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The Russian and Chinese military will indeed closely monitor what is happening not only in Pyeongchang, but also on the entire Korean Peninsula, where, in addition to the Olympics, the United States is conducting the largest military exercises to date, together with South Korea. The purpose of the exercise is openly called “exerting pressure on North Korea with the use of superior military force.”
Even today, the Americans and the Japanese have concentrated a large grouping of forces in the area, where the DPRK has promised to “give in if they climb.”
Remembering the 2008 Olympics, when under the guise of the Games and not without the blessing of the United States, the then Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili attacked South Ossetia. The Chinese and Russian military have decided to prepare for the Olympics, so that the nobody may have the desire act while the world is distracted.
The annual exercises “Foal Eagle” will be held simultaneously (from February to April) as “Key Resolve”. According to the South Korean agency “Ryongap”, the exercises of the US Air Force and the Republic of Korea, “Vigilant Ace”, will also be held from December 4 to December 8, 2017, with six multipurpose F-22 Raptor fighters. They will be transferred from a base on a Japanese island of Okinawa. Furthermore, they will be joined by four F-35 Lightning fighter-bombers. As the agency notes, it is for the first time the US deploys such a group of ultramodern airplanes in the south of the peninsula. The purpose of the demonstration of force is, according to Ryongap, “putting pressure on North Korea with the use of superior military force.”
The United States is actively using military exercises as a means of pressure on North Korea, experts say. On November 11-14, joint US-South Korean naval maneuvers took place off the coast of the DPRK. From the American side, three aircraft carrier groups with nuclear carriers “Nimitz”, “Theodore Roosevelt” and “Ronald Reagan” took part. Now an aircraft carrier group led by “Ronald Reagan” is taking part in joint American-Japanese exercises near the shores of Okinawa.
The other two groups are also adjacent to North Korea, providing an unprecedented concentration of power in this location. In 2016, about 10 thousand American and 300 thousand South Korean soldiers and officers were involved in these maneuvers, last year there were more of them, but the Pentagon refused to give the exact figure, and this year they are expected to be even greater.
“Against the background of the worsening security situation around our country due to the ongoing nuclear tests and missile launches of North Korea, the exercises are aimed at increasing coordination with the US and South Korean naval forces and strengthening relations between our countries,” Japan said.
For its part, the DPRK said that a bunch of warships, aircraft, tanks and soldiers at their borders, with the development of plans for their capture, does not in any way contribute to the peace process on the peninsula. The DPRK published an official press statement that the military exercises of the United States and South Korea are a provocation. And the deployment of US aircraft carriers with ballistic missiles shows “who is the real fanatic of nuclear war.” The DPRK calls the United States “a nuclear demon that destroys peace throughout the world and on the Korean peninsula” and argues that peace throughout the world now depends only on the DPRK, which balances US forces.
South Korea did ask to postpone the exercises for the duration of the Olympics. However, the Pentagon has not yet responded, and it is unlikely that the plans have been approved, as the money has been allocated, the ships have been sent, and no one is going to make a different decision, reports RNA.
The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are conducting a command post exercise on missile defense, during which cooperation will be worked out to jointly reflect missile threats from “third countries”. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The report says that, “in accordance with the decision of the heads of defense departments of Russia and China, the second Russian-Chinese command and staff exercise on missile defense, “Air and Space Security-2017”, is being conducted at the Air Defense and Missile Defense Research Institute of the Air Force Academy of the People’s Liberation Army “.
If we translate this into ordinary human language, the Chinese stated that they will strictly follow the aim of air defense for all participants in these competitions and are quite ready to shoot down missiles or planes of American or Korean provocateurs.
In a related article, the American magazine The National Interest, wrote: “The Russians and the Chinese are unhappy that America dominates the so-called rules on which the international order is based. Both countries have their ambitions, which Washington opposes – thus, even if Moscow and Beijing do not agree on all issues, on the whole they can cooperate where their interests coincide. “
So why do our American colleagues decide that Russia and China are preparing against them, specifically? To the contrary – it was said – the defenses are prepared in general against any third party regardless of the flag.
Thus, Russia, one way or another, will participate in the Olympic Games under the national flag. True, not directly, but through the S-400. The preservation of peace on the planet is irrespective of medals in a biathlon.
Inessa Sinchougova is an Editor and Journalist at Fort Russ News, as well as a research fellow and translator of the Belgrade based think-tank, the Center for Syncretic Studies. She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), in the field of Political Science and was previously employed in Marketing and Communications Strategy for a Multi-National Corporation. She runs a popular YouTube channel for translations of key Russian Foreign Policy figures and appears regularly on other alternative media channels. If you like her work, you can support her Patreon here.


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This week kicks off Air Quality Awareness Week and May’s Clean Air Month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) month-long celebration of the progress made in improving air quality over the last 50 years.
Did you know that the five most widespread and problematic air quality concerns in the U.S. are all indoor air problems? In the last few years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air in our homes is even more polluted than the air outside.
The problem with VOCs
Common residential air pollutants range from excessive moisture and dust particles to bacteria and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), all of which are known to disturb human health. The good news is, there are ways to make informed choices about the risks we may want to avoid—like our exposure to VOCs.
VOCs are found in many common household products including paints, new furniture, cleaning products, and even mattresses.
VOC inhalation can lead to a variety of symptoms such as headaches, difficulty breathing, and dizziness, to name a few. In the worst-case scenario, some VOCs, like formaldehyde, are also suspected or known carcinogens.
“Keeping the level of volatile organic compounds in your home to the bare minimum is very important to achieving the best indoor air quality possible,” comments Barry A. Cik, BCEE, Technical Director and Founder of Naturepedic.
VOCs are certainly not the only source of toxins impacting health, however. Perhaps surprisingly, conventional mattresses are a major contributor to indoor air pollution. This is because many mattresses today are made with questionable chemicals and materials that not only negatively affect air quality, but also the health of the person inhaling them.
The truth is that that "new mattress smell" is actually a release of these chemicals, known as off-gassing.
“While these levels may decrease over time, exposure to VOCs can be avoided by selecting mattresses and bedding that utilize certified organic cotton, wool, and latex materials. Additionally, checking if a product is GREENGUARD Gold certified will indicate that it has low to zero chemical emissions,” Cik adds.
How body temperature affects off-gassing
Recent studies have also shown that body heat can contribute to increased VOC emissions in mattresses when sleeping. This, according to Cik, highlights why body temperature regulation is so important for optimal sleep health.
Since many conventional mattresses are made with foam, this could have a negative effect on a person’s temperature while sleeping.
“Polyurethane foam (certainly including memory foam) is made from petroleum, which doesn't breathe and can make you feel hot and sweaty at night,” adds Cik. “Adding cooling gels, as many brands do, only brings more questionable chemicals into the mix.”
This is why choosing bedding that’s made with natural, organic cotton fabric and fill and other temperature-regulating materials, like wool to wick away moisture, is the easiest way to transform your sleep environment from hot to comfortable. And not only that, but you’ll significantly reduce the number of toxins being released into your home’s air, which could aid in boosting health.
“What we breathe in matters,” states Cik. “The good news is that consumers have a great opportunity to improve their air quality not only by improving ventilation, but by eliminating sources of chemical exposure in the home.”
Breathe easy, here’s our promise
At Naturepedic, we believe in the importance of indoor air quality, and to help promote this, we make sure to never use vinyl, PFCs, flame retardant chemicals and barriers, polyurethane foam, formaldehyde, pesticides, GMO’s, glues/adhesives, or any other questionable chemicals and materials that can be released into the environment in our products.
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From, AddisTunes: I first saw Sheba (a.k.a. the Real Sheba) perform about a year ago….on the heels of her debut, chart-topping hit “Love this Lifetime” with Bounty Killer. She raised the roof and brought the house down with her special blend of reggae, afro funk, and R&B. Hips were swaying and heads-a-nodding as her band hypnotized the audience with reggae riffs and and some funk “for yo’ behinds”!
If the past is any indication of the future, Sheba’s peformrance at Joe’s Pub this Saturday (Sept. 18th) is bound to be hot! In the true spirit of generosity, the reigning queen of lovers rock took some time out of her busy schedule to discuss music, life, love, and all things Sheba… Hey world, get ready!!!
AT: So you have a lot going on…new band, upcoming shows in NYC. What’s going on in the world of Sheba? Give us an update!
Sheba: There is a lot going on this year! The last year and a half I was really tied up pushing the single with Bounty Killer so I didn’t release a lot of music, but now I’m ready to let people hear what I’ve been up to. Over the next few months, I’ll be releasing a mixtape, “The Lion of Sheba, Roars,” the first album, “The Lion Of Sheba” and a few singles, right now people can download “Rat-Tat-Tat-Hot” for free on my website, www.therealsheba.com. I’ll also be giving away my first production, “Get Yo Story Str8” the first song I ever produced in 2005. It’ sort of a mixtape song, where I show my love for Fela, Michael Jackson and Hip Hop and the connection between MJ and Afrobeat by way of Manu Dibango.
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Barack Obama took a characteristically calm but forceful stand on Monday, praising the widespread protests against the racist deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and others elsewhere — while denouncing the violence and destruction that has erupted in some U.S. cities.
In these tumultuous times, Obama writes in an essay published by medium.com, the bottom line is this: “if we want to bring about real change, then the choice isn’t between protest and politics. We have to do both.
“We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform.”
The former president writes that the nationwide protests “represent a genuine and legitimate frustration over a decades-long failure to reform police practices and the broader criminal justice system in the United States.”
“I recognize that these past few months have been hard and dispiriting — that the fear, sorrow, uncertainty, and hardship of a pandemic have been compounded by tragic reminders that prejudice and inequality still shape so much of American life,” he says.
So peaceful protesters “deserve our respect and support, not condemnation,” he says.
But those who’ve resorted to violence, “whether out of genuine anger or mere opportunism, are putting innocent people at risk” and destroying “neighborhoods that are often already short on services and investment….”
Obama emphasizes that he fully supports American democracy — and that however angry they may be, protesters should, too.
“I’ve heard some suggest that the recurrent problem of racial bias in our criminal justice system proves that only protests and direct action can bring about change, and that voting and participation in electoral politics is a waste of time,” he writes. “I couldn’t disagree more.”
Mass protest and civil disobedience raises public awareness, puts “a spotlight on injustice” and have often been the only way for “marginalized communities” to draw attention to their needs and aspirations, he says.
“But eventually, aspirations have to be translated into specific laws and institutional practices— and in a democracy, that only happens when we elect government officials who are responsive to our demands,” Obama says, noting that local officials are often more important in such circumstances than those at the federal level.
“Finally, the more specific we can make demands for criminal justice and police reform, the harder it will be for elected officials to just offer lip service to the cause and then fall back into business as usual once protests have gone away,” Obama says.
He offered a “starting point” for those who want to make a difference: “a report and toolkit developed by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights” and “a dedicated site at the Obama Foundation to aggregate and direct you to useful resources and organizations who’ve been fighting the good fight at the local and national levels for years.”
Obama concluded with the hope that “this moment can be a real turning point in our nation’s long journey to live up to our highest ideals.”
And he added a directive: “Let’s get to work.”


The brand new 2021 BMW M3 Sedan has already left the drawing boards behind and reached the company’s factory and assembly lines in Munich. True fans of the Bavarian automaker may recall that the 3 Series lineup was heading to production in Munich, and after the 3 Series Sedan and the 3 Series Touring, the jaw dropping G80 M3 completes this impressive lineup.
The new 3 series line-up also comprises a plug-in hybrid and several petrol and diesel powerplants, but what’s really worth mentioning is that all variations of the 2021 3 Series will be produced on the same assembly line. Pretty cool, right?
But the M3 has always been the pride of BMW engineers. This iconic vehicle is passionately built at the Munich factory, where a few new manual workflows had to be introduced to cater to new designer wishes and construction specifications.
For instance, the G80 BMW M3 comes with all new M carbon bucket seats, as well as manually-assembled hood and side panels. Sure, there are other goodies to talk about, but having this car parked outside your driveway would be a dream come for most of us.
The latest news from Bavaria mention that the BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe will reach the Continent by March 2021, packing a high-revving, twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six engine.
Customers will be allowed to choose the 473 hp (352 kW / 479 PS) and 406 lb-ft (550 Nm) of torque or go for the more powerful version, with 503 hp (375 kW / 510 PS) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) of torque.
There’s also a six-speed manual transmission and a rear-wheel-drive option that will surely get true racing fans very excited.
BMW also offers an 8-speed M Steptronic transmission with Drivelogic and the intelligent M xDrive all-wheel-drive system but let’s face it, compared to a six-speed manual with rear wheel drive, that sounds a bit boring right? What do you think about that massive front grille?


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PARKLAND, FL- Chabad of Parkland will be holding its Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday, September 19, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. The brand new building is on the corner of Loxahatchee Road and Parkside Drive in Parkland.
Rabbi Gutnick will be on hand along with numerous volunteers to help host and guide the event. "Our goal is to provide Jewish values and a wholesome Jewish experience regardless of your Jewish background," he shares. "We're trying to bring a connection of Jewish values."
The Chabad of Parkland will be a "Campus of Jewish Life," according to Rabbi Gutnick, hosting numerous events and activities, including Hebrew School, crafts, baking, and community outreach. Additionally, Chabad of Parkland hosts the "Friendship Circle" which is geared towards teens developing one on one friendships with special needs children. They'll also be holding "The Friendship Circle for Adults."
"We want Chabad of Parkland to be an actual physical place where you feel good and are making a difference. It gives us an opportunity to do a lot of things we couldn't do without the building," shared Rabbi Gutnick. "We welcome everyone equally here. Things we do will be based on the needs of the community. The Grand Opening is a chance to make a toast and enjoy the new facility."

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text: This summer, one of my goals is to finally write that book that I've been meaning to. As a college student, this year I found myself saying, " Oh, I'll get to it later". Well later never came. This mentality went on for a few months. Suddenly it was May, and I found myself with only a few pages written. So this summer, my goal is to write as much as I possibly can (and revise!). I am looking for a CP who has some experience in writing memoirs.


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This week's new releases!
2 - 5 | 90 - 180 minutes | £48
In Hunt for the Ring, one player takes the role of Frodo and his companions, who are journeying from the Shire to Rivendell, while up to four other players represent the Nazgûl who are trying to hunt down the hobbits. While traveling, Frodo and others must resist being corrupted by the Ring that he wears.
In six exciting adventures from the pages of Sentinel Comics, you play as the Freedom Five and their former intern Unity in the timeline gap between the end of the Sentinels of the Multiverse card game and Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game. Each hero has their own booklet, detailing who they are, how their character sheet works, and what they can do. All this, plus the Gameplay Guide, add up to a total of 13 booklets included in this Starter Kit!
1 - 4 | 30 - 120 minutes | £90
lans of Caledonia is a highly replayable economic strategy game for 1 to 4 players set in 19th century Scotland. It was an era when Scotland made the challenging transition from an agricultural country to an industrialized one, heavily relying on trade and export. As proud members of the old clans you use your unique abilities and cunning skill to earn the greatest wealth and fame. The deluxe edition includes 70 metal coins and exclusive box sleeve.
