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A call for better global health leadership – whistling in the dark?
Introductory post by Sylvia Vriesendorp, our new guest blogger:
"We want better leadership!" It is an often heard call in health programs around the world. Yet when asking those who make this call what exactly they'd like to see done or changed that would produce the missing leadership, the voices stop. Let's look at reproductive health: one woman dies every minute in pregnancy and childbirth; 99% of these women live in developing countries (UNFPA). These women are not dying of medical mysteries; they are dying because they do not have access to simple, inexpensive, life saving interventions. They are dying because they do not have access to modern contraception methods, even when there are supplies in the country and trained staff to dispense them.
Why is that so? We believe this is happening because many health programs are poorly managed and led. And as long as we believe that only a handful of exceptional human beings, like Mother Teresa, Ghandi or Mandela, can lead and manage us out of these tragic circumstances, we are forced to stand by or throw technical solutions at what are, in essence, challenges of management and leadership. This is a huge dilemma that is exacerbated by a lack of actionable language about management and leadership. After all, if leadership and management cannot be defined, how can we know what to teach? It is also a dilemma for those who manage and lead health organizations. How can you get your staff to become better managers and leaders when you don't have any language to help them develop? How can you yourself become a better manager and leader if you adhere to the theory of 'Great and Exceptional Men and Women' as they only people who can lead us out of our current stagnation?
There are countless models of leadership; many emphasize personality traits and characteristics (like charisma) that assume that true leaders are wired a particular way, from birth. If leadership were to be innate like that, we are in trouble. We are especially in trouble when we take talented health professionals away from their clinical practice and promote them up to a level where their technical skills are no longer useful and where they discover they have no clue on how to manage and lead. We have turned, in this way, countless superb clinicians into mediocre managers who do not lead. Worst of all, such an approach gives us no guidance on how to prepare current and future generation of managers who lead and produce intended results.
So what to do? We are engaged in remedying this situation in many countries and at many levels, a few teams of health managers at a time. In the process we are learning much about how to turn passive and unempowered midlevel managers into inspired activists for better health. We'd like to share these with you.
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We received reports from our various task forces involved in logistics support and program development and are grateful for the remarkable progress already made. We are confident that our time together…
To Ppeach: yes there are, I will write about these in some other entry, later.
Thanks Jessica, Farzaneh (great stories of the unrealized potential that is kept hidden at lower levels), and Eva, thanks for comments and encouragements. It is good to bring to each other's attention the work that is done, coming out of a similar philosophy – I am always amazed how many small pockets of great leadership initiatives are out there – if we can only connect – so this we will do. Let's stay in touch.
Thank you for your insights, Sylvia. Global Health Progress applauds the work you are doing with the Center for Leadership and Management to create stronger health leaders in developing countries. One of our partners, the Accordia Global Health Foundation, is doing similar work in Africa. Check out this YouTube video of Executive Director Carol Spahn, describing the work that the Accordia Global Health Foundation is doing.
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[…] Posted by Aman on August 25, 2008 More from our leadership and management folks over at MSH. By Sylvia Vriesendorp: […]
I think we must all remember that we can be leaders whoever we are, wherever we are. Gandhi famously said that he was just an ordinary person.
As Martin Luther King says as well " Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love."
So how can this be applied to a hierarchical health care system? Just one example from the Positive Deviance approach: At the VA hospitals in Pittsburgh, Dr. Jon Lloyd is spearheading a drive to conquer methicillin resistant staphlococcus aureus infections (MRSA).
Here is an excerpt from the article "Do What you Can, With What you Have, Where you Are." by Arvind Singhal, Karen Greiner, and Prucia Buscell
Culture change is clearly not the objective of the Positive Deviance MRSA project, but it is happening. When every single person in the organization in invited
to tackle a problem, transformations begin in entrenched traditional hierarchies.The story of Edward Yates, a member of the housekeeping staff, is one striking illustration. Mr. Yates had been interested in the initiative from the beginning, and had surprised doctors with his knowledge that Chlorox, not alcohol, is needed to kill spores of Clostridium Difficile, or C-Diff, another virulent antibiotic resistant bug. Mr. Yates was later chosen by unit staff to conduct one of the regular MRSA briefings for some 15-20 staff members, including leading physicians. All
present shared pride as he reported that the Heinz's 2 South Unit had no MRSA infections, no colonizations, and had achieved a 100 percent swabbing rate.To Jerry Sternin, the fact that a well-informed member of the housekeeping staff was informing doctors and administrators at the top of the hierarchy, was one of the most gratifying instances of cultural change in action.
Examples of in-house expertise abound, once people start looking. Darryl is a veteran in his 30s who acquired a MRSA infection at VAPH and has endured four surgeries at the site of his infected leg wound. He devised his own polite way of fostering hand hygiene. When doctors or nurses enter his room without washing their hands, he said, he avoids eye contact with them, and looks instead at the sink. If the offender is impervious to subtlety, he added, "I just look back at the doctor, then back at the sink, until they wash their hands." Wall signs urging EVERYONE to wash or sanitize hands are another focus for a patient's gaze. Darryl has shared his strategy with dozens of other veterans, adding advice to signal with a smile, not a smirk. He emphasizes that patients can be part of the solution, not the problem.
