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Muslim author's appearance cancelled after complaints
HATFIELD,PA–A Muslim children's author had to cancel her talk at an elementary school after reported complaints by some parents. Lisa Abdelsalam is a Muslim convert who has written a children's book focusing on her son's experiences at his school titled "A Song for Me, A Muslim Holiday Story."
The book has illustrations based on pictures of the York Avenue school and details a Muslim boy's efforts to fit into the holiday spirit at Christmas time.
The principal, according to Abdelsalam, told her a few parents had complained about the program and threatened to bring in an outside group to protest if the classes went forward. "They did not want a Muslim or a Muslim book read in their classrooms," she was told.
The principal told Abdelsalam that she can go ahead with the scheduled talk but that they mutually decided to cancel the event as she thought, "It's not a battle that should be fought in an elementary school parking lot."
Islamophobic individuals appear to be targeting authors these days. Recently, a campaign was unleashed by them to stop award winning author from speaking at the prestigious Mercersburg Academy boarding school in Pennsylvania. That event, however, was held as scheduled and the only complaints where from outsiders who had no relationship with the school.
Missing Muslim student found safe
OVERLAND PARK,KS–A missing Muslim student of a Kansas college was found safe and unharmed. She esd reported missing from a university library more than week ago but it was later found that she had left voluntarily.
Her family had announced a $10,000 reward for any information leading to her. Theey have now decided to donate it to the Overland department and a few other charities.
Family members posted a statement Friday on Facebook thanking the public for its support but asking for privacy as they try to heal.
San Bernardino Muslims feed one & all
SAN BERNARDINO,CA–First Islamic Healing & Wellness Centre reaches out to the needy by helping them with food and clothing requirements. Last week the group held its first Community Give Back event at Seccombe Lake Park.
Malek Bendelhoum of the group said that they do all they can. In an interview to the Sun he said, he finds people who have just fallen on tough times and need a hand.
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Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, at some place north of Babylon. Their chief object appears to have been to comfort his brethren in captivity. He is directed to warn of the dreadful calamities coming upon Judea, particularly upon the false prophets, and the neighbouring nations. Also to announce the future restoration of Israel and Judah from their several dispersions, and their happy state in their latter days, under the Messiah. Much of Christ will be found in this book, especially in the conclusion.
Ezekiel's vision of God, and of the angelic host. (1-14) The conduct of Divine Providence. (15-25) A revelation of the Son of man upon his heavenly throne. (26-28)
Verses 1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit. These visions seem to have been sent to possess the prophet's mind with great and high thoughts of God. To strike terror upon sinners. To speak comfort to those that feared God, and humbled themselves. In ver. ( 4-14 ) , is the first part of the vision, which represents God as attended and served by a vast company of angels, who are all his messengers, his ministers, doing his commandments. This vision would impress the mind with solemn awe and fear of the Divine displeasure, yet raise expectations of blessings. The fire is surrounded with a glory. Though we cannot by searching find out God to perfection, yet we see the brightness round about it. The likeness of the living creatures came out of the midst of the fire; angels derive their being and power from God. They have the understanding of a man, and far more. A lion excels in strength and boldness. An ox excels in diligence and patience, and unwearied discharge of the work he has to do. An eagle excels in quickness and piercing sight, and in soaring high; and the angels, who excel man in all these respects, put on these appearances. The angels have wings; and whatever business God sends them upon, they lose no time. They stood straight, and firm, and steady. They had not only wings for motion, but hands for action. Many persons are quick, who are not active; they hurry about, but do nothing to purpose; they have wings, but no hands. But wherever the angels' wings carried them, they carried hands with them, to be doing what duty required. Whatever service they went about, they went every one straight forward. When we go straight, we go forward; when we serve God with one heart, we perform work. They turned not when they went. They made no mistakes; and their work needed not to be gone over again. They turned not from their business to trifle with any thing. They went whithersoever the Spirit of God would have them go. The prophet saw these living creatures by their own light, for their appearance was like burning coals of fire; they are seraphim, or "burners;" denoting the ardour of their love to God, and fervent zeal in his service. We may learn profitable lessons from subjects we cannot fully enter into or understand. But let us attend to the things which relate to our peace and duty, and leave secret things to the Lord, to whom alone they belong.
Verses 15-25 Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady. We need not despond in adversity; the wheels are turning round and will raise us in due time, while those who presume in prosperity know not how soon they may be cast down. The wheel is near the living creatures; the angels are employed as ministers of God's providence. The spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels; the same wisdom, power, and holiness of God, that guide and govern the angels, by them order all events in this lower world. The wheel had four faces, denoting that the providence of God exerts itself in all parts. Look every way upon the wheel of providence, it has a face toward you. Their appearance and work were as a wheel in the middle of a wheel. The disposals of Providence seem to us dark, perplexed, and unaccountable, yet are all wisely ordered for the best. The motion of these wheels was steady, regular, and constant. They went as the Spirit directed, therefore returned not. We should not have to undo that by repentance which we have done amiss, if we followed the guidance of the Spirit. The rings, or rims of the wheels were so vast, that when put in motion the prophet was afraid to look upon them. The consideration of the height and depth of God's counsel should awe us. They were full of eyes round about. The motions of Providence are all directed by infinite Wisdom. All events are determined by the eyes of the Lord, which are in every place beholding the evil and the good; for there is no such thing as chance or fortune. The firmament above was a crystal, glorious, but terribly so. That which we take to be a dark cloud, is to God clear as crystal, through which he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth. When the angels had roused a careless world, they let down their wings, that God's voice might be plainly heard. The voice of Providence is to open men's ears to the voice of the word. Sounds on earth should awaken our attention to the voice from heaven; for how shall we escape, if we turn away from Him that speaks from thence.
Verses 26-28 The eternal Son, the second Person in the Trinity, who afterwards took the human nature, is here denoted. The first thing observed was a throne. It is a throne of glory, a throne of grace, a throne of triumph, a throne of government, a throne of judgment. It is good news to men, that the throne above the firmament is filled with One who appears, even there, in the likeness of a man. The throne is surrounded with a rainbow, the well-known emblem of the covenant, representing God's mercy and covenanted love to his people. The fire of God's wrath was breaking out against Jerusalem, but bounds should be set to it; he would look upon the bow, and remember the covenant. All the prophet saw was only to prepare him for what he was to hear. When he fell on his face, he heard the voice of One that spake. God delights to teach the humble. Let sinners, then, humble themselves before him. And let believers think upon his glory, that they may be gradually changed into his image by the Spirit of the Lord.
Ezekiel 1:1-28 . EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS.
1. Now it came to pass--rather, "And it came," &c. As this formula in Joshua 1:1 has reference to the written history of previous times, so here (and in Ruth 1:1 , and Esther 1:1 ), it refers to the unwritten history which was before the mind of the writer. The prophet by it, as it were, continues the history of the preceding times. In the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign ( Jeremiah 51:59 ), Jeremiah sent by Seraiah a message to the captives ( Jeremiah 29:1-32 ) to submit themselves to God and lay aside their flattering hopes of a speedy restoration. This communication was in the next year, the fifth, and the fourth month of the same king (for Jehoiachin's captivity and Zedekiah's accession coincide in time), followed up by a prophet raised up among the captives themselves, the energetic Ezekiel.
thirtieth year--that is, counting from the beginning of the reign of Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar, the era. of the Babylonian empire, 625 B.C., which epoch coincides with the eighteenth year of Josiah, that in which the book of the law was found, and the consequent reformation began [SCALIGER]; or the thirtieth year of Ezekiel's life. As the Lord was about to be a "little sanctuary" ( Ezekiel 11:16 ) to the exiles on the Chebar, so Ezekiel was to be the ministering priest; therefore he marks his priestly relation to God and the people at the outset; the close, which describes the future temple, thus answering to the beginning. By designating himself expressly as "the priest" ( Ezekiel 1:3 ), and as having reached his thirtieth year (the regular year of priests commencing their office), he marks his office as the priest among the prophets. Thus the opening vision follows naturally as the formal institution of that spiritual temple in which he was to minister [FAIRBAIRN].
Chebar--the same as Chabor or Habor, whither the ten tribes had been transported by Tiglath-pileser and Shalmaneser ( 2 Kings 17:6 , 1 Chronicles 5:26 ). It flows into the Euphrates near Carchemish or Circesium, two hundred miles north of Babylon.
visions of God--Four expressions are used as to the revelation granted to Ezekiel, the three first having respect to what was presented from without, to assure him of its reality, the fourth to his being internally made fit to receive the revelation; "the heavens were opened" (so Matthew 3:16 , Acts 7:56 , 10:11 , Revelation 19:11 ); "he saw visions of God"; "the word of Jehovah came verily (as the meaning is rather than 'expressly, English Version, Ezekiel 1:3 ) unto him" (it was no unreal hallucination); and "the hand of Jehovah was upon him" ( Isaiah 8:11 , Daniel 10:10 Daniel 10:18 , Revelation 1:17 ; the Lord by His touch strengthening him for his high and arduous ministry, that he might be able to witness and report aright the revelations made to him).
2. Jehoiachin's captivity--In the third or fourth year of Jehoiakim, father of Jehoiachin, the first carrying away of Jewish captives to Babylon took place, and among them was Daniel. The second was under Jehoiachin, when Ezekiel was carried away. The third and final one was at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah.
4. whirlwind--emblematic of God's judgments ( Jeremiah 23:19 , 25:32 ).
out of the north--that is, from Chaldea, whose hostile forces would invade Judea from a northerly direction. The prophet conceives himself in the temple.
fire infolding itself--laying hold on whatever surrounds it, drawing it to itself, and devouring it. Literally, "catching itself," that is, kindling itself [FAIRBAIRN]. The same Hebrew occurs in Exodus 9:24 , as to the "fire mingled with the hail."
brightness . . . about it--that is, about the "cloud."
out of the midst thereof--that is, out of the midst of the "fire."
colour of amber--rather, "the glancing brightness (literally, 'the eye', and so the glancing appearance) of polished brass. The Hebrew, chasmal, is from two roots, "smooth" and "brass" (compare Ezekiel 1:7 , Revelation 1:15 ) [GESENIUS]. The Septuagint and Vulgate translate it, "electrum"; a brilliant metal compounded of gold and silver.
5. Ezekiel was himself of a "gigantic nature, and thereby suited to counteract the Babylonish spirit of the times, which loved to manifest itself in gigantic, grotesque forms" [HENGSTENBERG].
living creatures--So the Greek ought to have been translated in the parallel passage, Revelation 4:6 , not as English Version, "beasts"; for one of the "four" is a man, and man cannot be termed "beast." Ezekiel 10:20 shows that it is the cherubim that are meant.
likeness of a man--Man, the noblest of the four, is the ideal model after which they are fashioned ( Ezekiel 1:10 , Ezekiel 10:14 ). The point of comparison between him and them is the erect posture of their bodies, though doubtless including also the general mien. Also the hands ( Ezekiel 10:21 ).
6. Not only were there four distinct living creatures, but each of the four had four faces, making sixteen in all. The four living creatures of the cherubim answer by contrast to the four world monarchies represented by four beasts, Assyria, Persia, Greece, and Rome ( Daniel 7:1-28 ). The Fathers identified them with the four Gospels: Matthew the lion, Mark the ox, Luke the man, John the eagle. Two cherubim only stood over the ark in the temple; two more are now added, to imply that, while the law is retained as the basis, a new form is needed to be added to impart new life to it. The number four may have respect to the four quarters of the world, to imply that God's angels execute His commands everywhere. Each head in front had the face of a man as the primary and prominent one: on the right the face of a lion, on the left the face of an ox, above from behind the face of an eagle. The Mosaic cherubim were similar, only that the human faces were put looking towards each other, and towards the mercy seat between, being formed out of the same mass of pure gold as the latter ( Exodus 25:19 Exodus 25:20 ). In Isaiah 6:2 two wings are added to cover their countenances; because there they stand by the throne, here under the throne; there God deigns to consult them, and His condescension calls forth their humility, so that they veil their faces before Him; here they execute His commands. The face expresses their intelligence; the wings, their rapidity in fulfilling God's will. The Shekinah or flame, that signified God's presence, and the written name, JEHOVAH, occupied the intervening space between the cherubim Genesis 4:14 Genesis 4:16 , 3:24 ("placed"; properly, "to place in a tabernacle"), imply that the cherubim were appointed at the fall as symbols of God's presence in a consecrated place, and that man was to worship there. In the patriarchal dispensation when the flood had caused the removal of the cherubim from Eden, seraphim or teraphim (Chaldean dialect) were made as models of them for domestic use ( Genesis 31:19 , Margin; Genesis 31:30 ). The silence of the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth chapters of Exodus to their configuration, whereas everything else is minutely described, is because their form was so well-known already to Bezaleel and all Israel by tradition as to need no detailed description. Hence Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 10:20 ) at once knows them, for he had seen them repeatedly in the carved work of the outer sanctuary of Solomon's temple ( 1 Kings 6:23-29 ). He therefore consoles the exiles with the hope of having the same cherubim in the renovated temple which should be reared; and he assures them that the same God who dwelt between the cherubim of the temple would be still with His people by the Chebar. But they were not in Zerubbabel's temple; therefore Ezekiel's foretold temple, if literal, is yet future. The ox is selected as chief of the tame animals, the lion among the wild, the eagle among birds, and man the head of all, in his ideal, realized by the Lord Jesus, combining all the excellencies of the animal kingdom. The cherubim probably represent the ruling powers by which God acts in the natural and moral world. Hence they sometimes answer to the ministering angels; elsewhere, to the redeemed saints (the elect Church) through whom, as by the angels, God shall hereafter rule the world and proclaim the manifold wisdom of God ( Matthew 19:28 , 1 Corinthians 6:2 , Ephesians 3:10 , Revelation 3:21 , 4:6-8 ). The "lions" and "oxen," amidst "palms" and "open flowers" carved in the temple, were the four-faced cherubim which, being traced on a flat surface, presented only one aspect of the four. The human-headed winged bulls and eagle-headed gods found in Nineveh, sculptured amidst palms and tulip-shaped flowers, were borrowed by corrupted tradition from the cherubim placed in Eden near its fruits and flowers. So the Aaronic calf ( Exodus 32:4 Exodus 32:5 ) and Jeroboam's calves at Dan and Beth-el, a schismatic imitation of the sacred symbols in the temple at Jerusalem. So the ox figures of Apis on the sacred arks of Egypt.
7. straight feet--that is, straight legs. Not protruding in any part as the legs of an ox, but straight like a man's [GROTIUS]. Or, like solid pillars; not bending, as man's, at the knee. They glided along, rather than walked. Their movements were all sure, right, and without effort [KITTO, Cyclopedia].
sole . . . calf's foot--HENDERSON hence supposes that "straight feet" implies that they did not project horizontally like men's feet, but vertically as calves' feet. The solid firmness of the round foot of a calf seems to be the point of comparison.
colour--the glittering appearance, indicating God's purity.
8. The hands of each were the hands of a man. The hand is the symbol of active power, guided by skilfulness ( Psalms 78:72 ).
under their wings--signifying their operations are hidden from our too curious prying; and as the "wings" signify something more than human, namely, the secret prompting of God, it is also implied that they are moved by it and not by their own power, so that they do nothing at random, but all with divine wisdom.
they four had . . . faces and . . . wings--He returns to what he had stated already in Ezekiel 1:6 ; this gives a reason why they had hands on their four sides, namely, because they had faces and wings on the four sides. They moved whithersoever they would, not by active energy merely, but also by knowledge (expressed by their faces) and divine guidance (expressed by their "wings").
9. they--had no occasion to turn themselves round when changing their direction, for they had a face ( Ezekiel 1:6 ) looking to each of the four quarters of heaven. They made no mistakes; and their work needed not be gone over again. Their wings were joined above in pairs (see Ezekiel 1:11 ).
10. they . . . had the face of a man--namely, in front. The human face was the primary and prominent one and the fundamental part of the composite whole. On its right was the lion's face; on the left, the ox's (called "cherub," Ezekiel 10:14 ); at the back from above was the eagle's.
11. The tips of the two outstretched wings reached to one another, while the other two, in token of humble awe, formed a veil for the lower parts of the body.
stretched upward--rather, "were parted from above" (compare Margin; implies that, though the movements of Providence on earth may seem conflicting and confused, yet if one lift up his eyes to heaven, he will see that they admirably conspire towards the one end at last.
12. The same idea as in Ezekiel 1:9 . The repetition is because we men are so hard to be brought to acknowledge the wisdom of God's doings; they seem tortuous and confused to us, but they are all tending steadily to one aim.
the spirit--the secret impulse whereby God moves His angels to the end designed. They do not turn back or aside till they have fulfilled the office assigned them.
13. likeness . . . appearance--not tautology. "Likeness" expresses the general form; "appearance," the particular aspect.
coals of fire--denoting the intensely pure and burning justice wherewith God punishes by His angels those who, like Israel, have hardened themselves against His long-suffering. So in Isaiah 6:2 Isaiah 6:6 , instead of cherubim, the name "seraphim," the burning ones, is applied, indicating God's consuming righteousness; whence their cry to Him is, "Holy! holy! holy!" and the burning coal is applied to his lips, for the message through his mouth was to be one of judicial severance of the godly from the ungodly, to the ruin of the latter.
lamps--torches. The fire emitted sparks and flashes of light, as torches do.
went up and down--expressing the marvellous vigor of God's Spirit, in all His movements never resting, never wearied.
fire . . . bright--indicating the glory of God.
out of the fire . . . lightning--God's righteousness will at last cause the bolt of His wrath to fall on the guilty; as now, on Jerusalem.
14. ran and returned--Incessant, restless motion indicates the plenitude of life in these cherubim; so in Revelation 4:8 , "they rest not day or night" ( Zechariah 4:10 ).
flash of lightning--rather, as distinct from "lightning" ( Ezekiel 1:13 ), "the meteor flash," or sheet lightning [FAIRBAIRN].
15. one wheel--The "dreadful height" of the wheel ( Ezekiel 1:18 ) indicates the gigantic, terrible energy of the complicated revolutions of God's providence, bringing about His purposes with unerring certainty. One wheel appeared traversely within another, so that the movement might be without turning, whithersoever the living creatures might advance ( Ezekiel 1:17 ). Thus each wheel was composed of two circles cutting one another at right angles, "one" only of which appeared to touch the ground ("upon the earth"), according to the direction the cherubim desired to move in.
with his four faces--rather, "according to its four faces" or sides; as there.was a side or direction to each of the four creatures, so there was a wheel for each of the sides [FAIRBAIRN]. The four sides or semicircles of each composite wheel pointed, as the four faces of each of the living creatures, to the four quarters of heaven. HAVERNICK refers "his" or "its" to the wheels. The cherubim and their wings and wheels stood in contrast to the symbolical figures, somewhat similar, then existing in Chaldea, and found in the remains of Assyria. The latter, though derived from the original revelation by tradition, came by corruption to symbolize the astronomical zodiac, or the sun and celestial sphere, by a circle with wings or irradiations. But Ezekiel's cherubim rise above natural objects, the gods of the heathen, to the representation of the one true God, who made and continually upholds them.
16. appearance . . . work--their form and the material of their work.
beryl--rather, "the glancing appearance of the Tarshish stone"; the chrysolite or topaz, brought from Tarshish or Tartessus in Spain. It was one of the gems in the breastplate of the high priest ( Exodus 28:20 , Solomon 5:14 , Daniel 10:6 ).
four had one likeness--The similarity of the wheels to one another implies that there is no inequality in all God's works, that all have a beautiful analogy and proportion.
17. went upon their four sides--Those faces or sides of the four wheels moved which answered to the direction in which the cherubim desired to move; while the transverse circles in each of the four composite wheels remained suspended from the ground, so as not to impede the movements of the others.
18. rings--that is, felloes or circumferences of the wheels.
eyes--The multiplicity of eyes here in the wheels. and Ezekiel 10:12 , in the cherubim themselves, symbolizes the plenitude of intelligent life, the eye being the window through which "the spirit of the living creatures" in the wheels ( Ezekiel 1:20 ) looks forth (compare Zechariah 4:10 ). As the wheels signify the providence of God, so the eyes imply that He sees all the circumstances of each case, and does nothing by blind impulse.
19. went by them--went beside them.
20. the spirit was to go--that is, their will was for going whithersoever the Spirit was for going.
over against them--rather, beside or in conjunction with them.
spirit of the living creature--put collectively for "the living creatures"; the cherubim. Having first viewed them separately, he next views them in the aggregate as the composite living creature in which the Spirit resided. The life intended is that connected with God, holy, spiritual life, in the plenitude of its active power.
21. over against--rather, "along with" [HENDERSON]; or, "beside" [FAIRBAIRN].
22. upon the heads--rather, "above the heads" [FAIRBAIRN].
terrible crystal--dazzling the spectator by its brightness.
23. straight--erect [FAIRBAIRN], expanded upright.
two . . . two . . . covered . . . bodies--not, as it might seem, contradicting Ezekiel 1:11 . The two wings expanded upwards, though chiefly used for flying, yet up to the summit of the figure where they were parted from each other, covered the upper part of the body, while the other two wings covered the lower parts.
24. voice of . . . Almighty--the thunder ( Psalms 29:3 Psalms 29:4 ).
voice of speech--rather, "the voice" or "sound of tumult," as in Jeremiah 11:16 . From an Arabic root, meaning the "impetuous rush of heavy rain."
noise of . . . host--( Isaiah 13:4 , Daniel 10:6 ).
25. let down . . . wings--While the Almighty gave forth His voice, they reverently let their wings fall, to listen stilly to His communication.
26. The Godhead appears in the likeness of enthroned humanity, as in Exodus 24:10 . Besides the "paved work of a sapphire stone, as it were the body of heaven in clearness," there, we have here the "throne," and God "as a man," with the "appearance of fire round about." This last was a prelude of the incarnation of Messiah, but in His character as Saviour and as Judge ( Revelation 19:11-16 ). The azure sapphire answers to the color of the sky. As others are called "sons of God," but He "the Son of God," so others are called "sons of man" ( Ezekiel 2:1 Ezekiel 2:3 ), but He "the Son of man" ( Matthew 16:13 ), being the embodied representative of humanity and the whole human race; as, on the other hand, He is the representative of "the fulness of the Godhead" ( Colossians 2:9 ). While the cherubim are movable, the throne above, and Jehovah who moves them, are firmly fixed. It is good news to man, that the throne above is filled by One who even there appears as "a man."
27. colour of amber--"the glitter of chasmal" [FAIRBAIRN]. [HENDERSON]. Messiah is described here as in Daniel 10:5 Daniel 10:6 , Revelation 1:14 Revelation 1:15 .
28. the bow . . . in . . . rain--the symbol of the sure covenant of mercy to God's children remembered amidst judgments on the wicked; as in the flood in Noah's days ( Revelation 4:3 ). "Like hanging out from the throne of the Eternal a fing of peace, assuring all that the purpose of Heaven was to preserve rather than to destroy. Even if the divine work should require a deluge of wrath, still the faithfulness of God would only shine forth the more brightly at last to the children of promise, in consequence of the tribulations needed to prepare for the ultimate good" [FAIRBAIRN]. ( Isaiah 54:8-10 ).
I fell upon . . . face--the right attitude, spiritually, before we enter on any active work for God ( Ezekiel 2:2 , Ezekiel 3:23 Ezekiel 3:24 , Revelation 1:17 ). In this first chapter God gathered into one vision the substance of all that was to occupy the prophetic agency of Ezekiel; as was done afterwards in the opening vision of the Revelation of Saint John.


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The Monitor figures paint a picture of falling demand and deleveraging businesses throughout the UK:
• Only 9% of businesses reported any applications for new loans in the last year, down from 12% and 15% in the last two quarters respectively.
• Only 8% expect to apply over the next year. Only 41% reported using any external finance, down from 51% six months ago, and the deleveraging appears to be strongest among micro-enterprises.
A substantial share of SMEs expect to grow over the next 12 months (44%), although even more plan to stay the same size (47%) both figures almost unchanged since the last quarter, but quite how this is to be achieved with ever fewer of them seeking finance is unclear.
Moreover, average and higher-risk businesses are slowly opting out of the loan market altogether. While this is not always a negative sign, these also appear to be the businesses most likely to plan for growth over the next year.
Despite a fall in the share of businesses reporting cash flow-related problems, there is also evidence SMEs expect their finances to become increasingly precarious. Businesses are increasingly likely to apply for finance following financial losses and overdrafts are increasingly used as safety nets rather than in order to finance productive working capital. Ever fewer businesses are repaying debts: just 1% in the year to the last quarter, a quarter of the figure six months ago. The Monitor data suggest businesses aren't hoarding cash; entrepreneurs are most likely to be genuinely concerned for the future.
Marc Fecher, Corporate Finance Partner at Kingston Smith and a former Chair of ACCA's Corporate Sector Panel, comments: "The increase in SMEs taking out overdrafts essentially for a rainy day indicates that businesses either expect to need additional, unplanned funding in the short term, or – perhaps more worryingly – perceive that a similar facility won't be available in the future if they don't take it when they can."
This is bad news for the sector's access to finance; both the SME Finance Monitor and previous research by ACCA show banks are not willing to lend to SMEs for the purpose of liquidity, especially the financing of customer credit or the refinancing of debt; predictably they also don't like to lend to loss-making businesses. The Monitor figures show businesses also tended to be rejected when they applied for unsuitable types of finance – an error ACCA stresses could be remedied by sound financial advice.
As with previous editions of the Monitor, the last quarter's figures show a 'magic circle' of businesses, established businesses with existing credit facilities and sound fundamentals, are able to access finance fairly easily, but first-time applicants find it much harder. Loans in particular are harder to come by for SMEs with poor credit risk ratings. ACCA is clear as to the reason for this - lenders are simply unable to easily extend credit to businesses on which they don't have substantial amounts of information. Moreover, the Monitor data analysis suggests entrepreneurs suffer from significant blind-spots around these issues and can often fail to appreciate what makes an application successful.
Other success factors are harder to account for, ACCA says, and the banks need to address them. In fairness to the banks, ACCA notes that overdraft applications between April and September 2011 and loans applications in the last quarter of 2011 were more likely to be successful. However, if the Government and the banks intend to capitalise on this modest success and attract discouraged would-be borrowers, they need to publicise their efforts much more. Only 17% of SMEs even know about the Government's flagship Project Merlin (down from 20% in the last quarter), and just half of the business population have heard of any initiative to improve the supply of finance to businesses.
However, businesses are not doing themselves any favours. ACCA notes that the use of regular management accounts (37%), business planning (32%) and financially trained staff (23%) among SMEs is still too low, and even falling in some instances. The figures are even worse among micro-enterprises.
Emmanouil Schizas, senior policy adviser at ACCA, said: 'By all means let's hold the banks to account for what they are doing wrong, but without the ability to produce high-quality information for lenders and trade creditors and access to high quality advice, businesses aren't going to see their access to finance improve substantially anytime soon either.'


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Stabat Mater : Work information
- Composers
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Choer d'Enfants de l'Opera National de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Gaël Darchen (Conductor)
This work
- Work name
- Stabat Mater
- Work number
- n/a
- Key
- F minor
- Genre
- Composed
- 1736-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
- Label
- Forlane
- Producer
- Ivan Pastor
- Engineer
- Jean-Marc Laisné (Amati)
- Recording date
- n/a
The Composers
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, born on 4th January 1710, was an Italian composer who greatly affected the course of opera history, though he only composed for six years before his premature death. Pergolesi joined the Conservatori dei Poveri di Gesu Cristo in Jesi (his home town) when he was 16, sponsored by a local aristocrat. He studied there for five years, impressing teachers with his technical and improvisational skills on the violin. Pergolesi began composing around 1727, the first work to attract attention being a sacred drama, La Conservatione di San Guglieme d'Aquitania (1731). He attracted three patrons, one of whom - the Prince of Stigliano - made Pergolesi his maestro di capella.
In 1973 Pergolesi's father died, and his new opera and intermezzo were poorly received, and, dispirited, he decided to turn from theatre to instrumental music. He composed more than 30 sonatas for violin and bass for the Prince of Stigliano, as well as some sacred music (including a mass on the subject of the earthquake that hit Naples in 1731, which has since been lost). His inevitable return to theatre with Lo Fratre 'Nnamorato (1732) was a great success. A year later came Il Prigioner Superbo, with its comic intermezzo La Serva Padrona. While the opera itself was successful, the intermezzo was a huge hit, and went on to win international fame. Pergolesi entered the service of the Duke of Maddaloni in 1734, and had mixed succeses with his new work. At the premiere of L'Olimpiade in 1735, a disgruntled member of the audience threw an orange at his head, but Il Flaminco (his next and final opera) was well received and is still performed today.
Pergolesi died of tuberculosis when he was 26 on 16th March 1736, the illness perhaps encouraged by his reckless lifestyle. His fame increased in the following years, when Stabat Mater, a setting of a Latin poem, was performed throughout Europe. In 1752 a performance of La Serva Padrona sparked off a pamphlet war between supporters of traditional, serious French opera and those of the new Italian opera buffa genre. It was known as the war of the Bouffons, and divided all Paris, with Louis XV, the court and the aristocracy on the traditionalist side, and the Queen and intellectuals (including Diderot and Rousseau) standing with the Italian innovators. The birth of French comic opera was a result of this war. Pergolesi became a household name, but his fame tempted copyists and publicists into attributing many more works to him than he had actually written, distorting his musical history greatly.
Related composers: Bach, Stravinsky, Durante
Track listing
- Stabat Mater 4:25 min
- Cujus animam gementem 2:25 min
- O quam tristis et afficta 2:17 min
- Quae moerebat et dolebat 2:27 min
- Quis est homo qui non fleret 2:44 min
- Vidit suum dulcem Natum 3:22 min
- Eja Mater, fons amoris 2:27 min
- Fac ut ardeat cor meum 2:14 min
- Sancta Mater, istud agas 5:53 min
- Fac ut portem Christi mortem 3:22 min
- Inflammatus et accensus 2:18 min
- Quando corpus morietur 4:18 min


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The unbelief and rejection of the Jews. (1-6) Gracious promise to the Gentiles. (7-12) God's love to the church. (13-17) Its increase. (18-23) And deliverance. (24-26)
Verses 1-6 The great Author of redemption shows the authority for his work. The sword of his word slays the lusts of his people, and all at enmity with them. His sharp arrows wound the conscience; but all these wounds will be healed, when the sinner prays to him for mercy. But even the Redeemer, who spake as never man spake in his personal ministry, often seemed to labour in vain. And if Jacob will not be brought back to God, and Israel will not be gathered, still Christ will be glorious. This promise is in part fulfilled in the calling of the Gentiles. Men perish in darkness. But Christ enlightens men, and so makes them holy and happy.
Verses 7-12 The Father is the Lord, the Redeemer, and Holy One of Israel, as sending the Son to be the Redeemer. Man, whom he came to save, put contempt upon him. To this he submitted for our salvation. He is a pledge for all the blessings of the covenant; in him God was reconciling the world to himself. Pardoning mercy is a release from the curse of the law; renewing grace is a release from the dominion of sin: both are from Christ. He saith to those in darkness, Show yourselves. Not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God, and your own comforts. Though there are difficulties in the way to heaven, yet the grace of God will carry us over them, and make even the mountains a way. This denotes the free invitations and the encouraging promises of the gospel, and the outpouring of the Spirit.
Verses 13-17 Let there be universal joy, for God will have mercy upon the afflicted, because of his compassion; upon his afflicted, because of his covenant. We have no more reason to question his promise and grace, than we have to question his providence and justice. Be assured that God has a tender affection for his church and people; he would not have them to be discouraged. Some mothers do neglect their children; but God's compassions to his people, infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents toward their children. His setting them as a mark on his hand, or a seal upon his arm, denotes his being ever mindful of them. As far as we have scriptural evidence that we belong to his ransomed flock, we may be sure that he will never forsake us. Let us then give diligence to make our calling and election sure, and rejoice in the hope and glory of God.
Verses 18-23 Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to be a comfort to her. There are times when the church is desolate and few in number; yet its desolations shall not last for ever, and God will repair them. God can raise up friends for returning Israelites, even among Gentiles. They shall bring their children, and make them thy children. Let all deal tenderly and carefully with young converts and beginners in religion. Princes shall protect the church. It shall appear that God is the sovereign Lord of all. And those who in the exercise of faith, hope, and patience, wait on God for the fulfilment of his promises, shall never be confounded.
Verses 24-26 We were lawful captives to the justice of God, yet delivered by a price of unspeakable value. Here is an express promise: Even the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. We may here view Satan deprived of his prey, bound and cast into the pit; and all the powers that have combined to enslave, persecute, or corrupt the church, are destroyed; that all the earth may know that our Saviour and Redeemer is Jehovah, the mighty One of Jacob. And every effort we make to rescue our fellow-sinners from the bondage of Satan, is, in some degree, helping forward that great change.
Isaiah 49:1-26 . SIMILAR TO CHAPTER 42:1-7 ( Isaiah 49:1-9 ).
Messiah, as the ideal Israel ( Isaiah 49:3 ), states the object of His mission, His want of success for a time, yet His certainty of ultimate success.
1. O isles--Messiah is here regarded as having been rejected by the Jews ( Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 49:5 ), and as now turning to the Gentiles, to whom the Father hath given Him "for a light and salvation." "Isles" mean all regions beyond sea.
from the womb--( Isaiah 44:2 , Luke 1:31 , John 10:36 ).
from . . . bowels . . . mention of my name--His name "Jesus" (that is, God-Saviour) was designated by God before His birth ( Matthew 1:21 ).
2. my mouth . . . sword--( Isaiah 11:4 , Revelation 19:15 ). The double office of the Word of God, saving and damnatory, is implied ( Isaiah 50:4 , John 12:48 , Hebrews 4:12 ).
shaft--( Psalms 45:5 ). "Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity.
in . . . quiver . . . hid me--Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [HENGSTENBERG]; also always protected by God, as the arrow by the quiver ( Isaiah 51:16 ).
3. Israel--applied to Messiah, according to the true import of the name, the Prince who had power with God in wrestling in behalf of man, and who prevails ( Genesis 32:28 , Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 ). He is also the ideal Israel, the representative man of the nation (compare Matthew 2:15 with Hosea 11:1 ).
in whom . . . glorified--( John 14:13 , 17:1-5 ).
4. I--Messiah.
in vain--comparatively in the case of the greater number of His own countrymen. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" ( Isaiah 53:1-3 , Luke 19:14 , John 1:11 , 7:5 ). Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was ended ( Acts 1:15 ).
yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord--Ultimately, God will do justice to My cause, and reward (Margin for "work," compare Isaiah 40:10 , 62:11 ) My labors and sufferings. He was never "discouraged" ( Isaiah 42:4 , Isaiah 50:7 Isaiah 50:10 ). He calmly, in spite of seeming ill success for the time, left the result with God, confident of final triumph ( Isaiah 53:10-12 1 Peter 2:23 ). So the ministers of Christ ( 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 1 Peter 4:19 ).
5. The reason why He was confident that His work would be accepted and rewarded, namely, because He is "glorious in the eyes of Jehovah," &c.
to bring Jacob again to him--( Matthew 15:24 , Acts 3:26 ).
Though Israel be not gathered--metaphor from a scattered flock which the shepherd gathers together again; or a hen and her chickens ( Matthew 23:37 ). Instead of the text "not," the Keri has the similar Hebrew word, "to Him," which the parallelism favors: "And that Israel may be gathered to Him."
yet--rather, parenthetically. "For I am glorious, &c., and My God is My strength." Then ( Isaiah 49:6 ) resuming the words from the beginning of Isaiah 49:5 , "He saith" (I repeat), &c. HORSLEY explains, "Notwithstanding the incredulity of the Jews, Messiah shall be glorified in the conversion of the Gentiles," reading as English Version: but if the Keri be read, "Israel shall at one time or other be gathered, notwithstanding their incredulity during Messiah's sojourn on earth."
6. It is a light thing--"It is too little that Thou shouldest," [HENGSTENBERG], that is, It is not enough honor to Thee to raise up Jacob and Israel, but I design for Thee more, namely, that Thou shouldest be the means of enlightening the Gentiles ( Isaiah 42:6 Isaiah 42:7 , 60:3 ).
the preserved--namely, those remaining after the judgments of God on the nation--the elect remnant of Israel reserved for mercy. LOWTH, with a slight but needless change of the Hebrew, translates for "tribes" and "preserved," the "scions"--the "branches."
