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We were the bookends of the family: I the oldest by nine years, she the youngest, my sister Maureen.
As I stood by her bed in the hospice, stroking her arm and whispering what I hoped were comforting words, I looked into our family trademark-blue eyes and saw her as a child once again. I remembered the chubby 1-year-old rolling around in her playpen on the family front porch; the little girl with blonde finger curls asking Big Sister for help with spelling homework; the teenager, lively and laughing, the best dancer in a family of good dancers.
Marriage number one came at a too-young age, along with a new family member, another sweet little girl who loved baby Jesus and animals. Marriage number two brought sons—a light-hearted towhead like his mother and a second whose brown hair covered a head bursting with brains. All the while mom tried to hold her little family together with the cement of deep motherly love.
Darkness descended when Maureen's sons were completing grade school. After the death of her former spouse, my sister retreated into the hazy world of addiction. Was it guilt, I wondered, since she had insisted that her first husband leave because of his drug addiction? Or was life simply too hard and heroin a too easy escape? Or was it the chronic depression and social anxiety she lived with throughout her adult life? Whatever the reasons, the results were catastrophic. Drugs rob a person of everything. Maureen lost her car, her house, her good job and, worst of all, her self-respect. Several stints in rehab raised the family's hopes, but a relapse inevitably came.
Throughout it all, Maureen never lost her faith. Getting up for Mass while stoned was unthinkable, but she continued to pray and read the Bible. One passage in particular took on profound significance: "When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for rest but, finding none, it says, 'I shall return to my home from which I came.' But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there" (Lk 11: 24-26).
Why this strange passage, I wondered at first. I would never have been drawn to it. Indeed, it struck me as perhaps the most hopeless thing Jesus ever said. What do these seven unclean spirits, these demons, mean to her? But it gradually became clear: addiction was her demon. She swept and tidied her house by going to 12-step meetings, entering rehab and finding sponsors. None of it worked for long. The seven demons, stronger than the first, always returned to dwell in the house of her soul.
I will always regret not exploring that Scripture passage with her more. Had I looked at its context, I would have seen that in the next verse Jesus says emphatically: "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it." There is no place for hopelessness in the kingdom of God—the invitation is listen, turn to God and do our best to live our lives in the light.
And there was light: the light of Maureen's holding her first grandchild, an adorable little boy; the light of watching her children mature into adulthood; the light of spousal love with Bill, who understood her, protected her and, best of all, loved her unconditionally.
Now, as I reflect on my sister's life and death, I realize that the demons were not confined to her. They reached out, as demons will, to harm others, especially those who loved Maureen. My first demon was despair as I watched her life fall apart, helpless to do much about it. Another was anger: anger that she was throwing her life away, anger about the effect on her children, anger that she ignored the wise counsel I thought I was imparting. A third demon was obsessive worry, the difficulty of falling asleep for most of my adult life as I pondered how to help her.
Then came the grace. A friend invited me to Al-Anon meetings. After a time, I grew to appreciate the wisdom of the 12 steps: I can control only my own life, not anyone else's; addiction is a family disease; and it is utterly useless to worry about things I could not change.
Now this. She had lain in a coma for five weeks, not induced by drugs but by a rare virus that medical science knew nothing about, certainly not how to treat it.
As I stood by her deathbed, we had a few precious moments alone. "Maureen," I whispered, "I understand now. I understand what the Scripture story about the seven demons means to you. You did try, probably harder than any of us realized. We just didn't understand how strong the chains of addiction really are." At that, a slight flicker of her eyelids told me that she heard.
I continued, "Maureen, it's O.K. It's O.K. to let go. Dad is there waiting for you." I certainly did not mean at that precise moment, but my sister took me at my word. The hospice nurse looked at her and said quietly, "This is her time." Her youngest son knelt by the bed, and she opened her eyes to hear him say, "I love you, Mom." Then the rattle of death rumbled low in her throat as her soul returned to God.
Her husband, her children and I sobbed and held hands around her bed. As we prayed her favorite prayer, the Memorare, I looked down at her beautiful face, now serene. Was it my imagination, or were the demons leaving, defeated, as her soul slipped into the eternal light of God?
It is good to know there is a way out - detach with love from the addict.
Easier said than done. But it is also good to know that there is an organisation where family and friends of addicts can come together and share their experience strength and hope with each other. There they can learn a better way of life, to live happy and productive lives whether the addict continues to drug or not.
They are angels administering to one another.


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Doughty House is a large house on Richmond Hill in Surrey, England, built in the 18th century, with later additions. It has fine views down over the Thames, and both the house and gallery are Grade II listed buildings.
The house was named after Elizabeth Doughty, who lived there from about 1786, and built St Elizabeth of Portugal Church in The Vineyard, Richmond. It was the residence of the Cook baronets from when it was bought in 1849 by the first baronet until after World War II. A 125-foot-long-gallery (38 m) was added in 1885 for the very important family art collection. The house was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and the 4th baronet moved to Jersey with 30 paintings from the collection.
In 2012 the house was on the market with an asking price of £15,000,000.
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Built in the 18th century, Doughty House is a large house on Richmond Hill in Surrey, England. The house has amazing views over the Thames and central London can be seen in the distance. The house is named after Elizabeth Doughty, who lived there from about 1786.
A 125-foot-long gallery was added in 1885 for the very important family art collection. It housed a considerable collection of paintings including works by Titian and El Greco.
Both the house and gallery are Grade II listed, and planning permission for rennovation with some alterations has been granted. The house was put on the market in 2012 with a guide price of £15 million.
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Although I often travel in other seasons, summer always starts me yearning for a getaway. Still, along with dreams of lovely beaches, mountains, foreign countries, relaxation -- and maybe even a romantic fling -- there's always an element of tension in planning and preparing a vacation. Where do I really want to go? Can I afford it? Do I want to travel alone or with someone? With whom? These are the questions that plague me in the early planning stages.
Then, after I've chosen my destination and made my reservations, the practical considerations kick in: Do I need underwear, socks, a bathing suit, a haircut? When will I do the laundry and pick up the dry cleaning? And, of course, what should I pack (without having to use a steamer trunk)?
These are small matters, however, compared with those facing a vacationer living with HIV. Medications, food, water, possible exposure to disease, all become issues -- not to mention the relative acceptance of (or hostility to) HIV at your destination. Does this mean that you should stay home, or just visit Aunt Sally in the suburbs?
Vacations are important for everyone. They provide a break from the daily routine, a change of scene, a time to reflect and refresh, to catch your breath.
Vacations are particularly important for persons living with HIV. Even if you are not working, a vacation can provide relief from medical and health preoccupations, time for relaxation and reflection. Depending on your destination, it may also give you an opportunity to look at alternative treatment approaches. Perhaps it simply lets you spend quality time with a partner or close friend.
Everyone has a different purpose for going on vacation, and that purpose, combined with your preferences and financial status, usually dictates where you'll go. Regardless of your destination, though, planning is essential.
After gathering and consolidating a large amount of information about travel considerations for persons with HIV, I've carved out six broad categories of things you need to think about when planning your vacation: Where You're Going; How You're Getting There; Medical Considerations; Nutrition Considerations; Personal Considerations; and Emergency Planning.