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Are there any examples of distributed/collaborative global health leadership using IT tools in this context? Taking the fickleness of a single leadership position out of the equation and putting much of the power in the hands of the stakeholders? I'm aware of the adage "A camel is a horse designed by a committee". But hey, a camel works well in its environment, better so than a horse.
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I am looking forward to reading this series of posts as leadership is a topic that complicates several global health programs.
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text: by Danielle Sherry Length: 04:07Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com and our sister site FineCooking.com. We'll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening associate editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Fine Cooking Web producer Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare garden vegetables. If you're new to vegetable gardening, you'll find these videos very helpful. In this video, the topic is tomatoes..Episode 1: How to Plant Tomatoes Here, Danielle show Sarah a couple of tips for setting tomato seedlings in the ground. For the strongest plants, clip off the lower leaves first, then plant the stems deep in the soil. That allows roots to form along the underground portion of the stems, increasing the nutrient flow to the plant and anchoring it more firmly. Once the raised bed is planted, Sarah and Danielle set up stakes and netting trellises. 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It's not coincidental that I posted the devotional, Each Moment I Live. The same day, we received a call that my nephew has been in an accident, and was taken to the nearest hospital with the facilities to address his injuries. He's a married father of two young children, and a strong Christian. Please pray. I'll update when I know more. Thank you. - Donna
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"Sometimes while I'm talking to God, He'll show me something about myself in such a way that I have to laugh at my own humanity and how funny I must look to Him." - Donna
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Prayer Request
Devotionals by Donna,
Donna Shepherd,
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Seven Sevens Meme
Carmen Rockett tagged me for the Seven Sevens Meme.
Seven Things to Do Before I Die.
1. See my children marry their true loves, live for the Lord, and hopefully have children.
2. Publish a book of devotionals.
3. Publish a book of children's poetry.
4. Take art classes.
5. Organize my house – I think I can get more on my list done if I'm not dragged down with disorganization.
6. Develop my speaking and singing ministry.
7. Walk and eat right so I can be healthy enough to do all these things before I die.
Seven Things I Cannot Do
1. Nothing – I'm always doing something.
2. Quit piling. (I heard that pilers are smart. Ha!)
3. Eat too many sweets.
4. Go a day without singing.
5. Go a day without writing.
6. Get caught up on my to-do list.
7. Find anything in my closet. (See #5 above. I've got to get a system.)
Seven Things that I Admire in my husband or wife (or for singles, dad or mom).
1. His thoughtfulness.
2. His faithfulness to God.
3. His tenacity.
4. His work ethic.
5. His energy! (Anyone ever see him at ease?)
6. His love for the Word.
7. His love for the Church.
Seven Things I Say Most Often
1. I love you.
2. Ouch! (when Sadie, our Labradoodle runs over me.)
3. Well, that's gonna leave a bruise. (follows #2 statement)
4. Are you kidding me?
5. Be careful. (every time someone leaves, usually followed by #1)
6. Ya think?
7. If I say I will, I will.
Seven Books (or series) I Love (right now)
1. The Bible
2. The Boundaries Series
3. The Church Ladies
4. Any book of Shel Silverstein poetry
5. Any Calvin and Hobbes books
6. Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God
7. Landon Snow and the Auctor's Riddle
Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again
1. Hope Floats
2. Tootsie
3. 9 to 5
4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
5. The Preacher's Wife
6. The Family Man
7. Remember the Titans
Seven People I Want to Join In, Too:
1. Just As I Am
2. The Upward Call
3. Hill Country Thoughts
4. Between Sundays
5. Windows to My Soul
6. Walking Circumspectly
7. You!
(Just copy and paste the questions and replace my answers with yours. Have fun!)
Devotionals by Donna,
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Seven Sevens Meme,
Sunday, December 18, 2005
CHRISTmas and Cartwheels
Hi, everyone! My December column for the Dabbling Mum is up. It's called CHRISTmas and Cartwheels.
EXCERPT: "Mom, are you dizzy from trying to keep up with the busyness of the CHRISTmas season? Dads, do you feel like Bart Conner on the balance beam, juggling work, family, and church obligations?
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Donna Shepherd,
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Interview in Sisters in the Lord Magazine
It was my honor to be interviewed by Wendy Lynn Decker for Sisters in the Lord Magazine. If you'd like to read the interview, click here.
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28th June 2010, 02:46 AM | #341 | |
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I also dont see any problems with using two batteries in series. Mine two measure exactly the same voltage at all times. I'll measure the current draw today. |
28th June 2010, 03:54 AM | #342 |
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Ive tested the fresh boards from the PCB factory, and to my surprise the result is even better than the board i had hand soldered ! THD is even 10X lower! ( probably due to the fact that i didn't use 1% resistors in my test board )
The measurement result is: 30V, over 1.77A of power use, Load is an 8 Ohms 100W resistor. 30X1.77= 53.1Watt 53/100X90= 47.79 Watts to the speaker terminals. Distortion is 0.0025%! i wonder what rating the other boards have, this is really very low for a class-D amplifier. 30V supply 1KHZ input signal assuming 90% efficiency ( at high power this is surly the case ) I'm supplying 1.77A over 30 volts, and i read a distortion of 0.0025%! this can be measured as my distortion meter at the finest setting detects a full scale of 0.1%. the Distortion meter used is a Japanese Meguro MAK-6571W the signal source is a Japanese Leader LAG-120B audio generator. photo's will show the results. this test is repeatable by anyone that has a THD meter and a signal source and its a guaranteed value. the photo's: http://www.data.helderhifi.com/0boardDUT.JPG http://www.data.helderhifi.com/0thd0.0025.JPG http://www.data.helderhifi.com/0psu.JPG if there are any questions, ill gladly answer them Greetings, Arjen Helder
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28th June 2010, 04:42 AM | #343 |
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just tested for 4 Ohms also, gives 105 Watts at 0.3% distortion, also more than i had expected.
up to 90 watt at 0.0025%.
