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One of the things we all have to look forward to with Xbox One is the incredible improvement made to voice chat with the integration of Skype's audio codec. Not only does the codec have a proven track record of high-quality voice through billions of hours of use through Skype, in Xbox One it also has dedicated audio processing for conversations via Skype and multiplayer party chats.
Bottom line, Xbox One offers higher quality voice chat with the Xbox One Chat Headset compared to Xbox 360, whether you're chatting in-game or through party chat with Skype on Xbox One.
Any time you post, send or create something via a Web browser or an app, the information goes from your computer or phone to the cloud. This includes checking email, posting on social media sites, paying bills, playing games online and, yes, even shopping. And any time you hear "cloud" you hear questions about security and privacy.
Surface Senior Manager Kristen Batch just moved to Seattle from Chicago with her family, and in a post on the Surface Blog she explains how helpful the Surface RT has been in acclimating her two girls to the upcoming academic year in new schools.
Batch writes, "Since I'm sharing my Surface with two pre-teens I've set up separate user accounts to prevent sibling warfare and give them each a sense of independence. The rule is for every 3 games you load, you have to add something educational. It puts them in the driver's seat of their self-guided summer tutoring sessions so they're less likely to complain about 'mom's picks.' The separate accounts also give me peace of mind. I don't have to worry about grabbing my Surface and facing a home screen that suddenly looks like a princess invaded my device."
A release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about malware threats on mobile phones sparked some anxiety for smartphone users. As long as there are unscrupulous characters out there, there will be malware. However, that doesn't mean you have to be a target.
If you're in London on Sunday, you can attend London Mela, Europe's largest South Asian festival. It's free, and as Skype's Big Blog describes it, "has become a major celebration throughout the global South Asian diaspora."
Now in its 11th year, the festival will have nine event zones where revelers can enjoy contemporary and classical music, outdoor arts, dance, sports, fashion, children's activities and food from around the world.
Skype's education program, Skype in the Classroom, allows children to experience events from around the globe, from the top of Mt. Everest to the bottom of the sea. Skype makes it possible for students in China to practice language skills and share customs with their peers in Chicago, and for NASA scientists to show students firsthand how to prepare a space vehicle for takeoff.
More than 66,000 teachers around the world use Skype to make learning more engaging for their students, and to help students learn remotely when they can't make it to school. Head over to the Skype Social Good blog for more about the ways Skype helps teachers enrich learning for their students.
From Friday to Sunday, over 140 of the best "Halo 4" players in the world will converge in Seattle at PAX Prime 2013 and engage in battle for more than $300,000 in cash – including a $200,000 grand prize – at the "Halo 4" Global Championship Finals.
Xbox Wire talked to some professional "Halo 4" gamers -- Eric "Snip3down" Wrona, Eric "GH057ayame" Hewitt and Sean "Dersky" Swidersky – and posted their thoughts on the tournament.
The following is a post from Brad Smith, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft. It was originally published on Microsoft on the Issues.
To followers of technology issues, there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart. But today our two companies stand together. We both remain concerned with the Government's continued unwillingness to permit us to publish sufficient data relating to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders.
Each of our companies filed suit in June to address this issue. We believe we have a clear right under the U.S. Constitution to share more information with the public. The purpose of our litigation is to uphold this right so that we can disclose additional data.
On six occasions in recent weeks we agreed with the Department of Justice to extend the Government's deadline to reply to these lawsuits. We hoped that these discussions would lead to an agreement acceptable to all. While we appreciate the good faith and earnest efforts by the capable Government lawyers with whom we negotiated, we are disappointed that these negotiations ended in failure.
Crytek and Microsoft Studios announced Thursday that "Warface," the award-winning PC title, will arrive on consoles for the first time on Xbox 360 in early 2014.
True to its pedigree, "Warface" will feature vivid graphics and gameplay for intense, first-person shooter action, enabling players to engage in competitive and cooperative battles with others around the world.
If you're already watching free movies and TV using the Crackle app on Xbox Live, or your Windows Phone or Windows 8 device, you've got another perk: an exclusive early pass to the world premiere of the new martial-arts-packed thriller starring Danny Glover and Sean Astin, "Extraction." You can watch it for free now, a week before anybody else.
Want to be stunned by the photographic quality a smartphone can deliver? Check out "On assignment with the Nokia Lumia 1020" from National Geographic in partnership with Nokia. You'll see how photographer Stephen Alvarez tackled a 10-day assignment to capture the American West – armed only with a Nokia Lumia 1020.
The results are astounding, as chronicled in the article and the video above (all footage was captured on the Nokia Lumia 1020). And you'll hear from a pro about what it's like to use the new device. Approaching one shot of a storm off in the distance, Alvarez says, "Normally, I'd never try to capture an image like this with a phone because it requires so much resolution to successfully pull it off. But the 1020 has the pixel count and lens resolution to grab all the big clouds, big lightning, and big landscape in huge detail. I'm thrilled with it."
Thinking of getting a new PC for the family? The HP ENVY 23 TouchSmart just might be the one you've been looking for.
Consider that it has a 23-inch, full-HD touchscreen display and is powered by Windows 8. Your kids need to do their homework, it's just the tool they'll need. And with the upcoming release of Windows 8.1, they can work on a paper in Word on half the screen while viewing a website in Internet Explorer on the other half by snapping the two apps together. That'll help them get their work done faster, which means more time for family entertainment.
Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 share the same core, which makes developing apps and games easier than ever, accelerating development, test and publication time.
The Windows Phone Developer Blog has a new post with several links to online video training and documentation for developers who want to design the best apps and games they can to take advantage of the platform's shared core.
Hey gamers! Want to win a free trip to the Tokyo Game Show 2014?
If you're attending PAX Prime in Seattle, you'll get your chance. You just have to show that you've got what it takes to post the highest score in a challenge that encompasses three of the most iconic Atari games: "Pong," "Centipede" and "Asteroids." (You might remember that in 2012, Internet Explorer and Atari debuted the Atari Arcade, which includes those game classics and more, all gorgeously reimagined in HTML5 for touch capability and the modern Web.)
That's right, it's the Atari Arcade Battle Royale.
On Thursday Microsoft announced that 17-year Microsoft veteran Phil Sorgen has been appointed corporate vice president of the company's Worldwide Partner Group.
Sorgen previously led Microsoft's U.S. Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners Group, and in his new role will manage a team of sales and marketing professionals tasked with helping Microsoft's 620,000-strong partner community to capitalize on news areas of growth in cloud computing, mobility, big data and enterprise social technologies.
If you're really into racing games on your PC, you may have a multi-display setup, a wheel, maybe even some pedals. That gives you wrap-around visuals, car-like controls and force feedback. Not bad, but you may wonder what could boost the realism even further. Chris Stevenson asked that question and started tinkering, and the result is a Windows-based full-motion racing simulator that Chris calls "Project E.B.T.R." – for "everything but the rims."
Watch the video and head over to the Extreme Windows Blog to find out why Stevenson favors games like "Dirt3" from Codemasters, how he built Project E.B.T.R., what's behind the graphics of its very fluid and realistic panoramic gameplay experience, and more.
"Halo: Spartan Assault," the Halo franchise's first installment built specifically for touch-based devices, continues to reveal more for fans, with an update Thursday that gives them Operation Hydra, a free game update with five new missions.
The Windows Phone Blog reports that this is in addition to the 25 action-packed missions against the Covenant you already get with the game, which explores the origin of the Spartan Ops program and "Halo 4'" Spartan Commander, Sarah Palmer.
Back on August 29, 2003, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis founded Skype, which was to become a key way to communicate for more than 300 million people worldwide. On Wednesday, Skype celebrated hitting the 10-year mark, and looked back at accomplishments and milestones.
More than 1.4 trillion minutes of voice and video calls have been made using Skype. To put that number in perspective, it's the equivalent of more than 2.6 million years of conversations – made in in just 10 years' time. See the infographic for a decade of fascinating people, places and behaviors Skype has inspired.
Love to play Forza on Xbox? Then you'll want to know about the new loyalty program that rewards you for racking up time on one of your favorite pastimes.
Here's how Forza Rewards works: When you play Forza games, you earn points. The more points you earn, the higher your tier level and, the higher your tier level, the better rewards you can earn. Each month, you can redeem rewards in games like "Forza Motorsport 4" and "Forza Horizon," including cars, in-game credits and tokens.
Our latest App of the Week is Foursquare, now available on Windows 8.The popular social app, which has over 35 million users worldwide, lets you find and "check in" at interesting places around you, as well as share photos, reviews and tips about your personal favorite spots.
The Skype team's Matthew de Beer wants to answer your questions about Skype. Earlier this month he wrote a post taking on frequently asked questions about Skype status. Recently he dug through more questions from Skype Support, and found two common queries related to the availability of video calls: "Why does the video call button have a red line through it?" and "Where has my video call button gone?"
Find de Beers' answers to these questions and more on the Tuesday posting on the Skype Tips & Tricks blog.
In developing the soon-to-arrive R2 Wave, Microsoft engineers closely examined what organizations need and want from the cloud. One theme they repeatedly heard was the desire to build an app once and have that app be able to live in any data center or cloud. Good news: That functionality is now here.
Corporate Vice President for Windows Server and System Center Brad Anderson writes, "Whether your app is in a private, public or hosted cloud, the developers and IT Professionals in your organization will have consistency across clouds."
When most people think of Skype, they picture friends and family members bridging long distances to share a moment together. That's an accurate image, but it's missing a key aspect of Skype: it's a powerful business tool too.
As part of commemorating its 10-year anniversary, the Skype team on Wednesday posted 10 cool ways companies use Skype. Some use it to take prospective customers on a virtual tour, others to deliver training, while others use it to give customers a real person to talk to when a problem arises. Head over to Skype's Workspace Blog to find out all the ways that made the top 10.
When did the "opportunity" to take a test become good news? The moment it meant you could advance your career – all while networking and building your SQL Server know-how. For the second year in a row, attendees of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit will be able to take Microsoft Certification exams at the conference.
Attending the PAX Prime 2013 gaming show this weekend in Seattle? Be sure and stop by Xbox Booth #412 for the latest and greatest gaming and entertainment experiences. This Xbox Wire post gives you an overview of activities you'll find exclusively at the Xbox booth Friday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 2.
For starters, the booth will include 60 stations featuring dynamic and intense driving, fighting and shooting experiences coming with Xbox One. Also, on stage you'll see demos of "Dead Rising 3," "Project Spark," "Kinect Sports Rivals," "Fable Anniversary" and a 7.1 surround sound "Forza Motorsport 5" racing rig.


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MILTON, WIS. (Dec. 21, 4:15 p.m. ET) — Film extruders NEX Performance Films Inc. and Charter Films Inc. have merged and will now do business as Charter NEX Films. Charter NEX will be led by members of both companies' management. Charter NEX plans to invest in additional extrusion capacity in the near future to serve growing demand.
This in-depth report provides analysis and discussions of economic and political conditions, market trends, legislative/regulatory activity impacting supply and demand, business opportunities and threats, materials pricing, manufacturing technology, as well as strategies being implemented by thermoformed packaging companies. In addition, there are reviews of 25 leading thermoformers in the packaging segment, assessing their growth initiatives and performance metrics over 10 years.Learn more
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musl is a new implementation of the standard library for Linux-based systems. It is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety. It includes a wrapper for building programs against musl in place of the system standard library (e.g. glibc), making it possible to immediately evaluate the library and build compact statically linked binaries with it.
