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The timing was almost too perfect.
The morning before I was supposed to depart Denver International Airport bound for Washington D.C. and then Pakistan, I visited an international leadership class at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy for a story.
The lesson of the day? Pakistani activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai.
Pakistan, which at the time remained a distant locale dripping with uncertainty and maybe some danger, had fallen into my lap. Well, at least for a lede on a local education feature.
But I couldn't help thinking that was kind of like how the whole trip had fallen into my lap about two years earlier, when an editor nudged me to apply for the program coordinated through the International Center for Journalists.
At that time, in the fall of 2014, I was barely three months out of college and doing a not-so-decent job of faking it/making it at the Aurora Sentinel. Pakistan seemed so wildly abstract.
Some two years later, the air of unattainability remained. It was a place relegated to headlines, the @CNNInternational handle and the occasional Aurora Public Schools SmartBoard. That feeling of remoteness seemed to persist no matter how many coincidental lessons and appearances the Paksitani people made in my every day life.
"You're going to Pakistan?" friends would say. "Wha — how?"
"Yeah, so they tell me," I'd reply. "I'll believe it when I'm on the plane."
The trip had been canceled, postponed and thrown into purgatory about three times. I was not optimistic. My trepidation was so steadfast that when I couldn't immediately find my printed-out confirmation code to hand to the Etihad Airways rep at the counter, I thought that was it — the caper was up. No Pakistan for me. Figures as much. It's not like it could actually, like, happen.
Then, seemingly instantaneously, I was there; Islamabad, Pakistan, population 2 million, the fabricated capital constructed by the Pakistani government barely 50 years ago.
Though nary a Pakistani would ever admit it, the country and its capital appear, per se, to mirror observations I've heard and read about a certain neighbor and mortal enemy: India. Moving through the place is more than an assault on the senses — it's a bare-knuckled pummeling of all sensory receptors.
Wet, heavy air strangles the skin and lungs, which provides a particularly sobering sensation for someone who's spent the past six years in the high desert of the arid Rocky Mountains. Sewage mixes with cologne mixes with kabob to form an ever-changing olfactory blanket that can betray the nose with only the slightest breeze or change of direction. My early soundtrack to the city and the country was an ever-present cacophony of Yamaha motorbikes and the whispered melodies of a very foreign Urdu language. The hazy ghosts of the nearby Margalla Hills and a smattering of palm trees acted as the backdrop to a soupy web of motor traffic and pedestrians. The folds of women's hijabs galloped in the smoggy wind, while the baggy flaps of their male counterpart's salwar kameezes imitated the feathery dance.
We spent five days meeting with many of the city and country's brightest and most sanguine, as well as many feigned, bureaucratic optimists, including education reformers, media watchdogs, reporters, senators, and government squawk boxes. Those conversations led to a sea of Wikipedia-style facts and figures, the likes of which made for teeming reporter's notebooks and constantly buzzing synapses. All of the statistics are immense, and many are underpinned by somber realities.
For example: In a 2013 poll, 90 percent of Pakistani respondents said suicide bombings are never justified in the name of Islam. That compares to just 40 percent of respondents who thought the same in 2002, according to Michael Kugelman, a senior program associate at the Wilson Center, a D.C.-based think tank. Nearly 120 Pakistani journalists have been killed since 2000 because of stories they had reported, according to the Islamabad-based nonprofit Media Matters for Democracy. The United Nations estimates about 42 percent of the country's children are stunted, meaning they're not growing as quickly as they should be. Approximately 24 million Pakistani kids are out of school, according to a recent UNICEF report. Some 60 percent of the country's population is under 30.
In Karachi, the umpteen-headed sea monster that refuses to keep still and is gunning to become the world's largest city, the numbers pack even more of a wallop. Though the government hasn't conducted an official census since 1998 — so as not to redraw highly regarded political district lines — current estimates put the city's population at about 24 million people. That's roughly equivalent to the entire population of Australia. The city is technically overseen by a mayor who is currently in prison. There's no public transportation system. The metropolis is home to an estimated 1.7 million motorbikes.
Life in Pakistan is a departure from life in America, to be sure. There are few female drivers behind the wheel or the handlebars. Government offices and facilities are threadbare, and serve as foils to the constant opulence seen in Washington D.C., Denver and elsewhere. Traffic has its own mind and its own pulse. Protocols surrounding waste disposal are loose at best.
But for all of the differences, there are myriad points of overlapping culture. While there are plenty of covered heads and beards, there is also a consistent smattering of blue jeans, Nikes and graphic t-shirts. Cell phones are cheap and they are everywhere. Sports —namely cricket — consume a vast swath of the country's some 200 million inhabitants. Patriotism, or at least the appearance of it, is ubiquitous. Green and white crescents coat highway overpasses, rear-view mirrors and T-shirt vendor's stalls. Media are vibrant, consumed and struggling to adapt to the new world of tiny blue birds, online advertising and short attention spans.
As a visitor for just less than two weeks, it's impossible and downright unfair to synthesize the cogs of a country in a magazine report published in a tiny hamlet — in Pakistani terms, as I was repeatedly told — across the world. The preceding 1,000 words merely serve as a snippet of how I got there, and what I saw. The use of wide brush strokes certainly abound.
Take away what you will. Just know that while dangerous at certain times and in certain places, the country is not a war zone. Pakistan and its people have infrastructure and art and commerce and innovation and anger and brawn and brains and hope. And that should mean something. That should matter.


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Job Title: Business Development Manager
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Working with a manufacturer and distributor of specialist products used to build bathrooms and washrooms e.g. linear drains, wet room shower trays, concealed cisterns, support frames for WCs etc. The company has been trading for 16 years, they have just embarked on a joint venture with a German company, in order to increase their product range and sales opportunities within the UK.
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Reporting to the National Sales Manager, the primary role of the BDM is to prospect for new accounts, to manage and grow existing accounts and to provide technical knowledge and support for the products and services. Covering clients across retail, merchants and key accounts, as well as driving sales across the territory, increasing sales turnover, volume unit sales and market share. Diverse customer types can result in meetings in designer led showrooms, on building sites with property developers, trade counters / builders' merchants, or bathroom retailers, amongst others.
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Looking for someone located in Scotland but prepared to spend 1 week a month in Ireland, with a proven track record in sales, ideally from the KBB or Heating & Plumbing sector, although other relevant market experience will be considered. A hands-on, solution-based approach is required, you must be able to demonstrate good commercial skills as discounting and negotiation will be key. Organised and motivated, you must also have experience of sourcing and making your own appointments.
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Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file for 6 months, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this, please contact us.
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RSS has until recently been associated mostly with web logs or blogs, a grassroots phenomenon of thousands of individuals publishing digital daily diaries. Using an application called an RSS reader or aggregator, anyone can subscribe to an RSS feed. When new content is available, it automatically downloads and displays in a window.
As it did with web browsing, Microsoft came late to the RSS party. Without a third-party add-on, there is currently no way users can subscribe to RSS feeds in Microsoft's Outlook or Internet Explorer.
But that may be changing. Microsoft has just launched seven official RSS publications of its own, including feeds on .Net Framework, Visual Basic .Net, Visual C# .Net, Visual C++ .Net, Visual Studio .Net and XML web services. A seventh feed is called "Recently Published on All of MSDN" (Microsoft Developer Network). You can subscribe to these feeds at the site of Tim Ewald, an MSDN developer.
I believe this is just the beginning of a tectonic shift that your organisation must plan for. Soon after Microsoft made its move, other corporations such as Cisco Systems and Fawcett Publishing started their own RSS-compatible streams.
Dave Winer, the coinventor of RSS, says he was happy to find out that Microsoft's new feeds don't use proprietary tricks. As a result, the Microsoft feeds are compatible with any RSS aggregator.
When aggregators become widespread, many B2C newsletters will switch to RSS and drop now highly unreliable email. I wrote several months ago that ISPs such as Hotmail and Yahoo, trying to stop spam, shunt to a junk folder or simply delete 25% of newsletters requested by subscribers.
The spam tsunami is forcing many email recipients to build "whitelists", accepting messages without question only from approved senders. Interestingly, RSS subscriptions work exactly like whitelists. By design, spammers have no way to push their material into anyone's RSS reader.
How will you support end users who want to receive RSS feeds? The numerous aggregators that have sprung up vary widely in their degree of enterprisewide manageability. Is any application that can handle RSS acceptable? Or do you need to establish corporate standards? Those are subjects I'll examine next week
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The study is the product of research that the Staff of the Centre conducted in 2001, assessing the progress that the nine Membership Action Plan states (Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) have made in their quest for NATO membership. It focuses on an aspect that has not been explicitly examined in official NATO procedure, and has not featured prominently in independent commentary either: the quality of would-be members' defence organisation. Yet an important dimension of preparedness is the individual aspirant's commitment to democratic control of its armed forces and its capacity to deliver a defence effort that is domestically acceptable, economically sustainable and strategically sound. Expressed concretely, serious candidates should be able to show that they are making now – and that structures and processes exist to ensure that they can make in future – military provision that fulfils these conditions. For this reason, it is not a comprehensive evaluation of the nine would-be members' claims to consideration. Nor can it be a final appraisal, even on its own terms, because at the time of writing, the Prague Summit is twelve months away. In addition, the study assesses how the performance of the MAP states looks in relation to NATO's expectations and requirements on its own terms and by comparison with the accession experience of the three 'first wave' enlargement entrants (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland).
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Black Law Students / Re: Yo Lacosteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee« on: September 23, 2006, 06:40:33 PM »
It's great to be so supportive of our resident celebrity - but can you edit out his real name? Discretion, please
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No, though it's better to use LSAC because many schools like to receive everything at one time. Sending things from different places can slow things down.
Oh I am going to use lsac...I planned on having the Career office send the letters to lsac...I was just wondering if LSACs specific form was necessary
I wish I could live at home and didn't have "stay fly" addiction so that I could save more money I guess I like my money right where I can see it - hanging in my closet.
Set a reasonable budget and stick to it.
I find it easier to do the opposite. Decide how much you're going to save (whatever works for your lifestyle), transfer it to another account every payday and act like it never existed. I've occaisionally had to dip into it (like when I got my wisdom teeth removed in February. For all those who still live at home, do any major medical procedures NOW), but for the most part I've been able to save.
And as any of my friends can tell you, I like my shopping!
Since I haven't yet started a paying job, I'm not as versed on the subject as I will be. But I fully intend to contribute the maximum amount to whatever it is that caps the amount you can contribute (401k?).
Thats the thing tho...you really need to be saving more than that if you want to ensure a comfortable retirement.
Yes, I know. My parents have always been big savers (my dad is retired and living comfortably), and they passed that on to me. But it's also not just about savings (in the traditional sense). Investments are equally (or more) important.
Since I haven't yet started a paying job, I'm not as versed on the subject as I will be. But I fully intend to contribute the maximum amount to whatever it is that caps the amount you can contribute (401k?).
Does anyone know when we're going to get stuff about orientation/what section we're in, etc? I'm really antsy and I want to hear more!
I sent in all my health forms and transcripts, so now I have nothing else to stress about. Except for moving my life to Boston.


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MOBILE, Alabama -- International Shipholding Corp. this morning announced an agreement to acquire Tampa, Fla.-based U.S. United Ocean Services LLC in a $111 million deal.
According to International Shipholding officials, the company will acquire a 100 percent ownership interest in U.S. United Ocean Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Maritime Group LLC. The purchase will be in cash and is subject to customary closing adjustments.
U.S. United Ocean Services provides marine transportation services for dry bulk and break-bulk commodities in the United States and operates the largest U.S. Flag Jones Act dry bulk fleet today.
International Shipholding said the acquisition would provide the company with increased scale and a more diverse product offering within the U.S. Flag Jones Act dry bulk transportation market.
"This acquisition enables management to capitalize on a growth opportunity in a niche market that is expected to be accretive to both earnings and free cash flow," International Shipholding CEO Niels Johnsen said in a statement. "We anticipate that this transaction will increase our contracted revenue stream to approximately 68% of total revenue in 2013."
ISH plans to operate U.S. United Ocean Services as a separate unit while retaining its current management team. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.
The company said it has committed debt financing in place from its core bank group to help fund the acquisition, subject to meeting preceding conditions under those commitments. International Shipholding officials said the company also will consider other sources of financing to fund the acquisition.
Headquartered in Mobile, International Shipholding employs about 115 people and owns and operates a fleet including time charters, where customers pay a daily rate for the use of an entire ship, and vessels where customers lease cargo space on a voyage-by-voyage basis.


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In addition to the online merchants, we also have a list of ConsoleCity members who are interested in selling or trading their copy of Sniper Elite 4. By clicking their name you can send them a Private Message or an email to set up a transaction. Good Luck!


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The title of our Community Manager Appreciation Day panel was Employee advocacy: pros and cons of employee empowerment. All in all, the panel saw employee advocacy beneficial for the company and employees as well, and didn't see many cons with it at all. Here's the key takeaway from the panel:
- The company benefits from employee advocacy because it's useful for marketing and building the company image. It gives the brand an extended reach via social media channels that employees use and where the company couldn't necessarily reach to.
- Employees have credibility in their own networks, so they get the message through better than the company would do. Ambassadors give a face to the company that the audience can relate to, and it can be very powerful and positive thing when the audience may see the human side of the company.
- It also engages employees, and they will take this engagement beyond social media, into dark social, which means their private communication online and offline.
- Benefits for employees are that they can build their personal brand on social media as knowledgeable professionals and their job satisfaction may increase if they get the feeling of achievement by creating new opportunities for a company. They can also extend their networks and expand their knowledge when they act as ambassadors. In addition, the openness that comes within employee advocacy improves organisational culture and well-being at work.
This is so good that it's breathtaking, huh? But are there any risks then? Not many, our panel thinks. Employees, of course, need guidance of what to share and not share, but mainly it's a question of trust. If employees are unsatisfied, there may be a risk that they say their piece, but on the other hand, they could do that anyway, with or without an employee advocacy programme.
So how to start then?
- According to the panel, the first step to start is that the company should offer every employee a chance to participate and ask what channels they use, what they want to do, and what kind of training they need.
- Second, the company should provide the needed training, give tips and best practices, and build employees' confidence to act as company representatives.
- Third, the company should name a person who supports advocates and also organise peer support practices. Employees also need advice on how to respond to unexpected negative comments on them or the company.
There are several ways to act as an employee advocate. Employees can create their own content, such as write blog posts and take photos, or alternatively share the company's content and other people's blogs and news articles. The company should provide an easy access to the content.
To conclude the message of this panel, everything is based on employees' enthusiasm. A company is a facilitator that should hold employees' hands, but it should also give them freedom to be themselves. They will share the content that they value and believe in.
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There is a whole lot of talk about 'best' in the world right now and if you are a teacher I can appreciate that you are probably somewhat interested in giving your best, getting the best from your students and appreciating the best in others.
It's kind of what we do.
It reminds me of a discussion I had with my kiddos the other day. I challenged them to have 'perfect' manners while we had a visitor in the classroom. For their effort, they would get a super buck.
The word 'perfect' seemed to challenge a few of them and make them do this:
So, we had a talk about 'perfect' and that 'perfect' can be perfectly imperfect and that is the perfect thing about it.
I think a few went home early with a headache.
I kid. They TOTALLY understood. And their manners were really perfect.
And so it goes with 'best'. My best is just that, mine and I love that yours and my kiddos will be totally different to mine.
TpT is one of the BEST places for me! I could spend 2 hours writing a big soppy post about my journey with TpT and how it has changed my life.... but to be honest, I really need some sleep and will save it for another day.
The team at TpT is currently wishing everyone their best teaching year ever and celebrating with a site wide sale. Just enter the code: BestYear when you checkout to secure a bonus 10% discount on your licenses.
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Speaking of 'best' - the best thing I ever did in my K-2 classroom was cater for 'fast finishers' in an engaging and skills-focussed way.
My 'Bee Busy Drawer' system gives you all the benefits of a structured approach but is open enough to include your own ideas, changes and differentiation.
The original packet has 16 printable activities to get you set up and moving with this classroom staple!
Just one of them is the cvc write and wipe cards:
Even if you don't set up the drawers, the 16 printable packets are fantastic for centers and rotations.
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I used the Thankful Mice stamp set to create some cute little place cards for the Thanksgiving table. This project was super easy and quick and demonstrates a great way to use this precious stamp set if you win it! To see how these came together, check out the video below! All the supplies are down there too, if you keep scrolling!
So again, thank you guys from the bottom of my ink-stained, glitter-covered heart! I love sharing my passion and hearing from you all. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!
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A few months ago, as part of being a shoe testing guinea pig, I received a free pair of some Newton Gravity Shoes. I've put close to 100 miles on them so far and wanted to give a short review on my impression.
Newton calls this shoe a "Neutral Performance Trainer". It offers some support and structure, but a 3mm drop. My Saucony's are a 4mm drop so this fit right in there with them.
One of Newton's differentiators is their Action/Reaction technology. These are really a line of "lugs" in the midfoot section of the shoe that are supposed to help you become a midfoot runner, compared to a heel striker. They take some getting used to. You feel a bit like a road cyclist wearing lock in shoes. Once you get past that and start running, you do notice a big difference in where you foot falls.
Shoe Fit
These are comfortable shoes! I do not feel any pinch points in them and find the toe box to be plenty wide enough for me. I could almost say it's too wide. The heel is nice and snug with no movement.
Shoe Stability
This would have to be my biggest complaint on these shoes. For road and even surfaces they perform great. But anything that resembles a trail and I just don't feel like I have much control. Numerous times I have felt like my ankle wants to roll in them. That being said, these are not advertised as a trail shoe, so I will stick to road only on these.
Shoe Uppers
The uppers breathe really well. Toe box has open mesh which allows dirt and debris to get in, so again, not a shoes that would be appropriate for any kind of trails.
My overall impression is that I like them. I will be using these for my tempo and speedwork runs. The retail price is $175, a lot of money for a pair of running shoes. The majority of shoes I have purchased have all been in the $100-$140 range. The durability will determine if these are a good value at this price. My guess is the lugs will flatten out over a short period of time, but we shall see.


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During the latter decades of the 20th century tattooing became a popular social practice worldwide.
Many younger (and some older) people today either have aspirations to have a tattoo somewhere on their body, or already have one or more. Some elect for one or several small tattoos such as butterflies, flowers, or other designs, while others may have significant portions of their skin covered. Popular along these lines are the 'half-sleeve', having the upper arm covered in tattoos, or 'full-sleeve', which includes the upper and lower arms. Whether or not to get a tattoo which is visible while wearing clothing is a matter of taste, but also involves consideration of future employment opportunities, and societal and family pressures.
It is assumed that the majority of tattoo recipients patronize tattoo parlors, which- according to varying state laws- have been registered and observe accepted standards of hygiene. However, some individuals do not, and some even use home tattooing equipment.


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Most days, I skip showering without realizing I'm skipping showering. I wearily grab the day's outfit out of the nearest laundry bin of clean but unfolded clothing. This morning, after a confusing conversation in which an elderly woman at the supermarket asked if I was okay, I pulled out a compact and realized I'd slept with mascara on and not consulted a mirror before leaving the house. It was an all-time low for me: pushing a double buggy around with raccoon eyes. Bad ones.
Maybe this is the beginning of Letting Myself Go. Maybe it's a short-lived phase. 2010 Jess (before kids) would have been curled up in a ball for the rest of the afternoon, completely ashamed. No, wait, this NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED to 2010 Jess, under any circumstances (unless we're talking natural disaster or imprisonment). October 2013 Jess is too tired to care. She shrugged, said "Nee, dank u wel.", cleaned up with her hoodie sleeve, grateful that the hoodie, too, was black, and walked off mostly unfazed.
Needless to say, I'm currently in no state to be making proper smoothies every day, with a blender and frozen fruit and creative thoughts and a smile. Some mornings, I need a quicker boost. This simple little number is pretty and thick enough to fool someone into thinking they're drinking something fancier than juice. And before you judge the green, shut up and try it.
slacker smoothie
- 1 cup/250ml of your favorite juice (I love orange, grapefruit, and cranberry!)
- 1/4 cup/60ml plain yogurt (the pourable kind, of any fat content)
- 2 teaspoons wheatgrass powder
Pour the yogurt into the juice, scoop in the wheatgrass powder, admire the shapeshiftiness and beauty, stir until blended, and drink. I prefer using a straw. Maybe the green wouldn't get stuck in teeth, but after this morning, I'm not taking any chances.


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Bob Hope Airport officials this week authorized more than $82 million in bonds to pay for new rental car and parking facilities for a new regional transportation center.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority signed off on the two 30-year bonds for $82.7 million at a special meeting Monday — shoring up the last major piece of funding for the center that will bring public transit and rental car facilities together for what officials hope will make for a better customer experience.
Dan Feger, the airport's executive director, called it a "historic event" for the authority.
"I think the authority is making a real substantial investment in the community, and in the airport's future and sustainability," Feger said, adding that the project is a "very significant enhancement to how transportation is done in Southern California, where you have a partnership between rental car agencies, transportation agencies and airport authorities."
The bonds approved on Monday will go toward a parking structure and new rental car facilities that will be part of the planned $108.9-million transit center, according to a report to the authority. The bonds will be repaid by revenue generated by rental car companies.


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With the emphasis placed on networking these days, it's more important than ever to to make your first impression count. A good business card design can make all the difference in the first impression that you have on someone, or whether or not you leave an impression at all.
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Anybody in my computer world would think by reading this blog title that I've gone backwards and lost my mind! Wordpress back to Blogger? And, don't get me wrong, this post isn't to bash one platform and praise another, I'm writing this to explain my decision to make the switch. There might be a few select people who feel as I do and wonder if it's possible to do.
I won't kid you, it can be a LOT of work going from Wordpress, a CMS (content management system) that really has leaps and bounds over Blogger in many ways. Blogger can't compete in some areas. However, for anyone not very technically inclined... Blogger is a God-send.
My background in computers dates back to the 80s, so I've got a lot of experience in graphics, word processing, web design and development, and software troubleshooting. I actually began my blogging career using Blogger, because it was out and very popular before I had even heard of WordPress (I'll abbreviate it WP for the rest of this post).
I took the plunge to learn WP about seven years ago and I took a whole six months to learn it. That's one drawback to it. However, there's plenty of videos, blog posts, and forums devoted to WP teaching. I developed many websites, blogs, and landing pages for clients and made a full time living for about two years doing that as well as WP training and consultation.
So What Happened?
First off, I had several individual blogs that I needed to combine into one. When I bought the domain kimmcdougal.com, I thought this would be the perfect place to house all that I love: crafting, style, beauty, cooking, and my Christian faith as well as sell handmade items right from my website. I built the site on WP and all was good for about close to a year, but then the site began to slow down dramatically. Also, I had installed different features because I needed certain functionality (plugins), but there were incompatibilities between them so it meant doing a lot of research to find plugins that would talk to each other.
The optimizing and caching plugins were working, but neither helped much. It was still taking anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes for my blog to load and/or page changes to take. I also had to wait exceptionally long to log in to make changes. That is just not acceptable especially for visitors. No one waits past a couple of seconds for a website to load. If I added up the number of weeks that I was have a load problem, I'm losing a LOT of money. Plus, blogging on my site was no longer fun. I want to have a blog that I can monetize and that means writing a lot of content, sharing information, offering freebies, selling products, research and typically I would find blogging a part of my job that I love, but not with the problems I was having. I couldn't take it any longer.
Why Blogger?Sometimes, I think we have to go back to where it all began. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. I was spending from 50 - 100 hours a month trying to fix problems, manage updates, and adding security. This leaves very little time for crafting and creating content. I could no longer justify all the loss of time + I really missed the simplicity of Blogger. Just about everything I need to have, I can do in Blogger. It handles the programming differently, but it's easier to edit. So, the past couple of days were spent trying to find a way to move back. It wasn't easy to find, in fact Google thought I meant to search for going from Blogger to WP!
I found only about three blogs where the writer talked about going from WP to Blogger so I was really grateful as I was beginning to believe I was the only one that wanted to do this :) I mentioned earlier in this post that it can be a lot of work making the transition so to keep this post from being any longer, I'm going to stop here and write a part 2 where I will tell you how I made the move and was it easy to do?, so stay tuned.... and hey...thanks for reading!


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International Crochet Day, Friday, September 12th 2008!
How will you celebrate the day?
A few bloggers have decided to celebrate and promote the art of crochet by offering up some giveaways.
ETA: I will be giving away one Croshay Design PDF pattern. For details see my next post here.
Jimbo, of Jimbo's Front Porch, is giving away one of his beautiful hand carved crochet hooks. To enter just post a comment in his blog with a very short statement about what you are going to do on International Crochet Day to promote the art. Or you can email him at email@example.com.
Jen, of Bits & Pieces, is doing her part to promote crochet by offering up a complete set of her Fit for a King or Queen Crown patterns. She is also giving away one Crown pattern and one of her Adventure Set patterns. All you have to do is leave a comment. If your kids are pint sized thespians as much as mine are, they will love for you to make them one of these crowns. Would love to see a mini crocheted Macbeth scene in my house.
Stitchlilly is giving away the cutest darned crocheted kitty. The kitty even knows how to crochet irish lace! It's as simple as leaving a comment.
Susan, The Cosmic Crocheter, wants to know how you'll be celebrating the day. Leave a comment for your chance to win a handmade canary wood hook and special surprise.
How can you participate in Int'l Crochet Day, you ask?
- Crochet in public..at school..at work - I'm usually crocheting on the playground after school
- Teach someone to crochet - young kids can learn to finger crochet
- Support crochet designers, by buying a pattern (I couldn't wait)
- Or how about a book?
- Wear something crocheted
- Promote crochet on your blog
- Pick up a hook and make something
- Complete an UFO for a personal celebration


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Does Fear of Black Men Satisfy the "Objective Reasonableness" Standard?
The case that set the standard on when police officers are justified in using excessive force is Graham v. Connor. But how that standard is applied needs deep consideration.
By: Brian Purnell
Date: 2016-09-21
Another video. Another police shooting. Another Black person body dead on an American road.
Every person is innocent until proven guilty.
That is true for Betty Shelby, the police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 16, 2016.
It also should have been true for Terence Crutcher.
So what did Crutcher do to justify a death sentence?
Enough of these killings have happened to unarmed Black people that citizens can and should begin to ask more serious questions about circumstances that justify police officers using deadly force against citizens. (Photo: Screenshot/Police footage)
Legally, we have to ask two questions. What did Crutcher do to cause Shelby to fire her weapon at him? And according to established legal precedent, was Shelby's shooting justified?
We do not know enough information to answer those questions. An investigation needs to uncover what Shelby, or the other police officers, told Crutcher, and what Crutcher did, during the moments before Shelby fired her weapon.
Enough of these killings have happened to unarmed Black people that citizens can and should begin to ask more serious questions about circumstances that justify police officers using deadly force against citizens.
The case that set the standard on when police officers are justified in using excessive force is Graham v. Connor. In the 1989 Graham decision the Supreme Court held that a standard of "objective reasonableness" determined if a police officer's actions while making an arrest, issuing a search and seizure warrant, or making a stop, violated a citizen's fourth amendment rights. The summary of the Court's ruling explains,
"The Fourth Amendment 'reasonableness' inquiry is whether the officers' actions are 'objectively reasonable' in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation. The 'reasonableness' of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, and its calculus must embody an allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions about the amount of force necessary in a particular situation."
So, how can the shooting and death of Terence Crutcher stand up to legal scrutiny according to the "objective reasonableness" standard set in Graham?
Exceptions to Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure, in this case excessive use of force in an arrest, have to satisfactorily apply "objective reasonableness" to at least three criteria: (1) did the arresting officers already have the apprehended person subdued by other means; (2) was the apprehended person attempting to flee; (3) were there exigent circumstances that required force beyond that which an objectively reasonable police officer would need to apply in that situation. Perhaps most important in understanding the Graham decision: the "objective reasonableness" standard does not take into consideration intent or motive. As Chief Justice Rhenquist said in the Supreme Court's ruling, "objective reasonableness," also cannot consider, "the 20/20 vision of hindsight." It has to deal with the facts of the situation. It has to ask if an officer's use of force was objectively reasonable in any and all such situations.
In short, would another, objectively reasonable officer, in the exact same situation do the exact same thing?
Based on video evidence, before Officer Shelby shot Terence Crutcher – or simultaneously as she shot him – Crutcher had already been shot with a taser gun by one of the officers on the scene.
The video makes clear that Crutcher was walking back to his car.
His hands look raised.
"That looks like a bad dude, too," said one police officer who observed the scene unfold live. "He could be on something."
The video shows at least four officers on the scene. Early details from the investigation indicate the officers claiming that Crutcher attempted to reach into his car before Shelby shot him. The video's footage is inconclusive on that issue.
Whether or not, or how, these officers will answer for Crutcher's death hinges on application of the holding in Grahm.
Did Officer Shelby have reasonably objective grounds for applying additional, deadly force according to the criteria through which investigators use the Graham holding to determine justified uses of force: was the suspect already subdued; was the suspect attempting to flee; did exigent circumstances demand excessive force?
That third criterion – exigent circumstances – is the one where arresting officers literally get away with murder. A police officer can claim fear for his safety, or the safety of his fellow officers, or other citizens. This claim usually passes scrutiny when an officer is alone. In this case, Officer Shelby was surrounded by several other officers.
So this situation begs the question: on what objectively reasonable grounds did the officer require using deadly force to subdue Terence Crutcher? What made Crutcher a "bad dude?" Did his size, color and sex factor into that assessment? Does a Black male, walking towards a car, with hands raised, engaged by four trained police officers cause a level of fear that warrants deadly force? Are these objectively reasonable conditions to justify a death penalty?
This is a question that concerns the entire nation.
If widespread violation of a fundamental Constitutional right (the Fourth amendment) continuously occurs to citizens, this issue is bigger than either the personal experiences of law enforcement officers, or individual citizens.
The Fourth Amendment exists to protect everyone.
If violations of it result in wrongful deaths, it is incumbent on all citizens to know when, where, how, and why that happens, and what we can do to fix it.
If allowances for excessive force according to the Graham holding are applied in discriminatory fashions – if these allowances apply when arresting officers consistently use excessive force on people from certain races, colors, regions, or economic classes, but not on others – than those practices may violate the Fourteenth amendment, and possibly the Civil Rights Act.
Objectively reasonable fears for an officer's safety exist.
But such a standard cannot become shields to protect against murder or brutality or coercion.
That is not a nation ruled by law and order.
It is a nation ruled by fear-driven deadly force.
And that is not a nation in which anyone should live.
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Brian Purnell teaches Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College. His main areas of research and teaching are the Civil Rights movement, urban history, and African Americans and the law.
The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.


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MWC Prayer Network: Click here for more information about what the Prayer Network is and how to sign up. If you would like to share a prayer with us, please write to email@example.com.
February 2019: As YAMENers continue to serve the Lord, pray for them, that they would always remember that the fear of the Lord is foundation of true knowledge. Pray for spiritual wisdom, and guidance on their journey, and that the seeds they have planted would produce good fruit. May the Lord empower them with inner strength through Holy Spirit. — submitted by Molula Motuba, YAMEN participant from Lesotho, serving in Cambodia.
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February 2019: Praise God that the election in DR Congo took place after one week's delay. Pray for a peaceful, just and fair transfer of power. The people are also suffering from an outbreak of Ebola, and a food shortage; pray that the new government would have the resources and wisdom to respond well. Pray for MWC member churches Communauté des Églises Frères Mennonites au Congo, Communauté Évangélique Mennonite, Communauté Mennonite au Congo as they seek to be faithful worshippers of Jesus in their hearts and their actions.
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January 2019: "We are in prayer and covet prayer from friends everywhere. Suffering has gone on for too long. Something has to give." MWC regional Representative for Southern Africa Barbara Nkala reports that police and citizens are clashing in Zimbabwe in violent demonstrations sparked by high fuel prices added to continuing economic challenges. Communication is limited. As our many Brethren in Christ brothers and sisters in this country struggle with difficult living conditions every day, pray for the courage to stand for peace and witness for justice.
January 2019: God, the creator and sustainer, strengthen the church in Indonesia for to be stewards of God's creation there. Over half a year, the archipelago was struck with tsunamis in Lombok, Sulawesi and Sumatra and a landslide in West Java, killing more than 2,000 people with thousands more missing. Praise God the Mennonite churches (GKMI) in Sumatra were able to aid affected communities, and that MDS (Mennonite Diakonia Service) sent teams to isolated islands. Praise God also for a good response from the government. As the churches, with the help of MDS, responds to disasters in Indonesia, showing compassion through preparation, response and prevention, may the three Mennonite synods work together as people driven by hope, grace and peace that comes from God.
January 2019: Pray that MWC members who are suffering persecution and hardship may have the courage and hope to persevere.
Click here for World Fellowship Sunday worship materials on "Justice on the Journey: Migration and the Anabaptist-Mennonite Story".
January 2019: Dear Lord, as we enter this new year, steady our hearts to spread the gospel of peace. May we follow your Spirit as we work for transformation and justice in this world.
December 2018: Pray for missionary evangelist Laston Bissani (click here to read about his work). After four years of building a good house for his family in Milange, Mozambique, he and his wife Carlotta were attacked in their home with a demand for money. The family has gone to Malawi to recuperate with the church family there. Pray that the Holy Spirit would minister healing to the family after this trauma. "Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand" Isaiah 41:10.
December 2018: Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas em Angola (Mennonite Brethren church in Angola) is officially recognized as a legitimate church by the government, however, some of their local congregations which lack a formal meeting place have been deemed illegal and forbidden to worship. Additionally, a former church leader has been distributing fraudulent certificates to threatened congregations. Pray that the leaders of IEIMA will be wise and principled as they raise money for more church buildings and seek to be compliant with government regulations.
Click here to contact leadership of IEIMA.
December 2018: DR Congo is awaiting the presidential elections of 23 December 2018. Pray for the unity of Congolese churches as they support this historic process. Congolese Christians often have polarized opinions on the current electoral process. May God give us peace and reconciliation among ourselves so we can then facilitate peace and reconciliation among the political actors. Pray for the calming of different actors involved in the electoral process as the course is set for the 23 December 2018 election.
Prayer submitted by pastor Josué Selemani, leader of Paroisse Missionnaire Shalom in Bukavu, a Mennonite Brethren church in eastern Congo.
November 2018: May our churches be transformed by the Holy Spirit to embody a spirit of peace and reconciliation amid sharp polarization on political and theological issues in society and within congregations. For example, October's elections in Brazil resulted in divisions in the community of Christians in Portugal as many evangelical groups supported one of the candidates. Pray that the churches around the world would have one voice and one spirit as they follow one God together.
November 2018: God, have mercy. Only two months after the earthquake on Lombok, another island in Indonesia, Sulawesi, was hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami. The death toll has exceeded 2 000; around 5 000 are still missing as search and rescue efforts near an end. The congregation of the Mennonite (GKMI) church in the affected city Palu fled to safety, but the pastor has chosen to stay and help the victims. GKMI Missions Board and Charities (PIPKA) and Mennonite Diakonia Service are mobilizing volunteers to create relief posts and collect materials to distribute to underserved areas. Pray that the process of rehabilitating the victims can quickly take place. Pray that PIPKA and MDS will be given the power to express God's love in the midst of destroyed communities.
October 2018: Lord of the wind and the rain, your creation is both calm and storm. We pray for those who fall in the path of hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes and tornadoes: recently, the Philippines, Japan, the USA and Mexico. May the grieving sense the nearness of your comforting Spirit. May your church be the hands and feet who rebuild and reassure those who experienced loss.
October 2018: With the upcoming election rounds in Brazil, pray for the churches to demonstrate how to listen graciously and show respect to people they disagree with – even within their own congregations – in a polarized political climate with extreme tensions between Marxist ideas and right-wing parties with military support.
September 2018: Praise God that the Hmong Mennonite church in Thailand became a 20th District in the Church of Christ. The Hmong church in Thailand receives its official status via the Church of Christ, one of five Christian groups the Thai government recognizes. Becoming a separate district allows the 23 Hmong Mennonite congregations to address issues specific to their ethnic group and also to claim and promote an Anabaptist understanding. It creates opportunity to draw other Hmong churches to an Anabaptist understanding of faith.
September 2018: "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs" (Matthew 19:13–14). Lacking the physical strength and cognitive abilities of adults, children are more vulnerable. We pray that where violence and political uncertainty cause displacement, faith communities would be safe places that shelter and nurture vulnerable, helping them find education, healing from trauma, and the love of a family. Thank God for the Faith Action for Children on the Move Global Partners Forum 16–19 October 2018 in Rome, Italy. May this forum be a space where faith communities can commit toward tackling the realities that many children face around the world.
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September 2018: Bhartiya General Conference Mennonite Church requests prayer. On 19 August 2018, arson severely damaged their child development center office in Jhilmila Saraipali, Chhattisgarh, India, destroying many original title documents, financial records and office equipment. Praise God that no one was injured. Pray for the chairpersons, treasurer and secretary who have lost their offices, computers and important documents. Pray that the police investigation may lead to gospel encounters.
August 2018: With hope, we proclaim that neither death, nor threats of violence, nor war can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39). Lord God, we mourn the violence by state, rebel and criminal actors against people created in your image that is affecting citizens in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. We pray for your transforming Spirit of peace to touch hearts and minds of perpetrators and to inspire leaders to make just and peaceful policies.
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August 2018: "He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4). Pray for courage and creativity in the Association des Eglises Evangéliques Mennonites de France (French Mennonite church) as the country considers a return to mandatory national service. May the peace churches stand on their commitments not to bear arms, and instead offer alternatives to military service that build solidarity in French society.
July 2018: "I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity" (1 Timothy 2:1–2). Zimbabwe holds general elections 30 July 2018. "We covet peace, fair and harmonised elections," says MWC regional representative Barbara Nkala. Pray for leaders willing to follow the wisdom of advisors and to understand the needs of the people.
July 2018: God of the fatherless and the widow, defender of the foreigner and the stranger, call your church to be your hands and feet, bringing comfort to those who are displaced. Empower us to challenge the powers that oppress and cause people to flee. We pray especially for Angola, DR Congo, Kenya, Colombia, the Middle East, Europe and North America where governments and citizens are overwhelmed by high numbers of displaced people and refugees, and divided on how to respond. Lord, have mercy.
July 2018: Praise God for support from Mennonite churches in Colombia and the USA as Venezuela continues to experience political and economic crisis. May God strengthen and encourage church members as they respond to hunger by making and distributing arepas in hospitals, seniors homes and squatters communities, and become hubs of response to human needs both physical and spiritual. Praise God for the opportunity to carry out the "cooperative games" peacebuilding program in schools and a university.
June 2018: Pray with the Anabaptist churches in Nicaragua as their country is in the midst of political uncertainty. Peaceful protests continue to be met with violence. As churches minister all over the country, pray that they may be a force for peace and for constructive resolution of grievances.
June 2018: Lord, our hearts are breaking for our brothers and sisters in DR Congo. We call on the church around the world to support them in prayer. They struggle against economic depression, political instability, the threat of disease (Ebola), violence from militia forces and displacement. We pray for children who are separated from their parents. We thank you for the churches who have opened hearts and homes to refugees, and pray for the unity of the body of Christ in Congo. We pray for smooth and equitable distribution of relief supplies and food. We thank you for raising up leaders who act with humility and justice. Lord, hear our prayer.
Click here to learn more about how MWC is responding through our partners. Respond with financial support here: https://donate.mcc.org/cause/kasai-emergency-response
June 2018: The refugee influx has changed and divided German society. Praise God that many churches have also responded to needs around them by developing relationships with new neighbours and "old" churches previously regarded as strangers. Praise God that the witness of the gospel is reaching into the new Arabic-speaking, African and Iranian communities in Germany. Pray for grace as the changing composition of congregations creates linguistic, cultural and discipleship challenges. Pray that church members will be ambassadors of the gospel of peace to refugees and agents of reconciliation among groups who don't want to dialogue with each other.
May 2018: "How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!" (Psalm 133:1). Praise God for safe travels to and from General Council meetings in Kenya. It was a blessing for delegates, Global Mission Fellowship, Global Anabaptist Service Network, Global Anabaptist Peace Network steering committee andCommissions to learn, discern and fellowship together, transformed by the Holy Spirit to a people united despite diversity.
May 2018: Pray for Nepal. It is a small country but contains the highest point on earth. Its 30 million inhabitants include 25 different people groups in seven provinces. Brethren in Christ churches exist in three provinces with 1 000 baptized members. Until recently, Nepal was constitutionally Hindu and there continue to be laws against conversion. Christians are sometimes blamed for unpleasant events, like the earthquakes and flooding the country has undergone in recent years. Pray that as the citizens of Nepal look for peace and grace for their lives, they would find it in surrender to Jesus as Saviour. Praise God for the Anabaptist church in Nepal that is growing as it lives out the mission of God among their neighbours.
April 2018: "And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation'" (Mark 16:15). Central America is often affected by tropical storms causing mudslides, droughts or flooding which can lead to destruction of homes and farms, malnutrition and contaminated drinking water. The Mennonite Church in Guatemala ministers among vulnerable people in remote rural areas and underserviced urban areas. The most vulnerable populations of Guatemala City have been affected by critically low levels of drinking water, putting them at greater risk of disease and social unrest.
This prayer first appeared in Courier/Correo/Courrier April 2018.
April 2018: "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:4–6). Praise God for the opportunity for national church leaders to meet face-to-face at the triennial Mennonite World Conference meetings of the General Council 23–26 April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, preceded by meetings of MWC committees and networks. Pray for the gift of unity as delegates decide upon the MWC program plan and strategic goals, review finances (including Fair Share contributions), appoint new representatives to commissions and executive positions, and consider a guideline on responding to controversial issues, a statement of solidarity with Indigenous peoples, a teaching resource on ecumenicity.
April 2018: Praise God for the resilience of Nepali people who are rebuilding after severe flooding in September. Landless villagers are grateful to MCC and Brethren in Community Welfare Society that provided materials to rebuild, leased land to farm, facilitated a market to sell produce, and trains women in the seamstress trade. Uphold the local BIC congregations in prayer as they carry out God's mission through various activities of the church and reach out many more people in the area. Click here to read more.
March 2018: The Spirit of Jesus empowers us to trust God in all areas of life so we become peacemakers who renounce violence, love our enemies, seek justice, and share our possessions with those in need (MWC Shared Convictions 5). Praise God for those who speak up against gun violence and for a holistic peace in the USA where mass shootings often occur. Pray for those who grieve loved ones injured or killed in senseless attacks. Pray for those who see violence as a means of protection and achievement. May they learn to confront fear with love and to transform categories of enemy into neighbour. "We mourn the loss of life and the terrible road of grief and recovery to physical, emotional and spiritual wholeness," writes Ervin Stutzman, executive director, Mennonite Church USA. "And after we mourn, let us search our own hearts and inquire – do we want to get well?" Click here to read the full MC USA statement in English.
March 2018: Leaders of Meserete Kristos Church (the Ethiopian Anabaptist church) ask for prayer for their country. The prime minister has resigned and the ruling coalition has declared a six-month state of emergency. Pray that human rights would not be infringed upon. Pray for the formation of a government that seeks the best for its people. The church is active in its ministry of prayer, witness, service and proclamation in the midst of these challenges. May the Holy Spirit continue to lead and inspire the bearers of good news.
February 2018: Christians all over the word are invited to pray together for South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where many members of our Anabaptist-Mennonite family are suffering. From all faith traditions, we join together in prayer and fasting on 23 February (the first week of Lent according to the Gregorian calendar) for the gift of peace and witness of the gospel to those who are experiencing ongoing socio-political tension and violence in those regions. Click here to read about how MWC is working with partners in the region to respond.
February 2018: After guerilla violence affected the larger community, Mennonite pastors, leaders and their congregations publicly committed to a continuing proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ and to the peaceful and holistic development of their country, Paraguay. May the Holy Spirit empower them to promote peace, reconciliation and justice in Paraguay as churches united in prayer and faith. Click here to read their public statement in Spanish and German.
Update: Praise God that in early February, two kidnapped Old Colony Mennonite men were returned to their communities. Praise God that Mennonites and other Christians in Paraguay are coming together to pray for peace and reconciliation in the ongoing situation with the guerilla group.
January 2018: "Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions" (Joel 2:28). May we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the year ahead. Pray for personal and communal transformation through God's Spirit as we participate in building the reign of God on earth. Click here for World Fellowship Sunday worship materials on the Holy Spirit transforming us.
January 2018: Pray for pastors and church members in India where followers of militant Hinduism threaten those who practice other religions. MWC has received reports of Mennonite pastors in Telangana who have been physically attacked. Pray that they would continue to boldly proclaim the gospel of peace and love through their ministry.
December 2017: National elections provide opportunity for leadership change, but can also be occasions for unrest and violence if it does not seem that a fair process has been followed. Both Kenya and Honduras recently erupted in civil unrest in the aftermath of presidential elections that were not perceived to be fair. Pray that the Mennonite churches – MWC members Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Hondureña, Organización Cristiana Amor Viviente, and Kenya Mennonite Church, as well as others in Honduras and Kenya – would be wise in discerning how to respect national process while standing for justice.
December 2017: Praise God for the fulfilment of promises: "A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1), a child born to bring peace to every heart that receives him. In this season of rejoicing and memory, we pray peace for our brothers and sisters around the world suffering from violence and disasters, and for the transformation of hearts to worship the Prince of Peace. Click here for a Christmas greeting from MWC.
December 2017: The economy is a source of stress for our Venezuelan sisters and brothers, but their faith in God's providence and testimonies of how they share and practice solidarity with each other are inspiring. Praise God for the testimony of God's good work among them (Rom 8:28) in spite of the economic and political struggles, as reported by MWC regional rep Pablo Stucky after a visit.
November 2017: Thank God for the leaders of the Mennonite churches in Europe, people who use their talents and give their time and energy for leading the churches. Pray for safe travels and inspired discussions and decisions, as they meet from 24–26 November in Vilnius, Lithuania, for their yearly meeting.
November 2017: "May we pray for Zimbabwe as the political crisis escalates with military taking charge, creating tension and uncertainty as to the outcome. We pray for peace and wellbeing of citizens."– MWC Regional Representative for Southern Africa, Barbara Nkala, shared this prayer 15 November 2017. On 21 November, Zimbabweans were pleased that long-time president Robert Mugabe stepped down, ushering in hope for change.
October 2017: Pray for the Kenya Mennonite Church who will host MWC meetings in Kenya in April 2018 (Executive Committee, General Council, Renewal 2027). Another election is scheduled to take place 26 October 2017 after irregularities rendered the previous invalid. The uncertain outcome is causing financial instability and social unrest. Pray for honesty, fair process and peace to prevail in the process.
October 2017: World Food Day in October calls our attention to God's provision for us through the land, and calls us to lament with those who do not have enough. We pray particularly for Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen which have been experiencing famine.
September 2017: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult" (Psalm 46:1–2). Lord God, amid extreme weather everywhere – wildfires in North America, hurricanes in the Caribbean, earthquakes in Mexico, floods in Latin America and South Asia – and political unrest in Europe and Africa, be our refuge and comfort. Strengthen us to walk without fear and share your hope with those around us.
September 2017: Pray for the 1.4 million people displaced by violence in DR Congo, who include at least 8,000 Mennonites. Church leaders report that 36 Mennonites have been killed among the UN-estimated 3,300 deaths since October last year. Church buildings and church schools have been damaged or destroyed. Praise God for the Mennonites in Kwilu province and across the border in Angola who are sheltering Mennonites who have fled. Pray for the local church leaders who are partnering with international Mennonite organizations (MCC, AIMM, EMM, MB Mission, ICOMB, MWC) to bring relief. Click here to read more.
As you pray for brothers and sisters suffering violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mennonite World Conference invites your messages of encouragement and solidarity to share with our churches there.
Take a picture with your congregation and a sign labelled "Prions pour la RDC" ("Pray for the DRC). Please email messages and photographs to email@example.com and post on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with the hashtag #mwcmm.
August 2017: "Please pray for us and all the victims," writes Shemlal Hembrom, a leader of the Brethren in Christ church in Nepal. Torrential rain caused flooding and triggered landslides in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. BIC church members in Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa and Dhanusa districts are badly affected. The BIC children's hostel compound and ground floor of the BIC Church office building (which also provides housing) in Biratnagar were flooded and the church compound's walls collapsed. In the aftermath, electrical power was limited and many BIC members sheltered in camps and schools waiting for relief supplies. In India, floods destroyed villages, crops and roads; a leader from the Brethren in Christ Church in Bihar, India, reports that people have taken refuge at the Banmankhi church campus.
August 2017: Latin America is a dangerous place for activists who defend human rights or natural resources, reports agencies like Oxfam and the UN. Churches are affected when community members who lack safe access to farmland migrate away from their homes. In Colombia, Christian Peacemaker Teams and Justapaz (a Mennonite church organization) support small farming and mining communities where rural residents are affected by armed conflict and resource exploitation. In Mexico, churches minister to waves of migrants passing through their cities, seeking better lives. Pray for protection for these people who risk their own safety for the good of wider society. Click here to read more.
August 2017: Praise the Lord for churches who live out an example of peace, breaking the cycles of violence with their witness to the ways of Christ's peace. May our churches have the awareness to counter injustice against those who are marginalized. Pray that the church would continue to draw on the power of the Holy Spirit to grow in its capacity to demonstrate interdependence and love as alternatives to violence. – From Peace Sunday 2017 Worship Resources, click here to see more.
July 2017: Give thanks for the efforts of national governments around the world to be unified in the common cause of combating climate change and adapting to its effects through the Paris Agreement. Pray that governments and citizens will have the perseverance to meet the commitments and the foresight to plan for future results. Pray that these measures would protect the most vulnerable citizens.
July 2017: Many areas around the world are experiencing violent conflict or simmering tensions: rebel soldiers in DR Congo; persecutors of Christians in India and Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Africa, and others; government corruption and interstate tension in South Korea. Pray that our brothers and sisters walk in courage and hope rooted in Jesus as they witness to peace amid opposition to their call to follow Christ. – From Peace Sunday 2017 Worship Resources, click here to see more.
July 2017: In North America, denominations are facing rapid technological change, shrinking congregations and shrinking budgets, challenges in sending service workers abroad and locally and theological disagreements that threaten to split congregations and denominations. Pray that hearts would be sensitive to confess how the church has also been complicit in injustice and violence toward others. Pray that the leaders and members would be divinely unified in the Spirit of Christ despite differing perspectives, and encouraged to spread the hope of the gospel.
June 2017: Pray for Institut Biblique Kalonda (Kalonda Bible Institute), a Mennonite Bible college in DR Congo. To avoid violence, classes were moved to Tshikapa Welcome Centre of the Communauté Mennonite au Congo, but transportation for students and professors was a challenge. "Despite all the uncertainties, [including travelling through three government checkpoints that demanded payment]" says Rod Hollinger-Janzen, executive coordinator of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, as of 1 June 2017, the final 3 weeks of classes will take place on the Kalonda campus. "Director Bercy Mundedi (profiled here) is trying valiantly to keep the school going," says Hollinger-Janzen, particularly for third-year students who are weeks ago from graduating.
Pray for strength and grace for Pastor Mundedi as she deals with all of the uncertainties of the moment, and as she feels the weight of responsibility for the welfare of the students. Pray for safety for the Institut Biblique Kalonda community. Praise God that a campus security guard, abducted 31 May 2017, was returned a few days later, beaten, but alive.
May 2017: In all areas of the world, people are on the move – fleeing violence, leaving behind environmental destruction or sacrificing the known in hopes of better opportunities. Lord, may your church be a beacon of hospitality to those in transit or landing in a new home. May we extend our arms in welcome to the strangers among us in the same spirit of love with which you welcomed us. "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God" (Leviticus 19:34).
May 2017: "I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). As we celebrate Pentecost, thank you, Lord, for your promised Holy Spirit who teaches, comforts (John 14:26) and empower us (Acts 1:8). Filled with your presence, may we proclaim the in-breaking reign of God in our words and actions to those who are near and far.
May 2017: Pray that our churches yearn for and seek true transformative discipleship and relationship. May we expand our understandings of right relationship with all things (shalom), so that our transformative ways of being seep out into the world around us. Pray that we would be a church that takes seriously the ways of Christ to be agents of love and action within a hurting world. These prayers for the YABs Fellowship Week 2017 are on the hearts of the Anabaptist family around the world. Praise God for the young people who will fellowship, learn and edify each other together via online tools during YABs Fellowship Week, 18–25 June. Click here for more information.
April 2017: "Please pray for our 30 congregations in particular and for all the people in the region in general," write our brothers and sisters of the Communautés Mennonite au Congo (CMC), who reported 2 April 2017 that some 4,000 members were hiding in the forest in the Kasai-Central region where militia groups are terrorizing villages. Pastors in training at Kalonda Bible Institute are also affected, and some 1,000 people from Communauté Evangélique Mennonite congregations are reported to be in hiding to escape violence. Pray that church members – CMC demonstrates unity among at least six ethnic groups – may have the courage to be a prophetic voice of justice and a calming presence of Christ's peace in the midst of turmoil that is both political and ethnic.
April 2017: "The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it," (Psalm 24:1). We pray for wisdom as stewards of God's creation, and repent for the consumer choices we make that cause harm to our environments. We pray for people in Peru and Colombia whose homes and lives have been devastated by flooding and landslides. In many of the Mennonite Brethren congregations in Peru, members' homes and farms have been damaged, yet they are reaching out to help their neighbours. May God bring healing to traumatized people who now must rebuild homes and livelihoods while fighting disease risks and frustrations with inadequate government support.
April 2017: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Peter 1:3–5).
Floods in Latin America, violence, persecution and suffering in Africa, leadership conflicts in a number of our churches, war in the Middle East, economic crises in different countries, polarization due to our political positions, the refugee crisis, etc., etc. Yet, there is nothing so broken that God cannot fix it. May God use our global church as a means towards restoration and reconstruction in the midst of so many afflictions. May we embody the hope of the resurrection for our world today by being a global community who supports each other and transcends our economic, denominational, cultural and political differences.
April 2017: "To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary" (Psalm 28:1–2).
Lord, we pray for the family of Mennonite Michael Sharp (USA) and Zaida Catalan (Sweden), United Nations workers who were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo while monitoring the sanctions regime in the Kasaï Central region, and for the loved ones of the four Congolese nationals accompanying them whose status is unknown. Strengthen and uphold the church members in Congo who face violence and uncertainty.
We pray for five Mennonite pastors who are currently known to be imprisoned for their faith in another country in Africa; separated from family, they are not separated from the love of God which compels them to share the gospel.
Lord, we pray for those who persecute; for perpetrators of violence whose fear, hurt or desire for power drives them to harm others. May the spirit of God transform their hearts.
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies" (2 Corinthians 4:8–10).
As followers of Jesus, may we proclaim peace to the world, "that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us" (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Lord, have mercy.
March 2017: "I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now" (Philippians 1:3–5). Praise the Lord for church workers called to serve brothers and sisters around the world. Getting visas is becoming increasingly challenging in many countries; pray that God would open doors to allow this cultural exchange to continue to enrich those who go and those who welcome cross-cultural workers.
March 2017: MWC Deacons Commission secretary Henk Stenvers, who visited Anabaptist churches in Ecuador in January 2017, calls for prayer for Ecuador. The cities of Manta and Portoviejo were particularly affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the country in April 2016, killing hundreds and injuring thousands; pray for the congregations who are bringing material aid and trauma healing strategies to assist people affected by the disaster. Pray also for members of Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Ecuatoriana (IEME) who lost homes and family in the disaster.
February 2017: We praise God for the gift of our global communion, our brothers and sisters through whom we experience the love of Jesus. This month, we rejoice that we were able to begin our 10-year celebration Renewal 2027 with a gathering in Germany. We praise God for what we have learned about our growing and changing community through the Global Anabaptist Profile and we thank God for the forthcoming translations into Spanish, French and other languages.
February 2017: We pray for students, teachers and administrators who have started a new school year in 2017 in the Global South. May God give them wisdom as they learn and teach. May they grow in the grace of Jesus Christ.
January 2017: We pray for strength and wisdom for the all young Anabaptists who are serving in the YAMEN Program around the world. In the middle of their service period, we ask God to keep shaping their lives and that they can be the hands and feet of Jesus in their service locations. We pray that they may never lose hope or motivation and that the desire to help their neighbor will increase each day. YAMEN is a joint program of Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Central Committee. Click here to read more.
January 2017: Pray that Christians will share the gospel of hope and peace with an attitude of respect, humility, wisdom, courage, knowledge, skills and the guidance of God's Spirit. Pray that God's Spirit will provide a new understanding across cultural divisions, and even more, that we will learn how to live together and shape a common future. Pray that our MWC members who are suffering persecution and hardship may have courage and hope to persevere. These prayers are part of the World Fellowship Sunday worship resource for 2017. Click here to see more: www.mwc-cmm.org/worldfellowshipsunday
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Wavemaker Theory
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We will derive the potential in a two-dimensional wavetank due the motion of the wavemaker. The method is based on the Eigenfunction Matching Method. A paddle is undergoing small amplitude horizontal oscillations with displacement
where [math] f(z) \, [/math] is assumed known. Since the time [math]t=0 \,[/math] is arbitrary we can assume that [math]f(z)\,[/math] is real but this is not necessary. Because the oscillations are small the linear equations apply (which will be given formally below). This excitation creates plane progressive waves with amplitude [math] A \, [/math] down the tank. The principal objective of wavemaker theory is to determine [math] A \, [/math] as a function of [math] \omega, f(z) \, [/math] and [math] h \, [/math]. Time-dependent wavemaker theories can also be developed.
Expansion of the solution
We also assume that Frequency Domain Problem with frequency [math]\omega[/math] and we assume that all variables are proportional to [math]\exp(-\mathrm{i}\omega t)\,[/math]
The water motion is represented by a velocity potential which is denoted by [math]\phi\,[/math] so that
[math] \Phi(\mathbf{x},t) = \mathrm{Re} \left\{\phi(\mathbf{x},\omega)e^{-\mathrm{i} \omega t}\right\}. [/math]
The equations therefore become
(note that the last expression can be obtained from combining the expressions:
where [math]\alpha = \omega^2/g \,[/math]) The boundary condition at the wavemaker is
[math] \left. \partial_x\phi \right|_{x=0} = \partial_t \xi = f(z). [/math]
We must also apply the Sommerfeld Radiation Condition as [math]x\rightarrow\infty[/math]. This essentially implies that the only wave at infinity is propagating away.
Separation of variables for a free surface
We use separation of variables
We express the potential as
[math] \phi(x,z) = X(x)Z(z)\, [/math]
and then Laplace's equation becomes
[math] \frac{X^{\prime\prime}}{X} = - \frac{Z^{\prime\prime}}{Z} = k^2 [/math]
The separation of variables equation for deriving free surface eigenfunctions is as follows:
[math] Z^{\prime\prime} + k^2 Z =0. [/math]
subject to the boundary conditions
[math] Z^{\prime}(-h) = 0 [/math]
[math] Z^{\prime}(0) = \alpha Z(0) [/math]
We can then use the boundary condition at [math]z=-h \, [/math] to write
[math] Z = \frac{\cos k(z+h)}{\cos kh} [/math]
where we have chosen the value of the coefficent so we have unit value at [math]z=0[/math]. The boundary condition at the free surface ([math]z=0 \,[/math]) gives rise to:
which is the Dispersion Relation for a Free Surface
The above equation is a transcendental equation. If we solve for all roots in the complex plane we find that the first root is a pair of imaginary roots. We denote the imaginary solutions of this equation by [math]k_{0}=\pm ik \,[/math] and the positive real solutions by [math]k_{m} \,[/math], [math]m\geq1[/math]. The [math]k \,[/math] of the imaginary solution is the wavenumber. We put the imaginary roots back into the equation above and use the hyperbolic relations
[math] \cos ix = \cosh x, \quad \sin ix = i\sinh x, [/math]
to arrive at the dispersion relation
[math] \alpha = k\tanh kh. [/math]
We note that for a specified frequency [math]\omega \,[/math] the equation determines the wavenumber [math]k \,[/math].
Finally we define the function [math]Z(z) \,[/math] as
[math] \chi_{m}\left( z\right) =\frac{\cos k_{m}(z+h)}{\cos k_{m}h},\quad m\geq0 [/math]
as the vertical eigenfunction of the potential in the open water region. From Sturm-Liouville theory the vertical eigenfunctions are orthogonal. They can be normalised to be orthonormal, but this has no advantages for a numerical implementation. It can be shown that
[math] \int\nolimits_{-h}^{0}\chi_{m}(z)\chi_{n}(z) \mathrm{d} z=A_{n}\delta_{mn} [/math]
[math] A_{n}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{\cos k_{n}h\sin k_{n}h+k_{n}h}{k_{n}\cos ^{2}k_{n}h}\right). [/math]
Expansion in Eigenfunctions
The wavemaker velocity potential [math] \phi \,[/math] can be expressed simply in terms of eigenfunctions
and we can solve for the coefficients by matching at [math]x=0 \,[/math]
It follows that
Far Field Wave
One of the primary objecives of wavemaker theory is to determine the far-field wave amplitude [math] A \, [/math] in terms of [math] f(z) \, [/math]. The far-field wave component representing progagating waves is given by:
Note that [math] k_0 \, [/math] is imaginery. We therefore obtain the complex amplitude of the propagating wave at infinity, namely modulus and phase, in terms of the wave maker displacement [math] f(z) \, [/math].
For what type of [math] f(z) \, [/math] are the non-wavelike modes zero? It is easy to verify by virtue of orthogonality that
Unfortunately this is not a "practical" displacement since [math] \phi_0 (z) \, [/math] depends on [math] \omega\, [/math], so one would need to build a flexible paddle.
Matlab Code
A program to calculate the coefficients for the wave maker problems can be found here wavemaker.m
Additional code
This program requires dispersion_free_surface.m to run
This article is based in part on the MIT open course notes and the original article can be found here
Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems