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CNET's reporters are covering the launch of the much-hyped iPhone 4. Stay tuned for updates from New York City and San Francisco.
It's finally here. The much-anticipated iPhone 4 is hitting store shelves on Thursday at 7 a.m. local time in each time zone where it's available.
CNET has teams of reporters covering the launch in New York City and San Francisco. Marguerite Reardon and Caroline McCarthy will be heading up coverage in New York, while Erica Ogg, Josh Lowensohn, and James Martin will be keeping tabs on what's happening out west.
These reporters will be checking in at Apple stores and other locations, such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Radio Shack, where iPhone 4s will be sold starting on Thursday. CNET will also let you know how things are going at the AT&T stores where only customers who preordered phones will be able to pick them up. Anyone looking to buy an iPhone off-the-shelf from AT&T will have to wait until Tuesday.
AT&T says that demand for the iPhone 4 is 10 times what it was for last year's iPhone 3GS. And Apple says it took 600,000 preorders for the new phone through its sales channels.
If history is any indication of what to expect, initial sales of the iPhone 4 are likely to be big. Apple sold more than 1 million iPhone 3GS smartphones the first three days it was on sale. The original iPhone sold about 270,000 units during its first weekend in June 2007, while the iPhone 3G sold around 1 million when it launched in July 2008.
While there's little doubt that the lines will long, the big question is whether AT&T's activation system will be able to hold up under the pressure. If the preorder process is any indication of what to expect, iPhone fans may need to be patient. On June 15, thousands of customers trying to preorder the iPhone were met with error messages on AT&T's and Apple's Web sites. AT&T's servers were overwhelmed and the company ended up suspending preorders.
To keep up with the latest news from the launch, stay tuned to CNET's updates all day.
McCarthy, 6:24 a.m. EDT at the 14th Street Apple Store: About 150 people are in the preorder line for iPhone 4. The line for non-reserved phones is significantly longer. They're telling new arrivals to get in one big line, and then if people have proof of preorder, they sort them into the preorder line.
Reardon, 6:30 a.m. EDT at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store: The lines for the iPhone 4 are wrapped around the block at Apple's flagship store on Fifth Ave. The line for the customers who haven't reserved an iPhone wind down 58th Street and around the block to 59th Street next to the Apple Store. There's also a huge line of people already lined up in the reserved line. These are customers who have reserved their phones in advance and are just waiting to pick them up.
While it's clear the crowds are bigger to get the phone, the hoopla and the party atmosphere from previous iPhone launches seems to be missing. With a half hour to go, no one is chanting yet.
McCarthy, 6:41 a.m. EDT: The line stretches all the way from the corner of 14th St. and 9th Ave. down to 10th Ave. (Google Maps should be able to tell you how long this is) and then up around 10th Ave. past the intersection of 15th St. almost to 16th St., but after the corner of 14th and 10th there are gaps in the line because of driveways, a gas station, etc.
Employees of the Apple Store are wearing blue iPad T shirts--no special shirts for this launch.
McCarthy, 6:44 a.m. EDT: First preorder: Been here since 10:15 p.m. EDT last night, originally had a 3G and lost it> He's a textbook editor for McGraw-Hill, and his name is Zach (26). He was about 42nd in line before they divided it into preorder and non-preorder. First people to show up who didn't preorder the phone got to the store at 3 p.m. EDT yesterday.
Zach says he took the day off work, and got his boss' approval. He is not playing hooky.
Reardon, 6:50 a.m. EDT: The doors open in 10 minutes. People in the back of the line only got here about 20 minutes ago. Jose Marinez, 36, said he has stood in line every year since 2007 to get an iPhone. He isn't worried that Apple will run out of phones, but he is a little worried that AT&T's servers might crash again. He tried to preorder the phone on June 15 and gave up when he couldn't get through on the Web site.
McCarthy, 6:58 a.m. EDT: Apple Store employees starting to cheer to rev people up.
McCarthy, 7:01 a.m. EDT: Preorders are being let in, 60 people at a time. It's going smoothly so far. Afew minutes later, the first batch of walk-ups (non-preorders) are let into store, but ushered downstairs rather than into the upstairs area. Only about 20 let in.
McCarthy, 7:10 a.m. EDT: It's been 10 minutes and the first guy in line has not yet come back out--AT&T activation. Apple Store employee talking to people who show up and wonder how long the wait will be: "The demand is tremendous. It seems like everybody in New York wants this phone."
McCarthy, 7:11 a.m. EDT: First customer walks out with phone.
McCarthy, 7:17 a.m. EDT: This is going to be a long day for some of these people: there are still hundreds of people in the preorder line--still only one group of 60 has been let in--and the walk-up line is still much much longer. Line going SLOW.
An Apple Store employee tells me that they do not yet know when the store will be open to "regular" customers for non-iPhone purchases.
McCarthy, 7:25 a.m. EDT: Activation time in-store appears to be 10-15 minutes. But the line itself is very slow. A lot of people who may have expected to get to work on time might not.
Lots of reps from companies that resell used iPhones, or organizations that donate them to developing countries, are soliciting people in line.
The line for walk-ups is now all the way to corner of 16th St.--and keeps growing.
Reardon, 7:30 a.m. EDT: People have been filing into the Fifth Ave. store for about a half-hour now. The line for people who have reserved iPhones is moving quickly. But the line for people who have not preordered a phone keeps growing. It now ends near the corner of 59th St. and Fifth Ave.--people enter the Apple store on 58th and Fifth Ave.
Reardon, 7:40 a.m. EDT: I just overheard an Apple representative say that everyone standing in line right now without a reservation will likely get a phone. He thinks the line should take two hours to get through.
McCarthy, 7:51 a.m. EDT, en route in Manhattan: The RadioShack on 14th St. and 7th Ave. is opening at its usual 9 a.m. time, no one waiting in front, no ads for iPhone 4 in window (in fact, there's still a 3GS poster).
McCarthy, 8:18 a.m. EDT at RadioShack in Brooklyn Heights: Across the East River in Brooklyn Heights, about 15 people are clustered in front of the RadioShack on Montague St. It's opening at its regular hour of 9 a.m. The people waiting are a mix of preorders and walk-ups.
There are no Apple Stores in Brooklyn, FYI.
McCarthy, 8:32 a.m. EDT: A RadioShack employee just arrived at the Brooklyn Heights store. The line is not getting much longer. The first guy has been here since 5:30 a.m. EDT.
The 15th person in line is a girl who says her boyfriend is in line at the 14th St. Apple Store. He preordered a phone there and says even the preorder line is moving at a snail's pace; she, meanwhile, preordered at the Montague St. RadioShack: "I'll probably be back in bed before he even gets to the front of the line."
She said the two of them waited in line for the original iPhone together but that she's "over that."
That said, people at RadioShack know they're taking a gamble because they've heard the store may have as few as 10 phones in stock.
Reardon, 8:36 a.m. EDT: I just spent some time inside the Fifth Ave. Apple store with CNET TV's camera crew. Unlike with previous iPhone launches, the activation process is going pretty smoothly--customers are in and out within 25 minutes. No one I talked to reported any problems. Customers with preorders were allowed in the store first. And by 8:00 a.m. the store was letting in people without preorders. But the line outside for non-preorder customers doesn't look to have moved much yet.
McCarthy, 8:36 a.m. EDT: A RadioShack employee comes out of the store and says they don't have as many phones as they'd hoped. Even though the store technically isn't open yet, he's letting the people who preordered phones come in one by one.
McCarthy, 8:43 a.m. EDT: If people who preordered the phone aren't in line right now, it'll be first come, first serve. Only 4 each of the 16GB and 32GB models are in stock. Guy at RadioShack has a list and if people's names aren't near the top of it, they don't get a phone now. The line breaks up once people learn they won't get one.
Reardon, 8:52 a.m. EDT: It's a good thing that Apple is offering a tutorial at one of the tables for people to show them how to use the features on their new phones. Some customers were having trouble getting the FaceTime app to work. Two guys who had come to the store together to get their iPhones were eager to show off the new FaceTime video chat application. But at first, neither one was able to figure out how to launch the chat. Once they realized that they initiated the video call by clicking on the FaceTime button in their contacts, the application wasn't working for one of the guys. Even though FaceTime video calls are made only over a Wi-Fi connection, users still need to have a 3G connection to initiate the call.
And unfortunately for these friends, one of their phones wasn't getting 3G cellular signal from AT&T in the Apple store.
McCarthy, 9:00 a.m. EDT: The people waiting in line at the Brooklyn Heights RadioShack had a definitive answer as to whether they'd be getting an iPhone today before the store had even opened for business. Most, unfortunately, walked away empty-handed.
Reardon, 9:06 a.m. EDT: The line at the Fifth Ave. Apple Store for customers who did not preorder an iPhone 4 is starting to go down. It is still wrapped around the block, but it's not to the corner anymore.
Reardon, 9:45 a.m. EDT at the Best Buy on 62nd Street and Broadway: 9:45 a.m. I was just informed by a sales manager that Best Buy stores in Manhattan and possibly throughout the country will only be selling preordered iPhone 4s. He said he doesn't expect Best Buy stores in New York City to have iPhone 4s in stock until next week at the earliest, or the first week of July.
Ogg, 6:49 a.m. PDT at the Stockton Street Apple Store in San Francisco: The reservations line is a third longer than the walk-in line, stretching around the corner two city blocks. While a few camped out overnight, the crowd mostly began forming around 4:30 a.m. PDT today. As usual, there are people passing out coffee and donuts to the eager iPhone buyers gathered here.
Ogg, 6:55 a.m. PDT: An update on the early entrepreneurs we wrote about on Tuesday: Chris Bank, the first man in line Tuesday, who was selling his spot for $200, actually handed it off for $400. The taker was Joe Sabia of San Francisco, who saw the story on CNET and decided to buy the spot and do it for "just a really fun story." This will be his first iPhone.
Joe Lobato, who was trying to trade his spot for a new iPhone, because he couldn't afford it, found a family of three to buy two phones--one for him, one for them. So at least a couple of the early entrepreneurs here were successful.
Reardon, 9:56 a.m. EDT: I just checked with my colleague Erica Ogg, who covers Apple. She said that some Best Buy stores are only selling preorder phones, while others will have phones in stock for people coming to buy them off the street. I guess the best bet is to call your local Best Buy store in advance to find out if they have them. According to the manager at a Best Buy store in Manhattan, all stores in the New York City district will only be selling preorders today.
Ogg, 6:58 a.m. PDT: The store is about to open, camera crews are crowding the entrance. No chanting by employees--yet. Then, as the Apple employees come down the stairs to form a receiving line inside the store, those waiting in line start to cheer.
Ogg, 7:02 a.m. PDT: The countdown from employees begins...and the doors open at two minutes after 7 a.m. The first people with reservations start pouring into the San Francisco store. So far everything seems fairly orderly. Only those who reserved have been let in so far. The people who made purchases appear to be waiting patiently.
Lowensohn, 7:07 a.m. PDT at the Apple Store in Palo Alto: The line here was considerably longer than that for the iPad. The guys at the front of the line had, like many others, spent the night in front of the store, though they only got there at 10:30 a.m. the day before.
Ogg, 7:11 a.m. PDT: In San Francisco, the first buyers emerge, all smiles, and of course, to the proverbial pop of flash bulbs.
Reardon, 10:14 a.m. EDT: Here is some more detail on the Best Buy inventory. According to an FAQ that Best Buy has put on its Web site, only stores that have more inventory than the preorders will be selling the iPhone on launch day (that is, today). Since preorders have been so high, Best Buy's Web site says it's unlikely that many stores will have enough inventory to sell iPhone 4s to walk-in customers.
Another tidbit to keep in mind is that just because you've preordered a phone with Best Buy doesn't guarantee that you will be able to pick up that phone today. Unlike Apple, which has said that it will have enough iPhone 4s available on launch day for everyone who preordered the devices, Best Buy says on its Web site that even preorders are first come, first served.
From the FAQ: "If I pre-ordered the iPhone 4 at Best Buy, will I get it on launch day, June 24th, 2010? -- This is not guaranteed and is completely dependent on how many the store receives from Apple. Any inventory received will be used to fulfill outstanding preorders in the order they were placed. For example, if the store has twenty preorders on launch day but only received fifteen phones from Apple, then the first fifteen preorders should receive their phone on launch day."
Best Buy says that customers who preordered iPhone 4s, but did not get their phones on launch day, will get them when the next shipment of phones comes in from Apple.
Ogg, 7:17 a.m. PDT: After about 15 minutes, the first walk-in buyers are allowed to enter the store. Sabia, who paid $400 and slept one night on the sidewalk, gets a cheer from some of his fellow waiters-in-line.
Bank, who slept outside this store since Tuesday, gets a cheer from Apple employees, who he's clearly befriended, as he enters the store to make his purchase.
Ogg, 7:27 a.m. PDT: Just as at the iPad launch here a few months ago, Apple's chief designer, Jonathan Ive, emerges from the Stockton Street store quietly, nodding politely at the few fans who recognize him.
Ogg, 7:36 a.m. PDT: After a half-hour, only two walk-in customers have been let inside. Looks like it's going to take a lot of patience for people who did not have a reservation.
Ogg, 7:59 a.m. PDT: The first walk-in buyer here in San Francisco, Joe Sabia, emerges with his iPhone. He decided to not sign an AT&T contract, so he paid full price for the phone. "That way if it goes to Verizon in the next few months, I can use it there."
Lowensohn, 8:04 a.m. PDT: Both lines here in Palo Alto continue to grow. The walk-in line has now stretched around the block. Likewise, the line for those who have preordered is around the same size as it was for iPad walk-ins back in April.
CNET ran into brothers Christopher and James Nicholson, who camped out overnight here. Christopher explained that he had done the same when the Palo Alto store first opened, but that it was his brother's first time doing so. Another first for James was the latest iPhone--he had not owned any of the previous iterations. The two brought a cooler, as well as a pillows and blankets. "I was kind of bummed [Robert] Scoble wasn't here," said Christopher. "When I was here for the iPad launch, that guy was a lot of fun."
Lowensohn, 8:48 a.m. PDT: People with reservations who got here at 6:30 this morning are just now getting their handsets. On the walk-in line, it's still going to the folks who camped overnight.
Also overheard two employees saying the store was expecting a midmorning stock delivery. Though from the looks of what they have on the floor, there's a ton of stock.
Lowensohn, 9:01 a.m. PDT: Apple appears to be selling a ton of bumpers--a casing for the sides of the iPhone 4. Almost everyone I've seen walking out without a bag seems to have bought one. And most are black.
"Normally, I would have waited," Rosendaal said. He's had every version of the iPhone that has come out since 2007. Every year he has upgraded to the new version, but he's never waited in line at a store. After about six hours of waiting he said he doubts he'll ever do it again.
Reardon, 12:42 p.m. EDT: Apple sales representatives are telling people who are coming up to the line that they need a reservation at this point to get an iPhone 4. The line has gotten much shorter in the past half-hour. Customers who have preordered phones for this location have until 10 p.m. tonight to pick up their phones. If they don't show up, they will forfeit their reservation and the phone will be released for sale to walk-in customers starting tomorrow morning. Apple employees said they weren't sure if this location will get a new order of phones tomorrow. But they expect a line to form early in the morning to pick up any phones that weren't claimed today.
McCarthy, 1:45 p.m. EDT: A friend I bumped into when I showed up at the 14th St. Apple store in NYC at 6:15 a.m. is still in line.
Lowensohn, 10:56 a.m. PDT: The lines here in Palo Alto are still going, but the one for walk-ins is now considerably shorter than earlier in the day. The rain has given way to warm and sunny weather, which prompted iPhone advertising and analytics company Mobclix to park a large Ben & Jerry's ice cream truck next to the line. At this point it's safe to say anyone who's spent more than a few hours in line will have had enough sugar to put down an elephant.
Linegoers did get another treat in the form of a FedEx and UPS truck both pulling up across the street from the store and unloading piles of brown boxes, though the Apple employees who were unloading them were quick to point out that they were not additional iPhone units. CNET later confirmed that many of the boxes contained iPad models with 3G antennas. But the truck's arrival does explain the earlier rumors of a delivery on its way.
Reardon, 2 p.m. EDT: At the AT&T store at 95th and Broadway. It looks like preordering the phone and picking it up from an AT&T store may have been the best bet for customers looking to get an iPhone 4 on launch day with no hassles or long lines. I just checked out an AT&T store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. There was no line in the store, and a sales representative said that no significant line had formed at any point of the day. Customers came into the store at their leisure to pick up their preordered phones today.
"There were a few people in line early at 7 a.m.," he said. "But most people were able to just walk in and pick up their new phones." Even customers who hadn't expected to get their phone delivered today were able to get their iPhone, he added.
AT&T informed customers earlier this week that the company would only sell preordered phones at its retail locations on launch day. It will begin selling the phones to people who were not able to preorder starting Tuesday, June 29. The sales representative said he expects the store to have plenty of phones in stock for the release on Tuesday, but he urges customers to get in line early. The store opens at 7 a.m.
Lowensohn, 11:40 a.m. PDT: Here at the Apple store in Palo Alto, people without reservations now have to wait 4 to 5 hours, while people with reservations have to wait approximately 3 hours. The line for people with reservations is also approximately five times the size of the walk-in line, but it's moving faster.
Folks with reservations have until 9 p.m. to get in line and be guaranteed a phone today.
Lowensohn, 1:14 p.m. PDT: Just a quick update from the Palo Alto store, where the people currently at the front of the reservation line have now been waiting for 7 hours to get their phones.

