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Not quite feeling the holiday spirit yet, so I'm gathering up all the moments from the past few weeks that bring the holiday cheer. I have eggnog, a holiday mix, & a wood stove: get cheery, little heart!
Not quite feeling the holiday spirit yet, so I'm gathering up all the moments from the past few weeks that bring the holiday cheer. I have eggnog, a holiday mix, & a wood stove: get cheery, little heart!
1. Fig + Yarrow lip sheen ($10) // 2. Reiko Kaneko Mug ($28) // 3. Taylors of Harrogate tea ($10) // 4. Les Toiles du Soleil pouch ($26) // 5. Dark Side of the Moon Earrings ($88) // 6. Kaweco fountain pen ($20) // 7. Touchscreen Leather Gloves ($118) // 8. Charbonnel et Walker Sea Salt Caramel Truffles ($24) // 9. French Style ($44) // 10. Diorific Nail Vernis in Marilyn ($26) // 11. Good Morning silk sleep mask ($28) // 12. Little Black Book notebook ($60) // 13. Armenian Burning Paper ($28) // 14. Bakelite Champagne Bottle Stopper ($75) // 15. Red Leather Tassel ($25) // 16. Mad et Len candle ($85)
I'm pretty predictable – give me a fancy café, pretty architecture, and a coupe of champagne, and I'll declare any day a dream day. But really, there's a special magic that comes with just wandering the city, with good company and great conversation. On Friday, Shilo met me bright and early and we started at Little Collins, lunched at Bergdorf, and wandered the West Village, wrapping it up with a glass of champagne at Jeffrey's. She dropped me off for macrobiotic dinner time with Jenna & Anna, which was the perfect end to a perfect day.
On Saturday, I realized I'd seriously strained my Achilles tendon (Don't do this, it hurts) but still managed to trek up to Café Sabarsky, read my book a bit while having breakfast, head back down Madison for a little holiday shopping and a stop at Ladurée (there's one opening in Soho in mid-November!), and a little loop through the park before collapsing completely in the Champagne Bar at the Plaza, where I sat for 3+ hours in the afternoon, reading and having snacks and sorbet and champagne. I tried to rally, but ended up at the airport 4 hours early in utter exhaustion & pain. It was worth it! But really, next time: sneakers?
I've started an NYC Places pin board, with some of the places I've loved the last few trips, and ideas for next time. My goal post-move was to go twice a year, we've been back in Vermont 2 years now and I've gone 6 times – 5 of those for work. I jump at every chance to visit, I really do feel the presence of my grandparents with me when I go to the places they took me when I was little. And the time spent with ladies I feel connected and cozy with is amazing.
Being infertile is sometimes like living in a sub-world or alternate reality. I worry about that feeling not going away with time, that the rest of my life will be this weird, second class citizen experience. I'm 2 months from 38, and coming to terms with the fact that 3 years, countless doctors, 4 IUIs, surgery for endometriosis, a million supplements, and acupuncture haven't done a thing. It's time to start accepting the fact that it's likely I won't have a child. It's such an isolated place to be in our society, especially Vermont society. So I wrote down a few things that exemplify my infertility experience in an attempt to both dig through them internally and to let other people know what it's like.
1. My friends worrying about telling me they're pregnant.
I was talking to a friend and she mentioned (paraphrasing here) that she worries that her infertile friends might not be able to relate to her, or that the relationship might be strained because she has a child and her infertile friends don't. I practically fell over myself trying to explain that when nice, intelligent, respectful-to-the-world-and-their-fellow-humans people have babies or announce pregnancy, it genuinely makes me happy. I love when my friends get pregnant. It means I get to hang out with babies, and especially shop for babies (usually at Emily's shop), which is basically my favorite thing ever. Have you seen my friend Kate's baby? She's the cutest baby of all time. Keep having loads of babies, friends, but please don't stop inviting me to hang out because I can't have babies.
2. The assumption that I clearly can't do a job relating to kids / moms, because I don't have children.
There is such a culture of parenthood where I work – and not just parenthood, because I think dads get the fuzzy end of the lollipop too – but a culture of motherhood. At work and in the wild, getting to 38 without having children is incredibly unusual here. Talk usually turns to children, it's the common ground that people use to relate to each other. My team writes a lot of content targeted at parents/caregivers, I often get the following from fellow co-workers: "Did anyone who's actually a mom write it?"
I recently read a blog post lampooning Restoration Hardware for not understanding children. "I also was struck by how painfully obvious it was that whomever was in charge of styling these rooms for the website and catalog clearly doesn't have kids of his or her own" the blogger wrote. First of all, blogger lady, what's painfully obvious is that Restoration Hardware has zero interest in relating to your peasant life or your peasant children. But more importantly, the stylist did his/her job perfectly, which is to translate the brand story into images. If the RH brand story was "make this room look like average kids live in it" then that's how it would have been styled.
The idea that someone without children is incapable of knowing what the average child's lived in room looks like is ludicrous. If one's job is to make a room look lived in by children, or to write articles of interest to mothers, or to design toys for children, or anything relating to parents and children, one puts in the effort to make sure the job is done correctly. Because that's what you do if you want to do your job well. Research, surveys, observation, personal experience, asking friends & family, reading blogs, stalking your parent friends on twitter, etc – there are a million ways to approach a task like this, and will probably deliver a more universally appealing end result than if one parent drew only on personal experience alone.
We've all been children, and childless people do not live in a secret world without children. In the course of my (nearly) 38 years, I've changed diapers, rocked babies to sleep, read bedtime stories (over and over and over), gone back-to-school shopping, cooked special meals for picky eaters, cleaned up after toy-box-explosions, made up one million road trip games, raked the biggest leaf pile for jumping in, picked out the coolest school supplies, drawn endless pictures on demand, held bellies up as they learned to swim, navigated grocery shopping with grabby hands, and in general have made my family a priority in my life. Our experiences are vast and varied, and family units take many, many shapes. But even if I wasn't often around children, I'd still be able to do my job, because I'm not an idiot.
3. Being told I'm being crazy.
I can't tell you the number of times I've heard "Wow, you seem like you're making yourself really crazy over this." For some reason there's a real lack of understanding that this is a medical condition, a disease, with the associated traumas and stress that a disease brings. Research shows that the stress levels of infertility are equal to having a terminal illness. Taking the needed steps to try to medically address infertility (and in my case, the endometriosis that caused it) is not "making yourself crazy." Stress takes a toll, the treatments jack your hormones, it's a medical condition – a failure of a biological mechanism – that's not covered by insurance. So while I may seem upset by my lot in life, in pain from the endometriosis, addled by the hormone treatments, or worn down by chasing doctors; I'm not MAKING myself anything. I'm being proactive about a medical condition and could use some support.
4. Really shitty people being pregnant.
Ok, this one doesn't happen that often, but sometimes one of the worst people I know will be like "Whee, knocked up!" and I'll be like "Didn't I block you ages ago? FML." I do get pretty dang grumpy about the pregnant smokers / Red Bull drinkers wandering the streets of Vermont. But it works in reverse, too – sometimes people I follow online but aren't invested in announce a pregnancy and I get really happy for them because they seem really GOOD. I'm a simple person, as it turns out.
