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The Cordelia
4 stars
This Victorian guest house is near the South Cliff, less than a kilometer (1.6 km) from Scarborough Rail Station and the town centre. It has en suite rooms and free on-street parking nearby.
The Cordelia is situated in a quiet area, close to the Scarborough Spa Complex. The beach, the Stephen Joseph Theatre and the shops of the town centre are a short walk away.
The en suite rooms have TVs and tea/coffee.
There is a guest lounge and free parking passes for guests.
A full English breakfast is available every morning.
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Hammer Paste
The IKV Group hammer paste product is a special lubricant for socket tools, bushings of hydraulic hammers, lubricating picks and chisels of hydraulic breaking hammers.
It contains special EP additives and a combination of solid lubricants which offer excellent lubrication properties. It increases the life of the hammer, decreases noise and vibrations, offer outstanding reduction of wear in components, decreases breakdowns and allows you to get maximum performance from your equipment.
IKV-TRIBOPASTE MAK 461/2 HAM is a special lubricant for socket tools, bushings of hydraulic hammers, lubricating picks and chisels of hydraulic breaking hammers. It is a black/ copper-coloured mineral oil-based paste containing an aluminium complex soap and solid lubricants. It has an NLGI grade 1/2 with drop point of 250°C.
IKV-TRIBOPASTE MAK 461/2 HAM can be applied manually from a standard cartridge with grease guns, via a central lubrication system or with our cartridge with adaptor nipple which fits directly on to your equipment.
Benefits include:
- Excellent EP properties
- Good corrosion protection
- Resistant to water
- Outstanding release properties
- Reduces wear
- Stability against ageing
- Excellent resistance to shock loads and stresses.
- Adhesive grease and high affinity with metals.
- High resistance to extreme working temperatures.
- Temperature range: -15 to 160°C (peak for dry film is 1100°C)
- Decreases in noise and vibrations.
- Increase the life of picks, chisels & hammers
- Has outstanding sealing capacity to avoid entry of contaminants.

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Made to stand strong
I've been painting my fingers off finishing Christmas commissions, and it's so fun to paint people's stories. This one is for a talented writer I know who named it "Made to Stand Strong" (Psalms 30:7) and is giving it to her husband, a man as strong as the mountains they love to hike as a family. Isn't that beautiful? Man, I love my job. (P.S. Four more days to pick up any of my originals at the Covey Center! They come down the 23rd. If you're still trying to finish your shopping, I feel your pain 👊👊 we'll get it done, right?)


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Earlville (EHS) Class of 1961 Alumni List
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Tun Mahathir backs direct BN membership
HETHEL (England), Feb 24 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the proposal to allow direct membership in the Barisan Nasional (BN) should be considered as the situation has changed now and benefits will arise from such a move.
The former BN chairman and former Umno president said that the BN used to have such method in the past but problems started to arise when direct members wanted to become election candidates, resulting in other component parties becoming unhappy.
"Because of that, the direct membership of the alliance was ended. But maybe the situation is slightly different or has changed, so ... we should consider the proposal," he told reporters after a visit to the Lotus headquarters here on Tuesday.
He was commenting on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's announcement last Friday that the BN would hold a convention end of this year to discuss amendments to the BN constitution to provide for direct admission of BN-friendly individuals, political parties and non-governmental organisations.
Dr Mahathir said some grassroot leaders might object to this as they did not want to be threatened or have their position jeopardised by better qualified candidates.
"In such a situation, direct members could easily join BN because there would be no objections or obstacles from these junior leaders who harbour ambitions to become candidates," he said. – Bernama


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Evacuating two robots from multiple unknown exits in a circle
Distributed on a unit circle are k exits. Two autonomous mobile robots are placed on the circle. Each robot has a maximum speed of 1 and the robots can communicate wirelessly. The robots have a map of the domain, including exits, but do not have knowledge of their own initial locations on the domain, rather they only know their relative distance. The goal of the evacuation problem is to give an algorithm for the robots which minimizes the time required for both robots to reach an exit, in the worst case. We consider two variations of the problem depending on whether the two robots have control over their initial distance. When the initial distance of the robots is part of the input (i.e. no control), we show that simple algorithms exist which achieve optimal worst case evacuation times for the cases where: the robots begin colocated with an arbitrary distribution of the exits; and when the exits are either colocated or evenly spaced, with arbitrary starting positions of the robots. We also give upper and lower bounds on the problem with arbitrary exit distribution and starting positions of the robots. For the problem where robots can choose their initial distance (with knowledge of, but not control over the distribution of exits), we propose a natural family of algorithms parameterized by the maximum distance between any two exits.
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Czyzowicz, J. (Jurek), Dobrev, S. (Stefan), Georgiou, K. (Konstantinos), Kranakis, E, & Macquarrie, F. (Fraser). (2016). Evacuating two robots from multiple unknown exits in a circle. Presented at the 17th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2016. doi:10.1145/2833312.2833318


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Spring-bead model of a flexible polymer (Kuhn model)
Spring-bead model of a flexible polymer, introduced by Kuhn (1934?). Since one bead represents several monomeric units, there is no preferential bond angle at the level of this model. Note also that the forces represented by the springs are entropic.
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Showcasing Your Business Through Todd Lubar's Eyes
President of TDL Global Ventures, LLC, Senior Vice President of Legendary Investments, Todd Lubar is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He is a well-established businessman that has led the world by storm in real estate. He has been in the business for more than 20 years and has helped hundreds to fulfill their dreams of owning… Read More


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Transforming lives with tech: a global conversation
To celebrate five years of NT100 we've researched 400 projects we've featured to date, revealing some key insights about what it takes to enable tech ventures to flourish and transform lives at scale.
Our latest report reveals these insights and looks to the future, exploring five trends in socially transformative tech. You can download the report here.
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Celebrating five years of NT100
NT100, our global celebration of socially transformative tech, shines a spotlight on the people and organisations using digital technology to change the world for the better.
Every year since 2013, NT100 has championed 100 new case studies of the world's most inspired uses of tech tackling significant social challenges. Over the years, we've worked with some amazing partners to compile the NT100, including Big Lottery Fund, Cancer Research UK, Comic Relief, Oxfam and Telefónica UK.
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Dear Little One,
Yesterday, I overheard your brother tell you, "You'll always be a little sister." And you responded, with all the fire we have come to expect of you, "I'm not always going to be a little girl—I'm going to be a big person!"
You are four years-old, and you may be little on the outside, but there is nothing little about you on the inside.
However, your brother will not be the last person to make you feel little on the inside. And I'm guessing someone will try to keep you feeling small with one teeny, tiny word:
With that word, they want you to remain small in the one place that really matters: your heart. They know the truth: sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can really shame you. Shame you into silence.
I don't think they're doing it on purpose. They're just doing what powerful people do—instinctively clinging to their power. Men, in particular, will be inclined to use BOSSY on you. I don't blame them. Most men have been taught from birth to believe their own worth is predicated on being strong, powerful, and in control. They're just doing what they've been trained to do:
They want you to doubt the authority residing at the center of you.
The dictionary defines authority as "a persuasive force." I'm in awe of your persuasive force. But the world will be terrified of it. Because when the "little" people on the margins of the world begin to feel strong—when the powerless begin to sense the authority hibernating in their hearts—the powerful tremble.
So when someone calls you BOSSY, I hope you will respond with two little words of your own:
Thank you.
And then tell them you have banned BOSSY in the most important place of all: your heart.
This is the beginning of a letter I wrote for Disney's Babble.com, in conjunction with LeanIn.org's "Ban Bossy Campaign." To read the rest of the letter click here.
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Why we have chosen Shanghai as an international headquarter?
The City of Shanghai is located on the Coast of East China Sea, bordering with provinces Jiangsu and Zhejiang - these two provinces represent a powerful industrial base. Because of our strategic location we have an easy access to all raw material suppliers necessary for our manufacturing needs. Currently one of the economic hotspots in China, Shanghai leads many Chinese cities in economic performance, foreign trade growth and infrastructural development.
Shanghai also has the biggest port in China Mainland. It takes 13600 square kilometers. Since 80's Shanghai Port received international status and reached output of more than 100 million tons. The process of customs clearance and loading of containers is fast and smooth. This guarantees the on time delivery and shipping of your merchandise.
Some facts about Shanghai
- According to fifth national census the population of city reached 16,74 million.
- Shanghai has more then 20,000 companies with foreign investment, 4000 Wholly Foreign Enterprises.
- Near 40 countries has consulates in Shanghai.
- Shanghai has two international airports - Hongqiao Int'l Airport and Pudong Int'l Airport. Total passenger flow of 16,4 mill a year. After eddying 4 more runways in Pudong Airport the number of passengers will reach 100 mill.


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The Eternal God the Refuge of His Saints
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham,
on September 29, 1867, by J. C. Philpot
The eternal Goal is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He shall thrust out the enemy from before you; and shall say, "Destroy them!" Deuteronomy 33:27
In the words of our text, I think we may observe four leading features– two statements, a promise, and a charge. The two statements are,
I. "The eternal God is your refuge," and
II. "Underneath are the everlasting arms."
III. The promise is, "He shall thrust out the enemy before you."
IV. The charge is, "Destroy them."
I.The first STATEMENT contains a grand, blessed, gospel truth– "the eternal Goal is your refuge." Let us look first a little at what a refuge is, and see how and why the eternal God is the refuge of his saints.
There are several reasons why the word "refuge," conveyed to the mind of a believing Israelite stronger ideas than it may carry to ours.
1. First, you must observe, that the natural position and circumstances of the land of Canaan differed widely from our own. Protected by the sea all around our shores, and by our powerful fleet, we are not exposed to the sudden incursions and invasions of enemies; and, therefore, our towns, except a few on the sea coast, are not walled or fortified. But it was not so in Palestine. There they were exposed to continual invasions from the warlike tribes that lay upon their frontier, and from the unsubdued Canaanites who dwelt in their very midst. They were obliged, therefore, to have strongly fortified cities, situated usually on elevated spots to protect themselves, and especially their women and children, their flocks and herds, from these invading foes. This will explain why in the Psalms David so continually speaks of the Lord as his "fortress," his "strong tower," his "high place;" for these fortified cities were generally situated on mountain tops.
2. Another circumstance which made the figure of a refuge so prominent in the Old Testament is connected with the peculiar nature of the climate of Palestine, which required accessible and speedily reached shelter, sometimes from severe thunderstorms, in which not only was the lightning very dangerous, but which were usually attended with destructive showers of hail; sometimes from the intense rays of a burning sun; and sometimes from hot pestilential winds, such as the sirocco, which blew from the wide and vast Eastern desert. We find, therefore, the prophet speaking, "For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall." (Isa. 25:4.) And again, "And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." (Isa. 32:2.)
3. But there was another reason why we find the figure of a refuge to occur so frequently in the Old Testament. As you well know, Moses set apart six cities of refuge for the manslayer who had killed his neighbor unawares. But into this point I need not enter, as you are no doubt well acquainted with it, and I have much that lies before me in our text.
But the main reason why I have endeavored to explain the scriptural meaning of the word "refuge" is, that we may understand more fully, and grasp more believingly, the blessing intimated in our text, "The eternal God is your refuge." A refuge, then, signifies a shelter into which we may run when danger threatens, and find in it, as a hiding place, safety to be obtained nowhere else.
Even natural men will sometimes seek a refuge in what they think or believe is religion. Natural conscience works in the breast of many sufficiently to make them feel that they cannot die as they have lived without something like repentance and amendment of life. They know sufficiently of the anger of God revealed against sinners, and of their own sinful lives, to show them that something must be done, or at least known and felt to remove from their conscience the sting of death. It is from this instinctive sense of needing a refuge that all the false religion springs which we see on every side. Ignorant of Christ and of salvation by him, they trust to their own good works or to some form of godliness while they deny the power. Now all these refuges God has declared to be "refuges of lies," and he tells us very plainly how he deals with them in the case of his people. He says, "Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation– he who believes shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place." (Isa. 28:16, 17.)
We gather from these words that even his own people may make lies a refuge until the Lord drives them out by laying judgment to the line and righteousness to the plummet. This he does by the application of his law to their conscience, by which "judgment is laid to the line, and righteousness to the plummet." The figure here is that of the law, measuring a sinner's words and works in the same strict way as a mason measures, by his plumb-line and level, whether a wall stands perfectly horizontal and perfectly perpendicular. Now no sooner does this strict and unerring law detect the crookedness of the wall we have built up, than the hail sweeps it away as a refuge of lies, and the waters of God's wrath overflow the hiding place. And what is the consequence? The covenant with death is broken, and the agreement with hell no longer stands.
Can you not recollect the time when you made as it were a covenant with death? Were not these, or similar ones, the thoughts of your mind? "Was not God merciful? What had you done worse than others? If you went to hell, what would become of thousands? Who could charge you with any great or open sins? Were you not as religious as most, indeed a great deal more than many others?" Now all this was making a covenant with death and an agreement with hell, and saying, "When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto me."
O how numerous are these lying refuges! Some fly to good works, this is their refuge; some to the sacrament and the prayers of a minister, called almost at the last hour, as if that would save them. Some fly to man's opinion, as though man's opinion would pass with God, and endorse them for heaven like a banker's bill; and some, of whom we would hope better things, fly to church membership and church ordinances, not knowing there are many members of churches who never were members of Christ; that a man may be baptized in water, who was never baptized with the Holy Spirit; and that to partake of the Lord's Supper is not the same thing as eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God.
In fact, everything short of Christ made known to the soul by the power of God, everything short of the eternal God, as experimentally known, believed in, looked unto, laid hold of, and embraced by faith, is a refuge of lies, and will be found so in that day when God will break up the covenant which so many have made with death, and disannul the agreement which thousands and tens of thousands have entered into with hell.
But O what a mercy it is for the family of God that there is a refuge provided for them. I showed you when I was describing the places of refuge in the land of Canaan, that sometimes an invading foe, merciless and cruel, sometimes a terrific thunderstorm, sometimes the guilt of having shed blood, made a refuge both needful and desirable. And is not a refuge on similar grounds, spiritually viewed, needful and desirable now? Have we not cruel and merciless foes on every side, without and within, who would spare neither body or soul, but trample the one into the grave, and the other into hell? Is there not the storm of a fiery law ready to burst upon our head? Does not guilt, if not of actual blood, yet of crimes of as deep and dark a hue, at least in our feelings, lie upon our conscience? O the unspeakable mercy then, O the unutterable blessing, that there is a refuge provided for those who have no refuge in themselves, who have been hunted out of house and home, whose false refuges the hail has swept away, and whose hiding place the water-floods have overflowed.
But let us look a little more closely into the meaning of the words "the eternal God." How these words, as opened up and applied by the Holy Spirit, set before our eyes a blessed refuge for the poor guilty sinner who knows not where to hide his bleeding soul. "O where, O where," he sometimes cries, "shall I hide my guilty head? Wherever I go the wrath of God pursues me; wherever I turn all is darkness, blackness, and despair. If I look to self– what is there but a wreck and ruin? If I look to the law– what is there but curses and bondage? If I look to man, I must say with Job, 'Miserable physicians are you all.' If I look to friends, what can they do for me upon a dying bed, when the cold sweat will stand upon my brow and I must soon pass into eternity? Wife, children, relations, even the dear family of God, or the servants of his choice, may surround my bed, but can they speak peace and pardon to my guilty soul when I need it most?"
Now as the soul is thus hunted here and there, and driven out of false refuges, then does the eternal God begin to open his blessed arms, and to unfold what he is as the refuge of poor sinners who are driven out of every other.
But who is this eternal God? He is the great and glorious Jehovah, eternal in his Trinity of Persons, and in the Unity of his Essence. As such, the Father is the eternal Father, the Son is the eternal Son, and the Spirit is the eternal Spirit; and these three eternal persons in a glorious Trinity form one eternal God. Must it not needs be so? Can one of the Persons in the Trinity be eternal, and another not eternal also? How weak then, how more than weak, how wicked to own an eternal Father, and an eternal Spirit, and to deny and disown an eternal Son. What dishonor is thereby cast upon the glorious Person of the Son of the Father in truth and love, and how the Trinity itself is riven asunder and made no longer a Trinity of three co-equal, co-eternal Persons in one eternal, undivided Essence.
But what a depth of blessedness there is in this God being an eternal God; and that in and of this eternity, each Person of the Godhead has an equal share. Look at the love of the eternal God. How eternal was that– not a thing of time, not fixed upon us when first brought into being, not issuing out of his bosom first when we were quickened into divine life; but a love from all eternity, as being the love of an eternal God. "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you."
And how eternal are the thoughts of God– those thoughts which were of good, not of evil. They were eternal thoughts of peace to the Church; eternal thoughts of mercy to his beloved family; eternal thoughts of manifesting his grace in the Person and work of his dear Son; eternal flowings forth of goodness and love to those whom he had chosen in Christ, that they might be one with him, members of that glorious body of which his dear Son should be the Head. And eternal purpose also that nothing could defeat, that all the waves of time could not break through; eternal wisdom also to devise, and eternal power to accomplish.
O this eternal God! We look back into eternity; we see what God was from all eternity; and then we look forward to what he will be to all eternity. And we see him unchanging and unchangeable, resting in his love without variableness or the shadow of a turn, whether in eternity past, or in eternity to come. We think of the spirits of just men made perfect; we follow in faith and hope the souls of our dear departed friends; we view their drinking the pleasures which are at his right hand forever; and so they will be there to all eternity, ever basking in the smiles of an eternal God, ever living in his favor, ever conformed to the glorious image of his eternal Son, and ever drinking fresh draughts of love and bliss in his eternal presence.
O this eternal Father in the depths of his fatherly love in the gift of his dear Son! O the love, condescension, and tenderness of this eternal Son in the depths of his mercy and grace in suffering, bleeding, and dying for poor guilty sinners! O the wisdom, the power, the grace, and the blessedness of this eternal Spirit, in taking of the things of Christ, unfolding the Person of Jesus, bringing him near, revealing him to the soul, sprinkling the conscience with his blood, and making him known and precious! What a depth of gratitude is everlastingly due from the redeemed church of God, to all the three sacred Persons of the glorious and undivided Trinity, and that both in his Trinity of Persons and his Unity of Essence the eternal God should be their refuge!
Now, poor sinner, upon whose head the beams of a fiery law are darting; now, poor sinner, distressed in your mind, guilty in your conscience, plagued with a thousand temptations, beset by innumerable doubts and fears– can you not look up a little out of your gloom and sadness, and see that the eternal God is your refuge? Do you not cleave to him with the utmost of your power, as being beaten out of every other? Have you not taken hold of his strength that you may make peace with him? Are you not looking to him? And does he not say– "Look unto me and be saved, all the ends of the earth?" He bids you look at him as Moses bade the Israelites look to the bronze serpent.
Poor sinner, groaning under the weight of your transgression, he bids you look to him. Has the blessed Lord, he into whose lips grace was poured, not said, "Him who comes to me I will in no wise cast out?" Why should you not look? Why should you not come to him? Will he cast you out? Do you not feel the secret drawings of his grace, movements upon your heart which make you come often with strong crying and tears, with groans and sighs, earnest, vehement, and continual supplications? What are these but the inward teachings of God? as our Lord said, "It is written in the prophets– they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes unto me." (John 6:45.)
And do you not know that the Lord himself said, that no man can come to him except the Father which has sent him draws him? These comings, therefore, of your soul in earnest and vehement desire are, according to his own testimony, from the special teachings and gracious drawings of God in you. Having made his dear Son to be the refuge of your soul, he is now drawing you unto him that you may find pardon and peace in him.
But perhaps you will say, "I am so sinful, so guilty, I have been such a sinner, much worse than you can form any conception of; and it is this which sinks me low." Are you lower than brother Jonah when he was in the whale's belly, and, in his own feelings, in the belly of hell? And yet what said he? "Yet will I look again toward your holy temple." Can you not look again toward the holy temple? Is his mercy clean gone forever? So David felt and feared, but it was not so, for "his mercy endures forever;" and that is a long and strong word. Look and live, look and live! What! Have you no eyes to see the suitability of Jesus? No eyes to see the glorious Person of the Son of God? No eyes to see his bleeding wounds? No eyes to see his dying love, no eyes to see his power to save, no eyes to see what he has done for others, and what he can do for you if he has not done it yet? "The eternal God is your refuge."
II.But I must not linger here. I must go on to the other statement, equally full of Gospel truth, if I am able to unfold it– "And underneath are the everlasting arms." How Moses brought before the people the eternity of God. He will have nothing to do with time. What is time? A fragment, merely like the foam of the sea compared with the mighty ocean. The ocean is eternity; time is merely the foam upon the wave. "Underneath are the everlasting arms." And depend upon it, if the everlasting arms are underneath the saints of God– for it is of and to them that the words are spoken– they are there for some purpose. Let us see if we can find some of those purposes for which these everlasting arms are underneath them.
1. You are burdened with SIN.Guilt lies hard and heavy upon your conscience; you feel what a wretch you are and have been; you sink at times very low in your soul under the weight of your iniquities and backslidings, in thought, word, and deed; you need something to support your troubled mind, and relieve your anxious heart from it. Now, this very burden under which you sink so low, is laid upon your conscience for an express purpose. God has laid everlasting arms underneath your tried, condemned, and guilty soul, that your very guilt may bring you down upon them. You would not need, still less, would not prize everlasting arms spread beneath you, unless your guilt pressed down your soul so heavily as to make you sink down into them and fall upon them with your whole weight.
Few sink low enough to feel the everlasting arms underneath. They have still some strength left of their own; they are not thoroughly helpless; they cannot bear the thought of ever sinking, sinking, sinking, as if they would sink to where there was no bottom, or as if nothing were beneath them but the very pit of hell. They do not know, they do not feel, that everlasting arms are spread beneath to catch them, so to speak, before they fall, and bear them up, even as on eagle's wings. They, therefore, try to struggle out of them, like a timorous child that cannot trust its mother to hold it up. They don't see they must sink low, very low, to fall upon the everlasting arms.
They are like a person who cannot swim, that has fallen into a river, and who is often drowned by his struggles in the water, and his very trying to save himself. How often it has happened, that a drowning man has defeated the attempt to save him, by struggling with his deliverer, who could have borne him easily to the shore if he were but passive. His rescuer has, therefore, to sometimes wait until the man has nearly gone, that when his struggles have ceased, then he may lay his strong arms beneath him, and bear him safe to land. Is it not better that he should passively fall into the arms of the strong swimmer, who has gone in to his rescue, than lose his life by struggling to save himself? Of course, this is but a figure, and therefore you will not press it too far, or surmise from it, that I think any saint of God can perish.
But do you not find, if you carefully examine the movements of your own heart that you are still struggling in some strength of your own; that you have not given up all your own righteousness, or some lurking hope of gaining the favor of God by your prayers and supplications, and thus are really making good works out of them? If so, like a drowning man struggling in the water, you are wasting your strength by your attempts to swim, and, perhaps, drinking in the water that may drown you. Sink, sink, sink, and then you will find the everlasting arms underneath.
2.But again, you have many AFFLICTIONS. "O," you think, "there never was a poor wretch like me. Wave upon wave, billow upon billow roll over me. Sometimes trials in providence, then trials in my family, then trials in my soul; trials with the children of God, trials with the men of the world; and my poor body often as much afflicted as my soul. Painful days, and sleepless nights seem allotted to me, and such a sense of bodily weakness and exhaustion as I cannot describe, making every little exertion a difficulty and a burden. Was there ever such a poor, afflicted creature as I?" You need the everlasting arms underneath. What else can support you under your distressing afflictions? What else can bear you up under your severe and cutting trials? You are looking sometimes to this or that friend, this or that Christian brother or sister to get some help from them. But what can man do for you? Let man try it. Are man's arms everlasting arms? Are your arms everlasting arms? Who has everlasting arms but the eternal God? And why should the everlasting arms be underneath unless there were afflictions to bring you down upon them?
God puts affliction upon affliction to bring the soul down, that it may fall into and upon the everlasting arms, and find how firm and strong they are. And have you not often found it so? How many trials in Providence you have been brought through. How conspicuously the Lord has appeared in this and that instance, so that your unbelief and infidelity were, for the time at least, thoroughly silenced, and faith saw the hand of God so clearly that you felt as if you could never doubt again. Have you not had many sweet supports on your bed of languishing, many precious seasons when you could bless God for laying upon you his afflicting hand? And have you not found that strength was always given to you according to your day, that with every trial power was given you to bear it, and that out of your deepest afflictions came your greatest blessings? Why are you not in hell? Do you not deserve to be there? Why still upon praying ground, with a good hope through grace, and your soul waiting for the Lord to appear, more than those that watch for the morning? If these arms have once supported you, will they not support you again? Would they be everlasting if they could part asunder and let you fall through? Rest upon them and you will find how strong they are.
3.But you say, "I have so many TEMPTATIONS." Well, do you expect to go to heaven without temptation? What does James say upon this point? "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations." "Aye, but my temptations are so peculiar." You may think so, but do we not read that "there has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man?" And do we not also read, "But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it?" (1 Cor.10:13.) "Ah, but I am so peculiar." Well, then, you are one of those peculiar people who think, and feel, and are different from everybody else. "I cannot tell anybody what my temptations are." It is good you cannot, but you can tell God. Was not the Lord tempted on all points like as we are, yet without sin? Don't speak, then, as if your temptations are so peculiar that nobody else was tempted like you. The blessed Lord was. But this is the grand point– do your temptations bring you down upon the everlasting arms? Can you grapple with your temptations yourself? "No," say you, "I cannot." Well, then, your temptations bring you down upon the everlasting arms, and these arms will support you under them and bring you through them.
