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Doctors of optometry offer transition tips, whether buying or selling
From personal chemistry to hiring consultants, doctors list a number of considerations in a sale. Are you making plans for the future?
Maria Sampalis, O.D., of Rhode Island, always wanted to own a practice—even when she was a student at the New England College of Optometry, where she graduated in 2007. Dr. Sampalis wanted to work for herself and her family.
"I came out of school and worked in private practice and corporate practice," Dr. Sampalis says. "I was at Sears for a long time—I had my own sublease at Sears. But, when Sears closed, I opened my own practice in two weeks' time. I did it while I was in Greece, too.
Then an opportunity opened up during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020," she says. "The doctor (who had served his community for 40 years) called me. By word of mouth, he heard that I was looking to buy another practice. He called me and it ended up working out; the practice was in the same city, just five minutes from my first practice. I liked the opportunity to own my own practice and my own building."
She opened the new practice in August 2020; she also has a sublease agreement with a larger online retailer of eyewear. Asked how it was going, the enthusiastic Dr. Sampalis responds, "I'm killing it." She and the staff there have worked to retain the practice's current patients and employed social media to attract new ones. The practice also recently opened a dry-eye clinic.
"The staff is huge to the practice," she says. "We increased revenue 30%."
Dr. Sampalis offers several tips to young doctors of optometry looking to buy a practice:
"Put money away for your practice if that is your dream," she says.
Sellers will offer up assessments of a potential practice's value. "But everything is negotiable" she says. "Everything is negotiable."
Have confidence in yourself in negotiations, she says.
If you can, pay off your student loan at first and bank as much as you can on it. "I didn't buy the BMW at the beginning," she says. "Pay yourself last."
Purchase a property rather than rent, if possible. Rent never goes up, she adds, if you're investing in yourself.
"Plan for the long term," she says. "My plan made was 10-15 years before. This was planned in optometry school."
"A lot of the practices that get sold start by word of mouth," she says.
Get good advice, whether it's from a doctor who has been through a successful sale or transition professionals. "There are people out there who can help you," she says.
"Optometry is a great professional," Dr. Sampalis says. "There's a lot of opportunity out there."
'It's never too early to start planning for a transition.'
Douglas Totten, O.D., M.B.A., imagined he might practice well into his 70s because he loves seeing patients so much. Then he had second thoughts. He is transitioning his Michigan practice, sooner rather than later.
"I just don't have the stamina I used to have," Dr. Totten says. "The COVID-19 pandemic also had an effect. I recognized that my practice can exist without me. I would have never thought that we could survive closing the practice for even a week. After a seven-week shutdown because of COVID-19, it was apparent that the practice could survive even a drastic halt in how we did things. I really understood some things are out of our control and letting go of the responsibility and work of running a practice looked pretty attractive."
Attractive enough to sell. He worked out an arrangement with his younger partners, including his optometrist daughter, to sell the practice to them over a period of years. Meanwhile, he will remain the majority owner.
"So far, everything is working out amazingly well," he says. "An accountant, attorney and practice consultant can help give wise counsel to find a win-win situation for everyone. Finances are always a very sensitive topic. A sale must make sense for the person buying the practice and the person selling it. They need to be able to make the equity purchase and still make enough money to live and to help care for themselves and their families. Many younger doctors of optometry, it seems, still do desire to be practice owners. It's up to those of us a few years older to help make it happen for them, if possible."
Finances weren't the only consideration for Dr. Totten, who turned down another offer in order to sell to his partners. Among his considerations were:
"It's vital for a potential partner to be honest and trustworthy," he says. "This is so important because you want to offer good care to patients but also to have the trust needed to go through the very tedious process of a potential sale."
Work ethic. "Everyone who owns their own practice knows that there is truly never a day off from the business," Dr. Totten says.
"Today's medically based practice model requires a fast-thinking, very well-rounded clinician," Dr. Totten says. "Some doctors, though very competent, aren't built for a fast-paced environment."
Says Dr. Totten: "I am fortunate to have three younger, very capable partners who are ready to lead the practice and make it even better. I am very happy to step aside and watch them go and thrive. It's always good to look long term, and it's never too early to start planning for a transition."
Selling? Develop an exit plan
David A. Cockrell, O.D., and Cherry Cockrell, O.D., sold their Oklahoma practice assets nearly a year ago, in July 2020, and entered into a management agreement with the private equity-backed firm Keplr Vision, which Dr. Cockrell described as "a large, multistate optometric group, solely comprised of optometric practices. It is owned by a private equity group."
They had originally purchased their practice in 1981 from a doctor of optometry who was retiring.
"We sold because it was time to begin to transition our office to new leadership," Dr. Cockrell says. " We still anticipate seeing patients for several more years."
Theirs was a decision several years in the making. What were they looking for in a potential buyer?
"The first factor was to make certain the transition of our practice was done in a way that kept our patients and practice colleagues first," says Dr. Cockrell, noting that there are six doctors of optometry in the practice. "The second factor was to make certain the entity buying the practice had the financial strength to weather the many, rapid and significant market forces that are all current now. The third factor was to make certain that optometric leadership was in place to direct the practice activities. Fortunately, we were able to accomplish all of those items."
It wasn't an easy decision to sell. He remains as a practice "employer/manager." Their goal was not to sell and walk way, he says, but to position the practice for the future. They had seen too many doctors of optometry fail to plan for future transitions, ultimately leaving their patients without a care continuum and the practice being unable to transition at all.
A deal with the younger doctors, option No. 1, was explored. It couldn't be worked out.
"Great idea, and very tough to do," Dr. Cockrell observes. "From a business position, we did not desire, nor would I advise anyone else to do so, to personally finance the transition. For many OD-to-OD transfers, that is what occurs, with great risk to both sides."
His tips? Plan your exit and landing years in advance.
"We spent several years, actually about 20 years, preparing for the transition," Dr. Cockrell says. "There are many aspects to optometry but two very important ones to keep separate are: 'The practice vs. the business.' The goals of the business owner are distinctly different from 'practicing' or providing care to the patients. We have always worked to keep both in mind but understood the need for separation."
Whether buying or selling a practice, planning is required for successful transitions, says William Nolan, president of practice transitions and acquisitions at the Williams Group, an optometric business consulting and practice management firm. The Williams Group's practice transition services are endorsed by AOAExcel®.
Nolan explains what makes a practice attractive to buyers.
"The young optometrist looking to buy a practice today has to be concerned about the free cash flow that the practice generates," says Nolan, referring to peer-to-peer sales. "Because, when you're carrying $200,000 in student loans, perhaps you're married and have a family, all that debt combined is going to be factored into the commercial financing to sell your practice. So, the bank is going to take all of that into account.
"A profitable practice—a practice that controls its costs and has good cash flow—is intrinsically more valuable and easier to sell," he adds. "The expectation today is that a practice will have a fully-integrated EHR system, and that practice will have a fair amount of state-of-the-art technology like OCTs. If it doesn't, the buyer will look at the practice, at any given price, as cosmetically not very up to date. You can just hear over the phone that young doctor is just subtracting all those costs they're going to have to put in to update the practice to make it viable in 21st century optometry. It's minus cha-ching."
Further, Nolan says, among the very first things young doctors of optometry looking to buy a practice ask about is location. "Location is another really driving force," he observes, noting such factors as quality of life and Medicare reimbursement rates vary by region.
Three to five years out is when doctors need to start thinking about selling their practice, Nolan says, so its investment in technology can be done gradually rather than overnight. Whether to rent or buy your building, Nolan says, would depend on where your practice is located, for instance.
