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Game 150: Avoiding the inevitable let-downBy
I know what you're thinking: Uh, oh, Daniel Cabrera and the Orioles. And, hey, don't the Yankees always lose games like this?
After yesterday's dramatic win, the Yanks face off against the Orioles tonight. All season long, the Orioles have been a thorn in the Bombers' collective side. The Yankees are just 4-8 against a team that is 64-84. Imagine if the Orioles represent the difference between the AL East and the Wild Card or, even worse, the Wild Card and a playoff-less October. These two teams play six more teams this year, and the Yanks very well could have their playoff fate determined by the Orioles.
But I'm not ready to write off tonight's game as one of those let-down games. We've got Phil Hughes on the mound. He's pitching for his place in the postseason rotation. And the Yanks aren't facing the same Oriole team they battled against earlier this year. Baltimore, since Dave Trembely was named permanent manager, have gone 6-19 over their last 25 games. They've given up 10 runs or more eight times during that stretch and managed to allow 30 runs in one game in August.
As the Indians and Tigers prepare to do battle in the Central, the Yanks need these games. With a 2.5-game Wild Card lead, they control their own fate. Winning games against the Orioles will make the team feel better about their playoff hopes, and it will make us feel better about this team come October.
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Thirteen games left. Melky, hitting .190/.242/.241 this month, takes a seat tonight, and the Yanks put their sub-par defensive outfield out there.
Johnny Damon CF – Yikes
Derek Jeter SS – What a weekend: 5 for 14 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui LF
Jorge Posada C
Jason Giambi DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B – Looks like we were right about this one for now.
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Is it safe to say that Phil is our third best pitching prospect?
I have to admit that I like Kennedy and Joba better.
Joba > Hughes > Kennedy
But I have to say, I am really impressed by IPK's tenacity and courage on the mound. He really seems to be able to spot his fastball, and can get outs with it even when guys are sitting on it. Hughes hasn't shown a similar ability this year but all those scouts raving about him in the minors can't be wrong. And, he is holding his own as an above-average major league SP with an arsenal that is clearly not what he is sued to. IN a pennant race no less. For the Yankees. At age 21.
I can certainly see the argument for Joba over Phil, but there's no doubt in my mind that Phil's a better prospect than IPK.
Don't make the mistake of assuming that how a player performs over his first 50, 100 or even 200 innings is how he will play the rest of his career.Phil's going to be outstanding, trust me.
Best part of this is that all 3 are on the team!
Amen to that. Throw Horne into the mix as sweetner and damn, is that a nice group of players to work with.
I'm not about to say that the Yanks WILL win 5 out of 6 against Baltimore, but they'd damn well BETTER win 5 out of 6. After playing Cleveland, Detroit's going to play Kansas City and Minnesota (who've absolutely quit) at home and then the White Sox (who quit in July) in New Comiskey.
So the Yanks NEED to add another game between themselves and the Tigers heading into the Toronto series this weekend and need to be up at least 3 games a week from today.
Minnesota has only 4 players with more than 5 homeruns. That's fucking pathetic.
yayy 89mph! from phil.. hes improving!
and then a 93 mph! wooo bitch slapped me lol
im officially tracking tonight to annoy Mike A
ooo boy 2-0 o's
im being pre emptive
wait…. that doesnt make sense.. ok im done for an inning
This has not been a very good start to the game.
If anyone is getting the Baltimore broadcast of this: How much does Jim Palmer hate Daniel Cabrera? Its brilliant.
One of these days the light bulb is going to go on for Cabrera, and he's going to be un-BE-lievable. Randy Johnson just started to figure it out at Cabrera's age (26), and he took off at age 29. So watch out for Cabrera in 2010.
Betances & Brackman are going to be the same way: frustrating at times, dazzling at times, and then all of a sudden they figure it out and bam, unhittable.
I think it's more likely that Cabrera will never get it together.
Are those some sliders from Hughes? Is he figuring out you have to throw more then 2 pitches to make it through major league lineups!?
wow nice little umm….reacharound there by Giambi.
Heads up baserunning, i thought he was dead to rights for sure.
Lol did hughes really just throw a 87 MPH Fastball to Payton?
And man does Michael Kay and CO really irritate me sometimes. Besides the normal cabash that comes out they're mouth they called Phil Hughes a notoriously fly ball pitcher? Guess they haven't seen his minor league track.
I hate joe torre, Why cant he just let him pitch out of it, how is he ever gunna learn.
Agreed, but I guess it's okay since they're in the middle of a playoff race. If this was April, I say leave'em out there.
Edwar's entered the Circle of Trust?
as of tonight hes as good as in
I think he's in. He's such a weapon too, for the reasons we just saw. He can come in and get the K in a big spot. I knew he was going to throw the change. You knew it, he knew it, everyone in the Stadium knew it, Mora knew it…and he still swung & missed. Filth.
With Edwar-Joba-Mo-Farns-Viz, the Yanks suddenly have a pretty reliable quintet out in the 'pen.
Yeah, pretty good at loading the bases also and leaving a shitty mess to clean up
Edwar is officially in the circle. Poor kid won't know what hit him.
Sterling and Waldman have no grasp on baseball. The things that come out of their mouth really ruin the drive to get ice cream.
That was very impressive by Viz.
Again, Posada thinks he has the wheels of someone fast. How many times is that this year?
Wow, Farnsworth went from shithead on everyone's list to reliable on yours. Impressive. He was very reliable in Toronto and Boston.
I'm guessing it's the connection thing you guys share since he was your successor at MVN. Gooddamn that Mike A and his loyalist faction lol.
EJ, in re Phil's struggles, once said something like "I want my Mike Prior now." That was about it for me.
Does it really matter who is our best, second best, third best pitching prospect? I can't understand why people on the net can't wait to blast Phil Hughes the moment he struggles. Can't wait to see you all turn on Joba next year when he's in the rotation.
anybody think it's wrong that moose gets to pitch tomorrow and kennedy is getting bypassed, with pettitte working the final game? i think A-Pet should have had a couple extra days, or Moose shouldn't be pitching tomorrow. Bad sign when moose gets the nod after a good outing and kennedy gets bypassed after a spectacular one.
Is it really necesssary for this game to be 3 and a half plus hours long? Like, really?
wheres the velocity hughes had his last 2 starts? the last 2 he was around 93 or 94 the whole game (hitting 96 last week on gameday). tonight he didnt hit 93 once according to gameday.
Cleveland won
Wow, what "reliable" performances by Ramirez and Farnsworth. Just to give a heads up, he came in with an 8-3 lead. Go Kyle, the Yanks reliable reliever
nice…big game for the Yanks. Sox lost, Tigers lost. Offense was potent and Phil did his usual scattered in the 1st but settle down and stay quiet on through…and Kyle is back to his old self(at least for one night)
Another quality victory
The thing with builiding arm strength, you velocity becomes inconsistent. You may be throwing 95MPH this start and next start throw 91MPH. He's still trying to get stronger.
Don't be surprise, he reaches at least most of his arm strength by october where he can be really, really deadly in the postseason.
Yankees Win, Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankeees Win.
Good win by the yanks. Gain a game on not only detroit but also boston as well.
Offense was solid, Bullpen was okay but must do a better job, anf Hughes came back and pitch a solid ballgame. If you notice he was fustrated that he didn't get to finish the sixth inning. Nevertheless, he's pitching well enough to win. All I want from Hughes is to give us quality starts.
He doesn't have to some Santana shit, just a solid 6 innings and three run game. If he can do that consistently, he will be okay.
I am telling you guys, if the yankees do make october, I assume that Hughes will be about approximately 90% or more. I think his electric stuff will be back HOPEFULLY. As you can see I always been a Hughes fan and love the guy and of course his potential lol.
Great win by the yankees.
PS: Dustin Mcgowan, Don't be surprise at all he becomes a breakout canidate next year and become areguebaly the best pitcher for the Jays. I really starting to like this guy and I think he has a chance to be a sick pitcher for years to come. I said it first, Dustin McGowan next year Erik Bedard interms of breakout canidate.
All I am asking Hughes is to give us Quality starts. you know 6 innings of three run ball that's it. No Santana performances.
Don't worry Hughes will be okay and HOPEFULLY by october, he will get his strength at least 90%. That Electric Stuff is coming soon.
PS: Dustin McGowan is plain sick. I really starting to feel this guy and I think he can be next year Erik Bedard interms of Breakout year. I said it First.
Hey Mike A,
surprisingly i have some compliments for Phil… I think hes doing a heck of a job considering he seems all out of whack, meaning.. his command is not there even with his fastball and the poor kid doesnt have an out-pitch. His curveball is missing bite and he's really strugllign with his change.. but i find it admirable and a big poitive that hes able to pitch to decent results without any of those things working in his favor.
Or the gun @ Toronto was fast…


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Local title attorneys are warning clients that if they buy foreclosed property they need to read the fine print. The FDIC has adopted a new policy wherein the agency retains the mineral rights to any property that results from a foreclosure or a bank failure. There are lots of coal lands and potential oil-drilling sites between Knoxville and the Kentucky line.
Unless the property you buy includes the mineral rights, it could lower the value of the property and complicated land transactions and real estate loans. In the past, the FDIC has retained the rights on a case-by-case basis in mineral-rich areas. But the new policy retains the rights everywhere, given the energy boom and the discovery of natural gas through fracking.
The FDIC will make an exemption if the property is worth less than $50,000. And if you live within the city limits they will attempt to use slant drilling to avoid tearing up your yard.
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DALLAS (SMU) -- Southern Methodist University's Muslim Student Association is hosting a human rights lecture by University of Texas journalism Professor Robert W. Jensen Thursday, Jan. 25, on American journalists' coverage of war and foreign policy.
"Following the Flag: The Failure of U.S. Journalists in Iraq" will be an in-depth discussion about United States military actions and economic sanctions against Iraq and the effect they have had on human rights. The free lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in McCord Auditorium of Dallas Hall, 3225 University Blvd. A question-and-answer session will follow.
"Jensen is a very dynamic speaker with a thought-provoking message," said Houda Jarrah, vice president of the SMU Muslim Students Association. "The journalism techniques employed in the Gulf War have left a side of that story untold. Our goal is that Jensen's lecture will awaken the SMU community and Dallas area media to consider the human rights atrocities behind the United States' Middle East policies."
Jensen has taught as an associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin since 1992. He earned a bachelor's degree from Moorhead State University, a master's degree in journalism and public affairs from The American University and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In 1996, he earned the Texas Excellence Teaching Award from the UT's College of Communications based on student nominations. He also recently won the 2000-01 Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship, a university-wide award honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching. He is affiliated with political groups and has organized demonstrations and public education events on U.S. foreign policy. Jensen writes on media law and ethics, newsgathering and media depictions of gender, race and sexuality.
Photographs taken by photojournalist Alan Pogue depicting life in Iraq under sanctions will be on display. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Dallas Peace Center, the Dallas Center for Human Rights, the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Organization in Solidarity with the People of Iraq. For more information, contact Houda Jarrah at (214) 676-3901 or Hadi Jawad, with the Organization in Solidarity with the People of Iraq, at (214) 392-2939.


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My trip to Costa Rica looms large as one of the singular most transformative experiences of my life. It was there that I first realized how beautiful and diverse the world really is, and it was where I gained a strong appreciation for everything I have in life. During my 10-day trip, we traveled to destinations like San Jose, Monteverde, and Jaco and learned to embrace the Costa Rican slogan "pura vida." It may translate to "pure life," but the essence of "pura vida," is all about living life to the fullest, and living well.
"Outdoorsy" isn't a word most anyone would use to describe me, but in Costa Rica I was able to embrace a side of myself I had never really known through activities including: hiking in the rain forest, swimming beneath waterfalls, climbing a semi-active volcano, bathing in hot springs, horseback riding on the mountainside, rafting white water rapids, and lodging in remote rainforest cabins.
I couldn't help but picture Indiana Jones slashing through the underbrush with a machete when I imagined what hiking through the rainforest would be like. I was surprised to find how cool the temperature of the forest was, since the canopy keeps much of the sun's rays from reaching the ground. Being from New Jersey, I was accustomed to seeing deer in the woods and cardinals in the trees. But, seeing monkeys and toucans in their place was shocking and astounding. I would usually only see them in a local zoo!
The thrills I experienced in Costa Rica were escalated by the sheer natural beauty surrounding me. Hiking a mountain may be tiring, but when you peak through the trees to see the Pacific Ocean, you forget the fatigue and are left with beautiful images forever imprinted in your mind.
