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Georgia has added another post player to its 2011 basketball recruiting class.
Nemanja Djurisic, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound power forward from South Kent School in Connecticut, has given coach Mark Fox a verbal commitment, South Kent coach Kelvin Jefferson said Sunday night.
Djurisic, from Montenegro, played on the postgraduate team for South Kent, averaging about 18 points and nine rebounds per game this past season.
He picked Georgia over Arizona State, East Carolina, N.C. State and Utah, Jefferson said.
"He's very, very skilled," Jefferson said. "He has great hands, the ability to step out and make 3-point baskets or the ability to catch the ball in the post with his back to the basket. We used him a variety of ways, pick and pop, pick and roll. He was our best post player and one of our best 3-point shooters."
Georgia could be losing forward Trey Thompkins to the NBA draft. It is losing senior post players Jeremy Price and Chris Barnes.
"He has a chance to come in and compete for minutes on a good team," Jefferson said.
Djurisic, rated as the No. 62 power forward by ESPN.com, has relatives that live in South Carolina. He took an unofficial visit to Georgia recently.
He becomes the fourth recruit expected to join the team for next season, joining three early signees: guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and post players Tim Dixon and John Florveus.
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According to the commercial pilot, the preflight inspection revealed a low right tire with 20 pounds of pressure. He serviced the tire prior to the test flight to 35 pounds pressure; however, following a normal, soft landing about 25 minutes later, the airplane veered to the right. He was unable to control the airplane, and it exited the right side of the runway, ground-looped, and nosed over. The pilot was able to exit unassisted through the shattered canopy. The pilot reported that a postaccident inspection disclosed that the right tire was completely flat, and that the inner tube was leaking.
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1996 OPEN FORUM Abstracts
Home Care Ventilators: A Critical Review of Current Models and Options
Ray Ritz, RRT Monday, November 4, 1996
Long term mechanical ventilation has been utilized for over 50 years and has consistently evolved to a more sophisticated level each year. Current ICU ventilators offer an impressive array of modes and options all designed to support ventilation over a wide range of disease states. Home ventilators have also seen noticeable improvement but are designed specifically to be less sophisticated. AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines state that ventilators for home use be dependable and easy for a variety of care givers to operate. These ventilators should be sufficiently portable, offer an adequate power source, and alarms which are adequate to alert the care giver to a patient disconnect. Excessive complexity in a home care ventilator is clearly a detriment.
Currently four US and four European manufactures offer home care ventilators. Of these eight manufactures, 14 currently or recently offered ventilators will be reviewed. These include the Puritan-Bennett Companion 2800, 2801, and 2500; the Aequitron Medical Inc. LP-6, LP-10, and LP-6+; the Lifecare PLV-100,and PLV-102; the Intermed Bear 33; the Breas 501; the Bio MS Airox Home 1; the SAIME Eole 2: and the L'Air Liquide Monnal D and Monnal D-CC.
Each unit will be evaluated for its design, alarms, modes, data display, and power source. The use of a rotary piston is the common flow delivery mechanism in most (but not all) home ventilators. Microprocessors are commonly use to control the systems functions. The ability to deliver supplemental oxygen with each device will be assessed. Each device will be evaluated for the available ranges in tidal volumes, rates, inspiratory times, flow rates, trigger sensitivity, sigh volumes and rates, I:E ratios, and the availability of PEEP.
Current literature indicates that spontaneously breathing patients can encounter significant work in the IMV mode with these devices. Suggestions for reducing this work will be offered.
For those patients who do not require invasive mechanical ventilation, a brief review of negative pressure systems, pneumobelts, and rocking beds will be covered. Special attention to patient selection and possible complications with these devices will be addressed.


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The rumor is true. Comedian and actor Cedric the Entertainer was officially named host of "Who Wants to Be a Millioinaire?" — replacing Meredith Vieira, who launched the daytime version of the show in 2002. Cedric will join the program for its 12th season this fall. — B.Z.
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Well there was no bounce on Friday, but a few things seemed a little odd to me. Not that the markets 'should' have bounced, indeed the trendline break and the potentially game changing news announcement were a red warning lights in retrospect.(S&P futs up 0.5% Monday as I write this though)
However, there's something else that doesn't smell right to me. Firstly, as you can see on the chart below, in recent times, the Aussie and New Zealand dollar have been a good proxy for risk taking. These two currencies have the highest interest rates in the Western world and are the weapon of choice for carry traders.
Correlations/ relationships like this wax and wane but I did find it odd that the risk proxy currencies finished the day unchanged with a muted reaction across other currencies as well. 10 year notes also showed a muted reaction relative to that of the Dow & S&P 500. It could imply that the move on Friday was not a general flight from risk that the VIX jump implied (imperfect as this is), but a concentrated slump in equities and in the financial sector in particular.
It's a small sample set (A slump in oil prices argues against this for example) so these are just musings, which lead me to one conspiratorial thought. In Barry Rithholz book on credit crisis he writes about the mythical plunge protection team which some have speculated may have links with Goldman Sachs. To take this on the fly conspiracy theory to its extreme, could certain players have thrown the metaphorical rattle out of the pram on Friday in order to influence the final outcome of the still to be solidified Volcker plans?
Speaking of the unquantifiable, Friday's plunge did make me think about pure quant trading vs adding discretionary layers. Had I been actively trading on that day, I would have been wary of buying the dip on Friday because of the trendline break and unknown impact of the Obama/ Volcker plan. This is of course in retrospect as I was entirely out of the market so unencumbered by thoughts of a position or potential position, but it does raise some interesting thoughts.
In the original Market Wizards book by Jack Schwager, few of the traders interviewed were pure quants. This may be due to the lack of readily available computing power back then, but it made me think. Does the human brain's ability to adapt and sense what it cannot articulate mean that discretionary trading or adding some discretionary layer to quant trades will always have an edge over pure quant? Or does quant trading allow us to override our worst instincts and buy into dips like Friday? The human input is therefore the discretion in knowing when to drop a quant strategy and the research and hunches that go into its creation.
There does seem to be an emerging new wave of quants, at least in the blogosphere. Is it time for a 'Quant wizards'?
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Gate open again on horse stable permit.This time the Plattsmouth City Council decided to grant a special use permit for horse riding lessons at a stable on lot 23 in Swallow Hills.
(The property is outside the Plattsmouth city limits but within the city's zoning jurisdiction. Horses and a stable are automatically allowed on the 7-acre property, but the owners, Cheryl Dorff and Scott Gourley, needed a permit for the riding lesson business.)
In January, the Plattsmouth Planning Commission had unanimously recommended approval. Commission Chairman Marc Nichols said the request met all the criteria in the city ordinance.
Two weeks ago, the city council voted 4 to 3 against the permit.
The Cassgram reports several Swallow Hills residents oppose the business and voiced their concerns during the public hearings before the planning commission and city council. There are some who supported the permit application. (previous reports in archives 1/23/13 & 2/5/13)
Since the last meeting, in a letter to the city administrator dated February 13th City Councilman Doug Derby said he reconsidered his February 4th position opposing the permit application and asked that the matter be placed on the February 18th agenda.
At the beginning of the meeting, Mayor Mike Bowman announced that there would be "no comments—pro or con" allowed from the public on the permit issue unless it was "absolutely pertinent new information." Heather Anschutz walked to the podium and said she wanted to explain why—citing Robert's Rules of Order—there could not be a motion to reconsider. Pounding the mayor's gavel, Bowman said he is fully aware of Robert's Rules of Order and said the reconsideration had been "discussed at great length" and asked Anschutz to be seated.
