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Day Out With Thomas™ Celebration Tour 2010
CORDELE, GA. (July 29, 2010) – Beloved storybook character Thomas the Tank Engine™ is set to roll into Georgia Veterans State Park for the Day Out With Thomas tour this October. Children of all ages will have the chance to ride a real train, meet characters such as Sir Topham Hatt™, play with Mega Bloks™, join in on storytelling and crafts, and more. Thomas the Tank Engine™ is presented by HIT Entertainment, a worldwide leader in children's entertainment.
Thomas the Tank Engine visits southwest Georgia
• A 25-minute ride on a REAL train, led by Thomas the Tank Engine
• Meet and take photos with Sir Topham Hatt™
• Wide range of activities for all ages, including Mega Bloks™, crafts, storytelling, live music, food vendors and more.
October 23-24 and 30-31, 2010
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., rain or shine.
SAM Shortline Excursion Train depot at Georgia Veterans State Park
2459 U.S. Hwy. 280 West, Cordele, Georgia
Nine miles west of I-75 via Exit 101
Call 866-468-7630 or www.SamShortline.com
Ticket prices are $18. Buy before September 20 and save $2 per ticket. Non-refundable.
For more information and directions, contact southwest Georgia's excursion train at www.SamShortline.com or 1-877-GA-RAILS. For information on Thomas & Friends, visit www.thomasandfriends.com.
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The controversy surrounding the rollout of the health-care law has wiped out the ratings boost Democrats received from last month's government shutdown, with a new poll showing voters are now split on whether they would vote for a Democrat or a Republican in midterm elections.
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Congressional leaders were also slammed in the polls. In Wednesday's poll, some 58% said they disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner, compared with 26% who approve. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid fared slightly better, with disapproval ratings of 55% and 52%, respectively. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell escaped the most unscathed, with a disapproval rating of 46%.
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Carnage: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria. Catwalk: Armani, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent.
War is ugly. Fashion is beautiful. War projects the worst of humanity. Fashion displays sartorial splendor in its highest. War is fraught with danger, even for journalists and especially for photographers who must get up close to their subjects to frame an image. Fashion is far less perilous, though photographers must also get intimate with their subjects on and around the runways. There are photographers who shoot both: battlefields and runways, guns and glamour. At first, photographing war and fashion appear as incongruous acts that are difficult to reconcile.
Until, perhaps, you take a deeper look.
I laid out photographer Christopher Anderson's images of war and fashion before him. He was on a lunch break from a New York Magazine cover shoot in a Manhattan studio.
"Amazing," he said.
He'd never seen his own photographs juxtaposed like that. War belongs in one intellectual compartment; fashion in another. The two don't usually mix in project portfolios -- or in the mind.
He called over the magazine's photo director, Jody Quon, for a look. She, too, was astonished by the common threads.
Anderson captured a Palestinian youth in Gaza during the second intifada and a Giorgio Armani show in Paris. Both images are blurred, the figures airy, almost diaphanous in the light.
"It's about the optics," Anderson said.
In the summer of 2006, Anderson shot rescuers attempting to remove bodies from the rubble of a Beirut apartment building hit by Israeli jets. "Lebanon horrified me," he said.
Two years later, he clicked his camera behind the scenes at a Proenza Schouler show in New York. The composition feels eerily similar. Both images show a cacophony of chaos.
Then there is a photograph of 3rd Infantry Division soldiers clearing a building during the battle for Baghdad after U.S. forces entered the Iraqi capital in 2003. And a shot showing models at a L'Wren Scott show in 2008. The movement in the Iraq photo mirrors that of the models in their high heels.
"I see scared little girls who have come from all over the world, all dressed up to be something they're not," Anderson said. Just like the young men in the U.S. Army who got dressed up to fight, terrified, at times, of a still-invisible enemy.
"People are people," Anderson said. "I see the human experience in these photos. When I'm looking to make a picture, I'm peeling back layers to get that emotional quality."
As in the photo of an Iraqi army sergeant surrendering to the Americans in Najaf.
"I don't see war," Anderson said. "I see a man who is frightened."
The idea to juxtapose war and fashion evolved after CNN's Director of Photography Simon Barnett came across a war photograph that reminded him of a fashion shot he'd seen. (See Barnett's selection of images on CNN's photo blog.)
"I got to thinking about a number of established combat photographers who have in recent years been turning their cameras toward fashion," Barnett said. "I wondered what we would find if we went deeper into their work."
Barnett did just that; he asked Magnum Photos to send him a collection of images made by four photographers -- each of whom has won major photojournalism awards.
When they arrived in Atlanta, Barnett plastered the photographs all over CNN's media lab, and began moving them around.
"We saw that many photos taken by the same photographer seemingly started pairing themselves together." Barnett said. "In a very immediate and simplistic way I found this stimulating to look at, but wondered whether this meant anything."
He was intrigued by the prospect of presenting the photographers with an edgy new body of work they'd created with no conscious awareness of having done so.
Anderson and Jerome Sessini were both surprised at first but the more they talked about their work, the more it became apparent how the pairings made sense. Paolo Pellegrin and Alex Majoli, the two other photographers whose work is showcased here, were shooting a project in a war zone and could not be reached for comment.
To others, the idea of this odd juxtaposition seemed unfair. Disturbing, even.
"Appalling," said Sonya Fry, executive director of the Overseas Press Club, which bestows the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal for courage and enterprise in photography.
She perceived war as serious; fashion, not.
Still, she found it interesting to compare the dynamics of the photos.
That someone had put them together fascinated Anne Tucker, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "It's kind of ballsy," she said.
Look at the photographs, she said. Take away the first three things you see. Perhaps the number of people. Or gender sameness. Or chaos.
Then you begin to see other realms -- of coded clothing, body posture, the relationships of people to their environment.
"Its total unexpectedness is its value. It ain't ho-hum," Tucker said.
"My experience is that combat photographers are some of the smartest people I have met. They're not just interested in conflict photography. They are image connoisseurs. It doesn't surprise me that one would inform the other."
Provocative. That's how Stefano Tonchi saw it. The mastermind behind The New York Times style magazine, T, and now the executive editor of W magazine, has worked with combat photojournalists in many fashion shoots.
"Not to say that fashion is not war," he joked. "But what is compelling about the images is the technique."
In both situations, the photographers must move fast, quick to make decisions about light and composition. They are used to catching a moment, capturing something people believe in.
"I think there are more believers in fashion," Tonchi observed, "than there are in human rights."
Author and documentarian Sebastian Junger admitted he knew nothing about fashion. But when he saw the war and fashion photos, he felt that perhaps the fashion world was a bit of a battlefield.
"It makes the world of fashion seem kind of brutal and filled with conflict," said Junger, whose collaboration with the late combat photographer Tim Hetherington in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley resulted in the gritty film "Restrepo."
The fashion world for Junger is all about performance. The emotions are exaggerated, even fake. The gestures, for the most part, posed.
"It's funny, in my eye. They all look like they're trying very hard to stand out, striking very aggressive, confident poses.
Not different, perhaps, than a rebel fighter posturing in front of a camera, trying to appear invincible.
That's evident in Sessini's portrait of a fighter in Libya along the road to Ajdabiya in 2011.
War, too, said Junger, can be about performance. Only the anguish is real.
"It's not how a photographer looks at the world that is important. It's their intimate relationship with it." The words of French photographer Antoine d'Agata synthesize the work of Sessini.
"I would say shooting is conditioned by the attitude on the ground, the emotional connection with the subject. That is, my personal relationship," Sessini said.
"When this relationship is strong, my eyes and my perception take precedence over the subject, whatever it is."
The difficulty for photojournalists lies in balancing truth with emotion, information with appearance. In the 2004 Falluja offensive, Sessini photographed two Marines who were clearing houses. They are shown sitting back to back on a metal bed in a house clearly ravaged by war.
"I felt their fear. Very young and very scared. They were lost in this space, wondering what they were doing there," Sessini said.
"That's what I tried to transmit -- the psychology of the soldiers. Anxiety, fear. No sense of purpose."
In another photo that Sessini shot just last September at an Armani show, two models appear backstage, back to back, wearing the same dress, their uniform of sorts. As with the case of the Marines, you cannot see their faces but Sessini captured the essence of their emotions with their pose. Lost in the middle of a big show.
"Showing expression most of the time, it's too easy," Sessini said. "A smile -- it's the first thing that you can see. If you search more, you can find something in the body or the posture."
Junger saw the same mechanics in those two photos but took away two completely different stories. The two women didn't seem connected.
"In fashion, there's some kind of implicit competition of who is the prettiest. In combat, it's the exact opposite. Those guys are completely connected."
It made sense to Junger that photographers focus on the same physical statements they make about individuals in fashion as they do in war. But the human form has limited focus points, the face being the most obvious one.
Pellegrin used the face, gesture and posture to get across two very different situations, said Tucker of Houston's fine arts museum.
There is a man with his arms outstretched in Tahrir Square and a model with her left arm in the air at New York's Fashion Week. The two images look similar. One emits rage, the other grace.
The anger in the faces of Egyptians protesting the rule of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square is evident in Paolo Pellegrin's 2011 photo. His shot of four models at Fashion Week in New York in 2005 is composed and framed in very much the same vein. Only this time, audiences come away with a look of speculation.
Another Pellegrin photo shows a man with his face covered, running during the anti-Mubarak protests. Next to it is a Paul Smith model running through brush in a corseted skirt.
There's no mistaking the circumstances in which each subject is running. The model is wearing high heels and holding up a black bag. Her jaunt lacks desperation. The man, perhaps, is running for his life.
War and fashion. Opposite worlds?
Yes, of course.
A photographer is not likely to be injured or killed at backstage Balenciaga. But take away the danger element and to Anderson, much of it feels the same.
To get through the logistics, to be able to position yourself just right is as difficult at Armani as it is in Afghanistan.
"You have to anticipate where you need to be so that when things unfold you're reacting to what's in front of you," Anderson said.
Both situations are uncontrolled. If you click too late, you've missed the drama of the moment.
Anderson sees the same sensibility in all his photographs. The same person behind every frame.
He no longer shoots war. At a certain point, he believes, he was playing with statistics.
"From a creative standpoint, I don't know what else to say about war."
But the thing is, there is beauty in war. Powerful beauty.
To understand it, you have to first understand war's ugliness.
"The volume is turned up in war," Anderson said. "If it's beautiful, it's more beautiful. The ugly is uglier."
In war, you look for beauty of the human spirit. In a single gesture. Or act.
For many combat photographers, fashion is the tougher subject in that it is less familiar. Pellegrin, in a 2010 interview with Reuters, said this about fashion: "It's a world I do not frequent or know well. But I did not want to dismiss it as superficial. There is a lot of talent and creativity in fashion. I came with respect and wanting to discover a world I knew not so much about."
Strangely, shooting war is sometimes less complicated, from a purely artistic standpoint. There is so much that is happening in front of you, Sessini said. It's easier to tell an extraordinary tale than craft one from the ordinary.
"For me, war photography is easier," he said. "The thing happens in front of you. You just have to frame and shoot. It's very easy to get a strong picture. At Fashion Week, it's much more difficult. You have to work, you have to find something different and find your own vision."
Shooting fashion was a challenge for Sessini. "I can feel stressed in the same way in Falluja that I feel in Milan."
Sessini found my questions interesting. No one had asked them before. He, too, had never studied his photos of war and fashion next to one another.
When you have a vision of the world, it comes through in your work, he supposed. That is true whether in war or fashion.


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In celebration of this year's Halloween, the National Women's History Museum has released A History of Halloween, a short video that explores the ancient origins of the holiday as well as the early practices by American women at the turn of the 20th century.
Halloween is a whimsical, annual celebration with ghosts, goblins, candy and fun for all! Each year, the festivities of October 31 brings with it that familiar sight of freshly carved Jack-o-lanterns whose lights flicker in a bright orange, children dressed in homemade costumes begging for candy, and fun parties for the whole family. But how did Halloween make its way to the United States? And how did our foremothers and their families practice it?
To find the answer, A History of Halloweenjourneys back 2,000 years to the ancient Celtic shores where the holiday made its birth for the celebration of Samhain, the celtic new year. The video also explores the ways that women celebrated Halloween in America in the early 1900s. Popular practices during this era included mirror games, where a girl would recite a poem while holding a mirror on Halloween night and see the face of her future husband in the reflection.
A number of other interesting and delightful Halloween practices of old are explored, including decorating and trick-or-treating. The video will help enlighten the public on the diverse Halloween traditions that women have kept alive and handed down to us. To view, go to http://www.nwhm.org/about-nwhm/press/featured-press/halloween.
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Heather Capo, RN, A.D.N. Coordinator, Student Health Center Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Health Center Hours:
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Doctor appointments must be scheduled through the Campus Nurse.
The Student Health Center is dedicated to helping students when they don't feel well — but we're also here to help students achieve and maintain a healthier lifestyle. We sponsor a variety of health and wellness programs throughout the year (like the yearly Wellness Fair) to help students and address the changing health care needs and concerns of the University community. All students may receive health care through the Student Health Center.
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The nurse provides:
- first aid intervention
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If you want to see the school doctor, you must first contact or visit the Student Health Center. They will make a doctor's appointment for you. Students cannot schedule school doctor appointments on their own.
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Students are also eligible for physician office visits (Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) at no charge. Costs for additional services, such as x-rays and laboratory testing, are the responsibility of the student and are not included in the school doctor visit.
Appointments must be made through the Student Health Center. Be sure to contact the Student Health Center or see the nurse well in advance. Doctor's appointment are held at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center facility located at 339 Sixth Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh (see map at right).
If needed, both CVS and Rite Aid have pharmacies within walking distance of campus.
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All students must have a completed Student Health Record (PDF), including complete immunization documentation, on file in the Student Health Center. This will help us to assist you if needed — from this form we'll know if you have any allergies, medical conditions, or other health concerns. Submit completed Student Health Record forms to:
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Failure to submit a completed Student Health Record with proper immunization documentation may result in the student's inability to register for classes. To request a waiver of the immunization requirement, students must complete the Immunization Waiver form (PDF); submit the completed form to the Student Health Center.
The staff of the University's Student Health Center is bound by the medical ethics of confidentiality. Information provided will not be released to a third party, including parents, without the student's written authorization, unless legally required or permitted. Students who wish to authorize the release of confidential health information must complete Release of Medical Information form (PDF) and return it to the Student Health Center.
Requesting Special Consideration in the Residence Halls for a Medical Condition
Students with a medical condition who live in the residence halls may request special consideration and adjustments to their living environment. To request special consideration, students must submit a completed Request for Special Consideration in the Residence Halls Release of Information form (PDF) and appropriate documentation to support their request (see the form for documentation guidelines). Submit the completed form and documentation to the Student Health Center.
Students with a disability under the ADA who wish to request residence hall accommodations should follow a separate process. Contact Matt Berwick, student success coordinator, disability services, at 412-392-8177 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or consult the Disability Services website.
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Pregnancy & Childbirth
CPMC is here for you every step of the way, before, during and after your pregnancy.
California Pacific's Women and Children's Centers are renowned for the excellent services we provide. Whether it's genetic screening, high-risk obstetric services, newborn intensive care or breastfeeding education at our California Campus or breastfeeding education at our St. Luke's Campus, we offer all the resources for your growing family.
Information for First-Time Mothers
- Due date calculator
- Pregnancy and Reproduction FAQs
- Delivery tips for first-time mothers
- Midwifery Program - St. Luke's Campus
- Month by month guide to your pregnancy
- Fetal development images
- Danger signs; when to call your doctor
- It's time! When should I go to the hospital?
- Preparing for your baby's arrival
Caring for you Throughout your Pregnancy
- Childbirth classes at our California Campus
- Childbirth classes at our St. Luke's Campus
- Find a Sutter Pediatrician near you
- Save time preregister online for your delivery.
- Visit Babies at Sutter Health (English) or sobre el embarazo (En español)


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What is a fetal ultrasound?
A fetal ultrasound is a test that uses sound waves to create an image of your unborn baby on a video screen. The image helps your doctor know how your baby is doing—and gives you a peek at your baby as well.
When is a fetal ultrasound done?
Your doctor may order an ultrasound scan at any time during your pregnancy. The most common time to have one is between the 16th and 20th week of pregnancy. But you may have an ultrasound earlier in your pregnancy to help determine your due date or check for problems with the baby's development. And you might have one late in your pregnancy to make sure you have enough fluid in your uterus or to check the baby's position.
Some women have several ultrasound scans during their pregnancy; some don't have any. Together, you and your doctor can figure out what will benefit you and your baby.
What information does a fetal ultrasound provide?
An ultrasound can help your doctor determine how far along you are in your pregnancy. It may verify or change your expected due date. The ultrasound may show your baby's sex, heart rate, breathing, movements and position in the uterus. But if you're not very far along in your pregnancy, the ultrasound may not be able to show all these things. The ultrasound also can show if you are having more than one baby.
Your doctor can use an ultrasound to look for problems with the pregnancy. The amount of amniotic fluid, the size and position of the placenta, and the condition of your uterus and other organs may be examined. If the scan suggests a problem, your doctor can order other tests and then decide whether you and your baby need special care for the rest of your pregnancy.
How accurate are fetal ultrasounds?
No test is completely free from error. It is possible an ultrasound might not find a problem that exists, or it might suggest a problem that isn't really there.
Are fetal ultrasounds safe?
Ultrasound testing has been used for many years, and no harm to an unborn baby has ever been reported. However, nonmedical use of ultrasound by businesses that sell "keepsake" pictures of the unborn baby may not be a good idea because they could give incorrect information. These businesses may use untrained technicians who are not supervised by doctors, and experts advise against using them.
Where will I go for an ultrasound?
The ultrasound should be performed in your doctor's office, an imaging center or a hospital. A doctor or a trained technician who works under a doctor's supervision will do the scan.
What does it feel like to have a fetal ultrasound?
You will lie down on a padded table. For a standard ultrasound, the doctor or technician will spread a gel on your belly, then rub a hand-held device called a transducer over the belly. The gel helps transmit the sound waves from the transducer into your body.
The sound waves bounce off bodily structures and your baby, and the transducer receives the sound waves that bounce back. Those sound waves are used to create images on a TV screen or computer monitor. White or grey areas in the images show bone and tissue, while dark areas show liquid, such as the amniotic fluid around the baby. It may be hard for you to see your baby in the images, so your doctor or technician may explain what the images show. You'll likely be given some printed copies to take home. The exam may take about 20 minutes or longer.
You will probably be asked to keep your bladder full before and during the ultrasound, which can cause some discomfort. You will not be able to feel the sound waves, but the movement of the transducer may create a little pressure on your belly. You might hear the sound waves—and maybe your baby's heartbeat—through the monitor. If your pregnancy is past the 18th week, your baby might be able to hear some vibrations from the procedure. These are not harmful to the baby.
When will I get the results?
Some of the results of your ultrasound will be available immediately, while the doctor or technician is still performing it. Other results may need to be analyzed by your doctor, which can take a week or longer.
Are there other types of fetal ultrasound?
Yes. You may have another type of ultrasound if you have certain risk factors, or if your doctor needs to get a better look at your baby. They include:
- Transvaginal ultrasound. A transducer is placed in the vagina in addition to or instead of being rubbed over the belly. This may provide a better image in early pregnancy because the uterus is still small and close to the vagina.
- Doppler imaging. This type of test measures how well blood is flowing in your baby's body. It may be used if you have high blood pressure or if your baby's growth is slower than normal. Many ultrasound machines include Doppler imaging, so you may have both tests at the same time.
- Fetal echocardiography. This type of ultrasound gives a more detailed picture of your baby's heart. The test may be used to check your baby for heart defects.
- Three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound. This creates images that look more lifelike than standard ultrasound images do. These images can give doctors and technicians a better look at how your baby is developing.
- Four-dimensional (4-D) ultrasound. This is 3-D ultrasound that also records your baby's movement.
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This information provides a general overview and may not apply to everyone. Talk to your family doctor to find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject.


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By virtue of the authority contained in section 3 of the act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U.S.C. 463), and pursuant to recommendations of the Tribal Council and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that such action is in the public interest, it is ordered as follows:
The following described lands, ceded by the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians to the United States pursuant to agreement ratified by the act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 672, 676), having been reserved for use of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for administrative purposes and being now surplus for such use, are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians and are added to and made a part of the existing reservation, subject to any valid existing rights:
T. 2 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 19, lot 3, NE ¼ SW ¼ and N ½ SE ¼ (N ½ S ½).
The areas described aggregate 153.09 acres in Comanche County.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.


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Course Catalog
NURS9310 - Mgt Psychiatric Disorders I
Summer 2014: Doctora
This course builds directly on the knowledge base developed in the physical and psychiatric diagnosis courses but emphasizes a holistic perspective in the provision of comprehensive care for individuals experiencing acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. The focus is on utilization of evidence-based practice findings to plan, implement, and evaluate therapeutic regimens of individuals experiencing acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. Research and theory are used to identify strategies integral for the promotion of mental health and prevention of illness.
Prerequisites: NURS9010, NURS9210, and NURS9215 Co-requisite: NURS9315
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Stanford's Andrew Luck Named to Manning Award Watch List
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sophomore star Andrew Luck (official bio) from Stanford University is the first player to be announced as a member of the preseason Watch List for the 2010-11 Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The Bowl is releasing the Watch List one player at a time on its official Facebook and Twitter pages. The Manning Award has honored the top quarterback in the nation for the past six years.
Manning Award Watch List (Final)
2010-11 Manning Award Watch List Photo Gallery


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Meet the 2014 Confirmation Class of the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life — all between the ages of 68 and 97!
Why is this class of confirmands different from all other classes?
Because unlike the usual high school sophomores teaming with the adrenaline of the teen years, the nine residents of the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life celebrating this rite of passage span the age range of 68 to 97: Ann Pomerantz, Dr. David and Janet Gerstman, Eileen Cohen, Elaine Polokoff, Flora Rockovitz, Loretta Goldstein, Mae Mankin and Stanley Poplow.
But it is the Rock of Ages, not rocking chairs, that supported their vision to be confirmed.
Some history from Andrea Adelman, Abramson's vice president of development: "Two years ago, a group of residents approached Rabbi Josh Zlochower," the North Wales facility's director of chaplaincy services, "about studying and participating in a confirmation program."
Zlochower teamed with Rabbi Ericas Steelman, staff chaplain, as well as Lem Tarshis, a volunteer, to get the program rolling, Adelman continued. They held study sessions every two weeks for the 10 students (one, Fred Cove, passed away during the interim). A number of area teachers and rabbis were even brought in to offer their perspectives on such topics as the Holocaust and the importance of tikkun olam.
There was even, says Adelman, a Chanukah gathering featuring an interactive, intergenerational celebration with members of JteenPhilly (a branch of jkidphilly) spinning dreidels and munching on latkes with the confirmands-to-be.
During the educational sessions, "participants conducted services, were called to the Torah and affirmed their commitment to Jewish learning and leadership," says Adelman. "At a time in their lives when they could focus on what is wrong with their health and minds, they are moving forward to maximize their assets and lead full Jewish lives."
Notes Rabbi Zlochower: "People can lead meaningful lives no matter their age or health issues. The Jewish community can benefit from the wisdom and leadership of our elders."
Indeed, when it comes to wisdom, who can dispute these pearls per recent confirmand Dr. David Gerstman, 79, a resident in Abramson's personal care apartments, whose wife, Janet, lives in Abramson's skilled nursing department.
As quoted by Adelman, Gerstman said, "There is so much yet to learn and so little time," but he is finding the time to "dedicate myself to prayer, study and good works."
Good news for Abramson residents who may have missed out on registration for the 2014 Confirmation class: A new session — which takes two years to complete — is being set up for the fall.


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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Twins pitching philosophy in t-shirt form
If you are unfamiliar with the story here is a short synopsis of the plot. A young boy lives with his mother in the Twin Cities area. His grandfather (who looks a lot like the late Carl Pohlad) is a very rich man and the owner of the Minnesota Twins. The grandfather and the boy are very close, some might even call them best friends. The grandfather passes away suddenly and in his will he grants ownership of the team to the young boy. The boy goes on to get rid of the current manager that has anger management issues. He names himself as the new manager and leads the team on a wild ride full of antics and great baseball. There are many cameos by major league players of the time including Ken Griffey Jr, Ivan Rodriguez, and Randy Johnson.
There was one scene in the movie that caught my eye. First of all the scene is suppose to be in the Twins clubhouse at the Metrodome. For anyone that visited that clubhouse it is very clear that this is Hollywood elaborating on what a true clubhouse should look like.
The second thing that caught my eye was one of the team's pitchers is wearing a t-shirt with a slogan that is very fitting for a pitcher in the Twins organization.
There have been many that have been critical of the Twins philosophy when it comes to pitching. The Twins have often drafted pitchers that don't have overpowering pitches. They pick pitchers that can hit their spots. If that means that they give up a lot of hits then so be it. If that means that a lot of homeruns are hit off of the pitching staff then they will take it. One of the hardest things to do in sports is to hit a round ball with a round bat.
One person that has been the most critical is former Twins ace Jack Morris. Even in the playoffs Morris is critical of the pitching staff and specific pitchers. He was frequently on the Twins radio broadcast getting after manager Ron Gardenhire and pitching coach Rick Anderson. He feels that the Twins are doing a few things wrong when it comes to their pitching philosophy. One of the first complaints that he has is that Twins players are afraid to throw a ball when they are ahead in the count. This is typically called a waste pitch. His premise is that Twins pitchers have it ingrained in their mind that they must throw strikes at all time.
The second criticism that has come from both Jack Morris and Bert Blyleven is that the Twins let the pitch count of a player dictate when they are removed from the game. They feel that pitch count is dictating too much of what managers do when it comes to pitchers. Following the Twins pitching philosophy usually allows for players to stay in the game longer. By keeping pitches around the strike zone the pitch count should, hypothetically, stay lower. There can be another side to that too. If a pitcher is not hitting his spots and he is around the strike zone, he could get shelled.
Are these criticisms right? Do the Twins need a pitching philosophy change? Leave a comment below and let me know.
2 comments:
- Ben said...
I agree with both those criticisms and I'll throw another one out there. Our pitchers are afraid to be aggressive and stand up for themselves/their team. I'll use game 1 against the Yankees this year as a good example of something that happens a lot. Sabathia plunked Thome almost in the head, twice to keep him off balance and brushed back. Do the Twins pitchers respond? Nope, they just throw down the middle. Opposing batters have no fear when they face the Twins, they're never brushed back or sent any resemblance of a message. A-Rod or Tex should have taken one in the ear hole after Thome did, but nothing, like usual, was ever done. That's a big problem that I have.
I like Anderson for the most part, but its those problems that I constantly see over and over again every year. I wouldn't mind seeing Anderson gone and bringing Bert in. That's for a different discussion though.
- October 26, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- NoDak Twins Fan said...
I have heard that argument too. I saw pitchers from the Rangers go high and tight to A-Rod and the rest of the Yankees. It would be nice to see that kind of fire in the Twins pitchers.
Having Bert as a pitching coach is an interesting thought. But like you said a discussion that could take awhile.
- October 27, 2010 at 11:08 AM


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Coverman Jason Ridge finds himself in a dark sex club with hot sweaty muscle men wearing gas masks to conceal their identities. He's down on his knees choking on a huge uncut cock while another stud wearing a Russian WW 1 gas mask watches in the distance. Jason begs for water and the Russian steps forward with a boot full, grabs his head back, and forces him to drink the sweaty, musk-filled liquid straight from the boot. The two masks come off to reveal Christoph Scharff and Collin O'Neal who immediately tag team Ridge's freshly lubed mouth with their huge pricks. Next, they flip the scruffy Ridge onto his back so they can work him over. Collin preps his hole with his tongue and Christoph sucks on his cock, driving the stud crazy with anticipation of getting his butt fucked. They bend him over and pull a train, Jason fucking Christoph who fucks Collin. The camera pulls in underneath to show it all - two big cocks going into to tight asses while Jason's dangles free, swinging to the rhythm of the thrusts, dripping with precum. The studs continue to fuck each other down and bust their nuts all over Ridge's back who stands up and lets his own fly across the room.
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ALTOONA ― Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in collaboration with the Iowa USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, has scheduled a workshop to train livestock producers and service providers on how to use the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2 (RUSLE2) and the Iowa Phosphorus Index for use in nutrient management and manure management plans.
The workshop will be held on March 20, 2013, at the Polk County Extension Office in Altoona, Iowa. The workshop starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4:15 p.m.
This workshop is an introductory level, hands-on workshop that will provide the participant with software orientation. It also will introduce participants to the operating parameters, selection of input values, and developing and saving management operations for RUSLE2. In addition, real field examples will be used in the workshop to determine risk calculations of the Iowa Phosphorus Index and how to incorporate these numbers into manure and nutrient management planning requirements. Also included will be parameters for RUSLE2 and P Index calculations on snow-covered or frozen ground. Soil sampling requirements, common errors and the DNR's review process will be discussed.
"Many livestock producers in Iowa have manure management plans that will need to be revised in 2013 to meet the requirement to update plans every four years," said Angie Rieck-Hinz, extension program specialist. "This four-year plan requires new RULSE2 and P-Index calculations, and this workshop will be a great refresher for those producers who develop their own plans or for consultants who only develop a few plans."
The cost of the workshop is $200 if registered on or prior to March 18; the registration fee is $225 after March 18. The workshop fee includes handout materials, a CD with software, refreshments and lunch. Because software will be provided, participants are required to bring an MS Windows compatible laptop equipped with a CD-ROM drive and Microsoft Excel Software. Participants must have their administrator password to the computer they bring in order to install software. The workshop is limited to 30 participants and walk-in attendees are not allowed.
Online registration, program information and directions to the workshop are available at: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/introrusle2/about.html.


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Sarah Palin's response to Dick Cheney on Fox News last night — the 71-year-old former vice-president told ABC News recently that picking the inexperienced Palin to be John McCain's running mate was a "mistake" — had a lot of potential. Had Palin found a way to mock Cheney for shooting someone in the face without getting sidetracked by her obsession with media bias and delayed by her trademark verbosity, it really could have been a sharp riposte. Instead, what came out of her mouth was this:
"Well, seeing as how Dick — excuse me, Vice President, uh, Cheney — never misfires, then evidently he's quite convinced that what he had, uh, evidently read about me by the lamestream media, having been written, uh, what I believe is a false narrative over the last four years, evidently Dick Cheney believed that stuff and that's a shame, so he characterized me as being a mistake."
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