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Head Coach Joe Judge
Opening Statement: Alright, so we'll continue through our prep, working through all phases of the kicking game, all phases of offense and defense today and tie up the week as far as preparation. We'll come in here tomorrow, have a quick walk through, get on the plane and fly on down to Dallas. All that being said, I'll open it up to any questions you may have.
Q: Injury updates on (Wide Receiver Darius) Slayton, Shep (Wide Receiver Sterling Shepard) or (Safety Jabrill) Peppers?
A: I'd say all three guys did enough things promising enough yesterday that we're going to give them another opportunity to come out here today and work around and see where we can fit them in. But they've all had enough progress that we owe them at least one more day to try and get out there.
Q: How about (Tackle) Andrew Thomas? It seems like he's laboring, but I know he was upgraded to limited yesterday.
A: Yeah, he went through practice with us yesterday. I think everyone at this point in the season is dealing with some kind of nick or bump. We'll see where he is coming out of today. But yeah, he was practicing with us yesterday.
Q: Do you buy into using bulletin board material? Troy Aikman said on a radio show earlier this week that he doesn't think you guys are in the same class as the Cowboys. Do you buy into using stuff like that?
A: I don't think we really need any external motivation to show up and do our jobs and do them effectively, to be honest with you. I think you have to understand the magnitude of every game you play. These division games are obviously no different, so if we need somebody else to kind of get us in the mind frame to play, I think we have other issues at hand. Look, I think on the topic of what was said, look, this team's extremely good. We have to acknowledge this team's one of the best statistically that this league's seen in a long time to be ranked this high on offense as a rushing team, a passing team, defensively – in terms of turnovers and takeaways, along with rushing defense. To be this situationally good and to be this good in the kicking game, this team's an outstanding team. There's no getting around it. This team's extremely talented. They're well-coached and they're obviously winning games right now playing the right way. I think this is obviously one of the top teams in the league and one of the top teams we'll see in a long time.
Q: Your team obviously took notice of that quote, it's something that you mentioned to them, as well.
A: I honestly don't know what you're referring to right there in terms of –
Q: The Aikman comment.
A: Yeah, but I don't know where they would say they took notice to it. I'm not really sure what that would be a reference of.
Q: A bunch of guys from your locker room have taken note. Maybe it's posted in the locker room or something like that?
A: We don't even have a bulletin board in there, to be honest with you. Everything's screens and magnets and stuff now. We're in the future now, so we don't have bulletin boards anymore. Look, these guys are all active on Twitter and all that type of junk, so I'm sure they see stuff all the time.
Q: Given the quality of the opponent, how much is this a test for you guys in terms of gauging where you are?
A: I think every week's a test for where we are as a team. I don't think this week's any different. Obviously, this is a very good opponent, so we've got to go out there and play our best game to be able to have an opportunity.
Q: Early on versus New Orleans you guys did a good job handling the noise…
A: As far as you're talking about the actual noise within the stadium? I think the only way you can do that is by playing well. But at the same time, you've got to understand and expect there's going to be a lot of energy in the stadium. Look, I like it like that. I've said that before, maybe I'm screwed up. I like going on road games where there's a whole lot of people who hate you. To me, that's kind of fun. I don't know if everyone feels that way. I think our team responded last week the right way to that. That's not going to count for anything unless we go down there and do it this week the right way.
Q: You and T-Mac (Special Teams Coordinator Thomas McGaughey) have talked about (Cowboys Special Teams Coordinator John) Fassel and how great he is as a coordinator. You guys had that fake last year where obviously it got called back, but when you go against a coordinator like that, does that kind of make you want to make a play against him or anything like that?
A: No, I don't think it factors into that. I would say this, I would say there are certain guys you play against in this league in different phases whether it's offense, defense or the kicking game that present a great challenge and that's really a great week to prepare. You go against certain guys, 'Bones' is definitely one of them, where you know you've got to have your guys keyed into every bell and whistle he has. To play completely situationally aware, you've got to make sure you're playing your best game. Every player has to understand the flow of the game and when things come up and when they use those things. Look, he's a great challenge to go against. Every time you go against 'Bones', you have to commit a lot of time to dealing with all the fakes, gimmicks, gadgets, talking to your team about the substitutions they use, talking to the team about different personnel you have to be able to look for on the field. He's put up a lot of plays over the course of the years, so there's a lot of tape to go through with the team in team meetings, position meetings and things of that nature. But you've got to make sure you get the work on the field to do it the right way.
Q: Did you know the double punt rule that we saw yesterday in that Seattle game?
A: Ironically, yes, we did. We talked about it back in the spring when they changed the rule on the double pass. So that's when it came up, 'OK, if this is a pass, how would that also factor into a punt and things of that nature right there?' We talked about it back in the spring in terms of that exact rule. I'll be honest with you, when we talked about it, you also kind of had that caveat of 'but when's that going to happen?' Now, with (Sean) Landeta, it happened here back years ago, however, it's so rare. It's one of those deals. We just always talk to our team that they have to understand what the game is in terms of any ball that's behind the line of scrimmage is treated as a fumble. So, whether it's a punt, a field goal, whatever, and it crossed the line of scrimmage, treat it as a punt. Behind, fumble. Across, punt.
Q: You had some fun with (Safety) Julian Love going back and forth in the summer. Obviously, his personality came out a little bit with you. He seems to be taking on a bigger role week in and week out defensively. He may not be one of those stars everybody mentions, but he's an important part. What have you liked about him as a player? You don't go back and forth with a lot of the players on this team or at least to have a player to go back and forth publicly with you that way, what is it about Julian that you like?