I'll address each individually. Before I do, though, let me state the most important, universally accepted piece of advice I've encountered: Consult your doctor as early in the trip-planning process as possible. The reasons will become clear.
First and most important, are you traveling to a foreign land? Currently, no countries require HIV tests for short-term tourists. But this doesn't mean that they're necessarily friendly to people with HIV either.
Customs agents can get curious if they spot a traveler who's carrying a load of medications. If you're reluctant to reveal your serostatus, you may want to be prepared with a story about heart disease, lung disease, or cancer, just in case you're confronted. Your doctor can help you devise a credible tale that's in synch with your meds.
If you're going to a foreign country for an extended period, there may be HIV restrictions. The best source for which lands have long-term visitor restrictions is the U.S. Department of State. You can get the information you need about your destination country at the Department of State's website, http://www.state.gov, or by calling its offices in Washington, D.C. at (202) 647-4000.
As far as which countries are HIV-friendly (or, for that matter, gay-friendly), it's somewhat encouraging that there are no strongly forbidden destinations. According to Antonio, a travel agent at Council Travel in San Francisco, "We don't even consider telling people where to go or not to go. Right now there are no warnings about any countries. Besides, with the improvements in medications, many people with HIV are traveling more often and to more remote places. There don't seem to be any restrictions, at least as far as we know. This is San Francisco; if there was something to be known, we'd hear about it right away."
Then again, even if you're vacationing within the States, sensitivity to HIV varies by locale. If you're going to New York or San Francisco, there should be no problems; if you'll be visiting a rural area of the Midwest, things may be different. The only generalization to be made is: Do your homework. Find out from your travel agent, if you're using one, what experiences former clients with HIV have had at your proposed destination. (And, speaking of travel agents, unless you already have one you know and are comfortable with, it may be best to use one who is gay or gay-friendly, since she or he probably has had experience with HIV-positive travelers. For a referral, call the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, (800) 448-8550, or check the group's website at http://iglta.org.)
Some diseases are more prevalent in specific parts of the world, and if you're going to one of those areas you'll need to discuss vaccination and prophylaxis with your doctor. The following is not an all-inclusive list, but some primary examples are:
Besides your doctor, the best source for travel health information is probably the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC has an international travelers' hotline that explains health risks and preventive measures. It will also provide some publications by mail upon request, such as its "Blue Sheets," which list current disease risks by country. You can call the CDC at (404) 332-4559, or check out its website, http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm.
Aside from your destination, the other "Where You're Going" issue to plan for is the type of accommodations you'll have. Are you going to stay in a traditional hotel? A bed-and-breakfast? Or will yours be an outdoors vacation, such as camping? Or might you be a houseguest? Each requires a bit of thought.
If you'll be in a hotel, it's probably a good idea to get a room with a mini-refrigerator. You may have to store medications; also, special food items and water might need cold storage (I'll discuss food and water in detail further along). If you'll be staying at a B&B, call ahead and ask if you can keep things in their fridge.
If you're camping, the appropriate and protective clothing is most essential: Do you know the weather of your locale? Are there possibilities for major shifts in temperature? You don't want to expose yourself unnecessarily to the elements and run the risk of sickness.
Finally, if you'll be the guest of friends or relatives, consider whether they know your HIV status. Aside from your host's emotional issues regarding your health, there are again practical considerations, such as medication storage and special dietary needs. Also, if you're staying in someone's home, your ability to have your meals on schedule and plan your activities is important. It's probably best for your host to know the details of your health status, and any special needs you may have, before you arrive.
Trains and boats and planes -- all fun ways to get around the globe, but all also potential sources of illness.
Whenever you share an enclosed space with other people, you've got their germs to contend with, and this is even more important if you're living with HIV. If you're seated near a person who is coughing or sneezing excessively, you'll want to reseat yourself. The recommendation is to be at least six rows removed from someone who appears to be ill.
Changing seats can be embarrassing, and many of us don't like to make a fuss or draw attention to ourselves. But is it worth getting sick over? This is one of those situations where you need to assert yourself. Calmly ask the attendant or the conductor to help you find a new seat. If the vehicle is fully booked, ask to swap a seat with someone. It's the attendant's job to help you, so claim your rights if you must. If you're uncomfortable about disclosing your HIV status, you can say that you're undergoing chemotherapy, or prepping for an organ transplant, both of which conditions require shelter from germs. If you get no satisfaction on your first request, bump it up a notch: Take it to a supervisor or the cabin crew.
There's also the issue of food during your travel. Is airline food acceptable for HIV-positive people? (Is it acceptable for anyone?) This depends on the quality of preparation, and the temperature of the food when it arrives -- not easy things to determine in advance. If you're traveling by train, do you want to rely on the club car? Is there anything available besides prefabricated sandwiches of unknown pedigree? If you're taking a long automobile trip, do you want to stop frequently to eat? What's the quality of the food at roadstops? Perhaps the best answer in all of these cases is to bring your own. It's not difficult to tote fruits, sandwiches, prepackaged foods, and snacks that are nutritious, satisfying, and safe. Make it fun; think of it as a picnic.
A seemingly obvious consideration: if you're traveling by ship (or if you're going fishing by boat when you get there, or going on a whale-watching excursion) there's always the threat of sea sickness, or "motion" sickness, as it's becoming known. Dramamine is quite effective on a short hop; for a long trip, "the patch" (which contains a drug named scopolamine) is quite effective. But remember, these are drugs that can interact with other things you're taking or have their own undesirable side effects. Always check with your doctor before using any of these medications.
It's worth mentioning again: Consult your doctor before making your plans!
If at all possible, you should start the consultation process six months before your vacation is scheduled to start. This is not always practical, but common sense should prevail. If you're only traveling 200 miles, by car, to a neighboring state, the medical consultation probably need not be so far off. But, if the neighboring state is tick-infested, get moving early.
You need to talk with your doctor about vaccinations, food, special medications, extra copies of prescriptions, physical restrictions -- in other words, everything to ensure that you have a happy, healthy trip. Some things to consider in discussions with your doctor are the current status of your immune system; your overall medical history; conditions that you may be susceptible to, whether related to HIV or not; the amount and types of medications that you take; and specific diseases that may be endemic to your destination. Evaluate all of these, including your proposed accommodations and the length of your trip, and get your doctor's concurrence that it's feasible. Also, consider access to medical care at the site of your vacation.
If you're taking a lot of medications with you, especially if you're visiting a foreign country, certain preparations are wise. Most countries (including our own) are waging war on illegal drugs these days. If you show up with a bushel full of different colored pills, you may be suspect. For your own protection, you may want to ask your doctor to write a letter explaining your need for these medications.
It also helps to carry your medications in their original containers, so that they're identified. You may also want to take original prescriptions for all your meds with you. The originals will prove the authenticity of the drugs you're carrying, and, in case you run out of or lose your medications, you can replace them.
Food and water -- we can't live without them. Food is also a great source of pleasure, especially on vacation. One of the things I like best about travel is sampling the local cuisine, whether in the United States or abroad. But under the wrong conditions, this life-sustaining and pleasure-giving substance can cause sickness, minor or major. Luckily, there are many ways to ensure that your nutrition needs can be met in a healthy and enjoyable manner while you're away.
