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In his current role, Dr. Hanlin supports strategic public health initiatives for Ecolab's Healthcare, Water and Process Services and other divisions. His subject matter expertise in public health and food safety provides the foundation for an enterprise-wide view of infection prevention and contamination control issues.
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A major focus of his efforts centers on legionnaires' disease, influenza and MERS-CoV. Dr. Hanlin is highly engaged with leaders in public health and food safety outside the company. He has built strong relationships with government agencies, academic partners and industry trade association groups.
Prior to joining Ecolab in 2011, Dr. Hanlin spent 25 years in the food industry, holding key food safety and quality positions at both food manufacturing and retail companies, including Kellogg's, Supervalu and General Mills. He holds patents on food safety preservation systems, and in 2009, was invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Agriculture to provide recommendations to policy makers on how to improve the safety of the nation's food supply.
Dr. Hanlin has extensive experience serving on food safety committees and has presented at numerous national and international scientific meetings. He also has published several scientific papers and book chapters on food safety and public health. His most recent publication focused on prevention of legionnaires' disease in the healthcare environment. Dr. Hanlin is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the Institute of Food Technologists and the International Association for Food Protection.
Dr. Hanlin received a bachelor's degree in Biology and Microbiology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, a master's degree in Business Administration from Temple University and a doctorate in Biology and Microbiology from Syracuse University.
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do i have J. Jansen RT? because i have him in the game but not on the DC right now.
laron and taylor are not up for trades and who is rocky?
horn, mcclure, weiner, fonoti, and l. sanders for moss, wade, jansen, blades, and smoot????


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"""
Behance OAuth2 support.

This contribution adds support for the Behance OAuth service. The settings
BEHANCE_CLIENT_ID and BEHANCE_CLIENT_SECRET must be defined with the values
given by Behance application registration process.

Extended permissions are supported by defining BEHANCE_EXTENDED_PERMISSIONS
setting, it must be a list of values to request.

By default username and access_token are stored in extra_data field.
"""
from social_auth.backends import BaseOAuth2, OAuthBackend

# Behance configuration
BEHANCE_AUTHORIZATION_URL = 'https://www.behance.net/v2/oauth/authenticate'
BEHANCE_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = 'https://www.behance.net/v2/oauth/token'

class BehanceBackend(OAuthBackend):
    """Behance OAuth authentication backend"""
    name = 'behance'
    # Default extra data to store (in addition to access_token)
    EXTRA_DATA = [
        ('username', 'username'),
    ]

    def get_user_id(self, details, response):
        return response['user']['id']

    def get_user_details(self, response):
        """Return user details from Behance account"""
        user = response['user']
        return {
            'username': user['username'],
            'last_name': user['last_name'],
            'first_name': user['first_name'],
            'fullname': user['display_name'],
            'email': '',
        }

    def extra_data(self, user, uid, response, details):
        # Pull up the embedded user attributes so they can be found as extra
        # data. See the example token response for possible attributes:
        # http://www.behance.net/dev/authentication#step-by-step
        all_data = dict((name, value) for name, value in response.iteritems())
        all_data.update(response['user'])
        return super(BehanceBackend, self).extra_data(user, uid, all_data,
                details)

class BehanceAuth(BaseOAuth2):
    """Behance OAuth2 mechanism"""
    AUTHORIZATION_URL = BEHANCE_AUTHORIZATION_URL
    ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = BEHANCE_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL
    AUTH_BACKEND = BehanceBackend
    SETTINGS_KEY_NAME = 'BEHANCE_CLIENT_ID'
    SETTINGS_SECRET_NAME = 'BEHANCE_CLIENT_SECRET'
    SCOPE_SEPARATOR = '|'
    ### Look at http://www.behance.net/dev/authentication#scopes
    SCOPE_VAR_NAME = 'BEHANCE_EXTENDED_PERMISSIONS'

