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52 Games To Go, Let's Do This!…
Enjoyed An Off Day…
Monday, Monday. I am glad it's in the books but it was nice having an off-day while the Yankees enjoyed their free time in Toronto. But it's now Tuesday and back to work.
Last month, I was in favor of a trade for a proven first baseman like Yonder Alonso (then with the Oakland A's) or Lucas Duda (then with the New York Mets). Alonso's bat cooled about the time Chase Headley started heating up so Headley probably blocked any potential deal that would have brought Alonso to New York as either part of the Sonny Gray trade or a separate trade. There's also speculation that the Mets had a similar offer from the Yankees to one they accepted from the Tampa Bay Rays for Duda which showed the only way the Mets would work with the Yankees would be in an "overpay" situation.
So, where does that leave us with the latest speculation that Jay Bruce would be a good fit for the Yankees? Primarily an outfielder, he has played 11 games at first base this year making him at least as experienced at the position as Headley. He is left-handed and has mashed 29 homers this year to go with 75 RBI's. He is batting .260/.324/.528. The 30-year-old is a free agent at the end of the year so he'd be a true rental. Admittedly, I've never been a big fan of Bruce as he has seemed too much like a feast-or-famine type of hitter. But, like Duda, he might have the swing for Yankee Stadium. So, I'd have to say that I am intrigued by this one to say the least. With so much uncertainty around Matt Holliday and Greg Bird, Bruce would bring a big stick to first base/DH for the rest of the year.
Nevertheless, if the Mets insist an overpay because it's the Yankees, then it is not worth it. The Yankees are also included in Bruce's limited no-trade clause but that's nothing $$$ couldn't solve. I am skeptical that the Mets would ever give the Yankees a player that could potentially help them make the play-offs and risk losing market share as a result.
I am not sure what I think about rumors the Yankees should pursue Mike Napoli. He is a proven winner. His numbers in his age 35 year are down from last year but he still has some thump in his bat with 22 HR's albeit with a batting average that is south of the Todd Frazier line. Napoli's contract carries a 2018 club option that can be bought out for $2.5 million. A costly measure, unless the Texas Rangers pay some or all the freight, to add the potential for a few late season bombs. If only Chris Carter had done what he was paid to do.
I hate to see any more prospects shipped away for a six-week need unless it is for someone that can truly be the difference-maker at this point in the season (a player with the potential to help for an October push). I want to see what Aaron Hicks and Tyler Austin can do, and then there's, hold your breath, Greg Bird at the end of the month. Okay, maybe don't hold your breath. I suspect that unless Matt Holliday is able to come back after his DL stint to resemble the player we saw in the first half (unlikely), the DH position is going to be very fluid on a day to day basis with player rotation.
More than anything, the Yankees need Gary Sanchez to step up and deliver the promise he showed us last August and September. At the moment, he's the most maligned Yankee. The key will be how he responds to the criticism. The Yankees are a better team with El Gary in the lineup but he needs to make the defensive plays and wait for his pitches at the plate. The Yankees play 6 of the next 13 games against the Boston Red Sox and will face Chris Sale twice. Between the two Red Sox series, the Yankees play a home and away set against the New York Mets for four games. This is a very crucial two weeks that could go a long way toward deciding the eventual AL East winner.
According to Baseball America, the Los Angeles Dodgers have released former Yankees LOOGY Tommy Layne. The Dodgers also removed former Yankees prospect Peter O'Brien from the 40-man roster and outrighted him to Triple A. The Los Angeles Angels signed former Yankees reliever Branden Pinder, who was released earlier this summer by the Bombers. I am sure that Angels GM Billy Eppler is relying upon past information about Pinder to take a chance. I hope it works out for Pinder.
Next Up: Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada…
The Toronto Blue Jays may be the AL East cellar dwellers but they always play the Yankees very tough. The Yankees will see old friend Rob Refsnyder who is currently on the Blue Jays active roster as a backup infielder.
The scheduled pitching match-ups are:
Yankees: CC Sabathia (9-4, 3.81 ERA)
Blue Jays: J.A. Happ (4-8, 3.92 ERA)
Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (8-10, 4.93 ERA)
Blue Jays: Cesar Valdez (1-1, 7.63 ERA)
Yankees: Sonny Gray (6-6, 3.41 ERA)
Blue Jays: Marco Estrada (4-7, 5.12 ERA)
I am not trying to look ahead but it's a bummer that we won't have Sonny Gray for this weekend's series against Boston at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox have gone out of their way to ensure that Chris Sale gets three starts against the Yankees in the coming weeks.
Farewell to #25…
Former Yankee Don Baylor died Monday at age 68 from cancer. Baylor was American League MVP for the then California Angels in 1979 and he won a World Series with the Minnesota Twins at the end of his 19-year playing career, but I remember his toughness as the Yankees DH from 1983 to 1985, playing along side Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield. He was a magnet for baseballs with 267 HBP's. I wasn't a fan of the March 1986 trade that sent Baylor to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Easler. Rest in peace, Mr Baylor…
Have a great Tuesday! Let's turn a two-game win streak into three! Go Yankees
The Ace, The Judge & The Split…
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Yankees 8, Indians 1…
For three games, it was the Cleveland Indians rolling out an ace. Although Sunday's game looked to be another pitching duel, the Yankees' ace persevered and prospered as the Yankee bats woke up to power the Bombers to a series split. The outburst of late runs were capped by Aaron Judge's 35th home run of the season.
Luis Severino started strong with two strikeouts to open the game, but then Michael Brantley got a hold of one and put it over the center field wall just beyond Jacoby Ellsbury's reach. Ells probably could have made a spectacular catch with a better timed leap but it was not meant to be and the Indians had the early 1-0 lead. Sevy struck out Jose Ramirez to finish striking out the side, and recorded the first five outs of the game by strikeout.
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With Sevy and Cleveland's Carlos Carrasco locked into a pitcher's duel, the Yankees had a potential scoring opportunity in the top of the 5th when Todd Frazier and Jacoby Ellsbury both singled. Ronald Torreyes grounded into a fielder's choice for the second out which erased Ellsbury at second but Frazier moved to third on the play. The speed of Torreyes prevented a double play. Frazier was left stranded, like so many Yankee base runners before him, when Austin Romine struck out. But it may not have been for naught as it showed signs that Carrasco was weakening.
With the pump primed in the 5th, the Yankees finally broke through against Carraso in the 6th inning. Brett Gardner led off with a single to center. Clint Frazier doubled to left, moving Gardy to third. After Didi Gregorius popped out to third, Carrasco intentionally walked Aaron Judge after two balls below the strike zone to load the bases. Chase Headley tied the game at one with a deep sacrifice fly to center which scored Gardner. Todd Frazier walked on a full count to re-load the bases. The $153 million man stepped to the plate and tripled to the base of the center field wall when Abraham Almonte lost sight of the ball, clearing the bases. It spelled the end of Carrasco's day and Bryan Shaw was brought into the game. Shaw was met with a single to left by Ronald Torreyes, which scored Ellsbury, and the Yankees had a 5-1 lead.
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With Mike Clevinger pitching the top of the 7th and one out, Clint Frazier walked on four pitches. Didi Gregorius singled to center (a fly ball that fell in) as Frazier raced around to third. Aaron Judge, who lost the MLB Home Run Lead over the weekend to Miami's Giancarlo Stanton, hit a line drive homer to center to score three more runs.
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In the bottom of the 7th, Luis Severino got the first two outs before giving up only his second hit of the game, a single up the middle to center by Edwin Encarnacion. Manager Joe Girardi used it as an opportunity to pull Sevy and replaced him with Tommy Kahnle who recorded the out to end the inning. It was a brilliant performance by Severino (9-4). For 6 2/3 innings of work, he only allowed two hits and the one run off the first inning home run. He walked a batter and struck out nine while lowering his season ERA to 2.91.
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From there, the Yankee bullpen kept the two-hitter intact. Both Adam Warren and Chasen Shreve pitched an inning of hitless relief to give the Yankees the win and a split of the four game series.
The Yankees (59-51) stayed 3 games behind the Boston Red Sox with the win. The Sox, winners of six consecutive games, beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-3, on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Rays stayed 2.5 games behind the Yankees with a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Baltimore Orioles were also winners, 12-3 over the Detroit Tigers, so they remain 4.5 games in back of the Pinstripers.
Both Jacoby Ellsbury and Ronald Torreyes had two hits in the 12-hit Yankees attack. Didi Gregorius was 3-for-5, raising his season batting average to .308. With his home run, Aaron Judge became the 11th rookie to hit 35 homers in MLB history, although he did strike out three times in the game.
After the game, Indians manager Terry Francona, one of my favorite managers, said "We got the one run early on Brant's home run. And the way Severino was pitching, we might have to make that hold up. That's as impressive of stuff as you're going to see. The fastball, everybody sees that, but he's gaining confidence in an offspeed. That's a tough day at the plate. That's a tough guy to face." Nice job, Sevy! Very nice job!
Odds & Ends…
After Sunday's game, Manager Joe Girardi made his rotation decision when the Yankees optioned lefty Jordan Montgomery to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre which gave the fifth starter's role to Jaime Garcia. If the pitchers were auditioning over the weekend, Monty would have won in the head-to-head matchup with Garcia. But the decision was based on experience, track record, and inevitably a potential innings limit on Montgomery. It will probably be tough for Monty to go down to Triple A but he'll be back in a few weeks when the rosters expand. And of course he'll be a prime candidate for the rotation entering 2018. I think he'll be a great influence on other young arms in Scranton, most notably Chance Adams.
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Speaking of Chance Adams, he picked up a win yesterday in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's 7-5 victory over the Pawtucket Red Sox. Adams went six innings for the win, giving up 5 hits and 2 runs. He struck out 5 and allowed one home run (a solo shot by Matt Dominguez in the 6th inning). I was glad to see that he walked only one batter. Both Aaron Hicks and Tyler Austin were 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored, while Miguel Andujar and Billy McKinney both had two-run homers. Ji-Man Choi added a solo shot. With the victory, the RailRiders swept the weekend series with the Red Sox.
The Seattle Mariners acquired a Yankees rumored July trade target on Sunday when they traded minor league outfielder Boog Powell to the Oakland A's for first baseman Yonder Alonso. It's probably the play of third baseman-turned-first baseman Chase Headley since the All-Star Break that prevented Alonso from donning the pinstripes. Now Alonso gets to rub shoulders with Robinson Cano and Ben Gamel in the Mariners drive for a Wild Card spot.
It was sad to wake up today to news that former Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton has passed away after a four-year struggle with brain cancer. Daulton, 55, was one of baseball's toughest catchers during his time, and although he was a long-time Phillie, he won the World Series in his final season with the then-Florida Marlins in 1997 (as a trading deadline rental).
Have a great Monday! It may be a day off the Yankees as they make their way to Canada, but for us, it probably means back to work day. Make the most of it. Go Yankees!
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Yankees 5, Rays 4…
Aroldis Chapman to stop the top of the 9th and Brett Gardner to walk it off in the bottom of inning. This formula seems to be working. Chapman has long been a high end finisher, but Gardy is the one who seems to come through in the clutch when you need him the most. He is the first Yankees player to two walk-off's in the same series. The Yankees used this formula to pull out another victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, their third consecutive win over the Rays and sixth overall.
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Caleb Smith, perhaps making his final start for the Yankees this year, was in a hole immediately when Peter Bourjos homered to left center with the game's second pitch. He recovered to get out of the inning without any further damage.
In the bottom of the 2nd, Gary Sanchez led off with a ground-rule double to right. Matt Holliday hit a grounder to the left side but Sanchez wisely read that third baseman Trevor Plouffe was committed to throwing to first so he was easily able to take third on the play. Didi Gregorius hit a sacrifice fly to center and Sanchez tagged and scored standing up. Game was tied.
The Rays had a huge opportunity to break the game open in the third inning. Jesus Sucre led off with a single to left against Smith. Peter Bourjos hit a grounder to Didi Gregorius which erased Sucre at second. Steven Souza, Jr hit a hard liner which Gregorius almost snared (man, that would have been a brilliant play) but the ball bounced out of his glove toward third. Runners at first and second. Evan Longoria walked to load the bases, still with only one out. Lucas Duda hit a sacrifice fly to center as Bourjos scored, giving the Rays the 2-1 lead. With runners at the corners and two outs, I thought Todd Frazier had one of the plays of the game when he made a barehanded grab on Trevor Plouffe's grounder and his throw to Garrett Cooper just beat Plouffe to first. If the Rays had been able to score multiple runs, the game would have had a much different look.
Caleb Smith pitched into the 4th inning. After striking out Corey Dickerson, he walked Tim Beckham. Even the YES Network announcers were commenting about Smith leaving his pitches up in the strike zone. All things considered, he was very lucky the Rays weren't more successful against him. Smith's departure after 71 pitches underscored the Yankees need for a quality starter. Adam Warren replaced Smith and struck out Adeiny Hechavarria. Beckham attempted to steal on the swinging strikeout, but the throw from Gary Sanchez to Ronald Torreyes was on target to nail the runner for the final out.
The Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the 4th when Gary Sanchez homered to left center. But this seemed like one of those games where the Rays continually had the answer for the Yankees runs. In the top of the 5th, Steven Souza, Jr homered to left as the Rays re-took the lead, 3-2.
Dellin Betances pitched the the top of the 6th inning. It wasn't clean as he walked the first batter, Lucas Duda, on four straight balls. But he retired the next three batters to get out of the inning, leaving Duda stranded at second. In the bottom of the frame, Matt Holliday opened with a single to left. A fly out by Didi Gregorius ended the day for Rays starter Blake Snell and he was replaced by former San Francisco Giants closer Sergio Romo. The Yankees sent Chase Headley to the plate to pinch hit for Garrett Cooper. Good call by Manager Joe Girardi as Headley homered to left to give the Yankees their first lead of the game, 4-3.
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The 7th inning brought Tommy Kahnle to the mound to replace Betances. A couple of hits had runners at the corners with one out but he was able to strike out Steven Souza, Jr and get Yankee killer Evan Longoria to pop out in foul territory to strand the runners. Steve Cishek, acquired during this series by the Rays from the Seattle Mariners, entered the game in the bottom of the 7th in relief of Romo. Last Saturday in Seattle, Aaron Judge had homered off Cishek but it was not to be this time around as Cishek struck out the side including Judge who went down swinging.
David Robertson took over for Kahnle in the 8th but he was immediately victimized by Lucas Duda who absolutely crushed the D-Rob pitch into the right field upper deck. Duda has been the Ben Gamel of this series. Watching how tailor-made Duda's swing is for Yankee Stadium makes one wish that GM Brian Cashman had been more aggressive in his talks with the Mets before the first baseman was acquired by the Rays. Robertson gave up another single was was able to get out of the inning with the game tied at 4.
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9th inning and it was time for Aroldis Chapman. It wasn't a perfect inning as Wilson Ramos was awarded first base on catcher's interference (if the bat touched El Gary's glove, it must have only been one of the strings as it wasn't readily apparent watching replay). A ground out by Steven Souza, Jr eliminated Ramos at second but Souza, Jr subsequently made it to third when he stole second and advanced another base on an error. With the go-ahead run 90 feet away, Chapman retired Evan Longoria for the final out on a pop up in foul territory.
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For the bottom of the 9th, the Rays replaced reliever Tommy Hunter with Brad Boxberger. He walked his first batter, Chase Headley, and the Yankees replaced Headley with the $153 million pinch-runner, Jacoby Ellsbury, sporting stylish shades. Ellsbury successfully stole second with Todd Frazier at bat but it didn't really matter as Boxberger plunked Frazier with a pitch to give him first base. Ronald Torreyes then laid down a beautiful bunt to third which left all three runners safe and the bases loaded. The Rays then pulled Boxberger and replaced him with former White Sox reliever Dan Jennings. Maybe Rays manager Kevin Cash didn't catch the fact that this was not the best of games for former White Sox relievers (see Kahnle and Robertson). Brett Gardner came the plate and nicely laid down a single to center to score Ellsbury with the winning run. The Yankees win!
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The Yankees (56-46) remained the AL East division leaders with the win, but the Boston Red Sox stayed just a half game off the pace with their comeback win over the Kansas City Royals. The Sox won in 10 innings with a walk-off grounder by former Yankee Eduardo Nunez which scored Sandy Leon with the winning run. It was a big game for Nunez. He was 3-for-6 with 2 homers and 3 RBI's. With the loss, the Rays fell 4 1/2 games behind the leaders.
Matt Holliday was 2-for-4 in the game with a run scored so hopefully it is a sign that his bat is starting to unthaw. Todd Frazier is still cold as he was hitless in 3 at-bats.
Odds & Ends…
Gray skies are forming over Yankee Stadium. I am not referring to the weather but as we near the final 24 hours before the trading deadline, the Sonny Gray rumors will not go away. Twitter was abuzz with words yesterday that Billy Beane and the Oakland A's had moved off their demand for either Gleyber Torres or Clint Frazier in the deal. I think most of us are expecting outfielder Estevan Florial and 2B/SS/OF Jorge Mateo to be included so it is a matter of what other pitching prospects will comprise the package and whether or not Yonder Alonzo will be coming the other way. It seems like there is strong room for agreement at this point.
This morning's news brings word that the Yankees are nearing a deal for lefty starter Jaime Garcia of the Minnesota Twins. Pitching prospect Zach Littell (currently in Double A) is a healthy scratch today for the Trenton Thunder which has led to speculation that he'll be the prospect heading to the Twin Cities. Littell was acquired by the Yankees last fall in the trade that sent reliever James Pazos to the Seattle Mariners and has been terrific in the Yankees system this year. But he is a casualty of the roster-crunch as the Yankees must protect him on the 40-man roster this year or risk exposing him to the Rule 5 Draft. Garcia does not appear to be a fall back plan for Gray considering he is nowhere near the same level of pitcher. He represents rotation insurance, with Jordan Montgomery nearing a career high in innings pitched (and is potentially working with an innings limit) and would be hedge for good health with CC Sabathia and potentially Gray.
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Garcia came up with the St Louis Cardinals where he was a starter for the majority of the Matt Holliday years. He was traded last December to the Atlanta Braves. Garcia, who turned 31 earlier this month, was traded to the Twins a week ago for the pennant push. But a string of losses subsequently caused the Twins to re-think their strategy. Entering play today, the Twins find themselves 7 games behind the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central. Garcia has only pitched one game for the Twins. He was the winner in Oakland on Friday night (6.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 7 SO).
If the Yankees successfully acquire Gray, Alonzo, and/or Garcia, the MLB roster losers appear to be Caleb Smith, Luis Cessa, and Garrett Cooper. GM Brian Cashman will have to get very creative with his 40-man roster moves.
Word is now breaking that the Yankees have, in fact, acquired Garcia for Littell and Triple A pitcher Dietrich Enns. The Twins will also pay some of the money remaining on Garcia's contract. My initial reaction is that the cost seems very high to acquire a journeyman starter but Enns held a highly valued spot on the 40-man roster.
Sounds like we are in for a turbulent ride until the trading deadline.
Have a great Sunday! Let's make the Rays series a sweeping success! Go Yankees!
Can We Just Take A Mulligan?…
Angels 10, Yankees 5…
The win on Wednesday was just a tease. Losing teams find ways to lose and unfortunately the Yankees gave another game away last night. Unless they can turn this around, the Yankees are showing that the early season was just a mirage. You can't blame Aaron Judge. He's trying. He hit his 25th home run of the season and has hit safely in 24 consecutive games (the longest Yankee streak of the year). But pitching, which has alternated between very good and very bad, is sitting in the latter category at the moment albeit with an occasional solid performance like Jordan Montgomery the other night.
Bronx Pinstripes had a great tweet last night. "What a disaster. At least we have Tanaka tomorrow. …Oh wait." My line of thinking exactly…
The game started well enough. Despite Cameron Maybin's lead-off home run to give the Angels an early 1-0 lead, the Yankees quickly answered in the bottom of the first when Angels starter Jesse Chavez walked Aaron Judge and Matt Holliday with two outs. Starlin Castro followed with a run-scoring single to tie the game.
In the bottom of the 2nd inning, it looked like this was going to be our night. Chris Carter doubled and Ronald Torreyes reached base on an infield hit, pushing Carter to third. Brett Gardner grounded into a force-out at second but Carter scored on the play. Aaron Hicks singled, putting runners at the corner, bringing up Aaron Judge. With a three-run shot to center, the Yankees were up, 5-1. I didn't really expect those to be the final runs scored by the Yankees.
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The Angels started chipping away in the third when both Albert Pujols and Yunel Escobar had run-scoring singles with two outs. 5-3, Yankees. Luis Severino settled down after that for a few innings of solid work, but gave up another run in the 6th when Escobar opened the inning with a double and scored on a single by Luis Valbuena. Valbuena, a third baseman, is a guy I thought the Yankees should have pursued in the off-season when he was a free agent.
Still, I had hope that the Yankees could lock down the Angels, score a couple of insurance runs and win the game. Then, the 7th inning happened. Cliff Pennington opened the inning with a single. From there, the game unraveled. Cameron Maybin hit a ground ball to Starlin Castro that should have been turned for a double play but Castro's fielding error allowed Maybin to reach base, with Pennington moving to third. So, instead of two outs and no one on, the Angels had runners at the corners with no outs. End of game for Luis Severino. Chasen Shreve entered the game and was greeted by a sac fly from Kole Calhoun which tied the score at 5. Exit Shreve, enter Dellin Betances. Maybin stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by Gary Sanchez. Albert Pujols said 'I'll take your gifts…thank you very much' and lined a single to right, scoring Maybin for the lead. Betances walked Escobar, followed by a wild pitch moving the runners to second and third. With two outs, Andrelton Simmons doubled to give the Angels two more runs, 8-5.
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I was not ready to admit defeat and was pulling for an amazing comeback like the Yankees did earlier in the season against the Baltimore Orioles. Yeah, right. The Yankees went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th and the Angels were ready for more in the 8th. Domingo German took the mound, replacing Betances, and retired the first batter on a strikeout. Unfortunately, this was followed by Cliff Pennington's double and a wild pitch that moved him to third. Cameron Maybin walked. A failed pick-off attempt at first by German, the third Yankees error of the game, allowed Pennington to score with Maybin moving to third. Kole Calhoun graciously accepted the latest gift, and hit a sac fly to push the score to 10-5.
The Yankees could only muster a single from Chris Carter in the 9th, and he was left stranded at second when Ronald Torreyes grounded out.
This was a very disappointing loss. I am not sure how you can lose two of three in your home park against the Mike Trout-less Angels. Giving away free runs on multiple errors and wild pitches are not the signs of a successful team. With the loss, the Yankees (39-31) fell back into a first-place tie with the idle Boston Red Sox. The Tampa Bay Rays, who also had the night off, moved to within 2 1/2 games of the leaders.
Yes, I am mad about this loss. And it scares the hell out of me that we'll be throwing Tanaka out tonight against Yu Darvish. It doesn't get any easier…
Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium…
The Texas Rangers make their first trip to NYC for a three-game series starting tonight. Pete Kozma, who started the year with the Yankees when Didi Gregorius was on the DL, is currently a back-up infielder for the Rangers. Ernesto Frieri, who previously opted out of his Yankees minor league contract, is in the Texas bullpen.