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28th June 2010, 06:27 AM | #344 |
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Why are there 2 relays? Putting in one would save space/assembly time and would not affect anything in a bad manner.
Also, as v-bro noted that loose winded output coils can cause some heat generation, is this the case? And why are you supplying an aux 5v line to the board? Is the onboard lm317 that bad? |
28th June 2010, 06:39 AM | #345 |
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Hi there Teamacc,
There are 2 relays, not really needed, but why save on them, it completely disconnects the speaker. the coils are from micrometals and stay cold, even at maximal load, logically so there made with thick copper wire! Im not supplying anything to the board by 30V and the input signal. the black clamp is connected to the jumper wire that connects the 2 ground planes together.
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28th June 2010, 08:38 AM | #346 |
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Hi Arjen, although your amp looks and measures nice it has no use advertising it in this thread of one of the many competitors in the field of class D/T amps.
Therefore I asked the mods to move your posts to a separate thread. It is very confusing as at first it seemed you are connected with the designs of hifimediy in one way or another. After asking I discovered this is not the case and I am probably not the only one that got confused. If you have nice products to sell please open an own thread next time. BTW maybe this thread should be moved to the vendor forum as well.
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To arjen:
What do you estimate to be the price of your tk2050 mono board? thx |
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When you regard the built in potentiometer and the speaker relay of hifimedy´s board for the same price - it is the better deal |
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"We need a more coordinated effort to ensure federal land is responsibly managed in Colorado and does not negatively affect the livelihoods of our families and business owners."
— House District 57 Rep. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale.
If the mark of a good state lawmaker is how many bills he can pass during a legislative session, then House District 57 Rep. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, is putting together a solid rookie season at the Capitol in Denver.
Rankin was drafted in November by the voters of Moffat, Garfield and Rio Blanco counties and has introduced three bills during his first session in the Colorado House of Representatives.
Two of those bills were voted on in committee during the last week of February.
House Bill 13-1188, which aims to reduce unnecessary state costs by eliminating certain obsolete state agencies, passed out of the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Wednesday with unanimous support.
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Though the bill did not pass out of committee, a motion to suspend HB13-1188 indefinitely also failed with a 6-6 vote.
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American Vanguard 8-K 2005 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 23, 2005 AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Coastal Engineering 1982
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These proceedings of the Eighteenth Coastal Engineering Conference held in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, November 14-19, 1982 include the 167 papers presented at the conference. The proceedings are divided into 5 major subject areas. Part I, theoretical and observed wave characteristics, includes discussions on wave height distribution, waves in nearshore zones, tide predictions, wave energy conversion and wind effects. Part II, covers aspects of coastal sediment problems such as sediment transport, shore protection, beach profile changes, and beach erosion. Part III, coastal structures and related problems, covers construction, monitoring and performance of different coastal and offshore structures. Coastal, estuarine, and environmental problems are addressed in Part IV, including design of coastal water intakes, salinity intrusion, ocean outfalls, and environmental effects of construction. The final section covers ship motion response.
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There's a lot of mis-information out in the world, which makes reasoned argument all the more difficult. So, with a hope of laying some sound groundwork for discussion, please read the following, written by a mentor of mine, Professor Ken Stein. Ken was my Middle Eastern History Prof @ Emory. But if that doesn't give you cred with him, here's why you should at least read and consider what he has to say...
