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Reasons to dance all night

A review of 'My Fair Lady' directed by Steven Stead and performing at Teatro, Montecasino, until 2 March 2025.

ACROSS a crowded room, Freddy and Eliza meet. From left Colonel Pickering (Graham Hopkins), Prof Higgins (Craig Urbani), Eliza Doolittle (Leah Mari), Mrs Higgins (Adrienne Pearce), a servant (Lusibalwethu Sesanti), Mrs Eynsford-Hill (Namhla Tshuka) and Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Sandi Dlangalala). Photograph courtesy Montecasino. SHE’S A POOR little flower seller, her thick Cockney accent endemic to…

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I've wanted to make edits for some of the side characters throughout Rory's canon timeline for a while now, i tend to visualize characters while reading so I thought this might help some of the folks who have been keeping up with my fics

Debbie Lang - Rory's mother: often mentioned, haunting the narrative

Michael Sinclair - Rory's father: first appears in Evening of Score, will return in the engagement fic

Andrew Owen - Rory's most trusted: first appears in All Along the Watchtower, set to Return in the yet untitled MW3 fic

Sydney Macallen - Rory's best friend: first appears in Ten Years Earlier, returns in Shadow Dance

Niel Botha - Rory's target: appears in Shadow Dance

Catherine Price - Rory's mother-in-law: will first appear in the engagement fic

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2024 olympics South Africa roster

Archery

Wian Roux (Pretoria)

Athletics

Adrian Swart (Caledon)

Akani Simbine (Kempton Park)

Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi (Soweto Township)

Benjamin Richardson (Pretoria)

Wayde Van Niekerk (Kraaifontein)

Zakithi Nene (Ladysmith)

Lythe Pillay (Benoni)

Edmund Du Plessis (Pretoria)

Tshepo Tshite (Pretoria)

Ryan Mphahlele (Johannesburg)

Adriaan Wildschutt (Ceres)

Bayanda Walaza (Pretoria)

Bradley Nkoana (Potschefstroom)

Sinesipho Dambile (Dimbaza)

Gardeo Isaacs (Cape Town)

Antonie Nortje (College Station, Texas)

Stephen Mokoka (Mahikeng)

Elroy Gelant (Pacaltsdorp)

Brian Raats (Tshwane)

Jovan Van Vuuren (Bloemfontein)

Cheswill Johnson (Johannesburg)

Kayle Blignaut (Rome, Italy)

Francois Prinsloo (Worcester)

Victor Hogan (Vredenburg)

Cian Oldknow (Johannesburg)

Miranda Coetzee (Phokeng)

Prudence Sekgodiso (Gauteng)

Marioné Fourie (Vanderbijlpark)

Zenéy Geldenhuys (Pretoria)

Rogail Joseph (Worcester)

Irvette Van Zyl (Sandton)

Gerda Steyn (Bothaville)

Miné De Klerk (Welkom)

Jo-Ané Van Dyk (Worcester)

Badminton

Johanita Scholtz (Cape Town)

Canoeing

Hamish Lovemore (Durban)

Andy Birkett (Pretoria)

Tiffany Koch (Cape Town)

Esti Olivier (Bloemfontein)

Climbing

Mel Janse-Van Rensburg (Lephalale)

Josh Bruyns (Pretoria)

Lauren Mukheibir (Bryanston)

Aniya Holder (Gqeberha)

Cycling

Ryan Gibbons (Johannesburg)

Jean Spies (Randburg)

Alan Hatherly (Durban)

Vincent Leygonie (Krugersdorp)

Ashleigh Pasio (Pretoria)

Tiffany Keep (Durban)

Candice Lill (Port Shepstone)

Miyanda Maseti (Johannesburg)

Diving

Julia Vincent (Johannesburg)

Equestrian

Alexander Peternell (Roodepoort)

Fencing

Harry Saner (Johannesburg)

Field hockey

Andrew Hobson (Somerset West)

Mustapha Cassiem (Cape Town)

Abdud Cassiem (Cape Town)

Jacques Van Tonder (Bloemfontein)

Bradley Sherwood (Pietermaritzburg)

Keenan Horne (Cape Town)

Tevin Kok (Kokstad)

Matthew Guise-Brown (London, U.K.)

Ryan Julius (Cape Town)

Daniel Bell (Johannesburg)

Nic Spooner (Hamburg, Germany)

Zenani Kraai (Johannesburg)

Nqobile Ntuli (Durban)

Sam Mvimbi (Plettenberg Bay)

Gowan Jones (Durban)

Calvin Davis (Botha's Hill)

Stephanie Botha (Oudtshoorn)

Anelle Lloyd (Bethal East)

Celia Seerane (Pretoria)

Edith Molikoe (Gqeberha)

Kristen Paton (Cape Town)

Thati Zulu (Pretoria)

Dirkie Chamberlain (Pretoria)

Paris-Gail Isaacs (Bloemfontein)

Taheera Augousti (Bloemfontein)

Erin Christie (Johannesburg)

Ntsopa Mokoena (Bethlehem)

Hannah Pearce (Johannesburg)

Ongeziwe Mali (Gqeberha)

Marié Louw (Bloemfontein)

Kayla De Waal (Clermont)

Quanita Bobbs (Cape Town)

Kayla Swarts (Bloemfontein)

Golf

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Johannesburg)

Frederik Van Rooyen (Johannesburg)

Ashleigh Buhai (Johannesburg)

Paula Reto (Cape Town)

Gymnastics

Cait Rooskrantz (Johannesburg)

Judo

Geronay Whitebooi (Gqeberha)

Rowing

Christopher Baxter (Johannesburg)

John Smith (Germiston)

Paige Badenhorst (Benoni)

Rugby

Chris Grobbelaar (Durban)

Ryan Oosthuizen (Stellenbosch)