A: He's actually a really fun player to coach. He's a really fun player to coach. You say, 'Well, who's a fun player to coach?' The guys who love football and come to work every day and love going out to practice and really getting things in meetings. They're fun to be around. That's definitely Jules (Julian Love). He's a guy that has got a lot of versatility whether it's playing the corner position, the safety position, playing star on our punt team. He can play gunner, he can play PP. He'll do stuff on kickoff coverage. He can play in the vice or the box on punt return. On kickoff return he can play a multitude of positions. He's definitely like one of those guys, we talk about the Swiss Army knife, the versatility. But he's also a guy who's extremely intelligent and he's very a team-first guy. He comes in every week and it's like, 'Hey Jules, your role just changed completely from last week.' He doesn't ever bat an eye. He's like, 'Great, coach me, coach' and that's it. He's a guy that we depend on for a lot of roles. You can only depend on guys if they do them productively and consistently. He definitely does that. He just comes out every day and gives it his all. He's a great teammate, he's a great guy to coach in the locker room. He's a lot of fun to be around. In terms of the cutting up and going back and forth, I mean look, that kind of keeps it fun.
Q: Do you give yourself a couple of minutes to scout the Rams or do you leave that to somebody else when they're playing on a Thursday?
A: Depending on what your workload is the night before. If you ask me specifically if I watched the Rams game last night, I was on Dallas. I didn't have an opportunity to watch it last night and I'll end up watching it this weekend. I'll end up watching it several times before next week. I'll start my Rams prep this afternoon. I always get a peak on Friday and Saturday on the next opponent coming up, staying ahead, so that way when we start getting the game planning on offense, defense or the kicking game, I've seen a picture of that team. So, they anticipate what offense, defense and special teams we may be thinking or ideas that I have that I want incorporated in the game and understanding the flow of the opponent and then thinking about practicing the next week coming up. So when I do the practices on Tuesday, I've already kind of seen in my mind, these are specific things we have to work on. These are things we have to address. I always get ahead on opponents and work ahead, so I'll start looking at the Rams today. We've got to make sure that, obviously, we stay on Dallas. You're kind of looking at a surface level of the Rams, if you would right there because you've got to go ahead and keep coming back. I make sure anytime I look ahead to the next opponent, I end the day going back to the opponent we're on, so you get your mind back in that thinking.
Q: (Quarterback) Daniel (Jones) has obviously done a good job taking care of the ball this year. He's played well early this season. How much when he does that does that make you want to give him more freedom or maybe put more onto his plate to be able to do more?
A: Yeah, I think that's natural. Obviously, that's a guy that demonstrates dependability when making decisions on the field and having good ball security. You start giving him more and more things to do. We've seen the improvement with Daniel really throughout last year as well. He's carried over into this year. He's making good decisions. In terms of Daniel, to me, a lot of it's the decisions and I talked a lot about how he's mastered the offense and how he's handling the line of scrimmage, his decisions have started really showing up for us in the spring with some of the checks on the line of scrimmage he's made, and it's carried into the games and been productive for us. We see it every day in practice. When you see a guy – and the offense has to run through the quarterback. In my mind, the way I see the game, the offense has to go through the quarterback. So, when he's out there and can control the flow of the game and how we're operating, that to me gives freedom to go ahead and (Offensive Coordinator) Jason (Garrett) can call different things where he can go ahead and think and put us in the right position, or you just got to give him the freedom at some point if he sees something to completely change it and get that out right there. You've got to let him have enough freedom that he feels aggressive, and he can go out there and do it. Look, if it's not perfect, you can't pull back on that the next time. You've got to coach it, correct it and just keep on moving.
Q: So he has full autonomy at the line if he wants to make changes?
A: That's a pretty loose term, but relatively speaking, we let him have freedom, yes.
Q: The way that runners like (Saints Running Back Alvin) Kamara and (Cowboys Running Back) Ezekiel Elliott always seem to fall forward and get like three more yards than it looks like they have. Is that want-to? Is that technical? Is that repetition? What is that skill?
A: I guess the word I would sum that up with is instincts. I think that kind of encapsulates a lot of things. They have definitely good effort as a player. To me, it's the instinct of finding that extra space and just squeezing it to gain that extra yard. I think he's a really, really instinctive player. I think when you look at Ezekiel, he's a true, true running back. I mean, he's big, he's strong, he's fast, he can run downhill, he's got speed to break away in the open field, he's elusive, he's powerful. You go to Kamara, this guy's kind of in that realm of he's definitely a true running back, don't say he's not. But he's such a complete football player, if they said this guy's going to be a full-time receiver, he'd be one of the top receivers out here. If he was a full-time kick returner, he'd be the top kick returner out there. There's certain guys that are out there that obviously within their strengths, they have differences. Those two players are very different. The similarity for those two for me would be they're very dominant.
Defensive Lineman Leonard Williams
Q: You were so frustrated last week, then you got a win.
A: Yeah, I know. It paid off.
Q: How much of that was just guys taking accountability for doing a better job?
A: I think it was a combination of that and then also something that (Head) Coach (Joe) Judge has been harping on, is play every play as if we're going to play until, you know, it's going to come down to the final play of the game. What he means (by) that is don't take any plays off. Play until the whistle, make every play count. We talk about that even in practice as well. Don't take any plays off from practice, even if it's scout team and you're giving the offense the look. Don't take the play off and treat it like this is going to be the play of the game. I think that shows in the game and it came down to the final straw.
Q: What did you think of (FOX NFL Analyst) Troy Aikman saying that he doesn't think you guys are in the Cowboys class?