7. whom man despiseth--Hebrew, "the despised of soul," that is, by every soul, by all men ( Isaiah 52:14 Isaiah 52:15 , 53:3 , 50:6-9 , Psalms 22:6 ). LOWTH translates, "whose person is despised."
abhorreth--literally, "who is an abomination to the nation" ( Luke 23:18-23 ). The Jews contemptuously call Him always Tolvi, "the crucified." I prefer, on account of Goi, the Hebrew term for nation being usually applied to the Gentiles, and that for people to the Jews ( Hosea 1:9 ; so the Greek terms respectively also Laos and Ethne, Romans 9:25 ), to take "nation" here collectively for the Gentile world, which also spurned Him ( Psalms 2:1-3 Acts 4:25-27 ).
servant of rulers--( Matthew 17:27 ). He who would not exert His power against the rulers ( Matthew 26:52 Matthew 26:53 ).
shall see--namely the fulfilment of God's promises ( Isaiah 49:3 Isaiah 49:6 ), "when He (shall be) a light to the Gentiles."
arise--to reverence Thee ( Psalms 72:10 Psalms 72:11 , Philippians 2:10 ).
princes also--rather, for the parallelism, supply the ellipsis, thus, "Princes shall see and shall worship."
faithful--namely, to His promises.
choose thee--as God's elect ( Isaiah 42:1 ).
8. Messiah is represented as having asked for the grace of God in behalf of sinners; this verse contains God the Father's favorable answer.
an acceptable time--"In a time of grace" [HENGSTENBERG]. A limited time ( Isaiah 61:2 , 2 Corinthians 6:2 ). The time judged by God to be the best fitted for effecting the purposes of His grace by Messiah.
heard thee--( Psalms 2:8 , Hebrews 5:7 ).
day of salvation--when "the fulness of time" ( Galatians 4:4 ) shall have come. The day of salvation is "to-day" ( Hebrews 4:7 ).
helped--given Thee the help needed to enable Thee, as man, to accomplish man's salvation.
preserve--from the assaults and efforts of Satan, to divert Thee from Thy voluntary death to save man. in the singular, is always applied exclusively to Israel.
establish the earth--rather, "to restore the land," namely, Canaan to Israel. Spiritually, the restoration of the Church (the spiritual Israel) to the heavenly land forfeited by man's sin is also included.
cause to inherit . . . desolate heritages--image from the desolate state of Judea during the Babylonish captivity. Spiritually, the Gentile world, a moral waste, shall become a garden of the Lord. Literally, Judea lying desolate for ages shall be possessed again by Israel (compare Isaiah 61:7 , "in their land"). Jesus, the antitype of, and bearing the same name as Joshua ( Hebrews 4:8 ), shall, like him, divide the land among its true heirs ( Isaiah 54:3 , 61:4 ).
9. ( Isaiah 42:7 , Zechariah 9:12 ).
prisoners--the Jews bound in legal bondage.
them . . . in darkness--the Gentiles having no light as to the one true God [VITRINGA].
Show yourselves--not only see but be seen ( Matthew 5:16 , 5:19 ). Come forth from the darkness of your prison into the light of the Sun of righteousness.
in the ways, &c.--In a desert there are no "ways," nor "high places," with "pastures"; thus the sense is: "They shall have their pastures, not in deserts, but in cultivated and inhabited places." Laying aside the figure, the churches of Christ at the first shall be gathered, not in obscure and unknown regions, but in the most populous parts of the Roman empire, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, &c. [VITRINGA]. Another sense probably is the right one. Israel, on its way back to the Holy Land, shall not have to turn aside to devious paths in search of necessaries, but shall find them in all places wherever their route lies; so ROSENMULLER. God will supply them as if He should make the grass grow in the trodden ways and on the barren high places.
10. Messiah will abundantly satisfy all the wants, both of literal Israel on their way to Palestine, and of the spiritual on their way to heaven, as their Shepherd ( Isaiah 65:13 , Matthew 5:6 ), also in heaven ( Revelation 7:16 Revelation 7:17 ).
11. my--All things are God's.
mountains a way--I will remove all obstructions out of the way ( Isaiah 40:4 ).
exalted--that is, cast up ( Isaiah 57:14 , 62:10 ); for instance, over valleys. VITRINGA explains "mountains" as great kingdoms, Egypt, Syria, &c., subjected to Rome, to facilitate the spreading of the Gospel; "highways," the Christian doctrine wherein those who join the Church walk, and which, at the time of Constantine, was to be raised into prominence before all, and publicly protected ( Isaiah 35:8 Isaiah 35:9 ).
12. Sinim--The Arabians and other Asiatics called China Sin, or Tchin; the Chinese had no special name for themselves, but either adopted that of the reigning dynasty or some high-sounding titles. This view of "Sinim" suits the context which requires a people to be meant "from far," and distinct from those "from the north and from the west" [GESENIUS].
13. So Revelation 12:12 . God will have mercy on the afflicted, because of His compassion; on His afflicted, because of His covenant.
14. Zion--the literal Israel's complaint, as if God had forsaken her in the Babylonian captivity; also in their dispersion previous to their future restoration; thereby God's mercy shall be called forth ( Isaiah 63:15-19 , Psalms 77:9 Psalms 77:10 , 102:17 ).
15. ( Isaiah 44:21 , Psalms 103:13 , Matthew 7:11 ).
16. Alluding to the Jews' custom (perhaps drawn from Exodus 13:9 ) of puncturing on their hands a representation of their city and temple, in token of zeal for them [LOWTH], ( Solomon 8:6 ).
17. Thy children--Israel ( Isaiah 49:20 Isaiah 49:21 , Isaiah 43:6 ). JEROME reads, for "Thy children," "Thy builders"; they that destroyed thee shall hasten to build thee.
haste--to rebuild thy desolate capital.
shall go forth--Thy destroyers shall leave Judea to Israel in undisturbed possession.
18. As Zion is often compared to a bride ( Isaiah 54:5 ), so the accession of converts is like bridal ornaments ("jewels," Isaiah 62:3 , Malachi 3:17 ). Her literal children are, however, more immediately meant, as the context refers to their restoration; and only secondarily to her spiritual children by conversion to Christ. Israel shall be the means of the final complete conversion of the nations ( Micah 5:7 , Romans 11:12 Romans 11:15 ).
as a bride--namely, binds on her ornaments.
19. land of thy destruction--thy land once the scene of destruction.
too narrow--( Isaiah 54:1 Isaiah 54:2 , Zechariah 10:10 ).
20. children . . . after . . . other--rather, "the children of thy widowhood," that is, the children of whom thou hast been bereft during their dispersion in other lands [MAURER].
again--rather, "yet."
give place--rather, "stand close to me," namely, in order that we may be the more able to dwell in in the narrow place [HORSLEY]. Compare as to Israel's spiritual children, and the extension of the gospel sphere, Romans 15:19 Romans 15:24 , 2 Corinthians 10:14-16 . But Isaiah 49:22 (compare Isaiah 66:20 ) shows that her literal children are primarily meant. GESENIUS translates, "Make room."
21. Who, &c.--Zion's joyful wonder at the unexpected restoration of the ten tribes. Secondarily, the accession of spiritual Israelites to the mother church of Jerusalem from the Gentiles is meant. This created surprise at first ( Acts 10:45 , 14:27 , Acts 15:3 Acts 15:4 ).
lost . . . am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro--rather, "bereaved of . . . have been barren, an exile and outcast" [HORSLEY]. She had been "put away" by Jehovah, her husband ( Isaiah 50:1 ); hence her wonder at the children begotten to her.
22. lift . . . hand--that is, beckon to
standard--( Isaiah 11:12 ).
bring . . . sons in . . . arms--The Gentiles shall aid in restoring Israel to its own land ( Isaiah 60:4 , 66:20 ). Children able to support themselves are carried on the shoulders in the East; but infants, in the arms, or astride on one haunch ( Isaiah 60:12 ). "Thy sons" must be distinct from "the Gentiles," who carry them; and therefore cannot primarily refer to converts among the Gentiles.
