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All issues Volume 39 / No 4 (July-August 2008) Vet. Res., 39 4 (2008) 34 Abstract
Prion diseases in animals
How to cite this article: Vet. Res. (2008) 39:34
Approaches to investigating transmission of spongiform encephalopathies in domestic animals using BSE as an example
Marion Mathieson Simmons1, John Spiropoulos1, Stephen Anthony Charles Hawkins1, Susan Jane Bellworthy1 and Susan Carol Tongue2
1 Pathology Department, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
2 Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
Received 29 October 2007; accepted 12 February 2008; published online 15 February 2008
Abstract - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was a novel spongiform encephalopathy, in an hitherto unaffected species, that had characteristics of a point source epidemic, with an agent that could have been incorporated into a wide variety of feedstuffs and iatrogenically administered to naïve populations, and there was early evidence that it was not restricted to bovines. It was vital to establish, albeit experimentally, which other species might be affected, and whether the epidemic could be maintained by natural transmission, if the source was removed. In contrast, scrapie has been endemic throughout Great Britain for centuries, is maintained naturally (even if we don't know exactly how) and has a known host range. The principles, process and integration of evidence from different types of studies, however, are similar for both of these transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) and can be applied to any emerging or suspected spongiform encephalopathy. This review discusses the experimental approaches used to determine TSE transmissibility and infectivity and how they relate to natural disease and control measures.
Key words: TSE / transmission / natural / experimental / domestic animals
Corresponding author: m.m.simmons@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
PrP genetics in ruminant transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
TSE pathogenesis in cattle and sheep
Prion agent diversity and species barrier
Protective effect of the AT$_{137}$RQ and ARQK$_{176}$ PrP allele against classical scrapie in Sarda breed sheep
Progress and limits of PrP gene selection policy


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St. Kitts and Nevis had a relatively simple system of public and private financial institutions in the 1980s. As a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS--see Glossary), it had as its central monetary authority the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), headquartered in Basseterre. St. Kitts and Nevis also used the Eastern Caribbean dollar as its medium of economic exchange; it was pegged to the United States dollar at a rate of EC$2.70 to US$1.00 in 1987.
The two islands had six financial institutions in 1986, including both foreign and domestic concerns. Barclays Bank, the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Bank of Nova Scotia represented foreign interests, whereas domestic institutions included the St. Kitts and Nevis National Bank, the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, and the Nevis Co-operative Bank. Financial assistance was also provided by multilateral institutions, such as the CDB and the World Bank (see Glossary).
By the mid-1980s, savings levels had been deteriorating steadily since 1978. By 1981 they had become negative, forcing foreign savings to become the base for lending to both the public and the private sectors. Public sector borrowing increased in the 1980s because of the deteriorating fiscal situation caused in part by the fall in sugar tax revenues. Additionally, the private sector was saving less and purchasing more, particularly consumer durables.

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Partners Margaret Oertling Cupples, Angela Holt and Patricia Head Moskal Named Among Top 250 Women in Litigation
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that partners Margaret Oertling Cupples, Angela Holt and Patricia Head Moskal are listed in the inaugural edition of the Top 250 Women in Litigation. Published by Legal Media Group, a division of British financial publisher Euromoney Institutional Investor, the guide honors female litigators in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia for their achievements as trial lawyers.
The top 250 female litigators were chosen from among leading trial lawyers in their respective states according to the 2012 edition of the peer-reviewed publication Benchmark Litigation, also published by Euromoney Legal Media Group.
"We congratulate Margaret, Angela and Patricia on this well-deserved honor that singles them out as among the most accomplished women trial lawyers in the nation," said firm Chairman Beau Grenier. "Their skills and passion as litigators make them great champions for our clients as well as outstanding role models for other women attorneys at our firm and in the profession as a whole."
Cupples focuses her practice on civil appeals and commercial litigation, including asbestos, benzene and silica mass-tort and products liability cases, as well as insurance sales practices, consumer finance, and general commercial litigation. Managing partner of the firm's Jackson, Miss., office, Cupples earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law. She also has a B.A., magna cum laude, from Trinity University.
A registered patent attorney who works out of the firm's Huntsville, Ala., office, Holt centers her practice on intellectual property matters, as well as commercial and business and technology issues. Her cases have involved patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, government contracting disputes including bid protests, domain‐name disputes, breach of contract, employee disputes, and restrictive covenants. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law and also has a B.S., with honors, from Auburn University.
Moskal has more than 25 years of experience handling business and commercial litigation, with a focus on state and local tax litigation, appellate litigation, and government contracts and bid protests. She also has significant experience with class actions, contracts and business disputes, insurance litigation, real estate litigation, and municipal law matters. She has a J.D., with highest honors, from the University of Tennessee College of Law and a B.A. from Indiana University. Moskal is based in the firm's Nashville, Tenn., office.
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Depa Group's chief, Hamish Tyrwhitt, praised the company's backlog of work.
Published: 6 August 2018 - 12:34 a.m.
Depa Group's contract win for a prestigious Riyadh transport project bolstered its revenue growth during the first six months of 2018.
The fit-out company, a subsidiary of regional construction heavyweight Arabtec Holding, said its revenues increased by 2% year-on-year, rising from $227m (AED834.6m) in H1 2017 to $232m (AED852.2m) in H1 2018.
Its $4.7m (AED17.6m) year-on-year revenue growth was fueled by a number of factors, including contract wins in the Middle East.
A strong focus on work in Gulf countries benefited Depa Group, as the firm reported a strong backlog valued at $514.6m (AED1.8bn), up 5% on its figures from 31 December, 2017.
Depa Interiors, one of the business units within Depa Group, won a fit-out contract for a "significant transport project" in Riyadh, which is valued at $21.7m (AED80m).
Its Middle East-based unit Deco, focused on retail and commercial fit-outs, won work on luxury projects in the UAE.
This included fit-outs for French fashion house Chanel's store at Dubai Mall and the Gucci boutique at Mall of the Emirates. The business unit has also secured a commercial fit-out contract for a government client.
Depa Group said in a financial statement that it would focus on winning work that generates profit in core markets and delivers long-term shareholder value, backed by its already-solid pipeline of work.
Hamish Tyrwhitt, group chief executive officer of Arabtec Holding and Depa Group, said the firm would continue to push for greater efficiency and innovation to generate profit in the future.
"The group has announced several project awards in recent months, demonstrating the progress the group is making in building its backlog," he continued.
"These project wins with repeat clients are further testimony to the reputation and market-leading position that the group's key business units command.
"The group continues to focus on driving efficiencies, productivity, and encouraging innovation and harmonisation across the group's key business units, along with winning projects capable of generating a cash-backed profit in our addressable market. We are now well on the path to achieving our goal of maximising long-term sustainable shareholder value."
Trywhitt is one of the leaders who was featured in the 2018 Construction Week Power 100, ranked as the third most-influential person in the Middle East's built environment this year.


