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Sep. 14, 2010 — Tampa
Police received a call from Carlos Felipe Laoveiga, 27, saying that he was being followed in a car by Yoel Leon, 41.
Tampa PD
Laoveiga had just dropped his girlfriend and her 16-year-old daughter off at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital. Leon was the woman's estranged husband and the girl's father.
By the time Officer Alexander Moreno saw Leon at around 10 p.m., he and Laoveiga were in the hospital's driveway and Leon was attempting to slash Laoveiga with a butcher knife. Read more
Ordered to drop the knife, Leon continued his attack and Moreno shot him twice in the upper body. He survived. Laoveiga was not injured.
The same day, five officers shot one person in Micco .
Eight days later, one officer shot one person in Miami .
Leon did not immediately comply with police instruction, a factor in nearly a quarter of shootings.
Leon was armed with a blade/stabbing implement. Only 80 other people were armed the same way.
Leon were involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
2014. PANAMA CITY — Panama City police officers responded to an attempted robbery at the Days Inn off of Highway... 1 injured
2009. OCALA — Deputy Zackary Hughes responded to a disturbance at a mobile home in Marion... 1 injured
2014. TALLAHASSEE — About 1:50 a.m., two off-duty officers working security outside Club Pierre saw Jacoby Hart, 24, fire his gun into the air during an... 1 injured


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We're all guilty of having one or two bad habits when it comes to food. Whether it's eating too quickly, having too much sugar or ordering too many take-outs, there are a variety of ways that our eating habits can impact our lives.
However, if you do struggle when it comes to food, there are a few things you can be doing to improve your eating habits and your overall health.
Write a list – it may sound pretty obvious, but writing a list will help you rationalise and understand what habits you want to change and will prevent you from forgetting them in the future. If you're aware of the one (or many) bad habits that you have when it comes to food, write them down and keep them noted on your phone, laptop or notepad.
Go one at a time – kicking your habits isn't something that is going to happen overnight – it will take time and it may be tough. If you have more than one habit that you want to improve, take them on one at a time and don't challenge yourself to drop them all in one go. Taking such an extreme measure will make the process incredibly tough and may lead to failure.
Calculate your chewing time – chewing is not only an important part of the digestive process but it's also beneficial to overall health. People who don't chew their food well enough before they swallow often develop digestive problems and are also at greater risk to problems such as choking and dehydration. Many experts say you should aim for 32 chews before swallowing, but this varies from food to food.
Drink enough water – the body is roughly 60% water, give or take. You are constantly losing water from your body, primarily via urine and sweat. To prevent dehydration, you need to drink adequate amounts of water. On average, you should be consuming two litres of water per day, not only will this hydrate the body but it will improve your skin, energy levels, concentration, and your digestive system.
Sit down and relax – in the busy nature of modern living, not enough people are taking the time to sit down and enjoy a meal. Many of us either eat on the go or standing in our office kitchen. However, eating while standing up may increase the speed at which you eat; potentially causing to overeat and consume more calories than you would if you were sitting down. Not only that, but by sitting down and spending no less than 15 minutes enjoying your food, you may also help the brain register that you've consumed a "real meal," reducing the likelihood you'll overeat during the following meal.


Gas prices have gone from $1.39 to $1.87 on Power Road in the last week and a half. MINI gas (premium!) is $2.17 at the Quik Trip as of last evening. I suppose we are experiencing the old "Spring spank" courtesy of "Big Oil". The Chevron station that has the highest priced gas in the Valley is currently at $2.19 for regular. The owner of that station must think he is still in California. Oddly enough, there are usually lines waiting to pay more at that station. The only reason I stop there to check is there is a traffic light on the corner!
We have had a 25 cent per gallon increase as well. I'm starting to see prices rise in the stores to cover delivery price increases too! We buy half & half cream for our coffee in half gallon containers which lasts us about 2 weeks. I just picked up another one yesterday and it's up 30 cents.
Here we go again.....hang on to your wallet!
Eggs went down 30 cents a dozen around here. Last year, this close to Easter, they went up almost a dollar a dozen. BTW, the term "dozen" is no longer used. "Twelve" is the correct terminology.
One half gallon is now 59 ounces. One pound is now 12 ounces. You still get charged for the correct measure, of course.


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RENO, Nev., Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As the mother of a 7-year-old autistic son, Kathy Roller noticed a need for specialized supplies in her son's classroom and took charge by starting a crowdfunding campaign in September on MoveYourMountain.org to raise money for the classroom. Surpassing her goal of $500 in two weeks, she is excited about the impact these funds will have on the autistic children in the low-income school in Northern Nevada.
Kathy urges others to donate to her fundraising campaign or to go a step further and create their own fundraising campaign to help other classrooms raise money. In a statement today from Mrs. Roller, "Many of our autistic kids are non-verbal and need so many specialized and expensive devices just to communicate. Although the schools try to meet the needs of every child, there are many areas that are not adequately funded. I just wanted to step in and use a platform that I knew would yield the results I wanted and provide additional funds to support the teacher, aides, and children in the classroom."
With donations exceeding $600, Kathy hopes to raise awareness of the needs in this classroom, but also the needs of other autism classrooms and for inspired people to donate accordingly. She states, "Donations, no matter how small, can make a difference and improve the education that these children receive."
If anyone finds themselves in a position where they need to start an online fundraising campaign for their school, family, or organization; crowdfunding is an excellent resource for accomplishing their goal. If anyone would like to contribute directly to the needs of autistic children in Northern Nevada, visit https://moveyourmountain.org/campaign/elmcrest.
The involvement of MoveYourMountain.org in regards to Autism Classroom fundraising and the assistance they provided in setting up this campaign is just one example of the company's continued humanitarian drive. They provide a user friendly website, simple instructions, and a caring staff of experts (called "Mentors") to assist you in achieving a successful outcome. MoveYourMountain is there to help every step of the way.
MoveYourMountain.org: Donation based online fundraising platform based in Reno, Nevada. Founded in 2013, they are committed to providing a positive platform to meet all your fundraising needs. MoveYourMountain.org is helping families, teams, causes and charities all across North America to reach their fundraising goals and move their mountains.


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Genetic Test Could Decide if Patients Get Heart Drug
Genetic testing can help determine whether heart surgery patients benefit from the popular anti-platelet drug clopidogrel, which has been effective for some but carries major risks, a study published this week said.
The drug is marketed under the brand name Plavix by Bristol-Meyers Squibb in the United States and Sanofi-Aventis in France.
Clopidogrel, among the most commonly prescribed medications, has been shown to reduce cardiovascular problems in patients undergoing heart procedures like balloon angioplasty or stent placement to open narrowed coronary arteries.
But scientists said there is a great degree of variation in how patients respond to the drug, which can be predicted by a genetic test which measures the presence of a particular enzyme in the blood.
The authors of a study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that analysis of existing data suggest that the pharmacologic effect of the drug varies based on variations of the gene CYP2C19.
"There is a large degree of interindividual variability in the pharmaco-dynamic response to clopidogrel," wrote the authors, researchers with the Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's Medical Center.
The study in the October 27 issue of JAMA analyzed data from previously published studies on the use of clopidogrel, and found that patients who have common genetic variants of a certain gene and who also undergo a coronary stent placement have an increased risk of blood clots or other heart related complication.
"Common genetic variants in the CYP2C19 gene are associated with almost one in three patients not receiving ideal protection from ischemic events when treated with standard doses of clopidogrel for PCI" or percutaneous coronary intervention – procedures such as the heart stent placement surgery, the authors of the study concluded.
"Given how widely clopidogrel is used to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, determination of the optimal antiplatelet treatment doses or regimens for individual patients is needed to tailor therapy appropriately," they wrote.
The research compiled nine separate studies involving 9,685 patients (of whom 91.3 percent underwent PCI and 54.5 percent had an acute coronary syndrome, the authors of the study wrote.

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All of our Year 9 students were introduced to the concept of cybersafety and cyberbullying in a recent assembly led by Steve Coles, PSCO, and have been learning about these issues in RS lessons.
A selection of Year 9 students are taking part in a County Schools Challenge on Wednesday 3rd June 2015. Michelle Hodgkins, Head of Religious Studies, entered the students to raise awareness of cybersafety and cyberbullying. The students who win will represent the Academy in a semi final showdown at Northamptonshire Police Headquarters on 10th June 2015.


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The San Mateo Consolidated (SMC) Fire Department officially commenced operations on January 13, 2019. The department was formed by the establishment of a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and represents the merger of fire departments in San Mateo, Foster City, and Belmont. At that time, it was the first JPA to commence operations in the State of California in nearly a decade.
SMC Fire has over 260 years of combined history providing emergency services in the three communities. The new department is staffed by 154 personnel that provide emergency services utilizing 10 engine companies and two ladder trucks from the existing nine fire stations. The consolidation allows SMC Fire to continue providing comprehensive emergency response services to all three cities in a more cost-effective way, while maintaining the high level of service the communities rely upon.
The efforts to explore this collaboration began in 2010 when Foster City and San Mateo agreed to share duties of then Fire Chief Dan Belville. Over the next two years, the two cities expanded their partnership to include other key Command Staff positions. In 2013, under the leadership of Fire Chief Mike Keefe, the City of Belmont/Belmont Fire Protection District joined the partnership. At that time, the three cities agreed to share, jointly staff, and relocate the Foster City Ladder Truck to a centralized location that better served the three communities. In 2015, newly appointed Fire Chief John Healy was directed by the three City Managers to study the viability of completing the merger of all fire protection services. The goal was to continue to provide the same high-quality emergency services in a more sustainable model. Staff from the cities and fire departments explored available options and determined a JPA was the most viable option.
The JPA was officially established on November 22, 2017, and on January 13, 2019, SMC Fire commenced operations as an independent fire department.
SAN MATEO CERT
San Mateo CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is made up of San Mateo residents who are trained to take care of themselves and their community in the aftermath of a major disaster, when first responders are overwhelmed or unable to respond because of communication or transportation difficulties.
In an emergency, these CERT-trained residents first ensure the safety of themselves and their families. They can then work outward to the neighborhood or office and beyond until first responders arrive. Finally, they can assist first-response personnel as directed. During training, residents learn to:
Prepare for the hazards that threaten their communities.
Locate and turn off utilities.
Extinguish small fires.
Identify hazardous materials situations.
Triage and treat victims.
Set up a medical treatment area.
Conduct searches and rescues in lightly and moderately damaged structures.
Understand the psychological impact of a disaster on themselves and others.
Organize CERT members and spontaneous volunteers for an effective and safe response.
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YOU GUYS I AM STILL HERE.