"I disagree," said Anschutz, still at the podium. The mayor asked police to seat Anschutz.
Police Chief Steve Rathman and Captain Dave Murdoch positioned themselves on each side of her and asked her to be seated. She stayed at the podium. Rathman and Murdoch then grasped her by her elbows and began to move her back toward her seat. She pulled away slightly. Rathman advised her she could face arrest. Anschutz then seated herself. "Arbitrary and capricious," she argued from her chair.
Derby made the motion to reconsider. That passed unanimously. So did the new motion to grant the permit. The council made two changes to the restrictions (archives 1/23) suggested by the planning commission. The lessons can only be held Tuesday through Saturday and the city administrator will formulate plans for making the quarterly inspections of the operation during the first year.


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Tower Club Shipment: February 21, 2011
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Suggested Pairing: 2009 Domaine Pinot Gris, Clone 146
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Suggested Pairing: 2009 next: Pinot Noir and 2008 Pfeiffer Pinot Noir
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TC Recipe: Seared Salmon over Honey Apricot Couscous
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Time for some traffic problems on Shea Bridge.
Many believe New Jersey governor Chris Christie is eying a 2016 presidential campaign, but the lifelong Mets fan admitted Friday that he has another dream job in mind.
"I would love to be general manager of the Mets," he told WFAN radio's Boomer and Carton show. "If Sandy (Alderson) would put his crap in boxes and get out of there now, I'd be happy to go there now."
...The team is 21-25 on the season after losing six of their last eight games. Christie seems to take the losses pretty hard.
"I texted my son after they lost one of the games this week: It is impossible to watch," he said. "It is impossible to watch. Just when you care about them as much as I do, it's hard to watch sometimes."
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I note that both #12 & 13 both assert that Christie was personally involved in the bridge closure, but that has not been determined.
I mean seriously, are there actual people delusional enough to honestly think that Christie had nothing to do with bridgegate?
I note that both #12 & 13 both assert that Christie was personally involved in the bridge closure, but that has not been determined.
But who's going to want to vote for a leader whose response to the scandal essentially boils down to, "How the #### should I know what my direct subordinates were doing, or why they were doing it?"
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Manuella J. Keller died peacefully on Oct. 13, 2013, at age 85, of Bayville, formerly of Hollis, NY. Beloved wife of the late Edward. Loving mother of Dean (Jeanne), Mark (Mary), and Paul (Maggie). Cherished grandmother of MAK, Amanda, and Maxwell. Dear sister of Joan Callaghan (James), and Kathleen Ranc (Ronald). Also survived by loving nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. Funeral Services are Private. Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Oyster Bay Funeral Home. www.oysterbayfuneralhome.com


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For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong. When an accident leaves Kivrin trapped in one of the deadliest eras in human history, the two find themselves in equally gripping - and oddly connected - struggles to survive.
Deftly juggling stories from the 14th and 21st centuries, Willis provides thrilling action - as well as an insightful examination of the things that connect human beings to each other.
©1992 Connie Willis; (P)2000 Recorded Books
"Ms. Willis displays impressive control of her material; virtually every detail introduced in the early chapters is made to pay off as the separate threads of the story are brought together." (The New York Times Book Review)
"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope....The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers." (The Denver Post)
"A Haunting First Book in the Series"
I mistakenly read this series out of order starting with book 2 first. That book "To Say Nothing of the Dog" was an upbeat, funny, and happy experience. The title of this book should be a warning to future readers--"Doomsday". Don't start this book thinking this will be a happy listen. Very long, repetitive, plodding and detailed. That said, I admit I still couldn't stop listening. Time travel and enthralling stories that alternate between past and future. Characters are developed into people that captivate and make the long hours of listening possible. A thoughtful look at time, perception, life, illness and epidemics. A perfect example that even a grueling book can be worth a listen.
"Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting"
Now more than ever, I am recommending that everyone I know listen to this book. It is an amazing, satisfying, beautiful and terrible story mostly about a time traveler who is trapped in a small medieval village that is stricken by the plague. Meanwhile, current day Oxfordshire is also suffering from an especially virulent flu and attendant quarantine. The book was written in 1992 and much of the action takes place in a squalid, medieval village and yet it is all terribly timely. The characters and setting are beautifully written and this is one of the most moving books I've ever had the pleasure of reading or listening to.
Three more selling points for this great book: 1) I love a good, long book from Audible and "Doomsday" is a wonderful 26 hours and 30 minuets of listening to one of my favorite narrators, Jenny Sterlin. 2) "Doomsday won a Hugo Award in 93 and Nebula Award in 92 and 3) Connie Willis has written another book with some of the same characters that is much lighter in tone yet still very worth reading and a good way to recover from the terrible, searing beauty of "The Doomsday Book". That other book is also available on Audible :"To Say Nothing of the Dog"
Listen to "Doomsday" first, save "To Say Nothing of the Dog" to cheer you up and you can then finish off with Jerome K Jerome's sweetly funny "Three Men in a Boat". There- I've just come up with a great plan for your next 50 or hours of Audible listening. You can thank me later. After you've thoroughly enjoyed all of these amazing books.
"WELL DONE...but a real bummer"
I listened to this on vacation and the beach, and it promised to be pure, guilty-pleasure ear candy. I was not disappointed by the writing, the concept, or the reading (the narrator is fanTAStic).
However, I would put a warning label on this that the whole second half of the book is (vague spoiler alert) sort of a sinkhole of depressing events. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone looking for a "pick-me-up" or a happily-ever-after type story.
I guess a book about the plague wouldn't be a typical candidate for that anyway, but for history buffs like me, taking a time machine back to the Middle Ages sounds like such a "fun" idea...and this just isn't a "fun" story.
Still, DEFINITELY worth a read...when you're in the right mood for a downer.
"Don't let the bad reviews stop you!"
I loved this book! I listened to another Willis book "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (also an award winner) and enjoyed it immensely. Then, I debated downloading this one. The terrible reviews almost stopped me - but I'm so glad I didn't listen to them. I imagine fans of action/adventure-oriented Science Fiction would not appreciate it. However, if you like more character-oriented scifi, historical novels and British literature, you are likely to enjoy this as I did. I agree that the narration isn't especially outstanding, but I found it perfectly adequate. The characters are very well-developed and many are truly lovable. Try it!
"Vivid, Emotion-Filled Time Travel Drama"
This is one of my all time favorite audible listens. The story takes place in a not-too-distant near future in which time travel is possible under tightly controlled conditions within a university setting. A history graduate student named Kivran has prepared intensively to travel back to the early 14th century, learning the languages and practical and social skills for the period. In the present day, elaborate immunization protocols have eliminated illness. Part of Kivran's preparation involves health enhancements to protect her from medieval illnesses of her targeted time drop.. Her time drop is scheduled for about 30 years ahead of the black death's lethal sweep through England and Europe.
But! As it happens, a fatal flu epidemic is just getting started in Oxford as Kivran's time drop is being put in motion. The key technician for the drop is already losing cognitive focus, being (unknowingly) in the early stages of the flu. Due to decreased focus, he makes an error in the program, and Kivran ends up in 1348, just in time to be in the path of the plague.