23. lick . . . dust--that is, kiss thy feet in token of humble submission.
for they . . . not . . . ashamed . . . wait for me--The restoration of Israel shall be in answer to their prayerful waiting on the Lord ( Isaiah 30:18 Isaiah 30:19 , Psalms 102:16 Psalms 102:17 , Zechariah 12:10 , 14:3 ).
24. the prey--Israel, long a prey to mighty Gentile nations, whose oppression of her shall reach its highest point under Antichrist ( Daniel 11:36 Daniel 11:37 Daniel 11:41 Daniel 11:45 ).
lawful captive--the Jews justly consigned for their sins ( Isaiah 50:1 ) as captives to the foe. Secondarily, Satan and Death are "the mighty" conquerors of man, upon whom his sin give them their "lawful" claim. Christ answers that claim for the sinners, and so the captive is set free ( Job 19:25 , 14:14 , Matthew 12:29 , Hosea 6:2 , where Isaiah 49:4 shows the primary reference is to Israel's restoration, to which the resurrection corresponds; Isaiah 26:19 , Ephesians 4:8 , Hebrews 2:14 Hebrews 2:15 ). Others not so well translate, "the captives taken from among the just Israelites."
25. ( Isaiah 53:12 , Psalms 68:18 , Colossians 2:15 ).
contend with him, &c.--( Isaiah 54:17 ).
26. feed . . . own flesh--a phrase for internal strifes ( Isaiah 9:20 ).
own blood--a just retribution for their having shed the blood of God's servants ( Revelation 16:6 ).
sweet wine--that is must, or new wine, the pure juice which flows from the heap of grapes before they are pressed; the ancients could preserve it for a long time, so as to retain its flavor. It was so mild that it required a large quantity to intoxicate; thus the idea here is that very much blood would be shed ( Revelation 14:10 Revelation 14:20 ).
all flesh shall, &c.--the effect on the world of God's judgments ( Isaiah 66:15 Isaiah 66:16 Isaiah 66:18 Isaiah 66:19 , Revelation 15:3 Revelation 15:4 ).


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By Brian Liskai (Attica, OH) Attica Raceway Park has the cure for the winter blues - mudslinging, exciting, spills and thrills of dirt track racing! The drivers, teams and staff at "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue are ready to "kick the tires and light the fires" on Attica's 20th anniversary season that opens Friday, March 21, as HD Supply Night features 410 sprints, 305 sprints and Attica Late Models. And if Mother Nature won't cooperate, there is a rain date of Saturday, March 22. "We're excited about our 20th anniversary season. I want to thank the fans and race teams for all of their support the first two years I've had the privilege of promoting this race track," said John Bores, Attica Raceway Park promoter. "The 2008 schedule looks to be one of the most exciting and well-rounded in the track's prestigious history," added Rex LeJeune, ARP Director of Operations. The great weekly racing featuring the 410 sprints paying $2,500 to win, along with the 305 sprints, Attica Late Models and dirt trucks makes Attica's purse of over $23,000 one of the best in the United States. "Then add in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprints, the World of nOutlaws Late Models, plus three appearances of the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champion sprints and two events with the Sunoco American Late Models...we're paying out over $500,000 A-main prize money in 2008. Attica is the place to be on Friday nights!" added LeJeune. "The weekly general admission and pit pass prices will remain the same as 2007. This will allow our fans and race teams the opportunity to see and participate in some of the best, exciting entertainment in the area at a reasonable price," said Bores. Several improvements have been made at ARP since the checkered flag flew on the last event in September. Restrooms and other buildings have been spruced up, stone has been put down to make the pit area more comfortable, and wind-breakers have been installed on the back of the skyboxes. "We graded the track and added over 100 loads of dirt. The track is wider which should allow for more side-by-side racing," added Bores. It's time to chase away those winter blahs....race season is at hand. Come and enjoy a great family night at Attica Raceway Park. Treat yourself to good food and sit back and enjoy the great, exciting racing in a family-oriented atmosphere. "We work hard to ensure our fans have fun while they are here. We will have autograph Frisbees and t-shirts being thrown in the stands along with lucky fans getting rides in the official pace track and push vehicle and a whole lot more," said LeJeune. "We're also planning several opportunities for all the fans to visit the pit area to get autographs and pictures with their favorite drivers." For more information and a complete schedule of the exciting 2008 Attica schedule, log onto atticaracewaypark.com or call (419) 680-5606. |
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In what always proves to be a very physical, close game, the Lady Flames held a slim 32-29 advantage at the break. The largest lead of the night was a nine-point advantage for Lee at the 5:19 mark in the second half. Down the stretch the Lady Flames hit some big shots and came up with timely stops to put the game away, 61-54.
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The Lady Flames held the advantage on the glass. Lee outrebounded the Lady Bulldogs 33-23. At the free-throw line Lee had just six opportunities, cashing in on five (83 percent). TWC went 11-of-16 (69 percent) from the charity stripe.
Lee's defense suffocated Tennessee Wesleyan for most of the evening. The Lady Bulldogs shot just 35 percent from the field (17-of-48). Rowe's club shot 44 percent from the field (24-of-55).
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If D00lander makes 70+ here he has booked his ticket to England and I will have booked some serious fap sessions.
Going to be tough though.
If D00lander makes 70+ here he has booked his ticket to England and I will have booked some serious fap sessions.
Going to be tough though.
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Doolan gonskis. Even as a Bulls supporter/QLDer it would seriously be bad if QLD win this(along with the other competitions). Such a bad side.
Harris is gun though. Best bowler in Australia IMO.
If Tim Paine makes 70+ here
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Nah I think its good if QLD win this, despite it being QLD. Harris needs to go to England, even if he is on one leg. Him winning QLD the final will guarantee that.
There's no reason for Harris not to be taken to England tbh. The worst that can happen is that he doesn't get into a physical state to play any of the matches and the best thing that can happen is that he can participate in some of them. Since there are no rules or regulations on squad sizes, picking him in the touring party and not playing him doesn't create anything bad. There are only benefits and no negatives to picking him in the squad.
Yeah but I have no stake in either team.
if harris hasn't convinced them already nothing from here will have (and surely the OD final reminded them that harris is pretty **** hot)
For someone who for quite a long time was nothing much at FC level Harris is now a seriously awesome bowler.
As I've posted elsewhere I would be having him and Pattinson opening the bowling for us in England without question. Bird/Sidds to fight for the third spot and injury cover. That's the best chance we have of winning tests atm.
Yeah I'd be pretty confident we could take down England with an attack of Harris, Pattinson and Bird (or Siddle if need be). It's very risky considering all three would have come off injuries recently, but Aus cricket is really at a stage where we are just gonna have to take these risks to get the results we want. The safer alternative will probably just mean we'll lose anyway because of lack of quality. Would much prefer to at least have a fighting chance.
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Flash back to the early 1960s. All radio is mono and sounds like it is coming to you through string and tin cans. Suddenly a new technology arrives on the scene — FM, and it blows your mind. Not only does the music leap right out of the speakers, but it sounds as awesome as your hi-fi, thanks to stereo broadcasting. It took awhile to catch on, but today, 40 years later, no one would even think of broadcasting FM music in mono. Stereo is the obvious choice for broadcasters and for consumers.
Today, a new shift is just beginning. Stations are experimenting with a variety of ways to broadcast surround sound over the air. Although the shift from stereo to surround sound will take a few years to transpire, in much less than 40 years, the idea of stereo broadcasting for music will be just as foreign as mono is today. And just as FM was the driver for stereo, HD Radio will be the driver for surround sound.