Robert Dostis is a nutritionist who was the first head of Nutrition Services at Gay Men's Health Crisis. He has also, for the past fourteen years, traveled extensively with his HIV-positive partner. His advice is quite specific: "Individuals who are HIV-positive should take special precautions when traveling abroad. A food-borne illness can ruin a vacation, not to mention being potentially lethal. Most Americans have had some experience with food poisoning. You know the symptoms: stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and general malaise. Often we get mild food-borne illnesses and attribute the symptoms to a cold or the flu, never suspecting that it was the chicken we ate last night, or the tuna salad from the salad bar. Symptoms can begin within hours, days, or even a month of consuming contaminated food.
"The cause of a food-borne illness can be live bacteria thriving in the food at time of consumption, or toxins left over by bacteria that are killed when the food is cooked. Cooking food to proper temperatures kills the bacteria but not necessarily the toxins.
"If you let common sense be your guide, you can probably avoid getting sick while traveling to other countries. There are some very obvious situations to avoid. Do not eat off the street. I'm talking street vendors, not the piece of burger left by the park bench in front of the Eiffel Tower (although you should probably avoid that as well). Street vendors selling food containing meat or any kind of food that requires either refrigeration or cooking, like kabobs, hot dogs, gyros, shrimp, or lobsters, should be avoided. There is just no way to know if the food was properly handled: Was it refrigerated? Has it been cooked to a temperature that kills bacteria? Was it kept hot enough to avoid recontamination while waiting to be served? When you eat food from a street vendor you put your health and life in his or her (possibly not-so-clean) hands. You trust that the vendor is properly concerned with avoiding getting someone sick, which is not necessarily so. And you believe that vendor has undergone extensive training on how to avoid spreading food-borne illnesses ... NOT!!!"
Dostis warns that even the most clean-looking establishments can have problems. "What about restaurants? You must take precautions here as well. As important as it may be for a restaurant owner to avoid getting customers sick, there are a few things that you must consider before trusting the establishment. I'll take a leap here and say that I doubt that there is a restaurant anywhere in the world that has not caused someone's illness at one time or another. When I traveled to Mexico, one day I ate a sandwich at poolside. I won't go into the gory details, but I was sick for weeks. I figure if the 'American-style' hotel at which I was staying couldn't get it right, who could? Which is exactly my point.
"Does this mean you can't eat on vacation? Absolutely not. Just be careful and follow these tips. Avoid restaurants that are not busy. A busy restaurant is more likely to have fresh foods. Order meats and poultry well cooked. Some diehards who must have their meat red hate to hear this, but is it worth destroying your vacation? If you must have your steak medium or rare, order something other than steak.
"Food that is supposed to be hot must be served hot! If it is lukewarm, don't be shy -- send it back. And keep sending it back until it is steaming. Forget the notion that you taste food better when it is at room temperature. You want it served hot; it can cool down while in front of you. Foods that are supposed to be cold must be cold to the touch. Salads containing meat, fish, poultry, and any kind of dressing -- which is about every salad I know -- that have been sitting in an improperly cooled refrigerator are a disaster waiting to happen. Remember the old adage: When in doubt throw it out. This could save your vacation and possibly help you avoid some very nasty symptoms.
"Other tips: If you're uncertain about the water, order bottled; most hotels have it in stock. Avoid foods commonly know to be vectors of food-borne illness, like all shellfish and soft-ripened cheeses such as brie; they may harbor some potentially nasty bacteria."
Dostis's advice reminded me of a strange experience I had when I traveled to Santo Domingo over twenty years ago. I'd been warned beforehand not to drink local water; indeed, I caught myself buying cheese at a local market that had been soaking in water, and changed my mind. The week passed, the trip was great fun, and I felt fine. Waiting to board the plane in the hot airport, however, I took a huge drink from the public water fountain. Before we were in the air for an hour, my stomach distress began. The diarrhea ended three weeks later. The moral of this story: Don't take anything for granted; think before you put anything in your mouth. It had never occurred to me that a public fountain in an airport would contain unpurified water, but I was wrong.
If you're taking an outdoors vacation, and you're cooking food over a fire, make sure everything is well done. Of course, you'll have a cooler if you're camping. Some nice things to keep are sandwich fixings. Bread and rolls are usually safe for a day or two without ice. Small cans of tuna are the perfect size for a sandwich. Fruits and vegetables, raw or properly cooked, travel well and make for healthy eating on the road. If you suffer from diarrhea, however, and fresh fruits are an irritant, or you just don't want to take up all that space in the cooler, canned fruits are a fine alternative. They travel even better than fresh in that they don't need ice and won't rot. Packs of chips and trail mix make good snacks on a trip.
Of course, carry or buy bottled water during your vacation. It's just an extra insurance that you won't get ill. But what you drink is not the only water consideration: Infections may also come from recreational activities in the water during which you inadvertently swallow some.
Most important, don't swim, bathe, or even wade in water that may be contaminated. Even when you're in water that's seemingly safe, be aware of keeping your lips sealed, especially if you put your head under.
If you're traveling with a same-sex domestic partner, there are some specific issues that need to be addressed, particularly on a trip to a foreign land. In case of a medical emergency, the lack of recognized legal rights in a gay partnership comes strongly into play. There are no guaranteed solutions, but carrying some form of documentation of your relationship will probably help. The Seattle-based Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples recommends carrying copies of powers of attorney, particularly powers of attorney for medical care. These documents give your partner legal decision-making rights, at least in the United States, in case you become incapacitated. The copies you carry must be signed and notarized to be recognized.
The Partners Task Force has a website, http://www.buddybuddy.com, that contains detailed information. This site also contains a wallet card, which you can print and carry with you, identifying your partner as the person to contact in case of an emergency if you're traveling alone, or with someone other than your partner. Domestic partner registrations have little clout, although it can't hurt to carry a copy of yours if you have one.
So, what if you're away and you become ill?
There are several ways to address this possibility. One is preventive: You can buy travel medical insurance, on a per-trip basis, if you feel the risk of sickness warrants such a purchase. These policies can be expensive, but may be worth it to you since they traditionally cover up to a specified dollar amount in medical expenses that are not covered by your normal insurance. The expenses covered must usually be incurred within 180 days of the trip in which the illness or injury initiated.
Needless to say, benefits vary from policy to policy; however, the majority cover hospitalization or emergency room treatment. Some cover air ambulance transport costs. Some will even pay for another person's travel costs to join you in case a long hospitalization is involved. Careful reading of such policies is very important. If you do purchase a policy and need to make use of it, it's best to contact the insurance carrier to make the special arrangements necessary (e.g., the air transport) rather than arranging it yourself and looking for reimbursement afterwards. Of course, this isn't always possible in an emergency, but if you're able, it's the best way to handle it.
Another issue is "pre-existing conditions." In some cases, HIV-related illness may be considered pre-existing if, for some specified time prior to the purchase of the policy, the condition is not deemed "stable." Of course, the definition of "stable" varies. Be wary. The good news is that many travel insurers have recently dropped most of their pre-existing condition clauses.
Best advice: If you choose the option of travel health insurance, have a qualified professional review the policy before you put your money into it. A few of the major companies offering travel insurance are Mutual of Omaha [(800) 228-9792], International Trip Assist [(800) 866-3042], Carefree [(800) 323-3149], and Travel Guard [(800) 826-1300].
