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Favourite Marches and Hymn Settings of The Salvation Army
Marches include: Amsterdam Congress; A.R.C Centennial March; Balga Citadel; Brazil '75; Cairo Red Shield; California; Camp Fellowship; Cobham Hall; Croydon Citadel; Danforth Citadel; Etobicoke Youth; Hadleigh Camp; Hollinwood; In the King's Service; Minneapolis IV; New Commission; Norwich Citadel; Powerpoint; Rosehill; Rousseau; South Coast; Spirit of Endeavour; The Fount; The Young Salvationist; Visitors Acclaimed; Victory Parade; Washington Salute 125; Wisbech Citadel; Zimbabwe Centenary.Hymns include: A Gaelic Blessing; Amazing Grace!; As the Deer; Be Still for the Presence of the Lord; Blacow; Come, Beautiful Christ; Deep and Wide; Deep River; Fall Afresh; From Earth's Confusion; He Cares for Me; I Know Thou Art Mine; I Love You, Lord; I Need Thee; I Vow to Thee, My Country; I Will Enter His Gates; In Perfect Peace; It is Jesus; Knowing You; Lift Up the Banner; Lord, With My All I Part; Make Me a Channel of Your Peace; Martyn; 'Mid All the Traffic; Morning Star; Of Whom I Sing; People Need the Lord; Peter, James and John; Pie Jesu; Praise Him with Song!; Prayer of Childhood; Prayer of Thanksgiving; Reverie; Sacrament; Serenity; Share My Yoke; Someone Cares; Stand Up for Jesus!; Standing Somewhere in the Shadows; Swing Hosanna; The Pearl; The Reason; This is My Story; Thy Will to See; Whiter than the Snow; You Know that We Love You!.
LORD IS KING, The (Brass Band Set) - Ray Steadman-Allen
Ray Steadman-Allen was for many years the driving force in Salvation Army music. His publication list of both brass and vocal works can be measured literally by the hundred. 'The Lord is King' is arguably his crowning achievement of over twenty major works for brass band. Although described as a suite, the work is more symphonic in conception and scale as well as being formidable to perform. The work is based on the Welsh hymn tune 'Llangollen' to which the hymn 'The Lord is King, I own His power' are associated. The three movements derive inspiration from the lines 'My joy, my toil, my craftman's skill, all have their place, and serve His will' found in verse five of the hymn.
The Lord is King (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Steadman-Allen, Ray
The Lord is King (Brass Band - Score only) - Steadman-Allen, Ray
Songs of Ascent - SCORE & PARTS - Jonathan Bates
DURATION: 14 minutes. DIFFICULTY: Championship. 'Songs of Ascent' was composed for the Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band, as part of their programme for the 2019 RNCM Festival of Brass. In my view, the festival itself is the leading showcase for original contemporary music for the medium (in a concert setting) in the world and therefore an ideal place to explore new ideas and sounds, which was a notion fundamental to the construction of this work. The piece is subtitled 'Out of the Depths, I cry to you, O Lord'; the opening line of Psalm 130 (which forms part of a set of 15 psalsm, 120-134 known as the Songs of Ascent") which forms the main inspiration for much of the musical material. Following an extended opening for four individual tuba lines, there are a number of solos for members of the band off stage, with bleak and deep accompaniment lines, reflecting the words of Psalm 130. Amongst these 'songs of ascents', the most common and strong themes are repentance and redemption; with the central core of this work emerging 'from the depths' to reveal one of very few calming and reflective passages of the work utilising the tune of 'Guide Me O Thy Great Redeemer' in a new setting, featuring the Solo Horn and Bass Trombone, before returning to the ethereal and dark timbres that form much of the music up to this point. In terms of compositional technique, this work is solely based on a set of 4 9-note scales in their various unique transpositions (below). Each of these scales provide a set of 2 whole tone scales, 6 minor triads, 6 major triads and is built on 9 augmented triads. Whilst most of the music in this work is based melodically on the set of notes (heard right at the outset in the motif in the tuba line), the central section delves into the harmonic capabilities of these 'modes', using a number of the 7 'keys' which can be derived from the minor & major chords derived in each scale. All 4 scales are used independantly to each other, with whole sections of the work focussing on each mode. 'Songs of Ascent' was selected as the set work for the Championship Section at the Butlin's Mineworker's Championships in 2020.