5. Going to the lady doctor.
As I was writing all this (and debating about posting it at all), Sharon posted a similar experience. Shared experiences, they make blogging seem worth it! But, yes. Going to the OB/Gyn is such a terrifying thing now that my blood pressure was through the roof on my last visit, to the point where they called the next week to make sure I got it checked again and was ok. Swarms of super young, hugely pregnant women, with babies in tow already. Doctors who either don't think anything is wrong, or who think I should have a $20K procedure (hint: I don't have $20K!) with a 12% success rate (age + endo puts me in the low-success category) immediately, or doctors who just don't know -anything- and waste my time and money. Vermont is not the place to be infertile, the average age people start having kids is very young. Starting to try a month after turning 35 (when my husband had just turned a whopping 28, and we'd been married all of 3 months) is sheer madness here – but in San Francisco, 35 was considered just fine. In addition to the land-mine waiting room, I have to call and fight with the billing department because having INFERTILE stamped on my chart means that regular checkups often don't get covered.
I've noticed some posts lately about getting the run around at a doctors office. I'm still having to ask my friends who have access to better health care for supplement lists or recommendations from their doctors. I had to demand a routine progesterone test during my last IUI. I know these are not unique experiences. Part of me wants to go to medical school to start researching / getting some dang answers for all of us. Deeply unlikely, so here are some good resources: hormone levels & fertility bloodwork charts, fertility neighborhood, resolve.org
6. Not having a baby.
It still feels like some weird nightmare. Tiny steps to acceptance.
When my brother suggested a few weekends ago that we boat up the Connecticut River to Cedar Circle Farm, tie off on their dock, and walk across the fields for some freshly pressed cider and donuts, it sounded like the best idea in the world. All those childhood books about river living (Mr. Toad & Ratty, hello) came rushing back and now it seems like a really good life goal to live on a river, get a little boat, and only shop at places that have docks. It's doable, right?

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Thursday Night Open ThreadBy · Comments
Here is your open thread for the night, folks. The Tigers and Orioles are playing Game One of their ALDS right now (on TBS) and later tonight the Royals and Angels will play Game One of their ALDS (9:30pm ET on TBS, Weaver vs. Vargas). Somehow we've reached the point where the Tigers are the AL postseason team I dislike the most. I guess I'm going soft. Anyway, there's also the Thursday football game as well (Packers vs. Vikings). Talk about any of those games or whatever else is on your minds right here.
Hal Speaks: Farm System, Offseason, CoachesBy · Comments
Hal Steinbrenner appeared on Michael Kay's radio show yesterday and, among other things, he apologized to Yankees fans for the team's second straight postseason-less year. "I apologize. We did not do the job this year. We know what you expect of us, and we expect the same thing of ourselves, and we certainly did what we thought we could do in the offseason to field a pretty good team come April 1st, but it didn't work out," he said. The full interview is above, but if you don't want to sit through all 20 minutes of it, here's the Cliff's Notes version:
- On incorporating young players going forward: "There's no doubt, young players, player development, that's going to play a big part, because you're correct, it's hard to just play in the free agent market and bring a bunch of veterans on board because you've got a lot of parity in the league now … We've had our struggles in player development and the minor leagues."
- On the upcoming offseason: "I've been a little trade averse as far as getting rid of younger kids as you saw last year, but we're going to have to analyze. We know we need a shortstop, of course. I think with (Ivan) Nova coming back probably not until May, I think we need a starting pitcher. And then we're going to have to go from there. As we do, every offseason, we're going to look at everybody."
- On the $189M luxury tax threshold: "The decision to go over 189 was for one player and that was (Masahiro) Tanaka, and I have no regrets about that because he's going to be everything that we saw in the first three months of the season. He's going to be great." Steinbrenner indicated the team will try to get under the luxury tax threshold again sometime in the future. The Collective Bargaining Agreement expires following the 2016 season and the threshold will probably go up then.
- On the coaching staff: "The hitting coach is responsible for the hitters, the pitching coach is responsible for the pitchers, and we've got an infield coach responsible for defense and fielding. That comes with any position in life. You are liable for what goes on. We have not made any decisions yet as to what we're going to do with any of the coaches. That will be the first step to look at the manager and the coaches as we do every single year."
- On making decisions and changes: "I don't have an answer to that because I don't make rash decisions. I want to talk to all my people, including having long discussions with (Brian Cashman) and his people and really get into, could anything have been different or did these guys just have a down year, these three or four guys? But, rest assured, we're going to get to the bottom of it. And if I do deem that somebody is liable, or if I do deem that somebody is responsible, that things could have been better, I will act."
- On Alex Rodriguez and the possibility of releasing him: "I'm not a lawyer, so (I'm won't) get into what can be done to a contract or not. But like I said, when he's healthy, he's an asset. We need those kind of assets. We need the hitting … If he's healthy, he's going to be an asset to the team, and I would never not want that."
- Steinbrenner also said they are planning extensive interviews to replace VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman, who is retiring this winter. Newman has run the farm system for more than a decade now.
Since we're on subject, also make sure check out Joel Sherman's recent sit down with Hal as well. He discussed some of the same stuff as in the radio interview plus some other topics as well.
Baseball America continuing breaking down the top 20 prospects in each minor league today with the Low-A South Atlantic League. The list is free but the scouting reports are not. Nationals RHP Lucas Giolito, Phillies SS J.P. Crawford, and Nationals RHP Reynaldo Lopez claim the top three spots. Three Yankees' prospects made the list: RHP Luis Severino (No. 4), OF Aaron Judge (No. 8), and LHP Ian Clarkin (No. 15).
"In Severino's case, he throws a 95-97 mph fastball that he locates to both sides of the plate with excellent life. His changeup is not always consistent, but it was average at least most of the time. His slider varied between well below-average to average depending on the outing," said the scouting report, which also notes Severino is very quick to the plate and "nearly impossible" to run on. He is clearly the top pitching prospect in the organization after posting a 2.46 ERA (2.40 FIP) in 113.1 innings at three levels this summer.
The write-up notes Judge is a complete hitter more than a brute masher, and he is viewed as a "capable defensive right fielder with a strong arm." Clarkin "doesn't necessarily have an above-average pitch, but he throws a solid-average three-pitch mix consisting of a fastball, curveball and changeup," according to scouting report, which also called Clarkin one of the "safer bets" among league pitching prospects. "He already shows a feel for keeping hitters off-balance by pitching backwards at times."
You could make the case Severino, Judge, and Clarkin are three of the organization's top four prospects right now, along with C Gary Sanchez. The Yankees have Severino on the fast track and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw him in the big leagues in 2015. The next list of interest to Yankees' fans is the High-A Florida State League, which will be released next week. Judge is a lock for that list and 3B Eric Jagielo, 1B Greg Bird, and OF Jake Cave are good bets to appear as well. Severino didn't throw enough innings with High-A Tampa to qualify.
Other League Top 20s: Short Season NY-Penn League, Rookie Gulf Coast League.
Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas declared free agent by MLB
According to his agent, Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas has been declared a free agent by MLB. He already established residency in Haiti and has been unblocked by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, so this was the final step in the process. Tomas is free to sign with any team and he reportedly already has a $75M offer in hand.
Tomas, 23, held a showcase for scouts a week ago and is currently visiting teams for private workouts. It's unclear if the Yankees have invited him for a private workout — they did have Aledmys Diaz and Rusney Castillo come to Tampa for firsthand looks earlier this year, for what it's worth — and their level of interest is unknown at this point. Tomas is said to be a middle of the order right-handed hitter with power, and, if true, I think the Yankees should be all over him. · (221) ·
The simple yet daunting task of finding a new shortstopBy · Comments
For the last two decades, the Yankees had the luxury of knowing Derek Jeter would be their starting shortstop. It's a tough position to fill and he was excellent. Jeter had an insane peak year in 1999 but his greatness was always built around his durability and consistency, the write it in pen year-after-year production. He didn't have that crazy 7+ WAR per year for five years peak, but he was a 4+ WAR player for like 15 straight years. Every year, he produced.
The Yankees have to replace Jeter at shortstop this offseason and — let's be honest here — replacing his 2014 production won't be difficult. Out of 146 qualified batters he ranked 124th in OBP (.305), 145th in SLG (.313), and 140th in wRC+ (73). He was bad even by shortstop standards (league average at the position was an 87 wRC+). Add in the poor defense and Jeter's on-field contribution was basically replacement level this year.
Replacing the 2014 version of Jeter on the field doesn't figure to be particularly difficult. They're not going to be able to replace him in the clubhouse — I don't think the lost leadership will be a big issue but it's not negligible either — and they definitely won't be able to replace his marketability and drawing power. That's impossible. All they can do is upgrade on the field at shortstop, which will be both relatively easy given Jeter's performance and difficult at the same time.
The timing worked out well and Jeter's retirement coincides with a free agent class heavy on quality shortstops. That's good! The Yankees will have their pick of the litter, assuming they're willing to pay the price. I don't know if playing for the Yankees is as much of a draw as it once was (money still talks) and I'm sure some are put off by the idea of replacing Jeter and having to try to live up to an impossible standard.
We'll inevitably take many, many looks at the various free agent shortstops this winter, but for now here's a quick look at the group:
- Asdrubal Cabrera: Average-ish hitter, bad overall defender but with a knack for highlight plays, generally healthy, won't cost a draft pick.
- Stephen Drew: Awful at the plate this year, pretty good last year, very good defender, injuries have been an issue, won't cost a draft pick.
- J.J. Hardy: Average-ish hitter whose power disappeared in 2014, very good defender, lingering back issues, will cost a draft pick.
- Jed Lowrie: Above-average hitter from 2012-13, less than that in 2014, okay defender at best, healthier in recent years, might cost a draft pick.
- Hanley Ramirez: Legitimate middle of the order masher, terrible defense, lots of injuries in recent years, will cost a draft pick.
Every so often a free agent comes along who fits a team perfectly. CC Sabathia fit the 2009 Yankees perfectly. Brian McCann fit the 2014 Yankees perfectly. Nelson Cruz fits the 2015 Mariners perfectly. None of these shortstops fit the 2015 (and beyond) Yankees perfectly though, and that's the case with most free agents. They're all good to great players with their own sets of pluses and minuses.
Any of these guys would represent an on-field upgrade over 2014 Jeter but the Yankees must determine who is the best fit. Do you want to go long-term with Hanley knowing he'll possibly be a 120 games a year third baseman as soon as 2016? Is Hardy's power and defense worth that risky back? Back problems never really do away, you know. They just get more manageable. The Yankees have enough dead weight on the payroll as it is and the free agent shortstop class looks like a minefield of potential bad contracts.
There are always trades to consider — Jimmy Rollins, anyone? — but if no appealing long-term shortstop solutions exist, isn't the best move finding a short-term stopgap and trying to figure it out again next winter? Drew, for example, is destined for a small one-year contract. There's at least a chance he will hit next year following a normal offseason — "I haven't had a regular Spring Training in three years. I had the ankle, the concussion and then all the stuff this past year. I haven't had a normal routine in a while. I had to play the cards I got dealt and make the best of it. This offseason, I can take a step back and prepare for next season the right way. I'm healthy and looking forward to it," he said to George King — which is more than you can say for Brendan Ryan.
I wouldn't blame the Yankees at all if they walked away from Drew given how terrible he looked this year, both in pinstripes and with the Red Sox. His 44 wRC+ in 300 plate appearances happened. It can't be ignored. But, if the Yankees don't want to spend big on a shortstop, he's probably the best one-year stopgap they'll find. And that's kinda scary. This isn't like finding a left fielder or a DH for a year. Quality shortstops are rare and teams tend to jump on them given the chance. Ryan's two-year contract (plus a player option!) looks silly but that's what it takes to get someone to play the position competently.
The Yankees will not be able to replace Derek Jeter the person this winter but they have to replace Derek Jeter the shortstop and that shouldn't be tough given the year he had. The question is how do they want to replace him? There are cases to be made for going long-term for one of the big name free agents — Hanley sure would look great hitting third behind Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner, wouldn't he? — or going short-term until a better fit comes along. Until they can pry one of the Cubs' young shortstops loose, for example. Either way, the Yankees will upgrade at short this winter. It's just a question of how.
Wednesday Night Open ThreadBy · Comments
As I'm sure you've heard, Derek Jeter launched a new website today called The Players' Tribune. It's basically a place for athletes to write their own stories in their own words branded as an "innovative multimedia digital company where world-class athletes will share their unfiltered, honest and unique perspectives, bringing fans closer to the games they love." I'm not sure how many players will write at midseason, but I guess we'll find out. Chad Jennings has the press release, if you're interested.
Here is your open thread for the night. The Pirates and Giants (Volquez vs. Bumgarner) are playing the NL Wildcard Game (8pm ET on ESPN) and we can only hope it will be as good as the AL game last night. That was something else. You folks know how these open threads work by now, so have at it.
Once again, Yankees led AL in attendance in 2014
For the 12th consecutive season, the Yankees led the American League in attendance in 2014, according to Maury Brown. The Yankees drew 3,401,624 fans this summer, third most in baseball behind the Dodgers (3,782,337) and Cardinals (3,540,649). The Giants (3,368,697) and Angels (3,095,935) were the only other teams to draw 3M+ fans. The Indians (1,437,393) had MLB's worst attendance.
The Yankees averaged 41,995 fans per game this season, up from 40,489 last year but down from 43,733 from 2012. Brown says total MLB attendance has dropped 1.5% since 2012 and the Yankees are a bit higher than that (3.9%). They averaged 45,839 fans per game during the first three years of the new Yankee Stadium and 42,072 in the three years since. With no Mariano Rivera or Derek Jeter farewell tour to prop up attendance, the Yankees could take a big hit next year if the team's on-field performance doesn't improve dramatically. · (123) ·
Jagielo out 4-6 weeks with broken bone in face following hit-by-pitch
3:44pm: Jagielo had to undergo surgery to repair the fracture, he announced on Instagram. (The picture isn't gross.) Everything went well.
1:01pm: Third base prospect Eric Jagielo is out 4-6 weeks with a broken bone in his face, VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman confirmed to Josh Norris. Jagielo took a fastball to the face during an Instructional League game over the weekend. He will be replaced on the Arizona Fall League roster, according to Newman.
Jagielo, 22, was the Yankees' first round pick in the 2013 draft. He hit .259/.354/.460 (132 wRC+) with 16 homers in 85 games around an oblique injury with High-A Tampa this year. The broken bone stinks but that seems like the best case scenario whenever you talk about a pitch up around the head. Jagielo could have suffered a concussion or serious eye damage. All things considered, this is good news. Heal up and get ready for 2015. · (43) ·
MLB to test pace of game rule changes in Arizona Fall League
MLB announced it will test pace of game rule changes in the Arizona Fall League this year. The list of changes is right here. Here's the short version: batters must keep one foot in the batter's box at all times (unless there's a wild pitch, passed ball, foul ball, etc.), intentional walks are automatic (manager signals, batter goes to first with no pitches thrown), pitcher-catcher conferences are limited, and a game clock will be installed. Pitchers will have 12 seconds between pitches with the bases empty and 20 seconds with men on base.
