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|David Ross on Brian McCann: 'I knew he wanted to come (to Boston), a lot'
|04.11.14 at 8:47 pm ET
NEW YORK — David Ross had hope.
For a portion of the offseason, the Red Sox catcher believed his longtime friend and teammate, Brian McCann, might actually end up in Boston.
But then, on a November get-away weekend with McCann and former Braves pitcher Eric O'Flaherty (whom the Red Sox also had interest in), the free agent catcher broke the news to his buddy.
"We went on a guys' trip and he had told me the Yankees had made a pretty good offer early on and he was probably going to be a Yankee," Ross said. "I didn't say anything because that's a lot of money and I don't want to be messing up anybody's thing.
"Early on I did (think McCann would come to Boston). I knew he wanted to come here, a lot. I had just told him what it was like here and that interested him. But when it comes to that much money they were talking about, I kind of stayed out of it because he's got to make the best decision for him and his family. But I definitely was telling him about everything I liked about being here, and how well he would fit in here. But the Red Sox weren't even close to what he got, so it really was a no-brainer."
The left-handed hitting McCann ' who signed a five-year, $85 million deal (with a $15 team option) ' is batting just .167 with a .356 OPS in his first nine games with the Yankees.
Still, the expectation is that acquring the 10-year veteran (he of the .819 career OPS) will ultimately be a big win for the Yankees.
"It's weird competing against him. It's really weird," Ross said. "It's funny to me. There was a foul ball over near our dugout about 20 rows deep and he ran over and I was yelling, 'You've got room!' He just started laughing. You turn yourself into competitors. I want to now kick his tail every time I play him.
"I think they knew how close we were. I know there was some dialogue and they were interested in him. There were other players they called me about, including some catchers. They knew he would fit in well here. But they were in a tough position here where they had some really good catchers coming. I don't know if the Yankees felt the same way about their farm system."
|Red Sox OF Jonny Gomes gets attention of New York media: Yankees spend '$500 million and still, some questions'
|01.24.14 at 11:07 am ET
He may have two more months before he faces off with them on the field, but Jonny Gomes made his opinion of the Yankees known Thursday night at the BBWAA dinner at Northeastern University.
"People can go out, sign whoever they want right now," Gomes said, according to the New York Daily News, which tried to play up the comment as "trash talking" by the Sox outfielder. "It's kind of flattering a little bit that the [division] rival does have to reload a much as they did."
Gomes comments came just one day after the Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka to a seven-year, $155 million contract. The Yankees have spent in excess of $458 million this offseason on players including ex-Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, catcher Brian McCann and outfielder Carlos Beltran.
"It's kind of interesting, though — $500 million and still, some questions," Gomes said. "You've got McCann who hasn't been in the American League before. The pitcher [Tanaka] who hasn't pitched a game over here. They've got some guys playing different positions.
"But it's about winning the summer. It's not about winning the winter. That's what we're going to try to do again."
|Buster Olney on M&M: 'The reaction around the sport is that [the Yankees] overpaid' for Jacoby Ellsbury
|12.04.13 at 2:09 pm ET
ESPN's Buster Olney joined Mut & Merloni on Wednesday and discussed the Yankees' reported signing of Jacoby Ellsbury, and other free agents around MLB.
Ellsbury, according to a report by CBS Sports' Jon Heyman, signed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the Yankees on Tuesday night.
'I don't think that the Red Sox were close, based on what I've heard. Basically it was communicated to them, 'Look, we're talking about numbers in a different ballpark,' and I think the Red Sox all along thought that there was a good chance that that was going to happen,' Olney said.
Ellsbury's deal mirrors Carl Crawford's contract with Boston in 2011, as the speedy outfielder received a seven-year, $142 million contract from the Red Sox to leave the Rays. This is now known as one of the worst contracts in baseball, considering that Boston traded Crawford after less than two injury-plagued, disappointing seasons.
'I'm sure that the Yankees look at this deal a little bit like they did the [Mark] Teixeira deal where their feeling is, 'We know at the beginning of the deal we'll probably get good production, we'll hope for good production, and at the end of the deal it could get ugly,' ' Olney said. 'The reaction around the sport is that they overpaid.'
New York made its first big splash in the free agent market on Nov. 23 when the team signed catcher Brian McCann to a five-year, $85 million contract.
'When I heard about [the Ellsbury signing] I wasn't really surprised,' Olney said, adding. 'The Yankees brand is about winning and it's about making the playoffs, it's about winning the World Series. And so after the struggles they had, especially their offense in 2013, you knew there would be a response.'
|Agent B.B. Abbott: Brian McCann willing to learn first base to increase playing time
|11.21.13 at 9:25 am ET
Brian McCann has never played a position other than catcher. But that doesn't mean he's averse to broadening his skill set.
Agent B.B. Abbott, who represents the free agent, said that his client is open to learning how to play first base and playing some designated hitter in order to spend as much time as possible on the field. McCann is still, first and foremost, a catcher, but in an effort to spend as much time in the lineup as possible, he's open to both serving as a designated hitter and learning to play first base — a position that he's never played in his professional career.
"I guess there's always a first time. [Mike] Napoli and [Buster] Posey were certainly two guys that made the transition pretty well," Abbott said by phone on Wednesday. "I think it's attractive that that's an option out there for him. I think in the very near future, over the next several years, for sure, that he envisions himself being primarily a catcher and then having the ability to stay in the lineup for an additional 50-75 more plate appearances potentially in another role, whether with a National League team at first base or with an American League team at first base and/or DH. He's in search of additional at-bats to try to maximize what value he has to a team, but I think primarily, at least in his mind, he's a catcher. I think he certainly would not and will not foreclose any plans or any thoughts that teams might have that might be a little bit outside the box from a standpoint of what his thinking is.
"He gets it," Abbott added. "He understands that his bat is what is the driving force behind this, but he takes pretty great pride in what he does behind the plate and he wants this to be a focus in this as well." Read the rest of this entry »
|Buster Olney on M&M: Stephen Drew should accept Boston's qualifying offer
|11.06.13 at 4:32 pm ET
ESPN's Buster Olney joined Mut & Merloni on Wednesday to discuss the Red Sox' offseason and the impending free agent frenzy.
With Boston not offering catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia a qualifying offer, many have speculated that the Red Sox and free agent Brian McCann could be a match.
'Generally speaking, I can't see them going absolutely nutty for a 30-year-old catcher who's going to transition to DH,' Olney said. 'And if the Yankees or the Phillies or the Rangers are going to go six [years] for [$]120 [million], I don't think the Red Sox would chase them.
'However, if there are a number of offers that are within range of each other, and the Red Sox are one of those teams, there a lot of reasons why the Red Sox would consider it,' Olney said, adding, 'Just knowing Brian, he was a great team guy, he fits totally into what the Red Sox built in 2013. I do think that if he feels like he can go to a good situation, and yeah it might cost him some money, I absolutely think he'd be open-minded about that.'
If Boston signs McCann, it would almost certainly spell the end of Saltalamacchia's four-year run with the Red Sox.
'I got to believe he's going to be somewhere else,' said Olney, who added that Saltalamacchia's benching in the World Series could factor into the decision. 'You don't one week go from saying, 'You know what, we're going to play our backup catcher,' and then say, 'We'll give you $50 million.' '
Boston did make the one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offer to shortstop Stephen Drew.
'When you talk to GMs of other teams, they just cant see other teams coming close to giving Stephen Drew a $14.1 million salary that would be close to a qualify offer,' Olney said, adding, 'I think in the end, the smart play for Drew is going to be to accept a one-year deal with the Red Sox, we just don't know if that's something that Scott [Boras] would necessarily do.'
|Jarrod Saltalamacchia takes stock of past, present while eyeing free agent future: 'Hopefully I can be back'
|11.01.13 at 2:33 pm ET
Of course Jarrod Saltalamacchia would have preferred to be the one calling the final pitch of the 2013 season, the one who was the first to celebrate with Koji Uehara in the middle of the diamond. He wouldn't have been human if he hadn't harbored such a preference, or if he hadn't thought that, after starting 120 games of the Sox' first first 177 games at catcher, he had earned the right to be behind the plate at the end.
Still, that sentiment didn't get in the way of his experience of the final pitch, when Uehara punched out Matt Carpenter to conclude Game 6 of the World Series.
"It was so emotional. You're sitting there on the edge and know that Koji is going to get it done. It's just a matter of when, and who you're going to be out there," said Saltalamacchia. "It's about winning. That's what we're here for. We want to win. Everybody wants to be out there. There were 20 other guys or 15 other guys on the bench who wanted to be out there. At the end of the day, we want to win. I can't say enough about Ross. He's helped me out so much this year. I can't ask for anybody better to go out there and take the reins the last few games. It was tough [to sit], just for the fact that I don't know if this is going to be my last year here. [But] I took everything in and enjoyed every minute of it."
Saltalamacchia was mindful throughout the 2013 campaign that, as of the conclusion of the World Series, he'd be a free agent. As a 28-year-old who enjoyed the best year of his career — a .273 average, .338 OBP and .466 slugging mark with 14 homers and 40 doubles (a team record for a catcher) and who, despite his postseason offensive struggles (.188/.257/.219), still guided the team's pitching staff to a 5-4 record with an average of 3.4 runs yielded per game in his nine playoff starts — he is poised to reach the open market at an opportune time. Read the rest of this entry »
|John Farrell: Jarrod Saltalamacchia 'would be our lead catcher right now'
|02.19.13 at 2:27 pm ET
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The way Red Sox manager John Farrell looks at his catching situation, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and David Ross is not a platoon situation. It's much better.
Still, Farrell made it clear on Tuesday, two days before the Red Sox begin playing games, that Saltalamacchia is still his choice as the No. 1 catcher on the roster, with Ross providing a very capable back-up.
There has been some talk this spring that a platoon could develop with the pair, as the switch-hitting Saltalamacchia has 50 of his 64 career home runs from the left-handed side of the plate.
"The majority of his home runs came left-handed and again, I want to be careful, I'm not outlining a platoon," Farrell said. "Salty would be our lead catcher right now. But we know that we have a very capable No. 2 guy, and I think the one thing we've always viewed the catching position as a two-man situation, knowing that there's a lead guy, and that would be Salty.