A: I actually didn't see that, but I think everyone's entitled to their own opinion. That's those guys job is to make predictions and all that type of stuff. It's my job to come here and get better and practice and focus on winning the game. Like I said, I haven't even seen that so, I've been too focused on getting better.
Q: Last week one of the Saints guys said he felt sorry for you guys coming into the game. The Saints actually tweeted out the video on Friday saying that they felt sorry for you guys for their first home game back. Did that make its way around your locker room?
A: I think in this game it really is any given Sunday. I think no matter what our record is, I'm going to respect our opponent no matter what their record is, because of stuff like that. If you devalue the team that you're going to go against, you're not going to prepare the same and you can get upset. You can't overhype the team as well because you obviously have to feel like you can compete with them. It really is any given Sunday.
Q: Do you want them to respect you or do you want them to overlook you?
A: I obviously, I always want respect.
Q: Even if they overlook you, it could be to your advantage? You'd still rather the respect?
A: Yeah, for sure.
Q: How close is the pass rush from producing and getting more results than you have recently?
A: I think we're there. We just need to start playing more off of each other, playing more aggressive and just attacking more individually. Not scheme wise attacking, but individually, knowing when it's pass rush time and knowing on a third down situation and what type of reads we'll get and knowing when to get off and knowing who we're rushing next to. If I'm rushing next to (Linebacker Lorenzo Carter) Zo, who's a vet, I know I can get high in that three technique and know that someone like him is going to be able to cover me. That's what I mean by pass rush (being) more aggressive.
Wide Receiver Kadarius Toney
Q: I'm pretty sure your first game in college was at AT&T Stadium. What do you remember about playing there and your first impressions of it?
A: What I remember was probably the big jumbotron, that's it. Nothing major.
Q: Does it feel like it's a bigger stage or anything than some other places?
A: No.
Q: Did you do anything in the game?
A: Yeah, I had like two catches. I think I hurt a dude doing a move on him, like my first catch. But it was alright. We had a bad game, but you know (laughs).
Q: It was around that time I think your coach called you 'the joystick'. What did you think of that at the time and how do you think about that as an accurate description in terms of what you do and how you play?
A: At the time, I really didn't think nothing about it. It was just me out there just going out there wanting to play and just do what I can. I didn't really think too much of it, but now, I kind of thank him, you know what I'm saying? Because it's kind of like a brand as far as me just playing the way I play. It's kind of a brand I guess you could say.
Q: You know there was a player named 'the human joystick'?
A: (Former NFL Wide Receiver) Dante Hall, wasn't it? Yeah, I've seen the way he played. I've seen a lot of similarities. It's really a privilege to even be compared to somebody like that. Him or (Former NFL Wide Receiver) Percy Harvin, like it was at Florida and just stuff like that. It's just an honor to be even in the same boat as those guys, so I'm really thankful for that.
Q: I feel like you guys are adding wrinkles every week to what you can do to the offense. Last week you had that play where (Quarterback) Daniel (Jones) hands it to (Running Back) Saquon (Barkley), but you guys kind of still carried out like an option.
A: Can you repeat that again?
Q: Do you feel like that you are just adding wrinkles every week to what you can do in this offense?
A: No, not really. It's just more the coaches just game planning and executing our strengths in the offense.
Q: What makes you good at breaking tackles? What kind of goes through your mind and your process and how you decide how you're going to try to break somebody down?
A: The process is really just more of, if he goes left, I've got to go right. It's just kind of like playing freeze tag, something like that. It's that kind of feel when you're out there.
Q: On the play where you have 3rd-and-whatever it was, 17, 18 – how much is that instinct? You just catch the ball and everybody's saying it's short, but how much of it is you?
A: I don't know. It's really more of just me sticking to the game plan, because we work on the play and it's just me believing in the coaches, believing in my o-line, which is very good. Just believing in them and taking what they give me – because me as a runner, I can make the blockers right, no matter what. It's just more of me just going out there and being myself.
Q: Do you know where the sticks are because it looked like you (do)?
A: Yeah, we always are aware of the situation. Coaches always give us an alert like, it's 3rd-and-this or Danny (Jones) will always give us an alert and let us know what we've got to do because like (Assistant Offensive Line) Coach Ben (Wilkerson) says, "You've got to get one to get six," you know?
Q: (Cowboys Cornerback) Trevon Diggs is tearing it up so far. When you see that, what's your mentality? Do you want to kind of see how you stack up against him or are you like, 'Okay, I'd rather get a better matchup'?
A: No, really it's more of just how the game is. Especially in the NFL, you're always going to see a great cornerback. They may not have a name as everybody else, but there's always a great cornerback. Everybody in this league is getting paid and everybody in this league is good enough to be on this level to play, so it's more of not really a name to it, but more of an every week by week thing.
Q: Here's a question I don't think we ever asked you, you stuck with 89. Do you like it? Is it growing on you?
A: Yeah, I'm just blessed to have a jersey. You know most people don't have one, so I can't do nothing but be thankful for it right now.
Q: But you never thought about changing it? You're just happy with it?
A: No, not really. It's not a big deal. When you're out their playing, the number doesn't make the person, the person makes the number.
Offensive Tackle Andrew Thomas
Q: How are you feeling?
A: Good.
Q: How's the foot feeling?
A: Sore, but I'm doing everything that the trainers are asking me to do. Taking care of it, doing a lot of treatment, trying to get it ready.
Q: Is this related to the ankle injury you had last year?
A: No, it's not.
Q: Is it something that happened during the game Sunday?
A: It was something during the game, yeah.