Another way to deal with health emergencies during a vacation is to use the plastic. Many credit cards offer assistance and medical referral programs automatically and free of charge, with no need to register for these benefits. Usually, though, these services are offered only to high-end cardholders. Some examples:
There are some other commonsense vacation dos and don'ts that, although particularly important to persons living with HIV, apply to all travelers:
Some good things to pack for your trip:
There are many things to consider if you're living with HIV and going away on vacation. But don't dwell too much on the hassle of making the necessary preparations. Focus instead on the joy of the trip, the excitement of seeing and doing new things and meeting new people, the restorative balm of getting away from life's daily cares. The point of this article has been to clear the way for you to have a fabulous vacation by helping you make sure that nothing preventable gets in the way. Go. Have a fine time.
One last thing: Bring the spirit of vacation home with you, and take steps to make it last. Photos help to keep the memories alive, and I also enjoy keeping a journal while I'm away. It's a good way to relax and spend some meditative time each day of my vacation, and I get an unparalleled joy in reading my entries months, years, even decades later. Try it, if you've never done so before. You don't have to be Hemingway; you're only writing this for yourself, so let go and document all your impressions and feelings. It's therapeutic while you're doing it, and it will extend your vacation for a long time into the future.
Have a safe, fun journey, fellow wanderers.
Bon voyage!
Ronald Russo is a Training Director for a large corporation and a freelance writer.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – If you support the New England Revolution, you should avoid making plans on Saturday or Wednesday evenings for the foreseeable future.
In what will be fantastic preface to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June – when passionate soccer fans can typically watch multiple games in a single day – the Revs will play eight games in the month of May, averaging one match every 3.6 days. For a sport in which clubs generally only play once a week, that's a lot of soccer.
The odyssey kicks off this Saturday night, May 1, when the Revolution hosts Western Conference foe FC Dallas at Gillette Stadium. It will be the first of six MLS regular-season games that month, as the Revs will follow up with matches against Chivas USA (May 5), the Columbus Crew (May 8), the San Jose Earthquakes (May 15), Toronto FC (May 22) and the New York Red Bulls (May 29). Additionally, the Revs will face either the Red Bulls or the expansion Philadelphia Union in a U.S. Open Cup play-in match on May 12, while an international friendly against Portuguese power Benfica is scheduled for May 19.
The good news for the Revolution is that five of those eight matches will take place within in the familiar confines of Gillette Stadium, and the club will not have to leave the Eastern Time Zone during the stretch. In that sense, the travel will be limited, with trips to Columbus, Toronto and either Philadelphia or New York on the docket.
Even so, the toll of playing so many games in such a short amount of time can be taxing on the athletes, no matter what level of fitness they maintain.
"It's all about taking care of your body," said midfielder Pat Phelan. "Obviously, it's a lot of games in a short amount of time. The team's had problems with injuries the last couple of years (in similar situations), so it's important for everyone – from an individual standpoint – to step up and take care of their bodies."
Only once before has the Revolution played as many as eight games in a single month. That was in August 2008, when the Revs played eight matches in four different competitions: the MLS regular season, the U.S. Open Cup, SuperLiga and the CONCACAF Champions League.
While that does give head coach Steve Nicol prior experience leading his team through such a hectic schedule, circumstances were different in 2008. That year, MLS clubs were allowed 28-man rosters and the league operated a reserve league designed for players who weren't getting much game action in the first team. For that reason, the Revs were able to rotate their starting 11 when necessary, utilize everyone on the roster, and subsequently avoid burnout.
Now, league rules only allow for a 24-man roster, and the reserve league no longer exists. What that means is much less wiggle room when it comes to resting players.
"I guess you need a bit of luck with injuries – that's the first thing," said Nicol when asked about the keys to guiding a team through such a busy stretch.
The Revolution is already behind the eight-ball in that sense, as the club enters May without the services of multiple key players. Both Matt Reis and Taylor Twellman are still recovering from long-term injuries, while Emmanuel Osei, Zak Boggs and Mauricio Castro are also on the injury report. Add to that list Shalrie Joseph – who has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the club to attend to personal matters – and the Revs begin one of the busiest months in club history with only 18 fully healthy, available players.
With that in mind, Nicol's options will be limited when it comes to roster selection. Even so, he admits it's unrealistic to put out the same lineup for eight games in one month.
"I'd be shocked if it's the same 11 that's out there every game," he said. "We're going to have to use everybody. We'll need some fresh legs at certain points. We'll be starting every game with the intention of going after it and trying to win it."
One way that the coaching staff handles the task of preparing the club for a two-games-a-week schedule is to limit the players' exertion in training. A typical one-game-a-week schedule almost always consists of a full week of training leading up to the match, with varying degrees of stress put on the players in each session.
With eight games in one month, however, Nicol knows that he must alter his training methods in order to rest the players and prevent them from exhaustion before game day, while at the same time keeping the rest of the team ready for action.
"As far as the guys playing most of the time, it'll be a jog and a stretch," said Nicol of the typical training session in May. "Obviously, we need to watch everybody. Some people won't play that many games and we have to make sure if we have anybody who hasn't really participated much, we have to make sure they're fit and ready to go."
In addition to the training regimen laid out by the coaching staff, Phelan says it also comes down to each individual player knowing when to push themselves and when to pull back.
"Whether we have nine days before our next game or two, the guys pretty much know what they need to do to get their bodies in the best condition they can," he said.
Based on the factors at hand, most players and coaches would probably agree that eight games in one month isn't an ideal schedule. However, it's a basic fact that athletes play sports because they love the competition of game day. In the end – for players and fans alike – no one's complaining about the opportunity to play twice a week.
"We're professional athletes and that's what we live for," said forward Kheli Dube, who was part of the Revolution's roster during the eight-game stretch in August 2008. "We live to play in games and the more we play games, the more we enjoy it."
It's a good thing the Revs enjoy games. Should they win their U.S. Open Cup play-in match against New York or Philadelphia on May 12, the possibility exists that a ninth game could be scheduled for the month of May.


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Director of Library Services, Mount Mercy University
Like many institutions, the staff at Mount Mercy University's Busse Library was supporting old library management software (15+ years old!) that entailed lots of work-arounds for staff. Worse, it required end users to locate e-resources across a confusing set of online sites, services and searches. This made it hard for students and faculty to find the full-text articles that they needed from the library's 25 electronic databases. The library staff spent its time and budget carefully, but that effort was lost behind outdated, inefficient systems.
In the words of Marilyn Murphy, Director of Library Services, "We didn't have the resources to administer a new system, and we didn't want to buy a new server. We wanted a hosted or shared system that would allow us to stay within budget—but most of all, we wanted a solution to improve our services for our students."
"With our electronic holdings in the WorldCat knowledge base, 'View Online' links take our students from search results to full-text articles. Plus our library catalog looks new and has lots of cover art, user-contributed reviews, editorial reviews and links to related subjects to give it a contemporary feel—the sort of look our students are used to."
After the first 15 months of use, Marilyn reported that results with WorldShare® Management Services were a huge success: the library experienced a 25% increase in downloads of full-text articles. Students now search all databases from a single search box to find full-text articles and electronic resources such as Google Books, Internet Archive, HathiTrust and more.
"Students are discovering more resources, and they are making better use of our existing databases," Marilyn said. "It's also saving staff time because we aren't devoting time to system administration anymore. We're not duplicating effort by adding holdings to both a local catalog and WorldCat®—we just do it once and we're done. And we're saving time on serials check-in functions in WorldShare Management Services as compared to our old system."
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There's a reason they call boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Money." He fought twice during the past 12 months, knocking out Victor Ortiz in September and winning a unanimous decision in May against Miguel Cotto. He spent less than one hour in the ring to dispatch his two foes.
His combined payday for the bouts: $85 million.
That helped make Mayweather the world's highest-paid athlete over the past year, unseating Tiger Woods, who has been the top-earner since 2001. Woods ranks third this year with earnings of $59.4 million.
Mayweather maximizes his earnings by also acting as his own fight promoter through his company Mayweather Promotions. He collects all of the revenue from tickets, pay-per-view and sponsorships and covers the costs, including the purse for his opponent. His take home per fight is typically at least 50% higher than what his rival Manny Pacquiao earns.
Being a wildly polarizing figure doesn't seem to have hurt his earnings. He charmed old ladies as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2007 and provoked outrage with his racially charged, hate-filled rant against Pacquiao in 2010. His antics create buzz, and the result is both boxing fans and people who are normally indifferent to the sport pay up for his bouts. He has been a part of the four biggest non-heavyweight PPV events in boxing's history. The Cotto fight generated $94 million in PPV receipts.
Paquiao ranks second with earnings of $62 million. Over the past 12 months he fought Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley. The bouts netted him $56 million, including money he gets from their broadcast in the Philippines. He also made an estimated $6 million over the past year outside the ring through endorsements with Nike, Hewlett-Packard, Monster Energy and Hennessy.
Woods' total earnings dropped $16 million from last year to $59.4 million and have been sliced in half since their peak in 2009. Despite his collapse in this year's U.S. Open, Woods is playing much better on the course and his prize money doubled from the prior 12 months. But the $2 million bump in prize money does not offset the loss of sponsors like Tag Heuer and Gillette.
Woods' golf course design business has also struggled. Development of his Dubai course was shut down last year and the developer of his North Carolina course, Cliffs Club & Hospitality, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
LeBron James leads the 13 basketball players that made the cut. James ranks fourth overall with earnings of $53 million. James, like all NBA players, had his salary sliced 20% by the NBA lockout, but he continues to make a mint off the court from sponsors like Nike, Coca-Cola, State Farm and McDonald's. James' income also got a boost when he received cash as part of his marketing partnership with Fenway Sports Group last year, through which James received a stake in the soccer club Liverpool.
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Federal judge had brushed off evidence of Native man's rehabilitation
In a strongly worded ruling, a federal appellate panel has ordered that a Native American man be freed from civil confinement due to evidence of his rehabilitation while in prison. Both a judge and an expert witness had downplayed this evidence, condemning the man as a future risk based on long-ago transgressions, the Fourth Circuit panel concluded.
Byron Neil Antone, a 41-year-old member of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, was intoxicated when he committed a series of sexual assaults during his early adulthood. Over the course of 14 years in prison, he remained sober, worked hard, and took other steps to rehabilitate himself.
In finding that he met criteria for civil commitment as a Sexually Dangerous Person (SDP), a federal judge had glossed over the evidence of Antone's rehabilitation, including positive testimony from two prison counselors. Likewise, a government evaluator testified that she placed little weight on Antone's good prison conduct in determining whether he lacked "volitional control" over his sexual impulses.
The justices lambasted expert witness Amy Phenix's reliance on Antone's early adulthood misconduct as the best evidence of his future risk.
Expert's opinion "will not carry the day"
"Dr. Phenix explained that her decision to focus on pre-incarcerative acts stemmed from her belief that actions taken while in the outside world are more accurate predictors of future behavior upon release. That is, of course, her choice, but as it relates to our review of the evidentiary record, it will not carry the day. The district court should have at the very least explained why it found Dr. Phenix's unadorned conclusion more persuasive than that of Dr. [Roy] Daum, who specifically critiqued the former's technique because it did not allow for a respondent's subsequent growth."
The justices pointed out that when sex offenders engage in negative conduct in prison, such behavior weighs heavily in predicting their future risk. They listed examples from recent federal cases, including one prisoner who collected pornography and another who showed ongoing sexual interest in children.
The justices lauded Antone's efforts to rehabilitate himself while in prison, and said his accomplishments merited strong consideration in determining whether he will sexually reoffend due to a lack of volitional control if released.
"There is not much more that he could have done to demonstrate that he is in control of his volitional faculties and that such control is likely to persist after his release.... Since upholding the constitutionality of the [Adam] Walsh Act in 2010, we have disposed of more than a handful of [Sexually Dangerous Person] appeals involving the volitional impairment prong, but none of them involved a respondent who had demonstrated such positive behavior during the extended period of his incarceration."
A federal magistrate who presided over Antone's three-day evidentiary hearing had ordered the prisoner freed, but a judge subsequently overturned that verdict, prompting the appeal.
"Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified" not present
Despite differing on Antone's volitional control, both the magistrate and the judge agreed that Antone did not suffer from the sexual abnormality of "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified" that was diagnosed by Dr. Phenix and Butner prison psychologist Manuel Gutierrez.
Antone's main problem, both agreed, was his substance abuse. The judge, but not the magistrate, also believed he suffered from Antisocial Personality Disorder.
The Fourth Circuit justices pointed out that large proportions of all prisoners have problems with substance abuse and antisociality. Thus, they held, "the Government has failed to distinguish Antone's alleged volitional impairment from that of a 'dangerous but typical recidivist' " as required under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2002 ruling in Kansas v. Crane upholding the civil commitment of especially dangerous sex offenders.
Treatment paradox acknowledged
The appellate justices also expressed sympathy with Antone's dilemma in regard to sex offender treatment. Although early in his incarceration he had sought out treatment, he declined to engage in treatment while his civil commitment petition was in process, citing the fact that any incriminating information he revealed would be used as ammunition against him.
"The district court made reference to the fact that Antone had not attended sex offender treatment. Antone had, however, repeatedly sought this treatment at the beginning of his incarceration to no avail. It is true that he was eventually offered sex offender treatment ... but this choice was effectively no choice at all."
The Court cited Jeslyn A. Miller's 2010 article, "Sex Offender Civil Commitment: The Treatment Paradox," which explains that "[e]verything that an offender confesses during these multiple stages of treatment -- including sexual fantasies, uncharged offenses, and gruesome details regarding sexual offenses" may be turned over to prosecutors.
"Antone is currently attending sex offender therapy," the justices noted. "One can only be encouraged by Antone's commitment to self-improvement, rehabilitation, and recidivism prevention."
The elephant in the courtroom, from my perspective, is the cluster of Native Americans being detained as Sexually Dangerous Persons at the federal detention facility in Butner, North Carolina because their crimes took place on Indian reservations.So, as I've mentioned here previously, we have the curious situation in which a cluster of Native Americans who committed rapes while intoxicated are locked up alongside preferential pedophiles and child pornography distributors.
Which raises the question of whether the stereotype of the drunken Indian -- powerless to stop drinking and incapable of holding his liquor -- may play into government evaluators' refusal to acknowledge the possibility of change in Native American prisoners like Antone who committed sexual offenses in their youths.
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The ruling in United States v. Byron Neil Antone is HERE.
My blog post on the pop psychology myth of "past behavior as the best predictor future behavior" is HERE.
(c) Copyright Karen Franklin 2014 - All rights reserved


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But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defence of the new."As uttered by the vitriolic restaurant critic Anton Ego, in the film "Ratatouille", after his epiphany.


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Jules Lion was a free black photographer from France that entered New Orleans around the late 1830's. Although he started as a lithographer, he introduced a special type of portrait that was new to the United States called Daguerrean photography. This was the first type of photography in the country before more advanced exposures were created. Because this was a new picture-taking process from overseas, some believe Lion's work gave birth to photography in the United States, especially among blacks. He was one of the first blacks to be known as a Daguerrean photographer, which spread to other budding black photographers quickly (like James Presley Ball) and throughout the country.
Lion's story in New Orleans began in the late 1830's as a lithographer, but around 1837, he was driven back to France for a year with the declining economy to sharpen his photography skills under the method of Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre – the originator of the Daguerrean method.


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Jul 8, 2008
Day 50: Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is a former Argentine football player. During an international career that included 91 caps and 34 goals, he played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments, leading the Argentina national team to its victory over West Germany in 1986 World Cup, in which he collected the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. He scored both goals in the 2-1 victory over England in the quarter-final of the '86 tournament. The first goal was an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal was a spectacular 60-metre weave through six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century" or, in Argentina, "The Cosmic Kite". He also won many trophies with Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli over the course of his career.
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- ExtremeRyno said...
The download link isn't working.
- July 8, 2008 at 5:55 PM
- JoE said...
i just checked. it was ok.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:30 PM
- matt said...
i can't get this download to work in firefox.
Could you please upload it to mediafire
- July 9, 2008 at 3:28 AM
- ExtremeRyno said...
Ahh, Firefox does seem to have a problem with that site. I opened it in an IE tab and the download worked.
- July 9, 2008 at 5:58 AM
- JoE said...
i will try uploading it to mediafire. i seemed to be encountering some problem uploading to mediafire these few days, but i will try again.
- July 9, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- Fernando Casals said...
im from argentina,what can i say Joe, a diego ptoy,just amazing!
- July 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- JoE said...
hi fernando,
thanks! and if you see Maradona, let him know we love him! :-)
- July 9, 2008 at 9:32 AM
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- July 9, 2008 at 9:33 AM
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- July 9, 2008 at 7:53 PM
- JoE said...
Hey Mike,
That's a cool video!
- July 10, 2008 at 9:59 AM
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Jajajajaja, que grande el Diego
I am from Argentina... It was so funny to see Diego Maradona as little toy :D
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The link does not work, you can upload it again please
Thank you very much.
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Talk the Talk is RTRFM's weekly show about linguistics, the science of language.
Linguist Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Kylie Sturgess tackle language change, language tech, new words, society, minority languages, language and the mind, and much more.
Daniel teaches linguistics at Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Australia. Ben teaches media studies to the next generation of Western Australia's secondary school students. Kylie is a former philosophy teacher, and writes about the paranormal and the pseudoscientific for the "Token Skeptic" podcast. Together, they look at language in all its variety and splendour while listening to some great tunes.
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so after 5 years, 9 different member changes, a full U.S tour, 2 east coast tours, 3 west coast tours, and countless trips up and down california... we're calling it quits come may.
it's been a fun ride, but some of us have other commitments that supercede the band. in all honesty, it's been a struggle to put together music since one half of the band lives a ways away from the other half.
everything we recorded (minus our turd demo), plus a live set from KGRG radio is available on our blog for download at http://wearepressure.blogspot.com our split with COA on 6131 records and the "beasts" 7" on burn bridges records are still in print for sale. we provided links to both labels for purchase.
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we'll be playing our final show at RAIN FEST this memorial day weekend - may 28, 29, and 30. we're really stoked that we can go out with bang with a ton of awesome bands that we love surrounded by great kids from all over the country. up until then, we will play some last california shows.
tim and colin have recorded some scratch tracks for a final release. it'll be 2 or 3 new songs on a casette tape only split with our close friends (and in some cases matching tattoo having and house-sharing) ROTTING OUT. this tape will be available at RAIN FEST and from 6131 RECORDS after the fest is over.
please support our other current projects:
colin is drumming for RUCKUS www.myspace.com/ruckushc. he's also singing for a band called TWITCHING TONGUES. no myspace link, but keep an eye out... this shit will blow you away. tim is playing in MINUS with ex-members of VIOLATION and current members of FELL TO LOW: www.myspace.com/minushc. josh is dick-dragging somewhere in huntington beach. ryan is a fucking mystery to us all. i'm hoping to continue being in bands, but just to have fun... no hitting the road.
anyways... it's been awesome. we wish we could personally thank everyone for their support, for buying our records, for feeding us, giving us a floor to crash on, getting us high or drunk, etc., but this is probably the best way to reach the most people.
p.s. - listen to more alpha & omega and touche amore.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
This is the end...
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Director-General's meeting with Government Ministers in Tanzania
During her visit to Tanzania, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, took part in a roundtable with Ministers and Officials on issues relating to UNESCO and its fields of competence.
The Tanzanian Delegation was led by the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Mr Shukuru Kawambwa, who commended the Director-General for her leadership of UNESCO, making its action more focused and leading the reform process in a strategic way.
The Tanzanian Government also supported the Director-General and UNESCO for the priority given to Africa and Gender Equality. The Tanzanian Government highlighted its satisfaction with regard to the decision to restructure UNESCO's office in Dar es Salaam, transforming it into a National Office to Tanzania, underlining its view that the National Office will play an instrumental role in advancing national priorities.
Discussions during the Roundtable highlighted the strong cooperation between the Organization and the United Republic of Tanzania, which is highly appreciated by all, especially in the areas of education, communication and information, culture, as well as Science Technology and Innovation (STI). The role of education as a motor for development and as leverage to fulfill Tanzania's vision for 2025 was also underlined. The discussion noted that while progress has been made in term of access to education, including girl's education, raising the quality of education remains a challenge.
In this regard, the Tanzanian Government underlined its commitment to pursue further efforts to enhance teacher training, to bolster higher education for the empowerment of youth, and to work for a more conducive learning environment. UNESCO's key role in accompanying the Tanzanian Government in its reform of the STI system was also recalled with appreciation. The Tanzanian Government requested the ongoing support of the Organization in this process.
The Director-General commended the Tanzanian Government for its strong commitment to inclusive and sustainable development and congratulated it on its significant achievements in areas of UNESCO's competences. She underlined the Organization's determination to continue supporting the country in its efforts to overcome the challenges it faces, including with regard to the quality of education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for youth employment, bolstering the collection of data and statistics, and moving forward with STI. Irina Bokova noted Tanzania's application to the Global Partnership on Education, highlighting its importance and UNESCO's readiness to accompany the Government in the process.
The Director-General referred also to the Organization's reform process in the field, which will reinforce UNESCO's presence and strengthen its delivery, emphasizing here the role of the Dar es Salaam Office in accompanying the country in its action to realize its vision for 2025.
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Tales from Exit 138: Last Day of Minor League Spirng Training
Regular spring training is definitely winding down. Rosters were set on Thursday, and the players who have been assigned to full-season affiliates will leave after practice tomorrow, though some have already left. The Pawtucket, Portland, and Salem rosters are essentially confirmed, and there are still some possible vagaries with the Greenville roster.
Before I get to the rosters, I did an interview with 11th round pick, Lucas LeBlanc for the SoxProspects website. To "Meet Your 2010 Draft Pick: Lucas LeBlanc," click here .
Kevin Thomas of the Portland Press Herald reports the Pawtucket and Portland rosters here.
The High-A Salem Red Sox roster is here.
Many expected 39th overall pick Anthony Ranaudo and second round pick Brandon Workman to start in Salem, and seventh round pick Chris Hernandez to start in Greenville. It's actually the opposite way around.
In a pleasant surprise, Chris Hernandez has made the Salem roster after having a dominant spring training. I was at his first game of the spring, where he piggy-backed Ryan Pressly with Salem. In his first inning, he retired the side in order, despite starting every count with a ball. The only hit he gave up in his two innings was a double in the second. He doesn't describe himself as an power pitcher, but his offspeed stuff is very advanced: he can throw them consistently for strikes, which is something that you need to be able to do to succeed at the High-A level. It is very impressive when a pitcher skips Greenville, Another note-able pitching prospect to have skipped Greenville is Kyle Weiland.
I wouldn't call Brandon Workman and Anthony Ranaudo not making the Salem roster a demotion. I was at both of their first starts of the spring, and I saw Workman pitch today. Workman struggled in his first start of the spring, but he has shown improvement–especially in his last two starts. In his first start of the spring, he struggled with his command, but displayed all of his pitches (two and four-seam fastball, cutter, changeup and curveball).
In his second-to-last start of the spring, he threw four innings of no-hit ball. Today, he threw at least 71 pitches over five innings of work. In his first inning, he threw ten pitches, eight for strikes, and struck out the first batter he faced on three pitches. In his second inning, he threw 13 pitches, nine for strikes. In his third, he struggled a bit, throwing 20 pitches, and only eight for strikes. In the fourth, he threw 15 pitches, 8 for strikes, and in the fifth (I might have missed a batter), he threw 13 pitches, nine for strikes. He struck out six batters.
What really impressed me about Workman today is that he was getting guys to look at a lot of strikes. His cutter and off-speed pitches both looked really nice, and were fooling hitters on the Salem squad. I think that he still has to develop in the sense that he has to consistently throw his off-speed pitches for strikes. He could be described more as a power pitcher, and I think the same applies to Ranaudo. It is also important to remember that Ranaudo was injured last year, and struggled a bit coming back, so it might be smart to take it a big slower with him.
Catcher Jayson Hernandez (41st round pick out of Rutgers) and pitcher Jason Garcia (17th round pick) will both start the season in extended spring training. They were both a bit disappointed because they had been working out with Greenville for the majority of the spring. Garcia only pitched in the Gulf Coast League last year, so that would be a tough jump to make after only being drafted last year. I think that Hernandez certainly has the potential to start in Greenville, and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it there by the end of the season, but I don't think extended spring training will hurt him.
Only intra-squad games were played today. Triple-A Pawtucket played Double-A Portland; High-A Salem played Low-A Greenville; and the extended spring training guys were split into two teams.
McKenry (the catcher acquired in the Daniel Turpen trade with the Rockies)
Pimentel P (followed by Okajima and Hill). I don't know why Pimentel started for Pawtucket–maybe so he would be facing Double-A hitters.
–I only got the first four in the lineup, but I do know that Dent, W. Vazquez, Hee, Chiang, and Kang also played.
Kehrt P
Pressly P
–Again, I only got the first four in the lineup, but I know that C. Vazquez, Renfroe, and Coyle played.
Lowell SS
De La Cruz
Boss Moanaroa
Moko Moanaroa
JT Garcia
Lowell SS
H. Ramos
R. Ramos
Stroup P
Kris Johnson has thrown three innings in the last week. He will start the season on the DL and will spend the next 2-3 weeks in extended spring training.
I was happy to see Kyle Weiland win the fifth spot in the Pawtucket rotation. He has been trying to add a cutter into his arsenal this spring (I should say re-add since he had it in college). It will be interesting to see if the Red Sox keep him as a starter, or convert him into a relieving roll. I think he would be effective in both.
It was also good to see Jose Iglesias make the Pawtucket roster. His defense is beyond major league ready, but some questions still remain with his approach at the plate–especially because he missed a lot of time last year in Portland due to injury. It will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the International League.
It's going to be fun to watch the young pitching talent in both Greenville and Salem's starting rotations. Ketih Couch made the Greenville roster, so I'm looking forward to watching him pitch–hopefully more as a starter, rather than a piggy-back starter.
It looks like 11th round pick Lucas LeBlanc and third round pick Sean Coyle will star the season in Greenville. Fourth round pick Garin Cecchini will likely start the season in Lowell. If he hadn't missed so much time last year due to injury, he would undoubtedly be starting in Greenville at least (in fact, he probably would have been drafted in a higher round). Cecchini is still working on getting his timing back, though. And as he said, "timing comes with time."
The end of minor league spring training is bittersweet for me. The end is especially sad for me this year because not only is it the last year of the Edison Avenue Complex, but it's also my last year. There is no way that I'm going to be able to come up even half as much as I did this year because I'll be in another state suffering through extended winter. Even when I do go, who knows what kind of access I'll have. I don't know if anything will ever be able to compare to this year's spring training.
I owe a lot of people a lot of "thank yous." First and foremost to my family for being so supportive of everything. I feel an equal amount of gratitude to my friend Melissa and her family for letting me spend my spring break at their house. There is no way that I would have been able to do half as much as I did had it not been for her hospital
ity. To my friend Helen for hooking me up with tickets to the last game ever at City of Palms Park. To Mike Antonellis, Chris Cameron, and the entire Portland Sea Dogs organization for letting me write some freelance articles. To my favorite security guards, Dave, Jim, John, and Larry for being nothing but helpful throughout the spring. To all the guys on the SoxProspects staff for not only hiring me, but also hanging out with me. And last, but certainly not least, to the players for being so genuinely nice throughout the spring–especially Keith Couch, Anthony Ranaudo, Alex Hassan, Lucas LeBlanc, Chris Hernandez, Will Middlebrooks, Derrik Gibson, Garin Cecchini, Mathew Price, Drake Britton, Brandon Workman, and Madison Younginer for taking some time to sit for an interview with me this spring. They taught me so much about the game, the minors, and themselves, and this blog would really be nothing without them.
I wish nothing but the best to the guys who have been assigned to full-season affiliates. They have all worked so hard; and they deserve it. I hope to see everyone again at some point during the season, and to do interviews with some of the guys I didn't get to talk to. The guys who are in extended spring training will be seeing some more of me before their time down here is done.


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Annual Ides of August Presented Today• August 15, 2007 Share:
Wabash College's annual Ides of August program will be presented in Hays Science Hall, Room 104, Friday, August 17. The Ides of August is the College's traditional forum for faculty and staff members to discuss their recent projects. Featured on Friday's program are:
9:00 am: First session
9:00 Leslie Day: "Status, Storage, and Display: The History of a Late Minoan IIIC Pithos"
9:20 Frank Howland: "School Finance Equalization in Indiana"
9:40 Bob Royalty: "The Shifting Shape of Lost Gospels: A Peak into the Polemics of Earliest Christianity"
10:00 Dave Krohne: "There Is No Such Thing as Prairie"
10:40 am: Session Two
10:40 Gilberto Gómez: "Sul/sur/south, and Other Brazil Nuts"
11:00 Peter Mikek: "Smooth Transition Regression Models"
11:20 Agata Szczeszak-Brewer: ""Dublin. I Have Much, Much to Learn": Joyce, Yeats, and Literary Tourism"
11:40 Gary Phillips: "Bak's Impossible Memorials: Giving Face to the Children"
1:30 pm: Session Three
1:30 Lon Porter: "Yummy, Yummy, Chips in my Tummy: Interns, Microwaves, Nanostructured Silicon, and a Simulated Gastrointestinal Tract"
1:50 Peter Hulen: "Studio Report: Compositions for Electronic Multimedia, Strings, Piano, and Chamber Ensemble"
2:10 Mark Brouwer: "Plato's Laches: Frankness, Courage, Fathers and Sons"
2:30 Isabel Jaén: "Postmodern Colloquy: Paul Auster and the Spanish Literary Tradition"
3:10 pm: Session Four
3:10 James Makubuya: "The Meaning and Power of Folk Instruments"
3:30 Preston Bost: "A New Format for Departmental Self-Study"
3:50 Todd McDorman: "Transforming Death: Rhetoric and the Right-to-Die"
The public is welcome at the Ides of August program.


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Mentors, Kids Have a Ball on the Mallby Howard Hewitt • April 17, 2009 Share:
College Mentors for Kids held its annual spring cookout Thursday on the Mall. Approximately 30 Wabash men devote two hours a week to Crawfordsville Community boys.
A group of Malcolm X Institute for Black Studies students, who run their own tutoring program, also joined in the activities.
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Whether you agree with it or not, the highest court in the land has spoken on two monumental issues that will impact our society for a lifetime.
Last week, in two 5-4 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled on two important issues — first, whether same-sex couples should be afforded federal benefits, and second, whether some states should be able to change their election laws without federal approval.
By a narrow vote, the court struck down a section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. It was a significant victory and a historic event for same-sex rights advocates. Now, in states where same-sex marriage is legal, couples can file joint federal tax returns. Also, when a spouse dies, the survivor will now be able to receive a marital deduction on inheritance taxes.
The decision continues a clear momentum, as more and more states' legislative bodies are contemplating the authorization of same-sex marriages. Right now, 29 states have constitutional amendments that define marriage as between a man and a woman. But in the wake of the court's decision and with a more relaxed attitude toward gay marriage, will more states follow suit and legalize it?
The Supreme Court decision sets the stage for additional state-by-state wars, placing proponents and opponents of marriage equality against each other. In the more conservative regions of the South and West, opponents of marriage equality believe that the meaning of marriage must not be redefined, and they're confident that the movement will halt after passing in the more liberal states.
I believe that in this case, the court may have overstepped its boundaries. This is a political decision that evokes deep emotions among Americans. I believe that the federal government should stay out of marriage, and that decisions about it should be left to the states. Each state should determine its meaning of marriage through the democratic process, by vote or referendum.
Pay attention to potential upcoming votes on marriage equality in New Jersey and Illinois, which may provide a forecast for the future of gay rights in America.


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Yesterday, Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was acquitted by a Jerusalem Court on all main counts. He had been accused of corruption four years ago and for this reason he was forced to resign. Israel's media called Olmert's acquittal a "juridical earthquake" in the history of the State of Israel. "There are still true judges in Jerusalem," Olmert stated after the pronouncement of the judgement, which declared the accusation unfounded, that lead to the overthrowing of Israel's Head of the government. On the counts of Talansky and the travel agency Rischon Tours, Olmert was acquitted of suspicion of having received illegal money at all. As to the investment affair he was found guilty of embezzlement in one minor point. In the media abroad, the issue was exaggerated in the headlines: "Olmert found guilty of embezzlement by Israeli Court". It was no headline at all that he was acquitted on the two main counts! Israel's media, who have been accusing Olmert publicly during the past years due to the public prosecutors, are blaming Israel's Public Prosecution now for the juridical fiasco against Olmert. Just as the media were forcing Olmert to resign back then, they are trying to do so now with public prosecutor Moshe Lador, who failed absolutely in his indictment. The leading politician and former minister Haim Ramon blamed Jewish right-wing millionaires abroad, who wanted to overthrow Olmert at any cost because he was prepared to give up biblical territory while negotiating with the Palestinians during his term of office. "There have to be investigations who acted behind the scenes in Olmert's accusation," Ramon claimed. Most people in Israel are of the opinion that the former boss oft he Kadima party was wronged and that he had to resign from his government office needlessly. The people is calling for accountability. Initially, everyone was sure that Olmert was corrupt and now the opposite proved to be true. People feel ashamed and believe to have judged someone too fast. Now, there are speculations if Olmert will return to politics, which many among the people are expecting from him. This will cause the current Head of the government, Benjamin Netanyahu, some headache: Olmert is the only alternative candidate for whom Netanyahu could lose the elections.
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PensFanInDC wrote:Its interesting that some people aren't able to distinct between doing what is 'right' and doing what is 'legal'. What GZ did (following Martin) was, in my opinion, not right. It was, however, perfectly legal. Trials work in legality, not morality. What's more is that I see a lot of people wanting a conviction based on said morality but are some of the first to chime in when a politician wants to legislate morality.
I don't believe your making an apt comparison here.


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Cowboys Make Moves for 75 Man Deadline
Watch out for several moves today around the league as the 75-man roster deadline looms.
The Cowboys have already made their transactions.
Rob Phillips reports,
The Cowboys trimmed their preseason roster to an NFL-mandated 75 players on Tuesday by releasing rookie WR Julian Hawkins, placing rookie LB Brandon Williams (torn ACL) on injured reserve and placing rookie OL Robert Brewster (torn pectoral muscle) on the physically unable to perform list.
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September 1 — Roster cutdown to maximum of 75 players.
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On Sunday evening, October 16, 1859 John Brown (1800-1859) raided the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia with his 21 man "army of liberation" hoping to spark a slave insurrection. A day and a half later Brown was captured and most of his men had been killed or wounded. He was brought to trial in nearby Charles Town and was found guilty of treason, conspiring with slaves to rebel, and murder. He was hanged on December 2, 1859. This ode to Brown was written by Phoebe Cary (1824-1871), an American poet who, along with her sister Alice, was active in the women's rights movement. The Gazette & Courier was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from July 20, 1841 until June 24, 1932. Before 1841 the newspaper's name changed quite frequently, with Gazette a frequent part of the title.
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