Impi Visser (Pongola)

Mogamat Davids (Cape Town)

Quewin Nortje (Pretoria)

Tiaan Pretorius (Stellenbosch)

Tristan Leyds (Somerset West)

Selvyn Davids (Jeffrey's Bay)

Shaun Williams (Mooinooi)

Rosko Specman (Makhanda)

Siviwe Soyizwapi (Nqanqarhu)

Shilton Van Wyk (Bloemfontein)

Ronald Brown (Pretoria)

Mathrin Simmers (Somerset West)

Zintle Mpupha (Xesi)

Sizophila Solontsi (Durban)

Veroeshka Grain (Stellenbosch)

Kemisetso Baloyi (Soshanguve)

Nadine Roos (Cape Town)

Liske Lategan (Groblersdal)

Byrhandré Dolf (Bloemfontein)

Ayanda Malinga (Pretoria)

Libbie Janse-Van Rensburg (Lephalale)

Marlize De Bruin (Johannesburg)

Maria Tshiremba (Johannesburg)

Skateboarding

Dallas Oberholzer (Durban)

Brandon Valjalo (Johannesburg)

Boipelo Awuah (Kimberley)

Surfing

Jordy Smith (Cape Town)

Matt McGillivray (Jeffery's Bay)

Sarah Baum (Durban)

Swimming

Pieter Coetze (Pretoria)

Chad Le Clos (Durban)

Matt Sates (Pietermaritzburg)

Tatjana Smith (Johannesburg)

Kaylene Corbett (Bloemfontein)

Erin Gallagher (Durban)

Aimee Canny (Knysna)

Rebecca Meder (Cape Town)

Triathlon

Henri Schoeman (Vereeniging)

Jamie Riddle (Stellenbosch)

Vicky Van Der Merwe (Cape Town)

Wrestling

Nicolaas De Lange (Bloemfontein)

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Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Roelof Botha, Steve Chen, Reid Hoffman, Ken Howery, Chad Hurley, Eric Jackson, Jawed Karim, Jared Kopf, David McClure, Andrew McCormack, Luke Nosek, Keith Rabois, Jack Selby, Premal Shah, Russel Simmons, Jeremy Stoppelman, and Yishan Wong should all fight each other to the death. They look like the annoying kids in high school who never left their house and were always acting out their mommy issues.

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Dalla pagina FB del NYT.

Questo tizio pallido è stato importato, insieme alla sua numerosa famiglia da trAmp negli USA che gli ha regalato la cittadinanza.

Andando a guardare i commenti, mi pare di capire che i cittadini USA non siano poi così felici di averlo come compatriota o almeno in molti lo compiangono e lo prendono per il culo per la sua decisione.

C'è perfino Andrew Botha, cognome che più Sudafricano non si può, che si dispiace per la partenza dei compatrioti 🤡

Nota del DR: Ovviamente la scelta dell'Alabama come terra bianca promessa non è casuale...

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20VC: The Sequoia Investment Process | Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha and Alfred Lin | Sequoia’s Framework for Analysing Founders | The True Benefit of Having Sequoia on a Cap Table & Sequoia’s Biggest Threat with Pat Grady

Pat Grady is one of the most successful growth investors of the last decade. As the Head of Sequoia‘s growth investing practice, Pat has invested in companies with a combined market cap exceeding $250BN. Among Pat’s immense portfolio is Hubspot, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Okta, Amplitude, Zoom and Qualtrics. Pat is also one of the best acquirers of talent in venture hiring Andrew Reed, Matt Huang,…

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South African Mansion Comes With an Shooting Range and Bunker

Listing of the Day Location: Cape Town, South Africa Price: R42 million (US$2.25 million) This six-level, off-the-grid home that stands high above Cape Town comes with a licensed shooting range, an aviary, garage parking for eight cars and a full bunker and security room on the underground levels. “The views are like none other,” said listing agent Duvan Botha, of Re/Max of Southern Africa. “You see all of Cape Town.” The whole house, which is less than three years old, is covered in Italian travertine tile, and “the finishes are absolutely the best,” he said. “Everything is imported, everything is top shelf.” MORE: ‘One of the Few Remaining American Castles,’ Built for Andrew Carnegie’s Daughter, Heads to Auction It’s also completely off the grid, with solar panels, lithium batteries and water tanks, Botha said. Along with the “only licensed residential shooting range in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town,” the uppermost underground level holds a cinema room, a glass-covered fitness area, a boardroom and a games and entertainment area, according to the listing. The ground floor holds multiple open-plan living areas, two bedrooms, a wraparound balcony with open city views and a kitchen with a floor-to-ceiling mosaic tile backsplash, separate scullery and pantry areas and a breakfast corner. MORE: French Chateau, Once Owned by the Rothschild Family and the King of Morocco, Selling for €425 Million The floor above has two lounges and three bedrooms, including the primary suite, which has a living area, closets, a fireplace and a wraparound balcony, Botha said. Stairs lead up to the roof. Stats  The 20,387-square-foot (1,894-square-meter) house has seven bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and six partial bathrooms.  Amenities 

 Amenities include a swimming pool with two covered shade areas, a licensed shooting range, an aviary, garage parking for eight cars, a full bunker and security room, an elevator, two fireplaces, a cinema room, a glass-covered gym, skylights, under-floor heating, multiple wraparound balconies and a games and entertainment area. MORE: Bold and Beautiful Ways to Make a Statement With Wallpaper Neighborhood Notes 

 The home is in the suburb of Loevenstein. “It’s a very well-established area and it’s had significant growth in the last two to three years,” Botha said.  One of the top selling points for international buyers is the home’s easy access to the airport, which is just 15 minutes away, according to Botha. It’s about a 20-minute drive into downtown Cape Town. The home is near several acclaimed schools, including the D.F. Malan High School, and the Tygerberg Nature Reserve is three blocks away, he said. Agent: Duvan Botha, Re/Max of Southern Africa View the original listing.  MORE: Four Techy Watering Systems for Your Lawn and Garden Source link Read the full article

