CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES 2017

May you be blessed during this festive period of 2017 The flowers are temporary. Christ is eternal.  The eternal cross Please have a look at my YouTube video by clicking here. It is royalty free music that I downloaded from the internet. The grasses are in our garden as well as that succulent - all are temporary. We should come to the Cross of Jesus Christ.  Regards Neels Coert...

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The Story of Derek Redmond's Iconic Olympic Moment

Derek Redmond and his dad - credit: image from the internet Take five minutes and 30 seconds from your precious time and watch this video clip at this link. I had to watch it a few times to really appreciate what really happened. It was a moment I wish I had seen in person - but now I have to live with the video clip as second best. Yet, I do appreciate every moment of it and thank the camera crew for taking it. I invite you to write me a letter...

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A PHOTOGRAPHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE COME TRUE!! EISH!!!

Oh no!! Not this!! Please tell me I am dreaming!! Looking at this video clip I can imagine the utter frustration the photographers had when the bus pulled right in front of them while the drama was going on!! Have a look at the clip at this link. Photobomb in the extreme. To add to their misfortune, you can see in the background how the building is coming down - that is not even second best. The aim was to take a video of the entire implosion...

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ENGAGE CHANGE! IS THE RSA A BETTER PLACE POST APARTHEID?

Barack Obama, Melinda Gates & Bill Gates at the Goalkeepers Conference 20 September 2017 Engage change! Me as an individual? You must be joking! Or are you serious? Yes - this is serious. The challenge to me as an individual is to engage change, not only in my professional life, but also in my private life where I, at this moment, face massive challenges.  Is SA a better place now post apartheid? Why do I ask these questions?...

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ACT OF KINDNESS PAYS OFF 34 YEARS LATER!!! WATCH THIS LOT!!

Image from the internet - apologies for the quality! In 1974 Sunny Ray volunteered to work in an Ethiopian famine camp. As her airplane landed, she was caught in the middle of the Marxist Derg's takeover & war. Watch Sunny tell her amazing story about something she did 34 years before and what she discovered - here is the link.4 It is really an amazing story - please keep on doing good deeds to people! Never give up on them! May God...

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CAMERON CARPENTER, THE PUNK LOOK-ALIKE ORGANIST

Cameron Carpenter the punk look-alike organist Wow! What a talent! I am speechless about this gentleman. When he closes his eyes while playing he transports one to another world where music lives. When you watch the video, have a look at his feet as well. The cameraman also concentrate on those shoes - and those shoes were not made for walking. I post two links to YouTube videos: the first is Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody for organ and orchestra....

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HAS THE BIBLE REALLY BEEN CHANGED?

Has the Bible really been changed?  During 1972 Josh McDowell had a book published: EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT. I do have that book in my library. Now his son Sean updated it with his dad a whole lot of other scholars. Sean asks this question: Has the Bible really been changed? You can read an interview with Sean at this link. Mark Ellis, the author of that article, wrote: "Popular culture is awash in theories about alleged changes...

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MODES OF TRANSPORT IN PLUMTREE IMPROVED VERSION

Young man crossing the railway lines in Plumtree, Zimbabwe I visited Plumtree area in Zimbabwe earlier in 2017 and took a lot of images. I made an improved version of my first video and you can find the YouTube link here: YouTube video. It was great fun to make this improved version. I downloaded a photograph of the diesel locomotive and a video of it. Afterwards I found free downloads of music which I great fully use. Thank you to those...

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YOUR TESTAMENT & DECEASED ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

Epiphyllum 2017 My wife and I are lawyers for the individual. We, my wife and I, provide discreet personal attention to the drafting of testaments and estate administration. We believe that the individual is most important especially in this day and age we are living in where computers and impersonal call centres are most fashionable and pervasive. It is our view that personal attention matters most, not only during times of bereavement...

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MENTAL HEALTH: THE PRINCES OF THE UK AND YOU AND I

PRINCE WILLIAM: HEADS TOGETHER: NATION'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES  It is interesting and heart warming that the two princes of the UK, Prince William and Prince Harry, disclosed their mental well being after the death of their mother Princess Diana way back on 31 August 1997. Prince Harry gave an extraordinarily frank interview about coping with his mother's death and he hoped to help "smash the stigma" and start a national conversation about...

