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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Again we were up at 6AM so we could get to Nauvoo. We got there about 9AM and we first went on the carriage ride into the North side of Nauvoo. It was a very inspirational ride as our guide talked about the people and trials they had as they settled the area of Commerce and turned it from a mosquito invested swamp into Nauvoo (The City Beautiful). After that Spiritual and thrilling experience we saw the “Remembering Nauvoo” film in the visitor center. What a beautiful film to see. We next went to Land and Records, where we looked up some of our Ancestors that lived in Nauvoo and where they owned property. The Sister there explained to us that when the Saints were driven out of Nauvoo they did not pay their property taxes and so their property was sold on tax auction and so they no longer had legal ownership to the properties. I think it was a legal way to steal the properties. We went to the Browning Home and Gun Shop. As I am a third Great Grandson, we got rather special treatment there We got some lunch at a café and then came back and went to the Brigham Young home, Lucy Mack Smith home where she lived after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum, next we went to the Brick Yard and then to the Joseph Smith Sites that are owned by the Community of Christ Church. We sure recognized a difference in the Spiritual feelings there although we were excited to see the sites. We then returned to the Nauvoo Visitor Center and saw the production of “The High Hopes and River Boats” production. After that show we went for dinner at the Hotel Nauvoo where we had a full buffet and then returned to see the musical production “Sunset by the Mississippi”, that was a great evening of fun and talent. It was after 10 PM when we got back to our motel in Keokuk. We were very tired but had a wonderful day.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
We got up at 6am to get going. We started off at the visitor center and got tickets to the production “Just Plain Anna Amanda” and then attended the movie “Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration”. We had seen that movie before but it was just as moving this time. We then attended the production and enjoyed that. We went to the Seventies Hall, the “Trail of Hope” and the ox ride. I found out that a ox is usually a steer but can be a cow that is allowed to grow to be over 2,000 lbs. We went for lunch and then came back and while I took a nap Mae went to the Family Living Center, which had demonstrations of rope making, candle making, pottery making, barrel making, weaving and spinning yarn out of flax, cotton and wool. When Mae finished at the Family Living Center we visited the post office, printing shop, tin shop and Heber C. Kimball home. We drove out to the old Nauvoo cemetery and I walked through that while Mae talked to Sandi on the phone. After returning to Keokuk we stopped at an overlook where we could see the Lock on the Mississippi River. That dam raises the water level over the rapids by 18’. Before the dam and lock was installed loaded barges and ships had to unload at Keokuk and transport the freight by wagon and team to Nauvoo or vise versa to get over the rapids. As we were there we could see the water being let out of the lock and finally the gate opened. We watched to see a ship or barge come out of the lock but instead it was for two men in a canoe. We got quite a laugh out of that.
Friday, July 03, 2009
We slept in this morning. After checking out of the motel, we filled the car with gas and got a car wash. It was after 10AM before we left Keokuk to return to Greenville Ohio. We stopped on the way to get a Sub Way sandwich for lunch, and at a Artic Circle to get Mae an ice cream Sunday and once for gas. Mae read most of the time as I drove. It was 7:50PM when we got to Jeff’s but we also lost an hour because of Day-Light-Savings time. We went out to eat for dinner and came back and played games until after 11pm. I filled out my journal for the past two days before we went to bed.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
I woke at 6:40am and was up for a little while.  We didn’t get up until 9am. Mae prepared a nice breakfast of pan cakes. We had some laundry that needed done and so did Jeff so we all went to the laundry mat. Mae brought a book to read while we were waiting but when I leaned back and closed my eyes I went to sleep. I woke and Jeff and Mae were in changing the clothes to the dryers so I helped. We then went back to the car and Mae started reading and I again got comfortable and went back to sleep. When we got home I worked on my computer for a while. Mae made a very mice lunch of spagitti. This afternoon Jeff took us for a ride to see where he lived when he first came out here. He took us around the area and then out to a flood control dam built in the 1920’s. It was a series of five such dams but as far as Jeff knows they were never used. When we first came to it, I was sure that there was a reservoir on the other side of it but it was just a beautiful wooded area with the river and some small lakes or ponds. We sure enjoyed walking down through the area but the mosquitoes got thick so we left. We stopped at Buffalo Bills for dinner and it was very good. We enjoyed the Indian decor with a beautiful stuffed buffalo in the entrance way. We stopped back at home and got jackets and then drove out to Mary Michael’s, a worked at the Honeywell Plant, where we thought that we would watch the Fire Works. There was several other that had also been invited. However the city canceled there display because of the weather as it has been raining lightly most of the day. The Michael’s made us welcome and invited us to stay. They had refreshments and food but we were too full to eat more. They had us joining in a game of Corn Hole. It is played much like Horse shoes except it is two slanted boards with a hole in each and you toss corn gags. If your bag lands and stays on the board it is worth 1 point unless the opponent buts one of his bags on the board, in which case it zeros your point. If you toss the bag thru the hole it is worth three points unless the opponent also tosses a bag thru the hole witch zeros the points out. It was a fun game and we thought it is a perfect backyard game that any age could enjoy. Mary said that we could find the plans for the board and the rules on the inter-net. I will have to build a set for us when we get back home.  It was late when we left and came home. Mae stayed home and took a shower while Jeff and I went to Wal-Mark’s for some water, eggs and Jeff rented a movie. I took a shower and we watched the movie. The show was taken from a true instant during World War II when some of the Jew’s fled into the forests for safety from Hitler’s army. It was an R Rated movie, so Mae questioned us watching it. I don’t know but it sure gave me a great appreciation for what I have been blessed with and the freedoms of America.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
It was 2AM when the show finished and we went to bed. I woke at 7AM and was up for a little while. Mae woke and had me cuddle up to her and we went back to sleep for a few minutes. Mae and I went to Sacrament meeting at the Greenville Branch. The building is very small as is the branch but there was a wonderful spirit there and we appreciated being able to partake of the Sacrament. There was also a wonderful feeling of the Spirit with the testimonies that were born. We came home after Sacrament meeting as I am hurting with quite a lot of pain thru my left shoulder and arm. I took a nap before dinner. Mae as always cooked a very nice meal. I helped her do up the dishes and then Jeff, Mae and I played some games. Mae and Jeff then lay down for naps while I worked on my journal and Family History. I am sure having trouble with the Family History programs and have lost quite a bit of information or at least have my files mixed up. This is sure discouraging. Jeff and I set out on the swing until Mae had dinner ready. I have tried to discus religion with Jeff but he has blocked it out of his life. We played games for a while before going to bed. We realized that I miss the Bus In-service class on the 11th of June. I guess that I was being pressed to do Irven and Sandy’s place and just over looked the schedule.
Monday, July 06, 2009
We got up and had breakfast and then I took Jeff over to his work. Jeff gave us the use of his car again. Mae had things put together so that when I got back we just loaded up and left. We stopped at an auto parts and used their computer reader and checked the reading on the car. It indicated two sensors, one on emissions and one on a knock.  We did add some fuel cleaner that was recommended. We really enjoyed the GPS for we just put in the address of the John Johnson Farm and it kept us with directions, even when I made a mistake and turned right instead of left. It just recalculates and gives you an alternate route or suggests that you do a U-turn to get you back on course. The John Johnson Farm is in Hiram Ohio and it took us about 5 hours to get there. We had a couple of pit stops on the way but other than that just really enjoyed the drive. We are so impressed with the trees, foliage and farms here in the mid-west. Mae has taken so many pictures of the scenery, farms, homes and towns, including road signs of the names of cities and towns. Often the trees are so thick that you can’t see even a few feet off the roadway.
The John Johnson farm was very impressive. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had twelve children and raised nine with the other dieing in youth. They were very industrious having a large 280 acre farm. Besides the crops, they had a dairy herd, a cheese factory, a grist mill or a grain grinding mill and a lumber mill, so they were really wealthy. On one occasion one of his older sons came home from visiting Kirtland and had joined the Mormon Church. A couple of days after, the minister came out to the farm and asked Mr. Johnson how come his son had joined the Mormon Church to which Mr. Johnson said “I don’t know but let’s find out.” They got a Book of Mormon and the two of them stayed up all night reading the book. The next day Mr. & Mrs. Johnson and their minister (I have a question as to whether or not I have the details right, because we were told another story about the Johnson’s and I didn’t get the two stories connected traveled to Kirtland where they asked where they could find Joseph Smith the Prophet. The person answered that he was Joseph Smith. Mr. Johnson said that a prophet could heal people and asked if he could heal Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson had a joint problem for the past two years in which she could not raise her right arm above her head. Joseph Smith asked her if she had faith that she could be healed. She replied that she did. Joseph then took her by the hand and said “In the Name of Jesus Christ be healed.” He then turned and left. Mrs. Johnson then slowly raised her arm until it was fully extended above her head and was never bothered with the problem again. Mr. & Mrs. Johnson and their minister were baptized into the Church. Later Joseph Smith asked Brother and Sister Johnson to sell their land and consecrate the money to the Lord that the Church could purchase the property where the Temple would be built. This they did and then moved to Kirtland.
From the Johnson Farm we went to Mentor where we stayed at the Best Western Motel. It was very nice but had we known that Jim and Marion were not going to be with u, we most likely would have stayed at a little cheaper accommodations. We then drove over to Kirtland and found the Temple. After taking a few pictures we went out to eat and then came back to the motel for the evening.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
By the time we got up and got some breakfast it was 10AM when we got to the Visitor Center in Kirtland. We were there for over 2 hours and enjoyed every minute of it. Our guide had been there for only two weeks but he did a marvelous job in giving us many interesting details of the town. He talked to the group for a few minutes and gave some background of Kirtland, then we watched a beautiful 20 minute movie. Wow, it helped us realize and appreciate this great prophet, his wife, Emma, and the wonderful members even more as we saw what they went through and still remained faithful. We had heard some of these stories before, but the movie was done very well and we could feel the spirit and it was very touching. Our guide then took us to Newell Knight’s home and store. Wow, they were very valiant and faithful people. They were both members of Sidney Rigdon’s church, but Ann (Newell’s wife) told him she agreed with what he said, but felt something was missing. As they prayed about it, Ann received the witness that the Lord’s church would come soon, so when the four missionaries which included Parley P Pratt, came and taught them, she found the missing parts and was given the witness that this was the Lord’s true church and she wanted to be baptized immediately. Newell wasn’t quite sure and asked her to wait a while to make sure, but she told him she knew it was true, so was baptized immediately. It wasn’t long before Newell also received the witness and was baptized. Soon after, the prophet Joseph Smith and Emma arrived and they went into the Knight’s store and Joseph told Newell “You prayed me here, now what can I do for you?” The Knight’s were so excited. Joseph also said “Do you have a place for us to stay?” Newell had built a beautiful home for Ann so they gave the prophet and Emma two rooms to stay in and use. One was a bedroom and the other was a sitting room which the prophet used for the Church headquarters. They were there a few months and then Joseph and Emma and their children went to the John Johnson home to live for a time. This is where the mob came and drug Joseph out at night and tarred and feathered him. Their baby son was ill at the time and with the exposure to the cold, he died. Emma and the Johnson’s spent the night digging off the tar and feathers and Joseph spoke to his congregation the next morning as it was Sunday. I can’t imagine anyone doing that after what he had been through, but he did. Because they were worried about the mobs, they moved back to Kirtland and the Knight’s remodeled part of their store to make an apartment for Joseph and his family. The upstairs room was where he held the “School of the Prophets” and this is where he received the 89th section of the D&C – the Word of Wisdom. The Father and Son appeared to them in that room. Wow, it was great to be there and feel the spirit there. The prophet and Emma were in Kirtland for 7 years – the longest he stayed in any place, although he was gone a lot to Missouri where many of the saints were at that time. Our guide took us through the saw mill and explained it to us. We next went to the Ashery. This was a building where ashes were process. Ashes came from fireplaces, but especially from the burning of trees when the land was cleared. A person would be paid 50 cents a bucket. The ashes were then processed to make, the lie used in the making soap, further processing resulted in potash and even more processing resulted into pearl ash. Pearl ash was sent to England where they made china and other dishes, so they received best price (I believe it was $500 per barrel) for the Pearl ash. These funds were used for the operation of the Church, with the majority of it going to for the building of the Temple. After moving from Newell Knight’s home to John Johnson’s home and then for the safety of the Prophet, back to Kirtland to the remodeled apartment in the Knight store, a home was finally built just North of the Temple for Joseph and Emma. This was the first home that Joseph and Emma had had of their own, sense being married. They were only in that home just a few months when because of persecution the Saints had to leave Kirtland.
We then went to the Kirtland Temple visitor’s center and viewed a film and took a tour of the Kirtland Temple. That was so great to see also. The Church doesn’t own this temple but it is owned by the Reorganized Church, which is now called the “Community of Christ Church”. The guide explained that the Temple had not been destroyed when the Saints left Kirtland, like the Nauvoo Temple was, but had just set with no care. There were many members of the Church that did not leave the area but remained. They later received title to the building because of abandonment. The guide also explained that some roomers said that the building had been used for other purposes but it had not, but only remained uncared for. After receiving title the Temple, the then Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, did a lot of restoration to the building. She explained that during the dedications of the temple, there were over a thousand people and so 15 to 20 people occupied each pew. As we set in the pew I estimated that only 8 to 12 people could set comfortable per pew. The meeting took 8 hours and she said that no one left their seats even though there was some breaks. I can’t imagine children especially going that long as they would be tired and have to go to the bathroom, eat, etc. I asked the guide this and she said she didn’t know how they did it, but that was what she was told. During the 2nd dedication session on Sunday, the curtains were dropped to give privacy to the First Presidency and the Savior appeared to Joseph and Sidney and accepted His temple. The members had been in poverty and yet they gave their all to the building of that temple. The sisters had also gave their china dishes which were crushed and put in the plaster for the exterior of the temple which gave the walls a glisten effect. When the Reorganized Church renovate the exterior of the temple, because big chunks of plaster had fallen off, etc., they tried to re-plaster it the same way, but it didn’t work. They later found out the reason why was that the early saints had plastered it by hand, but when they redid it, they used a power sprayer to put the plaster on the pressure caused the broken glass to seed itself deep into the plaster and so the glass didn’t show up on the outside. They, therefore, just painted over the building with white paint and that is the way it is maintained today.
We then drove to the Morley Farm and the couple missionaries told us about this great Morley couple and how they were also asked by the prophet to sell their farm and consecrate the money to the Lord for the building up of his church and they did so. We went up a beautiful path to where a building had been which used to be a school house and the prophet also used it to hold meetings in. They held the 4th church conference there and during the conference ordained several high priests. After the ordinations, Satan came and entered into several of the Brothers bodies and physically threw them around the room. Hyrum said to Joseph “This isn’t from the Lord” and Joseph responded “No, it’s not.” He then rebuked Satan through the power of the priesthood which he held and in the Name of Jesus Christ he commanded Satan to depart. Immediately Satan left. The prophet told the brethren that this was a needful experience to show them that Satan has great power, but the priesthood which they now held has a greater power.
We left the Morley farm and drove north until we came to Lake Erie, only a few miles out of our way. We felt that in as much as we were this close we would like to at least see the lake. It looked more like an ocean to us, as you could see no land across the water and could easily see the curvature of the earth. We also wanted to drive to an Amish Community but I had ask directions yesterday and had gotten such confusion that I didn’t want to try to find. We then set the GPS to take us to Jeff and started driving. We stopped once for something to eat and once for fuel. At both stops we switched drivers allowing me to take a nap. It was 9:30PM when we got to Jeff’s. It has been an exciting worth while trip.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
After Jeff left for work I called Jim and Marion to arrange time for us to visit them. We determined to go to their place tomorrow. Today Mae and I walked down town and to a park along the river. We just had an enjoyable time being together, see the river and the park, looking at a home for sell and visiting the Home Store of Kitchen Aid products. It has been a very enjoyable day. This evening after Jeff got home from work; we ate and then went to the store for groceries. When we got back home we played a game of Rummy. I then worked on my journal for a while. Mae did some correction and addition to my entries while I took a shower. It was late when we got to bed.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
We got up before 7AM so that we could get away to Jim and Marion’s fairly early. I took Jeff to work but just as we were leaving Jim called and said that they had sickness in their family, so we decided that we had better wait to go their. I worked on my journal getting it caught up again. Mae read several articles from the National Right to Life whose opinions were very good. We sure are in favor of most of their opinions. Mae and I took a nap this afternoon and then Mae made some dinner. Later we went outside on the front porch and swung in the swing and read from our book. Jeff soon came home from work and we went in and ate diner. After dinner we went with Jeff to Piqua for Jeff to cancel his membership to an exercise club. It was after 8PM when we got back home. Mae read more from our book while I entered more to this entry.
