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Babies born to immigrant women in Ontario bigger than those born in their mothers' native countries but smaller than those of Canadian-born mothers
Toronto, February 8, 2013
By Leslie Shepherd
Dr. Joel Ray
Women who immigrate to Ontario have babies who are bigger than those born in their native countries, new research has shown.
But the babies of immigrant mothers from East and South Asia are still smaller than babies born to mothers who were themselves born in Canada.
The typical male born to an immigrant mother in Ontario weighs 115 grams more than babies in her native country, said Dr. Joel Ray, a researcher and physician at St. Michael's Hospital. The typical female weighs 112 grams more than babies in her mother's native country, he said.
His findings appear online in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.
"Nearly all infants born to women in their native country have lower birth weights than those born to mothers who had emigrated to Canada," Dr. Ray said.
Dr. Ray said he was not sure why the weight differences exist. He said it may be a byproduct of an immigration policy that selects more robust and well-off immigrants. Or it may be that immigrants ingest more calories and exercise less than in their native countries, so both they and their babies are bigger.
There were some exceptions – notably Swedish and Israeli boys and girls, all of who were bigger when born in their native countries. Dr. Ray said this may be explained by high levels of health care and social services in Sweden, and the small number of babies born to Swedish immigrants in Ontario. For Israelis, the explanation may be the higher rate of obesity among women of child-bearing age and-or the possibility Israelis do no systematically gain weight after arriving in Canada as some other immigrants do.
The biggest weight differences tended to be between babies born in Ontario and those born in poorer, less developed countries.
Dr. Ray said the weight differences highlight the need for newborn weight curves designed specifically for immigrants. Neither those designed for Canadian-born women or women in their native countries accurately reflect the birth weights of children born to most immigrant groups.
Birth weight curves are graphs used to plot how one baby's weight compares to others of the same age. They are important for identifying babies who are both small and large for their gestational age. Babies who are small for their gestational age are at risk of developmental issues. Those who are large may need to be delivered early or by way of Cesarean section.
In 2006, there were about 3 million immigrant women living in Canada, accounting for 20 per cent of the total female population.
Dr. Ray's paper was based on a systematic review of all birth weight curves published between 1980 and 2012 in 21 countries accounting for 13.3 million single male births and 12.9 single female births at 40 weeks gestation.
Dr. Ray was the lead researcher for this paper. The lead author was Talia Boshari, a student at McGill University.
About St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in more than 23 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, and care of the homeless are among the Hospital's recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael's Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.


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Living Life Medicine/Pharmaceutical Free sounds like an oxymoron-doesn't it? To some it is-to others it will seem redundant, because millions of people throughout the world are living Medicine/Pharmaceutical Free. How can that be?-Every one gets sick-you might say. Yes, occasionally, people need remedies because they are sick, however, there are a plethora of natural remedies.
The five most common uses of prescription drugs are for Depression, Antibiotics, Menopause, High Blood Pressure and Ulcers.
Through illness your body is working to get your attention. Every malady or pain-either physical or mental is your body's way of communicating what it needs.
Depression Remedies:
St. John's Wort,
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum in Latin), the most frequently used natural remedy for depression, is a long-living plant with yellow flowers. It contains many chemical compounds. Some are believed to be the active ingredients that produce the herb's effects, including the compounds hypericin and hyperforin. Alternative Medicine Review 1998 (Feb); 3 (1): 18-26
Hypericum (St. John's Wort) has been favorably compared to numerous antidepressant drugs, the studies having revealed equivalent results and a much more favorable incidence of side effects. Studies have also demonstrated its efficacy in treating seasonal affective disorder.
Kava: The kava root is ground to a powder, and it has a brownish color. The brownish powder is then mixed with water and drank as a beverage, without being fermented. Extracts from the kava root are placed in capsules and sold as kava or kava kava. Additional herbs and nutrients involved in relaxation include 5-HTP, ashwagandha, passionflower, and valerian. Users report the following results:
o A state of relaxation, without feeling drugged
o Muscle tension is reduced
o Peaceful and contentment
o More sociable in the right company
o Mild euphoria, occasionally
o Mental alertness is often not effected, except on high doses
o Initial alertness followed by drowsiness which comes on after a few hours, can be taken in the evening, a few hours before bedtime
SAMe: SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) is not an herb or a hormone. It's a molecule that all living cells, including our own, produce constantly. How does extra SAMe improve a person's mood? Researchers have identified several possibilities. Normal brain function involves the passage of chemical messengers between cells. SAMe may enhance the impact of mood-boosting messengers such as serotonin and dopamine-either by regulating their breakdown or by speeding production of the receptor molecules they latch on to. SAMe may also make existing receptors more responsive. In 1994 Dr. Giorgio Bressa, a psychiatrist at the University Cattolica Sacro Cuore in Rome, pooled results from a dozen controlled trials and found that "the efficacy of SAMe in treating depressive syndromes… is superior [to] that of placebo and comparable to that of standard… antidepressants."
Depression is anger held inside–Hypnosis has proven to be highly effective in uncovering the core issue of the person's anger and helping them to resolve it.
Antibiotics: Excessive use of antibiotics breeds antibiotic-resistant bacteria-germs that are immune to antibiotics! Amoxicillin also destroys large numbers of protective "good" bacteria that reside in your intestine, making you more vulnerable to other infections. A recent article in the American Medical Association Journal reported that probiotics might actually protect against many infections. Gary W. Elmer,pH.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, reports that probiotics greatly reduce the risk of gastrointestinal and vaginal infections.
Instead of using antibiotics, which have a plethora of side effects use, Probiotics, Garlic, Echinacea and Goldensea are highly effectivel.
Menopause is the stopping of periods or menses. The average age is 52, however, menopause can occur in the 30's or 60's. The perimenopausal or menopause phase in a woman's life can be dramatic or quite simple – it is different for every woman – but every woman does stop having periods.
The most effective natural remedies include: Flaxseed, Red Clover, Vitamin E, citrus Bioflavonoids, Vitamin A, or Beta Carotene, B-Vitamins, Black Cohash, Chasteberry (Vitex Agnus Castus) Evening Primrose oil. Altering your diet in small ways can have the greatest positive effect on your body. Include plenty of low-fat, high-fiber foods and soy in your diet.
High Blood Pressure:
Recent studies have uncovered many factors associated with high blood pressure including-stress, unresolved anger, a high sodium or salt diet, overweight, and unhealthy lifestyles.
Hyperexol, a combination of several herbs, is proven to be successful and goes to the cellular level to lower your blood pressure levels. It contains all-natural ingredients, in their purest form, that are essential to making it gentle and effective, unlike prescription drugs that have harmful side-effects, Hyperexol has been shown to have no negative side effects. A partial list of the ingredients are: Calcium, Garlic, Selenium, Allium Sativas, Potassium, Hawthorn Berry Powder, Capsicum Frutescenes, Crataegu Ocycantha, Magnesium, Vitamin C, and Pyridoxine HCL
Since stress is part of high blood pressure, emotional and spiritual healing with a holistic health care provider is paramount.
Ulcers: Gastric Ulcers form when the mucus lining of the stomach loses its ability to repel stomach acids. The acids, which digest food, begin to digest your stomach instead. If the ulcer forms at the top of the small intestine, it's a duodenal ulcer.