At the same time, the flu epidemic sweeps through the story's present-day Oxford, thus incapacitating the key personnel for correcting the mistake.
This is not an unfamiliar plot device for a time travel narrative---a person getting "lost" in the past. What makes it a great story is the way the increasing intensity of the characters' development, in both the present and the past streams of the story. That, and the superb narrator, whose voice brings to life a 14th century priest, a future/present day 14 year old boy, an anxious middle aged don, a 7 year old medieval girl, and an initially fearful but increasingly dismayed yet unfailingly courageous Kivran--who finds herself drawn into the real human lives of the people of the little 14th c. village in which she finds herself.
I found this a very moving, engaging, thrilling, and poignant story. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction and character-driving time travel.
"Did not live up to the hype"
After reading a whole slew of exited, glowing reviews, I optimistically downloaded this book. Sadly, as I slogged through the narrators bland reading, I came to realize this was not nearly the book I had hoped it would be. The time spent in the 'present' is a particular snooze, with me wishing for a switch back to the middle ages, where I at least felt I could learn something new. Indeed, this was the book's only redeeming feature--Connie Willis must have either quite an imagination or is a very thorough researcher. I was very interested in her descriptions of middle age life and customs, and the statistics of the plague she cited were also very interesting, humbling, and downright scary. For this reason alone I gave the book 2 stars and not one. As another reviewer stated, this book is also rather a downer...I'm not the fluffy feathers and floating hearts type but man...I was a little depressed at the end of this story. If you really want a wonderful time travel book, download Stephen King's "11/22/63". The reader is LIGHT YEARS better and so is the story. Don't waste your time on this downer/snoozer.
"fantastic novel"
I'd read this book a couple times on paper already, so I knew it was long and layered...and feared slightly that an audio version might make it more confusing, but it didn't. The narrator did a great job of conveying the story and maintaining clarity.
"A Great Story with Wonderful Characters"
This story takes a while to get going, but stick with it, as it is the best audible book I have listened to with only one exception (The Company). But this story has better characters and is recommended for both Science Fiction fans as well as those who enjoy history. Indeed, this story has the same historical depth and feeling as Ken Follett's The Pillars of Earth. The reader is great and adds much to the quality of the experience. This is Connie Willis' best book. After the first third, you will not be able to put it down, and skipping work to listen to it is compulsory.
Retired to mountains of California. Sell on eBay as Prsilla. No TV. Volunteer in wildlife rehab. Knit, sew or embroider while listening.
"Sobering Trip Back in Time"
This book is a Medieval cliff-hanger. It rings true to an English major and history buff. It switches between centuries very well. It is full of maddeningly slow procedures, difficulties, barriers, enforcers of rules, people (and cows) who only get in the way, who don't know or won't say. I loved all the different characters of all ages in both centuries and an appreciation of each person's life fitting into the whole story. Do not listen on a rainy day, especially if you are depressed already; and try to have some knitting to do or you might bite your fingernails. While the book has descriptions of rare beauty and magnificent fine character and noble acts, it is also not really a pleasant journey. With less than hour to go, there are still miles to cover in the snow and people to find. A beautifully crafted story, but unlike many really good reads, you're quite relieved when it's over. And I am sure I will listen again. P.S. Nobody milked the cow.
knitting and listening to Audible = perfect way to spend time!
"intriguing blend of history and science fiction"
I downloaded this book after hearing an interview on Audible. I was very pleased with my selection and found it hard to stop listening! Both the writer and the reader made the characters and place come alive.
If you like history, even if the Middle Ages isn't your area of expertise, you will like this story.
"enthralling tale of time travel"
do not be put off by the old fashioned start to this book as it improves as it goes on and the plot unfolds. I will be searching out another book by this author. Agreat listen
"You have to listen to this"
This book is excellant. So many superb twists and turns it makes you want to keep listening. It'll make you laugh cry and smile like the village idiot whilst sat on the bus. The interaction of the characters is so fatastic would definately recommend. A must listen to.
"Disappointing comedy of manners"
This listener found Jenny Sterlin's voice flat and uninteresting, which was a drawback for such a long book. There's also a passage of a few paragraphs which gets repeated in the first section of the download, an indication of a lower standard of audio production than most recent Audible recordings.
As for the story itself, I was very disappointed. The pace is extremely leisurely and while the depiction of the pettiness of academic life is mildly amusing, the story failed to grip. Every time I was getting into it, I found myself shaken out by jarring inaccuracies of language or geographical detail. Clearly, these haven't bothered other listeners, but this one found that they severely impeded his ability to suspend disbelief.
A British character who refers to cars as "automobiles"? Cases that are called "valises"? A hospital accident and emergency department called "Casualties" rather than "Casualty"? A pub in the centre of Oxford which is nearly empty a few days before Christmas?
The geography is particularly bad. The heroine, who has travelled back to the fourteenth century to a location 10 miles west of Oxford, imagines that she might be able to see the sky glow of London "50 miles away". From that location, mediaeval London would be 70 miles away. I can't imagine much of a sky glow at that period but, besides, the Chiltern Hills would have blocked any such view even had it been available.
In her cover story, she is supposedly travelling from Yorkshire to Evesham via Oxford, which is a strange and indirect route to take, and is travelling on the road from Oxford to Bath, which runs in entirely the wrong direction.
Such details are individually trivial but cumulatively produce an impression of an author who really doesn't know Oxford and has a poor grasp of British idiom.
I was hoping for history and adventure, but while these are present, they are mostly subordinated to a mild and uninvolving comedy of manners. Disappointing.
"Loved it"
I am certainly no historian and do not know much about the medieval ways of life but this book is very well written, well read, entertaining, impossible to put down. It certainly made me go to the library and start reading about that period in the history books!
"A Smashing Book"
I am not going to comment on how this book is written because I am not qualified to do so, but as an avid reader I do know what I enjoy. This book was one of the best books I have ever read, and as my eyesight is deteriorating now, I shall be purchasing this book so that I can listen to it as much as I wish. Thanks Audible for making it available.
"One of the best simply!"
This is something unusual, a well written really engaging historically true story that simply is almost perfect!
"Bellow Par"
I'm slowly working my way through award winning science fiction and I was really excited about this book. I have a degree in Medieval History and this seemed to combine my two favorite reading genres. The book however was very disappointing. I can't flaw the history, but the story was so dire. No humor, no passion, no excitement. It was mundane banality. I closed the book with a profound feeling of depression and anti climax. I found it difficult to relate to any of the characters, and often found my self wishing that the book would get to the point. I won't give a one star review. That is reserved for tripe such as Jordan's numerous biographies, but I would not recommend reading this book.
"Grueling in places but worth it"
A book about time travel to the Black Death from a future world suffering a pandemic was never going to be exactly cheery. This one is so well written it gets very bleak without being gratuitous. Its also often funny. And I couldn't stop reading, even when I was crying. I HAD to see it through. There were times I wondered if anyone would make it out of the book alive. Be warned, you'll think you can see what's coming and you will often be wrong. Many twists and turns. Ultimately I found the ending satisfying. Connie Willis makes you like the characters, in spite of their many flaws, so that you are sucked into their experience. Jennie Sterlin is a wonderful narrator for this story and I never got lost about who was speaking.
"History and time travel and grime."
I really enjoyed the premise of this story, the whole idea seemed quite plausible if the science exists, which it doesn't yet, unless the Historians are here observing and I haven't spotted them. There's no science in this sci fi story as it focusses more on personality and the interaction of the characters and here's where the problem lies for me. Connie Willis makes them really stupid at times and they repeat themselves unnecessarily. I felt I wanted to get hold of the editor, if there was one, give them a good shake and have them excise the extraneous, repetitive mental maunderings. Is there an abridged version? Jenny Stirlin did a sterling job (pun intended) and I applaud her narration, she made this very long story come alive. Also on the plus side, the 14th Century in all its archaic, smelly, dirty, winteriness is very well described. There is some lovely medieval language which flavours the whole book, and the medical aspects were obviously researched, except for the rude, unobservant 21st century nursing staff who annoyed me as well and yes, I do know what I'm talking about as I am in the medical field. Oh its the occasional outbreaks of stupidity of the people inhabiting this book that annoyed me so much, possibly needed as a plot device to move the story along? If so it didn't work for me. I had heard Connie Willis's sequel to this book; "All Clear" first and although there was annoying repetition in that shorter book, it was an easier listen and I enjoyed it, which is why I chose "Doomsday Book". Maybe there was better editing in "All Clear" or Connie had whittled her writing style, anyway be forewarned and forearmed, this is a good book if what bothered me doesn't bother you.
"Wonderfully swept along with the story"
I love the mixture of time travel, history, university politics, science and health in a great story that moves between the middle ages to now in and near Oxford UK. Good main characters and terrific narration too. Very sad to reach the end of it.
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Seth concludes his whirlwind tour of haunted attractions with a visit to Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream
Published: October 27, 2011
The remaining three haunts are holdovers from last year, and all are a little lacking compared to their younger brethren. Also returning is Alone, the appointment-only maze you experience on your own (or with up to three friends). The highly theatrical haunt, filled with interactive actors and the park's most impressive effects, hasn't changed significantly since last year, aside from a brief tacked-on tunnel finale that may give portly visitors pause. So my verdict is the same as last year – it's the best haunt in any area theme park, and arguably worth the extra $40 for hard-core fans.
Howl-O-Scream doesn't have Universal's artistry or technology, but they've got what counts – old-fashioned scares. Walking the park's foliage-choked paths, you're guaranteed to be startled when a band of zombies (in surprisingly effective makeup) stagger out of the fog. It's like the difference between an A-list studio feature and a 16-millimeter exploitation flick shot in someone's backyard. I know which one is more likely to make me jump.
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The Tavern
- Address:
519 North Milwaukee
Libertyville, IL 60048Neighborhood:
Mundelein – Vernon Hills - Libertyville
- Cuisine:
SteakPrice: $31 to $50
The Tavern
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.libertyvilletavern.com/
- Phone: (847) 367-5755
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm Friday & Saturday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, American
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, Wine
- Entertainment: We feature live music at our sister restaurant, The Firkin, located right next door, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Call 847-367-6168.
Getting there
- Public Transit: The restaurant is one-and-a-half blocks south of the Libertyville station on the Metra Milwaukee District North Line: http://metrarail.com/Sched/md_n/md_n.shtml
- Parking: Public Lot
- Parking Details: The restaurant faces Milwaukee Ave., but entry is from the municipal parking lot behind the building. Access to the lot is on the north side of Cook Ave., west of Milwaukee.
A word from The Tavern
From hanging glass beads to architectural artifacts and an original Brunswick bar painted in gold and turquoise, this is clearly not your father's steakhouse. The Tavern's menu features USDA prime beef, Australian Wagyu, organically raised Uruguayan beef, and organic free-range chicken, diver-caught Maine sea scallops, assorted fresh fish, cold water Rock Lobster Tails, and in season: oysters from both coasts, the Alaskan king salmon run, live Maryland soft shell crabs, morels, chanterelles, and porcini from hunters in Oregon and Washington, and fresh produce from local county farms. An award-winning wine list featuring over 1,200 selections, a great wine by the glass assortment, and an unusually well-stocked bar round out the Tavern's beverage program. And Now… The Tavern has moved to a new level. In preparation for the soon to be opened Tavern Lounge, The Tavern Dining Room has moved to newly remodeled and redecorated quarters upstairs.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Ambiance
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Service
- Diners' Choice WinnerNotable Wine List
The Tavern reviews from OpenTable diners
69 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.6
- Ambiance4.4Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (42)neighborhood gem (40)fit for foodies (38)romantic (37)notable wine list (31)vibrant bar scene (11)good for groups (8)hot spot (4)late-night find (3)scenic view (2)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- Outstanding foodFrankDined on 11/8/2014Fantastic menu. Chicago downtown at 1/2 the price and dramaSpecial Features:
- Great service good foodTheBecksDined on 10/24/2014I heard about the Tavern and was curious. It had three stars for the price. I felt the for the price it should have the sides included. If I want to spend $35 + for a meal I expect the sides to be included. The wine list and deserts were good but the price will bring me back. Staff could not have been nicer. Only the price will keep from us going back.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 10/18/2014Wonderful! Very accommodating to our needs. Fabulous ambiance with a great wine list. We will definitely be going back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best in town? It just might be.TraubenvileDined on 10/16/2014In the unlikely event you're not sure, Tavern is the little place right next door to Firkin - both of which are on the west side of Mainstreet Libertyville, just north of Cook Park. Like Firkin, it has an interesting beer menu (though not as extensive and more heavily reliant on bottles). Unlike Firkin, the focus is fine dining - specifically steak. Wagyu is an available option, but it's nowhere near the best that's available. That said, the "regular old" 8oz filet (for example) is still likely to be one of the best you've ever had. The service is omnipresent without being overbearing. The wine and beer lists are very good. The desserts ...that might be the one weak spot. Still, there's an argument to be had that Tavern is the best in town.Special Features:
- The Tavern or Grandma's House???Ddrum11Dined on 10/15/2014Wifes 30th Birthday.Parking, forget it. Entrance thru the back walking thru the bar to get upstairs, felt strange. Got seated, looking around this place looks like an identity crisis? Irish Grandmas house with nick knacks & strange decor everywhere.SERVICE? HELLO? THESE GUYS NEED SOME TRAINING BIG-TIME. Not personable whatsoever. Claimed to have over 1200 wines, my wife loves popular Moscato they didn't have it. Stale bread at the table, while a server passes around cold bread sticks, WHAT? RIDICULOUS. Now for the Order I had the 24 oz ribeye & my wife had the 8 oz ribeye with some sides potatoes & asparagus. Steaks where decent but not for the money, your far better off going to Mortons or RuthChris. What a mistake, Go somewhere else.
- Great ambiance--decent foodlocaldinerDined on 10/13/2014I love the dining room at The Tavern! The decor is straight out of 1890. The wait staff is cheery and competent. Sadly, my wild Alaskan halibut was only so so. My husband's 8 oz prime New York strip was excellent, but he would have preferred to have it without the mushroom sauce.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 10/11/2014We were seated in a quiet room upstairs which was perfect because we needed to talk. The overall atmosphere was very upbeat. My husband and I had not been there in years and we would go back in a heartbeat!! The 2 guys had the bone in ribeye and said it was done perfectly. I had the pasta with shrimp and scallops -perfect!!!I would recommend this to a friend.
