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Portugal's government said on Sunday its EU and IMF lenders had concluded work on the latest bailout review, indicating there were no outstanding obstacles for Lisbon to receive the next 2 billion euro tranche of the rescue package.
The review, which had been practically sealed in March, hit a snag early last month when the constitutional court threw out some of this year's austerity measures. But the government presented a plan to compensate for those, along with wider deficit reduction steps until 2015 worth 4.8 billion euros.
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Representatives of the lenders were in Lisbon last week to pore over the spending cuts.
"The cabinet met today to be briefed on the completion of the works related to the seventh evaluation and confirm the conditions necessary to seal it," the government said in a statement after an extraordinary cabinet briefing.
Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar will present the final terms at the meetings of EU and euro zone finance ministers that begin in Brussels on Monday, it said.
By getting its deficit-reduction plan back on track, Portugal also expects to get a full EU approval this week for an extension of its rescue loan maturities, which is aimed and helping it regain full access to the debt market.
Portugal last week issued its first 10-year bond since the bailout, which brought its debt yields to their lowest levels since 2010. Still, concerns remain over the country's deep recession and a growing opposition to the austerity program mandated under the bailout.
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SuperFreak wrote:I remember Rick he was someone I had high hopes for when I was a kid.
From what I've read and heard about him in his rookie season the Seahawks only ran basically six plays on offense so when playbook expanded it hurt him as someone said before he was better just doing his own thing and not being over coached.
The other thing I remember was that he didn't see very well to his left side once teams learned that they would pressure him and game plan to force him to throw over to his left hand side of the field which also caused him problems.
In the early 2000's he got some starts with the Raiders I believe Jeff George got hurt and Rick got to play, he would have a decent game here or there he had talent but lost confidence, thankfully for the Seahawks they were able to get a first round pick for him which I believe became Shawn Springs.
During his ROY season he did not show the talent nor leadership that Wilson has for us this year in case you are worried about Russell stepping backwards as his career progresses.
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All good points Superfreak. I'll just try to add a couple o' things if you don't mind.
1- I had totally forgotten about that vision thing. Valid point. I can remember him losing contacts during games and fighting to get them back in and always getting new ones and dealing with that mess now that you've reminded me of it.
2- He was parlayed into a pick to the Bears for him and a mid-late rounder. I believe it gave us a high pick and allowed us to select Springs and Jones in that draft, so I don't think we swapped picks or anything. I think we gave Rick and a conditional pick for the Bears pick and then there might have been another deal to get the picks in place to work that draft perfectly.
3- Rick didn't show what Russell Wilson has in a lot of regards, but over the years as I've learned more and really studied leadership and been in some pretty high leadership positions, I am starting to take the viewpoint that if Rick had the leadership this team has, he wouldn't have been nearly as bad. Sure he probably wouldn't have been a hall of famer, but I think he could have been a Pro Bowl QB. He seemed better in his rookie year than Matt Hass did in his first year as a starter here. Subsequent coaches and the Paul Allen "team" would have taken care of him, and they wouldn't have rushed him out on the field if he wasn't totally ready. I think Rick was sort of a lazy playbook guy (or maybe they were drawing up the infamous napkin plays), and they would have made sure he worked his butt off, and I think with the right coaches he would have. He wasn't a flake or anything. He had just always gotten by on natural talent and done quite well. He ultimately was a good guy though and I can't recall him saying anything bad about anybody, and in that regard I feel like he brought something good to this organization, even if it was just for that rookie year. He brought us some hope for the future and he did it with class and flair with his Jim Zorn like free-wheeler style. It was refreshing and fun to watch.
I'll never forget him getting wrapped up and throwing left handed passes to the RB's just to make sure he didn't go down. Mirer was a gutsy guy. I think he's one of those QB's that could have played safety or slot receiver because he was a tough dude and a really good athlete. He just got the crap knocked out of him. The fact that he stuck around so long though is a testament to the fact that he was a good teammate and gave it an effort. He probably knew as much as anybody else that things were off, and tried to play through it and help whatever team he was on. It was probably a real blow to his ego, but he did it and did it with a smile on his face. I've seen so many highly touted QB's who didn't get their way and just walked away to broadcast or start a "financial services firm" in a year or two because they couldn't handle the awful idea of being somebody else's backup and helping a younger QB out. He sort of reminds me of Ty Detmer. Ty took an awful beating in college (dislocating both shoulders in a bowl game against Texas A&M), but stayed around forever as a backup and a great teammate that coaches and other players loved for his willingness to do whatever was asked of him.
I'll say this as my wrap-up on Mirer. I never once saw him beg out of a game. I can't say that for a few other guys. I never once saw him overexaggerate an injury, in fact, I saw him get busted up pretty darn bad and getting taped up and getting back out there on an ankle that didn't bend, etc. He signified hope to me for the future of the franchise, and his trade brought something we desperately needed, and that brought more hope. Then Holmgren came along and things got steadily better. I would have loved to see Mirer brought along by Holmgren. At the very least I think he would have been a really solid #2 behind Hass or maybe he'd have finally gotten some QB coaching and used his athletic ability to become a guy like Hass. He had that kind of ability and seemed to genuinely love the game like Matt did. This thread has brought back some good memories (I am blocking out the bad ones!). Viva la Rick.
Chukarhawk wrote:Ouch. man he was bad. The football gods owe us a Probowl QB.
KitsapHawk wrote:Excuse me for I am not of that era, but from what I understood Mirer had a fairly decent rookie campaign, but then came back the next year and pooped the bed. Does anyone here remember or know why this happened? Was it like a lack of discipline? Or was it just a random collapse? I always wonder if the same thing is possible with Russell that happened to Cam Newton and Mirer.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground's "Super Pond" has been closed indefinitely while investigations continue into the deaths of three divers in the underwater explosion test facility in the past month, the Army announced Friday.
Col. Gordon A. Graham, commander of the proving ground's test center, ordered the shutdown Tuesday, the day two Navy divers died while in the man-made impoundment.
Graham had ordered a "safety stand down" after a diver's death Jan. 30, but the Navy dive operation went ahead because it had already been scheduled, according to a proving ground news release. The Navy team was briefed on the Jan. 30 incident, assessed the risk and made sure safety measures were in place before proceeding, the release said.
The Super Pond was developed to provide the Navy with a site to conduct underwater explosion tests that would not harm fish or other aquatic creatures. More than 1,000 feet long and 150 feet deep, the pond, carved out of the bank of the Bush River, has been used to shock-test ships, submarines, torpedoes, missiles and other systems. It's also been used for training exercises. Since its opening in 1995, there had been no fatalities or serious injuries until this year.
The first diver to die in the Super Pond was George H. Lazzaro Jr., 41, of Nottingham. An engineering technician in the Firepower Directorate of the Aberdeen Test Center, Lazzaro was said to be doing routine maintenance on the facility's infrastructure when he died.
The victims this week were identified as Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, of Gladstone, Mo. They were members of a mobile diving and salvage unit based in Virginia Beach, Va.
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"TVA adjusts part of its energy rates monthly based on its expense of generating electricity using various resources and fuels," says FPU's CEO and General Manager Britt Dye.
"TVA has to pay more for fuel this spring because March was colder than we expected," says a TVA spokesman. "We had to purchase more fuel than planned to meet demand."
In April, customers using 1,330 kilowatt-hours were billed $136.96. In May, electric bills for the same kilowatt use will be $138.55.
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HOUSTON – A Texas prison escapee on the run for almost 16 years has been captured by authorities in Mexico and awaits extradition to the U.S. to finish serving his sentence on charges of attempted capital murder of a police officer, state Department of Criminal Justice officials said Wednesday.
Juan Salaz was apprehended last week. The 37-year-old American citizen had been sought for years by authorities on both sides of the border.
Salaz escaped the night of March 22, 1997, from the Garza East prison in Beeville in South Texas by climbing over three 16-foot fences all topped with razor wire.
At the time, he was serving three concurrent 35-year sentences for aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon and two counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer for a 1995 incident involving two Houston officers.
He now also faces a felony escape charge besides serving the remainder of his sentence.
Prison records show on April 2, 1995, Salaz and another man, Geronimo Soto Alvarado, abducted a man at gunpoint and demanded a ransom. Houston police undercover officers involved in the case arranged for the exchange. After the abducted man was freed, they identified themselves as police and Salaz and Alvarado opened fire on them. A police sergeant avoided serious injury when he was saved by his body armor. Another officer suffered a hand wound.
Salaz was seriously wounded when police returned fire. He recovered from his injuries and subsequently pleaded guilty.
Alvarado, now 45, also was arrested and is serving a life sentence for two convictions of aggravated assault and another for aggravated kidnapping.
Prison officials said sources for years had told them Salaz was hiding out in Mexico but he managed to evade police. The hunt for him involved the U.S. Marshals Service, the Texas prison system's Office of Inspector General and Mexican law enforcement agencies.
"Salaz thought that he had eluded authorities by starting a new life in Mexico," Department of Criminal Justice Inspector General Bruce Toney said Wednesday. "He was wrong."
Salaz is to be returned to Texas custody once the Mexican government approves his extradition.
Salaz's capture leaves Jose Fernando Bustos-Diaz, 24, as the lone Texas prison fugitive. He fled in April 2010 from the Brisco Unit in Dilley, near San Antonio. The prison houses medium- and minimum-security inmates. He also is believed to have fled to Mexico.
Bustos-Diaz was serving 35 years for a 2005 murder in Harris County.