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1. I've taught an entire PE lesson with a small baby in my arms. Did I have to? No, but I couldn't leave her crying! 2. While prepping my lessons on the staff room floor, a little chick (I've ironically … Continue reading
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Football: Community and Spirit
"Who's brilliant idea was it to set up a football match at 2 pm, the hottest time of day?" Josh whines, prompting laughs and blame to be passed on to Dan and Pete for the sweaty, exhausting afternoon ahead of … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
"In School we are taught lessons then tested.. but the world gives us tests that teaches us lessons."
An Orphanage is not a Tourist Destination nor am I in 'Africa'
I took a week long camping safari with Intrepid Tours where I traveled from Nairobi through to the National Parks and sights. I was more than happy to see the Maasai Mara, the Great Rift Valley, Hells Gate – among … Continue reading
Promoting Education Through Community
Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Olives Church in Bombolulu is a busy, busy time. We have Madam Grace leading her Kiswahili Lessons, and we have volunteers teaching Maths, English, Computer Literacy, and Creative Arts to the adult members of the … Continue reading
Six Weeks Turns Into Six Months
I was pulled away on a Thursday afternoon to have a chat with the project manager. Not really sure what it would be about I went in without any expectations. After a short while I realized what was happening and was beginning to feel hopeful. "Monika, we love what you have done here and the work you've been putting in with resources and how to change the programs. I know that you are going on Safari this weekend – take your time and travel if you like – but instead of flying home after that, we'd like you to stay here as the Education Officer for our project." Before she finished asking, my heart had already said yes. Continue reading
Celebrating 'Official School Status' & My Leaving Ceremony
Nyota Ing'arayo became an official school and today we celebrated. There was pilau, singing, dancing, smiling, and definite laughing going on at the school amongst teachers, staff, volunteers and especially the students. With Nyota becoming a school, the Students of Standard 8 are able to sit their Kenyan Certified Primary Education (KCPE) exam wearing uniforms representing their school. Now it's official and Nyota is moving on from it's child care centre days to a government recognized school. Continue reading
Volunteering Abroad as Professional Development for Teachers
Having done a teaching practicum in China, being a teacher in Canada, and now having volunteered in a Standard 3 classroom here in Kenya, one thing is clear: teaching abroad is a worthwhile opportunity for professional development.
The obvious aspect of professional development that comes with teaching overseas is adapting to your new environment. No electricity, limited resources, and bright eager students. At times I wondered how easy it would be if I had a document reader or an interactive whiteboard, but instead you have a few textbooks, a blackboard, chalk (sometimes), and an always disappearing eraser which is actually a small plush kitten. You realize quickly that without technology or even an adequate number of textbooks you can still be an effective teacher and find ways to reach your students in the best way you can. Continue reading
Stand in my Shoes
A panoramic of our Standard 3 classroom here in Mombasa from the front of the room.
Exploring the Complexities of Kenya/Canada Comparisons with 'The Giving Tree'
My group reading session today had my girls looking at, 'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein. Before reading the book we did a pre-reading activity that asked the question: "If you could ask a tree to give you anything you wanted, … Continue reading


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Learn 18 Best Ways By Which You Can Get Rid Of Sugar Addiction
Sugar addiction is a slippery slope that even though you talk about it, know about the damage it could cause and know that you have probably fall victim already, you still somehow find yourself sliding down the slope yet again. In many ways, sugar has an unhealthy impact on our moods, body, skin and our weight whenever we take too much of it. It might be a little too late before you are able to realize that you are already addicted to sugar and start deciding to take the issue in a more serious way.
So, like many people out there today, are visions of chocolate bars hindering you from paying the necessary attention to your task? Perhaps you have tried all your possible best to distract yourself from sugar and you still can't help obsessing over them. There is a good and bad new here. The bad first? You may probably be addicted to sugar. The good – you can get rid of sugar addiction easily.
We have all been programmed to like sugar. New research study reveals some are genetically a lot more susceptible to sugar and food dependency than others. It can be observed on people, now it is ending up being clear why some have more difficulty getting rid of the sugar practice than others.
Sugar just makes you feel good. it just seem to always be on your mind and you cannot get it off. You just find yourself keep coming back for it and wanting more. Even when you attempt to stay away from it, it discovers methods to slip into your life virtually daily. What are you supposed to do? How do you get rid of sugar addiction?

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The Cavendish review was set up to look at the roles of Health Care Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers.
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The Community Psychology Graduate Program's mission is to provide a contemporary curriculum in a healthy and collegiate environment to students seeking advanced education in the mental health counseling profession. The curriculum is based on Indiana state guidelines and provides students with the academic component necessary for state licensure as a mental health counselor (i.e., LMHC). Students completing all program requirements will be conferred the degree of Masters of Science (MS).
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LMHCA, LMHC Licensure Exam Preparation Workshop and post-supervision hours. Workshop is held at Martin University, Indianapolis IN, on Saturdays 10am-12:30pm.
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The workshop is designed to prepare Mental Health Counselors and Associates for the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE) and National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) . It is an in-depth overview of the content areas used in the NCMHCE and NCE Exam, chosen by the Licensing Board for Indiana. Topics include: Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, Evaluation, Professional Practice, Counseling Theory, Human Growth and Development, and more. The workshop is designed to provide workshop participants with the information needed to assist in passing the exam and includes techniques to assess individual knowledge base. The format allows plenty of time for questions to help partcipants understand how to best use their knowledge. The workshop will provide access to online simulations and study guides. These resources includes all the study areas covered and total update for DSM-5, so participants can also prepare for the test at outside of the workshop.
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The National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) is a 200-item multiple-choice examination designed to assess knowledge, skills and abilities determined to be important for providing effective counseling services. The NCE is a requirement for counselor licensure in many states.
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The website of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, GA.
Bringing discipleship back to the local church
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Welcome to Perimeter
We are pleased that you have chosen to visit our web site and we hope you will come and visit us in person as well. As you explore our site you'll notice that we have a lot to offer the families and individuals in our community, including things for children of all ages as well as adults, no matter what their age or stage of life (single, married, divorced, widowed, whatever). Perimeter is a truly a come as you are church. It's a safe place to explore the truths of Christianity and it's a great place to experience growth and community.