"A practice can take two years to actually sell," Nolan says. "It behooves a young buyer to do their research on where optometry is vibrant."
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It was a rainy Saturday afternoon and as I wandered in I wander if JP would actually have managed to find a seat, it was heaving. Luckily he had and he'd picked well because we were sat right next to the extensive range of guide books this cafe have. Tucked away in the back corner away from the rain I began dreaming of all of the adventures I'd like to take whilst staring at the maps. I quickly ordered a coffee, this place is famous for their coffee but I boringly order a black coffee… you could still taste it was good coffee however. I also snuck a sip of hot chocolate from JP and can confirm that was equally as yummy.
Four Corners Cafe have daily soup specials and being indecisive we decided to order one of each flavour. Double cheese with potato and Mexican chicken bean soup (or something similar) each served with a chunk of bread, I'm not sure I could pick a favourite flavour out of the two either. Both were delicious and just what was needed on a wet and cold autumn day.
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You will love it Jessi! It is such a cute place.
Wow, this looks like the coolest cafe ever. I can't wait to check it out.
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By Smokey, December 6, 2022 in Video Games
Who remembers this classic beat-em-up? It was first released in 1989 I believe. A gem of a game in the arcades, unfortunately the home ports on Super Nintendo came gimped and they removed 2 player co-op, and 1 of the 3 characters. However, on later versions of the game they re-added what was removed from the SNES version. It's still a great beat-em-up even with it's flaws. It's what caused Sega to make the Streets of Rage franchise, which is one of my favorites of all time. (SOR2 is easily one of the top 10 best games, period, fight me)
What do you think about Final Fight? did you play it back in the day?
Streets of Rage 4 blows every other beat-em-up on switch out of the water for me. it's just as fun alone as with friends. it's just so polished and it feels effortless to get into the flow-state and just be playing and playing. it's absolutely gorgeous and is a clear labor of love on the developers' part, just oozing quality and polish.
And I was not even born yet. with the game back in the 80s
On 12/11/2022 at 7:46 AM, Empire said:
Fair argument. I'm still holding out hope for a proper Final Fight 4 though. I think in time we'll see one, in the same vein as we got Streets of Rage 4 from DOTEMU.

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"The free expressions of his goodness and beneficence," the unchangeable assurances of his almighty help in time of need. Doing Things God's Way – 1 Samuel 30:1-31 (David fights the Amalekites) The Bitter End – 1 Samuel 31:1-13 (Saul takes his life) About RayFowler.org. 1 Samuel 30 . They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. David did, but he learned how to strengthen himself in the Lord. However, when David and his men returned with their plunder after the victory, some of the men refused to share the bounty with the 200 who had stayed behind (vs 21-22). At this time in his life, David was living in Ziklag . In obedience to God's clear word, David began an exciting rescue mission taking his 600 men with him. 1. Your path will not be a uniform one. In my twenties I had to spend 25 days in hospital due to a serious spinal problem. The lack of wisdom and power to deliver from distress. Not quite a P.O.… Welcome! A popular worship song says, You are the Hope living in usYou are the God in whom we trust. Let me begin this sermon on God's restora... We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. When we give it up to him, He remembers that we have done so, and takes it as His charge. I obeyed His voice amidst protests from my parents and many others. "Hope, said I,Is of the joy to come a sure expectance,The effect of grace Divine and merit preceding.This light from many a star visits my heart;But flow'd to me, the first, from him who sangThe songs of the Supreme; himself supremeAmong his tuneful brethren. 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. The falling away of friends; their unreasonable anger and bitter reproaches. They now faced the difficult predicament of having to fight as part of the Philistine army against their own Israeli brothers (28:1-2). At the Besor Ravine, 200 of David's men were too exhausted to travel anymore. There is an hour coming when God will let us see that He has taken good care of all that is ours as well as of us, such care as we had scarcely thought of. one sick man, a man scarcely alive; and he did all that David wanted. 20). The book is about how confinement affected the lives of those interned in Shantung Compound, an old church encampment hardly suited for the task, when the Japanese overran China during the Second World War and all western foreigners residing in China were interned there. Feel free to hit the comments button on … 4. And let me say that in your journey go heaven, or in setting about any good work on that journey, you must calculate on meeting with both these things, with both discouragements and encouragements. Ziklag Is Burning! David know this. 1 Samuel 30:6a says, "David was greatly distressed…..; each one was bitter in spirit….. Today, let's look at some lessons from David's distressing situation. But from God's point of view, this … The threatening of danger; the presence of "the king of terrors" (Job 18:14). Businessmen, diplomats, teachers, missionaries, and others were confined all together in substandard quarters. 9). When we are restless he remains serene and calm; when we are low, selfish, mean, or dispirited he is still the unalterable I AM. See here what man is; see what even a servant of God is, when left to himself. In the Presence of My Enemies I Samuel 23. I concluded my previous sermonsaying it doesn't matter how fast we run from the truth because the truth will catch up to us one day. 25. 11). He was left almost alone. Verse 31 tells us that David and his men had roamed in their territories, but they had not betrayed him to Saul. Who has helped you through life's distressing situations and what gratitude have you shown? Illustration – Video of young lady who helps a blind man on the street. (One can only imagine what dreadful things might have happened to the women and children after the drunken party, if David and his men had not found the camp!!). It was like 'being thrown from the frying-pan into the fire' and David was greatly distressed at the turn of events! "Jehovah his God. 1 Samuel 29-30 The Bible Teaching Commentary. 9, 10), and cooperating toward the fulfilment of his promise. When they returned to Ziglag they found the city burned and families … The chief purpose of chastisement is to bring men to God in humility, penitence, submission, and trust, and prepare them for future service and exaltation. David's men showed mercy to this Egyptian and he led them straight to the Amalekite camp where a drunken party was in progress. But observe — though these men were God's enemies, He had just before employed them in His work. After a brief delay and some untoward events by which faith is still further tested (ver. 1 Outline . Purpose: 1 Samuel shows us what to do when we feel like giving up! RayFowler.org is a place to discuss various issues relating to God and life. Instead, He trusted God. "I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. 1 Samuel • Sermon • Submitted ... Transcript. How To Behave in a Cave I Samuel 24. ", IV. God is all-sufficient; there the heart finds every want supplied, every good thing lodged. Observations: -. Welcome to my Sermon/Devotional blog The Preaching Platform. Few men have an adequate conviction of their own helplessness; and one aim of the Divine discipline is to produce it. the acquisitions he has made? God bless you as you put these thoughts into real-time action. He seeks now counsel of the Lord. All will share alike.". THE CONTEXT OF 1 SAMUEL 30:1-6. Handout. 6). 30 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. When David formerly fell into despondency (ch. These soldiers, these fugitives and exiles, can not only weep as though their hearts would break for their wives and children, but the moment there is a prospect of recovering them, they are so eager in the pursuit, that one-third of their number speedily sink down in exhaustion. When he came upon them, he found them in a state of riot and disorder. Directing the thoughts toward God, the ever-present, invisible, eternal Protector of his servants, and stirring up the heart to renewed trust in him. The wickedness of the wicked is mercifully restrained (ver. The Strange Case of the Missing Spear I Samuel 26. Faith strengthens the soul by uniting it to God and making it partaker of his strength. I Samuel 30:10b "….David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.", As David obeyed, God worked supernaturally. They discovered that Ziklag had been burned and their wives and children taken away as captives by the Amalekites. CHAPTER 30. His past doings on their behalf. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way. (It must be noted that King Saul died in the ensuing battle which meant that David might have been held accountable for Saul's death if had he been involved in any way in the fighting). They were unable to do battle in that condition and David understood that. "David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? They were exulting in their spoil at, the very moment when they were about to lose their spoil and their lives together. SA Radio David Destroys the Amalekites. Repressing fear and unbelief. The more heavily trouble presses upon men, the more closely should they cling to God, that it may be rightly borne and accomplish its intended moral end. On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. He answered — Before God answered more slowly and gradually, 1 Samuel 23:11-12 ; but now he answers speedily, and fully at once, because the business required haste. 3. Having fled from King Saul . "Jesus Christ is the same yester... INTRODUCTION David from a place of having it all had fallen into a place where everything was lost. Our theme for this year is 'Loving God; Loving People' and I would like to share 4 points in this sermon with 2 of those points dealing with 'Loving God' and the other 2 dealing with 'Loving People'. ), 2. David's victoriesGod's helpGod's protection. God never disappoints the confidence of his children, but fulfils his promises to them more richly than they dare to hope. But look now at David in a third situation — AT THE CAMP OF THE AMALEKITES. Ziklag spoiled by the Amalekites. Is there a man here whose chief joy is in the spoil he has taken? (7-15) He recovers what had been lost. We shall see that he met in it with discouragement and also encouragement, a mixture of both. ... Sermon Topics. In this instance it did immediately two things for David. The discouragement he encountered at the outset. The Fugitive I Samuel 21-22. FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH, There will always be tragedies in our lives. He was therefore showing gratitude for helping him in distressing moments. SERMONS ON 1 SAMUEL. See in it the frequent benefit, of affliction to the people of God. A. Note: In contrast to David who sought guidance from God alone, we sadly find in 1 Samuel 28:7, that Saul chose to inquire from a medium (A witch), with disastrous consequences. You remember who these men were. "Hope thou in God" (Psalm 42:5; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 124:8). 1 Samuel 30:8b says, "Pursue them" He (God) answered. Belshazzar revelled joyously and fearlessly in the banquet he had made; but "in that night," the very night of his festivity, "was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain." Devotional : Surrounded by God's Protection, Sermon: The Christmas Light that Brings Hope, God's Restoration of the Lost Years : Sermon, Devotional: A Heart of Thankfulness (Thanks Giving), Sermon : Four Steps to Win the Battle Over Worry (Matthew 6:25-34), Devotional : Building a City on Prayer – Part 3. In 1 Samuel 30:8a we find that "David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? That the latter may be taken trial is sent; it is taken by him whose heart is in the main right with God, and it is never taken in vain. So, in 'Loving Others', let's strive to a) Stand with the weary and b) Show gratitude to those who have helped us. "Why art thou cast down, O my soul?". Three days afterwards David's men come up and find him: they kindly give him food and restore him. 30 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. We may be tempted to obey many other voices as we battle distressing challenges like David's distressing situation. No; a man never hesitates or turns back in the path of duty, who is making the Lord his strength. "The mistake we make is to look for a source of consolation in ourselves; self-contemplation instead of gazing upon God. 19). 1 Samuel 30:1-10. 2. 3. 6. Much more than has been expected is gained (ver. (The next chapter shows us that Saul and his sons perished in the battle with the Philistines). 2. David had arrived right on time to defeat the drunken, partying Amalekites; to save the wives and children, and to carry off a great bounty (vs 16-20). - D. I. DAVID IN HIS DISTRESS. Twice this is mentioned and particularly mentioned. So does He love His people, that He cannot even smite them without blessing them. His very judgments become mercies. We find there his heart failing him; and, like a frightened deer, he runs away from Judah into the land of the Philistines. 2), often turns to the benefit of those whom they seek to injure, and returns upon their own heads. When David and his men were come to Ziklag. To the natural eye, things couldn't get any worse. 1 Samuel 30:1–6 NKJV 1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. "David sent the plunder as an expression of gratitude to those who had assisted him during his flight from Saul" – NIV Study Bible- page 419. 10) -. Anything will serve the Lord when the Lord has to overthrow his enemies or help His people, He needs not move heaven or earth, he needs not create powerful instruments to do it; anything in his mighty hand will do it — a castaway thing, a despised, abandoned thing. Let such a man see that he and they may be separated in an hour. There will always be a right way and a wrong way to handle tragedy. In the exercise of "the same spirit of faith" others "out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens" (Hebrews 11:34). 1 SAMUEL 30. As the men returned home after overcoming David's distressing situation, as an act of gratitude, David sent some of the bounty to the elders of Judah who had been good to him and provided for him, during his escape from King Saul. 1. (vers. But David would have none of it!! 2. His great name (see 1 Samuel 1:3). It restored him to his spiritual courage and strength. 3. He was thereby further strengthened. Chapter 30 of first Samuel begins with a bit of drama. 2. It was a severely distressing time for me and eventually, the Doctors told me that surgery was needed on my spine to put things rights. In a situation of the utmost distress and danger; with his home burnt, his family in the hands of his enemies, and with six hundred half frantic men around him threatening to take his life. But how will this operate on David? Shall we not see him halting and hesitating and perhaps turning back? Sermons from I Samuel 30 The End of the Beginning (I Samuel 31 - II Samuel 1) God Unchanging (1 Samuel 15:29) Music For A Madman (I Samuel 16:14-23) The Heart of A Champion (I Samuel 16:1-13) How to Kill a Giant (1 Samuel 17) How To Kill A Giant (I Samuel 17) The Green-Eyed Monster (I Samuel 18-19) Three Arrows at Sunrise (I Samuel 18-23) You will say, "Doubtless when Saul was close behind him ready to take his life;" but no; it was at, a time when it seemed least likely to happen — when David had humbled Saul to the dust by his magnanimity. The last two lines say. Are you willing to help such a weary person today? 1 Samuel 27. Will you do something today to show gratitude to them? He can fall down without a blow. By the help obtained of God fear is removed, strength renewed, and confidence inspired (ver. He sought him as he had not done on the previous occasion; sought him in a right spirit, and therefore (unlike Saul) received an answer: - "Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake and deliver." 1 Samuel 30:1-31: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. Let's now look at what this story tells us about 'Loving Others'. Relieved I'm sure by God's intervention, David's men marched home to Ziklag for three days, hoping most probably to rest and relax with their families. 1 Samuel 30 - NIV: David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for 1 Samuel 30:6 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD" Intro. The upbraiding of conscience for past sin. 2. David"s crisis and his response30:1-6. by -, 1. 17 says, were four hundred, and they are spoken of as a remnant, a small part of the whole. God however, providentially intervened so that they were released from the battle by the Philistine elders, worried that David and his men might betray them (28:4-7). Verses 1-6. The enemy is completely defeated (ver. "When David could not comfort him self in his wives, nor his children, nor his goods, nor in anything under the sun, he could in something above the sun. This must not reconcile us to sin, but it goes far to quiet the mind when sickened and distressed with the sin, "the wrong and outrage," with which the world is filled. 