I got home from DragonCon on Labor Day, shoveled some food and water into my gaping maw, fell asleep on the couch, woke up, took a shower, and fell asleep in my bed. Then I spent Tuesday stumbling around in a fog. Then I went back to work, and spent the rest of the time between now and then catching up from five days out of the office. I only dozed off in my car once, and it was before I had actually turned it on. Success!
DragonCon, and specifically the costuming created for it, was a huge success. Posts in the works include one with the pictures I took of other people, and one (at least) with pictures of our costumes. And also, a post about what I have to do before CRF starts in…four? weeks. And then a post about how next year I'm starting DragonCon stuff in January, because I am too delicate to handle another summer of this much stress.


According to the Travel Industry Association of America, more than 30 million Americans travel with their pets annually, taking them away for weekends as well as on both local and international vacations. And if you add the thousands of animals that take part in cat-and-dog shows around the country on a weekly basis, the number of pets on the go swells even bigger.
Pet travel is big business prompting both pet boutiques and online stores to have special travel sections that contain a plethora of fabulous items as manufacturers continue to sniff out and dig up new ideas that mimic human lifestyle trends and focus on comfort and safety for our fur kids. Therefore, it's important to ensure you shop with a purpose, not because you simply like a color….
As with any trip, it's a good idea to make a checklist beforehand. Whether you're purchasing a carrier or a collar, focus on items that ensure your pet's well being, comfort, and security. Always shop well in advance so that your fur kid has the opportunity to try out and become familiar with new gear and accessories before you're ready to put them to their proper use. Finally, look for travel accessories that are easy to pack, carry, or install if necessary.
Sandy says: This dome-shaped ergonomically designed carrier from Meowme allows pets to sleep in their favorite curled up position. The dome is removable so it doubles up as a pet bed at your destination. Made from luggage grade nylon it comes with a cool air mesh interior for hot weather and faux fur for cooler days along with a special heating pad that plugs into the cigarette lighter.
Available in two sizes: Sleepypod mini for pets up to 7 lbs. and the standard pod for pets up to 15 lbs.
Sandy says: For pets that have to "cargo class" on airlines, Komfort Carriers combat the temperature problem with patented technology that automatically senses the ambient temperature and activates the carriers cooling or heating mode to provide veterinary-recommended traveling temperatures. Each carrier has a three-hour rechargeable battery which allows pets to travel in comfort on airlines on shorter journeys. It can be powered up at home in advance or on the road from the 12-volt power outlet in most vehicles.
Sandy says: This pet GPS system allows you to set up your own personal safety zones to ensure peace of mind both at home or on the road. This state of the art technology sends a text message or an e-mail to your phone or computer if your pet leaves the radius of a specific location, so that you can quickly plot the flight path on a computer map or call the customer care center and instantly locate the runaway.
Sandy says: Disposable pet dinnerware is the answer for pets on the go. Feed + Toss bowls from Bamboo have a solid non-skid base and disposable liners that eliminate washing up after every meal, leaving your pet's temporary dining area free of bacteria and germs. The bowls are available in a 12-oz and 30-oz size and there's also a 12-oz double bowl.
Sandy says: This drinking system from veterinary ventures is a convenient way to ensure you always have plenty of water for road trips and fun excursions. The bottle holds 36 ounces of fluid and folds out to form a water bowl with a second detachable bowl for when you are travelling with more than one pet. The bowl and canteen work together to form a funnel, easily allowing the unused water to be poured back into the canteen.
Sandy says: This handy all-in-one grooming tool is perfect to keep in the car after a day of fun in the sun. It brushes loose hair, dries wet fur, cleans off muddy paws and treats your dog a great massage at the same time. The flexible rubber bristles are made from recycled rubber and are soft enough to use on sensitive areas like the face and belly.
Sandy says: Designed specifically for travel, these tags start off the size of luggage tags to allow you to write destination details legibly and then, when popped into a toaster oven, shrink down to a standard-sized pet tag. They come in packs and are ideal when your travel plans stretch to include a number of hotels and destinations. They can also be used full size on luggage and other accessories.
Sandy says: For pets to be safe on the road, they need to be restrained. The Backseat Barrier from Kurgo is made from 600 denier nylon and reinforced steel to protect pets from shooting forward in an emergency braking situation. It can be adjusted to separate pets and kids, too.
Sandy says: Ramps are great pet travel accessories to allow small and elderly pets to access cars with easy and get on and off the bed. The new Jeep pet ramp is lightweight and can be conveniently carried like a briefcase.
Sandy says: For pets that enjoy the great outdoors, the Kool Collar will keep them comfortable in the hot sun and prevent heatstroke and other heat-related issues. It can be filled with ice which not only keeps them cool around the collar but cools down the body as it melts. Alternatively, they can be filled with frozen no-mess gel packs.
Medium: 17.5" – 24" fits most working class dogs such as Labradors and Pointers up to about 75 – 80 lbs.
Items to minimize your time in airport security.
Travel gadgets with little to no impact on the Earth.
Items to ensure safety from attackers.


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Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the end of the Western & Atlantic railroad line. Atlanta is the capital city in the state of Georgia, with an estimated population of 472,522. Today the fast growing city remains a transportation hub, not only for the country but also for the world!
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It's been six years since Paul McCartney's last solo album, and he's ready to hit the world – and Twitter – with his latest endeavour. To celebrate the release of "New", McCartney's new album coming out on October 15th in the US, the former Beatle will be hosting a live Twitter Q&A.
