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Fregmonto is heading off to study in Bhutan -- the last hope for Western tourists searching for an authentic Buddhist cultural experience now that Tibet has been thoughtfully modernised by its caring older brother China.
CrikeyMar 29, 2010
John R shares snippets of life in Somalia, from the bashed up streets full of armoured vehicles, to the graffiti created by the American military.
Kevin O'FaircheallaighMar 25, 2010
Do guestbooks actually have a point? It seems that South East Asia is obsessed with them, despite there being little logic or wisdom in the inane writings of others, writes Kevin O'Faircheallaigh.
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Rome, the city where tourists live peacefully -- minus their cameras -- with a huge homeless population. It might not always be pretty, but it's interesting, writes Tristan.
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Travel advisory warnings always send me into a spin, writes Kevin O'Faircheallaigh. Two hundred words describing the many ways I can die in this country, followed by two useless ones on how to avoid it: "Stay alert". That's it?!
CrikeyMar 18, 20102 Comments
Ashlee Betteridge reports from Bali on its day of silence to mark the beginning of the Hindi Saka New Year. Yes, commercialism does take a back seat in Bali, at least once a year.
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Switzerland: it's an odd country of neutrality mixed with camo dressed teenagers and nude hiking but fanatical privacy, says Crikey reader Tristan.
CrikeyMar 15, 2010
The latest travel issue for people to growl about is slum tourism: tourists heading into slums in Mumbai, a la Slumdog Millionaire. But, says Intrepid CEO Darrell Wade, people need to be educated on world poverty. Just don't be a jerk.
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Welcome to Slide Night at Back in a Bit. Sit back, relax and get ready to travel far away from your desk and your sore computer eyes as we share our favourite travel snaps and the quirky stories behind them.
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One of the trickier ethical dilemmas of traveling through Asia comes in the form of the treatment of animals. So how does one deal with the elusive 'tiger elephant'? asks Kevin O'Faircheallaigh.


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Bacon and Cheddar Quiche
Recipe by Chef 495452
My sister found this on a website but I am not sure which one and made it for my little sister's wedding shower. It was excellent so here I am sharing it. I have listed the ingredients for making the crust too, however I just buy a frozen crust from the store. ENJOY!!
Top Review by flower7
This was very good and easy. I used a refrigerated roll-out crust. I was feeling especially lazy (lol) and used pre-cooked bacon but I think freshly cooked would have been better. I used fat-free half and half and probably should have reduced the amount a little as a previous reviewer did. Otherwise, this was great - love the thyme with the other ingredients. Thanks for sharing! [Made for Spring 2013 Pick A Chef]
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter, cut in small pieces
- 2 -3 tablespoons ice-cold water
- 8 slices lean bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups light cream
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Directions See How It's Made
- Prepare crust for quiche. In a mixing bowl, mix together flour and salt. Cut in cold butter with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form; add water, a little at a time, until dough holds together and forms a ball. Shape into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll out dough into a circle about 11 inches in diameter. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate or quiche pan. Trim edges, leaving a little overhang, about 1/4-inch all around the edge. Prick dough with a fork. Line with foil and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake quiche crust for 10 minutes at 375°.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, thyme, and pepper. Pour into the baked crust. Crumble bacon over the top with the shredded Cheddar cheese. Bake at 375° for about 30 minutes, or until quiche filling is set and lightly browned. Serve quiche with fresh tomato wedges.
- NOTE: 5 minutes prep if you do not make the homemade crust and use a frozen one instead!

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I don't know if any of you got a chance to check out the new luxury collection of hair, skin, body & bath products, a la Beverly Johnson, but I am totally in awe (and out of breathe at how much fun goodies are included) of what I've seen so far! And after the first official Brand Ambassador meeting on September 6 – there's so much more sweetness to come, so stay tuned!!! I am committed…4 U 2 Think Beauty, so let's kick this off…shall we!
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With Hearts As One DVD showcases performances from cities across the world, including Sao Paulo, Orlando, Shanghai, London, Buenos Aires, Tokyo and many more! The DVD features a multitude of United's most popular songs, including The Time Has Come, One Way, Mighty To Save and Saviour King. The DVD also includes 2 new, never-before-recorded bonus songs!
Experience I Heart Revolution for yourself by engaging yourself in the wonder of live concerts from across the world. With Hearts As One DVD will capture the true spirit of Hillsong in an energised and vibrant style.
With Hearts As One DVD by Hillsong United was published by Kingsway in January 2014 and is our 19770th best seller. The ISBN for With Hearts As One DVD is 9320428065834.
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Britain To Try Road Tolling By Mileage
"The test runs will start early next year in four locations and will involve fitting a satellite-tracking device to the vehicles of volunteers. An on-board unit will automatically deduct payments from a shadow account set up in the driver's name."
"Paul Clark, the Transport Minister, confirmed yesterday that the trials would proceed despite previous statements from the Government suggesting that it had abandoned the idea of a national road-pricing scheme. In 2004 a feasibility study considered a range of possible prices, up to £1.30 a mile. It said that the highest rate 'would be paid by only 0.5 per cent of traffic'."
"The on-board unit could be used to collect all road charges, such as congestion charges in London and Manchester and tolls for crossing bridges and using new lanes on motorways."


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For some of us, the most memorable part of spring isn't the daffodils sprouting: it's the telltale sniffling and sneezing attributed to allergy season. Just because you're susceptible to a high pollen count doesn't mean you have to show it on your face. Our tips for masking a runny nose, watery eyes and other allergy symptoms:
Skin TLC
With all that sniffling, it's easy to spend the spring months looking more like a certain North Pole-dwelling reindeer. Repair your battered, red nose with a healing lotion like Weleda's Skin Food, which contains vitamin E to soften raw skin, and rosemary leaf to soothe irritation.
Lip Service
Another side effect of an ever-drippy nose? Perennially chapped lips. Prevent dryness with a powerhouse moisturizer like Elite Therapeutics Elite Lip Balm. This versatile product uses manuka honey extract and açai pulp oil to hydrate and protect—and conveniently makes a perfect base for any lip color.
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Aside from the barrage of "Are you okay?" inquiries, the most annoying part about itchy, watery eyes is their war on eye makeup. Consider stay-put liners and mascaras, like Smashbox Cosmetics' Always Sharp Waterproof Eyeliner and Marcelle Twist Push Up Mascara, which is hypoallergenic too.