About Professor Stein:
In Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is a Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel. The Institute engages in upgrading Israel Studies on the Emory campus. He is also president of the Center for Israel Education which writes curriclum provides workshops for Jewish and non-Jewish professionals interested in upgrading their knowledge about the modern Middle East and modern Israeli society, history, culture, politics,and international relations. For more information about the objectives accomplishments of both organizations, please see
www.ismi.emory.edu and www.israeled.org
Ok.. so there has been a lot of outpouring of sympathy for Hamas and the Palestinians. For sure, its horrible. War is horrible especially when innocent civilians are hurt or killed. But I think many of us forget just what Israel is dealing with. So with Ken's permission, I am reposting a piece he had originally written for Encarta
Hamas: a Palestinian group seeking to create a single, Islamic state in historic Palestine, which is now largely divided between Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hamas:, meaning zeal or fervor in Arabic, is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Resistance Movement. The Hamas charter calls for Israel's destruction, and Hamas has engaged in terrorist activities [to meet these aims]. It entered the political arena for the first time in 2005 by participating in municipal elections in Gaza and the West Bank. In the 2006 legislative elections for the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas found significant support among Palestinian Arabs residing in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. Hamas leadership grew up in the late 1940s, mostly as impoverished offspring of Palestinian refugees. Many of Hamas leaders were educated in Cairo during the rule of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Present members include religious leaders, sheikhs (Arab chiefs), intellectuals, technocrats, businessmen, young activists, and paramilitary fighters. To cultivate support, Hamas has provided social services to the needy in the 11 refugee camps in Gaza. Providing social welfare and education through clinics, kindergartens, summer camps, medical services, sports programs, and job programs tied the Hamas leadership to its supporters. Mosques and Islamic religious organizations have been Hamass most important vehicles for spreading its message and providing its services. Partly funded by its members, most funds come from sympathizers abroad. Because the European Union (EU) and the United States have labeled Hamas a terrorist organization, funds raised for Hamas in Europe and the United States have been seized, and the organizations fundraising ability has been curtailed. History The group was founded in 1988 as a militant segment of the Palestinian Arab national movement and was connected ideologically to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in Egypt 60 years earlier. The Muslim Brotherhood rejected the influence of Western culture and called for the increased role of Islam in government and society. Hamas was created after the 1987 outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It emphasized the destruction of Israel, the gradual return to Islamic values, and the rejection of secularization. Hamas firmly opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords, in which the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel engaged in mutual recognition for the purpose of Israel's gradual transfer of power, land, and limited self-rule to the PLO. Led by Ahmed Yassin, a charismatic Gaza leader, who was a religious leader by study but not formal theological training, Hamas catalyzed physical confrontation against Israelis and Israeli institutions. It sought to change the secular nature of the PLO. Meanwhile, leadership of the PLO viewed Hamas, as well as the much more militant Islamic Jihad organization, as significant threats to the PLOs dominance and position as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. During the first intifada Hamas urged Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to confront Israeli authorities. It coordinated labor strikes against Israel and conducted a campaign to try to make Muslims adhere to a strict Islamic code. In 1989 Hamas members kidnapped and murdered two Israeli soldiers in a direct attack on Israel. In response, Israel declared Hamas an illegal organization, and arrested Yassin. Yassin was later exiled to Jordan but returned to the Gaza Strip in the late 1990s. After several more terrorist attacks, in December 1992 Israel expelled more than 400 Hamas members and supporters to a remote area inside the Lebanese border, where they were left for a year.
After denouncing the September 1993 Oslo Accords, Hamas increased its strikes against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel proper. It boycotted the January 1996 Palestinian presidential and legislative council elections. The elections were won by Fatah, headed by PLO leader Yasir Arafat. The boycott was in part because Hamas knew its showing would not be impressive, but also Hamas wanted to avoid giving legitimacy to the PLOs recognition of Israel and to the secular nationalist camp that the PLO represented. Under the accord, Israel, the United States, and Western European nations asked the newly created Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to suppress Hamass attacks. Arafat periodically restrained Hamas terrorist actions against Israel but he did not suppress them altogether.
Hamas activists were pleased when the PLO and the PNA vaguely agreed to end armed struggle in its confrontation with Israel. For those Palestinians who did not want a political solution to their differences with Israel and only wanted to use violence against the Jewish state, Hamas was a political umbrella under which these Palestinians could continue their armed struggle against Israel. Hamas was also pleased that the U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit in the summer of 2000 failed. It welcomed and participated in the outbreak of the second intifada against Israel in September 2000.
The renewed uprising led to a significant increase in support for Hamas views among the regions Muslim Arab population. For Hamas, the second intifada reaffirmed Palestinians steadfastness against Israel, the failure of diplomatic negotiations, and its policy of studied patience in seeking to broaden the groups appeal in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During the intifada, Hamas sponsored and organized actions that were responsible for the killing of more than 350 Israeli men, women, and children, and the wounding of many others. From 2000 to 2004, Israel responded by building a fence around Gaza and attacking perpetrators and planners of the suicideattacks.
In March 2004 Israel Defense Forces assassinated the Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin in a helicopter gunship attack as Yassin left a mosque in the Gaza Strip. The next month Israel assassinated his successor Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, a cofounder of Hamas. In both cases Israel claimed that these two men had collective responsibility for killing Israeli civilians. Israel announced a willingness to continue such targeted assassinations as part of its war on terrorism. The assassinations occurred as Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon said he was ready to unilaterally evacuate some 9,500 Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005.
Succession in Hamas devolved to Mahmoud Zahar, another founder of the organization, and Ismail Haniyeh, who resided in the Gaza Strip. Hamas organized itself under a disciplined collective leadership, which also included Khaled Mashaal, who headed its political wing in Damascus, the capital of Syria. In March 2005 Hamas announced its readiness to participate in the upcoming July elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), a reversal of its stance in 1996. When the July elections were postponed to January 2006, Hamas opposed the delay, but gained extra time to secure its popularity. Meanwhile, Hamas successfully contested municipal elections held in 2005 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In virtually every city, Fatah and Hamas shared local control of politics, with Hamas taking credit for streamlining budgets and eliminating corruption. Political observers viewed Hamass successes at the local town and village levels not as an endorsement of Hamass political or ideological views but as revenge against the laxity and corruption of the Fatah movement in the PNA.
