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Two center city breweries in the making
Chris Wrinkle
, Reporter
Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:52 AM
Siebel Institute-certified brewmaster Doug Draper and a business partner are developing a brewery on Commercial Street to open by late summer.
Springfield's microbrewery scene appears ready to grow.
Two breweries are in the works in center city Springfield, preparing to join longtime microbrewery Springfield Brewing Co.
Jeff Schrag, owner and publisher of The Daily Events, plans to add brewery owner to his résumé, while on Commercial Street, brothers-in-law Kris Foster and Doug Draper formed C Street Brewing LLC in 2009 and hope to open by late summer. The two breweries would join Springfield Brewing Co., 305 S. Market St., which opened in 1997 by Paul Mueller Co. as a way to showcase the company's stainless-steel tanks.
From bread to brew
Schrag plans to open a brewery in the Interstate Brands Bakery, or Butternut Bread, building at 727 W. Walnut St. He has registered Ozark Mountain Brewery LLC with the Missouri Secretary of State's office to handle real estate business for the currently un-named microbrewery. Ozark Mountain Brewery obtained a $1.5 million U.S. Small Business Administration loan from Liberty Bank on March 10, according to SBA records.
Last week, Springfield City Council approved Schrag's application for a conditional-use permit, which allows manufacturing of liquor up to 22 percent alcohol by volume. Beer is typically produced at 5 percent alcohol by volume.
"I have been a huge beer and wine enthusiast all my life, and I think I'm in the right city, the right industry at the right time," Schrag said. "I'm 43. I'm just crazy enough to gamble everything on a new adventure one more time. When I'm 53, I won't be willing to do that."
Schrag plans to close June 3 on the 40,000-square-foot Butternut building his seventh downtown-Springfield project. On about 4.5 acres, Schrag said he'll operate a production brewery – not a brewpub – with limited sales on site.
"Certainly, Boulevard and Schlafly are classic production breweries," he said. "We'll have a little bend on that – we want to produce beers that people are going to want for every occasion, with dessert, with food and to stand on their own."
The city's conditional-use permit is the first of many hoops for Schrag to meet his June 2011 target opening.
"I'm at the first hoop. There are many more after that," Schrag said.
He still must receive state and federal approvals from the Missouri Department of Public Safety Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
"You can't apply for TTBs until you purchase equipment and have a building bought or leased," Schrag said. "State approval is a separate process from TTB, but they go together. We have a long road ahead of us."
Commercial Street concoctions
Meanwhile, extensive remodeling is ongoing at Frost's and Draper's C Street Brewery, 505 W. Commercial St. Frost said about half of the 10,000-square-foot-building is dedicated to the microbrewery, and the remainder would be available for lease.
Federal approval from the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has been received, but C Street Brewery is in the process of gaining city and state approvals, Draper said.
"We've had a passion for beer and brewing for quite some time, and the opportunity just kind of presented itself," said Draper, who has taken the 12-week brewmaster course at Chicago's Siebel Institute of Technology, while Frost has completed the Siebel's online brewmaster course. "We decided to give it a shot and see if we could make it happen."
Draper said the brewery's most expensive startup costs were the stainless-steel tanks, which were purchased for $70,000 from Hickok's Steakhouse & Brewery owner Scott Tillman when the Patton Alley brewpub closed in 2008 after a two-year run.
"Buying used equipment is generally the way to go," Draper said, indicating they realized savings of more than 20 percent compared to new equipment. "It's all stainless, so it does hold its value pretty well."
Draper said they've spent nearly $12,000 of their own seed money and received a loan for the rest from an anonymous partner.
"We're trying to secure some additional financing," Draper added. "We'd like to do this as independently as possible. We're trying to find a small-business loan. That's not the easiest thing to do right now."
Draper said two banks already have turned them down, but they're applying with a third.
'Focus on the beer'
Like Schrag's brewing venture, Draper said C Street Brewing also would operate as a production brewery with little retail. Discussions with third-party distributors to get their beer sold in stores have begun.
Springfield Brewing Co. Operations Director Kevin Mackey welcomes the new breweries.
"I think it's great," he said. "Anything that raises the public awareness about craft beer."
Tony Caradonna, founder and owner of O'Fallon Brewery in O'Fallon, northwest of St. Louis, offered some simple advice to the new brewery owners.
"Focus on the beer," said Caradonna, whose brewery sold 4,000 barrels worth $1.2 million in 2009 revenue. "That will speak for itself. We usually don't have a lot of marketing dollars, so the beer has to speak for itself. Build one success story at a time from one bar to another, from one store to another."
The number of O'Fallon Brewery barrels sold last year was up 37 percent from 2,900 in 2008.
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In June 2011, Bærum municipality in Norway switched from Fronter to itslearning. After just two months the schools were ready to use the new learning platform. But how did they manage to get the system up and running so quickly?
Bærum municipality, Norway's fifth largest municipality by number of inhabitants, has 43 schools, 1,500 staff and about 16,000 pupils. While performing among the best in the national tests, the Bærum schools had a huge potential for improving in ICT, says Frank Baklid, project leader for development of digital skills in Bærum municipality.
Based on this, the politicians in Bærum agreed on an action plan in March 2010 where one of the goals was meeting the Knowledge Promotion Reform's1 requirements for developing digital skills for increased learning outcomes in all subjects. One of the measures was switching to itslearning.
Frank is quick to admit that Bærum was lagging behind other municipalities' ICT efforts. The main problem was low usage of the existing learning platform, Fronter.
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Four primary schools and two secondary schools were chosen as pilot schools for the itslearning implementation. The pilot schools tested itslearning during the school year and received extra follow up from the municipality. They were offered training from four ICT coordinators who functioned as resource people in relation to training and supporting the schools. All other schools were offered training from two ICT coordinators.
Although the municipality gave the schools free rein during the implementation, certain guidelines were established, for example, that all assessment in itslearning should be digital.
"The most important thing was getting all schools started with itslearning. How each individual school chose to use it was less important," Frank explains. "We knew our staff wanted to achieve good results, and the teachers even taught themselves how to use itslearning on their own time."
All schools are now using itslearning, and Frank has identified four success criteria that contributed to successful implementation: digital resource groups, lots of training, leader involvement and financial resources.
"Early on, all schools were instructed to establish a digital resource group of ICT coordinators and school administrators whose task was to support the rest of the staff with advice and guidance during implementation. They were supported by the project group and those responsible for pedagogical use of ICT in the school. The central resource group assisted the schools with competence raising, but the responsibility for this lies with the individual schools."
The municipality started a huge training project with a focus on administration and pedagogical use. An important distinction was made between the roles of the technical system administrators responsible for the day-to-day operation of itslearning and teachers who concentrated on the pedagogical use.
A solid leader focus was an important success factor, and Frank concedes that the school leaders should have been involved at an earlier stage. To begin with Frank's team focused on training administrators and teachers, but the school leaders were also interested in finding out what itslearning was.
"It's important to involve the principals early on," says Frank. "You can't underestimate the effect of principals sharing knowledge, inspiring each other and driving development forward."
While it was crucial that the municipality allocated financial resources to the important implementation phase, the need for these resources will eventually decrease and turn into running expenses connected to maintenance.
Frank has already identified several excellent and creative examples of using itslearning among teachers and pupils.
"One teacher uses the test tool to motivate his English class," Frank explains. "He regularly posts assignments that his pupils receive automatic feedback on. The feedback motivates the pupils, who refer to it many times in order to prepare for the test. Because the pupils practice more beforehand, the results on the end of week tests improved. The same applies to pupils who record reading homework assignments with the itslearning's inbuilt sound recorder: they read it several times in order to perfect themselves.
The methods are simple but effective. Frank says another teacher takes screenshots of Word documents, opens the images in Microsoft Paint and removes all the commas. He then uses the itslearning test tool to create click assignments where the pupils insert the commas in the correct spots.
Frank, who wants to see "everything" in itslearning, hopes to see about 90% of all users become active users on itslearning during spring 2013. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, Bærum municipality wants to incorporate week schedules, assignments and assessment into itslearning.
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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:54 AM
WhoIsNumberNone (7,258 posts)
Hacktivist group claims to have foiled Karl Rove's election day plans
We Received A Letter
On November 12th, we received a letter from The Protectors, apparently a group of white hat cyber sleuths, mentioning our reward and stating that two months ago, they began monitoring the digital traffic of one Karl Rove, a disrespecter of the Rule of Law, knowing that he claimed to be Kingmaker while grifting vast wealth from barons who gladly handed him gold to anoint another King while looking the other way.
The Protectors said that they had identified the digital structure of Roves operation and of ORCA, a Republican get out the vote software application. After finding open doors in the systems, they created a password protected firewall called The Great Oz, and installed it on servers that Rove planned to use on election night to re-route and change election results from three states.
The letter indicated that ORCA Killer was launched at 10am EST and The Great Oz at 8pm EST on November 6th. The Protectors watched as ORCA crashed and failed throughout Election Day. They watched as Roves computer techs tried 105 times to penetrate The Great Oz using different means and passwords.
Finally, they issued the following warning to Mr. Rove: dont do it again or they would turn over the evidence to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:59 AM
Coyotl (15,262 posts)
1. Still BS
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:00 AM
patrice (47,992 posts)
2. That's an interesting story, but it has a Catch 22. There's no way it can be verified.
I guess such things are possible, but that's not enough and enough would consist of a level of detail that isn't possible even if it is true.
Response to patrice (Reply #2)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:32 AM
geek tragedy (68,114 posts)
7. If they knew that Rove was trying to tamper with results, they
could provide it.
Do they even know what ORCA was?
Response to geek tragedy (Reply #7)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:58 AM
patrice (47,992 posts)
9. Just think of all of the clouds in flow-charting something like this, hacking that stuff is
theoretically possible and I bet cyber investigation and security outfits have programs that can do those tasks, but "small"guys? Even well connected small guys would likely be a threat to someone's life, literally, in the security field.
And, I know it isn't popular to say, but when something is represented by a mask, it could very well lie to you, mask on or mask off if it's the same entity, you don't know what you're getting until you get there and there ain't nowhere to get on this STORY.
And I ask you, even if "they" did do something like this, wouldn't it be the opposite of some part of "their" self-concept to go around TELLING everyone that they did?
I call tail-chasing BS.
Response to geek tragedy (Reply #7)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:21 PM
csziggy (23,409 posts)
14. ORCA was the Romney campaign GOTV
But it was a complete fail:
Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown
It was supposed to be a "killer app," but a system deployed to volunteers by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign may have done more harm to Romney's chances on Election Daylargely because of a failure to follow basic best practices for IT projects.
Called "Orca," the effort was supposed to give the Romney campaign its own analytics on what was happening at polling places and to help the campaign direct get-out-the-vote efforts in the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Colorado.
Instead, volunteers couldn't get the system to work from the field in many statesin some cases because they had been given the wrong login information. The system crashed repeatedly. At one point, the network connection to the Romney campaign's headquarters went down because Internet provider Comcast reportedly thought the traffic was caused by a denial of service attack.
November 08, 2012
The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA
What is Project Orca? Well, this is what they told us:
Project ORCA is a massive undertaking the Republican Partys newest, unprecedented and most technologically advanced plan to win the 2012 presidential election.
Pretty much everything in that sentence is false. The "massive undertaking" is true, however. It would take a lot of planning, training and coordination to be done successfully (oh, we'll get to that in a second). This wasn't really the GOP's effort, it was Team Romney's. And perhaps "unprecedented" would fit if we're discussing failure.
The entire purpose of this project was to digitize the decades-old practice of strike lists. The old way was to sit with your paper and mark off people that have voted and every hour or so, someone from the campaign would come get your list and take it back to local headquarters. Then, they'd begin contacting people that hadn't voted yet and encourage them to head to the polls. It's worked for years.
So, the end result was that 30,000+ of the most active and fired-up volunteers were wandering around confused and frustrated when they could have been doing anything else to help. Like driving people to the polls, phone-banking, walking door-to-door, etc. We lost by fairly small margins in Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Colorado. If this had worked could it have closed the gap? I sure hope not for my sanity's sake.
Response to csziggy (Reply #14)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:31 PM
geek tragedy (68,114 posts)
17. Seems like Romney gets credit for that fail. I give these claims the same amount
of credence appropriate for all unsubstantiated claims made by anonymous people on the Internet.
Response to geek tragedy (Reply #17)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:42 PM
csziggy (23,409 posts)
19. It could have been just poorly tested, badly written software
What could give credence to the hackers' claims is this:
As the Web traffic from volunteers attempting to connect to Orca mounted, the system crashed repeatedly because of bandwidth constraints. At one point the network connection to the campaign's data center went downapparently because the ISP shut it off. "They told us Comcast thought it was a denial of service attack and shut it down," Dittuobu recounted. "Centinello) was giddy about it," he addedpresumably because he thought that so much traffic was sign of heavy system use.
Denial of service attacks have been SOP for hackers for a very long time. But that is not what this hacker group claims they did, so it was probably just bad planning by the Rmoney campaign.
It could have just been incompetence by their programmers, the campaign staff, and the volunteers. I cracked up reading the description of the Ace Of Spades site guy who claims to be a web designer but who didn't know until the night before the election that many HP color inkjets will not print all black without all the ink cartridges. I'm not computer expert or anything and I've known this for over ten years!
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:01 AM
warrior1 (12,107 posts)
3. that's a bold statement
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:07 AM
liberalmuse (16,571 posts)
4. If this is indeed what happened...
why not turn over the evidence now?
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:18 AM
crazylikafox (2,211 posts)
5. Difficult to prove, but maybe just the possibility will force KKKarl to find other ways to win
elections, other than stealing them electronically.
Something didn't work as planned for him on election night. We all witnessed that with our own eyes when he melted down on live TV.
Response to crazylikafox (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:04 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
10. I think John Kerry in Ohio scared the shit out of trigger-man Husted et al, as in, perhaps, a murder
indictment sitting in the wings, not to mention the fact that Kerry stood with unions while he was up there, someone/thing else you DON'T want to get pissed off at you.
Response to patrice (Reply #10)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:11 PM
crazylikafox (2,211 posts)
11. Interesting thought. Husted wouldn't want to join Jimmy Hoffa in those concrete overshoes, would he?
Would be sweet justice, if it were true.
Response to crazylikafox (Reply #11)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:19 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
13. And what happened to Josef Yablonski? Do you suppose anyone has ever found that out, for real?
Murdered by McCarthy-ites some suggest.
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Response to crazylikafox (Reply #11)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:30 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
16. But Kerry's staff would know whatever there is to know about what happened to Ken Blackwell. nt
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:31 AM
geek tragedy (68,114 posts)
6. These guys bullshit like Mitt Romney does
If they had evidence that Rove as attempting to tamper with election results, they'd release it.
Instead, they're trying to take credit for the Romney campaign's incompetence.
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:42 AM
global1 (16,523 posts)
8. If This Is True - This Will Be The Most "Underreported" Story Of The Year......nt
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:18 PM
leanforward (427 posts)
12. Do you think?
The white hats? This is believable. However, KKarl will never confess. But this story sounds like it was writtten for Mission Impossible. The story here is rounding up a lot of anecdotal information to be plausible. Does the Bradblog have anything to say? Similar to the analysis on 11/7 and the Ohio SoS's web site going down. My hat is off to these guys, if they interdicted messing with tabulator results. If so, it warms my heart.
Am I fanning the embers? oops sorry.
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:35 PM
RomneyLies (3,333 posts)
18. Pure, unadulterated BULLSHIT
Lying liars and the lies they tell.
They are lying.
Response to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)
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As the Washington County 8-10-year-old all-stars prepared to head to Middlesboro this past weekend for the Little League Baseball State Tournament, members of the community were asked to make donations to help with the financial expenses related to their trip.
Local businesses and even citizens stepped up to help the youngsters realize their dream of competing for a state title.
While all donations were important, one stood out from the rest.
The man charged in the July 3, 2016, murders of Robert Jones and Crystal Warner was back in Washington County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for another pretrial conference.
Craig Pennington, 52, walked into the courtroom and looked at the families of Jones and Warner, and that look stirred emotion in the families of the victims, particularly for Robert's parents, Bill and Sandy Jones.
A Washington County man is dead after what is being investigated as a possible hit-and-run accident.
Landon T. Wheatley, 19, of Springfield, was found dead at 2:42 a.m. Sunday, July 16. He was discovered on Bill Samuels Road, near the entrance of Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto.
Washington County's 8-10-year-old all-star team stepped onto a very big stage this past weekend as it began play in the Little League state tournament.
The tournament operated with eight teams in pool play, and each team was guaranteed three games, with the two top teams from each pool advancing to the state semi-finals.
Washington County opened play Saturday afternoon against a tough Owensboro Southern team, and the result was a 4-1 loss.
After the game, head coach Leonard Abell said his team's bats didn't show up.
The man believed to be responsible for the June 20 robbery of the Springfield Dollar General Store is behind bars in Ohio.
Montiest Barney, 25, of Elizabethtown, was arrested last week after allegedly robbing a store near Middletown, Ohio.
According to Springfield Police Chief Jim Smith, local police were alerted to the case after Barney was arrested and began to tell officers in Ohio of other robberies he claimed to have committed.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office has interviewed two people of interest in the hit-and-run death of Landon T. Wheatley, 19, of Springfield.
Wheatley was found dead, lying in the roadway near the entrance to Maker's Mark Distillery early Sunday morning, July 16. At 2:42 a.m., the Marion County Sheriff's Office received the report of a body laying in the roadway on Bill Samuels Road in Loretto.
Sheriff's deputies arrived and found the deceased body of Wheatley lying in the westbound lane of Bill Samuels Road.
Kayleen Taylor loves to bake, and that's not anything new for her.
Last year, she said, she baked some pies and sold them. There was no real purpose for that baking, it was just something she enjoyed doing.
This year, however, her baking has been backed with a purpose.
Kaylean, a 13-year-old who will be an 8th grader at St. Dominic, has made blackberry cobblers to help her younger brother's baseball team.
Kyle Yankey has been hearing a calling for some time now to conduct a community-wide vacation bible school in Washington County, and this past week, he and others have answered that calling.
A community-wide vacation bible school took place at Idle Hour Park on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week.
I was watching TV while pumping gas the other day and … no, that's what I said. I was watching TV while pumping gas. You've probably done it, too.
As I stood in front of the pump and waited for my tank to fill, it dawned on me just how badly we need to be entertained today. We can't have a single moment without something to keep our attention.
There are three surefire signs of getting old. The first is forgetfulness. I don't remember what the other two are.
Must not have been important.
Anyway, now that I'm a senior citizen, I can tell you that my memory isn't what it used to be. If I didn't then Cindy would.
Unlike myself, Cindy has a photographic memory and never forgets anything. It's something that comes in quite handy for her when we have "loud discussions" at home. Any of you other guys have that problem out there?
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The Wi-Fi router you use to broadcast a private wireless Internet signal in your home or office is not only easy to hack, says a report released today, but the best way to protect yourself is out of your hands.
The report, written by research firm Independent Security Evaluators of Baltimore, Md., found that 14 of the most popular off-the-shelf wireless routers could be exploited by a "moderately skilled adversary with LAN or WLAN access." It also concludes that your best bet for safer Wi-Fi depends on router vendors upping their game.
My router's not safe? Really? "It is not a safe assumption to make that you're safe." Steve Bono, the company's CEO and principal security analyst, told CNET in a phone interview.
The report notes that all 14 of the devices had critical security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a "remote adversary" and could lead to unauthorized remote control of the router.
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A community centre is appealing for supporters to join a newly launched funding drive.
The Mill has launched a "friend scheme" to attract new supporters to the facility and ensure its future.
If 100 friends join by the end of March Waltham Forest Council has promised to match all money raised.
Friends who join the scheme will receive regular updates and invitations to events.
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Figure 31 shows a player depressing a clavichord key (middle C).
middle C is obtained in the usual way, from the tuning fork.
It has a harmonic compass from middle C to C above the treble clef, and can go higher, but with difficulty.
The central line of the stave corresponds to the middle C of the piano; the first note of the poem is therefore D.
A tuning-fork, for instance, giving the middle C, vibrates 528 times per second.
If, for instance, the fork gives the tone of middle C on the piano it vibrates 256 times a second.
At middle C—the middle of the range of a piano—there was a momentary spurt of extra volume.
middle C, on the piano, for instance, is made by waves that reach us at the rate of about 256 per second.
For example, gently press down the key of middle C of a piano.
middle C on the piano has a rate of either 256 or 261 a second according to the system used by the tuner.


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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — While conducting clearance operations in the Marja district, Helmand province, Wednesday, June 6, the 3rd Battalion of the 215th ANA Corps captured two suspects along with seven motorcycles and 171,360 Pakistani Rupees which were handed over to the Security Forces in Marja district after a thorough investigation. Also during patrol in Grishk district, 15 different types of mines were discovered and defused.
On Thursday, June 7, a total of 400 soldiers from the 179th Battalion of the Sahawi Training Center graduated. 50 soldiers graduated from driving courses, 50 from medic courses, and 300 from literacy courses. Also, 22 Afghan soldiers of the 215th Maiwand Corps received certificates after completing a 6-week training course in driving and the use of Russian and NATO weapons.
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Ocha is like a little family unit, the customers part of the
extended flock.
Photo: Melanie Faith Dove
There's this kissing thing going on in suburban Kew. It's not
Brighton bullshit air-kissing.
Or St Kilda affectionate pashing. It's fond, nice to see you, welcome kissing and, not infrequently, it involves staff and customers at Ocha. It's just that sort of place.
All the waiters have been there, on and off, for years. And a lot of the customers are fiercely loyal, to the point of enjoying genuinely respectful relationships with the waiters. Hence the kisses. Roll out the cliche detector: Ocha is like a little family unit, the customers part of the extended flock. Don't believe me? Book yourself a table one night (if you can), go down there and watch.
They - we - arrive happy at the utterly justifiable expectation of a meal that will involve great, affable service and a bit of a chat; excellent, inventive Japanese food; terrific wine at unbelievably fair prices; and a bill at the end of the night that can only be described as particularly reasonable considering what the restaurant offers in exchange.
For all these reasons - but mostly because of the rather limited seating (they can feed just 34 at any given time) - Ocha is one of the most difficult restaurants to get into in Melbourne.
Which is why we're here at 5.58pm on a Tuesday: you reckon I'm
going to waste
a minute of a 6pm early shift reservation, the only table I can get all week?
We don't kiss - that would be unprofessional - but I'm as happy
as a pig in poo
to be here, yet again, behind the Venetian blinds and big canvas awning that mark Ocha as something special in the Willsmere Village shopping strip. Particularly given the word about town, among those with little else of importance to discuss, that "Yasu is back".
Yasu Yoshida is one of the owners, a Japanese chef by profession, and for the past year he's been concentrating on their Hawthorn takeaway. Back at the mothership, he's doing what he does: a combination of Japanese standards and more inventive dishes using Japanese flavours and techniques. And doing them very well, quite possibly better than ever.
You must do old and new at Ocha. That's the deal. OK, you could stick to the nasu dengaku, nabeyaki udon and gyoza and be very happy, but that would be to miss the playful side of Yoshida's cooking. So that might mean a little complimentary salad of pickled bean shoots, tomato and rocket followed by sensational prawn and shitake chawan mushi - the brilliant steamed savoury custard served here with a kind of golden dashi jelly for a lid - laced with shark fin. For me, it almost certainly means the fabulous carpaccio of porterhouse - slices of just-seared, red, slightly marbled beef served with a lemon soy and a little salad on top - and if they're on the specials board, little canapes of Japanese salmon tartare, the fish mixed with a faintly wasabi mayonnaise, served with more of the mayo, salmon roe and slivers of green onion on top and a base of perfect potato crisp.
It might mean a salad of fried coral trout pieces with a chilli, lemon and soy dressing and wonton crisps.
And it must include a combination of sushi and sashimi, because
Yoshida is a skilled knife man. The prosperity of this restaurant
has given the chef confidence to buy fish
of quite exceptional quality: raw lobster and garfish are worth every cent and the nigirizushi of cooked lobster leg meat, tied with a nori belt, and garnished with wasabi mayo and tobiko is evidence of both growing confidence and great skill. The eel nigirizushi here is legendary.
And it should mean the lightest, least cloying sticky date pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice-cream in town.
Well, that's what Ocha means to me, anyway. And after a meal like that, and half a bottle of Alsatian riesling, I'm almost in the mood to kiss the waiters goodbye, even if it's only 8pm and the next shift is about to descend. It's that kind of place.
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The whole sea for leagues was like this; even Lemnos and Samothrace lay in a dim pink and purple light in the east.
It was as though some one had engaged the Victory of Samothrace to enact the part.
So, setting sail from Troas, we ran straight to Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis.
Samothrace, a mountainous, bleak island in the Ægean Sea, NW.
So he left the height of Samothrace, and came with four strides to g, where his palace was in the depths of the sea.
By far the most important seat of their worship was Samothrace.
He advises him to yield to Antiochus and retire to Samothrace.
This was the huge brows, fronting the clouds, of the Island of Samothrace.
Hence also arose the confusion between the religious rites observed in Crete, Phrygia, and Samothrace.
Miserable condition of Perseus until his capture at Samothrace; and afterwards until his death at Rome, 166.


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Sophia loves living in the Residence Halls and has a great circle of friends. She goes to parties just about every weekend, but knows her limitations and has never taken her drinking too far.
Last semester she tried cigarettes for the first time at a party. She has always considered herself a healthy person and knows cigarettes are not good for her, but she didn't want to be the only one to say no. Now she can't drink alcohol without a cigarette.
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- She only smokes at parties on the weekends and it is not every weekend.
- A few weeks ago, Sophia told herself that she was not going to smoke at all at an upcoming party. She couldn't resist a cigarette after she started drinking and caved.
- She doesn't think she has a problem and would never claim to be a smoker to her friends, family or doctor.
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It's possible to eat whatever you want and still lose weight. In fact, it's possible to do away with confusing and contradictory diets and fads. It just involves a little mind over platter, says nutritionist and author Kathleen Alleaume in her new book, What's Eating You: Find Your Balance with Food and Lose Weight.
"Diets don't work and they will only cause you to yo-yo and gain more fat. Blacklisting carbs or going on heavily restrictive calorie-controlled diets are lousy ideas," she says.
"We all know what we 'should' be eating. Five serves of veg and two serves of fruit, mixed with moderate portions of lean meat, dairy, eggs, wholegrains and nuts, yet we are not doing it.
"The simple message of 'get back to basics' has been lost. Unfortunately we make certain things in life e.g. eating more complicated than it needs to be."
Alleaume is one of a growing number of health experts who say weight problems are not so much about what we are eating as why we are eating. "We [need to] learn to listen to the inner whispers of our body and learn to be very honest about what we are actually hungry for. For example, learn to eat primarily for physical hunger rather than emotional reasons. When we learn to rely on internal hunger – we get better at registering the fullness cues."
Alleaume sees a wide range of people with issues that vary from weight management to improving sleep, lowering cholesterol to nutrition for running a marathon. Yet, regardless of the issue or her clients' level of nutritional knowledge, she sees a common theme: they eat for other reasons apart from hunger. When they're stressed, bored, tired or upset, they turn to food.
It is for this reason that she decided to write her book. "I see so many people with this underlying cause of overeating and/or unhealthy eating 'behaviours' aka bad eating habits. With so much emphasis on 'what' we should be eating, I wanted to also put emphasis on 'why we eat what we eat' - which for many, is the missing link to long-term weight managements and improvements in eating habits."
The first step is to distinguish between 'hunger' and 'appetite.' "Hunger is the physical need for food. Appetite is the desire to eat food," Alleaume says. "The desire to eat is most often influenced by our emotions, habits, lifestyle, culture, memories, as well as the sight, smell and taste of food. So, if one can learn to eat when they are actually hungry, and not just because their appetite tells them to (because food is in front of them), [it] will make a huge difference to the total amount of food eaten."
Doing this involves getting back in touch with what you're really hungry for, she says. "Chances are it may not be food. It may be affection, or self-esteem or, perhaps, deep inside you don't really like your job or the career path you have chosen."
Once you are clear on what's eating you, the next step is bringing awareness to your thought patterns. "The average human has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day and many of them - around 95 per cent - are the same thoughts we had yesterday and the day before," Alleaume says. "Yet most people are aware of less than 5 per cent of their thoughts and the impact these thoughts have on their actions.....They will shape your attitude, how you feel, what you do."
The idea is not to berate yourself for thinking in a negative way, but simply notice certain thoughts and beliefs occurring. "The more you are aware of your thoughts, assumptions and beliefs, as well as the extent to which you are influenced by them, the more you can take responsibility and shift your internal paradigm."
Which means being mindful of the food choices you make and how your body responds to what you are putting in it. "They say old habits never die," Alleaume says. "However, I believe they just remain dormant. But, we can learn new habits and replace the bad ones."
Alleaume's top tips:
1. Learn to recognise true hunger. If you have just eaten within the last two hours, chances are you are not physically hungry.
2. Tweak your treats. Avoid stocking the cupboard or refrigerator with comfort foods laced with fat, sugar or salt. Gradually replace them with healthier versions. For example swap the banana bread for fruit toast.
3. Manage stress. We look for comfort when we are stressed. The goal is to lower stress with healthful strategies, including regular exercise and adequate sleep, rather than seeking comfort in food.
4. Figure out your triggers: Keep a food diary of what you eat, when you eat, and why you eat it. Knowing your motivations for why you eat will make you conscious of your triggers, and you can begin to change your patterns.
5. Practice mindful eating. Many times people eat without even realising what they are consuming. We become easily distracted, whether it's from work, the kids, or watching television. When it's time to eat, make the effort to sit and savour every mouthful. This technique can help increase awareness of the sensations, feelings and thoughts connected with food and eating.
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I'm sure I can guess your opinion on this, but did you just see A-Rod's slide into second in the 8th? I'm okay with taking guys out with your actual slide, but coming up out of the slide and throwing an elbow into the stomach is a little much.
Keep in mind that, despite my hatred of the Yankees, I don't hate A-Rod, and I've gone on record with that in the past. So it's not just Yankee hating that makes me react that way.
It was obviously an illegal play, but I don't think he was trying to hurt Pedroia.
This has been a very bad sports night for me so far.
No, I don't think he was trying to hurt him. It was just a desperation play, I think.
Sorry about the Sixers.
Agreed, it was a desperation play, just like when he swatted the ball out of the pitcher's glove against Boston.
Thanks for the condolences, they could still trade up, I guess. Or get Jeff Green at #12. It's not the end of the world, just feels like it tonight.
I can't explain how awesome it is the Celtics dropped to #5 after clearly tanking a good portion of last season. That was justice.
Either that or Stern fixed it to punish them...
good post DF
how does it feel to get the 12th pick now? We could have been easily in Seattle's place (notice they had only 4 wins more than us...) with a SMART tanking, like I said several times. Not a dirty one, like Bos and Mil did.
Anyway I'n not mad at all, I knew we screwed this opportunity way before the draft so yesterday night it wasn't such a disappointment, kind of expected it
Will post more on my blog soon, go check when u can
LOL @ Atlanta taking Brewer, good one
I watched the lottery selection, hoping for a miracle. No miracles, but the best part of it was watching when Boston was announced fifth. Then Memphis name was announced, and they broke for a commercial, showing a shocked Boston fan, mouth open, looking very despondent.
Boston not being rewarded for tanking made the whole thing worth watching.
Also, any idea of where Jerry West is going after leaving Memphis?
I can understand stern punishing the most blatant tanking teams, ie celts and bucks, but Seattle also tanked at the end of the year. Also who wants to watch Portland or Seattle for that matter?
Portland will be a very good team don't get me wrong. But now I will have to watch more clips of Bill Walton in his glory days in Portland wearing those sweeeeeet tight shorts that nearly showed off where Luke came from.
So what is your philly mock draft? I'd really like to get either Horford, Jianilin, or Brewer somehow.
I'd like a team of
PG Andre Miller
SG Corey Brewer
SF Andre Iguodala
PF Jason Smith or McRoberts
C Dalembert
That would be a very energetic team to watch.
I'll do a draft write-up later today. Chad Ford's mock draft has the Sixers taking Jeff Green, McRoberts and Big Daddy from LSU. So you pretty much bank on the Sixers NOT getting those three.
Bleed Green,
Amen to that, man. F Boston.
This isn't the worst case scenario, being the Knicks is the worst case scenario. I still think winning in the second half was the right thing to do. The Sixers have their superstar, now they need to build around him. They COULD do that with these picks.
No idea where Jerry West is going, probably retirement to Arizona to play golf or something. I kinda doubt he'll be working in the NBA this season.
Seriously, who cares about the Pacific Northwest? This lottery wasn't fixed, if it was, they would've sent Oden and Durant to at least somewhat large markets.
I like your lineup, but I don't see it happening. Brewer is going to be gone way before #12, and I don't think they should move up unless it's to get Oden or Durant, probably just Oden. And that probably isn't going to happen.
Back later with more Sixers stuff.


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Friday night revels Return!
… a bunch of people will get in garb (simple casual garb) and have a pot luck feast followed by either simple sitting around and talking, singing or dancing. It will always be heaps of fun.
On the 4th Friday night of each month for the next three months. River Haven Hall open at 7pm for a 7:30pm dinner.
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Wear some comfortable garb and come along.
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This is possibly the best fanfic of yours that I've ever read!
Author's Response: Hello Trucker, wow, what a nice surprise to find you here, too! And thanks very much for the lovely feedback! There simply aren't enough Neville/Dumbledore fics for my liking - particularly after the events at the DoM - and so I feel the need to plug the gap whenever I can. Which is how this fic came about, really. It's nice to imagine what Dumbledore might have thought about the other possible Chosen One's character development over the course of both boys' schooling. Thanks very much for R & R-ing, M ;)
I loved this!!!
Author's Response: Hello nevilleherosnape, thanks very much! It was a blast to write, because I just love the thought of Dumbledore giving Neville mega-points in front of two of his worst enemies ... *cackles* Thanks for R & R-ing, Kara's Aunty ;)
I liked that.
Author's Response: Hello Dad, I'm glad you like! It was a bit AU, but it's always interesting to explore Dumbledore's opinion of Neville, given that Neville was the other possible Boy Who Lived. Thanks very much for R & R-ing, Kara's Aunty ;)


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Basically just an exercise in political correctness. Sog1970 14:16, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
- I'll give you a review ;), You have the honor of deflowering me in the Pee'ing bussines Lock'd And Loaded ~CUN ~ (Shoot!) 16:41, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
|I'll start of by saying that i like the "indian name" jokes, some of the names made me laugh. the "My buckskin breech-cloth could contain me no longer" part is quite good, as well as the "standing like statue" part. The story however loses momentum due to the parts between the humour. The parts about the family is well written too. The thing i think needs some more speed/jokes is the saigon war... lots of jokes you tried there just don't reach me. an exeption is the "i don't feel welcome no more". maybe you could try to be a bit more clear on the mexican/sergeant thing. I also noticed that along the middle part the article just becomes a story, its different from the start. Also, you suddenly introduce your sisters during the vietnam war. The entire story is quite sad, but with humour in it, but after the war part it changes to a more "agressive" stance and that just doesn't work as well as the more sad point of view. The jokes are mainly based on funny names, and weird plot twists like killing the father, or the "now i must manage casino alone". there are plenty of those in the start but they are less frequent near the end. Also the "son" part at the start should be phrased differently, it sound like he died right after childbirth, so i was quite surprised when he was still alive in the last paragraph. all in all you should try to speed up the article and try to put more of those "twists" in the middle and last part. I know this is quite a list, but I'm trying to explain the things I think need improving. (I laughed quite a bit while reading) :)
|I like the concept but I think you don't the full potential of the article, As i said before, try to keep the "sad" mood in the article, maybe put an "accent" on that abit more. (excuse my bad english)
|Prose and formatting:
|Well formatted, didn't see any missing Capitol letters, and the "indian style writing" is consistant through the entire article. Maybe there's more potential there tho, like adding a few more jokes that give the reader the wrong idea, like the "make me feel welcome". I quite liked that! :)
|I think you need better images, the ones you've added aren't really that funny. As this is one of the first things a reader looks at. Basicly, if the pictures are funny, and with funny captions the reader will be more likely to read the entire story. The best image, in my opinion, is the one with the indian in front of the casion, maybe you could add another one with the "dad joke", him selling cigars and posing as a statue.
|Maybe you could also add some links to other pages with "the last of the....".. last of the samourai, last airbender, last stand. a bridge too late ;)
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|I like the story it has potential and I look forward to reading more of your work!
|Lock'd And Loaded ~CUN ~ (Shoot!) 20:24, March 28, 2011 (UTC)


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TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 - Christian Tetzlaff/violin Nikolai Lugansky/piano Russian National Orchestra/Kent Nagano - PentaTone Multichannel SACD PTC 5186 022 67:50****:
Alternately spitfire and grand readings from 2003 of two Tchaikovsky staples, with Kent Nagano leading the Russian National Orchestra, itself a virtuoso ensemble organized by Mikhail Pletnev and Vladmir Spivakov. We can thank Balance Engineer Erdo Groot for the mutichannel entries by flute and bassoon as Tetzlaff applies his take-no-prisoners pyrotechnics to the Tchaikovsky D Major Concerto. A rendition of singular focus and poised dynamics, the Tetzlaff performance reminds me of many a streamlined realization from Nathan Milstein, who also drove the figures with a kind of relentless intimacy. Tetzlaff's often rasping tone can dig a bit deeper than some other violinists, again in a manner that takes me back to the bravura style of Guila Bustabo. Maintaining many of Tchaikovsky's often redundant repeats in the Allegro vivacissimo finale, Tetzaff and Nagano make plenty of musical sparks, even while woodwinds do their curlicues in magnificent surround sound.
If Tetzlaff and Nagano apply the afterburners for the Violin Concerto, Lugansky and Nagano take the dreamscape for their model of the Piano Concerto's spacious opening, allowing the piano to bask in the rolling arpeggios and the pizzicati from the strings. Once the tempo is set, Lugansky take the twice-repeated figures (a la Schumann) on a leisurely tour with sporadic bursts of fiery passion. Separation between piano and woodwinds is especially clean and pointed, and the actual piano recording is reverberant without accumulating any ping or wobble in the upper registers. As for Nagano, he has the explosive temperament of Karajan and a warmer sound. His urging of brass and tympani, then the subito to the winds and strings under the keyboard part is quite impressive. Lugansky may well be the natural successor to Lazar Berman, the perfect combination of muscle and poetry, athleticism and polished lyricism. Listen to the crystalline runs in the first movement cadenza and then the block octaves to the finale's rush to judgment in the coda of the last movement! Gary Lemco
The 1978 War of the Worlds audio production, narrated by Richard Burton with a symphonic rock score, remixed for 5.1 surround with a vengeance
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of "The War of the Worlds" - The words of H. G. Wells spoken by Richard Burton, with Justin Hayward, David Essex, Phil Lynott - Orch. cond. by Jeff Wayne - Double-disc multichannel 5.1 SACDs - Columbia Legacy C2H 94434, 45:08 & 49:34 **** (Also avail. in 7-disc Collectors' Edition)*:
Obviously tied in with the launch of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (though never mentioning it, and a couple weeks late), this is a hi-res surround with-all-the-trimmings reissue of the unique l978 musical/audio drama/rock opera by Jeff Wayne based on the famous sci-fi novel by the British writer H. G. Wells. The original was a double LP set with 12-inch-square art illustrations. These are reproduced in the sizeable booklet bound with the two CDs, plus a number of other illustrations—such as details of the Martian tripods—not provided originally. The original made quite a splash on both sides of the Atlantic. It won various awards, including being voted the Best Recording in Sci-Fi and Fantasy in l980 by a panel of judges which included Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Alfred Hitchcock! The work is primarily a symphonic rock suite, with the voice-over narration by Richard Burton speaking what are mainly lines from Well's novel. There are several songs, sung by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, Chris Thompson and others. Their lyrics and all the spoken lines are printed in the booklet like an opera libretto. There are also sound effects, including one that sounds like the laser fire in Star Wars.
The music is the sort of thing fans of the Moody Blues and ELO would enjoy. There are some good electric guitar solos and even interesting use of such now-dated electronic instruments as the Mellotron (also popularized by the Moody Blues). A frequent repeated theme used as a transition between sections is a dropping electronic tone which could be a theremin but is probably just a simple tone generator. Vocoder voices are sometimes used as instruments. Some of the tunes are catchy enough to stay with you for some time—aided by the fact they are repeated many times.
The remixing of the original tapes after almost 27 years was said by composer/producer Jeff Wayne to be the highlight of his career. He began with 77 multitrack analog tapes, which turned out to suffer from the sort of aging oxide that required special baking, then transferring to hard disc in the digital domain, before any creative mixing could be done. He rebuilt the original production sound by sound and track by track in a digital equivalent of the original analog 48-track production. This alone took over three months.
His next step was to assemble the four separate CDs of remixes, rarities and outtakes which are offered in the definitive 6-CD + 1 DVD Collector's Edition of War of the Worlds, which also includes a "Making of" documentary video plus a 76 page 12-inch hardback book with many illustrations. The DVD also includes a sneak peak at an animated version of War of the Worlds on which Wayne is currently working. In this premium package the two 5.1 SACDs/CDs are the first two discs, the third is devoted to the best club remixes of the album made since its initial release, and discs 4 to 6 are unreleased tracks and outtakes from the original recording sessions plus the unabridged Richard Burton performance from which only 40% was used in the original album. His narration is much briefer on the original LPs and something else is added to both the stereo and surround remixes: a brief Epilogue in which a NASA mission to Mars triggers a new 21st century War of the Worlds. It doesn't work; falling into that fault of so many feature films in which the final scene ruins the whole thing, It should have concluded earlier.
(While I haven't been privy to the DVD or the book, I was sent the four additional CDs in advance CD-R form. Frankly , one would have to be more of a WOTW freak than the Trekkies at their conventions to appreciate these endless outtakes and other flotsum and jetsam. The voice of the director over the intercom diplomatically suggesting Burton pronounce a word differently, and so forth. There are even versions of his narration in Spanish, French, Portuguese etc.!)
Wayne reported that the end result of the 5.1 remix was in his opinion nothing short of spectacular: "The listener IS in the recording with a Martian invasion in Victorian England happening all around you." He's right. This is a super-sounding surround sound demo from start to finish. Electric guitars emanate from all five speakers and sometimes seemingly overhead. An occasional electronic effect sounds like an electric buzzer with a pitch. There is a very strong low bass beat much of the time in the LFE channel—I had to turn down the level on mine. I'm not used to that since most music hi-res surround doesn't employ the LFE channel. I also had to turn down the surround channels by 2dB because they were overwhelming the front channels (and my speakers are identical front and back). The mix is created with the music often at a high level under Burton's voice and one is forced to play back at rock-concert levels in order to hear the narration clearly. John Sunier
The 2nd PT disc from DTS has DVD-A, DTS & PCM and is A-OK
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing; dts Entertainment 69286-01130-9-1 DVD-A ***1/2:
Porcupine Tree has been around since 1993. This is their second release on the DTS label—the first having won the 2004 Surround Music Award for Best Mix: Non-Orchestral (and previously reviewed in this magazine). In addition to the DVD-A track, there is a DTS 5.1 mix and a PCM Stereo track and the surrounds are mainly used for effect with most vocals and instruments residing in the front channels. The press release describes the music as a "unique blend of rock, atmospherics, songwriting and dark intellectual cool." I'd call it modern progressive/alternative rock reminiscent of Rush, Queensryche, Collective Soul, and with early Radiohead-like vocals. Much of the music is ominous and somewhat disturbing still photos accompany every song. The sound quality on this disc is very good—better than most big commercial productions these days. At times it seems there is an excessive amount of treble, but it plays towards the chill of the music. The band truly doesn't fit comfortably into one classification/genre which makes the music more interesting in a way. Track three is a softer Brit-pop style song that sounds a lot like the Lightning Seeds. Some of the tracks are quite long…12 minutes, eight and a half minutes, etc. Just when you think the album is mellowing, songs like track seven come in at full steam with hard thrashing guitar like Rage Against the Machine. All and all it is quite an involving listen and the visuals help drag the listener in deeper.
As extras there is a six and a half minute long short film on the making of the recording. There is also a plentiful photo gallery, lyrics, links, and a trailer for the record. There are three bonus tracks included specially for this release. The first is an instrumental best described as mood music. The second is more rocking, but still instrumental and reminds me of the group Camel. The last has vocals, but is relatively slow—it's like a combination of Pink Floyd with weird, electronic backing. Songs included are: Deadwing; Shallow; Lazarus; Halo; Arriving Somewhere But Not Here; Mellotron Scratch; Open Car; Start of Something Beautiful; Grass arm Shattering. Bonus Tracks: Revenant; Mother & Child Divided; Half-Light. Brian Bloom
Sumptuous spectacle of Brucknerian sound in surround
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (1873 Version) - Jonathan Nott/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra - Tudor multichannel SACD 7133 63:11****:
This performance of Bruckner's Third, in its original 1873 version, recommends itself on several counts. First, conscientious editing has restored much of the structural balance, especially in the Finale, that excessive cuts had destroyed. Second, aside from the scholarly and musicological restitutions, Jonathan Nott—of whose pedagogy I scarcely am familiar except that he succeeded Horst Stein as artistic director of the Bamberg Symphony—has mounted a sumptuous spectacle of sound, with an extremely responsive, resonant ensemble whose brass section rises to all occasions. For an audiophile's rush, try the opening of the Scherzo! Given the exalted, sonic quality of the Zurich-based production, the monumentality of the conception, both Bruckner's and Nott's sterling realization, strives for cosmic proportions.