2 - 6 | 10 minutes | £12
Someone's made fruit salad and left chopped up fruit all over the kitchen! Time to pair up the fruit halves and put things together once again. Players can flip over tiles on the table to see the reverse side. Once all the tiles have been claimed or no one wants any more, players compare their tile stacks and the players with the taller pile wins — but only if all the fruits have been combined correctly! If not, he loses and the player with the next tallest stack wins.
2 - 6 | 20 minutes | £12
Based on the popular "spot the differences" challenges found in books, newspapers and elsewhere, Difference challenges your abilities to observe and react quickly. The deck includes two sets of double-sided cards, with one set being more challenging than the other. Place one card in the center of the table, then deal the rest out to players as evenly as possible.
2 - 6 | 20 minutes | £12
In Picmix, each player has a set of four cards on which are shown sixteen items. Each turn, a goal card with three or four of these objects is revealed. Be the fastest to position your cards in such a way that only the objects appearing on the target card are visible. Keep your cool to find the right combination first.
More Games coming next week:
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OSPOlogyLive Apeldoorn set the stage for an exchange of insights in open source management and day-to-day operations. The set up included panel discussions, interactive presentations, and roundtable discussions, fostering an environment where participants could share their experiences, challenges, and solutions in real-time, paving the way for actionable insights and mutual learning.
Participants ranged from government bodies representatives like the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, to institutions such as TNO and SURF, as well as foundations and non-profits, including the Linux Foundation Europe, InnerSoruce Commons, Foundation for Public Code, Python Foundation and Apache Foundation.
Knowledge Archive Resources
The summit has put up a list of helpful resources, to ensure the knowledge shared during our summit remains accessible to everyone:
- Speaker Presentations: Available in the OSPOlogyLive Apeldoorn knowledge archive repository.
- Roundtable Meeting Notes: These notes capture the key points and ideas generated during these discussions.
- Photos: Available on the registration page, located right above the footer.
- Adding Shared Learnings to the OSPO Book: a Pull Request containing the shared learnings to incorporate it into Chapter 6 of the OSPO book and include interested participants of the roundtables as contributors of the OSPO Book.
Sustainability of stewards - CRA definition of Steward
Participants tackled the challenges of funding and sustaining open-source stewardship organizations, particularly in the context of government and non-profit sectors. The discussion acknowledged the difficulty governments face in paying for freely available services, despite a strategic desire to do so. Ideas floated included creating specific infrastructure supports for stewardship organizations and exploring different funding models like donations or subscription services.
The conversation also touched on the complexities of compliance costs, the importance of risk mitigation through specific security analyses, and the potential for government contracts to specify open-source solutions directly.
The roundtable highlighted the need for strategic investment in open source for its public good and the challenges of balancing commercial and community interests in the open-source ecosystem.
Building an Open Source Foundation for Your Container Capabilities
In a roundtable led by John Leegte from the Dutch Tax Administration, participants discussed the shift towards using open-source software like Kubernetes for managing containers in IT. This move from commercial to open-source solutions is changing how organizations handle IT strategy, highlighting the benefits of Open Source Program Offices (OSPO) and improved container hosting. The conversation covered the choice between commercial and open-source Kubernetes, how to pick additional open-source tools, and the maturity of these options for business needs. The group also talked about the challenges of adopting these technologies, such as finding skilled staff and managing software life cycles effectively. The key takeaway was the growing preference for open-source solutions for their flexibility, agility, and potential to reduce reliance on specific vendors.
Participants talked about the environmental footprint of IT systems, the importance of efficient coding, power use, and the role of open-source software in sharing solutions for better resource use. Challenges identified included the uneven use of energy, a lack of focus on sustainable standards, reluctance to change from traditional methods, and the energy-intensive nature of AI technologies. To move towards a more sustainable IT sector, suggestions included celebrating government sustainability efforts, adopting sustainable hardware standards, and making sustainability a core part of policies and accountability.
The roundtable concluded that to address these issues, there’s a need for straightforward legislation, strategies for demand shaping to use energy more efficiently, and ways to make sustainability efforts more visible and rewarded within organizations. The top solutions proposed focused on measuring and reducing energy use, integrating sustainability into policy goals, and overcoming resistance to change by setting clear benchmarks and raising awareness about the importance of reducing computing power demand.
Participants engaged in the Governance Game a simulation designed to explore the complexities of managing an open source software (OSS) project within public organizations. The scenario involved two municipalities developing an OSS public transport system, facing challenges like adding an additional language to the system and ensuring GDPR compliance. These issues highlighted the need for effective governance and technical strategies to accommodate both organizations’ needs without compromising the project’s integrity.
The game underscored the importance of a governance body to mediate between the organizations and align technical decisions with broader project goals. Reflections on the game suggested a desire to adapt its framework to suit various organizational types beyond public policy entities. The session concluded with insights on improving project collaboration and governance through the game, inviting further contributions to its development on GitHub.
OSPOlogylive organizing team in Europe is already thinking about the next one in the Netherlands, aiming to make it a yearly get-together for fans and experts of open source. Moreover, the best practices shared during the discussions has helped on the creation of a new chapter in the OSPO Book.
OSPOlogyLive Apeldoorn would not have been possible without the support and dedication of the Dutch Tax Administration OSPO team. Stay tuned for more updates, and let’s continue to drive open source management and operations throguh OSPO set up forward, together.


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BACI’s 2020 Lenten Bible Study “Caring for the Garden of the Earth”, was launched by our patron, Archbishop Michael Jackson, in Church House, Dublin on Tuesday 21st January.
Written by scripture scholar Dr Margaret Daly-Denton as her greatly appreciated gift to BACI, the resource comes in five parts, to facilitate creation-centered Bible Study in the first five weeks of Lent.
Launching the study, the archbishop noted that the writer had drawn on the expertise displayed in her “John: An Earth Bible Commentary” (T&T Clark, 2017) which explores the creation-centered scripture passages that would have been familiar to Jesus and the Johannine community, to highlight the biblical insights behind the Anglican Communion’s Fifth Mark of Mission that centres on Care for Creation. The series also makes the connection between the gardens of Gethsemane and Paradise, he added.
Referring to Dr Daly-Denton’s citation of Amos 8:5, “When will the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”, Dr Jackson remarked that this quote went to the heart of consumerism and the impatience of the free market economy, as well as the monetisation of the earth’s resources.
“People who use this resource will be greatly enriched by it,” he stated. “One of the delightful things that Margaret does is to turn scripture into prayers and we can all try this approach too. A lot of work has gone into these studies, which invite a thoughtful response; and those who engage with them will get a great deal out of them.”
BACI chairman, the Revd Dr William Olhausen, said that the study exposed the layers of Jewish and Christian wisdom which Dr Daly-Denton draws on to broaden out the readers’ understanding of who Jesus was. He added that while the series picks up the Fifth Mark of Mission it also draws readers back to the first – to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom.
He thanked the editor of the Bible Studies, Canon Dr Ginnie Kennerley, for her excellent work on presenting the series in a way that makes them ‘user-friendly’ for parishes.
The “Caring for the Garden of the Earth” booklets can be purchased at €3.00 or £2.50 (plus postage) from BACI treasurer Barbara Bergin at firstname.lastname@example.org (56 Avondale Court, Blackrock. Co Dublin) and some copies are also available for purchase at Church House in Dublin and in Belfast at The Book Well, email@example.com, (27 Belmont Rd, Belfast BT4 2AA).
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Wansford, Oct. 12, 1821.
