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Article by Sarah Craig, Director of Health System Innovation, South Carolina Office of Rural Health
In South Carolina (SC) there are currently sixteen hospitals designated as a Level I, II or III Trauma Center. The Level I Trauma Centers include:
- Grand Strand Regional Medical Center;
- Greenville Health System Greenville;
- Medical University of South Carolina;
- Palmetto Health Richland;
- Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
The Level II Trauma Centers include:
- McLeod Medical Center Florence;
- Trident Medical Center.
The Level III Trauma Centers include:
- AnMed Health Anderson;
- Carolina Pines in Hartsville;
- Carolina Medical Center Florence;
- Conway Medical Center;
- East Cooper Medical Center;
- Lexington Medical Center;
- The Regional Medical Center,
- Self Regional Medical Center;
- Piedmont Medical Center.
To become a designated Level I, II or III Trauma Center in South Carolina, hospitals must comply with the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient requirements established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Following a ACS hospital survey, the ACS results are sent to the Trauma Advisory Council (TAC) at the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC). The hospital's deficiencies are reviewed and a final vote from TAC regarding the Trauma Center designation is established. Hospitals must re-designate every three years to maintain their Trauma Center status.
At the latter end of 2017, TAC nominated a subcommittee to begin work around establishing a Level IV Trauma Center designation in South Carolina. The Level IV Trauma subcommittee established Level IV Minimum Standards, a Level IV Pre-Review Questionnaire and Level IV Site Survey Guidelines. In April 2018, the Level IV Trauma Center was established as a designation by the TAC. Hospital interested in this designation level will coordinate with the Trauma Division Director at SC DHEC, complete the Level IV pre-review questionnaire, and compete a site survey with two out-of-state surgeons. Similar to Levels I, II, and III, Level IV deficiencies are reviewed and a final vote from TAC regarding the Trauma Center designation is established. Level IV trauma designation is also a three-year designation.
This new level of trauma designation will address lower acuity trauma cases on-site while rapidly stabilizing and transferring higher acuity trauma patients to an appropriate hospital within the trauma system. Level IV Trauma Centers must have specified staff to oversee the trauma program, be able to provide certain treatment within a specified timeframe, develop and maintain relationships with higher acuity trauma centers (Level I, II and III), and continually work to improve the quality of care they offer to their trauma patients. The addition of Level IV Trauma Centers will increase the access of care for trauma patients by allowing smaller and more rural facilities to join the trauma system creating a more wide-ranging network of coverage. Development of a more inclusive and comprehensive trauma system is an important step in increasing the care provided to trauma patients throughout South Carolina.
For additional information, please reach out to Sarah Craig, Director of Health System Innovation at [email protected].

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The news that Marion Maréchal-Le Pen will share a stage this week with US conservatives, addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference event shortly after vice-president Mike Pence, has caused much excitement within the French right. The 28-year-old Maréchal-Le Pen, niece of Marine, the leader of the National Front, withdrew from political life in June after her party's disastrous result in the second round of the presidential election. Allegedly disillusioned with the direction the party had taken in the previous months, focusing more on the economy and the EU, than on social conservative issues that are close to her heart, the departure of the golden girl of the National Front dismayed the French right.
Since then Maréchal-Le Pen, who cited a wish to spend more time with her young daughter as the reason for resigning as an MP, has gone to ground and the woman once known for her social media savoir-faire hasn't tweeted in months. So no one in France is any the wiser as to how she feels about Emmanuel Macron, although considering his step to the right in recent months, she might not be too aghast. France will perhaps get a clearer idea when Maréchal-Le Pen addresses the conference in Washington on Thursday.
It's certainly a prestigious event in which to launch a political comeback – if that is, indeed, what it is – with Donald Trump scheduled to speak on Friday. Also in attendance will be Britain's Nigel Farage, who last year lavished praise on Trump during his appearance. The timing of the event couldn't be better for Marechal-Le Pen. Last week her aunt, with whom relations are still reportedly chilly, admitted that should a better candidate come forward, then she would be ready to step down as National Front leader, evidence that finally Marine Le Pen understands she is not presidential material.
Meanwhile, the former vice-president of the National Front, Florian Philippot, officially launched his new party on Sunday, Les Patriotes, although he really shouldn't have bothered. It's National Front-lite, led by a man without a drop of charisma, a party that doomed to oblivion.
More to the centre of the French right, the leader of the Republicans is experiencing a media storm after comments he made in a private audience with business college students were leaked to the press. Laurent Wauquiez alleged that Emmanuel Macron and his cohorts had a hand in wrecking the presidential hopes of François Fillon last year, with the establishment of a 'demolition cell' that leaked stories to the press. Wauquiez also made disparaging comments about several other high-profile political figures, reinforcing the opinion of many that he lacks the competency to seriously challenge Macron in the 2022 election.
Maréchal-Le Pen's silence is in marked contrast and it may be that she is biding her time, scrutinizing Macron and his government, noting their strengths and weaknesses, and formulating the best strategy with which to challenge him in four years' time. 'It's not exactly a comeback but it's a sign that Marion Maréchal-Le Pen has not completely left politics,' commented Le Figaro of her trip to Washington.
Macron will be interested to hear what Maréchal-Le Pen has to say. The first nine months of his presidency have gone better than expected, with the economy picking up and unemployment at its lowest for nine years. But immigration, radical Islam and social reform (including the extension of gay rights] remain towering challenges for Macron in a country that remains socially conservative.
For millions Maréchal-Le Pen is the embodiment of this conservatism but she is also economically liberal, currently studying for an MBA at the Lyon business school. That's why she has always been closer politically to her grandfather, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the National Front, than her aunt; when he led the party in the 1980s, he was a fan of Reagan and Thatcher's economics.
But the biggest threat Maréchal-Le Pen could present to Macron is in her character and image. Macron has always benefited from his youth, from his precocity and his charisma, wowing his seniors in the business and the political world. But Maréchal-Le Pen was an MP at 22 and so has star appeal of her own. Of course, right now she has no party and no political clout, but then nor did Emmanuel Macron this time two years ago.


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2014 – In an effort to further address obesity in America, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will unveil new regulations today, requiring nutrition labels on menus in restaurants, super markets and even that buttery bucket of popcorn in movie theaters.
Calorie counts will also be posted on salad bars, bakery items, and soda dispensers. A companion rule requires calorie labeling for vending machines, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The new rules are expected to start taking effect one year from now.
The rules apply to foods and some alcoholic beverages served at chains with 20 or more outlets nationally. The menu labeling law was passed in March of 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act and represents a bipartisan compromise brokered by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., CSPI, the National Restaurant Association and top chain restaurant owners.
"Menu labeling is the biggest advance in providing nutrition information to consumers since the law that required Nutrition Facts labels on packaged foods was implemented 20 years ago," said CSPI nutrition policy director Margo Wootan said. "It will soon seem strange that once it was possible to go into a Chick-fil-A or a Denny's and not see calories on menus and menu boards."
The National Restaurant Association's President and CEO Dawn Sweeney said her association
"joined forces with more than 70 public health and stakeholder groups to advocate for a federal nutrition standard so that anyone dining out can have clear, easy-to-use nutrition information at the point of ordering – information that is presented in the same way, no matter what part of the country.
"From Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, diners in restaurants will have a new tool to help them make choices that are right for them," she explained in a statement.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro applauded the Obama Administration for issuing what she described in a statement as "a robust final rule on menu labeling."
"I applaud the Administration for issuing a strong rule and, while I am still reading the final version, it looks very much in line with congressional intent," said DeLauro. "Americans eat nearly half their meals and snacks outside of their homes, and research shows that many of these foods have more calories and poorer nutritional quality than those prepared at home. Calorie and nutrition transparency is crucial for empowering consumers to make healthy choices, and is one tool to address our public health crises of obesity and diabetes."
Yet, others argued that the new rule will exceed what Congress originally intended.
"FMI is extremely disappointed that FDA used a five-word clause in the 3,000-page Affordable Care Act to expand chain restaurant menu labeling rules to grocery stores," said Food Marketing Institute (FMI) President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin in a statement responding to the new rule.
"Grocery stores already provide an abundance of nutritional information well beyond calories and have done so for decades. They should not be pulled into a menu labeling law and regulation designed for a different industry.
Sarasin argued that FDA's menu labeling rule will "redirect hundreds of millions of dollars away from grocers' efforts toward expansion of their offerings of fresh, minimally processed, locally produced items, such as cut cantaloupe, mixed salads, or steamed seafood. Clearly, this was not the intent behind a requirement for menu labeling in chain restaurants."
FMI supports efforts led by Reps. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, R-WA., Jack Kingston, R-GA, and Loretta Sanchez, D-CA, and Senators Roy Blunt, R-MO, and Angus King, I-ME, and about 100 co-sponsors of the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 1249/S. 1756) to return the menu labeling regulations to the original intent of the law."
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My Weekly Drash (a mini D'Var Torah) - Va'etchanan
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Va'etchanan
"Do not try the Lord your God, as you did at Massah," warns Moses in this week's Parshah Va-Ethannan (Deut. 6:16). Massah is where they complained about lacking water (Exo. 17:1-7). It becomes a question of faith. It's one thing to pray for God's support. It's another to demand constant miraculous...
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"Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day," says Moses in Parshah Va-Ethannan. "Study them and observe them faithfully." (Deut 5:1) Moses is reiterating God's laws in one of his farewell addresses, but notice that study is part of the command. Of course study is to lead...


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Today I am excited to be sharing with you another book review, this time of a brilliant graphic novel I read a few months ago. Every single time I read a graphic novel I always promise myself I will read more, because they are so damn good, but I never know what to pick up (I'm a novice, I know). So if you guys have any graphic novel recs, please do hit me up!
Today I will be reviewing the brilliant Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash. Honor Girl follows Maggie, as she navigates another summer at Camp Bellflower for Girls, although this summer is a little different. Suddenly, and unexpectantly, she feels herself falling for Erin, one of the Camp's counsellors. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for Maggie to express her true feelings, and even her proficiency at the rifle range and her adoration for Backstreet Boys isn't enough to distract her. Can one summer really change everything?
Intrigued? Read the blurb here...
All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir is a debut of the rarest sort.
Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl, and Maggie's savant-like proficiency at the camp's rifle range is the only thing keeping her heart from exploding. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle, let alone to understand.
I adored this book, and devoured it in a single sitting. Everything about it was so real and honest - I know that sounds obvious, it being a memoir and all, however the authenticity of the story really stood out to me. It is really easy to over-romanticise and sometimes trivialise first love stories such as these, but Honor Girl is much more than a summer romance-esque story. It is gritty, real, and often painfully honest. You really get into the mind of Maggie and feel her every butterfly, flash of anger, and heartbreak. I thought the exploration of sexuality was brilliant and I would definitely press this graphic novel into the hands of a young person who might be struggling with similar issues that are explored in this. As well as navigating through issues such as feminism, sexuality and the complex friendships between girls (especially in a camp setting), this graphic novel is also extremely funny. I actually found myself snorting at parts. I feel like I couldn't relate to every single part, since I haven't gone to a summer camp myself, but I could still imagine the painfully awkward and typical situations you might find youself in an all-female camp.
The drawings were as beautiful as the story and they were wonderfully detailed yet also realistic. They told the story so well and I loved how simplistic they were. The colour palette was stunning. I feel like the drawings really brought Maggie and Erin to life, which clearly displays the incredible magic drawings can produce.
Altogether, I really loved this graphic novel, and whether you have read a graphic novel before or not, I would recommend that you pick this one up! It was a stunning read from start to finish, and although you finish it wanting more, it's a good reminder that, very often, life fails to fall into neat endings.
Buy Honor Girl here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Honor-Girl-Maggie-Thrash/dp/0763687553/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522520021&sr=8-1&keywords=honor+girl&dpID=51al7q70T%252BL&preST=_SX258_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
Check out Maggie Thrash here: http://www.maggiethrash.com
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Arrows came closes to winning an F1 race with the A18 in the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Reigning world champions Damon Hill took over the lead on lap 11 and was still there at the beginning of the final tour on lap 77.
But a mechanical problem handed victory to Jacques Villeneuve's Williams. Hill finished second, equalling the team's best result and giving them their final podium finish.


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This topic is inspired by a teenager wondering when they will ever fully know themselves.
Some of us believe we will just wake up one day and have life all figured out. We hold out for that day where we are just so sure about everything and we know who we are; that's that, nothing left to consider or explore.
We could just go out in the world with the most confidence because we are no longer confused about who we are so there is no need to question our identity. NOT!
I don't think anyone ever stop feeling confused about their identity.
Yes, sometimes we are more confident and self-aware but it does not last always and this is why.
We are always growing. With every life experience we change. We go through so many life transitions that can possibly give us a new outlook on life and an increase in self-awareness.
For instance some major life transitions are moving to a new location, starting college, getting married, starting a new career, becoming a parent, breaking-up with someone, getting a divorce, ending friendship, being diagnosed with a condition, losing a loved one and so on.
At some point people begin to question themselves when new situations arise that they have never dealt with before or when circumstances are difficult to handle.
We have a habit of defining ourselves based on what is going on our lives. If we perceive it as good, we get motivated and more confident about ourselves. We feel secure in who we are because everything seems to be working out for the better.
When things look bad, this is when we begin to question ourselves and not feel so confident in the identity we created for ourselves.
This is my experience. With every new season and new chapter in my life, I discover a new me. The process is stressful, but I always end up learning something new about myself and my capabilities as person.
We are more powerful and resilient than we think. We just have to remember that no matter what we encounter, we are capable of adapting. When you look at it on a bigger scale, it helps you to see loss of identify as temporary and opportunity for growth.
So don't worry, we are always becoming better version of ourselves. We sometimes might not be sure about our identify, but we always have the power to create a new one that serves us better.
So the take away is, have confidence that you will make it through and that is all you need.
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Trono de Sangue (Throne of Blood/Macbeth)
Trono de Sangue (Throne of Blood/Macbeth), the title of Brazilian director Antunes Filho's staging of the Shakespearean tragedy, refers explicitly to Akira Kurosawa's film, and puts into relief its intermedial characteristics. The director carried his well-known devotion to the cinema into the aesthetics of spectacle which resulted in a beautiful visual achievement with clear references to Noh Theatre. For instance, the whitish/ashen made-up faces with thick painted eyebrows double traditional Noh masks and bring to the fore the fictional nature of theatre. By the same token, characters drag themselves along the stage in Noh fashion, underscoring desolation and despair. A distraught Lady Macbeth totters unsteadily with her shoulders curved, leaning against the walls as if her ambition was too heavy a burden to bear. A troubling feeling of reclusion and helplessness is conveyed by the bare stage and the naked white washed walls which contrast with the very shiny bright red floor, an allusion to the bloody battles that will be "lost and won". Descending from the ceiling, the macabre witches come in the incarnation of the Parcae (the three fates). Antunes adapts the Shakespearean story with remarkable staging elements while inviting parallels with the political turbulence of 1992 Brazil, when the President was impeached.