"We're fortunate to have the flexibility in the addition of Ross but I can't see a drastic rededuction in the number of at-bats from Salty."
Ross, meanwhile, has 54 of his 84 career homers against left-handed pitching. As for the catching duties and comfort levels between the pitchers and the Red Sox catching duo, Farrell will let that play itself out over the spring and into the season.
"I haven't gotten to the point where he's going to handle one guy in the five, every five-day rotation. There'll be a natural break to it, day game after a night game. Certainly, that will come into play but if there are favorable match-ups, we'll certainly take advantage of that.
"The one thing we knew going into this year is that David is more capable than a traditional back-up catcher, where it's 35, 40 games. There's more there. There isn't a number of games earmarked or 'X' number of a games per week."
"We'll see how that unfolds, if certain guys work better because of rapport. The one thing I don't want to create is [reliance on a single catcher]. We want all our pitchers to throw to both catchers, and don't want that to be a reason as to not go out and perform to the best of their abilities. So, we'll see how that unfolds and the rapport that is generated."
Farrell made it very clear he plans to communicate frequently with his catchers to keep both fresh over the course of 162 games. Read the rest of this entry »
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Looks like this week's release of the Wii fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Japan is more of a paper launch. Retailers are reporting that Nintendo is only shipping enough games to fill a tiny fraction of retail orders on January 31.
"Our Japanese and Hong Kong suppliers have notified us that Nintendo will only ship 25% of the game this week due to a production shortage," writes New York-based import games retailer National Console Support.
NCS says this means, for example, that vendors who ordered 100 copies of the game will only receive 25.
This isn't simply restricted to retailers outside of Japan. It's the country's domestic distributors that are having their allocations cut, meaning that it's likely that many consumers will be turned away disappointed this Thursday, when the game hits retail shelves in Japan.
"Nintendo has badly cut preorders placed by all distributors and is only shipping very limited quantities into the market this week,"
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It said that it only received enough copies of Smash Bros. to cover 15% of its preorders.
Adding insult to injury, Play-Asia noted that since the Chinese New Year holidays coming up next week, they expect that they won't be able to fill remaining preorders until the second half of February at the earliest.
Gamers worldwide are positively wracked with anticipation of 2008's first blockbuster Wii title, a fighting game featuring a panoply of Nintendo mascot characters. The previous game in the series, Super Smash Bros. Melee, was the Nintendo GameCube's biggest-selling title by a wide margin.
Smash Bros. fans were initially confused when Nintendo announced that the U.S. version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl would be delayed into March, about five weeks longer than Japan would have to wait.
With today's developments, the disproportionate delay now makes sense: Nintendo planned to just squeeze out enough copies into Japan to get the game on shelves this month and technically hit their announced release date… but not nearly enough to fill demand.
This wouldn't fly in the U.S., so we get to wait (and wait and wait) until they've manufactured enough copies.
In the meantime, we've got a preorder open that's not going to be filled until mid-February, so don't expect any Smash Bros. coverage on Game|Life unless a miracle happens.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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The details are as obscure as Charles Schumer's soul. But the basics of Project Gunwalker are clear.
In October 2009, reversing a longstanding policy, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) began authorizing firearm dealers in the southwest to complete large illegal straw-man purchases. That is, the buyers had the legal right to purchase for themselves, but their suspected intent was to deliver the guns to Mexican drug cartels. The gun dealers knew it and contacted ATF. ATF officials knew it—and insisted that the hesitant dealers complete the sales.
Previously, ATF policy was to confiscate such guns and make arrests before the weapons crossed the border into the hands of Mexico's infamously murderous thugs. Now, after okaying the sales, agents stood back and allowed the guns to "walk" across the border. At least 1,700 firearms went to gangsters, all with the consent of the U.S. federal government.
Why? Well, that's the $64,000 question.
The plan was called Operation Fast and Furious, a part of Project Gunrunner. Gun blogger David Codrea (who, along with fellow blogger Mike Vanderboegh, ultimately exposed the scandal) satirically dubbed it Project Gunwalker.
Within a year, the scheme blew up catastrophically. Afterward, the ATF tried to justify its actions by claiming the "walking" was done in an effort to trace the weapons and track down big traders linked to the cartels. But that's absurd. ATF lost track of them even before the guns traveled across the border. Nobody from ATF or the Justice Department notified Mexican officials of the scheme, which they surely would have done if the intent had been to follow the guns. They did this over the fervent protests of the ATF's own attaché in Mexico City, whom they proceeded to leave out of the loop.
"Allowing loads of weapons that we knew to be destined for criminals, this was the plan." Thus testified Special Agent John Dodson of ATF's Phoenix Field Division, one of the first to speak out. "It was so mandated."
ATF waited until the firearms were used in crimes in the U.S. or Mexico. Etrace, a computer system used by officials on both sides of the border, verified the origin of confiscated weapons. (According to congressional testimony, the ATF official in charge, David Voth, crowed as American firearms turned up at Mexican crime scenes.)
ATF field agents kept meticulous track of how many of the walked guns were used in crimes and regularly relayed that information to their superiors in D.C. Then the Obama administration and the usual suspects in Congress (Feinstein, Schumer, et al.) could tsk tsk about the shocking problem of U.S. guns getting into the hands of murderous Mexicans.
