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Posted in Equipment, Pumps, Sprayers	Tagged Hydro, pumps, spray pumps, winterize	Meet Mid-Atlantic Services Shop Foreman John Haase
When John Haase is asked about what he’s building in the shop at Mid-Atlantic Services, his face lights up. He describes the specs of a new piece of spraying equipment and the high-tech electronics that make it perform. John clearly loves his work, and smiles easily as he recounts his history with the company. A Cecil County native, John graduated from high school in 1984 and joined the Army National Guard. After basic training, John spent some time doing construction work. Building homes, doing roofing and siding, he was always putting things together, creating something new. His next stop was working at his father’s auto repair shop, a familiar setting, since he was quite used to repairing engines and making things run. After a few years, John was ready for the next challenge. In 1995, he joined Mid-Atlantic Services (MAS) where he began welding and fabricating equipment in the shop, building sprayers, and figuring out how to make the equipment do more in less time. John fit right in to the “solving problems” culture at Mid-Atlantic Services, and quickly showed an affinity for custom work. Hand him a set of blueprints or even a concept of what the client wants to achieve, and he is off and running. Many times he suggests ways to improve on what he is given. I often say that I give John 80% of what I want and he gives me back 110%.
Posted in Agriculture, Sprayers	Tagged fabricating, GPS guidance systems, John Blue, John Haase, Mid-Atlantic Services, Raven controllers, sprayers	Getting the most out of your equipment investment
As a manufacturer of precision liquid application equipment, one of my goals is to deliver equipment that makes a farmer’s job easier. Efficiency is key, as there are only so many hours of daylight to get the job done. Customers upgrade to equipment that does more work and saves time. Measuring that increased efficiency is not always easy.
Recently I read a blog post on FarmFutures.com about a farmer in Kenton, Ohio who gathered all the facts and figures pertaining to his farming operation so he could calculate an approximate return on investment. Brian Watkins and his family farm 7,000 acres, growing corn and soybeans. Watkins uses equipment with the latest technology, and analyzed the data to get a more accurate picture of what was happening, and how to get the best results. As William Thompson, mathematical physicist and engineer, said, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” Very true.
Watkins found that by using his equipment a little less in each field, it cut fuel and labor costs. By being more efficient, more ground could be covered in less time. You can read the analysis of his expenditures, savings and ROI here.
Do you have a good idea of what you are spending on your ag operation, and how it relates to the bottom line? In my own experience, I’ve noticed that small changes can have decent results, especially when it comes to improving efficiencies. For example, I sold my neighbor a Field Pro 750 sprayer. It has an expanded capacity over standard 500 gallon tanks and still tracks behind the tractor, straddling two 30″ rows. That leaves one less set of tracks in the field. It has 60’ booms that cover 50% more area with the same pass than his old 400 gallon, 40’ boom sprayer. In addition, it is an affordable alternative over higher-priced self-propelled sprayers. By taking a close look at each aspect of your operation, you can identify areas where you can make some improvements. Keep good records and review the data at the end of each season to make sure you are trending in the right direction.
Posted in Agriculture, Sprayers	Tagged Ag equipment, Farmfutures.com, Field Pro 750, Mid-Atlantic Services, sprayer	Is This the Golden Age of Agriculture?
Recently I read with interest an article by Eric Sfiligoj, editor of Croplife magazine. He was trying to answer the “age-old question” as to what kind of year economically this was going to be for agriculture. He quoted Dr. Jay Lehr, science director of The Heartland Institute who said, “We are in a golden age of agriculture right now and it isn’t going to end for decades.” Pretty strong statement, I thought. Now if he had said, “Not going to end for a year or two,” I might feel a little more comfortable.
To support his claim, the editor sites 2013 Nobel Prize winner for Economics Jim Rogers who singled out farming as the one bright spot in the economy. He also mentions Ed Lopez of the investment firm Van Eck Global. “Food, and the means to produce it, is becoming the new oil of the 21st century.”
With all this convincing proof of his positive outlook, I decided to do my own survey of industry leaders I knew personally. Mind you, I don’t deal with huge companies in my business, but much larger than Mid-Atlantic Services. I had an opportunity to speak with the presidents of Banjo Corporation and the CDS-John Blue Company and both were very optimistic for the coming year. Both had talked to higher ups in John Deere and Case IH who felt this year was going to be at least as good as last year and maybe a little better, but would not show the growth of last year, which was a record year for most involved in farming.
Now, here is my less than scientific study for your consideration. After 26 years of owning this business, I can usually gauge the coming year by how early we get busy after the first of the year. An early January start bodes well for a great year and conversely, a late February beginning is indicative of a poor year. Last year was the best year in our history, and sales got active in early December. This year, I began quoting and actually selling in early November and continue to be very active. Maybe we are just getting it right after 26 years or maybe it really is going to be a great year for ag. However, there is a contrarian side to me from years of investing at the top of the market and selling at the bottom of it. Many sales this December were forced by the uncertainty of the upcoming tax law, depreciation, and capital gains changes. So, I am cautiously optimistic, both as an equipment business owner, and as a farmer of my own little farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Bottom line is this: the outlook at this time is as rosy as it ever has been. As farmers, we are always optimistic in the spring. Equipment is in short supply, so if you think you really need something to improve your bottom line, get it on order right away. Side dressing equipment is practically sold out now. Sprayers are still available, but running low. Spray parts are in excellent supply at the moment. Hopefully our suppliers will be able to resupply us in a timely manner. Give us a call and let us help you now while we all can still react and plan ahead. Leave a comment
Posted in Agriculture, Crops	Tagged Ag equipment, agriculture, Banjo Corporation, CDS-John Blue, Croplife, John Deere, Mid-Atlantic Services, side dressing, sprayer	A Season of Gratitude
Posted in Agriculture, Crops, Sprayers	Tagged agriculture, gratitude, liquid handling equipment, Mid-Atlantic Services	Dipping Crabs
Maryland summer weather leaves much to be desired, in my opinion. It is usually too hot, too humid, and too dry. Spring and fall here can be nothing short of amazing at times, but our summers sure get long. The one thing that keeps me here in the summer is the Blue Crab. I love to catch them and eat them, and summer is when we do that.
As soon as I was old enough to drive to the Chester River, I started crabbing. The Chester is the home of the finest crabs in the whole Bay area. The salinity in the river is just perfect for Mr. Crab and he grows big and delicious there. When I was first married, I crabbed on the weekends and sold my catch to make extra money for my many interests, which usually centered around some kind of boat. A commercial license was necessary to catch them in quantity and sell them. I have always caught crabs with a traditional trot line and dip net. In the heydays of the 70’s and 80’s, we would catch two to five bushels of these beautiful swimmers a day. My best day was an amazing catch of seven bushels.
Crabbing changed greatly with the invention of the patent dipper. This is a device with a large net which hangs in the water just under the trot line and catches every crab as it falls off the line trying to make its escape. It is very efficient and catches crabs you don’t even see that jump off the line before they reach the surface. When using a traditional net, you must see them to be able to dip them. With the patent dipper, no dipping is involved. You just drive the boat straight.
I have watched as more and more commercial crabbers have switched to the patent dipper. Now, most all commercial crabbers use them. This is progress. However, as I crab for the shear enjoyment of it, I have resisted the need to modernize. My trusty dip net and I still enjoy crabbing the old way, occasionally missing a crafty crab as he makes his getaway just ahead of my best effort to capture him. Crabbing has always seemed much more like hunting than fishing to me. He is there, but you still have to put him in the net and then in the boat.
The big reward of crabbing is the Maryland crab feast. These events occur every weekend of the summer on back porches and in backyards throughout the state. They are the social event of the summer and every topic from politics to this year’s crops is discussed during them. Crabs, sweet corn, and beer are the main ingredients. We even had a crab feast for the rehearsal dinner when my oldest daughter was married.
Occasionally, one finds a particularly large crab among the pile of seasoned red bodies on the table. We have always called these big guys Chester River hummers. They are indeed special and a treasure for the lucky person who gets to eat it. These big crabs are not found in the Bay as readily as the river. In Beautiful Swimmers, William W. Warner reports that the Eastern Bay complex produces the perfect salinity for these behemoths. The Chester is the most northern part of this complex of rivers.
The huge crabs seldom make it to the market. After all, the waterman’s motto is, “Keep the best and sell the rest.” By dipping my own crabs and serving them to my guests, we are assured of great crabs and the pleasure these truly fascinating crustaceans provide.
Posted in Agriculture, Hunting	Tagged Chesapeake Bay, Chester River, crab feast, crabs, dip net, patent dipper	DUCKS OR DOLLARS?
I can hardly call myself a real farmer, though I do spend real dollars and real time in the endeavor. My farming operation consists of 168 acres of which I till 79 acres and another leased 118 acres next door to my farm. I grow corn, soybeans, and wheat like many of the other farm operations on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Some would say that my real crops are ducks and deer. Deer being very easy to attract here, but ducks are another story.
Commodity crop prices have been at record highs for the last three years which would seem to be a good thing. Where my little farm lies has been a veritable desert during June and part of July for each of the last three years. North of us, the top tier counties of Maryland and most of Pennsylvania have received quite adequate amounts of rain and have benefited greatly from the generous market.
As I write this, commodity prices have reached amazing levels due to an agonizing drought that has swept the grain-growing regions of the country. Personally, I thought I was going to be given an exemption from the drought this year, due to that fact that I had experienced it in the preceding two years. My neighbors and I experienced record wheat harvest and very good prices. However, had I held off harvesting and selling my wheat for two weeks, I could have realized a much higher profit.
My corn was the best stand I think I’ve ever planted with practically every plant coming up and germinating on almost the same day. Things looked marvelous through much of June, but little to no rain in the last two weeks of June and almost all of July has taken its toll on the beautiful crop.
Full-season soybeans on my leased farm look excellent and have benefited from some recent rain. Beans after wheat look quite good also and were fortunate to have been planted two weeks earlier than normal due to the wheat ripening early.
Now my dilemma; as I stated earlier: I have a mild interest in attracting ducks to my ponds and I accomplish this by draining the ponds and planting corn to be flooded in the fall for a legal smorgasbord served just for my feathered friends. I have taken the luxury of irrigating these ponds to be sure there will be a banquet waiting when the ducks arrive. Consequently, with the drought, the ponds are now the only place I have exceptional corn growing. So here is the tough question: should I leave the corn in the ponds for the ducks, or should I harvest it to take advantage of the astronomical prices available now in the market? The proceeds would pay for a fantastic hunting trip with a little something left over.
Fortunately, my family and I don’t rely strictly on the profits I make on my farm, but do totally depend on how well my mostly farm-oriented fabrication business produces. I think that in my business area, there will be many growers who do deliver an excellent crop this fall. Storms have been spotty, and some fields look beautiful. With the run-up of prices, some growers are locking in very bullish prices for next year and that bodes well for another excellent season of selling spraying equipment, pumps and parts.
Perhaps I won’t hit it big on all three crops this year. Two out of three isn’t bad at these prices. Oh, yes, and the ducks will eat well on SweetBay farm this fall.
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Tomatoes on the Vine: Bacon and Eggs and Asparagus Salad
I must admit that I do not enjoy shelling eggs too, its a stressful job and I never get it right.Your salad looks absolutely fantastic ♥
Looks absolutely delicious! I'm thinking brunch! Not sure why we tend to use cold hard-boiled eggs so much - the warm egg and bacon on the greens is a taste sensation!
Mmmmmm but that looks yummy, it has made my tummy grumble :-) Diane
Tres tres delicious, tres tres French!!
Beautiful Velva! I saw this recipe and also read the warnings and decided to wait for my courage to build. So glad to hear it wasn't that hard. I just think this salad looks wonderful and will be giving it a try.
the yolk is so rich looking - nice salad!
This looks delicious. I can see the necessity to get the egg to the soft boil stage. FYI: The older the egg, the easier it is to peel. Very fresh eggs are impossible to get the shell off of in one piece. To determine the age of the egg, there's a number on the end of the carton. The number will be 1-365.So, if it's 264 that's the day the egg was laid (not the use by date). To peel easily, the egg needs to be over two weeks old. TMI?Best,Bonnie
Your salad looks really good! My family love eggs in salads, bookmarking this! Thanks for sharing.
This is a beautiful salad, so perfect for a holiday brunch! The Vinaigrette sounds very flavorful with the nut oil.
Velva this salad looks delicious but I have to admit, I'm not sure I would like nuts with bacon and eggs. Strange combo to me! I would suggest a teaspoon to scoop the egg instead of trying to peel, that's what I do!
Heh! You just totally sent me over the edge, I have bacon waiting, and eggs...but hubby will have to put a clip on his un-loving bacon nose today!
What a beautiful looking salad! I would love this now, at one time I wouldn't touch asparagus but my tastes have changed and this looks so good! It is a great book!
This does look like such a great brunch dish. Love that bacon...makes everything better!
oh that is just gorgeous! i love that ooozy yellow yolk in there, how delicious!
the salad looks great. Love the soft boiled eggs and crunhy bacon. :)
Definitely on my agenda! I haven't made a soft-boiled egg in decades. It's time - this looks so welcoming.
Gorgeous yolk Velva. They turned out perfect, but would have stressed me too. I just received my copy of Dorie's book. I will definitely be making this salad, over and over again.Sam
I've been craving a good salad! This looks way good! I want it. :)
I made a similar salad = from the Thomas Keller book, I think... and did the eggs in my sous vide machine. Yours look gorgeous, too.:)valerie
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. This looks so inviting. Am entranced by the combination of ingredients. Clearly the soft-boiled eggs are worth the effort. Thanks for sharing another great recipe!
I have said those "egg prayers" before. This is a top rate salad that you executed wonderfully! Beautiful! Dorie's stuff is the best!
Your eggs are perfection and this salad looks fab! Love the vinaigrette, too!
What a gorgeous salad! Looks wonderful.
Velva- Your eggs were handled with expert care. What a beautiful salad!Thanks so much for your help and input regarding my site. I ended up taking the word verification away and I think it fixed the problem. Have a great weekend!
Mmm...bacon! Looks awesome..Andy
This looks exquisite!! I'm hoping to see Dorie's book under my tree on Christmas morning :) :)Sues
Your salad is beautiful ~ One of my favorites!
wow what a wonderful salad and i love eggs like that yum
Wow!!!! This looks fabulous! I need to find Dorie's cookbook asap!!
Velva – Are you participating in the French Fridays theme at Cooing with Dorie? I am #1 on the library list for that book and can’t wait to see it.
That does look delicious, light yet substantial. Perfect for the warmer weather here. (I too stress about soft boiled eggs)
such a yummy platter...loved it
This is exactly the type of Saturday lunch Hubby and I enjoy having...especially after exhausting gift shopping ;o)Velva, the vinaigrette is exceptional...will try it next time. Ciao for now and flavourful wishes,Claudia
Looks wonderful...I need to buy that book.
This looks so delicious and somehow summery!
We love this salad. Mimi
This looks marvelous, Velva. And I love recipes that assume you know nothing. Maida Heatter's books are like that. There's no way you can go wrong.It's a very French dish, no question. What a lovely brunch dish, too.
That is gorgeous! From the title, I couldn't quite picture it, glad I clicked or I would have missed out! I would love this for dinner!
Looks so pretty and would make a perfect light lunch.
It looks like your eggs came out perfectly. I would have been stressed about that too. Your salad looks perfect too and delicious.
I would anything for this right now......
This is beautiful! Another lovely recipe from that book - I'm going to have to buy it. I love your photo, Velva!
Those eggs look so fresh, and also the veggies. Always having something healthy here.
Easy and beautiful salad it is! I actually dont like egg in my salad but this looks so good, I think I'll change my mind :)
That salad looks elegant and homey all at once. Delicious!
Un blog favoloso, complimenti! Mi sono iscritta tra i tuoi sostenitori per non perderti di vista ;-)
That combo is heavenly! Totally mouthwatering.Cheers,Rosa
OK I'm totally going to blow this but I would DEVOUR this salad but.....I'd want hollandaise drizzled over it all! It reminds me of my favorite poached egg dish.
Ohhh, I LOVE this salad, Velva! Your eggs turned out beautifully. :-)
hi velva !!we are not on the same season trend and it is good to see aspagarus !!!it is so cold here in Paris !Pierre
Now that's a salad I could dig into!
Those soft-boiled eggs look so luxurious & tasty! I want to make them now...
what a gorgeous pic, i just added this cookbook to my home, waiting until next year to sink my teeth into it~

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I enjoyed my staying there and I would recommend this nice unit. ReportHelpful?1Thank phxtraveler2016 CondoRentalsHI, Condo Rental Agency at Hale Kamaole, responded to this reviewMahalo for your review of the Hale Kamaole and condo #137, which our vacation rental agency manages. Glad to hear you had a nice week-long stay and found everything comfortable. We hope to see you back at the Hale Kamaole again soon!
filleheureuseKamloops, CanadaLevel Contributor49 reviews5 hotel reviews33 helpful votes “Great location, family-friendly”Reviewed 11 September 2016 This was our third stay at Hale Kamaole in 20 years. Hale Kamaole is a co-op, the units are individually owned, and prices can be very low depending on who you book through (directly through the owner, VRBO, the managing office, etc.) and how long you stay (as low as $110/night). It's very affordable and comfortable for budget-conscious people. But...More ReportHelpful?2Thank filleheureuse Sandi SLevel Contributor5 reviews1 helpful vote “Great view”Reviewed 7 September 2016 via mobileReally nice view from our unit, very clean, great central location, nice pools and manicured grounds. The unit was a little dated but everything was functional and good. The office concierge service seemed like a burden so we booked excursions elsewhere, but will stay here again!More ReportHelpful?Thank Sandi S CondoRentalsHI, Condo Rental Agency at Hale Kamaole, responded to this reviewMahalo for your review of the Hale Kamaole. I am not sure if you stayed in one of the condos our vacation rental agency manages, but glad to hear your enjoyed your stay. We agree the views and close proximity to Kamaole Beach Park III are strong selling points for this condo complex! We hope to see you back again...More AmandakagsLevel Contributor3 reviews3 hotel reviews“Best trip ever!”Reviewed 27 August 2016 We had the best trip to Maui and much of that was because we stayed at Hale Kamaole! This place is in the most perfect location, Kehei. It is right across from an amazing beach where you can spend the day with your toes in the sand and your face up against a sea turtle! Many mornings we would take...More ReportHelpful?Thank Amandakags KMahi9Salem, OregonLevel Contributor10 reviews1 helpful vote “Family vacation”Reviewed 14 July 2016 via mobileWe truly enjoyed our stay here. My sister lives up in Makawao and they came down almost everyday. We have a 3 and 5 year old and my sister has a 2 and 5 year old. They loved both pools on site and the walk across the street to Kamaole III was no problem. The multiple BBQ'S and full kitchens...More ReportHelpful?Thank KMahi9 CondoRentalsHI, Condo Rental Agency at Hale Kamaole, responded to this reviewMahalo for your review of the Hale Kamaole. I am not sure if you stayed in one of the condos our vacation rental agency manages, but glad to hear your family had a memorable stay! We agree the location across from Kamaole III (a popular beach for families) is very convenient. We look forward to seeing you back at the...More lullabuyVancouverLevel Contributor17 reviews6 hotel reviews27 helpful votes “perfect family vacation!”Reviewed 29 April 2016 I love Hale Kamaole! Our family has been coming here for years and we've been in a variety of units. Some have been more updated than others, but overall they are clean, well maintained, and well stocked, like a home away from home. The grounds are lush and beautifully landscaped. I would say this is a family oriented complex, and...More ReportHelpful?2Thank lullabuy chrstina tEdmonton, Canada1 review2 helpful votes “Great location, Great property, Poor unit”Reviewed 16 April 2016 The location is great, close to everything and right across from the beach. The complex itself is well maintained and laid out nicely, pool, green space, and BBQ areas are all great.
Each unit is privately owned and therefore have different levels of upgrading/renovation work as well as what they actually keep in stock. We were with a large group...More ReportHelpful?2Thank chrstina t CondoRentalsHI, Condo Rental Agency at Hale Kamaole, responded to this reviewMahalo for your review of the Hale Kamaole. Our vacation rental agency manages many condos at the property, but do not manage either of the two condos you stayed in. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the grounds and location. As you mention each condo will differ, so we recommend viewing pictures of the exact condo you will be...More BrattyK2 reviews2 helpful votes “Don't stay there if you don't want to hear screaming kids!”Reviewed 2 April 2016 Do not stay in #208 if you don't want to hear screaming kids at the pool & running around. Had loud people stomping around above us. The sofa(only 1 place to sit in living room) was dirty. Had 1 wash cloth & 1 hand towel when we got there till the manager brought more. There was an absolutely filthy blanket...More ReportHelpful?Thank BrattyK CondoRentalsHI, Condo Rental Agency at Hale Kamaole, responded to this reviewMahalo for your review of the Hale Kamaole. Our vacation rental agency manages many condos at the Hale Kamaole, but we do not manage condo #208, which you stayed in. I am sorry to hear you found the condo not up to your standards and definitely encourage guests to contact the rental agency or source they booked through while in...More Shannon MCalgaryLevel Contributor44 reviews8 hotel reviews24 helpful votes “Good place for families”Reviewed 24 March 2016 via mobileExcellent location across from Kam III Beach. Very family friendly. We liked the common BBQ area - saved a ton of cash by cooking there every night. Pool is small but nice. Grounds are well kept and staff are friendly. Our unit was clean and well stocked. Great value for money (for Maui, which is very expensive especially if you...More ReportHelpful?1Thank Shannon M Previous
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swing - How to determine who uploaded file to ftp in java? - Stack Overflow
I have a ftp client that allows users to upload files. I want determine which user/host/... uploaded that file.All people using the same username to upload file.the only difference is that they use different computer.
Is there any way I can track which user uploaded that file?
public static void uploadFileToServerViaSunFtp(final String source,final JPanel panel, final JTextArea textArea)
SwingWorker uploadWorker = new  SwingWorker<Boolean,String>()
protected Boolean doInBackground() throws Exception
publish("File "+FilenameUtils.getName(source).concat(" starts uploading on ") + String.valueOf(Calendar.getInstance().getTime() + "\n"));
client = new FtpClient(server.getFtpServer());
client.login(server.getUsername(), server.getPassword());
client.cd("PC");
int BUFFER_SIZE = 10240;
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(source);
// *** If uploading take long time, progress bar will show up ***
new ProgressMonitorInputStream(panel, "Uploading " + f.getName(), in));
OutputStream out = client.put(f.getName());
int bytes = inputStream.read(buffer);
OeExceptionDialog.show(e);
if(get())
textArea.append("File "+FilenameUtils.getName(source).concat(" Uploaded successfully.\n"));
uploadWorker.execute();
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Files stored on an FTP server have owners (oid) and groups (gid).