Also in March 2005 Hamas agreed to a cease-fire with Israel. Known as the Cairo Declaration because it was mediated by the Egyptians, Hamas and 12 other Palestinian factions agreed to a stipulated calm or cease-fire. It was an informal response to Israels withdrawal from the cities of Jericho and Tulkarm in the West Bank. Hamas leaders made clear that their indirect cease-fire or hudna with Israel was tactical; the organizations primary goal remained the liberation of all of Palestine and the imposition of stricter Islamic rule. As Hamas leader Zahar declared in March 2005, Hamas is ready to accept a long-term truce, keep the conflict open if our generation cannot act, it must not make concessions we can establish a state on any inch without ceding the other inches. With periodic flare-ups as exceptions, the calm held through the 2006 PLC elections. Noticeably there were no attacks against Israel prior to or immediately after Israels August 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. At the local political level, Palestinian municipalities quietly made arrangements with Israeli officials where electricity and other services were dependent upon Israeli supply.
In the January 2006 parliamentary elections for the PLC, Hamas won 76 of the 132 seats, emerging as the dominant political force among Palestinians. Fatah won 43 seats. Under Palestinian law, Hamas obtained the right to name the prime minister and Cabinet and run the daily affairs of the PNA. It soon named Haniyeh as the prime minister. The presidency, however, remained in the hands of Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah. Seven out of ten eligible Palestinian voters in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem cast ballots, a comparatively high turnout for any democratically held election.
Hamas' overwhelming victory was attributed to dismay with the cronyism, corruption, and mismanagement of the ruling Fatah party. Hamas polling strength was also aided by political fragmentation in Fatah, which was divided between the old guard leadership that had surrounded Arafat and Abbas and younger party stalwarts. Unlike the last parliamentary elections held in 1996, Hamas engaged in disciplined electoral politics this time because it had a chance to control the politics and administration of the Gaza Strip, evacuated by Israel in 2005. With Arafat gone, Gaza as a prize for rule, and international financial assistance waiting to pour into the PNA, Hamas had every incentive to participate in these elections. With its unexpected success, Hamas was faced with reconciling rhetoric with reality. Its rhetoric still called for Israels elimination. But realistically its objective was to govern and to control education, social welfare, health care, and religious affairs. To receive the external funds the majority of Palestinians so desperately needed, Hamas sought to find a formula that did not drop its political objectives, but was sufficiently moderate in tone and actions to open the cash flow.
United States and European Union (EU) officials, however, would not accept a Hamas-led government unless Hamas recognized Israels right to exist and renounced violence. They cut off aid to the Hamas-led government soon after the election. Israels newly installed government of Ehud Olmert also decided to withhold tax and customs revenues owed to the PNA. As part of the Oslo Accords, Israel retained the authority to collect tax and customs receipts in Gaza and the West Bank. Unwilling to meet the demands of Israel, the EU, and the United States, Hamas sought funding from Iran, which it was successful in securing but unsuccessful at delivering. When PNA prime minister Haniyeh returned to Gaza in December 2006 from a trip to Iran, the Israeli authorities denied him entry. He was eventually allowed in but without the millions in aid that he had obtained from Iran. Meanwhile serious outbreaks of armed conflict erupted between Hamas and Fatah security forces, including reported assassination attempts on both Haniyeh and Abbas.
In February 2007 Saudi Arabia sought to mediate the conflict between Hamas and Fatah. At a meeting in Mecca the two sides agreed to form a unity government. Hamas made a concession by saying it would respect past agreements reached between the PLO and the PNA with Israel, agreements that explicitly recognized Israel's right to exist and that called for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Saudi Arabia also sought to revive its 2002 peace proposal, which called for Arab countries pledge peaceful and normal relations with Israel in exchange for an end to the occupation. The Saudis also tried to involve the United States in a renewed peace process. In March the unity government was formally created. Key positions in the Cabinet were given to Fatah supporters so that no representatives of Israel, the EU, or the United States would have to meet with members of Hamas. International attention to the situation in Palestine, however, was largely overshadowed by the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq, which threatened to spill over into conflict with Iran. U.S.-Iraq War.
The unity government failed to take hold, however, as Israel and the United States continued to withhold aid from the PNA. In early June 2007 renewed conflict between Hamas and Fatah led to Fatahs ouster from Gaza in heavy street fighting. In retaliation Abbas in mid-June swore in an emergency, caretaker government in the West Bank, where Fatah has a stronger base of popular support. Abbas appointed the Palestinian economist Salam Fayyad, who is well regarded in Western countries, as prime minister, foreign minister, and finance minister of the PNA. Abbas suspended a provision in the Palestinian Basic Law, which functions as the PNAs constitution, that required parliamentary approval of Fayyad and Abbas other Cabinet appointments. The leadership of Hamas denounced the suspension and called the new government illegitimate.
Almost immediately after the appointment of the emergency government, the EU, Israel, and the United States signaled that aid and tax revenue would resume to the PNA. In the meantime, however, the cease-fire that had been observed between Hamas and Israel broke down. Hamas guerrillas resumed firing rockets into Israel, especially toward the Israeli border town of Sederot. Israel responded with air strikes and military incursions. Human rights groups accused Israel of a disproportionate response, while also condemning Hamas rocket attacks. Israel also tightened control of its borders with the Gaza Strip and used its supervision of Gazas electricity and food deliveries to cut off both in retaliation for the attacks, a practice that human rights organizations condemned as collective punishment of the entire Gaza population.