For a while, the media ate it up: Dirty Mexican bandits are getting American guns because the federal government doesn't have enough power to stop it! We need tighter laws. More money and power for the ATF.
Then in December 2010, U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered. Two of the walked weapons were found at the crime scene. One can only imagine the chaos in the Phoenix, Arizona, ATF office (home of Fast and Furious) and in Washington, D.C., as top agents and executives scrambled to cover their backsides.
Matters got worse in February when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata was murdered in Mexico. Walked guns were again implicated. Mexican officials also believe that ATF's Fast and Furious weapons have been used to murder several hundred Mexican citizens, and possibly to bring down one military helicopter. Yes, you can imagine how desperate officials are to keep their fiasco quiet.
But in this age of the Internet, coverups aren't so easy.
From the get-go, a core of ATF agents had objected to Operation Fast and Furious. As word of Terry's death spread through the ranks, posters aired their concerns at CleanUpATF.org, a website established by conscientious agents to report on and rectify management waste, abuse, corruption and fraud. Gun bloggers Codrea and Vanderboegh, whose blogs frequently cover ATF abuses, have monitored that site for a long time. They also have their own sources within the agency.
As rumors resolved into facts, the bloggers contacted members of Congress, seeking to ensure whistleblower protection for the honest agents, first from Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), then Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). They also blogged the developing story, pushed the mainstream media to cover it—and waited. Anxiously.
Finally, in June 2011, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a report and held hearings. The Justice Department continued to stonewall. It ignored multiple letters and subpoenas from the committee. As of this writing, both Attorney General Eric Holder and ATF head Kenneth Melson have refused to testify before the committee despite repeated invitations to do so.
Even with the stonewalling, we've learned certain facts. One of those is that Fast and Furious resulted from a decision at the highest levels of Justice. It began in late 2009, just weeks after Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memo demanding a change of tactics.
According to The Daily Beast: "The memo was prepared in connection with a previously unknown high-level Justice Department meeting in which representatives of key law enforcement agencies on the front lines of the border wars were summoned to discuss a new approach to combating border violence, according to government officials familiar with the document. Within days, the memo from Ogden's office was being distributed inside the ATF office in Phoenix, where supervisors quickly launched Operation Fast and Furious."
Ogden's boss, Eric Holder, and Obama have taken the "What, me worry?" position. They saw nothing, heard nothing, ordered nothing and knew nothing. Predictably, they're blaming underlings.
As I write this, Ken Melson, the latest of the ATF's revolving-door acting directors, is being set up as a scapegoat and pressured to resign. But—whoops!—he's resisting and says he's now eager to testify on Project Gunwalker (which he would be free to do once he was no longer under Holder's command). Since he was clearly not the top dog in the operation, his testimony could lead to major embarrassment, and perhaps even indictments, up the ladder. That remains to be seen.
In its traditional style, ATF has also—despite promises and despite warnings from Issa—started retaliating against honest agents who brought the scandal to light. Agent Vince Cefalu was given notice of termination proceedings against him after being forced to spend months on "an assignment to do nothing." He was one of the first to come forward to complain about ATF mismanagement.
Also, just before the hearings, Congress's usual suspects came out with a report blaming the U.S.-guns-in-Mexico problem squarely on the mythical "gun-show loophole," demanding a new "assault weapons" ban and other restrictions, and heartily praising ATF for trying to stop the trafficking. So far, it appears that the good guys aren't winning, despite the damning details that have been brought to light. But there is some progress. Previously, anti-gunners in government had sworn (and their pet media had repeated) that 70 or 90% (these "facts" change at will) of guns used by Mexican drug thugs came from the U.S. civilian market, mostly from licensed dealers. Sen. Grassley has now revealed that the figure is more like 8%, with a significant proportion of that being made up—irony of ironies—of the ATF's deliberately walked guns.
So now the Feinstein-Schumer crew has crept back to blaming unlicensed, unrecorded "gun-show loophole" sales (along with a new charge that U.S. gun sales have become "a militarized bazaar"). And it may be a complete coincidence, but within weeks of the Issa hearings, Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, resigned his post with no better explanation than "exhaustion."
Yes, it's definitely exhausting supporting a position that's based on lies, myths and complicity with murder.
Many details remain hidden in bureaucratic mud. But one thing is obvious to anybody who looks: Project Gunwalker had nothing to do with stopping crime and everything to do with juicing statistics to justify more national "gun control" and more power and money for the ATF.
As I write this, the Gunwalker story is developing faster than a pustule on a politician's privates. To learn the latest, go to Codrea (http://www.waronguns.com) and Vanderboegh's blogs (http://www.sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com).
A lot of questions remain, and the Obama administration is doing its best to avoid giving answers. There are two that every gun-rights advocate should ask: Who ultimately authorized "walking" the guns? And why does the ATF—one of the most inept, brutal, arbitrary, perpetually mismanaged, and anti-freedom excretions of the federal government—still exist?
If followed to its logical conclusion, the Gunwalker scandal could end the careers of Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama. It could also blow the deadly, deceiving "gun control" movement off the map.