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Songs of Ascent ADDITIONAL A4 SCORE - Jonathan Bates
ADDITIONAL SCORE ONLY. 'Songs of Ascent' was composed for the Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band, as part of their programme for the 2019 RNCM Festival of Brass. In my view, the festival itself is the leading showcase for original contemporary music for the medium (in a concert setting) in the world and therefore an ideal place to explore new ideas and sounds, which was a notion fundamental to the construction of this work. The piece is subtitled 'Out of the Depths, I cry to you, O Lord'; the opening line of Psalm 130 (which forms part of a set of 15 psalsm, 120-134 known as the Songs of Ascent") which forms the main inspiration for much of the musical material. Following an extended opening for four individual tuba lines, there are a number of solos for members of the band off stage, with bleak and deep accompaniment lines, reflecting the words of Psalm 130. Amongst these 'songs of ascents', the most common and strong themes are repentance and redemption; with the central core of this work emerging 'from the depths' to reveal one of very few calming and reflective passages of the work utilising the tune of 'Guide Me O Thy Great Redeemer' in a new setting, featuring the Solo Horn and Bass Trombone, before returning to the ethereal and dark timbres that form much of the music up to this point. In terms of compositional technique, this work is solely based on a set of 4 9-note scales in their various unique transpositions (below). Each of these scales provide a set of 2 whole tone scales, 6 minor triads, 6 major triads and is built on 9 augmented triads. Whilst most of the music in this work is based melodically on the set of notes (heard right at the outset in the motif in the tuba line), the central section delves into the harmonic capabilities of these 'modes', using a number of the 7 'keys' which can be derived from the minor & major chords derived in each scale. All 4 scales are used independantly to each other, with whole sections of the work focussing on each mode. 'Songs of Ascent' was selected as the set test piece for the Championship Section at the Butlins Mineworkers Championships in 2020.
The Long Cloud of Witnesses (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Downie, Kenneth
This music was written for the Amsterdam Staff Band's 50th Anniversary. The idea for using this theme in appreciation of the pioneers of the band who had gone before came to me during the thanksgiving service for my own mother's life. She was a life-long Salvationist, and the large crowd that gathered for her thanksgiving in Winchester gave such an inspiring rendition of this hymn at the end of the service that it moved me to write the music. In the closing pages of the score I have tried to suggest that final parade when those who loved the Lord join the 'long cloud of witnesses' in procession to their eternal home. - Kenneth Downie
The Long Cloud of Witnesses (Brass Band - Score only) - Downie, Kenneth
Prince of Glory - Brass Band - Robert Lowry & Harry D. Clarke
A meditative selection based on the tunes "Here is love, vast as the ocean" and "Come into my heart Lord Jesus"
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General Series 2158-2161 (August 2016)
2158This piece was written, at the request of Staff Bandmaster Ken Waterworth, for the Melbourne Staff Band. Based on the hymn tune 'Luckington', this music is a paean of praise to the Lord of all creation. The choice of tune was made because of the words of the opening line of the verse, 'Let all the world in every corner sing: My God and King!'2159An exciting collection of well-known Christmas carols, originally written as a concert opener2160This march refers to a number of Christmas carols starting with a few bars of Hark! The herald angels sing followed by fragments of Joy to the world! Before James R. Murray's Den himmelske lovsang is presented in full.2161Although the title derives from the United States of America's much-neglected motto, the music is a journey through to total trust in God. The tunes featured are 'In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust' leading to 'Trust in God'. Increasingly calm music leads to the more recent song 'In Christ alone, I place my trust'. The music ends with a brief reference to 'In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust' now in a mood of calm assurance.


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Can you spot Venus and Jupiter?
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Well Connected Wins Bronze for McKnight's Innovator of the Year Award
GLENDALE, Calif. – October 20, 2021 – Today, at its Excellence in Technology Awards + Summit, McKnights Senior Living announced that Well Connected, a Front Porch Community Services program, received the bronze for its Innovator of the Year Award.
Well Connected, a program designed to reduce social isolation and increase social connection, received this honor in recognition of its Agora platform. Developed for Well Connected participants, Agora overcomes accessibility challenges, making it easy for thousands of English and Spanish-speaking participants to access games, support groups, book clubs, art classes, and a range of other groups by phone or online.
Responding to the honor, Amber Carroll, senior director of connection programs, said, "For Well Connected and Well Connected Español, this recognition validates and reinforces our commitment to alleviating loneliness and social isolation through accessible and meaningful virtual connection."
The Agora app connects participants with activities, providing easy access by calling participants directly, and facilitates over 2,500 participation hours each month. In 2020, Agora won the LeadingAge California Innovation Showcase People's Choice Award.
To learn more about Well Connected, visit https://covia.org/programs/well-connected/.
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Goodbye, Beetle
This year marks 70 years since the first Volkswagen "Type 1" Beetle arrived in the U.S. — and commemorates its farewell with the Final Edition Beetle.
The VW Beetle is more than a car — it's a cultural icon. We celebrate its journey from a singular-looking newcomer to one of America's favorite fun-to-drive coupes.
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It was 1949 and the U.S. was puzzled. What, exactly, was this car that Volkswagen had shipped here? That car, of course, was the Beetle, which cut a distinctive silhouette on the automotive scene. Its various iterations over the last 70 years have been no exception. And now, with the release of the Beetle Final Editions, Volkswagen is poised to bring one chapter of this storied history to a close. Saying Goodbye Throughout its history, the Beetle has been an innovative design, a counterc
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The Volkswagen ID. R electric race car that set a record for climbing Pikes Peak last year now owns two more records. Driver Romain Dumas made the climb at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed in just 41.18 seconds, breaking a 20-year-old record by half a second. This comes just one month after the ID. R snagged the record for fastest electric car around the Nürburgring. Dumas made the lap in 6:05.336 minutes beating the previous EV record set in 2017 by 40.564 seconds – and in the process, su
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Capital Stage's 'The Other Place' Is An Absorbing Mind Game
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Melinda Parrett stars in "The Other Place" at Capital Stage.
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Juliana is an intense, 50-ish professional, specializing in cutting-edge pharmaceuticals for dementia patients. She jets to a Caribbean resort to make a presentation before a large gathering of doctors. But midway into her sales pitch, her mind freezes up — and she loses it.
She's sure her problem is a brain tumor. When she gets home, her husband — a widely respected oncologist — is furious that she didn't immediately receive better care.
But is it a brain tumor? As you may be sensing, there is something about this situation that doesn't add up.
That's the setup for Capital Stage's The Other Place, about a high-powered businesswoman who is afflicted by a sudden, mysterious illness. It almost resembles a whodunnit, because each character presents a slightly different version of what's really going on.
Over the course of several scenes, the audience encounters conflicting explanations about the nature of Juliana's illness, as well as the status of her marriage — depending on the scene, she and her husband may (or may not) be getting a divorce.
And then there are the mysterious phone calls she's getting from their long-estranged daughter.
As the plot thickens, it becomes clear that each of these characters seems to believe they are telling the truth — you don't get the sense that anyone is deliberately lying — and that Juliana really is seriously ill. But with what ailment?
Playwright Sharr White keeps you guessing, planting clues in different scenes. Along the way, there is plenty of terrific acting, particularly by lead actress Melinda Parrett, presenting a complex and sometimes contradictory character, and Jonathan Rhys William as her increasingly exasperated spouse.
Describing the plot in greater detail might spoil the ending. So, approach this intriguing, unusual play with your eyes and ears wide open, and focus on figuring out what character is the most credible source. Because in this play, situations are not always what they initially appear to be.
It all makes for a very absorbing mind game, one that pays off handsomely in dramatic terms when things fall into place during the final scene.
The Other Place continues at Capital Stage in Sacramento through June 2.
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The find could complicate the country's rocky politics ahead of elections in one year. Throughout its history, Kenya's winner-take-all brand of tribal politics has stoked tensions underneath an otherwise stable facade that's bolstered it as the favored regional base for diplomats and aid workers.
Those core strains cracked to the surface in blazing fashion after Kenya's December 2007 disputed polls, which spun the nation into a frenzy of ethnic bloodletting, with militias patrolling the countryside, torching rival homes and searching vehicles at checkpoints for perceived political opponents.
The violent free fall ended in a negotiated coalition and sparked an investigation by the International Criminal Court that's indicted four Kenyans on charges of crimes against humanity, including a top aide to Kibaki and two declared presidential candidates.
The region where the oil was discovered is one of the poorest and least developed in Kenya. The local Turkana continue to live a semi-pastoral lifestyle, with few signs of modernity. The tribe has little political representation, and the find is likely going to reopen a sensitive national debate about sharing wealth across the country instead of mostly in its geographic and political center.
Tullow Oil, the London-based company that found the oil, said that "following this discovery the outlook for further success has been significantly improved."
"To make a good oil discovery in our first well is beyond our expectations and bodes well for the material program ahead of us," Angus McCoss, the company's exploration director, said in a statement on the company's website.
The oil block is 50 percent owned by Africa Oil Corp., a Canadian company under the Lundin group led by sons of the late Swedish energy magnate Adolf Lundin, whose oil explorations in South Sudan during Sudan's civil war have been criticized by rights groups. That's resulted in an ongoing investigation by Swedish prosecutors in connection with alleged war crimes in its area of exploration. The oil company denies any wrongdoing in Sudan and has claimed that its activities helped lead to the 2005 peace agreement that ended the war.
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Pc vs console bro like for sure 80% we'll lose, but at least we'll try right?
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They tried to ban, censor and erase Indian culture from rock and roll history but Native American influence is wrapped into modern music's DNA. RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World is an electric look at Native American influence in popular music, going deep into the Indigenous foundations of rock.


KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- There have been three Forward Operating Bases in southern Afghanistan turned over to the Afghan National Army from Combined Task Force Dragoon, Regional Command South, in the last two months as the ANA operate independently to secure their country.
The Soldiers of 1st Squadron, CTF Dragoon held a formal ceremony and signed ownership papers to allow the ANA to take control Nov. 27, 2013, at FOB Zangabad, Afghanistan.
U.S. Soldiers lowered the American Flag and Afghan soldiers raised their flag to show their control of the base. Speeches expressing gratitude for the partnership were made by both commanders during the ceremony.
The Commander of 1st Squadron, CTF Dragoon, Lt. Col. Phillip Gage, is confident in the abilities of the 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th Corps, who will now run operations there and believes they will conduct successful military operations because of the mentoring, coaching and partnership his team has provided over the past five months. He described a number of positive characteristics the ANA soldiers have displayed to show they are ready for independent operations.
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Leadership of both the American and ANA units exchanged certificates and goodbyes. The Soldiers of CTF Dragoon packed up the last of their gear and relocated to a different base with FOB Zangabad safely in the hands of the 2nd Kandak.
Commander of the ANA's 2nd Kandak, Lt. Col. Khan Agha, expressed gratitude for his unit's partnership with U.S. forces and how the relationship will be missed.
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Q: Implementing multithreaded mergesort with only the Rust standard library For some background:
I wanted to reach out and ask if there was a strategy in Rust for handling the divide and conquer portion of the mergesort algorithm in a multithreaded scenario using only the standard Rust library. I've seen some cool takes on similar problems completed using the crossbeam and rayon crates, but I'm trying to keep my use of external crates to a minimum while I'm learning the ins and outs of the language (my current experiences stem mainly from C, C++ and C#).
For the actual issue:
While implementing the multithreaded version of the algorithm, I hit a wall with the compiler via lifetime differences between the function scope and the spawned threads. In the code block below, what would be the most appropriate course of action for abiding by the 'static lifetime required by the argument to thread::spawn?
I'm not dead set on the logic structure either, please do let me know if there's a more Rust-like way to achieve this like with iterators for instance.
use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
use std::thread;

/// implementation will not handle mutex lock failures or thread failures for brevity.
pub fn mergesort_mt(
    collection: &mut [u8],
    max_threads: usize,
    thread_counter: Arc<Mutex<usize>>,
) -> Vec<u8> {
    if collection.len() < 2 {
        return collection.to_vec();
    }
    let pivot = collection.len() / 2;
    let (mut left, mut right) = collection.split_at_mut(pivot);
    let mut mutex_value = thread_counter.lock().unwrap();
    let num_remaining = max_threads - *mutex_value;
    if num_remaining >= 2 {
        *mutex_value += 2;
        drop(mutex_value);
        let counter = Arc::clone(&thread_counter);
        let handle_left = thread::spawn(move || mergesort_mt(&mut left, max_threads, counter));
        let counter = Arc::clone(&thread_counter);
        let handle_right = thread::spawn(move || mergesort_mt(&mut right, max_threads, counter));

        let mut left = handle_left.join().unwrap();
        let mut right = handle_right.join().unwrap();

        return merge(&mut left[..], &mut right[..]);
    } else if num_remaining == 1 {
        *mutex_value += 1;
        drop(mutex_value);
        let counter = Arc::clone(&thread_counter);
        let handle_left = thread::spawn(move || mergesort_mt(&mut left[..], max_threads, counter));
        let mut left = handle_left.join().unwrap();
        let mut right = mergesort_mt(&mut right[..], max_threads, thread_counter);

        return merge(&mut left[..], &mut right[..]);
    } else {
        drop(mutex_value);
        let mut left = mergesort_mt(&mut left[..], max_threads, Arc::clone(&thread_counter));
        let mut right = mergesort_mt(&mut right[..], max_threads, Arc::clone(&thread_counter));
        return merge(&mut left[..], &mut right[..]);
    }
}

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Rufus attended college in Pennsylvania where he graduated with a degree in Education and concentration in American History. Unable to choose which of three Law Schools to attend, Rufus returned to the Alexandria area where he met Betty Adams, began a career in corporate sales/ marketing, completed a graduate degree in Business and Public Administration, completed Private Pilot license, and eventually sought greater career challenges in Richmond, VA.
