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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Pretty in Pink
OK, this isn't the best one of the dress, but it is the best smiling one of Eliana. I'm not sure why she was a little serious. The next one is a close-up - serious, but still cute. Yes, I"m a little biased. LOL
I saw a link to a beautiful slide show today created by a Mom of a child with Down syndrome. The words and the photos are so beautiful. I wanted to share it here too.
A Life Worth Living
I love the life-affiming messages. There are times when I read things about people with Down syndrome - how they are viewed by others - and it makes my heart sad. I understand that many people are responding from fear. I do understand that. So many people with DS never make it into this world that many of us have not had the chance to even know someone with DS. We don't always hear the positive stories and the encouragment. I hope that by sharing out story that many will see the beauty of life lived with a child with Down syndrome.
Things have changed so much over the last several decades. The care and early interventions are helping people with DS to have a much better quality of life. As I read stories written by people who have a loved one with Down syndrome, I am consistently struck by the affirming words and the thankfulness that they have experienced life with a person with an extra chromosome.
I'm not saying it isn't hard. Honestly though, life is hard. Being a parent is a challenge. Having a child with special needs just adds a new dimension to all of those things. I also believe though that in addition to the challenges, that there come blessings!
We are so thankful to have been blessed with our children. We see each of our children as a precious gift from God. Not a mistake. A special gift given to us by the Creator of the Universe. Isn't that an amazing thought? We are given an incredible job to love and nurture and teach these precious little people.
I wouldn't be surprised if Eliana is the one that teaches us the most. I know that God placed her with us for a reason. It's not because we are any better able to handle difficulties, because we aren't. It isn't because we are stronger or more capable - we aren't. I'm not sure why we have been given this gift - but I am so very thankful for her! I think that having her in our family has already taught us a lot about trusting God. I think we'll learn more about slowing down, patience and unconditional love. I know that I need to learn more about all of those things. What a sweet privilege to have children to help me learn these lessons.
We are preparing for a pirate party tomorrow and I'll post pictures as soon as I'm able to.
Praises & Blessings:
*Eliana is sitting up by herself. She is getting herself into a sitting position from being on her back. She rolls over and then gets on her hands and knees. Then she sticks one leg out straight and eventually sits and sticks the other one out. It is really cute! She still needs her hands to prop herself up, but she is so proud of herself. Here is a photo.
*My precious children have been so helpful in getting things ready for the birthday party. The oldest 4 have all contributed ideas and added in their own touches in order to make the party special. I love that! Rebecca made a treasure chest today - and it looks great! Christopher has been working on lettering to add to the pirate ships and helping with planning some of the activities. Joshua and Isaiah have come up with their own versions of games to play at the event tomorrow. I love seeing them work together.
*Eliana had a great day eating today. One of the bottles was 5 ounces!!! This was a little over what we typically give her. Just a little, but it's an improvment in the right direction! All total she had 18.5 ounces orally today! Yippee!!! We need to see her taking most of her food orally for a couple of months before we can get rid of the g-tube. I think she has some pain at the site and I look forward to the day when we don't need that tube any more. I'm thankful that we have the option now as it has helped to keep her healthy and growing.
Prayer requests:
*Good Health - Two of my children seem a little stuffy. I'm not sure if it's an allergic reaction or what. I'm really hoping not to be getting something already.
*Sleep - I'm working on getting more, but still need to do a better job. I took a nap for several hours yesterday and it was so wonderful!
*Patience for me. Why is that always a lesson I need to work on? I'm trying to slow down and not do so much. It is hard sometimes when there are so many things I want to do. I'm trying to make sure I start my day with God. It really does make a difference when He comes first. I know that and yet I don't always do it. *sigh*
I hope you each experience a week-end filled with His special blessings!
With love,
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Our Time at the Beach!
Well, I'm finally getting around to posting about our trip to the beach. It was a fun week! I love going in the fall when it isn't as hot or as crowded. Catherine's family was staying about a mile from us and it was nice to see them during the week too.
We left on a Saturday. The men and children went ahead - Catherine, the babies and I, left last. We tried to time it so we wouldn't have to stop, but did stop twice to feed them. It was nice to have some time to just talk - without being interupted!
The weather was beautiful despite the predictions of lots of rain. We spent one day at the aquarium which happened to be the day that it rained.
Here are some photos of our week.
Eliana loved the beach. She liked the sand and also the water. She loved taking her little feet and moving them back and forth in the sand and/or the water. She was happy to sit and play. The children made her a small "tide pool" with a little seat which she loved being in.
I'm sorry this photo is sideways. I've tried changing it and it's changed in photobucket, but not sure why it won't change here.
Playing and riding on the boogie boards are a big hit with my children!
The pools formed at low tide are always a fun place to play.
These three little guys just crack me up sometimes. They have a blast whereever they go.
Daniel insisted on holding Eliana for a photo. This gave passersby quite a chuckle. She didn't mind at all, though her hat kept falling in her face. I couldn't get this one turned right either - sorry.
Roger had to leave in the middle of the week for a business trip. I was a little nervous about being in a different place without his help, but we all did fine. We decided to go to the aquarium one day. (I thought a field trip would be easier than going out on the beach.) It ended up being a great day to be inside as it stormed. We were given scavenger hunt forms to read and find various things.
There was a Pirate exhibit there which my children all enjoyed. Well, probably the boys most of all. If I can add any pictures of that outing, I will. I was encouraged that we were able to be out and about for a good part of the day. Eliana is a very good traveller. She didn't eat all that great, but well enough. I forgot one of the pump parts so I wasn't able to feed her through the tube anyway.
I'm glad we had the opportunity to go to the beach. It made me think that we should probably go more often. Time for me to get some sleep now. I'll try to add more tomorrow.
We are busy planning for a pirate birthday party here on Friday, so I'll have more to share soon. It's been a very busy week thus far - and more to come!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Our week at a glance
I've been very negligent in writing, but will try to get back into the swing of things. Just had more pressing things to deal with at home I guess.
Sunday - This was Isaiah's 6th birthday. How can he be 6? Am I always going to wonder this on each of my children's birthdays? Probably. I have lots to share about our fun day with Isaiah - and some of the hilarious things that he said, but will do that in another post all about him (and hopefully with some pictures too).
Monday - A day at home!!! Yippee! We tried to do some cleaning (didn't get much done) and some schooling. I've decided that in honor of the upcoming birthday party on Friday we will be doing a short unit on Pirates this week. My boys are thrilled. We started a new chapter book today, found the Caribbean Islands on a map and looked through an activity book to find fun things to do at their party.
Tuesday - Joshua has an eye appointment. I'm really hoping he has improved. He has been patching one eye, but has not seen improvement thus far. Later in the day, Daniel and Isaiah have music classes. I hope that Daniel will get into his class a little more this week. I could hardly get him to participate last week. I have seen him doing some of the htings at home though which is encouraging. Rebecca was such an ideal music student - the boys have all been a little more reluctant. LOL
Wednesday - Therapy day - both physical and feeding. We missed physical last week because our therapist was sick. Looking forward to seeing both of them this week.
Eliana has started trying some solid foods once a day. She really doesn't know what to do with the food in her mouth and not a lot really goes in. It's a start though. She doesn't seem to mind it at all which is nice.
Thursday - Nothing! Well, except prepare for a party and company the following day.
Friday - Pirate party for our birthday boys. I'm trying for a low-key affair. This is not the way we typically do birthdays. We'll see how this goes. ;-) Too bad we don't have the 2 large ships we built a couple of years ago for a pirate party. (Not really as I would NOT have wanted to store those!)
Saturday - Not much planned. Rebecca has a soccer game. We also have a Keepers of the Faith (club for girls) meeting on the topic of Wildflowers. It is our first of the year and we are looking forward to it.
Sunday - We have been invited to attend a picnic of the group "Little Mended Hearts" by our cardiologist. It sounds like a lot of fun and we are planning on going.
*A healthy family. Eliana has been incredibly healthy since she has been born and I'm so very thankful for that.
*Wonderful family. I have been blessed so very much with my family.
*Time for fun this week as we take time to study something that really excites the boys.
So many more things, but I need to go to sleep. Sorry there isn't more to this. It's late, but I wanted to give a peek into our week. Thank you for your continued prayers for our family.
With love,
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Our week at a glance - 9/16 - 9/22
Here's a look at our week. It's a busy one after lounging at the beach all of last week. I'm going to briefly recap the last 3 days and then look ahead at the rest of the week.
Sunday - Eliana is 9 months old! Can it be? She is getting to be such a big girl. She loves getting up on her hands and knees. She is working hard on crawling. She is moving her hands forward and sometimes her knees too. She is getting stronger and stronger. I love watching her. She is a sweet, sweet baby!!!
We go to church and then home. I host a FIAR Mom's meeting for our homeschool support group. I love the Moms in this group and enjoy any time we are able to have together. It's a time that is both fun and encouraging. I'm thankful for the support this group of friends is to me! The boys arrive home from the beach late after having spent much of the day at Nascar Speedpark. I'm glad they are safely here - and that they had a fun day of male bonding.
Monday - We celebrate Joshua's 8th birthday! It's a relaxing day of playing, fun and games. Joshua had a list of about 20 things he wanted to do. We didn't get to the whole list, but hopefully we can get to a few more later this week.
We also say good-bye to Catherine and her children as they head for home. It was fun spending time with them at the beach and also at our home.
Tuesday - A slow morning. It's hard to get back into the swing of things after having been off. My goal is to get our Bible and unit studies done before I need to leave.
Isaiah and Daniel have their first music classes today. They take from a fabulous Kindermusik teacher. We first went to one of her classes when Christopher was 2 - 12 years ago! Isaiah was thrilled to be learning to play the dulcimer. Daniel wasn't too sure about his class - a little hesitant about doing anything! I'm hoping with some involvement at home that he'll begin to enjoy it more. I'm in the class with him. Rebecca played with Eliana during the class.
Wednesday - A day for therapy. We have both feeding and physical therapy in one day. I hope it won't be too much for Eliana. I guess we'll find out. I'm hoping she'll be able to nap in between them. We haven't seen her feeding therapist for a month! I'm looking forward to sharing some of Eliana's eating successes! I love it when she has those stellar days like earlier this week. The last couple of days have been about 12 ounces. Not quite as exciting, but still a good day. I'm guessing we'll start doing more with solid foods now.
Thursday - Field trip with our FIAR group. We are visiting a state forest to attend a couple of classes conducted by the park rangers. I love these programs and am looking forward to the hike and also to seeing our friends. We are having a large turn-out and it should be lots of fun!
Friday - Pondering a short field trip to the history museum to see an exhibit on the NC Bill of Rights which is here for just a week. It would be a fun addition to all of the state history we've covered over the last 4 years.
Christopher will be doing science lab with a friend. This is the 3rd year the boys have done labs together and it's been a good experience in learning and makes the course more fun for both of them I think.
Saturday - Not much planned - yet. Rebecca will have a soccer game at some point. Isaiah's birthday is the following day so we need to be planning some fun things for him to do!
Well, that's our week. I haven't forgotten photos and stories from the beach. More on that later this week. I've uploaded some of my favorite photos and look forward to sharing them with you.
I hope your week is wonderful and that you are experiencing the love of God in a fresh and delightful way! I am thankful and blessed in so many ways. I'm thankful to have the opportunity to do some of the things I have missed doing over the last 9 months. It feels good to be out again.
With love,
Monday, September 17, 2007
A Sweet Birthday
I wrote most of this last night at the end of the day. I'm going to leave it post-dated for Joshua's birthday.
My sweet Joshua turned 8 years old today (Sept 17). How can he be 8 years old already? It seems like only yesterday that we welcomed him into our family. What a wait to have him join us too! I had wanted another baby for quite a long time. Roger wasn't sure. I felt convicted to be silent on this issue and let God handle it. It was hard! I prayed often for God to give us the same desire - that we wouldn't be on either side of the issue each wanting something different.
After more than a year of waiting and hoping, one Saturday night Roger told me that he just didn't want any more children. My heart was broken. The next morning in church, children were being dedicated. Since Roger was teaching a Sunday School class we attended separate services. I thought it was a good thing as seeing all of those babies just made my heart ache with the thought of never having another one myself. When Roger arrived home from church, he told me that God had changed his heart! Oh there were more tears - of joy this time. Shortly after this we found that we were expecting another baby. As happy as I was to have another baby coming, it was sweet to know that God worked out all of the details. He didn't need me to meddle or whine or work to get my way. He did it in his way which was definitely the best way!!!
This child is the one that think looks most like Roger. He was also born on Roger's mom's birthday. :-)
I'm so thankful for Joshua. What joy, laughter and delight he has brought to our family. There are so many things that I love about our sweet son. Here are some of them.
- He is tender and loving and always ready to give out a hug or a kiss.
- He has a great sense of humor and loves to laugh and have fun.
- He is willing to try new things.
- He has a sensitive heart. (Not always as he is dealing with his siblings - LOL - but on the whole I see this in him.)
- He is creative and loves to make things. He draws ALL the time and has a vivid imagination. You should see his math book. One side is a blank page - but not in his book. It's covered with lots of art, letters and whatever creative thing he wanted to doodle at the moment.
- He is bright and inquisitive. He asks a LOT of questions about a wide variety of things. He also loves to read and learns much from the variety of topics on which he reads.
- He has a good attitude - most of the time - about whatever he is asked to do.
There are many more things, but I wanted to give you a peek at our boy. He isn't perfect by any means, but is truly a special child.
One of the times when I experienced his sensitive heart was a day several years ago, when we were riding somewhere. I'm not sure where we were going or why I only remember him being in the car with me. He was 4 years old. I had lost a baby the summer prior and this day was the "due date". I was the only one that knew or remembered this date and I hadn't spoken about it to anyone. As we were riding in the car, I was thinking/pondering, Joshua began talking about our baby in heaven. We had talked about this baby many times before, especially after the loss, and I had assured him that our baby is in heaven. That day he reassured me that our baby was with God - safe and loved. It was a small but significant conversation to me. I was encouraged that God used this little boy to bring comfort to my hearting heart. I was amazed at his sensitivity.
Today we spent the day as we like to in our family - doing whatever the birthday person wants to do. It's a fun tradition and Roger typically takes the day off from work to join us. The birthday child also gets to pick out the foods for the day though thankfully we don't all have to join in. Joshua wanted tator tots and ketchup for lunch - and nothing else. So that's what he ate. The rest of us had sandwiches. We ate out at Golden Corral for dinner - a place with something for everyone.
Most of the day was spent playing games - both inside and out. Things like chess, apples to apples, capture the flag and more. It was simple fun. I'm so glad that this is something that is enjoyable to him. Rebecca made a scavenger hunt for him to lead to his present. She loves doing this and it's fun for the recipient too.
We haven't decided on the date/theme for the birthday party. I know, we are running out of time. Isaiah's birthday is in 6 days. We have typically had a joint party for both boys and will plan to do that again this year. They both want different themes which is hard. I did that one year and it was crazy! I don't really want to do it again. So, until we figure out what we are doing - nothing has gotten planned.
I have much to catch up on from last week! I want to share pictures and some details on our trip. I'll try to do that this week. For now, it's about time for bed. Good- night my sweet Joshua. I have loved having you in our family. We have been abundantly blessed by you! I thank God for you every day.
With love,
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Hi Friends,
Just a quick note as I'm finishing up the last feed of the day - and the ONLY one in which we have used the pump!!! Yippee!!! She has done soooo well. Some of the feeds have been done in two parts - taking a short break in the middle. Her total taken by bottle today ...
18 ounces!
Way to go Eliana!!! One of her feedings was in a busy, crowded consignment sale. She didn't like the bottle cold and ate much better when it was warmed up.
This last feed will probably be the hardest to get rid of as it typically occurs when she is asleep. She sleeps well through the night - and always has - even when she was supposed to be eating during the night, she wanted to sleep. It always felt odd to wake a baby to eat.
I'm guessing that perhaps we will start giving more attention to solid foods. Tonight I was holding Eliana while eating ice cream. She was really watching me and seemed interested in it. She'll need to wait a bit longer for that treat though! We have feeding therapy on Wed and haven't seen our therapist for almost a month. Won't she be suprised to hear how great Eliana is doing?!
More details and photos of our week at Myrtle Beach, SC coming up. We had a great week! The children ALL loved the beach. We really ought to go more often. ;-)
Friday, September 14, 2007
Guess where we've been all week?
Hi All,
We've had a busy and fun week. I'll write more later as I'm able to. I didn't want to post that we were gone - while we were gone. So here's a hint as to why there hasn't been much happening on my blog - or in response to much else from me.
Here's a photo of our family - the only one of the week. It's not the best, but it's what we've got. :-)
Saturday, September 8, 2007
The $5000 Day
Hi Friends,
I wanted to update you on our day yesterday. Sorry I wasn't able to write earlier - the last 24-48 hours have been very full!!!
Here's a little bit about our afternoon. We drove over to Duke in plenty of time for the event. We were met there by Roger and some of our friends too. As we waited for people to arrive, the children watched the fish in a large tank, played with some of the toys and enjoyed the kid-friendly environment. Shortly after we got there, the gals from the Development office arrived. They had brought the large check and refreshments. We made introductions and spent some time talking while waiting for the doctors.
Dr Carboni, Eliana's cardiologist, was there to receive the check along with the Head of Cardiology Dr. Rhodes. Everyone was so nice and interested in talking with Rebecca about what she had done. It was a little hard for Rebecca, but thankfully the whole affair was very low-key and comfortable. She also warmed up as time went on and was even jokiheng with our cardiologist towards the end.
Here's a picture of Rebecca presenting the check to Dr Carboni and Dr Rhodes. I'm in with Eliana (who they wanted in the photo).
She did not make any formal speech - just answered questions and talked in small groups. She was also able to set up some of her bracelets for sale on a table. Several of the people there bought some. One sweet moment was when a little girl came over to buy a bracelet. She was there being treated for cancer. Please take a moment to say a prayer for Megan - for God's healing touch to be on her body. What an ordeal to have to go through this with a child! I can only imagine the difficulty.
We had some refreshments afterwards - a hit with my younger boys. LOL We talked and laughed and just had a nice time. I know that Rebecca enjoyed herself. The large check is going to be displayed at Duke for awhile and then we will be given the check to keep.
Here's a photo of our entire family on this big day!
Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. Oh, there was no tv camera there. Not sure what happened, but perhaps it was for the best so that Rebecca didn't feel so uncomfortable. All in all, I'm proud of my little girl. She was given a dream and then she followed through - something we can all learn from.
Speaking of dreams, this song was one that I heard just a day before Rebecca made her donation. I thought the message was a good one - and one that I need to remember for all of my children!
Mark Harris - Find Your Wings
It's only for a moment
You are mine to hold The plans that heavens has for you
Will all too soon unfold
So many different prayers I'll pray
For all that you might do
But most of all I want to know
You're walking in the truth
And if I never told you
I want you to know
That as I watch you grow
I pray that God would fill your heart with dreams
And that faith gives you the courage
To dare to do great things
I'm here for you whatever this life brings
So let my love give you roots
And help you find your wings
May passion be the wind
That leads you through your days
And may conviction keep your strong
Guide you on your way
May there be many moments
That make your life so sweet
Oh but more than memories
I pray that God would fill your heart with dreams
And that faith gives you the courage
To dare to do great things
I'm here for you whatever this life brings
So let my love give you roots
And help you find your wings
It's not living
If you don't reach for the sky
I'll have tears as you take off
But I'll cheer as you fly
I pray that God would fill your heart with dreams
And that faith gives you the courage
To dare to do great things
I'm here for you whatever this life brings
So let my love give you roots
And help you find your wings
Friday, September 7, 2007
Exciting Day!
Hi All,
We are preparing for an exciting afternoon! Rebecca will be presenting a check to Duke Children's Hospital today at 2pm. We just found out this morning that a local news camera will be there!
If you are local, you will hopefully be able to see something tonight on the Durham channel (WTVD). If I know more details about the time, I'll post it.
Please continue to pray for Rebecca. She is excited and very nervous. Please pray that the Lord would give her words to speak when she is too nervous to know what to say. Pray that He would be glorified in all of this!
Thank you,
Thursday, September 6, 2007
A Fun Trip to "The Rocks"
Hi Friends,
Our first field trip was today - and it was a big success! Thank you for those that were praying for us. It was just nice to be out! It was fun to see friends again and to feel like I have back a part of my life that I've missed. I appreciate these times even more now that I've been without them for awhile.
I made a list last night of things to do this morning - from packing a picnic and things to take (lots of it for Eliana!). This morning I tore this list in half and gave the lunch/picnic prep list to my oldest two and they did a fabulous job! They completely took over all breakfast and lunch prep while I fed and got Eliana ready for the trip. (Typically close to an hour to do this.)
We left a little later than I had hoped - but arrived on time at 9:45am. The drive was a little more than 30 minutes and Eliana was a great traveller. She was laughing several times during the trip at something Daniel was doing. He likes being the one to help her and loves playing with her. He often comments "My sister. My sister." when he is playing with her.
Our outing today was to a place called "The Rocks". The children saw a man panning for gold and he told them a little about the history of gold mining. They were also able to "dry pan" a bag of dirt. There were a LOT of stones and gems in the bags. The children were thrilled. Isaiah kept talking about "his treasure". Joshua was so very careful about getting all of the gems - large and small. Daniel liked taking his stones out, lining them up and seeing what he had.
During it all, Eliana was a doll! She rode in the sling and hardly made a peep. When it was time to eat, she did a great job on her bottle. She ate 4 ounces and I decided it wasn't worth hooking up the pump for just 20cc so we didn't. It was nice not to have to do that!
After eating lunch and playing for awhile, we decided to go home. We made a detour by a local dairy farm for some delicious ice cream. I bought a video about the dairy farm. It was fun to watch and learn about the operation. They used to do tours when my oldest children were young, but stopped some years ago when the foot/hoof sickness was going around.
***I have a few photos from our day that I'll try to add in later. ***
There is more to our day, but it's late and I'm heading to bed. We have a big day tomorrow! If you think about it, please pray for Rebecca. She is really nervous about the presentation tomorrow. Several of her closest friends are coming to support her. I want her to be able to enjoy this moment. She has worked very hard for it and I don't want nervousness to overshadow the day.
Thank you dear friends for your encouragment and support.
With love,
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Our week - Sept 3-7
Hi Friends,
I'm a little behind. I'm finding my days are just busy - as I'm sure are yours - and there aren't enough hours in the day. (Are there ever?!) We are trying to keep up with schooling and it has added a lot to the day. I need to find a balance with housework too. *sigh* That has never been one of those things that I love to do. Not sure I know many people that do though! I probably need an attitude adjustment here - as well as some training time for the children and I. ;-) There just aren't enough hours to get it ALL done. I'm Ok with that - most days.
Monday - We had a fun Labor Day! It was nice to have Roger home from work. We had friends come over for the the afternoon/evening and had a blast together. Roger and the kids went swimming while my sweet friend and I did some scrapbooking. It's been a long time since much of that got done and I thoroughly enjoyed the time!!! I need to find a way to make that a regular part of my week? or maybe month? I do enjoy this creative outlet - plus it's really fun to look back at photos of people and events that you love.
We had ribs for dinner which were a hit. The evening included games, a movie, ice cream and more scrapbooking. Fun for all of us!
Tuesday - Eliana had an appointment with her ped today. It was great to see her. She is just so positive and encouraging! We also saw the ped we had visited on Fri and who had been concerned about Eliana and was hoping that her advice had been good. (It was.) Her burn looks much better and the site isn't bleeding any more. Thank you God!
The area still doesn't look great though and the ped thinks it will just be that way for the duration. She recommended that I not continue with the silver nitrate. Hopefully it won't get any worse. It's hard to look at it as it just looks painful (and truthfully it looks yucky). It doesn't seem to bother Eliana thankfully.
She is still doing well on the height/weight chart. She is high on the "Down syndrome" chart which plots the slower/lower growth patterns. She is at 80-85% there. Don't remember where she is on the other chart. She is still on the curve, though I don't remember where.
BIG PRAISE for today's feeding. She ate almost 17 ounces!!! Yippee!!! This is the most to date since she was in heart failure. Way to go Eliana! She took just 6.5 ounces through the tube. If she could continue like this, we could see an end in site for the tube!
Wed - A day at home! Yippee! I am really appreciating those. We have physical therapy in the afternoon. I'm not sure if I've seen much change in what she is doing. She is trying to crawl though! She moved one hand forward today and kind of scooches her knees forward too. Cute!
Oh, the other thing she is doing more of is clapping. She did this in imitation of my friend Rebecca the other day. It was fun to see her doing that. She did it so much at the ped office today that the ped asked if we did this a lot when Eliana did anything. LOL We don't though I bet we'll do more of it in the future. This is something Eliana just enjoys doing.
Thur - Our first field trip with Eliana and the feeding tube "stuff". We (Eliana and I) have missed almost all of the field trips this year. We went briefly to one that was close by and in between feedings. We also went to one that was next door. We have not ventured away from home as a group at all.
I need to find something to warm a bottle while we are out. No luck yet in finding something that is battery-operated and not something that plugs into a car. I'm hoping that someone makes this and that it isn't just a "good idea" in my mind. LOL
I'm excited and a little nervous about being out and having to manage the pump and take care of Eliana - and the other children. It's with our FIAR homeschool group - a wonderful group of friends - so I know we'll be in good company. I've really missed these outings and being with these friends and I am excited about starting back.
Fri - This is a big day!!! Rebecca will be presenting a check for over $5000 to Duke Children's Hospital. I'm so excited for my girl - and a little nervous for her too. We don't know the details yet of how things will be done. I'm hoping to find out more as I think this will help Rebecca not to be so nervous. She has done a wonderful thing and I'm really proud of her.
We are exploring the possibility of having a local tv station cover this. Pray that if this is God's will that it would work out. I would think a "positive" story would be a nice thing to cover.
Prayer requests:
*Healing around Eliana's button site.
*Continued improvement in Eliana's feeding.
*That our field trip would be fun and educational for all of us!
*A friend's son Tyler is having his heart surgery on Mon Sept 10. Would you join me in praying for a successful surgery? Prayers for his mama and those that love Tyler would be appreciated too.
Will update as I can. I need to post some photos.
Thank you friends for caring for us.
With love,
PS I've been asked about how to buy bracelets. If you will just send me an email, we can arrange this for you. :-)
Saturday, September 1, 2007
She Did It!!!
It has taken me awhile to get to this post, but I'm thrilled to make this announcement!
Three cheers for Rebecca - she has reached her goal! Wholehearted sales are currently at
In just 6 months time, a goal that seemed lofty and unreachable, has been attained. It has taken a lot of work, help from friends and lots and lots of time! We have been encouraged by others as the story of a little girl's vision touched many hearts.
It was something we spent many hours doing together as a family in our bedroom while Eliana was in heart failure. Friends would gather in our home to help out at various times too!
I talked with a gal in the Development office yesterday. The date for presenting the money is set - next Friday September 7th. Rebecca will be presenting a check to Duke Hospital to be used to for heart babies to get the help that they need. At this point she has not specified the use of the money - other than to help heart babies. The cardiologist had suggested that we might want to "earmark" the money for something specific so that she would know where her money went. We just haven't had any ideas what that might be. If any of you have any suggestions for us - please let us know.
For those of you that may have missed this story, go to this entry on my blog to read more about it.
They are planning to have one of those extra-large, oversized checks made for Rebecca to present. She is excited about that. She is also a little nervous about having to speak. Please pray that she would have a calm spirit and just be able to share her heart. We aren't sure yet exactly what type of comments they might want from her. We are expecting Eliana's cardiologist to be there. He has been wonderful! I'm not sure who else will be in attendance. I do know her whole family will be there - cheering her on!
Thank you to many of you that have encouraged Rebecca (and me) as she has started a non-profit business at the age of 11. It has been quite a learning experience for all of us.
I'm so thankful for her tender heart. It's sweet for me to see her using her gifts and being willing to work hard to help others. I learn a lot from my children. Rebecca has been an incredible example to me of compassion and effort - doing something to make a difference in the lives of others.
If any of you are still interested in bracelets, she isn't planning to stop her business. I'm not sure what her goals/ideas are from this point forward. We'll have to wait and see.
Thank you for sharing in our excitment!
ETA: One small note on Eliana. Her burn seems to be healing well - but she is having bleeding around the site. Please continue to pray for her healing and no infection. It's a little alarming to see the blood. She does not seem to be in any pain thankfully.
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Today, President Bush visits Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, "looking to burnish his foreign-policy credentials." He's off to a miserable start.
Yesterday, the White House website featured a graphic with the flags of the three countries he's visiting on his trip — Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. One problem: instead of displaying the Vietnamese flag, the White House graphic featured the old flag of South Vietnam. That flag hasn't been the official flag of Vietnam since South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam in 1975.
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RCS-Communication, a leading ISP in South Sudan, has established the first site for Avanti's HYLAS 4 high-speed satellite broadband service in the country.
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Hello, newbie here trying to learn about a certain artifact that shows up on a streamed video versus my DVD version. (it's a grainy episode from a 90s show.)
Whenever there's too much going on, the video will show blocks, what I think are 8x8 blocks, when I encode my DVD, even with low settings these blocks never show. What can I do to create a similar effect? I just want to know what causes it, how can it be avoided, and does avoiding it decrease decoding performance(if using software decoding)
Zoomed and highlighted one of the blocks.
This is during a slight pan, after a few seconds the blocks simply vanish but usually if the scene continues to be too detailed, grainy, or whatever, they will form again.
All I know about the streamed video is that it's 640x480, h264 baseline, 29.97, 1300 kbps, and that their 24 fps videos don't share this problem... from what I can tell anyway.
Might as well mention that the reason why I think it's related to h264 is because there are other quality levels on the streaming site that show the artifact differently, so I think this at least proves that it wasn't present in the source.
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Good morning, mindful ones and happy snowy Monday!
Guess what? It's really, really cold outside and it's snowing like crazy. And it's predicted the temperature will continue to drop this week.
That is our current reality.
What was your initial thought and reaction when you first heard about the cold weather continuing? When the cold wind penetrates through your many layers? When you have to walk so cautiously on the slippery surfaces? When the person driving in front of you is moving at a snails's pace? Did you have to rearrange your entire work day or modify your schedule because your kids don't have school today?
Isn't it fascinating how we initially react when we are inconvenienced? We are outraged! Annoyed! Irritated! Impatient! Maybe even pissed off!! Or perhaps you felt victimized? Why did this happen to me? I can't miss another day of work! I had an important meeting today. Why did the snow plows hit every street but mine? I'm gonna be stuck at home with my kids who are driving me nuts! Of course if you're one of the kids home from school today, that's a totally different outlook!
And once we have these thoughts and reactions, of course we articulate them! Maybe you called your girl friend or coworker to complain. A good old-fashioned social media rant. A text to your spouse or partner. Or even a group chat to your entire crew.
Of course, it's always healthy to vent and blow off a little steam. But it's rarely productive.
I'm certainly not here to criticize or judge whatever your reaction was! But I do offer you the perspective that how we react to things in life give us such a deep insight into how we live our lives.
How you do anything is how you do everything!
It's in the small details of our lives that we truly understand ourselves and our mindsets.
Through my intimate practice of yoga, I continue to painstakingly learn that each and every action I take, word I speak and decision I make contributes to the creation of the life I choose to live. It all matters!
Most of our reactions and thoughts are pre-programs. Based on past experiences, observations of our parents and other influential people, we learn behaviors. We go on auto- pilot and mindlessly react. So many of the words we speak to others are also social conditionings. Pleasantries and polite exchanges. Or cultural behaviors: sometimes we get around certain groups of people and it automatically turns into negative, mindless gossip.
I always notice that what people say about the weather gives me such insight into their world viewpoint. Weather is such a great baseline, because it's something that's completely out of one's control.
It seems so futile to me to bitch and moan about something that is completely outside of one's control (most of life is as well!) Yes, it's cold outside. I am also aware of that. But I don't want to spend the next five minutes complaining about something that is not even unexpected since we live in the Midwest.
Yoga teaches us to endure what cannot be cured: as powerfully as we pray, meditate, and all agree that we wish it was warmer, we have zero influence over the temperature.
Yoga teaches us to cure what cannot be endured: if we cannot affect the temperature or the snowfall, we can certainly shift our attitude and approach towards it.
My friend who lives in Hawaii and my best friend who lives in Charlotte (both originally from DuPage County) both called me to apologize that it's so cold here! Lol. They truly felt so bad for me as they enjoyed 78 degrees and 55 degrees respectively. Personally, I find this weather to be so magical and beautiful! It's nothing short of a winter wonderland.
The beauty of yoga is not in one's ability to master a pose – the true beauty is in raising one's awareness of the beauty and wonder that surround us on a daily basis.
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Tiso Blackstar Group Sells Media, Broadcast Businesses In Four African Countries
3 July 2019
Tiso Blackstar Group has announced that it is selling its media, broadcast and content businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Ghana to the 100% black-owned Lebashe Investment Group for $71 million.
The Tiso Blackstar Group owns various broadcasting brands and publications such as Sowetan, Sunday Times, The Herald, Business Day and Daily Dispatch.
The organisation released a statement saying that Lebashe would ensure continuity of the business while retaining key management and that Tiso has confidence that the current business strategy is one that is sound and viable.
Lebashe also shared that it believes there will be further opportunities to grow the assets through the acquisition and by increasing its market share.
The business provides a diverse reach that remains unmatched in the African market dealing with print, TV, digital, films and radio.
Tiso noted that the transaction would allow Tiso Blackstar to focus on its remaining investments and businesses, specifically the Hirt & Carter ("H&C") project which has grown significantly and operates in a unique market space.
It will, however, retain the Gallo Music Group business and develop it accordingly as the music sector continues to evolve.
The sale will become commercially effective by the end of November 2019.
Over the weekend, Fundudzi Media announced that it had acquired the Sunday World newspaper that was supposed to have been closed by Tiso Blackstar.
Tiso's Managing Director Andy Gill said that the affected employees of Sunday World would be transferred to Fundudzi Media, but noted that the newspaper would continue to work from Tiso Blackstar's premises during the transition period.
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Create a versatile alternative account registration system for Drupal powered by Webform and Rules, with zero lines of code
The power of the webform module allows sophisticated registration forms to be put together far more quickly than would be possible by modifying the standard system. Webforms and Rules can also easily be cloned, allowing the possibility of simple setup of a multi-faceted registration system as site-wide settings for user registration no longer apply – everything (sending e-mails, assigning roles etc) is handled by Rules.
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Drupal sites allows one of these three options for user registration:
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There is also a checkbox to select whether e-mail verification is required or not.
In my previous post on Drupal Commerce's powerful integration with Rules, I explained a way to improve the anonymous user experience on completing an order, but it required the user registration settings to be set to the most lenient option "Registration approved, no approval needed, no e-mail verification needed".
In the past when I have used this setting, sites are likely to be inundated with bot created accounts. To prevent this, I added a rewriterule from /user/registration back to /user and hid the "register" tab on the user page with CSS.
The side effect of this was to effectively lock registration to one of only two methods – via placing an order in the store, or via manual admin creation of accounts.
A need arose on a site configured like this for user registration functionality for a new 'members only' section. There are a number of ways I could have tackled this (the most obvious being a 'subsite'), but I decided to see what was possible using Rules and Webform. I was very pleased with how it turned out and believe it can be useful for any Drupal site looking to make a departure from the standard user registration system.
Adding user registration to your Drupal Webform
You must install the Webform Rules module, which provides relevant events, conditions and data selectors to rules. You must be using version 4+ of Webform (which, though still an alpha release, is worth upgrading to for improved built-in error handling presentation on existing forms and built in 'conditions', which are similar to a stripped down version of rules conditions for use internally in the webform module). This guide also assumes you have Drupal Commerce installed, though you only need it in order to clone one if its rules.
Update November 2013
It turns out that the commerce_checkout module must be installed in order to have the "Entity exists by propery" condition used below available in Rules. This is an extremely useful condition and a patch has been made to add it to the Rules module, though at the time of writing it has not been committed to dev. If you wish to use this on a site without commerce_checkout, you'll need to apply the patch, and make the edit to the patch to change the type to text (I will make a new patch with this done and add it to the issue).
- If you don't have an existing form you wish to use, create your registration form. A password field is not required or accounted for in this guide, it is set by the user on first logging into their account from a link in e-mail sent to them. The only necessary field is 'e-mail'. You can set up the Webform with whatever other fields and functionality you like though.
- Make a clone of the rule from commerce, "Create a new account for an anonymous order", calling it "Create a new account on Webform submission".
- The first step is to delete the event "Completing the checkout process" (this will throw a bunch of errors on reloading the page), replacing it with a new event "After a Webform has been submitted".
- Delete all the conditions except "NOT entity exists by property".
- Add a new condition "Webform has name" and select your registration form.
- Move "send account e-mail" out of the loop. Select the type of account registration e-mail relevant. If you have already customised the relevant one, as in my case, just use one of the other options and alter the template to fit (in the configuration > people > account settings page).
- Delete the other actions in the loop to fetch the created account, and the loop itself (unless you wish to manipulate areas outside the user entity based on its data too).
- There will still be errors shown for most of the rules. This is because they are still using tokens from commerce. These need to be replaced with tokens from the Webform submission. These are formed similar to [data:email-value] or [data:email-value-raw], where 'email' is the key of your Webform component.
- (Optional) Create a new role for the users registering via this form.
- Add an action below "Create a new Entity" and above "Save entity". Set a data value [acount-created:roles] – select the role to assign user accounts created via this form from list.
- Finally, add an action "Show a message on the site", last in the actions list – The Webform module does not know whether the rule was successful or not, so it goes to the confirmation page even if there was a problem in the rules evaluation. So we show a success message as part of the rule instead. I have not fully looked into the conditions aspect added to Webform 4 to see if there is any provision for integration in this area.
- Test your new Webform based registration form
Update November 2013
Stay tuned for a followup article on advanced entity manipulation based on submitted webform data using the rules_data_transforms module – including addressfields, times and dates, integer values and multiple value fields (e.g. checkboxes) – both input and output


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Bosses at Norwich Prison have welcomed an increase in the amount of drug seizures made over the past year as they say it demonstrates the success of their "rigorous security measures".
Figures released as part of a Parliamentary question about the amount of drugs seizures made from prisoners in each prison over the past two years revealed staff at HMP Norwich made 20 seizures between September last year and August this year compared to just one from September 2010 to August 2011.
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Quality Workmanship in Transmission Repair
The signs of transmission trouble are obvious. Rough gear changes, leaking fluid or jerking motions all call for a transmission diagnosis before the situation gets worse. When the need for transmission repair arises, you'll want true reliability in the hands performing the necessary tasks. From a fluid change to a complete rebuild, the right transmission repairs will keep you driving at your best. 6 to 6 Auto Service in Lincoln, NE, is proud to be your trusted choice to deliver quality workmanship in transmission repair.
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Since the day we opened our doors in 2005, 6 to 6 Auto Service has been delivering long-lasting transmission repairs to drivers in Lincoln and throughout Lancaster County. Our entire team has worked hard to maintain our reputation for detail and precision, combined with the extensive abilities of our ASE-Certified technicians. We are well versed with transmissions on a wide range of makes, handling a Chrysler, Volvo and Subaru just the same. It's our goal to facilitate a pleasant process for you, as we complete all transmission repairs at fair prices.
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text: Philadelphia-based 7 Wonders Cinema is changing how brands utilize video. While traditional production companies simply execute a separate agency\u2019s vision, 7 Wonders Cinema strikes a balance between a production company and an agency. They strategize and execute video campaigns that breathe new life into brands nationwide.\r\nTo accommodate their rapid growth, they needed more storage capacity for increased client demand. They were looking for a cost-effective solution for archiving footage from the hard drives they used daily\u2014without losing the ability to instantly access those files for future projects. After extensive research, it was clear that Wasabi hot cloud storage was the only cloud storage solution with the price-performance capable of meeting their needs.\r\n\r\nChallenge\r\n7 Wonders Cinema began in 2015 while founders Michael Ayjian and Stephen Skeel were attending New York University. The dynamic new company quickly landed a roster of impressive clients because they identified a need in the market for more video content telling human-oriented stories. Their videos have achieved recognition at Oscar-qualifying festivals and viral status online, and have dramatically improved their clients\u2019 marketing success. As the company expanded, they gradually maxed out every hard drive they owned plus multiple Google Drive accounts. By the summer of 2017, the search was on for a better long-term storage solution.\r\n\r\nThey considered going to a higher tier of service with Google or trying Amazon, but the need to occasionally access their stored footage made those choices \u201castronomically expensive,\u201d according to Ayjian.\u00a0\u201cWe often pull archived video for new projects. This made cold storage time intensive and pricier cloud storage tiers from Google and Amazon economically out of reach.\u201d\r\nSolution\r\n\u201cStoring something like 100 GB on Google cost the same as storing a terabyte on Wasabi,\u201d says Ayjian.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe price difference was so dramatic, Wasabi was the only cloud storage provider we could seriously consider...it was a no-brainer.\u201d\r\n\r\nHIPAA compliance was also a major concern for 7 Wonders Cinema, as the company supports several healthcare-industry clients. HIPAA\u2019s strict regulations for protecting and encrypting data were often cumbersome, requiring them to keep hard drives with them at all times, even on location. \u201cWith Wasabi, we simply upload all the footage to their secure HIPAA-compliant cloud,\u201d says Ayjian\u2019s business partner, Stephen Skeel.\r\nResults\r\nWith Wasabi, 7 Wonders Cinema gets the best of both worlds: low-cost, long-term cloud storage and the ability to instantly access files whenever they need them. Typical archive storage can take hours before you can download a single byte, and expedited service quickly becomes cost prohibitive. \u201cWe were working on a new project for Mercedes-Benz when the client suddenly asked for a scene from an earlier video project,\u201d says Skeel.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt was no problem. Wasabi is so fast, it\u2019s like an active archive.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhile 7 Wonders Cinema is highly satisfied with the price and performance of Wasabi hot cloud storage, they are also pleased with the high level of customer care and service. They appreciate being able to ask questions, discuss matters with Wasabi staff, and get swift resolution and responses when they have an issue. \u201cThe low price point is what originally drew us in, but the customer service is what is convincing us to stay,\u201d says Ayjian.\r\nWhat\u2019s Next for 7 Wonders Cinema?\r\n7 Wonders Cinema is gradually discovering all the benefits of Wasabi hot cloud storage and its features. Skeel says, \u201cSwitching to Wasabi allows us to store considerably more data than any other cloud storage platform. We plan to store all of our final videos and relevant files on Wasabi.\u201d The company is also looking into Wasabi partner solutions for enhancing their video search and retrieval capabilities as their Wasabi active archive grows.\r\n\r\nThe name \u201c7 Wonders Cinema\u201d is a nod to the ancient seven wonders of the world\u2014the quintessential idea of timeless permanence. \u201cWe create content that will stand the test of time, that will continue to resonate and impact future generations because we focus on stories with universal messages,\u201d says Ayjian. It\u2019s fitting, then, that Wasabi\u2019s universal hot cloud storage enables companies like 7 Wonders Cinema to affordably store all of their data for as long as they want.


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Of Course Or Off Course? Series
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2011 (message contributor)
Summary: We can learn from Israel's mistakes and make provision to stay on course by embracing three principles.
Of Course or Off Course?
1. This was an excruciating latter part of the week for Marylu and I and Luke
2. We had to move Luke out of Moody and then into SBTS.
3. I was saying "goodbye" to Moody a second time. I enjoyed my years there.
4. One of my professors retired 10 years go, and we called him "The Fox."
5. Before our first test, he said we did not need to memorize his outline…essay…
6. I was normally an A or B student, so when my first test came back with a C+…
7. I learned and made adjustments according to what I learned. But not everybody does this, & sometimes all of us have been guilty about making the same mistake over & over
Main Idea: We can learn from Israel's mistakes and make provision to stay on course by embracing three principles.
I. Principle One: Let God Have the STEERING WHEEL (8:1-7, 14)
A. Eagles of blessing or PREY (1)
Exodus 19:4, "You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself."
Deuteronomy 28:49, "The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand…"
House of the Lord = household (no specific word for family, Be yt)
The hawk and the piglet…
B. God has no interest in profession without PERFORMANCE (2-6)
You cannot believe everything people say
C. The wind matures into a WHIRLWIND (7)
D. The danger of FORGETTING God (14)
E. Application: Do we really view ourselves as God's SERVANTS?
We can learn from Israel's mistakes and make provision to stay on course by embracing three principles.
II. Principle Two: Choose CONTENTMENT in God's Will or Wander (9:15-17)
A. Becoming a WANDERER is a judgment from God (17)
Genesis 4:12, "When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
The Bible uses terms "peace" and "rest."
B. God would DRIVE them out (15)
Genesis 21:10, "Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac."
C. God's feelings turned from "Love" to "HATE"
1. Just as Hosea's feelings turned toward Gomer
2. But as Hosea took Gomer back, so God will take Israel back
3. God removes his "aheb" for a time, but not his "hesed."
4. A lot like the sinning believer…nothing can separate, sin breaks fellowship
aheb, "…The intensity of the meaning ranges from God's infinite affection for his people to the carnal appetites of a lazy glutton…" (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, Volume 1, p. 14).
hesed, "Lovingkindness … is the idea of faithful love in action and often in the OT refers to God's lovingkindness expressed in His covenant relationship with Israel (His "loyal love" to His "Wife" Israel [cp Hos 2:18, 19, 20-see note, Is 54:5, Je 31:32] = His "loyalty to covenant"). God's hesed His denotes persistent and unconditional tenderness, kindness, and mercy … Hesed expresses both God's loyalty to His covenant and His love for His people along with a faithfulness to keep His promises.
"…'In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness (hesed) I will have compassion (racham) on you," Says the LORD your Redeemer.' (Isa 54:8)
"'For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness (hesed) will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion (racham) on you.' (Isa 54:10)
"'The LORD'S lovingkindnesses (hesed) indeed never cease, For His compassions (racham) never fail.' (Lam 3:22)"
D. We are developing a culture of WANDERING
We can learn from Israel's mistakes and make provision to stay on course by embracing three principles.
III. Principle Three: Actively NURTURE Your Walk with God Internally and Externally (10:12)
A. We are responsible for what we SOW
1. Years ago, I tried planting some exotic Japanese greens
2. They tasted awful; not the seed co. fault, the seed, the soil...me
3. Sometimes we get away with foolish things, sometimes they catch up
4. We think sowing somehow gets us off the hook (claim innocence)
B. We are responsible to work the SOIL
1. My friend Charlie and his tomato plants
2. Need fresh soil, aeration, reinvigoration (part of church)
3. Two tracks of truth in God's Word that seem a paradox….
C. We are responsible to PERSIST
Spurgeon: My perseverance, the snail reached the ark…
D. Application: You must FARM your soul
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or transportation; that this region of country has been greatly, if not effectually, exhausted in furnishing army supplies; that the transportation of subsistence for a column of any importance through that country would be an enterprise requiring extraordinary efforts of Government; that in my opinion the maintenance of troops in that particular region serves to invite the enemy exhausts the country, destroys its productive resources, and thus practically interposes an almost insurmountable barrier to pushing an efficient column to the succor of the interior of Missouri. One season of repose to that country would enable it to produce sufficient subsistence for a moving column. I doubt the ability to transport necessary subsistence through that region of country. South and East Missouri affords better resources.
Hoping that this desultory and hasty communication may enable you to grasp the objects of inquiry, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
Member of Congress.
HDQRS. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT, Numbers 17.
Little Rock, Ark., June 17, 1862.
I. For the more effectual annoyance of the enemy upon our rivers and in our mountains and woods all citizens of this district who are not subject to conscription are called upon to organize themselves into independent companies of mounted men or infantry, as they prefer, arming and equipping themselves, and to serve in that part of the district to which they belong.
II. When as many as 10 men come together for this purpose they may organize by electing a captain, 1 sergeants, 1 corporal, and will at once commence operations against the enemy without waiting for special instructions. Their duty will be cut off Federal pickets scouts foraging parties, and trains, and to kill pilots and others on gunboats and transports, attacking them day and night, and using the greatest vigor in their movements. As soon as the company attains the strength required by law it will proceed to elect the other officers to which it is entitled. All such organizations will be reported to these headquarters as soon as practicable. They will receive pay and allowances for subsistence and forage for the time actually in the field, as established by the affidavits of their captains.
III. These companies will be governed in all respects by the same regulations as other troops. Captains will be held responsible for the good conduct and efficiency of their men, and will report to these headquarters from time to time.
By command of Major-General Hindman:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT, Numbers 17.
Little Rock, Ark., June 17, 1862
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V. Until otherwise ordered Major Pearce will be post commandant at Fort Smith and Van Buren. Martial law is hereby declared over said cities and the country within 5 miles of the same.


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Hello friends. Today I made a handle for a shoe spoon, which was sent to me by a friend of mine from Grand Rapids, Michigan Jim Jakosh, I am very grateful to him that he gave me the opportunity to work with such an interesting tree. Here is a link to the video where I made this product.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocVdFMV7HhI
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#1 posted 05-15-2018 02:16 AM
Anatolli, you did an excellent job making that shoe horn with that piece of Osage Orange. That looks better than the ones I make. I was going to send you a completed one, but I wanted you to have the opportunity to work with that really neat wood! The farmers here use that wood for fence posts. It will last 100 years in the ground because it does not rot!
cheers, my friend….........Jim
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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#4 posted 05-15-2018 02:44 PM
you did an excellent job on this shoe horn buddy … GREAT JOB :<))
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2008 has been a great year of gains for NSWNA members with our campaigns boosting nurses' rights at work and improving pay and conditions across all nursing sectors.
Fair Conditions Fair Pay for public hospital nurses
Hot on the heels of a stunning win in the Your Rights at Work campaign late last year, the NSWNA kicked off 2008 with our Fair Conditions Fair Pay – Nurses Stay campaign to improve pay and conditions for public health sector nurses.
The Fair Conditions, Fair Pay – Nurses Stay campaign achieved huge gains for public hospital nurses, including a 7.95% pay rise over two years (when the Government had argued for 2.5% per year); the creation of new CNE/CNS classifications improving pay, conditions and career paths for specialist nurses; a Continuing Education Allowance for ENs with advanced diplomas; and the right of part-timers to choose to increase contracted hours or swap to full-time. Also, winning the right to pursue improved night duty penalty rates (currently underway) and better pay for experienced nurses (commencing early next year) in the Australian Industrial Relation Commission was a solid win for nurses.
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The NSWNA also made great gains in our campaign to improve pay and conditions for aged care nurses by assisting members to bargain for Union Collective Agreements with their employers. More than 60 aged care employers have now offered their employees Union Collective Agreements, based on the template agreement developed by the NSWNA in conjunction with the HSU and Aged and Community Services Association.
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Codema presents Video about Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
15th May, 2015
If you work in the energy sector or are involved in the running of a building, you may have heard about Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) but not grasped exactly what it is or how it works in Ireland.
Well, to help you understand the concept better, Codema has produced a live action and animation video which easily explains how the process works step-by-step and outlines the many benefits in choosing the EPC model for upgrading your building.
Energy Performance Contracting is a form of energy building management with guaranteed energy savings, which are delivered by an Energy Service Company (ESCo). While the approach in upgrading buildings is quite new in Ireland, it is a well-established concept in Europe – especially in counties such as Czech Republic, Austria and Germany.
Codema produced this video as part of our involvement in the European Energy Services Initiative 2020 (EESI2020) to promote the concept in Ireland and to gain expertise from senior partners who have a proven track record in the implementing successful EPC projects.
As a result, Codema and Dublin City Council have now started the EPC process for three leisure centres - Ballymun, Finglas and Markievicz Sports and Fitness Centre. The work will be carried out in in the most cost-effective manner possible, while also enabling each building to become more energy-efficient and help the council to meet public sector energy targets.Back


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Did you observe it? Are you seeing that right now?.
Yes, you will be giving it your attention and focus, your mind creates an image of the thing you happen to be wishing for or something which represents the thing you wish happens or show up in your life.
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A great way to choose your wishes come true or at least work towards attracting them into your the truth is to create a "wish box". As you make a wish write it down focus on it coming true, consider how you will feel, where you will be, who you will be with, visualize it then place it in your hope box. However small or big the wish is have beliefs that whatever is within that box comes true.
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Arte e Sacro: Yves Klein, Sidival Fila e Tito
8 July-11 Oct. The Museo Carlo Bilotti presents three interconnecting exhibitions featuring the work of three artists from different nationalities, generations and styles: Yves Klein, Sidival Fila and Tito.
Klein (1928-1962) was the main protagonist of the French artistic movement Nouveau réalisme and a pioneer of performance art; Brasilian artist Sidival Fila was born in 1962 and became a Franciscan monk in Assisi; and Tito Amodei (born in 1926 and better recognised by his first name) is an Italian painter, sculptor and member of the Passionist community in Monte Argentario north of Rome.
All three artists have been drawn to the religious life and their work is united by a common use of recurring themes and imagery as well as a complex synthesis of light, colour and form.
The exhibition TITO: il segno il colore is curated by Carlo Fabrizio Carli, organised in collaboration with Rome's Sala 1 gallery and runs until 11 Oct; Spazi dell'Anima: Yves Klein e la devozione a S. Rita da Cascia is curated by Edvige Bilotti, supported by the Institut Français Italia and runs until 4 Oct; and Sidival Fila: TrasFormAzione is curated by Cinzia Fratucello and runs until 11 Oct.
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Future Presence of Nexyad on Congresses & Exhibitions
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Difficult to miss NEXYAD in 2016. The french High-Tech company for ADAS, Autonomous Vehicle & Connected Car will be where it's important to be to present his work and his products :
Connected Car Insurance Europe 2016
Tues 12th – Wed 13th April • Tower Bridge Hotel, London
Actualise Connected Data Sets to Create Innovative Motor Insurance Products
Nexyad will present SafetyNex at the conference and on his booth.
Active Safety Europe 2016: ADAS to Autonomous
May 17-18, 2016 • Munich
Enabling The Next Phase in Auto Safety Through The Development of ADAS
Gérard Yahiaoui, Nexyad CEO part of the 40 speakers.
Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium 2016
May 31 to June 2 • Stuttgart
The world's only conference dedicated to the testing and development procedures for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems.
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May 25-27, 2016 • Paris
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16 & 17 November 2016 • Paris
Today's automotive electronics & future trends and technologies.
Gérard Yahiaoui, Nexyad CEO part of Commitees
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