To the Editor of the London Magazine.
I have just returned from visiting your friend Clare at Helpstone, and one of the pleasantest days I ever spent, was passed in wandering with him among the scenes which are the subject of his poems. A flatter country than the immediate neighbourhood can scarcely be imagined, but the grounds rise in the distance clothed with woods, and their gently swelling summits are crowned with village churches; nor can it be called an uninteresting country, even without the poetic spirit which now breathes about the names of many of its most prominent objects, for the ground bears all the traces of having been the residence of some famous people in early days. "The deep sunk moat, the stony mound," are visible in places where modern taste would shrink at erecting a temporary cottage, much less a castellated mansion; fragments of Roman brick are readily found on ridges which still hint the unrecorded history of a far distant period, and the Saxon rampart and the Roman camp are in some places seen mingled together in one common ruin. On the line of a Roman road, which passes within a few hundred yards of the village of Helpstone, I met Clare, about a mile from home. He was going to receive his quarter's salary from the Steward of the Marquis of Exeter. His wife Patty, and her sister were with him, and it was the intention of the party, I learned, to proceed to their father's house at Casterton, there to meet such of the family as were out in service, on their annual re-assembling together at Michaelmas. I was very unwilling to disturb this arrangement, but Clare insisted on remaining with me, and the two chearful girls left their companion with a "good bye, John!" which made the plains echo again, and woke in my old-bachelor heart the reflection "John Clare, thou art a very happy fellow."
As we were within a hundred yards of Lolham Brigs, we first turned our steps there. "Tradition gives these brigs renown," but their antiquity is visible only to the poet's eye — the date of the present structure is 1641; still, the Roman road crossed over on the same foundation, and that is enough; or if more certain evidence or Roman origin were wanted, a fragment of a most ancient wall runs into the road diagonally at this place, leaving the mind in that degree of obscurity, with respect to its age or use, which Burke esteems to be essentially connected with the sublime. Of the Poem, Clare gave me the following account. He was walking in this direction on the last day of March, 1821, when he saw an old acquaintance fishing on the lee side of the bridge. He went to the nearest place for a bottle of ale, and they then sat beneath the screen which the parapet afforded, while a hasty storm passed over, refreshing themselves with the liquor, and moralizing somewhat in the strain of the poem. I question whether Wordsworth's pedlar could have spoken more to the purpose. But all these excitations would, I confess, have spent their artillery in vain against the woolpack of my imagination; and after well considering the scene, I could not help looking at my companion with surprise: to me, the triumph of true genius seemed never more conspicuous, than in the construction of so interesting a poem out of such common-place materials. With your own eyes you see nothing but a dull line of ponds, or rather one continued marsh, over which a succession of arches carries the narrow highway: look again, with the poem in your mind, and the wand of a necromancer seems to have been employed in conjuring up a host of beautiful accompaniments, making the whole waste populous with life, and shedding all around the rich lustre of a grand and appropriate sentiment. Imagination has, in my opinion, done wonders here, and especially in the concluding verse, which contains as lovely a groupe as ever was called into life by the best "makers" of any age or country.
THE LAST 0F MARCH.
Written at Lolham Brigs.
Though o'er the darksome northern hill
Old ambush'd winter frowning flies,
And faintly drifts his threatenings still
In snowy sleet and blackening skies;
Yet where the willow leaning lies
And shields beneath the budding flower,
Where banks to break the wind arise,
'Tis sweet to sit and spend an hour.
Though floods of winter bustling fall
Adown the arches bleak and blea,
Though snow-storms clothe the mossy wall,
And hourly whiten o'er the lea;
Yet when from clouds the sun is free
And warms the learning bird to sing,
'Neath sloping bank and sheltering tree
'Tis sweet to watch the creeping Spring.
Though still so early, one may spy
And track her footsteps every hour;
The daisy with its golden eye,
And primrose bursting into flower;
And snugly, where the thorny bower
Keeps off the nipping frost and wind,
Excluding all but sun and shower,
There, children early violets find.
Here 'neath the shelving bank's retreat
The horse-blob swells its golden ball;
Nor fear the lady-smocks to meet
The snows that round their blossoms fall:
Here by the arch's ancient wall
The antique elder buds anew;
Again the bulrush sprouting tall
The water wrinkles, rippling through.
As spring's warm herald April comes,
As nature's sleep is nearly past,
How sweet to hear the wakening hums
Of aught beside the winter blast!
Of feather'd minstrels first and last,
The robin's song's again begun;
And, as skies clear when overcast,
Larks rise to hail the peeping sun.
The startling peewits, as they pass,
Scream joyous whirring over-head,
Right glad the fields and meadow grass
Will quickly hide their careless shed:
The rooks, where yonder witchens spread,
Quawk clamorous to the Spring's approach;
Here silent, from its watery bed,
To hail her coming, leaps the roach.
White stalking o'er the fields again
In stripp'd defiance to the storms,
The hardy seedsman spreads the grain,
And all his hopeful toil performs,—
In flocks the timid pigeon swarms.
For scatter'd kernels chance may spare;
And as the plough unbeds the worms,
The crows and magpies gather there.
Yon bullocks lowe their liberty,
The young grass cropping to their fill;
And colts, from straw-yards neighing free,
Spring's opening promise 'joy at will:
Along the bank, beside the rill,
The happy lambkins bleat and run,
Then weary, 'neath a sheltering hill
Drop basking in the gleaming sun.
At distance from the water's edge,
On hanging sallow's farthest stretch,
The moor-hen 'gins her nest of sedge
Safe from destroying school-boy's reach.
Fen-sparrows chirp and fly to fetch
The wither'd reed-down rustling nigh,
And, by the sunny side the ditch,
Prepare their dwelling warm and dry.
Again a storm encroaches round,
Thick clouds are darkening deep behind;
And, through the arches, hoarsely sound
The risings of the hollow wind:
Spring's early hopes seem half resign'd,
And silent for a while remain;
Till sunbeams broken clouds can find,
And brighten all to life again.
Ere yet a hailstone pattering comes,
Or dimps the pool the rainy squall,
One hears, in mighty murmuring hums,
The spirit of the tempest call:
Here sheltering 'neath the ancient wall
I still pursue my musing dreams,
And as the hailstones round me fall
I mark their bubbles in the streams.
Reflection here is warm'd to sigh,
Tradition gives these brigs renown,
Though heedless Time long pass'd them by
Nor thought them worthy noting down:
Here in the mouth of every clown
The "Roman road" familiar sounds;
All else, with everlasting frown,
Oblivion's mantling mist surrounds.
These walls the work of Roman hands!
How may conjecturing Fancy pore,
As lonely here one calmly stands
On paths that age has trampled o'er.
The builder's names are known no more;
No spot on earth their memory bears;
And crowds, reflecting thus before,
Have since found graves as dark as theirs.
The storm has ceas'd, — again the sun
The ague-shivering season dries;
Short-winded March, thou'lt soon be done,
Thy fainting tempest mildly dies.
Soon April's flowers and dappled skies
Shall spread a couch for lovely May,
Upon whose bosom Nature lies
And smiles her joyous youth away.
(V. ii. p. 118.)
From Lolham Brigs we turned towards the village of Helpstone, and at a distance I saw "Langley Bush," which Clare regretted was fast hastening to utter decay; and could he have the ear of the noble proprietor, he said, he would beg that it might be fenced round to preserve it from unintentional as well as wanton injury. There is a melancholy cadence, in the construction of the little poem which he addressed to this Bush, that chimes on my ear whenever its name is mentioned, and seems to attach me to it as to a rational object, though I know nothing further of its history than is contained in the following lines.
