وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزال وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأول الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وشدوا أن محمد العبد هو رسوله صلى الله عليه وعاله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أمابا إن شاء الله وإتعالى في المنزل وبدأنا للمنزل لغة الإسلام أتحدث عن أشخاص وإن شاء الله وإتعالى في أشخاص أبسولة أريد أن أتحدث عنه أن الأسلاء في الإسلام أنه مثل المنزل في تبليغ العلم when it comes to conveying knowledge وتعليم الكتابة when it comes to teaching people how to write and also teaching the narrations of the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام وإمام الشو كاني ورحمة الله it's a very powerful statement وإن شاء الله وإتعالى I should start that with the episode today he said لم ينقل عن أحد من العلماء بأنه رد خبر مراءة اللي كونها مراءة الإمام محمد العالية الشو كاني and he said it's a great, illustrious book it's a magnificent piece of work نيلو الأوطار which is a show of the Kitab المنتقى written by the grandfather of ابن تيمير رحمه الله it's a Kitab in أحاليث الأحكام وإمام الشو كاني you explained a profound book he says it has not been transmitted it's not been conveyed on behalf of any scholar in Islam who rejected a knowledge or rejected a hadith because the person who transmitted it is a woman no, Islam never has that ever happened never has in Islam by the scholars or our knowledge was rejected because the person who was saying it was a woman never فكم من سنة قد تلقتها الأمه بالقبول rather how many narrations how many knowledge has actually been transmitted to us from a woman من إمراأة واحدة من الصحابة just one woman transmitted it to us وهذا لا ينكره مله أدنى نصيب من علم السنة وإمام الشو كاني who said no one rejects this who has any even a small size of knowledge if you have the basic knowledge of Islam and you looked in the books of hadith you will realize open أربعون النوية about إمام النوية you find a hadith of عائشة رضي الله تعالى ومسلم وكذا find the narrations of the صحابية you find the narrations that were transmitted to us through female tabi'in so this concept that in Islam women's narrations are rejected rather I will say something to you and this is truly a gratidance to the females in Islamic history there was never a female narrator who lied about the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام never if a woman whose narration يعني was seen and she would lied about the Prophet she never had that and this really gives us something brothers and sisters this really gives us something which is the the honesty and the integrity these women had which sadly enough wasn't present in many of the male narrators many of the male narrators lied about the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام many but never a female never has it been documented a woman had جرأ came out and said the Prophet said this عليه الصلاة والسلام and it turned out to be a lie never and this is something to be honest is a بشرة it's a gratidance for the female and it's something to contemplate and think about now in شاء الله تعالى I'm going to mention كبار الصحابة the senior companions of the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام and also not all the Sahabas but maybe one I'll mention in شاء الله تعالى because there's many and also the أئمة المحدثين and the scholars of Harith and the great scholars that we look up to today taking knowledge from female women studying with them taking knowledge from them I'm going to mention some in شاء الله تعالى and this in شاء الله تعالى my aim and objective here brothers and sisters is not to compare men with women I am not trying to do that but I'm just trying to show whoever has knowledge male or female your your virtues connected to your knowledge doesn't matter what gender you're from just the same way it doesn't matter what ethnicity and background you're from just really matter or your skin color really doesn't matter what matters is the علم you possess and these females when they were more learned than the men they were better than the men full stop and when the men were more knowledgeable than the women the men were more virtuous than the women full stop the issue revolves around knowledge who has more knowledge and who has more understanding of the religion this is where the virtue lies in this issue إن شاء الله تعالى عريبنا بطالب ربي الله تعالى عنه he took the knowledge of حليث from a مولاه from a female made of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم she used to serve the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام her name was ميمونة بنت سعد ميمونة بنت سعد عريبنا بطالب and took some narrations from her he's a sahabi he's the prophet's cousin he saw that she had some يعني narrations related to the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام he saw that she possessed knowledge of some private things of the prophet that he wanted to know because she used to serve the prophet she used to know what he used to drink what he used to eat عليه الصلاة والسلام so he went and he took that knowledge from her the second إن شاء الله تعالى is أليمام محمد من الشهاب الزهري now before I go to محمد من الشهاب الزهري عريبنا بطالب being a noble companion a senior companion being a righteous companion being from the tent that was promised جنة عريبنا بطالب رضي الله تعالى he felt that there was a knowledge that was in the hands of a female woman and he took it from her and he took that knowledge from her عرقص didn't enter his heart أمائن as a man promised general life I'm going to go to a maid he never said that توابع and he saw knowledge that's the quality that we need to have Our culture, many of us the sad reality is it's a cultural thing it's actually not a religious thing A lot of us our culture we're just programmed to believe and to see that a woman should not mention anything to a man A lot of our cultures are like that and the person rejects حديث I remember once I was there I remember once I was told the story of a a typical Somalian elderly individual who was told Aisha رضي الله تعالى and has said so he's ignorant he doesn't even know who Aisha is and then he said who's this woman we're talking to she's telling us what to do what not to do يعني إلهي دلحات the ignorance reached that level that he doesn't even know this is the prophet's wife that he's nowhere close to her in virtue and understanding of the religion so we need to get rid of those يعني those evil ignorant cultural mindset that many of us have been seeing grew up to see we should get rid of it especially when we're coming to the Deen we should base people on يرفع إله الذين أمنوا مينكم والذين أوتوا العلمة درجات but Allah raises the people based on knowledge and their understanding of the Deen whether you're a man or a woman it doesn't matter so the second one إن شاء الله يتعالى is الإمام محمد ابن شهاب زهري who died a year 124 هجرية he narrated from more than one female took knowledge from her from the women that he narrated from is عمرح بنتي عبد الرحمن ابن ساعد ابن زرارة الأنصارية المدنية and she is a يعني from the females who took many narrations from our mother عائشة she is considered from the مكترات عن عائشة رضي الله تعالى عنها عمرح بنتي عبد الرحمن she used to sit with عائشة for hours and hours and take narrations and knowledge from her and محمد ابن شهاب زهري he went and he took knowledge from her he went to her and he took from her a lot he also narrated from ندبة who was محمد ابن شهاب زهري ندبة was a mullah for ميمونة the wife of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam the prophet's wife Mimouna she had a maid female maid that used to work for the prophet Mimouna her name was ندبة محمد ابن شهاب زهري went and she took knowledge from her he also narrated from three women no one else narrated from them except him فاطمة الخزاعية هند بنتي الحارة الفارسية أم عبد الله دوسية أم عبد الله دوسية those three لم يروي عنهن سوى no one narrated from them except محمد ابن شهاب زهري also ألمام مالك إمام داري الهجرة who died in 179 هجرية رحمه الله رحمة نواسعة he narrated from عائشة بنتي ساعدي من أبي وقاس الزهرية المدرية he narrated from her عائشة بنتي ساعدي she's the daughter of who ساعدي من أبي وقاس she took a lot of narrations from her father she also took many narrations from أم مدر and it was said that عائشة بنتي ساعدي من أبي وقاس it was said رأى ستة من أمهات المؤمنين she saw six of the Prophet's wives she took knowledge from them العجليه سالب تابعية مدانية ثقة خليلي إنس كتاب إرشاد he said لم يروي مالك عن إمراعة غيرها الإمام مالك he never narrated from any woman other than her but the only woman he's ever narrated from her إمام مالك is إمام داري الهيزر إمام عظيم a great Imam but he took knowledge of Hadith from her and she's from his يعني female teachers that he took from الإمام أحمد بن حمبل إمام أهل سنة والجمع who died a year two hundred forty والهجرية رحمه الله رحمة واسعة he took from أم عمر بنتي حساني بني زي دن الثقة فيه he took many narrations from her القاضي أبو يعلى الفرراء who died a year four hundred and fifty-eight هجرية he took from أمة السلام بنتي القاضي أبي بكر أحمد بن كامل بن خلف ابن شجرة البغدادية and she was أم والفتح and many people heard from her and the great Hanbali scholar القاضي أبو يعلى الفرراء he took from her and he's so knowledge from her و لذلك ابن كثيرا يسربها و أثنى عليها غير واحد في دينها وفضلها وسيادتها رحمه الله تعالى many have praised her religion and praised her virtue and how high this woman was ما الله بماسيب عنها خير الدين أزرق لي he said فاضلة she was a virtuous woman عارفها بالحديث she knew the science of Hadith من أهل البغداد she's from the women and the people of Baghdad أخذت عن بعض كبار المحدثين في عصريها و حدثت she took from the senior Imam of Hadith of her time she went and saw knowledge from them at her time and she sat down after that to narrate to the people الحافظ من العساكر she would add a 561 هجرية حافظ من العساكر he heard from بضعن و أم بضعن و ثمانين المحدثة من النساء he heard from 80 سون يعني فيم المحدث 80 سامة فيم المحدث حافظ من العساكر و العساكر at one point was considered to be the most knowledgeable man at his time in the knowledge of Hadith the most knowledgeable man حافظ من العساكر يعني at his time and he reached that level especially when he was appointed by محمود نورودينا زينكي he pointed him as يعني gave him the مشيخة يعني بضعن و ثمانين محدثة 80 something females he took knowledge of Hadith from يعني imagine how many he did it narrate from that that were out there by the way the word الحافظ I already mentioned this in an explanation I'm currently given on الشمائل المحمدية by an Imam بوعيسة تلمدي that the word الحافظ is according to the إصطلاح المحدثين is that a person who memorizes it 100,000 حديثs and you memorize it it's wording of the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام and you memorize its chain at least 100,000 now what he's landed you memorize the wording and you also memorize the chain and imagine 100,000 that's when you get