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Is Government Ownership of Banks Really Harmful to Growth?
We put forward a modern version of the 'developmental' view of government-owned banks which shows that the combination of information asymmetries and weak institutions creates scope for such banks to play a growth-promoting role. We present new cross-country evidence consistent with our theoretical predictions. Specifically, we show that during 1995-2007 government ownership of banks has been robustly associated with higher long run growth rates. Moreover, we show that previous results suggesting that government ownership of banks is associated with lower long run growth rates are not robust to conditioning on more 'fundamental' determinants of economic growth.
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Treatment of UK's 'sans papiers' damned
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Undocumented migrants living in the UK and their children face hostility from officials and the public, ill-health, self-harm, and even suicide, according to a consultation, whose report is published this week.
Treatment of UK's 'sans papiers' damned in consultation report
Evidence given to University of Manchester academics and the Migrant Rights Network by the 'sans papiers', also echoes critical press reports on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, Bedfordshire.
The team, who are calling for a public enquiry, were told by migrants that the centre's medical services and living conditions are not up to standard, also citing other problems around privacy and hostile staff.
Dr Jon Spencer, based at the University's School of Law, who lead the study, said: "This research reveals how many undocumented workers are trapped in a Kafkaesque world, where rules change without notice and the demands are unreasonable.
"Access to services seems to be arbitrary and discretionary and officials can make decisions without any justification or reasonable explanation.
"Though the number of undocumented migrants in the UK probably fell in recent years, we are concerned about the welfare of those that remain."
He added: "This is why we are calling for a public inquiry to ensure the UK's detention estate conform to minimum standards elsewhere in the criminal justice system.
"Indeed, the whole of the asylum system must conform to criminal justice standards.
"In particular, we think there should be a maximum time limit for immigration detention, proper access to medical care, and an end to the use of force during detention and removals."
The undocumented migrants interviewed by the team were mostly asylum seekers overstaying their visa and workers who entered the country on false papers, in search of clandestine, low paid, employment.
Ruth Grove-White from the Migrants Rights Network said: "This study shows how urgently a rethink is needed to tackle the way we respond to irregular migration. There are many reasons why people become undocumented, and its often related to problems in the immigration system itself.
"But the approach of the current government is to come down hard on undocumented migrants. Soon, local hospitals, landlords and employers will all be on the frontline, expected to identify and report those without papers. But outsourcing immigration controls in this way is tearing communities apart.
"We'd like to see government taking real steps to address the causes of irregularity, and to ensure that everyone in the UK, regardless of their status, is treated with dignity and compassion."
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Visit Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, after flying from Punta Arenas, Chile. Cruise to South Georgia with a variety of seabirds following, and pay respects to Shackelton there. Be overwhelmed by the multitudes of King penguins as far as the eye can see, and be entertained by elephant and fur seals and their pups. From old whaling stations, move out to hopefully see whales. Enjoy the magnificent coastline and islands of the Antarctic Peninsula, and step foot on the continent.
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Fly from Santiago or Punta Arenas, Chile, and tour the Falkland Islands' very British capital, Stanley, before embarking Polar Pioneer in the late afternoon.
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Bound for South Georgia, escorted by albatrosses, giant petrels and tiny Wilson's storm petrels, our photography program begins. Our naturalist and historian enliven the crossing with informative talks and the rest of the team prepares us for our first landings with environmental and Zodiac briefings.
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Spring brings an explosion of life to South Georgia and we have ample time to explore and photograph the island's spectacular northern coast. We photograph wildlife havens that include the world's largest king penguin rookeries, majestic albatross nests and beaches cluttered with basking elephant seals, feisty fur seals and penguins. Inspired by Shackleton's epic, we hope to retrace the expedition's final steps from Fortuna Bay to Stromness.
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We cross the Scotia Sea, watch seabirds, our first iceberg and great whales including blues, fin and sei. We have time to reflect on South Georgia and prepare for Antarctica, the next leg of our adventure.
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Conditions permitting, we approach Cape Wild, a bleak, rocky spit along Elephant Island's dramatic north coast. If sea state allows, we'll Zodiac cruise, possibly even step ashore, to pay tribute to Shackleton's 22 men who survived four months here.
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We hope to land in the South Shetland Islands before sailing down Gerlache Strait and awaken to the drama of Antarctica – a photographer's paradise! We encounter pack ice and penguin rookeries alive with courtship, mating and nest-building, visit historic sites and land on the continent proper.
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Return to the realm of the albatross – Drake Passage. We celebrate, recap our many experiences and learn to manage our abundant collection of new photos.
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Dawn greets us in the Beagle Channel. We disembark for a tour of Puerto Williams before boarding our flight to Punta Arenas.
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That was the lead singer when we first put the group back together back in 1957. George "Wydell" Jones. One day we were practicing, and he said, "Marsh, I have a new song I want you to learn. He said the name of the song is "Rama Lama Ding Dong." I said, "Are you kidding? I can't even say that, let along sing it!"
We recorded that song in Cleveland in 1958. It came out and received a mild success, but it didn't become a hit until 1961.
The city cares about its seniors. They remove snow for our senior citizens. The city provides outings to different casinos and to Amish communities. And some of the upscale restaurants have discounts for residents.
I find the people who live here very friendly and always helpful in a time of need. When there's a time of death, the neighbors rally. They cook meals. No one suffers alone.
The real estate tax is one of the lowest in the county.
You can go just about anywhere in Oakwood and see the police patrolling around. It makes me feel safe. There's no question this is a safe community.
If you like fishing, we have a man-made lake. Shadow Lake. It's only a couple minutes from my house. That's great place to go to relax.
My voice gets quite a workout, because we are singing continuously. In fact, we just came back from Long Island, N.Y.
People love the concerts, and we love playing there. It's something we look forward to each year. It opened doors for us. Plus, we get to play with the Drifters, the Stylistics, and it's nice to be able to share the stage with those artists.
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KY - Rape Victim Opposes Shock Probation For Her Attacker, Lousiville, 2005
LOUISVILLE) -- It took two years to get a plea agreement together, but last April, Paul Beck went to prison for sexually assaulting two women. Now, six months later, he wants out on shock probation. But one of his victims stood up in a courtroom Tuesday and pleaded with the judge to keep him behind bars. WAVE 3 investigator James Zambroski was there.
This is really the story of one victim, a woman named Heather, who came to us about a month ago with a tale of how the system had failed her. From a two-year delay in her attacker's trial to lost DNA evidence to a plea agreement she wasn't happy with, Heather has felt shortchanged at every turn.
On Tuesday, she asked the court not to let her down again.
Paul Beck admits he sexually assaulted Heather and another woman. He's six months into a 5-year prison sentence, but wants shock probation because he says he has become a Christian.
Doug Zeckner, Heather's uncle, says Beck's prison conversion is suspect. "I don't think a short period of born again is really a good excuse.... I'm a Christian, but I think this is used as an easy out by a lot of people."
Beck told the court that his stay in prison has been a "fear-inducing experience that there is someone to answer to and to answer for."
He's found God hmmm If this judge lets him out it will be a travesty he has only served 6 months this poor woman has been let down so many times ite disgusting.
Tell him to come back and ask again in 5 years, and hopefully he'll hear a "NO" at that time too. Tell him, in the menatime, to work on seeing how many others he can save in prison.
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The rape victim should not have to continuously fight for justice.
The guy is lucky they goofed the evidence and he got a plea agreement. He has admitted guilt. If he truly has seen the light he should realise he has to pay the price.
Too bad they can't add years on for him even daring to ask to be let out so soon.
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It is always a good thing if a prisoner turns to faith, but I wonder why their christianity never seems to tell them that they should just shut up and serve their sentence.
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Even if he's sincere, I don't see why adopting a religion should earn him a get out of jail free card. So what, he became a Christian. Lot's of people in prison are Christians - or Jews, or whatever....it doesn't make them any less guilty. I don't understand why this is even being considered by the court. Since when are convicted felons allowed to go in front of the judge and plead to be released six month into their sentence?
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Viewer's Guide: Three automatic bids to be handed out
The regular season is now over, and we're entering nothing but conference tournament action from here on out. Monday will see three automatic bids handed out, while the WCC semifinals features two teams that could really use a win to secure their NCAA tournament hopes.
Note: All times are Eastern, and the rankings are according to the AP Poll.
Best game: Manhattan vs. Iona (7 p.m., ESPN2). This should be one of the best championship games of the week. The two teams split the regular-season meetings, but proved throughout the year that they were the two best teams in the league. Which one will be a potential upset pick in the Round 64? It's a battle between the league's best offense (Iona) and the league's best defense (Manhattan). If the Jaspers are going to pull out the win in Springfield, they have to defend the perimeter. Sean Armand, A.J. English and Tre Bowman are all capable of big nights, and Manhattan can't let that happen. On the other side, the Gaels have to be disciplined defensively and not foul. Manhattan manufactures a ton of points from the free-throw line.
Second-best game: William & Mary vs. Delaware (7 p.m., NBC Sports Network). William & Mary made sure we didn't get to see a 1 vs. 2 battle between Delaware and Towson, as the Tribe made 11-pointers in a semifinal win over Jerelle Benimon and the Tigers. Can they keep the hot shooting going against the Blue Hens in the championship game? William & Mary is one of the best shooting teams in the country, ranking fourth nationally in 3-point percentage. Delaware counters with the three-headed attack of Devon Saddler, Jarvis Threatt and Davon Usher, a trio that combined to average 57.6 points per game. The Hens won the two regular-season meetings by a total of 22 points.
Another one to watch: Western Carolina at Wofford (9 p.m., ESPN2). Neither of the top two seeds from the Southern Conference will be playing for the title. Western Carolina knocked off No. 4 Elon before pulling off a major upset of top-seeded Davidson, which had lost only one SoCon game all season before Sunday. Wofford was fortunate and didn't have to play No. 2 Chattanooga, instead cruising past Citadel and Georgia Southern to advance. Wofford won the first meeting back in January, by 11. Western Carolina has the advantage of experience, with six seniors and star guard Trey Sumler.
Bubble implications:
Saint Mary's vs. Gonzaga (9 p.m., ESPN): The Bulldogs avoided a brutal eight-day wait by escaping Santa Clara on Saturday night, and one more win should leave them feeling safe on Selection Sunday. A loss here, and Gonzaga could sweat a little bit.
San Francisco vs. BYU (11:30 p.m., ESPN2): The Cougars are in a similar position to Gonzaga, as an appearance in the title game could be enough to get an at-large bid. Only an automatic bid would leave them feeling totally secure, but given their resume, it might be tough to leave them out with another win.
Other conference tournaments:
Summit: Semifinals. Top-seeded North Dakota State hosts Denver, while South Dakota State and IPFW battle on the other side of the bracket.
MEAC: First-round action, with Maryland-Eastern Shore playing Norfolk State, and Savannah State taking on South Carolina State.
MAC: Four first round games. Ball State at Ohio, Kent State at Miami (Ohio), Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green at Northern Illinois.


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This has been discussed in these lists before. I agree with you that having the Writer constructor is a pitfall, since it is normally the wrong thing to do. It's a particularly easy mistake to make because developers who aren't familiar with encoding issues (which is most developers) will almost always choose the Writer over the Stream because intuitively that's the natural choice for character data. I've seen *many* developers fall into this pitfall. It can also produce particularly insidious and harmful bug since many encodings are compatible in the basic character range so corruption of the odd extended character may occur for a long time before someone detects it (perhaps after the original source documents have been written over.) However there is one practical problem with deprecating this method. We cannot assume the developer is serializing to something under his control and that he has the option of constructing a Stream or a Writer. He may he interfacing to another system which provides him only a Writer to serialize to. OutputStreamWriter offers a bridge from OutputStreams to Writers but as far as I know there is no bridge the other way. It does at least deserve a big bold emphatic warning in the JavaDoc though. The very same issue exists for input on parsing in the |InputSource <http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/javadocs/api/org/xml/sax/InputSource.html> Reader constructor. Though I notice the SAX and DOM parser parse methods don't offer a Reader version, so you have to take that extra step of creating and ||InputSource <http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/javadocs/api/org/xml/sax/InputSource.html> to find it, so it may be somewhat less of a pitfall for newbies. | Eric Stephen Kestle wrote: > > > Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: > >> /Stephen Kestle/: >> >>> Of course it is because Characters should not need to specify >>> encoding, but xml IS NOT a character stream - it's an encoded >>> character stream [...] >> >> >> >> Don't want to spam the list but: XML _is_ a character stream. The >> byte encoded representation is for transport means as most data in >> the computer world is stored as sequences of bytes. Your sentence >> seems to me like: "DOM is not an object, it is an 'encoded' XML stream". > > > Ok - I sort of agree - the critical point I'm trying to make is that > it's encoded (when it's valid). In Java, chars and Strings [IMO] > infer decoded (ie. screen printable) characters. > >> >>> Please stop the madness - just deprecate it and write a nice javadoc >>> explaining why. You'll probably end up saving 1000s of developer >>> hours on