1 Samuel 30 English Standard Version (ESV) David's Wives Are Captured. However, as I was praying, God spoke to me, asking me to leave hospital and to trust Him for healing. And the reason is at hand: God is the God of all consolation, the spring of comfort; if any water, it is in the sea; if any light, it is in the sun; if any comfort, it is in God - there it rests, there it is when nowhere else. Should walk before me — That is, minister unto me as high-priest. He knew their inability to help this time was only due to sheer exhaustion. As God is all-sufficient to furnish us with all necessaries, so infinite in power, wisdom, goodness to help us against all evils feared or felt" (R. Harris). Let's first look at the 2 points about 'Loving God'. Will I overtake them?" He was trusting only in God and seeking advice from God alone. One of the Amalekites in going from Ziklag, had a slave ill, an Egyptian. O what a recompence for them awaits us there! Preach on topics including the birth and call of Samuel the prophet, the return of the ark of the covenant to Israel, Israel's demand for … "When I am weak," said Paul, "then am I strong" - when I feel my utter weakness under the pressure of trial, then I am constrained to depend on the Lord, and become imbued with his strength (2 Corinthians 12:10). Someone said,'Being at your wit's end, doesn't mean being at your faith's end! The Paperback Bible presents the Bible by the Book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. 5. It has respect to -. As David inquired of the Lord, God responded to his trust with a powerful message. It breaks through the storm clouds like a ray of sunshine: "But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God." It teaches us that 1 Samuel Chapter 30 Summary. 7, 8). "And David said to Abiathar," etc. And mark — it was the great spoil these Amalekites had taken which so rejoiced them. The difference in the effects of calamity upon men (as upon Saul and David) manifests the difference of their character. Weary people are all around us with their heads hanging low. (1-6) David overtakes the Amalekites. He rebukes them gently (vs 23) and makes a new decree for the Israel army that said; I Samuel 30:24 "…The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. 27.) Another incident in this history we must notice — this victory over these Amalekites was attended with a recovery of all that David had lost. Now, come again to the chapter before us. 1. Can you show the same empathy that David showed to his weary men? What about showing gratitude to God for all He has done? Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. The comment form collects your name, email and content to allow us keep track of the comments placed on the website. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. Print page. I. Dear Abby I Samuel 25. Here, you observe, was help for David from one who could not help himself; and, as it turned out, effectual help; and help, observe, too, from the very host of his enemies. (This sermon was preached at our Carol Service on 1... A Short Devotional: David, we read, smote these Amalekites, smote them from the twilight, of one day even unto the evening of the next. 1 Samuel chapter 30 KJV (King James Version) 1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;. Share. Browse Sermons on 1 Samuel 30:1-8. Recap After fleeing from Saul, David escapes into the Judean wilderness and the territory of Israel's neighbours. We should have expected him to have done this before in his fear when he fled into the land of the Philistines, or when he followed the army of Achish against Israel, but he did not do it. III. To Eli himself, or to his father, when the priesthood was translated from Eleazar's to Ithamar's family. The case was this. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on 1 Samuel 30. They would also have been a useful rearguard defence force if David was defeated and had to retreat from the battle. "I can," the man says, and in a little time he brings him within sight of their camp. SermonAudio.com - 1 Samuel 30 Sermons. The failure of cherished plans and purposes; the loss of property through robbery by men or accidents by fire or flood, the breakdown of health, the disappointment of long expectation. David's encouragement. ", 3. David didn't realize then that the process by which King Saul's crown and throne was to be transferred to him was very near! 1. IT SPRINGS OUT OF CONSCIOUS HELPLESSNESS. Three Arrows at Sunrise I Samuel 18-23. 17). Radio Streams. Job 5:7 - Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.. That's where we find David in 1 Samuel 30:6. 2. As in David's distressing situation, is your trust placed firmly in your Savior in the challenge you are facing? 4. To their horror however, the Amalekites had attacked Ziklag, ransacked and set fire to the city and kidnapped their wives and children (30:1-3). Confidence In God . Obeying the will of the Lord (vers. Let us now look at David in another situation — ON HIS WAY TO THE AMALEKITES. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Please read and accept our website Terms and Privacy Policy to post a comment. He would have remembered the many times these men had battled for him. They don't know where to turn to or what to do because They are broken. Browse Sermons on 1 Samuel 30. IT IS CROWNED WITH COMPLETE SUCCESS. Categories David, First Samuel, King, Sovereignty, Suffering, Uncategorized • Tags 1 Samuel 30, Biblical Theology, David the Righteous King, Sermon, Typology Post navigation Previous Sermon: God Has a Plan 1 Samuel 29 What selfishness!! I said — Where, or when did God say this? It caught up with David also when the Amalekites attacked Ziklag, burned it to the ground and took the women and children captive. David took three days to return from Aphek ( 1 Samuel 29:11) to Ziklag.The Amalekites, whom David had previously raided ( 1 Samuel 27:8), took advantage of the Philistines" and David"s absence to retaliate in the Negev and on Ziklag.They plundered both Philistine and Judahite territory ( 1 Samuel 30:16). I am reminded of a story in a fascinating book entitled Shantung Compound, written by Langdon Gilkey. Look ones more to chap. When good men transgress they must expect to be "chastened of the Lord," and wicked men are sometimes used as a rod for the purpose. "He encouraged (strengthened) himself," etc. "We will go and plunder Ziklag," they say; He lets them go, and while they are accomplishing their ends, He makes them accomplish His; He overrules their plundering incursion to bring back the wandering David to Himself. Introduction: As the background to the story in this chapter, David and his band of 600 warriors had been living in a town called Ziklag in Philistine territory, under King Achish (27:1-7). His confidence, moreover, was expressed and perfected in -, 4. It is not only we who are safe in God's hands if we are his, all that belongs to us is safe there. This is what the Scripture means by acknowledging God in our ways. 2. I Samuel 27-30. We know not the number of these Amalekites, but it is clear that it was great, for these that escaped, ver. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on 1 Samuel 30:1-8. It is a region in the south of the Kingdom of Judah. His intimate relationship to his people. Wept— It is no disparagement to the boldest, bravest spirits, to lament the calamities of friends or relations. But, if we truly love God, we will listen to and obey only His gentle voice; the voice of our Shepherd. (16-20) David's distribution of the spoil. It led him, though he feared nothing else, to fear himself. And was now aligned with the Philistines . 3. SermonAudio.com - 1 Samuel 30 Sermons. It deals with David's distressing situation at Ziklag and the lessons we can learn). 1 Samuel 30:1-5.THE AMALEKITES SPOIL ZIKLAG. The Life of David. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. But it's at this moment of utter despair and gloom that we read one of the most encouraging sentences in all the Bible. The Philistines were preparing to battle King Saul, and David and his men had gone to join with the Philistines . "They came," we read, "to the brook Besor," and there they "were so faint that they could not go over." 5. As the background to the story in this chapter, David and his band of 600 warriors had been living in a town called Ziklag in Philistine territory, under King Achish (27:1-7). What God is in himself, not what we may chance to feel him in this or that moment to be, that is our hope" (Robertson). Now when did this happen? 1. David's affliction restored him also to a holy caution and self-distrust. 1 Samuel 30:8. Tomorrow they may be in other hands, and he in another world. O, how God sometimes glorifies his grace in our world! 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. David's discouragement was the loss of two hundred men, apparently a formidable loss; it turned out nothing. It must have been peculiarly painful to David to bear the mutiny of his own men, to witness the selfishness of many of them (ver. I Samuel 30:26 "When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, "Here is a present for you….". So gracious is our God, that he considers even the degree of our necessities, and accommodates himself to them. And thus the affliction of David was a benefit to him — it restored him to his spiritual courage and strength, it led him to seek counsel of the Lord and submit his ways to Him. This would have needed a lot of diplomacy and skill; maybe even force, and would most probably have taken up much precious time; time that the raiders could have used to their advantage, to get to safety. In that vast land, He led them miraculously to an Egyptian slave who had been a part of the raiding party and was now at death's door (Read 30: 11-15).
