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CALGARY, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (TSX: IE; NASDAQ: IVAN) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sunwing Zitong Energy (Sunwing), has signed the definitive Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Shell China Exploration and Production Co. (Shell). The SPA enables Sunwing to transfer its participating interest in the Contract for Exploration, Development and Production in the Zitong Block, Sichuan Basin of the People's Republic of China (Petroleum Contract) to Shell.
Sunwing's partners in the Zitong Block are Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). According to the Petroleum Contract and relevant agreements, Sunwing may assign rights and/or obligations under the Petroleum Contract to any third party, provided that such an assignment is agreed to by CNPC in advance and approved by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (the Ministry). Additionally, CNPC and MGC must waive their right of first refusal (ROFR) in respect of such an assignment. Sunwing received MGC's ROFR waiver on June 30, 2012 and CNPC informed Sunwing that its waiver is part of the Amendment Agreement to the Petroleum Contract (Amendment Agreement), which was signed by CNPC, Sunwing, Shell and MGC on October 9, 2012.
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Saffier Maritiem BV is a family business of the Hennevanger Brothers. Richard, the father, owned a shipyard in Australia, sold the company and returned to the Netherlands to build a yacht for himself. With this yacht, the family Hennevanger sailed around the world for eight years. Back in the Netherlands, Richard found a job in boat construction. For the first few years he worked mainly in shipping and fishery. In the late1980s he shifted his activities increasingly towards the construction of yachts. His sons, Dennis and Dean, took over the company in the mid-90s. In the meantime, Saffier Maritiem had developed into a full-fledged shipyard.
A shipyard like Saffier Maritiem does not just happen out of the blue. For its origins we have to go back to the mid fifties. With the help of his father, Richard Hennevanger bought his first boat, the Rainbow,
at the age of twelve. In fact, it could barely be called a boat, because the Rainbow looked more or less like a pile of wreckage. Nonetheless, Richard and his father believed in this boat and after a lot of blood, sweat, and tears they turned it into a beautiful boat, truly a rainbow! While they were sailing in the IJmuiden estuary one day, they were spotted by a coaster. The captain of the coaster fell in love with the Rainbow and bought the boat on the spot. The Rainbow was hoisted aboard; father and son were paid and brought ashore. Richard had caught the sailing virus and would never be cured. After his service in 1961, he decided to move to Australia with his wife. Soon after, Richard Hennevanger started his own shipyard.
It was a blossoming business and in the mid-60s he had fifteen people working there who produced approximately 40 yachts per year. The sailing boat Santana was a cabin sailing yacht of 9.50 and 11 metres in size.
In the meantime, he often worked with designers on special yachts that were over 12 metres in length.
He was particularly inspired by Bob Miller who would later change his name to Ben Lexcen (and who subsequently created the famous Australia 2 with a winged keel, with which he won the America cup for the first time as a non-American). Together with Bob Miller they designed a new boat with which he wanted to fulfil his next dream:
to sail around the world with his family.
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In 1972 the family sold everything they owned in Australia and decided to build yachts in the Netherlands. Richard and his wife moved to their homeland with their sons Dennis and Dean, who were born in Sydney, and were at that stage 7 and 4 years old. By that time Dennis and Dean were both good sailors and Dennis had already competed in his first junior sailing competition in the bay of Sydney. The yacht, a 16 metre ketch named the Spirit of Sydney, was built in the record time of one year. During the following eight years the family Hennevanger sailed around the world on the Spirit of Sydney. Dennis and Dean came into contact with many different cultures, developing an extensive general knowledge. Mother Hennevanger taught them reading and writing. Meanwhile, Dennis and Dean playfully learnt all aspects of sailing on the Spirit of Sydney. In 1980 the family decided to sell the Spirit of Sydney and to return to Holland. By that time, both boys could sail, moor and navigate the boat blindfolded.
Back in Holland, Richard started a new shipyard. Dennis was being trained as a mate while Dean studied naval engineering. Dennis also completely immersed himself in a new water sport: windsurfing. Between 1980 and 1985 he won the Dutch Championship three times and the European Surfing Championship twice. It was an excellent way of showcasing his talent. After Dean had finished his training, he started working for his father and immediately began to build his first boat. The 9 metre-long catamaran named "Hotlegs" Dee was sailing the waters of the IJsselmeer one year later where Dean scared the living daylights out of many a sailor by screaming past at over 20 knots!
When his surfing madness had abated, Dennis, who still had not had enough of travelling, worked as captain on various large yachts on the Mediterranean sea.
In 1991 Dennis also joined his father's company that was producing rescue vessels at the time. They also created one-off yachts varying from 30 to 46 ft for private individuals. It was slowly becoming apparent in the 1990s that the two brothers would eventually take over the company together. Both desired to have their own product, and Hennevanger senior started drawing. The construction of a seaworthy open sailing vessel of 6.50 metres became a reality in September 1997. The first boat was completed at the beginning of January the following year and could be tested in a trial run. The first trial voyage was undertaken at 15 degrees below zero in a strong wind of 7 on the Beaufort scale. It was not a pleasant experience but the open sailing boat, which in the meantime had been named 'Saffier', withstood the test. It was entered for the HISWA where it received overwhelming attention. At the HISWA several orders were placed for the Saffier and construction was started. Because of the family's combined experience the Hennevangers kept their cool and in one year were able to produce and deliver 18 perfectly finished Saffiers to their clients. The delegation of roles within the family became evident: the more extroverted Dennis assumed responsibility for sales and Dean took care of the technical production.