The purpose of logging into an FTP server is to have you both authenticated and authorized. Therefore you should have different users as in 'different usernames' for each user who will be uploading the file.
It makes no sense to have the same username used by all your users, as this will make it impossible to make a distinction.
Checking the IP address is complete non-sense. The reason I am saying this is that anyone can hijack an IP address, if they're on your local network. There's little validation here and you can't trust your local DNS to do the job for you.
Simply use different usernames.
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groups and owners exist only on some OS (unix-like ones).
Jun 25 '12 at 17:50
How is your client-side code related to the question? Of course the server knows the name of the user who logged in before uploading the file and from what IP address connection was made (except when IP address was masked by proxy/NAT). Moreover, properties of uploaded file are often set to have the owner and group on Unix or security attributes on Windows corresponding to owner and group of the user who uploaded the file.
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all people using the same username to upload file.the only difference is that they use different computer. Is there a way to detect computer name or ip from properties of uploaded file?If yes could you please enlighten me with an example?
Is there any reason for users not to have their own usernames - this seems poor practice in my opinion - there is no sense of accountability (i.e. in the event something malicious is uploaded you have no idea who did it).
– Joe Bowman
Jun 25 '12 at 7:27
Aren't owner/group/security attributes stored in the filesystem's metadata instead of inside the file ?
But back to OP, there is likely a log of transfers (either in syslog or a dedicated ftp log) which may contain IPs but to parse this programmatically depends on the format of the log file.
@SoboLAN they are stored as file attributes within the filesystem. I.e. that's information separated from the file data itself.
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In each scheme, workers will liaise closely with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service in police custody suites to identify those young people who need additional help. In cases where mental health, learning disabilities or drug and alcohol difficulties are suspected, workers will help these young people and their families get speedy specialist assessments. They will also work hard to get young people and their families into the full range of services they need.
Justice Minister David Hanson MP said: “It is important that vulnerable young people are given support to divert them from offending and to help them lead more successful lives. Effective early action on mental health issues, alongside access to appropriate healthcare provision, can make a huge difference.
“I welcome these pilots which support the approach set out in the Government’s Youth Crime Action Plan to reduce youth offending.”
Minister of State for Care Services Phil Hope said: “We need to prevent young people from drifting into a vicious circle of poor mental health and offending, which we know can happen without appropriate support. These pilots will help identify the benefits of effective early treatment, instead of allowing young people who are often at the early stages of developing mental health difficulties to become criminalised. I’m pleased to support these pilots and I hope they will provide an example for others to follow as quickly as possible.”
Sainsbury Centre chief executive Angela Greatley said: “At the present time too many people in the youth justice system have a range of mental health and other problems. If they do not get the help they need very early on, they risk drifting further into crime, jeopardising their future prospects and causing problems in their schools and in their communities.”
Hmmm…so what is the problem is gettingthis scheme going in Wales, too?
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Tapa : de l'écorce à l'étoffe, art millénaire d'Océanie : de l'Asie du Sud-Est à la Polynésie orientale = Tapa : from tree bark to cloth : an ancient art of Oceania : from Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia (Book, 2017) [Earlham College]
I thought you might be interested in this item at http://earlham.worldcat.org/oclc/1019707084 Title: Tapa : de l'écorce à l'étoffe, art millénaire d'Océanie : de l'Asie du Sud-Est à la Polynésie orientale = Tapa : from tree bark to cloth : an ancient art of Oceania : from Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia Author: Michel Charleux; Nicolas Neumann; Véronique Balmelle; Adam Rickards; Manuel Benguigui; Clarisse Robert; Tapa Association (Tahiti, French Polynesia); France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. Fonds Pacifique,; France. Ministère de la culture, de l'environnement, de l'artisanat, de l'énergie et des mines, Publisher: Paris, France Tahiti, [French Polynesia] Somogy Art Publishers Tapa Association, 2017. ©2017 ISBN/ISSN: 9782757212097 2757212095 OCLC:1019707084
Tapa : de l'écorce à l'étoffe, art millénaire d'Océanie : de l'Asie du Sud-Est à la Polynésie orientale = Tapa : from tree bark to cloth : an ancient art of Oceania : from Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia
Michel Charleux; Nicolas Neumann; Véronique Balmelle; Adam Rickards; Manuel Benguigui; All authors
Paris, France Somogy Art Publishers Tahiti, [French Polynesia] Tapa Association, 2017. ©2017
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Michel Charleux; Nicolas Neumann; Véronique Balmelle; Adam Rickards; Manuel Benguigui; Clarisse Robert; Tapa Association (Tahiti, French Polynesia); France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. Fonds Pacifique,; France. Ministère de la culture, de l'environnement, de l'artisanat, de l'énergie et des mines,
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"It was during the preparations for the many events of the first 'Festival of Tapa : A Cultural Link in Oceania,' which took place in Tahiti in November 2014, that the idea for a work dedicated to tapa was born. Although it would certainly borrow some elements from the festival, I didn't want it to be a catalogue, and I wanted it to cover a much larger geographical zone"--Michel Charleux, editor (page 13).
600 pages : illustrations (chiefly coloured), maps (some coloured), portraits (chiefly coloured) ; 31 cm
Tapa, intangible cultural heritage --
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International Festival of Oceanian Tapa --
The artists, the stylist and tapa : diverse perspectives.
sous la direction de Michel Charleux ; directeur éditorial, Nicolas Neumann ; chargée des coéditions, Véronique Balmelle ; traductions du français vers l'anglais, Adam Rickards ; traduction de l'anglais vers le français, Manuel Benguigui ; suivi éditorial, Clarisse Robert.
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Hello Everyone - hope you're all enjoying this glorious weather. The challenge this week over at Less is More is to Take Three Challenges For this challenge we'd like you to choose any three of our past challenges and combine the criteria from them on your card. I have chosen Week 8 - Tall Card Sketch 1, Week 9 - A Touch of Red and Week 7 - Masculine. I've taken the sketch and turned it on it's side and stamped the car which is from Creative Expressions Classic Cars set using black Memento. I then used Promarkers to colour it in. I cut a strip of pearlised card and embossed lines on it using my Houghie Board. The sentiment is from the same stamp set punched using Stampin Up punches and layered onto a red mat.
Kathyk28 March 2012 at 14:40A very whizzy masculine card - fabulousKathykReplyDeleteElaine28 March 2012 at 14:42Well done Karen a FAB car and card ......dont know how I missed them, but your "less is More" cards are stunning .Hugs ElaineReplyDeleteChrissie28 March 2012 at 19:18Great card Karen, this looks the business!Thanks so muchChrissie"Less is More"ReplyDeleteDiane28 March 2012 at 19:24Lovely, smart card, great message.DianeReplyDeleteStamps and Paper28 March 2012 at 21:39Great card KarenAnneReplyDeleteValerie28 March 2012 at 23:33Great male card Karen, that red really pops!Val xReplyDeleteLucille K29 March 2012 at 02:34Love this card, the sentiment is perfect :)ReplyDeleteVee Ramsden29 March 2012 at 07:38Great card, your colouring looks perfect xxReplyDeleteMandi29 March 2012 at 21:32Brilliant card, super colouringThank you very muchmandi"Less is More"ReplyDeleteAdd commentLoad more...


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The Joy of Homemaking: Thank You, Brian
As wives, mothers, caregivers, and women, we take our job and responsibilities seriously. We pack the lunches, make the ever necessary coffee, get breakfast for our husbands as they rush out the door, eat breakfast with our children, straighten the house, clean the house, organize the house, teach our children about the Lord and help them get a good start in academics, do the laundry, wash the dishes or load the dishwasher, put the dishes away, plan the meals, cook the meals, bake special things for our families, give the baths, sweep up the floor (reminds me that I have play-doh crumbs on the dining room floor that I need to vacuum up), put the dinner dishes away, prep the lunches and coffee pot for the following day, make the grocery list, do the grocery shopping, log the family memories, organize our photos in ways that make sense to us and will be accessible to our husbands and children, we meet the needs of our husband and children, and then we go to bed so we can do it all again tomorrow.
