seemed meaningless.
It's been quite a year for leadership lessons. Any one of a multitude of events in 2012 (Hurricane Sandy, The London Olympics, Benghazi and its fallout) would provide a case study in how to lead–and sometimes, sadly, how not to.
1. Institutionalize your Vision (with a capital V).
It's over a year since he died, but Steve Jobs was still handing out leadership lessons in 2012.


Normality is a rarely used expression which indicates the concentration of a solution. It is defined as the gram equivalent weight per liter of solution.
The reason normality is rarely used lies in the definition of gram equivalent weight. Gram equivalent weight is determined by the amount of an ion that reacts, which could change depending on the reaction. The fact that the gram equivalent weight is not a consistent amount creates confusion and leads scientists to use other concentration values.
Normality, when used, is typically done so in acid base reactions. Here, a more favorable calculation for normality is considered, where the normality of a solution is equal to the molarity multiplied by the number of equivalents.
1.	What is the normality of 1.0 M H2SO4 in the following reaction?
In this reaction, 2 moles of H+ ions (2 equivalents)from sulfuric acid (H2SO4) react with NaOH to form sodium sulfate and water.
2.	What is the normality of 1.0 M H3PO4 in the following reaction?
In this reaction, only 2 of the three available H+ ions (2 equivalents) from arsenic acid (H3AsO4) react with NaOH to form Na2HAsO4 and water.


I feel like I've been a bit absent in my art world lately, but that may be because I've been ramping up my bnnk work for the past couple of weeks, and preparing for le animalé birthday festivities which are now underway! Wooo.
After finishing the 10 Lost Girls in my 365 sketchbook, I accidentally started a series of Lost Boys. Why not? I'm glad they showed face, and I love how different they are from the girls.
Day 115. Unintentional, but today Lost Boy Ricardo came by for some air time, too. He's a wicked trumpeter who is getting really fed up with constantly misplacing things lately. His favorite food is cornbread. Acrylic, white charcoal, and white gel pen.
Day 116. Well I suppose now I can't make 10 lost girls and not 10 lost boys. Here is Mickey. He likes to garden.
Day 117. This is Lost Boy Llayn. He has a pet polar bear and counts all of his steps through the forest. He's at step 4,356,87... Wait, he lost count! A long time ago, actually.
Day 118. This is Saldon, a man who lives high up in the mountains. He loves riding his bike down the mountain and then floating back up on the wings of mighty birds. His favorite snack is pears.
Day 120. Almost 1/3 of the way there! So fun. Here is Jacoi, and I would tell you what he does but it's kind of a secret. I can say that he has about 41 hairs on his head.
Day 121. Vlayvin, an active guy who has a taste for honey dew ice cream and fried chicken. He volunteers on the regular.
Day 122 and my 8th lost boy. This is Klaus. He's sleepy.
Day 123. Next to last lost boy - tomorrow is my final one! This is Chomps, he plays guitar and has both a degree in engineering and a butterfly farm of 6,948.
For all of these guys I used a blanket of acrylic paynes gray + titanium white acrylic accents, then went over with a white gelly pen for lines and details, and finished up with a white charcoal pencil for some shading. It was fun being whimsical and quirky with these guys, and 10 is the perfect number for me to feel satisfied and ready for something new. Since Lost Boy Walter yesterday told me to start next with a painting of a hummingbird, that's what I'll be working on today. Join me on Instagram to follow along with where my project is going daily! I just passed the 1/3 mark!


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Langdon pictured the articles he had seen about the young Sienna, the child prodigy with the 208 IQ and off-the-chart intellectual function. Langdon wondered if, in talking about Zobrist, she was also, on some level, talking about herself; he also wondered how long she would choose to keep her secret.
Up ahead, Langdon spotted the landmark he had been looking for. After crossing the Via dei Leoni, Langdon led her to the intersection of an exceptionally narrow street—more of an alleyway. The sign overhead read VIA DANTE ALIGHIERI.
"It sounds like you know a lot about the human brain," Langdon said. "Was that your area of concentration in medical school?"
"No, but when I was a kid, I read a lot. I became interested in brain science because I had some … medical issues."
Langdon shot her a curious look, hoping she would continue.
"My brain …" Sienna said quietly. "It grew differently from most kids', and it caused some … problems. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was wrong with me, and in the process I learned a lot about neuroscience." She caught Langdon's eye. "And yes, my baldness is related to my medical condition."
Langdon averted his eyes, embarrassed he'd asked.
"Don't worry about it," she said. "I've learned to live with it."
As they moved into the cold air of the shadowed alleyway, Langdon considered everything he had just learned about Zobrist and his alarming philosophical positions.
