Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 16:03:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@...>
Reply-To: Net-Gold@yahoogroups.com
To: Net-Gold <Net-Gold@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: net-gold@...
Subject: [Net-Gold] SPORTS: BASEBALL : LITERACY: Baseball Player Shaves
For Literacy AND Patron Saints of Libraries in the Middle Ages

Off Topic Posting

Sometimes off topic posts can be saintly. Sometimes one cannot believe
one is reading about say medieval saints on a library licensing discussion
group. That happens to be up there as about my favorite of off topic
posts.

RESOUR> [NetGold] RELIGION: SAINTS: Tidbit of Possible Interest: Patron
Saint of Libraries
From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:30:00 -0600
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Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:12:55 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [NetGold] RELIGION: SAINTS: Tidbit of Possible Interest: Patron
Saint of Libraries
<http://www.freelists.org/archives/nethappenings/12-2003/msg00051.html>

A major portion of the interest of this message is the unlikely discussion
group that it is found on, the Liblicense discussion group.

Liblicense
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml>

Introduction to Liblicense
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/intro.shtml>

"Increasingly, university and research libraries are being inundated with
information that has been created in digital format and transmitted and
accessed via computers. As the number of collections in digital formats
increase exponentially, more and more libraries and information providers
are facing a number of unique challenges presented by this relatively new
medium.

Chief among these new challenges is crafting agreements with information
owners that adequately assure libraries will continue to provide users
with comprehensive and timely access to information in digital formats."

This is not a venue where I would expect to find information small or
large about medieval history and I perhaps may be lacking in imagination
in this regard. To put it another way, I do not know where medieval
historians turn to find primary and secondary source material for their
individual research projects and efforts, but I suspect that the
Liblicense discussion group is not on their radar screens.

Patron saints
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0311/msg00071.html>

"On various lists, you can find Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, or
Lawrence listed as the patron saint of librarians. These are at best
semi-official designations and various saints are found over time to have
diverse interests."

This website is listed in the above linked Liblicense message.

Mars Hill Graduate School Library Services
St. Wiborada, Patron Saint of Libraries
<http://www.mhgs.edu/library/wiborada.asp>

See the entire posts at the Liblicense and Net-Happenings URLs above.

Now back to baseball. This post comes from the LawLib list and is another
post in a place where one would least expect to find it. The author of
the post remembered the story but not where he found it so below the post
that is reproduced here with permission is some source citation that I
have dug up. I also add that off topic posts can be a blessing as they
make one aware of tidbits outside of ones daily routine and can serve as a
spice and flavoring for a discussion group. I am not sure that very young
children should be shown this post as Mr Pedini is sharing a very hair
raising situation with his readers, law librarians.


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@...
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
<http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:29:10 -0400
From: John Pedini <jpedini@...>
To: "law-lib@..." <law-lib@...>
Subject: Baseball Player Shaves For Literacy

Baseball players have big heads, big salaries, and sometimes big hearts.

Johnny Damon, the Red Sox' hirsute center fielder (think Kurt Russel in
The Thing) is shaving off his beard sometime today as an act of charity.
The Gillette Company has reportedly offered $15,000 (or what Johnny D.
makes in about 3 innings) towards a literacy program for Boston public
libraries if he shaves off a full beard he has cultivated since the
off-season. The program is geared towards making sure kids can read by
the time they reach the third grade. The money will also go towards a
program that helps students who do their homework at the library.

Damon, who also sports hair well below his ears, claims he will get no
compensation for removing his facial hair.

In a sport where players charge for autographs, dope their bats and
blind each other with their bling-bling, this is a rare act of
selflessness.

Happy Friday,
John Pedini
Director of Media Services
Social Law Library
1200 Court House
Boston, MA 02108
FONE (617) 226-1337
FAX (617) 523-2458

"Inaction is the result of not doing anything"
-Anon.

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Thanks for that post John Pedini. If my readers are still here and have
not been hairified away, here is some more on this story.

Damon happy to be in a shave situation
By Michael O'Connor
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Boston Herald.com
<http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=27512>

Johnny Damon's loss will be Boston schoolkids' gain.