Tor-ramdisk is a uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security and privacy. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Security is enhanced in tor-ramdisk by employing a monolithically compiled GRSEC/PAX patched kernel and hardened system tools. Privacy is enhanced by turning off logging at all levels so that even the Tor operator only has access to minimal information. Finally, since everything runs in ephemeral memory, no information survives a reboot, except for the Tor configuration file and the private RSA key, which may be exported and imported by FTP or SSH.
slapt-get is an APT-like system for Slackware package management. It allows you to search Slackware mirrors and third-party package sources (such as www.linuxpackages.net) for packages, compare them with installed packages, and install new packages or upgrade installed packages, all with a few simple commands.
LPAR2RRD makes historical, future trends and nearly "realtime" CPU utilization graphs of LPARs and shared CPU usage of IBM Power servers. It collects complete physical and logical configuration of all servers/LPARs. It is agent-less (it gets everything from the HMC/SDMC or IVM). It supports all kinds of logical partitions (AIX/AS400/Linux/VIOS).
Nuttx is a real-time embedded operating system (RTOS). It has a small footprint that is usable in micro-controller environments. It is fully scalable from tiny (8-bit) to moderate embedded (32-bit) systems. It also aims to be fully compliant to standards, to be fully real time, and to be totally open.
haveged is a daemon that feeds the /dev/random pool on Linux using an adaptation of the HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion algorithm invented at IRISA. The implementation attempts to be self-tuning on a wide variety of hardware and includes runtime validation testing. The tarball uses the GNU build mechanism and includes a devel sub-package, self test targets, init system options, and spec file samples for building an RPM. haveged may be used independently of the /dev/random interface through the filesystem at the command line. haveged functionality may be incorporated directly into other components directly through the devel sub-package.
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Notice of Petition - "Compensation, Retirement Programs and Related Benefits"
Kris Ausborn
2101 10th Street
Emmetsburg, IA 50536-2411
April 19, 2013
Barry F Mardock
Deputy Director
Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit Administration
1501 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, VA 22102-5090
Dear Mr. Mardock:
I'm writing this letter in opposition to the Farm Credit System (FCS)
petition against giving a voice to their member owners (say on pay) and in
support of the Farm Credit Administration's (FCA) final rule adopted last
The FCS is a government sponsored enterprise or GSE and they need to have
a high standard of accountability and transparency in their dealings. The
FCS is also structured as a cooperative and their members need to be
allowed to have a vote on the large pay packages of FCS CEOs, executives,
and senior officers.
The vote allowed if there is five percent or more of members petitioning
for a vote on compensation and related issues is nonbinding in nature.
Therefore it is advisory in nature for their boards. Allowing members
such a vote does not cause a hardship on FCS institutions. For the same
reasons, members should be allowed to vote on large pay increases of
fifteen percent or more. These issues go to the heart of what cooperative
governance and what the one-member, one-vote principals are all about.
I disagree with the FCS contention that FCA needs Congress to pass a law
in order to allow this fundamental right to cooperative members. I find
it interesting that FCS doesn't state congressional action is required
when the FCA unilaterally expands FCS lending or 'investment' powers that
exceed its' mandate.
If the FCA backs down on this final regulation due to pressure from the
FCS, then the FCA's credibility as a regulator will be severely undermined
and its supposed interest in transparency will be shown to be nothing more
than empty rhetoric. Rejecting the FCS petition is also necessary to
ensure better safety and soundness practices are in place for the FCS.
Therefore, I request that the FCA keep the final rule in place and
strengthen it as suggested above. Thank you for considering my comments.
Kris Ausborn


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You're leaving Wedding Paper Divas to see the Deal of the Day at our parent site, Tiny Prints.
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"Loved these!!!! So perfect in every way. The paper is gorgeous. I went with an envelope that has a very pointy seal. So chic and fun! The lavender color is gorgeous!"
"We ordered these invites in blue and they look EXACTLY like the image online, so that was great. The online ordering process at one point implied you could get a small picture on the back, and we liked that idea, but as it turned out these invites aren't recommended for pictures because of the texture of the card. We hadn't picked it for the picture option so it was fine, but just a heads up. Speaking of the textured card, it feels really substantial and looks great. We got the envelopes printed with return address and those look great too. Nice paper, crisp font."
"I looked long and hard for just the right invitation for my son's rehearsal dinner. This card utilized two of the couple's engagement photos in such a beautiful way. I am very pleased with the outcome and put them in the mail today! Keep in mind that this size requires additional postage."
"This invitation met all of my expectations, from the wonderful quality of the paper, to the color of the ink (I chose Calypso, a bit brighter than the blue on the sample I ordered) and the overall look of the invitation. I had ordered ten samples, and it was a tough call on which invitation to choose - they all were of high quality. This invitation is simple yet somewhat elegant, which was the look the bride and groom were going for. This was a perfect choice for us."
"This was ordered for a rehearsal dinner and I was very pleased. I did the rounded corners and the pearlized paper. The only thing I would change is the size of font that I selected. It could have been a little larger. I added a lavender toned photo of the bride and groom to the back of the card for an added touch! I must say, we had rave reviews."


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Land Ho! Antique Maps
Used for Centuries to Navigate Routes Over Earth and Sea, Antique Maps Now Attract a host of Collectors--and a Few Thieves
Neil A. Grauer
From the Print Edition:
John F. Kennedy, Nov/Dec 98
The gentleman's pedigree was impeccable--but the antique maps stuffed under his sweater were stolen.
Fitzhugh Lee Opie, a great-great-grandnephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee, was nabbed by a detective at the Library of Congress as he left the building on March 7, 1992, with two mid-nineteenth-century Pacific Railroad Survey maps swiped from the library's map collection.