Friday, July 10, 2009
It was 7AM when we got up. I cooked some cereal for breakfast while Mae got dressed and got things straightened up. Jeff just had a bowl of cold cereal before he went to work. This morning, Jeff road his bike to work, leaving his car for us to use. Mae and I ate and then left for Jim and Marion Fraiser’s in Springfield, Ohio. Again we sure appreciated having the GPS to guide us there. When we got there I was so envious of their home setting. They have 135 acres of land set back in the woods, so that you can not see another house from their yard. He has the crops leased out to another person who pays him twice a year. When we drove up to the house, we questioned if we were at the right place, because we didn’t recognize the two people setting on the porch until we got right up to the house. It has been almost 30 years since we last saw them and changes do take place. We met some of their grandchildren while we were there. After we had visited for a little while they took us around some of the interesting sights around Springfield. The first area was a new reservoir established on the Mad River, for flood control and recreation. It is one of the most beautiful reservoirs I have ever seen. They then took us to see a Church of God chapel that the Prophet Joseph was asked to preach a sermon at. Marion gave us a printed excerpt from Joseph Smith writings that explains a little of the Zion’s Camp as it traveled through this area of Ohio. We next went to a large earth mound that is now a National Historic Site in the village of Enon. Evidently it is believed that this possible is an earth grave of a previous people that may have lived in this area. We enjoyed being with Jim and Marion for a little while today. We got back home shortly after 4PM. Mae wanted the Friend to find her stories for this months sharing time. Marion had suggested that she could find it on lds.com. Mae thought about that but then the computer that she could use was Jeff’s and he doesn’t have a printer. I suggested that we go over to the Library and use their computer and then print the stories off that she wants. That is what we did. When we came back home Jeff had already came home, but was talking to Gail. He then went for a ride so they could talk in privacy. Mae and I ate dinner and then read from our book. Later when Jeff came back and had some dinner, the three of us played some Rummy. We finished our book before we went to bed.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
We were late getting up as the sky was overcast and cool. Mae prepared breakfast of pan cakes which were very good. It started to rain this morning and we spent some time setting out side on the porch just watching it. The rain was very peaceful although quite hard. We went over to the laundry mat and washed clothes. While we waited for the clothes to wash Mae and I walked over to the fair grounds and walked around a farm equipment display with most of the equipment being machinery of the past. Many of the booths were closed up due to the rain and some of the events had to be canceled but we enjoyed ourselves. When we got back home the three of us played games. Marion called to tell Mae how special it was for us to come and see them. We figured it to be about 20 years since we have seen them. We have kept in touch with Christmas cards and occasionally a phone call. Marion said that Jim wanted her to tell me that they had got 2 ˝” of rain from this storm. He had told me Friday that the farmers were happy with the weather if the get about 1” a week in rain fall. In Utah we about 3” a year! This evening we drove over to Wal-Mart and rented the DVD “The Secret Life of Bee’s”. We really enjoyed it. Mae and I took showers before going to bed.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
We got up about 7:30AM and I prepared breakfast while Mae did her hair and Jeff slept. Jeff woke in time to eat with us. Mae and I attended Sacrament meeting and then came back to be with Jeff. We relaxed and played games, fixed dinner and ate, went for a walk down around the river and back. We set on the swing on the porch before coming up stairs and playing more games. While Mae was preparing dinner I boxed up Jeff’s nice dishes. He had two sets of dishes that he found in the top of the cupboards when he moved here. He told the land lord who just said; “I guess they are yours now”. I will check on the freight cost tomorrow to see if they are worth shipping home. After playing a couple of games the three of us went for a walk. We walked downtown and then to the river. We walked along some river trails for quite a while, just enjoying the beautiful area and the relaxed atmosphere. Mae cooked some spagitti for an evening meal. Jeff is very confused at what he should do but he won’t consider religion as posible consideration and I certainly don’t have any other answers for him. Mae and I rubbed each others feet and then I gave Jeff a foot rubs. That is always relaxing. Sandi returned a call from Mae and let us know how they are doing. She is with a friend and they are taking a tour. They are in Boston tonight. She said that they are really enjoying it but they are kept very busy with the tour group. Mae and I went outside to watch the fire flies and went for a short walk around the area. The weather is sure nice and comfortable and has been all the time we have been back here. We did get the day of rain yesterday and as we were talking about it, we realized that Utah get about 3 inches of rain fall per year and Ohio hopes for an average of 1 ˝ inches per week. No wonder there is so much foliage and everything is so green.
We visited with David and Shauna this evening and we will go to East Canyon Reservoir with them Thursday and returning home on Sunday.
Monday, July 13, 2009
My back has been hurting most of the day yesterday so I wasn’t to sure how I would sleep last night. Mae rubbed my back and applied some Thera-gesic and I slept quite well. We set the alarm for 5:30 AM but didn’t get up until 6 AM. I helped Mae get some breakfast and after eating I took Jeff to work so we could have the use of his car again. Mae and I got things cleaned us and packed our suite cases. We took the dishes and out two suite cases to the UPS office and had them weighed. The one suite case weighed 49 lb and the other 47 ˝ lb. The box of dishes would have to be completely repacked with much more packing and in two boxes, one inside of the other or they would never arrive with out being broken to pieces. The cost of shipping and packing would be around 100 dollars. Jeff will have to make that decision. We went to the museum in town but it is closed on Mondays. We came home and I worked on my journal entries on the trip to Nauvoo. Mae took some notes of the sights we have been to and I am trying to get my entries with a little more detail.
Mae wrote a letter that we will leave for Jeff, so I asked her to retype it here in my journal.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Dear Jeff,
Dad and I just want to thank you again for letting us come and visit you here and thank you again for the use of your car. We have loved every minute of it – from the walks in the beautiful parks and by the river and even walking around your neighborhood and town, to watching the fire flies or lightening bugs, to playing games, watching movies, visiting or reading in your porch swing, to going out to eat or eating together here. We love your apartment with the cute kitchen, back screened porch and wrap around porch. We like this town and especially the beautiful green trees, fields and foliage. We have loved being with you and loved going to Nauvoo, Kirtland and to Maryon and Jim’s home in Springfield. The time has gone fast, but it’s been wonderful and you have been wonderful.
Dad and I both love you so much and wish with all our hearts that you could find the happiness, joy and peace we have. We know you feel we have been lied to, but we have faith that we have not. We know Heavenly Father gave us commandments, which if we keep will bring us peace and happiness. He gave us our agency so we can choose. We know God gave us prophets who lived valiant and were prepared in the pre-existence to come forth on this earth at special times to receive revelations and visions from Him to guide us in this life. I am so thankful to these great men, that they were willing to sacrifice everything for the Lord and the building up of his kingdom on this earth. If they were not true prophets, why would they do all they did and do – even to giving their lives? They could have denied and Lord and not had to go through all the persecutions and trials they had. Satan wants to stop this work from going forward and he has great power, but the Priesthood of God and Christ have much more. The prophets and apostles and other general authorities are good righteous men. I can see it in their eyes and countenance and feel it in my heart. I know the Holy Ghost reveals this to me because I try to follow the prophets and live the gospel and keep God’s commandments. The more we do this, the more the Holy Ghost can be with us to comfort, guide, protect and help us. If we choose to not obey the commandments, we can’t receive the blessings and the Holy Ghost or spirit of the Lord can’t be with us. My dad told me, when I was young, to never go anyplace where the Holy Ghost wouldn’t and couldn’t go or I would be left on my own. The garments are a protection against the power of the destroyer (Satan.) II want to do everything I can to keep the spsirit with me because I hate the feelings I have when because of the wrong choices I make, the spirit isn’t with me and I feel Satan’s influence. I can’t blame Satan for everything but I know he wants to destroy me and my faith in God and he wants me to be miserable like he is.
My brother, Hal, and I were close and he chose to go the ways of the world and try everything he could. He had a good heart and was good to people and at times he experienced thrills and pleasures, but he was confused and didn’t have the peace and happiness that I had. Dad and I tried to talk to him about the gospel and the Lord, but he wouldn’t listen. He didn’t want to obey the commandments and go to church, he wanted to be free and to do what he wanted. That’s fine, we all get to choose, but the choices he made didn’t bring him the happiness he sought and it was devastating for his wife and daughter, especially his daughter. I didn’t enjoy Hal as we were growing up together as he teased me constantly and was mean to me, until we grew up, then we became close and had many heart to heart talks and I loved him and still do. I can’t describe the pain Mom and dad and our family experienced when he would be in the hospital from overdosing his pills and especially when he took his life. Maybe I’ve told you all this before and if so I apologize for repeating it.
I just wish your heart could be softened and you would pray sincerely to Heavenly Father and receive your testimony back. Dad and I will always love you no matter what, but it makes us sad to see you suffering such mental anguish. I know it would be hard to come back as Satan would do everything he could to stop you, but with the Lord’s help you could do it. This earth life isn’t supposed to be easy. We were valiant in the pre-existence and if we endure to the end, we’ll have eternal happiness. Dad and I pray for this for all our family. I love you so much,
Mom
P.S. I am so thankful for my parents, grandparents, great grandparents and all my ancestors who were wonderful, faithful people who endured many trials in this life and yet they remained faithful. I don’t think they could have done this without great faith in the Lord and the spirit to guide them.