Q: How much do you think it's something that you can battle through as long as you need to?
A: Right now, I'm just focusing on everyday doing what the trainers ask me. We'll see how it feels on Sunday, but right now just trying to treat it.
Q: When you look at Dallas, what are you seeing from them?
A: Very productive front seven right now. Guys are very athletic – they're flying to the ball. A lot of twists up front in the pass game, so we have to be prepared for that.
Q: You've had how many left guards in how many games. How hard is it to adapt to the twists when you're with somebody new all the time?
A: For us, it's just overcommunication. When you've been playing next to a guy for a long time some things don't have to be said, but with the group rotating like we do, just making sure we're overcommunicating and understanding everyone knows who they're going to so there's no miscommunication.
Q: Do you expect to play on Sunday?
A: Right now, just focused on what the trainers tell me. We'll see what happens on Sunday.
Q: How'd you feel yesterday when you went out there then?
A: Good. I was in the rotation yesterday, in the rotation today with (Tackle) Nate (Solder) and (Tackle) Matt (Peart), so we'll see what happens Sunday.
Q: How do you overcommunicate? Are you sitting there saying if he goes this way, you go that way?
A: Just pre-snap reads. Like I'll get to the ball (and) regardless of who's next to me, if I see something – like sometimes D-linemen will tip it off – I'll say, 'Alert.' Even if it's not coming, just something just to keep their eyes on it, especially the left guard with the silent count. They're turning and looking at the quarterback, so I'm kind of their eyes pre-snap.
Q: What're you doing better this year than a year ago?
A: I think just honing in on my technique, making sure I'm consistent in my set, trying not to overset and being better with my hand placement.
Q: The game that you had in the preseason where everybody ripped you, were you sick or anything? Because we're all sitting here scratching our heads saying what we saw in the preseason is not the guy who's been out there lately.
A: I just didn't prepare as well as I needed to. I had some bad sets, some bad hand placement against those guys, but I work every day to get better at it, and that's what I did.
Q: How much has your confidence grown these four weeks?
A: It's grown. Definitely coming off of last season, even in camp, my confidence has grown. Listening to the technique that the coaches are teaching me and we're playing well as a unit. That definitely builds confidence.
Q: Is (Offensive Line Coach) Rob (Sale) teaching anything different than what you did last year?
A: Some things are different, definitely in our technique. Our scheme is obviously the same, but there are a few culture points that he has.
Q: Anything you can offer to an O-line expert like myself who will have no idea what you're talking about?
A: On the slide protections, the way the left guard will come with me – say if we're going slide to the left, a little different than last year. The center is not as much of a hold center. He's coming with us a little bit more, so we can be more aggressive on the slide.
Q: How tough is it when you're playing as well as you are to get hit with something like this at this junction?
A: It's definitely a challenge, but we prepare for adversity. We'll see what happens Sunday, but definitely have confidence in our guys up front.
Q: Is it the same foot that you had surgery on?
A: Yes.
Q: Are you aware of what people are talking about, no sacks allowed in 150 pass attempts?
A: I try not to pay too much attention to it, whether it's good or bad. (I'm) just focusing on getting better every week. There were some things last week that I definitely have to clean up going into the next week, so that's what I'm focused on.
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It's a game of bocce we bought years ago at some flea market. Funny, eh?
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A few years ago I took an Italian course and was picking it up fairly easily, because it is so close to Spanish. I decided to head over to a park in Brooklyn where there is a bocce court and see if I could join the old Italian men in a game. My hope was to practice Italian and maybe even pick up some juicy, non-textbook words in the process. It didn't pan out too well. The men themselves were extremely nice, but the Sicilian and Calabrian dialects they spoke were so far removed from what is considered to be "Standard Italian" as to be unhelpful for my purposes. They told me to take heart as they often had to substitute English words even among one another because, as they put it, Sicilian Italian changes from village to village -- sometimes drastically. Still, it's a nice memory. Some of those guys were amazingly accurate players for septuagenarians.
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Home From Kosova
Dear Bob, Becky and Chuck,
Praise God, I am back home. The 2 week mission trip to Kosova was a
success. I went as a carpenter to help rebuild roofs on homes that had
been burned by the Serbs during the time of their ethnic cleansing and
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in her house and later constructed a shelter for her. The reason she
qualified for a shelter was there were no ceilings in the house and it
would have done very little good to try and heat it this winter. Her story
is like most of the people of Kosova. Her husband was shot by Serb police
in their back yard in front of her and the children. In fact the shelter
was built over the spot where he died. Tragedy after tragedy is so common
there. If the truth was known every family in Kosova had family members
killed or missing. Yet I found the people to be friendly and loving to us.
I have no idea how many seeds I planted or watered, but God will bring the
The people are so happy for NATO's help backed by the U.S. One man had a
picture of President Clinton, in a plastic holder he carried in his pocket,
and he showed it to me, then he kissed it. The wild thing about the
incident is he also had a picture of Monica Lewinsky along side. The
pictures had been cut out of some magazine.
Many of the wonderful people I met want me to come back for a longer time.
One of our drivers named Safet Vila said I could stay with him and his
family. He has a wife and 5 children. He cried when we said goodbye when
I left. The more I travel the more I realize Jesus Christ is the ONLY
answer for mankind. Only God knows what it will take to wake the American
public up to this fact.
My prayer is America will wake up before it takes some horrible thing to
happen to draw the people together.
The Kosovaans are working together to rebuild their country and there is a
true spirit of unity with them. They will succeed because they have the
will to do so.
