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A former public-university president who unilaterally dismissed a student may be held personally liable for legal damages, a federal court in Atlanta ruled last week.
The case involves Ronald M. Zaccari, a former president of Valdosta State University, and T. Hayden Barnes, who, as a sophomore in the spring of 2007, had protested plans to build parking garages on the campus by, among other things, posting fliers and a collage that referred to a "memorial parking deck." That May, Mr. Zaccari informed Mr. Barnes in a letter that he presented a "clear and present danger" and had been administratively withdrawn from Valdosta State.
Mr. Barnes appealed to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and in early 2008, as the process stalled, he sued in federal court. A few days later, the regents overturned his expulsion, but Mr. Barnes pursued the lawsuit with support from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
"It was no longer about getting Hayden back in school," said Will Creeley, director of legal and public advocacy for the group, "but rather righting the clear wrong that had been committed against him."
On Friday a federal judge said that Mr. Zaccari, who discounted the opinions of counselors and fellow administrators that Mr. Barnes was not a threat, violated his due-process rights. Courts generally expect public universities to give students some type of notice and afford them a hearing before taking any disciplinary action.
Mr. Zaccari also disregarded advice from university lawyers about those requirements, wrote Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Atlanta. "The undisputed facts show that Zaccari ignored the lawyers' warnings that withdrawing Barnes would require due process."
By violating "clearly established" law, the judge said, Mr. Zaccari is not protected under the sovereign immunity constitutionally granted to state institutions.
The ruling also found the regents liable for breach of contract, because the university did not follow policies and procedures in its student handbook, which the judge determined to be a binding agreement between students and the board. Courts differ on the legal standing of such documents, but Judge Pannell was clear: "The VSU Student Handbook provided to Barnes upon enrollment constituted a valid, written contract."
The case will now proceed to a damages phase, as the court determines how much, if anything, Mr. Barnes is owed.
The Georgia system declined to comment on pending litigation. And a lawyer representing Mr. Barnes, Robert Corn-Revere, declined to discuss the damages his client would request. Mr. Barnes never returned to Valdosta State but graduated from Kennesaw State University and is now enrolled at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
FIRE, meanwhile, declared it had won a victory against the authoritative whims of administrators everywhere. "There might be a sense in a small state school," Mr. Creeley said, "that you can run the place like a fiefdom without fear of consequence."
Using the Label 'Threat'
Mr. Barnes was dismissed from Valdosta State a few weeks after the shootings at Virginia Tech. At that time, university judicial systems were already becoming less legalistic, and students' due-process rights were eroding, said Gary Pavela, a lawyer who frequently consults with colleges. Changes in policy and perspective after the tragedy at Virginia Tech have further jeopardized students' rights, he said.
"It's a great temptation to seize upon the fears that arose out of Virginia Tech and apply the label of 'threat' or 'perceived threat,' and then use it to get rid of people who bother us," said Mr. Pavela. "We are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves in thinking we can dispense with due process."
At Valdosta State, Mr. Zaccari had discussed Mr. Barnes's actions with staff members who typically compose a threat-assessment team: a counselor, a police officer, a lawyer, and student-affairs administrators.
Decisions about how to proceed when a student's conduct has raised concern are inevitably tricky, said Allen W. Groves, dean of students at the University of Virginia, who is also a lawyer.
"Obviously you're always trying to see where the line falls," Mr. Groves said. Even when a student is perceived as a threat, "those due-process rights don't go away," he said. "There has to be some opportunity to be heard."
Several lawyers characterized the Valdosta State case as the tale of an outlier president, as well as a reminder to follow due-process procedures. One saw it as a victory for midlevel staff members, like the ones who had recommended against dismissing Mr. Barnes.
"A dominant administrator can too easily ram something through," said Peter F. Lake, director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University. "Let the people who know what they're doing do their job."
Schools: Valdosta State University Cases: Valdosta State University: Student Expelled for Peacefully Protesting Parking Garages


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BTC REPORTS: The Career Pathways Model - Connecting North Carolina's Workers to Skills, Supporting Growing Industries
By Allan Freyer & Sabine Schoenbach
NC Budget & Tax Center
January 2012
- Unemployment rose from 5 percent in December 2007 to 10.4 percent in November 2011, poverty climbed from 14.3 percent to 17.5 percent over the same period, and incomes dropped to levels lower than the 1970s. At the same time, North Carolina suffered rampant job losses in relatively high-wage manufacturing industries, along with a boom in low-wage occupations paying as little as $10 an hour.
- Industries looking to locate, remain, or expand in North Carolina are interested primarily in the strength and skill level of the state's labor market. Unfortunately, North Carolina faces a disconnect between industry demands for skilled labor and the ability of the state's labor market to supply these workers. Too many workers have insufficient educational attainment and industry-appropriate occupational skills. This hurts these workers' abilities to find decent-paying jobs over the course of their careers and creates a skills and wage gap.
- Given the rapid boom in low-wage occupations, the state is faced with a future in which too many workers become locked into low-skill career tracks with little opportunity for upward mobility within and between occupations.
- Investing in career pathways, however, can help North Carolina avoid this lowwage future by changing the trajectory of the state's job growth from low-skill occupations to higher-skill occupations. Defined as a series of connected education and training programs and student support services that enable an individual to secure a job or advance in a high-demand industry or occupation, these efforts create opportunities for workers to build their skills and secure upwardly mobile career opportunities.
- This report presents case studies of three career pathways programs in North Carolina—Latino Pathways, Wx/EaST, and Pathways Out of Poverty. These three programs help close the wage and skills gap for North Carolina's workers by creating structured training opportunities for workers in targeted industries, allowing them to build their skills and move up career ladders within those industries.
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nntcr mark ln ; i the lot vmrh robert f'iis i r.i.n-ci!y conveyed to e henry .> k'ulloch and ij qow ;■» th p«fttflion ( f n'r v cutlar a tenaot under the truftees theperfcuf lad fciztd bfth foregoing lands : dying uithout w!u bt-irs the fame i n h t ! nir.i efcheated r.j were granted by il r c iit-rj oi th ftare to the t/nnvf of 1 the un-viriity bl k«>iii carolina r.ci vii he fuid agreeable to ihc orciinances,of thi boar oi triik a ir-tiif of i>r*e ' ■%»», e r thr years v.ii be pv ri and to f cure the purch c inpt^y bonds with appron j fe urity t <■• t(,f-r i.iili a mortgage uf u.c prcmires mud be made and dciiveicdt a;ornry for the truftce of tr.tr univ rfkyi b ills on lbndon boftbn or portfmouth r h/t fur falc — m-l to l k • > r 50 dollars he ward m t anyway from the 2jsnk 1 fu fcril>er on sa««rrday \ i "''' j n '''^ # '" c "> negro t xr juve named i onv he \ *<!& m about 4 r -." years r !(" ; b t ; u\.s born in new pm v ; i nctv nd fpfak frglilh wcil rit li^a r a p^ir of ftriped frtiwftr a white f::irt a yellow elenh waiflcost ai d h^gb crc w nlvi lint geoerally wears hi hair p!a;jt.l at list fides whoever dcliven faid have to me in wil mington l-.ah have fifty dollar reward r>d all reasonable eitp mc — or ioi any infoi motion whereby 1 may recover ! irti t«.n dollars — should he however ii«vc rji'ir tiii ft:te i will give i»vc dvjlrs ior certain intelligence there oi captain james chi rardi sept 17 , charles la tlace jfajch-maker frompari s kas the boaour t inf.)im the public that he ha taken the lore laiciy occupied by alexander young in mr james's houfc v k re be intinds to cany 11 bii bufioefs thofe rbo will favour him with their cuftom may he afurt-d that he wii do his utmoq tv dtlvrvc titir confidence be will warrant the watches repaired by him for twelve month v he alio ctt.-rs to keep in good c~dcr and wind up,at the rate of four dollars by the 3 .■;;■, the docks of fucli fubflciibert as fliall employ him wilmington july p cuftom-houfc blanks of various kinds for ale at the printiugosice sta1 hb i^^.c s ft^4,i5th^cpt.i795 i^tc in writing will be received i 1 cooiwcl a ; l ratior.s ou.r rssllles^dtftcdicalainftanccthat h 81 tfor the troop at this port it a umber uf nw-u for wlunn ration l^*i f<-rthc na f r>tons de " t^vk obtained frwn the feme officer r c5 bcn any d.-hvtrv « hrtie i j o&«rcharsai «"!» t.i t re is . ur . plkc & afterwards ro pi^lh-it siauur receipts and k^iaianasaccaratejvast^nh lubeicnlttiatthttreaiury money eyfciiibepaa by the calco io ■parts of a ration woi br«u ur-flo-it i«id of bctf or thrte quarters of a ■m vfoi raa biwdf or wlaikef k^pfi^r per cn jundrcd k:-6ofi-o f rations ■' p&ks read ca1le£loc pf imported t'/it lv.n tinintliy white i b^br l;om new haven i ij t ttafiuaiit tefmtf i ' , it in barrels i i da i i isr^or o i ! i t v , i fefcatooionsand potatort ■( ..,....■,,._ ■' uttfacmfi^on bo?.rj at erad'^'s ■vhi^a ift e october 1 -•; - . p-iitorcqaeftal!pcrrrti indebted to h kdat*rf fke iate thi oias vickear m^^w,bue or open arcoost to £ id likewif thofe who »=| zfrinftth.-e:t.:c t make b^fii'iitoouljicjitr to ciofc the ■fc'cetrctjrit j 0 be let ■? s vtv l^fe whcr^mr.wn ■l;^n:l u - v kc ftorc.-l'lh i^l^^ated f.r m large &.: * i " h j nd iodra hr.'.fe ai w»-.r '"-""^ r '^ cirlnfive of j^i t v i g-j»otiic.-e c qa:rc at ■^ n i-burgwiin ■uztr/^^^v-r^v of north m r^!l , nwv '" n"vem1ver ki cudan xioijce is hereby given to all p<ro s i\f coriccrr thaft has qua rncd as tin adaiitillv.iro jo the eftatc uf j . i a i^k^oed lte-bfwhanuj^i merchant to a.i periohs indebted to fr.id < hate arc hfcw&y rcojuttttd to m.ikt immediate payment : and ajl perfons having claims ap.is.ft the i.aiui t..ic are rcqueoed to prcfrnl h«.ra within hc . joe iftmtcd by and a^rteabfy to he dircabns rf an ft of afletnwy paitcj m the year i entitled " aa a&co&cruring proving of till •• ami granting l t t:er of adr.iiuiftration r.d u to prtvtat frauds in the auuagement ofia «* tciutiv eftaies simeon eelden ctdmbnf.ruur also t he fold m /'';/••/• 7 : ?',«, on t'ue ni.u teenth d.«y oi ; oc'u her next at fuhiic auftio a the lav jn:(ts 1 he nerfonal tfnte of the fittd defeated : cojttiftmg of a confidcrsbie quantity of mer i ■hdo.'.'./.i haufchotd furniture one hail a the fcfaooner fancy - v -- bond with approved fern-ity will betaken f>r pit fuma above five rxmrxs payab at the exranitton of ix months from the v of slinecn eclden defkiniftratsr n b the t!c whi continue in m day to «'*>', it ilir property is not all e-ld 0:1 the nine tceaxh wilmington sept i3 i")r , ■, to be l e t a^r entered upon on the lirft day of de cember v~xt or at any ti;re previous to that day on un days notice th.it pieafant asd eommodioas house and garden with rl.e out bottles lately occupied by mr jarul lockwopd — unouirc of jqkn aumrwut september 2?th i7?j a grffapi.e to ir j*ft will and teftament x of j-mes f fcrkhy deceafed viii he fold at pul>iic aadtna sll t'te perf f v property belongmg to laid rftate cop«i(ling of n-.cr i cl<?.»idire and wearing apparel tiie ate to ! cottun-ncr on the third day of tr.c next fnjm ri;»r j court in the town of wilmington ailo a | darn i of tt!t which 0n acco«;n f f he eellart i in which it i lodged htirg wanted by the uro prit tor w3l be fold on friday the 9th ti oc hct nexl — ternra to l*c inat^c known i>t tl.e tiiiic o idle iohn johnston 7 r 0hnw i vectors vijmiagton 2';'.h s p r.il»er i :«;.-. l pexfom uuicbted to aid are r r ti to m?kc immedtatc payment and thoft ' ju.it have any dcmaniti are required to rendrr f tht-m in rubout loft of um for fctt'ciiicut culv aitefted agrceabler'to law 1ohn johns i gn,t r john allan r e««ut«i public notice is hereby giz'cn t that two hundred and fifty flnres in the cat aw ba atid waihrlk cor.i p.my arc » t red for fale upon t!i {■rr.z terms as the prefenl proprietors now hold their icr'.p anv prrfons willing to bcrome owners of j frock n this compiny ifre reqiufrtd to apply j to eokmd sent at bbocky imi.unt on the j catawba river where he is uo«r engaged in < p?::ir the f:ud navigation to do&or david ramsay in the city of gharleftcw or to r^r:a smith at belvidcre near wibnington north oroina wfco aw nrfpee^tvet empow ered lo ic!l j f grimkfi frefidenl r b a ptrfon will be appoint d at raleig!4 during rhe t'ltir of the ugillature for the fai:ie pm pole r l^ah.en up by the patrol 1 f wttmiogfcro 1 1 tfce i^th in!t a likely negro man who caila hhafeif jacobj and fays he ran a nay from archibald robcrtj"o of beaufort four reeks previous to his hving taken : he »«*> d.;ciarts wa he intended to go to charlefton to hi riyht owner captain jofcpfc jenkins from whom he was piundered hift w;ir « y eiptaki antbooy oil charjtfh.n har out o a blhiogboat iheitllow appears to be zboxit 16 wean o'd near fix feet high and has a ; crooked knee which inclines in to the ether and a f^r on the came leg which be fy he got in riding a rare wlun a bt»v wm jackson jailor wilmin^tuuy sept aj i/^i t he wilmington chronicle and ■i » * a - j «**■-* i a3 12j 1 [ • i nanp *!*"*' * t t_j t t f n t-v * * no i ?. the abstract and brief chronicle of the times shakespeare v1lmixgt0x k1mw l jamh qarzr at his i'iun 1 mg-otficiz corn op ~ 7