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PERMANENTLY RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN? IS IT POSSIBLE?

White epiphyllum in our garden - cultivated from slips  Is  it really possible to re-wire your brain and the negative thoughts bothering you? Science is coming up with positive results to proof that it really does work; here's a link to that article. There are only 3 steps to implement: 1: Reframe your unhelpful thoughts. 2. Prove yourself wrong and lastly 3. Create a personal mantra. St Paul knew this many many...

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ADULTS WITH IMPAIRED DECISION MAKING CAPACITY

Clematis 29 September 2017 ADULTS WITH IMPAIRED DECISION MAKING CAPACITY AND A POWER OF ATTORNEY UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN CIRCUMSTANCES Social workers and medical practitioners all have some form of experience of adults with impaired decision-making capacity. You can give moving testimony of family members battling with this occurrence and not always knowing what they are allowed or not allowed in terms of the law. Medical practitioners and social...

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THERE ARE TODAY 40 MILLION MODERN DAY SLAVES IN THE WORLD!

 Modern day slavery Modern day slavery The UN reports that there were 40 million modern day slaves in the world during 2016. Please spread the word about this scourge and evil. Read the newspaper report at this link. This evil mostly affects women and children. Forced labor and sex slaves are predominantly in this kind of a thin...

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ARE YOU CHANGING THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME TO BE A BETTER PLACE?

Are you changing the world one step at a time to be better place? Good for you!! I am also doing my bit - one step at a time and at times only to improve the life of one person at a time.   Pope Francis - he's got the world as his platform to speak out! My friend Werner Perufsky - he's got Fochville as his platform to perform good deeds. My wife referred me to the then President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt's ARENA...

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WHAT DO YOU READ?

This is a part of my rather extensive law libray I have to do a lot of legal research to serve my client's interests best and I am continuously updating my legal skills by my own research and then of course I attend a lot of legal training seminars. My wife is also a qualified attorney and she assists me in my practice. The post that prompted this write-up is more of a general kind of reading - I take it for granted that you are reading...

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A SCOURGE ON HUMANITY

He was treated like an animal for sale - or worse  She was also treated like an animal on sale I am back on this topic of slavery and human trafficking because it is very heavy on my heart. How on earth can anyone in his or her right mind treat people as if they are animals? Please read their heart rendering stories at this link. I do thank this photographer who took his time, money and other resources to research this topic and to...

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? A READER'S RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION

This guy was standing still spinning about 200 k.p.h.! We all got a kick out of it!! One of my readers and a fellow genealogist took time to reply to my blog post of yesterday [5 July 2017]. I encourage you to read and to join her; please tell me what do you do with your time? My e-mail address: neelscoertse@wirelessza.co.za  I know I have readers all over the world - I would really like to hear from you.  Hello NeelsI thought I...

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? SPARE TIME? WASTE TIME?

My friend Alan Mason during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa What do you do with your time? We all have only 24 hours per day to "spend." I know my friend Alan Mason is a very keen photographer. Some time ago he challenged himself to take one photograph per day for 365 days. He completed it with gusto and great photos. During the World Cup in South Africa him and I went to the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg taking our cameras with...

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How the iPhone revolutionised photography

Fashion photographer Georges Antoni and Margaret Zhang for Elle Australia Fashion photographer Georges Antoni uses the iPhone 7 Plus on Portrait mode to photograph Margaret Zhang for the June cover story of Elle Australia.  Can you believe this? The face of photography [pun intended] have been changed tremendously. I was a member of photographic societies in Johannesburg area for a number of years and later was "duped" into believing that...

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CAMERON CARPENTER - ORGANIST EXTRAORDINARY BY THE EXTREME!!

CAMERON CARPENTER: Photo credit: internet This man is most talented and every single time I listen AND look at his performances I am hugely impressed by his talents. Thank you Cameron for what you are doing for us to enjoy. Follow this link to his Overture to "Candi...

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CHANGES IN HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

DR PAUL PEARSALL's THE  HEART'S CODE New findings about cellular memories and their role in the mind/heart/spirit connection by Dr Paul Pearsall - this book challenges one's mindset about life and what it entails. It seems as if his thesis is that the heart is a more powerful organ than the brain. I suggest that you get your own copy to read. The ISBN Number is: 0-7679-0095-2; the soft cover book was published during 1999.  Just...

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