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Every writer out there knows the simple and often daunting truth, that when it comes to writing, it is at times a lonely path. Louise Philips tells how Inkwell helped smooth the way to success.
The relationship between the writer and the proverbial blank page, whether it is a sheet in a journal, or on your laptop/pc screen, is a relationship which you enter into alone. Your characters, your story, the emotions, humour, sadness and fear, etched within the lines you create, all come from a place inside you. However, very early on in my writing career I learned another truth. Even though writing is by nature something you do alone, your writing journey is completely different.
When I started writing, I joined a writing group in Lucan, and met a great bunch of people. I realised I was not alone, that other people out there shared my passion for writing, and every second Saturday huddled in the back room of Lucan Library, stories and poems were created and enjoyed in an atmosphere of support.
A couple of years back, I heard about another writing community, Inkwell, when author Sarah Webb told me about a new and exciting crime writing workshop being organised by Vanessa O Loughlin. I signed up straight away not realising that a whole new chapter of my writing journey would begin. I remember the first morning I arrived at Killiney Castle for the early morning cup of tea/coffee, and I met Vanessa. The first thing which struck me about Vanessa was how friendly she was. Right from the beginning she put me at my ease, and I knew that I would enjoy the day ahead of me.
At the time I attended the first workshop, I had no idea how Inkwell, this brainchild of Vanessa O'Loughlin would change my life. Vanessa, recognised from early on there was something missing in the writing community, and set about establishing not just a series of workshops and talks for writers, but a network where established writers, aspiring writers, publishers, editors, and all other facets and aspects of the writing world came together with one goal in mind, to support upcoming writers.
Sometimes in life doing things alone is not always the best path. Through that first meeting with Vanessa, my writing journey changed. A couple of months after the workshop, I attended a Publishing Day, again organised through Inkwell. I may not have learned very much about actual writing on the day, but I learned a great deal about the world I would live and breathe, should I achieve my lifetime ambition of becoming a published novelist.
I learned about agents, editors, margins on sales. I learned about the type of genres which were popular at the time, and the size of audience out there for them. We were told, you should only ever write about things you feel passionate about, things which intrigue you, fascinate you, things which will get you and the reader to turn the page. But I also learned, the nuts and bolts of the industry, receiving information which wasn't available anywhere else.
I have met many wonderful people along the writing path, new writers, established writers, facilitators, and in the main, there is a tremendously generous writing community in Ireland, but Inkwell brought something new, it brought together this world in an informative, interactive, and supportive environment which had not previously existed.
One of the aspects of Inkwell which I found invaluable right from the very beginning was the Inkwell Newsletter, again a brainchild of Vanessa O'Loughlin. It gave me information about upcoming events, competitions, minor and major success stories of fellow writers, many of whom became part of my network of writing friends. The newspaper was a constant connection to writing life, which helped my writing world grow, and soon I became one of the success stories within it. Whether it was winning a local writing competition, or being asked to do a reading at the library, Vanessa put the information into the newsletter. When I was shortlisted for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Vanessa published my short story within the Rising Stars Section of the Inkwell website. Later, when I embarked on my first novel, I knew Vanessa and Inkwell would be a connection which I could always call on for support.
Early this year, I availed of Inkwell/Writing.ie editing services. This was a service which was totally new to me, so I wasn't completely sure what to expect. Within a couple of days of sending my opening chapters and cover letter to Vanessa, she phoned me back. Together we spent over an hour discussing the work in depth, not just the opening chapters and synopsis, but the pitch letter, proposed author profile, agents, and means of increasing my social media network. I went off with all this valuable knowledge, and I reworked my chapters, synopsis and pitch letter. I created a separate author profile for submission with the proposed pack for prospective agents/publishers. I joined Twitter, something which I had adamantly avoided until my telephone discussion with Vanessa. With the help of my blog www.louise-phillips.com , and joining Twitter, I very quickly got to know more people within the writing community, not just at home but throughout the world.
Little did I know that very soon after getting so much great advice from Vanessa that the most exciting element of my writing career to date would materialise. A couple of months back, I was thrilled when again via Vanessa, Ger Nichol, Literary Agent, agreed to read my first manuscript, a psychological crime thriller called RED RIBBONS. I was even more thrilled when Ger contacted me to say she loved the script and wanted to represent me. Working with Ger has been wonderful, and very soon after signing with her, my novel was accepted by a major publishing house, with contracts due to be signed by the end of this year.
Knowing my novel will be published, and reaching this point, is something I have dreamed about since being a little girl. A little girl, who loved collecting her books every two weeks from the library, or getting a brand new one from the local shop. It is a journey which I know others have made, and one which many others wish to follow, but it is one which is in my opinion, is best not done alone. It is one, which I would not have realised in the supportive, learning, and positive manner I have, had it not been for Inkwell and the writing community which it fosters. I cannot emphasis enough, what an asset being part of the Inkwell Writing Community has been for me, and I would encourage you, at no matter what juncture your writing journey is currently at, to become part of it.
Red Ribbons, Louise's debut novel was shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year in 2012, and in 2013, The Doll's House was also shortlisted and won the coveted award. Both books were bestsellers and Louise is currently writing her third novel.


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NOWCAST METV 9pm Weekday Evening
FORECAST: Warm, windy, storms late
Updated: 4:38 AM CDT Apr 6, 2021
Jonathan Conder
good Tuesday morning, everybody. Meteorologist Jonathan Condra Hear good news today is going to be pretty mild, but it's going to be pretty windy. We're gonna have those south winds 2025 gusting over 30 miles an hour. And there is a low rain chance today, but a rain chances are actually higher tonight with a few thunderstorms. But as moisture is returning again, we could get a little shower to pop up. It's a low chance about midday. Biggest impact on the winds today out of the South Panhandle central Oklahoma area, highlighted pink. That's where you see the highest chance to Gus 30 to 40 miles an hour. At least it's warm. Wind, right high seventies some eighties in southwestern Oklahoma. Sunset now 7 56. The rain chance today again very isolated during the day. I'm not too worried about the risk of severe weather. Tonight. There is a risk I'll be at low. Cold front comes through, triggers a line of storms. It's a 30% chance for Okay, see, When does that hit? This evening. Not likely, probably not till about three or four in the morning, and the rain is gone by daybreak. So this is during the overnight while you're sleeping. And then when you wake up again, it's gonna be pretty chilly as we go into your Wednesday. Now the risk of severe weather is very low. It's a level one now, not including. Okay, see? But in in punk is still water. What are you looking at? It's a wind and hail threat and for one inhale 60 mile per hour winds. Not worried about tornado risk. There's a very low tornado risk up in Kansas Now. There are some other storm chances a little bit later this week and next week. What kind of severe weather we're talking. Make sure you tune in Kiev. So five news. We're talking 4. 30 to 7 o'clock this morning on air online. A lot to talk about the winds by the way, they pick up again tomorrow, so we'll break it all down for you.
KOCO meteorologist Jonathan Conder says warm south winds bring a rain chance today and tonight.


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Q: Angular ngClick: only works in some cases I'm trying to override an  link with ng-click, but it only works when I have loaded the page using the base URL.
I realise this sounds weird, but you can see the consequence by comparing http://afmnew.herokuapp.com/ with http://afmnew.herokuapp.com/criteria/price/1 and using the buttons on the right to apply filters. In the latter case you will see the map flashes as it reloads, whereas in the former is simply deletes and adds the markers.
This is the key pieces of code, stating with the HTML:

    Budget
    Mid-range
    Fine dining

This is the relevant function in my controller. The controller definitely gets loaded when I use the longer URL as this controller processes the URL to apply the relevant filter. I don't know where to begin trying to track down the problem now.
angular.module 'afmnewApp'
.controller 'MainCtrl', (Restos, $stateParams, $state, Dictionary) ->

    this.reset = () ->
        console.log "MainCtrl: reset"
        this.data.offcanvas = false
        Restos.reset()

    apply = (q, v) ->
        Restos.data.headTitle = "The Amsterdam Foodie's top "+Restos.data.pageTitle
        Restos.data.metaDescription = "The Amsterdam Foodie's top "+Restos.data.pageTitle
        if v == 'price'
            Restos.data.pageTitle = Dictionary.prices[q-1].name + " "+ Dictionary.prices[q-1].suffix
            Restos.priceFilter parseInt q
        else
            Restos.data.pageTitle = Dictionary.cuisines[q].name + Dictionary.cuisines[q].suffix
            Restos.cuisineFilter q

    this.applyFilter = (event) ->
        console.log event.target.href
        event.preventDefault()
        params = event.target.href.match(/criteria\/(.*)\/(.*)$/)
        console.log("MainCtrl: applyFilter: ", params) if Restos.debug
        this.data.offcanvas = false
        # $state.transitionTo 'criteria', {criteria:params[1], q:params[2]}, {inherit:false}
        # stateObj =
        #    criteria: params[1]
        # history.pushState({}, "null", "criteria/"+params[1]+"/"+params[2]);
        apply params[2], params[1]

    this.data = Restos.data     # needed to pass click from navbar
    # preparePage = () ->
    console.log "MainCtrl: loading..."
    # Restos.data.offcanvas = false
    # This code causes the problem
    if $stateParams.criteria
        q = $stateParams.q
        ga 'send', 'pageview', '/'+$stateParams.criteria+'/' + q
        # Restos.data.intro = false
        # console.log "mainCtrl: Criteria type %s, value %s", $stateParams.criteria, q if Restos.debug
        apply $stateParams.q, $stateParams.criteria
    else
        ga 'send', 'pageview', '/'
        Restos.data.pageTitle = "Restaurant recommendations"
        Restos.data.headTitle = "Restaurant recommendations by the Amsterdam Foodie"
        Restos.data.metaDescription = "The Amsterdam Foodie's top restaurant recommendations from among 400 reviews"
        # default filter is applied anyway

A: Try event instead of $event:
 angular.module('afmnewApp').controller('MainCtrl', function() {
    this.applyFilter = function(event) {
      event.preventDefault();
      // change model and thus view...
    };

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This is a line that the men of Sierra Leone hear a lot, given their lady folk's devotion to hair extensions, weaves and wigs. In fact it's become a national obsession. If you ask a Sierra Leonian woman how she spent last Saturday morning, there's an 80 percent chance she will tell you she was sitting at the salon getting a new weave. My office is quite frankly confusing; one day you will be talking to a colleague with a cropped pixie do and the next day that same colleague has mysteriously disappeared and at her desk is a familiar face that you can't quite place sporting a Macy Gray Afro circa 1998.
Bobby's shop in downtown Freetown is choccas full of every type of weave you can imagine.
I was unable to find one in blonde though.
Thank you Naomi. She said it took her hairdresser almost three hours to achieve this. Just your classic braids adorned elegantly with a blue flower.