If you're a McCartney, or a Beatles, fan you'll want to be on Twitter tomorrow morning. The Q&A is scheduled for 9:40am ET on Thursday October 3rd. It will be McCartney's first Twitter Q&A.
Fans are encouraged to chime in with their questions about the album "New" or the recording process itself, using the hashtag #askMacca.
And excited fans are already jumping on the #askMacca hashtag to prepare for the Q&A. According to Topsy, more than 2,400 instances of #askMacca have cropped up on Twitter in the past week, with just about 2,000 of them being created today.
McCartney is pretty big on Twitter as it is, so you can bet fans will be chomping at the bit to join in the chat. His account @PaulMcCartney is sitting at about 1,590,000 followers.
"New" is McCartney's first studio album since "Memory Almost Full", which was released in 2007, although he's been an active touring musician in the interim.


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THERE'S ONLY ONE NANCY BANKS-SMITH…
For two weeks in the late 90s I sat across an office from Nancy Banks-Smith, one of my favourite newspaper writers, but I never plucked up the courage to actually speak to her – I found The Guardian too intimidating an operation to do something as forward as that. And as stand-in Art Director on the Guardian Weekend magazine for the estimable Mark Porter, I was much too concerned with hanging on by my fingernails, attempting to not screw up. I was reminded of those days by this excellent letter to The Guardian, from John Steele:
"To include PG Wodehouse, Terry Wogan and the Grateful Dead in one paragraph (Nancy Banks-Smith, 1 February) must be a first in British and probably world journalism – a truly amazing feat and somehow it seems to make sense."
And here was Nancy's para:"He started life, like PG Wodehouse, as a bank clerk, but the moment he picked up a mic he knew he could do it. "Never mind the music, it's the talking that's important," he once said insouciantly, while treading all over the Grateful Dead."
BUT THERE WERE TWO EVENINGS WITH MARK KERMODE…
I'd recently done some slides – blown up and half-toned stills – for a series of events with Mark Kermode at the BFI, where he shoots the filmic breeze with an audience. One of the highlights was in the Sound & Vision segment (I'd used a still from The Conversation with Gene Hackman and John Cazale in their surveillance van) where Mark showed a clip from Girlhood, where the girls dance to Rihanna's "Diamonds". It's a burnished and beautiful scene with the camera following the girls' rhythms as they dance and mime to the song.
A few days later we saw (and heard) Mark and his band with Mike Hammond, the Dodge Brothers, soundtrack some short silents at my brother-in-law's extraordinary birthday show at the Cinema Museum in Kennington – a terrific place that should be better known. If you love the history and artifacts of film, go immediately.
THEN THREE GIGS IN ONE WEEK…
1) was Natacha Atlas at Ronnie's (thanks, Kevin!) with a stunningly creative band. She was playing her new album, Myriad Road, a collaboration with Lebanese/French trumpeter and producer Ibrahim Maalouf. This show took the album and ran with it. The trumpet of Hayden Powell and the violin of Samy Bishai worked together as a sinuous horn section and separately as expressive soloists, and there was wonderfully tough and detailed piano from Alcyona Mick as well as the fantastic foundation of Andy Hamill on bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums. There was literally not a dull moment – the whole thing felt like a souped-up and more muscular version of the album. For a few numbers they were joined by two percussionists, and the hand drum player led the audience in trance-inducing feature that raised the roof. Atlas sang beautifully, mostly in Arabic, and was a generous host – she really shared the spotlight – and the smiles that wreathed the player's faces said it all.
2) was Beirut at the Roundhouse, where a band with two trumpets played, essentially, world/film music – but made it sound like the best kind of Pop. You know, a Balkan/Mariachi/Marc Almond/Scott Walker/Western Movies kind of Pop, which went down a storm with a wildly enthusiastic crowd. About the only thing not to like was the bass drum sound that gigs often feature – a cardboard-y thump. Zac Condon and his gang were supported by a laconic Aussie guitar player lumbered with the (as he himself admitted from the stage , "I'm stuck with it, regrettably…") moniker of D. D Dumbo. A spiky Chinese/Malian/Blues-sound wrung from a 12-string Danelectro, with a snare and tom and a loop pedal, he made music located somewhere on the spectrum between Battles and Bon Iver. Marcel and I were suitably impressed.
Every couple of years I feel the need for a dose of 3) the bracing Poliça, and on this trip they were playing the Village Underground, an art space in Shoreditch. As Steve said, we could have been in Berlin, in a Wenders film. The building itself is an old industrial space that feels like, well, an old industrial space. Not gussied up at all. The sound of the band was overwhelming – you felt the bass in the pit of your stomach and the twin drummers in your chest. Most of the songs were new, but all tight and short, glacial pop melodies over a pummeling beat, with Channy Leaneagh in great voice. The next day, Steve emailed to say that they sound "prettier" on Spotify, and that he was missing the bass. I think we had enough bass that night to last at least the next two months…
FOLLOWED BY "FOUR DAYS GONE"…
This week I discovered a Steve Stills' box set that had a solo demo, dating from the Springfield days, of one of my favourites among his songs. Stills had a good way with creeping paranoia and anti-authoritarianism – see "For What it's Worth" or "America's Children", and played a great version of this on his '74 solo tour (a performance with fabulous drumming from Russ Kunkel). This demo (on the music player to the right) boasts a beautifully plaintive, pining melody. I like piano played by guitarists (Dylan, Young and Keith Richards spring to mind) as they have an almost untutored approach and often find interesting phrases that the more adept keyboardist may never stumble upon.
AND FIVE OR SO CITIES (NOT FORGETTING THE MOTOR CITY!)
Ivy Jo Hunter, songwriter, interviewed by Dave Simpson in The Guardian: "In those days, you could rob a bank easier than you could get into the record business. I wanted to be a singer, but they needed writers. I started putting "Dancing in the Street" together on a little piano upstairs that anyone could use. I couldn't really play, but I had a bassline and found some chords to go with it. Afterwards, James Jamerson, the legendary Motown bassist, said he'd never had so much fun playing one note. I'd wanted to write a melancholy song, but when Marvin heard it, he said: "That's not a sad song. That sounds more like dancing in the street." That became the title and half an hour later the song was finished. All the "Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat?" lyrics just flowed out. Mickey and Marvin put in the mentions of "Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore and DC" – cities they'd visited on tours. I added: "And don't forget the Motor City." We got the drumbeat by hitting a tambourine with a stick and routing the echo through the bathroom. Soon the rest of the industry were losing their minds trying to get that sound, with all their expensive equipment, but they never could. I didn't really like the finished record, but then I had no concept of what made a hit. When Mick Jagger and David Bowie covered it in 1985, I made more money in two years than I had made in the previous 20. I would have kissed their butts in the middle of Broadway."
Filed Under: Weekly Roundup Tagged With: Beirut, D. D Dumbo, Four Days Gone, Girlhood, Ivy Jo Hunter, Mark Kermode, Nancy Banks-Smith, Natacha Atlas, Poliça, Stephen Stills
Five Things: Wednesday 28th August
August 29, 2013 by martin colyer 1 Comment
Simmy Richman interview with Stephen Stills, The Independent
Is it true that you play percussion on the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing"?
We were in the studio next door making a CSN album and David was all full of himself and saying this is going to be the album of the year. I went, "No it's not, that's being recorded across the hall," cos I'd heard some of that Saturday Night Fever stuff and I knew it was totally unique and going to be a monster. So I played timbales and for a long time that was my only platinum single.
You have a reputation for sometimes being short with journalists…
I had a torturous day in New York one time where someone had fed a writer this thing that I had tried out for the Monkees and failed. The truth was that I wanted to sell my songs to a hit TV show to make money. The thought of being a pretend Beatle on TV was so appalling that I couldn't imagine it, but I went down and said I know a kid, and I sent them Peter Tork. This journalist kept saying, "But they turned you down right?" I was like, "You're not getting the point." So I ended up going fuck you! Often the journalist has already written the piece and all they're looking for you to do is to confirm their obnoxious preconceptions. There's a point where you just go – fuck fame, fuck being famous, fuck being a celebrity, fuck this. I'm a fucking musician. Take my picture and make it up.
Thanks for not being like that with me. That was an absolute pleasure.
It was. I love that I talked about all the things you were warned not to talk to me about. High fives on that!
Bruce Springsteen I
Daughter sends link to this very sweet blog entry, and while I have issues with the design aesthetics, the tale itself is funny and heartwarming.
Bruce Springsteen II
Then my inbox pops up with: "Springsteen: Saint In The City – this book covers the year from Springsteen's birth to 1974, the year before his breakthrough album Born To Run". Personally, I like the 'about the author' bit: "Craig Statham has an MA in History from the University of Edinburgh. He currently works for East Lothian Council and has previously published four successful books on local Scottish history. The author believes that to fully understand Springsteen's recorded work it is necessary to understand the formative years that shaped him. It covers: The genealogy of the Springsteen family from earliest times; his relationships with his managers – how whenever success beckoned he would move in a new direction; the development of his drive to sound like Van Morrison and Joe Cocker (in the Bruce Springsteen Band); the fight to get support from Columbia Records and how the musicians changed the rules to all-night Monopoly sessions".
Heard And Seen at the at the Zoological Museum
Artist in museums. Not sure that they really work, and feel they're always overshadowed by the exhibits. So poor Sam Risley Billingham is onto a hiding to nothing with his "Structurally amassed beat-mix soundscape" when up against A Jar Of Moles.
Guardian Fashion
Can anyone explain this particular bit of fashion to me? And why poor Anastasia has been forced to a) stand like that, and b) wear 'cute' animal ears. In the meantime, I'll look forward to the Gil Scott Heron one.
Filed Under: Weekly Roundup Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Burgers & Bruce, Grant Museum of Zoology, Guardian Fashion, Stephen Stills


Ayse has an interesting history with Pacific Rentals and has been working with the company since 2003.She started off as an assistant before taking time off to study Computer Science at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK.Upon graduation Ayse returned to Pacific,taking up her role as Allocation and Customer Support Manager.
Amongst the numerous aspects of the job that Ayse favours, one of the things that she enjoys the most about her work is meeting different people from all over the world.
Rose graduated from Girne American University in Business Management. Then she started working at KKTCELL as a customer care representative where she stayed for 3.5 years. She loves to travel and experience new cultures.
Daria has been living in North Cyprus since 2010 and has no trouble demonstrating how absolutely in love she is with the country. Just a couple of years later, Daria joined the team at Pacific in 2012 and so far is thoroughly enjoying her work with the company.