Why do we do so much and take these responsibilities so seriously? For me, it is out of a heart of thankfulness and gratitude to the Lord and my husband for allowing me to stay home and be the kind of wife and mother I always dreamed of, having the job I always wanted. I am so appreciative for a husband that works hard at his job and willingly takes overtime, while also taking care of the things at home that I am not capable of or qualified to do. And what he does all day makes what I do look like a piece of cake!
Brian, thank you for being the spiritual leader of our home. Thank you for the spiritual stands that you take in regards to how our home reflects the Lord. Thank you for not allowing the idea of me going back to work to be an option for us (I can't imagine not being here to enjoy all of these moments with our daughter). Thank you for doing everything you can so that I can stay home with Addie and soon to be Ian. Thank you for putting our needs before your own. Thank you for taking the time in the mornings to read the Bible with Addie. Thank you for instituting "No TV Tuesday" in our home. Thank you for always telling me that I'm beautiful, even on days that I don't feel it. Thank you for always making me laugh (this time around, let's try not to make me laugh until a few days after the C-section, okay?). Thank you for always making an effort to be at my doctor's appointments with me (you have only ever missed two due to work). Thank you for being such a hands on father to Addie- that will pay off in so many ways now and down the road. Thank you for always taking me to family gatherings for my side of the family and keeping me connected to those I have known all of my life.
You are such a sweetheart. You are my best friend- on Easter weekend when I had to go it alone with Addie, I felt totally lost and like half of me was missing. You are my one true love. I feel totally at ease and where I belong with you. You allow me to share my feeling and to be me at all times- whether that is silly, goofy, serious, reflective, frustrated- without making me feel ridiculous. I am so blessed to be your wife... and that you chose me. You are so loving to Addie and it reflects to others what an awesome Daddy you are. Even my grandma told me on Monday that Addie doesn't just have a father in you, but she also has a friend that she can always turn to. You are a good son and son-in-law. You have always treated our parents well. I love you......
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[NEWS] 120207 Kim Jaejoong was invited to the Presidential Palace of Turkey… Is this what is called World Star of VIP class?
JYJ Kim Jaejoong was invited to the Presidential Palace of Turkey, which is gathering hot attention. This invitation means that he has been treated as a state guest.
This dinner invitation took place along with the visit of President Lee Myung-bak in Turkey. According to ‘Joongang Daily’, President Lee originally planned to visit 4 countries in the Middle East. He was supposed to talk with Turkish young people about the Korean Wave but the Turkish government has expressed opinion, “We hope that he do it with the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey.” Therefore, it was decided that Kim Jaejoong would be summonned to the Presidential Palace of Turkey.
An official of Korean Cultural Center in Turkey said, “Among Korean singers, we invited Kim Jaejoong of famous group JYJ to hold fanmeeting, which was expected to contribute to the increase cultural exchanges between the two countries.”
Kim Jaejoong’s management company said, “All three members of JYJ are really popular abroad but Kim Jaejoong’s popularity is especially high.”
Before visiting the Presidential Palace, on the 5th, Kim Jaejoong also held a solo fanmeeting in Ankara. This fanmeeting gathered 600 people. It was known that more than 2000 people have applied. Kim Jaejoong was the first Korean singer to hold solo fanmeeting in Turkey. The auditorium was full of 600 fans and they sang happy birthday song for him in Korean.
President Lee arrived in Turkey on the 4th. On the 6th, along with President Lee, Kim-ssi attended the meeting with Turkish students at University of Ankara. In the evening of that day, he was with President Lee in a state dinner at the Presidential Palace of Turkey.
60 thoughts on “[NEWS] 120207 Kim Jaejoong was invited to the Presidential Palace of Turkey… Is this what is called World Star of VIP class?”
OMG! DAEBAK! COngrats darling JJ!
“Kim Jaejoong’s management company said, “All three members of JYJ are really popular abroad but Kim Jaejoong’s popularity is especially high.””
I second that!!!!!! JJ is special for me too….^___^
i “third” that XD
i ‘fourth’ that 😀 😀 😀
i’m fifth! 🙂
this news made me smile ear-to-ear today, after a very tiring day’s work 🙂
Dae-to-the-Bak indeed!
YOUR FANS ARE REALLY SO PROUD OF YOU . YOUR COUNTRY WON’T REGRET MAKING YOU AN AMBASSADOR TOGETHER WITH YOUR FELLOW JYJ MEMBERS … KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WE LOVE YOU …….
I’m bursting with pride! So proud of you JJ!
what is up with the question mark in the title.
Super proud ♥
sosyal, ikaw na Kim Jaejoong 🙂
state guest, wow talaga!
World class of VIP indeed
so proud of jaejoong ! WORLD STAR OF VIP CLASS !!!!!!!!!!
MINMIN is becoming a silent lurker??
SERIOUSLY COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF HIM RIGHT NOW! Kim Jaejoong, conqueror of the international arena! 😀
This is such a good news! Proud fan! JJ is now becoming the visual of S.Korea 🙂 So happy!
Next invitation:
2. Buckingham Palace, and so and so forth.
Hello, this is C-Jes
We are sorry to announce that due to state dignitaries and royalties inviting Kim JaeJoong and JYJ to their countries, dinners, receptions, and palaces, we are unable to honor all the local TV stations invitations for their broadcasts. We will do our best to make time to visit your stations. In the meantime, we will send our reps to each and everyone of you with gifts of calming teas and health medicine. We will hope to visit you soon…
like always your comment always daebak 😀 😀
You hit the nail on those moron head. Love u
IA NEXT to white house
A+ for that daebaksama! *hugs u in Chunnie’ style*
HAHA… i LOVE ur comments!!!
Daebaksama is Dae-2-the-bak^_^
@daebaksama LOVE your comment and you are indeed dak-to-the-bak sama ^^
Very well said, i love it!
daebak!! lets pray for this!!!!
ROFL, just like everyone else! This is the best yet! YES! 🙂 Ok, if they get invited to the WH, I’ll have to mosey on down the road to get some pictures! 😉
“He was supposed to talk with Turkish young people about the Korean Wave but the Turkish government has expressed opinion, “We hope that he do it with the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey.” Therefore, it was decided that Kim Jaejoong would be summonned to the Presidential Palace of Turkey.”
Well, well, well. Turkey expressed a wish to meet with “the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey, Kim Jae Joong.” Is the President of Korea’s face red enough with embarrassment that in HIS OWN COUNTRY Kim Jae Joong continues to be banned from a multitude of professional activities because of the criminal acts and the personal vendetta of one of its largest entertainment companies? How about the fact that he gave a presidential pardon to the head of that very same company, who was tried and convicted of a massive stock fraud and was on his way to prison?
OH! The hypocrisy that goes on in the name of affairs of state and politics as usual!
He never fail to make us PROUD ♥‿♥
i love the title” Kim Jaejoong was invited to the Presidential Palace of Turkey… Is this what is called World Star of VIP class?”——————> Yes he is World Star (same with Junsu and Yoochun) not hallyu wave DUH
I thought it says Korean wave and popular Hallyu singer my dear….
the president said JYJ’s Jaejoong me liky he said JYJ not Halyu,
how are u mine @u@ ??
jyj is up on whole different level compared to other idols nowadays…dae to the bak!!!!