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Home/Arab refugees' situation in Western Galilee/Gaza/Recommendations – UNCCP – Memorandum
Arab refugees' situation in Western Galilee/Gaza/Recommendations – UNCCP – Memorandum
UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE
LETTER AND MEMORANDUM DATED 22. APRIL 1949
CONCERNING THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN WESTERN GALILEE AND GAZA
ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONCILIATION COMMISSION BY
MR. DELBERT REPLOGLE, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
Attached is a memo on the information which we discussed in our meeting at Jerusalem. This information is factual, we believe although there is always the possibility that data can be biased or warped in ways that we do not know. In the main, however, I think that the information that we do have can be relied upon as typical, although it must be understood that such information is of necessity one-sided. It is based on the observations of our personnel in their work in these areas and we trust that it will be useful to you in the difficult task or repatriation or resettlement of these homeless Arab refugees,
s/ Delbert Replogle
Delbert Replogle
Field Representative, Quakers
I. The situation in Western Gallilee:
(From observations made in Western Gallilee over a period of time extending from December 1948 to May 1, 1949.)
We have noted in Several villages the transfer by the Israeli Military of from 50 to 200 people from their homes in villages to Jenin, which is across the border in Arab-held Palestine. Many of these people have held Jewish identity cards, which means they were not refugees, who had illegally returned home, as was sometimes claimed, in explaining these transfers. In other towns, Arabs have been put out of their homes, and all their possessions taken; the homes have been turned over to Jewish families, and their furniture and possessions have disappeared. Much of it, we understand, has been turned over to Jewish families or merchants, under conditions which are unknown to us. Protests from the Arabs have met with no respect at all. Arab Doctors have had their cars requisitioned and have had to continue on foot — doctors employed by the local Jewish Government. This has been true at Schifa Amr and Acre, to our definite knowledge. In the town of Tarshiya, which had an original population of 5000 people, 4,000 people left on foot with clothes only, prior to May 1, 1948. They left because they were ordered to by their own Arab leaders, and were told that they would be back shortly. The Jews occupied the town on October 3, and on the 16th of January, after governing the town with some 1500 people, they arrested 80 people, 30 Moslems and 50 Christians, and removed them across the border to Jenin. As of April 20, it was a definite policy which, we were informed, had been received by the governor in writing, but which was very apparent in their operations, to remove all Arabs from the village by any varied excuses. The Arabs were removed from their nice homes and segregated in very poor homes, often 22 people to a single house, and the Arabs home's given to Jewish people. There has been considerable pressure to buy the Arab lands and to take advantage of the Arabs' distress. All the houses have been looted and contents removed by Jews, There are now 756 people left in the town, of which 650 people are Christians and 106 people are Moslems. All Moslems are very old women or old men. The need of these people is very great, and they have been fed, for without the UNRPR of feeding, many of them would have perished from sickness and malnutrition. This was the one village in Western Gallilee where Moslems and Christians had lived together.
In the old city of Acre 3000 Arabs are now imprisoned. A few have been given permits to go outside to work. Others have not been able to secure any permits to even visit their vineyards and orchards which they can see from the tops of the buildings in Acre. These vineyards are, of course, ruined now because they were not able to irrigate them last summer. Many of these people had beautiful homes in New Acre, from which they were driven to the old city penniless and much of their possessions taken from them. Only recently, without explanation, all the furniture in Old Acre that was not outright owned by the people living in the house was removed by the Jewish Military authorities — we understood for the use of incoming immigrants. In many places, of Western Gallilee, where we have been, the people are confined to their villages and unable to leave to till the fields which they own immediately adjoining the village. Shafa Amr is one of these.
Probably the greatest need in this area is some sort of a tribunal to whom the Arab minorities who have been told they were citizens of Israel, and who have been given a vote in the recent elections can appeal with some hope of receiving a just and fair hearing. We have found none now existent except arbitrary military leaders who follow no consistent policy.
II. GAZA:
In the Gaza area, there is a strip of territory some 20 miles long and 5 to 8 miles wide, bordered on the West by the Mediterranean Sea, with no harbors, and a wide strip of sand dunes, good for no agricultural purposes along the shore; on the South by a well guarded barbed-wire boundary between Egyptian territory and Palestine; on the North and East by a 2-kilometer-wide strip of territory which is No-Man's land, and which was to have been occupied by neither side, and in it many of the fields of the original inhabitants of this area lie. In this area, now are crowded 245,000 refugees, in addition to some 80,000 original inhabitants of these areas. All industry in the area which formerly was active in rug-weaving and handwork has been at a standstill since the trouble started, and only small trading posts are in operation. What few fields and orchards were in the area are being intensively cultivated by the people, but the food production of the total area, with many of the fields originally supplying it in the hands of the Jews, would not be enough for the normal inhabitants, so that the refugees who are housed in the villages and camps in this area are wholly dependent upon outside sources for every mouthful of food consumed. Prior to January 1, much of the food was brought in by the Egyptian Government. Since that time, the food has been supplied through the Quakers by the UNRPR. Sanitary conditions in these camps have been very difficult with too little water, no latrines, and gradually these conditions have been brought under control, and medical conditions established which previously were hopelessly inadequate. Some 12 feeding stations have been set up, from which a ration of food is given to each of these people every two weeks, large enough to last for another two weeks. This feeding program was undertaken in an emergency basis and was supposed to have ended August 31. The conditions during the fighting were appaling among the refugees, as there was much suffering from bombs and shellfire. After the truce of January 7, however, until the armistice of March 24, there has been no suffering from military action, but there has been quite a battle against diseases such as measles, typhus, and the like. After that time, the people who had fields in No-Man's Land could not be restrained and they have from sheer desperation, plowed up those fields just as close to the Jewish lines as it was possible to go, and have planted them for this summer's crops. This area is small enough anyway, but it meant very much to them. In doing so, they braved the very determined efforts of the Jews at first, to keep that land clear as provided in the armistice. In the efforts, the Jews have shot and killed the various men, women, cows, sheep, camels, donkeys, and so forth, as is recorded by names in the attached list,* which is complete up until April 25. We suspect that these refugees have also been raiding Jewish territory, and the count is not entirely complete as it now stands. From the 18 to the 21 of April there was a series of riots in the camps among the refugees and one-day strikes, as a protest against accepting food from UN in lieu of the possibility of returning to their homes. In numerous conferences with the responsible Arabs in these camps, there has continually been the request to return to Israel and a willingness expressed to live with the Jews if only their lives and their property would be safe. Some 40 percent of these refugees in the Gaza area are tradespeople, and skilled workers, many of them previously very successful. The other 60 percent are farmers, very closely and passionately attached to the piece of land that they have owned or worked. As the summer progresses, and they know that their own lands and orchards are ruining for lack of care, and their physical discomfort increases with the summer heat, much more dissatisfaction and disturbances are likely to ensue. The spectacle of an active people cooped up in a small area like this with no opportunity for energetic outlet is a heart-rending one, particularly when it is very definitely apparent that their mental and moral condition is deteriorating to that of charity-fed beggars instead of self-respecting and self-supporting citizens.
There is one aspect of the resettlement problem which we are inclined to overlook, which has been brought rather forcefully to our attention by some of the Bedoin Sheiks. These people are extremely bitter and have the feeling that the Jewish-Arab affair is a personal feud which will be handed down from father to son. These people will only go back to their land when they control the Government, and they also state equally firmly that they do not want to settle anywhere but on their own lands. We find this view held very strongly by the leaders and it is a question how influential these leaders would be in the event of opportunities for repatriation or resettlement in other areas.