[Special thanks to Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea, who not only brought the scandal to light, but fact-checked this article with diligence, chivalry and charm. Any errors are my own.]


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"Heidi Klum is really upset over brand new topless photos that have been published in a French magazine … claiming her privacy was violated a la Kate Middleton … and now she's seriously considering filing a lawsuit," begins a piece from the generally reliable TMZ.
According to the site, photos popped up on the web of Klum "on vacation in the south of France with her bodyguard boyfriend" Martin Kristen, and she's pictured "sans bikini top."
TMZ reports that it is "told Heidi is comparing her situation to that of Kate Middleton … who also believes she was the victim of privacy invasion when a paparazzo snapped topless pics of her while she was sunbathing at a private chateau in France," and "wants to sue someone's a**."
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Before the excitement of another steam train adventure we did have a rather limited, very German breakfast at the hotel and then check out the main sites of Wernigerode: the Marktplatz, Rathaus and various pedestrian streets. It has been a very cold day in town, with a light but chilling breeze ensuring that we pop into the odd shop to keep from losing all our body heat, despite wearing several layers and a jacket each!
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Despite the throng of people the scenery out of our window was stunning, the ever increasing amounts of snow an indication of our increasing altitude during the roughly 1 hour run up to the summit of the Brocken. It was unbelievable how many people were coming off our little train when we reached the terminus, with thousands of people exploding out onto the little platform.
At the summit is the old Soviet lookout and listening post, which has been converted into a hotel and restaurant. We took time out for lunch in the large tray-service caffeteria before walking around the snowy summit to enjoy the views of the surrounding Harz National Park from the highest peak in northern Germany (1141m). As the trains return as soon as they arrive we had to take the following train back down, leaving 1 and a half hours after our arrival, at 1:33pm
The train made a spectacular arrival at the summit before we rushed to get on and get seats, fearing the kind of overcrowding that we had to endure for the outward journey. By fluke we managed to get seats together and thankfully the train was not as full, with nobody standing in our carriage. This lighter loading allowed Dad and I to go out to the carriage platform end for some filming and photography during the descent on this fun metre-gauge system. We crossed other steam services to the Brocken and other regional destinations on the way back to Wernigerode, making for some fun filming and great footage.
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Once back in town I couldn't resist a visit to the railway's shop, where I ended up purchasing a bi-lingual book about the railway, it's history, current operations and rollingstock. We then walked directly back to the hotel so that we could gauge the walkability of this route for our return to Dresden tomorrow.
After the Brockenbahn the plan had been to take the Wernigerode Bimmelbahn (one of those passenger tractor trains that's meant to look like a train) up to Schloos Wernigerode (Wernigerode Castle) and so we set out to the Bimmelbahn stop. On arrival at the stop we discovered that we had just missed the last departure of the day at 4pm! An assessment of the situation showed that in the fading light it would be too dark to see anything by the time we walked up so we resigned ourselves to some arvo tea at a cafe on the town square.
By the time we got out it was almost dark and the parents decided that they wanted to explore some more of the centre of the town that we hadn't seen this morning
Tomorrow morning we set off back to Dresden where I will stay with the parents for only 1 night before I take the CityNightLine sleeper train to meet Belinda in Frankfurt. This move comes with sadness because there is a lot that could be done as a tourist in the town and region. Unfortunately the area is marketed mainly for domestic tourists and indeed we are the non-German speakers we have noticed around. Now that we are here we can see there are lot of things to do that we did not find about in advance; the brewery (tours), castle, 2 nearby seilbahns and associated attractions etc. I will have to return in the future.


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Enterprise Resource Planning Integration Officer, 6/2009 – Present
United States Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, CA
Currently leading the integration of Global Combat Support System Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) within I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). GCSS-MC is a multi-block program for Logistics Chain Management (LCM) that will modernize the entire United States Marine Corps (USMC) Logistics Architecture and Management across retail supply, wholesale supply, equipment maintenance, and repair functions. Specific Responsibilities include:
- Facilitate the coordination of Satellite GCSS-MC Operations Center (SGOC) implementation activities with appropriate MEF, Major Subordinate Command (MSC), and unit personnel.
- Conduct operational planning team events and support the development of Initiating Directives and Implementation Operations Orders and other Marine Corps Planning Process documentation.
- Coordinate GCSS-MC implementation briefs and updates to appropriate MEF staff and key MSC personnel.
- Establish and maintain liaison between the MEF, MSCs, Field Service Maintenance Assistance Office (FSMAO) and the program office during all phases of the GCSS-MC implementation process.
- Ensure implementation and sustainment support plans for GCSS-MC accommodate the MEF and MSC deployment cycles.
- Implement and lead GCSS-MC change management efforts within the MEF.
Information Technology Director, 4/2008-4/2009
Ophthonix, Inc., Vista, CA
Managed Information Technology and Engineering departments for a medical device and custom eyeglass manufacturer. Scope of responsibility included application development, production support, infrastructure design and support, project management, and customer service. Specific accomplishments included:
- Led development of business intelligence solution to provide real time sales and manufacturing information to key stakeholders throughout the organization.
- Reviewed and reformed corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system resulting in improved business processes and cost savings.
- Managed implementation of IT Asset Management system and host, service and network monitoring program to achieve visibility over corporate hardware and software.
- Introduced concept of server virtualization and consolidated hardware assets to reduce capital expenditures and provide energy savings.
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City of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Led the Nation's eighth largest City through a comprehensive reorganization of information technology. Achieved cost savings and improved customer service by transitioning to centralized management of common City IT processes. Established an initiative to provide consistent and cost effective IT infrastructure to support the City's computing services needs. Specific projects included:
- Led data center consolidation effort that improved security and resulted in cost savings.
- Implemented a single Enterprise Directory structure and consolidated the City's disparate messaging platforms into Microsoft Exchange/Outlook.
- Established enterprise site licensing for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and office productivity software used throughout the City.
- Sponsored and managed Citywide initiative to replace the City's aging business applications with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software package. Led a team through pre-implementation activities including business case development, evaluation and selection of a software package and system integrator.
- Revised and implemented improved IT governance process to bring together business and IT stakeholders for better decision making.
- Served as the City's Emergency Operations Director during the 2007 wildfires.
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iXL Inc, Carlsbad, CA
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KPMG Consulting, Sacramento, Ca and San Diego, CA
Provided consulting services to a variety of federal and state clients. Scope of services provided included project management, business process re-engineering, strategic planning, risk management, and contract management services.
Engineer Officer, 12/1992 - 4/1997
United States Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, CA
Managed numerous construction and logistics projects. Integral to design, planning, execution, and closeout aspects of projects. Formally trained in construction management, project management, and facilities maintenance.
B.S. Industrial Management, December 1992
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
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Arsène Wenger has called on the Emirates Stadium crowd to lay off Emmanuel Adebayor on Saturday.
The former Arsenal striker celebrated enthusiastically in front of the visiting supporters when he scored in Manchester City's 4-2 win at Eastlands earlier this season. As a result, the Togolese front man is widely expected to be a crowd target this weekend.
However at his press conference on Friday, Wenger called for calm.
"We want to keep our line of conduct," he said. "No matter what happened in the first game, it is important that we have a positive attitude and encourage our players.
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Dear All Non-Asian-Sub-Continent Readers this is a review for the latest Hindi Movie - Aisha which released yesterday. So if you are not interested, please scroll down to the good stuff [outfit]. My fellow Hindi Movie Enthusiasts - Sit back and Enjoy. I promise I will try and keep it short!
Aisha, is a modern day adaptation of Jane Austen's deliciously mischievous novel Emma. Emma has been an inspiration for about 8 adaptations so far, including this one. Anyhooo, that's no surprise as it has so much to offer. I was really excited about the movie for two reasons:
Dhruv [Arunoday Singh] and Aarti [Lisa Haydon] were two foreign-return characters about whom I am not sure. What was their purpose really?!?! Lastly, Oh! Arjun [Abhay Deol] is the only sane one. He is the love interest of Aisha and also her only true critic. While his character is not as mysterious and spell-binding as George Knightly [from the novel Emma] but is close!
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Hello my gorgeous Tanvi!ReplyDelete
...looks like we're all rocking stripes this week... [I am, Smrithi as well!]
Love the yellow shoes with this outfit!
As for 'Aisha'... it's not my kind of movie so I'll pass. I Love your reviewing style! It is succinct and to the point!
thank u so much for the review..my biggest fear was that the movie would disappoint where fashion is concerned..After seeing all the promo appearances, it would have broken my heart if they screwed it up:-) And of course, the other big attraction was drool, Abhay, drool...Delhi is a major plus for me since like u I get all misty eyed when I see Delhi on big screen..I like ur outfit - the top is very striking against the black but I would have gone for black shoe..ReplyDelete
I am off camping for the weekend so will catch up on Monday..u have a great weekend..
Im going to watch it tomm!!lalallaaaalaaaa:-)ReplyDelete
Totally love the stripes..nice one, Tanvi. As far as the movie goes. haven't seen and don't intend to see it..just can't stand Sonam Kapoor, she looks too fake to me..guess i have my own biases considering haven't seen her after Delhi 6..she is seriously wanting to be this style diva but i have my doubts about her originality..so i will skip the movie and maybe watch udaan again!!ReplyDelete
Well it sounds like a good movie! I hardly watch Hindi ones as they are often 3 hours long and I get bored after an hour or two...!ReplyDelete
Love your outfit. I always freeze in the cinemas too!
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nice review, makes me wanna see it knowing its not all that great. of course, i think abhay deol is oh-s0-cuteReplyDelete
i am not a Sonam Kapoor fan but i like the way she dresses up..on n off screen
and yeah, i love your outfit, stripey! ;)
Just saw the movie and got ur update.ReplyDelete
I hated the movie such a copy, the clothes are great!
Love your jumper btw, cute collage :)
I haven't seen an indian movie in ages!!ReplyDelete
I love your outfit though. The cardi is pretty and the yellow shoes look great.
it's like you read my mind and wrote it all down. very accurate description of the movie. from the wowee fashion to the disjointed script..i even found the second half a lil slow paced.ReplyDelete
TIMEPASS. and i don't know why, but i just don't like sonam kapoor's makeup in several scenes. her foundation color is a lil messed.
like your jacket!! :-)
Really loving the yellow flats!ReplyDelete
I've been wanting to see this movie..can't wait mostly for her fashion! Sonam is def. the best dressed in Bollywood hands down!ReplyDelete
I like your movie outfit; It's so Sonam :)
Love the striped jacket! I agree, it's always freezing in the movies, I always bring a sweater! I would totally watch that movie if it was subtitled! XO!ReplyDelete
LOVE that jacket!! I love stripes :)ReplyDelete
Interesting review of Aisha. I loved the way you combined colors in your outfit.ReplyDelete
BTW, Sonam (Emma) is very into fashion and styling. I wouldn't be surprised if her outfits reflected some of her own input.
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Thanks for the movie review. I am looking forward to watching the movie.ReplyDelete
I have such a huge stash of necklaces and all of them have been my Mum's gift to me.
I'm glad that the movie gave you a trip down memory lane... Delhi is a great city. I miss it too.ReplyDelete
Love your blazer Tanvi... fabulous look as always. xoxo
Very chic. You are right it's freezing in the movies.ReplyDelete
Loved your outfit here(:ReplyDelete
Also, Aisha has been getting relatively mixed reviews all over the net, but it sounds like an entertaining package. The fact that it's brimming over with fashion labels is an added perk. I can't wait to watch it! Thanks for the review(:
I love the yellow shoes and jacket combination, and going to watch Aisha today.ReplyDelete
Ah I think I must've mis-read the recipe! - that'll teach me to try reading on my laptop without my glasses!!ReplyDelete
Ooh, the movie sounds interesting - I've never really seen any Hindi movies (unless Slumdog Millionaire counts?). Lovely outfit to wear to the movies, the blazer is fantastic! x
I jumped to the good part-the outfit. Love the way you styled the jacket. Love the neckalce tooReplyDelete
love that blazer you're wearingReplyDelete
i absolutely loved the movie!!...luved the outfits and ofcourse since am a delhite myself, identified with the locations!!ReplyDelete
Unfamiliar with that film but I just adore your cinema ensemble.ReplyDelete
The ballerinas paired with those trousers and your striped cardigan - so casual and yet so refined. Happy Sunday;-)
Oh that jacket is yummy! Love it! Aisha not so much, I got an invite for one of the previews and I didn't like it. It's more Clueless than Emma. Both of which I love, Clueless was such a great adaptation of Emma but Aisha just falls short. I am so glad I didn't spend any money watching it!ReplyDelete
oh god I haven't seen IHLS but she can't talk. I abs thought I could feel nothing for her! And i abs hated the dialogues, such cheesiness...and I felt it was a let down from what I expected it to be...the songs were so wonderful!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the review on the movie and I love the combo of yellow/red and white stripes. Looks fab!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the review on the movie and I love the combo of yellow/red and white stripes. Looks fab!ReplyDelete
Tanvi, I adore this outfit...totally fun with the pops of color (and I always freeze in the movies too). Have you been tweaking your blog? It's looking fantastic sweetie!ReplyDelete
I totally loved the movie made me nostalgic too, btw the jacket looks great so so the shades
Love the blazer, and couldn't agree more about the movies, I always wish I could bring a blanket!ReplyDelete
xoxo, Ashley
have not seen a stylish movie goer for so long here in california...totally in love with your blazer! love it! happy sunday & thanks for sharing a lovely movie!ReplyDelete
Um excuse me, give me that jacket! I love it!! So cute. I saw a similar one in black at Anthropologie, but I much prefer the red.ReplyDelete
Cute blazer! <3ReplyDelete
Super cute! I love the red and white blazer with the yellow flats.ReplyDelete
clothed much, a modest fashion blog
Hey Tanvi,ReplyDelete
Typo in my earlier comment, I meant the shades also look great not that the shades are so so. Saw it while reading other comments on this post.
aisha part i have skipped as i will go and watch it in some time...coming to outfit it is gorgeous..i have been eyeing that jacket myself but haven't bought it as i realized i have far too many stripes in my closet...love it on u :)ReplyDelete
I absolutely love your blazer!ReplyDelete
I haven't read the book Emma, but I would like to. I loved Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and just started reading Mansfield Park (also by her!). I was a pretty big fan of Pride and Prejudice, so hopefully I'll enjoy her other books too!
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Arunoday Singh is drool-worthy hot! YReplyDelete
I've not seen the flick but have heard tons about it via the Twitterdom. In recent years, it's been Netflix feeding me with my Bollywood fix. Love the stuff. Wish I could get more of it into my life. Your review makes it sound promising! Thank ya, hon!


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The Interstate 35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge is scheduled to open to public traffic during the week of September 15, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today.
"Throughout the rebuilding process, we have kept the memories of the victims of last August's bridge collapse in our thoughts and prayers," said Mn/DOT Commissioner Tom Sorel. "This bridge has been built to the highest possible safety standards and is coming in ahead of schedule and on budget. We're looking forward to seeing motorists using the new bridge next week."
The bridge is expected to open to traffic as early as Tuesday, September 16, 2008. A news conference with Governor Tim Pawlenty and other officials will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 15, at the bridge to announce the specific opening time and other details.
Construction on the new I-35W Bridge began on November 1, 2007 and crews have worked around the clock since then. The project has employed extensive safety and quality inspection programs to ensure that the finished bridge will be high quality, safe and last for at least 100 years. During the final week of construction, work crews will continue:
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"I-35W in Minneapolis is a major transportation artery for the Twin Cities and entire state. Each day this bridge has been closed it has cost road users more than $400,000," Commissioner Sorel said.
"Area residents, business owners, motorists, workers and countless others have been affected by this corridor's closure. The opening of this bridge reconnects our community."


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Emmanuel Eboue intends to use his lightning speed to quell the threat of Ronaldinho at the Stade de France on Wednesday night.
Since taking over from the unfortunate, injured Lauren in January, the right back has graced the likes of the Bernabeu and Stadio Delle Alpi in Arsenal's successful Champions League run. At the first of those grounds, he managed to stifle another skilful Brazilian, Robinho. It is an experience that puts him in good stead for his tussle with the FIFA World Player of the Year on Wednesday.
"It was my dream to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu," said Eboue. "I wasn't scared to be up against Robinho because the boss encouraged me and had confidence in me. I took his advice about how to play in that match and did as well as I possibly could.
"[On Wednesday] I know I'm going to be up against Ronaldinho, one of the world's top players. I'm not afraid. I think I will learn a lot from the experience. The way I see it this is an opportunity to prove myself. I'm going to do everything I can to have a good match for myself and the team.
"I'm aware that I'm quick and it's something I try to profit from when I play. When we play against Barcelona I'm going to try and use my speed and my technical ability to match Ronaldinho."
In less than 18 months, Eboue has gone from playing in front of a few thousand fans in the Belgian League to 80,000 screaming supporters at the Stade de France in Europe's biggest game of the year
"It's a fantastic occasion for me," said the 22-year-old. "It's difficult to believe I've been at Arsenal [little more] than a year and now I'm playing in the Champions League Final.
"I know that Barcelona are a very good football team, a quick passing team. Their players move around a lot so we're going to have to be careful. But we're going to focus right until the very end of the match and give our best to stop their forwards getting in behind us. We're going to have to play intelligently."


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Miguel Cabrera is surging for the Detroit Tigers while Joe Mauer is enduring a very rare drought without a hit for the Minnesota Twins. These superstars will be in the spotlight Monday night when the Tigers look for a fourth straight victory in the opener of a three-game home set against the surprising Twins. The red-hot Cabrera brings a 12-game hitting streak into this contest. The reigning AL MVP is hitting .420 with 15 RBIs during this run after he went 2 for 4 with a three-run homer on a 3-0 count in Sunday's 8-3 victory over Atlanta, as Detroit (13-10) completed a three-game sweep. "You've got to make sure 'Skip' gives you the sign to swing. That's when you decide to swing or not swing,'' Cabrera said. Cabrera hit .380 with six homers and 26 RBIs last season against Minnesota (11-10), and went 3 for 13 with four RBIs as Detroit lost two of three on the road against the Twins to open the season. That's the only series so far between these AL Central division rivals, with Ma...
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My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life
by Julie Wright
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Looking away, I asked as nonchalantly as my rapidly beating heart would allow, "So you're the kind of guy that believes in fairy-tales." "I am. And you're the kind of girl that believes in the reality of here and now." "When you're pregnant and living with your brother and his wife, reality seems like a safer place to stay."
Suzanne Quincy was raised by an abusive mother and an apathetic father. In an effort to escape her upbringing, Suzie chooses the numbing effects of drugs and alcohol--and the accompanying lifestyle. She reaches a crossroad when she discovers she is pregnant. Will she listen to the world and abort the baby, or will she listen to the conscience she has ignored her entire life? The choice she makes sends her down a path of self-discovery. This story is about choices and consequences, laughter and tears, and finding the truth in the midst of it all.
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This book is a heart touching story that nobody should miss. It will make you laugh, cry, make you feel Suzanna's pain and pick you back up again. I couldn't put it down!! It is an amazing story! This is the best book I have ever read that addresses the subject of adoption. Just a great read!!
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I wasn't sure I wanted to read this book. I didn't want to read a YA sob story about sin and sinning and poor girl what ever will she do? Wringing of the hands...
But the story took me places I haven't been and wasn't sure I could go. Thank you, Julie!
Julie's book made me laugh out loud and quietly cry. I would recommend it to mothers who have daughters. Not only does the story show the consequences of choices, good and bad, it teaches how we should treat others. We don't know what everyone is going through. We should love each other unconditionally.
And we should know, any person of any faith, that our Heavenly Father is real and loves us.
By Keri, Submitted on 2015-02-25
This is a powerful and realistic story of personal redemption. The heroine is hard to love at first and the consequences of her life choices are painful. Her struggles to make things right in her life are inspiring. I was crying with her and cheering for her by the end of the novel. This is really well written and I highly recommend it!
By Josi, Submitted on 2015-02-25
I loved this book--the main character was strong and sassy and quirky enough to love despite her weaknesses, the story was fresh and yet very real. I own two copies of this book--one to lend out and one to keep in a safe location so I know I'll always have it on hand.