For temporary relief of gastric ulcer pain, activated charcoal is effective, says, Agatha Thrash, M.D., a medical pathologist and co-founder and co-director of Uchee Pines Institute, a natural healing center in Seale, Alabama.
Other remedies include: Flower Remedy/Essence Therapy, Food Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Reflexology, Relaxation and Meditation, Sound Therapy, Vitamin and Mineral Therapy.
When you neglect your mind, body and spirits' needs sooner or later, your body breaks down, and you experience the pain-diagnosed as migraine headaches, MS, lupus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, TMJ, PMS and the list goes on.
The purpose of this article is to direct you to the realization that you are activated from within; that life and healing come from within; and ultimately that the maintenance of health is superior to the treatment of disease.


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In his novel Heading Home (ISBN 978-0-6151-5239-4, $12.50), local author John Malone blends history, genealogy, and fiction together in his re-creation of life on the Ohio River in the middle of the nineteenth century. Here is the story of Tom Malone, a child of Irish immigrants who tries to escape his harsh home life by joining a troop of Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862. Told that he is too young to join the Army, Tom returns home, is beaten by his father and verbally chastised by his mother, and leaves again as soon as he turns 18 to work aboard a towboat.
Tom experiences many adventures on the river. Several times he and his fellow crew members encounter Confederate raiders, including troops under Bedford Forrest who, until the end of the war, terrorized Northern civilians and soldiers. After the war, Tom continues to advance himself in his chosen career of riverman and to experience enormous difficulties with his parents whenever he returns home. On his travels, Tom also meets Roxa Powell, whom he will eventually marry. Much of the story regarding them contrasts their two faiths: Tom is Irish Catholic while Roxa is a Baptist.
In its historical depictions, Heading Home has much to recommend it. Malone gives us a warm picture of the life of the rivermen at a time when steamboats and industrialization were both bringing major changes to America's inland waterways. His descriptions of fighting the Confederates as told from the viewpoint of these rivermen will interest any student of the Civil War. He includes a good deal about the boats, the homes along the river, and the demands these crews faced, including such land-based labors as hog-dressing and farming.
Where Heading Home runs into trouble is on the fictive side of the genre fence. Too often the writing has a flat quality; Malone tends to tell us about his characters rather than show them to us. Often, too, the descriptions are stereotypical; Tom's mother, for example, is in the kitchen "surrounded like a mother hen by her three daughters." This same page has Tom's face burning, a chilly silence, a lump in his throat. In his description of the passion of Roxa and Tom, Malone pelts the reader with hackneyed phrases:
He pulled her toward him above the churn and their lips met hungrily. Leaning forward, she pulled his hands toward her with a soft moan of desire and rubbed his palms against her firm young breasts as they continued to kiss, their tongues exploring each other.
Malone can write better than this — he does so in parts of the book, particularly when addressing historical events. This unevenness seems to indicate that he might have given more power to his story by writing it as history.
Malone also misses the mark in some ways in terms of his descriptions of Tom's Catholicism — or at least of Catholicism in that period of American history. Here again in his historical descriptions he brings to light some little-known incidents of Catholics attacking Orangemen, or Scotch-Irish Protestants, in their annual parades. Yet Malone brushes aside the vehement anti-Catholicism of the age that led to everything from job discrimination to the burning of Catholic churches. Riverman Tom Malone wonders at one point how Catholics could be so biased toward Protestants. Are we to assume that he has absolutely no sense of the history of his homeland, of the English attempts from Cromwell onward to eradicate Catholicism in the Emerald Isle? Author Malone repeats several times that the Catholic Church discouraged reading the Bible, but it is a Catholic priest who gives Tom Malone his Bible.
Malone will sign books and meet the public on Aug. 18 at Blue Ridge Book and News in Waynesville and on Aug. 26 at Malaprops in Asheville.
New Stories from the South: 2007 — The Year's Best (13-978-1-56512-556-8, $14.95) contains stories from best-selling authors and from relatively unknown writers. Rick Bass, James Lee Burke, Allan Gurganus, and R.T. Smith are writers whose works have sold well and who are familiar to many readers, and their excellent stories doubtless deserve their place in this anthology. Burke's "A Season of Regret" stands out as a fine story of age and what it does to a man, good and bad, the cost of compromise, and the place of evil in the world.
Other writers who are either beginning to be published or whose works have not received such widespread recognition are exciting to read precisely because we aren't so familiar with their work. In "Life Expectancy," for example, Holly Goddard Jones gives us a girls' basketball coach who has taken one of the players as his lover. Josie, who is 18, is soon pregnant, and the coach, Theo, faces both the loss of his job and the loss of his own wife and child. Jones takes us inside the coach's world, allowing us to feel his emotions as he heads toward the inevitable and disastrous consequences of his actions.
Edward P. Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winner, deserves much credit as the editor for this collection and its fine stories. In all these stories, we understand what Jones means when he tells us in his splendid introduction that "I knew it was the South right away because I recognized the landscape, I recognized the voices, I knew the trials and tribulations."
Congratulations should also go to Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, which has done so much over the years both for fiction writers and for Southern literature in general.


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Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan have gained new clues that suggest the existence of a regulatory network that contributes to the irregular proliferation of cells in diseases such as cancers and psoriasis.
In recent years, the function of short strands of RNA called microRNAs has become a focus of intense research. MicroRNAs are small RNAs that regulate genes by selectively silencing their target messenger RNAs. They are often produced in variants that have some changes in sequence, but the function of these variations is often not well understood. In this research, the group looked at two variants of miR-21, a microRNA "oncomiR" known to target tumor suppressor genes and which is highly expressed in a number of cancers as well as other proliferative diseases such as psoriasis. It is very elevated in cancer compared to corresponding normal tissues, and contributes to cancer by inhibiting apoptosis and stimulating proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis.
In the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers presented evidence suggesting that a failure to degrade miR-21 contributes to its increase in diseases. They found that miR-21 is degraded in a process that involves PAPD5, an enzyme known to be a tumor suppressor. Based on an analysis of data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), they concluded that this process is disrupted in many cancers, adding to the irregular accumulation of miR-21 seen in those diseases.
"We were very surprised," said Michiel de Hoon, who led the study, "at how general these results were. We saw the same processing pathway in a wide variety of diseases, with the same patterns of disruption of the pathway."
He continues, "We hope that this research will contribute to a better understanding of the pathways involving microRNAs, which are becoming more clearly implicated in a variety of diseases, and eventually to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind human diseases."


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Will there be set times for trick or treating this year with it being on a Saturday? If so do you know the time frame?
Will there be set times for trick or treating this year with it being on a Saturday? If so do you know the time frame?
I'm sure there will be set times. Traditionally, it's been from 5 - 7 p.m.
NOTICE Trick or Treat will be postponed due to continued power outages in Tewksbury and rescheduled for Sunday November 6th from 6 PM - 8 PM.
Lulus Announcement: Through November 1st, you can take 20 off any order with coupon code TRICK. And you can take 25 off any order of 500 or more with coupon code TREAT.
Dracut is postponing Trick or Treat until next week because of the loose branches. Any chance Tewksbury will do the same or are we still on for Monday?
I saw on the news last night Trick or Treating was at "parents discretion". Thank goodness If my kids couldnt trick or treat tonight, there would be all kinds of dramatics One is upset already because there is no school and hence possibly no Halloween party....
Does anyone here know what the hours of trick-or-treating will be on I assume Monday? Ive checked the Patch & the Town website but havent found anything...
What rare good luck! What happiness!


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MT-CET 2013 Application Process
MT-CET 2013 Application Process
MT-CET 2013 admission to first year of four year full time degree courses in Engineering / Technology and Pharmacy in the State of Maharashtra, Maharashtra Technical Common Entrance Test (MT-CET 2013) shall be conducted by the Government of Maharashtra. The Director, Technical Education, Mumbai is the Competent Authority for conduction of MT-CET 2013.
The MT-CET 2013 examination is scheduled on Thursday, 16th May 2013. The examination centers shall be at all district headquarters of Maharashtra state.
The qualifying examination is HSC (Std. XII) or its equivalent examination with conditions for eligibility as defined in the respective brochure(s).
The fee for MT-CET 2013 including Information Brochure along with Application Kit is Rs 700/- (Rupees Seven Hundred Only) for General category Candidates and Rs 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred Only) for Backward Class Category candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only.
Maharashtra State candidates appearing for HSC (12th Std.) or equivalent examination desire to appear for the MT-CET 2013 will receive their Application kit with Information Brochure from their respective Junior College / School ( from where they have passed / appearing qualifying examination). Such candidates shall submit the printout of Online Application Form to his/her School/Junior College. The school/Junior College shall submit it to respective Notified College.
The candidates who have passed/appeared HSC (12th Std.) or equivalent examination from Outside Maharashtra and MKB (Maharashtra Karnataka Disputed Border Area) candidates can purchase Application Kit and Information brochure of MT-CET 2013 from any Notified College as mentioned in Annexure A by submitting Demand Draft of Rs 700/- drawn in favor of "Director, Technical Education, Mumbai" payable at Mumbai , drawn on any Nationalized/Scheduled/Commercial Bank.These candidates can submit the printout of Online Application Form to any of the notified college.
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
On Sunday night's (May 19) All-Star Celebrity Apprentice season finale , Donald Trump named Trace Adkins the winner. But the real winner, obviously, is the American Red Cross. That's the charity Adkins was playing for, and even before he won the title, he went on and on about the virtues of the charity. "I really do wanna win this thing and hand over another quarter of a million [dollars] to the folks at the American Red Cross," Adkins said. "I just really wanted to bring more attention to the volunteers who respond to the everyday house fires." When it was close to the end of the episode, Trump's daughter Ivanka praised Adkins for being "this solid, strong, quiet yet firm leader." And Joan Rivers called him a singing John Wayne, although she voted for his last competitor Penn Jillette. Earlier in the episode, Adkins played the title track of his new album Love Will with Jillette backing him on bass guitar. And while music will likely always be Adkins' first priority, there may be some other ventures for him down the road. He told E! he might like to do more acting and/or head over to The Voice.


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Posts Tagged 'avm2'
Claus Wahlers has a great post on some lower level Flash handling for shapes. He posts about a tool called as3swf which helps to look into the raw shapes and vector drawing calls in the flash engine.
The output of this tool gives the raw machine code/assembly like procedural output that is very similar to other rendering engines. It actually makes me think of OpenGL a bit in the output switch based, procedural flow except this if for vector drawing rather than raster.
Sample output
[83:DefineShape4] ID: 1 FillStyles: [1] [SWFFillStyle] Type: 0 (solid), Color: 666666 LineStyles: [1] [SWFLineStyle2] Width: 200, Color: ff0000 ShapeRecords: [SWFShapeRecordStyleChange] MoveTo: 400,400, FillStyle1: 1, LineStyle: 1 [SWFShapeRecordStraightEdge] Horizontal: 2000 [SWFShapeRecordStraightEdge] Vertical: 2000 [SWFShapeRecordStraightEdge] Horizontal: -2000 [SWFShapeRecordStraightEdge] Vertical: -2000 [SWFShapeRecordEnd]
It is always good to know what is going on in lower levels to better code for projects that perform well. Another great post on this is the Elastic Racetrack of the AS3 and AVM2 virtual machine which describes how the AVM2 handles drawing those low level shape calls in addition to handling script.
- as3swf at github
- post on the tool and more information on shapes in flash at a low level
- 'Elastic Racetrack' for Flash 9 and AVM2 another lower level article how the flash player draws at runtime
- Check out that and more at Craftymind like some other good stuff like garbage collection in AIR with actionscript 3 (as3) and serializing classes to files in AIR with AS3
- Original 'Elastic Racetrack' Post by Ted on Flex in 2005


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United We Serve: Share Your Stories (July 22, 2009)
United We Serve
Washington, D.C. - Take note of a new opportunity for your orchestra to join the national effort to improve our nation's communities through volunteer service. The federal United We Serve initiative strives to strengthen American communities by mobilizing volunteerism in a coordinated national activity throughout this summer. Following passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act earlier this year, the Corporation for National and Community Service is hosting Serve.gov, a comprehensive website for finding and posting volunteer opportunities in your community.
Service in Summer and Beyond
Orchestras active in projects in service to their communities can join the United We Serve campaign by registering their projects and sharing information about the impact of their efforts. While the following themed weeks have been identified, projects outside of these areas of focus are always welcome in the United We Serve registry:
- July 27 Education
- Aug 03 Energy & Environment
- Aug 10 Health
- Aug 24 Safety & Security
- Aug 31 Interfaith Service
- Sep 11 National Day of Remembrance and Service
Although United We Serve is currently designated as 81 days of service running through September 11, 2009, plans are underway for the initiative to become an ongoing, collaborative promotion of service initiatives throughout the country.
Share Your Stories!
If your orchestra currently participates in volunteer service, please share your stories! By doing so, you can help increase public awareness of the power of the arts and its value in local communities. If your orchestra participates in a food drive effort, volunteers to mentor students, or engages in other ways with your community, the Serve.gov site wants to hear about it!
By posting your story and reading about other efforts, you may find new opportunities to collaborate, share resources to amplify your efforts, and create partnerships among other nonprofits, educational institutions, and individuals who are passionate about the power of music.
Share Your Stories of Service Today
The League is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of national performing arts service organizations dedicated to advocating for national policies that recognize, enhance, and foster the contributions the performing arts make to America.