Background Links:
- Read an M.A. thesis on how Brazilian critics received this production (in Portuguese).
- Read a Brazilian dissertation (in Portuguese) which analyses different productions of Macbeth, including Antunes' production, in chapter 5.
- Visit Antunes Filho's Theatre Research Center (CPT)
- Watch a short documentary on Antunes Filho (in Portuguese)
Scenery: J. C. Serroni
Costumes: Romero de Andrade Lima
Sound track: Raul Teixeira
Lightning: Davi de Brito
Production: CPT/SESC-Grupo de Teatro Macunaíma.
Cast: Luis Melo, Samantha Monteiro, Hélio Cícero, Adilson Azevedo, Walter Portella, André Correa, Germano Melo, Luiz Mario Vicente, Geraldo Mario, André Gontijo, Carlos Landucci, Gustavo Bayer, Jaime Queiroz, José D´Angelo, Roberto Áudio, Luiz Mário Vicente, Ondina de Castilho, Pedro Paulo Eva, Robert Pratusiavicius.
Venue: Teatro SESC-Anchieta (São Paulo)
Production notes provided by: Cris Busato Smith and Liana de Camargo Leão
Trono de Sangue (Throne of Blood/Macbeth)
Related Productions
- La tragedia de Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth) (Amalio López, Pedro; 1966)
- Macbeth (Teixeira, Ana; 2004)
- Macbeth Mutfakta (Macbeth in the Kitchen) (Tamdoğan, Burak; 2013)
- Macbeth, herói bandido (Macbeth, the Bandit-Hero) (Fagundes, Patricia; 2004)
- Macbeth/İki Kişilik Kâbus (Macbeth/A Nightmare for Two) (Aydın, Elif; 2016)


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The Boston Globe's investigative unit called "Spotlight,†uncovered an unspeakable scandal that rocked the Catholic Church. The team of journalists spent nearly a year investigating on how members of the church tried to protect certain members of the clergy after allegedly accused of sexual abuse. And they discover a much larger scandal during the process.
"Spotlight†is a dramatic film about those Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists that starred Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Scheiber and Stanley Tucci. It is directed by Thomas McCarthy.
Latino-Review had an exclusive phone interview with writer Josh Singer for bringing this fascinating story to the big screen.
"Spotlight†is now playing in theaters everywhere.
Read the interview transcript below.
Latino-Review: Tell me why you were attracted to this film called, "Spotlight.â€
Josh Singer: I just finished writing "The Fifth Estate.†I very much enjoyed writing about journalists. I had more to say though. That story was really about Julian [Assange] and Daniel [Berg]. There was a whole story about the guys at The Guardian that I never really got to tell. They did great work and Iwas so impressed on what they did especially with the quality of the journalism. Those same qualities were apparent with those guys at The Globe had done.
I was excited to take everything I've learned and done on "The Fifth Estate†and to put it for more good use. Beyond that, I figured it would be a really great way to tell this story. This is a really tough issue. I think by telling it through these journalists—we made it as an issue that would be accessible that people can get engaged with. I think that's really important.
Latino-Review: Now I'm fascinated on how you approached this story. It's not just one story. You're actually telling multiple stories. There were at least six journalist characters in the film. How did you approach this story and keep track of everything.
Josh Singer: Well, it's really interesting. A lot of the credit will go to Tom [McCarthy]. The more traditional approach would be to collapse the characters and simply the story. Tom wasn't really interested in that from the very beginning. His focus was on the authenticity.
One of the hardest things is that we didn't know the story beyond just the thumbnail. Marty Baron goes in as an outside editor. It was their first Jewish editor. He basically went after the Catholic Church on his first day. That's all that we really knew. We ended up spending a lot time with the journalists. The more time we spent with them then it became clearer with each individual. It didn't make any sense to collapse the characters given the sense of how specific these guys were. They each contribute something specific to the story.
I wouldn't say it was tougher to tell. In some ways, it was sticking more to the truth. I think it ended up to be more interesting. There was a learning curve that we had to wrap up. Once we did, we let the story really tell itself.
On what is tougher was getting that movie made, because typically you'll need a big star. When you got six leads as opposed to one—it's harder to find the big star. Mainly, it's hard to find a big star to jump into one of six leads as opposed to a movie with two leads.
The good news was that Tom had a great reputation. He has a lot of great relationships. He was able to get Mark [Ruffalo], Michael [Keaton], Rachel [McAdams], Stanley [Tucci] and Liev [Schreiber]. That really made a huge difference.
Latino-Review: You mentioned a few times that you worked with Tom, who is also a collaborator on the script. How did you guys handle the working relationship? Basically, did you do all the grunt work and he came in to round the corners for you?
Josh Singer: No, the collaboration grew pretty organically. Tom hired me initially to write the script. I spent a week with Mike Rezendes down in Los Angeles to get the skeleton of the story from him. I took him to lunch every day for a week. Then I interviewed the rest of the reporters up in Boston and I asked Tom if he wanted to go with. You always want your director to get involved.
Tom was game. He came up and we talked about all the other reporters. Tom was really interested and excited to begin with. With all these back and forth trips to Boston, Tom and I started to figure out the story together. So in one December, Tom then turned to me and stated that it'll go faster if we wrote it together. We already broke the story together—so why wouldn't we write it together?
It's sort of an organic collaboration. The one thing that's great is that Tom doesn't have a ton of ego and neither do I. The best idea wins and that's what happens in our collaboration. I would take a chunk and he would take a chunk. We'll pass it back and forth. I can to you that ninety-percent of the script we couldn't tell who wrote what.
Latino-Review: Now you did a ton of interviews to get this story. But, how much extra research did you have to go through to get the accuracy with the events?
Josh Singer: I would have to say it was a fair amount. First of all, it all happened ten years ago. They had a pretty memory of this, but it wasn't pristine. They all had their version of their memories. There was a fair bit of pushing. Then we had to talk with some of the survivors and some of the lawyers. There were certain things that the reporters didn't tell us.
The last time when I worked on "The Fifth Estate,†I did some of that, but I relied heavily on Daniel Berg's version of things. It was largely accurate, but I wished in certain places I should've done some spell checking. Now I've seen that movie come all the way from researching to writing to being out of the theaters so quickly. I really got the sense on how deep you want to go.
So when Tom pushed us to do more and more interviewing, I was pretty game for it. We wanted to get the story right given with the nature of the story.
Latino-Review: How did you figure out what story you wanted to tell? Journalism, itself, isn't really the most exciting game. I've been a journalist for two decades. You could've easily done the Catholic Church story instead of journalist.
Josh Singer: Yeah, it's funny. I told my buddy that I was writing this story and then he asked, "How are you going to make that interesting?†Journalism is a lot of patience, lot of sitting around and pursuing a source. There aren't a lot of car chases or gunplay. I thought about that and researched on it for a couple of weeks.
I turned to Tom and told him that there's something about the procedural aspect of pursuing their story. There's not a lot of running and gunning. It's still fascinating. Frankly, a lot of their procedurals do not have any action. It's just them uncovering a story with people talking in rooms. We done it in a way to make it more interesting.
The producers Nicole Rocklin and Blye Faust were out there trying to get the rights from these reporters. They always thought it was the story of the reporters. Frankly, the way to make this issue accessible, we thought this approach makes more sense. Let's go behind the curtains. We'll have some scenes with the cardinal law. We were big fans of the verdict.
In the end, we thought that let the lead investigation unfold through the eyes of the journalist. We really didn't know on what they know at any particular time. It's fascinating to see on what they uncover.
The other thing for us was that we talked a lot about themes. Throughout the first year, we talked a lot about themes. So what's the theme of this movie? There was the theme of looking at what happened in the past to compare it to the present. Another theme was to look on what happened with investigative journalism in the past fifteen years. There are lots of layoffs of journalists and it became a theme we wanted to hit. We couldn't hit that directly, but to show it with good local journalists.
Ultimately, we wanted to get to the theme of collective failure. We knew that the church wasn't the great actor here. People can concentrate on the fact that there are a lot of people around the church. They would allow the church to cover up the way that they did. It wasn't malicious per say. It's more of "we'll just look the other way,†because the Church is still a good institution.
I think this happens a lot. It happened at Penn State. It happened with the BBC with Jimmy Savile. And even in Hollywood with Bill Cosby. We should be much more on guard against those things from happening.
Latino-Review: Could you talk about your future projects? Is there another investigative journalist movie in the works?
Josh Singer: Not in the immediate future. I'm working on a movie about Neil Armstrong for Damien Chazelle, who wrote and directed "Whiplash.†It's a pretty exciting story that people know about the icon, but not too much about the man. He was a pretty fascinating character.
And then I'm supposed to write a movie about Leonard Bernstein for Martin Scorsese. It'll be an interesting one, because the music is phenomenal. He struggled a lot on what to be like an artist. Some of the stuff he struggled with in his early 20s and 30s, parallels along with things that Marty had questioned on what it is to be an artist. So I'm trying to write that for him. If anybody asks you to write something for Scorsese, then the answer is always "yes, please. Where do I sign?â€
I'm excited for both of those projects. Additionally, Tom and I are looking for something to do together again. We had a great time working on this project. I consider him as a good friend and a terrific collaborator.
Latino-Review: Thank you for taking time on this interview.
Josh Singer: Thanks. See ya.
"Spotlight†is now playing nationwide in theaters.
Source: Latino-Review


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Bessai and Saul stand really tall
by Amber Goodwyn
WHO: Margaret Bessai (Dunlop Art Gallery facilitator, artist, community volunteer), Gerald Saul (filmmaker, U of R film professor, blogger) and William (steampunk-ish young man, inventor). WHERE: In front of their 1940s garage-turned-giant-camera-obscura (for more info check out geraldsaul.blogpsot.ca) in the yard behind their art-filled Cathedral-area home. WORN: Margaret is wearing all black clothes, accessorized with a red scarf and silver-studded black leather clogs, with silver jewelry and her natural silver streak of hair. Gerald is in black jeans, red Doc Marten boots, a red button-up shirt and long hair. William is decked out in a bow tie, white dress shirt, athletic pants appliqued with the number 06 and sneakers. MOST PRIZED WEARABLE POSSESSION: Gerald: "Either my boots or my 14-foot silk aviator-style scarf." Margaret: "My favourite Little Black Dress is by Lowon Pope, a Canadian designer. It's a 1930s style floor-length evening dress cut on the bias. It has a great flow to it, fits anywhere from a size 10-12 and always looks elegant. I find every season has its favourite thing to wear— in the fall, it may be a really nice pair of gloves; summer, a great pair of sunglasses; winter, an enormous cashmere scarf. Much of the jewelry I wear has been made by artist friends, such as Jo Anne Lauder, Debra Potter, Gail Daggett. I also admire Melody Armstrong and Meghan Hazel's work." WHAT ABOUT WILLIAM? Margaret: "William has a collection of intriguing steampunk props, goggles, and a growing collection of vintage ties that he uses for films. His casual look is very understated. One of his favourites is a vintage pilot or driver's cap, which we refer to as the 'Art Police' hat."
Regulars at art and community events around town, the Bessai-Saul family are known to many in the creative community. As a tribe of ultra-tall artists, they're also hard to miss. "Tall people are above 6'1", and then there's everyone else…" says Saul. "If you're 6 feet or under I think of you as a short person," finishes Bessai.
In recent years Bessai has integrated a face-framing grey streak into her look. "I've experimented a lot with hair over the years," Bessai says. "I've always had the theory that if you had good hair and good shoes, it wouldn't really matter what else you wore; that [those elements] would pull the outfit together."
Since Bessai often wears black and red, a few of her friends describe her as look as goth.
"It's how I must read to other people," says Bessai. "The choice to wear black makes a lot of sense in a gallery setting, to help offset the art. [To compensate for the black] curators usually have really great shoes or really interesting glasses."
As a mom, Bessai has found scarves to be a practical and beautiful accessory that goes well with the all-black colour scheme.
"Someone once told me that people remember you better if you always wear the same thing," says Saul. "When I was growing up you wanted to be average, not to stand out too much in a crowd, but I was never average because I was too tall."
Eventually Saul went to university to study film and it was there that he decided he actually wanted to be remembered, not forgotten.
"That's one of the reasons I wanted to make film; I want people to talk about me and talk about my film and remember something," says Saul. "With that in mind, I don't think I have to be fashionable, but [I] do want to wear something that people will remember, whether it's red shoes or my hat or hair. They can describe me in three seconds and remember who I was."


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/ By Tegan Osborne
Have you ever found yourself wondering just how dirty your gym is?
Perhaps the question came to you as you watched yet another very sweaty man or woman walk away from the leg press machine, without giving it the obligatory wipe-down.
It's easy to let your mind run wild, imagining the germs that might be left behind - and there is some science to back up your fears.
A recent study found the free weights examined had 362 times more germs than the average toilet seat.
But how likely is it that you'll catch a serious disease at the average Australian gym?
What exactly is lurking on the gym equipment?
There's been very little local research on infectious disease in gyms.
But a US study published in 2014 found evidence of a range of potentially disease-causing bacteria, including staphylococcus aureus (commonly known as golden staph), staphylococcus saprophyticus (which can cause urinary tract infections) and salmonella (a common cause food poisoning).
Although many of these bacteria are also found on public surfaces outside gyms, the study found that the poor personal hygiene of gym users generally and inadequate cleaning, were likely to have caused the rich diversity of bacteria found.
In the US, a number of cases of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – a type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria usually found in hospitals - have been linked to gyms.
You're better off to take the risk of getting some minor skin thing ... it's more important for general health to have a lifestyle with certain amount of activity
But infectious disease expert Professor Allen Cheng, from Monash University, said he had not seen any evidence from Australia of MRSA being spread through a gym environment.
"Community-acquired MRSA seems to be a bigger problem in the US ... they have a lot more MRSA in general and it seems to have spilled out of their hospitals a lot earlier than it did in Australia," he said.
"But in general, MRSA is sort of a declining problem in Australia – it's one of the rare success stories we've had with reducing the antibiotic resistance."
Another US study, published in 2006, found a range of viruses on gym equipment - the most common being rhinoviruses, which are often responsible for colds.
And earlier this year, a laboratory study commissioned by Fit Rated, a gym equipment comparison website, also found evidence of a wealth of disease-causing bacteria in gyms.
The study, which examined 27 different pieces of equipment at three different gyms, found the kinds of bacteria present that can cause ear, eye, skin and respiratory infections.
But how does did the gym equipment tested compare to other everyday surfaces we are likely to come into contact with?
Well, in addition to infectious free weights, the treadmills were found to have 74 times more bacteria than a public bathroom faucet, and the exercise bikes had 39 times more bacteria than a tray from your local food court.
This all sounds pretty alarming, but don't panic just yet.
Flu, viral gastro must likely bugs you'll catch
Professor Cheng said there was very little evidence that gyms were responsible for the spread of serious diseases in Australia.
"I think where we worry most about [disease spread] is where there's large groups of people that are susceptible to infections, like in hospital," he said.
In other words, if you're relatively healthy and your immune system is not compromised, you don't really need to be concerned.
However, as with other public spaces, there are disease-causing germs that can be contracted from surfaces in gyms.
"Flu is probably ... one and other respiratory viruses. So if people went to the gym while they've got the flu you can leave it on surfaces and catch it that way,' Professor Cheng said.
The other illness that can be contracted in a gym setting is gastro.
"It's a virus that is well known to be able to survive on surfaces," Professor Cheng said.
"This is the same bug that causes outbreaks on cruise ships quite regularly and that's because it's hard to clean and hard to disinfect."
Professor Cheng said when it came to influenza and gastro, the onus was really on the infected person to avoid the gym.
"Obviously if people are unwell we ask them not to go spreading it around in gyms, or swimming pools for that matter ... that's really the best way that we can avoid it," he said.
Dr Barbara Breadon from the Australasian College of Dermatologists said tinea of the feet and warts, particularly plantar warts, were probably the most common skin issues likely to affect gym users.
"Especially if there's a facility that has a pool or that sort of thing, or shared showers," she said.
"I usually tell people to take their own thongs and wear those in the shower."
However Dr Breadon, who is a practicing dermatologist, said skin complaints contracted in a gym environment were generally easily treated and we shouldn't be put off.
"It's not a big risk. You're better off to take the risk of getting some minor skin thing ... it's more important for general health to have a lifestyle with certain amount of activity," she said.
Gyms have a duty of care
If you're worried about cleanliness at your gym facility, there are things you can do keep yourself healthy.
Joel Perricone from Fitness Australia, a peak health industry association that certifies both fitness facilities and trainers, said concern about cleanliness was the most common reason for people to end their gym membership.
There are no enforceable industry rules or standards about how often gyms should be cleaned.
But most fitness industry associations have guidelines around cleanliness, and gyms do have a duty of care to provide a safe environment for their clients and staff.
If you're really worried about the cleanliness of your gym, Mr Periconne said the best way to tackle it was to speak with the manager directly.
"It is difficult, but reporting it to the manager or the owner of the facility to rectify it is probably the most effective way," he said.
Mr Perricone said the best time to consider gym hygiene was actually before you signed up with a fitness centre.
"Look for a registered fitness facility ... and have a look at the practices. Usually you'll be able to see some sort of cleaning apparatus for equipment once people have completed their exercise. They've either got wipes or they've got spray bottles with rags," he said.
He said it was also a good idea to pay attention to the cleanliness of the bathrooms during your pre-signup tour.
"Change rooms and bathrooms and the like are always a good area to understand the true cleanliness of a facility... so have a look around," he said.


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|matutinal: i know now / the ghosts
in the trees can fade / their moans
give way to birdsong / dew drips
golden from the leaves / i can
only breathe / when i awaken
without mourning / these stars
easily acquiesce / winking out
behind sunshine / as i am slipping
out of bed / i forgive / my
transgressions / scars / read as
stretch marks now / inevitable
growth / let the dew evaporate
now / humidity rise / a vessel
for my prayers / beads of sweat
i taste the salt / upon my skin
| tell stories / remember how bodies
drip with daylight / & these things
like the evening's brightest star / glowing
dream / as if we could only gape askew
like so many fireflies / i want to wake
alight as supernova / they claim that they
like these dust motes / hide themselves
inside a frozen pond / i am not
idealization / i am so many
ideas concerning a body / like these
avalanches / under snow-tumble is
a way to tunnel through / i want to be
thrown around by waves / salt
dripping / vespertine / meaning in gloom
& i am a star chart / tracing an open sea
Bailey Grey is a bipolar software developer living in Virginia with her grumpy old cat. Her work has been published in Crab Fat Magazine, Dovecote Magazine, and Ghost City Review, and she can be found on twitter @BaileyGWrites.
Danielle Rose lives in Massachusetts. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in The Shallow Ends, Pidgeonholes, Barren Magazine & Glass Poetry.


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And in the spirit of Bringing Toons Back, the guys want to know what you'd like to see brought back. Whether it's that favorite food that can no longer be found anywhere, your favorite childhood tv show or the zombified remains of your favorite 80s hair band legend, we want to hear from you and here's how you can participate:
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Fry, T. J., Marfurt, S., & Wengier, S. (2018). Systematic Review of Quality Improvement Initiatives Related to Cue-Based Feeding in Preterm Infants. Nursing for women's health.
A nursing team at The Children's Hospital, OU Medicine, in Oklahoma City, OK examined and synthesized the outcomes of quality improvement (QI) initiatives related to cue-based feeding of preterm infants to facilitate implementation of findings to improve nursing practice.
Their review yielded seven studies related to cue-based feeding of preterm infants. Five studies included multidisciplinary stakeholder teams to assess their respective NICU environments and facilitate project completion. In two studies, feeding "champions" were designated as facilitators. In one study, researchers used a Plan–Do–Study–Act approach and emphasized process over outcome. In six studies, researchers measured hospital length of stay, which decreased in five intervention groups. In three studies, researchers measured infant weight gain, which increased in two intervention groups. In two studies, researchers monitored weight gain velocity, and in five studies, researchers reported earlier attainment of full oral feedings.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Thirty Years
My 30th anniversary is today and every year on this day, I realize that the thing I am most proud of in my life, is my marriage.
We have lived in Texas, Tennessee, New Jersey and now Michigan. We have traveled to many places including Florida numerous times, Phoenix, New Orleans, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Boston, Vancouver, Toronto, the Bahamas and Maui, twice. Our dream, is to travel one day to Italy, and also to Scotland for a golf trip.
Of course, our daughters Megan and Melissa are the greatest accomplishment in our lives and we continue to be proud parents as they grow into adulthood.
Happy Anniversary to my hubby and may there be 30 more!
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Bob Corker on Gun Control
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Proponent's Argument for voting Yes: Sen. BLUMENTHAL: This amendment would ban high-capacity magazines which are used to kill more people more quickly and, in fact, have been used in more than half the mass shootings since 1982. I ask my colleagues to listen to law enforcement, their police, prosecutors who are outgunned by criminals who use these high-capacity magazines. I ask that my colleagues also listen to the families of those killed by people who used a high-capacity magazine.
Opponent's Argument for voting No: Sen. GRASSLEY. I oppose the amendment. In 2004, which is the last time we had the large-capacity magazine ban, a Department of Justice study found no evidence banning such magazines has led to a reduction in gun violence. The study also concluded it is not clear how often the outcomes of the gun attack depend on the ability of offenders to fire more than 10 shots without reloading. Secondly, there is no evidence banning these magazines has reduced the deaths from gun crimes. In fact, when the previous ban was in effect, a higher percentage of gun crime victims were killed or wounded than before it was adopted. Additionally, tens of millions of these magazines have been lawfully owned in this country for decades. They are in common use, not unusually dangerous, and used by law-abiding citizens in self-defense, as in the case of law enforcement.
On page 37, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following: "Allowing Amtrak Passengers to Securely Transport Firearms on Passenger Trains.--None of amounts made available in the reserve fund authorized under this section may be used to provide financial assistance for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) unless Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Sen. ROGER WICKER (R, MS). This amendment aims to ensure that gun owners and sportsmen are able to transport securely firearms aboard Amtrak trains in checked baggage, a practice that is done thousands of times a day at airports across the country. I emphasize that this amendment deals with checked, secured baggage only. It would return Amtrak to a pre-9/11 practice. It does not deal with carry-on baggage. Unlike the airline industry, Amtrak does not allow the transport of firearms in checked bags. This means that sportsmen who wish to use Amtrak trains for hunting trips cannot do so because they are not allowed to check safely a firearm.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Sen. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D, NJ): I object to this disruptive amendment offered by the Senator from Mississippi. He wants to enable the carrying of weapons, guns, in checked baggage. One doesn't have to be very much concerned about what we are doing when they look at the history of attacks on railroads in Spain and the UK and such places. This amendment has no place here interrupting the budgetary procedure. The pending amendment is not germane and, therefore, I raise a point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Proponents support voting YES because:
Sen. VITTER: This is a straight funding limitation amendment. Many folks who haven't followed the proceedings on this in the U.N. may ask: What is this all about? Unfortunately, it is about an effort in the United Nations to bring gun control to various countries through that international organization. Unfortunately, that has been an ongoing effort which poses a real threat, back to 1995. In 2001, the UN General Assembly adopted a program of action designed to infringe on second amendment rights. The Vitter amendment simply says we are not going to support any international organization that requires a registration of US citizens' guns or taxes US citizens' guns. If other folks in this Chamber think that is not happening, that it is never going to happen, my reply is simple and straightforward: Great, then this language has no effect. It is no harm to pass it as a failsafe. It has no impact. But, in fact, related efforts have been going on in the U.N. since at least 1995. I hope this can get very wide, bipartisan support, and I urge all my colleagues to support this very fundamental, straightforward amendment.
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A picture of an ultra-skinny mannequin in a Topshop store has gone viral - after one size 8/10 customer stood next to it to highlight how unrealistic it was.
Georgia Bibby appeared in her friend Becky Hopper's photo to highlight the difference between her legs and the mannequins when they spotted the shockingly thin figure while shopping at St Stevens Centre in Hull.
Being a slim girl, the friends were disheartened to note that the mannequin's legs were at least half the size of Georgia's.
Becky uploaded the picture to her Twitter, writing: "The girl on the left is a size 8/10. #Topshop #poorbodyimage #irresponsible #fashion #highstreet 😪 ."
The picture has gone viral, making headlines and creating debate about the store promoting an unhealthy and unrealistic body image for young girls.
Becky has received hundreds of tweets from other shoppers congratulating her for highlighting the issue.
But Topshop has defended the use of the mannequins, saying they are not meant to represent real-life women's bodies.
Becky has uploaded some of the store's statement to her Twitter feed:
A number of celebrities have even commented on the image, with Katie Piper writing: "Just seen the TopShop mannequins! #shakeshead #beingawomanjustgotevenharder."
Becky shared how overwhelmed she is at the response, writing: "Feeling pretty awestruck at the response over the past few days. I'm so pleased that people see this as an issue that needs to be addressed!"
However, she said the pair have been criticised by some 'haters' with Georgia being labelled obese, and the girls being accused by some of 'skinny shaming'. Speaking to the Independent, Becky said: "It is absolutely not about that: it's about the mannequin and how there isn't a variety of shapes in the shops."
Talking to the Mail Online, she added that she is not out to body shame anybody, saying: "We aren't out to body shame skinny girls, far from it. We're hoping to encourage Topshop to show a more diverse range of mannequins, all sizes should be celebrated.
"This super skinny image misrepresents the average UK female as the UK average clothes size for women is a 16.
"Many girls can be healthy whilst looking similar to this mannequin, however, most cannot.
"We simply wish for Topshop to acknowledge that and appreciate that things like this can act as a trigger for those with eating disorders."
Topshop added that it had "long made it a priority to showcase a healthy size image to its customer from the choice of models used in the campaigns, to the stories run online and on the blog".
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At Home With Thomas Hardy
If you're intending to build a house to reflect your status as a successful author, it helps to be an architect with father and brother who are builders.
When Thomas Hardy wanted a new des res in his native Dorset, his training as an architect meant he could design the perfect dwelling to give a clear signal that he was part of the wealthy middle class. His father and brother were on hand to bring the drawings to life on a one and a half acres of land site that Hardy acquired just a short walk from the town centre of Dorchester. The house was named Max Gate as a pun on a the name of a nearby toll-house known as "Mack's Gate" after a previous gate-keeper, Henry Mack.
The red brick townhouse was designed to incorporate as much natural light as possible. In the entrance hall, for example, an otherwise dark space was illuminated with the aid of internal windows above the main staircase. Unfortunately the light levels were compromised by the thousand pine trees that had planted around Max Gate to provide privacy. They grew so vigorously that they blocked the light into the house, making it dark and gloomy.
Hardy and his (first) wife Emma took up residence in 1885, expanding the property twice as his reputation and income grew with the success of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. In 1894-95 a new, larger kitchen and scullery were added together with a third study where Hardy wrote most of his poetry.
He lived in the property until his death in 1928.
In 1940 his sister Kate left the house to the National Trust. Max Gate has been continually occupied since then. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1970 and opened to the public in 1994. The garden is still very much as originally planned but the rooms are recreations of how they would have looked in the early 20th century because Hardy's second wife Florence sold off most of the furniture upon his death.
A Rural Start In Life
Max Gate might have been built to impress with its size and style but for character, the cottage where Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 is much more to my taste.
Located deep in the Dorset countryside, it's almost too picture perfect thatched cottage with roses and honeysuckle around the door and surrounded by a cottage garden and wildflower patches. The house was built in 1800 by Hardy's great grandfather in a traditional style using cob and thatch.
Hardy wrote much of his early poetry and prose work from a small desk in his bedroom overlooking the front garden. Under the Greenwood Tree and Far From the Madding Crowd are believed to have been written while he lived in this cottage. He was inspired by views across to the nearby ancient woodland of Thorncombe Woods and Egdon Heath which made an appearance in two of his novels: The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Apparently the cottage has not been altered very much since the family left. It still has the whitewashed walls, open hearths, small windows and stone floors. Inside it's been furnished to give visitors a feeling of a typical 19th century rural cottage as it would have been furnished while Hardy lived there.
I'm adding both these properties to my list of places to visit that have literary associations.


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13 January 2019
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Slowly Christmas is receding into the distance behind us.
The last couple of weeks have been a little like driving down the highway and seeing the places we have been becoming smaller and more distant as we move into our future.
For the next several weeks we will be in the season known as Epiphany, the time in between Christmas and Ash Wednesday. Throughout the epiphany season we are celebrating many different ways in which God becomes known by us, or if you like, is manifest to us.
As we engage with the Scriptures and reflect on our lived experience during these coming weeks we will be looking to discern different ways in which God becomes known and real to us.
The baptism of Jesus
We begin this series as always with the baptism of Jesus and this morning I simply want to share a series of reflections with you, with the invitation that you will take the one which most interests you and reflect on it further during the week ahead.
I want to organise these reflections as a series of progressively deeper answers to the seemingly simple question: why celebrate the baptism of Jesus?
Reason #1: because it happened
The baptism of Jesus is one of the most certain historical events in his life. It ranks up there alongside the crucifixion is something whose historicity we can be totally confident about. It may not strike us as such an awkward story, but the account of Jesus being baptised by John was an inconvenient truth for the earliest Christians.
To appreciate that we need to understand the followers of John represented a rival reform movement within second Temple Judaism. For the followers of Jesus to remember that the founder of their movement had started out as a follower or disciple of John the Baptist required them to acknowledge some kind of debt from Jesus to John.
This is not a topic that I want to linger over today and I have discussed it at other times, but it is worth noting that the Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke all describe Jesus' baptism by John while the Gospel of John offers an extended treatment of the relationship between John and Jesus, with a reference to the baptism having taken place 'off stage'.
So we are celebrating a moment in the life of the historical Jesus, and it is a point which hints at a rather more complicated relationship between Jesus of Nazareth and John the Baptist than any of the early Christians really wanted to speak about.