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Gerard Van Caelenberge
Chief of Defence – Belgium
General Gerard Van Caelenberge was born in Antwerp on 6 September 1952.
After completing his secondary education at the « Sint-Michielscollege »(Collège Saint Michel -secondary school) in Brasschaat and at the Royal Cadets School in Lier from 1967 to 1970, he joins the Air Force as student pilot of the polytechnic division at the Royal Military Academy from 1970 to 1975.
After his training on Marchetti SF-260 in Gossoncourt, on Fouga Magister and T-33 in Brustem, he obtains his pilot wings in July 1977.
After a pilot's training on F-104G Startfighter, he is assigned to 350th Squadron of the 1st Fighter Wing in Beauvechain. He will attend a conversion on F-16 and will specialise in electronic warfare.
After completing the Staff Course at the Royal Defence College in Brussels from September 1983 until May 1984, he goes back to the 350th Squadron for the first time to exercise the duty of operations officer.
In April 1985, he is assigned to the Air Force Staff operations section, where he is in charge of the F-16 and of Air Defence.
From September 1988 until June 1989, he will attend the Senior Staff Course at the Royal Defence College and will next be appointed commander of the F-16 350th Squadron in Beauvechain.
In September 1991, he joins the Air Force Staff Plans and Programmes section, where he is in charge of the Mid-life Updates and of the self-defence systems for Mirage 5, F-16 and C-130H.
In August 1995, he goes back to the F-16 and the Beauvechain airbase as Commander of the Flying Group of the 1st Fighter Wing.
From March 1996, he will attend training as instructor on Alpha-jet and Marchetti SF-260 and will first be appointed interim commander of the base and next Flying Group Commander of the Centralised Flying Schools.
From August 1997 until February 1998, he attends the Senior Course at the NATO Defence College in Rome before being assigned to the Air Force Staff Plan and Programmes Section in Evere, which he will command in September 1998.
In December 2000, after the Air Force Staff being restructured, he is in charge of the new Plans, Policy and Requirements Section.
In September 2001, after a conversion on upgraded F-16AM, he is appointed Commander of the 10th Tactical Wing in Kleine Brogel.
In October 2004, he is transferred to the Defence Staff Operations & Training Department where he is appointed Head of the Concepts & Plans Division.
In January 2005, after this department being restructured, he is appointed Deputy Operations Commander.
On 1 April 2005, he is appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King.
On 1 January 2006, he is appointed Air Component Commander and from January 2006 until January 2008, he concurrently holds the position of Director of the European Air Group, an organisation whose headquarters is located in High Wycombe (UK) and which enhances interoperability among air forces of seven European countries (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom).
General Gerard Van Caelenberge has been appointed as Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training since 21 July 2009.
In addition, His Majesty the King appointed him as acting Chief of Defence as from the 30 March 2012.
On 13 July 2012, he is appointed Chief of Defence with the rank of General.
General Gerard Van Caelenberge is married to Anne Van den Berghe and has two daughters Elisabeth and Kathleen.


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10 Things for Hunting Widows to Do
In case you didn't know, bow hunting season began last weekend. If you have a hunting obsessed significant other like I do, then you are probably glad hunting season finally started and their endless countdown (that began when hunting season ended last year) is over. I'm a bit bi-polar when it comes to this time of year. I miss my husband when he's gone, but I also enjoy him being gone because I get a little me time too. Over the past few years, I've come up with a list of things that I enjoy doing when my husband isn't around to object.
- Sleep with the dog on the bed. Before I was married, my dog was my bed partner. Since then she's been demoted to the floor. So, when my husband is gone, my good old dog gets her side of the bed back.
- Enjoy not picking up his dirty socks and underwear that never quite seem to make it into the laundry basket. I'm not sure why this happens, my husband was a great basketball player when he was younger.
- Eat cereal for dinner. I personally love having cereal for dinner. However, my husband doesn't consider anything dinner that doesn't have meat.
- Go shopping. He's not here to ask how much I spent or roll his eyes at the third pair of boots I bought in preparation for the weather change.
- Not shave my legs. If there's no one around to shave my legs for, why do it?
- Not do a single dish or clean until I have to. I wait for my husband to call me on his way out of hunting camp, and then feverishly clean and do the dishes.
- Eat in bed. My husband detests crumbs in our bed, but I love to watch TV late into the night and snack.
- Watch chick-flicks. I will spend an entire week watching every made-for-TV movie that Lifetime has ever made. I need some female perspective to help erase the hours of hunting shows I've been forced to watch in preparation for hunting season.