Radio broadcasts are a perfect candidate for an upgrade to surround sound. With most radio listening happening in cars, and most of today's cars carrying at least six speakers, the rendering infrastructure is nearly in place. Additionally, the ongoing series of evolutionary changes in radio during the past couple of years, from analog FM to satellite radio and IBOC, has made radio aficionados receptive to another upgrade to their listening experience.
There are three main techniques that can be used to broadcast surround sound over the HD Radio system: discrete, matrix/watermark and MPEG Surround. A discrete system discretely encodes 5.1-channel programming on the IBOC signal, possibly using a 5.1 channel version of the already deployed HDC codec. This technique, similar to the Dolby Digital audio distributed on DVD soundtracks, is not feasible, however, because of the bandwidth limitations in HD Radio. Even with minimum quality, discrete 5.1 encoding would use up all the available bandwidth on the IBOC channel, eliminating the possibility of multiple programs or data services. At a minimum, discrete coding would require computationally expensive downmixing inside the radio for stereo-only environments, complicating implementation.
Matrix systems, such as SRS Circle Surround and Dolby Pro Logic, use matrix encoding to encapsulate a surround signal within a stereo signal. The L-R energy of the stereo signal is used to carry the surround sound information over standard stereo infrastructure. This allows matrix-encoded surround sound programming to be transmitted on the analog and digital portions of an HD Radio signal. When such a signal arrives at a radio with a matrix decoder, the stereo signal is upmixed for 5.1. Also, because the stereo signal is already the basis of transmission, the program can play back in a stereo-only environment with no modifications. The downside of matrix techniques is accuracy. Due to the inherent limit on the amount of information that can be transmitted using matrix techniques, the quality of the surround mix cannot match the original 5.1 channel mix. Also, by encoding the surround sound as part of the stereo waveform, it does not take full advantage of the digital information path offered by HD Radio.
MPEG Surround is a compromise between the discrete and the matrix methods. It provides the accuracy of discrete encoding while preserving the stereo compatibility and bandwidth efficiency of the matrix encoding. Borne out of a collaboration between Agere, Coding Technologies, Fraunhofer and Philips, MPEG Surround is a compression technique in the process of being standardized by the Moving Picture Experts Group. The goal of MPEG Surround is to provide a scalable, digital system to transmit high-quality surround sound in a way that is backward compatible to stereo. At the highest level, MPEG Surround adds digital information to a stereo mix, enabling reconstruction of an original 5.1 surround audio with little bandwidth overhead. The nature of the MPEG Surround technology allows it to scale in quality proportional to the amount of bandwidth allocated to the surround signal. Quality in this case is measured by the ability of the encoded signal to accurately reproduce the original 5.1 channel audio signal sent into the encoder. While the nominal operating bit rate for MPEG Surround on HD Radio would be around 6kb/s, MPEG Surround can scale all the way up to full transparency.
A multi-program HD Radio station would likely allocate 64kb/s out of the total 96kb/s to the main stereo program, then add 6kb/s MPEG Surround to achieve a full 5.1 surround sound broadcast. By tuning the encoder even further the stereo bit-rate could even be pulled back a bit thereby reducing the surround sound overhead to be almost negligible. MPEG Surround provides surround sound to a stereo broadcast with room for extra audio programs or other digital broadcast services.
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But making the move to surround will not come easy. A major concern for broadcasters is studio and broadcast infrastructure. Regardless of the technique chosen — matrix, discrete or MPEG Surround — modifications will be required to enable the studio to take full advantage of surround sound. While the matrix method can be transmitted and manipulated using a stereo infrastructure, libraries, play-out systems, consoles and studio links may require upgrades.
For new surround facilities, there are two main techniques being considered to handle the transition. The first is shifting to a full IP audio infrastructure provided by a system like that from Axia. In an IP audio system, audio is transported over twisted-pair or fiber networks, and controllers can be configured and ganged on the fly. The second is a dedicated system that creates a parallel path for the MPEG Surround information by adding boxes that interface to the various stereo AES buses. Both methods can easily handle stereo or surround sound.
The Moving Picture Experts Group is in the process of defining and standardizing MPEG Surround with a final specification scheduled for mid-2006. Hardware implementations will be available shortly thereafter.
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Audit fatigue, or numerous audits grower-shippers' customers often require, remained central in discussions.
"How many standards can you audit to?" asked Billy Heller, chief executive officer of Pacific Tomato Growers Ltd., Palmetto. "Audit fatigue within our group at all levels is unbelievable. We have customers coming behind other customers checking the other audits because they each have their own specs.
Ed Beckman, president of the Certified Greenhouse Vegetable Producers Association of North America, Fresno, Calif., said the debate should be about how tomato food safety metrics reflect science. Beckman, until recently president of Fresno, Calif.-based California Tomato Growers, said the industry seeks collaboration with the FDA and the U.S, Department of Agriculture throughout the audit process.
"This is not growers and customers sitting in a room and defining what our future is," Beckman said. "We don't simply pull a number out of the air and throw it in that document and say it's good.
"... This about bringing people together, sharing ideas, sharing our frustrations with existing audits, auditing and trying to come back with a solution that meets everyone's needs in a single audit that is based on science."
Doug OhlemeierJohn Darling (left), food safety manager with West Coast Tomato Inc., talks with Kristian Moeller, president of the Bethesda, Md.-based GlobalGAP North America Inc., a part of GlobalGAP standards organization, during a Feb. 1 tomato food safety meeting in Maitland, Fla.Michelle Smith, senior policy analyst with the FDA, discussed the produce safety rule and how it should affect the fresh produce industry.
Smith said the final leg of the rule remains down the road, and may allow for three months of comment — longer than other agency rulemaking.
"What you're doing is important," Smith said. "The other part of our process is to recognize what people are currently doing and take that into consideration when thinking about the kinds of requirements we want to propose.
"I don't have a crystal ball to say what the rules will look like," she said. "A number of groups like the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement have committed down the road to look at their provisions and reconcile when necessary with the rule when finalized. What you are doing is a great example of helping to move things forward."


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Draped Romper
Style # 219886
Take your summer look to the next level with a legs-for-days look in this bebe romper, featuring draped neckline, lightweight fabric and pop-bright hue. Amp yours up with a pair of wedge sandals and an oversized tote.
- 100% polyester
- Center back to waist: 8" (20 cm)
- Rise: 9" (23 cm)
- Inseam: 2.5" (6 cm)
- Leg opening: 30" (76 cm)
- Side pockets
- Invisible zipper
- Hand wash according to care label
- Imported
- Model is wearing a US size 6
Draped Romper
Very Sexy
This romper was prettier than I had expected. I am 5'2 130lbs and I liked how the 6 fit. I saw that some ladies liked a more fitted fit, but I like a loose fit. I paired it with my CL Lady Peep pumps in nude and I fell in love! Caught it at a steal ;-)
February 1, 2014
Easy weekend outfit
I purchased both size 0 and size 00 and ended up keeping the smaller size. It is a bit short (in both sizes) but runs large, so I suggest you choose the smaller size. Cute and flirty weekend option...I've thought about wearing it with flats, but I think it is for a dressier night out on the town.
August 23, 2013
Love It!
Just bought the romper, tried it on and like the previous review had to have it. I bought a size 0, for a tighter fit and I LOVE it.
August 3, 2013
so me!
I love this romper!! as soon as I tried it I knew I had to have it!!! I got it in a size 2 and it fits perfect.
July 27, 2013
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