Rufus had a successful and award winning career managing major southern Virginia accounts for a consumer products company, but eventually returned to Northern Virginia to marry Betty, own and manage a business, and return to corporate sales.


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No matter what kind of business you have, your customer service experience starts with a clean establishment, inside and out. Cleanliness also increases employee morale, safety, and productivity. The truth is that cleanliness and order pay off in a variety of ways.
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Forget proper Latin plant names; the never-ending debate among horticulturists and botanists gets thrown out the window when it comes to common names for plants. Case in point: hen and chicks succulents.
That is what most home gardeners around the English-speaking world call Sempervivum, a genus of succulent plants that is very popular garden in containers and rock gardens throughout the world. Because of their fleshy leaves, they can tolerate extreme droughts; most will simply rot if kept too wet for too long. Many are also cold-hardy enough to survive outdoors through temperatures that drop well below zero. They grow does best in well-drained, rocky soils and full sun to light shade.
And it is easier to say hen and chicks than the Latin name, and much more descriptive, based on how mature rosette or "hen" plants are surrounded by many smaller offsets or "chicks" - little plants that grow on short stems at the base of the larger plant. They can spread quite rapidly as the hens get larger and start to develop their own.
This ability to grow new plants around older ones is not unique to Sempervivums; Aloe, Agave, Haworthia, Yucca, Sansevieria, and Echeveria (called Mexican hen and chicks) produce small plants, often called pups, from their bases.
There is another story to why these plants are called hen and chicks: The ability of leaves of larger plants, when shed or broken off, to grow entire new plantlets from their stem ends. Anyone who has ever had a few leaves fall onto potting soil has seen this.
Other commonly-grown plants that do this include jade (Crassula) and ghost plant (Graptopetalum); this is how many gardeners share their plants with others. Some unique forms of Kalanchoe are called "alligator tears" or "mother of thousands" for their ability to grow new plants along the edges or at tips of mature leaves.
The fastest way to get new plants from Sempervivum plants is to gently pull or cut small plants from the base of older ones, getting a bit of stem attached if possible. Set them into moist potting soil that has some coarse sand, perlite, pumice, or grit added for better drainage. Allow the plants to dry for a day or two to heal before watering. Place them in bright, indirect light for a few days or a couple of weeks, then water gently as needed without keeping the plants wet.
A way to get a lot of plants more quickly is to simply twist off plump, mature leaves and lay them atop moist potting soil or stick them stem-end into the soil; within weeks an entire new plant will form and begin to grow rapidly.
Our expert shares her secrets for growing and selecting succulents.
Succulent plants have juicy leaves or stems for holding water through long periods of drought. They come in an array of shapes, colors, sizes and temperature tolerance and are suitable for growing in dry garden areas or in containers both indoors and out.
Succulent plants are strange enough, but some go way beyond the same old, same old kinds grown in gardens and containers around the country.
Succulents are easy to grow, but should be planted properly to get the most out of their versatility.
No two gardeners use the same potting mix for succulents, but they all start with similar basic ingredients that help plants hold a little moisture and fertilizer while allowing extra water to drain away very quickly.
Nearly anyone wondering how to grow succulents indoors can look no farther than their own grandmother's windowsill, which probably boasted at least one.
Aloe is a large group of succulent plants with rosettes of thick, juicy leaves and bloom spires topped with beautiful clusters of mostly red or yellow hummingbird-attracting flowers. Many popular Aloes tolerate frost or short freezes.
Succulents are pretty low maintenance compared with other garden plants, but they do have certain requirements for light, water and fertilizer.
Create the right conditions for growing exotic-looking hardy succulents outdoors in an garden, anywhere in the country.
Succulent plants offer an incredible array of types, sizes, shapes, colors, flowers, fruits, garden uses, and temperature tolerances, coming from a wide range between tropical jungles, deserts, mountains, and extremely cold climates.
Succulent plants come in a vast array of leaf shapes and colors, enough to satisfy the designer eye in any gardener.