- Sleep with all the windows closed. My husband loves having a cool breeze whip through our room at night. So, this means I often go to bed in my snowsuit. When he's gone I can actually just wear normal PJs.
- Whatever I want. No one is here to tell me not to do it, so I go for it!
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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There is no time for diplomacy
Futurity, now!
You may or may not have a problem
If it turns out you do try
o1 write down the problem
o2 think really hard
o3 write down the solution
Fiction your life
why not become the change you want to see
yes you look ridiculous
but why, by what standard?
Who owns time?
Go, atemporality!
10 years life span MAX
Come on you,
dress up and
bring your Facebook friends
Venus is a silent star and
you can do a lot of good work
with the materiality of
dead regimes and colonialism
{Quotation mash-up by Sterling, Zielovski, Barbrook and FabAgit}
Side note:
In London we were introduced to the idea of thinking ridiculously far ahead by members of the Long Now Foundation. Against all the optimism implied, we also found out that the procrastination of nuclear disarmament can make this long term thinking very quickly obsolete.
Future anybody?!
Watch Bruce Sterling's Keynote at http://www.transmediale.de/en/keynote-bruce-sterling-us-atemporality


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Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 02/25/2008
THERE IS A proverb that says, "A wise man knows he knows nothing at all."
The message is that those who truly possess wisdom understand that they don't know it all and are always learning.
Warriors coach Don Nelson is considered wise in the realm of basketball, and rightfully so considering he's a Hall of Fame finalist. But, though 67 years old and in his fourth decade in the NBA, Nelson can show true wisdom by playing rookie forward Brandan Wright. One of the obvious facts coming out of the Warriors' loss to the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday -- other than the importance of center Andris Biedrins -- was that Wright is good enough to contribute.
He had eight points on 4-for-4 shooting with eight rebounds and two blocks in a career-high 26 minutes against the Hawks. He showed more than just the potential the Warriors are banking on in the future. He showed he can be productive right now.
That means Nelson, who was pressed into playing Wright because of Biedrins' appendectomy and forward Stephen Jackson's sprained ankle, was wrong about Wright. This youngster should be playing.
"For the first time, he played considerable minutes and really did a nice job," Nelson said after Friday's disappointing loss. "He's been working hard, and I said all along we like him. I didn't know if he would be ready this year, but he may have proved me wrong. I think we maybe should start looking at him a little bit and see what he has to offer. Some of the things he does are
things that we need, with Biedrins being out he'll get a good chance to show us what he's learned this year."
Nelson is reputed for his lack of faith in rookies, inexperienced players in general. It makes sense, too. His system is predicated on decision-making, creative freedom and understanding of the game. Most rookies don't have such a quality.
But instead of waiting on Wright to develop such attributes, the Warriors may be better off with him learning on the job. Because it looks like what he brings outweighs what he doesn't.
Wright has played double-digit minutes six times this season and has shown he can produce when he gets a chance to stretch his legs. During those six games, Wright averaged 6.5 points on 55.6 percent shooting with 5.3 rebounds in 15.7 minutes.
"I've been ready the whole season to go out there and contribute," Wright said Friday.
Imagine if Wright had been getting game experience up to this point. Still, he can be the addition the Warriors need, the one player they couldn't get before the trade deadline.
He's 6-foot-9 with leaping ability -- he can certainly get in there and get some rebounds. He's only 20 years old, so he's got plenty of juice in those wiry legs. And, as he has shown with two Inspector Gadget dunks -- using those endless arms to throw it down unexpectedly -- he can be a spark off the bench.
And not just while Biedrins is out. Wright should be in the regular rotation, pulling at least 10 to 15 minutes a night. And not with the "second unit." Run him out there with Baron Davis, Monta Ellis and Jackson.
Seriously, what harm can he do? Sure, he may kick the ball around a few times. But Jackson does that a few times per game trying to execute his patented crossover dribble in traffic. Wright may even take some ill-advised shots. But he would certainly have some competition in that category. You can even expect a few silly mistakes. But certainly not as many as Mickael Pietrus and Matt Barnes have compiled.
It's not enough to start him, play him for seven minutes and then let him rot on the end of the bench. Nor is it enough to throw him out their with the clean up crew at the end of blowout games.
Nelson's track record has shown that he has little patience for the growing pains of his young players. But it's high time he stomachs a few to get Wright some action. That is, if he wants to be truly wise.
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That machine in front of Kroger
I was visiting with my neighbor Sally a few weeks ago, and I mentioned that Blockbuster Video was having financial problems. "Oh, no!" she exclaimed, visibly distressed.
"Yes," I said. "It seems that Blockbuster has been hurt by Redbox and Netflix. It's just not getting enough business to turn a profit."
"If we lose Blockbuster, we won't have a video rental store in Hopkinsville." Sally paused to imagine that situation. "Just what is that Netflix?" she demanded.
I explained Netflix the best I could, from my own second-hand knowledge. People subscribe to Netflix online. They choose movies from a huge list, and Netflix delivers the movies by mail. People find the service convenient and affordable.
"So, you have to own a computer," Sally said with disgust. "Well, I don't have one, and I don't want one! Going to the video store is part of what I really enjoy about renting a movie!"
|"...that machine in front of Kroger"
So far, Blockbuster in Hopkinsville is still open, and I hope that Sally is renting enough movies to help it stay in business. However, when I won a $5 Blockbuster gift card at work recently, I decided to spend it right away, just in case our store closes. I didn't want the hassle of renting and returning a movie, so I just got $5 of microwave popcorn packets.
The law of supply and demand is at work here. Blockbuster is in financial trouble because many people have decided that lower prices and convenience are more desirable than a shopping experience in a store. The internet has played a part in that change.
I feel a little sad for Sally. She has set her mind against having a computer. She could easily afford one, but maybe she is afraid she couldn't learn to use it. I don't think she'd have much trouble. She has mastered her DVD/VCR player and her satellite TV. Turning on the computer and getting on the internet is hardly that complicated.
Or maybe Sally has taken her anti-computer stance solely as a protest to unwanted change. Well, she can decide that she won't participate, but that won't stop computers and computerized machines from changing things.