There's no doubt baseball has a pace of game problem and these days people have short attention spans with plenty of ways to distract themselves. I couldn't tell you how many times I've looked down at my phone between pitches at a game, or at my computer while watching at home. MLB isn't going to shorten up commercial breaks, so this is the next best thing. I do think the pace of play would be less of an issue if offense hadn't disappeared — it's one thing to watch a high-scoring game last three and a half hours, it's another to watch three total runs score and batters ground into the shift for three and a half hours. We'll see. The AzFL begins play next week. · (58) ·
2015 Payroll Breakdown: Part OneBy · Comments
The dust is still settling following the end of the 2014 regular season, but the Yankees have already started their offseason by beginning contract talks with GM Brian Cashman. That's the very first item on the winter agenda — finding a GM, whether it's Cashman or someone else. Nothing can happen until the guy in charge is in place.
I have no interest in debating the merits of re-signing Cashman now. It's pretty clearly going to happen regardless of what you or I think. Instead, I want to get a jump on the offseason and free agency by looking at how much money the Yankees will have to spend this winter. It should go without saying this is nothing more than an estimation. Salary figures are available but luxury tax calculations are complex and we really have no idea how much the Yankees can or are willing to spend. All we can have is their recent spending trends.
Anyway, if you're worried the team may try to squeeze under the $189M luxury tax threshold in 2015 after back-to-back postseason-less years, don't. Alex Rodriguez's hefty salary comes back on the books and last winter's free agent signings make getting under the threshold all but impossible at this point. Ten players are either hitting free agency or retiring (Chris Capuano, Stephen Drew, Chase Headley, Rich Hill, Derek Jeter, Hiroki Kuroda, Brandon McCarthy, David Robertson, Ichiro Suzuki, Chris Young) but that still doesn't leave the team with much wiggle room. Let's break it down.
UNDER CONTRACT (ten players signed for $175.07M)
Players: A-Rod ($27.5M), CC Sabathia ($24.4M), Mark Teixeira ($22.5M), Masahiro Tanaka ($22.14M), Jacoby Ellsbury ($21.86M), Brian McCann ($17M), Carlos Beltran ($15M), Brett Gardner ($13M), Martin Prado ($10M), Brendan Ryan ($1.67M)
Just to be clear, those are luxury tax "hits" since that's the most most important number to the Yankees. Each player's actual 2015 salary may be different. The Yankees have ten players under contract next year and the scary thing is that they have no idea what they're going to get out of A-Rod or Sabathia, plus they'll be holding their breath every time Tanaka throws a pitch, at least for the first few weeks. Those ten players don't come with much certainty.
The only contract option the Yankees have to worry about this offseason is Andrew Bailey's club option. Forgot about him, didn't you? The team signed him to a minor league deal last spring then rehabbed him from shoulder capsule surgery this summer with an eye on getting him in their 2015 bullpen. The option is valued at $2.5M, so not much but not nothing either. Bailey did not pitch at all this year — Joe Girardi confirmed Bailey had a "few setbacks" in his rehab back in August — and the option isn't a slam dunk. He might have looked awful towards the end of his rehab, enough to scare the team away. We have no way of knowing.
Arbitration-Eligible (seven players)
Players: David Huff (first time), Michael Pineda (first time), David Phelps (first time, Super Two), Ivan Nova (second time), Esmil Rogers (second time), Francisco Cervelli (second time), Shawn Kelley (fourth time, Super Two)
The Super Two cutoff this offseason is projected to be two years and 133 days of service time according to MLBTR, so Phelps will qualify at two years and 156 days. He should clear the cutoff comfortably even if the projection is off a bit. The Yankees managed to prevent Pineda from becoming a Super Two last year by sending him to the minors when his rehab was complete in July, but there's no more avoiding arbitration now. He'll get a nice raise in his first time through even after missing all that time.
Huff and Rogers are non-tender candidates. Huff won't get a big raise at all and, even though he pitched well this year (211 ERA+!), I don't think he's someone you go out of your way to keep. Rogers actually made $1.85M this past season and the Collective Bargaining Agreement says the Yankees can't pay him less than 80% of that next year, or $1.48M. No player has ever had their salary reduced through arbitration either. The Yankees may like Rogers' arm but there's no way they'll keep him at that salary.
Estimating arbitration salaries is damn near impossible, at least for me, but I'm going to ballpark it anyway:
- Pineda: $3M, up from $500k-ish (awesome when healthy, All-Star in 2011)
- Phelps: $2M, up from $500k-ish
- Nova: $3.8M, up from $3.3M (hurt all year)
- Cervelli: $1M, up from $700k
- Kelley: $2.5M, up from $1.765M
- Huff and Rogers non-tendered
Sound okay to you? MLBTR's crazy accurate arbitration projections are still a few weeks away, so this will have to do for now. If you don't like Cervelli and/or Kelley at those salaries, you still sign then them trade them, not non-tender them. They have some actual value. Not much, but some.
Anyway, my spit-balled arbitration numbers give us another $12M for five players on top of the $175.07M for ten players above, bringing us to $187.07M for 15 players. Considering I did nothing more than guess with those arbitration numbers, let's round it up to $188M and go with that. Round numbers are easy. Like I said earlier, this is nothing more than an estimation. In a few weeks we'll get a better idea of the arbitration salaries once MLBTR crunches the numbers.
Pre-Arbitration (18 players)
Players: Manny Banuelos, Dellin Betances, Jose Campos, Preston Claiborne, Ramon Flores, Shane Greene, Slade Heathcott, Bryan Mitchell, John Ryan Murphy, Eury Perez, Jose Pirela, Jose Ramirez, Antoan Richardson, Austin Romine, Gary Sanchez, Zelous Wheeler, Adam Warren, Chase Whitley
Richardson and Wheeler will likely be cut loose this winter, maybe Perez too. He is out of minor league options (I think) but could stick around all winter and come to camp to compete for a bench job. Then again, if the Yankees need a 40-man spot in the offseason, he'll probably get the axe. Either way, the pre-arbitration guys who get knocked off the 40-man roster will be replaced by more pre-arbitration players (Rule 5 Draft eligible players, waiver claims, etc.), so the salary numbers are a wash.
Of those 18 players, only Betances and Warren are locks to be on the Opening Day roster. Greene is a good bet to make the team in some capacity. Something would need to happen with Cervelli for Murphy or Romine to crack the big league roster. Claiborne and Whitley are classic up-and-down depth arms while Perez, Pirela, and Flores could compete for a bench job, I suppose. The rest — Banuelos, Heathcott, Ramirez, and Sanchez — are ticketed for the minors.
Like most other teams, the Yankees have a sliding scale for pre-arbitration salaries based on service time and awards voting, stuff like that. Warren and Betances won't make the league minimum next season even though the Yankees could technically renew their contracts at that salary. There's a relationship aspect to this. You don't want to upset players and agents by cheaping out with pre-arbitration salaries. Conservatively assuming $600k each for Warren, Betances, and Greene puts us at $189.8M for 18 players with this roster:
|1B Teixeira
|LF Gardner
|2B Prado
|CF Ellsbury
|SS Ryan
|RF Beltran
|3B A-Rod!
|Disabled List
|C Cervelli
Some of those open spots can and presumably will be filled internally. Claiborne or Mitchell or Ramirez or Jacob Lindgren or Nick Rumbelow or any number of other reliever could work their way into the bullpen. Maybe Bailey and Huff too. Pirela or Perez could squeeze onto the bench. The Yankees do have some options in house but no long-term answers to any of those question marks. There's no shortstop to push Ryan to the bench, for example.
Aside from an injury-fueled outlier in 2013, the Yankees have opened the season with a payroll in the $195M to $210M range every year since 2008, give or take a few million here or there. That $189.8M covers 18 MLB roster players, though there will be another 15 players on the 40-man roster but not the active 25-man roster that count against the luxury tax. They're usually estimated at $2M (they earn lower salaries in the minors). There's also $12M or so in benefits every team must play. Now we're up to $203.8M for 17 active roster players plus Nova.
If the Yankees are going to stick to that $210M or so payroll limit, they have very little room to maneuver this winter. They need a shortstop (pushing Ryan to the bench), preferably another starter (pushing Phelps or Greene to the bullpen), and miscellaneous depth pieces at the absolute minimum. Retaining David Robertson and adding another starting caliber infielder at second and/or third base seem like two items that should be pretty high on the offseason to-do list as well.
The Yankees don't have nany pieces to offer in a cash-clearing trade either. Dealing Cervelli or Kelley is nothing more than rearranging furniture at their salary levels. Same with Phelps or even Pineda. To clear some real money, they'd have to trade Gardner or Prado, two of their three or four best offensive players. How do you trade them and realistically improve the team? I'm sure it's possible. I just don't see how. It would take some creativity and luck — not many clubs are willing to take on useful big money pieces in exchange for useful low-cost pieces. The Yankees are generally the salary dumpees, not the salary dumpers.
George King recently reported the "early industry vibe is the Yankees aren't going to spend big money this winter" and I totally buy that. Seems completely plausible after spending all that money last winter and winding up with a worse record and fewer runs scored. They took their shot(s) last offseason and may now focus on tinkering rather than overhauling. And, to be honest, the Yankees aren't one or two big free agents away from contending either. Figuring out how to get this club back on the right track without ballooning payroll will be one heck of a task for Cashman & Co.


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Could not have responded any better! Foolish questions deserve foolish answers…great article Mr. Ramstad.
I don't understand the point of this article. The answers to these NK questions should be either from the South Korean government itself, in all its legitimacy, or insightful into South Korean policy while reflecting this WSJ's own view. It accomplishes neither, and just sounds like a childish 'take that' where the author vents some frustrations with North Korean foreign policy.
For example you write:"Our National Security Law, while flawed, is designed to protect our citizens from your government — which has not been elected by our people (or yours) — and your military."
There is no policy interest here, no serious reflection of the South Korean government's stance, no serious engagement of the issue.
Listen I agree that there ought to be some answer to these questions North Korea poses. And if the S. Korean government does not take up that challenge, then sure, by all means go ahead and do it. But do it in a serious and insightful way that doesn't fall into the 'zany game of posturing' you decried in the same article.
Does anyone else think it's weird the North Korean railwaymen are swinging sledge hammers while wearing full dress uniforms?
And that the guy in the front is wearing socks on his hands?
The questionnaire is ridiculous, as is the photo. My heart goes out to the NK people who have to survive under such insane leadership. The new 'dear leader' is fat as a pig while his people starve. I hope his western education somewhat opened his eyes to how ridiculous and hypocritical he is.
1. Which great loss? Oh, I'm sorry; I thought you were referring to your performance in the 2010 World Cup!
2. Sure, we'll make it public. Just check our Facebook page and click "Like" next to "major compromise"
3. We apologize for damaging your torpedo with our warship and allowing our island to get in the way of your shelling. SORRY!
4. Don't worry; those joint military exercises are really targeted at China. We've just been using the DPRK as a convenient decoy.
5. Nuclear weapons? The only weapons we have are winter socks and Choco-pies, which we send north using helium balloons.
6. Psychological campaigns? Do you mean the K-pop music that our border sentries enjoy listening to?
7. We're willing to cooperate by exchanging our best soccer players for a dozen of your top military generals.
8. We'll negotiate a peace treaty when Kim Jong Un shaves his head and chants Buddhist scriptures in Swiss German.
9. Evils laws? Excuse me, you must have the wrong axis.
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Did you notice anything odd with your Internet connection yesterday?
Probably not, but the Internet started changing in a big way under the hood, with websites and Internet service providers turning on a new technology to transmit data.
The Internet's been running on a system that was originally developed 35 years ago as part of an experimental project called ARPAnet in the U.S. Defense Department. That's when researchers created something called Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4.
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A key component of the system was how many addresses it created, since in theory, every gadget on the Internet needs its own unique number, called an Internet Protocol address, so data can find it. IPv4 created about 4.3 billion addresses — overkill for an experiment, but not enough for a planet. IP addresses started running out about a year ago in some parts of the world.
There have been many tricks to stretch the number of IP addresses. For example, every Internet-connected device in your home probably shares the external IP address of your modem, in the same way that telephones in an office have extensions to share one main number.
With IPv6, everything can have a unique number, making it easier and quicker for data to find its way around the Internet. In comparison to IPv4's 4.3 billion IP addresses, IPv6 can assign about 340 trillion trillion trillion (that's not a typo). Or, to be exact, 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 IP addresses.
The addresses won't run out any time soon, and that means all kinds of gadgets that most people haven't even thought of can get online. Appliances, even individual lights, can more easily join the "smart grid" to turn on or off based on the cost of electricity at that moment, for example.
IPv6 has other benefits. Encryption security is built in, instead of being added on as it is in IPv4. Of course, giving every gadget a unique address means it would be easier to track the user of the gadget online. IPv6 includes protocols to hide the addresses from snoops, however.
IPv6 also allows "quality of service." Packets of video data, for example, can specify that they need special handling to arrive without delay — so Netflix and Hulu videos won't be choppy. (Right now, video and audio data packets are given lower priority than text packets.)
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You probably won't be affected by the transition. But if you are experiencing any weirdness, click on Yahoo's IPv6 Test page to see if that's the problem.
In fact, your computer or mobile may not even be using IPv6 at all. Usage of IPv6 is slowly filtering in alongside the IPv4 system, and it will be a long time before it fully takes over.
But by flipping on the switch yesterday, engineers have guaranteed that the Internet can get much, much bigger.
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The unprecedented outpouring of teenage angst on the web isn't just a way for teenagers to make hundreds of new friends but provides a unique opportunity for advertisers to exploit them, Pierre Bellanger, CEO of French free blogging service Skyblog, told Reuters journalists in Paris. "Never, so many diaries, so many articles, so many printed words, were online from a generation expressing itself. So you have to know that scientists, sociologists are exploring that mass of data because it has a sociological content of extraordinary value. And it has also an extraordinary value for advertisers. Because what we have spoken of is very profitable," said Belanger, who runs Europe's biggest blog. He said Skyblog's extraordinary growth had happened despite being French-language. "When you look at the data you have very few sites with our growth, with one of the worst languages to speak on the internet, which is French… it's like being — before Lonely Planet — with Hungarian tourist guides. So it's strange." Bellanger said he didn't believe bloggers would mind if Skyblog linked up with a partner, as it wants to do — even a company like Microsoft. "I don't think anyone cares, truly, about corporate ownership — I would say 99.9 percent of the audience. Like with MySpace for example. People were saying 'Oh la la' — in French — 'it is the end of the world as we know it!' But no, nothing happened. What I would say is important is that the brands of the 90s are no longer the brands of the new generation."


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So the amygdala are regions of the brain thought to be different in people on the spectrum (especially AS).
Here's a couple of things I have read about them: -
- The amygdala are almond shaped structures, with one on each side of the brain; each is composed of up to 22 distinct regions.
- The amygdala are involved in processing of memory associated with
reactions (more emotion, better memory retention).
- The amygdala are associated with the
circuit and the memory of fear (conditioned fear). When the amygdala are damaged (e.g. due to a lesion) fear disappears.
- In NTs the amygdala are activated in response to viewing faces and are thought to be involved in
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. In people with AS, the amygdala are relatively inactive in response to viewing faces, and parts of the brain involved in recognising inanimate objects are activated instead.
