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Kane named 'CHCO of the Year' for online training, performance evaluation work
Wednesday - 12/28/2011, 7:21pm EST
Federal News Radio reporter Emily Kopp interviews Energy Department CHCO Mike Kane.
Two major HR developments in 2011 are helping to lay the foundation for an increasingly lean and mobile federal workforce: An online learning platform and a new approach to employee evaluations. At the center of both initiatives was Energy Department Chief Human Capital Officer Mike Kane.
For his work, he earned the "Chief Human Capital Officer of the Year" award from the CHCO Council, whose members are human resources leaders from across government.
Kane spoke recently with Federal News Radio about his banner year and the challenges ahead in 2012.
HR University 'will make us more mobile'
2011 saw the launch of HR University. Despite its name, the online training platform offers courses for hiring managers and others outside the human resources field. It allows agencies to save money by sharing their training courses with each other. The courses are vetted by government experts.
"HR University is going to fulfill the dream of the civil service," Kane said. "We will be trained in a more common vein and access a lot more training than we can in our individual agencies."
In the long term, he said, employees could use it to map out a strategy for building skills as they advance in their careers. The standardized training would enable them to move more easily from one agency to another.
"It will make us more mobile as a community," he said.
Supervisor's supervisor weakest link in performance management?
Energy Department CHCO Mike Kane.
Kane also led more than 100 members of federal unions, management associations and agency human resources chief in revisiting one of the thorniest issues in government: how supervisors evaluate employees.
The CHCO Council worked with the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations in a process that "stretched one's own boundaries and drove us closer as a group," Kane said.
That's reflected in the resulting performance management framework, he said.
It recommends that supervisors meet quarterly with employees.
Unions balked at first because they did not understand the benefit to employees, he said.
"We kept talking about it as a GPS concept. You know where you are when you walk down the street with the phone" he said. "Why don't you know where you are when you do your work? You can correct it if you know where you are. If you get off base, it's easier to correct."
The framework also emphasizes management training.
"The supervisors of supervisors are the weakest link in our chain right now. We don't have an overall approach to how supervisors grade and rate supervision," he said. "We need to hold those leaders accountable."
The Energy Department is one of six agencies piloting the framework. The agency is working on integrating employee performance management activities with program and acquisition reviews "so that you're required to look at the health and readiness of the workforce as part of those reviews," Kane said.
He plans to meet with agency leaders in January and deliver a report in March on the agency's progress thus far.
Pay reform may be "on the docket" in 2012
In 2012, human capital leaders would be wise to focus on long-term goals, even those without immediate payoffs, Kane said.
With more than 30 years of federal service, Kane has been through rough budget cycles before. In the downsizing of the 1990s, many senior staff retired, leaving agencies with knowledge gaps.
In that situation, "the first tendency is to say, 'I need that expert. I need to replace the person who had all the knowledge,'" Kane said.
But, he added, that would be a mistake.
"You can't hire at the top of the pay bands. That's defeating the purpose of developing the next generation of workers," he said.
Energy will look to the proposed Pathways program — which will replace most internships when it goes into effect next year — to bring in younger talent at lower grade levels, he said. It will also allow agencies to hire university graduates without going through the time-consuming and burdensome competitive hiring process.
In his vision of a well-planned workforce, the agency would have an "entry pipeline, where people come in, grow, reach a journeyman level and either decide to stay here or go on to other public-service careers," he said. "We would then bring people in at the midlevel from other agencies who change our culture and give us a more diverse view of the world."
In addition, he said, the government as a whole should assess its workforce with a focus on mobility.
The next step after hiring reform may be overhauling pay systems. "I think that's going to be on the docket," he said.
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Roger Brown's First & 10: Exeter begins where it left off
Exeter, which finished as the poll's No. 1 team in 2012, received all six first-place votes to debut at No. 1 in this week's poll, which was released Monday morning.
"We have all new backs, and we didn't turn the ball over, which is always a concern," Exeter coach Bill Ball said. "The defense is getting there. I thought we tackled pretty well.
Keene, which is coming off a 34-0 thrashing of Nashua North in its season opener, is No. 7 in the Power Poll.
Three other Division I teams — Concord, Nashua South and Pinkerton — round out the top five.
"Not very good on offense, " Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly said following Friday night's loss to Bedford. "We're missing something in the running game. We could not run the ball between the tackles consistently. Skill people were dropping like flies in the secondary and the offensive backfield.
NASHUA SOUTH fans had to temper their celebration after Friday night's 34-24 victory over Spaulding of Rochester, since South quarterback/defensive back Trevor Knight left that game early in the second half with a dislocated thumb.
"There are no chips or cracks or breaks," said South coach Scott Knight, who is also Trevor's father. "That's a real big thing."
Scott Knight said no additional damage was discovered when Trevor was evaluated Monday.
Trevor Knight, who has committed to play for the University of New Hampshire, passed for 132 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 82 yards before he suffered the injury. He also intercepted two passes.
"He's going to be pretty good," Scott Knight said of Langa. "We like him. He's going to be our guy next year."
"It's a great challenge for our team," Scott Knight said.
LAST WEEKEND'S most dramatic finish took place in Meredith, where Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough beat Franklin, 27-26, at home.
"It was the same play," Inter-Lakes coach Jon Francis said of the TD and conversion. "There wasn't even a question that we were going for two. I'm an all-or-nothing kind of guy."
The loss came in Jeff Kaplan's first game as Franklin's head coach. Kaplan replaced Greg Husband, who guided Franklin to a victory over Mascoma in last year's Division VI championship game but was fired in the offseason. After losing to the Golden Tornadoes in the final, Mascoma Valley Regional of Canaan filed a complaint with the NHIAA, alleging that Franklin players acted in an unsportsmanlike manner at game's end.


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Steve Carell makes 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' more than illusion
Actor-producer aimed to ground new comedy in reality, too
For acclaimed comedy actor Steve Carell, funny wasn't the only element he knew he needed to make his latest film fly, even though "The Amazing Burt Wonderstone" featured fellow comedy talents like Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey and Alan Arkin.
