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(June 26, 2009) On June 17, 2009, the Tax Reform Committee of Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) approved a proposal to expand energy taxes to include environment taxes, with the changes to take effect in 2011. The Committee's three-in-one proposal calls for the assessment of an energy tax (on gasoline and other fuels), a pollution tax (on air, water, sea, soil, and groundwater pollutants), and a greenhouse gas tax.
From 2011-2020, the levies will be incrementally implemented. The first year is expected to yield NT21.5 billion (about US$654 million) in revenues; at the same time, other taxes, such as the stamp and entertainment tax, would be abolished, a projected loss of revenue amounting to NT25.8 billion. Oil and natural gas are reportedly the major targets of the energy and greenhouse gas taxes, which would mean price rises for gasoline and electricity.
Some of the tax rates proposed by the Committee are as follows (NT1 equals about US$0.03):
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Gasoline tax: NT5.73 per liter in 2011, NT1.91 more per liter annually thereafter, rising to NT22.92 in 2020.
Nuclear energy tax: NT0.08 per kilowatt-hour in 2011, NT0.17 per kWh in 2012, rising to NT0.84 per kWh in 2020.
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Greenhouse gas tax (on gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, LPG, fuel oil, coal, natural gas), based on amount of carbon dioxide and fluorocarbons emitted when burned.
Gasoline tax: NT0.45 per liter in 2011, NT0.45 more per liter annually thereafter, rising to NT4.48 per liter in 2020.
Pollutants tax: fuel surcharges and air pollution control fees will be eliminated to avoid pollutants being taxed twice.
While the proposal has the support of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry cautioned that in seeking to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, the government should soften the impact on business by making sure that the taxation is moderate. (Energy Taxes to Take Effect in 2011, TAIWAN TODAY, June 18, 2009, available at http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=53024&ctNode=453&mp=9 [citing to Economic Daily News].)
A separate, draft Energy Tax Statute, initiated before the abovementioned Cabinet proposal was made, has already gone through a first reading in the Legislative Yuan. It was introduced on May 12, 2006, with a view to instituting new energy taxes and rates on January 1, 2007. (Legislator Ting Shou-chung webpage, The Legislative Yuan of Republic of China website, http://www.ly.gov.tw/ly/01_introduce/0103_leg/leg_main/leg_bill/leg_bill
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A recent schedule of the legislative bill's proposed initial tax rates would reportedly impose no tax on natural gas and coal and NT8.73 per liter on gasoline, NT5.49 on diesel, NT0.61 on aviation fuel, NT0.72 on solvent oil, NT4.25 on kerosene, NT0.11 on fuel oil, and NT0.69 per kilo on LPG. For gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and LPG, the rate would rise NT2 per year per each unit beginning in the second year of the plan and NT3 in the third year; for kerosene and fuel oil, beginning in the second year, an increase of NT2 per unit per year; for natural gas, an increase of NT1 per unit per year beginning in the second year; for coal, an increase of NT0.2 per unit per year beginning in the second year, and beginning in the eighth year no further annual increases. (Energy Taxes: Discussion in Sight in the Next Session [in Chinese], MONDEY.UDN.COM, June 23, 2009, available at http://udn.com/NEWS/FINANCE/FIN10/4977079.shtml.)
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two days before he fled Ukraine's capital, President Viktor Yanukovych (yah-noo-KOH'-vich) huddled on the phone for more than an hour with Vice President Joe Biden, his primary conduit with the U.S. government throughout the political crisis consuming the former Soviet republic.
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On attending ASU's spring game last month: "From the little bit of time I spent down there this spring, they got a lot of young kids working really hard and all for a common goal, which is what it takes. You've got to have an obvious goal, and that is to play in the Rose Bowl and also to try to win a national championship. It's one thing to say all that stuff, but it's another thing to really believe it, work towards it and think it's going to happen."
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Intel Sort of Demonstrates Ivy Bridge Graphics at CES 2012by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012 12:03 PM EST
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zappb - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkGod bless you intel... Reply
MonkeyPaw - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkHey, it probably took them awhile to find something they could record that wasn't artifacting. :p Reply
formulav8 - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkCorrect you are :) Thats outright pathetic if true.
Just think of where Intel would be right now if they weren't mooching off NVidia. Reply
Thorburn - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkHardly uncommon. During the setup for GITEX a few years back a representative from Sapphire spent two days trying to get CrossFire working on a demo system on their booth opposite ours. Performance was dire and they couldn't get it stable.
On the day of the show it was suddenly running perfectly. Nudge the display cabinet and the mouse would move, popping up the WMP control bar.
There are a number of reasons you'd do it however, we use pre-recorded demos at work for presentations as getting in and out of a game simply takes too long for a live demo, although they presumably had many machines at their disposal. Reply
Dovahkiin - Friday, January 13, 2012 - linkOr maybe he just wanted to avoid having to go "Oops I crashed." Reply
umbrel - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
...No wait Reply
JGabriel - Saturday, January 14, 2012 - linkWin! Lol'd. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkAlmost as lame as Bulldozer press demos. Maybe they hired the same marketing team.
