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I RETURNED home in April, 1819, and continued to reside in Norwich till November, 1832. These thirteen years, extending from my entering upon womanhood to my complete establishment in an independent position, as to occupation and the management of my own life, seem to form a marked period of themselves; and I shall treat them in that way.
My eldest sister's marriage in 1820 made young women at once of Rachel and myself. It was on all accounts a happy event, though we dreaded excessively the loss of her from home, which she eminently graced. But never did woman grow in grace more remarkably than she did by her marriage. When she had found her own heart, it proved a truly noble one; and the generosity, sweetness, and wisdom of her whole conduct towards her own children showed that her mistakes in her treatment of us were merely the crudities of inexperience. I may say, once for all, that her home at Newcastle was ever open to us, and that all possible kindness from her hospitable husband and herself was always at our command, without hindrance or difficulty, till my recovery from a hopeless illness, in 1844, by Mesmerism, proved too much for the natural prejudice of a surgeon and a surgeon's wife, and caused, by the help of the ill‐offices of another relation, a family breach, as absurd as it was lamentable. My sister was then under the early symptoms of her last illness; and matters might have ended more happily if page: 76 she had been in her usual state of health and nerve, as they certainly would if advantage had not been taken of her natural irritation against Mesmerism to gratify in another jealousies to which she was herself far superior. My own certainty of this, and my grateful remembrance of the long course of years during which I enjoyed her friendship and generosity, and her cordial sympathy in my aims and successes, incline me to pass over her final alienation, and dwell upon the affectionate intercourse we enjoyed, at frequent intervals, for twenty years from her marriage day.
Our revered and beloved eldest brother had, by this time, settled in Norwich as a surgeon, in partnership with our uncle, Mr. P.M. Martineau, the most eminent provincial surgeon of his day,—in some departments, if not altogether. My brother's health was delicate, and we were to lose him by death in five years. One of the sweetest recollections of my life is that I had the honour and blessing of his intimate friendship, which grew and deepened from my sister's marriage to the time of his own death. My mother, too, took me into her confidence more and more as my mind opened, and, I may add, as my deafness increased, and bespoke for me her motherly sympathy. For some years, indeed, there was a genuine and cordial friendship between my mother and me, which was a benefit to me in all manner of ways; and, from the time when I began to have literary enterprises, (and quite as much before I obtained success as after) I was sustained by her trustful, generous, self‐denying sympathy and maternal appreciation. After a time, when she was fretted by cares and infirmities, I became as nervous in regard to her as ever, (even to the entire breaking down of my health;) but during the whole period of which I am now treating,—(and it is a very large space in my life)—there were no limitations to our mutual confidence.
One other relation which reached its highest point, and had begun to decline, during this period was one which I must abstain from discussing. The briefest possible notice will be the best method of treatment. All who have ever known me are aware that the strongest passion I have ever entertained was page: 77 in regard to my youngest brother, who has certainly filled the largest space in the life of my affections of any person whatever. Now, the fact,—the painful fact,—in the history of human affections is that, of all natural relations, the least satisfactory is the fraternal. Brothers are to sisters what sisters can never be to brothers as objects of engrossing and devoted affection. The law of their frames is answerable for this: and that other law—of equity—which sisters are bound to obey, requires that they should not render their account of their disappointments where there can be no fair reply. Under the same law, sisters are bound to remember that they cannot be certain of their own fitness to render an account of their own disappointments, or to form an estimate of the share of blame which may be due to themselves on the score of unreasonable expectations. These general considerations decide me to pass over one of the main relations and influences of my life in a few brief and unsatisfactory lines, though I might tell a very particular tale. If I could see a more truthful, just, and satisfactory method of treating the topic, I should most gladly adopt it.—As for the other members of our numerous family, I am thankful and rejoiced to bear testimony that they have given all possible encouragement to the labours of my life; and that they have been the foremost of all the world to appreciate and rejoice in my successes, and to respect that independence of judgment and action on my part which must often have given them pain, and which would have overpowered any generosity less deeply rooted in principle and affection than theirs.
When I was young, it was not thought proper for young ladies to study very conspicuously; and especially with pen in hand. Young ladies (at least in provincial towns) were expected to sit down in the parlour to sew,—during which reading aloud was permitted,—or to practice their music; but so as to be fit to receive callers, without any signs of blue‐stockingism which could be reported abroad. Jane Austen herself, the Queen of novelists, the immortal creator of Anne Elliott, Mr. Knightly, and a score or two more of unrivalled intimate friends of the whole public, was compelled by the feelings of her family to page: 78 cover up her manuscripts with a large piece of muslin work, kept on the table for the purpose, whenever any genteel people came in. So it was with other young ladies, for some time after Jane Austen was in her grave; and thus my first studies in philosophy were carried on with great care and reserve. I was at the work table regularly after breakfast,—making my own clothes, or the shirts of the household, or about some fancy work: I went out walking with the rest,—before dinner in winter, and after tea in summer: and if ever I shut myself into my own room for an hour of solitude, I knew it was at the risk of being sent for to join the sewing‐circle, or to read aloud,—I being the reader, on account of my growing deafness. But I won time for what my heart was set upon, nevertheless,—either in the early morning, or late at night. I had a strange passion for translating, in those days; and a good preparation it proved for the subsequent work of my life. Now, it was meeting James at seven in the morning to read Lowth's Prelections in the Latin, after having been busy since five about something else, in my own room. Now it was translating Tacitus, in order to try what was the utmost compression of style that I could attain.—About this I may mention an incident while it occurs. We had all grown up with a great reverence for Mrs. Barbauld (which she fully deserved from much wiser people than ourselves) and, reflectively, for Dr. Aikin, her brother,—also able in his way, and far more industrious, but without her genius. Among a multitude of other labours, Dr. Aikin had translated the Agricola of Tacitus. I went into such an enthusiasm over the original, and especially over the celebrated concluding passage, that I thought I would translate it, and correct it by Dr. Aikin's, which I could procure from our public library. I did it, and found my own translation unquestionably the best of the two. I had spent an infinity of pains over it,—word by word; and I am confident I was not wrong in my judgment. I stood pained and mortified before my desk, I remember, thinking how strange and small a matter was human achievement, if Dr. Aikin's fame was to be taken as a testimony of literary desert. I had beaten him whom I had taken for my master. I need not point out that, in the page: 79 first place, Dr. Aikin's fame did not hang on this particular work; nor that, in the second place, I had exaggerated his fame by our sectarian estimate of him. I give the incident as a curious little piece of personal experience, and one which helped to make me like literary labour more for its own sake, and less for its rewards, than I might otherwise have done.—Well: to return to my translating propensities. Our cousin J.M.L., then studying for his profession in Norwich, used to read Italian with Rachel and me,—also before breakfast. We made some considerable progress, through the usual course of prose authors and poets; and out of this grew a fit which Rachel and I at one time took, in concert with our companions and neighbours, the C.'s, to translate Petrarch. Nothing could be better as an exercise in composition than translating Petrach sonnets into English of the same limits. It was putting ourselves under compulsion to do with the Italian what I had set myself voluntarily to do with the Latin author. I believe we really succeeded pretty well; and I am sure that all these exercises were a singularly apt preparation for my after work. At the same time, I went on studying Blair's Rhetoric (for want of a better guide) and inclining mightily to every kind of book or process which could improve my literary skill,—really as if I had foreseen how I was to spend my life.
These were not, however, my most precious or serious studies. I studied the Bible incessantly and immensely; both by daily reading of chapters, after the approved but mischievous method, and by getting hold of all commentaries and works of elucidation that I could lay my hands on. A work of Dr. Carpenter's, begun but never finished, called "Notes and Observations on the Gospel History," which his catechumens used in class, first put me on this track of study,—the results of which appeared some years afterwards in my "Traditions of Palestine." It was while reading Mr. Kenrick's translation from the German of "Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem," with which I was thoroughly bewitched, that I conceived, and communicated to James, the audacious idea of giving a somewhat resembling account of the Jews and their country, under the immediate expectation of the page: 80 Messiah, and even in his presence, while carefully abstaining from permitting more than his shadow to pass over the scene. This idea I cherished till I found courage, under a new inspiration some years after, to execute it: and so pleasant was the original suggestion, and so congenial the subject altogether, that even now, at the distance of a quarter of a century, I regard that little volume with a stronger affection than any other of my works but one;—that one being "Eastern Life."
Dr. Carpenter was inclined also to the study of philosophy, and wrote on it,—on mental and moral philosophy; and this was enough, putting all predisposition out of the question, to determine me to the study. He was of the Locke and Hartley school altogether, as his articles on "Mental and Moral Philosophy," in Rees's Cyclopedia, and his work on "Systematic Education" show. He used to speak of Hartley as one who had the intellectual qualities of the seraphic order combined with the affections of the cherubic; and it was no wonder if Hartley became my idol when I was mistress of my own course of study. I must clear myself from all charge of having ever entertained his doctrine of Vibrations. I do not believe that Dr. Carpenter himself could have prevailed with me so far as that. But neither did Hartley prevail with Dr. Carpenter so far as that. The edition of Hartley that I used was Dr. Priestley's,—that which gives the philosophy of Association, cleared from the incumbence of the Vibration theory. That book I studied with a fervor and perseverance which made it perhaps the most important book in the world to me, except the bible; and there really is in it, amidst its monstrous deficiencies and absurdities, so much that is philosophically true, as well as holy, elevating and charming, that its influence might very well spread into all the events and experience of life, and chasten the habits and feelings, as it did in my case during a long series of years. So far from feeling, as Dr. Channing and other good men have done, that the influence of that philosophy is necessarily, in all cases, debasing, I am confident at this moment that the spirit of the men, Locke and Hartley, redeems much of the fault of their doctrine in its operation on young minds; and moreover, that the conscientious page: 81 accuracy with which they apply their doctrine to the moral conduct of the smallest particulars of human life (Hartley particularly) forms a far better discipline, and produces a much more exalting effect on the minds of students than the vague metaphysical imaginations,—as various and irreconcilable as the minds that give them forth, which Dr. Channing and his spiritual school adopted (or believed that they adopted) as a "spiritual philosophy." I know this,—that while I read the Germans, Americans and English who am the received exponents of that philosophy with a general and extremely vague sense of elevation and beauty as the highest emotion produced, I cannot at this hour look at the portrait of Hartley prefixed to his work, or glance at his strange Scholia,—which I could almost repeat, word for word,—without a strong revival of the old mood of earnest desire of self‐discipline, and devotion to duty which I derived from them in my youth. While the one school has little advantage over the other in the abstract department of their philosophy, the disciples of Hartley have infinitely the advantage over the dreaming school in their master's presentment of the concrete department of fact and of action. Compelled as I have since been to relinquish both as philosophy, I am bound to avow, (and enjoy the avowal) that I owe to Hartley the strongest and best stimulus and discipline of the highest affections and most important habits that it is perhaps possible, (or was possible for me) to derive from any book.—The study of Priestley's character and works (natural to me because he was the great apostle of Unitarianism) necessarily led me to the study of the Scotch school of philosophy, which I took the liberty to enjoy in its own way, in spite of Priestley's contempt of it. I never believed in it, because it was really inconceivable to me how anybody should; and I was moreover entirely wrong in not perceiving that the Scotch philosophers had got hold of a fragment of sound truth which the other school had missed,—in their postulate of a fundamental complete faculty, which could serve as a basis of the mind's operations,—whereas Hartley lays down simply the principle of association, and a capacity for pleasure and pain. I ought to have perceived that the Scotch proposition of Common page: 82 Sense would answer much better for purposes of interpretation, if I had not yet knowledge enough to show me that it was much nearer the fact of the case. I did not perceive this, but talked as flippantly as Priestley, with far less right to do so. At the same time, I surrendered myself, to a considerable extent, to the charm of Dugald Stewart's writings,—having no doubt that Priestley, if then living, would have done so too. About Beattie and Reid I was pert enough, from a genuine feeling of the unsatisfactoriness of their writings; but the truth of detail scattered through Dugald Stewart's elegant elucidations, the gentle and happy spirit, and the beautiful style, charmed me so much that I must have been among his most affectionate disciples, if I had not been fortified against his seductions by my devotion to Hartley.
It appears to me now that, though my prevailing weakness in study is excessive sympathy, intellectual as well as moral, with my author, I even then felt something of the need which long after became all‐powerful in me, of a clear distinction between the knowable and the unknowable,—of some available indication of an indisputable point of view, whence one's contemplation of human nature, as of every thing else in the universe, should make its range. It may be that I am carrying back too far in my life this sense of need. When I consider how contentedly I went on, during the whole of this third period, floating and floundering among metaphysical imaginations, and giving forth inbred conceptions as truths of fact, I am disposed to think it probable that I am casting back the light of a later time among the mists of an earlier, and supposing myself sooner capable than I really was of practically distinguishing between a conception and a conviction. But there can be no mistake about the time and manner of my laying hold of a genuine conviction in a genuine manner, as I will presently tell. It would no doubt haste been a fine thing for me,—an event which would have elevated my whole after‐life,—if a teacher had been at hand to show ms the boundary line between the knowable and the unknowable, as I see it now, and to indicate to me that the purely human view of the universe, derived solely from within, and proceeding page: 83 on the supposition that Man and his affairs and his world are the centre and crown of the universe, could not possibly be the true one. But, in the absence of such a teacher,—in my inability to see the real scope and final operation of the discovery of Copernicus and Galileo,—and the ultimate connexion of physical and moral science,—it was the next best thing, perhaps, to obtain by my own forces, and for my own use, the grand conviction which henceforth gave to my life whatever it has had of steadiness, consistency, and progressiveness.
I have told how, when I was eleven years old, I put a question to my brother about the old difficulty of foreknowledge and freewill,—the reconciliation of God's power and benevolence,—and how I was baulked of an answer. That question had been in my mind ever since; and I was not driven from entertaining it by Milton's account of its being a favourite controversy in hell, nor even by a rebuke administered to one of our family by Mr. Turner of Newcastle, who disapproved inquiry into what he took for granted to be an unknowable thing. To me it seemed, turn it which way I would, to be certainly a knowable thing,—so closely as it presses on human morality,—to say nothing of man's religion and internal peace. Its being reconcilable with theology is quite another affair. I tried long to satisfy myself with the ordinary subterfuge;—with declaring myself satisfied that good comes out of evil, and a kind of good which could accrue in no other way: but this would not do. I wrote religious poetry upon it, and wrought myself up to it in talk: but it would not do. This was no solution; and it was unworthy of a rational being to pretend to think it so. I tried acquiescence and dismissal of the subject; but that would not do, because it brought after it a clear admission of the failure of the scheme of creation in the first place, and of the Christian scheme in the next. The time I am now speaking of was, of course, prior to my study of Priestley and of Hartley, or I should have known that there was a recognised doctrine of Necessity.
One summer afternoon, when my brother James (then my oracle) was sitting with my mother and me, telling us some of his experiences after his first session at the York College (the Unita‐ page: 84 rian Unitarian college) I seized upon some intimation that he dropped about this same doctrine of Necessity. I uttered the difficulty which had lain in my mind for so many years; and he just informed me that there was, or was held to be, a solution in that direction, and advised me to make it out for myself. I did so. From that time the question possessed me. Now that I had got leave, as it were, to apply the Necessarian solution, I did it incessantly. I fairly laid hold of the conception of general laws, while still far from being prepared to let go the notion of a special Providence. Though at times almost overwhelmed by the vastness of the view opened to me, and by the prodigious change requisite in my moral views and self‐management, the revolution was safely gone through. My laboring brain and beating heart grew quiet, and something more like peace than I had ever yet known settled down upon my anxious mind. Being aware of my weakness of undue sympathy with authors whom I read with any moral interest, I resolved to read nothing on this question till I had thought it out; and I kept to my resolve. When I was wholly satisfied, and could use my new method of interpretation in all cases that occurred with readiness and ease, I read every book that I could hear of on the subject of the Will; and I need not add that I derived confirmation from all I read on both sides. I am bound to add that the moral effect of this process was most salutary and cheering. From the time when I became convinced of the certainty of the action of laws, of the true importance of good influences and good habits, of the firmness, in short, of the ground I was treading, and of the security of the results which I should take the right means to attain, a new vigour pervaded my whole life, a new light spread through my mind, and I began to experience a steady growth in self‐command, courage, and consequent integrity and disinterestedness. I was feeble and selfish enough at best; but yet, I was like a new creature in the strength of a sound conviction. Life also was like something fresh and wonderfully interesting, now that I held in my hand this key whereby to interpret some of the most conspicuous of its mysteries.
That great event in my life seems very remote; and I have page: 85 been hearing more or less of the free‐will difficulty ever since; and yet it appears to me, now as then, that none but Necessarians at all understand the Necessarian doctrine. This is merely saying in other words that its truth is so irresistible that, when once understood, it is adopted as a matter of course. Some, no doubt, say of the doctrine that every body can prove it, but nobody believes it; an assertion so far from true as not to be worth contesting, if I may judge by my own intercourses. Certainly, all the best minds I know are among the Necessarians;—all indeed which are qualified to discuss the subject at all. Moreover, all the world is practically Necessarian. All human action proceeds on the supposition that all the workings of the universe are governed by laws which cannot be broken by human will. In fact, the mistake of the majority in this matter is usually in supposing an interference between the will and the action of Man. The very smallest amount of science is enough to enable any rational person to see that the constitution and action of the human faculty of Will are determined by influences beyond the control of the possessor of the faculty: and when this very plain fact is denied in words it is usually because the denier is thinking of something else,—not of the faculty of willing, but of executing the volition. It is not my business here to argue out a question which has been settled in my own mind for the greater part of my life; but I have said thus much in explanation of the great importance of the conviction to me. For above thirty years I have seen more and more clearly how awful, and how irremediable except by the spread of a true philosophy, are the evils which arise from that monstrous remnant of old superstition,—the supposition of a self‐determining power, independent of laws, in the human will; and I can truly say that if I have had the blessing of any available strength under sorrow, perplexity, sickness and toil, during a life which has been any thing but easy, it is owing to my repose upon eternal and irreversible laws, working in every department of the universe, without any interference from any random will, human or divine.—As to the ordinary objection to the doctrine,—that it is good for endurance but bad for action,—besides the obvious page: 86 reply that every doctrine is to be accepted or rejected for its truth or falsehood, and not because mere human beings fancy its tendency to be good or bad,—I am bound to reply from my own experience that the allegation is not true. My life has been (whatever else) a very busy one; and this conviction, of the invariable action of fixed laws, has certainly been the main‐spring of my activity. When it is considered that, according to the Necessarian doctrine, no action falls to produce effects, and no effort can be lost, there seems every reason for the conclusion which I have no doubt is the fact, that true Necessarians must be the most diligent and confident of all workers. The indolent dreamers whom I happen to know are those who find an excuse for their idleness in the doctrine of free‐will, which certainly leaves but scanty encouragement to exertion of any sort: and at the same time, the noblest activity that I ever witness, the most cheerful and self‐denying toil, is on the part of those who hold the Necessarian doctrine as a vital conviction.