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CNET 's reporters are covering the launch of the much - hyped iPhone 4 . Stay tuned for updates from New York City and San Francisco .
 It 's finally here . The much - anticipated iPhone 4 is hitting store shelves on Thursday at 7 a.m. local time in each time zone where it 's available .
 CNET has teams of reporters covering the launch in New York City and San Francisco . Marguerite Reardon and Caroline McCarthy will be heading up coverage in New York , while Erica Ogg , Josh Lowensohn , and James Martin will be keeping tabs on what 's happening out west .
 These reporters will be checking in at Apple stores and other locations , such as Best Buy , Wal - Mart , and Radio Shack , where iPhone 4s will be sold starting on Thursday . CNET will also let you know how things are going at the AT&T stores where only customers who preordered phones will be able to pick them up . Anyone looking to buy an iPhone off - the - shelf from AT&T will have to wait until Tuesday .
 AT&T says that demand for the iPhone 4 is 10 times what it was for last year 's iPhone 3GS . And Apple says it took 600,000 preorders for the new phone through its sales channels .
 If history is any indication of what to expect , initial sales of the iPhone 4 are likely to be big . Apple sold more than 1 million iPhone 3GS smartphones the first three days it was on sale . The original iPhone sold about 270,000 units during its first weekend in June 2007 , while the iPhone 3 G sold around 1 million when it launched in July 2008 .
 While there 's little doubt that the lines will long , the big question is whether AT&T 's activation system will be able to hold up under the pressure . If the preorder process is any indication of what to expect , iPhone fans may need to be patient . On June 15 , thousands of customers trying to preorder the iPhone were met with error messages on AT&T 's and Apple 's Web sites . AT&T 's servers were overwhelmed and the company ended up suspending preorders .
 To keep up with the latest news from the launch , stay tuned to CNET 's updates all day .
 McCarthy , 6:24 a.m. EDT at the 14th Street Apple Store : About 150 people are in the preorder line for iPhone 4 . The line for non - reserved phones is significantly longer . They 're telling new arrivals to get in one big line , and then if people have proof of preorder , they sort them into the preorder line .
 Reardon , 6:30 a.m. EDT at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store : The lines for the iPhone 4 are wrapped around the block at Apple 's flagship store on Fifth Ave . The line for the customers who have n't reserved an iPhone wind down 58th Street and around the block to 59th Street next to the Apple Store . There 's also a huge line of people already lined up in the reserved line . These are customers who have reserved their phones in advance and are just waiting to pick them up .
 While it 's clear the crowds are bigger to get the phone , the hoopla and the party atmosphere from previous iPhone launches seems to be missing . With a half hour to go , no one is chanting yet .
 McCarthy , 6:41 a.m. EDT : The line stretches all the way from the corner of 14th St. and 9th Ave . down to 10th Ave . ( Google Maps should be able to tell you how long this is ) and then up around 10th Ave . past the intersection of 15th St. almost to 16th St. , but after the corner of 14th and 10th there are gaps in the line because of driveways , a gas station , etc .
 Employees of the Apple Store are wearing blue iPad T shirts -- no special shirts for this launch .
 McCarthy , 6:44 a.m. EDT : First preorder : Been here since 10:15 p.m. EDT last night , originally had a 3 G and lost it > He 's a textbook editor for McGraw - Hill , and his name is Zach ( 26 ) . He was about 42nd in line before they divided it into preorder and non - preorder . First people to show up who did n't preorder the phone got to the store at 3 p.m. EDT yesterday .
 Zach says he took the day off work , and got his boss ' approval . He is not playing hooky .
 Reardon , 6:50 a.m. EDT : The doors open in 10 minutes . People in the back of the line only got here about 20 minutes ago . Jose Marinez , 36 , said he has stood in line every year since 2007 to get an iPhone . He is n't worried that Apple will run out of phones , but he is a little worried that AT&T 's servers might crash again . He tried to preorder the phone on June 15 and gave up when he could n't get through on the Web site .
 McCarthy , 6:58 a.m. EDT : Apple Store employees starting to cheer to rev people up .
 McCarthy , 7:01 a.m. EDT : Preorders are being let in , 60 people at a time . It 's going smoothly so far . Afew minutes later , the first batch of walk - ups ( non - preorders ) are let into store , but ushered downstairs rather than into the upstairs area . Only about 20 let in .
 McCarthy , 7:10 a.m. EDT : It 's been 10 minutes and the first guy in line has not yet come back out -- AT&T activation . Apple Store employee talking to people who show up and wonder how long the wait will be : " The demand is tremendous . It seems like everybody in New York wants this phone . "
 McCarthy , 7:11 a.m. EDT : First customer walks out with phone .
 McCarthy , 7:17 a.m. EDT : This is going to be a long day for some of these people : there are still hundreds of people in the preorder line -- still only one group of 60 has been let in -- and the walk - up line is still much much longer . Line going SLOW .
 An Apple Store employee tells me that they do not yet know when the store will be open to " regular " customers for non - iPhone purchases .
 McCarthy , 7:25 a.m. EDT : Activation time in - store appears to be 10 - 15 minutes . But the line itself is very slow . A lot of people who may have expected to get to work on time might not .
 Lots of reps from companies that resell used iPhones , or organizations that donate them to developing countries , are soliciting people in line .
 The line for walk - ups is now all the way to corner of 16th St.--and keeps growing .
 Reardon , 7:30 a.m. EDT : People have been filing into the Fifth Ave . store for about a half - hour now . The line for people who have reserved iPhones is moving quickly . But the line for people who have not preordered a phone keeps growing . It now ends near the corner of 59th St. and Fifth Ave.--people enter the Apple store on 58th and Fifth Ave .
 Reardon , 7:40 a.m. EDT : I just overheard an Apple representative say that everyone standing in line right now without a reservation will likely get a phone . He thinks the line should take two hours to get through .
 McCarthy , 7:51 a.m. EDT , en route in Manhattan : The RadioShack on 14th St. and 7th Ave . is opening at its usual 9 a.m. time , no one waiting in front , no ads for iPhone 4 in window ( in fact , there 's still a 3GS poster ) .
 McCarthy , 8:18 a.m. EDT at RadioShack in Brooklyn Heights : Across the East River in Brooklyn Heights , about 15 people are clustered in front of the RadioShack on Montague St. It 's opening at its regular hour of 9 a.m. The people waiting are a mix of preorders and walk - ups .
 There are no Apple Stores in Brooklyn , FYI .
 McCarthy , 8:32 a.m. EDT : A RadioShack employee just arrived at the Brooklyn Heights store . The line is not getting much longer . The first guy has been here since 5:30 a.m. EDT .
 The 15th person in line is a girl who says her boyfriend is in line at the 14th St. Apple Store . He preordered a phone there and says even the preorder line is moving at a snail 's pace ; she , meanwhile , preordered at the Montague St. RadioShack : " I 'll probably be back in bed before he even gets to the front of the line . "
 She said the two of them waited in line for the original iPhone together but that she 's " over that . "
 That said , people at RadioShack know they 're taking a gamble because they 've heard the store may have as few as 10 phones in stock .
 Reardon , 8:36 a.m. EDT : I just spent some time inside the Fifth Ave . Apple store with CNET TV 's camera crew . Unlike with previous iPhone launches , the activation process is going pretty smoothly -- customers are in and out within 25 minutes . No one I talked to reported any problems . Customers with preorders were allowed in the store first . And by 8:00 a.m. the store was letting in people without preorders . But the line outside for non - preorder customers does n't look to have moved much yet .
 McCarthy , 8:36 a.m. EDT : A RadioShack employee comes out of the store and says they do n't have as many phones as they 'd hoped . Even though the store technically is n't open yet , he 's letting the people who preordered phones come in one by one .
 McCarthy , 8:43 a.m. EDT : If people who preordered the phone are n't in line right now , it 'll be first come , first serve . Only 4 each of the 16 GB and 32 GB models are in stock . Guy at RadioShack has a list and if people 's names are n't near the top of it , they do n't get a phone now . The line breaks up once people learn they wo n't get one .
 Reardon , 8:52 a.m. EDT : It 's a good thing that Apple is offering a tutorial at one of the tables for people to show them how to use the features on their new phones . Some customers were having trouble getting the FaceTime app to work . Two guys who had come to the store together to get their iPhones were eager to show off the new FaceTime video chat application . But at first , neither one was able to figure out how to launch the chat . Once they realized that they initiated the video call by clicking on the FaceTime button in their contacts , the application was n't working for one of the guys . Even though FaceTime video calls are made only over a Wi - Fi connection , users still need to have a 3 G connection to initiate the call .
 And unfortunately for these friends , one of their phones was n't getting 3 G cellular signal from AT&T in the Apple store .
 McCarthy , 9:00 a.m. EDT : The people waiting in line at the Brooklyn Heights RadioShack had a definitive answer as to whether they 'd be getting an iPhone today before the store had even opened for business . Most , unfortunately , walked away empty - handed .
 Reardon , 9:06 a.m. EDT : The line at the Fifth Ave . Apple Store for customers who did not preorder an iPhone 4 is starting to go down . It is still wrapped around the block , but it 's not to the corner anymore .
 Reardon , 9:45 a.m. EDT at the Best Buy on 62nd Street and Broadway : 9:45 a.m. I was just informed by a sales manager that Best Buy stores in Manhattan and possibly throughout the country will only be selling preordered iPhone 4s . He said he does n't expect Best Buy stores in New York City to have iPhone 4s in stock until next week at the earliest , or the first week of July .
 Ogg , 6:49 a.m. PDT at the Stockton Street Apple Store in San Francisco : The reservations line is a third longer than the walk - in line , stretching around the corner two city blocks . While a few camped out overnight , the crowd mostly began forming around 4:30 a.m. PDT today . As usual , there are people passing out coffee and donuts to the eager iPhone buyers gathered here .
 Ogg , 6:55 a.m. PDT : An update on the early entrepreneurs we wrote about on Tuesday : Chris Bank , the first man in line Tuesday , who was selling his spot for $ 200 , actually handed it off for $ 400 . The taker was Joe Sabia of San Francisco , who saw the story on CNET and decided to buy the spot and do it for " just a really fun story . " This will be his first iPhone .
 Joe Lobato , who was trying to trade his spot for a new iPhone , because he could n't afford it , found a family of three to buy two phones -- one for him , one for them . So at least a couple of the early entrepreneurs here were successful .
 Reardon , 9:56 a.m. EDT : I just checked with my colleague Erica Ogg , who covers Apple . She said that some Best Buy stores are only selling preorder phones , while others will have phones in stock for people coming to buy them off the street . I guess the best bet is to call your local Best Buy store in advance to find out if they have them . According to the manager at a Best Buy store in Manhattan , all stores in the New York City district will only be selling preorders today .
 Ogg , 6:58 a.m. PDT : The store is about to open , camera crews are crowding the entrance . No chanting by employees -- yet . Then , as the Apple employees come down the stairs to form a receiving line inside the store , those waiting in line start to cheer .
 Ogg , 7:02 a.m. PDT : The countdown from employees begins ... and the doors open at two minutes after 7 a.m. The first people with reservations start pouring into the San Francisco store . So far everything seems fairly orderly . Only those who reserved have been let in so far . The people who made purchases appear to be waiting patiently .
 Lowensohn , 7:07 a.m. PDT at the Apple Store in Palo Alto : The line here was considerably longer than that for the iPad . The guys at the front of the line had , like many others , spent the night in front of the store , though they only got there at 10:30 a.m. the day before .
 Ogg , 7:11 a.m. PDT : In San Francisco , the first buyers emerge , all smiles , and of course , to the proverbial pop of flash bulbs .
 Reardon , 10:14 a.m. EDT : Here is some more detail on the Best Buy inventory . According to an FAQ that Best Buy has put on its Web site , only stores that have more inventory than the preorders will be selling the iPhone on launch day ( that is , today ) . Since preorders have been so high , Best Buy 's Web site says it 's unlikely that many stores will have enough inventory to sell iPhone 4s to walk - in customers .
 Another tidbit to keep in mind is that just because you 've preordered a phone with Best Buy does n't guarantee that you will be able to pick up that phone today . Unlike Apple , which has said that it will have enough iPhone 4s available on launch day for everyone who preordered the devices , Best Buy says on its Web site that even preorders are first come , first served .
 From the FAQ : " If I pre - ordered the iPhone 4 at Best Buy , will I get it on launch day , June 24th , 2010 ? -- This is not guaranteed and is completely dependent on how many the store receives from Apple . Any inventory received will be used to fulfill outstanding preorders in the order they were placed . For example , if the store has twenty preorders on launch day but only received fifteen phones from Apple , then the first fifteen preorders should receive their phone on launch day . "
 Best Buy says that customers who preordered iPhone 4s , but did not get their phones on launch day , will get them when the next shipment of phones comes in from Apple .
 Ogg , 7:17 a.m. PDT : After about 15 minutes , the first walk - in buyers are allowed to enter the store . Sabia , who paid $ 400 and slept one night on the sidewalk , gets a cheer from some of his fellow waiters - in - line .
 Bank , who slept outside this store since Tuesday , gets a cheer from Apple employees , who he 's clearly befriended , as he enters the store to make his purchase .
 Ogg , 7:27 a.m. PDT : Just as at the iPad launch here a few months ago , Apple 's chief designer , Jonathan I ve , emerges from the Stockton Street store quietly , nodding politely at the few fans who recognize him .
 Ogg , 7:36 a.m. PDT : After a half - hour , only two walk - in customers have been let inside . Looks like it 's going to take a lot of patience for people who did not have a reservation .
 Ogg , 7:59 a.m. PDT : The first walk - in buyer here in San Francisco , Joe Sabia , emerges with his iPhone . He decided to not sign an AT&T contract , so he paid full price for the phone . " That way if it goes to Verizon in the next few months , I can use it there . "
 Lowensohn , 8:04 a.m. PDT : Both lines here in Palo Alto continue to grow . The walk - in line has now stretched around the block . Likewise , the line for those who have preordered is around the same size as it was for iPad walk - ins back in April .
 CNET ran into brothers Christopher and James Nicholson , who camped out overnight here . Christopher explained that he had done the same when the Palo Alto store first opened , but that it was his brother 's first time doing so . Another first for James was the latest iPhone -- he had not owned any of the previous iterations . The two brought a cooler , as well as a pillows and blankets . " I was kind of bummed [ Robert ] Scoble was n't here , " said Christopher . " When I was here for the iPad launch , that guy was a lot of fun . "
 Lowensohn , 8:48 a.m. PDT : People with reservations who got here at 6:30 this morning are just now getting their handsets . On the walk - in line , it 's still going to the folks who camped overnight .
 Also overheard two employees saying the store was expecting a midmorning stock delivery . Though from the looks of what they have on the floor , there 's a ton of stock .
 Lowensohn , 9:01 a.m. PDT : Apple appears to be selling a ton of bumpers -- a casing for the sides of the iPhone 4 . Almost everyone I 've seen walking out without a bag seems to have bought one . And most are black .
 " Normally , I would have waited , " Rosendaal said . He 's had every version of the iPhone that has come out since 2007 . Every year he has upgraded to the new version , but he 's never waited in line at a store . After about six hours of waiting he said he doubts he 'll ever do it again .
 Reardon , 12:42 p.m. EDT : Apple sales representatives are telling people who are coming up to the line that they need a reservation at this point to get an iPhone 4 . The line has gotten much shorter in the past half - hour . Customers who have preordered phones for this location have until 10 p.m. tonight to pick up their phones . If they do n't show up , they will forfeit their reservation and the phone will be released for sale to walk - in customers starting tomorrow morning . Apple employees said they were n't sure if this location will get a new order of phones tomorrow . But they expect a line to form early in the morning to pick up any phones that were n't claimed today .
 McCarthy , 1:45 p.m. EDT : A friend I bumped into when I showed up at the 14th St. Apple store in NYC at 6:15 a.m. is still in line .
 Lowensohn , 10:56 a.m. PDT : The lines here in Palo Alto are still going , but the one for walk - ins is now considerably shorter than earlier in the day . The rain has given way to warm and sunny weather , which prompted iPhone advertising and analytics company Mobclix to park a large Ben & Jerry 's ice cream truck next to the line . At this point it 's safe to say anyone who 's spent more than a few hours in line will have had enough sugar to put down an elephant .
 Linegoers did get another treat in the form of a FedEx and UPS truck both pulling up across the street from the store and unloading piles of brown boxes , though the Apple employees who were unloading them were quick to point out that they were not additional iPhone units . CNET later confirmed that many of the boxes contained iPad models with 3 G antennas . But the truck 's arrival does explain the earlier rumors of a delivery on its way .
 Reardon , 2 p.m. EDT : At the AT&T store at 95th and Broadway . It looks like preordering the phone and picking it up from an AT&T store may have been the best bet for customers looking to get an iPhone 4 on launch day with no hassles or long lines . I just checked out an AT&T store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . There was no line in the store , and a sales representative said that no significant line had formed at any point of the day . Customers came into the store at their leisure to pick up their preordered phones today .
 " There were a few people in line early at 7 a.m. , " he said . " But most people were able to just walk in and pick up their new phones . " Even customers who had n't expected to get their phone delivered today were able to get their iPhone , he added .
 AT&T informed customers earlier this week that the company would only sell preordered phones at its retail locations on launch day . It will begin selling the phones to people who were not able to preorder starting Tuesday , June 29 . The sales representative said he expects the store to have plenty of phones in stock for the release on Tuesday , but he urges customers to get in line early . The store opens at 7 a.m.
 Lowensohn , 11:40 a.m. PDT : Here at the Apple store in Palo Alto , people without reservations now have to wait 4 to 5 hours , while people with reservations have to wait approximately 3 hours . The line for people with reservations is also approximately five times the size of the walk - in line , but it 's moving faster .
 Folks with reservations have until 9 p.m. to get in line and be guaranteed a phone today .
 Lowensohn , 1:14 p.m. PDT : Just a quick update from the Palo Alto store , where the people currently at the front of the reservation line have now been waiting for 7 hours to get their phones .


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2009 Kohrt BA, Speckman RA, Kunz RD, Baldwin JL, Upadhaya N, Acharya NR, Sharma VD, Nepal MK, Worthman CA. Culture in Psychiatric Epidemiology: Using Ethnography and Multiple Mediator Models to Assess the Relationship of Caste with Depression and Anxiety in Nepal. Annals of Human Biology 36(3):261-80.
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2009 Kohrt BA , Speckman RA , Kunz RD , Baldwin JL , Upadhaya N , Acharya NR , Sharma VD , Nepal MK , Worthman CA . Culture in Psychiatric Epidemiology : Using Ethnography and Multiple Mediator Models to Assess the Relationship of Caste with Depression and Anxiety in Nepal . Annals of Human Biology 36(3):261 - 80 .
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A waveform analyzer is a device designed to measure the amplitude and frequency of the elements in a complex waveform .
 The Photonics Buyers ' Guide is a comprehensive resource for verified providers of Waveform Analyzers . Profiles and contact information for manufacturers and suppliers are provided by the companies and verified by our editors . If you have updated information about any of the organizations listed , please contact us .
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, is forced to flee his own kingdom and wander the world. Following a shipwreck, he meets Princess Thaisa and wins her for his wife. Months later, however, in another sea-storm, Thaisa dies in childbirth and her body is committed to the deep. The grief-stricken Pericles takes comfort in his baby daughter, Marina, but fosters her with friends. Years pass. Can report of Marina’s death be true? And can Thaisa really return to life?
The spirit of fairy tale is never far from the surface of Pericles, the first of Shakespeare’s late romances. Imbued with music, miracles and the constant presence of the sea, it introduces many of the key themes and concerns that were to recur in Shakespeare’s final plays.
What’s it like to go to the theatre and not know what you’re going to see? For one performance only, take part in Shakespeare’s Globe’s democratic theatrical experiment to find out! The troupe of versatile actors will offer up a choice of three plays, The Comedy of Errors, Pericles or Twelfth Night. It will be up to you to vote for which of these three plays you want to see. The rules are simple: the loudest cheer wins, and the action starts straight away. Actors call it ‘terrifying’, audiences say it’s ‘exhilarating.’ So scream and shout as loud as you can for the play you want to see. This is an experience that you do not want to miss.