given that title الحافظ so he memorized more than 100,000 an Imam from العساكر رحمه الله و تعالى and he still sought knowledge of Hadith from from بضعن و ثمانين محدثة من النساء another half أبو طاهر السلافي أبو طاهر السلافي he narrated from عشارات المحدثات النمبر the Lord of Numbers and he's considered to be from the wat وهو من المكترين عن الروات يعني he's حافظ أبو طاهر السلافي he's يعني شيوخس and the people he took knowledge from يعني يزيدون عن ألف شيخين over a thousand sheikhs he took from الصفدي he's benches and he's a wafi بالوفايات أن عدد شيوخ يزيدو على ست مئة that he's teaches a more than 900 imagine that حافظ أبو طاهر السلافي and he even mentioned that just in أصبهان أم أصفهان alone he narrated from يعني 600 600 people he narrated from أصفهان سبحان الله from the females that he narrated from is a woman by the name تقية بنتي غيث her name is تقية بنتي أبي الفرج غيث ابن عالي ابن عبد السلام ابن محمد ابن جعفر النسلمي الأرمانازي that was الصوري she heard from and took knowledge from this woman أبو حسن عالي ابن المفضل المقدسي and other than him she's the mother of course of أبي الحسن عالي ابن فاضل ابن حمدون الصوري she's his mother this woman she praised herself رضي الله رحمه الله و تعالى may Allah have mercy upon her there was a time when she praised herself her knowledge her understanding she was a poet now unprecedented poet like in her poetry she was unprecedented of her at her time and nobody could beat her at her time no one could match to her no one could precede her in the eloquency of her poetry and her ability to speak an eloquency in her speech and of course in her حفظ and her عباد she was very high so she praised herself one time and when she praised herself a poet sent her a poetry speaking to her and he said the following he said he said the following to her the poet he said to her وما شرف أن يمدح المرء نفسه ولكن عمالا تدم وتمدح وما كل حين يزد كل مرء ظنه ولا كل أصحاب التجارة تربح ولا كل من تردو لغيبك حافظة ولا كل من ضم الوديع تسلوح he said to her وما شرف when it is not a virtue أن يمدح المرء نفسه that the person praises himself and he glorifies himself and he speaks high of himself is not ولكن عمالا to them وتمدح but the truth is the person is يعني praised by default the good actions that he does and he is criticized based on his actions like let your actions speak let your actions praise you praising yourself by saying things and it's not a virtuous thing it's not something good وما كل حين يصدق المرء ظنه and not every time a person entrusts a person is his thought of that person go to be the case and it's not always the case that you trusted someone internet to be the same ولا كل أصحاب التجارة تربح and not every person who trades and does business does he succeed in his business ولا كل من تردوا لغيبك حافظة and not everybody who in your absence is protecting you ولا كل من ضمل وديعة يصلحوا and not everybody who is entrusted to look after something is he actually truthful and honest to be to be given it so those lines of poetry came to her she read it she was a poet as I said to you she was a scholar in her own league so she wrote poetry in response she said she said تعيبوا على الإنسان are you trying to fault a person are you trying to criticize a person إضحار علمه just to bring out his knowledge are you faulting me basically for coming out and showing my knowledge and expressing my knowledge أبل جدي هذا منك أب أنت تمزحوا are you really serious in what you're saying or are you joking she said for that kind of poetry is it not فدتك حياتي قد تقدم قبلنا she said I swear by the Lord who gave me this life it has come before me إلى مدحهم قوموا وقالوا فأفسحوا a people preceded me in this in praising themselves in speaking good of themselves and when they said what they said فأفسحوا they spoke with eloquency ولي المتنبي أحرف في مديحه أبوطيب المتنبي the poet he's an example he has words that he has said in praising himself على نفسي بالحق والحق واضحه and with truth and the truth is clear and he praises himself with truth and the truth is clear أروني she said show me, oh poet فتاة أي فيمو في زماني at my time now تفوقني who's higher than me وتعلو على علمي and he's higher than me in knowledge وتهجو وتمدحه and who can read poetry وتمدحه تدخل شخصاً في شخصاً and praise them also شاومي شخصاً يمكنني أن تفعل كل ذلك يعني the truth of the matter was she wasn't lying when she said that she was a woman of her own league in that time there was no woman higher than her and there was no woman يعني more knowledgeable than her in her time whether it be Islamic knowledge or whether it be poetry so she had confidence أن الله تبارك وتعالى gave her that knowledge and understanding from the females that Abu Tahir al-Silafi so Abu Tahir al-Silafi took from this woman and he mentioned his poetry of hers he also took from another woman called ترافى بنت أحمد who's also known as Aisha ترافى هذه بنت علم there was a female of knowledge ويفي نفسها كانت ديينة كثيرة المعروف he said about her Abu Tahir al-Silafi she's a woman of religion a woman of good وتسمى أيضا عائشة she was also called Aisha he said I read on her we read on her سنة أربع وثلاثينة we read on her وتوفيت بعدها بمدة قريبة shortly after that she passed away when she died Abu Tahir al-Silafi he said وكانت امرأة الشيخ she was the wife of who الشيخ أبي عبد الله she was Muhammad أبي موسى الخولاني she was his wife الذي تزوجت أنا بعد موته ببنته ستة الأهل and he said Abu Tahir al-Silafi I after he passed away I married his daughter I married her and المرأة الصالحة she was a righteous woman الديينة رحمة الله ورحمنا إذا صرنا إلى ما صارت إليه also from the woman أبي طاهر السلف يتكفم is خفرة بنت البشر ببشر خذيجة بنت أحمد رابعة بنت أبي حكيم these are the women that أبي طاهر السلف يتكفم أنا أبي طاهر السلف وسربعهم he was حافظ الإسلام وأعلى أهل الأرض إسنادن في وقتي at the time أبي طاهر السلف he was the hafظ of إسلام بيك was that level وأعلى أهل الأرض إسنادن and his chain was the best chain at that time في علم الحديث in the knowledge of Hadith والقراءات أصدقراءات of the Quran مع الدين والثقة والعلم with knowledge and piety and righteousness تريهات أبي طاهر السلف إبن الأبار في ترجمتي أن بعض أصحابه جمع أسماء النساء منهم على حروف المعجم some scholars they mentioned that the women that أبي طاهر السلف took from they brought it together in alphabetical order يعني many women ون أمام الدهبي benefited أنه لم يسمع ببغدادة من النساء سيوة ثمانية شيخات just Baghdad alone he took from eight women he took the knowledge from eight women just in Baghdad also from the scholars آر إمام إبن الجوزي who died in the year 597 هجرية he took from three women يعني he mentions it in his own مشخة he mentions أنه سلم عمي ثلاث نسوة three women he heard from and he mentioned their chain they are فاطمة بنتي محمد إبن الحسين الرازي والبزار he took from her and he said about her كانت شيخاتنا she was our female teacher فاطمة وعضة she was a woman who used to give reminders powerful reminders متعبدة واشبها لها الرباط تجتمع فيه الزاهدات the aesthetic females used to come together in her gatherings and this is where they used to come شيهات سمعت أبا جعفري بن المسلمة شيهاتهم أن أصو أبا بك الخطيب other than them other than them she took from the second woman is فاطمة بنتي أبي حكيم عبد الله بر إبراهيم الخبري he said about her ابن الجوزي كانت شيخاتنا or a female teacher she was هذه خالة شيخنا أب الفضل من نصر she was the mother and the auntie of أب الفضل بن ناصر she was وكانت she was خيرة the righteous woman أنش دايد دا مطب رجب سنة أربعين وثلاثين وخمس مئة five hundred and thirty فوه جرياء last but not least is شهدة بن تو أحمد بن الفرج ابن عمر الإبري he took from her and she was called as a nickname شهدة her nickname was فخر النساء I mean the honor of women the virtuous woman she had many people وعمر she actually aged وصارت أسند أهل زمانها because she reached an old age يعني she was a woman who had a chain where people would travel from all over the world for her many scholars heard from her like الإمام صمعاني heard from her ابن عساكل heard from her عبد الغني عبد الواحد المخدسي heard from her ابن قودام المخدسي came and studied from her الحافظ عبد القاهر عبد القادر الروحوي also traveled to her maybe يعني if we mention the names the the length will be very long I'm going to stop 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Welcome to JSA TV the newsroom for telecom and data center professionals I'm Barb Mitchell coming to you today as we're winding down day three of Data Cloud Global Congress here in beautiful Monaco and Joining me is Steve Scott CEO of data like precision installations. Thank you for joining us Yeah, how's the week been for you? So it's been it's been very good. It's been exciting Conference now I've been here for just two and a half days and but it's been as usual packed I like this conference most of because the it attracts the right kind of audience and and the content of the events is generally very good Yeah, so for viewers who may not know, can you tell us just a little bit about data like so data like is a Data center construction company. We also provide services We're really in the build space of this of the two to ten megawatt type data center size in terms of the company were 120 million pounds of revenue and about 200 employees We are by the way, we're also pan European. We operate in 13 countries Okay, great, and I understand you you've had recent news around your launch of your on-site powder coating facility I think that's an important one to cover today So it was about a year to deploy that but a little over a year ago We considered the investment in a powder coating plant. We have a construction facility Where we build hot and cold our containment and caging solutions for data centers and every component is powder coated previously we would export it to to local powder coating specialists and then bring back into the Into our plant again and deploy it to our client base, but there was a sustainability in a carbon Footprint we had to consider there and and also there was a subject matter really around Quality and we felt that we could do a better job ourselves So we've got a we've managed to compress somewhat the time to market we've managed to improve on our quality a great deal and And we had the space to to fit in so it actually has been a great project And it is working as we speak today It's working flat out great, and I understand yesterday you you participated in the conference by speaking on a panel I think the topic was surrounding edge And you know, I believe you have probably a lot to say on that topic. Yeah, so You know edge data centers. We've been talking about this now for several years and there's been an awful lot of Discussion from time to time of what people's opinion of the edge is and I think finally we are we're getting there but the and I was with a number of Guys in the industry who I've known well for an awful long time who themselves had well established opinions about it However, I think that for me the edge of the