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The Washington County Commissioners agreed that the county will take construction responsibility on Mill Creek Road from Muskingum Township at their weekly meeting Thursday.
Mill Creek Road is located just off Colegate Drive, across from the entrance to Marietta High School. A widening and improvement project is planned for a portion of the road.
"The beginning of the street belongs to the city of Marietta, but at a certain point the road then belongs to Muskingum Township," said Commissioner David White. "The township already approved this transfer of responsibility for construction purposes."
What this means is that the county engineer may now help oversee and work on the project.
With Thermo Fisher having expanded recently and the travel from the Marietta City Schools bus garage, the road has taken quite a beating, said Roger Wright, county engineer.
"It's just a township road and it really wasn't ever designed for heavy industrial traffic," he said. "The plan is to partner with the city to improve both the intersection and the road."
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The road, also known as Muskingum Township Road 342, will be having work done on approximately 0.24 miles, according to the documents given to the commissioners.
The road will be widened into two 11-foot lanes with two-foot shoulders on each side. Other improvements will include better drainage, guardrails, resurfacing and pavement marking.
The money for the project is going to be provided by federal funds, according to Wright.
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The entrance to Mill Creek Road (Muskingum Township Road 342) is owned by the city of Marietta, but the road is Muskingum Township property.
Plans to improve the drainage, guardrails, resurfacing, pavement marking and to widen the road are set to begin in 2014.
The project's rough estimate from ODOT is just under $300,000.
It will be federally funded by a Appalachian Rural Development Grant.
Source: Washington County Engineer Roger Wright.
"The project will be paid in full due to the Appalachian Regional Development Act," said Wright. "The grant total if we can clear all the necessary federal guidelines is $469,500."
Wright said the project won't be started until next year.
"We want to be able to pave the road when school is out to help with traffic issues," he said. "We don't really have the time to get all the plans and preparations made by June, so we are just going to start next year."
The project could take anywhere between one and three months, depending on factors that could arise once the work has begun, said Wright.
The county engineer's office is also set to receive new radios and service through the state of Ohio.
After the business meeting Thursday morning, Wright met with the commissioners to inform them of the change.


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AUGUSTA, Ga.---The James Brown Arena is dancing to a different tune these days. They welcomed a new management company called Global Spectrum on Tuesday.
"What a very pleasant surprise. I mean...I literally wasn't expecting any decision," said Frank Russo who is Senior Vice President of the company.
The decision came just a little more than hour after Frank and his team made their pitch.
"It works...if it's working in Aiken, it's working in Columbia, it oughta work in Augusta," said Richard Isdell who is chair of the coliseum authority.
The company manages more than 30 locations across the country including the USC Aiken Convention Center.
"There's enough business to go around. We feel that entertainment events breed more entertainment events, and the more we're here in the market the more events we can bring to the CSRA," said Jennifer Kelly who is general manger at the Aiken complex.
Bringing events to the James Brown Arena has been a challenge, and it is something that is not expected to change over night.
"We're gonna give them all the time they need. We're gonna turn this facility over to them. We're not gonna micro-manage them. They will truly inherit all our problems," said Isdell.
"We're more than ready. We're ready to start right now," said Russo.
They'll start with a little support. Comcast is a sister company.
"We're certainly going to work with them the way you work with family...whether it's adding messages to our customers bills...running commercials...whatever it takes," said Bill Botham with Comcast.
So will it be enough to bring people back out to the arena. We'll have to wait and see, but Comcast says they're certain of one thing...if the house isn't packed...
"It won't be because of a lack of effort, knowledge, or experience, because that is all gonna be there..it is a professional operation from top to bottom," said Botham.
Some call this move a conflict of interest. But managers were quick to point out that the USC Aiken Convocation Center seats 2,500. The James Brown Arena seats 8,000. They say it just broadens the playing field.
The authority is now negotiating a contract with Global Spectrum. The company is asking for $10,000 a month with start-up costs between $20,000 and $40,000.

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CHEO launches Sens Zone
|A full-length view of one of the Sens Zones mural.
by Todd Anderson
The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario officially launched the new Sens Zone on Nov. 18 during a press conference held at the hospital. The fifth level inpatient care unit has been renamed in the Ottawa Senators honour to thank the National Hockey League team for its generosity and support.
"Some of the things (the Senators) do for us are pretty remarkable," said Garry Cardiff CHEO's chief executive officer. "The financial support is phenomenal, but what moves me the most, is when players come in and visit with the kids."
Speaking on behalf of the team, Ottawa Senators president and CEO Roy Mlakar expressed how inspiring it is for members of the team to associate with the kids.
"The kids don't know how much they mean to the players. There's a great deal of pride for us to know we have this relationship with them. This is a very small part for us to give back to the community."
CHEO foundation chair David Cork said even during the lockout year, Senators players continued to roam the halls at CHEO and meet with children.
"We have an extraordinary hockey team here. In their off year, they never stopped being at the hospital."
Brian Radburn, chair of the CHEO board of trustees, officially announced the dedication of the surgical and rehabilitation inpatient units to the Ottawa Senators.
"It's a gesture of appreciation for tremendous support and dedication," he said.
Shortly afterwards, Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and assistant captain Wade Redden helped patients Shane Harrison and Breeann Hoogwerf unveil the large murals created to reflect a Senators theme.
Well-known artist Robin Burgess painted the murals in the Sens Zone as well as other art throughout the unit.
Team mascot Spartacat was also present for the unveiling and visited with patients during the afternoon.
Visit the Ottawa Senators photo gallery for pictures from the unveiling.


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A weekly compilation of articles
Article Citations Below Are Gathered From Published Journals and Newsletters Which Are Held In the BMD TIC Collection. These Materials May Be Protected By Copyright Restrictions.
ABL Laser Module Exceeds Power Requirement In Test. Aerospace Daily. Gildea, Kerry, Jun 15, 1999, pp 398-399
The flight-weight laser module developed for the ABL program exceeded its peak power requirement by 30%-40% of what's required to shoot down a target missile in a test conducted on June 10. The ABL is envisioned as being able to knock down ballistic missiles in their boost phase, thereby increasing the capability of other missile defense systems, such as THAAD.
Descriptors, Keywords: ABL laser module test
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 01
Germany Slates Ramjet-Powered Anti-Radar Missile Effort. Aerospace Daily, Jun 16, 1999, p 409
The German government is expected to award Bodenseewerk Geraetertechnik (BGT) a contract to initiate technology development of the Armiger high-speed anti-radiation missile. The dual-seeker missile is intended to have greater range and accuracy than the Raytheon HARM anti-radiation missile now used by the German AF.
Descriptors, Keywords: Germany Armiger missile HARM
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 02
PAC-3 Missile Program Cost Overruns Soar To $278 Million. Aerospace Daily, Jun 18, 1999, pp 419, 422
Projected budget overruns for the PAC-3 missile program have soared from $60m to $278m for the current engineering and manufacturing phase, due to prime contractor Lockheed Martin's underestimation of the software development and missile integration effort. Cost of the overrun will be split between BMDO and Lockheed Martin, with DoD footing 70% of the bill.
Descriptors, Keywords: PAC-3 cost overrun
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 03
Airborne Laser Team Repeats Performance. Aerospace Daily, Jun 18, 1999, p 420
The Airborne Laser (ABL) team was able to fire the system's laser module above 100% power on June 15 in a repeat performance that surpassed requirements to shoot down a target missile.
Descriptors, Keywords: ABL laser module
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 04
JLENS Team Works To Extend Flight Time In Roving Sands Exercise. Aerospace Daily. Gildea, Kerry, Jun 18, 1999, p 422
The Joint Land-attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) team participating in the US Army's Roving Sands Exercise is conducting tests aimed at extending the system's flight time in poor weather. JLENS consists of an aerostat with radars to provide over-the-horizon surveillance for defense against cruise missiles.
Descriptors, Keywords: JLENS cruise missile
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 05
World News Round Up: Lockheed Martin And The US Army. Aviation Week & Space Technology, Jun 14, 1999, p 56
On June 10th the Hera target missile was launched from the north end of White Sands Missile Range, NM, at 5:07 a.m. MDT. The THAAD was launched from the south end 7 minutes later and completed its intercept 2 minutes after that. "It was a direct hit, exactly where we were aiming," said BG. Daniel Montgomery, the Army's Program Executive Officer of Air and Missile Defense. The target was traveling at an angle of 80 degrees, almost straight down to ensure that debris stayed on the range. Program officials say the missile for the 11th flight test will leave the factory this week and they anticipate another test before Lockheed Martin's July 16 deadline.
Descriptors, Keywords: THAAD Flight Test 10 Intercept Angle
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 06
Asia Examines Missile Defense. Aviation Week & Space Technology. Wall, Robert, Jun 14, 1999, p 203
The Department of Defense last month issued its findings on TMD architecture options for Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. The report, mandated by Congress, didn't recommend specific missile defense solutions for the countries, but laid out what combination of systems could protect them from ballistic missile attack. All three proposed architectures will require some combination of space and ground based early warning systems that can be used to cue fire control radars of the missile defense system. Japan's missile defense system needs were determined to be the greatest, largely because of the country's size. The Japan analysis looked at ballistic missile threats from North Korea.
Descriptors, Keywords: Japan Taiwan South Korea TMD Architecture Study Threat
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 07
AFRL Develops Flexible Chip For Space Applications. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, pp 8-9
Working with BMDO funding, the Space Vehicles Directorate of the AF Research Lab is developing a revolutionary technology to build ultra-thin, flexible computer chips for space applications. If successful, the chips could result in substantial reductions in weight and bulk for satellite computers.
Descriptors, Keywords: AFRL flexible computer chip satellite design
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 08
HELSTF/DE Get Boosts From Congressional Committees. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 9
Both the HASC and the SASC endorsed the president's budget request of $14m for HELSTF, the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range. Both also provided additional money for directed energy technology.
Descriptors, Keywords: HELSTF directed energy high energy laser funding
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 09
ABL Sim Returns To Roving Sands For '99. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 10
The Airborne Laser's simulation team will be at Ft. Bliss, TX, in June to participate in the Army's annual desert exercise based on a hypothetical Mid-East conflict. Maj Steve Smiley, who heads the ABL simulation team, discusses ABL's planned role in the exercise.
Descriptors, Keywords: ABL simulation military exercise wargame Smiley
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 10
Raytheon To Develop First Half Of Navy Future Radar. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, pp 5-6
Raytheon has won the long-awaited Navy contract to develop one of the two future radars for upcoming Navy aircraft carriers and destroyers. The $140m contract is to engineer, manufacture and develop the next-generation X-band Multi-Function Radar (MFR) over a period of 5 years.
Descriptors, Keywords: Raytheon Navy X-band radar MFR
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 11
Senate Passes Defense Appropriations Bill -- BMDO Boosted To $3.8B. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 7
Missile defense gains in the FY00 National Defense Appropriations bill passed 93-4 by the Senate on June 8. The measure, which goes to the House next, would add more than $500m to the administration's $3.3b request for BMD RDT&E.
Descriptors, Keywords: FY00 Senate defense appropriations budget funding
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 12
Welch: NMD Still High Risk But Not Rushing To Failure. BMD Monitor. Roosevelt, Ann, Jun 11, 1999, pp 1, 3
Larry D. Welch, USAF (ret), in speaking to a National Defense University Foundation seminar recently, stated that one year ago a commission he headed characterized the NMD program as "extremely high risk," or virtually impossible. Today, however, following a serious restructuring of the program, he takes a somewhat less dim view of the program. Welch, who previously chaired the Panel on Reducing Risk in BMD Flight Test Programs, is now president of the Institute for Defense Analyses. Article also quotes Welch on the THAAD program.
Descriptors, Keywords: NMD THAAD Welch
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 13
US Signs Regional Convention On Weapons. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 2
The US signed the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisition on June 7, during a special ceremony of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly meeting in Guatemala.
Descriptors, Keywords: treaty OAS
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 14
Russia Tests Topol M. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 2
Russia again successfully tested a Topol M ballistic missile on June 3. The missile is to become the backbone of their nuclear arsenal in the coming century.
Descriptors, Keywords: Russia Topol M missile
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 15
Perry Asks N.K. To Consider Expanding Relations, Cooperation. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 4
During a recent trip to Pyongyang, former SecDef William Perry explored the possibility of expanding our relations with N. Korea regarding missile and nuclear programs. Perry is acting as special advisor to the president on N. Korean policy.
Descriptors, Keywords: Perry North Korea
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 16
Researchers Find Nitrogen A Key To Solar Cell Design. BMD Monitor, Jun 11, 1999, p 11
Researchers at the DoE's Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have found that incorporating small amounts of nitrogen into the semiconductor alloy gallium indium arsenide decreases its band gap dramatically.
Descriptors, Keywords: gallium indium arsenide nitrogen optics solar cell
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 17
Hit Should Not Hasten THAAD Fielding, Officials Say. Defense Daily. Keeter, Hunter, Jun 14, 1999, p 7
Despite last week's successful test of THAAD, Pentagon and industry officials want to avoid rushing to field the system because it could result in trading off on performance. THAAD is currently scheduled to have its first unit equipped in 2007.
Descriptors, Keywords: THAAD fielding test flight Davis
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 18
Not So Fast. Defense Daily, Jun 14, 1999, p 3
Retired AF Gen Larry Welch, president of IDA, says those who argue for dropping the THAAD program because of past failures should realize that THAAD is further along than any other system in development for its mission.
Descriptors, Keywords: THAAD Welch
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 19
Air Force Comfortable With Airborne Laser Vulnerability. Defense Daily. Atkinson, David, Jun 14, 1999, pp 8-9
While critics of the Air Force's Airborne Laser program have said that the lumbering 747 on which it is based will be vulnerable to advanced surface-to-air missiles and fighters that threaten its ability to carry out its mission, the AF claims the ABL will be no less vulnerable than other support assets such as AWACS or Joint STARS.
Descriptors, Keywords: Air Force Airborne Laser ABL vulnerability AWACS Joint STARS missile threat
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 20
House Passes $288.8 Billion Defense Authorization Bill. Defense Daily. Foote, Sheila, Jun 14, 1999, p 4
In a vote of 365 to 58, the House passed the $288.8b FY00 Defense Authorization Bill endorsing increases in authorized funding of $2.6b in procurement and $1.5b in research and development. Now representatives from the House and Senate will have to meet in conference to resolve differences between the two versions of the bill passed in each chamber.
Descriptors, Keywords: House FY00 defense authorization Senate conference
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 21
Political Roadblocks Await Troubled MEADS. Defense News. Seffers, George I., May 31, 1999, pp 4,19
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), a joint US, Italian, and German program to develop a mobile and transportable air and missile defense system, faces political difficulties. Despite the fact of an award to a Lockheed Martin team, questions remain about the technology to be developed. Jacques Gansler has proposed using PAC-3, but the Europeans see that as the US forcing their technology on them, and prefer to develop a new missile instead. Pentagon officials are not happy at the prospect of sharing the sensitive PAC-3 technology, and may find that technology restriction regulations will kill the program.
Descriptors, Keywords: MEADS United States Germany Italy Gansler PAC-3 Technology Transfer
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 22
Pentagon Moves On Globalization; DoD To Ease Export Regulations. Defense News. Opall-Rome, Barbara, Jun 21, 1999, pp 1,60
The Department of Defense is developing a new technology transfer policy which will promote a streamlined review process and will emphasize exception and waivers to current policy. The policy document recommends a review of the US Munitions Control List" to identify items and technologies that should no longer be controlled because they represent low-risk transactions, or because of their widespread availability, and are no longer controllable."
Descriptors, Keywords: Technology Transfer Export Controls Munitions Control
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 23
US Must Resist Chinese Pressure Against Missile Defense. Defense News. Ranger, Robin; Wiencek, David, Jun 21, 1999, p 37
Beijing is likely to pressure the Clinton administration to stop plans for sales and deployment of theater missile defense (TMD) in Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Beijing would also like to stop deployment of national missile defense (NMD), while China is expanding its own nuclear and missile forces, including DF-15/M-9, the M-11 short range ballistic missile and YJ-22 land attack cruise missiles. China argues that US TMD system deployment in Asia will create regional instability and create an arms race in Asia. The authors argue that the US should not be deterred.
Descriptors, Keywords: China US TMD NMD ABM Asia Korea Taiwan Japan
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 24
US Army, TRW Agree on Tactical High Energy Laser Program; Decide To Split Cost Overruns Of US Israel Fixed Price Deal. Defense News. Opall-Rome, Barbara, Jun 21, 1999
The Army and TRW, Inc. have agreed to split the cost overruns of the US-Israel Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) program. The program had been threatened by technical difficulties, schedule delays and cost overruns. The new agreement will last until the first successful demonstration of shooting down a Katyusha rocket. After a successful test, either party, the Army or TRW, has the option to cease participation in funding the project.
Descriptors, Keywords: THEL Tactical High Energy Laser Israel TRW US Army
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 25
THAAD Hits, But Lockheed Martin Still 'Not Out Of Woods'. Defense Week. Roosevelt, Ann, Jun 14, 1999, p 13
Although the seventh THAAD intercept flight test achieved its goal, Lockheed Martin must make a second successful intercept by July 16 or face the loss of $20m because of a contract modification with BMDO and the Army calling for cost-sharing.
Descriptors, Keywords: Lockheed Martin THAAD intercept flight test Davis
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 26
Senate Asks For Study Of Two-Site NMD Option Before Deployment Review. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael, Jun 16, 1999, pp 1, 14-15
According to a provision added to the final version of the Senate defense authorization bill for FY00, the SecDef must provide Congress with an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of a two-site deployment of the NMD system currently under development.
Descriptors, Keywords: Senate two-site deployment NMD FY00 defense authorization Congress
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 27
Jubilant THAAD Program Officials Set Sights On Next Flight Test Of Missile. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael and Dupont, Daniel, Jun 16, 1999, pp 1, 7-8
While euphoric over the first successful intercept of a target missile by THAAD, both government and industry officials realize that this achievement was just one crucial step in the process of moving forward with the program and are already finalizing preparations for the next THAAD intercept test.
Descriptors, Keywords: Lockheed Martin THAAD intercept flight test
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 28
Winning MEADS Team Needs FY00 Funds For Transition To Risk Reduction Effort. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael, Jun 16, 1999, pp 1, 9-10
Officials involved with MEADS need to secure the US funding portion for FY99 and finalize a contract for a transition phase, which will allow the winning US-German-Italian contracting team to prepare for the MEADS risk reduction effort due to begin in January 2000, according to senior industry and Army officials.
Descriptors, Keywords: MEADS FY99 funds transition risk reduction
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 29
Latest Series Of NMD 'Light-Gas Gun' Tests To Study EKV Lethality. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael, Jun 16, 1999, p 12
The NMD JPO has begun a new series of "light-gas gun" tests that will use scaled models to study the effects of body-on-body impacts of the NMD kill vehicle on targets, according to a JPO statement.
Descriptors, Keywords: NMD JPO light gas gun EKV Lethality
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 30
Welch: GBI Is 'Immense Technical Challenge' To National Missile Defense. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael, Jun 16, 1999, pp 11-12
Retired Air Force Gen Larry Welch stated recently that the greatest technical challenge facing the NMD program is not the system's integration but rather the successful development of the NMD integrator, known as the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) and the required hit-to-kill technologies.
Descriptors, Keywords: NMD Welch GBI interceptor hit-to-kill technology
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 31
House Waives Initial Testing Requirements On NMD Production. Inside Missile Defense. Sirak, Michael, Jun 16, 1999, pp 1, 13-14
The House has included a provision in the final version of the FY99 defense authorization bill that was proposed by John Hostettler (R-IN) which would allow the Defense Department to proceed with the production of the NMD system regardless of whether initial operational testing and evaluation of the system has been completed.
Descriptors, Keywords: House NMD FY00 defense authorization amendment Hostettler
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 32
Presidential Panel Calls For Revamping Personnel Security For DoE Labs. Inside the Pentagon. Costa, Keith J., Jun 17, 1999, p 1, 14-16
In a report released to the public this week, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), chaired by former Sen Warren Rudman, has labeled the DoE a "dysfunctional bureaucracy," with a low regard for security issues. The highly critical report suggests creating a separate, independent Agency for Nuclear Stewardship within the department.
Descriptors, Keywords: DoE lab nuclear national security panel Rudman PFIAB
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 33
Energy Department Told To Look At Staffing Level For Export Requests. Inside the Pentagon. Costa, Keith J., Jun 17, 1999, pp 16-17
DoE should study whether its staffing level is appropriate for the agency's Nuclear Transfer & Supplier Policy (NTSP) division, according to the June 10 congressional testimony of DoE Inspector Gen Gregory Friedman. The NTSP is responsible for reviewing licensing export applications.
Descriptors, Keywords: DoE lab nuclear export Friedman
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 34
DoD's First National Missile Defense Intercept Attempt Delayed Again. Inside the Pentagon. Dupont, Daniel G., Jun 17, 1999, pp 1, 19
The first intercept test flight of the NMD system has been delayed again. Citing technical problems, the NMD joint program office had announced in late April that the first test, then set for June, would slip to August. Further technical challenges have now pushed the date out to late September.
Descriptors, Keywords: NMD intercept test schedule delay
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 35
THAAD Officials Working Toward 'More Stressing' Intercept Test Flight. Inside the Pentagon. Dupont, Daniel G., Jun 17, 1999, pp 19-20
THAAD program officials are currently planning the next intercept test flight, following the program's first successful test on June 10. The next test, scheduled for early July, is designed to end in an intercept in the exoatmosphere.
Descriptors, Keywords: THAAD intercept test exoatmosphere
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 36
US And Israeli Governments To Bail Out THEL. Jane's Defence Weekly. Bender, Bryan, Jun 16, 1999, p 6
In recent negotiations, BG Steven Flohr, deputy commander of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and Joanne Maguire, VP of TRW's Space and Laser Programs Division, agreed that the army and Israel's MoD, which are paying for the program on a 50-50 basis, would now be responsible for half of the cost overruns, with TRW responsible for the other half. When the THEL system conducts its first successful intercept of a Katyusha rocket, the government's share of the cost overruns will increase to 75%. The contract mod, to be signed shortly, leaves open the possibility that, following a successful shoot-down, either the US and Israeli governments or TRW can opt out of the program.
Descriptors, Keywords: THEL Cost Overrun Contract Modification TRW
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 37
Senate Bolsters Military With Extra C-17s, F/A-18s. Jane's Defence Weekly. Mann, Paul, Jun 16, 1999, pp 77-78
The Senate has passed a $264.7 billion defense appropriations bill for FY00. Senators augmented defense research and development spending beyond what the White House sought. Pumping extra R&D money into the BMDO, senators recommended an additional: $200m for NMD, $152m for Patriot TMD, $50m for the Navy Theater Wide, $42m for advanced development of BMD support technologies, $25m for BPI in TMD. Elsewhere in R&D accounts, Senate appropriators added: $92m for the SBIRS-High and $50m for SBIRS-Low, $42, for the third Arrow battery and $15m for the THEL.
Descriptors, Keywords: Fiscal Year 2000 Defense Appropriations Bill NMD TMD Funding
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 38
USN Preparing To Test Area Missile Defense System. Jane's Defence Weekly. Seigle, Greg, Jun 16, 1999, p 9
The US Navy (USN) is preparing its Navy Area air defense System for initial flight test to be conducted as early as next month, with fly-by trials planned for early next year. Under the USN schedule, intercept tests for the Navy Area system are due to begin in late 2000. Initial tests will be in New Mexico. Navy Area incorporates an infrared tracking device, a new fuze and an improved warhead into its Standard Block IVA missile. Destroyers equipped with the Navy Area are intended to carry 32 missiles and utilize a variety of high tech products, including the JTAGS, JTIDS - Link 16 and the SPY radar tracking system.
