"You don't rush a Hempfing." Growing up, my mom said this when she was frustrated with my father for moving slower than she wanted. My dad, a calm man, had his own pace, which often conflicted with my mom's harried one. I've inherited a bit of my dad's DNA, because although I wish I could crank out columns and publish books in record-setting style, the words move from my brain to my fingers at their own pace.
Jessie has her own pace, too. If I could accumulate all the time I've waited for her and put it to use, I might have several books published by now. Okay, maybe not books, but certainly an extra column or two. Parenting requires patience.
On the positive side, when Jessie begins to date, I'll have lots of time to ask her friend questions and discuss his intentions, because Jessie won't be ready. Then again, the thought of Dad grilling her date just might speed Jessie up.
Jessie's slow pace is most evident when she showers. The scene in our household plays out something like this.
Jessie goes into the bathroom, shuts the door, and the sound of water pouring in the tub begins. It continues for 10 minutes or so and stops.
Sloshing sounds come from the tub.
Many minutes pass. The water comes on again and the sound of the shower starts.
The arm on the clock makes a full quarter turn. Dad knocks on the bathroom door.
Dad knocks again – 15 minutes later.
Jessie stars in this daily repeat performance, so I'll let her share her view from the other side of the bathroom door.
My mother, father, and I have always had a disagreement about the proper length of showers. My mother and father think that 15 minutes is fine. I disagree. First, I like about an hour to soak in the tub. Then I still take around 30 minutes in the shower. I get inspired by the water trickling over me. I make up songs and dance routines. I try songs already made up, with different voices. Some include southern, goofy, and prissy.
Also, I can't hear myself sing over the pitter patter of the water hitting the plastic bottom of the tub, so I just sing louder. My parents don't like to hear loud screaming coming from the bathroom, so they shorten the length of my showers. I am silent when rushed. Now back to Dad.
It's hard to get my girl to care about the water and electric bill, and I'm amazed our hot water heater hasn't worn out. I'm not shocked, though, that little hot water is available for me if I jump into the shower after Jessie has finished hers. So yes, I've tried to get her to pick up the pace. Like my mom trying to speed up my dad, it hasn't done much good.
Since Jessie brought it up, I must discuss her "song and dance routines." Writing takes focus, and during Jessie's showers, I hear a lot more than the pitter patter of our water bill going up. Our little "shower star" doesn't shower quietly … or carefully. Her dance routines sometimes involve jumps and spins landing with loud bangs, which we've discouraged on grounds that a slippery shower is not the best surface for leaps and turns.
Often, Jessie's mom or I have asked Jessie to "tone it down." However, there are more times when we glance at each other and smile or laugh during Jessie's shower performances. She's always been artistic. We certainly don't want to drain her spirits, silence her joyful voice, or stop her from expressing the dance in her heart. We are blessed. Our daughter is healthy and happy – and clean. She has taught us that inspiration can't be rushed.
But no matter how expensive the water bill gets or how noisy my work environment becomes, one thing is certain 'tween daughter and dad, I love my girl and my girl loves me.
Doesn't Jessie understand the language I speak? Of course, she does, and I'm sure I'm not the only parent who utters the above requests – often.
But I wonder, why is it that my words don't have the intended effect?
During a recent game of basketball in the driveway, I used the word "B-ball." Jessie's eyes squinted like someone had just scratched a chalkboard with their fingernails.
Apparently, there are times when the words from my mouth don't settle well on Jessie's ears. I asked her to share her impression of my language for this column. Here are her thoughts.
I love my dad a lot, but sometimes it can be kind of annoying when he says things like "B-ball" instead of basketball. It's a little bit embarrassing, too. Plus, isn't "B-ball" 15th century?
Another thing he says is, "She was just my little baby, now she's 10!" He has a point, but it's still embarrassing. I do it, too. I do it to our dog, Sadie. She is still my little baby. Haven't we all felt the sadness and joy of "She was just my little baby?" Now let's get back to Daddy.
Wow! I'm caught off guard by Jessie's comments that my vocabulary is "kind of annoying" and "a little bit embarrassing." I know I'm an older dad, but "15th century"? I've thought about confining her in the "dungeon" of her messy room until she managed to clean it, but I never stated it.
Perhaps I could say, "Oh, tween daughter, when your clothes disembark from your body, please have them make their way to the hamper in an orderly fashion to await their date with our high-efficiency, front-loaded washing machine." Is that 21st century language?
Or as I stand by the door awaiting the pleasure of Jessie's company on the drive to her school, I could inquire, "Wherefore art thou, daughter?" Now I'm talking 15th century.
My attempt at humor would likely not impress Jessie. Yet, on a serious note, I don't want to have a communication gap with my daughter, and I certainly don't want my language to embarrass her, especially in front of her friends. So, I'm thankful Jessie expressed her true thoughts. I want her to share her feelings with her mom and me in a respectful tone. Keeping an open path of communication between us will only grow more important over the coming years.
The key point I learned from Jessie's comments is that my choice of words matters. Lately, I've been thinking about how I express myself and if there are ways I can do it better. I like to be funny and make people laugh. Perhaps I go too far sometimes, talk too much, or even repeat requests (clean your room) or thoughts (She was just my little baby) too many times. And I know that when I'm stressed, I transmit it to others by talking too much and too fast. So, I'm going to try to be more intentional with my language, though I realize that every word, phrase, or sentence I speak will not please everyone.
But whether my words are 15th or 21st century, one thing is certain 'tween daughter and dad, I love my girl and my girl loves me.
Until next month, remember to cherish the moments. Happy Valentine's Day! Share kind words with loved ones and make them feel special. "I love you" is a phrase that can't be repeated too many times … even to your dog who was just a puppy.
Jessie is a blessed girl. In her young life, she's already had many wonderful experiences. She's been to the beach, the zoo, and even to Disney. She takes dance classes and plays a musical instrument. She has many friends and spends quality time with her grandparents and her uncle, aunt, and favorite 4-year-old cousin. She even gets to use more than her fair share of hot water to take the long showers she finds so relaxing and conducive for singing. Jessie is a lucky girl indeed.
However, Jessie makes one request that her mom, Mattie, and I have repeatedly denied. Jessie would like to go to sleepovers at friends' houses. Let's hear her perspective.
I'm old enough to have sleepovers with my friends. I think that my parents should try to let me go to one and see how it works. Most of my friends have been having them since Pre-K. Just because things were different when my parents were young doesn't mean that I should have the same. I'll keep trying and maybe they'll change their minds.
My guess is that many parents, and all of Jessie's friends, will side with her tween perspective. Would it hurt for Jessie to have a sleepover with friends? With a 99% degree of certainty, I'd predict she would have a wonderful time, maybe not get enough sleep, but have a positive experience. However, as a cautious father, there's that 1% chance of trouble. Therefore, Jessie sleeps at home in her own cozy bed, with her 22-pound guard dog. As a result, I sleep well, too.
Until recently, I hadn't given their conversation much thought. Now, that I'm a father, though, it makes sense.
Will Mattie and I ever change our minds on sleepovers? Possibly. And it's not like Jessie hasn't experienced sleeping away from home. On occasion, she spends the night with her grandparents. A few times, she's even stayed overnight with her cousin. It's the sleepover "with friends" that she's missed out on.
Obviously, Mattie and I can't shield Jessie from all of life's dangers. Trouble lurks in places we don't always suspect. Jessie is independent, which is a good thing, and Mattie and I want her to enjoy life, not shy away from it. Like all responsible parents, we want to put our children in places and situations where she'll have a chance to grow, but not be in harm's way. The right thing to do isn't always clear, and many parenting decisions aren't easy.
But whether Jessie is resting in her bed at home or in a sleeping bag at a friend's house, one thing is certain 'tween daughter and dad, I love my girl and my girl loves me. And should Jessie ever sleep over at a friend's house, I'll likely take a long nap when she returns home the next day.
Until next month, remember to cherish the moments. Happy New Year! We wish you a happy, safe, and prosperous 2019.
Competition. There aren't many people who enjoy good, friendly competition more than me. My tennis buddies will confirm this. A couple of them have even said I should become a motivational speaker because I like to talk while holding a tennis racquet. Just the other evening, one of my tennis friends was going to call it a night but decided to play another set after some friendly inspiration.
With three siblings, including both an older and younger brother, I grew up in a competitive environment. No one hated to lose more than my older brother, and he always challenged me to give 120%. Plus, speaking from experience, an older brother never likes to lose to his younger one.
My 10-year-old daughter, Jessie, is becoming more competitive, but this wasn't always the case. On one occasion when Jessie played chess with a friend at school, she excitedly told me, "Rodney took my queen." Trying not to drop my head, I told her it's not a good thing when your opponent takes your queen. With that said, I'm proud of her for always being a good sport. Good sportsmanship matters more than winning. Jessie and I shake hands after each game we play, whether it's basketball in the driveway or Chutes and Ladders on her bedroom floor.
Recently, I encountered a new competitor and I must admit, she is a worthy adversary. Her name is J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. Over the past few months, my wife and daughter have become addicted to her novels.
Mattie, my wife, reads Ms. Rowling's work into the wee hours of the morning. Recently, I took a short trip and left Mattie with a present, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7). A few nights before I left, she had finished the sixth book in the series. When I called her from my hotel room later that day, she found the book by her bedroom pillow. I could feel her smile over the phone. They say diamonds are a girl's best friend, but Harry Potter ranks right up there with Mattie at the moment. She's going to have a lot more free time when she gets to the end of the last book.
Then, there's my daughter, Jessie, who is a strong reader like her mom. Also like her mother, she is enthralled with Ms. Rowling's work. Jessie has repeatedly encouraged me to read Harry Potter, as, in her opinion, it would make me a much better writer.
It's time to get Jessie's perspective on competition? If J.K. Rowling and I had a writing contest, who do you think would win?
I like competition. Lately, I've become more competitive. I believe my father is a great writer, especially for just starting his career in 2011. However, J.K. Rowling is outstanding! She has written lots of novels. They are loads of fun to read. I enjoy her books very much! My father's writing is very touching to the heart. Lots of other people can relate, while not many people can relate to being a magician. The final score, da da da da da da, J.K. Rowling wins. My dad needs to keep up the good work. He's a close second.
The competitor in me doesn't like to lose, but a close second to J.K. Rowling is encouraging. I will keep up the good work, so look out, Ms. Rowling. For now, in the name of good sportsmanship, I offer you my congratulations.
But whether I'm holding a racquet on the tennis court or reading Harry Potter, one thing is certain 'tween daughter and dad, I love my girl and my girl loves me.
Until next month, remember to cherish the moments. Happy Holidays! Books make great gifts, and since many of you have already read J.K. Rowling's books, why not give mine a try? MoMENts: A Dad Holds On, available on Amazon, won Second Place in the Published General Catch-All Genre of the 2018 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition, a service of the Florida Writers Association.
Choose battles wisely. If there's one thing I've learned in thirty years of marriage and ten years as a father, it's to choose my battles wisely. Since this is a joint column with my tween daughter, Jessie, I won't go into the many differences between my wife, Mattie, and me. It's safe to say, though, that Jessie learns from two parents who often see and do things differently.
A few minutes ago, I finished washing Jessie's Sunday dress – by hand. It may seem a bit trivial, and probably is, but I just had my hands in laundry detergent trying to wash a lemonade-stained dress in a tiny bathroom sink, so I'm primed for writing.
Numerous times while dining at a fast-food restaurant, I've told Jessie, "Don't overfill your cup." She enjoys going to the soda machine to refresh her drink. To me the concept is easy – leave a little space at the top of the cup. This practice allows a lid to snap on easily without liquid trickling out, and, with or without a lid, will result in fewer spills.
Now, who doesn't like to get their money's worth? When eating at a buffet, I fill my plate a few times and eat dessert even when my stomach yells to my pants, "Hey, give me a little more space!" Heck, the meal's the same price, so why not enjoy it to the fullest. But how much value is there in an inch of flavored water?
For as long as I've known Mattie, she's always filled her drinks to the very top, at home as well as at restaurants and convenience stores. It doesn't matter what the beverage is, water, soda, lemonade or tea. Hot, cold, or frozen, Mattie likes it full.
Kids take after their parents. This is true. But why does Jessie have to copy her mother's drink fill-line and not mine? Okay, enough background, it's time for the story that led me to wash Jessie's dress this afternoon.
Oblivious, she responded, "No, I didn't." I pointed to her lemonade-sprinkled bow to prove my point.
While my family walked to the car, I complained to Mattie. "I've told that girl a thousand times not to overfill her drink." As I held the car door for Mattie, she handed me her cup and I noticed tea swimming on top of the lid of her over-filled cup. I'm not sure if it's mother like daughter or daughter like mother. Regardless, they both filled their drinks to capacity. The whole family laughed, even a tired Dad.
Although I don't want to waste more battles on this minor topic, as I'm sure more pressing ones await, I would like to hear Jessie's perspective. I'm curious if I'm making progress or destined for a life of laundry.
Hi readers. Today my topic is about the proper height to fill up cups. If we are going out to eat and we pay for a drink, shouldn't we get our money's worth? I love to fill my drink to the tippy top, top. Sometimes it spills. My dad, no way. He fills his glasses half way. Instead, I follow my momma's example.
For the record, I fill my drinks about 85-90% full – an appropriate range. But whether our cups are half-full or overflowing, one thing is certain 'tween daughter and dad, I love my girl and my girl loves me.
Until next month, remember to cherish the moments. May your summer be filled with refreshing beverages that quench your thirst … but don't stain your clothes.