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He fell like a leaf tossed down the wind, down, down, with one cry that overtook Daedalus far away.
But Daedalus, instead of being proud of his nephew, was angrier than before.
Come down, silly Daedalus; come down to the lowly places in which Nature ordered you to walk.
Daedalus essayed the empty air with wings not permitted to man.
Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made in Cnossus for lovely Ariadne.
The partridge flies low because Daedalus (who had seen his son Icarus perish through a lofty flight) was changed into a partridge.
As the lame smith he reminds us of Hephaestus, and in his flight with wings of Daedalus escaping from Minos.
That Daedalus was a very cunning workman; but of all his artful contrivances, this labyrinth is the most wondrous.
Before the sun came out, Daedalus told his boy to be careful to keep near him.
Among all those mortals who grew so wise that they learned the secrets of the gods, none was more cunning than Daedalus.
father of Icarus in Greek mythology, builder of the Cretan labyrinth, from Greek Daidalos, literally "the cunning worker," from daidallein "to work artfully."
In classical mythology, an ingenious inventor, designer of the Labyrinth, and one of the few to escape from it. He was the father of Icarus.
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As an active participant in the teaching, research, and service missions of the Institute, the Georgia Tech Library is poised to define the technological research library of the 21st century.
For students, the Library is a gathering place – cultivating intellectual inquiry, the development of critical thinking skills, promoting academic discourse, and fostering lifelong learning and knowledge enhancement. In this capacity, the Library is integral to the retention and overall success of Georgia Tech students. For faculty and researchers, our most compelling priority is to enrich their teaching, research and learning – contributing to their knowledge advancement and research output with resources and services to meet their needs.
Over the past 11 years, the Library has achieved many significant accomplishments in support of the Institute's mission. Since being recognized as the "2007 Association of College & Research Libraries' Excellence in Academic Libraries" winner, the Library has been proactively addressing budgetary issues caused by increasing costs and demands, meeting the ever-evolving information needs of our primary users, responding to major changes in the scholarly communication arena, embracing the dynamic transformations in technology, and cultivating the skills of our staff to provide services and resources needed in the 21st century.
The 2002-2007 and 2007-2011 Strategic Plans were dynamic, living documents which served as roadmaps to guide our organizational priorities. Like most academic libraries, we are in a period of transition as technology and pedagogy continue to shift and evolve. This environment, however uncertain, is rife with possibility.
To this end, this 2013 – 2016 Strategic Objectives document outlines four objectives that are designed to help the Library define the technological research library of the 21st century.
Strategic Objectives 2013-2016
I. Reimagining the Library for Learning Excellence
The goal of this project is to redesign library spaces and services to match the changing needs of the 21st century learners and researchers. This will involve a major transformation of the Crosland Tower and Gilbert Memorial Library (collectively, the "Library Towers"). It will also require print collections be moved out of the building into an off-site service facility jointly constructed and operated with Emory Libraries. Future steps include gathering key information, identifying resources and developing strategies in the following areas:
- Gathering data within the Georgia Tech community (faculty, students and staff) to understand the future direction for curriculum, pedagogy, and research.
- Increased engagement with the Georgia Tech community through town hall meetings, focus groups and other forums.
- Investigating leading-edge technology to support a re-imagined Library for the 21st century.
- Service and Staffing to support new models for research and library learning spaces.
- Partnership and Collaborations to efficiently and effectively maximize new library spaces, services and technologies.
II. The Emory and Georgia Tech Partnership
The two immediate goals of the Emory and Georgia Tech Partnership are: creating a shared collection and building the Library Services Center (LSC), an off-site storage facility. The ultimate goal of this partnership between the Georgia Tech and Emory Libraries is to create a seamless collection with all Emory resources available to Georgia Tech students, staff and faculty, and vice versa.
III. Reaffirmation of Accreditation
The goal of this project is to manage the 10-year SACS reaffirmation for Georgia Tech by providing information and resources to support a successful and sustainable reaffirmation process.
IV. Organizational Health & Clarity
As we move forward with radically transforming Library services and spaces to meet evolving library user needs in the 21st century, it is increasingly critical to assess and nurture the health of the organization.
In an effort to get a clearer understanding of our organizational health the Library will undertake the ClimateQUAL survey, an organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment of library staff perceptions concerning (a) their library's commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) organizational policies and procedures, and (c) workplace attitudes. It is an online survey with questions designed to understand the impact perceptions have on service quality in a library setting. The survey addresses a number of climate issues, such as diversity, teamwork, learning, and fairness, as well as current managerial practices, and staff attitudes and beliefs.
Additionally, reorganization of Library responsibilities, departments, and assignments will occur as the organization's purpose evolves. First, the Director of Business Operations will assume responsibility for managing the SACSOC reaffirmation project and the Library Services Center project. Secondly, a newly redefined position (Director of Library Learning Excellence Security and Facilities) will report directly to the Vice Provost for Learning Excellence and Dean of Libraries.
The Strategic Objectives document is a dynamic, living document meant to serve as a roadmap to guide the prioritization of opportunities and resources to advance the vision and mission of the Library and Institute. Research libraries exist within an increasingly complex scholarly ecosystem as students and faculty pursue new modes of learning and research. Our challenge is to design services and physical spaces that make high-quality scholarly resources and easy to use discovery tools available. The 21st century research library, physical and virtual, should to be a well-designed tool supporting the creation of new knowledge vital for living in a complex world.


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Novak Djokovic will never hear Jelena Gencic's advice again, yet the world number one believes his second mother's spirit will always be with him on court.
Following his French Open third-round match on Saturday, the Serbian broke down to news that his first coach had died aged 76. He recovered on Monday to down German Philipp Kohlschreiber in four sets and reach the quarter-finals.
"Jelena was my first coach, like my second mother," an emotional Djokovic told a news conference.
"We were very close throughout my whole life and she taught me a lot of things that are part of me, part of my character today.
"I know that her spirit will be always with me and always on the tennis court, because this is what she always loved to do."
It is the second time in just over a year that Djokovic has had to deal with the loss of someone close, having mourned the death of his grandfather in April 2012.
"In one way the experience that I had with my grandfather's passing away last year helped me a little bit to stay tough this time because it took me a long time last year to recover," he explained.
"It was very emotional. This year, of course, again, very close person, so another shock for me.
"But I'm handling it better. I'm trying to focus my thoughts on the nicest memories...that we had."