Hopeful Suggestions:
A. That as many Arabs as possible be given a chance to return home under safeguards of a Civil Government Regime — not under military rule. The first step of this could be the return of broken families on which there seems to be general agreement in Israel.
1. The return and unfreezing of bank accounts held by Arabs in Israel.
2. The opening and setting aside of land for Arabs. This would be particularly easy in many villages which were partially destroyed and around which the land is wholly uncultivated. Many of these villages are ones which our personnel has seen and we know these conditions to exist.
3. The return of skilled and professional people by a percentage of categories (As a certain percentage of carpenters, a certain percentage of tradesmen, etc.).
B. That adequate measures be taken to safeguard the rights of these citizens by proper observation and agreements of any that return to Israel. For this purpose, political organizations might be very helpful.
C. Help should be given through honest and concerned agencies for the economic rehabilitation of either repatriation or resettlement Arabs.
D. Arable land could be provided in other Arab areas and made available to resettle refugees in an easy-term-payment basis with outside help to enable them to become economically self-sufficient.
E. Work projects should be started in repatriated or resettled areas to give refugees an immediately available opportunity to earn a livelihood.
F. If possible, all plans could be aimed toward an elevation of the living standards in all the Middle eastern area — in other words, these projects could be planned so that they would not only resettle refugees, but be a lasting benefit in raising living standards throughout the Middle East. If such a program carefully worked out in detail could be agreed upon and thoroughly sold to all interested parties, it will, in our opinion, break down much of the bitterness and will divert the thoughts of a desperate people from revenge to more constructive efforts in bettering their own conditions.
The above suggestions are very sketchy, and it is very essential that integrity, tact and good salesmanship, patience and much understanding must be exercised in the preparation and implementation of any such plan. Undoubtedly, any plan, no matter how good, will be severely criticized from somewhere, but we have noted that even under the worst conditions there has been an irrepressible buoyancy in these people among whom we have been working, that can be relied upon to assist in their rehabilitation if it is allowed to have full play. From the description of situation of the refugees in Gaza, it is obvious to all that there is no chance of resettlement of refugees in this area as there may be in others. These people must factually be moved either home or into new areas — which complicates the situation here somewhat more.
We are also sure that the difficulties of resettlement will vary almost geometrically with the distance from their homes, and that there will be as great a problem in human engineering as in material engineering.
There are too many indications that the refugees' plight has been used as a political football and it should be stressed as strongly as possible that this is unfair, uncivilized, and even unwise, if peace is to be hoped for in the Middle East. The Quakers have been quite concerned that, because the refugees are being fed, the consciences of the world are being solved, which should be even more fully aroused to the need for solving the problem, not prolonging it.
The costs of solving the problem might become an excellent investment. The cost of prolonging the problem is like throwing money and resources down a rat hole.
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If you've read any reviews for "Thor: Ragnarok" before this one, you might walk into the theater with the expectation to see Marvel Studio's production of the cure for cancer. While it's definitely good, it's not all that many critics would have you believe.
Yes, the movie deserves praise, but it's too early to give it an over-ecstatic label of approval. So what about the movie has the critics praising it like the gods that these characters are?
Also, the trailers that had you thinking that this movie was "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3″ didn't entirely lie to you.  The humor, style and characters are straight out of a "Guardians" movie. Thor is the strong guy with abs who can take a comically unrealistic amount of punishment and walk away pretty much unscathed, just like Drax the Destroyer. Hulk is the muscle of the team who can take out several dozen interchangeable, faceless bad guys at once, identical to Groot. Valkyrie is basically the town drunkard who is also the team's female tough guy, a combination of Rocket and Gamora.
Another reason critics love the movie is the costumes and set design, which are some of the best in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. Jeff Goldblum's character, who mostly acts and speaks like Ian Malcolm in "Jurassic Park," looks like a professional interior designer painted his costumes on him. Tessa Thompson also sports a costume that's pretty impressive and even looks like a female version of the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz," minus the helmet. And let's not forget Hela's elk-like version of Maleficent's costume; all of them somehow look incredible.


Best location for Quad Lite 5.1?
Discussion in 'Home Cinema Buying & Building' started by tommyb1, Jan 21, 2008.
Do they sound better mounted on stands, shelves or walls.
Or, is it different for the fronts and the rears?
Also, do they sound better close to a wall or further away in their own space?
All advice and opinions welcome!
Stands are definitely the best option if you have the room as they provide a very solid platform, can be placed quite far into the room and moved around to experiment with distance from the walls and stands also generally place the speakers at ear height from a seated position.
However, a lot of people find they have their sofa pushed right up against the rear wall or don't have enough room/distance for stand-mounted speakers behind them as they will dominate the sound if placed too close to the ear. In this case you might want to wall mount them and place them higher up to get some distance.
As for positioning - experiment That's the great thing about stands: they're not fixed so you can move and demo as much as you like. Different room acoustics and listening preferences mean there's a different "perfect" for everyone.
I bought Quad lite 5.1 package around two months ago. Not had time to set them up properly yet as I have been working away. WIll be teamed up with Onkyo 905 receiver.
I will have a messy set-up to go thro because my TV has to go in the "closed angle" corner in an L shaped room. I have run the system with a Denon receiver (previous Onkyo 939 which lost one channel) and wife (who has no musical ear whatsoever) said liked the quad speakers far better than the bose cubes we had earlier (She didn't like the Denon either."How could any supposed musical company sell a receiver with such a disgustingly cheap remote". Her words!) Bit of usless info.
One problem I did have was when I first tried fastening speakers to the wall via brackets they kept drooping towards the front because they are quite heavy.
WIll let you know how it all turns out early March.
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Coronado Coal Group purchases Curragh coal mine
Wesfarmers has agreed to sell its Curragh coal mine in Queensland to Texas-based Coronado Coal Group for AUS$700 million under an agreement which also includes a value share mechanism linked to future metallurgical coal prices.
On successful completion of the transaction, Wesfarmers estimates it would report a post-tax profit on sale of approximately AUS$100 million.
Reflecting recent volatility in spot coal prices. Wesfarmers will also receive 25% of Curragh's export coal revenue generated above a realised metallurgical coal price of US145/t, paid quarterly over the next two years.
Curragh is one of the world's largest metallurgical coal mines, with baseline production of 8.5 million tpy of export metallurgical coal and 3.5 million tpy of steaming coal which is sold to the Queensland Government's Stamwell Corp. The proposed transaction includes the Curragh mine assets and Mineral Development License 162.
Coronado Coal Group is a leading US producer of metallurgical coal with three mining complexes in West Virginia and Virginia currently producing 8.2 million tpy. The sale is subject to a number of conditions precedent including obtaining approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Work is underway to achieve satisfaction of the conditions precedent in the next six months.
Wesfarmers Managing Director, Rob Scott, said the agreement to sell Curragh follows Wesfarmers' disclosure last year that it was evaluating all strategic options for the Resources business with a view to maximising shareholder value. The strategic review of Wesfarmers' 40% interest in the Bengalla coal mine is ongoing.
"We believe this agreement with Coronado is in the best interests of our shareholders, while giving the employees and customers of Curragh the opportunity to work with a leading coal producer with ambitions to expand in Australia," said Scott.
Curragh was acquired by Wesfarmers for approximately AUS$200 million in 2000, when it was producing 4.5 million t of metallurgical and thermal coal. On disposal of the asset, the investment will have delivered an after-tax internal rate of return of approximately 49%/yr over its 17-year life.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/04012018/coronado-coal-group-purchases-curragh-coal-mine/
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I am exhausted and sore. Last night I told my son I felt like I'd been hit by a truck which he said might be an exaggeration, not to mention cliche. Clearly I'm too tired to be original!
"Okay, I feel like I got run over by a kid with a bad attitude on a bike."
This has always been a tough crowd.
It's spring and I have no off switch. Sunrise can't come early enough. My wild, barefoot, 10 year old self is reincarnated every year about this time. It doesn't always mix well with my 50 year old body. The result is that things hurt, but in that good way. Achy muscles feel good when you know you've been super productive. My lazy winter body that lounged on rainy afternoons reading in cozy chairs and napping by the fire is being shown the door. Oh, and the door needs to be cleaned.
How did everything get so dirty? Every spring I can relate to those British housewives who took down all the blackout fabric from their windows after the war. "Have we been living like this the whole time?"
The windows are dirty and everything needs to be wiped down, but I'm too busy tromping around outside in my bee rain boots to care. I'll think about mopping the floor...someday.
Coming inside for a drink of water makes me feel like a caged animal. "There's no sunlight in here! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" And that's with all the windows open. On Saturday I was taking advantage of a cold snap to do weed control around the bee hives. After putting down some weed barrier (read old piece of linoleum) and covering it with mulch I thought the garlic chives coming up all over the garden would make a good border to hold the mulch in.
I spent 2 hours digging up plants from where I didn't want them and planting them in a row around the hives. In the snow. Okay, that sounds dramatic and they were just flurries, but still. It's the south, y'all and there was snow! AND PEACH BLOSSOMS! The bees must have cabin fever too because a bunch of them came out and covered the front of the hive. I'll bet they're up to their little bees knees in spring cleaning. I finished around the hives and hauled a bunch of rotten timbers I'd used for several years as border to the curb. Using a wheel barrow makes me feel like a real human. I don't know why.
I highly suspect there is some latent farmer gene running around in my DNA.
This week I: painted the honey house, chicken coop, potting shed, and stored hives. Set up the rain barrel and painted it. Built a potting bench in the potting shed using old windows my son salvaged for me. Did hive inspections and added honey supers. Cleaned the back porch. (Note: screened in porches are a pain to clean) Organized and cleaned beekeeping supplies. Created a new chicken run so the girls can keep the blackberry patch weeded. Planted spring lettuce and hung my Tibetan prayer flag over the patio where I like to do yoga early in the morning.
Except red wasps. I spent one entire afternoon hunting them down and killing them. Die, red wasps! I can be slightly obsessive about it. Remember Tom Cruise's character in Taps? It's like that.
I finally sat down, driven in by the rain (and sheer exhaustion) to write this. The dogs, chickens, and bees all went in during the thundershower but now everyone is back out busily doing their thing.
Did I mention I love spring?


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The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich
February 28, 2020 theelvenwarrior
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Thank you to Feiwel & Friends and Edelweiss for the e-ARC!
High schooler Matt's father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable—a criminal with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt's older brother Luke seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitions—and attractions. And attraction sometimes doesn't allow for good judgement. Matt wouldn't have guessed that when he makes a new friend, one who is also carrying a secret. The boys' connection turns romantic, a first for both. Now Matt must decide if he can ever do the impossible and come clean about who he really is, and who he is meant to love.
I'm actually surprised that I read this book as soon as I did. I've seen excitement for it on Twitter, which got me curious. It's also queer, so it went on my list to definitely read, but I didn't know when I would get to. It didn't quite sound like something I would normally read, though I surprised myself by really wanting to give it a try.
I'm surprised that I actually enjoyed this book. There was a couple points where I thought I would DNF it or simply trudge through it, but not really like it. But, I actually really liked it! There were aspects that I kind of had to trudge through, though there were things that I liked enough to kind of overshadow them.
Alright, I guess I'll start off with something I didn't really like. I felt like there was so much filler in the writing, like descriptions that didn't quite need to be there. For example, multiple lines about a sign hanging above the building. A building Matt was going into for a traumatic reason. It was like that throughout the book and it was kind of distracting at times.
The dialogue was off a bit for me too. It felt so awkward and borderline cringey. "Dude" was said so many times. I don't want to say that this isn't how teen guys talk since I'm not a teen guy, but it felt very forced. It was mostly the dialogue between Matt and Jason that felt this way, thought just a bit with everybody else.
This feels weird to say, but I would have liked for more of the mob. I kind of felt like a background piece. It is driving the plot in a lot of ways, but in a more abstract ways. I found everything to do with it fascinating and I feel like something really interesting could have been done with it. This book was a contemporary book, but I feel like it could have made a great action or thriller one too. Though that's just my personal opinion!
Now on to the things I did like. I did like what part of the mob we did see. It was cool to kind of brush up against this dangerous life and to see Matt try to grapple with what they means for him and his life. I just found it really interesting. It was cool to see this dark life, where a character wants nothing to do with it. It made for a really cool dyanmic.
I also really liked Matt's and Jason's relationship. I feel like the beginning happened really fast, though it did even out. Plus, they were super adorable. Matt was in denial about his feelings for a very long time haha. I could sense their relationship was more than friends way before he did haha. Though, I did like how the emphasis was on friends, since friends can be just as good as a romantic relationship. I loved how Matt was desperate for a friend and how he wants to preserve a friendship any way he can. It was just really cool to see a YA book have a character who wanted a friend more than a romantic relationship.
There was also a twist that I thought was cool. I think it could have been foreshadowed a bit more, but it still added another really great dynamic to the book. I liked where it took it.
The ending was also something I really liked. While it wasn't as explosive as I was expecting, I think there was an explanation for things that was really, really smart. It's hard to explain it without spoiling it, but it was such a healthy decision, one that I was proud for a character for suggesting and proud for another character to do.
While there were a few things I didn't really like, I still ended up enjoying this book! If you'd like a book with queer characters, some mob life, surprisingly cool brother relationships, and an adorable romantic relationship, you might like this one!
The Friend Scheme comes out May 26, 2020! You can add it on Goodreads and pre-order a copy in the meantime!
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For Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) being future-proof means doing business with an eye for people and the environment. That is why RWG is investing in fully CO2-neutral container handling at the terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
From the start of its build, RWG is firmly committed to sustainability and continuously strives to achieve maximum efficiency in the storage and transshipment of containers. We do everything we can to continue innovating and growing where possible. Our vision is that today's investments should never be at the expense of tomorrow's quality of life. We care about people, the environment and society, and feel that ecological aspects are just as important as economic ones. That is why we are in constant dialogue with our stakeholders and already operate as sustainably as possible.
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RWG already limits CO2 emissions to a minimum: all our cranes and many of our vehicles, such as the automated guided vehicles (AGVs), run on green electricity. Where possible, we also generate our own energy. In addition, RWG is the first deep-sea terminal to be 'LNG ready'. The transition from fuel oil to LNG as a sustainable fuel is an important step in making shipping more sustainable. We facilitate this development not only to be able to work sustainably, but also to reduce the impact on the environment and on society.
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Thanks to extensive electrification and automation, RWG already has the lowest emissions in the sector. In the coming years, RWG will be investing in making container handling at the terminal completely CO2 neutral, so that by 2024 we will be one of the first terminals in the world to have reduced emissions to zero.
Ronald Lugthart, CEO at RWG said, "We at RWG are committed to sustainable and clean operations. Our goal to be completely emission-free from 2024 onwards is not only ambitious, but also necessary regarding future generations."
A number of modifications are required to reduce emissions to zero. For example, the current container handling equipment with combustion engines, which already use the cleaner fuel GTL (gas to liquid), will be replaced by fully electric equipment. Next to that, the electrical and civil infrastructure will be upgraded to provide, among others, high power charger points.
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Olympia man says ex-girlfriend stalked him for years
October 25, 2013 at 4:19 pm PDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. — "It was pretty much one day of harassment after another." That's how Ben Shea describes several years of his life after his relationship with his girlfriend Ivy Rukin ended in 2008.
Shea says Rukin stalked him for years, calling him sometimes 100 times a day, and had him arrested twice by filing false reports accusing him of assault. In one case, Rukin claimed Shea assaulted her right in front of Olympia City Hall.
"She told police I dragged her out of her car, kicked her, and beat her on the side of the road," Shea said.
Olympia police looked at surveillance video and discovered it was actually Rukin in her SUV who had pulled a U-turn in front of City Hall and aggressively pursued her ex-boyfriend's vehicle down the street.
Rukin was initially charged with false reporting, but she was brought back to court on Friday to face new accusations of intimidating a witness.
Police said they served a warrant and arrested Rukin at her Tumwater apartment after she posed as someone else and sent Shea a non-stop string of text messages telling him to get prosecutors to drop the false reporting charges.
The texts came from a blocked number but Shea used a phone app to unblock the calls and get the number, which he reported to police, who then tracked it back to Rukin.
Ben Shea said he has feared Rukin could become violent and always checks his surroundings for fear she might be nearby. He said he hopes she is convicted of the felony charges and just leaves him alone.
Shea said if he could tell Rukin one thing it would be "You can't force somebody to be part of your life. Just move on."


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There's a Josh Hamilton Shrine in a Bathroom Stall at Sherlock's
Stephen Young | August 27, 2014 | 12:52pm
Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton's relapse, the one in January 2012 in which he allegedly got drunk at the Sherlock's near Park Lane and U.S. 75 and had sex with a woman in a bathroom stall, has received a proper memorial.
The handicap accessible stall in the bar's back bathroom, which witnesses told Deadspin was where the sex took place, now features a vinyl cutout of Hamilton in a Rangers uniform on its wall.
The shrine doesn't seem to be a secret. Unfair Park was able to find and photograph it after the small indignities of visiting the bar's front bathroom, failing to find it, and then having to wait while someone took care of business to check the back bathroom. The worst part was going to Sherlock's, given the typically classy joints in which Hamilton has relapsed.
"In honor of Josh Hamilton allegedly going into the bathroom with a woman that was not his wife, we put a suite up just for him just in case he ever comes back," Sherlock's manger Geoff Polascik said.
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Stephen Young has written about Dallas news for the Observer since 2014. He's a Dallas native and a graduate of the University of North Texas.


Andrew Brown senses that he has something within his grasp that hasn�t been there in a couple of years, and he�s showing the drive to get there.
That thing is a shot at the Mid-American Conference�s annual baseball tournament. Brown hasn�t personally had a shot at playing in it in two seasons. Just eight teams make the annual event and to the Zips (16-25, 9-6 MAC), who face Central Michigan (18-24, 7-8) in a three-game series this weekend at Lee R. Jackson Baseball Field on the UA campus, winning that series will go a long way toward them earning a spot.
Brown, the staff�s ace, will open the series at 1 p.m. today.
The Zips are currently third in the East Division and in solid position to qualify for the tournament.
With his fastball, his best pitch, Brown throws as if he�s intent on picking his team up on his shoulders as much as possible and carrying the Zips there himself.
In his past seven starts, he�s compiled a 5-2 record with a 1.12 ERA, two shutouts and four complete games. He�s struck out 44, issued just 11 walks and held hitters to just a .188 batting average.
He didn�t begin the season that way. In fact, it began rather raggedly. After the first three starts of the season, he had a bloated 14.60 ERA.
That�s when coach Rick Rembielak and his staff went back and looked at film of his starts. They found a hitch in his delivery, Rembielak said.
Brown worked to correct it, and in his next start, against Xavier, he tossed seven shutout innings to lead the Zips to a win.
Many athletes might have relied on raw talent and allowed things to correct themselves. For Brown, it�s a matter of dedication.
�I�m a competitor. I honestly hate losing more than I love winning,� he said. �It�s a clich�, but it�s completely true with me and I have an extreme passion for this game.
He realizes that he�s not even close to being in this by himself. He gives credit to his teammates for their timely hitting and solid defense for his ability to continue to earn wins. He�s been the beneficiary of early scoring in some games and that, he said, makes his job easier because he can be more aggressive when facing hitters.
Brown also recognizes the difference that a new coaching staff has made to this year�s team. Rembielak, former coach at Kent State and Wake Forest, is in his first year with UA.
Brown hasn�t been alone in his pitching prowess. The rest of the starting rotation has stepped up, as well.
As a team, the Zips have the lowest ERA in conference games at 2.56.
That staff, which includes seniors Scott Foster, Alex Loftin and freshman Pat Dyer, offers encouragement to one another. That is part of the job when they�re not pitching. As a senior, Brown takes that seriously.


The upcoming 2020 Mercedes X-Class AMG is a modern full-size pickup truck that will hit the markets next year. This pickup was introduced in 2017 and the first pickup that holds the design of Mercedes-Benz. The base model of the X-Class holds the chassis and other cues from Nissan Navara, so the AMG is a really unique truck. With the original Mercedes' cues, the X-Class AMG offers premium interior and stylish exterior design.
Under the hood, a powerful V8 engine provides more than enough power and there should be an optional 3.0-liter V6. This full-size truck will hit the Middle East and the U.S. markets for sure, so a diesel variant will be a must for the German carmaker.
The exterior of the truck will not change that much with the AMG variant. Most of the features will be exactly the same as on the base model. However, the 2020 Mercedes X-Class AMG will get unique features, but we hoped for more aggressiveness. The front end holds new bumper that looks massive. Honeycomb mesh grille is looking brilliant and the vents will grow in size.
The AMG will look sportier than the original model and it will sport more chrome around the grille and other features. The side profile adds black mirror caps and the carbon-fiber materials will be optional. The side step is new, along with the performance tires. The rear end gets the matte black bumper and larger skid plates. Of course, an AMG badging is a must.
The approaching 2020 Mercedes X-Class AMG will offer a lot of standard features. The interior will look very modern and stylish. Premium feel starts with the leather upholstery, aluminum trims, and additional chrome and wood materials. The dash also gets leather wrap-ups and we like a flat-bottom leather steering wheel.
The regular seats are heavily bolstered and will come with Nappa leather upholstery. The instrument cluster adds beautifully designed buttons and the 8.4-inch infotainment screen is standard. As on the exterior, carbon-fiber materials will be optional.
It is yet unclear which engine will find its place under the bonnet of the 2020 Mercedes X-Class AMG. The most probable outcome is two powertrain choices where the 4.0-liter V8 will come as standard. The optional unit will be a 3.0-liter V6. The standard unit comes in two different configurations. The first configuration delivers 469 horses and 479 lb-ft of torque.
The second configuration will produce up to 503 HP and 516 lb-ft of torque. A 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 generates 362 HP and 384 lb-ft of twists. With all been said, expect automatic gearbox for both engines. Furthermore, a four-wheel-drive system will probably come as standard. Fuel economy details are not provided yet.
It will be interesting to see the exact price of the 2020 Mercedes X-Class AMG. The base model cost around $45,000 so the AMG variant will cost around $65,000. This model will surely hit all of the markets, which includes the U.S. Exact release date is not available, but we can expect this full-size truck later in 2019.