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October 7, 2008
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Classical Music
With Sylvia Docking

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Wolfgang Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in A (Amsterdam Mozart Players)


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Frank Bridge: String Suite: Finale (New Zealand Chamber Orchestra)


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Ottorino Respighi: Botticelli Triptych (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)



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Classical Music
With Sylvia Docking

12:50
Wolfgang Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in A (Amsterdam Mozart Players)


1:04
Frank Bridge: String Suite: Finale (New Zealand Chamber Orchestra)


1:09
Ottorino Respighi: Botticelli Triptych (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)



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Liquid crystal panels show promise as greenhouse material

Thursday, June 26, 2008

A partnership between Kent State University and the Cleveland Botanical Garden is literally bearing fruit. An experiment is pitting a conventional glass greenhouse against a greenhouse made from liquid crystal panels. And the plants inside show the liquid crystal greenhouse is performing a little better in the study's early stages.

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