text: Wedding Announcement Engagements, weddings and anniversaries are printed in Sunday's edition of The Herald-News. Choose basic $60 announcement or $85 with full color. Payment can be made over the phone by calling a Herald-News classified representative at 877-264-2527, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm. Please allow two weeks for publication. We reserve the right to edit submissions. If you have a photo you would like published with this, please submit it in the space provided below. Name of brideTown of brideName of bridegroomTown of bridegroomTime, day, date of wedding:Details to be published (write the information the way you would like to see it published).PhotoSubmitted byDaytime phone numberEvening phone numberE-mail Security Image code: Please press the submit button on the bottom of the page. Typical information in include in the announcement • Location/town of wedding • Name of clergyman or justice • Name of bride's parents, address and town • Name of bridegroom's parents, address and town • Bride given in marriage by • Brief description of gown • Brief description of wedding bouquet • Maid of honor, name and town • Matron of honor, name and town • Bridesmaids, names and towns • Flower girl, name and town • Best man, name and town • Groomsmen, names and towns • Ushers, names and towns • Ring bearer, name and town • Nuptial music provided by, names and towns • Place of reception, name and town • Destination of weding trip • Where couple now resides • Bride and bridegroom's schooling, high school, college and graduate school, year graduated, name of school, town • Bride and bridegroom's employment (Give title, name of firm and town)


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During my 25 years of ministry," the seasoned pastor intoned, "I have served five churches as associate or senior pastor in four different cities--and had mistresses in each. These adulteries stole my time, emotion, energy and almost shipwrecked my marriage and family."
The conference of pastors and spouses gasped as silence blanketed the room. No encouragements of "Amen" or "Preach it" issued from the stunned listeners.
I was the speaker, and my wife, Judi, nodded sadly as I honestly began an exhortation that she and I often give at ministry gatherings around the globe. No, I didn't commit adultery with another woman, but I consistently neglected my wife, placing ministry priorities above her. And worst of all, I relegated her to a secondary role, when we could have been a team, bound in an unstoppable partnership for the kingdom.
With 1998 statistics from Focus on the Family estimating that more than 1,000 pastoral couples leaving ministry each month, we must step back and ask ourselves: Is anyone making it? Or, is pastoring so toxic to marriages that the few that survive are riddled with scars that hinder the effectiveness of their ministry?
For years Judi and I pursued parallel but never-touching career tracks--Judi as an RN and "traditional" pastor's wife and me as a career professional pastor. Then, more than 15 years ago, we both experienced a dramatic encounter with the Holy Spirit that transformed our marriage, family and ministry. We have been together in ministry since that time--facing both the tears and joys with a renewed faith that Christ has wonderful blessings in store for those who answer the call of team ministry.
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Traversing the globe for the last decade, countless clergy couples have shared with us both their stars and scars in ministry, and, recently, we interviewed several couples from diverse ethnic, economic and ministry backgrounds to explore the secrets of effective partnership.
Paradigms are shifting, models of leadership are up for grabs, but one truth remains: Few combinations are more effective in modeling spiritual life and equipping families for the kingdom than that of the husband-and-wife team. In the following pages, listen closely as these couples share their trials and triumphs. We hope you find yourself saying: We can do that, too.
How do you work together as a team?
"Two are better than one." That's what the writer of Ecclesiastes had to say about partnership. James and Varle Rollins serve as team pastors of Living Waters Worship Center in Odenton, Maryland, a church they founded in April 1995. Each of them was called to pastoral ministry before they were married.
"God spoke to both of us to raise up a people for the next move of God. We shared our hearts with one another and were amazed that we both had the call to pastor," they say. "We grew up together and were married at the ages of 18 and 21 years old. Everything we have experienced in life since we were very young has been experienced together."
The couples interviewed emphasized that each spouse must pursue ministry based on strengths, giftings and passions rather than attempting to fit traditional roles. For many, this creativity also allows them to incorporate the entire family in ministry.
George and Angela Aja have pastored Embassy Christian Center in Joliet, Illinois, for 18 years. Recently, they shifted their roles to serve as apostolic overseers of the church, allowing them to plant a new congregation in Austin, Texas.
"We work together as a team not only between the two of us, but with the whole family," they say. "Allowing our children to take part in the ministry has proven to provide an atmosphere for a close-knit family."
The Ajas offer these keys for marital teamwork in ministry:
All the couples we interviewed acknowledged the stresses facing ministry couples living in the "fishbowl of ministry." But they encourage pastoral families to seek the balance of authenticity and privacy.
Married for 25 years, Lee and Cathy Barnes have pastored four churches in the last 20 years and currently lead Seasons Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They note that many pastoral couples give in to the temptation to live two lives: the public ministry personas and the real, behind-the-scenes lives.
"When a congregation is allowed to see--even on a wisely limited basis--how the man and woman who lead them deal with conflict and failure, then they have a pattern for their own lives," they say. "Not just a pattern for living holy lives, but also a pattern for getting up when you fall, for being restored when you are broken, for overcoming great adversity, for the power of covenant to not only keep you but also to restore you."
How are your roles communicated to your congregation and practically implemented?
Perhaps the greatest challenge that a husband-and-wife pastoral team faces is that of helping the congregation understand the complementarity of the two roles.
Robert and Nancy Engelhardt have been married for 28 years and have five children between the ages of 18 and 26. They lead Catskill Mountain Christian Center (CMCC) in Margaretville, New York. A rural ministry, CMCC has grown from 20 to 250 members in the 14 years they have served as pastors.
The Engelhardts have found it helpful to work from separate offices, communicating a distinction in their roles and responsibilities and allowing them to work separately as needed.
Pastors Kong Hee and Ho Yeow Sun pastor City Harvest Church (CHC) in Singapore, a congregation of 18,000 that they planted 15 years ago, agree with this philosophy.
"As the senior pastor of the church, I pray and hear from God for the vision and direction. I am the preacher, the chief leader and the chief 'feeder' of the church. A large portion of my time is used ministering the Word of God to the people, sometimes preaching up to 15 times a week," Kong says. "My priority is to disciple and train up leaders to be effective workers for the ministry."
Sun is gifted as an administrator and leader. Kong notes that she is a very relational person who works with his staff to carry out the vision that God has given to both of them. Practically speaking, this arrangement requires a high level of communication between Kong and Sun, and between them and the leaders of the many departments at CHC.
"Sun is the CEO who coordinates with the heads of department to work out the details of day-to-day ministry," Kong explains. "She is the one that literally makes my ideas and thoughts come alive."
Rick and Cindy Godwin are the founders and pastors of 3000-member Eagle's Nest Christian Fellowship in San Antonio. Describing their roles, they say:
"Cindy is pastoral. She is a people person always concerned with the physical and spiritual well-being of others. She always remembers their names and cares about their situations."
While Rick preaches, casts vision and oversees the leadership team, Cindy greets people and provides a warm welcome to visitors at the door. She oversees all the departments, supervises meetings and makes sure that all the ministries represent the vision of the church.
To clearly communicate these distinctions, Rick often discusses Cindy and her role publicly from the platform--always honoring her contributions. Additionally, at quarterly meetings, an organizational chart effectively shows the flow of authority and communication for the whole ministry illustrating the roles of both Rick and Cindy.
How does ministry conflict affect your marital relationship, and how do you resolve it?
Jack and Pam McLaughlin are national trainers for University of the Family, a ministry dedicated to providing instruction and encouragement to families. They emphasize the need to draw boundaries between marriage and ministry.
"We have to make sure our marriage is our primary relationship and is protected at all costs," they say. "If ministry begins to affect our relationship, we stop and re-evaluate what we are doing, where we are going and if we are moving out of where we should be."
Rob and Linda Winkler have discovered that there are certain aspects of ministry that should not come home with the pastoral couple--and ministry conflict is one of them. The Winklers have been married for almost 24 years and pastor 500-member Turning Point Christian Center in Vancouver, Washington.
"We do not argue over ministry direction. God has given us a vision, and we stay on task to that vision," they say. "When we don't have unity, we stop immediately and assess our direction and decisions, make adjustments and then continue to move."
What are the benefits of doing ministry together?
All of our "team ministry" couples spoke positively of the blessings and benefits that team ministry had. The Ajas effectively summarized the benefits for them:
"Ministering together is not always defined the same by both of us," Cathy Barnes comments. "Lee would say to me he wanted us ministering together, and I was convinced that by my leading worship and supporting him with my words and actions, I had accomplished that. But his definition of ministering together was to be physically by his side praying for someone at the end of a service. I would have people tell me what a blessing it was to see us in ministry together."
"I have found that--because God has created man and woman to complete each other--having the full counsel of the male and the female perspective when confronting ministry issues is an invaluable benefit," Bob Engelhardt says. "Also, the opportunity to have both a woman and a man present to deal with issues relevant to each gender is a great benefit."
Effective team ministry begins with a healthy marriage and family grounded in a whole and holy relationship to the Father through Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit. God intends us to enjoy both ministry and marriage, so never let the enemy, church or intrusive members drive a wedge into your marriage.
Husbands, release the storehouse of wisdom and anointing that God has given you in your helpmeet. Wives, come alongside your partner in ministry, and watch the results God births through your teamwork.Principles for Partnership
Don't leave home without these indispensable keys for healthy team ministry.
One article cannot begin to plumb the depths or uncover all the challenges of husband-and-wife team ministry, but we believe that couples working together in ministry are a vital part of God's plan for advancing His kingdom. Here are 10 principles that will keep a husband-and-wife ministry team effective and life-giving:
1. Allow God to define your ministry. Everyone will have an idea of what expectations you and your spouse are to fulfill--and what roles you are to fill. But God is the one who calls and equips. Be open to the encouragement and criticism of others, but remember who you must ultimately answer to.
2. Communicate more than you think necessary. Keep the lines open when it comes to talking about roles, responsibilities, concerns and frustrations. Sharpen your discernment and leadership by bouncing ideas off each other.
3. Don't bring church conflict home. Remember: you and your spouse are on the same team. Don't dump conflict, negative feelings or anger over difficult problems and difficult people on the teammate God gave you. When in doubt, tell each other, "You are not the enemy."
4. Resolve anger daily. Few factors contribute more to relational deterioration than unresolved anger. Forgive, forget, and move on. When your spouse is frustrated with you, listen up--and ask forgiveness, even if you're not 100 percent to blame. Your ministry and your flock depend on it.
5. Minister spiritually to each other. Your first ministry responsibility is your marriage, so may your spouse never say, "You pray with everyone else but me." The time and energy you expend in ministering to your spouse will bear fruit in your ministry to others.
6. Rest, exercise and eat healthy. Sure, it isn't easy, but your physical health will ultimately have great influence on your spiritual productivity. Don't burn out before your time because you failed to pursue a spiritually--and physically--balanced lifestyle.
7. Build a support network of friends with whom you can share difficulties and struggles. Seek relationships with those who will sharpen you--and those who you can in turn sharpen. Friendships outside the church provide a context for accountability and mentoring. Don't miss out by living in isolation from those God has placed in your lives.
8. Don't let the ministry rob your finances. A commitment to success often leads to the temptation to blur the lines between ministry and personal finances. At worst case, this could lead to ethical conflicts, but it could also cost you the worry and distraction of financial instability. Draw clear lines, be faithful in giving, and let God provide for the needs of His church.
9. Affirm each other publicly and privately. Don't let words of encouragement go unspoken. Use the public forum of pastoral ministry as an opportunity to model positive affirmation in marriage. In private, remind your spouse how his or her life and service to you are a godsend; two are always better than one.
10. Seek to understand each other's personality, talents, gifts, preferences and relational skills. Make it your mission to help your spouse realize all the potential God has created in him or her. Find opportunities for them to shine, and take pride in the person with whom God has teamed you up. There's no one like them, and you were tailor-made for each other.Confronting the Marriage Crisis
How pastoral marriages can buck the divorce trend--and set an example of life-long love.
In their new book What Every Man Wants in a Woman / What Every Woman Wants in a Man (Charisma House) which will be released April 1, John and Diana Hagee, pastors of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, offer insights for couples who want to keep their marriage together for the long haul:
1. Invest the time. "The first step toward making a marriage affair-proof is to determine that both of you want to improve your marriage. Every marriage can be a better marriage. Turn off the football game. Put down the newspaper and plan a date night. Sit down and make a list of exciting things you would like to do together, and then do it. Your marriage can sizzle, but not without your planning to make it happen."
2. Say the words. "Dr. Willard F. Harley Jr., in his book His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage, refers to the high expectations men and women have for their marriages. Both want their needs met, yet seldom do they communicate those needs to their spouse or take the time to know the needs of the other. Dr Harley states: 'The main reason needs are often not met within the union of marriage is not selfish unwillingness to be considerate, but true ignorance of each other's needs.' I have found that many individuals try to learn to 'do without' having their needs met. They would rather do without than to attempt to convey to their mate their true needs."
3. O.W.E. it to him/her. "Diana and I have something between us we call O.W.E. It's an acronym for One Way Every day. One way, every day, I seek to find a way to make Diana feel good about herself or to help her accomplish a task that is becoming overwhelming. Last night we washed dishes together. Some days, it's a rose from the rose garden. Other days, it's a card. Other times, there is a date night. But one way every day there has to be the transmission of my effort to make that day a better day."
For more information or to order a copy of What Every Man Wants in a Woman / What Every Woman Wants in a Man, call 1-800-599-5750, or visit www.charismahouse.com.
Having served more than 32 years in pastoral ministry, Larry and Judi Keefauver are the founders and directors of Your Ministry Consultation Services, a worldwide ministry of speaking, writing, counseling and consulting (www.powerhousefamilies.com).
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Trucks, shovels and flats of flowers are Fred Anderson's tools for designing and installing custom landscaping. But when it comes to marketing, he has only one tool: the human mouth.
One hundred percent of Anderson Landscape Construction Inc.'s clients come from referrals, either from professional architects and builders or from former clients. That makes the five-person Lancaster, Massachusetts, firm an extreme example of what marketers have always known but are beginning to rediscover and re-emphasize--that word-of-mouth is one of the best tools in any marketer's arsenal.
"It's the most effective form of advertising any business can have," says Murray Raphel, president of Raphel Marketing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and co-author of the marketing guide, Up the Loyalty Ladder (HarperBusiness). "You have unpaid salespeople selling to others, encouraging them to use your goods and services because of their pleasure with your service."
Word-of-mouth not only works, it's inexpensive. Walla Walla, Washington, word-of-mouth marketing specialist Michael Cafferky wrote a manual called Let Your Customers Do the Talking (Upstart) because his small-business clients couldn't afford anything else. "I was forced to find marketing tactics with zero budget," says Cafferky. "Word-of-mouth is one of the most natural."
For some entrepreneurs, word-of-mouth may not merely be the best or most efficient marketing tool: It may be the only one. The wealthy estate owners Anderson sells to, for instance, don't base their buying decisions on TV commercials, billboards or phone book ads, he explains. "They choose the people they want based on other people's references. And they won't find those people in the Yellow Pages."