Of course, Bruckner's block-style of composition, with its fits and starts and stops, can either charm or frustrate, depending on the generous gift of one's poetic indulgence. Even with the excision of overt references to Wagner's Ring, there still appear allusions to Tristan and the sleep-motif from The Valkyrie. Those already committed to this score via the efforts of Knapertsbusch, Jochum, and Inbal will likely declare Nott another true Bruckner disciple. He certainly can urge organ-tone richness and delicate, misterioso pianos out of his orchestra. Kudos clearly go to the uncredited Tudor recording engineers, having captured a monolithic sound in a genie's bottle. Gary Lemco
One of the great violinists, in l973 & 75 concerto recordings originally made for quad
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Serenade melancolique, Op. 26; BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 - Arthur Grumiaux, violin New Philharmonia Orchestra/Jan Krenz (Tchaikovsky) and Heinz Wallberg (Bruch) conductors - PentaTone Multichannel RQR Series SACD 5186 117 71:33****:
PentaTone has entered the sacred chambers of Philips Records, resurrected their stereo and multi-channel (4.0 quadraphonic) archives, here the 1973 Bruch and 1975 Tchaikovsky inscriptions made by the eminent Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986)—the aristocrat among the great fiddlers. The Tchaikovsky Concerto is realized with great verve and attention to color details, and the score is given to us nearly complete with repeats, especially in the Allegro vivacissimo finale. The sonic patina possesses richness and depth of field, so that the flute-violin interchange at the opening of the second movement is quite vivid, especially in surround sound. The affecting Serenade melancolique of 1875 communicates intensity without having become maudlin.
Audiophiles will covet the kaleidoscopic color effects of Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, in a magical rendering that is light, lithe, and rife with instrumental niceties of violin, harp, bassoon, and French horn. Based on any number of Scottish folk-melodies, the Bruch piece, too, can easily descend into a cloying mass of sentimentality. Grumiaux, however, projects such a direct sweetness and conviction into the work, eschewing any undue lingering over phrases, that the plastic charm of the work unfolds like an elegant kilt. The rousing finale, a melange of bagpipe, violin, harp, and tutti effects, simply urges one to don a tam and join the dance. PentaTone seems committed to explore this Philips legacy further, to which I say full speed ahead! Gary Lemco
Skilled young Japanese guitarist in a program that probably won't duplicate any of your guitar collection
Kaori Muraji, guitar - Transformations - Works of TAKEMITSU, THEODORAKIS, TARREGA, DAVIES, SUMNER & MILLER - Decca multichannel SACD 475 6618 ****:
The young Japanese guitarist has chosen some early works from the many composed for the guitar by the introspective, impressionistic Toru Takemitsu. She also chose some European composers and closes the recital with two by the musician better known as Sting. On these and a couple of the others she is joined by Sting's guitarist Dominic Miller.
Nine of Takemitsu's 12 Songs for Guitar are spread out on the disc, opening with tender arrangements of four Beatles tunes, and later one of Over the Rainbow. Theodorakis, like Takemitsu, is known for his film music but also like his Japanese counterpart he has written works for guitar. The wildly guitaristic Variations on Carnival in Venice is one Tarrega's many guitar pieces I had not before heard; it pulls out so many stops that it begins to sound like two guitars—though Miller does not join Muragi on this track. The first of the two Sting numbers—La Bella Dame sans regrets—is in a bossa nova style and was written as a tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim.
The guitar sound is extremely present and detailed, and when it is just the solo guitar it never sounds like it is 40 feet wide. Why can't grand pianos be recorded to image the same way? John Sunier
Senior saxes pair up for a friendly alto altercation
"Bouncing with Bud & Phil" - Live at Yoshi's (Bud Shank & Phil Woods, alto saxes; Mike Wofford, piano; Bob Magnusson, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums) - Capri Records Stereo-only SACD [no number] ****:
Yoshi's Japanese restaurant in Oakland is the best jazz venue in the entire San Francisco Bay Area and bands always look forward to playing there. A number of live recordings have originated from there and from the club's previous location. This one was recorded in November of last year, bringing together LA-based saxist Shank and NYC-based saxist Woods. The combo of a pair of alto saxes is not new; Woods duo'ed with Gene Quill in the 1950s and Shank made some appearances with Art Pepper. Shank and Woods had playing together occasionally over the years and recently were both on a jazz cruise where they really got into their partnership and decided to put together the club appearances and this recording.
Both saxists are in their 70s and have paid their dues many times over. They don't provide a battle of the saxes but a partnership in which they show great respect for each other but have plenty of fun in the process. They were recorded over four nights - the first was getting the technical setup perfected and this disc was selected from the following three nights' highlights. Shank is situated on the left of the soundstage and Woods is on the right. The tracks are all lengthy, with the shortest still over six minutes and one over 14. A standout is their version of Nature Boy.
Tracks: Bouncing with Bud, Helen's Song, Nature Boy, Carousels, Summer Serenade, Gemma's Eyes, Minority. John Henry
Reviews reprinted with permission from Audiophile Audition


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Internship activities will be directly tied and related to the rural
development-training project work plans. The intern will work with WARD members
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Consortium outlines Tube plans
A consortium of private sector firms which will fund repairs and refurbishments on part of the London Underground has outlined its plans in more detail.
The consortium, known as Tube Lines, will spend about £4.4bn upgrading three lines of the ageing network over the next seven-and-a-half years.
Under a deal signed with the government, it will upgrade the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines in return for guaranteed revenue over the next 30 years.
Tube Lines has raised £2.1m and the rest will come from government funding or fares.
Tube Lines plans to replace signalling systems on the Jubilee and Northern lines by 2011, and improve 97 stations across the three lines.
The Jubilee Line will also get 59 extra carriages - allowing each train to have seven cars instead of six.
Tube Lines Managing Director Terry Morgan said the consortium faced an enormous challenge.
"We're dealing with an Underground system that has had decades of underinvestment.
"It's one that, clearly as we bring private sector funding into play, means for the first time London Underground can think long term and bring about a sustainable improvement in performance."
A second consortium of private sector firms, Metronet, is due to take over responsibility for the remainder of the London Underground network in the spring of 2003.
The scheme has been strongly opposed by London's Mayor, Ken Livingstone, and by transport workers' unions.
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