Tennis was all Gencic had, so Djokovic is looking to carry on her legacy.
"She worked with kids between five and six years to 12, 13 years-old and she was dedicating all her life to that generation and to tennis," he said.
"She never got married, she never had kids, so tennis was all she had in life. Hopefully I will be able to continue on and follow up where she stopped."


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All the commentary on the downfall of DSK stresses how important it is that the IMF gets strong leadership, given the rolling crisis in Europe. But the Fund could soon face an even more tricky economic and political dilemma in Egypt. Read more
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Jennifer Lai and Mike Garcia had been looking for six months for their first home, all around Arlington, Falls Church and Pimmit Hills, and they were getting frustrated.
The first property they lost was painful. After making an offer that was rejected, they were contacted three weeks later by the sellers to resubmit. They signed a contract, only to lose it to another buyer. They had seen more than 70 properties and had made two offers.
"We realized that by the time we got to the open house, we were too late," said Lai, referencing what is, in some close-in areas, a hot market with an inventory shortage.
But their occupations came in handy. Lai and Garcia both work for Fairfax County. Lai's job is in land-use development, and Garcia's is in transportation. So they had good information and knew what to look for in their search.
"There were some townhomes off of Columbia Pike, but I knew an interchange was being reconstructed," said Garcia. "Location was a major factor. We knew where to look."
When a two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex in Arlington's Penrose neighborhood went on the market in June for $400,000, they were the first buyers to look at it.
"Before making an offer, I encouraged them to go back on Sunday with their parents," said agent Robyn Burdett of Re/Max Allegiance in Fairfax. "I wanted them to think about it and make sure. The listing agent was entertaining offers on the Tuesday."
The house was move-in-ready with an updated kitchen and bathrooms and a backyard large enough to entertain. They would be close to the Clarendon Metro station and bus service, non-chain restaurants and the Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse, one of their favorite spots.
By the time they submitted an offer, however, there were nine others on the property. The original listing was at $400,000, so they put an escalation clause in their contract offer that said they were willing to go to $430,000 should other bids send the price higher.
"In a weird way, it made me less nervous that there were nine other offers," Lai said. "I thought, 'We shouldn't worry about this; we won't be disappointed.' "
They made it into the final round with two other buyers. They raised their offer by $5,000 and the house was theirs, even though theirs wasn't the highest bid. Another offer came in $1,000 higher, at $436,000, but Lai and Garcia were flexible about move-in dates and had solid financing.
"We were shocked, elated, then scared that we might actually become homeowners," Lai said. "Overall, we were really excited and proud to have been selected."
The couple gave their agent credit for positioning them well in the negotiation process and helping make their contract stand out.
"It was the whole [contract] package that was appealing," Burdette said. "We were gracious on the home inspection and put 10 percent down. I was in close contact with the agent the whole time and presented every transaction as a win-win."


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Once you've crafted the vision for your pharmacy business, it is appropriate to move on to goal setting. In a nutshell, what do you need to focus on this year to move towards that vision?
Everyone knows what a goal is, however, a goal that's not written down is a wish. Similar to your vision, you have to be able to identify specifically what it is and have it written down so you can measure your progress against it. There are a couple of things in setting goals – some tips that really make a difference.
First, you'll want to have a SMART goal; a goal that is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.
Specific means you have to determine what you want to accomplish. Most of us have some kind of a health and fitness goal. "I want to be healthier," is not a goal. You don't want to write down, "I want to be healthier." What does that mean? "I want to weigh" – what? "I want my blood pressure to be" – what? It needs to be very specific. We often hear, "I want to grow my business." Okay, "What?" "I want to grow it by five percent. But is that a five percent increase in profit or gross revenue, or both?
The goal also needs to be measurable - this will help you track the progress of your goal and let you know when you've accomplished it.
The goal needs to be attainable, not like a pie-in-the-sky. If it is a pie-in-the-sky, put it on your vision board and break it down to what chunk is obtainable in the next year.
Realistic, again, that you have the resources – you want to stretch with your goals, but at the same time you want to give yourself that sense that you can actually reach it. You need to increase your capability in order to reach your goals, but it's not like the pie-in-the-sky. Another thing to keep in mind is that if your team doesn't see your goal as realistic, they're not going to have the buy-in that you need which means they're not going to be inspired and probably not even try.
You also need to be timely, you've got a time frame on when you're going to accomplish this.
The third piece is – this is really important – give your brain a number to focus on. Again, an example is, "I want to grow my business by ten percent." You want to put what that ten percent translates into. If right now you have a $5 million business, and you want to grow your gross revenue by ten percent, that means you're striving for $5,500,000.00 gross revenue next year. You need to give your brain that number to work towards.
Whenever you're setting a goal, keep that in the back of your mind: What is my brain focusing on? Give it a specific target of what that goal looks like for you.
Similar to your vision statement, don't worry about writing the perfect goal, which is often a stumbling block for people. You can change your goals; after all, they are your goals. However, if you don't capture what you want to accomplish, you're not aligning your actions or decisions.
Neglecting this step will costing you resources, your energy, and your business's financial means.
If you are worried about setting the right goals, again, this is an opportunity to work with your pharmacy-specific business coach. Have your coach help guide you in what are the best goals for you; what do you want to accomplish with your business, and then we can break it into a strategy. Don't get stuck worried that you're going to miss something because you can add it in at a different time.
Whether alone, with your accountant or with your coach, you should be reviewing your yearly goals at least once a quarter, and most members update their goals and vision board every year.
In our Setting the Stage for Growth with Vision and Goals for Your Independent Pharmacy webinar, we breakdown our Pharmacy Owner's One-Year Goals Exercise, Quarterly Action Plans and Controlling Calendars. Watch this video to access the business planning documents and jumpstart your goal setting process in 2012.
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The now former Lodi-Tokay Rotary President Mike Pretz was "kicked out" with a fire department-themed skit at Mason's beach on Monday, June 23. The current city of Lodi Fire Chief, Mike Pretz was given a humiliating end to a successful year as Lodi-Tokay Rotary President. Mike lead the Club during the 2007-08 year to host and organized the first annual Lodi International Wine Awards. The International Wine Awards along with Oktoberfest were the two major fundraisers for the Lodi-Tokay Rotary this year.
The Club welcomed the new President David Akin for the 2008-09 Rotary year. David Akin has been a winemaker for 35 years and began his wine career working for a large central coast winery in its sparkling wine cellars in 1969. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in bacteriology and graduate studies in molecular biology he returned to this winery as a chemist, microbiologist and eventually assistant winemaker. Since that time, he has held winemaking positions at several wineries eventually becoming a general manager of a prestigious central valley winery. Currently, he is a consultant for several wineries and has his own label, Akin Estates, specializing in Zinfandels. Akin is a professional member of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, and a past director of the Wine Institute and member of its tasting committee. Akin has resided in Lodi sense 1978 and strongly supported by his wife Brenda.
Other officers that were installed are John Marshall, president elect; Bill Meehleis, vice president; Suzanne Mangum, secretary; Tom Azevedo, treasurer; Bill Meehleis, administration committee chair; Ron Williamson, membership committee chair; Jennelle Bechthold, public relations committee chair; Mike Bennett, service projects committee chair; and Janet Harrington, foundation committee chair.
The Lodi-Tokay Rotary is excited to hold two events this year including Octoberfest, and the second annual International Wine Awards. All fundraising events and service projects during the 2008-09 year will support the Lodi Parks and Recreation to update the area playgrounds to meet safety requirements.
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Internal research support is provided annually to each PI whose sponsored programs recover Facilities & Administrative costs.
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Reflecting a decision reached during the first 5-year review of Responsibility Center Management (RCM), principal investigators are provided research support based on 10% of total indirect costs recovered during the previous calendar year. (See http://www.unh.edu/vpfa/pdf/rcmmanualfy12rev.pdf at 3.5.)
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Ryan Murphy's take on the iconic filmmaker has changed title from "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" to "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and will be set up at Universal Pictures.
Few changes have been made on what has already been known as "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho." Hollywood-Elsewhere.com has reported that the project from now on is called "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and will be developed under Universal Pictures instead.
Titled the same as the classic TV anthology series the Master of Suspense hosted, the flick previously was being set up at Focus Features with John McLaughlin penning the script. As for the story, it is said that the flick will center on the obstacles and discouragement Hitchcock had to go through in trying to get his popular classic "Psycho" made.
While "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy has already been assigned to direct, Hollywood-Elsewhere.com notes that the picture will not likely be his next directorial work, though, as the man is expected to do the Watergate-era "Dirty Tricks" first at Paramount Pictures.
In terms of casting, however, the site did reveal an interesting tidbit, saying that Universal is attempting to have Anthony Hopkins as the iconic director and Helen Mirren as "Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife and lifelong creative collaborator." Stay tuned for further development and more information on this project.


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I was angry this morning. I read M.J. Lee's post over on Humanistic Paganism and I found myself really pissed. It cheesed my grits. It got my goat. And then I thought "Why are you pissed Star? This isn't even your religion she's talking about." That thought caught me by surprise. I have never before [Read More…]
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Depending upon when it was distributed, a given Westell Wirespeed may be preconfigured to use a truck VP/VC of 0/35 or 8/35. When using such a device on a newer DSL circuit, it may be necessary to change this configuration using the Westell Management Utility.
- Download and install the Westell Management Utility. A program named "Westell ADSL Management" should appear in your programs folder.
- Load the Westell ADSL Management program.
- Click "Advanced"
- In the Configuration section of the following screen, click the button labeled "Configure..."
- On the following screen, use the following settings:
- VPI (0-255) should be set to 0.
- Mark the "Enable" checkbox next to the column with the following settings:
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- Mark the checkbox labeled "Forward Broadcast."
- Mark the checkbox labeled "Forward IP Multicast."
- Click the button labeled "Set" to finish. The Westell Wirespeed will take a moment to load its new settings, after which it should begin working.
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- LINK: This is the LAN light.
- ACTIVITY: This is the Transmit and the Receive activity indicator
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ACTING president Mariano Rajoy has rejected King Felipe VI's official proposal for the PP leader to be first to attempt to create a government.
With a hung election result – the most divided in Spain's democratic history – Felipe VI has staged a series of formal meetings with the lead candidates of all parties which won at least one seat in Parliament through the general elections in December.
Normally, at this stage, he would merely be greeting and formally approving the head of the winning party as new – or continuing – president of the country.
But this time, the Monarch's role in Spain's political future is far more centre stage – in fact, the Royal Head of State has not been such an influential figure at election time since Felipe VI's father, the abdicated King Juan Carlos I, helped Spain through the transition to democracy in 1975 along with the first president of the newly dictatorship-free country, Adolfo Suárez.
The winning candidate would normally be officially nominated for presidency and invited by the King to form a government, and as Mariano Rajoy has been president until now and his party has gained the most seats – a total of 119 after four left to join the Grupo Mixto, or 'unaffiliated politicians' bench – Felipe VI formally asked Rajoy to stand for the in-house presidential voting.
But Rajoy has refused to do so, saying he does not have sufficient support from other parties.
He needs at least a simple majority to vote for him to be invested as president, meaning persuading those who do not wish to do so to abstain rather than voting against.
None of the other parties are prepared to vote for him, and his direct rivals – the socialists – are hoping to form a government of their own with the required 176-seat majority to stop the PP getting back in office.
Rajoy concludes that he will not win a confidence vote from enough MPs to give him the presidency for another four years.
This is a different situation to his predecessor - socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero also won the 2008 elections without a majority, but a confidence vote in Parliament meant he was able to govern for a second term.
Now King Felipe's nomination of Rajoy has been turned down, the Monarch will start another round of meetings with party leaders this week.
Speculation is rife that now Rajoy has rejected the nomination, Felipe VI may ask PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez to try to form a new government instead.
Initially, Rajoy said he would stand for the in-house voting round, but after Sánchez said he was willing to consider ideas presented by left-wing independent party Podemos – the third-largest political power with 69 seats to the PSOE's 89 – to enable the two parties to form a coalition, the PP leader has changed his mind.
Podemos' leader, Pablo Iglesias revealed he had told King Felipe he was seeking to create a 'government of change' with the PSOE and United Left (Izquierda Unida, or IU), which has two seats in Parliament, and that he was looking to become deputy president.
Iglesias also hopes that if Podemos does manage to enter in government, his party members would be given the jobs of ministers for economy, social welfare, defence and interior.
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An honest Middle East broker?
US Vice-President Joe Biden's condemnation of Israel over a controversial building project in Arab East Jerusalem hit the headlines last week, after he remarked that Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes had "undermined the trust required for productive negotiations".