Our services feature a blend of traditional hymns with contemporary praise songs, and will often feature drama, personal testimonies, and dance - providing a dynamic and impacting time of worship. We were all created to worship and at Perimeter Church our desire is to help you worship well.
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Outreach & Volunteer > Reaching the Globe > Global Outreach > Stories
We are thrilled to be seeing the "light at the end of the tunnel" in our huge project of a new proper building for our school, Grace International School (after being kicked out of our last location)! I've been on the board of this incredible school, Grace International... |MORE|
This summer I had the opportunity to visit Siha Leadership Academy (formerly PUNCHWMI) as part of a Go Journey team to Karansi, Tanzania. I had many fears and hesitations leading up to the day of departure. I was leaving my husband and two young daughters to travel 20+ hours across the... |MORE|
We had an incredible time in Africa, and watched God move in us, and through us, in amazing ways!
During the two days in the squatter communities, we saw probably close to twenty people pray to receive Christ for the first time, and around 5 people healed.... |MORE|
Psalm 34:8 says, "Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him." I've always loved that verse because of the senses it provokes. When you taste something so good you can't get away from it, you keep coming back to said item again and... |MORE|
As I write this, we have just finished our debrief time with the team at the end of our fourth day of the trip. This is my second time in Guatemala, and I continue to be amazed with how God works in the simple things, and the faith of the people we meet. When we were at Maná de Vida... |MORE|
This is my first trip to Guatemala. It's our second day of our "mission" work here. I didn't know what to expect. I heard stories of past trips, etc. but experiencing it is incredible.
It's hard to know where to begin, because each day has been... |MORE|
The Perimeter Teachers Team consisted of 7 teachers, 5 from Perimeter School and 2 from area public schools. Six of us were returning to Tanzania, though for one it had been well over a decade since her first trip. For Kristin it was a new experience, and Lee Ann was eager to see all the changes... |MORE|
Today, Sunday, was a day of worship. First, we went to Vida Real Antigua. Vida Real has over 30 sites and is the parent church and spiritual head for both Maná de Vida and Medical Missions Ministry. The service was in Spanish but the worship transcended language as we praised the God and... |MORE|
Today was a big day, we started off the trip strong with a large thunder storm, a fallen tree, and a double delayed flight; the spiritual warfare was already becoming evident! However, we all made it safely and in good spirits to the airports international terminal. We met up at Entrance Two and... |MORE|
This was my first time on the Poland ELF Go Journey. I have heard about it from others and was looking forward to the time of serving even though I knew we would be busy. The one thing that I was amazed at was how many young people are involved in trying to spread the gospel in Europe. I was... |MORE|
Last year I mentored two women here on their marriages at the request of ELF. I was glad to finish that because I felt so inadequate since I haven't done that for 20 years and I'm not married. Fast forward to this year, I was in the dining room two nights ago and this girl from Serbia came up to... |MORE|
Praying with, singing with, and sharing with so many attendees from over 50 countries. Hearing many great speakers each morning and each night. Also, working with so many volunteers from more than five different countries. Plus, the enthusiasm heard from so many attendees. Also, after the forum,... |MORE|
The speakers and attendees I encountered expressed how grateful they were for the volunteers. The speakers repeated: We couldn't have done this Forum without you. Made me feel I was needed.
Salve for the Soul - I'm certain I'll never be able to put into words the joy, wonder, amazement, peace, grace, and satisfaction I felt on this trip. We learned a lot about God's sovereignty, what it means to truly trust Him, and how peaceful and natural that feeling is. I honestly never... |MORE|
We were a few minutes late to church that first Sunday. We had to walk in across the front, behind the choir, while the church was on their feet, physically worshipping in dance and song. They graciously provided seats for us, right up front in a place of honor, so we would not miss out. But we... |MORE|
Our team has finished well and are in great spirits. We served many of the poorest of the poor. I think everyone is ready to return. We all agree that God has used our circumstances for good and for His greater plan.
Tomorrow we will start the journey home. Pray for safe... |MORE|
How strange it is to say that we had a great day today despite the disappointment of not getting our meds and medical supplies from the airport as expected.
We saw over 100 villagers today. These folks are really the poorest of the poor. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself... |MORE|
I received many short emails from my mom, Judy Delany, this morning all at one time. As you can imagine, an internet connection is rather inconsistent in Tanzania so I'm guessing she sent me each of these messages at different times but I'm not sure what the correct order is. I've... |MORE|
I received a note from my mom, Judy Delany, this morning. She said that they still do not have their meds. The TFDA is going to the airport to inspect the bags which will hopefully occur by tonight . If they do release them, then the Tanzania team will have them by 10:00 AM or so on Thursday.... |MORE|
Hello from Sunny Africa! Well, it's raining today, but we were very blessed our first three days with gorgeous, sunny weather. It was very unexpected and extremely appreciated!
