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The German benchmark index DAX rose 4.18% on a month on month basis and rose 26.85% on a year on year basis to reach an all-time high of 9351 in the month of November 2013. The Dax along with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 is one of the best performing equity indices over the last one year. The Nikkei is the best performing equity index over the last one year.
Why is the Dax performing so well despite Eurozone weakness? The GDP growth for the German economy registered a 0.3% increase in the third quarter of 2013 as against a 0.7% increase in the second quarter of 2013. The contribution to GDP growth came from growth in domestic demand with Gross Fixed Capital formation growth of 0.5% in machinery and equipment and 2.4% in construction compared to second quarter of 2013. The Government final consumption expenditure increased 0.5% and household final consumption expenditure increased 0.1% compared to second quarter of 2013. The imports for the third quarter of 2013 rose 0.8% and exports rose 0.1% compared to second quarter of 2013. On a year on year basis GDP growth was reported at 1.1% for Germany. The inflation was recorded at 1.34% in November 2013 as against 1.24% in October 2013. Unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.2% in October 2013. Germany is the second largest exporter in the world and exports account for more than one third of the national output. The recent growth has been achieved more by domestic demand and less by exports and this has fuelled a rally in the stock markets with significant gains on a month on month and a year on year basis. The optimism is expected to continue in the near future for the largest economy in the European Union.
ECB has played a role in the performance of the DAX. The European Central Bank cut rates to record lows of 0.25% in November on the back of inflation trending at 0.7% levels in the Eurozone. Low interest rates coupled with liquidity from Fed, Bank of Japan and ECB has led to rallies in developed market equities.
The GDP growth for the Euro area was reported at 0.1% in the third quarter compared to second quarter of 2013. The GDP growth rate for the second quarter was reported at 0.3% compared to the first quarter decline of 0.2% in 2013 but was positive as the Euro area came out of recession to witness growth after six previous quarters of decline in GDP growth. The Unemployment rate continues to remain high at 12.20% for the month of September 2013 for the Euro area. Inflation rate has remained low at 0.7% for the month of October 2013 compared to 1.1% in the month of September 2013. The recovery in the Euro area is expected to continue in the near future that would drive the stock market indices to higher levels in the immediate future.
The US markets continue to rally with Dow Jones Industrial Average at record high of 16097 in the month of November 2013. The Non-Farm Payrolls data saw the US economy adding 2,04,000 jobs in the month of October 2013 from 1,63,000 jobs in September 2013. The positive data has given rise to the speculation that the Federal Reserve would reduce the stimulus that is in the form of asset purchases of USD 85 billion in bonds each month. The federal funds rate is however expected to be kept near zero at 0.25% for a longer time period citing growth concerns for the economy. The US benchmark indices have had a good run in the last one year with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 delivering returns of 24%, 34% and 28% respectively.
The Shanghai composite and the Hang Seng indices rose 3.21% and 2.45% respectively on a month on month basis driven by the economic reforms that were announced by the Chinese Government to move towards a free economy. The Indian benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex declined 2.54% and 2.40% respectively on a month on month basis after reaching record highs in the month of November 2013.
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Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matthew 19:14
This line from the Gospel of Matthew comes to mind after reading Dear Pope Francis, Pope Francis' first and only (to date) children's book.
Dear Pope Francis is a collection of letters addressed to the pope from children all over the world. Out of approximately 250 letters written to the pope in 14 different languages from 26 countries, 30 were chosen. Each letter is accompanied by a photograph of the child, and a handwritten and illustrated letter, where each child asks Pope Francis a question. Pope Francis does not speak down to the children, but answers each question thoughtfully and purposefully. Even he admits, "But these are tough questions!"
Some questions are so joyful and childlike, especially a question from a six-year-old from Albania named Prajla, who writes, "When you were a child, did you like dancing?" And Wing, age 8 from China, who asks the pope, "Why do you like to play soccer?" However, other questions are incredibly deep and difficult.
Ryan, age 8 from Canada, writes, "It's an honour to ask you my question. My question is, what did God do before the world was made?" To which Pope Francis responds, "If I told you that God was doing nothing before he created the world, I would be wrong….think of it this way: before creating anything, God loved. That's what God was doing: God was loving. God always loves. God is love….Before doing anything else, God was love, and God was loving."
|Ryan, Age 8, Canada, asks Pope Francis a question in his letter.
There are other questions (and answers) that will inspire children and adults alike. Ivan, a 13-year-old from China, asks Pope Francis what will happen to his grandfather who is non-Catholic. The answer Pope Francis gives him shows why he is known as the pope of mercy.
Mohammed, age 10 from Syria, asks Pope Francis if the world will be as it is again in the past. Maximus, age 10 from Singapore, asks why God created us human even though he knew that we would sin against him. Luca, age 7 from Australia, who asks, "My mum is in heaven. Will she grow angel wings?"
These are just a few of the questions found in Dear Pope Francis.
Out of the mouths of babes. These are 30 questions that even adults would like to know the answer to. These children ask questions that adults, out of spiritual blindness, are too afraid to ask. These 30 children, in their innocence, seek the truth. And Pope Francis acknowledges their questions with grace and humility. He compliments their drawings. By answering these questions, he embodies Matthew 19:14, letting the little children come to him.
