As an asset manager and instrument-rated pilot, the term "soft landing" has a different meaning to me than to other watchers of the Federal Reserve.

But, admits Houston Symphony principal bass player Timothy Pitts, things change when his instrument steps into the solo circle. "It's a soft instrument," he says.

In reality it's so soft it barely registered in the Grand Tier in cavernous Jones Hall. (In a smaller auditorium, with textbook-perfect sound, the instrument would carry better.) Friday's audience ...

PIKE COUNTY, Pa. — Access Physical Therapy & Wellness now offers the Graston Technique, a patented, instrument-assisted soft tissue massage/mobilization method, at its Pike County offices.