As to the effect of that conviction on my religion, in those days of my fanaticism and afterwards, I had better give some account of it here, though it will lead me on to a date beyond the limits of this third period of my life.—In the first place, it appeared to me when I was twenty, as it appears to me now, that the New Testament proceeds on the ground of necessarian, rather than free‐will doctrine. The prayer for daily bread is there, it is true; but the Lord's prayer is compiled from very ancient materials of the theocratic age. The fatalistic element of the Essene doctrine strongly pervades the doctrine and morality of Christ and the apostles; and its curious union with the doctrine of a special providence is possible only under the theocratic supposition which is the basis of the whole faith.—As for me, I seized upon the necessarian element with eagerness, as enabling me to hold to my cherished faith; and I presently perceived, and took instant advantage of the discovery, that the practice of prayer, as prevailing throughout Christendom, is wholly unauthorized by the New Testament. Christian prayer, as prevailing at this day, answers precisely to the description of that pharisaic prayer which Christ reprobated. His own method page: 87 of praying, the prayer he gave to his disciples, and their practice, were all wholly unlike any thing now understood by Christian prayer, in protestant as well as catholic countries. I changed my method accordingly,—gradually, perhaps, but beginning immediately and decidedly. Not knowing what was good for me, and being sure that every external thing would come to pass just the same, whether I liked it or not, I ceased to desire, and therefore to pray for, any thing external,—whether "daily bread," or health, or life for myself or others, or any thing whatever but spiritual good. There I for a long time drew the line. Many years after I had outgrown the childishness of wishing for I knew not what,—of praying for what might be either good or evil,—I continued to pray for spiritual benefits. I can hardly say for spiritual aid; for I took the necessarian view of even the higher form of prayer,—that it brought about, or might bring about, its own accomplishment by the spiritual dispositions which it excited and cherished. This view is so far from simple, and so irreconcilable with the notion of a revelation of a scheme of salvation, that it is clear that the one or the other view must soon give way. The process in my case was this. A long series of grave misfortunes brought me to the conviction that there is no saying beforehand what the external conditions of internal peace really are. I found myself now and then in the loftiest moods of cheerfulness when in the midst of circumstances which I had most dreaded, and the converse; and thus I grew to be, generally speaking, really and truly careless as to what became of me. I had cast off the torment of fear, except in occasional weak moments. This experience presently extended to my spiritual affairs. I found myself best, according to all trustworthy tests of goodness, when I cared least about the matter. I continued my practice of nightly examination of my hourly conduct; and the evidence grew wonderfully strong that moral advancement came out of good influences rather than self‐management; and that even so much self‐reference as was involved in "working out one's own salvation with fear and trembling" was demoralizing. Thus I arrived,—after long years,—at the same point of ease or resignation about my spiritual as my page: 88 temporal affairs, and felt that (to use a broad expression uttered by somebody) it was better to take the chance of being damned than be always quacking one's self in the fear of it. (Not that I had any literal notion of being damned,—any more than any other born and bred Unitarian.) What I could not desire for myself, I could not think of stipulating for others; and thus, in regard to petition, my prayers became simply an aspiration,—"Thy will be done!" But still, the department of praise remained. I need hardly say that I soon drew back in shame from offering to a Divine being a homage which would be offensive to an earthly one: and when this practice was over, my devotions consisted in aspiration,—very frequent and heartfelt,—under all circumstances and influences, and much as I meditate now, almost hourly, on the mysteries of life and the universe, and the great science and art of human duty. In proportion as the taint of fear and desire and self‐regard fell off, and the meditation had fact instead of passion for its subject, the aspiration became freer and sweeter, till at length, when the selfish superstition had wholly gone out of it, it spread its charm through every change of every waking hour,—and does now, when life itself is expiring.
As to the effect that all this had on my belief in Christianity,—it did not prevent my holding on in that pseudo‐acceptance of it which my Unitarian breeding rendered easy. It was a grand discovery to me when I somewhere met with the indication, (since become a rather favourite topic with Unitarian preachers) that the fact of the miracles has nothing whatever to do with the quality of the doctrine. When miracles are appealed to by the Orthodox as a proof of, not only the supernatural orion, but the divine quality of the doctrine, the obvious answer is that devils may work miracles, and the doctrine may therefore be from hell. Such was the argument in Christ's time; and such is it now among a good many protestants,—horrifying the Catholics and High‐Churchmen of our time as much as it horrified the evangelists of old. The use to which it is turned by many who still call themselves Unitarians, and to which it was applied by me is—the holding to Christianity in a manner as a revelation, after page: 89 surrendering belief in the miracles. I suppose the majority of Unitarians still accept all the miracles (except the Miraculous Conception, of course)—even to the withering away of the fig‐tree. Some hold to the resurrection, while giving up all the rest; and not a few do as I did,—say that the interior evidence of a divine origin of that doctrine is enough, and that no amount of miracles could strengthen their faith. It is clear however that a Christianity which never was received as a scheme of salvation,—which never was regarded as essential to salvation,—which might be treated, in respect to its records, at the will and pleasure of each believer,—which is next declared to be independent of its external evidences, because those evidences are found to be untenable,—and which is finally subjected in its doctrines, as in its letter, to the interpretation of each individual,—must cease to be a faith, and become a matter of speculation, of spiritual convenience, and of intellectual and moral taste, till it declines to the rank of a mere fact in the history of mankind. These are the gradations through which I passed. It took many years to travel through them; and I lingered long in the stages of speculation and taste, intellectual and moral. But at length I recognized the monstrous superstition in its true character of a great fact in the history of the race, and found myself, with the last link of my chain snapped,—a free rover on the broad, bright breezy common of the universe.


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Tennis districts are this coming week for Florida High School Athletic Association schools. The Munroe tennis team will look for success this week in the District 1-1A tournament held at Maclay. The 1A district is composed of four teams: Munroe, Maclay, North Florida Christian and John Paul II.
West Gadsden was dominated by Blountstown by a 24-0 score in a game shortened to three innings by the mercy rule. Blountstown scored five runs in the first inning and 19 in the second inning.
Munroe was dominated in similar fashion by Marianna. Marianna scored 20 runs in the first three innings before the game was called. Munroe managed just two hits, one by Kay Fletcher and one by Emilee Harris.
The Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe entered the week with a record of four wins and seven losses. They ended the week with four wins and brought their season and district records up to 8-7 and 3-1, respectively. With no games scheduled for the week due to spring break, the Bobcats return to action with a double-header against Cottondale at home at 5 p.m. Monday, March 25, and a road game at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at Rickards.
