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Some cities are so complex, it's as if the different neighborhoods are different worlds. What if we took the time to explore one such city? One whose streets are rich in history and inspiration like Paris?
Paris. The name alone speaks of dreams, ideals and emotions. Even for a Parisian. But on a simpler level, Paris is something of an urban catastrophe, whose city planners seem bent on achieving nothing but gridlock. And yet, the car is the only thing that can take you smoothly from one neighborhood to another, and from one world to another. Especially at night.
Vendôme Waltz
We glide through the streets, darting between two of these different worlds: the Place de la Bastille, shrine to the revolution and still the rallying point for angry protestors, and the Place Vendôme, home to palaces and jewelers, beautiful but reserved, slightly cold and uptight, harkening back to the days of empire.
It's just six minutes between these two worlds; separating them are Rue Saint Antoine, Rue de Rivoli and Rue de Castiglione, three of Paris' most famous streets. The latter switches suddenly on to a vast cobbled square, smooth as a dance floor. Here, it's extremely tempting to start waltzing the car around the Vendôme column at the center of the plaza.
And then you hit it. The Eiffel Tower. Everybody knows its familiar outline, but the sheer scale of it still takes you by surprise. From the Bir-Hakeim bridge, also made of riveted iron, the Eiffel Tower seems the perfect size, in perfect harmony with its surroundings.
As much as we'd like to stay and admire it, there's Paris' other famed man-made structure to experience: the Périphérique Parisien, essentially a highway ring around the city. There's not a whole lot of admiring to be done here.
Well, unless you count turning off to cross one of its many bridges. Four are pedestrian, and 17 carry subway and rail lines. We glide over each in one short burst, and sew the two banks of Paris together. The Pont-Neuf, is the city's oldest bridge.
The Pont Alexandre III, in all its baroque flamboyancy, takes you from the Champs-Élysées to the Les Invalides and Napoleon's tomb. The Pont de Grenelle, on whose central pier stands the blueprint for the Statue of Liberty, gazing out, like a ship's figurehead, towards her big sister in New York.
Blurring the Lines
For a long time, the two banks of Paris stood in stark opposition. On the left bank were the artists, students and anti-establishment. On the right is the Bourse (stock market), the most beautiful neighborhoods and the Palais Royal.
Nowadays, the distinction has blurred. Various churches are to be found on the left bank and modern art has largely passed to the right bank.
On to the most beautiful avenue in the world, according to the French, who rarely display too much modesty when it comes to their national heritage. All the same, the Champs Élysées might actually disappoint drivers. For starters, it's never quite empty, even in the early hours. Not to mention that its little service roads that allowed for some car-bound window shopping are now gone.
The Périphérique Parisien is France's busiest road. Every day, the city's inhabitants spend hours in an exhausting bumper-to-bumper crawl. But at night of course, it's an open road . With a speed limit of about 50mph we're not talking about the Autobahn here, but it's a big departure from the 30mph limit on the capital's main avenues. With cruise control set, one circuit takes half an hour. I circle the town, like an airplane coming in to land, and choose a new point of approach through one of Paris' 36 doorways.
Every street in Paris has a story to tell. And the car has been the perfect travelling companion from which to hear those tales. But it makes me wonder, which other worlds of Paris do we have time to visit before dawn breaks?


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Flame Broiler restaurant to celebrate opening in Newbury Park
The first Flame Broiler in Ventura County will celebrate its opening in Newbury Park with free samples and a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The event will start days of tastings, certificate giveaways and children's games, said Shannon Miles, of Simi Valley. Miles and her husband, Jared Miles, are the franchisees.
The order-at-the-counter restaurant also will offer a discount opening special, she said.
Launched in Fullerton in 1995, The Flame Broiler specializes in steamed vegetables served in bowls of white or brown steamed rice. Diners may add sauce-basted lean chicken or Angus beef. Combo plates come with a side of salad and fresh fruit. Prices range from $4.75 to $8.
The chain has 80 locations in California and other sites in Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma.
The Ventura County location opened in late September in the Newbury Park Village shopping center. The space became vacant when Starbucks moved to a drive-thru location nearby.
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Worms and other types of malware aren't just infecting our desktops and notebooks, now they are infecting our mobile devices and smartphones. It was inevitable of course, and users of the mobile devices need to take the same precautions that they do with their PCs. Just last week, it was discovered that the first iPhone worm was released. The worm changes the lock-mode wallpaper.
Not all iPhones are vulnerable though, only those that have been "jailbroken" to allow third-party apps to run. The vulnerability comes in when a phone is jailbroken, but the user doesn't change the default SSH login password which is put in place by the jailbreaking software. The worm, known as "ikee", isn't particularly malicious, it just changes the wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley, an '80s pop music star; and then propagates itself to other iPhones.
The fact that this one isn't malicious is not reassuring, it merely portends a greater influx of malware to mobile devices in the future—and the ones that come after this will without a doubt be of a more sinister nature.
I saw a surprising poll that said 75 percent of respondents thought that the youthful author of the worm "did iPhone users a favour" by raising awareness of a security problem, and the buzz around the blogosphere seems to be sympathetic towards the Aussie hacker, who goes by the name of "Ikee". Ikee has identified himself as Ashley Towns and has openly taken credit for the worm, and seems to be working under the mistaken belief that there's nothing wrong with creating and releasing a worm into the wild if the purpose of it is, as he said in an ABC News interview, "It's just poking fun and hoping waking people up a little." The perpetrator is unapologetic, and has been speaking to media and others via Twitter. But I see no justification for propagating a worm, even if the intended purpose isn't immediately malicious.
Really? When it comes down to it, there's no such thing as a good virus. Although it may seem harmless to Ikee, the genie's out of the bottle now, and there will be copycats who don't just want to "poke fun," they want to steal. Regardless of intent, he broke the law. Yes, maybe he was trying to "teach us a lesson" about how to treat our iPhones, but is that a legitimate role for him to be playing? Sounds like vigilantism to me. And it's not completely harmless, as the infected iPhone seeks out other iPhones to send the worm to, the data allowance will be eaten up and the victim may suffer from a larger invoice for data services.


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HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) - Hayward has agreed to pay $628,000 to settle a lawsuit by a club owner over the northwestern Wisconsin city's restrictions on live music.
Molly Otis thought she won last August. Then the city decided to appeal. But Otis tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/S6OiTp ) the city's insurance company agreed to a mediated settlement.
Otis gets $401,400. Her attorneys will share the rest, with $155,000 going to Glenn Stoddard, who wound up marrying Otis.
Otis started the Pavilion after a career as a recording and touring musician in the 1980s and '90s. She and a changing rotation of visiting musicians play live acoustic music in the courtyard until midnight a couple nights a week. The city in 2007 passed an ordinance requiring permits for anyone presenting music outdoors after 10 p.m.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's volleyball team has announced that the team will hold the sixth annual "Volley 4 Holly" tournament on Tuesday, May 11 in Lundholm Gymnasium from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Teams can sign up until Tuesday, May 5. Teams may enter the tournament with a donation of $50 dollars and can enter up to 12 players per roster (minimum six). Fans may attend the tournament by donating $2 dollars as they enter Lundholm Gym. Village Pizza in Durham will be providing pizza for participating teams and paying spectators. UNH varsity athletic teams, coaches and staff will be on hand participating in the tournament honoring Holly's memory and helping raise money for a worthy cause. The winning team will get the opportunity to play the UNH volleyball team in the final match of the day.
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Romo explains Kevin Ogletree's success
SEP 08, 2012 9:21p ET
How does that happen?
Well, allow his quarterback to explain.
During a Friday radio interview, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo talked about the growth he's witnessed in the 25-year-old wide receiver.
"He's always had some ability," Romo said on 1310 The Ticket [KTCK-AM]. "He just needed to make it important every day. It's easy when you're the fourth, fifth, sixth guy. You can kind of get lost and say, 'Well, I'm just going to try to get through the day' when you're tired in training camp or other times. Kevin recharges his batteries every single day and made it important that he was going to go out there and make today his best day, and he was going to keep trying to win the day. That's one thing that he really did a great job that I saw.
"His approach to the game was better than any other year. It just comes down to a play or two. Not only with these guys that are battling for positions. Sometimes it's a battle. But if you make that play or two, you gain that confidence. Then all of a sudden you feel and you know you can do it the next time. And the next time it's easier, and the next time it's easier. But the only way to do that is to fight through those hard times. Commit to it. To say I'm going to stay up late, I'm going to do what I need to do to study so I don't make that one mistake tomorrow on that one motion, when I'm supposed to be at this amount on my depth, or this is my snap point.
"His whole job is to make me feel comfortable that he's going to be in the exact spot I'm going to need him to be at that time. And he's really done a good job of that."
There was no better example of that than on arguably the biggest play of the game. Late in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys were up 24-17 and needed a first down to run out the clock. On third-and-10, Romo didn't look to Miles Austin, Jason Witten or Dez Bryant. No, he fired an inside throw to a streaking Ogletree for a 13-yard gain.
Romo then followed by kneeling the ball down three times.
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Panasonic have confirmed that they will be entering the smartphone market at MWC with their first European phone being named as the Eluga
The Panasonic Eluga has been confirmed as the first smartphone that Panasonic will launch in Europe and will come touting a 4.3 inch screen and with an Ice Cream Sandwich update set for Summer.
Announced today the Eluga will be Panasonic's first smartphone for the European market in some time and will be arriving with a 'lifeproof'.
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The Eluga will sport a 4.3 OLED qHD screen, it'll also feature a super-slim D-shaped design which is definitely in keeping with the current trends as demonstrated by the slinky Samsung Galaxy S2.
That super-slim design will also be dustproof and waterproof and will come with a dual-core 1Ghz processor 8GB of onboard memory.
It has been confirmed that the Eluga will come running Android Gingerbread with an Ice Cream Sandwich update set for Summer.
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Date of Death: May 23, 2014
Age at death: 63
Robert A. Baker, Jr., 63, Bradenton, died May 23, 2014. Born in Atlanta, GA he moved to Bradenton in 2004 from Gardner, MA and was a Baptist. Robert was an ASE Certified Technician for Manatee County. He was a hard worker who enjoyed his job and the friends he made there. He was a retired Motocross racer, enjoyed fishing, golfing and was an avid NASCAR fan. His sense of humor and caring thoughtfulness will be sorely missed.
Predeceased by father, Robert Baker, Sr. and sister, Sharon Patricia Jones; survived by wife of 11 years, Yvonne of Bradenton, FL; son, Shawn of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; step-sons, Adam Bolduc of Bradenton, FL, Andrew Bolduc of Fitchburg, MA; daughter, Michelle Torres of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; mother, Ellen Winstead; brother, Ronald Baker; sisters, Susanne Cent and Karen Jinright all of Marietta, GA; 6 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild.
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Memorial Service 7-7:30 PM Sunday, June 1, 2014 north of the Sandbar Restaurant at the tip of Anna Maria Island with a Celebration of Life to follow at the Disabled Americans Veterans Club (DAV), 111 63rd Avenue East, Bradenton, FL 34203. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd Street Chapel in charge. Condolences to www.brownandsonsfuneral.com.


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MCADOO – There is about 30 miles of icy, snowy and slick roads in McAdoo, and there's not much anti-skid and rock salt mix to treat them.
"That`s all that`s left, we ordered last week and it didn`t come in yet," said Streets Foreman Francis Orem.
Orem says he has enough material left to treat all of the roads here just once.
"The icy coat over many of the car windows is exactly what`s over all of the roads here in McAdoo. Crews here say they`ll work as hard as they can with what they have to keep the roads safe."
"I`ve been trying to get a hold of the state and borrow some, but I guess they`re all busy, I can`t get any answers yet," said Orem.
Joseph Wargo plows about six different lots here in McAdoo. He says with this storm's mix of freezing rain and ice, he's using much more salt than usual, and telling his crews to be careful.
"I told my guys, if it gets too bad, just park the trucks, it`s not worth taking a chance," said Wargo.
Others in McAdoo are de-icing their own cars sidewalks and parking lots. Austin Moyer worked to chip away ice on his mom's car.
"Not really hard if you let it warm up for five, ten minutes," said Moyer.
As for the borough, until it gets more salt to treat the roads, crews say patience will go a long way.
"Be patient, it`ll melt off because the temperatures are going to go up, it`s just right now it`s going to make a crust on the road and we`ll cinder and salt it so they have some kind of traction, but they`ve got to be careful," said Orem.


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I often write about social media disasters that befall brands, so it is with some consternation that I must acknowledge that I caused a small one for my own employer this weekend.
On Sunday night, Buzzfeed writer Andrew Kaczynski noticed that the Forbes Twitter account had 'favorited' just four "very strange" tweets. They had nothing to do with business, finance, careers or the well-to-do. Instead they were a collection of weird photos that accompanied the hashtag #EmbarrassYourBestFriend. In two, people are making funny faces. In one, a tie-wearing dude makes light of the bathroom self-portrait. In the most brand-inappropriate of them, a woman is passed out on a bathroom floor, wearing only what you would see in a Victoria's Secret ad. Kaczynski's "report" consisted solely of the photos and this text: "Forbes.com Has Favorited Four Very Strange Tweets. Just four. They seem to have something in common."
Had Kaczynski Googled "Forbes" and "#EmbarrassYourBestFriend," the reason behind the favorites would have been search result #1. It was a story I wrote last month about how unwise it is to invite people with the most dirt on you to expose it on a public, semi-permanent forum like Twitter. (He later added a link to the story.) While doing my research, I used Twitter favorites to bookmark some of the worst tweets. Many people use "favorites" not to mark what they love on Twitter but to save tweets for later review. Unknowingly, I did some of this bookmarking from the Forbes Twitter account rather than from my personal @kashhill one. And so I join the ranks of social media managers who have fallen prey to the category of social media disaster that involves mixing up personal and professional Twitter accounts when one is signed into both via Twitter-account consolidators like Tweetdeck and Hootsuite.
The most famous of these may be Gloria Huang, who tweeted about #gettingslizzerd from the American Red Cross main account. The Red Cross, perhaps because it's used to dealing with disasters, savvily turned the tweet about getting hammered into a fund-raising meme.
Other tales don't have such happy endings. Vodafone had to apologize profusely after an employee accidentally tweeted from the telephone company's main Twitter account that "VodafoneUK is fed up of dirty homo's and is going after beaver." Vodafone had to make it clear that it was still interested in customers of any sexuality, and suspended the responsible party. Earlier this year, Chrysler fired its social media firm after an employee denigrated Detroit in a tweet from the car maker's official account, saying people in #MotorCity don't know how to "f***ing drive." The person behind the tweet had meant to send it from their personal account. Chrysler defended the firing over the mistake saying they didn't want to work with anyone who holds Detroit in such low regard.
The best thing to do after a social media disaster is to recognize and own up to it. We've unfavorited those tweets from the Forbes account. And I'm hoping to never again contribute to the #EmbarrassYourEmployer hashtag.


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Hi, I have been researching and trying to find the technique for an acrylic splash style used in abstract painting. Artists such as Micael Lang and Osnat Tzadok use it freqently. I have attached an example painting. Can you tell me how this technique is done?
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This is a good question and it is difficult to answer without seeing the original work. The size of the original could play a role in this . However, I'll take a guess at this and maybe others will have a better answer.
I believe that these forms and color effects were, for the most part, painted conventionally. I believe this is the case rather than the artist using some quick technique such as a resist method or foil press-on. I say painted "conventionally for the most part" because the artist could have employed some off-beat method of establishing some basic forms and then elaborated on them from that point. A lot of the edges of the forms look a bit contrived rather than the spontaneous results of an applied technique. An example of this would be in the upper right edges of the yellow shapes at the left. The upper, center area of the blue-green forms and the lower right pink shapes look like there has been deliberate work by the artist. Also. it looks like there has been a lot of glazing of various colors —and in many layers of the work while in progress.
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Encaustic. A wax paint applied and then reheated to manipulate. That's why the shapes have such a clean fluidity type feel.
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Where We Started
In the early 1940s, Bud Hurst and his father, Virgil, had a dream for 12,000 acres nestled in the foothills beside the waters of the beautiful Neely Henry Lake: that dream was the 5W Ranch. In its heyday, the 5W Ranch consisted of a sale barn, feeder lot, and a meat packing house. In addition to polled Herefords, commercial cattle, hogs, cotton and grain sorghum, the 5W Ranch was known for the talented horses it raised of the Poco Bueno bloodline: Poco Turp, son of Poco Bueno, and Poco Moss. Mr. Hurst firmly stated that while his horses were working ranch horses, he sheepishly admitted to attending shows with those same horses in the evenings – and winning!
What We Do
Today's 5W Ranch utilizes a unique, customized, state-of-the-art hydrotherapeutic exercise and conditioning device known as the Underwater Treadmill. The Underwater Treadmill is located in a fully-enclosed, climate-controlled environment for year-round operation. The water is appropriately heated to complement the weather. The Underwater Treadmill was built as a permanent, in-ground structure custom-designed and built to Donna Witt Preskitt's specifications. The flooring is a steady, cushioned surface with all wall and rail corners rounded for the safety of the horses. Handlers are protected by steel railing that allows full access to horses at all times. The operational machinery is located in an underground, sound-proof storage unit.
In the winning tradition of the late Don Witt, Donna Witt Preskitt and her staff of trained and devoted professionals continue the tradition of the legendary 5W Ranch in Ohatchee, Alabama. Combining the top bloodlines of today with the strength of the best foundation blood of the past, the 5W Ranch is practicing the mission of AQHA by "improving the breed." In addition to her breeding program, and motivated by her passion for the Quarter Horse and the intense desire for the continued improvement of the breed, Donna Witt Preskitt has taken the revolutionary step of researching, designing, and offering a proven alternative to the methods being utilized today in AQHA's performance classes by owners and trainers. This program is designed to fit, train, or heal the "whole" horse – physically, mentally and nutritionally.
The 5W Ranch facility offers a fully-enclosed, heated, 30+ stall barn with large, airy 12' x 14' stalls, indoor exercise/riding arena, outdoor, fully-lighted show-size arena, and lush paddocks running beside the Neely Henry Lake. Full camper hook-ups and nice local motels are available for those guests and clients wishing to stay overnight. The facility is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Veterinarian, farrier, acupuncture and animal husbandry/nutritional services are available.
After careful evaluation of a horse and the goals set by the owner, the bloodlines, the medical history, past or present injuries or weakness of the horse, the program is then tailored for each horse. The same careful consideration and analysis is given to each horse's current nutritional status, and a specific feed program is developed to aid in meeting that horse's potential -- whether healing an injury or achieving peak performance in a chosen discipline.
Ms. Preskitt practices a strict "hands-on" approach to all the horses brought to the 5W Ranch. She is involved on a daily (and hourly) basis not only with the fitting/training/healing service provided, but she reviews each horse daily, its stall, feed program and every other aspect of its care. Special attention is given to each horse in order to understand its personality, how it learns and reacts to the environment. Her philosophy is that "no two horses are the same, nor should they be treated that way." She is well-known for strict adherence to the personal standards of care she has established.
Horses actually work on the Underwater Treadmill - no swimming involved. Listed below are specific focus points of the hydrotherapy program that are individualized for each horse. This approach affords more accurate and controlled exercise in a much shorter period of time than conventional methods
With each step a horse takes, three to seven times the weight of its body is thrust on the joints. But those same steps taken in water, coupled with its natural buoyancy, gently lift the pressure off the joints. For horses recovering from injury or surgery, the Underwater Treadmill can maintain a fit condition, while providing therapy for recovery. Evidence has proven that the Underwater Treadmill is unequaled for therapeutic healing and conditioning. The Horse magazine noted, "In an underwater treadmill, the buoyancy of the water reduces the horse's weight so there is less strain on supporting structures of the legs – bones, joints, tendons, and ligaments. Many people incorporate the underwater treadmill into a rehabilitation program for an injured horse. It will provide conditioning of the cardiovascular and muscular systems while unloading the limbs….Evidence indicates that horses which would be unable to exercise are able to work in an underwater treadmill without deterioration of the primary problem…"
The 5W Ranch recently implemented the Spook Less Program as part of the "whole horse" concept. The Spook Less is a program developed for conditioning horses to a wide diversity of sounds, objects, equipment, and unusual environments to aid in de-sensitizing a horse. Horses are trained not to be distracted or "spooked" by frightening sounds, equipment, objects, etc.
The Final Result
Combined with our unique, individualized nutritional and health program, the result is a fit, sound horse prepared to compete in any variety of activities: halter, performance, race, endurance, breeding, etc. We fit the whole horse: the body, mind and attitude.
How many of the horses showing today will be showing tomorrow? Will they be sound with good minds? The 5W Ranch has developed a program so that you can enjoy your champion today and in the future.
We're offering the industry a choice…….come see what we can do.
Our training programs are affordable for every horse owner.
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ADATA PV110 10400 mAh Power Bank launched
ADATA today launched the PV110 Power Bank. With a capacity of 10400mAh, the PV110 power bank has dual USB ports providing a total of 3.1A output (2.1A + 1A) allowing concurrent and quick charging of tablets and smartphones. The PV110 power bank has a brushed aluminum finish and rounded corners for ease of holding. It has a LED indicator displaying its remaining power and a smart energy saving feature that automatically turns off the unit when the device is fully charged or idle for over 10 seconds. The PV110 also features six-fold safety protection including over-temperature, short circuit, over-voltage, overcharge, over-discharge, and over-current protections.
The PV110 power bank will be available through selected retailers and distributors mid of September in colors titanium, gold, pink, and blue with an SRP of Php 1,990.
ADATA PV110 Power Bank Features
● Simple brushed aluminum exterior
● Dual USB 3.1A output fast charging
● LED indicator shows power status
● 6-way circuit protection
Overcharge protection / Over discharge protection
Short circuit protection / Over voltage protection
Over current protection / Over temperature protection
● Power saving automatic shut down
ADATA PV110 Power Bank Specs
Capacity: 10400 mAh
● Battery: Lithium-ion (18650)
● Size: 102 x 77 x 21.5mm (4.0 x 3.0 x 0.8in)
● Weight: 260g (9.2oz)
● Input: DC 5V 1.5A (Micro USB)
● Output: DC 5V 1A (Type-A USB)
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Posted by Anonymous on 11/06/2013
The fact that this place serves less meals than fingers on one hand would be fine if it was the best noodle bowl I've ever had, but it's not. The food is slightly above mediocre. Once you throw the price into the mix I can promise you'll be more satisfied with "cup noodles". My real problem with the place is that I was craving noodles and there's nothing worse than eating what you're craving and leaving unsatisfied.
Posted by Dustin on 06/10/2013
Ramen like nowhere else in Florida, maybe further. This restaurant is a little gem tucked away on a small Brickell street in the shadow of the rail. The menu is simple: three types of ramen bowls, gyoza, and some salads. Jimmy, the owner, and his staff of expert noodle and broth artisans do one thing and do it better than anywhere else in the region. The noodles are fresh and have a bite and texture all their own. The broth is something unlike anything in your local generic Asian fusion. The garnishes, such as soy-sauced braised eggs, chicharrones, and pickled ginger, add extra umami to the mix. They combine to create a truly sublime experience far beyond any typical bowl of noodle soup. Prices are fair, considering you are getting something uniquely and expertly prepared. There is an extensive sake selection. NB Closed Mondays and no take-out or take-home.


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Book your room at Arya Boutique Room
Standard RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Deluxe RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel near Patong Beach
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Simply enter your Nectar card number when prompted. Your points will be credited 30 days after you return from your trip.*Offers may apply
Located in the heart of Patong, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Bazaan Fresh Market and Bangla Night Street. Patong Beach is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) away.
Hotel Features
1 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, coffee/tea in the lobby, dry cleaning, and tour/ticket assistance are onsite.
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All 19 individually decorated rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and minibars. For a bit of entertainment, TVs come with cable channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 1 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. This Patong hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, coffee/tea in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Arya Boutique Room has designated areas for smoking.
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 19
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
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- Tours/ticket assistance
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- Number of restaurants - 1
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in lobby
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Premium TV channels
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- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
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- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- In-room massage available
- Shower only
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- In-room safe
- Television
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Individually decorated
Where to Eat
La Piazzetta Di Capri - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open select days.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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Modern Mechanix
I can't tell you how much I love these covers of Modern Mechanix, Popular Science, and their illustrated contemporaries. There's something fascinating about the concept of the future in the eyes of a 1950's audience, not to mention the amount of breathless, wide-eyed hope and anticipation. Here are some favourites:
1. Pressed for space? Add a wardrobe to your kitchen!
2. 'The Dangerous Truth About Petting'
3. The salad spinners of yesterday are the mass transit vehicles of tomorrow.
4. Ladies and gentlemen, 'The Female Penis'.


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Governor O'Malley Announces BPW Approval Of Local Recreational Projects In Worcester And Carroll Counties
Annapolis, Md. (December 1, 2010) — Governor Martin O'Malley
today announced Board of Public Works (BPW) approval of recreational projects in
Worcester and Carroll Counties through local
Program Open Space.
"Maintaining and improving Maryland's outdoor recreational facilities is an important function of Program Open Space," said Governor O'Malley. "We continue to evaluate these areas, making the necessary enhancements to keep our families safe while recreating outdoors."
Worcester County will receive $3,000 to install playground edging and an engineered wood fiber safety surface for the existing swing set at Bishopville Park. Currently, the area below the swing set lacks adequate safety surfacing for the fall zone.
Carroll County - Hampstead will receive $10,339 to rebuild two tennis courts and one basketball court at Melvin Miller Community Park. In addition, fencing, ADA picnic tables, nets, and poles for the courts will be installed.
Among the advantageous projects that have benefited from Program Open Space funding is the YMCA at Stadium Place in Baltimore, which includes a playground and baseball field. A video showing the direct benefits of Program Open Space at that location can be viewed here.
Under the leadership of Governor O'Malley, the Board of Public Works has approved funding for 936 recreational projects, including Community Parks & Playgrounds, totaling over $281,482,995 through local-side Program Open Space since 2007. This is about 16 percent of the more than 5,800 total projects funded since the program's inception in 1969.
The three-member Board of Public Works is composed of Governor O'Malley (chair), Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot. The BPW is authorized by the General Assembly to approve major construction and consultant contracts, equipment purchases, property transactions and other procurement actions.
|December 1, 2010
Contact: Josh Davidsburg
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages nearly one-half million acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov


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Calstone Wellington
"CALSTONE-WELLINGTON, (or Calstonewillington), a parish in the hundred of Calne, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the S.E. of Calne, its post town. The manor was anciently held by the Cantilupes, Zouches, and Willingtons. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £192, in the patronage of the Marquis of Lansdowne. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
- St Mary the Virgin, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Mary the Virgin, -, Church of England
- Methodist Chapel, Other
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Calstone Wellington area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
Common to all parishes is a Key to Abbreviations and a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Calstone Wellington, St Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1760-1963, Mar 1760-1980, Bur 1760-1963
- IGI Chr 1864-1880 Batch C152862, Mar 1760-1836 Batch M152861
- VRI Chr 1538-1854, Mar 1760-1836
- White Horse Baptisms 1605-1744 (gaps), 1760-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
- A transcription of the section for Calstone Wellington from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Calstone Wellington from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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- The entry for Calstone Wellington from British History Online.
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Leek Town girls taste the big time
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LEEK Town girls under-14s were given a taste of big time when they took part in the FA Girls Football day at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent.
The girls had the chance to play on the same pitches on which the England teams train.
It was part of a day of activities supported by Staffordshire FA to promote women's football.
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Leek team spokesman Chris Hesketh said: "It was a great day, which included interactive skills workshops and a five-a-side tournament."
Staffordshire FA chairman Mike Stokes said: "Events like this are very important in getting girls involved in football.
"This is a joint venture between the FA, Staffordshire FA, Continental and St George's Park and it's been well supported and will encourage girls to stay in the sport."
Eight different under-14s teams from across Staffordshire competed in the five-a-side tournament.
The Leek girls also met and played with Sky TV football freestyler Charlotte Lade, together with Chloe Jones and Katie Wilkinson from Aston Villa Ladies, who play in the Women's Super League.
Leek Town girls under-14s are currently recruiting ahead of the new county league season, which starts next month.
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There is a singer songwriter named Kyle Puccia. He did a cover of Friday by Rebecca Black. It's like some sort of commentary on postmodern commentaries on irony.
Whoops! Kyle Puccia just skipped the Grammys and went straight to winning a Nobel Price. He is the Albert Einstein of Rebecca Black cover song artists.
This is so amazing that you don't even for a second question the fact that the guy is wearing dog tags. The bar for how amazing a thing has to be before you don't question dog tags is very high, and Kyle Puccia cleared it with room to spare. I suppose there is the chance that he actually served in the army, but if he has a broad enough character spectrum to have both served in the military and successfully covered an internet meme as a joke, he should already be President.
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I noticed on the latest Pirate Radio Hall of Fame monthly update that Emperor Rosko was publishing an expanded digital edition of his 1976 DJ book so went on his website and bought it. £3.99 via Paypal, got an email more or less straight away with link to download the book as a zip file, link expired in 48 hours.
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John Antanaitis is the Vice President of Product Marketing for the Video Solutions division at Polycom. He leads a global team responsible for marketing Polycom's industry leading video solutions including desktop video collaboration, high-definition personal, room and immersive telepresence systems, and infrastructure solutions for video network management and recording, streaming and video content management. Antanaitis joined Polycom in 2002 after spending five years in Marketing and General Management for Stanley Tool Works and Fortune Brands. Prior to that, he spent almost ten years with Motorola, working in various functional disciplines including engineering, operations and marketing. He has a Masters of Management (MBA) with majors in Marketing and Operations Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois and a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
Just last year Polycom and Tandberg were the top two players providing primarily room-based video conferencing equipment running H.323 to enterprises, with a number of additional players in the market working hard to take away some of their market share. Suddenly we have Cisco as the largest video vendor and HP announcing a strong new line of products with their partner Vidyo. Desktop video conferencing is on the rise. Unified Communications (UC) architectures are becoming the core of the video infrastructure involving Microsoft, IBM and Avaya in the fray, and using SIP as the standard for video signaling. How will all this settle out? If I am making a video conferencing decision now that I want to sustain my company for the foreseeable future, which way should I go?
In this panel, the video conferencing vendors will discuss these key transitions and how they see the market shaping up as we move forward. Join us to see if they agree or disagree, and learn which vendor's vision best suits the requirements of your company.


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Bacon: All right. Let me start with a couple of announcements.
First, to bring you up to date on the military support for the firefighters in the West. We currently have more than 1,800 service members, active duty and Guard, helping to fight fires in the western part of the United States. As you know, the Army has sent -- active duty Army sent about 500 soldiers up from Fort Hood, and they're already engaged in fighting the fires. The Marines will send about 500 people tomorrow. I said to you on Tuesday that they were from -- they were going to come from Twenty-nine Palms. On Tuesday that was correct. Since then, a new unit has been assigned to this task. They've changed the unit. So this unit will come from Camp Pendleton. They'll move out tomorrow morning, and they should start arriving in Idaho Falls at about 8:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time tomorrow morning.
The flying fire trucks I told you about, the eight C-130s filled with bags of -- or tanks of fire retardant, have flown more than 383 hours, and that's 318 sorties, made 336 airdrops and delivered more than 7.7 million pounds of fire retardant chemicals since they've been on station. That's the latest on the fire-fighting support.
Second announcement, and last announcement, is that on Tuesday, a moment you've all been waiting for, we're going to announce the winners of the Yahoo! Fantasy Careers contest. As you remember, back in May we announced that we were working with Yahoo! to set up a Fantasy Careers contest whereby people could submit essays to each of the five services and the winners would then get to spend several days with that service. For instance, the winner of the Coast Guard contest will train with search-and-rescue swimmers. The winner of the Air Force contest will fly in some high-performance fighters. The winner of the Army contest will jump in a tandem jump with a Golden Knight, fly in a helicopter, do some other things. The winner of the Navy contest will land on a carrier and spend some time on a carrier and then, of course, fly off. And the winner of the Marine contest gets to go through Marine basic training -- I think a week or five days of Marine basic training. So we'll announce those winners next week.
We thought the contest was very, very successful. It generated a lot of interest and showed us the power of the Internet in terms of helping to support recruiting efforts.
With that, I'll take your questions.
Q: Any update on when the DRR [deployment readiness review] is going to go to Secretaries Gansler and Cohen?
Bacon: Well, it hasn't gone yet. I would anticipate it would go to the secretary in the next week or so. I said earlier that I anticipated the secretary would make his recommendation sometime next week. It could take longer than that. As we like to say about the NMD [national missile defense] program, it will be event-driven, not schedule-driven; that he will make his recommendation to the president probably some time before the end of the month.
Q: Would you keep us posted -- I mean, you're not going to have briefings later in the month, and may not come up on briefing here. Could you take the question and keep us posted on when it goes? I assume it'll go to Secretary Gansler first. Will he be briefed first and then he would brief the secretary, or how will that work?
Bacon: Well, briefing is an ongoing process, and there'll be -- it's also a somewhat evolutionary process in that there will be a lot of briefing, changes will be made, drafts will be written, new changes will be made. So I would anticipate it will take a little bit of time.
Q: By changes, Ken, you mean in the DRR or what the SecDef is going to recommend to the president?
Bacon: I think the whole process is a process of trying to pull together the best information, and then questions will be asked along the way, the questions will be answered; the answers will be incorporated, and at some point they'll say, "Eureka, we've got a good enough product to call the DRR, the Deployment Readiness Review." And that, then, will go to the secretary. The secretary, at that point, may have more questions, and there may be areas that he wants fleshed out, there may be areas that he wants explained. And so it could be a process that takes some time.
Q: Can you let us know when he gets the first draft?
Bacon: No. I'm not going to get into the business of telling you every time a new draft is written. And I may not even tell you when the final draft is sent up.
Q: Well, are you going to get into the business of letting us know why this happened?
Bacon: Pardon?
Q: Are we going to get a briefing on that?
Bacon: Yes, we'll do that on Thursday. As I said on Tuesday, we plan to do it relatively soon, and the day is a week from today. So that's the current schedule.
Q: What is that you're doing?
Bacon: To explain finally why Integrated Test -- what happened in Integrated Flight Test 5.
Q: Next week?
Q: Thursday?
Bacon: Thursday is what our current plan is, because we're doing the Yahoo! Fantasy Jobs contest on Tuesday, and I wouldn't want to have conflicting news.
Q: There's another report/study that you guys have been in the works for a long time, it's on this Defense Science Board and how do we help -- how do we assist the health of the defense industry.
Bacon: Right.
Q: Dr. Gansler said April 10th I want just briefing charts so I can get this thing out the door fast. We're in August. Where is this thing at, from a status standpoint?
Bacon: That's a good question. I'll find out. I mean, it's somewhere in the system. But I think what you'll find is that good ideas don't have to wait to be sent forward in a report to be acted on, and I think that some of the ideas for helping the -- speed dealings between the department and defense contractors have probably been taking place. But I'll try to get you an update on that.
Q: Specifically, what's the status of the big recommendation to increase progress payment rates from 75 percent to 85 percent? That would have a material impact. Is that still an operative recommendation, or has that been abandoned because of cost considerations? I'd like you to take that for the record.
Bacon: Sure.
Q: During Secretary Cohen's briefing to the Senate Armed Service Committee, the hearing, he said that there was a necessity to have allied support. And recently the British have hinted a little opposition to that. Does that have any effect on his recommendation at all? Has he said anything about that?
Bacon: Well, I've read the same stories you've read in the paper. I don't think the British government has taken a view on support for NMD at this stage. Remember, the president has not made a decision on NMD, so there's really nothing for them to take a view on at this stage.
At some point, if President Clinton decides to go ahead with deployment of an NMD system, we would have to make upgrades to radar we have in England, and we would also have to make upgrades to a radar -- an early-warning radar we have in Greenland. So we would be consulting with our allies at that time. We've talked to them in general terms about the threat and about the architecture of the system we're thinking of. We've talked to them about our dealings with Russia and our efforts to amend the ABM Treaty, and those efforts continue. So we'll continue to be in close contact with our allies.
Q: I think we're tied up in semantics here again. The secretary's repeatedly said recently that the president is NOT going to make a decision on deployment but simply make a decision on whether or not to go ahead with contracts. And you've just said "if Clinton decides to go ahead and make a decision on deployment."
Bacon: Well, the president has -- he could decide, if he wanted to, I suppose, to stop the program, in which case we wouldn't have to talk with our allies. I'm not trying to suggest what the president's going to do or not going to do. But he has a range of options available to him.
And you're right -- what Secretary Cohen has talked about is a decision that would deal immediately -- most immediately with the Shemya radar in Alaska. But theoretically, the president has -- he can decide in the simplest terms to go ahead or not to go ahead. That's the simplest way to describe the decision he has to make. The technicality is that he -- a decision to go ahead would involve a decision to go ahead with the Shemya radar. He could decide to go ahead, to not go ahead, to go ahead but delay certain steps. I mean, those are among the options he'll be considering. And I don't mean to suggest in any way what decision he'll make.
Q: I want to go back just for a moment to the Yahoo fantasy contest.
Q: You mentioned that you were pleased with the success and -- (inaudible) -- the power of the Internet. Do you have any idea at this point how the Internet is turning out to be as a recruiting tool? I mean, do you have any idea whether more prospects, for instance, are visiting Internet recruiting sites as opposed to, say, walking in recruiting stations or --
Bacon: I don't. Those are very good questions for the people who will be briefing on Tuesday.
Q: At your last briefing, you said that you didn't yet have the recruiting statistics for July. Have those come in yet?
Bacon: No, I still don't have the final recruiting statistics for July.
Q: Does it appear -- can you say at this point whether it does, in fact, appear that all of the services will meet their recruiting goals by the end of the year to have the required end strength that they're looking for?
Bacon: Right now, the services believe they're on track, if current good news continues, to meet their end-strength goals by the end of the year. Meeting end-strength goals is a function of two things, retention and recruiting. To the extent that retention is higher than anticipated, they have to recruit less. And most -- I think that the Army, the Navy and the Marines so far are experiencing higher than anticipated retention. More people are choosing to stay in. They have to bring in fewer new people to fill gaps. The Air Force, I believe, is still running slightly lower than its retention goal as of June.
So all services have been working on ways to improve retention. I think that the pay raises that have gone into effect recently, as well as some of the other quality-of-life improvements, including for soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines who have been in a while, the improvement in pensions, have all been incentives for people to stay in longer, to reenlist for new terms of service. That's helped retention.
At the same time, we've bolstered recruiting by adding recruiters, by increasing benefits, bonuses, in particular, education benefits. The Army had a press conference yesterday talking about some of their plans for improving education for soldiers in the Army. All of these have a cumulative effect. We're also in the process of improving our advertising, trying to make it sharper, more focused, and a better tool for attracting people into the military. All of these, I think, have a cumulative effect, and it seems to be working so far.
Q: And just to clarify one point, from what you said, is it the case, then, that the reason that the services met or exceeded their recruiting goals in May and June was because they were able to lower the goals because they didn't need as many recruits because of higher-than-expected retention?
Bacon: I don't know specific facts in terms of numbers, but certainly at least the Navy has lowered its recruiting goal as retention exceeded its plans or its projections. I don't know about the Army, but I would anticipate that that's the case.
So as I say, you have to look at both sides of the scale -- you have to look at retention as well as recruiting, and it's unfair only to look at recruiting because, of course, the number of people required to be recruited reflects retention.
Q: And one last thing. Do you know if this higher-than-expected retention trend is also true for the Reserves and the Guard? Or are we seeing a more difficult problem in keeping people in the Reserves?
Bacon: There have been some retention problems in the Guard and the Reserves, but I don't know the dimensions of them. I'll try to find out, or the briefer who will be here on Tuesday from Personnel and Readiness I think will be able to answer those questions. But the Guard and Reserve have been working hard on retention as well as on recruiting.
Yeah, Tony?
Q: Ken, Boeing today agreed to pay the Justice Department $54 million to settle two lawsuits involving defective gears on Chinook helicopters. Do you have any insight into whether the Army or the Pentagon are pursuing whether to administratively debar or suspend Boeing or the subcontractors, since the incidents involve five servicemen dying?
Bacon: I just learned of this settlement before coming in here. I have not had a chance to check with the lawyers to find out what their plans are, what their next step is.
Q: Would you take that question?
Bacon: Yes.
Q: Yeah, because normally the Army -- the services have procurement fraud task forces that monitor cases like this for appropriate administrative remedies. I assume that's happening in this case, if you could pursue that.
Bacon: Well, the settlement does call for about $54 million, as I understand, although a big chunk of that goes to the person who filed the fraud claim in the first place. But the rest will go to the Defense Department.
Q: On top of that, though, there's a procedure for looking at whether the companies are culpable from a negligence standpoint and should be either debarred or hit with an administrative sanction. That's the normal follow-up, and we'd like you to track that.
Bacon: Okay. Sure. We'll take that question.
Q: The USS Chancellorsville, a missile -- guided-missile vessel --
Q: -- is visiting China. Is this a new phase is cooperation in Sino-U.S. military relations? As a follow-up, I understand there's going to be a Chinese vessel, warships, visiting the U.S. Do you have any dates and places for that?
Bacon: Yeah. The visit of the Chancellorsville is taking place now. She arrived in China yesterday, China time, and she will depart on August 5th. It is the first visit by a U.S. Naval ship to a mainland port, that is, excluding Hong Kong, since 1998. So it's the first visit since the unfortunate, tragic and mistaken bombing of the Chinese Embassy during Operation Allied Force a little more than a year ago.
It is part of a military re-engagement program with China that involves mutual ship visits, and there will be some Chinese ships visiting, I think, ports in Honolulu and San Diego (sic) [Honolulu and Seattle], I believe, in -- I believe these are upcoming this year or next year. And we are also obviously increasing high-level contacts. Secretary Cohen recently came back from China. We have had -- Admiral Fargo is in China now, both in Beijing and then accompanying his ship in Qingdao, where the ship is visiting.
Q: On the Patriot radar tests in Ocean City and Wallops Island, you're ready to go ahead with that tomorrow, and feel that you have satisfied the few residents' concerns about the environmental impact?
Bacon: Well, this is a radar test. It's designed -- this -- what we're talking about here is a test of radars that would be possibly deployed in connection with the Patriot 3 missile. And it's part of a program designed to expand the radar capability and range -- primarily range, I believe -- of the PAC-3 radar. And as far as I know, we still plan to go ahead with that test.
Q: And again, of course, you're saying that your environmental studies show that it is not harmful to the people or animals in the area?
Bacon: Well, I believe that's to be the case. I mean, there's a lot of radar around, and this is just a -- to the best of my knowledge, there should be no impact available on the public. There have been -- there was a finding of no significant impact. And they're available -- you can get acopy right here of that finding, if you'd like to read through it. They're also available at the Ocean City Public Library, so anybody who wants to go in and read the basis on which we decided that there's no significant impact caused by the test is free to do that. We encourage people to do it.
Q: Just to be clear, this is a test of just the radar; there won't be a missile test involved?
Bacon: No, no, it's not a missile test. It's a test of radar capabilities. And it's using radars at Wallops Island, Virginia, and Ocean City, Maryland, airport, and on board an Aegis cruiser at sea. And as I said, it's designed to help us come up with radars that are better able to detect and track threatening aircraft or missiles at longer ranges than we currently acquire them. So the PAC-3 missile can be vectored toward those enemy attackers.
Q: Is there a simple way to describe how the test takes -- what's involved in the test, or is it something that -- I mean, how do you test the radar to see -- I mean, is there --
Q: Is the -- (inaudible) --
Bacon: Yeah, there would be -- I believe that there will be objects that they will attempt to track. I don't know whether they're -- they --
Staff: Lear jets.
Bacon: Lear jets. They're going to see if they can track down Lear jets from, I think, progressively farther away is how I understand it --
Q: (Off mike.)
Bacon: -- looking for ways to increase the range of the radar.
Q: It's a cooperative engagement capability test, right? One of their CEC tests, the network radars?
Bacon: Well, it's certainly an engagement capability test.
Q: And how do these radars differ from civilian radars that you might find at the airport -- (inaudible)? They're more powerful? They --
Bacon: Well, the Aegis radar is a phased array radar, as you know. And one of them is an airport radar. The one at the Ocean City airport is a standard radar (sic) [An Army Patriot radar will be temporarily set up at the Ocean City airport.] And I don't know what type of radar is at Wallops Island. [The radar to be used at Wallops Island is a permanent, shore-based Navy radar.]
Q: Okay.
Bacon: Two Lear jets flown by the Navy will fly in military range area over the Atlantic and will act as target objects for the radar network to detect and track. And there will also be a Navy P-3 Orion flying in the area to relay information back.
Q: Change of subject?
Q: I take it that the Pentagon doesn't intend to get involved in this brouhaha off (inaudible) between the Canadians and this private U.S.-owned ship carrying Canadian military equipment.
Bacon: You're right. We do not plan to get involved. It's a commercial dispute.
Q: I have an Iraq question, as we're looking at the anniversary of the conflict in Iraq. Many people have charged that Saddam Hussein has been diverting or skimming some of the proceeds from the U.N.-sanctioned oil-for-food program in order to prop up his regime, and not aiding the Iraqi people. I'm just wondering if the Pentagon, A, shares that view, and B, has any evidence of that, any concrete evidence that that's the case?
Bacon: The oil-for-food program is carefully audited by the U.N. and is designed to prevent the type of skimming you just mentioned. The main source of revenues for Saddam Hussein, as I understand it, comes from the illegal oil smuggling that is done sometimes with the complicity of the Iranians. And that, of course, is increased -- it goes up and down with oil prices. When oil prices rise, the smuggling rises because the profits rise. The risks are compensated for better by the higher oil prices. And because oil prices have been up over the last year or so, the smuggling has increased; it varies from month to month, but it has increased. I believe that's the primary source of the money that he uses to fund his 80 palaces and fancy residences that aren't generally available to the Iraqi people but are available to him and his family.
Q: Yeah, according to several speakers at the Republican National Convention, quoting, you know, from retired General Schwarzkopf, the U.S. military today is much smaller and less prepared than it was 10 years ago, and it has many more commitments. How do you respond to that?
Bacon: Well, the military is smaller. If you look at the size of the military and military spending over the last 10 or 11 years, say starting in 1989, you'll see a reduction in size of the military and reduction in military spending. That pretty much bottomed out in the last couple of years and has started to turn up. I think that the peace dividend of the Cold War, that started after the Berlin Wall came down, has been spent many times over, and the decline in personnel pretty much ended, I think, in 1995, '96, maybe a little before that, and spending began to turn around in '96 or '97.
The most significant increase in spending occurred as a result of meetings that President Clinton had with the Joint Chiefs in 1998, in September. It was those meetings that led to a $112 billion plus-up in military spending that was proposed in January of 1999, January or February of '99, for the fiscal 2000 budget, and that has gone into effect, and what you see now is an improvement in spending and other trends.
So yes, there was a long decline that started at the end of the Cold War. It went through Republican and Democratic administrations, and it's begun to turn around in the last couple of years.
Q: Ken, on a related point, the secretary -- former Secretary Cheney, last night in his acceptance speech, made a point of saying that morale was something like at an all-time low. Stripped away of rhetoric, political rhetoric, he has some insight into the process.
How does this building actually monitor morale? I mean, is there a way to -- on a regular basis, the services actually try to quantify the state of the force from a morale standpoint?
Bacon: Well I think we've just talked about one very tangible measurement, which is retention. And at a time when retention is rising, it seems unlikely that morale is falling. So to the extent that retention is a good measurement of morale, I think morale is pretty good right now. What we find is that when soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines are busy, when they're doing missions they've been trained to perform, and when they're doing them in a highly professional and satisfying way, such as peacekeeping in Bosnia or Kosovo, that their morale tends to be high. And indeed, we're finding high retention in those areas and units that are deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo.
Clearly, there have been problems with an over-stressed force because of deployments. I think we've addressed those fairly well administratively over the last four or five years. This was a high priority of Secretary Perry's; it's been a high priority of Secretary Cohen's, and you see it in terms of a reduction of inspections in the Navy, you see it in terms of a reduction of duplicative or overlapping exercises, you see it in terms of the creation of an Aerospace Expeditionary Force by the Air Force to try to regularize deployments so they're more predictable. There have been a number of steps that have been taken.
Have we solved the problem to everybody's satisfaction? Probably not. But I think we've made significant progress. And while this has been happening, we've been increasing pay, increasing benefits and trying to improve housing. So it all has a cumulative effect on morale, and I think we're seeing the impact of that in the better retention.
Q: I just want to go back to the Patriot for one second.
Q: Apparently there have been one or maybe two interceptor tests at White Sands without prior notification to the press, as is normal. And I was wondering if that's a new policy or what other reason there might be that people weren't told ahead of time it was taking place?
Bacon: Well, I don't know whether they were announced ahead of time or not. That's, I think, an Army or a BMDO [Ballistic Missile Defense Organization] issue. But there have been two successful interceptor tests. They both involved cruise missile surrogates -- in other words, drones -- that were simulating cruise missiles. They were designed basically to test the Patriot's ability to hit low --
Q: Air-breathing --
Bacon: No, low -- small-profile targets flying at high subsonic speeds, as cruise missiles do.
Q: Well, our people in New Mexico who normally cover them were surprised to hear of the recent success, because they didn't know if it was just planned.
Q: Yeah. There was one on the 23rd that was ballyhooed ahead of time. We covered it. But there was an unsuccessful one on the 28th, and there was no advance notice given of that.
Bacon: But we did -- the Army did put out a notice afterwards that it had happened.
Bacon: That's right.
Q: But the problem here is that one suspects that if these tests are not announced in advance and then there's a test failure, there could be a "delay," quote, unquote, in an announcement of a failure. We'd like to know about these ahead of time.
Bacon: I understand this. This is an Army-BMDO issue. I have not looked into it. There may have been circumstances in this test that prevented an early announcement, and I will look into it.
Q: Thanks.
Q: Well, there's one last question on readiness. While watching one of the domestic entertainment networks this week, I noticed another report about spare parts shortages affecting an Air Force unit. I'm wondering -- I remember talking to the Air Force years ago about their spare parts problem, and the Air Force claimed it was getting a handle on that. Is that -- are we still in the situation where there's such a shortage of spare parts that they have to take apart a perfectly good plane in order to repair other planes, or what's going on? Is that an anecdotal thing, or is that a widespread problem?
Bacon: I thought that -- I've been watching CNN -- that everybody was devoting full time to the convention.
Q: (Laughs.)
Bacon: But it is true that the Air Force has had a spare parts problem. The origin of the problem really started in 1994. And I talked to the secretary of the Air Force about this today. They did not buy enough spare parts for several years in the mid-'90s -- '94, '95, '96 -- for whatever reason. They didn't. That has been remedied recently. There's been over $1.2 billion added in the last year or so to the Air Force budgets to increase purchases of spare parts.
There, unfortunately, is a rather long lag. This isn't like buying an air filter for your car. You don't go down to the local gas station and buy one off the shelf. We're talking about spare parts for aging aircraft, frequently F-16s, F-15s, that have been around since the '70s and early '80s. So there is a lag between the time the money is appropriated and the spare parts actually show up, but they are beginning to show up.
There is still, unfortunately, some cannibalization going on. Obviously, the Air Force, like all the services, concentrates on keeping its front-line fighters at the highest state of readiness. That's one of the reasons we're doing so well policing the no-fly zones in Iraq, and it's one of the reasons why we did so well during Operation Allied Force, in that we put herculean efforts into keeping those fighters at the absolute highest state of readiness.
That has from time to time caused backups in maintenance for the domestic force. Now we're getting enough spare parts into the pipeline to deal with some of those backups. And my understanding is that the backlog of needed parts is falling quite dramatically. So the Air Force is making progress, but the problem isn't solved.
Q: Thank you.
Bacon: Thank you.


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Music to Test Your System, Blow Your Mind – And Blow Your House Down:
Audio enthusiasts sometimes like to show off their systems. Audio dealers must show off their systems – it's an essential part of selling. So, what music shows off audio systems and what do they show off?
The female voice is perhaps one of the best "tests" of an audio system's midrange. We tangentially touched on this in an earlier post when we were talking about the Amanda McBroom live concert at CES some years ago. As we noted, the amplified nature of the concert was disturbing to me because it did not sound like the Sheffield Amanda disc that I had been listening to. But, when she put down the mic and there was nothing but air between Amanda's vocal and my ears – it was breathtaking. And what I had been listening to. So, if you're looking for something that shows the glory of a female cabaret singer at the height of her power, "Growing Up in Hollywood Town" is the "must have" disc. There are those who prefer the original black vinyl version, which due to the nature of Direct-to-Disc is now out of print. However, some copies can still be found on Amazon.
So, that's your disc if you're looking for a pop vocal, but what about classical? Let it be said up front that for me, Performance + Sound = Impact. That is, something does not have to be crashing loud to be an impressive demonstration. There are a few that raise goose bumps for me and have proved effective as "knock 'em dead" demos. If opera is your thing, the Countess's aria, "Dove Sono" from Act 3 of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" is an exquisite match of sadness, passion and intimacy. Lisa Della Casa's rendition on the London complete opera, headlined by Cesare Siepi as Figaro and presided over by Erich Kleiber, is one a really good one.
Keeping with classical female voice, another choice I'd have on hand would be almost any good recording of Schubert's "Ave Maria." It is truly an otherworldly experience. A good recording might make a believer of the most devout atheist. Put it through a surround-sound processor and you've really got something memorable. An "oldie but goodie," one of my favorite versions is a 1936 recording by the great contralto, Marian Anderson. It can be found, on Marian Anderson.
Looking for a true "Blow the House Down" cut? Going back to opera, Donner's hammer strike at the end of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" should do it. The Decca (London in the U.S.) John Culshaw engineered 1958 Georg Solti, et al recording is still considered one of the most impressive versions.
Going from a conclusion to an overture, Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" is a standard and staple for a reason. Virtually any good recording using real cannons delivers jaw-dropping sound. And, most amplifiers clip. Antal Dorati gives this piece – and several others – dramatic and memorable performances Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory.
Want to make that impact with a rock piece? Try, Guns n' Roses' "November Rain" -- any 30 seconds or the entire 8:53 provides a massive sound display and superb performance. The drums are especially impactful in this fully passionate piece. It can be found on GnR's Use Your Illusion I.
Want quieter rock? "The Last Waltz" was The Band's last concert and the theme is a marvel. Starting with Garth Hudson's organ intro and going to Robbie Robertson's dual-neck guitar, this piece shows how low your system can go and the crispness of transients. The lilting melody will also make you smile – or hum along.
How about purity of the single voice in a pop genre? Joan Baez was a wonder when she first became known. Her specialty was old English ballads and many would say that those were her best efforts. If you or those you're trying to impress, like this kind of music, "The Cherry Tree Carol" or "Silver Dagger" will bring a smile of wonder to your face. Both can be found – along with many other classics – on The First Lady Of Folk 1958-1961 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET.
Prefer to make your impact with a male voice? My choice is James Taylor's Sweet Baby James. It is intimate, forceful and fun. James joins you in your room for a personal performance.
Can a single instrument be made to deliver that kind of impact? My vote would be yes. True, it may require a bit more attention on the part of the listener, but a well played and recorded solo cello can be an eye-opening experience. Two works centuries apart define that for me: the Bach Cello Suite Number 1 and the Kodaly "Unaccompanied 'Cello Sonata, Op. 8" provide a virtually hypnotic experience. Either of these two works, again well played and recorded, will show a system off – or up to a fare thee well. The Rostropovich recording of the complete set, Bach: Cello Suites, is masterful and wondrously recorded. Yo-Yo Ma: Solo includes the Kodaly and works by Mark O'Connor, Bright Sheng, David Wilde and Alexander Tcherepnin. While all are remarkable, the Kodaly is mesmerizing.
We don't want to neglect jazz. The Modern Jazz Quartet was a paragon of musical virtue and innovation. The John Lewis score for the Roger Vadim movie, "No Sun in Venice" is revealing. Fascinating and haunting, it delivers immediacy and provides several spots often difficult for an audio system to reproduce well. It is available at Amazon in both vinyl and CD: No Sun In Venice (US Release).
In addition to being an instrumental form, jazz is a vocal one. One disc has just come to my attention. "Feel the Rhythm" features the singing of a woman known simply as "Daria" and backed by small jazz ensemble. The disc includes a few works of the singer's own creation as well a covers of Sting's "Fragile" and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Luiza." Feel the Rhythm provides what may appear to be an oxymoron: quiet impact.
Every musical genre has real homeruns. This is merely a smattering of the music that can be found, played, enjoyed – and yes, shown off. It's a favorite game of audio fans.
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