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So what's a big bearded guy like me know about women's ministry anyhow?
Does it help that when I was young I helped a proud member of the Dolphin Circle—that would be my mom—wash the glass Communion cups and put them on the big wooden pegboard to dry? (Rats, the Methodists and Lutherans would beat us to lunch again.)
Obviously, my experience doesn't qualify me to know what's going on with women's ministry in Christian churches. So I talked to some folks who've traveled to many of our churches, hosted workshops or conferences, consulted with congregations, maybe even written a thing or two on the topic. And I consulted with women's ministry leaders at some of our biggest churches, while conceding they're not representative because most churches don't have the resources and/or the willingness to formally staff such a position.
First, we need to get the big "no duh" observation out of the way: Women's role in society and, to a large extent, the church has changed—big time. Mom's Dolphin Circle era has evolved to my daughters' Facebook generation.
So how well are Christian churches and churches of Christ meeting the needs of today's women while remaining true to Scripture?
Changing Needs
"We just don't get it," says Becky Molnar, who led a workshop at the Johnson Bible College homecoming earlier this year on "Developing Trends in Women's Ministry in the Church."
"Are we paying attention to the changing needs of women? Are we engaging their gifts, passions, and talents, or are we irrelevant to them?" she asked.
Molnar, a member of Park Chapel Christian Church in Greenfield, Indiana, has 15 years of national experience serving a variety of corporate and public sector clients as president and co-owner of a consulting company specializing in developing human potential and personal effectiveness.
You can hear her consulting background when she wonders how many churches have conducted a needs assessment of their female members, examined their demographics, or developed a spiritual inventory.
"Like my grandma used to say, 'Get the girdle off the brain and go for it,'" Molnar said. "We need to do strategic planning and apply it to women, to find out what we need to keep doing and what we need to stop doing and what we need to start doing."
Molnar pointed to a posting on the Leadership Network (Leadnet.org) whose key premise was this:
Women's ministry is on the verge of massive cultural shift as younger generations of women reject traditional programming in favor of more purposeful spiritual interaction. Innovative church leaders are adapting to this rapid change by experimenting with new ways to equip women to exercise their gifts and passions through relationships, spiritual development and outreach.
During the homecoming workshop she heard about a group of about a dozen 20–somethings with little time for a traditional Bible study who gather online—in their jammies—after 9 p.m. when the kids are in bed.
"They said it was awesome," Molnar said. "If young women tell us they need a social networking forum and we don't do it, then shame on us."
Emerging Trends
At Savannah (Georgia) Christian Church, Sarah Huxford, the women's pastor, and Megan Gariss, women's ministry intern, researched trends in emerging churches—and realized they need a high-speed lens.
"Our culture is changing so quickly that we consistently have to be talking about what changes we may need to make. The most successful ministry opportunities we had last year or even last month may not be as effective now. We have to keep the communication lines open in order to think through where we need to go. It's a constant process."
The duo discovered a need for more outreach, as well as what Savannah calls "going deeper" events. "In the past, based off what we've seen, women's ministry was geared more toward women who were already connected with the church and were striving to deepen a relationship they already had with the Lord. While there is great value in these events, we've tried to create more opportunities for women to get connected with our women's ministry and the church as a whole through nonthreatening, open-to-everyone events where our women are encouraged to bring their friends."
One innovation the church launched is called "Coffee and Conversation," where women all over Savannah open up their homes for a night and invite friends, neighbors, and those new to the area for an evening of fellowship. "There's no hidden agenda, nothing to sign up for. It's just women being hospitable towards one another. In short, we are consistently looking for more ways to get outside of our own walls and into the neighborhoods."
At the same time, Huxford and Gariss said, their church is seeking more intergenerational mentoring opportunities. "We need each other, and we need the wisdom of those who have lived life with the Lord a bit longer than we have. Our mentoring program will hopefully be instrumental in connecting these younger women entering our church and ministry with women who can speak truth into their lives."
Personal Touch
Rhonda Baker, pastor of women's ministry for Central Christian Church in Las Vegas, sees the need for the personal touch along with a technologically savvy women's ministry. "In the past decade we have seen women's ministry move from lecture-style teaching to DVD-driven curriculum in small groups. Now we have begun to see more online small groups, although I don't believe these will ever replace relationships that women grow from being together face-to-face, as there is something lost in the sense of touch."
At Central, the women's ministry is tied closely with small groups. Those in turn have evolved toward support groups, even though the church has a separate care department set up to handle such needs, Baker said.
"We have seen the need to offer [one group] for women who have been betrayed either through pornography that her husband may be addicted to or another betrayal of the marriage," she said.
"The biggest benefit of a women's ministry [or] small groups [ministry] is the transformation of lives that ripples into every other sphere with an opportunity to influence others with the love of Jesus," Baker said. "I can't imagine the church being without a specific women's ministry, whether it is targeted or more strategically aligned like Central's, any more than I can imagine it would be helpful to remove a mother from her family."
In churches across the country, women's ministry has changed from "event focused" to "small group and ministry focused," said Chris Adams, senior lead women's ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources. That means unfamiliar roles for participants young and old.
"As we move into the future with younger women and younger leaders, it appears it will be less structured and more spontaneous. It will grapple with those difficult issues women face in our culture," she said.
"Structure may become more simplified and Bible study and application even more important. It will be vital for older leaders to come alongside younger women, share their wisdom, and learn from them. Younger leaders will have to play an active role in developing ministry to reach women in their sphere of influence."
Women want more than a social function, because they are struggling with challenges at home and in the workplace, Adams said.
"And if we are not dealing with these issues, women will not find relevance in our ministries. . . . Just partying together is not reaching women today."
Thankfully, churches can get material today that wasn't around before.
"The availability of so many Bible studies specific to women has changed the face of women's ministry," said Debbie Scheller, women's ministry leader at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
"In years past, women's ministry consisted of teas, fellowships, and providing meals or baby showers for the congregation. Today, most women's ministry has its foundation in Bible study. This has been a wonderful advancement."
But even good studies can become an end rather than a means, she warned.
"One of the trends I see is that we have to become more missional with being disciple-makers. We have gotten comfortable taking one Bible study after another without a Great Commission and Great Commandment heart. We have become fixated on being fed without desiring to seek the lost."
Even with 1,200 involved in women's ministry on Southeast's campus, Scheller said the church still strives to connect with a younger generation.
"They are much more interested in building authentic relationships versus the fluff that has sometimes become too important in women's ministry. We are intentional about reaching out to them as we plan upcoming events or programs. They love giving their input and we have welcomed that."
Still Struggling
In contrast to Southeast's success, Karen J. Diefendorf, academic dean of Lincoln Christian Seminary, sees many Christian churches struggling to bring young females into the fold.
"My impression is that women's ministries in many (and perhaps most) of our churches is still geared toward older women (and now I am one)," said Diefendorf, who's also chief of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center & School's training division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
"I speak at women's retreats, and there are only a few younger women scattered among the crowd. If you attend Milligan (College's) or Lincoln's Women's Days, it's an older crowd, too."
Even younger women who are seeking vocational ministry find that one place they can share their talents, teaching a Bible study at their church, is dominated by older women or retirees.
"This is still valid ministry, but disappointing to some of our younger women who had hopes and dreams that their giftedness might not be relegated to just doing 'women's' ministry," Diefendorf said.
Nancy Karpenske, women's ministry director at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado, said the current generation "wants to be empowered to develop their own ideas."
"Younger women seem to be less likely to find time for an ongoing Bible study program," she said. "They are attracted to a specific study for a specific period of time. But they are not convinced that personal daily Bible study and interaction with a group of women should be a priority for their lives. They are not interested in being prepared to take over and perpetuate existing programs."
But whether it's existing or new endeavors, women's ministry is vital for three major reasons, Karpenske said:
• Women set the tone for the home. When they are growing spiritually, they are influencing their husbands and children.
• Women more naturally seek and create relationships. They influence their friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
• Women are typically the "workforce"—the volunteers the church relies upon to serve. When a church recognizes the value and potential of women and invests in them, the church has the optimal potential for growing.
New Methods
With all the talk of a rapidly changing world and reaching the Facebook generation, we get a timely reminder from Kay Moll, who's on the women's and missions ministries staff of Christ's Church at Mason, Ohio: "Women's ministry has not changed so much in what it seeks to do, but in the way it is done. Just like every other area of the church has changed or is changing in the way it ministers, so must women's ministry in order to be relevant."
The church near Cincinnati offers several ministry opportunities, large-scale outreach events, Bible studies, and special interest groups. The latter especially offer a nonthreatening entry point to which women can invite their friends, she said.
"For example, one of the women who began attending our Book Club (called Soul Food) lost her husband. She was new to the church family, and this was about the only thing she had become involved in beyond Sunday morning.
"Every member of the book club was at the funeral service. They surrounded her with love and comfort and got her through a very difficult time."
It's hard to imagine that even that old Dolphin Circle at my small hometown church could've done it any better.
Darrel Rowland is an adult Bible fellowship teacher at Worthington (Ohio) Christian Church and public affairs editor of The Columbus Dispatch.
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We have found in our church (Glades Christian in Berea, KY) that the older women have changing tastes also. We have gone from having a Women's Circle to a Thursday night meal together, shared in one of our homes. We typically have 8 to 13 women in attendance – and we are nearly all between 50 and 80. We don't have a Bible study, though we do stop to pray about the concerns and cares that we express to each other. Why the change? Even in a small congregation, women who had been attending church together for decades, really didn't know one another. We have opted for the "intimate" for the time being. Maybe some day we'll move on to something different, but for right now, we are learning the hearts of our ladies, spending our time learning to trust and love one another, and laughing ourselves silly as we minister to one another out of shared experiences as "ladies of a certain age."


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Bloggers, writers or just about anyone working as a freelancer can benefit from attending conferences in order to gain knowledge, make industry connections and network with fellow professionals. I just returned from speaking at the TBEX Conference in Huntsville Alabama and will be back on the road to attend BlogHer then speak at the Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference in Milwaukee this August.
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Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution
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"Nearly unnoticed by government and industry, the world energy economy has entered a period of rapid change that may be as far-reaching as the computer and telecommunications revolutions," according to the book Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution. "The giant oil refineries and coal-fired power plants that energized the twentieth century soon may be relics of the industrial revolution—as obsolete as the typewriter or Model T Ford."
Christopher Flavin and Nicholas Lenssen, authors of Power Surge, write that recent developments point to a new kind of energy system: in Europe and the United States, wind power is now often less expensive than coal; more than 200,000 homes in developing countries already get their electricity from solar cells; and major corporations such as Mitsubishi and Westinghouse have announced investments in advanced fuel cells and photovoltaics.
Power Surge foresees a turbulent next decade, as large energy companies struggle to preserve the status quo, and newer firms and their environmental allies fight to change government policy and open energy markets to greater competition. "Many giant oil, auto, and electric utility companies may find themselves in the position of IBM—overtaken by smaller competitors who are better able to anticipate the coming revolution."
"Pushed by the need to stabilize the climate, and pulled by investment opportunities in the new high-growth energy systems, the transition is likely to accelerate in the next decade," reports Power Surge. The book identifies a number of new technologies that will soon emerge from government and private laboratories, beginning a period of ferment and change.
Among the innovations that could have the greatest impact in the next decade: a new generation of lightweight, quiet electric cars that can be re-fueled at home; the conversion of coal plants to efficient gas turbines; mass-produced wind and solar generators that are cost-competitive with the most advanced fossil plants; tiny fuel cells and rooftop solar panels that allow people to generate their own electricity.
The Worldwatch Institute study contrasts sharply with projections by the industry-oriented World Energy Council and the International Energy Agency, both of which expect skyrocketing oil imports, bankrupting energy bills in developing countries, and unprecedented disruptions to the global atmosphere. Flavin and Lenssen, on the other hand, foresee an economical transition to an efficient and sustainable world energy system.
Using a technique pioneered by analysts at Shell Oil, the Worldwatch research team has constructed an energy scenario in which carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere stabilize during the next half century, as called for in the Rio climate treaty. It envisions highly efficient use of all fuels, extensive deployment of decentralized technologies, and reliance on methane and hydrogen as gaseous energy carriers.
In the Worldwatch scenario, solar, wind, and geothermal energy would grow rapidly in the early twenty-first century, while the use of coal and oil would fall by 73 and 20 percent respectively during the next 25 years.
"Although some large energy companies may fail in the years ahead, new ones are likely to prosper," say Flavin and Lenssen. "Just as the great fortunes of Rockefeller, Ford, and many others flowed from the turn-of-the-century oil boom, the next energy transition promises to create a new generation of successful entrepreneurs."
"Efficient use of energy is one key to the revolution ahead," the authors conclude. As examples, they point to new lightbulbs now available that use 75 percent less electricity than those they replace, and to the many home appliances and industrial motors that are 30-50 percent more efficient than their predecessors. Such improvements are likely to continue for many years.
Power Surge anticipates that reliance on natural gas will expand in the late nineties and beyond, displacing oil and coal in many applications. "As a relatively clean fuel that emits less carbon dioxide, natural gas use is being spurred by tighter air pollution laws. World gas use is likely to double or triple in the next few decades, with strong growth in Asia and Latin America."
As the most versatile of the fossil fuels, gas lends itself to a range of decentralized applications, including devices called fuel cells that may soon allow small businesses and homeowners to generate their own electricity. In the long run, natural gas is likely to become a "bridge" to non-polluting hydrogen fuel.
Much of that hydrogen will likely be derived from solar, wind, and geothermal energy. Rapidly declining costs will make them fully competitive in the near future, states Power Surge. "The emergence of renewable energy technologies marks a transition from mined fossil fuels to manufactured and mass-produced energy conversion devices."
The cost of solar cells, which convert sunlight directly to electricity, has fallen more than 90 percent since 1980, while wind turbine costs have fallen by two-thirds. The past few years have witnessed additional developments signaling the emergence of renewable energy as a high-growth sector:
- The world had roughly 20,000 wind turbines in operation by the end of 1993, producing 30 times as much electricity as a decade earlier.
- Among the countries where new wind power projects have recently been announced: Argentina, China, Germany, India, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States. California alone has enough wind turbines to supply all the residential electricity for San Francisco.
- Solar thermal power plants now being developed in Australia and Israel have the potential to produce economically competitive power "on demand" by employing inexpensive thermal storage devices.
- Companies in Japan, Switzerland, and the United States are bringing to market "solar shingles" that can replace existing roofing materials and produce electricity.
- In 1994, the Westinghouse Corporation announced plans to enter the wind power business, while Enron Corp, a major natural gas company, said it would install a huge solar power plant in Nevada and sell electricity at 5.5 cents per kilowatt-hour--less than the cost of many coal-fired plants.
Rapid advances in energy technologies will create large opportunities for developing countries in the next two decades, according to Power Surge. If they can avoid investing heavily in antiquated coal and oil technologies, and instead move forward with fuel cells, wind power, and solar energy, nations such as China and India could bypass outdated technologies, and even move ahead of their industrial country counterparts.
Unlike fossil fuels, resource constraints will not limit renewable energy in most countries, the authors find. "Conservative estimates that exclude environmentally sensitive areas show that three U.S. states--North and South Dakota and Texas--have sufficient windy lands to, in theory, supply all the nation's electricity. And solar power plants covering less than one percent of the deserts of Xinjiang could meet China's current electricity needs."
Flavin and Lenssen anticipate a continuing boom in renewable energy investments during the coming decade, which will make wind and solar industries a leading growth sector.
The automobile industry is also likely to be swept by change. Low-emission cars made of advanced composite materials and running on electric drive trains and electronic controls are being developed by more than a dozen companies. These designs are 3-5 times as efficient as today's, and reduce emissions of pollutants by at least 95 percent, and those of carbon dioxide by 75-90 percent. Such vehicles will likely appear in auto showrooms within six years, according to Power Surge.
Advances in design and materials have also slashed energy use in some buildings by as much as 90 percent in the past two decades; recently, new homes have been built without furnaces in Canada and without air conditioners in California's central valley. A new generation of specially coated "super-windows" drastically reduce heat losses.
Looking further ahead, Flavin and Lenssen believe that hydrogen will emerge as the major energy carrier of the mid twenty-first century. Hydrogen is the simplest fuel, and can be manufactured directly from water, using solar or wind energy. At the other end of the pipe, it can be used directly in efficient factories and a variety of household appliances. Already, hydrogen is used as an industrial fuel and as a rocket propellant, and hydrogen technologies continue to advance rapidly.
Hydrogen can carry energy via pipeline in the way that natural gas does today--and for less than it costs to move electricity. "In the future, hydrogen may be piped from the windy Great Plains of North America to the eastern seaboard, and from the deserts of western China to the populous coastal plain," according to Power Surge. "For Europe, solar power could be harnessed in southern Spain or North Africa, and converted to hydrogen that is transported along existing gas pipeline routes. To the east, Kazakhstan could supply energy to Russia, and in India, the sun-drenched Thar Desert is within reach of the rest of the country."
To begin moving in this direction, Power Surge calls for four main shifts in government policy:
- Reduce current subsidies for fossil fuels--which directly amount to some $220 billion globally--while raising taxes on them to reflect the emissions-related damage to forests, fresh water lakes, and human health.
- Redirect research and development spending, which currently puts 85 percent of the money in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, to focus on promising new energy technologies.
- Accelerate investment in the new devices through market-driven, multi-year government purchases so that companies scale up production and capture greater economies-of-scale in manufacturing.
- Channel international energy assistance for developing countries toward efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy sources.
As such policies are implemented, the pace of change in global energy systems may exceed the expectations of most experts. "The basic shape of the modern energy system emerged in the short span of two decades, from 1890 until 1910," according to Flavin and Lenssen. "The conditions are ripe for a second energy revolution, with equally dramatic social and economic effects."
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Isaac. A Brief Intro.
I have been developing websites and web applications nearly since my family signed up for Internet access in 1997. I came across a simple book about HTML and was amazed how a simple tool like notepad could make a web site with links and images on the world wide web. And so I created a my first website, dedicated to my favorite video game.
In high school I had aspired to be a 3D animator, but in my senior year a friend of mine showed me something called Active Server Pages. Suddenly the web pages I was writing could actually do things. Like talk to databases and send emails. I was hooked. This interactive thing was just to good to pass up as a career.
Luckily one of the schools I was looking at for 3D Animation also happened to have a interactive media program and in and the Fall of 2002 I enrolled and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. AIP was a great experience for me I was given the freedom to explore a variety of new media and deepen my knowledge of areas I was already working in. While there I learned about audio, video and how to better design with an eye for interaction and how to bring it all together with programing to make it truly impacting. School also offered up opportunities for freelance work and internships which first introduced me to the professional field.
After graduation I join a interactive marketing firm on Pittsburgh's north shore where I learned to deepen my skills and hone them on real world problems of design and programing. Additionally my skill set grew to include many different server and clients side development techniques, including valid and semantic X/HTML and CSS, Flash, .Net technologies and Javascript / AJAX.
In fall of 2008 I decided that I could expand my skill set and experience by delving into a related but significantly different occupational field, video game development. I joined a firm in Pittsburgh's south side where I learned many new techniques and approaches, both technically and philosophically, to interactive media, story, and entertainment.
Two years later in the fall of 2010 I joined another game development company, Crowdstar Inc., and made my move to Silicon Valley. There I delved deeper into the wide world of game development and learned much including what it means to work on games at a scale of thousands of concurrent users. I also learned a considerable amount about the design decisions and psychology that goes into modern games.
Staring in 2012 I transitioned into mobile app programing which was an eye opening and enlightening experience. I was part of a team that was charged with developing an engine for internal use with the goals of being cross platform (iOS/android) and able to leverage our existing Flash art pipeline. The culmination of this work lead to Top Stylist
Early 2013 I decided to transition back to agency life and joined JUXT, a digital interactive agency in San Francisco. At JUXT I had the opportunity to work with talented designers and engineers on projects for large brands including NFL Networks, Salesforce, Plantronics, and Cisco. Work at JUXT allowed the opportunity to work on a wider variety of platforms including large format touch screens and video walls.
In 2016 I transitioned to Stimulant, another San Francisco design and technology agency. Stimulant has a strong focus on projects focusing on physical spaces and inversive experiences. At Stimulant I have been able to continue expanding my skill sets and have had opportunity to work with excellent clients including Intel, GSK, Visa, and Gensler as well as many absolutely amazing coworkers.
Today I continue to pursue new and better ways of producing creative and engaging user experiences online and off.
Skills and Technologies
Preferred Languages & Platforms
- TouchDesigner
- Cinder
- OpenFrameworks
- Processing
- C, C++, Objective C
- Javascript
- Node
- THREE.js
- D3.js
- OpenCV
- Python
- Ruby
- Git
Stuff I Really Like To Do
- Installation Development
- Hardware Integration
- Data Visualization
Other Things I've Been Known to Work On
- Web Site Development
- Mobile Applications
- Game Development
- Web Application Development
Other Languages & Tech I've Worked With
- Java
- Flash
- SQL Databases
- NoSQL Databases
- Adobe Software


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Quad/Graphics Europe improves effectiveness of finance function by 30% with IFS Applications
One of Europe's biggest commercial printers streamlines business processes with IFS Applications
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o.o.—one of the biggest commercial printers in Europe—has implemented IFS Applications™ to streamline its key business processes, such a finances, manufacturing and distribution.
Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o. o. is one of the biggest and most advanced commercial printers in Europe.
The company has two printing houses offering advanced printing production services, one located in Wyszków, and the other one in Radzymin. Quad/Graphics Europe also owns CRT—a company supplying ink to its two printing houses.
IFS Applications ensures full insight into the execution of key business process, provides fast access to information and streamlines the management decision-making process. It contributed to the significant performance improvement of operations in the area of financial and tax reporting and ensured faster document circulation and processing.
"IFS Applications allows us to manage our operations more efficiently. Now we have a comprehensive, quick insight into financial data. Already today the system allows us to increase effectiveness by 30%, since the number of transactions processed in IFS Applications have increased that much. We expect that within a few years, the increase in effectiveness will be several times higher," said Marek Gruszecki, CFO of Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o. o. and added, "What's crucial, with this system we can smoothly and flexibly adapt to the changes in the industry and keep up with our clients' needs. Thanks to that we can effectively compete on the market."
The implemented solution from IFS supports all key areas of the company's operations: finances, manufacturing, distribution, human resources, and payroll. IFS Applications is used by over 130 employees of Quad/Graphics Europe.
"We are happy that the IFS Applications implementation at Quad/Graphics Europe has streamlined the company's operations, which, as a result, is contributing to an improved customer experience. We are convinced that our solution will successfully support Quad/Graphics Europe in its future growth," said Marcin Taranek, President of IFS CEE.
About Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o. o.
Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o. o. is one of the biggest companies in the printing sector in Europe. Printing services provided by the company are executed in the most advanced machine park in Europe. Quad/Graphics Europe has two printing houses offering advanced printing production services, one located in Wyszków, and the other one in Radzymin. The company offers complex services to its clients, from the stage of preparing materials for printing, through manufacturing, to their distribution. Quad/Graphics Europe's services are used by clients in 22 countries in Europe. Quad/Graphics Europe Sp. z o.o. is a subsidiary of US company Quad/Graphics, one of the largest and most technologically advanced printers in the world.For more information please visit: www.quadgraphics.pl.
About IFS
IFS™ is a globally recognized leader in developing and delivering enterprise software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company (XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports more than 2,400 customers worldwide from its network of local offices and through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit: www.ifsworld.com.
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Our History » About Us
Even though Cross Current International Ministries (CCIM) was not officially established until 1980, in essence CCIM was birthed 22 years earlier at the wedding of Richard and Dorothy Bennett in June of 1958 by Pastor Stephen Olford.
A look back at their 50 plus years of ministry together can certainly be traced to the day they recited their wedding vows and committed themselves together to serving The Lord in full time ministry.
Pastor Olford's message entitled "Together in Love, Together in Life, Together in Labor" in retrospect was truly a confirmation of God's call on their lives to "Preach the Word". The Bennett's have remained faithful to that calling for over five decades.
In the early years of their ministry together the Bennett's:
- Pioneered home evangelism in connection with Church crusades in the UK.
- Taught regularly at Capernwray Bible School.
- Taught at Evangelical Students Missionary Association conferences and Bible school ministries across Europe and behind the Iron Curtain.
- Ministry over Trans World Radio commenced.
- Missionary Radio Incorporation (MRI) was incorporated in the state of New Jersey, November 17th 1969.
- Missionary Radio Incorporated carries the Bennett's ministry of the Word to people on five continents via missionary radio broadcasts.
- Missionaries, national pastors and laymen wrote for spiritual help and request follow-up literature. In one twelve month period 5000 inquiries from 47 different countries were personally answered from one weekly broadcast.
- 1978 Richard authors Food for Faith. (formerly known as "Bible Before Breakfast")
- Overseas missionary journeys become more frequent and prolonged.
- Missionary Radio Inc. phases into a more personal overseas ministry and the name is changed to Cross Current International Ministries(CCIM) on November 3rd, 1980.
- 1983 Richard authors Your Quest for God which to date has been translated and released in 60+ languages.
- God's hand of blessing is evident in unprecedented ways as CCIM continues to be used as a catalyst ministry in numerous countries emphasizing the priorities of evangelism, supplicatory prayer, revival, and solid biblical Gospel presentations.
- Far-flung missionary journeys increase due to the success of the radio ministry. This encouraged national pastors, missionaries and national evangelists. Increasingly, evangelistic tools were given to nationals to undergird their own ministries in India, Africa, the Far East, Europe and the Middle East.
- Your Quest for God and Food for Faith continues to be widely used and distributed as a major discipleship resource in dozens of countries. Requests for reprints and for translation into new languages of both books continue to pour in on a regular basis. The Bennett's prayerfully seek God's direction and, as the Holy Spirit leads, they provide the resources needed to translate, print, and distribute the books into multiple languages
- Richard writes "Hope for the Hopeless" an AIDS tract. This tract has been translated and distributed in multiple languages and is in high demand not only in Africa but Asia as well.
- Dorothy's Daily Devotionals a daily 5 minute devotional by Dorothy is produced and aired in Kenya. Over 650 programs have been produced in English. (note: recently the programs have been translated into Swahili and the Turkana languages for airing in Africa. Great potential exists to translate these inspiring devotionals into other languages for airing on the radio as well as the internet.)
- Expansion of CCIM broadcasts into Arabic
- CCIM in cooperation with Trans World Radio launches an innovative ESL (English as a second language) version of Your Quest for God and Food for Faith for use on the internet ministry to China.
- 2010 CCIM enters the world of the Internet with the development and deployment of its own web-site.
- Ministry initiative is implemented to begin the process of systematically recording audio versions of Your Quest for God, Food for Faith into various languages for deployment on Linguablast, a digital platform developed by Trans World Radio. In addition, Dorothy's Daily Devotionals, and other CCIM teachings such as Richard's sermons will also be uploaded on to the Linguablast platform through the CCIM website.
CCIM's influence and ministry impact includes churches, educational institutions, and Christian organizations around the world. Below is a partial list of requests and preaching/teaching opportunities that have been afforded to the Bennett's down through the years.
- Trans World Radio (Swaziland, South Africa, Monte Carlo, Madison, New Jersey and Cary, North Carolina)
- Far East Broadcasting (Conference at Arrowhead Springs California for Vietnamese workers and at The Firs Conference Center, Washington)
- Torchbearers at Capernwray Hall, England as Conference Speaker and Bible School Teacher
- Prairie Bible Institute: Graduation Speaker and Mission Conferences
- Briercrest Bible Institute: Graduation Speaker, Mission Conferences and Ministry to Students
- Pambrum Bible College: Mission Conferences and Ministry to Students
- Toronto Bible College: Ministry to Students
- Christian and Missionary Alliance: Ministry to students at Regina Training College and Annual Pastor's Convention
- Eastern European Mission
- Greater European Mission
- German Intermissions
- Italian Intermissions
- Torrey Memorial Conferences, Southern California
- Word of Life Conferences, Schroon Lake, New York
- Navigator Conferences
- Campus Crusade at headquarters and elsewhere
- Inter Varsity Fellowship in various countries
- "Open Doors with Brother Andrew" at Leadership Conference and elsewhere
- The Faith Mission (Northern Ireland; Southern Ireland; Scotland)
- International Hospital Christian Fellowship
- Evangelische Omroep, (Hilversum, Holland national television and radio ministries)
- Operation Mobilization
- Youth with a Mission
- Christian Resource Management
- Wycliffe Associates
- Youth for Christ
- National Young Life
- Officers Christian Fellowship (Headquarters, Colorado: West Point; Pearl Harbor; Eglin Air Force Base, N.A.T.O. Headquarters in Europe and many other military bases)
- Keswick Ministries (10 South Africa cities; Jamaica; Canada; USA and others)
- Revival Challenge (South Africa)
- Lighthouse for Christ (Mombasa, Kenya)
- Youth Evangelism Ministry (Mombasa, Kenya) World Reach; Cornerstone of Kenya
- The American Mission for opening Churches; Word of Life, USA and UK
- Ministry to Middle East Christians (Cyprus; Egypt and elsewhere)
- Also, multiple Bible Colleges and Seminaries in England, Germany, Switzerland etc
- Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones: Ministry to his various Pastors Fellowships in Wales, UK
- Multiple Churches throughout Europe, North America and elsewhere including a Pastorate in Rhode Island and England
As the Bennett's complete the journey the Lord has called them to, there is a great sense of urgency that time is short, and that they must do all they can through the leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit to use media to its fullest potential to advance the Gospel. CCIM and TWR recently signed a "Model Agreement" to ensure a lasting legacy is carried on of the work they have invested their lives in should the Lord call them home before His return.


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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Environment has slammed Irish Water for spending a six figure sum on public relations contracts while failing to invest one additional cent in improving infrastructure. The utility company has splashed over €300,000 hiring four separate Dublin based PR firms since January 2014.
Deputy Cowen commented, "Irish Water appears to be more concerned with its public image than ensuring that water quality and infrastructure is improved. The fact that it has had to hire four separate PR firms shows how badly it is doing its job and is a clear indication that this over-bloated quango's focus is more about spin than substance.
"It has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' money trying to improve its image, but the fact of the matter is that Irish Water has been a huge waste of money and no amount of spin or PR can change that. The decision to engage expensive PR strategies is yet another example of the utility splashing cash on consultants rather than investing in much needed infrastructure upgrades.
"There are thousands of homes in Cork and Galway which have had boil water notices imposed on them – no PR campaign can detract from the fact that their water service is neither safe nor secure. Irish Water has been a calamity from the beginning and Fianna Fáil is committed to abolish this failed entity, suspending water charges and ensuring that money is spent on infrastructure, and not PR, to ensure a safe, quality water service for everyone in the country".


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Moffat County Commissioners show angst over gun laws
Moffat County Commissioners signed a resolution Tuesday supporting litigation to overturn Colorado's new gun laws.
Specifically, the resolution supports the 55 county sheriffs in Colorado, including Moffat County Sheriff Tim Jantz, who have filed a lawsuit opposing the two gun laws recently passed by the Colorado General Assembly.
"It's important to stand up with the law enforcement people," Moffat County Commissioner Chuck Grobe said.
House Bills 1224 and 1229 are what have the county commissioners, the sheriff and various residents upset.
"I think it's totally unenforceable," Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid said. "They pushed this through the state Legislature without much thought. It's a top-down approach."
The supporting resolution states that HB 1224 imposes a ban on the ownership, sale or transfer of ammunition magazines manufactured after June 1. The problem the commissioners have with the bill is that "there is no way to determine either the date of manufacture or the manufacturer's intent with regards to adaptability at the time of design."
They have further problems with HB 1229, which requires private buyers and sellers of guns to have extended background checks and have all transactions completed through a federal firearms licensed agent.
The resolution states that "there is no empirical evidence to support the assertion that these laws will prevent violent crime while there is clear evidence that they represent a great infringement on the rights and security of law-abiding citizens as guaranteed in both the Second and the 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution."
"It puts a burden on everyone," said Todd Wheeler, of the Sheriff's Office.
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Web Services Description Working Group 2002-02-21 meeting minutes Full minutes: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/desc/2/02/21-minutes (members only) (Note that these are the official minutes, the unapproved version was also sent to the public list. This version is reposted for completeness.) Attendance Participants (35): - Mike Ballantyne, Electronic Data Systems - Keith Ballinger, Microsoft Corporation - David Booth, W3C - Roberto Chinnici, Sun Microsystems - Glen Daniels, Macromedia - Mike Davoren, W. W. Grainger - Laurent De Teneuille, L'Echangeur - Youenn Fablet, Canon - Dietmar Gaertner, Software AG - Martin Gudgin, Developmentor - Mario Jeckle, DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology - Tom Jordahl, Macromedia - Jacek Kopecky, Systinet - Dan Kulp, IONA - Sandeep Kumar, Cisco Systems - Kevin Canyang Liu, SAP - Pallavi Malu, Intel Corporation - Jonathan Marsh, Microsoft Corporation (Chair) - Mike McHugh, W. W. Grainger - Jeff Mischkinsky, Oracle Corporation - Dale Moberg, Cyclone Commerce - Jean-Jacques Moreau, Canon - Johan Pauhlsson, L'Echangeur - Waqar Sadiq, Electronic Data Systems - Adi Sakala, IONA - Krishna Sankar, Cisco Systems - Jeffrey Schlimmer, Microsoft Corporation - Igor Sedukhin, Computer Associates - Sandra Swearingen, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force - Jerry Thrasher, Lexmark - William Vambenepe, Hewlett-Packard Company - Sanjiva Weerawarana, IBM Corporation - Don Wright, Lexmark - Prasad Yendluri, webMethods, Inc. - Jochen Ruetschlin, DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology Regrets: - Alan Kotok, DISA - Rich Salz, Zolera Systems - Daniel Schutzer, Citigroup - Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C Absents: - Michael Champion, Software AG - Tim Finin, University of Maryland - Arthur Ryman, IBM - Dave Solo, Citigroup - Aaron Skonnard, DevelopMentor Agenda - Approval of Minutes - Refined Editor Appointments - Usage Scenarios - Requirements List Review of outstanding action items 2002.02.14. Jonathan Marsh will map the Face-to-Face meetings 6 months in advance. Due date: Unspecified. Status: continued. 2002.02.14. Jeffrey Schlimmer will assign initial priorities/dispositions to the requirements, and we will then discuss them later. Due date: Unspecified. Status: done. 2002.02.14. Waqar will jumpstart the creation of user scenarios. Due date: Unspecified. Status: done. 2002.02.14. Jeffrey will create a specific list of requirements for discussion next week (the top 5 or 10 or whatever he thinks is appropriate). Due date: Next teleconference (Feb. 21, 2002). Status: done. Agenda items Approval of Minutes Scribe today: Roberto Chinnici. Resolution: Last week's minutes approved without comment. Jonathan reminded everybody that minutes should be sent to the private list first, so that confidential information can be filtered. Refined Editor Appointments Jonathan announced that Prasad Yendluri would join Waqar Sadiq as an editor for the usage scenario document, and that Krishna Sankar would join Jean-Jacques Moreau and Martin Gugdin as an editor for the binding description document. No disagreements were voiced. Usage Scenarios Jonathan reminded that Waqar had started collecting usage scenarios, and that contributions were welcome. He also stated that the WG would start examining usage scenarios after completion of the work on the requirements document. Waqar said that he hoped to tie usage scenarios with requirements, and David Booth pointed out the usefulness of use cases to derive requirements. Jonathan asked whether we should handle the usage scenarios and requirement documents in parallel, and there was agreement on this. Resolution: Starting with the next conference call, we will spend half of the time on requirements and half on usage scenarios. Jonathan also proposed to submit all usage scenarios to the ws-arch WG for consideration. No disagreements were voiced. Jonathan then asked people for opinions on the issue of service references. Jeffrey and David Booth offered DR085 and UC012 as pointers to this issue. Waqar said that the ws-arch WG should deal with it first. Sanjiva said that the result of this WG should enable service references. Igor asked whether we should wait for the ws-arch WG to sort out this issue, and Waqar seconded him by making an analogy with object references in the CORBA world. Waqar then added that we need a deeper understanding of references before we can handle them in this WG. Jonathan pointed out that Jean-Jacques had forwarded a message by Noah Mendelssohn (originally sent to the xml-dist-app WG) on this very issue. He also said that he wasn't sure whether it should be treated as a requirement and asked for opinions on it. Nobody seemed to be familiar with the message, so Jonathan proposed to examine it at a later time. Jean-Jacques said that he expected the ws-arch WG to take a position on this issue, and Jonathan proposed to wait and follow the work of the ws-arch WG on it. Jeff Mischkinsky proposed to mark it as an action item to make sure we follow up on it. Jonathan pointed out that we already have use cases and requirements covering most of this issue, and he asked whether this should be on the issue list. Sanjiva proposed to keep it as a requirement. At this point the discussion fell through to the next agenda item, requirements. Requirements List Jonathan asked how we should deal with requirements that come in after the grace period we set initially. Jeffrey described the notation used in the current draft of the requirements document: "DR" for draft requirements and "R" for requirements that have been accepted. Igor asked how rejected requirements would be handled, and Jeff Mischkinsky proposed to use a "NR" prefix for them. Jonathan then pointed out that the "NR" category would make it easier to sort out duplicate requirements, as well as previously rejected ones. There was general agreement on this classification for requirements. Resolution: It was agreed to use the "R" prefix for requirements, "DR" for draft requirements -- in particular requirements added after the grace period -- and "NR" for requirements that have been rejected. Requirement DR001 The discussion initially focused on what "not assuming any particular mode of communication between peers" meant. David Booth offered as an explanation that if we intend to exclude some modes of communication, we'd better have a good reason to do so. Jonathan pointed out that this requirement was drafted from the charter. There was general agreement that we need to clarify this requirement, and David Booth offered to replace the offending words with the following: "not assuming any particular transport or protocol for communication between peers". Resolution: This wording was accepted and nobody objected to making it requirement R001. Requirement DR004: Jeffrey and Jonathan pointed out that DR003 and DR004 look similar. Dale said that DR004 explicitely required the use of the XML Infoset model, while DR003 was more of a meta-requirement and didn't mandate that usage. Martin pointed out the link between DR003 and DR008 and said that the MUSTs there should not be weakened to SHOULDs. Glen said that DR003 was not specific enough; Keith then suggested to be more specific about MUSTs and warned against a MUST forcing us to use a tool which is not the best for the job. Jonathan asked for objections to adopting DR004 as is, and nobody objected. Resolution: DR004 accepted, making it into R004. Requirement DR008: Martin said that the requirement, as written, seemed to talk only about the schema for the description language that this WG will produce. He then proposed to consider two aspects of this problem: whether the specification should use the latest version of schema, and whether it should allow people to use other schema versions in their documents. Jonathan proposed to split the requirements in two, following Martin's proposal. Resolution: Create a new R-requirement stating that the specification produced by this WG will use the latest schema language. The ensuing discussion centered around extensibility and what requirements to place on processors in terms of the version of XML schema that they should support. Discussion: Glen: we should let people use WSDL 1.2 to describe services defined previously. Jacek: we cannot preclude the use of other schema languages, including older schema version. Sanjiva agrees with Jacek. Martin: does it mean we'll support all old versions of schema? ???: not explicitely, as long as we provide the necessary extensibility mechanisms. Glen: would conformance requirements mandate support for older schemas? Tom Jordahl: should not require old scheme, but allow it. Tom Jordahl: we can set a direction here for other WG's too. Glen: how are we going to phrase it? "any description you see that uses 2001 schema MUST be dealt with, everything else is covered by the extensibility clause". Glen: or we could say "you MUST support previous versions of schema too". Jeff Mischkinsky: keep it to the current version only. Martin: WSDL MUST support W3C XML Schema 1.0 as a mechanism for describing types etc. and WSDL MUST provide an extensibility mechanism allowing other schema languages. Jonathan: so what's left of DR008 is the requirements on processors. Jeff Mischkinsky: the conformance statement in the requirements must be clear. Jeff Mischkinsky: this is a meta discussion. Jonathan: it's useful to have the requirements be as specific as we can. Jonathan: if we cannot be specific, let's word this out so that we have some freedom later to do the right thing. David Booth: it's "MUST support the latest schema rec and MUST support extensibility" Glen: +1 to specifying 1.0. Martin: we should not use "latest", because we don't know what future schema versions (esp. 1.1) will look like. Jonathan: it's unlikely that there'll be a new schema rec before we come out. Jacek: we shouldn't require support for schema 1.0, it's not well adapted to all uses. Gudge: how can we test conformance then? ???: conformance can be split in two: one part not using types, one part using types (and specifying there which schema language to use). WSDL 1.1 as of now requires schema. Sanjiva: "element" and "type" in "part" require schema. Jacek: it's not really explicit. Sanjiva: the spec is vague, but that was the intent. Jonathan: I have heard that Relax NG could be combined with the XML schema datatypes. Martin: Relax NG doesn't have a type system for complex types. Waqar: it's an extensibility issue, there's going to be many more; the issue is really about conformance testing. Martin: Relax NG does have a type system for simple types ( it's XML Schema 1.0 Part 2 ;-) ) Waqar: if you look at all extensibility elements, it's going to be hard to write conformance on all them. Jonathan: so you're saying: we shouldn't put conformance reqs in the overall reqs document? Waqar: yes. OK, I can see now how WSDL 1.1 message/part requires XML Schema, but I don't think we need to keep this requirement Jonathan: "WSDL must support XML schema 1.0 as a mechanism to define types" without stating any conformance requirements (wording originally from Gudge). ???: why do we need to state extensibility explicitely? Jonathan: it's nice to have a requirement for what we want to do here. ???: are we going to word all of what we want to retain from WSDL 1.1 as requirements? Jonathan: I think we should. Jonathan: in Gudge's wording, do we want to make sure that it hasn't any conformance implications? (some people agreed) Jeff Mischkinsky: we split the requirement in two, right? Jonathan: yes Jeffrey: "the schema for the spec and examples will be written using the latest publicly available schema spec". Jeffery: "WSDL must support the XML schema 1.0 type system". Jeffrey: (third item): "WSDL must support extensible type systems". ???: can we work on the exact wording off line? Jeffrey: I'll split the requirements in the three ones above. Jonathan: does anyone have objections? Jeff Mischkinsky: I'm not confortable with support for other schemas which are not W3C recs. Gudge: they don't have to be used, though. Jeff Mischkinsky: if I'm writing a WSDL 1.2 processor, what do I have to support exactly? Sanjiva: we need a mechanism to define an infoset, and xml schema lets us do that, but we don't preclude other mechanisms. Jonathan: isn't it an interoperability problem? Jeff Mischkinsky: extensions can become a way to create WSDL dialects (which is bad -- [my words, scribe's note]) Jacek: if people try to use schema languages that are substantially different from XML schema, it will break some of the assumptions we made. Tom Jordahl: extensibility elements should be optional, conformance-wise. Sanjiva: I agree. Tom Jordahl: we can agree on XML schema 1.0 be valid, and not mention any future schema languages (because they don't exist yet), *and* make older schema versions optional (hence not relevant for conformance). Jonathan: can we solve this by using SHOULD in that requirement? Jeff Mischkinsky: assume we base it on schema, revisit it only if we run into problem. Sanjiva: WSDL 1.1 allows you to use other type systems but defines support for schema. Keith:we shouldn't marginalize other W3C standards. Tom Jordahl: we can only spec what exists today. let's not spend time discuss the hypothetical 1.1 XML schema. David Booth: Perhaps we need to further split this requirement: (1) we REQUIRE that XML Schema be supported; and (2) we SHOULD allow extensions? Sanjiva: I would prefer (1) XML Schema MUST be supported, and (2) other type systems MUST be supported via extensibility (but we will not define them). David Booth: I agree with sanjiva. ???: two different aspects: (1) it must be possible to extend an element, (2) it is possible to extend and here's an extension we defined in the spec. Sanjiva: keep only the most up-to-date schema version as MUST. Jacek: important parts of SOAP are modeled as extensions (in the xmlp WG); in WSDL, we can specify a normative extension for XML Schema 1.0. Sanjiva: that's what 1.1 does. Jacek: in 1.1, "element" and "type" are not really extensions, because they are not namespace-qualified. Jacek: if we make them ns-qualified, they become extensions. Sanjiva: we felt a standard extension was useful, but point well taken. Jonathan: we have two positions on XML Schema 1.0: (1) require it for conformance, (2) make all type systems equal. Tom Jordahl: do the simplest thing for users, require XML Schema 1.0 and make everything else optional. Jonathan: we should take this to the list and try to reach some wording everyone agrees with. Sanjiva:[1] XML Schema MUST be supported, [2] Other type systems MUST be possible via extensibility ???: I'm worried about extensions and interoperability. Glen: +1 Sanjiva: the spec should be open to extensions, but conformance requirements don't include support for optional extensions. Youenn, Keith: +1 Jacek: wording is OK as long as it doesn't preclude XML Schema being modeled as an extension. Jonathan: "XML schema 1.0 must be supported, other type systems must be allowed via extensibility". Glen: I believe we are in fact saying that implementations that do not support Schema 1.0 are NOT going to be compliant. I'm not sure if that's where you [Jacek] want us to be Resolution: Create two new requirements stating that XML schema 1.0 must be supported, other type systems must be allowed via extensibility. Requirements DR011/DR013 No objections to DR011 being made into a full requirement. Jeff Mischkinsky objected that simplicity was not misurable, and Martin replied that complexity could be judged by comparison with other things. David Booth pointed out that DR013 was unnecessary given R011, and everybody agreed. The discussion moved back to R011, and Tom Jordahl asked for an explanation of the meaning of "decentralization" in this context. ??? and Jonathan offered an explanation based on the absence of a central registry and the use of URIs. There was agreement on the need to clarify what those requirements actually meant, and Jeffrey offered to create mother lode requirements for "simplicity", "modularity" and "decentralization", keeping DR011/DR013 at the draft stage for the time being. Resolution: Introduce new requirements focused on the three aspects mentioned in DR011: simplicity, modularity and decentralization. Requirement DR021 Jonathan remarked that the first part of this requirement was already taken care of in DR004. Martin proposed to remove the term "interface" and to clarify what is meant by that in another requirement. Jonathan offered the following wording for DR021: "The description language must describe the messages generated and accepted by the web service". No objections were raised. Resolution: Change the wording of DR021 to the one above and make it R021. Requirement DR023 This requirement was found redundant with R021 and the resolution for DR008. Roberto asked whether the "data type" aspect of DR023 was covered by R021 and Sanjiva confirmed that it was. Resolution: Mark DR023 as redundant ACTION: Jeffrey will send an updated requirements document to the list. ACTION: Jeffrey will seed the discussion on the public mailing list with a few choice issues. Summary of new action items 2002.02.21. Jeffrey will send an updated requirements document to the list. Due date: Unspecified. 2002.02.21. Jeffrey will seed the discussion on the public mailing list with a few choice issues. Due date: Unspecified. 2002.02.14. Jonathan Marsh will map the Face-to-Face meetings 6 months in advance. Due date: Unspecified. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scribe: Roberto ChinniciReceived on Thursday, 28 February 2002 13:52:13 UTC
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Well done and best of luck to Tuam Rfc's Alan Tierney and Ian Murphy on there selection in the 23 man Connacht junior squad to take on Leinster juniors in Newbridge Rfc on Saturday 29th of April. You can find the link to the full squad selection below. Connacht Junior Team Named To Face Leinster
Men's Rugby
If you're interested in playing men's rugby, training sessions are on Tuesday at 7.30pm and Friday at 7:30pm.
- 1st & 2nd XV Junior teams.
- Training Tuesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm.
- No experience necessary.
- New members welcome.
Ladies Rugby
Tuam RFC Ladies Rugby are always delighted to have new members so if you're interested we'd love to invite you to join us.
- Interested in playing a team sport.
- Every Monday and Wednesday at 7:30pm.
- Great way to keep fit.
- Come along and try it out!
Underage Rugby
If you are between the ages of 13-18 you might be interested in joining one of our underage sides.
- Underage Rugby for ages 13-18
- Underage Training Thursdays and Fridays at 6:30pm.
- Boys and Girls welcome.
Tuam Tigers Mini Rugby
If you have a child between the ages of 7 – 12 then they might be interested in joining the Tuam Tigers Mini.
- Mini Rugby for ages between 6 -12
- Mini Training Saturday at 3pm.
- Boys & Girls welcome.
News & Updates
SENIOR MEN The 1st's squad take on Ballyhaunis this Sunday in Tuam at 2.30pm SENIOR LADIES The ladies play next Wednesday (26th) away to Castlebar. Kick off there is at 7.45pm. UNDERAGE U14's play away to Loughrea on Sunday. U16's play Loughrea on Sunday in Tuam. U18 Girls have blitz finals on Saturday […]
SENIOR LADIES The ladies travel to Buccs on Sunday @2pm. UNDERAGE U15's boys take on Ballinrobe Sat @3pm at home. TUAM TIGERS MINIS The Tigers take part in a blitz on Sat morning in Creggs for u8's – u12's. U7's and girls train @ 3pm. Check out the Tuam Tigers […]
SENIOR MEN Both the 1st team and 2nd team are out this weekend. The 1st's take the trip to Athlone tonight (Fri 24th) to play Buccs @8.00pm. The 2nd's are home to Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday @2.30pm. UNDERAGE U18.5 boys are at home vs Ballinasloe on Tuesday (28th) @7.30pm they also play at home against […]
Tuam RFC are holding their annual Halloween Party at Rossi's Cellar Bar on Sunday the 26th of October at 8pm. There will be a raffle on the night and also fancy dress prizes. So come dressed in your Halloween finest and expect a night full of ghoultastic fun. SEE YOU THERE.
The Paddy Halion Memorial Cup starts on Friday the 26th of September at 7pm in the Tuam RFC grounds.


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I'm not really sure how it came about, but a random discussion on the Sweatdrop forums has resulted in a collaborative comic that contains everything from spies, evil bunnies, nazis and pretty much anything else you can think of.
Hats off to Willie Hewes of Itch Publishing for going and making a full comic based on little more than a random whim, and also opening the project up so that anyone interested could throw in their own ideas. The above picture is my contribution, and will be reproduced inside the comic. It's one of the first times my work will be printed without me having to fork out for it, lol! It's a really nice little community piece, but anyone who picks it up should enjoy it.
There'll only be 50 copies ever made, so click the image to get linked to the pre-order page to avoid disappointment. Hopes are high for an Expo release, so please look out for it. ^_^


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Dashing Dish 100 Simple and Delicious Recipes for Clean Eating
By Katie Farrell
Published by Thomas Nelson
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On 7/14 Laura @ Life is Beautiful wrote: This book is beautiful.It really is, though, in so many ways. What a holistic, well-rounded cookbook. The author is passionate about first finding your identity and value in God and then letting that realization guide you to healthful choices in food. So the goal is to be neither obsessed with food ... Dashing Dish: A Book Review
On 3/13 Reviews4U wrote: By: Katie Farrell This is a wonderful book filled with delicious recipes! From the creator of dashingdish.com, Katie Farrell penned a beautiful book filled with 100 healthy recipes. I had not heard of Katie's website before reading this book but it is definitely a place that I will be visiting ... Dashing Dish
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On 2/3 Serving Joyfully wrote: First of all, the positives--I really enjoyed Katie's story and testimony. I also enjoy the way that she is so passionate about sharing and encouraging healthy eating habits. Each recipe includes a personal note from Katie and a photo, which I appreciated. The layout of this book is beautiful! I have ... January Books: Dashing Dish
On 1/29 Kristi wrote: I was so excited when I saw that this cookbook was available for review. First, it's a cookbook. Who doesn't love to look through a shiny new cookbook and drool over the food photos? Second, the author is a Christian, and I have been on her website several times for recipes (until you had to become ... Pros & Cons, But I liked it!
On 1/28 Gardengal wrote: I love a cookbook that includes delicious recipes along with photos of what the dishes look like. Dashing Dish by Katie Farrell has food that is healthy and full of flavor. It even includes tips for developing healthy habits when you snack and during special occasions. I like that the recipes are ... Dashing Dish by: Katie Farrell
On 1/27 deb wrote: This is a great cookbook, with using ingredients that you have in your kitchen. Katie's goal is to teach how to eat clean and she gives you recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. These are good and very easy recipes. I was impressed that they are so easy to prepare and quick ... Dashing Dish ~ Katie Farrell
On 1/25 Sarah Potts wrote: I also recently received blogger Katie Farrell's new book Dashing Dish. First, look at that front cover, doesn't that mac & cheese just look delicious? I can't wait to try making it & I think I just might garnish it with some of the salt & spice blend that Lauren sent me. Mac & cheese is one of ... Dashing Dish by Katie Farrell


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1. Do you recognize these steps?
2. How about parking pier #32?
(scroll down for answers below)
Come on, take a guess. It's D.C., remember. (That might help with the second photo, anyway.)
1. Steps where the priest fell all the way down in The Exorcist.
2. Parking garage location where Watergate anonymous source Deep Throat (Mark Felt, Sr.) met Bob Woodward to urge him to "follow the money."


text: On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 13:50 -0700, CW Harris wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 12:29:49PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 19:39 +0000, Adam Funk wrote: > [...] > > > > > > Thanks for that info. As I said in another post in this thread, > > > modifying /etc/printcap alone didn't seem to have any effect---does my > > > lpr command (from the packages I listed above) use it at all or not? > > > > > No, CUPS doesn't use printcap, or at least it doesn't with the version > > in unstable. > > > > cupsys-bsd provides the lpr used with CUPS, which is a near replacement > > for for the bsd lpr. IIRC it is missing a few options and has a few of > > it's own, but I've never had any incompatibilities with programs > > expecting bsd's lpr. In other words, just use localhost:631/admin to > > define your printers, ignore /etc/printcap and everything should work as > > expected. > > Rather than ignore it, I think it is better to link /etc/printcap to the > CUPS printcap file (/etc/printcap.cups by default IIRC), then applications > that try to use /etc/printcap will be using the correct one. Except that I don't have an /etc/printcap.cups :) The changelog states that it's been moved to /var/run/cups/printcap, 'since it's generated and non-editable', and says 'take care of the /etc/printcap symlink.' Don't know what that means, since my existing /etc/printcap was generated on Feb 28 by cupsys and is not a link. I think I need to look at the bug reports.


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Jim requested a chocolate birthday cake – actually he was being too nice and wouldn't tell me his favorite cake, so I gave him an ultimatum: chocolate or vanilla? He chose chocolate.
When I make chocolate cake, since about a year ago I always make black magic cake. I mentioned it wayyyy back when {here}. It's an old Hershey's recipe I believe, and it's moist and soft and rich and is essentially a Devil's Food Cake. It's delicious.
I'll give you the cake recipe today, and we'll do the icing tomorrow. I like keeping my recipes separate these days. You might want bakery style buttercream on vanilla cake, for instance. And this chocolate cake recipe might just totally throw you off your game. Plus, this post would be entirely too long if I don't split it up. So here's a refresher of what the cake looked like for you:
I took a cake decorating class at the continuing education department at Bainbridge State College, so I have been practicing my decorating skills! :)
Anywho, here's the recipe, including possible substitutions, if you're into that kind of thing.
Black Magic Cake (adapted from Hershey's)
– 2 cups sugar
– 1 2/4 cups all purpose flour
– 3/4 cup Hershey's natural cocoa
– 2 teaspoons baking soda
– 1 teaspoon baking powder
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 2 large eggs
– 1 cup buttermilk (can substitute sour cream or probably greek yogurt for buttermilk)
– 1 cup very strong black coffee
– 1/2 cup vegetable oil
– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour (or use baking spray) either: two 9″ round pans, three 8″ round pans, or one 13×9″ baking pan. The time you bake will vary by the type of pans you use.
Stir together sugar, cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs (after cracking into a small separate bowl in case you get egg shell in it, or worse, a bad egg) directly to the bowl full of dry ingredients. Then add buttermilk (or sour cream/yogurt, if using), coffee, oil, and vanilla. Transfer to a mixing bowl if using a stand mixer, or use a hand held electric mixer, and beat on medium speed for approximately 2 minutes. The batter will be really thin if you use buttermilk, so don't be alarmed. Pour evenly into whichever pans you're using.
13×9″ pan: bake for 35-40 minutes
two 9″ round pans: bake for 30-35 minutes
three 9″ round pans: bake for 25-30 minutes.
four 8″ round pans: back for 20 minutes
For all of these, start testing the cake with a toothpick about 5 minutes prior to the first time listed (aka at 15 minutes for four 8″ round pans). You don't want to overcook this cake. Also, beware, as this batter rises a LOT. I recommend using bake even strips to keep them from rising too much in the middle. If you don't, you'll just end up having to cut the domes off the layers before you stack them. I also don't really recommend the two 9″ round pans, unless you have 2″ deep pans.
Cool the layers, then frost as desired. Most people put a chocolate icing on here. You could do a ganache between the layers, too. Really whatever you want!
I love this cake because it's basically a one bowl dump cake. You mix the dry ingredients up from this:
To this:
Using a whisk is important as it breaks up all the clumps and gets air into the dry mixture, making for a fluffier cake.
Add the wet ingredients and beat with an electric mixer.
The batter is crazy thin and drippy, which threw me off the first time I made it. If you use sour cream, that may thicken it up a bit. Martha Stewart's Devil's Food Cake uses sour cream, so that might be a good reference if you'd like to try another recipe.
I like for my cakes to be taller, so I like to use round pans so I can stack them up high! This cake would be awesome cooked in a 13×9″ pan with a ganache glaze though. Just sayin'.
Terrible late-night picture of the cut cake, but you can see how dark the cake turns out to be. It's gorgeous!
I'll be back tomorrow with bakery-style buttercream. I say bakery-style, in that I adapted (just barely) a recipe that copies a famously delicious Florida grocery store chain's bakery buttercream icing…
It's pretty awesome, and perfect for icing cakes. It's much sturdier and heavier than my go-to Swiss Meringue Buttercream Icing, which is delicious, but sometimes you just want that classic birthday cake kinda icing. And this, my friends, is it.


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Shahrukh Khan's Raees has entered into 100-crore club. Despite the clash, the movie managed to garner such a huge amount of money within a week. Raees is loved by the audience. Shahrukh Khan is back with a pure Bollywood movie. The movie is a story of a bootlegger in the dry state of Gujarat in the 70s and 80s era Raees is a fine blend of action, romance and dialogues. People can't stop mimicking the one-liners from the movie. Be it Shahrukh Khan or Nawazuddin Siddiqui, both of them have given impactful performances and spoken some great dialogues. Here is the Bollywood hot news. These dialogues from Raees are paisa-wasool!
Baniya ka dimag, Miyan Bhai ki Daring
When Shahrukh Khan spoke this dialogue in the trailer for the first time, we just knew that we are up for a roller coaster ride. This dialogue became Bollywood hot news instantly. The movie kept the character of SRK's Raees very raw and convincing, and his dialogues played a big role in that.
Ammi Jaan Kehti Thi Koi Dhandha Chhota Nahi Hota, Aur Dhande Se Bada Koi Dharam Nahi Hota
Another dialogue that made it to the headlines of Bollywood hot news, it is repeated in the movie often. It was said by Raees' mother in the movie, and then Raees carried forward this ideology in his business.
Gujarat ki Hava me Vyapar Hai. Meri Saans Toh Rok Loge Par Iss Hava Ko Kaise Rokoge?
Gujarat has some of the best businessmen in the world, and this dialogue is an ode to all those Gujarati people who work hard to take their business to the next level.
Pabandi Hi Bagawat Ki Shuruwat Hai
When Nawazuddin Siddiqui uttered this dialogue, it made us think. There is something extremely honest about this dialogue, and history is the proof that the act of rebel has arisen from prohibition of some kind.
Agar Girne Ka Darr Hota Toh Patang Na Chadata, Firki Pakadta
'If I was scared of heights, I won't have been flying a kite. I'd have held a spool.' So said the character of SRK bravely when he was asked to not try to expand his business and get too high.
Raees Ka Aur Mera Rishta Bada Ajeeb Hai. Paas Reh Nahin Sakta Aur Door Jane Nahi Deta
The dialogue is hilarious as well as depicts the intertwined characters of SRK and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the movie.
Gussa Shaitan Ka Hunar Hai Isliye Haraam Hai
Another dialogue from Nawazuddin Siddiqui that was bang-on! The dialogue states that anger is sin because it's the talent of Satan. And how right he is!
Din Aur Raat Logon Ke Hote Hai, Sheron Ka Zamaana Hota Hai
When Shahrukh Khan said this dialogue, we had goosebumps on our body. This dialogue from the movie has become one of the most loved dialogues of Raees. Simply because Raees refuse to be labelled as just another man.
Ek Din Naak Mein Nakel Daalkar Kheech ke le jaunga Tujhe Mein Yahan Se
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's warning was accompanied by his actions. It made Shahrukh Khan's Raees to take the loyal IPS Officer seriously. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is mind-blowing in this movie and is on the front page of all Bollywood hot news after the movie.