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This practice covers the minimum elements for the accurate location and description of geospatial data for defining an abandoned mine land (AML) project site. Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D18 on Soil and Rock, this practice was withdrawn in January 2013 and replaced by Practice D7699/D7699M for Minimum Geospatial Data for Abandoned Mine Land Problem Areas, Planning Units, Keyword Features, and Project Sites.
1. Scope
1.1 This practice covers the minimum elements for the accurate location and description of geospatial data for defining an abandoned mine land (AML) project site.
1.1.1 This practice addresses mining geospatial data relative to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This geospatial data shall be obtained from each state, tribal, or federal (or combinations thereof) coal mining regulatory authority (RA) authorized under SMCRA to reclaim the surface and underground effects of past mining operations. Abandoned mine land, as specified in SMCRA Sections 404 (coal), 409 and 411 (non-coal) and cross-referenced in additional sections on eligible lands, consist of those lands and waters which were mined for coal or other minerals (or both) or impacted by processing operations prior to the enactment of SMCRA and abandoned or left in an inadequate condition of reclamation and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under state or other federal laws for mitigation of adverse impacts to human health and safety or environmental resources.
1.1.2 Title IV of SMCRA establishes the national AML Reclamation Program under the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). The program was developed to reclaim land and water resources adversely affected by past coal and non-coal mining and left abandoned or inadequately restored. During the years immediately following the enactment of SMCRA, OSMRE, states, and Indian tribes conducted surveys of eligible lands and waters and created individual inventories of problems to be addressed under Title IV. In 1990, SMCRA was amended and OSMRE was required to maintain a national inventory of high priority abandoned mine sites and provide standardized procedures for states and tribes to use in updating the data. The need for an automated nationwide inventory system led to the creation of the AML Inventory System (AMLIS), a compilation of the individual state, tribe, Federal Reclamation Program (FRP), and Rural Abandoned Mine Program (RAMP) inventories. The AMLIS documents the counts for AML problem types and the costs to remedy those problems. The system captures estimated unfunded costs, estimated construction costs when funding is made available for reclamation projects, and the actual costs for completed construction projects. It is used in support of work plan development and to record the work completed under each RAs program and to report the extent and estimated cost to reclaim remaining AML problems.
1.1.3 As used in this practice, an AML project site is a closed polygon boundary for a uniquely defined geographic area that includes the area disturbed to achieve the reclamation. An AML project site may contain one or more AML keyword features together with impacted land or water (or both) resources.
1.1.4 This practice is one of several that have been approved or are in development related to characteristics of AMLs. Also under development is a terminology standard. Initial development of these standards is being done on an individual basis, however, they may be consolidated to reduce repetition of information between them.
1.2 This practice applies to pre-SMCRA AML Project Sites to provide for identification and management of AML sites and reclamation operations and facilitate the sharing of information with the public.
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor should this document be applied without consideration of a project's many unique aspects. The word "Standard" in the title of this document means only that the document has been approved through the ASTM consensus process.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
D653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids
D7384 Practice for Minimum Geospatial Data for a Surface Coal Mining Boundary
D7443 Practice for Minimum Geospatial Data for Underground Coal Mining Extents
ANSI StandardsINCITS 320-1998 (R2003) Information technology-Spatial Data Transfer
Federal Geographic Data Committee StandardsProject 1574-D Information Technology--geographic information framework data content standard, Part 5 governmental unit and other geographic area boundaries
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First, the dreaded lump of coal in the stocking item that apparently will come our way first: the "resolution" of the HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc format war via LG's just-announced "combo" player supporting both formats, due to ship in the U.S. in "early 2007." For the last year, it's seemed like every few days I've come across another column, blog, or forum where someone was talking about how a player like this would solve everything. Nonsense. Combo burners worked with DVD-R and DVD+R for one reason: regardless of the media format, the discs the drives spat out were essentially the same— functionally and logically identical—to DVD players.
The key to DVD's initial success in the consumer market, which paved the way for desktop DVD recording and the ubiquity of DVD delivery in the videography world, was a different sort of compromise. There were, in fact, two mutually incompatible 120mm disc formats, MMCD and SD, vying to become the next-generation disc format that would expand on CD and succeed VHS in the home-movie market. Shortly before DVD came to market, the two camps agreed to a peacable patent-sharing solution, and wisely concluded that the only way any disc format would succeed would be if only one was trying to woo consumers away from VHS. Even with some sort of mythical, two-headed MMCD/SD "combo" player, two-for-one on the player side would have translated to two-of-one everywhere else: two versions of every title, twice the overhead for the replicator, and twice as much inventory for the same number of titles at retail, which would have effectively meant only half as many titles available to consumers, and DVD never taking hold.
Times are different now. HD DVD and Blu-ray are cutting their teeth in the Web 2.0 era, which means the inventory and spatial constraints of brick-and-mortar retail aren't the "only game in town" issue they were when DVD debuted. That said, I doubt any of the movie studios are looking at their new title releases as long-tail revenue generators, which is essentially what everything but the A+ List releases will become if Wal-Mart and Blockbuster have to stock with three versions of every title (BD, HD DVD, and DVD). Anyone who tells you a combo player will solve this problem is probably selling one. And anyone who says that factors that inhibit the growth of the market for Hollywood movies on HD disc won't stifle videographers' ability to deliver HD to their clients has no idea how interrelated these markets are.
On to the good news, which came three weeks ago in a briefing with Adobe and just became official news today. In 2003, Adobe announced that the next version of Premiere (the revolutionary rev that eventually became Premiere Pro) would be Windows-only. This left Premiere for Mac users in a quandary that I misunderstood at the time. I've always been indifferent to operating systems. I've been a Mac guy, then a Windows guy, and now I use both every day, and both seem utilitarian to me. If you're plying your trade as a video editor, your technical stock in trade is your NLE and your expertise in it, not the platform it runs on. So I assumed that when Premiere went Windows-only, its Mac-world fans would follow.
I was wrong. First of all, I overestimated Premiere's pull; pre-Pro, it really wasn't all that usable. Most Mac adherents stuck with their chosen platform and the "creative artist" image they associated with it, and happily switched to Final Cut Pro, which blossomed magnificently. And many termed Adobe a turncoat and hung the ugly labels they reserved for Microsoft on Adobe as well.
The last part was silly, given that many of these Mac diehards still kept two other Adobe products—Photoshop and After Effects (AE)—front and center in their workflow, which has arguably put those Mac-based AE and Photoshop users at a disadvantage as application integration has become the name of the prosumer postproduction game, with Adobe and Apple leading the way. And if you do a lot with graphics and animation and your stock-in-trade is as much (or more) AE as it is your NLE, you're missing out on some nifty round-tripping if you're using AE on the Mac.
Until now. Taking advantage of Apple's 2006 migration to Intel chips, Adobe has done just what I hoped it would: ported Adobe Production Studio to the "Mactel" platform. We're not talking about using it with Bootcamp or any other Windows-on-a-Mac scheme. We're talking Premiere Pro for Mac, Encore for Mac, Photoshop CS3 for Mac, AE for Mac, Soundbooth (replacing Audition) for Mac, and (best of all) Dynamic Link for Mac. Adobe is making its announcement at Macworld, and it may be the news of the show for our market. (Click here for the full release.)
When it ships this summer, will Adobe Production Studio for Mac blow Final Cut Studio out of the water? Not a chance. Will it cause some Final Cut users—especially AE aficianados—to jump ship? Almost certainly. Will it lure some Windows-based Adobe editors to the Intel-based Mac, the hottest thing going in personal computing today? No question. And is it the best Christmas-in-July present Adobe could have given Steve Jobs? Without a doubt.
Stephen F. Nathans is editor-in-chief of EventDV and EMedialive.

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renewed my subscription today, but I have now added ZASS to my to laptops...or trying to.
I am getting the "Protection Is Up, UI is Initializing" after the installation on one of the laptops, Toshiba Satelite L355D, Home Vista, I don't dare try the other one yet.
I did try an unistall using the ZASS removal tool and then re-installed, same thing.
My desktop is fine, I only had to enter the new serial number on an earlier installation.
Is there a solution?