The stolen maps (and two old military books from the library later found in Opie's car) were valued at $1,200. Opie, once an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, and a well-known antiquarian dealer in that city's elegant Old Town section, had been stealing from the library for 10 years, according to prosecutors. He got six months in prison, plus placement of his name on a different kind of social registry--that of bandits, gentlemanly or otherwise, who have bestowed a backhanded tribute on the growing popularity and value of antique maps: they steal them.
Until the early 1970s, the world of antique map collecting was a fairly circumscribed one, an esoteric realm best known to historians, librarians and a small cadre of collectors--mostly men--who sometimes called their passion "cartomania." By the middle of the '70s, however, obsessive devotion to the work of cartographers began to spread. The intensifying interest was spurred by the
shrewd marketing of a few dealers who recognized that these beautifully engraved remnants of ages past and lost worlds would have enormous appeal for corporations with offices to adorn, investors with capital to spare, and collectors who realized that some astonishingly lovely antiques were available for modest sums.
"When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales." --Mark Twain (Life on the Mississippi, 1883)
Although map collecting still is considered largely the province of men, surely typical of the new generation of map collectors is a savvy young stockbroker for an investment bank in Hong Kong, Ailsa R. Cuthbert, 34, who already has accumulated "loads of maps," most of them dating from 1550 to 1750, after just five years in the hobby. Like many collectors, she began by reading books about maps, roamed through dealer galleries and shops, became friendly with other map collectors, and now concentrates on a few areas, typically regions that have a personal meaning for her. The majority of her maps are of Asia, where she has lived for 19 years, but she also has one of Edinburgh, where she was born, and a sea chart of the United Kingdom.
"I like the sense of discovery about them," says Cuthbert, "the transition of a place through time, and also the references to history, if they have a cartouche [title drawing] depicting costumes or other things from daily life at that time." Cuthbert is willing to spend up to $3,000 for a map--"more if I am feeling rich, or if it is an especially good piece," she says. She still is surprised that "you don't need to spend much more than $10,000 to get almost museum [-quality] stuff."
The vast majority of antique maps remain far more affordable, with many 300- and even 400-year-old items going for a few hundred dollars or less. That is lure enough for the 20,000 or so collectors who subscribe to Mercator's World, a bimonthly magazine devoted to the multifaceted aspects of map collecting, and the untold number of more casual collectors who poke around print and map-dealer shops.
"You don't have to be in Wall Street to buy maps; you could be a farmer," says Kenneth M. Newman, 71, owner of New York's The Old Print Shop Inc., which is celebrating its centennial this year. Although prices have "taken off in the past 15 to 20 years," he says, many high-quality maps from the eighteenth century (a prime period) still fall into the $800 to $10,000 range.
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Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
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Additional Resources
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Site Summary Profile
Location: Havelock, Craven County, NC
Lat/Long: 34.900000, -076.891700
Congressional District: 03
NPL Status: Proposed: 08/23/94; Final: 12/16/94
Affected Media: Ground Water, Soil, Sediments, Surface Water
Cleanup Status: Physical cleanup activities are underway
Human Exposure Under Control: Yes
Ground water Migration Under Control:Yes
Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use: No
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: In continued use – an active military facility is located on site
Site Manager: Gena Townsend (email@example.com)
Current Site Status
The Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station site includes an active U.S. Marine Corps installation – Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point. It opened in 1942. The EPA placed the site on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994 because of contaminated ground water, soil, sediment and surface water resulting from the installation's operations. The EPA, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), the U.S. Navy (Navy) have investigated site conditions and taken steps to clean up the site to protect people and the environment from contamination. Site contamination does not currently threaten people living and working at or near the site. By treating or monitoring ground water, capping or removing contaminated soil, putting in place land use restrictions and doing required Five-Year Reviews, the EPA, NCDENR and the Navy continue to protect people and the environment from site contamination.
Site Location and Background
The site is an active military installation north of the town of Havelock, in southeastern Craven County, North Carolina. The site covers about 13,164 acres on a peninsula north of Core and Bogue Sounds and south of the Neuse River. Hancock Creek borders the site to the east. North Carolina Highway 101 borders the site to the south. An irregular boundary line about 0.75 miles west of Slocum Creek borders the site to the west. The Neuse River borders the site to the north. Surrounding land uses include commercial and residential areas. Public land (Croatan National Forest) is also located nearby.
Commissioned in 1942, MCAS Cherry Point provides support facilities and services for several groups. These include the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, the Fleet Readiness Center East, Service Support Detachment 21 of the Marine Logistics Group, the Naval Air Maintenance Training Group Detachment, and the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office. MCAS Cherry Point also maintains facilities for training and supporting the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force aviation units. It is a designated primary aviation supply point. In 1994, the EPA listed the site on the NPL.
Threats and Contaminants
Site investigations found contamination in ground water, soil, sediment and surface water that could potentially harm people in the area. Primary contaminants of concern are volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Investigations also identified polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals in site soils.
Site contamination does not currently threaten people living and working at or near the site. Restrictions control ground water and land use across portions of the site where contamination remains above cleanup levels. The Navy also uses fencing to control site access.
Investigation and Cleanup Responsibility / Oversight
The Navy leads site investigation and cleanup activities, with oversight and technical support provided by the EPA and NCDENR.
Site Cleanup Plan
Investigations and cleanup activities have focused on nine areas. The EPA refers to these areas as operable units, or OUs. They cover large portions of the site and contain one or more specific areas of contamination. OU-1 (Groundwater Central Hotspot Area), for example, is an industrial area in the southern portion of MCAS Cherry Point. It covers about 565 acres and includes 12 areas designated for investigation and possible cleanup.
View OU location map for OUs and sites evaluated as part of the 2008 Five-Year Review.
The Navy and the EPA have issued a series of cleanup plans (Records of Decision, or RODs) for eight of the nine OUs at the site.
Summaries of site cleanup approaches are also available online in key site cleanup documents, including the RODs and Five-Year Reviews.
Cleanup Progress
The Navy has taken many actions to clean up and control the areas of contamination. It has done so in cooperation with the EPA and NCDENR.
Summaries of cleanup activities are also available in Five-Year Reviews online.
The Navy has implemented several OU-1 cleanup actions. They include running a ground water pump-and-treat system and an air sparging/soil vapor extraction system for Site 16. Site 16 is a disposal site that contains petroleum products.
In 1998, the Navy put in a soil vapor extraction system to address VOC-contaminated soil. The system ran until the soil met cleanup goals in 2003.
The Navy continues to monitor ground water, surface water and sediment from both Turkey Gut and Slocum Creek.
Based on soil sampling results, the EPA updated the OU-2 cleanup plan (a ROD amendment) in 2011 describing its plan for addressing a contaminated soil area known as Hot Spot 2. The Navy carried out the plan in 2012. It included putting a cover over the contaminated soil.
Land use restrictions limit site land uses to industrial uses. They also do not allow ground water use. Fencing and warning signs control access to the site.
The Navy installed an air sparging system in 2000 at Site 7 in OU-3 (Old Incinerator Area). The system addresses contaminated soil. The Navy shut the system down in 2003 after meeting cleanup goals.
The Navy began OU-3 ground water monitoring in 2002. The Navy stopped the monitoring in 2011 after the ground water samples met performance standards for four sampling events in a row.
The Navy began using monitored natural attenuation as the ground water cleanup approach for OU-4 in 2006.
Restrictions do not allow the withdrawal and future use of ground water, except for monitoring, from the upper-level aquifer within OU-4. The Navy has included these restrictions in its master planning process. It also updated the installation's environmental geographic information system (GIS).
The Navy will continue long-term ground water monitoring until contaminants do not exceed the performance standards in the OU-4 ROD.
The Navy is using monitored natural attenuation as the ground water cleanup approach for OU-5 along with land use controls. Ground water monitoring is ongoing.
Restrictions do not allow ground water use, except for monitoring. The Navy has included the restrictions in its master planning process. It also updated the installation's environmental GIS.
In 2007, the Navy excavated a tar-like layer in soils beneath the former location of Burn Pit E. The area is a potential source of ground water contamination.
The Navy is using monitored natural attenuation to address ground water contamination. It has monitored ground water since 2007.
Restrictions do not allow ground water use. They also protect monitoring wells in the OU-6 area.
The cleanup approach for OU-13 includes monitored natural attenuation of ground water and land use controls.
The Navy began ground water monitoring in 2006. Results indicate that overall VOC concentrations in the ground water have gone down.
Restrictions in place for OU-13 do not allow ground water use, except for monitoring. The Navy has included the restrictions in its master planning process. It also updated the installation's environmental GIS.
OU-14 includes Site 90. It is an area of ground water contaminated with VOCs. Located in the west-central portion of the MCAS Cherry Point flight line complex, the site consists of a broad expanse of concrete tarmac, buildings, taxiways and some grassy areas adjacent to Runway 14L. The MCAS Cherry Point UST Program manages and investigates all releases from pipelines and underground and aboveground storage tanks.
The long-term cleanup plan consists of long-term monitoring with a land use control. Indoor air and vapor intrusion issues will be evaluated, if necessary, if new buildings are planned within the land use control's designated area.
Long-term monitoring is ongoing. It will continue until ground water contaminants do not exceed the performance standards defined in the OU-14 ROD.
The selected cleanup plan (the ROD) for OU-15 called for "no further action." Previous investigations found that there were no threats to people or the environment.
The site's second Five-Year Review, completed in 2008, found that the cleanups at OU-1, OU-2, OU-3, OU-4, OU-5, OU-6 and OU-13 were protective in the short term. Additional cleanup activities were still needed for OU-1 and OU-2 to ensure long-term protectiveness.
Summaries of cleanup activities are also available in Five-Year Reviews online.
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In 2005, the EPA, the Navy and NCDENR signed a Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) for the site. The FFA helps make sure that the parties will fully investigate environmental impacts associated with past and present activities at the installation. It also helps ensure that they will take appropriate cleanup actions. The FFA establishes schedules, priorities and enforceable milestones for cleanup activities.
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text: In this 1933 musical comedy, the round-eyed, sweetly leering comedian Eddie Cantor stars as Eddie, a bookish drifter who is run out of the small town of West Rome for speaking truth to the petty martinet of a mayor. He dreams himself into ancient Rome, where, now called Oedipus, he confronts real despots and real danger. As he moves through Roman society, rising from captive to slave to the emperor's food taster, he sniffs out a dastardly plot to kill his friends Josephus (David Manners) and Princess Sylvia (Gloria Stuart). Along the way, he makes comic hay of pain and dictatorship—the ubiquity of torture, bondage, and murder, combined with a familiar right-hand salute with shouts of "Hail!," strangely suggests the classical roots of modern European terror. Meanwhile, the racy pre-Code humor evokes pre-Christian immorality, and a couple of production numbers by Busby Berkeley (including an offensive one featuring Cantor in blackface) luridly choreograph the elaborate social rituals built up around the biological drive to procreate. Constantly looking over his shoulder and serving as the universal, sentimental middleman, Cantor, an intensely controlled, self-aware performer, schleps the mannerisms and insecurities of New York's Jewish immigrants into mainstream comedy. Directed by Frank Tuttle; co-starring the great torch singer Ruth Etting.


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Mexican Sunrise hits Bryan theater
Texas filmmaker tells the story of a disastrous bachelor party
Published: Thursday, October 18, 2012
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A wild bachelor party gone wrong doesn't always follow the plot of The Hangover. Consequences can be serious and even life threatening. Texas filmmaker Rowdy Stovall uses this premise in his film Mexican Sunrise, based on true events.
The plot of "Mexican Sunrise" can be described as The Hangover meets No Country for Old Men. In the film, a group of young men travel to Mexico for a bachelor party that offers a wild night of drinking. But the men don't just wake up with hangovers. They wake up as collateral, for a drug deal involving one of the partygoers gone sour, and with one of their own dead. Not just missing, dead!
Stovall said he based the core concept of his film on a variety of sources. He is a self-professed fan of coming-of-age and "buddy films" and got the Mexican setting from his own personal experiences, from frequent trips to south of the border.
"Those films were definitely lurking in my subconscious while I began my first film," Stovall said. "I spent a lot of time in my 20s visiting family friends in Del Rio and hanging out with my Mexican friends in Ciudad Acuna."
Stovall's relationship with the film industry traces its roots to an early love for movies. From a young age, he began auditioning for commercials and taking high school drama classes. After that, he went to college, worked a number of odd jobs before eventually moving to Los Angeles to learn filmmaking.
"I had always been interested in movies," Stovall said. "When I was 10 years old, I asked my mom if I could be in commercials. In high school, I took a drama class and loved it. After a short while, I moved to LA and decided I needed to learn the nuts and bolts of how to make a film."
Mexican Sunrise stands as a cautionary tale for anyone seeking a party. Stovall has stated that the on-site production of his film was actually incredibly dangerous, and that if he had the option to film it again, he wouldn't.
Larson Johnson, an employee at Premiere Cinema in Bryan, said Mexican Sunrise is an incredibly appropriate film for the college-age population of the Bryan/College Station area to view.
"It's a really interesting take on it cause people like to think you can have a night like The Hangover and have no repercussions," Johnson said. "That it's based on a true story makes you want to rethink doing something that could end horribly like that."
The film is already starting to generate buzz among the local community because of its premise. One student is attracted to the film because of its serious take on party-gone-wrong movies.
"[It] definitely sounds like something I would want to see," said Bradley Zemanek, senior construction science major.
"Mexican Sunrise" is currently having regular screenings at Premiere Cinema 16 in Bryan, on the Earl Rudder Freeway.
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The Nebraska men's gymnastics team has turned parts of practices into mini meets heading into this weekend's Big Ten championships.
The No. 10 Huskers have been doing a 10-minute warmup, waiting for each of their teammates to compete and even saluting before taking their turn on an apparatus.
Coaches wanted the athletes a little nervous and a little cold from waiting, just like they'll be at the seven-team Big Ten event in Minneapolis, with competition beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
They're hoping to ease early nerves and eliminate mistakes like a missed dismount or a hand slip that have been sabotaging NU's efforts.
"In almost every meet, in the middle, once we get on a roll, we're on it," coach Chuck Chmelka said. "It seems to take us a couple of routines to get on that roll."
Chmelka doesn't want to lose the momentum the Huskers gained a few weeks ago in a 425.400-424.250 comeback win over No. 6 Illinois, the defending national champion. NU trailed late in the meet, but roared back with a season-high point total.
"They loved the feeling they had and it was awesome," Chmelka said. "We have had a nice week of practice. I think the guys realize now, on any given day, anybody could be beat or can win. We just have to do a really good job and put pressure on the other teams."
Top-ranked Penn State and No. 3 Michigan are the favorites this weekend. Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa also are ranked in the top 10. Competition starts Friday with the team and all-around and finishes Saturday with the individual event finals.
The Huskers will begin on the high bar, which Chmelka likes, and then move to the floor exercise, a bye, the pommel horse, the rings, the vault and the parallel bars. They also ended with the bars against Illinois, coming from three points behind.
"That's another good momentum thing the guys have on their mind," Chmelka said. "We did it once, we can just rock and do it again."
The Huskers will be led Wyatt Aycock in the all-around, Grant Perdue, who has a new floor routine, and the now-healthy Louis Klein. Mark Ringle also has rebounded from some midseason struggles.
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Crank Brothers Candy 2 Pedals $80.00
Total confidence without dragging a boat anchor uphill.
Crankbrothers Candy 2 Pedals are a serious bit of eye candy. The new two-piece aluminum body is a gorgeous hunk of CNC machined and ano'ed bicycle art -- we're suckers for it. It's stronger, more durable, and just as light as the old resin body of the older Candy pedals. And as usual, the Candy 2 body gives you a bigger target to hit than their Eggbeaters when you want to get clipped into the pedals in a hurry, and it offers up more support for your shoes and feet.
Just like the Eggbeaters, the Candy 2 Pedals give you 6° of float and come with two-bolt cleats that fit any mountain bike shoes. The brass cleats are slightly asymmetrical. So depending on which foot you install the marked cleat -- right or left, you'll get either a 15° or 20° release angle. Another benefit of Crankbrothers' use of brass for the cleat is that they're slightly softer than the steel used in the retention system of the pedals. This ensures that the inexpensive and easy to replace cleats will wear out before your spendy pedal parts.
And thinking of your investment, Crankbrothers designs their pedals to be easily serviced. They can be disassembled, re-greased, and bolted back together in just a few minutes. They have a forged chromoly spindle, stamped and plated steel retention wings, and a stainless steel retention spring. The pedal body spins on Crankbrothers' long proven bushing/cartridge bearing system.
Crankbrothers Candy 2 Pedals come in Orange and Silver. They include the cleats, two shims to protect your shoes, and all the necessary cleat hardware for installation.