What truth the story of the swain allows,
That tells of honours which thy young days knew,
Of "Langley Court" being kept beneath thy boughs
I cannot tell — thus much I know is true,
That thou art reverenc'd: even the rude clan
Of lawless gipsies, driven from stage to stage,
Pilfering the hedges of the husbandman,
Spare thee, as sacred, in thy withering age.
Both swains and gipsies seem to love thy name,
Thy spot's a favourite with the sooty crew,
And soon thou must depend on gipsy-fame,
Thy mouldering trunk is nearly rotten through.
My last doubts murmur on the zephyr's swell.
My last look lingers on thy boughs with pain;
To thy declining age I bid farewel,
Like old companions, ne'er to meet again.
(V. i. p. 164.)
The discretion which makes Clare hesitate to receive as canonical all the accounts he has heard of the former honours of Langley Bush, is in singular contrast with the enthusiasm of his poetical faith. As a man, he cannot bear to be imposed upon, — his good sense revolts at the least attempt to abuse it; — but as a poet, he surrenders his imagination with most happy ease to the illusions which crowd upon it from stories of fairies and ghosts. The effect of this distinction is soon felt in a conversation with him. From not considering it, many persons express their surprise that dare should be so weak on some topics and so wise on others. But a willing indulgence of what they deem weakness is the evidence of a strong mind. He feels safe there, and luxuriates in the abandonment of his sober sense for a time, to be the sport of all the tricks and fantasies that have been attributed to preternatural agency. Let them address him on other subjects, and unless they entrench themselves in forms of language to which he is unaccustomed, or take no pains to understand him according to the sense rather than the letter of his speech, they will confess, that to keep fairly on a level with him in the depth and tenour of their remarks, is an exercise requiring more than common effort. He may not have read the books which they are familiar with, but let them try him on such as he has read, (and the number is not few, especially of the modern poets,) and they will find no reason to undervalue his judgment. His language, it is true, is provincial, and his choice of words in ordinary conversation is indifferent, because Clare is an unpretending man, and he speaks in the idiom of his neighbours, who would ridicule and despise him for using more or better terms than they are familiar with. But the philosophic mind will strive to read his thoughts, rather than catch at the manner of their utterance; and will delight to trace the native nobleness, strength, and beauty of his conceptions, under the tattered garb of what may, perhaps, be deemed uncouth and scanty expressions. But why do I plead for his language? We have nothing in our poetry more energetic or appropriate than the affecting little poem of
Each scene of youth to me's a pleasing toy,
Which memory, like a lover, doats upon;
And mix'd with them I am again a boy,
With tears and sighs regretting pleasures gone.
Ah! with enthusiast excesses wild
The scenes of childhood meet my moistening eye,
And with the very weakness of a child
I feel the raptures of delights gone by.
And still! fancy, as around I stroll
Each boyish scene, to mark the sport and game,
Others are living with a self-like soul,
That think, and love such trifles, just the same.
An old familiar spot I witness here,
With young companions where we oft have met:
Tho' since we play'd 'tis bleach'd with many a year,
The sports as warmly thrill my bosom yet.
Here winds the dyke where oft we jump'd across,
'Tis just as if it were but yesternight;
There hangs the gate we call'd our wooden horse,
Where we in see-saw ridings took delight.
And every thing shines round me just as then,
Mole-hills, and trees, and bushes speckling wild,
That freshen all those pastimes up agen—
O grievous day that chang'd me from a child!
To seek the plaything and the pleasing toy,
The painted pooty-shell and summer-flowers,
How blest was I when! was here a boy;
What joys were mine in those delightful hours!
On this same bank I bound my posies up,
And cull'd the sweetest blossoms one by one;
The cowslips still entice me down to stoop,
But all the feelings they inspir'd are gone.
Though in the midst of each endear'd delight,
Where still the cowslips to the breezes bow,
Though all my childish scenes are in my sight,
Sad manhood marks me an intruder now.
Here runs the brook which I have damm'd and stopt
With choking sods, and water-weeds, and stones,
And watch'd with joy till bursting off it plopt,
In rushing gushes of wild murmuring groans.
Here stands the tree with clasping ivy bound,
Which oft I've climb'd, to see the men at plough,
And checquer'd fields for many a furlong round,
Rock'd by the winds upon its topmost bough.
Ah, on this bank how happy have I felt,
When here I sat and mutter'd nameless songs,
And with the shepherd-boy, and neatherd, knelt
Upon you rush-beds, plaiting whips and thongs.
Fond memory warms, as here with gravel-shells
I pil'd my fancied cots and walled rings,
And scoop'd with wooden knife my little wells,
And fill'd them up with water from the springs.
Ah, memory sighs, now hope my heart beguiles
To build as yet snug cots to cheer despair,
While fate at distance mocks with grinning smiles,
And calls my structures "castles in the air."
Now e'en the thistles quaking in the wind,
The very rushes nodding o'er the green,
Hold each expressive language to my mind,
And, like old comrades, tell of what has been.
O "sweet of sweets" from infancy that flow,
When can we witness bliss so sweet as then?
Might I but have my choice of joy below,
I'd only ask to be a boy agen.
Life owns no joy so pleasant as the past,
That banish'd pleasure, wrapt in memory's womb:
It leaves a flavour sweet to every taste,
Like the sweet substance of the honeycomb.
(V. ii. p. 14.)
If elegance and tenderness of expression are required, from that author in our language can we adduce more delightful instances than are found in the following
Winter's gone, the summer breezes
Breathe the shepherd's joys again,
Village scene no longer pleases,
Pleasures meet upon the plain;
Snows are fled that hung the bowers,
Buds to blossoms softly steal,
Winter's rudeness melts in flowers:—
Charmer, leave thy spinning wheel,
And tend the sheep with me.
Careless here shall pleasures lull thee,
From domestic troubles free;
Rashes for thy couch I'll pull thee,
In the shade thy seat shall be;
All the flower-buds will I get
Spring's first sunbeams do unseal,
Primrose, cowslip, violet:—
Charmer, leave thy spinning wheel,
And tend the sheep with me.
Cast away thy "twilly willy,"
Winter's warm protecting gown,
Storms no longer blow to chill thee;
Come with mantle loosely thrown,
Garments, light as gale's embraces,
That thy lovely shape reveal;
Put then on thy airy dresses:—
Charmer, leave thy spinning wheel,
And tend the sheep with me.
Sweet to sit where brooks are flowing,
Pleasant spreads the gentle heat,
On the green's lap thyme is growing,
Every molehill forms a seat:
Fear not suns 'cause thou'rt so fair,
In the thorn-bower we'll conceal;
Ne'er a sunbeam pierces there:—
Charmer, leave thy spinning wheel,
And tend the sheep with me.
(V. ii. p. 34.)
In the following little poem the art of the composition, admirable as it is, and yielding to no other in this respect, is yet exceeded and kept properly under by the easy grace and delicate fancy with which the lover urges his passion.
I love thee, sweet Mary, but love thee in fear;
Were I but the morning breeze, healthy and airy,
As thou goest a walking I'd breathe in thine ear,
And whisper and sigh how I love thee, my Mary!
I wish but to touch thee, but wish it in vain;
Wert thou but a streamlet a winding so clearly,
And I little globules of soft dropping rain,
How fond would I press thy white bosom, my Mary!
I would steal a kiss, but I dare not presume;
Wert thou but a rose in thy garden, sweet fairy,
And I a bold bee for to rifle its bloom,
A whole summer's day would I kiss thee, my Mary!
I long to be with thee, but cannot tell how;
Wert thou but the elder that grows by thy dairy,
And I the blest woodbine to twine on the bough,
I'd embrace thee and cling to thee ever, my Mary!