- OkIknowfoodDined on 10/3/2014Very nice atmosphere. Service was excellent. Food was WAY over priced. I hade the Kobe beef. It was over cooked and flavorless. The raw beef appitizer had a huge nerve running through it making half of it a waste. The aspiragus was delicious.Special Features:
- Great food and serviceJayhawkSwedeDined on 10/3/2014Consistently great food and service - we go here most years for our anniversary (and several other times during the year, too!).Special Features:
- Consistently GreatdgompertDined on 10/3/2014Been a year or two since my wife and I had visited this place and it didn't disappoint this time either. Service and Food were fantastic, wine list is quite good as well. It's a little on the expensive side but not outrageously so.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/27/2014Four people at table all thought food was very mediocre, nothing special. Service was very good. Decor is quite different and UN- impressive. Won't return. If I want to pay $40+ for a steak, I'll go to a great steakhouse.
- TavernOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 9/27/2014Selected this restaurant for our 22nd anniversary - really enjoyed the ambience and the food and service were also awesome. We will be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Birthday CelebrationTobleroneDined on 9/27/2014We have not been to the Tavern in some time and were a little disappointed that the quality of the food was not as good as we remembered. The Sea Bass lacked flavor and the free range chicken was somewhat dry. We did like the Steak Sashimi though. Service was excellent and I was impressed that when the food came out of the kitchen, it was hot, not lukewarm.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very goodDiner2Dined on 9/26/2014We had not been to TheTavern in about 8 years. I found the food to be fantastic and the service excellent. It is a nice spot for a suburban special occasion dinner. Everything was prepared extremely well. The atmosphere is unique but the noise level is quite high. I did not appreciate the greeting from the maître d. As we entered he said, oh your 15 minutes early, we will have to see what we can do. There was only two tables seated, every other table was open. Not a great greeting for a service industry professionalSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great local gemJefeDined on 9/13/2014First time eating here. Ate up stairs where the atmosphere was very nice. Service was very good and wasn't disappointed in anything. It was quiet upstairs compared to eating downstairs where the bar was a lot more energetic. Romantic upstairs and more casual downstairs. Will go back and will recommend to everyone. It is expensive but worth it.Special Features:
- Great nightWiebesRantDined on 9/13/2014Our first time here. I set a reservation via opentable for 4 to celebrate our 25th. The upstairs is incredible, beautiful room. Food was outstanding as was the service. Not to bad on the pocketbook, about $75 per person with a couple drinks each and an APP. Highly recommended for a nice night out for adults.Special Features:
- SPECIAL PLACEMisterBDined on 9/10/2014Wife and I went here for anniversary dinner and were not disappointed. Flamboyant, baroque interior decoration reminiscent of Russian Tea Room. Location upstairs from lounge adds to exclusivity of experience. Multiple crusty breads offered with two spreads. Spectacular menu goes on and on, with plenty of daily specials ... foie gras (her) and pureed artichoke soup (me) were exquisite, followed with dry-aged strip (her) with wild mushrooms, and halibut adorned with asparagus and herbs (me). Steak was grilled extremely rare per her order. Creamed spinach was overly salty, seemed as though it was thickened with grated Parmigiano, the only disappointment; but frankly restaurants are all over the place on that recipe.Special Features:
- deliciouslvillesteakeaterDined on 9/6/2014my date & I both had steaks that were some of the best we've ever eaten. I had the Tavern Filet & it was melt-in-your-mouth delicious. it was my first time having foie gras & I can't believe what I've been missing out on my whole life! my date had the 24 oz bone-in ribeye & he really liked his food too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Classic but...micjDined on 9/6/2014Tavern is ok but very high prices for the quality. Steaks are $45-60, rack of lamb $44. All sides a la carte. That's pretty steep and it's really nothing special to warrant that price. Very old school ambiance (dim, lots of dark wool, etc). The wine list is large but bottle list is filled with very high priced bottles. $39 bottles (lowest I remember) are sparse and many are over $200. The cocktails are very average. Got a Manhattan. It did not use premium bourbon, vermouth or maraschino cherry. This is a "good" restaurant but really needs to be re-tooled either justify the prices or lower the prices. I think if there was another modern "steak house" in the Libertyville, The Tavern, in it's current format, would have to change to survive.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/6/2014Servers were very attentive--Fernando was amazing. Food was delicious and atmosphere perfect. Great nightSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice for a special nightOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/5/2014We went for our anniversary and it was as classic and predictable as you could ask. The service was top notch, most of the food was off the chart wonderful (one dish was only so-so to our liking. It was perfectly prepared, but just not perfectly to our liking). The wine list was overwhelming. For our ilk, it is a special occasion dinner only. I'm not complaining. I knew what I was getting into.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful experience!MiamiGirlDined on 8/30/2014We went for dinner as a small group. The upstairs feels like an eclectic tavern - mood lighting - with a great ambience for talking and enjoying company. The wine list was great and had affordable, delicious choices! The salmon was to die for....so tasty! We did not have room for dessert this time - but will try to save room next time. The bar area downstairs looked very quaint - set up in cozy groupings. I would like to try that area with the small plates on a girls' night out soobZ. Overall just delightful!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DishwasherBirthdayDined on 8/30/2014The dishwasher must be old. It is very noisy in an otherwise quiet place. Buy a new dishwasher!Special Features:
- Continental BobBobboDined on 8/29/2014Third trip to The Tavern. Each has been quite good. The food is very good and the menu almost too extensive! A bit pricey but worth every penny. Each time we leave the downstairs bar is hopping! Probably the best restaurant in Libertyville and if you seek to impress, they will not let you down.Special Features:
- EngagementMoose24Dined on 8/22/2014I asked my girlfriend to marry me on a Friday night. I had a reservation and spoke with someone about setting up flowers and having a champaigne toast ready. All of this was set up, and they had the flowers I brought placed on the table. The waitstaff was all very nice and police. They said congratulations and made the evening feel very special. The wait-staff bothered us only when we seemed to be wished to be bothered and gave us enough space to enjoy the evening together. Overall we had an amaizing time, and they allowed us to pace our own dinner and enjoy this special eveneing. I would recommend The Tavern to anyone for a special night.Special Features:
- Ideal eveningThirdLakeCoupleDined on 8/21/2014Went there to celebrate my wife's birthday. Had been there once before and thought it a good choice for a special occasion. Staff were friendly and attentive without being intrusive. Great wine list. Food was well prepared and presented.Special Features:
- Exceptional!HakalamaDined on 8/13/2014Great food! Very attentive but not over your shoulder wait staff. Not inexpensive but still a reasanble value for the quality.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Bone in Ribeye I Can RecallBoneDined on 8/8/2014Expensive. Ordered "charred medium". Crispy on the outside and medium perfection on the inside. Most places i oredr my steak like that they balk. Not these folks. Great service. Took care of us with out being all up in our business. Wifey loves the ambience. I am not good at this kinda stuff, but will say old school eclectic. Baubles and wood everywhere with out being obnoxious.Special Features:
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- Libertyville GemyogashortyDined on 7/26/2014Tavern is a great place for it's ambience and it's food. The steaks at the upstairs restaurant are melt in your mouth delicious. The quality is what you would find at Morton's but with a lower price tag. The decor is unique and the waitstaff very professional. Great for special occasions. the downstairs has a "lounge like" area for drinks and small appetizers. They have great cheeses to pair with wine. Downstairs is fun for date night or to meet up with other couples.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Top NotchPaulie916Dined on 7/24/2014Another great meal at the Tavern. The food quality is excellent. High grade meats always a special that does not disappoint. The servers are attentive to detail and very present.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A bit expensiveLikeToTryNewRestVIPDined on 7/18/2014Extensive wine list. Would consider the Tavern best for special occasion. Restaurant was upstairs and did no appear to have handicap access (but may have elevator that I did not see).Special Features:
- Great placeOpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 7/14/2014The food, drinks, and service were great. Everything was a little more pricey than I expected but it was a great experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AmazingDebi625Dined on 7/12/2014We went here for a birthday celebration and the service was absolutely fantastic, and the food followed in greatness!!! Perfect!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- TavernmetavernDined on 7/7/2014Overpriced. Poor Food quality. Noisy cleaning machinery during dinner
- LOVED IT!diningpairDined on 6/27/2014I've been here before but this was a girls night and it was so much fun! They were friendly, responsive and fun!!!! Would go anytime!Special Features:
- Average for the priceOnlyWithaGiftCertificateDined on 6/24/2014Had a gift cert so took my daughter and her BF. We're not used to this level of dining so didn't know what to expect for the prices. Ladies had the Tavern Chicken, roasted potatoes, vegetables and BF had the Flat Iron steak with mashed. I was surprised how big the serving sizes were but disappointed in the food because dishes we ordered all had an overabundance of oil or butter. I liked the flavor of the chicken but it was sitting in a lot of butter or oil, too rich to finish. Daughter didn't like the sauce on the chicken but the BF said the steak and mashed were good. The toasted bread served w/dip was moldy, found after we ate a few pieces, but was replaced when we told them. Probably won't return, food average for those prices.Special Features:
- It's a steakhouseJayjiaDined on 6/21/2014There wasn't anything wrong with the Tavern, but there was also nothing that blew me away. Considering the prices, I was expecting more blown away. My soft shell crab was tiny. I liked my steak (USDA Prime Delmonico) but my husband thought his Organic NY strip was no better than what we can make at home. The mashed potates looked good and the toping of chips was a nice touch but the potatoes themselves were very lumpy and slightly watery. Lacked the richness we were expecting from a steakhouse.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Eclectic vibe, delicious foodCeejay42Dined on 6/14/2014My husband and I like to come here for anniversaries. It's too pricey for a regular date night spot, but great for special occasions. The food is delicious, the ambience is great, and the service is pretty good too! Plus they usually give us a free dessert for our anniversary which is a nice touch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fathers Day CelebrationDeanDined on 6/13/2014We went there for an early fathers day celebration. With the festival going on, we were a little late due to parking problems. The staff was accommodating. The service was great, attentive but not overbearing. The food was very good. This was our first time at the Tavern and we will be going back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Once again!GeorgeDined on 6/12/2014We have been coming here for years & have rarely ben disappointed! The service is superb; the food is always perfect & Tom is an expert on wines! Amazing & incredible once again! The rack of lamb was delicious. Go there & enjoy!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Homebush Bay / Wentworth Point modern fully self-contained furnished apartments overlooking the water for short and long term rentals.
This waterfront furnished apartment is located on Bennelong Parkway Homebush Bay. Wentworth Point or Homebush Bay is a suburb located next Sydney Olympic Stadium and is accessible by bus, train and ferry from Sydney's CBD. All our Homebush Bay apartments face the bay and have water views and within a 10 minute drive to Parramatta, the second biggest business district.
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Madden telestrates family Thanksgiving festivities
OAKLAND — Retired head coach and broadcasting legend John Madden used his old telestrator pen to carve the Thanksgiving turducken at his home in Pleasanton Thursday. "First, Dad was telling us about the turducken using the turkey baster as a microphone," said Madden's son Chris. "He was going on about BOOM the different meats and BAM the ingredients in each layer of stuffing. Then he took his telestrator pen, which he carries around all the time, and started carving up the meat with that. It was disgusting." Madden worked as an NFL color commentator for 30 years and retired after the 2009 season. "I guess he doesn't know what else to do," said Chris. "He spends a lot of time out in the driveway in the Madden Cruiser, pretending like he is driving to a game. It's kinda sad." After carving the turducken, Madden then used the pen on his grandson Jacob's cheek to telestrate how he would eat his slice. However, the stray gravy ended up looking like a crude penis and testicles, creating tension at the table undetected by the oblivious ex-commentator.
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Climate change will be front and center at this week's United Nations Climate Summit. Late last year, the United Nations has released a benchmark study on the issue that further strengthens the suspicions many scientists already have -- that humans are making the Earth warmer which, in turn, is having disastrous impacts on everything from weather to sea levels.
Here's a look at climate change by the numbers:
95 percent -- How certain scientists now are that human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last half-century.
90 percent -- How certain scientists were that human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last half-century in 2007.
Other factors that could be contributing to climate change include changes in the sun's energy output, natural changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and natural changes in reflectivity like melting sea ice or increasing cloud cover, which affect how much energy enters the Earth's system.
10 to 32 inches -- The projected amount sea levels are now expected to rise by the end of the century.
7 to 23 inches -- The projected amount sea levels were expected to rise by the end of the century in 2007.
0.5 to 8.6 degrees -- How much average global temperatures are now expected to rise by the end of the century.
20 years -- The average period of time weather catastrophes, like Superstorm Sandy, are now expected to strike. Previously, these were called "storms of the century."
56.4 degrees -- The average global temperature in 1850.
58.2 degrees -- The average global temperature in 2012.
40 percent -- The percentage rise in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between the years 1750 and 2011.
275,000,000,000 -- The amount of ice in tonnes per year which "very likely" melted from the world's glaciers between 1993 and 2009.
2,000,000,000,000 -- The tonnes of carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere from fossil fuel burning, cement production, deforestation and land clearing between 1750 and 2011.
90 percent -- The percentage of extra energy in the climate system between 1971 and 2010 that has been taken up by warming oceans.
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Research Group: Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics
Head of Group: Professor Neil Sandham
The Group is engaged in leading-edge research in fundamental fluid dynamics, computational aeroacoustics, applied aerodynamics and flight dynamics. Our members include experts in theoretical, computational and experimental fluid mechanics and we aim to provide an environment in which these different approaches can be combined and focused on particular topics with practical relevance.
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Our research often involves the coordinated use of experiments and simulation, together with associated modelling and theory. Experiments are used to provide fundamental insight into fluid flow and enable validation of computer codes. One of our important research areas is exploring the improvement of computer simulation tools. Practical applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are often limited by numerical methods, flow models and a lack of data for validation. The principal difficulties relate to problems involving transition to turbulence and turbulent flow itself.
Recent progress in simulation techniques offers new opportunities for exploitation within the Group, which is at the forefront of developments in direct and large-eddy simulation of turbulence. Currently, there is no universally applicable CFD code. Our strategy is to develop codes suitable for particular fluid flow phenomena. As a result, we have considerable expertise in code development, validation and optimisation for different scalar and parallel computer architectures and we collaborate closely with high-performance computer centres in the UK.
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We continue to enjoy close connections with the aerospace industry and have achieved Defence and Aerospace Research Partnership (DARP) status in Rotorcraft Aeromechanics and in Modelling and Simulation of Turbulence and Transition for Aerospace. We also host the UK Turbulence Consortium, exploiting national high-performance computing resources for simulation of turbulent flows.
