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יודעיה דויד
Adar 20
What is justice in the land of our captors? How can the so-called justice in this captivity bring anything good upon the chosen people? Shall we be as those that were with Masha in the wilderness seeking other gods to serve and bowing ourselves to them? Shall we receive the punishment for serving other gods unknown to us, and turn away from YaHWaH Alhim? Surely oppression makes a wise man angry…..#RiseUpStandYishral!!!
Seeking the truth is a daily task, not something to be taken lightly, our salvation depends on our obedience to YaHWaH Alhim Yishral, not the laws of the oppressor. Who took our forefathers captive by way of slave ships to bring them to this wicked land and strip their identity. To serve them with a yoke of iron about their necks. To keep us oppressed as a people, to instill fear and no hope of redemption. To make us believe slavery was the beginning of our history. For the oppressor has changed our history to benefit them, but it couldn't stop there they had to create this all inclusive god who died for the sins of the world. Then to hide The Holy Name of Our Alhim YaHWaH so none would speak it on the face of the earth to erase all memory.
Shabach YaHWaH the enemy has no power to hide the secret things that belong to the chosen people when they choose life over death. Obedience is the key to salvation. We thank YaHWaH Alhim for this captivity is not for our destruction, but a curse for disobedience. If we return to YaHWaH, amend our ways and doings, humble ourselves, and do all that YaHWaH commands we shall be restored.
Seek wisdom and understanding for HaQudash Ruach instruction is better then gold and silver. All who seek her love life, all that hate her love death. Pray, fast for wisdom and understanding to come upon us to receive all that has been promised through the prophecies.
Shabach YaHWaH Alhim Yishral
Burak Atha Misphach
HaShem YaHWaH
Shalum Yishral
Adar 19,00
Shabach YaHWaH
Shabach YaHWaH for we have lived to see this day upon us, our people have begun to wake up. We should be filled with joy we still have breath flowing through our bodies. For we can now return to YaHWaH in spirit and truth and unlearn everything taught to us by religion and tradition.
Shabach YaHWaH we have come too far to turn again to our old ways. We must continue to press on in truth and get understanding and purge ourselves daily.
Shabach YaHWaH for only a remnant shall return but we must also continue to lift one another up in spirit and truth. Remember YaHWaH Alhim corrects those they love.
Obey YaHWaH and live and don't turn away from HaQudash Ruach when we hear truth being spoken.
Shabach YaHWaH Yishral
Adar 18, 00
Shabach YaHWaH for redemption is near, keep praying, fasting, and renewing your minds in spirit and truth. Call upon YaHWaH Alhim for truth and listen to HaQadesh Ruach that she may dwell with you. For all who seek her will find favor with YaHWaH.
As we continue waking up another day in this captivity we must be strong, bold as lions, teach righteousness and stand up for the needy, fatherless and the widows. We must continue to warn the wicked for all they're transgressions against YaHWaH Alhim, or else they're blood will be on our hands. It doesn't matter whether they hear and receive the truth it still must be spoken. Let everybody that has breath praise YaHWaH Alhim. Ezekiel 3:18(Yachzaqal)
Because our forefathers were disobedient to YaHWaH all the curses written in Deuteronomy (Dabaryim) 28:15-68 fell upon us as well. This day choose whom you will serve, renew your minds and unlearn all that this captivity and the whole earth has taught you. Our people have been warned many times over and over again just like those that were with Masha (Moses) in the wilderness. Even when Alhim was speaking to them they turned their own way. All died in the wilderness except Joshua (Yahshua) and Caleb (Kaleb) and the children. Shall it be this way again? Do you not know or have you not heard that this captivity in America is the last, before the whole earth shall be judged? Joel (Yual 3)
The time has come to rise up against all wickedness in high places and be the righteous judges on the earth. Shall we keep turning the blind eye, serving gods made of wood and stone, and bowing down to them when we were commanded not to? Shall we continue to watch the wicked oppress those they think are inferior to them and not obey Our Alhim YaHWaH? We were given dominion over all the earth and everything therein, how is it a people chosen can not see their worth? Shall YaHWaH forget the covenant they made with our forefather, Abraham, Issac, and Jacob? Shall we not remember all the prophets who warned us all about this time we live in now? How many of our people have to be kidnapped, murdered, tormented day in and day out? Before our people turn to YaHWaH and obey all that is written? How shall we know what is truly being said if we don't understand the original writings? Ask yourselves what language was the bible translated from? Who translated it? What did they have to gain by translating it into English? Is the bible in the English translation 100% correct?
It has been said the truth shall set you free, but understand the truth shall make you free. When you know the truth you are unfit to be a slave. When you know the truth you see the world how it really is and not what you've been taught. Religion is a lie, it is a tactic used to control and oppress. Wake up out of your slumber and return to the Holy Laws commanded by YaHWaH Alhim. Prepare yourselves and all in your household. Seek wisdom and understanding of all things live by the laws commanded to us from the beginning.
~Shalum Yishral and all nations upon the earth, Shabach YaHWaH


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Petaling Jaya, 12 June 2019 --( ASIA TODAY )-- In conjunction with the festive season, Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd. has kick-started its Syawal charity campaign, 'Anda Pam, Kami Derma' to support the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia (NKF).
For every litre of petrol pumped at Shell stations in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan on weekends starting from 15 June 2019, 315 Shell retailers will channel 1 sen (RM0.01) to NKF's fund towards supporting underprivileged dialysis patients, as well as purchasing new dialysis machines for NKF's dialysis centres.
Speaking during the launch ceremony with NKF, Zharin Mohd Zhafrael, National Sales Manager of Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd expressed her delight at Shell Retailers' contribution to strengthen the support by working together with untiring effort to give back to the society.
"At Shell, our mission is to make life journeys better for all Malaysians. We want to leave a positive impact in the communities where we operate and this initiative is something prevalent that we want to embark on for all our stations nationwide. With the contribution of the fund and new dialysis machines, we want to help kidney patients restore their dignity and further improve their ability to take part in the community," said Zharin.
"Every year, NKF needs to raise RM24.9 million to subsidise the dialysis treatments cost for 1,600 who seek dialysis treatment at our 28 dialysis centres nationwide. In Malaysia, 7,000 new patients are diagnosed with kidney failure annually. The majority of NKF's patients are financially-challenged elderly individuals aged between 50-65 years old who cannot afford the higher cost at private medical facilities," said Chua Hong Wee, Chief Executive Officer of NKF.
"This partnership served as a vital stepping-stone for us to continue supporting and improving lives of our dialysis patients. We are especially thankful towards Shell Malaysia who has contributed to NKF by organising this fundraising campaign which will eventually grant an additional dialysis machine to one of our 28 dialysis centres. Each dialysis machine runs between seven to ten years with maintenance and every year at least twenty dialysis machines will be replaced. We need the donations for dialysis machines to keep the treatments going for our dialysis patients. With that, we are very pleased to have tied-up with Shell," he added.
The joyful morning culminated in a tour around the dialysis centre at the NKF office, which served to educate all the guests on the implications of kidney disease and the life-saving impact of dialysis machines for kidney patients.
For more information and details on the campaign, please visit www.shell.com.my/PamUntukDerma
Members of the public who are interested in contributing towards NKF's cause in helping Malaysians who cannot access dialysis treatments can find out more through the NKF website at http://nkf.org.my or call 03-7954 9048.
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National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Malaysia is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to helping Malaysians suffering from end stage kidney failure who lack access to or cannot afford dialysis treatment. NKF currently has over 1,600 dialysis patients receiving subsidized dialysis treatment in over 28 dialysis centres nationwide.
Shell in Malaysia
Shell's strong retail network fuels the journeys of millions of Malaysian motorists every day. In fact, Shell is even able to offer one of the most differentiated fuel and lubricant products, some of which were pioneered right here in the country.
We fuelled the ambitions of Malaysians: whether the generations of retail business partners; thousands of Shell scholars over the years; young entrepreneurs from our LiveWire programme; or Shell staff and alumni who are Malaysian luminaries today.
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by Craig Shay
Material things
definition –
Our eyes,
indefinitely hold
fear and trembling –
into assimilating
with consumer
culture –
though disinterested in the
charade of
selling one's soul
for wireless, high speed
illusions –
While the promise
of enterprise
mystifies us
and forces
in the madness
of serial murder.
It is belief in
the fraud
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which destroy us –
We live in an age
where everything
we know
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Suffering from COPD is challenging enough, so finding the right treatment for you should be made easier. At the Lung Health Institute, we receive many patients who suffer from lung diseases that cause shortness of breath, discomfort, fatigue and other problems. Our Lung Restoration Treatment™ has successfully improved the lives of more than 80 percent of the thousands of patients we have served.
This treatment works by boosting your body's own ability to heal itself with its own cells. For this procedure, a small sample of your blood is collected and taken to one of our labs where it is processed into concentrated forms of cells. These cells are then reinserted into your body to help reduce inflammation in your lungs and improve your ability to breathe.
If you're wondering about whether Lung Restoration Treatment™ is right for you, why don't you check out what our patients have to say about it?
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Is 3C TREATS just for dogs?
Yes, designed for dogs, 3C is made from Human grade ingredients so its safe for dogs and humans, however your furry friend might enjoy the taste more.
Are 3C TREATS products legal?
Yes, All of our products are legal and can be shipped across all 50 states. CBD is a safe, lawful and effective option with huge health benefits that won't get your pet "high" or on a "buzz".
What is the recommended dosage?
Half a treat for XS dogs 5-15 Lbs, 1 treat for S dogs 15-35 Lbs, 1-2 treats for large dogs
How long does it take for these products to take effect?
Effects are different depending on the size and metabolism of every dog but usually effects will take place within 30 minutes.