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Pericles , Prince of Tyre , is forced to flee his own kingdom and wander the world . Following a shipwreck , he meets Princess Thaisa and wins her for his wife . Months later , however , in another sea - storm , Thaisa dies in childbirth and her body is committed to the deep . The grief - stricken Pericles takes comfort in his baby daughter , Marina , but fosters her with friends . Years pass . Can report of Marina ’s death be true ? And can Thaisa really return to life ?
 The spirit of fairy tale is never far from the surface of Pericles , the first of Shakespeare ’s late romances . Imbued with music , miracles and the constant presence of the sea , it introduces many of the key themes and concerns that were to recur in Shakespeare ’s final plays .
 What ’s it like to go to the theatre and not know what you ’re going to see ? For one performance only , take part in Shakespeare ’s Globe ’s democratic theatrical experiment to find out ! The troupe of versatile actors will offer up a choice of three plays , The Comedy of Errors , Pericles or Twelfth Night . It will be up to you to vote for which of these three plays you want to see . The rules are simple : the loudest cheer wins , and the action starts straight away . Actors call it ‘ terrifying ’ , audiences say it ’s ‘ exhilarating . ’ So scream and shout as loud as you can for the play you want to see . This is an experience that you do not want to miss .


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In order to keep an eye on their kids, the parents usually are using baby monitors.
In the middle of the night, Nunzio Raso from Canada figured out that the easiest way to get his daughter to sleep is to be there with her and sneak out when she’s asleep. He said it was a huge mistake, because she got a hold of him and there was no way she would let go.
This story was recorded from the baby monitor camera. The video was uploaded on November 24 2009 and has been watched more than 22 million times.

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In order to keep an eye on their kids , the parents usually are using baby monitors .
 In the middle of the night , Nunzio Raso from Canada figured out that the easiest way to get his daughter to sleep is to be there with her and sneak out when she ’s asleep . He said it was a huge mistake , because she got a hold of him and there was no way she would let go .
 This story was recorded from the baby monitor camera . The video was uploaded on November 24 2009 and has been watched more than 22 million times .


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Thank you to all of our buyers at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale and off the farm this year.
Thank you to Ricardo Zapater (in the black shirt), from Puerto Rico, for purchasing our high selling ram at the 2013 KHSI Expo. We look forward to hearing how this ram does for Ricardo!
Thank you to all our KHSI Expo buyers! We appreciate your support of our breeding program!
We were honored to have such a great day at the Inaugural Katahdin Show at the North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. Below are pictures of our Reserve Champion Ram and Ewe. We also won the Premier Exhibitor.
Also Champion Ram at the Missouri State Fair.
Thank you to Ed & Helen Julian for purchasing this ram.
Thank you to all our buyers at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. We appreciate your support of our program.
Thanks to everyone who has purchased or inquired about our Katahdins. We're having a lot of fun with them!
We had great success with our first lamb crop. Look for more lambs like these next year!
We also exhibited the first place pair of ram lambs, pair of ewe lambs and pen of four lambs.
Henry started his Katahdin program in 2008 with 10 ewes and a ram from Tom and Maria Dosch. He also purchased a yearling ewe and ram lamb from Meadow View Farm at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. Below are photos of both rams.
We got some stylish lambs for our first lamb crop. Below are photos of two of the February ram lambs. The white one is RR and the spotted one QR. There's more information about these rams on our For Sale page.

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Thank you to all of our buyers at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale and off the farm this year .
 Thank you to Ricardo Zapater ( in the black shirt ) , from Puerto Rico , for purchasing our high selling ram at the 2013 KHSI Expo . We look forward to hearing how this ram does for Ricardo !
 Thank you to all our KHSI Expo buyers ! We appreciate your support of our breeding program !
 We were honored to have such a great day at the Inaugural Katahdin Show at the North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville , Kentucky . Below are pictures of our Reserve Champion Ram and Ewe . We also won the Premier Exhibitor .
 Also Champion Ram at the Missouri State Fair .
 Thank you to Ed & Helen Julian for purchasing this ram .
 Thank you to all our buyers at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale . We appreciate your support of our program .
 Thanks to everyone who has purchased or inquired about our Katahdins . We 're having a lot of fun with them !
 We had great success with our first lamb crop . Look for more lambs like these next year !
 We also exhibited the first place pair of ram lambs , pair of ewe lambs and pen of four lambs .
 Henry started his Katahdin program in 2008 with 10 ewes and a ram from Tom and Maria Dosch . He also purchased a yearling ewe and ram lamb from Meadow View Farm at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale . Below are photos of both rams .
 We got some stylish lambs for our first lamb crop . Below are photos of two of the February ram lambs . The white one is RR and the spotted one QR . There 's more information about these rams on our For Sale page .


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First Time Ever ALL Traveler Dress Shirts & Sportshirts - 3 for $ 89 .
 A special process keeps these shirts virtually wrinkle - free and eliminates shrinking and fading . Single - needle construction , button - through sleeve placket , front placket . Extra - durable buttons . 100 % Cotton . Machine wash . Imported . Exact sleeve length .


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From test standards to custom builds and spare parts , Reliatech is the one stop shop for your industrial metal detector needs .
 Reliatech stainless steel tubular construction conveyors are custom built to your specification .
 Reliatech offers a number of test standard types depending on your particular application .
 We proudly supply parts for well - known brand name metal detector and conveyor systems .
 Whether you need calibration and balancing or reconditioning and board repairs , put our 20 + years of service experience to work for you .


text: A designer/illustrator, Coco has worked for many different companies including Marc Jacobs, World Market, Joe Fresh, Cardinal Industries, Deny Design, USA, Des Artistes, Germany, Plint, Flow Magazine, Holland, OASIS, UK and recently Nepia, Japan. Coco studied at the Art school of Brussels and is now living and working in the South of France. Since 2011, Coco has been developing a mix of media art using authentic antique paper.

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The Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) has announced a partnership with Teachscape through which it will be able to deliver a 24/7 professional development program for literacy and math educators that will provide curriculum support to maximize student achievement. Teachers will be able to study material at their convenience and review the information as many times as necessary to perfect skills on a topic or concept.
Teachscape provides web-based content for professional learning. Featuring video-based case studies, exemplar teaching, and instruction led by researchers, Teachscape’s online professional resources focus on extending understanding of the practices that form the foundation of effective student achievement. The resources include literacy, math, coaching, and leadership titles – all designed to support research-based instruction and ongoing learning.
The Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) works collaboratively with schools, districts, state organizations, and education agencies around the country as an advisor at all levels of K–12 education to support literacy and math achievement growth for all students. CORE's expertise in early reading, intervention, special education, assessment, writing, English-language learners, and Response to Intervention has led to impressive achievement gains in some of the nations most vulnerable school systems, according to the announcement.