For the third week in a row, the Robert F. Munroe baseball team has played three games in three consecutive days due to rain and rescheduling and wound up 1-3. The youthful Bobcats' pitching has been stretched thin, and it has played a part in the outcome of their late week games.
Robert F. Munroe 6 – East Gadsden 7
East Gadsden 7
Robert F. Munroe hung on to win a close game Feb. 20 against the visiting Jaguars of East Gadsden. Behind the pitching of starter Andrew Higdon, the Bobcats jumped out to a 5-2 lead after five innings. The Bobcat offense featured a 2-run homer by third-baseman Myles Edwards.
The rain has wreaked havoc on the schedules of all high school's outdoor sports over the past few weeks. The Munroe Lady Cats managed to squeeze in one game last week. The team took on Franklin County at home and lost to the coastal team 11-5. Franklin County jumped out to a 10-0 lead, but just before the 10-run mercy rule could take effect, the Lady Cats pushed across five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Franklin County scored one more in the top of the sixth, but the Lady Cats would not score again.
RFM 5 – Maclay 8
The Munroe Bobcats opened their 2013 regular season Feb. 13 with an 8-5 defeat at the hands of the rival Marauders of Maclay School. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed for a day due to inclement weather.
Softball season opened to a cold, wet week with teams managing to get in a few innings. Munroe jumped out to a 2-0 record with wins over East Gadsden and Altha.
The West Gadsden Panthers won their district last week, and as a result will be hosting Sneads High School on Feb. 21. The Panthers capped off their regular season by winning a thriller in overtime against rival East Gadsden.
Playing everyone on his R.F. Munroe Bobcats roster over the two-day preseason tournament at Florida High School, first-year Bobcat skipper Chris Warfel accomplished a lot in terms of developing a team identity and seeing attainable goals — though his team fell to Rickards 2-6 and host Florida High 9-19.
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It looks like people like this logo prototype. (text will probably be "themes dot org") It resembles a twig or a lowercase 't' inside an 'o'. I guess that works, I have given up on trying to make any coherent symbols.
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The below has some wiper motor wiring info.*youtube*
Stuff to look at. You might ask the source of the wiper motor what car it came out of. The short circuit wires might be across an internal limit switch when it is closedhttps://www.google.com/search?q=Windshield+Wiper+Motor+Wiring&num=100&hl=en&lr=&tbo=u&as_qdr=all&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1NauUKT0IcPf0gHG8oCABQ&ved=0CIcBELAE&biw=1201&bih=641
But given the characteristics of it what I wrote in the first post, would the diode setup work?
Sounds to me like you have a window motor not a wiper motor. Window motors have gears on them wiper motors don't have any that you can see.
I found this diode, what do you all think?http://www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/150000-174999/160744-da-01-en-SCHOTTKY_DIODE_DSS25_0025B_TO_220_AC.pdf(no, I won't forgetting cooling of it)
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Extension > Youth Development > Minnesota 4-H > Join 4-H
Join 4-H
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Who can participate in 4-H?
4-H serves youth in grades kindergarten through one year past high school from all backgrounds and interests. 4-H offers membership without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or handicap. To join, contact your local county Extension office.
How can I participate in 4-H?
- As a Cloverbud - Cloverbuds is an age appropriate, non-competitive experience for youth grades K-2. The Cloverbud information sheet for parents, guardians and mentors, outlines the program options and characteristics as well as the rules that apply in competitive settings. Project resources are available to support Cloverbuds in their learning.
- Join a local 4-H club — 4-H clubs are groups of youth who meet regularly to work on 4-H projects, perform community service, develop leadership skills and learn to work together. Guided by one or more adult volunteers, a club can be any size, from a small group of neighborhood kids to a large group from a school or county. Visit a club meeting in your area before joining and see what 4-H has to offer! Find a club in your area.
- Become an independent 4-H member — Independent 4-H members participate in planned learning outside of a club setting. Their work is self-directed with guidance and support of parents and mentors. (See below for more information and required forms).
- Youth six grade and older who have had at least two years of 4-H club experience may enroll as an independent member. A prior 4-H club/group experience helps ensure a basic understanding of 4-H, connections to peers and adults, and skills from being engaged in group learning and decision-making. The minimum age requirement is important as youth at this age are better able to begin to seek out resources for individual learning.
- Participate in 4-H Adventures — 4-H Adventures are one-time events where youth can participate in a 4-H project or activity. You need not be enrolled in 4-H to participate. Check your county's Extension office to find out about 4-H Adventures in your area.
What can I do in 4-H?
If you're enrolled in a 4-H club or as an independent member, 4-H has something for you! Explore all of the 4-H projects. If you don't see a project that interests you, just ask! We can help you create your own project.
How do I enroll in a club?
You may enroll online, by completing paper forms, going to a club meeting or contacting your local county Extension office.
Miembros: formulario de inscripción 4-H
(Spanish-language 4-H member enrollment form)
Foomka Isdiiwaangelinta / Qoritaanka
(Somali-language 4-H member enrollment form)
How do I enroll as an independent member?
Independent members begin their enrollment the same as club members (by enrolling online, completing paper forms, or by stopping in person at your local county Extension office).
In addition independent members must complete and submit (to your local county Extension office) the following forms which are designed to strengthen the partnership between the independent 4-H member and their mentor (click to see mentor resources on the 4-H adult volunteer "tools" page).
- Member agreement form (274 K PDF)
- Yearly progress form
- Fill-in with your computer (384 K DOC)
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How much does it cost to participate in 4-H?
4-H is a publicly funded program of University of Minnesota Extension. Some counties and clubs charge a nominal membership fee (check with your local county Extension office.)
Project costs vary, and many don't require a big investment. For example, members enrolled in crafts might use supplies from around the house to practice the skills they are learning and, therefore, would have no additional expenses. 4-H'ers who buy and keep a saddle horse, however, might have to make a large investment.
How can I volunteer for 4-H?
Capable, caring adult volunteers are always needed to help lead and assist with 4-H activities. Orientation and training is provided, so no previous experience is necessary. 4-H volunteers are supported by a professional staff, including 4-H Program Coordinators and 4-H Extension Educators. There are also various 4-H support and advisory groups made up of interested adult volunteers.
All adults who work with 4-H youth must complete the Volunteer Selection Process, including a criminal history check. Check out the 4-H Volunteer page or contact your local county Extension Office for more information about how you can become a 4-H volunteer!