Many of you have heard of our challenges at customs when we arrived Friday night. Our suitcases, full of... |MORE|
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow Thursday began with Elise sharing classroom management tools and tips. Her presentation and accompanying skits were well received by the teachers. After a much needed break, the teachers worked to prepare classroom management posters for the coming school year. We... |MORE|
We arrived back from Dublin last night and wanted to give you a quick report. Your prayers were felt, appreciated, and effective! To use some of our favorite Irish adjectives, the trip was brilliant, grand, and lovely! Also, exhausting, challenging, and inspiring. Here are a few highlights:... |MORE|
A Culture of Grit What a privilege it is to serve the Lord in Guatemala! Our team was blessed with a much needed night's rest...we were exhausted! As expected breakfast was tasty, but we were surprised that Dr. Alb's devotional tied in so well to our theme of Grit. He spoke about... |MORE|
Thanks be to God Our journey to Guatemala began early Sunday morning. After a comfortable flight, we found ourselves amidst volcanoes, bright blue sky, and 70 degree weather! Dr. Alberto Garcia, part of the Medical Missions Ministry team, greeted us warmly and drove us to Dr. Alb's compound... |MORE|
I planned to go on this journey to Ireland and help with the arts and crafts. I can glue stuff to stuff and love on kids, right? But then another opportunity presented itself. I could do Fitness with the kids. Hmmm. Some of you reading this may not know me, so let me just say, looking at me you... |MORE|
Today has already gotten off to a GREAT start. One of our team members, Haley, who is in charge of our painting has had her heart touched by one of the local men. John was helping Haley paint the wall yesterday and made sure she had everything she... |MORE|
They say the days in Tanzania are long, but the weeks are short. We have been very busy…Too much to recount here, but suffice it to say that we have been overwhelmed by the joy of the Tanzanian people. Once you jump into the day, it is a blur until after you've eaten and... |MORE|
Saturday: We were really tired and thankfully we did not have to do much and just chill. It was a great trip from the airport to the MMM center. It is beautiful out here in Guatemala and we are looking forward to more.
Sunday: Sunday was fun. We went to the church here in Guatemala. The... |MORE|
Today our group got to go to a guatemalan church and it was amazing. The people there were singing american songs that were translated into spanish and even started praying for our week in guatemala. We had little earphones that translated the sermon into English and we learned about how... |MORE|
After about a three hour airplane ride, we finally made it to Guatemala. BUT it was NOT EASY getting here. During the process random people from our group got pulled over at security for random reasons and even got three never used bug spray and one lotion taken away but hopefully it gets... |MORE|
For those of you who have been wondering and asking about my recent trip to Guatemala, here goes: It was an amazing couple of days. There were four of us comprising a team that would teach people, burgeoning entrepreneurs, how to launch a business concept that each brought to us. This is a... |MORE|
Sweet friends, supporters and prayer team,
We are home!
Sunday morning began with worship at Vineyard Church in Arusha with believers from all parts of the world! We know of at least Africans, South Koreans... |MORE|
Thursday was spent finishing up projects, working in the classrooms and preparing for the end of our visit. The teachers are excited about what they have learned and are doing a great job implementing it in their classrooms. Unexpectedly, the government had a holiday on Friday. Yes...... |MORE|
What a wonderful day! It was determined that it was a day or organization, augmentation and facilitation; gathering the pieces together to see the big picture!
The day began with the most exuberant time of worship with the elementary students, and a time of recognition of their... |MORE|
Today was another really wonderful day in the village… again! We all enjoyed watching the teachers doing math with their children and seeing both the teachers and the children enjoying learning! The teachers are doing a great job… they have understood and are applying the concepts... |MORE|
The kids are back in town! Lots of them… and it's wonderful!
We thoroughly enjoyed our week with the teachers, but it is a delight to hear the sounds of children's voices all over the campus, and to see their sweet smiles and faces!
Morning devotions are... |MORE|
This weekend was filled with widows, sponsored children, visits, worship… and stunningly beautiful views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru at every turn! The sky was clear and we were graced with perfect views of both mountains. Each night our hearts and minds have been full to overflowing.... |MORE|
After a long week of learning we were all ready for a fun Friday! Instead of the typical seminars, we showed some videos of teaching in Perimeter School classrooms, played with manipulatives to discover how they can be used for learning, talked through resources and lesson plans for next... |MORE|
Once again, we started off the day at worship and devotions with the teachers. The time consists of a brief discussion in the Word of God, prayer and the most beautiful singing you could ever hear (most of which is done in Swahili). One line of a song which we could translate, was "Karibu... |MORE|
After a better with all the teachers in the morning, and the topic has been Math all week. It was unanimous among our team and the Tanzanian teachers, that we ALL want to go back to school and learn math in this new and exciting way! After a time of playing a game to practice multiplication... |MORE|
We are here all 8 of us all 24 of our suitcases and we are all well! Bwana Asifiwe! The praise belongs to the Lord!) Our first miracle occurred before we left the curb at the airport in Atlanta when all of our stuff was approved to go. The second occurred when we retrieved all of our bags from... |MORE|
What an amazing week this has been! Each day half of our team headed to Mana de Vida, a school for impoverished children in the town of Escuintla. The other half of the team would head to a rural community to assist with a medical clinic.