Rangers: Yu Darvish (6-5, 3.35 ERA)
Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (5-7, 6.34 ERA)
Rangers: Austin Bibens-Dirkx (2-0, 4.25 ERA)
Yankees: Luis Cessa (0-1, 7.36 ERA)
Rangers: Nick Martinez (2-3, 4.33 ERA)
Yankees: Michael Pineda (7-3, 3.56 ERA)
Y'all enjoy the games now, y'hear!
Hopefully, we'll see the team that throttled the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles a couple of weeks ago. I miss that team…
Odds & Ends…
Prior to yesterday's game, the Yankees purchased the contract of left-handed reliever Tyler Webb from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. I am very excited to see Tyler finally make it to the Show. I've been following his career for a few years and I've liked the pitcher. I was worried in the off-season when he was selected in the Rule 5 Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. As a mature lefty reliever (he'll turn 27 in less than a month), I thought he had the potential to stick with the Pirates. Despite a solid Spring performance, he was returned to the Yankees in a numbers game (fortunately for us). In 21 games for SWB, Webb is 3-1 with 3.24 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. He has struck out 47 batters in 33 1/3 innings while allowing 33 hits and 12 runs. He has only given up 3 walks and home runs. They may not be elite numbers but I feel Webb has earned his shot. I am glad that he is here even if it's only temporary. Rob Refsnyder was sent to SWB to make room for Webb.
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Greg Bird has been given a cortisone shot in his ankle and the hope is that he'll soon be able to resume his rehab. I find it highly unlikely that this will be the solution that gets Bird back on the field. It seems to me that the problem with the ankle is more serious than we've been led to believe. The cortisone shot just masks the pain, it doesn't fix the problem. There is daily speculation who the Yankees should look at on the trade market. Lately, Yonder Alonso has been receiving the most attention. I like Alonso and do feel that he'd be an upgrade over Chris Carter or Tyler Austin. I have no problems with Matt Holliday at first other than I want to keep the guy healthy. DH is the better avenue to accomplish that goal. The Atlanta Braves did a wonderful job in trading for the under-utilized Matt Adams, previously of the St Louis Cardinals. Adams has done nothing but hit since he became a Brave and has sparked speculation that injured first baseman Freddie Freeman may be moved to third when he returns. I want GM Brian Cashman to make one of those under-the-radar but highly productive moves. I know, easier said than done.
I think Aaron Judge should accept the invitation to participate in this year's Home Run Derby. I know that some players mess up their swings but like Manager Joe Girardi, I don't think it would adversely impact Judge's swing. I like the idea of his exposure to the other great sluggers of the game. It's all part of his maturation as a Major League superstar. The Yankees have renewed popularity this year because of guys like Judge and Gary Sanchez. The All-Star Game is a great format to represent the pride and tradition of the Yankees.
This is not baseball related but as an owner of a black cat, I found this one quite humorous…and true!
Have a great Friday! Let's not start a new losing streak today, please.


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Our Vegan Brownies
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Saving Rhinos in a different way
Our latest Mobile Bar for WolfPack East Africa recently saw one of it's first large events in support of Rhino Charge. Rhino Charge is an NGO operating out of Kenya and which is committed to saving the dwindling Rhino population in the Aberdare National Park, as well as mitigating human-wildlife conflicts around the National Park.
The Rhino Charge is an annual off-road motorsport competition held in Kenya in which entrants are required to visit 13 points (guard posts) scattered over approximately 100 km² of rough terrain within a 10 hour period. Entrants are supplied with a 1:50,000 scale map of the venue, co-ordinates of the 13 guard posts and their start position the night before the event. Each competitor must plot the guard posts on the map and decide his/her route. The winner is the competitor who visits the most guard posts in the shortest distance (GPS measured).
Congratulations to Alan McKittrick from team McKittrick/Knight/Bovard /McKittrick/Ray/Smith for getting first place!


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For the past few years, David Cameron's Easter messages have had all the sincerity of a hostage tape. "Easter is a very important moment in the Christian calendar," he would inform us. Or he'd quote St Luke saying, "Do to others as you would have them do to you", as if this were a Christian insight, rather than a basic idea embedded in every religion since the time of Confucius. Such messages were well-meaning but sounded as if, having sent greetings for Eid and Diwali, Mr Cameron had decided he'd best include Easter, too.
But this year is different. The Prime Minister has launched what sounds very like a religious manifesto, asking us to be "more confident about our status as a Christian country" and more "evangelical" about the faith. This fits a pattern. His Government has done much in the last few years to expand faith schools and help repair churches. The Prime Minister has appointed a minister of faith, Sayeeda Warsi, who declares the Coalition to be "the most pro-faith government in the world". Something is definitively up.
When Mr Cameron came to power, there was no talk of religion. On the contrary, the Tory hierarchy seemed – if anything – suspicious of it. There was a manifesto pledge for a marriage tax break, but George Osborne insisted it would be delayed until the last few weeks of a five-year term. Tension began to emerge between social liberals, like the Chancellor, and social conservatives. Iain Duncan Smith, a practising Catholic, found himself under suspicion of having a welfare reform policy driven by a religious idea of redemption.
Just a year ago, a senior minister told me how those with faith had to cover it up. "For most Cabinet members," I was told, "if you even mention religion or God, they look at you as if you believe in fairies." In some cases, you risked being laughed at behind your back. The Department for Work and Pensions would be sneeringly referred to as the "Department for Worship and Prayer" (Steve Webb, the pensions minister, is vice-president of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum).
It is a Muslim, Ms Warsi, who has done most to confront this attitude – and to start the change now under way. When she became minister of faith, she agreed an agenda with Mr Cameron. The way the Government talks about religion had to change, she said: people of faith should not be spoken of as if they were oddities, minorities and foreigners. So they should aim for a "normalisation" of faith – Church of England charities should be able to win government contracts, just like other charities. She found in the Prime Minister a ready ally.
The threat posed to Christians in the Middle East has also become clearer over the past three years. At first Mr Cameron's Government had been very hesitant to say much about this, or to accept refugees in the way that Germany had. This is changing. The acceleration of persecution, including in Syria, where another priest was killed last week, has reinforced the idea that Christianity does need vocal defenders in the West. And defenders who will insist on religious freedom when deciding who should receive aid handouts.
The Prime Minister has also come to realise that the gay marriage debate – and the way it was conducted – has upset more people than he expected. Ten years ago, Tony Blair passed his pioneering Civil Partnership Act with minimal fuss. There was no such reserve this time, as the debate was conducted like an American-style culture war. Many of those opposed to gay marriage for religious reasons have been left feeling as if they were being accused of being bigots. Several Tory MPs say their activist base has never quite recovered. So there is much repair work to do.
Mr Cameron also needs to start winning his battles against the Left-leaning clergymen who oppose his welfare reforms. He is portrayed as having no moral agenda – and, ergo, being indifferent to the plight of the thousands queuing up in food banks. Earlier this week, 45 Church of England bishops signed an open letter saying that the rise of food banks exposed a "national crisis" and the need for urgent action. The Prime Minister has found himself the target of very well-organised Anglican opposition, and needs a better counter-argument.
It's very easy to find one. It is precisely concern for the poorest that has driven welfare reform, and why Mr Duncan Smith decided to include food banks in the welfare system. This helped them grow, albeit to a fraction of the size of their equivalents in Germany. Successive studies have shown that the proportion of Brits who struggle to afford food is falling – and lower now than five years ago. If anything, the scandal is that there were not more food banks in 2007, when there was more hardship.
If Mr Cameron wanted, he could pen a pious reply to the bishops. Where were their open letters at the peak of the boom, when a quarter of Glaswegians and Liverpudlians were on out-of-work benefits? Where is their open letter in support of his plans to recognise marriage in the tax system, or the recent progress in family breakdown? Do they have any evidence to link the growth of food banks with a growth in hunger? It was striking that the Archbishop of Canterbury did not sign the latest letter, perhaps recognising this as politically driven spin.