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A Short History of Stupidity by the Lords of Baseball
Posted by HoraceClarke66 at 3:55 PM
Watching Thairo Estrada grimace in pain after stealing second late in Sunday's game against the Giants—after we had already lost two players that afternoon—I decided to make up a short list of just how stupid MLB ownership can be.
I'm sure I am neglecting a great deal. Please add your own!
1871—Despite the fact that the New York Mutual are the first team known for sure to have "hippodromed"—i.e., "fixed"—a game, the brand new National Association—the first professional sports league anywhere— invites them to join. And despite the fact that the Mutual is owned by the notoriously corrupt Boss Tweed.
In 1876, the Mutual is invited to join the new National League, despite the fact that Boss Tweed is now actively on the lam from the authorities. The team disbands after refusing to pay for a Western road swing. Tweed is rounded up that fall.
1890—After the last known African American player is cut from a team in "organized" ball, baseball establishes the color line, which will last until 1946. This is more vicious, racist, and disgusting than stupid. But it is still stupid.
1899—The National League has decided to allow multiple club ownership in its 12-team league. As a result, the Baltimore Orioles transfer some of their best players to the Brooklyn Superbas, allowing Brooklyn to win the pennant, and leading to the demise of the Orioles the following year.
Worse still, Frank De Hass Robison, owner of the Cleveland Spiders, transfers all of the team's best players to the St. Louis Perfectos. The not-so-Perfectos finish 5th, while Cleveland compiles an all-time worst record of 20-134.
By 1900, the NL is down to 8 teams, and ripe for challenge by the upstart American League, which sticks new teams in Cleveland and Baltimore.
1935—The first night game in major-league history is played! What's so stupid about that? Only the previous 20-30 years, when the technology to play night baseball and thus swell the attendance with working men existed, and baseball did not take advantage of it.
1956—After a mere 80 years of devastating injuries, the National League decides to require batting helmets. The AL follows suit 2 years later. Not a moment too soon!
1957—Instead of simply sticking expansion franchises in California, the National League allows 2 of its most hallowed teams to move out of the country's largest market and head West.
It's part of a general trend in which, convinced that older, Eastern and Midwestern cities are dying and inhabited more and more by what they feel are icky black and Hispanic folk, MLB owners run for where the white people are.
Besides the Dodgers and Giants fleeing to L.A. and S.F., the Braves move to Milwaukee, the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore, the original Senators to Minnesota, and stupidest of all, the Athletics go to Kansas City. And then to Oakland.
The Braves and A's move on after a few seasons, while the Giants are brought to the brink of bankruptcy, and the Twins try to liquidate themselves.
1959—Like the All-Star Game? MLB decides to play two! This lasts through 1962.
1970s—Entranced by the depressing Astrodome, MLB decided to cut costs by playing as many games as possible in cookie cutter, multi-purpose stadiums with a rug. The injuries pile up and the fans depart before they get wise. We won't even get into all the powder-blue, polyester uniforms. Or the White Sox wearing shorts. Or disco demolition night, or free beer night...
1976—Faced at last with the fact that the sport is not above the rule of law and must follow the same basic contract rules the rest of us do, MLB decides to allow free agency. Marvin Miller, head of the Players' Union, is afraid baseball will just declare everyone a free agent, thereby driving down the price of all.
But they don't—the owners preferring to embark on almost 20 years more of destructive labor battles.
2010s—MLB decides to let its general managers and statheads inflict on the sport the most boring form of the game ever devised, while continuing to charge fans extortionate prices and put them through endless rain delays.
2019—MLB decided to make the bases as immobile as possible, and encourage fielders to push runners off them, thereby subjecting the incredibly high-priced talent to countless injuries.
I'm sure there are many others...
So the question becomes... what happens to Greg Bird?
With Luke Voit winning AL Player of the Week - (by the way, hooyah to Luke Voit, AL Player of the Week!) - the time has come to ponder the sad, grimy underside of the rainbow: Greg Bird.
Unless Voit gets hurt - (fans know this a virtual impossibility) - Bird is done as a private contractor on the Death Star. Frankly, even if Voit gets hurt - (obviously, it can't happen) - the marriage can't be saved. Hey, it didn't work. It's the vagaries of love. It's nobody's fault. If you want to blame anybody, blame me. If only I hadn't blown my stack and said those things on opening day, after he struck out in his first three at-bats.
But as Sansa Stark told Peter Dinklage in the crypt Sunday night: The most heroic thing we can do is be honest: Voit is for real, and he's not going to platoon with a guy who can't reach .200, no matter how great that particular guy looked while hitting a playoff HR against Andrew Miller. Not only that, but Voit is also a giant puppy, the type of guy you want in your clubhouse - (not saying Bird isn't) - and he deserves to play when not injured (which should be always.)
So... what can the Yankees do with Greg Bird?
He is 26, which means he's not done. In fact, he deserves one last shot, preferably in a small market. His fielding is so-so - better than Voit's, which is slightly better than a catcher's - and Bird made some bonehead plays early this season. The YES propaganda machine claimed he'd added 10 pounds of lady-pleasing testosterone, and he looked hooked-up to a bicycle pump. But he didn't hit bigger: One HR, whacked after he heard my screams on opening day. (If only I could have held my tongue.)
Let me state for the record: I still like Bird. I wish it worked out. Someday, he'll hit 25 home runs and bat .260, and feed his family for life on the proceeds of a career year. (He's a free agent in 2022.) Someday, he'll meet the god of hitting. But as Arya Stark told the red lady, "Not today!"
So... what do we do?
First, we wait until Bird is healed. Or heeled, since that's his problem. (Ha ha!) That could be a month, maybe more. Who knows? Bird heals at a geological rate. Then Cooperstown Cashman will send him to Scranton. Why? Because he can. I think Bird still has an option.
Then, Cash will start looking for low-level minor league arms. Whenever the Yankees fear losing a player to the Rule 5 draft, or Food Stamps Hal has a spasm from eating bad Scranton scrapple, they trade the guy for a few low A rifles who once wowed a wonk with a radar gun. I'm thinking that Bird will not return to the Bronx this season, unless Voit goes on the Injured List. And we all know that can't happen. Right?
Between the injuries and the replacements, the Yankees have found an amazing new way to score runs: Singles
A sad but standard move for following the 2019 Yankees:
When you hear we've scored, you pull up the box score to learn who hit the home run.
During the horrible first weeks of April, that's all this team seemed to do: Swing away, directly into the teeth of defensive over-shifts, and try to swat the ball not just out of the park, but out of the city.
Lately - in what historians may label "the Brett Gardner Batting Third Era" - things have changed. Last week, we beat the Angels by scoring six runs - and not one homer. Imagine that. Six runs... not one homer. Yesterday, we swatted two, but in the previous pair of victories against lowly SF, we hit only one HR in each game. It's as if these no-name replacement players are content to score the old fashioned way, moving from base to base. Wow! You can actually score without home runs! Who knew?
Last year, the Yankees set an all-time HR record. That got us the Wild Card. Today, we sit 5th in MLB behind Seattle, Milwaukee, Minnesota and the Dodgers. (Fourth in runs scored and 8th in batting average, at .262.) Of course, this will change. It's happened without last year's top HR threat (Giancarlo Stanton, 38) and the four team runner-ups (Didi Gregorius, Miguel Andujar, Aaron Hicks and Aaron Judge... all with 27.)
By this time next month, Stanton and Hicks should have returned. Judge and Gregorius should be in rehab. (Andujar? Who knows? He needs to play a few games.) And it's fair to wonder if, when the big hitters return, the team will abandon the ways that it just won five of six on the West Coast.
(By the way, one of the beauties of this last week is the compelling difference between us and the Redsocks, who suffered their early indignities on a West Coast swing. If we feared our own disaster on the road, that's now gone.)
Aaron Boone was hired, at least in part, because of the easy going way he handles star players. To some extent - and I don't mean to diminish this, because some managers never learn it - Boone is paid to simply get the fuck out of the way.
If the sluggers slug, the Yankees - at least on paper - should win enough games to make the playoffs. From there, it's a crap-shoot. But the other night, the Yankees won a game because replacement nobody Tyler Wade stole second base, and then scored on a single. In game after game, this team of forgettable names has strung together two-out singles and even sacrifice flies to score key runs. It's become fun to ditch the box score and actually see how the Yankees managed to score, rather than learn who clubbed the ball out of the park.
I wonder if Boone can, as Ken Singleton would say, "keep the merry-go-round moving," when the stars return. If so, this could be a great Yankee season. If not, and we revert to winning the team HR crown - well, we'll probably another Wild Card and a crap-shoot. But we all know what happens when home run hitters face playoff aces: They get shut down. The path to the World Series runs base to base. Will we remember the heroes of late April, back in the days when Brett Gardner batted third?
A Response
Dear Mr. Duque,
The answer to your query is clear.
When all those " regulars " return, the team begins to lose again. Regularly.
We begin a trajectory that resembles a team playing .400 ball ( downward slope ), rather than a team that has won at an .800 clip ( upward slope).
Tomato cans notwithstanding, the existing team of back-ups and rag-a- muffins are playing baseball. They are hitting home runs without trying to hit home runs. They are manufacturing runs the old fashioned way. They are running the bases and playing defense. Some are making notable, outstanding plays. We have even seen successful bunts and steals of third base.
There is passion among these players. For each other and for the game.
When the regulars return, we go from a team that is fun to watch and unpredictable, to a team that is deadly boring to watch and totally predictable. We go from guys making contact and taking walks, to guys who strike out mercilessly. We go from hustle to disinterest.
The team of today is getting clutch hits. The team to arrive never hits in the clutch. The "veteran" team showed no ability to mount a comeback win. The team on the field makes regular medicine of that. The "original" line-up couldn't beat tomato cans at home. The team on the field wins at home and away.
Baseball reality ( the stupid traditions and decisions of ownership and management ) will inevitably subsume the dream. Those highly paid " veterans do not deserve to lose their jobs due to injury." Right? But that happened to Wally Pipp did it not? And how did that work out for the Yankees?
Frankly, I have grown to dread the day when Stanton returns. When Hicks returns. Even
Andujar ( my personal favorite young kid ) can't play defense like Gio.
Why in the world would anyone " mess" with a formula that is winning? Leave Stanton with his nerf ball and his batting tee. Let Hicks remain in traction on a beach in Florida. Trade Andujar for a starting pitcher. Let Tuto have a private room with a window overlooking the East River.
I fear that the the chess match of " moves" is about to begin and, sadly, some of these young over-achievers will become part of trade packages. Guys who were " dead and buried" have attracted attention, and that is a good thing for them. Only not for us. And not for the fans, the team or the franchise.
Money will win out. Hal will not allow his highly paid losers to sit, while he happily allows the underpaid winners to be disbanded. Because winning is not his object. It is only our object. We will talk for years about the team that was and how it became the team that wasn't. Could the no names have won it all through grit and love of the game?
Gloom and doom are growing on the horizon, as the $300 million contracts return to the line-up.
