Three bottles of Coca-Cola worth R20,40 caused a man to lose his job, spend hours chained to a lamp post and be jailed for a few hours.

And it could now cost the minister of safety and security R350 000 if an application brought in the Pretoria High Court is successful.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&...720C371938

The match-fixing scandal which has engulfed Italian football has stunned fans across Europe.

It is an extraordinary tale involving wiretaps, illicit meetings and even allegations of locking referees in dressing rooms.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football...989484.stm

Another Friday, another weekend ahead of us - this year seems to be flying by.

Hope you all enjoy your day and that you have a wonderful weekend ahead of you all. :weekend:

POT 1
AC Milan
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Internazionale (***)
Juventus
Liverpool (***)
Arsenal (***)
Manchester United

POT 2
Valencia (***)
Olympique Lyon
FC Porto
PSV Eindhoven
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Ajax (***)
Celtic

POT 3
Lille (***)
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica (***)
Bordeaux
Werder Bremen
Olympiakos Piraeus
CSKA Moscow
tbc

POT 4
Anderlecht
Dynamo Kiev (**)
Shakhtar Donetsk (***)
Galatasaray (***)
Hamburg (***)
Slovan Liberec
tbc
tbc

(***) Teams that have to play in third qualifying round to get into group stages.
(**)Teams that have to play in second & third qualifying round to get into group stages.

A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

God said, "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."

God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you.

And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy."

Again the child asked, "And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?"

God said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

God said, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

"Who will protect me?"

God said, "Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life."

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

God said, "Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, "God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

"You will simply call her, "Mom."

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come

and pray with her father.

When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in

bed with his head propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed.

The minister assumed that the old fellow had been

informed of his visit.

"I guess you were expecting me, he said.

'No, who are you?" said the father.

The minister told him his name and then remarked,

"I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to

show up,"

"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man.

"Would you mind closing the door?"

Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

"I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said

the man.

"But all of my life I have never known how to pray.

At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer,

but it went right over my head."

I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man

continued,

"until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me,

"Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation

with

Jesus.

Here is what I suggest.

"Sit down in a chair;

place an empty chair in front of you,

and in faith see Jesus on the chair.

It's not spooky because he promised,

'I will be with you always'.

"Then just speak to him in the same way

you're doing with me right now."

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it

a couple of hours every day.

I'm careful though

If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair,

she'd either have a nervous breakdown

or send me off to the funny farm."



The minister was deeply moved by the story

and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey.

Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned

to the

church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister

that her

daddy had died that afternoon.

Did he die in peace?" he asked.

Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock,

he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me

and kissed me on the cheek.

When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him

dead.

But there was something strange about his death.

Apparently, just before Daddy died,

he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the

bed.

What do you make of that?"

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,

"I wish we could all go like that."

Morning

Sun is peeking out a tad today but very windy and making it a 'lil chilly!

I really needed a large coffee this morning. Need to find a surge of energy this afternoon as I need to drag my wary bones to the gym. And then .... yes I will be honest and confess...... I intend to watch the start of BB :duh:

congrats to TracyW on reaching 500

now this lass who has danced across coals, cannot be compared to many

so without further waiting we announce her new title

No Carbon Copy

there is only one TracyW

Wishing you a very very Happy Birthday and hoping that you have a fantastic day and that you are very spoilt.

:celeb: :bday3: :celeb: :bday3: :celeb:

This is to wish you a very Happy Birthday.

:bday: