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...mechanical art of staying together.The Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor fared no better under Sung’s direction and Brazilian pianist Nelson Friere’s touch. Friere, whose command of the keyboard rivaled that of his longtime duo partner and legendary pianist Martha Argerich at the peak of his career, delivered a restrained performance that failed to communicate the rustic, fiercely nationalistic character of Grieg’s music. Friere’s former flair for pairing reckless abandon with nuanced maturity was completely absent from this performance. The attack of the opening octave cascade was overly...
...apartment buildings, hotels, industrial warehouses and shopping malls - are structured as 5-to-10-year loans. After that, the loan is normally refinanced. But the recession has eroded the fundamentals of even good refinancing candidates. Property values have plummeted, with sale prices down as much as 45% from the peak in 2007, Deutsche Bank reports. And vacancies are up - expected by year's end to reach 13.5% for retail and 17% for office buildings - cutting potential income that commercial properties need to make their mortgage payments. Some areas will be even worse. Vacancy rates in midtown Manhattan, already...
About 1,000 homes will be enrolled in an advanced trial that will turn them into smart buildings, with smart control panels and thermostats that will help manage electrical loads and reduce energy use during peak periods. (One of the biggest potential benefits of the smart grid is the ability to manage the electrical load; today utilities need to have enough capacity to meet rare days of peak demand, but if a smart grid could smooth out those peaks, it might reduce the need for new power plants.) "We invested a lot in this technology," says Lewis...
...weren’t quite there [at the beginning of the season],” sophomore Agnes Sibilski said. “We played some other matches, but we knew that the Ivy games were the most important, so we wanted to try and get everyone to peak at this time. It definitely happened, and everyone was really focused coming into the Ivy League.” One of the keys to the Crimson’s success was making sure that the team developed into a tight and supportive group. Throughout the season, the team stressed recognizing the importance...
...Love Song’ has been Bareilles first and only chart-climber, reaching a peak position of number four on Billboard’s Hot 100 in the summer...