“We hope that he do it with the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey.”….hehe…Thanks so Turkish gov to request that..^^
I’m so happy… ^^
Yezbeth 윤재 (@Thebezy)
Just when people think our JYJ can’t make us any prouder. JAEJOONG FIGHTING!!!
ehem….by the way do u guys recall who ever said that our boys not so popular ?
kekekekke thanks to Turkish gov for request the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey ^^
Funny you should mention that…because they are NOT SO ‘EFFECTIVE’, their name doesn’t come to mind. 😉
Wow ^^ omg ! so proud of you jaejoongie ^^
i dunno why, but i have feeling he will be the next most influence people in the world.
i mean he can moved people hearts easily ^^
Jaejoong fightinggg…JYJ Fightingg…
Sooooo proud my darling Jae……..
jaejoong.. i dunno what to say.. so proud of you..
“Kim Jaejoong was invited to the Presidential Palace of Turkey… Is this what is called World Star of VIP class?”
Of course it’s KJJ representing JYJ and his beloved country where he and his brothers are blacklisted in the industry they belong to.
KBS said that they can’t let JYJ perform on TV since they are on a lawsuit and appearing on tv might influence the result. Now these string of international ambassadorship given to JYJ and this state visit, the SK President himself presented Jaejoong as a representative of that Korean Wave and as an Honorary Ambassador, won’t it affect the lawsuit? Is the president not cautious to be with a person embroiled with a lawsuit in their country? Does he know about the lawsuit ? and if he does, maybe he believes on what JYJ is fighting for, or he doesn’t care at all……so many questions , KBS, KFPCAI,KEPA where are you, any comment from you?
tama ka dyan kris!
this left me wondering too.
If JYJ have been recognized and honored with several ambassador titles by prestigious international organizations, as well as some government offices, and even recently invited as a state guest together with the South Korean President, no less…how come it’s taking so long for the lawsuit to be settled? How come some organizations continue to trample their rights? … these leaves me wondering, tsk!tsk!tsk!
but nonetheless, this news is making me so happy right now.
Jae and JYJ deserves this so much because for me, they have proven themselves as role models, genuine artists, and upright citizens that is why they are loved by so many across cultures 🙂
I can’t even described how proud i’m. I really love and respect you, Kim Jaejoong!
He was supposed to talk with Turkish young people about the Korean Wave but the Turkish government has expressed opinion, “We hope that he do it with the most popular Hallyu singer in Turkey.” Therefore, it was decided that Kim Jaejoong would be summonned to the Presidential Palace of Turkey.
so proud of jj!
@daebaksama and @kris enjoyed both your posts. You both always seem to hit the mark with your comments. 😀
Omg! I am so proud. This just shows that even without appearing in Music shows, JYJ’s popularity still remains. Their hardwork is paying off and even the president of Korea recognizes him. They should be officially made ambassadors of the Hallyu wave. 😀
i’m proud to be jyj fan
While the broadcasters n entertainment industries in SK is blocking JYJ
The government level is recognizing them as the Best of the Korean Waves
and awarding them with various ambassadorships.
and SK media…pls take note…JYJ is promoting the KOREAN WAVES… not your exaggerated Kpop!
HAHAHA jae is popular everywhere! ^^
but it’s really so ironic that JYJ is an icon of KPOP outside of Korea yet they don’t get to perform in Korea at all…
hahaha…that is effects of 1 from jyj….but if there are three of them in Turkey,,,I don’t want to imagine the effects..anyway, why i feel that JYJ will meet more european and leave asian…?huhuh…we also want a concert here..again!!
Jaejoong power
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a proud fan here.
So proud of Jaejoong and JYJ 🙂
Now…hmm..hmm…potter’s summoning spell, what is it? Oh..
“Accio Jaejoong! Accio JJ! Accio Kim Jaejoong!!!”
Ouch. Guess I am a muggle after all…


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These R M Y Sermons: August 2014
"The Cost of the Kingdom" - August 31, 2014
Tomorrow is Labor Day. We will celebrate it, mostly, with a day off. There will be cookouts and horse shoe tournaments and it will be treated as the last day of summertime. That’s fine. We need holidays like that to mark the end of one season and the start of the next. We are humans, and the awareness of time is a big part of who we are. Just don’t forget, on the day off, that it is also a day to remember and honor the people whose work makes leisure possible.
How often we take such things for granted. We like to think that things come easy. We celebrate the talent and skill of a Yo-Yo Ma or a Serena Williams and forget how many hours they spent as children and still spend as adults learning and perfecting where to place their feet and how to move their arms. We read a good novel and never give a thought to how many pages were written and then erased, how many drafts were needed to get it right.
Peter wanted to look at the kingdom of God that way. Jesus told his disciples one day about the work and suffering that he would put into our salvation and Peter almost brushed it off.
“Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.’” [Matthew 16:21-22]
Jesus recognized the temptation in this, and he responded by calling Peter on it, and even using the tempter’s name
“he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.’” [Matthew 16:23]
There could be no shortcut to heaven that would go around the work and the pain of the cross, as appealing as it would sound.
Jesus had heard that idea earlier. Before he ever set out on his ministry, he had been in the desert where the devil had suggested all kinds of shortcuts and quick fixes and ways for Jesus to reach his goals if – and “if” was the catch – he took a different road. The culmination came when
“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
and serve only him.” ’” [Matthew 4:8-10]
Jesus tried to convey to his followers, who loved him and did not want to see him suffer, that there was no other way. To be faithful to God and God alone means that there will inevitably come the time of choice and of testing and of confrontation, and with it the suffering of a cross.
It’s a hard lesson to learn. In fact people do all that they can do not to learn it. In her memoirs about a particularly difficult time in her own spiritual life, when she was feeling that she had to set aside a lot that had made her life not easy (for she struggled to help her husband with his alcoholism and depression) but easier than it had become, Kathleen Norris writes,
"All of us, I suspect, have times when we're made to suffer simply for being who and what we are, and we become adept at inventing means of escape. ...the pain that grows out of one's identity, that grows out of the response to a call, can't be escaped or pushed aside. It must be gone through."[1]
She had learned from what Jesus had told his disciples. He could not turn away from doing the work that would build the kingdom, and neither could they.
“Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?’” [Matthew 16:24-26]
Jesus and his followers fell into a pattern over time, where he would teach about what life in the kingdom is like, and they (meaning “we”) would try to modify it, and he would have to emphasize that he meant what he said in the first place. For instance, Jesus taught that we should be forgiving. That seems pretty straightforward but we all know that it is rarely so simple.
“Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times,’” [Matthew 18:21]
or, as some ancient versions say, “seventy times seven.” Either way, it’s clear he means it. Luke has Jesus teaching his disciples,
“If the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.” [Luke 17:4]
I’ll admit that I hear that and the first thing I do is say to myself, “Aha! They have to repent! And if they’ve done wrong that often, how serious do I think it really is?” I look for the loophole. Yet how often do I ask forgiveness for the same sins, over and over and over? More than 490 times, I guarantee.
So much of what Jesus says seems backwards and upside down and inside out. How should his death be the source of our life? And if we have found life in him, why would we need to have anything to do with a cross of our own?
What would make sense would be to say that you have to work hard to become part of the kingdom of God, then when you’ve made it, you can enjoy the ride. What Jesus says is that the kingdom of God is right at hand, and that anyone is welcome and everyone is invited, but once you are part of it, then the hard work begins.
“For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” [Matthew 16:25]
It would be as if someone invited just anybody in off the street to a wedding reception and then looked at one of these haphazard guests and said, “What’s the matter with you, showing up at a wedding without even getting dressed up a little?” [Matthew 22:12]
Yet the lives of Jesus’ followers attest that the way he works sees them through to the end. Our common image of William Penn comes from the Benjamin West painting of his treaty with the Indians.