A recurring question nagged at him. "These soldiers," Langdon began. "The ones trying to kill us. Who are they? It makes no sense. If Zobrist has put a potential plague out there, wouldn't everyone be on the same side, working to stop its release?"
"Not necessarily. Zobrist may be a pariah in the medical community, but he probably has a legion of devout fans of his ideology—people who agree that a culling is a necessary evil to save the planet. For all we know, these soldiers are trying to ensure that Zobrist's vision is realized."
Zobrist's own private army of disciples? Langdon considered the possibility. Admittedly, history was full of zealots and cults who killed themselves because of all kinds of crazy notions—a belief that their leader is the Messiah, a belief that a spaceship is waiting for them behind the moon, a belief that Judgment Day is imminent. The speculation about population control was at least grounded in science, and yet something about these soldiers still didn't feel right to Langdon.
"I just can't believe that a bunch of trained soldiers would knowingly agree to kill innocent masses … all the while fearing they might get sick and die themselves."
Sienna shot him a puzzled look. "Robert, what do you think soldiers do when they go to war? They kill innocent people and risk their own death. Anything is possible when people believe in a cause."
"A cause? Releasing a plague?"
Sienna glanced at him, her brown eyes probing. "Robert, the cause is not releasing a plague … it's saving the world." She paused. "One of the passages in Bertrand Zobrist's essay that got a lot of people talking was a very pointed hypothetical question. I want you to answer it."
"What's the question?"
"Zobrist asked the following: If you could throw a switch and randomly kill half the population on earth, would you do it?"
"Okay. But what if you were told that if you didn't throw that switch right now, the human race would be extinct in the next hundred years?" She paused. "Would you throw it then? Even if it meant you might murder friends, family, and possibly even yourself?"
"Sienna, I can't possibly—"
"It's a hypothetical question," she said. "Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction?"
Langdon felt deeply disturbed by the macabre subject they were discussing, and so he was grateful to see a familiar red banner hanging on the side of a stone building just ahead.
"Look," he announced, pointing. "We're here."
Sienna shook her head. "Like I said. Denial."
The Casa di Dante is located on the Via Santa Margherita and is easily identified by the large banner suspended from the stone facade partway up the alleyway: MUSEO CASA DI DANTE.
Sienna eyed the banner with uncertainty. "We're going to Dante's house?"
"Not exactly," Langdon said. "Dante lived around the corner. This is more of a Dante … museum." Langdon had ventured inside the place once, curious about the art collection, which turned out to be no more than reproductions of famous Dante-related works from around the world, and yet it was interesting to see them all gathered together under one roof.
Sienna looked suddenly hopeful. "And you think they have an ancient copy of The Divine Comedy on display?"
Langdon chuckled. "No, but I know they have a gift shop that sells huge posters with the entire text of Dante's Divine Comedy printed in microscopic type."
She gave him a slightly appalled glance.
"I know. But it's better than nothing. The only problem is that my eyes are going, so you'll have to read the fine print."
"È chiusa," an old man called out, seeing them approach the door. "È il giorno di riposo."
Closed for the Sabbath? Langdon felt suddenly disoriented again. He looked at Sienna. "Isn't today … Monday?"
She nodded. "Florentines prefer a Monday Sabbath."
Langdon groaned, suddenly recalling the city's unusual weekly calendar. Because tourist dollars flowed most heavily on weekends, many Florentine merchants chose to move the Christian "day of rest" from Sunday to Monday to prevent the Sabbath from cutting too deeply into their bottom line.
Unfortunately, Langdon realized, this probably also ruled out his other option: the Paperback Exchange—one of Langdon's favorite Florentine bookshops—which would definitely have had copies of The Divine Comedy on hand.
"Any other ideas?" Sienna said.
Langdon thought a long moment and finally nodded. "There's a site just around the corner where Dante enthusiasts gather. I bet someone there has a copy we can borrow."
"It's probably closed, too," Sienna warned. "Almost every place in town moves the Sabbath away from Sunday."
"This place wouldn't dream of doing such a thing," Langdon replied with a smile. "It's a church."
Fifty yards behind them, lurking among the crowd, the man with the skin rash and gold earring leaned on a wall, savoring this chance to catch his breath. His breathing was not getting any better, and the rash on his face was nearly impossible to ignore, especially the sensitive skin just above his eyes. He took off his Plume Paris glasses and gently rubbed his sleeve across his eye sockets, trying not to break the skin. When he replaced his glasses, he could see his quarry moving on. Forcing himself to follow, he continued after them, breathing as gently as possible.