Fulfilling her role as Designer and PR manager has Daria updating the website and profiles of the company as well as designing materials for customers.She also helps out Kim with enquiries,bookings and car deliveries.
A change in direction saw Salahi make the transition from his previous experiences as a high school teacher to a Service and Maintenance Manager for Pacific.
Salahi has helped Pacific to rise to the top of the industry through providing one of the best car hire services in North Cyprus. His technical expertise makes him a valuable member of the team, as he is responsible for maintaining the ideal state of each of our vehicles. This helps to ensure that all of our customers enjoy every single minute in their hired car.
Vural graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean University. He has great skills and is known to be an absolute master of precision. Vural's prior experience before starting at Pacific includes serving as a manufacturing manager in a glass factory.
Upon starting at Pacific, Vural was originally involved in customer support but has since transitioned and is currently dealing with all accountancy related jobs.


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I'm already giving credit to Newsom for winning reelection as California governor in 2022, because.... well, who are we kidding? This is California.
So buckle up, we have to deal with him for 8 years.
Newsom has replaced another liberal Democrat governor, Jerry Brown.
However, Jerry Brown wasn't your typical Democrat. He had his own ideas and marched to his own drum. He frequently pissed off his own party, given his fiscal restraint and overruling of parole board decisions.
Newsom is no Jerry Brown. Instead, he's probably going to out-liberal the already leftist California state legislature, aggressively pushing for radical changes to fit his agenda.
Here's one just announced: Gavin Newsom wants to take away gasoline tax revenue from cities which don't meet state affordable housing goals.
On the surface, this might sound good to you. Who doesn't like affordable housing?
But what this really means is that cities, including small ones, are required to make room for new construction of low-income housing, regardless of the type of area it is, or what they have to destroy to create room for it.
Did you work hard to earn and save enough money to move your kids to a safe suburb, away from the most of the violent criminal element?
Well, guess what? Now Gavin Newsom wants to move the violent criminal element right into your new neighborhood!
Why? Because... well, affordable housing or something.
Since Newsom cannot force cities to erect low-income housing, he is choosing to punish them by taking away a critical source of funding (the gasoline tax revenue), leaving these cities unable to pay for basics such as road repairs.
Boy do I hate this guy.
JSTAT: Newsom has been on the fast track to become President. Watch!
Sanlmar: Cali Follies should be a weekly podcast.
Gavin Newsom wants state-sponsored healthcare for illegal immigrants.
You know, because it's important for hardworking Californians to pay to keep healthy the people who shouldn't be here in the first place.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...107-story.html
MrTickle
Why do you hate poor people? Did you grow up wealthy or are you a class traitor?
Originally Posted by MrTickle
Who said I hate poor people?
I have many poor friends, including Master Scalir. I've bent over backward to help some of them out (not just financially) when they needed it.
This isn't about poor people.
It's about Gavin Newsom.
BTW, speaking of poor people, I'd be glad to support making them completely tax exempt (except sales/gas tax, which would be too cumbersome). Let them keep 100% of their paychecks. I have a lot of empathy for poor people -- at least the ones who are working or trying to find work (or have legitimate reasons why they aren't).
But Gavin Newsom is terrible.
Zap_the_Fractions_Giraffe
sounds to me like Druff hates huckster politicians that take advantage of well-meaning but naive citizens
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1 Peter 5:8 — "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
Let those poor and disadvantaged people live around the criminals but we rich people who got lucky shouldn't have to deal with crime! Those hard on their luck and born into terrible situations with almost zero prospect to escape a life of poverty should deal with it instead!
I can't believe the governor wants to integrate poor people in my neighbourhood. Doesn't he know all poor people are criminals? How can we let our kids play on the street if poor people live nearby?
And I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with race. (Coincidentally I see how you brought up the I have black friends defence but this time for poor people).
duped_samaritan:
I don't understand what you're advocating here. Complete and total equality in living circumstance, regardless of amount of work, responsibility, or accomplishment?
Why do you think it's a bad thing that successful people should be able to live amongst themselves, away from most of the crime, blight, and danger? Are you saying they don't have a right to do that?
What's next? Should 5-star hotels be forced to set aside a certain percentage of rooms for crack addicts who need a place to crash for $25? After all, why should the poor people at cheap motels only be stuck living with that, right?
Unfortunately, low income housing brings crime along with it. That's an unfortunate fact. If you want to live in a nice neighborhood which is mostly free of crime and danger, you don't want to live in or near low income housing.
Hell, even ask the people who DO live in low income housing! They'll tell you that they can't wait to scrape together enough money to get out of there!
Oh, and you can project racism onto me all you want, but it's not true. Typical leftist firing off accusations of racism during a political disagreement. If a house was for sale nearby and black people moved in, it wouldn't bother me at all. Obviously they must be doing fairly well for themselves if they can afford it, so there's no reason to be concerned just because of the color of their skin. I'd much rather have black professionals living next door to me than white trash. I just want the neighborhood to be quiet and trouble-free. That isn't a lot to ask.
Unfortunately, the general philosophy of the left is, "Group B is suffering, and Group A isn't. That's not fair. Let's worsen things for Group A, so both suffer. See! Equality!"
I'm advocating that all areas of California should be doing their bit to resolve help the housing crisis. Is that unreasonable?
Your mischaracterisation of left wing policy is just abhorrent. It's not about bringing everyone down, it's about reducing inequality, and everyone should do their bit. Not only for their "friends" but for the well-being of society as a whole.