(V. i. p. 195.)
One more quotation, and I return to my companion. Is it possible, that any mode of education, or any rank in life, could have taught Clare to express, in better language than he has chosen, the lovely images under which he commemorates
Spring's sweets they are not fled, though Summer's blossom
Has met its blight of sadness, drooping low;
Still flowers gone by find beds in memory's bosom,
Life's nursling buds among the weeds of woe.
Each pleasing token of Spring's early morning
Warms with the pleasures which we once did know;
Each little stem the leafy bank adorning,
Reminds of joys from infancy that flow.
Spring's early heralds on the winter smiling,
That often on their errand, meet their doom,
Primrose and daisy, dreary hours beguiling,
Smile o'er my pleasures past whene'er they come;
And the speckt throstle never wakes his song,
But Life's past Spring seems melting from his tongue.
(V. ii. p. 205.)
I have dwelt more at length than may be necessary in a letter to you on the subject of Clare's power of language, but some of his friends object, in my opinion most unreasonably, to his choice of words: one wishes that he would "thresh" and not "thump" the corn, another does not like his eliding the first syllable of some of his words, as "'proaching, &c." Every one seems to think that the words or phrases which are in common use in his native place, or where he happened to pass the greater part of his life, ought to be reckoned the true and entire "world of words" for all Englishmen; and so each disallows by turns almost every expression which has not received the sanction of the court. At this rate, Spenser and Shakspeare ought to be proscribed, and Clare may be well content to endure their fate. But in reality, Clare is highly commendable for not "affecting" a language, and it is a proof of the originality of his genius. Style at second-hand is unfelt, unnatural, and common-place, a parrot-like repetition of words, whose individual weight is never esteemed, — a cluster-language framed and cast into set forms, in the most approved models, and adapted for all occasions, — an expedient, in fact, to give an appearance of thinking, without "the insupportable fatigue of' thought." It suits the age, for we abound with machinery, invented to supersede man's labour; and it is in repute, for it "is adapted to the meanest capacities;" but there never was a real poet, or grand original thinker in prose, who did not compose his phraseology for himself; words must be placed in order with great care, and put into combination which have been unknown before, if the things which he is solicitous to express, have not been discovered and expressed before. In poetry, especially, you may estimate the originality of the thoughts by that of the language; but this is a canon to which our approved critics will not subscribe: they allow of no phrase which has not received the sanction of authority, no expression for which, in the sense used, you cannot plead a precedent. They would fetter the English poet as much as they circumscribe the maker of Latin verses, and yet they complain that our modern poets want originality!
Helpstone consists of two streets, intersecting each other at right angles. In the middle stand the church and a cross, both rather picturesque objects, but neither of them very ancient. Clare lives in the right hand street. I knew the cottage by the elm trees, which overhang it;
—The witchen branches nigh,
O'er my snug box towering high—
and was glad to hear that they are not now likely to be cut down.
On a projecting wall in the inside of the cottage, which is white-washed, are hung some well engraved portraits, in gilt frames, with a neat drawing of Helpstone Church, and a sketch of Clare's Head which Hilton copied in water colours, from the large painting, and sent as a present to Clare's father. I think that no act of kindness ever touched him more than this; and I have remarked, on several occasions, that the thought, of what would be his father's feelings on any fortunate circumstance occurring, has given him more visible satisfaction, than all the commendations which have been bestowed on his genius. I believe we must go into low life to know how very much parents can be beloved by their children. Perhaps it may be that they do more for them, or that the affection of the child is concentrated on them the more, from having no other friend on whom it can fall. I saw Clare's father in the garden: it was a fine day, and his rheumatism allowed him just to move about, but with the aid of two sticks, he could scarcely drag his feet along: he can neither kneel nor stoop. I thought of Clare's lines:
I'll be thy crutch, my father, lean on me;
Weakness knits stubborn while it's bearing thee:
And hard shall fall the shock of fortune's frown,
To eke thy sorrows, ere it breaks me down.
(Vol. i. p. 67.)
The father, though so infirm, is only fifty-six years of age; the mother is about seven years older. While I was talking to the old man, Clare had prepared some refreshment within, and with the appetite of a thresher we went to our luncheon of bread and cheese, and capital beer from the Bell. In the midst of our operations, his little girl awoke, a fine lively pretty creature, with a forehead like her father's, of ample promise. She tottered along the floor, and as her father looked after her with the fondest affection, and with a careful twitch of his eyebrow when she seemed in danger, the last verse of his Address to her came into my mind:
Lord knows my heart, it loves thee much
And may my feelings, aches, and such,
The pains I meet in folly's clutch
Be never thine:
Child, it's a tender string to touch,
That sounds "thou'rt mine."
(V. i. p. 163.)
A few more years, and we shall probably see him advanced to that state of patriarchal felicity, which is so beautifully pourtrayed in his Sunday Walks:
With love's sweet pledges paddling at his heels,
That oft divert him with their childish glee
In fruitless chases after bird and bee;
And, eager gathering every flower they pass,
Of yellow lambtoe and the totter-grass,
Oft whimper round him disappointment's sigh
At sight of blossom that's in bloom too high,
And twitch his sleeve with all their coaxing powers
To urge his hand to reach the tempting flowers:
Then as he climbs, their eager hopes to crown,
On gate or stile to pull the blossoms down
Of pale hedge-roses straggling wild and tall,
And scrambling woodbines that outgrow them all,
He turns to days when he himself would teaze
His tender father for such toys as these,
And smiles with rapture, as he plucks the flowers,
To meet the feelings of those lovely hours,
And blesses Sunday's rest, whose peace at will
Retains a portion of those pleasures still.
(V. ii. p. 107, 8.)
Our meal ended, dare opened an old oak bookcase, and showed me his library. It contains a very good collection of modern poems, chiefly presents made him since the publication of his first volume. Among the works of Burns, Cowper, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Crabbe, and about twenty volumes of Cooke's Poets, I was pleased to see the Nithsdale and Galloway Sang of our friend Allan Cunningham, to whom Clare expresses a great desire to be introduced; he thought, as I did, that only "Auld Lang Syne" could have produced such poems as The Lord's Marie, Bonnie Lady Anne, and the Mermaid of Gallowa'. The Lady of the Bishop of Peterborough had just made him a present of Miss Aikin's Court of Queen Elizabeth. From Sir W. Scott he received (I think) the Lady of the Lake, and Chatterton's Poems of Rowley, in lieu of two guineas which were offered him; he had requested to have the value of the gift enhanced by the autograph of Sir Walter, in one or both the volumes, but his wish was refused. Crabbe's Works were sent him, by Lord Milton, on the day I called at Helpstone. To see so many books handsomely bound, and "flash'd about with golden letters," as he describes it, in so poor a place as Clare's cottage, gave it almost a romantic air, for, except in cleanliness, it is no whit superior to the habitations of the poorest of the peasantry. The hearth has no fire-place on it, which to one accustomed to coal fires looked comfortless, but Clare found it otherwise; and I could readily picture him enjoying, as he describes himself in one of his early Sonnets,
—The happy winter-night,
When the storm pelted down with all his might,
And roar'd and bellow'd the chimney-top,
And patter'd vehement 'gainst the window-light,
And on the threshold fell the quick eaves-drop.
How blest I've listen'd on my corner stool,
Heard the storm rage, and hugg'd my happy spot,
While the fond parent wound her whirring spool,
And spar'd a sigh for the poor wanderer's lot.
In thee, sweet hut, this happiness was prov'd,
And these endear and make thee doubly lov'd.
(V. ii. p. 152.)
