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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Boswell’s Life of Johnson: 181

Edited by Dan Leo, LL.D., Professor of 18th Century Spelling and Orthographical Studies, Olney Community College; author of Bozzie and Dr. Sam: Another Night, Another Mêlée at the Mitre, the Olney Community College Press.

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April 17, being Good Friday, I waited on Johnson, as usual. I observed at breakfast that although it was a part of his abstemious discipline on this most solemn fast, to take no milk in his tea, yet when Mrs. Desmoulins inadvertently poured it in, he did not reject it.

I talked of the strange indecision of mind, and imbecility in the common occurrences of life, which we may observe in some people.

JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me.'

BOSWELL. 'What, Sir! have you that weakness?'

JOHNSON. 'Yes, Sir. But I always think afterwards I should have done better for myself.'

I told him that at a gentleman's house where there was thought to be such extravagance or bad management, that he was living much beyond his income, his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango, and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it, and found it was only two shillings; so here was a very poor saving.

JOHNSON. 'Sir, that is the blundering oeconomy of a narrow understanding. It is stopping one hole in a sieve.'

I expressed some inclination to publish an account of my Travels upon the continent of Europe, for which I had a variety of materials collected.

JOHNSON. 'I do not say, Sir, you may not publish your travels; but I give you my opinion, that you would lessen yourself by it. What can you tell of countries so well known as those upon the continent of Europe, which you have visited?'

BOSWELL. 'But I can give an entertaining narrative, with many incidents, anecdotes, jeux d'esprit, and remarks, so as to make very pleasant reading.'

JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, most modern travellers in Europe who have published their travels, have been laughed at: I would not have you added to the number. The world is now not contented to be merely entertained by a traveller's narrative; they want to learn something. Now some of my friends asked me, why I did not give some account of my travels in France. The reason is plain; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had. You might have liked my travels in France, and THE CLUB might have liked them; but, upon the whole, there would have been more ridicule than good produced by them.'

BOSWELL. 'I cannot agree with you, Sir. People would like to read what you say of any thing. Suppose a face has been painted by fifty painters before; still we love to see it done by Sir Joshua.'

JOHNSON. 'True, Sir, but Sir Joshua cannot paint a face when he has not time to look on it.'

BOSWELL. 'Sir, a sketch of any sort by him is valuable. And, Sir, to talk to you in your own style (raising my voice, and shaking my head,) you should have given us your travels in France. I am sure I am right, and there's an end on't.'

I said to him that it was certainly true, as my friend Dempster had observed in his letter to me upon the subject, that a great part of what was in his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland had been in his mind before he left London.

JOHNSON. 'Why yes, Sir, the topicks were; and books of travels will be good in proportion to what a man has previously in his mind; his knowing what to observe; his power of contrasting one mode of life with another. As the Spanish proverb says, "He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.'

BOSWELL. 'The proverb, I suppose, Sir, means, he must carry a large stock with him to trade with.'

JOHNSON. 'Yes, Sir.'

It was a delightful day: as we walked to St. Clement's church, I again remarked that Fleet-street was the most cheerful scene in the world.

There was a very numerous congregation to-day at St. Clement's church, which Dr. Johnson said he observed with pleasure.

And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in Johnson's life, of which he himself has made the following minute on this day: 'In my return from church, I was accosted by Edwards, an old fellow-collegian, who had not seen me since 1729. He knew me, and asked if I remembered one Edwards; I did not at first recollect the name, but gradually as we walked along, recovered it, and told him a conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us. My purpose is to continue our acquaintance.'

It was in Butcher-row that this meeting happened. Mr. Edwards, who was a decent-looking elderly man in grey clothes, and a wig of many curls, accosted Johnson with familiar confidence, knowing who he was, while Johnson returned his salutation with a courteous formality, as to a stranger. But as soon as Edwards had brought to his recollection their having been at Pembroke-College together nine-and-forty years ago, he seemed much pleased, asked where he lived, and said he should be glad to see him in Bolt-court.

EDWARDS. 'Ah, Sir! we are old men now.'

JOHNSON, (who never liked to think of being old:) 'Don't let us discourage one another.'

EDWARDS. 'Why, Doctor, you look stout and hearty, I am happy to see you so; for the newspapers told us you were very ill.'

JOHNSON, 'Ay, Sir, they are always telling lies of us old fellows.'

Wishing to be present at more of so singular a conversation as that between two fellow-collegians, who had lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet, I whispered to Mr. Edwards that Dr. Johnson was going home, and that he had better accompany him now. So Edwards walked along with us, I eagerly assisting to keep up the conversation.

Mr. Edwards informed Dr. Johnson that he had practised long as a solicitor in Chancery, but that he now lived in the country upon a little farm, about sixty acres, just by Stevenage in Hertfordshire, and that he came to London (to Barnard's Inn, No. 6), generally twice a week. Johnson appearing to me in a reverie, Mr. Edwards addressed himself to me, and expatiated on the pleasure of living in the country.

BOSWELL. 'I have no notion of this, Sir. What you have to entertain you, is, I think, exhausted in half an hour.'

EDWARDS. 'What? don't you love to have hope realized? I see my grass, and my corn, and my trees growing. Now, for instance, I am curious to see if this frost has not nipped my fruit-trees.'

JOHNSON, (who we did not imagine was attending:) 'You find, Sir, you have fears as well as hopes.'

— So well did he see the whole, when another saw but the half of a subject.

When we got to Dr. Johnson's house, and were seated in his library, the dialogue went on admirably.

EDWARDS. 'Sir, I remember you would not let us say prodigious at College. For even then, Sir, (turning to me,) he was delicate in language, and we all feared him.'