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Media Statements & Speeches
Statement: March 17, 2011Docket No. RM10-17-000
Statement of Commissioner John R. Norris on market-based demand response compensation rule
"I support the decision in the Final Rule to pay demand response resources the full market price when cost effective for a number of reasons. First, it empowers consumers to make decisions about their electricity consumption based on price. Second, it will increase competition and help our system run more efficiently. Third, our decision will spur innovation, in part by providing potential demand response resources with the needed market signal to invest in the tools necessary to participate in the energy market.
Moreover, this decision will help in adding more cost-effective resources to the mix that can participate in the organized markets. Going forward, we will need a wide variety of resources to meet the tremendous challenges facing our electric power sector at a cost that consumers can afford. These challenges include meeting new Environmental Protection Agency rules, maintaining reliability and mitigating increasing costs to consumers. In sum, the Final Rule recognizes that demand response resources should receive a level of compensation that reflects the value to the marketplace that these resources provide.
It is important to note that together with opportunity comes responsibility. If demand response resources are paid the full market price, we must ensure that they are treated as equal market participants, with equivalent obligations to those imposed on other resources. The Final Rule recognizes this. In particular, it correctly recognizes the need to ensure that the reductions demand response providers are paid for are true and accurate. The Final Rule therefore calls on the ISOs and RTOs to take another look at their measurement and verification protocols and ensure their integrity.
As the demand response industry grows and matures, we may also need to take a broader look at market rules and procedures as they relate to demand response resources, to make sure they are appropriate to their level of participation in the organized wholesale energy markets."


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Curious George "Gnocchi The Critic/George Cleans Up" Chef Pisghetti is crushed when Gnocchi stops eating his dishes. George gets a monkey-sized vacuum.G
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Dembele arrived at White Hart Lane in a £15 million move from Fulham over the summer following Modric's departure to Real Madrid, leading to comparisons between the pair.
However, while the Belgium international has revealed he is an admirer of Modric, he feels they both have differing styles of play.
"Before I came to Tottenham, I was a big fan of Luka Modric," he told the Daily Mirror. "For me, he was one of the best in England but I am a totally different player.
"He had different qualities and I have different qualities as well so I don't feel I have to do exactly what he did, I do my own game.
|Tottenham are 7/1 with bet365 to beat Stoke 2-1 at White Hart Lane this weekend
Spurs moved into fourth place with a win over Swansea at the weekend and Dembele is keen for them to stay there and seal Champions League qualification.
"I want to win that game and then the next and we will see where we are but of course you want to be at the top of the table," he added.
"We want to be there for the Champions League. That's very important for us, because we feel we have the quality to do this. But every game is a battle."


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Media Statements & Speeches
Commissioner John R. Norris Statement
October 18, 2012
Docket Nos. RM12-22-000 and RM12-4-000
Item Nos. E-2 and E-3
Proposed Enhancements to Reliability of Bulk Power System
"These two reliability orders address two distinctly different challenges, and represent two different approaches to maintaining reliability. E-3, concerning Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 on Transmission Vegetation Management (FAC-003), to me is about executing the fundamentals necessary to keep the lights on. We know that, without continuous care of transmission rights of way, vegetation growth will, without question, grow into power lines and impact reliability. This second version of FAC-003 recognizes the inevitability of outages if vegetation management is not in a continual state of maintenance, and also recognizes that this maintenance must be preformed on all transmission facilities that have an impact on reliability. The inclusion of Interconnection Operating Limit (IROL) elements and Major Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Transfer Path elements is a good step in recognizing that the applicability of FAC-003 should include sub-200 kV facilities that are critical to grid reliability.
"The threat of geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) addressed in the proposed rule in E-2 is a different but equally important reliability challenge. A poster child for a Low FrequencyHigh Impact threat, GMD involves a judgment call that requires us to assess the likelihood of occurrence, how severe the impact could be, and the options to guard against that impact. Like a cyber attack, the potential size and duration of an outage that could result from a GMD demands that we take the precautions necessary to prevent, limit, or contain the potential impact. While I do not believe there is a reasonable option that will guarantee that GMDs will never impact the grid, there are shorter and longer-term steps that we can take to guard against their potential impacts. Recognizing that taking these steps will come with costs, we have to find a sweet spot, if you will, where the cost of implementing reasonable reliability measures to guard against GMD impacts is appropriately balanced against the potential costs of a GMD event.
"Given the magnitude of the potential damage, I believe we are taking the right approach in this order by proposing to require that in stage two, there must be more extensive standards developed than just those that address operational and enhanced training procedures (the subject of stage one). The evidence before us today suggests that some or all vulnerable elements of the system will need further hardening to withstand a GMD. I think we appropriately give deference to NERC to make a needs assessment and design the additional measures necessary (through the development of the stage two standards) to meet the reliability needs identified in those assessments. But, as the proposed rule indicates, timing is of the essence. With the prediction of high solar flare activity on the very near time horizon, NERC will need to develop standards and industry to implement them much more rapidly than has previously been required. Again, this is another judgment call where we must decide what is reasonable and what is necessary. I ask NERC and the industry to accept this challenge and work as expeditiously as possible to meet it.
"In summary I think we have approached vegetation management like you would approach changing the oil in your car. You know that, if you do not do it, at some point your car will breakdown. And, preparing for GMDs is like buying insurance for you car. You hope that you will never need it - and in fact, you might not - but, it would be irresponsible to not determine what level of coverage you do need and to make the necessary investment to protect yourself and others from the risk and potential severity of an occurrence."


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Country Coach Friends Raise $6K for Agencies
August 30, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Country Coach Friends Raise $6K for Agencies
Country Coach Friends Inc. (CCFI), an international chapter of Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), recently raised $6,095 to benefit to Oregon-based charities who serve those in need.
Junction City Local Aid, Junction City, and God's Storehouse, Harrisburg, were the beneficiaries of the charitable giving of 100 attendees at the 3rd annual CCFI Friendship Rally in Albany, Ore., Aug. 21-25 at Linn County Fair & Expo Center, according to a news release.
The designated charities, Junction City Local Aid & God's Storehouse, addressed the group informing of the great need for supplemental food and services to families within the Lane and Linn county areas. This international FMCA chapter responded with their generous donations at a fun-filled charity auction held during the rally.
Jerry O'Connor and wife Sherry presented the donated funds to the two agencies. "It's our privilege to support such valuable service organizations, giving back to the area where we have enjoyed so many years of motorcoaching memories," Jerry O'Connor, club president noted.
The CCFI Friendship Rally, an annual event which finds motorcoachers returning to the area where all Country Coach motorcoaches were originally built, was generously supported by over 30 different RV-related and other local businesses.
Country Coach Corp., Oregon Motorcoach Service and Premier RV Services were three major sponsors, with many other key contributors were local and national businesses including: Dickman Tire Center, Carr Industries, DLH Design, Foretravel of Texas, Fly By Might, Advanced Satellite, Countryside Interiors, Blue Ox Towing Systems, Mary Moppins, Geeks onTour, Mac McCoy and Premier Motorcoach Services of Tucson, Ariz.
The CCFI club's next rally is scheduled for Oct 8-12 in Calistoga, Calif. Registrations are now being accepted. Visit www.CountryCoachFriendsIncorporated.com to download information and a rally registration form. For questions about this club or its rallies you may call Jerry O'Connor at (775) 742-4627.


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Appeals Court Reinstates $675,000 Jury Award Against Joel Tenenbaum On Procedural Grounds
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As happens often enough in such things, almost nothing that was heard during the oral hearings really mattered in the decision. The question of due process and remittitur didn't even make it into the hearing -- or if it did, it was a very minor part that didn't make an impact. And yet, that issue was central to the court reinstating the original $675,000 award.
The key points here are really procedural. The court notes that Gertner jumped to the constitutional question, which judges are supposed to avoid if they can. The court also suggests that Gertner should have used the remittitur process, like Judge Davis, allowing the record labels to (as they would have) reject the lower amount and redo the trial. Of course, as we've seen in the Jammie Thomas situation, that seems to lead to a series of wasteful cases.
To summarize: the court here basically avoided the big questions and sent the ruling back, and reinstating the jury award because Judge Gertner jumped the gun, and went straight to the Constitutional questions, when there were still other steps in the process that needed to be taken. This seems disappointing and wasteful in terms of resources, but such are the rules.
Separately, the court, as pretty much everyone not named Tenenbaum or Nesson suspected, didn't give any weight at all to Tenenbaum's separate appeal arguing that the Copyright Act itself was unconstitutional. These arguments were never going to persuade the court, and seemed more like (wasteful) academic exercises all along. In particular, the court eviscerates the idea that mere "consumers" should be treated differently by copyright law than those who are doing more than consuming. It notes that such a distinction is not mentioned by Congress anywhere, and if it wanted to amend copyright law to fix that, it's had plenty of time.
So, for the most part, this ruling is procedural... though it does go out of its way to note that "this case raises concerns about application of the Copyright Act which Congress may wish to examine." Of course, by now we know that if Congress opened up the Copyright Act to tinker, the end result would almost certainly be worse.
Either way, I'm assuming this case is far from over, and Tenenbaum, Nesson and some other Harvard Law students will keep banging the drum -- though, to date, it hasn't been all that successful. This is definitely a disappointing ruling, but hardly a surprising one.


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By the end of the five-year funding period (September 2014), four cohorts of learning communities will have been designed and piloted, each year with a distinct focus, to establish a First Year Experience program that will include a Summer Bridge component and Supplemental Instruction. Retention and success rates in these classes will have increased by 10% as compared to 2008-09 retention in basic skills classes, and the three year graduation/ transfer rate will have increased by 5%. Other outcomes include 9 classrooms upgraded with "smart" technology and 1 classroom converted to a teaching computer lab; Welcome Center information kiosks at all college campuses; redesigned basic skills curriculum; increased use of library resources; and a Faculty Inquiry system with robust participation, including at least 85% of faculty who teach basic skills courses.
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Mammoth ran its way to glory in 2010
In Mammoth, we run. And run. Then we run some more.
Whether it's the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the Las Vegas Marathon or wherever distance runners gather, the Mammoth Track Club came up big in 2010.
One of the questions among us this past year is whether we are a ski town or a runners' town.
We're both, of course, and the runners are catching up fast.
Ryan Hall, who left the track club late in the season, nevertheless represented us well, finishing fourth in the Boston Marathon in April, just ahead of fifth-place finisher Meb Keflezighi.
In New York in November, Meb failed to defend his 2009 title, but represented Mammoth well, finishing sixth among the massive field. He also had a week of interviews, appearances and special events.
(That blowout piece in the New York Times really caught our eye, along with millions of other readers.)
It was in December, though, that the Mammoth runners blew out the roof.
Mammothite Josh Cox won the Rock'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon, while Mammoth TC runners also captured the men's half marathon and the women's half marathon.
There were 28,000 runners. Ours came up first and best.
Cox, the 50K American record holder who made up four minutes during the race, finished in flamboyant style, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which reported that he crossed the finish line, "first high-fiving fans, then spreading his arms and whirling around in his finest airplane imitation.
"Cox completed a brilliant rally to break the tape in a winning time of 2 hours, 25 minutes, 5 seconds. He then raised the tape over his head, as if it were a heavyweight championship belt," reporter Patrick Everson wrote.
Meanwhile, Mammoth's Scott Bauhs won the half-marathon in 1:02:39, with training partner Patrick Smyth second at 1:03:31.
In the women's half marathon, Mammoth TC's three-time Olympian Jen Rhines finished a brilliant race in 1:14:57, three minutes of ahead of Britain's Nicki Archer.
To say that Mammoth is on the distance runners' map would be an understatement.
Founded in 2001, the Mammoth Track Club is the top-ranked long-distance running group in America.
The creation of this elite team is a joint effort of two world-renowned coaches, Joe Vigil and Bob Larsen, with financial and administrative backing from Running USA.
The mission of the group is to return U.S. distance running to the dominant force it was in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, two team members won medals in the marathon, a silver for Keflezighi and a bronze for Deena Kastor.
In the five years since then, Coach Terrence Mahon and Mammoth Track Club have continued to re-establish the United States as a powerhouse among the world leaders in distance running.
This season, Kastor is taking time off in advance of the birth of a child in March, but that didn't mean she wasn't involved in the running world.
In New York, she was all over the place.
From her blog, Kastor wrote:
"It was a crazy week in New York City. I never thought I would say this, but it is way easier to run than to work at these events.
"One of my days consisted of a 4 a.m. wake-up call only to return to our hotel at 10:30 that night. Long days. Now that a good night's sleep (11 hours) is behind me, I can say it was a blast.
"I was able to be on air with Al Roker for his morning weather report, help raise money for New York Road Runners Youth Programs, run with various magazine editors whom my husband (Andrew) is coaching and be the keynote speaker at the New York Athletic Club dinner.
"The day before the race I signed autographs at the ASICS store and Paragon Sports (with hurdle star Lolo Jones). Later, I went to the race expo to do a question and answer session with running expert Toni Reavis, as well as sign autographs at the ASICS booth and the ING booth. I went through about 400 posters that day.
"Race morning called for an early start as I was helping NBC with elite athlete interviews. All the athletes were gracious to give me some of their precious time before and after the race.
"After our obligations were met, Andrew and I sat in a window seat of my favorite NYC café. We sipped on hot soup, ate sandwiches and watched through the window as runners passed in their silver post-race blankets.
"Their salt-encrusted faces wore smiles despite the fact that they were walking with an uncomfortable hitch in their step.
"It reminded me of one of my decisions to reward myself by shoe-shopping after the Olympic Trials in Boston in 2008.
"I went to my favorite shoe store on Newbury Street and bought a pair of brown leather flats, sure to go with everything in my wardrobe.
"Well, I got to wear those shoes for two days until the swelling went down in my feet and the shoes immediately became too big for me!
"So, to all you female runners out there, DO NOT reward yourself with shoes right after a great race! It is fun at the time, but a waste of hard-earned money and sweat!
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Sylvia Rossler 7/31/2005 12:31:52 PMSandra your capture of this baby swan is soo cute :) I saw one today and took pictures too but mine was a little bigger and had grey feathers.But still so cute :)
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Grappling with an Encroaching Identity Crisis
Problems and challenges in the Arab world are moulded in such a clever way, so the blame for those dilemmas persistently falls on someone else. I have been aware of the Arab nations' fear of responsibility and indulgence and their persistence in pinching someone else's ear for their own mess. But, I could never have imagined the magnitude of the social tragedy.
Contextualising social diseases within a larger political framework is often helpful, but in the Arab world this practice is grossly misused. The United States government's ramshackle Middle East foreign policy tells a great deal about the US political culture. The Middle East's receptiveness to the abuses imposed by that culture and its mute response to the subsequent challenges posed was glaring.
Arab nations must fend for themselves
But these US abuses should provide neither a platform for corruption nor an excuse for the Arab nations' utter failure to provide any sort of alternative, to fend for themselves. Nor should these abuses serve as the quintessential argument that demystifies every negative trend that befalls Arab society, from official corruption, to institutional nepotism, to political extremism, to indifference regarding human rights, to racism, to the unscrutinised embrace of globalisation.
Equally demoralising to many Arabs who are hoping to face these challenges head on, is this over-indulgence in cosmetic touches. Governments, or their officially funded organisations, actively battle the poor reputation they have garnered throughout the years by holding conferences, seminars, symposiums and many other "impressive" gatherings to discuss issues such as education, human rights and family issues.
They invite "experts" who are often selected by virtue of their glamour-generating names and titles, rather than the value of their expertise. These experts orate the urgency for reforms never to be put into practice, they collect their very generous honoraria, and the conference concludes with lots of officials or semi-officials congratulating each other for a successful meeting. A very lovely and very expensive buffet is served, and the "bon voyage" is the end in itself. Mission accomplished.
Corruption and professionalism does not harmonize
Meanwhile, the invaluable human assets in the Arab world are squandered. Millions of Arab scholars, scientists, physicians and other professionals feel compelled to emigrate to the West, despite the dire need for their leadership and guidance back at home. "Brain drain" however, is not a problem created only by the lack of financial means. In corrupt societies, individuals are valued and therefore classified based on anything but their merit.
In richer Arab countries for example, the workforce – whether cheap labourers or well-educated professionals – is classified based on an unwritten but undeniable decree: race, family affiliation and citizenship. I was stunned by how indiscreet some people are about this categorisation of human beings: for cheap labourers, "Filipinos are the best" and therefore the highest paid, the least desirable are the Nepalese.
And of course, there is a primitive logic that always accompanies such designations. The same logic is applied to high-paying jobs, where Europeans and Americans come first, followed by Arabs – even Arab expatriates are classified in accordance with the same erroneous logic – then Southeast Asians, and so on.
Elsewhere, this is rightly called racism, or at best official and administrative ineptitude. In some Arab countries this is simply the way things are.
Racism deep-rooted in Arab societies
However, a significant problem of this kind, which leaves an entire social structure in disarray and validates racist tendencies among the general public, can hardly be handled in fancy sounding conferences, where neither the knowledge obtained is transcribed into practical implementation nor is it intended for such purposes in the first place.
And in the midst of the increasingly threatened social stability and racial categorisation, add to that the lack of political wellness or willingness to counter the imperial encroachment in Iraq, Palestine and other spots (which undeniably have created further rifts between Arab governments and their peoples), another set of equally alarming quandaries is taking hold, like those created by globalisation.
Globalisation becomes more problematic in weak nations who don't posses true political sovereignty – client states – those who maintain fragile and easily penetrable economies. Many Arab countries live up to this standard. But the greater danger resides in more than the dependent, pathetic economies sustained by such an arrangement, but by the cultural and social compromises required to retain the trust of global economic giants and investors.
Arab nations yet unable to assert their own identity
While Western societies are accustomed to the nature and progression of free market economies, a filtering process is not totally unfeasible. Arab nations, deeply rooted in their own tradition, yet incapable of asserting their own identity, are left hapless before that cheap commercialisation of the global market and unfiltered social trends that follow.
McDonalds and Burger King branches in Arab countries – which have crashed the Arab alternative to fast food, despite the surpassing health value of the latter – often play uncensored hip-hop music with a plethora of profanity, degrading comments regarding women and the like.
I have seen little Arab kids, innocently celebrating the end of Ramadan in a special Burger King tent on the rhythm of hip-hop lyrics detailing an oral sex encounter. As appalling as this may sound, the unfiltered global market culture is undoubtedly forging a collective identity crisis among the young generation in the Arab world that now has naïvely, albeit joyfully reduced Western civilisation to the character of Britney Spears, a badly cooked cheeseburger and online pornography.
Collective identity crises of the Arab world
Erik Erikson, who is known as the "father of psychosocial development" is renowned for constructing the concept of the "eight stages of development" in the life of a human being. According to Erikson, failure to fulfil the growth requirements of any of the eight designated stages, ultimately leads to an identity crisis.
I see no way around denying this collective identity crisis plaguing the Arab world. Furthermore, the current strategy of hosting fancy yet unproductive conferences with beautiful buffets and generous honoraria is as empty an answer as blindly pinning the blame on an over-generalised foe.
It is uncertain which developmental stage Arab nations find themselves today. But if this current identity predicament is left untreated, then the subsequent desperation, alienation and extremism we now witness may become the reprehensible norm, rather than the exception.
Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud is an Arab-American journalist and editor-in-chief of PalestineChronicle.com and head of Research & Studies Department at Aljazeera.net English.
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According to the Hinsdale Police Department's Facebook page, ComEd was expecting to complete repairs near the area by Thursday morning and the police department was hopeful York Road would reopen by morning commute.
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Josh Beckett was scrathed for Monday night's start with back spasms. It's not serious, but it jeopardized the team's playoff plans.
The Boston Red Sox finally won themselves a World Series in 2004 and headed into the following year feeling like the weight of the baseball world had been lifted from their shoulders.
There was no way, they thought, that they wouldn't be in the hunt, with a great shot at taking two straight.
There was only one problem: health. They were in trouble right off the bat because Curt Schilling had undergone November ankle surgery and never fully injected himself into the rotation, going 8-8 with only 11 starts in 32 appearances. The Sox were relying on Matt Clement and newly signed David Wells, along with Tim Wakefield and Bronson Arroyo. They even took a chance on Wade Miller.
(Combination of Red Sox wins and Texas Rangers' losses needed for Boston to clinch the wild card)
Closer Keith Foulke was a disaster throughout and was eventually disabled, as was second baseman Mark Bellhorn, who was released in August. John Olerud had been signed to back up Kevin Millar and he (Olerud) was also hurt. Johnny Damon was one hurting puppy himself, as was Trot Nixon, as usual.
In the end, the strain of the playoff race – the Sox and Yankees had 95 wins apiece in the AL East – did a job, both mentally and physically, on the defending champions. They were swept out of the ALDS by the Chicago White Sox.
Like he does with every situation, though, Sox manager Terry Francona takes something positive out of everything, and that seemingly long-ago playoff chase is etched in his mind. There's no doubt, he thinks, that his team was gassed, fatigued, pooped and plum tuckered out by the time the playoffs began.
"Yeah very much so," he said. "Every time you live through something I think you try to learn from it. We're certainly not taking anything for granted. We're trying to do the best we can with who we have and the situation we're in trying to make good decisions. We certainly understand we need to win some more games."
Which is where he found himself Monday night. Back in Fenway for the final homestand before the playoffs next week, Francona was confronted with the realities of trying to clinch a wild card playoff spot, trying to rest players so they're not too taxed before heading to Anaheim, and coping with the injuries that have befallen his club, perhaps at the worst possible moment.
He was confronted in the morning by an immediate problem. His scheduled Monday starting pitcher, Josh Beckett, had been suffering back spasms on the flight home from New York earlier that morning, and when he awoke later at home, he hadn't improved very much. It's not serious, but it jeopardized the team's ongoing plans.
Friday, Jon Lester was hit by the scorching Melky Cabrera line drive, taking it off the right knee – uh, quad – as New England let out a collective "Oh, darn it" when he went down in pain.
Back to Monday, when Mike Lowell followed up on a conversation he'd had with Francona last Thursday in Kansas City, telling him that his right hip was still ailing, and that another injection might be prudent now, while there's still time to recover for the playoffs.
Tim Wakefield remains teetering on the shelf. Although he'll make another start Wednesday, he has an ongoing disk problem. The Sox have given him every chance to work his way into the playoff rotation, but it's doubtful he'll be able to do that. He'd been forced out of the 2007 World Series because of his back.
Other Sox players have been banged up, which is nothing new, but always troubling. Kevin Youkilis, before stroking first- and third-inning home runs against the Blue Jays, was 6-for-39 in 10 games as he returned from a bout with back spasms. Hideki Okajima didn't pitch in New York and was sent home to get acupuncture for pain in his side.
So Francona and his staff are doing due diligence. They slowly worked a rehab assignment for Daisuke Matsuzaka, just to get him in pitching shape for the stretch run and the playoffs. Victor Martinez was given a needed day off in New York (he pinch hit in the ninth), and, for the first time, he didn't object. In New York Saturday – New York for gosh sakes! – the manager sat J.D. Drew, Jason Bay and Alex Gonzalez.
When Beckett went down unexpectedly, Francona went with Bowden, not content with gassing one of his other heavily-used starters. Then they went with Hunter Jones and a minor leaguer, Dustin Richardson, who'd been called up that day and was making his major league debut.
The good news for the Sox is that they should be rested and ready to go thanks largely to Francona's babying and the expected recoveries of key players. Lester threw a side session prior to the home opener. "I feel fine, no problems," he said, adding that he will start, as expected, Thursday against Cleveland.
Beckett's spasms aren't deemed too serious. "It's in his upper left back, which is good," Francona said.
Lowell's hip should be good to go in just a couple of days. "You could kind of close your eyes to this and move on and pretend it's not there, but we need to deal with it the best we can," said the manager, who broke his own mold when he suggested that, "if you're flying to Anaheim, that wouldn't be a real good time to do this. In our opinion this was the best time because he can take a couple of days and still come back and play."
All in the name of heading into the playoffs rested, healthy and ready to go.
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Presentation night is almost like a fairytale: A beautifully decorated ballroom, hundreds of proud family members in formal attire and a dinner fit for a king. Cameras flash, music plays and applause echoes as 32 Beaus — high school seniors with extensive accomplishments in and out of the classroom — are introduced on a stage festooned in holiday colors of red and white.
The focus is on the here and now, a public acknowledgement of the hard work and clear sense of direction that led the young men to be chosen for the Beautillion Class of 2010. There also was a nod to what the future can hold if the honorees continue to apply themselves.
The honorees realize, and appreciate, the status they've been granted by being a Beau; they also are quick to credit those who've helped them get there: a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend.
For Beau Dakota Gonring, that would be his parents, Phillip and Jacqueline Gonring, and his East High School math teacher, Mark Calhoun. "I'm a math geek," Gonring admits, "but in previous math classes I just wasn't excited. Mr. Calhoun puts math into real-world applications and gets me excited about learning. Every day that I walk into his classroom I know I'll be faced with a challenge, and I like that." Read more…