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After 10 years jury's still out
Damon Salter
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have been using various crank brothers pedals for 10 years on my mountain, cross bikes, and commuter. It most conditions I love the pedals. Easy in and out and if you don't power wash directly in the pedal the bearing will last a really long time. I am still using my original pair. I have been using the candy 2 on my cross bike for that last two seasons. I am fairly satisfied but two things bother me.
1. Sometime the disengagement seems inconsistent meaning coming into the barriers with any speed is unnerving. "Am I going to get uncliped or not?!!!! Okay, it working this time". I have followed advice to use the stainless carbon sole protectors and change shoes to sidi and still have the problem.
2. While the pedal is known to shed mud well the cleat to pedal interface doesn't seem to work well when muddy. After a muddy runup a few weeks back I seemed to have far more trouble clipping in for the descent than other riders.
Judges Decision: I am going to try the new Shimano SPD next season for cyclocross.
Great for the price
Le crow
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These are the cheaper version, but for an average mtb rider you won't see the difference. The platforms are a little squeaky, but they have handled some serious abuse. If you haven't road with clip in pedals put the exit at 20* and practice before you hit the woods!
Great Pedal, but took getting used to.
Kel Hemminger
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I got these Candy Pedals after having to replace my old Crank Brother Acids. Loved the Acids for the slightly larger platform and rubber coating. The Candy Pedals still have enough of a platform to stand on, however I have found that right out of the box they tend to be a little slippery when standing on to clip in, and god-forbid your foot should slip as the edges are a little sharp! After several rides they have buffed out and become much easier to use and not a lethal to your calves. I would recommend these for anyone not wanting a full egg beater style, but doesn't need a full platform like the Mallet.
So far, so good...
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is the first time I've run clipless on my mountain bike, and other than a few tip-overs where I forgot I was clipped in, it's going well. After a few rides, they have gotten easier to clip out of, but I'm not sure if that's due to the release mechanism loosening up, or the cleats wearing down (they seem VERY soft - which according to the product description, was intentional so that they wear instead of the pedals). The orange color adds just enough flash to your ride. As an FYI, the spindle is totally round, so plan on your pedal wrench being useless during installation. You'll need a big ol' allen wrench instead.
Go crank brothers
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
There is always a mass debate between another bike cleat pedal company and crank brothers, and if you ride any mud, heavy dirt, wet conditions or simply don't want to service your pedals this is the way ahead. I'm running crank brothers on every bike, some of which are 10 years old this year. Love the candy, solid build, consistent cleat tension and next to no servicing. Have both the candy 2 and 3. Both excellent value for money.
Dropping in Bend!
Blake Carley
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The best pedals!
Ryan Debenham
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These pedals are excellent. They are easy to get in and out and don't require any adjusting. I have used them for a season now and put them through quite a beating, but they are still in great shape.
Best Pedals
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I was really skeptical about using these kind of pedals, however, now I can't imagine not using them. They are really easy to get in and out of and I love the orange color.
Brett Stahl
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My wife uses these pedals and she absolutely loves them. They provide stability for technical terrain and helps aid in climbing. The bit of platform is nice for clicking into the beater.
Brett Stahl
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These are entry level pedals and work like they are supposed to, nothing fancy about them. They will work great for someone just learning or someone that doesn't want to spend their entire weeks pay on pedals.
Favorite Pedals!
Marla Bailey
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For the price, weight, quality and overall simple clean design, you cannot go wrong with this pedal! They're solid.
You can't go wrong
Vinny Mauro
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You really can't go wrong with the Candys for XC. Buy the level you can afford, and enjoy for miles!! I've always got at least two solid and long seasons out of a pair, if not more.
Vinny Mauro
Member since
Just ordered a new pair for my new bike... going on about 10 years now and can't find a reason to stray from them!
First Clipless pedals
Nathan Maus
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These are my first clipless pedals. I went with Crank Brothers because they have such a different look than most clipless pedals. These are super smooth in/out, I'm still getting used to how clipless pedals feel. I wouldn't have gone a different way, Love them! And they look awesome on my bike.
Great pedals
Rich F
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I love them. Easy in/out, light, super smooth and just enough of a platform incase you find yourself riding in normal shoes.
Love the pedal
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I love these pedals. The entry and exit in these pedals is great, very smooth and not a struggle. I like the platform on the pedals a lot because it is a bigger target like the description says.
Does this pedal come with cleats, or do...
Daniel Wilson
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Does this pedal come with cleats, or do you have to purchase them separately?
Nathan Maus
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Yes! All clipless pedals will come with cleats.
Great pedal
Nick Bee
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Super nice pedal for the price. Easy in easy out as you would expect from Crank Bros.
After one season of riding, thumbs up.
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I put these on my road bike so I could have one pair of shoes for mountain and road biking. It's so much easier to clip in than my old road pedals, which is really important for riding through city lights and traffic.
Do these come with the cleat?
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Do these come with the cleat?
Damon Salter
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They do included cleats and hardware.
Smooth Entry
Erik Blow
Member since
The cleats with these pedals combined with the clamp of the pedal make the smoothest entry release I have seen. The tension on the springs in the pedals is just enough that the feet stay locked in, but still easy enough to release for quick dabbling. The open design of them keeps them really clean and mud free, much better than SPD.


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Villa Tanamera is a distinctively elegant contemporary retreat nestled in lush tropical gardens just steps from the sea on Big Buddha Beach, one of Koh Samui's more peaceful locations. The private resort of one and two bedroom villas and apartments are positioned around a stylish lap pool and café serving a light menu of fresh food and refreshments within its comfy confines or at its poolside lounge space.
The enchanted surroundings of the resort offer ideal opportunity for rejuvenation. The perfect serene location to complement meditation or yoga practices with charming open-air pavilion villas and a tranquil beach environment. Whether it be lounging by the lap pool, private deck or taking a leisurely stroll down the palm fringed beach at sunset, the resort caters to those looking to harmonise nature with luxury.