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The Consortium on Reading Excellence ( CORE ) has announced a partnership with Teachscape through which it will be able to deliver a 24/7 professional development program for literacy and math educators that will provide curriculum support to maximize student achievement . Teachers will be able to study material at their convenience and review the information as many times as necessary to perfect skills on a topic or concept .
 Teachscape provides web - based content for professional learning . Featuring video - based case studies , exemplar teaching , and instruction led by researchers , Teachscape ’s online professional resources focus on extending understanding of the practices that form the foundation of effective student achievement . The resources include literacy , math , coaching , and leadership titles – all designed to support research - based instruction and ongoing learning .
 The Consortium on Reading Excellence ( CORE ) works collaboratively with schools , districts , state organizations , and education agencies around the country as an advisor at all levels of K–12 education to support literacy and math achievement growth for all students . CORE 's expertise in early reading , intervention , special education , assessment , writing , English - language learners , and Response to Intervention has led to impressive achievement gains in some of the nations most vulnerable school systems , according to the announcement .


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A light, daily conditioning Systeme especially formulated to preserve the longevity and radiance of color-treated hair. Formula contains pure botanical extracts of nettles and sunflower seed oil. Protein-rich conditioners detangle and moisturize. Seals the cuticle to lock in color and intensify shine. Won't weigh hair down, even with daily use.
Apply to clean, wet hair. Wait one to two minutes, then rinse. Style as usual.
A light, daily conditioning System especially formulated to preserve the longevity and radiance of color-treated hair. Formula contains pure botanical extracts of nettles and sunflower seed oil. Protein-rich conditioners detangle and moisturize. Seals the cuticle to lock in color and intensify shine. Won't weigh hair down, even with daily use.

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A light , daily conditioning Systeme especially formulated to preserve the longevity and radiance of color - treated hair . Formula contains pure botanical extracts of nettles and sunflower seed oil . Protein - rich conditioners detangle and moisturize . Seals the cuticle to lock in color and intensify shine . Wo n't weigh hair down , even with daily use .
 Apply to clean , wet hair . Wait one to two minutes , then rinse . Style as usual .
 A light , daily conditioning System especially formulated to preserve the longevity and radiance of color - treated hair . Formula contains pure botanical extracts of nettles and sunflower seed oil . Protein - rich conditioners detangle and moisturize . Seals the cuticle to lock in color and intensify shine . Wo n't weigh hair down , even with daily use .


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Dee Ethier Employing an interesting assortment of instruments including two of his own making, Taylor Crawford makes acoustic world fusion that's simultaneously laid-back and complex; unique but not "weird" or challenging. Highly recommend grabbing the whole discography. Favorite track: Caravan.
Andrew Jervis Home crafted instruments and organic genre blurring tunes, you need this! Favorite track: Glass.
Original instrumental compositions featuring bass, drums, frello, guitar, guzheng, jawari, keys, percussion, saxophone, singing bowls, tank drum, trumpet and voice.
The Frello is a homemade instrument, it is a fretted cello with spring reverb.
The Jawari is a homemade small zither with a sitar type bridge.
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Dee Ethier Employing an interesting assortment of instruments including two of his own making , Taylor Crawford makes acoustic world fusion that 's simultaneously laid - back and complex ; unique but not " weird " or challenging . Highly recommend grabbing the whole discography . Favorite track : Caravan .
 Andrew Jervis Home crafted instruments and organic genre blurring tunes , you need this ! Favorite track : Glass .
 Original instrumental compositions featuring bass , drums , frello , guitar , guzheng , jawari , keys , percussion , saxophone , singing bowls , tank drum , trumpet and voice .
 The Frello is a homemade instrument , it is a fretted cello with spring reverb .
 The Jawari is a homemade small zither with a sitar type bridge .
 All tunes composed , played and produced by Taylor Crawford .


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What is at stake in the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism is far more than a disagreement over terminology. At the heart of all this is the grace of God and how we understand it. I am not suggesting that Arminian Christians are deliberately impugning the grace of God in salvation. Nevertheless, by making election conditional upon something that man does, even if what he does is simply to repent and believe the gospel, God’s grace is seriously compromised. To say that something is done by grace is simply to say it is done by God. If salvation is from beginning to end a manifestation of God’s grace then it is from beginning to end a work of God. To inject any human effort or contribution whatsoever is to reject divine grace. Either election is unconditional and altogether of God and his grace or it is conditional and therefore a cooperative venture in which God and man both contribute. Let us consider this in more detail, first by defining what I mean by “grace”.
We happily speak of God as triune, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and immutable. The God of whom these things are true is indeed a great and majestic Being. Who is like unto the Lord and with whom may we compare Him? Is there another whose knowledge and power are without limit, whose life is everlasting, whose will and ways do not change, and for whom the boundaries of the universe offer no barrier? Indeed, this God is a great God!
But to say of God that He is great is not enough. For as Millard Erickson has reminded us, God, though great, "might conceivably be an immoral or amoral being, exercising his power and knowledge in a capricious or even cruel fashion” (I:283-84). We must proceed further in our description of God; we must proceed from His greatness to His goodness. This God whose power and presence are illimitable, whose wisdom and will are incomparable, is a God no less abounding in love and longsuffering, mercy and grace. Therefore, although simple, yet profound is the child's dinner prayer: "God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for this food. Amen."
When we refer to the "goodness" of God we mean very simply that He is benevolent. God's goodness is but the inclination and resolve of His nature to promote the welfare and happiness of His creatures. This more general attribute of goodness may be manifested in the delay of penal judgment, in which case we speak of God's longsuffering. God's goodness as manifested in the restoration of the wretched is what the Bible calls mercy. Likewise, God's goodness as manifested toward the guilty and undeserving is referred to in Scripture as grace. It is this latter display of the goodness of God, in which His love for the hell-deserving sinner is most keenly evident, that concerns us in this lesson.
"when we show mercy, it looks as if we are responding to pain and being constrained by a painful condition outside ourselves. It is a beautiful constraint. But it does not seem to be as free as grace. Grace, however, contemplates the ugliness of sin, and, contrary to all expectation, acts beneficently. This looks more free. Pain seems to constrain mercy, but guilt does not seem to constrain grace. Grace looks more free. I don't mean that God's mercy is in fact less free than his grace. No one deserves God's mercy. And God is not bound to be merciful to any of his creatures. What I do mean is that 'freeness' lies closer at the heart of the meaning of grace. Grace, by definition, is free and unconstrained. It even lacks the seeming constraint of naturalness that exists between suffering and mercy. If God's grace is 'natural' in response to sin, it is owing entirely to something amazing in God, not in the constraining power of sin. Suffering constrains pity; but sin kindles anger. Therefore grace toward sinners is the freest of all God's acts” (Future Grace, 78).
"Ascribed to God, grace is his voluntary, unrestrained, unmerited favor toward guilty sinners, granting them justification and life instead of the penalty of death, which they deserved” (208).
"The grace of God is love freely shown towards guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. It is God showing goodness to persons who deserve only severity, and had no reason to expect anything but severity” (Knowing God, 120).
The doctrine of God's grace is a vast and multifaceted subject. Because of this, I have chosen to focus in on ten principles or characteristics relating to the special grace of God, especially as it is found in the Pauline literature.
The first and possibly most fundamental characteristic of divine grace is that it presupposes sin and guilt. Grace has meaning only when men are seen as fallen, unworthy of salvation, and liable to eternal wrath. It is precisely because people today have lost sight of the depths of human depravity that they think so little of divine grace. What makes Paul's declaration that we are saved "by grace" so significant is his earlier declaration that we were "dead" in trespasses and sins, "gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature," "following its desires and thoughts," and were by nature the children of divine wrath (Eph. 2:1-10).
Second, grace does not contemplate sinners merely as undeserving, but as ill-deserving. So often we are inclined to think of ourselves prior to our salvation as in some sense "neutral" in the sight of God. We are willing to admit that we .have done nothing to deserve His favor. Our works, regardless of their character, are unacceptable in His glorious presence. But this is entirely insufficient as a background to the understanding of divine grace. It is not simply that we do not deserve grace: we do deserve hell! Fallen and unredeemed humanity is not to be conceived as merely helpless, but as openly and vehemently hostile toward God. It is one thing to be without a God-approved righteousness. It is altogether another thing to be wholly unrighteous and thus the object of divine wrath. It is, then, against the background of having been at one time the enemies of God that divine grace is to be portrayed (Rom. 5:10).
"If God should discover the least degree of merit in the sinner, this, in strict righteousness, He must recognize and duly acknowledge. By such a recognition of human merit, He would be discharging an obligation toward the sinner and the discharge of that obligation toward the sinner would be the payment, or recognition, of a debt” (Grace, 8).
Furthermore, grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit. Indeed, grace is seen to be infinitely glorious only when it operates, as Packer says, "in defiance of" human demerit. Therefore, grace is not treating a person less than, as, or greater than he deserves. It is treating a person without the slightest reference to desert whatsoever, but solely according to the infinite goodness and sovereign purpose of God.
Fourth, grace cannot incur a debt, which is to say that it is unrecompensed. Since grace is a gift, no work is to be performed, no offering made, with a view to repaying God for His favor. The biblical response to grace received is faith to receive yet more.
Fifth, in respect to justification, grace stands opposed to works (Rom. 4:4-5; 11:6). However, in respect to sanctification, grace is the source of works. This simply means that whereas we are saved by grace and not of works, we are saved by grace unto good works. Good works are the fruit, not the root, of God’s saving grace (see esp. Eph. 2:8 -10). It thus comes as no surprise that in Scripture grace and salvation stand together as cause is related to effect. It is the grace of God which "brings" salvation (Titus 2:11). We are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9).
The sixth principle is that this grace that saves is eternal but is manifested in the historical appearance of Christ. Paul speaks of the power of God by which we have been saved and called to holiness, "not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" (2 Tim. 1:9-10).
Seventh, this grace is free! Just think of it - free grace! But, of course, if grace were not free it would not be grace. True indeed, but what a glorious tautology it is: “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus[!]" (Rom. 3:24).
Eighth, and something we will dwell on in more detail later, grace is sovereign. That is to say, it is optional in its exercise and extent. Although God is gracious in His eternal being, He need not be gracious or shower His grace upon anyone. If grace were at any time an obligation of God, it would cease to be grace. God's grace, therefore, is distinguishing. He graciously saves some but not all, not based on anything present in the creature either possible or actual, foreseen or foreordained, but wholly according to His sovereign good pleasure.
The ninth thing to note is that grace is described in Scripture as the foundation or the means of among other things, our election (Rom. 11:5), our regeneration (Eph. 2:5; Titus 3:5-7), our redemption (2 Cor. 8:9; Eph. 1:7), our justification (Rom. 3:24; Titus 3:5-7), indeed, the whole of our salvation (Eph. 2:8).
"Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible" (Eph. 6:24).
"[God] gives a greater grace . . . God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (Js. 4:6; cf. 1 Pt. 5:5).
"The Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him" (2 Chron. 30:9).
"He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you" (Isa. 30:19).
"Let Thy lovingkindness [i.e., grace], O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee" (Ps. 33:22).
"The lovingkindness [i.e., grace] of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting . . . to those who keep His covenant" (Ps. 103:17-18).
But conditional grace is not earned grace. Why? Because "when God's grace is promised based on a condition, that condition is also a work of God's grace. . . . God's freedom is not reduced when he makes some of his graces depend on conditions that he himself freely supplies” (Piper, Future Grace, 79). Or again, "conditional grace is free and unmerited because ultimately the condition of faith is a gift of grace. God graciously enables the conditions that he requires” (235). Or again, "this covenant-keeping condition of future grace does not mean we lose security or assurance, for God has pledged himself to complete the work he began in the elect (Philippians 1:6). He is at work within us to will and to do his good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-13). He works in us what is pleasing in his sight (Hebrews 13:21). He fulfills the conditions of the covenant through us (Ezekiel 36:27). Our security is as secure as God is faithful” (248).

