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I'm slowly trying to write as many store reviews as possible about Starbucks locations with Clover brewers. Next up, the Renton Village Starbucks, which is located just south of Seattle. I dropped by this store recently (June 25, 2011), and decided to take a few pictures and check it out. Here's the address to the this store:
Starbucks store #374
601 South Grady Way #E
Renton, WA
(425) 227 9262
I arrived at about 12:15 in the afternoon, and the store was pretty busy. There was a steady flow of customers the entire time I was there, so I ended up not taking very many photos. This store has had a Clover since August 2008, and seems to be a hub of activity for south King County. It has been a long while since I visited this store. I remember dropping by shortly after the Clover was installed just to see it, and so I think it has been a couple of years since my last visit.
The partners were friendly, and I noticed that they had a sign up featuring the "partner of the month." I've always thought that was a nice touch for stores. Great partners should get center stage! The partner of the month was "Tracy." Congrats Tracy!
While I was visiting, I noticed a father and son playing checkers and drinking some beverages, nearly the entire time I was there. It would have been a very cute photo, however I didn't want to take a photo of them for obvious reasons.
For those who are interested, this store first opened brand new on March 11, 1995. It's a great store now, but it is not one of the newer LEED-registered "repurposed materials" style store designs. I wonder if this store will be getting a major remodel anytime soon.
Here are a few more pics of this store. Feel free to weigh in!


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How to stay awake during night feeds - part 5(1000 Posts)
Here we are
goat thanks, I could but am worried about putting the car seat in!
We are putting the Moses basket in the big cot tonight to start getting him used to it as he will be too big for the basket soon!!
Bed time not going well so far.......
First feed of the night here. Hoping DD will last for a few hours afterwards
mrsn a couple of weeks ago baby elvis would scream from 9-2am and would go down anytime during that time. I couldn't cope with that! Now around 8pm she has time on the mat kicking around with her nappy off, followed by bath if she is due one and then massaged every night with johnsons bedtime lotion. We then have a final feed in bed with the lights low. This has helped amazingly and she is usually asleep by 10. Sometimes she's too unsettled so it's later but not often. She's still really small (7weeks) so not strict but sending out the same signal every night has given us some structure. I can't stay awake until late at night, I'm rubbish at it!
Hope u all sleep well!
1 a.m. and I still haven't got to sleep. I don't know how I'm supposed to do anything in the day, looking after J is a full time job. DH made dinner but didn't do the washing up so I have that to look forward to once I get the kids to school tomorrow. I hope J finishes this feed soon so I can get a little bit of sleep before the alarm goes off.
1st feed of the night but just had a transfer fail just as I was nodding back off. Really hoping he goes through until gone 6, I can dream....
stunt you poor thing, maybe leave the washing up and get DH to do it when he gets home? I do very little housework at the moment as babyfunch often naps when we are out in the cat or the buggy so I am busy with her when at home. Luckily DH prefers the housework as he thinks he does it better!
heff the christening sounds lovely! DH is organising babyfunch's as I am an atheist but he is
making a right mess of it having some issues getting everyone we want and need there on a date when all are free, so it may be a way off!
Babyfunch has miraculously slept since we put her to bed extra early (after even a bath didn't wake her for long) so about 6.30pm until 3am! My boobs are exploding but I am a happy mummy...I just hope she sleeps some more tonight and can go this long a bit more regularly!
Sorry to hear some babies are such night owls...there doesn't seem to be much of a happy medium!
Oh dear, megavom situation....just had to change both of us!
Up again, I knew my three night good run wouldn't last.
Second feed finished 15 minutes ago and mini elvis is now lying in her Moses basket looking very much awake and as if she's having a great time. It's 4am!!!!! Sleeeeeep baby
1st feed since 11 so not too bad.
We need to get on the case with our christening too. DH is being awkward about it because I want it in the church we got married in which is near my parents and he thinks its too far for jus family to travel (north east to midlands). I'm of the opinion though that they have cars and if they want to come then its an extra hour on the motorway than it would be to where we live so makes hardly any difference. I'm going to get my way on this!
Lunch today was delicious and I got a Yorkshire pudding!!! I also had treacle tart and clotted cream for pud, mmmmmmmm yummy!
Attempting transfer. Expecting a fail!
Still up.....
What. A. Night.
Kid still can't really breathe very comfortably and still wants to tell the world about it. Unfortunately he has most of his voice back too! He wriggled and kicked and boxed and yelled and explained and rolled and scratched and did everything bar the hokey cokey. Then of course had a vom because he had worked himself up so much.
And today I have to go over to my old house and finish packing it up, because it will complete on Thursday. Well, I guess the upside of all this may be that he will be so exhausted that he will sleep and let me get on with things.
Sorry not to name check, am zombie-in-waiting.
Though at the thought of a curry-off!
Thanks Funch. DH got up early and did it! He still isn't forgiven though because he got up and turned the alarm off so now I haven't got time for a shower before I have to head out.
I didnt get a transfer fail so had another three hours. Amazing! Sorry for all those with bad nights.
Good luck packing today goat
Monday is house tidy day for us and then baby yoga later which I think I enjoy more than baby small!
Well well well ladies, my little star just slept from 11:30 until 9!! I woke at just after 7 and expressed a little then went back to sleep. Just what I have been needing!! Sorry to sound smug when there have been some rubbish nights! I'm still full of cold this morning but hubby has a half day to take me to the eye hospital later so will have an extra pair of hands this afternoon.
heff thanks for the link! They text at 2 to say they were just getting ready
elvis thank you so much! We try and have a routine and I take him upstairs at about half 8/9 so it's quiet and dark but sometimes I can be there 3 hours before he is down properly! I guess it just takes time, although I'm not really complaining when he then sleeps 9 hours!!
mrsn I am green with envy ;)! That is fantastic! Sounds like he's getting there! We found that DD just settled earlier as time went on so I wouldn't worry.
We've just bathed both of them as they were tired, much earlier than usual if DS goes down but figured as it usually takes an hour or 2 to settle him then I've got a head start! He's been very good today although naps were on me as DD had a friend over & they were playing happily
noisily upstairs!! Xx
Baby small is in bed and so am I as feeling poorly
I had to buy some salted caramel profiteroles to help me through the day they are delicious!
Just popped on to catch up before I go to sleep and small you have to tell me where I can get salted caramel profiteroles from-they sound amazing and I'm ravenous so could eat a million!!
Evening all!
I had my hospital appointment about my eyes today - they are making me another appointment with a surgeon to discuss my options! If it flares up again I can go straight in for bandage contact lenses
I also have an appointment tomorrow with my health visitor for a chat.
small oh yum - they are from M&S aren't they? I have to go there on Thurs so will be purchasing some
amey I hope so!
We are putting my baby boy in his big cot tonight for the first time, I feel a little bit sad
Erm, I feel a visit to M&S coming on
mrsn at least they are taking your needs seriously, good luck with the doctors!
DH has made a lovely dinner and we have shared a bottle of wine which is naughty, especially on a Monday. If babyfunch wakes up for a feed before the wine is out of my system I will have to defrost some ebm for her. Oops. Bad mummy.
My stepmum has come down from oop north to visit for the afternoon, and we have had a fab afternoon catching up and looking at ferry times and prices, booking a villa, and checking out vineyards near where we are staying on a family holiday to France for her 50th next year. It was lovely to spend time with someone who sees babyfunch as part of a wider family context and isn't just focused on her next feed....that probably sounds really odd but I know what I mean!
Better get me to bed as I can't depend on her sleeping straight through til 3am again! Good luck for the night everyone....
Yes m and s susieloo and they are on 3 for 2 and freezable. I have stocked up!
Sending this from my death bed..........feel awful. Poor DH has been banished to upstairs as I don't want him to catch it. And poor baby small who will no doubt get it. Unless its mastitis again which it might be as right up in my armpit is a bit sore but then it could be just part of the virus, will see how I go. If I don't return it's been nice knowing you.....................!
<melodramatic smiley>
There are times when I wish DH had boobs and tonight is one of them! DS has changed his mind and refused e earlier I'm so knackered I came to bed at 9 and he's just woke up - transfer fail, I need zzz! DH is sleeping already - I have never heard anyone breathe so loudly! I'm jealous of him getting 7 hours sleep in a row! I want some!! X
Refused ebm that's meant to say! X
small hope you feel better soon & its not mastitis! DH has been moping about like a wet lettuce with his cold all day , if i wasn't so tired I'd be more sympathetic towards him ;) x
I'm on the SECOND feed of the night already seemingly we are back to less than 2 hours Please let this just be a top up before an 8 hour stretch <wishful thinking smiley>
Last night was 2-3 hourly but then we had a wee leak and singing and dancing at 6.39 this morning so I brought her in with me and we slept til 9 😴(DD1 off again today but will be back tomorrow)
First feed since relatively easy bed at 6, he does seem very awake though and is talking to the man in the moon which went on for over an hour last night, sorry to hear of all the poorliness. I am on a kit day tomorrow and will be heading straight to m and s
Oh no small hope you're feeling better soon & its not mastitis again
We've just got home, journey not too bad after a dodgy start (spectacular vom-a-thon from babylump necessitating full change of clothes half way up the A30) DD1 has gone straight back to sleep upstairs but babylump is wide awake, although she was a really good girl and slept for the whole drive back (unlike DD1 who spent the first half yelling "mummy booobs, booooobs muummmyyy!!" [by boobs she means boots, as in the welly boots I had taken off her when she refused to stop chewing them... ]).
How are all the babies behaving tonight? mrsn hooray for your lovely long stretch last night
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And first the Bishop offered prayer for the sitting of Althing that was then to begin.
Then all was quiet until the time came for folk to ride to the Althing.
That you should adjourn this Althing so that every man here present may go out in search of the traitor.
There was no charge to put before the law-givers at Althing.
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But, Governor or no Governor, let Althing begin its sitting.
He laid the case to the Althing, and then returned to his ship.
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Enjoy free time in Santa Monica, where the hostel is located, and check out the famous pier or hit the beach. Consider booking pre-tour accommodation if you'd like to see all of the popular sights in the area.
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Diffusion loading and drug delivery characteristics of alginate gel microparticles produced by a novel impinging aerosols method
Hariyadi, Dewi, Lin, Sharon, Wang, Yiwei, Bostrom, Thor, Turner, Mark, Bhandari, Bhesh, & Coombes, Allan (2010) Diffusion loading and drug delivery characteristics of alginate gel microparticles produced by a novel impinging aerosols method. Journal of Drug Targeting, 18(10), pp. 831-841.
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Carl Herko
Vice President, Media & Public Relations
March 28, 2008
(PORTLAND, Ore.) – All of the greats from the pantheon of 20th century popular music – Rodgers & Hammerstein to Irving Berlin, Cole Porter to Duke Ellington – will be putting in appearances as Portland's own musical immortal, Norman Leyden, takes the podium Apr. 19-21 to lead the Oregon Symphony Pops audience on a sentimental journey down memory lane.
The final Pops concert of the 2007-08 season is sure to be a continuation of the decades-long love affair between Oregon music lovers and Leyden, the man who initiated the Oregon Symphony Pops series in 1970 and served as its Music Director for the next 34 years. Even now, semi-retired at the age of 90, Leyden is in his third season as the orchestra's Laureate Associate Conductor and still wields his baton on special occasions – like this one.
"A Sentimental Journey" is the concert's entirely apt title, appropriate because it features many of the tunes that were atop the hit parade when Leyden began his long and illustrious musical career as an arranger for the Air Force Band headed by a young major named Glenn Miller. Along the way, the journey will include stops for hits like Rodgers' & Hammerstein's Bali Hai, Porter's Wunderbar and Henry Mancini's Moon River.
Joining Leyden for the trip through the Great American Songbook are three vocalists who have performed with him many times over many years: Portland-area singers Susannah Mars and Reneé Cleland, as well as Richard Weidlich.
Three performances in downtown Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 19; 3 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 20; and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Apr. 21.
Tickets are available for $15 to $96 at the Oregon Symphony Ticket Office, 923 SW Washington St., Portland. Ticket office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets may also be purchased by phone at (503) 228-1353 or (800) 228-7343 during the same hours, or online at any time from the orchestra's web site, www.orsymphony.org.
Tickets are also available through ticketmaster.com or by calling (503) 790-ARTS. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more are available through the symphony's group sales hotline, (503) 416-6380. Student rush tickets are also available for $10.
The concert will also be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 22, at Willamette University's Smith Auditorium in Salem. Tickets for the Salem performance are available for $26 to $54 from TicketsWest, (800) 992-8499. Student rush tickets are also available for $5.
Media support for the concert is provided by Willamette Week and KEX radio.


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1. Re: Name not found Exceptionvladodias Jan 31, 2013 5:34 AM (in response to 891683)Hi,
It's looking the jndi name 'EBizDataSource' and it's not finding... Make sure you have a datasource with that jndi name properly defined and active in WLS console...
2. Re: Name not found Exception891683 Jan 31, 2013 5:51 AM (in response to vladodias)Hi Vlad,
Thanks for reply..
this is the current status of data source "EBIZDataSource"
Name Sorted Ascending Type Server State Active Connections Average Count Active Connections Current Count Active Connections High Count
EBizDataSource Generic soa_server1 Running 0 0 0
The current status of connection factory "eis/DB/DbAdapterEbsAltrndomain" is
Outbound Connection Pool Sorted Ascending Server State Current Connections Created Connections
eis/DB/DbAdapterEbsAltrndomain soa_server1 Running 1 1
What else i have to check, as I am not aware of this issue before?
Thanks in advance.
3. Re: Name not found Exceptionvladodias Jan 31, 2013 6:03 AM (in response to 891683)Check if the "jndi name" is exactly "EBizDataSource" case sensitive... Check also in the targets if it includes the server that you running, probably soa_server1...
4. Re: Name not found ExceptionNir Jan 31, 2013 6:05 AM (in response to 891683)Hi,
- Check correct DB schema name and password given to the Data Source (Services ->Data Sources->Configuration->Connection pool)
- Is this the first time you access to this data source?
- Check whether you have add the data source to Deployments -> Dbadapter and outbound connection pool correctly (correct spellings).
- Check the database timezone and the application server timezone whether both are the same.
Hope this helps..
Edited by: Nir on Jan 30, 2013 10:05 PM
5. Re: Name not found Exception891683 Jan 31, 2013 6:45 AM (in response to vladodias)Thanks for reply Vlad,
The jndi name configured properly as like xADataSourceName jdbc/EBizDataSource.
The target server is soa-server1.
Wat else i have to configure?
Thanks in advance.
6. Re: Name not found Exception891683 Jan 31, 2013 6:48 AM (in response to Nir)Hi Nir,
Thanks for your reply.
I have checked all the above settings told by you.
everything is correct.
Do i need to check anything else?
Thanks in advance.
7. Re: Name not found ExceptionNir Jan 31, 2013 6:54 AM (in response to 891683)Hi,
Is this the first time you are accessing this data source?
Try to create another test Data source (with less number of characters like EBSDS) try to access via that....
8. Re: Name not found ExceptionArik Jan 31, 2013 8:57 AM (in response to 891683)Sarala,
Please check the following:
1. Do other DB's connections works?
2. Can you run a simple bpel process that uses your EBizDataSource connection?
3. Did it work in the past or it failed on the first run?
4. Just to be sure - can you describe the steps of creating the conection in the WL (data source, conection pool etc...)
9. Re: Name not found Exception891683 Jan 31, 2013 9:11 AM (in response to Arik)Hi Arik,
Thanks for your reply...
I am using only one DB.
when i tested it before there were no issues.
Creation of connection pool:
Click on DB Adapter. It will open window for settings of DB Adapter.
Select Configuration tab and then Outbound Connection pools tab. The window will open as below.
add new instance by clicking on New tab.
Check the option button for outbound Connection group and click next button and add the JNDI name ex: eis/DB/DbAdapterEbsAltrndomain.
Click on finish, it opens a window with Path, Current Location and Deployment order. Click on save.
Creation of Data source:
On the home page of console, select data source.
Create a new generic data source.
Provide name and JNDI name and click on next.
Select oracle driver (oracle driver for instance connection version 9.0.1 & later)>next.
Click next on Transactions page.
Provide all the details on connection properties page like database name, host name, port number, user id, and Password and click next.
Click on test configuration, it displays message test connection succeeded. And click next.
Select soa-server and click on finish.
Data source is created.
Go to summary of data sources.
After the data source i screated, go to deployments>db adapter>connection pool > add the jndi name of datasource like jdbc/EBizDataSource and click enter>save.
Select the data source>configuration >outbound connection pools>click on advanced>check the Test Connections on Reserve check box> save.
Displays message like settings updated successfully.
10. Re: Name not found ExceptionArik Jan 31, 2013 9:55 AM (in response to 891683)Hi,
It looks ok beside that you need to create the data source first (not sure it is a problem but still...)
Can you create a simple bpel process and test the connection?
What you can do (just to be sure there is no corruption of the plan file) is recreate the DbAdapter - mark the DbAdapter deployment and delete it. After that create it again.
You will have to create the connection pool again.
11. Re: Name not found Exception891683 Jan 31, 2013 10:13 AM (in response to Arik)Thank u all!!!!
it is working fine...
I have updated the data source in AQ Adapter and restarted the server.


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dirty,damp,smelly rundown hostel,had to book out after 3 nights to find a real hotel.dont know how they get away with it.should be closed down,its a fire hassard to, no night staff its a joke
Not much! There was no where to park and I had to park the car a quarter of mile down the road, the was no lift, the rooms where in a shabby condition and the shared bathroom facilities where disguisting and to it all off we saw a cockroach in the breakfast suite and when we complained the staff were rude to us. Do not stay at this hotel its horrible!!!!
Staff was phenomenal!! Very helpful in every way, went, by far, the extra mile. Nothing
Nice area. The ceiling fell down on us in our room in the night!
nohot water in ensuit and either scolding hot or freezing cold in bathroom
The breakfast was good. There was no heat in the room. The handles to the heaters had been removed (obviously a budget concern). The blankets had pubic hairs stuck in them. The bed decor looked like it was used in a 70's porno movie.
The location was the only positive. We didn't want to stay there. The service was a disgrace. The room was tiny and didnt look clean. The fact that im getting charged for a room I didnt feel was sanitory enough to stay in.
Clean, comfortable, efficient Breakfasts adequate but could be better. (Eg nicer bread, more variety) Would push up the cost I guess.
Price Poor greeting on arrival - house rules read out with no welcome - a bit like going back to school
Staff were friendly and professional.
The room was quite big, It wasn't really clean and the breakfast was a little bit poor...
I did not like breakfast only being available between 8 and half eight
service and cleanliness
in center of small town close to all restaurants, friendly staff
Welcoming hosts Clean rooms with comfortable beds Good location
friendly staff, great food.
Good price, clean, recently refurbished. Good breakfast. Door is closed after 12 PM, then you have to wake up the receptionist if you want to go in.
The staff made you welcome and were always willing to help you. the hotel was in a good position to get to shops and places of entertainment, and also close to bus station and trains so you didnt feel like you were out of reach of anything.
no mirror in the room, TV was black and white (when it worked at all), there was no hot water in the sink in the room, there were only two toilets and two showers for the entire hotel.
I realize that I paid 20 pounds more than usual price just because I booked through U. The price was very high for the low vallue.
sptoless, friendly, cheerful atmosphere and made to feel very welcome - would definately stay again and recommend to friends and family
Very friendly owners (married couple)- most accommodating. Great breakfast. Location close to beach and restaurants, On-street parking voucher available from owners.
nicely decorated comfy, 5 star for a b and b the room is like a hotel (the room i stayed in was ) comfy bed nicely decorated clean warm room nice ensuite
Enjoyed every minute of our stay. Host were Excellent !
Large room. Very comfortable bed. Excellent value. Easy walk to both the seaside and town centre.
Linda and Sylvio were wonderful hosts, friendly and helpful, even lent my husband a kilt buckle for the wedding we were attending! The room was very comfortable with nice finishing touches and the location was perfect. Should also mention the excellent breakfast.
the Guest house was very nice friendly and comfortable well deserved of the 4 stars it has the food was Excellent and Silvio and Linda were a lovely couple making our wee stay very enjoyable would certainly recommend to friends and family .
very pleasant , food brill , staff great , clean, management very helpful ,my wife and i had an unforgetable honey moon , thank you
staff is excellent and rooms are soo neat and clean lovely and 5 mint walk from beach.... i love it na
cleaniliness of room, comfort of room, huge variety for breakfast, friendliness of staff, absolutely northing
our hosts and our great breakfast nothing
Location, cleanliness and tasty breakfast!
lovely big comfortable rooms with homely hospitality and excellent breakfast.
Nice clean room with friendly staff having breakfast bewtween 8:30 and 9:00 am on a Sunday is not great
The hosts were very welcoming. It was like staying in a friendly home. I shared my bed with a cuddly bear!
Freindly staff and clean room, central location
Owners most hospitable and did all they could to make our stay comfortable. Spacious room and delightfully quiet - we were at the back. Breakfast very nice. Question 1 reply to comfort ranges between good and excellent. It was a bit cold during the day before the central heating came on. When it did, it was very comfortable. Bed took a bit of sorting out as we did not realise at first that it was 2 singles put together, slightly different height! Fine otherwise. Two singles togethere is a comfortable idea.
The warm welcome on Day 1 and the personal attention that followed nothing
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Mozart's music still in tune with our times
Cheeky sod or not?
Tom Hulce as Mozart in Amadeus , the film
that added to the myth.
WHY IS Mozart the most famous, most unavoidable classical composer of all time? His music chimes in every Muzak-infested lift, his name appears in mobile phone predictive text, and he is probably the composer you hear most when put on eternal hold on the phone.
Certainly this has something to do with the success of Amadeus, both as superb play and glossily inflated film, which created for the last decades of the 20th century a fresh image of Mozart - the outsider, the cheeky genius who did not play by the rules. But his survival also has to do with the sheer power of his music, which seems able to accept so many different and even conflicting interpretations.
Is the great G minor Symphony No.40 a work of "Grecian lightness and grace" (which is how Schumann heard it), or is it a work of demonic power and tragedy, as so many conductors have interpreted it? Or is it a perfectly poised classical masterpiece? All these things can be true, depending on how we listen to the music.
The real appeal of Mozart's music is its emotional ambiguity, its ability to sustain different levels of meaning in performance and of response. Look at a Mozart chocolate wrapper, or a cheap Mozart CD cover: there you will find the superficial picture of the innocent child that has been such a potent force in our approach to Mozart. And you can hear works such as the Eine kleine Nachtmusik on that level, if you don't listen too carefully.
The idea of Mozart as a respectable, slightly unworldly figure was a creation of the early 19th century. Because he died young, in tragic circumstances, his story was romanticised with amazing speed into one of a neglected genius who suffered for his art. Mozart did suffer. He did die too young, when his musical achievement was far from finished.
But what is clear is that Mozart was not a neglected genius. His music was often appreciated; he was praised and admired from his earliest years as a keyboard
virtuoso, through the period he hated in the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg, to the emancipated years he spent in Vienna. Here Mozart was a very early model of a freelance musician, selling his wares as a teacher, performer and composer, always in search of work, always advertising his product, and receiving a quite considerable income when he was at the height of his popularity.
Mozart was an extraordinarily practical composer. The romantic image is of Mozart writing music out of inner compulsion, for some far-off posterity to relish. This is demonstrably untrue, for we know that what spurred him to compose was an imminent deadline, a request from a friend, a commission for a performance.
He sometimes began to write works and then put them in a drawer for a couple of years until the impetus came to finish them. (This is a quite recent discovery by the English Mozart scholar Alan Tyson, who studied the paper on which the composer wrote.)
The 40th symphony is one of three symphonies Mozart produced, it has often been imagined, for no discernible purpose other than to express himself. But there were plenty of opportunities where these works could have been performed in his lifetime. This does not make them any less remarkable or powerful. It shows him writing for particular venues or courts or people. That is why his music sounds the way it does: he cultivates a Parisian style in the "Paris" symphonies; he writes for the musicians of Prague in the "Prague" Symphony and Don Giovanni; and he is inspired by particular people - the soprano Aloysia Lange, his first serious love, and Anton Stadler playing the clarinet in the glorious Clarinet Concerto and Quintet.
Sometimes it is felt that to associate Mozart with particular performing circumstances limits his music. Rather, it makes its specific qualities all the more remarkable, and adapting those conditions to present-day performances all the more of a challenge. Fortunately, Mozart performance has leapt forward in recent decades, inspired by the idea that to recover some of the performing style of his time will further illuminate his music. Performing Mozart as if it were Brahms or Tchaikovsky does the music little service - Mozart is incredibly specific in his expressive language, and the instruments of his time bring out those qualities.
Mozart's history, and his reputation since his death, is bound up with myth and storytelling. As we look forward to the 250th anniversary of his birth tomorrow, we are faced with a Mozart who has become a cultural artefact. Yet we should not dismiss the stories and legends, and we will never fully disentangle the man and the music from the myth, for it is in the mythic power of Mozart's story that much that is so important about him survives.
Those stories tell us what we want to believe about geniuses, about those who die young, those who create something profound. But we need constantly to reassess them. There is a famous story about the "messenger in grey" who anonymously commissions Mozart's Requiem in the last year of his life.
Mozart says to his wife, "Did I not say I was writing the Requiem for myself?' falls ill, and dies. The quote may not be true, and the image in the film Amadeus of Mozart dictating the work from his deathbed to his arch-rival Salieri is absurd. Yet, only a few years ago, documents turned up that substantiated the story of the grey messenger, a count who wanted to pass off the work he commissioned as his own. Here truth is stranger than fiction.
Mozart's music will endure in our generation, I am sure, because it is so firmly, uncannily, in tune with our times. Our lack of certainty, our search for beauty and our encounters with hard reality, our ability to perceive emotional moods fleetingly and even simultaneously, our desire for harmony and our acknowledgment of imperfection - all are perfectly encapsulated in his work.
It is difficult to imagine that his reputation will not still be flourishing at the next anniversary in 2041, 250 years after his death. In fact, Mozart is one of the best hopes for the survival of great music in our increasingly ignorant times.
Telegraph, London
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Join the people of Manchester for a full-on night of partying at this incredible subterranean venue.
Located in an old air-raid shelter beneath Manchester Piccadilly station, The Warehouse Project (TWP) enjoys legendary status on the clubbing scene and tickets to both the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day parties have always been in demand since it started in 2006.
This year's line-up is still a closely guarded secret, but with the likes of Eric Prydz, Aphex Twin and Sasha headlining this autumn, the big reveal is unlikely to disappoint.
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Prefer the idea of staying in? That's no reason not to plan something special. Why not see in the new year from the comfort of a luxurious rented property?
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A quick taxi ride will whisk you to spectacular views across the Yorkshire Dales at this fab converted barn near Durham. With three bedrooms, the barn has been lovingly transformed into a gorgeous home from home. If that's not enough, how about the indoor swimming pool and hot tub?
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Never mind travelling by train - why not stay on one, too? Named after carriages on the Orient Express, three former railway carriages have been lovingly converted into holiday accommodation, and have all mod cons. Perfect for a new year with a difference!
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What is a pro gamer? Well, a pro gamer plays video games in competitions FOR MONEY. A pro gamer relies on his or her gaming winnings as their main financial support.
Anna Prosser is one of a growing number of women rising to the top of the pro gaming world. Prosser gained national attention last year when she won the beauty pageant crown as Miss Oregon USA. The 26 year-old Portland native graduated magna cum laude from Oregon State University with dual degrees in International Studies and Speech Communication with a minor in Spanish.
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enable in > NAT> outgoing "Enable advanced outbound NAT"
then you can edit NAT manually for your LAN.
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> At a particular site I have 2 m0n0 boxes each in front of independent ADSL
> connections (one is 1024/256, the other is 256/256). Aim is to use the 1mb
> line for general web access with the 256k synchronous one for VoIP traffic
> through an Asterisk server.
> I've configured the m0n0 on the faster connection as the DHCP server and
> defined a static route to the VoIP gateway (a.b.c.d) with the gateway being
> the IP of the second m0n0 box on the synchronous connection.
> This works perfectly for outbound calls (and they definitely come from the
> IP range of the sync connection), but I can't get inbound calls to come in
> over the sync connection. I've defined a 1:1 NAT mapping for it to its IP
> on the sync m0n0.
> Do I perhaps need to modify the routing table on the asterisk box itself,
> and can anyone suggest what it should be modified to? I don't want to just
> change the default gateway to the second m0n0 box since all other web
> traffic (which will be to random addresses) would also be redirected over
> the VoIP ADSL, and that would be bad.
> Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.
> Regards,
> Chris


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Semiconductors crystal facet engineering has become an important strategy for properly tuning and optimizing both the physicochemical properties and the reactivity of photocatalysts. In this review, a concise survey of recent results obtained in the field of specific surface-oriented anatase TiO2 crystals preparation is presented. The attention is mainly focused on the fluorine-mediated hydrothermal and/or solvothermal processes employed for the synthesis and the assembly of anatase micro/nanostructures with dominant {001} facets. Their peculiar photocatalytic properties and potential applications are also presented, with a particular focus on photocatalysis-based environmental clean up and solar energy conversion applications. Finally, the most promising results obtained in the engineering of TiO2 anatase crystal facets obtained by employing alternative, possibly more environmentally friendly methods are critically compared.
Surface chemistry plays a crucial role in the equilibrium morphology of inorganic single crystals and thereby is also critical in the synthesis of highly surface reactive materials [
The origin of this high reactivity seems to be twofold: the high density of surface undercoordinated Ti atoms and, probably more importantly, the very strained configuration of the surface atoms. In particular, there are very large Ti–O–Ti bond angles at the surface, indicating destabilized and very reactive 2
For this purpose, efforts were made to control the crystal shape by employing a general approach, consisting in growing TiO2 crystals in the presence of species that bind with different adsorption energies to the different crystalline facets. The adsorbed species may change the relative stability of the different facets, or the growth rate in the different directions, thus altering the equilibrium shapes of anatase TiO2, resulting in a shape that, ideally, is uniquely determined by the nature and concentration of the adsorbates [
Generally, based on the Wulff construction, according to which surface energy minimization drives to the optimal composition of the crystal surface, a slightly truncated tetragonal bipyramid, exposing eight isosceles trapezoidal {101} facets as well as two top squared {001} facets, as depicted in
The above described equilibrium shape for TiO2 anatase usually refers to calculations obtained under relatively 'extreme' conditions, such as
As shown in
Morphology predicted for anatase (
Starting from this work, which clearly evidenced how surface chemistry can strongly affect the final shapes of anatase TiO2 crystals, the attention was recently focused on the role of adsorbed inorganic anions in the shape control and crystal growth of anatase TiO2. Aiming at finding a proper chemical agent, able to stabilize the preferential growth of reactive but thermodynamically high-energy {001} facets, the contributions of preliminary theoretical work played an essential role. First of all, the predicted degree of truncation (
However, both
By using first-principle calculations Yang
Two main conclusions can be drawn from
This theoretical prediction was experimentally verified for the first time by the same research group [
We present here a concise survey of the recent results obtained in the field of specific surface oriented anatase TiO2. The preparation methods will be outlined first, in which the presence of specific capping agents containing fluorine is essentially invoked for stabilizing high energy {001} facets. In particular, we will focus on hydrothermal and/or solvothermal processes employed for the synthesis and the assembly of anatase micro/nanostructures with dominant {001} facets. Their peculiar photocatalytic properties and potential applications will then be presented, with a particular focus on photocatalysis-based environmental clean up and solar energy conversion. Finally, the most promising results obtained in the engineering of TiO2 anatase crystal facets obtained by employing alternative, possibly more environmentally friendly methods will be critically compared. These latter include modified solvothermal or high temperature gas phase reactions developed with the aim of reducing or avoiding the use of HF, which, though showing unique and fascinating properties as capping agent in controlling the anatase crystal morphology, still remains undesirable for a large scale production, being highly corrosive and toxic in both liquid or vapor form.
Among the methods to grow crystals, the hydrothermal technique is largely used to specifically obtain TiO2 with exposed {001} facets. In this context, Yang
Typical SEM images of anatase TiO2 nanosheets synthesized with 2-propanol as a synergistic capping agent. Reprinted with permission from ref. [
The photocatalytic activity of the so obtained TiO2 SCNSs materials was checked by determining the amount of hydroxyl radicals •OH formed under irradiation [
In order to compare the photocatalytic activity of well-defined anatase single crystal particles with that of commercial TiO2 photocatalytic powders, the crystalline size should be at least of sub-micrometric scale, so as to have a surface area comparable to that of commercial powders. Han
A modified one-pot hydrothermal route was recently employed to prepare ultra-thin (
Recently, Wang
Concerning the preparation of anatase TiO2 films, Liu and Aydil successfully grew oriented films with highly reactive {001} facets (70–80%) on transparent conductive fluorine-doped tin dioxide (FTO) substrate [
At the same time, Zhang
Scheme of formation mechanism of {001} facets exposed TiO2 by microwave irradiation. (
The as-synthesized products were shown to be nontoxic by studying the survival rate of Zebrafish larvae, which, possessing a high degree of homology to the human genome, can offer an economically feasible platform for a non invasive real-time evaluation of photocatalysts' toxicity [
The substantial role of fluorine in stabilizing {001} facets in various aqueous TiO2 synthesis routes was thus extensively demonstrated employing different sources, such as 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [
Concerning the TiO2 precursors, soluble TiF4, Ti(SO4)2 and Ti(OBu)4 were commonly used to prepare anatase with {001} facets. All precursors can apparently be used for tailoring both the percentage of {001} facets and the particles size, soluble precursors thus appearing not discriminating in growing the desired pure anatase crystals. However, some very recently employed insoluble precursors, such as Ti [
Doping, in particular with non-metal elements [
Nitrogen self-doped TiO2 nanosheets with
Similarly, sulfur-doped anatase TiO2 single crystal sheets with
UV-visible absorption spectra of (
Novel carbon-doped TiO2 sheets with
As for co-doped materials, nitrogen- and sulfur-doped TiO2 sheets with 54% {001} facets were prepared by a simple mixing-calcination method using the hydrothermally prepared TiO2 nanosheets powder as a precursor and thiourea as dopant source. These materials showed higher activity for 4-chlorophenol degradation under visible light compared to both the undoped TiO2 nanosheet and N–S TiO2 nanoparticles. Furthermore, the enhanced generation of hydroxyl radicals by the so obtained non-metal ion doped titania with exposed {001} reactive facets under visible irradiation was also confirmed by photoluminescence measurements using terephthalic acid as probe molecule [
Finally, the one-pot synthesis of highly crystalline anatase TiO2 sheets with dominant {001} facets and oxygen vacancies (
Specifically faceted crystal units of anatase TiO2 can also be considered as building blocks for constructing more complex structures with unique fine-tuned surface and electronic properties. The assembly mechanism of complex structures formation usually involves either the use of templates, or Ostwald ripening (
Many efforts have recently been paid in order to obtain titania hollow assemblies, which are desirable efficient photocatalysts due to their unique physicochemical properties, including low density, high surface area, good surface permeability and greater light harvesting capacity [
The basic steps of titania hollow microspheres synthesis and structural manipulation employing fluoride-mediated self transformation (FMST) [
Schematic illustration of the formation of hollow TiO2 microspheres by fluoride-mediated self-transformation method.
Fluoride species can dramatically affect such crystallization process, ensuring the formation of a hollow interior. In fact, in the absence of fluoride amorphous solid TiO2 microspheres evolve only into the crystalline counterpart without a hollow formation [
Interestingly, in the presence of fluoride, amorphous TiO2 solid microspheres were demonstrated to readily evolve into crystalline anatase TiO2 hollow microspheres with prolonging the hydrothermal reaction time [
Concerning the mass flow involved in the step 4 of
The formation of such microspheres from metastable building nanoblocks is an amazing phenomenon. The hierarchically porous microspheres can be easily decorated with guest species in order to achieve the desired functionality. Alternatively, sacrificial templates can be introduced for the directed assembly of anatase-truncated octahedral bypiramids (TOBs) with exposed {001} facets into hollow tubes [
Moreover, hierarchically porous TiO2 films consisting of flower-like TiO2 microspheres with exposed
SEM images of the fluoride-mediated TiO2 samples: (
Recently Fang
SEM images of the flowerlike TiO2 nanosheets with different magnifications (scale bars in
By considering the high toxicity of HF, the capping agent most often used in the above mentioned F-mediated syntheses, one may question if anatase crystals with a high percentage of {001} facets can grow through a fluorine-free wet-chemistry route. The answer is yes, even though few examples of fluorine-free synthesis have been reported up to now.
A shape-controlled synthesis of anatase TiO2 with {001} high-reactive facets was achieved by employing both oleic acid (OA) and oleylamine (OM) as capping agents in the presence of water vapor [
Well-dispersed full anatase TiO2 nanoplatelets with 20–40 nm size and a rather reduced fraction of the stable {101} plane (18%) were prepared via a controlled hydrolysis of TiCl4 in ethylene glycol [
Recently, a very interesting carbonate ions-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles with a remarkable amount (60%) of high-energy {001} exposed facets was reported employing K-titanate nanowires (KTNWs) as precursor [
Concerning the preparation of ordered supra-assemblies, Chen
FESEM images of anatase TiO2 nanosheets hierarchical spheres. Reprinted with permission from ref. [
However, a central question can be raised concerning the crystallinity degree of the photocatalysts obtained in the absence of fluorine species. In fact, the TiO2 materials consisting of dominant {001} sheets prepared through F-free syntheses are generally poorly crystalline and a calcination treatment, even at high temperature and with possible undesired morphology change and/or phase transition, is needed in order to improve their crystallinity.