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Increasing the performance of heat recovery systems using high pressure ratio Organic Rankine Cycle Turbines
Engineering of surfaces for drag reduction in water with validation using computational and experimental methods
Modelling next generation CROR aircraft
Minimising the environmental impact of advanced aircraft designs
Universality of fine-scale turbulence
Towards biologically-inspired active-compliant-wing micro-air-vehicles
Turbulent spots in high-speed boundary layers
Spectral leading-edge serrations for the reduction of aerofoil-turbulence interaction noise
Novel flow simulation methodologies for improved accuracy in unsteady CFD simulations
All Condition Operations and Innovative Cockpit Infrastructure
The effects of high speed flows on transonic turbine tip heat transfer and efficiency
Low-frequency unsteadiness of a shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction
Evaluation of CFD Methods on Slender Missile Configurations
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Ghirardelli Square is just a 4-minute walk from this central San Francisco hotel. It features an outdoor pool and an on-site restaurant. All guest rooms include free Wi-Fi and a cable TV.
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A few steps from the shops and restaurants of Fisherman's Wharf, this inn provides easy access to a variety of attractions along with comfortable accommodations.
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This hotel in Fisherman's Wharf is just 2 blocks from San Francisco's waterfront. It features an Italian restaurant and contemporary rooms with a flat-screen cable TV with Nintendo video games.
Score from 942 reviews Very good
Rooms look a little tired.
Good location, tidy
Room was too dark.
The bed was terrible. My back hurt the next day all day.
Location-all tourist attractions we wanted to see within walking distance Excellent staff, mentioned on checking out we were going to take a cable car ride before going to the airport and reception gave us tickets for a return ride Booked bus tours through concierge-v knowledgeable and gave advice on the best times/route to take
The location was great!
The room was a bit small.
The location is good, Fisherman's Wharf has everything you need. The staff was nice, everyone was really friendly and helpful. The sleep number bed was an unexpected pleasantry.
Poor ventilation, the room and hallway were really stuffy. Our room was noisy because it was located just above the street. If I'd known ahead of time I would have brought a fan to drone it out. The water in the shower didn't get hot. The carpet was wet in places where it was apparent a pet had recently relieved itself. It had been cleaned but not dried yet.
Close to fishermans wharf
Room very old. No restaurant in hotel. Would have been nice to have breakfast at least
Quick access to Fisherman"s Wharf
Small Bathroom
The location is 1st class
The cost of the parking is too high
Loved the comfy bed and pillows.
Hotel needs to be updated.
Location, and the lady at the desk...
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The location was great
Very tired, old and worn and no fridge to keep anything cold. It also did not have an outside smoking area within the hotel, you were expected to sit outside the front of the property
Location was great right near everything, cable cars, pier 39, room was clean with plenty of space, shower was good, bed was ok (was one of those new number beds which we only found the remote on the last night)
The pillows and no bar or restaurant
Very close to pier 39 and pier 33 (Alcatraz) Within walking distance. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
We were placed on the second floor which is adjacent to the parking lot. Lots of driver activity in the early morning. If you like sleeping in suggest a higher floor.
Excellent Location close to Pier 39, friendly and helpful staff and lovely clean and updated rooms
Some noise from street but it is to be expected in a busy neighborhood.
Very Central and the staff were helpful
it was fine it was what I expected
It is in a great location. Staff was friendly and efficient.
For the price, it was less than expected in quality and comfort.
There's an ihop next door
The rooms smell like urine. i had to buy a bottle of febreeze from the cvs on the corner.
Location, large rooms, good atmosphere. Side entrance to the wharf.
Noisy fan in bathroom, if this hotel was renovated then they forgot the tub in our room. One check in staff member was rude and her english was very ordinary.
Our room was comfortable. We were close to the water and the Wharf activities..everything was conveinient and easy. It could not have been more perfect!
The efficiency of the Staff! Nothing is too much trouble - even to changing rooms when they are available. On leaving I had forgotten to pack a shaver - a cleaner chased after me to return it. Safety of your possessions is assured - I had no problems which could be directly attributable to the hotel management or staff - quite the opposite !
Problems with noise at night! In both the rooms I was placed in I found that surrounding businesses were working throughout the night and voices shouting and clatter of what sounded like steel sheets clanging on the floor were heard very clearly and I am partly deaf. Clearly the hotel were powerless in solving that problem and I can only advise that you do as I did, ie:- TV on with low volume. There is, of course, the possibility that the noise was made during alterations to their properness and so not a permanent feature.
Location excellant
No breakfast available. Our room overlooked the street, so very noisey.
Excellent location, you do not need a car at all if you stay in this hotel.
The rooms on the street side are very noisy and they do get very warm early in the morning. The staff do not tell you that if you have a car you can actually park overnight for free anywhere just one bock inland.
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Lachrimae Antiquae [3'58]
Lachrimae Antiquae Novae [3'34]
Lachrimae Gementes [3'32]
Lachrimae Tristes [4'21]
Lachrimae Coactae [3'28]
Lachrimae Amantis [3'55]
Lachrimae Verae [4'09]
Semper Dowland semper dolens [5'33]
M. Giles Hobies Galiard [1'24]
Sir John Souch his Galiard [1'20]
Sir Henry Umptons Funerall [4'48]
Mistresse Nichols Almand [0'36]
M. John Langtons Pavan [3'28]
M. Buctons Galiard [1'27]
The Earle of Essex Galiard [1'19]
M. Henry Noel his Galiard [2'34]
The King of Denmarks Galiard [0'36]
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There have only been two occasions when English composers have profoundly affected the course of European musical history. The first was in the early fifteenth century when the motets, Mass movements and chansons of John Dunstable and his contemporaries became the models for subsequent developments in Flanders and Burgundy. The second was two centuries later, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, when a number of English composers and instrumentalists found work at northern European courts. They went abroad for three main reasons. Some, like Peter Philips and Richard Dering, were religious refugees, in flight from Queen Elizabeths persecution of Catholics. Some, such as William Brade and Thomas Simpson, were probably attracted by the lucrative opportunities available in the prosperous small courts and city states of northern Europe. Others were associated with the English theatre companies that began to tour the Continent in the 1580s and 90s following the 1572 Act of Parliament that restricted the activities of common players in interludes and minstrels. Henceforth, actors were forbidden to work in England unless they were under the patronage of the Queen or a prominent courtier.
John Dowland probably had mixed motives for leaving England in 1594. He had just been turned down for a post as a court lutenist, but he also had Catholic sympathies. He worked first at Wolfenbüttel and Kassel, and in 1598, after a second attempt to obtain a court post, he joined the group of English musicians in the service of Christian IV, King of Denmark. He remained in Copenhagen until 1606, though he visited London in the summer of 1603 on his own business, as a Danish court clerk put it. By 1603 he was one of the most famous lutenists in Europe and could reasonably have expected a court post in the wake of Queen Elizabeths death in March of that year, for the wife of the new King James I was Anne of Denmark, sister of Christian IV. In the event, it still eluded him, perhaps, as Peter Warlock once suggested, because Anne did not wish it to be thought that she had poached one of her brothers musicians. When he finally became one of James Is lutenists in 1612 he had long left the Danish court. Dowland probably hoped to attract Annes attention by dedicating Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares to her. In the dedication he states that he had access to your Highnesse at Winchester (the court was there in September and October 1603), and that he had twice tried to sail back to Denmark but had been compelled to winter in England by contrary windes and frost.