No, the secret magical ingredient was that the stars -- including Olivia Wilde -- all had the wherewithal to play it straight, too: a crucial element if the film was to be grounded in any sense of reality, even if their characters sported wild hairdos and wore velvet jumpsuits.
"As outlandish as all the wigs and costumes are, they're not really that far from the truth in the world of Vegas. We wanted the movie to have that sense of reality and sense of accessibility, too," Carell told me in a recent interview. "We want it to be funny and silly, but at the same, we want it to be a story and have people jump on board and care about the characters."
"The things I find funny are the things that strike you as honest and real," Carell added. "When you feel like the character is actually going through something, it's infinitely funnier."
Of course, if Carell -- who's also a producer on the film -- wanted audiences to jump on board with him, emotionally, he'd have to make the magic scenarios as real as possible. In the case of the film's hilarious hot box scene -- where Burt and Anton encase themselves in a glass enclosure 100 feet above the ground -- Carell and Buscemi were really hoisted 100 feet above the street in the contraption.
"It was a little scary, and it wasn't so much the height, but the transparency of it that was disconcerting," Carell, 50, said. "The fact that you could look down onto the street was not natural. That's why I don't like glass elevators."
Opening in theaters nationwide on Friday, the movie tells the story of Burt Wonderstone (Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Buscemi), a pair of famous magicians on the Las Vegas strip who bonded in their youth as a couple of outcast kids who shared a love of illusions.
The problem with Burt and Anton, though, is that they've been doing the same act for 10 years, and their creativity and friendship have both gone stale. The partnership reaches a boiling point, though, when an extreme street magician, Steve Gray (Carrey), bursts onto the scene -- forcing the duo into an outlandish stunt that ends up shattering both their professional and personal relationship.
Trying to press on alone, Burt seems doomed as a solo act, until fate brings him together with his childhood inspiration, Rance Holloway (Arkin). Along with the help of Burt and Anton's former assistant, Jane (Wilde), Rance helps the magician remember the reason why he started doing illusions in the first place.
The only thing that would truly be more magical to Burt is that Anton and he could make their comeback together.
While Burt and Anton's working relationship is on the skids in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," it was the exact opposite for Carell and Buscemi working together on the film.
"He's a consummate professional, a super-nice guy and has a truckload of talent, and he really just likes to play," Buscemi told me in a separate interview. "He likes to work off the other actors, and it's always great to work off of other people who have that sense of play. In that way, it felt like a real partnership."
To make the film feel as authentic as possible, Carell and director Don Scardino also enlisted the help of real-life magicians to help on "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" -- including legendary magic man David Copperfield, who appears in a cameo.
One thing that Carell realized wasn't an illusion was the amount of passion real magicians had for their craft, which led the actor-filmmaker to develop a newfound respect for the profession.
"I respect it as an art form and I think about it more that way than I did before -- to work with actual magicians, and to watch them perform and watch their actual commitment to it, it can be a very thankless profession," Carell said. "These guys are committed to it and look at it as an art form. It's something that's a very specific talent, and takes years and years to get to the point where you're good enough to perform in front of people."
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Today my OB told me that were it not for my previous successful VBAC, she'd be ready to give up on me and send me right to surgery for another c-section. But! I have something that sounds simply awesometastic: I have a Proven Pelvis.
So, then!
We have a bit of a timing issue. We're supposed to get enough snow this weekend that we're being advised to be ready to shelter in place for three to five days. Hmm. We're being told that it should be more dramatic than the last freak storm in December, and aren't we lucky, two freak storms in one season. That last freak storm so strained our county's resources that our street was never actually plowed at all. After several days of the main roads getting all the attention, our snow was sort of mushed down by local traffic. And then we had a warm spell, and it melted. But let's think about that. Past due date? Shelter in place? No plowing?
Well thank goodness I have the secret weapon: my proven pelvis.
I can't control the weather or the route of the snow plows but I can believe in my body and be ready for what comes. So I'm going to incorporate this phrase into my conversations this weekend, and probably for all time.
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Bring it on, snow, because my unimpressive car has all-wheel drive and I,
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If you would have talked about Gordie and his secret plan to take over AMD OSS graphics development and move it to a new crack team he has ready in his hidden mountain lair, that would have been funny. You can be the funniest comedian in the world and still go too far with a rip. e.g. Ricky Gervais
So, if people say you offended them, your reaction is to ignore it since "it happens all the time". I wonder what metric you use to regulate your behaviour and interaction with others. My guess is that, at least here, you rely on social acceptance and complicity--which you don't lack judging from comments from other posters. I just wanted to let you know that you don't count with mine on this one, however funny I may have found a number of your comments in the past.Originally Posted by V!NCENT
The important point is not how fun something may be for a group of people, but rather how offensive it may be for another.Originally Posted by Remco
Anyway, don't you guys waste too much time about this issue. After all, this is Phoronix.
I hear you. We had this discussion with the RMS joke, too. You convinced me there that it's important to consider that a joke harms people. But it's also important to keep in mind that everything (especially on the internet), is going to offend. I disagree that it's not important to consider that a joke is fun for people.
Food for thought: have you ever thought about Stephen Colbert this way: he systematically bullies and makes fun of Bill O'Reilly. This is deeply offensive to Bill, and to a lot of conservatives. It's very funny to the rest of the world.
Or how about this one: in a sketch Ricky Gervais makes fun of disabled people (or of how people treat disabled people). He's doing a sketch where he's bullying a stranger in a wheelchair (his paraplegic boss in real life). This generated some outrage, but also some comments by handicapped people who thought it was funny. I guess it rang true.
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Yep, that it is. Think of SLI/Crossfire eight times over.
Probably about 16-ish. It's their most complicated chip attempted to date on the GPU front. It's been panned on the "review" sites because Intel shipped the design without full Windows side drivers. It's got a lot of promise and if the open source drivers are decent (which I'm hoping they are) it'd be a decent choice as a discrete part by itself.How complex is a current GMA X3000 core? If you shrink down the proccess to CPU-size, how many could you pack into a current P4-sized, or maybe Core-Duo2, peice of silicon?
That would be about correct. Top end cards are running 32-ish right now (G80...). I'm not QUITE sure how someone's arriving at 16x the fastest cards out right now, but I could buy a 3x-4x advantage if they could pull off the management of resources, etc. on the multicore design with an X3000 based multicore- probably with less power consumption. Right now, this is all guesswork on our part- we've no idea what the pipelines can fully do yet in the X3000 or if they're even USING that core in the multicore design. They could have a 16/32 pipe core already in the pipeline as a rollout for the baseline discrete part for all we know.Using the X3000 core as a basis would get you 128 programmable pipelines in 16-way core. So that's probably wrong... (me assuming that they are going to use x3000 design fairly directly.(


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Thomas McDonald, senior vice president of Equity International, is weighing an investment in the Brazilian homebuilder Gafisa. Was this the right country? The right company? The right co-investor? The right time? McDonald would be investing alongside a Brazilian private equity firm, GP Investments, and must decide how to structure the investment. Especially, he must decide how to align his interests with those of GP. GP has recruited EI due to its prior experience with the Mexican homebuilder Homex. McDonald must also consider: Is that experience transferable to this investment?
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Washington, D.C. – Over the weekend Special Olympics' Director of Athlete Leadership Programs Kathryn Clark was one of six members of the Peace Corps family to be honored with receiving the 2011 John F. Kennedy Service Award.
Clark won in the category of 'Returned Peace Corps Volunteers' for having demonstrated continued domestic and international service and leadership in her community. Clark served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone from 1968 to 1969 and in Jamaica from 1984 to 1987.
After returning from Peace Corps service in Sierra Leone, Clark became an area coordinator for Special Olympics in North Carolina. When she volunteered again with the Peace Corps in the 1980s - and at the request of founding Peace Corps Director, the late Sargent Shriver - Clark became the first Peace Corps volunteer to launch a Special Olympics-based project. She eventually helped establish Special Olympics programs across the Caribbean and Africa and has continued working with Special Olympics ever since.
Clark has been a longtime staff member for Special Olympics, dedicating her life to the organization for more than 30 years. Now serving as Special Olympics' International Director of Athlete Leadership Programs, Clark trains Special Olympics athletes to be advocates for the equality of people with intellectual disabilities. She also recently welcomed in the new class of Sargent Shriver Global Messengers. A resident of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, Clark earned degrees in special education and a Master of Social Science from Syracuse University.
According to Clark, "Peace Corps and Special Olympics are very similar–both work with volunteers in countries throughout the world, promoting hope, change, and fulfillment to everyone they touch."
Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics said this of Clark, "We could not be more proud of Kathryn as she receives this much-deserved award. She has demonstrated incredible leadership in bringing change to the lives of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities in Africa, the Caribbean, and in the U.S. through sports training and competition. Most notably, Kathryn has demonstrated the power of what a Peace Corps volunteer can accomplish by building acceptance and breaking down the barriers of fear and rejection towards people with intellectual disabilities."
In commemoration of Peace Corps' 50th anniversary, on Saturday in Boston, Massachusetts, Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams and Caroline Kennedy presented the 2011 John F. Kennedy Service Awards to Clark and five other members of the Peace Corps family who have given outstanding public service, both at home and abroad. The awards are held every five years at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Peace Corps volunteers Chris Fontanesi (Romania) and Robert Ferguson (Mexico), Peace Corps staff Frances Asturias (Washington D.C. headquarters and Guatemala) and Mostafa Lamqaddam (Morocco), and returned Peace Corps volunteers Kathryn Clark (Sierra Leone, 1968-1969; Jamaica, 1984-1987) and Joseph Carroll Jaycox (Venezuela, 1962-1964) were honored.
Established in 2006, the John F. Kennedy Service Awards recognize two current Peace Corps volunteers, two returned Peace Corps volunteers and two Peace Corps staff members for exemplary contributions to the Peace Corps and the advancement of public service. Award recipients demonstrate exceptional service and leadership and promote the Peace Corps mission and three goals: to help people of interested countries meet their needs for trained men and women; to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served; and to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans.
About the Peace CorpsPresident John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961, by executive order. Throughout 2011, Peace Corps is commemorating 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Historically, more than 200,000 Americans have served with the Peace Corps to promote a better understanding between Americans and the people of 139 host countries. Today, 8,655 volunteers are working with local communities in 77 host countries. Peace Corps volunteers must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age. Peace Corps service is a 27-month commitment.
About Special OlympicsSpecial Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to nearly 3.5 million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition health screenings, and other related programs. Special Olympics now takes place every day, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in all regions of the world and in community playgrounds and ball fields in every small neighborhood's backyard. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics at www.specialolympics.org.
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Area total: 61.2 sq. km.; about one-third the size of Washington, DC.
Cities: Capital--San Marino (pop. 4,377). Other cities--Serravalle, Borgo Maggiore, Domagnano.
Terrain: Rugged mountains.
Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Sammarinese.
Population (April 2011): 31,928.
Ethnic groups: Sammarinese, Italian.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
Language: Italian.
Education: Literacy--96%.
Health: Infant mortality rate (2010)--2.99/1,000 live birth rates. Life expectancy (2009)--80.9 years for men and 86.0 years for women.
Work force (April 2011): 22,374.
Type: Independent republic.
Constitution: October 8, 1600, electoral law of 1926 and manuscript of rights (1974) serve some of the functions of the Constitution.
Branches: Executive--Captains Regent (co-chiefs of state); Congress of State (cabinet) elected by the Great and General Council; Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs (head of government). Legislative--unicameral parliament: 60-member Great and General Council. Judicial--Council of Twelve.
Administrative divisions: 9 municipalities.
Political parties: Christian Democratic Party of San Marino, Party of Socialists and Democrats, National Alliance, Popular Alliance, United Left, New Socialist Party, We Sammarinesi, Sammarinesi for Freedom, and Democrats of the Center.
Suffrage: Universal, 18 years of age.
GDP (2009): Euros 1.102 billion (approx. $1.54 billion).
Per capita GNP (2009): Euros 24,990 (approx. $34,830).
GDP growth (2009): -12.5%.
Natural resources: Building stone.
Agriculture: Products--wheat, grapes, maize, olives, cattle, pigs, horses, meat, cheese, hides.
Industry: Types--tourism, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine.
Trade: Exports (2008)--2.80 billion Euros (approx. $3.9 billion). 90% to Italy. Imports (2008)--2.60 billion Euros (approx. $3.6 billion): manufactured goods, food. Partners--Italy, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South America, China, Taiwan.
The population of San Marino is comprised of native Sammarinese and Italian citizens. Crop farming, sheep farming, and the working of stone from the quarries formed the early backbone of San Marino's economy. It has no mineral resources, and today most of the land is cultivated or covered by woods.
According to tradition, San Marino was founded in AD 301 when a Christian stonemason named Marinus the Dalmatian fled to the island of Arbe to escape the anti-Christian Roman Emperor Diocletian. Marinus hid on the peak of Mount Titano and founded a small community of people following their Christian beliefs. It is certain that the area had been inhabited since prehistoric times, although evidence of existence on Mount Titano only dates back to the Middle Ages. In memory of the stonecutter, the land was renamed "Land of San Marino" and was finally changed to its present-day name, "Republic of San Marino."
The original government structure was composed of a self-governed assembly known as the Arengo, which consisted of the heads of each family. In 1243, the positions of Captains Regent (Capitani Reggenti) were established to be the joint heads of state.
The land area of San Marino consisted only of Mount Titano until 1463, at which time the republic entered into an alliance against Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, who was later defeated. As a result, Pope Pius II Piccolomini gave San Marino the towns of Fiorentino, Montegiardino, and Serravalle. Later that year, the town of Faetano joined the republic on its own accord. Since then, the size of San Marino has remained unchanged.
San Marino has been occupied by foreign militaries twice in its history, both for only short periods of time. In 1503, Cesare Borgia, known as Valentino, occupied the republic until his death several months later. In 1739, Cardinal Alberoni used military force to occupy the country. Civil disobedience was used to protest his occupation, and clandestine notes sent to the Pope to obtain justice were answered by the Pope's recognition of San Marino's rights and restoration of San Marino's independence.
The Arengo, initially formed with the heads of each family, relinquished its power to the Great and General Council. In 1243, the first two Captains Regent were nominated by the Council, and this method of nomination is still in use today. The Council is composed of 60 members who are elected every 5 years under a proportional representation system in all nine administrative districts. These districts (Townships) correspond to the old parishes of the Republic, and each one is ruled by a Council, which is chaired by a Captain elected every 5 years. The Great and General Council approves the budget, as well as the nominations of Captains Regent and heads of the Executive.
Every 6 months, the Council elects two Captains Regent to be the heads of state. The Regents are chosen from opposing parties so they can keep an eye on each other. They serve a 6-month term. The investiture of the Captains Regent takes place on April 1 and October 1 in every year. Once this term is over, citizens have 3 days in which to file complaints about the previous Regents' activities. If they warrant it, judicial proceedings against the former head(s) of state can be initiated.
The State Congress, composed of 10 Secretaries, wields executive power. The 10 Secretaries are (1) Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs, Telecommunications, and Transportation; (2) Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and Civil Defense; (3) Secretary of State for Finance, Budget, and Relations with the State Philatelic and Numismatic Office; (4) Secretary of State for Education, Culture, University and Social Affairs; (5) Secretary of State for Territory, Environment and Agriculture; (6) Secretary of State for Health and Social Security; (7) Secretary of State for Industry and Trade; (8) Secretary of State for Tourism, Sport, Economic Planning, and Relations with the Azienda Autonoma di Stato for Services; (9) Secretary of State for Justice, Information, and Relations with City Governments; and (10) Secretary of State for Labor and Cooperation.
The Great and General Council elects the Council of Twelve for the duration of the Legislature and serves a jurisdictional body that also acts as a third instance Court of Appeals. Two government inspectors represent the State in financial and patrimonial questions.
The Legislative body consists of the Great and General Council, the parliament, and a unicameral Chamber. The members of parliament are usually elected every 5 years and are in charge of legislation, justice, and the administration of jurisdiction. In addition, they are tasked with electing the Captains Regent, the State Congress, the Council of Twelve, the Advising Commission, and the Government Unions once the Council nominates them. Parliament also has the power to ratify contracts with other countries. The parliament is divided into five different Advising Commissions consisting of 15 councils which examine, propose, and discuss the implementation of new laws that are on being submitted to the Great and General Council.
The judiciary is composed of the commissioner of the law, the judging magistrate, the appellate judge, the juvenile court, and the judge of last appeal. The commissioner tries civil and penal cases with penalties not exceeding a 3-year sentence. The judging magistrates, who are appointed by parliament for a 3-year term and can be indefinitely reappointed, preside over all other cases.
Reform legislation, enacted in 2004, no longer requires that the country's lower court judges be noncitizens; however, most lower court judges remained Italian citizens. A local conciliation judge handles cases of minor importance. Under the same reform, the final court of review is the judge of the last appeal. In civil matters, this judge confirms or overrules either the lower court judgment or an appellate decision; in criminal matters, he judges on the legitimacy of detention measures and on the enforcement of a judgment.
On April 28, 2005 a new act established the country's constitutional court with the following functions: 1) to verify that laws, acts, and traditions that are given the force of law conform to constitutional precepts; 2) to verify the admissibility of a referendum; 3) to decide on conflicts between constitutional institutions; 4) to control the activity of the Captains Regent. The court is composed of three standing judges and three alternate judges. They are selected by the Great and General Council with a two-thirds majority to a 4-year term. After the first selection one-third of the members of the court are reselected every 2 years.
Principal Government Officials
Captains Regent--Filippo Tamagnini and Maria Luisa Berti (from April 1 to October 1, 2011)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs--Antonella Mularoni (since December 3, 2008)
Ambassador to the United States--Paolo Rondelli
San Marino has honorary Consulates General in Washington, DC and New York and honorary Consulates in Detroit and Honolulu. The honorary Consulate General in Washington, DC is located at 888 17th Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006.
The Republic of San Marino's website provides information on politics, trade, and events in San Marino.
San Marino is a multi-party democratic republic. The two main parties are the Christian Democratic Party of San Marino (PDCS), and the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD), in addition to several other smaller parties. Due to the small size and low population of San Marino, it is difficult for any party to gain a pure majority, and most of the time the government is run by a coalition. Following the November 2008 election results, the PDCS formed a center-right coalition government with the Popular Alliance and several smaller parties.
Because tourism accounts for a large part of the economy, the government relies not only on taxes and customs for revenue but also the sale of coins and postage stamps to collectors throughout the world. In addition, the Italian Government pays San Marino an annual budget subsidy provided under the terms of the Basic Treaty with Italy. In recent years banking has also become an important economic activity.
Harmonization of statutes and policies with the EU is a major domestic and foreign policy priority of the republic. Another priority issue is the signing of a cooperation agreement with Italy, San Marino's most important economic partner.
Manufacturing industry contributed to 33.3% of San Marino's GDP in 2009. Other important sectors included banking and insurance (17.6%); public administration (13.6%); commerce (13.5%), services (13.6%), and construction (5.9%). Tourism remained a significant activity, drawing about 2 million people annually.
Traditional economic activities in San Marino were food crops, sheep farming, and stone quarrying. Today farming activities focus on grain, vines, and orchards, as well as animal husbandry (cattle and swine). Besides the tourism industry, San Marino makes most of its income from the banking industry and from the manufacture and export of ceramics, tiles, furniture, clothing, paints, fabrics, and spirits/wines. The per capita level of output and standard of living in San Marino are comparable to those of Italy. In addition, San Marino maintains the lowest unemployment rate in Europe and no national debt.
San Marino is an active player in the international community. Currently, the Republic has diplomatic relations with over 70 countries. Italy is the only country represented by an ambassador resident in San Marino. The Papal Nuncio, based in Rome, is the dean of San Marino's diplomatic corps.
San Marino is a full member of the United Nations (UN), International Court of Justice (ICJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Health Organization (WHO), World Tourism Organization (WTO), Council of Europe, International Red Cross Organization, the International Institution for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIIT), and Interpol, among others. It also cooperates with UNICEF and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and has official relations with the European Union (EU). From May-November 1990 and from November 2006-May 2007, San Marino held the semi-annual presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg, France.
The United States and San Marino enjoy friendly diplomatic relations. San Marino consistently supports U.S. foreign policy positions, as well as U.S. candidates to international organizations. The two countries are on excellent terms. In December 2009 Ambassador David Thorne presented his credentials to the Captains Regent, to become the second U.S. Ambassador to San Marino in the country's history. In July 2007, Ambassador Paolo Rondelli became San Marino's first ambassador to the U.S. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Florence consular district. Consulate officials regularly visit San Marino to carry out diplomatic demarches, represent U.S. interests, and administer consular services.
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--David Thorne
U.S. Consul General Mary Ellen Countryman is the working diplomatic contact to San Marino. The U.S. Consulate General is at Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci, 38, 50123 Firenze, Italy (tel. (39) (055) 266-951).
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Pipkin Games is trying to tie your brain in knots with something that should be simple. Roll a ball in a maze to an exit. Easy, right? Well, except for the fact that there are coloured keys, doors, locks, paint blotches, and more all strewn across different overlapping layers you'll have to hop in and out of holes to travel through.
Tateita's short and sweet escape game makings are what's in store for you in the oddly named, sg6. The room is unfurnished and offers few clues and even fewer puzzles to solve, but solve them must if you want to escape. So poke around a few corners, make good use of items you gather and, with two shakes of the dice, you'll be out.
To stuff the piggies in this quirky physics puzzler full of acorns, you'll need to draw ropes to send them flinging around the level using various contraptions, and then know when to sever the connection at just the right moment! More Cut the Rope than its predecessor, piggy still pleases with cheerful design and clever levels for perfect casual puzzling.
When Detarou's playing Willy Wonka, any factory you visit is bound to be a little... off. With everything from a sober frog man, a de-pants/pantsing conveyor, a less-than-talented ventriloquist and more, this is one of the weirdest escapes yet... though thankfully with its share of clever puzzles to keep you occupied.
You're bored kid with a box cutter in a room full of boxes. Ready for rainy day crafts time? Turn the boxes into shapes by clicking a point outside the box then drawing a line all the way across it to cut off that piece. You're limited to specific types of cuts and, as the shapes get much more complicated over 30 levels, creating them with 100% similarity becomes quite tough. Slice the Box is great way to while away time in a relaxing, creative endeavor.
Guide the yellow ninja on a quest through 20 riddling rooms in this simply tricky puzzle platform game from Tom "Ninjadoodle" Vencel. It boils down to doing one thing twenty times: press the big red button so you can reach the key and unlock the door. Yet doing that means hopping, pushing, avoiding, and jumping through all manners of hoops to make it happen.
You're in a room with a beautiful view of the horizon. An Escape from the Scenic Room might be the last thing you're interested in doing, but in Tesshi-e's latest escape game of the same name, that's exactly what you're tasked with. The bouncy accordion music somehow fits the atmosphere quite well, the visuals are realistic but not overwhelmingly so, and the puzzles are well-designed and flow perfectly.
He may be locked in, but this is one kitty that won't be caged for long! Help a kitten break out of his carrier and get some sweet, sweet noms in this short but gorgeously stylish and funny escape game from French creator Sylviepouletpoulet.
Mary loves Jim, but her family doesn't. When these two lovebirds decide to run away together, they'll need to puzzle their way through a series of platforming levels filled with tricks, traps, spikes, switches, and even Mary's own overprotective family in order to be together. A familiar concept, but one done with style and charm.
RedWhite Slice is a short action puzzle that's a mix of Fat Slice and JezzBall, whose strength is in its level design and aesthetics. It's not very long or difficult, but at about ten minutes of tidy design, it's a great way to spend a coffee break.
It's a good-natured game of turf wars as you clear the board of all but the last monster standing. Simply roll an adjacent monster into another monster to push him off, continuing the process until all but one remains. Over time, the set-ups are more complicated requiring strategy and planning to complete.
Pink is nice, but spikes? Not so much. Paint all other colours pink in this gravity-defying platformer, but avoid getting impaled! A simple idea that will challenge your reflexes and brighten your day in the space of a coffee break with its bouncy design.
The doorknob is broken, so you're stuck in your apartment. Maybe, if you can get him to cooperate, your Neighbor can help? Point-and-click around the room, looking for a creative means to earn his assistance, solving puzzles and decoding codes. Red herrings might lead you astray while the comical style and Robamimi's affable charm makes you feel part of the jocosity, not only as a good neighbor, but as a welcome friend.
A kingdom stands poised to be torn apart as two of its would-be champions can't agree on a course of action... which is where you come in. In Axis Games' action-RPG adventure, choose a side and develop your character to be the hero the land needs and strike down all those who would come against you. Preferably with fireballs.
In Must Escape the Museum, you play a child who's fallen asleep in a museum bathroom and wakes up after everyone is gone. Can you find your way out before your parents start to worry?
It's a super secret brand new room escape game! Made all special-like by the JIG Staff just for you, happy reader, here on April Fools' day. Also, hope you're in the mood for cupcakes, 'cause if you're not, you're about to be...
A False Saint, An Honest Rogue, and one very cold adventurer. Created by Jeremiah Reid for the Seven Day Roguelike (7DRL) competition, this unusual game mixes survival and roguelike elements in a strange and often confusing way. But that's why we like it! You're out in the cold, you're freezing, you're starving, and you have to survive. Sounds fairly ordinary until you factor in the fact that you're going a bit mad from the chill, and many things you think you see don't make much sense at all. There's just one thing on your mind: go west.
Your space station has been overrun by human eating aliens out for an easy meal. Don't become their easy meal! Use zero gravity to your benefit by jumping around and outwitting not only aliens, but the dangerous buzzsaws and lasers as well. In this puzzle platform game by Gamezhero, test your platforming mettle and reach freedom in twenty five fun filled levels.
Who says fire and water can't mix? Our two elemental protagonists probably shouldn't hug, but together they make for yet another challenging installment in the much-loved puzzle platforming series that blends speed and brains! With portals thrown into the mix, taking top rank and nabbing all the gems will be harder than ever, but you'll love every minute of it.
Hottategoya puts you in the middle of a maze and asks that you not only find your way through it to the exit, you must make sense of your comings-and-goings and open three locked safes before you can leave. Thus, navigating the layout more a challenge than the puzzles themselves. Yet the concrete feeling of success when you reach the end makes this escape-the-room game rather amazing (it had to be said!)
Tim Schafer's got problems, in that he has to host this year's Game Developer Conference again, but the one person who needs to believe he's actually Tim Schafer, remains unconvinced of his Schaferlyness. In this short but surreally silly and funny adventure from Double Fine, you'll need to get a beard, a shirt, and some gags to assemble the most Shchafer-esque visage possible from the most ridiculous means possible.
Mygames888 sashays down the escape-the-room game runway with a smartly cohesive design, a clever array of puzzles and a looks that's as tasty as frosting on a raspberry layer cake. Although there is no changing cursor, navigation and exploration are usually intuitive but do require thinking outside the overtly seen. A bit of inference and curiosity to guide your explorations, questioning newly opened possibilities, you'll find your way out with the exit key in hand and a suave feeling of accomplishment to bask in.
This party is hopping, but it's hard to enjoy it when someone wants you dead, and everyone is strange enough to be a suspect. Created in just seven days, this simple but uniquely stylish little puzzler has you asking questions of 24 monsters to figure out who's trying to kill you before they get to you first. That's... an extreme sort of party game. Couldn't you have just played charades?
Barbarium, created by Hypnohustler, is a retro action platformer set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With your sword and lasergun combo (really, the best combo there is) you set off to rescue babes, drink beer and restore a little order to this crazy world.
Fred has gotten lost in the forest, and now, a dire wolf is chasing him. Fortunately, Fred's body is a complex system, prepared for both everyday survival and extraordinary circumstances. And you'll be learning how it works, in Code Fred: Survival Mode, a collection of educational action minigames from Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and Helpful Strangers.
A young man strikes up a Faustian bargain to save his injured love kill three evildoers, and she can live. Will he be able to hold onto his humanity, or will he lose himself in the process? Despite some gameplay flaws, The Price is a dark, enchanting work from Flip-N-Tale, with amazing art and a great story to go along with it.
Hidden among the subjects of this relaxing springtime scene, there are six sets of object types that you need to find and click on. The rich pastel hues and fanciful design is easy on the eyes, perfect when you seek a light, quick and relaxing way to while away your spare time.
The Strike Force Heroes thought they had seen the last of the GlobeX corporation. But they're back in Strike Force Heroes 2, the action arena shooter sequel that's everything the fans of the original could have hoped for. Though confined by typical concerns of its genre, it build on its predecessors strengths, delivering furious action and beautiful set pieces.
A body found in the trunk of a crashed car leads you on a chase for clues and a killer with old motives all over town... as well as attracting the attention of the FBI. The latest installment in Pastel Games' point-and-click noir mystery series ups the body count and provides a solid detective adventure, minus a few bumps along the way.
Survival is the name of the game in Deep Space Dash, an avoidance game meets bullet hell. As your ship tries to kill you, use your dash ability to run away from hundreds of projectiles and to become temporarily invincible. Gather power-ups to help you last for 60 seconds in order to pass the level. Buy helmets in the shop to up your stats so you can unlock even more levels and gain achievements.
TomaTea waves a magic wand of imagination over this escape-the-room game filled with child like joy and curiosity. Not only do you have to explore the room, looking for hints and items that will help you decode locks and open doors, but you also get to peek inside and poke around a lovely dolly's house. Herein are the features you love to find in a TomaTea game such as the glowing cursor and "I have no clue" guideposts, plus the delightful magic of playing house.
Bear and elephant are true friends. Yet, in the darkness of one night, elephant goes missing and now bear's on a quest to find him. You go along for the adventure, solving puzzles and completing minigames, helping numerous winsome characters with their own sets of problems, so cat can progress. With its distinct Machinarium vibe, whimsical charcoal sketch art, and Yann Tiersen-like music, Searching for the Elephant is truly a happy find.
Although you've been asked this question before, there are more ways to distinguish the differences between two seemingly alike spheres. That's why this pleasantly straight-forward puzzle game from Yoshio Ishii is so good to play. Throughout twenty levels, you'll decide which of the two circles before you has the requested quality. At times obvious, other times needing lateral conclusions or outside knowledge, More Which? is just challenging enough to be gratifying.


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Looks excellent and visually appealing to me. Wonder how it will compete against amaroK?
Has anyone yet tried out Songbird Media Player on Linux? Any thoughts?
Source and Linux binaries are available @ http://www.songbirdnest.com/
I tried out the new release on a FC5 box for a while. The media player it certainly elaborate and has many iTunes-like features. While the program isn't yet stable (segmentation faults and other problems have jumped up quite a bit already), it certainly has the potential of being an excellent media player. Below are a few screenshots I just snapped for those that aren't familiar with this new OSS multi-platform media player.
Looks excellent and visually appealing to me. Wonder how it will compete against amaroK?
Wondering that myself.
I'll give it a try sometime this week though.
It surely looks good, Michael. I'll wait for it to stabilize a bit though.
Looks pretty good. Nice to see it supports FLAC right out of the box. Will be hard to compete with amaroK though.
It looks good and reacts snappily, but it wasn't even able to load my playlist completely before this: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x08ce4468 ***. Hopefully they will get those glaring errors ironed out. As a concept build, which it is, it looks like it will be a fun program.
Has anyone been able to load their playlist and is willing to report on the memory usage?
I'm already in love with MPD on Linux, but damn, a quick and easy way to get flac and ogg on the Windows workstations at the office! Now that's something.
Songbird 0.2 is out for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Giving it a try right now.
A visual preview (screenshots) of Songbird 0.2 RC1 has been posted @ http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=7424
Not to bash Songbird, but IMHO BMPx does it better.


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MarissaDiffuser QuestionWill the Babyliss PRO Diffuser BABDF06 fit onto this hair dryer?Reply to this postJun 28, 2012Link to this post
Laura email@example.com Hair DiffuserI have the Babyliss Ceramix Xtreme blow dryer and need a hair diffuser to attach. What brand will work with this blow dryer?Reply to this postApr 1, 2012Link to this post
Folica Hair ExpertDiffuser For Babyliss Pro Ceramix Xtreme (babyliss 2000)The manufacturer does not make a diffuser for this model. You can purchase a generic diffuser like the Hot Sock Ultralight Diffuser. http://www.folica.com/tools/accessories/hot-sock-ultralight-diffuser Hope this helps!Apr 3, 2012Link to this post
AndreaAtlanta,GANozzleWhere can I find a replacement nozzle? The original keeps popping off. I have had the dryer for 3 years and it's great, but need new nozzle.Reply to this postOct 30, 2011Link to this post
K J.NozzleDid you ever find a nozzle? Mine stayed on the first week.....then started popping off too.May 21, 2012Link to this post
Sonia P.New YorkHeavy?How much does this dryer weigh? My concern isn't the performance because this model has been highly recommended by some stylist friends, but what I don't like is when the dryer is too heavy and then makes it difficult to finish styling.Reply to this postMar 24, 2011Link to this post
Laura K.Holyoke MaHeavy?To answer your question about how heavy it is, I don't know the exact weight but it is a bit heavy. It takes about 10 minutes to style my hair with the dryer and I'm not tired but if I use it any longer than that my arm is a bit tired It is a great hair dryer for the price and I would recommend it.Feb 23, 2012Link to this post
JeannieGreat Question!-i Have The Same QuestionI was using the Conair Pro L'il Bird for years because it was very lightweight and strong, but of course they stopped making it. I sent a letter to Conair to ask for a comparatively light model but haven't heard from them yet.
I will try to contact Babyliss and get the weight. If I succeed, I will get back to you. If you find a light one, please let me know, The one I had was about 1600-1800 and it dried my hair so fast.May 19, 2011Link to this post
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We recently brought in a small order of Polyp Lab's new Polyp-Booster product to give it a try. The 100ml bottle of Polyp-Booster claims that noticeable feeding responses can occur within 30 seconds. We gave it a go to see if there claims were accurate (at least for us anyhow). It took a little longer for us, maybe a minute or so but feeding tentacles began to emerge very quickly and stayed out for a long time. The product appears to be fairly well concentrated and first impression are impressive. I plan to try using the food in it's current form and also as a soak for LPS foods such as Reef Pearls LPS formula. Time will tell if this proves to be a growth, overall health and coloration enhancer so the jury is out on that until we have had time to evaluate it's performance. The bottle doesn't mention this but we would recommend turning off your protein skimmer for about 10-20 minutes to give the corals a chance to feed on Polyp-Booster. A second shipment arrived yesterday and we now stocking larger quantities both through Aquarium Specialty and Aqua Specialty Wholesale. Click here for the retail price.
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Kohler K-6655-3U-FT Basalt Park Falls undercounter sink with three-hole faucet drilling
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Apron Front | No |
Basin Depth | 12.5 |
Basin Length | 17.5 |
Basin Width | 15.25 |
Country Of Origin | USA |
Faucet Holes | 3 |
Installation Type | Undermount |
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Material | Cast Iron |
Number Of Basins | 1 |
Sink Shape | Square |
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Park Falls undercounter sink with three-hole faucet drilling
The smaller size of the Park Falls utility sink makes it a perfect fit for compact spaces. Constructed of durable KOHLER® Cast Iron, this undercounter model features two-hole faucet drilling.
- 21"L x 22"W
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- Enameled Cast-Iron: Kohler Enameled Cast-Iron combines the strength, durability, and insulation benefits of cast-iron with the scratch, chip, and burn resistance of a baked, powder coat finish and comes with an exceptional Lifetime Limited Warranty. When these materials are combined it gives the sink or tub the strength to last a lifetime of use. Kohler Enameled Cast-Iron is also available in a wide variety of specialty colors allowing you to truly customize your home.
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Yes, you can cover the holes on The Kohler K-6655-3U with your countertop.
Can the K-6655-3U holes be covered with a drilled granite countertop matching two of the three holes so one is totally covered? I ask as I want only a single handle faucet and a soap dispenser. But, I want my faucet centered. Your two hole sink's holes are both off center. My idea is to get the 3U sink, install faucet in center hole, soap dispenser in right hole, and leave the left hole covered by the countertop. Is this possible with this sink, or is the area where the holes are drilled recessed down a bit so it couldn't be done?
A. Yes, you can cover the holes on The Kohler K-6655-3U with your countertop.
Yes, soap dispenser requires its own hole. So if you have a one hole faucet and dispenser, you need a two hole sink. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Do I need two holes if I want a one-hole-faucet and a soap dispenser? Or does the soap dispenser hole not count (since that is smaller maybe it gets drilled by the granite installer?)
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The Kohler K-6655-3U weights 90 pounds.
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The Kohler K-6655-3U weights 90 pounds.
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Chen coming off terrific start into finale at Seattle
O's young lefty matches up with Mariners veteran Harang
Orioles lefty Wei-Yin Chen is coming off arguably the best start of his young Major League career, a dominant eight-inning performance in which he gave up only two hits, walked two and struck out five against the A's on Friday.
That start gave Chen his second straight win and lowered his April ERA to 2.53, and he'll look to ride that momentum into Wednesday night's series finale against Aaron Harang and the Mariners at Safeco Field.
"It was the best start I had mentally," Chen said Friday through an interpreter. "The last couple of outings I was thinking too much. ... I just wanted to throw the ball and not think."
"He seemed like he was in a groove no matter what he did," added Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "It was great to see that, especially on the road."
Wednesday will be Chen's fifth road start in six outings to begin the year, but that hasn't proven to be much trouble for him, as he's posted a 2.77 ERA in his first four road outings.
Chen has had some success in Seattle as well, posting a 2.84 ERA in two career starts at Safeco Field. He had a perfect game through six innings last July against the Mariners before Casper Wells broke it up with a homer with one out in the seventh.
Seattle, meanwhile, will send Harang to the mound for his fourth start since being acquired via trade in the second week of the regular season. The 34-year-old right-hander owns an 0-3 record and an 11.37 ERA after giving up five runs in three innings against the Angels on Friday.
Harang, who went 10-10 with a 3.61 ERA in 31 starts for the Dodgers last year, said he worked on a few things between starts with pitching coach Carl Willis and expects better results this time out.
"I've gone back and looked at some video with Carl, and I was kind of flying out early with my hip, so pitches weren't being as effective," Harang said. "You don't get the turn and twist and torque that you should. We were wondering if it was being off for the little bit of time that I was and picking up some bad habits, so I wasn't as sharp as I was in spring. We really focused on fastball location and the mechanical part. I think it was productive.
"I've had some streaks like this before. It's not something I'm panicking about, but I feel confident I've got things back where I need them. We'll see how things go the next start or two, and hopefully I was able to get things back in line."
Orioles: Britton optioned to Triple-A
• The Orioles optioned left-hander Zach Britton to Triple-A Norfolk and added right-hander Zach Clark to their bullpen Tuesday. Baltimore also officially added catcher Chris Snyder and designated catcher Luis Exposito for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.
Britton was recalled last week and started Monday's game, taking the loss after allowing six earned runs on 10 hits and two walks over six innings. Britton said he would have liked a longer look and more time to get into his routine in the Majors, and he wasn't told whether the decision was based on his performance or simply a need for a fresh arm.
"It's just frustrating," Britton said. "I felt like I threw well enough [for Triple-A Norfolk] that maybe I'd get an opportunity if there was a need. There was a need. Like I said, I would have liked to have maybe get a couple more starts and give it an opportunity. ... It was disappointing not to get an extended look."
• Second baseman Brian Roberts (hamstring strain) hit soft tosses and threw from 75 feet at the club's Spring Training facility in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday. The Orioles are optimistic that Roberts won't have to be moved to the 60-day disabled list.
Mariners: Andino to start against former team
• Manager Eric Wedge said Robert Andino will be back in the starting lineup at shortstop Wednesday night to face his former club. Andino started at second base in Monday's 6-2 win, going 1-for-3 with an RBI single. Seattle acquired Andino in an offseason trade for outfielder Trayvon Robinson, and Wedge indicated that Andino will continue to get the majority of starts at shortstop for now, although Brendan Ryan will get playing time as well.
Andino insisted that facing his former team isn't a big deal, however.
"Just another game," Andino said. "You've still got to hit it, still got to bring in runs, the bases are still 90 feet away. And if you score more runs, you win. That's the name of the game."
• The Mariners signed 33-year-old outfielder Corey Patterson to a Minor League contract on Tuesday and sent him to Arizona for extended spring workouts. A 12-year Major League veteran, Patterson hit .251 with 10 homers and 18 stolen bases last year with the Brewers' Triple-A club. Patterson was in camp with the Mariners in 2010.
"He's a guy with some experience and we've seen a lot of over the years," Wedge said. "He's looking for another opportunity to play, so we'll take a look at him."
Worth noting
• The Mariners have the fewest off-days in the Majors this year, and they had only one day off in April. But after Wednesday night's game, they'll have four off-days on the schedule between Thursday and May 13.
• Since April 18, the Orioles are batting .354 (40-for-113) with runners in scoring position. Before that, Baltimore was hitting just .224 with runners in scoring position.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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