In June 2008 talks brokered by Egyptian officials resulted in another informal cease-fire. Israel warned Hamas that it would be held responsible for any violations of the cease-fire, including attacks by the militant group known as Islamic Jihad.
So go now. Have a reasoned discussion if you can. But keep in mind just who Hamas is and what they believe should be done with the State of Israel (ok, so you know where my allegiance lies, but I'm happy to debate!).


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I was watching General Petraeus on TV laying out quite plainly how things are in Iraq and what improvements have been made and what still needs to be done, and I was thinking that any American should be like, "Yay! Let's keep up our troops' hard work! Let's win!" But Democrats are never like that. Even when victory looks really possible, they want to find some option that involves at least a marginal amount of failure. Why is that? I wonder if Democrats were scared by victory as children and still have an irrational fear of it to this day.
And why do they hate America and its troops? Did they feel America just got more attention growing up and they've always held a deep-seated resentment? Whatever it is, Democrats need to get over themselves and let America win. I'm not saying Democrats need to love America, but I don't think Republicans should have any dealing with them unless they at least recognize America's right to exist.
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got some...and a black light and some other trippy shit from spencers..
Bad idea, you basically just inhaling tar considering 90% of the psychoactive stuff in weed is absorbed withing the first milliseconds .
Just extra smoke, u may cough more and feel lightheaded, but your suckin a balloon of dead smoke
i have the chicago skyline and at night the outline of the buildings and some of the windows are glow in the dark so you can see the buildings and it looks like some of the lights are on
I've had those up since I was in elementary school and I'm about to graduate college. The same ones are still up after all these years and they still glow.
over $ 1000 in black light phycidelic posters and other things...your welcome
My cousin has a completely black room with those all over the ceiling, black lights, a bunch of black light sensitive posters. One has a pot leaf on it and it glows bright green! its the smoking room, its chill as shit! Every stoner should have one of these rooms.
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The North Sea's fresh breeze, urban architecture, and vast public green spaces add up to make Hamburg a sight to see and a bustling metropolis with an unparalleled quality of life. The city's numerous parks, meadows, and forests combine to make it one of Europe's greenest major cities.
The city of Hamburg truly offers a unique and unforgettable race for all athletes.The provisional course includes the Jungfernstieg pier in the very heart of the city as the start point of the 3.8 km swim course, which goes through the Binnen and Außenalster lakes. The two-loop 180.2 km bike course leads athletes through Harbour City and across the famous "Köhlbrandbrücke" bridge and the southern metropolitan area of Hamburg. The final 42.2 km run course consists of four loops along the Alter Lake in the city center, taking in the vast shoreline, before culminating at the famous Rathausmarkt. The Town Hall market square will feature great spectator support as the home of the iconic finish line.
Hamburg is looking forward to welcoming 2,500 athletes and thousands of spectators from around the world on August 13, 2017 for another superior event in the city center.
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Height: | 5-11 |
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2011 (Junior): One of five Wolverines with at least 100 kills, tallying 103 on the year to finish fifth on the team… Her 32 blocks were fourth on the squad… Recorded a season-high seven kills on two occasions: at Cedar Crest College (9/7) and at Hood (9/28)… Dug three attacks in back-to-back games to finish the season at St. Mary's and against Bridgewater (10/29)… Opened the season with four blocks and Wilkes (9/2) and recorded three blocks against Cabrini (9/2), Centenary (9/3) and Rowan (10/1).
2009 (Sophomore): Appeared in 30 sets over 19 matches...Registered 19 kills...Seven digs...Five blocks.
2008 (Freshman): Played in 24 matches and 58 sets...19 kills, 88 assists, 11 aces, 13 digs and seven blocks...15 assists against Notre Dame (Md.).
High School: Played Volleyball, Basketball, and Track at Tigard High School in Tigard, OR...Voted team captain twice...Earned team MVP twice.
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Out of stock in my area(Atlanta) as of last night. Guess I am gonna have to go to an actual store next weekend.
I agree, calling customer service has always been a better choice than a store for me. Seems like you have more options with customer service and stores are usually out of what you really want and they will try to cram a HTC down your throat. Right sherri?
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0General CommentHoly crap this song is good. I LOVE how the amount of jumping around and dance you want to do while listening to this song is exactly what the song is saying we should be doing with our lives. They overlap perfectly. This song puts you in the perfect mood to go out and live your life to the fullest like the song suggests.
0General CommentIt's that little electronic metronome of sorts in the background that makes this so damn catchy. I completely agree with Silver195's interpretation.laurentertainingon February 10, 2009 Link
0General Commentthis song is my anthem.bloodbloodbloodon June 12, 2009 Link
0General CommentI couldn't disagree more. The song is suggesting we commit suicide "cut the flesh and let the blood flow into the drain" so God can take care of the rest. The song extrapolates a sarcastic criticism of religion. I thought that much was obvious.
