Three Came Home

Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” tells the story of a diverse group of players from who found common ground in the love for America's greatest past time. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. The Portland Mavericks, a class “A” minor league team constructed by a former professional baseball player and actor, Bing Russell. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe…

Illustrated primarily about baseball. He is also a field reporter for the MLB postseson. In 1996 Caminiti began taking steroids to recover from a shoulder injury. In the second half of that season, Caminiti hit 28 home runs—his previous high for a season had been 26. Caminiti finished the season with 40 home runs, a .326 batting average, and 130 runs batted in. Each of these far exceeded his previous career bests. In the interview, Caminiti describes the impact of steroids on his body and on his…

life.” He at least gets a 2 month break!! When baseball season comes around his plan is go to work, baseball practice then go to bed. Three times a week not counting the extra hitting practice we have on occasion. One of the best parts about Coach Joe is that he doesn’t have to do this at all. He doesn’t have a kid on the team, or anything. Joe could be at home relaxing with his wife and kids. But no, he wants to make us to the best ball players and young men we could possibly be! He is…

residential care facility, physician’s office, or home health care service. While working as a nurse, there is a lot of physical activity involved like walking, standing, and lifting. Nurses are required to wear scrubs, and non-slip shoes. Working in this setting can cause their clothing to become…

volunteer at the Del Amo Gardens Care Center, I wasn’t quite sure if I was emotionally ready. In March of 2013, my grandpa suffered a very severe stroke. It caused so much damage that it paralyzed half of his body, so we had to put him in a nursing home. Shortly after starting my volunteering, however, any negativity faded away as I was eager to assist with the activities. As I participated, discovered that even though a good amount of these patients suffered some sort of disease or…

Lanigan, I also was given the opportunity to job shadow at J&J Spratt Funeral Home in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Spratt’s is a well-respected institution and I was fortunate to receive the opportunity to work alongside the great people there. During my time there I was able to take part in all aspects of the funeral process.…

Purchasing and owning a home opens the doors to a lot of opportunity. Home ownership allows the homeowner to take out loans against the home to finance other investments. To protect the home, while it is being purchased or when a mortgage is taken out on the property, homeowners insurance many times, is required. Homeowners insurance is also helpful even if the house and any loans against it are paid off. Homeowners insurance in Memorial Texas protects from many different perils and includes…

remain in their homes as long as possible. Staying in their homes where care is readily available, the aged will neither be exiled from their homes as they search for residential aged care. This translates to more reconnection with the relatives and the loved ones thus eliminating adverse impacts of social isolation such as stress (Bernoth, Dietsch & Davies, 2012). Deriving from the experience with the aged in the chosen community, the aged who are taken care of from their homes without having…

Introduction The Home Depot of Canada is one of Canada’s largest home improvement retailers with over 27,000 employees (MarketLine Company Profile, 2016) and recorded revenues of over 66 billion dollars in 2010 (MarketLine Industry, 2013). The Home Depot is a titan of industry in the retail market and continues to grow today. HD Canada offers many lines of products and services to meet the budget and the needs of customers all across Canada. HD Canada is also a large presence in the communities…

Midwifery has fascinated me from an early age. The process of how something so minuscule can grow into something so beautiful as well as knowing that as a midwife I have played a part to bring that most beautiful thing into the world excites me. Having the chance to provide that support through pregnancy, to the birth and then postnatal stages of a special time in a person 's life and guiding them through it is what draws me to become a midwife. In my spare time I have researched midwifery…