Word Up
To a marketer, word-of-mouth is what people say about your business as they go about their daily lives. It happens when one friend tells another, "You should check out that new restaurant downtown. The food's great!" It happens in a negative way when another diner complains, "Stay away from that new place on a Friday. You'll never get a seat!"
Though it may seem inconsequential, word-of-mouth can make or break your business. "Word-of-mouth carries an implied endorsement by the person who said it," says Art Davies, president of Impact Solutions Inc., a two-person Cincinnati sales agency that relies heavily on word-of-mouth. "When you have other people talking about you, it carries weight."
Another name for word-of-mouth marketing is opinion leadership, and today, everyone's a leader, according to Keith Tudor, chair of the marketing department and an associate professor of marketing at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. "Everyone is an expert in some area," explains Tudor. "And that's one of the strongest influences on consumer behavior."
As a marketing form, word-of-mouth is distinct from any other. Unlike print advertising or direct mail, it primarily uses the spoken word--although the Internet has made e-mail a potent word-of-mouth medium. Unlike mass media, word-of-mouth is typically dispersed one-on-one from person to person. And unlike discounts, coupons or other cost-based appeals, its appeal is based on one person's respect for another person's judgment.
Even testimonials, word-of-mouth's closest marketing relation, are different in several ways. Testimonials are usually used in paid advertising, says Raphel. Word-of-mouth is unpaid and hence, more believable, he says.
It's also different from networking, where your primary goal is to develop referrals from a group of people with a common interest, such as chamber of commerce members or crafts hobbyists. Networking, says Cafferky, is part of word-of-mouth marketing, but word-of-mouth marketing is concerned with a broader market.
Perhaps the most distinctive trait of word-of-mouth marketing is that, compared to other media, it is poorly understood. While a great deal of research has been done on such arcane marketing techniques as psychodemographics, word-of-mouth marketing has been neglected, says Jerry Wilson, an Indianapolis speaker and marketing consultant who wrote Word of Mouth Marketing (Wiley).
"Very few researchers have tried to do anything formally on word-of-mouth," says Wilson. "As a result, people feel like it's a giant, but it's nebulous and they don't know how to conquer it."
Few things are known about word-of-mouth, besides the fact that everybody can do it and it can be very powerful. With a little thought and some patience, nearly any entrepreneur can put this often-overlooked, one-of-a-kind marketing tool to work.
Mouth Manipulation
The first rule of word-of-mouth marketing is to do what you would like people to say you do. In other words, good word-of-mouth marketing starts with good products and good service.
Anderson makes sure people have good things to say about his landscaping company by performing extraordinary follow-up service. If a customer is unhappy with some aspect of a completed job, he goes back and redoes it at his own expense.
"People are taken aback that I would come back to do that at no cost," he says. "But I use a budget others would use for advertising and spend it on making things right."
Next, generate positive word-of-mouth by finding out who is already saying good things about you. "If you can identify a person who has sent you business in the past, then most likely they will send you business in the future," explains Cafferky, who calls such opinion-leading customers "champions."
Champions are the low-hanging fruit of word-of-mouth marketing: They produce the biggest results for the least effort. Locate champions by asking new customers how they heard about you. When a name crops up, roll out the red carpet for that customer with a discount, freebie or special service to make sure this influential individual remains positive about you and your business.
You can also go out looking for influential customers in hopes of turning them into champions. Cafferky suggests trying to find people who have recognized expertise in your area and aren't shy about spreading their opinions. For example, the president of a local wine-tasting club would be a strong champion for a wine seller. Once found, these people become your targets for exemplary treatment.
It's hard to employ word-of-mouth marketing when the whole world is your intended target. Identifying champions or potential champions narrows the playing field enough so you can get a handle on it. To start, create a list of names and addresses of opinion leaders you have or would like to have on your side, Cafferky suggests. Then ply them with newsletters, special sale announcements, coupons and other treatment to help build a positive impression. "Companies that don't make a list of names," says Cafferky, "can't get themselves organized to do word-of-mouth marketing."
Another reason to identify influential word spreaders is, if necessary, to control and reduce negative word-of-mouth. Raphel says a talkative, dissatisfied customer is actually a great opportunity for a savvy word-of-mouth marketer. That's because a vocal complainer can quickly become a vocal champion if you handle it right.
"Listen to what they have to say, then look them straight in the eye and say 'Tell me what you want, and the answer is yes,' " advises Raphel. "This is a great way to generate positive word-of-mouth."
Special Words
Word-of-mouth marketing is most often relied on when budgets are a marketer's chief constraint. It is, in fact, one of the few forms of marketing you can employ without writing a check to anyone.
Even when funds are plentiful, there are other situations that call for word-of-mouth. "At the beginning of a business is one situation because you have no reputation and there is no word circulating, so you have to start from scratch," says Ilise Benun, publisher of The Art of Self Promotion, a quarterly newsletter for small-business marketing based in Hoboken, New Jersey. "Word-of-mouth provides an opportunity to begin a reputation, and you're in control."
For certain markets, word-of-mouth may always be the prime marketing mechanism. Doctors and lawyers, of course, rely heavily on word-of-mouth, partly because these professions have long frowned on advertising but also because consumers tend to select professionals based on personal references. The same is true of hairstylists, housekeeping services and other personal-service providers.
Other industries use word-of-mouth for different reasons. Movies live or die by what people say about them, despite multimillion-dollar advertising budgets; the same is true of other entertainment-related products, such as nightclubs, restaurants and catering companies. "There are certain things people tend to talk about more," Wilson explains.
Word-of-mouth marketing expertise may be essential for entrepreneurs who sell their goods and services in other countries. Many of the most rapidly growing markets worldwide are in societies where the mass media is not as well-developed as in industrialized countries, says Cafferky.
For instance, Cafferky has had extensive experience marketing in Romania, where broadcast television is not nearly the force it is in the United States. An effective word-of-mouth campaign in that country takes on extreme importance.
"Any person or organization involved with international marketing had better understand word-of-mouth," Cafferky warns, "because that may be all they have to use."
Language Limits
Word-of-mouth isn't the solution to every marketing problem, however. Speed is perhaps its biggest limitation. Compared to other marketing tools, word-of-mouth takes a long time to work. If you want to reach the whole nation really fast, says Cafferky, this isn't the answer.
Quite a while may go by before even a highly effective word-of-mouth campaign begins to bear major fruit. Anderson says entrepreneurs can generate half their new business from word-of-mouth in three years, all of it within five years. "It will help before five years," he says, "but it won't provide a total source of new jobs."
Word-of-mouth also offers very limited control. "When you buy an ad in the newspaper, you can control exactly what is said, when it is said and, to some degree, to whom it is said," says Cafferky. "But the fact is, you just cannot control what and when a consumer says something about your product."
And if your marketing goal is to point out a competitor's faults, word-of-mouth will be of little use. "You can't be negative with it against a competitor," says Davies. "You need to stay positive."
Finally, word-of-mouth is likely to be of limited value in some industries and with some products simply because they're not frequent topics of conversation. "When was the last time somebody told you about some great shoestrings they bought?" asks Wilson. "The mundane things people buy, we don't talk about."
