Hore set for hefty ban
26 Nov 2012
New Zealand hooker Andrew Hore has been cited for an off-the-ball incident which subsequently hospitalised Wales lock Bradley Davies.
Hore hit Davies off the ball during the initial stages of last Saturday’s Test in Cardiff. The incident was missed by matchday officials, but Hore has now been cited and looks likely to receive a lengthy suspension.
The time and date of the hearing, before the IRB’s appointed independent judicial officer, have yet to be fixed.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen expects the hooker to be sidelined for some time. Hansen did not say as much, but has already called for a replacement ahead of the coming Test against England.
Dane Coles is expected to start at Twickenham.
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8 Jan 2013, 17:22 pm
hellO…!?
who says less is more…?
MORE is more…!
make it biiiigga…!!!
yeah… it’s long… but READ THIS
i like point 6 and 8… the sentiments of which I’ve posted many times on keo… about telling people you love them NOW and attitude/happiness being a choice…
by Karl Pillemer: Professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
In contemporary society, we don’t often ask our elders for advice. We’re much more likely to talk to professionals, read books by pop psychologists or motivational speakers, or surf the internet for solutions to our problems. In general (and for the first time in human history), we no longer look to our society’s oldest members as a key source of wisdom for how to live happier, healthier and more fulfilling lives.
Over the past 6 years, I’ve conducted a research project designed to tap the practical wisdom of older Americans. Using several different social science methods, I’ve collected responses from over 1200 elders to the question: “Over the course of your life, what are the most important lessons you would like to pass on to younger people.” I then combed through the responses, and the result was a book on lessons for living from the people I have called “the wisest Americans.”
As I look back over years of talking with America’s elders, 10 lessons stand out as those they would like to convey to young people. Read these “Top 10 Lessons for Living” and see how they apply to your own life.
1. Choose a career for the intrinsic rewards, not the financial ones: Although many grew up in poverty, the elders believe that the biggest career mistake people make is selecting a profession based only on potential earnings. A sense of purpose and passion for one’s work beats a bigger paycheque any day.
2. Act now like you will need your body for a hundred years: Stop using “I don’t care how long I live” as an excuse for bad health habits. Behaviours like smoking, poor eating habits and inactivity are less likely to kill you than to sentence you to years or decades of chronic disease. The elders have seen the devastation that a bad lifestyle causes in the last decades of life – act now to prevent it.
3. Say “Yes” to opportunities: When offered a new opportunity or challenge, you are much less likely to regret saying yes and more likely to regret turning it down. They suggest you take a risk and a leap of faith when opportunity knocks.
4. Choose a mate with extreme care: The key is not to rush the decision, taking all the time needed to get to know the prospective partner and to determine your compatibility with them. Said one respondent: “Don’t rush in without knowing each other deeply. That’s very dangerous, but people do it all the time.”
5. Travel more: Travel while you can, sacrificing other things if necessary to do so. Most people look back on their travel adventures (big and small) as highlights of their lives and regret not having traveled more. As one elder told me, “If you have to make a decision whether you want to remodel your kitchen or take a trip – well, I say, choose the trip!”
6. Say it now: People wind up saying the sad words “it might have been” by failing to express themselves before it’s too late. The only time you can share your deepest feelings is while people are still alive. According to an elder we spoke with: “If you have a grudge against someone, why not make it right, now? Make it right because there may not be another opportunity, who knows?” So do what you can do now.
7. Time is of the essence: Live as though life is short – because it is. The point is not to be depressed by this knowledge but to act on it, making sure to do important things now. The older the respondent, the more likely they were to say that life goes by astonishingly quickly. Said one elder: “I wish I’d learned that in my thirties instead of in my sixties!”
8. Happiness is a choice, not a condition: Happiness isn’t a condition that occurs when circumstances are perfect or nearly so. Sooner or later you need to make a deliberate choice to be happy in spite of challenges and difficulties. One elder echoed almost all the others when she said: “My single best piece of advice is to take responsibility for your own happiness throughout your life.”
9. Time spent worrying is time wasted: Stop worrying. Or at least cut down. It’s a colossal waste of your precious lifetime. Indeed, one of the major regrets expressed by the elders was time wasted worrying about things that never happen
10. Think small: When it comes to making the most of your life, think small. Attune yourself to simple daily pleasures and learn to savor them now.
That last lesson is a great one to think about. Because of their awareness that life is short, the elders have become attuned to the minute pleasures that younger people often are only aware of if they have been deprived of them: a morning cup of coffee, a warm bed on a winter night, a brightly coloured bird feeding on the lawn, an unexpected letter from a friend, even a favourite song on the radio (all pleasures mentioned in my interviews). Paying special attention to these “microlevel” events forms a fabric of happiness that lifts them up on a daily basis. They believe the same can be true for younger people as well – and it’s well worth a try at any age!
ends
8 Jan 2013, 17:23 pm
the Lions can kiss Jantjies & Taute goodbye….
8 Jan 2013, 17:23 pm
@ufo-21892:
Thanks mate!
Sharks impressed me this December!
Here’s another: So I’m driving in Durban North looking for a certain family restaurant. I stop get out and decide to walk and see if I cannot see the sign somewhere.
As I get out to my left on an elevated deck I can see guys sitting at ‘Some like it hot’ ; I pay no attention to them as I was actually a bit ‘gatvol’ trying to find the restaurant…
As I walk back I realize it’s JP Peterson and his cousin Dusty Noble. So I pretend I don’t recognize them and say: Excuse me gentlemen, can you direct me to the nearest x restaurant. Dusty the more talkative one starts to give me directions: You go left, then turn right then …
By now I’m showing that I don’t feel like doing that. So I interrupt and say: Guys now you’re making me drive even more, I’d rather… I rather play right wing in his place (pointing to JP) – at that stage they realize that I knew all along who they were
Shook hands.
It was JP who then actually offered to guide me there (in his white Fortuner); so I followed him to the restaurant and then said: maybe I should start to cheer for you guys and not Province. Smiles.
And for that, just for that they will have my support after Province for their 2013 campaigns
8 Jan 2013, 17:25 pm
I see some unidentified foreign object has joined the forum close to the round figure.
22 has always been one of my favourite numbers.
8 Jan 2013, 17:28 pm
@Sheriff-21903:
love it…! very cool…
shows jp and dusty are good guys… and that you are…
always is very eye opening when we (as in ‘people’) meet each other one on one and find that most everyone is actually very cool…
8 Jan 2013, 17:28 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-21891:
Cheers
Fun and fun only
Praat more weer
8 Jan 2013, 17:30 pm
@wnbb-21894:
That’s for sure.
Plenty will be returned our way
8 Jan 2013, 17:31 pm
@Jeraldjay-21904:
hehehe…
been a busy day on my side… then got mailed that piece and thought i had to share it on keo…
you’re about 21885 posts too late for 22 bud…
8 Jan 2013, 17:33 pm
@ufo-21901:
Hi there
Very nice post.
Good to be reminded of things every so often.
8 Jan 2013, 17:33 pm
@ufo-21905:
Have to dash but must say that the perception I had of JP was actually just confirmed.
Again down 2 earth bloke.
It is for this reason that Durban to my mind has no equal in SA for December family fun; at times the humidity gets to me but just love the vibe there…
8 Jan 2013, 17:36 pm
@Sheriff-21910:
good to hear…
enjoy the rest of your stay…
8 Jan 2013, 17:45 pm
@ufo-21908:
Hopefully all the regular bloggers (supporting franchises other than the Stormers) will return shortly.
8 Jan 2013, 17:47 pm
@Jeraldjay-21912:
yeah… we need them to fill newlands…
you guys looking forward to the new season…? all the sponsors must be quite positive…
8 Jan 2013, 17:48 pm
To succeed in life, you need three things:
a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone…!
? Reba McEntire
8 Jan 2013, 17:53 pm
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family…
in another city.”
George Burns
8 Jan 2013, 17:53 pm
“All generalizations are false…
including this one”
Mark Twain
8 Jan 2013, 17:54 pm
“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep.