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4. A very rash visit
142153Lorna Doone — 4. A very rash visit
My dear father had been killed by the Doones of Bagworthy, while riding home from Porlock market, on the Saturday evening. With him were six brother-farmers, all of them very sober; for father would have no company with any man who went beyond half a gallon of beer, or a single gallon of cider. The robbers had no grudge against him; for he had never flouted them, neither made overmuch of outcry, because they robbed other people. For he was a man of such strict honesty, and due parish feeling, that he knew it to be every man's own business to defend himself and his goods; unless he belonged to our parish, and then we must look after him.
These seven good farmers were jogging along, helping one another in the troubles of the road, and singing goodly hymns and songs to keep their courage moving, when suddenly a horseman stopped in the starlight full across them.
By dress and arms they knew him well, and by his size and stature, shown against the glimmer of the evening star; and though he seemed one man to seven, it was in truth one man to one. Of the six who had been singing songs and psalms about the power of God, and their own regeneration—such psalms as went the round, in those days, of the public-houses—there was not one but pulled out his money, and sang small beer to a Doone.
But father had been used to think that any man who was comfortable inside his own coat and waistcoat deserved to have no other set, unless he would strike a blow for them. And so, while his gossips doffed their hats, and shook with what was left of them, he set his staff above his head, and rode at the Doone robber. With a trick of his horse, the wild man escaped the sudden onset, although it must have amazed him sadly that any durst resist him. Then when Smiler was carried away with the dash and the weight of my father (not being brought up to battle, nor used to turn, save in plough harness), the outlaw whistled upon his thumb, and plundered the rest of the yeoman. But father, drawing at Smiler's head, to try to come back and help them, was in the midst of a dozen men, who seemed to come out of a turf-rick, some on horse, and some a-foot. Nevertheless, he smote lustily, so far as he could see; and being of great size and strength, and his blood well up, they had no easy job with him. With the play of his wrist, he cracked three or four crowns, being always famous at single-stick; until the rest drew their horses away, and he thought that he was master, and would tell his wife about it.
But a man beyond the range of staff was crouching by the peat-stack, with a long gun set to his shoulder, and he got poor father against the sky, and I cannot tell the rest of it. Only they knew that Smiler came home, with blood upon his withers, and father was found in the morning dead on the moor, with his ivy-twisted cudgel lying broken under him. Now, whether this were an honest fight, God judge betwixt the Doones and me.
It was more of woe than wonder, being such days of violence, that mother knew herself a widow, and her children fatherless. Of children there were only three, none of us fit to be useful yet, only to comfort mother, by making her to work for us. I, John Ridd, was the eldest, and felt it a heavy thing on me; next came sister Annie, with about two years between us; and then the little Eliza.
Now, before I got home and found my sad loss—and no boy ever loved his father more than I loved mine—mother had done a most wondrous thing, which made all the neighbours say that she must be mad, at least. Upon the Monday morning, while her husband lay unburied, she cast a white hood over her hair, and gathered a black cloak round her, and, taking counsel of no one, set off on foot for the Doone-gate.
In the early afternoon she came to the hollow and barren entrance, where in truth there was no gate, only darkness to go through. If I get on with this story, I shall have to tell of it by-and-by, as I saw it afterwards; and will not dwell there now. Enough that no gun was fired at her, only her eyes were covered over, and somebody led her by the hand, without any wish to hurt her.
A very rough and headstrong road was all that she remembered, for she could not think as she wished to do, with the cold iron pushed against her. At the end of this road they delivered her eyes, and she could scarce believe them.
For she stood at the head of a deep green valley, carved from out the mountains in a perfect oval, with a fence of sheer rock standing round it, eighty feet or a hundred high; from whose brink black wooded hills swept up to the sky-line. By her side a little river glided out from underground with a soft dark babble, unawares of daylight; then growing brighter, lapsed away, and fell into the valley. Then, as it ran down the meadow, alders stood on either marge, and grass was blading out upon it, and yellow tufts of rushes gathered, looking at the hurry. But further down, on either bank, were covered houses built of stone, square and roughly cornered, set as if the brook were meant to be the street between them. Only one room high they were, and not placed opposite each other, but in and out as skittles are; only that the first of all, which proved to be the captain's, was a sort of double house, or rather two houses joined together by a plank-bridge, over the river.
Fourteen cots my mother counted, all very much of a pattern, and nothing to choose between them, unless it were the captain's. Deep in the quiet valley there, away from noise, and violence, and brawl, save that of the rivulet, any man would have deemed them homes of simple mind and innocence. Yet not a single house stood there but was the home of murder.
Two men led my mother down a steep and gliddery stair-way, like the ladder of a hay-mow; and thence from the break of the falling water as far as the house of the captain. And there at the door they left her trembling, strung as she was, to speak her mind.
Now, after all, what right had she, a common farmer's widow, to take it amiss that men of birth thought fit to kill her husband. And the Doones were of very high birth, as all we clods of Exmoor knew; and we had enough of good teaching now—let any man say the contrary—to feel that all we had belonged of right to those above us. Therefore my mother was half-ashamed that she could not help complaining.
But after a little while, as she said, remembrance of her husband came, and the way he used to stand by her side and put his strong arm round her, and how he liked his bacon fried, and praised her kindly for it—and so the tears were in her eyes, and nothing should gainsay them.
A tall old man, Sir Ensor Doone, came out with a bill-hook in his hand, hedger's gloves going up his arms, as if he were no better than a labourer at ditch-work. Only in his mouth and eyes, his gait, and most of all his voice, even a child could know and feel that here was no ditch-labourer. Good cause he has found since then, perhaps, to wish that he had been one.
With his white locks moving upon his coat, he stopped and looked down at my mother, and she could not help herself but curtsey under the fixed black gazing.
'Good woman, you are none of us. Who has brought you hither? Young men must be young—but I have had too much of this work.'
And he scowled at my mother, for her comeliness; and yet looked under his eyelids as if he liked her for it. But as for her, in her depth of love-grief, it struck scorn upon her womanhood; and in the flash she spoke.
'What you mean I know not. Traitors! cut-throats! cowards! I am here to ask for my husband.' She could not say any more, because her heart was now too much for her, coming hard in her throat and mouth; but she opened up her eyes at him.
'Madam,' said Sir Ensor Doone—being born a gentleman, although a very bad one—'I crave pardon of you. My eyes are old, or I might have known. Now, if we have your husband prisoner, he shall go free without ransoms, because I have insulted you.'
'Sir,' said my mother, being suddenly taken away with sorrow, because of his gracious manner, 'please to let me cry a bit.'
He stood away, and seemed to know that women want no help for that. And by the way she cried he knew that they had killed her husband. Then, having felt of grief himself, he was not angry with her, but left her to begin again.
'Loth would I be,' said mother, sobbing with her new red handkerchief, and looking at the pattern of it, 'loth indeed, Sir Ensor Doone, to accuse any one unfairly. But I have lost the very best husband God ever gave to a woman; and I knew him when he was to your belt, and I not up to your knee, sir; and never an unkind word he spoke, nor stopped me short in speaking. All the herbs he left to me, and all the bacon-curing, and when it was best to kill a pig, and how to treat the maidens. Not that I would ever wish—oh, John, it seems so strange to me, and last week you were everything.'
Here mother burst out crying again, not loudly, but turning quietly, because she knew that no one now would ever care to wipe the tears. And fifty or a hundred things, of weekly and daily happening, came across my mother, so that her spirit fell like slackening lime.
'This matter must be seen to; it shall be seen to at once,' the old man answered, moved a little in spite of all his knowledge. 'Madam, if any wrong has been done, trust the honour of a Doone; I will redress it to my utmost. Come inside and rest yourself, while I ask about it. What was your good husband's name, and when and where fell this mishap?'
'Deary me,' said mother, as he set a chair for her very polite, but she would not sit upon it; 'Saturday morning I was a wife, sir; and Saturday night I was a widow, and my children fatherless. My husband's name was John Ridd, sir, as everybody knows; and there was not a finer or better man in Somerset or Devon. He was coming home from Porlock market, and a new gown for me on the crupper, and a shell to put my hair up—oh, John, how good you were to me!'
Of that she began to think again, and not to believe her sorrow, except as a dream from the evil one, because it was too bad upon her, and perhaps she would awake in a minute, and her husband would have the laugh of her. And so she wiped her eyes and smiled, and looked for something.
'Madam, this is a serious thing,' Sir Ensor Doone said graciously, and showing grave concern: 'my boys are a little wild, I know. And yet I cannot think that they would willingly harm any one. And yet—and yet, you do look wronged. Send Counsellor to me,' he shouted, from the door of his house; and down the valley went the call, 'Send Counsellor to Captain.'
Counsellor Doone came in ere yet my mother was herself again; and if any sight could astonish her when all her sense of right and wrong was gone astray with the force of things, it was the sight of the Counsellor. A square-built man of enormous strength, but a foot below the Doone stature (which I shall describe hereafter), he carried a long grey beard descending to the leather of his belt. Great eyebrows overhung his face, like ivy on a pollard oak, and under them two large brown eyes, as of an owl when muting. And he had a power of hiding his eyes, or showing them bright, like a blazing fire. He stood there with his beaver off, and mother tried to look at him, but he seemed not to descry her.
'Counsellor,' said Sir Ensor Doone, standing back in his height from him, 'here is a lady of good repute——'
'Oh, no, sir; only a woman.'
'Allow me, madam, by your good leave. Here is a lady, Counsellor, of great repute in this part of the country, who charges the Doones with having unjustly slain her husband——'
'Murdered him! murdered him!' cried my mother, 'if ever there was a murder. Oh, sir! oh, sir! you know it.'
'The perfect rights and truth of the case is all I wish to know,' said the old man, very loftily: 'and justice shall be done, madam.'
'Oh, I pray you—pray you, sirs, make no matter of business of it. God from Heaven, look on me!'
'Put the case,' said the Counsellor.
'The case is this,' replied Sir Ensor, holding one hand up to mother: 'This lady's worthy husband was slain, it seems, upon his return from the market at Porlock, no longer ago than last Saturday night. Madam, amend me if I am wrong.'
'No longer, indeed, indeed, sir. Sometimes it seems a twelvemonth, and sometimes it seems an hour.'
'Cite his name,' said the Counsellor, with his eyes still rolling inwards.
'Master John Ridd, as I understand. Counsellor, we have heard of him often; a worthy man and a peaceful one, who meddled not with our duties. Now, if any of our boys have been rough, they shall answer it dearly. And yet I can scarce believe it. For the folk about these parts are apt to misconceive of our sufferings, and to have no feeling for us. Counsellor, you are our record, and very stern against us; tell us how this matter was.'
'Oh, Counsellor!' my mother cried; 'Sir Counsellor, you will be fair: I see it in your countenance. Only tell me who it was, and set me face to face with him, and I will bless you, sir, and God shall bless you, and my children.'
The square man with the long grey beard, quite unmoved by anything, drew back to the door and spoke, and his voice was like a fall of stones in the bottom of a mine.
'Few words will be enow for this. Four or five of our best-behaved and most peaceful gentlemen went to the little market at Porlock with a lump of money. They bought some household stores and comforts at a very high price, and pricked upon the homeward road, away from vulgar revellers. When they drew bridle to rest their horses, in the shelter of a peat-rick, the night being dark and sudden, a robber of great size and strength rode into the midst of them, thinking to kill or terrify. His arrogance and hardihood at the first amazed them, but they would not give up without a blow goods which were on trust with them. He had smitten three of them senseless, for the power of his arm was terrible; whereupon the last man tried to ward his blow with a pistol. Carver, sir, it was, our brave and noble Carver, who saved the lives of his brethren and his own; and glad enow they were to escape. Notwithstanding, we hoped it might be only a flesh-wound, and not to speed him in his sins.'
As this atrocious tale of lies turned up joint by joint before her, like a 'devil's coach-horse,'[1] mother was too much amazed to do any more than look at him, as if the earth must open. But the only thing that opened was the great brown eyes of the Counsellor, which rested on my mother's face with a dew of sorrow, as he spoke of sins.
She, unable to bear them, turned suddenly on Sir Ensor, and caught (as she fancied) a smile on his lips, and a sense of quiet enjoyment.
'All the Doones are gentlemen,' answered the old man gravely, and looking as if he had never smiled since he was a baby. 'We are always glad to explain, madam, any mistake which the rustic people may fall upon about us; and we wish you clearly to conceive that we do not charge your poor husband with any set purpose of robbery, neither will we bring suit for any attainder of his property. Is it not so, Counsellor?'
'Without doubt his land is attainted; unless is mercy you forbear, sir.'
'Counsellor, we will forbear. Madam, we will forgive him. Like enough he knew not right from wrong, at that time of night. The waters are strong at Porlock, and even an honest man may use his staff unjustly in this unchartered age of violence and rapine.'
The Doones to talk of rapine! Mother's head went round so that she curtseyed to them both, scarcely knowing where she was, but calling to mind her manners. All the time she felt a warmth, as if the right was with her, and yet she could not see the way to spread it out before them. With that, she dried her tears in haste and went into the cold air, for fear of speaking mischief.
But when she was on the homeward road, and the sentinels had charge of her, blinding her eyes, as if she were not blind enough with weeping, some one came in haste behind her, and thrust a heavy leathern bag into the limp weight of her hand.
'Captain sends you this,' he whispered; 'take it to the little ones.'
But mother let it fall in a heap, as if it had been a blind worm; and then for the first time crouched before God, that even the Doones should pity her.
↑ The cock-tailed beetle has earned this name in the West of England.

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Las Vegas Sands 1Q results stifled by Macau outlook
Apr 23, 2015 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck
U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp reported a 34-percent drop in company wide first-quarter profit on a poor performance from its Macau unit, Sands China Ltd. The firm's Singapore casino resort, Marina Bay Sands, also posted softer results for the first three months of 2015 than in the year-prior period.
Las Vegas Sands on Wednesday reported net revenue for the first quarter of 2015 decreased 24.9 percent to US$3.01 billion. Net income declined 34.0 percent to US$511.9 million, compared to US$776.2 million in the first quarter of 2014. Diluted earnings per share dropped 32.6 percent to US$0.64.
Company chairman and chief executive Sheldon Adelson admitted in a statement "the operating environment in Macau, particularly in the high-end gaming segments, remained challenging during the quarter."
He added in a follow-up conference call: "I am today as confident as I have ever been in the long-term outlook for the Macau market… Let me be specific: first, not only will we work to complete our St. Regis Macao [scheduled to open later this year] and The Parisian Macao projects in Macao as expeditiously as we can, we are also as eager as ever to develop additional resort and non-gaming facilities."
On Friday, online portal MacauNews – crediting local media sources – reported that Mr Adelson stated he had submitted an application to the Macau government to build a 2,500-room "non-gaming project". The reports didn't specify a location for such a project. Sands China told GGRAsia by email that it had no additional comment on that issue.
In another email from the company in response to reports that Las Vegas Sands was considering turning its Sands Macao property into a hotel-mall and moving the gaming tables to The Parisian, a spokesman said: "No conversations about turning the Sands [Macao] into a mall/hotel and shifting the tables to Parisian have ever taken place."
During Wednesday's earnings conference call, management said the company was now aiming to open The Parisian between "late summer to November 2016" versus prior indications of "sometime" in 2016. The Parisian will have capacity for up to 450 gaming tables and 2,500 slot machines and electronic table games.
Slump goes beyond VIP
Total net revenues for Hong Kong-listed Sands China decreased 34.9 percent to US$1.77 billion in the first quarter of 2015 on a generally accepted accounting principles basis, the parent firm said. First-quarter earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell to US$531 million, a 26-percent drop in quarter-on-quarter terms, and 43.4 percent year-on-year decline.
Net income for the Macau unit, which operates four casinos, decreased 54.2 percent to US$344.7 million in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the year-ago quarter.
Several investment analysts covering the gaming sector say VIP gamblers are staying away from Macau because they want to keep a low profile during the current corruption crackdown in mainland China. But the effect is starting to be felt in other segments of the industry.
Mr Adelson admitted that "the decline in gaming does also of course start to impact some of the non-gaming segments". Sands China's non-gaming revenues for the quarter declined by 4 percent year-over-year, as did the number of overall property visitors.
Commenting on the results, Deutsche Bank AG analyst Karen Tang noted that Sands China first-quarter results fell 6 percent below market consensus.
Ms Tang additionally stated that Sands China's mass gaming revenue dropped 8 percent quarter-on-quarter. "Worryingly, the weakness was not only in premium mass," she pointed out adding that this hints "player quality has deteriorated".
Sands China VIP volume fell 24 percent quarter-on-quarter and 54 percent year-on-year during the first quarter. The Deutsche Bank analyst highlighted that junket commissions rose 220 base points quarter-on-quarter to 45.5 percent of VIP gross gaming revenue (GGR).
Market wide first quarter mass GGR in Macau, including slots and electronic table games, fell by 27.0 percent year-on-year to approximately MOP27.11 billion (US$3.40 billion), according to official Macau government data published on Friday. VIP baccarat GGR fell 42.1 percent in the quarter to MOP37.67 billion.
Singapore down too
Las Vegas Sands' Marina Bay Sands in Singapore generated adjusted property EBITDA of US$415.3 million, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014, the parent said. "On a constant-currency basis, EBITDA increased 0.2 percent," the firm added.
Rolling chip volume for the Singapore property decreased 22.0 percent to US$10.09 billion for the quarter. Non-rolling chip drop was US$1.11 billion, down 4.2 percent, while slot handle increased 1.1 percent to US$3.08 billion.
During Wednesday's conference call, Mr Adelson mentioned the upcoming mid-term review of the gaming concessions the Macau government plans to conduct this year.
"While it has become fashionable for everyone to talk about Macau's diversification from gaming, we have consistently been delivering on all aspects of diversification over the past decade," he said.
"Take MICE for instance. The overall Macau industry grew from 1.2 million attendees in 2009 to 2.6 million in 2014. Our Sands China subsidiary accounted for 80 percent of that growth."
Mr Adelson also noted that Sands China's three retail malls generated US$2.5 billion of retail sales in 2014, up 12 percent year-on-year versus an overall Macau market that was up by only 1 percent. He added that the firm had been responsible for bringing several "world class entertainment events" to Macau, including pop concerts, sports events and musicals.
In on note following the announcement of Sands China results, Credit Suisse AG analysts Kenneth Fong and Isis Wong admitted the firm's "large asset base will benefit longer term when the market recovers, but also makes it more vulnerable in the current slowdown."
They added: "Operationally, Sands [China] may see more revenue decline as it can no longer benefit from the spill over demand from its competitor[s] which faced capacity constraint in the past."
MBS ArtScience Museum to host Star Wars...
Still Asia focus for LVS post chairman...