And Druff you have a long track record on here of sexism, racism, classism and hipocracy. You're not fooling anyone.
Lord of the Fraud: And Druff you have a long track record on here of sexism, racism, classism and hipocracy. You're not fooling anyone.
Druff can't be racist because Jews aren't really white
People make life decisions every day. I feel zero remorse for life losers who've either made bad decisions or for those who are just plain stupid and/or lazy, the latter is where most poor people reside. I never understood how hard working successful people need to pay the way for the lazy stupid assholes of the world. Never made sense to me. I'm firmly in the camp of if you don't pay a penny in taxes you aren't entitled to vote. I went from a broke POS pizza delivery boy/bartender to moving to Florida and becoming successful enough where I need to support these stupid assholes. Just glad the chimp didn't win governor here so we have at least a few more years before we start going the way of California.
PS - Jerry Brown was probably the 49th or 50th worst governor in the entire country. He's an off his rocker libtard. I guess when you live it like Druff does every day you lose the sense of reality other parts of the country see. California is truly the laughing stock of the country at least politically. Such a great state to be ruined by the left too.
Probably 90-95% of the population has the ability to be wealthy enough to not need to be subsidized by the gov't. I get there are times when people have temporary problems and there are programs for those people. I also get there is a small part of the population that just can't succeed for a variety of reasons and those should be helped as well. The rest of these assholes need to stop being lazy and get out there and learn to be productive. Also, fuck these illegals who are living off our gov't. Those are the M Fers who need to be sent back. Illegals working and living a normal life then F it. I don't care if they stay.
How many poor people are poor because of laziness and lack of intelligence? A tiny percentage. Most people's are victims of circumstance. It's our job as society to make it so circumstance is, on average, always improving. We should treat our disadvantaged with compassion.
It's bizarre that a country so religious just throws away the teachings of religion so quickly (I'm an atheist). I guess the American dream really is to fuck everyone over on the way to getting rich and then try to hoard it as much as possible.
MumblesBadly: You have describe the American spirit very well.
GrenadaRoger
In California by 2022, residential indoor use of water will be limited to 55 gallons per person per day...2030 it will be 50 gallons, it's already law
because we have too many people and not enough water
55 gallons--an average shower uses 17 gallons, a bath 80 gallons, a load of clothes 40 gallons
yet Newsom continues to fund a bullet train few want, the money could be used to build desalination plants or repair leaks in the distribution system (some say as much as 20% is lost that way),
and Newsom supports sanctuary policies for illegals rather than allowing ICE to deport
and he wants to spend for healthcare???
the state slogan will soon be: "Come to California for a stinking good time!"
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(long before there was a PFA i had my Grenade & Crossbones avatar at DD)
Every time I've been to California the worst thing has been public transport. What's bad about the bullet trains? (I genuinely know nothing about it)
the bullet train is a waste of a huge amount of money...and it will never operate without public subsidy
it was sold as a replacement of air travel between Los Angeles & San Francisco, one of the busiest air corridors in the world, and thus environmentally beneficial
but what is really is a real estate developers subsidy for the Modesto/Stockton area, with the idea of providing middle class housing for workers priced out of the San Jose Silicon Valley area...a faster daily commute between Modesto/Stockton and San Jose
and a lot of people in the state, particularly those in developed communities, are opposing the route coming through their neighborhood (classic NIMBY--you know the rich will force the lines through poorer areas)
public transit doesn't make sense in Los Angeles or San Diego...the cities are sprawled out geographically...by contrast, Chicago (shaped by the lakefront) or New York (fit on a long slender island) are good matches for a rail system because a large number of homes there are a short walk and elevator ride from the tracks.
Jayjami
Wofford Heights, CA
Newsom is the nut low. We'd be much better off with 8 more years of Captain Moonbeam. As least he is cannabis friendly, which helps my business, but only because he sees it a another cash cow for the state.
Embarrassingly false. Poor life choices pal. That's what it comes down to. If you're referring to niggers in the ghetto these MFers can move. They can actually do something about their plight hence them being labeled lazy and stupid. If you're referring to a handicap whether mental or physical then fine. I agree. Circumstance my ass though. Success doesn't mean being a millionaire. Most people are not equipped to being a millionaire primarily due to the need for instant gratification. I'm talking being a middle class schlub like a high percent of the country. Almost anyone can become middle class. Make 40-60k a year. Only lazy stupid retards can't attain that status.
MumblesBadly: You are clueless about "niggers in the ghetto" being able to move away from poverty.
GrenadaRoger: maybe wrong about n's in the g, but i think Pooh's right about getting into middle class
Jayjami: Spot on, my reneck friend.
Originally Posted by Pooh
Dr Pockles is doing that now...he's grown into an inspiration: because if he can, anyone can
The train does not go from LA to SF and never will. The part they are currently building runs from Wasco to Madera 2013 to 2017 (see the red line). Literally a train to and from nowhere. It's 2019 and the state is nowhere near completion and is massively over budget on this section, the easiest section, because it is flat.
The bullet train that would work is Union Station to Las Vegas. Anyone who has driven back to LA on Sunday afternoon would agree.
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California has some of the highest gas prices in the nation, thanks to both a high level of taxation and more stringent environmental requirements.
How high is it? A gallon of regular gas is averaging $3.79 (higher in many areas), whereas the national average is $2.59.