# Backend definition
BACKENDS = {
    'behance': BehanceAuth
}

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Singtel is projected to trade at a yield of 5.7% versus StarHub's 6.6% amidst TPG's entry.
The enterprise segment may hold more promise for telcos going into 2019 with StarHub and M1 gaining traction of the back of growing demand for managed services and information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, according to a report by OCBC Investment Research (OIR).
"Still, the major caveat is that margins from such businesses are typically thinner," OIR analyst Joseph Ng said, citing how M1's fixed services earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin is approximately 10% points lower than that of the firm's on service revenue.
Whilst Singtel seems to have bucked the trend with ICT revenue dropping 5% YoY in H1 FY19, the report noted that this is largely due to large non-repeat contracts, as well as the government's temporary pause on new ICT systems.
"Amongst the three telcos, we believe that Singtel's geographical diversification should help provide some relief," Ng highlighted.
Singapore constitutes 33% of Singtel's H1 FY19 profit before tax (PBT) and exceptional items, whilst local mobile service and equipment forms 9.1% of group operating revenue. Across the telcos, Singtel is projected to trade at a yield of 5.7%, whilst Starhub is estimated to trade at 6.6% resulting in a relatively narrow spread, Ng said in the report.
The old story for mobile space will continue to play out for Singapore's telcos as TPG Telecom's entry into the fray in 2019 and greater traction for SIM-only plans could further soften average revenues per user (ARPUs).
In 2018, Keppel Corporation and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) announced a pre-conditional voluntary general offer (VGO) for M1 at a cash offer of $2.06 per share, which presents value to existing M1 shareholders, through their special purpose vehicle Konnectivity, Ng said.
M1 is expected to trade at a yield of 4.9% in the next fiscal year although this may change should the VGO be successful given that Konnectivity has already highlighted that dividends could be affected on the back of transformation efforts, the report noted.
"At this juncture, we still believe that all other options are still on the table, such as Axiata Group mounting its own offer potentially in concert with other parties or Konnectivity raising the offer price in an attempt to consummate the deal," he added.
According to the report, StarHub witnessed a spurt in its share price which rose to a four-month high on the back of the positive sentiment surrounding M1's ongoing pre-conditional VGO on top off its aggressive cost cutting measures in October that saw 300 employees axed.
In the Pay-TV realm, current fixed cost models may continue to be a challenge for telcos, especially as over-the-top (OTT) streaming services from providers like Netflix fight for customer share. StarHub announced in November that it would pull the plug on its cable services to make way for more efficient services through an all-fibre network.


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By Kathryn Doyle
(Reuters Health) – Between 2006 and 2012, antibiotic use in hospitals in general did not change, and the use of a class of drugs tied most closely to antibiotic resistance actually increased, according to a new study.
"We believe the increases in the use of more powerful and 'last resort' antibiotics should prompt further exploration and, where indicated, actions to improve the use of these antibiotics," said lead author James Baggs, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
"While the optimal level of antibiotic use or distribution of classes is not really known for every hospital, we know from other studies that inpatient prescribing of antibiotics for some infections is often inappropriate," Baggs told Reuters Health by email.
The researchers reviewed adult and pediatric antibiotic use from 2006 to 2012 in 300 participating acute care hospitals. More than 34 million patients were discharged from these hospitals over the six-year period.
Over the whole period, 55 percent of patients left the hospital having taken at least one dose of an antibiotic. Overall, for every 1,000 days of hospitalization, 775 days included antibiotic therapy.
"In some cases, providers might be unaware of treatment guidelines," Baggs said. "In others, infections are misdiagnosed, for example, a provider thinks a patient has an infection when they do not. We also know that in many cases for hospitalized patients, antibiotics are started before all of the clinical information is available."
Although overall antibiotic use stayed level over time, use of third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, macrolides, glycopeptides, carbapenems and tetracyclines increased significantly, as reported September 19 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
"In the hospital, where the sickest patients are, there's been an increase in broad-spectrum antibiotics," said Dr. Ateev Mehrotra of Harvard Medical School, who coauthored a commentary in the journal.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics act against a wide variety of bacteria. "Those are the big guns, and with increased use of them the worry is that that's leading to the bacteria that's broadly resistant," Mehrotra said.
Antibiotic overuse has been a problem for decades, Mehrotra told Reuters Health by phone.
"We don't believe the reason broad spectrum antibiotics are overused is that physicians aren't educated," he said. "Doctors are human, they're worried, they're behind, they're concerned about what the patient wants."
"What we're proposing is that the strategies to address this should come from a psychological perspective," and should target doctors who give out the most antibiotics, he said. If social pressure leads to overprescribing, maybe it can also curb prescribing rates.
"Send them an email or letter saying, you're not a top performer, why is that," Mehrotra said.
Antibiotic use guidelines are already in place and don't need to be changed, he said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/2cCq5CB
JAMA Intern Med 2016.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-antibiotics-hospitals-idUSKCN11P1QO

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import com.metaui.core.datasource.ResourceTreeAdapter;
import com.metaui.core.datasource.ResourceType;
import com.metaui.core.datasource.VirtualResource;
import com.metaui.core.datasource.db.DBIcons;
import com.metaui.core.model.ITreeNode;
import com.metaui.fxbase.MuEventHandler;
import com.metaui.fxbase.ui.component.tree.BaseTreeCell;
import com.metaui.fxbase.ui.component.tree.MUTreeItem;
import com.metaui.fxbase.ui.view.MUTree;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;

import java.util.ArrayList;
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This is a list of music which for me has the undefinable "it". Everyone is different and so are each persons preferences. For me the vast majority of my music collection is made up of Blues. From Jimi Hendrix to ZZ Top, Howlin Wolf, Freddie King, BB King, Albert King and Peter Green. So in no particular order (because I just couldn't give any order to my most favoured discs) here it is.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:...The Primary Phase OK OK, so this isn't music but it has two things which make it stand out for me. Firstly its funny. Douglas Adams's brilliance was taking something which most of us do (hitch hiking) and applying it to a totally different environment (the galaxy). What sort of mind comes up with the idea that all you need to survive in space is a towel ? What sort of logic is that ? Secondly, what makes me remember these discs is Peter Jones's voice. He was the narrator of the book and hearing his voice through the ESL 57 is something to behold. I use it as one of my reference test discs. If you put the first disc in and play it, it starts off with the intro music. This is a short extract from an Eagles track but its just so obvious that its heavily compressed and that it originally came from vinyl LP. Then Peter Jones starts up. I think his voice is perfect. You hear what he is saying but he also has a low frequency component in his voice which has great impact. This is what I use as one of my reference test tracks when I repair ESL's. What a great shame then that both Douglas Adams and Peter Jones are no longer with us. They will both be sadly missed.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:...The Secondary Phase....this carries on where the above finishes. While not quite as memorable as the first discs above its still good entertainment.


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Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000
Property and staff
22Effect of transfer of chief probation officers
(1)This section applies where a scheme made by virtue of section 20 provides for a person who is employed as chief probation officer under a contract of employment with a probation committee to be appointed as chief officer of a local probation board.
(2)The officer's period of employment with the committee counts as a period of employment in his Crown employment and the appointment does not break the continuity of that employment.
(3)So far as it is consistent with appointment under paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1, the terms and conditions of the officer's contract of employment have effect on and after his appointment as if they were terms and conditions of his Crown employment.
(4)Section 21(2) applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the officer as it applies in relation to an employee of a probation committee whose contract of employment is transferred to the local probation board.
(5)The officer is not to be treated, for the purposes of the [1996 c. 18.] Employment Rights Act 1996, as having been dismissed by the probation committee by reason of his appointment.
(6)But if the officer informs the probation committee or the Secretary of State that he objects to the appointment, subsections (2) to (5) do not apply.
(7)Where the officer is not appointed as chief officer of a local probation board (whether because he objects to the appointment or for any other reason), his contract of employment is terminated immediately before the date on which the committee ceases to exist; and he is to be treated, for the purposes of the [1996 c. 18.] Employment Rights Act 1996, as having been dismissed by the committee.
(8)In this section, "Crown employment" means the employment which the chief officer of a local probation board is to be treated as employed in, for the purposes of the [1996 c. 18.] Employment Rights Act 1996, by virtue of paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 1 to this Act.
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Collection ASU0298 - Arthur Vining Davis [publication]
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Arthur Vining Davis [publication]
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Arthur Vining "Art" Davis, May 30, 1867–November 17, 1962, was an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist. He was a trustee of the University of Miami from 1953 to 1962.
The 40-page publication depicts Arthur Vining "Art" Davis's life with photographs and press articles, who was an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist. It was created by The Arthur Vining Davis Foudations for their Board of Trustees Meeting held on February 6-8, 2014 at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. He was a trustee of the University of Miami from 1953-1962.
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Category: Downloads
Download collections of Astronomy books in electronic formats, useful softwares and other astronomy related reference and guide.
Download Free eBook: Your Guide to the Moon
Moon watchers can download this eBook Your Guide to the Moon, a supplementary edition in Astronomy magazine 2014, by Robert Burnham. It features moon watchers' tips and moon maps which will guide you the location of lunar craters and maria visible in each lunar cycle from new crescent to last quarter. It will definitely aid your lunar observation. Download it here
Posted on June 30, 2014 October 9, 2018
Ru'yah and Hisab: Marking the start of the month
2014 June Brunei Newsletter
Source: The Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office,
Brunei Darussalam Newsletter June 2014 (Download)
Predicting the first sighting of the new crescent has been attempted since the time of the ancient Babylonians. The ancient methods of moon sighting depended on the astronomical calculation of the Moon and the time difference between moonset and sunset.
The first sighting of the new crescent moon is used as the basis of various calendars to signal the start of the new month. For instance, Islam requires that the sighting of the new crescent moon should be made with the naked eye.
More modern techniques nowadays among others use the angular separation of the Sun and Moon, altitude difference between the Sun and Moon, as well as their relative azimuths and the width of the crescent. Continue reading "Ru'yah and Hisab: Marking the start of the month"
World Wide Development in Astronomy (WWDA) Visit to Brunei Darussalam
Report by Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Ministry of Science & Technology, Thailand
Source: IAU Information Bulletin 109 (Download)
Brunei Darussalam is a small Kingdom in South-East Asia located on the northern shore of the island of Borneo. The state's major industry on petroleum makes Brunei Darussalam a prosperous and progressive country, with a population of approximately 400,000 (July 2010). Brunei has the second highest Human Development Index among South East Asia nations, after Singapore, and is classified as a Developed Country.
Boonrucksar Soonthornthum visited Brunei Darussalam during July 13-19, 2011 and Hakim Malasan, during July 16-19, 2011, with the following objectives:
To introduce the roles of South-East Asian countries for promoting and supporting the missions of World Wide Development in Astronomy (WWDA)
To introduce the recent development of Astronomy in South-East Asia especially the initiation of South-East Asian Astronomy Network (SEAAN) and the establishment of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, which will serve as a national institute in astronomy in Thailand and one of the center for the international collaboration in astronomy in the South-East Asian countries
To promote the activity on the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) and encourage Brunei Darussalam to organise a national competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad and send the national team to join the IOAA
To explore the astronomical activities organised in Brunei Darussalam, to promote astronomy to this country and to seek for the possible future collaboration both astronomy education and research
Continue reading "World Wide Development in Astronomy (WWDA) Visit to Brunei Darussalam"
Posted on July 17, 2011 December 15, 2015
Member of International Astronomical Union Meets PABD
Professor Boonrucksar Soonthornthum (IAU) with members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam
Above: Professor Boonrucksar Soonthornthum (IAU) with members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam. More Photos.
Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei Darussalam Astronomical Society had a discussion with Professor Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, Director of National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), yesterday afternoon (16 July 2011).
Among the purposes of the meeting is to promote astronomy education and popularizing astronomy in this country. Boonrucksar who is also the national members of International Astronomy Union (IAU) wishes the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam, and Brunei in general, to establish cooperation with South-East Asian Astronomy Network (SEAAN). This network serves South-East Asian countries to collaborate and strengthen Astronomical research activities in this region.