Curzon in good form so we will need to at our best to get some points from this match. Hope everyone's fit after Tuesday night.
Take it the striker we were lining up a week ago has yet to sign?
No under seat heating for you today, just a cold, damp away terrace.
tdk1 wrote: Take it the striker we were lining up a week ago has yet to sign?
Strange that no updates about this.
International clearance does always seem to take a long time, might just be that. Might be springing a surprise? Might have gone south?
You're right though, given we could do with a striker it's odd that we've not heard a thing in over a week about it.
Remember how long we had to wait for Fisher? And the points reduction fears over (I think) callaghan? I think for a club without a full time secretary it's a bit of an administrative headache.
Don't think so it will be another tough game as they all are just hoping for a good performance for the travelling 300 or so Darlo fans..
The striker requiring international clearance was only signing if he impressed TW.
TW is even debating whether to sign a centre-forward as the return of Hughes will free up Ainge to play centre-forward. I despair, Ainge hasn't looked like a centre-forward since signing.
Yes - we beat them away in August 2016. They missed a last-minute sitter. Hardy & Burgess scored.
Also beat them in March 2017 at home. Dave Syers in the last 10 mins I think after Thompson missed a penalty.
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Two wins against Curzon Ashton in 5 meetings, the other three being defeats. Last win coming in last seasons home game, when after a fairly forgettable game of football, Phil Turnbull crossed from a freekick and Dave Syers diving header gave us a 1-0 win. Before that out other win against them also came in this division, we played them away early in our first season Liam Hard anf Kevin Burgess scoring in a 2-1 win.
We beat them in our first conference north season at their place, 2-1. They missed a real sitter.
tdk1 wrote: We beat them in our first conference north season at their place, 2-1. They missed a real sitter.
Maddison Trotman Smith Ainge Galbraith Palmer Elliott Wheatley Saunders Thompson Nicholson.
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Maddison Trotman Smith Ainge Galbraith Palmer Elliott Saunders Thompson Nicholson.
That's only ten players? Presume O'Hanlon/Kokolo is missing from you're line up?
Yet another crazy decision from Tommy, why not Kokolo for O'Hanlon and keep the same system instead of a change to 442.Sunderland won't be happy and could you blame them.I just don't get it.
Fixed , yea I just missed Wheatley off the starting 11.
Elliott is playing LWB. Wheatley & Palmer are in the middle.
Strange, are any of Kokolo/O'Hanlon on the bench?
Ah yeh, misunderstood Divas response.
We've been decent. I thought trotman should have had a penalty.
Elliott doing okay, could do with a bit more help.


