I enlarged it a little, but here is a wonderful bit of progress on The Beautiful Isle: installed wind capacity on the rise (from the latest issue of the Taiwan Journal).JOB SEARCH: A bit of personal news: given the recent events at our university, I have decided to look into warmer pastures down south. If anyone in Kaohsiung knows of a full-time university position in an AFL department for a Chinese-speaking foreigner, I'm interested in it.
What's out there on the blogs this week?
MEDIA: The CFR has a roundtable on the falling dollar. Nobel Laureate Lee laments Taiwan's lack of a sci-tech ministry. Despite KMT fables that our economy is failing, exports shot up 17% last month. Our industrial output is also up 11% on the year. Even as Condoleeza Rice was crapping on Taiwan's head, Sec of Defense Robert Gates was criticizing China's explanation for the Kitty Hawk affair as "specious" -- and that as our policy of engagement with China scored another success as China inked a major energy pact with Iran, totally undercutting Bush Administration policy there. I'm looking forward to the sequel to Memento, which I understand will be about US China policy.....ROC the Boat points to a fine article on China's military build-up and also has a great report on the Heritage meeting on the UN referendum. A-gu has another good post on the two-step referendum ballot. A-gu also rubbishes Ma Ying-jeou's hilarious and insulting claim to have been on the KMT blacklist and shows that Ma really does plan to sell out the island. Formosa Neijia on the mafia presence in local martial arts and its sad results. Johnny Z on the Hai An Road Temple celebrations. With pics. Fili on the same. Scott discusses the survey on salaries for university students. Taiwan Matters on the former government official who threatened Chen Shui-bian being released on bail. Talking Taiwanese on bilingualism and diglossia in Taiwan. The lovely Adelita reviews a veg restaurant in Taipei with some nice pics. The Foreigner puts Taiwan's corruption in perspective. Save the humpback dolphin blogs on the world's dirtiest power plant at WuChi in Taichung. I must have moved here for the reassuring familiarity: I used to live in Indiana, Pa, near two of the largest and most polluting power plants in the US, one built right atop a coal mine.
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Really? I had no idea that the most polluting power plants are in Indiana, PA...are they the ones with the huge smokestacks outside...near Trim Tree?
ReplyDeleteI go to IUP (the world is a small place, but I guess more so since it is the Internet, 哈哈), so it must not be great for my health
One is in Homer City, and I forgot where the other one was, I think it is on the drive S to Pittsburgh. When I was in college at IUP they were among the ten worst in the US, as I recall.
ReplyDeleteI did my BA at IUP, 1981-1996. My father is emeritus there, in Special ed. I think he still teaches the grad research methods course.
Michael
1981-1996?! That's gotta be a record... ;)
ReplyDeletewhy Kaohsiung? Why not Tainan or even Taidong?
ReplyDeletefns, I think the record was 19 years...I can't remember where I read it, but someone had taken every course of his interest in a large variety of departments.
ReplyDelete哈哈...but Michael could be going for a record!
very interesting
ReplyDeleteI"ll come back
http://esperance.over-blog.fr
Although not related to Taiwan, I found this article to be interesting, especially the follow up comments. (found on chinadigitaltimes.net)
ReplyDeleteYale Professor Criticizes Wide Spread Plagiarism at Peking University