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prayer to peter thiel, max levchin, david o sacks, scott banister, roelof botha, steve chen, reid hoffman, ken howery, chad hurley, eric m jackson, jawed karim, jared kopf, dave mcclure, andrew mccormack, luke nosek, keith rabois, jack selby, premal shah, russel simmons, jeremy stoppelman, and yishan wong to PLEASE have some dirt on el*n m*sk * o u

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If my translations are correct these are the covers:

The Phantom: Will Silver/Harry Mills Christine: Kayleigh Marven Raoul: Harry Mills/Stanley Allyn Owen Carlotta Giudicelli: Hope Lavelle/Laurie Evans Ubaldo Piangi: George Whitty/Luke Grooms Monsieur Firmin: Andrew J Carter/Luke Grooms Monsieur André: Daniel Rivers/Ian Jon Bourg Madame Giry: Lizzie Wofford/Robin Botha Meg Giry: Ester Cameron/Molly Ward

The rest of the World Tour company has been announced!

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THE HAUNTING OF THE LADY-JANE (2022) British canal boat horror

THE HAUNTING OF THE LADY-JANE (2022) British canal boat horror

The Haunting of the Lady-Jane is a 2022 British horror film about two young women who encounter a water spirit on a canal boat holiday. Written, directed, photographed and co-produced by Kemal Yildirim with additional dialogue by Mike Hallett. Also produced by Natasha Linton. The Glassheart Productions-Kemikal Films co-production stars Natasha Linton, Sean Botha, Bryony Harvey, Helene Udy,…

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"No more days left...I AM DOING A NEW ALBUM! By kind permission of The Really Useful Group, I am proud to announce my upcoming album PHANTASM - A Journey through Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. Featuring 13 tracks from Phantom as well as Love Never Dies, I will finally perform all of your favourite numbers from The Phantom saga accompanied by a full orchestra and ensemble.

Arrangements will be by Maestro James Bassingthwaite and the project with be produced by Adam Howard and Jonathan himself.

Joining me are some very special guests: favourite past and present Christines from my personal Phantom journey so far. My wonderful original South African Christines, Robin Botha & Magdalene Minnaar, my stunning original international Christine Australian Soprano Claire Lyon and my latest two gorgeous Alternate Christines from the World Tour : Caitlin Finnie and Clara Verdier.

Recording begins in October and stock will be available in time for Christmas 2020.

Pre-orders are now open through JonathanRoxmouth.com. Secure your limited copy today!"

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Oh, Charlie!

"Oh, Charlie!" a review of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', a ballet by Mario Gaglione at the Joburg Theatre until 13 October 2024.

SWEETS that can blow your mind! Ryoko Yagyu is Violet Beauregarde in the ballet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which is currently enjoying its world premiere at the Joburg Theatre, until 13 October 2024. Photograph by Lauge Sorenson. WHAT WOULD YOU do if you were lucky enough find one of five golden tickets that will offer you access to the heart of the best made chocolate in all the land?…

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Lists ‘N Stuff: 00s Heavyweights

Lists ‘N Stuff: 00s Heavyweights

I’ve been watching a lot of boxing. A lot. Too much even. Originally it started out of my desire to catch up on fights I had missed after I dipped out on boxing in the late 90s before getting back into the sport around 2007 or so. It eventually delved into a deep dive on what basically amounts to the last 20-30 years in combat sports. Given my love of things like lists, I figured I’d do one. Doing a list for the HWs in the 90s was genuinely a lot of fun because it meant re-watching a bevy of classic fights with classic characters. Doing one for 2000 to 2009? Well....Well ya know. Inarguably  the worst division in all of boxing for its entire run of the 2000s, this was not easy BUT by the grace of God and plenty of rumchata, I survived. Here we go! 

Honorable Mention:

John Ruiz- I was not going to put John Ruiz on this list. Even as a Puerto Rican, I couldn't go that far. Ruiz's trilogy with Evander Holyfield are among some of the worst fights ever and he was styled on by natural light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr where the only competitive fight that night was Norman Stone fighting with whoever was refereeing. He did beat Andrew Golota (and I think that was a fair call), he lost to James Toney, lost to Ruslan Chagaev and honestly probably got jobbed vs Nikolai Valuev. Ruiz deserves a lot of credit for doing the best with what he had but consider that he fought in TEN straight title fights by the big four and only finished one of them and went 5-4-1 with a ton of split decisions in there and tell me he deserves a spot on this list.

Evander Holyfield- The 2000s were arguably most sad in the HW division because Evander Holyfield was still fighting for titles well into his 40s. Holyfield went 6-6-1 in the 2000s with a trilogy with John Ruiz, wins over dudes like Fres Oquendo and Vinny Madalone and losses to James Toney, Nikolai Valuev (in a fight I thought he won), Larry Donald, Chris Byrd and Sultan Ibragimov. Holyfield was just sort of there in the 2000s with nobody ever really letting him go away because he was one of the divisions few remaining stars. It's not pretty.  

Jameel McCline- It kind of gets lost because of how bleh he was but McCline was a pretty solid HW during the 2000s. He was pretty much the epitome of a big dude journeyman tough guy spoiler. He gave tough guys to Sam Peter, Chris Byrd, Calvin Brock and John Ruiz when he was a bit more focused of a fighter plus has wins over Shannon Briggs and Michael Grant. If two fights had gone his way (the Peter fight could've been stopped on Earth 2 and I thought he beat Byrd) then maybe McCline sneaks on this list.

