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In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo provided by Josh Hansen, Eli Lai stand on the baseball field at Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. To Oakland Athletics infielder Adam Rosales, he's "Hawaiian Eli." He doesn't even know the teen's last name and hardly remembers the promising shortstop's high school. Yet Eli Lai, his coach and his father will never forget how the kind-hearted major leaguer helped provide a lift to a young man who desperately needed one this winter. He needed an example of how to work. (Josh Hansen via AP)

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FILE - In this April 21, 2016, file photo, San Diego Padres third baseman Adam Rosales practices his swing prior to the team's baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in San Diego. During a winter visit to Hawaii, Rosales met up with a high school baseball player he knew only as "Hawaiian Eli." He doesn't even know the teen's last name and hardly remembers the promising shortstop's high school. Yet Eli Lai, his coach and his father will never forget how the kind-hearted major leaguer helped provide a lift to a young man who desperately needed one this winter. He needed an example of how to work.(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

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In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo provided by Josh Hansen, Eli Lai, right, and baseball coach Josh Hansen pose on the field at Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. To Oakland Athletics infielder Adam Rosales, he's "Hawaiian Eli." He doesn't even know the teen's last name and hardly remembers the promising shortstop's high school on the Big Island. Yet Eli Lai, his coach and his father will never forget how the kind-hearted major leaguer helped provide a lift to a young man who desperately needed one this winter. He needed an example of how to work. (Josh Hansen via AP)

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New Haven Police arrested demonstrators who blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streets in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, and refused to move during a protest and demonstration in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned and coordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. (Peter Hvizdak/New Haven Register via AP)

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New Haven Police arrested demonstrators who blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streets in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 and refused to move during a protest and demonstration in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned and coordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. (Peter Hvizdak/New Haven Register via AP)

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John Lugo, center, of Unidad Latina en Accion of New Haven, is arrested during a demonstration after some protesters blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streets in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, and refused to move. The protesters are in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned and coordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. (Peter Hvizdak/New Haven Register via AP)

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John Lugo, of Unidad Latina en Accion of New Haven, is arrested during a demonstration after some protesters blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streets in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, and refused to move. The protesters are in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned and coordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. (Peter Hvizdak/New Haven Register via AP)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, student Student Ryan Reynolds, 22, from Saegertown, grinds a panel inside the Erie Institute of Technology auto body technician lab in Erie, Pa. The institute calls the building an auto body technician lab, but it looks, sounds, smells and feels more like a garage. The school sees this building, outfitted with a lift, paint booth and frame-straightening machine, as a place where students can take the first steps toward a new career. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Students work inside the Erie Institute of Technology auto body technician lab in Erie, Pa. The institute calls the building an auto body technician lab, but it looks, sounds, smells and feels more like a garage. The school sees this building, outfitted with a lift, paint booth and frame-straightening machine, as a place where students can take the first steps toward a new career. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)

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Protesters physically blocked newly confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a Washington, D.C., public school Friday morning. (WJLA)

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Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee has banned substitute teacher David Colin from overseeing classrooms after social media posts attributed to him claimed "the only good trump [sic] supporter is a dead trump [sic] supporter." (WTVF-5 CBS Nashville screenshot)

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Protesters gather outside Jefferson Middle School in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos paid her first visit as education secretary in a bid to mend fences with educators after a bruising confirmation battle. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

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Protesters, including Ari Schwartz, center, gather outside Jefferson Middle School in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos paid her first visit as education secretary in a bid to mend fences with educators after a bruising confirmation battle. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova) /// -----Original Message----- From: Danilova, Maria Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 11:15 AM To: waspi@ap.org Subject: Devos Protest DQoNCg0KU2VudCBmcm9tIG15IGlQaG9uZQ==

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Jennifer Ibrahim participates in a demonstration outside Jefferson Middle School in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos paid her first visit as education secretary in a bid to mend fences with educators after a bruising confirmation battle. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

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Iranian school girls flash the victory sign during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Iranian school girls attend an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ** FILE **

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Demonstrators chant and wave signs as they march beside University Blvd. at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to support an open campus and oppose the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)

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Nigerian doctoral student Matthew Odebiyi speaks to a gathering at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to support an open campus and oppose the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)

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In this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to the Major County Sheriffs' Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association, in Washington.Trump says it doesn’t take a lawyer to see that his order banning visitors from seven Muslim-majority nations is a “common sense” move to protect the U.S. from terrorists. He says even a bad high school student could figure that out. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)