In His service,
Bob Claus
Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them and anyway he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already. And, try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother's Christmas gift. He shook his head as he thought, "This is useless, even if I do come up with an idea, I don't have any money to spend."
Ever since his father had passed
away three years ago, the family of five had struggled. It wasn't because his
mother didn't care, or try, there just never seemed to be enough. She worked
nights at the hospital, but the small wage that she was earning could only be
stretched so far.
What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family unity. Bobby had two older and one younger sister, who ran the house hold in their mother's absence. All three of his sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother. Somehow it just wasn't fair. Here it was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Wiping a tear from his eye, Bobby kicked the snow and started to walk down to the street where the shops and stores were. It wasn't easy being six without a father, especially when he needed a man to talk to. Bobby walked from shop to shop, looking into each decorated window. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach.
It was starting to get dark and Bobby reluctantly turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the glimmer of the setting sun's rays reflecting off of something along the curb. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime. Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby felt at that moment. As he held his new found treasure, a warmth spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store he saw. His excitement quickly turned cold when the salesperson told him that he couldn't buy anything with only a dime. He saw a flower shop and went inside to wait in line. When the shop owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother's Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cent offering. Then he put his hand on Bobby's shoulder and said to him, "You just wait here and I'll see what I can do for you."
As Bobby waited he looked at the beautiful flowers and even though he was a boy, he could see why mothers and girls liked flowers. The sound of the door closing as the last customer left, jolted Bobby back to reality. All alone in the shop, Bobby began to feel alone and afraid. Suddenly the shop owner came out and moved to the counter. There, before Bobby's eyes, lay twelve long stem, red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby's heart sank
as the owner picked them up and placed them gently into a long white box. "That will be ten cents young man." the shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime. Could this be true? No one else would give him a thing for his dime! Sensing the boy's reluctance, the shop owner added, "I just happened to have some roses on sale for ten cents a dozen. Would you like them?"
This time Bobby did not hesitate, and when the man placed the long box into his hands, he knew it was true. Walking out the door that the owner was holding for Bobby, he heard the shop keeper say, "Merry Christmas, son." As he returned inside, the shop keeper's wife walked out. "Who were you talking to back there and where are the roses you were fixing?" Staring out the window, and blinking the tears from his own eyes, he replied, "A strange thing happened to me this morning. While I was
setting up things to open the shop, I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn't sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what, but I set them aside anyway. Then just a few minutes ago, a little boy came into the shop and wanted to buy a flower for his mother with one small dime. "When I looked at him, I saw myself, many years ago. I too, was a poor boy with nothing to buy my mother a Christmas gift. A bearded man, whom I never knew, stopped me on the street and told me that he wanted to give me ten dollars. "When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was, and I put together a dozen of my very best roses." The shop owner and his wife hugged each other tightly, and as they stepped out into the bitter cold air, they somehow didn't feel cold at all.
May this story instill the spirit of CHRISTmas in you enough to pass this act along.
Have a Joyous and Peace-filled season.
-Author unknown
I asked God to take away my pain. God
said, No. It is not for me to
take away, but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. Her
spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.
I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a
by-product of tribulations, it isn't granted, it is earned.
I asked God to give me happiness. God said, No. I give you blessings,
Happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain. God said, No. Suffering draws you
apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, No. You must grow on
your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, No. I will
give you life so that you may enjoy all things.
I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as he loves me. God
said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.
-Author unknown
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Bro . Bob Harrington,
You probably won't remember me , but When I was Just a child living
in a small town called " DuckHill" in Mississippi . You made a impact
on my life as back then I was just a young babe in Christ ,Our Lord, and
I heard you preach and got real excited...well to make a long story
short I scraped up $5.00 dollars ( that was a lot to me back then ) and
sent it off to you ...I think I wrote a small letter to you . Anyway
from either you or your ministry back then came to me ..a Record (of
which i played till it wasn't any good) and a Big Holy Bible (family )
and a whole assortment of tracks to help me ( I Believe ) My Mom
didn't know what to think.... ..'cause she did not know I had sent your
ministry anything... and when I told her she sat me down and tried to
show me that you had sent me back more than I could ever pay for at
that time and tried to instill in me the value of the gifts I'd received
, course being a child I just thought it was grand just to be getting
stuff in the mail ...cause I expected nothing back. After that I never
again heard from you or your ministry . As the years have past I know
now what my Mom was trying to teach me. ( which to me is...no matter how
little a person gives or does for you Try to give back more without
thought to being paid back..... ) kinda like The Word teaches..if a man
asks for your cloak give him your coat also ... sorry if I didn't
quote it correctly ,but I got my Bible in my work bag ( I'm a
correctional officer in Memphis). I always take it with me there.
Anyway I found one of you records at a yard sale and I bought it ..even
tho I don't have a record player ..you know cassette tapes and compact
discs now.... (laugh) I always wanted to thank-you personally for
giving me a great start in finding and starting my Walk with God. I will
Keep You I my prayers. just to have found that your still here is a
blessing to me . Well it hard to put into words why your my favorite
preacher, but if you ever come to preach here in Memphis , let me know
for I would love to hear you preach again, & maybe if God willing I'll
get to meet you. May the blessings of our Lord Christ Jesus be with
you always. Your Brother in Christ, Ronald W.
p.s. If you have any of your old sermons on cd's or cassettes please
let me know where I can buy them thanks again - Ron
Dear Brother Bob,
When I was saved in 1973, your records and tapes, along with those of Jack
Van Impe, became important parts of my growth, maturity and understanding.
I had heard rumors that you were back-slidden and had left the ministry but
found the rumors to be distressing and hard to believe.