- Buddhist monks who practice
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- Activation of the amygdala has been shown to decrease
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- When you witness a car crash, argue with your spouse or get yelled at by your boss, its your amygdalas job to set off a cascade of
stress-related reactions
. When a distressing event is 'named' (e.g. the word 'angry' is attached), amygdala activity is reduced.
- People who describe themselves as '
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I'm sure there are more too. I wonder what all this means for people on the spectrum? Are we natural meditators? Are our good memories somehow related to the way we experience positive emotions from special interests? etc.
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Interesting. I read somewhere that the amygdala is behind difficulty with eye contact.
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In NTs the amygdala are activated in response to viewing faces and are thought to be involved in
recognizing facial expressions
. In people with AS, the amygdala are relatively inactive in response to viewing faces, and parts of the brain involved in recognising inanimate objects are activated instead.
I don't get this. Maybe there are different types of AS? I feel hyperattuned to peoples' facial expressions and when I'm drained from hyperfocussing on them I avoid their gazes but no problem recognizing expressions.
When a distressing event is 'named' (e.g. the word 'angry' is attached), amygdala activity is reduced.
Interesting. Maybe cause a different part of the brain is being utilized to attach language to distress. Does that means it reduces distress or just relocates it processing to another area of the brain?
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Fascinating Captain. I have practiced meditation for many years. Too, I am not trusting of people. Yes, they are all out to "get" me and you as well. I wonder how all of this fits in? There seem to be very many issues associated with AS that are worthy of serious scientific study, but that have not been well studied up to now. I can see lots of research topics for Masters and PhD candidates, as well as professionals.
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So many questions to be answered indeed.
I was surprised by the connection with meditation. I've often felt I have a tendency to take emotion out of the equation and to approach situations with facts and logic, which seems difficult for NTs -- it's almost like their emotions come first.
I'm also very naive and trust others far too easily. I've been hurt badly with this recently (confiding my dreams/ambitions/plan to somebody I thought could be trusted who then went and stole my idea, sigh). I think the tendency to be too honest ties in which this whole naivety thing, and maybe the amygdala are to blame.
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Psychopaths have a lot of characteristics suggestive of amygdala damage. Traits shared by psychopaths and people with amygdala damage include:
* difficulty recognizing negative facial expressions but not positive ones
* inability to feel fear, or reduced ability to feel fear
* better emotion recognition if forced to make eye contact
* reduced sensitivity to aversive conditioning
The amygdala is also implicated in PTSD, in the opposite direction. PTSD is basically fear conditioning gone overboard.
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The researchers also found that parts of an emotion-processing hub, the amygdala, were smaller in children with the disorder. The diminished size had a significant and positive correlation with severity of ADHD symptoms. In those with the disorder, researchers also observed poor connections between the amygdala and the pre-frontal cortex, which could contribute to problems with impulse control and
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This past weekend Ann Coulter spoke at Homocon the inaugural party of GOProud, a gay conservative organization. After making a series of jokes about gay marriage, Coulter made the dangerous and false statement that gay marriage is not a civil right, because gay folks are not black.
In one of a series of racially insensitive remarks that pervaded her speech, Coulter added, "Marriage is not a civil right. You're not black." It was part of a larger argument on which she later elaborated, telling the crowd that the 14th Amendment only applies to African-Americans and that it does not, in fact, apply to women, LGBT people or other minorities.
Beyond the tragic insistence that women, LGBT people and other minorities should maintain second class status, we shouldn't be shocked by her faulty logic, since she is known for making sweeping generalizations that deny logic and history. I mean, I blame GOProud for thinking she wouldn't trainwreck this type of keynote and actually give a nuanced analysis of being gay and Republican. The only thing nuanced about Coulter is the multiple and inconsistent ways she can never logically justify her arguments. But, I'll stop the Coulter dis-fest, since the larger issue here is she is not alone in believing that gay marriage is not a civil right.
After a morning chat with Miriam, we concluded that in an ideal world, the state would not have the right to determine your rights based on your marital status. Marriage shouldn't be something the state is involved with, we should all have access to the rights that married people have access to. But we don't. Marriage entails certain rights that in most places only straight people have access to and as a result, those that do not have access to these state ensured rights are being discriminated against.
The attitude that gay marriage is not a civil right has been echoed not just by Coulter but similar sentiments have been heard from folks like Bernice King and the now-in-spotlight Bishop Eddie Long or even SCLC's ambivalence towards Prop 8, all staunch advocates of black civil rights. I think what baffles me most about this inability to see a similarity in the fight for gay civil rights with black civil rights is that one of the landmark cases for marriage equality was about race, Loving v. Virginia that allowed for interracial marriage. Would these folks also be opposed to interracial marriage? Didn't Ann Coulter used to date Dinesh D'Souza (scary)? Or would they support the rights of gay black people to get married? Or are there no gay black people?? It just doesn't fit together.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell wrote last year in a great piece on her reflections on marriage, that marriage was a part of survival and important in maintaining black familial connections during slavery. Marriage was needed as a civil right to sanctify a bond that had already been spiritually developed.
Marriage as the intersection between the personal and political is not new in the United States. In an upcoming book, 'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America, Frances Smith Foster challenges the received wisdom that black families were destroyed during American slavery. She marshals convincing, historical evidence refuting the assumption that enslaved people accepted that their marriages were not "real" because they were not recognized by the state.
Her study of slave marriage does not reveal fragile, transient attachments; rather Foster uncovers a rich legacy of love, struggle, and commitment among enslaved black people. By choosing whom to love, how to love, what to sacrifice, and how long to stay committed, black Americans carved out space for their human selves even as enslavers tried to reduce them to chattel.
In spite of the fact that their marriages were not legally sanctioned, many enslaved people formed lifelong attachments, sacrificed personal security and freedom to maintain their relationships, protected their fidelity despite unthinkable obstacles, and remained deeply attached to their identities as married persons.
As Harris-Lacewell concludes and I agree, this does not assume that we must have a "marriage-only" framework, but work at the intersection of staunchly advocating for marriage as a civil right, recognizing the history and importance of marriage in many different communities, while also recognizing how marriage itself is problematic. Yes, in an ideal world, marriage is not a right granted by the state, but the rights garnered through marriage were provided for all. But given the status quo and the role that marriage has played for disenfranchised groups to build power within their communities, denying a certain group the right to marry is absolutely a civil rights violation and must be legally fought as one.


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Come find out how you can get involved with you local rescue squad at our Open House on Saturday, June 21 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. We will have food, an extrication drill, equipment demonstrations, HRS history on display, apparatus tours, and information about observing and/or joining.


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Fry's Electronics
I can't wait to leave. Everyone thinks my job is easy, and you also may think that, too, but it's really not. It's mentally draining. It's strenuous when you have to be respectful to customers that constantly disrespect you. No matter how offended or upset you are with a customer, you have to keep calm in order to keep your job. This job makes me feel enervated when I get home, thinking "what is wrong with people"? Just because I work at this store does not mean I am underneath you as a person. And to be honest, these people that disrespect me are ridiculously overweight, have an IQ less than 50, and smell like they haven't showered in days. And they just love to instigate; maybe because I look so young and I am an employee at the store, they think they have power over me. This job is vexatious and it makes me a more bitter, grumpier person. I can't wait for my revenge on these imbeciles. And that revenge is by being better than them throughout life. Honestly, I would quit right now, but I can't, financially wise. In all honesty, I am just keeping this job just so I can afford that disneyland trip my girlfriend keeps mentioning because I know it'll make her happy. Just a couple more paychecks and everything will be gleeful.