There stands an older, paunchy man in a floppy, brown coat, the negotiator calmly standing between the settlers anxious to take over the land and the natives anxious not to be tossed out. In fact, Penn could and did hold his own in argument and dispute and had been tossed into both Newgate Prison and the Tower of London earlier in his life. In the Tower, Penn was allowed to have paper and ink so that he could write a recantation of his views. He used it, instead, to write a pamphlet he entitled, “No Cross, No Crown”, in which he said,
“God often touches our best comforts, and calls for that which we most love, and are least willing to part with. Not that He always take it utterly away, but to prove the soul’s integrity, to caution us from excesses, and that we may remember God, the author of those blessings we possess, and live loose to them. I speak my experience: the way to keep our enjoyments is to resign them; and though that be hard, it is sweet to see them returned, as Isaac was to his father Abraham, with more love and blessing than before. O stupid world! O worldly Christians, not only strangers, but enemies to this excellent faith! and whilst so, the rewards of it you can never know.”[2]
To be faithful in a faithless world means that sooner or later you will come into conflict with values and practices that just don’t fit with Jesus’ ways. When that happens, hold on tight. The ride will be rough, but the landing will be safe, and you will be home.
[1] Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk (New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1987) 38.
[2] William Penn, “No Cross, No Crown” 4.xiii. See http://www.gospeltruth.net/Penn/nocrossnocrownch4.htm .
“The Keys to the Kingdom” - August 24, 2014
If you walk down the hallway and go into the chapel, you’ll see windows that have symbols of all the twelve disciples. On the left, the first window you come to will have two crossed keys and the name Peter. That symbol comes from the words of Jesus that we heard read this morning, where he tells Peter,
“I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” [Matthew 16:19]
In the window, and in other places where the symbol appears, like the Vatican’s coat of arms, one key is gold and the other is iron to suggest the power to open or close the gates of heaven.
There’s something tremendously audacious in the claim that issues from this, that any human being can open or close the way to heaven for anyone else. Sometimes when somebody dies, a concerned relative will ask me, “Is so-and-so in heaven?” My answer is always going to be, “That’s not my call. But I do trust that God is merciful and loving, and that Jesus said he was going there to prepare a place for us.” It really isn’t up to you or me to make these calls. Now, sometimes you do get that gut feeling about someone that if anyone is in heaven, they are. For the most part, I’d advise you to go with that. It doesn’t mean that they were perfect or flawless. It just means that you could see God’s grace working in and through them while they were among us, so you can probably safely assume that God’s grace is with them still in an even more wonderful and powerful way.
On the other hand, there may be people whose lives or deaths leave you wondering. Someone who is tortured by mental illness, who goes through some horrible depression, or who spends long years with physical pain, for example, may take their own life in despair. What about them? Again, I’ll repeat: “God is merciful.” We do not know what happens between anyone else and the Lord.
Kevin Hines is one of the very few people to survive a jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. When he was interviewed on NPR a few weeks ago, he described his experience like this:
“I went down about 70 to 80 feet, but then I opened my eyes, and I thought, ‘What the heck?’ I thought I was hallucinating this entire event. I thought I couldn’t have just done that. That didn’t just happen. And I wouldn’t be alive — so, of course, it didn’t just happen. But when I finally resurfaced after initially going down — and after nearly passing out and drowning — I broke the surface, I bobbed up and down in the water, and I simply prayed, ‘God please save me I don’t want to die, I just made a mistake.’ As I bobbed up and down in the water, swallowing salt water and trying to stay afloat only using my arms because my legs were completely immobile, something brushed by my legs. I thought, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’ I thought, ‘This is ridiculous. I didn’t die off this bridge and now a shark is gonna devour me?’ Turns out it was not a shark, it was, in fact, a sea lion. The people above looking down, who were on the bridge, believed it to be keeping me afloat until the Coast Guard boat arrived.”
Later in the interview he said,
“I went back with my father a year after the attempt. And, ya know… we’re driving — he said, ‘Kevin, we’re gonna take a drive.’ And I saw where we were going and I said, ‘Dad, what’re you doing?’ and he goes, ‘Well, we gotta find some closure Kev.’ We stopped by a flower bed on the way and he said, ‘Pick a flower.’ So I picked a flower from the flower bed. And we got in the car and went all the way out to the Golden Gate Bridge parking lot and we parked and he walked with me to exactly where I jumped. We said a prayer and we dropped the flower. The flower hit the water and, two feet to the right, popped up a sea lion. So, I know I’m supposed to be here, and I know there’s a reason why. I guess, I’ll just be finding that reason out as life goes on.”[1]
So, my point in repeating his story is simply that there is no telling how or when God is at work in anybody’s living or dying until God lets us know.
What we do know, however, is that even though we do not have the ability to say who walks through the gates of heaven when their time does come, we do have the ability that Peter had to let people know that Jesus has opened them up. That is the golden key. We also have the ability to stay quiet about that, which is the iron key. What happens for others may very well hinge on whether we speak out or keep silent about the very declaration that Peter made when he replied to Jesus,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” [Matthew 16:16]
It is on that declaration that the Church is built, not Peter, but on the faith that he expresses,
”and on this rock,” said Jesus, “I will build my Church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” [Matthew 16:18]
The faith that Jesus is the one sent to help us is always going to be a faith that says that the door is open, that there is hope, that there is welcome, that – no matter what – God is merciful. When we speak that, and when we live that out, we use the golden key that may open heaven for someone who is looking for the way in.
That can be a powerful responsibility that shapes our own lives. John Wesley was someone who had a great sense that the keys to the kingdom should not sit in his pocket. In his Journal entry for Saturday, June 12, 1736 he wrote:
“Being with one who was very desirous to converse with me, but not upon religion, I spoke to this effect – ‘Suppose you was [sic] going to a country where everyone spoke Latin, and understood no other language, neither would converse with any that did not understand it: suppose one was sent to stay here a short time, on purpose to teach it to you; suppose that person, pleased with your company, should spend his time in trifling with you, and teach you nothing of what he came for. Would that be well done? Yet this is our case. You are going to a country where everyone speaks the love of God. The citizens of heaven speak no other language. They converse with none who do not understand it. Indeed, none such are admitted there. I am sent from God to teach you this. A few days are allotted to that purpose. Would it be well done in me, because I was pleased with your company, to spend this short time in trifling, and teach you nothing of what I came for? God forbid! I will rather not converse with you at all. Of the two extremes this is the best.”
I’m not sure that everybody is called to push things quite that far, but I am sure that all Jesus’ followers are called to learn the language of heaven, to speak the language of heaven, and to teach the language of heaven, and that when we do so, it is the golden key that we hold out.
Neither you nor I nor anyone else will ever force anybody into the kingdom, but it’s our privilege and duty to hold the door, and not to be surprised if that means someone we might never even expect goes in before we do.
A preacher climbed into a taxi cab. He was late for a flight to the airport. The driver said, “I’ll get you there on time. Don’t sweat it.” He took off through traffic, and swerved from lane to lane, and ran a few red lights until they were on the highway. Once there, he hit eighty miles per hour. That was when a tire blew out and the taxi spun out in front of a tractor trailer. Both the passenger and the driver were killed. Their souls appeared instantly at the gates of heaven, where St. Peter met them. He saw the preacher and said, “Welcome!” and introduced him to an angel that would show him around. Then he turned to the taxi driver and said, “Welcome! Come over here!” and he seated him on a big float made out of a cloud with rainbows for wheels and a brass band marching in front and behind him.
“I don’t get it,” said the preacher. “What did he do that merits this kind of welcome? The man drove like a maniac and got us both killed.”
“Exactly,” said Peter. “When you preached, people thought about what you were saying. When he drove them, they prayed.”