Mr Cameron's Government does not lack a moral agenda, but does struggle to articulate one. In a way, it's a refreshing problem: for years, Gordon Brown spoke about the "arc of the moral universe" while saddling the next generation with billions of pounds in debt and creating huge welfare problems. We now have a Coalition Government that has an impressive and lengthening list of social justice achievements, but doesn't like moralising so can't find the right words to boast about them. This is why it now spends each Easter getting beaten up by bishops.
It could be that Mr Cameron is growing more religious in office. Those who worked closely with him before are taken aback by his latest speech, saying he showed no signs of such an opinion a few years ago. "Religion was in his bone marrow, but never his muscle," said one. But Downing Street can have an evangelising effect on its residents. When James Callaghan became chancellor in 1964 he was a lapsed Baptist, but started to pray again when the horrors of his job became clear. Tony Blair's faith hardened in office to the extent that he set up his Faith Foundation upon leaving it.
Mr Cameron jokes that Baroness Warsi has made him a better Christian – and that her openly talking about the need to confront "secular fundamentalism" is rebuilding an important part of the Conservative message. She now talks about the Tory party's "faith in faith" and "devotion to devotion" and wants to use this to distinguish the party from Labour at the next election.
There is obvious potential for disaster here. In Britain, there is a long tradition of politicians reaching for the divine and grabbing something else instead. Even Margaret Thatcher came to regret misquoting St Francis of Assisi outside No 10 ("Where there is discord, let me bring harmony"). Discord, she wrote later, was inevitable. "I never thought that Christianity equipped me with a political philosophy," she said – just "standards to which political actions must, in the end, be referred". This is what David Cameron is ready to say now: that once again it is time for the Tories to do God.


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So my oldest came home from school complaining that something flew in her eye at recess. She seemed alright, but I decided to flush her eye out with an eye wash anyway. Unfortunately, her eye seems to be getting worse and whatever is in there won't come out!
Now it's too late to go to the doctor, because they closed at 5:00 p.m. and I don't think the situation is critical enough to justify a trip to the ER, but I've got to do something because she obviously uncomfortable.
My Question: Does anyone have any effective suggestions on how to flush out her eye?


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This patch adds support for the Dynamic MANET On Demand (DYMO) routing protocol, as of draft-ietf-manet-dymo-10, to the OMNeT++ 3.4b2 / INET 20061020 simulation environment, as well as the OMNeT++ 4.0rc2 / INET Framework simulation environment.
(Note that there is now also a second way to simulate DYMO in OMNeT++: by means of a wrapper by Alfonso Ariza Quintana for the DYMO-UM ns-2 modules. In the INETMANET Framework, the DYMO-FAU modules can be found as DYMOFAU.ned)
DYMO is a new reactive (on-demand) routing protocol, which is currently developed in the scope of the Internet Engineering Task Force's MANET working group. DYMO builds upon experience with previous approaches to reactive routing, especially with the routing protocol AODV. It aims at a somewhat simpler design, helping to lower the nodes' system requirements and simplifying the protocol's implementation. DYMO retains proven mechanisms of previously explored routing protocols like the use of sequence numbers to enforce loop freedom. At the same time, DYMO provides enhanced features, such as covering possible MANET-Internet gatewaying scenarios and implementing path accumulation.
The implementation is available in two different variants:
Both variants share the same implementation of DYMO, which has the following characteristics: We outfitted our model of DYMO with the capability to queue payload messages received from the application layer, should no usable route be known at the time the data is received. Our model will in this case repeatedly try to establish a route as specified, then dequeue the messages for delivery to the destination or for destruction if no route could be found. Regarding route maintenance we chose the simplest of the proposed models for our implementation. Established routes are not actively monitored, but just time out if they are not actively used.
Our DYMO model has the following configuration parameters:
|example value
|wlan0, eth0
|10 (2x ROUTE_TIMEOUT)
|2 (2x NET_TRAVERSAL_TIME)
An in-depth discussion of the "DYMOnet" variant's design, its implementation characteristics, as well as an extensive performance evaluation of DYMO (draft version 06) can be found in the technical report listed under "Publications" below.
To install the DYMO application layer or network layer modules as part of an INET framework module set, download and unpack either of the following complete, patched source trees:
The new modules "DYMO" or "DYMOnet__DYMO" will be located in directories "src/applications/dymo" and "src/networklayer/dymo", dependent on which variant you downloaded.
Also included is a short simulation sample, located in "examples/dymo" or "examples/dymonet", which uses DYMO on five wireless hosts, an access point and a static host to create an Internet gatewaying scenario.
This is our latest implementation of the DYMO routing protocol. Note that it was not tested as thoroughly as our implementation basing on draft version 06.
If you are interested in following the development, you can also...
To install the DYMO modules as part of an INET framework 20061020 module set, download and unpack the provided patch file, then extract a fresh version of the source tree and apply the patch (e.g. by running "patch -p1 < INET-20061020-sommer_dymo06.diff" in the root directory of the source tree, i.e. the directory where the "makemakefiles" file is located). After the patch is applied, the modified source tree can be built just like the regular one. The new modules "DYMO" and "DYMOnet__DYMO" will be located in directories "FAU/Network/DYMO" and "FAU/Network/DYMOnet", respectively, and can be used independently from each other.
The accompaining .zip file contains a short simulation sample that uses DYMO on five wireless hosts, an access point and a static host to create an Internet gatewaying scenario.
This is our latest implementation of the DYMO routing protocol. Note that it was not tested as thoroughly as our implementation basing on draft version 06.
This is the DYMO version we conducted the aforementioned evaluations with.


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An Intro to AWS Spot Instances Learn How to Maximize Your Cost Savings
Host: Hey, everyone. Welcome to today's TED talk called An Intro to AWS Spot Instances, How to Maximize Your Cost Savings. In today's session we're going to be talking about how you can significantly reduce the cost of running your applications in AWS using Spot Instances. This time, I'd like to introduce our speaker for the day, Alex Aidum. Alex joins us from right here in Qubole, where he leads our education initiative. With that, I'll go ahead and hand it over to you, Alex.
Alex Aidun: Hey, folks. Thanks for being with us today and taking the time to speak with us about AWS Spot Instances. First and foremost, we want to establish why we are having this conversation here today. When we think about moving to the Cloud or working with Cloud services, we are thinking about scenarios where we are going to be working with elastic infrastructure.
We are no longer going to be responsible for buying large amounts of hardware and maintaining them. We're going to lean on other services to do that. One of those services is AWS, Amazon Web Services. AWS has done the job of buying all of this hardware and then, making it available to us as a service in the cloud.
When we think about interacting with AWS to take advantage of the Cloud services, in particular, we're thinking about EC2 instances, Elastic Cloud Compute, which are going to be those computers that are being launched for us inside of the Cloud, that we're going to run our processes.
There are two different methods we want to think about when we purchase these instances. On-demand instances are purchased when you need them. They are the same price every time. They're paid at the start of the hour of usage. The other method of purchasing these instances is known as Spot Instances. These types of instances are, as well, requested when needed, but they can be purchased at a major discount in price. They are paid for at the end of the hour of usage.
The reason why we have these two different methods is because Amazon is taking on the burden of purchasing all of the hardware and then, making it available to us as a service. Not all of the capacity is used all the time. Amazon want to solve the problem of utilization just like us. They're making these instances available, as Spot Instances, in the hope that people will pick these up at a discount. That gives us an opportunity to save some money while still achieving our processing goals.
There are two other options that are available inside of Qubole. I will come back to these. In case you are on the phone and have been exposed to these concepts before, I do want to acknowledge that there is a sub-type of on-demand, which is a Reserved On-Demand Instance. That is a type of instance which you request in advance. You can get a minor discount in price. You pay for this in advance.