Father Antonio Spadaro and Loyola University Press are the people responsible for making Dear Pope Francis a reality. Fr. Spadaro is a Jesuit in Rome, and the director of La Civilta Cattolica, a Roman Catholic magazine. He delivered these 30 letters in person to the pope, and he transcribed Pope Francis' verbal responses to the questions. Fr. Spadaro writes at the end of the book that when Pope Francis answered each question, he would answer as if the child was sitting directly in front of him, and he would also imagine that child's surroundings, whether it be a war-torn refugee camp in Syria, or a beautiful garden in Europe, or a small apartment in China.
Dear Pope Francis is a book that Christians and non-Christians alike will find interesting, especially those who have questions about Christianity, or those who want to know more about what Pope Francis says about the Catholic faith.

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Back in spring semester of 2009, I was in an artist's book class. Remember? These two books were the last editions I made, and the fanciest. They're real hardback books, with many signatures, stitched and bound traditionally and really nicely. The quality of these editions is something I'm very proud of. First, the round spine:
Both books' innards are 50% found paper (posters, wrapping paper, opalescent tissue) and 50% purchased paper. The paper I bought is soft and ribbed, good for sketching or writing. For the round spine book, I used this drawing paper, striped brown wrapping paper, tissue, and the remnants of an old water-stained poster for Guatemala.
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This pages in this book are comprised of the same soft drawing paper and tissue, as well as found posters from the first Austin Powers movie, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
This Friday, I'm participating the seventh installment of the EAR EATER reading series, previously curated by Cassandra Troyan and Sara Drake, and now curated just by Sara Drake (at least this time). Anyway, I'll be doing a performative reading of the prose version of the story of the Squishsacks, and it should be pretty exciting. I will be really nervous, come watch me try not to shake when I talk.
The other readers at the event are:
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That's all fine and dandy, but someone has to feed the crew that comes to help. We do things the old fashioned way around here, and by that I mean we rope the calves from our horses, drag them to people who are ready to wrestle them and hold them down so they can receive their brands, vaccines and castrate the bull calves. It takes a crew to handle all of the work so some of our friends and neighbors show up to give us a hand and eat some good food! There are usually a lot of kids running around and learning how to work the cattle. We try to make it a family friendly atmosphere and not too serious, just fun. Safe and fun. ANYWAYS, back to the feeding the crew subject. When you show up to a branding you know there's gonna be a bunch of drinks, it's just expected. I try to cater to all age groups and tastes.
The Ranch Hand loves a good burger, that's what we usually have... can't talk him into anything else!
I got everything prepared minus the cutting of the tomatoes and lettuce.
To go along with the hamburgers I decided to make some baked beans. I got this recipe from a wonderful lady we went to church with in Montana. We call it "Ranch Beans". Here's the ingredients list: 1 Pound of ground beef browned with a cup of diced onion
1 cup of diced celery
1 teaspoon dried mustard
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 can each pork and beans, drained kidney beans, drained garbanzo beans, drained butter beans, 1 can chili beans and 1 can diced tomatoes.
Simply mix all the beans to gather with the tomatoes, celery, brown sugar, mustard and garlic. Add the browned meat and mix well. Pour into a 9"x 13" glass baking dish. Place a few pieces of browned bacon on the top along with some ketchup. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes.
I'm going to put mine in the crock pot in the morning to keep warm until lunch.
Some other people are also bringing salads or sides.
I had to taste it to make sure it wasn't poisonous. It's clear...
Cookies and bars for dessert. I baked CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES earlier this week and they are in the freezer. Today I made PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES and some BROWNIES. Other people are also bringing something to add to dessert.
We picked up the vaccine today and it made the Ranch Hand SO happy to put it in the mini fridge in our new vet room.
Cleaned and oiled up the vaccine guns so they'd work smoothly. A few extra needle tips. Some markers to mark calves that have received the vaccines. That way we know they've all got what they need.
We got some panels set up for the branding pen.
While we were working on the panels the little kids played on the swing and in the tree house close by.
Tis also the time of year that the snakes come out. The neighbor killed a rattlesnake the other day. This was just a bull snake, but all snakes die on the Orton Ranch. The little kids found it and were running away screaming "Snake, snake!" Just like they were taught. If a kid will pick up one snake what will stop him from picking up another? They gotta die, the snakes that is. You won't catch me touching a snake. I won't even get a shovel length away. I prefer bird shot in the .22.
We're all ready for tomorrow. Should be a great day!


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Nine Months After New Domestic Violence Law, Russian Women Still Struggle; The decriminalization of battery has made it harder for women to come forward, advocates say
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anastasia Manuilova – November 24, 2017)
For Svetlana, a 35-year-old mother of three from Moscow, domestic violence is a family affair.
Her ex-husband repeatedly threatened to take their son away and beat her mother. Last spring, it was Svetlana's turn.
"He cornered me in our flat in Moscow for several hours and beat me," she remembers. "He tried to rape me and said he would pour acid over me."
Even though months have passed since the attack, the agitation in her voice is palpable. Especially because, after she reported the incident to the police, her ex-husband got away with just a fine.