Mixed Message
Just as the right word in the right place can work wonders, the wrong word in the wrong place can wreak havoc. For instance, word-of-mouth marketing can be very risky if the message being spread is inconsistent with your other marketing messages.
One example of this might be if the word-of-mouth message is that your company is set up for professional or business clients only, but your newspaper ads are aimed at the general public. "Consumers can smell that stuff a mile away, and it makes your paid advertising totally ineffective," warns Cafferky. "And if it is effective, it brings in new customers only to make them upset."
You can also make a mistake by relying too much on word-of-mouth. As powerful as it is, it's not the only solution to most businesses' marketing needs. Some products and services need to be marketed through the standard advertising channels. "Distributors won't touch some products unless you show you have an advertising budget," says Cafferky.
Perhaps the biggest mistake may be to ignore word-of-mouth marketing entirely. Even in a well-crafted traditional marketing campaign, what people say about your product or service can have an effect. Negative word-of-mouth can be devastating, says Raphel; the best way to fight it is with positive word-of-mouth.
The mainstream marketing community may not have embraced word-of-mouth marketing, but there are numerous marketing experts who have recognized its value. Benun suggests the writings of Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the Guerrilla Marketing series (Houghton Mifflin) and a regular Entrepreneur columnist. Raphel also recommends the books of master marketers such as Stanley Marcus and David Ogilvy.
One thing all expert marketers realize is that although it may be called word-of-mouth, this form of marketing gets its real strength because that's not its real source. Word-of-mouth carries a special freight of honesty and conviction because, unlike any other marketing message, says Anderson, "word-of-mouth is speaking from the heart."
Good Word
When bad word-of-mouth marketing about your business starts spreading, it can be devastating. If your company is a target of negative word-of-mouth, it's time for emergency measures. These five steps will cork up bad-mouthers quickly:
1. Generate positive word-of-mouth. Good comments are the best way to beat bad comments. Michael Cafferky, author of Let Your Customers Do the Talking (Upstart), says many customer complaints are related to employee behavior. Start your counteractive measures by training or, if necessary, retraining employees in good customer service skills, empowering them to handle problems immediately and communicating customer comments to everyone as quickly and completely as possible.
2. Gather complaints. Many businesspeople dislike dealing with complaints. But complainers are likely to spread negative word-of-mouth. Stop them by gathering and dealing with complaints shortly after the upset occurs. Set up toll-free complaint hotlines, suggestion boxes and customer survey cards; train employees to solicit complaints.
3. Survey opinion leaders. Opinion leaders can stop bad word-of-mouth as quickly as they can start it. Survey them by telephone, mail and in-store interviews to find out what they think of your business. Then, do something to make them like you more: Offer a freebie, give them special service, make them feel important.
4. Keep it simple. Complex explanations of why your business was not at fault sound like rationalizations to angry customers. Keep your fix basic: Admit your mistake, apologize, flatter customers by asking their opinions, and offer a solid fix like a refund or a gift certificate.
5. Plan for trouble. No business is immune to negative word-of-mouth, and forewarned is forearmed. So have plans for emergency public relations campaigns, customer service training, survey efforts and guarantees in place before you need them.


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Wes Anderson takes us to another slightly humorous, slightly melancholy, slightly off-kilter world in �Moonrise Kingdom.�
It�s the story of two gifted and sensitive 12-year-olds who run away from the sad world of adults and set up camp on a remote inlet on a New England island called New Penzance. Romantics Suzy (Kara Hayward) and Sam (Jared Gilman) are on the fringes of adolescence. Why they would want to grow up is anybody�s guess.
Suzy�s parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) think of her as troubled. Sam lives in a foster home with a couple who are planning to return him because they believe he�s emotionally disturbed.
Anderson shows us enough of the adults� own disturbing emotions, including those of a slightly nutty scoutmaster (Edward Norton), so that you feel relief when the young couple flee.
Written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, �Moonrise Kingdom� is wonderfully filmed by Robert Yeoman, making it feel more imagined than real. It�s a droll, funny tale of a strange realm where, despite sadness and fears, magic is always a possibility for Suzy and Sam.
Extras include �A Look Inside Moonrise Kingdom� and a behind-the-scenes featurette set tour with Murray.
�Neil Young Journeys,� from Jonathan Demme, is taken from the final two performances of the rocker�s 2011 solo tour at Toronto�s Massey Hall in support of the album �Le Noise.�
Longtime Young fans will know the famed concert venue from �Live at Massey Hall 1971.� (Long bootlegged, the video of his solo show was finally released as an album in 2007.)
Fans also will know the first line of one of the songs he sings, �Helpless:� �There is a town in north Ontario.� The reference is to Young�s small hometown of Omemee, a three-hour car ride northeast of Toronto. So for the documentary, Demme had the rocker � who loves vintage cars � drive around the burg in a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria and talk about his memories of growing up there.
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Series prompts calls for change in medical error reporting
Reforms in medical error reporting proposed by officials across the country
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Mandatory national reporting of medical errors should be a top priority in Congress, said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, a key subcommittee chairman who helped write the current healthcare reform legislation.
"Dead by Mistake," a Hearst Newspapers investigation of medical errors published last week, brought to light an issue that is "right there at the top of the list" of problems that should be solved, McDermott said.
The Hearst investigation showed that even though nearly 200,000 people die each year from medical errors and infections in hospitals throughout the country -- and hundreds of thousands more suffer debilitating injuries -- there is no concerted effort to track the carnage.
Car accidents, airplane incidents and workplace injuries are regularly accounted for, but there is no national system for tracking deaths from medical care.
Around the country, state legislators and other officials reacted to the series by seeking reforms.
- In New York, the chairman of the State Assembly Committee on Health, Richard Gottfried, D-New York City, called for hiring more hospital inspectors to assure that hospitals accurately report adverse events.
- In Connecticut, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, along with the chair of the state Senate's health committee, called for overhauling the state's reporting rules to make data on errors more transparent to consumers.
- In Washington, Democratic State Sen. Karen Keiser, chair of the Senate health committee, incensed by the under-reporting of medical errors in the state, said she and a Republican colleague will sponsor legislation to put more teeth into the reporting bill "making clear that the reporting must be mandatory."
While hospitals are required to report "adverse events" in Washington, Hearst Newspapers revealed that only a trickle of reports have come in. Keiser said she will also pressure the health department to enforce the current law. In addition, she said she will help find a way for the reports to be analyzed. State law required that a consultant be hired to analyze the error reports, but it never happened because not enough money was appropriated for the task.
Readers, organizations respond
Hundreds of readers responded to the series, which profiled 30 victims of medical errors.
"Those individuals are not just numbers," said Melanie Mann, who plans to download the photos of the victims and display them at her next patient safety training workshop at the Jackson Health System, a network of hospitals and doctors in Florida.
"Sometimes we think they are just another part of the mortality statistics, but they are not," said Mann, a registered nurse. "These are real people that we affected because we didn't do things we are supposed to do in our practice of health care."
"It's important to keep this before the public, the policy makers and organized medicine to keep the heat on," said Jim Rathlesberger, executive officer of the California state Board of Podiatric Medicine.
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, in response to the Hearst series, unveiled its proposal for a federal commission empowered to regulate hospitals.
Though not a fan of regulation, Karen Wolk Feinstein, president of the Pittsburgh nonprofit, said hospitals have had long enough to reduce medical errors and have failed.
"It is appalling how many people are still victims," Wolk said.
There should be a federal commission of doctors, researchers and patient safety experts to review the most common errors and recommend proven solutions that would become federal regulations, she said.
For example, there could be regulations for marking a surgical site or a checklist for inserting a catheter. Both are known practices for avoiding medical errors -- wrong site surgery and hospital-acquired infections -- but their use is not widespread.
"It's not going to solve all of this but I believe it would save lives, and I think it could be set up in way that would be very inexpensive," Wolk said.
Consumers Union, a longtime advocate of reporting, renewed its call for vigorous public disclosure of medical mistakes and allowing patients to see what is happening at their local hospitals.
"The series did a great job of highlighting stories that show the human face behind the problem, and I think that is a key part of bringing about change," said Lisa McGiffert, who directs the Safe Patient Project for Consumers Union.
Consumers Union supports nationwide "MVP" reporting: mandatory, validated (meaning hospital data is audited) and public disclosure at a facility-specific level. Most state reporting systems currently divulge only statewide information, which McGiffert called useless.
"We are Consumer Reports. Can you imagine if we said Okay, we looked at all the cars and 10 of them are really good and 5 of them aren't, and we didn't tell you which ones?"
Timing is vital
Nationally, with healthcare Topic A in Congress, timing becomes a key factor in efforts for change.
McDermott said the nation needs public reporting -- but the issue must wait until the debate over national healthcare reform ends.
The issue of patient safety and national reporting is a "hornets' nest" in the current healthcare debate in Congress because of the fear of backlash from doctors, said McDermott, who is himself trained as a physician and psychiatrist.
Doctors and medical associations have previously blocked medical error reporting proposals, partly out of fear that it would spur medical malpractice litigation, and partly from a distaste for oversight. McDermott strongly disagrees with them, but respects their influence.
"Frankly, I think the medical associations have not been acting in their best interest by resisting that," said McDermott, who along with Ron Paul of Texas is the most senior among 15 medical doctors in Congress.
The American Medical Association would not respond to McDermott's call for public reporting, but sent a statement saying the group supports the current federal system of voluntary reporting.
"The AMA championed the passage of the patient-safety legislation to create a system where healthcare professionals can report errors in a voluntary and confidential manner so that future system errors can be avoided as we learn from past mistakes," said Dr. James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association in a written statement.
McDermott said he attended 100 hours of Ways and Means closed-door sessions regarding healthcare reform. He never recalled a proposal for national reporting of medical errors being mentioned. Everyone, he said, was fearful of adding measures to the already controversial bill that would increase dissent.
"When you go to war, you take on as few enemies as possible, or stir up as few hornets' nests as possible," he said. "We need to get everybody in the country covered, first (with medical insurance). Once we do that, we can go back and look at how many bad events are happening."


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The Masque of the Red Death Summary
"The Masque of the Red Death" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe in which a plague known as the Red Death spreads through 14th Century Europe. Prince Prospero invites one thousand nobles to hide away from the disease.
- Prince Prospero invites one thousand nobles to isolate themselves from a plague called the Red Death in a luxurious abbey.
- The courtiers attend a masked ball.
- One of the attendees wears a costume that simulates the effects of the Red Death.
- Prospero is angered by the mysterious guest's disguise.
- Prospero pursues the individual and discovers that he is a literal personification of the Red Death.
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The allegorical nature of this very brief and well-known Edgar Allan Poe story is indicated by the fact that its only named character is Prince Prospero and its only real conflict is the symbolic one between Prospero and the Red Death. The Red Death is a mysterious pestilence that has ravaged the countryside; no pestilence has ever been so fatal and hideous. It manifests itself on the victim with bleeding at the pores, especially on the face, and inevitably ends with death in the space of half an hour. After half of his people have died from this plague, Prince Prospero takes many of the knights and ladies of his court into his castle and welds shut all the doors and windows, determined to escape death. In a supreme gesture of self-willed pride, Prospero assumes that "with such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think."
The main action of the story centers on a masked ball given by Prospero, during which those within can forget the reality of death outside. The buffoons, actors, dancers, and musicians who dominate the ball create an inner world hermetically sealed off from external reality: "All these and security were within. Without was the 'Red Death.'" In this very static and stylized piece of fiction, Poe spends approximately one quarter of the story detailing the interior of the ballroom, the primary characteristics of which are seven rooms so arranged that one cannot see them in a long vista, but only one at a time.
Each room has Gothic windows of stained glass, which match in color the decor of the rooms themselves. The order and color of the rooms and windows are blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. Only in the last room, shrouded in black, does the color of the windows differ from the color of the rooms, for here the windows are blood red. In the corridor outside the windows, a brazier of fire projects rays through the windows to create fantastic appearances within. In the final, or western, chamber, the fire throws such grotesque images through the red windows onto the black curtains that no one wishes to enter it. In this room also is an ebony clock that, when the hour is struck, makes everyone at the ball stop their dancing to listen to the sound in somber meditation or reverie.
Much of the remainder of the story describes the arabesque and grotesque figures who inhabit the rooms, characters who seem less like real people than fancies created by a madman: "There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust. To and fro in the seven chambers there stalked, in fact, a multitude of dreams."
The ball reaches a climax at midnight, when, with the striking of the clock, a new presence makes itself known among the masked revelers—a figure dressed in shrouds, whose mask resembles the face of a stiffened corpse dabbled with blood to assume the appearance and type of the Red Death itself. Prospero cries for his courtiers to seize the figure so he might be hanged, but the mysterious guest inspires such awe that no one will touch him. Thus, Prospero himself chases the figure through the six chambers until they reach the final one, in which the...
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Students organize charity run for Boston Marathon victims
Just two weeks after bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, local runners are raising money for the charity to support the victims.
Student organizers at the University of Arkansas Fort smith said they wanted to give back.
"A lot of people run that marathon for charity and I thought what better way to try to help out the best we can from here in Arkansas then to schedule a run to where we could raise money to try to help those people who now need our help," said Casandra Bright, a University of Arkansas Fort Smith Student.
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ABOVE: SEAL Matt Bissonnette is pictured at bottom right in this DoD file photo.
Fox News has identified the formerly-anonymous author of an inside account on the Bin Laden raid, citing multiple sources:
The book, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden," is set to hit shelves on Sept 11. It is penned under the pseudonym "Mark Owen," according to the publisher, but multiple sources told Fox News his name is in fact Matt Bissonnette, 36, of Wrangell, Alaska. (Read more)
Yesterday the AP reported that U.S. military officials did not believe the book had been vetted by the Defense Department, which would be the normal procedure, leaving Bissonnette open to potential prosecution — though trying one of the guys who killed OBL might be a bit an uphill battle in the court of public opinion.
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The book announcement comes just as a group of retired special operations and CIA officers have launched a campaign accusing President Barack Obama of revealing classified details of the mission and turning the killing of bin Laden into a campaign centerpiece. The group complains that Obama has taken too much credit for the operation…
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