Let them keep winning until they can't.
Only you have the power to determine if we see Frazier again, if Estrada remains a Yankee, if Stanton sets a new record for striking out, if Tyler wade can continue to disrupt and contribute. And Voit stays hot.
You are our "death star" manager. Keep us thriving and dangerous.
Help us now.
Without your intervention, it is otherwise far too clear what is to become of this scrappy, successful , competitive team.
When the starters return, what happens to these lovable lug nuts?
You know how the National Weather Service now names snow storms? We're now experiencing Storm Xyler, with Yvette and Zachary still to come.
I propose that the Yankees give similar titles to injuries, in this case giving them dog names. Thus, the year's first gonadal tweak - officially to Jacoby Ellsbury, who is always injured - was Accident Abe. Then, Didi Gregorius became Accident Buddy, Luis Severino Accident Chief, and so on. We're already at Accident Max (Clint Frazier) and could reach Zeke by June 1.
But what happens to the victims of Yankee rehabilitation, the no-names who have courageously outplayed their superstar inspirations.
Yesterday, the Death Star released updates on the infamous injury blizzard, suggesting some returns are imminent.
For example, Ellsbury is expected back any minute now. As I speak, he is streaking across the Nebraska horizon in his rocket-powered wheelchair, en route to San Francisco, where he'll play CF and recite poety this afternoon. What happened? Simple: CBD oil! So let's cross Abby off the injury list, and enshrine him into the Yankee retirement hall of fame.
(Of course, Ellsbury will never play another down in pinstripes. And once again, let's remind ourselves that a bad contract is not the player's fault. The Yankees chose to bestow a seven-year deal unto an injury-plagued career, and Ellsbury simply was smart enough to take it.)
Supposedly, though, some are on the verge:
Giancarlo Stanton, out since game three, might rejoin the team Tuesday in Arizona. There goes Mike Ford, who hit the two-run blast against the Angels.
Aaron Hicks, out since the opening of spring training, might play fake games this week. He could be back within - hmm? - two weeks? (There goes Clint Frazier, who might otherwise rejoin the team next weekend - except that Frazier was hitting too well to be demoted to Scranton, so it would probably exile Mike Tauchman... unless there is a logjam of Designated Hitters, in which case Tauchman would stay... assuming he can lift his average above .220 and - wow, it gets complicated.)
Dellin Betances might start throwing this week, which means he's a few weeks away, and whomever he replaces should improve the bullpen, unless Dellin turns out to be the Bad Betances, in which case we will re-enact the plight of Hanging Chad Green, and have to watch him blow sizable leads. And speaking of Bad Chad, is he an injury or just a flop?
Miguel Andujar might play in fake games this week. He's probably two weeks away. That means so long Gio Urshella, unless DJ LeMahieu's jammed ankle - see yesterday - forces him to miss time.
Greg Bird? Oh, why bother?
Troy Tulowitski? I'm tempted to say the same. Frankly, Gleyber Torres covers more ground and has done a fine job. Moreover, Tyler Wade brings speed to the offense, something the Yankees can use in close games, once we stop playing tomato cans. What does Tulo bring, aside from a bunch of hibernating tweaks, waiting to awaken?
Of course, Luis Severino - the one we needed most - remains down for the months of May and June. When a person goes missing that long, you have to assume that he or she may never be found.
The Battling Bastards of the Bronx
All right, I've tried this before. But let me give it another go:
We're the battling bastards of the Bronx
We got rips in our ankles and bonks in our conks.
No Sevvy, no Didi, no Stanton (No thonks).
No Judge, no Frazier, no Hicks, and no Bird,
Our manager stinks and our pen is absurd,
But at least Hal has got Jacoby insured.
No Miggy, no Green, no Tulo, no Hicks,
And the sorriest roster this side of the Knicks.
And none of them gives a damn.
And none of us gives a damn.
Batting cleanup: Urshella... wait... did the Yankees just field their worst lineup ever?
In a Yankiverse not very far away, the Death Star last night stacked the bats of Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Miguel Andujar - back to back to back to back - in a fearsome lineup of power and fury. And they lost, of course.
But here on Earth Omega, Boonie's bonerless bombers have now won seven out of eight, climbing to just two games behind Tampa and currently tied for visiting team in the 2019 wild card race. If the season ended tomorrow, we would face a one-game pre-wild card playoff against Houston. And in another Yankiverse, maybe seasons do end in April. But for now, let's not go there.
Seriously, I don't know how this is happening, unless we passed through a belt of green gamma rays, thrusting us into an alternative universe where the past and present have merged into terrifying hybrids. And there is reason to suspect just that.
Last night, there he was - none other than Tyler Austin, the man we converted into Lance Lynn, hitting .286. Not far away stood "Never Nervous" Yangervis Solarte, who brought us the Chase Headley Era, or as some preferred, the "Head Casely Era." (When we think of Cashman's highway robbery of Luke Voit from St. Louis, remember that the universe always has a way of evening things out, and Headley was our wrong side of the rainbow.)
If Afghanistan is truly the graveyard of empires, San Francisco has become the graveyard of the Evil Empire. The Giants front office - run by ex-Yank suit Brian Sabean - includes Dirt Tidrow, Felipe Alou and Dave Righetti, each who should still be a Yankee. The Giants have two World Championships in this millennium, which is one more than we do (unless you count 2000, which technically can go either way.)
I don't know how long this winning streak will continue. The Yankee lineup last night was arguably one of the weakest since the days of Rich McKinney and Tom Shopay. I half-expected to see Ron Klimkowski warming in the pen. Seriously: When you see the next Yankee half-inning will bring up Tauchman, Estrada and Paxton, isn't it time to go make a sandwich?
But we won. And every win brings us closer to the power-packed lineup of Earth Omega. Where, of course, we will lose.
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Yanks winning streak ends at 6 games and 6 innings
Last night, the Death Star's exciting new Yankees Got Talent reality show rolled its wining streak into the sixth commercial break of the seventh episode. You could feel the warmth, the pulse-pounding surge of discovery, as little Gio Urshella whacked his first MLB home run, giving the Yankees a solid lead!
In a scene reminiscent of Mustafa hoisting his newborn cub in The Lion King, Meredith Marakovits made her way up to the Cancer Clinic Broadcast Booth to bring to light The Master's historic new HR call: "Gio Urshella, he's a happy fella," from the obscure Broadway show "Only John Sterling Knows This." (Note: Shouldn't it have been "for he's a jolly good fellow... which nobody can deny?") It was a remarkable event, perhaps the most joyful moment for the Yankees thus far in 2019.
And everyone watching on YES, everybody within the still awake Yankiverse, understood with crystal clarity one certain fact:
There was absolutely no way the Yankees would lose this game. NO FUKKIN WAY...
Then, it's China Town, Jake.
Then we watched a collapse so profound that it nearly obscures the good vibes of a great week. And the culprit was, of course, the hyenas.
It's the bullpen. Again.
Two months ago, the prophets couldn't heap enough praise on the assortment of Olympian gods who would be warming up for the Yankees in every sixth inning, ready to ice victories the way White Walkers snatched babies on Game of Thrones. There was the Great Aroldis. And Dellin the Unhittable. And the Ottoman. And Zach/Zack. And Mean Chad, (who turned into Hanging Chad.) What a collection. All we'd need was five solid innings from a starter, and games would be ours. Locked down.
Insert sigh here.
Listen: All streaks end. A good team dusts itself off and starts over. But sometimes, a loss feels like more than one nine-inning delirium. Sometimes, it signifies a gigantic balloon bursting. And my ears still hurt from the sound last night.
Today, I don't know how anybody in the Yankiverse can feel that any future lead is safe. That arsenal of talent we seemed to assemble in January? It's a memory of a dream.
Okay, nobody should agonize too much over a loss... especially in April. Yes, it's still April. But what an ugly, horrible, humiliating way to end a winning streak.
It's the bullpen. Again. Hakuna mutata, muthafukkahs.
The Innocent Bystander
Hey, they were bound to lose one, right?
That will be the inevitable take on this series-ending collapse against the Angels, and what more do you want than three out of four?
The loss, certainly, was primarily the fault of Tanaka—who I am convinced will be on the DL within days—and the Arson Squad, now an appalling 5-12 under my CollBull W/L system (patent pending).
But much more irksome was how, as the Tiger and Jonathan Surrenderer coughed up a four-run lead, the rest of the team reacted.
Frustrated, no doubt, by a mess o' hard-hit balls that just failed to get out or get down for hits, and particularly by the ball-and-strike stylings of home plate ump Ryan Blankney, the Yanks melted into a puddle of self-pity, sloppily tossing the ball around in the field, pouting and posturing at the plate.
Blankney was, to be sure, calling your basic homer game, squeezing Tanaka while expanding the zone steadily when the Yanks were up—something that's become all too common an occurrence in the majors.
But so what? Deal with it. Instead, this young Yankees team seemed to lose their composure...and worst of all, Ma Boone once against acted like an innocent bystander to the whole scene.
In such a situation, a manager's got two basic options: tell his team to grow-up and deal with it, and keep their heads in the game. Or throw a cyclonic fit, tossing hats, kicking dirt, hurling bases—anything and everything to show he's fighting for his boys.
Ma did nothing but stand around literally blowing bubbles. Well, Mickey Mantle he ain't, and more than silent stoicism was required.
And so begins the Hoffnerization process
Posted by JM at 3:36 PM
Cameron Maybin traded to desperate Yankees
Maybin, 32, was playing at Columbus (Triple-A) after being released by the Giants in late March. In 14 Triple-A games, Maybin hit .216 with five RBIs.
I think that headline should've read, "to desperate Yankees front office."
This team looks anything but desperate.
But of course, here comes the over-the-hill gang. Cashman's favorite go-to.
They don't perform, they don't excite, but they aren't youngsters who might leave you open to criticism.
I expect the media Hosannas over Cashman's sly moves to begin momentarily.
At least we "traded" no one for Maybin. Just "cash considerations.
I fucking hate this GM and front office in general.
It's a good thing we didn't have any room for Harper.
Otherwise we would never have acquired Maybin.
You Could See His Ankle Turn Over
An ankle bent like that does not escape damage.
Clint will be out 2-3 weeks, if not more.
Then, he'll have to hit off a tee, which apparently did in the shoulder of Giancarlo Stanton.
But we are getting players back from the injured list;
Just last night, Gary Sanchez went 0-4 and had only one passed ball.
This old swan says; "as long as the Yankees keep winning, leave those guys on the injured list. Let them play in Scranton. Most of them are awful."
And another one's gone, and another one's gone, another one bites the dust...
Officially, the Yankees last night said that Clint Frazier, the Death Star's hottest hitter, should miss the next 10 to 14 days. Said team spokesman Saaron Huckabee Boone:
"Fraz very much feels like he can play or is close to playing, but the MRI revealed enough in there — I don't have the exact what it is — but revealed enough of some partial tear and it's gonna cost him the ten days."
Realistically, not even Kellyanne Conway would claim that "Fraz" will be back in 10 days. It's just fun to say such things. If we parse Boone's exact words, the terrifying algorithms emerge.
"... very much feels like he can play or is close to playing..."
Translation: Fraz is frustrated, as he should be. The poor guy missed last year. He is starting to look like a box score hallucination, a ghostly presence, similar to Brigadoon Refsnyder, who haunted our souls for four years, before being finally exorcised for Ryan McBroom, an equally haunted name. (Note: We could see Ref next week; he's playing for the Arizona D-bags.)
"... the MRI revealed enough in there..."
Translation: It doesn't matter how Fraz feels; the truth is in that infernal scanner, and how it the 8-11 glossies will be read by the lab technicians.
"... enough of some partial tear..."
Translation: Whoops. That's "tear"- which rhymes with "dare," not "beer." He'll be wearing a boot for a month.
"... the ten days..."
Translation: May, maybe June, maybe the All Star break.
I hate to sound so rancid. But whenever a Yankee falls, the Death Star's first impulse is to vastly underestimate his recovery time. This pushes the player out on a ledge, with fans questioning his commitment. Last week, it was telling that Aaron Judge refused to even speculate on how long he will be out; the team embarrassed him last September by soft-soaping his broken wrist, leaving the media to constantly wonder where he was. In fact, nothing was amiss: The guy had a broken wrist, and he had to wait until it healed.
Fraz has a tear in his ankle. It shows up in the MRI. He won't play until another MRI shows it's gone. It won't matter how badly he wants to be out there. And Giancarlo Stanton yesterday got a cortisone shot in his shoulder - WTF? when did he hurt his shoulder? Two weeks ago, it was a muscle strain. When did it become the shoulder? Or was it always the shoulder, and the Yankees simply didn't tell us? WTF?
The Yankees won last night - six in a row - through spirited play by a bunch of no-names, who aren't important enough to be injured. Gary Sanchez struck out four times, and if you closed your eyes and installed the regular lineup - from Hicks to Didi - you'd have a hard time imagining them coming back from a 5-0 deficit, as this team of overachievers did.
For now, our West Coast swing offers nothing but tomato cans. No Dodgers, no Astros, not even the Padres (14-11). And when we return home, we'll face the fading Twins (leading the AL Central, but 5-5 in their last ten games) and Mariners (who have lost 7 of 10.) Six in a row. Amazing.
All we need to know is that the Yankees stand just one loss behind Tampa and five losses above the ghost ship that is Boston. (And Nathan Eovaldi is supposed to be out six weeks, following elbow surgery. If it were the Yankees, we'd be thinking eight to ten.)
Six in a row. And Gardy batting third. WTF?
The Yankees Will Have to Learn to Make Do With Only 12 Pitchers
All right, Dr. Pangloss here, to give you the best case scenario come September.
The team is surging toward the postseason. Everything is clicking. The lineup is, say:
Hicks, CF
El Matador, 3B
The Judge, RF
Voit, 1B
Stanton, DH
Frazier, LF
El Conquistador, 2B
Sir Didi, SS
Sancho, C
Mmm, not bad, eh?
But with just 12 position players, what's the bench?
Gardy, The General, and Lettuce.
Not a whole heckuva lot. And really, not much that helps us.
Sure, LeMahieu could be nice to put in during the late innings for Andujar, and maybe Gardy could pinch-run. But if Hicks, Frazier, and Judge are well, we won't really need his glove. Roman will be there mostly as catastrophe insurance. He doesn't hit OR catch better than Sancho.
We need room for a Gio U., or maybe a Ford.
We can only do that with a "mere" 12 pitchers on the roster.
Green (assuming he's back)
Toonces (assuming he's back)
Lot of assumptions in there. And maybe Sevvy will be back.
But otherwise, is the addition of Tarpley/ Kahnle/ Harvey/ Loisaiga really going to make the difference?
Frazier Should Not Be A Hero
I watched Frazier when he turned his ankle on that awkward attempt to not get picked off.
He hung in on pure guts.
But the next day, Boone rightfully sat him down.
If Boone is smart ( I am in big trouble using an assumption like this ), he will sit Frazier for a week.
Clint is already barking to get back in. But he will hurt himself, and over-compensate. And that means, his productivity...the groove he was in....will get lost. He will start breaking bats over his knee, again, until he gets a hematoma. This is not a wise technique for demonstrating frustration.
We need him healthy and fit.
We won last night with the bench. Let them keep battling.
We have no chance today, anyway, if that Lasagne guy from Scranton is pitching. He has no command; he will be out of the game in the 4th inning; and the Yankees are destined to lose this one.
The fact that Lasagne is in California today speaks volumes about how useless Chance Adams is. Chance should retire and become a walk-on in cowboy movies.
I am reaching the point where I don't want to see Sanchez, Stanton, or Andujar return.
Just go with what we have.
It is more fun to expect nothing but get a lot.
Don't Look Now, But the Red Sox Are in Trouble
Posted by HoraceClarke66 at 11:32 AM
Forget the starting pitching, which has indeed looked awful, and without the supporting bullpen that so over-achieved all last year.
Jackie Bradley, Jr. is hitting .134, with no homers, 2 doubles, and 2 ribbies. He's slugging .164. That's Jackie Rogers, Jr. territory, and following full seasons at .234 and .245. Not so reet petite.
Meanwhile, Babe Benitendi looks banged up, Pedroia's comeback has stalled, Nunez is back on the DL, Devers is showing nothing, and even our nemesis, 36-year-old Steve Pearce, is batting .125.
Of course Mookie Betts is not going to hit .239 forever, and Martinez looks just as good as he did last year. But this team is also carrying a lot of filler, at catcher and first base, and on the bench.
It's strength, then as last year, is starting pitching. It looks like Price is rounding into shape (the video games must suck this spring), and Sale could well join him, and who knows what will happen if they snatch up Kuchel and Gio.
But even here, Porcello looks awful and Eovaldi is out for six weeks with surgery (Good Lord, could it be that Coops is right AGAIN?). And they never did fix that pen.
Are the Sox dead? I would never be so stupid as to say that, 24 games in. Unlike our sweethearts, this team is run by smart and resourceful people.
BUT, they also have a recent history of letting the club tank when the stars don't align: see 2012, 2014, 2015. This could—could—be another such year.
Five in a row: Is it the Yankees or the Cans of Tomato?
With the exception of Lean Chad Green - who can't seem to do anything right - the Death Star today looks terrifyingly functional. With one month nearly in the books, some views from Lord Vader's observational pod:
Luke Voit is real. Forget those fears that last fall's glorious hitting streak was merely a false-read. The guy should hit 30 HRs. It's hard to believe we got him for Giovani Gallegos and Chasen Shreve. (Gallegos has thrown 6.2 innings for St. Louis with an ERA of 5.40; Shreve is at Triple A and getting pounded.) We carp a lot about Cooperstown Cashman, but give him credit: This might be one of his greatest deals. We have Voit through 2025; he's not even eligible for arbitration until 2021. He is a certifiable cash cow for Food Stamps Hal Steinbrenner. How did the Cardinals sleep on this guy?
Could Mike Tauchman be another steal? Too early to say, but there seems a new madness to Cashman: Don't ignore the performances at Triple A. Both Voit and Tauchman put up fine minor league numbers, failed in brief MLB auditions, and were discarded. In the past, the Yankees - via Cashman - often dismissed strong seasons by players in Scranton, preferring washed-up veterans. Now, it's as if they have changed. Advanced analytics? Dunno. Have they simply learned? Dunno. They just signed Logan Morrison. Why does that news feel like a kick in the balls?
It's not the trades that have saved us this spring. It's something far more refreshing: It's their willingness to promote from within. Watching Mike Ford hit a home run last night was one of the season's most enjoyable moments yet - second only to the rise of Clint Frazier. The great teams always had a promising bench. Lately, Tyler Wade and Austin Romine have provided relief - Wade in particular after being cruelly discarded at the end of spring training. Now, we're seeing victories from a full franchise. It's something new.
Five in a row. Of course, it's come against the Royals and Angels, teams cursed by the lack of a market and too much of one. Cursed by the Japanese Babe Ruth - dare we call him one of the biggest busts in modern history? - the Angels now look like a one-man show, and the one-man can be pitched-around. We'll follow with the last-place Giants, then play the below-.500 Diamondbacks.
In case you're wondering, the fulcrum point of 2019 happens between July 25 and August 4: The Yankees and Redsocks play seven games in nine days.
By then, Ford and Tauchman will likely be afterthoughts. But the games they won for us in April will still count. Chad Green could be gone, but Voit will be somewhere in the mix.
What Would Vince Say?
So, it looks like Clint the Red tears up his ankle pretty bad last night.
Turns out, it's a sprain. Clint goes to third on a grounder, scores on a sac fly. Ankle is taped. Clint stays in to play another two innings until game finally ends.
After the game, Clint expresses his desire to keep playing, with his hot bat and all.
Yanks talk about the IL, benching him, etc.
I'm well aware that baseball and all big-time sports lean on the stupid side when it comes to injuries. Jim Bouton quoted Mickey Mantle joking about it in Ball Four.
Mgr. Johnny Keane: Hey, Mick, how's that arm feeling?
Mick: Well, skip, it fell off. But I put it back on with some Scotch tape.
Keane: That's fine, Mick, just fine. Can you gimme four innings today?
But...a sprained ankle?
Isn't the prescription here, ice it, watch it, try not to get so drunk you fall off the bar stool?
It's what Vince Lombardi, the Patron Saint of Football (hallowed be his name) used to say: You have to play with the small hurts.
So maybe you DH Clint, the perfect small-hurt position. Or to put it another way, "What would Derek do?"
It Was A Long Game....
1. It was much better to win than to lose.
2. It gives Boone a chance to say," we are going to need some length from our starter today."
3. Gleybar may be a .240 hitter who mostly strikes out in clutch situations, rather than an emerging superstar.
4. El Chappo can blow games against lousy teams, even when he has his 100 mph fastball.
5. That person at third base is contributing nicely. I may have to learn his name.
6. I have never expected Tyler Wade to hit anything but ground balls to first and second base. But he does flash leather.
7. What is with our base runners? Andujar probably put himself out for the year scrambling back to third, and Frazier may have put himself out for 2-4 weeks doing the same at second base.
I am out of beer.
Enough with the Replays Already
...at least when it comes to the bases.
If MLB wants to use video replays to see if a ball is a home run or not, particularly in a big game, fine.
To take a close look at every single tag play on the bases? Fuhgeddaboutit. It's turning the greatest game ever invented into a nightly bout of "Twister," without the rewarding carnal proximity that diversion slyly promised.
Really—the potential reward for holding the tag on the runner has now morphed into a situation where, as often as not, the fielder is subtly or not-so-subtly just shoving the runner off the base.
This was really what happened with Sancho's infamous pick-off at third earlier this month. Sure, the big dumb jerk should never have let it become that close, but smart infielders now routinely give that little extra push to get the out and the umps—who seem increasingly befuddled by the modern game—just shrug.
Which almost led to disaster with the Big Red One's ankle last night, and which I think accounts in part for the growing number of crazy, injurious dives back to the bag.
Enough already. It's yet another innovation by the Lords of Baseball that is reducing this to the sort of squabbly, fourth-grade version of baseball: 'You wuz too off the base!' 'Oh, no I wasn't! You just kicked the stick away!' 'THAT stick ain't the base, THAT one is!'
The No-Names have won six of seven
It can go without saying that the 2019 Yankees are better off without Greg Bird. I don't mean Bird, the decent human being, or Bird, the glove man at 1B. They're simply better off without Bird, the lefty lump who bats cleanup and hits .171 without power. Since that Bird vanished onto the Injury List, perhaps never to be seen again in pinstripes, the Yankees are 6-2. (With him, they were 6-8.)
You could say the same about Mr. Giancarlo Stanton, the pride of the Death Star. Sure, the guy can be expected to put up seasonal numbers, and it's certainly too soon to give up on him, but in the three games he gifted us this season, before harming himself on a swing, Stanton fanned five times and left on base the entire cast of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. In 2019, he has yet to drive in a run.
Speaking of afterthoughts... Aaron Hicks! The 2018 season already seems like a dream. Was it real or Memorex? That's more than can be asked about Jacoby Ellsbury, whose era with the Yankees seems to go back to cassette tapes and Compuserve. Does anyone expect him to ever again don a Yankee jersey? Why? The jury remains out on whether Luis Severino will pitch again this year. Miguel Andujar? We never learned if he solved his 3B fielding woes. Dellin Betawhatizname? Hmm... I just can't place the face.