Seriously though, if the IGP in ivy could reach close to current Llano capabilities, that would be very exciting, since the CPU is much better. Reply
rgallant - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linka troll under a bridge -that's new. Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkEvaluating Ivy Bridge's GPU just got a lot more interesting. Reply
dealcorn - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - linkI knew the beret was going to be a problem. People always see the beret and fail to recognize that Mooly is a guy who wears many hats. There is a case that the guy is overstretched as he was not adequately scripted/briefed so the demo did not do what was intended. On the other hand, he is immensely talented and the chips Intel produces are pretty well received in the marketplace. Some of that credit is due to Mooly. As long as the chips work well, an occasional blown demo is OK. There will be time for independent verification of performance claims so it is not like the wool is being pulled over anyone's eyes. Reply
larsmojo - Friday, January 13, 2012 - linkvideo playback.. Reply
Hulk - Friday, January 13, 2012 - linkIntel "faked" a computer demo so I'm DONE, FINISHED, buying any Intel CPU's. Because let's face it, they have a LOOONG track record of faking demos, missing release deadlines, missing performance targets, etc...
(little sarcasm there let's get real guys) Reply
Jedi2155 - Friday, January 13, 2012 - linkI think the commenter's here are a little over the top regarding the craziness of a video demo... Reply


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My current employer (a local public authority) conducted an investigation that concluded that I do not pose a threat to myself, my colleagues or anybody else I come into contact with during the course of my employment and also that the conviction does not bring the authority into disrepute.
I applied for a job at another pyblic authority (transport body) before I received a conviction. They offered me the job but I disclosed the conviction as I thought it the right thing to do. However, they retracted the offer because they felt I would be a risk to their reputation. Are they entirely within their rights to do this, even though my current employer (a public authority in just the same way) concluded that I do not pose any threats?
was the job offer conditional on anything?
Excerpt from conditional offer letter....
The offer is conditional on receipt of two satisfactory references, as provided on your application form and completion of an Occupational Health pre-employment questionnaire which I will forward on receipt of your references.
There was no mention of criminal record. From memory, there was a question on the application form about disclosing convictions but, as I said, I did not have a record at that point
Whilst the job may not have been specifically conditional; on your criminal record, the circumstances under which they made the offer have now changed and that may make the offer no longer being capable of going through. It does not mean it is necessarily legal but I will explain how your rights will be affected from that.
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I verbally accepted the offer but did not sign and return my offer letter because I was awaiting further info as to whether my conviction would change anything. My offer letter says I have until today to accept it. Does this mean, if I sign and accept and send back that they are then in a legally binding contract with me?
Not if the offer has been withdrawn before it was accepted
OK. One final thing... do magistrates (or anybody else) have the power to quash convictions out of court?
I need to check this with a colleague, will get back to you shortly
Thank you
A criminal law colleague has advised me that even if you are out of time to submit the appeal by a few days it would not necessarily prevent you from doing this if you wanted to appeal it and had a valid point of appeal. So it may still be possible to appeal, which is the only way to challenge this, but you would need to also justify the delay in making the appeal.


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Defense - Roy Williams.
irvin and woody.
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Lots of love for Dorsett here and he was exciting. Put the ball on the ground quite a bit though.
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Roger and Coakley, coincidentally the only 2 jerseys I've owned. Well not so coincidentally.
Randy White was a beast... What a great, tough football player he was.. I give anythign in this world to have the mind set of those teams and not the weak excuse making we have now with this team
Offense - Roger Staubach
Defense - Charles Haley (his arrival seemed to change everything on D!)
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All time, I would say Irvin and Aikman (Emmitt and Haley if there was a third and fourth spot)
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That's hard. There are so many great, admirable Cowboys.
I gave my favorites for all-time earlier... As for the present
Offense- Miles Austin
Defense- Sean Lee
Offense: Roger Staubach/Walt Garrison
Defense: Harvey Martin/Randy White
really tough to narrow down.
an honorable mention to Golden Richards!
This is extremely tough for me. I've been around for awhile and I've seen a LOT of great Cowboys. If I HAVE to pick, I'd say Roger Stauback and Randy White. Next would be Emmitt and Harvey Martin or Demarcus Ware.
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I noticed that we have individual topics for games like DA, Gothic, Risen etc. How come there isn't one for games based on D&D/AD&D system?
There might be enough that fit this category,
I like this idea. Do you mean for PnP because it sounds like you are talking cRPG's.
Other than the DDO thread there hasn't been much dent recently in D&D games. We do have NWN 2 as a subforum in RPG.
rpgdot used to have a D&D sub-forum didn't it?
I'd like one, although I agree there hasn't been much to talk about lately.
The D&D forum at RPGDot didn't get much traffic other than a rush when NWN1 came out. As a rule, our admins prefer busy forums to dead ones, so unless a game (or type of game, such as D&D) generates enough long-term discussion to swamp our General RPG forum, it probably won't get its own forum. Exceptions can be made at the capricious whim of the powers-that-be, but that's gonna be rare and will generally revolve around a desire to support an indie release of some sort (see Tactica forum).
Hm… ok. I have to admit that I don't see many people around here talking about old games (D&D/AD&D in particular) but maybe such a topic will draw them there?
I don't know, it just feels strange not having a D&D topic on a website based around cRPG games.
Oh well, that settles it I guess. Admins can close this topic now.
Ty for your time.
@bloodlover, you could open a thread dedicated to this in the general RPG forum. Specify the nature of the thread and see what happens. If it did really take off the admins would have sound grounds for opening a forum or subforum for it. Just an idea. ;)
Sounds good, Cm's proposition.
It would be an ideal way to test how much the amount of actual interest is in it.