How do I find the 4-H office in my area?
See a list of county and regional Extension offices and websites.
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See a personal welcome from Minnesota 4-H State Program Leader Dorothy McCargo Freeman.
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Here are a few key resources that will help guide you in 4-H:
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- Policies for 4-H members, including code of conduct, graduation and animal science policies.
- Project selection guide - Use this to help select projects you are interested in this year.
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No matter what project you choose, through 4-H you will learn public speaking skills, how to collaborate, understand government and community, and how to develop goals for life and career.
Browse the 4-H project selection guide. If you can't find a project that interests you, we'll help you develop one.
Here are a few key resources that will help guide you in 4-H:
4-H family handbook (1,070K PDF) (updated 12/13/2013) - everything you need to know about participating in 4-H.
Policies for 4-H members, including code of conduct, graduation and animal science policies
Project selection guide - Use this to help select projects you are interested in this year.
Re-enroll online
4-H members can re-enroll online, update contact information and drop/add projects (during the appropriate dates) on 4HOnline.
- Read more on the 4HOnline support and info page.
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Item 9653
Title: Fairview Farm, Leeds, ca. 1921
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society
Date: circa 1921
Location: Leeds
Media: Black and White postcard
Item 34220
Title: Vaughan Farm, Duck Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1933
Location: Hallowell
Media: Photograph
Item 34212
Title: Vaughan Farm, Dairy herd, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1933
Location: Hallowell
Media: Photograph
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Item 34459
Address: Assessor's Record, 238 Brackett Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Rosemont Farm, Inc.
Use: Garage
Item 32758
Address: 45-47 Boyd Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Rosemont Farm Inc.
Style: Italianate
Use: Apartment
Item 34494
Address: 244 Brackett Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Rosemont Farm, Inc.
Use: Store
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Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England, University Press of New England, 1984.)
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
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View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
A unique two-town history. Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland Historical Society, North Yarmouth Historical Society, Skyline Farm, and Greely Middle School partnered to tell the story of how Cumberland and North Yarmouth were originally part of the same community. Libraries, the Civil War, pauper laws, main streets, local industries, and Skyline Farm are some of the topics covered on the site.
The history of a northern Maine community as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle Historical Society, Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle Middle School. Some of the topics include historic buildings, potato farming, transportation and the Aroostook Valley Railroad.
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Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II


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A fun idea for kids' birthday parties, our ice cream cone cake pops recipe turns your favorite flavor of cake into an ice-cream-inspired, lip-smacking treat.
Look for colorful ice cream cones at the grocery store or find them online, or use regular ice cream cones.
Ice cream cones might shift slightly while in the oven. If this happens, you can carefully adjust them during baking, or simply trim off the unevenness with a paring knife once the cupcakes have cooled.
Chilling the cupcakes in the freezer makes them easier to frost. If you don't do this step, the cake crumbs might show through the frosting.
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Well, I am fairly pleased with this rerelease. The paint deco is excellent, the redone panels are great, and the overall look is quite good - it also comes with one suck-***** pack-in figure.
I'm not going to get too crazy w/ this review. This is essentially the vintage ship and still has a couple of the same problems, namely: the panels, which fit well into the main body of the ship, but do wobble 'slightly' - not a problem to any real extent, but it is there. The cockpit looks ok, the sticker used for the controls still looks, well, stickery. The body, as we all know, has not be remolded, so the same old batery compartment is there and this is my only beef with this piece - as cool as it is, the previously mention battery compartment kinda kills the look of the new deco (on the wings even, there are newly added clear clip 'thingees' - don't know really how to explain them, other to say there on the top part of the panel towars the back). As a whole, I am quite please with the 'new' Tie Interceptor.
The same cannot be said for the pilot, which I expected to be the same fig but with articulated knees. I was wrong. The main body is essentially the same, with two exceptions: the new neck pin and the new knees with the same boot on both legs. For whatever reason, Hasbro gave this new and 'unique' Tie pilot a very long and thin neck pin which causes the head to bobble about very violently. It felt like it was about to pop off in my hand when I touched it. Hasbro has put one of those rubber band deals around the head in the package to keep it from moving. When you take the band off, it looks like the pilot is having a spasm attack or something. One other problem (on my pilot at least - I could have been 'lucky' and gotten a fatory error fig, but my fig has the same boot piece below the knee. It looks like the same foot on both his right and left leg. On the back of the package, the legs appear to have both right and left feet... I dunno if others are like this or not.
As a whole this is a great ship with another crappy pack-in fig, of which I hope hasbro stops making. Every pack-in fig has totally sucked with all of these exclusive ships.


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Linda Boyer (January 06, 2008, 06:20PM
I love seeing all the apartments...laundry,
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At Stud in Colorado:
FC FTCH LKY's Controlled Burn
DOB: March 11, 2005
Sire: FC AFC Carolina's Smoke On The Water (National Finalist)
Dam: FC AFC Mizpah Miss (3x National Finalist)
All below accomplishments BEFORE six years old.
"Arson" has 30+ AA points and counting.
Qualified for 2009 National Open (6 series)
Titled in 4 straight Opens in Canada this spring
Qualified for 2010 Canadian National Open - FINALIST
Qualified for 2010 National Open (6 series)
Qualified for 2011 Canadian National Open
Hips: Good
Elbows: Normal
Eyes: Clear
EIC: Clear
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"The bird hunter watches only the dog, and always knows where the dog is, whether or not visible at the moment. The dog nose is the bird hunters eye. Many hunters who carry a shotgun in season have never learned to watch the dog, or interpret his reaction to scent."
Aldo Leopold, Round River
You're right that marker training isn't new, when all dog sports are considered, but the people that employ it seem to be in the minority in the retriever training community. At least that's been my experience. There's also a big difference between just using a marker and using a marker really effectively. Also, even if you use a marker, it's hardly the only tool in the toolbox...at least in mine. Markers are great tools for some behaviors at some points in the training of those behaviors. I love using markers with young pups because it clarifies communication and accelerates learning. But once the basics are in place, I find little use for markers unless it's teaching stupid pet tricks to give my pups a mental workout during the long nights of winter. We are all easily amused...
"Prepare your dog in such a manner that the work he is normally called upon to do under-whelms him, not overwhelms him." ~ Evan Graham
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
― George Bernard Shaw
The Smartwork System for Retriever Training (link)
Dennis Voigt
Visit our new Website: www.retrieversonline.com
Raina Anderson WWW.FIREHOUSELABS.COM
According to this BMI chart, I am too short !!!