One month into 2019, and it's normal to see Luke Voit bat second, and Clint Frazier hitting cleaning up (though don't be surprised if he disappears today due to a sprained ankle last night.) We've already seen a sign of the apocalypse that nobody anticipated: Brett Gardner batting third. The Yankees are the tip of the iceberg that is Scranton-Wilkes Barre. But when they win, as they did early this morning in 14 innings, we experience the joy of stealing something valuable... like an ice cream sandwich - the joy of the cat finally getting the canary.
Yes, the Yankees were merely playing the Angels, a certifiable can of tomatoes. But Boston just swept three from Tampa in Cigar City, and suddenly, the long-anticipated two-team race looms. If we must go to Boston with Mike Tauchman in CF and Gio Urshela at 3B, so be it. Until we see otherwise, both of them beat the free-swishing Bird and Stanton.
Old Man Rumsfeld once said, "You go to war with the army you have." We will enter May with Mike Ford as DH, and Tyler Wade at 2B. Both may receive opportunities they will never see again as Yankees, and I for one will root harder for them than perhaps the big names who will eventually replace them.
Here's to the Yankees getting healthy... but here's to the army we have: We might not see such spirit again this season.
Austin Romine, lifelong Yankee, saves another home stand
Last year, Austin Romine achieved a batting average 58 points higher than the Yankee "star" catcher, the then-underwhelming Gary Sanchez. In 110 fewer at bats, Romine drove in only 11 less runs. Out of respect for Sanchez - who showed signs of awakening before his recent injury - let's ignore the issue of passed balls. The fact is, since rising through the Yankee farm system as an ugly sister backup to the great Jesus "Ice Cream Sandwich" Montero, Romine has always played understudy to an emerging, yet under-performing show pony, a future Yankee star who would then fail to live up to the press clippings.
Last year, Romine's 265 plate appearances were the most in his career. At age 30, he has been a lifelong Yankee - a rarity that currently includes Brett Gardner, Dellin Betances, Aaron Judge, Miguel Andujar, Tyler Wade, Luis Severino, Sanchez and Greg Bird. (Something tells me Greg Bird won't make it.) But Romine is a free agent next winter, and - though he's paid $5 million - my guess is that he will seek his last big career contract, marketing himself as a starter for another team, in the manner of Francisco Cervelli a few years ago. (Did I mention that Kyle Higashioka also qualifies as a career Yankee?)
I write this because yesterday, Romine saved the Yankee home stand and maybe the month of April. He did this not once but twice - driving in the tying run in the 8th with two outs, and then the winning run in the 10th. On the season (only 35 at bats), he is hitting .286... once again above Sanchez (but by only 17 points.) I can't remember a time when Romine hasn't come off the bench to help the Yankees when their starting catcher has been injured. He wears down over the long haul, but in pressure situations, he has been a stalwart.
Of course, when Romine catches, the bottom of the Yankee lineup sags like Larry Rothschild's balls sac, and even in the current assortment of scrap heap veterans and last-chance minor leaguers, Romine usually bats eighth or ninth. (He hit 8th yesterday.) When Sanchez returns on Wednesday (in California), he will almost certainly bat third or fourth, and Romine will return to bench mode, or maybe as personal caddie to whatever pitcher needs therapeutic counseling during games. (Considering how well James Paxton pitched yesterday, he and Romine might become a thing.)
Of the 67 catchers who have played in MLB games this season, 25 are hitting below .220, 24 have no HRs, and 18 have driven in one run or less. Yesterday, the Royals' catcher - Martin Maldonado - was hitting .175, though his defense won praise from the YES booth. The fact is, Romine can probably score a three or four-year deal, and as a grizzly, seasoned backup, he will probably catch until his late 30s.
The Yankees selected two catchers high in last year's draft, and they supposedly moved one of their most expensive Latino signings into that position. But none of those prospects will be ready for at least three years. Here's hoping that Romine stays put. The Yankees went two weeks without Sanchez, and Romine did his job.
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Italian Email Provider Email.it Breached; Data for Sale on Dark Web
Scott Ikeda· April 22, 2020
Over 600,000 users of Italian email provider Email.it's free services have just received some very bad news. Not only has pretty much every piece of information they've ever entered into the platform been exposed to hackers, but this may have been going on since January 2018.
Hackers offering Email.it data for sale on the dark web claim to not only have access to the full contents of all of these accounts, but also that the service has been storing user passwords in plaintext for over two years now.
The Italian email provider's massive data breach
According to the hacking group that compromised Email.it, this breach affects every user who signed up for one of the service's free accounts. Customers of the company's paid "professional" tier of email services do not appear to have been breached.
NN Hacking Group, a very public criminal group that maintains a Twitter account, claimed in an interview with Security Affairs that they initially breached the email provider in January of 2018 and shared a series of screenshots that appear to verify that claim. The group claims that it acted like an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, using an escalating chain of vulnerabilities to quietly plant itself in Email.it's servers and exfiltrate data over a long period of time.
The group claims to have hacked a number of email services, and states that their usual MO is to blackmail their targets into paying them a "bug bounty" to keep quiet about the incident. NN Hacking Group claims that Email.it refused to pay them. The hacking group characterizes Email.it as "the worst" of their targets in terms of security.
A trove of data for sale
NN Hacking Group appears to have captured just about every scrap of information associated with these free email accounts, and also stole the source code of Email.it's web applications. All of this information was included in the data for sale on the dark web.
The group listed the contents of all emails as being available, along with any attachments. Any SMS or fax sent through the service appears to have been exposed as well. In addition, the group appears to have captured 44 databases which contained usernames and passwords for these email accounts in plaintext.
The group offered the full package of information on a dark web forum for three bitcoins (currently about $20,200). Prospective customers could buy smaller sets of information for lower prices, with the most inexpensive option being a sorted database of usernames with passwords and private information for half a bitcoin (about $3,300).
Should this breach have been reported?
If NN Hacking Group is to be believed, Email.it had been notified about these issues since the start of 2020 and had repeatedly refused to respond. The hackers claim that they only made the data for sale available to the public after repeated attempts to get Email.it to pay up.
While the email provider is not obligated to respond to hackers, it is reasonable to expect that the company could privately verify a breach of this scale. If Email.it was aware of the breach and did not notify its customers or supervisory authorities, the company could be facing some very heavy fines. The GDPR requires that breaches be reported to the appropriate data protection authority within 72 hours of discovery. Additionally, though it is up to each data protection authority there is some precedent to indicate that storing passwords in plaintext is a conscious violation of the GDPR. The breach is serious enough that it could qualify for the "upper level" of GDPR fines, which impose a maximum of €20 million or 4% of the worldwide annual revenue of the prior financial year.
Email.it has confirmed the breach and stated that they have since secured it, but the horse is already out of the barn for anyone who has made use of their free email service. The email provider has stated that paid accounts and payment information are stored on a separate server that was not compromised; this information should not be included in the data for sale.
The full fallout of the Email.it breach
Thus far the public has only heard the side of the criminals who broke into the email provider and put up data for sale, but all available information paints a picture of a company that did not care at all about the security of the "free" service that it was offering to get prospects through the door. Unfortunately for Email.it, the cost the customer paid for the service has no bearing on the amount of potential fines and legal action that regulations allow. It's all about how much information was exposed among the data for sale and how it impacts the rights and liberties of the data subjects.
While Email.it claims that customer payment information was not exposed, that does not mean that impacted customers are safe from fraud as CSO and VP James Carder of LogRhythm Labs points out: "Email.it's claim that no financial information was stored on the hacked server isn't completely accurate. It's likely that some of their customers shared sensitive data in the body of an email or in attachments. This very well could have included financial details, like bank statements and social security numbers, or even copies of driver's licenses, pictures of their families, or other personal documents and information that could be exploited. Therefore, the attackers gained unfettered access to this information, bypassing any security and encryption controls in use – assuming there were some."
While it is poor security hygiene to send sensitive materials such as these via email, their presence does not reduce an email provider's obligation to protect its servers and respond to evidence of a potential breach in any way. Carder continues: "Since becoming aware of the breach, the company was given ample time and opportunity to rectify it, such as through patching and remedying the exploited vector(s) the attackers were using. They could have rebuilt systems and infrastructure. They could have hired forensics and incident experts to identify the issues and remediate. Instead, they chose to notify authorities and then do nothing else."
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Email.it claims that the Italian postal authorities were notified of the stolen data at some point in February. While that is an appropriate response for a wire fraud case, it does not discharge the email provider's breach notification or security responsibilities under the terms of the GDPR.
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After successfully reducing its source energy use by 15% in the NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program, The Charlton House, a 176-unit multifamily building located in Lower Manhattan, again engaged EN-POWER GROUP to upgrade its old, inefficient water source heat pump that struggled to properly heat and cool the lobby area. In addition to increased comfort, EN-POWER GROUP aimed to improve the system's efficiency, eliminate high water bills, and streamline operation and maintenance (O&M) procedures by providing a solution that involved minimal construction.
The Charlton House's lobby had its own dedicated water source heat pump for cooling and heating. However, the system was not equipped with a heat rejecting absorption medium (e.g., cooling tower or condenser water loop); instead the system used municipal water that was then directly discarded. This system racked up significant water bills and also struggled to reach desired temperature setpoints, creating resident discomfort and operations and maintenance (O&M) difficulties.
EN-POWER GROUP chose a ceiling concealed horizontal ducted unit that could be used with the lobby's existing register. In addition, we utilized the existing borehole created for the water lines of the original system to run the refrigerant lines and condensate drain lines for the new unit. This creative adaptation of the existing infrastructure minimized on-site construction work and reduced disturbance to residents. Besides design services, EN-POWER GROUP also provided project management services, including coordinating between property staff and contractors, filing for permits, overseeing the installation process, and commissioning the equipment to ensure it performed per its intended design.