In Russia, domestic violence is often treated as a private matter and Svetlana's case is far from unique, says Mari Davtyan, a women's rights lawyer.
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In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a bill to downgrade "battery within families" – assaults which do not result in "substantial bodily harm" – from a criminal to an administrative offense.
Supporters of the new legislation argued that treating battery as a criminal offense encroached into family affairs and that parents could risk jail time for emotional spats or disciplining their children.
Under the new regulations, first-time offenders can be handed a fine of 30,000 rubles ($500), detained for up to 15 days or made to do community service. Criminal charges are only brought against offenders if beatings take place more than once a year.
Around 40,000 Russians are victims of domestic violence every year, according to official Interior Ministry statistics. But the real figures are likely much higher since many women – the majority of the victims – don't report abuse to the police, Davtyan says.
The softening of the rules means the difference between real and reported violence has grown, she adds. Victims don't have access to police protection while their complaint is being processed and they have lost their right to appeal police negligence in handling their cases.
According to Anna Donich, the head of a crisis center for women in Irkutsk, just two percent of domestic violence victims see their attackers brought before a judge. Since February, she says, that number has dropped further and it is getting harder for victims to get the authorities on their side.
"Police are asking victims for more proof," Donich says. "Only female police officers end up helping them."
Tatyana Dmitriyeva, a social worker at the government-run family center in Tomsk in southern Russia, also says women are experiencing resistance from authorities.
"Recently one woman told us she had complained about her case to the police four times," she says. "All her applications were rejected."
Even police themselves have said that the recent legislation has made their work more complicated.
For the past six months, volunteers from the Russian Association of Women's Organizations have questioned 120 policemen throughout the country.
"Most of them, almost 90 percent, say the decriminalization of abuse hasn't made their work easier," says Davtyan, the lawyer. Another 89 percent said the best option would be to reclassify domestic violence as a criminal offense, she said, citing the same poll.
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Marina Pisklakova-Parker, the head of the Anna Center NGO, which provides support to victims of domestic abuse, says the new law has also changed the general attitude towards violence in Russian society.
"For aggressors, the decriminalization was seen as a message that violence is acceptable," she says. "Victims took it as a message that it would be harder to get help."
Svetlana, from Moscow, experienced this psychological switch firsthand. "After the rules changed, my ex-husband began saying there is no way I could stop him, and he became more violent," she says.
Some women's centers, like the center in Tomsk, say they have been receiving fewer calls through their emergency helpline.
Women are growing increasingly disillusioned that anyone will come to their defense, says Dmitriyeva. "Women are slowly losing hope" she told The Moscow Times. "They've stopped even asking for help. Decriminalization may have reinforced that tendency."
The Anna Center, on the other hand, has registered an increase in calls to its helpline. But, according to the center's Pisklakova-Parker, the figures tend to fluctuate, so it is hard to measure the direct result of the new bill.
In 2014, when Russia's statistics agency Rosstat registered 15,000 cases of domestic violence, the center received around 2,000 calls. That number increased tenfold by 2016, when the agency recorded 27,000 cases of domestic abuse.
Yet despite the loud protest over the softening of punishment, the reality is that few women will have heard about the change in legislation or their initial rights to begin with, women's rights defenders say.
"The majority of victims who come to us know almost nothing about domestic violence legislation or decriminalization," says Nadezhda Khudoyazh, the head of the Hope crisis center in Arkhangelsk in northern Russia. "Only experts know the law."
Getting the word out
Seen that way, the decriminalization – and the public debate surrounding it – could have had the unexpected side-effect of making women more aware of the problem, Pisklakova-Parker tells The Moscow Times.
"Though it was a bad decision to decriminalize abuse, it got a lot of public attention. Russian society started to discuss this problem and how to treat it," she says.
"Women now know to get help, instead of working through their problems alone."
Svetlana, who is still pushing for a harsher sentence for her ex-husband, agrees. "Standing up to him was not easy but I think that even if men are stronger physically, a woman with a mighty soul can fight their aggression," she says.
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Welcome guest blogger, Born to Adventure Mom, Leanne.
Some of our best family memories have been made with our canoes. We are big-time advocates of family river time!
We are a large family; a mom, dad, and 5 kids, so finding a boat that worked for us was a big challenge. After much research, we settled on the Esquif Miramichi. It's like the family station wagon at 20ft long and with a carrying capacity of 1600lbs. For 5 years it fit all seven of us and gear for a week-long trip.
Kids have a habit of growing though. Their bodies were taking up more room and things were getting squishier. The older kids were also becoming more competent paddlers so we decided to invest in a second boat; the Esquif Prospecteur 17. We have come to love this boat as much as our Miramichi!
There are a lot of great lightweight Kevlar and fiberglass boats on the market but our jam is running rivers, and more specifically river tripping. Our boats needed to be able to handle whitewater and be tough enough to take a bit of a beating on rocks, as well as take us into the wilderness with all our kids and our gear. Our Esquif boats have opened up a whole world of travel and adventure that is priceless to us.
Currently, the way we roll is with Mom and the second oldest child in the Prospecteur, and Dad and the other 4 kids in the Miramichi.
When you have children, sensitivity to risk sky-rockets. And rightly so. Kids, in their innocence, rely on us to keep them safe, and it's a task we take very seriously.
Unfortunately, rivers are one area where people unknowingly take risks. Just in the last week alone, I have heard two stories of families on rivers getting caught up in life-threatening situations. They weren't trying to get into trouble but were ignorant about how a river works, the hazards involved, or how to fix it when it all turned to custard.
- Who's the boss?
The person in the stern. This should be the most competent canoeist and they get to call the strokes and steer the boat. The bow person provides the power and helps with maneuvering when called upon.
- What strokes do you need to know?
If you switching sides to try and keep the boat going the direction you want, then a river is not the place for you. Paddling is done from opposite sides of the canoe. Learn your strokes really well and hone them on a lake. A stern person should know forwards, backwards, forward sweep, reverse sweep, J-stroke, draw and pry. If the stern person is a competent paddler, the bow person can probably get away with knowing just forwards, backwards, draw and pry. Other useful strokes for a bow person might be forward and reverse sweeps and cross bow draw.
- Learn about river dynamics and moves
Eddies, eddy lines, downstream V, outside and inside bends, and hydraulics are all things that you need to know about before going onto a river. Reading a river is a valuable skill that is learned with time and practice. It can feel scary to go into an eddy because the eddy line can cause the boat to feel unstable, but eddies are the safe havens on a river. They are a place to stop and scout downstream and just generally regroup and take a pause. There are eddies on the sides of rivers, and behind large rocks. Necessary skills are eddying in and out, and ferry gliding.
Choose a river that you have adequate info for and is within your skill level as a parent leading children. The river should be easier than what you are capable of paddling personally.
- What are the hazards?
Many near misses that I have heard about on easy rivers involve wood. Drifting into a logjam, snag, bridge pillars, or sweepers, and then becoming wrapped or pinned or even going for a long cold swim. These hazards are usually avoidable so it makes me cringe every time I hear one of these scary stories.
STAY AWAY from wood and make that decision EARLY. If wood is coming up, eddy out and scout. If it's easy to avoid start paddling away from it right away. Be proactive about looking where you WANT to go and make it happen. Scary stories involve people being surprised that they couldn't get away from the hazard in time, and then the power of the water being MUCH stronger than they anticipated. When a body or boat is pressed against an obstruction the water forces it down. It is very difficult to push up against this force. Don't wait until the last minute to put in a few strong paddle strokes. It's usually too late by then.
- Have a crisis plan
What if 'that' scary thing actually happened to you? Do you know how to self-rescue yourself and your kids? Do you have the equipment to do that? Do your kids know what to do? Often we don't want to talk about that stuff but its so important. If you were going for a day on the river with a commercial rafting company they would give you a safety brief beforehand and let you know what to do if you get into trouble.
It is also a great idea to take the canoe to a warm lake and play around with it. Capsize it with the kids and make a game out of it. Paddle it around half full of water. See if they can stand up on it. It helps everyone get comfortable with how to manage a capsized or swamped boat, and will highlight any weak skill areas to work on.
- What safety equipment should be carried?
Everyone needs a PFD that fits them well and is rated for their weight range. Each canoe needs a painter on the bow and stern (a rope that is coiled and attached to the carry handles) that is about 10 ft long. This can be grabbed to pull the boat to shore in a rescue or to line a rapid. You also need 2 bailers that are tied to a thwart (no good if they float away). We also carry a throw bag or two.
And the fun part?! Where should you go?
One of our favorite family river trips is the Green River in Utah. We spent 6 days on the river and it has all the ingredients for a great adventure with kids. It is moving water and at certain flows may have a couple of grade 1 rapids but is pretty do-able for a family transitioning from lake to river paddling. You can read our blog post about it here https://wp.me/p59uIP-ez
Have fun and stay safe out there!


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Hello Tom,
Thank you for sending your cabinet file.
After analysis, we found that you did not use regular drilling at all in this design.
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As the Penrith Board prepares to finalise Phil Gould's exit from the club, the media and wider rugby league world are continuing to react to the shock development at the foot of the mountains.
Gould yesterday declared his position redundant, with the 60-year-old Executive General Manager and the Panthers agreeing to part ways.
Gould is expected to give more insight into his departure when he appears on the 'Six Tackles With Gus' podcast later today.
In the meantime, the rugby league world continues to soak in the news.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said he was surprised by the development.
"I think Gus has done an amazing job at Penrith for a long period of time and I hold him in very high regard," he told 2GB.
Gould's departure is big news across Sydney's main newspapers today. The back page of The Daily Telegraph screams 'Off The Bus Gus', while The Sydney Morning Herald features Gould on its front page under the headline 'Redundant: Gould quits'. He's also on the back page under the headline 'The time is right'.
The Herald also has additional comments from Gould, including a denial about a power struggle at the club.
"People read way too much into these situations. There's no power struggle at Panthers. Absolutely not. I've always answered to a board and management team. We work together. It's not as if one person is in charge," he said.
On 2GB this morning, breakfast host Alan Jones blasted the decision to allow Gould to walk, declaring the club's 1991 premiership-winning coach "had forgotten more than Ivan Cleary knows", a reference to speculation that a feud between Gould and coach Cleary had impacted Gould's decision.
On Macquarie Sports Radio, veteran journalist Danny Weidler questioned whether Gould's reported handshake deal with Wayne Bennett to coach the Panthers lurked in the background of the decision.
"If Bennett was there as coach now I wonder whether Gus would've thought his role was redundant," he said.
Twitter is split on its reaction to Gould's departure, with some paying tribute to the work he's done at Penrith and others believing it's the right time for him to move on.
Really thankful for all Phil Gould has done for the @PenrithPanthers ! Without him, the club would have gone belly up financially! He's made a lot of great changes and made for a better future for Rugby League In Penrith.
Good luck Gus
— Bennywise (@mybsidelife) April 23, 2019
Troy Dodds is the Weekender's Managing Editor and Senior Writer. He has more than 15 years experience as a journalist, working with some of Australia's leading media organisations.


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Heart Cath Update
Blessings to you all!
Rob and Laine
23 comments:
- The Byrd's Nest said...
I have been stalking your blog all afternoon. Oh precious Lord we pray for a miracle with this child...we know You have the most magnificent plan for him...we promise to give You ALL the glory!
Lovin' on you all the way from Costa Rica my dear friend...Big Texas hugs to all of you:)
- March 16, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Kristi said...
I've been checking in to hear word all day. Glad to hear that you may be able to go home tonight. We are continuing to seek a miracle for your precious son.
Hugs and love from NC!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Still praying for you! Love ya!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Ashley said...
I have been thinking about you all today. Praying for sweet Kevin. Praises for all the comfort He showered over you today. We will lift up every doctor that will be a part of this review.
Hugs! Ashley
- March 16, 2010 at 8:22 PM
- The Princess's Mommy said...
We have been thinking of you and praying all day. Glad this part is over and hoping you get some positive answers soon.
We Love Ya'll!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- March 16, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- smallseven said...
Praying, Praying, Praying. Love ya'll!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- living4him5 said...
On bended knees for you all!
Love you!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- ethel said...
Our Prayers are with you. Our Lord is still in the Mircle business and we know that He will watch over Kevin and all of you. Love you
- March 16, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- familyof8 said...
I kept checking today for an update. So thankful that the cath procedure went well. We will pray for all the doctors to be "free" next week and that spring break will not cause a delay. Trusting God for His good and perfect will for Kevin. Be strong...lots of prayers being offered up for your family.
To God be the Glory..
- March 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- CK said...
You have been in my prayers throughout the day and will continue. HE IS ABLE to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we can ask or imagine.
- March 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Aimee said...
Been thinkin of you all day.
Please update us soon.
- March 16, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Alycia said...
Praying for you all!
We are praying blessings and healing for sweet Kevin. He is holding Kevin in His mighty right hand.
We love you guys!
- March 16, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- Waitingfaithfully said...
Thanks for the update. Been thinking of you all and praying . . . and will keep praying--for your littlest man, and for all of the Ferrill Bunch.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:57 AM
- TanyaLea said...
Oh dear Ferrill Family~ I have been thinking of you and praying for sweet Kevin. I stand with you and the others here, in faith knowing that our God is THE Healer and that He has BIG plans for Kevin's life. And yes, He WILL receive all glory and honor and praises for all that He has done and is still doing in Kevin's life! We love you all so much and know that we are praying for wisdom for the doctors and surgeons with each move that they make. We know that our God is MIGHTY to save...in more ways than one! <><
love and hugs,
"Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." ~Joshua 1:9
- March 17, 2010 at 2:04 AM
- MamaHen said...
Thank you for updating us. Praying for sweet Kevin and for rest for mom and dad.
- March 17, 2010 at 6:00 AM
- Stefanie said...
Oh my... sweet baby boy!! What a blessing to hear that the Lord's presence was surrounding you today, I'm sure it was an incredibly tough day! Thank God He is so faithful!
- March 17, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Heather said...
So glad things went well. I have been stalking, ha, hoping to hear soon. I will be praying.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Trace Car Driver said...
thanks for the update. will be praying the drs meet THIS week and have some GREAT news! glad kevin was so brave, praying today has been smooth! we love ya'll. remember you are not walking through this alone. praying for god to be your strength and comfort every minute of the day!
his grace is sufficient... <3
- March 17, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Aunt Lyn said...
we are praying constantly and love you all so much!
- March 17, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Mike and Barb said...
Praying for clear direction!!!
Love you all!
- March 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- DiJo said...
Hello Sweet Laine,
I am finally catching up! So sorry I have been away, and that I was not aware of what is going on with Kevin! Please know I will be lifting your precious son up! For miraculous healing, peace, and complete wisdom for you and your doctors!!! One of my dearest friends daughters has Hypoplastic Left Heart and I have witnessed God's hand on Maddy's precious heart. He Will not Leave you or Forsake you!!!!! And as you know He loves your precious boy beyond what we can even begin to comprehend! Hold on to Him!
- March 19, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- Linda said...
Praying for little Kevin and also for both of you. I have so many thoughts on all of this and how I have learned with my own kids that there is not always a "fix" in human terms. As an American, I think I always felt like we could fix everything. I have learned some hard lessons about this. I do, however, KNOW that our God is H-U-G-E!!, and He can overcome all odds. I love the verse, "...casting all your cares on Him, for He cares for you."
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I was taught to knit by my mum when I was about 5 years old using teeny wee needles. Then at about the age of 7 we had to knit a tea cosy at school, a truly hideous thing. The boys did raffia work while the girls knitted.
In the 1970s there was quite a resurgence in craft work, it was all a bit hippy-ish I suppose. So knitting really took off again and I got right into the pointy sticks and became quite proficient at it.
My pride and joy was the Fair Isle jumper which I knitted for my husband around 1980 and it is still going strong after all these years of careful washing.
So as you can see I wasn't bad at knitting and the wool wasn't too expensive then so I did quite a lot of it even although we were pretty skint (poor) back then.
Later on in the 80's, the boys arrived with just 19 months in between them and as you can imagine there was quite a fair amount of cot blanket, bootees and matinee jacket knitting going on. Certainly for the first baby anyway – then a strange thing happened and my brain seemed to be – well I can only describe it as being 'hijacked', and suddenly I couldn't concentrate on anything much beyond feeds and nappies. Our first boy hardly slept at all which didn't help matters.
So boy number 2 hardly got anything knitted for him and the matinee jacket which I did manage is a very much plainer effort than his brother's.
After that I just gave up for a long time and have only recently picked up the needles again, but I was really shocked to see how much knitting wool had gone up in price. I can understand that there are a lot of processes that a sheep fleece has to go through before you get to a ball of wool, but I know for a fact that the sheep farmers are getting pennies for the fleeces. It seems such a shame when they have all the hard work and worry of the sheep. In fact the farmers are being fleeced.
So what with me trying to tidy things up in the house and get rid of stuff or use it up in some way, I decided to knit with the left over bits of wool which have accumulated in various work baskets over the years. And as I'm trying to knit my way back up to Fair Isle and Aran standard again I decided to start back at the beginning with squares with a slight difference, just to make them a bit more interesting.
These knitted shapes are actually described as "shells" and I found the pattern instructions in a 1940s knitting book called Modern Knitting Illustrated, which has patterns for everything that the well dressed war time person needed. Including knitted knickers (very itchy I imagine).
Use a size of needles which suits the left-over wool which you have and cast on 41 stitches and knit about 8 rows in garter stitch. Still working in garter stitch, knit 2 stitches together each side of the middle stitch, which you should mark to make life easier for you. I slip a safety pin onto the middle stitch which you can pull on to help you decide when you should be knitting 2 together. Knit the next row straight and continue in this way, decreasing in the middle of each alternate row until 3 stitches remain. Knit these 3 stitches together and fasten off.
The shells can then be sewn together to form a pattern or just randomly and it is more decorative than just plain squares.


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The Toronto Maple Leafs and defenseman Jake Muzzin are expected to come to terms on a contract extension by the Feb. 24 trade deadline, TSN's Darren Dreger reported on Thursday's edition of "Insider Trading."
"It's getting closer. It's not done yet, (but) the expectation is - if all things progress in the fashion that they are - that they should have a contract extension in place for Jake Muzzin as early (as) or before the trade deadline," Dreger said.
The term and value of the extension are unclear at this point, and Dreger added the Maple Leafs are working through different scenarios to determine what's best for their salary-cap picture.
Toronto acquired Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings last season. An unrestricted free agent as of July 1, the 30-year-old said in late January he'd "love to stay" with the team beyond this campaign.
The Maple Leafs are projected to have roughly $10 million in cap space for the 2020-21 season, according to Cap Friendly. That figure excludes any potential increase to the league's salary cap. Along with Muzzin, Toronto defensemen Tyson Barrie (unrestricted), Cody Ceci (unrestricted), and Travis Dermott (restricted) are all slated to become free agents at season's end.
Muzzin's been limited to 46 games this season due to a broken foot he suffered in December. He's posted three goals and 12 assists while averaging 21:38 per contest in 2019-20.


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Layman Distributing acquires Reidsville Grocery
Layman Distributing
1630 W. Main Street
PO Box 1015
Salem, VA 24153
(540) 389-2000
Dear Customer, Broker, Manufacturer Representatives, and Friends of Layman,
On March 11th 2019, Layman Distributing executed an agreement to acquire certain assets, employees, and inventories from Reidsville Grocery Company, a Reidsville, NC, based Company. As part of the agreement, Layman Distributing will retain certain key staff members, including Territory Sales Managers and Delivery Personnel.
For over 123 years, Reidsville Grocery Company has enjoyed a rich history in the Convenience Store Distribution business and was one of the most respected distributors in the Mid-Atlantic. 123 years of business is a testament to the hard work and dedicated values of Reidsville Grocery's ownership and employees. Skip & Peyton Balsley, the owners of Reidsville Grocery, are excited to place their customers' and employees' future in the capable hands of Layman, but they are going to miss their valued customer, employee, and vendor relationships. We wish Skip & Peyton well in their future endeavors.
The transition period will begin the week of March 18th. Layman's new customers will be serviced by their same Salesman and Delivery Driver as both employee groups have been hired by Layman. Reidsville Grocery Company will continue to operate until the transition period is complete to ensure every Reidsville Customer is serviced appropriately, and Layman will maintain a presence in the Reidsville area as the acquisition is complete. Layman plans to interview former Reidsville Employees who are interested in seeking a position with Layman.
Entering the seventy-first year of being family owned and operated, Layman looks forward to providing the same quality of customer service that Reidsville Grocery customers are accustomed. Layman's new Customers will enjoy a broader array of services, technology, products, and programs, such as the Zii Zii Ordering App, the Prairie Fire Coffee Program, the Maola Milk program, Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Crazy Italian Pizza & Wings, and Bullets Brands Burgers & Chicken.
As one of the Mid-Atlantic's fastest growing, wholesale distributors, Layman's customer base consists of retailers from all facets of the industry and includes: Convenience Stores, Tobacco Outlets, Restaurants, Universities, and Independent Grocers covering North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. With revenues exceeding $200 Million annually, Layman Distributing is large enough to handle our customer's business, yet just the right size to ensure our customers are provided a high level of service. Since 1948, when the late W.D. Layman established our company, we continue our mission of nurturing customer relationships with integrity and respect, while delivering product variety, efficient service, and relevant technology at a competitive price.
Please join us in celebrating the expansion of Layman Distributing as we open wide our doors to WELCOME Reidsville Grocery's Customers, Sales Representatives, and Drivers to our Team. Feel free to call us with any questions about the transition.
Judy N. Ross
President, Layman Distributing


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Is it actually possible to have an empty inbox? Try this and find out!
I've developed a system over the years that has kept my inbox mostly empty all of the time. It has worked for me even when I was getting 100+ emails/day, so I'd say it scales fairly well. It also works well even in the absence of Gmail's additional feature set (I use Office 365 personally, but this worked when I used Gmail, Apple Mail and my own mail servers back in the day.), which is nice should you ever choose to use a desktop mail client.
This might not work for you. You might even be doing some variation of this already. If that's the case, feel free to tell me off!
Finally, if you don't want to worry about any of this stuff and don't ever see yourself having to use Outlook or Mail.app ever again, try Google's Inbox and tell me that all of this is useless in the comments!
Without further ado, this is how I email:
I use folders to categorize my mail. I used to abuse folder structures by having folders for particular events, purchases, conversations, etc, but I've found that it hasn't provided me with a lot of value and was really difficult to re-assemble after email migrations, so I now keep a minimal top-level directory structure instead. The folders that I use most often are:
Services/{Added, Removed}: For keeping track of new and deleted accounts I make (and I make a lot)
Career/{Accomplishments, Failures}: For keeping track of things I've done right and wrong
Events: Self-explanatory
Responded: Emails I've responded to
Responded/Sent To Me Directly: Emails sent just to me, see below
Purchases: Self-explanatory
Receipts: For receipt tracking
Team: Important emails from or about my team
Personal Messages: Important, yet personal, messages
Tasks: I'll explain this below
Timing: I'll explain this below
This is more useful in the presence of Gmail labels where you can mark something as being in a particular folder without having to physically move it. It still works well for me without that feature, however.
My inbox is my to-do list. This is why I said I keep my inbox "mostly" empty. If a message is in my inbox, it's either something I need to follow-up on or it isn't there at all.
Follow-ups are flagged (starred). Any email that requires an action from me is starred. Gmail has this neat feature where you can change the color of the star when you star an item. Outlook has this as well with its different types of flags as well as its color-coded categorization system (which is really neat but is a mondo pain in the butt to reconfigure after migrations) This feature of my system is really important to me, as it helps me keep track of what my schedule is even in the absence of calendar entries (which I sometimes forget to create). That said, it's been a personal goal of mine to schedule things in emails as soon as I get them so that I don't have to worry about forgetting later.
I ranked my emails using the "Eisenhower" Decision Matrix. I say "ranked" because this works much better with Gmail labels than a traditional IMAP client. I learned this system in some class about time management back in college (I think) and use it (along with scoring things from 1 to 10) for measuring the priority of things. This has also helped me with managing my email. Here's how I do it:
Rank 0 (Important and Urgent): Needs to be attended to right away and is extremely time-sensitive. You shouldn't have too many of these in your inbox! If you do, reconsider their importance and urgency.
Rank 1 (Important, but not Urgent): Needs to be attended to "soon" but is not time-sensitive. This gives a bit of a nudge to flagged inbox items.
Rank 2 (Urgent, but not Important): Doesn't need to be attended to right away but is time-sensitive. These could be meetings or messages sent directly to you
Rank 3 (Not Important or Urgent): These messages can (should) be deleted or filed away, see below
I mark messages sent to me directly using Gmail labels or automatic color assignment with rules. It is usually the case that messages sent just to me (i.e. messages where my email address is in the To: field, not messages sent to a group) are urgent and need to be responded to quickly. I usually use a bright color that stands out so that I can quickly identify these messages and do something about them.
I action every single email right away. Action doesn't necessary mean 'immediate response' (though if I can respond immediately, I will; "immediately" usually means 160 characters or less). This means that I either flag it for follow-up later, rank it for visibility, move/label it for archival or delete it. This is really important to me. The bigger my inbox gets with crap emails, the harder it gets to clean up, so I'm extremely strict about this.
I "delete" most things. I think that this is the hardest thing that keeps people from having clean inboxes (that and not caring enough, since most people don't really care about this like I do lol). Everyone's afraid of deleting something and needing it in the future, but out of the 10s or 100s of thousands of emails I've deleted over the years, I can count the number of emails I've needed to recover with two hands, and even fewer than that were critical messages.
However, Gmail provides way more space for inboxes than people will ever need in their lifetimes, so the smart way of dealing with this is to archive into the "All Mail" bin instead of delete. This way, they're out of view but still there if they ever need to be recovered. This is the default action in just about every client out there, so you don't even need to reconfigure anything!
That's how I email! Here are some great plugins and add-ons that might help take this further:
- Boomerang for Gmail. Delay sending emails until a certain time. Works really well for actioning on emails right away without having to wait. Get it here
- Checker Plus for Chrome. Get rich notifications for every email. You can do just about everything I've typed above with this extension. It works great! Get it here
- Multiple Inbox for Gmail. This is a Labs extension in Gmail that allows you to see more than one folder along with your Inbox. It's really useful, especially if you rank emails. To enable it, go into Settings, then Labs, then check "Multiple Inbox" and Save. After Gmail reloads, you can configure the filters that you want to see in Settings > Multiple Labels. Get it here
I hope this helps! Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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Liberal heads explode as the President points out that the European Union is a competitor.
Donald Trump was asked a question about who was our biggest competitor, and then the interviewer defined that competitor as our "biggest foe." So the President listed the European Union as a "foe" along with Russia and China. He reiterated that by "foe" he meant competitor.
There is absolutely no reason to believe that Trump was listing these foreign powers in some sort of order of magnitude. Nevertheless, liberal heads are exploding.
CBS News reports, "'I think the European Union is a foe,' Trump says ahead of Putin meeting in Helsinki." They posted some of the transcript:
JEFF GLOR: Who is your biggest competitor? Your biggest foe globally right now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well I think we have a lot of foes. I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn't think of the European Union but they're a foe. Russia is foe in certain respects. China is a foe economically, certainly they are a foe. But that doesn't mean they are bad. It doesn't mean anything. It means that they are competitive. They want to do well and we want to do well. […].
JEFF GLOR: A lot of people might be surprised to hear you list the EU as a foe before China and Russia?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: No I look at them all look, EU is very difficult. I-I want to tell you. Maybe the thing that is most difficult — don't forget both my parents were born in EU sectors okay? I mean my mother was Scotland, my father was Germany. And — you know I love those countries. I respect the leaders of those countries. But — in a trade sense, they've really taken advantage of us and many of those countries are in NATO and they weren't paying their bills and, you know, as an example a big problem with Germany. Because Germany made a pipeline deal with Russia. Where they're going to be paying Russia billions and billions of dollars a year for energy and I say that's not good, that's not fair. You're supposed to be fighting for someone and then that someone gives billions of dollars to the one you're, you know, guarding against, I think it's ridiculous so I let that be known also this time. I'll tell you what, there's a lot of anger at the fact that Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars. There's a lot of anger. I also think it's a very bad thing for Germany. Because it's like — what are they waving a white flag?
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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Hello from sweltering central Texas!
In an effort not to melt like the wicked witch of the west, I'm staying indoors and putting needle to cloth, dachshund firmly ensconced in what's left of my lap, cool beverage by my side.
His Army Awesomeness reported to his first duty station and The Diva completed her freshman year of high school back in May. Himself turned a year older, we celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, and Himself and I celebrated our 22nd.
On the home front, we got hit by lightning in April…hello busted pipes, blown breaker box, and traumatized dachshund. Goodbye to our 30 year old hunter green carpet and linoleum…hello new vinyl, carpet, and paint! It's finally finished.
There's been progress on the sewing front as I've completed piecing three rag quilts. I'm saving the trimming part for the beach in September. Isn't that what you want to work on at a beach retreat…flannel?! Yikes.
I finished a couple of cross stitch pieces. The first I won from a drawing by Stephanie and Stephannie (yes, you read that right) of Snarky Stitch and Quilt. Find 'em on Flosstube!
The pattern is from Lizzie ⭐ Kate. I added the star buttons for a little bling. Thanks again, ladies ❤
My second finish is from Mosey 'n Me.
I'm not sure how I'll finish either of these out, but I've been watching Priscilla and Chelsea on Flosstube so there's no shortage of ideas.
My final finish isn't fabric related at all. About a year back, The Diva was on an origami kick and made me several cranes. I'd been debating what to do with them and came up with this…
It hangs over the bed in the sewing room and I love it. It's a little wonky, but they're out of the box and all her hard work is on display.
What've you been doing lately?
Until next time 👋🏻


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This is an educational activity that will assist your child with the help he or she needs the most.
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Farmhouse STEAM Classes and How the Universe Works
July 11, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 10:30 am on Thursday, repeating until July 25, 2019