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IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR SAINT JOHNS COUNTY Case #: 2008-CA-001459 Division #: 55 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-ASAP4, Asset Backed Pass- Through Certificates, Plaintiff, vs. Charles C. Cooper; Paloma Owners Association, Inc.; Unknown Parties in Possession #1; If living, and all Unknown Parties claiming by, through, under and against the above named Defendant(s) who are not known to be dead or alive, whether said Unknown Parties may claim an interest as Spouse, Heirs, Devises, Grantees, or Other Claimants Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order of Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 28, 2009 entered in Civil Case No. 2008-CA-001459 of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for Saint Johns County, Florida, wherein HSBC BANK USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-ASAP4, Asset Backed Pass- Through Certificates, Plaintiff and Charles C. Cooper are defend- ant(s), I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, at public sale, to the highest and best bidder for cash, at the Front Door of St. Johns County courthouse in St. Augustine, Florida. The sale will be held at 12:00 Noon on April 2, 2009, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to-wit: LOT 5, BLOCK 7, OF PALOMA SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 54, AT PAGE(S) 70-73, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SAINT JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE. DATED at ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, this 25th day of February, 2009. Cheryl Strickland Clerk of the Circuit Court Saint Johns County, Florida By Linda G. Barton Deputy Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administration Office at (904) 827-5617, 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, Florida 32084. If you are voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8770. L637-9 March 3, 10, 2009
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Q Good morning.
ATTY. GEN. RENO: How are you?
Q Do you have any kind of statement for us this morning?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: No.
Q Ms. Reno, last week, the father of Elian Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, in Havana, said he'd been denied contact with his son. He hadn't been allowed to speak with his son for three days by phone. Do you know if that contact has been reestablished? Whether Elian's cousins in Miami are letting him speak to his father?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: No, I don't.
Q Do you think it's possible, Ms. Reno, that the INS interviewers in Cuba may have misjudged the facts, if the father is not willing to come to Miami to be reunited with his son?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think the process that was used by INS is a fair, good process. We are just trying to make sure that people understand that what is at issue is a father who wants his son home, and grandparents who want their grandson home. And these are bonds that should be honored.
Q Should they -- can you figure out, for the life of you, why they wouldn't be willing to come to Miami to be reunited?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think they have to speak for themselves.
Q Would it be easier to explain to the public and, especially, to the community in Miami if the father did come?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think there are many factors that have got to be considered. It depends on the people involved, and what you have involved here is a father who wants his son.
Q Ms. Reno, the father has expressed anxiety at the violence in Miami, especially from the exile community. Would the Justice Department guarantee his safety if he came to Miami to reclaim his son?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I'm sure that every process would be available to ensure his safety.
Q Does the government have a view that it has expressed to him on whether he should come here?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think, again, it's going to have to be a decision that he makes.
Q But you haven't said anything to him about -- the INS, or the U.S. government in any capacity, hasn't suggested to him that he come or give him the suggestion one way or the other?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Again, he should be the one that makes that judgment.
Q Ms. Reno, what type of enforcement actions are available to you? What are you considering in terms of enforcing this INS action? And why has there not been any enforcement taken so far?
ATTY GEN. RENO: What we are trying to do is to make sure that the process is clear, that the law is followed, and we will work with everyone to see that that happens.
Q Would the family need to cooperate? Wouldn't they need to cooperate and actually turn over the boy? And if they don't do that, is there any contingency plan for enforcement?
ATTY GEN. RENO: What should be done here with the little 6-year-old boy is that people let the law take its course and then appropriately, work together to see that what the law determines is right is done.
Q But what if the family stands in the way? What is the government willing to do?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We don't do "what ifs." We assume, or at least I assume, everybody's better nature and everybody's desire to comply with the terms of the law.
Q What evidence is there to suggest that that's a logical assumption?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think, when it comes right down to it, my hope is that people will look at this little boy and get him into a situation where he can live a normal life without television cameras and the world in his face. Can you imagine what it would be like if you were 6 years old, and all of this was happening to you?
Q Ms. Reno, in terms of the timing -- I know that you expressed in your letter some sense of wanting to resolve this quickly. Can you give us a sense of timing in terms of when you would like to see this resolved, particularly because the boy is going to school, he is making friends; he has a dog, puppy; he has got relatives? Is there some concern about the psychological --
ATTY GEN. RENO: (Inaudible) -- dog and the puppy have to do with it? (Laughter.)
Q Right. And in the sense of, you know, feeling at home in Miami, is there some sense that there could be trauma to the child?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Whatever happens, with respect to the little boy, it should be done soon so that he can get on with his life -- with the puppy. (Laughter.)
Q There is a published report this morning that the Justice Department plans to go into federal court this week to deal with this issue. Is that correct?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We are looking at all our options.
Q So that's possible then?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We are looking at all our options.
Q Ms. Reno, on the question of the law that you addressed yesterday, in your letter to the lawyers for the Miami relatives, you said that the state-court judge basically has no jurisdiction here.
After receiving your letter, one of the lawyers said, "Well, that's a heck of a message from the attorney general, to say we can ignore a court order." What is -- is the government's position that it is ignoring the state court judge, or that the state court judge's ruling simply has no application here?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We were not a party to the state court action, and it is not directed at us.
Immigration law is controlled by federal law, and federal law should govern in this situation.
Q The folks in Miami, though, of course, are saying that they don't intend to address an immigration issue; they want to look at the custody issue. And of course they say that is a province of the state court. Would -- why doesn't the custody issue come first?
ATTY GEN. RENO: The issue at stake here for the federal government is U.S. immigration law, and that's governed by the federal court processes and federal law.
Q Just to follow that up, is custody here irrelevant at this point in the proceeding, when the -- at the -- given the immigration status of this boy?
ATTY GEN. RENO: The custody circumstance are irrelevant to the federal process by which the federal law must determine who can speak for the boy in making immigration decisions.
Q Do you fear that, with all the talk about not making this case and this boy into a political football, that that is in fact what is happening, that politics have overtaken the legal concerns?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I hope with all my heart and soul that that won't happen. I think it is so important that people of goodwill come together, work through the processes of the law as soon as possible, and get the boy home to his father.
Q Do you think anything could have been just done differently than -- all along the way to avoid the showdown that we seem to be at now?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I don't know.
Q Ms. Reno, you said last week that you had confidence that the community would be able to handle this in an appropriate way. What's your view of how the community's handled it so far, in terms of the atmosphere in which this is taking place?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it's important that we all work together to try to address the issue in the most reasonable way possible. I think when you have a little 6-year-old boy at stake, you try to do the best you can. And I think it's important for us all to set an example for the child as to how matters like this should be handled.
Q But were Elian to go to his father and to live in Cuba, is there anything that would prevent him from coming back to Miami to visit his relatives, and would that be something that he could -- he and his father could do?
ATTY GEN. RENO: That would be up to the father.
Q Ms. Reno, what is the Justice Department position on the Burton subpoena of the boy?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We're reviewing it.
Q Do you think people are setting a good example for this little boy?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it's important that all of us act with the best of goodwill and act like we would want others to act around us and act like, if you had a 6-year-old boy, how you'd like adults to act around him.
Q I must say, I mean, we've talked about a lot of sensitive issues, and I don't think I've seen you as agitated as you are about this little boy. I mean, do you think people are acting with goodwill, or is this just a political game?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I don't ascribe bad motives to people. I know a lot of the people involved. I know they feel very, very deeply. I just think it's time for all of us to come together and say, "Let us solve the case, and let us make the decision." And what INS has said is that for immigration purposes in federal law, the father should speak for the boy.
Q On the subject of the congressional subpoena, why is it of concern at all, since it's in the future, that -- is it even a factor to be considered at this point?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We just want to make sure that we consider it and determine anything that might be relevant, based on this subpoena.
Q But you've come to no conclusion on that?
ATTY GEN. RENO: No.
Q Ms. Reno, like it or not, Elian Gonzalez has been turned into a political symbol by Fidel Castro, by the exile community, by Chairman Burton, by the various presidential contenders. Isn't the only way to take this out of the political arena and to get to do what's right is to get it into federal court as soon as possible?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I won't let you suggest to me the timing of how I do things. But one of the things -- yes, you can always suggest to me. (Laughter.) I'd take that back. (Laughter.) But one of the --
Q That and $2.50 will get a cup of coffee anywhere, I'd say. (Laughter.)
ATTY GEN. RENO: One of the things that I have tried to do is to make sure that we're not part of any effort to make this a political matter.
Q Ms. Reno, it seems very clear that the Florida relatives of Elian Gonzalez are willing and probably will take this to the brink. Sometime, in order to enforce this, you will have to take some kind of enforcement action. Would you ask the family -- would you order the family, or have the court order the family to hand the boy over to INS? Would you send in U.S. marshals to take him from his house? If this comes down to it and the family does not cooperate, what can the federal government do to get this boy back to Cuba?
ATTY GEN. RENO: As we have talked about the political process, I would also urge the wonderful media to stop doing "what ifs" and stop setting up dramatic confrontations, and let us all work through this and get to where the right answer is for the boy.
Q But aren't we already at that point, Ms. Reno? The family has indicated that they're dug in and that they have no intention of backing down from their position. Aren't we already at that point?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think we need to let the law take its process and then see what happens. And let's not say that there is confrontation that will resolve it. Let us say that the court processes should take their course and then let's see what happens. But let us not create dramatic scenes of -- that's just -- you don't go in and pick up little boys like that. You work through the issue, and then everybody sits down and figures out how we comply with the law.
Q You still believe in your heart that the family will cooperate and send the boy back to Cuba eventually?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I believe in the law. I believe that the people involved in this situation care about the little boy and want to do what's right by him. And I think they have also indicated a faith in the legal process. Let us let that happen.
Q Do you have an understanding of what the boy himself wants to do, whether he wants to stay or whether he wants to go? And is that relevant in this case, what he wants?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think a six-year old boy -- can you remember when you were six?
Q Barely.
ATTY GEN. RENO: There were some days I wanted to run away from home, and there were other days I wanted my mommy so bad I couldn't stand it. And just remember what it was like when you were six, or try to, and I think you will understand what the range of emotions of a child are.
And I think the law has indicated and it's certainly, I think, the experience of most people that six years old is too young to speak for themselves.
Q One of the Republican presidential contenders suggested that sending this boy back to Castro's Cuba would be tantamount to sending a child to Hitler's Germany. Do you share that fear about Castro's Cuba?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I don't think that there is a comparison.
Q Can you tell us what discussions your office has had with the state officials in Florida at this point, with Governor Bush's office, about how this should be handled, outside the legal process?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think some of the state officials have made their position clear, and we always welcome their position, but we're trying to do it based on federal law.
Q Ms. Reno, given the gap, how do you bridge it -- how do you do as you wish to bring people closer together on this issue?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I try not to let people get my goat; try to believe in people; try to get back constantly, in all of these discussions, no matter who is on the phone or who is here or what the circumstances are, to the fact that there is a little six-year-old boy who survived one of the most traumatic events that any child could experience, to lose his mother there in the Gulfstream, to float for as long as he did and live, to come ashore under the circumstances that he did. We've just got to think about that little boy, and that's what his family in Miami is thinking about, that's what his father in Cuba is thinking about. Let's figure out what we do as soon as possible and do it in a dignified, thoughtful way, to get that child to his father.
Q Have you thought about personally calling the family and discussing it?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: I think we need to work through these issues; and they are represented by counsel, and I think it appropriate that any discussion be through counsel.
Q Ms. Reno, that's not very different than just falling back and saying you're going to follow what the law says. It sounds like as if you truly believe he is better off in Cuba than he is in Miami.
ATTY. GEN. RENO: What I believe is that his father should speak for him. I think it must be his father's determination, and I think that, again, you should be careful in what you think other people are saying or believing.
I think his father should be able to speak for him.
And I think he should be with his father. His father might be halfway around the world, his father might be in Miami, his father might be in Cuba. But the father has expressed a wish for the child to be with him and for the process to return him. And I think that's what the decision should be.
Q Ms. Reno, the attention on this case has caused a group of Haitians in Florida to say that there's many times where children of Haitian immigrants are found at sea or picked up and are immediately returned to Haiti and that they are not treated the same as this Cuban boy is and that there is a different way Haitians are being handled. Is that a matter of law? Is that just because of the Cuban Adjustment Act?
ATTY GEN. RENO: There are different situations with respect to Cuba and with respect to Haiti, and the nature of the government in the two nations is different.
Q Ms. Reno, this boy came over on November twenty --
ATTY GEN. RENO: I am sorry. I can't hear you.
Q I am sorry. This boy made it to Miami on November 25th. And for a couple weeks, we were asking you and everybody in the government what should be done with him, and everybody said, "We have got to wait for the law." And now everybody says, "Now, he has to return to his father."
What went on in those couple weeks, when there was sort of, "Nyeh, we are not too sure to" -- now, it's sort of a big push to bring him back to his father?
ATTY GEN. RENO: We've had the opportunity to fully review the matter, talk with the father, see what his determination was, and satisfy ourselves that there was an appropriate relationship and that he did have the authority, under federal law, to speak for the child.
Q On -- if we may change the subject briefly -- on Microsoft; are the reports correct that you are planning to ask the court to break up the company if they don't voluntarily do so?
ATTY GEN. RENO: This matter is in mediation. And any time something is in mediation, we should let the discussions take place there and not outside.
Q Just back to the Gonzalez case for a moment; are there any considerations being given to the arguments of the relatives in Miami that to return this boy to Cuba would be to return him to a totalitarian communist state where he may be in danger?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Again, we are looking at the process and making a determination. And in this instance, we find no basis to conclude that this child would be subject to persecution, and we think his father should be able to speak for him.
Q How long do you expect that the legal process will take? How long do you think it should take?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it should be done with all deliberate speed. And I think it should be done as soon as possible, but one thing I've learned is, never speculate on how long it will take.
Q Could this be resolved in a matter of several weeks, or are we looking at a protracted --
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it's important that it be resolved as soon as possible.
Q Is it fair to say at this point, though, your posture is to -- the Miami lawyers in response to your letter have said that they intend to go to federal court probably as early as next Tuesday, they say after the Martin Luther King Day holiday. Is it your posture right now to go ahead and let them take the first move?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think we'll see what happens.
Q Ms. Reno, the Kowalcik (sp) case in 1985, that took almost five years to resolve, the situation involving what was then a 12-year-old boy and then ultimately a 17-year-old boy. Do you have any fear that this could be delayed and dragged out for that long a period of a time?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it would not be in anybody's best interest, so I hope with all my heart that it won't.
Q But the Justice Department will not put any pressure on the Gonzalez family while they're seeking some kind of ruling from the federal court? This will be a time, basically, of waiting and see?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Commissioner Meissner has indicated that the court should have the opportunity to make its determination.
Q What assurance do you have that the boy will be well cared for during the time this legal process is played out? Are there any steps that are being taken to assure that?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think that the processes are in place that would assure that, but I am sure that the family will do everything it can to make sure that the boy is well cared for. And I just hope that we can move on together to ensure that he has the opportunity to get settled and move ahead.
Q Ms. Reno, for about a month now, the government has been investigating what was going on in Seattle when a man came across the border from Canada with explosives in his car.
Are you satisfied at the pace of the investigation? Are you satisfied that -- without saying what they're learning, are you satisfied that they're making progress and learning what this was all about?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Yes.
Q Would you like to --
Q (Off mike) -- follow up? (Laughter.)
ATTY GEN. RENO: Obviously, I can't discuss the details of the investigation, but I think it's going well.
Q Do you have a sense that the United States is becoming a major new target for foreign terrorists?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think, as I've indicated last week and on other occasions, that in this world today, with mobility and various tools in the hands of so many different people, and with the Internet bringing the world together and making borders sometimes seem irrelevant, that it is important for us all to exercise prudence as we deal with the issue of terrorism.
Q But there have been concerns raised by several Islamic groups about what they see as harassment of Muslims in Los Angeles and other cities by the FBI. People who claim that they have no contact with Mr. Ressam or Ms. Garofalo are saying that the FBI has showed up at their door at 6:00 in the morning with flashing badges and saying, "Do you know Osama bin Laden?" Is this of any concern to you? Is the Justice Department taking any steps to look at their claims that they've been unfairly singled out?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I have not received any specific claims, but I am very concerned any time someone is singled out just because of who they -- of their background, their ethnic background. And what we want to make sure is that before we take any investigative steps, there is the appropriate predicate, and we reviewed this carefully to make sure that there was.
Q Ms. Reno, will the Justice Department have any role in reviewing a proposed merger between AOL and Time Warner?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think that it would be appropriate for the comment on that score to come from either Antitrust or the FTC.
Q Ms. Reno, now that Hillary Clinton has gone on David Letterman, would you entertain that idea yourself? (Laughter.)
Q (Off mike) -- live? (Scattered laughter.)
ATTY GEN. RENO: I've got you-all! (Laughter.)
Q So if David Letterman offered you an invitation this week to appear on his show, would you seriously consider it?
ATTY GEN. RENO: No, I'd tell him I had you-all. (Laughter.) He could come down here. (Laughter.)
Q Have you ever seen David Letterman?
ATTY GEN. RENO: On television?
Q Okay.
Q So you are inviting him then to the briefings? (Laughter.)
ATTY GEN. RENO: Should I exclude one of you?
Q Are you saying you couldn't get any words in? (Laughter.)
ATTY GEN. RENO: No.
Q If I could be serious again for just a minute; have you had the opportunity to review the interview that the FBI did with Wen Ho Lee in March of this year?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Yes.
Q Are you satisfied with the way the interview was conducted? Are you satisfied with the tricks that they played on him?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I think it's important that in any process where there is ongoing litigation or pending charges, that any such discussion be had in the appropriate forum, which is the court.
Q But did you review it to assure yourself that the FBI had not overstepped?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I don't tell people why I review things. I reviewed it.
Q And are you satisfied?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I am not commenting.
Q But apart from the Wen Ho Lee case, on a general level do you believe that there is a place in investigative tactics for deceptive questioning? Is that something that's acceptable?
ATTY GEN. RENO: Now, you know that I can't go from a specific question about a specific case into a general issue without the answer having been framed in the specific case.
Q Ms. Reno, is there any update on the Egypt Air 990 investigation in terms of the status?
ATTY GEN. RENO: My understanding is that the National Transportation Safety Board is still the lead on this and any comment should come from them.
Q Ms. Reno, Sandy Berger, a couple of days ago, announced that the U.S. government was involved in breaking up eight cells or terrorist cells in eight countries; I am not quite sure which it is. And Director Freeh said it was a "Herculean effort in a worldwide campaign."
Do you have any comment? Can you say anything about the counterterrorist efforts of the U.S.
ATTY GEN. RENO: I am not familiar with the precise situation on which they were commenting. So rather than add my two cents, I think it would be better to let Myron make any statement that I would make, after we had had a chance to review the particulars.
Q Can I follow up on one other thing from the past month?
There was considerable concern that the federal authorities and Mexican officials may have found a potential mass graveyard just over the border in Northern Mexico, and there was reason for the FBI to believe that there could be over a hundred people buried there.
Is there any reassessment of that now? Is that still the basic feeling investigators have, or do they think maybe it's not so bad now?
ATTY GEN. RENO: I don't think we should speculate. My understanding is that the Mexican authorities are still searching, and I think we should not speculate as to the number. My understanding is that nine bodies have been identified -- I mean, have been unearthed -- and that's nine too many. And I think we need to all work together not to speculate, but to get to the truth.
Q Ms. Reno, you have expressed a lot of interest in the Internet and crime on the Internet. What do you think of this defense of the man accused in the Columbine incident of an addiction to the Internet? What do you make of that?
ATTY. GEN. RENO: Not much. (Laughter.)
Q Thank you, Ms. Reno.
ATTY. GEN. RENO: Thank you.


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According to the preliminary orbit, 2010 AL30 will approach Earth at about 0.34 lunar-distance at 1248 UTC on 13 Jan. 2010 at magnitude 14 and it will be moving at about 10 arcsec/sec. We have been able to follow this object while it was on the neocp. Our image:
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The object has a value of H=27.0 (about 10/15 meters) and has an orbital period of 1.00 yr. On Minor Planet Mailing List, there was some early speculation that the object could be a man-made object rather than a natural one. But according to Alan W. Harris : "..it is unlikely to be artificial, it's orbit doesn't resemble any useful spacecraft trajectory, and its encounter velocity with the Earth is not unusually low, around 9.5 km/sec "v_infinity". Perfectly ordinary Earth-crossing orbit"
The radar team at Goldstone is attempting to schedule time for radar observations of 2010 AL30 early on January 13. The pointing uncertainties are currently large, so optical astrometry is required.
We have been able to follow-up 2010 AL30 on Jan. 12.37 through the GRAS network, using a scope located in Mayhill (NM). Below you can see our image obtained by co-adding of 16 unfiltered exposures, 10-seconds each obtained by means of a 0.25-m, f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
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Cranberry-Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
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- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups chopped fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- In a small mixing bowl, combine sour cream and milk; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixture.
- Spread two-thirds of the batter into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine the filling ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Top with remaining batter.
- Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 12-15 servings.
Originally published as Cranberry-Sour Cream Coffee Cake in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2008, p32
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Letter from THOMAS WILLIAM SILLOWAY to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated August 23, 1858.
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Letter from THOMAS WILLIAM SILLOWAY to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated August 23, 1858.
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Boston Augu. 23..1858
My Friend Marsh, your letter of the 20th. inspired me with new confidence in your influence and determinations. Providentialy, I had prepared and sent to you a large drawing with figures explanations amp;c. for the dome curve. I feel much agrieved, that I should be under the necessity of doing as I do with my own work. I hope the drawing will aid you tomorrow. I am exceedingly glad I made it and sent it so timely. For it will I think tend to arrest their botchings. They are of course all ready to declare that such was not their intentions but I am fully posted in all things pertaining to that work. Had I not taken the bull by the horns when I did long ere this all that curved work would have been got out and with intense amendments. They were all ready to execute what they had drawn. Knowing that I was about and informed they instantly ran to you to make pretense of desire to do as you wished. No consultation was there till I forbid their proceeding. I am thankfull they made that big drawing on the floor it is full proof of their intentions for it is entirely unlike the original or my section. They had both in their possession. I shall now try and breathe freer and next week Tuesday will go to M. and see what is being done. They are disposed to injure me but all I want is the right thing done -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- I am armed with facts, and in due time they will get a report. Old things and new will be brought to light. I do hope that the columns will not be pieced. New investigations convince me of the absolute ridiculousness of the proceeding. That granite contains sixty per ct of Felspar, nearly two per ct. of which is water. I gave you a copy of Mr. Nicholson's drawing of St. Paul's dome. I ought to have quoted his words in relation to it and will do it now. "The following are taken from my own actual measurements viz. St. Paul's Cathedral, Islington Church" xxxx "The sides of the dome are segments of circles, the centers of which are marked in the plate, and which if continued would meet at the top and form a pointed arch" These centers of which he speaks are marked 104' the whole dome is not marked but it measures about 234'
Yours trulyT. W. Silloway
I think I informed you that on the same day that I refused to confer with Richards I wrote Powers a letter informing him that I was prepared to demonstrate the truth of all my figures, and to give him any and all explanations he desires, also full sized drawings of the dome if he wished them. I have a copy of the letters sent to him and Richards. Both contain the same factsT. W. S.


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Discussion in 'Junior League & Tournament Talk' started by tennisball1, Nov 27, 2012.
If im top 50 in my country do you think i can get a sponsorship from any country?
company* sorry
Well it depends on the country what country are you talking about
Exactly. Top 50 US, and you can get a sponsorship from almost anybody. Top 50 in Guatemala might be a different story. OP, do you have an ITF ranking?
You have a good chance of getting discounts from places like Athletic DNA but if not sure about a full sponsorship. In the US top 150 usually can get a deal from Babolat.
depends on country and age division.. why not contact the company that you are most interested in and see what they say, it doesn't cost anything
the country is in africa....dont know if that would change anything
The country changes a lot, as I mentioned in my previous post. You have some countries where the field for tennis is very deep, but some countries where there are more weaker players. One example is in the different sections in the United States. The Southern section is relatively large, and has a decent number of good players. In contrast, the middle states section is not as big and doesn't have the same depth. The 15th best southern player (in national rankings) is 154 in the nation. The 15th best middle states player (in national rankings) is 437 in the nation. The southern player has a much better shot at getting a sponsorship then the middle states player, based on US rankings.
Do you have any experience at the international level? An ITF ranking or something along those lines?
If you want a sponsorship, I think you should just send an email out to the rep for every company that you would like to consider. Explain your situation, any big wins, what country you are in, etc. You have absolutely zero to lose, and everything to gain. Even if you can't get a full sponsorship, there is also a shot that you can get stuff at a very reduced price.
Good Luck!
i have played a few ITF tournaments..... i didnt do so well in them.. i will start playing itf's next year regularly
Ok, I think that if you are at the level to consistently get into ITF events, then you should be able get at least a decent discount. You just need to email whoever is head of sponsorship for your companies of interest, and see what they say.
BTW - I assume that you are talking about racquet sponsorships. Clothing/footwear sponsorships are a whole different beast. With that, you probably can't get a Nike/Adidas sponsorship. ADNA might be your best bet for clothing.
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Book Report: Read about revolutionaries, get spooked, too
I remember my political science professor telling us naïve freshmen that if you took strip of plastic and bent it into a hula hoop, fascists and communists would end up together at the juncture where the two ends meet.
I've just examined two biographies one from the left, another from the right, that seem to bear out the old prof's metaphor.
First there's "Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary Life," by Joshua Rubenstein (Yale University Press, $25). It tells the story of an implacable, rigid communist, who sort of fell into the party and met his end with an axe in his head in Mexico.
The other is "Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich," by Robert Gerwarth (Yale University Press, $35). Heydrich fell into Nazism rather by accident when he was thrown out of military school for promising to marry a woman and then backing out.
He joined the party and rose to prominence because of implacability and rigidity, finally becoming Reich minister to Bohemia and Moravia after the Germans took over Czechoslovakia.
Heydrich met his end when the underground blew him to smithereens as he made his way to work at Prague Castle.
On a trip to Czechoslovakia years ago, I remember our guide saying that Czechs could get along with anyone, citing the country's willingness to join the eastern bloc after World War II. He didn't mention the Heydrich affair, but should have. Gerwarth claims that Heydrich was picked as a likely assassination target by premier in exile Edvard Benes because Benes was embarrassed that his countrymen had done so little to harass the Nazi occupants of his former country.
Larry Millett is truly a Renaissance man. The former architecture reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press has branched out with a series of fascinating novels featuring Sherlock Holmes on assignment in Minnesota.
But he hasn't forgotten architecture. That's obvious in "Once There Were Castles," by Millett (University of Minnesota Press, $39.95), a beautiful coffee table book full of pictures and texts of great Twin Cities dwellings that have since been torn down in the name of progress.
One of the most interesting texts is not about the most elaborate house in the book. They are photos of the William King Farm, a showplace of horses and English cattle owned by King, founder of the Minneapolis Tribune.
At one time, its size grew to 1400 acres, the largest piece of property in the city of Minneapolis where Lyndale Park in south Minneapolis is located. The final picture shows it rotting with an old lady, King's sister-in-law, standing out front, in the middle of an unkempt lawn. Shades of "Grey Gardens."
"Haunted Wisconsin," by Michael Norman and the late Beth Scott came out 31 years ago and now it's out again from the University of Wisconsin's Terrace Books ($19.95), having been revised and added to by Norman, a professor emeritus of journalism at UW-River Falls.
Doubters may scoff, but I've come to admire the thoroughness of Norman's research and one specific chapter especially attracted my attention. In one of the most publicized of Wisconsin's hauntings, the Lynch family of St. Croix County takes center stage.
Back in the 1870s, all manner of weird stuff was claimed to be seen by observers of the Lynch family and a pair of scissors that flew around their house cutting up at a quilting bee in the Lynch parlor.
The little town of Rock Elm got into the act and I sat up and took notice. I'd been in that town to write a story about its famous ice cream social. No one could explain why 1,200 people show up every month for the affair from many states of the union.
Many of the people I interviewed spoke in 17th century English. One man who claimed to be a lifelong resident of St. Croix County told me, "I be partial to vaniller."
My wife took many photos. None of them turned out. I went again, photoed again. None of them turned out.
Puzzled, the editor of Wisconsin Trails magazine, my boss, sent its professional photographer Gilbert Tanner to try again. He took several pictures. None of them turned out.
You get my drift.
Dave Wood is a past vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle and former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Phone him at 715-426-9554.


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Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 - Mauritania
|United States Department of State
|Publication Date
|31 July 2012
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|United States Department of State, Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 - Mauritania, 31 July 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/501fbcaca.html [accessed 20 January 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Overview: The Government of Mauritania continued to address terrorism threats proactively. Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) remained a threat, which was most visibly demonstrated by the group's attempt to mount a coordinated attack in the capital in February. Mauritania applied effective measures to counter terrorist activity and enhanced initiatives launched in 2010. The government continued to prosecute terrorists, supported efforts to reinforce regional cooperation, allocated additional resources to the national de-radicalization program, and continued training with its partners to enhance border security and law enforcement capacity. Significantly, improved coordination between Mauritania and Mali led to successful joint operations in areas close to the shared border and increased the ability of both countries to counter the transnational threat posed by AQIM.
Under the framework of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, U.S. training of small infantry and support units continued in 2011. Mauritania also participated in the Department of State's Antiterrorism Assistance program.
2011 Terrorist Incidents: On December 20, AQIM abducted a gendarme from his post in Adel Bagrou, approximately 1,700 kilometers east of Nouakchott near the border with Mali. The abduction followed a series of successful Mauritanian military operations against AQIM.
On July 5, the Mauritanian military successfully repelled an AQIM attack led by a 17-vehicle convoy against a garrison in Bassiknou, near the southeastern border with Mali, and killed six terrorists. AQIM stated the strike on the outpost was planned as retaliation for a joint Mauritanian-Malian raid on June 26 in Mali, known as Operation Benkan, which killed 15 AQIM members and left two Mauritanian soldiers dead.
While these events occurred in the border zone with Mali, Nouakchott was the target of a foiled truck-bombing plot on February 1-2. The Mauritanian military successfully interdicted three vehicles attempting to attack the French Embassy and assassinate President Aziz. Mauritanian forces captured one vehicle containing 1.2 tons of explosives, munitions, and logistics equipment roughly 200 kilometers south of Nouakchott, along with two of the three individuals involved. The Mauritanian military then neutralized a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) 12 kilometers southeast of Nouakchott, killing both terrorists involved. This was the third attempted suicide attack in Mauritania after AQIM attacked the military barracks in Nema by VBIED in August 2010, and a lone suicide bomber targeted the French Embassy in Nouakchott in August 2009.
Legislation and Law Enforcement: After passing a new counterterrorism law in July 2010, Mauritania continued to revise legislation, vigorously prosecute individuals suspected of terrorism, and train security forces and judicial officials. On May 5, Mauritania launched an initiative to modernize identity documents and enroll Mauritanian citizens and foreign residents in a national electronic database. The impetus for the development of secure identity documents stemmed from a desire to replace the current, non-machine readable, handwritten passports with state of the art biometric technology and accurately identify individuals at ports of entry. The new government agency charged with executing this project, the National Agency of the Population Register and Secure Documents, under the Ministry of Interior, has verified the identity of 100,000 individuals since it was established.
The EU signaled the priority it accords to assisting Mauritanian border security with a ceremony held on September 18, along with the Spanish Civil Guard, to mark the U.S. $2.6 million investment in Project Western Sahel, which will introduce new technology for border screening and training programs for border control personnel.
Mauritania continued its efforts to convict major terrorist suspects in judicial proceedings. The significant terrorism trials of May 2010 were followed by several high-profile trials and convictions in 2011. On March 20, four individuals were sentenced to death and one individual to two years in prison and a U.S. $1,700 fine for their role in the September 2008 attack against Mauritanian soldiers in Tourine. On March 21, one Mauritanian and two Malian citizens received prison terms ranging from two to five years for the December 2009 kidnapping of an Italian couple near the Malian border. The Mauritanian judiciary convicted 33 terrorists in 2011, bringing the number of convictions to a total of 140 since 2009.
On October 17, the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime launched a four-day training seminar with 20 local magistrates to discuss the judicial framework for fighting terrorism and organized crime. In early October, Mauritanian security service personnel participated in the Trans-Sahara Security Symposium sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott.
Mauritania cooperated closely with the United States to resolve the case of an American citizen killed in June 2009 by AQIM in Nouakchott. On March 15, three terrorists were convicted for the murder. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Mohamed Salem Ould H'Mednah (Abou Anas), Sidi Mohamed Ould Bezeid (Abou Qotada), and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ahmed Salem were charged with pre-meditated murder and unlawful membership in an illegal organization. H'Mednah, who was accused as the shooter in the death of the American citizen, received the death penalty and was fined US $19,000; Bezeid was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Salem received a three-year prison term. The public prosecutors lodged an appeal after the trial seeking harsher sentences; the appeal was pending at year's end.
Countering Terrorist Finance: Mauritania is a member of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF), a Financial Action Task Force-style regional body. Mauritania's Financial Intelligence Unit, the Financial Information Analysis Commission, includes representatives of the Mauritanian Ministries of Finance and Justice, as well as the customs authority, national police, and Gendarmerie working together to identify, investigate, prevent, and prosecute financial crimes linked to narcotics and terrorist finance networks. Although there is legislation regulating money or value transfer systems, Mauritania did not have the resources to monitor the sizable flow of funds through hawala or other money/value transfer systems.
For further information on money laundering and financial crimes, we refer you to the 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), Volume 2, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes: http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/index.htm.
Regional and International Cooperation: Mauritania was committed to enhancing regional cooperation across the Sahel. A founding member of the Global Counterterrorism Forum and Combined Operational General Staff Committee (CEMOC), Mauritania assumed CEMOC's rotating chairmanship on November 21 from Mali. Nouakchott hosted a summit for chiefs of defense on November 15 and for defense ministers on December 11 under the framework of the 5+5 Defense Initiative drawing together Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Malta. At the December 11 5+5 meeting, Mauritanian Defense Minister Radhi led the call for an end to the practice of paying ransoms to hostage-takers.
On December 1, Mauritania signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism, crime, and drug trafficking. A high-level Mauritanian delegation attended the 10th Mauritanian-Algerian Monitoring Committee on November 15 in Algiers. Mauritania's Foreign Minister Hamadi hosted bilateral talks with his Malian counterpart in Nouakchott July 28-29 following the regional meeting to reinforce regional cooperation held in Bamako on May 20 between Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, and Niger.
An important example of improved regional cooperation, particularly between Mauritania and Mali, was demonstrated in the aftermath of the failed February 1-2 truck-bomb plot when the Malian authorities identified the leader of the attack in their territory and extradited him and others to Mauritania. In addition to the joint Operation Benkan mentioned above, Mauritania carried out air strikes against AQIM elements in the Ouagadou forest area in Mali in October.
Mauritania co-sponsored the UNGA Resolution passed in November condemning the Iranian plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Countering Radicalization and Violent Extremism: Mauritania continued its rehabilitation program for repentant extremists. It provided 35 former prisoners with U.S. $7,000 each as seed capital for revenue-generating enterprises to encourage their reintegration. Mauritanian authorities confirmed that among the original 52 extremists granted amnesty last year, one was involved in the February 1-2 truck-bomb attack and was killed during the counterterrorist operation. While two others have returned to terrorist training camps and four others are missing, these recidivist rates compare favorably with other programs.


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Fund managers' pay under scrutinyClancy Yeates
Published: January 1 2013 - 3:00AM
EXECUTIVE pay in retirement funds owned by banks and wealth managers will come under growing scrutiny this year, as new figures show not-for-profit funds shell out between $290,000 and $800,000 a year on their top managers.
Amid a push to make superannuation more transparent, new Rainmaker figures provide a glimpse into the world of super fund remuneration, an area that was notoriously opaque.
Rainmaker's survey found there were 17 funds which chose to disclose executive remuneration - but not one of these was a ''retail'' fund, which are run for profit.
Across the group included in the survey - a mix of public sector, corporate and union-linked industry funds - the average chief executive pay packet was $474,000.
The highest-paid super fund boss in the survey was the chief executive of the Telstra Superannuation Scheme, Martin Crowe, who received between $800,000 and $809,999.
Next was Australian Super's Ian Silk, who received $586,767.
The fund with the lowest executive pay was Media Super, which paid recently-departed chief executive Ross Martin $290,000 last financial year.
Funds are not required to disclose executive pay by law, but there is growing pressure from the public and government for greater transparency.
New rules beginning in 2013 will also force funds to disclose more than they currently do.
Retail funds, for instance, will publish the pay packets of fund executives on a proportional basis, so that an executive who spends half of their time managing a certain fund will have half of their total pay disclosed under that fund's obligations.
The chief executive of Industry Super Network, David Whiteley, said industry funds were conscious of the salaries being paid, but they also had to compete for staff.
''At the end of the day industry super funds are seeking to employ the very best people they can to manage their members' retirement savings,'' Mr Whiteley said.
He argued retail funds' proposal to disclose part of executive pay should be revisited.
''I think there needs to be a greater understanding of why they are embracing only limited disclosure.''
The Financial Services Council, which represents retail funds, is also requiring funds to have a majority of independent directors on fund boards as part of its push to lift governance standards.
Rainmaker's director of research, Alex Dunnin, said although the CEO salaries disclosed were high in absolute terms, they were lower than what was paid in the for-profit sector.
Correction: The original version of this story said the third highest paid was the chief executive of Western Australia's public servant fund GESB, Howard Rosario, who Rainmaker estimated was paid $585,001. In fact, he receives total annual remuneration of $376,383. The erroneous figure referred to the pay and entitlements of an executive who left the fund during the 2011-12 financial year.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/fund-managers-pay-under-scrutiny-20121231-2c2k8.html


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I mean, sasuke went from above-average genin to S-Rank Madman on a killing spree for old people in what, 3 years? Theres a lot of Kakashi's life we havn't seen, he could have had an evil phase and during that phase he killed Rin.
I doubt this is the case, but it's an idea.


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Astros happy to land Bogusevic
Two-way talent to focus on pitching in pros
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
The Astros selected Bogusevic as their first-round selection (No. 24 overall) of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday, and the 6-foot-3, 211-pound junior from Tulane University had already informed Astros senior director of player personnel Paul Ricciarini that he wants to concentrate solely on pitching.
A hamstring pull earlier this year set the wheels in motion on that eventual decision.
"I had a little bit of a hamstring injury earlier in the season and had to focus more on pitching, because I couldn't run much, so I couldn't play in the field," said Bogusevic, a native of general manager Tim Purpura's home town of Oak Lawn, Ill. "Looking at it now, I think it's going to be something that I can really benefit from, not having been able to concentrate on just pitching, pretty much ever. I think it's something that's going to be pretty helpful."
Bogusevic was 13-1 with a 2.72 ERA over 17 starts during the 2005 regular season for Tulane. He allowed 36 earned runs over 119 1/3 innings, walking 38 and striking out 119. Opponents batted .239 against the left-hander.
As a hitter, Bogusevic batted .324 (36-for-111) with no homers and 21 RBIs over 36 games.
"He's going to challenge Brandon Backe as to who's the better hitter on this club eventually," Ricciarini said. "He's very talented as a legit two-way player, but Brian has taken the decsion upon himself to want to go out as a pitcher.
"He's a big, strong durable left-handed starter that can give us innings. He's very competitive, has winner-type makeup. We're just really excited at this point."
Bogusevic is expected to start Tulane's first game of the Super Regional round in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, and coincidentally will face Houston's Rice University. The winner of this round advances to the College World Series.
Purpura said obtaining a player from one of the top college programs in the country is "huge," in terms of having a firm grasp of what it takes to play baseball at the highest level.
Along those lines, there is usually an advantage to drafting college players over high school players.
"Certainly with high school players, as far as the amount of teaching and instruction they get, the volume is nowhere near what you get in the college program," Purpura said. "A good college program like Tulane, they know how to teach the game and they know how to win. It's a real positive."
Bogusevic has three pitches: fastball, slider and changeup, and he'll throw an offspeed curveball at times. Ricciarini described Bogusevic as having a great imagination, a good feel for pitching and a terrific competitive nature.
Ricciarini said the scouting staff's expectations of Bogusevic being available when it was the Astros' turn to pick were no better than 50-50, and there was considerable elation when the first 23 clubs passed on him.
In 2005, Bogusevic earned first-team All-Conference USA honors as a pitcher. A legal studies major, he was also named to the College Baseball Foundation National Honors Team, the NCAA New Orleans Regional All-Tournament Team and the Conference USA All-Tournament Team as a pitcher.
The left-hander is one of seven draft eligible semifinalists for the Roger Clemens Award, honoring the top pitcher in college baseball. The winner will be announced on July 14 during a banquet at the Marriott Westchase in Houston.
Bogusevic is also a semifinalist for the Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy and the Brooks Wallace Award.
Houston had not selected a left-handed pitcher in the first round since taking Billy Wagner in 1993. The last pitcher selected by the club in the first round was right-hander Derick Grigsby in 2002. Bogusevic becomes the second Tulane player drafted by the Astros, joining former Green Wave infielder Mickey McKee, who went to the Astros in the 32nd round of the 2000 draft.
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WITH a few key players away for last Friday night's clash with Lennox Head, Byron's Summer Youth League coach Jonathan Pierce shook things up a little by running defenders Sam Robson and Nolan Pierce up front.
The combination proved to be devastating, with the experienced backs revelling in their attacking roles right from the kick-off.
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An upset draw for Workers with Ballina on Friday improved Byron's chances for an outright victory.
The ladder is very tight, but wins this Friday against Italo Stars and in the final round against Lismore Thistles will give the Rams an unbeaten - and unbeatable - lead and a third consecutive enscription on the championship trophy.
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I hope the people there, the "fans", get the tastiest slice of pizza after this game
(or even a whole pizza)
no one deserves to watch this game, it's depressing
I hope the people there, the "fans", get the tastiest slice of pizza after this game
(or even a whole pizza)
no one deserves to watch this game, it's depressing
did anyone think we would wind up with the 8th (okay..tied for 7th-8th) worst record? it's crazy that this group won more games than last season..in 3/4 of the games
This is a disgusting display by New Jersey. I am happy the Raps get a big win to finish the year, but this is disgusting.
I was hoping the Raps would lose but I'm glad they are not participating in this sad display. I'm proud to be a Raptor fan at this point. The Nets franchise is classless.
Gotta feel proud for Uzoh. First Raps trip-dub in 11 years! By a D-Leaguer!
The nets players and coach are ready to lose intentionally for getting a better shot in the lottery. What is going to stop them from accepting bribes in the future for helping a playoff bound team or helping the bookies in the playoffs?
Can of worms.
Great day for Uzoh. Well done. Wears the Raptor jersey with pride. First triple double in over a decade. Thanks for making this last game entertaining. MR.TRIPLEDOUBLESANITY
As for Anderson and Alabi, solid performances.
go chicago (winning by 10), go Lakers (not started yet), go Rockets (losing to NOH). Bad as I feel for us...gotta feel bad for the hornets (hey..that feels very circa december 2011)...they've been destined to be 2nd or 3rd last all year and they're going to wind up in a three way tie for 5th
Nets are smart. Raptors idiotic.
Of course they're going to tank if they have half a brain. We could be gunning for the 4th spot (considering NO is also winning). Now we're either 7~8. If you look at the draft all the players will allstar potential are in the 6~7th spot.
This is probably going to be the defining moment of our future. We either get another player to build around or we get a role player. And don't tell me that DD or ED are players we're going to build around cause if you are then you're delusional.
I'm shamed to be a Raptor fan. It's the same as all Toronto sports franchises. They ruin their future for short-term instant gratification. All they had to do was tank one friggin game!
I don;t mind if the Raps lose if they put in effort, NJ is blatantly tanking. I think it's a disgrace in the spirit of competition. Would I prefer a better draft pick... of course, but not playing the way the Nets are playing. I hope Dwill leaves and the franchise suffers due to the Portland trade.
Perhaps karma goes our way and we move into the top three. I'm cheering for GSW tonight.
Huh. Casey shaking his head at Forbes for shooting instead of dribbling out the clock. Big no-no it seems.
fans have been very patient for so long despite the raps sucking. Its about time BC did something in the free agency or trade.
Uzoh - 45min
Solo - 40min
forbes - 40min
anderson - 45min
how is that not tanking?
But telling your players not to play ball is a strict no-no for me. And I am glad the raps are not doing it. Go watch wrestling if you like winning championships more than playing a sport.
I can admit I was down with the Tank Nation but I hope the ping pong ball gods aka David Stern gives the Raps 5th,6th pick for at least improving their defensive rankings from last year.
And Alabi, straight up beasting on fools like its the D League.
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End of mining's golden age to leave cracks in pipelineClancy Yeates
Published: November 24 2012 - 3:00AMThe Australian economy will face a fresh set of challenges as more miners hang up their hats.
THROUGHOUT Australia's history, resource booms have left powerful legacies. Melbourne as we know it was built on the 1850s gold rush, which funded lavish Victorian-era buildings, world-class art collections and transformed it into one of the world's richest cities within decades.
Fast forward to today, and just what Australians will be left with after the mining boom is very much up for debate.
A higher dollar looks likely, and a far bigger share of the economy will be devoted to selling commodities to Asia. Consumers are already cashing in by travelling overseas in record numbers, while the share of people driving luxury imported cars is at a two-year high.
But as the investment cycle wanes, what lasting effects can we expect? Have we spent the one-off boost to income on overseas holidays and cheap imports? Or will we be left with a more productive economy linked more closely to Asia?
Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson maintains that the bonanza will continue to benefit Australia for years to come, as mining's share of the economy expands from 5 per cent to more than 10 per cent, where it will remain for decades.
''Instead of the boom-and-bust cycle, what we will see ultimately is mining becoming a much larger share of a reshaped economy,'' Parkinson said in a recent speech.
But his predecessor, Ken Henry, struck a more sceptical note this week when assessing the longer term. Future Australians, he said, would look back on this generation as the one that ''extracted unparalleled monetary reward for the continent's natural resources''.
''Those future generations - our children's children - will have reason to examine whether we made the most of the mining boom that we knew would not last forever,'' Henry said.
At the same time, there are growing signs the investment peak will be smaller, and occur sooner, than expected.
The $6 billion Oakajee port and rail project in Western Australia was put on ice this month, and claims of cost blowouts are dogging the country's largest resource development, Chevron's Gorgon liquefied natural gas project.
Aside from the boom's long-term legacy, these cracks in the investment pipeline raise a more immediate concern: what will fill the gap after mining investment peaks some time next year?
Consumers have undeniably benefited from the boom through access to cheaper goods, even if this isn't always obvious.
Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says that five years ago, a shipload of iron ore was worth 2200 flat-screen imported televisions. Today, the same shipload is worth about 28,000 TV sets - about 13 times more than in 2007.
Since 1998, the rise in commodity prices had delivered a ''gift'' equal to $6300 a person in extra income, Commonwealth Bank analysts said this week.
But now that commodity prices have peaked, these forces are working in reverse.
Even Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has described the price boom as ''over''.
So what will the economy be left with when the investment boom also starts to die down?
Officials at Treasury and the Reserve Bank think that talk of the mining boom ''ending'' misses the point. Instead, they say the payoff will continue for years, due to a surge in the volume of exports, as a many mines and energy projects come on-stream.
HSBC's chief economist and a former Reserve official, Paul Bloxham, sums it up like this: ''When you do see the peak in investment, the exports start to ramp up. We get the export volumes that will come out of Australia. It means we are producing more output, the companies pay tax here and employ people here.''
But does this scenario stand up to reality?
Now that the boom is fading earlier and more quickly than expected, business leaders such as Woodside chairman Michael Chaney are warning that a ''growth cliff'' will confront the economy as the wave of investment dries up.
An Australian National University professor and former Reserve Bank board member, Bob Gregory, predicted a similar scenario in September, in a paper written with the former head of the Victorian Treasury, Peter Sheehan.
Gregory expects recession-like conditions of rising unemployment by next year - in part because the stubbornly high dollar will make it hard for other industries to fill the gap left by mining.
''If the exchange rate remains high, it's putting much more pressure on producers in this country, although it's making things much better for all us consumers,'' Gregory says.
Even if the dollar does come down, he says it is unlikely to suddenly spur the investment needed to fill the gap left by mining.
''Once we knock out the props, we've got to find something to take their place, and I just don't see it coming fast.''
Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted also expressed concerns about how the dollar would affect the economy's transition into its next phase, saying he ''struggled'' when thinking about how businesses could regain their competitiveness in the face of the high currency.
''It's the first time ever that since commodity prices have come off we haven't seen an adjustment to the Australian dollar,'' he said.
Talk of a ''growth cliff'', alongside the high dollar, raises the question of where future jobs growth will come from.
Despite all the investment in mining, the latest figures show the industry employs about 2.5 per cent of the workforce, or 270,000 people. This compares with 962,000 in manufacturing and 1.2 million in retail - industries that have been cutting jobs due partly to fierce overseas competition caused by the dollar. With many businesses reluctant to hire when the outlook is so uncertain, most economists also expect unemployment to drift higher next year.
In another blow to companies competing with miners for staff, the boom has also pushed up the cost of hiring skilled workers in key trades and professions.
The chairman of Manufacturing Australia, Dick Warburton, bemoans that the high cost of labour is ''the biggest legacy'' of the commodities bonanza for manufacturers.
''We wasted the opportunity because we just allowed practices which are deleterious to the manufacturing sector to grow,'' he says.
All up, the boom has been lucrative for many businesses, but has left others severely weakened and unlikely to bounce back strongly.
Stevens - who has made no secret of his surprise at the dollar's strength - says there are tentative signs of recovery in housing and consumer spending.
But it is not clear if this will be enough to pick up the growth baton from mining.
''Will the net effect of these developments mean that aggregate demand rises roughly in line with the economy's supply potential over the next couple of years, or will a significant gap emerge?'' Stevens said this week.
''That is the question the Reserve Bank Board is trying to answer every month when it sits down to decide the stance of monetary policy.''
The risk that some of the economy would be ''hollowed out'' by the mining boom was well known.
Treasury itself was warning of the ''resources curse'' in the 2010 budget, which said industries wounded by a high dollar ''might not simply reappear'' after the boom.
The solution? To save more through a resources super profits tax - something that was dumped months later. The more industry-friendly minerals resource rent tax started in July, but is believed to have raised little in its first quarter.
Aside from the mining tax disappointment, however, government coffers have benefited from the mining boom in other ways.
A study this year by Per Capita said government coffers had swelled by some $180 billion between 2002 and 2008 due to higher commodity prices. Of this, $69 billion was put into savings funds like the Future Fund and $36 billion used to pay down public debt.
The remaining $75 billion was given back to households through tax cuts and payments - derided by many economists as wasteful, and fuelling the perception of the boom being squandered.
The chief Australian economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Saul Eslake, was one of the first to say Australia was ''frittering away the fruits of the mining boom''.
He remains critical of this pre-financial crisis spending, but points to it as one way in which Australians have benefited from the boom.
''I think it would be wrong to say we've had no benefit from the mining boom, particularly if you look at what it's done to the budget,'' he says.
Since 2008, however, the boom's impact on government finances has been less rosy. The global slowdown has forced Treasury to write down company tax projections by $160 billion in the past five years. But this failure to capture more budget revenue only tells part of the story.
Stevens has been at pains to point out that despite the budget deficit, national saving has indeed lifted under the mining boom.
''The marked rise in the rate of saving by households in 2008 and 2009 has been sustained. Corporations have also increased their saving considerably over the past five years, opting to repay debt and lower their gearing ratios,'' he said.
The amount of income saved by consumers has increased from virtually nothing to about 10 per cent in a matter of years. Companies are saving much more, with the share of GDP saved jumping to a 15-year high as mining companies retained earnings to fund investment.
Gregory cites this jump in saving as proof the boom wasn't wasted - it was just something that was always going to be transient. ''I don't think we've frittered it away, I just think we weren't going to keep it,'' he says.
For all these challenges that have come with the boom, the mass injection of mining capital is set to fundamentally transform the shape of the economy.
The number of jobs in mining, many well paid, has tripled in the past decade to 270,000 - most of them in Western Australia and Queensland.
The sum of money invested in advanced mining projects in the west has grown by a staggering 1335 per cent in the past decade, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics says. Much of this wealth has trickled into other states through channels such as spending on other services linked to mining, federal tax collections and dividend payments.
HSBC's Bloxham says the country will be left with a ''very productive'' stock of capital and, in all likelihood, a dollar than stays stronger for longer.
''The larger capital stock and continued growth in demand for commodities is likely to see support for the Australian dollar, which is ultimately a way of spreading the benefits of the resources boom.''
Nevertheless, the massive expansion in exports will also tie Australia's economic fortunes more closely to the whims of global commodity markets.
Mining investment made up about 1 per cent of the economy 10 years ago. Next year it is projected to hit record highs of about 8 per cent, before it slowly declines as projects are completed.
ANU's Gregory says the country is putting its money into things that are ''naturally volatile'' - like the energy industry, which itself could be transformed by the rise of the United States as a gas exporter.
''Looking historically, it does mean that a large part of our exports are going to be more volatile than they used to be,'' he says.
Financing the huge expansion of the mining sector has also made Australia more dependent on foreign capital, which some see as a risk.
Eslake points to recent International Monetary Fund projections about our ballooning current account deficit.
''They forecast our current account deficit increasing to $US88 billion in 2013, and then to roughly $US100 billion per annum in the four years after that,'' Eslake says. ''That will be, if their forecasts are right, the second highest current account deficit in the world after the US.'
The IMF sees this surge as sustainable, as it's mainly driven by the heavy imports of capital to finance the mining investment boom.
But the fund - and the credit ratings agencies that guard Australia's top-notch credit rating - says increased national saving should be used to tackle this potential vulnerability.
For households, business and government, it seems saving more of what's left of the boom will remain a key challenge into the future.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/end-of-minings-golden-age-to-leave-cracks-in-pipeline-20121123-29zbg.html


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I still can't believe people are even discussing the Jeter incident. As you say, if it had happened during a lower-profile game it would have gone unnoticed. What's the difference between taking first base on a blown call the ump makes regarding a HBP and taking first base on a called ball four even though as a batter you know you got away with a strike? Joe Maddon went on the record as saying he would have no problem if one of the Rays did the same thing.
I'm with Jane. This is unbelievable. The radio hasn't stopped talking about it since I put it on at 6:30 this morning. If I would have known Jeter's non-HBP would have disturbed the bee hive to this magnitude….I wish it would have been AROD. At least I have fun piling on him. It's such a non issue to me. It's no different than a fielder trapping a ball and saying he caught it. Over the air they've treated it as cheating vs gamesmanship. You did a much better job of semantics > Gamesmanship vs sportsmanship!
I am one of the first to jump up and fight for the integrity of the game if something is called into question, but in this instance…..I look at it as he got away with it, and opinjions now can not change the score.
Agree totally that teams do this all the time with blown tags, maybe a liberal pivot during a double play, or a moving strike zone.
I think it had more to do with striking at the untarnished record of Jeter than to fight for the replay option or even make light of the fact Longoria had a ball thrown near his head and the Umpire did not even look up at look sternly to the mound or dugout.
Rays Renegade
Of course bloggers do a better way of using semantics and verbage to illustrate a point. We can see our words before we put our foot in our mouthes….most of the time.
As I explained before, it might a subconscious way for some of the baseball world to bring Jeter down a notch.
He will be fine, get his millions and still have great endorsements.
Thank goodness he was not like that running back in "The Last Boy Scout" and pulled a gun and shot the defenders converging on him.
Rays Renegade
Well RR, to tell you the truth I knew nothing about it until I came here and went to Jane's blog. I saw the Dodger game and went to read before going to bed.
Hey! I love the picture with the Mickey! where do they have it?
On the East Coast the Jeter Cheater situation is the talk of all Sports Radio. But then they are looking for ratings, so you can see why they will stoke the fires with as much garbage as possible.
The Mickey is axtually in the rotunda near Gate 1 at Tropicana Field right now. Somehow it got delivered from the Laguna Beach Gallery and is here possibly until the end of the yearl
Rays Renegade
I guess I equate this with when a fielder misses a tag on a runner. If the ump calls the guy out, I have never seen the fielder turn to the ump and admit he missed the tag. They'll take whatever the ump gives them every time.
That is another great example of gamesmanship versus sportsmanship.
There is a commerical out that shows a HS Basketball game and two players fighting for a ball before it goes out of bounds. Time is called and the team assembles at the sideline with their coach. The player let's the coach know he tounched the balland it should be there ball..That is sportsmanship.
The catcher moving the glove in with the ball to frame a pitch….gamesmanship. Subtle things make up a baseball game, and they can also change the flow of that same game.
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Wednesday: Phillies may have lost Brett Myers as he is taken out of the game while he loses to the fish, 6-2.
After giving up a two-run home run and a walk, losing pitcher Brett Myers is taken out of the game, which the Phils would lose, 6-2. It is later learned that he is having problem with his right hip, and he may be lost for the rest of the season, if he has to take surgery to fix it.
The Marlins took the lead in the fourth, in a pitchers' duel, as, with one man out, Dan Uggla hits a solo home run, his ninth home run of the season, to give the fish a 1-0 lead. The Marlins increased their lead an inning later, as, with runners on the corners, and nobody out, Wes Helms hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Cody Ross, who had earlier singled and had gone to third on John Baker's single, from third, making it 2-1 Marlins. The Phils cut the Marlins' lead to 2-1 as, with one out, Carlos Ruiz hits a solo home run, his second home run of the year. In the sixth, with a runner on second, and no one out, Uggla hits an RBI double, scoring Chris Coghlan, who had earlier doubled, giving the Marlins a 3-1 lead. Three batters later, with a man on third and now two men on, Ross gave the fish a commanding 5-1 lead, as he hits a two-run home run, his seven home run of the season, knocking in Uggla from third. The Phils got a run back in the eighth as, with one man out, pinch hitter Matt Stairs hits a pinch hit home run, his third home run of the year, making it a 5-2 Marlins' lead. The fish got that run back in the ninth as, with two men on, and one man out, Ronny Paulino hits an RBI single, plating Ross, who had earlier doubled, mking it 6-2 Marlins. In the ninth, a Phils' rally that had two men on, with two out, ended when Jimmy Rollins lined out to center for the final out.
Brett Myers took the lost, as he pitched five and two-thirds innings, before being taken out of the game with an injury, giving up five runs on seven hits and a walk, while he struck out three. His record is now 4-3 with a 4.66 ERA. Later, it was announced that Myers was removed from the game because of problems with his right hip. At the moment, Myers is going to have himself check out to determine if he will need surgery to fix. If so, his season may be over. Clay Condrey followed with two and a third scoreless innings, giving up just a hit, while striking out two. Jack Taschner pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits and a walk, as he struck out one. Burke Badenhop received the victory as he pitched five innings, giving up a run on five hits and a walk, while striking out three. His record is now 3-2 with a 4.97 ERA. Dan Meyer pitched an inning and a third of scoreless ball, as he struck out one. Kiko Calero pitched two-thirds of an inning, striking out two. Leo Nunez pitched an inning, giving up a run on one hit and a walk, as he struck out one. Matt Lindstrom pitched a scoreless ninth, giving up two hits and a walk.
The Phils had eight hits in the game. Ryan Howard led the team with two hits, raising his batting average to .263, with one of the hits being a double. Chase Utley, Jayson Werth, Pedro Feliz, Carlos Ruiz, Brett Myers and Matt Stairs had the other four hits, with Ruiz and Stairs hits being solo home runs, bringing in the Phils' only runs. The Phils will regroup tonight, hoping to take advantage of the hapless Nationals.
The Phillies (25-2o, 2nd) will start a three-games weekend series tonight with the Nationals (13-33, 5th) at Citizens Bank Park. The game will start at 7:05 pm Easten. The Phils' starter will be J.A. Happ (2-0, 2.60), who is coming off a no-decision as he pitched an excellent game on May 23 against the Yankees, going six innings, giving up two runs on four hits, while striking out four, in the Phils' 5-4 lost. He will be going for his first win of the season as a starter. The Nationals will counter with Ross Detwiler (0-0, 2.45), who is coming off a no-decision against the Orioles on May 23, where he pitched six innings, giving up a runs on one hit and four walks, as he struck out four, in the Nationals' 2-1 lost. He is still looking for his first win. The Phils will be trying to make it five wins in a row against the Nats as they try to establish dominance at home.