The children at Mana de Vida are all coming... |MORE|
Today I was scheduled along with my daughter Elisabeth to go with the team to set up a mobile medical clinic in a village about an hour away. As we were getting ready to leave it was announced that we needed to take one more vehicle and that a driver, any driver, was needed. I wasn't sure... |MORE|
Every day our team gathers at 7:00 AM for Dr. Hermann Alb's hour-long morning devotions. He's been teaching us about the difference between being on a mission trip vs. going on a date with Jesus. Hermann explained how we have been invited on this mission trip to partner with Jesus. He asks us... |MORE|
Team Alpha, my part of the serving team, had day at a Medical Missions Ministry (MMM) Clinic medical clinic at Loma Linda on Monday. What a beautiful day we had and what a gift for us to have the opportunity to meet the people of Loma Linda. Loma- meaning the top of the mountain; and Linda-... |MORE|
The start of our first full day in Guatemala felt kind of like the first day of a new school year as 6:15 AM alarm clocks blared and a group of tired people loaded into a bus around 7:00 in the morning. Thankfully, the bus was filled with enthusiasm and a pervasive feeling of excitement for the eventful day and week ahead. The first order of business was the early service at the local church; in Guatemala, early means EARLY. The 8:00 AM start time seemed completely natural for the energetic and wonderful worship team at the church who blew us away with not only their vocals, but also their intense air guitars. In addition, the video-streamed pastor gave an extremely well thought-out and witty sermon about the true meaning of being a father, even though most of the humor was lost in translation. Overall, the church service was a big success and great experience for the group. |MORE|
I imagine everyone on this trip was both excited and nervous. The entire Guatemala team was told to be at the airport at 3:30 PM. Unexpected Atlanta traffic was causing a delay in the arrival times of some families (who were too awesome to leave behind). Thankfully everyone arrived on time to catch our 6:35 PM flight. The group leaders rushed to the bag check in line, only to find out most of the bags were qualified for FREE check-in. We then rushed through security, where some bags were searched because of a very suspicious looking tube of toothpaste. |MORE|
On the eve of another trip to the land of eternal spring, I stop to ask myself, "why do I do this, year after year?" After all, there are plenty of needy people in the United States, here in Georgia, in fact. I wouldn't have to worry about terrorist, Zika-bearing mosquitos,... |MORE|
One time I saw God work at in Guatemala this week
Susan: How effectively our team worked together and loved one another
Dr. David: People impacted by the morning devotional time
Jocelyn: In the joy and in the gratitude of the children at... |MORE|
The most unusual thing I have seen in Guatemala this week
Susan: The women's clothing and tire store
Dr. David: The extreme poverty
Jocelyn: A newborn, a one-year-old, and a three-year-old squished between their parents riding on a... |MORE|
Each morning Monday through Thursday we started the day with team devotions. On Monday Dr. Alb exhorted those of us who were not sure of our relationship with God or were not feeling connected to Him to pray four prayers. He told us to petition God, "Allure me," "Speak to... |MORE|
On Sunday morning we departed at 7 am to worship at Vida Real Church. The service was vibrant and engaging, including a talented band and colorful lighting effects. The service was conducted mostly in Spanish, but our team had access to live translation through radio headsets. The sermon series... |MORE|
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit…" Zechariah 4:6b
Starting at 6:30 am on Saturday, our team loaded cars and caravanned to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with almost 60 bags in tow. Our abundance of luggage contained donated supplies... |MORE|
It may have been the most powerful moment of the trip. As Pearl shared we had communion with Him and one another. I won't share the details of it because in some sense they don't matter but what I can share is that the people you supported have been changed in a significant way. They... |MORE|
Early morning departure from Stolin. A lot of emotion was expressed as we said goodbye. Families have really connected with our team. Some of the families are nominal orthodox. So I think they saw a new type of Christianity. To paraphrase, their lives are compartmentalized: education here, music... |MORE|
June 15 - Our team devotion this morning was Jesus calming the waves. He can do that for us. He is also the one who sometimes kicks up the wind and waves so we run to Him.
We processed a bit further into the field of death experience we had yesterday. Our team was moved. Some could... |MORE|
June 13th - They danced. They sang. They played instruments. Traditional Belorussian folk dance. Belorussian folk music. Belorussian hip hop?
We did too. The Beatles "Help!" and Justin Timberlake. An original by Colin Baxter. It was not a battle of the bands. We... |MORE|
We spent some team time Sunday afternoon processing our first 24 hours and then we prepared to go to the 6:00 PM service at church. Many on the team had been uncomfortable about staying in homes. All gave a positive report of interaction with their hosts and feel blessed and that it is a... |MORE|
We worship Him today! Ahead of you...and with you! It is 9:00 AM here. The team had a long trek yesterday but we were warmly greeted by Belarusian friends. Two by two they went off to stay in homes. A bit scary for some but the Lord blessed. All had English translators or Google translate.... |MORE|
I was filled with joy as ELF participants crowded into the ELF "bookstore", carefully examining and purchasing books that will become precious to them – resources critical for their personal growth and for their ministry growth.
Great Books... |MORE|
As we said earlier, our volunteer team had many roles at ELF. Rather than try to explain the tasks we performed, I thought I would share what we observed and what we learned.
Team Reflections
"All the people were here to learn and of course to worship. Very... |MORE|
Our team has the wonderful privilege to serve as volunteers at the European Leadership Forum 2016 in Wisla, Poland, May 18-27. (Read more about it here http://www.euroleadership.org/ )
The team includes Bob, Dwight, Virginia, Jim (team leader),... |MORE|
Today was AMAZING!!!
Wednesdays always begin with Chapel at PUNCHMI school. It is not to be missed, and we didn't! Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of God." Worship is led by the children ...... |MORE|
Today began in the village with morning worship which is always wonderful and inspiring! Walking up to the school, the air is filled with voices children singing and drums playing ... clapping and praying and dancing! They sing with joy and enthusiasm which reminded us all of the reason we... |MORE|
Well...here we are in Karanse! It was a long circuitous journey to get here, but we're here now! It all started with the compressor on our plane in Atlanta... a plane swap and a 3 hour delay... missing our one flight per delay connection to Tanzania and an overnight in... |MORE|
On Sunday morning our team attended church at Vida Real Iglesia Christiana - Punto Escuintla. This location of Vida Real meets on the campus of Mana de Vida (I'm excited to share more on Mana de Vida in my next post!) I've had the opportunity to worship God at church services in... |MORE|
Atlanta ---> Guatemala
Five of the six women on our mission team departed from Atlanta mid-morning on Saturday, while the sixth had already headed out on an early morning flight. Pictured from left to right are D'Ann, TG, Johnna, Tracy, and... |MORE|
Monday was day one of the medical clinic. We started bright and early and saw over half of our students. We worked so well as a team you'd never know that some of us had never met.
It was great to see Daktari Chuck love on the students and make them feel so... |MORE|
Today the team attended church at Pastor W's. It was great to worship with our Tanzanian's brothers and sisters. We didn't understand what they were staying and vice versa, but being in the body of Christ it didn't matter. Bwana Asifiwe.
Here is the team's blog. They are doing great. Today was focused on meeting their sponsor children. Lots of great stories:
Chuck - High: Meeting my four sponsor kids. I lost it when I met Upendo. Hearing her story made it more... |MORE|
New Beginnings
Our journey began in a place where the awe-inspiring creativity of the father is not only reflected in the hearts and souls of the Irish, but the bliss of the scenic atmosphere. Every gently rolling hill and serene valley speckled with swaying violets teems with the rumbling... |MORE|
Day 2
The air was filled with praise music when we arrived at Vida Real' main worship service. The overall theme "Open up Your Doors; The King Is Coming" set a wonderful tone for our upcoming days in Medical Missions Ministry's traveling Clinics in the... |MORE|
One of our Guatemala GO Journey participants put together this video from participants' photos.