Several blocks behind Langdon and Sienna, inside the Hall of the Five Hundred, Agent Brüder stood over the broken body of the all-too-familiar spike-haired woman who was now lying sprawled out on the floor. He knelt down and retrieved her handgun, carefully removing the clip for safety before handing it off to one of his men.
The pregnant museum administrator, Marta Alvarez, stood off to one side. She had just relayed to Brüder a brief but startling account of what had transpired with Robert Langdon since the previous night … including a single piece of information that Brüder was still trying to process.
Langdon claims to have amnesia.
Brüder pulled out his phone and dialed. The line at the other end rang three times before his boss answered, sounding distant and unsteady.
"Yes, Agent Brüder? Go ahead."
Brüder spoke slowly to ensure that his every word was understood. "We are still trying to locate Langdon and the girl, but there's been another development." Brüder paused. "And if it's true … it changes everything."
The provost paced his office, fighting the temptation to pour himself another Scotch, forcing himself to face this growing crisis head-on.
Never in his career had he betrayed a client or failed to keep an agreement, and he most certainly had no intention of starting now. At the same time he suspected that he might have gotten himself tangled up in a scenario whose purpose diverged from what he had originally imagined.
One year ago, the famous geneticist Bertrand Zobrist had come aboard The Mendacium and requested a safe haven in which to work. At that time the provost imagined that Zobrist was planning to develop a secret medical procedure whose patenting would increase Zobrist's vast fortune. It would not be the first time the Consortium had been hired by paranoid scientists and engineers who preferred working in extreme isolation to prevent their valuable ideas from being stolen.
With that in mind, the provost accepted the client and was not surprised when he learned that the people at the World Health Organization had begun searching for him. Nor did he give it a second thought when the director of the WHO herself—Dr. Elizabeth Sinskey—seemed to make it her personal mission to locate their client.
The Consortium has always faced powerful adversaries.
As agreed, the Consortium carried out their agreement with Zobrist, no questions asked, thwarting Sinskey's efforts to find him for the entire length of the scientist's contract.
Almost the entire length.
Less than a week before the contract was to expire, Sinskey had somehow located Zobrist in Florence and moved in, harassing and chasing him until he committed suicide. For the first time in his career, the provost had failed to provide the protection he had agreed to, and it haunted him … along with the bizarre circumstances of Zobrist's death.
He committed suicide … rather than being captured?
What the hell was Zobrist protecting?
In the aftermath of his death, Sinskey had confiscated an item from Zobrist's safe-deposit box, and now the Consortium was locked in a head-to-head battle with Sinskey in Florence—a high-stakes treasure hunt to find …
To find what?
The provost felt himself glance instinctively toward the bookshelf and the heavy tome given to him two weeks ago by the wild-eyed Zobrist.
The Divine Comedy.
The provost retrieved the book and carried it back to his desk, where he dropped it with a heavy thud. With unsteady fingers, he opened the cover to the first page and again read the inscription.
My dear friend, thank you for helping me find the path.
The world thanks you, too.
First off, the provost thought, you and I were never friends.
He read the inscription three more times. Then he turned his eyes to the bright red circle his client had scrawled on his calendar, highlighting tomorrow's date.
The world thanks you?
He turned and gazed out at the horizon a long moment.
In the silence, he thought about the video and heard the voice of facilitator Knowlton from his earlier phone call. I thought you might want to preview it before upload … the content is quite disturbing.
The call still puzzled the provost. Knowlton was one of his best facilitators, and making such a request was entirely out of character. He knew better than to suggest an override of the compartmentalization protocol.
After replacing The Divine Comedy on the shelf, the provost walked to the Scotch bottle and poured himself half a glass.
He had a very difficult decision to make.
Known as the Church of Dante, the sanctuary of Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi is more of a chapel than a church. The tiny, one-room house of worship is a popular destination for devotees of Dante who revere it as the sacred ground on which transpired two pivotal moments in the great poet's life.
According to lore, it was here at this church, at the age of nine, that Dante first laid eyes on Beatrice Portinari—the woman with whom he fell in love at first sight, and for whom his heart ached his entire life. To Dante's great anguish, Beatrice married another man, and then died at the youthful age of twenty-four.
It was also in this church, some years later, that Dante married Gemma Donati—a woman who, even by the account of the great writer and poet Boccaccio, was a poor choice of wife for Dante. Despite having children, the couple showed little signs of affection for each other, and after Dante's exile, neither spouse seemed eager to see the other ever again.
The love of Dante's life had always been and would always remain the departed Beatrice Portinari, whom Dante had scarcely known, and yet whose memory was so overpowering for him that her ghost became the muse that inspired his greatest works.
Dante's celebrated volume of poetry La Vita Nuova overflows with flattering verses about "the blessed Beatrice." More worshipful still, The Divine Comedy casts Beatrice as none other than the savior who guides Dante through paradise. In both works, Dante longs for his unattainable lady.
Nowadays, the Church of Dante has become a shrine for the brokenhearted who suffer from unrequited love. The tomb of young Beatrice herself is inside the church, and her simple sepulchre has become a pilgrimage destination for both Dante fans and heartsick lovers alike.
This morning, as Langdon and Sienna wound their way through old Florence toward the church, the streets continued to narrow until they became little more than glorified pedestrian walkways. An occasional local car appeared, inching through the maze and forcing pedestrians to flatten themselves against the buildings as it passed.
"The church is just around the corner," Langdon told Sienna, hopeful that one of the tourists inside would be able to help them. He knew their chances of finding a good Samaritan were better now that Sienna had taken back her wig in exchange for Langdon's jacket, and both had reverted to their normal selves, transforming from rocker and skinhead … to college professor and clean-cut young woman.
Langdon was relieved once again to feel like himself.
As they strode into an even tighter alleyway—the Via del Presto—Langdon scanned the various doorways. The entrance of the church was always tricky to locate because the building itself was very small, unadorned, and wedged tightly between two other buildings. One could easily walk past it without even noticing. Oddly, it was often easier to locate this church using not one's eyes … but one's ears.
One of the peculiarities of La Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi was that it hosted frequent concerts, and when no concert was scheduled, the church piped in recordings of those concerts so visitors could enjoy the music at any time.
As anticipated, as they advanced down the alleyway, Langdon began to hear the thin strains of recorded music, which grew steadily louder, until he and Sienna were standing before the inconspicuous entrance. The only indication that this was indeed the correct location was a tiny sign—the antithesis of the bright red banner at the Museo Casa di Dante—that humbly announced that this was the church of Dante and Beatrice.
When Langdon and Sienna stepped off the street into the dark confines of the church, the air grew cooler and the music grew louder. The interior was stark and simple … smaller than Langdon recalled. There was only a handful of tourists, mingling, writing in journals, sitting quietly in the pews enjoying the music, or examining the curious collection of artwork.
With the exception of the Madonna-themed altarpiece by Neri di Bicci, almost all of the original art in this chapel had been replaced with contemporary pieces representing the two celebrities—Dante and Beatrice—the reasons most visitors sought out this tiny chapel. Most of the paintings depicted Dante's longing gaze during his famous first encounter with Beatrice, during which the poet, by his own account, instantly fell in love. The paintings were of widely varying quality, and most, to Langdon's taste, seemed kitschy and out of place. In one such rendering, Dante's iconic red cap with earflaps looked like something Dante had stolen from Santa Claus. Nonetheless, the recurring theme of the poet's yearning gaze at his muse, Beatrice, left no doubt that this was a church of painful love—unfulfilled, unrequited, and unattained.
Langdon turned instinctively to his left and gazed upon the modest tomb of Beatrice Portinari. This was the primary reason people visited this church, although not so much to see the tomb itself as to see the famous object that sat beside it.
A wicker basket.
This morning, as always, the simple wicker basket sat beside Beatrice's tomb. And this morning, as always, it was overflowing with folded slips of paper—each a handwritten letter from a visitor, written to Beatrice herself.
Beatrice Portinari had become something of a patron saint of star-crossed lovers, and according to long-standing tradition, handwritten prayers to Beatrice could be deposited in the basket in the hope that she would intervene on the writer's behalf—perhaps inspiring someone to love them more, or helping them find their true love, or even giving them the strength to forget a love who had passed away.
Langdon, many years ago, while in the throes of researching a book on art history, had paused in this church to leave a note in the basket, entreating Dante's muse not to grant him true love, but to shed on him some of the inspiration that had enabled Dante to write his massive tome.
Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story …
The opening line of Homer's Odyssey had seemed a worthy supplication, and Langdon secretly believed his message had indeed sparked Beatrice's divine inspiration, for upon his return home, he had written the book with unusual ease.
"Scusate!" Sienna's voice boomed suddenly. "Potete ascoltarmi tutti?" Everyone?
Langdon spun to see Sienna loudly addressing the scattering of tourists, all of whom now glanced over at her, looking somewhat alarmed.
Sienna smiled sweetly at everyone and asked in Italian if anyone happened to have a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy. After some strange looks and shakes of the head, she tried the question in English, without any more success.
An older woman who was sweeping the altar hissed sharply at Sienna and held up a finger to her lips for silence.
Sienna turned back to Langdon and frowned, as if to say, "Now what?"