[1] http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/07/07/suicide-nets-golden-gate-bridge
"Watch Your Mouth" - August 17, 2014
The news recently has had a lot of stories about anti-Jewish riots and attacks across Europe, and sometimes there are similar hate-crimes committed in this country as well. We should own up to and confess that for centuries the Church kept silent when this happened or, even worse, spurred the hatred on. We cannot let that happen anymore. It is no different than what goes on when our own Christian sisters and brothers in Syria and Iraq and Nigeria are attacked by people calling themselves Muslims (who also attack their own sisters and brothers) and they, in justifiable fear, remain silent. We have no excuse. What comes out of our mouths may be hate, or may be love, and that is a sign of what lies deep in our hearts.
It’s always important that we remember that Jesus was not, in our terms, a Christian. He did not celebrate Christmas (and the Bible never says his birthday was in December); he was not baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (although all three were there when John the Baptist did baptize him in the Jordan River); and though I expect he celebrated his resurrection more than anyone else ever has, it probably came with as much sense of relief as anything – as much a physical reaction as a spiritual one, for him. Jesus was, as the Bible clearly tells us, a good, God-fearing Jew. He was welcomed into the world with the proper sacrifices in the Temple, where his family returned on a regular basis as they could. He went to synagogue on the Sabbath, our Saturday. He observed the Passover, and transformed it into the meal that we share at the Lord’s Table.
He knew the Law of Moses. He respected the Law of Moses. That is why it strikes such an odd chord when he says,
“Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” [Matthew 15:10-11]
After all, isn’t so much of the Hebrew Bible about what you should or should not eat? Kosher laws are more than just not eating pork. To this day an observant Jew who reads Deuteronomy 14:21, “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk”, knows that means that veal parmesan and cheeseburgers are also out of line. Likewise, based on other passages, you can forget about the clams casino and the shrimp cocktail. Jesus knew all of that. He also knew not to work on the Sabbath, not to mix different fibers in his clothing, and to avoid touching or getting too close to lepers. Jesus, however, cared far more about the purpose of the Law than for the details.
Have you ever had a broken arm and had to wear a cast? You know it’s for your own good but it’s also burdensome. Every moment of the day you have to think about this big, clunky thing at your side. You wake up at night with an unaccustomed weight pulling your shoulder to the side. It makes you very much aware of the very existence of your appendages in a way that you aren’t most of the time.
The Law can be a bit like that. It provided for a lot of good. Pork, after all, was a great source of trichinosis when it isn’t properly cooked. Unrefrigerated shellfish are not a good thing to eat anytime, but especially in hot climates. Keeping the Sabbath is important for physical as well as spiritual well-being. Above all, though, the many requirements of the Law served as a reminder of God’s involvement in every aspect of human life.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” [Deuteronomy 6:4-9]
As Stanley Hauerwas, who writes about Christian ethics, has been known to say, “A God who cares what you do with your pots and pans obviously cares what you do about the big stuff.”
Jesus knew that. He knew it better than anyone. He knew how human beings can get caught up in the small stuff so easily that we forget why it was ever put into place. He knew that we could – and do – observe the smaller points to such a degree that we miss the big picture. It isn’t what goes into us, but what comes out of our hearts, that matters.
“For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.” [Matthew 15:19-20]
It is good to keep the rules. It is not good to break them. But keeping the rules in and of itself is nothing, and can, in fact, be done is such a heartless way that the greater good is denied.
Once I heard about a teenage girl who was very active in her church, a major leader in the youth fellowship, and someone that a lot of the younger kids looked up to. When she was a senior in high school she became pregnant. One of the older church members, a man who was also very well-respected and honorable, who had a highly developed sense of right and wrong, felt like he should reach out to her somehow. Very awkwardly, right after her situation became public, he went up to her at the end of choir practice and put his arm around her shoulder and said, “This means you and the young man will be getting married soon, won’t you?” She leaned her head up against his shoulder and said, very calmly, “I made one mistake. I’m not about to make a bigger one.” The old man wrapped his other arm around her, and they both began laughing and crying at the same time.
It was Jesus’ own brother, James, who wrote to the church, reminding us,
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.” [James 3:10-12]
Listen, some time, to what you say when you speak without thinking. Ask yourself what kind of thoughts or attitudes are going out into the world through you. This is what matters. For just as surely as harm can come about, so can good. The old advice about counting to ten before saying anything when you are angry is good advice. You can update it to waiting an hour before you hit the “send” button or post your comment or tweet your thoughts. Don’t ignore the “delete” button.
And if there is anything good that you can say from your heart, even if you put it awkwardly, don’t be afraid to say it. Sincerity is the highest form of eloquence. Besides, even if you speak in human and angelic tongues and don’t have love, you’d only be a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. But if you do have love, there will be grace in even poorly-chosen words, if they come from the heart.
"Stretching" - August 3, 2014
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was the author of The Little Prince, a wonderful book both for children and for adults. Toward the beginning of it, he recreates a drawing that he made as a child and that is reproduced on an insert in your bulletin this morning. He wrote,
And he shows a cross-section of the snake, where you can see the elephant in profile.
Imagination is a wonderful gift. We all have it as children but experience tends to suppress it as we grow older. That is regrettable but inevitable. Sometimes, though, the Lord in whose image we are made, and who created the universe out of nothing, calls on us to use our powers of imagination to see the miracles he wants to work.
Hear Matthew’s telling of the one miracle that is recounted in all four gospels. It happens when Jesus wanted to get away from the crowds and had gone out into the wilderness but was followed.
“When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.’ Jesus said to them, ‘They need not go away; you give them something to eat.’ They replied, ‘We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.’ And he said, ‘Bring them here to me.’ Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.” [Matthew 14:15-21]
It takes some powerful imagination to picture anyone feeding that many people with that much food. I have a can of sardines here, and some hotdog rolls. Do you think that we could all have lunch with these? Now multiply that by fifty.
And yet, placed in Jesus’ hands, it went farther than anybody could have possibly thought. That is what goes on when we stop putting our limits on God’s readiness to bless. It’s what happens when we let our imagination be stretched by faith, the way a boa constrictor stretches when it swallows an elephant.
When I think about what that might mean for us, for the First United Methodist Church of Phoenixville, I think about what we are at this time placing in Jesus’ hands for him to feed his people, whether with physical food or with food for the soul. After several years of putting the funds aside, work began this past week on renovation of the kitchen. What could happen because of that? How will what has been placed in Jesus’ hands be multiplied and shared?
If you would, take the drawing by St.-Exupery in the bulletin and turn it over to the blank side on the back. Take a moment and let your imagination run wild. Then write on the back at least one way that you believe in your heart that the Lord would want us to use the gift of that new kitchen. If you don’t have anything to write with, there are pencils in the pews. When you’ve done that, fold it up and put it into the offering plate as the ushers pass them around in a moment or two. Again, though, let your imagination go freely as you do this.
Let me tell you another boa constrictor story. Do you know how in some high school biology classrooms there will be a bank of cages and glass cases with rats and spiders and snakes and various creatures? In ours there was one where a boa constrictor was kept, at least until the morning that the teacher came in and found the cover pushed off the top. The snake was nowhere to be found. Try teaching with that on your mind. About a year passed and a new class was sitting there, learning about the stages of cell division and the chemistry of plant life, when one of the girls screamed “Mrs. Kreider! There’s a snake!” and pointed up at the heat register by the ceiling.
Now, again, put your imagination to work. Don’t picture yourself as a human being suddenly confronted by a snake where a snake does not normally belong. Try to see that year from the boa constrictor’s point of view. Having left confinement and captivity, lost in a maze of HVAC ductwork for a year, you had found food and water and warmth and safety all that time, even if there were no elephants to swallow.
When you and I go beyond the glass boxes that hold us, we also may discover that there is more out there than we suspect. We may discover the miraculous ways that we are given real sustenance, and we may find that even when we share what we unexpectedly are given, there may be more leftovers to go around even beyond that.


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