At the same time, heavy coating of the TiO2 surface by the surfactants employed as alternative capping agent may preclude a direct comparison of the photocatalytic activity of crystals with different shapes/morphologies [
In fact, the mediating role of F− ions in the dissolution and re-crystallization processes of metastable TiO2 intermediates results in the facilitation of crystal growth and crystallization, accounting for the greater crystal size and higher crystallinity degree. The strong complexing ability of active F− ions and the etching effect of HF molecules promote the dissolution of metastable TiO2. In addition, the recrystallization process is modified by fluoride complexation, affecting the reaction dynamics and linking modes during hydrolysis and condensation reactions. The size and degree of crystallinity of titania photocatalysts are important factors affecting the photocatalytic processes. For instance, the higher crystallinity degree and the smaller number of bulk defects that act as trapping sites and recombination centers of photogenerated charge carrier facilitate the bulk diffusion of photogenerated charge carrier to the catalyst surface where photocatalytic reactions occur [
Interestingly, the thermal stability of anatase crystals against phase transition and crystal growth are also affected by surface fluorination. Usually, the phase transformation from anatase to rutile is significantly inhibited and the phase transformation temperature is increased [
Anatase TiO2 crystals dominated by {001} facets formed by a gas phase process. Reprinted with permission from ref. [
A further challenge is whether or not anatase crystals with a high percentage of {001} facets can be grown in the absence of both fluorine and other capping agents. Up to now, only Amano
An overview on the most fascinating applications that anatase TiO2 crystals mainly exposing {001} reactive facets can find in the photocatalysis-based environmental cleanup and solar energy conversion research field will be provided in this section. In fact, besides in organic synthesis [
Photocatalytic processes occurring upon TiO2 band gap excitation by light absorption leading to the formation of electron-hole pairs are still greatly restricted by the fast electron-hole pairs recombination and narrow light-response range of titania-based photocatalysts [
The surface interaction between water and TiO2 greatly affects photocatalytic processes. An overall review on the theoretical studies on this specific interaction can be found in ref. [
At the same time Amano
In addition, the photo-oxidation ability with respect to the production of hydroxyl radicals and the decomposition of organic pollutants was enhanced to some extent by the presence of {001} facets by employing the previously cited materials [
The development of TiO2 photocatalysts with high selectivity with respect to specific transformation and/or degradation of organics is very important for photocatalysis applications in the field of both organic synthesis and environmental depollution. The opportunity to tune the selectivity of anatase crystals by modifying the surface properties of TiO2, e.g., the percentage of exposed {001} facets, to produce morphologically controlled photocatalytic materials such as those described in this review has been extensively investigated in the last few years. For example, Li
Hollow TiO2 microspheres (HTS), prepared by a fluoride mediated self-transformation method and composed of anatase polyhedra with
Comparison of photocatalytic decomposition of methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB) by hollow TiO2 microspheres (HTS) before and after surface modification: (
The reversed selectivity is thus related to the changed surface atomic structure imposed by the presence of surface terminating Ti–F bonds, as confirmed by recent Raman investigations [
It is worth recalling in this respect that surface fluorination was shown to remarkably affect the adsorption of reactants on TiO2 and consequently also the production of active species, the surface charge separation and transfer, and the kinetics and mechanism of surface photocatalytic reactions. Starting from the early hypothesis that an •OH radical-mediated mechanism should be responsible for the increased rate of phenol photocatalytic oxidation upon TiO2 fluorination [
Surface TiO2 fluorination not only modifies adsorption, but may also significantly affect the adsorption sites and modes. As elegantly demonstrated by Zhao and coworkers [
Finally, surface fluorination affects not only hole transfer, but also electron transfer from the semiconductor surface, due to the strong electronegativity of fluorine, resulting in a tight holding of trapped electrons [
By considering that each family of anatase TiO2 facets is characterized by a unique surface electronic structure, a consequent selective migration of photogenerated electrons and positive holes to the specific exposed crystal facets may be expected. Therefore, an ideal spatial separation of red-ox sites on the anatase particles, with a consequent reduction of electron-hole pairs recombination rate and a parallel photocatalytic efficiency enhancement, may occur [
The first efforts to verify this expectation and to precisely determine the reduction and oxidation sites on TiO2 crystals were made by Matsumura and co-workers [
However, the possible influence of the counter ions of the probing agents used to reveal the reduction/oxidation facets is not always taken into account. In fact, ionic species such as Cl− from H2PtCl6 and NO3− from Pb(NO3)2 may preferentially adsorb on some facets, which can subsequently result in selective deposition of metal particles on other facets. This possibility was already demonstrated for ZnO crystals [
Apart from the preferential oxidation or reduction ability shown by specific TiO2 crystal facets, the band gap of crystal facets or crystal slabs would change due to the difference in surface atomic arrangements. This phenomenon can correspondingly change the redox power of the photoproduced charged species (electrons and holes). The UV-visible absorption spectrum of anatase TiO2 crystals with 72% {101} facets would show a blue shift compared to that with 72% {001} facets, indicating that {101} facets have a larger band gap than {001} facets [
Schematic images of spatial separation of redox sites on anatase TiO2 particles with specific exposed crystal faces: decahedral particle with (
Schematic resolved band structures of {001} and {101} anatase crystal facets. Adapted from ref. [
According to very recent density functional theory (DFT) calculations, different positions of the conduction band edge of anatase TiO2 crystallographic surfaces can strongly affect the electron transfer rates of a dye-semiconductor interface. In particular, different adsorption configurations of formic acid, chosen as anchoring group of a model perylene dye, on different anatase TiO2 facets were systematically calculated [
In order to elucidate the potential effect of reactive {001} facets on the selective migration and/or separation of photogenerated electrons and holes at TiO2 surface, Maitani
Although general consensus was reached on the enhancement of photocatalytic reactivity by proper engineering of crystal facets, there are still controversial opinions regarding the role of {001} facets in achieving a superior photoreactivity with respect to {101}-faceted titania photocatalysts [
Very recently, Pan
In line with this, a time-consuming nonaqueous seeded growth method was recently described, which allows to engineer the percentage of {001} and {101} facets of anatase TiO2 nanocrystals through the proper co-surfactant and titanium precursor choice [
Hydrogen production rate from 1 wt.% Pt loaded samples of ligand exchanged, (
Similar results were obtained by Tachikawa
This finding may be helpful to interpret some important photocatalytic processes. For example, a large surface area of {101} facets was suitable for acetaldehyde decomposition, while anatase TiO2 samples with dominant {001} facets had excellent ability to remove NO and toluene through photocatalytic reactions [
Finally, the effects induced by the replacement of {101} by {010} facets on the photoactivity of anatase TiO2 crystal were very recently explored. By comparing the photocatalytic oxidation and reduction activity of {101}-{001} and {010}-{001} samples, synthesized by employing (NH4)2TiF6 as titanium and fluorine source, the substitution of {101} by {010} facets was found to inhibit the photocatalytic activity of the materials. The photoefficiency increase obtained for anatase TiO2 crystals with {101}-{001} coexisting facets was ascribed to a more efficient separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, which was supported by time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy evidence [
Based on the here reviewed very recent literature, a high density of surface under-coordinated Ti atoms does cause a high surface energy of the crystal facet (e.g., the {001} facet), but does not necessarily make the crystal highly reactive in photocatalytic reactions. In fact, a crystal facet with a high density of under-coordinated atoms can be photocatalytically advantageous only if a favorable electronic structure co-exists. The selective adhesion of specific capping agents (typically, fluoride anions) on the {001} surface of anatase TiO2 was confirmed to be crucial for stabilizing these high-energy facets.
Notably, the facets-mediated adsorption behavior and electronic structure is significantly altered by the introduction of surface defects and/or surface chemistry (such as surface fluorination), which may be the origin of the observed variation in photoreactivity of different samples. In fact, the abundance and nature of defects are strictly related to the employed synthesis routes. It is therefore difficult to univocally compare the activity of photocatalysts obtained by different synthesis routes.
However, the contribution from other coexisting facets and surface variables can not overwhelm the essential role of {001} facets in modifying the photoredox reactivity of {101}-faceted titania photocatalysts. An expected synergetic effect of adjacent facets in separating photoproduced charge carriers cannot be ignored. Importantly, all these variables are interrelated and should not be considered individually in explaining the variation in the photocatalytic reaction route by the presence of {001} facets. Though the detailed and unambiguous mechanism of the face-selective electron and hole separation is still in its infant stage, the selective photocatalysis on anatase TiO2 crystals with specific exposed crystal faces opens a pathway to a deeper understanding of various photocatalytic processes. At the same time even if a significant progress was achieved in the synthesis and assembly of {001}-faceted anatase nanosheets, further efforts are still required to obtain tailored nanomaterials suitable for advanced environmental and energy-related applications.
Furthermore, the assembly of anatase nanosheets into well organized compact film photoanodes without scarifying the active {001} facets needs to be investigated in detail. Further studies are also needed on the development of more complex structures, especially those with doped and/or modified anatase TiO2 micro/nanosheets with high percentage of {001} facets and potential visible light photoactivity. Hopefully, the present review will stimulate further investigations on the development and thorough characterization of titania and related materials with exposed high energy facets, and advance their application for solving the current and future environment- and energy-related challenges.
Financial support from the Cariplo Foundation through the project Development of Second Generation Photocatalysts for Energy and Environment and from the 2009PASLSN MIUR-PRIN project is gratefully acknowledged.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Mon, Jan 28 2013 02:08 PM Posted By: Tom Basinski
In a game that featured as much unladylike pushing and shoving as one would see at the front door of Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving, the Lady Jaguars of Southwestern hung on to defeat the Griffins of Grossmont, 59-54 Friday, Jan. 25.
It is said that ladies don't sweat; they "glow." After all the collisions in the paint there were so many bodies on the floor the referees had to halt the game four times to get towels from the sidelines to wipe up the "glow" from the floor.
Southwestern dominated the first half, leading by 12 points most of that frame, taking a 30-18 lead to the locker room.
Grossmont coach Karen Caires lit a fire under her charges during intermission as the Griffins cut the lead to a mere four points with 4:32 left.
Coach Darnell Cherry's ladies of Southwestern got back on track, but nearly let the game slip away with some poor floor decisions and unnecessary fouls that were less than intelligent.
Southwestern's Chloe Cook led all scorers with 17 points that included five treys from beyond the arc. Alexis Harris followed with 13 as Southwestern's record went to 12-10.
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Here's a band that never really propelled their sound in one direction and were always one of the more non-categorical acts that arose during the early '80s. Despite this, they have always had a distinct sound to me. If you had first heard their soggy debut, Heavy Metal Heroes, then you may not have been expecting much from Fire in the Brain, but if '84's Third Warning had been your first stepping stone, you may have been galvanized to seek out their previous endeavors. Luckily, my first taste of this Swedish/Finnish (= Scandinavian) group was the awesome "Search Lights", the album's screaming kick-off. With my then-neophyte interest absolutely aroused, I sought out Fire in the Brain.
There is a substantial difference between the debut and sophomore release that doesn't take a NASA code breaker to discover. Not only is the overall sound thicker and produced with bombshell extravaganza, the songwriting and execution of it all had been thrust to much more aggressive levels as opposed to the jogging pace and lightly belligerent tone of the debut. On top of that, The Oz's (Eero Hamalainen) paltry singing style jumped/was thrown off ship for the more forceful and insistent vox of his new pseudonym Ape De Martini, his voice lightly rough in a medium-high pitch that commands much of the attention in the faster tracks.
"Search Lights" extracts all the heaviness from the debut and explodes with it here. The chorus is dynamic in its anxiety and the coolly simple main riff has me rockin' out in my jeep with the top down and doors off even today (and actually received a noise ordinance ticket a few years back while blaring it on a main drag). "Fortune" slows for a breather, sounding like it could've been a debut leftover, then with the wild opening guitar solo of "Megalomaniac", that composure is lanced and refills with more whiplash-like distress. Eerie is the atmosphere of "Black Candles", an epic length tale about black magic and Satanic rituals that builds with impending heaviness several times until its detonation of speed at the end to close side one.
Boisterous "Gambler", one of my faves, is a perpetually-driven, chorus-ratified instigator that has no problem setting up camp in my head, meanwhile "Stop Believin'" and "Free Me, Leave Me" maintain the album's hard-hearted fervor. Finishing the lp is the title cut, intriguing with its 'dainty' chorus and breathes all kinds of hope for the next release.
Unfortunately, this is the only Oz slab I truly like to any grand extent, for Third Warning's songwriting sways into subtler, slightly more watered down realms somewhere in the year between releases. Anything beyond that isn't really even Oz anymore. Well, at least they gave us Fire in the Brain.
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PARDUBICE, Czech Republic -- Bessie sniffs at the menu and chooses rabbit, licking the meaty sample while furiously wagging her tail in anticipation of the delicious things to come.
The waitress at this new pop-up restaurant for canines puts Bessie's order on a low table next to a water bowl, and the small fluffy white Bolognese devours her plateful.
Pestaurace — a fusion of "pes," or dog in Czech, and "restaurace" or restaurant — is the Czech Republic's addition to a growing list of dog dining ventures around the world.
These include a deluxe dog food delivery service in India, doggy happy hours in the United States and a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Germany (cats welcome too).
The Czech take on the concept is a promotional picnic — bow-wow scores a free meal while the petfood company gets the word out about its fare.
The freebie factor is a perk for Katerina Doubravova, an unemployed young woman visiting the Pestaurace tents at a dog show in the eastern city of Pardubice.
"It's a nice idea, even a dog can go out to eat," she says, as Ashley, her English Setter, nibbles on a rabbit morsel.
"When she goes to a restaurant with us, she lies there and waits, so now we'll swap roles."
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Launched this year, Pestaurace hits the road for a cross-country tour in July at a time when petfood is booming in the former communist state.
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NEW DELHI, May 17 (Reuters) - India's economic growth story is intact and the current account deficit under control, senior Finance Ministry officials told a team from global ratings agency Fitch on Thursday, weeks after S&P cut its outlook for Asia's third largest economy.
The visit came as the Indian rupee tumbled to a record low against the dollar, with the crisis in the euro zone adding pressure on a currency already under fire from weak current account and fiscal deficits.
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