Sienna's calling-all-cars solicitation was not quite what Langdon had had in mind, but he had to admit he'd anticipated a better response than she'd received. On previous visits, Langdon had seen no shortage of tourists reading The Divine Comedy in this hallowed space, apparently enjoying a total immersion in the Dante experience.
Not so today.
Langdon set his sights on an elderly couple seated near the front of the church. The old man's bald head was dipped forward, chin to chest; clearly he was stealing a nap. The woman beside him seemed very much awake, with a pair of white earbud cables dangling from beneath her gray hair.
A glimmer of promise, Langdon thought, making his way up the aisle until he was even with the couple. As Langdon had hoped, the woman's telltale white earbuds snaked down to an iPhone in her lap. Sensing she was being watched, she looked up and pulled the earbuds from her ears.
Langdon had no idea what language the woman spoke, but the global proliferation of iPhones, iPads, and iPods had resulted in a vocabulary as universally understood as the male/female symbols that graced rest-rooms around the world.
"iPhone?" Langdon asked, admiring her device.
The old woman brightened at once, nodding proudly. "Such a clever little toy," she whispered in a British accent. "My son got it for me. I'm listening to my e-mail. Can you believe it—listening to my e-mail? This little treasure actually reads it for me. With my old eyes, it's such a help."
"I have one, too," Langdon said with a smile as he sat down beside her, careful not to wake up her sleeping husband. "But somehow I lost it last night."
"Oh, tragedy! Did you try the 'find your iPhone' feature? My son says—"
"Stupid me, I never activated that feature." Langdon gave her a sheepish look and ventured hesitantly, "If it's not too much of an intrusion, would you mind terribly if I borrowed yours for just a moment? I need to look up something online. It would be a big help to me."
"Of course!" She pulled out the earbuds and thrust the device into his hands. "No problem at all! Poor dear."
Langdon thanked her and took the phone. While she prattled on beside him about how terrible she would feel if she lost her iPhone, Langdon pulled up Google's search window and pressed the microphone button. When the phone beeped once, Langdon articulated his search string.
"Dante, Divine Comedy, Paradise, Canto Twenty-five."
The woman looked amazed, apparently having yet to learn about this feature. As the search results began to materialize on the tiny screen, Langdon stole a quick glance back at Sienna, who was thumbing through some printed material near
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Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business models.
"It's clearly not sustainable, or fair, that digital platform businesses can generate substantial value in the U.K. without paying tax here in respect of that business," finance minister Philip Hammond said in his annual budget speech on Monday.
The Treasury said profitable companies would be taxed at 2 per cent on the money they make from U.K. users from April 2020, and the measure was expected to raise more than £400 million pounds ($672 million Cdn) a year.
The tax will target platforms such as search engines, social media and online marketplaces, Hammond said, and it will be paid by companies that generate at least £500 million ($840 million) a year in global revenue.
Companies typically pay their taxes where they are based. But while local governments can impose a sales tax on physical goods in shops and restaurants, that has not been the case with online service providers.
And in the European Union, foreign companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook pay what tax they owe in the country where they have their regional base — usually a low tax haven like Ireland. So their business generates little to no tax revenue in countries, like the U.K., where they have significant operations.
Britain had been leading attempts to reform international corporate tax systems, Hammond said, but progress had been painfully slow and governments could not simply talk forever.
The EU has said it wants a digital tax and the idea has also been floated in Canada, but is unpopular.
Clifford Chance tax partner Dan Neidle said the radical nature of the proposal clearly showed that Britain was becoming frustrated with the slow pace of change in global tax laws.
"The U.K. is running ahead of every other country except Spain," he said.
But given the dominance of U.S. tech giants, President Donald Trump's administration may not appreciate the proposal at a time when Britain is trying to agree new trade deals.
Hammond said that if a global solution emerges, it would consider adopting this instead of its tax.
But in the meantime, the government would consult on the detail to make sure it got this right, and then ensure Britain remained one of the best places to start and scale up a tech business.
The announcement came as Hammond splashed out on health services in a spending plan signalling the easing of eight years of austerity with a modest uplift in public spending and few major tax increases.
Hammond declared the end is in sight for the budget cuts implemented by a series of Conservative-led governments after the global financial crisis, reiterating a commitment made by Prime Minister Theresa May this month. But he cautioned that the government's plans to end austerity could be thrown off track if Britain fails to secure a deal that protects trade with the EU.


WordPress Event: To Be or Not to Be?
Towards the end of last year, I was almost disillusioned about the state of web design in Kenya. But I can now say that for some reason there is a renewed energy, and I am more excited than ever!