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THOMASVILLE | For a while, the crowd watching Thursday night's Coastal Plain League game between the HiToms and the Asheboro Copperheads must have felt like it was watching a replay of last week's 11-10 Asheboro victory.
But this time, the HiToms inserted a different ending.
Rich Poythress had two doubles and a three-run homer to lead the HiToms to a 10-7 victory over the visiting Copperheads, and Jorge Castillo added four hits to pace the 17-hit attack that proved too much for Asheboro. Jake Kensmoe pitched 12/3 innings of relief to pick up the win, and Aaron Lorio worked the ninth for his league-leading 11th save.
HiToms coach Ryan McCurry couldn't say enough about Poythress and how well the third baseman from Georgia is swinging the bat. "The kid can hit," he said. "What else can you say? He comes with a great approach every day; he wants to get better. He's carrying us right now."
Poythress didn't want to take much credit for his production, modestly deferring to his teammates. "Like I've told a bunch of people, it's the lineup hitting around me," he said. "When you've got two guys, three guys on base, numerous times during the game, it makes things a lot easier."
Asheboro tried to make things as difficult as possible for the HiToms early. The Copperheads jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Jason Altenhof led off the game with a four-pitch walk and later scored on Brandon Henderson's RBI single.
But the HiToms sent 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the second and plated six runs to take what seemed to be a comfortable 6-1 advantage. Castillo led off the inning with a bloop single to left, but Asheboro starter Chris Powell nearly wiggled out of the jam when Adam Fuller followed Zach Miller's sacrifice bunt with a groundout to first base for the second out. But J.D. Burgess walked, and David Thomas drove in Castillo with a base hit through the right side.
Powell then walked Chris Swauger to load the bases, and Poythress made him pay with a three-run double down the left-field line. Kyle Roller and Castillo completed the outburst with RBI singles to make it 6-1.
The Copperheads responded with three runs of their own in the top of the third, highlighted by Chris Taylor's two-run homer to right, to cut the lead to 6-4.
But Roller and Castillo added run-scoring base hits in the bottom of the fourth to push the HiToms' lead back up to 8-4. Poythress capped the home team's scoring with a towering two-run bomb to right-center in the bottom of the sixth to extend the margin to 10-4. Asheboro scored its final three runs in the top of the seventh off reliever Rhett Ballard, but Wade Broyles and Lorio settled things down in the last 21/3 innings to secure the victory.
Poythress and Castillo were each 4-for-5, Roller went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Swauger was 2-for-4 and scored three times.
The HiToms, now 16-7, visit Spartanburg Friday and return home to welcome Columbia at 7 p.m. Saturday for free hat night. The first 500 fans through the gates, which open at 6 p.m., will receive a free hat.
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HiToms knock out Copperheads 10-7
THOMASVILLE | For a while, the crowd watching Thursday night's Coastal Plain League game between the HiToms and the Asheboro Copperheads must have felt like it was watching a replay of last week's 11-10 Asheboro victory.


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Another one of my new creations based on the Book Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven. He talked a lot about his navy seals experiences. It's a short book that I took about a week to complete, definitely worth the read.
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Suicide is at an all time high and it's so tough to think about. We skirt around mental health all the time like it's a joke. We constantly label people, places, things as crazy or bipolar or schizophrenic because for some reason mental health is a punchline and it's totally not. In the last week … Continue reading In the world today: Suicide
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Living life committed
Over the course of the last few days I have been feeling the effects of overwhelming emotions and realizations. One of the many realizations that I have come to is that over the last few years of my life I have not been living committed. But what does that mean? In life we commit to … Continue reading Living life committed


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I downloaded the manual for it, and it states:
Support for SD memory card for memory expansion
You may wish to expand the memory capacity (up to 512MB capacity) by using an external memory card.
Umm, what? 512MB? What will happen if I chuck 2GB at it?
BTW, it a Vivitar Vivicam5385 in case you were wondering...


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While you're staying at the inn make sure to take in some of the fun outdoor activities in the area. From spending a day on the river to taking a night listening to a local band there's bound to be something that will make everyone happy.
A Day on the South River
Why not spend a day on the South river? You could rent either a kayak or a canoe and float down the South River that winds through the area.
You can plan for an hour or all day, but either way you are bound to see lots of beautiful scenery as you travel on one of the local waterways.
If you like fishing, why not purchase a license locally and take advantage of some of that time on the river with your line in the water. Who knows? Maybe you'll have a great fishing story to tell when you get home.
Take A Break for Basic City Beer
Do you like craft brewed beer? Why not take a break for a beer. Have a cold drink at the outside bar of Basic City Beer Co while listening to some live music.
A recent addition to the growing population of breweries here in the Shenandoah Valley, there is a variety of beers on tap. Local food trucks provide snacks or meals at the tap room. Take a few minutes to talk to the guys who came up with the idea behind this new local watering hole.
Spend some time on the Greens at Swannanoa
Why not master your swing. Spend some time on the greens with a relaxing game of golf at Swannanoa. Take the short drive over to Afton and play 18 holes at Swannanoa Golf & Country Club.
Beautiful views and the thrill of playing on a course at the same location as the likes of President Calvin Coolidge. Keep your eyes open for local wildlife such as rattlesnakes and mountain lions that are native to the surrounding woods… even though there have been no reported sightings.
Remember to tell your friends about the Inn when you're sharing your fishing stories with them. Click to book here.


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Natalie's post yesterday of unusual trees got me searching for more unusual tree offerings. In my hunt I came across numerous mentions of the "most expensive" Christmas tree ever. The tree was displayed in 2010 at the Emirates Palace Hotel located in Abu Dhabi. The huge artificial tree is covered with silver and gold bows, ball-shaped ornaments, and simple white lights. The cost of the tree and the basic ornaments total about $10,000 in cost. But that's not what makes it the most expensive tree. The $11,000,000 costs comes from the necklaces, earrings, and jewelry covering the tree as decorations. There are over 180 diamonds, pearls, emeralds, and sapphires spread across the evergreen. The display was created by the in-house jeweler at the hotel and was partly an attempt to gain an entry into the Guinness Book of Records. Not too big of a stretch for a hotel with a golden ATM machine and an actual gold vending machine. No, not made of gold, but where you can purchase gold things! I like a really pretty tree, but this seems WAY over the top.
Oh, here's a link to some more unusual trees to add to Natalie's list: Most Unusual Trees.


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Data Collectors enable you to stream measures and dimensions to Anodot by enabling Anodot to connect to your data source (Database, Analytics service, Cloud storage, etc.). All you are required to do is to authorize Anodot and select the data you want to Anodot to pull. This is the preferred way of integration.
For more details see Data Collectors.
Anodot currently supports the following collectors:
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- In case you choose not to authorize Anodot to access you data store, you may use an agent. An agent is installed on your server and connects Anodot REST API to push the measures and dimensions you select. Agents are configured using a query and schedule. Once configured Anodot's agent automatically collects the specified data based on your specified schedule, converts it into Anodot metrics format and sends it into your account at Anodot.
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Washington D.C
I was there. It was in Washington D.C. USA. I crossed the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie,Ontario around 9:00 p.m. on the Friday evening. It was snowing hard. We all met at a College in Buffalo, N.Y. Six buses left that evening and traveled all night to Washington arriving around 9 or 10:00 a.m. Temperature were minus 30 F and it did get colder. I did dress properly expecting very cold wx. It was a peaceful protest and march against the upcoming war against Iraq. No weapons of mass destruction have ever been found. We were right!


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The video streaming market is growing rapidly and 5G networks promise to shape the future of content delivery on mobile devices. As content providers and payTV operators look to capitalize on new business and monetization opportunities, they need scalable, cost-effective content delivery solutions that ensure a flawless quality of experience across all screens, whether delivered over managed or unmanaged networks.
At IBC2019, at stand 5.B78, Broadpeak's nanoCDN™ multi-cast ABR technology for satellite will be on display — this is at the heart of the firm's ready-to-deploy, cost-effective solution for OTT delivery, allowing operators to address scalable, multi-screen streaming with transmission over satellite. Broadpeak® will showcase innovative use cases and new business opportunities for mABR for satellite, including direct-to-home OTT, 5G backhaul, mobility, and VSAT.
The company will also demo how their IPTV DASH product enables a better-quality television experience on all screens compared with IPTV. Using Broadpeak's CDN and its nanoCDN™ multicast ABR solutions, payTV operators can deliver content on managed set-top boxes (STBs) and open devices via IPTV DASH.
Broadpeak's solutions have been successfully deployed on more than 100 devices, including Android TV and Apple TV. Through the implementation of mABR in MPEG-DASH (or HLS) format, operators can benefit from the greater flexibility offered by OTT combined with the scalability and low latency offered by IPTV.
A variety of premium IPTV DASH applications will be showcased at IBC2019, including:
Ultra-low latency: Broadpeak's nanoCDN Multicast ABR solution enables ultra-low latency on every screen in all ABR formats, including HLS. New features for nanoCDN will be demonstrated, such as CMAF format and chunked transfer encoding, which further decrease latency for OTT live streaming. The feature can also be used to synchronize all the devices in the same home network.
Multicast ABR for Android TV: Broadpeak enables the easy integration of mABR with Android TV. At IBC2019, Broadpeak will, for the first time, showcase its mABR TV Input, which plugs into the Android TV Input Framework (TIF) on Technicolor STBs.
End-to-end Android TV ecosystems: At IBC2019, Broadpeak will present a range of the pre-integrated, end-to-end, technical Android TV ecosystems that include the company's video delivery technologies.
4K UHD HDR video streaming: Broadpeak's nanoCDN solution supports premium video delivery with the highest quality. We are proud to be collaborating with Dolby® to showcase its industry leading Dolby Vision® technology at the Broadpeak booth at IBC2019.
Personalized ad insertion: By leveraging manifest manipulation, Broadpeak can insert or replace video content to help operators and content providers monetize their live and on-demand services with the highest value.
All the components used to build these solutions can be deployed on COTS hardware or virtual machines, or as containers in a dockerized system, bringing an unmatched level of elasticity.


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Discover my new gallery of the final model
In around 5 week the time for EME in Lingen comes again. Together with more 20 enthusiastic modellers from the modelling team of Düsseldorf you will find me at nice big exibition stand this year again. Most probably you will see one of the most stunning competition areas of Germany's modellers society. This year 2 of or guys will support Berholds judging team to evaluate outstanding works in different competition categories.
We will see you in Lingen!
Since I am currently taking a little break, I finally find time to take some fancy photos models. Long overdue ... The first new album is my Lifeboat from 2016.
Some older models from 2006/2007. I hope you like them too ...
Finally I had some time to upload some pictures about my latest work.
Already one month ago but definitely a show which is worth mentioning on my page! The Modellbau Team Düsseldorf has very much enjoyed the 2.5 days at the Euro Model Expo in Lingen - Germany. Awesome modelling, nice dinner, lots of fun and as you can see below much honor and many medals for our team. Keep it up! See you there next year.
Quick and... out of the box. After 2,5 weeks, I've finished my first Harbor tug for a harbor diorama. It was really fun to make this small guy.
This year Telford was a very valuable trip, a great show, nice people and a number of recognitions for my works! Thanks to the IPMS Germany for the nice special price for my EC-135!
Here is a link to a nice report about Telford written by Volker from the IPMS Germany. Some more pictures you will find on the websites of IG Waterline and Modelwarships.
Some impressions of the show and the trip of Hauke, Holger, Lutz and myself you will find in the following gallery.


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Toyota GT86 To Compete Britcar This Weekend
Toyota is to compete its GT86 production racer in the Britcar 24 Hour endurance race at Silverstone, starting in the afternoon of Saturday 22nd September.
Toyota's single GT86 will have a crew of four, led double British Touring Car Champion Chris Hodgetts, backed up by his son, Stefan, evo magazine's Richard Meaden and historic sports car racer and Travis drummer Neil Primrose.
They will be competing against arch rivals Mazda whose MX-5 GT production race car has a similar power output.
The Hodgetts gave the Toyota GT86 a shakedown test at Silverstone last week. More fine-tuning is scheduled for Wednesday, when Meaden and Primrose will drive the GT86 for the first time, ahead of Friday's official qualifying for the Britcar 24 Hours, the only round-the-clock race held in Britainfor sports and GT cars.
The GT86 has been built in Buckingham's GPRM race preparation workshops which also developed the Toyota Avensis 'Next Generation Touring Car' BTCC concept. Transformation from road car to race car went smoothly, says GPRM's Gary Blackham.
Nonetheless, Blackham is maintaining a cautious attitude given the rigours of the event: "To finish the race is the main aim. I don't want to raise any expectations of where we might finish, because the GT86 has never raced before except in timed Sprints and we simply don't know what to expect."
Hodgetts, now 61, was the BTCC victor in 1986 and '87 in a Toyota Corolla GT. He has not competed for 13 years and last raced a Toyota in 1988, but kept up his racing licence and is on track nearly every day as an instructor.
Powered by a 16-valve double overhead cam horizontally opposed 'boxer' engine delivering 200PS, the Toyota GT86 captures some of the best elements of three models from Toyota's rich sporting heritage: the Sports 800, 2000GT and Corolla GT (AE86). It went on sale in the UK to critical acclaim at the beginning of July.
Team Toyota GB earned fame in the 1980s and '90s thanks to championship victories with the Corolla in the British Touring Car Championship and UK rallying. The team's last appearance was in the BTCC in 1995 with the Carina E raced by Julian Bailey and Tim Sugden.
Britcar 24 Hours provisional timetable
Friday 21 Sep: 1300-1400 & 1900-2100 qualifying
Saturday 22 Sep: 1145 warm-up; 1530 race


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Far East destination specialist Gary shares his expert tips on holidaying in Japan, from how to enjoy tax-free shopping to the best app for rail travellers.
It's fair to say that Gary is well travelled, having undertaken everything from overland trips through east and southern Africa to adventures through South-East Asia, which eventually led him to becoming a diving instructor in Thailand. Then, via the vibrant cultures and varied sites of South America and India, and some shorter trips through Europe, he finally put down some roots – in Australia. And, between working for a local tour operator, he took full advantage of his new surroundings , travelling the length and breadth of the country to mix in such iconic sites as Sydney, Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef with a host of off-the-beaten-track gems, including Jervis Bay, Phillip Island and Kakadu National Park. He then hopped across the Tasman Sea to explore New Zealand, experiencing everything from heli-hiking on Franz Josef Glacier to watching England take on the All Blacks amid the urbane charms of Auckland.
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Diving in Thailand, following a turtle when a whale shark swam above my head!
I used to live in both Australia and New Zealand, working for a local tour operator. This has given me a plenty of on-the-ground knowledge of both countries, and how best to work an itinerary of either – or both!
Far East destination specialist Gary shares his expert tips on holidaying in Japan, from how to enjoy tax-free shopping to the best app for rail travellers.
It's late and I'm in Japan's biggest red-light district. Kabukicho in Tokyo is where carousing salarymen mix with hawkers and touts in a maze of karaoke bars and gentlemen's clubs.
In this extract from The Burma Cookbook, authors Robert Carmack and Morrison Polkinghorne describe the delights to be had in a typical Myanmar rice and curry restaurant.


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While sitting in the sand meditating, an ancient sage noticed a man crawling toward him with a boat strapped to his back. The sage walked over the man and asked why he was carrying a boat across the desert. The man replied, "I needed this when the desert was an ocean".
My introductory piece on the audio value proposition has brought an unexpectedly large and positive response, for which I'm very grateful. But I'm frankly quite surprised at the preponderance of inquiry from Audiophile Stylers interested in smaller, less costly and complex systems because they're downsizing, simplifying, or otherwise consolidating their space (both physical and emotional). My wife and I just went through this, with unbelievably great results – she actually turned on the music herself today! So I thought a special installment on the audio value proposition and lifestyle change would be a useful addition early in the series. The following facts and philosophy proved very valuable to us as we moved from a 4000 sq ft home to a 2000 sq ft condo apartment, entered our 70s, retired, and optimized our resource base to secure the most enjoyment we can for the rest of our lives.
Downsizing is widely considered to be an accommodation to aging, and it often is. But the concept applies equally to those who are simplifying, compacting, or otherwise reducing one or more scopes in their lives for any reason at all. While aging is probably the most common stimulus (as it was for my wife and me), everything from a spiritual awakening to economic change to new demands on time and other resources can precipitate a change in the course of your life. With each change comes a choice - go with the flow or get pulled under by the tide!
Each of us has his or her own value scale to guide us in prioritizing use of our time, our money, and even our emotions. Somewhere deep inside, we each know what's most important to us. We even know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, despite ignoring that little voice more often than we should and at our peril. When faced with an impending life change of any significance, the adjustment process starts with a reassessment of one's value scale. Knowing what's important to you is critical to making change work for you. Your wants and needs may not change much, but you'll almost certainly have to move some up or down on your scale. If your wants are incompatible with impending change, you're doomed to disappointment.
This installment of The Audio Value Equation might best be considered a users' guide to the reviews and comparisons in the rest of the series. To the many readers who have expressed concern about downsizing in response to the concept of developing your own audio value proposition, I say don't worry, be happy, the world is your oyster, it's going to turn out fine! All you have to do, to paraphrase the wise carpenter, is think twice and cut once. After defining and acknowledging your resource base, you'll find a world of sources, systems, and settings in which to enjoy yourself beyond your wildest dreams. For us, it starts with 10 principles of happy living:
- There is no such thing as "the best". There are many alternatives and substitutes for pretty much everything in the world that you could ever want, and you can be happy beyond belief with any of multiple choices.
- Know what's really important to you. Most of us don't really know what it is that we value in our favorite things – we just know that we love them, and we rarely think about why. What you have now and/or have coveted forever is convenient and comfortable – but it's not the only way to satisfy your wants and needs.
- Opinions without experience are of limited value. We have many strong likes and dislikes of things we've never encountered in our lives. We've read about them, heard them praised, and seen the awards others have given them. But we have absolutely no idea if we'll like them ourselves.
- You don't need as much as you think you do. We can live happily (often more happily) without a lot of things we always thought we had to have. We don't realize this because we're creatures of habit. We're a tad slothful, we don't like change, and we don't stop to consider whether what we've been doing for X years is still as rewarding as it was when we first got it.
- Change is opportunity. We especially hate (and deny) change that makes us consider our own failings, mortality and frailty. Downsizing is often a response to life changes perceived as limiting and constricting, so we cling to our stuff in the vain hope that we'll wake up with a check from Publishers' Clearing House, perfect hearing, and a full head of hair. This ain't gonna happen – but you're getting along without those things now and there's a lot of excitement waiting once you lose the baggage!
- Everything is a compromise. You've "learned the hard way" so many times by now that you must realize you're tough enough to do it at least a few more times. As long as the positives are stronger than the negatives, you're a winner!
- You won't know if you don't try. The fact that you didn't like something in the past does not mean that you won't like it now. I can't even remember why I didn't like a lot of things in my past, including cilantro, the sound of accordions, and dogs. But I love 'em now!
- Unrealistic expectations can lead to snap judgments that keep you from finding greatness. First impressions can be spot on, but they can also prevent you from looking past a silly and largely irrelevant flaw. Approach everything with an open mind to see what's really there. Let your senses guide you, not a desire to preserve the past.
- None of us has done everything right every time. We've all lived with choices made in haste and regretted at leisure. If you're clinging to something because you can't admit you made a poor decision, let it go! If it's a sunk cost, it has no value to you – just give it away if you can't sell it, and junk it if you can't give it away. Life is too short to schlep that albatross around your neck. You can probably live without it. If you can't live without it, find a better alternative.
- The sun will come up tomorrow, even if you made a less than stellar choice of something. If you define and allocate your resource base before actively making change, you'll almost certainly not put terminal strain your budget. With some caution and a modicum of commonsense, the stakes are lower and remedies more available than 'way back when you bought that expensive, limited production amplifier with the novel new circuitry that no one else used – and you found out the next year why no one else used it.
Audiophiles are fortunate beyond words and more so than most other hobbyists. Convergence of multiple technologies (old and new) has led to better music reproduction and better toys at lower cost from smaller & simpler devices than any of us would have believed possible not too long ago. Dramatic physical downsizing of audio systems now requires no compromise in sound quality, functionality, or fiddle-ability for anyone able to embrace digital or hybrid systems architecture. Even tube loving analog-to-the-enders can greatly reduce their space and energy requirements, along with the size and impact of their carbon footprint, without losing much (if any - YMMV) sound quality, functionality, or fiddle-ability. We've all struggled with stuff that we really wanted but that didn't drop easily into our lives and that failed to bring joy to us or those we love. When you think about it, there are fairly few categorical needs and considerations to be met for accommodating an audio system:
- physical space for all the parts of the system including sources, e.g. vinyl, CDs
- sufficient mounting, support, cooling etc for safe, sound, secure housing of all components
- an acceptable listening area and environment
- adequate, accessible power
- sufficient access among components for interconnection and control
- concealment as needed for unattractive necessities, e.g. hard wiring, power conditioners
You can't get a quart into a pint bottle, but audiophiles are duty bound to try! In the first 8 years of my marriage, we lived in a 1 BR apartment for 2 years before moving to a 2 BR unit so we could have children. After shoehorning Rectilinear IIIs into the 1BR along with a Mac MX110, two power amps, and my Thorens TT, I put a pair of 19" racks in the living room of the 2BR to hold a Crown deck, multiple preamps and amps, an SAE graphic equalizer, a dBx, an oscilloscope, a 3 way electronic crossover, a patch bay, and a host of revolving toys. The electronics were cooled by a pair of Rotron Whisper-Fans through ductwork made from anesthesia and respirator circuit tubing. And it's better if we don't even discuss the Infinity Reference Standards I snuck into our new house after #2 son was born.
Space is a critical resource for audiophiles, and most of us manage to accumulate at least a few space occupying items as we gear up for sonic splendor. When the need to downsize and simplify brings reassessment to the table, we have to face reality and choose among conflicting priorities. While sound quality is a high and valid priority on anyone's list, inertia and ego gratification fall below it on the sensible audiophile's value scale. There's great stuff in small packages today. Truly stellar sound can come from electronics and speakers of surprisingly slender stature, at very reasonable cost, with minimal compromise compared to either your legacy system or the one you were planning to buy before you found yourself at the crossroads.
There were very few physically small high quality audio components before computer audio, none of which made much power. Transformers were basically iron anvils, and the more power you wanted the more iron you needed. A Dyna Stereo 70 power amp weighed 32 lbs, the original MC275 weighed 76 lbs, and the big Mac tube amps weighed up to 135 lbs for an MC2000. Those audiophiles suffering from even moderately advanced gear acquisition syndrome (aka "GAS") developed many space-occupying lesions including turntables, tape decks, equalizers, noise reduction devices, tuners, etc. And, of course, any system worth having must let you hear, feel and enjoy the longest stops on the largest pipe organ in the world, along with all 97 keys on the Bosendorfer Imperial Grand piano used in a handful of pieces by Debussy, Ravel, Bartók and a very few others.
Here's some breaking news: downsizing is not a pejorative term! To downsize is most often thought to mean making or using a smaller version of something, e.g. downsizing a car. Synonyms include to trim, retrench, reduce, diminish, curtail, shrink, cut, deduct, decrease etc – and all suggest or imply a compromise of one kind of another. But with the right mindset and motivation, downsizing becomes nothing more than maximizing efficiency to get the most benefit at the lowest necessary cost from everything you do and everything you have. Whether retiring or just simplifying your life, you need to get rid of everything that takes more from you than it gives you back. If you don't, you'll be short on joy and resources before you're ready to push your "off" button.
If you objectively assess how much "value" you got from those anvil amps and monster speakers you adopted so you wouldn't miss a single dB at 20 Hz, you have to consider whether you even have any music that contains it and, if so, how often you listen to it and if it brings you great joy. You also have to assess available substitutes, e.g. a really fine little sub, or maybe a pair of 'phones like Sennheiser HD800s (spec'ed at 3 dB down at 14 Hz – haven't tested, can't confirm, but they pack a pretty solid punch down there). And once you sell the manse for a condo apartment, you may have to choose between the big system and a spare bedroom.
OK – you loved those huge, costly amps and speakers. You flew close to the sun on wings of sonic gossamer, lifted by the air in your soundstage. You know in your heart that you can't achieve that kind of ecstasy from small stuff at low cost. News flash: it's 2019 – get that boat off your back, pilgrim!
Thinking through a subject will almost always raise your awareness of its secrets. Bass response is often the deal breaker for audiophiles when buying new gear, so let's use it as an example of something about which you have to make decisions. Separating reality from your unsubstantiated beliefs and etherial desires is critical to making good decisions when downsizing (and at pretty much every other time). We'll discuss many specifics throughout this series, but bass is probably the most dramatic issue for many audiophiles. How deep does your music really go and how much bass is enough? "It depends" - but the facts surprise many who previously assumed otherwise.
For starters, most recorded music has little or no direct content below 40 Hz. Even a bass drum thwack has most of its fundamental content around 60-80 Hz. The spectral splash of percussive transients that gives definition to that kick drum is actually in the 3k-4k range, so "muddy" bass is at least as often the tweeter's fault as it is the woofer's. Further, the wavelength of a 40 Hz tone is 28 feet. So you'd have to be amazingly lucky to have neither troublesome reflections nor standing waves in rooms in which we normal people live, while neighbors lucky enough to live on a node of those long wavelengths originating in your living room will think there's a typical thumping car stereo outside their windows. Physical acoustic treatment is notoriously ineffective for low frequency anomalies in rooms significantly shorter than 20 feet in longest dimension, while DSP can both improve problems down there and correct wide field frequency response issues in smaller rooms.
Among ~2000 vinyl albums, ~1000 CDs, ~30 10 1/2" tape reels, ~100 7" reels, and over 10,000 FLAC files, I own one (count 'em – ONE!) album on which the extra bass keys on a Bosendorfer are played, and I haven't listened to it in many years. Although you will surely miss your water if the well runs dry, I'd bet that none of you has suffered much from legal bans and social boycotts of foie gras in 17+ countries around the world plus California by law (and many US restaurants who just believe it's the right thing to do). We audiophiles, like hobbyists of all stripes, live much of our lives reading and planning and acquiring for experiences we want to have and might have and would love to have…….but probably never will have. As a result, most of our oxen spend their lives un-gored.
You simply don't have much (if any) music in your collection requiring 21" bass bins in any room, let alone a 10'x16' condo living room with two seating areas and a wall unit. The lowest note on a standard 88 key piano tuned to concert pitch (A=440 H) is a low A at 27.5 Hz – and it's rarely played. The lowest string on a standard bass is a 41 Hz E. The C foot on a classical double bass bottoms out at about 33 Hz and a 5 string bass (often used now in jazz, blues, pop and rock) only goes down to a 31 Hz B. A good, solid small speaker that's down 6 dB at 50 Hz will still pump out clean, tight bass because every fundamental is "doubled" by its second harmonic (one octave above), and there's enough of the fundamental for excellent attack and solidity. And as you won't have room to stand your ProAcs 3 feet from the walls of the above described living room, you'll pick up 3 to 6 dB of boundary reinforcement for your bottom end anyway just from wall & corner proximity. If you still need more, there are many excellent small powered subs you can hide behind (or even use as) an end table – we have an 8" Yamaha sub out of sight behind the couches in our living room when my rumble jones hits.
"Ahh, but I'm an organ music lover!" you say. The lowest standard pitch on a pipe organ (called the "normal" or "standard" pitch) is the 64 Hz tone generated by an 8' pipe, and the bottom descends from there as longer pipes are added up to the maximum stop of 32' (which puts out a 16 Hz tone). Most of the world's pipe organs go "only" to 16' (32 Hz), with only the largest cathedral organs in the world having a 32' pipe and in a few cases, two of them. There are only two 64' stops in the world, as far as I know. I grew up with one, having been born and raised in Atlantic City, where the Midmer-Losh organ in Boardwalk Hall (formerly Atlantic City Convention Hall) has a 64' stop. I actually got to play the thing once during rehearsal for our high school graduation, and I can promise you that it's pretty impressive. And you'll simply have to trust me that no audio system brings it into your listening room.
The only other 64 footer of which I'm aware is the William-Hill organ built for the Sydney Town Hall in 1890. It was the world's largest organ until my home town did the Midmer-Losh in about 1930, and "ours" is still the largest pipe organ in the world based on number of pipes (some of which are not currently functional and for which restoration is still planned). Philadelphia also has the original pipe organ in what was the John Wanamaker Building until that company's bankruptcy and demise. As I recall, it's now the largest fully functional organ in the world, having been enlarged and restored several times to its current grandeur with 6 manuals and about 30,000 pipes. The other world class pipe organ with which I'm personally acquainted was another Atlantic City Midmer-Losh, this one in the Atlantic City High School building (now demolished) in which I toiled for 4 years. With 5 manuals and thousands of pipes, it was one of the largest and best organs in the world when built in the 1920s – and, again, no audio system I've ever heard can come close to the live sound of this instrument. Oh, yes – this organ only goes to 16' as I recall. It's now in a private home (!) in Arizona.
Why do I go into this detail about organs? There are two reasons: first, I want to reassure you that I really do know what a pipe organ sounds like and I'm not giving you hollow advice or information. Second, pipe organ lovers may be overdramatizing their need for huge speakers driven by amplifiers whose output is measured in horsepower. There are so few recordings made on organs like the above that you needn't fear having to tolerate a weak 64' stop when you downsize.
Even if you're fortunate enough to downsize with sufficient space for giant components, their marginal cost over smaller stuff most often exceeds their marginal quality, and their size alone makes them less flexible in placement for best listening. Most smaller home environments are limited by their designs, dimensions, and physical properties in both providing naturally fine acoustics and responding to physical and electronic treatment to sonic improvement. So when placed in small rooms, it's usually much easier to position and control physically small systems, and you can get stellar sound quality from some mighty small boxes. This is especially true when you can add DSP and subwoofers to computer based systems. The great news is that you can almost certainly get the same sound quality and functionality you have now from a system of components about 15% the size of your current stuff, for 25% of its equivalent new cost today. You can use the electricity already available in most modern apartments or townhouses, without the need to have an electrician run dedicated 20 amp lines (which you almost certainly won't be able to do in many condos).
In articles to come, we'll drill down on each category of component to evaluate and compare multiple real world choices in home environments. But to start your thinking and focus your search for downsize-friendly items, there's a list at the end of this installment of some of the things we've evaluated and our current selections used in the 5 systems now in our apartment. This is where the rubber meets the road, and it's truly an exciting drive for the flexible, adventurous and innovative audiophile.
Our first apartment after marriage was a 1 bedroom unit of about 1000 square feet. My wife filled the closet with clothes and shoes. I filled half of the living room with a large, low, solid teak table that held the system described in the intro above plus a wooden box filled with turntable / arm setup tools and record maintenance aids: Zerostat, Memorex and Discwasher record brushes, stylus mirror and cleaning brushes, Signet ultrasonic stylus cleaner, stylus pressure gauges, alignment jigs, etc. Flanked by a pair of Rectilinear IIIs (pretty good and fairly large floorstanders most of you probably never heard of), the system was shocking to my new bride, whose family music center was an RCA portable stereo record player.
Building codes were not what they are today, so there was only one duplex outlet at each end of the wall behind the system and another on each of the end walls. I plugged a "contractor's" double duplex box on fat, ugly black 12 gauge 3 conductor cable into one outlet in each wall box, which thrilled my wife no end as it was all quite visible. But it did leave outlets for television, table lamps, vacuum cleaners, etc - so we lived with it.
Those of you with legacy systems of considerable bulk and complexity already know that sources alone occupied huge amounts of your personal space. Shelf and storage space for records, open reel tapes, cassettes, CDs etc was at least equal to the combined footprints of electronics and speakers for many of us. And all that stuff was heavy - a hundred standard quality 12" LP records weigh about 33 pounds plus sleeves and jackets, and they take up about 17 1/2" of linear shelf space at least 12" high and 12" deep. Of course, records and tapes also had to be protected from dust and extremes of temperature and humidity while being gently held in a vertical position.
Audiophiles without dedicated space, strong stable storage, sufficient power, and adequate HVAC were at an extreme disadvantage for sound quality, flexibility, and usability of their systems until the advent of digital audio. But if you're "right-sizing" today, you can forget about almost all of the above issues. In fact, you can almost always put together a system that meets your requirements for it while blending into your space. The days of 19" rack mount cabinets for home audio are long gone – we've replaced them with very high quality "mini" rack and shelf systems that offer far greater stability, flexibility, and hideability while looking good enough to receive spousal approval.
A few basic needs remain, including adequate power of adequate quality and the need for environmental control around devices. But even those needs are different now and more easily met in smaller residential environments. We have both knowledge and devices sufficiently functional and attractive for open use in our homes to ensure that every component in an audio system has clean, stable power from its own outlet along with temperate filtered air. The interaction of power line nonlinearities and EMI (both ambient and entering through power portals) are not yet as well understood for class D amplification as they are for traditional analog class A or B circuitry of any type (e.g. vacuum tube, traditional transistor, FET etc). But high quality class D amplifiers (OK – please save your flames for that review) have integral management methods for both power line interference and EMI. These amplifiers are no more sensitive to power line problems than any other type. With appropriate system considerations like optimal circuit design and the shortest possible power and speaker wires, many sound extremely fine and can replace serious legacy hardware.
As the impetus for this "special edition" was inquiries about helping audiophiles to downsize and other adapt to similar life changes, I'll start by suggesting that one of the critical abilities for a successful morph is innovation in integrating your living and listening environments. If you still have a dedicated listening room after moving from the empty nest, you can ignore what comes next – but you'll never reach equilibrium with the future if you don't at least consider innovation as an aid to long and happy life. A lot of this is also about being greener, preserving our resources for future generations of audiophiles, and teaching them a better way to think about how their lives and loves impact their world.
My wife and I typify the older AS cohort. On retirement, we downsized from a large 5 BR home we designed, built, and therefore controlled, to a very nice 2 BR condo apartment that's "preconfigured" unless we want to do major renovation at considerable expense (which we don't). The house was all ours – furniture, floors, walls, ceiling height, HVAC, etc were entirely to our specification. The condo is what it is, leaving us to integrate our stuff as best we could and find new items to replace what we didn't want to being with us. So innovative integration was number one: figure out exactly what you need and find or build it. This applies both to your audio systems and how you fit them in your space.
We learned in the first month that many years of having what we wanted had unexpected effects on our ability to compromise. We discovered that downsizing is a major compromise in itself, and it left us a bit more sensitive to the little things that make ya' go "ugh". What helped the most was our ability to wait until we found what we wanted & needed, rather than compromise purely to fill a space or provide a function. So patience and optimism are innovation number two: you can and will find what you want and need in a form compatible with your downsizing plans. You just have to wait for it. Use our approach to fashioning and housing our downsized audio system and sources as an excellent example.
The best start is always to determine your needs, your wants, and the resources you're going to devote to each. We did a fairly intensive needs assessment and decided to use the second bedroom (13'x18') as a combined library and den, with a good queen sleeper sofa to accommodate the odd family members or friends we couldn't persuade to stay at the very nice Hilton about a mile away 😁
Ooops! The library was also my listening room – there was no audio equipment in the living room of the house. Now what? You could hear the gears turning as we reached an acceptable compromise with no difficulty (well…..not much, anyway). We decided to put a smaller system in the multipurpose room, with powered monitors flanking a 39" smart TV and our computer and network hardware on the counter. Our Focal towers would go on either side of the grand piano at one end of the living room and be driven by a separate system living under the piano. Innovation number three is looking out of the box for what you need. In this case, there are some very fine and solid stainless steel shelf systems for commercial kitchens that easily support hundreds of pounds and provide for excellent air flow. We pieced 2 and 3 shelf systems together for both living room and library system support.
The shelves shown on the library counter hold 3 NAS units, a network switch, an iFi DAC, an ASUS Chromebox, a NUC, a Samsung SmartHub, an Xfinity X1 box, and appropriate power strips for all. A similar unit at the left end of the counter holds an H-P PC, a Parasound preamp, an M-audio digital interface (ADC-DAC + headphone amp), 2 USB drives, and second network switch. My Thorens TD125 is barely visible on the counter at the left end of the picture. (Yes, I know I have to level the cabinet doors- I'll get to it!)
Remembering our requirement that the room also sleep two in a pinch, we got the largest sleep sofa we could fit along the wall. But respecting innovation number two, we searched until we found a sofa we loved that happened to be a queen size sleeper. It had to be right, since it's also where we usually watch movies – we can eat on the coffee table in front of it and the desktop audio system is great for HT sound.
Across from the sofa is a 15' built-in having cabinets above and below a counter top with desk alcove. This left 46" from the sofa's armrest to the back wall, which spans 50" from the corner to the window. So we had to find a 48" long, floor to ceiling shelf unit that looked good enough to live with and was both strong enough and deep enough to hold at least 1500 albums plus several pieces of audio equipment. This took about 3 months of searching, both on line and in every furniture store we could find. We were rewarded with the most solid étagère we'd ever seen by respecting innovations number 2 and 3! it's exactly the right size in every dimension, truly gorgeous, and strong enough to hold hundreds of pounds despite being truly fine furniture. It was a display piece that I noticed through the window of a store that was going out of business – I bought it directly off the floor for a fraction of its original price. It also serves as my lab bench for audio experimentation and evaluation.
Much of the current computer based audiophile spectrum is based on cutting edge hardware and software that changes and advances almost daily. Few people have extensive experience with all available products, and there's plenty of room for creative experimentation in every aspect of system design and implementation. With so much great stuff now available at what would be bargain basement prices for legacy analog equipment of the same quality and capability, it's easier and cheaper than ever to experiment. It's also cheap and easy to practice continuous quality improvement, when amplifiers of decent quality can be had for $250, computer sources like Raspberry Pis cost $35, and an amazing assortment of open source software is available for no more than you want to contribute to its creators if you love it.
A lot of past innovation is begging to be tried again. Think about the "double Advent" adventure chronicled by Harry Pearson in TAS Vol 1 No 1. He raved about the sound quality of stacked Advent speakers pared in parallel, after citing as their 3 biggest drawbacks for audiophiles that they were commercially successful, readily available, and low in demands on back and budget. "It is very difficult to take a $120 speaker system seriously", said HP in 1973! He then went on to detail how wonderful paired Advents were, to wit:
- "The bass, if anything had that certain low end sock that you hear in a good hall"
- "The upper strings, massed violins in particular, began to sound like massed strings"
- "relatively colorless", "very smooth"
- "Quite obviously, a speaker system in the authoritative class..."
Remember that $120 in 1973 is about $700 today. The Martin Logan 4i currently reviewed on AS is $249. For the cost of 4 of those those paired advents today ($2800), you can buy a pair of 4is plus a small ML powered sub at list price and have almost $2k left for the rest of your system plus a lifetime Roon subscription and dinner for 4 at a really nice restaurant.
Nothing is stopping you from doing this kind of thing today. Given the ease of buying and selling high quality, popular, inexpensive equipment both locally and on the internet, there is no reason not to experiment like this - and you have every good reason to do so. Next time they go on sale, consider doubling up on two pairs of small Wharfdales, DefTechs etc. You may be very pleasantly surprised at the bass, the image, the soundstage, and/or other characteristics. Maybe there's serious synergy in pairing small active monitors on each channel, or single driver wonders like the KEF – who knows?
A lot of great audio programs are open source, and many can be run on small board / single box computers. The next installment of this series evaluates and compares dozens of open source players for Windows, Mac, Linux, and proprietary JEOSs ("just enough operating systems"). Beyond players, you can get and play with everything from processors and equalizers to electronic crossovers like the EKIO that will let you split your input into multiple frequency bands using the channels of a MC receiver or DAC to power single range drivers individually. With these crossover programs, you can experiment with crossover points, slopes, time alignment, etc to find and set up what you think sounds best. Many audiophiles prefer the SQ of one open source player to another. Try it & see if you're one.
You can even run Windows programs like Foobar2000 on Linux boxes using a program called WINE ("Wine Is Not an Emulator"!). It works very well and opens up a world of windows to Linux users at no cost. There are so many plugins for Foobar now that it's impossible for me to catalog them all here. There's a crossover program that lets you biamp or triamp as long as you have a MC sound card in or connected to your computer. Many of these crossover and MC programs will output bit perfect audio through HDMI as well as optical, coax and USB. So you can use a high quality AV receiver (also inexpensive these days) to drive a multi-amped stereo system plus subs, saving money and space when rightsizing. You can also run a home theater from the same unit if it has switchable speaker outputs.
Innovate with software on your mobile device, too. Control, stream, monitor and share your files over your home network and out to the internet. I use 3 old smartphones as remotes in my home system.
You can and should explore the world of pretty fine equipment made for musicians. It includes ADCs, DACs, and system components for live music reinforcement, as well as recording, mastering, and playback software and hardware. I use an M-Audio USB audio interface for recording that has a stereo 24/192 DAC (from AKM, I believe) and sounds so good that I often listen to music on my AKG-701s through it. I love the huge gain control knob, and the entire device appears to be made extremely well of high quality materials in a metal case. I wouldn't hesitate to use this as the DAC in a home audio system – sound quality is equal to my Emotiva XDRs and close enough to my Stealth to keep me happy. It's not as flexible (e.g. I&O options and control, balanced ins and outs). But for a small, inexpensive, reliable home audio system with very fine SQ, it's more than up to the task. And it cost me $100 brand new!
With the arrival of the Raspberry Pi 4, you can have a serious little computer with gigabit ethernet, dual 4k HDMI outputs, a quad core 1.5G CPU, 4G of onboard RAM, and USB 3 – for $55! The default operating system (Raspbian) is pretty good for audio. You can also run any of several alternatives including Ubuntu Mate, which I like a lot. The 4 is a pretty competent little computer that can even hold its own against a stock ASUS Chromebox, another fine and inexpensive little audio source on which I'm currently running Ubuntu 18.04 and a host of servers dishing out everything from music files to 3 fully functional internet sites. I have a full JRMC instance on a Pi 3B+ that works just fine.
If you're curious as to whether something – ANYthing - might work, it's cheap and easy to find out. Your old laptop may be just what you need to pump music into your system or home network. You can always let your home PC double as a music server while you're sorting tings out – and you may find out it's pretty fine at the job.
WiFi has changed a lot in only a few years. Multi-access systems are now commonly used for best performance in tough areas like thick-walled condo buildings with hundreds of surrounding, competing WiFi signals. You can consider a "mesh" system, a range extender, and other options for cleanest and most reliable WiFi transmission. I set up a range extender at the far end of our 2000 sq foot apartment, and we have no problem with Roku sticks at both ends of the unit. I set them up to test Comcast's recent beta Roku app that streams our Comcast cable programming to Roku receivers….and it works great!
Did you know that there's now wireless HDMI? I'm also running a Nyrius Aries+ system in our condo, because there's literally no place or way to run wire or fiber inside our walls and ceilings – the building is stressed concrete and many walls are only a few layers of drywall separated by furring strips. With wireless HDMI, we can have full cable programming (including On Demand) in rooms to which we can't run a drop or an HDMI cable.
Decide what you want and what you need when rightsizing. Then go out and find it – it's probably already available. If it's not there, look to commercial and other nontraditional solutions you can adopt and adapt. it's out there, it's inexpensive, it's educational. And it's fun. Best of all, new tech can make downsizing not only tolerable but downright great!
Downsizing really sucks up floor space! But there are other surfaces waiting to be used, and innovative ways to use them. My favorite example is track lighting – there's some great mounting hardware on them there ceilings, just begging us to use it! It will help you blend speakers into the woodwork, and it's powered. I'm building a pair of small platforms to suspend small, wireless, powered monitors using the fittings that support pendant track lighting. I use H track, but the other systems are equally fine and there are many accessories available for each. Adapters like the two on my desktop in properly mounted track will easily support systems like Audioengine 2+. Drive them with a BT dongle for a noncritical background system or as rear speakers. I'll have mine up and running for the speaker evaluation piece.
Keep your eyes and your mind open, and you'll find many opportunities to innovate when choosing, setting up, and enjoying your audio system. There are a million ways to skin a GUI !
Relax! Do not worry about your sound system options. You don't need half of the stuff and function that you think you do. You don't need big, expensive, hot, ugly, boxy components and dedicated audio space with sturdy shelves and racks. You'll still need clean power and enough outlets, but that's easy to achieve these days. Cables and multiple outlet strips or adapters even look pretty good now, and there are many attractive ways to guide / conceal / manage exposed wiring in living areas. You can run your connections optimally for noise reduction etc with great ease.
You'll have better sound and more fun with your new system than you ever dreamed you could have with your old one. There are many ways to have great sound in small spaces for far less than the cost of the same SQ in your current system. You can set up a very nice system de novo for under $500 to give you music in your new surroundings while you reach equilibrium with them. You'll have time to consider your audio value scale, decide on your compromises, seek the right equipment, and locate it in your new digs.
Stay tuned for detailed presentations of your options in software, front end hardware, processing hardware, amplification, interconnections, and housing of your system. But also be on the lookout for solutions of your own. Remember the double Advent and let your mind wander a bit – you might be the next audio genius!
And now back to evaluations and comparisons……..
Here's the list with some of the things we've evaluated and our current selections used in the 5 systems now in our apartment.


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Microsoft hangs head over Windows 8
Software giant acknowledges OS problems; promises changes for the better in Windows Blue
In what appears to be a dramatic admission of failure, Microsoft Corp has promised a number of enhancements to the Windows OS in its new iteration, codenamed "Blue".
Online reports today characterised the company's comments as a u-turn, quoting analysts' criticism of Steve Ballmer's bet-the-farm vision for the panned operating system. The reports also quoted analysts as predicting the climb-down would damage Ballmer's reputation.
Time likened the absence of the familiar Start button in Windows 8 to the removal of a steering wheel from a car and other reports referred to the views of industry research companies such as IDC, which regarded the introduction of Windows 8 as a significant contributory factor in the decline of PC sales.
The Financial Times quoted Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty as saying, "This is like New Coke, going on for seven months - only Coke listened better." Coca-Cola took only three months to recognise that consumers did not appreciate the changes made to a market mainstay.
Microsoft initially defended its new tile interface in Windows 8, citing ergonomics research that it claimed showed user acceptance. Upon launch, the OS was lambasted by critics, who cited navigation issues and the absence of the Start button as product killers. Others referred to the identity crisis of a system that was problematic on touch devices and made little sense on traditional notebooks and desktops, with Apple CEO Tim Cook quipping that Windows 8 was like the attempted combination of a toaster and a fridge.
Subsequent launches of hybrid devices by Microsoft's OEM partners did little to encourage user migration.
In recent interviews with several media outlets, Tammy Reller, CFO, Windows Business, acknowledged the critical flood.
"It's very clear we could and should have done more," she told FT.
Reller avoided explicit examples on the planned changes and did not confirm the reinstatement of the traditional Windows interface, choosing instead to focus on the "strong" level of consumer acceptance of the OS on touch devices.
"When we set out to build Windows 8 we set ourselves up for a mobile computing change," she told ABC News.
"All the changes were necessary to make that forward progress - adding the store, building out the store, adding apps and touch and an entire new user experience. It was a great foundation and there is a lot to build on."


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About Boerum Hill
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Where to go in Boerum Hill
coffee shop
The Little Sweet Cafe
77 Hoyt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Snug cafe featuring sweet & savory crêpes, cakes, pastries & java drinks in warm surrounds.
Collier West
377A Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Home furnishings store specializing in handcrafted & antique lighting, decor, furniture & jewelry.
Livingston Manor
42 Hoyt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Rustic bar with a Catskills look offering wine, cocktails, sandwiches, charcuterie & brunch.
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Absolute Coffee
327 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Intimate, neighborhood outpost featuring artisanal espresso drinks & pastries in a chill atmosphere.


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Chances are you heard the term "gay slur" used in connection with a small D.C. restaurant and hookah bar last week. If you did, the headline-seeking zealots at the national gay rights litigation group Lambda Legal were responsible.
"Responsible," however, is no longer a term appropriately associated with the organization. As detailed by Bil Browning on his Bilerico Project site, published the day after a press release was issued by the group, it turns out Lambda knew or revealed only a portion of the story.
Unfairly tarnishing the reputation of a local business before all the facts are known led Browning to ask the question that titled his piece: "Why Is Lambda Legal 'Cyber Bullying' a Small Business?"
Lambda Legal's either incomplete knowledge of the facts or intentional omission of information created the impression the group was attempting to fuel an online firestorm.
Dru Levasseur, the Lambda attorney handling a complaint filed with the D.C. Office of Human Rights on behalf of a transgender patron, bluntly stated, "The business' reputation is not our concern. Lambda Legal has no obligation to investigate the allegations before doing media work or filing a case," he told Browning.
It seems that "doing media work" is the group's tactical weapon of choice.
What has become clear is that Lambda Legal apparently considers harming a local business mere collateral damage when waging a larger war and nationalizing an incident. "Discrimination against LGBT customers is a widespread problem that often goes unaddressed in businesses across the country," Levasseur noted.
While the circumstances surrounding the incident at the center of the controversy nearly a year ago remain unclear, the attention-getting element is not in dispute. An employee at the establishment, fired when the situation was brought to the attention of management the same evening, generated a guest check that included a keyed table identification of "Gay Bitches" which was presented to the complainant and eight friends. A photo of the original check, which was replaced by the manager when brought to his attention and he waived the bill in apology, was retained by one of the guests and was publicly released.
Thousands were spurred to share the image on social media, resulting in numerous news stories and television reports locally, nationally and abroad. Lambda also distributed a graphic of the check that included an exhortation to "tell" the venue "discrimination is against the law." Rather than await the results of the OHR investigation, Lambda resorted to launching a broadside against the business that sparked a large volume of angry online postings overwhelming the business and including calls for a boycott.
Lambda Legal staff never spoke to the owner or the manager on duty the evening of the incident. Had they done so they would have discovered that management was both greatly concerned and had undertaken immediate remedial action. They might have also learned that several gay employees are among venue staff, that the business is popular among gay patrons and is a frequent host of same-sex marriage receptions and other community-related events.
Whether the incident is a violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act and an ill-advised bad-tempered customer reference rises to the level of discrimination will be determined by OHR. Based on the details currently known, it is almost certain that the complaint will be dismissed.
Whatever the actual circumstances and regardless of the outcome, it appears that it may not have been a "best moment" for either the offending former employee or at least some members of the guest party.
Karma is ultimately the real "bitch" in this situation. As additional information has spread via social media, Lambda Legal is increasingly the object of scorn in the court of public opinion. Perhaps next time they will be more concerned with fairness and facts and less obsessed with belligerently badgering a business.
They owe their client, our community and a local business an apology.
Mark Lee is a long-time entrepreneur and community business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC. Reach him at email@example.com.
too bad, bigots-you made your hate filled bed, now you will lie in it
Mr. Dostal, you might want to read Mark Lee's piece.
Mark Lee…Did you have a point? I read your rant but didn't understand what your concern is or was. Are you saying this didn't happen? Or it shouldn't matter?
Ummmmmm, Gays are not the only movers and shakers of DC. There will be more people that will go to the restaurant and patronize They'll settle and that will be it! Nothing further more to see here!
More gay drama.
Boo hoo. Mark Lee butt hurt?
They dont do anything most organizations do to get what they want because no one plays fair in the media and politics. Wont survive if you soley went by the rules. It is an uneven playing field.
If Mr. Lee is correct, that the business took immediate action against the offending employee, then we should be celebrating the business and its management, not condemning them.
If Mr. Lee is correct, that the business took immediate action against the offending employee, then we should be celebrating the business and its management, not condemning them.
If Mr. Lee is correct, that the business took immediate action against the offending employee, then we should be celebrating the business and its management, not condemning them.
Maybe we shouldn't give Lambda Legal any credence anymore!
So let me get this straight–a restaurant horribly insults it's paying customers with an in your face, anti-gay statement and Lambda Legal is the bad guy for bringing this matter to the public's attention?!! Mark Lee, you are an idiot and an apologist for blatantly discriminatory behavior. So what if the restaurant fired the waiter? These customers had to endure this garbage and they deserve to be heard. I'm glad Lambda put this story is out there because it sends a message to other restaurants in town that they had better make sure their employees are not mistreating members of the gay community or any other group!!
They owe their client, our community and a local business an apology. – Mark
Hits and misses, Mark.
Every person and organization makes mistakes, sooner or later. I hate to throw any of our peeps under the proverbial bus. Lambda Legal's reputation for LGBT advocacy through litigation speaks for itself. Lambda Legal's 'hits' will stand for all time as strong and historical links in a chain of constant and rapid LGBT progress.
Moreover, I don't think we have to remind LL of its few 'misses' in that longstanding history. No professional firm has the kind of successes Lambda Legal has had without a great capacity for internal, critical review.
Even diligence aside, publicly blowing ones toes off in trigger-happy target practice tends to focus professional minds, too.
What Lambda Legal does owe its client and Lambda Legal– and certainly, no one else– is a constant re-evaluation and appropriate sharing of all the dynamics of any given case. Let's hope they're doing that now… for all of LL's LGBT rights cases to come.
This would be more compelling from a different source. Mark Lee would just as blindly defend the business as Lambda has the patrons, no matter what the business did.
Cdog makes some important points.
This was an egregious act of homophobic discrimination, harassment and injury by a business of public accommodation. All public accommodations owners are responsible for the discrimination and/or acts of animus of their employees. There is no question about that at all.
Poor BUSINESS management created this injury, not merely a rogue waiter who Mark (and others) spin as being somehow disconnected from the establishment's management responsibilities.
The management's prior LGBT-friendly performance does not matter a whit to its failure to avoid the injury its employee perpetrated upon the patrons. Are its employee required to agree to an ethical code of conduct?
Whatever their internal practices, the fact remains that the management obviously did not take sufficient care to prevent LGBT patrons from being egregiously harassed and demeaned.
The more I think about this, the more I realize Lambda Legal is on the right side of this issue– robustly defending LGBTs against egregious, unfair treatment.
We ought to join Lambda in that cause, too. Let's call out homophobic and transphobic discrimination– and too often, related racism– wherever we see it. That includes businesses of public accommodations or private clubs and entities. The era of whites-only/ Jews-need-not-apply country clubs should be long over for members of any minority class.
Though the Boy Scouts of America is a private entity, allowed to discriminate against anyone it chooses– AG Eric Holder, the nation's top cop, recently blasted the Boy Scouts for its ongoing bigotry and discrimination against LGBT scout leaders. Rightly so. In that vocal objection, Eric Holder sets an example for us all.
Just like Holder and Lambda, we can call out homophobic, transphobic and racist discrimination in our local businesses and private entities, too.
In Ward 5, just in the past few weeks, the Brookland Listserv's management engaged in blatant discriminatory censorship of LGBT news and civic announcements regarding Capital Pride, DC Black Pride– and now, it seems, even Councilmembers who support such Pride events. Apparently all the Capital Pride/ Pride Month news and announcements — and perhaps Ward 5's burgeoning LGBT population — have sent them into a censorship tizzy.
That Listserv's anti-LGBT discrimination goes beyond Pride topics too. This week the Brookland moderators even deleted a citywide appeal by Police Chief Lanier for the public's help regarding a LGBT-related crime upsurge in MPD's neighboring Sixth District.
So Marriage Equality will not soon end the homophobic and transphobic discrimination we know too well. Opposing discrimination wherever it exists should remain a civil rights concern for all of us.
The great civil rights leader, Julian Bond, has repeatedly noted that learning from and modeling African Americans' struggle and tactics for human and civil rights is now part of all Americans' birthright. Bond also emphasizes the three primary means used in that historic struggle… education, registration and litigation.
Lambda Legal is, and has been, an integral part of historic LGBT civil rights litigation efforts. We ought to be grateful for that.


text: The British psych-pop outfit known as Orange Bicycle evolved from a Beat group, Robb Storme & the Whispers, also known as the Robb Storme Group. They had recorded a handful of harmony pop singles for Pye, Piccadilly, Decca, and Columbia Records during the early '60s, but with little success. In 1966, the Robb Storme Group covered the Beach Boys' "Here Today." It was arranged by the band's own multi-talented keyboardist/producer Wilson Malone and produced by Morgan Music's co-owner Monty Babson at Morgan Studios in the Willesdon area of London. With psychedelic music at its zenith, the group decided to change its name change and, in 1967, they re-emerged as Orange Bicycle. Over the next few years, they released a half-dozen singles; their -- "Hyacinth Threads" -- remains the band's best-known track, appearing on numerous compilations. In late August/early September 1968, Orange Bicycle -- wearing matching black and orange suits -- performed at the Isle of Wight music festival, reportedly covering songs by Love and the Rolling Stones. In 1970, already somewhat past their prime, Orange Bicycle recorded their only album, The Orange Bicycle. It was comprised largely of covers, including Elton John's "Take Me to the Pilot," Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You," and Denny Laine's "Say You Don't Mind." A few tracks were produced by John Peel. Psychedelic pop music, however, was on the wane, or transmogrifying into heavier prog or hard rock, so the group decided to call it a day, breaking up in 1971. Wilson Malone's self-titled solo album (as Wil Malone) for Fontana was released that same year. Meanwhile, drummer Kevin Currie joined Supertramp, then Burlesque, before becoming a session drummer. Malone went on to form the heavy psych-prog trio Bobak Jons Malone with celebrated engineer/producer Andy Jons and guitarist producer Mike Bobak. They recorded one album, Motherlight. Malone also collaborated with bassist John Bachini on singer/songwriter Robert MacLeod's 1976 solo album Between the Poppy and the Snow. That same year, they covered the Beatles' "You Never Give Me Your Money" for All This and World War II. Malone then went on to become a top producer/arranger on his own, working with many successful groups and solo artists. His string arrangement for the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" (which appropriated the symphonic arrangement from the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time") caused a ruckus that resulted in Andrew Loog Oldham suing the Verve for songwriting royalties. In 1988, the Morgan Bluetown label issued an Orange Bicycle compilation, Let's Take a Trip On..., which contained all of the band's Columbia singles but no Parlophone-era recordings. Edsel later reissued all of Orange Bicycle's recordings -- 33 tracks total -- on a double CD in 2001. ~ Bryan Thomas


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WALK 97.5 hosted its 17th Annual Thanks For Giving Food Drive, an all-day broadcast which benefits Long Island Cares. The drive produced over twenty-two thousand pounds of food for Long Islanders who may not be able to put food on their dinner table.
103.1 MAX FM and 94.3 The Shark teamed up to host a dual station Broadcast in Smithtown benefiting Long Island Harvest. 2,343 Pounds of Mix and Assorted Foods were donated along with 64 Turkeys, cash contributions and gift cards.


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Alpha Tunes is a modern spin on mobile DJing. Our goal is to provide outstanding entertainment, where sophistication is reflected through music, lighting, and an overall professional presentation. We combine high energy and style along with elegance and class to bring you a rockin' party. Whether you are planning an intimate gathering, corporate function or your wedding, Alpha Tunes has the ability to create the perfect atmosphere for your event. For more information call/text (312) 899-6001 or contact us online.
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