Descriptors, Keywords: Navy Area Air Defense System Testing
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 39
Could Israel's Arrow End Up In India? Jane's Intelligence Review. Kumaraswamy, P.R., Jun 01, 1999, pp 21-22
In May 1996, the head of the Arrow project, Uzi Rubin, disclosed that Israel and the USA had signed an agreement arranging the 'division of rights' concerning the Arrow project. This agreement sought to define and delineate mutual rights and privileges. The agreement itself can be seen as an indication of Israel's desire to commercially exploit if not export its Arrow expertise. In spite of this, the USA has reportedly accused Israel of transferring radar technology to India, while Israel claims that the radar was developed before any US involvement in the project. Partly to alleviate growing US concern in Sept. 1998 the head of Israel Aircraft Industries, which is developing the Arrow, declared that the "missile or systems" would be sold "only to countries friendly" to both Israel and the USA. Unlike other potential customers, India is not a close ally of the USA and this would impeded any transfer of Arrow missiles or technologies to India.
Descriptors, Keywords: Arrow India Technology Transfer
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 40
US Plans On National Missile Defense (NMD) and Theater Missile Defense (TMD): A Chinese Perspective. The Monitor: Nonproliferation, Demilitarization, and Arms Control. Zhu, Mingquan, Jan 01, 1999, pp 21-23
This article is the Chinese response to SecDef Cohen's announcement in January that DoD planned to allocate additional funds to the NMD and TMD programs. While the author does not question the technical feasibility of developing these systems, he does express strong criticism of the US's decision to set a near-term date for possible deployment. He feels that the US has exaggerated the danger of missile attack and has made a decision that goes against the trend of the times, which calls for a more global spirit with international cooperation. Includes bibliography.
Descriptors, Keywords: NMD TMD China analysis
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 41
The Russian-Iranian Conundrum and Proliferation Concerns. The Monitor: Nonproliferation, Demilitarization, and Arms Control. Moskvin, Vladimir, Jan 01, 1999, pp 8-13
Iran is an important geopolitical ally of Russia and, according to the author (a senior staff member at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Iran represents a powerful trump card in Moscow's relations with the West. Article discusses Russia's economic collapse, and the danger of Russian weapons technology falling into the wrong hands.
Descriptors, Keywords: Russia Iran WMD proliferation international relations analysis
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 42
The Future Of Nuclear Weapons In Russia. The Monitor: Nonproliferation, Demilitarization, and Arms Control. Dvorkin, Vladimir Z., Jan 01, 1999, pp 13-15
Article discusses the vulnerability of the much-weakened Russian state in the face of international weapons development and easily accessible missile technologies. The difficulties faced in decommissioning and dismantling nuclear weapon systems, and the diplomatic intricacies of treaty ratifications are discussed from the Russian standpoint.
Descriptors, Keywords: nuclear weapon deterrence Russia
UPDATE: Jun 18, 1999, No. 43
Russia At The Crossroads Of Arms Control. The Monitor: Nonproliferation, Demilitarization, and Arms Control. Khripunov, Igor, Jan 01, 1999, pp 15-18
Article offers analysis of the issues facing Russia's arms control policy, including 1) threat perception; 2) national security; 3) national economy and armed forces; 4) domestic environment; and 5) political stability. Author is professor of political science at Univ of Georgia.
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Located in the old town of Palma this attractive and decorated apartment situated on the second floor, no lift. There are two bedrooms with double and two singles beds, each bedroom has wardrobes.
This characteristic apartment is situated next to the popular area of Las Ramblas in Palma.
The kitchen is equipped with the necessary utilities opening onto the dining/leaving area. There are bath/shower room. The apartment is spacious and with a lot of light, a total of 90 sq metres, tastefully furnished and with attention to detail.
The building is situated between San Miguel and Las Ramblas, 300 metres from Plaza Olivar and 350 metres to Plaza España, ideal for people who want to experience the old city of Palma. Close by is the shopping centre of Palma, El Corte Ingles, cafeterias, Restaurants and Boutiques. The famous market El Olivar is only 4 minute away.
All the historical sights, palaces, museums and art galleries are within walking distance, not forgetting the impressive Cathedral. Surrounding the apartment are many famous squares with coffee shops, tapas and wine bars and restaurants.
The central bus and train stations are also very close, with a fast bus connecting the airport with Plaza Espana.
Palma's beaches are 20-25 minutes walk away, and discovering nearby beaches by local transport is easy.
Throughout the year Palma hosts many fiestas and celebrations, from art nights in the streets, to medieval fairs, firework displays and outside live music. The city hosts international sailing events, and connects the other Balearics Islands by ferry.
Not forgetting the famous Tuesday nights busy "Routa Martiana" which happens in the area of the apartment where all the tapas bars are open offering tapas and beer or wine for 2.00€ each.
The famous antique train to Soller also leaves from Palma, travelling through the beautiful countryside, to the village of Soller.
The rental of this property is based on the Spanish Law on Urban Leases (29/1994, 24th November). According to this law the property is available for seasonal renting, however, the contract does not offer any tourist service. It is only for the use and enjoyment of the property.
The rental of this property is based on the Spanish Law on Urban Leases (29/1994, 24th November). According to this law the property is available for seasonal renting, however, the contract does not offer any tourist service. It is only for the use and enjoyment of the property.
-Flexible changeover day, arrival at 14:00 hours departure at 11:00 hours. We work hard at accommodating every body's needs so your holiday runs smoothly. If an earlier/later arrival departure into the apartment is needed please enquire at the time of booking, it is not always possible but we will try to help.
-We request information about the day and time of flight arrival and departure to organize the reception of clients and their departure.
-There is a charge for final cleaning and laundry.
-Prices are for this property in Euros.
-Refundable deposits rof 250 Euros is required for any damage to the property or contents, will be refunded 48 hours after checking out by bank transfer, so we will request your bank details (full name, name and address of the bank, IBAN, swift or bic number) either before or on arrival.
-Bookings also taken for December through to March.
-Long winter rental prices on request.
-Check in after 21'00 is an extra charge of 40€. To be paid on arrival.
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We stated in the loft with 4 persons in our twenties looking for a place for our own to have a relaxing holiday.
Location: In the center of the city between two main squares. One with a big shopping mall and bus station and the other near the main shopping district and tapas bars were most of the locals seem to come.
Accommodation: very neat and specious for four persons. two room; one with a two-person bed an another with two one-person beds. We didn't cook in the apartment however there sufficient supplies in the open kitchen.
service: after a text message the owner met us at the apartment very promptly and arranged everything with us.
Generally speaking: very nice place to use as a hub to go into Palma and explore the island. We for one very much enjoyed our stay.
Big thanks for Spain Rentals for having us over.
Fabian, The Netherlands.
Wir fanden die Wohnung sehr sauber vor. Eine sehr zentrale, gute Lage mit Haltestellen für diverse Buslinien in unmittelbarer Nähe, deshalb kein Auto nötig. Leider nur im Wohnzimmer eine Klimaanlage, in den Schlafzimmern nicht. Küchenausstattung etwas spärlich aber für einen Kurzaufenthalt in Ordnung. Wohnungsübergabe und Rückgabe freundlich, unkompliziert und gut.
Great host. Quick to reply by mail and text. Supplied baby cot and chair without hassle. Just easy!
Amazing location in old town, Palma.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
We had a great stay in the apartment. Location is really great. In reality exactly like the pictures. Pay attention: the stairs are rather steep!
Everything was more than ok, except for the noise the wooden floor makes.....
We liked:
-Excellent location, easy to walk within minutes to restaurants, bars, shops, cafes. Perfect with little baby.
-Spacious lounge & dining area (we were 3 adults and a 5 month old baby).