During a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Biden said the US would play an active and sustained role in the peace process and warned that it was "incumbent on both sides not to complicate the process".
When President Barack Obama took office last year, expectations were high that the US would become a truly honest broker in the Middle East. On balance the Bush administration tended to be too supportive of Israeli policies, paid only lip service to a two-state solution and gave far more importance to Israel's strategic alliance with the US than the need for a just solution to the Palestinian question.
When Mr Obama succeeded George Bush it was hoped the new administration would adopt more of a balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. During his 14 months in office Mr Obama has said the right things about the need for a Palestinian state and during his first speech to the UN General Assembly last September he criticised Israel over its settlements policy, saying: "We continue to emphasise that America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israel settlements."
Last November, Mr Obama warned Israel that its approval of the construction of new Jewish settlements near Jerusalem could prove "very dangerous" by fuelling Palestinian anger and harming prospects for peace. "I think that additional settlement building does not contribute to Israel's security. I think it makes it harder for them to make peace with their neighbours," Obama had said.
Unfortunately, however, the Obama administration has so far achieved very little in the ME and has failed to kickstart the peace process. Up until now, its leverage over the right-wing Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has proved to be minimal.
Mr Biden arrived in the Middle East in a bid to get the peace process started again, but Israel's announcement over the new settlements amounted to a humiliation for the Obama administration or, to quote the Financial Times: "a kick in the teeth".
Some observers argue that the US needs to adopt a stronger tone with Israel in view of its hardline policy. For example, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's declaration last October that Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement on a partial (not total) freeze of new settlements (not including Jerusalem) was "unprecedented in the context of prior to negotiations" can be viewed as American submission in the face of intense Israeli pressure.
Israel certainly has very strong ties with the US and has a lot of friends in Congress and the State Department, not to mention the Defence Department and intelligence services. Breaking ranks with Israel is obviously not easy for the Americans, even though in the circumstances it is the right thing to do.
Last month, for example, American Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec was strongly pressured by the US State Department not to attend an international conference in Malta on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after it was boycotted by two Israeli MPs.
Instead, to his credit, Prof. Kmiec - who obviously had the support of the White House - remained at the conference, which he addressed, saying he was speaking neither as "Israel's lawyer nor Palestine's apologist".
Prior to Mr Biden's visit the Israelis and Palestinians had agreed to indirect talks, through George Mitchell, the US special envoy - hardly a breakthrough, but at least a start - but these were cancelled by the Palestinians after news emerged about the new Jerusalem settlements.
This is perhaps what the Israelis hoped would happen and it is indeed difficult to believe Mr Netanyahu's claim that he had no prior knowledge of the decision by the Jerusalem authorities about the settlements.
Even if he was really kept in the dark about the approval of the new housing projects, his 'apology' to Mr Biden cannot be taken seriously because he expressed regret only for the "unfortunate timing" of the decision. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was correct to dismiss Netany-ahu's statement, saying it was "unacceptable because it talks about an error in timing and not an error in substance".
The Obama administration will now have to come to terms with the fact that it has so far fared poorly in its attempt to get the Palestinians and Israelis together at the negotiating table. It has not been helped by the presence of a hardline right-wing government in Israel, but the time is ripe to consider additional pressure on the Jewish state.
Perhaps Mr Obama should remember what President George Bush (senior) had said in 1991 - namely that Israel could no longer take unconditional US support for granted.
When addressing his Israeli hosts, Mr Biden remarked that "sometimes only a friend can deliver the hardest truth". This is exactly what Washington must keep on doing, emphasising that the continuous building of Jewish settlements is not in Israel's long-term interest, is counterproductive and makes Israel less secure as a country.
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Caldwell College invites applications for an open rank faculty position in the Department of Nursing to start in the beginning of the 2013/2014 academic year. Candidates are expected to be committed to excellence in teaching, able to provide evidence of active scholarly work and service to the college and community. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: teaching/coordinating year round nursing courses; participating in committee work and course meetings; advising students and holding office hours; preparing clinical assignments and supervising clinical groups; and, engaging in scholarly and service activities.
A Master's degree in nursing, clinical experience and current New Jersey licensure are required. A doctorate in nursing or a related field is preferred. Prior teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate level is strongly desired.Candidates with experience in either pediatric or psychiatric/mental health specialty areas is a plus and experience in simulation learning and distance education are desired. The department is seeking applicants who desire to work in a collaborative environment, participate in developing new programs, and apply their expertise in multicultural communities. Candidates must be willing to support the Catholic Dominican mission of the college.
Founded in 1939 by the Sisters of Saint Dominic, Caldwell College is a four-year Catholic liberal arts coeducational college enrolling approximately 2000 full and part-time students in both graduate and undergraduate programs of study. The college is located on a beautiful 70-acre wooded campus in a suburban setting in Caldwell, New Jersey, just 20 miles west of New York City. For more information, visit www.caldwell.edu.
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The Lake Forest Library is a public library whose mission is to make accessible to all residents of the city, as economically and effectively as possible, books and other information resources and services for the community, of Lake Forest. To fulfill this purpose, every reasonable effort will be made to furnish materials and services on a wide range of subjects. Lake Forest Library will be a repository for free expressions of individuals where residents of the community may examine, study and evaluate all sides of a variety of issues.


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I don't think programmers are considered to be an especially emotional bunch. But one thing that we can certainly be emotional about is the formatting and layout of code. My eyes bleed when I see an opening bracket on the same line as a function. My knees hurt when people don't leave exactly one blank line between two functions. But here's the thing - unless I am coding on my pet project at home, my personal preferences doesn't really matter. And as a member of a team, your personal preferences shouldn't matter to you either.
It's easy to confuse a coding style with a coding standard as these words are not used consistently. I consider a coding standard to include both a coding style and additional rules that go beyond merely formatting. For example, a rule like "functions returning success or failure shall use an integer as return type" does not belong in a coding style. Within the context of this post a coding style refers simply to a document describing how code should be formatted. The rules set out in a coding style typically cover topics like:
A coding style is written for a specific programming language and can be seen as "the conventions we follow". If you are lucky you were at the company at the time things were being agreed upon, but reality is that coding styles often see many developers come and go through their lifetime. In my eyes there are three major advantages to using a coding style:
Software implemented by one programmer today may need to be maintained by another programmer tomorrow. When coding style is consistent across the code base the other programmer is able to quickly glance at new code and infer meaning to it based on the conventions used. If your coding style specifies that only constants shall be written in all caps, then you can infer that a variable is constant when you come across an all caps name. Similarly, if your coding style specifies how package imports shall be ordered, then you immediately know where to look for one. This makes the code easier to maintain.