He won't be succumbing to a full Samson - chopping hair and beard -
but next week Damon will get a full-face shave, courtesy of Gillette. In
turn, the South Boston razor giant will convert Damon's shorn whiskers
into a $15,000 donation to the children's reading and tutoring programs of
the Boston Public Library system.

``Gillette's pitching in and we're going to help out Boston's public
libraries,'' Damon said before last night's 5-3 win over the Cleveland
Indians [stats, schedule] at Fenway Park. ``It's all going for a great
cause.''

As in going, going, gone.

But only the beard, Damon stressed. At least for now.

``I don't think the hair's going anywhere,'' he was quick to respond
when asked if he was going to get a haircut along with the shave. ``The
beard's going to go for a while, but the beard can grow back.

``But the hair,'' Damon said, mock seriously, ``that's something
else. I'd be afraid to cut the hair. I'm afraid it wouldn't grow back.''

The shaggy center fielder, whose long, dark tresses and thick beard
have seen him compared to cultural figures ranging from the divine (Jesus
Christ) to the ridiculous (Wolfman), arrived at spring training with hair
that hadn't seen scissors in a year.

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MLB: Red Sox' Damon to shave for charity
May 10, 2004
Associated Press
KMOV Television
<http://www.kmov.com/sharedcontent/sports/printwire/
051004cccabwspodamon.1acc870b5.html>

A shorter URL for the link above:

<http://snipurl.com/2cme>

Damon says he'll shave the beard to benefit the Boston public libraries'
reading and tutoring programs for youngsters. He says the Boston-based
Gillette Company will provide the funds for the programs.

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This story was not listed in my search results moments ago but lets go to
our reporter now with a live update:

Sox Outfielder Damon Shaves For A Cause
Center Field Player Loses Beard For Charity
POSTED: 12:27 pm EDT May 21, 2004
UPDATED: 1:57 pm EDT May 21, 2004
Boston Channel
<http://www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/3331838/detail.html>

BOSTON -- Friday was a black day indeed for the fans for whom bearded Red
Sox center fielder Johnny Damon has become something of a cult icon. As of
high noon, Damon's beard was no more.

Video
Johnny Damon Gets A Shave!
Photos: Johnny's Shave

The affable outfielder got tongues wagging when he appeared for spring
training this year with shoulder length hair and a shaggy beard, inspiring
scores of fans to appear at games wearing fake beards and wigs. The new
groupies dubbed themselves "Damon Disciples," and some of his teammates
started calling him "Caveman."

Well, the disciples were probably crying in the beards Friday as Damon sat
down to shave the beard for charity -- all part of a Gillette Co.,
publicity stunt to introduce its new battery-powered razor, the M3Power
Razor. About 1,000 people gathered around to watch Damon get shaved in
public at the Prudential Center as cameras rolled, capturing the moment.

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Sorry folks but I need to cut this discussion short. As they say in
broadcasting, thats a lock on this story.

Web Results 1 - 10 of about 255 for "that's a lock". (0.48 seconds)

The full articles may be read at the URLs above.

By the way, Net-Gold has replaced NetGold on Yahoo Groups and may be found
at this address.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/>

Speaking of the middle ages, as we were at the top of this message, the
Mediev-L list can be found at this URL.

Mediev-l
<http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/mediev-l/mediev-l.html>

Sometime in June the public May archives should be posted to Mediev-L.

Mediev-L Archives
<http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/mediev-l/archives.html>
<http://www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/mediev-l/index.html>

This may not be the most profound information you will receive this
weekend, but interest may increase when one learns that there is an
excellent extended discussion regarding how to cite and identify incorrect
sources, the implications of making corrections and the role of style
manuals in such citing. There are some very excellent points here that
will be of great interest to those who teach writers, write themselves or
advise writers. The citation correction discussion follows an extended
discussion of the cafeteria food during the annual conference in
Kalamazoo, Michigan for matters medieval. Of course such a conversation
inevitably turns to a discussion of how to prepare and serve a medieval
feast. These were pleasant changes of fare from the April focus on pigs
eating acorns and nuts and quite a bit of discussion regarding how to
actually get to Kalamazoo; but do not let my humor throw you off; there is
much very interesting and valuable information stored in these archives
for those who care to check them out.


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@...
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
<http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html>

Hair Today, Gone Tommorrow.

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