4.But there is a day to come upon us all; a day in which we shall specially need the everlasting arms to be underneath; and that is a bed of DEATH. It may be a bed of languishing, a bed of long and painful illness, when the poor body may be racked with torture, or brought down to such a state of weakness and suffering, that life itself shall be a burden. Perhaps, too, it may be a season of much darkness of mind, though we should not anticipate unknown evils, and God may be better to us than all our fears. But shall we not need, if we never really felt our need before, everlasting arms underneath both body and soul in that day? A languishing body, a sinking soul, a holy God above, and a conscience naked and open before his eye, death in sight, eternity in prospect– shall we not, then, need everlasting arms to bear us up through the dark valley and land us safe through Jordan on the happy shore?
How many of our dear friends have found upon dying beds everlasting arms! How these everlasting arms were so sensibly spread underneath their afflicted bodies and their believing hearts, that they could die in peace, with a sweet testimony of pardoned sin, and that their souls were going to glory. What could human arms do for them then? The soft arms of wife, the strong arms of husband, the tender arms of mother, or the kind arms of friends, what could those arms do for them, vitally and spiritually, when they lay upon their dying pillow? But underneath them were the everlasting arms, and those arms held them up and bore them through, and landed them safely in eternal bliss.
III.But I must pass on to the PROMISE– "And he shall thrust out the enemy from before you." This was true literally of the Canaanites and other nations whom God thrust out before his people; and what he promised to do for them (and did accomplish in a literal and temporal sense), he has promised to do for us, spiritually, and will do it as effectually, who have followed by faith into their place.
"He shall thrust out the enemy from before you."You will often hear people of a murmuring, fretful, repining spirit, of whom, alas! there are too many in the Church of God, continually complaining "I have so many enemies." No doubt you have your enemies, and so we have all. It is one of our evidences that we are on the Lord's side, if we are hated of all men for his namesake. But I will tell you where you have an enemy, and a greater enemy than ever you have found yet in man or woman– yourself! I have said what I have often felt, that I could do myself more harm in five minutes than all my enemies could do me in fifty years. I have had many enemies– do I worry about them? Not a whit! Have they hurt me? You, who have known me so many years, know whether they have hurt me or not. Where are all the books that have been written against me? Sunk and forgotten, and their authors either mostly dead, or sorry and ashamed that they ever wrote them. Of course my flesh has felt their cruel sayings and hard speeches, but I have never really felt anything which they have said or written, unless it touched my conscience, and I had deserved it. I desire not to fear my enemies, but to fear God, to fear myself. I don't fear enemies unless I give them reason. If I myself tip the arrow with a feather from my own wing, I may well fear my enemies; but if I give no real ground of attack to my enemies, I need not fear what they may do or say. I fear myself more than them all, knowing what I am as a sinner, the strength of sin and the power of temptation. But be sure of this, that you are the worst enemy you ever had; and you, who know your hearts, know it to be so.
Well, therefore, has the Lord said in the text, "the enemy," instead of "the enemies." Your sin, your lust, your covetousness, your pride, your self-righteousness, everything in you that works against God and godliness– this is "the enemy" which God has promised to thrust out from before you.
You observed, perhaps, in the chapter which I read this morning (Deut. 7) that the Lord promised to put out the nations before Israel "by little, and little" (verse 22.) It was not all done at once; and we have a remarkable reason given in the book of Judges, why so many enemies were left. It was "to prove Israel by them; even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan, that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least, such as before knew nothing thereof." (Judges 3:1, 2.) Thus, there were two reasons why these enemies were left in Canaan–
1, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and
2, to teach them how to fight. The Lord has, therefore, left this enemy in our heart, for the same two wise reasons; but he will thrust him out, little by little, so that he shall not have dominion over us.
Once he was in full possession, held sovereign dominion of all our heart and affections. The strong man kept his palace, and his goods were at peace. But a stronger than he came, dispossessed him, turned him out, and divided his spoils. And the strong man armed has not possession of the palace of the Son of God now. But still he knocks at the door, peeps in at the window, and would creep in at the cellar hole, unless kept out by the mighty power of God. But God has promised to thrust him out; that Esau shall have no portion with Jacob; that the Canaanite shall not be forever in the house of the Lord of Hosts. And every token for good, every sweet evidence, every visitation of the Lord's mercy and goodness, is a thrusting out of the enemy of our souls.
But observe, also, that it shall be "from before you." You shall see that God himself has done it. He will make it manifest before your eyes and in your conscience that he is thrusting out the enemy. He will make you first feel that he is an enemy. You shall see something of his accursed designs; how sin has deceived you, betrayed you, brought guilt upon your conscience; how God, in consequence, has hidden his face, and made you a burden to yourself. You shall be brought to feel, and say, "There is nothing I hate so much as my own vile heart, my own dreadfully corrupt nature. O what an enemy do I carry in my own bosom. Of all my enemies, he is surely the worst; of all my foes, he is the most subtle and strong." Now, as you feel these things, God is thrusting out this enemy from before you. He shows you his hideous face beneath his fair mask, manifests his plots, discovers his contrivances; and as he does this by his Spirit and grace, there is a thrusting out this enemy that he may not dwell in your heart in power.
IV.But there goes together with this sweet and blessed promise, a solemn charge, which is closely connected with it– "And shall say, Destroy them." God takes us, so to speak, into partnership with himself in this matter; to enlists us on his side, puts weapons into our hand, and bids us go forth in his strength to make use of them, and so do his work. As Moses bade the Levites arm themselves against their brethren and slay every man his friend and companion; so God the Spirit puts into our hands the weapons whereby we are made willing to destroy these enemies, though they are our own flesh and blood, and a very part of ourselves.
And why are we willing to do this work, and smite them hip and thigh, and if we could, would destroy their very life? Because they have been and are such a plague to us; because they have wrought in our heart such havoc; and because we have found and felt them to be enemies of God and man.
Now have you not sometimes felt in your soul as though you could take your lusts by the neck and dash their heads against a stone? Have you not felt you could, if possible, take out of your breast this vile, damnable heart, lay it upon the ground, and stamp upon it? And when tempted with pride, or unbelief, or infidelity, or blasphemy, or any hateful lust, how you have cried out again and again with anguish of spirit, "O this heart of mine!" Upon your knees some blasphemous thought has rushed in; in reading the Scriptures some infidel suggestion has darted into your soul whether it is the inspired word of God; in talking to a friend, some loose desire has crossed your mind; some vile thought, only fit for the worst haunts of sin, or a cell in Newgate prison.