Having directed my man to set off in an hour's time, and wait for me at the top of Barnack Hill, I walked with Clare to the lower end of the street, to see the place where "Jenny" drowned herself. It is a large pond, partly overhung with trees; a deep wood backs the field; and in front is an ancient building, which looks like an old manor-house, but it is now in ruins: the scene is, perhaps, the most picturesque of any in the neighbourhood. Here let me refer you at once to the poem of Cross Roads, or the Haymaker's Story. It is so true to nature, so full of minute incidents, all telling the story in the most dramatic way, that any attempt to glance at it otherwise than in the words of the original, would be to destroy some portion of its interest; and altogether it is a most affecting narrative. The following lines are beautifully characteristic of those numberless recollections, which rush upon the memory after an irreparable deed is done, and seem to have been so strikingly prophetic of the fact, that our indifference to them assumes even a culpable taint, and we almost feel as if we might have prevented the mischief. An old woman, who was Jenny's companion, thus narrates the story:
Poor thoughtless wench! it seems but Sunday past
Since we went out together for the last,
And plain enough indeed it was to find
She'd something more than common on her mind;
For she was always fond and full of chat,
In passing harmless jokes 'bout beaus and that,
But nothing then was scarcely talk'd about,
And what there was, I even forc'd it out.
A gloomy wanness spoil'd her rosy cheek,
And doubts hung there it was not mine to seek;
She ne'er so much as mention'd things to come,
But sigh'd o'er pleasures ere she left her home;
And now-and-then a mournful smile would raise
At freaks repeated of our younger days,
Which I brought up, while passing spots of ground
Where we, when children, "burly-burly'd" round,
Or "blindman-buff'd" some morts of hours away—
Two games, poor thing, Jane dearly lov'd to play.
She smil'd at these, but shook her head and sigh'd
Whene'er she thought my look was turn'd aside;
Nor turn'd she round, as was her former way,
To praise the thorn, white over then with May;
Nor stooped once, tho' thousands round her grew,
To pull a cowslip as she us'd to do:
For Jane in flowers delighted from a child—
I like the garden, but she lov'd the wild,
And oft on Sundays young men's gifts declin'd,
Posies from gardens of the sweetest kind,
And eager scrambled the dog-rose to get,
And woodbine-flowers at every bush she met.
The cowslip blossom, with its ruddy streak,
Would tempt her furlongs from the path to seek
And gay long purple, with its tufty spike,
She'd wade o'er shoes to reach it in the dyke;
And oft, while scratching through the briary woods
For tempting cuckoo-flowers and violet buds,
Poor Jane, I've known her crying sneak to town,
Fearing her mother when she'd torn her gown.
Ah, these were days her conscience view'd with pain,
Which all are loth to lose, as well as Jane.
And, what I took more odd than all the rest,
Was, that same night she ne'er a wish exprest
To see the gipsies, so belov'd before,
That lay a stone's-throw from us on the moor;
I hinted it; she just reply'd again—
She once believ'd them, but had doubts since then.
And when we sought our cows, I call'd, "Come mull!"
But she stood silent, for her heart was full.
She lov'd dumb things; and ere she had begun
To milk, caress'd them more than e'er she'd done;
But though her tears stood watering in her eye,
I little took it as her last good-bye;
For she was tender, and I've often known
Her mourn when beetles have been trampled on:
So I ne'er dream'd from this, what soon befel,
Till the next morning rang her passing-bell.
(V. ii. p. 88.)
And how wonderfully natural on these reflections!
That very morning, it affects me still,
Ye know the foot-path sidles down the hill,
Ign'rant as babe unborn I pass'd the pond
To milk as usual in our close beyond,
And cows were drinking at the water's edge,
And horses brows'd among the flags and sedge,
And gnats and midges danc'd the water o'er,
Just as I've mark'd them scores of times before,
And birds sat singing as in mornings gone,
While I as unconcern'd went seedling on,
But little dreaming, as the wakening wind
Flapp'd the broad ash-leaves o'er the pond reclin'd,
And o'er the water crink'd the curdled wave,
That Jane was sleeping in her watery grave.
The neatherd boy that us'd to tend the cows,
While getting whip-sticks from the dangling boughs
Of osiers drooping by the water side,
Her bonnet floating on the top espied;
He knew it well, and hasten'd fearful down
To take the terror of his fears to town,—
A melancholy story, far too true;
And soon the village to the pasture flew,
Where from the deepest hole the pond about,
They dragg'd poor Jenny's lifeless body out,
And took her home, where scarce an hour gone by
She had been living like to you and I.
I went with more, and kiss'd her for the last,
And thought with tears on pleasures that were past;
And, the last kindness left me then to do,
I went, at milking, where the blossoms grew,
And handfuls got of rose and lambtoe sweet,
And put them with her in her winding-sheet.
A wilful murder, jury made the crime;
Nor parson 'low'd to pray, nor bell to chime;
On the cross roads, far from her friends and kin,
The usual law for their ungodly sin
Who violent hands upon themselves have laid,
Poor Jane's last bed un-christian-like was made;
And there, like all whose last thoughts turn to heaven,
She sleeps, and doubtless hop'd to be forgiven.
(V. ii. p. 92.)
The tale is a true one, and in a little village it would doubtless make a deep impression at the time; but Clare received it from tradition, for the circumstance happened long ago: he would learn therefore the mere fact, that such a girl was drowned in such a pond, and all those particulars — which constitute the poetry of the story, would remain to be created by the activity of his own imagination. The true poet alone could so faithfully realize to himself, and few of that class would dare to dwell so intensely upon, the agonizing considerations which pass in the mind of a person, intent on self-destruction: the subsequent reflections of the narrator on her own indifference in passing the pond where Jenny lay drowned, and on the unconcern of the cattle and the insects, may be, perhaps, more easily conceived, but are no less faithfully and eloquently uttered.
In our way to Barnack, we skirted the "Milking pasture," which, as it brought to my mind one of the most delicious descriptions I ever saw of the progress of love, shall be my apology, if any is necessary, for the following quotation.
Now from the pasture milking-maidens come,
With each a swain to bear the burden home,
Who often coax them on their pleasant way
To soodle longer out in love's delay;
While on a mole-hill, or a resting stile,
The simple rustics try their arts the while
With glegging smiles, and hopes and fears between,
Snatching a kiss to open what they mean:
And all the utmost that their tongues can do,
The honey'd words which nature learns to woo,
The wild-flower sweets of language, "love" and "dear,"
With warmest utterings meet each maiden's ear;
Who as by magic smit, she knows not why,
From the warm look that waits a wish'd reply
Droops fearful down in love's delightful swoon,
As slinks the blossom from the suns of noon;
While sighs half-smother'd from the throbbing breast,
And broken words sweet trembling o'er the rest,
And cheeks, in blushes burning, turn'd aside,
Betray the plainer what she strives to hide.
The amorous swain sees through the feign'd disguise,
Discerns the fondness she at first denies,
And with all passions love and truth can move
Urges more strong the simpering maid to love;
More freely using toying ways to win—
Tokens that echo from the soul within—
Her soft hand nipping, that with ardour burns,
And, timid, gentlier presses its returns;
Then stealing pins with innocent deceit,
To loose the 'kerchief from its envied seat;
Then unawares her bonnet he'll untie,
Her dark-brown ringlets wiping gently by,
To steal a kiss in seemly feign'd disguise,
As love yields kinder taken by surprise:
While, nearly conquer'd, she less disapproves,
And owns at last, 'mid tears and sighs, she loves.