network We have to consider it as being not just simply the physical edge of the network where the Optics stop we've got to think about it as being the economic edge as we reach into new geographies that previously Have been economically not able to withstand the investment required to build data centers and digital infrastructure and separately but very importantly is the Is the application edge as we look at distributed cloud type products across larger geographies we need those those giant Cloud providers to develop applications that rely on Deploying edge type capacity and it's that distribution that is driving the the the build out in tier two and tier three cities and geographies generally And the last Sort of big topic. I want to touch on briefly is just around sustainability I mean, it's such an important thing for everyone across our industries talking about the role that that we play in in this Can you make it? Can you comment on that? Yeah, sure. So So sustainability everything around ESG and CSG is becoming a paramount to almost everything that we do as an industry but not not just our industry, but you know what more widespread across commerce and We're seeing now because of the level of responsibility and the anticipated Regulatory framework that's going to surround it that the when we're bidding for contracts the the ESG scoring is Said at a far higher level than previously it ever was So now you're far more likely to be disqualified as a consequence of an ESG score Then you will be for a price score the And I think there are there are a number of things that are driving this Ironically technology is making available more data as it is as it relates to To carbon footprint and these very very big Clients enterprise or cloud-based clients. They can now Ask for provenance, and I think that's the important word for every component its entire Life-cycle cradle to grave Footprint carbon footprint and they can reasonably expect to have that because that data is made available Through our supply chain and she would have made available through us So you can now argue honestly and competently far better the carbon impact of building and operating a data center for example where in the past it was It was Maximated far far too greatly so that Exactness I think is going to be required at a regulatory level and certainly now already required at a contracting level Yeah, sir. Yeah great points, and I think that you know for a lot of our viewers I think that They would love to connect with you likely to continue some of the ideas the thoughts that you've presented here But also connect with data like so how can how can we do that? How can people find you find your company? We don't hide at all. You can easily find us You can certainly easily find me. We're we're based out of the head office in the UK a day like we're a business That's been around for the last 10 years. We've enjoyed Extraordinary growth that growth born out of I think we're very good at what we do But also as data centers get bigger and bigger the huge general contractors Racing after the very big 51 HM 100 megawatt type facilities and in the vacuum they leave behind we can move and Compete well, so I think that we're going to be in this space here Pan-European and in the Middle East for a long time to come We'd like to develop more annuity based products more in the way of managed services, and I think that's a that's work in progress for us, but it's It's a it's a great space, but I've been in data centers for 25 years and And I'm learning something every day. Yeah Fantastic. Thank you, and thank you for sharing with us some of your insights So we can all learn as well along with you. Thank you and thank you for your time today We we greatly appreciate it. We know it's a it's a busy week So thank you for sharing this time with us and thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV live today on day 3 of data cloud Global Congress here in Monaco Join us for our next interview in just a few until then very much. Thank you. Thank you


Hey there, and welcome to Learn WordPress. In this tutorial, you're going to learn about the WordPress REST API and how to use it in your projects. You will learn about key REST API concepts like routes, endpoints, and global parameters, as well as how to use it in places something like AdminAgeX. The WordPress REST API provides an interface for applications to interact with a WordPress site. These applications could be WordPress plugins, themes, or custom applications that need to access WordPress site data. One of the most well-known implementations of the REST API is the Block Editor, which is a JavaScript application that interacts with WordPress data through the REST API. An API is an application programming interface. It's a set of functions that allow applications to interact with each other. WordPress has many different APIs. The REST API is just one of them. REST stands for Representational State Transfer, which is a software architectural style that describes a uniform interface between physically separate components. At its core, the WordPress REST API provides REST endpoints or URLs, which represent the posts, pages, taxonomies, and other built-in WordPress data types. Your code can send and receive data as JavaScript object notation or JSON to these endpoints to query, modify, and create content on your site. Let's dive into some of these concepts to understand them better. In the context of the WordPress REST API, a root is a URI which can be mapped to different HTTP methods. An HTTP method is the type of request that's made whenever you interact with anything on the web. For example, when you browse to a URL on the web, a GET request is made to the server to request the data. When you submit a form, a post request is made, which passes the submitted form data to the web zoom. The mapping of individual HTTP methods to a root is known as an endpoint. Let's look at some examples of roots and endpoints. If you open a browser and go to the wp-json URL of your local WordPress installed, you will be making a GET request to that URI. The data returned is a JSON response showing what roots are available and what endpoints are available within each root. By default, your browser will display the JSON data in its raw data format. To convert it to a more readable format, you can use a browser extension like JSONFormatter for Chrome, basic JSONFormatter for Firefox, or JSONP for Safari. In this example, WJSON is a root, and when that root receives a GET request, it's handled by the endpoint which displays the data. This data is what is known as the index for the WordPress REST API. By contrast, the wp-json-wp-v2-post-root offers a GET endpoint, which returns a list of posts, but also a post endpoint. If you are an authenticated user and you submit the right data via a post request to this root, the request is handled by the endpoint which creates new posts. Typically, the same root will have different endpoints for different HTTP methods, including GET for fetching data, POST for creating data, and DELETE for deleting data. The WordPress REST API includes a number of global parameters which control how the API handles the request and response handling. These operate at a layer above the actual resources themselves and are available on all resources. Global parameters are implemented on the REST API roots as query string parameters. Query strings start with a question mark and are followed by a series of key value pairs separated by an ampersand. Take a look at the wp-v2-post-root you looked at earlier. As you can see, the default is to return all the available fields for a post. However, if you update the root by adding the fields global parameter, question mark, underscore fields, and then specify the fields you want to return, in this case author, ID, excerpt, title, and link, you will see that only the fields you have requested to be returned in the response are made available. The WordPress REST API also supports pagination and ordering of results. Pagination is handled by the per underscore page, page, and offset parameters. For example, you can update the post-root to return only five posts per page by adding the per page parameter to the root. It's also possible to order the results using the order and order by parameters. For example, you can update the post-root to order by post-title in descending order. By default, the WordPress REST API uses the same cookie-based authentication method as when you log into the WordPress dashboard. So for REST API endpoints that require a valid user, if the authentication cookie is present, the request is authenticated. However, it's also possible to use application passwords, JSON web tokens, and OAuth 1.0 to authenticate requests. We will cover these authentication methods in a future tutorial. One of the biggest benefits of using the REST API in your plugins is that you can replace your admin Ajax requests using less code and making your requests more secure. To see this in action, let's take a look at a simplified example. In this code, the plugin adds a menu page to the WordPress dashboard. The page has a button and a text area, and when the button is clicked an Ajax request is made to get the most recent posts and display their titles in the text area. Besides the functionality to render the admin page, this is what the code looks like to implement Ajax. First, in the wp-learn-rest-nq-script function, you need to use the wp-localize-script function to pass the Ajax URL to the wp-learn-ajax object so that it's available when the script is loaded. Note that in this example, there's no implementation of a non-super security, but it is recommended for a production plugin. Then you need to add a callback function to process the Ajax request by hooking into a wp-underscore-ajax-underscore-action-hook. On the JavaScript side, some JavaScript will be needed to handle the click event on the button and make the Ajax request. Historically, this is usually handled using some jQuery. So what would this look like if you were using the WordPress REST API? First of all, you don't need to pass that Ajax URL anyway, so we can remove that code from the nq-script function. We also, when we're processing an Ajax request, so we can move the wp-learn-ajax-fish-post function and associated hook. Finally, we can remove the button and add one to load post by the REST API. WordPress ships with a backbone JavaScript client for making direct requests to the WordPress REST API. This provides an interface for the WordPress REST API by providing backbone models and collections for all endpoints exposed through the API. To ensure that your code is able to use the backbone JS client, you need to update your plugin's JavaScript dependencies from jQuery to wp-an API. So we can just change this to wp-an. This will ensure that your plugin's JavaScript code is only loaded after the REST API JavaScript client is loaded, so you can use it in your plugin. In the JavaScript file, first you can delete the jQuery Ajax related code. Then you'll want to start by registering a click event handler for the new button. So we can do something like const load post by REST button and we'll say document get element by ID and we will pass in the learn REST API button ID of the element and then we want to just do a check just to make sure that we're only running our code if that button exists and then we can say load post by REST button add event listener add that in the click event and register the callback function to fire when the button is clicked. Then in this new event handler function, you can use the wp-api client by accessing it from the global wp object to create a new collection of posts. Here we can say const all posts new api collections posts. At this point, all posts is simply an empty collection, so you will need to fetch the posts by calling the fetch method on the collection. So all posts fetch. The fetch method returns a prompt, so you can chain a done method to handle the response to implement a callback function which will accept the response from the api request. Done, a callback function. You can specify a post argument in this callback function to accept the response from the api request. So here we can say posts. Now you can loop through the post object using the for each method and access each post individually. You can say posts for each another callback function. You can pass the individual post into post as an argument. Finally, you can add the post title to the text area. First, you need to create an instance of the text area before the for each loop and then append the post title to the text area's value property inside the for each loop. So we'll start with the const text area and say document get element by id and its id is wp-learn-posts. And then inside the for each loop, we can say text area dot value and then append it to the existing value and append post title rendered. And then also append a new line character so they're not all next to each other. Let's see what this looks like when we refresh this page in the front end and let's load posts by rest. The great advantage of using the WordPress REST API and the Backbone.js JavaScript client is that you can use the same client over and over again. For example, if you wanted to fetch users, you could simply create a new collection of users to fetch them. To do this via admin Ajax, you either need a new admin Ajax handler function or you'd need to update your existing function to accept a parameter to determine what to fetch. The other advantage is that the API client handles non-checking for you. With admin Ajax, you have to specify this yourself and check it in your handler function. So using the REST API and the JavaScript client makes your requests more secure. This tutorial just scratches the surface of what is possible with the WordPress REST API. To learn more about how it works, how to use it and how to extend it, check out the WP REST API handbook documentation in the developer resources on WordPress.org. Happy coding!


All right, let's play this in full. Yay! It's cute. It's very cute. Kind of looking at the the mechanics of the kid. It's very cute. My question for you is there's a slight feeling that the feet are always looking forward, like in a very default fashion. Meaning like that it could be pointed outwards a bit more. There's my lens here. It's pointed this way. Even when it's just like that, just point it out a bit more. It just feels... you're not gonna tipo, you have the character, and then the feet just kind of are straight at camera. That's kind of how it feels like they're... it's hard to see I guess with the pants and the shirt, but I think it has enough hip stuff. I'm just wondering if some of the rotations could be pushed a bit, but should be okay. You got an offset there. Cute bounces with the head. You got some cute looks. I think one thing that's a bit of a bummer is that how high the brows are on the same color. It always has the hair, but it's just something where they kind of blend in and here they're completely lost. And it's almost bringing them just lower. So then when it looks over here, you can bring them higher a bit. And this guy, you know, it would be just a bit higher here. So you get that bigger opening for that look like this. And you have a bit of a change in the eyebrows. We kind of lose them. Because then when it's back here, it's cute. This is super cute. I like this, but I'm wondering, and I know if that's the camera angle. Because this seems all pretty straight on and the way he is. I mean, I know we're from below, but there's just something where he seems to, he seems just off balance through all of this. I almost wish that, you know, he'll be further back. That looks off balance now though, but, you know, not as far, but it's just a bit more further back, even through this, where if you got your legs, that the body will be, you know, just a bit more straight down in terms of the balance. You can let me know how it is in the scene. It really might just be the angle and the camera, but there's just something about this feeling throughout for quite some time off balance this way. It's such a big head and the feet here. But let me know how it is in the scene. Super picky, but I'll probably bring that hand down so you can see the thumb here or bring that arm up to have a bigger separation between the two. It's a bit of a bummer that this kind of flows into one there. But overall, I think that whole beginning is really cute. He got on the big guy. He's got all the steps there. I feel all the steps and then a little adjustment as he goes down. That's cute. It's a bit here as he gets into this, he looks at him and he goes and it kind of holds that pose. It's a bit too, I wouldn't say post to post because there is an offset, but it still has a slight feeling of everything just kind of stops. And I think he's looking a bit high there, looking a bit high. And with all that movement, I don't see any darts. Like he's not adjusting. If you look at his eyes, see how there was kind of put. I would just make sure that he kind of keeps on focusing and has some more eye darts there. He seems a bit spaced out there. Grab is cute. That's cute. I would just... I know he's in that flying thing, but it ends up being so twinned that I would just break it up a bit. And also with this, not that it forms like a massive tangent because it's so broken up in terms of the visuals, but there's something where I just bring this down a bit and you can bring one arm a bit here. And then we know one arm could be just a bit broken up just to change that a bit. And then he looks like he's looking at us almost. He's trying to look to the left. Watch out for that. Again, it might just be the angle or the lighting. I don't know. We see too much white there. I mean, and you are mentioning that this is in Polish past. So I'm just sticking to detail things. And there's something if you could, it's a bit tricky, but just as I was thinking out loud, as he gets into this, he goes into and it feels like he hops, hops, and then gets into this. I'm about to jump versus hop, hop. All right. And ready to jump up like where it's kind of it starts to speed up like the energy starts to go up here where he goes down and then like throughout here, the tapping, all of this gets faster, faster, faster and then gets into this. Just kind of push that energy. Maybe it could be like that's cute. We especially see it underneath the chin. That hand doesn't grow out as a face. I just wish I know if you want to go like this far, this might be too much in terms of how you bring out arms apart or keeping that arm a bit here. There's something a bit of a bummer in terms of silhouettes because it's also the color. It's obviously the same difference with the skin, but we're kind of missing that arm for a bit. I just wish that pose, we could read this strong or just for a glimpse. And even if it's, what is he doing here? He jumps. Supposedly once look at his dad. It's not like he can bring up the chin higher, but it's almost like you want to see arms out like this. Maybe you can just reach more for his dad. So we have a bit of a hold there to read the finger silhouette. So just for that moment you reach deep. I'm coming for you. And then we get into this. Just thinking out loud. Kind of like when you do this, you really read both arms and it's cute. If the impact is cute, you got some offset fingers there. That's all cute. It's just something about, and I know what you mean here. I mean, what I'm assuming trying to do with the flying and the wings and everything. Again, I would offset those arms a bit more. It's very cute though. I like how he holds onto his hand. Just make sure that as you go up and down, you got that crazy up and down in the elbow and everything that you have enough wrist movement. But it seems to be actually pretty good. Meaning that as the forearm angle changes from here to here, the wrist, at least the connection part here will go up and down as well. It seems pretty good. I'm kind of reacting to that thumb staying pretty much the same, but till there's some good movement there. That has a bit of a... This seems like an IK arm. Even though there's a slight rotation like this in the wrist, there's a slight disconnect in this movement, the distance here, and then in the wrist movement. Where it just feels a bit IK. And the same thing here on that rotation there. Well, the connection here is nice when the elbow drops. So, I don't know. It could just be the way it's animated. And it's an FK arm. I'm assuming an IK arm would have been easier here. Yeah, I mean lots of tiny, tiny, picky things as you start going through. But I would say upon first viewing, the thing that stood out was the straight nature of the legs. So it could just be messier since it's a kid. Then this fell off balance upon first viewing. And the twinning aspect there. And then upon second viewing, because I was looking at him all the time, then watching him the second time, him just stopping. That was the bigger thing. And then all the silly details that I'm looking at. Eyelines and stuff like that. Eyebrows on the kid and everything. It's very, very cute. Very cute indeed. Even like it'll changes on the orientation of the foot here as it goes up and goes somewhere else. That's pretty neat. Toast stuff there too. Yeah, there's already lots of cool detail stuff. So food for thought. You know how much you want to add. That's about it. Thank you. All right. There's an email you can sign up. You can start whenever you want. You can submit whatever you want. You get 16 submissions. Either way, a like and subscribe would be awesome. All right. Thank you.


Alright, so I just walked up to the Jabra booth here and asked my new friend, Klaus Fannesbeck, whether the brand new Jabra Elite Sports, I just got for Steve for Christmas or obsolete because I got something else new here at CES. What did you say? Well, I said that things in true wireless is moving forward and while the Jabra Elite Sport is still our top product, we wanted to present the market with a true wireless wireless product that was a little bit lower in price and didn't necessarily have all of the sensors and all of the high-tech that the Jabra Elite Sport had. So I should explain the Jabra Elite Sports are wireless headphones, thank AirPods, no wires between them, but they also have a heart rate sensor, they've got an accelerometer, I forget what else they've got in them, but all kinds of cool electronics. And what we are launching this year at CES is now the, what we call the Jabra 65T, which is the true wireless earbuds optimized for music, optimized for calls and future proof in the sense that we now have a Amazon Alexa certification for integration in the AirPods. So you can use that for your voice assistant. So if these earphones, these are headphones, I've probably never said that in this whole thing that we're talking about here. So what does a headphone being able to talk to Alexa do for me? Well, the headphone is just the channel. Alexa does what Alexa does, but now you have an optimum freedom, you just tap your headphone and you're right into talking to Alexa or Siri or Google now or any other voice assistant. So what Google and Amazon and the other guys are doing with their voice assistants you can now do via your headphone. So is it talking to your phone that is then in turn talking to the assistant? The phone is integrated in this of course, but whereas some of the voice assistants reside on the phone, Alexa is now residing in the cloud, so that makes this integration a little special. Interesting. So does this free you then that you don't have to be in the room where Alexa actually is? Yes, it does, because it's Alexa on the go as we say. Okay, and the elite sports kind of say, well you better be off the couch running in order to use these headphones.  Yes, we have, but we're also doing a little special here. We are launching the Elite 65T in this format and then for another $20 at 89, you can buy the Elite 65T active version which slightly optimized for running and for sports. There's still only an accelerometer in it so you don't get the heart rate sensor. You don't get the IP67 rating, but you get enough that provides you with a two year warranty against sweat and dust and so on. So for the active user, there's a version also. Okay, that looks fantastic. You've been really happy with these, Steve's been very happy with them. These don't, they don't break up at all on the Bluetooth, I mean they're fantastic for that. Yes they are and we're actually independently testing these up against our biggest competitors to find out who has the most stable connection, who has the best voice interaction and so on and right now what I can say is that it looks like we're coming out on top. I have to tell you, Steve and I did figure out a way to make it break up. I was wearing AirPods, he was wearing his Elite sports from Jabra and I hugged him and we both lost connectivity. Yeah, well it's two Bluetooth products working, probably not that well together. We're like, what? We don't know what to do. All right, thank you very much Kosa. People want to learn more about the Jabra Elite 65T, where would they go? Probably Jabra.com slash Elite. Great, thank you very much. Thank you.


So five years ago, I posted a video of my daughter Ember doing some stuff on our computer. It was a very popular video Well recently someone asked me for an update on Ember. So just want to let you know she's still doing good She loves playing mind tests, which is something I played with her a couple of times I don't know much about she loves playing that but lately before she plays mind tests I usually give her little challenges I'll open up a port on my computer with netcat or Maybe a simple web browser or I'm sorry web server And I have her use nmap to scan my computer find an odd port and then try connecting to it with wget or netcat And basically she needs to find a secret Passphrase and once she tells me that she's allowed to then play mind test So I give her a little challenges like that.  Oh, that's volume there you go and Thanks for watching. She's doing awesome. I'll give you more of an update Maybe I have her make a video sometime soon. So have a great day


many things you have to do lawyers have to sign off on on on on um you know e and erin emissions insurance and color correction and sound design and you know just just so much stuff that i'm dealing with right it was a sighting moment but it was like i was at all the time of my mind and i'm racing my son to school and he's like three and uh and i was late and i had these phone calls get to top of this hill and we're coming through this little forested area and there was a bench overlooking this beautiful meadow and this these trees and my son says daddy can we stop and look at the nature i thought yes we're gonna do that we're gonna stop i'm gonna put all my troubles to one side right now and i'm gonna forget about all the calls i've got scheduled everything i don't care stop my bicycle came to the bench just the two of us and we sat on the bench together and he put his hand on my hand and we just held hands and we listened to the birds for like 15 minutes late for everything right it was like wow that's what life's about that's it but yeah i'm gonna say it was so beautiful thank god i stopped because i didn't want to for a moment you know like i gotta get on the phone i gotta do this i got all this stuff i gotta do it's mad though but i sat there and held my son's hand and it was the most beautiful moment of his childhood that moment right there because how many times we drove west to have done that with your dad yeah and then i'm the same i'm a what course i want to be the biggest the best but when you break it all down when you take that away who the fuck am i i know i'm a good dad so i feel as if those moments with your kids because we're so caught up my phone try and find the next spot try and find the next end of your you're trying to find the next fucking lead to a potential ufo take all that bullshit away take away the podcast take away ufo's what if we go out yeah do you know what i mean but i also the reality is i'm not independently wealthy i've been hustling i've been saying so broke during times of my production that i've gone out under the night sky and prayed to whoever's out there et whoever like i need help i'm done i'm tapped out i can't do this and miracles would happen i had a guy named joe baladi i just thanked him unfortunately he passed i thanked his daughter i never met this guy he sent me a letter with this was like a few weeks after i i'm not kidding you when i tell you i went out into the night sky and i prayed i did i was i was so financially i just i didn't i didn't have my parents didn't have any money i couldn't i was on my own couldn't turn and can i can you get a look no that wasn't even on the table this guy joe baladi contacts me and uh he sends me a letter along with a broken vhs tape tells you how long ago this was and he says dear sir uh i bought your i found out about your movie and i bought your movie and i got the vh unfortunately it arrived broken would you mind give me a new one and uh i said my gosh i felt terrible i i wrote him a letter then i said dear sir i'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience here's your money back here's your postage back here's not one but two copies of my movie for to pass the one along for the friend i'm so sorry for the inconvenience thank you so much for your support you know james and my my partner at the time she was like you're so poor you can't afford to be giving stuff away i said just i'm treating this guy like i'd want to be treated no just stop it two weeks later he sent me a check for 20 thousand dollars and that check made got well in the works of making a film i called out of the blue it sent me to russia they did all this stuff i'll tell you mate if i didn't if that didn't happen i don't know what i was going to do but just to say like you know i don't have the luxury even now with this the success that i've had i'm i can't stop it's all i know how to do i gotta i gotta make money somehow you've got a good fit in a table and i love doing what i do and i never did it for the money but i'm a dad i have a mortgage i have a son i have a partner i gotta i gotta contribute i mean you know gotta keep moving yeah of course i get that i understand the same you're the same listen i know what the most beautiful and precious thing is and yet absolutely i take it away and i don't want to lose 20 years of looking back yeah hopefully i'm not my fucking death bed in 20s but 50 years and i look back and think yeah she'll just slow down a bit yeah off your phone enjoyed like you say that 15 minutes yes that's it that's so the blessing happiness isn't a 24 seven thing yeah but it is a thing and it is a thing you can have every day and that's where we don't stop because i want to give my kids a life that i never had an opportunity so it is difficult to try and find balance but i'm not stupid towards trying to be this end product for what because then i've missed that thing that was free and that's family time yeah that's fucking just sitting with nothing on a an apart bench or feeding squirrels or whatever it is because that's the beauty of it and if you can just sit in that present moment and enjoy that then because all we'll have is memories that's what we take with us my my my father was thinking that he had a year to live pretty much all my uh childhood i mean sorry he was given like a year to live when he was 26 he might have been 27 26 27 and so so in retrospect i think back at the time i had with my father was so special we always did just we just hung out and did cool stuff whatever we could do was so magical and in retrospect i realized he probably thought i could be dead next year you know i'm going to take this time and i'm going to really do fun stuff with my kids and he did and we did i have such fun memories so fortunate and you know even if you're lucky to live to the ripe old age of whatever that is i talked to a lot of people that are in their 80s and 90s he said you blink and it's over like it just you know i recognize that and i also i think having a father that was you know that was ill uh at a very early age in his 20s um i don't i know that it can happen to any of us at any time no matter how young you are no matter how healthy you are don't ever take that for granted your mobility for granted your health for granted that's all we have yeah jamesy boy give me a whole rundown before we finish up give me a whole rundown and the 30 years work that you've done on ufo's yes just give me a rundown on it what do you think they are are they here just give me all the work that you've done which shot so i did uh i did a film which in the 90s called you what this is what you want like yeah just give me my yeah yeah so i did a film called ufo's 50 years in denial sold the discovery channel um that got me an invitation to russia i met with generals and military guys in russia i went to star city i met with a cosmonaut pavel popovich um that ended up becoming i met with a mercury astronaut gordon cooper who talked about a landing case that happened at edwards air force base that was filmed that footage of course was sent to uh the pentagon or wherever and never seen the light of day i did a second version where i wasn't happy with the first version of out of the blue every time you finish a project it's like you know usually penniless and everyone's been worked so hard that when do you know you're done right do you look at it and go oh i'm fully satisfied this is the masterpiece i wanted to create or usually you're out of money and everyone's exhausted it's like okay we're just going to put this thing out and i've made those compromises many times um then i did another version of out of the blue called the director's cut spent a couple years on that still wasn't quite satisfied then i did um i know what i saw based on an event i did at the national press club in washington dc where i had 14 military and government officials flying from seven countries with a woman named leslie kane who's been a contributing editor to the new york times she broke that story about the secret pentagon ufo program in 2017 uh i made a movie about that event called i know what i saw so that is a two-part series to history channel i then took some time off i did a film on the bp oil spill called pretty slick boy we're talking about apocalyptic view i flew in a sea plane over that area that was bubbling up oil and on fire the oceans were on fire dead stuff flying up the it was apocalyptic so i did a film called pretty slick i then got back into ufo's i mean i was always into it but i got back into you oh i did a silly tv show during that time oh god i have no one to blame with myself but uh that was a six-part series just i've been traveled around i met an amazing guy who's now my dp uh named david west um then i did the phenomenon that took me about eight years and um and then i went and i did moment of contact and on and off that was about 10 years on and off and then now i'm i'm doing a documentary um trying to put this like where we are now where we're where what's happening right now how do we get here i'm not doing a bunch of history i'll probably start in 2017 and up to modern day all the things that are going going on behind the scenes all the um legislation that's been going on and where's the evidence and who has the authority to release it that's kind of like where i'm at right now if ufo's and aliens exist we have done it love i have no idea i have no idea i don't think honestly i don't i don't i don't think anybody knows could i be wrong i could be but most of the government insiders that i've met with they're like oh yeah the phenomenon's real we're not alone they're here we just don't know much more than that like we could be ants to them or we could be their experiment or we could be a petri dish or we could be them or we could be trapped they could be travelers from the future i mean there's so many possibilities i just don't know i would like to know i would save i would love to know but there's something going on and that's real and it's under intelligent control and there's a technology behind it and i can assure you that with all the work you've done all the films you've made documentaries all the interviews you've done you've traveled around the world asking the questions are ufo's and aliens real oh 100 i put my life on it no question it's just what exactly are they there if you look at the testimony from david grush he says non-human intelligence and the reason why he says that not because he doesn't believe that we're being visited by extraterrestrials maybe he does maybe he doesn't but he says non-human intelligence because what else what happens if they live around us what happens if they live among us what happens if they live under our oceans what happens if they're interdimensional they're around us at all times there's so many different possibilities what if it's us from the future i don't know non-human intelligence seems to be the most neutral and safe way to encompass the entire phenomenon in a way that reflects most accurately what what's what's going on what do you think humans are i think i asked that a little but what do you think we are i think we're self-absorbed just destructive specific way to go james you boy listen for if i've been here in common give me a time i've thoroughly enjoyed that i've watched your work i think it's unbelievable i genuinely wish you nothing but the best for the future you're a good guy good heart clean soul i like that i hope you get all the work and get all the answers that you deserve hopefully you keep doing what you're doing and just fucking trying to get i don't know what it is you're searching for we're all searching i guess even if you did find the answers would you stop i don't think so but would you like to finish up on anything else james remember uh there's a australian formula one race car driver and i loved what he says sometimes he's he's god why is it that i can't remember his name he he drove for red bull for a long time then he went to renaud but he'd say before a race he goes let's go fuck shit up that's all you can do in that fuck let's go fuck sorry just before we finish up do you ever look at guys like elon musk and jeff bezos and zuckerberg and see kind of an alien resemblance these men who are multi billionaires how could you how could you not do you know what i mean how could you not oh that's wealth yeah and how they created that i've they got special powers that fucking came from different dimensions or whatever ever you think of elon musk and he's a controversial character in the united states he might be a controversial character over here i have no idea the guy he's otherworldly he's doing vacuum tunnels he's doing rockets he's planting trips to mars he's building if you've ever driven a tesla whatever you think of electric vehicles drive a tesla sometime it's like a spaceship it accelerates like a spaceship it's quiet it's stealthy the technology it's revolutionized what the automobile can be i mean it really is it's so different it's the difference between a model t and a you know i mean and i know a lot of people are like ah electric cars and the battery power i get all that but the electric motor is far superior than the internal combustion engine and it's it's like driving a spaceship they're talking about having flying cars for 20 30 yeah i'm sure but elon musk is just doing like how does he do all this stuff i could barely make a documentary this guy's doing putting like the rockets i mean just revolutionizing so many things so he feels to me otherworldly yes doesn't he yeah a little bit they've got that look and then no what's his name from facebook zuckerberg he's got a little bit of a spooky look sometimes more alien more alien know than i've got his brain to slip to the neutral you look at his face and go where's the character yeah you're not human dude yeah it's crazy but again you can go down the rabbit hole of of conspiracies and that we just don't know we can only just ask the questions and if you're i'm not an expert on it by any means i watch a few videos and go that's interesting even just having you he is very interesting to get your opinion and get your expertise on it for them people to go i believe in it or people go nah they're full of shit that's down to you james would you like to finish up on anything my brother no that's good i appreciate you you're having me on i really do um uh i i been to scotland twice i hadn't been to scotland before in my life that i know of i don't think i have but i've been twice in this last year and i love it here i'm getting better to understand the accent just a little bit like first guy he was like i was like excuse me aliens what did you say are you alien how can people get in contact with you who maybe might have very yeah that'd be great thank you information or to maybe help you are funding or those people out now thank you for reminding me of bringing that up i used to give out my my email address but i remember joe rogan looked at me he goes don't no don't do that he's probably right because i just can't it gets too much but i am um i'm my my feed is open on twitter and i'm found it uh at james c fox one x c is internally at james c fox on twitter and you could dm me and what about instagram i'm very good about getting back to i have somebody else a lessee and this guy um uh julian dory kind of been managing my instagram lately um they changed the password and i haven't had access to it but yes they will get those messages so okay james your boy listen thank you i wish you all the best for your future you're a good guy and i look forward to see what you do brother thank you so much hope it was a pleasure


CHAPTER 28 THE 11TH HOUR Robert said goodbye and started back towards his car. He looked after him as he reached the fence.  He seemed far from happy, and he surely was very tired. Impulsive, as always, she lifted her clear voice and called, Robert. He paused with his foot on a rail of the fence and turned toward her. Have you had any dinner? she asked. He seemed to be considering. Come to think of it, I don't believe I have. He said, I thought you looked neglected, said Kate. Sonny across the field is starting a shock ahead of me. I can't come, but go to the kitchen. The door is unlocked. You'll find fried chicken and some preserves and pickles in the pantry. The bread box is right there, and the milk and butter are in the spring house. He gave Kate one long look. Thank you, he said, and leaped the fence. He stopped on the front walk and stood a minute. Then he turned and went around the house. She laughed aloud. She was sending him to chicken perfectly cooked, barely cold, melon preserves, pickled cucumbers and bread like that which had for years taken a county fair prize each fall, butter yellow as the golden rod lining the fences, and cream stiff enough to stand alone. Also he would find neither germ nor mold in her pantry and spring house, while it would be a new experience for him to let him wait on himself. Kate husked away in high good humour, but she quit an hour early to be on time to go to Agatha. She explained this to Adam when she told him that he would have to milk alone while she bathed and dressed herself in got supper. When she began to dress, Kate examined her hair minutely and combed it with unusual care. If Robert was at Agatha's when she got there, she would let him see that her hair was not sunburned and ruined. To match the hairdressing, she reached back in her closet and took down her second best white dress. She was hoping that Agatha would be well enough to have a short visit. Kate worked so steadily that she seldom saw any of her brothers and sisters during the summer. In winter she spent a day with each of them if she could possibly manage. Anyway, Agatha would like to see her appearing well, so she put on the plain snowy linen and carefully pinning a big apron over it. She went to the kitchen. They always had a full dinner at noon and worked until dusk. Her bath had made her later than she intended to be. Dusk was deepening, evening chill was beginning to creep into the air. She closed the door, fed little pole and rolled her into bed, set the potatoes boiling, and began mixing the biscuit. She had them just ready to roll when steam lifted the lid of the potato pot. With the soft dough in her hand, she took a step to write it. While it was in her fingers, she peered into the pot. She did not look up on the instant the door opened because she thought it would be Adam. When she glanced toward the door, she saw Robert standing looking at her. He had stepped inside, closed the door, and with his hand on the knob was waiting for her to see him. Oh, hello! said Kate. I thought it was Adam. Have you been to Agatha's yet? Yes, she is very much better, he said. I only stopped to tell you that her mother happened to come out for the night, and they'll not need you. I'm surely glad she is better, said Kate. But I'm rather disappointed. I've been swimming and I'm all ready to go. She set the pot lid in place accurately and gave her left hand a deft turn to save the dough from dripping. She glanced from it to Robert, expecting to see him open the door and disappear. Instead, he stood looking at her intently. Suddenly, he said, Kate, will you marry me? Kate mechanically saved the dough again, as she looked at the pot in an instant. Then she said casually, Sure, it would be splendid to have a doctor right in the house when Little Pole cuts her double teeth. Thank you, said Robert Tursley. No doubt that would be a privilege. But I declined to marry you in order to see Little Pole safely through cheating. Good night. He stepped outside and closed the door very completely and somewhat pronouncedly. Kate stood straight an instant, then realized Biscuit dough was slowly creeping down her wrist. With a quick fling, she shot the mass into the scrap bucket, and sinking on the chair she sat on to peel vegetables.  Then she began to cry silently. A minute later the door opened again. That time it had to be Adam. But Kate did not care what he saw or what he thought. She cried on in perfect abandon. Then steps crossed the room, someone else beside her, put an arm around her and said, Kate, why are you crying? Kate lifted her head suddenly and applied her apron skirt. None of your business, she said to Robert's face, six inches from hers. Are you so anxious as all this about Little Pole's teeth? He asked. Oh, drat Little Pole's teeth, cried Kate, the tears rolling uninterruptedly. Then why did you say that to me? He demanded. Well, you said you only stopped to tell me that I needed to go to Agatha's, she explained. I had to say something to get even with you. Oh, said Robert, and took possession. Kate put her arms around his neck, drew his head against hers, and knew a minute of complete joy. When Adam entered the house, his mother was very busy. She was mixing more biscuit dough. She was laughing like a girl of sixteen. She snatched out one of their finest table cloths and put on many extra dishes for supper, while Uncle Robert, looking like a different man, was helping her. He was actually stirring the gravy and getting the water and setting up chairs. And he was under high tension, too. He was saying things of no moment as if they were profound wisdom and laughing hilariously at things that were scarcely worth a smile. Adam looked on and marveled, and all the while his irritation grew. At last he saw a glance of understanding passed between them. He couldn't dirt no longer.  You forgot to pull down the blinds. Both the brazen creatures laughed as if that were a fine joke. They immediately threw off all reserve. By the time the meal was finished, Adam was struggling to keep from saying the meanest things he could think of. Also, he had to go to Millie, with nothing very definite to tell. But when he came back, his mother was waiting for him. She said at once, Adam, I'm very sorry the blind was up tonight. I wanted to talk to you and tell you myself that the first real love for a man that I have ever known is in my heart tonight. Why, mother, said Adam. It's true, said Kate quietly. You see, Adam, the first time I ever saw Robert Gray, I knew and he knew that he had made a mistake in engaging himself to Nancy Ellen, but the thing was done. She was happy. We simply realized that we would have done better together and let it go at that. But all these years I have known that I could have made him a wife who would have come closer to his ideals than my sister and she should have the man who wanted to marry me. They would have had a wonderful time together. And where did my father come in? asked Adam quietly. He took advantage of my blackest hour, said Kate. I married him when I positively didn't care what happened to me. The man I could have loved was married to my sister. The man I could have married and lived with in comfort to both of us was out of the question. It was in the bait's blood to marry about the time I did. I had seen only the very best of your father and he was an attractive lover, not bad looking, not embarrassed with one single scruple. It's the way of the world. I took it. I paid for it. Only God knows how duly I paid. But Adam, if you love me, stand by me now. Let me have this eleventh hour, happiness, with no alloy.  Kiss me and tell me you're glad, Adam. Adam rose up and put his arms around his mother. All his resentment was gone. He was happy as he could be for his mother and happier than he ever before had been for himself. The following afternoon Kate took the car and went to see Agatha instead of husking corn. She dressed with care and arrived about three o'clock, leading pole in widest white, with cheeks still rosy from her afternoon nap. Agatha was sitting up and delighted to see them. She said they were the first of the family who had come to visit her and she thought they had come because she was thinking of them. Then she told Kate about her illness. She said it's dated from Father Bates' stroke and the dreadful days immediately following when Adam had completely lost self-control and she had not been able to influence him. I think it broke my heart, she said simply. Then they talked the family over, and at last Agatha said, Kate, what is this I hear about Robert? Have you been informed that Mrs. Southey is back in Hartley and that she is working every possible chance in using multi-farious blandishments on him? Kate laughed heartily and suddenly. She never had heard blandishments used in common conversation. As she struggled to regain self-possession, Agatha spoke again. It's no laughing matter, she said. The report has every earmark of verisimilitude. The Bates family has a way of feeling deeply. We all loved Nancy Ellen. We all suffered severely and lost something that never could be replaced when she went. Of course all of us realized that Robert would enter the bonds of matrimony again. None of us would have objected, even if he remarried soon. But all of us do object to his marrying a woman who would have broken Nancy Ellen's heart if she could. And yesterday I took advantage of my illness and told him so. Then I asked him why a man of his standing and ability in this community didn't frustrate that unprincipled creature's vermiculations toward him by marrying you at once. Slowly Kate sank down in her chair. Her face whitened and then grew greenish. She breathed with difficulty. Oh Agatha was all she could say. I do not regret it, said Agatha. If he is going to ruin himself, he is not going to do it without knowing that the Bates family highly disapprove of his course. But why drag me in? said Kate, almost too shocked to speak at all. Maybe he loves Mrs. Southey. She has let him see how she feels about him. Possibly he feels the same about her. He does if he weds her, said Agatha conclusively. Anything anyone could say or do would have no effect if he had centered his affections upon her, of that you may be very sure. May I? asked Kate dolly. Indeed you may, said Agatha. The male of the species, when he is a man of Robert's attainments and calibre, can be swerved from pursuit of the female he covets by nothing save extinction.  Indubitably, cried Agatha. Kate laughed until she felt a little better, but she went home in a mood far different from that in which she started. Then she had been very happy and she had intended to tell Agatha about her happiness the very first of all. Now she was far from happy. Possibly a thousand things the most possible that Robert had responded to Agatha's suggestion and stopped and asked her that abrupt question from an impulse as sudden and inexplicable as had possessed her when she married George Holt. Kate fervently wished she had gone to the cornfield as usual that afternoon. That's the way it goes, she said angrily as she threw off her better dress and put on her everyday gingham to prepare supper. That's the way it goes.  Leave your job and go traipsing over the country, wasting your time and you'll get a heartache to pay you. I might as well give up the idea that I'm ever to be happy like anybody else. Every time I think happiness is coming my way along comes something that knocks it higher than Gilroy's kite. Hang the luck. She saw Robert pass while she was washing the dishes and knew he was going to Agatha's and would stop when he came back. She finished her work, put little pole to bed, and made herself as attractive as she knew how in her prettiest blue dress. All the time she debated whether she would say anything to him about what Agatha had said or not. She decided she would wait a while and watch how he acted. She thought she could soon tell. So when Robert came she was as nearly herself as possible but when he began to talk about being married soon the most she would say was that she would begin to think about it at Christmas and tell him by spring. Robert was bitterly disappointed. He was very lonely. He needed better housekeeping than his aged mother was capable of to keep him up to a high mark in his work. Neither of them was young any longer. He could see no reason why they should not be married at once. Of the reason in Kate's mind he had not a glimmering. But Kate had her way. She would not even talk of a time or express an opinion as to whether she would remain on the farm or live in Nancy Ellen's house or sell it and build whatever she wanted for herself. Robert went away baffled and disappointed over some intangible thing he could not understand. For six weeks Kate tortured herself and kept Robert from being happy. Then one morning Agatha stopped to visit with her while Adam drove on to town. After they had exhausted farming little Paul's charms and the neighbors Agatha looked at Kate and said, Catherine what is this I hear about Robert coming here every day now? It appeals to me that he must have followed my advice. Of course he never would have thought of coming if you hadn't told him so said Kate dryly.  Right there you are an error my dear.  He said you were the one to stay with me in case there should be any trouble because your head was always level and your heart was as big as a barrel. Yes that's the reason I can't always have it with me. Said Kate looking glorified instead of glorious. Agatha it just happens to mean very much to me. Will you just kindly begin at the beginning and tell me every single word Robert said to you and you said to him that day. Why I have informed you explicitly said Agatha using her handkerchief on the toe of Paul's blue shoe. He mentioned going after you and said what I told you and I told him to go. He praised you so highly that when I spoke to him about the Southie woman I remembered it so I suggested to him as he seemed to think so well of you.  Heavens Catherine Eleanor what more could you ask. I guess that should be enough said Kate. One certainly would presume so said Agatha. Then Adam came and handed Kate her mail as she stood beside his car talking to him a minute while Agatha settled herself. As Kate closed the gate behind her she saw a big square white envelope among the newspapers advertisements and letters. She slipped it out and looked at it intensely. Then she ran her finger under the flap and read the contents. She stood studying the few lines it contained frowning deeply. Doesn't it beat the band? She asked of the surrounding atmosphere. She went up the walk entered the living room slipped the letter under the lid of the big family Bible and walking to the telephone she called Dr. Gray's office. He answered the call in person. Robert this is Kate she said. Would you have any deeply rooted objections to marrying me at six o'clock this evening? Well I should say not. Boomed Robert's voice. The not coming so forcibly Kate dodged. Have you got the information necessary for a license? She asked. Yes he answered. Then bring one and your minister and come at six she said. And oh yes Robert will it be all right with you if I stay here and keep house for Adam until he and Millie can be married and move in. Then I'll come to your house just as it is. I don't mind coming to Nancy Ellen's home as I would any other woman's. Surely he cried any arrangement you make will satisfy me. All right I'll expect you with the document and the minister at six then said Kate and hung up the receiver. Then she took it down again and calling Millie asked her to bring her best white dress and come up right away and help her get ready to entertain a few people that evening. Then she called her sister Hannah and asked her if she thought that in the event she Kate wished that evening at six o'clock to marry a fine man and had no preparations whatever made her family would help her out to the extent of providing the supper. She wanted all of them and all the children but the arrangement had come up suddenly and she could not possibly prepare a supper herself for such a big family in the length of time she had. Hannah said she was perfectly sure every one of them would drop everything and be tickled to pieces to bring the supper and to come and they would have a grand time. What did Kate want? Oh she wanted bread and chicken for meat maybe some potato chips and angels food cake and a big freezer or two of Agatha's best ice cream and she thought possibly more butter and coffee than she had on hand. She had plenty of sugar and cream and pickles and jelly. She would have the tables all set as she did for Christmas. Then Kate rang for Adam and put a broom in his hand as he entered the back door. She met Millie with a pail of hot water and cloths to wash the glass. She went to her room and got out her best afternoon dress of dull blue with gold lace and a pink velvet rose. She shook it out and studied it. She had worn it twice on the trip north. None of them save Adam had ever seen it. She put it on and looked at it critically. Then she called Millie and they changed the neck and sleeves a little, took a yard of width from the skirt and behold it became a creation in the very height of style. Then Kate opened her trunk and got out the petticoat, hose and low shoes to match it and laid them on her bed.  By four o'clock they could think of nothing else to do. Then Kate bathed and went to her room to dress. Adam and Millie were busy making themselves fine. Little pole sat in her prettiest dress, watching her beloved Tate until Adam came and took her. He had been instructed to send Robert and the minister to his mother's room as soon as they came. Kate was trying to look her best, yet making haste, so that she would be ready on time. She had made no arrangements except to spread a white goat's skin where she and Robert would stand at the end of the big living room near her door. Before she was fully dressed, she began to hear young voices and knew that her people were coming. When she was ready, Kate looked at herself and muttered, I'll give Robert and all of them a good surprise. This is a real dress, thanks to Nancy Ellen. The poor girl, it's scarcely fair to her to marry her man in a dress she gave me, but I'd stake my life. She'd rather I'd have him than any other woman. It was an evening of surprises. At six, Adam lighted a big log festooned with leaves and berries, so that the flames roared and crackled up the chimney. The early arrivals were the young people who had hung the mantle, gas fixtures, curtain poles and draped the doors with long sprays of bittersweet northern holly and great branches of red spice berries, dogwood with its red leaves and berries, and scarlet and yellow oak leaves. The elders followed and piled the table with heaps of food, then trailed red vines between dishes. In a quandary as to what to wear, without knowing what was expected of him further than saying, I will, at the proper moment, Robert ended by slipping into Kate's room, dressed in white flannel. The ceremony was over at ten minutes after six. Kate was lovely. Robert was handsome. Everyone was happy. The supper was a banquet. The Bates family went home. Adam disappeared with Millie while Little Pole went to sleep. Left to themselves, Robert took Kate in his arms and tried to tell her how much he loved her, but felt he expressed himself poorly. As she stood before him, he said, and now, dear, tell me what changed you and why we are married tonight instead of at Christmas or in the spring. Oh, yes, said Kate. I almost forgot why I wanted you to answer a letter for me. Lucid, said Robert, he seated himself beside the table. Bring on the ink and stationery and let me get it over. Kate obeyed, and with the writing material, laid down the letter she had that morning received from John Jardine, telling her that his wife had died suddenly, and that as soon as he had laid her away, he was coming to exact a definite promise from her as to the future, and that he would move heaven and earth before he would again be disappointed. Robert read the letter and laid it down, his face slowing, flushing scarlet. You called me out here and married me expressly to answer this, he demanded. Of course, said Kate, I thought if you could tell him that his letter came the day I married you, it would stop his coming and not be such a disappointment to him. Robert pushed the letter from him violently and arose. Bye, he checked himself and stared at her. Kate, you don't mean that, he cried. Tell me you don't mean that. Why, sure I do, said Kate. It gave me a fine excuse, I was so homesick for you, and tired waiting to begin life with you. Agatha told me about her telling you the day she was ill, to marry me, and the reason I wouldn't was because I thought maybe you had asked me so off-hand like, because she told you to, and you didn't really love me. Then this morning she was here and we were talking, and she got rounded again, and then she told me all you said, and I saw you did love me, and that you would have asked me if she hadn't said anything. And I wanted you so badly, Robert, ever since that day we met on the footlog, I've known that you were the only man I'd ever really want to marry. Robert, I've never come anywhere near loving anybody else. The minute Agatha told me this morning, I began to think how I could take back what I'd been saying, how I could change and right then Adam handed me that letter, and it gave me a fine way out, and so I called you. Sure, I married you to answer that, Robert, now go and do it. All right, he said in a minute. Then he walked to her and took her in his arms again, but Kate could not understand why he was laughing until he shook when he kissed her. End of Chapter 28. Recording by Campbell Shelp. End of A Daughter of the Land by Jean Strachan Porter.