Collective ownership means that all programmers are responsible for all the code. Collective ownership is a good thing because it increases the bus factor, i.e. the number of programmers that can get hit by a bus before the project suffers terminal illness. Sticking to a common coding style throughout the code base makes the code comfortable for all developers to work with.
On the contrary, programmers using their own personal coding style in a large code base, may end up starting a battle for territory, not unlike our friends from the animal kingdom:
Scent marking (also known as spraying or territorial marking) is behavior used by animals to identify their territory. Most commonly, this is accomplished by depositing strong-smelling substances, sometimes by urinating on prominent objects within the territory. Wikipedia.
Personal coding styles are like dog urin and big fat fingerprints. They leave marks in the code and create barriers between programmers.
Every programmer has strong feelings about coding style. These feelings are rooted in vanity and a discussion with a college regarding whether to use white space around keywords is likely to get heated. But guess what - it really doesn't matter. You will gain the advantages of easier maintainability and collective ownership regardless of how you use white space around keywords, as long as you all do the same thing. In these situations, just follow the coding style blindly.
You don't have to like it. If you are not satisfied with a certain rule, just direct your anger towards the coding style like the Christians direct their anger towards God. And then get on with some real work. This is much more constructive than engaging in lengthy discussions about things that does not matter.
Just having a coding style will not benefit you unless, of course, it is actually followed. To some extend you don't need to enforce it manually. Many code editors, for example Eclipse, can be configured to enforce coding style. Even if your editor does not support this, there are tools that automatically applies a coding style to a file. In my team we use indent and uncrustify. I have also heard good things about ReSharper. Rules that cannot be enforced automatically, e.g. naming conventions, can be enforced through the code review process you are probably already using.Home


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A lot of their design decisions make sense, or are that particular sort of common sense that a lot of games never get round to. Their enemy AI will take up cover positions, but they understand the difference between valid cover and compromised positions, so they move off if you blow holes in the wall they're crouched behind. Recognising the limitations of console hardware, they bias the destructible environment programming toward objects that influence gameplay. When there's an opportunity to split the squad up, it's not just a foil for branching co-op ala Gears of War, but an opportunity to change the dynamic of the group, which also affects the sorts of conversations they have with you as you move through an area.
They also recognise the inherent problem with their squad-morale system. As Smith says, if you make two or three mistakes and morale dips, it starts to create a cascade. "Now we're game designers, so we anticipated the cascade and we do some things to correct it - you know, we don't want to create a positive feedback loop - but it is still an interesting challenge to tune it." In dealing with story elements, they prefer in-engine cinematics to cut-scenes ("Half-Life 2" is mentioned a few times in reference to this), and they never take you out of the first-person perspective. In fact, one of the examples they show is a tense chat with an embittered trailer-park gas-station owner, as you wander around the inside of a small hangar, where the exposition's interrupted as he walks past a window and an enemy smashes its fist through the pane.
The question is whether the contradiction ends up bending toward the desirable whole that's sketched out for us by the developer, and despite our hands-on time the answer's still elusive. Combat is frantic, but slightly flat - perhaps because certain elements are still missing. Certainly Smith wants to use the next 90 days for polish, and he's determined to avoid a repeat of the situations he encountered working at Origin, Ion Storm and Looking Glass, where one gamer saw an incredible immersive world, and another shot a guy, noticed that the bloke standing next to him had no idea he had, and dismissed the whole game in an instant. Right now, you can set off a grenade here and an enemy over there doesn't notice, and if that's the ball-game for Smith, then perhaps it's safe to take the other things that aren't quite there yet on trust.
Or not. But it's worth keeping an eye open for the second demo they're preparing for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and PC, and we're certainly keen to play the final game to see how it develops. We're also told to expect full-length campaign co-op, and multiplayer modes beyond the usual deathmatch/team deathmatch/capture-the-flag tryst. "Human vs. Reborn" is an unknown quantity, but Siege will be a sort of capture-and-hold scenario where you can apparently capture enemies as you play.
Overall then it's enthusiasm, but also caution. Maybe the best example is the battle with the octopus monster. You're swooping back and forth in a helicopter as this gigantic office-block of a multi-limbed enemy straddles the bridge across a valley, firing into its face, until inevitably it's taken out by a climax of sidewinders. As it tumbles, it clings onto the bridge - and life - desperately, even as it slips inexorably toward inevitable death, crushed beneath tons of rubble hundreds of metres below, and you believe in that creature; everything about it tells you it's there and it knows it's about to die. But really, all you did to kill it was hold down the right trigger and point hopefully in its direction. All at once Blacksite is the things the developers say and the games we've all played before. So there's a gap for the game to jump. Finding out if it does seems like a worthwhile pursuit, but mainly because of the personnel. Join us again in a few months for the answer.
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This book covers the new-style objects (introduced a long time ago in Python 2.2). Examples are valid for Python 2.5 and all the way to Python 3.x.
This book is not for absolute beginners. It is for people who already know Python (some Python at least), and want to know more.
You should be familiar with the different kinds of objects in Python and not be confused when you come across the term type where you expected class. You can read the first part of this series for background information - Python Types and Objects.
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Charges dismissed
Charges laid against a Wilmot woman for allegedly attempting to defraud Kings West MLA Leo Glavine were dismissed during a Jan. 28 court appearance.
Wendy Gail Tooker, 41, was charged in May 2013 with attempting to obtain money from Glavine of a value not exceeding $5,000 by false pretense. She entered a not guilty plea Sept. 23. The charges were dropped before the trial began.
Mixed decision in Kingston home invasion case
Kaz Henry Cox, 34, and Shawn Christopher Smith, 35, both of Berwick, were found not guilty during a trial held Feb. 4 in Kentville provincial court. The duo were facing charges of break and enter, theft and assault connected to an alleged home invasion in Kingston in June 2013. They entered not guilty pleas in June and July 2013, respectively.
On Feb. 4, a co-accused, Phillip Wayne Clayton, 40, also of Berwick, was found guilty on the charge of assault. He returns to court March 31 for sentencing.