JOHNSON, (to Edwards:) 'From your having practised the law long, Sir, I presume you must be rich.'

EDWARDS. 'No, Sir; I got a good deal of money; but I had a number of poor relations to whom I gave a great part of it.'

JOHNSON. 'Sir, you have been rich in the most valuable sense of the word.'

EDWARDS. 'But I shall not die rich.'

JOHNSON. 'Nay, sure , Sir, it is better to live rich than to die rich.'

EDWARDS. 'I wish I had continued at College.'

JOHNSON. 'Why do you wish that, Sir?'

EDWARDS. 'Because I think I should have had a much easier life than mine has been. I should have been a parson, and had a good living, like Bloxam and several others, and lived comfortably.'

JOHNSON. 'Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' Here taking himself up all of a sudden, he exclaimed, 'O! Mr. Edwards! I'll convince you that I recollect you. Do you remember our drinking together at an alehouse near Pembroke gate. At that time, you told me of the Eton boy, who, when verses on our Saviour's turning water into wine were prescribed as an exercise, brought up a single line, which was highly admired,—

"Vidit et erubuit lympha pudica Deum," {The modest water saw its God and blushed. – Editor}

and I told you of another fine line in Camden's Remains, an eulogy upon one of our Kings, who was succeeded by his son, a prince of equal merit:—

"Mira cano, Sol occubuit, nox nulla secuta est." {"Wonders I sing; the sun has set, no night has ensued." – Editor}'

EDWARDS. 'You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.'

Mr. Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Malone, and, indeed, all the eminent men to whom I have mentioned this, have thought it an exquisite trait of character. The truth is, that philosophy, like religion, is too generally supposed to be hard and severe, at least so grave as to exclude all gaiety.

EDWARDS. 'I have been twice married, Doctor. You, I suppose, have never known what it was to have a wife.'

JOHNSON. 'Sir, I have known what it was to have a wife, and (in a solemn tender faultering tone) I have known what it was to lose a wife.— It had almost broke my heart.'

EDWARDS. 'How do you live, Sir? For my part, I must have my regular meals, and a glass of good wine. I find I require it.'

JOHNSON. 'I now drink no wine, Sir. Early in life I drank wine: for many years I drank none. I then for some years drank a great deal.'

EDWARDS. 'Some hogsheads, I warrant you.'

JOHNSON. 'I then had a severe illness, and left it off, and I have never begun it again. I never felt any difference upon myself from eating one thing rather than another, nor from one kind of weather rather than another. There are people. I believe, who feel a difference; but I am not one of them. And as to regular meals, I have fasted from the Sunday's dinner to the Tuesday's dinner, without any inconvenience. I believe it is best to eat just as one is hungry: but a man who is in business, or a man who has a family, must have stated meals. I am a straggler. I may leave this town and go to Grand Cairo, without being missed here or observed there.'

EDWARDS. 'Don't you eat supper, Sir?'

JOHNSON. 'No, Sir.'

EDWARDS. 'For my part, now, I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass, in order to get to bed.'

JOHNSON. 'You are a lawyer, Mr. Edwards. Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with. They have what he wants.'

EDWARDS. 'I am grown old: I am sixty-five.'

JOHNSON. 'I shall be sixty-eight next birth-day. Come, Sir, drink water, and put in for a hundred.'

Mr. Edwards mentioned a gentleman who had left his whole fortune to Pembroke College.

JOHNSON. 'Whether to leave one's whole fortune to a College be right, must depend upon circumstances. I would leave the interest of the fortune I bequeathed to a College to my relations or my friends, for their lives. It is the same thing to a College, which is a permanent society, whether it gets the money now or twenty years hence; and I would wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it.'

This interview confirmed my opinion of Johnson's most humane and benevolent heart. His cordial and placid behaviour to an old fellow-collegian, a man so different from himself; and his telling him that he would go down to his farm and visit him, showed a kindness of disposition very rare at an advanced age.

He observed, 'how wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years, without having ever once met, and both walkers in the street too!'

Mr. Edwards, when going away, again recurred to his consciousness of senility, and looking full in Johnson's face, said to him, 'You'll find in Dr. Young,

"O my coevals! remnants of yourselves!"'

Johnson did not relish this at all; but shook his head with impatience. Edwards walked off, seemingly highly pleased with the honour of having been thus noticed by Dr. Johnson. When he was gone, I said to Johnson, I thought him but a weak man.

JOHNSON. 'Why, yes, Sir. Here is a man who has passed through life without experience: yet I would rather have him with me than a more sensible man who will not talk readily. This man is always willing to say what he has to say.'

Yet Dr. Johnson had himself by no means that willingness which he praised so much, and I think so justly; for who has not felt the painful effect of the dreary void, when there is a total silence in a company, for any length of time; or, which is as bad, or perhaps worse, when the conversation is with difficulty kept up by a perpetual effort?

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Black History

Index for Black History

William H. Lewis

William Lewis was an African-American pioneer in law, politics and sports.

He was born November 28, 1868 and died on January 1, 1949.

He was born in Berkley, Virginia. He was a son of former slaves.

William went to an all black college, Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. It's name was later changed to Virginia State. He later transferred to Amherst. He was the first to play on an integrated football team.

He was the first African-American college football player .William was voted team captain in his senior year.

He was also the first African-American to be an All American.

After graduating from Amherst, William Lewis went attended the Harvard Law School. He also played center on the Harvard football team for two years. In both years at Harvard he was voted as an All American.

When he graduated from Harvard, he was hired as a football coach. He was a coach there from 1895-1906.

William published a book about football "A Primer of College Football."

William Lewis

In 1899 he began his political career by running for the Cambridge City Council. Where he served from 1889-1902. He also served in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1903.

Lewis became friends with Teddy Roosevelt who also attended Harvard.

In 1903, at the direction of Roosevelt, Lewis was appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney. the first He was African-American that position.

In October 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed Lewis as the United States Assistant Attorney General. It was the highest federal office held by an African-American at that time.

His appointment was not popular with many whites. It was two years before the Senate confirmed his appointment.

After he was sworn in Lewis went to the White House to thank President Taft for his appointment. He was a frequent guest at social events at in the White House.

In 1911, Lewis became the first African American admitted to the American Bar Association. (Some people wanted to expel him due to race, but 4,700 members of the ABA, including U.S. Attorney General Wickersham, sent a letter of support of his joining the Association.

When Taft left office in 1913, Lewis lost his federal job. He then went to work practicing law.

William was active in fighting against discrimination. He sued a barber that wouldn't cut his hair and gave speeches at numerous colleges and events.

William H. Lewis died on January1, 1949 of heart failure. He is buried in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge Massachusetts.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

212 Syrian civilians killed in US air strikes as GOP calls for crushing ISIS

The area around Manbij, Syria, including Tokhar and Hoshariyeh, is a Daesh stronghold. There is currently a military campaign to clear Daesh, also called the Islamic State, ISIS or ISIL, out of this area. With air support from a US-led coalition, Kurdish and Arab ground forces from Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] are mounting this campaign. Given the current political climate in the wake of so many ISIS claimed terrorist attacks, the pressure to be seen as making gains in the war against ISIS is enormous.

One of the big problems this US coalition has, especially with regards to the effective use of their overwhelming air supremacy is that the area is still filled with civilians and Daesh is using them as human shields - not allowing them to leave. Apparently, the solution to this dilemma chosen by the US coalition is now "damn the civilians, full speed ahead."  We've seen this before in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and this has always been the approach of the Syrian and Russian war planes bombing Syria, and now we are seeing the United States making major contribution to the civilian carnage even as they are looking forward to greater cooperation between American and Russian pilots in bombing Syria.

Initial reports on Tuesday's air strikes around Manbij put the bodycount at 56 or more, including 11 children in Tokhar. Ten others, including 4 children were killed by a US air strike on nearby Hamira. Residents say that over 200 civilians were killed in recent air strikes. Little of this is being reported in the US media, which is filled with accounts of ISIS atrocities and demands that something be done about them. As a result, it is likely more civilians were killed by US war planes over Syria yesterday than were killed by NATO war planes over Libya in that 8 month campaign. NY Times, HRW and UN studies put that number at ~75.

NATO's Libya campaign was led by the Europeans and they showed how to use careful planning, smart bombs almost exclusively, and a willingness to abort missions if things weren't right, to carry out a devastating air campaign against a military target while minimizing civilian casualties. Until nations no longer wage war from the skies or until there is a better example, I think NATO's Libya campaign is the new standard by which all others must be judged.

The current US air campaign over Syria does not meet that standard.

During Operation Unified Protector, NATO planes "dropped ordinance", which is to say actually attacked something, on less than 20% of their "strike missions." If they didn't have a clear shot at a target that really did minimize civilian causalities, they didn't take it. That is probably the main reason they were able to help overthrow Gaddafi while killing less civilians than they did yesterday.
“As of today, and since 31 March, the U.S. has flown a total of 3,475 sorties in support of OUP. Of those, 801 were strike sorties, 132 of which actually dropped ordnance.”
            - AFRICOM spokeswoman Nicole Dalrymple in a statement issued 29 June 2011
Recently I've heard a number of Fox News military analysts, and their ilk, complaining that in the current US war against ISIS that Obama wasn't being tough enough, that, for example, US war planes were sometimes returning from missions without having actually bombed anything! "How are you going to defeat ISIS that way?" they complain.

Then this happens.

Like the people in Paris or Brussels, these civilians were trying to get on with their lives as best they could when bombs suddenly started exploding around them. These people are also victims of terrorism, delivered from above by American, Russian and Syrian bombers.

And for the benefit of those that couldn't care less for Arab lives, I would also like to point out that Daesh can never be defeated by killing Arabs from the air.

Aljazeera is reporting:
Syria: Coalition bombing kills at least 56 civilians

Mostly women and children reportedly killed in coalition air strikes on ISIL-held northern Syrian town.
19 July 2016
At least 56 civilians, including 11 children, have been killed in US-led air strikes against areas in Syria held by the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a monitoring group said.

Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from Washinton, said that at least one town near the city of Manbij was allegedly hit by a coalition strike and that many of the casualties were reportedly women and children.

"The US central command has confirmed to Al Jazeera that it was conducting air strikes in the area and says it needs to investigate allegations of whether civilians were injured or killed in this incident."

Director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel-Rahman told DPA news agency: "We believe that the raids which were carried out Tuesday were by US [or] allied planes, but it was by mistake."

Residents in the area say the death told could be upwards of 200.

"It seems that the Syrian Democratic Forces under the leadership of the International coalition which is in charge of planning have decided to adopt a scorched earth policy," Hasan al-Nifi, a community leader in Mabij, told Al Jazeera.

"Manbij is full of residents, a quarter of a million residents, used by ISIL as human shields. Yesterday the coalition struck Al Zahuna neighbourhood, where more than 23 people were killed. Then it struck the western gate of the city, killing 6 people."

"Today the residents of Toka woke to a horrific massacre. The death toll rose to 212 and the numbers are rising."

The New York Times is reporting:
Dozens of Civilians Reported Dead in U.S.-Led Syria Airstrike

By Reuters
19 July 2016
At least 56 civilians were reported killed on Tuesday in airstrikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by aircraft from the United States-led coalition, a monitoring group said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the dead included 11 children, and that dozens more people were wounded. More...

Unlike Daesh, which has a record of collaboration with the Assad Regime. al Nusra, while still an extremist al-Qaeda affiliated group, has been a starch opponent and often joined alliances with others in the Syrian opposition. That is why US air strikes against this group are seen as particularly treacherous. As with Daesh, these air strikes are having the opposite of the intended effect. Now Media is reporting:
Al-Qaeda on the rise in Syria

After alienating many host communities, Nusra is once again gaining support due its military exploits and the prospect of a US-Russian air coalition against the group
Haid Haid
19 July 2016
There is a general assumption that the Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra is weakening in the face of the regime of Bashar al-Assad’s recent militarily achievements and international led airstrikes against the group. The increase in the number of anti-Nusra demonstrations this year, especially in Idlib, is usually cited as evidence to support this assumption. Yet, according to sources close to the group, Nusra has accepted more than 3,000 Syrians from Idlib and southern Aleppo into its ranks since February alone. While Nusra is experiencing this extraordinary rate of recruitment, other Western-backed groups in these areas are losing local support and manpower. It is therefore important to look at the reasons behind this significant increase in Nusra’s recruitment rate and what it portends for the future. More...
Is it too much to hope that the US anti-war movement will soon start to protest the slaughter of civilians that the Iranians and Russians have been doing for some time, now that the Americans are starting to join it in earnest?

Syria is the Paris Commune of the 21st Century!

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Carved right in the side of a mountain, Clearwater, Wyoming always received a lot of snow but this storm promised to put the most seasoned residents to a test. They expected Ezekiel to stall over the area, and last four to five days, dumping up to ten feet of snow.

Dropping the wood next to the fireplace, someone called out behind her.  She whipped around and fumbling for a log to wield in her defense. Not expecting anyone, the radio was louder than normal. She liked listening while she worked.

“Ahem do you always ignore paying customers?” The deeply masculine and unfamiliar voice set her heart racing.

“I see the hospitality continues. Are you really prepared to beat away a customer?” A man loomed in the doorway to the living room, filling the space.  Annoyance harshened his voice and his rumpled clothes looked as though he slept in them.


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A couple days ago a package I’ve been waiting a while for finally arrived in my mail. Said package was a t-shirt, rolled up and rubber banded, with a post-it note fixed on top with my mailbox number and name penned on. This wasn’t just any t shirt: it was my official Cobber Sandy’s Donut Club t shirt. I’ve been a supporter of the Donut Club since its inception, following its Facebook and Twitter pages within a day or two of their creation; I even made the trek to its namesake donut shop in downtown Fargo one frigid Friday morning last month for one of the club’s meetings (there’ve only been two meetings so far–it’s pretty low-key, which is probably a good thing for a club built around eating donuts).

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by Philipp Stiefel, originally published November 2nd, 2015

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Events are a wonderful thing. When you first start programming in a modern IDE (Integrated Development Environment) you’ll probably use events without noticing it, without even knowing that they exist. – At least it was that way when I started programming. – But over time, when you are becoming more experienced in programming you will more and more see the power and marvel in the concept of events.

Events are a critical part of modern object oriented programming.

While you can get very far in VBA without ever thinking about events, I think it still can make you a better programmer if you know a couple of things about them. It will help you write better, cleaner and more elegant code.

What is an event?

Events are, well events that are associated with the objects in your development framework. In this case that is Access. In Access only the user interface elements (forms and report) have events. But the objects from additional libraries you can add as references may have events as well. An event occurs when a button is clicked, when a form is loaded or a textbox is updated with a new value.

There are hundreds of predefined events available in Access. And these event occurs nonstop during an access application is used by a user.

While these events occur all the time, they do not have any effect on your application unless you handle them. You can use either a predefined macro or you can write VBA code to handle an event. The procedures that are tied to events in VBA are called event procedures. The macro or code you bound to an event is executed each time the event occurs.

Basic event handling

Ok, let’s create a simple example to illustrate the event handling concepts in this article.

I suggest you create a new Desktop Database in Access to be your sample project. Then create a new form by clicking “Form Design” in the “Create” Ribbon tab. Then add a new button to the form by selecting the button control from the tool box (1) and selecting an area on the form (2) to place the button on the form. If the “Command Button Wizard”- Dialog appears, just click “Cancel”. - Right now we want no wizardry, but to learn how to implement things ourselves.

Make sure the “Property Sheet” is visible by clicking the button with the same name (3) in the ribbon tab “Design”. Now selecting the button on the form will display the properties for that button in the property sheet. Find and activate the tab “All”. At the top of the property list enter “btnMyButton” as Name (4) for this button and add a Caption as well.

Screenshot of Access Form Design

I strongly recommend you make it a habit to enter a meaningful name for every control you add to a form. At least if you intent to do anything with this control in VBA code. There is nothing more annoying and distracting to see a “Text123” control addressed in VBA without any hint what that control might be.

Then got to the tab “Event” in the Property Sheet and then find the “On Click” event. This event occurs each time the button is clicked. In the Property Sheet you can either choose a predefined macro from the drop down list or you can click the button with the three dots to create a new event handler.

Screenshot of Access Form Design Property Sheet

A macro event handler

You can then choose to run the Macro Builder or the Code Builder from the Choose Builder dialog. The Expression Builder does not make any sense in the context of an event handler.

I do not like macros, because they are too limited for serious programming, but for the sake of completeness let’s create a macro event handler first. – To do this, click “Macro Builder” in the dialog.

On the Macro Builder choose “MessageBox” (1) from the “Add New Action” dropdown. Then enter a Message text (2) and a Title (3). The click Save (4) and then Close (5). This will save the macro as an “Embedded Macro” with this button.

Screenshot of Access Macro Builder

Now switch to the “Form View” of the form. Click on the button and observe a message box being displayed with whatever text and title you entered for the message box action in Macro Builder.

You can save this form for future reference if you like.

A VBA code event handler

VBA code is so much more versatile then macros. So from now on let us concentrate on how to handle events in VBA code.

Create a new form and add a new button again by repeating the steps from above. Don’t forget to name the button “btnMyButton”.

Now once again find the “On Click” event in the Event tab of the Property Sheet. Once more click the button with the three dots and then choose “Code Builder” in the Choose Builder dialog.

Now the VBA development environment starts. If you have written any VBA code before, the very first lines of VBA code you have written in Microsoft Access were probably part of an event handler. If not, they will be soon…

Empty event procedure

This is the empty scaffold of an event handler. Now place the cursor anywhere in between those lines and write this.

	MsgBox "Message Box from VBA", , "VBA Event handler"

Go back to the Access main window and switch the form to Form View. Now you can click your button and the message box will appear. – Congratulations, you have written your very first VBA event handler.

The button click event is probably the most used event by far. But there are lots of other events in Access that are very useful and you are going to use more of them in any serious application.

Event procedures with Parameters

With some events it is not enough to just know that the event happened, but you will need some additional information to handle the event in a useful way.

An example for such an event is the key press event, which is fired when a keyboard key is pressed (and released) in a textbox control. In most situations it is not enough to only know that a key was pressed, but you will also need to know which key it was exactly.

Form this part of the tutorial create a new form in design view again and this time select the Textbox control in the toolbox (1), draw it onto the form (2) and then name the Textbox “txtMyTextbox” (3).

Screenshot of Access Form Design with Textbox

Now let us assume you have got the requirement to allow only very few characters and numbers to be entered in that textbox. Only the letters A, B and C (upper case only!) and the numbers 1 to 6 should be allowed to be typed in this textbox.

To enforce simple rules for the input in a control, a Validation Rule is usually more appropriate than VBA code. Only complex rules might require custom VBA code.

You can achieve this by adding an event handler procedure to the KeyPress-event of the textbox. To do this find the “On Key Press” event in the textbox’s property sheet and press the …-button once more and select the Code Builder.

Notice that there is a parameter defined for the event procedure now. That parameter is named KeyAscii and is of type Integer. It will contain the numeric ASCII code for the key each time any key is typed in that textbox.

VBA KeyPress event procedure

This enables us to check what character was typed by the user and to respond to it within the VBA code of our event procedure. The code for such an event procedure could look like this:

Private Sub txtMyTextbox1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer) If Not (KeyAscii >= Asc("A") And KeyAscii <= Asc("C") _ Or KeyAscii >= "1" And KeyAscii <= Asc("6")) _ Then MsgBox "Invalid character" End If End Sub

The Asc-Function used in this example returns the numeric ASCII code for the character passed to the function. With the returned values we check if KeyAscii falls into the range of allowed characters.

Now each time you (and the user) enter a character that is not supposed to be entered, a message box notifies him of that fact. – Oh boy is that annoying!

I suggest you go back to the Access main window, switch the view of the form to Form View and try for yourself.

Returning information from the event procedure to Access

So far this example showed how to react to a parameter passed to the event procedure. But the way we deal with invalid input is not ideal yet.

Luckily the developers of Access have foreseen this sort of problem. The KeyAscii parameter of the KeyPress event procedure is passed ByRef. That means it is a buffer for the ASCII code that was allocated by the Access framework for us. We can actually change the value of this parameter in our event handler procedure and the code in Access that fired the event will be able to see the new value we have written to this parameter.

Modify your event procedure to look like this.

Private Sub txtMyTextbox_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer) If Not (KeyAscii >= Asc("A") And KeyAscii <= Asc("C") _ Or KeyAscii >= "1" And KeyAscii <= Asc("6")) _ Then KeyAscii = 0 End If End Sub

Now, instead of showing an annoying message box, we set the KeyAscii parameter to 0. The 0 is the ASCII NUL(L) character and means something like no character at all. So after our event procedure completed, Access sees that we changed the character the user typed to no character at all and, guess what, it will not put any new character into the textbox.

By changing the values of event procedure parameters, we can change the result of the user interaction with our application. This is a very important thing to know.

The approach in this sample is not ideal for a real world validation scenario, because the user is still able to paste invalid data into the textbox. While it is useful to prevent a typing error in the textbox, it should be combined with another input validation method.

This leads us straight to the most frequent use of a parameter in an event procedure.

The Cancel parameter

The most frequently used parameter in an event procedure is probably the Cancel parameter in the Before Update event and several other events. While it is basically is no different from any other parameter in an event procedure, it is used so frequently and so important that I will dedicate a paragraph specifically to it.

The Before Update event fires either for a control like a textbox or for a whole form after new data has been entered but before the data is finally stored in either the control (e.g. textbox) or the database record bound to the form.

The Before Update event is ideal for extended data validation. In a form you can validate the data in multiple fields in order to determine if the record as a whole is valid or not. It can be used as well to check if the data in a textbox control is valid when the user is leaving the field but before the data is stored.

By setting the Cancel parameter to True you can cancel the whole update process and the new data will not be stored. As the data entered into the text would or the form would get lost, if the only the updating of the data is canceled, the user action that triggered the update (e.g. leaving the control, or leaving the current record in the form) is canceled as well.

This is ideally combined with a message box telling the user about the nature of the problem.

To implement this in our sample form, switch to the forms design view again, select the text box control and find the “Before Update”-Event in the Event tab of its property sheet. Create a new event procedure for it and write VBA code like this.

Private Sub txtMyTextbox_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) Dim x As Integer Dim retVal As Boolean Dim strInput As String If Not IsNull(Me.txtMyTextbox.Value) Then strInput = Me.txtMyTextbox.Value For x = 1 To Len(strInput) If Not (Asc(Mid(strInput, x, 1)) >= Asc("A") And Asc(Mid(strInput, x, 1)) <= Asc("C") _ Or Asc(Mid(strInput, x, 1)) >= "1" And Asc(Mid(strInput, x, 1)) <= Asc("6")) _ Then Cancel = True MsgBox "Invalid data in 'MyTextbox'" Exit For End If Next End If End Sub

This is not much different from our original validation routine in the KeyPress-event, except that we now have to process the whole data in the textbox. To do this we iterate over each character currently in the textbox and check that it is meeting our validation criteria.

We use the Len-Function to determine the total length and the Mid-Function to extract each single character from the whole string entered. The resulting single character is then validated in the same way as in the KeyPress-example.

After completing the VBA code, switch back to Form View and paste invalid input like “XYZ999” into the textbox control and then hit the [TAB]-key to leave the control. – We cannot prevent invalid data being pasted into the control, but it cannot be stored.

The order of events

With some events you can guess when they will occur, like the Before- and After-Update-Events, there are some events, like the Form’s Open-, Load-, Close- and Unload-Event, where it is far from intuitive to know in what exact order they will occur without consulting further documentation.

One crucial thing to know is, when exactly an event will occur. This is straight forward with the button click event and the key press event, but much less so with many other useful events. Consult the documentation for details about the event you consider using.

The details of the event order is beyond the scope of this article. But there is a very informative article about the order of events for Access’s objects on Microsoft’s support website for office.

Sample code download

A ZIP-Archive with the sample database containing the code shown in this article can be downloaded here.

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

May Label Tulip

So the May Kit is up at Label Tulip. Totally, totally floored by the gallery this month. So amazing and inspiring to work with those ladies.
Here are the projects I did:

And my favorite altered item yet.. the pinwheel (made from a Heather Bailey pattern).

Thanks for looking!

Lindsay said...

Such awesome layouts! I really love the Shy layout! And that pinwheel is too darn cool!!!

Hope you're doing well!

Mandi said...

I love how deliciously grungy everything is! :)

Åsa Danielson said...

The first one is just totally awesome, makes me wanna scraplift you at once! :)

Marit said...

I LOVE the top (first) one, AWESOME!

Melissa said...

oh, that top one is just pure eye candy. love it!

Aimee said...

C, these are gorgeous and full of your personality! I love them!

(my word verification was Mingly...that's funny, ha!)

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

I may not have it all...

...but I do believe that I am truly blessed.

I'm not rich by the worlds standards, but as cliche as it sounds, I am rich in every other aspect. Whether you believe me or not, I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for. I bragged on my hubby a little in my last blog, this time, I'll brag on the rest of my world...
Sis, Mama, Me
I have a mom that has the most caring, concerned heart. She is always looking out for my sister and I as well as our families, no matter how old we get. She knows our needs before we even have a chance to tell her. She is so giving of herself and her time. If God had given me the opportunity to hand pick a mom, I couldn't have chosen better. She loves her family, all of them, with everything she is and she has always treated her son-in-laws as if they were her own. Plus, she watches Moose (my son, in case you were wondering) practically everyday while I work.
Me, Dad
My dad is the silent type. He stays in the background so that everyone else can shine. He loves my mom, sister and I beyond belief and to see him with our kids, his grandchildren, is nothing short of beautiful. He doesn't show emotion too much, but if there is a chance that there is something wrong with one of us, you can just see the worry in him, genuine worry. He's always found a way to get us what we needed or wanted. He's loved me, even when there were times when I didn't deserve to be loved. He's the reason I love movies and all things food and he is a lover of all things chocolate.
My sista!!
My sister is 8 years older than me. She's my big sis, but more importantly, I'm her little sister, which means she has dealt with me at my most annoying times and she still loves me. I was the one who mom made her take with her on her dates or when she went out because little sisters like to tattle. What mom didn't know at the time was that little sisters also like to blackmail... I have always looked up to my sister. She is an amazing mother and friend. She has been there for me in some of my darkest moments and some of my greatest. She has always supported and stood by me and defended me. She also saw fit to torment me often as a child as every good big sis should.
Aren't we fancy? We were on a cruise. In the middle is Jan, Ron, Sherry & Matt
I married into a great God-fearing family. Jon's folks are very active in the church and in our lives. I wasn't really a "church" person until I started dating Jon.. His family was very involved with my Christian walk. They are wonderful with Moose and pitch in where they can. He loves spending time with them. Jon's brother and sister-law lead our church and are a huge resource for us. We turn to them when we need biblical advice. I am grateful that we can rely on them!

I do not have a pick that shows all of my wonderful friends, and if I did, it wouldn't fit here. :)

God has placed the most amazing people in my life. There has never been in a time in my life where I have been surrounded by so many supportive friends. I have always had one or two really great friends that I could count on, but right now, my world is over flowing with friends on all levels. Ones that I have known forever, ones I have known for years and ones who have just entered my life. I have friends, who when they heard I was out of work for a little while, showed up at my door with a Publix gift card and who have literally written checks from their own bank accounts to help us (and no I didn't ask them to!). I have friends, who when I came home from the hospital after having Moose, made sure I had hot, fresh cooked dinners for two weeks. I have friends, who when they heard that I had miscarried, shared their pain and heartache with me so that I didn't feel so alone.

So, while I may not have a TV in every room (*gasp* is that even legal?), huge house, fancy car, fine china, special silverware, infinity pool, hot tub, summer home, a basement full of wine (or a basement for that matter) I have more than I ever dreamed of having. Granted I would LOVE to not live paycheck to paycheck at times, I wouldn't trade what we have now for any amount of money (don't believe me? I'm willing to be tested... $10 million maybe tempting...ahhh.... Just kidding!)

Thanks for reading, I promise the next one will not be quite so long and will involve much more wit and sarcasm. I just wanted to make sure that those around me have an idea of how I feel about them.

to the moon and back,

  1. That is so beautiful! You are so lucky and I am so lucky to have you as a friend!
    Love you!

  2. We love you guys like crazy!!!


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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Songs on Sunday ~ Dear Younger Me by MercyMe ~ 1/8/17

What would you tell your younger self?

Is there anything you would tell yourself to change?

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For the past couple of decades I’ve been blessed to do a lot of film photography. Although shooting has changed drastically during that time there are still many people who shoot film. And there are some who are just beginning to enjoy the experience. So in that light I’d like to share my favorites.

GA645My favorite medium format (120 or 220 roll film) is the Fuji GA645. This gem has one thing going for it that no other medium format system has: The frame is in portrait mode (vertical) rather than landscape (horizontal).  I’ve never enjoyed shooting people as much as with this camera.  It uses a zone focusing system and has a built-in winder. The viewfinder acts like a rangefinder with its border and the border shifts position based on focus distance.

Large formNagaoka 4x5at is another matter.  My 4×5 shooting was most wrapped around the Nagaoka 4×5. There were two variant bodies from Nagaoka, the “woody” which was quite hefty, and also this standard body.  Though it was relatively fragile compared to others in the class it was also easy to handle and carry. When it comes to carrying around a 4×5 the lighter the better.

I’ve shot 8×10 as well. There’s nothing like a contact print from one of these. But alas I’ve never had the opportunity to shoot a variety of these cameras, so nothing to comment on in that format.

Contax T2I’ve shot a lot of 35mm cameras over the years. Probably the most pleasing was the Contax T2. It has an odd brick shape but is surprisingly easy to hold. The lens is a quality Zeiss T* lens. I’ve not shot a sharper little camera. With a bevy of automation features it’s just a joy to use.

Canon G-III QL17But the most practical 35mm was the Canon G-III QL17 rangefinder.  It has a shutter-preferred automatic mode but for all other purposes requires manual operation. No winder. No AF.  Oh, and the flash — because of the way it operates the camera automatically adjusts the f-stop based on focus distance. Nifty.  It even fits in a coat pocket. And the 40mm f/1.7 lens is quite sharp. You will not be disappointed.

Yes, the tour has been brief. There were other contenders. Zeiss Ikon, Rolleiflex, Pentax MX & 6×7, Bronica ETRs, Olympus half-frame, Busch Pressman D, and others. But these are the ones that stand out to me as the most enjoyable that I’ve used.


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Years Worked: 4
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Hobbies: Walks, cinema, dancing
Languages: Spanish (native)

Self Description: I am a woman who believes in God, and I also believe in love. I am a person dedicated to my daughter, responsible, with high moral values. In a relationshipe I am an uncomplicated woman and also a great partner. I I like to create harmony in the home I live in. I love to be in nature.

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I Was So Blinded

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Here's a poem I wrote when I was going through low self esteem issues. It all began when I auditioned for a modeling agency called John Casablanca. I was 19 at the time and wanted to reach for the stars and pursue acting. So, I went to the agency, spoke to an agent and received the biggest shock, one that would almost paralyze me in life.

After she analyzed me from head to toe, the woman took me to her office and had pictures on the wall of cute ordinary next door type girls and super models like Cindy Crawford and so on.
She asked me which girls on the wall did I compare myself to and in all honesty, I said the next-door type.
As soon as I said that, she said "You have such an unrealistic attitude". "The industry will chew you up and spit you out."
I told her she was very unprofessional and I took my photos and walked out. I was crushed and I didn't know what to do. Those words were so harsh and they penetrated deep into my soul.
I began to believe them and not like what I saw in the mirror. I hated myself and wished I wasn't born. I had a loving friend named Robert who wrote me a letter and had given me a rose to remind me of my beauty and worth but I didn't to want to believe it. I was blinded and hurt until one evening I went to church service and asked a beautiful lady friend of mine named Liz, If I was ugly. She responded "You are beautifully and wonderfully made by God"and she read me the verse in Psalm 139. I began to read it for myself until it sinked into my soul and transformed my inner being. When I looked into the mirror, I started to like what I saw and appreciate and know that God does not make junk. I was beautiful and loved.

After months passed, I went to another audition but this time at Jonathan Robert Powers just to see what they would say but this time I was ready for the good and the bad, meaning the comments and rejections were not going to harm me.
The audition went great, and the lady there said I was beautiful and I had a great facial profile but my weight was a bit heavy. LOL inside of me I was like
"ok I'm 108 pounds if I get skinnier, I'll be bones".
So I said thank you with a smile and left but this time gleaming and very pleased. I did not need validation anymore and I grew confident in whom I was becoming and because I was a child of God, I felt like a princess.

In the picture below, at the age of 19 was when my low self esteem issues took place. I was surely blinded. LOL
You may wonder, if I still go through low self esteem issues, sure I do but I do not let them control me and it never takes me to that dark place. If I'm having a bad hair day, I make it a good hair day, hello hats and ponytails look cute too. :) If I look tired, I put on concealer and you know I like makeup. I'm not obsessed with it and I only wear it when I go out. Since I'm a stay at home mom, I do not need to wear it everyday. The point I'm trying to make is that I absolutely will not let these things affect me. I know who I am and who created me and I'm happy.

If you are going through low self esteem at this moment in your life, let me remind you that You are Beautiful and Valuable in God's eyes...

I Was So Blinded by Marian Marrero

I would look in a mirror and not like what I see
My mind was made up that I was ugly
My confidence was destroyed
I didn't know who I was
I was so blinded

I was so blinded that I didn't even want to live
My dreams were shattered
I thought I had nothing to give
I was totally confused until I heard and read His Word
I looked into the bible and read Psalm 139
the part where it say we are beautifully created

He formed me in His image
So I was special all along, satan played me for a fool and took away my song

You see the word of God is life
Only He sees and says the truth
Satan is a liar! He wants to deceive you
So don't be blinded
You have so much more to give
You are God's creation and that's why you should live

You are special!

Psalm 139:13
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.

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Awesome Jesus Tees And My New Song In the Midst of the Storm

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As many of you may or may not know last year in 2015, I was going through an illness in my body that almost led us to believe it was cancer. I was going through the wringer with many tests and exams and through it all I was trusting in Jesus and praised him in the midst of the storm.
Although, when I tried to sing in the beginning of the storm my voice would not come out because of the pain I would feel in my body. However, the Holy Spirit gave me this song to write and sing and when I had more strength, I was able to use my voice again for his people and for his glory! I am healed now and I thank God for it everyday!
Today someone needs His healing physically, emotionally and mentally so if this is you, listen to the lyrics of this song and carry it in your heart and on your mind and be encouraged and hopeful. Jesus is our healer! I want to thank my sista friend Lissette Silva for reminding me of what God has given me to share with the world.
Prayer is powerful! And miracles and Healing still exist!
In this video below, I was sick but still hopeful in my miracle from above...Have a blessed day❤🙏🏼

  These were the words I posted on my FB page when I shared this accapella video of me singing "In the Midst of the Storm.
As people were watching, liking, sharing and receiving encouragement from the song, it touched a Christian T-shirt retailer to contact me on Instagram. He said every month he helps out ministries by sharing some of the proceeds from his shirt sales and asked if I wanted to be a part of it as well. I was so touched by his offer that I said Wow at first and then yes. Why? because not many do this and this person does because he has a heart to help others.

I asked him if he would be able to make a design including my song title because it was so personal to me and he happily agreed.
I am so delighted with this design and I wear it knowing what I was going through and where God has me now.
This shirt design is truly a testament of remaining still and trusting in God through it all.

Awesome Jesus Tees was gracious enough to feature me on their website wearing the shirt. Since some of the proceeds go to my singing ministry, I would love to record my song "In the Midst of the Storm" and share it to the world to bring encouragement, hope and peace.

Ladies, Would you like to sow in this new recording and wear this shirt yourself and be a witness of what God has pulled you through or out of? If so you can order your shirt here at Awesome Jesus Tees for $22.99 with free shipping or if you are not interested in purchasing a shirt and would like to donate directly to my ministry so I can prepare a budget to record this new song, you can send donations through paypal at
I thank you from the bottom of my heart and may God bless you all.

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Oventure Packing Cubes And My Music On ITunes

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This product is very handy, very sturdy and very portable. Looking at all the reviews for these packing cubes on Amazon, I see that the major use is for travel and clothing items, but I also wanted to show you how I use them as well besides traveling.

These cubes can also be used for keeping handbags nice and protected and stored until you're ready to use them.
I'm also using them to store my CDs for when I go sing and want to sell them or just to save them on my closet shelf.
I usually carry a huge carrying case when I go sing but with the medium cube they are nicely stored and convenient for portably and small enough to travel lightly.

I also used the smaller cube to store my clutches. These cubes are great! and their handles are just the right size for carrying and they can be used pretty much for anything you want safely and neatly stored for either travel or in your house or closet.

Here are some pictures on how I used mine but of course when I'm ready to travel and go on a plane or  prepare for my upcoming cruise some of these cubes will be used for my clothes except for one that is great for my undergarments and toiletries.

I also forgot to mention these cubes are great for makeup palettes and cosmetics either for travel or to keep them neatly stored and dust free at home.
I have so many ideas on how these cubes can be used so I'm glad I invested in them for my storage and traveling needs.You can get them on Amazon for $24.48 with Prime.
And since you all know that I'm a Gospel Singer because it says so on my Bio lol , I invite you check out my music by clicking MY MUSIC

Here I stored and could fit my 2 large handbags in the larger cube, then you will see I stored 13 of my cd packs tied in rubber bands in the medium cube and then in the smaller cube I stored some of my smaller bags and clutches. And all cubes looked nice and neat and safely stored in my closet shelf.

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Columbia South Carolina Sertoma Club - Part of Sertoma International

Jim Felder, Civil Rights Hero and Author, Speaks to Sertoma

James “Jim” Felder, a noted and very well known civil rights advocate, former legislator, and author spoke to the club at the August 15 meeting.

The primary topic of Mr. Felder’s talk was the penny sales tax in Richland County and how that money is being spent.

A few points from the talk:

  • He got involved initially because bus service was going to stop.  Too many people depend on buses and he didn’t want to see that happen.
  • While there has been much criticism of the way the penny tax is being managed he pointed out much good has been done, most of which we never hear about because the county is doing a terrible job of promoting it.
  • He does not in any way condone illegal or unethical behavior and pointed out the two people that have left their positions, Councilman Washington and Councilman Newman, were found to have violated tax law.  It had nothing to do with the penny tax or the good that is being done with the money.
  • He, like many other citizens, is waiting for a final word and court decision now.

Mr. Felder is tremendously accomplished having written the book “I buried John F. Kennedy”, the booklet “Know Your South Carolina Government”, and published “A Directory of Black Elected and Appointed Officials in South Carolina”.  He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1970-72 and was only the tenth black American to serve with the SC Honor Guard.