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Past Weekly Concerts
Dvorak Carnegie Hall 12/18
From The Mountaintop 4/18
NASA Scientist Dr. Anna McGowan Visit 03/18
Alexandrov memorial concert 01/18
Christmas Concert 12/17
A concert for peace 11/17
New cultural silk road 11/17
Music Science Summer Program 2017
Carnegie Tribute To Sylvia Olden Lee 06/17
9-11 Commemoration Mozart's Requiem 09/16
Handel's Messiah 12/15
Carnegie Hall Music Against Violence 06/15
Spring concert 04/14
JFK Plus 50 11-13
Carnegie properly tuned masterpieces 05/13
Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert 12/12
Carnegie Hall Mothers day Concert 05/12
Mozart/Beethoven Concerts 12/11
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The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture hosted two days of presentations by NASA scientist Dr. Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan during Women's History Month, March of 2018 to promote our 5-week Summer Program Dr. McGowan hails from NASA Langley, which was recently featured in the 2017 film "Hidden Figures". She received her PhD from the University of Michigan, and her doctorate focused on questions of education and research into creativity.
Dr. McGowan is a true inspiration to young people -- particularly young women -- to go "where no man has gone before" in science, engineering and aeronautics. The fact that she is also an American of Trinidadian ancestry, whose parents "made it the hard way", personifies what this country is able to accomplish at its best--as the United States space program, and NASA, exemplify.
Einstein famously said in an interview in 1929 that "I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." How do we imagine putting impossible dreams into action? Dr. McGowan's emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches in engineering also raises the important question for all students: The challenge is not merely what we think, but the way we think.
Brenden Zak Performs Bach's second movement of E minor
Dr. McGowan's two day visit was sponsored by the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture, which focuses its 5 week summer program on the relation of classical music and science, demonstrating the interrelated beauty of both. Today, it is critical to recognize this beauty and celebrate our own capacity to comprehend its secrets, as we move forward.
Dr. McGowan's biography is here
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Enrique Santoyo Villa (Zacatecas, Zacatecas, 2 de octubre de 1936-Ciudad de México, 15 de junio de 2016) fue un reconocido ingeniero civil mexicano especializado en mecánica de suelos e ingeniería geotécnica. Realizó importantes aportaciones en técnicas de exploración y construcción geotécnica que han sido utilizadas y adaptadas en todo el mundo. Hasta el final de su vida estuvo vinculado en varios de los proyectos más importantes en su país y algunas partes de Latinoamérica.

