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December 17, 2012
Lockheed Martin expects to earn a profit in the high single digits under a new contract signed last week for the fifth batch of its radar-evading F-35 fighter planes, company officials said.
Lockheed executives have said the company earned about 4 percent during its decade-long effort to design and develop the plane.
The company signed the latest contract, to build 32 planes, on Friday. It came after a year of contentious negotiations with the Pentagon, which has dealt with a series of cost overruns and delays in creating the sophisticated jets.


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The 1907-O is one of the poorest struck dates of the series. Nice hair detail over Liberty's forehead is almost never found which makes this example a pleasant suprise. The reverse details however are soft. A light gold toning and shades of gray/green in the fields, similar toning on the reverse. Total PCGS AU population is 20 with 4 in AU 53 and 11 graded higher. The BCCS rating is R3.
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ÄlgöWreck Fieldschool Day 6: Tag your planks!
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After a regular start from Hellasgården (including a morning swim, porridge and all the perks of a 5:50 am wake-up) we arrived at the marina in Fiskesätra only to find its gates closed. After a short wait our patience ran out and to get things underway, we decided to use the public slipway to load the boat and sail/drive off towards the site.
Our first task of the day was to tag the timbers east of our workline, focusing on the main framing elements and the upright standing member we now call the "sternpost". Meanwhile the cleaning continued. The tagging went very well and we got over 50 cow tags in place. There was only a 20 minute delay in our schedule until the summer heat got to us and finally we managed 7 dives by the afternoon.
Our second task for the day was to start sketching and taking measurements and our last divers did just that by recording the "keelson" (Timber 482) and some other frames. There was too little time left for this job and visibility was much reduced in the late hours, but it gave a good starting point for the following day.
Last but not least, there was a job to be done above water too. As it is summertime and the living is easy, countless small watercraft race past the site every day. Some of them also tow wakeboarders or tubes behind them and most of them sail at a high speed. The drivers are generally used to the area and drive their boats routinely, paying little attention to the shore. We try and signal them by marking the site with multiple dive ('A') flags, shouting and waving, but the skippers either do not pay attention or recognise our signals too late or just wave back. We have now placed three extra buoys around the site and can dive feeling much safer.
We also recorded some footage with our GoPro camera that we are breaking down into individual frames to create a photo mosaic. To get better results from the recording, we deployed one diver un-tethered and this proved to be the right decision.
At the end of the day logistics got the better of us, because being the supervisor, one of the boat drivers and van drivers does complicate organisation. This resulted in our shopping team having to navigate by phone GPS to find the shop (in fairness they did not find THE shop, but found A shop) and three of us having to fill cylinders and lift the compressor back into the belly of the Great White Shark (aka the IVECO van). However, this is no place to complain as we also got the chance to try our hands at cricket with some local Pakistani players (we did not take it).
At the end of a long day came a delightful dinner; our tortillas and tacos were filled up and our report forms filled in. Another successful day for the SDU-MAP team with much more to look forward to.
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is famous for its ability to synthesize, better than any other city in the Canary Island archipelago, the different cultures that have come to form its very particular character. The city's gastronomy is also soaked in this same character, meaning that this most cosmopolitan of cities is also a city with the most international and mixed flavours.
But foreign influences have not led to the disappearance of traditional Canarian cuisine. A kind of collective recipe book, belonging to all the people of Las Palmas, has been drawn up over the years, marking the beat of the changing times: times of need, with their stews of vegetables and jaramago, pejines (sardines) with gofio (cereal flour), sancocho (salted fish dish) or stocks with corn or potatoes; and those of plenty, represented by, among other dishes, the puchero casseroles, of which that of "the seven meats" is without a doubt the most impressive.
An important part of the history of the city lies in the wine industry that made the islands famous in the 16th and 17th centuries. The success enjoyed by Gran Canaria - together with Tenerife and La Palma - was largely centred around the crops of the area of Monte Lentiscal and the side of the Caldera de Bandama crater. Today, following many years of neglect, major efforts are underway to recover the vines and quality wine. An important step in this process was the approval, in 1999, of the El Monte appellation of origin.
To enjoy the delicacies that the city has to offer, the visitor can choose between going for tapas in the historical centre, and eating in one of the many restaurants, where the dishes are every bit as important as the surroundings in which they are served. If you like the idea of pampering your palate will curious stocks accompanied by hot meaty dishes, the best place to start is Tafira, El Monte and the neighbouring areas. if you prefer fish - fresh, aromatic and juicy - your best bet is to head for the neighbourhoods of San Cristóbal and La Isleta.
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SENATE CANDIDATE PETER DEUTSCH - Mitch Perry
Media Advisors for South Florida Democratic Candidate for Senate, Peter Deutsch, announced a major radio advertising campaign beginning on Black Urban Radio stations today.
Starting today thru the August 31st Primary, the Deutsch campaign will spend $15,000 a week for the next 11 weeks, beginning in many of the major markets in Florida, but NOT for now in the Tampa Bay area. (roll tape#1 o.q."..now")
Two of Florida's most prominent Black Democrats, Congressman Alcee Hastings and North Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown spoke to reporters state wide today on why they are supporting Deutsch, who trails former USF President Betty Castor in the last major polls taken of the Democratic Senate Primary.
WMNF asked Congressman Hastings why Blacks in the state should support Deutsch over Castor or Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Pinellas (roll tape#2 o.q. "individuals")
Hastings, whose Congressional District straddles Deutsch's in South Florida, says that Deutsch has been with him on the crucial issues that Blacks care about (roll tape# 3 o.q."
And that's why I think he's best")
Some Democrats are fretting over the date of the Primary Election....For the first time, it will be held in August, instead of September. Congresswoman Corrine Brown said that Black participation in the Primary will be enhanced because prominent African-American public officials like herself will be on the ballot that day (roll tape#4 o.q."on the 31st')
In the 60 second ad previewed for reporters, President Clinton's name is invoked. The
Media buyer for the Deutch campaign, Gail Andrews, explained why (roll tape#5
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And the Peter Deutch campaign says that as the August 31st Primary election becomes closer, they'll expand their media campaign for Black voters by advertising in many Black newspapers throughout the state.comments powered by Disqus


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Iran continues to thumb its nose at the rest of the world over its nuclear program. They have repeatedly missed deadlines to meet international obligations, yet there have been almost no consequences for its behavior. They have consistently politically outmaneuvered the West, including the United States.
It is obvious that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is out of her league in dealing with the Iranians. The Iranian leadership has assessed - apparently correctly - that the United States, the West and the United Nations are incapable of imposing effective, coordinated sanctions on the country. It appears that only the U.S. Congress has been somewhat successful in crafting legislation that will impose limited sanctions on Iran.
Yet, we are treated to a steady barrage of Mrs. Clinton's optimistic statements that international actions against the regime in Tehran are imminent, indicating that she has cobbled together the support required to successfully pass a UN Security Council Resolution. Perhaps she is doing this in the stealth mode and the public statements of the Russians and Chinese are cover for her deft diplomacy. Somehow, I doubt it.
There seems to be no change in the Chinese position, and at best conflicting and confusing statements from the Russians. Just this week, while Mrs. Clinton was making her public pronouncements about the improved prospects for new sanctions on Iran, the Chinese foreign minister reiterated the longstanding Chinese position that the Iranian nuclear issue be resolved by "diplomatic efforts and negotiations" and proposed "resuming dialogue."
The Russian statements are particularly intriguing. The Russian foreign minister said that it was "almost time" to apply "appropriate pressure" - he seems to have a problem with the word "sanctions."
Here's why. The Russians have a long-term relationship with the Iranian armed forces - they have been the primary supplier of weapons to Iran for years now. They make a lot of money selling weapons to Tehran - they are loathe to cut off that source of revenue. In fact, the chief of one of Russia's major arms exporters clarified his government's position - none of the current sanctions protocols enacted by the United Nations preclude Russia from selling arms to Iran. Pretty effective sanctions regime, right?
The Russian statement about arms is troubling since Moscow signed a contract in 2007 to supply Iran with the S-300 (NATO: SA-20 GARGOYLE) air defense system. Although there have been no confirmed deliveries, the acquisition of the SA-20 will significantly improve Iran's air defense capabilities, and conversely complicate Israeli military planning should an air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities be ordered.
Not only are the Chinese and Russians not fully on board with sanctions, neither is the International Atomic Energy Agency. While the world's economic leaders meet in Switzerland, the IAEA stated that a proposed enriched uranium exchange deal with Iran is still on the table, and that the organization and that "dialogue was continuing."
Let's recap and put Mrs. Clinton's efforts into perspective. Neither Russia nor China, both permanent members of the UN Security Council with veto power, are fully committed to effective sanctions on Iran. The UN's nuclear watchdog agency thinks it is still negotiating what most believe is an already-dead proposal with Tehran.
Regardless of how she spins it, it would appear that Iran continues to diplomatically outmaneuver our Secretary of State.
January 29, 2010
New sanctions on Iran? The Clinton spin...
Iran continues to thumb its nose at the rest of the world over its nuclear program. They have repeatedly missed deadlines to meet international obligations, yet there have been almost no consequences for its behavior. They have consistently politically outmaneuvered the West, including the United States.
January 28, 2010
US Special Forces to Yemen - the right strategy
According to recent reports, the U.S. Department of Defense has ordered the deployment of additional Army Special Forces troops to Yemen. Yemen has emerged as a key front in the war against al-Qa'idah and its affiliate organizations, in this case al-Qaidah in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This augments an already fairly robust CIA presence in the country working with Yemeni intelligence and security forces. Yemeni air strikes (and at least one U.S. cruise missile strike) have relied extensively on American intelligence information.
Deployment of American special forces to Yemen is exactly the type of operations we should be mounting against al-Qa'idah and its affiliates. This is typical of a counter-terrorism strategy - train the local forces to go after the bad guys, as well as mounting your own finely-targeted operations. This requires excellent intelligence and close cooperation with the local military and intelligence services to be sure, but allows effective operations with a smaller, less-visible American presence on the ground.
It also allows the United States to tailor and somewhat limit how much aid goes to the corrupt government of 'Ali 'Abdallah Salih. We can provide the training and equipment necessary to achieve the goal of hunting down and killing al-Qa'idah members without creating a huge American footprint in the country.
Contrast this deployment to what the Obama Administration is doing in Afghanistan. Large deployments of mostly conventional U.S. Army and U.S. Marine ground forces is exactly the opposite of the counter-terrorism strategy in Yemen. This counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan may not be successful - the increased numbers of American and foreign forces in Afghanistan play right into the hands of the Taliban. It is an insurgent recruiter's dream.
The sad part about the choice of this strategy is the fact that the real enemy - al-Qa'idah - has no meaningful and certainly no threatening presence in Afghanistan. They have all moved to Pakistan (where they face CIA drone-launched missile strikes), Iraq (where they have all but been eliminated), Saudi Arabia (where they have all but been eliminated as well), Yemen and Somalia. Yet in his State of the Union address, the President still wants us to believe we are in Afghanistan to defeat al-Qa'idah.
Obama's words: "And in Afghanistan, we're increasing our troops and training Afghan security forces so they can begin to take the lead in July of 2011 and our troops can begin to come home... As we take the fight to Al Qaeda...."
We are not taking the fight to al-Qa'idah in Afghanistan. It is amazing that the same administration that seems to get the point about Yemen has completely missed it in Afghanistan. Mr. President, your Yemen strategy is good - do more of that. Your Afghanistan strategy, however, is way off base. Start taking the fight to al-Qa'idah where they are, not where they were.
Yemen is a good start.
January 26, 2010
"Strip joints" in Damascus - who knew?
Well, actually, me.
During remarks last week, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton commented on an interview of a son of Usamah bin Ladin by an Arab media outlet. The interview allegedly took place in a "strip club" in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Bolton made an offhand comment, "Strip clubs in Damascus - who knew there were such things?"
Damascus at night
I served as the air attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Damascus in the 1990's. Part of my job was to try and meet Syrian officials - military and civilian - to determine the capabilities and status of the Syrian armed forces. This is what military attachés have done since there have been military attachés - observe and report. American military attachés have been doing this around the world for over a hundred years.
To meet Syrian officials in an atmosphere of informality where they might actually say something of interest beyond the statements vetted and approved by the Ba'th Party regime of Hafiz al-Asad, and now his son Bashar al-Asad, Damascus offers a vibrant nightclub scene. Many people are surprised that you find nightclubs and after-hours clubs in the capital city of an Arab country, assuming that the strict rules of Islam preclude the existence of such establishments.
There is a difference between Muslim countries and Islamic countries. Muslim countries are those in which Islam is the most common and oft times official religion. However, in these countries, the government does not follow the strict tenets of Islamic jurisprudence, as in Islamic countries.
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, the Emirates are examples of Muslim countries with non-Islamic governments. Of course, there is great Islamic influence in all facets of these governments, but the strict interpretation of the religion is not the law. Therefore, alcohol is available and nightclubs are permitted. The UAE has tried to limit alcoholic consumption to non-Muslims, but to me it appeared to have no effect.
Iraq's capital of Baghdad had an active nightlife when I was assigned to the embassy there in the late 1980's. Much of the nightlife has disappeared as the Shi'a-dominated government has cracked down on alcohol. In Syria, the nightlife continues.
It is not just Syrians who frequent the Damascus clubs. Throughout the year, but especially in the summer when Damascus is much cooler than the desert cities in the Gulf states, you will find Saudis, Kuwaitis and even Iranians enjoying the night life.
Many Syrians complain that the patrons from the oil-rich countries do nothing but drive prices up and encourage young Syrian girls into prostitution. At one point, there was a serious outbreak of HIV in the city, most likely from Saudis who also frequented sex clubs in Bangkok, Thailand.
Night clubs are one thing, but the reference was to "strip clubs." Do they really have strip clubs in Damascus? Yes. Trust me.
January 22, 2010
Israel's Military Option for Iran - "When" not "If"
I was asked for a few thoughts on Israel's options for the dealing with the Iranian nuclear program. Here is a link to the article. The text is reprinted below.
For at least the past four years, the senior Israeli civilian and military officials have been touting Iran as the "existential" threat to the Jewish state. Military officers at the Ministry of Defense have admitted to the existence of a variety of contingency plans to address that threat. As you would expect, they are vague about what those plans actually entail, but no doubt the cornerstone of any plan will involve the use of Israel's key power projection capability – its air force, equipped with hundreds of state-of-the-art American-built, Israeli-modified F-15 and F-16 fighters.
Easy to say – hard to do.
The operational considerations of mounting an air attack on Iran's nuclear facilities are daunting. The multiple targets that comprise critical elements of the Iranian program are dispersed, hardened and heavily defended – Iranian officers have learned the lessons of Israel's attack on the Osirak reactor outside Baghdad in 1981. U.S. Air Force planners estimate that crippling the Iranian nuclear effort requires hitting about 550 aim points (a single target will have multiple aim points).
Iran is also much further than Iraq, in fact, the flight from air bases in Israel to the key targets outside Esfahan, Iran = over 900 miles each way - are almost twice as far as the flight route used against Iraq in 1981. Israel's fighter aircraft would be operating at their extreme combat range, leaving little room for error or engagements along the way. The Israeli air force, as professional as it is, does not have the ability to fly that far carrying that many munitions.
The flight routes, once leaving Israel, are over hundreds of miles of hostile airspace. The Israeli air force has only a limited aerial refueling capability as well. There have been various analyses written of how the Israelis might reach the targets, but all of them involve considerable risk. There are options that use Turkish airspace, Iraqi airspace (controlled by the U.S. forces), Saudi airspace, or combinations thereof. None of the options are attractive.
Israel does possess a small but potent submarine-launched missile capability, and a respectable arsenal of medium range ballistic missiles. However, these systems cannot deliver the amount of weapons with enough precision to obviate the use of air power. If the Israelis are going to do this, it will have to include fighter aircraft in the mix.
In my discussions with senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, they insist that Iran is a world problem requiring a world solution, not an Israeli solution. Many of these officials have expressed frustration – they perceive that the West is waiting for them to solve what is an international issue. Most of them believe that the current American administration will not take the stern measures necessary to bring Iran to meaningful negotiations. While it may be an international issue, it does affect Israel the most. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has singled the Jewish state out in a variety of rants.
While the rest of the world tends to dismiss Ahmadinejad's threats, the Israelis take them very seriously. They believe that a nuclear-armed Iran not only threatens the existence of the Jewish state, but possibly also the existence of the Jewish people.
Given the lack of any progress in the negotiations between Iran and the rest of the world, the question is soon becoming not if Israel will attempt a military operation to stop or obstruct Iran's nuclear program, but when.
January 17, 2010
Out of the box thinking - U.S. intelligence in Yemen
There has been a spotlight on the American intelligence and security agencies in the wake of the failed al-Qa'idah Christmas bombing of a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. A review of procedures and policies is obviously warranted in light of the abject failure of the agencies to prevent 'Umar Faruq 'Abd al-Mutallab from getting on an airliner with a bomb secreted on his body.
However, it is also right to point out some of the things the intelligence community is doing to get it right. There has been reporting over the last few months of a good program, generally overlooked by those of us that follow events in the region or the intelligence community. It has to do with Yemen and former adversaries of the United States.
Shortly after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi intelligence officers loyal to Saddam Husayn sought refuge in Yemen. Yemen's president, 'Ali 'Abdullah Salih, had been a long-time ally and supporter of the Iraqi president. Once the officers arrived, Salih took full advantage of the presence of these professional intelligence officers to improve his services' limited capabilities. In the Arab world, the Iraqis are good intelligence officers, probably second only to the Jordanians.
The Iraqi officers also took advantage of the situation. Having arrived in the country with some but not unlimited resources, the opportunity to practice their craft offered a chance to make a good living. Because of their professionalism compared to that of the Yemeni intelligence officers, they were able to assume prominent and influential positions in the country's intelligence and security services. Most of them have remained in Yemen rather than return to an Iraq where their experience - they did after all play key role in the repression that characterized the Ba'th regime - is neither valued nor desired.
When al-Qa'idah realized that its ability to conduct effective operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia came to an end, it moved many of its operatives and training bases to Yemen. Yemen, a backward country with poor infrastructure, a weak and highly corrupt central government and a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement, seemed a perfect place for the terrorist group. It also has a sketchy record when it comes to keeping terrorists in custody. Numerous convicted and alleged terrorists have been released or "escaped" - virtually all of the bombers of the USS Cole are at large in the country, as well as at least one member of the "Lackawanna Six" wanted in the United States.
As American intelligence began to focus on the country, it became apparent that cooperation with the local intelligence and security services was an imperative in the fight against al-Qa'idah. It only made sense to approach the Iraqis working for the Yemeni services and propose a cooperative relationship to deal with the growing al-Qa'idah problem in the country. It is useful to note that several of the Iraqi intelligence officers were familiar with the American intelligence services - they have been involved in the relationship in the 1980's between the Iraqi Intelligence Service and the Directorate of Military Intelligence on one side, and the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency on the other.
While we hurl stones at our intelligence and security agencies, we should also remember to acknowledge that they can think "out of the box" on occasion. This is a good example of a slightly unorthodox means of getting the job done.
January 7, 2010
Did the President really say Al-Qa'idah is "hunkered down?"
In his address to the nation today, President Obama attempted to explain his intelligence and security agencies' compound failures surrounding the Christmas Day failed attack on an airliner flying to the United States.
For the most part, the rhetoric was about what you would expect - order a review, hold people accountable, buck stops here, things will change - the usual words.
What struck me was his description of al-Qa'idah as being "hunkered down" because of his policies. How can he possibly use those words to describe the organization that on December 30 mounted one of the most lethal attacks in on his intelligence service in recent memory?
From "hiding in caves" along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, al-Qa'idah was able to penetrate a covert CIA operation and kill seven of its officers, as well as kill a Jordanian intelligence officer working with the agency. It was a successful operation, one that should indicate that al-Qa'idah is still a capable enemy not to be discounted.
The story of the operation in Afghanistan has been covered fairly well in the media. The Jordanian intelligence services, close partners with their counterpart American services, are extremely professional organizations. The Jordanian effort to penetrate al-Qa'idah was laudable, but flawed. In my past dealings with the Jordanian services, my one (and only) complaint is their use of coercion to effect the recruitment of an asset.
That tactic appears to have happened here as well. According to the family of the Jordanian militant who was "turned" or "doubled" to work against al-Qa'idah was forced by Jordanian intelligence into that decision. At some point in the operation, the asset reverted to his fundamentalist roots and agreed to mount an operation against the Jordanian intelligence officer, and at the same time kill as many CIA officers as possible.
The media has highlighted the fact that the asset passed through security checkpoints and was able to get close to a host of CIA officers during the fatal meeting. It was described as a breach of security. In the CIA officers' defense, this is generally how these things happen. You try to bring a trusted asset into a safe area as quickly and quietly as possible to debrief him for intelligence, task the asset for further collection, and genrally manage the operation. I am a bit surprised at the number of officers present for the meeting. Most of the time, you would expose the asset to the minimum number of officers absolutely necessary for operational security reasons.
The operation against the CIA base in Khost demonstrates real operational skills. It was likely mounted in retaliation for the Obama Administration's escalated unmanned aerial vehicle attacks on targets in Pakistan. Al-Qa'idah was able to identify a target, recruit an asset that had access to that target, and then execute a lethal operation that killed eight of the enemy's key intelligence officers.
All that while "hunkered down?" That characterization is an insult to the memories of our fallen and the fallen officer of a close ally. Do not underestimate this enemy.
January 4, 2010
Iran again outmaneuvering the West
Iran continues its relatively successful foreign policy into the new year. On the second day of the new decade, the Islamic Republic issued an ultimatum to the group of nations that are demanding Iran stop its uranium enrichment activities. The Iranian ultimatum gives the groups of nations one month to accept an Iranian counter offer to a proposal to export Iran's enriched uranium exchange for nuclear fuel rods that cannot be weaponized.
This is just more of Iran's tactic to delay any consequences for failing to meet any United Nations, European Union or American deadlines for halting their nuclear program. Every time there is the threat of some form of action - usually sanctions are mentioned - the Iranians either offer to resume talks or issue threats.
It seems to be working. The Italian foreign minister recently stated that the world should not seek to isolate - in other words, no sanctions - Iran because of its human rights abuses and continuing nuclear program. The minister cited Iran's ties to Hizballah, Hams and Syria as the reasons we should look to Tehran as a possible intermediary. Che cosa ha detto, signore? Those are exactly the reasons we should be isolating Iran....
Iran's ultimatum - that's the exact word used by Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki - and Italy's unusual statement was followed by the typical response by the United States. The headline read that the United States was going to "consider" sanctions focused on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Someone must have thought that was too harsh, because one day later Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the United States was still open to talks with Iran.
Once again, no one is holding the Iranians responsible. For some reason the West is afraid to take action against them. The Iranians have figured it out - no one has the stomach for harsh effective sanctions, including the Americans.
The Iranian leadership believes - rightly so, apparently - that they are winning the diplomatic battle over their nuclear program. The rest of the world sets deadlines, all of which are ignored by Tehran. There are no consequences. In fact, Iranian intransigence seems to be rewarded with concessions that the world will wait just a little longer, then sanctions will be imposed. The problem with these threats is that no one takes them seriously.
Whether you agree with the Iranians or not, you have to admire their ability to diplomatically outmaneuver virtually the entire world.
January 2, 2010
Jordan loses a soldier in Afghanistan
The Jordanian government surprisingly acknowledged today that a Jordanian military officer had been killed in Afghanistan. This is the first official confirmation that Jordan has sent members of its armed forces to Afghanistan. The soldier, Captain 'Ali bin Zayd, was killed on Wednesday. There were no other details of what the captain was doing in the country, nor of the circumstances of his death other than the official announcement that he died "as a martyr while performing the sacred duty of the Jordanian forces in Afghanistan."
Given the timing of the death - the same day that seven CIA officers were killed in an attack on the Agency base in Khowst province - it is very likely that the captain was participating in a CIA operation.
This would not be uncommon. The United States intelligence community has had long and strong ties connections with the Jordanian intelligence services, both military and civilian. The Jordanians bring to the table skills that are in short supply in our intelligence agencies - local language skills, area knowledge, ability to operate undetected in Middle East populations, etc. I have often worked with both the Jordan's Directorate of Military Intelligence and the General Intelligence Directorate. Their officers are skilled professionals and I would work them again with no hesitation whatsoever.
The cooperation of the Jordanians - and this would have to have been approved by King 'Abdullah II himself - is a testament to the unheralded alliance between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the United States. With the notable, but not overly surprising, support of Iraq by King Husayn following Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, the relationship between the two countries has been close for at least three decades. Assisting the Americans in Afghanistan is a continuation of the that relationship - and a welcome one.
Jordan's assistance has usually been kept very quiet, especially in Jordan. King 'Abdullah II walks a fine line in the region. There is a large population of Palestinians, many of whom are, or are the children of, refugees from the wars with Israel since Israel became a state in 1948. There has been a steady growth in Islamic fundamentalism in the kingdom as well. If a poll was taken in Jordan about the relationship between the kingdom and the United States, I suspect that the numbers in support would be low, however, among the military and professional ranks, support would be higher.
The Jordanians have supported us, often at the expense of their relationships with other countries in the region, especially among their Arab brothers. In this case, one of their officers gave his life in a fight that many might consider not his own. We should give a nod of gratitude to our allies in the Hashemite Kingdom.


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text: attached you'll please find three files: * a patch moving ladspa.h 1.1 to 2.0 * a program showing how a host evaluates 2.0 extensions * a thoroughly documented example plugin making use of the extensions changes to the patch with respect to the last version include consolidation of the extended port info into a dedicated structure. also included is a warning note concerning the deprecation of the 1.1 default value hints and some minor clarifications. the patch defines HINT_MOMENTARY as asked by Taybin and Steve. it also credits Taybin now (Steve already being credited). - the example plugin is written with the intention to show, in all its sometimes gory detail, how ladspa works 'from the plugin side'. the plugin is fully operational in hosts implementing either version of the standard. (it doesn't even sound so bad at all :) there are a number of more elegant ways to accomplish what the plugin source does, but these have all been ignored for the sake of showing exactly how things are coming together in ladspa. - if you expect the extension to make a plugin author's life harder by a significant amount, i would like to ask you to go over the source code of the example plugin and see for yourself. all the places where the plugin refers to the 2.0 incarnation have been marked as such. i'm confident you'll agree that words like 'invasive', 'incomprehensible', 'bloated' or 'complicating' are not doing the extension justice. i would also like you to consider that it is up to you, either plugin or host author, to altogether ignore the extension and still come up with something perfectly useful. you can always extend your work to make use of the extension at a later date. all this takes is added code, with no changes to what you already have. - my apologies offered for the obnoxious use of the '2.0' version tag for this proposal. for sheer lack of fantasy, typing laziness and a number of other bad habits, i couldn't come up with something better. amicalement, tim ps: it is hoped that the example plugin source will be helpful to aspiring plugin authors, no matter the fate of the extension proposal. -------------- next part -------------- --- ladspa.h.orig Fri Mar 5 15:21:14 2004 +++ ladspa.h Mon Mar 8 00:00:37 2004 @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ LGPL]. Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Richard W.E. Furse, Paul Barton-Davis, Stefan Westerfeld. + Ladspa Audio DSP API Version 2.0 (provisional, LGPL) + Copyright (C) 2004 Steve Harris, Matthias Nagorni, Fons Adriaensen, + Tom Szilagyi, Taybin Rutkin, Tim Goetze. + This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of @@ -127,9 +131,18 @@ A and B. */ #define LADSPA_PROPERTY_HARD_RT_CAPABLE 0x4 +/* Property LADSPA_PROPERTY_HAVE_VERSION indicates that the plugin + is aware of API versioning, and that it is a version 2 or above + plugin. Plugins that follow the version 2 API make use of the + fields of the Descriptor structure following the 'version' field. + + VERSION: 2 or above. */ +#define LADSPA_PROPERTY_HAVE_VERSION 0x8 + #define LADSPA_IS_REALTIME(x) ((x) & LADSPA_PROPERTY_REALTIME) #define LADSPA_IS_INPLACE_BROKEN(x) ((x) & LADSPA_PROPERTY_INPLACE_BROKEN) #define LADSPA_IS_HARD_RT_CAPABLE(x) ((x) & LADSPA_PROPERTY_HARD_RT_CAPABLE) +#define LADSPA_HAS_VERSION(x) ((x) & LADSPA_PROPERTY_HAVE_VERSION) /*****************************************************************************/ @@ -250,7 +263,15 @@ relevant bound or bounds must be available and LADSPA_HINT_SAMPLE_RATE must be applied as usual. The resulting default must be rounded if LADSPA_HINT_INTEGER is present. Default - values were introduced in LADSPA v1.1. */ + values were introduced in LADSPA v1.1. + + Please note that the use of LADSPA_HINT_DEFAULT_* is deprecated + since version 2.0. For a grace period, host authors should try to + make use of the PortInfo member of the plugin descriptor prior to + falling back to the version 1.1 hint mechanism. Plugins written for + version 2.0 should specify both their precise idea of the default + value through the new LADSPA_PortInfo structure, as well as give + older host programs a rough idea through the default hints. */ #define LADSPA_HINT_DEFAULT_MASK 0x3C0 /* This default values indicates that no default is provided. */ @@ -349,6 +370,105 @@ /*****************************************************************************/ +/* Version 2 Hints: + + Plugins implementing version 2 or above can set these port hints in + addition to the hints defined above. */ + +/* Hint LADSPA_HINT_NULL_OK indicates that the plugin supports a NULL value + passed as data location to the connect_port() method. */ +#define LADSPA_HINT_NULL_OK 0x400 + +/* Hint LADSPA_HINT_TRIGGER indicates that a non-zero port value causes + the plugin to initiate a one-shot process. Consequently, a host is + expected to reset the port value to zero after every run() or + run_adding() call. Please note that the port value range needs not + necessarily include zero. The use of this hint precludes the use of + LADSPA_HINT_MOMENTARY. + + Plugin writers should note that ignoring this hint is valid for a + pre-version 2 host. */ +#define LADSPA_HINT_TRIGGER 0x800 + +/* Hint LADSPA_HINT_MOMENTARY indicates that port is intended to be + connected to a trigger signal emitting both rising and falling edge + signals, corresponding to gate CV signals in the analog world. A simple + example for such a signal source is a pushbutton: the port value is set + to a non-zero value when the button is pressed, and returns to zero when + the button is released. Please note that the port value range needs not + necessarily include zero. The use of this hint precludes the use of + LADSPA_HINT_TRIGGER. */ +#define LADSPA_HINT_MOMENTARY 0x1000 + +/* Hint LADSPA_HINT_RANDOMIZABLE indicates that the host can opt to + choose any value from the indicated value range for the port at any + time and expect sensible results from the plugin. This hint is meant + to be used primarily in conjunction with LADSPA_HINT_TRIGGER or + LADSPA_HINT_MOMENTARY. */ +#define LADSPA_HINT_RANDOMIZABLE 0x2000 + +#define LADSPA_IS_HINT_NULL_OK(x) ((x) & LADSPA_HINT_NULL_OK) +#define LADSPA_IS_HINT_TRIGGER(x) ((x) & LADSPA_HINT_TRIGGER) +#define LADSPA_IS_HINT_MOMENTARY(x) ((x) & LADSPA_HINT_MOMENTARY) +#define LADSPA_IS_HINT_RANDOMIZABLE(x) ((x) & LADSPA_HINT_RANDOMIZABLE) + +/*****************************************************************************/ + +/* Port Value Enumerations: + + Plugins implementing version 2 or above can associate port values with + labels by providing arrays of the following structure tied to specific + ports. Plugin authors should note that a host may choose to override + or ignore this information. + + VERSION: 2 or above. */ + +typedef struct _LADSPA_PortValueEnum { + + /* The label to associate with the value following. A NULL value + indicates the end of the enumeration array. */ + const char * Label; + + /* The value to be associated with the label. */ + const LADSPA_Data Value; + +} LADSPA_PortValueEnum; + + +/* Extended Port Info Structure: + + Plugins implementing version 2 or above use the following structure + to communicate additional information about their ports to the host + program. + + VERSION: 2 or above. */ + +typedef struct _LADSPA_PortInfo { + + /* The default value for the port, to be used by the host if it does not + choose to retrieve a saved state from a preset or other persistent + storage. */ + const LADSPA_Data Default; + + /* The unit of port values. Plugin authors should follow the international + conventions, in particular the SI, when choosing unit names. For + example: "Hz" for a frequency, "dB" for decibels, "s" for seconds etc. + A plugin may choose to set this to NULL to indicate a dimension-less + parameter. */ + const char * Unit; + + /* Additional information about particularly noteworthy values can be + communicated to the host through this array of LADSPA_PortValueEnum + structures. For example, an oscillator plugin may want to label + specific waveforms: "sin" -> 0, "tri" -> 1, "saw" -> 2, "square" -> 3. + A plugin may choose to set this member to NULL if no such information + needs to be communicated. */ + const LADSPA_PortValueEnum * ValueEnum; + +} LADSPA_PortInfo; + +/*****************************************************************************/ + /* Plugin Handles: This plugin handle indicates a particular instance of the plugin @@ -406,7 +526,7 @@ const LADSPA_PortDescriptor * PortDescriptors; /* This member indicates an array of null-terminated strings - describing ports (e.g. "Frequency (Hz)"). Valid indices vary from + describing ports (e.g. "Frequency"). Valid indices vary from 0 to PortCount-1. */ const char * const * PortNames; @@ -481,7 +601,11 @@ on a prompt call to run() after activate(). activate() may not be called again unless deactivate() is called first. Note that connect_port() may be called before or after a call to - activate(). */ + activate(). + + Host authors should note that plugins implementing control value + smoothing benefit from a valid set of control values at the time + that activate() is called. */ void (*activate)(LADSPA_Handle Instance); /* This method is a function pointer that runs an instance of a @@ -552,6 +676,30 @@ corresponding call to deactivate() must be made before cleanup() is called. */ void (*cleanup)(LADSPA_Handle Instance); + + /*******************************************************************/ + + /* The following members of the plugin descriptor structure are only + evaluated if the plugin sets LADSPA_PROPERTY_HAVE_VERSION as + discussed above. + + VERSION: 2 or above. */ + + /* This structure documents the API version the plugin implements. + Implicitly, a 'major' value of less than 2 indicates to a host that + evaluation of version 2 extensions is pointless. */ + const struct { + short major, minor; + } Version; + + /* This member indicates the delay, in 1 / (sample rate) time units, + the plugin imposes upon processed signals. */ + const LADSPA_Data Latency; + + /* This member indicates an array of LADSPA_PortInfo structures used + to document sensible default parameter values, parameter units + and to label port values of particular interest. */ + const LADSPA_PortInfo * PortInfo; } LADSPA_Descriptor; -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On August 25, UFC goes back to Las Vagas. I'm going. The last show I went to was the first Pride and I gotta tell you, a good way to kill time and have a few laughs is to play the game "Hooker or Girlfriend?"
Its easy.You dont have to look far, spot a young lady next to some guy. Heavy on the makeup, large fake breasts, slutty wear and you try to determine if she is a hooker or the girlfriend...it makes for great debates and laughs.....anyways, its a good way to kill time......cya there biotches!


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The Dayton Emerging Fashion Incubator (DE-FI)LLC's model search is designed to give aspiring models a platform to gain the attention of designers, media, photographers, and model scouts from around the country; selected models will train under (DE-FI) CEO and former model Caressa Brown. Ms. Brown, who signed her first modeling contract at the age of 12, was developed by Click Modeling agency in the late 90's in Atlanta, in 2001 she was a Regional Semi-Finalist in the Elite Model
Look Competition, and has had several modeling contracts throughout her modeling career which has spanned over 20 years.
In 2012 nearly 20 models scouted and trained by Caressa and the (DE-FI) team have gone on to be scouted and or signed with modeling agencies all over the country and have appeared in Vogue Italia, Africa Vogue, Abercrombie & Fitch, and have walked in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. In addition to gaining valuable coaching and experience, models selected will be submitted to some of the top modeling agencies in the world!!
Aside from receiving valuable training from (DE-FI) for our fashion events, (DE-FI) also works with models to prepare them for agency visits to Chicago and New York. (Please Note: (DE-FI) is not an agency, we do not sell classes, or pictures. We do however, have a group of photographers that we work with and recommend to help build your portfolio, any cost associated with any photoshoot with a (DE-FI) related photographer are those of the Photographer and not related to (DE-FI).)
Models will be selected based on an industry standard of criteria including:
All models are required to sell (4) tickets to at least (1) event taking place during (DE-FI)ance Fashion Week! If a Model sales (4) tickets to an event the model will receive pay which equals the cost of (2) of the tickets sold (for example if a model sells (4) tickets to an event and the tickets cost $45 a piece, the model will receive $90 in pay for that event. any additional tickets sold to an event the model will receive 10% of the cost of that ticket as pay.
Models also have an opportunity to receive pay via selling sponsorship packages, for any sponsor landed, the model will be paid 33% of the sponsorship as pay. Finally the model can also receive pay for the sale of ads for (DE-FI)ance Magazine, for every ad sold the model will be paid 15% of the ad cost.
Please send all inquiries to email@example.com
**Selection as a model for DE-FI is not a guarantee that you will receive a modeling contract or that you will be selected by a designer to participate in any DE-FI event. The Dayton Emerging Fashion Incubator(DE-FI), it's owner, and all affiliates are not liable for any gifts or pay not delivered as agreed by third party vendors.**


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Huawei to announce their best smartphone yet at MWC 2012
You know a company is taking an announcement seriously when they sent the invitations three months in advance. Huawei has just sent out invitations for an event that will take place on February 26 next year, which is the day before the MWC kicks-off.
Traditionally, this day has been used by market behemoths like Samsung, Nokia and Sony Ericsson to make their announcements, prior to the start of the mobile industry's largest event. However, Huawei obviously feels really confident about its upcoming smartphone and is going to try and steal some of the spotlight.
According to the invitation Huawei will be announcing their "smartest, fastest and most high-performing smartphone yet" at the event. And yeah, we know the bar isn't set too high, but the latest crop of Huawei devices isn't half bad at all (most notably the Honor and the Vision), so we might be on for something really exciting.
We'll have to wait and see, but here's hoping that it will be worth it.
Huawei to announce their best smartphone yet at MWC 2012 - reader comments
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It is pronouced Waah way ;)
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A coming force methinks , the products are not bad at all
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Afriend of mine is going to china soon so I hope he can bring back some products for me to play with. I love a freebe
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Metro motorists got the weekend to enjoy fully opened westbound lanes on Interstate 270 across the Mississippi River. Starting at 9 p.m. Monday, weather permitting, westbound lanes across the new Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge will be reduced to remove bridge deck forms.
All westbound lanes will reopen at 5 a.m. The work is expected to be completed by Thursday.
Westbound lanes opened on the Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge on Friday. Barry Gibbs, supervising field engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation, said he expects Walsh Construction Company will be done with the work on the eastbound lanes in September so the whole bridge will be open by the end of that month.
The old bridge will be demolished after that.


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After dropping in the new motor, the Malibu was running faster and looking better than it ever had before. Nevertheless, the 35-year-old car was starting to show its age, and Bryan decided to give it a full Pro Touring rubdown in an effort to modernize the A-body's dated chassis, and bolster its cruising credentials. The stance was lowered 3 inches with a set of QA1 coilovers up front, and Eaton springs and KYB shocks in the rear. Rushforth Fuel wheels, measuring 19x8 up front and 20x10 out back, were wrapped in Nitto meats before taking occupancy inside the wheelwells. Surprisingly, the capacious factory tubs swallowed up the gargantuan 315/35R20 rear rollers without requiring any beating or banging whatsoever. To help plant those meats, a set of upper and lower control arms from Performance Suspension Technology was bolted in place, and Bryan reports that they enable quick and easy pinion angle changes for maximum bite. Since the big wheels made the marginal stock brakes even more inadequate, they were swapped out for a set of Baer four-wheel discs.
At this stage, it appeared as if the project was nearing the end, but considering the engine combo was already a year-and-a-half old, Bryan called an audible and changed it up once again. Bottom-12s in a 2-ton cruiser just wasn't enough, so it was time to add some boost. "I wanted the feel of nitrous without having to hit the button or refill the bottle, so one call to ProCharger took care of that dilemma," he quips. "Since installing the intercooler required moving the radiator back two inches, I figured it would be a good time to upgrade that as well. A stout cooling system is a must here in Arizona, so in went a Be Cool radiator and dual electric fans. The blower made the motor much thirstier, so an Aeromotive fuel pump was installed as well. When the engine mods were finally complete, the car put down 515 hp and 497 lb-ft of torque on the chassis dyno at just 8 pounds of boost. I haven't had a chance to run it at the track yet, but I don't think deep 11s are out of the question with the kind of power this car is making now."
The consequence of combining so much power with so much weight was that the stock TH350 trans had no chance of surviving. Furthermore, it was a gear ratio short for the type of cruising Bryan had in mind. Not wanting to fiddle around with electronics, he ordered up a heavy-duty 700R4 from Bowtie Overdrives. Next, to complete the street cruiser motif, he lined the entire interior in Dynamat and installed a Vintage Air A/C system. To put everything to the test, and have a whole lot of fun in the process, Bryan loaded up the Malibu just like the Grove family did back in the day and cruised cross-country to Wisconsin and back. "The car ran great and averaged over 16 mpg. That's not bad at all considering the minimal space that was between the floorboard and gas pedal for most of the trip," he jokes.
In perpetuating the Grove family tradition, the Malibu continues to rack up the miles on long and frequent road trips. It draws plenty of attention along the way, and Bryan revels in keeping onlookers guessing. "I took all the badging off of the car, so people have no idea what kind of car this is, and a lot of them think it's an Oldsmobile. I just tell them it's a Nova, and the confused looks on their faces is priceless," he says. Considering that Bryan is seven years younger than the Malibu, it's understandable if he's pondered trading it in for a new, hotter model. As Bryan adamantly affirms, however, that isn't going to happen. "Some people buy certain project cars because it reminds them of cars they grew up in, but my Malibu is the actual car I grew up in. It's the only project car I've ever owned and worked on, and I plan on keeping it that way.
I still have the original 350,000-mile 350 at my dad's house, and it's a constant reminder of all the great times my family had in our Malibu."


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These words cannot be considered onomatopoeia. Many mimetic words in Japanese are for things that don't make any noise originally, most clearly demonstrated by しいんと shiinto, meaning "silently".
While onomatopoeic words abound in every language, phenomimes and psychomimes are much rarer.
In Japanese grammar, sound symbolic words function as adverbs, often taking the particle と (to) because they are seen as quotations. Most sound symbolic words can be applied to only a handful of verbs or adjectives. Japanese learners would be well advised to learn these words together with their possible referents. In the examples below, the classified verb or adjective is placed in square brackets.
|sound symbolism
| じろじろ(と)[見る]
jirojiro (to) [miru]
|[see] intently (= stare)
| きらきら(と)[光る]
kirakira (to) [hikaru]
|[shine] sparklingly
| ぎらぎら(と)[光る]
giragira (to) [hikaru]
|[shine] dazzlingly
| どきどき[する]
''doki doki [suru]
|a throbbing heart
| ぐずぐず[する]
guzu guzu [suru]
| to procrastinate or dawdle
(suru not optional)
| しんと[する]
shin to [suru]
| [be (lit. do)] quiet
(suru not optional)
| ぴんぴん[している]
pinpin [shite iru]
| [being (lit. doing)] lively
(shite iru not optional)
| よぼよぼに[なる]
yoboyobo ni [naru]
|[become] wobbly-legged (i.e. from age)¹
In their Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui, point out several other types of sound symbolism in Japanese, that relate phonemes and psychological states. For example, the nasal sound [n] gives a more personal and speaker-oriented impression than the velars [k] and [ɡ]; this contrast can be easily noticed in pairs of synonyms such as ので node and から kara which both mean because, but with the first being perceived as more subjective. This relationship can be correlated with phenomimes containing nasal and velar sounds: While phenomimes containing nasal consonants give the feeling of tactuality and warmth, those containing velar consonants tend to represent hardness, sharpness, and suddenness.
Similarly, i-type adjectives that contain the fricative [ɕ] in the group shi tend to represent human emotive states, such as in the words 悲しい kanashii (sad), 寂しい sabishii (lonely), 嬉しい ureshii (happy), and 楽しい tanoshii (enjoyable). This too is correlated with those phenomimes and psychomimes containing the same fricative sound, for example しとしとと降る shitoshito to furu (to rain / snow quietly) and しゅんとする shun to suru (to be dispirited).
The use of the gemination can create a more emphatic or emotive version of a word, as in the following pairs of words: ぴたり / ぴったり pitari / pittari (tightly), やはり / やっぱり yahari / yappari (as expected), and many others.


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Opportunities Exist to Improve Information Used in Monitoring Status of Efficiency Initiatives
December 4, 2012
The military departments and SOCOM have taken various steps to track the implementation of their efficiency initiatives. For example, prior to or during fiscal year 2012, they identified necessary programmatic actions to implement initiatives and began to carry out these actions, such as reassigning personnel from organizations being consolidated and terminating weapon system programs. They also set up approaches for senior officials to review progress, including using existing governance structures as a means for officials to review relevant financial and programmatic information, such as expected completion dates for actions related to implementing the initiatives and progress in meeting estimated savings targets. To track savings related to the initiatives, the military departments and SOCOM identified the appropriation accounts and areas within these accounts from which they expected to achieve savings, the specific dollar amounts, and areas where savings were to be reinvested.


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New enterprise-class video workflow design and automation software recognized by
editors as one of the most innovative technologies for the media industry
NEVADA CITY, Calif., April 20, 2010 – Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced that its new Vantage™ workflow design and automation software product is the recipient of the 2010 STAR Award presented by the editorial staff of TV Technology magazine at the 2010 NAB Show.
Now in its eleventh year, TV Technology's STAR Award (for Superior Technology Award Recipient) celebrates and showcases the outstanding technological innovations available to the media industry. A panel of judges consisting of TV Technology editors and columnists reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then submitted their award nominees.
Vantage is the industry's first, enterprise-class software solution that integrates silos of digital video processing into a single managed workflow. Developed for media and entertainment companies and organizations with high-volume video processing needs, Vantage allows users to design and automate any number or type of video workflows. Vantage combines media capture, transcoding, clip management, analysis, QC, and metadata processing into one unified workflow design and automation framework. Vantage integrates with all the major media servers, edit systems, streaming servers, cable VOD servers, SANs and virtually any network digital device in a company's facility. The modular nature of Vantage allows enterprises to simplify the migration to IT workflows, improve video operations, and more easily address new multi-platform business opportunities and revenue streams.
"Every year, the NAB Show serves as the launching pad for thousands of new products and services for audio and video professionals," said Tom Butts, TV Technology editor-in-chief. "Our panel of editors walked the show floor in search of the most innovative technologies. The products and services that we select for the STAR Award make the cut by demonstrating their ability to help advance the acquisition and distribution of entertainment and information across the media spectrum."
TV Technology (www.tvtechnology.com) is the industry's leading magazine for technology news and reviews and is celebrating its 27th year covering the television industry. The magazine is published by NewBay Media LLC, the world's largest publisher of audio and video publications.
Pricing and Availability
Vantage will be available in Q2 2010. Basic Vantage workflow design and automation pricing starts at $8,500 per server. Vantage Transcode can be added or purchased as a standalone product for $5,500 per server; $10,500 per server for Transcode Pro. Vantage Analysis can be added for $7,500 per server. Additional pricing is available upon request. Vantage is also available as a paid upgrade for existing FlipFactory customers. Vantage products are available from Telestream's worldwide network of direct sales and distributors. Vantage is being featured and demonstrated at Streaming Media East booth 313; webinars and roadshows; see www.telestream.net/events for details. More information is available at www.telestream.net.
Trademarked company and product names are the property of their respective companies.
About Telestream (www.telestream.net)
Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise. Many of the world's most demanding media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, FOX, CBC, Comcast, Direct TV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a growing number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media. These companies choose to work with Telestream as they know they will get a trusted and highly skilled technical partner.
Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live and on-demand encoding and transcoding; playout, delivery, and live streaming; as well as management and automation of the entire workflow. The company also partners closely with the industry's leading digital media companies across the entire digital media lifecycle, from consumer to enterprise. Telestream corporate headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more information on Telestream and Wirecast, please visit www.telestream.net. For press images, logos, screen shots and corporate materials, visit www.telestream.net/presskit.


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Icy roads cause multiple accidents in Western PA
Ice forming on roads unexpectedly and quickly led to numerous accidents in Beaver County and throughout Western Pennsylvania yesterday morning. The icy roads were responsible for a fatal accident in Beaver Falls and another on Route 22 in Murrysville, PA.
In Beaver Falls a driver lost control of his car and struck a utility pole, suffering fatal injuries. In the Murrysville accident, a young woman lost control of her car which was subsequently struck by another vehicle. The woman sustained fatal head injuries in the accident.
Accidents were reported throughout the area and several major highways were closed in order to reduce the likelihood of further accidents. Closures were reported on the Parkway, I-79, 279 North, and other highways in the Pittsburgh area.
WTAE video regarding highway closures in the Pittsburgh area:
Video regarding the fatal accident on Route 22 in Murrysville:
Video of a car being driven on the Parkway East with the hood open. I'm guessing that the driver was too afraid to stop on the side of the highway in the icy conditions:
Personal injury cases arising from weather events like this can be difficult to pursue. The conditions were unexpected and developed over a brief period of time. The issue for those injured in the accidents that occurred during the ice storm will be whether or not their accident could have been avoided and whether the other driver acted in a negligent manner in causing the accident. Accident Attorney Thomas Matvey.
For more information on the weather-related accidents in the Pittsburgh area, Please visit the Beaver County Times and The Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
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|PED > SEC Filings for PED > Form 8-K on 18-Jun-2014
|All Recent SEC Filings
Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On June 18, 2014, PEDEVCO Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing (i) its receipt of approval from the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado (COGCC) for the drilling of up to 79 new horizontal wells comprising 7 spacing units covering a total of approximately 6,700 gross acres in the Company's recently acquired Wattenberg Asset located in Weld County, Colorado, and (ii) the Company's plans to commence its initial drilling operations in mid-August 2014 with the planned drilling and completion of 3 horizontal wells from a single pad, with each well receiving an 18 stage enhanced frac treatment with lateral lengths between 4,000 and 4,500 feet, and with completion and initial results expected to be available in mid-October 2014. The Company anticipates that it will have an approximately 45% net working interest in each of these wells, and that each well will be drilled and completed for approximately $4.2 million. The Company will use cash on hand and an established drilling credit line to pay the cost of drilling and completing these wells.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
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DNA testing for paternity can change the course of a life. So to run a test on "stolen" DNA taken from an everyday item, such as a coffee cup or a baby's dummy, is a gross invasion of privacy - especially when that DNA is an innocent child's rather than the alleged father's. Either way, a child can be harmed if a covert test tears their family apart.
Even if other nations do not follow the UK's lead in banning stealthy genetic tests (see "Genetic privacy: Who is testing your DNA?"), laws on paternity testing merit review. One option would be to follow practice in France, where DNA tests can only be ordered in the context of a formal hearing to contest paternity. The court can consider the child's interests and help to cushion life-altering shocks when the test results are disclosed.
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I asked my 3 roommates about their experience with the drain catches we use. We use a wire mesh drain catch on our bathroom bath and basin drains, which is the same as the pictures from my stylist's sink. They said they are all frustrated with having to constantly clean out the mesh on their own, and often other peoples' hair and gunk, who might forget, or neglect, to do it themselves.
We use a traditional sink drain catch, the little stainless cups with holes and a button in the middle to close the drain, in our two basins in the kitchen. I forgot to take a picture of it. They expressed frustration with people leaving food gunk in them after they wash dishes or cook. They also said the ones we use now are old and aren't great at keeping water from slipping into the drain slowly, which is a waste of water.
I found that someone would chime in on the focus group questions, and then everyone else would agree and augment those thoughts. It was hard to keep everyone from agreeing and directing the conversation based on what different people said, instead of sticking to the questions I asked.