Here's the thing, despite the increase in the number of quick-fix web designers, and despite doomsday prophets heralding the "death of web design", I am convinced that web design is not even close to being dead. Not in Africa, at least.
The reality is that internet penetration and computer literacy are simply not at an optimum over here yet, and even then, no matter how "easy" it becomes for people to launch their businesses online, there will always be a need for those who are experienced and well-versed in the ins-and-outs of cyberspace to help the rest find their way with efficiency and maximum ROI. I therefore assert that the role of "web designer" is not going anywhere anytime soon.
With that in mind, I think that those who've chosen to work with WordPress have actually found the sweet spot between the reusability of back-end code and the customizability of front-end interfaces. It therefore saddens me that, for example, the last WordCamp in Kenya happened in 2013!!! Can you believe that? I know the guy in charge of the event—I don't know the reason why he let it die. Even when the events used to be held back then, 90% of the time was given to bloggers who knew almost nothing about WordPress itself as a technological tool and platform. WordCamp is supposed to be first and foremost for the developer community, in order to rally them to push the platform forward … not to be a retreat for fashion and political bloggers to debate about the ethics of blogging!
If you're a developer (or interested in being a WordPress developer) and you'd like to attend, please let us know in the comments below, and also mention whether you'd prefer a weekday evening or weekend afternoon.
Look, it's a dog eat dog world out here … but we have an opportunity to look out for one another and push ourselves to master our skills and do better work with better results for clients. Please leave a comment and kindly share with anyone you know who would be interested.


today I have a FOTD for you. Finally in England we are getting some sun (although its still like 4 degrees outside but hey). So when choosing a lipstick this morning I went for this beautiful coral cream puff from collection!
Apologies for the awful selfie its the best one I could get. I was having a terrible selfie day.
Haha, I can totally relate to having terrible selfie days - though you look perfectly fine in yours ;) Love the lip color on you!


With her Lenci fabric label and metallic paper label, this cheerful girl (9 1/2" overall) is a joy to look at with her colorful felt costume in vibrant original colors, original from head to toe with her wide-brimmed hat, striped skirt with polka-dot apron and coordinating trimmed undergarments and shoes. She has side-glancing painted eyes that peek out from behind her giant, hand-held sunflower and she retains her gold painted, wooden cross necklace.
A charming French store in wood, for play and display of assorted household and kitchen items. There are labeled drawers, some of which retain their original handles, shelves and window displays to show merchandise, a moveable counter for tending to orders, and even a porcelain neighborhood dog to keep watch. The original, detachable Epicerie sign runs across the top border. 11" Tall overall, 17 1/2" wide, 6" deep.
A lovely pair of Door Hope dolls from the Shanghai mission of the early 1900's, this bride and groom are in original condition with some fading of the gentleman's under tunic which can be seen only when lifting his long jacket. Both dolls retain their head dresses, with that of the bride being quite spectacular in its colorful pom-pom height. She has a detailed carved bun on the back of her head, and an ornate silk costume with hand-sewn bead adornments and embroidery. The groom is 11 1/2" tall while the bride is 11" and both dolls have nicely carved, wooden heads and hands.
The aristocracy of China would bind the feet of their privileged infants so that, because of their incredibly small, deformed feet in the years to come, they would be dismissed from a life of hard work. The Door of Hope Mission young girls included this facet of their society in their repertoire of dolls that they tediously dressed and decorated. This is the seldom seen Door of Hope woman with tiny bound feet (10 1/2"), wearing a simple white cotton tunic and pants, and colorful bound slippers of silk fabric and embroidery (She is missing her over-jacket). She has a carved bun with gold accents and she has the early style body with cloth hands. There are a couple of dots of stray black paint on her right cheek, but a face with an especially sweet expression.
It would probably be impossible to choose a favorite Lenci child as their catalogue covers and embraces so beautifully the vast variety of characters, cultures and personalities that it does. One thing is for sure, if you have an interest, there is a Lenci doll to celebrate it! Here we have a 300 series boy, 17" tall, who represents the country of Scotland in his colorful kilt outfit. He even has real coins in his mohair-covered sporran.
Hi brown painted, side-glancing eyes , light blond hair and pale skin tone make for a dramatic contrast with the vibrant tones of teal blue, cadmium orange, plum red and daisy yellow of his pleated and patterned felt costume, wool plaid blanket, leather laced-up shoes and felt cap that are all original and in excellent condition. There is very low level of aging, no moth holes, no noticeable fading or soiling anywhere. He is from the famed collection of Alexandra Sheldon, wife of Sidney Sheldon.