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What is at stake in the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism is far more than a disagreement over terminology . At the heart of all this is the grace of God and how we understand it . I am not suggesting that Arminian Christians are deliberately impugning the grace of God in salvation . Nevertheless , by making election conditional upon something that man does , even if what he does is simply to repent and believe the gospel , God ’s grace is seriously compromised . To say that something is done by grace is simply to say it is done by God . If salvation is from beginning to end a manifestation of God ’s grace then it is from beginning to end a work of God . To inject any human effort or contribution whatsoever is to reject divine grace . Either election is unconditional and altogether of God and his grace or it is conditional and therefore a cooperative venture in which God and man both contribute . Let us consider this in more detail , first by defining what I mean by “ grace ” .
 We happily speak of God as triune , eternal , omniscient , omnipresent , omnipotent , and immutable . The God of whom these things are true is indeed a great and majestic Being . Who is like unto the Lord and with whom may we compare Him ? Is there another whose knowledge and power are without limit , whose life is everlasting , whose will and ways do not change , and for whom the boundaries of the universe offer no barrier ? Indeed , this God is a great God !
 But to say of God that He is great is not enough . For as Millard Erickson has reminded us , God , though great , " might conceivably be an immoral or amoral being , exercising his power and knowledge in a capricious or even cruel fashion ” ( I:283 - 84 ) . We must proceed further in our description of God ; we must proceed from His greatness to His goodness . This God whose power and presence are illimitable , whose wisdom and will are incomparable , is a God no less abounding in love and longsuffering , mercy and grace . Therefore , although simple , yet profound is the child 's dinner prayer : " God is great , God is good , and we thank Him for this food . Amen . "
 When we refer to the " goodness " of God we mean very simply that He is benevolent . God 's goodness is but the inclination and resolve of His nature to promote the welfare and happiness of His creatures . This more general attribute of goodness may be manifested in the delay of penal judgment , in which case we speak of God 's longsuffering . God 's goodness as manifested in the restoration of the wretched is what the Bible calls mercy . Likewise , God 's goodness as manifested toward the guilty and undeserving is referred to in Scripture as grace . It is this latter display of the goodness of God , in which His love for the hell - deserving sinner is most keenly evident , that concerns us in this lesson .
 " when we show mercy , it looks as if we are responding to pain and being constrained by a painful condition outside ourselves . It is a beautiful constraint . But it does not seem to be as free as grace . Grace , however , contemplates the ugliness of sin , and , contrary to all expectation , acts beneficently . This looks more free . Pain seems to constrain mercy , but guilt does not seem to constrain grace . Grace looks more free . I do n't mean that God 's mercy is in fact less free than his grace . No one deserves God 's mercy . And God is not bound to be merciful to any of his creatures . What I do mean is that ' freeness ' lies closer at the heart of the meaning of grace . Grace , by definition , is free and unconstrained . It even lacks the seeming constraint of naturalness that exists between suffering and mercy . If God 's grace is ' natural ' in response to sin , it is owing entirely to something amazing in God , not in the constraining power of sin . Suffering constrains pity ; but sin kindles anger . Therefore grace toward sinners is the freest of all God 's acts ” ( Future Grace , 78 ) .
 " Ascribed to God , grace is his voluntary , unrestrained , unmerited favor toward guilty sinners , granting them justification and life instead of the penalty of death , which they deserved ” ( 208 ) .
 " The grace of God is love freely shown towards guilty sinners , contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit . It is God showing goodness to persons who deserve only severity , and had no reason to expect anything but severity ” ( Knowing God , 120 ) .
 The doctrine of God 's grace is a vast and multifaceted subject . Because of this , I have chosen to focus in on ten principles or characteristics relating to the special grace of God , especially as it is found in the Pauline literature .
 The first and possibly most fundamental characteristic of divine grace is that it presupposes sin and guilt . Grace has meaning only when men are seen as fallen , unworthy of salvation , and liable to eternal wrath . It is precisely because people today have lost sight of the depths of human depravity that they think so little of divine grace . What makes Paul 's declaration that we are saved " by grace " so significant is his earlier declaration that we were " dead " in trespasses and sins , " gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature , " " following its desires and thoughts , " and were by nature the children of divine wrath ( Eph . 2:1 - 10 ) .
 Second , grace does not contemplate sinners merely as undeserving , but as ill - deserving . So often we are inclined to think of ourselves prior to our salvation as in some sense " neutral " in the sight of God . We are willing to admit that we .have done nothing to deserve His favor . Our works , regardless of their character , are unacceptable in His glorious presence . But this is entirely insufficient as a background to the understanding of divine grace . It is not simply that we do not deserve grace : we do deserve hell ! Fallen and unredeemed humanity is not to be conceived as merely helpless , but as openly and vehemently hostile toward God . It is one thing to be without a God - approved righteousness . It is altogether another thing to be wholly unrighteous and thus the object of divine wrath . It is , then , against the background of having been at one time the enemies of God that divine grace is to be portrayed ( Rom . 5:10 ) .
 " If God should discover the least degree of merit in the sinner , this , in strict righteousness , He must recognize and duly acknowledge . By such a recognition of human merit , He would be discharging an obligation toward the sinner and the discharge of that obligation toward the sinner would be the payment , or recognition , of a debt ” ( Grace , 8) .
 Furthermore , grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit . Indeed , grace is seen to be infinitely glorious only when it operates , as Packer says , " in defiance of " human demerit . Therefore , grace is not treating a person less than , as , or greater than he deserves . It is treating a person without the slightest reference to desert whatsoever , but solely according to the infinite goodness and sovereign purpose of God .
 Fourth , grace can not incur a debt , which is to say that it is unrecompensed . Since grace is a gift , no work is to be performed , no offering made , with a view to repaying God for His favor . The biblical response to grace received is faith to receive yet more .
 Fifth , in respect to justification , grace stands opposed to works ( Rom . 4:4 - 5 ; 11:6 ) . However , in respect to sanctification , grace is the source of works . This simply means that whereas we are saved by grace and not of works , we are saved by grace unto good works . Good works are the fruit , not the root , of God ’s saving grace ( see esp . Eph . 2:8 -10 ) . It thus comes as no surprise that in Scripture grace and salvation stand together as cause is related to effect . It is the grace of God which " brings " salvation ( Titus 2:11 ) . We are saved by grace through faith ( Eph . 2:8 - 9 ) .
 The sixth principle is that this grace that saves is eternal but is manifested in the historical appearance of Christ . Paul speaks of the power of God by which we have been saved and called to holiness , " not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace . This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time , but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior , Christ Jesus , who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel " ( 2 Tim . 1:9 - 10 ) .
 Seventh , this grace is free ! Just think of it - free grace ! But , of course , if grace were not free it would not be grace . True indeed , but what a glorious tautology it is : “ justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus [ ! ] " ( Rom . 3:24 ) .
 Eighth , and something we will dwell on in more detail later , grace is sovereign . That is to say , it is optional in its exercise and extent . Although God is gracious in His eternal being , He need not be gracious or shower His grace upon anyone . If grace were at any time an obligation of God , it would cease to be grace . God 's grace , therefore , is distinguishing . He graciously saves some but not all , not based on anything present in the creature either possible or actual , foreseen or foreordained , but wholly according to His sovereign good pleasure .
 The ninth thing to note is that grace is described in Scripture as the foundation or the means of among other things , our election ( Rom . 11:5 ) , our regeneration ( Eph . 2:5 ; Titus 3:5 - 7 ) , our redemption ( 2 Cor . 8:9 ; Eph . 1:7 ) , our justification ( Rom . 3:24 ; Titus 3:5 - 7 ) , indeed , the whole of our salvation ( Eph . 2:8 ) .
 " Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible " ( Eph . 6:24 ) .
 " [ God ] gives a greater grace . . . God is opposed to the proud , but gives grace to the humble " ( Js . 4:6 ; cf . 1 Pt . 5:5 ) .
 " The Lord your God is gracious and compassionate , and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him " ( 2 Chron . 30:9 ) .
 " He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry ; when He hears it , He will answer you " ( Isa . 30:19 ) .
 " Let Thy lovingkindness [ i.e. , grace ] , O Lord , be upon us , according as we have hoped in Thee " ( Ps . 33:22 ) .
 " The lovingkindness [ i.e. , grace ] of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting . . . to those who keep His covenant " ( Ps . 103:17 - 18 ) .
 But conditional grace is not earned grace . Why ? Because " when God 's grace is promised based on a condition , that condition is also a work of God 's grace . . . . God 's freedom is not reduced when he makes some of his graces depend on conditions that he himself freely supplies ” ( Piper , Future Grace , 79 ) . Or again , " conditional grace is free and unmerited because ultimately the condition of faith is a gift of grace . God graciously enables the conditions that he requires ” ( 235 ) . Or again , " this covenant - keeping condition of future grace does not mean we lose security or assurance , for God has pledged himself to complete the work he began in the elect ( Philippians 1:6 ) . He is at work within us to will and to do his good pleasure ( Philippians 2:12 - 13 ) . He works in us what is pleasing in his sight ( Hebrews 13:21 ) . He fulfills the conditions of the covenant through us ( Ezekiel 36:27 ) . Our security is as secure as God is faithful ” ( 248 ) .