Dowland broke new ground with the publication of Lachrimae. At the time, dance music was usually written or printed in sets of separate quarto parts, but Lachrimae is a folio volume and has the parts for each piece distributed around each side of a single opening, so that in theory they could be performed around a table from a single copy. Dowland may have adopted this format, the one he used for his lute songs, because he included a lute part in tablature, which could not easily be accomodated in a small set of part-books. Lachrimae is certainly the first English collection of five-part dance music, manuscript or printed, to include a lute part, though lutes often appear in contemporary pictures of violin bands accompanying dancing.
Lachrimae is normally thought of as belonging to the English consort repertory, but part of it, at least, was composed in Copenhagen. In the dedication Dowland informed the Queen that it was written partly in her homeland: I have presumed to Dedicate this worke of Musicke to your sacred hands, that was begun where you were borne, and ended where you raigne. It is likely, in fact, that it was partly written for, and reflects the practice of, a group of English expatriates at the Danish court, including the composers and string players William Brade and Daniel Norcombe, the dancing-master (and presumably violinist) Henry Sandam, the harpist Carolus Oralii (an Irishman, Charles OReilly?) and, perhaps, Bendix Greebe (also known as Benedictus Grep), who may have been an Englishman, Benedict Greave or Greaves. Lachrimae is typical of the Anglo-German consort repertory in that great prominence is given to pavans. They take up most of the time in a complete performance, and attention is inevitably concentrated on the passionate pavans that open the collection. English expatriates tended to use the pavan for their most serious thoughts, perhaps because most were string players or lutenists rather than organists or choirmasterswho wrote much of the consort repertory in England and used the fantasy as their main form.
The collection is also typical of the Anglo-German repertory in that it is scored specifically for strings. According to the title-page it is set forth for the Lute, Viols, or Violons, in five parts. It is normally played today on viols, but professional string groups would have played sets of viols and violins as a matter of course, choosing the most appropriate according to circumstances. It is unlikely that Dowland intended the two families to be combined in a mixed consort; the normal practice was to use complete sets of instruments as alternatives on a musical menu, rather than as ingredients in a single dish. The whole collection can be played as it stands by the standard five-part violin consort of the time, consisting of a single violin, three violas and bassthe arrangement preserved well into the Baroque period by the French royal orchestra, the Vingt-quatre Violons. But one of the pieces, M. Thomas Collier his Galiard, has two equal treble parts and requires the more modern scoring of two violins, two violas and bass, and the situation is complicated by the fact that, with one exception, the pieces divide into two high- and low-pitched groups, about a fourth apart. The former (all the lighter pieces except Sir John Souch his Galiard) work well as they stand, but the rest are consistently too low to be effective on violins. Therefore we have transposed them up a fourth, which brings the seven passionate pavans into D minor, the key of the earliest consort settings of Lachrimae Antiquae. The exception, M. John Langtons Pavan, is midway between the two groups in its ranges, and so we have transposed it up a tone, the key chosen by Thomas Simpson for his consort setting, published in 1610. Professional instrumentalists at the time would have made such transpositions as a matter of routine to suit the ranges and the character of different types of instrument, and a number of sixteenth-century dances survive in more than one key, presumably for this reason. We cannot be sure why Lachrimae is divided into high- and low-pitched pieces, but an obvious possibility is that it reflects the different requirements of particular groups, perhaps in Copenhagen and London.
Lachrimae was drawn largely from music already composed by Dowland in other media. It was not uncommon for lutenists and keyboard players to produce consort versions of pieces they had already worked out for their own instruments. Thus, of the twenty-one pieces, eleven exist as lute solos, sometimes under different titles: M. Henry Noel his Galiard was also known as Mignarda, while there is an early version of M. Buctons Galiard with the title Susanna Galliard, a reference to the fact that the tune is derived from Lassuss famous chanson Susanne un jour. The King of Denmarks Galiard circulated in several early versions, as Mr. Mildmays Galliard and The Battle Galliard (the piece uses ideas drawn from several sixteenth-century battle pieces), and was finally published in 1610 by Robert Dowland in his Varietie of Lute-Lessons. The same publication also contains the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassels fine pavan in honour of Dowland, based on Lachrimae Antiquae. Robert Dowland wrote that it was from him sent to my Father, with this inscription following, and written in his GRACES owne hand: Mauritius Landgrauius Hessiae fecit in honorem loanni Doulandi Anglorum Orphei (Moritz, the Landgrave of Hesse, wrote it in honour of John Dowland, the English Orpheus). It is usually thought of as an original lute piece by the Landgrave, but the divisions are remarkably sophisticated and adventurous in style and were perhaps added by the dedicatee himself.
Some pieces in the collection were also well known as songs. The Earle of Essex Galiard, Sir John Souch his Galiard and Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard are in Dowlands First Booke of Songes (1597) as Can she excuse my wrongs, My thoughts are winged with hope, and If my complaints could passion move, while M. Henry Noel his Galiard appears as Shall I strive with words to move in A Pilgrimes Solace (1612). We have provided Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard with its pavan, from a recently discovered manuscript at Kassel. It (and a pre-publication version of Lachrimae Antiquae) are probably souvenirs of Dowlands activities at the Landgrave of Hesses court in the 1590s. Also, we have paired Sir John Souch his Galiard and M. Giles Hobies Galiard because they both borrow melodic and harmonic material from a galliard by James Harding, a piece that was often paired with Lachrimae Antiquae. Like most sixteenth-century publications of dance music, Lachrimae is organized by genre, the pavans followed by the galliards and the almans. The seven passionate pavans need to be heard as a sequence, but we have arranged the other pieces by key so that they form suites, with the graver pieces leading to the lighter, following the example of several collections in the Anglo-German repertory.
Lachrimae Antiquae, Dowlands most popular piece, circulated in many forms, and was published as Flow my tears in The Second Book of Songs (1600). We can presume, however, that the matchless sequence of passionate pavans that follow it are late works, perhaps written specially for the publication, for only one of them is found in another source. They are unique works, too, in another sense. Elizabethan composers frequently derived galliards from pavans, and it was common for pavans to allude to well-known examples of the genre. A good example is the third strain of Semper Dowland semper dolens (Always Dowland, always doleful), which has a synthetic cantus firmus in the manner of Peter Philipss famous 1580 Pavan. But only Dowland created a variation suite of seven pavans, linked by the opening four-note descending theme and by a subtle web of thematic and harmonic inter-relationships.
The precise significance of the Latin titles is not entirely clear. Lachrimae Antiquae (The Old Tears) and Lachrimae Antiquae Novae (The Old Tears Renewed) are straightforward enough, but it is not immediately obvious from the music why the others are entitled Lachrimae Gementes (Sighing Tears), Lachrimae Tristes (Sad Tears), Lachrimae Coactae (Crocodile Tears), Lachrimae Amantis (A Lovers Tears), and Lachrimae Verae (True Tears), though Lachrimae Tristes is certainly one of the saddest and most passionate of the set, and it may be significant that Lachrimae Coactae is a harmonic parody of it.
Lachrimae seems to have had little influence on the subsequent development of consort music in England. The fashion for grave pavans and galliards soon passed, to be replaced by the light almans, corants and masque dances of the Jacobean age. Yet Dowlands memory was kept alive on the Continent. Samuel Scheidt produced several elaborations of The King of Denmarks Galiard, doubtless attracted by its battle imitations, and a corrupt version of the tune of The Earle of Essex Galiard is still found in eighteenth-century Dutch collections.
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