Nikolai Valuev- Some guys are too big to fail but Nikolai Valuev was too big to succeed.  His natural size limited how good he could be and unfortunately for Valuev, he was a boxing gimmick from start to finish. Valuev struggled endlessly whenever he got a step up in competition and seemed to always wind up on the right end of a close decision. Boxing's funny like that. The Valuev end came against Ruslan Chagaev but he managed to win another title and eventually fight David Haye in the crowning ceremony of the Hayemaker as a HW.

Oleg Maskaev- Fullest credit to Maskaev who started out the 2000s with a 2-3 record and went on a killer run to eventually find himself set up with a fight vs Hasim Rahman. Losing throughout the entire fight, Maskaev ralled in the 12th round and stopped Rahman to become a champ 10 years after the start of his career.

1- Wladimir Klitschko Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 22-2 Record in title fights- 17-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 6-1

"Wladimir Klitschko looks so good, you wonder what's wrong with him." That's the line Larry Merchant uttered prior to Klitschko's fight vs Corrie Sanders. It was the same fight where Merchant pretty much washed his hands of Klitschko after Corrie Sanders wiped the floor with him and exposed Wlad's questionable chin and recovery chops. Turned out all Wlad needed was Emmanuel Steward to basically rebuild him from the ground up, focus on protecting his chin and using one of the HW division's best jabs ever to keep scared opponents at bay and set up a perfect right hand. Wladimir Klitschko is unfortunately a victim of the times and of a style that led to a lot of stinky fights with barely satisfying conclusions. It's unfortunate because I truly believe regardless of era, Wladimir Klitschko has the skills to be top 10 quality in any time period. The Steward led Klitschko was just a perfect boxing machine and very few guys had the chops to sort of get through that. In the 2000s, Wlad beat and fought everyone and the only guy on this list to beat him was Brewster in a fight where Lamon just basically refused to go away. Wladimir has over Ibragimov, Chagaev, Peter, Byrd twice and Brewster in a rematch. I don't think he would've beaten Lennox Lewis but he would've probably wiped the floor with anybody else on this list and that includes Vitali if only because Vitali was in various stages of broken for most of the early 2000s and once they reached the end of the decade, Wlad's athleticism was so much far beyond anybody else in this division. You don't have to like it (and I don't blame you if ya don't!) but Wlad's one of the greatest HWs ever and the best of the 2000s.

2- Vitali Klitschko Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 12-2 Record in title fights- 6-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 1-2

I'm totally fine if you have Lennox Lewis OVER Vitali Klitschko in your top 10 rankings. It's a justifiable and fair enough argument to be clear. I'm putting Vitali over Lennox because even with a little under four year long break, Vitali fought more and in a way Vitali fought the best of both worlds. He fought the dying days of the late 90s HW explosion and then came back and fought at the end of the Klitschko legacy era. Vitali's wins are actually not that impressive in theory as Sam Peter is not as highly regarded as I would have him and his second best win after that is either crude South African banger Corrie Sanders or then undefeated HW Chris Arreola. Guys like Danny Williams, Vaughan Bean, Ross Purrity, Orlin Norris and Larry Donald are good wins to have but any credible top 10 HW for his era should handle those guys well. Vitali Klitschko's resume might've looked even better had he stuck around for those three years and either gotten his Lewis rematch (which I truly believe he would've lost) or just beaten up on the John Ruiz, James Toney, Hasim Rahman and Andrew Golota's of the world. He's my #2 HW of the 00s.

3- Lennox Lewis Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 6-1 Record in title fights- 6-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-1

The ONLY reason Lennox Lewis is SO low on this list is because he wasn't around for much of it. Lewis retired in 2003 after a controversial fight against Vitali Klitschko and....I honestly think the Klitschko fight is really overblown to the legacy of Lennox Lewis. It's often hyped up as Lewis retiring after a really tough fight because he knew he couldn't beat Vitali or what have you but in truth, Lewis was well on his way to stopping Vitali anyways before the cuts. Furthermore Lewis was fat and happy and had pretty much retired before the fight even began anyways. The only thing that stopped Lennox from pretty much wiping out the rest of the HW division for much of the 2000s was that Lewis made his money and didn't want to have some B-Hop esque run where he beat up on limited competition well into his 40s. Lewis' 2000s run features Frans Botha, the corpse of Mike Tyson, Vitali and David Tua. An argument can be made that if Lewis doesn't get smelted by Rahman (a win he'd eventually get back), he could be arguably one of the top 3 heavyweights ever.

4- Chris Byrd Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 11-4-1 Record in title fights- 5-2-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 1-2

The general argument I have (or feel I have) is that once you get outside the top 3 HWs, you're sort of open to interpret the top of the HW division however you so wish. Chris Byrd is my #4 HW if only because of his ability to stick around as a slickster boxer who managed to win fights at HW despite having absolutely zero pop in his hands. Hell if anything Bird should be this high just because of how lucky he was (theoretically) throughout his career. He survived close calls against Andrew Golota and Jameel McCline, he managed to not suffer a knockdown at any point in a 12 round fight against eternally hard puncher David Tua, he was getting wiped out on the cards vs Vitali Klitschko and then won the belt because Vitali tore his shoulder. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good although Chris Byrd was arguably both of those at the same time. Chris Byrd ended the 90s getting smelted by Ike Ibeabuchi and then once the decade turns to the double zeros, Byrd went 8-1-1 with wins over Vitali Klitschko, Evander Holyfield, Jameel McCline, Fres Oquendo and DaVaryll Williamson. His losses in the 2000s were to Wladimir Klitschko twice, Alexander Povetkin and Shaun George at the very end of Byrd's run. He's my #4 HW.