Sorry I didn't have much time lately to look into this. I will do it now :)
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Limbaugh said, "This is the first broadcast week in April. Let's go back a month. The month of March in the United States opened with the left convinced that they were finally going to drive me off the air once and for all. By the end of the month I'm still on the air with a higher audience, seven new advertisers to replace the five — actually, less than five, that abandoned us and hurt themselves. And in that month Al Gore as fired Keith Olbermann, thrown him off the air and replaced him with Client No. 9. Eliot Spitzer's taking over for Olbermann and his 56 viewers. (interruption) How does who do what? It's an audience of 56 people. What do you mean, how does Spitzer do it? How does Olbermann keep getting hired? That's the question."
Rush was not being honest with his audience. I don't know why he chose the number five, but according to Media Matters the actual number of direct advertisers who have dropped him is 64. According to the Stop Rush Project, the number of advertisers who no longer want their ads associated with his program in any way totals 100. This brings the total number of advertisers who have abandoned Limbaugh to 164. Not five as Limbaugh suggested, but 164.
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iFixit has run its usual teardown analysis into the latest Apple product. "Beneath the surface, the Mac Pro's compact, three-sided design is like nothing we've ever seen before -- an example of what engineers can do when they think outside of the box," they say.
"The Mac Pro is both small and repairable. In fact, it's the most repairable Apple product we've seen all year. The hood pops off with the flick of a switch. There's not a proprietary screw in sight and the RAM can be replaced without any tools," iFixit said. "Impressively, the CPU is also user-upgradeable; intrepid fixers should be able to save considerably by upgrading from the base-level processor configuration."
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- One snag is the lack of potential for adding more storage -- you need to use Thunderbolt external drives.
Despite that caveat I think it will prove to be important that Apple has chosen to give pros the potential for future upgrades of their systems. I think user-installable GPU upgrades for the Mac Pro will be made available late this year. That's because Apple already recognizes that GPU technology is advancing at a faster rate than processors. The drive to improve graphics performance will inevitably accelerate as 4K support becomes de rigeur.
"We are very proud to offer dual AMD FirePro professional graphics in the new Mac Pro to empower users with the power and performance they need for uncompromising creativity and productivity," said AMD's Matt Skynner.
What Apple Tax?
Then there's the so-called "Apple Tax", or the lack of it.
An Anantech investigation concludes the new Macs are comparable in price to equivalent Windows workstations, though if you're capable (and inclined) to build your own systems from scratch you might save some cash. You would not get a system of comparable design. That's bad aesthetically, but it is perhaps more important that you wouldn't get to easily deploy OS X, and you wouldn't get to run Final Cut.
That's even before you think about the slight architectural tweaks Apple has put in place to ensure you get the best possible performance from system components. That "whole widget" approach offers significant advantages.
"The specs are unheard of for a desktop machine. Measuring at less than 10 inches tall and 6.6 inches in diameter, it's sleek and easy to install anywhere. The device isn't cheap, but for the consumers looking for speed, optimal performance, and advanced editing features the Mac Pro is well worth the price tag," said Karl Volkman of SRV Network.
The only snag is the relative scarcity of the new Macs. At present the only way in which customers can easily get hold of one is via Apple's online stores, and even then there's an extensive wait. What's possibly telling is that the systems ship in quantity in the March/April time frame, around the same time as NAB opens its doors.
Will this be when Apple talks a little more about its plans for 4K?
Also read: Predictions: Apple's 2014 in 8 pictures.
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Govt must come clean on pokie deal
Internal Affairs Spokesperson
15 January 2013
Govt must come clean on pokie deal
The Government must come clean on all its dealings with Sky City over the proposal to allow the Auckland casino to install more pokie machines in return for building a National Convention Centre, says Ruth Dyson.
Reports that Sky City has completed its planning for building work to allow it to install more pokie machines raise more questions about the cosy relationship between the Government and the casino operator.
"We are still waiting on the Auditor General to release her report into the way John Key and National have handled the convention centre proposal. Steven Joyce said no decisions would be taken until that report was completed - so why is Sky City so confident that it is apparently already engaging contractors?
"This whole deal has smelt from day one. If the Government has already told Sky City on the quiet that the deal will go ahead then it should also tell the public.
"A National Convention Centre should be built on its own merits, not as a result of a backroom trade-off between National Party Ministers and a casino company.
"Labour cannot support a deal to increase the number of pokie machines. That will only increase the harm caused by problem gambling," says Ruth Dyson.


text: By MATTHEW DALYWASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. "I think there's a good chance it will happen before the end of the year," Salazar said of the Cape Wind project. Speaking in an AP interview a few weeks before he leaves office, he also claimed gains as secretary in tightening oversight of offshore drilling after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "I think the coziness with industry that was there when I came into the department is gone," he said. A former U.S. senator from Colorado, the 58-year-old Salazar ran the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term. Along with changes at the offshore drilling agency, Salazar pushed for renewable energy such as solar and wind power and helped to settle a longstanding dispute with American Indians. The Interior Department manages more than 500 million acres in national parks and other public lands, as well as more than 1 billion acres offshore. The department oversees energy, mining operations and recreation and provides services to 566 federally recognized Indian tribes. Under Salazar's watch, Interior authorized more than 40 solar, wind and geothermal energy projects on public lands that officials say will provide enough electricity to power more than 4 million homes. Salazar called his four-year tenure a "joyful journey" that took him from the Everglades to the Arctic. Still, he said he was eager to return to his family and his Colorado ranch. He spoke of progress in the long-delayed Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast because developers have agreements with utilities to purchase about 75 percent of the power the project is expected to generate and are working to get more. The $2.6 billion project off Cape Cod was the first offshore project to win a federal lease when Salazar gave his approval in 2010.


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...and That's Why They Play the Games on the Field Rather Than on Paper
I believe in Jeremy Bonderman and am not surprised that the Tigers won today. However, I was blindsided by Detroit beating the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series. I'll tell ya, I just did not see that coming at all.
But so what? I also had the Twins defeating the A's. In other words, I'm 0-2 in my playoff predictions thus far. And I'm not looking too keen in the Padres-Cardinals series either.
As far as the Mets-Dodgers NLDS goes, I don't know who I had. I picked the Mets on Tuesday, then took the Dodgers on Wednesday when I learned of the injury to Orlando Hernandez. It wasn't that I was all that enamored with El Duque as much as I was concerned about the team's starting pitching depth.
Unfortunately for the Dodgers, they may not extend the series to get to Oliver Perez or John Maine a second time. L.A. is losing 4-2 through four innings as I write this. We know it will be the Tigers and A's in the American League Championship Series. The participants in the NLCS are still to be determined but odds would point to a Mets-Cardinals showdown right now. But the way things have gone thus far, who knows?
The last time Detroit and Oakland faced each other in the ALCS was in 1972. (Speaking of the 1972 Tigers, getting a chance to listen to Ernie Harwell call the action in the DET-NYY game on Friday night was a special treat.) Will 2006 turn out to be more like 1973 when the A's outlasted the Mets in the World Series in seven games or 1984 when the Tigers defeated the Padres in five? Dodger fans are no doubt hoping that a rematch of the 1988 Fall Classic is at hand. (In the meantime, Kirk Gibson is on standby, not knowing if he should dress in a Tigers' uniform or in a Dodgers' uni.)
More likely than not, 2006 will have its own script - one that none of us would have foreseen ahead of time . . . well, at least not me.
On a somewhat separate note, the Yankees' lineup in Game 4 seems like the death knell for Alex Rodriguez. I mean, batting eighth? Wow. I'm not going to jump all over A-Rod like many in the mainstream media. Instead, I'm just making an observation about how he is being used more than anything else. If you ask me, the guy is as good as gone. Rightly or wrongly, I don't see him in pinstripes next year.
Do you think Rodriguez *will* be back with the Yankees in 2007? Do you think he *wants* to return to New York next year? If A-Rod is traded, where will he go and how will he do with his new team? If you were the owner or GM of one of the other 29 clubs, would you give the Yankees an everyday player and a prospect *and* take on his contract in full? (Remember, the Texas Rangers are still picking up a significant portion of his salary.]
Rodriguez stands to make $27 million per year from 2007-2010. According to Cot's Baseball Contracts, he may opt out after 2007 unless he gets an $8M/year raise or $1M more than MLB's highest-paid player. The likelihood of him opting out is slim and none - and slim just left the room. His complicated deal can be found here. The bottom line is that a new team would only be on the hook for $16M per year or $64M over the life of the remaining contract.
Is A-Rod a good or bad risk at that price? You make the call.
Depends on the team and the position you put him in. If the Mets were to take him, he'd displace either Reyes (to 2B?) or Wright (to LF?). Neither is ideal, although Reyes to 2B probably isn't bad. You downgrade your defense significantly either way. If Wright moves to LF, you have a Hundley Situation. If Reyes moves to 2B, you have your best shortstop playing a different position. (But such is life for ARod, huh?)
The other ARod-to-Mets problem is that, arguably with the exception of 2B, they can easily make big upgrades at their other offensive weak spots (the corner OF) in the free agent and trade markets. $64m goes a long way there.
But if you put him in a White Sox uniform, he plays SS. He's a huge upgrade there, and there's not many places that they can make huge upgrades easily. They can't really throw $64m at 1B or DH and expect improvement to match the investment.
So, it depends.
Figgins, Shields and Bootcheck for A-Rod, maybe throw in Orlando Cabrera as a salary sponge on it all.
Ha! Yeah, then flip Maicer Izturiz over to the Cardinals for that kid Pujols.
If I were Rodriguez, I'd want out of the Bronx in the worst way. The Yankees wouldn't have made the postseason in 2005 without his MVP season, and this is what he gets? This year, he goes .290 / 392 / 523 for an OPS+ of a mere 140, and he's practically burnt at the stake.
If I were a non-Yankees GM, I'd nearly inevitably be interested in picking up Rodriguez, but I sure wouldn't overpay for him. I'd let Cashman try to get value for him and realize that nobody wants to rescue him from Rodriguez's contract and give up players.
I wonder if the Angels would offer New York the same package they did Baltimore for Tejada. The Yanks don't need Aybar, but Santana would be a nice addition to a rotation that needs to get younger, faster. And maybe you could flip Aybar to KC and gamble on Teahan. DNL's White Sox suggestion is a good fit for Chicago, although they can't offer the same kind of package as Anaheim.
Either way, there's just one thing to keep in mind: a deal means there's no way the Yanks can hope to match A-Rod's production from a 3B in '07.
A-Rod needs to leave New York the way Garciaparra needed to leave Boston. That's just the way it is.
Poor Yankees. Apparently Jeter and his magical leadership and mystical winning philosophy weren't enough to lead his rag-tag hard-nosed $195 million teammates to victory over the big bad Tigers.
At $16 million a year, the guy's contract is manageable for a team with money to spend, and he's still among the top 3 or 4 players in the game. I agree the Angels make the most sense, and a team like Houston that is freeing up a lot of payroll at the season's end could definitely afford him, but I think there are plenty of teams who would be willing to take him. It's not necessarily a smart move on the Yankees' part, but I don't know why A-Rod wouldn't want out. No matter how many MVPs he wins, he'll never get a fair deal in NY as long as he's playing next to their Golden Boy.
If I'm an opposing GM, I think of it this way: A-Rod, at age 31, is due $16 million per year for the next four years (assuming NY doesn't pick up part of his salary in a trade). The top FA on the market, Alfonso Soriano, is 30 years old and probably looking for a minimum contract in the $75 mil/5 yr range. Granted, Soriano's only going to cost a couple of draft picks, but who would YOU rather have?
From a personal standpoint, I'm hoping he goes somewhere that allows him to return to SS. It's always bugged me that his legacy, however slightly, is being lessened by playing 3B. How many more Gold Glove caliber 50 HR middle infielders are we going to see in our lifetime?
I don't see A-Rod going anywhere. He still has no trade protection and if he waives it, he practically concedes that he has failed in New York. In my judgement, he's not the kind of guy who will openly admit his failure. He'll stay.
"Alex Rodriguez. I mean, batting eighth?"
Fifty years from now, little Scotty Dorkswaggler will see on the back (from the cool 10-card "Untimely Baseball Suicides of the Past" subset) of one of his Flopps (Topps will have co-joined at the unhip with Fleer's ashes by then) 2056 Baseball Card Set (with newly built-in Retrosheet capabilities!) cards, the fact that Joe Torre batted inner-circle HOF Alex Rodr���ez 8th.
and wonder...and then silently lay his not nearly completely formed head under a roaming Mayflower truck.
I think Rodriguez and New York are in a situation similar to the one with Boston and Manny Ramirez. Assuming that both teams truly wanted to deal their respective players (not necessarily true), the fact of the matter is that neither team could expect much return for their player.
Also: I'd take Soriano, hands down.
Just some conjecture:
Chipper Jones & Mike Hampton for A-Rod.
Would solve some problems and create others.
Thought another scenario would help liven the conversation.
Cards should offer Eckstein straight-up for A-Rod. Yanks save $, get a sparkplug. Cards get a guy to bat behind Pujols. If they Yanks can do better (as they likely can), then so be it. The atmosphere in St.L. would give Rodriguez a new lease on his baseball life.
The Dodgers need more sock -- homeruns -- in their lineup. How about A-Rod to the Dodgers in exchange for Betimint -- who, by the way, the Yanks inquired about when he was still a Brave -- Elbert, and another prospect? Or in exchange for Elbert and LaRoche? Or Elbert and Loney? It seems to me the Dodgers could put together a better package than the Angels. Also, I have to believe the Yankees would prefer to trade A-Rod to a NL team instead of a big-market AL rival.
Just for comparison's sake:
Player A 2004: .286/.375/.512 .307 EQA 9.9 WARP2
Player A 2005: .321/.421/.610 .350 EQA 12.5 WARP2
Player A 2006: .290/.392/.523 .315 EQA 6.9 WARP2
Obviously, Player A is A-Rod and B is Soriano. If I'm a GM with my heart set on Soriano, A-Rod isn't a bad consolation prize. He's a year older than Soriano, but their contracts are both likely to expire at age 35.
From a baseball standpoint, I agree that trading A-Rod does nothing but hurt the Yankees. They can't really replace his production in the lineup. But it seems like everyone is calling for his head in NY, and if they have the gall to fire Joe Torre, there's no reason they wouldn't be willing to move A-Rod.
If I were a GM, I'd give them the 4 non-prospects that Cashman got for Abreu. Why would you want to help the arrogant Yankees by giving them , Santana-Angels, etc. The Yankees are between a rock and a hard place and there is no reason to help them out.
trading alex rodriguez to the angels would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
the angels are a team that seriously scares me.
trading them one of the best players in baseball in return for salary and media relief would be a horrible decision.
The same goes for Rodriguez...he isn't nearly the best player in baseball, but he's still an excellent one, and very hard to replace.
"Isn't nearly" might be over-stating the issue. With Bonds no longer a guarantee for anthing more than 120 games, Pujols is the only guy in the game I'd take over A-Rod ten times out of ten. OK, I'd be tempted by Miguel Cabrera, too. But seriously... anybody else?
johan santana maybe.
but that's the point.
If I was a GM, I'd take A-Rod in a New York minute (pun intended) and put him back at SS. I'll take a 35 HR/121 RBI/.290 "off year" any time.
The thing to do is to wrap up the trade ASAP. Once word gets around, the offers will come in fast and furious.
ARod to the Mariners for Beltre and Washburn. Both teams take on the salary. ARod comes back home to where he had success, the Yankees get a slick fielder at third and a decent and non-graybeard 4th starter.
I hear the BoSox are looking for a SS that can hit. I'm sure they'd love to have a .300/35/120 guy in the infield and hey they've even got a bloke they can get rid of who earns about the same amount of cash! 2 future HOFers traded nearly straight up for a fresh start for each....
Also: I'd take Soriano, hands dow
This is at least part of why you don't run a major league baseball team. Soriano is not significantly younger, is a significantly worse hitter, and is a terrible fielder at 2B or an adequate one in LF. A-Rod -- back at SS, and anybody who asserts that he can't do it doesn't remember how well he played the position not that long ago -- is better than Soriano at his best, and waaaay better than the Soriano you're actually going to get, ie, the one who is roughly comarable to Carlos Lee.
Let's look at it this way, the Yanks probably do want to get A-rod out, but they have no utter need to do so, they definately don't lack money, and A-rod isn't even in the top 3 of the most overpayed player ON HIS OWN TEAM (Pavano, RJ , Wright .. even Kyle Farnsworth..)
While teams like the Dodgers and Angels are pretty damn desperate for a bat... and they can up their payroll if they want... AND the Yanks can eat some of A-rod's money anyway...
Looking at it this way, unless old man Geoge goes ballistic in the next few days ... if A-rod gets moved.. the Yanks will get quite a bit in return.
Dodgers might make the most sense for both sides, the Dodgers need the bat at 3rd... and they have enough young players/prospects to make very interesting packages... the Yankees sure as hell would rather send A-rod to the other league than a team that eats them from breakfast both in the regular season and the playoffs.
If it's the Dodgers.. the Yanks might ask for...
Kuo + Martin +Laroche. Dodger take all the money, or Yanks take some moeny and Dodgers throw in a few more guys.
It would be interesting, this package seem to fit the Yanks need completely, Kuo is a very interesting lefty who's only downside is health. (which hasn't acted up in the last 2 years...) Martin is obviously a future star and possibly the best replacement for Posada possible. Laroche is hurt right now, so his stock might be low, but he's probably a future 3B that the Yanks need.
For the Dodgers, Martin will definately sting, but they have excess pitching that Kuo might not sting (in the short term anyway) and with A-rod they have no real need for Laroche anyway.
Or they might take out Martin (who will probably hurt too much for the Dodgers to lose) and throw in a few other arms like Bronxton or Billingsly or Elbert + Betimet as well.
For the Angels... considering what they have... the most likely case in which both party feels right is something along the lines of.
Jeff Mathis
Given A-Rod's so-called "issues", I can't imagine a character-obsessed GM like Colletti would want him. Honestly, the situation seems ripe for Beane. I wonder if the A's could put together some kind of package (and bump the payroll) that would do the trick.


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The Frisky Guidebook: The Holy City
Don't let the old moniker fool you, what Charlestonians worship the most is a good party. At its busiest during wedding season and the summer months, this tourist town is worth visiting year-round with various festivals, galas, events and shows. The climate is often blessed with bouts of 70-degree weather in the dead of winter, ensuring that there is a party going on somewhere every single night of the week in any given month.
|Marion Square
Bordered by King, Calhoun, Meeting, and Tobacco Streets, Downtown
Charleston puts this open space to good use with a farmers' market on Saturday mornings, Cinema in the Park in October, Fashion Week in March, and Spoleto in May and June. Even without all these scheduled events, it's just as fun to take a date to sunbathe in the summer months or sit on the fountain with matching lattes for a cozy winter outing.
|The Pour House
1977 Maybank Hwy.
(843) 571-4343, CharlestonPourHouse.com
A great live music venue often featuring local talent like Red Handed, Crowfield, and Cary Anne Hearst. With indoor and outdoor dancing and lounging space, it's a roomy live music experience for two. The drinks are cheap and the crowd is raucous but friendly.
211 Rutledge Ave.
(843) 737-5959, FuelCharleston.com
If you're in town during one of Fuel's insanely fun block parties, you're in luck. The last winter block party had live music, photo ops with Santa, and a snowboarding competition. That's right. They made it snow in the Chuck! Even if you're not in town for a block party, the fantastic Caribbean-inspired food is reasonably priced, making this the ultimate cheap date location.
|Francis Marion Hotel
387 King St.
(843) 722-0600, FrancisMarionHotel.com
Location, location, location! A great spot to set up shop if you want easy access to King Street shopping and Upper King nightlife. The Francis Marion also has the best day spa in town, Spa Adagio, for the relaxation and recovery you'll need after all the shopping and late-night debauchery.
|Market Pavilion Hotel
225 E. Bay St.
(877) 440-2250, MarketPavilion.com
The Market Pavilion Hotel has somehow melded Southern historic charm and modern luxury into one. An added bonus: The Pavilion Bar located on the rooftop keeps the hotel swarming with the city's young, schmoozy, and decadent.
|The Mills House
115 Meeting St.
(800) 874-9600, MillsHouse.com
A genuine historic hotel, built in 1853 and located smack-dab in the middle of downtown Charleston. This hotel embodies historic Charleston. Preserved Victorian-style architecture and authentic antiques from the 17th and 18th century transport guests back to the idyllic past.
|La Fourchette
432 King St.
(843) 722-6261, LaFourchette.com
A little French bistro offering the most authentic French cuisine in Charleston and an extensive French wine list to boot. The style and spirit of the place offer a certain je ne sais quoi you'll love. Be sure to order the pommes frites double fried in duck fat. The best and most chic fries in town.
|Charleston Grill
224 King St.
(843) 577-4522, CharlestonGrill.com
The award-winning, French-influenced Southern cuisine is only half the reason to eat at this restaurant. The highly acclaimed Quentin Baxter Ensemble provides live jazz to enjoy while you savor the fabulous food. Stay for dessert! Selections like the milk chocolate mousse are absolutely worth every calorie.
|Pane E Vino
17 Warren St.
(843) 853-5955, ItalyDiscovered.com
This adorable little restaurant looks like a charming cottage from the outside. The intimate ambience and delicious rustic Italian food makes this a romantic choice for an evening out. Try the duck or lamb creations, but even with an old stand-by like lasagna, you will not be disappointed.
|Upper King Street
King Street and Radcliffe Street or King Street and Cannon Street
You can hustle and bustle with the rest of the tourists on East Bay Street, but the hip action is on Upper King. Places to hit are Chais, Rue de Jean, or Raval, to mingle with the fresh liberal minded up and coming of Charleston.
|Charleston's Beaches
Folly Beach, Sullivan's Island, or Isle of Palms
If you're into hard body surfers, head to Folly. Go to Sullivan's if you like to dip into a more sophisticated crowd. The touristy of them all is Isle of Palms, if you happen to be into that. Whatever your fancy, the beaches have the best legal half-naked action in town.
|Mad River
32 N. Market St.
(843) 723-0032, MadRiverCharleston.com
If it it's the meet/meat market scene you crave, go no further. This club, once a historic church, seems to spur the most mischievous of behaviors despite its virtuous décor. There's dancing, drunken banter, and plenty of meat to go around.
|Bits Of Lace
302 King St.
(843) 577-0999, BitsOfLace.com
This dainty shop boasts an ample assortment of fine European lingerie in luxurious satin, silk, tulle, and of course, lace, to match any girl's sexy personality and shape. The staff is attentive and will help fill your boudoir with delicate underthings that you won't actually want to wear under anything.
|Suite Sole
47.5 Spring St.
(843) 720-3611, SuiteSole.com
Charleston's King Street has an array of fancy shoe stores to check out, but Suite Sole is the sexiest sneaker shop for kicks. Get a graphic t-shirt to match your new sweet soles. A taste of big city shopping, reminiscent of San Francisco and New York City, but with a Southern tang.
275 King St.
(843) 805-8462, ShopBiton.com
The sexiest boutique on King Street offers hot designer lines like Zac Posen, Rock & Republic, and Caroline Herrera to eager Charleston shoppers. This sleek shopping space favors the look and feel of South Beach boutiques, which makes sense since this retailer is based in Florida.


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FLORENCE – It is 1975.
The Watergate verdict is guilty.
President Ford escapes two assassination attempts.
The city of Saigon is surrendered and remaining Americans are evacuated, ending the Vietnam War.
The song of the year is, "The Way We Were," written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch.
The year 1975 also sees Paul Dove, dean of Francis Marion University's James A. Rogers Library, named assistant acquisitions librarian at FMU.
The Winnsboro native, who is set to retire on June 30, said one book constituted the entire holdings of FMU's Rogers Library when it was dedicated in 1971, the first new building on campus. Thirty-three years later, the library, named for the first chairman of the State College Board of Trustees, houses a collection of nearly 400,000 volumes and provides access to a variety of electronic databases. Rogers Library is the sixth largest academic library in South Carolina. It seats 600 and is open 88 hours per week.
The staff of 24 attributes much of the success of the library to Dove who they credit with making the library's resources more accessible to the public through technological innovations and other improvements.
To name a few, in 1996, Rogers Library became the first library in South Carolina to offer a web-based catalog. The catalog currently contains more than 304,000 bibliographic records. The library currently provides access to 40 databases, including many full-text services. The library also has access to more than 5,000 journals and adds new titles almost daily. Rogers Library is a member of DISCUS, Digital Information for South Carolina Users, SOLINET, the Southeastern Library Network, and PASCAL, Partnerships Among South Carolina Academic Libraries.
The staff, half of which have been employed for more than 20 years, also boasted about Dove's leadership abilities. They said the following:
Dove's life at a glance:
The dean earned his undergraduate degree in French from Erskine College, and was pursuing a master's degree in French at the University of South Carolina when he got his first taste of working in a library. He was a graduate library intern in USC's McKissick Library, at a time when librarians were in demand.
He was offered the head librarian's position at Erskine, and the school offered to send him for a master's degree in library science. So Dove shelved his French graduate studies to earn an
M.S. in L.S. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He later returned to USC and finished his master's degree in French.
After serving as head librarian at Erskine for five years, Dove held the same post at Coastal Carolina University for a year, before coming to FMU in 1975 as assistant acquisitions librarian.
When Frances C. Means retired in 1980 as acquisitions librarian, Dove assumed that post. In 1983, Mitchell Reames, the only library director FMU had ever known, retired and Dove was tapped for the post. In 1994, the position title was changed to dean of the library.
A founding co-chair of PASCAL, he also served terms as treasurer, vice president and president of the South Carolina Library Association. He served throughout the southern United States on 32 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation visiting committees and taught University Life 100 courses at FMU. Dove has two children and six grandchildren.
His retirement plans include traveling from the saddle of his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Mars One will hold a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on December 10, 2013 from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm ET to announce an agreement with Lockheed Martin and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) regarding the first private robotic mission to Mars. Panelists are:
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
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The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance presents its annual BFA II Solo Dance Concert. The concert is comprised of solo works created by the second year undergraduate dance students under the direction of Rebecca Lemme.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
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Fr. Stefan Migac, Pastor
Reverend Mr. Emmett R. McLane, Deacon
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Paul Kkonde
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Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30pm
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Legal terminology in Italian, English, French, SpanishWritten by ForeignExchange Translations on Monday, September 27, 2010
JD Supra has made available a helpful terminology resource. The glossary consists of Italian legal terms that have been translated into three languages (English, French, and Spanish).
Prepared by an Italian business lawyer, the glossary has been translated according to legal criteria rather than linguistic or etymological criteria.
Where the legal concept does not exist in one or more of the three legal systems, the glossary records the term that most closely reflects the Italian legal concept and highlights the lack of full affinity between the term and the Italian legal concept by adding the symbol " * ".While this glossary may be slightly less useful if a Community patent ever becomes reality, it still is a terrific resource. Check it out!
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DAMASCUS – International experts preparing to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal said Thursday they had made progress and expect to carry out on-site inspections within days.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations said the inspectors, who arrived in Syria on Tuesday, had made "encouraging initial progress" following a day of meetings with local authorities.
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Whenever Microsoft releases a new desktop operating system, users inevitably ponder the purchase or assembly of a new system. Although Windows 8s controversial interface changes and obvious accommodations for mobile hardware may cause die-hard desktop users to approach the new OS with trepidation, Windows 8 offers many enhancements worth an upgrade.
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Windows 8 also leverages most GPUs to accelerate more OS elements in hardware than does Windows 7. All of these changes in Windows 8 culminate in an operating system that simply doesnt need high-end hardware to run well.
Knowing that, we set out to build a speedy Windows 8-ready system for under $500. With such a limited budget, dedicating a significant amount of money to any single component isnt a possibility. With the right balance though, half a grand should be plenty of cash to put together a nice Windows 8 system with minimal compromise.
Choosing our components
Lets get whats probably going to be the most controversial decision out of the way first: The heart of our sub-$500 Windows 8 system is an AMD A8-3870K APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit (basically a CPU + GPU combo). The 3870K sports a quad-core CPU running at 3.0GHz and an integrated, on-die Radeon HD 6000 series GPU.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Beam me up, Scotty
Technique #1: Bash "pushy parents," everyone's favorite target.
"'Our little Suzy is just so special...' How many eye-rolling moments have we all suffered when particularly proud parents begin boasting of their children's fine natural abilities? Most would say, probably too many."
Technique #2: Claim IQ tests are biased or ineffective.
"If we're using IQ tests, then it may be possible privileged children are scoring higher than disadvantaged ones."
Technique #3: Claim separating students by ability leads to horrible ostracizing and bullying.
"...Why should we have these programs anyway? Would not separating a child from his/her peers to be put into a 'gifted' program be a cause for ostracization or bullying? And wouldn't telling a child he or she is not gifted enough to be separated from 'the crowd' be sending a bad message from trusted adults and/or be cause for ostracization or reverse bullying from gifted students?"
Technique #4: Claim that incorrect socialization leads to lifelong problems.
"...A study published by the Society for the Study of Addiction, as well as research described on Sengifted.org (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted), found that people deemed gifted often experience alcohol or drug abuse as a way of coping with their differences from peers."
Technique #5: Lament some lost golden era of a classroom "community" and champion the idea of gifted kids teaching others.
"...[we] could reestablish the idea of everyone appreciating each other's differences and working with each other instead of singling people out. Maybe kids like Suzy could share their uniqueness with others instead of being herded into a room with a handful of other special kids."
Technique #6: Hint that gifted kids are nerdy. It helps to mention Star Trek.
(On changing the requirements for entrance to gifted programs): "It would be like inviting a group of intelligent adults to hold hands, cling together and chant, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and then, when it was not really working, deciding to choose participants more assiduously."
That's a lot of the usual suspects for a short op-ed, but I bet Gifted Exchange readers can come up with a few our pundit missed. Have at it!
3 comments:
- nbosch said...
I cringed when I read the article!
How I wished you wrote for The New York Times or a New York newspaper. The way newspapers in New York are writing about the gifted-and-talented programs is not too far from this sophomoric article. The reporters seem to have a pre-conceived bias and make sure to interview those that will support their viewpoint. And I usually like the NY Times and The Village Voice. (VV recently gave Joel Klein a D- because the "gifted" programs in NYC weren't diverse enough, which is odd because in my child's class, that certainly isn't true, which makes me wonder how much depth these reporters go...but I digress)
Why do writers always put "gifted" in quotes if it refers to these programs? Certainly at one point in their lives someone told them they were "gifted" writers.
Thanks for advocating for the gifted.
- The Princess Mom said...
"be cause for ostracization or reverse bullying from gifted students?""
This was the part that really threw me. I know many, many gifted kids and they are all socially advanced enough to be able to put themselves in the other child's place. They don't bully.


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Investors used the recent weak economic data from China as an excuse to take profits in some of the leading Chinese stocks. This has included the top Chinese internet plays like Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU) and YY Incorporated (YY).
I think this is a huge mistake and aggressive investors should be using any additional weakness to buy these powerful stocks. As China continues to develop more of a middle class, internet and mobile device usage is booming and these companies are in the forefront of one of the most powerful trends in today's stock market.
They have done very well in the past year but based on the fundamentals the best may be still to come for these Chinese internet stocks to buy.
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I touched on this earlier this month, when I mentioned in a homily the circumstances surrounding Steve Jobs' birth to an unwed college student. But there's more to the story: Among the revelations in former CNN chairman Walter Isaacson's new biography of Steve Jobs, was that Jobs met his biological father Abdulfattah "John" Jandali many [Read More…]
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His personal philosophy helped shape the company he founded — and not in ways that were entirely positive. "I think Jobs was incontestably Great, but I doubt you could call him Good," is how Rod Dreher described Steve Jobs, admiring his achievement but noting that a fair assessment of his life and legacy has to [Read More…]
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