There's also this idea of a Spot Block, which you request in advance. You get a minor discount in price and its paid when granted. Again, these two concepts are going to be sub-concepts to the concepts that we are currently discussing. They are relevant to our conversation. We'll come back to these a little bit later.
When we start thinking about our AWS Spot Instances and how do we actually acquire these instances, first we need to acknowledge that we're going to this through a bid system. It is this bidding process where you say, "I'm willing to pay a certain dollar amount for an instance." Where you can achieve significant saving because you can purchase these instances at 50, 60, 70, 80% discount of the standard on-demand price. This gives us a significant opportunity to improve our budgets while still pushing through the workloads that we want to get done. We can reduce our infrastructure cost by taking advantage of this feature that AWS is offering us.
There are two great resources for helping to determine the near-real time and historic bid prices for EC2 Instances. These are provided by AWS. The first is the Spot Bid Adviser. This is available via the link currently on the slide. The second would be the Spot Price History, which is provided inside of AWS EC2 console. Both of these resources are provided by AWS to help you in the decision making process around the bidding that you're going to do for these discounted instances.
Let's take an example of what that behavior might look like. The AWS Spot Instance will be won based on your bid. However, you will only pay the market price for the instance at the end of the hour of usage. Putting some numbers to this. Suppose you bid 75 cents for an instance that costs one dollar. Suppose the market price is currently 50 cents. Then, you can win that instance because you're bidding 75 cents and the market price is 50.
At the end of the hour of usage that you pay, that you pay for the Spot at the end of the hour, you will pay the market price, assuming it is still below 75 cents. Therefore, even though you were bidding 75% of the standard on-demand price for the Spot Instance, not only did you win it, you paid 50%. That's a pretty significant saving. One beyond which we were even bidding for at the start of this discussion.
When we think about AWS bid resolution process, it's important to keep in mind that even if your bid wins, you might not pay your bid value. You'll end up paying the market price, which could be below your bid value. In some cases, substantially lower.
It is important to keep in mind that you can lose AWS Spot Instances. If we think about this example where we are bidding 75 cents for a one dollar instance. Suppose the market price is currently 50 cents. Then, we can win this instance. However, if the market price rises above 75 cents while you have the instance or if another user or enterprise comes into the system and would like to purchase the same instance via on-demand and there is no more capacity left, you could potentially lose your Spot Instance.
It's important to keep in mind, you will not pay for the instance, if it is lost, but it can have a major impact on the workload which are being processed. We have to keep in mind that when working with AWS Spot Instances, there is a potential for a Spot Instance to be lost. This could affect workloads that are running in environments that we are trying to optimize from a cost or budget perspective.
On the back of that thinking, let's talk about how Qubole fits into this picture that we're painting here today. Everything that we're discussed in regards to the bidding, can be done manually. We would expect to leverage automation to help improve the bidding logic, so that we can reduce the maintenance demands on the administration and on people who are doing development in the system.
We are going to be working with many different machines. They are going to be coming online in Clusters. Maybe two, maybe five. Maybe 20, 100, 400 even.
Determining when to bring additional machines online and what type to bring online can potentially be a very complicated task. We think about the collection of machines as an orchestra. Just like an orchestra, they all have to move together in a harmonious way to produce something beautiful. With an orchestra it's music.
In this case, data. If we think about the collection of computers as an orchestra, then we can think about Qubole as the conductor of that orchestra. Qubole, as the conductor, will be responsible for making sure that all of the machines are communicating together. Doing so effectively and making sure that there is the right amount of processing power present in the system to accommodate what is being submitted by the users.
Of course, all of this is there to help improve the experience for the administrators, and the developers, and the users, so that they focus less on the infrastructure and more on the work they are doing. We can take advantage of the AWS Spot Instances from within Qubole,` and letting Qubole serve as our conductor, we can hedge against the potential loss of Spot Instances from within the Qubole product.
We can take advantage of Spot Blocks inside of Qubole. These are not subject to the same loss that the standard Spot Instances are subject to. We can still get discounts with stability. We also have the option to take advantage of Qubole's Placing Policy for blocks stored on Spot Instances to increase redundancy of data necessary for workloads currently being processed in the Cluster.
By working with the Qubole product not only can we employ a policy for bidding and maintaining our infrastructure dynamically. We can also hedge against the potential loss of Spot Instances, while we are trying to take advantage of the cost-saving feature that AWS is providing us with.
This point is going to share my desktop and walk us through some of the settings inside of the Qubole Cluster that are going to effect this behavior when it comes to bidding and orchestration of the Cluster. Looking at a spark Cluster inside of Qubole. I'm currently inside of the products on the Clusters page. I can select the, edit button, here and I'll be taken to my Cluster configuration.
You'll notice here that my Slave Node type is R3 to extra-large. You'll notice here that I have a minimum Slave Node count and a maximum Slave Node count. This is when we start to see an opportunity to take advantage of these Spot Instances. I can deploy my Cluster with a base number of instances. Then, as we said, because Qubole is the conductor of our cloud orchestra, we can lean on Qubole too based on the collective computing needs of the users in the environment.
Scale this Cluster from two to eight instances as necessary. If we look at the composition here, we'll see that within this composition pane we have the details about how this Cluster is to be structured. You'll see that the master of minimum slave notes are currently set to on-demand nodes. That would be the two minimum Slave Nodes that we saw in the previous pane in my master node which serves as the brain for my Cluster.
Then, you'll see the auto-scaling Slave Nodes as Spot Nodes. This is where we are taking advantage of the Qubole product to serve as the conductor of our orchestra. When we are scaling from two to eight Nodes, we can do that with Spot Nodes. That is where we are going to see an opportunity to take advantage of the cost savings feature that is made available by AWS.
During this Cluster growth we will add more computing capacity and we will do so at a discount. We are getting, quite literally, more bang for our buck. Notice the maximum bid price. It just set to a 100% of the on-demand instance price by default. We know that because of the way bid resolves. Even if I bid 100%, I am likely going to be spending less than a 100% of the on-demand price.
You could bid more than 100% and there are some cases when the market can be volatile and you can see bid prices for Spot Instances rising above the standard on-demand price. This happens because someone is willing to pay more money to keep the instance than to lose it due to the bid rising high or the market rising higher than their bid.
There's request time out value for how long we will wait during the bid in minutes before we cancel the bid.
There is a percentage of Spot Nodes, how many of the Nodes in this Cluster. During a period of growth can be spot. There's an option here too, in the event no Spot Nodes are available at the place you are request then use on-demand Nodes. There is also the option here to use the Qubole placing policy, where you can enforce replication of the data that is currently on the Spot Nodes to the on-demand nodes. So that, if a Spot Nodes does get lost we can retry the task as needed.
Notice that under the auto-scaling slate node I could change from Spot Nodes to Spot Block. If I want to take advantage of that feature inside of AWS. Notice I could also change my master. I'm in the Slave Nodes from on-demand to Spot Nodes or Spot Block. Keeping in mind that Spot Nodes are subject to loss, we would recommend against making your master and course Slave Spot Nodes because if your master Nodes goes down then your Cluster will no longer usable.
If you are running highly critical workloads you'll probably want to tend towards on-demand Nodes. If you are offering users environment or ad hoc supporting, query in, long-running, engineering workloads then this is definitely a feature you want to think about taking advantage of.
Host: All right. Thanks, Alex. At this time we're going to be doing Q&A. If you have a question feel free to submit it now. Alex, our first question is,when it comes to Spot Instances, how do I know what I should bid?
Alex: That's an interesting question. When you think about the Spot Instances market, again, keeping in mind that the Spot Instance Market is a second price sealed bid, which for those of you on the phone have studied your game theory, basically means, again, even though you're bidding a certain value you're paying a lower value. I would recommend bidding higher than a 100% of the on-demand instance price because probability says the majority of the time you're going to pay lower than your bid.