Now I see, by your testimony, that those rumors were true, but praise the
Lord you have repented and have been restored.
It is partly due to those tapes, but mainly due to the Lord's urging, that
I am now witnessing on the Internet. You see, I was 33 when I was saved
and was a hemiplegic following a suicide attempt. I felt that I could be
of no service to the Lord and was resigned to simply trying to live a
Christian life devoid of the joy and satisfaction of any real service.
Over the years, the Lord developed the interests and then the minimal
skills in me which would enable me to participate in world-wide
evangelization while in my own home. When I was ready, I began getting
e-mail messages from people asking if I were Don Henley the musician. I
didn't even know who Don Henley or the Eagles were but the Lord began
leading my thinking, "If people were interested in finding the musician,
then I could purchase a domain with my name on it and people would come to
it out of curiosity. Once they were there, I could present the gospel to
them." I put up that site and through it have now reached over 17,000
people. That's a small number as far as evangelization goes, but a great
joy to me and you are, in some measure, a partaker in whatever fruits that
it produces. One other interesting thing is that I thought of you just
last week. I thought about quoting a couple of things from your early
records but was uncertain because of those rumors and that I didn't know
the current status of your life. Now I know that it will be acceptable to
drop a few of your pearls of wisdom onto my site and I know that you have a
website to which I can link those quotes.
May the Lord bless and keep you and may Satan ne'er defeat you. May you
have life without an end; may the Lord become your closest friend.
In His service,
Don Henley
To: BroBobChap
just a quick thank you for making it so easy to be a christian at first I was kinda shy about my beliefs but the way you describe the gospel makes it so easy for me to keep my faith. god bless you and thanks again.
sean shelton, st.louis,mo
When in sorrow, ........................... call John 14.
When men fail you, ........................ call Psalm 27.
If you want to be fruitful, ............... call John 15.
When you have sinned, ..................... call Psalm 51.
When you worry, ........................... call Matthew 6:19-34.
When you are in danger, ................... call Psalm 91.
When God seems far away, .................. call Psalm 139.
When your faith needs stirring, ........... call Hebrews 11.
When you are lonely and fearful, .......... call Psalm 23.
When you grow bitter and critical, ........ call I Corinthians 13.
For Paul's secret to happiness, ........... call Colossians 3:12-17.
For understanding of Christianity, ........ call II Corinthians:15-19.
When you feel down and out, ............... call Romans 8:31.
When you want peace and rest, ............. call Matthew 11:25-30.
When the world seems bigger than God, ..... call Psalm 90.
When you want Christian assurance, ........ call Romans 8:1-30.
When you leave home for labor or travel, .. call Psalm 121.
When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, . call Psalm 67.
For a great invention/opportunity, ........ call Isaiah 55.
When you want courage for a task, ......... call Joshua 1.
For how to get along with fellow men, ..... call Romans 12.
When you think of investments and returns,. call Mark 10.
If you are depressed, ..................... call Psalm 27.
If your pocketbook is empty, .............. call Psalm 37.
If you are losing confidence in people, ... call I Corinthians13.
If people seem unkind, .................... call John 15.
If discouraged about your work, ........... call Psalm 126.
If you find the world growing small and yourself great,.. call
Psalm 19.
Alternate numbers:
For dealing with fear, ............... call Psalm 34:7.
For security, ........................ call Psalm 121:3.
For assurance, ....................... call Mark 8:35.
For reassurance, ..................... call Psalm 145:18.
Emergency numbers may be dialed direct. No operator assistance is
necessary. All lines to Heaven are open 24 hours a day! Feed
your faith, and doubt will starve to death!
-Author Unknown


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It was gorgeous. We relaxed, we piddled, we talked. She had trouble sleeping and got up to fiddle with the firebox; meanwhile, I had a wonderful night's sleep. The ol' army mummy bag is the warmest thing I've ever snuggled up in. We came back this afternoon.
I took this picture Friday afternoon about 6:00 p.m., as the late afternoon sun was streaming into the steep valley of our little creek, the Pishon -- now swollen with Spring runoff. I had this creek worked on last Fall, and it's flowing beautifully.
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A gray and gloomy, windy day…but WARM. Well, fairly above freezing for the most part, and with a little rain, yesterday's speeded-up melting continued. But we're still a ways off from actually doing any work in the field. So, another pretty laid-back day. Lynn came by for her weekly installment of tiny farming. Out in the greenhouse, moving tables around and some hand-watering (those barrels of snow water are coming in handy!). In the Milkhouse, more seed starting: 400 more tomatoes, and a tray of leeks (a little late for this batch, but still better than direct-seeding). For her very first time starting seedlings, Lynn seeded 19 varieties into a 200-cell plug tray (10 each, 20 of one). Clearly, I trust her…accuracy. Working in the tiny cells, changing seed every row, and keeping track of names requires a bit of concentration. A little wandering attention, and who knows what tomatoes would be growing where… Living on the edge! :)
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In the beautiful hills of Valpolicella, a wine region right outside of the romantic city of Verona in Veneto, Italy, a farm witnesses all the important events of a family filled with professional doctors and lawyers such as weddings, anniversaries and childhood summers. It is a place where a young girl starts to form a big dream: becoming a wine producer with the indigenous wine grapes they already sell to other wine producers and hence forgoing the path of a professional like her parents.
Camilla Rossi Chauvenet did not want to follow in her parents' footsteps as she had always felt like a gentler soul that was happy to have a tiny business to make enough just to survive who was not cut out for the over-competitive world of professionals. And although some of her fondest memories were at their family vineyard estate, in her mother's family since 1883, she didn't quite know initially how this place would be linked to her future way of life yet all she knew was that she wanted to be surrounded by the beauty and tranquility of this estate; an estate in the eastern part of the Valpolicella wine region which always had a feeling of generosity as family and friends went there to connect with each other away from the constant grind of life.
The idea of smelling perfumes and thinking about the various scents would fascinate Camilla as a teenager and so once she received her driver's license she started going to a sommelier course and "fell in love" with wine. When she announced to her family that making wine would be her future they were perplexed at the notion of anyone becoming a wine producer as no one in the family drank wine.
Camilla saw that this passion would take her away from her family's way of life of being overworked and stressed and that she was choosing a life that they could never understand. Yet, ironically, it would bring them closer together realizing through time that their opposing personalities were a necessary mix to having any chance to overcome the many unseen obstacles that would present themselves in regards to having such a big dream.
Massimago in Valpolicella
The wine region of Valpolicella was mainly established in the western section of this region as the "classic zone" with some of the most well-known producers located there. Valpolicella showcases their red native varieties by producing a range of different styles from the same grapes; the easy drinking light red called Valpolicella to their top fine wine called Amarone made by the long, laborious process of air drying grapes as well as the popular Ripasso that uses leftover dried Amarone grapes in the process creating a red wine more in the middle of the previously mentioned wines.
Valpolicella wine producers were traditionally men who had come from several generations of wine producers that followed strict adherence to the exact protocols of these wines.
After Camilla spent time at universities in Italy, Spain and France learning about winemaking and viticulture as well as being given opportunities to experiment with various wine practices, she decided to come back to her family's vineyards tucked away in the Mezzane Valley in Valpolicella in the eastern section of the region to start her wine brand: Massimago. The eastern area was known more for growers who just sold their grapes to cooperatives, as their families were not lucky enough to have a strong brand name, and so when she decided to make wine herself, under her own brand, a young woman with no family in the wine world to speak of, the local people thought she was crazy and would disrupt the hierarchy of Valpolicella.
At first she saw herself only making a small amount of wine as well as establishing a lovely bed and breakfast located in the charming house among her vineyards. She thought she would sell just enough of her small quantity of very thoughtful, high-quality wines to cover expenses and devote herself to a life of working to strive for only the best; leaving room for experimentation and hosting guests so she could give people the experience of living in harmony with nature while drinking great wine and delicious food.
Unfortunately she realized why so many small wineries were either going out of business or simply selling their grapes to cooperatives since there was so much "bureaucracy" and that tiny wineries could not afford to pay for all the paperwork as well as to do the constant leg-work to keep her wines on restaurants and hotel lists. And so she needed to increase the number of bottles made so she could hire people to help her with the unpleasant realities of keeping a winery financially sustainable. But although it has been many years of struggle, Camilla has become a shining new face among other young people in the eastern part of Valpolicella who are helping to bring wines with finesse and nuance to a new generations of wine drinkers.
Masseria Cuturi in Puglia
During this time her parents started to get into the wine world which was initially shocking to her. They loved socializing with passionate people who loved to drink wine and eat good food and felt that this was something that they had missed out on in their life. After Camilla started to get Massimago up and running in 2003, her mother, who is extremely respected in her family as being someone who turns everything she touches into gold, encouraged Camilla to travel down to Puglia with her several times as they were initially inspired by conversations with a Puglia wine producer. Puglia is in southern Italy, the heel of the boot, and so it seemed like a fantasy world for northern Italians such as Camilla and her family as it has a warmer climate with delicious Mediterranean food and lots of land that was "rich in beauty and nutrients" but was still relatively cheap. When Camilla's mother eventually decided that Puglia was a place where they should buy land, everyone in the family was behind it as her mother always knows what is best; Camilla's mother believes it is best to invest in land as it can be passed down to future generations. And so in 2008 they invested in an historical property called Masseria Cuturi 1881 where the first Primitivo vines were planted in specifically the Manduria commune in Puglia.
Masseria Cuturi is a beautiful property with an ancient farm (a farm is called a 'masseria' in Puglia) that sadly had the century old vines of Primitive dug up by the previous owner and so Camilla has been determined to replant the vineyards back to its former glory with native Puglia varieties such as Primitivo as well as protecting the 500 year old olive trees, the millennium old forests where Emperor Frederick II spent time during the 1200s and the ancient archaeological sites that dated back to around 300 BCE that all surround the property.
Test of a Dream
The challenges have only grown for Camilla throughout the years as despite the cost of the land in Puglia being relatively cheap, it has been extremely expensive in regards to setting up an infrastructure to receive water and electricity, paying several unexpected permits to the local government as well as the difficult mission of finding another winery in Manduria, Puglia, where they could make their wine until their own winery was built. But the lack of a winery did not keep Camilla from doing her own experiments with tiny amounts of wine and eventually she started to make a decent amount at another producer's cellar, who happens to be from Veneto as well, in 2017. Actually she won second place for the Primitivo category at the 2019 Radici del Sud, an exhibition that awards wines from southern Italy with first or second place, winning two honors with her first official vintage for her 2017 Masseria Cuturi 'Tumà' Primitivo.
Besides all the various roadblocks that Camilla would have faced during normal times, the coronavirus has only compounded the issues that a small, quality minded wine producer has to face as her wines are sold in restaurants and boutique hotels which have been one of the industries most impacted around the world. Covid-19 has created a situation where she finds herself mostly on the computer and the phone at all hours of the day as she needs to sell a few cases here and a few cases there via Zoom tastings and she has no time to take care of herself or even to sit down and enjoy dinner with her husband.
Camilla said it took 17 years just to see a little bit of success with her Massimago winery in Valpolicella but she feels that she will never witness the financial sustainability of her Puglia property as even the simplest things take over a decade to accomplish and the flying back and forth takes its toll, especially when there is no progress much of the time. Yet the fierce determination of her mother always saying to her, "You should be brave and you should think about the next generation" keeps her going. And in a way her mother's strong personality which has helped her to become a successful lawyer complemented with Camilla's gentle, artistic soul ended up being a wonderful combination of finding a way to create wines that do not compromise on quality or taking care of Mother Earth under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
As Camilla deals with her own precious spirit being given devastating blows by the harsh realities of the world, she finds strength in knowing that if someone like her doesn't protect the historical properties of her family in Valpolicella and her adopted property of Puglia that they will most probably fall into the hands of someone who will just be out to make a quick buck off of them. During her toughest times she reminisces about her original dream of making wine on a very tiny scale that would be manageable for one person but she realizes, especially witnessing some of the ruthless practices that happen to special vineyard properties, that she has been given a bigger purpose in life. She feels the responsibility to protect the two estates that she has sworn to oversee as it is not just about her but about "the community and the health of the planet" and preserving an overall healthier way of life, a culture that takes the time to eat well and drink well which is becoming more and more of a rare luxury for people.
She was given a glimmer of hope in 2020 as it was a "great vintage" in Puglia and she was able to make her wines in her own winery for the first time and she was so "happy" with the possibility that there was light at the end of the tunnel. In that moment Camilla thought of her mother's words of bravery and perhaps she did have what it took to keep this much larger dream alive for the next generation; and that is something the world as a whole is struggling with these days: the conviction that there is enough strength and bravery to protect what is most cherished.
Massimago Wines From Valpolicella
2018 Massimago, 'Magò' Brut Rosé Millesimato, Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy: Blend of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella – organic grapes. Long Charmat method on lees for 8 months in tank. Pretty salmon color with pure aromas of strawberries and cranberries with a hint of hazelnut with an intense minerality and creamy bubbles.
Massimago 'Zurlie' Refermentation in Bottle (wine refermented in a 500ml bottle): Blend of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella – organic grapes. Re-fermentation in bottle. Pinkish orange color with yeasty toast aromas and tart sour orange flavors that had a hint of red hots candy – a wild, funky, fun wine.
2019 Massimago, 'Duchessa Allegra', Garganega IGT, Valpolicella: 70 year old vines organically grown. Blanched almonds, golden apples with a broad body and intense stony minerality.
2017 Massimago, 'Marchesa Mariabella', Ripasso DOC: Blend of 65% Corvina, 20% Corvinone and 15% Rondinella. Comes from a single organic vineyard 590 feet in elevation; intense bouquet of wild flowers with good and juicy cherry flavors with hints of baking spice on the finish.
2015 Massimago, 'Conte Gastone', Amarone DOCG: 65% Corvina, 30% Corvinone and 5% Rondinella. Comes from a single organic vineyard 590 meters in elevation; cherry pie and rich cassis with layers of cocoa dust and gravel.
2015 Massimago, 'Profasio', Valpolicella Superiore DOC, Valpolicella: 65% Corvina, 20% Corvinone and 15% Rondinella. Comes from vineyards 330 to 1,150 feet in elevation; light and nimble on the palate with dried herbs and sour cherries with a bright, elegant finish.
2015 Massimago, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG: 65% Corvina, 30% Corvinone and 5% Rondinella. Comes from single organic vineyard over 1,150 feet in elevation; stunning nose with rose oil and cherry liqueur with freshly grated nutmeg and a breathtaking overall sense of finesse.
Masseria Cuturi 1881 Wines From Puglia
2019 Masseria Cuturi 1881, 'Rosa dei Cuturi', Rosato Puglia IGT: 100% Negroamaro. Zingy cranberries with lilacs on the nose and a broad body with lots of fresh red fruit flavor on the finish.
2019 Masseria Cuturi 1881, 'Segreto di Bianca', Fiano Puglia IGT White: 100% Fiano. Floral nose with nectarine on the linear body and salty finish.
2019 Masseria Cuturi 1881, 'Zacinto', Negroamaro Puglia IGT: 100% Negroamaro. Fresh tobacco leaf with ripe black cherry and crumbly earth with a slight grip with structured tannins that gave an elegant shape to the ripe fruit.
2019 Masseria Cuturi 1881, 'Tumà', Puglia IGT: 100% Primitivo. Blackberry with smoldering earth and licorice with soft, round tannins.
2017 Masseria Cuturi 1881, 'Chidro.', IGT Salento: 100% Primitivo. Black plums with hints of volcanic ash with a fine structure and dried thyme on the long, complex finish.


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Spatial accuracy in the detection and monitoring of mountain pine beetle populations is an important aspect of both forest research and management. Using ground-collected data, classification models to predict mountain pine beetle-caused lodgepole pine mortality were developed for Landsat TM, ETM+, and IKONOS imagery. Our results suggest that low-resolution imagery such as Landsat TM (30 m) is not suitable for detection of endemic level populations of mountain pine beetle. However, good results were obtained for pixels with groups of red beetle-killed lodgepole pine (> 25 trees killed per 30-m pixel), implying that Landsat imagery is most suited to detection of populations at the building or epidemic phase. Preliminary results using high resolution IKONOS imagery (4 m) suggest that detection of individual or small groups of red beetle-killed lodgepole pine can be accomplished with a relatively high accuracy.


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