Impaired driving
In Kentville provincial court Feb. 3, Robert Wayne Wentzell, 37, of Canning, was levied fines of $1,430 and $130 respectively after pleading guilty to charges of refusing a breathalyzer test by a police officer and mischief, both laid Nov. 30, 2013 at Old Baxter Mill Road, Kings County.
The court also imposed a one-year driving prohibition on Wentzell.
Edward Foley, 60, of New Minas, was ordered by the court to submit to one day in custody, deemed served, during a Feb. 4 appearance in Kentville provincial court.
Foley pleaded guilty to assault, resisting arrest and two counts of breaching a no-contact order. The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred in New Minas between Jan. 19 and 26 and on Jan. 28.
The court also ordered Foley to complete a 12-month period of probation.
Jail time
David Charles Zinck, 36, of Kentville, appeared in Kentville provincial court Feb. 5 for sentencing on May 1, 2013 charges of assault and breach of probation, laid in Harbourville.
He was also facing an additional breach of probation charge, laid Feb. 24, 2013.
Zinck pleaded guilty to all charges and was ordered to serve 21 days in custody, which he can serve intermittently on weekends. He was also ordered to submit to a DNA order and attend probation during his sentence and for one year after.


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Every year, each member of my family chooses an ornament is representative of their year. This is the layout commemorating the ornaments for 2007.
Footnote: It has been some time since I have scrapped and I am aware that this layout needs something (specifically in the bottom right to anchor it); however, I am so happy to be getting things down again that I decided not to obsess and shut down over it. I decided to declare it finished, as is, to help me start scrapping again, but will happily accept any suggestions.


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He wants to retool the horror in 3D
Looks like George A Romero might take a break from zombies in the near future: Variety reports that the horror icon is looking to tackle a remake of Dario Argento's Deep Red. And not just that, but he wants to make the new version in… (dun... dun... duuuur!) 3D.
Romero is apparently deep into negotiations to direct the new movie based on the 1975 giallo classic, which sees a pianist investigating a serial slaughterer's spree, only to discover that the killer is seemingly one step ahead at every turn.
It's not the first time the two have been linked, as Argento collaborated on Day Of The Dead, and they co-directed Two Evil Eyes way back in 1990. But while Dario won't be directly involved in any way in the new movie, his brother Claudio has written a script for the film.
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(Not sure how much of this I can get through before my iTelephone battery gives out.)
Have been remarkably slack about these Week Notes: after writing that first post about them back in February (week #1964) I've written precisely zero since then. Is this struggle with adopting new habits one I'll face for the remaining 2,494 weeks I'm expecting to be here?
Anyway, what have I been up to? A fair bit of planning – though it never feels like enough. A fair bit of day-to-day busywork – though it never feels like enough. Have enjoyed how Twitter and now Yammer are increasingly being used at work. That's all good fun. I like the way it feels like it's being done without a point at the moment. We're just playing around, connecting up, seeing what happens.
Spent a very pleasant hour or so last Friday afternoon with a colleague who was after some help with a business process map she was trying to write. Just how are staff development needs identified, expressed, signed off and responded to? Working over a cuppa, using a biro and several scribbled-filled sheets of paper, a neat, succinct chart emerged. (Swim lanes!) As if often the case with these things, software comes last — cups of tea and chats come first.


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Since its establishment (circa April 2000), Luxury LifeStyle Property Management has grown tremendously. Sellers seeking value have come to increasingly appreciate and depend on LLPM for higher standards of real estate representation in Orlando, Kissimmee, Davenport and across Central Florida.


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Salle grew up in Wichita, Kan., and from 1973 to 1975 attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he studied with John Baldessari. In 1976 he moved to New York City, where he found work in a publishing house that specialized in romance and pornography magazines and began to collect images from their its archive. His earliest work involved the strategy of overlaying images, and this quickly became his signature style.
Salle's paintings reflect what is essentially a collage aesthetic, whereby he takes images out of their original context and recontextualizes them into complex ensembles. Like Robert Rauschenberg before him, Salle denies any hierarchy of subject matter by including both "high" and "low" imagery in a single canvas: famous art masterpieces with cartoon figures, high-end designed objects with pornographic imagery, and ornamental motifs with reproductions of newspaper photos, for example. In addition to mixing high and low imagery, Salle also mixes differing styles, including contour line drawings, modeled motifs, found objects, grisaille, crudely rendered images, and highly polished forms. Although he denied any iconographic intent in his pictures, his consistent use of aggressively posed nude women has elicited much response from feminists and others who object to the voyeuristic nature of his work.


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Like all clubs, the Cardinals have been busy in recent weeks, saying good-bye to some players while adding others.
In this article, I will provide my assessment of most of the moves made by the team since the end of the season, looking at two factors. First, considering everything, I rated each move as good (+), neutral (=) or bad (-). That is the primary sort of the 30 actions listed.
The second rating is that of impact in 2006 – high (H), medium (M) or low (L). Obviously, the best moves are those which are both good as well as high impact for this coming season (+H). The worst ones would be bad plus high impact (-H).
Not surprisingly, a quick scan of the list supports my contention that considering the environment around them, the Cardinals have generally made decent moves this offseason. Of course, this is one man's opinion.
Good moves (+)
+ H Picked up 2006 option on Jeff Suppan.
This was a no-brainer. Keeping a pitcher of Suppan's ability for $4 million will continue to pay dividends and also leaves open the potential to move another starter via trade.
+ M Traded Ray King to
I call this medium impact because King was damaged goods already and would have needed to have been replaced, anyway. Miles will compete for a spot on the 2006 squad, but the key to the deal was Bigbie. He should come into spring training as the leading candidate to start in left field. If Bigbie is decent, it would be a fine return for the lefty specialist, especially when you consider that Bigbie cannot be a free agent for three more years.
+ M Lost Matt Morris to
Morris was a fine pitcher for a
long time for the Cardinals. Yet, last season, he was arguably the fourth-best
starter on his own team. Letting him go was the right decision, but it should
have been done more quickly. Morris can and will be replaced by players younger
and far cheaper than the three years, $27 million he received from
+ M Signed Junior Spivey to a one-year contract.
In the tradition of bargain pick-ups at the position such as Tony Womack and Mark Grudzielanek, bringing in Spivey to be the 2006 second baseman on one-year deal may end up just like the last two guys. Either Spivey will play so well that he will price himself out of the Cardinals plans for 2007, or he will be injured again and not be worth keeping. Still, for a single season, this could turn into another great buy.
+ M Signed Sidney Ponson to a one-year contract.
See Spivey above. The one difference in Ponson's case is that in 12 months, he may feel an allegiance to the Cardinals for giving him a chance after he was released by the Orioles. Of course, the assumption is that he performs well enough that the Cardinals would want him back in 2007.
I don't think that is a stretch at all. Remember that Ponson won 17 games in 2003, 14 of them through July for an Orioles squad who only won 71 the entire season. While some consider him a long shot just to make the roster, in my view the only question is when Ponson will join the rotation. My money is on April.
+ L Lost Mark
Grudzielanek to
It had to happen. The two years,
$7 million that
+ L Lost Einar Diaz
For whatever reason, Diaz was not trusted behind the plate and lost his formerly trustworthy bat somewhere on top of it, making him close to worthless to the Cardinals. Losing significant playing time to journeyman Mike Mahoney was the writing on the wall for Diaz.
+ L Declined option on Larry Walker. Lost to retirement.
I hope the rumor started by
+ L Non-tendered Mike Mahoney.
The journeyman catcher signed a minor league deal with the Cubs. Best of luck to him, but the Cards can and should have a stronger backup behind Yadier Molina in 2006.
+ L Non-tendered Bo Hart.
No one can take away those shining moments in 2003, nor can they ignore the two-plus seasons of sheer Triple-A averageness that followed. It was past time for Hart to move on and try his luck elsewhere.
+ L Non-tendered Scott Seabol.
Seabol is another journeyman who
received far more at-bats in 2005 in
+ L Non-tendered Mike Lincoln.
The Cardinals have already
invested a lot in
+ L Outrighted Rhett Parrott to
Parrott's star has fallen, so his removal from the 40-man roster and exile to Triple-A did not surprise anyone. Perhaps he can return from surgery and restore some of his lost luster in preparation for 2007, but the team needed his roster spot now.
+ L Signed John Riedling to a non-roster deal with spring training invite.
Riedling had a couple of decent years with the Reds once upon a time but the last three, two in Cincinnati and one in Florida, were not good. Low risk, low reward signing.
+ L Signed Dennis Tankersley to a non-roster deal with spring training invite.
Whatever happened to Mr.
Tankersley, anyway? He was the #2 prospect in the Padres' system and #16 in all
of baseball in 2002, according to Baseball
Neutral moves (=)
= H Signed Juan Encarnacion to a three-year contract.
$15 million sounds like a lot of
money now, but I suspect by the end of this three-year contract, the 29-year-old
will have been a bargain. Mark my words - I predict that Juan's 2006 and 2007
stats as a Cardinal will be superior to Reggie Sanders' in
= H Signed Braden Looper to a three-year contract.
Like I have said before, it is all about whether the 2004 Looper model (good) or the 2005 model (bad) is the one who signed with the Cardinals. The team badly needed an Al Reyes replacement and may have picked up Izzy closer insurance as part of the package, too.
= M Lost Reggie Sanders to
No disrespect to Reggie, but with his history and at his age, the decision to let him go was easy. Still, I listed this as medium impact since Sanders was a starter and because the Cardinals wasted a good chance at a first-round draft pick in return by not offering arbitration.
= M Lost Julian Tavarez to TBD as a free agent.
Another one where I have no problem with what was done, but instead in how it was accomplished. If Scott Boras actually gets Tavarez a four-year deal somewhere, he is even better than I thought. But, the Cards chickening out on arbitration blew a very high likelihood of receiving two first-rounders in return.
= M Signed Ricardo Rincon to a two-year contract.
A little old, a little expensive, but should be passable. If Tyler Johnson and Carmen Cali could step up behind Randy Flores, Rincon would be unnecessary. More likely he will be needed, though.
= M Did not sign then-free agent Brian Giles.
I really have mixed emotions about this one. Did the Cards lose out on Giles because of the Burnett flirtation? We'll never know, but we do know that Giles was the impact outfield free agent bat this offseason. However, his price was high and his age may become a significant issue before his contract is up. Still, a career .413 on-base-percentage player in the #2 hole would have been sweet.
= M Added Travis Hanson to 40-man roster.
Arguably the highest-ceiling
position player in the system who is anywhere near the majors, Hanson is still
at least a year away. He needs to shine in
= L Lost Al Reyes to TBD as a free agent.
On one hand, Reyes was arguably
the best pitcher in the Cardinals' pen in 2005. However, one year before, he was
a 33-year-old journeyman signing on with his sixth team. He will be difficult to
replace, but still, the Cards got something for nothing. Reyes still could be
back on a rehab contract ala
= L Signed Brian Daubach to a non-roster deal with spring training invite.
Getting Daubach isn't quite as bad as the Greg Vaughn signing a few springs ago, but it is along the same vein - guy near the end of the line soaking up spring training at-bats that should go to a younger player. We're not talking Will Clark here. Heck, I'd rather see Chris Duncan in there than Daubach. The only saving grace is that Daubach can be dispatched to minor league camp if he shows little.
= L Selected Juan Mateo from Cubs in Rule 5 draft.
Low risk move and low impact in 2006. Jumping from A-ball to the majors is quite a step, though. I am not sure the 2006 Cardinals can afford to be that patient.
= L Added Brendan Ryan to 40-man roster.
A bit of a surprise to have been added to the 40-man roster, as Ryan doesn't yet seem to be that close. Still, if he can demonstrate that he can handle both second base and shortstop and can hit at Triple-A, the promise may come to pass. Even so, it shouldn't be in 2006.
Bad Moves (-)
- M Did not sign then-free agent A.J. Burnett.
Why bother chasing free agents that you don't have the resources to capture? While the Cardinals wasted no money here, a lot of time and energy was, along with the bad publicity that comes with being a loser. Only when the postseason arrives, could the possibility of Burnett being missed arise.
- M Signed Deivi Cruz to a one-year contract.
Frankly, I am not wild about this deal. There is no upside with Cruz at this point. He'll be 33 years old in his tenth season. The only reason I called this medium impact is that despite having played only 13 career games at third base, Cruz may be coming into camp as Scott Rolen's backup. Actually, I hope Hector Luna becomes the Abraham Nunez infield supersub, rendering Cruz expendable.
- L Signed Gary Bennett to a one-year contract.
$800,000 that could have been better allocated elsewhere. Give Michel Hernandez a shot and if he can do the job as backup catcher, send Bennett packing.
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