Reason #2: the baptism marks a point of transition
As the early gospel writers tell the story, the baptism of Jesus by John represents the beginning of his public activity as the prophet of God's kingdom within second Temple Judaism. This is the moment, as it were, when Jesus steps onto the public stage.
Again, I don't want to spend a great deal of time on this particular point, but it strikes me as significant that none of the canonical gospels show any interest in the childhood of Jesus or in his adult activities prior to his baptism. The nearest we get to such an interest is the unique story in Luke chapter 2 with the 12-year-old Jesus choosing to remain behind in Jerusalem and engage in conversation with the leading scholars of his time.
Generally speaking, in the biblical tradition as we also find in the creeds, Christianity has no interest in what happened to Jesus prior to his baptism by John.
Think about that for a moment.
Despite all the fuss we make at Christmas time, the New Testament never refers to the circumstances of Jesus' birth nor to his childhood nor to his early activities as an adult prior to stepping onto the stage round about the age of 30 years. Considering that many peasants in first century Palestine barely lived that long, this is a fairly remarkable oversight.
In any case, whatever Jesus was up to as a child and a young adult, we mark a fresh beginning in his life and in his public career with his baptism by John.
Reason #3: the spiritual roots of Jesus
The baptism of Jesus actually takes us deep into the lived spirituality of second Temple Judaism and it has very little in common with the baptisms that we will be celebrating here in the Cathedral next Sunday morning.
What is happening at the baptism of Jesus is something which is fundamentally and intrinsically Jewish.
It is very easy for us to assimilate Jesus into our life experience including our personal spiritual practices, our religious culture. However Jesus was a person of Jewish identity and his religious practices were significantly different from our own.
Let me just list some of the things which would have been taken as perfectly normal religious practice for Jesus, mostly items we would find rather strange:
- I keep referring to Jesus in the context of second Temple Judaism, and that phrase reminds us that the temple stood at the very centre of Jewish public life and was the focus for all of their aspirations for an encounter with God.
- Animal sacrifices took place in that temple with hundreds if not thousands of animals being killed every day and vast amounts of incense being required as sacred a room freshener to cover up the smell.
- Frequent ritual washings were such a central part of Jewish spirituality at the time that the presence or absence of mikvot, ritual bathing installations, is one of the pieces of evidence archaeologists assess when determining whether the site they are excavating was occupied by Jews or Gentiles.
- In addition to the temple, Jewish people also gathered for prayers and readings in the local synagogue, most likely on Friday evening or Saturday morning.
- In these gatherings participants were strictly segregated on the basis of gender.
- The weekly Sabbath observance was a point of distinction between Jews and their neighbours, and it was observed with some care.
- Strict food laws including rules about people with whom one could not ever eat were central to Jewish identity and social practice. Even though Jesus often transgressed these rules, they were very important to him and to his contemporaries.
- And perhaps we also tend to forget that Jewish culture at this time was strictly iconoclastic with no images of humans or animals being permitted in a Jewish home or in a Jewish public space.
From that preliminary listing, you might well already be starting to think that second Temple Judaism was more like Islam than Christianity. There is indeed a significant cultural gap between Jesus and ourselves, and this is made particularly clear on an occasion like this when we celebrate Jesus' own participation in the religious rituals of his own community.
Reason #4: the authentic religious experience of Jesus
The baptism of Jesus is not simply a moment of transition in his adult life nor is it simply a reminder that Jesus was an active participant in the normal rituals of the Jewish religion in Palestine in his time. The baptism of Jesus is also a story that invites us to recognise that Jesus had his own authentic personal religious experiences.
That may be something about which we have not thought very much.
We might have the unexamined assumption in the back of our minds that Jesus maintained a continuous conversation between himself and God the Father as he went through each day. However, that is probably not a helpful way to understand the humanity of Jesus and the mystery of his vocation as the human face of God.
Like all of us, Jesus would have developed a sense of awe in the face of the mystery of existence and like some of us he came to understand that the sacred dimension of life could best be understood as the God calls us into being and invites us into the future.
Just as we each have to discover our own vocation and calling, so Jesus had to grow in his understanding of himself and of what faithfulness to God was going to mean for him in his own unique particularity.
In other words, Jesus had a spiritual life and this included moments of religious experience.
The baptism by John in the Jordan River may well have been one such pivotal religious experience for Jesus. We will never know, because Jesus' own observations and reactions are not recorded in any of the gospels. But we can use our imagination with care and self-discipline in order to appreciate some of the dynamics which must surely have been operating for Jesus.
Reason #5: the value of ritual
A final reflection that I want to offer this morning concerns the value of ritual.
On one level, of course, Jesus did not need to be baptised by John. Most of the Gospels make that very clear as they wrestle with the question of why Jesus would have been baptised by John.
In the Gospel of Matthew, John even asked that question and Jesus replies by saying, Let it be for now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfil all righteousness.
I think Matthew has it right when he understands that doing the right thing and being the right kind of person requires us to appreciate, to value, and to participate in ritual of various kinds.
Some of these rituals are simply the personal practices we develop in our own lives. How we begin the day, how we end the day, how we exercise mindfulness at various times throughout the day. They may extend to favourite colours or particular pieces of jewellery or any number of personal choices that we make. When these rituals are taken away from us we have a deep sense of loss.
There is another whole set of rituals relating to our home life, a life we share that intimate community of people we call family. These rituals come in many varieties and may change over time but we realise how significant they are for us when we find ourselves with another group people whose family rituals are different from our own, or when a guest from another family spends some time with ours.
In public life we know the value of ritual, whether it's the courtesy of giving way to other vehicles as we approach the bridge or a major civic occasion such as Anzac Day. Ritual not only expresses our deepest identity and values, but can also facilitate our shared lives as a community and as a nation. Again, we often only realise how significant these familiar rituals are for us when we find ourselves away from Australia and in a place where different rituals shape the day-to-day experience of the people with whom we find ourselves.
In our religious life we also know the value of rituals, whether that be coming into the Cathedral to light a candle or participating in a major religious festival. The Cathedral itself is a piece of ritual executed in brick and standing at a prominent location in the heart of Grafton.
We like to have our West doors open despite the risk that creates, because that little act in itself says something about our openness to our neighbours. Opening the doors every morning is a ritual that reminds us to open our hearts and open our minds to those we meet that day. And for those who could walk past the Cathedral during the day, the open doors are both an invitation and an expression of trust. We are not closing our doors to keep you out. Our doors are open. We trust you. We are not afraid of you.
Of course, for Christians, the greatest ritual is the celebration of the Eucharist as we take bread and wine to participate in a meal together at the table of Jesus. It is not just the ritual at the table, but the entire shape of the Eucharist offers us a way to ritualize our lived experience during the week.
We are people who gather,
we are people who reflect on our performance and seek reconciliation,
we are people who listen to Scripture,
we are people who explore and wrestle with God's truth,
we are people who pray,
giving thanks for God's blessings and sharing our concerns for a broken world,
we are people who bring our gifts in the service of God's kingdom
and out of compassion for others,
we are people who break the bread and we bless the cup,
we are people who seek to nurture the life of Jesus within us,
we are people who go out into the world transformed and inspired to be Jesus people in the city day after day.
At one level today we celebrate the simple event took place in the life of Jesus.
But at another level we are being invited to understand the importance of our own community of spiritual practice (which for Jesus was second Temple Judaism) and the value of ritual in so many different areas of our life.
I invite you to reflect on both those lines of thought during the week ahead.