We left at 2PM and drove to the Honeywell Plant where Jeff works. Jeff drove us from there to the Dayton Airport. We had plenty of time to check in. From Dayton we flow North West Airlines to Detroit Michigan. We had to transfer plains there and had about 30 minutes to walk from the South end of the B terminal to the North end of the A terminal. We walked about as fast as we could and got there with about 10 minutes to spear, but we were tired. From Detroit we flew non-stop to Salt Lake. We flew at 3800 ft altitude and so could see very little detail on the ground. Bob and Carroll met us at the airport and brought us home. we were very tired and had gained 2 hours of time. We soon went to bed.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I didn’t sleep to well and had to come into the living room and sleep in the recliner. I was getting cramps in my legs which woke me up. I got up before 7AM but let Mae sleep in. Mae woke about 8 AM. After breakfast Bob and I feed the animals. We then worked on the sprinkler system. I think I have it ready to water now. I took some information over to Mishelle in Transportation and then went to Green’s Feed. By the time I got home it was time for dinner and then we went to the Family History Center. I am struggling with knowing what I am doing there. After getting home tonight I downloaded the pictures that we took on our trip. I am having trouble getting one chip of pictures to download. We visited with Scott and Mishelle by way of SKIPT on the computer, for over a half hour. It is now after mid-night so we had better get to bed.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I slept better last night. I was up at 6:30 AM and went out and took care of the chickens and rabbits. I let the chickens run out side of the pen today to see how they would do. Mae got breakfast ready and I came in for it. I then went up to the Adam’s sod farm in Layton but they weren’t ready for me so that took some time. I stopped at Green’s Farm Store and exchanged the two sacks of feed that they gave me the wrong product yesterday. Grant came over and helped me lay the sod. I was a little short on sod so I went to Lowe’s and bought what I needed. We finished the sod and then ate dinner. I was still working out front for a while. When I quit I came in and showered and got ready to go Home Teaching. Bob got home form his Dr. Appointments and helped me. We cleaned up all my tools and put them away as well as cleaning up the dirt and materials. Bob and I went Home Teaching to the Johnston’s first and then stopped by the Casey’s. Sister Fallis was not at home this evening so we will have to try another day. When I got home I visited with Mike next door about our trip. Mae, Mike and David came home from watching Tyler’s ball game. Mike and David stayed a little while before going home. We visited with David and Shauna about our East Canyon trip tomorrow. I also called Scott and they will plan on joining us on Saturday afternoon. It was late before we got to bed.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
After breakfast I took care of the animals before going over to Irven and Sandy’s. My back is still hurting me, so Bob called and got me an appointment with Dr. Toone for 11 AM. I got Irven and Sandy’s air conditioner going for them, before I went to Dr. Toone’s. Dr Toone adjusted my back and then suggested that I ice pack the area that has been adjusted and also take a nap. Mae has been busy all morning packing and getting her Visiting Teaching done. She still had me follow Dr. Toone’s advise so I did for a half hour. We finished packing and when as we left we stopped for fuel in the pickup and boat. We got to Morgan just in time to see Tyler’s ball game. David is an assistant coach for Tyler’s team, so that gives us two reasons to watch and cheer for the team. They won the tournament for this year. After the game we went over to Sub-Way and bought us a Foot-Long Oven Roasted Chicken sandwich for our dinner. We then went back to where the team was being treated with Mile Shakes and got Emily. Emily road up to East Canyon Reservoir, to sight 27, where David had their camper set up. David, Connor and Tyler didn’t get up there until 10 PM. Shauna didn’t come up tonight as she has to work tomorrow.
Friday, July 17, 2009
We had a wonderful day boating and fishing with David’s family. David’s camper is sure nice with all the facilities including AC. David and I did go to Morgan and buy a hoes to connect to the potable water supply. Shauna came up this evening.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
David and I got up early and went out fishing. We caught three nice trout that we brought back when Mae called me and said that they were ready for breakfast. Tyler was a little upset that we hadn’t taken him with us this morning but David had tried to wake him but he didn’t seem to want to wake up at that time. I did enjoy the time to be with David. We took the children out fishing but again Tyler seem to get discouraged early and didn’t seem to enjoy it much. Scott, Mishelle and their family came up about 1 PM and join us. Mae took the children down to the beach while I took a short nap. When I got up we took Scott’s family out fishing and swimming. Later I let David, Shauna and Scott take the boat and they went out water skiing. Mae and I cooked a Dutch oven dinner for this evening. I had two ovens of food cooked when David, Shauna and Scott came back in. After eating Scott and Mishelle packed up and left as well as Mae and I. I was really tired as we left the camp about 10:45 PM. I had to stop in Morgan and buy me some water and some pop-corn before driving on home. It was mid-night when we got home and then had to unpack before taking showers and going to bed. I was beat.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
It was hard to get up this morning. I took care of the animals and we had some breakfast. We got a call from the Executive Secretary asking us to visit with the counselors in the Bishopric before meetings this morning. We met with then and they talked about our callings and possible a change. We explained the details but told them we would do what ever they would like us to do. They explained that Bishop Smith is out of town this morning but they would visit with him and will consider the needs. Mae had her “Miss Friendly” program to present to the Primary to day. We enjoyed all the meetings today. Bob had part of Bruce’s family for dinner but invited us to join them. He had a very nice dinner. Later this evening he brought us down a ˝ of an apple pie. Mae worked on the computer trying to get through the many e-mails she has received while we have been gone. Mark also came down this afternoon and said that he had lost the pictures that I had copied from our files to a CD. He gave me another DC and as I went to copy to it I checked the CD and the pictures were already on the file so I just took the disk back to him. I caught the past few days up on my journal after taking a nap. It is now after 10 PM so we had better get to bed as I want to get up early tomorrow.
Monday, July 20, 2009
I got up at 4:30 AM and went down to the Stake Farm to weed onions, but when I got there the ground was still to wet to get in the field, so I came back home. Bob had just gone out to feed the chickens and rabbits about the same time that I went upstairs to tell him that I didn’t stay at the Stake Farm so I would do the animals. I went out and we worked together with them. Bob then needed to take his car to Dee’s Service Center so I went over to bring him back. We went out to Smith and Edwards where I bought a 20 gal. Metal barrel that I could heat water in to scaled chickens in. I killed a rabbit and three chickens today. Mae tended David’s children today. This afternoon she took them over to Scott’s and while there she helped Mishelle with washing and the twins. I cooked the rabbit and then this evening I stripped the meat and ground it up. This evening Jeff and Gail brought their children over for Mae to tend while they went to a show. We picked strawberries from the garden, getting a nice bowl full. Irven and Sandy borrowed my miter saw this evening. I did get a short nap this afternoon but have kept going the rest of the time and tonight I am sure tired. I am going to take a shower and go to bed. Mae stayed up for sometime after I went to bed and cleaned up the kitchen better that I had left it.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Mae got up early so she could be at the Dentist office at 8AM. He had to take her dentures and make a final adjustment and alignment for her. She let me sleep in and I didn’t get up until 9AM. That put me really late getting to my normal morning chorus. After feeding the rabbits and chickens I cut the hay. It was after 2PM when I finished that and came in for lunch. I did lie down and take a nap after eating. Mae did her weekly washing today because yesterday she tended David’s children. Mae went back to the dentist and got her teeth. When I woke up I went out and cleaned the chicken coop. I have let the chickens run out side their pen yesterday and today but they are getting into the garden. Instead of chasing the chickens to get them back into the coop I turned the light on in the coop to see how that will work. When we got home after being at the Family History Center, all the chickens had gone inside the coop. Before we left for the FHC, Mae gave me a hair cut and I took a shower. This evening at the FHC I got registered on the New Family History Search system. It looks like I have a lot to learn. Mae isn’t feeling the best tonight so I had her go to bed with out me. I set up and compiled the first draft of a letter to David. It was after 1AM before I went to bed.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
We were awaken by sounds coming from the bathroom. I ran in and the water in the toilet was reacting like a geyser. Water was splashing onto the floor. I couldn’t understand what was happening and didn’t know what to do. I went upstairs to see if anything was taking place up there. Nothing seemed out of order. I went out side and saw a large truck just down the street. I asked the men if they were doing anything with the sewer lines and they said that they were just blow out the lateral lines to stop any blockage. For some reason our lines seem to have taken a lot of the force. We watched things the rest of the day but all seems to be ok. Anyway that got us up. I fed and watered the animals and again let the chickens run. They eat a lot of bugs but they are also getting into the garden so I guess I had better keep them penned. Bob and I started laying decorative block around the west terraced planter and at the east end of our entrance. By 12:30 pm it was hot so we quite for lunch and for the day because Mae and I had a wedding reception for Gary and Ruth Nelson this afternoon. We enjoyed the reception and visited with Joan and Ralph Peterson for a minute as they were also there. Mae had called Eleanor and Dennis to invite them to go with us to the reception but Eleanor called back and is having heart problems so won’t be able to attend. After the reception Mae and I stopped at the store for a few items. This evening we watched a John Wayne show on Comcast. Although we did have four interruptions by Bob, Mark and Irven and Sandy we really enjoyed it. After the show I wrote this entry and Mae opened the inter-net and read letters from Shellie and Garrett.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
After breakfast I fed the animals. Bob and I then finished laying block on the flower terries. I even got Cole to help us. it was 1PM before we finished up and I came into the house for some dinner. Robert and Patty came by on their way to see a Dr. in Salt Lake. Patty is having pain in her right foot and the Dr. are not sure what is causing it. They are going for some test and Patty wanted to have a Priesthood Blessing. Robert anointed Patty and I Sealed the Anointing and gave her a blessing. After going back downstairs I took a map. After getting up I did several small jobs and then filled 200 capsules with Ambrotose. Bob came down to tell me that the weather report indicated thunder showers tonight. He helped me move the snowmobiles and the tent trailer out of the canapé. We then loaded my cut hay onto Jeff’s trailer and parked it under the canapé. Mae has been busy all day with house work and also working in the yard. It was after 10:30 PM when I got to bed. Mae stayed up a little longer, using the chee machine for her back.