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package pers.gwyog.gtveinlocator.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import net.minecraftforge.client.model.AdvancedModelLoader;
import pers.gwyog.gtveinlocator.GTVeinLocator;

public class GTOreLayerHelper {
    public static boolean basicSupport = true;
    public static boolean gcSupport = true;
    public static HashMap<List<Short>, String> mapGTOverworldOreLayer = new HashMap<List<Short>, String>();
    public static HashMap<List<Short>, String> mapGTNetherOreLayer = new HashMap<List<Short>, String>();
    public static HashMap<List<Short>, String> mapGTEndOreLayer = new HashMap<List<Short>, String>();
    public static HashMap<List<Short>, String> mapGTMoonOreLayer = new HashMap<List<Short>, String>();
    public static HashMap<List<Short>, String> mapGTMarsOreLayer = new HashMap<List<Short>, String>();
    public static short minLevelOreOverworld = 255;
    public static short maxLevelOreOverworld = 0;
    public static short minLevelOreNether = 255;
    public static short maxLevelOreNether = 0;
    public static short minLevelOreEnd = 255;
    public static short maxLevelOreEnd = 0;
    public static short minLevelOreMoon = 255;
    public static short maxLevelOreMoon = 0;
    public static short minLevelOreMars = 255;
    public static short maxLevelOreMars = 0;

    public enum WorldNameEnum{
        overworld, nether, end, moon, mars, unknown;
    }

    public static void init() {
        GTVeinLocator.gtModHelper.initGTOreLayerHelper();
    }

    public static short getMinOreLevel(WorldNameEnum worldName) {
        switch (worldName) {
        case overworld:
            return minLevelOreOverworld;
        case nether:
            return minLevelOreNether;
        case end:
            return minLevelOreEnd;
        case moon:
            return minLevelOreMoon;
        case mars:
            return minLevelOreMars;
        default:
            //never return this
            return 2;
        }
    }

    public static short getMaxOreLevel(WorldNameEnum worldName) {
        switch (worldName) {
        case overworld:
            return maxLevelOreOverworld;
        case nether:
            return maxLevelOreNether;
        case end:
            return maxLevelOreEnd;
        case moon:
            return maxLevelOreMoon;
        case mars:
            return maxLevelOreMars;
        default:
            //never return this
            return 255;
        }
    }

    //list.size() must equal to 4
    public static String judgeOreLayerName(List<Short> list, WorldNameEnum worldName) {
        switch (worldName) {
        case overworld:
            return judgeOreLayerName(list, mapGTOverworldOreLayer);
        case nether:
            return judgeOreLayerName(list, mapGTNetherOreLayer);
        case end:
            return judgeOreLayerName(list, mapGTEndOreLayer);
        case moon:
            return judgeOreLayerName(list, mapGTMoonOreLayer);
        case mars:
            return judgeOreLayerName(list, mapGTMarsOreLayer);
        default:
            //never return this
            return "gtveinlocator.ore.mix.unknown";
        }
    }

    public static String judgeOreLayerName(List<Short> list, HashMap<List<Short>, String> map) {
        boolean flag;
        if (list==null || list.isEmpty())
            return "gtveinlocator.ore.mix.empty";
        for (List<Short> componentList : map.keySet()) {
            flag = true;
            //judge if variable componentList contains variable list
            for (short meta : list)
                if (!componentList.contains(meta)) {
                    flag = false;
                    break;
                }
            if (!flag)
                continue;
            //judge the primary and secondary ore types in the vein
            if (advancedJudge(list, componentList)) {
                return map.get(componentList);
            }
        }
        return "gtveinlocator.ore.mix.unknown";
    }

    public static boolean advancedJudge(List<Short>list, List<Short>componentList) {
        //to-do: complete this
        return true;
    }

}

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Henry Dekker and Ben Davenport to deliver 2006 Fall Commencement addresses /
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Henry Dekker and Ben Davenport to deliver 2006 Fall Commencement addresses
Henry J. Dekker and Ben J. Davenport, Jr. will deliver the keynote addresses at Virginia Tech's Fall 2006 University and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies to be held Friday, Dec. 15.
Both Davenport and Dekker have served the university community by serving on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, and both are members of the Ut Prosim Society, Virginia Tech's honor society for its most generous and committed friends. Created to recognize donors who are philanthropic leaders, the society epitomizes the university's motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).
The University Commencement Ceremony, to be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Cassell Coliseum, will honor approximately 1,021 students who completed their undergraduate degree programs at the end of the Summer Session or Fall 2006 semester. The Graduate School Ceremony will follow from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Cassell Coliseum where approximately 968 students who completed their graduate program of study at the end of the Summer Session or Fall 2006 semester will be recognized.
University Commencement Speaker: Henry J. Dekker
Dekker came to Virginia Tech from Eastern Virginia and began taking on leadership roles early. As an undergraduate, he was elected class president in each of his first three years and president of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets in 1942. He served as an officer in the Pacific during World War II and returned to campus to graduate in 1947. After a two-year stint as university treasurer, Dekker began a 36-year career in the textile industry.
Dekker has offered his leadership and service to a number of campus organizations over the years. These include the Alumni Association, the German Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the Pamplin College of Business, and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. He is widely credited with a leadership role in helping to revitalize the corps, an endeavor that included raising funds to build a strong scholarship endowment and the creation of the Corps Center for Leader Development.
From 1989-1997, Dekker served on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, spending his final year on the board as the board's Rector. He played multiple roles during the Campaign for Virginia Tech, a campaign that raised $337 million dollars for the university from 1992-1998. Following the conclusion of the campaign, Dekker continued to put his fundraising expertise to use to benefit the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.
Dekker has received numerous accolades for his commitment to the university. In 1987, he received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award. The Class of 1998 named their ring collection in his honor, and in 1999, he was awarded the William H. Ruffner Medal, the university's highest honor for dedicated and distinguished service.
Graduate Commencement Speaker: Ben J. Davenport, Jr.
Davenport, a resident of Pittsylvania County, currently sits on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, where he has served as rector and vice rector. He was first appointed to the board in 2002 and was recently reappointed through 2010. In addition to his service to the board of visitors, Davenport also has served on the board of the Virginia Tech Foundation and on the policy advisory board of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute.
Davenport is the chairman of First Piedmont Corporation, a regional waste hauling and disposal company, and Davenport Energy, a regional petroleum supplier. As vice chairman of the Future of the Piedmont Foundation, he helped lead a campaign that raised $1.7 million in private contributions for the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va. Davenport also serves as current president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and sits on the boards of the Intertape Polymer Corporation and American National Bank and Trust.
A graduate of Hargrave Military Academy and Virginia Tech, Davenport's volunteer commitments include serving on the boards of Hargrave Military Academy, the Danville Regional Foundation, and the Future of the Piedmont Foundation.
Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets


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1920s Royal Codrix Truss-bridge Road Racer
Iver Johnson of the USA held the original patent for the truss-bidge design of bicycles; it was in force for 17 years, from 1900 to 1917. They awarded Labor the licence to supply truss-bridge frames in France, but not every cycle company paid their patent duty to the Labor. Hence the inference in their advertisement that monkeys might copy the design, but they would not be as good as the original.
22″ Frame
28″ Wheels
(Now sold)
This Royal Codrix Truss-bridge is a lightweight road racer, a style that was pioneered in France prior to the Great War.
Throughout the first half of the 1900s, the majority of bicycles in France were badged by small local concerns like this that supplied a local market. Numbering in their thousands, these shops faded into obscurity after they closed, and it's only in the past few years that French enthusiasts have started to compile a history of their cycle trade.
Introduced from America in the early 1900s, truss-bridge frames enjoyed a resurgence of interest in France in the 1920s due to their use in the Tour de France. Badged as a 'Royal Codrix', this truss-bridge Road Racer was built in the 1920s by Robert Codridex in Angoulême (Bouches du Rhône). Its design is slightly different to the Labor; I'm not sure if it was built under Labor's license, or if the Labor patent had expired by the 1920s. It's in good all-round condition and ready to ride.
TRUSS FRAME HISTORY
World champion cyclist Major Taylor used Iver Johnson truss-bridge bicycles when he raced in France in the early 1900s to escape racial prejudice in America. As a result, the design became popular in France and Labor introduced their own truss bridge bicycle in 1906. Other French companies also marketed the model, some paying license fees to Labor and others ignoring the Labor license.
The Truss Frame continued to be sold in France throughout the 1920s. The illustration below shows Maurice Dewaele of Belgium, 2nd in the 1927 Tour de France with his Labor.
1906 LABOR CATALOGUE EXTRACT FOR COMPARISON


Well, this is exciting! I am just 'over the moon thrilled' to be sharing one of my favorite blog-spots to hit up for: eye-candy, beauty, lovely things, (maybe those are kinda all the same thing but let me be…) and wise words. Her photos are just so…. YUM.
Amy Showalter has agreed to write a guest post for me and I am just feeling so grateful. After you read her guest post- please visit her at Roller Mills Farm… and leave her some love.
This summer i turned 30 years old.
I baked my own cake, which i'm pretty sure was a very grown-up thing to do.
Chocolate, dark, deeply flavored with coffee. baked in a simple rectangular pan because i didn't want to spend the whole day working on it.
It's so great to be all grown up and do whatever you want.
People talk about feeling old in mostly negative ways but so far "aging" hasn't been a problem… except for maybe having to grow up and deal with making my own cake.
Beyond that I'm still of the illusion that life is what you make it regardless of age and circumstance.
One thing that changed a little though is friends. Or maybe it was me that changed.
Either way, it caught me off guard and caused a few moments of grieving.
It doesn't seem to help that i recently got married and moved to a totally new area. So many close friends are now far away but, after being here for a few years, i guess i expected to be further along then i was with building new "local" friendships.
I think anyone of a "certain age" understands the LIFE that gets in the way of all the great and noble things you aspire to do with your one glorious chance to live, so… i probably don't need to explain that further.
Even so, it's unacceptable to have to plan 3 months in advance just to share a meal with someone.
I hear a new baby takes more attention then a full time job… and any major life changes, like marriage, moving and careers, can sometimes demand all your energy and focus. I'm convinced though, to really live well, those should not be the norm.
If you have a husband, i hope that he's your best friend but you know that's not what i'm talking about here.
Whatever you're into, whatever stage you're at in life, a good friend who just "gets it" makes even the dullest moments seem energizing.
I haven't really figured it out yet (really?) but there are a few things i've observed that greatly improve the chances of maintaining old friends and gathering new ones all through life.
So i started a list of a few ways that i'm learning i can be intentional about cultivating friends.
1.) Friendship, like anything good in life, actually takes work. It takes effort and it takes consistency. Since so many friends are long-distance for me now, i have to make it a priority to connect in some way on a regular basis. Phone calls are hard for me but i'm working at getting better. It seems a good idea to think of talking to one person per day. Facebook does not count.
To be honest, right now i'm at about 1 or 2 good, long-distant phone calls per week… and sometimes that's including my Mom. She usually gets first priority. I told you i'm not very good at this.
2.) It takes sacrifice. For all my complaining, i do have some really good friends who are local. Recently one of them called about stopping by on a midweek day and i have to admit i really wanted to say no… I had the day all set to paint a room that i was turning into a closet and i was so excited to see it done. I knew that it wouldn't happen if she came but… i said yes. Over a glass of sweet tea at the kitchen table she announced that they were pregnant! and i was one of the very first to hear the news! I was so glad i said yes! Even though it meant i had to spend a sunny Saturday inside painting when i usually would have liked to be free to do something less committed. So worth it.
3.) Keep some chickens. Or try gardening, whatever it is that thrills you.
4.) While we're on the subject of fellow-travelers, Keller also talks about marriages benefiting from sharing life in community. Being able to see a more in-depth perspective of marriages other then your own, or if you are single, before you get into one, can help greatly in setting your own expectations for what it really looks like as well as recognizing during challenges that you are not the only one experiencing hard things. He and his wife Kathy have a group from seminary who get together a few times a year from all parts of the country. If you have groups like that, value them, and make them a priority.
Once a week on Wednesday we have a group we call Supper Club who meets to gather around the table and for a "family dinner". It has grown into a deep community of some rather unlikely friendships.
There really is incredible power in sharing a meal together, especially on a regular basis. Everyone takes turns cooking and doing dishes, even the guys.
So much deeper then just a meal for enjoyment, even though it is that as well. We've all had ups and downs and varying feelings since we started getting together more then a year and half ago. But it's real and has helped each one of us to grow as individuals, and in community.
5.) Another big one i've noticed is allowing each other the freedom to change. This might be even harder for me then making those daily phone calls. I have a tendency to categorize my friends and sometimes they jump out of the perfect little filling system i've set them up in. Single friends become couples and sometimes it's hard to adjust. Babies are great but sometimes that means fewer conversations where i get full attention. It can be hard to let go of the way things were but we have to make adjustments of our expectations.
6.) I'm also realizing that i am changing. I don't have the time and energy to devote to maintaining and developing friendships in the same way that i used to. Living on a farm, having a husband, making a home… all good things that must be prioritized in order to preserve harmony and balance.
7.) Liberal amounts of forgiveness and grace. Very important. As much as possible i try to live without regrets. But if there's anything i would regret its the moments when i don't offer these things.
What do you think? Have you experienced friendships changing after a certain age?
Do you feel like you are still making new friends as easily as you did before marriage/kids/responsibilities?
This was such a wonderful post! Amy thank you so much for sharing your perspective on friendship and Jenny thank you so much for introducing Amy to us! This really does hit so close to home for me… life has changed and it has taken my path away from so many of the people that I love and who grew up with me and shaped who I am.
Amy's points about being deliberate, working, having something to offer, sharing meals together… such sound advice. Okay, now I'm off to check out Amy's site!
This is really good… and so true. Seasons- as in friendships- come and go.
Sometimes it's silver and sometimes it stays gold.
So very well stated! I've been lucky enough to have this conversation with you in person. Whatever happened to "to have a friend, one must show himself friendly"? Even the Golden Rule can apply to making and being a friend. And then, as of late, I've been comparing my "friendship" with God to my girlfriend friendships. If I put as much time into my friendships as I do with relationship with God… Would it be something like the article talks about– "3 months out"?
Friendships are such a core ingredient in a healthy lifestyle. Sometimes it takes sacrifice. But sacrifice makes everything worth while. Isn't that when we feel the most blessed?
I'm lucky to call you MY friend.
I so enjoyed this post! And I am so happy to be introduced to Amy's blog! I know her through mutual friends, and she is a beautiful soul!
Lovely post, Amy! Part of "growing up" is being willing to grow with life, and the changes it brings…and it's inspiring to see you embrace the place you are! Gotta say, turning 30 isn't such a bad thing, after all!!
This post was the highlight of my morning and my muse for the day.
There are some seriously profound thoughts within these paragraphs right along the lines of what's been rolling around in my mind lately, in regards to friendships, ect. I really appreciate what Amy had to say in point #3. I had never thot about it that way but it is SO true–friendships being About something other then just being friends. I like that, it inspires me to grow my interests, if for no other reason then to have something to connect w/ others about.
I've been in this area 8 years, almost and it's still a learning/growing process…this thing of building relationships. Sometimes I still feel like I'm just beginning. I too miss not having 'history' with people.
yes, and the whole thing of frienships changing. we change. circumstances change. and to learn to be ok w/ changes happening and people moving on/changing, that's huge.
Thanks for introducing us to Amy's blog. I had to idea she blogged. yet another treat for my day.!
It's been nearly 6 years since I moved here. Only in the last few months do I really feel like this is me, this home. But there are so many circumstances that come into play with that. I was very unavailable most those years. It's sad, but true. And now that I am available, lots of people don't really know me, nor do they realize that.
Friendships when you're older, have kids and hubzbands and new communities, just take more time to mature. And I hate waiting.
amy, you have a beautiful gift for being able to put thoughts into words…and your photography is so uniquely beautiful!
i have very much feel the changing tides of friendships in the past 3 yrs. getting married, moving to a remote area in canada, having a baby…it's all kind of wrecked havoc on my friendships.
This was so interesting! I totally connected to it. Making friends in a new community is 'work'! For me it doesn't just happen and yet I see others around me that are 'newbies' and yet how do seem like they just 'fit in?' Grrr! Having moved for by marriage I had to learn the community, learn the husband, learn his family, learn the church… it's been 3 years and I still have my moments of 'not sure who to talk to after church' or when I see a group of ladies talking from the community at the store where I work I feel awkward just walking up and joining in on their conversation. Like I feel like I have to have a reason to join or have something to say in order to 'enter' the group. Blahh blah blah!….
Anyway, I love your writing style – fun and yet meaningful. Hope to hope over to your blog more often 🙂 -Thanks for sharing!


German artist Andrea Silbermann created an artwork of natural materials.
The artwork "12 Stones" is a system of foundlings from Northern Germany, covered by a kind of "skin" made of paper and linseed oil, laid in a grid of 3 x4, which is the grid of the trees of the garden, too. She created her work right in the garden during the days before the opening.
It describes one entire cycle.
Perfection will often be connected with happiness.
The idea of perfection was over and over again linked to the idea of nothing.
The perfect will be thought in Daoism as empty, soft and spontaneous.
In the mathematics it will be called as one of the only two sublime numbers.
The foundlings impress the landscape of Northern Germany, they come originally from the Scandinavian countries. They will be collected from the fields every year and real cairns will be built this way over the years. The stones are said to grow in the soil.
The foundlings were often polished to a round form by the ice, which took them from the North.
The paper in combination with the linseed oil will change the materiality of the stones.
They seem to be organic under this skin – as if a new life would evolve from them.
In order to include also imperfection, which is a fundamental part of life, she replaced one of the twelve foundlings by a fire circle made of little stones.
At the artist talk we got the whole philosophy behind the artwork explained by Andrea Silbermann. Ephemerality is also an important approach of her. The skin of the stones became porous in the meantime. For her this is a sign of a natural aging process, which she warmly welcomes.
After the talk she lighted the fire.
At the buffet we could taste a mixture of a stone-soup from Northern Germany and a Hungarian cherry-soup.


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Founded in 1850, First Congregational Church is Ripon's oldest continuous church organization, and its original meeting house was the first church to be built in the area.
The first European settlers had moved here from Southport, now Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1844. They established a social experiment called Ceresco, which remains a section of the City of Ripon.
We are proud that this church believed its calling was to follow the example of Jesus Christ, and in doing so to be controversial and even radical. It was at this church that Alvan Bovay called a meeting on February 28, 1854, to oppose the spread of slavery as proposed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Twenty days later a second meeting occurred at the Little White Schoolhouse. This meeting inspired the creation of a political party that, for more than a century and a half, has espoused freedom.
On November 21, 1850, eleven of these pioneers met in the Mapes Hotel to form a church which they voted to call "The First Congregational Church of Ceresco" (changed to "Ripon" in 1857). They built their first church just north of the present building.
The church internalized that freedom in 1856, when it passed a resolution stating that "it will not fellowship slaveholders, nor admit them to our communion."
But it was no an exclusionary institution. Quite the opposite.
First Congregational Church of Ripon welcomed women in leadership earlier than most churches. In fact, women served leadership roles since almost the beginning of the church and were elected to the Board of Trustees as early as 1896.
The current church building was constructed in 1866-68 at a cost of $22,000. It is listed on the Wisconsin and National Register of Historic Places. Through the years this has been a meeting house of an active congregation, interested not only in their own welfare, but in the well being of others.
Since our church's foundation is strong, we believe our future is bright if we strive to build upon our past.
We have the opportunity to improve and grow our ministry through a renewed commitment to transformation by applying timeless values to today's context.
We do this through connecting the teachings of Jesus Christ to the lives of the marginalized: people challenged by war, political divisions, division in our country, income disparity, malnourishment, drug abuse, terror, distrust between countries and among neighbors, personal isolation, political incivility, home foreclosures, deadly weather, depression, sexual abuse, the decline of marriage and growth of single-parenthood and family.
While our faith is 2,000 years old, our thinking is not. Our congregation believes that God is still speaking.
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French army continues strikes in northern Mali
[Imperialists continue their new scramble for Africa. –NP]
By THOMAS ADAMSON
PARIS — France's Defense Ministry has said the country's military forces continued aerial strikes in northern Mali, just a few hours after a visit to the country by President Francois Hollande.
French troops bombarded Islamist sites in Kidal and Tessalit in northern Mali overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to a defense official Sunday who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to be quoted by the media.
The official says "(the strikes) were targeting logistical arms and fuel depots near the Algerian border." He could not confirm that the latest attacks also targeted armed Islamist training camps.
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Philippe Tatartcheff - Songwriter, Poet, Photographer, Farmer, Miner... He has co-written several great songs with Anna McGarrigle (see below). He's also a felllow founding member of the Illustious Order of Thumbs. An old friend for more than 40 years.
Nina Paley - the first person to whom I ever wrote a fan letter. She's done three great comic strips (especially one called Nina's Adventures) and now makes smart, funny animation. You can find a lot of her strips via her web-site. Although witty and wise, she doesn't like meat, babies, or tv sets.
Rachel Peters - A young up-and-coming animator. She draws and animates really well, but, for some reason, has been known to seek advice from me. (I give lousy advice.) She's less of an agnostic than Mel Gibson but otherwise nice. She sometimes does strange things, like EATING FIRE!
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Elka Krajewska - A talent, animated, utterly visual film-maker. I can't find ANY words on her web-site!
Never Surrender - A strange bunch of comical fellows, better seen than described. My daughter, Dinah, does a lot of costume and set-design stuff for them.
Bernard Wrigley - (A.K.A. the Bolton Bullfrog). An Amazing Singer and Sonwriter. Sea Shanties, Minstrel Tunes, etc., done in a truly unique style. And funny too! When you hear this guy, you'll never mistake him for anyone else.
The Mammals - top-notch folky-music and great original songs (often with a political twist) from a young (compared to me, anyway) bunch of musicians.
Flapjack - swingy-folky-music from the Northern Ontario Bush.
The McGarrigles - the well-known singing sisters. They did the track for my film LogDriver's Waltz (song by Wade Hemsworth). Lotsa good songs!
The Berrymans - Two bizarre unrelated (to each other) people who write very funny songs.


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Avigilon is an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced solutions in video analytics, cloud storage, security cameras, video management software and hardware, access control and more. Avigilon empowers security teams with scalable, integrated video surveillance and access control solutions that work reliably together and can be accessed anywhere, any time. Never miss the details with Avigilon surveillance cameras that feature self-learning video analytics, high-quality imaging and maximum coverage in broad daylight and absolute darkness. Protect what matters most with Avigilon's flexible, browser-based access control systems perfect for businesses and institutions of all sizes.
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Legrand's primary mission is to enhance our living and working spaces through innovative, connected and energy-efficient solutions. With origins dating back to the 1860s, Legrand was officially founded in 1904 and now has a global presence with headquarters in close to 90 countries. You only have to look through Legrand's expansive portfolio spanning over 300,000 products to understand why they are global industry leaders in energy infrastructure and distribution, digital infrastructure and distribution, cable management, installation components, lighting control, user interfaces and smart home automation. Expansive control and command solutions for lighting, shading, AV and more provide seamless experiences for homeowners, employees and managers. Renowned Legrand brands include Da-Lite, HDL, Middle Atlantic and Vantage.
A leading innovator of professional-grade IP networking solutions, Luxul offers a complete line of products that simplify network design in the home and business. Experience reliable and scalable connectivity in the most demanding network deployments, ranging from LANs and WLANs to mobile wi-fi for any size application. Luxul networking offers high capacity load balancing, role-based access control, indoor and outdoor coverage options, proper security protection and more. Gain stronger peace of mind with free lifetime support, whether you require a single-room or expansive property solution.
For more than 40 years, Middle Atlantic has manufactured exceptional support and protection products for mounting integrated AV systems in residential and commercial spaces. Headquartered in New Jersey, Middle Atlantic Products builds every product exclusively in the US and optimizes each solution for system reliability and efficiency, from thermal considerations and built-in cable management to pre-installed washers on every rack screw. Products range from equipment racks and enclosures to technical furniture, display mounts and more. Whether you need trusted infrastructure for a home media room, an office conference room or classroom, Middle Atlantic Products has the solutions you need for ensured longevity and performance.
Established in the early 1980's, Southern California-based Dana Innovations is the parent company of Sonance, iPort and TRUFIG. Sonance specializes in designing high-quality audio systems for luxury homes and businesses that work in virtually any environment, from in-wall and in-ceiling to expansive outdoor landscapes and more. Enjoy sightless surround sound that immerses you into your favorite blockbuster film or musical soundtrack with discreet speaker solutions that complement any indoor décor or hide evenly throughout your gardens and foliage. With Sonance, delight in immaculate sound with minimal visual impact thanks to the beautiful blending of technology and aesthetics. Further expanding on its commitment to luxury sound, Sonance acquired James Loudspeaker in 2019. The acquisition allows Sonance to leverage James Loudspeaker's innovations in the areas of custom and architectural audio to create high-performance, bespoke solutions for its clients.
For over 50 years, QSC has developed the technology and solutions that power immersive cinema, live performance audio, themed entertainment experiences, and digital collaboration and meeting experiences across the globe. A globally recognized innovator in the design, engineering and manufacture of category leading high-performance loudspeakers, digital mixers, power amplifiers, audio processors, digital cinema solutions, and the Q-SYS™ software-based audio, video and control Ecosystem. QSC thrives where enabling technology and audio-visual experiences intersect. We've earned the trust of our customers and partners worldwide with our award winning sales, service, and support teams, and always delivering high performance, highly reliable, scalable and flexible solutions for professional installed audio, portable, live sound, production, corporate and cinema applications around the world.
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Survey: Two-Thirds Of People Want VR To Be Social
More than 75% of survey respondents said they expect to use social VR apps at least once a week.
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By Daniel Terdiman 2 minute Read
The people have spoken, and they want virtual reality to be social.
When you show most people VR for the first time, their reaction is almost inevitable: First their jaw drops, then they say "wow," and then finally, after taking off the headset, they say something along the lines of, "That was amazing. What's next?"
Although consumer virtual reality is still a fairly new technology, having been widely available for only a year and a half or so, the "what's next" question has been hard to answer. There are numerous games, and lots of short cinematic experiences. There are 360-degree travel videos, some music, some live sports, and a variety of other single-person content. All told, reported analysts at Greenlight Insights last fall, VR is expected to become a $38 billion industry by 2026.
Now a new study from Greenlight Insights suggests that if makers of devices like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream View want to lure in the masses, they need to make it possible for people to do things together in virtual reality.
To be sure, there's no shortage of efforts to meet that need. Last month, for example, Facebook unveiled Spaces, its first public social VR project, which allows Rift users to hang out together in a private room, create and share virtual objects, and even video chat with people in the real world. Other companies that have invested heavily in social VR include AltspaceVR and High Fidelity.
Those companies may well be on the right track.
According to Greenlight's study, 67% of those surveyed said they are interested in social VR. And of those who have already tried virtual reality, that number shoots up to 78%.
Perhaps more interesting, the percentage of respondents who said they'd use social VR apps at least once a week was 75.7%, including 28.1% who reported they'd want to spend time using social VR every day.
And why not? While some worry that VR presents just another way for people to lose sight of their real lives, it also offers people who are far from each other a way to spend meaningful time together doing things like playing games, watching movies, or just hanging out and chatting. No one says it's a replacement for actually being together, but if that's not an option, why wouldn't you want to go into a virtual room with your best friend who lives on the other side of the country and do things together?
That'll be even more true when the quality of the social experiences improves, with realistic-looking avatars, deep immersion, and high sound quality.
You think it's a coincidence that Facebook, of all companies, spent nearly $3 billion to buy Oculus?
Daniel Terdiman is a San Francisco-based technology journalist with nearly 20 years of experience. A veteran of CNET and VentureBeat, Daniel has also written for Wired, The New York Times, Time, and many other publications
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Q: Angular Ui grid disabling auto Resizing I use auto resizing in angular ui-grid as described in
http://ui-grid.info/docs/#/tutorial/213_auto_resizing
I want to enable/disable auto resizing, but I cannot find any configuration option for it. https://github.com/angular-ui/ng-grid/wiki/Configuration-Options
So I want to define:
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A: If I understand your question correctly, you want to use code to turn it off dynamically and gridOptions does not have a flag to disable it without removing the directive attribute entirely.
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There is no question that the arts play an essential role in our society. Art has historically been a crucial part of helping anyone understand where they fit into the universe. You're going to find that there are all kinds of ways for art to help us process our world.
It's quite common for people who are interested in the world of art to eventually want to participate in their favorite arts themselves. It's especially common to see people looking into pursuing the performing arts as a way to release their inner emotions. Some very common types of performing arts include dancing, music, and theater, as well as anything else that involves producing art for a present audience. If you've decided that you're ready to learn some kind of performing art, be sure to check out the post below to help you figure out how to find the right sort of academy.
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NoiseTrade can be a dicey proposition - sometimes it's full of great free music and the subsequent ability to tip a group whose release you like after trying it, but more often than not for me, it's a miss, the stuff I acquire just not suiting my taste or my mood or my predilection for, well, music that's played well.
The Last Bison is not one of those NoiseTrade failures, not in the slightest. I picked up their 2011 album Quill in the spring and fell absolutely, totally in love. At the time, the band was playing under the name "Bison", and July brought a name change, and the fall has brought a fresh EP, from which "Switzerland" comes. Their sound is a little like a Virginia mountain top, a little like the Great Dismal Swamp where frontman Ben Hardesty was raised, and all theirs, in a mellow, chamber folk kind of Southern way. The Last Bison are a treasure, and you should discover them now, because they're about to be huge.
Click through to their Soundcloud page to listen and download, and look for their second LP in early 2013.
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