If you've been around long enough, you will have seen countless individuals (newbs) come onto these forums and proclaim they're going to do it "their way" inspite of advice from the old-timers who have already been there / done that.
If someone wants to beat their head against the wall while telling the old-timers they're going to build a better moustrap, it makes no difference to me.
Make no mistake, I applaud the effort...but lots of us have tried that already and watched a hundred others try, so hopefully the skepticism can be understood.
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Valdés to discuss the Security Council and Iraq, May 5
Posted May 2, 2003; 03:19 p.m.
Valdés, Chilean ambassador to the United Nations, will present a lecture titled "Chile: The Security Council and Iraq" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, in 302 Frist Campus Center.
Valdés, who earned a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton in 1975, was appointed to his present post in May 2000 after serving as the country's minister of foreign affairs. He also was director of the international division of the Chilean Ministry of Finance and coordinator of the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiating team from 1994 to 1996, working as the lead negotiator of the free trade agreement between Chile and Canada in 1996.
Valdés lived in exile during Chile's military rule in the 1970s, continuing his work toward the defense of human rights and democracy in his homeland at places such as the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. He returned to Chile in the mid-1980s and conducted the communications campaign for the winning option during the decisive plebiscite in 1988 that marked the end of military rule.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Latin American Studies .
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Butch in Mexico
ok, thanks for the info. So LP was wrong!
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We share our jeep with Ana from Brazil and Emmanuel from France, two friends who met each other traveling. Also Alfredo, our driver, and Delfina, our cook, are really great people and we got on along great during those four days, which made the trip of course even better. The first day we go through some windy roads up the mountains. The night before it had rained loads so the roads were bad, but I have to say I'm amazed at the power of a jeep! Wow, this is the kind of nature a jeep needs. We crossed muddy waters, sunk almost half into it, and still made it to the other side! For the first time, I also see some lamas, really cute. The first night we spent in a tiny village close to the Andes. It's freezing cold outside but with about ten layers of clothes, a sleeping bag and about three blankets, I sleep pretty well.
The second day we visit a ghost town, people left it because of some bad omen and some dark legends go around. We visit also some hot water springs, really nice and relaxing but because of the altitude we can't sit in it for more than 10 minutes. We all suffer a bit from the altitude, as they had warned us (except for Ana who lives in Brasilia, which is already on 1000m above sea level). Just a few steps is enough to make me completely exhausted and it seems like I can't get enough air. Weird feeling
The third day we pass by the Lago Colorado where you can see loads of flamencos from close by. Also a few lamas are strolling around, I really love them, they're such funny animals but I wouldn't get too close too them. We spent the last night in a place where the floor was made out of salt and the bases of the beds as well AND where we could have a shower! ...wonderful after three days having slept and walked around in the same clothes. But anyway, nothing would be prepare us for the next morning. We wake up at 4am so we can see the sunrise over the Salar, the highlight of our trip. When there is water on the salar, you get an incredible effect....the sky and everything reflects in the water just as if you're walking on a perfect mirror. It absolutely took my breath away! When we drove a bit further, unto the dry part of the Salar, we're just all on our own, with no one around for miles, and we make funny pictures with optical illusions (see pictures. no, we didn't take a giant ton and huge sheep with us in the car :)
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Looks like I'm leaving SEARHC, and going to work for a place in Cleveland. Top secret stuff, you know.
File System improvements
I think I'd like to see a filesystem with callbacks. That is, there should be a config file (similar to crontab, perhaps?) that lists a file or directory, and when that file or directory is accessed, unlinked, written to, or created, (configured for each event), a program is run with the name of the file or directory. So, I might have a configuration line like this:
Perhaps you could even do pre-write and post-write filters.
Granted, if the filesystem were database-driven, this would all be automagic. But that presents performance and security issues. I know, there are security issues here, as well, but it could Play Nice with the filesystem.
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Aviation News
Boeing to Boost 737 Production
Yesterday, the first 737 built at the new rate had mechanics finish loading initial parts of the wing spars into an automated spar-assembly machine. This first aircraft will be delivered in the second quarter of 2013. The current backlog of orders for the 737 stands at over 3,049.
In order to increase the production rate, Boeing had to work closely in conjunction with their supply chain. They constructed a new 75,000-square-foot building to house buyer-furnished equipment, as well as tweaked several assembly line procedures.
Boeing also detailed future plans for assembly of the 737 MAX, which is expected to enter production in several years. To accommodate the MAX in the current Renton facility, Boeing plans to build them on a line adjacent to the 737NG to avoid disruption. However, once the production process for the 737 MAX has been proven, the lines will be integrated.
The positive announcements otherwise come during a period of trouble for Boeing, as their flagship 787 Dreamliner remains grounded due to issues with its crispy lithium ion batteries and finicky electrical system. The 787 issues, however, have not stopped Boeing from increasing the production rate of the 737; their most popular aircraft.


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When Lardy does ecollar conditioning he is clear as to the transmitter being in the continuous mode. When he does FTP he is clear that it is in the momentary mode.
When he does ecollar indirect pressure and ecollar fetch he talks about "nicks". Is he still in the continuous mode or has he switched to momentary?


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Police: Walgreens clerk punches armed robber
SPOKANE, Wash. - A man trying to steal from a Spokane Walgreens was confronted by a clerk who, when threatened by the suspect, punched him in the face.
Just before 1 a.m. Friday, a man, identified as Richard Edmonds, 25, walked into the Walgreen's at Division Street and Empire Avenue. The clerk saw Edmonds allegedly steal several items, including a black stocking cap with tassels, and walk out the front door.
When the woman confronted him about the items he pulled out a knife and threatened her with it, said Spokane police.
In an effort to defend herself, the woman punched the robber in the face, knocking him to the ground, causing him to drop his knife. Police said the clerk took Edmonds' knife and he took off running from Walgreens.
Spokane police responded and set up a perimeter around the store. An officer was driving to the scene when he spotted a man walking down the 200 block of East Glass. He was wearing a black stocking cap with tassels.
The officer detained the man, brought him to the Walgreens and the clerk identified him as the robber whom she punched.
Edmonds was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery and was booked into the Spokane County Jail.
This is the second time this week an employee fought back when faced with an armed robber.
Spokane police said they recommend that citizens do not confront people who are armed.


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This fall we will start registering our turkeys online or by phone with no option for in person registration. Same goes for 2012 spring.