5- Sam Peter Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 33-3 Record in title fights- 5-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-2

Sam Peter is actually a pretty damn cool success story. While he became a meme on boxing sites, Peter went from being a poor kid growing up in Nigeria to a HW champ of the world despite his many limitations. Maybe Peter was just a beneficiary of a vacantly empty heavyweight division but that's also unfair to him given the work he put in to even get to that point. Peter fought both Klitschko brothers, James Toney twice, the underrated Jameel McCline and veteran HW Oleg Maskaev and racked up a 4-2 record throughout that time. Peter wasn't the most talented dude but he was tough, gritty and hit really damn hard.  Two of his losses during this era were to the Klitschkos so that accounts for something. WHONEX indeed.

6- Lamon Brewster Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 13-4 Record in title fights- 4-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 1-1

Maybe it's not a great sign for the HW division that Lamon Brewster is up this high. Actually I think it's fair to wonder how good Lamon Brewster could've been had he not suffered a torn retinae against Sergei Liakhovich in one of his last real "big" fights. Brewster wasn't the most naturally gifted boxer but he hit really hard, had enough cardio to go hard in fights and was the sort of dude who could get anybody out early. Until Tyson Fury's masterclass, the last guy to beat Wladimir Klitschko was Lamon Brewster in a rock 'em sock 'em sort of fight where he was getting beat up early and then rallied to drop Wladimir en route to a stoppage victory. Brewster hurt his eye really badly against Sergei Liakhovich and was never the same afterwards, basically ending his relevancy before he had even hit his mid 30s. The Liakhovich fight by the way is one of the gnarlier HW fights you'll see and sort of gets lost in the shuffle given how dismal the division was during this time period.

7- James Toney Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 13-2-1 Record in title fights- 1-0-1 (1) Record against other fighters on the list- 0-2-1 (1)

Let's be fair now. James Toney doesn't belong on this list because he probably should've never been a heavyweight. It's never a good sign when Jim Lampley refers to you as a "Fat tub of goo" before your first title fight in the weight class but alas. Toney started the 2000s off beating Visiliy Jirov in one of the greatest fights ever and then jumped all the way up to HW to face Don King's batch of merry men at the top. As such Toney fought Holyfield (and beat him decisively), Rahman twice (and I thought he lost one and would've won the other if not for a headbutt) and John Ruiz in a fight he won decisively but popped for steroids of all things. Toney's resume has a lot of fluff in it at heavyweight (HAR HAR) but the fact he was still able to be competitive despite probably being at most a cruiserweight is pretty awesome. Toney vs Sam Peter I is also one of the best fights of the 2000s if you want to see an underrated HW banger.

8- Ruslan Chagaev Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 23-1-1 Record in title fights- 3-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 0-1

So funny story but Ruslan Chagaev was a big reason why I got back into the HW division. Watching him mid afternoon on Fox Sports upset generally bad Nikolai Valuev made me want to watch the heavyweights again, primarily because it meant in theory that I didn't have to read about how Valuev had stolen yet another fight in Germany. Chagaev's career is pretty much married with injuries and stop starts as torn ACLs, hepatitis (!) and other medical ailments led to him fighting on again off again later into the 2000s. Chagaev wasn't the most skilled HW out there but it's fair to wonder how much better (or worse) his resume would've been had he stayed healthy enough to fight guys like Lamon Brewster, Sultan Ibrabimov and Wladimir Klitschko far earlier in his run. I thought he cleanly beat guys like Valuev and Vladimir Virchys but I also thought Chagaev lost to John Ruiz for whatever it's worth.

9- Hasim Rahman Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 13-5-2 Record in title fights- 2-4-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 1-3

I don't have a great way to say this but basically it was never a good thing in the 2000s when you the likes of Hasim Rahman, John Ruiz, James Toney and Andrew Golota in a title fight. It usually meant you were about to be robbed of your time or your money with either a shitty fight or a quick stoppage. Hasim Rahman dominated the early 2000s in terms of title fights and title opportunities and our reward for that was a lot of weird bad fights and "What the fuck?" isms. So how did Rahman make the list? Partially because "The Rock" fought everybody and anybody and did well enough in almost all of those fights. To his credit, Rahman's record also has some victimhood in it. I thought he beat David Tua (and was robbed of a knockdown) when the judges gave him a draw and I thought likewise against James Toney (I had it 7-5 Rahman) but he once again got a draw. Who knows if he would've beaten Evander Holyfield if Holyfield didn't basically headbutt him to death in their fight. He beat respected dudes like Kali Meehan, Corrie Sanders and Monte Barrett during this time period. The biggest reason he's on this list? The KO win over Lennox Lewis. Even if Lewis eventually rectified that, it happened and Rahman's one of two guys to finish Lennox Lewis. That helps push him up on the top 10 list.

10- Sultan Ibragimov Record in the 00s (Jan 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009)- 22-1-1 Record in title fights- 2-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 0-1

If this was strictly about skills, Sultan Ibragimov would be ranked so much higher. Ibragimov was genuinely great and adapted his style from a stay busy all activity fighter to a more defensive oriented counter striker with quick hands. He, like most heavyweights of this era, just lacked the power to put folks away and lacked any semblance of urgency. Ibragimov rose up the ranks quickly and wins over 90s names like Shannon Briggs and Evander Holyfield put him on this list. The reason Ibragimov isn't ranked higher? That god damn Klitschko fight. Arguably the worst heavyweight fight ever, Ibragimov basically threw jabs for the first six rounds and then nothing beyond that. It pretty much killed Wlad as an attraction in the United States and dude didn't return to the Garden for seven years.

