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Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
- Date of establishment: September 30, 2008
- Volume of the fund committed to projects: Euro 15 million
- Financial contributors: Norway (NOK 500 million – equivalent to USD 90 million) and UK (GBP 50 million equivalent to USD 80 million)
Background and Objectives
In February 2008, the AfDB, in partnership with the Central Africa Forests Commission (COMIFAC) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), held an international conference in Tunis on Funding for Sustainable Management of the Congo Basin Forests Ecosystems. Participants agreed to reinforce their coordination and dialogue efforts through the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) and to support COMIFAC and its sub-regional partner institutions by establishing the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) to mobilize resources to finance activities and projects aimed at promoting the equitable and sustainable use, conservation and management of the Congo Basin forests and ecosystems for poverty alleviation, sustainable social-economic development, re-gional cooperation and environmental conservation.
Areas of Focus / Sub-Sectors
The areas of intervention for CBFF grant funding will mainly be those that slow the rate of deforestation, reduce poverty amongst forest dwellers, and contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while maximizing the storage of carbon. Within the context of its objectives, the CBFF has identified a number of key thematic areas, namely:
- Forest management and sustainable practice
- Livelihoods and economic development
- Monitoring, assessment and verification
- Benefits from carbon markets and payment for ecosystem services
- Capacity building in REDD; in monitoring, assessment and verification; and in sustainable forest management
Target Beneficiaries
Around 80 million inhabitants of the Congo Basin, and in particular vulnerable groups (women, Indigenous Peoples groups) are the main beneficiaries of the fund. The CBFF will also benefit eligible institutions, including RMCs of the Bank, their central and local government institutions or agencies thereof, as well as regional agencies or institutions concerned with Congo Basin forest conservation and management issues. Eligibility is also extended to non governmental organizations at the country or regional level; civil society organizations; community based organizations; research and training institutions; regional, sub-regional and sectoral organizations; and private sector institutions.
Results and Milestones
- The legal instrument and framework document was endorsed by the Board of Governors on September 30, 2008.
- The operational procedures manual was endorsed by the Board of Governors in October 2009.
- The CBFF Governing Council is meeting three times per year to oversee the fund operations.
- Awareness raising side event organized during UNFCCC Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
- The first request for proposals was issued in June 2008; 188 concepts were received. Upon review, 94 were invited to submit a detailed project proposal and 15 proposals have been considered for funding, for a total amount of about Euro 15 million.
- Sensitization seminars and capacity building activities were organized in four countries of the Congo Basin Forest and more than 100 participants from various NGOs attended.
- Seven CBFF staff members have been recruited and resumed work in December 2009.
- The second call for proposals was launched in December 2009. and closed on February 28th, 2010. The CBFF Secretariat received about 420 concept notes including 382 from NGOs for the total value of Euro 280 million and 23 from the 10 COMIFAC governments, requiring some Euro 52 million. From the 382 requests from NGOs, 82 were retained for further consideration and 12 project proposals were subsequently endorsed by the CBFF Governing Council for Euro 11.2 million on November 2010 in Libreville. Concerning the government"s proposals, the CBFF Governing Coun-cil endorsed 13 projects proposals for about Euro 52 million.
Administration and Governance Structure
CBFF consists of a governing council, which provides strategic direction and oversight of the Fund, and ensure broad donor and stakeholder participation and a secretariat headed by a coordinator, to manage the Fund. A reference Group will act as a forum for consultations around the operation of the CBFF. The governing council is co-chaired by the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin (former Canadian Prime Minister) and Prof. Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate). Other members include the President of COMIFAC, the Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), a civil society representative and a donor representative and a senior AfDB official (VP). The Secretariat is based at AfDB Headquarters, with technical staff located at AfDB regional offices in Yaoundé and Kinshasa.
Major Activities in 2011-2012 / Additional Resources Required
- Processing of proposals received following the second request for proposals.
- Issuance of grant agreements to successful second request for proposals.
- CBFF to assist national governments to implement their projects.
- CBFF to assist the projects of the first call for proposals to improve their implementation and management in order to obtain the planned results.
- CBFF to provide support to Congo Basin countries to inform and influence future UNFCCC discussions and negotiations on REDD+.
- Completion of the procurement process to identity a Fund Management Agent (FMA) to manage small civil society projects on behalf of CBFF.
- Successful fundraising efforts leading to additional funding for the period 2011 and onwards. Additional funding will be needed to help COMIFAC member countries, prepare, experiment and implement their individual national REDD + plans.
Experiences, Challenges, and Ways Forward
The CBFF is an innovative funding mechanism for the Congo Basin and the AFDB. The interest and commitment by all partners has contributed to a relatively fast start-up of the CBFF following its launch in June 2008. A challenge has been to set up the Fund systems while also managing the first call for proposals. The secretariat established at the end of 2009 prepared the second call for proposals as it handled the results from the first request of proposals. The adoption of competitive grant cycles and proposed use of a Fund Management Agent to manage small civil society projects on behalf of the Bank offers potential wider benefits and lessons learned for the Bank. Today, given the needs of the stakeholders of the Congo Basin region and the great role of the Congo Forest in the mitigation of Climate change and the fight against poverty, additional funding is needed to help CBFF to provide better support to the beneficiaries of the fund.
Technical Department and Task Manager
Clotilde Ngomba, CBFF Coordinator, Agriculture and Agro-industry Department
Tel: (216) 7110 3219
Partnerships and Cooperation Unit Focal Point
Khadidia Diabi, Principal Cooperation Officer, Tel: (216) 7110 3002
Latest news
- 30/10/2014 AfDB strongly committed to preserving ecosystems and wildlife in Africa
- 25/11/2013 AfDB acts as international knowledge broker for key environmental mechanism: Payment for Environmental Services
- 21/11/2013 AfDB underscores climate solutions at Africa Day, COP 19
- 20/11/2013 AfDB promotes green and sustainable growth in Africa at UN Climate Talks in Warsaw
- 14/11/2013 AfDB to Support Africa's Green Growth Agenda at COP 19


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New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony Still Undefeated at 5-0
ORLANDO, Fla. – In their first four games of the season, the New York Knicks have managed to surprise their critics.
They have been consistently performing above expectations, jumping out to an unbeaten start.
Add in another night and another victory and the Knicks' breakout beginning doesn't seem to have an end in sight.
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, J. R. Smith and Raymond Felton each added 21, and the New York Knicks held off the Orlando Magic 99-89 Tuesday night to improve to 5-0.
The victory extended New York's NBA-best start. The Knicks have won their first five games for the first time since opening the 1993-94 season 7-0 on their way to the NBA finals. The Knicks remain the league's only unbeaten team.
"Defense, we buckled down," Anthony said. "We kind of slowed them down, kept them off the glass rebounding. Once we had a chance to rebound the basketball, get out and make some shots, we didn't turn back from there."
New York coach Mike Woodson has made no secret of the fact that for the Knicks to continue their recent output long-term, keeping his older team well-rested will be a necessity.
A three-day rest following their dominating win over Dallas on Friday was perfect timing for a Knicks squad that played its first three games in just four nights.
It showed against and Orlando team whose younger players were fearless attacking New York early on.
But so much youth on the floor also gave way to some careless mistakes late in the second half. Orlando pulled to 82-80 before the Knicks went on a 13-4 spurt to take a 95-84 lead with 2:36 to play and put the game away.
New York led by just a point at the break, Knicks coach Mike Woodson said that kind of effort wasn't there early.
"We weren't playing hard enough," Woodson said. "You can't just roll the ball out and think because their record indicates that they may not be good or they're struggling as a team — any team can beat you in this league ... We got a few stops, and scored a bucket and we were able to secure the win. But it was a tough victory tonight."
Along with Anthony's big night, the Knicks were also able to sustain the Magic's efforts as Smith continued his hot streak from the 3-point line, connecting on both of his attempts. He is 13 of 18 overall for the season from behind the arc.
"It's great. It's a great feeling," he said. "We want to keep it going. So we can't get too lackadaisical like we did in that first half."
The Knicks will have another break from game action Wednesday before playing at San Antonio Thursday night.
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Hershel's not supposed to be dead yet. He dies at the end of the prison arc in the comic.


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(AP) — Congressional officials say Boeing is proposing a long-term fix for the 787 Dreamliner's troubled batteries that won't have the planes back in the air until April at the earliest.
Boeing officials were presenting their plan Friday to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The officials say the plan will require some testing and safety recertification of the plane's lithium ion batteries, but not a complete recertification. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
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Video Tutorial: Basic Visualization
Bethany Nine November 2, 2012
I'm back on the blog with the latest installment in the Postprocessing and Visualization Videos series. The two-part video shown here covers "Basic Visualization". Chapter 1 and 2 will give you an overview of COMSOL's visualization tools so that you can optimize how you view your model, both while setting up your physics and while postprocessing. I explain two tricks in the video that I'd like to draw your attention to in particular.
1. The Measure Tool
The measure tool provides you with useful information about your geometry that can help you when setting up your model or postprocessing. For example, use this tool to retrieve information such as the coordinates of a point, the distance between two points, the length of a line, the surface area of a boundary, and even the number assigned to a geometric entity (Boundary 5, Point 112, etc.).
2. The Ability to Hide Parts of your Geometry
Hiding parts of your geometry is a particularly useful technique when you have features on the interior of your model that you'd like to view more clearly without being hidden behind the outer features. Also, you can choose to plot only part of your data so that you can focus on the results from the regions of most interest. There are two ways to do this, and both will be explained in the videos below.
Chapter 1
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John Smith
September 21, 2013 1:23 am
very good and helpful
Thank u
Signe Engelsholm
May 16, 2016 4:33 am
For some reason, I can never see these COMSOL blog videos. How can that be?
Regards, Signe
Caty Fairclough
May 16, 2016 4:56 pm
Hi Signe,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! We've updated this page, so hopefully you can view these videos now. If not, you can find the videos here and here. I apologize for any inconvenience!


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Friday, May 17, 2013
Fiftyshadesofhay Gets Up To Win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
BALTIMORE, 05-17-13 – Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman's Fiftyshadesofhay closed with a rush to claim a narrow victory in the 89th running of the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course.
Emollient, the 4-5 favorite ridden by Mike Smith, had trouble leaving the starting gate and was never a serious factor during a sixth-place finish.
Fiftyshadesofhay broke her maiden at Hollywood Park last year and won the San Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita in January. She most recently finished third in the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) on April 6.
Fiftyshadesofhay paid $6.60.
Bob Baffert (trainer, Fiftyshadesofhay, winner) – "I wasn't sure turning for home because I told Rosario that she usually runs 1-2-3, but ride her the way you feel you should ride her. Rosario sort of did his own thing today, but it was the right thing."
Joel Rosario (jockey, Joel Rosario, winner) – "It was kind of a perfect trip, but she was kind of slowing a little bit from the dirt in her face. I got her on the outside and she looked like she was really comfortable. Right when I went past the three-eighths pole before turning for home, she kind of got away from me a little bit. I was kind of worried about it, but she was able to get it back together and she kept going. Bob (Baffert) told me, 'She's just one-paced, so keep her going.' So I think it was a little bit better to keep her on the outside. When I passed the sixteenth-pole I could see that the horse in front of me was backing up a little. That's when I felt better.
Steve Hobby (trainer, Marathon Lady, 2nd) – "She ran huge. She ran her tail off. She had a great trip. I don't know what we could have done any different.
Robby Albarado (jockey, Marathon Lady, 2nd) – "I had a lot of horse under me the entire race. Something must have happened to Mike's (Smith) filly (Emollient) in the gate, because I thought she'd be up front. I found myself lying third and very comfortable at every point. I thought I had it won until right before the wire."
Javier Castellano (jockey, Toasting, 3rd) – "She was great today. They put the blinkers on her and she pulled me all the way. I'm happy with what she did against the best 3-year-olds in the country. She stepped up and showed us her class today."
Bill Mott (trainer, Emollient, 6th) "She had a pretty good stumble leaving the gate, which didn't help. Obviously, she got back a little further and had to overcome that. It looked like to me she might have been fighting that racetrack. The main track may not be her best surface, so you might see her try the turf course next time."
Mike Smith (jockey, Emollient, 6th) – "She stumbled out of the gate really bad, and she caught her leg. It was pretty much over for us after that."
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By Tina Glasneck
Thanks to everyone that showed up on the 15th. The "Celebrate with a Book" Author Book Fair was a success!
It was a complete pleasure for me to not only meet these amazing people, but to also have an opportunity to work with them. Our spirits were high and merry!
Below are some of the wonderful pictures featuring the authors at their tables.
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I hope you have enjoyed this adventure as much as I have, and that you've been able to discover many new authors and the wonderful tales that they weave. Thank you for taking the time out to "Celebrate a Book" with us and may your holiday season be merry and bright.


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text: Power Hour: Bullish on Ethanol Growth July 12, 2013 09:45 AM Tweet It's important to take a step back from the present day political fray to realize just how important ethanol has become to producer incomes. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Plenty of bears can be found on ethanol growth. Demand has peaked and with the 10% blend wall tough to break through and tumbling gasoline demand, ethanol demand—and corn use for the fuel—has essentially been reduced. Still, many remain bullish on ethanol. One is Chad Hart, an Iowa State University ag economist. This year, he says, ethanol corn demand slipped to 4.7 billion bushels from 2011's peak of 5 billion. Hart sees a rebound to 4.9 billion bushels for 2014, and new records in corn demand for ethanol of more than 5 billion bushels right around the corner, eclipsing 2011's record. What makes Hart so optimistic? "I believe we'll break through the blend wall during the next two to three years." Specifically, he sees growth in both E15 and E85, en route to meeting higher mandates under fierce attack this year in Washington. "Only about 20 stations sell E15, but I see that growing to well over 200,000 stations within two to three years," he says. In saying that, Hart firmly believes that present regulatory and market hurdles will be overcome, just like they had to be earlier with E10. Some of that involves rulemaking by EPA, another creating an incentive for stations to convert to new pumps so they can sell it. Still, 200,000 stations would only be 1% to 2% of all gasoline stations, but it would be an important start for E15 use, he adds. As for E85, the major hurdle is price. It doesn't presently make economic sense for consumers to buy it because it costs more than unleaded gasoline, factoring in the 25% less energy that it has than E10. Thus, gas mileage drops. Because of that, owners of flex fuel vehicles aren't buying it in great numbers. Hart sees that changing. "There have been episodes when E85 was cheaper than unleaded," he says. I think we will have more of those episodes." When that happens, he thinks E85 sales will mushroom. Some in the industry have become more optimistic for E85 growth, in fact, than E15. Some of Hart's economist colleagues disagree. One is Wallace Tyner, a Purdue University ag economist. He does not see either E15 or E85 advancing much. "While there is a little bit of E85, E15 is adding essentially nothing," Tyner says. He does not see the massive station conversions necessary for E15 to succeed in a major way. For E85 to make economic sense, it must be priced 22% less than gasoline, and Tyner believes that's unlikely to happen in the short run. Because of this, he believes that EPA will likely reduce the ethanol mandate moving forward to match the reduction in the 10% blend wall, given the decline in gasoline use. At present, that's 13.3 billion gallons of ethanol, not the 13.8 billion gallon mandate for 2013, let alone the 14.4 billion gallon mandate for 2014 called for by the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). EPA has the authority to lower the mandates. For its part, the Energy Information Agency, part of the Department of Energy, projects a 6% increase in ethanol production in 2014 from this year's levels, which obviously would represent a nice boost for corn demand. EPA recently testified before Congress that higher blends of ethanol may be needed to meet increasing requirements or significant additional volumes of non-ethanol biofuels would be needed. "We will continue to look at the potential impacts of the blend wall over the near and longer term," EPA says. The agency will look at these issues as it sets ethanol requirements for 2014. It's important to take a step back from the present political fray to realize just how important ethanol has become to producer incomes. For 2012/13, USDA says in its July 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) that a total of 4.65 billion bushels of corn will be used for the fuel for 2012/13. That's nearly a 2 billion bushel increase in just five years. For perspective, this growth alone is far greater than corn exports WASDE forecasts for 2013/14. "The present blend wall means that 27% of corn is used for ethanol," Tyner says. "That's still a lot of corn." Back to news


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I love seeing items that have been written off as old or outdated brought back to life with a quick fix. Jennifer from Southern Inspirations did just that to a pair of brass candlesticks from her garage sale stash and white pillar candles. Jennifer spray painted the candlesticks for an oil rubbed bronze finish and wrapped her pillars with sheet music and ribbon. You could easily replicate this look with secondhand items or dollar store finds.
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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on parallel programming and multicore technology.
Compiler Construction
19th International Conference, CC 2010, Held as Part of the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2010, Paphos, Cyprus, March 20-28, 2010. Proceedings
edited by Rajiv Gupta
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Compiler Construction, CC 2010, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in March 2010, as part of ETAPS 2010, the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. Following a thorough review process, 16 research papers were selected from 56 submissions. Topics covered include optimization techniques, program transformations, program analysis, register allocation, and high-performance systems.
The OpenCL Programming Book (Kindle Edition)
by Ryoji Tsuchiyama, Takashi Nakamura, Takuro Iizuka, Akihiro Asahara, and Satoshi Miki, translated by Satoru Tagawa
The book starts with the basics of parallelization, covers the main concepts, grammar, and setting up a development environment for OpenCL, concluding with source-code walkthroughs of the FFT and Mersenne Twister algorithms written in OpenCL.


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Human Mom, Vampire Dad, new hatemail
Arriving at Vancouver airport yesterday – Peter Facinelli returning from Portland where he attended a charity event and Sarah Clarke who plays "Bella's" mother, both in great spirits in anticipation for a busy week ahead on Eclipse.
For more details on what was filmed late last week, click here and for all exclusive shooting details to date, click here, a good resource for Twi-Hards and pseudo journalists who don't have the hook-ups to source their own information, or the professional courtesy to credit others who do.
Also this weekend – Nikki Reed and Elizabeth Reaser, work out partners, continue to adhere to their training schedule. I'm adhering to my training schedule too. It's the eating schedule that's a problem.
Nikki and Elizabeth opted for protein shakes.
I opt for bbq pork and fried rice.
And a new installment of Twi-Hard hatemail. Lately it's been boring – just the usual "f-ck you bitch, whore, c-nt, hate you SooooooooSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" rants without the creativity.
Tonya, thankfully, sent this in on Friday.
Hi Lainey,
I am embarrassed for the people who with obscenities and swears. Most Twilight fans are not like that and it's not fair for you to depict all of us as crazed teenagers. I am a grown woman of 32 and happily married. My husband and I enjoy Twilight together and we have been inspired by Bella and Edward's love but I do not stalk the actors and act silly like the people you describe.
I just want to give you some advice. You have a way with words and sometimes I do laugh but you are very vulgar with your language and the swears. This is not attractive in a woman and men do not find it attractive at all. You say you are married. Marriage is about compromise and hard work. I don't think your husband will like the way you talk with all your swears. A man can't take so much vulgarity in a woman. It is not sexy. You should think about it before it's too late.
Good luck to you Lainey.
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The Chrysler Group put in the first indoor test track at the Dallas/Fort Worth Show (February 19-23) within the 25,000 square-foot display, so that participants will get a chance to ride in the Dodge Ram and get a bird's-eye view of the show from "Ram Mountain." Meanwhile just outside the show, attendees can get behind the wheel of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and FIAT offerings for a no-pressure test drive.
The Texas show will debut the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 and 2014 Dodge Journey Crossroad as well as display the awesome 2014 SRT Viper GTS and the award-winning 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. The 28mpg EcoDiesel, which was named Motor Trend's "Truck of the Year" and Texas Auto Writers Association's "Truck of Texas," will be in good company with the 2014 Ram ProMaster cargo van and Ram 2500 6.4-liter HEMI V-8. Muscle car lovers will be happy to see the new 2014 Dodge Charger 100th Anniversary Edition and 2014 Dodge Challenger R/T Shaker model. You can also get a close look at the 2014 Dodge Dart Blacktop.
It's been a great couple of months for the Chrysler Group. In addition to the awards that the Dodge Ram 1500 EcoDiesel has received, more than 8,000 units in just three days have been ordered – completely filling its initial allocation. Excellent fuel economy and 9,200-pounds of towing capacity has proven a winning combination. Meanwhile the Dodge brand has been named one of Fast Company's "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" (March 2014 issue) for "being part of the conversation, no matter what." It is quite possible that the successful Ron Burgundy ad campaign played a role in that. Advertising has proven a strong point for the Chrysler Group as of late, claiming the #1 automotive spot in the 2014 Annual YouTube Ad Blitz Poll, which ranks Super Bowl ads.


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(First: The equivalent of "Salve" in Greek is "Xaire", but neither one really means "Grace", since they are imperatives built off of distinct verbal roots -- salveo and xaireo. Rather, they mean "Howdy," or, if one likes to be over-literal, "Rejoice" or "Be happy/well")
Second: What you describe is indeed a Scriptural account for Christ's salvific work. However, as I'm sure you are aware, that is only one of many Scriptural reasons given for Christ's economy. Protestantism likes to emphasis the forensic justification/atonement model for a variety of reasons (many of which have to do with inheriting such preoccupations from Roman Catholicism), while Orthodoxy, along with most of the ancient Fathers, likes to emphasize Christ's death as the destruction of death (think Romans 5:12, et al.). Also, Orthodox theology has not tended to strictly divorce justification from sanctification (there are major Protestant theologians who do likewise).
Here's a question: What is salvation? Is it primarily getting out of Hell? (Such tends to be the unfortunate result of over-emphasis on forensic justification). Or is it about eternal life in Christ, an on-going relationship that moves from "grace to grace"? And what is the difference (if any) between saying that Christ's sacrifice "gets us out of Hell by satisfying Divine Wrath" and saying, as St. John does in his account of Doubting Thomas, that the gospel was written so that one might have life?
In one sense you almost appear to be arguing sematics here. Does it matter?
Salvation to me is eternal life in Christ but such is a state that I didn't naturally have so I tend to see the whole thing from the perspective of natural man which tends to throw a pretty dark blanket on man's natural state in the universal. I can appreciate the Orthodox positivist spin but from the perspective of natural man his and his natural state of sin we see eternity as pretty grim without the possibility of Salvation through Christ. So natural man's state of death is ultimately the penalty of sin be it Original or otherwise. So if we are unable to make ourselves 'justified' before God in order to earn eternal life then it stands to reason that we are 'justified' through someone ease (i.e. Jesus). Justification is simply the explanation of 'why' one sinner 'has' it and another sinner 'don't'. At least that is how I understand the connection between Justification and Salvation. Of course I would argue that it's all pretty Biblical and needs no rationale outside of Revelation.
Christ died for us on the Cross to pay the price of sin.
In that act he continues to be a mediator for us who are sinful with God The Father who is Holy.
So is that death satisfaction to God The Father for our sin? Well it sure looks like it to me. If not why do we need a mediator? Couldn't we simply come before God and just 'repent'?
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GedView is one of several genealogy programs available for the Ipad. I'm going to be reviewing most, if not all, of these programs.
I'm starting with GedView. GedView is designed to allow you easy access to your genealogy files when you're away from your computer. You can consult your files in a library, a cemetery, a friend's house, a coffee shop - you get the idea!
The layout of GedView is very nice. A User's Manual is included when you download the App, and it's very easy to follow.
When you open GedView the first time you'll see the ABOUT screen and a clickable button labelled SELECT/IMPORT GEDCOM FILE. A simple tap of the button takes you to the screen for selecting and importing a GEDCOM.
You can either Download a GEDCOM from a website or choose the Upload to Device option.
Each option is very clearly explained and easy to follow. I chose to Upload to Device because it allowed me to turn ON the switch for the Server and transfer my GEDCOM directly to my Ipad over my WiFi network.
As soon as I turned the Server ON, I saw two new lines of text below the switch. These were the two addresses for me to upload my GEDCOM. The first was the name of my Ipad (Administrator's Ipad). The second was a numbered URL in the form http://xxx.xxx.x.x:xxxx
Next step was to open my browser on my computer (not my Ipad) and go to the second URL given in my Ipad.
Once there I chose the UPLOAD FILE button and selected my GEDCOM from my computer's FTW directory. Bingo, it was done. When I reopened GedView my entire genealogy file was there at my fingertips.
There is a third option and that is to use the File-Sharing capability for Ipad using Itunes. This option is also fully explained in the Help File on GedView. You can even email yourself a GEDCOM as an attachment, then open it in your Ipad email you've set up and it will view in GedView.
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John Murray
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John Murray
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albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Current affairsElizabeth Garrett Anderson is the first female to be awarded a doctor's licence. She is also involved in collecting signatures for the Manchester Suffrage Committee, the first suffrage organisation, formed this year. John Stuart Mill was also elected to parliament this year on the platform of women's suffrage.
Palmerston dies in October, and is replaced as leader of the Liberal government by his Foreign Secretary, Lord Russell.
Art and scienceLewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is published, inspired by Carroll's relationship (as Oxford don Sir Charles Dodgson) with his friend Henry George Liddell's daughter Alice.
Matthew Arnold publishes the first series of Essays in Criticism, a defining text in the development of English literature as an academic discipline.
InternationalIn the American civil war, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, leading to the surrender of the Confederacy's remaining field armies. A few days later, US President Abraham Lincoln is shot dead by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth. Later this year slavery is officially abolished after years of fierce campaigning. In response, the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan is founded on Christmas Eve.
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Growers exploring the automated steering world for the first time are confronted with a range of options that affect steering accuracy and the ability of systems to find the same line in a field from day to day, or from year to year. Here are some basics to help sort through the product specifications.
Pass-to-pass accuracy
The accuracy of steering systems from one field pass to another is determined primarily by the accuracy of the GPS signal arriving at the GPS receiver. The term "pass-to-pass accuracy" acknowledges that, because of ever-changing satellite locations, varying upper atmospheric conditions and myriad other factors, GPS receiver positions drift over time — that is, when measured against the location of the previous field pass. As a result, steering system manufacturers typically quote pass-to-pass accuracies that assume the next pass will take place within 15 minutes.
GPS accuracy
For practical purposes, there are three broad GPS accuracy categories available for automated steering systems: submeter (less than a meter), decimeter (less than a tenth of a meter, typically claimed to be between 2 and 6 in.), and real-time kinematic (RTK), with an accuracy of 1 in. or lower, depending on the system. The least-accurate signals are free; the others require an annual subscription fee and, in many cases, a more expensive GPS receiver and/or the operation of a separate GPS base station.
Submeter signals
DGPS or WAAS. Both the Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which has largely superseded it, were developed by the U.S. government to improve the accuracy of signals from GPS satellites. Various automated steering system manufacturers claim that these signals provide steering accuracies of ±6 to 12 in. from pass to pass, or simply state a "submeter" accuracy. In reality, the accuracy of a WAAS signal can vary by time of day and location, so pinpointing its accuracy is a moving target.
John Deere SF1. John Deere provides this proprietary signal free of charge to customers. According to Deere, it has an accuracy of ±13 in.
Decimeter signals
OmniStar XP/HP. These DGPS signals offer pass-to-pass accuracy of ±4 to 6 in. and ±2 to 4 in., respectively, according to steering system manufacturers. OmniStar officials say the XP signal provides accuracy of about a 3-in. radius 95% of the time over 24 hours. An HP signal provides an accuracy of about a 2-in. radius. Annual subscription fees are $800 and $1,500, respectively.
John Deere SF2. John Deere provides this proprietary signal to customers for an annual subscription fee of $800. It has an accuracy of ±4 in., according to Deere.
RTK. RTK systems combine decimeter GPS signals with real-time location information from an RTK base station. These systems can provide accuracy of ±1 in. or less, although some manufacturers sell systems offering less accuracy.
Of the GPS signal options, only RTK systems offer the ability to determine locations precisely, independent of time-based inaccuracies associated with satellite GPS signals. Many players in the automated steering industry call this "repeatability." Assuming an RTK base station's location remains unchanged, you can find a precise location (within the accuracy level of the system) anytime in the future.
Matching a system to the job
Sub-inch RTK-based automated steering systems are ideal for strip-till and other planting systems that require both predictable and repeatable accuracies, says Scott Shearer, an agricultural engineer at the University of Kentucky with extensive experience with automated steering systems. Making multiple in-season field passes in row crops with an automated steering system also may require RTK, although higher-accuracy non-RTK systems also may be up to certain jobs, such as spraying.
On the other hand, pulling a chisel plow or spraying a burndown herbicide doesn't require the high degree of accuracy of RTK. For these jobs, a system with submeter or decimeter accuracy may be up to the job. These lower-accuracy systems also may work well for seeding and spraying of solid-seeded crops such as soybeans and wheat.


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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to highlight that applications for the Young people's sport panel are now open. The sport panel was formed through a partnership between sportscotland and Young Scot, and aims to influence and shape the future of sport in Scotland and raise the profile of sport.
Applications are open for young people between the ages of 14 and 25, and close on the 7th of February. Further information can be found here: http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ypspapply
I've been lucky enough to be on the inaugural panel, and the last two years have been fantastic. Personal highlights include presenting to 200 people at the Scottish Sport Development Conference, being invited to attend and contribute towards a sportscotland board meeting and being interviewed at a panel discussion session with curlers Rhona Martin and Anna Sloan. Some of the other panel members have also been involved in Commonwealth conferences, national policy formulation and even a week-long conference in Doha, Qatar.
I'd be delighted if someone from Campbeltown or Argyll could make it onto the next panel. Really enjoyed being able to give my thoughts and ideas from the perspective of someone from a small place like the town, where the sporting needs of young people can be very different to in the cities. We've been involved in the development of programmes such as Young Hub Leaders and School Sport Awards, both of which should have a positive impact locally over time, and potential opportunities can be fantastic.
If you know of a young person who would be keen on this opportunity please share with them. I really can't recommend it enough! If anyone has any questions or whatever please give me a shout, and there's also more information on Twitter through the #sportpanel hashtag. I'll leave you with this video we made last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9nwLWPUiO4


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Computer World reports that many of the upcoming Gmail features will use HTML5. Adam de Boor, a Gmail engineer, said that Google's goal is to make Gmail load in less than a second.
"If the browser supports CSS3, Gmail will render the pages using these specifications, rather than its traditional approach of using the Document Object Model (DOM). The company has found that using CSS3 can speed the rendering time by 12 percent. (…) Gmail will also make use of HTML5's database standards. Now, the e-mail service uses Google Gears to store mail for offline reading, but over time that will migrate to the HTML5 standards."
Another feature that will be added to Gmail allows users to drag attachments to the desktop. This feature is not part of HTML5, but Google says that it will encourage other browsers to use it. Right now, you can drag and drop files from the desktop to Gmail, but only if you use Firefox 3.6 or Chrome.
Adam de Boor revealed how many lines of code are in Gmail: 443,000 lines of JavaScript code written by hand.
Gmail has added many features that used to be available only in desktop mail clients: fetching email from other accounts, threading, powerful spam filters, reading messages offline. Now it's time to better integrate Gmail with the browser or the operating system and to add notifications, a simplified way to handle attachments and a better performance.
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Rikku (Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster) – Cosplay of the Day
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In order to psych ourselves up for the release of Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster, we're featuring the young Al Bhed engineer in her trademark Thief outfit from Final Fantasy 10-2. Rikku flashed a lot more skin in this getup, but she's still the same bright, bubbly girl we knew and loved. She can change into a whole slew of different suits thanks to the use of Dresspheres, making her one of the greatest cosplaying video game characters around.
Samantha, a cosplayer and artist from New York, nails Rikku's Thief look, all the way down to the boots. As a Thief, you'd think that Rikku would wear simpler, more silent shoes that lend themselves to sneaking around, but a lot of Japanese role-playing games take certain liberties with clothing and accessories. Still, Samantha has to be commended for pulling off the costume, especially the hair! If we ever need to call a Gullwing, we'd dial her first!
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The Jersey Shore cast member will lead a briefing at Glo nightclub on Long Island at 2 p.m. to discuss "security issues based on her last appearance which almost resulted in a riot."
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Pursuing new scientific discoveries is all in a day's work at Clark. The LEED Gold Certified Lasry Center for Biological Sciences (completed 2005), Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center (1984) and the Physics, Math and Computer Science Building (renovated 2005) allow faculty, undergraduates and graduate students to continue and enhance their research into such areas as the fundamentals of marine biology, mycology, cell division, molecular structure and particle movement. Their research could lead us to a new understanding of the world at its most fundamental levels. We invite you to learn more about the sciences at Clark by exploring the links in the right-hand sidebar.
Our undergraduate science curriculum
The goal of Clark's undergraduate science curriculum is three-fold:
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To achieve these goals, Clark draws on its dual identity as both a liberal-arts college and a small research university that offers doctoral programs in biology, chemistry and physics. The science curriculum at Clark
- Fosters the progressive development of knowledge and research skills
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- Uses research as platform for teaching inquiry-based skills
- Provides a collaborative learning environment where undergraduates can work alongside faculty and graduate students on meaningful, often interdisciplinary, research. Some undergraduates coauthor scholarly papers with faculty.
If you are passionate about scientific discovery, then engaging in original research projects, such as those here at Clark or at other nearby research institutions (e.g. University of Massachusetts Medical School) will put you at the frontiers of science, provide you the satisfaction of advancing our understanding of the world around us, and help to set you apart from other students across the nation with whom you may soon be competing for jobs, spots in medical schools, or graduate programs.
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Because you are working one on one, you can further the wellness of older adults by translating the benefits of general exercise into a program specific to "real-life function." The more information you can acquire from individuals regarding their specific needs, the better you can customize their exercise programs.
Of course, any older client will require medical clearance. Take careful notice of any training restrictions the physician may indicate, and telephone the physician if you have any questions.
Real-Life Function
One of the more striking characteristics of the aging process is impaired motor performance (Wiswell et al.1990), which is demonstrated in the slowing of movements, the loss of fine coordination and a decrease in maximum strength. Training for real-life function as I'm using the term means helping clients regain or improve their ability to stand up, sit down and maintain general independence. These activities require coordination, synchronization and a certain amount of strength.
Functional tasks can range from the simplest self-care to executive-level occupational responsibilities (Reuben & Solomon 1989). To help clarify the description of these tasks, three categories of function have been defined:
Basic Activities of Daily Living (BADL) include bathing, eating, dressing, using the toilet, transferring from one place to another, and walking.
Intermediate or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) include such tasks as cooking, shopping and light housework.
Advanced Activities of Daily Living (AADL) are recreational, occupational or community service functions.
The older client most often seen by the personal trainer will generally range between the IADL and AADL categories.
Evaluating Functional Ability
Analysis of functional ability does not require a lot of statistical normative data. Older adult clients are the least concerned about how they compare to the norm. Instead, they are very concerned with their own progress, which you can record and report.
When designing an exercise program for older adults, you can address functional tasks in the interview phase. You can usually determine clients' levels of independence by simply asking them about their ability to get out of bed, dress, prepare meals, shop and perform other daily activities.
A lot of information can also be acquired through observation of functional mobility. Does the person need assistance getting up from the floor or from a bench? Make your observations part of your notes.
Even if you are unsure of the individual's basic functional capabilities, using the typical screening tests considered it standard in our industry, such as the step test or bike ergometer, may actually be putting the cart before the horse. An older adult may not score well on a simple step test due to nonspecific joint pain, an inflamed tendinous attachment or muscle cramping-all of which are common in a deconditioned older adult.
Failing to complete the test makes the client feel worse. He or she may even leave the test facility in pain, which may increase the next day. After going to all this trouble, the trainer still doesn't have any more information, and may end up with one less client.


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After already having worked with Stussy, CLOT, Bodega, and Patta for Fall/Winter 2012, Chicago boutique Saint Alfred was next in line to give the iconic Converse Pro Leather a make-over.
Keeping it real classy, Saint Alfred gave the Pro Leather a premium wool upper. Just the right detail, great choice of leather and colors overall, the outcome being two very solid looking versions of the high top sneaker.
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Microsoft Vice President Brad Smith issued a press release today to address the EU's concerns about their proposed royalty plans for its server protocol licensing program. The program was created in response to the EU's demands that Microsoft open up the protocols required for interoperability with Windows and other Microsoft products.
In the statement, Smith expresses his frustration over the whole process:
Microsoft has spent three years and many millions of dollars to comply with the European Commission's decision. We submitted a pricing proposal to the Commission last August and have been asking for feedback on it since that time. We're disappointed that this feedback is coming six months later and in its present form, but we're committed to working hard to address the Commission's Statement of Objections as soon as we receive it.
Microsoft says that they feel the price structure they have worked out is fair. They referenced a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers that concluded Microsoft's pricing was approximately 30 percent lower than "comparable technology."
Smith is also upset about the stipulation that all intellectual property that is not deemed to be "innovative and patentable" must be made available royalty-free to anyone who asks. He says that it has "never been the standard for software or other intellectual property" and that it contradicts the test agreed to by both Microsoft and the EU in June 2005.
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Beadia is a management app designed to assist the hand-crafted jewelry designer to manage their stock, parts, sales and customers.
Here's an overview of some of the features Beadia provides:
- Organize your handmade jewelry and other craft items.
- Keep details of your parts inventory including where you purchased stock and which pieces parts were used in. Parts can be grouped with an extensive list of categories: use the predefined ones or create your own.
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Ten Hope College athletic teams have received the 2010-11 GPA Team Award from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
The MIAA Team GPA Award is presented to conference teams that achieve a 3.300 or better grade point average for an entire academic year. This program is administered by the Faculty-Athletic Representatives (FARs) of the MIAA member colleges. The FARs at Hope College are Lynne Hendrix, professor of accountancy, and Dr. Mark Pearson, assistant professor of mathmetics.
Hope teams receiving the award and the coach of that team were: men's tennis, 3.673 (Steve Gorno); volleyball, 3.627 (Becky Schmidt); women's swimming & diving, 3.623 (John Patnott); women's tennis, 3.604 (Nate Price); women's cross country, 3.541 (Mark Northuis); women's track & field, 3.484 (Kevin Cole); women's soccer, 3.453 (Leigh Sears); women's basketball, 3.360 (Brian Morehouse); women's golf, 3.347 (Greg Stafford); and softball, 3.315 (Mary Vande Hoef).
The women's cross country team, coached by Dr. Mark Northuis, has the distinction of receiving the honor all 13 years since the award program was instituted in 1998-99.


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And who would that be, If you didnt want to tell us you wouldnt have brought it up.windhorny wrote:There's only one girl I would pump a kite for and she doesn't wanna be pumped.
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Snacks ,just buy another tube. The name of the game is kiteboarding, not dealing with your pump.
Compressor for Alameda
Can we all chip in, and buy a compressor for Alameda this season? If there are twenty of us, for 10 bucks a piece we can have a great device that will leave our Bow kites nice and firm.
I suspect Rebecca won't mind if we plug it in at her shack.
We can have KiteWindsurf hold an envelope with the donations. How about it guys? (and Moocher... has anybody seen her - does she really exist?)
If she does, she'll definitely add a new slant to Alameda on those low wind days...
LMG tried donating one last year and the Board Sports LAdies didnt like the idea of it taking up space inside their very tight shack. There are also some typical California BS liability issues. I might bring my portable on the busy days for people to use but I dont think a permanant one is in sight.
And yes, the moocher AKA Danni,callsign Snacks- exists.
Jessica Alba of course!
But i would also pump up Nina Johanson's kite and that other hot ass blonde kite chick's kite any day of the week.
Compressor for shack
We need a modern compressor that has a separator,
that won't put oil into the air that goes into your kites,
and a soundproof box to house it in, as even modern
ones are loud as hell!!. Donation fund could
make it a reality!.
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THE war in Afghanistan is an unwinnable quagmire and poor US intelligence is leading to the deaths of Australian soldiers, a visiting former CIA officer says.
Robert Baer, a decorated CIA field officer of two decades experience who had spent years in the Middle East, said any chances the US and its allies had of defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan had already been squandered. The Coalition was fighting an unwinnable war, he said, and this was the case because victory required reliable intelligence.
''[US intelligence agencies] have the same problem they had before 9/11. It is a system that doesn't work.''
That system sees CIA operatives and allied intelligence officers unable to gather reliable information because security concerns do not allow them to travel widely. And most do not speak the local language. ''They're all stuck behind the wire; they don't get out ... it's like the crusades where you're stuck on your castle imagining what the natives are doing,'' he said.
Describing Washington DC as a ''blank spot on the map'', he said that despite the massive growth of the intelligence agencies post September 11, 2001, there remained systemic failings.
''American intelligence after 9/11 has been unable to co-ordinate ... the FBI will not share with the CIA. CIA has operational databases which they won't share with even others inside the CIA.''
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All of this led to a dysfunctional intelligence community unable to provide reliable, contemporary intelligence that could allow the Coalition to win in Afghanistan.
''Twenty-two American soldiers have been killed since Friday, and Australia has lost 21 men ... Afghanistan is a quagmire and it can only be fought with an effective counter-insurgency. It cannot be fought with Abrams tanks and F16s,'' he said.
The author of four books and a film consultant, he has previously described how the CIA's role as a provider of human intelligence - on-the-ground intelligence gathering by field officers - has been steadily degraded under poor management.
Earlier this week Mr Baer said the Australian government should confront Washington with the poor intelligence on Afghanistan that was recently released by WikiLeaks.
''The Australians should take the WikiLeaks information to the US [administration] and say: please tell us you have better information than this,'' Mr Baer said.
Mr Baer is in Australia to speak at the Australian Security Industry Association Limited conference in Sydney.


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Très grand, encore jeune !
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- With Joe Rabbitt in Tokyo, Japan
- Past it's best by date.
- Dark ruby red. Nose of sharp currants, crushed grass, licorice, layers and layers of berries, complex, even a bit of florals, meat juice. Wow, speechless, brilliant palate, with full attack of ripe fruits, fresh herbs. Great structure. Kinda short finish though
- Mouton de Rothschild, 2003 2x magnum! Pops has come to a place where wine is to be enjoyed, not saved. Happy New Year!
- Amazing New Years wine! The bottle it came in is equivalent to 8 bottles of wine.


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And Why It Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
I don't tell this story all that often but it's probably the biggest story in my life (so far).
Back in the fall of 2007 I was a student in Montreal, living with the woman I thought I would marry. I was a teacher and artistic director for a great dance studio, a barista at a local cafe. I was applying to a graduate program in Educational Technology. I did yoga and pilates regularly, and trained in capoeira when I wasn't teaching or social dancing at night. All things seemed to be on their merry conventional way in my life.
Cups of tea were plentiful and there were no jarring questions to shake my existence.
Fast forward to a Sunday night on a return trip from Albany, NY with my girlfriend. We arrived at the border station at 10pm. The guard checked our passports and said we needed to go inside. I'd been through the border so many times it didn't bother me. Inside we waited. They called my name. Took my documentation. Asked a few standard questions, told me to sit down.
They called me back up and asked prying questions about my studies. Something was wrong. After the long weekend, driving, being generally exhausted, and now confused I started to panic. I was called into a back room. Small, gray, windowless. A desk and two chairs. A Quebecois border guard came in with a stack of documents and a yellow legal pad. She did not look friendly.
Apparently they believed I had purposefully lied about my visa and study situation. My old visa for prior undergraduate work had expired but no one had removed it. Assuming I was studying on an expired visa and with no alternate paperwork with me to back my story up, I was out of luck. She accused me of lying. Badgered me. Said I was taking advantage of their system. It was probably after midnight by now but there were no clocks. I was horrified.
She read a passage from the immigration law book, quoting the law I had supposedly broken. Then two more. The punishment, exclusion from Canada for a year. Oh it could be much worse, I could be deported for life she said. As if just a year was a kindness. She handed me the card for the Consulate Generale in NYC and said that I could appeal it there but that I had no chance. Obviously she was steadfast in her belief that her decision was law.
I was crushed, crying and really in no right space to think. Really at a border you have no power. But it got better. I couldn't just turn around. They had to drive me back to the U.S. border. I was locked in the back of an SUV and driven to the U.S. where they brought me inside for more paperwork. Even the U.S. borderguards gave me crap. Like I was in any state to receive more insult.
It was 1am.
I called my parents when I was back in the car with my girlfriend. They say in books that people choke out words and they are right. I had my life torn out from under me. In 3 hours.
Life changes that fast.
Eight months later, thousands of dollars in travel expenses, lawyer fees, and immigration fees and the expulsion order was overturned as a misunderstanding.
That's right, a misunderstanding.
In the meantime I had racked up credit card debt, moved to NYC, gotten a real job where I worked 40 to 60 hour weeks, and watched let my relationship fall apart. 3 hours and a misunderstanding had destroyed my idyllic Montreal life.
Life as we know it hangs on the edge.
Now you ask, how can that experience be one of the best things to happen to me?
Tragedy, despair, displacement, loss. All of these things have something to teach us about ourselves, how we walk in the world and treat the things we care about.
Those 8 months weren't the end of how low I would sink. I turned to drinking, women, traveling and dancing to fill the voids in my life. I ended up hurting friends, driving myself further into debt, and the tale goes on.
In all the pain and tragedy I ended up causing and feeling, I found the part of me that was strong enough to stand up, smile and make my way in the world. It took me almost a year to sort out the layers of guilt, the feeling of powerlessness, and get my head on straight financially. But for the adversity I withstood in a year, I have gained a strength of character and an understanding of myself that I never would have had if my life had remained idyllic.
So, besides the most obvious thing it taught me (always have a good lawyer versed in immigration laws if you are traveling, studying or working abroad), it taught me more about myself, my potential and my weaknesses, than any other series of events in my life.
Adversity and tragedy holds the potential for our greatest strength to come forward.
When we are stripped bare by loss and pain there are rarely more than 2 roads for us to choose from.
The road of apathy, self-pity, denial, anger.
The road of perseverance, courage and acceptance.
Sometimes only after we follow the first road for a while do we realize that the other road is even there. Often not far out of reach but we can only see the brambles of self-doubt. To realize that we can make it to the other road by steps regardless of how small they are is the biggest challenge and hardest step of all.
Each step towards the other road is the beginning of our own road and soon they are one and the same.
Tragedy shatters the reality we took for granted and we can only bury our head in the sand for so long before we suffocate.
It's time to come up for air. To breathe in a new life every moment and live to our greatest potential with the courage that tragedy has shown us we possess.
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TechStars companies' hosting decisions
The other day I stumbled across a post on Hacker News titled Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions. The post caught my attention as it's always interesting to see the decisions other smart founders are making. Being a TechStars alum, I immediately reached out to the creator, Joel Franusic and asked if we could make a similar chart for TechStars. He agreed and after finding a list of active TechStars companies the new charts are ready.
The charts were generated by an open-source tool built by Joel called domain-profiler. It's a neat tool and surfaces publicly available information in a really interesting way. It's also interesting to compare the TechStars graph with the Y-Combinator graph. For example, notice how MediaTemple has a deal with TechStars and gets a much larger slice of the pie for TechStars than YC. Some other things of note about the TechStars graphs:
- Smaller percentage use Google Apps for email
- Greater percentage use SSL certificates
- Greater diversity in web hosts
Joel is a startup evangelist for Microsoft and I look forward to following his work with domain-profiler and other projects.


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The Utah Conservatory's new home
In 1997, Frederic and Debra Cook, along with Aaron Mitchell, started a music store on Historic Main Street and set aside studio space for music lessons.
With the increase of students, the Cooks and Mitchell established a conservatory known as the Community School for the Arts in 2000.
Then, in 2002, the Cooks changed the school's name to the Utah Conservatory and relocated to Kimball Junction to continue their mission to "enrich the lives of all through performing arts and training."
Former vocal students have gone on to perform with Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City and on Broadway, while music students have participated in national competitions, according to the Cooks.
Twelve years later, the mission remains the same, but the location has changed again.
The Utah Conservatory is now located at 4593 Silver Springs Dr., just behind the Blue Roof facilities, next to Park City Orthodontics and behind Mountain Life Church.
The new location boasts three levels that round up to 4,200 square feet, which is nearly 1,000 square feet more than the Kimball Junction building.
"We have 15 usable studios within the new building where we can hold our classes," Debra Cook said while taking The Park Record on a walkthrough tour earlier this week. "We're delighted, because we can actually fit two pianos in some of the rooms, so we can do concerto and duet work with the students and the teacher."
In addition to the studios, the structure has room for a library where the conservatory can store music and transcripts in easily accessible spaces.
"The top floor is our music store," Cook said. "We have a little bit more room for displays. We can get all the electric guitars and amps together and all the acoustic guitars together.
"That level also has another classroom space," she said. "I love it because the open loft gives the vocal students more resonance when they sing."
The administration offices and a portion of the classrooms are located on the second floor.
"While the lobby isn't considered an official performing space, it can be used as one," Cook said. "We used it for three Christmas recitals last month."
The basement is where the musicians can "make a lot of noise."
"This is the area where we teach most of the guitar, drums and trumpet students, and the teachers are happy with that," Cook explained. "It's also the place where we rehearse the groups. It also has a kitchen where teachers can make their lunches."
Now adorned with drawings of Beethoven, Wagner and a photograph of Albert Einstein with Charlie Chaplin, and other inspiring art, the building was formerly a real estate office.
The staff started teaching in the new building on Dec. 15, which was one day after their last class in the Kimball Junction facility.
"My piano got delivered to the new building 10-minutes before our first lesson," Cook said. "We didn't miss a single lesson and it was incredible and wonderful because we were able to make the move mid-week because of the timing. We are grateful for the community support. We had all these volunteers to help us move. Our clients came out and donated their time."
When the Utah Conservatory was at Kimball Junction, the Cooks leased the space, but they have a purchase contract for the Silver Springs location.
"We had worked a year and half to negotiate the lease at the other site and we just couldn't work it," Cook said. "So, we were fortunate to see this pop up."
Frederic Cook remembered when he first saw the Silver Springs building.
"I first saw it one night at the end of November, and thought it was too small, but there was a 'For Sale' sign out there and we decided to take a closer look," he said.
"When we went around with our flashlights and I just said, 'Wow.'"
Cook called his real estate agent and set up an appointment to look inside the building.
"It was fate," he said. "We found the building at the end of November, and we needed to have a deal locked down by Dec. 10, because we were at the end of our negotiations with the other building."
"I love that it has such a warm feeling for a conservatory," Debra Cook said. "I'm already feeling a wonderful feeling of community and collaboration with all the students and faculty because we're all close to each other and not all spread out like we were at Kimball Junction."
Also, the new location is a couple of miles closer to Park City.
"We've had more comments about how much better this location is in terms of accessibility to where our students live, and that's been encouraging," she said. "And since it's close to Park City Orthodontics, we're surprised at how many of our students are getting braces over there."
For more information about the Utah Conservatory, call (435) 435-6292 or visit http://www.utahconservatory.com.
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Park City leaders are poised to consider declaring June to be Pride Month in the community, a step that aligns with City Hall's overall social equity efforts and the city's long history of left-leaning politics.


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Porn star Bree Olson spent her day using her breasts to protect other women's.
Olson, who is the ex-girlfriend of Hollywood playboy Charlie Sheen, rode around New York City today on the "Save Our Boobs" bus which gave out free breast exams to women and promoted breast cancer awareness, according to Fox News.
The exams were administered by certified plastic surgeons—not the porn stars.
The bus, which was sponsored by the adult entertainment website Porn Hub, stopped at Grand Central Terminal, Times Square, and Central Park.
Olson, who called herself the "cheerleader" of the event, told Fox News' Alex Crees: "Pornhub came to me with this idea to do breast cancer awareness. They figured, you know, breasts are a large part of our industry, and the two would kind of coincide."


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If you have been a reader of WenY Wonders Why from when it first started, the name Kanta would have been brought up many times over the years of my food blogging hobby. There has always been a strange attraction between this restaurant and I ever since I first came here. The price has always been right at the bottom when compared to other Izakayas in town like Bonsai, Ha-Lu, Satsuki, Shiro and even Izakaya Sakura. Yet the satisfaction has always been top notch. Additionally, the level of showmanship whenever I came here to dine was lovely. The chef used to be a lone ranger running the whole show in front of his diners for which he only does two sittings a night. Even now with an extra hand to do the deep frying and sort, the sitting at this little Izakaya is still extremely limited. Typically, you would get one sitting at 6pm and the other at 7.30pm. A meal at Kanta cost 10 times less than a degustation at the famed Tetsuya's in Sydney, but in my mouth it provided no less satisfaction.
WenY's take on Tetsuya's @ Kent Street, Sydney
My choice of food here is very limited as I have grown fond of my past orders and so have always stuck to the same thing with perhaps one or two new orders from time to time. After an amuse bouche of savory pasta, I always call for an Agedashi Bean curd ($8) to start. Its light palatable flavors has always been a key attraction of this dish. Mixing the grated ginger into the soy, I cannot help but devour more of the liquid with the delicious bean curd. Kanta always seems to provide all the condiments and sauce in the right proportions!
Next up was something a little heavier but still extremely delicious. The Ika Shioyaki or grilled squid tentacles ($8.50) served with a dollop of mayonnaise and a wedge of lime. Lovely grilled flavors of the stove that leaves the protein a little crisp at the thinner ends with a yummy smokiness.
One of the newer dishes on the menu that has now become and indulgent staple. The scallop wrap in salmon. For $11 you get two large scallops wrapped by a salmon before being seared at the bottom. To finish, a wasabi – mayonnaise concoction that is blow torched.I normally eat it whole. Chewing this, you get a bit of salmon, a bit of scallop, all those lovely sauces and then repeat. This is in someway a blow torched seafood aka Aburi, so there is the lovely melt in each bite and those slightly charred flavors from a Salmon Aburi which are as always, sensational.
Last of the Izakaya is the salmon sashimi, and chicken roll with some avocado roll to clean the palate. If you have not been to Kanta before and intend to only eat the shared plates, definitely order a chicken roll to share. Every Teriyaki dish in Kanta is a forte and if you had just one bite, you would understand what the hype is all about. And with the perfect seasoning used in the sushi rice, there could be no more perfect setting than this.While the Avocado roll and salmon sashimi looks typical, it definitely was one of the best in town. Rich, and fatty. Smear a little wasabi and soy before finishing with a pickled ginger to cleanse. Dammmmmmmmmmmn that was fine!
While I could do without mains and linger on with more shared plates, there are some mains that just makes this part of dinner too hard to miss. For the veterans, we have the good old Teriyaki. Aforementioned as a forte, some cannot get enough and what better way is there than to enjoy two large crispy tenderloins coated with that sweet and sticky sauce.It used to be $9.50 when served on a rice bowl. Now it is $12.50 for more chicken and served separately. Massive serve that can easily feed two!
For the keen tongues out there, look no further than the Gyu Tongue Steak or simply, the Ox Tongue Steak $13. Cooked to perfection, the outers bits which tend to overcook taste more like steak whilst the middle parts are still pinkish in the middle. It almost melts in your mouth if not for the common trait of the Ox Tongue which was the mildly chewy texture. The sauce is quite similar to the Teriyaki except that it is a little less potent in terms of sweetness and feel more peppery than the usual. Served with rice, this is another staple that I added to my list around the same time like the scallop wrap in salmon.
The final main for tonight was something XL decided to try. It was the pan fried salmon with creamy sauce ($13.50). This was perhaps the underdog and true enough, it felt underwhelming to our senses. As far as I know, this was a new creation slightly more than a year ago. The fish was cooked nicely but it was the sauce that lacked flavor. It was cream on oil if you get me? The salmon itself is a beautiful oily fish which need not be complimented by another creamy sauce. More so when the sauce did not have substantial acidity or sweetness to move away from being bland. Bad luck but this was by all means a mediocre dish. A worthy try that might appeal to some.
The night ended with a serve of Kanta special ice cream for $5.50. With the appetizers and mains we ordered for 4, the bill came up to $132 including 4 pots of green tea. Needless to say, we were filled to the brim and was every bit satisfied despite the lows from the pan fried salmon in creamy sauce. If you ever happen to land a booking which should be done AT LEAST 1 week prior to your preferred date for group of more than 3, definitely do come in and enjoy some truly authentic Japanese food without a wallet busting bill.
2008 – Kanta Japanese @ Langford
2012 – Kanta Japanese @ Langford (revisited)


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