For me it is about time much more convenient than driving out of my way to a registration station.
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Ubaldo Jimenez gives up 8 runs as the Tribe go down 9-6 to the Angels
Posted on 15 Aug 2012 by Luke Lovekin.
Well yesterday I said it would depend on which Ubaldo showed up today as to what type of game we would see, a pitchers battle or a blow out. Today the Ubaldo Jimenez that showed up was the horrible one. Jimenez gave up 4 runs today before recording an out. I will get into it later but again today as has happened too many times this year Cleveland have given up a huge lead in the first innings a...


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MAYBE some of you like I am, are wondering WHEN Wally is going to give Buck the PUNT?
NO doubt AT TIMES Buck has proven he is a good QB. BUT he just can't stay healthy! Lions are paying Buck BIG BUCKS and he spends most of the time on the Injured List!! Between his shoulder and concussions, is TIME to send him packing!
Release him! Give Casey some $$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE was excited and BELIEVED that Casey MIGHT take us to the Promised Land last year. With a FULL Training Camp under his belt. getting used to his recievers and the playbook and having Jarious in the wings IF needed it is a WIN WIN situation!
Keeping Buck, well, we are destined to be the " Underachievers " once again in the CFL my fellow " LIONS FANS "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually IF anyone should be felt sorry for in this whole situation it should be for Zac!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He PAID his dues to be the #3 QB! ONLY to be knocked into the press box by Travis! Who NEVER played ONE SECOND in the CFL! THEN, WHEN EVERYONE else was on the INJURED LIST, Zac was thrown to the wolves! That WASN'T FAIR!!!!!!!!!
C'mon Wally, MAN UP! DO the RIGHT THING!!!!!! For the team, the fans and most importantly for Buck! NO ONE wants to see him unable to do day to day activities!


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So sorry for your loss - a beautiful tribute to a GREAT one for sure.
RIP Duke .. may the air be warm, and the water be cool. May all your birds be FUN cripples to chase, and all your bumpers be HAPPY bumpers.
So sorry for your loss - a beautiful tribute to a GREAT one for sure.
RIP Duke .. may the air be warm, and the water be cool. May all your birds be FUN cripples to chase, and all your bumpers be HAPPY bumpers.
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RIP: Rhumblines Guinness is Good, JH... Miss you every day "Big Man"
I am so sorry for Duke's passing. Good dogs come in all kinds of packages. Sounds like the two of you made a life time of memories - hold them close.
Good dog, Duke.
"You can't win until you are not afraid to lose."
Luckydux Cheese And Quackers CD MH - Briezy (7/20/99-4/4/14)
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Duke was a fine hunting dog and companion. I knew him well, as he and Tim are on our HRC circuit and we hunt together on occasion. No dog was ever loved more, or better! Everyone he ever met was his friend as far as he was concerned.
Thanks for the memories and for introducing me to Tim, Duke!-Paul
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I'm sorry for your loss. Well done Duke.
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UH HR "Hunter" SH (RIP)
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Tim, when they go they take a little piece of us, with them, and likewise, we keep a little piece of them, with us. RIP Duke, and one last time; GOOD DOG!
I am sorry for your loss, they are never easy. Sometimes I wonder why dogs got the shaft and were not created to live as long as humans....., If they could, just imagine the wonderful world this would be....
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Awesome tribute bro!RIP Duke.
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Juice feels much better today. He is no longer whimpering unlike yesterday. He is weight bearing on his operated knee already. He hates to take a dump on lead so that's been a chore to this point but overall everything is looking good. I am going to start some range of motion exercises this weekend but dr Milton wants everything kept to a minimum for quite some time. The rehab plan I was given is much more conservative than many I have read. Crate rest and airing is about all he really wants for juice to have for the next few weeks. Looks to be a slow process but I guess it is what it is.
There are many surgeons that are ultra conservative in the rehab esp for home rehab as they do not have any control over what happens once the dog leaves their office so to minimize any problems they err on the side of caution.
I sped up the rehab process on my girl and the surgeon was very surprised at her progress but I was careful not to overdo it. I was able to keep her under control at all times.
If your dog is very high drive then you just need to go slower.
Thought I would update the thread in case anyone else is dealing with this right now. Juice is just over 6 months post surgery and is doing great. The other leg may blow any day but he is balls to the wall just like before, possibly even worse. He has been training now regularly since about mid march with no restrictions. He did have two flare ups at about 4 and 5 months post op and we never figured out what the deal was. Dr. Milton did xrays of the leg as well as hips, after a couple of days rest they went away. It was never following training or activity, both came after having some time off from training and being back in the concrete kennel. I believe it was concrete related as it only happened then, he would show extreme lameness if he had to walk on gravel then next to nothing when back on grass. I almost feel it may have been a pad issue, but don't know for sure. Anyway, he is doing great and is back to getting ready to run the Q in the fall. I took it very slow with rehab, the first 6 weeks were just crate rest, air on lead and some moderate leash walks on flat mowed ground. We did some underwater treadmill and I feel like that helped a great deal, it eased my mind having a professional put eyes on him a couple times a week. Rehab was a pain and I don't wish it on anyone but its behind us at least for now. If you need the procedure and are in the southeast, it would be hard to recommend anyone than Dr. Milton and his staff.
That's great! I have a 18 month old out of Grady that had a partially torn ccl. Had the tplo done in Memphis at Memphis Veternarian specialist by dr. Maxwell. Everyone told me to go to Birmingham, Memphis was more expensive, but more convenient.
She had surgery in early january. Upon her 6 week checkup she started limping a day before. The plate had broken the bone where the top screw was located. It became infected. Also 2 of the 6 orthepedic screws are backing out. This has allowed the plate to move slightly. Needless to say, about 4 more trips back and fourth the infection is gone. Her leg is healing up good, but is 12 degrees off of being properly aligned....... Now they want to remove this plate, cut the leg again and realign and install another plate. If all goes well we will be lucky to be back training this fall. This has not been a good experience. The doctor is saying her bone failed and that's why it broke and the screws are backing out. The only 2 screws backing out are the same. The other 4 are a different type (thread) and are holding fine???
I hope no one ever has to go through this. I was never told this was a chance I take when having this surgery. And that I'm the first one this has ever happened to out of the thousands of tplos performed.
She has been confined to a small crate the entire time only allowed out to air several times a day. And then on a short leash. Sedated the entire time. About 700.00 in medication do far. No jumping at all.
Did I mention her name is LUCKY??
What's everyone's thoughts on this?
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