Friday, July 24, 2009
I got up at 4:30 AM so that I could get to the Stake onion patch to weed before the sun got hot. When I got there the field was posted to KEEP OUT because the field had been sprayed. The morning wasn’t wasted however as I got a greater and deeper insight as to the need for the Savior to have gone thru such trials and pain. My feelings of love for my Savior, the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Succeeding Prophets to President Monson, my special wife and my children; were all deepened. This experience in and of it self was worth the small effort of getting up early. Mae helped me with the morning chores and then we worked in the garden together. Mae was busy fixing food and items for this evening. I worked on the cloth dryer getting it taken apart. After dinner I took a nap and when I woke I put the dryer back together after cleaning it and using silicone on some of the bearing parts. We went over to Georgia’s and Rick’s this evening where we were joined by Bryce and Deanna and by Carl and Amelia and their Granddaughter Aiyonna. Carl was on the Indian placement program and lived with Mom and Dad Porter when Kim was young. That was 39 years ago. We had good food, played games and enjoyed visiting.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
I got up early and went to the Stake Farm and weeded in the onion patch for 1 ˝ hr. When I got home Mae went for a short walk while I took care of the animals. She then fixed breakfast and after eating Mae and I went with Bob and Carroll to Dr. Tune’s where we all got an adjustment. When we got back home Mae and I took a nap. I worked around outside and also got things ready for Mae and I to go fishing with float tubs. I did get 200 capsules filled with Phyt-Aloe capsulated in between doing other things today. Mae has been busy with house cleaning and getting food ready for a backyard social this evening and also to have Jeff and Scott’s families over for dinner tomorrow. The backyard party was hosted by Wanda Miller and that turned out very nice. The only problem was that Mae and I couldn’t eat much of the foods. Bob and Carroll came home early and when we got home Bob was mowing the lawns. That made Mae happy as she has invited some of the kids families for dinner tomorrow. Mae trimmed the lawn and I started cutting some of the heavy weeds along the fences down. That led to trimming some trees and grape vines. It was a nice evening to work outside. About 9:30 PM I told Mae that I was still hungry. She cooked us some toast and we had apple sauce and some fried chicken. As we were eating I heard noises outside and when we went to look it was Sunset City setting of fireworks. We went out side and watched them of about ˝ hour. It was a nice display but I sometimes wonder if we are using wisdom in spending money for that kind of entertainment.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
I woke about 6AM and was up for a while and read my scriptures before cuddling back up in bed with Mae. I fed the animals and came back in for breakfast. We just had time to get ready for church. My teeth on the right side, has been bothering me for a couple of days. Maybe I had better call for a dental appointment. I didn’t feel the best today and when we walked home the heat made me dizzy. Still not feeling well I took a nap after we had something for lunch. Scott, Mishelle and the children came over for dinner.  We sure enjoyed the afternoon and evening with Scott and his lovely family. Scott and I had a good talk about the Gospel and our testimonies. The twins are growing so fast and learning so much each time se see them.
Monday, July 27, 2009
We got up at 6AM to go fishing. We ate breakfast and took care of the chickens and rabbits and left about 8AM. We went up to the reservoir east of the cement plant up Weber canon.  We therefore used float tubs. They were great except a breeze came up from the west and we soon found out that we were moving up the reservoir faster than we could move back to the dam. We had to paddle to the north side where I got out of my tub and started to pull Mae along the shore. In the process Mae dropped my fishing pole and one of my fins. I could see my pull about 6 or 7 feet deep on a ledge. Carefully I used the other fishing pole and was able to work the other one up to the surface where I grabbed it. I then looked to see if the fin could also be seen. We spotted it but it was a little deeper than the pole had been. I changed the hook on the longest pole to a heavy triple hook and reaching as deep as I could I hooked the fin and brought it up. We then proceeded with me pulling Mae along the shore line until the shore line turned and the breeze was blocked. Mae then got out of the tub and I got back in. Mae then walked along a trail back to the pickup. I paddled the tubs over to the shore closer to the pickup and then we carried the equipment up. We decided that the tubs are fun but we will stick to the boat unless we go to a small lake that doesn’t have so much distance for the wind to carry us, such as Payson Lake.
We came on home and took a nap and rested the rest of the day. Paddling those tubs was quite a workout. We watched a John Wayne show. It had been a fun day.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Mathew Browning
I tried using a different mask with the c-pap last night and I only had it on for a couple of hours before I couldn’t stand it and removed it. At 2:19AM the telephone rang and when I answered it a young girl (anyway I guess she was young) ask what was up. I asked who this was and she just said, “Who are you?” I hung the phone up and then couldn’t go back to sleep for some time. I finally got up and came into the front room and slept the rest of the night in the recliner. Mae woke me about 7:30AM and we went over to Marcie Fairbourn’s and where we got Jeff’s car and took to Dee’s. Jeff has taken Gail into the hospital with labor pains. I worked on plans to build a sun room over the patio for Bob and Carroll. Mae was busy all day cleaning out the storage room so that Bob and Carroll could have more storage areas. We decided to go to Dee’s and get Jeff’s car and take it to Marcie’s. At the same time Mae would go to the store and get a gift for Jeff and Gail’s new baby. The baby was born today about 2:30PM, he weight 7lb 7oz and was 19 inches long.  The problem of our plans came as we left on time but as I went to turn right onto Main Street a pickup traveling south on Main Street was in the left lane but just as it came to the intersection it changed lanes to the right hand lane. This caused me to quickly stop and as I did the car behind me had also starting to move but didn’t stop as quickly as did I so it bumped into our car. This caused us a 45 minute delay in our plans so we had to forgo our plans to go out to eat dinner. We did stop and get some Maddox’s chicken before we went to the Family History Center. Tonight Brother Bell, Mae and I were only workers there tonight and we had several people come for help. We didn’t do to well tonight. After getting home I filled out this journal entry. While I was writing this entry, Mae turned on the TV to a BYU talk, given by Daniel C. Peterson. I could not help wishing that Jeff and David would lesson to this talk and to the defense of the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenant and latter day doctrines.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
We got up planning for Mae and I to go get Benji and Rachael and then over to the hospital to see the new baby. I took care of the rabbits and chickens and came in for breakfast. I asked Mae if she could take care of things with the children and let me stay at home and get started on some of the things I needed to do today. She did and I stayed and picked and weeded the strawberries. I started the irrigation water on the garden and watched it through the day. I worked on Bob & Carroll’s plans for their sunroom. I got things gathered up so I was ready to install a water faucet in the back of the house. I disassembled a lamp that the touch control switch has worn out. I had a dentist appointment with Dr. Gray at 11:40AM. He x-rayed my teeth but didn’t find any problem to explain why I have a sensitive area. I stopped at The Home Depot on the way back home and bought a switch for the lamp and some liquid foam to seal around the pipe I am installing for the faucet. Mae had returned with the children when I got there. Mae and the children had also eaten by the time I returned home. Bob invited me to eat lunch with him and Mark. Bob cooked steak and had salad for lunch. After lunch I couldn’t get into the bedroom to turn off the water to the house, because Mae put the children down for a nap. I therefore repaired a water line on the irrigation lines to the rose bushes in the front of the yard. When the children woke from their naps I shut off the water and connected the water line for the new water faucet. I then watered the chickens and we went over to the hospital to see Gail, Jeff and the new baby. They will name him Mathew. Both Gail and the baby seem to be doing fine. Trent Teeples had also come to visit them along with a friend of Gail’s Jen.  We had to stop by Marcy’s home and get some more clothes and a sleeping crib for the children. Benji and Mae sang the ABC song and a couple of others all the way home. When Mae put the children to bed Benji wanted to say prayers before going to sleep. He blessed his Dad, his Mom and his baby. I am sure tired tonight but it is almost 10:30PM as I finish this entry.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The children slept well last night so we didn’t get up until 7:45AM. While I was reading my morning study time, I read the history of the Prophet Joseph Smith imprisonment in Liberty Jail; the Extermination Order by Governor Boggs and the mob action that forced the Saints to leave Missouri in the winter; and the dedication of many of the early Saints when called to serve missions; my hart felt such feelings of sorrow and gratitude that I literally broke into tears. I can’t help but feel that of all the challenges we have had during our life this challenge of David and Jeff loosing their testimonies and leaving the Church has been the hardest I have had to except.