-2 good size double bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
-Elevator (but 3 steps to get up to it made it a little tricky with pushchair).
-Quiet - good for sleeping!
-Lucky it was available at short notice.
We didn't like:
-No electric kettle - just one for the hob - far too time consuming for tea & making baby bottles!
-No AC in the bedrooms, only in lounge. We had to have the lounge at lowest temperature for a few hours to help cools the bedrooms.
-Tiny microwave (our standard MAM baby bottles wouldn't fit).
-En suite bathroom did not have a shower curtain.
-Poor water pressure in showers.
Top flat, super service!
The appartment was well suited for Our need - 3 bedrooms and 3 Bath rooms for 6 girlfriends. The double in one of the rooms was very narrow, but the other beds were all right. The apartment's location in the old part of Palma was very Nice. It was a quiet area With no traffic noice. The negative part was that there was no list. With Heavy suitcases this was a chellenge. But we managed and enjoyed Our stay.
We were surprised that we had to pay a deposit of Euro 250 in cash when the rent was paid upfront. That was a New experience. I have recently rented a house in Floride which I paid upfront, and no depositum was needed. The house I rented was not through Windu.
Owner is kind. Apartment very nice, clean, right in the center of Palma. Small minus - the lack of air conditioning in bedrooms.
Apartamento de lujo en el centro de Palma, con todas las comodidades a tu disposición. Las habitaciones grandes, espaciosas y con mucho sitio de almacenaje para la ropa. La cocina muy completa. El baño adecuado y todo funcióna a la perfección. El salón amplio con aire acondicionado, que para verano es una gran ventaja. La ubicación es inmejorable, calle peatonal muy tranquila, cerca de todo y sin ruido de tráfico. El anfitrión del apartamento atento en todo momento a cualquier problema. En difinitiva una maravilla.
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~VBBN~, on Aug 22 2008, 10:16 PM, said:
By 3 complete sets, do you mean MISB?
legoman94, on Aug 22 2008, 10:24 PM, said:
I've always wanted to do a great review.
Navy Trooper Fenson, on Aug 22 2008, 10:46 PM, said:
I am in!
You are all in! Welcome.
@VBBN: All you need is 3 complete sets (these can be old or new) including instructions. The box is not a must.


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Teargas & Plateglass, Teargas & Plateglass (:Run Recordings/Waxploitation)
Mysterious, reclusive electronic duo Teargas & Plateglass first gained some recognition for dark, dubby remixes of acts like 311 and (International) Noise Conspiracy. T&P, who don't reveal their identity or much else about themselves, say that they don't really know what they're doing. Unfortunately, it shows on their self-titled debut album: 14 tracks and 79 minutes that start off interestingly enough but never progress to the land of relevance. T&P have a facility for making heavy beats, but they are repeatedly, frustratingly squandered on each track. T&P layers every beat with constant, droning keyboards that are intended to sound moody and haunting but end up smothering any sense of dynamism or progress in the music. Teargas & Plateglass calls itself an "illbient anarchist collective", and it seems from the album art and song titles ("911" and "The Fury of an Aroused Spectator", to name just two) that T&P wants to be political, to inspire some anger and action, but this music only makes me want to smash the CD.
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Various Artists, Metaphysics for Beginners (Redder)
I've never quite understood the indie record label comp. Unless it comes free with a purchase of another CD, I've never been one to even bother checking these out because there is a good chance I'm not going to like most of what is on it. Rare are the record labels these days with a cohesive vision and roster that is impressive across the board and even rarer are compilations from those labels. What makes Metaphysics for Beginners even more confounding is that most of the artists on this 18-track sampler aren't even on Redder Records. Made up of mostly friends and artists the label admires, the compilation is more of a mix-tape than anything else; unfortunately, it's one that I won't be listening to too often. As is the case with most of these thrown-together compilations there are only a handful of tracks that stick out. Zykos' "Kodiak (Appogee Remix)" is a wonderful hybrid of rock and electronica that evokes the Notwist at their best; a pre-Postal Service Jimmy Tamborello offers up "Rewind (Remix)" by Figurine; and the real diamond in the rough is Satellite Grooves' "Anchor", proof that they should soon be offering Tamborello and Ben Gibbard a run for their money. Notice that the standouts are the more electronic driven numbers. While indie rockers the Detachment Kit, Sufjan Stevens, From Monument to Masses and Saturday Looks Good to Me all offer up tracks, none are particularly memorable. If you like the bands on this disc you probably already own this; otherwise I encourage people to check out the bands I just mentioned on their own.
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Hello Goodbye, Heart Attack (Racing Junior)
If Volume One of Kill Bill had been set in Sweden instead of Japan, the house band at that film's climatic finale would have been Hello Goodbye instead of the 188.8.131.52s. Hello Goodbye's emulation of minimalist '50s rock is in full swing on Heart Attack, a crash course in perky pop when it was played by slick-haired Daddy-Os in tight leather jackets. The band's economical lineup (electric guitar, drum kit restricted to snare and ride cymbal, and Lisa Lundkvist's pixyish vocals), while a perfect compliment to its uncomplicated catalog, lacks a solid backbone even for the album's brief runtime (the disc's 14 songs clock in at a mere 32 minutes). Heart Attack churns away with plenty of fun, whether it's the Velvet Underground pulse of "Summer Warmth", the cartoonish squealing in "Black Kneehighs" (Lundkvist's helium voice makes Gwen Stefani sound like Nico), the Stonesy crunch of "Ode to Betty", or the subtle noir of Townes Van Zandt's "Highway Kind". While no doubt a great choice for the soundtrack to your next 1950s theme party, or a funky addition to an eccentric mix tape, Hello Goodbye is nothing more than good kitschy fun.
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The Umbrella Sequence, The Disappearing Line/Athena EP (Ohev)
What strikes one on hearing this debut EP, after how staggeringly similar Ryan Rupprecht can sound to Thom Yorke, is that here is a young band who have pulled off an astoundingly comprehensive musical analysis (and emulation) of the most resentfully wayward "mainstream" group on the planet, whilst still adding their own, softening touch to it (shades of The Weakerthans-esque emo, I feel). Two of the of the five tracks weigh in at a very prog six-plus minutes, and the dilution of focus means the songs fail to really grab one's attention, but this is still exceedingly accomplished and the album proper tightens things up nicely. Best of all (and not present on the album) is the band's Riot Robot remix of "The Disappearing Line", its pared-down crunch providing a fistful of the needed immediacy, evoking some Radiohead-mimicked Warp artists whilst giving any emo kid trying to dance a broken ankle.
Stefan Braidwood
Otep, House of Secrets (Capitol)
Otep Shamaya has a lot to get off her chest. She hates her life, she hates her government, she hates her upbringing, she hates, hates, hates. There's never anything wrong with such resentment, especially in the metal genre, which often feeds off negative energy, but if the music doesn't hold up its end of the bargain, the results are often catastrophic. "I speak in verses, prophecies and curses," claims Otep as she leads her band, conveniently named Otep (not to be confused with Swedish metal masters Opeth), on their second album, House of Secrets. The lady, whose notoriety as being a rather, erm, difficult artist to work with is exemplified by the constantly rotating lineup in her band; she's only two albums in, yet Otep is already going through band members at a rate prodigious enough to impress Mark E. Smith. Unfortunately, not even the presence of gifted Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison can save this exercise in nu-metal cliches, as the entire album is a shameless Slipknot clone, and nothing more, with none of the vocal melodies that separate Slipknot from the rest of the pack. As for Otep's much-vaunted lyrical talents, she's far from articulate; the anti-Bush rant "Warhead" is mildly impressive, but once you hear her screaming, "I HATE MY LIFE!" over and over, you just tune her out like you do to a caterwauling child. Maggots will get a bit of a charge out of it, but for the rest of us, House of Secrets is merely a tale of sound and fury, signifying zilch. The only thing Otep does is remind you of how much better Opeth is.
