The team disclosed the agreement Thursday
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KMOX, the Cardinals' flagship radio station, reported the deal is for $26 million over two years — the same figure cited by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke to The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because financial details of the agreement were not announced by the team.
The 34-year-old Beltran batted .300 with 22 home runs, 84 RBIs and a .385 on-base percentage for the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants this year. He likely will be the opening-day right fielder for the Cardinals next season. Lance Berkman is expected to move to first base, taking Pujols' spot.
Beltran and Berkman are switch-hitters, giving new manager Mike Matheny lineup flexibility.
Earlier this month, St. Louis re-signed shortstop Rafael Furcal moncler jackets 2011 to a two-year, $14 million contract and added left-handed reliever J.C. Romero with a one-year, $750,000 deal. The Cardinals appear to need only a few spare parts to finalize the roster.
After Pujols signed a $254 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said he expected his team's payroll to perhaps exceed this year's total of $110 million.
Allen Craig, coming off an impressive postseason, gives the Cardinals another strong option in the outfield but will miss at least the first month of the season while recovering from knee surgery.
A six-time All-Star, Beltran began his career with the cross-state Royals in 1998, three years after Kansas City drafted him in the second round. The switch-hitter has a .283 career batting average with 302 home runs and 1,146 RBIs.
"Beltran is a proven outfielder who obviously has been a tough opponent against the Cardinals for many years," St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak said in a statement cheap moncler. "It is going to be nice to have his bat and competitive nature working for us instead of on the other side of the field for the next couple of years."
Beltran faced the Cardinals in a pair of NL championship series, in 2004 with Houston and 2006 with the Mets. St. Louis won both series despite several big hits by Beltran.
With a chance to put the Mets in the World Series, however, he struck out looking to end Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS against Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright cheap moncler jackets.
2012年1月30日星期一
2012年1月17日星期二
Occupy movement which began in September
Organizers had touted the rally, known Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200. as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed up to 10,000 people to participate. By mid-afternoon, the protest appeared to have fallen far short of those goals.
Still, participants said they were optimistic about the strength of the Occupy movement, which began in September when protesters pitched tents in a lower Manhattan park. The movement has since spread to dozens of cities, including Washington. While many cities have moved to evict the protesters, the National Park Service has allowed encampments to remain in two public squares near the White House.
"I'm encouraged," said Jon Wynn, 63, of Snow Camp, N.C., who traveled to Washington to attend the protest and visit friends. "There's energy here, even if there's not a whole lot of people."
The protest comes amid numerous polls that show 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, near an all-time low.
While the rally was mostly peaceful, there were some scuffles between police and protesters along walkways leading to the Capitol. By mid-afternoon Tuesday,Burberry women coats, cheap burberry windbreaker, women woolen overcoat outlet four people had been arrested — U.S. Capitol Police said — one for allegedly assaulting a police officer and three accused of crossing a police line.
The Occupy movement includes activists who want to change government from within and anarchists who oppose all government. Tension between the two camps was evident at Tuesday's gathering, where some taunted police while others participated in earnest group discussions about how to influence their elected representatives.
Anne Filson, 71, a retired teacher from Madison, N.H., said she was disappointed by the turnout and said Occupy protesters needed to stick to their core message of narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Protesters did not help the cause by carrying profane signs and antagonizing police, she said.
"What I regret about some of the Occupy movements is the dilution of the message," Filson said. "A lot of Occupy people have to realize that they're being counterproductive."
Later Tuesday, small groups of protesters entered House office buildings in a bid to meet with individual members of Congress. Participants later in the evening marched to the Supreme Court and the White House.
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Still, participants said they were optimistic about the strength of the Occupy movement, which began in September when protesters pitched tents in a lower Manhattan park. The movement has since spread to dozens of cities, including Washington. While many cities have moved to evict the protesters, the National Park Service has allowed encampments to remain in two public squares near the White House.
"I'm encouraged," said Jon Wynn, 63, of Snow Camp, N.C., who traveled to Washington to attend the protest and visit friends. "There's energy here, even if there's not a whole lot of people."
The protest comes amid numerous polls that show 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, near an all-time low.
While the rally was mostly peaceful, there were some scuffles between police and protesters along walkways leading to the Capitol. By mid-afternoon Tuesday,Burberry women coats, cheap burberry windbreaker, women woolen overcoat outlet four people had been arrested — U.S. Capitol Police said — one for allegedly assaulting a police officer and three accused of crossing a police line.
The Occupy movement includes activists who want to change government from within and anarchists who oppose all government. Tension between the two camps was evident at Tuesday's gathering, where some taunted police while others participated in earnest group discussions about how to influence their elected representatives.
Anne Filson, 71, a retired teacher from Madison, N.H., said she was disappointed by the turnout and said Occupy protesters needed to stick to their core message of narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Protesters did not help the cause by carrying profane signs and antagonizing police, she said.
"What I regret about some of the Occupy movements is the dilution of the message," Filson said. "A lot of Occupy people have to realize that they're being counterproductive."
Later Tuesday, small groups of protesters entered House office buildings in a bid to meet with individual members of Congress. Participants later in the evening marched to the Supreme Court and the White House.
It was not clear whether the out-of-town protesters would swell the ranks of the two Occupy encampments in Washington. Late Tuesday, a House oversight subcommittee announced that it would hold a hearing next week on why the protesters have been allowed to remain in McPherson Square — burberry handbags cheap which city officials say is infested with rats — despite a ban on camping on park service property.
2012年1月16日星期一
Google will be published before the end of 2012
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According to Business Week reports, although Google and lg Electronics official spokesman is not facing the detailed product plan cooperation response, but compared with Korea factory Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) did not in CES exhibition exhibited in Google TV products, but lg Electronics and brand Vizio use Google TV on the platform of the new liquid crystal TV, the new Google TV is also the market as against Apple (Apple) a new generation of TV a faction.
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Google TV is not as expected in the sale of smooth, is full of thorns, and previously cooperation objects (Intel), Intel Logitech (Logitech) are announced quit, Japanese series LCD TV giant Sony and no because Google = and drive their TV sales performance.
From October 2011 Google TV launch version 2.0, using Google TV platform terminal device doubled, interface to further focus on YouTube content network share, and toward the Android camp for the application of intelligent TV program development.
However, although Google in 2012 CES show that the future before cooperation objects, including wafer supply factory LianFa branch, Marvell, liquid crystal TV brand giant samsung, lg electronics, Sony, Vizio, but Taiwan fabs in TV company in CES before the exhibition had revealed that the current Android camp is not mature platform, and from the giant brand to Google TV on the attitude cheap burberry 2012 of the observation, brand companies still watching more market changes.
2012年1月15日星期日
The Killing' to Reveal Killer at End of Season 2
The announcement was one of several from cheap burberry bags the network Saturday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. AMC also said "Breaking Bad" will return for its fifth season in the third quarter of this year, and that the third season of "The Walking Dead" will be 16 episodes, rather than the 13 episodes for the current, second season.
Also read: 'The Killing' to Reveal Killer at End of Season 2
"The Killing" return date will seem appropriate to viewers who felt fooled by the first season's finale. It seemed to solve the season-long mystery of who killed Rosie Larsen, then suddenly threw viewers a final twist that made us question everything we had seen before.
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Also read: 'The Killing' Finale: Has the NYT Reviewer Been Paying Attention?
The network also confirmed that "Mad Men" will return Sunday, March 25, at 9 p.m. -- with another two-hour premiere. It will be the first two-hour premiere for the show.
Star Jon Hamm previously announced the date during an interview with the "Doug Loves Movies" podcast. The show will return to its normal 10 p.m. timeslot after the season premiere.
Also read: 'Mad Men' Season 5 Premiering March 25
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Also read: 'The Killing' to Reveal Killer at End of Season 2
"The Killing" return date will seem appropriate to viewers who felt fooled by the first season's finale. It seemed to solve the season-long mystery of who killed Rosie Larsen, then suddenly threw viewers a final twist that made us question everything we had seen before.
While the premiere will address some lingering questions, it won't answer the big one: AMC also said Saturday that Larsen's killer won't be revealed until the second season finale.
"The Killing" Season 2 premiere will air at 8 p.m., Burberry underwear for men, cheap men underwear 2012 sale with future episodes airing at 9 p.m.
Also read: 'The Killing' Finale: Has the NYT Reviewer Been Paying Attention?
The network also confirmed that "Mad Men" will return Sunday, March 25, at 9 p.m. -- with another two-hour premiere. It will be the first two-hour premiere for the show.
Star Jon Hamm previously announced the date during an interview with the "Doug Loves Movies" podcast. The show will return to its normal 10 p.m. timeslot after the season premiere.
Also read: 'Mad Men' Season 5 Premiering March 25
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2012年1月13日星期五
Made news in the summer of 2010
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He made news in the summer burberry bags of 2010 when he was arrested and jailed on a misdemeanor drug possession charge after agents were called to a casino hotel because of a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room he was in.
Every confirmed he was suspended for three months, returning in time for the last event, leaving him little hope of keeping his card.
The 28-year-old Floridian said he has put it behind him. He is married, and his wife is expecting their first baby in June. But it didn’t keep him from talking about how the case was handled, how he is perceived and the company he keeps.
“I don’t do drugs. It was a crappy deal, man,” Every said. “Wrong place, wrong time, perfect storm. And you know, I got three months out of it. It’s over with. I’m not mad at the tour. They did what they had to do. I totally understand it. But it’s over with.”
Every said he is not a “party animal.”
“I still hang out with the same people cheap burberry for women and kids,” he said. “I have great friends, man. If one of my friends likes to smoke marijuana every now and then, I’m not going to say, `Well, you can’t be my friend anymore.’ Honestly, man, I know more people who smoke marijuana than who don’t smoke marijuana. I know that’s probably not the politically correct thing to say, but it’s the truth.”
Asked about the outcome of the charge, Every said he had to “stay out of trouble” for a year. One of his agents at Goal Marketing, Kevin Canning, declined comment when asked how the case was disposed.
As for golf, Every made it sound as though it was just another day on manicured fairways.
“Just played good,” said Every, who was at 10-under 130. “I just didn’t make many mistakes and made some good putts, hit some good irons, just kind of normal stuff.”
His normal stuff was enough to put him atop the leaderboard through 36 holes for the first time on the PGA Tour, not bad for a guy who took four years to get to the PGA Tour, and is starting his second full season.
Every said he is behind where he should be, attributing that to a troublesome rookie season in 2010. He broke his finger in April, keeping him out for six weeks, then ran into trouble with the marijuana charge at the John Deere Classic. He returned to play seven more cheap burberry men tournaments before he was suspended, and wound up 160th on the money list.
“I kind of feel like a rookie out here,” Every said. “My rookie year … I almost kept my status and played half the tournaments that everybody else played. I feel like it was a pretty good year for me. I just didn’t get to play much.”
After his rookie season, he didn’t get through Q-school and spent another year on the Nationwide Tour, where he finished 18th on the money list to get one of the 25 spots back on the PGA Tour.
“It’s easy to get lulled to sleep out there because the towns you go to and it’s just so hot,” Every said. “Every week, you’ve got to shoot 6 under every round. You can get depressed out there pretty fast. So now I am hungry, but when I was out there, I was just really fighting to stay interested, you know?”
Graham DeLaet, the first-round leader at 63, played in the afternoon had consecutive double bogeys to fall back. By then, it was another Canadian who had asserted himself. Hearn also started poorly with two early birdies, then finished off the front nine by playing his last five holes in 5-under par. A birdie on his final hole put him at 8-under 132.
De Jonge started his season by switching putters cheap burberry men shirts and opened with a 71. He went back to his old one and shot 62.
He made news in the summer burberry bags of 2010 when he was arrested and jailed on a misdemeanor drug possession charge after agents were called to a casino hotel because of a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room he was in.
Every confirmed he was suspended for three months, returning in time for the last event, leaving him little hope of keeping his card.
The 28-year-old Floridian said he has put it behind him. He is married, and his wife is expecting their first baby in June. But it didn’t keep him from talking about how the case was handled, how he is perceived and the company he keeps.
“I don’t do drugs. It was a crappy deal, man,” Every said. “Wrong place, wrong time, perfect storm. And you know, I got three months out of it. It’s over with. I’m not mad at the tour. They did what they had to do. I totally understand it. But it’s over with.”
Every said he is not a “party animal.”
“I still hang out with the same people cheap burberry for women and kids,” he said. “I have great friends, man. If one of my friends likes to smoke marijuana every now and then, I’m not going to say, `Well, you can’t be my friend anymore.’ Honestly, man, I know more people who smoke marijuana than who don’t smoke marijuana. I know that’s probably not the politically correct thing to say, but it’s the truth.”
Asked about the outcome of the charge, Every said he had to “stay out of trouble” for a year. One of his agents at Goal Marketing, Kevin Canning, declined comment when asked how the case was disposed.
As for golf, Every made it sound as though it was just another day on manicured fairways.
“Just played good,” said Every, who was at 10-under 130. “I just didn’t make many mistakes and made some good putts, hit some good irons, just kind of normal stuff.”
His normal stuff was enough to put him atop the leaderboard through 36 holes for the first time on the PGA Tour, not bad for a guy who took four years to get to the PGA Tour, and is starting his second full season.
Every said he is behind where he should be, attributing that to a troublesome rookie season in 2010. He broke his finger in April, keeping him out for six weeks, then ran into trouble with the marijuana charge at the John Deere Classic. He returned to play seven more cheap burberry men tournaments before he was suspended, and wound up 160th on the money list.
“I kind of feel like a rookie out here,” Every said. “My rookie year … I almost kept my status and played half the tournaments that everybody else played. I feel like it was a pretty good year for me. I just didn’t get to play much.”
After his rookie season, he didn’t get through Q-school and spent another year on the Nationwide Tour, where he finished 18th on the money list to get one of the 25 spots back on the PGA Tour.
“It’s easy to get lulled to sleep out there because the towns you go to and it’s just so hot,” Every said. “Every week, you’ve got to shoot 6 under every round. You can get depressed out there pretty fast. So now I am hungry, but when I was out there, I was just really fighting to stay interested, you know?”
Graham DeLaet, the first-round leader at 63, played in the afternoon had consecutive double bogeys to fall back. By then, it was another Canadian who had asserted himself. Hearn also started poorly with two early birdies, then finished off the front nine by playing his last five holes in 5-under par. A birdie on his final hole put him at 8-under 132.
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2012年1月12日星期四
Erickson said it "grieves" him
School President Rodney Erickson appeared burberry bags Thursday night at a hotel near Philadelphia for the second of three town hall events aimed at repairing the school's image, but the 650 alumni in attendance for the sometimes heated 90-minute session didn't receive him well.
Erickson said it "grieves" him when people refer to "the Penn State scandal" because he thinks it centers on just one person — former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who's accused of molesting boys, some on campus. He said he believes people should call it "the Sandusky scandal."
Most of Thursday's questions, however, involved concerns over the firing of Sandusky's former boss, legendary football coach Joe Paterno. Erickson said he hasn't had time to sit down with Paterno and his wife but hopes to when the scandal dies down.
Former Penn State and pro football star Franco Harris scheduled a competing event at the King of Prussia hotel after broad dissatisfaction with Erickson's first talk in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. A third alumni meeting is scheduled for Friday in New York.
But even some critics say Erickson shouldn't be getting all the blame for what many view as a floundering public relations effort. Erickson, who received polite applause Thursday, is trying to repair the school's image more than two months after Sandusky's arrest on sexual abuse charges brought controversy, criticism and contemplation to Happy Valley.
A 2002 alumnus, Ryan Bagwell, who's seeking a cheap bags and shoes 2012 trustee seat in voting that will start next week, said Erickson "takes his marching orders from the Board of Trustees," which has "sent him out on this three-day spree."
"We want to hear from the trustees," Bagwell said. "We want them to explain why they made the decisions they did."
Two cousins attending Thursday night's alumni meeting said they aren't sure the current trustees are the right people to move the university forward.
John Cohrac, a Class of 1990 graduate from Pottstown, said he hoped to ask Erickson why there hasn't been the transparency he promised. He and Mike Cohrac, a Class of 1999 graduate from Phoenixville, said they would still support the school's football program but might withhold donations to the academic side until they get answers from the trustees about how they handled the sex abuse scandal.
Erickson has said openness and communication are his guiding principles and the school "will do better in the future."
The chairman and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees released a statement Thursday evening responding to questions raised at the Pittsburgh meeting, including about the firing of Paterno. Paterno, they said, was removed in November instead of being allowed to retire after the season because of "extraordinary circumstances."
"The details of his retirement are being worked out and will be made public when they are finalized," said the statement from Chairman Steve Garban and Vice Chairman John Surma. "Generally speaking, the University intends to honor the terms of his employment contract and is treating him financially as if he had retired at the end of the 2011 football season."
Representatives for the Paterno family cheap burberry for kids said Thursday the trustees' statement came as a surprise.
Paterno's son Scott Paterno responded it was becoming apparent that the coach's firing Nov. 9, "with no notice or hearing, was not handled well."
The fired coach "strongly believed everyone involved is entitled to due process," his son said in a statement, adding that his parents still were "unwavering in their loyalty and dedication to Penn State."
At the Pittsburgh alumni meeting, the most passionate applause came after one questioner suggested that the entire board of trustees step down. Several others questioned why Penn State is still struggling to manage questions from the public and the media so many weeks after the crisis began.
"If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you shouldn't expect different results," said Tim King, vice president of the greater Pittsburgh alumni chapter.
The alumni meetings come as investigators re-interview current and former employees of Penn State's athletic department as part of the case against the 67-year-old Sandusky, who's charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. Sandusky, who maintains his innocence, remains out on $250,000 bail while awaiting trial.
Two Penn State administrators are facing charges they lied to a grand jury investigating Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse. Gary Schultz, a former vice president, and Tim Curley, the athletic director, have denied the allegations cheap burberry for women and kids and await trial.
Erickson said it "grieves" him when people refer to "the Penn State scandal" because he thinks it centers on just one person — former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who's accused of molesting boys, some on campus. He said he believes people should call it "the Sandusky scandal."
Most of Thursday's questions, however, involved concerns over the firing of Sandusky's former boss, legendary football coach Joe Paterno. Erickson said he hasn't had time to sit down with Paterno and his wife but hopes to when the scandal dies down.
Former Penn State and pro football star Franco Harris scheduled a competing event at the King of Prussia hotel after broad dissatisfaction with Erickson's first talk in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. A third alumni meeting is scheduled for Friday in New York.
But even some critics say Erickson shouldn't be getting all the blame for what many view as a floundering public relations effort. Erickson, who received polite applause Thursday, is trying to repair the school's image more than two months after Sandusky's arrest on sexual abuse charges brought controversy, criticism and contemplation to Happy Valley.
A 2002 alumnus, Ryan Bagwell, who's seeking a cheap bags and shoes 2012 trustee seat in voting that will start next week, said Erickson "takes his marching orders from the Board of Trustees," which has "sent him out on this three-day spree."
"We want to hear from the trustees," Bagwell said. "We want them to explain why they made the decisions they did."
Two cousins attending Thursday night's alumni meeting said they aren't sure the current trustees are the right people to move the university forward.
John Cohrac, a Class of 1990 graduate from Pottstown, said he hoped to ask Erickson why there hasn't been the transparency he promised. He and Mike Cohrac, a Class of 1999 graduate from Phoenixville, said they would still support the school's football program but might withhold donations to the academic side until they get answers from the trustees about how they handled the sex abuse scandal.
Erickson has said openness and communication are his guiding principles and the school "will do better in the future."
The chairman and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees released a statement Thursday evening responding to questions raised at the Pittsburgh meeting, including about the firing of Paterno. Paterno, they said, was removed in November instead of being allowed to retire after the season because of "extraordinary circumstances."
"The details of his retirement are being worked out and will be made public when they are finalized," said the statement from Chairman Steve Garban and Vice Chairman John Surma. "Generally speaking, the University intends to honor the terms of his employment contract and is treating him financially as if he had retired at the end of the 2011 football season."
Representatives for the Paterno family cheap burberry for kids said Thursday the trustees' statement came as a surprise.
Paterno's son Scott Paterno responded it was becoming apparent that the coach's firing Nov. 9, "with no notice or hearing, was not handled well."
The fired coach "strongly believed everyone involved is entitled to due process," his son said in a statement, adding that his parents still were "unwavering in their loyalty and dedication to Penn State."
At the Pittsburgh alumni meeting, the most passionate applause came after one questioner suggested that the entire board of trustees step down. Several others questioned why Penn State is still struggling to manage questions from the public and the media so many weeks after the crisis began.
"If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you shouldn't expect different results," said Tim King, vice president of the greater Pittsburgh alumni chapter.
The alumni meetings come as investigators re-interview current and former employees of Penn State's athletic department as part of the case against the 67-year-old Sandusky, who's charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. Sandusky, who maintains his innocence, remains out on $250,000 bail while awaiting trial.
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2012年1月11日星期三
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At a solemn palace ceremony, cheapburberryoutlet2012 Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, their two sons and other royalty in gowns sat silently inside a large room, as a choir of several men around a table read each of the 10 winning works in singsong, dragged-out tones.
The imperial family also offered their poems for the event. One of Akihito's, released Jan. 1, expresses his sorrow and horror in watching the dark waves of the rolling tsunami on TV news footage.
Yueko Sawabe, 39, who works at a medical facility in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, a region hit hard by the March 11 disaster, stood wearing a lavender kimono as her poem was read:
"Never able to
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The earthquake and tsunami left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and set off the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, with three reactors going into meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant.
And so it was telling that another winning poem sang of the author's pride in alternative energy, depicting the dazzling landscape of solar panels shining in the morning light. That poem was by Katsuto Kobayashi, 71, a former worker for an electrical power company.
Another contest winner, Kojiro Yamasaki, a 72-year-old tailor, wrote about his relief in finally learning about the safety of his son, who was in the disaster area, and how three days of uncertainty had felt like a lifetime.
Thousands of people from around the world enter the annual poetry contest. Winning works are read every January as part of the New Year's celebrations at the palace.
Next year's theme has been announced Burberry men t-shirts, cheap burberry t-shirts for men 2012 outlet as "stand up," which could inspire poems of hope in a recovering Japan.
The imperial family also offered their poems for the event. One of Akihito's, released Jan. 1, expresses his sorrow and horror in watching the dark waves of the rolling tsunami on TV news footage.
Yueko Sawabe, 39, who works at a medical facility in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, a region hit hard by the March 11 disaster, stood wearing a lavender kimono as her poem was read:
"Never able to
Turn it back,
This reality
Feels so heavy on my cheap burberry for kids shoulders,
Along this coastal path."
The earthquake and tsunami left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and set off the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, with three reactors going into meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant.
And so it was telling that another winning poem sang of the author's pride in alternative energy, depicting the dazzling landscape of solar panels shining in the morning light. That poem was by Katsuto Kobayashi, 71, a former worker for an electrical power company.
Another contest winner, Kojiro Yamasaki, a 72-year-old tailor, wrote about his relief in finally learning about the safety of his son, who was in the disaster area, and how three days of uncertainty had felt like a lifetime.
Thousands of people from around the world enter the annual poetry contest. Winning works are read every January as part of the New Year's celebrations at the palace.
Next year's theme has been announced Burberry men t-shirts, cheap burberry t-shirts for men 2012 outlet as "stand up," which could inspire poems of hope in a recovering Japan.
In television interviews Hong
Investigators also questioned the Burberry men t-shirts, cheap burberry t-shirts for men 2012 outlet aide about whether he delivered envelopes of cash to lawmakers before a 2008 party convention, at which Park -- who denies bribery -- was elected chairman of the Grand National Party (GNP).
The affair came to light this month when GNP lawmaker Koh Seung-Duk said that in 2008 he received an envelope containing three million won ($2,600) and Park's name card from a man believed to be Park's aide.
Koh said the man was carrying shopping bags full of similar envelopes.
"He must have been making the rounds, doling out cash to GNP lawmakers" to win votes, the legislator told journalists on Monday, adding he had returned his own envelope to Park's office.
Hong Joon-Pyo, elected GNP chairman in 2010 to succeed Park, said this week it was "customary" for envelopes of cash to change hands at GNP conventions.
In television interviews Hong said the 2007 convention burberry wallets for women on sale to nominate its presidential candidate was also marked by cash handouts.
Lee Myung-Bak defeated his rival Park Geun-Hye to win the nomination and eventually become president.
"Neither Lee nor Park (Geun-Hye) can be free from allegations of vote-buying," Hong said.
The GNP is battling to keep its parliamentary majority in an April general election and to retain the presidency in December, although Lee himself is constitutionally barred from standing again.
In a shock result, the GNP lost the Seoul mayoralty last October to an opposition-backed left-leaning candidate, and is now trying to shed its image as a party for the rich.
As part of reform measures its emergency council Wednesday even proposed removing the word "conservative" from its platform, as surveys show growing voter discontent with social and economic inequality.
The latest exposure deepened factional infighting between President Lee's party supporters and those of GNP interim leader Park Geun-Hye, the likeliest presidential candidate.
The main opposition Democratic United Party Wednesday introduced a parliamentary resolution calling for Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200. Speaker Park's resignation.
The affair came to light this month when GNP lawmaker Koh Seung-Duk said that in 2008 he received an envelope containing three million won ($2,600) and Park's name card from a man believed to be Park's aide.
Koh said the man was carrying shopping bags full of similar envelopes.
"He must have been making the rounds, doling out cash to GNP lawmakers" to win votes, the legislator told journalists on Monday, adding he had returned his own envelope to Park's office.
Hong Joon-Pyo, elected GNP chairman in 2010 to succeed Park, said this week it was "customary" for envelopes of cash to change hands at GNP conventions.
In television interviews Hong said the 2007 convention burberry wallets for women on sale to nominate its presidential candidate was also marked by cash handouts.
Lee Myung-Bak defeated his rival Park Geun-Hye to win the nomination and eventually become president.
"Neither Lee nor Park (Geun-Hye) can be free from allegations of vote-buying," Hong said.
The GNP is battling to keep its parliamentary majority in an April general election and to retain the presidency in December, although Lee himself is constitutionally barred from standing again.
In a shock result, the GNP lost the Seoul mayoralty last October to an opposition-backed left-leaning candidate, and is now trying to shed its image as a party for the rich.
As part of reform measures its emergency council Wednesday even proposed removing the word "conservative" from its platform, as surveys show growing voter discontent with social and economic inequality.
The latest exposure deepened factional infighting between President Lee's party supporters and those of GNP interim leader Park Geun-Hye, the likeliest presidential candidate.
The main opposition Democratic United Party Wednesday introduced a parliamentary resolution calling for Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200. Speaker Park's resignation.
2012年1月8日星期日
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Sunday was no different, burberry bags 2012 the Lakers playing another sub.-500 team without its top player but needing to hang tight in the final minutes to win.
Kobe Bryant had 26 points and nine assists, Matt Barnes provided another shot of adrenaline with his high-intensity play and the Lakers beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies, 90-82, at Staples Center.
There was plenty to nitpick, the Lakers committing an egregious 27 turnovers.
And to think Memphis went without All-Star power forward Zach Randolph (torn knee ligament) two nights after the Lakers squeaked past a Golden State team without injured star guard Stephen Curry.
But the Lakers (6-4) will take it, as they will any victory in a hurried season with 66 games in 121 nights.
First, the turnovers. Andrew Bynum, Derek Fisher and Steve Blake each had five. Bryant and Barnes each had four.
"It's no secret, 27 turnovers is too many," Lakers Coach Mike Brown said. "To a certain degree, you feel kind of lucky that you won."
He's right. The last time the Lakers had this many turnovers and won in regulation was November 1995, a 98-96 victory over Denver.
Bryant kept them close Sunday, making 11 of 22 shots and continuing to play through a torn ligament in his right wrist.
He did a belly flop along the scorer's table to chase a ball early in the game and crashed through the courtside seats after being fouled on a drive in the fourth quarter. He looked as old as his jersey number on a third-quarter play, blowing past Rudy Gay on the baseline and finishing with a reverse dunk.
Bryant's wrist issues are apparently here to stay. He will not undergo the same procedure on his wrist that he had on his knee and ankle in Germany last year, for a variety of reasons.
Of greatest importance, the German doctor whom Bryant www.cheapburberryoutlet2012.com trusts immensely, Peter Wehling, does not plan on coming to America to do his innovative "regenokine" or "orthokine" procedures that aim to reduce swelling, The Times has learned.
An overseas trip by Bryant looks out of the question because the only ample time for a German getaway is the All-Star break, and it's a safe bet NBA Commissioner David Stern wants Bryant playing in Orlando that weekend instead of flying to Dusseldorf.
The Lakers do not foresee giving Bryant time off from the regular season to go overseas, especially because of his steady play, said a person familiar with the situation. If Bryant underwent the procedure, he would need about a week to recover.
Meanwhile, Barnes had 15 points and 10 rebounds Sunday, again providing a boost at small forward, a hole the Lakers are desperate to plug.
Pau Gasol outplayed his brother, Memphis center Marc Gasol, and also got in touch with his inner Magic Johnson, flipping a behind-the-back pass on a fastbreak to Bynum for a layup.
Of course, Gasol learned it from smooth-passing Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, right?
"No, he got his moves from me," Gasol countered with a smile.
Pau had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Marc missed all nine of his shots and had two points and 11 rebounds.
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Kobe Bryant had 26 points and nine assists, Matt Barnes provided another shot of adrenaline with his high-intensity play and the Lakers beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies, 90-82, at Staples Center.
There was plenty to nitpick, the Lakers committing an egregious 27 turnovers.
And to think Memphis went without All-Star power forward Zach Randolph (torn knee ligament) two nights after the Lakers squeaked past a Golden State team without injured star guard Stephen Curry.
But the Lakers (6-4) will take it, as they will any victory in a hurried season with 66 games in 121 nights.
First, the turnovers. Andrew Bynum, Derek Fisher and Steve Blake each had five. Bryant and Barnes each had four.
"It's no secret, 27 turnovers is too many," Lakers Coach Mike Brown said. "To a certain degree, you feel kind of lucky that you won."
He's right. The last time the Lakers had this many turnovers and won in regulation was November 1995, a 98-96 victory over Denver.
Bryant kept them close Sunday, making 11 of 22 shots and continuing to play through a torn ligament in his right wrist.
He did a belly flop along the scorer's table to chase a ball early in the game and crashed through the courtside seats after being fouled on a drive in the fourth quarter. He looked as old as his jersey number on a third-quarter play, blowing past Rudy Gay on the baseline and finishing with a reverse dunk.
Bryant's wrist issues are apparently here to stay. He will not undergo the same procedure on his wrist that he had on his knee and ankle in Germany last year, for a variety of reasons.
Of greatest importance, the German doctor whom Bryant www.cheapburberryoutlet2012.com trusts immensely, Peter Wehling, does not plan on coming to America to do his innovative "regenokine" or "orthokine" procedures that aim to reduce swelling, The Times has learned.
An overseas trip by Bryant looks out of the question because the only ample time for a German getaway is the All-Star break, and it's a safe bet NBA Commissioner David Stern wants Bryant playing in Orlando that weekend instead of flying to Dusseldorf.
The Lakers do not foresee giving Bryant time off from the regular season to go overseas, especially because of his steady play, said a person familiar with the situation. If Bryant underwent the procedure, he would need about a week to recover.
Meanwhile, Barnes had 15 points and 10 rebounds Sunday, again providing a boost at small forward, a hole the Lakers are desperate to plug.
Pau Gasol outplayed his brother, Memphis center Marc Gasol, and also got in touch with his inner Magic Johnson, flipping a behind-the-back pass on a fastbreak to Bynum for a layup.
Of course, Gasol learned it from smooth-passing Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, right?
"No, he got his moves from me," Gasol countered with a smile.
Pau had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Marc missed all nine of his shots and had two points and 11 rebounds.
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2012年1月6日星期五
Because of the U.S. support of the Israeli agenda
Sharaa Simsim is one of many U.S.-funded cheap burberry 2012 Palestinian programs suffering after Congress froze the transfer of nearly $200 million to the U.S. Agency for International Development in October. The suspension aimed to punish the Palestinians for appealing to the United Nations for statehood.
The funding suspension — affecting hospitals, education, and government ministries that all rely on American aid — is breeding resentment and frustration in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, even among the most progressive organizations.
In the Ramallah offices of Sharaa Simsim on Thursday, the writing workshop room was empty and the set was closed.
"If we had funding, we would be writing scripts, we would be reviewing scripts, we would be hiring filmmakers to produce the videos," said executive producer Daoud Kuttab.
Even as the freeze put Palestinian Sesame Street on hold, the State Department is investing $750,000 in the Israeli version of the show, which is now filming its newest season with an emphasis on teaching children the value of fairness.
Danny Labin, an executive at the Israeli TV channel that co-produces Israeli Sesame Street, call the funding halt to the Palestinian show "extremely unfortunate."
"Young children, whether Israeli or Palestinian, who are in need of educational tools to foster diversity appreciation and to prepare for life in a pluralistic society, should not be penalized or held accountable to the politics and political leadership, over which they have no control," Labin said.
Sharaa Simsim, the Palestinian show, debuted in 1996 and has produced five seasons since, with long intermissions for fundraising. It has promoted a message of peace and tolerance that Israeli critics say is often missing from Palestinian airwaves. The main characters Haneen, a red-headed orange muppet, and the green rooster Kareem have became household names for Palestinian children.
Sharaa Simsim is one of about two dozen international shows produced by the Sesame Workshop Staff, the parent company of the American show. Others are aired in Israel, Egypt, Russia and South Africa. In each country, the New York-based Sesame Street staff consults with the local production teams to create a unique cast and content.
Kuttab said production takes months. At the beginning of each season, Palestinian educators and child psychologists work with the Education Ministry to craft themes and curriculum. Then writers draft the episodes, with occasional review from New York. Filmed in Ramallah and airing on Palestinian national television, each 20-minute episode is half Palestinian content and half American footage.
Sharaa Simsim was supposed to begin this process
Burberry shoes for women - designer casual shoes, cheap sneaker shoes outlet in October, but Kuttab said the show won't be able to air in 2012.
"Every month we are behind schedule it actually means two or three months down the line," he said. "If we don't do the curriculum workshop we can't do the scriptwriting. If we don't do the scriptwriting we can't do the filming, and there are actors who have their own schedules."
From 2008-2011, USAID gave $2.5 million to the program, covering nearly the entire budget, Kuttab said.
USAID was scheduled to issue another $2.5 million grant to Sharaa Simsim last until 2014, Kuttab said. But in early October, Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, placed holds on $192 million in funding to USAID for programs in the West Bank and Gaza.
She said this was in reaction to the Palestinian's appeal to the U.N. to admit the Palestinians as a full member state. The U.S., Israel and others oppose the move, saying a Palestinian state can only come about through negotiations.
Congress restored $40 million of the funding in December but it's doubtful any will go to the show. Many programs are clamoring for funding, including healthcare and humanitarian projects, said a USAID official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ongoing Congressional debates.
Bradley Goehner, spokesman for Ros-Lehtinen, did not say if the intention was to cut Palestinian Sesame Street and other programs, or if more USAID funding would be restored.
"It is a matter that continues to be discussed with the administration and pertinent members," Goehner wrote by email.
American opposition to the Palestinian bid raised hackles in the West Bank, ruled by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Days after the USAID funding hold, Palestinian protesters hurled a shoe at an American diplomatic convoy in Ramallah.
Nasser Abdul Karim, an economist at Birzeit University in the West Bank, said the freeze hurt Washington's image and will push Palestinian groups to diversify their funding.
"Because of the U.S. support of the Israeli agenda, (Palestinians) look at American aid with a lot of suspicion," Abdul Karim said.
The U.S. donates more than $500 million a year to the Palestinians, including funds for security forces, the government's operating budget and USAID programs.
Kuttab said he is using some last-minute funding from the Palestinian Authority to tape small-scale children's programs. Core staff are working on reduced salaries, and freelancers are off the payroll.
In the meantime, the show's muppets have been sent to New York for repairs.
Sesame Workshop in New York confirmed the Palestinian show is on hold. Spokeswoman Beatrice Chow said Sesame hopes USAID will resume its support.
Since it was founded, Sharaa Simsim has reflected the region's political ups and downs.
In the first season, muppets from Israeli and Palestinian programs visited each other on TV. After the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the cooperation crumbled.
USAID backed out of funding after the Hamas militant group won Palestinian elections in 2006, and Kuttab scrambled to create a mini season with funding from cheap burberry handbags Holland and small organizations.
The funding suspension — affecting hospitals, education, and government ministries that all rely on American aid — is breeding resentment and frustration in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, even among the most progressive organizations.
In the Ramallah offices of Sharaa Simsim on Thursday, the writing workshop room was empty and the set was closed.
"If we had funding, we would be writing scripts, we would be reviewing scripts, we would be hiring filmmakers to produce the videos," said executive producer Daoud Kuttab.
Even as the freeze put Palestinian Sesame Street on hold, the State Department is investing $750,000 in the Israeli version of the show, which is now filming its newest season with an emphasis on teaching children the value of fairness.
Danny Labin, an executive at the Israeli TV channel that co-produces Israeli Sesame Street, call the funding halt to the Palestinian show "extremely unfortunate."
"Young children, whether Israeli or Palestinian, who are in need of educational tools to foster diversity appreciation and to prepare for life in a pluralistic society, should not be penalized or held accountable to the politics and political leadership, over which they have no control," Labin said.
Sharaa Simsim, the Palestinian show, debuted in 1996 and has produced five seasons since, with long intermissions for fundraising. It has promoted a message of peace and tolerance that Israeli critics say is often missing from Palestinian airwaves. The main characters Haneen, a red-headed orange muppet, and the green rooster Kareem have became household names for Palestinian children.
Sharaa Simsim is one of about two dozen international shows produced by the Sesame Workshop Staff, the parent company of the American show. Others are aired in Israel, Egypt, Russia and South Africa. In each country, the New York-based Sesame Street staff consults with the local production teams to create a unique cast and content.
Kuttab said production takes months. At the beginning of each season, Palestinian educators and child psychologists work with the Education Ministry to craft themes and curriculum. Then writers draft the episodes, with occasional review from New York. Filmed in Ramallah and airing on Palestinian national television, each 20-minute episode is half Palestinian content and half American footage.
Sharaa Simsim was supposed to begin this process
Burberry shoes for women - designer casual shoes, cheap sneaker shoes outlet in October, but Kuttab said the show won't be able to air in 2012.
"Every month we are behind schedule it actually means two or three months down the line," he said. "If we don't do the curriculum workshop we can't do the scriptwriting. If we don't do the scriptwriting we can't do the filming, and there are actors who have their own schedules."
From 2008-2011, USAID gave $2.5 million to the program, covering nearly the entire budget, Kuttab said.
USAID was scheduled to issue another $2.5 million grant to Sharaa Simsim last until 2014, Kuttab said. But in early October, Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, placed holds on $192 million in funding to USAID for programs in the West Bank and Gaza.
She said this was in reaction to the Palestinian's appeal to the U.N. to admit the Palestinians as a full member state. The U.S., Israel and others oppose the move, saying a Palestinian state can only come about through negotiations.
Congress restored $40 million of the funding in December but it's doubtful any will go to the show. Many programs are clamoring for funding, including healthcare and humanitarian projects, said a USAID official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ongoing Congressional debates.
Bradley Goehner, spokesman for Ros-Lehtinen, did not say if the intention was to cut Palestinian Sesame Street and other programs, or if more USAID funding would be restored.
"It is a matter that continues to be discussed with the administration and pertinent members," Goehner wrote by email.
American opposition to the Palestinian bid raised hackles in the West Bank, ruled by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Days after the USAID funding hold, Palestinian protesters hurled a shoe at an American diplomatic convoy in Ramallah.
Nasser Abdul Karim, an economist at Birzeit University in the West Bank, said the freeze hurt Washington's image and will push Palestinian groups to diversify their funding.
"Because of the U.S. support of the Israeli agenda, (Palestinians) look at American aid with a lot of suspicion," Abdul Karim said.
The U.S. donates more than $500 million a year to the Palestinians, including funds for security forces, the government's operating budget and USAID programs.
Kuttab said he is using some last-minute funding from the Palestinian Authority to tape small-scale children's programs. Core staff are working on reduced salaries, and freelancers are off the payroll.
In the meantime, the show's muppets have been sent to New York for repairs.
Sesame Workshop in New York confirmed the Palestinian show is on hold. Spokeswoman Beatrice Chow said Sesame hopes USAID will resume its support.
Since it was founded, Sharaa Simsim has reflected the region's political ups and downs.
In the first season, muppets from Israeli and Palestinian programs visited each other on TV. After the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the cooperation crumbled.
USAID backed out of funding after the Hamas militant group won Palestinian elections in 2006, and Kuttab scrambled to create a mini season with funding from cheap burberry handbags Holland and small organizations.
2012年1月5日星期四
But the team of reigning double world champion Sebastian Vettel is unsure
Created in 2008 to help unify moncler jackets the series, the Formula One Teams Association has also seen Ferrari and Sauber leave in the last week over the failure to agree on a strategy to curb expenditure. "FOTA did a lot of good things when it was first created, saving costs and so on, but in recent months it's been less effective and more fractured in the way we should move forward and what it should be responsible for," Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said on Saturday. "For the time being, we're happy to be in control of our own destiny."
The resource restriction agreement (RRA) aimed to return expenditure to levels that prevailed in F1 in the early 1990s. Overspending was a sticking point between the FIA and the teams when racing's governing body tried to introduce measures that would have effectively created a spending cap, and in 2009 nearly led to a breakaway series being formed.
"We agree with budget controls, we don't want to get moncler 2011 into an arms race like that which happened with the manufacturers a few years ago, and at Red Bull we wouldn't be able to," chief technical officer Adrian Newey said alongside Horner at a briefing near the team's headquarters in England. "If we can concentrate on the things that are tangible, like the wind tunnel restrictions, testing restrictions, then that will be fine."
But the team of reigning double world champion Sebastian Vettel is unsure that it is competing on a level playing field.Moncler bags outlet, buy cheap moncler 2011 new bags. "With some of the teams that are subsidiaries of automative companies it becomes difficult to know how their resources are split," Newey said. "It's when you don't have this transparency that all the sniping starts."
Last season, FOTA represented 11 of the 12 teams cheap moncler on the F1 grid, with Hispania Racing the only one not in the organization. But with Red Bull having to serve a two-month notice period with FOTA, it could still return to the umbrella organization before the 2012 season starts in March.
"We have a meeting with some of the other FOTA members on Monday to talk about cost control," Horner said. "Nothing's ever set in stone but for the time being we feel it's right to step out of FOTA." Horner and Newey were speaking as thousands of F1 fans turned out in freezing conditions to see Vettel and teammate Mark Webber drive their F1 cars through the streets of Milton Keynes, where the team is based.
The resource restriction agreement (RRA) aimed to return expenditure to levels that prevailed in F1 in the early 1990s. Overspending was a sticking point between the FIA and the teams when racing's governing body tried to introduce measures that would have effectively created a spending cap, and in 2009 nearly led to a breakaway series being formed.
"We agree with budget controls, we don't want to get moncler 2011 into an arms race like that which happened with the manufacturers a few years ago, and at Red Bull we wouldn't be able to," chief technical officer Adrian Newey said alongside Horner at a briefing near the team's headquarters in England. "If we can concentrate on the things that are tangible, like the wind tunnel restrictions, testing restrictions, then that will be fine."
But the team of reigning double world champion Sebastian Vettel is unsure that it is competing on a level playing field.Moncler bags outlet, buy cheap moncler 2011 new bags. "With some of the teams that are subsidiaries of automative companies it becomes difficult to know how their resources are split," Newey said. "It's when you don't have this transparency that all the sniping starts."
Last season, FOTA represented 11 of the 12 teams cheap moncler on the F1 grid, with Hispania Racing the only one not in the organization. But with Red Bull having to serve a two-month notice period with FOTA, it could still return to the umbrella organization before the 2012 season starts in March.
"We have a meeting with some of the other FOTA members on Monday to talk about cost control," Horner said. "Nothing's ever set in stone but for the time being we feel it's right to step out of FOTA." Horner and Newey were speaking as thousands of F1 fans turned out in freezing conditions to see Vettel and teammate Mark Webber drive their F1 cars through the streets of Milton Keynes, where the team is based.
The newly recast Republican field finds Romney reaching
The Chicago Cubs traded their former ace Wednesday for Marlins right-hander Chris Volstad, pending physicals and approval by Major League Baseball, a person familiar moncler jackets with the negotiations said. The person confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the teams hadn't announced a deal.
Zambrano wore out his welcome in Chicago because of repeated meltdowns and tantrums. The most recent came when he cleaned out his locker and talked about retiring after giving up five homers and being ejected during a loss to Atlanta on Aug. 12. He was suspended without pay and then it was decided he would sit out the rest of the season.
In Miami he'll be joining another former Chicagoan, Ozzie Guillen, who expressed interest in acquiring Zambrano when he was hired as the Marlins' manager in October after stepping down as the White Sox's skipper. Zambrano joins a franchise on the upswing after a winter spending spree resulted in the signings of All-Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell.
Zambrano finished last year 9-7 with a 4.82 ERA. The Cubs expected more when he signed a $91.5 million deal over five seasons through 2012, including a $17,875,000 million salary last season and $18 million in 2012. As part of the trade, they'll likely pay much of his salary.
Volstad went 5-13 last year with an ERA of 4.89, and moncler men jackets his career record is 32-39. He has given up 69 homers over the past three seasons, which could mean trouble for him at Wrigley Field.
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In 2007, he got into a fight with teammate Michael Barrett, first in the dugout and then in the locker room. Barrett ended up with a bruise under his eye and a cut lip.
In 2009, he went on tirade against an umpire, throwing a baseball into the outfield, pretending to eject the umpire and slamming his glove against the dugout fence, a tantrum that led to a suspension.
In 2010, Zambrano was placed on the restricted list for six weeks and sent to anger management after a verbal altercation with then-teammate Derrek Lee.
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Romney's latest top rival, Rick Santorum, is facing renewed scrutiny of his record after a surprise showing in Iowa's caucuses.
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Another, Newt Gingrich, is bluntly dismissing Romney's efforts to cast himself as the most electable challenger to President Barack Obama.
Zambrano wore out his welcome in Chicago because of repeated meltdowns and tantrums. The most recent came when he cleaned out his locker and talked about retiring after giving up five homers and being ejected during a loss to Atlanta on Aug. 12. He was suspended without pay and then it was decided he would sit out the rest of the season.
In Miami he'll be joining another former Chicagoan, Ozzie Guillen, who expressed interest in acquiring Zambrano when he was hired as the Marlins' manager in October after stepping down as the White Sox's skipper. Zambrano joins a franchise on the upswing after a winter spending spree resulted in the signings of All-Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell.
Zambrano finished last year 9-7 with a 4.82 ERA. The Cubs expected more when he signed a $91.5 million deal over five seasons through 2012, including a $17,875,000 million salary last season and $18 million in 2012. As part of the trade, they'll likely pay much of his salary.
Volstad went 5-13 last year with an ERA of 4.89, and moncler men jackets his career record is 32-39. He has given up 69 homers over the past three seasons, which could mean trouble for him at Wrigley Field.
Zambrano is 125-81 with a 3.60 ERA after breaking in with the Cubs in 2001, and he threw a no-hitter against the Astros. But he had difficulty controlling his temper.
In 2007, he got into a fight with teammate Michael Barrett, first in the dugout and then in the locker room. Barrett ended up with a bruise under his eye and a cut lip.
In 2009, he went on tirade against an umpire, throwing a baseball into the outfield, pretending to eject the umpire and slamming his glove against the dugout fence, a tantrum that led to a suspension.
In 2010, Zambrano was placed on the restricted list for six weeks and sent to anger management after a verbal altercation with then-teammate Derrek Lee.
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Romney's latest top rival, Rick Santorum, is facing renewed scrutiny of his record after a surprise showing in Iowa's caucuses.
The newly recast Republican field finds Romney reaching for a decisive victory in New Hampshire to solidify his status as the putative front-runner. But his rivals are working to block that effort.
One is former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who skipped cheap moncler the Iowa caucuses and tells voters he can "smell success" in New Hampshire.
Another, Newt Gingrich, is bluntly dismissing Romney's efforts to cast himself as the most electable challenger to President Barack Obama.
2012年1月4日星期三
Fed officials have also been considering ways to make more explicit
A decision to reveal forecasts for the federal funds rate starting this month represents the biggest step toward openness since Bernanke took office in 2006 moncler jackets promising greater transparency, according to Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a former Fed board economist. The central bank didn’t even start announcing changes in interest rates until 1994.
“This is a complete 180-degree shift from the old mysterious-institution approach,” said Ethan Harris, co-head of global economic research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. “There’s been a steady move toward opening up the central bank to outside scrutiny and trying to explain to the public the logic of what they’re doing.”
The first forecasts will be announced after the Jan. 24-25 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, according to minutes of the Dec. 13 gathering released yesterday. That may boost economic growth by delaying expectations for an increase in the benchmark rate, which has been kept close to zero since December 2008, according to Feroli. At the same time, publishing a range of forecasts risks sowing confusion by showing disagreement among policy makers, Harris said.
“It’s a bit awkward -- you’re going to reveal to the public how much uncertainty the Fed itself has about where it’s going,” Harris said.
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The minutes said “a number of members indicated that 60% off moncler jackets current and prospective economic conditions could well warrant additional policy accommodation.” Those members also decided that “any additional actions would be more effective if accompanied by enhanced communication” about the FOMC’s longer- run economic goals and policy framework.
The decision to publish forecasts “is a part of trying to manage expectations,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist in Chicago at Mesirow Financial Inc., which managed $59 billion as of Sept. 30. “The theory is that if households and companies are convinced that the Fed is not going to tighten too quickly, there is reason to invest now.”
Central bankers in August decided to replace their statement that interest rates would stay near zero for an “extended period” with a date of mid-2013. Bernanke said at his Nov. 2 press conference that the statement “says at least mid-2013” and that “clearly it could well be some point beyond that.”
Stocks maintained gains yesterday after the release of the minutes, buoyed by a report showing that manufacturing in the U.S. expanded at the fastest pace in six months in December. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) rose 1.6 percent to 1,277.06 at the close of trading in New York. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note increased to 1.95 percent from 1.88 percent on Dec. 30.
Danger of Confusion Seen
Some Fed officials voiced concerns at last month’s meeting that publishing the forecasts would “confuse the public,” as there is an “appreciable risk that the public could mistakenly interpret participants’ projections of the target federal funds rate as signaling the Committee’s intention to follow a specific policy path rather than as indicating members’ conditional projections,” according to the minutes.
While “most participants viewed these concerns as manageable,” some Fed officials “did not see providing policy projections as a useful step at this time,” the minutes said.
Releasing the forecasts will also demystify officials’ abilities to predict the economy’s path, according to Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & Co. in New York.
Risks of Forecasting
“You run the risk of every other forecaster, and that is of making an idiot out of yourself,” McCarthy said.
The increased disclosure may make monetary policy “less flexible” if markets perceive the Fed as committed to a particular path of action, said Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York.
“The Fed is no better at forecasting than the best market economists, none of whom are right all the time,” Low said in an e-mailed response to questions. He said he worries that “it will be harder for the FOMC to change direction quickly if it means there is a risk of embarrassment or diminished credibility when they do so.”
Bernanke has made an unprecedented push for Fed openness moncler as chairman. He has aired his views on monetary policy and the financial crisis in television interviews and taken his message on the road in town hall meetings with ordinary citizens in places such as El Paso, Texas.
Press Conferences
In 2011, the 58-year-old former Princeton University professor began holding press conferences four times a year. The FOMC now publishes forecasts for economic growth, inflation and unemployment four times a year, up from twice during the tenure of Bernanke’s predecessor, Alan Greenspan.
Fed officials have also been considering ways to make more explicit the conditions under which the benchmark federal funds rate would remain near zero. Fed Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans has advocated a promise to keep rates low until either unemployment falls below 7 percent or the medium-term inflation outlook rises above 3 percent, while Charles Plosser of Philadelphia has pushed for an inflation target of 2 percent.
Bernanke said Nov. 2 that the central bank may take new steps to boost growth, including changing the way it communicates its policy goals to the public.
“They have developed a potentially powerful easing tool,” and publishing rate forecasts “is a great move,” said Antulio Bomfim, senior managing director at Macroeconomic Advisers LLC in Washington.
“You can’t be against greater transparency,” said Bomfim, cheap moncler a former senior economist at the Fed. “It’s like motherhood and apple pie.”
“This is a complete 180-degree shift from the old mysterious-institution approach,” said Ethan Harris, co-head of global economic research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. “There’s been a steady move toward opening up the central bank to outside scrutiny and trying to explain to the public the logic of what they’re doing.”
The first forecasts will be announced after the Jan. 24-25 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, according to minutes of the Dec. 13 gathering released yesterday. That may boost economic growth by delaying expectations for an increase in the benchmark rate, which has been kept close to zero since December 2008, according to Feroli. At the same time, publishing a range of forecasts risks sowing confusion by showing disagreement among policy makers, Harris said.
“It’s a bit awkward -- you’re going to reveal to the public how much uncertainty the Fed itself has about where it’s going,” Harris said.
Additional Accommodation
The minutes said “a number of members indicated that 60% off moncler jackets current and prospective economic conditions could well warrant additional policy accommodation.” Those members also decided that “any additional actions would be more effective if accompanied by enhanced communication” about the FOMC’s longer- run economic goals and policy framework.
The decision to publish forecasts “is a part of trying to manage expectations,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist in Chicago at Mesirow Financial Inc., which managed $59 billion as of Sept. 30. “The theory is that if households and companies are convinced that the Fed is not going to tighten too quickly, there is reason to invest now.”
Central bankers in August decided to replace their statement that interest rates would stay near zero for an “extended period” with a date of mid-2013. Bernanke said at his Nov. 2 press conference that the statement “says at least mid-2013” and that “clearly it could well be some point beyond that.”
Stocks maintained gains yesterday after the release of the minutes, buoyed by a report showing that manufacturing in the U.S. expanded at the fastest pace in six months in December. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) rose 1.6 percent to 1,277.06 at the close of trading in New York. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note increased to 1.95 percent from 1.88 percent on Dec. 30.
Danger of Confusion Seen
Some Fed officials voiced concerns at last month’s meeting that publishing the forecasts would “confuse the public,” as there is an “appreciable risk that the public could mistakenly interpret participants’ projections of the target federal funds rate as signaling the Committee’s intention to follow a specific policy path rather than as indicating members’ conditional projections,” according to the minutes.
While “most participants viewed these concerns as manageable,” some Fed officials “did not see providing policy projections as a useful step at this time,” the minutes said.
Releasing the forecasts will also demystify officials’ abilities to predict the economy’s path, according to Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & Co. in New York.
Risks of Forecasting
“You run the risk of every other forecaster, and that is of making an idiot out of yourself,” McCarthy said.
The increased disclosure may make monetary policy “less flexible” if markets perceive the Fed as committed to a particular path of action, said Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York.
“The Fed is no better at forecasting than the best market economists, none of whom are right all the time,” Low said in an e-mailed response to questions. He said he worries that “it will be harder for the FOMC to change direction quickly if it means there is a risk of embarrassment or diminished credibility when they do so.”
Bernanke has made an unprecedented push for Fed openness moncler as chairman. He has aired his views on monetary policy and the financial crisis in television interviews and taken his message on the road in town hall meetings with ordinary citizens in places such as El Paso, Texas.
Press Conferences
In 2011, the 58-year-old former Princeton University professor began holding press conferences four times a year. The FOMC now publishes forecasts for economic growth, inflation and unemployment four times a year, up from twice during the tenure of Bernanke’s predecessor, Alan Greenspan.
Fed officials have also been considering ways to make more explicit the conditions under which the benchmark federal funds rate would remain near zero. Fed Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans has advocated a promise to keep rates low until either unemployment falls below 7 percent or the medium-term inflation outlook rises above 3 percent, while Charles Plosser of Philadelphia has pushed for an inflation target of 2 percent.
Bernanke said Nov. 2 that the central bank may take new steps to boost growth, including changing the way it communicates its policy goals to the public.
“They have developed a potentially powerful easing tool,” and publishing rate forecasts “is a great move,” said Antulio Bomfim, senior managing director at Macroeconomic Advisers LLC in Washington.
“You can’t be against greater transparency,” said Bomfim, cheap moncler a former senior economist at the Fed. “It’s like motherhood and apple pie.”
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