"Cause when you die you are a slave"
This fits far more with the tone of the rest of the album. It's not a "feel good" song at all, despite the upbeat instrumentals.BlueCadetThreeon August 08, 2009 Link -
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0My OpinionSuch a contrasting song. The sound is crazily catchy and fun, but the lyrics clearly talk about what horrible things death does. Grand, graaand. I enjoy the song, nonetheless.
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More than half of America's doctors have adopted electronic health records
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records (EHRs).
HHS has met and exceeded its goal for 50 percent of doctor offices and 80 percent of eligible hospitals to have EHRs by the end of 2013.
Since the Obama administration started encouraging providers to adopt EHRs, usage has increased dramatically. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey in 2012, the percent of physicians using an advanced EHR system was just 17 percent in 2008. Today, more than 50 percent of eligible professionals (mostly physicians) have demonstrated meaningful use and received an incentive payment. For hospitals, just nine percent had adopted EHRs in 2008, but today, more than 80 percent have demonstrated meaningful use of EHRs.
"We have reached a tipping point in adoption of electronic health records," said Secretary Sebelius. "More than half of eligible professionals and 80 percent of eligible hospitals have adopted these systems, which are critical to modernizing our health care system. Health IT helps providers better coordinate care, which can improve patients' health and save money at the same time."
The Obama administration has encouraged the adoption of health IT starting with the passage of the Recovery Act in 2009 because it is an integral element of health care quality and efficiency improvements. Doctors, hospitals, and other eligible providers that adopt and meaningfully use certified electronic health records receive incentive payments through the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Part of the Recovery Act, these programs began in 2011 and are administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology.
Adoption of EHRs is also critical to the broader health care improvement efforts that have started as a result of the Affordable Care Act. These efforts – improving care coordination, reducing duplicative tests and procedures, and rewarding hospitals for keeping patients healthier – all made possible by widespread use of EHRs. Health IT systems give doctors, hospitals, and other providers the ability to better coordinate care and reduce errors and readmissions that can cost more money and leave patients less healthy. In turn, efforts to improve care coordination and efficiency create further incentive for providers to adopt health IT.
As of the end of April 2013:
- More than 291,000 eligible professionals and over 3,800 eligible hospitals have received incentive payments from the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
- Approximately 80 percent of all eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals in the U.S. have received an incentive payment for adopting, implementing, upgrading, or meaningfully using an EHR.
- More than half of physicians and other eligible professionals in the U.S. have received an incentive payment for adopting, implementing, upgrading, or meaningfully using an EHR.
For more information about the Administration's efforts to promote implementation, adoption and meaningful use of EHRs and health IT systems, please visit: http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms and http://www.healthit.gov.
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Release date:June 13, 2008
Studio:IFC Films
Director:Guy Maddin
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Screenwriters:Guy Maddin, George Toles
Starring:Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage, Amy Stewart, Louis Negin, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade
Genre:Drama, Documentary
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Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do things differently? Guy Maddin ("The Saddest Music in the World") casts B-movie icon Ann Savage as his domineering mother in attempt to answer that question in "My Winnipeg," a hilariously wacky and profoundly touching goodbye letter to his childhood hometown. A documentary (or "docu-fantasia" as Maddin proclaims) that inventively blends local and personal history with surrealist images and metaphorical myths, the film covers everything from the fire at the local park which lead to a frozen lake of distressed horse heads to pivotal and factually heightened scenes from Maddin's own childhood, all laced with a startling emotional honesty. "My Winnipeg" is Maddin's most personal film and a truly unique cinematic experience, winning the best Canadian film at the Toronto International Film Festival and the opening night selection of the Berlin Film Festival's Forum.


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Captain Waters sinks the last $10,000 of his wife Marantha's income into a sheep farming concession on San Miguel, a tiny, uninhabited island off the Californian coast north of Los Angeles. On New Year's Day 1888, the steamer drops them on the beach along with Edith, Marantha's beautifully unruly adopted daughter. The escalating horror of both women at the punitive adversity of their new lives quickly sparks conflict with Waters's dogged idealism – bracing the first half of Boyle's absorbing narrative with a claustrophobic tension. Decades later, Herbie Lester takes up the tenancy with his not-so-young bride. They find their laughter and optimism not always easy to sustain under frontier conditions.
Based on historical accounts, Boyle's 14th novel is more gently paced than many of his previous. San Miguel is permeated with an elegiac tone, possibly flowing from Marantha's emotional desperation. Atmospherically it is resonant of The Piano, Jane Campion's passionate novel of pioneering tenacity.
San Miguel itself and its moody weather is eloquently sketched by Boyle, as is the quiet demeanour of its main population: "Wool caked in filth. Or, as the tenants see them: "an immense rolling flock of sheep that were money on the hoof, income, increase, bleating woolly sacks of greenback dollars".
This perception underpins the book's emotional heft. San Miguel's tenants are small men, war veterans both, striving to pay off their backers and succeed as independent ranchers, fiercely subscribed to American ideals of self-made independence. How they fare against extreme isolation, hard labour, poverty and the fault-lines in their own personalities is the chief interest in Boyle's absorbing narrative. The island's isolation provides a natural hothouse for wilder passions. Marantha's and Edith's sense of incarceration is balanced by the later protagonists' struggles with depression.
Both tales bear the stamp of Boyle's authority as a storyteller. They cohere into a powerful meditation on the skirmish between character and circumstance in these marginal lives in America's history.