Adrien Begrand
Donavon Frankenreiter, Donavon Frankenreiter (Brushfire/Universal)
Donavon Frankenreiter is standing on a beach as the sun sets on the album cover. So, you might think you're either in for a Beach Boys sappy pop run through or something that is more soulful and mellow in the vein of John Mayer and other current singer-songwriters. His self-titled album kicks off with the smooth and polished "It Don't Matter", recalling Don Henley at times in his early solo career. The pop studio perfection isn't there thankfully as this sounds quite organic. "Free", which features a co-writing credit and appearance by Jack Johnson, is a cozy little ditty that sounds quite retro but extremely inviting in a '60s pop vibe a la Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime". Frankenreiter slows things down and dims the lights on the bland "On My Mind", a track done now 124,931 times before. But who's counting.... Thankfully he can rock out acoustically on the infectious "Our Love" and the slower, mid-tempo pop funk he creates with G. Love (minus his Special Sauce) on "What'cha Know About" and later alone on "Heading Home". Other tunes go down a slower road with less the impressive results, including the patio pop by numbers creation "Bend in the Road". It sounds as if he's gone down the same mellow path too often though, although it's very difficult to find fault with the quality of "Day Dreamer". "Make You Mine" is the sleeper on the album -- another track that has just the right feel for the right moment.
Jason MacNeil
Big Breakfast, Stripper Music (Catamount)
It's anyone's guess where Big Breakfast frontman Peter Joly came up with the title Stripper Music for his band's latest offering; I can't speak for the masses, but well-crafted character studies of grocery baggers and "welfare abusers" aren't the most conducive to pole dancing. Nevertheless, Stripper Music has plenty to offer. The horn-soaked "Sangria" calls to mind Jimmy Buffett; an amiable banjo and harmonica offsets the vitriol spewed in the opener, "I'm Just From Buffalo" ("You're a healthy 40-year-old mother of none / Food stamp user / Welfare abuser / Two-time suicide failure case / Three's a charm, so keep the faith / You're a trash-talking, backwater klansman's daughter / Velvet Elvis hangs on your wall," sings Joly in a sucker-punch delivery that makes you forget how mean-spirited/tongue-in-cheek the song is.). The goofy "Renee's Song" marries a swingin' horn section to silly lines like "She's doesn't like her own last name" in conjuring up a picture of the woman Joly is crazy about. Meanwhile, "Winner and Losers (Baby Blue)" is as close as the band gets to jazzy/sultry; most of the album is bright, horn-inflected country rock. If none of that sways you, then at least revel in 2004's best musical suggestion to date, from "Everybody Should Shut Up": "Maybe for one year / Everybody should shut up / And get caught up on love."
Stephen Haag
Daisycutter, Daisycutter (self-released)
The BLU-82 bomb, a.k.a. M.O.A.B. (Mother of All Bombs), a.k.a. the daisy cutter, is the largest conventional ordinance in use today. Originally used to create an instant landing area for helicopters in the Vietnamese jungle, it came back into vogue in Afghanistan when it was used at Tora Bora to frighten enemy combatants into surrendering. Deafening as it was, it proved a smashing success. To name your band after such a bomb suggests a certain mindset that Daisycutter at least partially lives up to. A furious assault of noisy guitars, drums, and hip-hop vocals, Daisycutter initially comes across like a lower-budget Limp Bizkit, but a closer inspection reveals that a more accurate (and infinitely more flattering) comparison would be to a group like Faith No More. Though Fred Durst and company may have made ruined rap-metal for the majority of the world, the remaining minority should find Daisycutter's music to be well-crafted and smartly played while remaining aggressive enough to satisfy the Neanderthal within us all.
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Gift Culture, Temple at Dawn (Artificial Music Machine)
The press sheet for Temple at Dawn tells you that Gift Culture main man Michael Hale wants to "evoke sonic textures from... DSP algorithms... using such techniques as granular synthesis, spectral synthesis, FFT/IFFT based spectral morphing and interpolation", then goes on to claim that the album "transcends the cold sterility of stereotypical computer music". Those who don't see the contradiction inherent in those statements might enjoy Temple at Dawn, but the best bet is that even they will find Hale's plodding new age compositions less than inviting. The ten tracks here have beats, but, aside from a hint of drum & bass at the album's close, they're not techno. You realize that this is because, after hearing sounds like these -- phased synthesizer swoops, clattering drum machines -- so many times before, they're just not interesting any more. For all the fancy terminology, Temple at Dawn doesn't do much that a 15-year-old Tangerine Dream album couldn't do better.
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Tamas Wells, A Mark on the Pane (Popboomerang)
Tamas Wells come from the brittle but brilliant pop school of Grapes Of Wrath and Simon and Garfunkel, though not necessarily in that order. The sweet and whispering harmonies found on "When We Do Fail Abigail" you're swept back into an early sixties folk sound that is timeless. Dreamy almost to a fault with strong and at times highbrow pop sensibilities, the vocals of Tamas Wells and his band mates are almost tear-inducing. Ditto for the rich and uplifting organ meets acoustic guitar style on "Broken By the Rise", a number you almost want to crawl inside of the moment they open their mouths. It's this pattern that never ceases to captivate you, whether on "Chandeliers" or the grin-inducing "Reduced to Clear" that falls somewhere between The Finn Brothers and Alasdair Roberts. "Sad things come in threes," the line goes to start "Annalee Argyle", despite being sung with a lullaby feeling that would put an insomniac into a coma. A lone exception as far as sound harder or rougher is "If You Bring Me Augergines", but to call it harder sounding is like calling Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" a folk tune. Sadly beautiful.
Jason MacNeil
Deborah Coleman, What About Love? (Telarc)
Deborah Coleman's new album marks 10 years making albums, but music has been her life. Now finally getting the recognition she deserves for her voice and the guitar she plays, the singer only perfects and refines the blues meets soul quotient that the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Sue Foley have taken to the next level. Beginning with the sultry blues of "Bad Boy", Coleman is silky smooth but could be just as welcomed in a smoky barroom. Showing off a bit of Robert Cray, Clapton and Hendrix in her style, songs such as the cover of Delbert McClinton's "Lie No Better" and the fleshed out "Undeniable" are a bit funky but very strong. What sets this album apart from most is that there is nothing really special going on from top to bottom. But rarely has nothing special sounded so damn good and real. A cover of The Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved?" is reworked into a organ-driven blues tune. Go figure! It works though, albeit rather stilted. Fortunately "The River Wild" gets down into a Bayou like groove and never gets away from it, making for a light but quite enjoyable instrumental ride. Another gem is the light pop flavor on the title track. The mid-tempo "Lookin' For a Real Love" should placate all blues aficionados. The same could be said for this fine, heartfelt album.
Jason MacNeil
Brazil, A Hostage and the Meaning of Life (Fearless)
Perhaps as a tribute to the countless arena rock bands who also named themselves after countries and continents, Brazil decides to mix in a little progressive rock with its bombastic rock sound. Brazil's decision to combine the critically derided genres of emo and prog should raise a red flag, as should the eerie similarity between vocalist Jonathon Newby and Styx's Dennis DeYoung, but A Hostage and the Meaning of Life somehow manages to work as a coherent, and listenable, album despite itself. Whenever the songs become too generic, the band produces complex, and almost beautiful, instrumental breaks that, in true prog rock fashion, more than compensate for the often jumbled and nonsensical lyrics. The best example of this is the album highlight "Metropol" which opens with a triumphant keyboard line straight from the Rick Wakeman fakebook, shifts into a surreal commentary on city life and ends with a blast of "L.A. Blues" style atonal saxophone squealing. Burn the lyric sheet and what's left is a fairly impressive example of unlikely genre mixing.
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I have just come off the FT's Twitter Q&A, discussing how entrepreneurs can raise finance and succeed in founding businesses. Joining the social media discussion was Rod Drury, founder of New Zealand-based accounting software company Xero; Kaswar Al-Khatib, chief executive of Uturn Entertainment in Saudi Arabia; Tom Willemen, managing director of Aswebo, part of the Willemen Groep; and Maria Pinelli, global vice-chairwoman of strategic growth markets at EY, the professional services firm.