Hi all! We were all very sad to leave the village today. Here's a recap of what happened Tuesday and Wednesday:
On Tuesday morning, we had the privilege of opening sponsor gifts with the children. As a first timer, let me tell you it is one of the... |MORE|
Today was our first "school day" in the village ... and it was a great one! |MORE|
Still no electricity.... Day two: We started off the morning with some car troubles. The Taylors' car wouldn't start, but we jumped it with a stripped wire (only in Africa)! We did get to church though. The youth were taken out and were the speakers for the youth service.... |MORE|
Our Guatemala MDV team arrived safely yesterday afternoon! Since then we have been adjusting and having a great time getting to know each other. Today we had a wonderful day in Antigua at the Spanish church! |MORE|
The team is without electricity where they are staying. Fortunately, the missionaries have it!
Here is what they have to tell us about their journey so far: Hello all! We have arrived safely in the village. We have not had wifi so this is our first blog post: We arrived Friday... |MORE|
We made it to the gate! 22 bags are checked; 1,100 pounds of supplies for the school we're going to are on its way. We will have a 9 hr flight to Amsterdam and then a 9 hr flight to Tanzania. Please pray for safety on the flight and that all our bags make it there okay.
Recently a team of business people went to Guatemala to help conduct classes for entrepreneurs who want to grow Kingdom businesses. They worked closely with our partners at Showers of Grace and Vida Real Churches. This is an email from one of them at Showers of Grace:
Dear... |MORE|
A recap ... things went well for the entire trip ... planes on time, no lost luggage. Great team unity and trying to out serve one another ... the little ones we cared for were delightful ... we learned many new skills including changing colostomy bags, using feeding machines... |MORE|
The East Asia team has settled into a routine and enjoying their time together. Great fellowship and we all know we are right where we need to be. We finish work on Tuesday night the 24th and head home Wednesday morning. Can't wait to share stories. Jules
The East Asia team has arrived safely and in good health! They spent the first two days in training and are now working their 12 hour shifts to help the infants in the orphanage. The team is getting on well. God stories are already happening that are already changing the hearts of team members.
On our way to Mana de Vida School in Escuintla, we witnessed the Fuego volcano erupting. Wait, is that James Bond???
The Mana de Vida students in grades pre K - 3 performed a song for us and then prayed for us.
On Thursday we visited the school at Xetzitzi. Principal Irma desperately wanted to speak to Bill eye to eye, so of course as teachers we were able to accommodate!
The community of Xetzitzi sent the mayor, his council,... |MORE|
Today, Michelle led the session on learning stations. Here she is reading aloud Runaway Bunny.
The teachers participated in learning stations in order to know how to implement them in their classrooms.
The teachers received... |MORE|
Robin got us started Tuesday morning with a conga line before she taught the teachers how to reinforce math skills with math games.
These teachers are playing "Quiz, quiz, trade" to practice their math skills.
Kim facilitated... |MORE|
Eileen opened the conference today with a seminar on classroom management.
Bill shared the importance of exercise and took the teachers outside with jump ropes to practice what they learned.
Patti led a session where she shared ways to... |MORE|
We landed safe and sound in Guatemala City on Saturday afternoon! Today we worshipped at Vida Real in Antigua.
Afterward we had the joy of a great lunch and gazing at some of God' s most beautiful creation! We are now at the Ministry Center preparing to meet 50 Guatemalan teachers... |MORE|
Dear Friends,
Note: this final update was written after I returned, so that I could add a link for photos.
Thursday we went Nagpur - started the day with a meeting with the Ladies ministry team - they normally go into the slums and teach the women about... |MORE|
Dear Friends,
So after a busy day in Rohana, we expected the next day (Tuesday) to be much more relaxed. The clinic was at the Wardha Ministry Center, and about about 40-50 church members were expected. We were able to set up in a more organized way, and rather than a crowd, it... |MORE|
After arriving in Nagpur on Sunday, I went to Warda. We picked up the first batch of meds and began to categorize them.
Monday morning we went to a pharmacy to pick up more meds - the main things we got were meds for
--cough / cold / congestion (cough syrup in... |MORE|
A couple of years ago I had the opportuntity to lead a team to Poland. We worked all around a small country village and in the Christian camp that was there in Ostroda, Poland. Our team did all kinds of clean up, repairs to homes/apartments, and LOTS of playing with the kids that came from the... |MORE|
I went to Tanzania with my 2 daughters and it was a special time. It was awesome to see God at work in all of us and our team. The spiritual warfare abounded but we started each day "putting on our armor" and God met us exactly where we were ... What a great way for our children to see... |MORE|


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I met my wife Laura when she was a 17 year old farm girl from Upstate New York. Her life evolved from milking cows to working for a Silicon Valley tech company. Over the years she grew in beauty, maturity, sophistication and worldliness. She evolved in her spiritual maturity to understand more of who she really was.
Seventeen years after initially meeting her, we got married. Our lives together were full of adventure, self discovery, spiritual growth, family, work and travel. We were soul mates in every sense, always pulling the cart in the same direction. We didn't fight or squabble. We were extremely compatible. We finished each other's sentences. Once in a while I would be sitting there pondering and she would say to me, "I know what you're thinking." Most of the time she would be very close.
There was great comfort in our relationship to ponder and talk about our history together. To say, "Remember back in 1984 when we went to a Mets double header at Shea Stadium where I held your hand for the first time?" Remember this and remember that. The history and the story of our lives and families became more sacred as the years passed by. The investment in each other became greater over time. The trust and belief in each other grew as well. We were each other's best friend. The trust and loyalty in each other was deep and very satisfying.
Laura passed away after 17 years of marriage. She died at home while awake, surrounded by friends and family. She refused to take the chemo and radiation and told me that she wasn't afraid to die. I don't know what the number 17 meant with her soul. I can only observe it. I knew her and her family for 34 years. Her parents are gone and she's gone. This phase of my life is over and a new phase is unfolding. I know that she is now my spirit guide and an aspect of her will always be with me for the rest of this present incarnation.