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The other day I received a congratulatory email about being a member of LinkedIn's "top 5% profiles viewed." So I posted an update to Facebook asking my friends there if that earned me a trip on a private jet to the south of France. Of course, the response was pretty funny. Some commented on how they, too, had gotten included within LinkedIn's elite. Others congratulated me, as if it placed me into rock-star status, which made me chuckle. The bottom line is that most of us were pretty surprised we ranked among the top anything among LinkedIn's purported 200 million-plus members.
Soon I began seeing business people I knew promoting their newly-found status – sending emails, posting the distinction on Facebook, and it was even mentioned at my networking meeting this morning when it came time for the roundtable introductions. Everyone loves a parade, I guess. But I had to ask (both myself and others rhetorically) – what has this gotten you? Certainly that Learjet that has been readied for me might be waiting for a good long time before I set foot within its leathered luxury.
The only thing I could come up with is that people who are listed on LinkedIn must have pretty uninterestingly written profiles if mine counted among the most read. Or they forgot to use a few keywords to gets themselves noticed. Or they forgot to download a headshot of themselves. Or the headshot they posted didn't serve them well. Or something. Because although I can see who has checked out my profile on LinkedIn, it is rare indeed that I can credit this social media source for lassoing a new client for me. Couple that with their latest endorsement cop-out tool to free anyone from actually having to write a few lines to recommend you, and I am at the pinnacle of f'klemped-ness. Some of us who were notified that we rank among the top 10%, 5% or 1% consider it a marketing ploy and others consider it to be of epic proportions. So now we know how often we are viewed. What we don't know, however, is how many LinkedIn bios are rarely touched once they are created, how few people post anything to LinkedIn on a regular basis and how many members actually engage in and benefit from their membership. If we took a look at those numbers, maybe there would be a new reality check on having earned this distinction.
So what does this all mean to you? Do you count among the LinkedIn royalty? Has LinkedIn been a godsend platform that resulted in a flood of new clients or is it just a way to post a jazzed-up online resume? I have to wonder that, while I think it's important to have my business profile somewhere prominent, I am only there because everyone told me I'd be left in the dust otherwise. That only makes me feel like part of the social media "sheeple", which doesn't even get close to placing me under a beach umbrella on the Cote D'Azur.
I got a message saying I was in the top 10% – so apparently your minimal effort outranked my indifferent one. I was as shocked and surprised, and wondered what was wrong with the other 90%, given that my profile was there only to make sure I wasn't missing out on something.
No clients yet, but more than a few solicitations.
Sorry to be a damp blanket but at top 1% there is 2 million of you, at top 5% 10 million and top 10% over 20 million, suddenly we all don't feel quite so "special". Did you also notice that there was no indication of how they worked it out?
@Kevin love you comment on everyone else, but there is truth in that.
@Dena most people on LinkedIn make what they think is a good profile and then wait …. and wait …. and wait and nothing happens. The best analogy is going to a mixer or network event and standing on the outside not talking to anyone (it doesn't work – doh!)
The only suggest I can offer, and it is free, I don't care if you read it or not but might just help is to check out a blog from mid January this year about all the "stuff" you should be doing on LinkedIn, just in case it helps :) http://thelinkedinman.com/1318/linkedin-your-13-new-years-resolutions-for-linkedin-success/
Sadly only a 1/3 of making LinkedIn work is profile, there is no measure in there % ranking on if your profile is good, average or indifferent – just that "lots" of people have looked at it.
Makes me mad when they do stunts liek this to up the traffic in other social networks, just concentrate on what you do well LinkedIn – please!
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I was very pleased to see your post Dena. I am more special than you apparently
(nothing personal of course) I was in the top 1% of viewed profiles – which I find kind of amazing. So at least there is some validity in their email congratulating me. On the same day I received an offer from what was described as a female US general serving in Afghanistan offering to share $20 million with me. This is the first time that one of these types of offers came to me through LinkedIn – so the Nigerians are obviously catching up with LinkedIn too. On the plus side shows how successful LinkedIn is seen to be – on the negative side this is an unfortunate development. The lady in question was identified as Ann Elizabeth (your 2 first names – pretty implausible). I was thrilled to be contacted by a woman who appeared to have achieved the success she had in the military. So keep an eye out for any approaches from this cyber-lady!
