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Attitudes towards gay men and women are gradually changing to become more tolerant in Alabama as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community – bolstered by federal court victories and out-and-proud leaders – emerges slowly but surely from the closet. But the gains are only modest, especially compared to other states.
That's what a lengthy article appearing at Huffington Post on Tuesday has found. The author, Lila Shapiro, interviewed numerous LGBT Alabamians including openly gay legislator Patricia Todd, along with those like Birmingham lawyer Eric Johnston, who drafted anti-gay rights legislation for Alabama in the late 1990s.
The article takes a somewhat sensational headline – "'Maybe When We're Dead': Gays In Alabama Don't Expect Change In Their Lifetime — But They're Pushing For It Anyway" – that doesn't seem to reflect the attitude of many of those interviewed for the piece. Many seemed optimistic about change in the future, although several Auburn University-Montgomery students told Shapiro they didn't expect many legal changes anytime soon.
But Shapiro writes that "the conversation about gay rights in Alabama has begun to shift in subtle ways" in recent years. Support for gay marriage doubled in Alabama over the last 8 years (though only from 16 to 32 percent), Shapiro notes. The gay rights organization Human Rights Campaign has launched an $8.5 million Southern effort in Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas this year intending to change hearts, minds, and laws in those states.
Patricia Todd's election to the Alabama Legislature in 2006 is given consideration as a driving force behind some changing attitudes. Gays and lesbians Shapiro spoke to described Todd in glowing terms, as an inspiration and a beacon for LGBT Alabamians; Shapiro posits that Todd's very presence in the Alabama House has had a moderating effect on her co-legislators, noting that not "a single anti-LGBT law has been passed during Todd's eight-year tenure."
The article also tells the story of Paul Hard, an Alabama man whose husband, Charles David Fancher, was killed in a car wreck, leading to a successful wrongful death suit. Hard is suing in federal court to overturn Alabama's refusal to recognize his marriage, which prohibits Hard from sharing in the proceeds of the wrongful death case. Fancher's mother is challenging that suit.
Shapiro concludes that "no one would claim [the gay rights movement] gains in Birmingham have been anything other than modest, especially when compared with what LGBT activists have achieved in other places."
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Monday afternoon in the auxiliary court behind Walsh Gym on a quiet Seton Hall campus, Herb Pope took more than his usual helping of Gatorade from the coolers on the sidelines. He downed one cup of the lime-colored liquid in a big gulp, turned and looked back at the imposing 6-foot-9, 290-pound mountain of a man standing beneath the hoop.
"Let's go baby!" the big kid yelled from the paint.
Pope laughed, then went back to the spigot for another cup. He would need the extra fluids. He always does during practices against the big kid. And knowing that this would be the last practice before tonight's game against No. 1-ranked Syracuse, Pope knew that this would be a grueling workout.
The big kid is Gene Teague, the sparring partner who has helped Pope transform into one of the most dominant big men in the Big East this season.
"He doesn't back down," Teague said before practice began. "Usually I'm the biggest guy on the court, but he doesn't back down. He keeps coming. I've never had a guy that's never backed down from me, but he's as strong as they come."
One look at Teague, a Vineland native, and it's easy to see why Pope has benefitted from their practice battles. The transfer from Southern Illinois — who must sit out this season due to NCAA regulations — is a classic big man. He eats up space around the basket, but is deft enough to force other players around him to take him seriously on offense. And on defense, he's nearly an immovable object. Which is why Pope has been able to hone his low-post game so well this season.
Pope has been able to go up against a true big man in practice for an entire season for the first time. So when he sees many of the more athletic centers that opposing teams trot out, Pope has the upper hand already.
"He's made me have to work on my moves," Pope said. "I couldn't just try and sit there on the perimeter. I had to develop a better skill set and be able to maneuver and get past him, because I can't go through him."
The two players have fostered a relationship built out of getting the most out of each other.
For Pope, the results this season had to be immediate. He is a senior, in his final season in a Seton Hall uniform, trying to prove to critics that he has the all-around game — and mental toughness — to make it at the next level. For Teague, the results won't be seen until next season, when he is eligible. But he thought: What better way to train for the Big East than to go up against one of the premier big men in the league?
"I've become a lot better than when I got here in the summer," Teague said. "Just the competition that he brings. It's something I'm definitely going to miss."
It's also allowed Teague to get to know Pope's game inside and out, to the point where when he's on the bench and sees something that the pair can improve on in practice, he'll let him know. Teague is allowed to be on the bench during home games, but cannot travel with the team, so he watches the game film and finds ways to make Pope better.
"I think it's been great for Herb," Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard said. "Eugene doesn't back down — at all. And I think it's made Herb a much better player. It's the first time in a while that Herb has had somebody that doesn't back down from him. And for Gene, it's a matter of defending somebody that's quicker, more talented. It's an interesting matchup."
Pope said that the only tougher player he's faced than Teague was former Pittsburgh center DeJuan Blair.
But neither Seton Hall player knew much about the other. When Pope heard that Teague would be transferring to South Orange for the season, he began to ask some friends about him. The first thing he kept hearing was how big he was. Then Pope saw him in person.
"I'm reminded every time I go up against him, how big he is," Pope said laughing. "When I get hit or when a shot goes up and I get hit — I get 290-300 pounds cracking me on the weak side. Then I have to look and see where he is next time."
Like many players who transfer, Teague struggles with the absence of playing every day and doing more off the practice floor. But helping Pope achieve what he's done so far this season, gives the redshirt sophomore some measure of gratification, that he's playing a role in the Pirates success.
"That's mainly him," Teague said modestly. "But I do bring a physical aspect to it. He knows he can't take a play off because I'm going to be playing hard. I might've helped him a little bit, but the season he's having, it just proves he can play."
Pope doesn't take lightly the true value of having a sparring partner with the size and skill of Teague. And how it's changed his game — for the better.
"I'm ecstatic that I have a big guy that I can go with every day," Pope said. "Everything to this point that's been working for me, (Teague) has helped me. Going against him every day, it's just been a big help."
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January 16 postgame quotes: Jonathan Quick
On the importance of starting the road trip with a win:
Yeah, it's good to start off on the right foot. I think the biggest thing is you have to win in regulation against a conference opponent. They're a little ahead in the standings, so it's good to tighten that gap a little bit.
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They played great. The PK, no power play – I don't think they converted on one, but they were getting chances and had the right idea and they were moving the puck around. They were getting the momentum on our side when we had power play opportunities. It's a hard fought win. Every time we come into the building that's what we expect. So it's good to get the two points and now it's on to the next one.
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Where I'm at? I'm in St. Louis and we're going to Detroit and we play Detroit in two days. [Reporter: As far as you feel?] I feel good. I don't get the question really. I feel good.
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Taking away their top options, we do a lot of homework obviously. They especially have a really good power play, so you really need to pay attention and put forth a little extra effort. It's taking away their one and two options and making them use their third option so it's forcing them a little bit outside of their comfort zone.
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So there is plenty of motivation and plenty of good teams playing this week, and MLive.com voters helped determine a great set of games for us to highlight.
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Saginaw: Saginaw Swan Valley wary of big plays when it visits undefeated Lansing Sexton in a D4 game.
Metro Detroit: We'll find out at lot about the Downriver League and the Detroit Public School League when Detroit King visits Wyandotte.
Lansing: DeWitt, a regular D3 powerhouse, hosts upstart Eaton Rapids in a matchup of Capital Area Activities Conference teams.
Muskegon: Rich in playoff history, Muskegon Catholic Central faces a team with an even better pedigree when it travels to Mendon in a D8 game.
Kalamazoo: Constantine gets physical after reaching playoffs with a 5-4 record, and its D6 playoff run continues at undefeated Clinton
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Jaevon Walton had just endured a loss in the state championship game to Neville to end his sophomore season at Karr. The following season, he was a state champion.
But he didn't win his state championship at Karr, however. Walton's father, former NFL AFC Rookie of the Year and Alabama All-American defensive end John Copeland, asked him to come play his junior season in Tuscaloosa.
So Walton went to play for Tuscaloosa Academy where his dad was the defensive coordinator. And Walton made quite the impression in the Alabama Independent School Association.
The 6-foot, 230-pound Walton started at running back and linebacker and led Tuscaloosa Academy to a 13-0 mark and the Class AAA state championship. Walton finished the season with 173 carries for 1,621 yards and 29 touchdowns while also making 87 tackles with four forced fumbles, nine tackles for a loss and three sacks.
In the state championship game, a 27-26 victory for Tuscaloosa, Walton had 16 carries for 102 yards and two touchdowns and 10 tackles and a sack that produced a fumble a teammate returned for another score.
But something didn't feel right to Walton. So in January, he returned to Karr to finish his high school career.
"We won a championship and it felt right in a sense but in another sense, it didn't," Walton said. "I said I have to knock down another and that's to win a state championship in Louisiana.
"The level of competition was good because we had (five-star Alabama tight end signee) O.J. Howard, but it wasn't Louisiana competition. We didn't have teams as fast as a McDonogh 35 or a O.P. Walker and they weren't as big as a Brother Martin or a Rummel."
Walton said his teammates have welcomed him back with open arms.
"It feels great," Walton said. "In the defensive meeting, it was very emotional watching the state championship game. With all of the hard work from previous years from losing, with them winning it, it felt like I won it, too."
Now that he is back at Karr, Walton knows that he will be focusing more on playing linebacker rather than running back.
"I really couldn't focus on linebacker because every time I would touch the ball I would score," Walton said. "I wouldn't be 100 percent on defense. With me concentrating on linebacker, it can help me with my footwork and my physicality because I'm going to have a lot more energy on the field."
Walton has offers from Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech and could either play fullback or linebacker at the next level. He said he also likes LSU and Miami.
He also said it really doesn't matter if he plays on offense or defense at the next level, although he is leaning towards defense, and that he wants to go to "whoever gets me on the field."
"If you want me to go on block, I can go block. If you want me to go make a tackle, I can go make a tackle," Walton said. "But I would rather play linebacker because I have a defensive mind because I want to go attack the ball. But the same thing can be said for a fullback because you're attacking the linebacker."
With the plethora of college coaches coming through Karr in recent weeks, Walton has said it's been interesting to see some of the same coaches who were looking at him in Alabama now on the Cougars' campus.
"It is crazy," Walton said. "When the (Karr) coaches tell them we have a linebacker named Jaevon Walton they say that the name sounds familiar.
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To the editor:
I'm at a loss to understand why the South Whidbey Record neglected to cover an event that was obviously of interest to readers, namely a Citizens' Forum on Healthcare Finance Reform that was held in Oak Harbor Aug. 31. I say obviously, because you've covered several events advocating single-payer government-run medicine.
Whatever the reason, let me help by submitting this report on the aforementioned forum that took place last Monday evening at the North Whidbey Middle School.
In response to the distinctly partisan League of Women Voters' presentation featuring Rick Larsen in favor of a government-run healthcare plan, the Whidbey Island Tea Party facilitated an opportunity for area citizens to hear real, solid information about the proposed legislation and the effects it will surely have on their lives and businesses.
Our five panelists and our moderator are all professionals, have studied the plans as proposed and knew what they were talking about.
In addition to Washington Rep. Barbara Bailey, who sits on the Health Care and Wellness committee in the Washington State Legislature, and who addressed the subject of mandates and alternative legislation, we had Roger Stark, MD, of the (truly) non-partisan Washington Policy Center.
Dr. Stark, a cardiothoracic surgeon who was a co-founder of the open-heart surgery program at Overlake Hospital, retired from private practice in 2001 and is currently a healthcare policy analyst at WPC. Another panel member was Donna Steward, director of governmental affairs for the Association of Washington Business. Steward spoke clearly and comprehensively about the practical effects of HR-3200 on business, particularly small businesses.
Sam and Debbie Cunningham of CGI Financial, who between them have 58-plus years of experience in insurance benefits consulting, advising employers and employees on health-insurance plans and benefits, spoke to the problems, issues and benefits of our current employer-based healthcare insurance system. Last, but certainly not least, was Kathryn Serkes, president and founder of Square One Media Network, co-author of "Patient Power: the Patient's Handbook," and public affairs and policy consultant to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons for the past 15 years. You may have seen her on "Larry King Live," "The Today Show" or the Fox News network. Kathryn did a wonderful job moderating and provided a wealth of information about the certain effects of HR-3200 on the practice of medicine from the perspective of AAPS member physicians.
Once each of the panelists had an opportunity to present, a microphone was made available to the audience to ask questions. Some of the questions had to do with individual situations, some with general concerns about HR-3200 and the Senate's "Affordable Health Choices Act," both of which were available for perusal, along with a number of informational handouts at the entry.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Audubon New York and the Audubon Council of New York State honored Commissioner Rose Harvey of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Lucy Waletzky, chairwoman of the New York State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, as the 2013 recipients of the William Hoyt Environmental Excellence Awards.
The awards are in recognition of Harvey's and Waletzky's outstanding commitment revitalizing New York's state parks system.
The awards, which are named in honor of the popular environmental advocate who died in 1992 while serving in the state Assembly, were presented at the 2013 spring Audubon Assembly on March 23 at the Gideon Putnam Resort in the Saratoga Spa State Park.
"Commissioner Harvey and chairwoman Waletzky are a dynamic duo for New York's state parks, and we are thrilled to present these two deserving and dedicated conservationists with the 2013 William Hoyt Environmental Excellence Awards," said Albert E. Caccese, executive director of Audubon New York. "We always knew Audubon had strong connections to state parks, but the success of the New York Work program and our Audubon in the Parks partnership can only be attributed to the leadership, passion and support of these two remarkable individuals," Caccese said in a statement.
Commissioner Harvey and chairwoman Waletzky have both been advocates for New York's state parks, helping to secure millions in funding through the New York Works program to upgrade the aging infrastructure and natural resources at parks statewide. They both have also been instrumental in fostering the Audubon in the Parks initiative, a model public-private partnership between Audubon and OPRHP to enhance bird habitat and natural resources found at our state parks.


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Helicobacter pylori gastritis
Reviewers: Elliot Weisenberg, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 6 August 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
● Chronic infection in approximately 2/3 of population worldwide, prevalence is decreasing due to improved sanitation and antibiotic use
● Prevalence in developing countries up to 90% where infection usually occurs in childhood
● In industrialized countriesm infection typically (not always) occurs in adulthood, prevalance 20-30% by age 50
● Without treatment, infection usually lifelong
● Infection usually asymptomatic
● Infection conveys 15-20% lifetime risk of peptic ulcer disease
● Linked to 70% of gastric cancer, especially intestinal type, and most gastric lymphoma
● Atrophy with concomitant intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia are seedbed for carcinoma
● Acquired mucosal associated lymphoid tissue is seedbed for H. pylori associated gastric lymphoma
● In children in Colombia, with higher risk for gastric cancer, have more several gastric injury and less regenerative capacity - more infiltration of neutrophils and lymphocytes, more mucus depletion, higher H. pylori density; more CD8+ T cells and macrophages, fewer B cells (Hum Pathol 2003;34:206)
● Bacterial toxins (cagA, VacA, urease, ammonia, acetaldehyde, phospholipases) are toxic to epithelial cells
● Mast cells release platelet activating factor, disturb microcirculation, cause ischemia, erosions
● Different strains of H. pylori have different potential for carcinogenesis (Gastroenterology 2003;125:1636)
Patterns of inflammation
● Non-atrophic antral predominant gastritis: most common in developed world, normal to elevated acid secretion, estimated 20% lifetime risk of duodenal ulcer
● Non-atrophic corpus predominant gastritis: associated with proton pump inhibitor use
● Non-atrophic pangastritis: frequent in areas with poor sanitation
● Antrum restricted atrophic gastritis: usually in West, may be early multifocal atrophic gastritis
● Multifocal atrophic gastritis: most advanced stage, more prevalent, but not exclusive to areas with poor sanitation (Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2007;21:205)
H. pylori characteristics
● Non-spore forming, curvilinear gram negative rod, 3.5 x 0.5 microns
● Has adapted to niche provided by gastric mucus by motility (flagella) to swim through viscous mucous, urease to buffer gastric acid, adhesin to bind to gastric epithelial cells (better binding with cells that express type O antigen)
● H. pylori sits on surface or in lumen, needs acid to survive, otherwise urease causes pH to be too high
● More inflammation in H. pylori gastritis than NSAID gastritis
● Usually antibiotics
● Post-treatment, chronic inflammation persists, but neutrophils, reactive epithelial changes, erosions, ulcers dissipate quickly
● Takes months/years for elimination of low grade MALT, lymphoid follicles, atrophy, metaplasia
● Incidence of antibiotic resistance is increasing, work is ongoing to develop vaccine (Gastroenterology 2007;133:288)
● Can test for mutations associated with antibiotic resistance (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001;125:493)
Gross description
● Red mucosa, coarser texture than normal, may have thickened rugal folds or thin/flat mucosa
● With long term disease, mucosa may be thin/flat
● Usually affects antrum (particularly in children, Hum Pathol 2002;33:1133) and cardia
Micro description
● Bacteria is curved, spirochete-like, in superficial mucus layer and along microvilli of epithelial cells
● Invasion is unusual, proton pump inhibitor use may increase risk of invasion (Gastroenterology 2007:132;1009, Gastroenterology 2007:132;1177)
● Usually not seen in areas of intestinal metaplasia
● Associated with chronic inflammatory infiltrate with germinal centers (follicular gastritis) and plasma cells in lamina propria
● Active inflammation if neutrophils in glandular or surface epithelial layer, presence of active inflammation after eradication therapy is sign of treatment failure
● Antibiotics may cause H. pylori to assume coccoid appearance
● Presence of follicles is strongly associated with H. pylori, the density of follicles is highest in the angulus, the most common site of gastric lymphoma and lowest in the proximal greater curvature, where incidicence of H. pylori induced gastric lymphoma is lowest (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1994;118:740)
● Chronic proton inhibitor use without antibiotics leads to relatively decreased inflammation in the antrum and increased inflammation in the body with decreased numbers of microorganisms
● Regenerative change: enlarged, hyperchromatic nuclei in surface epithelial cells, with diminished mucus vacuoles and frequent mitotic figures
● Acute infection associated with erosions, ulcers, hemorrhage
Micro images
Various images
Positive stains
● 70% of cases seen on H&E, Giemsa, Warthin-Starry, Thiazine, Diff-Quik, HP Blue/HP Yellow, immunohistochemistry
● IHC may be especially useful to detect coccoid forms and cases with low numbers of microorganisms
End of Stomach > Infections > Helicobacter pylori gastritis
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Environmentally-conscious members of West Deptford Middle School's Wheelabrator Club have undertaken a yearlong project to keep the oceans clean.
That includes drawing attention to the Great Pacific garbage patch — a floating pile of trash twice the size of Texas, between Hawaii and California
"The scary statistic of 1 out of every 100 bags actually gets recycled is horrific," said Niccolas Uff, a West Deptford middle school student and Wheelabrator Club member.
West Deptford Middle School's Wheelabrator Club consists of 10 middle school students selected by way of an essay contest describing an environmental problem in the community with suggestions to remedy the situation. Wheelabrator Club members have learned about the grave dangers that marine pollution has on our planet and have helped to do their part with their "Ban the Bag" contest.
In the span of a week, 50,456 plastic bags were collected from more than 1,000 students and were recycled. The homeroom that tallied the most plastic bags was given a Chick-fil-A lunch as a prize, said Uff.
"We knew that teenagers would most likely not really get exited about recycling, so we knew we needed to put out a reward to encourage them to recycle," said Uff. "We thought, maybe if we can get them to recycle in school, it will follow them after school hours to home."
Following this year's topic of oceans, the Wheelabrator team plans to participate in Clean Ocean Action's Beach Sweeps event on Saturday, April 26, where they will comb Wildwood Crest's beach.
These projects have all been influenced by the learning of the Great Pacific garbage patch, which is trapped and brought on by rotating ocean currents. Plastics and waste drift into this area from littering back on land. Plastics don't biodegrade, they photodegrade by being broken down by the sun and continue to pollute the water once adrift.
"It already takes over 400 years to photodegrade," said Uff. "With that in mind, not one piece of plastic has disappeared in a landfill yet, not even in our great grandchildren's lifetime," the teenager added.
The Wheelabrator club has been chosen to be one of 15 schools in the nation to participate in the annual Anniversary Wheelabrator Symposium in Broward County, Florida. The club will present their past efforts to bring about environmental change.
"The 25 minutes up on the stage will be our time to shine," said Uff. "The countless hours and days of hard work — website building, kids contacting adults, kids contacting newspapers — was all going to be worth it. "
Those countless hours include maintaining their own website, holding recycling lessons for third and fourth graders, volunteer work and keeping a social media presence.
"I am so happy the opportunity came my way to become the advisor for this team," said Casey Lattanzio, West Deptford Middle School science teacher. "They are so passionate about what we are doing and it shows in everything we have done."
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The Muslim Mystery
Fifteen years ago, one might easily have thought we were entering a new era of peace in the world. The Communist evil empire dissolved so quickly, without nukes or invasions, it seemed that swords might indeed be turned into plowshares. An apparently endless cold war ended. Peace dividends danced in our heads. How is it that now we are in such a fix? We face what is presently called an axis of evil, made up, primarily and most pressingly, of Muslim states. A few blasphemous cartoons published months ago in Scandinavia triggered riots and protests, after strategic prodding, in a score of countries. France faced its own internal demons in weeks of car burnings throughout its suburbs. An elected leader in Iran spurns the United Nations, aspires to atomic weaponry and calls for the extinction of Israel. Democracy bestows power on a Palestinian terrorist group. Iraq teeters on the edge of a civil war. Bloodletting continues in Africa, often along lines of religion (Christian and Muslim) and race (black and Arab). There is talk of civilizations clashing and European countries having Muslim majorities in three generations.
A choice of such great danger is at hand that the energies of our national discourse must not be wasted on blame. There is enough blame to go around. If one does not think the Muslim world has profound internal problems, one is not serious. If one does not think the West, in particular the United States, has not for over 50 years contributed to our present crisis, one is not being honest. Discussion on these matters of the past will go on. What is more pressing is the path we take for the future.
The two ways that will be presented to us are these: get tough, or get talking. The toughness scenario has been behind the invasion of Iraq. Our great show of power would teach the renegade states a lesson. Welcomed as liberators, we next might have moved on Iran. Well, it does not work that way. Terrorists play the get tough game as well as anyone, and not with the legal, political and international restraints to which nations generally yield. Since the fall of Communism, certain think tanks have imagined a world dominated by the United States, a world in which no country could challenge or check our power. What might other countries think of such a dream concocted by the most powerful and wealthiest nation on earth, the nation with the most weapons of mass destruction, the only nation to have used one?
I think it is better for us to get talking. Better yet, we might start with some imagination. It is the incapacity of Islamic and non-Islamic worlds alike to imagine the life and thoughts of the other that is the deepest root of our problem.
Imagine yourself a Palestinian Muslim. Your grandfather had a home and vineyard in what is now an occupied territory. It is also non-negotiable that you might ever live in that home again. How do you feel? How do you judge things? How do you look at Osama bin Laden? Is he a fanatic or an ascetic resistance fighter against George W. Bush, who looks to you like an arrogant and superficial apologist for a decadent empire supporting your oppressors? I am not saying our Palestinian is right. I'm just asking you to look at the world as he might look at it.
If you are a Catholic whose father was born in Ireland, you might, like me, have found your earliest allegiances to be with Irishmen and Catholics. My father, a decent and, but for one exception, an unprejudiced man, had one group of people he never trusted. They were the British. He thought the British were behind most conspiracies and catastrophes in the world. Do you think a Palestinian Muslim might have analogous thoughts?
Then imagine the Gunpowder Plot of four centuries ago. The entire Parliament, as well as the royal family, was targeted for destruction by Catholic subterfuge. Religion and nationalism, once again, were the issues. In our present times, however, Catholics and the Church of England seem to get along.
And that is the point. How did the change come about? For that matter, how did the fall of Communism come about? It was not arms. It was talk. It was information. It was the relationship between a guarded but genial President Reagan and a conscientious Mikhail Gorbachev.
The most common complaint against talk is that it shows weakness, but the truth is that it shows rationality. What is more, it reveals a presumption of rationality in the other party. I am not suggesting that we will find sweet reasonableness in hardened terrorists. Although it has occurred that some former terrorists would later be seen at negotiation tables and even in national leadership, it is quite probable that some Islamic extremists will accept nothing less than the extirpation of all their enemies.
Our relationship to Islam is no impenetrable mystery. The vast majority of Muslims, even those who blame the United States and Israel for all the world's problems (as my father once blamed England) are neither irrational nor evil. They may have just grievances, and they may have distorted views of the West. These grievances and views must be spoken, heard and responded to. Without that alternative, the pull to extremism will only get stronger.
It would be well for us to recognize and publicize the considerable courage of Muslims who have raised their voices against terrorism. From Egypt to Pakistan and on to Indonesia, men and women, often at great risk, have accused the extremists of radical infidelity to Islam. Not to trust the humanity of our Muslim brothers and sisters is ultimately a failure of hope for humanity itself.


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There is a 90 percent chance of precipitation Friday, with a high near 71 and a low around 47.
Saturday will be cloudy through mid-morning, before gradually clearing. Saturday will have a high near 66 and a low around 41.
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North Creek is situated approximately 120 miles (193 kilometers) from Syracuse, a an important city in the United States of America.
To understand why so many people choose Adirondack Region as a vacation spot, ensure you spend a bit more time in the area. Stony Creek and Bolton Landing are just two of the many other places worth checking out while you're in Adirondack Region.
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The industry-leading technology of PortableYou enables consumers to instantly create high-quality, customizable 3D avatars from photographs as well as add and share the avatars seamlessly across enabled applications including social and mobile games, massively multiplayer games, social networks and other connected platforms. Arkadium expects to implement PortableYou in selected titles beginning in the first quarter of 2012.
"PortableYou brings a whole new dimension of personalization to games," said Robert Gehorsam, CEO of Image Metrics. "Arkadium's large library of titles, as well as the reach of its online network of games, helps a broad audience gain exposure to PortableYou. Our partnership represents the next step toward bringing our groundbreaking new avatar creation technology to the forefront of casual, social and mobile gaming."
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The Alekhine Memorial got underway in Paris today with a sensational opening round that would surely have warmed the heart of the fourth world chess champion.
The three decisive games involved the top three seeds in the competition - but not all in the way you might expect!
Lev Aronian had the black pieces against the 20 year-old Chinese GM Ding Liren, and after trying the committal move 12...Bc4 his pieces became horribly cramped - the comical position after move 25...Nac7 was a miserable one for black!
Ding Liren was able to achieve a fine position, forcing victory just after the first time control.
Ding Liren closes in for the kill
Another upset occurred when the world champion Vishy Anand lost with the white pieces against English GM Mickey Adams. Anand struggled on with 3 connected passed pawns against a rook, but his pawns were not very far advanced and the cause was hopeless. Adams also defeated the champion at the London Chess Classic last year.
Mickey Adams pushes his own passed pawn home to beat the world champion
Two surprises were enough, as Vladimir Kramnik demonstrated his prowess with a superb game against fellow Russian GM Nikita Vitiugov. Kramnik subtly dominated play with his knights and scored a fine victory.
Vladimir Kramnik was in great form in the opening round
.The other opening round games were drawn, so Ding Liren, Mickey Adams and Vladimir Kramnik share the early lead in the Alekhine Memorial.
An attentive audience watched the games
The Alekhine Memorial will take place from 21 April - 1 May. The official site can be found here. The tournament is a 10-player single round robin competition, with the first half held in the Louvre in Paris and the second half in the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg.
The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to a finish with a 30 second increment from the start. No draw offers are allowed until after 40 moves have been played. The prize fund is €100,000 with €30,000 for first place.
All rounds start at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC when in Paris, 10:00 UTC when in St. Petersburg), except the last round which is 1 hour earlier.
The schedule of events
Games and screenshots from the official website coverage.
@ mattjchessum - now corrected. The games are taken directly from the official website, so it's doubly odd!
Aronian should know that he is a better player and play for win. GMs commonly agree that kingside fianchetto is only attempt at doing that against d4
Kramnik played superb in recent tourneys...Go Vlad!
Kramnik will win this tourney.
in Ling vs Aronian... on move 43 doesnt Re3 win immediately?! lol did Ling intentionally play Re5 to torture his more celebrated oppponent?! or have i missed something?!
43.Re3? Qxa3, and white has to give perpetual check- else he is lost. So, this move throws away the win.
I have to support Adams in this tournament and so I was really glad to see him win this first round although I am a big fan of Anand as a player as-well. Kramnik is a monster at the chess board and a good bet for the tournament considering the way he played this game.
With so many good players this is looking to be a fantastic event split between France and Russia and a fine memorial to the eternally unpronouncable Alekhine
I am really upset to see anand especially when he loose in tournament. I do fully understand that this is game, anything is possible, but it seems like he is not interested to give any attention in some normal tournament. I want to see him as winner everytime
Strange that Anand lose both games to Adams lately...either Anand is being weird or Adams has some spychological advantage of the unknown way...:)..still it's something that dont seem a little bit ordinary when one analyze of Anand recents games and record vs Adams in particular...The Ding victory does show that chess is not back in the 90's of Kasparov era...as we can see like Shirov and Kamsky and Leko are slipping and hard to keep up with other young players now and in rating also.
Woow, what games did we see today, wonderful! Nice surprise by Ding and Adams. It's going to be very interesting tournament.
Let's go Kramnik! :)
It is actually slower. White plays 49. Rc6+ where 49... Rc4 is forced then 50. Rb6 (similar to previous position). I'll leave the solution up to you if you think black doesn't have to play 49... Rc4 but instead can move the king (it is actually slower for black and runs the risk of losing!).
In Anand game; why did black not play rook to b4 on move 48; which was winning immediately!!
Why does the heading in the games; show "Candidates 2013"?
Please correct me if wrong!!
Amazing to see the Russian audience held in raptured attention. We have the making of a wonderful tournament here!
Very exciting & enjoyable first round. I also love the idea of staging it in Louvre & Mikhailovsky castle.
Ding's Nd5!! was a move i totally would have never expected, amazing game.
Congrats to Kramnik, Ding and Adams on some stellar play! Looking forward to the rest of this tournament.
I just noticed that Grischuk is rated higher than Anand on the live rating list!
I would say if 43. Re3 then 43... Qxa3 giving up the queen for the rook. Then it is queen vs. two rooks but black would have a punch of connected passed pawns...
chess always will be greather im know
its now clear who will become WCC by november...
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International Comparison of Patient Experience Data
by David Van Winkle, PhD
As the global economy expands, nations, businesses and people are becoming increasingly exposed to foreign markets and services in the international marketplace. This increased exposure calls for better understanding of the variation within and among national markets and service sectors to assess potential strengths and weaknesses to maximize benefit for all. Differences in the way that nations provide such an important and basic societal service such as healthcare may be one of the most significant themes impacting national and global economies.
St. Joseph's Employees Spoke
The hospital listened and created excellence
St. Joseph's Health Care, London implemented its second employee workplace survey in the fall of 2006. The organization once again worked with NRC Picker, which conducted St. Joseph's 2003 employee experience survey."
University Health System Delivers Patient-Centered Care, Achieves Magnet
University Health System, San Antonio, TX
University Health System (UHS), a nationally recognized academic medical center and partner of The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, is consistently acknowledged as an innovator for advancing treatment options, new technologies and clinical research. It's been named as one of the nation's Most Wired Hospitals & Health Systems and as one of the Top 25 Most Connected Healthcare Facilities. It's also been recently designated as a Magnet® healthcare organization by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Meritus Praises Employees, Improves Experience
Meritus Health System, Hagerstown, MD
Meritus Health System (MHS), a 260-bed acute-care facility located in Hagerstown, MD, is steadfast in its efforts to deliver high-quality patient experiences. To ensure consistency at the staff level, MHS established its Praise Patrol in September 2009 and charged the team with the task of invigorating its employee recognition program.


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When: Friday, February 21st 6-9pm
Cash prizes of $200/$125/$75 for 1st/2nd/3rd. Ski and snowboard comps.
Interested in entering? Contact Erik Baker, Youth and Events Manager, at email@example.com.
Some other deets:
- Free pulled pork sandwiches from Country Boys BBQ for the first 500 people
- Badger Mountain Brewery outdoor beer garden (all ages welcome inside / we'll have heaters or fires on hand to keep people warm)
- LIve Music and after party in Badger Mountain Brewery
- Festival set up with a ski/snowboard company sponsor village (learn about the latest gear, or just talk shop with the pros)
- North 40 Productions will be on hand filming for the MR50 movie (get your face on the big screen!)
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Central to the castle is the magnificently restored Great Hall, which dates from 1501–03 and was used as a barracks by the British army until 1964. The building stands out across Stirling for its controversially bright, creamy yellow cladding, added after the discovery during renovations of a stretch of the original sixteenth-century limewash. Inside, the hall has been restored to its original state as the finest medieval secular building in Scotland, complete with five gaping fireplaces and an impressive hammerbeam ceiling of rough-hewn wood. A major restoration of the Palace, with specially commissioned tapestries and furniture, has returned the rooms to their appearance in the mid sixteenth century.
On the sloping upper courtyard of the castle, the Chapel Royal was built in 1594 by James VI for the baptism of his son, to replace an earlier chapel that was deemed insufficiently impressive. The interior is charming, with a seventeenth-century fresco of elaborate scrolls and patterns. Go through a narrow passageway beyond the Chapel Royal to get to the Douglas Gardens, reputedly the place where the eighth Earl of Douglas, suspected of treachery, was thrown to his death by James II in 1452. It's a lovely, quiet corner of the castle, with mature trees and battlements over which there are splendid views of the rising Highlands beyond, as well as a bird's-eye view down to the King's Knot, a series of grassed octagonal mounds which, in the seventeenth century, were planted with box trees and ornamental hedges.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Northeast Ohio has more than a prayer to claim a championship Sunday night. Cleveland Heights High School graduate Geoffrey D. Golden is one of the two finalists for the seventh edition of the BET reality show "Sunday Best." The gospel singing competition series concludes this edition with episodes airing at 8 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31.
The season began in early July with 20 contestants. It's now down to Golden and Candace Benson of Philadelphia. The final episodes will feature performances by Bishop Hezekiah Walker, actress-singer Tamela Mann and "Sunday Best" judge Yolanda Adams.
Golden, 20, was selected for this season's field of 20 contestants after wowing the judges with a 30-second rendition of the traditional gospel song "I Will Trust in the Lord." Week after week, he as wowed the judges as 18 other contestants have been sent home.
Each year, the reality competition series holds auditions in four cities. More than 20,000 people try out for "Sunday Best," hoping to land one of those 20 spots.
Gospel singer, choir director and author Kirk Franklin is the cable show's host. Throughout the season, "Sunday Best" features performances by the top names in gospel.
The winner receives a national recording contract and a cash prize that benefits his or her community.
"I'm excited for the world to hear the sound of Cleveland Worship on the national stage," Golden said when selected as a "Sunday Best" contestant. "There are so many great worship leaders who do awesome ministry week after week at our local churches and events and I am elated, yet humbled, by the opportunity to represent the city."
The BET profile of Golden says: "Geoffrey is known in local gospel circles for his powerful and anointed voice and his passion for gospel music and Jesus Christ. He states that 'being on "Sunday Best" means that God is faithful to do all that He has promised even if you don't see how or when He's going to do it. If God said He has greater for you, then you will see greater.'
"Geoffrey, a junior at Morehouse College has an extensive musical past. He is a 2012 graduate of Cleveland Heights High School and served as the student director and lead vocalist of the Cleveland Heights High Gospel Choir as well as student director of the Acapella Choir and a member of the All-State Choir. Geoffrey is the National Praise and Worship Leader for the Churches of Christ (Hol.) USA. He is a member of the Greater Cleveland Choral Chapter of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) and sits on the Board of Directors of the NCGCC."
Golden also is a songwriter, musician, director and orator. He is a member of the Glenville Church of Christ Holiness USA, where his father, Kevin D. Golden, is the pastor.


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Hans "Spirit of Marlborough" Merlot Cabernet 2002Hans Herzog's Spirit of Marlborough, né Meritage, is the fullest, most concentrated red wine we have ever tasted from New Zealand. More importantly, it is also one of the purest, most delicious Meritage wines we have had the pleasure to drink, from anywhere. Read More
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Hans Marlborough Pinot Noir 2005Pinot Noir is perhaps the most demanding of all premium grapes to cultivate and the least forgiving wine of its creator. Woe to the winemaker who does not understand this finicky varietal and is unwilling to cater to her whims. And even if all is done in the cellar with the utmost care and attention, the idiosyncrasies of weather and terroir can easily wreak havoc and ruin upon the soul brave enough to tackle the task of producing world-class Pin... Read More
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A federal judge has upheld a Swiss court's $1.1 million judgment against former Detroit Red Wing Kevin Miller whose hit from behind in a Switzerland league ended the career of another player.
Miller, who played for the Red Wings and several other NHL teams, along with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Michigan State University, injured Andrew McKim, a Canadian, during a 2000 championship game.
Miller checked McKim in the head and neck after McKim took a shot on goal. McKim fell forward and struck his head on the ice. He was hospitalized several weeks with a concussion and other injuries.
Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, a Swiss insurance company that covered McKim, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids to enforce the judgment it obtained in Switzerland in 2010.
Related: Lawsuit: Former Red Wing, MSU star Kevin Miller owes $1.6 million for devastating hit in Swiss league
Related: Former Red Wing, MSU star Kevin Miller denies he owes $1.6 million for Swiss league hit
Allianz sought a summary judgment that recognized the judgment as enforceable in Michigan. Miller filed his own such motion, arguing that the judgment is contrary to public policy of the state of Michigan and violates due-process requirements.
U.S. District Judge Gordon Quist in Grand Rapids ruled in favor of Allianz.
Allianz was awarded 1 million Swiss francs, equal to $1,115,681 in U.S. currency, in 2010. Allianz also received interest beginning in 2003, court costs and attorney fees. Allianz said the judgment had grown to $1.6 million when it filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in 2012.
The hit occurred Oct. 31, 2000, while Miller played for HC Davos in the Switzerland National Hockey League. During the game against the ZSC Lions, he hit McKim from behind, a check that resulted in a five-minute penalty and a playing-time disciplinary penalty.
The National League Tribunal suspended Miller for eight games for an "intentional or potentially malicious injury or attempted injury."
On Dec. 10, 2004, the prosecutor's office of the Canton of Zurich charged Miller with malicious simple bodily injury and grievous bodily injury. The trial, at which Miller testified, began the following August.
"Miller admitted that he checked McKim, injuring him 'at least lightly,' but denied his actions resulted in the serious injuries that McKim sustained when he hit his head on the ice," Quist wrote in his 17-page opinion.
He said the Swiss court requested expert opinions from two independent sources.
Miller's attorneys were not allowed to examine the experts, but could submit written questions. He provided opinions of his own experts, including NHL executive Brian Burke.
The Swiss criminal court found Miller guilty of simple bodily harm, intentional bodily harm and gross negligence. Miller was found 100 percent responsible for McKim's injuries. Miller could have and should have avoided colliding with McKim, the court ruled.
"The court rejected Miller's account as not credible and disregarded the testimony of Miller's witnesses, including his experts, as biased or irrelevant," Quist wrote.
Allianz filed a separate civil action against Miller to establish damages for payments it made to Kim for past, present and future medical expenses, lost wages and other costs. Miller did not attend that trial.
"In concluding that Miller was responsible for the damages resulting from the 'check,' the judge observed that Miller must have recognized that he could not have made a legal body check on McKim, that Miller had sufficient time to avoid the improper contact with McKim, and that Miller must have known of the risk that he could inflict serious injury on McKim with contact from behind."
Quist said he applied the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, which Michigan has adopted.
"Allianz has met its burden of showing that the FCMJRA applies to the judgment because it is undisputed that the judgment awards a sum of money to Allianz and is final, conclusive, and enforceable under Swiss law," Quist wrote.
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This weekend was the big IND 1500 Gun and Knife Show. I was a bit late to the festivities, missing it completely yesterday, fighting off a head cold, but Tam has all the action from Saturday in her latest posts.
We got there about 11, no line at all, unlike yesterday where the line went around the whole building, and then some.There was "no photography" at the event but I did get a photo of this really cool pharmacy museum at the fairgrounds which we stopped at on the way out.
www.gunlawsbystate.com. She had wanted to meet me, and after, gave us a quick synopsis of the show. But being in charge of much of the media goings on, she couldn't stay. We promised to catch up with her later. If any of you are looking for a outstanding reference on state to state gun laws, from Indy's own Bryan Ciyou Esq., please check out the website. It's a wonderful reference source, one I have on hand at home.
The gun show is still as big as I remember. A lot of tables were empty, it being the tail end of the event, but there was still a LOT to look at (Hey, where are the "Tasers, just in time for Valentine's Day"?) Though we didn't come away with much, reloading dies, something for the kitchen - "Lester's. America's Cheapest Ammunition. . it usually works".
You've never seen so much camouflage wear in your life, people with long hair, beards, overalls, military uniforms, military haircuts, women, kids, old men, young veterans, old veterans, disabled veterans. You could not pick any other large group of people and put them all in an enclosed space and find a more laid back, courteous bunch, respectful of each other and the event itself - "no, you go first" "Thank you". No, go right ahead, after you". "Please". There's no litter, that's something I also notice. Kids are told "now don't touch other's people's things unless you ask first, be polite" and they are. People wait in line, for hours, patiently.
This is a cross section of America of which I'm proud to belong, even if we are as different as what we wear, what we do to earn our own way during the work week. We were all here for one thing, for a show of support of that which we uphold and support as a right, not a right as in something that is bestowed, but a right as something that we inherently possess, which can not be taken from us.
I hope to be at another one, soon. But the shadows were lengthening and it was time to go.
First we headed to Big Hat Books in Broad Ripple.
Then to the Broad Ripple Brew Pub. No official blog meet today, just friends catching up.


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Use anything and everything for decoration. You can never have too much at Christmas, and great decorations hide not-so-great food. Put candles everywhere you dare.
I throw a lot on the Christmas tree — handmade, bought, tinsel, things made by the kids. Go to the pound shop and go berserk with fairy lights. I'm a great believer in tinsel. I don't know why it ever went out of fashion. Take luxury tinsel and fairy lights, wrap them together and they look fantastic. Turn off the overhead lighting and everything dazzles.
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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie, to be clear, does support GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino's campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Andrew Coumo in New York.
But he's still not sending him any money from the Republican Governors Association, which the governor chairs.
Less than two weeks after telling reporters he's finished commenting on why he won't support Astorino, Christie defended his decision not to send RGA resources his way.
"I do support Rob Astorino," the governor responded today at a bill signing when asked about the campaign.
"All I've done is said I'm not going to invest money in a race that's a 35-point race," he said. "If Mr. Astorino makes the race close, then we'll consider investing there. But he's got to do it and so of course I support Astorino, but the fact is my job as RGA chairman is to invest our money in the places where we have the best chance to win."
The weeks-long public spat between the governor and Astorino began when Christie suggested the hopeful's campaign was "a lost cause." Since then, Astorino said Christie should step down as RGA chairman and went as far as to suggest — without providing evidence to backup his claim — that Christie and Cuomo were in cahoots over the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal that has rocked Christie's administration.
The bridge comment led to an icy exchange between both men when they met at a RGA event in Aspen and then further escalated when fellow Republican governors — including some, who like Christie, are considering a possible presidential run — pledged to support Astorino.
Former Republican New York Gov. George Pataki even jumped into the mix and chided Christie over his comments.
Christie said he was done discussing Astorino's campaign during a news conference earlier this month, but instead changed course today.
"You can't say that a race that's a 35-point race is your best chance to win," he said. "That's all I've ever said."
Astorino trails the Cuomo by 24 percentage points, according to one of the latest polls on the race. Cuomo led the Republican challenger by 37 percentage points the day Christie commented on the race.
Before ending his remarks on Astorino today, Christie suggested officials in neighboring New York should focus on New York.
"I think everybody should focus on themselves, in New York, on the race in New York and not worry about the governor of New Jersey," he said.


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Syracuse basketball fans will have a strong interest in tonight's Big Monday game between Marquette and Georgetown (7 p.m. ESPN). The Orange (20-3, 8-2) is tied with the Golden Eagles (17-5, 8-2) for first place in the Big East, while the Hoyas (17-4, 7-3) are one game off the pace.
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- You Have to Vote!
When you go to the polls on November 4, 2008, notice the ages of those who are there to move the process along. Almost everyone will be over age 65. On that day, all across America, older adults will be arriving at voting stations at 5:30 a.m. to set up voting booths and registration confirmation tables. Many will stay at their stations for more than 12 hours, break down voting booths and tables after the polls close, and transport boxes of ballots to the precinct drop-off location later that evening.
- At 57, I'm a Mirror Image of My 90-Year-Old Mother
It's kind of weird. My mother is 90 years old and I'm only 57, but we look a lot alike. The resemblance is very strong. For years, strangers have approached me and said, "Oh, you must be Reva's daughter. You look so much alike." My mother told me that years back, while at an out-of-town airport, an unfamiliar woman approached her and asked, "Are you Sara Myers' mother? You look exactly alike."
- A Call to Action on Substandard Nursing Homes
The New York Times recently published an article about younger people trying to experience what it's like to be old ("Simulating Age 85, with Lessons on Offering Care"). The usual stuff, they suggested smearing petroleum jelly on eyeglasses and putting corn kernels in shoes. It's an old approach. In response to the article, one reader suggested that to really understand what it's like to be old, spend a week in a nursing home.
- Did I Move to Another Country?
Perhaps you have noticed that a large percentage of long-term care workers are immigrants. I expect that the countries of origin vary by state. In the state of Washington, caregivers are from Ethiopia and Somalia.
- Here's the Thing
"We'd help DJ with his homework, but there are just so many good things on TV," said Rosanne at her son's parent-teacher conference.
My mother fell and broke her other hip last week. The event came as a surprise—not that such events are ever expected. Usually, all plans come to a screeching halt when a family member is rushed to the hospital and has surgery the next day.
- "Enough Already!"
My friend and co-worker Barbara Green, MSW, gave me an article titled "Genug Syndrome," which recounts the story of an old woman diagnosed with dementia. Genug is a Yiddish word that roughly translates to "enough already!" Published in the June 11, 2008, edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the article was about the end of the woman's life—the very end—moments before her final exit.
- The Teeth Were in the Ice Cream
I have been in the aging business for decades and have interacted with hundreds of people living with dementia, but I was stopped in my tracks when my mother began talking about dead relatives as if they were still alive and seeing things that were not there. One day I knew my mother as an intelligent, caring, take-charge person, and the next day that person had disappeared and been replaced by a profoundly confused person. I realized later that the change was probably happening all along; I just didn't recognize it because we lived 1,600 miles apart.
- I Can't Make Everything Okay
Bruno Bettelheim Said It All
I am 57 years old and have sons aged 20 and 15. When I was pregnant, I read a few books about my pending new parent status, and a friend gave me a copy of A Good Enough Parent by Bruno Bettelheim, an Austrian psychologist famous for working with autistic kids. I'm pretty sure I actually read the whole book, but the title and the premise certainly stuck with me. Bruno said good parenting is knowing who you are, understanding your own childhood, and doing your best to be a good parent. He said that was sufficient.


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VINELAND — Members of Cumberland County College's female athletic teams are hosting a prom-dress drive to help high school girls in Cumberland County enjoy the upcoming 2012 prom season.
Dubbed "Belle of the Ball," the Lady Dukes' campaign seek donations of new and gently-used prom gowns, formal wear, special event dresses, and stylish accessories such as shoes, purses, fancy jewelry, wraps, and shawls.
Donations are being accepted through Wednesday, March 21, in CCC's athletic training office located in the Cunningham Gymnasium at Sherman Avenue and College Drive.
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