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I love the sound of this place and how it's saved from being overly cool by having great staff!
You're making me home sick! Stop this at once! When are you coming back to London?
The Salt Cod looks good.. Just had some in a Portuguese cafe in the South Lambeth Road…
I still dream about that duck – it was divine!
Lorraine – you will have to check it out when you are in Melbourne next
Greedy Diva – at airport on my way home now – think weather is going to be a bit of a shock to the system!
The Greasy Spoon – They seem to use a lot of salt cod in Portugese cooking – I think it is from the times when the Portugese were great explorers and seafarers. I am actually in Sri Lanka at the moment and they also use a lot of dried fish in their curries as well.
Jo – Hello! The duck was the pick of the bunch I think. Lucky you can go back to Gills whenever you want – I have to wait until next time I am in Melbourne.
Oh wow, that duck just looks greaat! My friend and I have been talking about visiting this place for a while, but I keep hearing old mixed reviews about it.
Great to see a newer review, and am quite interested now! :]
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Calling all smokers.
The Kenai City Council will consider an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public buildings in the city -- including bars -- at its April 16 meeting. The council expects to face opposition to this ordinance and hopes to hear from supporters of smokers' rights, as well as those in favor of the ban at the meeting.
"Let's see how many people we can pack in here," council member Amy Jackman said. "Let's bring something like this forward and hear from more people."
When the council had its first public hearing on instituting a smoking ban in eating establishments at its Feb. 5 meeting, nine people spoke in favor of a ban while only one spoke against it. Several city restaurant owners who attended the meeting said they would not oppose the ban.
As a result of that meeting, the council directed the administration to bring forward an ordinance that would ban smoking in eating establishments in the city. The ordinance calls for smoking to be prohibited in all indoor eating establishments within the city.
Smoking would still be allowed in outdoor areas of eating establishments, eating establishments that are used in their entirety for private functions and bars -- as long as they are separated from restaurant areas by solid, floor to ceiling walls or windows and are separately ventilated. According to the ordinance, there may be doors between the bar and restaurant areas, which should remain closed whenever practical.
The council held another discussion on the smoking ban issue at its Wednesday meeting. The members of the public who spoke on the issue were all in favor of a smoking ban, although there were some complaints over allowing doors between bars and restaurants.
The speakers also expressed the sentiment that the proposed ordinance does not go far enough in protecting nonsmokers.
Bill Osborn and Roger Meeks, both of Kenai, told the council they should include the Alaska Lanes bowling alley in the ordinance to protect the children who go there and senior citizens, who can be especially affected by smoke due to breathing problems, Meeks said.
This suggestion generated some complaints over singling out one business. Jackman pointed out that there are other establishments in town with a similar snack bar set-up as the bowling alley, like the Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club bingo hall, that should be considered along with the bowling alley.
"I will not support targeting area businesses with this," she said. "If we're going to do this, do it across the board. I don't think it's fair."
Council member Jim Bookey also opposed including just the bowling alley in the ordinance.
"I don't want to pick and choose, that's putting us all in a position where we don't need to be or want to go," he said. "If we start this, I won't support any ordinance at all."
Bill Osborn spoke again, saying it wasn't his intent to single out the bowling alley. The consensus of the public speakers was that smoking should be prohibited in the bowling alley and all similar establishments.
"My advice to the council is if you're going to do a no-smoking thing, do it right," said Betty Osborn of Kenai. "Protect the people that don't smoke in all (businesses)."
This line of conversation led to the council directing the city's administration to write up a substitute smoking ban ordinance that would ban smoking in all enclosed public buildings in the city, including bars, Alaska Lanes and the Oiler's bingo hall. The only establishments that would not be subject to this ordinance would be private clubs, like the American Legion hall and the Elks, Moose and Eagles clubs.
"The thing about your rights with smoking is, you're interfering with my rights the minute your smoke hits my nose," said Kenai Mayor John Williams. "At that point I have a choice to get up and go outside. Why not switch it the other way around?"
Though the idea for the ordinance was proposed facetiously by Bookey when he suggesting the council just put up "no smoking" signs on either end of the city, the council agreed to pursue it, to at least generate some testimony from people who support smokers' rights.
The substitute ordinance does not mean the original ordinance that still allows smoking in bars and some other public buildings is thrown out the window. The council can choose which ordinance it will vote on.
City Attorney Carey Graves will draft the new ordinance and send it out to restaurants and other establishments that would be affected to get public input. The public hearing on the ordinance will be at the council's April 16 meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 210 Fidalgo Ave.
In other action Wednesday, the council:
n Heard an update on Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly activities from assembly member Betty Glick of Kenai. Glick told the council that the assembly members had been invited at their last meeting to take a tour of the upstairs of the Pacific Rim Institute of Safety and Management facility in Kenai, which is designed to be used as an emergency management training and operations center. The city council hopes the borough assembly will decide to relocate the Office of Emergency Management to the Kenai facility, instead of putting it in a proposed new CES administration facility.
"When (assembly) president Sprague brought (the invitation) up, there were a few little smirks and that disturbed me," Glick said. "It seemed to me like people are approaching this with a closed mind. I hope we could do this with an open mind and (look at) what is in the best interest of the borough."
The tour will be at 10 a.m. April 1. The assembly will vote on an ordinance that would purchase four lots in Soldotna for the CES facility at its meeting later that day.
"From a fiscally responsible point of view, we have a facility (that) with little or no effort could be turned into a first-class emergency response center," Glick said. "I'm not going to let go of this because, from my opinion, you have to look at this from a fiscally responsible point of view."
n Held a continuation of a public hearing on the proposed paving project of McCollum and Aliak drives. The council must decide how the costs of the project will be assessed to property owners along the streets to be paved. Two options are to assess the costs on a linear foot basis (how many feet of property run along the road) or a square foot basis (how large each lot is). Because of the shape and size of some of the lots, the difference between the assessment methods could mean a difference in thousands of dollars to some property owners.
"It's a difficult decision," Williams said. "None of (the local improvement district projects) have ever come up with numbers that are skewed quite as much as these are. Primarily, it's the individual citizens that I'm concerned seeing all treated fairly."
After hearing several residents testify as to whether they preferred the linear foot or square foot assessment method, the council decided to postpone a vote on the issue so more information can be gathered. The administration will prepare two more cost assessment methods based on the square footage of the lots for the council to consider at its next meeting. One method will assess lots by their square footage measuring back 150 feet from the new road. The other method will assess property measuring 300 feet back from the road. The administration also will research whether the paving already done on McCollum Drive by the state will have to be redone or not and how that will affect the cost assessment to the properties bordering that pavement.
n Voted unanimously to allow employees to opt out of the public employees retirement system and-or opt out of the municipal medical and hospital insurance coverage.
n Voted unanimously to amend the city's flexible benefits plan.
n Voted unanimously to sell eight lots in the Inlet Woods subdivision to Philip W. and Eileen Bryson for $107,880.
n Voted unanimously to spend $3,100 from the contingency fund to pay for additional phone lines that were installed in the city's wellhouses.
n Voted unanimously to transfer $5,500 from the repair and maintenance account to the beautification department to purchase banners.
n Voted unanimously to state the harmful impacts of the Alaska State Housing Association's rural-owner occupied loan program on the city of Kenai and urge a change in the program so the entire Kenai Peninsula is included in the program by changing the definition of a small community.
n Voted unanimously to award a $26,768 bid to Airport Automation Corporation for an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant lift device for the airport.
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Photo Credit: Tom Mihalek, AP St. Louis baseball fans hear the last name 'Duncan' and think of Tony La Russa's legendary pitching coach Dave Duncan. However, let us not forget about his son, Chris Duncan, a former Cardinal and World Series Champion. Duncan won his ring with the Cardinals in 2006 and took the organization's Rookie of the Year award batting .293 with 22 bombs. He played three more seasons with the Cardinals and was eventually traded to the Boston Red Sox in 2009. The trade came after Duncan never truly reached his old numbers after a herniated disk took him out for the end of the 2008 season. The Red Sox then released him in late August of 2009 and he signed with the Washington Nationals in early 2010. But Duncan's last ever performance on a major league baseball diamond was with the Cardinals on July 20th, 2009. After failing to make another major league game, Duncan turned to radio work in St. Louis on WXOS, he also started making appearances on the Cardinals' TV network. Since 2011, Duncan has been working in St. Louis as a broadcaster. Unfortunately for Duncan, in 2012 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and has been battling off the field since then. We wish him all the best. -Reynolds
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This is the story behind the one painting at Hogwarts that does not move…It wasn't like a slow dance where he came and asked if he could cut in. He merely strolled past me while my betrothed spoke with a count nearby and asked if there was still hope for us… **Final Chapter Posted, Story Complete!!**
Genres: Romance Era: Founders Characters: Draco, Ginny, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin Pairings: Draco/Ginny
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2007.08.12 Latest Chapter: 2007.09.27 Updated: 2007.12.30 Status: COMPLETED (20812 words)
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A curse kept them apart. And when it was all over, she went back to him, because he promised her...
Genres: Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Lucius, Narcissa, Ron Pairings: Draco/Ginny, Other Pairing
Advisory: Strong Language, Strong Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2006.05.31 Latest Chapter: 2007.08.05 Updated: 2007.08.05 Status: WIP (22167 words)
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**** SEQUEL TO 'THE UNKNOWN'**** She made another promise to the man she was ready to spend the rest of her life with. But he holds something inside of him that causes her to shut herself away form everyone-including him. The road to the final day of the curse that was placed on him is not an easy to travel on. And that curse is their biggest flaw.
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It's the ending we all knew we'd have to face someday
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By Rena Fraade, Director of Religious School at Larchmont Temple
There was post on the NATE/ARJE list serve a few months ago asking if anyone felt they were doing middle school education "right." I chuckled when I saw that. And groaned when I saw the responses – because they were all sharing things that I've been trying to do – working with my staff to connect our 7th graders who are having a million other struggles in life in addition to "ugh I have Hebrew School today!"
We want it to be meaningful, connecting, engaging – all those words. And when we sat and talked with our 7th graders, we actually got some info – not necessarily enough – but definitely enough to make some immediate changes. While we know our kids are opinionated, we have to frame conversations to get them to talk about what we need them to talk about.
I adjusted our 7th grade program this year (I have actually honed it every year for seven years) by bringing our 7th graders in the evening to be with our older kids on Tuesdays (they still come in the afternoon Thursdays). They come from 5:45 – 7:45 which includes an elective, dinner, and a "core" program that overlaps with the 8th graders.
We are using a theme of "Jewish Identity" for the 7th graders, everything relates back to them and their own development of this thing they don't really understand. The first set of electives were chosen by our teachers, things that help us connect to our Jewish identity, such as cooking, comics, and children's books. But then we wanted the next options to be based on what they wanted to learn. And we needed to check in with the kids anyway.
Hopes & Dreams:
In November, we had our first Hopes and Dreams meeting during their class time in which the kids, in small groups, talked to me and Rabbi Dena Klein, my Jewish Education Project Consultant. We definitely didn't have enough time to hear as much as we wanted, but we heard SO much.
Here are some of the key pieces of information:
- They have a lot going on
- They listen to music/read books/watch movies and are impacted by the themes they are hearing… but don't necessarily understand the full scope
- They find that school takes up a lot of their time and feel like it keeps them from doing what they want to be doing; grades and homework get in the way
- They want to hang out with friends, listen to music, skateboard, play video games, sleep, be artistic
- They innately know how they are supposed to act in the world (though they know that they don't always act that way)
- The traditions of Judaism matter to them
- They have mixed connections to their families, though they know family is important
In January, we were getting concerned about our post Bar and Bat Mitzvah retention while simultaneously wondering how to keep connecting with our kids in the weeks and months post bar/bat mitzvah. And so we had a follow-up Hopes and Dreams Ice Cream Sundae Schmooze – the Assistant Rabbi and I invited the dozen kids to have a conversation with us. We were joined by six (four of whom had been in attendance at the November conversation).
Here are some of the key pieces of information we heard from them:
- They want to know why/how the learning they are doing "applies" to their lives
- They are busy, they want to feel like their time is being used well
- They aren't really thinking about a Jewish future right now, they are living in the now
- They are listening to their parents AND their friends as influencers
- They want the opportunity to make choices about their time
- Technology is part of who they are, they find it annoying when they are asked to put the phone away
- Some of them are very compassionate and want to act on it
- They are both scared and excited for the future… they love learning but on their terms… they love their friends but want to meet new people… they yearn for the freedom to BE.
The Struggle Continues:
After the first Hopes and Dreams conversation, I wrote up a list of electives that I "heard" them "saying" they wanted, I sent a survey to their parents asking them to, together, pick their top 5. I then gave the kids sign-up sheets from the top 5 of those top 5, to create our three electives for this semester – Cooking, Comedy, and Social Action. I am teaching Social Action and we just came to a huge schism in our class… we had been working on finding ways to send packages to soldiers – Americans, Lone soldiers, and Israeli soldiers. They gave me their lists of what they found. And I said, "Ok how are we going to get these supplies?"
And they said to me, "Wait we're actually doing this?"
What exactly, beyond the scientific knowledge, happens in the brain of a pre-teen? What do they want, what do they need… who matters to them, who impresses upon them? And why would they want to "do Jewish?" The brain of the pubescent was/is/will always be our biggest challenge in their Jewish lives.


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ANCHORAGE - New lawyers for former Rep. Vic Kohring say they'll need until late March to review new evidence turned over by federal prosecutors.
Kohring's lawyers made the request of U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick on Friday. It was unopposed by prosecutors.
Kohring and former House Speaker Pete Kott were convicted of accepting bribes in 2007. They have been free pending the completion of the review of government lawyers' handling of their cases. Kott was released from prison in June when prosecutors acknowledged they failed to turn over favorable evidence to the defense.
Kohring is seeking a new trial or dismissal of the corruption charges. Kott's request for a new trial or dismissal of charges was argued this week and is awaiting a ruling by Sedwick.
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We have moved the new Super User category into beta test! This category is the reward for users who've referred 20 new legitimate registered users to this site.
Kriddle was first to earn this new user group, and Miroh was second. I wanted to explain some of the benefits of this new user group to provide a progress report and hopefully give others the incentive to get 20 user referrals.
What's working now:
Super Users get a special look and many additional features for their user account. This is how the user fields and headers display in their posts:
The special look and color of the user name drills down throughout the entire system. Notice which user name sticks out like a gold tooth on a pimp in the "Who's Online" display:
But wait, there's more! Super Users get many additional privileges with their accounts. To start is the ability to change their title any time they want, through an option in the "profile" screen of the User Control Panel:
Please note: This feature is not fully working yet. Right now, it won't let you add HTML code to the Custom User Title field in this screen - but we are working on that, and Ody think's he'll be able to program in a fix to allow that. Admins will be happy to do this for our existing two Super Users upon request until this fix goes in - just PM Calthine. :smiley-happy:
Other new "Super User" only features include:
-Ability to store up to 500 PMs in their mail box - this is up from 50 for Regular Users.
-Ability to use a bigger sig and upload larger files without resizing than Regular Users.
-Ability to use HTML in posts and in sig files! (this should be working now!) Regular users use BB code as in the past.
-Ability to edit their own posts with no timer! ("edited by" note will display however). This isn't working yet, but is an expected upgrade Ody hopes to be able to program for us. I intend to enable this right to the greatest extent possible for this class.
-Several other miscellaneous ninja steath upgrades! You'll stumble into them. :smiley-happy:
Please let me know what questions you have, and whether there are any other features and benefits you think we could provide for the new Super User class.
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awwww my super user icon got nerfed! I like the one you used tho!
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Just looks like overkill to me.
I learned one thing from years of UI design: Function > Form
Boldface in the logged-in list tells me that the person is an important go-to guy for something, and it would be in my interests to know whether or not s/he is online. Like an admin. Or a GM or Dev who happens to have insider perspective. This doesn't do that.
My post count shows my contribution to the forums. Which is exceedingly important in the earliest moments when you need content and fast. Not saying that every word of mine should be recorded in a book and made a religion because I say a lot of small shit...but every little bit is a catalyst for something bigger.
I'm at peace with my lot, and I don't expect or want a pat on the back. But that image is just too much.
If we can triple the size of this site, I honestly believe SoE will have to listen to us, and then we'll have a real chance to help them understand that what we want is also in their own best interests.
So there is two ways we can try and do this: slow, or fast. I'd rather try and get to a certain point quickly, instead of just letting it happen on it's own and otherwise maybe taking a year. There is no way I can think of to grow this site quickly except to reward people for referring new users. So all I'm trying to do is help people have fun and reward those who want to help.
I wanted to provide a "super" reward for a "super" effort with this program. Being in sales, I know that it's a major effort to get 20 people to take action and do something. So I think it's really important for the reward to equal the effort.
And I really think the effort in this case does justify the reward. There are sites that give $50 Amazon.com gift certificates for 20 qualified new user referrals. I can't afford that, and would never come out and ask anyone for money. So instead of buying success, this program is intended to get people to help improve things instead of just complaining about them.
The rewards for this program don't give those who choose to earn them any competitive advantage over other users. It's just all fun stuff, the ability to access more capabilities of the forum software, and providing recognition to those who have really gone out of their way to help make this site successful.
Now, if what you mean by "overkill" is the amount of time I spend talking about this, or me acting excited about this, I'm not sure how to respond to that. I guess I'd just say that I'm the type of person who fully commits to things and doesn't do anything half way. I'm an intense and excitable person who sometimes does get a little carried away with things I guess.
I'm curious whether anyone else has any thoughts about this, am I getting carried away with this, is this overkill? I'd appreciate candid feedback, thanks.
I'm not trying to shoot down the intent or the ambition, I'm just saying that the boldface & image aren't what I personally would have chosen.
On the side, I put the forum link in my character profiles, but I leave out the referrer ID parameter because I don't want someone to think it's a long URL to a crappy website that doesn't justify the time spent typing it in.
Numbers count. The more people to see what you post is the thing...not how much you've posted. Cause you can post all day everyday and if there are few people to see it what good does it do. You have more people to see it the better response you get. It's simple.
I suck at design of any sort, so I can't say much about the "super user" image thing. However, I think rewarding people who refer a good amount of people to the site is a good idea, it's a way to stimulate the boards population growth, making the community larger, making it harder for SOE to ignore us, and thereby making it so they are forced to acknowledge the superiority of Mr. T over that damned over hyped Chuck Norris.


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Devious Maids is finally arriving next Sunday, June 23rd (10PMEST) on Lifetime co-starring soap opera icon Susan Lucci! The Devious Maids pilot episode was just made available for viewers to entice them to join in the fun and the dramedy of the 13 episode arc series on Hulu.com!
Lucci made a stop to Washington D.C.'s WUSA-TV to promote her new role in Devious Maids, but also dished on if a return to All My Children is in any way imminent!
The Daytime Emmy winner, who many hope can work it out to appear in upcoming episodes of the revival of Pine Valley noted once again in this television interview that she is back now filming in New York her Investigation Discovery series, Deadly Affairs, and so she is hoping that Prospect Park and her team can sit down look at the schedules of everyone and figure out if a return could be imminent when the show goes back into production after the labor dispute is resolved as well as the current AMC and OLTL hiatus.
Watch the segment after the jump! Then, let us know, do you hope Susan returns still to AMC? Will you be watching her on Marc Cherry's Devious Maids? Let us know!


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Poolside Escapade, Finley Quaye, King's Torment: London Weekend
Finley Quaye is bringing his smooth reggae back to London.
The U.K.-born singer-songwriter, 36 and a resident of Berlin, will reprise hits including "Sunday Shining" and "Even After All." He's sure to get audience participation with the chorus "I love you so and so."
For the Friday show, the Mobo and Brit-winning star will also preview his new album, a blend of jazz, trip-hop and rock.
Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 7PG. Information: http://www.finleyquaye.com, http://www.jazzcafe.co.uk/ or +44-844-847-2514.
Every day except Sunday, love blossoms and wanes in a Victorian swimming pool off Fleet Street.
The 19th-century bathing facility, which fell into disuse in the 1960s and reopened in 1994 as the Bridewell Theatre, is now the setting for "Amphibians" -- the story of two champion swimmers who meet and mate in their teens, then part ways.
Staged in the empty pool, the show has a swimsuited cast that slithers and sways to throbbing music. Lights and videos beam across a set dotted with lockers and starting blocks.
Towels are handed out for use as cushions; be sure and get two to be comfortable. The Offstage Theatre production ends Jan. 28. Information: http://www.offstage.org.uk or +44-20-7353-3331.
Fleet Street is not a go-to area for eating out, yet new restaurants are changing that. Cigalon, on nearby Chancery Lane, serves Provencal food and is an offshoot of Club Gascon: http://www.cigalon.co.uk/. Lutyens is a highly polished French brasserie brought to you by D&D London, successor to the Conran Restaurants group: http://bit.ly/hUOSQ2.
Saturday Night
The man who played Gracchus in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" is taking on King Lear at the Donmar.
Derek Jacobi is chilling as the monarch handing over to his warring progeny. Yet he has none of the trappings of royalty: There are next to no props, and the set is an assortment of gray planks coated with whitewash.
"King Lear," directed by Michael Grandage, is at the Donmar West End, 41 Earlham Street, WC2H 9LX through Feb. 5. Information: http://www.donmarwarehouse.com or +44-844-871-7624.
Around the corner is one of London's hot new restaurants, Hawksmoor Seven Dials -- great for steaks and cocktails, but also for a burger or lobster roll at the bar. Book early. The place, even the bar, gets crowded. Information: http://www.thehawksmoor.co.uk/. If that's full or you prefer something even more casual, Kopapa is New Zealand chef Peter Gordon's nearby fusion eatery and bar: http://www.kopapa.co.uk.
Bridget Riley -- the abstract artist now pushing 80 -- was 16 when she copied Jan van Eyck's "Portrait of a Man."
Her convincing replica hangs in a National Gallery show that links Riley's signature stripes to the works of masters such as Raphael, Mantegna and Seurat.
A long shot, you might say. Yet when gazed at for more than a few seconds, Riley's colored bands do start to undulate like dots in a Seurat painting.
The show, sponsored by Bloomberg News's parent Bloomberg LP, ends on May 22. Information: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk or +44-20-7747-2423.
(Farah Nayeri writes for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own.)
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Nicky Gumbel - Suffering (chapter 1, Searching Issues).
The Alpha Course
This is the number one objection to Christianity. Suffering is experienced globally, in our communities and individually. It's not a problem for all religions but it does arise in Christianity because Christians say God is good.
1) Human Freedom (or the free will defence), it's our sin or the sin of others that directly or indirectly causes much suffering, the rest is probably due to the fallen nature of the world.
2) God works through suffering - to draw us to Christ, to bring Christian maturity and to bring about his good purposes e.g. Joseph.
3) God more than compensates for suffering. God has all eternity to make it up to us.
4) God is involved in our suffering - the story of Joni Earekson Tada and The Long Silence.
How will we respond to the suffering in our lives. Ask if it's because of my sin? What is God saying through this? What does God want me to do in this? And then hold onto hope - suffering is an alien intrusion into God's world.
The Cross fits with all of this. Human sin put Jesus on the cross. We see God working through the suffering of the cross of Jesus. See at the cross Jesus dies for the joy ahead of him. See God come into our suffering at the cross.
Michael Ots Evangelism Trust
We begin with examples of suffering which aren't just statistics they're personal to us. If we deny God's existence we don't necessarily deal with the problem - does atheism have a better answer? Should we deny God's goodness?
1) God allows suffering - a more nuanced form of 'free will' argument than Gumbel. God gives us a choice which makes our life real, unlike The Truman Show. We ask, who is to blame? Is it a manufacturing fault (no), or misuse by the owner (yes).
2) God will end the suffering - we can talk about getting rid of the bad guys but where do you draw the line? We are in danger but God is patient.
3) God has experienced suffering - not just empathy but acting to do something about it, and so suffering isn't the end of the story.
Tim Keller - How could a good God allow suffering (chapter 2, The Reason for God)
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York
1) Evil and suffering isn't evidence against God - just because we can't see a reason why he should permit suffering doesn't mean there isn't one - e.g. Joseph.
2) Evil and suffering may be (if anything) evidence for God. God came to earth not to get himself off the hook but to put himself on it.
We should ask why Jesus suffering seems to be worse than other people's? Jesus is introduced as the one who was always in the bosom of the Father but at the end of his life he is cut off. We see God with us in our suffering at the cross, and the resurrection promises consolation and restoration. Sam Gamgee - "is everything sad going to come untrue?", Dostoevsky "suffering will be healed and made up for", Lewis: "heaven...will work backwards and turn even that agony into glory".
William Lane Craig - Cambridge Lecture in The Reasonable Faith Tour.
MP3 from Bethinking.org
It's a big step to abandon God over any objection. The issue is two-fold, partly intellectual and philosophical, partly personal and pastoral.
1) The Logical Problem. We can't see how a good God would permit suffering but the objection exposes our own hidden premises about God.
2) The Probablistic Problem. It just seems unlikely that God would allow suffering.
a) But we're not in a good position to judge things - think about the butterfly effect or the film Sliding Doors, who can tell what's good in the long run?
b) Christian doctrine makes it more probable that you can have God and evil in the world. i) Life isn't for our happiness but for knowing God. ii) Our rebellion makes us more culpable and we're given over to our evil. iii) Knowledge of God spills over to eternal life. iv) Knowledg eof God is good, incomparably better than suffering.
3) There are other reasons to believe in God even if suffering is a hard one to swallow.
We end with a brief 'pastoral' response that expounds the Trinity and the cross as the explanation of how God is not the problem to be got rid of, but the solution to the problem.
Andrew Wilson - Why does God allow suffering or evil?
MP3 from Grace Church, Chichester
Evil and suffering feels wrong - if the atheists are right we shouldn't blink. We want God to stop people from doing evil. Genesis 3 - a story about a piece of fruit? Not eating isn't the first command (that's have sex and go travelling) to people God makes in his image. And the issue isn't the fruit, it's not a petty rule like not walking on the grass.
1) We ran off with another woman - sin is an affair, a breaking not of legal restriction but relational.
2) We threw off the safety of that relationship - nakedness becomes a problem. We end up having to compare and climb and this causes a lot of suffering.
3) We wrecked it by trying to be God - we abdicated responsibility and everything has gone wrong. "What just happened?!" - it wasn't always like this, it's not meant to be, and one day it wont be. We said "I did it my way" and it ruins things. Until the image of God is restored it's ruined. God comes to us to do that - to overcome physical and spiritual death and make the affair right, securing us from nakedness to be sons of God.
1. I found Gumbel and Wilson very helpful on how out of place suffering is - that it feels so wrong is a positive things. It is alien, and it makes us cry out "what just happened?". The Dawkins "pitiless indifference" answer is unsatisfying.
2. Wilson's was the only one doing an exposition of the Bible and this was helpful - by contrast Craig was almost all philosophy which was also good and in a lecture setting probably appropriate. The other three had similar approaches from present problems through some points and ending with the cross & resurrection which are vital to understand suffering, consolation and restoration.
3. The logical problem comes from who we think God is - when we begin with attributes it is difficult to resolve because we attach so many assumptions to saying "God is good" and almost rule God out by definition. If we speak of the Triune God and what he is like then it's probably easier, and more obvious to speak of God coming into our suffering.
4. Given I'll have 15 minutes plus Q&A I'm really going to have to select what to say carefully. Michael Ots chapters are based on such talks so give me a good idea of what's possible. I'm also aware that in person I want to approach the topic at least as much pastorally as intellectually.
In case you were tempted to think the issue isn't one people are asking about... BBC publishes philosopher David Bain's thoughts... "But, as for those who believe in an all-good, all-powerful agent-God, we've seen that they face a question that remains pressing after all these centuries, and which is now horribly underscored by the horrors in Haiti. If a deity exists, why didn't he prevent this?"


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China Urges U.S. to End 'Political' Vetting of Its Firms
China wants the U.S. to end its "political background check" of Chinese companies seeking to do business in America, the nation's vice premier said as economic talks between the two nations concluded.
"Our two countries have to strengthen our economic relationship," Vice Premier Wang Qishan said through a translator at a dinner in his honor yesterday after the annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meetings in Washington.
Wang said Chinese companies want to ensure that they receive fair treatment in the U.S., regardless of their links to the Communist Party, while acknowledging that checks for national security concerns should continue. He said U.S.-based businesses operating in China also want to ensure that they receive treatment on par with domestic competitors.
Economic tensions between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, are high amid trade disputes over solar cells, clean-energy programs, autos, rare-earth elements and electronic-payment services. In October, a U.S. House intelligence committee report accused Chinese phone-equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. (763) of providing opportunities for the country's government to spy on the U.S. industry. Huawei said at the time the report's outcome was pre- determined, and ZTE said it was too narrow in scope.
China's biggest concern in its economic relations with the U.S. is ensuring that the country receives "fair and equal treatment," Chen Deming, the country's commerce minister, said at a news conference earlier yesterday.
Intellectual Property
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, co-hosts of the economic summit, said at a separate news conference that the U.S. welcomes foreign direct investment from China and other nations.
China agreed to increase its enforcement of intellectual property laws, with an emphasis on ensuring that government- owned companies use legal versions of software and not pirated copies, Blank told reporters.
The talks took place after China's ruling Communist Party concluded a once-a-decade leadership change and President Barack Obama was elected to a second term.
"We're entering a unique moment in which we can work together" because of the political situation in both countries, Blank said.
Wang said at the dinner that recovery from the global economic crisis is still ongoing, and growth may be sluggish for the next three to five years.
Duties Raised
The economic discussions were held a day after Blank's agency raised import duties on wind towers from Chinese producers and exporters, increasing tariffs announced earlier this year for companies including Chengxi Shipyard Co., Titan Wind Energy Suzhou Co. (002531) and the Chinese unit of CS Wind Corp., based in South Korea.
A U.S. industry complaint last year triggered the department's action, the latest example of a dispute between the U.S. and China over government support for clean energy.
Kirk said the talks this week are important to improving trade relations between the two nations.
"When we solve problems, that's what leads to this explosive growth in our trade," he said at the dinner.
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Nebulizers Information
Nebulizers aerosolize medications and deliver them as a mist to the lungs of a patient. It is a common means of drug delivery for individuals with respiratory illnesses.
Medical prescriptions and compounds that need to be applied to a patient's lungs are atomized by a nebulizer into an aerosol suspension. Droplets of the medication are less than 10 micrometers in diameter so they are comfortably inhaled by the patient to the lungs, not the mouth or throat. Applying medicine to the respiratory tract hastens its benefits and reduces side effects.
To use, a patient or care aide fills the nebulizer reservoir or cup with the correct dosage. Atomization is completed by manual power, a compressor, a piezoelectric element, or ultrasonic mechanisms. The patient is connected to the nebulizer with a mouthpiece or facemask that may be on an extension hose. The patient slowly takes deep breathes through the machine, which supplies the medicated aerosol in ambient gas, often for 5-25 minutes.
Analytical nebulizers are lab instruments that deliver aerosols to spectrometric elemental analysis.
Soft mist inhaler: A user winds a spring to build pressure in the device, which once released forces a metered dose out of nozzles that atomize the liquid.
Human powered nebulizer (HPN): pedal-driven pistons atomize a liquid and supply it to the patient's lungs
Vibrating mesh: There are two types of vibrating mesh nebulizers. In active vibrating mesh nebulizers, a piezoelectric element vibrates a precision mesh plate that is in contact with the liquid and creates a micropump action that atomizes the liquid. Passive types of this device utilize an ultrasonic horn connected to a piezo element for nebulization.
Breath-actuated nebulizers: The nebulizer only aerosolizes medication when the patient inhales, meaning none of the aerosol is lost through the nebulizer or exhalation valve. These nebulizers can be manual, mechanical, or electronic.
Jet nebulizer: A compressor flows air or oxygen through the liquid to generate an aerosol that can be inhaled.
Ultrasonic nebulizer: A piezoelectric crystal at high frequency (1-3 MHz) creates the aerosol.
Medication cup capacity: amount of medication the reservoir can hold
Particle size: size range of atomized medications
Pressure and flow: range of internal pressures and rate of flow compressor-type
Power supply: battery, AC, or DC
Portable: a small profile and light weight enables to nebulizer to be used while travelling
Air tubing: enables the patient to sit away from the device
Dishwasher safe: the nebulizer is safe to wash in household dishwashers
Quiet operation: the nebulizer runs silent or near-silent
Auto shut-off: the device shuts off after not being used for a predetermined period
Latex free: no latex components for those who are allergic
Storage compartments: designated integral locations for the mouthpiece, mask, and tubing
American Association for Respiratory Care—A Guide to Aerosol Deliver Devices for Respirator Therapists (.pdf)
Georgia State University, Dept. of Respiratory Therapy—Jet, Ultrasonic, and Mesh Nebulizers...(.pdf)
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2014 Accomplishments
Student Nick Martinez is part of the New York Arts Program, where he's doing an editorial internship at the New York Press, as well as Verisimilitude.
2013 Accomplishments
Chantel Mitchell was one of four winners of Muse Times Two's inaugural regional college poetry contest. She shared her work on-stage at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe.
Several CWL students contributed articles to online publications. Freshman Mark Feigenbutz wrote a piece about Facebook addiction for the Santa Fe Reporter, sophomore Charlotte Martinez interviewed Chris Eyre for SantaFe.com, and freshman Josiah Farris wrote about opposition to Ugandan leader Joseph Kony on the Santa Fe Reporter's blog.
Student Arianna Sullivan had a bylined article in The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper, along with Photography student Luke Montavon.


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Nov 25, 2011
Whosarmy had a whirlwind week following their Cover Me Canada win on November 13, which included a performance on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight! If you missed it, you can watch it here (go to the last segment). Of course, we were there to witness the glory as well, and shot a behind the scenes interview with Travis, Greg, Cory and Max. Check it out!


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On Sept. 8, President Adam Falk announced the recent appointment of Professor of History Gretchen Long as director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford (WEPO).
A member of the history department since 2003, Long has an extensive resumé of leadership roles throughout the Williams community, including as chair of the Africana Studies program and director of the Summer Humanities and Social Sciences Program, as well as membership in both the Faculty Steering Committee and the Honor and Discipline Committee.
Starting in the fall of 2016, as director, Long will be the primary academic and personal advisor for the 26 juniors who attend the program, Falk wrote in a campus-wide email. She will serve in the position for two years.
In this role, she will also be responsible for working out the logistics of scheduling tutorials for students in the program. "There is no stereotypical day for the director," Professor of Psychology Noah Sandstrom, one of the current co-directors of the program, said. "Some days I might be looking for tutors for our students; these could range from experts in history of art to computer science, and everything in between. Other days I might be coordinating field trips, arranging guest speakers or planning events. Other days may involve working with individual students to help them negotiate the labyrinth that is the University system."
Long is also looking forward to the more personal interactions. "We have group dinners every Thursday night where we invite people to give talks and just really introduce Williams students right off the bat to some of the intellectual culture there because it's really just an amazing university. So much going on, so many talks to go to, seminars and interesting things. Everyone should be out and about, reading or listening to something at all times," Long said.
The year-long WEPO is divided into three terms and consists of an array of courses taught in Oxford-style tutorials. This is a marked difference from the 4-1-4 calendar at the College.
"I'm very interested in seeing how Williams students adapt to a different kind of organized education. Exeter students take exams their whole last week of their third term as an evaluation for their whole academic year … I can see the pros and cons of that and I think that at first brush it seems crazy and anxiety producing, but I think the process leading up to it sounds really kind of pure," Long said.
Since accepting the position, Long has devised her own personal goals for the upcoming year.
"I am really hoping that all the students that go are open to telling the rest of the Williams community what they are learning and what they are doing and how the tutorial is different than a tutorial at Williams or maybe about a great book that they read," Long said.
Long has also talked with Exeter College's Rector, Sir Rick Trainor, about possible ideas for the program.
"I asked Sir Rick, when he was here visiting, what his goals were for the upcoming year and he said that he was really interested in getting some Exeter students to visit here … but it's that the calendar is so different, there's no semester for them that they could come for, but we have to find a way. We cannot be held hostage to the calendar," Long said.
When Long begins her tenure at Oxford, Noah Sandstrom and Professor of Psychology Marlene Sandstrom, the current directors of WEPO, will return to the College.
"It's been an incredible joy and privilege to work so closely with the WEPO students here in Oxford. I will definitely miss the sense of community and adventure that we built here. There is an intensity and vitality about this place that I have loved. At the same time, I am really excited to return to Williams next year. I miss my colleagues and students, and Williamstown is definitely home for us," Marlene Sandstorm said.
"I'm excited to return to Chandler Gym for basketball games." Noah Sandstorm said. "Watching them on the iPad at two in the morning just isn't quite the same."