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MARION, Iowa -- Connor Bronson led the Culver-Stockton College men's golf team with a 73 during the first day of play at the Klocke Family Classic at Hunters Ridge Golf Course on Saturday. The Wildcats shot a 314 and is in 10th place. Iowa Western leads with a 288. Bronson was followed by Hunter Bettis with a 79, Colton Neal with an 80, and Brock Hirn with an 82.
The women's golf team opened with a 366 in the first round, led by Quincy Notre Dame graduates Haley Haugh with an 81 and Grace Frese with a 90. Kelsey Rees had a 92, and Reece Gentry had a 103. Mount Mercy leads the women's teams with a 326.

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MARION , Iowa -- Connor Bronson led the Culver - Stockton College men 's golf team with a 73 during the first day of play at the Klocke Family Classic at Hunters Ridge Golf Course on Saturday . The Wildcats shot a 314 and is in 10th place . Iowa Western leads with a 288 . Bronson was followed by Hunter Bettis with a 79 , Colton Neal with an 80 , and Brock Hirn with an 82 .
 The women 's golf team opened with a 366 in the first round , led by Quincy Notre Dame graduates Haley Haugh with an 81 and Grace Frese with a 90 . Kelsey Rees had a 92 , and Reece Gentry had a 103 . Mount Mercy leads the women 's teams with a 326 .


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Taipei, March 30 (CNA) Taiwan's Cabinet on Thursday expressed regret that China had not offered an explanation of the disappearance of Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (???), who Chinese authorities said was being investigated on suspicion of endangering their country's national security.
Lee has not been in contact with anyone in Taiwan for 12 days since he entered China, yet Beijing has not given any details of its investigation or of Lee's whereabouts, despite repeated calls in the public and private sectors in Taiwan to do so, Cabinet spokesman Hsu Kuo-yung (???) said at a press conference Thursday.
"Our government finds that deeply regrettable," Hsu said. Lee, a staff member at Wenshan Community College in Taipei and a former Democratic Progressive Party worker, disappeared on March 19 after entering China from Macao.
On Wednesday, China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesman Ma Xiaoguang (???) disclosed that Lee was being investigated "on suspicion of endangering national security," and was "currently in good physical condition."
In Hsu's statement Thursday, he said the Taiwan government will continue to seek answers from China through various channels on where Lee is being held, what laws he has violated and for how long his personal freedom would be restricted.
He called on China to protect Lee's rights and quickly communicate with Taiwan on the incident to avoid compounding the already "complicated and sensitive relations" across the Taiwan Strait. China is also urged to quickly arrange for Lee's family and lawyer to visit him to safeguard his rights, Hsu said.
On Tuesday, Lee's wife said in a brief statement to the press that she had received word from Taiwan "government sources late Monday night" that her husband had been detained by Chinese security authorities.
She said she had asked Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to send medicine and money to him. The SEF is a semi-official organization charged with the handling of Taiwan's relations with China in the absence of official ties between the two sides.
Hsu on Thursday rejected criticism that the Taiwan government had not been proactive enough in its handling of the incident.
In any action that it takes, the Taiwan government has to give priority to Lee's safety and rights, Hsu said.

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Taipei , March 30 ( CNA ) Taiwan 's Cabinet on Thursday expressed regret that China had not offered an explanation of the disappearance of Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming - che ( ? ? ? ) , who Chinese authorities said was being investigated on suspicion of endangering their country 's national security .
 Lee has not been in contact with anyone in Taiwan for 12 days since he entered China , yet Beijing has not given any details of its investigation or of Lee 's whereabouts , despite repeated calls in the public and private sectors in Taiwan to do so , Cabinet spokesman Hsu Kuo - yung ( ? ? ? ) said at a press conference Thursday .
 " Our government finds that deeply regrettable , " Hsu said . Lee , a staff member at Wenshan Community College in Taipei and a former Democratic Progressive Party worker , disappeared on March 19 after entering China from Macao .
 On Wednesday , China 's Taiwan Affairs Office ( TAO ) spokesman Ma Xiaoguang ( ? ? ? ) disclosed that Lee was being investigated " on suspicion of endangering national security , " and was " currently in good physical condition . "
 In Hsu 's statement Thursday , he said the Taiwan government will continue to seek answers from China through various channels on where Lee is being held , what laws he has violated and for how long his personal freedom would be restricted .
 He called on China to protect Lee 's rights and quickly communicate with Taiwan on the incident to avoid compounding the already " complicated and sensitive relations " across the Taiwan Strait . China is also urged to quickly arrange for Lee 's family and lawyer to visit him to safeguard his rights , Hsu said .
 On Tuesday , Lee 's wife said in a brief statement to the press that she had received word from Taiwan " government sources late Monday night " that her husband had been detained by Chinese security authorities .
 She said she had asked Taiwan 's Straits Exchange Foundation ( SEF ) to send medicine and money to him . The SEF is a semi - official organization charged with the handling of Taiwan 's relations with China in the absence of official ties between the two sides .
 Hsu on Thursday rejected criticism that the Taiwan government had not been proactive enough in its handling of the incident .
 In any action that it takes , the Taiwan government has to give priority to Lee 's safety and rights , Hsu said .


text: For my beautiful alto saxophone. Also dedicated to a few of my favourite saxophone players in the world today; Melissa Aldana, Julien Wilson and Ellery Eskelin. I don’t know where I would be without your music!

tokenized: For my beautiful alto saxophone . Also dedicated to a few of my favourite saxophone players in the world today ; Melissa Aldana , Julien Wilson and Ellery Eskelin . I do n’t know where I would be without your music !