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President: K.P. Rajagopal. Secretary General: Ashok B Salunkhe
Dated: 19th April.2011
Dear Comrade,
The Quarterly review meeting with the Chairman, CBDT took place today the 19th April, 2011 at 4 pm. The following issues raised by the ITEF were subjected to discussion and the outcome of the discussion on each issue is given below:
1. Equal distribution of vacancies among Administrative-field formation and Directorates.
Agreed to. Appropriate Instructions will be issued to the CCIT(CCA) by the Board.
2. Mobile Hand Set" as token gift on the occasion of "150 years of Income Tax" celebration.
The Chairman,offered to give not only mobile handset and a coin brought out to commemorate the 150 years of the functioning of the Income-tax Dept. as a gift to all employees.
3. Advance increment to Sr.TA and Stgr.II on passing Deptl.Exam for Inspectors
The Board has assured to take up the matter with the Dept. of Expenditure for their approval.
4. Sufficient allocaton of funds for Medical, Travelling and Conveyance allowances.
The Chairman appreciated the difficulties in the allocation of fund under Medical, Conveyance etc. The Board will approach the Finance Minister to obtain sufficient budget allocation.
5. Regional recruitment & postings for Direct Recruitment posts.
It was informed that the Govt. has already agreed to have the MTS recruitment on regional basis. In respect of other cadres, it was informed that the matter has already been taken up with the Govt.
6. Departmental examination to be conducted during June-July every year
The results will be published by end of April. All Examinations in this year will be held in the month of August, 2011. On the question of grace mark in Advance Accountancy, the Chairman has asked the Directorate to look into the matter.
7. Functioning of Local Placement Committee – Transfer to be made on the basis of guidelines framed in the JCM Meetings/Discussion with the Federation.
While the placement committee will not be disbanded, the Chairman assured that instructions will be issued to all CCIT(CCA) to abide by the transfer guidelines in consultation with the representatives of ITEF.
8. Accommodating personnel promoted as OS and Stgr. In the same station since no financial benefit is allowed on such promotions.
9. To restore Special Pay provisions in the areas where it was available
Agreed to take up the matter with the Dept. of Expenditure
10. Zonal Accounts Offices be manned by Income Tax Department in the true sense of departmentalization of accounting system.
In the present dispensation the Chairman stated that it will be difficult to take over the accounting functions by the Department. However, he assured to take up specific problem of harassment with the Chief Controller of Accounts. The question of acceding to the Demand might arise only when the Govt. accept the full autonomy of the Department.
11. Infrastructure-
Desktop computer will be provided to the employees as assured by the Board in the earlier meetings. Instructions will be immediately issued to the CCITs to procure the required number of Computers. The CCITs will be authorized to purchase the required number of Air Conditioners to provide better working conditions to the employees.
12. Vigilance Cases: The Chairman has assured that all the pending vigilance cases will be disposed off immediately.
13. Petrol Allowance: The increase of reiumbersement of petrol charges to Inspectors 50 ltrs and Notice servers 25 ltrs. will be earnestly taken up with the Finance Minister.
In view of the positive assurances on the above issues by the Chairman, CBDT, we have reciprocated that all cooperation will be extended in the matter of clearance of pending refunds.
We are happy to inform all of you that the
Yours fraternally
Ashok B Salunkhe
Secretary General


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FLACHAU, Austria (AP) -- In her first full World Cup season, American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin can already match a record set by skiing great Annemarie Moser-Proell.
If Shiffrin wins for the third time this season in Tuesday's night slalom in Flachau, she will be exactly the same age - 17 years, 308 days - that Moser-Proell was when the Austrian earned her third career slalom victory in 1971.
Shiffrin obviously will need more time to beat Moser-Proell's career record of 62 World Cup wins, but the American is drawing praise from coaches and skiers.
"She is way ahead of her age," Austria's technical head coach Guenter Obkircher said. "She races fast and has a very solid technique. And she has this youthful carefreeness. In Austria, we don't have such a racer of the same age."
Shiffrin is from Vail, Colo., and is the first American to win two World Cup races before turning 18. She will wear the red bib as leader of the slalom standings for the second time this season. She will open the race after drawing start No. 1 in Monday night's ceremony.
Shiffrin's first victory came in Are, Sweden, in December, sending her to the top of the slalom standings. She then struggled with the pressure and failed to finish her next race in Semmering in the last event of 2012.
"It was a new situation for her," U.S. women's head coach Alex Hoedlmoser said. "But she has a very fast learning curve and I think that shouldn't be a problem for her tomorrow. She is superfast in training."
Shiffrin bounced back a week later by winning a night race in Zagreb, Croatia, to reclaim top spot in the standings.
She shared the podium with third-place Erin Mielzynski, a Canadian slalom specialist who won her first World Cup race in March 2012. Mielzynski has followed Shiffrin since the American joined the circuit and isn't surprised by her rise
"Mikaela is such a solid skier," Mielzynski said. "She creates power but she stays strong over her skis. She doesn't get in trouble, and if she does, she can get herself out of it. It's amazing to watch her."
Mielzynski said it's not just Shiffrin's skiing technique that separates her from other talented young racers.
"It's special that she can let things go when they might be bothering her," the Canadian said. "That's a special mindset."
World giant slalom champion Ted Ligety also has been impressed with Shiffrin's maturity as a ski racer.
"She is a solid skier for sure," Ligety said. "She has been so good the last few races and last year, too. She doesn't seem like a 17-year-old when she's on the hill."
After winning in Zagreb, Shiffrin's earnings this season increased to $117,500. If she wins Flachau - the race with the most prize money on the women's World Cup circuit - she will make another $58,000.
Hoedlmoser says the success, praise and money haven't changed anything.
"She is still a very hard worker, goes out to try to get better and better every day," Hoedlmoser said. "We just stay focused on training, we do the same thing. ... She gets plenty of good training sessions in and we just continue on working in the direction we have been working."
This season's first five regular slaloms and the Munich city event, which counted toward the discipline standings, had four different winners, with Shiffrin and Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia each winning twice. Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Austria's Kathrin Zettel won the other two races.
Shiffrin leads the standings with 336 points, followed by overall World Cup leader Tina Maze with 310 and Velez Zuzulova with 305.
After Flachau, there are three more World Cup slaloms, though only one before this month's world championships in Maribor, Slovenia.
Shiffrin says winning the discipline title is one of her main goals. But her class is not restricted to the slopes.
Days after last week's Zagreb slalom, organizers received a note in which they were thanked for "a night I will never forget. ... The race was run perfectly from the beginning to end. ... Everything was first class and I want to extend my appreciation of all your hard work. I know what an enormous undertaking these races are."
It was signed by Shiffrin.

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Last night I was impressed with Okam. I know the Chiefs don't have the best line, but still. Our D looked more aggresive and man I hope that carries into the regular season. James Casey made a great one handed catch. I don't like the fact that Grossman got hurt so quickly, man, he needs to step his game up if he wants to make the team. Man, Brown looked good, I hope he stays healthy. I'm so happy football's finally back. I can't wait till next Sat. against the Saints. Go TEXANS!!!!
I thought Okam looked good, also.
And I have always thought Chris Brown was good. To me, he is like Fred Taylor. When he is healthy, he is one hell of a talent. But he is never healthy...I published my first book. Available in ebook or paperback! Check it out!!!
I dont think i have ever seen a defense look that bad... I sure hope that is not a sign of things to come. Although it was nice to see Mario and Barwin get sacks. Barwin looks good so far. I was really looking forward to see what Okam could do in the starting lineup, not good at all.
Schaub and the recievers looked good again. Slaton played better. Brown played worse.
I hope Frank Bush can fix the D soon or AP will have over 100 in the first quarter next week.
Yeah, Okam and Brown disappointed me this week. I dunno what happened to the team, but they came out flat as paper. Okam, the knock on him is his motor and consistency. This game he showed that's still a knock, he's supposed to be one of our strongest players, but he got bullied on Sat. No penetration, no disruption. Matter of fact a couple of plays he was pushed into Okoye. Man, I felt sick watching that. Brown, also, it's like what happened to his vision, he just didn't look ready. I liked Moats and I don't think Fosters gotten carries yet. I didn't like the punt return for a TD, but that can be chalked up to preseason, so our scores at the half were decent, but the performance of the Defense was atrocious and it all started at the DT position. Nothing against Okam, but they should have been rotating Cody and Robinson in there as well so they could show what they got against the NO's first stringers. Maybe they wanted a real good look at 97, but still. Hopefully they get their act 2gether for the Minnesota game. Yeah, it's still pre-season, but if we get embarrassed on national TV by # 4 and the Vikes. I'm gonna be really upset.
Well, the good news is some guys should be coming back in the following games. Pitts should be back for Minn. and Moulden is starting to practice. Hopefully we'll be 100% healthy for the season opener. (knock on wood.)
Originally posted by jjmt2500 View Postim not to worried about #4, im very worried about #28 running all over us. If we cant show that we can stop the run again then teams are going to game plan to run all over this year.
I think we'll be better against the run. They should be rotating guys in and after last weeks embarrassment, they gotta step up. I hope.
Not really sure how i feel after watching this game. The D looked much better after the 75 yard TD run, but still missing way to many tackles. But the offense took a step back tonight. And once again Schaub got hurt.
I know its only preseason, and we have some guys who still havent played yet(Cushing, Dunta), but what I have seen the last 3 weeks doesnt look like a playoff team.
I was at the game last night and almost as soon as I sat down I wanted to leave. One play man, the VERY FIRST PLAY, AP gashed us for 75 freaking yards. I felt soooooo bad. Anywho I didn't leave. I think our D improved from last week, but I don't like the fact that our guys aren't wrapping up that much. I know it's pre-season, but fundamentals should always be practiced. Schaub is an idiot, yes I said it, he missed a bunch of open receivers and when he got himself hurt A. Johnson was wide open in the endzone. Our back-up did a better job finding the receivers, but he just lacks accuracy. Overall, we didn't do to bad, but we should have done a lot better.
I hope Favre gets fined. That hit made me sick. Why the hell are they trying the wildcat anyways. Freaking AP is a beast and you just paid the man (Favre) 12 mil. you really think its smart putting him out there. I know it's a copy cat league, but, really, that was stupid.
Yeah, agreed, we don't look like a playoff team, they gotta step up during the regular season.
I don't think Adibi deserves the starting job, I'd rather see Bentley backing up Demeco and Cushing and Diles at the WILL. Adibi was responsible for both huge runs on us this pre-season.


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For the tablerunner you will need:
36-5″ squares
18- 4″ squares of batting
For each placemat you will need:
24-5″ squares
12-4″ squares of batting
Heritage 6 1/2″ rag Quilting Snips (VP7)
I can't tell you how much I love this little tool. I had not done raggy things in quite awhile because of the snipping would hurt my hand. I can do a whole quilt with no trouble with these little babies. Even my mom with arthritis in her hands can do a whole quilt with these.
take 2 charms and make a sandwich with the batting centered and touching the wrong sides of the fabrics.
stitch an X across the sandwich. don't worry about it being perfect, I just eye balled it.
lay out your charms as follows for the tablerunner (3×4 for the placemat)
After stitching rows together, stitch a 1/2″ seam all the around the outside of the runner/placemat.
Start by snipping at each side of the seams to release the seam allowance so it will stand up.
Then snip through both sides of the seam allowance at once. Snip up close to the stitching line…but be careful not to cut through the stitching.
Snip all around the edges, up close to the stitching line, too.
TIP:If you wash more than one runner at a time we suggest clamping an old nylon stocking to the drain hose of your washer, if possible, to catch the loose threads the first time they are washed. When the washing is finished just throw the nylon stocking away.
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Rodriguez gets chance with Marmol gone
SAN DIEGO -- If Henry Rodriguez can throw enough consistent strikes, the Marlins may have found an answer in their bullpen.
It's a big if, though.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- If Henry Rodriguez can throw enough consistent strikes, the Marlins may have found an answer in their bullpen.
It's a big if, though.View Full Game Coverage
The 27-year-old right-hander from Venezuela remains intriguing because of his overpowering fastball. But he's had issues finding the strike zone.
At Triple-A New Orleans, Rodriguez mixed dominance with occasional wild streaks in 19 1/3 innings. His top fastball reading with the Zephyrs was 101 mph, and he struck out a whopping 37 in 19 1/3 innings. But he also walked 23.
Still, Rodriguez showed enough to prompt the Marlins to select his contract on Sunday morning. Rodriguez fills the roster spot vacated when Carlos Marmol was designated for assignment.
"We think the time Rodriguez spent in the Minor Leagues, we got a little more consistency," president of baseball operations Michael Hill said. "We all saw the stuff, but we also saw it could be a little inconsistent. But he's coming off some solid outings in a row. We felt it was time to take a look."
Rodriguez threw three innings on Tuesday, striking out four with no walks. His last appearance before that was on May 3, and he struck out five and walked four in two innings.
Rodriguez last appeared in the big leagues in 2013 with the Cubs and Nationals. In 22 games, he walked 20 in 22 innings and struck out 12.
Rodriguez does have 148 games of MLB experience, and he's struck out 150 and walked 102 in 148 2/3 innings.
Entering the season, the Marlins were hopeful Marmol could emerge in a setup role. He was part of the plan to cover the seventh and eighth innings. But he struggled with an 8.10 ERA in 13 1/3 innings, and after he gave up four runs in the sixth inning to the Padres on Saturday night, he became expendable.
"We felt like we did a pretty thorough job following him through winter ball," Hill said. "We saw like every winter ball outing. His delivery had calmed down. His lines were more on line, and everything was working at the plate. We saw that early in Spring Training. I don't know if the competition got to him, but he reverted back to the same guy."
The fact Marmol's mechanics were again off prompted the club to make the move to part ways.
"It's unfortunate because he's a great guy," Hill said. "I thought it was a good mix, makeup-wise for us. But you've got to do the job."
Rodriguez gets his chance to contribute now. He gives the bullpen another power arm. Rodriguez and Carter Capps each can routinely reach 100 mph in velocity. If they can throw enough strikes, the bullpen will have two big weapons.
The Marlins are checking the market for available relief help. They need additional options to take the pressure off A.J. Ramos and Mike Dunn. Ramos and closer Steve Cishek each have logged 15 innings, and Dunn is at 14 1/3 innings.
A few days ago, the Marlins signed Alex Sanabia to a Minor League contract. Sanabia reports to Jupiter, Fla., on Monday, and when he is game ready, he will head to Triple-A New Orleans.
Sanabia rejoins the Marlins' organization after he was released by Arizona. He provides a long-relief option with big league experience.
"We're trying to find the best mix," Hill said. "We've always found a way."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter Miami Marlins, Henry Rodriguez


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your headerThursday, July 01, 2010
How it usually goes:
I get an email or a text from my sister, Shelly.
Shelly: time to change your header. Me: ideas? Shelly: paw prints (troubles), sprinkles, daisies. Me: sprinkles, as in rain? Shelly: sprinkles, as in ice cream! Me: k, :), xoxox
It's usually something I don't think about. So, the reminder from my sister is always welcomed. I owe some people an email on how to make a header. And I do have a couple of friends with new blogs that may need some help. (Hi, Jennie. Time to dust off yours, Amy.) I usually crop my picture on my computer. And then I head on over to picnik where I add the text. (You can crop and do everything over in picnik, though.) Molly had some great info on how to make headers, too. In fact, she helped me remove my boarder that was around the header.
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love all your headers...I love changing mine. such fun, fast satisfaction. you're so blessed to have a sister you'll tell you it's time to make a change! Happy July.ReplyDelete
I forget about changing mine too. In fact, mine is about 7 or 8 months old. Must change it now!ReplyDelete
I just changed mine, since it used to be just text... I guess that's not much of a header, is it? Yours are very cute!ReplyDelete
I love your new header! I always enjoy seeing them as they change . . . each one is always so *YOU*. That Shelly's a great sister :-)ReplyDelete
i need to do that, too. unfortunately, no one reminds me! well, except now i guess you did. ;)ReplyDelete
I love all those headers and I always love all Molly's too! I think about changing mine but then I do really adore that painting my little one did of our house and after all IT IS Mousy Browns House so I guess I might keep it a bit longer.....ReplyDelete
I really should update mine. Despite working in design a lot (off and on since college), I have a tendency for my personal sites to look a little unfinished and juvenile. I really should change the backgrounds and colors so that just changing the header is all I need for a new polish.ReplyDelete
I've always liked your headers. I wish I had the computer sense to update my own blog. A good friend did it for me a year or so ago, but is too busy to do so again (returned to college). I appreciate your links. Maybe this old dog can learn some new tricks (but not holding my breath). ;-ÞReplyDelete
I always love all your headers! And picnik is my utmost favorite!! =]ReplyDelete
That's a wonderful help - any day now - any day, I tell you! - I will come back for it! (Seriously!) Hey! I was thinking of you the other day - I was reading Sen. Byrd's obit. Guess what his doggie's name was? TROUBLE! It must be a Southern thing. Right? I mean, I'd never heard of it before; had you?ReplyDelete
I don't have a header at all. I hope you'll still talk to me. I like my blog without a header, but I do change a few font colors just about every time I post. That's my little costume change.ReplyDelete
I really love your barefoot header and your coffee cup + fall leaves header.
PS--and the daisy header.ReplyDelete
I love the new header!ReplyDelete
I love all your headers! Did you take the pictures by yourself?ReplyDelete
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your headers always seem just right! I love them! and many 'a blogger have used them as inspiration for their own blogs. happy summer!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous headers! My all-time fav is the coffee cup -- Love that one and I don't even drink coffee ;-)! I've been thinking all week that I'll update mine but just can't find the time....ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing your process.....I just always use cutestlittleblogontheblock.....but maybe I'll try one on my own!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing this post. I've always wanted to be able to have my own header on my blog and after reading your post, my computer geek husband and I were able to sit down and create one with our very own picture. After it was finished, I had to keep looking at it through out the day. I was blog proud!ReplyDelete
I just love your blog and have recommended it to my friends who also regularly check it out. Keep up the good work.