that change alone. >> >> >> >> You know, I've thought of that many times too, but what if I need to >> write to a character buffer and not a byte one? I think it is just >> problem of the less experienced developers which doesn't realize what >> actually happens when encoding text to a byte stream and in >> particular serializing XML. > > > Well you can always wrap it! Why make something hard to use for > people who are learning in favour of what should be exceptional (and > advanced!) usage. But then, if you had to make a WriterOutputStream, > you'd have to wonder why it hasn't been done before (as far as I can > see). If you're serializing an object, you're about to make it > external to the system - and there's no good reason to use a Character > stream for this (which will export in the default encoding, unless you > make it a stream of some sort...). > > Most developers will expect it to return encoded data that is valid, > never realising that their code is fragile and will break when someone > puts some accidental value on a web screen. I can't see how this > isn't broken - the serializer slaps a header on it which claims it's > encoded - but it isn't! > > When Date was found to be non-transportable, Sun deprecated a whole > lot of stuff. Please follow common java conventions (both Writer vs > Stream, and deprecation) and do the same. > > In Summary: you are technically correct, but think about the social > [developer] impact of maintaining an "I'm right" stance. End > developers surely can't realistically complain about having to make a > non-standard WriterOutputStream for a non-standard operation. Even > the advanced users who would use this would have seen noob code that > had to be cleaned up (as I have had to do) > > But I am interested to know if there is a use case for this. Although > I highly suspect that most use cases would be broken. > > Thanks > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com > For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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In this paper we try to describe the main feature of Russian civic culture that could influence the outcome of the reform, initiated in 1992, and discuss channels through which the influence was realized. We begin with consideration of paternalism and what we call "habitual deviationism", ordinary and routine deviation from official rules and laws. Both features were inherited from the Soviet period. Paternalism and habitual deviationism determine a system of people's attitudes towards the state, the law, the property, and the liberal values. It will be demonstrated that this system entails an adversarial (using a Stiglitz's term) style of governance and the opportunism and corruptibility of the ruling elite. It is argued that "shock therapy" may be destructive under this cultural environment and result in strong initial distortions since fast liberalization and privatization release a huge volume of rent and strengthen incentives for rent seeking activity. It is further argued that a good reform strategy should take civic culture into account and not put forward overly ambitious tasks. One has to build a sequence of interim institutions which would be more congruent to the initial cultural and institutional environment, facilitate the adaptation of the people, and stimulate modernization of cultural norms to reach an effective market system with time.
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At 6:15 a.m. Aug. 1, 120 union workers showed up at Moorhead, Minn.'s American Crystal Sugar factory to begin work. They were told to "beet it, and were replaced with temporary workers. This is what happens when you refuse to accept labor contracts at the largest beet sugar producer in the nation. The beet sugar company wanted to prevent a strike; instead, they got a picket line.
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If you have a buyout policy built into your temp workers' contracts, you might want to think about this. Staffmasters, a staffing firm in Charlotte, N.C., recently placed some 25 workers at its client Vertis Communications. Like many staffing firms, Staffmasters had a buyout clause built into its contract with Vertis. Nothing much out of the ordinary so far. Vertis, of course, said no way.


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Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes
Using a difference-in-differences framework and micro data from the Current Population Survey-Merged Outgoing Rotation Group Files (1999 to 2004), this paper estimates the impact that the 9-11 terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals with nativity profiles similar to the terrorists. We find that shortly after the attacks, the employmentpopulation ratios and hours worked of very young (ages 16 to 25) Muslim men fell. By 2004, most losses had begun to dissipate. The employment-population ratios and hours worked of older Muslim men experienced little deterioration.
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"It is put on by the high school youth, and they're involved with a lot of the aspects of the football game." The depiction of New Braunfels' historic German Christmas experience will resume next year, Schroeder said. The 36 First Protestant Unicorns involved with the Christmas Journey include band members. Unicom handlers, football players, cheerleaders and twirlers. "It was not an easy decision to make," said Christmas Journey chairwoman Celeste Salge. "We got the whole Christmas Journey committee together." See related story — Page 8 Committee members said the Unicorns were making history, and the Christmas Journey would take place next year as it had for the past three years. The event was publicized in Texas Monthly and Texas Highways magazines. Senior Minister Daryl Higgins said. "lf there are people who have come in from out of town, we're encouraging them to attend the Glowfest, because that's going on at the same time." Salge said. Salge has two sons on the football team — Josh. No. 57, and Chad, No. 28 on the junior varsity team. "It's been hard to sleep in our house lately," Salge said. "It's going to be a long week, but we never get tired of talking football ." Senior Josh Salge, Unicorns' starting defensive tackle, had planned to be a part of the Christmas Journey's new l%0s booth. "I w as going to dress up as a hippie," he said. Though disappointed that the Christmas Journey would be canceled. "I'm glad the church arui the community are behind the team." Josh Salge said. First Protestant member Knstic Green plays French horn in the Unicom band and carries a flag during marching formations. "I want to do both," Green said, "but the min- Tum to Unloom, Page 2 New Brauntete Unicom* vs. Alif I • WHEN; 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 I ♦WHERE:Astrodome,Houston,Texas. I I Inlnnm fnnn tM I*lh ■ ..'nSin rn niftn a1 H unicorn Tans wk sn on me visitors side or I the stadtom. Sealing wi be first come, > first served. 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For information on chartered bossa — Page8 Council 9 ' approves 46/377 rezoning BY SUSAN JAKOBSEN Staff Writer A San Antonio land development company received a go-ahead from city council Monday evening after members approved the rezoning of land near Texas 46 West and Loop 337 to a general business district designation. It was approved during the third and final reading of an ordinance amending a 2-acre and 20-acre tract of land indie city limits that is part of the larger tract of land planned for development. Jim DeLaGarza of Quanalyze, a San Antonio-based developer, sought the rezoning so Quanalyze officials could proceed with a proposed'200-acre total, $50 million development at Texas 46 West and Loop 337 that would include office buildings, a grocery store, a steak restaurant, and model homes among other entities. A tilling station, also scheduled for development there, stirred controversy from area homeowners during a Nov. 24 council meeting when area homeowners spoke against the development, citing concerns *about a fuel storage facility and increased traffic. The homeowners later met with Quanalyze officials but remained unsatisfied with the developer's proposed time frame for establishing a rood from the development to Texas 46. "There will be several thousand extra cars being pressured on to 46," raid homeowner Jonathan Hull. The nature of the rezoning would create a multiple envelopment w ithout enough roads, he said. Quanalyze representative Diana Weems said a road w ould be constructed as soon as "population density" in the development area required the additional access. Area homeowner Phyllis Schertz said, "I am terribly concerned about the (safety of) the aquifer... and the traffic." A resident of Elm Creek Road. Schertz said she has lived in New Braunfels for 50 years. Homeowners were concerned that the building proposal called for some 40,000 gallons of fuel to be stored near the site of the filling station thai would be accessed off Loop 337. However, previous zoning of the land designated for dev elopment as a local business district would have allowed a tilling station anyway. Council member Randy Vanstory moved to approve the rezoning, a motion that held But one council woman said the approval w as premature "I feel very frustrated" about the water and traffic issue, said Juliet W atson. Comal County gets to put Kids in Safe Surroundings By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND News Editor Comal County officials and residents found that patience pays — they cleared the last red-tape hurdle for "Project KISS" (Kids In Safe Surroundings) recreational center. The Army Corps of Engineers approved lad week the lease amendment, including the Canyon Lake Youth Recreation Center at Hidden Valley Sports Park, said Tom Homseth, county engineer and parks manager. The park is on about 45 acies of land below Canyon Dam. "It's kind of like a green light," he said "Every thing's been approv ed" The county started working its way into the parks bu>iness in 1993, said County Judge Carter Casteel. "This working with the (Army Corps of Engineers) has been well worth the effort, but it has been an extremely long process," Casteel said Citizens in a Bulverde community meeting emphasized the need for park space serving the county's rural communities, she said Commissioners court organized an advisory committee to examine whether the county needed public parks. "It came back a resounding yes," Casteel said. "And we had realized for a long time that the Corps was interested in allowing to have some sort of lease or use of that land beneath the dam ." The Army Corps of Engineers is leasing the park land to the county for nothing. "We pay zero dollars to the Corps," Homseth said "The Corps lease is for 25 years." The county and recreation groups submitted the lease and sub-leases to the Army Corps of Engineers and waited for the federal agency to respond at each step of the process. Four groups that want to use the park are subleasing it from the county — Canyon Lake Y outh Soccer, Project KISS, Comal/West Bexar County Football and Canyon Lake Little League. "The sub-lessees are paying the Corps a dollar a year, and the sub-leases are 25 years also," Homseth said. In the county's deal with the recreation groups, the county takes care of infrastructure — fence, parking, septic improvements, etc. The groups would plan and build the facilities they used, Homseth said. So far, the county has fenced the park land for about $24,000, Casteel said CLVFD battles blaze From staff reports Canyon Lake firefighters extinguished a house fire before it could buro more than two second-story rooms Monday night. Cause of the fire that damaged Malcolm and Ola Fischer's home, 3136 Lakeview Dr., had not been determined as of Monday evening, deputy fire marshal Al Bohne said "Bid it doesn't look suspicious," Bohne said The Fischers were not at their Canyon Lake home when the Maze ignited around 5:30 pm but were returning from work, Bdhne added The home's smoke alarm alerted an alarm company, which notified the Comal County Sheriffs Office Sheriffs deputies who arrived on the scene saw the fire and called for the fire department. "Canyon Lake Volunteer Fire Department responded and the first attack team knocked down the fire, which was limited to the front two rooms," Bohne said. "So die fust attack team saved the house." Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department assisted at the fire. Bohne said the Fischers would not be able to stay ct the house because of the damage. 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BALTIMORE -- For five innings, the Minnesota Twins couldn't catch up to the overpowering fastball of Radhames Liz.
Facing a right-hander who had never pitched above the Double-A level, the Twins entered the sixth with only two hits. Then Torii Hunter got his timing down, and Liz found out what happens to bad pitches in the major leagues.
Hunter hit a three-run homer to spoil an otherwise impressive performance by Liz, Jason Bartlett went 4-for-4 with two RBI, and Minnesota handed the Baltimore Orioles their fifth straight loss, 8-1 on Saturday night.
After hitting a pop up and striking out, Hunter hit his 26th home run of the season to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and put the Twins up 5-1.
"He throws gas. He throws like 97, 98 (mph) all game," Hunter said of Liz. "It took us a while; we didn't know nothing about him. We didn't know whether his ball was sinking or cutting or whatever.
"But we saw that he had a nice, hard fastball. I think the second time around we started tuning to it and we were able to catch up to it. It took me three times."
After Liz left, Hunter added an RBI double in a two-run eighth that made it 7-1.
Minnesota has won four in a row and eight of 11. The Twins have beaten the Orioles eight straight times, including six this season.
But Minnesota lost reigning AL batting champion Joe Mauer, who left the game in the eighth inning after experiencing left hamstring tightness while running the bases.
"We're going to go day-to-day with his hamstring," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We'll know more (Sunday) how he's doing."
Liz (0-1) never got to the Triple-A level in three professional seasons before facing the Twins. The 24-year-old was still throwing 97 mph fastballs when Hunter hit an 0-1 pitch deep into the left-field seats.
"It's the same baseball, but down there, they are not going to swing at a mistake and hit it out," Liz said.
Liz gave up five runs and four hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out five.
"Great arm. The ball jumps out of his hand," Gardenhire said. "He didn't throw very many breaking balls until the end there. He was pretty much shutting us down with the fastball, and that's hard to do in the big leagues. That just tells you a little bit about his arm -- it's a great arm."
But Liz was outpitched by Twins rookie Matt Garza (3-4) who allowed one run and five hits in five innings. Half of Garza's six career wins have come against Baltimore, all at Camden Yards.
Corey Patterson went 4-for-5 for the Orioles, who fell a season-high tying 12 games under .500 (58-70). Baltimore has been outscored 59-17 during its five-game skid, which began with a 30-3 loss to Texas on the day the team announced manager Dave Trembley would return next season.
Kevin Millar singled in the second inning to extend his club-record streak of reaching base via a hit, walk or hit by pitch to 52 consecutive games. Since 1957, only six players have had a longer run in one season, led by Orlando Cabrera (63 in 2006).
After the start of the game was delayed by rain for one hour, 51 minutes, Liz began his major league career by striking out Jason Tyner. Bartlett followed with a single, but was tagged out after oversliding second base on an attempted steal before Mauer flied out.
Minnesota went down in order in the second, but took a 2-0 lead in the third. Liz walked the first two batters and Bartlett delivered a two-out, two-run single.
That was the extent of the Twins' offense until the sixth.
"Other than the back-to-back walks and the ball he got up to Hunter, he was good," Trembley said. "He comes as advertised. Hes got an electric arm and he showed tremendous poise. He's got finish on his pitches and obviously there's a lot there to work with."
Asked if Liz would get another shot, Trembley replied, "I would think he'd pitch again."
The Orioles got their lone run in the third, on a run-scoring groundout by Nick Markakis.
Orioles C Ramon Hernandez went 0-for-3 and is 3-for-48 (.063) over his last 14 games. ... Twins RHP Scott Baker will start Sunday after flying back from Louisiana, where his wife gave birth to a boy on Friday night. ... Minnesota starters have earned wins in four straight games for the first time since Sept. 16-20.