Much of the discussion revolved around the challenge of how to encourage more women to gain the confidence and/or cash to build fast-growing global businesses. Clearly some parts of the world are easier to do this in than others, as Kenya's Jennifer Riria, one of two female finalists in the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award, told the FT in a video interview earlier in the day. Asked about how easy women found fundraising in his native Saudi Arabia, Mr Al-Khatib told the Twitter chat this was becoming easier. There was, he tweeted, "at least one high- net worth business woman" in Saudi Arabia setting up a venture fund for Saudi women. "Stay tuned."
I was most impressed at Ms Pinelli's ability to pull a superb chart, explaining where along the cycle of your company's growth you should seek different sources of funding. The finalists' advice on how to implement this was sketchier.
What I learnt offline afterwards was that Rod Drury skipped the traditional cycle of fundraising by listing his business on the New Zealand stock exchange before the company had any revenue. The stock price gained 15 per cent on its first trading day and is now New Zealand's second-largest company by market capitalisation.
It was a risk, Mr Drury admitted, but one that has evidently paid off.
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Mizuho Buys Brazil Bank From Ailing WestLB
Japan's Mizuho Financial Group has snapped up one of German bank WestLB AG's assets in Brazil as the German lender winds down its banking business.
As Dow Jones Newswires reports Wednesday, Mizuho will buy Banco WestLB Do Brasil S.A. for around 30 billion yen ($380 million). It's the latest acquisition by a Japanese bank of a European banking asset, as these banks are shedding assets at a record rate to raise capital. Japanese banks have been active buyers of assets from Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, for example.
WestLB is one of a number of European banks that have taken state aid since the 2008 financial crisis, and has been ordered by the European Union to restructure by cutting its balance sheet and selling non-core assets by June. This week, WestLB completed talks on the transfer of its Verbundbank unit to Helaba, the lender for the German states of Hesse and Thuringia. WestLB's remaining assets will be transferred to a bad bank, with the WestLB name ceasing to exist.
In May, Dow Jones Newswires reported that China Construction Bank Corp. was in talks to buy the South American assets of WestLB as Chinese banks look to deepen their footprint in the region.


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- Oct 29:
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- How-to carve a monstrously cool pumpkin
- Green tips: How to green your Halloween
- Oct 30:
- When Halloween is over, don't send those pumpkins to the landfill
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- Turn mini-cereal boxes into Halloween monsters
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- Community Map: The best Halloween trick-or-treat routes in San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz
Dogs and cats may not know what trick-or-treat means, but that familiar Halloween greeting is enough to send our pets scooting under the bed or diving for the nearest closet — if we're lucky. If the animals really panic, they might rush out the door.
One of the most favorite holidays for kids — all that free candy! — is probably the second least favorite for dogs and cats and birds. (July 4 surely tops the least-favored holiday list for pets.)
It's fun to see all the costumes and hear little kids try to get out the magic greeting so they can get their hands on the candy, but Halloween is also a time to pay special attention to our pets. All the sounds, sights and people can be downright freakish for them, so try to make sure you have a safety plan ready to go for them tonight.
To make sure your dogs and cats are safe and only mildly traumatized long after the little ghouls have gone, it's always best to keep your pets indoors. But make sure your beloved Max or fluffy Delilah is wearing tags with current ID just in case a panicked pet manages to dart out the door.
As tempting as it is for some owners, keep your candy out of reach from pets, advises the Humane Society of the United States. Chocolate and other ingredients can be poison for them. It never hurts to have extra treats for pets on special occasions, but try to limit it to treats made for them.
The Humane Society also advises that you use fake cobwebs sparingly, if at all, because pets can choke on them indoors — and outdoors, fake spider webs could be hazards to birds and wildlife.
Finally, leave the dog and the cat at home if you accompany the trick-or-treaters. There's too much risk the pet could panic and run away, possibly turning a holiday into a tragedy.
Dogs and bikes
People are still weighing in on the issue of bicyclists exercising dogs on leashes.
I ran several comments last week from people who oppose the practice. Today, I'd like for you to hear from Chris Hildebrand of Mountain View, who does exercise her dog with her bike but very carefully. She also uses a safety bike leash for her boxer, Bear, that keeps him beside her, where she can see how he's doing.
Bear "is a very energetic breed with the need for regular exercise routines," she says. "My husband (a marathoner) trained Bear from puppy on for weekend jogging excursions."
During the week, Hildebrand would take Bear for walks in the park, but the walks "did not satisfy Bear at all," she says, "but I hesitated riding my bike with him on a leash." Until she found the WalkyDog Bike Leash.
Unlike most leashes used by bike riders, which are often 20 feet long and held in one hand, leashes like the WalkyDog are attached to a short aluminum pole that is clamped under the bike seat. That allows the bike rider to keep both hands on the handlebars and easily adjust direction while preventing the dog from crossing in front or behind your bike.
Hildebrand gave it a shot and is very happy with how it works, for her and for Bear.
"Bear is securely fastened, I am very balanced and Bear gets his exercise," she says.
"I am only exercising him this way for short trips. I go at a slow but even pace during the cool hours of the day, and we have our water stops."
Just as important, Hildebrand says she would only recommend taking your dog on bike trips in combination with regular dog fun such as playing Frisbee, catching a ball and going to the dog park.
I'm glad to see those points being made, but I will always, always stress that dogs need more than a quick run or a "bike ride." They need time to look around and sniff and smell, even when it's cold or raining.
If you'd like to check out WalkyDog bike leashes, check out the Web site at www.thedogoutdoors.com. They're on sale for $37.95.


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Thanks for noting that the Woot! is refurbished. I hope this becomes SOP.
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The letter "B" shown in leaf script. A bit flowery, or perhaps "double fancy?"
I think it is totally cool, Amy Armstrong is very creative, triple fancy. The uses are limited because it is hard to read. Don't use it as a tattoo script or you will be reading it to people for the rest of your life. I would use it to engrave a family heirloom, like a new sword or silver set or carved/engraved in a firearm. The fact that the script is made up of leaves would make it excellent choice for wood carving. It would look decorative without having your monogram stand out. Kind of a fancy hidden identification. I could see it carved in a babies crib intended to last multiple generations or something like that. Like everything; very nice when used appropriately.


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Promoting good food and health in our community
In 2010, Open Arms moved into its brand new facility at 2500 Bloomington Avenue, gaining a beautiful state-of-the-art kitchen, enormous walk-in refrigerators and pantry space, and spacious conference rooms.
We immediately recognized that this beautiful building increased our capacity to do more — not only for our clients, but also for our Phillips Neighborhood and Twin Cities community.
Here are a few of the ways in which we are using our facility to give back to the community:
Summer Meal Programs
Open Arms supports Phillips Neighborhood families with free meals for kids during the summer. In partnership with The East Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center, Waite House Neighborhood Center and the Minnesota Department of Education, the program serves free meals to about 300 children at the Center and Waite House, ensuring that kids who rely on school lunches during the school year stayed well-nourished.
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Tomorrow's Wireless Office: Will changes by the FCC improve mobilty?
On February 20th, the FCC approved an order to enhance wireless coverage for consumers by adopting new rules for signal boosters and opening up new frequencies to be accessed by wireless devices. This will have implications for both business and consumers as increased signal strength, data speed and capacity will make how we do business faster and more mobile. Will it be a boom for BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices) or a bust for protecting customer data?
What does this all mean?
The FCC opted to open new parts of the 5 GHz spectrum for unlicensed users (it previously had bandwidth dedicated to "connected driving" which allows cars to talk to each other, as well as some government users including NASA, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security). This will result in an increased Wi-Fi speed and overall wireless capacity, and will also reduce congestion at Wi-Fi hotspots. The other aspect of this new order is an enhancement to the signal boosters and increased protection from wireless interference. This will help where the wireless signal is weak and often results in:
- Dropped calls
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What implications will this have on how we do business?