Totally love the pomegranites. So creative and wonderful. Maybe someday I will HAVE a header.ReplyDelete
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The Indians brass constantly cites that magical 40-game mark as the first time in the season that they take a long look at the numbers and performances and seriously look at changes. Well, we're there. And it's time to evaluate what's gone right for the Tribe in the first quarter of the season, what's gone wrong, and what could be in store for the final 75% of the regular season. Paulie Kooz does this all for us in his latest column.
The Indians brass constantly cites that magical 40-game mark as the first time in the season that they take a long look at the numbers and performances and seriously look at changes.
Well, we're there.
And it's time to evaluate what's gone right for the Tribe in the first quarter of the season (in splendid fashion), what's gone wrong (which is pretty obvious, but bears revisiting with some new numbers), and what could be in store for the final 75% of the regular season:
What's Gone Right
Yes, it's the starting pitching coming at you in gobs as the statistics just keep getting better. How have the starters performed in May? After Byrd's win on Tuesday night, they've cumulatively compiled a 1.49 ERA, averaging more than 7 innings per start with a WHIP of 1.08 over the team's last 11 games, compiling 48 K to go against 18 BB (9 of them from Carmona). The crazy thing is that every night each of these pitchers seem to be playing a game of "Can You Top This?" as every starter is going deep into games, pounding the strike zone, minimizing baserunners, working out of jams, and basically carrying what is otherwise a very flawed team right now. If pitching carries the day, there's little doubt that the Tribe has it in spades without a weak link emerging. If anything, the fact that Westbrook is ready to come off of the DL means that the Indians have to make a decision on sending Aaron Laffey down to Buffalo.
What has the Babyfaced Bulldog (Laffey) done since getting called up? Just post a 1.83 ERA with a 0.86 WHIP while watching opponents post a .192 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE against him. What does that mean? It means that nobody's getting on base (low WHIP) against the Indians "depth" starter and when they are getting on base, they're not getting much more than a single. In 19 2/3 IP, Laffey has given up one (ONE!) extra base hit, a double to Marco Scutaro of the Blue Jays. Laffey has done nothing but sparkle since his promotion and he's (technically) the 6th starter in the organization! As obtuse as it may seem, it's true that sending him down to Buffalo when Westbrook returns makes the most sense. With Carmona, Sabathia, and Lee (more on him in a moment) going like they are and with their track record, it's absurd to even consider such a thing. The only other option would be to consider moving Paul Byrd to the bullpen, but he continues to get hitters out with his beguiling mix of deception and Crisco, so I couldn't see the Indians sending a veteran like Byrd out to the bullpen after a performance like his 7+ innings against the A's on Wednesday. In reality, as much as Laffey has done everything asked of him, sending him to Buffalo to continue to go every 5th day and wait for his next chance to throw some sinkers in Cleveland as these things strangely have a way of working themselves out ... right, Fausto?
But enough conjecture about what's coming, let's get back to the glory that is the Tribe starters by focusing on the man who Lucifer apparently had a meet-and-greet with over the off-season ... one Clifton Phifer Lee. In my season preview, I "predicted" (loose term) that Lee's struggles from 2007 would continue and that he would be moved to the NL with Michaels for another arm and bullpen help. I'd like to now sit down with this heaping plate of crow before me and lay out some statistics for Lee for you as to see them altogether truly puts them in perspective:
7 games
32 Hits Allowed
4 Walks Allowed
5 Runs Allowed
4 Earned Runs Allowed
44 Strikeouts
.193 Batting Average Against
.220 Slugging Percentage Against
Truthfully, I don't know how to paint a prettier picture with my words than to just sit and admire those numbers. The fact that they're coming from a player that was sent down to the minors, left off of the postseason roster, got into a fight with the unquestioned leader of the team, doffed his cap to the booing home crowd, and was essentially written off by most (I know one...) last year is nothing short of astounding. Can he keep this up? History says no (there have only been 16 instances of a pitcher's ERA finishing under 2.00 since 1969), but with each passing dominant start, it becomes harder to believe that he can't just do whatever he wants out there.
Let's be honest - if there's one aspect of your team that you want to be going right, it's starting pitching, and the Indians have quality coming out of their ears Regardless of what the offense isn't doing and how unsettled the bullpen still seems to be, the starting pitching that the Indians are getting right now on a nightly basis leads me to still believe that the AL Central is theirs for the taking as no team in the Central (much less the AL, or even in all of MLB) can match the consistency that they get from their starters, allowing them to stay in games when their offense shows up, as well as when the offense goes MIA.
Would it be great if the starting pitching we're getting was supplemented by a potent offense? Absolutely...but since it's not, we'll have to force ourselves to watch the deepest and most talented rotation in baseball.
What's Gone Wrong
The offensive struggles of the team are well-documented as the entire team, with the exception of Grady Sizemore, is
hitting less than what should marginally be expected based on their career benchmarks
. The team ranks next to last in OPS in the AL (besting only the Tony Pena, Jr.-led Royals' offense) and rank ahead of only the Nationals and Padres in all of MLB in terms of SLG, which means that the few times the Indians are able to make contact with the ball, there are very few extra-base hits (the lifeblood of the offensive rally) to go around. Unfortunately, it's not getting any better as the Indians have posted an OBP of .276 in the first two weeks of May heading into the Oakland series and a collective SLG of .305 in that timeframe.
Do you want that collective absurdity in perspective?
Jason Bartlett, the Tampa Bay Rays SS who couldn't hit enough to stay on the Twins (and his numbers are actually down from his time in Minnesota), is sitting on an OBP of .276 for the season with a season SLG of .295. So, for the first two weeks of the month, the Indians' offense has been about as effective cumulatively-speaking, as nine Jason Bartletts. I know that the characterization is a bit broad, but the Indians' offense is struggling so completely and the fact that the team has posted an OPS of .619 over the last week prior to the Tuesday's game against the A's (which includes the 18 runs scored in the first two games of the Blue Jays' series) shows that this team is not close to coming out of their offensive funk.
Knowing that the problem is widespread, why is so much of the blame heaped on the struggles of Travis Hafner, whose OPS sits at .667 and who now occupies the #5 or #6 hole in the lineup? Essentially, the problem that trickles down from Hafner's difficulties at the plate is that it throws the whole lineup into flux as the team has used 33 different batting orders in their 39 games. The effect of Hafner's inability to anchor the lineup (as opposed to BEING an anchor in the lineup) is that Martinez is forced into the #4 hole, The Looch is thrown into the #3 hole, Peralta and Garko are forced to struggle ABOVE Hafner instead of allowing their problems to be worked out deeper in the lineup, and the maturation of Frank the Tank, The Ben Francisco Treat (who, after posting a .623 OPS in Buffalo, has batted ahead of Hafner in the lineup more times than he has followed him since his call-up from AAA), and Asdrubal are exposed as some of the run-producing burden that Hafner was thought to shoulder falls to the youngsters and so on and so on.
Does this team need Hafner to return to his 2005 and 2006 numbers?
It would be nice if it were to happen, but all this team needs Hafner to do is to develop some consistency and settle even around the .850 OPS, which would allow the rest of the lineup to settle and would form some sort of semblance of a middle of the order with Martinez. As obvious as it is, it bears mentioning that they can win without Pronk setting the tone from the middle of the lineup; it just won't be as smooth or easy as it would be with him.
Now, for as much heat as the offense has taken and the frustration of watching a starting pitcher go nine scoreless innings, only to see a loss come about in the 10th, the 2008 bullpen has been nearly as guilty as the offense in squandering games for the Indians' brilliant starting pitchers. The Indians have the worst save percentage in the AL, blowing 6 of 12 save opportunities, tying them at the bottom of the AL with the Tigers with a putrid 50% save percentage. And this is all with Brodzoski (The Close) only pitching 4 of the 97 2/3 innings that the Indians' bullpen has logged so far this year. While JoeBo did blow 2 saves in his limited time on the Tribe, he certainly has not been alone in his struggles as Perez and Betancourt are both sporting WHIP's over 1.50. The bullpen has had its bright spots with Masa Kobayashi acquitting himself nicely to MLB and Jensen Lewis having an excellent year, except for a weeklong stretch in mid-April; but the relievers as a whole seem to still be sorting themselves out in the new season.
Where Borowski fits when (or, I hope, rather if) he comes back remains a mystery as Wedge has said that he'll be re-inserted as the closer and Betancourt hasn't exactly evoked memories of his 2007 season that made it look like his ascension to the closer role was a foregone conclusion. Maybe Borowski comes back and (somehow) settles the bullpen by allowing the rest of the relievers to settle back into their roles by saving games with an arm full of bubble gum and chicken wire...stranger things have happened. Of course, he could just as easily find out in a bullpen session that the tank is simply empty (or he's feeling bone on bone in his elbow or shoulder or wherever), leaving the Indians to sort out the back end of their bullpen before it blows too many games, working in concert with the anemic offense to sabotage the starting pitching to prevent the team from making a sustained run to distance themselves in the division. Whatever should happen, the bullpen remains a work in progress that needs to be settled, particularly with the small margin of error it figures to continue to work with if the offensive woes continue.
What Could Be In Store
With the knowledge that very few teams are running up the white flag this early in the season and are likely to be reticent to move any piece of value that would help the Indians immediately, it remains obvious that all internal options to remedy the Indians' offense and fortify the bullpen need to be exhausted before any external move is made. The DFA and trade of Jason Michaels was a decent (if very minor) first step, but nobody thought that it would serve as the cure-all for the offense (it was simply
a move that should have been made before the season
, as insignificant as it was). Ben Francisco has played well in his brief time in Cleveland, but simply inserting him into the "Michaels" role surely isn't going to fix everything. At this point, minor moves like that are really all that the Indians can do, offensively-speaking, until the principals of the lineup (hopefully) turn the corner.
One of those minor moves that looks to be nothing more than a pipe dream at this point is to see Andy Marte play even a few games a week at 3B instead of Casey Blake, who apparently has grown some deep roots at the Hot Corner. Let me start this by saying that I do think that Blake is a valuable piece of this team, but the valuable aspect of Blake (namely, his versatility) is not being utilized as his inclusion in the lineup nearly every day at 3B have turned him into strictly a 3B instead of the super-sub, capable of playing the OF or 1B, that best suits him at this point in his career. But, despite posting dreadful batting numbers and leading the team in errors (that one's not even that close), he gets penciled into the lineup at the expense of the Indians at least finding out what they have in Marte and whether the youngster represents an upgrade over the known quantity that is Casey Blake.
But this is all really a lost cause at this point as if the Indians wanted to work Marte in during the first quarter of the season, it would have been too easy for Blake (if he HAS to be in the lineup every day as it seems) to spell a struggling Garko at 1B or take some AB from Michaels (before he was sent away) against LHP in LF. Since neither of those things has happened, we're left to realize that Andy Marte will not see significant time in 2008 for the Indians and is pretty unlikely to be a member of the Tribe after this year.
For whatever reason, Marte remains chained to the bench as The Frisco Kid has more 3 more AB than Marte since being called up on May 7th, despite Marte being on the roster (I'm told to believe) since Opening Day. To me, I have no idea what went so completely soured the Indians on Marte and have yet to find a compelling argument that Marte should not be in the lineup, at the very least against LHP. The only fathomable explanation that I can come up with is that the proponents of Marte that existed in the Indians' Front Office either are no longer banging the table for Marte or are no longer there to bang said table. If the latter is true, we can only assume that Pirates' GM Neal Huntington was the cheerleader for the Marte camp in the organization and his departure for Pittsburgh has left Marte without many supporters and leaves the impression that Marte somehow ran over the dogs of EVERYONE in the Front Office simultaneously to fall so ridiculously out of favor in such a short amount of time, as just 13 months ago he was handed the 3B job out of Spring Training to "grow into it".
Regardless of the rationale (or lack thereof) for Marte sitting, he's not going to see the field anytime soon and if it is true that Huntington was the Marteniac in the Tribe Front Office, it's time for Shapiro to lob a call to the Steel City to see if Huntington would like to be reunited with Marte. In my own flight of fancy, I'd love to see that conversation take place to at least get something of worth for Marte, and at no point should Jason Bay be mentioned. Matt Capps, however...
Speaking of Matt Capps (who, if you're unaware, is an excellent young closer for the Pirates), at this point I'd much rather see the Indians explore the trade market for a reliever as the value that may be available from other teams' bullpens is going to be much more readily available and at a cheaper price than any position player that may hit the trade market. To me, the struggles of Betancourt are very real and my inclination to believe that JoeBo isn't coming back (and if he is, it's not going to be for long) leads me to the conclusion that another bullpen arm is needed. I think that some pieces are there with Kobayashi, Perez, Lewis, and Betancourt (in what I see evolving into a lesser role as his 2007 looks like it will go unmatched...and with good reason due to the brilliance of 2007), but unless the Indians suddenly move Atom Miller to the bullpen in Buffalo to ingratiate himself into the rhythm of being a reliever, I don't see an impact arm that will augment the rotation enough to quell my concerns about the bullpen going forward.
If the Indians do decide to make a trade going down the stretch, the best candidates I can think of are Paul Byrd and Jeremy Sowers. With the Indians' starting pitching depth, the only position of strength that the Indians can deal from is from their stable of starters. Byrd, obviously, is a FA after this year and would essentially serve as a rent-a-player for a team in need of pitching with the thought that Aaron Laffey's ascension to the rotation would simply be moved up a year to replace Byrd now instead of the dawn of the 2009 season. Since Byrd is a FA (and is not as cheap as a younger player), the return for Byrd would not be great and the argument could certainly be made that Byrd's value as the resident veteran is most appreciated down the stretch of the regular season and in the playoffs.
The more intriguing option could be Jeremy Sowers and it would have more to do with the development of the players in similar situations to Sowers coupled with the success he experienced in 2005 and his successful start to 2007. If the Indians feel that Sowers' ceiling is essentially as a 5th starter and that more arms are ready to step into the pipeline to replace Sowers at that level of a 5th starter if he were to go, the market could be strong enough for a young LHP with a modicum of success at the MLB level to merit a move. It's certainly possible that Sowers could be packaged with some lower-level minor leaguers or Andy Marte (because, again, it's become abundantly clear that he's not going to be here next year) to add a young bat or a young reliever to strengthen a weakness while not overwhelmingly weakening a strength.
Where the Season is Going
After the Oakland series, the Indians get into a part of their schedule (which I'll get into more later in the week) that could really catapult them into a strong lead in the AL Central. Their starting pitching will keep them in every game (or at least it seems that way) and as long as the offense can cobble together a few runs a night and the bullpen can settle itself (with or without Brodzoski), the Indians stand in the enviable position of rattling off a winning streak to put some distance between themselves and their AL Central peers.
As frustrating as this team has been to watch as they scuffle along, it's important to remember that the season is still not even one quarter of the way to the finish line and if the starting pitching remains the constant, the Indians remain poised to defend their AL Central crown as they're only ½ game out of 1st in the Central playing with a non-existent offense and a still-evolving bullpen.
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Chris Laurel
Respect: Automatic or Earned?
January 27, 2006, 01:08:02 AM »
On another thread this kept coming up, and it's worth a thread of its own. Two questions:
1. How do you define respect?
2. Must it be earned or should it be automatically given (it can always be taken away)?
Question 1 is tough. I think it should be given automatically, but I am open to changing that view. Maybe I am confusing it with "courtesy." If you think that is the case, how do you differentiate courtesy and respect?
A third question:
3. Who is worthy of respect? Scalia and Ginsburg our really good friends - they obviously respect each other's viewpoints. But few Americans do the same with those we disagree with.
Scalia/Ginsburg is interesting: Does he respect her intelligence, her principled stance, her decency, her ability to hold her own in an argument? Is it possible to respect Lindsey Graham's character, but not his stance on habeus rights for detainees?
I have an answer, and I asserted one earlier, but I may need to take it back. Was I just defending courtesy, incorrectly using respect like people often incorrectly use the world "ironic?"
How we each define that word illustrates how hard it is for us to all talk with each other when we use words that mean different things to us. It happens a lot. Conservative and Liberal - they've totally lost any substantive meaning. Catholics are liberal on death penalty, conservative on abortion. Blacks vote the most liberal, but are very conservative with traditional religious values. Bill Weld, Republican, is a fiscal conservative, but social libertarian and started the first program in the country for gay high school kids. Guiliani is another example.
How do we talk to each other when we define words differently? It's like the case of that case with the ship the "Peerless" - on guy thought it was the ship arriving in October, the other another ship with the same name arriving in April. Same word, but not the same thing.
That's happening to our political language. Which makes it hard for us to discuss solutions to problems. The next post is an example of how confused we get when our leaders talk. Dems do it too, but not to the mastery of the Repubs.
Either way, what these guys are doing, all of them, is bad for the country...we aren't speaking the same language anymore. How can we talk about respect, or give it to each other, when we define it differently?
Deborah Tannen is one of our premier linguists (and liberal). Still, she illustrates this point in the article in the two posts below (I had to split them)
Chris Laurel
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Let Them Eat Words
Linguistic lessons from Republican master strategist Frank Luntz
By Deborah Tannen
Issue Date: 9.1.03
I'm one of many Democrats who watch in frustration (mixed with a touch of awe) as Republicans win with words, even as the labels they devise for their policies distort or belie the facts. Take the repeal of the estate tax. An "estate" sounds like a large amount of money. Indeed, before President Bush persuaded Congress to legislate a phase out of the estate tax, only the largest 2 percent of estates were subject to this tax. But change the name to "death tax" and many more Americans become sympathetic to repeal. After all, everyone dies. Death is bad enough without being taxed.
How many would get all worked up about an exceedingly rare abortion procedure (that the Alan Guttmacher Institute estimated represents less than one-fifth of 1 percent of all abortions performed in the United States in 2000)? But attach the name "partial-birth abortion" and a second-trimester fetus becomes a half-born baby. Legislation to outlaw the vaguely described medical procedure then becomes another success in chipping away at constitutionally protected abortion rights -- as well as a wedge issue to defeat Democratic candidates. According to an insider in Al Gore's 2000 Tennessee campaign, the vice president's opposition to this legislation was one of the factors that turned many Tennesseans against their home-state candidate.
Who among us wants to call ourselves anti-life? Win the name game and you're more than halfway toward winning the battle. Win enough naming battles and you're on your way to winning the war.
During the 2000 campaign, I was a guest on a radio talk show discussing Republicans' and Democrats' appeals to women voters. A woman called in to say, "I'm for education and I'm for the environment. Bush is for education and Gore is for the environment, so I don't know who to vote for." Beyond the breathtaking oversimplification (reducing a complex set of positions and policies to being "for"), I marveled at the caller's conviction that because George W. Bush had declared himself for education -- who on earth is against it? -- his policies were necessarily more likely than Al Gore's to improve education for all American children.
Recent news reports are filled with stories of a mounting crisis in public education: teachers fired, new hires frozen, class sizes burgeoning, Head Start threatened, even schools closing because the administration's gigantic tax cuts have caused enormous deficits at the state as well as the federal level -- all in the shadow of the shamelessly named No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates testing and changes the formula for federal aid but provides no new funding to improve the quality of schools or of teaching.
Exploiting the power of language to persuade, despite the absence of policies to back up the words, is the openly stated goal of Republican strategy as articulated by Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster and tactician who was one of the primary drafters of the GOP's "Contract with America." Luntz tests phrases in focus groups and advises Republicans on how to win votes by changing what they say, not what they do.
The cynicism in Luntz's advice is astonishingly explicit. On the subject of the gender gap, for example, he informed Republican members of Congress that they could woo women with words (no need for troublesome deeds). While acknowledging that women (like the caller to the radio talk show) care about education, he cautions against trying to back up promises with actual programs:
I begin with the premise that we must do no harm. That is, we should not undermine our growing strength among working-class white men (1994 set a modern-day record) in our efforts to reach out and communicate to women. I refuse to advocate an educational strategy that leads to a net loss of votes just to win over a few women and silence a few media critics. It would be unwise and foolish. ...
I do not subscribe to the notion that we must change our substance or create a separate women's agenda. Listening to women and adapting a new language and a more friendly style will itself be rewarded if executed effectively and with discipline.
These excerpts come from a document that Luntz circulated to Republican members of Congress in 1997 titled "The Language of the 21st Century." The section that came to my attention was "Addressing the Gender Gap," but it provides a blueprint reflected in Republicans' rhetoric in other areas as well. Luntz's advice boils down to this: Forget action. Improve your image by revising the way you talk. Let them eat words.
Luntz's Words in Bush's Mouth
Prominent among the words Luntz advises Republicans to use in their speeches is children:
Women consistently respond to the phrase 'for the children' regardless of the context. From balancing the budget to welfare reform, 'for the children' scores highest of all arguments offered. Therefore, rather than creating a 'Compassion Agenda,' Republicans need to create a communication framework that involves children ... .
Luntz also advised, "'Conservative' is a more popular label than 'Republican'." Put these pieces of advice together and you get "compassionate conservatism." This is not to claim that Frank Luntz advised George W. Bush directly, but the president's speechwriters seem to have absorbed the lesson. From the beginning of his campaign for the presidency, Bush's speeches have employed the linguistic manipulations that Luntz recommended.
During Bush's presidential campaign, children darted in and out and played around in speech after speech. For example, toward the end of a campaign speech to the New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Bush proclaimed, "In all the confusion and controversy of our time, there is still one answer for our children." In a speech he delivered in Indianapolis on the economy, children appear 12 times; in the New Hampshire talk, a dizzying 35 times. This last is less surprising because the speech was, after all, about education. But that in itself does not account for the thrumming repetition, not only of the word children and its variants but also of the words heart and dream (three each), love (eight times, including lovely and loveless), and the runner-up, after children, hope (which, along with hopeful and hopeless, appeared a whopping total of 10 times).
Stun Them With Fear, Lure Them With Hope
The welter of words that stir emotions -- and in particular the word hope repeated as an incantation -- can also be heard as echoes of Luntz's advice. "Politics remains an emotional arena," he writes, "and television has made fear a very salable commodity. But fear alone is not enough. The commodity Americans most desire -- and the one in shortest supply -- is hope."
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First, however, the fear. For example, in his New Hampshire speech on education, Bush reminded parents, "In an American school year there are more than 4,000 rapes or cases of sexual battery, 7,000 robberies and 11,000 physical attacks involving a weapon."
Then, following Luntz's advice that the GOP must "restore the American dream of hope," Bush claimed that the problem with education is not a matter of education per se -- surely not a matter of how much funding is made available to schools -- but of "the diminished hopes of our current system." He went on: "Safety and discipline are essential. But when we dream for our children," -- there's that phrase "for the children" -- "we dream with higher goals. We want them to love learning. And we want them to be rich in character and blessed in ideals."
True to Luntz, these emotionally evocative words were backed up by no concrete proposals to make schools better, just the cost-free promise that charities and faith-based organizations would be invited to establish after-school activities on school grounds, and that students who attend dangerous schools "will be given a transfer to ... a safe school." (The practical implications of this proposal are mind-boggling: Would the schools in poor neighborhoods stand empty as their students are bused en masse to wealthier counties?) Bush did propose additional funding -- not to hire more teachers or improve schools but for "prosecutors and the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]" to prosecute and convict children who bring guns to school.
"It's government's role to create an environment where everyone can dream and flourish," to "help people ... build and dream." The purpose of prosperity is to "make the American dream touch every willing heart. ... Because changing hearts will change our entire society. The greatness of America is found in the loving and generous hearts of its people."
If you think these exhortations sound like an inspirational sermon, or a seminar led by a New Age guru, you're right. They do sound like that. But in fact they were part of a plea for campaign contributions on the Web site georgewbush.com. Indeed, just about all of Bush's campaign speeches were studded with hearts. When speaking in Iowa on farm policy, he called agriculture "the heart of our economy." On the military, he proclaimed that we need to tell veterans' stories to the next generation "to raise a monument in their hearts." And just as preachers and inspirational speakers craft their rhetoric to reach an emotional peak toward the end, so, too, did Bush in his campaign speech to the New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce: "
ur problems as a nation," he intoned, " ... will only be solved by a transformation of the heart and will. This is why a hopeful and decent future is found in hopeful and decent children." This last sentence reflects another Luntz directive: Not only does it give us one heart, one children and two hopes, it looks to the future rather than the past.
Taking a Tip From Clinton
At several points, Luntz's "The Language of the 21st Century" pays homage to the public-speaking skills of the Republican Party's nemesis, President Clinton. "When Bill Clinton trumpeted his 'bridge to the future' theme at the Democratic convention," Luntz writes, "it really was over for Bob Dole." Luntz applies this lesson to women voters in particular. "Women want their elected officials to plan for the future, not just live for today," he writes. But again, this doesn't mean that Republicans, when elected, need to actually plan for the future; it's just a prescription for rhetoric. "Every speech must end with your vision of the future," Luntz advises. "Every speech should conclude with the message of 'limitless dreams, unending possibilities and the promise of a better future for ourselves and our children'." And there it is: Bush's New Hampshire speech ends, "In all the confusion and controversy of our time, there is still one answer for our children. ... If we love our children, this is the path of duty and the way of hope."
By adopting emotional language without changing policies, Luntz tells them, Republicans can have it all: Like Pavlov's dogs, voters will come running if you ring the right verbal bells. When applied to women voters, this advice makes me cringe with particular unease because it's reminiscent of my book You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. In it, I explained that many women are frustrated when they tell a husband or boyfriend about a problem and he tells them how to fix it; more often than not, what she's looking for is the reassurance that he's willing to listen and that he understands how she feels. This sounds frighteningly (to me) like what Luntz has to say on the gender gap. He writes: "From getting the kids out of bed, fed and off to school to the demands of work outside the home, women are working longer and harder than ever, and they want to know that their elected representatives understand this. Tell them. Empathize. Take the time to let them know you truly understand what they are going through."
But wait. Understanding may be all that a woman is looking for when telling her husband or boyfriend about something that frustrated her that day. But when they go to the polls to elect a leader, women as well as men are selecting not a soul mate but a public official whose job is to solve at least some of the country's problems -- or at least to address them honestly.
I see another parallel, too, between lessons women have learned when their styles contrast with men's and lessons Democrats can learn when their styles contrast with Republicans'. By harnessing the power of language in the absence of action, Republicans have managed to have their cake and eat it, too: On the one hand, they pursue policies that benefit the few; on the other, they garner votes from the many. Perhaps it is the very fact that Democrats have the policies and the record to justify their appeal to the many that they haven't thought as much as Republicans have about what words will galvanize voters. It's a bit like women who believed that if they did a good job it would be recognized -- only to see their male colleagues getting the credit, and the promotions.
Triumph Through Repetition
Recall the excerpts I quoted at the start. Luntz promised that changing words, not works, would be successful "if executed effectively and with discipline." This caveat was not casually tossed out. He cautioned Republicans that "good communication is more than just words, phrases and messages." I'll pause here for a moment to give you a chance to predict how you expect Luntz's next sentence to read. OK, here it is: "As a party and as a movement, we will fail if we continue to go it alone or change messages daily. We can only succeed when we work together and talk together and stick together as a team. Only through a movement-wide effort and constant repetition can our voices unite in perfect harmony."
Devising labels and phrases that win over audiences, regardless of the facts, is only a beginning. The big trick is getting the labels to stick. And that's where unity and repetition come in. Democrats have long envied the Republicans their party discipline. Now they can add discipline in agreeing on the words and phrases to use when describing the policies that Democrats oppose or support.
Frank Luntz wrote "The Language of the 21st Century" in 1997, before President Clinton succeeded in balancing the budget and President Bush succeeded in creating the largest budget deficit in American history. Now that the tables have turned, Democrats could take Luntz's advice. "We need simply to state: 'We must not mortgage our children's future to pay for the mistakes of today.' We need simply to ask: 'What does this do to the children?'"
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Mr. Laurel,
I have not yet entirely digested your posts on this topic, but I agree with the gist of the first few paragraphs. Regardless of perspective, you write well and carefully, rarities in the current blogiverse. Thank you. Responses to the substance may follow.
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TOWN OF WALLKILL — A touch of international fashion flair will arrive at the Galleria at Crystal Run, most likely before the end of this year.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — A touch of international fashion flair will arrive at the Galleria at Crystal Run, most likely before the end of this year.
Six new stores offering French, Spanish, German and British brands are moving into existing vacancies at Crystal Run, said Jessica Pecchia, the marketing director for the Poughkeepsie Galleria, which is also getting six new European-influenced shops.
The names of the stores opening at the malls will not be announced for another few weeks. They could include French women's clothiers Promod and Jennyfer, Spanish lingerie shop Women's Secret and German boutique New Yorker. The stores are new to the United States, according to a press release.
U.K. clothing store Monsoon and jewelry shop Accessorize — also potential new Crystal Run tenants — have some U.S. locations.
The new stores are the result of a partnership between Pyramid Management, the owner of Crystal Run, and the U.S. arm of a Saudi Arabian retail franchise company, according to the press release.
The two corporations inked a deal for 52 new leases, 12 of them at the Poughkeepsie Galleria and Galleria at Crystal Run. The Crossgates Mall in Albany and the Palisades Center in Rockland County will also be getting new shops, as will other Pyramid properties.
The Saudi Arabian retail franchise company, called Fawaz Al Hokair Fashion Retail, has 70 brand partners and operates 1,500 boutiques across the Middle East, North Africa and small countries formerly part of the Soviet Union.
Fawaz Al Hokair's U.S. arm, Retail Group of America, plans to open an additional 2,000 locations across the country over the next five years.


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