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April 5, 2013
"Life. Don't it go?I mean, I'm only thirty. I'm not old.But, you know, I've been in here since I was a kid.It just goes so fast. Man! It just goes so fast.And everybody overlooks enjoying it.They just put themselves in so many prisons."--Larry Newton
Larry Newton knows about prisons, physical and mental. As a youth, he spun through juvenile detention centers like they were revolving doors until at 17 he landed in prison with a conviction for murder.
And a life sentence. No parole.
For decades, Laura Bates has walked down prison corridors armed with William Shakespeare's plays and allowed the Bard of Avon to unlock the doors of prisoners' minds. Then she walked into the segregated housing unit at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility and encountered Newton.
Now, the nationally known educator and associate professor of English at Indiana State University has published a book chronicling her and Newton's Shakespearian experience in a memoir, "Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard." Sourcebooks released the paperback in early April.
"It's learning to appreciate life by reading about these people in solitary confinement," Bates said, referencing Newton's quote on prisons. "I hope the readers put themselves in the same position to think about what are the prisons that hold them back."
Bates has spent more than 25 years teaching prisoners from first tutoring inmates in an Illinois county jail to leading discussions on Shakespeare's plays in a state maximum security prison. Recently, Bates has had the opportunity to teach Shakespeare to federal inmates. Her book focuses on a program created in 2003 by officials at Wabash Valley that allowed Bates to take Shakespeare to the prisoners kept segregated from the others in a prison for the prisoners.
"They created a wonderful forward-looking program," she said about the prison officials.
In the book, Bates tells of her journey into teaching in prisons alongside the story of Wabash Valley Correctional Facility prisoner Larry Newton's path to Shakespeare. Newton, who was convicted of murder, spent more than 10 years in the segregated housing unit, in solitary for 23 hours a day for a variety of crimes, including attempted escape and stabbing a prison guard.
"His transformation is such a remarkable one. It's a testimony to the power of education, the power of literature," Bates said. "That's something all faculty experience on some level in that we're changing our students' lives. Larry's story validates what we're doing, whether we're on campus or in prison."
Bates also includes other prisoners she has worked with through the years in her memoir, telling anecdotes of working with the "worst of the worst" confined to a super max prison. Those prisoners, some of whom had never heard of Shakespeare, eventually rewrote his plays into modern language. Prisoners in the general population performed those plays, which prison officials recorded to broadcast to the more than 2,000 men confined at Wabash Valley.
By telling their stories, Bates hopes the book presents the reader with a new way to look at prisoners and at Shakespeare.
"On paper, they look awful," she said about the prisoners in segregation. "But they are human beings whose voices deserve to be heard."
She listened to their thoughts, their humor and their philosophies as the prisoners discussed such plays as "Macbeth." The prisoners also began comparing Macbeth's actions and thoughts to what happened in their own lives. In discussing Macbeth's thoughts on killing Duncan, one prisoner said, "You gain everything but you lose your humanity. This is what happens to Macbeth. And that's what happens to us, out of the choices we make."
A literary agent contacted Bates after seeing an MSNBC broadcast on the Shakespeare program. She told Bates, "There's a book here. You need to write this book." Bates turned to her hundreds of recorded hours with Newton and to her memories and notes from teaching the inmates and began to write.
Reviews by Booklist and Kirkus have praised the book. The reviewer at Booklist called it, "A powerful testament to how Shakespeare continues to speak to contemporary readers in all sorts of circumstances." The Kirkus review described it as "An eye-opening study reiterating the perennial power of books, self discipline and the Bard of Avon."
Bates worked with about 200 prisoners in segregation at Wabash Valley during the program. She examined the records of 20 who spent the most time studying Shakespeare. Before Shakespeare, the men had more than 600 write ups, with most of those falling into the Class A felony and violent felony categories. After studying Shakespeare, Bates examined the inmates' records for a similar number of years and found only two violations for cell phone possession.
"It verifies what we hear again and again - education makes a difference," she said.
Bates and Newton are scheduled to be interviewed for NPR's "Tell Me More" show on April 23, Shakespeare's birthday. Bates also will be discussing her memoir and signing copies at Left Bank Books in St. Louis at 7 p.m. on April 26.
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AMAZE 2014 Joburg: Hypertalks
A MAZE 2014 in Johannesburg was as usual a mind-blowing event. Gathering indie game developers from all around the globe to our humble city, this the third A MAZE marks two years from the day I discovered game dev as a possible career choice, during A MAZE 2012.
There were many many great things at this A AMAZE, meeting amazing people, listening to amazing things come out of their amazing minds. All of which can be found on the A MAZE Youtube Channel. A week's worth of amazingness.
Here however, I want to show you the Hypertalks - talks by amazing people to show you that 5 minutes is all it takes to get you thinking. A MAZE had just released these videos (I had shaky iPhone shot versions which sucks, these are much better)
My favourite one is David Hayward's one where he plays Super Hexagon while talking about how it's like his (other) favourite hobby 🙂
Here they are! Enjoy!


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Salzburg, 10 July 1997 (RFE/RL) - A senior Russian government official says Moscow has no reason to be happy about NATO's decision this week to offer membership invitations to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Yevgeny Yasin, the former economics minister who is now without portfolio, made the comment on the sidelines of the second annual Central and Eastern European Economic Summit in Salzburg, Austria. He said he had no wish to spoil the good mood of those celebrating the decision. But Yasin said Russia saw no reason to consider the move with joy, as it still believes expansion could have a negative effect on its own security.
Yasin said one of the options now open to Russia is to press ahead with efforts to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO is the world's largest trade organization, bringing together more than 130 countries. He added that the time has come for Moscow to say unambiguously that it supports a free and open market and to undertake the necessary steps to make that a reality. Only then, Yasin said, will Russia's rights and interests be truly represented on the world stage.


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Google have recently announced that they arrive to radically change the way their search engine works. The new 'Google Universal Results' will merge their standard search results with results from Google images, and Google videos. So how much of an impact will this have on businesses? Cast your eyes over the article below from the B2B Marketing Development Blog
Something New: Developing Digital Content for B2B
Reading up on the different changes going on in the SEO world, I found that Google was integrating a wide range of content into their Search Results. They are calling this Universal Results. The results that are returned under the main Google Search Bar are webpages, videos, photos, news stories and other forms of digital content all pertaining to the key phrases typed into the search box.
We had an earlier post titled Improved Search Engine Placement: It's not just about YOU! You can read the post if you are interested, but to summarize a point real quick from it: It states that your placement in Google or the Search Engine Results isn't always as important as those webpages that are placed around you. And driving traffic to your webpage for conversions. This post was written a couple months back. Google's thought process about Universal Search supports our claim. To support the changes and implementation of Universal Search, Google states that its results today aren't just about rankings and positioning. It is about getting coverage, covering ground or having real estate. It is about messaging and it is about branding. What are your goals of your SEO Program? Is it #1 rankings or driving traffic to your website?
What does Universal Results have to do with B2B? This is the industries' chance to do something creative, design something unique, start a blog or post a video. There are different ways to capture your audiences' attention and drive them to your website or to pick up a telephone and we need to explore those areas and branch out. Our digital content will be found with Universal Search. I've seen the changes in my search results already. And personally, I like it, because now I don't have to use the video search engine to find a related video to my topic. The most relevant result was already posted.
Take a moment, look at your website, what can be added to support your site? Would a blog about your industry help? Would creating a YouTube account for the different videos your company puts out be worth the time investment? How are you going to change with the audience of the Internet? As technology advances and new ideas develop it is only going to grow. First step, get your website up and running with the room to create new supporting pages, for the digital content you are putting out on the web.
Remember, it's all about the Real Estate!