As we become increasingly more mobile in our everyday lives, this will impact how we work and play. With the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, issues surrounding BYOD arise as employees want access to their work emails, calendars, and applications so they can get work done on the road, and manage their time more efficiently. In addition to the concerns around protecting your customer data as well as your company's intellectual property, there also raises concerns about whether you have enough wireless coverage to support mobile devices.
How do we implement tomorrow's wireless office?
Do you currently offer Wi-Fi or have a BYOD policy? Do you have adequate coverage to meet your office space's needs? What level of mobility can you offer your employees? What level do they need? Get practical advice on these issues as well as hear about what new advances in wireless technology are available today and tomorrow in a free lunch & learn session on March 20th.
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Anyone have recommendations for strength training for bike muscles? I do some drills on the bike trainer, but haven't done any other strength training off the bike. I thought now would be a good time to work on this, given the cold weather and the misery of sitting on a trainer in the basement!
My apologies if this has been discussed recently...
Good question. I've been strength traing for awhile, and here's what I would suggest:
First: DON'T kill yourself in the first few sessions, you're body's not ready for it. Just ease into weight training. Do very light work outs at first because you're going to feel it the next day. Also, you are NOT going to bulk up like a body builder. Even if you were full time training, you could only put on 1lb of muscle a month. (Pro lifters take decades to get to the size you see, even with steroids) So doing weights for endurance will not "Pack on the muscle". In fact, you will probably find that you're becoming tighter and more efficient when you cycle.
Squats - I do these on a smith machine, but free weights are great too. Squats focus squarely on your glutes, quad, calves (gastronemius?) and your hip/lower back stabilizers. Use a light weight, maybe even an empty bar, and do 2-3 sets of 15-20 reps, focusing on form. (BTW, one legged squats are OF THE DEVIL, they are evil. Do them with a partner or on a machine.)
Leg press - similar to squats, but focuses on quads and calves. light weight, 2-3 sets, 15-20 reps.
Calves press - same technique as leg press, but the squad are held steady, and the calves are the only ones that flex. again, 2-3 sets, 15-20 reps, making sure to fully extend and flex calves. focus on the full range of motion.
Hip flexors - These muscles pull your thighs to your chest. They can be exercised by doing either decline situps or hanging leg lifts. 2-3 sets, 8-12 reps, using body weight. (the reps are lower because body weight is usually heavier than most people are ready for). Ease in to these; you'll feel them the next day.
Back extensions - these muscles help to stabilize your spine on the bike. lie face down on the ground and slowly arch your back, pulling away from the floor. 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps at body weight. (these are sometimes known as Supermans)
That's just a start. If you're only going to do a couple of these, then do the Squats and the Calf presses. That will cover the majority of your lower body, without eating up much time.
This is a fantastic site that I use A LOT: http://exrx.net/Exercise.html (it's safe for work)
Good luck!
i would agree with all of that, i would however also add hamstring exercises. there is a machine in the gym, not sure what its called but you lay on your belly and curl your legs up behind you. for a better workout on the machine, engage your abs, and then point your toes as straight as possible. in doing this you disengage your calf muscles and your hammies are doing all the work.
another way i have helped myself get faster on my bike up the hill is to lose 8 pounds.
just a a thought
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AbstractA phytoplankton bloom was detected in the Southern California Current System, off the Baja California Peninsula (Mexico) on June 2003 with chlorophyll-a concentration (TChla) of 10.13 mg m(-3). Two stations (D1 and D2) were sampled on June 24, and D2 was resampled 6 days later; chlorophyll-a concentration had decreased by about one half. LAC MODIS-Chla images were obtained and showed the spread of the bloom on the day after sampling. The phytoplankton community consisted primarily of dinoflagellate temporary cysts, mainly at the surface and at 5 m in station D1. Two Pseudo-nitzschia species (P. australis, P. seriata) were also very abundant. Samples from the bloom had a specific phytoplankton absorption coefficient (a*(ph)(lambda)) lower than the rest of the samples. Values varied from 0.0186 to 0.0455 m(2) mg(-1) for a*(ph)(440) and from 0.0092 to 0.0294 m(2) mg(-1) for a*(ph) (675), with ratios a*(ph)(440): a*(ph)(675) ranging from 0.99 to 2.20. These low ratios were associated with the combined effect of packaging, and with the relatively high ratios of fucoxanthin, peridinin, diadinoxanthin and chlorophyll-c2 to TChla. Samples from the surface and 5 m depth at station D1 had higher ratios of Perid:TChla (0.12-0.32) than the rest of the samples, suggesting that cysts have similar Perid:TChla as free-living dinoflagellates. An unusual absorption spectrum with a broad maximum around 480-500 nm was associated with the high proportion of cysts and diatoms. The slope of the spectra between 443 and 488 nm was a good index to differentiate bloom samples containing high proportions of dinoflagellate temporary cysts. Further investigation of the absorption properties of dinoflagellate cysts is needed in order to detect these waters by remote sensing. Although much work is still necessary to understand and explain the bio-optical properties of a bloom, the present study is the first assessment off the Baja California coast to simultaneously consider aspects such as absorption properties, pigment composition and to include a spatial evaluation of the extension of a bloom with satellite images. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Larry the Cat Unconvinced by Big Society
Downing Street has a new cat, appointed to deal with a recent infestation. Number 10 has even issued a statement (really) welcoming Larry to his role. The moggie will probably be given a Twitter account and there is even talk of a blog. I have obtained Larry's first posts:
At heart, I'm a suburban cat. Show me a nice row of semi-detached houses, set amidst trees, with a little park nearby and plenty of places to hide from dogs, and I'm your cat. If I encounter a mouse I prefer it to be out in the open, with enough space to create the excitement of a chase but close enough to home that I can be back in front of the gas fire, mouse carcass in mouth, within five minutes. The suburbs are where I'm happiest. But my new owners seem, in terms of inclination and outlook, to be a strange blend of the rural and urban. I don't think they know where the suburbs are. They have a very large house in the middle of nowhere in the country, and a smaller house in the country near a village, where they used to spend weekends. During the week they are urbanites—not Stockwell, or Camden Town, but Whitehall. But to a cat, centre of town means one thing: Rats, very big rats. I didn't get where I am today by chasing around rats. They bite, they chase you and they are a menace. Removing rats is work for the local authority, or a private contractor hired by the council.
Photographs taken with the family and a chance to meet Sam and Dave properly. They seem very nice, although a little preoccupied with something called the Big Society. Now, I'm all in favor of a degree of social interaction, and perfectly up for encouraging more community involvement in that space between the Brownite big state and the naked individualism of the libertarian right (although I acknowledge that the libertarians think that total freedom will result in more than a selfish free-for-all). But basically I'm an individualist, who feels most comfortable with a close-knit family-based set of arrangements where the contract is clearly understood without the need for a written agreement. I sit here being a cat, you feed me and provide warmth and shelter.
"Larry," announced Dave to the children, "is going to catch all those nasty rats, showing that we don't need a council-owned solution to this problem. Larry is going to jolly well do his bit for the Big Society.
There's something hectoring and a little patronizing about this Dave bloke's tone that I could quickly get not to like.
First day in the garden at Number 10. Media men in helicopters hover overhead. What is it about the press and TV hacks in this country? First sign of a story, they go up in a helicopter—which by definition takes you away from the story and creates so much noise that nobody can think straight—and thus they miss the story. I decide to opt for the classic feline technique. If in doubt, do almost nothing. Just sit there, swish your tail a bit, get up, walk ten feet, sit down, swish tail again. Repeat exercise until it's feeding time. It's only after 15 minutes of this that I notice Dave, and a small man wearing cycling shorts and a t-shirt (No Socks Steve they call him) staring through the back window of Number 10, looking annoyed, gesticulating and mouthing the following words: "Catch the rat otherwise no supper for Larry."
This is not what I signed up for at all. This is coercion, with the threat of cuts in basic provision. They've got a rat problem? They should have called the council and left me alone. My rights have been infringed. I may take this all the way to the European Court.