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Sajila Saseendran / 17 May 2010
DUBAI A visit to your beauty parlour would be much safer if you carry your own beauty kit with you, especially, the foot and nail tools and shavers that could cause wounds.
This is what Dubai Municipality is encouraging customers to do for minimising the risk of infections when sharing beauty tools with others.
The move is part of an awareness campaign launched on Sunday by the civic body which recorded 2,006 violations in gents' salons, ladies' beauty parlours and spas in 2009.
With unhygienic and unsafe practices of disinfecting tools topping the violations detected during 25,000 inspections in all the 3,500 establishments in Dubai, the Municipality is now seeking the support of customers as well to make sure that the improper use of beauty tools does not pass infections to them.
Customers are being asked to inform the Municipality if the staff at salons and parlours are reusing disposable tools or not sterilizing reusable tools.
"We are also asking customers to either take their own kit of tools to the salons or keep it there for them to use whenever they visit there. This is preferred because you can be sure that nobody is sharing your tools," Head of Health Control Section Hafid Ghuloom told Khaleej Times.
The month-long campaign titled 'Together for Better Health and Safety — Dare to Share' also educates the workers at salons and parlours, who are being asked to introduce the best practices in sterilizing their equipment and tools.
Ghuloom said the municipality was encouraging salons to use as many disposable materials as possible. Workers are also being strictly instructed to carry occupational health cards which indicate that they are free of infections like AIDS, TB and Hepatitis.
Staff not possessing valid occupational health cards also was among the most common violations.
Director of Public Health and Safety Department Redha Hassan Salman, who announced the details of violations found by around 30 male and female inspectors, said the erring establishments "were brought to compliance immediately due to the punitive measures taken by the Municipality."
Last year, the Municipality slapped a fine of Dh20, 000 on a registered salon for operating an unlicensed cosmetic clinic, the workers of which were later arrested.
"We impose fines ranging from Dh500 to Dh50, 000 depending on the grade of the institution and the repetitions and severity of the violations. The bigger the number of customers they serve, the higher the fines would be as their unsafe practice could affect more people," said Salman.
Earlier, Assistant Director General for General Support Services Sector Abdullah Raffia inaugurated the campaign which will hold educational events at various shopping malls.
Municipality inspectors will also visit barber shops and beauty salons to create awareness among customers and staff. — email@example.com
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West Madison shoppers will notice a few areas of the mall under construction for several weeks as crews work to update bathrooms and flooring in several areas, according to a release.
The West Towne Mall said Friday that construction to the bathrooms near the food cart will begin Monday. The tile, lighting, plumbing fixtures and finishes will be replaced in the men's and women's bathrooms. The bathrooms near the mall office will begin renovations after the food court restrooms are finished.
West Towne Mall General Manager Paul Matyas said the revamped bathrooms will have touch-free fixtures and barrier-free entrances.
Carpet will be replaced in several areas throughout the mall beginning Wednesday. Soft seating areas will receive new carpet treatments and areas near the Apple Store and Pottery Barn will have carpet put in.
Work will be done throughout the day and overnight and is expected to be finished by early September, according to the release.
A new fitness shoe and apparel store is scheduled to open in Sun Prairie this fall.
Fleet Feet Sports Madison owners Matt & Jessica Anderson announced in June that they would open a second store in the Shoppes at Prairie Lakes shopping center at 2828 Prairie Lakes Drive.
The Andersons said the new Fleet Feet should open in September. Fleet Feet offers sporting goods like apparel, athletic shoes and training.
"With this expansion, Fleet Feet Sports will be accessible to even more people in the greater Madison area so we can share our passion for serving customers and encouraging the fitness lifestyle," the Andersons said in a news release.
Organizers of a men's health event Thursday said it give will give attendees a chance to improve their health and their golf game.
"Less than half of all men have seen their primary doctor in the last year, despite being at higher risk for heart disease and some cancers simply for being a man," said Dr. Christopher Harkin, family medicine physician at Meriter Stoughton. "If men are going to avoid the clinic, we'll happily meet them at the golf course."
Tee Up for Men's Health will be at Blackhawk Country Club and include golf swing analysis, casual conversation with a variety of specialists from Meriter Medical Group, Meriter-UnityPoint Health said.
The event includes a three-course dinner and a chance to win $5,000 during a putting contest. It runs from 6-8 p.m. The putting contest begins after dinner.
To register for the $25 golf clinic, visit meriter.com/classes.
A new clothing store and a Hallmark store are opening at West Towne Mall.
A release from the mall said Apricot Lane has opened and Amy's Hallmark will open late this summer. Eddie Bauer has moved to a new location.
Apricot Lane specializes in clothing, accessories and gifts and opened near the main entrance across from Sephora.
Eddie Bauer offers clothing and accessories for outdoor lifestyles and opened in a new location near Sears.
Amy's Hallmark will have greeting cards, gift wrap, stationery, gifts and collectibles and will open near JCPenney.
Delaney's Steakhouse at 449 Grand Canyon Drive offers a preview of what will be on the dinner plate during Madison Magazine's Restaurant Week, which starts Jan. 19.
Watch Chef Jerry Kohl prepare the walleye with an amaretto cream sauce:
Madison Parks is hosting the second annual Fall Festival Craft Fair Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Elver Park.
The free arts and crafts show will be held rain or shine at the park on McKenna Boulevard, according to a release.
"Last year Madison Parks introduced an arts and crafts show to our Fall Festival, and it was a big hit," Parks Superintendent Kevin Briski said in the release. "We are really excited to bring the Fall Festival Craft Fair back this year with talented crafters, food, music and fun activities for families."
The festival will have local artists, crafters, food vendors and live music by the Dang-Its, according to the release. Artists and crafters will be selling original, handmade pieces like pottery, jewelry, quilts, paintings and other decorative pieces.
A west side fashion show next week will benefit a local charity.
The Hilldale Mall is hosting the Little Black Dress Affair Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Organizers said the main event is a fashion show scheduled at 6:30 p.m.
The show will feature fall fashions modeled by local folks and representatives from area businesses and Madison non-profits. Tickets to the fashion show are $15 and will benefit Gilda's Club Madison, a local support organization for people with cancer and their families.
Stores, eateries and boutiques in the shopping center will offer a variety of promotions during the Little Black Dress Affair, which organizers called an "amped up ladies night out" to include giveaways, music by DJ Nick Nice, a photo booth, refreshments, demos, and one-night-only discounts for event ticket holders.
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Environmental Group Withdrawing from Local Earth Day Event Over Concerns with Fate of Electronics to be Recycled
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Contact: Zac Trahan; 713-337-4192
HOUSTON – Celebrating Earth Day by recycling an old computer, TV or other obsolete electronic equipment? According to a local environmental group, Texas Campaign for the Environment, some "e-waste recycling" companies are actually exporting toxic electronics to developing countries where they are dumped or burned and are poisoning entire villages. The group is withdrawing its participation from Pasadena's upcoming Armand Bayou Watershed Festival because they are concerned that the final destination of e-waste collected there may be unsafe scrap operations halfway around world.
"We applaud the well-intentioned city officials that wish to serve their residents and help keep electronic waste out of our landfills – but we have strong concerns that this toxic material may be exported overseas, and we must regretfully choose not to participate in an event where this could be happening," said Zac Trahan of Texas Campaign for the Environment.
"Reports and investigations have shown that some recycling firms which partner with local governments and non-profits to hold Earth Day e-recycling drives have in fact been linked to this shocking practice – regardless of what they tell the public and their local government partner they're doing with the obsolete electronics."
A recent Government Accountability Office report for U.S. Congress documented several e-recycling firms that have participated in Earth Day e-waste drives and promised to responsibly recycle the equipment domestically, only to be caught offering to sell scrap material to vendors in developing nations. The report found that few regulations exist to control this problem. State and national lawmakers are considering legislation to crack down on the practice.
"It is better for people to hold onto their old TVs and computers than to have them be dumped in developing countries where whole communities have been poisoned with the lead, mercury and other toxins inside high tech gadgets," said Juan Parras, Executive Director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services. "The global poor should not bear this burden."
Currently, it is extremely difficult for the public or even local government officials to verify and track where their e-waste will end up. Dallas-area State Rep. Rafael Anchia (D) and Houston-area State Rep. Dwayne Bohac (R) are joint authors of House Bill 284, which would require producers taking back electronic waste for recycling that ship e-waste to developing countries to provide regular reports to the state environmental agency. The bill is currently awaiting a vote in the House Calendars Committee.
"In 2007, the Texas Legislature wisely passed a bill which required certain electronics manufacturers to provide a recycling program for consumers of their products," said Rep. Bohac. "Now, we need to strengthen this law by requiring electronics recyclers to disclose to the TCEQ whether they ship recycled electronic parts overseas and to provide the TCEQ with an annual report which, among other things, discloses specific information about the final destination of these parts. Texas consumers deserve to be fully informed."
Trahan says this legislation is a good start and should be passed, but since this is an international trade issue, only a federal law can solve the problem.
"The state legislation currently proposed by Texas lawmakers would provide greater transparency for Texans on which companies are responsibly recycling e-waste. We strongly support these efforts, but we must ultimately pass federal legislation to put a stop to this shameful practice," said Trahan.
"The federal government must pass and enforce comprehensive federal legislation and prohibit the dumping of toxic electronic waste on developing countries. In one e-waste scrapping center in China, more than 80% of the children have lead poisoning. Texas Campaign for the Environment encourages all Texans to ask their U.S. Representatives and Senators to support legislative efforts to stop this low road sham recycling."
Texas Campaign for the Environment is an independent non-profit organization promoting responsible recycling and green design in the electronics industry. www.texasenvironment.org
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services is an independent non-profit organization working toward environmental justice for working income communities in Southeast Texas. www.tejasbarrios.org


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Naomi Nachman, who hails from Sydney, Australia, has appeared in her own TV specials on the Jewish Life TV network featuring her cooking demonstrations. She has also been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, a cooking CD and a variety of newspaper articles covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. Naomi is also a contributing editor to The Jewish Home Newspaper, writing weekly articles and recipes. Naomi now hosts her own radio show on The Nachum Segal Network, called "Table for Two with Naomi Nachman". The show airs on Friday mornings at 9am.
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SGM Celebrates Sustainable Development in April
Celebrating April as the "month of sustainable development," Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) in Selangor held activities promoting environmental protection and eco-consciousness, including a community clean-up, tree planting, an exhibition and a lecture.
Titled "Let the Shoots of Hope Illuminate Our Homes," the tree planting was held at the SGM Kedah Culture Centre on April 19 to mark Earth Day, which is celebrated internationally on April 22. The planting was attended by some 80 people including friends of SGM members. Participants were given saplings to plant in their own gardens.
On April 28, members living in Sungai Buloh and Bestari Jaya held a community clean-up in collaboration with the Kuala Selangor district council. Some 70 people participated, including some local residents, who, seeing the activity in progress, decided to volunteer alongside SGM members to clear garbage, unclog drains and cut down dead branches at a playground in Taman Pancaran in Bestari Jaya.
On the same day, Anthony Tan, executive director of the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development, Malaysia (CETDEM) gave a lecture titled "Road Map towards Sustainable and Environmentally-friendly Development in Malaysia" at the SGM Petaling Jaya Centre. In his talk, Mr. Tan highlighted the need for ordinary citizens to become stewards of the environment, to be wary of greenwashing or deceptive green advertising and to make lifestyle changes in order to realize a sustainable society. One such change he advocated was the increased use of public transport to reduce vehicle emissions.
In addition, SGI and Earth Charter's jointly created exhibition "Seeds of Hope: Visions of sustainability, steps toward change" was on display at the Centre. There was also an art contest for children aged 7 to 12 and a performance by members of SGM's Fei Yan Symphonic Band.
[Adapted from an article on the Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) website; photos courtesy of SGM]


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…and spots the dramatist hunched over in a corner booth, scribbling in his notebook. He walks over to the playwright, drops the first draft of Long Day's Journey Into Night on the table and says, "That's great, Eugene—but how am I supposed to prove economic growth or improved health and well-being with this?"
Obviously, this never happened. But if it did, it would be a great example of the conundrum we sometimes find ourselves in when we try to "scale up" societal benefits via the power of the arts. Identifying positive outcomes we'd like to pursue on policy levels at 20,000 feet can sometimes feel far removed from the missions being pursued by artists on the ground.
Trying to harness the power of the arts to provide broad public benefit in a strategized way is a good idea. The idea that our greatest American playwright should bend his art-making towards these aims is not. So if we're trying to organize a way to share specific impacts of the arts so more people can benefit, how should we proceed?
In an art-science post called "The Imagine Engine!" on the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) Art Works blog this spring, I stated that it may be possible for artists and scientists to "borrow freely from each other's methods and practices and share insights with each other that they might be unable to find on their own." This fall, through a program we've established via a partnership with the Department of Defense, we're beginning to see evidence suggesting this hypothesis may be true. Read the rest of this entry »


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Exhibition: Ace new London exhibition explores psychedelia in art
The 1960s was a decade when all kinds of crazy stuff slipped into the mainstream, but many artists who championed the use of hallucinogenic drugs as "an artistic tool" were quickly popped into the file named "psychedelic" and then promptly forgotten about. As a result, psychedelic art has largely fallen by the wayside in favour of more conventional makers and thinkers (presumably ones who weren't high as a kite or seeing unicorns and wizards when they took to their easels) and unfairly shunned from art for nigh on half a century now.
Reflections from Damaged Life, the new exhibition by Raven Row looks to pull back the kaleidoscopic veil which has covered psychedelic art, reassessing its unfair dismissal as whimsical and ungrounded and instead focusing on the experimental spirit and conceptual fluidity which underpins it. The collection combines work by Pierre Huyghe and The Otolith Group in a joyous celebration of a counterculture which marked a huge transition in contemporary art.


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The Port of Liverpool Building
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It has five storeys plus a basement and the principal elevation has thirteen bays with canted corners in the form of full height octagonal towers.
The central entrance facing the Pier Head is flanked by free-standing three metre high statues on plinths by Charles John Allen. They are classically draped female figures, representing Commerce and Industry and above the entrance are relief sculptures of ships in cornucopias.
The corner towers have tall glazed drums, with coupled Ionic columns supporting domes. The central dome is on a two stage drum and was introduced by the architect late in the design stage in response to the board's requirement that the building be given more architectural presence.
Underneath the coffered dome there is a full height octagonal hall, from which radiate passages leading to office suites. It has round arched openings to the galleries with iron railings, and solid balconies with bronzed lamp standards supported on fish for feet, to alternate floors. The hall has mosaic paving depicting the points of the compass and around the frieze between ground and first floor in gilt letters is Psalm 107:
"They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters these see the works of the Lord and his wonders of the deep. Anno Domini MCMVII"
The ground floor is connected to upper floors by lifts incorporating gilt maritime emblems of sea-horses, the globe and anchors, the hall and staircase windows have stained glass, with maritime images of Poseiden, anchors, ships bells and shells, and dedications to countries of the British Empire: Singapore, British Honduras, British Guiana, Jamaica, Ceylon, New Zealand, South Africa, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, South and North Rhodesia, Canada, Australia, Gold Coast, Gibralta, Aden, Cyprus and Malta.
There are 2 square rusticated stone piers opposite the entrance to The Pier Head, with dentilled cornices and globes of the world with gilded continents, supported on dolphins, one of the strongest symbolic elements of this highly allegorical building. Other features include cast iron gates and gate piers decorated with mermaids, shells, chains and anchors and tritons, and with shields with the initials "M.D. & H.B.", a granite balustrade with stone lamp holders on the ends and continuing around the whole building with stone lamp holders in the form of naval monuments.
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Timbers U-23s clinch playoff berth with win over Yakima
July 11, 2009
YAKIMA,Wash. - Forward Ryan Youngblood scored twice and Jordan Crasilneck tallied a goal and an assist to lead the Timbers U-23s to a 4-2 victory over the Yakima Reds on Saturday night. With the win, Portland clinches one of three playoff spots in the Premier Development League's Northwest Division.
Youngblood, who scored three goals last night, scored his ninth and tenth goal of the season of off assists from Crasilneck and forward Frankie Lopez. Yakima however, rallied back twice to level the score at 2-2 going into halftime.
In the second half, Crasilneck scored the go-ahead goal, his fourth of the season, off of a ball from forward Steven Evans that gave the Timbers a 3-1 lead in the 71st minute. Midfielder Masaki Hemmi scored the final goal of the evening three minutes later to give Portland a 4-2 victory over Yakima.
The Timbers U-23s remain in second place in the Northwest Division and improves their record to 10-3-2 (32 pts). Portland returns home for their final regular season match against the Abbotsford Mariners on July 18, at Lincoln High School in Portland, Ore. At 7 p.m.
Notes: With tonight's two goals Youngblood has scored a team high of 10 goals, with five of those coming this weekend … Evans recorded his first point of the season from his assist to Crasilneck … The Timbers U-23s scored eight total goals against Yakima and Spokane this weekend bringing their season total to 38, the most in the division.