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Each private villa and apartment is specially designed by Oriental Living Interior Designers, masters of the art of tropical living through tasteful contemporary Asian furnishings. The contemporary fusions create stylish and functional spaces each aptly named for the features that set them apart.
Villa Tanamera is located in one of the best places on the island for convenience as well as beauty. Just a short stroll down the beach to Big Buddha the villas are also in close proximity to the international airport and several boat marinas making transfers trouble-free. Minutes to many of the island's shopping facilities, hospitals and international schools the location is ideal for families. The picturesque, Fisherman's Village is also nearby with its boutique shops and gastronomic delights. Concierge assistance is available for any tour bookings or to further help with any queries in relation to tourist information.


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Fair Isle Hat Design, April 17 from The Loopy Ewe
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Teacher: Susan B. Anderson - Susan is the author of Spud and Chloe at the Farm, Itty-Bitty Toys, Itty-Bitty Hats, and Itty-Bitty Nursery. This is our first time to have her here teaching with us, and we're so looking forward to her fun teaching style. If you miss out on getting a spot at this class, Susan will also be at the shop on Thursday morning (April 18) to hang out and meet people informally.
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: The Loopy Ewe
Cost: $40
Learn how to do two-handed fair-isle while creating your own hat and selecting your own colors and stitch patterns. This class is intended for first time fair-isle knitters or people who are fairly new to fair-isle. Class will include instruction on Latvian Braids, different color work stitch patterns, catching long floats and short floats, etc. There will be plenty of options and you'll have lots of fun while creating your own hat to show off your personal style!
Materials: 100 yards of worsted-weight wool for the main color of your hat and at least 2 contrasting colors of worsted weight yarn (50 yards each). U.S. 7 needles in a 16†circular and 4 DPN's (or size needed to obtain gauge of 5 st/inch), tape measure, pencil.
Homework: We are making a hat to fit a 20-22 inch head. Cast on 96 stitches in your main color yarn and work in the round with a K2 P2 rib for about 1 inch.
Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel your registration, you may do so up to one week prior to the class for a full refund. No refunds will be issued for missed classes.
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Round Cake Plate with Server
Winterberry is the holiday classic that brings this timeless motif to life in elegantly sculpted dinnerware & serveware, beautiful glassware and joyous giftware. You'll enjoy the beauty this cake plates adds to your favorite baked treats. You can also attractively display sandwiches, crackers and cheese, doughnuts, cookies and more. Comes in a convenient colored box for easy gift giving. Microwave and dishwasher safe. 2 piece set includes an 11 inch diameter cake plate and cake server.
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From Britain to Boogaloo
The prayerful trilogy "Galaxy Around Olodumare," "Galaxy in Turiya" and "Galaxy in Satchidananda" feature these same lush strings surrounding Coltrane's organ, tamboura and harp, which flutters within and around the sound like a winged angel.
"A Love Supreme" transforms her late husband's familiar music into a genuine musical experiencea religious musical experience centered around the sacredness of the word "love" and the nature and name of God which opens with the pronouncement of the word: "Love. Love is a sacred word. Love is the name of God..." The music accompanying Swami Satchidananda's meditation is also led by the epic, dramatic almost cinematic string section and ornamented by Coltrane's rippling celestial harp. She introduces this song's second half by noodling out the chant "A love su-preme" on electric organ, and then explores its outer limits while bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Ben Riley (who injects what we'd call today some hip-hop thump) slowly build a rampaging funk leviathan underneath.
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For his ninth album, guitar wizard Allan Holdsworth takes on jazz classics by saxophonists John Coltrane and Joe Henderson, pianist Bill Evans and more, plus pop classics just as famous for their jazz interpretations, in a set put together by Holdsworth's longtime musical associate and pianist, Gordon Beck. "Gordon chose most of the tunes, which I hadn't grown up playing and so wasn't that familiar with," Holdsworth recalls. "When he taught me one, it would be just like I was learning a piece of original music."
Holdsworth pops the top off of None Too Soon (recorded in 1996 but remastered to take advantage of 2012's digital technology) with a frantic electric guitar introduction to Coltrane's "Countdown" that screams out "Mahavishnu Orchestra"! After he settles into a more measured approach, the sound of Holdsworth's synthesizer-guitar flows between jazz-rock, jazz and progressive rock in a single voice, like different aspects of the same musical continuum.
Holdsworth and Beck modernize Django Reinhardt's emotive classic "Nuages" with harmonized synth-axe and keyboards which shift and rock upon subtle pulses from the rhythm section of bassist Gary Willis bass and drummer Kirk Covington, cohorts in the jazz-rock fusion institution Tribal Tech. "How Deep Is the Ocean" sounds nothing like the Irving Berlin ballad: Beck uses it as a framework for him and Holdsworth to rock out and jam while bass and drums toss its powerful rhythms back and forth like waves rocking the ocean. Beck's original title suite ("None Too Soon Part One / Interlude / None Too Soon Part Two") is well-considered and articulate in design and execution.
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" paints an impressionistic watercolor of The Beatles' brooding, timeless classic in soft but bright guitar chords that more than once suggest Pat Metheny in sound and structure; after Beck brilliantly plays the acoustic piano role of Lyle Mays, Holdsworth's electric guitar roars back in and shreds this "Wood" to splinters. Holdsworth's meandering but profoundly emotional sound that opens "Very Early," written by Bill Evans, also suggests Metheny in a ruminative mood, while Beck spreads out a bright, dynamic acoustic piano solo like a blanket through the rest of the tune.
Holdsworth takes a bop-oriented approach to Joe Henderson's "Isotope," twisting and elongating melodic phrases like a sharp John Scofield, and, after another sparkling Beck solo, returns for a closing solo that explodes with the bright yet brittle metallic edge of harder rock guitar.
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