With sweetest feelings that this world bestows
Now each to each their inmost souls disclose,
Vow, to be true; and to be truly ta'en,
Repeat their loves, and vow it o'er again:
And pause at loss of language to proclaim
Those purest pleasures, yet without a name:
And while, in highest ecstacy of bliss
The shepherd holds her yielding hand in his,
He turns to heaven to witness what he feels,
And silent shows what want of words conceals:
Then ere the parting moments hustle nigh,
And night in deeper dye his curtain dips,
Till next day's evening glads the anxious eye,
He swears his truth, and seals it on her lips.
(V. ii. p. 78.)
At the end of that same pastoral, "Rural Evening," how perfect in form, character, and colour, is the following sketch of an aged woman in the almshouse.
Now at the parish cottage wall'd with dirt,
Where all the cumber-grounds of life resort,
From the low door that bows two props between,
Some feeble tottering dame, surveys the scene;
By them reminded of the long-lost day
When she herself was young, and went to play;
And, turning to the painful scenes again,
The mournful changes she has met since then,
Her aching heart, the contrast moves so keen,
E'en sighs a wish that life had never been.
Still vainly sinning, while she strives to pray,
Half-smother'd discontent pursues its way
In whispering Providence, how blest she'd been,
If life's last troubles she'd escap'd unseen;
If, ere want sneak'd for grudg'd support from pride,
She had but shar'd of childhood's joys, and died.
And as to talk some passing neighbours stand,
And shove their box within her tottering hand,
She turns from echoes of her younger years.
And nips the portion of her snuff with tears.
(V. ii. p. 112.)
But you are tired, or at least I am, with this long letter. Briefly then, suppose that I parted with my interesting companion, on the top of Barnack Hill, a place which he has celebrated in his poems; that he pursued his way to Casterton; and that after dinner I tried to put these my imperfect recollections of the day on paper for your amusement.


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According to City Councilman Manny Pelaez, you shouldn’t give to panhandlers begging for money. He says it’s a major problem, especially in his district on the northwest side.
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"San Antonio and San Antonians have big hearts," the councilman said.
The program will include signage encouraging drivers to donate money to nonprofits instead of giving money at intersections. The signs will go up at troubled spots like at I-10 and De Zavala.
The language for the signs is still in the works.
"We know that giving to panhandlers feeds addiction," he said. "It feeds opioid addictions, it feeds heroin addiction, methamphetamine. We know that giving to a panhandler exacerbates the problem."
The councilman is encouraging drivers to keep their window rolled up, don't give out their change, and try not have an impact on traffic.
"It is going to be tough, because I understand I am asking people to do something counterintuitive, which is don't be compassionate, which is not what I am asking," he said. "What I am asking people to do is be as compassionate as possible, but let’s direct that compassion in a constructive way."
There's no timeline yet on when the signs will go up, but the councilman wants to eventually have a way for people to instantly give online to local charities.


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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Siena College announced Tuesday that they will require all students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before attending school. This is provided one of the vaccines is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before the fall semester begins.
Right now the vaccines were approved under emergency use and have not been fully approved by the FDA. This is causing a legal gray area as a vaccine has to be fully approved by the FDA to be mandated.
Medical and religious exemptions to the mandate will be allowed, as they are for other currently required post-secondary education vaccinations.
Siena has already hosted several free on-campus vaccine clinics this spring, giving hundreds of community members the opportunity to receive their shots. Nearly 60% of all in-person students are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The College also announced Tuesday that effective immediately, fully vaccinated community members are allowed to remove their masks outdoors if they are alone or in groups of 10 or fewer people, in accordance with state and federal guidelines. Indoor masking protocols remain the same.
The College anticipates further changes to restrictions and protocols for the fall semester.

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Here’s a few familiar faces taking part in ‘The Flying Pigs Ball’ – produced by Michael Grant to fill the void that the Tops of the Town left behind after it’s demise. This show was a variety show made up of comedy and musical scenes from previous Tops shows. This particular one was from 1985 and the Waterford Crystal show. Ironically the set was from the national winning 1994 Waterford Crystal show – I guess bringing it full circle in a sense.
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Enter our draw for a chance to win a unique food and theatre experience at Circa Theatre on Friday 17 August as part of Visa Wellington on a Plate. The VIP experience begins with a Bistro style two-course meal with a glass of wine at Circa Theatre’s Café and Bar along with two top seats to the improvised play, The Dinner.
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The Hevnetier has a simple interior, being a box with a screen at the front, containing a stool that is the pilot's seat, two more seats for fighter pilots and four teleporters. The one at the back leads to outside of the ship. The ones on the left and right leads to the respective hangers. The one at the front leads to the Elanis.
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- Well armed for a Carrier.
- Good support ship for fleets and sieges.
- Has little to no reliance on using AI Fighters, as only 1 player is needed.
- High Hull damage.
- Cheap for a Carrier.
- The Carrier itself lacks Spinal firepower.
- Rather low Shield damage compared to Hull damage.
- Has the lowest fighter count in the game, a total count of 1.
- Turrets may have a hard time hitting small ships.
- Huge blind-spot under the ship.
- Rather low health for a Carrier.
- It can be used as a support Carrier in sieges and fleets by itself and carrying a portable Battleship to engage against capital ships, as well as providing defense against smaller ships.
- Useful in fleets, as it provides an extremely powerful and disposable Fighter.
- Get a skilled pilot in the Elanis. You are now just a dreadnought with 7 turrets, congratulations.
- The low shield DPS of the carrier can be offset-ted by the high shield DPS of the Elanis and vice versa.
- Engage ships that are above you as all of the turrets can fire at once.
- Only fight in this ship with a fleet, as small, agile ships can easily exploit your blind-spot under you.
- In .58b2 the old model's Interior was removed, leaving only an empty shell with Fighters.
- Remodeled in .64f.
- Received a Cargo Hold buff from 75 to 1000 in .65b.
- Received a total Turret makeover in .65b.
- Received a Shield buff in .65b.
- Shield increased from 5350 to 9000 and loadout changed to 1 Large Laser, 2 Heavy Point Defense Lasers and 3 Heavy Flak Cannons in version .68d.
- Cargo Hold increased from 1000 to 2000, Shield reduced from 9000 to 6500, Hull increased from 5000 to 6000, Top Speed reduced to 28, Turn Speed increased to 0.09, 2 Heavy Point Defense Lasers and 1 Heavy Laser changed to 3 Heavy Flak Cannons and 2 Triple Heavy Lasers; 2 Blitzes, 1 Frenzy, 1 Fury and 1 Xenophile switched out with 2 Nighthawk and 1 Elanis; received a remodel in version .69a2.
- Turret placement modified in version.69e?
- Reworked in version .75a10. Shields 6500 to 7500, Hull 6000 to 6500. Loses 1 Triple Heavy Laser and 6 Heavy Flak cannons for 2 Capital Triple Cannons, 2 Quad Advanced Medium Cannons, 2 Triple Medium Cannons and 1 Triple Medium Laser. Loses 2 Nighthawks and the Elanis gains a buff.
- It was part of a batch of Carriers added in the game in .46, when farterbotz pushed to have more Carriers other than the Stormbringer.
- The Hevnetier's old model was the smallest and weakest carrier until the Vanguard was added to the game.
- The old model used to spawn random Fighters.
- Formerly used to carry the fighters Xenophiles, Blitz, Frenzy and the Nighthawk.
- One of the only 2 Carriers to house a Battleship like fighter: The Elanis, while the other carrier being Annihilator and it's fighter, the A - Bionicle.
- One of the only 2 playable ships that has an affiliation with the alien faction Slarfie, the other ship being the Slipstream.
- Resembles the Nyx, a supercarrier from EVE online
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