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2024 olympics New Zealand roster

Athletics

James Preston (Wellington)

Sam Tanner (Papamoa)

Georgie Beamish (Hastings)

Hamish Kerr (Dunedin)

Ethan Olivier (Vereeniging, South Africa)

Jack Gill (Auckland)

Tom Walsh (Timaru)

Connor Bell (Auckland)

Zoe Hobbs (New Plymouth)

Maia Ramsden (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Camille French (Hamilton)

Imogen Ayris (Auckland)

Eliza McCartney (Auckland)

Olivia McTaggart (Auckland)

Maddison-Lee Wesche (Auckland)

Tori Peeters (Cambridge)

Laura Bruce (Christchurch)

Canoeing

Finn Butcher (Auckland)

Hamish Legarth (Hastings)

Max Brown (Cambridge)

Grant Clancy (Auckland)

Kurtis Imrie (Wellington)

Luuka Jones (Tauranga)

Lucy Matehaere (Dunedin)

Lisa Buck (Ōhope)

Aimee Fisher (Rotorua)

Alicia Hoskin (Gisborne)

Olivia Brett (Auckland)

Tara Vaughan (Auckland)

Climbing

Julian David (Tauranga)

Sarah Tetzlaff (Tauranga)

Cycling

Laurence Pithie (Christchurch)

Corbin Strong (Invercargill)

Sam Dakin (Auckland)

Aaron Gate (Auckland)

Keegan Hornblow (Nelson)

Tom Sexton (Invercargill)

Campbell Stewart (Palmerston North)

Sam Gaze (Tokoroa)

Rico Bearman (North Harbour)

Niamh Fisher-Black (Nelson)

Kim Cadzow (Tauranga)

Ellesse Andrews (Christchurch)

Shaane Fulton (Hamilton)

Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu)

Ally Wollaston (Waikato)

Bryony Botha (Auckland)

Emily Shearman (Palmerston North)

Nicole Shields (Clyde)

Samara Maxwell (Taupō)

Leila Walker (Cambridge)

Diving

Elizabeth Roussel (Auckland)

Equestrian

Clarke Johnstone (Matangi)

Tim Price (Rangiora)

Melissa Galloway (Tuamarina)

Jonelle Price (Rangiora)

Field hockey

Dom Dixon (Hawke's Bay)

Brad Read (Auckland)

Malachi Buschl (Dunedin)

Scott Boyde (Brisbane, Australia)

Dane Lett (Carterton)

Simon Child (Auckland)

Charlie Morrison (Christchurch)

Joe Morrison (Christchurch)

Jacob Smith (Wellington)

Sam Lane (Temuka)

Simon Yorston (Christchurch)

Nic Woods (Hamilton)

Kane Russell (Dunedin)

Blair Tarrant (Timaru)

Sean Findlay (Taradale)

Hugo Inglis (Dunedin)

Hayden Phillips (Levin)

Isaac Houlbrooke (Auckland)

Leon Hayward (Darwin, Australia)

Golf

Ryan Fox (Auckland)

Daniel Hillier (Wellington)

Ko Bo-Gyung (Orlando, Florida)

Gymnastics

Dylan Schmidt (Auckland)

Georgia-Rose Brown (Melbourne, Australia)

Maddie Davidson (Christchurch)

Judo

Moira Koster (Christchurch)

Sydnee Andrews (Camberley, U.K.)

Rowing

Tom Mackintosh (Hastings)

Dan Williamson (Beachlands)

Phillip Wilson (Wellington)

Robbie Manson (Hamilton)

Jordan Parry (Tauranga)

Matt Macdonald (Auckland)

Ollie Maclean (Auckland)

Tom Murray (Blenheim)

Logan Ullrich (Brisbane, Australia)

Emma Twigg (Napier)

Kate Haines (Hamilton)

Alana Sherman (Auckland)

Brooke Francis (Te Kauwhata)

Lucy Spoors (Christchurch)

Phoebe Spoors (Christchurch)

Jackie Kiddle (Wellington)

Shannon Cox (Whangārei)

Jackie Gowler (Raetihi)

Kerri Williams (Raetihi)

Davina Waddy (Christchurch)

Rugby

Scott Curry (Rotorua)

Brady Rush (Kerikeri)

Tone Shiu (Napier)

Akuila Rokolisoa (Lautoka, Fiji)

Dylan Collier (Ōpōtiki)

Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Rotorua)

Fehi Fineanganofo (Auckland)

Andrew Knewstubb (Wellington)

Regan Ware (Tokoroa)

Tepaea Cook-Savage (Kaitaia)

Moses Leo (Auckland)

Leroy Carter (Tauranga)

Tevarn Webber (Hamilton)

Sione Molia (Pukekohe)

Michaela Blyde (New Plymouth)

Jazmin Hotham (Hamilton)

Sarah Hirini (Feilding)

Tyla King (Auckland)

Jorja Miller (Timaru)

Manaia Nuku (Hamilton)

Mahina Paul (Whakatāne)

Risealeaana Pouri-Lane (Auburn, Australia)

Alena Saili (Porirua)

Theresa Stefano (Auckland)

Stacey Fluhler (Papakura)

Portia Woodman (Kawakawa)

Sailing

Josh Armit (Auckland)

Lukas Walton-Keim (Auckland)

Tom Saunders (Auckland)

Isaac McHardie (Hamilton)

William McKenzie (Auckland)

Micah Williamson (Hamilton)

Greta Pilkington (Auckland)

Justina Kitchen (Auckland)

Joanna Aleh (Auckland)

Molly Meech (Auckland)

Erica Dawson (Auckland)

Shooting

Owen Robinson (Morrinsville)

Chloe Tipple (Christchurch)

Soccer

Alex Paulsen (Auckland)

Michael Boxall (Auckland)

Sam Sutton (Auckland)

Tyler Bindon (Los Angeles, California)

Finn Surman (Christchurch)

Joe Bell (Christchurch)

Matthew Garbett (Porirua)

Ben Old (Wellington)

Ben Waine (Wellington)

Sarpreet Singh (Auckland)

Jesse Randall (Wellington)

Kees Sims (Bracknell, U.K.)

Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington)

Jay Herdman (Invercargill)

Matthew Sheridan (Wellington)

Fin Conchie (Hamilton)

Lachlan Bayliss (Darwin, Australia)

Oskar Van Hattum (New Plymouth)

William Gillion (Auckland)

Isaac Hughes (Wellington)

Anna Leat (Auckland)

Kate Taylor (Christchurch)

Mackenzie Barry (New Plymouth)

Catherine Bott (Wellington)

Meikayla Moore (Christchurch)

Malia Steinmetz (Auckland)

Michaela Foster (Hamilton)

Macey Fraser (Rangiora)

Gabi Rennie (Rangiora)

Indiah-Paige Riley (Albany Creek, Australia)

Katie Kitching (Well, U.K.)

Victoria Esson (Christchurch)

Rebekah Stott (Papamoa)

Katie Bowen (Auckland)

Ally Green (Sydney, Australia)

Jacqueline Hand (Auckland)

Milly Clegg (Auckland)

Grace Jale (Auckland)

Annalie Longo (Auckland)

Surfing

Billy Stairmand (Raglan)

Saffi Vette (Gisborne)

Swimming

Kane Follows (Auckland)

Taiko Torepe-Ormsby (Christchurch)

Cameron Gray (Auckland)

Lewis Clareburt (Wellington)

Nina Brown (Auckland)

Eva Morris (Tauranga)

Laticia-Leigh Transom (Brisbane, Australia)

Erika Fairweather (Dunedin)

Eve Thomas (Auckland)

Vanessa Ouwehand (Auckland)

Caitlin Deans (Dunedin)

Tennis

Lulu Sun (Geneva, Switzerland)

Erin Routliffe (Caledon, Ontario)

Triathlon

Dylan McCullough (Auckland)

Hayden Wilde (Whakatāne)

Ainsley Thorpe (Auckland)

Nicole Van Der Kaay (Rotorua)

Weightlifting

David Liti (Auckland)

Wrestling

Tayla Ford (Christchurch)

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PRÓLOGO

Para o historiador John Dalberg-Acton, o 1º barão Acton, o guia da História não é Clio, uma das musas gregas inspiradoras das ciências, literatura e arte. Este papel caberia a Radamanto, um dos juízes do mundo dos mortos, carrasco dos injustos e vingador dos inocentes. Nunca este espírito foi tão necessário quanto hoje, em um mundo onde a mídia de massa distorce os fatos a serviço das mais infames agendas políticas.

Nelson Mandela, assim como muitos falecidos, goza de uma injusta reputação de herói e libertador perante a opinião pública. Seus métodos, motivação e legado, porém, são nefastos. A finalidade deste artigo é expor a verdadeira face do mais querido assassino e terrorista da História.

INTRODUÇÃO À TRAGÉDIA SUL-AFRICANA

"Quem exalta a raça, ou o povo, ou o Estado, ou uma forma particular de Estado, ou os depositários do poder, ou qualquer outro valor fundamental da comunidade humana - por mais necessária e honrosa que seja sua função nas coisas mundanas -, quem eleva essas noções acima de seu valor padrão e as diviniza a um nível idólatra, distorcem e pervertem uma ordem do mundo planejado e criado por Deus; ele está longe da verdadeira fé em Deus e do conceito de vida que essa fé sustenta. — Pio XI, Mit Brennender Sorge

O inimigo do meu inimigo não é necessariamente meu amigo. Os infames bolcheviques de Stalin lutaram contra a cruel tirania nazista. Ao assumir o poder da Alemanha Orienttal, Stalin e seus sucessores perpetraram horrores inauditos contra seu povo. Snalogamente, Nelson Mandela lutou contra o Partido Nacionalista da África do Sul, que impunha o grotesco sistema de políticas racistas conhecido como Apartheid. Seus métodos foram diabólicos. Uma vez no poder, ele e seus sucessores espalharam o terror pelo país. E seu objetivo? O mesmo que o de Stalin.

Mandela foi um terrorista. Seu modus operandi incluía uso de minas e explosivos contra civis inocentes, assassinato de negros não alinhados à sua causa, incêndios contra negócios cujo proprietário era negro, greves e boicotes incitados através de coerção e tortura. Aterrorizava as mesmas pessoas que dizia estar libertando da tirania do Apartheid. Uma luta armada contra os membros criminosos de um Estado, e que não ceife vidas inocentes, é legítima defesa. Santo Agostinho de Hipona dizia que uma guerra justa é aquela que castiga uma injustiça:

"Aqueles que travaram guerra em obediência ao mandamento divino, ou em conformidade com Suas leis, representaram em suas pessoas a justiça pública ou a sabedoria do governo, e nessa capacidade mataram homens iníquos; essas pessoas nunca violaram o mandamento: "Não matarás"

- Cidade de Deus, livro 1, capítulo 21

Mas a doutrina de "guerra justa", derivada do pensamento de Hugo Grotius, estabelece importantes limites éticos a respeito do jus in bello (justiça na conduta da guerra). O princípio da distinção veda o emprego da violência contra não-combatentes. Mandela não observou princípio ético algum. Como disse Aida Parker, compaixão e sentimento pela condição humana não tinham papel em suas ações.

Oficialmente membro do Congresso Nacional Africano (CNA), Mandela também fazia parte do Partido Comunista da África do Sul (PCAS), embora tenha mentido sobre o fato. Era inclusive um de seus líderes. O PCAS, cujas diretivas estratégicas vinham do Kremlin, controlava o CNA. Explorava o quadro de segregação e opressão racial não para ajudar os negros, mas para levar adiante uma revolução comunista.

Até o fim da Guerra Fria, o continente africano foi palco de inúmeras "guerras por procuração" comandadas pela URSS. Nos países onde o socialismo marxista triunfou, tais como Angola, Congo, Etiópia, Moçambique, Zimbábue e Zâmbia, o resultado foi morticínio, miséria extrema e tragédias humanitárias.