In those moments that it does rise above the on-demand price, it's relatively infrequent. If you're sitting at 120% of your on-demand price, you're probably in the 90-95 percentile of bidders. The likelihood you'll keep your instance during potential spot loss is pretty high. I think when you keep in mind how the market works and how the instances behave, I would tend toward getting a little bit over the 100% mark for the on-demand instances.
Just for the sake of stability. Again, acknowledging that the likelihood you're actually going to pay 100% or more is very low. Does that make sense?
Host: Yes. Our next question is, can I run a fully spot instance Cluster?
Alex: Absolutely. That is your prerogative, you may totally do that. I would say for environments that are running super critical workloads that is not recommended because, again, if you lose your Master Node you lost the head to the snake, there's no more capacity to control the Cluster will become unusable. That being said you could use Stop Blocks because they are not subject to the same loss.
That would still give you significant discounts although Spot Blocks are used for a certain amount of time. If the duration that you needed to be online is exceeding what you've actually paid for it then you could run into some complications. For ad hoc environments where there's a lot of people running sequel and say Presto, for example, then you might very well run a sizable Spot Instant Cluster because you don't have the foresight as to what users are going to be doing.
Depending on the demands of the day or the week or the month or the individuals teams there might be pretty erratic demand from the user base. Running a high percentage Spot Cluster will give you the capacity to satisfy those demands and do so at a discount. You don't have to have a very large expensive Cluster running for them. In the event they need it you can have a small Cluster running and then scale via Spot for those moments of growth.
Host: Great. Alex I've got one more question for you. Beyond AWS, is there a comparable concepts for the other Cloud?
Alex: That's a good question. In terms of the other Cloud services, AWS has the most sophisticated of these options. The Google Cloud product will also have a similar concept available to it. This is not something that's universal across all of the different Cloud providers and the AWS Spot market is arguably the most recognizable of these cost-saving features across all of these, not to say the other Clouds don't also have competitive pricing, but this is been around for quite a while it's probably the most developed feature.
I would say that the other Clouds will potentially develop these types of features or will come in at a low cost point, so that can be competitive.
Host: All right. That wraps up our questions for today. Thank you so much to our speaker Alex, as well as everyone who joined us live today. If you enjoyed the webinar today we have another webinar coming up, which you can see on our screen here, and that will be on August 3rd, and we'll be doing a Cluster comparison. We'd love to have you join us live for that one.
We also recently posted a blog on Spot Blog and we just published a new book on building a modern data platform, with all that being said, thank you again for joining us today and I hope you all have a great week.


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A picture is worth a thousand words. It tells a story, captures a moment in time. The actual memory may pass with the witnesses, but the pictures live on forever - if we take good care of them.
This week's episode of The Silva Lining was all about how to do just that. With my guests, Silva-Faria Funeral Homes' employees; Ines Bates, our Office Manager and Christopher Graham, Wake Attendant and Professional Organizer, we had a thorough discussion about organizing, preserving, archiving, repurposing and making tributes with photos, videos, audio cassettes and more.
The podcast is definitely worth a listen, as we had some wonderful callers as well - one even shared an interesting addition to his family's photo album!
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Chris gave some great tips on the all important "where to start" notion, upon finding boxes or piles of photos to go through:
Step One - Categorize - You want to get the photos into some kind of order and the best way to do that is to sort them into categories. These are some good categories he mentioned:
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- Chronological Order
- Event
- Junk (badly focused, nobody in photo, etc.)
- Refer to Family Member (for people you don't recognize, but someone might)
Step Two - Decide to Scan or Organize in Albums:
- Scanning - Gives you the most options, protection and quality in the long term. The digital image can be restored, shared, used in family histories, tributes, easily printed and backed up in multiple ways. The originals can then be safely stored, archived or given to family/friends as very meaningful gifts. The scanner we love to use is called Doxie.
- Albums - These days, photo albums are made better and smarter. There are quality albums at affordable prices specifically made to last and protect your photos. Just make sure the album is acid and ligmin free. Found this album on Amazon that allows you to record audio for each page to attach memories/stories. I think this idea is brilliant!!
Sometimes, you might come across old photos with historical value, capturing your town/city, landscapes, classic cars, landmarks, events, etc. You can always reach out to your local library or historical society - they might have an archival program in place and really appreciate adding them to their collection.
Newspaper articles are very important too and as Chris said on the show, most people immediately want to laminate them. While laminating is a good idea in terms of preservation, Chris recommends scanning the article BEFORE laminating because once and article is laminated, the quality of the scan will be lessened.
We also discussed videos. It is common knowledge that our generation takes TONS of video, but even back in the 60's and beyond, a lot of families filmed most popularly with Super 8. Finding these videos and converting them to be able to view them is a treasure in and of itself. My grandparents took their five children on a summer adventure driving around the country in an RV and filmed quite a lot of the trip on Super 8. My aunt had the film converted to DVD a few years ago and gave copies to each family member. It was amazing watching the footage and will certainly be treasured by us all for generations to come.
Film of all formats (8mm, Super 8, 16mm) and video tapes (VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, Digital 8 and Mini-DV) can be converted to digital form. The question is if you want to do the work yourself or outsource it. VHS to DVD converter/recorder machines are pretty affordable, still easy to find and probably your best option for doing the transfers yourself.
As for outsourcing, these sites are the best I found - and they take care of video, film, photos, slides, restoration - all at once. You send in everything you'd like transferred into digital form, they send you back all of the originals plus DVD's of the digital files. With both ScanCafe.com and DigMyPics.com you also get to review the scans and actually choose the scans you'd like to keep (and pay for!). For the video-editing-savvy, I'd recommend DigMyPics.com for their "Video Tape Alchemy" feature. Not only do they convert your film/video into digital form, but you also gain access to the editing process as well.
**Also mentioned audio!! dijifi.com will convert cassettes (my beloved mixtapes), vinyl, MicroCassette and more!
When it comes time for the funeral, pictures, video, scrapbooks, yearbooks and memorabilia really add tremendous meaning to the services. For the people that knew the person well, these things provide a ride down memory lane and usually lead to memories and stories that will be shared with family and friends. For those that didn't know the person that well, they will learn more about them and gain understanding, perspective and a deeper relationship with their bereaved friends/acquaintances that they are supporting.
When families have most of their photos and videos in digital form, creating a video tribute to play at the wake is substantially easier. Tributes are almost always made by either the family or the funeral home. Each funeral home is different in what they create, equipment they own (i.e. televisions, DVD players, digital frames) and this will have an impact on what type of format is allowed, so it is best to reach out to your funeral director to see what they use, allow and offer.
The major general difference I can talk about that rings true with funeral homes on the business end is the benefits and limitations of tributes made by us. When a funeral home makes a tribute for the family, we have to use music and stock graphics that we have legal licensed permissions to use. The only original content that is protected are the images provided to us by the family. This is why we use platform to create tributes that supply us with music and graphics that we can use.
At Silva-Faria Funeral Homes, we couldn't be happier with the platform we are using, called Tukios. There is so much customization, HD quality and due to the nature of our business - speed and efficiency in the process. I've been able to seamlessly include family members near and far in the photo collection process with a single upload link, which has meant so much to the families I've served. Best of all, the Tukios platform utilizes photos AND video! The finished tribute then is integrated directly onto our obituary page, where it will stay, along with the guest book, for anyone to view.
Since we didn't have this platform available when my Aunt Ana died, I've remade her tribute and invite you to view it HERE. Hers was a personality that could never be captured or categorized, only treasured and embraced. She was vivacious, free, compassionate, wild, loving, contagiously fun and generous. I know that wherever she is, she's preparing quite the party for all of us.
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Easy tomato pasta bake
This is a sort of cheating Pasta Puttanesca – Tarts' Pasta.There's no need to pre-cook the pasta, and the whole lot just cooks itself in the oven.
The basic ingredients (pasta, tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes and mozzarella) will cost a fraction over £2 if you stick to the supermarket economy range, and it will feed 6 with some salad.500g bag of pasta – penne works well
- 500g pasta
- 3 tins of chopped tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- Chilli sauce
- 2 balls of mozzarella or a couple of handfuls of grated cheese
- Flavourings: 12 black olives, halved, 2tbsp capers, 4 anchovies, chopped – or use leftover meat or vegetables.
In a large ovenproof dish, mix the pasta and chopped tomatoes. Chop the garlic cloves and add those too, along with a shake of chilli sauce and a tinful of water (use an empty tomato tin).
Now add some flavourings: for a puttanesca flavour, the olives, anchovies and capers.But other things are good too: chopped salami, chorizo, or leftover cooked sausages, in particular.
Cover with foil or a baking sheet and bake for about 40 minutes at 220C/Gas7.
Give it a stir half way through if you think of it, and top up with a little water if it is getting a bit dry.
When the pasta is pretty much done, rip up the mozzarella and scatter over the top (or use grated cheese) and bake uncovered for another ten minutes until bubbling.
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A high-profile Swiss businessman and art broker has been arrested in Monaco over alleged manipulation of prices on the art market, in an investigation that could spread across several countries and shed light on the secretive world of fabulously wealthy private art collectors.
Yves Bouvier, who runs a major international art shipping and storage business, remained in police custody on Thursday after a judge ruled that he could be detained for further questioning following his arrest in Monaco on Wednesday. Two other people – a couple resident in Monaco – were also being questioned.
The Monaco attorney general, Jean-Pierre Dréno, told the Guardian that three Swiss nationals had been arrested as part of an inquiry into suspected "fraud relating to works of art".
The amount of money allegedly defrauded through the suspected overpricing of artworks was not specified and it was unclear how many wealthy international collectors might have been affected.
The investigation is believed to centre on inflating prices in very big art transactions in which Bouvier was an intermediary. One family among the alleged victims was that of Dmitry Rybolovlev, the 48-year-old Russian magnate who owns Monaco football club.
Rybolovlev, who made his fortune in potassium mining and fertilisers, has a family art collection that is thought to be worth up to $1bn (£650m) and includes works by Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and Gauguin.
Ranked 156th on the Forbes billionaires list, Rybolovlev has a net worth of £5.5bn. Tetiana Bersheda, a lawyer for the Rybolovlev family, confirmed that police in Monaco had launched an investigation into Bouvier, who she called "one of the most famous people in the world of art".
"After having worked for more than 10 years with Mr Bouvier, the Rybolovlev family received some information about possible fraud and manipulation of prices on the art market by Mr Bouvier and his accomplices," Bersheda said in a statement.
"The case is currently under investigation by the police and judicial authorities of Monaco. We fully trust the justice [system] to carry on the investigation and the professionalism of the Monaco authorities … We do not wish at this juncture to comment on the ongoing procedure."
Bouvier, who organised the first Moscow international fine art fair in 2004, is head of an important art-shipping firm. He pioneered and owns Freeports – state-of-the-art storage facilities attached to airports in places such as Luxembourg and Singapore, in which very high value artworks, wines and luxury goods can be held, legally, in duty-free zones.
In an interview last month with Spear's magazine, Bouvier, describing the Freeport concept and the current crop of global art buyers, said: "Collectors have a problem: they buy too much. They are addicts. They have space at home for one and they buy 10."
Bouvier is based in Geneva, where the Swiss paper Le Temps described his arrest as "an earthquake on the art market and in the closed circle of international collectors". Contacted via his Geneva firm, Bouvier's communication service did not respond.


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If you are interested in having your child attend a Head Start Classroom in the Fall sign-ups are occurring now. Your child must be 3 years old by September 1st to be eligible to start in the fall. If you live in the Homestead area, please contact Kim Fowler at 412-335-1143. If you live in the West Mifflin area, please call Katie Alioto at 412-720-8869.
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We want to know your opinion about sustainability and about developing a business incubator in Homestead. Knowing your perception helps the Borough identify the best ideas to support the community.
An incubator (similar to a baby's incubator), is a facility created to support business during their early months. It commonly provides affordable space to work, shared offices and services, business training, and marketing support.
Sustainability or sustainable development is defined as the development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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You, the public are an important partner in the campaign to preserve Western Pennsylvania's greatest asset – our water supply. Pure water is essential for all forms of life. Keeping our water safe from contamination is in everyone's best interest. The EPA website will provide tips on how you can help preserve this vital commodity.
When you wash your car at home, where does that water go? It likely goes onto the street where it is collected in a storm sewer which transports it to a stream or river. If you use harsh chemicals to clean you car, they will also go into the stream where they can kill fish or wildlife that may drink the water. It is better to go to a commercial car wash where the water us cleaned and reused or if possible, wash your car in a grassy area where the water will filter into the ground instead of running off into a creek.
Salt is another source of water contamination. While we all want to clear the snow and ice from out walks and driveways to be safe, please remember to use salt or other deicers sparingly. Use only as much as needed. This will help minimize contamination and also save you money!
More information on how to protect our water resources is available at: www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater
Did you know that anything that goes into a catch basin or storm inlet on the street eventually ends up in a stream or river? You can help protect our water resources by reporting any activity that could cause pollution of our waterways. If you see someone dumping anything into a storm inlet or even just dumping something on the street such as oil or auto fluids, litter, paint, grass clippings, hazardous waste or cleaning fluids, you can report this to the Homestead municipal office at 412-461-1340. Please get as much information as possible including a photo, the location and time and other pertinent information.
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By law, Allied Waste, the garbage collector for Homestead Borough, can no longer take televisions, laptops, computers, printers or other electronic computer and/or audio-visual items as part of the Pennsylvania Covered Device Recycling Act. It is against the law for these items to be thrown out with your trash and for us to take them. They must now be recycled and can be dropped off at a designated collection point. Below is a collection site, but you will need to call for more information.
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Vikram Lamba joined Fortuna in 2016 and brings over 20 years of global experience in building healthcare companies from concept to execution.
From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Lamba served as Chief Executive Officer of Zosano Pharma Corporation and as a member of its Board of Directors. Before that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of Predictive Biosciences, Inc. from July 2008 until he joined Zosano in 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Lamba served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (acquired by Abbott), where he was responsible for many significant merger and acquisition transactions and strategic alliances, and as Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer of GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. (acquired by Becton Dickinson).
In all, Mr. Lamba has executed 25+ career deals worth more than $7 billion and managed post-merger integration for most acquisitions. Mr. Lamba also has over 16 years of global experience in various positions with Burmah Castrol PLC and Bayer AG. During his eight years with Bayer in Canada, Germany and the U.S., Mr. Lamba held positions in areas of general management, mergers and acquisitions and finance, including turning around a $200MM loss making division at Bayer manufacturing rFVIII to annual profitability in excess of $250MM by successful cost containment and manufacturing efficiencies.
Mr. Lamba received his M.B.A. from the Asian Institute of Management and spent his final year as an exchange student at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.


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About the Author
Our lives are a letter written in your hearts. I write to inspire, I write to love, I write to glorify Jesus Christ. I started Walk Light Books so that I could share stories with my children that would help them to develop a love for reading and encourage them in their walk with God. My husband is an avid reader and our children are home-schooled. With Walk Light, we hope that your family can enjoy the beautiful experience of family, faith and books.
Ashanda Niya McCants began writing poetry at the age of 19. She has ministered through spoken word at Florida Atlanta University, Calvary Chapel Coral Springs, and Christian Life Center. She recorded a poetry album titled: Beauty Cries, in 2008 . Ashanda began homeschooling her children two years later which piqued her interest in children's literature. Holme Days: Bitter Bites is her first children's book. She and her husband, Aaron reside in Fort Lauderdale, FL with their seven children.