Finished Strong
Man. I'm feeling good. I'm blessed with so many things. Well, where to begin. I have the greatest girlfriend ever. She's smart, beautiful, and kind. Walrus. Spring 2013 semester was so hectic. I took 20.5 units (6 academic classes and 1 P.E class) and achieved a 4.0 GPA. I did this while working 20+ hours a week. And on top of that, I dieted and got back in shape. And when I mean dieted, I mean eating less than 1200 calories a day (wrestlers' diet is intense, huh?). Recently, my step-sister gave me her Honda CRV 01' for only $1000. THANK YOU BASED GOD. I love Lucky like a little brother. If anyone did to anything to him, I'll cut that nigga. I have an awesome relationship with my parents. I'm so thankful for them. I'm saving so much money right now, I have to make them proud. I have to. Applying for grad school next year in the fall is a bittersweet feeling. I'm so proud of what I accomplished throughout life. I just got to keep pushing through. I'm getting old, but hard work never stops, right?
Explosions In The Sky - Remember Me As A Time Of Day
Don't get me wrong, I listen to a variety of music, but instrumentals is probably my favorite thing to listen to. It makes me think, instead of an artist telling his or her story, I'm creating mine in my own head. It soothes me; I think about all my problems (I'm sure everybody has their own problems, too), my family, the future and life in general. Do you honestly know where you'll end up in 10 years? Some people are afraid to look that far in the future, and just want to embrace the moments that we have right now, but I'm not like that. Or tell me, honestly, what about college? It's inevitable but we should always have a plan for something. A goal without a plan is only a wish. I'm not a wisher. I make things happen.
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RIP Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5th, 1930 to August 25th, 2012), First Person to Step on the Moon
Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became first to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11, has died. He was 82 years old.
He was born in the small town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 1930.
On July 20, 1969, half a billion people — a sixth of the world's population at the time — watched a ghostly black-and-white television image as Armstrong backed down the ladder of the lunar landing ship Eagle, planted his left foot on the moon's surface, and said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Twenty minutes later his crewmate, Buzz Aldrin, joined him, and the world watched as the men spent the next two hours bounding around in the moon's light gravity, taking rock samples, setting up experiments, and taking now-iconic photographs.
"Isn't this fun?" Armstrong said over his radio link to Aldrin. The third member of the Apollo 11 crew, Michael L. Collins, orbited 60 miles overhead in the mission's command ship, Columbia. President Richard Nixon called their eight-day trip to the moon "the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation."
'I Believe That This Nation Should Commit Itself….'
Armstrong's step fulfilled a challenge laid down by an earlier president, John F. Kennedy, in May 1961. Struggling in his first months in the White House, Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress:
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth," he said. "No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."
Armstrong was a 30-year-old test pilot at the time of Kennedy's challenge, flying the X-15 rocket plane for a new government agency called NASA. He had served as a Naval aviator in the Korean War, flying 78 missions, and had an engineering degree from Purdue University. A native of the small town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, he was married to the former Jan Shearon and living near Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert of California.
NASA already had seven astronauts, flying its Mercury space capsule. In 1962 it sent out word that it was looking for more, and Armstrong was one of the nine it selected.
Gemini VIII
On March 16, 1966 he became the first American civilian to orbit the earth, commanding the two-man Gemini VIII mission with David R. Scott as his crewmate. On their fourth orbit, they made the first-ever docking in space with another spacecraft — a maneuver the still-untested Apollo project would need to get astronauts to and from the lunar surface.
Minutes later, though, the spacecraft began to tumble wildly out of control, apparently because of a broken maneuvering thruster. It was a dangerous moment — a 6,000-pound ship, moving at 17,500 mph, spinning and turning end-over-end once a second. Armstrong ended the emergency by using a second set of thrusters. Mission Control ordered the astronauts to land as soon as possible, and after ten hours of flight they splashed down safely in the Pacific.
The two astronauts were commended for keeping their cool in a difficult situation, and when Project Apollo began, Armstrong was assigned to command one of the first six flights. At the time this was not momentous news. NASA had a system for rotating its crews among flights — one served as backup crew for a mission and then actually flew three flights later — and nobody knew how many test flights would be needed before the first moon landing could be attempted.
Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon
Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin and Fred Haise Jr., was named to the backup crew for Apollo 9, the third manned test of the new moonship. Soon Apollo 9 was swapped with Apollo 8 — and Apollo 8 was then sent to take astronauts around the moon. The mission was a success. While it was still in progress, chief astronaut Deke Slayton took Armstrong aside and told him that he, Aldrin and Mike Collins would fly Apollo 11.
So it was happenstance that made Neil Armstrong one of the most famous names of the 20th century. If the order of flights had been different, or if Apollo 9 or 10 had run into trouble, Apollo 11 might very well have been a practice run for the first lunar landing.
But by May 1969 the rehearsals had gone well and Apollo 11 was next up. Reporters swirled around Armstrong. More than a million people crowded the Florida coast to see the liftoff.
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul," Armstrong said at a preflight news conference, "We're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream."
Apollo 11 Leaves for the Moon
On the morning of July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin were woken before dawn. They suited up and climbed into the Apollo 11 command ship, high atop its 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket.
Liftoff was flawless. Three days later the astronauts arrived in lunar orbit, and on the morning of July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin took their places in the landing ship Eagle, leaving Collins to run the command ship Columbia. They fired Eagle's main engine to slow themselves toward the moon's surface, aiming for a landing site on the Sea of Tranquility, a relatively flat plain near the moon's equator.
As they came in on final approach, Armstrong later reported, he saw they were in trouble. Eagle's computer was steering them right toward a crater, with boulders the size of cars. Armstrong took over manual control. Fuel was in short supply, but he hosed out more, skittering a few hundred feet above the lunar surface in search of a clear spot to land.
"1201 alarm," called Aldrin, watching Eagle's computer readout while Armstrong looked out the window. The computer was overloading.
"Hang tight, we're go," said astronaut Charles Duke, the one person at Mission Control assigned to talk with Armstrong and Aldrin by radio.
Armstrong was silent as he lowered the ship on a pillar of flame. He was too busy flying. Aldrin called out numbers to mark their progress in feet per second. "Four forward, drifting to the right a little."
"Thirty seconds," said Duke. In half a minute he would have to tell the astronauts to abort the landing — even though they were less than a hundred feet up.
Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon
Finally, Aldrin called out, "Contact light" — a signal that a five-foot-long metal probe, protruding from Eagle's landing legs, had touched the surface. The ship gently settled. Finally, Armstrong came on the radio.
"Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed."
Armstrong would say later that he considered the landing a much greater challenge, and a greater accomplishment, than actually walking on the surface. But after making sure Eagle was in good shape for the return trip, he and Aldrin put on their bulky backpacks and prepared to open the hatch.
It was 10:56 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, when Armstrong backed down the ladder of the Lunar Module, went back up a step to make sure he could, and then planted his left boot in the lunar soil.
Armstrong walked on the moon for two hours and 21 minutes, Aldrin for about half an hour less. They took rock samples, set up two experiments, and took a phone call from President Nixon. They planted an American flag (with some difficulty; its staff wouldn't stand firmly in the lunar dirt and the flag itself, stiffened with wires, rumpled). They bounded around in the weak lunar gravity, reporting it was great fun but a little hard to stop.
Armstrong carried a camera, mounted on the chest of his spacesuit, and took some of the most famous pictures of the century. Aldrin did not have a camera — so, in one of the ironies of the space age, almost all the still pictures from the Apollo 11 moonwalk are by Armstrong, not of him.