Para usar um termo do cientista político R.J. Rummel, as guerras de libertação nacional promovidas pela URSS nos países subdesenvolvidos foram um "democídio" em massa. Este tenebroso quadro tem sido concretizado na África do Sul desde que Mandela assumiu o poder e vem piorando sob o governo de seus sucessores do CNA.

Mandela transformou a África do Sul em uma ditadura sem oposição comandada pela cleptocracia da aliança CNA/PCAS, que está levando o país à extrema pobreza, ao caos social e até mesmo ao genocídio. Ironicamente, a ideologia defendida por Mandela é a grande responsável por aquilo que o mundo acredita que ele combateu. O apartheid é filho do casamento profano entre a mentalidade anti-capitalista e os interesses dos grandes players políticos e corporativos.

Ricas reservas de diamantes e metais preciosos foram descobertas na África do Sul entre as décadas de 1860 e 1880. O atual território do país era dividido em províncias britânicas, estados africâneres (etnia sul-africana descendente de colonos europeus, principalmente holandeses) e territórios nativos.

A disputa pelo controle das jazidas resultou em diversos conflitos, incluindo a Primeira Guerra dos Bôeres (1880 -1881), uma luta pela independência da República do Transvaal, estado bôer (subgrupo africâner que fala holandês) rico em ouro e que havia sido anexado pelo Império Britânico. A vitória dos bôeres não durou muito. A disputa pelo ouro de Witwatersrand levou à eclosão da Segunda Guerra dos Bôeres (1899 — 1902).

A decisiva vitória britânica resultou na hegemonia imperial sobre Transvaal e Orange. Em 1910 a unificação destas e de outras duas colônias britânicas formou a União da África do Sul (1910 — 1961). O território passou do status de colônia para domínio. 

Leis de segregação racial tão antigas quanto 1893 foram outorgadas para garantir o domínio de sindicatos britânicos brancos sobre essas imensas reservas.

O apartheid foi institucionalizado em 1910 pelo governo do bôer Louis Botha. Conforme demonstra o economista Herry Valentine, essa política tinha como objetivo criar uma reserva de mercado para os brancos. O apartheid introduziu políticas de discriminação salarial que decretavam a obrigatoriedade de um salário maior para os brancos. Era acompanhada  de restrições ocupacionais aos negros.

O Apartheid criou o Ato da Terra de 1913, que reservava 87% da terra do país para posse dos brancos e segregava etnias negras em territórios etnicamente homogêneos e administrativamente autônomos conhecidos como Bantustões. Havia 10 deles. O resultado foi um roubo massivo da terra legítima dos negros, que ficaram também impedidos de adquirir terras.

De acordo com o economista William Hutt em seu livro "The Economics of the Colour Bar", um apartheid industrial foi imposto em 1922  por sindicatos brancos britânicos liderados por William H. Andrews, um dos chefes do PCAS (sim, o mesmo do Mandela). Seu slogan era "Brancos uni-vos e lutem por um mundo trabalhista".

Muitos negros abandonaram o país, incluindo profissionais altamente qualificados. Quando o Partido Nacional assumiu o poder, em 1948, as políticas do Apartheid foram arrochadas, levando a uma emigração ainda maior da população negra. Foi somente por volta da década de 1970 que os mecanismos de mercado conseguiram ajustar parcialmente a situação.

O acúmulo de capital que ocorre naturalmente a despeito do estado aumentou a oferta de empregos. Os empreendedores passaram a burlar as regulações do apartheid para contratar mão-de-obra negra. Some-se a isso o fato de que muitos negros entravam no país para fugir da opressão de regimes comunistas em países vizinhos, que era pior que o apartheid.

No final da década de 1980 o governo havia afrouxado a fiscalização das políticas segregacionistas e uma classe média negra com alto nível de instrução havia se formado. Havia negros empreendedores e negros milionários. Entre 1971 e 1980 a renda real da população negra havia crescido 40%. Leis como o controle de fluxo interno e as restrições ocupacionais haviam sido abolidas.

A geração de riqueza e qualidade de vida eram prejudicadas principalmente pelas políticas segregacionistas, pelos ditames estatais no setor bancário e de mineração, e pelo excesso de gastos do governo. Mandela insistiu nos mesmos erros do Apartheid

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Sir James Guthrie - Statesmen of World War I - 1924-30

Work given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1930. See source website for additional information. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.

The individuals depicted are, from left to right, starting with those seated on the left side of the table:

Sir Joseph Cook, former Prime Minister of Australia (1913–14), Leader of the Opposition (Australia) (1914–1916), Minister for the Navy (1917–20) (with beard)

Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915–23) (head resting on hand)

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Minister of Munitions (1915–1916), Secretary of State for War (1916), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916–1922)

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Secretary of State for War (1918–19) (leaning forward)

William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–25) (seated facing away)

Sir Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty (1911–15), Minister of Munitions (1917–19) (later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940–45 and 1951–55) (illuminated)

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Foreign Secretary (1905–16) (in profile with aquiline nose)

Standing behind Lloyd George are:

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, only "non-White" member of the Imperial War Cabinet

Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)

Behind Churchill are:

George Nicoll Barnes, leader of the National Democratic and Labour Party

Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911–20)

To their right are:

Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1902-05); First Lord of the Admiralty (1915–16) and Foreign Secretary (1916–19) (standing adlocutio in a black suit)

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–16) (sitting in front)

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–19) (behind, cleanshaven)

Andrew Bonar Law, Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) (1911–15), Secretary of State for the Colonies (1915–16), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916–19) (later *Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1922–23) (dark moustache)

Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909–17) (white moustache, in the shadows)

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War (1914–1916) (in the shadows)

Sir James Guthrie (10 June 1859 – 6 September 1930) was a Scottish painter, best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism.