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You had a long day. You come home, take a shower, eat and need something relaxing to put you to sleep. You may have a few sex toys to help you have a orgasm or you may be old school and use your fingers. Once you cum, you fall right asleep. That is very common amongst many women. Not just single women.
One of the best ways to understand your body is by getting to know your body. Its yours, you're stuck with it. As you get familiar with your body you may start enjoying your body and building self confidence.
Every women masturbates for different reasons and some choose to not do so. You may be stressed. Single. Not sexually satisfied with your partner, or just damn right freaky. There is nothing wrong with touching your own body. This is a topic that many women feel embarrassed to talk about. I never really understood why until I spoke to a few women who don't. They said they felt uncomfortable or embarrassed even though they were by themselves. The thought of engaging in sexual activity without a man was creepy one said.
I started using vibrators as a teen. It did help relieve sexual frustration without going out releasing it with every boy in the town. Most young girls are curious about sex, and studies show most women masturbate before the age of 18. Its safe and healthy as long as it doesn't consume your life.
Many couples bring sex toys, or use porn to spice things up. Then you have a few women who say their men hate the idea of sex toys. One woman I spoke to says she comes home on her lunch break and uses hers while the boyfriend is at work. Do you think some men feel threatened by sex toys possible pleasing you better? I sometimes think that the idea of you getting a orgasm without, makes some men furious. If this is your case, let your man know why you do it. Maybe try to let him use it on you. Him walking in on you masturbating may be a shock.
The real reason why women masturbate is because it just feels good. It doesn't take anything away from a man. Many if us do it because we truly enjoy it. Nothing is wrong with you if you are arouse yourself.


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Trying to Tear Down States Rights Over Federal Cowardice
|Governor Jan Brewer
While the country is going to hell in a handbasket, so many news organizations are steadily heaping logs onto the fire. Instead of them actually reporting factual news, they instead "report" a bunch of drama surrounding the news. This sells papers and advertisement, and makes EVERYONE dumber than they were 2 minutes before reading the stories. This is exactly the case surrounding the Arizona immigration law controversy. Instead of them reporting that the 9th circuit court of appeals refuses to listen to the case, because THERE IS NO CASE, they instead tell you they refuse to "get into the controversy". They even quote democrats, versus a republican governor, who says that the law is "laughable." What's laughable is that the federal government is trying to trump a state's right to protect itself, its economy and its citizens from unchecked illegal immigration that is destroying the state from the inside. They don't report how these illegal immigrants are not the supposed hard working salt of the earth people seeking a better life, but a bunch of gang-bangers, underage prostitution runners, human traffickers, who are all murdering people, burning people's homes and shutting down entire infrastructures.
Let me report the news as it should have been reported. No emotions, no drama, no scandal, I'll give you just the boring facts.
The facts are the Obama administration has very powerful friends that want virtual slave labor in the country. They only see the illegal immigrants as potential second class citizens they can use and abuse. They don't care that these illegals are not the hard working folks everyone tries to portray them as in the media. In fact only 1 in 7 is that hard working. Quite a few get on the government dole as soon as they cross the border and are a drain on the economy. But these big people don't care, they would prefer to just get millions and millions in so that 1 in 7 can be millions, regardless of the other 6 in 7.
In steps Arizona, a border state, that cannot take it any more. Murder, prostitution, drugs, arson, chaos, anarchy, is enough to get anyone's attention. The public outcry by border towns could not be ignored any longer. So the legislators and Governor Jan Brewer stepped in with applying the constitution to their state.
|Actual La Raza Poster
Unlike those who don't understand, the federal government is NOT the supreme law of the land. States have equal power to the federal government and has always had equal power. In fact, time and again the supreme court has bowed to a state's right to regulate itself, over wishes by the federal government. Only in egregious instances of state abusing citizens has the courts allowed the federal government to step in on the citizen's behalf, i.e. Blacks being lynched, genital mutilation and jim crow. But, this is not that instance. The protection of the constitution does not blanket non-citizens, to begin with, and the citizens that ARE being abused are the citizens of the state and not the illegal immigrants.
However, what you see in the press is emotional pictures of old women crying, supposedly opposing the law. These marches and protests are organized by people who have an agenda that you will never hear about in the news. What is this agenda? Pure and simple, racism. These groups want Mexicans to come to the U.S. unchecked, without stipulation, without any litmus tests whatsoever. They want to transplant, if they can, the entire Mexican country inside the U.S. And, why is this? for political gain and power. They have already started, by getting legislation passed in many other states that would tie the hands of all law enforcement agencies, including the federal government, from determining immigration status, checking citizenship I.D. for gaining benefits, voting.
The Arizona legislation was a tremendous blow to this racist agenda of unchecked illegal Mexican immigration. However, these immigrants destroyed the very thing that they came here for, the economies of many border towns. Whole school districts had to close due to lack of funding and tax payer input. Hospitals had to shut down due to non-payment by illegal immigrants getting services and not paying for them, by the hundreds of thousands. Clinics had to shut down due to lack of funding. Civic infrastructure had to shut down. When 40% of the population is paying for the entire infrastructure of businesses and state benefits, they will shut down and go out of business. The load is too much for such a small paying population to bear.
|La Raza Protest March
The crimes go unreported in the national media surrounding illegal immigrants. If they do, they are immediately called bigots and racist for reporting it. If police dedicate themselves to busting illegal immigrant gangs that have contracts to kill-on-sight Black people [real story] they are called racist cops for targeting latinos. If a cop pull over a criminal, with no insurance to cover the cost of him destroying a city bus with his car, and asks for immigration status, he's called a racist.
The agenda of these racist organizations to allow illegal immigration into the country, unchecked, is completely out of hand. It has hampered many many state and local authorities right to protect their own citizens.
Getting back the Obama administration. Unless you've been under a rock for the past century, the presidency is not a controlling position in the U.S. It is controlled by very powerful lobbies and business interests. The fallout of competing interests were made readily apparent, to anyone with a brain, in the George W. Bush elections 2000 and 2004. The veil was pulled aside, briefly, so that everyone could see the man behind the curtain. So as mentioned earlier these powers allow these racist organizations to thrive and continue unabated with their vile agenda. It [the organizations] serves their [the powers that be] purpose nicely.
Enter the courts. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked the law by imposing an injunction for it going forward.
"Basically we believe (the law) is constitutional but she obviously pointed out faults that can possibly be fixed, and that's what we would do," Brewer told The Associated Press.
|Sad Poster to See
In her temporary injunction Wednesday, Bolton delayed the most contentious provisions of the law, including a section that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. Bolton indicated the federal government's case has a good chance at succeeding in its argument that federal immigration law trumps state law. Brewer has said she'll challenge the decision all the way to the Supreme Court.
Let's hope Governor Brewer does not cave into pressures from lobbies that have no public interest at heart. This law is about safety and the constitutionality of a state's right to protect itself, for citizens to be safe and secure in their homes. The press trying to convert this into an emotional issue of racism and bigotry, when the facts are people are hurting from illegal immigration. People are dying from illegal immigration. But the press would rather sell stories about how America is a big bad bully, instead of a story about it protecting its own citizens.
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The SS100 mannequin was check ridden at one hundred sixty km/hour, and the SS80 was take a look at-ridden at one hundred thirty km/hour, and any bike that failed to fulfill the specs was returned for repairs. The finished product was nearly as good as a Rolls-Royce automobile and was among the many costliest motorcycles. Prices ranged between A�130 and A�one hundred eighty, and may very well be afforded solely by rich individuals. The quality end and match, and fame acquired in race victories and reliability placed them among the many most popular collectable motorised automobiles. Their prices ranged from 40,000 US dollars to over three,000,000 US dollars, in the year 2007.
Brough Superior Works made motorcycles, aspect automobiles as well as motor cars between 1919 and 1940. The Motor Cycle newspaper's H.D. Teague dubbed them as 'Rolls-Royce' of Bikes, a label that has stayed with the marque to at the present time. Through the twenty-one years of manufacturing about 3,048 bikes were made in nineteen fashions. A thousand of them have been shown to exist in 2004, and George Bernard Shaw and T.E Lawrence had been among the celebrities, who confirmed much interest in Brough motorcycles.
The UK likes to trip 125cc petrol scooters.
One other thing that it's best to do previous to placing your bid on the repossessed motorcycles on the market is to check the mandatory papers such as the registration paperwork, background report in order verify the earlier owner of the unit and be certain that it is free from any additional obligation, and its maintenance information if any; in addition to the required paperwork to complete the sale if ever you win the bidding.
As such Trikes will most likely stay off the mainstream and stored being owned and made by eccentric enthusiasts who need something a bit completely different and to face out from the group. Lesson: Your brand is the way you're defined; who you're; or extra precisely, the notion of who you might be. And it's considered one of your most useful belongings.
Prioritizing Inputs. This shouldn't be the case.
Though the Sportster bikes aren't probably the most comfy of the Harley vary, they're an excellent dependable bike. They are sturdy and light-weight making them supreme for round city journeys, but additionally equally nearly as good for longer street trips. They're the Harley Davidson high selling bike and it's no surprise while you see what you get on your money. They're fuller kitted out with leather-based saddle bags, low sissy bar, wind protect, a deluxe touring seat and an overnight sports rack. The design has now made them excellent as touring bikes and you will see lots of them getting used for longer journeys.
Used Bikes: This is for many who wish to buy used bikes. It's good to purchase bike from a vendor so that you could get a guarantee on the bikes you buy. It might be a bit costlier than purchasing from a private vendor. Even so, you can carry out a take a look at journey, and make a deal from an established concern.
Automobiles have a disadvantage of being giant and therefore can not squeeze through visitors jams like a motorcycle. Due to one half of a trike having a 2 wheeled base, they also sport this disadvantage. They can drastically assist inspire confidence with a motorbike rider as he learns all of the ins and outs of find out how to operate his bike.


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Wonderful Wakatobi
Wakatobi has been on our list for a while, but the timing has never quite worked. Last year we looked at the best time to visit, and then selected a week around Easter to capitalise on the long holiday weekend. From the moment we touched down in Bali, we realised why everyone raves about Wakatobi. It's that good.
Getting there
Getting to Wakatobi is relatively easy, assuming that you can get to Bali. Flights to Wakatobi (a Garuda charter) depart on Monday and Friday mornings – early. Because we timed this with Easter, we opted for the Friday flight and flew into Bali late Wednesday. This allowed time to deal with flight delays or missing luggage.
We had no delays and arrived as scheduled on Wednesday night. Prior to departure, Wakatobi emailed us arrival information, including a photo of their greeter. Sure enough, he was waiting at baggage claim, escorted us through customs, and explained the logistics for Friday morning. He then helped us find our driver who was arranged by Parigata.
We stayed at the Parigata Villas the last time we were in Bali. Each villa has its own pool, and there are plenty of restaurants nearby. There's a path along the beach that is great for an early morning walk, or some beach yoga.
We had an early start Friday, as we had to be back at the domestic terminal at 6:45am. We spotted our friend from Wednesday night, and he took our bags and escorted us to checkin, where the bags were tagged with or bungalow #, and zip tied shut. A representative from Garuda escorted us through security, and led us to the Garuda lounge. Around 8am, the representative from Wakatobi announced the flight, and we joined 15 other passengers on a bus out to the waiting ATR72. The flight was a little over two hours, included a light meal, and flew over some unbelievable coral atolls.
When we landed, new Wakatobi representatives were there to greet us, and we piled in to a small fleet of minivans for the short ride to the dock. One of the Wakatobi dive boats was waiting to take us the 15 minute ride to the resort. Our luggage, and a heap of freight for the resort, followed in a separate boat. We were greeted with cool towels, and met our dive guide Jaka.
Wakatobi's tag line is "a luxury eco dive resort". When we saw "luxury" mentioned, we were afraid we'd need to dress up, and the other guests would be snoooty. "Eco" usually means that they don't wash towels every day. But this is one of the first places we've been where these words are more than marketing hype. Wakatobi is blissful barefoot luxury, with five star, environmentally conscious service.
The resort
The boat docked at the concrete jetty, and Jaka pointed out some of the resort features as he led us to our bungalow. The open air long house has a reception desk, a very nice boutique, an air conditioned library, and a presentation room. The dive centre is adjacent to the long house. There are a few covered areas for gear, and you are assigned a spot (with labeled bins and hangars for gear) for the duration of your stay. There's also a dedicated camera room, that is air conditioned but not too cool, has spongy work areas, universal power strips, plenty of clean towels, an air blower, and even a bin of rice (which luckily we didn't need).
We were assigned to bungalow #5, which was ocean front and the closest to the long house. Part of the magic of Wakatobi is all the people working behind the scenes that come together to produce an amazing experience. Our two chaise lounges were magically covered at night and uncovered in the morning. The front porch area with two giant lounges had the sun shades raised and lowered for optimal enjoyment. Even the sand was raked into patterns. They'd thought of everything (even scissors to cut the zip ties on our luggage!). There was also a massive outdoor shower, with plenty of products (in refillable containers), and lots of soft fluffy towels (including wash cloths!).
Meals were served at the dining room, which had a massive buffet area and indoor and outdoor seating. We started the day with a light breakfast at 6:30, leaving enough time to digest before our first dive. Lunch was at 12:30, and we tried to keep this light as well given the 3pm dive. We usually watched the sunset at the jetty bar (which used glass straws in their mixed drinks), and then went to dinner around 7. The buffet food (e.g. spring rolls, pumpkin gratin, sweet and sour chicken, carving station) was top notch, and there was always a made to order station as well (tempura, stir fry, and various noodle soups). The always-smiling staff seemed to know everyone by name and had memorised their preferences by the dinner on the first day.
The Diving
Wakatobi's boats aren't packed, they usually have 12-14 people with a ratio of one guide per four divers. We pre-arranged a private boat, which was a bit of a splurge but you only live once right ?!? This meant we could make our own schedule, and had plenty of space for the cameras. In addition to our guide and the captain, we had a dive helper, and a host who gave us hot towels, cocoa (in reusable travel mugs that we got to keep), and a tray of fresh fruit and cakes after each dive. The boat had a large camera rinse bin, plenty of areas to keep things dry, and two chaise lounges for surface interval comfort. Entry was via giant stride from one of the two openings on each side of the boat.
Each day, boards in the dive centre showed boat assignments, schedule, and destination.
Most boats leave at 7:30, but we left a little later around 8. The dive sites we visited were all with 30 minutes of the resort. We had the option to visit ones that were farther away, or to stay out all day, but were perfectly content with the conditions at the sites we visited. We did two dives each morning, and one each afternoon for a total of 18 dives over the week. The water was warm (30c/86f) and most dives had little to no current. Jaka (our guide) went above and beyond – selecting perfect, pointing our the tiniest of critters, and carrying my 8kg camera to and from the boat.
Throughout our visit, staff and management repeatedly asked for feedback and if there was anything that they could do better. I'm a huge fan of receiving constructive feedback, so we tried and tried and tried to come up with something to tell them but couldn't think of one thing. The end to end experience, from our initial email, through our visit, through their follow-up emails, was flawless. The question is, will we be back next year or the following year…


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Citation 7.1 Amplifiers
Citation 7.1 Amplifiers
[Sep 14, 2019]
I have 4x citation enjoying every moment with them 3 used in cinema one for stereo system . No complaints. Run cool under high stress. Fully recommen if you get chance to buy . Buy quick it sell like hot cake.
It is very hard to lift nearly 40kg
[Mar 23, 2019]
Perfection, I have 2 one of them clips when I turn the preamp on, but is a minor problem to switch it on again. More than 10 years of great sound
Weight is a hassle to move them.
Purchased: Used
[Jul 22, 2016]
I have used this amp a couple of times in my system over the past 20 years and it never ceases to amaze me. First let me say if you have issues with bass, it's not this amp. I use Platinum Audio Solos that have 4" aluminum bass drivers and the bass is deep, tight, fast and well controlled with the amp in bridge mode. (450 wpc) . In any system, if your front end is mid fi, then your end sound will be mid fi or worse. Even with the advances in technology, I've yet to hear an all in one box CD player under 5k that will sound better than a 2k outboard dac and mediocre CD player combo. Cheap cabling also results in less than stellar sound.
[Sep 30, 2010]
Audio Enthusiast
Very clear and extended frequency response, vocals sound very lifelike, and the upper end is very smooth and sweet, splashy in a good way and very accurate. No glare or listening fatigue whatsoever. Makes those CDs I have that always sounded "hard" very enjoyable to listen to now. Always thought it might have been a speaker issue or maybe cables, but the glare was from the Rotel 1080 I was using. Very nice soundstage. Basically I feel the Citation 7.1 does everything right from about 1kH and up. The bass is deep and powerful, but nowhere near as tight and evenly controlled as the bass response of the Rotel RB-1080 I intended to replace. Plus, it seems like the bass is kind of emphasized around the 100Hz mark, and the lower midrange @300-800Hz seems a little scooped, losing some of the grunt and body of electric guitars. Almost makes rock music sound thin and "polite" when combined with the very smooth upper end. I am running Paradigm Ref 100's (v2) and everything including the powercord was the same between the two comparisons. I have loved the Rotel 1080 since day one, but it has always been a little edgy and fatiguing for me particularly at very high volumes on less then perfectly recorded/mastered material. The 7.1 definitely took care of the glare problem and showed me what the paradigms were truly capable of from the upper midrange to the very top of their frequency response, and ended my idea of needing a speaker upgrade. Now I need to find an amp that combines the 1kH and below of the Rotel 1080 (which is perfectly balanced, tight, gutsy, and authoritative in that region) with the 1kh and above of the 7.1 which is very smooth and detailed. Sure I could biamp with both and might just play around with it, but would much rather have a one-box solution that can do it all.
[Jun 17, 2010]
I now own two Citation 7.1 amps. I was able to pick up another one used recently for around $750. They are hard to come by on the used market and for very good reason, they sound excellent, dynamic, detailed and smooth. The bass control is outstanding. I used one of each amp now as monoblocks and the gains in my system compared to using only 1 are well worth it. I have owned many high end amps from YBA, Pass Labs, Classe, B&K, etc. and while I may have sold those, I have never been willing to part with my Citation's. As is well known, they were part of Madrigal Labs which also has the Mark Levinson and Proceed brands. They are an outstanding value of high end amps and you would be hard pressed to find anything better on the used market or new. Furthermore, with their huge heat sinks they run cool and thus are built to last as heat is probably the biggest enemy of longevity.
[Jul 17, 2009]
Joe Snuffy
Audio Enthusiast
This is still a GREAT amp.I did some research after the initial purchase of a Parasound 855a, which was a little dissapointing.Not a baaad amplifier, just not as good as the reciever it was meant to compliment (a Harman Kardon AVR 240 which is now pretty well obsolete). While it was a little cleaner than the reciever, I felt I lost sound stage and dynamics.I am still using the 240 as a pre/pro.I finally settled on a used 7.1 from an Audiogon listing, in good condition.I powered the front 3 speakers with the Citation, back 2 with Parsound.Lived with this set up for 6 months,bought another one off Ebay.My amps averaged out to $880.00 apiece, and for that I definitely don't feel cheated.I recently acquired a Parasound HCA 2200 MkII.A good, powerful amplifier.I still prefer the sound quality of the Citation.I did an A/B and while the Citation was running I actually forgot I was running in 2 channel.This didn't happen with the 2200.I LIKE the 2200....just not as much as the Citation,fatter bass, less resolution, flatter sound stage. Still worlds apart from 855a. I did not do any bridging or bi-amping.That is pretty much all I've had for real comparison other than walking through noisy big box stores.....and a couple of strange forays into a local Magnolia before the economic downturn closed it.Take my review.......all of them for that matter with a bag of salt.I will say that these amplifiers have presented me with the biggest sonic leap forward in my system since I bought my speakers (Ascend Acoustics CMT340se/CBM 170se's).By the standards of many on this forum, my stuff is pretty modest.These amps have performed admirably in less than ideal conditions with less than 'audiophile' equipment.If you you are reading this, you may be considering buying or bidding on one, I haven't been disappointed, and my degree of satisfaction with these things is as high as it ever gets for something I've bought.BTW I've seen this things billed as 'Madrigals' ,' Baby Levinsons' and the like.I've read that these amplifiers were designed by Stephen Mantz when HK absorbed Fosgate Audionics and renamed them Citation.Evidently they are descendants of of the FA 4125.Point is, in spite of all the creative marketing, this thing can stand on it's own 4 feet.Performance was equally as good in 2 channel, as in multi.Smooth, neutral, detailed.Excellent amp.
[Apr 19, 2008]
Scott Tucker
Audio Enthusiast
The power you can attain in bridged mode - 400x2. Great Bass smooth mids.
HEAAAVVVY!!! It makes my Bryston 9B feel anorexic. If purchasing this amp and you have it shipped (and obviously you will) have it triple-boxed. My amp came from UPS dented and brused because it was single-boxed.
I am in the process of focusing back to a 2-channel system and I already own a Citation 22 that I have been using with my Paradigm Studio 100's v.2's and have been fairly satisfied until I bridged the 22 to hear what 400 watts sounded like. Well it was not comparision. I had to either find another 22 or upgrade to something else. I could not locate another 22 but I did find a Citation 7.1 and was blown away at the vast difference even between the 22 bridged and the 7.1. BASS..... Wow it was concerned that my Studio 100's could not handle that much bass but I was wrong. The mid's were also much smoother by far than my 22.
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Bryston 9B
[Nov 28, 2004]
Audio Enthusiast
tight slammin bass, liquid mids, non-fatiguing highs, built like a tank and handsome
none that i can find yet.... hard on your back whilst moving it!
Wow, what can I say that hasnt already been said?? I have been using a carver m-500 for my mains which the carver is rated @250 ch. but man when I got the citation and bridged into 2 channels @ 450 my jaw dropped when mated to my B&W's. The bass tightened up quite a bit and the mids were liquid smooth, this amp is dead quite and the sound it produces doesnt seem colored whatsoever. I have friends who have krell and sunfire and I wouldnt trade them especially at the price I got this one at, now if I can just get 1 more for my rears/center and I will be complete. This amp gotten in excellent condition for under $1k is maybe the best bargain in hi-fi today. Where else can you get Levinson sound/quality for low end $$$$$? This truly is the ferrari that you dreamed of having for the cost of a mustang.....if you can find one get it and dont even hesitate because you havent heard it, you wont be sorry, you will just be grinning from ear to ear.
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carver, phase linear, crown
[Apr 17, 2003]
Audio Enthusiast
Incredible sound for two channel music. not into home theater yet
can't think of anything..mine's never run hot
I've used the 7.1 for about four years strictly for two channel CD stereo play. Originally, it was hooked up to some 80's-era, low-end three way speakers (Sound Research). Bridged mode was too much for them. Things sounded pushed and muddy. Then came my used Silverline Audio Sonatinas (original versions)rated 93db efficient. I stuck with the 150watt mode using only two of the four channels. 3 years later I was talking with an audio shop techie about soundstage collapse at higher volumes. He suggested I was "running out of amplifier." I lusted for late model high end solid state monsters..Krell..Bryston and the like. Lazy mess that I was, it never dawned on me to try the bridged mode after my dismal initial experience with the inferior speaks (450watts per channel) After a quick check with Allan Yun at Silverline Audio, I was on the floor fiddling with jumpers and interconnects...turned the thing on and my jaw dropped. The Sonatina's, I'd so come to love for their mids and highs, were singing a whole new tune. Notes appeared where no notes had been before...everything was cleaner and even more effortless and the bass was outstanding...the speakers were simply rocking beyond my wildest dreams. Volume was different..hard to put into words..it was louder but more in full range detail rather than blasting. VERY IMPRESSED. After checking the reviews HERE..I felt the need to add an updated version as it's spring of 2003. I'm a believer now in high watts for efficient speakers. I still see the Citations offered at under a thousand dollars. GRAB ONE if you can. With confidence, now, I can forget about a new amp and concentrate on other weak points...namely playback. But still, my system is awesome right now. We're talking about 5-grand total...and nothing i've heard under 20K at audio shops can compete. They always sound better at home. system: Rotel RCD-991 (cd) Morrison ELAD (pre-amp) can't recommend highly enough..blew away previous high end tube job. Price unbeatable..check out reviews. Citation 7.1 (bridged mode) Silverline Audio Sonatina's (speakers) Taralabs by-wire cables Wireworld interconnects
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[Oct 18, 2002]
The Defiler
Audio Enthusiast
The Citation is a powerful subwoofer amplifier and performs extremely well as a full range amplifier producing clear and transparent music.
Compared to more powerful amplifiers the Citation 7.1 isn't the best amplifier for two way biamplification involving one tweeter and two midrange speakers. Vocals seemed subdued and the overall sonic presentation can be a bit harsh and compressed compared to more powerful amplifiers.
I intially purchased the Citation for the purposes of bi amplification. Using the citation to bi amplify a two tower with two 5-1/4" woofers and a tweeter I was initially disappointed. Vocals seemed to be muted and subdued and the Citation sounded a bit harsh compared to my reference bi-amplification system: One Adcom GFA 5800 (250 Watts x2) One Hafler 9500 (250 Watts x2) Disappointed but unduanted I set the 7.1 up as a stereo plus subwoofer system. Powering two small satelites and a big car audio subwoofer the citation has proven to be a substantial improvement over my Parasound HCA 855 and 12" powered subwoofer. Highs especially seem to be clear and transparent and and vocal information seems to be more detailed. Of course it goes without saying that the bass has greatly improved ,this amplifer certainly has excellent dynamic power. If I had to ascribe a character to this amplifier I would call it clear and transparent and powerful. In addition being rated for frequencies up to 200 K by Harman makes the Citation 7.1 the perfect amplifier for DVD audio and SACD. However used to bi-amplify mids and a tweeter alone I think it still falls short of more powerful amplifiers. Note that if this amplifier is used to biamplify and three way system I think it would probably sound quite good because of its excellent qualities as a full range and subwoofer amplifier. Despite my initial misgivings I will probably keep the Citation and not trade in in for a more powerful stereo amplifier. The Citation has proven itself to be an excellent fullrange and subwoofer amplifier.
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Hafler 9500 Adcom GFA 5800 Rotel RMB 1095, Rotel RB 1090, Parasound HCA 855


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JOHNSTON ATOLL (October 31, 2000 - Radio Australia's Pacific Beat)---The United States government has begun disposing the last batch of chemical weapons on Johnston Atoll in the mid-Pacific.
It will then take two years to dismantle the incinerators and buildings and thoroughly decontaminate the island before it becomes a permanent wildlife preserve.
The director of the facility, Gary McLoesky, said the final weapons being destroyed are 13,000 VX-nerve gas land mines.
"They (each) contain about 11 pounds of the chemical agent VX and about three quarters of a pound of explosives," he said.
"We're doing a couple of hundred land mines, and we expect to (destroy) up to 300 to 400 mines a day.
"We expect the total operation to take about two months. That would put us around the end of November.
The JACADS facility is one of the safest industrial facilities in the United States, he said.
"We have an excellent safety record," he said. "Our OSHA (Occupational Safety Hazard Agency) reported injuries are much lower than the national average. We've only had one minor agent exposure here a few years ago when we were doing mustard operations. And it involved two small blisters on an individual."
McLoesky said the land mines are the last batch of chemical weapons that have to be destroyed on Johnston.
"We destroyed the GB nerve agent weapons first," he said. "We then destroyed all the mustard chemical weapons. There were four types of VX weapons here and we're through with all of that except for the land mines."
For additional reports from Radio Australia/Pacific Beat, go to PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT News/Information Links: Radio/TV News/Radio Australia/Pacific Beat.


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Snow is falling in Seattle tonight. I love it.
I was at a pub for trivia night with some friends and we were sat looking out of a hug window as the snow got heavier and heavier.
Tonight I felt rich. I have spent the past few days with some of my favourite girl friends who have been keeping me company while Jeremy has been out of town on business. I have met all of them since arriving in Seattle all hose years ago, and they have become my community.
The past few days have included; Staying up late talking about the meaning of life. Laughing really hard. Drinking tea. Competing in the Jellybean trivia round (numbered bags of beans and you have to name the flavour!) Cooking dinner together. Making mince pies. Watching girls only TV like the Bachelor and pretty much anything with Sandra Bullock. More laughing. More cups of tea. Homework (not so fun but I did have to do some so I thought I should include it, I guess house work fits in here too!) Walking in the snow. Skyping with a very old and dear friend in Australia. Skyping with my hubby. And more tea.
It's been a full week so far and it's only Tuesday - unless you are my friend Jo in Australia, then its Wednesday. But anyway, no deeper musings tonight but I wanted to blog while I can truly feel my cup is running over.
So tonight I sit peaceful and content, watching the snow fall.


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"By and for the community" – How We Organise Agile Tour 2019 Zürich
As we're ramping up the organization of Agile Tour 2019 in Zurich, we'd like to share how we organize and operate during this process. Self-organization to be one example and financial transparency another.
In this piece I'd like to mainly touch upon how we aspire to organize and operate financially and how we will give back to the community after we create financial transparency of the whole process.
We're inspired by Tobias Meyer who started many community practices that encouraged scrum masters, agile coaches globally to foster agile communities. I had the honor to attend some of Tobias Scrum Master clinics and the Reimagine Work conferences, where all participants share the cost of the venue and each session is hosted by volunteer scrum masters & agile coaches to hold the space and share experiences.
For the Agile Tour 2019 in Zurich, we as the organizing team would like to apply "by and for the community" principle. This would translate to the following ideas
- All co-organizer work on this project at a voluntary basis, no financial gain. This has always been the principle of Agile Tours around the world
- After the conference, we'll publish the financial details of the organization
- All participants will contribute to the event via tickets.
- In the case of breakeven or plus in financial gains, we'll first refund the travel cost of speakers; then refund participants an equal part of their ticket cost.
- Speakers will be selected from the paper call stream, we'll publish another blog on selection criteria. Sponsors will not be automatically selected as speakers
As in any self-organized team, transparency is really important. So we thrive to make our working principle as transparent as we can technically manage. During a discussion on refunding part of ticket cost, we realize there we still need to investigate how best to manage it so that the co-organizers will easily manage our workload.
In the upcoming weeks, the co-organizers will share more details of topic selection, highlights of the organization etc. If you're curious about it. Follow us on meetup group. https://www.meetup.com/AgileZurichMeetup/events/264057417/
If you're interested in giving a talk, please submit your topic here. https://www.papercall.io/agile-tour-zurich-2019


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Stunning image wins international photography contest
PUBLISHED: 15:12 22 November 2019 | UPDATED: 15:45 22 November 2019
A Lowestoft man, who spent three months working on a sexual health project in an African village, has won a prestigious photography contest.
James Boosey, 24, spent 12 weeks in Kenya earlier this year volunteering on a sexual health and reproductive rights project with international development organisation Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).
During his time in Kenya he worked on a sustainable development project and tackled period stigma. And now he has now been honoured with a prize as part of the annual International Citizen Service (ICS) photography awards, for a photo he took while he was in Kenya.
As part of the programme, Mr Boosey lived with a host family, was embedded in the community and ushered around the village by 80-year-old man called Edward.
Every year the International Citizen Service (ICS) brings together young people to volunteer in developing countries in Africa and Asia.
Winning the award in the Environment and Community category, Mr Boosey's stunning image captured members of the Loitokitok community in Kenya as they took part in 'Colourfest' - a brightly-coloured, messy celebration of International Youth Day in August this year.
Thrilled to have won, he said: "I'm really shocked to have won the prize.
"It's come as quite a surprise. I'm glad I'm able to spread the importance of empowering youth, which this photo shows, and that this message will continue to be spread with this photo at the Volunteer Awards and also go on tour next year."
Explaining the challenges that young people, and especially young girls and women, faced in the community, he said: "These included period poverty and early pregnancy. Many young girls do not go to school when they start their period as they cannot afford sanitary products.
"To overcome this, we launched a campaign to purchase reusable menstrual cups to provide to girls in the community, with one of the volunteers successfully raising £3000 to buy 300 of the cups.
"The girls were then trained on how to use them by volunteers and trusted members of the community."
Felicity Morgan, director of ICS at VSO, said: "James' photo gives a snapshot of the great work being done and lifelong relationships made, and we're proud to celebrate their talent as photographers and the impact achieved through their placement."
Since returning to the UK, he has been volunteering for local organisations while searching for a job to start his career in the charity sector.
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Luxembourg, February 1, 2019. Friday marks an important milestone for the history-making EuroVolley 2019 Women, hosted by Turkey, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia later this year. The match schedule for the pool play has been announced in full with all the match start times and fans can start booking their trips as all four organisers have started the ticket sales – find all this valuable information on the event site http://eurovolley.cev.eu.
The Volleyball party of the year will kick-off on Friday, August 23 with three matches played in each of the host cities – Ankara (TUR), Lodz (POL), Budapest (HUN) and Bratislava (SVK), but the first to go into battle will be France and Bulgaria as they will start their #EuroVolleyW finals extravaganza at 13:30 CET at the Baskent Volleyball Hall – the venue, where the Queens of Europe will be crowned just 16 days later. Belgium and Ukraine will follow their lead thirty minutes later in Poland, while Switzerland and Germany will lock horns in Bratislava 14:30 CET. And last, but not least Croatia and Azerbaijan will start the party in Budapest at 15:00 CET.
The climax of the first competition day will obviously be reached, when the home countries step on court, these fixtures will be – Turkey vs. Greece, Poland vs. Slovenia, Hungary vs. Estonia and Slovakia vs. Spain.
All tickets for these matches and the whole pool phase until August 29 are already available on the event website.
The full schedule for the pool play looks like this:
Click here to download the full event formula.
The continental showpiece is breaking new ground for Volleyball with four nations co-hosting the championship and as many as 24 participating teams.
Make sure you visit the official event website http://eurovolley.cev.eu for further information!


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Test the Bridges - Post messages – 3 easy tools for the developers
1. BizTalk Service Explorer
This is easy to use yet very powerful tool (VS Server Explorer Plug-in) especially for the developers. If you don't have it installed yet, right now download it from here or follow this TechNet Wiki "Azure BizTalk Service Explorer" to add it from Visual Studio Gallery within VS.
Though this tool has lot of other useful features (which we will explore in other respective topics) here we are looking at how to post the message.
For that, from this TechNet Wiki "Azure BizTalk Service Explorer", see the section "Test and Debug bridges"
2. Message Sender
This tool came as a part of Windows Azure BizTalk Services SDK Samples - Windows Azure BizTalk Services EAI Sample Tools - Message Sender.
This is stand-alone executable – after downloading the sample you can compile the project and use the following command line syntax to push messages.
MessageSender.exe <ACSNamespace> <IssuerName> <Issuerkey> <RuntimeAddress> <MessageFilepath> <ContentType>
Note that there are no "-" for the parameters. The exe recognizes parameters based on the position. For MessageFilePath, if sample message is in the same folder as the exe, then you can simply provide the file name – otherwise provide the entire file path. If file path contains spaces, put quotes around it.
The first three parameters you can get from the Azure Management Portal by selecting your BizTalk Service and then clicking on "Connection Information".
All the parameters are explained on the tool's download page.
You can extend this tool and develop your own applications as per the business requirements to work with the MABS.
3. Using on premise BizTalk Server
I agree, this is not the "most common" tool, but still there are a lot of users who work simultaneously on the BizTalk Server. Following information will help to test as well as integrate the on premise BizTalk Server with MABS.
Open BizTalk Admin Console and under the "Send Ports" section create a new WCF-WebHttp Send Port.
Click on Configure. On General tab, provide the bridge URI.
On the Security tab, check the check box "Use ACS service identity" and click on Edit and then provide ACS information.
Click on "OK"s to complete the send port configuration. Now either use content based routing or orchestration to send the message using this send port.
If you get error like
System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenException: The token provider was unable to provide a security token while accessing 'https://servicename3900-bts.accesscontrol.windows.net/WRAPv0.9/'. Token provider returned message: 'Error:Code:401:SubCode:T0:Detail:ACS50009: SWT token is invalid.:TraceID:b6a7b26c-b490-46a4-91c9-0764f98dd860:TimeStamp:2014-10-17 05:24:12Z'. ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() at Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Config.SharedSecretTokenHelper.GetAccessTokenCore(Uri requestUri, String appliesTo, String requestToken, String simpleAuthAssertionFormat, TimeSpan timeout) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
and you are sure that the ACS credentials are correct, then try using Symmetric Key instead of the password in the "Issuer Key" Field.
For this, go to the main Azure Management Portal and go to the ACTIVE DIRECTORY – ACCESS CONTROL NAMESPACES and then select respective ACS Namespace.- click on Manage.
On the left side select Service Settings – Service identities. Then select the identity – owner – Symmetric Key
Considerations for the EDI / AS2 Bridges
You may use above methods to send messages to EDI / AS2 bridges as well. However, post Aug 2014 release, Agreements and bridges are decoupled. If you have not redeployed the agreement after the Aug 2014 release, then still old EDI / AS2 bridges will work as they were working before. With the new agreements (or if you have redeployed the agreement), when sending the message to EDI / AS2 bridge, the agreement resolution happens based on Agreement ID / Combination of agreement name and partners / The identities in the agreement / AS2-To and AS2-From values. For more information see the article How do bridges resolve to agreements at runtime?
For Message Sender
You can modify the below code to add appropriate HTTP headers as per your requirements.
private static string SendMessageToBridge(string address, byte[] messageBytes, string token, string contentType)
string response;
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = "WRAP access_token=\"" + HttpUtility.UrlDecode(token) + "\"";
webClient.Headers["Content-Type"] = contentType;
byte[] uploadData = webClient.UploadData(address, "POST", messageBytes);
response = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(uploadData);
return response;
For on premise BizTalk Server Send Port
For the previous send port, click on configure and go the Message Tab. Here add appropriate HTTP headers as per your requirements.
The "colon" + "space" is the separator for "Header Name" and "Header Value". If you need multiple headers, make sure to have carriage return after at the end of the previous header value – as shown here.
EDI Receive and Send bridge
The names Receive and Send are w.r.t. MABS. So when you want to post the message on EDI Receive Bridge, make sure that you are posting EDI message – that is text message. The EDI Receive Bridge will disassemble it to XML message and send it to the destination.
Similarly, when you are posting the message on EDI Send Bridge, make sure you are posting XML message. The EDI Send Bridge will assemble it to EDI message and send it to the destination.
Make sure to put proper Content Type
If proper content type is not provided, the messages delivery can fail. Here are a few forum posts that will help to make a choice of the correct Content Type based on the method that you use to post the message.


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Kenneth Flak
Born 1975 in Kristiansand, is a Norwegian freelance dancer, choreographer and composer.
He has performed in the works of André Gingras (Holland/Canada), Dansdesign (Norway), Richard Siegal (France/USA), Preeti Vasudevan (India / USA) and many others. He is educated at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Norway and the Amsterdam Arts School in the Netherlands.
In 2007 he received a Bessie Performer's Award in New York for his interpretation of Gingras' solo CYP17. In 2010 he was nominated for the BNG Award in Amsterdam for his choreography Of Gods and Driftwood. He received the Norwegian Government Grant for Young Artists 2004 and 2008-2009.
Flak has taught contemporary dance and sound design at universities and festivals around the world.
A self-taught composer and musician, he makes music for his own choreographies, as well as for other companies: Cid Pearlman, Charlotta Öfverholm Wilfried Seethaler, Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Yael Gaathon, Harakiri


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Round 1:
19. Cincinnati: RHP Nick Howard, U.Va.
Competitive Balance Round A:
37. Houston: OF Derek Fisher, U.Va.
38. Cleveland: OF Mike Papi, U.Va.
Round 3:
78. Chicago Cubs: C Mark Zagunis, Va. Tech.
83. Toronto: LHP Nick Wells, Battlefield HS.
Round 4:
111. Seattle: LHP Ryan Yarbrough, Old Dominion.
Round 7:
213. Kansas City: CF Brandon Downes, U.Va.
222. Oakland: SS Branden Cogswell, U.Va.
Round 8:
250. Detroit: RHP Artie Lewicki, U.Va.
255. St. Louis: RF Nick Thompson, William and Mary (previously Western Branch HS and East Carolina, Peninsula Pilots).
Round 9:
265. N.Y. Mets: OF Michael Katz, W&M (formerly Bishop O'Connell).
Round 10:
302. N.Y. Yankees: 2B Ty McFarland, James Madison U. (formerly Turner Ashby HS).
Round 14:
417. San Diego: RHP Chris Huffman, James Madison U. (formerly Fort Defiance HS).
430. Detroit: RHP Josh Heddinger, Georgia Tech (previously Peninsula Pilots).
Round 15:
437. Miami: RHP Connor Overton, Old Dominion (formerly Atlee HS).
Round 16:
486. Texas: RHP Reed Garrett, VMI (formerly Mills Godwin HS).
Round 17:
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559. Chicago Cubs: RHP Brad Markey, Virginia Tech.
Round 20:
600. Arizona: RHP J.B. Bukauskas, Stone Bridge HS.
614. Boston: C Devon Fisher, Western Branch HS.
Round 21:
634. Washington: LHP Connor Bach, VMI (formerly of Centreville HS).
640. Detroit: RHP Whit Mayberry, U.Va. (formerly of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes).
Round 22:
675. St. Louis: RHP Derek Casey, Hanover HS.
Round 27:
813. Kansas City: C Alex Close, Liberty U. (formerly of Peninsula Pilots).
Round 32:
958. San Francisco: LHP Hunter Williams, Cosby HS.
Round 33:
996. Texas: RHP Adam Parks, Liberty U.
997. Tampa Bay: RF Patrick Grady, Lander (S.C.) (formerly of Peninsula Pilots).
Round 34:
1,020. Arizona: C Nate Irving, U.Va.
Round 35:
1,054. Washington: RHP Tommy Doyle, Flint Hill.
Round 36:
1,081. Baltimore: 1B Alexander Lee, Radford U.
Round 37:
1,112. N.Y. Yankees: 2B Ryan Lindemuth, W&M (formerly of Lake Braddock HS).


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This is the third in our blog-series "Frasier Crane, Human Nature, and The Good News." Part I can be found HERE, and Part II, HERE.
Through normal machinations of the plot, Frasier meets Sam's fiance, Sheila (Tea Leoni). When he sees her, he realizes that, only a few months ago, after she and Sam were engaged, he slept with her! He met her in a bar, and one thing led to another. She reveals that she is a sexual compulsive, too, and that she and Sam met at a 12-step meeting. Frasier decides, in the interest of saving their relationship, that Sam and Sheila should be honest with each other, and ask for forgiveness. "Honesty," he says, "is the cornerstone of any healthy marriage."
Sam confesses an infidelity to Sheila, and she forgives him. Sheila confesses an infidelity to Sam, and he forgives her. Everything seems to be back on track until Sheila says, "I have another one." "It's okay, don't worry about it," Sam says, "this is what it's all about…honesty and forgiveness." But then she says that it's someone from Cheers. Frasier, of course, is terrified that she's about to reveal their tryst. However, the name she blurts out is…Cliff (Cheers' frumpy mailman, John Ratzenberger). "CLIFF?!?!?!" Sam explodes. This is over the line, he can't take it, storms out of the room, calling off the marriage. "CLIFF?!?!?!" This is too often how we think of God's forgiveness, and why assurance eludes us.
If God said, like Sam, "Oh, it's okay, don't worry about your transgressions," we'd always be worried that one day, one of our transgressions would be a Cliff. What then? What if it stopped being okay? But God doesn't say it's okay. St. Paul says that God "made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross" (Col 2:13-14). He nailed our indiscretions, our infidelities, our trespasses to the cross. He paid the ultimate price, laying our sins on the shoulders of his son. He doesn't ignore them…he pays for them.
Thank goodness our God isn't like Sam Malone!


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Congratulations to Washington's Spelling Bee winner, Clark Good, and runner-up, Alexander Kuzmenko!
Come cheer them on at the Los Angeles Spelling Bee at 2 p.m. on March 12 at Walter Reed Middle School, 4525 Irvine Ave., North Hollywood.
Be sure to stop by our bulletin board in the main hall to read all the interesting facts about the environment and being "green." Also, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Green Team will be making an announcement at the morning assembly about reducing food waste at Washington Elementary. They will also be collecting and weighing food waste and helping students sort their trash during lunch.
And now, this week's Green Tip, brought to you by Morgan Robertson: Did you know that by lowering your thermostat by just one degree, you can cut your heating bill by 8 percent? So by turning down your thermostat just a degree or two, you are helping the environment and saving money.
Washington's PTA is excited about getting all our wonderful programs ready to go for next year! There are many opportunities for you to help out and get involved in your child's school life!
Please click here to see which PTA positions need filling for next year. You can also email Angelica Medeiros (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Janis Byars (email@example.com) for more information.
We look forward to working with you to make next year another fantastic year at Washington Elementary!


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Last night there was a classikON Reserve at Behind Closed Doors at the Utzon Room in the Sydney Opera House.
It was a full house. I did not know what to expect. A collaboration between a theatre company (Red Stitch) and a quartet could go one of two ways! It had great potential to be an awkward and forced production, but it was compelling. Four actors told us the story of a quartet while the four members of the Flinders Quartet played their musical parts.
The piece was meant to give the audience an insight into the life of a quartet beyond the stage. It was a fly on the wall look at rehearsals, relationships and the marriage of four musicians and all of the trials that come with working in close quarters for long hours. There was an immediate tension to highlight the competing egos, opinions and agendas of four creative people trying to successfully perfect and perform as a quartet.
I found the work intriguing. I really wanted to know what happened next and how the musicians relationships would work out. As the musicians fictionally rehearsed small snippets of Schubert, I occasionally wanted to hear more. Every now and then I craved pure music – this wish was later granted.
While the end of the theatrical piece was a touch sentimental it was great to share in this story and see a new approach to the use of classical music, musicians and the creative process. Bravo to the actors whose performance was dynamic, well executed and believable, I have no doubt I will see in future productions.
After the intermission we were treated to the entire String Quartet No. 14 by Franz Schubert. I felt more familiar and better informed when listening to the music; I knew Schubert's story better, could recongnise the tricky sections the musicians had fought over in Behind the Scenes and understood why the composer wrote this beautiful and moving piece.
As always, the Flinders Quartet gave so much of themselves in this performance and their interpretation of this piece left me wanting more.
It is great to see a new and interesting collaboration making its way onto the stage. Bravo to both groups for taking on such a momentous challenge. I look forward to more of this type of exciting collaborations in the future.
The Flinders Quartet
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- Cameron Hill – guest violin
- Matthew Tomkins – violin
- Helen Ireland – viola
- Zoe Knighton – cello
Follow them on Twitter @flindersqtet
Red Stitch Actors Theatre
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- Sarah Sutherland – Evelyn first violinist
- Tim Ross – Damien second violin
- Dion Mills – Stephen violist
- David Whiteley – James cellist
Follow them on Twitter @redstitch


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Pink and the Westminster Confession of Faith
Young preachers, don't lose the passion in your ministry. Be zealous and earnest to make the truth of the gospel known.
by Allen Harrison
It's hard to believe that I have been involved in the ministry of the gospel for over fifty-one years. What a joy it has been, even with an assortment of difficult times along the way. I only wish I could do it all over again and again. Thank you, Lord, for calling me to preach! What a privilege it has been and still is.
I did not always feel that way about preaching. As an extremely shy teenager, I could not understand why the Lord would be pressing upon me a concern about preaching. It didn't make any sense at all and this controversy with Him continued for some time. One day, without warning, my desires were radically changed. I wanted to preach, even though I knew little of what was involved in the ministry. Looking back, I see the gracious hand of our sovereign God overruling my obstinate reluctance and giving me new desires that were not natural for me. The sovereignty of God was very evident at the very beginning of my ministry, even though I could not have discussed it in any understandable manner. I knew it was true in my experience, I would later see it clearly in the Scripture.
God's sovereign providence had already been revealed in some earlier experiences in my family. My oldest brother was killed in flight training in the early months of World War II. He was in a building on the airbase when two planes collided overhead. The trajectory of their fall brought them down on that particular building. As a young boy I could not believe it was a sheer "accident." God had to be involved, but no one had ever taught me about His providence, especially the hard providences! A few weeks before the end of the war, my other brother's plane was shot down on a bombing mission over Tokyo. It was not his regular time to fly, nor his regular plane and crew. He was a substitute bombardier on that mission. Out of thirty planes in the group only one was lost that night, the one he was on. Again, was this "incredible bad luck" or the sovereign purpose of an all wise heavenly Father? My family believed God was in control, even though the pain was so great. Still, God's sovereignty was not explained to me from Scripture. That came years later.
While a student at Baylor University I was told of a church in Waco where they sold good books to students at discount prices. I walked down to the Tabernacle Baptist Church and was greeted by the pastor, Dr. A. Riley Copeland. He asked if I had any "pink tracts." Well, I had given away many tracts but none of them had been pink! He filled my hands with tracts written by A. W. Pink (I had not heard of him before). Returning to the dorm I began to read these messages and realized I had never heard this truth preached. But I knew it was true. There was too much Scriptural emphasis on the greatness and grace of God. Soon I bought Pink's The Sovereignty of God and my life was never the same! I still have, and read, that old red hardback copy I bought nearly fifty years ago. No, it is not for sale!
In those days, a Baptist ministerial student in Texas was expected to attend Southwestern Seminary. While at Baylor I had learned about Dallas Theological Seminary and I really felt that is where I should get some great training for the ministry of the Word. That was their emphasis. I did spend a very profitable year at Dallas but at the advice of Dr. Criswell I transferred to Southwestern and eventually got a degree there. Dr. Criswell said, "Son, if you are going to work with Southern Baptists you need to go to one of our seminaries. But while you are at Dallas get all you can, you may not get it later!" While at Dallas my friends and I wrestled with the issues of limited atonement, etc. Dr. S. Lewis Johnson was a great help in solving some of those questions that kept us up into the wee hours of the mornings. The doctrines of grace were becoming very precious. I did not yet know that the background of my denomination had been almost totally Calvinistic (a word I was feeling more comfortable with). I kept wondering why I had not heard these wonderful truths about the grace of God in the preaching I had heard all my life. Good men had been used of the Lord to help in my spiritual journey, but these great doctrinal truths had not been a part of their public ministry.
I pastored two rural churches while in Baylor and Seminary. Those dear people will have special rewards for helping train this young preacher with their counsel and patience. My first full time ministry was in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. I attempted to be an expository preacher. The study was a great help to me and there was some evidence of the Lord's blessing. However, I was beginning to see that not everyone in our Southern Baptist life was as excited about the doctrines of grace as I was. A few debates came up over Scriptures that some of the folks had never thought about too carefully. A dear older lady in that South Texas congregation was a great encouragement. She had formerly been a Presbyterian and gave me her copy of the Westminster Confession of Faith. I still have it. But I did not know until later that our Baptist forefathers had found that wonderful document to be a helpful guide in formulating our early confessional statements. Why had I not heard that long before?
As time passed, I became increasingly concerned that methodology should correspond to theology in my ministry. Did I really believe that God sovereignly saves sinners through the work of the Holy Spirit applying the truth of the Word? Was I responsible to secure some sort of response to the truth preached? I came to see that both Scripture and experience indicate that my responsibility is to clearly set forth the truth of the gospel and look to the Lord alone to produce the results. This is easy to say, but the task of altering popular methodology to correspond to biblical theology can be challenging. Belief and practice, however, must come together.
It was while pastoring the First Baptist Church, Ozark, Missouri that I came to the place where conscience would not allow me to continue with the traditional altar call system. Having seen it done all my life, having practiced it myself (with growing reservations), I reached a point in my thinking that something must be changed! I had not read anyone else's thoughts about this matter, but felt there must be many people likewise troubled about this practice and the apparent problems it produced. But again, why were we not hearing of the need of having theology and methodology "in sync"? Could it be that our theology had become such an indefinite matter that we were trying to cover our lack of convictions by the use of psychological and emotional appeals that resulted in comfortable statistics? I only knew that I had to make some drastic changes.
With some trepidation, I shared with our congregation in Ozark a list of reasons why I could no longer give a traditional altar call. The Scriptures did not justify it, church history did not provide a sound basis for it, and I had seen too many people spiritually and emotionally injured by its use. Amazingly, the congregation accepted the changes suggested and many expressed their encouragement and agreement. I felt as if a very heavy weight was lifted. I could preach more freely and urge people to respond to the Lord. If they desired to remain after a service they could express their spiritual concerns with me, some of our deacons, or any Christian present. It was no longer a rigid form of response that was required. One lady told her unsaved husband, "You can go to church now, listen, and get up and walk out. No one will embarrass you." He had some bad experiences with altar calls before. She was right, he could come, listen, think, and leave, if he so desired. Anyone should be able to do that without feeling manipulative pressure upon his emotions. When someone says, "I understand you do not give an invitation," I usually reply that I do give about a thirty-five or forty minute invitation! The message from the Word is the invitation. But I have not given an altar call since 1968. Convictions and practice should go together.
No, there have not been great numbers respond in my fifty-one years of preaching the gospel. I have never pastored large congregations nor preached to great numbers of people. But the Lord has given evidence of His gracious work in the lives of some, perhaps (and probably) more than I have been able to discern. I have a note in my Bible that always encourages me: "Heaven will be the best and safest place to hear the results of our labors." I like that. I believe that.
It is great to preach without depending upon pressure-psychological or emotional-to move people to respond to the truth of the gospel. I really do think the matter of the altar call is one of the most important issues for us to deal with in our local churches and in our denomination. We have seen some encouraging things happen among us in recent years. Wouldn't it be something if we really saw a great change in some of our methods of dealing with people that would indicate we really do believe in the sovereignty of God? Our statistics would probably look a bit different, but we could learn to live with the honesty!
Looking back over a half century of ministry my heart overflows with gratitude. I am still amazed that I have had this incredible privilege. To have the opportunity of preaching the gospel of the grace of God is, outside our own salvation, the greatest gift God could give a human being. In 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Paul writes, "But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts."
This verse is sort of a summary of how I see the ministry. It is a gracious gift from God and it is to be carried out in view of our accountability to Him – not regarding success, but faithfulness. It may be a lot more successful than we yet know. Or, possibly, a lot less. He knows and that is enough.
There is a lot to discourage ministers of the gospel today. Hasn't there always been? Paul's testimony to the Corinthians helps us deal with discouragement. In 2 Corinthians 4:1 he writes, "Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart." The minister of the gospel is first of all a man who has "received mercy" – mercy in his own soul, and added mercy for the task of telling others about His mercy. Since this is true, we do not lose heart. We do not throw in the towel! We do not easily give up this greatest of all opportunities, this preaching, this telling the old, old story whether anyone seems to be listening or not. We must be passionately committed to this one central task – the faithful ministry of the Word of our sovereign and gracious God.
Young preachers, don't lose the passion in your ministry. Be zealous and earnest to make the truth of the gospel known. Thirty, forty, fifty years from now, when you sit down and reflect upon the faithfulness of God to you, your family, and the people in your care, may you also be filled with an indescribable sense of thanksgiving. Just think of it, God called you to be a preacher Now that really is amazing grace!'
[Allen Harrison is a retired pastor living in Ozark, Missouri.]
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The below is nearly the same reading as two days ago! Instead of the Knight of Disks in position 1 we've got the King. The Queen of Wands is holding steady at #2, and we've got another of the major arcana in position 3.
Card 1, within: King of Disks
Last seen June 13th in the same position.
King of Pentacles indicates the mastery of prosperity, harvest, determination and abundance – a solid position. The desire to create and protect that which is financially necessary. A generous soul who is friendly, affectionate, solid, steady and can be of great help. A gifted person who has not been overcome by their position in life.
Keywords: Master of life, living, physical existence, joviality, temptation (and not resisting), laughter, pranks, living the the moment, earthiness, virility, lust, animal nature, risk taking. Eat the forbidden fruit with relish.
Introduction: The Knight of Pentacles points to messages, often with regard to money and finance. You are likely to finally receive news that you've been waiting on, and this news is likely to be good. This Knight is a very practical card. The news in question is unlikely to be that you've won the lottery.
General: The Knight tells us to pay attention to the mundane and normal parts of our lives. A wise man once said, "Take care of the little things, and the big things will all fall into place." The Knight of Pentacles asks you to look at how you are handling your affairs, and is a grounding influence.
Questions to Answer:
- How are you using your ability to manage your material affairs?
- Who is trustworthy yet stubborn?
- How are you being practical and down-to-earth or who do you know that is?
Card 2, without: Queen of Wands
Last seen in the 2nd position June 22nd & 1st position, May 22nd.
Creates an environment of spirit (growth, change).
Introduction: The Queen of Wands is one of the most fertile (metaphorically and literally) and feminine/womanly energies in the Tarot deck. In a reading, like all court cards, she can often signify a literal person in our lives, most often female, and most often with hair tending toward the lighter shades in the spectrum. The Queen brings good energy, and is a positive sign to receive.
General: The Queen of Wands can also refer to a woman who has a lot of fire energy about her e.g. Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. When not referring to a literal person, she stands for getting a lot accomplished, and often, a focus on work/career. The Queen is positive, uplifting energy. When she stands in for a woman in your life, she's a good friend, who is solidly on your side, even though she may seem a bit self-absorbed. If you are trying to conceive and this card appears, it's one of the most positive signs that there can be.
Keywords: Shaman, witch, powerful shapeshifter. An environment where growth and creativity and the gifts of the true self are cultured, cherished, upheld and encouraged.
Queen of Wands shares self discovery, sensitivity and spirit – awakening to the deepest essence of who you are as your love of home and the appreciation of nature is translated into feeling and understanding. Your attractive personality draws people to you because you just naturally love life and people. You see no purpose or value in deceit, control or dominance. Your attitude is sensible and you are most helpful when providing good advice. People do not fear asking you for assistance because they KNOW they will be helped if it is at all possible.
Question to Answer:
- How are you expressing your creative energies?
Card 3, advice: XI Strength
Questions to Answer:
- How strong is your love?
- How are you being called upon to show courage and perseverance?
- What do you desire to create?
- What inner passion needs to be expressed?
- What inner passion needs to be reconciled?
- What is the "natural" or instinctive thing to do?
Introduction: Strength indicates the importance of mind over matter, and reminds you to focus on what you do want rather than what you don't want in your life. Its main point is that you have the ability to harness your thoughts and to use them for your – and everyone else's – highest good. Not only do you have the ability; you have the responsibility. So conquer your fears, control your impulses, and never lose patience with yourself or what you are doing.
General: It's important now for you to make time to meditate and contemplate and spend some time alone even if you are in a committed relationship and have nineteen children! Do not allow yourself to spend time in preoccupation and fear. Outward things will be going all right but what is of the most paramount importance is keeping your head on straight.


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Usually this time of year brings a sense of sadness and longing as I pack away the Christmas trimmings. No more anticipation of the joy of Christmas morning, the smells of gingerbread and pine are fading away, and time spent laughing with friends and family will be replaced by busy schedules. But this New Year is different, and I can't help but feel the excitement for what is to come. The beginning of a whole new journey for Rose and myself.
Every day our imaginations are spinning away, about to form a dream into a reality. So much like the caterpillars my son is collecting in a jar. He's been watching them daily, our budding entomologist, and so have we. They're in the cocoon stage now... Just like me, I think. It's time to let my creativity fly.
I love a challenge and I am planning to learn a lot this year as Ruth and Rose begins. This year will require a lot of stretching and stepping out of old comfort zones. But I'm ready to try on new shoes, make new friends and live in a much bigger world--one that will include my grandmother Rose as a daily part of my life. Time to say good-bye to my old shy self.
I've never been one to let life fall where it may and I dream of making a difference in people's lives, helping others bring their creativity to life. I know that Rose would want that too. So here we go, time to embrace bright colors, time to be a butterfly.
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If there was one thing James Madison coach Jeff Meltzer wishes he could have had back, it was just a single pitch.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Tottenville ace Nicole Palase struck out Madison third baseman Maria Mantagas looking with what the Knights deemed a questionable call. The visiting Pirates went on to score three runs of insurance in the seventh and won 9-5 in a PSAL Class A crossover league game Tuesday in a rematch of last year's city title game.
"I'm not saying we would have won," Meltzer said. "But it would have been at least 6-6 and then the pressure would have been on them."
The game was filled with close calls like that for Madison (3-1 Brooklyn A), which fought back multiple times. The Knights were down by as much as 5-0 in the third inning.
"We battled," Meltzer said. "They have nothing to be ashamed of."
But Madison left 11 runners on base, including the bases being left loaded twice, in the fifth and sixth innings. That's a difficult thing to do against a team the caliber of Tottenville (6-0 Staten Island A), which is ranked No. 2 in New York City by The Post. Madison came in ranked No. 3.
"You gotta give them credit," Meltzer said. "Tottenville keeps putting pressure on you. They're relentless."
This was the coach's first taste of the Tottenville-Madison rivalry. He coached the Knights 20 years ago, before longtime head man Bill Dumont, before taking over when Dumont left for Brooklyn College after last season. So far, he has been no stranger to taking on challenges. Madison has played just about every team in The Post's NYC top 10.
"I thought it was fun," Meltzer said. "You live to play these."
Madison lost to Tottenville, 4-2, in last year's final with Kayla Hill on the mound. Meltzer went with senior Marie Oneto this time around, simply because it was her turn in the rotation, he said. Oneto had a hard time getting out the top five batters in the Pirates' order, but dominated the six through nine hitters, who went a combined 0-for-14.
"She pitched well against [No. 1 St. Joseph by the] Sea," Meltzer said. "I had a lot of confidence in her."
Hill still made an impact with her bat. She went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and had the two biggest hits of the game for Madison. Her two-out, two-run single in the fourth got the Knights within 5-3 and her RBI single in the sixth pulled them within 6-5.
Centerfielder Brittany O'Brien went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and also made an excellent throw to nail Tottenville's Lisa Cutrona at home in the fifth inning. Caitlyn Ganley also had a pair of hits.
"Playing teams like this is great for us," Meltzer said. "Hopefully, we get to meet each other down the road."


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A weaker field at this year's Osim Sundown Marathon threw the race open for unheralded local runner Sharon Tan to win her first 42km race yesterday.
No Kenyans signed up for that category, while last year's winner Sakiko Matsumoto of Japan opted for the 10km race instead. Regardless, Tan, 27, clocked a creditable 3hr 35min 45sec to emerge as the surprise marathon champion.
Yet it was not her No. 1 position that gave her the biggest sense of accomplishment. Instead, she was most pleased that she beat her personal best by more than an hour.
The secondary school chemistry teacher drew inspiration from Singapore's Olympic-bound marathoner Neo Jie Shi, who unexpectedly qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Games last December.
Tan, who started running in 2008, sought to cut her timings this year by joining a running club in January.
She said yesterday: "I've read up on Neo Jie Shi's story. She also joined a club - Safra Running Club and became really fast. I guess I was quite a complacent runner until late last year, when I was inspired by how she could run so fast and make it to the Olympics.
"It's inspiring for people like us - who are not-so-bad runners but also not the elite type of runners."
Through the Northern Kia Runners club, Tan learnt the importance of speed and strength trainings, and it has paid dividends.
She said: "I didn't expect to break my PB (personal best) by this much, as I wanted to (clock) four hours. The interval training and the need to push my aerobic and speed capabilities helped and they have made the difference."
Rachel See, 33, was also surprised to win the 21.1km event, as fellow national runner Mok Ying Rong, who had just set a national best time last month, had started strongly and led for about half of the race. But Mok did not complete it, handing the SEA Games marathoner top spot.
See said: "I wasn't feeling too good for the first 10km. I think I ate too much and lacked sleep, which made me feel like throwing up.
"I thought that since it's a night race, it's going to be a difficult race, I'd just go at a relaxed pace and don't push myself so hard."
This year's event, the ninth edition, saw 27,600 people across five categories sacrificing their sleep for the run that started at the F1 Pit Building.
In the men's half marathon, Kenyan Noah Kutung Chepsergon, 35, breezed to victory in 1:17:20, while China's Li Wei, 27, won the 42km race in 2:37:37.
While both of them were in Singapore for the first time, they were motivated by different reasons.
Said Li, a tourist: "I came here purely because I wanted to use my legs to see Singapore. It's a unique race as it's held over the night, so that's a meaningful first for me."
Chepsergon, who won $500, said: "I do this for a living, if I win the race, I'll earn my income."


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