In 1999 Dennis showed a water sports journalist what the Saffier 6.50 was really capable of. With a south-westerly force 7 wind they crossed over from IJmuiden to Lowestoft, a distance of 110 miles.
The Saffier reached the other shore without any problem, thus proving her seaworthiness.
In 2001 the two brothers decided it was time for a follow-up. Naturally father had to create the new design. A year later the Saffier 8.00 became a reality. The Hennevanger experience can be recognized in this vessel as well. The media also noticed that and in 2003 the Saffier 8.00 was nominated as Boat of the Year. With only a difference of 1 point from the winner (max fun35) she was placed second. Soon afterwards the Saffier 8.00 was nominated as European Boat of the Year 2004. Unfortunately the Hennevangers had to pass up this opportunity due to numerous orders and they clearly chose to put their customers first. At the end of 2004 they nonetheless started yet another new design: the Saffier 32 ft. Boats were already being bought from the drawings and building could commence forthwith.
In the meantime the 100th Saffier 6.50 left the shipyard in 2005.
The Saffier was slowly gaining international recognition and the first Saffiers were being delivered all over Europe.
Saffiers were also sold in America and the Caribbean for the first time.
While the building of Saffiers escalated, the shipyard, that in the meantime had been named Saffier Maritiem, remained loyal to one business aspect. The yard continued to work for KNRM, the pilotage-authonty and professional shipping in general, and with that strengthened their financial position while limiting their risks.
In December 2005 the first Saffier 32 was launched, followed by a trial voyage period of six weeks. Only then would the Hennevangers be a hundred percent satisfied.
In the Fall of 2007 a new design is ready, the Saffier Se 26 open daysailer, this time designed by all three of the Hennevangers. This Yacht will proof to be a turning point for the Saffieryachts brand; From day one the Se 26 attracts huge media attention resulting in winning the highly prestige European of the Year Yacht contest 2009. The revolutionary design, which enable any one to sail comfortable all by itself attracts from the very first drawings customers who realize the potential of this daysailer. Effortlessy sailing is the key for lots of people and the se 26 provids all of this and together with her stunning looks and performance she is a total hit.
For the yard this means a subtantial growth. Internationaly they get more and more foot on the ground and the 2 brothers manage to keep to their first ever promise; build their Saffiers the best way they can.
2010 There is a new design, this time totally designed by Dean Hennevanger, The Se 23 daysailer. Dennis does all they extensive tested on their homewaters in rough Northsea and give signal green to show her for the first time on the famous Dusseldorf boatshow. An absolute eyecatcher the Se 23 wins again the European yacht of the year contest 2011 and the Dutch award Hiswa Yacht of the year 2011. Never before has a Dutch yard recieved 2 times a European yacht of the year award and sales continue to rise.
Expanding their market the brothers surge for trustworhty relaible partners who know there waters and customers in other countries. This result in a fine network where every customers can talk in his own words and culture to his Saffier representive in his or her country.
The Sc 10m is the next design of Dean Hennevanger and again straight from the drwaings 6 are sold. The timeless classic lines with all the modren qualities of the deck and cockpit layout are the ultimate for anybody who trully loves sailing.
Both brothers are active in sailing to this day. Dean likes to sail with his family in a Saffier 8.00. Dennis is often to be found in sailing competitions. By remaining actively involved they are on the alert for new developments that may possibly be adapted for the Saffiers.
In this way every Saffier is a modern yacht to which the latest innovations have been applied.


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Starting today, July 1, some 85,000 yellow stickers issued to owners of certain hybrid vehicles in California expire. Now these hybrids have to fall in line with gas-guzzlers, truckers and the millions of other vehicles that sit at a dead stop in the "regular" lanes of California's highways and watch in envy as carpoolers whiz by at 55-plus miles per hour in dedicated HOV lanes.
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For eight weeks in late 1983, Vicente Sotelo Alardin's pick-up, sidelined by a flat tire, sat parked on a back street near his house in Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Countless people passed by it each day, and neighborhood children climbed into the truck bed to play games.
No one knew the truck was dangerously "hot." From a distance of less than one meter, it emitted 50 rads an hour of radioactivity, enough to reduce the number of white blood cells that protect the body from infection and to inflict at least temporary damage to the chromosomes of anyone close by.
Sotelo's truck wasn't the worst of it, though. Officials on both sides of the border soon learned that the part-time electrician and hospital handyman had become a link in a chain reaction representing what is now acknowledged as the worst radioactive contamination in North American history.
Because the spill was so unusual, its full dimensions were difficult to measure. Unlike most nuclear accidents, in which a handful of people are exposed to brief bursts of high radiation, the Juarez incident involved thousands of people exposed to low levels of radiation over an extended period. Even so, the 200 or so residents in the immediate area received the largest radiation doses on public record. Measured in terms of the total number of people exposed, the Juarez incident fell somewhere between the partial meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island reactor in 1979 and the 1986 accident at the former Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear plant.1
The trouble had begun two months earlier, when Sotelo was sent to haul away some unused material from a warehouse operated by his employer, the Centro Médico in Juarez. Among the several pieces of equipment Sotelo and a coworker transported across town to the Jonke Fénix junkyard was a 20-year-old Picker 3000 radiotherapy machine that the hospital had purchased from the X-ray Equipment Co. in Fort Worth, which had in turn bought the unit from Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Once in Juarez, the machine had languished in the warehouse for lack of a qualified technician to fix it.
Sotelo's mistake was in pilfering an unmarked capsule from the load and throwing it into the back of his pick-up truck. Later, when he pried open the capsule, out spilled 6,010 small, silvery pellets that looked like cake decorations but were in fact loaded with high levels of the radioactive cobalt 60 isotope. Some of the pellets rolled into the truck bed and onto the road. Others remained inside the capsule, which Sotelo took to the junkyard and sold as scrap for the peso equivalent of $9. There, the capsule was dumped near a huge magnet used to load scrap metal onto trucks bound for two northern Mexico foundries.
According to investigators, each pellet in the capsule was capable of producing a dose of 25 rads per hour.2 As the junkyard magnet moved the scrap metal around, the pellets were mixed with other materials, pulverized, and spread across the area. Others became imbedded in truck tires and were then jarred loose along highways. An estimated 300 curies of radioactive cobalt found their way to the two Mexican foundries, one of which manufactured metal table legs for shipment to the largest distributor of restaurant tables in the U.S., while the other produced steel rods used in the reinforcement of concrete building projects. About 600 tons of the contaminated steel were shipped to the U.S. from December 1983 to January 1984.
Then, on January 17, 1984, a radiation alarm went off when a delivery truck took a wrong turn near the gates of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Later in the month, a different truck--this one transporting table legs--set off a radiation monitor in an Illinois State Police officer's patrol car.
Authorities eventually traced the radioactivity to the Juarez junkyard, where tests established that the capsule had been delivered on or before December 6--a date fixed with certainty because all paperwork generated at the site after that date turned out to be radioactive. Authorities immediately closed the junkyard and impounded Sotelo's pick-up. It took another two months to mop up the Jonke Fénix and track down the contaminated table legs and rebar steel at sites in Canada, Mexico, and 23 different U.S. states, including Texas.
Mexican health officials also ordered the demolition of 109 houses built with reinforcing rods containing the radioactive material in the western state of Sinaloa. Because pellets might have fallen anywhere on the roads between Chihuahua and Juarez, officials flew over the area in a special reconnaissance helicopter on loan from the U.S. Department of Energy. They found 22 radioactive sites and actually dug eight pellets out of the highway asphalt. And to prevent any more tainted steel from entering the U.S., the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Customs Service officials installed radiation monitors at all border crossings.
Although the use and transfer of nuclear devices are strictly regulated in the U.S., international sales weren't monitored. In the case of the sale of the Picker 3000 radiotherapy machine, no U.S. laws had been skirted. Brokers were under no obligation to notify Mexico's nuclear authorities or to check into the competence or licensing of the purchaser. The Centro Médico may have violated Mexican regulations when it failed to notify that country's National Commission on Nuclear Safety and Safeguards that it had imported the machine, but no action was ever taken against the Juarez clinic.
In the years since, one worker at the junkyard has died from a rare bone cancer. Others have suffered sterility, skin discoloration, and other disorders. Hundreds of Juarez residents have been tested for radiation poisoning, and at least a dozen have shown chromosome damage.
The hapless Sotelo--who, remarkably, seems to have escaped serious contamination--was arrested in 1990 on theft charges. In the prison where he still awaits sentencing, the guards call him El Cobalto--the Cobalt Man.
Meanwhile, a decade and a half later, the story of the worst radiation disaster in North American history continues to underscore the potential that increased trade and growing cross-border links pose for public health risks, environmental damage--and personal tragedy.
1 Susan West, "Hot," Science (December 1984); Paul Salopek, "Global Trade in Used Technology Imperils the Unwary," El Paso Times (July 28, 1991); Katherine Silberger, "[exclamdown]Desastre!" Village Voice (June 16, 1992).
2 A rad is a unit of absorbed radiation. One to 50 rads per hour is considered a highly dangerous dose. By comparison, a bystander at Three Mile Island would have received a dose of only about 100 millirads, or one-tenth of a rad.
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2011-03-27 15:35:46 Hello and welcome to the wiki. The ARC lends out climbing shoes and harnesses for the climbing wall, you just need to go to the desk by the locker rooms and give them your UCD Student ID card or whatever you use to get into the ARC unless you used a day pass or something. Of course, one might question the cleanliness of those shoes because they do rather look quite funky. —hankim
2011-06-01 17:20:57 Hahaha i don't know why on Earth I chose that username. Maybe I got an "A" in school that day. I am a person of normal intelligence who enjoys happy hour and friendly service :) —smartgirl
2011-06-01 17:23:20 You made the right call. Users/personofnormalintelligencewhoenjoyshappyhourandfriendlyservice would be a pain in the arse to have to type out. —TomGarberson


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2005 Hyundai Santa Fe
News about the 2005 Santa Fe is pretty sparse and is being eclipsed by the new Tuscon. So far, I've seen only two details: BorgWarner will supply the AWD system and the Santa Fe may be designated the Santa Fe CM (although the latter may not be for domestic consumption). Has anyone come across any details for the 2005 model? Will the styling change? Will the engine output remain the same? Will the warranty be changed? Any tidbits will be thoroughly chewed.
...but that's all it is. The Santa Fe has had an outstanding introduction so far and has actually led SUV styling cues (such as the "caved in" door panels) that other makers are imitating. It would be MUCH too risky for Hyundai to leap to such a radical redesign so soon, especially given their oft-quoted goal of becoming the number three import brand in the US. The US mainstream market simply won't tolerate such an ugly mug (which is why I also don't think the new Cadillac style will succeed). The style of the Tucson is more conventional and I believe that's the direction toward which the Santa Fe will head. I think the fender bulges will be flattened and the "fish lips" front end will go away.
But then again, it may just be wishful thinking. I really think that concept Santa Fe Mountaineer is absolutely hideous.
corvette United StatesPosts: 4,216I really wish Hyundai and Kia would dump the two-tone on their highline van and SUV's. It looks absolutely hideous. Monotone paint looks much better. I'm glad Lexus has finally gotten rid of it on the newest LS, ES, and RX models. Buick, if you're listening, the Rendezvous suffers from the same affliction.
I agree, as long as it's not the same ol' gray color. The bottom "tone" ought to complement the upper color...same hue but different brightness.
I think that Hyundai ought to either go monochromatic or replace the lower body cladding color with something much more interesting than gray.
Sorry to hear that the Santy will be growing. I like the current size - fits well in my garage. And now with gas prices above $2.00, I think it will be a mistake for them to make a heavier vehicle. Ford and GM are giving some great incentives to move their big SUV's.
I hope Hyundai will reconsider.
when the '05 Santa Fe will be on the streets? I'm thinking somewhere between the end of July and the end of September. I don't think Hyundai has to wait too long to clear out '04 inventory since the model sold so well.
Historically, when have the new Hyundai models been released?
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I'm hearing from other sources that there's definitely going to be a 2005 "refresh" to be released in September (just found out the release date).
Here's the latest drawing...
That grill looks like a slightly modified grill from the Kia Amanti. The stacked headlights are toned down versions of those found on the concept Hyundai Santa Fe Mountaineer.
I've heard that the interior has a "refresh" as well; but the only details I've read about were overall impression of quality. It's gone up quite a bit. "Niiiice" was a common word used. What that means to us is anyone's guess. I'd imagine Hyundai would borrow bits and pieces from both Hyundai and Kia to flesh out this stopgap model, with an overall trend toward refining the quality to bring it up to its eventual segment. How's that for MBA-speak?
But overall, I think the Santa Fe is going after Toyota Highlander territory, which means upgrading everything on the vehicle.
Yup. That concept is the Santa Fe Mountaineer. It's been around for two years and has a more radical front end and cladding than the drawing I submitted earlier. The number one comment I heard was exactly what you said — it looks like the Cadillac.
Here's a drawing and a photo of the Mountaineer...
the Mountaineer was introduced in 1997 as a rebadged Ford Explorer, I believe. Are you saying that the Santa Fe Mountaineer has been around for at least 8 years? (1996) And, yes, this is just a concept, but it still gets Joe Average confused when he looks at it (The Santa Fe Mountaineer) and then walks on over to the Mercury display and sees a larger SUV made by Ford, not Hyundai
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- 0Jun 1, '06 by Roy FokkerEven in my Junior year, I remember wondering if I'd bitten off more than I could chew.
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McChurch. Franchised Jesus. Theological clones. Incubator congregations. Ecclesiological buffets. From the devil.
If there is a classification of church that gets put down more than megachurches, it would have to be multisite churches. Is the critique fair? Sometimes, but not always.
As we found with megachurches recently, there is plenty of good that comes with the stereotypical bad. In the megachurch research, we saw they don't really draw away members from other local churches as much as people think they do, they are healthier financially and they are growing at a faster pace than smaller churches.
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All of us struggle with why we are in ministry on Monday morning, but we need to evaluate our motivation on a bigger scale. Let's look at what I think are some lousy reasons to plant a church and then share a great reason I recently heard.
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"I want to reinvent church." This one comes in a lot of flavors, but it always comes down to the bottom line of, "I have a better way to do church." More hymns, no hymns, pews, no pews, more art, more coffee, more beer, less structure, less formality. We're going to be radically sold out. We're not going to cater to Christians. We're going to go deep. We're going to go wide. We're going to be a church for people who absolutely abhor the awful church that I'm currently drawing my paycheck from.
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The experience: A life-changing encounter that would set the course for my spiritual future in ways I would never have imagined when I woke up almost late for class that beautiful spring morning in Tulsa.
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Louisburg broke Ottawa's back with a 99-yard drive at the end of the half to give them a 21-3 halftime lead. Louisburg had back-to-back 24-yard pass plays on the drive.
Ottawa gave up a 33-yard touchdown run and a 41-yard run that helped set up another score in the first half.
"We could not stop them," Ottawa coach Rob Hedrick said. "We did not make the plays tonight. They are a good football team. They do things really well. They don't do anything fancy. We didn't handle it very well."
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"We forced turnovers again," Hedrick said. "We might be leading the state in turnovers forced. We will find some good things. It is frustrating."
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"It was nice," Hedrick said. "I am glad we defended it. That is what we envision every time he touches the ball from the backfield. It was pretty. It was exciting. The kids are not giving up. We played the whole game. We talk about mental toughness."
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"I don't know what is wrong with our offense," Hedrick said. "We have to watch film and see what is happening. Why we can't move the ball. We will put in the time and get it fixed."
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Dr. Rosenbladt's 2012 Baccalaureate Invocation – Part IIMonday, May 21st, 2012
You probably were assigned, too, to read books or articles by professors of ethics who argue, say, for legalizing not just abortion but infanticide, who argue for euthanizing all the elderly in a society, etc. Now, don't misunderstand me here. I'm as grateful as the next guy for really well-thought-out critiques from non-Christian professors who do the necessary intellectual "pro-freedom" hammering for their students at the large universities they serve. May the God in whom they don't believe give them long lives & careers! But truth be told, such professors have to (as secularists) do the battle without reference to any transcendent God or supposed "word" from him, her, or it. It never crosses their minds that there might be an objective way to evaluate religious claims. And I understand a guy or a woman like that!
Most religions just assert. They don't offer what the New Testament calls an apologia—"a reasoned defense" as to how an unbeliever might test their claims in an objective manner. They don't specify how a skeptic might be persuaded by factually based argument that their particular religion's assertions are true. Christianity does. I'm pretty sure you'll agree with me that asserting is very easy to do! It takes very little talent to "assert." But forming precise arguments for position X or position Y is harder.
In the field of "religion," the usual theme is, "I believe in order that I might understand." "Don't question! First, just believe"—usually a blind, factually ungrounded (or badly grounded), arbitrary move! And the "promise" is that then and only then will you "understand." Even Christians say things like this! Or some Christians naively believe that only they give testimonies. The obvious problem: same testimonies are made by adherents of other religions—religions which deeply contradict each other!
Now it is logically possible that all religions are false. What is not logically possible is that all of them are true! Edgar Sheffield Brightman (Boston University): "In a religion where both Roman Catholicism and Christian Science are true, you have a madhouse!" No wonder the skeptic says, "Everybody says that their particular religious book. Everybody says that theirs is inspired—Christians, Muslims, mystics, Scientologists, Mormons! I'm starting to think that all of you people are nuts!"
What do you and I say then? Unfortunately, many of today's unbelieving professors at today's secular colleges were never given half a chance to think about the Christian truth-claim in their young, formative years. More often than not, if later-to-be professors were born to Christian families, they never ran into anything more than subjective arguments about "the inward satisfaction" the family members got from being Christians. Pretty weak stuff—especially if someone is young and asking the "Why" questions, wants to think about things, wants to ask questions as to intellectual foundations.
And even their pastors were not of help to these young men & women. Why? Because most Christian seminaries no longer train their future pastors in the cognitive defense of the Christian claim as true (what is called "apologetics"). Then, to further complicate matters, more often than we think today's unbelieving professors grew up in a heavily loaded "moralistic" version of Christianity. Suffocating—especially when authorities seemingly had no interest in the question of why such strange behaviors were so doggoned important or authoritative such that the young should obey them. They got no real answers when they, as young men or woman asked, "But why?"
And it was often not confined to their families' "rules," either; colleges are capable of doing the same thing! For example, some befuddled Christian colleges could decide that they were going to proudly distinguish themselves as "Christian" by declaring that their campus was going to be a dry campus—no alcohol allowed! I attended a non-LCMS Lutheran college like that. Young Norwegian and Swedish kids came there believing that Jesus was God and that the Bible was true. And they graduated not believing that Jesus was God or that the Bible was true! Why? Because of what the religion department taught them!
But let the admins discover a "pony keg" of beer in your room and you'd be kicked out of that same college! All of this is the perfect soil for [later] complete religious skepticism to develop (during or after college or graduate school years)! And, boy, does it ever. So, you graduates, I hope the college has helped you along these lines—even if you didn't ask the questions in your younger years, I hope you had to do that during your years at the college. And gain, if we faculty didn't help with such foundational questions, I apologize—not just for myself, but for all of us faculty here. But my bet is that, like it or not, your professors forced you to ask such fundamental questions as, "Why do you believe that Christianity is true?"
In closing, let me quote another obscure New Testament text for your consideration. (I never in my early Christian training ran into this text, let alone considered what it meant.) "Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, 'Sir, we wish to see Jesus.'" (John 12:20-21) When we read "Greeks," there are a lot of things we could say, but let's confine ourselves to it meaning "non-Jews," "outsiders". For reasons you and I could never guess, "outsiders" who know absolutely zilch about anything in the Bible will ask you and me about Jesus Christ. It can happen in the most surprising of normal situations: a dinner, a cocktail party, waiting in line for a movie, in the mechanic's stall, at the water cooler at the office… you name it! Will your college studies (and, I hope, an adult ed program in your parish that isn't a total waste of your time!) help you to answer that guy or that woman who is asking? I really hope so.
Such questioners aren't asking you whether you own a time machine, whether you can transport them back 2,000 years! They're asking you to summarize the "plot line" of the Bible—and sometimes particularly what your knowledge of the Bible can tell them accurately regarding the Person and work of Jesus Christ. God sends people like this to us. And more often that we would ever guess, they are the "educated" of our culture! Many times, people like this are smart enough to know that "secularism" has never delivered on its utopian promises; perhaps they're thinking that it never, ever can or will deliver?
They're looking for alternatives to what's being "sold" in our culture—especially in media and at most American colleges. Some begin to see that, down deep, today's secularism is "the emperor's new clothes"—that is, secularism is "naked as a jaybird!" They're asking you for some basic help. They're not asking you to tell them everything in the Bible. But they are asking about the core claim of historic Christianity, and they suspect it might have something to do with Jesus.
When such "Greeks" come to you (and come they will!), I hope we professors have prepared you for that conversation. We doggoned well should have. And not because we are a "Bible school." We aren't, never were, and never will be (important as those rare institutions are). I hope you'll be able to draw not just on what you learned in Old Testament and in New Testament, but maybe also what you learned in biology, in history, in literature, maybe even in theatre or art history? Even if you can't quote it from memory, you still might be able to recall the core sense of the most often quoted words written by the most famous apologist of the 20th century English-speaking world (C.S. Lewis):
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." – British author C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
When the "Greeks" of our day come seeking Jesus, God grant that we accurately point them to Him—and particularly to His objectively demonstrated deity—as St. Paul says, "designated Son of God by His resurrection from the dead" (a public event, open to examination by skeptics of this and every age, Romans 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15). And that we point them to His central function as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world"—including your sin and theirs.
Now may the peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and your minds though Christ Jesus to life that's everlasting. Amen.
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- Mouloud Aounit, honorary MRAP chairman and friend of Ashraf residents, passed away
- Prominent Shiite clerics in Lebanon call on all Shiites to support Syrian revolution
- Catastrophic quake in NW Iran; mullahs covering up widespread proportions of casualties and destruction
- Iraqi government prevents burial of corpses of three residents of Ashraf and Liberty
- At least 14 of Iranian regime elements arrested in Syria are senior IRGC commanders
Why should we care about fate of Iranian dissidents in Iraq?
The fate of a group of Iranian dissidents in Iraq may seem trivial compared to the big issues on stage in the Middle East and other areas of the world.
Since I became member of the Danish Parliament, I have tried to follow the situation in Iran and the people from Iran living outside the country.
It is my opinion, that the way the Baghdad government is handling the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) should be a vital factor to assess the extent Iraq wants to be considered as a member of the democratic international community.
My conclusions are unfortunately very bleak. Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is to a worrying extent, in thrall to the Iranian regime, and his government pays only minor respect to the US, the West and the UN. As a former Colonel, I am deeply sorry and deceived that all the efforts of my soldiers in Iraq ended in such results.
The sorrowful situation of the PMOI is a clear proof that from the top to the bottom – from the top hierarchy of power to the Iraqi troops on the ground – there is a deep disregard for fundamental human rights.
The awful massacre carried out a year ago by Iraqi troops who stormed the dissidents' home in Camp Ashraf and slaughtered 36 innocent, defenseless men and women is the clearest evidence. Furthermore, the subtle and extreme persecution of the dissidents in the new home they were forcibly made to accept, ironically called Camp Liberty is still ongoing.
The latest information from inside the refugee camp should act as an alarm bell to the UN and the US, both having committed them to protect the dissidents until they can be settled in third countries. It must also alarm nations taking part in the Coalition during the war in Iraq.
Make no mistake – the needs of these people are greater than ever.
In the years following the Iranian revolution in 1979, the PMOI settled near Baghdad and turned a barren piece of land, known as Camp Ashraf, into a modern city.
For 26 years the community thrived – surviving, in spite of being unfairly and wrongly labeled as terrorists by the U.S. in 1997. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, US Forces assumed control of Ashraf and a following investigation found not a single terrorist amongst the 3.400 members of the PMOI.
They were given official protection in Iraq, under the Geneva Convention. Three years ago, however, that protection was entrusted to the Iraqi government. Since then, the refugees have lived in fear. After the massacre of last April – carried out on behalf of the Iranian regime – Al Maliki took advantage of the lack of international reactions and planned an atrocity of even greater dimension and he announced the sudden closure of Ashraf.
Who knows what grim fate was in store for the dissidents, had a massive international campaign not saved the situation. Subsequent to assurances by the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the UN, and the leader of the Iranian resistance, Maryam Rajavi, the Government of Iraq agreed to the transfer of residents to Camp Liberty, a former US military base. The plan being that the inhabitants would be interviewed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, prior to their transfer out of the country.
But Iraqis have violated the agreement on a daily basis. Iraq created a "prison", not a refugee camp, in which the armed and physical threat is blatant. Iraqi officers are stationed within and armored vehicles steam through the camp on a regular basis.
On the first anniversary of the Ashraf April 8 massacre – where these same troops and same vehicles were used to crush the defenseless dissidents – a total of 29 residents were beaten and injured, as I have been told.
Read more: http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/11913-why-should-we-care-about-fate-of-iranian-dissidents-in-iraq
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I have just finished this week's Biz Growth Live call with Penny Haynes where we discussing how podcasting can build your brand and attract more of your ideal clients.
Penny is hosting the International Podcasting Expo on the 20 and 21 April 2007 where I am speaking. You might have read about this in an earlier post.
If you join through my link you will be able to attend the International Podcasting Expo for only US$35 (a 30& discount off the regular price) – just US$1 a session AND you will have access to all the recorinding of the event.
Penny is one of the worlds foremost trainers in podcasting having trained many of the people now branding themselves as podcast experts, so who better to ask about the state of the nation in podcasting. I was interested in her views as to whether she saw it was going to continue to grow.
Penny's view is that in the US there is still enormous growth anticipated – this is a subject that Dr. Dennis Mocigemba, International University Bremen will be covering at the Expo when they report the results of the first international podcasting survey.
She shared with me that on the "carry out" bags of McDonald's her children had brought home yesterday, there is now an advert for McDonalds Globalcast. Their content covers everything from corporate social responsibility, nutrition data and what it's like to have McJob!
At the recent Corporate Podcasting Summit Europe where I was a speaker, Tom Webster presented the findings of the US report, (Arbitron/Edison Media Research Internet and Multimedia 2007 Study), and highlighted that:
- 37% of the US popualtion have heard of podcasting (up from 22% in 2006)
- 13% of the US population have listened to a podcast (up from 11% in 2006)
- 11% of the US population have watched a video podcast (up from 10% in 2006).
Interestingly podcast listeners in the US are likely to be pretty evenly split across men and women with 51% being male and 49% female.
Jason Van Orden, one of my favourite podcast consultants, recently commented about a survey by Bridge Ratings who surveyed 10 US markets and reported that in March 2006 there was an overall reduction in the number of podcasts listened to.
When interviewed about this change in behavior, the following reasons were given for less podcast downloading:
- Schedule related. Too busy.
- Use of alternative entertainment media increased.
- Podcast content became uninteresting or boring – not cool anymore.
- Podcast "fatigue". Tired of seeking new content.
The study shows that approximately 20% of users who have ever downloaded and listened to a podcast do so on a weekly basis – downloading an average of five podcasts per week and spending approximately three-and-a-half hours a month listening to the podcasts that have been downloaded.
It is important to note that on average less than 20% of people listen to their podcast downloads on an MP3 player or other digital device.
This is interesting data for me to reflect on as I will be starting two new podcasts in the near future.
Keeping Todays Women in Business current on a weekly basis is certainly time intensive and to add a further two podcasts programmes on a weekly basis is not going to be easy.
As will all strong brands, it is critical that we are consistent in our podcast production. Therefore I am considering scheduling the new podcasts to being on a twice monthly basis.
It is like your newsletter – decide on your frequency of publication and then keep to that timetable.
Jason provides five great tips on determining how frequently to podcast:
- How much new content can your audience handle without reaching overload?
- How often can you come up with new content that is relevant?
- How much time do you have to produce new content?
- What kind of audience growth are you looking for
- How often do you need to update in order to stay fresh in the mind of your audience?
Jason will also be speaking at the International Podcasting Expo.
So if you are considering podcasting, I do hope you will join Penny, Jason, me and a host of other podcasting experts this next weekend. It will be fun and what's more you can join us without leaving the comfort of your own home and from wherever you are in the world.


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I'm reading French Kids Eat Everything (and Yours Can, Too): How our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters by Karen Le Billon, and it's fascinating! It's much more than a manual to cure picky eating and family food fights. It's an insightful examination of attitudes towards food, eating, and nourishment, and how they differ between the French model and the American (and by extension, Canadian) model.
I'm young (for a little while longer, at least) and single (likely for eternity) and it's my prerogative to eat dinner alone, standing over the sink. Or sitting on the couch, channel flipping. Or at midnight. Or twice. Because there's no one watching me, my eating routines lack both a social component and a sense of restraint. According to the author's mother-in-law, my normal habits are a recipe for obesity. So, apparently, is snacking, using food as a reward or punishment, allowing your children to dictate what or when they'll eat, and eating at any place other than the table, surrounded by your family.
Le Billon observes that French parents are firmly in control and by refusing to let their children eat the same thing every day, or complain about the food they're given, French children wind up eating a wider and much more balanced range of foods. They are more willing to try new foods, and they don't whine or throw hunger induced tantrums. Even children 5 or 6 years of age will sit patiently in a restaurant, while their parents linger over a nice long meal. This is because French children are taught that food is exciting and interesting; part of a familial set of rituals; and an aspect of their national identity about which to be proud.
It's a very far cry from exasperatedly stuffing greasy McNuggets into the whining maw of an angry 7 year old, en route to a hockey practice.
Check out this book whether you have children or not. As long as you're someone who eats, it will provide you with lots of interesting ideas. Food for thought, if you will.
I noticed a woman on the C-Train, jotting down the title, as I read. We started chatting and it turns out she is French. She said that in her family, they always made sure to eat together at the table, at a very precise time. Sure enough, she was slim. Maybe the French are on to something...
Back in February, I was asked to generate ideas for a Valentine's Day display at the Central library and the cynical side of me thought: let's do a display about breaking up! so I browsed through our collection about relationships, and to my sad surprise, I found plenty of books about heartbreak.
Apparently, men cheat on women and vice versa (with staggering frequency!); both genders unwittingly find themselves in co-dependent relationships, and it seems like everyone (married, dating, divorced, widowed) needs advice on dealing with emotional turmoil. There are countless people browsing on internet dating sites, while wondering whether to stay with their current partner or not – and perhaps you're one of them.
So, have you been cheated on, or are you the bad guy? Do you struggle with intimacy? Does it seem like you can't ever find a suitable partner – no matter how many dates you politely sit through? Are your standards too high or too low? Are you dating the same type of person over and over again?
There's only so much wisdom you can glean from Sex and the City reruns, and your more-than-slightly-bitter circle of friends. At some point, you're going to have to delve deeper and explore your childhood family structure, your fears and insecurities, and your expectations of what a lasting relationship entails. Not fun, but definitely necessary.
Find the tools you'll need by browsing the relationships section of your local library branch. Here are just a few of the items you might find there:
Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship & Life Together by Mark Driscoll
Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up by Harriet Goldhor Lerner
Mirror Effect: Six Steps to Finding your Magical Match Using Online Dating by Troy Pummill
From Shy to Social: The Man's Guide to Personal & Dating Success by Christopher Gray
In my last post, I mentioned that I picked up How To Be Black because I thought it would be hilarious. Indeed, it's funny, but it's substantive, too, and definitely worth your time.
Author Baratunde Thurston tells the story of his Nigerian name and his time at Sidwell Friends and Harvard, and describes the huge impact that his mother has had on the formation of his character. Thurston also assembles a panel of black thinkers, and asks them questions ranging from: Can you swim? to Are we living in post-racial America?
This book is not a manual for how to be cool, urban, "thug", or whatever else we may associate with being black. Besides, even if it provided that kind of direction, the result would be people who are either "too black" or "not black enough" – and this paradox is a central theme. Thurston himself has at times been considered too black, or not black enough. So have Barack Obama and many other prominent black individuals. So, what's the right amount of blackness, anyway? Can you imagine being told that you're too white, or not white enough?
How To Be Black is a fabulous exploration of what it means to be black, but it's also a rallying cry for those who are fed up with being identified only as black, and who just want to be themselves – whatever colour that happens to be. As for Thurston, he's black and he's proud! He's also a computer geek, an avid camper, an eater of tofu and much more. He defies black stereotypes and encourages other black people to do the same.
Check it out!
Congratulations to our Living Library Volunteer Program for winning the Leader in Volunteer Engagement Award from Volunteer Calgary!
The award ceremony was held last night, April 17th, and in preparation for the celebration, Volunteer Calgary visited the Library to film a living library in action and interview some of the volunteers and staff about the impact of the program.
The Living Library is indeed a program that we are very proud of.
We would like to thank all of the Living Library book volunteers, and staff who make this program possible!
Today I noticed two new books that I just can't wait to read! In fact, I'm sneaking some covert glances at a few of their passages, hoping my colleagues won't notice my temporary dip in productivity.
The first is Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? A Modern Guide to Manners by Henry Alford. The front cover leaves something to be desired, but the back cover glows with praise, including "slaying wit", "profoundly, wonderfully goofy" and "A master of the delightfully harebrained scheme", so how can you go wrong?
The second is How To Be Black, by Baratunde Thurston. The first line in the jacket is "If you don't buy this book, you're a racist" which is just the kind of in-your-face comedy that I relish. Thurston is the director of digital at The Onion. Need I say more?
I haven't been this excited since I got my hands on a copy of Tina Fey's Bossypants. And now that I'm totally over my fear of being regarded as psychotic for laughing repeatedly and out loud on the C-Train, I'm ready to delve into these new titles.
Visit a branch near you for recommendations about hilarious new reads!
National Volunteer Week pays tribute to the millions of Canadian volunteers who graciously donate their time and energy.
This year's 68th annual celebration takes place the week of April 15 to 21.
It is Canada's largest celebration of volunteers, volunteerism, and civic participation.
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Yaks live just inside the gates of Neitiznot, in a pen not far from the Neitiznot docks, where players can go to and from Rellekka by talking to Maria Gunnars. Players are not required to complete The Fremennik Isles to go to this island, players are only required to talk to King Gjuki Sorvott IV to gain access to Neitiznot. Before the Evolution of Combat update, they were popular among players for combat training. In terms of low level monsters with high Constitution and low Defence, Yaks were comparable to other training monsters such as the Rock Crabs and Experiments. The 100 percent yak-hide and hair drops represent a potential of 57 Crafting experience. A bank, spinning wheel and tanner are nearby.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Bones 1 Always 169 Yak-hide 1 Always 392 Hair 1 Always 171 Raw yak meat 1 Always 18
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