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That is so cool! I feel that my husband guides me as well. I'm grateful. He was a great! Man but before he died he told me I had his blessing to start a new chapter. He told me to live life, be happy and forgive. I am thankful for the time we had together.
I met my husband when we were in college in 1999. We met through mutual friends at a gathering but he didn't have good impression on me because he said I reminded him so much of his ex-girlfriend whom he went out with for a short few months when he was around 21. Two years later, in 2001, circumstances brought us together and we started chatting on the phone occasionally. The following fall semester, we happened to take the same class and he always asked me to have lunch immediately when classes dismissed. After a short two months of chatting during lunch, we fell in love with each other. I was 21, and he was 25.
He and I are two ultra conservative and traditional people. We were surprised how close our values and mindset were as no one around us shared the same views and values at such young age: We appreciated the same things, we were serious Bible believers (though later I did drift away...) we shared the same thoughts and beliefs on relationship, marriage, values on life, on raising a family, our disagreement on intimacy before marriage and so forth. We were pretty made for each other! Taking into accounts we both were international students coming all the way from the same city and settled in the same university and that we got to meet each other, we thanked God for this perfect matching. We adored each other. His love, his caring, his mental supports nurtured and pampered me for the past 15 years. We became man and wife in 2010, had our first born in 2013. When we thought our life was perfect- a great marriage with a good baby, stable job and a nice house, cancer came to claim his life in January 2016. Our humble, happy family of 3 was shattered within a month after he got diagnosed with cancer. Nothing is ever the same again.
I am heartbroken as my husband was MY ALL during the past 15 years. My security, love, identity, my happiness, my comfort zone all have been built around him as my core corner stone. Now that he's gone, I barely know who I am anymore. I used to be naive, happy, innocent but not anymore. I don't even know if I could find happiness again. At age 36, I was thrown from the top of the hill to the lowest of the bottomless abyss. I can't see what's ahead of me and how I could raise our 2yo all by myself. He promised he was going to help to rare our child. We have had visions and dreams on building our family together. Now he's gone, I am nobody. Lately I keep praying if God is merciful enough to take me to join hubby in heaven. The only time that I could put a smile on my face is when I think of our cremains will be shared under the same marker in the same lot, there I will be able to stay with him forever and ever.
Preblehiker, My sweet Randy died Oct 2010 and we were like peanut butter & jelly we got along so well. I miss being able to talk about our history together like when we bought our first sailboat and learned how to sail. Randy also would check on me when I was doing yard work and make lunch for me. Your posting resonated with me and brought up many memories. I'm so sorry for your loss.


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Version: 0.1
This new LUnix command 'atkeyb' is designed as a pipe-filter. Atkeyb
reads the keyboard by using the interface at the datasette port, and
directs the characters to its standard output. So, you can use it in a
very simple manner.
This version is not full-featured. You cannot select different keyboard
layouts, which changes country by country. You cannot choose the repeating
speed of the keys, and such. Actually this release of the atkeyb is to be
tested. Since LUnix is a multitasking environment, and keyboard operation
has to be atomic, I've faced kinds of timing problems. Also I cannot decide
how to map the cbm keyboard to the AT-keyboard, so you get this odd behaving
keyboard driver.
Altough this keyboard is somehow premature, it still has some good features
like non-shifted up and left cursor keys, stop keys (^c or break), scroll
lock key sends xoff and xon characters, (applications has to support this),
also you can terminate the atkeyb by pressing control-break. Alt keys mimic
the commodore key. You can get small letters while caps-lock active if you
press a shift key. But num-lock key has no effect, also if you have win95
keyboard your additional four keys are not mapped. Also another drawback
is that, I don't remember where some keys are. There are four scancode
tables to be used with different combinations, and I'm confused a little bit.
As a last note, I wanted to say that I wrote this document using atkeyb,
vdctty and ed on top of the LUnix kernel. The keyboard is a win95 type.
By the way if I can get enough time I'll rewrite this document to reflect
coding tricks of the atkeyb.
parts list
. AT keyboard female connector. It has five ordered pin-holes. . Datasette port connector. If you can't find, half of an user port conn is Ok. . Some wire and a soldering iron...
front face views of the port and connector:
Keyboard Connector: ------------------- --v-- / \ / \ 3 Io oI 1 \ o o / 5 \ o / 4 ----- 2 Datasette Port: --------------- A B C D E F - -I- - - - And the connections: -------------------- A--4 B--5 D,E--1 clock line (D is used as an interrupt source) F--2 data line
That's all for the hardware.
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Neil Ellis
Arts Taught
Adults Escrima Concepts
Martial Arts Experience
Wing Chun with CKF 6 months in 2004. Tai chi with CKF 1 year 2015. Escrima Concepts since May 2013.
Other Relevant Experience
All sorts, from leading kids groups for Suffolk wildlife trust at 16, to leading part of an expedition to the Amazon in 2001, to giving exotic animal Lessons at school, founding the ARU wildlife society and being the national meetings manager for the UK bodypaint league.
Self Employed Landscape Gardener and Aquatic Ecologist
Photography, exploring, climbing, kayaking, snorkelling, bushcraft, having fun, reading, relaxing in the sun and I keep various exotic fish, Invertebrates and Herptiles.
To provide a stable and enjoyable life for my family. To have fun To spread happiness To help others learn Escrima Concepts To learn to fight with a staff and sword in Escrima Concepts (ie complete all the TG (black belt) grades.)


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An Unexpected Absence
I have been away for quite some time and I can't really explain why. I had yet another flare up and was on steroids. For some reason the steroids really messed with my mind set this time. They always warn it can do that but all those time I was on it for previous flares, I never really experienced it until now. It made feel like I was a different person. My emotions were a bit off and I just didn't feel myself. I couldn't focus or keep a train of thought. I couldn't organize daily tasks and believe me I am usually always excellent at my organizational skills. I was constantly distracted and didn't want to deal with my responsibilities. It made me stray off my path, the path I feel was laid out for me. Hopefully, I am returning to my path.
Yes, I am still working on the book. Genius takes time. HaHa! I didn't write for a while. For some reason I had no desire to pick up a pen and put it to paper. Maybe it was because I felt sick and tired of dealing with my illness. I felt like I wasn't Lisa anymore, I was my illness. The book just was a reminder of that. But I am back at it.
At my most recent visit to the neurologist, after MRI and bloodwork, another diagnosis was either added or changed. I am atypical MS. Meaning not a normal MS patient with the normal MS. When did anything with MS become normal? I was diagnosed with Neuromelyitis Optica: As known as NMO or Devic's Syndrome/Disease. I rather say syndrome. I hate using the work disease. Make me feel contagious and dirty. I no longer take daily injections, Thank God. But now I am on a med, pilkl form, that is used for organ receiptants so they don't reject the new organ. There is some serious side effects such as lymphoma that scares me. IT lowers your white blood cells and mine are high. You would normally think that was a good thing to fight off infection. Unfortunately, in my case it is attacking my own healthy bodily parts. So the new med makes sense to me so I am hopeful it will work. I just need to stay away from sick people since it will lower my resistance. That's ok, I don't want to be around them anyway. HaHa!.
I hope you forgive me for my absence and are still looking forward to the release of my book.
I would love to hear any feedback or comments of anything you guys are going through that is difficult or sometimes seems unbearable. We all have a cross to bear, I just wish mine wasn't so heavy.
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Impact of smoking status on early and late outcomes after isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Background: There are limited data on the impact of smoking status on outcomes after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods: Data obtained prospectively between June 2001 and December 2009 by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Surgery Database Program were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic and operative data were compared between patients who were non-smokers, previous smokers, and current smokers. The independent impact of smoking status on 14 short-term complications and long-term mortality was determined using binary logistic and Cox regression, respectively. Results: Isolated CABG surgery was performed in 21 534 patients; smoking status was recorded in 21 486 (99.8%). Of these, 7023 (32.6%) had no previous smoking history, 11 183 (59.1%) were previous smokers, and 3290 (15.2%) were current smokers. The 30-day mortality rate was 1.8% in non-smokers, 1.5% in previous smokers, and 1.5% in current smokers (p= NS). The incidence of peri-operative complications was generally similar in the three groups, but current smokers were at an increased risk of pneumonia (p< 0.001), and multisystem failure (p= 0.003). The mean follow-up period for this study was 37 months (range, 0-106 months). After adjusting for differences in patient variables, the incidence of late mortality was higher in previous smokers [hazard ratio (HR), 1.73; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.47-2.05; p< 0.001] or current smokers (HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.26-1.59; p< 0.001) compared to non-smokers. Conclusion: Smoking status is not associated with early mortality after isolated CABG. It is, however, associated with an increased risk of pulmonary complications and reduced long-term survival. © 2013 Japanese College of Cardiology.
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Angelita Cantu Ramos, age 65, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Childress.
Services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, June 30, 2014 in First United Methodist Church of Childress with Adam Anguiano officiating . Burial will be in Childress Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at Johnson Funeral Home on Sunday, June 29, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Angelita was born on July 29, 1948 in Edcouch, Texas to Jesus Cantu and Lucia (Reyes) Medina. She was a homemaker who loved to cook and sew.
An outdoor person, she had a green thumb and was very proud of her garden. Angelita loved to travel, and especially looked forward to her trips to the casino. When she was in good health, she was very active, even volunteering to cook for local funerals, weddings, and other events. She loved music, and was a devoted watcher of Spanish soap operas.
Her greatest joy was being able to spend time with her grandkids, and enjoyed it even more when they brought her coffee and sweet bread. She was a loving and giving woman who would give whatever she had to help someone in need.
Angelita was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, David Garza; and a grandson, Michael Rodriguez.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or Gentiva Hospice, 3232 Hobbs Ave., Amarillo, TX 79109.
Survivors include:
Daughter – Mary Hinojosa, Childress, TX
Daughter – Dianna Torres and John Reed, Greensburg, KS
Daughter – Delia Torres and husband, Joe, Childress, TX
Daughter – Brenda Ramos and Jeremy Black, Childress, TX
Daughter – Geuen Mata, Childress, TX
Daughter – Ashley Martinez and Christopher Dominguez, Childress, TX
Son – Gabriel Ramos, Irving, TX
Sister – Josephine Ramos
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Kansai Gaidai University
Kansai Gaidai University almost always abbreviated Kansai Gaidai, is located in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. It is a private university focusing on foreign language studies. Kansai is the proper name of the large region where it is located, which includes the cities of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Gaidai is a contraction of Gaikokugo Daigaku, which literally means "foreign language university". Gaidai is part of Kansai Science City.
Kansai Gaidai is known for its large Asian Studies program for international exchange students as well as for its Intensive English Studies program for Japanese students planning to study abroad. There are currently two academic campuses: the Nakamiya Campus (???????) and the Hotani Campus (???????). The original Katahoko campus (???????) consisted of four dormitories and a gymnasium. Currently, there are about 15,000 students enrolled.


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The Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" team, led and trained by Tsvetelina Bayraktarova, Associate at DGKV, was awarded two prizes from the Central and Eastern Europe Moot Court Competition (CEEMC) – major student competition on European Union law. The team reached the semifinals of the competition and was awarded two awards – "Best Written Pleadings" and "Best Speaker". Tsvetelina Bayrakratova, now a PhD student in commercial law at the Law Faculty of the Sofia University, won the best orator prize in 2016, and in 2017 and 2018 she coached Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" teams.
The 24th edition of this regional competition took place in Wrocław, Poland between 20th and 23rd April 2018 under the auspices of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, the Centre for European Legal Studies of University of Cambridge and the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Each year the competition represents a simulation of a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU and is based on issues of both procedural and substantive law of the EU. Each participating team is required to present the position of claimant and respondent with written submissions and oral pleadings.
Well done, Tsvetelina!
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Ibragim Todashev was shot to death by the FBI when they were interrogating him in his apartment, and there are some very weird things about this.
NPR's "This American Life" did a show, to see what they could find out. (Link includes podcast and transcript.) Magazine story with more details.
I'm just going to underline one bit-- FBI policy is to shuffle people who are peripherally connected to possible terrorist plots out of the country if at all possible.... the FBI doesn't do this to people who are giving them information. In other words, they're exiling people who are more likely to be harmless, and keeping the people who are more likely to be dangerous around.
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- In struts.xml we declare a package and wrap the action classes inside.
- package name= "default"? – Just give any valid unique name.
- struts-default? – By default, this package extends from struts-default base package, and it is nothing but an xml file present in struts2-core-2.x.x.jar
- This xml is responsible for invoking series of interceptors which is configured in it. We shall explore about what is role of this struts-default? and what is interceptors? in our latter part of our tutorial series. As of now forget about it :P :)
Hello world in Struts 2 – Getting started
In our previous article we learnt that there are 4 basic component in struts 2 framework.
They are
1. struts.xml
2. Interceptors
3. Action class
Since interceptor module is available in struts 2 by default, so for simplicity lets us ignore this module as of now and we shall explore then latter.
Now ignoring interceptors the flow diagram of struts 2 looks as below.
Now create a Dynamic web project with the following folder structure.
Include the below list of commonly used JAR files required by Struts 2 framework to your project's WEB-INF/lib folder.
- commons-fileupload-1.2.2.jar
- commons-io-2.0.1.jar
- commons-lang-2.4.jar
- commons-lang3-3.1.jar
- commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
- commons-logging-api-1.1.jar
- freemarker-2.3.19.jar
- javassist-3.11.0.GA.jar
- ognl-3.0.6.jar
- struts2-core-2.3.8.jar
- xwork-core-2.3.8.jar
Now the role of struts.xml here is to Controls the execution flow of the request
1. It maps the input URL to the action classes
2. It maps the input URL to the Jsp
Now consider a scenario where i receive the input request as http://localhost/login, in this case I need this request to be mapped to a Action class, let assume that action class to be LoginAction.
Which Method ?
In case of Servlets when a servlet got invoked, then by either doget() or dopost() method will get invoked. But in case of struts 2, when an action class gets invoked then by default execute method will executed, provided the signature of this execute method should be as below
public String execute()
We can have other method configured in Action class, we will learn about that in our upcoming tutorials
Configuring request in struts.xml
The struts.xml file needs to be configured with these basic tags, and this file should always present in src folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd"> <struts> <package name="default" extends="struts-default"> <action name="login" class="com.action.LoginAction"> </action> </package> </struts>
When a client's request matches the action name, the framework uses the mapping from struts.xml file to process the request. The mapping to an action is usually generated by a Struts Tag. The action tag ( struts.xml file) specifies the action class to be executed.
Here the configuration in struts.xml is incomplete, I have just mapped the request to Action class and we need to map the response from our action class to jsp, once after creating action class we shall come back to configuring struts.xml again.
Action class
package com.action; public class LoginAction { private String userName; public String execute() { if (userName.isEmpty()) { return "error"; } else { return "success"; } } public String getUserName() { return userName; } public void setUserName(String userName) { this.userName = userName; } }
Now note that the Action Class returns a string, which can be either "success" or "error". In struts 2, the controller maps the response from action class to a jsp using this "string".
Lets assume if Action class return "success" then we need to map the response to success page. If Action class returns "error" then we need to map its response to error.jsp.
- The Action class in struts 2 is not required to implement any interface or extend any class i.e, can be simple POJO, and there are four different ways to create an Action class which we shall explore in our upcoming tutorials.
- In case of struts 1 Action class used will be extending several classes in turn in order to process request and response.
Configuring Response struts.xml
Earlier we have configured request flow in struts.xml now we have to configure the response via result tag in it as shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd"> <struts> <package name="default" extends="struts-default"> <action name="login" class="com.action.LoginAction"> <result name="success">success.jsp</result> <result name="error">error.jsp</result> </action> </package> </struts>
Jsp pages
Now lets go a head and create jsp pages to receive request and send response back.
Create a new JSP file login.jsp inside the WebContent folder and type in the below code in this JSP file.
File : login.jsp use the Struts 2 tags to display username input fields and submit button.
File: login.jsp
<%@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>   <title>Login</title>
Struts 2 Hello World
 <s:form action="login"> <s:textfield name="userName" label="Username" /> <s:submit value="Submit" /> </s:form>
- In Struts 2, the "userName" will map to the JavaBean property of Action class automatically. In this case, on form submit, the textbox value with name="userName" will call the corresponding Action's setUserName(String xx) to set the value
- We shall explore different types of tags used in struts 2 in our tutorials.
- Also Note that I have referred taglib at the beginning of jsp, By defenision the Struts Taglib component provides a set of JSP custom tag libraries that help developers create interactive form-based applications. There are several different tags to help with everything from displaying error messages to dealing with nested ActionForm beans.
file : success.jsp : A JSP view page to display a welcome message to user.
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>   <title>Welcome Page</title>   Hello <s:property value="userName" />
file :error.jsp : A JSP view page to display error message when a wrong user id and password is entered.
  <title>Error Page</title>
Login failed

Configuring web.xml
web.xml is the entry point for any request sent, hence in order to indicate web.xml that this is a struts2 project, and to indicate that the request and response are handled in struts.xml, we have to provide any filter entry in web.xml file as shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5"> <display-name>Struts2</display-name> <filter> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <filter-class> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter </filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>login.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app>
That all on building a struts 2 project, now lets go a head and run this application in TomCat Server
Since I have given welcome file to be login.jsp in my web.xml, so on running the application in tomcat the login.jsp gets rendered as shown below.
Url: http://localhost:8089/HelloWorldStruts2/
When you give a non empty value in userName then success page appears
If you have not entered any value for userName then error page appears as shown below.
In our next article we will learn about the conceptional difference between struts 2 and servlets