"O," you say, "was there ever a heart like mine? O that I could take it out of my bosom, and have no more to do with it. I would be holy in body and soul; but O this heart of mine, it has no more holiness in it by nature, than the very devil himself." Now this makes you understand the charge– "Destroy them." God says, as it were, "Take my weapons into your own hands, and execute vengeance upon your sins, that I may see your sincerity; not sparing one of them, as Saul spared Agag, but hewing them all down, without pity or mercy." Now, when we hate them, when we would, if possible, have no more to do with them, and can say to this lust, idol, or temptation, "O you filthy creature, What an enemy you are to my soul; O that I could forever be done with you," here you are doing what God commands. "Destroy them," God says; "This is what I charge you to do."
But if you are indulging your lusts, feeding your pride, gratifying your covetousness, seeking how to satisfy every base desire– are you fulfilling the charge, "Destroy them?" You never will fulfill that charge until you learn what an enemy sin is in itself, and what an enemy it has been personally to you. But when you have suffered, groaned, sighed, cried, loathed yourself in dust and ashes, and wondered at the patience of God, that hell is not now your destiny, then he gives strength and grace, and you are made willing that these lusts of yours should be destroyed. This indeed will not be accomplished until death, for only "Death that puts an end to life, will put an end to sin."
But let us now see, by way of conclusion, how the whole text harmonizes, and how we have in it a description of the work of grace from first to last. First, we have the poor sinner without a refuge, brought to see that without a shelter for his guilty head he must perish under the wrath of God. The eternal God opens his arms as his refuge; he flees to that refuge– "I flee unto you to hide me." "The name of the Lord is a strong tower– the righteous runs into it and is safe." The eternal God becomes his refuge.
He is led up and down this world; trials, temptations, and afflictions are his portion here below. Now come "the everlasting arms" to bear him up. Grace still goes on with its blessed work. He finds the enemy strong within. God fulfils the promise to thrust him out. And then, as he gets further on in the blessed things of God, he feels more and more a holy indignation against himself, a solemn vengeance upon his cruel sins, and he is made willing to take them in his own hands, if power were given him, and to dash them against the stones. And then he fulfils the charge– "Destroy them."
Thus the words take in the work of grace from first to last, are a sweet epitome of the dealings of God with the soul, and lead our thoughts to the eternal God as our refuge, to see what this God is in himself, what this God has promised, and what this God will surely perform.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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Lime Green Dining Room Ideas - As it pertains to designing the dining room, truth be told, there is not actually much to consider. In which you would like it to be, the important thing is to put the dining room furniture and you're comfortable by it. Consider for example the crockery cupboard which is often set as a divider between the family room and also the dining room. There are other dividers which can be selected like curtains and glass partitions, of course however a crockery cupboard has a dual fold function as furniture to store some of the China in so when a divider.
For a tiny place, one excellent thought could be to have dining room furniture that may be easily moved from one corner to the following. There are also those tables which folded up so that they'll be kept from the wall or in a cupboard and after that can be expanded. This really is really a great kind of furniture for just one room apartments or houses with limited space.
This is an essential detail in Japanese houses that are often cramped spaces and not the broad spaces we're employed to.
Another dining room furniture that is fantastic is the buffet table. The top of the buffet table can serve the food during celebrations or breakfast when there is not much space on the table to admit many diners.
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Five unexpected wedding party roles
Morning all. So we are still busy bees behind the scenes here gathering content for the new look blog and working with fabulous designer, Lucy Ledger Designs, who is working on a very pretty new site for you all. It's so exciting I can't even talk about it for fear of squealing like a toddler on a sugar high.
But in the meantime we're still bringing you some cracking wedding tips and inspiration. Today we're talking about the unsung wedding heroes – so unsung, perhaps, that these roles might be entirely forgotten about until the big day. Here are some roles you might want to give people in advance to make sure you're not stuck when you need help the most…
Images scrapbooked with kind permission from original photography by Satureyes
Five unexpected wedding party roles
Toilet helper
As you can probably tell, my dress was pretty huge. Not to gross you out, but I'm going to put aside my shame and talk about the practicalities of going to the bathroom in a dress that big. If you have a fun, flirty fifties frock, then ignore the following advice, you can wee alone like an adult. But if you've gone for something a little more extravagant, I'm telling you, it can be a two-person job.
My advice would be to nominate someone already in your wedding party to help you when you go to the bathroom if you're worried about any mortifying train dippage (that's a word…). Also, choose someone you know well enough and are comfortable enough with not to be embarrassed in front of – your mum, a bridesmaid, a sister…
I chose one of my two maids of honour, Carys, for the accolade. Sorry, Carys. Having known her for twenty five years now (and for those who don't know me, that's all my life) she's seen me in just about every sticky situation imaginable. It sounds strange but the hilarity of the two of us trying to maneuver me onto the toilet and being interrupted by a very startled groomsman who overheard the whole thing, was probably one of the highlights of my day, mortifying as it was.
A tip, don't choose someone who doesn't already have a role – nobody wants their only wedding day job to be "toilet helper".
Carys is like my big sister, a role she totally relished on the day (Image is an instagram pic by my other wonderful maid of honour, Rhiannon)
Crowds disperser
It's not fun to arrive at the venue only to find a large crowd waiting where you need to scuttle through before you make your big entrance. I know that ushers are supposed to know all these things, but they're not psychic.
Make sure you designate one (trustworthy) person to liaise with as you approach the venue so that your big entrance isn't spoiled by people craning their necks for a first look.
Choose someone who's likeable but firm for this role. You don't want your friends and family feeling pushed around, but you also want someone with polite authority and gravitas so that people listen to them.
Cake dispenser
I have yet to go to a wedding (my own included) where someone remembered to cut and hand out the cake. I think it might be because the cake falls outside of the catering remit, is often cut a bit later in the evening after the meal is finished and most people don't think of it.
Either have a stash of plates and someone in your wedding party responsible for equally distributing the cake (make sure they think it through so that everyone gets a piece) or, if you can, have your caterers cut it up and serve it immediately after you make the first cut.
Whoever you choose, make sure someone has that responsibility as it seems so obvious, it's easily forgotten. And for that added special touch, you can serve tea at the same time or milk for kids (or big kids) to go with the cake.
This beautiful cake from Genuine Cakes made a wonderful decorative piece, and an even better breakfast for friends and family the next morning. Image © Satureyes
Unwanted interaction buffer
This may seem incredibly rude, but have a close friend on hand to act as a buffer if things get a bit too much. A wedding can be very overwhelming and there are always the well-intentioned people you don't know so well but invited out of duty who tend to monopolise your time. It's hard enough to get around the whole room, spend time with your family and see your new spouse without being stuck in a conversation that's going on way too long for your liking.
Have a friend you can give a very subtle signal to who can come and rescue you if it looks like you're trying to politely extricate yourself so that you can move on and say hello to everyone you need to see.
Guest book attendant
Go on, leave a guest book at an event and see how many people write in it of their own accord. Not many, judging from our experience, and ours was right next to a photo booth, we made it all very easy.
However you choose to do your guest book, whether you make video messages or use good old ink and paper, give someone the responsibility of going from guest to guest and giving them their moment to sign it. Most people really do mean to get round to it but with alcohol flowing and the festivities in full swing, it's easy for it to slip their minds.
Which unusual roles do you plan to have at your wedding? If you're married, did you forget something obvious because nobody was in charge? We'd love to hear from you!


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SDCC: Michael Jai White is the Bronze Tiger!
Straight from SDCC comes news that Bronze Tiger who recently made his NEW52 Comic book debut will be joining CW's hit superhero series "Arrow" for season 2 played by fan favorite martial artist Michael Jai White. Here's the news"
Executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg announced Saturday at Comic-Con International in San Diego that Michael Jai White ("Spawn," "Mortal Kombat: Legacy") will guest star in Season 2 as Ben Turner, better known to DC Comics readers as Bronze Tiger.
Color me excited guys! I'm curious to see how they execute Bronze Tiger for the series. Will it be classic Ben Turner? with or Without the Tiger head mask? or perhaps the NEW52 meta-human version? We'll have to see for ourselves when the second season of Arrow premieres on October 9, 2013!
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European Beech is another story
The fine folks at Horizon Wood Products in Western Pennsylvania are making available Beech blanks for making bench planes. This quarter sawn 16/4 material is European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica), not the American Beech (Fagus Grandifolia) I wrote about earlier. For … Continue reading
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If you're anything like me, you'd agree that long weekends are a perfect time to entertain. So with the long weekend ahead, what a better time to inspire you by sharing Celebrations By Alysia's amazing Melbourne Cup shoot. With an array of incredibly talented vendors, it is especially refreshing to see a Spring Racing celebration step away from pastels and opt for vibrant blues and deep greens instead. Consistency becomes key in this celebration, as the colour palette remains to perfection in every little detail.
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Cake Topper: Little Glitter Co
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Cookies: Frosted By Nicci
Champagne Labels: Kels Gift Labelling
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FdSc Addictions Counselling (Franchised)
Delivered by Action on Addiction at the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies in Warminster
This programme, delivered by Action on Addiction, aims to meet the demand for capable practitioners in the field of Addictions Counselling. It enables students who are interested in working in the field of addictions treatment to become skilled, reflective and competent counsellors. The programme aims to integrate humanistic, cognitive behavioural, motivational and twelve-step models. Whilst maximising flexibility in terms of learning opportunities it is intended that this programme be available to both novice practitioners and others who are employed within an addictions setting.
This programme includes a large work-based component where academic knowledge and understanding will reinforce and underpin the development of vocational skills in a planned integration of academic learning with work-based skills. The programme philosophy focuses on the development of reflective and effective clinical practice, provided by a range of learning opportunities including:
- the application of effective models of intervention for addictions treatment
- the investigation of a range of current issues in the treatment of addictive behaviours
- the completion of a clinical work-based learning placement
- the preparation for and reflection on clinical practice
- the development of a portfolio of professional practice.
This programme is offered on a full-time basis only (two years). Full-time students are expected to be new to the field and will have to complete two periods of work experience.
Teaching and Learning
As a student on a Franchised programme of the University of Bath you will be taught at the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies, in Warminster, by academics and practitioners who are experts in their field.
A wide range of opportunities for personal development will be offered by Action on Addiction at the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies, with additional support available from campus based specialists such as Student Services, the Careers Service, Academic Skills Centre and Library or in partnership with the University Students' Union.
Units are taught in 3, 4 and 5 day blocks, at the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies in Warminster. In addition to these contact hours, you will be expected to engage in independent learning, including reading, preparation, coursework and revision. Each standard unit (6 credits) has a notional learning time commitment of 120 hours, including both contact hours and independent learning. This is consistent with national guidelines.
Students are required to undertake a minimum of 684 hours of work-based learning activities in agencies in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors. Students are required to find a suitable work- based learning environment, in consultation with their tutor.
This is a franchised University of Bath programme of study. Students on the programme are registered at the University of Bath and the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies and are able to use the facilities at both for the duration of the course. The University's facilities include the University Library and the extensive range of sports and recreation facilities. Students on franchised programmes are eligible to join the University of Bath Students' Union. For further information please see the More details tab.
FDAP (The Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals) has granted graduates of the Foundation Degree in Addictions Counselling Type 3 evidence for 12 DANOS units. This entitles holders of the Foundation Degree in Addictions Counselling, upon completion of some simple proformae, to become certified by FDAP as 'Accredited Practitioners' before entering employment.
On successful completion of the Foundation degree, students who have achieved a sufficient grade level will be given the opportunity to progress to a one-year (full-time) programme leading to a BSc (Hons) Addictions Counselling Work-based Learning degree.
Additional costs
In addition to the cost of text books, you will also need to cover the cost of photocopying, printing and binding, and should budget at least £100 per annum for this. You will be responsible for your own travel, accommodation and living costs during the teaching blocks, the large work–based component of the programme and for the 2-day selection process you will be required to attend as part of the application process. Accommodation, at an additional cost, is available at the Centre for Addiction and Treatment Studies for the teaching blocks and during the 2-day selection process only, this is on a 'first come first served' basis.
Important information for candidates
- Applicants satisfying entry criteria will be required to attend and pass a selection process*
- Applicants meeting the academic entry requirements but with limited experience will be required to attend and pass a one-week intensive counselling course organised by the Centre for Addictions Treatment Studies before being admitted on the course.
- All applicants will normally also require a pass (at grade C or above) in English or their level 2 equivalents. Details of level 2 equivalent qualifications can be found here.
- Enquiries about entry requirements should be directed to the University of Bath Admissions Office:
Tel: 01225 383019
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Enquiries about course content should be made directly to Action on Addiction:
Tel: 01985 843780
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Entry qualifications
The following list is not exhaustive and applications will be considered from a range of qualifications and backgrounds
Access to Higher Education Diploma
- Health and Social Care
- Counselling and Psychology
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Teaching
- Social Work
Candidates must pass 60 credits with minimum of 45 at L3 and must have Level 2 English (either included or extra).
Open University Undergraduate Certificate
- Communication in Health and Social Care
- Health and Social Care or Promoting Public Health
NVQ and other L3 Qualifications
For example:
- CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Studies
- NVQ3 Counselling
- NVQ3 Health and Social Care (Adults)
Candidates must PASS the qualification and through the selection process submit a written academic piece of work.
BTEC Diploma (Old National Certificate - QCF Framework)
Counselling Skills - PP Profile
A Levels
Applicants must be studying a minimum of 2 full A' Levels achieving an overall profile of CD.
Advanced Level Apprenticeships
As part of the WVLLN progression agreement, candidates with NVQ3 Health and Social Care (Adults) or Advanced Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care are guaranteed an interview for this programme.
Non-UK based qualifications
Students applying with non-UK based qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants without formal academic qualifications
Students without formal qualifications but who have a minimum of two years relevant work experience and are able to demonstrate that they have developed the necessary skills to succeed on the course can apply through the University's AP(E)L procedures.
Normally, the prior qualification/credit(s) for accreditation should not be more than five years old before the start of the academic year in which the University of Bath unit would normally be undertaken within the programme of study.
English Language Requirements
Where English is not the applicant's first language an IELTS score of 6.5 with no element less than 6.0. or equivalent qualification, will normally be required.
*Selection Process
The first part of the selection process is informal yet structured and will last two days. It gives the applicant an opportunity to learn about the course. The selection days include individual interviews, group activities and role play where the tutors assess applicants on interpersonal skills, (natural) counselling skills and academic ability. The entire selection process includes participating in selection days, a homework assignment and, if necessary, attending and passing a five-day Introduction to Counselling Skills course in August before enrolling on the degree programme.
The selection days are held at the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies in Warminster and you will incur additional costs for travel or accommodation if you require these.
The two day selection process for 2017/18 has been scheduled for 10-11 April and 25-26 May 2017 (and July 2017 for late applications).
Enquiries about entry requirements should be directed to the University of Bath Admissions Office:
Tel: 01225 383019
Email: email@example.com
Enquiries about course content should be made directly to Action on Addiction:
Tel: 01985 843780
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
You can apply online through UCAS.
Course codes
- Institution code for the University of Bath: B16
- UCAS code: B940
- Campus code: H (Action on Addiction)
- Institution code name: BATH
- Short form of course: FdA/AC
Programme Specification
Find out what it means to be a student on a Franchised Programme of the University of Bath.


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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor for Oct. 8
Kingsbury has lived up to promises
I wholeheartedly support Jeff Kingsbury, but I am unable to attend community forums because of my current deployment here in Kabul, Afghanistan.
However, as a serving member of the Armed Forces here in country, I am proud to have Kingsbury as my local hometown council member.
Shortly after the controversy surrounding the debacle with the USS Olympia, I had the pleasure of talking with Kingsbury when he ran for office the first time. He told me he was fiscally conservative and socially liberal on a variety of issues. He held to his word.
As a progressive leader in a diverse community as Olympia, he has maintained the sliver of integrity that is lacking in so many political leaders throughout our country. He does not succumb to intimidation (which he endured during the nonsense over the height restrictions). He stands his ground, and I believe he is indeed looking out for the future of our city without all the grandstanding by others.
The "me generation" is long gone. Kingsbury is the "we generation" which means we must do the right thing. We must get off our duffs and plan for the future. And we must focus on our community, which includes military, state workers, families, partnerships and lifestyles.
Jeff Kingsbury brings all this with him, and it would be a shame if he wasn't around as part of the Olympia City Council.
DAVID GORDON, Olympia
Buxbaum has a vision for Olympia
Stephen Buxbaum is an outstanding candidate for Olympia City Council. He will bring a new style of leadership — one that is inclusive and collaborative, empowering community and neighborhood-driven solutions, and able to navigate the complexity of diverse needs.
His vision for Olympia includes a vibrant downtown with thriving local businesses, affordable downtown housing, preserving and enhancing the beauty of our natural setting, and working together to create a sustainable comprehensive plan.
This is not wishful thinking — with Buxbaum, one can count on vision becoming concrete reality. He has spent over 25 years in public service overseeing and securing financing for projects that have enhanced communities throughout Washington state. In the areas of sustainable development, affordable housing, homelessness issues, and assisting small businesses to create jobs he has an impressive list of accomplishments.
Buxbaum has contributed much to Olympia in the past and present. He helped raise funds and secure a permanent location for the Farmers Market. He assisted the beginning of many of our family farms through organizing one of the nation's first organic marketing co- operatives. He continues to support and volunteer at Garden Raised Bounty and he serves on the board of the Dispute Resolution Center.
In running for City Council, Buxbaum is focusing his years of experience on the community he loves. As his sister, I can vouch for his keen intellect, wisdom, integrity and heartfelt desire to serve the public good.
JULIA BRAYSHAW, Olympia
Price controls needed on drugs
President Obama has no understanding of health care.
Health care costs have not risen as the president claims. In the 1960s, many people that had diseases simply died quickly, thus costs were kept to a minimum. As technology in medicine has evolved, many of the diseases from the 1970s and '80s that would kill a person, are treatable with technology, so people live longer and use more technology.
If you want affordable health care, here it is. If an individual gets a serious illness, insurance companies must carry you for three years before they can drop you. Once an individual is dropped, allow them to buy into Medicare early.
The president should be putting price controls on drug manufacturers, not climbing into bed with them.
Drug manufacturers made $174 billion in Latin America last year and they are only offering to reduce drug costs by $80 billion over a decade. That's pocket change compared with the U.S. market.
Why would the president not allow Medicare or Medicaid to negotiate lower prescription drug costs? If the U.S. set price controls on drug manufacturers then the government would not have to operate the Part D (prescription drugs) program of Medicare. That would reduce government spending because citizens would have discounted drug costs without government intervention.
Members of Congress don't understand health care because they are too busy collecting $170,000 a year, shaking down lobbyists for campaign donations while flying around the world at taxpayers' expense so their wives can shop abroad.
GARY SNELL, Olympia
Can't force reverence
I took offense to Tim Rise's letter wherein he argues that not rising for the flag or the national anthem or "God Bless America" fails to show respect for our nation.
It's true that these objects represent the rights we have in America. But isn't one of those rights the right to dissent?
If I don't feel that I'm represented by "God Bless America," a religious anthem that flies smack in the face of what I believe this country to be about, why should I be obligated to stand for it, or be ostracized for not doing so?
Respect for the symbols of our country is all well and good. But enforced reverence makes a mockery of what those symbols stand for.
JOHN MCFARLAND, Olympia