After a fitful night's sleep, the two men lifted off from the lunar surface and rejoined Collins in Columbia. They splashed down safely in the Pacific on July 24, 1969. They were greeted by ticker-tape parades and a beaming President Nixon. After that, Armstrong tried his best to resume a private life.
He served for a few years as a NASA manager in Washington. He taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati, not far from his birthplace. He served on corporate boards. He was appointed to the panels that investigated the Apollo 13 accident and the Challenger disaster. He declined almost all requests for interviews, and stopped giving autographs when people sold them for thousands of dollars.
A few personal details emerged: He suffered a minor heart attack in 1991. His wife Jan divorced him in 1994 and he soon married Carol Knight. In 2005 his authorized biographer, James R. Hansen, wrote, "Neil Armstrong today seems to be a very happy man — perhaps happier than at any other time in his life."
Armstrong said he did not want to be an icon, remembered only for that one-week trip he made in 1969. He did appear at the White House to mark major anniversaries of Apollo 11, and when he did he urged America to go on exploring.
"There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth's protective layers," he said in 1994. "There are places to go beyond belief."
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"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.
Through violence you may murder the hater,
but you do not murder hate.
In fact, violence merely increases hate.
So it goes.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
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Honest, let's make this night last forever. Forever and ever.
First Date- Blink-182; possible one of my favourite songs.
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One thing I hate most is giving up. It sucks when you do your best but it's not enough and you're forced to give up.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
These people know they can overprice something and yet we will still buy it.. so don't let them get away with it this time! Don't buy Xbox One!
I play Support so looking for all other roles! Message me or add me, username on LoL is: Lewii
Uh… you're not the only gamer girl in the world.
But you are the only one who needs to tell everyone how "unique" that makes you. I bet that controller tastes like ass.


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Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan predicted the Redskins could get a first round pick in a trade for Kirk Cousins. And while Cousins has looked very good at times while starting in place of Robert Griffin III, he hasn't yet looked so good as to warrant a team offering a first round pick for his services.
But if the Redskins could get an offer for a third round pick, then I think they would need to take it. Considering the fact that Cousins was a fourth round pick, then the team would end up gaining some value on him, and more importantly get another high draft pick to use in fixing some of the many needs the teams has going into next season.
There may be a team out there willing to give up a second round pick for Cousins, but if there isn't then surely he's worth at least a third rounder. It's low risk, and for teams like the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Oakland Raiders, and others, Cousins would be an upgrade over what they currently have if those teams don't want to draft a rookie.
The San Francisco 49ers got a second round pick for Alex Smith. But I don't think Cousins resume is on the level of Smith, so it's unlikely the Redskins would get the same in value. But they need to get something for Cousins. Because at this point, I just don't think it's very a good idea to bring him back.
The last thing the Redskins need moving forward is a quarterback controversy. And the next head coach of the Redskins doesn't need to be placed in the predicament of choosing between the two. RGIII is the franchise quarterback, and the Redskins need to do all they can to build around him, and not stay stuck in neutral wondering who the quarterback is?
And Cousins value may never be higher than it is right now, so they may need to strike while the iron is hot. Cousins is a great backup, but the Redskins need to create a situation where their backup quarterback rarely if ever plays. And not a situation where the backup QB has designs on being a starter.


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A Definitive Guide to Hosting During the London Olympics
As the UK's largest site for peer-to-peer accommodation, we've been inundated with calls and emails about getting involved and hosting during the London 2012 Olympics. With 100's and 100's of new hosts signing up every week, we thought we'd put together this blog post to answer the common questions.
How can I sign up to host during the London Olympics?
Becoming a Crashpadder host couldn't be simpler. Just click 'add a room' from the homepage and follow the instructions. You can add pictures, a description and set your price in a few clicks, and your listing will start appearing in search results straight away. It's free to list your room or place, but we do take a 10% commission.
Can I control who books my room?
Absolutely. When a guest decides they would like to book your place they make a reservation request. This means that they select their dates and authorise payment. You will receive an SMS and email notification, which includes a link to their Crashpadder profile. You then have 48 hours to respond to the booking, which you can reject for any reason in a single click. Once you accept, payment is taken and the booking is confirmed!
How much should I charge?
The short answer is, charge what you think people will pay. Our hosts in London charge between £35-£175 per night, depending on factors such as location, room quality and how many people they can accommodate. As a general rule find out what your local hotels are charging and make sure you're competitive!
Do I have to live near an Olympic venue?
No. We have many popular hosts across London and the UK. With over 30 million overseas visitors to the UK expected this year there are plenty of guests to go round! Try to highlight the features of your neighbourhood that will make it attractive to visitors (community, public transport, relevant local attractions) and you're more likely to get the right guests for you.
Can I only host during the London Olympics?
Not at all! We've been running non-stop since 2008, helping people to earn a little extra cash from their spare rooms and making new friends in the process. You can add your room as a permanent listing and start hosting today, or switch your listing off and on as the room is available.
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CHS Girls' V-Ball And Boys' Soccer Win On Senior Night, Crieger Records Game-Winner For Field Hockey Team
On Wednesday, Cheshire High School girls' volleyball (18-0, 8-0 in Housatonic Division) beat Amity (16-3, 6-2) 3-1 (25-16, 25-15, 19-25, 25-23) to sweep the series and secure a seventh straight Housatonic Division title (record).
CA Girls' Volleyball And Field Hockey Win On Wednesday, Boys' Soccer Settles For Draw
Wednesday's Cheshire Academy sports recaps:
CHS Girls' Soccer Drops Regular Season Finale At SHA, Wednesday's Varsity Schedule
On Tuesday, Cheshire High School girls' soccer (9-4-3, 4-2-2 in Housatonic Division) lost 2-1 in the regular season finale at Sacred Heart Academy (8-6-2).
Lady Rams Win Back SCC Title In The Pool, Girls Sweep On Monday
On Monday, Cheshire High School girls' swim and dive (11-0) defeated Amity (11-1) 95-5-88.5 in the dual-meet finale at Hamden Hall Country Day School's Beckerman Athletic Center.
CHS Football Rides Big Second Half to 6-0 Record
Cheshire High School held just a 15-13 lead going to halftime on Friday, but they posted a shut out in the second half and won 36-13 at Hamden (2-4).
Battle Lines Are Drawn
Candidates Square Off During Forum
by John Rook
Political campaigns are defined by differences between two candidates, and those differences were certainly on display last week in Cheshire.
Start Time Changes Discussed By District
by Michael Torelli
All who have gone to high school can likely remember the groggy mornings and hitting snooze on their alarm clocks.
Residents Have Their Say On Tower
by Michael Torelli
A mixture of opinions were offered by residents recently, who filled Town Hall to speak both in favor of and in opposition to the planned 180-foot cell tower on Cheshire Street.
Stark Differences On Term Limits, Economics Define Race For 90th
by Michael Torelli
The race for the Connecticut House of Representatives 90th District seat pits a 30-year politician against a newcomer who has been railing against "career politics" and promoting the need to reassess how districts acquire state funding.
It's understandable that residents in the vicinity of Cheshire's Wastewater Treatment Plant are hesitant to throw their support behind a new plan that would see a 180-foot cell tower erected in the area.
Cheshire Football Tames Tigers At The Surf Club
by Greg Lederer
Cheshire High School football was aware of the challenge they would face last Friday against Daniel Hand. They hadn't beaten the host Tigers since 2009 nor had they won at Madison's Surf Club in five years.
Backyard Theater Ensemble Makes Mark At Festival
by John Rook
The Backyard Theater Ensemble was begun three years ago by a group of young Cheshire thespians who wanted to keep their acting chops sharp.