Inspired by the Grace Drayton cartoon series and her Campbell Kids, this jolly pair of composition googlies (7") with swivel necks and arms, and side-glancing glass eyes are called Bobby Blake and Dolly Dingle. The composition Campbell kids that we normally see with painted eyes were by Horseman, so we can assume the same for these, however they are more animated and with more detailed molding, not to mention the glass eyes. The molded costumes speak for themselves and the condition of this pair is very good with a few losses of paint spots, but not distracting.


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Home Sports Football Week 15 NFL Winners and Losers: Drew Brees fantasy week
Week 15 NFL Winners and Losers: Drew Brees fantasy week
Shane Mclendon
We had some real losers this week as the NFL regular season winds down with just two weeks left. Wait, we have a ton of games set for Christmas Eve and two on Christmas Day! Sucks for the players but great for us fans.
Just make sure your Grandma upgrades that tube TV before next Saturday.
NFL Grown Man of the Week: I've got to give this week's highest honor to Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin. This man was fired up at the end of the Cincinnati win. Tomlin made sure everyone on the sideline knew it too. His Steelers came roaring back in somewhat ugly fashion to get a much-needed win over the self-destructive Bengals.
Loser: Once again the Bengals of Cincinnati just cannot get out of their own way. Penalty after penalty allowed the Steelers to stay in the game and score 18 unanswered points. The Bengals had 8 flags for 86 easy yards handed to the Steelers. The most penalty yards for Cinci all year.
Winner: Ezekiel Elliott helped squash the noise in Dallas after last week's tough loss. He racked 159 yards on just 23 carries and tacked on a score as the Cowboys got back on track with a nice win over the hot Tampa Bay Bucs.
Loser: All the talk about Jameis Winston and his letter to his team was nice. Right up until he threw a terrible pick that basically sealed the deal for Dallas on SNF.
Winner: Drew Brees made fantasy owners very happy after he had a few down games. It was a wild shootout between his Saints and the Cardinals that saw 89 total points scored. Brees racked up 389 passing yards and four touchdowns to show he is still a top 5 fantasy choice each week.
Loser: Adrian Peterson didn't have a triumphant return to the field after missing most of the year with a knee injury. He should have taken another week off. I doubt the Vikes would have missed his tiny production as they were destroyed by the Colts 34 – 6.
Winner: How are the Giants 10 – 4? Seemingly they were mediocre all year. Yet here they are with a chance to do damage in the playoffs if they stay hot. The defense has been the difference this year. The past two weeks they have given up just 13 total points to two powerful offenses.
Loser: The Chiefs suffered a big-time loss at home to the Titans as Ryan Succop kicked the winning FG as the clock ran out on a windy day in Arrowhead. The Chiefs slipped from the driver's seat in the AFC to Wildcard status with the loss.
Winner: It's a shame that Shady McCoy will not likely be showing off his mad skills in the playoffs with his Bills at 7-7. The guy is fun to watch. Of course, the opponent being Cleveland made it even easier for McCoy this week.
Loser: Yes, the Browns made the loser list again. 0 – 14 is not easy to do. I guess? Let's see if they can finish the drill and end up winless for the year. My money's on them doing just that.
Winner: The Packers didn't handle the Bears very easily and needed a late bomb to Jordy Nelson to set up the winning field goal. The winner for the Pack was Ty Montgomery though as he rolled up 162 yards on the ground with a mere 16 carries.
Loser: Brock Osweiler has been benched and I doubt the super-rich let-down for the Texans will see the field anymore this year. He's just been terrible, and I don't see how Bill O'Brien can go back to him. Tom Savage has a chance to make a name for himself at QB with Houston still in the playoff hunt. Maybe he can trick a team into handing him a big contract next year like Osweiler.
Winner: DeVonta Freeman wrecked the woeful San Francisco defense for three touchdowns on Sunday. A little payback for the upset win that the Niners got last year at Atlanta's expense. Freeman was a man possessed as he rushed for 139 yards. Amazingly, his fumble was the first for an Atlanta back all season.
Loser: Chip Kelly could be on his way out of Frisco after just two years there. He inherited a team on the decline and even though he has tweaked his system a bit, that hasn't helped. If not for the Browns, his 49ers would be the worst team in the NFL.
Loser: I couldn't leave off Bryce Petty from the loser list. He's lucky he didn't lose his upper body to medical science after he was turned into a Jets sandwich by Ndamukong Suh and Cameron Wake.
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Colt had introduced a new series of stainless steel small frame revolvers in 1995 to replace the last of the old "D" frame models.
The first in the new series was the Colt SF-VI, so named to prevent confusion with the last of the "D" frames still in the distributor's pipeline.