Well I was obviously special to Anne Elizabeth – its not every day that I am offered many millions of dollars – usually every other day! Thank you for taking the time to respond to me.
Finally! I got razored by Linkedin evangelists when I questioned this recent W-O-M campaign hype in a Linkedin Group earlier this week. A "most viewed" profile doesn't seem to be very relevant. Most active perhaps — as that might demonstrate that you are creating value. Most endorsed. Most connected (which you very likely are). But MOST VIEWED? That's akin to suggesting that site traffic is more important than engagement. In the end, it isn't about eyeballs. Pure numbers are meaningless without impact. There's a huge difference between traffic, qualified traffic, engagement, and influence. If you want to build value, it's almost always better to focus on engagement and influence. I'm kinda surprised so many authoritative pundits are boasting about it. And I'm disappointed that Linkedin would hype a rather meaningless metric. Just a Linkedin marketing scheme.
Completely agree and yes I think it's hype to, but also the measures of engagement is not connections, or endorsements (they have another of these c**p things coming for most % of endorsements – grr) or any ohter measure but does it help you get the results! In Dena's case it's Cote visits, in my case its been millions of £'s of real money and I work with leading corporations and companies helping them to use it to make lots (yes millions again) of sales (not by being spammy either – get's my back up) just using it as a networking platform which is what it is. For the record I don't train recruiters (ever!). Best wishes, James – The Linked In Man
Wow – and I mean that in the bad "wow" kind of way. I never had a notification from LinkedIn and I write LinkedIn profiles for a living. Sooooo not cool LinkedIn, so not cool. Nor has anyone offered me a share of money. Sigh…social media hates me.


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Rafael Anchía ('90) calls it serendipity that his father accompanied him to a college fair at the Miami Expo Center in 1985. Dad struck up a conversation with an SMU recruiter who spoke his first language, Spanish, and informed his son, "This is an excellent university."
Rafael Anchia with his wife, Marissa, and their daughters, Sophia and Maia. Praised by Texas Monthly as one of the best legislators in the 2007 session, the magazine speculates on Anchia someday becoming the first Hispanic governor of Texas.
And when SMU called their home in Florida several months later to offer Anchía a scholarship, Dad accepted for the son, putting him on a path to graduating cum laude from the Hilltop in 1990 with majors in anthropology, Ibero-American studies and Spanish.
Although all four schools Anchía applied to accepted him, SMU offered the most generous scholarship. "This was a big, big deal," he recalls. "I didn't have my sights set on anything more than going to our state university. I thought that was pretty terrific."
But there would be even more good news for Anchía, who went on to earn a law degree from Tulane University.
Now a Dallas lawyer and state representative, he was named one of the 10 best legislators for 2007 by Texas Monthly magazine. "If the Legislature were a stock market, Anchía would be Google," Texas Monthly concluded.
Anchía represents the future as the son of immigrants who became a lawyer with a blue chip firm, the magazine stated, also noting that he emerged last spring as a top floor debater against a bill that would have required voters to present a government-sponsored form of identification at the polls. Anchía argued that the bill was directed at a voter impersonation problem that does not exist and would have resulted in disenfranchising minority and low-income voters. The bill died after passage in the House but lack of support in the Senate.
At SMU, Anchía remembers putting a lot of pressure on himself. "On many different levels, I wanted to show that a public school kid from a new immigrant community (in Miami) could not only compete but excel," he says. While an undergraduate he joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and says he continues to enjoy an extensive social and business network in Dallas because of that experience.
"I would rank my academic preparation at SMU with any education I could have received anywhere else," he says. He has strong memories of the classes he took under linguistics and bilingual education expert William Pulte, associate professor of anthropology, and clearly relishes the opportunity to work as a legislator on community projects with Pulte.
Anchía continues the relationship with his beloved alma mater in numerous ways. He returns often to campus to speak to student groups and says he is pleased to see the increased diversity of the University. He serves on the advisory panel of SMU's Clements Center for Southwest Studies in the Clements Department of History, the President's 21st Century Advisory Board and the Executive Board of Dedman College. Anchía and his wife, Marissa ('07), who earned her Master of Liberal Studies degree from SMU in May, still worship at the 9 a.m. Catholic mass at Perkins Chapel, and they baptized both their daughters at SMU.
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A small crowd gathered at the Hulett C. Smith Theater at Tamarack for Sunday@Two this week, featuring T. Paige Dalporto, a local photographer, poet, songwriter and performer.
Hailing from Charlton Heights, Dalporto brought with him several photography pieces to adorn the stage, his guitar and his heartfelt, hand-written songs.
His musical style is eclectic, ranging from soulful blues to classic rock, and brings with it a wide array of emotions.
He said to the audience, "I almost put you to sleep with that last one. Now it's time to wake you up."
Longtime friend Paul Corbit Brown says Dalporto is really passionate about his music, which shows in his songwriting.
"He's one of the underrated talents in West Virginia," Brown said. "There's a real soul to what he sings."
He said he's known Dalporto for the better part of his adult life and he has really made his music unique.
"He writes many 'protest' songs and he has a heartfelt connection to the state and land. In West Virginia, we define things for ourselves and that's what he's done with his music."
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Homeowner organizations, preservationists and others will be asking the Metropolitan Planning Commission today to postpone action on a West Knox County subdivision plan Thursday over concerns that the property contains the homestead and birthplace of U.S. Admiral David Farragut.
Opposition to the final plan for Stoney Point Farm subdivision surfaced after preservationist Margot Kline developed information that shows the property contains what was once the home of Farragut, a Civil War hero and the U.S. Navy's first admiral, said Knoxville lawyer Herb Moncier, who said he will be representing Kline before MPC.
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By SHERRY VAN ARSDALL
Seven months after an F4 tornado destroyed most of the small southern Indiana town of Henryville, work is still being done to repair the havoc nature wrought.
The residents recently had some help from a group of Goshen High School students.
Kaylee Shepherd said students were mainly from FCA, Key Club and Building Trades, but it was open to anyone.
"I wanted to go see all the damage and help," Kaylee said.
She, Gale Immel and Aimee Swihart were among the students who gave up about half of their weeklong fall break in October to help.
"I enjoy just doing any type of service stuff," Aimee said.
Gale, no stranger to disaster areas, wanted to go and help. She had previously done service work in New Orleans after it was struck by Hurricane Katrina.
"The (Henryville) high school got rebuilt and it was destroyed completely," Gale said. She heard it was rebuilt in four months.
Aimee said she was amazed at how much had been accomplished but there was so much debris still on the ground.
Kaylee said they were told more than a million people came to help from all over the United States and from as far away as Russia.
A group of about 20 workers from the University of Tennessee was there at the same time as Goshen. And still more people were coming in to help, Aimee said. Many worked three-day stints, like Goshen.
The Goshen students were divided into different groups to work on separate projects. Some of the guys rebuilt a porch. Most of the students' time was spent helping sort bricks — red from orange. The red bricks were going to be saved and reused.
They also sorted books — "lots of them," Kaylee said.
There was an entire warehouse of school supplies and books that people had donated to Henryville.
"Some were used and ones that wouldn't be read anymore," Gale said, later adding, "The guy sorting books was glad to get us because we knew what books people our age would like."
After returning home, the man they worked with sent them thank you notes — "not that we needed the thanks, but it was nice," Aimee said.
But thanks was plentiful and sincere from the residents of Henryville.
"They kept saying thank-you and we hadn't done anything yet," Aimee said.
Kaylee said, "They were probably tired of saying thank-you, but they didn't give up."
"It's cool to say they didn't give up and give into depression," Aimee said.
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UB running back James Potts was in a precarious position. He had made a full recovery from the ACL tear that abruptly ended his sophomore season. But now his grades were threatening to make him an academic casualty and keep him off the field yet again.
Potts couldn't bear the thought of being away from the game any longer. He yearned to get back and follow up on his last play in a UB uniform -- a 49-yard touchdown run against Morgan State in the second game of last season. All the work put in rehabilitating the knee would go for naught unless he hit the books."I just had to stay focus and lock in," Potts said. "I had to cancel out everything else and just worry about football and school, and sometimes I had to just worry about school and not even football. As we grow we learn more and we understand more and we get wiser so now I have better time management and I'm talking to more teachers, I'm making sure I'm in contact with them and stuff like that. I woke me up. It was time to get serious."
As for the knee, Potts believes he's better than ever.
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