Briefing on the International Astronomy Union information is also presented by Professor Boonrucksar Soonthornthum. He explained that "Thailand has become a national member of the IAU in 2006 and currently there are 70 countries or national members." Currently, Brunei has not been a candidate to become the member of the IAU.
A report summary on Education and Popularisation of Astronomy Session in 10th Asia Pacific Regional IAU Meeting (APRIM). Brunei was reported having no Astronomers.
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NARIT has a number of modern observatories. Among them is the Thai National Observatory is located in the Province of Chiang Mai houses a 2.4 meter telescope. Attract also established five fruits and k. Public Observatories One of the prototype is located in Southern Thailand (about the same latitude as Brunei) and Professor Boonrucksar Suggested that this observatoy to be one of the research center for Islamic Astronomy. These observatories are expected to be in operation in 2012, next year.
Present at the meeting were Exco PABD: Dk Ratna (Treasurer), Hj Julaihi (Deputy Secretary-I), Pg Shahdani (Deputy Secretary II) and Dyg Salmah (Exco member). Also participating in the discussions is Dr Dr Hj Norarfan Hj Zainal, Deputy Raes of Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College (Kupu SB).
Download a full report IAU Information Bulletin Jan 2012 (Source http://www.iau.org/static/publications/IB109.pdf)
Visibility Predictions for the New Crescent Moon 1980 – 2030
This is a table computed by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office computes and distributes predictions of lunar crescent visibility for Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from Year 1980 until 2030.
Visibility Predictions for the New Crescent Moon are catagorised by
A Easily visible
B Visible under perfect conditions
C May need optical aid to find the crescent Moon
D Will need optical aid to find the crescent Moon
E Not visible with a telescope
F Not visible, below the Danjon limit
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HM_VisibilityPredictions_for_New_Crescent_Moon_Viz_1980_2030.pdfHM_VisibilityPredictions_for_New_Crescent_Moon_Viz_1980_2030Download
Posted on June 6, 2004 December 30, 2014
Kertas Kerja Seminar Astronomi Transit Planet Zuhrah
Kertas Kerja Seminar Astronomi Transit Planet Zuhrah 08 Jun 2004 Oleh Hazarry Haji Ali Ahmad – Download it Here
THE DANJON LIMIT OF FIRST VISIBILITY OF THE LUNAR CRESCENT
By Louay J. Fatoohi, F. Richard Stephenson & Shetha S. Al-Dargazelli Department of Physics, University of Durham
When the distinguished French astronomer Andre Danjon was the director of Strasbourg Observatory, he became engaged in determining the light curve of the Moon. In 1931 he noticed that the Moon of August 13, which was only 16.2 hr before new, extended only 75-80° from cusp to cusp. In other words, Danjon found that the outer terminator of the crescent was considerably less than a complete half-circle, which it should have been theoretically. This was not an isolated observation because other observations, and also examination of previous records, showed that this shortening of the crescent was a general and real phenomenon. Danjon also noticed that the shortening diminishes as the angular distance of the Moon from the Sun increases.
The_Danjon_Limit_of_First_Visibility_of_Lunar_Crescent_FatoohiDownload
Records for Young Moon Sightings
By Bradley E. Schaefer*, !mad A.Ahmadt and LeRoy Doggettt
*NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 66I, Greenbelt, MD 2077I, t lmad-ad-Dean
Inc., 4323 Rosedale Ave, Bethesda, MD 208I4 and t Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 20390 (Received I992 June 29; in original form I992 April 9)
We examine various claims of record and near record young moon sightings. We
find that the claims for 1916 May 2, 1895 July 22, and 1910 February 10 were made
under cloudy skies, hence the reports are likely to have an error in the date of
observation. Similar problems with the reported date have occurred for the claimed
sightings on I885 December 11, I989 May 5, and 1991 September 7· Other reports
from 1989 May 5 are shown to have reported incorrectly the moon's position and
orientation, and so the observed source was not the moon. Of the reliable reports, the
record for sightings with the unaided eye is I 5·4 h by Julius Schmidt, while the record
for sightings with optical aid is 13 h 28 min by Robert C. Victor. We find that the
reliable reports can be sharply distinguished from the dubious reports based on such
factors as observer experience, promptness of report, and observer preparation.
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I could be wrong but I can find no evidence that any of Raff�s five violin sonatas were recorded before the advent of CDs. For violin fanciers Raff meant morceaux and beyond the Cavatina was a vista of unplayed folios. It�s useful therefore to consider Tudor�s pioneering work in the Raff discography and to reflect that they have brought us violin concertos, quartets and cello concertos amongst other rare things. Here we have three of the violin sonatas, to join the Op.99 sonata on Tudor 7109.
He certainly had a gift for elegant lyricism, forged from a Schumannesque fire, combined with more-than-requisite technical assurance. The E minor of 1853-54 is a solidly Romantic work adhering to prerequisites of form and formal sentiment. What it lacks is true distinction, though one can admire the witty scherzo with its cloudy moments of wistfulness. The slow movement is marked Nicht zu langsam and that�s true enough; rich in tracery and reverie but for much of its length stubbornly superficial and aloof. In the finale we confront a recurring problem; a disparate and unresolved attitude toward direction and at eight minutes in length it does ramble, notwithstanding the piano�s fugal passage.
The Fourth in G minor is the so-called Chromatic Sonata, a one movement, multi-sectioned concertante piece which is altogether more harmonically diverting than its earlier disc mate. Songful for the violin and powerfully written for the piano; the ingredients make for engaging listening, even if the debts to the High Romantics of the German school are avoidable and even if, in the end, thematic memorability proves over-stated.
The Third Sonata is, like the First, another big four-movement work. It�s written in standard sonata form and fuses intimacy with some strenuous passagework. Raff is at his finest in the trio where his trademark lyrical muse is at its most developed � which is useful because his slow movement is once again rather gestural and sporting a rather self-conscious sense of dramatic projection. He fails to resolve the classic finale dilemma, settling instead for a jovial sense of high spirits; some strongly projected contrasts might have worked better.
The recording level and balance are just and throughout both Daskalakis and Ishay prove devoted servants. Adept though they are I can imagine that a greater sense of tonal involvement could have turned corners with greater passion and incision. Sometimes things are a touch too well mannered and there was certainly some room for the kind of expressive gestures that might have given these works a greater sense of cavalier freedom. Too much sugar can kill a Cavatina but a little sweetener here wouldn�t have gone amiss.