In 1996, with the last of the old guns out of the way, Colt changed the name of the SF-VI to the Colt DS-II.
This is taken to stand for Colt "Detective Special Two", but Colt never used that designation, so the correct model name is the DS-II.
The DS-II is built on the same "SF-VI" frame as the SF-VI model, and is in fact nothing more than the SF-VI with a new barrel stamp and a slightly thicker top strap to increase strength.
The DS-II was available with a 2 inch barrel and a very few 3 inch and 4 inch barrels.
Caliber was .38 Special and was suited for use with +P ammunition with the caution that +P ammunition would accelerate wear.
Finish was satin stainless or bright polish.
Grips were an exact copy of the Pachmayr "Compac" grip that Colt had used for years. These new copies were made by Vintage Industries for Colt, and had a molded-on Colt banner and logo on the lower sides instead of Colt medallions as on the Pachmayr grips.
The DS-II was made from 1997 to 1998.
COLT DS-II WITH 3 INCH BARREL


National Mechanics is a Very Eventful Place.
On a weekly basis you can find a spirited group of Tipplers, as we are a destination spot for the historical Tippler's Tour, along with Karaoke & Quizzo goers, and those celebrating life through various occasions. On Friday and Saturday evenings, we feature the longest running dance party in Old City with DJ Jon Gill keeping the dancefloor lit. See our Events section for more details about our weekly & monthly happenings like Karaoke, Pub Quiz, Science on Tap, Civics on Tap, and our exciting shows. You might stumble in & see a burlesque show or maybe even learn to dance the Charleston who knows but we know one thing for sure...Our door is always open for a new adventure...Come see us anytime at National Mechanics!
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This picture above shows the location of the "Rocky Belt" which shows the moon was once split.
And so the Prophet (salla lahu alayi wa'ale hi Wasallam) prayed to Allah (swt) to grant him this miracle, and the moon was split. Half was seen over Mount. Saffa, and the other half was seen over Mount. Kaikaan.
This took place in the days of the Prophet Muhammad (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) in Makkah.
The Messenger of Allah (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi wasallam) has been granted miracles like no other Prophet before, yet his blessed life, unparalleled qualities were not in need of any miracles as those who even once saw the blessed Prophet (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi wasallam) knew he had to be a Prophet.
It was the grace of Allah (swt) that He wished to raise the rank of His most beloved of creation that He granted him the miracles and powers so that the people of all times can be witness of the rank and honour bestowed upon Rasulullah (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam). The deeds of any believer can never be sufficient on the day of resurrection and therefore even the Prophets (Assalatu Assalam) will be seeking the waseelah – intercession of the Final Messenger (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi wasallam).
The beloved Messenger of Allah (salla lahu ayahi wa'ale hi Wasallam) may our parents be sacrificed for his sake, this is how the companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) would address Rasulallah (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam), would have the hard ground made soft by the will of Allah (swt) and the soft ground would be made hard so that the beloved Messenger (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) would find comfort as he placed his blessed feet on the ground to walk. Subhan-Allah.
It was through the divine will of Allah (swt) that the stones would send salawat – blessings on the Messenger (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) as he walked and a cloud would follow him to give him shade from the scorching heat of Arabia. Subhan-Allah.
1) Al Qur'an – The perfect Word of Allah (swt) is the greatest miracle revealed to any of the creation. The message, language and effect of the Glorious Book of Criterion has not in anyway been changed or been compromised. This miracle was revealed onto the heart of the most blessed Messenger (salla lahu layhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) and remains in the Worlds for eternity. Miracles revealed onto previous Prophets (Assalatu Assalam) were all taken away as they departed from the world, but the miracle of Al'Qur'an revealed onto Rasulullah (Salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) remains thousands of years after the beloved Messenger (salla lahau alayhi wa'ale hi wasallam) departed. This miracle will continue to enlighten mankind till the end of time. Insh-Allah.
2) The miracles bestowed upon the previous Prophets (As) were all revealed onto the Leader of All Prophets; Prophet Muhammad (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) in one form or another. Allah (swt) has raised the rank of His most beloved Messenger above all other.
3) The blessed life of Rasulullah (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) is in itself a miracle. The blessed lineage, upbringing, highest morals and conduct, perfection of speech and action, consistency of character, highest esteem amongst family, companions and enemies and above all the one whom Allah (swt) has praised, protected and blessed by His own blessed words in Al' Qur'an.
The miracles are still being bestowed upon Rasulullah (salla lahu alayhi wa'ale hi Wasallam) by Allah (swt) through the continuous sending of blessings on his rank by Allah (swt), the angels and all of creation.