I took Benji with me to feed the chickens and rabbits. He really enjoyed that experience. As we finished and returned to the house Benji carried an egg in each hand to give to Grandma. I tried to get more done on the remodel plans but had several interruptions and didn’t get much done. Jeff brought Gail and Matt home this afternoon. We took Benji and Rachael home but on the way picked up Jeff at the car dealership where he left their black car to have some work done on it. We got home just in time to attend a meeting with the High Councilman over the Family History research. The High Priest leadership was also in attendance. It’s almost 10PM and I am getting up early to help Bob take a load of tree trimmings to the dumps, so I will close and play a game of Solitary before going to bed. I played three games, lost one and won two.
Friday, July 31, 2009
I got up early so that Bob and I could take a truck load of trash to the dumps. On the way I dropped of the trailer tire to get it replaced. I also took a propane tank up to JP’s to do a trade as the gas will not come out. However JP’s no longer handles the trade so I will have to go somewhere else. Bob helped me kill and clean 11 roosters. This evening I skinned, cut up and packaged four of the chickens. The rest we found room in the fridge and put them in there for tonight. Mae has been cleaning all day to gather things for the D.I. This is the second day in a row that she has spent considerable time trying to get things cleaned up so that Jeff can have some room for his things.
This is a revision to Ken’s journal with added comments made by Mae on these dates.
Ken’s journal entry of when little Matthew Lee Browning, Jeff and Gail’s new baby was born.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Mae woke me about 7:30AM and we went over to Marcie Fairbourn’s home where we got Jeff’s car and took it to Dee’s to have it fixed. Jeff has taken Gail into the hospital with labor pains. The baby was born today about 2:30PM, he weighed 7lb 7oz and was 19 inches long.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
We got up planning for Mae and I to go get Benji and Rachel and then go over to the hospital to see the new baby. I asked Mae if she could take care of things with the children and let me stay at home and get started on some of the things I needed to do today. She did. After the children had their afternoon naps we went over to the hospital to see Gail, Jeff and the new baby. They will name him Mathew Lee. Both Gail and the baby seem to be doing fine. Trent Teeples had also come to visit them along with a friend of Gail’s .  We had to stop by Marcy’s home and get some more clothes and a sleeping crib for Rachel. Benji and Mae sang the ABC song and a couple of other songs all the way home. When Mae put the children to bed Benji wanted to say prayers before going to sleep. He blessed his Dad, his Mom and his baby.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The children slept well last night so we didn’t get up until 7:45AM. I took Benji with me to feed the chickens and rabbits. He really enjoyed that experience. As we finished and returned to the house Benji carried an egg in each hand to give to Grandma. Jeff brought Gail and Matt home this afternoon. We took Benji and Rachel home but on the way we picked up Jeff at the car dealership where he left their black car to have some work done on it.
Thoughts from Grandma Browning on day when Matthew Lee was born
Ken and I were excited when Jeff called and said they were on their way to the hospital. Shortly after 2:30 pm, Jeff called again and said they had their baby boy and that both Gail and the baby were doing fine. We were so happy to hear that. The next morning I went over to Gail’s mother’s home to get Benji & Rachel. Jeff had asked if we could tend the children while Gail was in the hospital and we were happy to do that. We enjoyed having the children with us, they are so cute. In the afternoon we took the children over to the hospital to see their new baby brother. Benji was excited to see the baby and his mom & dad. Gail looked great. I’m sure I didn’t look that good after I had my babies. Little Matthew is so darling. I enjoyed holding him. Benji and Rachel were cute with the baby, but also wanted to sit with Mom on her bed. This sweet grandson is the 20th grandchild for Ken and I. He makes the 10th grandson and we have 10 granddaughters.


NINE QUEENS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: An Argentinean film very much in the mold of HOUSE OF GAMES. An experienced con man takes a younger one under his wing and involves him in a plot involving a valuable block of stamps and a complex game of double-crosses. A little clever plotting and a lot that is familiar, particularly from David Mamet. Rating: 6 (0 to 10), +1 (-4 to +4)
Perhaps this film should be called an homage. It certainly is a film very much in the spirit of David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES. Two con men meet when the younger, Juan (played by Gaston Pauls) gets himself into trouble and the more experienced Marcos (Ricardo Darin) bails him out. Marcos offers friendship and a one-day course in the short con. He shows a restaurant con to give the illusion of having paid for his meal with a large bill. But then he suggests that Juan help him on a bigger con. The two will get their hands on a near perfect forgery of a plate of valuable rare postage stamps. Soon the viewer is not sure who is doing what to whom. Complicating matters is Valeria, Marco's successful sister who is less than pleased with her brother's occupation.
NINE QUEENS was written and directed by Fabian Bielinsky of Argentina. This is his first time as director. He has created a sufficiently twisty plot, though the plot and situation is far from original. It is a diverting enough puzzle when watching it and thinking of possibilities. This is not a film that leaves one with a lot to think about but it is diverting. I rate it a 6 on the 0 to 10 scale and a +1 on the -4 to +4 scale.
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I keep this page fairly current; it was last updated on {% localeDate page.date, ‘MMMM d, yyyy’ %}.
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These are books I am actively planning to read—not just volumes I’m vaguely interested in, but texts I am committed to reading for some reason.
A Time to Keep, Ephraim Radner (new)
Created in God’s Image, Anthony Hoekema (new)
Technopoly, Neil Postman (new)
These are books I have actually begun reading. (You will see items move from Planned down here if you watch this page!)
Eccentric Existence: A Theological Anthropology, David H. Kelsey (new)
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein (new)
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, Bruce A. Tate (new)
Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky (new)
Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares, Stephen Boyd (new)
Confronted by Grace: Meditations of a Theologian, John Webster (new)
We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God, David T. Koyzis (new)
Holiness, John Webster (new)
Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson (new)
Rhythm of War, Brandon Sanderson (new)
Phaedrus, Plato (new)
The Postmodern Condition, Jean-François Lyotard (new)
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Browne (new)
The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin (new)
Evolution as Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Mary Midgley (new)
The Culture of Theology, John Webster (new)
Shape Up, Ryan Singer (new)
Politics & the Order of Love, Eric Gregory (new)
Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much, Ashley Hales (new)
Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (also available for free from the author here), Zeynep Tüfeçki (new)
The Expanse (reread, continued from 2019)
The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil (new)1
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (new)
The Lost World, Michael Crichton (new)
Sourdough, Robin Sloan (new)
The Orphans Trilogy, Sean Williams and Shane Dix (new)
Delta-V, Daniel Suarez (new)
Contact, Carl Sagan (new)
Age of Myth, Michael J. Sullivan (new)
The Expanse, James S.A. Corey (new reread):
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan (new)
This is where it is for a reason. Don’t @ me.
All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment, Hannah Anderson (new)—review
Retrieving Eternal Generation, edited by Fred Sanders and Scott R. Swain (new)—review
What is An Evangelical, Thomas Kidd (new)—review
In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World, Jake Meador (new)—discussed in an interview with Jake on Winning Slowly
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)
Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (new)
Beowulf (new)
The Martian, Andy Weir (reread)
The Themis Files, Sylvain Neuvel (new):
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson (new)
Recursion, Blake Crouch (new)
Dark Matter, Blake Crouch (new)
The Expanse, James S.A. Corey (reread):
Agent of Change, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (new)
The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (new)
The Fated Sky, Mary Robinette Kowal (new)
Ringworld, Larry Niven (new)
The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemison (new)
The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemison (new)
The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemison (new)


Lobster bisque
Creamy french lobster soup perfect for the hollidays, you can optionally replace the lobster with any other shellfish.
- ⏲ Prep time: 20
- 🍳Cook time: 30 min
- 🍽 Servings: 2 litres
Ingredients
- 1 live lobster that weighs ~750 grams
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 1 shallot
- 2 garlic cloves
- cognac
- 3 tbsp concentrated tomato puree
- 4 tomatoes
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 glass dry white wine
- 2 litres fish stock
- 1 bayleaf
- 2 twigs of thyme
- fresh parsley
- heavy cream
- canola oil
- 2 tbsp butter
Directions
- Finely dice the onions, carrots, shallots and garlic and set aside for later.
- Blanche the lobster in boiling water for 2 minutes, remove from the water and let it leak.
- Cut it down the middle and remove the meat from the shell, set the meat aside for later.
- Place a stockpot on medium high heat and heat up enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan, add the lobster shells and cook them until they are bright red.
- Remove the oil from the pan and discard it, add your butter to the shells.
- Add all diced vegetables and let it sauté for 2 minutes, add a dash of cognac and flambé, lower the heat to medium low.
- Rougly dice the tomatoes and add them together with the tomato puree, once again let it sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add the flour and give it all a stir, let it dry up in the pan.
- Deglaze the pan with the white wine and once the wine has dried up a bit add the fish stock.
- Tie up your herbs using kitchen twine and add them to your pot.
- Let it simmer on low heat for 30 minutes, while the soup is boiling take the lobster meat and dice it into bite-sized pieces.
- After the soup is done boiling run it through a fine sieve.
- Bring the strained soup back to a light boil and add the diced lobster pieces.
- Let the soup boil for 4 more minutes to heat up the lobster and serve, add pepper and salt to taste.
- Finish off in the plate with a bit of heavy cream.
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You have already seen several examples of changes in sed's normal flow control. In this section, we'll look at two commands that allow you to direct which portions of the script get executed and when. The branch (b) and test (t) commands transfer control in a script to a line containing a specified label. If no label is specified, control passes to the end of the script. The branch command transfers control unconditionally while the test command is a conditional transfer, occurring only if a substitute command has changed the current line.
A label is any sequence of up to seven characters.[1] A label is put on a line by itself that begins with a colon:
[1] The POSIX standard says that an implementation can allow longer labels if it wishes to. GNU sed allows labels to be of any length.
:mylabel
There are no spaces permitted between the colon and the label. Spaces at the end of the line will be considered part of the label. When you specify the label in a branch or test command, a space is permitted between the command and the label itself:
b mylabel
Be sure you don't put a space after the label.
The branch command allows you to transfer control to another line in the script.
[
address
]b[label
]
The label is optional, and if not supplied, control is transferred to the end of the script. If a label is supplied, execution resumes at the line following the label.
In Chapter 4, Writing sed Scripts, we looked at a typesetting script that transformed quotation marks and hyphens into their typesetting counterparts. If we wanted to avoid making these changes on certain lines, then we could use the branch command to skip that portion of the script. For instance, text inside computer-generated examples marked by the .ES and .EE macros should not be changed. Thus, we could write the previous script like this:
/^\.ES/,/^\.EE/b s/^"/``/ s/"$/''/ s/"?/''?/g .
.
.
s/\\(em\\^"/\\(em``/g s/"\\(em/''\\(em/g s/\\(em"/\\(em``/g s/@DQ@/"/g
Because no label is supplied, the branch command branches to the end of the script, skipping all subsequent commands.
The branch command can be used to execute a set of commands as a procedure, one that can be called repeatedly from the main body of the script. As in the case above, it also allows you to avoid executing the procedure at all based on matching a pattern in the input.
You can have a similar effect by using ! and grouping a set of commands. The advantage of the branch command over ! for our application is that we can more easily specify multiple conditions to avoid. The ! symbol can apply to a single command, or it can apply to a set of commands enclosed in braces that immediately follows. The branch command, on the other hand, gives you almost unlimited control over movement around the script.
For example, if we are using multiple macro packages, there may be other macro pairs besides .ES and .EE that define a range of lines that we want to avoid altogether. So, for example, we can write:
/^\.ES/,/^\.EE/b /^\.PS/,/^\.PE/b /^\.G1/,/^\.G2/b
To get a good idea of the types of flow control possible in a sed script, let's look at some simple but abstract examples. The first example shows you how to use the branch command to create a loop. Once an input line is read, command1 and command2 will be applied to the line; afterwards, if the contents of the pattern space match the pattern, then control will be passed to the line following the label "top," which means command1 then command2 will be executed again.
:top command1 command2 /pattern/b top command3
The script executes command3 only if the pattern doesn't match. All three commands will be executed, although the first two may be executed multiple times.
In the next example, command1 is executed. If the pattern is matched, control passes to the line following the label "end." This means command2 is skipped.
command1 /pattern/b end command2 :end command3
In all cases, command1 and command3 are executed.
Now let's look at how to specify that either command2 or command3 are executed, but not both. In the next script, there are two branch commands.
command1 /pattern/b dothree command2 b :dothree command3
The first branch command transfers control to command3. If that pattern is not matched, then command2 is executed. The branch command following command2 sends control to the end of the script, bypassing command3. The first of the branch commands is conditional upon matching the pattern; the second is not. We will look at a "real-world" example after looking at the test command.
The test command branches to a label (or the end of the script) if a successful substitution has been made on the currently addressed line. Thus, it implies a conditional branch. Its syntax follows:
[
address
]t[label
]
If no label is supplied, control falls through to the end of the script. If the label is supplied, then execution resumes at the line following the label.
Let's look at an example from Tim O'Reilly. He was trying to generate automatic index entries based on evaluating the arguments in a macro that produced the top of a command reference page. If there were three quoted arguments, he wanted to do something different than if there were two or only one. The task was to try to match each of these cases in succession (3,2,1) and when a successful substitution was made, avoid making any further matches. Here's Tim's script:
/\.Rh 0/{ s/"\(.*\)" "\(.*\)" "\(.*\)"/"\1" "\2" "\3"/ t s/"\(.*\)" "\(.*\)"/"\1" "\2"/ t s/"\(.*\)"/"\1"/ }
The test command allows us to drop to the end of the script once a substitution has been made. If there are three arguments on the .Rh line, the test command after the first substitute command will be true, and sed will go on to the next input line. If there are fewer than three arguments, no substitution will be made, the test command will be evaluated false, and the next substitute command will be tried. This will be repeated until all the possibilities are used up.
The test command provides functionality similar to a case statement in the C programming language or the shell programming languages. You can test each case and when a case proves true, then you exit the construct.
If the above script were part of a larger script, we could use a label, perhaps tellingly named "break," to drop to the end of the command grouping where additional commands can be applied.
/\.Rh 0/{ s/"\(.*\)" "\(.*\)" "\(.*\)"/"\1" "\2" "\3"/ t break .
.
.
} :break more commands
The next section gives a full example of the test command and the use of labels.
Remember Lenny? He was the fellow given the task of converting Scribe documents to troff. We had sent him the following script:
# Scribe font change script. s/@f1(\([^)]*\))/\\fB\1\\fR/g /@f1(.*/{ N s/@f1(\(.*\n[^)]*\))/\\fB\1\\fR/g P D }
He sent the following mail after using the script:
Thank you so much! You've not only fixed the script but shown me where I was confused about the way it works. I can repair the conversion script so that it works with what you've done, but to be optimal it should do two more things that I can't seem to get working at all - maybe it's hopeless and I should be content with what's there. First, I'd like to reduce multiple blank lines down to one. Second, I'd like to make sed match the pattern over more than two (say, even only three) lines. Thanks again. Lenny
The first request to reduce a series of blank lines to one has already been shown in this chapter. The following four lines perform this function:
/^$/{ N /^\n$/D }
We want to look mainly at accomplishing the second request. Our previous font-change script created a two-line pattern space, tried to make the match across those lines, and then output the first line. The second line became the first line in the pattern space and control passed to the top of the script where another line was read in.
We can use labels to set up a loop that reads multiple lines and makes it possible to match a pattern across multiple lines. The following script sets up two labels: begin at the top of the script and again near the bottom. Look at the improved script:
# Scribe font change script. New and Improved. :begin /@f1(\([^)]*\))/{ s//\\fB\1\\fR/g b begin } /@f1(.*/{ N s/@f1(\([^)]*\n[^)]*\))/\\fB\1\\fR/g t again b begin } :again P D
Let's look more closely at this script, which has three parts. Beginning with the line that follows :begin, the first part attempts to match the font change syntax if it is found completely on one line. After making the substitution, the branch command transfers control back to the label begin. In other words, once we have made a match, we want to go back to the top and look for other possible matches, including the instruction that has already been applied - there could be multiple occurrences on the line.
The second part attempts to match the pattern over multiple lines. The Next command builds a multiple line pattern space. The substitution command attempts to locate the pattern with an embedded newline. If it succeeds, the test command passes control to the line following the again label. If no substitution is made, control is passed to the line following the label begin so that we can read in another line. This is a loop that goes into effect when we've matched the beginning sequence of a font change request but have not yet found the ending sequence. Sed will loop back and keep appending lines into the pattern space until a match has been found.
The third part is the procedure following the label again. The first line in the pattern space is output and then deleted. Like the previous version of this script, we deal with multiple lines in succession. Control never reaches the bottom of the script but is redirected by the Delete command to the top of the script.


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Cochlear implants are bionic devices which feed sound waves to the brain's auditory nerve. When surgically implanted in young deaf children, the results can be amazing - a child deaf since birth can be speaking completely normally within a couple of years. Sound like a no-brainer of a medical solution? Director Josh Aronson's "Sound and Fury" documents the incredibly complex arguments both for and against the device by following just one family on Long Island, New York.
First we meet Peter Artinian, the deaf father of three deaf children. He states 'I'm happy being deaf. It's very peaceful.' Upon the birth of each of his children he was happy to find they were 'just like me' and his wife (their mother) Nina.
His hearing sister Mary and her husband are horrified to find that her family's deafness has been inheritted by their son and are told about cochlear implants. They witness a five year old girl hearing and speaking like a non-handicapped child two and a half years after receiving a cochlear implant and are convinced that this is the way to go. Peter is not only incensed, he's very 'vocal' about it. Then his eldest, Heather, expresses interest in becoming a hearing child as well. Family battle lines are drawn for three generations.
While the advantages may be obvious, the surprise is that there are compelling arguments made against the procedure, not the least of which is the invasiveness of the surgery and device itself (it must be implanted within the skull and is connected to the ear via a rather large plastic piece plugged in behind the ear). The nature of deaf culture is explored as is the relationship between deaf/hearing parents and their deaf/hearing children. The deaf adults even have some good comebacks when pressed on the educational advantages of hearing.
The filmmakers use some ingenuity to showcase the argument. We witness the silence of deaf communication and then see a signed conversation that is dubbed rather than subtitled to illustrate the difference between the two worlds. 'Talking head' interviews begin with Peter Artinian and are intercut with various family members in various groupings out in the real world - gradually, more 'talking head' one-on-ones are added as the arguments and their offshoots begin to take shape. Irony is allowed to speak for itself, such as when Heather says 'I don't want to sign, I want to speak' - in sign. Peter and Mary's deaf father makes some rather arresting observations. Things get really interesting when Peter's wife Nina, begins to sway to the pro-implant side, even considering the procedure for herself.
"Sound and Fury" is a provocative documentary that is sure to make its audience consider things about deafness and handicaps in general that it might not otherwise.
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The dialogue box prompts you to enter the standard deviation of the baseline noise. This is necessary for both multiple probability fluctuation analysis (MPFA) and Bayesian quantal analysis (BQA). For MPFA, it fixes the intercept for the parabolic fit, whereas for BQA it is used to fix the variance for the normal distribution centred at zero. The value should be known at the time of analysis. Neither method of quantal analysis provides an estimate for the baseline standard deviation.
The presence of failures however does allow empirical evaluation using one tail for the distribution. The initial value in the dialogue box is based on this assumption, but this value should not be relied on especially if there are few no failures.


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Structure input files are JSON files that can be used to specify the list of structures to be processed. They are activated via the -s command line option; any item in the list of structures to process can now be a structure input file rather than a single structure name.
Structure input files must have a .json file extension, and if the file name contains spaces, enclose the whole path in double quotes.
Here is an example of a structure input file that defines three structures to be processed:
[
{ "Structure": "PROD" },
{ "Structure": "PARPROD" },
{ "Structure": "CORPRODXREF" }
]
If you use a structure input file and need to specify either alias or file override values then you must do so via the file; the -a and -fo command line options may not be used when using a structure input file. Alias names are specified by adding an "Alias" property, and file override names are specified by adding a "File" property. Here is another example:
[
{ "Structure": "PROD", "Alias": "PRODUCT", "File": "" },
{ "Structure": "PARPROD","Alias": "", "File": "" },
{ "Structure": "CORPRODXREF", "Alias": "CORPORATE_PROD_XREF", "File": "CORPRODX" }
]
The Alias and File properties are both optional. The example file below is functionally equivalent to the file above:
[
{ "Structure": "PROD", "Alias": "PRODUCT" },
{ "Structure": "PARPROD" },
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Most people use GConf via the high-level GConfClient API. The corresponding API is the GSettings object. While not every GConfClient function has a direct GSettings equivalent, many do:
Table 3.
| GConfClient | GSettings |
|---|---|
gconf_client_get_default() |
no direct equivalent,
instead you call g_settings_new() for the schemas you use |
gconf_client_set() |
g_settings_set() |
gconf_client_get() |
g_settings_get() |
gconf_client_get_bool() |
g_settings_get_boolean() |
gconf_client_set_bool() |
g_settings_set_boolean() |
gconf_client_get_int() |
g_settings_get_int() |
gconf_client_set_int() |
g_settings_set_int() |
gconf_client_get_float() |
g_settings_get_double() |
gconf_client_set_float() |
g_settings_set_double() |
gconf_client_get_string() |
g_settings_get_string() |
gconf_client_set_string() |
g_settings_set_string() |
gconf_client_get_list() |
for string lists, see g_settings_get_strv() , else see g_settings_get_value() and GVariant API |
gconf_client_set_list() |
for string lists, see g_settings_set_strv() , else see g_settings_set_value() and GVariant API |
gconf_entry_get_is_writable() |
g_settings_is_writable() |
gconf_client_notify_add() |
not required, the “changed” signal is emitted automatically |
gconf_client_add_dir() |
not required, each GSettings instance automatically watches all keys in its path |
| GConfChangeSet |
g_settings_delay() , g_settings_apply()
|
gconf_client_get_default_from_schema() |
no equivalent, applications are expected to know their schema |
gconf_client_all_entries() |
no equivalent, applications are expected to know their schema, and GSettings does not allow schema-less entries |
gconf_client_get_without_default() |
no equivalent |
gconf_bridge_bind_property() |
g_settings_bind() |
gconf_bridge_bind_property_full() |
g_settings_bind_with_mapping() |
GConfBridge was a third-party library that used GConf to bind an object property to a particular configuration key. GSettings offers this service itself.
There is a pattern that is sometimes used for GConf, where a setting can have explicit 'value A', explicit 'value B' or 'use the system default'. With GConf, 'use the system default' is sometimes implemented by unsetting the user value.
This is not possible in GSettings, since it does not have API to determine if a value is the default and does not let you unset values. The recommended way (and much clearer) way in which this can be implemented in GSettings is to have a separate 'use-system-default' boolean setting.


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I like the Spring Initializr project for creating spring projects, and was interested
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Security requirements are often simple to define -
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But hard to implement. The idea of this approach is to set out the requirements, and autogenerate the code, and dependencies. It also has the advantage of allowing best practice to be incorporated into the generated code.
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Turkey struck two separate deals with the United States and Russia for the YPG, which Ankara views as a terrorist group, to withdraw from the "safe zone" it plans to form in northeastern Syria. While Washington and Moscow have said the fighters left, Erdogan has said this was not the case.
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The design consists on two AutoPyFactory (APF) queues working simultaneously.
The first AutoPyFactory queue submits jobs to a local pool when needed to serve a given WMS jobs queue (e.g. a PanDA siteid). This local condor pool may have very few actual nodes, or even no one. In this case, jobs will be waiting in queue.
The second AutoPyFactory queue inspects this local batch system, looking for jobs pending to be run. In this case, this list of pending jobs is acting as the WMS queue. If there are pending jobs (which is the equivalent to activated status in PanDA, for example) OSG Worker Node VMs are submitted to an IaaS provider via Condor-G (currently there is one submit AutoPyFactory plugin for submission to Amazon EC2 resources. In the future, to other "cloud" resources too).
This WN starts a condor startd daemon, which contacts a given condor Central Manager and become part of its pool.
AutoPyFactory plugins can be adjusted in such a way that VMs jobs submissions to the IaaS provider rate matches the associated WMS activated jobs load.
When a startd contact a Central Manager, the latter must be able to call back the startd.
However, the WM is behind a NAT, preventing this call back from being possible. To solve this, the startd contacts the Central Manager via the Condor Connection Broker (CCB).
First trial failed with an error line like
02 Feb 17:00:36|runJob.py | Job command 1/1 failed: res = (2560,
'/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/software/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/16.6.2/AtlasSetup/scripts/setup_runtime.sh:
line 36: cd: /root: Permission
denied\n/var/lib/condor/execute/dir_24497/Panda_Pilot_24618_1328201237/PandaJob_1418631160_1328201243')
The reason was that jobs were running as user 'nobody' whose home directory in /etc/passwd is '/'.
But it is possible that the shell environment variable $HOME is still pointed to /root.
during the devel steps, with the VM running on a box inside the BNL perimeter,
it was not possible to contact the LFC catalog.
For example, commands like lfc-mkdir failed.
The reason is that because the host is inside BNL perimeter,
the DNS gives the internal IP for the LFC host,
but the LFC host has not a conduit for the sub-network where the VM is running.
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Enhanced selects, tagging
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Custom <select> UI control (selectize.js)
2col Multiselect
Chained select
Clock Picker
Datepicker
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Date range picker
October 22, 2014 - November 21, 2014
Range Slider
Switch Buttons
Default
Mini switch
Sucess
Warning
Danger
Info
Password Strength Metter + Show/Hide
Customized checkboxes and radio buttons
Masked inputs
showMaskOnHover: false
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€ 999.999,99
MAC adress
Oncomplete callback
data-inputmask="'mask': '99-9999999'"
Multiupload
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Maxlength for Textareas
Textarea autosize
WYSIWG Editor


Kenny “kennyS” Schrub is the new AWPer of G2 Esports. In 2012, Kenny emerged as one of the top AWPers in the CS: Source scene, which earned him a move to the legendary VeryGames team. Over the last three years, kennyS has had a big evolution in his game, to the point that he is now regarded as the most well-rounded sniper in the game.
Kenny not only helped to break the rifle dominance during the early stages of CS:GO but he also proved that it is possible for an AWPer to become the best player in the world. In the last four years, he has been ever present in HLTV’s top 20 player ranking, placing sixth in 2014 and 2015.