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The chances are that until now you've lived all your life within the family environment. Then you are suddenly given a bank account and what's almost certainly the largest sum of money you have ever had and told to fend for yourself.
It's a far cry from managing your pocket money. "I've had a great time, but I just do not know where this term's money's gone," was a remark overheard outside a lecture theatre. The words of a first-year student - spoken not at the end of term, but at the end of the second week.
There will always be irresponsible students - but even the cautious can find it tough when thrown into a new lifestyle. One of the problems is that both you and your parents are entering the unknown. The starting point for estimating the costs of university life is often the total level of state funding - the full grant and student loan. But this covers the absolute basics and ignores regional differences in the cost of the largest outlay in any student budget - accommodation.
So head for the phone. Ring the accommodation office or the students' union to discover the average rents or hall fees. After that, work out the cost of food, travel, laundry, toiletries, insurance, entertainment, books and equipment. Perhaps there is someone from the year above you at school who is now back at home after a first year as a student. Invite them round - preferably when your parents are home - and you can all learn from their experiences.
By now you should know the level of grant you will receive (if any), the parental contribution you are expecting and the maximum student loan for which they may apply. Bringing these parts of the equation together, you and your parents can see the overall picture. It is unlikely that income and estimated expenditure will balance. Can spending be cut, do they have savings, can you get a part-time job? By exploring the situation together, you will have a greater appreciation of the problems involved.
While parents like to do the best for their children, this has to be within their financial means. So you have to look for savings that will be comparatively painless. For instance, you don't have to buy every book on a reading list. You can save pounds by making use of the library and buying second-hand.
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MCC welding instructor Daniel Hurst is featured in @azcentral series "Why I Teach." https://t.co/gZZOgN0FSh https://t.co/n2R82AjZCt
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Posted on November 14, 2012 by Angela Askey
The Mesa Counts on College partnership between the City of Mesa, Mesa Community College (MCC) and Mesa Public Schools (MPS) recently announced a new GED to MCC program designed to increase the college completion rate in the East Valley.
"The primary focus of Mesa Counts on College is to increase post-secondary attainment, which in turn supports workforce and economic development in Mesa. MCC and Mesa Public Schools (MPS) have worked more closely than ever before on integrating our resources and efforts to expand access to higher education and increase college completion," Mesa Counts on College Board Chair and Mesa Community College President Dr. Shouan Pan said.
The GED to MCC pilot program will provide individuals between the ages of 16 and 26 who are working to complete a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) an opportunity to advance their education.
The GED to MCC is an innovative program targeted to community college bound learners. Students accepted to participate in the GED to MCC program will work toward the completion of a GED certificate and take an introductory community college success course that will help prepare them for a college education.
Dr. Michael Cowan, Superintendent of Mesa Public Schools, stated "GED to college is one more option for students who want to further their education. A trade certificate or college degree is good for the student." He added, "Research tells us workers make more money with more education. It also helps our community. Having a skilled workforce attracts more businesses with higher- paying jobs."
The GED to MCC program is open to motivated individuals with a desire to attend Mesa Community College and finish an associate's degree. There are certain eligibility criteria individuals must meet: must be able to read at an eighth-grade level (determined at time of application); must have the ability and willingness to attend class 12 hours weekly; and must be legally present in the U.S. and able to provide documentation to qualify for the free program. Adults interested in earning a GED that do not meet these criteria may participate in traditional GED preparation programs through Mesa Public Schools, Mesa Community College or other institutions.
During the GED to MCC program, individualized GED instruction will occur in a cohort class setting. Lessons will be taught by certified teachers and through computer-based training. The traditional GED preparation coursework will be enhanced with students receiving information on tutoring services, academic and career counseling, and financial planning assistance. Workshops will be conducted by the Mesa Community Outreach Center at the MCC Downtown Center.
Students will be required to attend classes three hours each day, four days each week. The program will begin January 22 and run until May 17, 2013. Participants will enroll in the College success course AAA150-AA and upon tuition payment could earn one college credit.
For those interested in learning more, informational workshops will be held in December and January. These workshops will explain the program in detail and potential applicants can take a placement test before submitting an application.
Application packets and instructions will be available at the Mesa Education Center (855 W. 8th Ave.) after December 1. The deadline to submit application materials, including the application, letter of recommendation and personal statement is January 14, 2013.
Mesa Counts on College has contracted with Jobs For The Future (JFF) to assist with the GED to Mesa pilot. JFF is a national leader supporting the development of Back on Track through College pathways, which enable youth to not only achieve a high school credential, but also transition smoothly into post-secondary education and career credentials.
JFF will conduct a three day site visit later this month and will assist MCC and MPS with developing scheduling, curricula and course sequencing that supports student achievement and engagement. Through peer-learning networks, best practices and information can be exchanged. In addition, JFF will help to implement performance measurement systems to ensure students successfully progress from the GED to credit-bearing post-secondary pathways.
Barbara Jordan, Mesa Counts on College Organizational Lead for MCC, stated "With the help of JFF, we hope to design and implement a replicable program that will change many young people's lives for the better. The lessons learned from this pilot program will lead to the continued delivery of highly effective GED to college programs for increasing numbers of students in Mesa."
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