Vida profesional

Estudió la licenciatura en Ingeniería Civil y la maestría en Mecánica de Suelos en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), donde adquirió un profundo gusto por la ingeniería estructural al ser alumno del ingeniero y político Heberto Castillo, pero al salir de la carrera consiguió trabajo como ingeniero en Solum que entonces era la mayor empresa mexicana especializada en ingeniería y construcción geotécnica, donde después de poco tiempo logró convertirse en jefe de exploraciones geotécnicas, ejerciendo el puesto durante 7 años. Ahí conoció a Enrique Taméz González, a quién consideró como su primer mentor y que varios años después se convertiría en su socio.

En 1981 se asoció con Enrique Taméz González y algunos otros ingenieros para formar TGC Geotecnia, una de las empresas de ingeniería geotécnica más importantes de México.

En toda su vida profesional participó en más de 2500 estudios del subsuelo en México, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador y Panamá, dentro de los que destacan la Rectificación Geométrica de la Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México, la Rectificación Geométrica de la Torre de Pisa y el último en el que estuvo trabajando fue el Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (NAICM).

Investigación y docencia

A su salida de Solum buscó ingresar a la ahora extinta Secretaría de Recursos Hidráulicos, debido a su amplia experiencia en proyectos de presas; sin embargo en el proceso fue recomendado para ingresar como investigador en el Instituto de Ingeniería de la UNAM, donde trabajó por 14 años y donde fue discípulo del distinguido ingeniero Raúl J. Marsal y compañero de otros importantes ingenieros geotecnistas como Jesús Alberro Aramburu y Daniel Reséndiz Núñez. Durante ese tiempo también fue profesor de licenciatura y posgrado, así como jefe de la Sección de Mecánica de Suelos en la Facultad de Ingeniería de la misma universidad.

Publicaciones y divulgación científica

Fue autor y coautor de unos 150 artículos técnicos y coautor de 7 libros e impartió conferencias en México, Ecuador, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Perú, Nicaragua, Brasil, Estados Unidos, España, Italia, Rusia, Japón y Santo Domingo.

Dentro de sus más reconocidas obras se tiene:

-Exploración de suelos, Vigésima conferencia Nabor Carrillo, editado por la Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica (SMIG)

Distinciones
 Profesor titulado por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
 Premio José A. Cuevas en 1993 del Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México.
 Premio Javier Barros Sierra en 1999 y 2003 del Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México.
 Miembro de Número de la Academia Mexicana de Ingeniería.
 Miembro Emérito del Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México.
 Medalla Fra Angélico de la Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano.
 2° Lugar Premio Ingeniería Civil Ciudad de México.
 Premio Nacional José Carreño Romani de la Asociación Mexicanca de Ingeniería de Vías Terrestres (AMIVTAC).
 Doctor en Arquitectura con Mención honorífica. Facultad de Arquitectura, UNAM.
 Premio ICOMOS Federico Sescosse, compartido con el Dr. Roberto Meli.
 XX Conferencista Nabor Carrillo. Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica.
 Premio Francisco de la Maza del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia INAH, junto con 9 Arquitectos Restauradores.
 Premio al Mérito Universitario Antonio Caso, por el Doctorado en Arquitectura, UNAM.
 Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad Científica del Perú.

Referencias

Ingenieros de Zacatecas
Ingenieros civiles de México
Ingenieros del siglo XX
Ingenieros del siglo XXI
Alumnado de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Fallecidos por tumor cerebral
Investigadores del Instituto de Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Fallecidos por cáncer en México

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The Governor has welcomed the latest report from the Auditor General on Government Procurement. It provides additional details which reinforce the need, highlighted in the Auditor General's earlier report on procurement issued in July, to tighten up our procedures for the management of Government Procurement. But he has expressed concern at remarks attributed to the Honourable Premier attacking the Auditor General and his staff following its release.
"It is perfectly legitimate for the Premier to respond robustly to any points made in reports issued by the Auditor General; and I would always defend his right to do so. But, in my view, it is unacceptable to respond by making personal attacks on the Auditor General and his staff. I do not think it is helpful to accuse the Auditor General of bias, of "seeking out banner headlines", of being used "as a hit man", or to accuse his staff of being "spiteful" or of "indulging in bureaucratic harassment". These are very serious accusations to make: I have seen no evidence to justify them. I believe that the Auditor General and his staff have acted in a responsible, objective and professional manner, as I would expect of all Civil Servants."
"I have spoken with the Honourable Premier and made my concerns known to him. I have urged him to show restraint. I hope that we can rather focus, together, on how to respond to the Auditor General's recommendations. The Auditor General's reports have highlighted an urgent need to tighten up Government Procurement practices. It is one of my main priorities over the coming months to ensure that all of us in Government work together to achieve this".


Aaron S. Ingalsbe, 25, of Buffalo was booked into jail on a warrant for receiving stolen property.
Kenneth A. Prickette, 18, of Bolivar was booked into jail on warrants for failure to appear.
Brandi D. Mitchell, 40, of Bolivar was booked into jail on a warrant for receiving stolen property.
A 21 year old Bolivar male was booked into jail for stealing and a probation violation.
Brandon L. Coffer, 28, of Springfield was booked into jail on warrants for failure to appear.
Nicholas G. Scott, 20, of Bolivar was booked into jail on a warrant for theft.
Martin L. Holder, 30, of Bolivar was booked into jail on warrants for theft, domestic assault, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear.
Resisting arrest was reported on Prairie Lane in Bolivar. Arrest made.
Possession of marijuana was reported on South 124 Road in Bolivar. Arrest was made.


It was a good thing that I went through some files on my computer. I found a forgotten scrapbook page. I added some journaling and it was done. I started it back in February, but forgot about it. All software and supplies are from My Digital Studio.
Summer has arrived in South Texas and it is hot! The kids here got out of school last week or will finish this coming week. Many of them will be heading to camps, and I stay on the look out for camps that Alex can attend when he is older (Engineering, Archeology, Sports, Spanish, and maybe even Space camp!) I will be busy at work all summer, but at least I get to go to camp for a day.
I am going to Stamp Camp on Saturday, June 18th. If you live in the San Antonio area, you can check out the camps on June 18 & 25 on the Stamp in Strength and Hope website. The projects are good for both new and seasoned stampers and scrappers. There is even a "kit by mail" option if you cannot attend.
A portion of the proceeds benefit the Thrive Well Cancer Foundation. In addition, Stampin' Up! is donating $2 from the purchase of the Strength & Hope Stamp set and Strength & Hope digital kit (which will work with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements) to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
I came home on Sunday afternoon, and Alex had a different outfit on after naptime. This outfit consisted of a black and gray baseball shirt with some plaid shorts. The shorts were too big, so he preferred them as a hat.
As a bonus shot, I wanted to include Alex wearing his Alamo socks, which he wants to wear regularly.
I am writing this post during my lunch hour. I did not truly appreciate the lunch hour until I took my 12 weeks of FMLA with Alex. I value having that time with him, but I also learned how demanding it is to care for a baby full-time. I barely had time to eat and kept quick meals around the house.
I returned to my job with a new appreciation for my lunch hour. A whole hour! Before having Alex I used to mainly just use the time to go out to lunch. Now I know how valuable this time is! Sometimes I do still go out to lunch, but other times I run errands and accomplish so much. Sometimes I catch up with some co-workers and eat in the office. Somedays I can meet up with my mom for lunch. If I want some quiet, alone time, I can shut my door and just relax. I can even squeeze in a quick workout (which I should do more often).
We have received some of Alex's artwork recently from daycare. They have been busy painting! (And I have been busy getting stains of out Alex's clothes...) We don't have space to save all of his artwork, but some if it will go in his scrapbook.