Not screaming like all the passengers in his car”
Will Rogers
8 Jan 2013, 17:56 pm
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique.
Just like everyone else”
Margaret Mead
8 Jan 2013, 17:57 pm
“I still miss my ex-wife.
But my aim’s improving!”
8 Jan 2013, 17:59 pm
@ufo-21913:
Yes the Currie Cup win has created some momentum which has had a rippling effect on the Stormers campaign for 2013.
Schalk, Siya and Carr’s back so ‘bums on seats’ won’t be an issue. Just hope we can score more tries this season and offer the diehard supporters some flippin entertainment value.
8 Jan 2013, 18:01 pm
I did not slap you..
I simply hi-fived your face.
Isaac Asimov
8 Jan 2013, 18:02 pm
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all…
is the person who argues with him.
Charles de Gaulle
8 Jan 2013, 18:03 pm
@ufo-21921: Hi Ufo – when you are busy posting these comments, it can only mean one thing: another 1000 coming up !
8 Jan 2013, 18:04 pm
@ufo-21919: By anonymous or yourself ?
8 Jan 2013, 18:04 pm
@Jeraldjay-21920:
great news jj…
are they all 100 per cent…???
i think/hope the CC win will have a rippling effect on the way the stormers play too…!!
8 Jan 2013, 18:05 pm
@Jeraldjay-21920: Hi JJay – I sure hope we can score more tries !!
8 Jan 2013, 18:05 pm
@CharlesM-21924:
now that would be TMI…
a nony mouse…
8 Jan 2013, 18:05 pm
@ufo-21925: I’m sure they are not yet
8 Jan 2013, 18:06 pm
@ufo-21927: Good one though !!
8 Jan 2013, 18:07 pm
Ahhh, ufo we have no chance “Mr. 1000″ has entered the building.
8 Jan 2013, 18:07 pm
I hope AC and co manage their star players better !
8 Jan 2013, 18:07 pm
“I’ve a plan so cunning…
you could pin a tail on it and call it a rat!!”
a nony mouse
8 Jan 2013, 18:08 pm
@Jeraldjay-21920: Absolutely. I will throw my toys if we play the same boring rugby we played last year. But I think it will be better. The spell has been broken.
8 Jan 2013, 18:08 pm
@Jeraldjay-21930: I’ll provide the cover for you guys !!
8 Jan 2013, 18:08 pm
4 try bonus points would be great, but only if we continue winning.
8 Jan 2013, 18:08 pm
@CharlesM-21926:
Jantjies would remedy it
8 Jan 2013, 18:08 pm
@playtheball-21933: We can only hope !!
8 Jan 2013, 18:09 pm
@Jeraldjay-21930:
hehehe…
well… we’ll just have to try…
like the stormers keep doing…
8 Jan 2013, 18:09 pm
@victoriabok-21936: He should !
8 Jan 2013, 18:10 pm
@CharlesM-21931:
Hy oorspeel vir Eben, net soos hy met Bekker gemaak het
Vir die eerste jaar kan jy dit dalk doen maar daarna haal dit die speler in
8 Jan 2013, 18:10 pm
@ufo-21938: Like I’ve said, I’ll provide the cover !! You just be ready during the nineties !!
8 Jan 2013, 18:10 pm
@playtheball-21933:
i think so too…
(real meaning: i really hope like heck that it has been…!! )
8 Jan 2013, 18:11 pm
@victoriabok-21940: Iemand sal met hulle moet praat daaroor
8 Jan 2013, 18:11 pm
@CharlesM-21941:
thanks charles…
i will do my best bud…
8 Jan 2013, 18:11 pm
Testing 1 21000
8 Jan 2013, 18:12 pm
The pace is picking up
8 Jan 2013, 18:12 pm
@CharlesM-21937: Ja-nee boet. But don’t they say hope stormers eternal? Oh wait…
8 Jan 2013, 18:13 pm
When are we going to stop the “Hore” ?
8 Jan 2013, 18:14 pm
Will the Hore only die when the suspension has been served ?
8 Jan 2013, 18:14 pm
@CharlesM-21948:
it shall drift on through cyberspace like the voyager to another galaxy…
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