Here's the list by state: https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/
This has been the case for a long time. California used to be virtually tied for far-and-away worst gas prices in the nation, but now they've even passed Hawaii, which is amazing given Hawaii's isolation.
Why has California passed Hawaii for highest gas prices? In April 2017, the California government passed yet another tax increase of 12c per gallon, in an effort to raise $5.4 billion for transportation-related construction. In 2018, proposition 6 was on the ballot in order to repeal the tax. However, labor unions and construction contractors donated a whopping $46 million to defeat it, which dwarfed the $5 million raised to promote the "yes" side. The results? An expensive, in-your-face scare campaign which made people afraid that roads and bridges would crumble if this tax was repealed. (No word on how the state managed to survive without it prior to 2017!)
The repeal lost by 13 points in the 2018 election.
So what does this have to do with Newsom, who wasn't even elected yet?
Well, remember that $5.4 billion in funds that were supposedly to be raised by the tax? Well, Newsom decided he's going to divert some of it to "fight climate change", whatever the fuck that means.
And while California does have a recent law against diverting voter-approved transportation funds for other purposes, Newsom is getting around that by moving other money which was originally designated for transportation. Sneaky sneaky!
Boy this guy is awful.
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South Carolina Joins Effort To End Vaccine, Mask Mandates
The South Carolina Attorney General's Office announced Thursday that the state is joining the call to end mask mandates for Head Start students and is taking part in legal action against president Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Calling Biden's vaccine mandate "unlawful," State Attorney General Alan Wilson said…
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The South Carolina Attorney General's Office announced Thursday that the state is joining the call to end mask mandates for Head Start students and is taking part in legal action against president Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
Calling Biden's vaccine mandate "unlawful," State Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a news release that he has submitted an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit filed by Kentucky that seeks an immediate end to the requirement that all employees of federal contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19.
"The powers of the states — protected by the Constitution — cannot be wiped away by the president's seizure of power. This is about upholding the Constitution and the rule of law. No president has the authority to do what President Biden is trying to do here. He's not a king," Wilson said in the release.
Wilson is joining 20 other state attorney generals in supporting the lawsuit.
Though the release notes that "there are many South Carolina companies that will be negatively impacted by the unlawful requirements," no information was included about how many employees in the state are affected by the mandate, nor what kind of effects businesses are experiencing as a result of it.
As of Wednesday, there have been more than 1.4 million reported cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina and 17,251 deaths, according to The New York Times.
Nationwide, 65 percent of residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In South Carolina, it's 56 percent. However 86 percent of South Carolinians over the age of 65 are fully vaccinated, which is just 3 percent behind the national number.
In the past 14 days, the state has seen an 80 percent drop in reports of new cases, but a 56 percent increase in COVID-19 deaths.
The amicus brief Wilson has filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit argues that the vaccination requirements for federal contractors "improperly intrude on states' traditional powers," calling the mandate "an authorized exercise of regulatory power."
Further, Wilson asserts that the president "failed to show that the mandate promotes economy and efficiency."
In announcing support for the lawsuit, South Carolina joins Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
In addition to filing the brief, Wilson has joined 22 other state attorneys general by signing a letter to Biden and his administration that calls for the end of the Head Start program's mask mandate.
In November 2021, Biden announced a regulation requiring the masking of children age 2 and older who attended federally funded schools and daycares. According to the release, the requirement extends to outdoor activities.
The attorneys general argue that the mandate "subjects children and toddlers to arbitrary and inconsistent discipline for not wearing a mask, and that it is long past time for the unconscionable policy to be rescinded."
"According to health experts, requiring masks for these young children is not what's best for them, so this mandate needs to be rescinded," Wilson said in the release.
The letter states: "Your mask mandate was wrong from the beginning."
According to Wilson's news release, the letter also points out that even the states with some of the most restrictive COVID-19 policies are now lifting indoor mask mandates at schools.
"If the mandate remains in place, the staff, children and toddlers at Head Start programs will soon be among the only people in the country forced to wear masks."
In addition to Attorney General Wilson, the attorneys general of the following states signed-on to the letter: Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Mystery Solved: Where Do Airport Codes Come From?
There's a method behind those three (sometimes mysterious) letters.
Like OMG, FUK and SUX, we already told you that some wacky airport codes are great for a giggle. But let's take a step back: How does an airport come to being known as PEE or POO, anyway? Some airport codes just make logical sense — MAD, for example, seems a reasonable abbreviation for Madrid — but a few others have us scratching our heads. Such as, why would Arrachart, Madagascar willingly allow its airport be referred to by an acronym so chilling as DIE?
In DIE's case, the explanation is quite simple. It was named, during French colonial rule, after the nearby city of Antsiranana, which was then called Diego Suárez (first three letters: DIE).
OMG, LOL: 35 Funny Three-Letter Airport Codes That Will Make You Giggle, BRO!
It turns out that there is usually a fairly simple explanation behind the codes, many of which are explained on the simple but pleasing site Airport Codes, which gives the rundown on the meaning behind, mostly American, IATA-designated airport codes.
Airports such as LAX and PHX didn't just randomly throw an "X" at the end of their city's first two letters — its just that they were named prior to the 1930s when airports only had two-letter codes. The X was added in order to adhere to the new format. When airport codes switched from two letters to three, the U.S. Navy snapped up all codes beginning with an "N." Newark, then, had to drop its first letter and just go with EWR, which presumably was thought to be more appropriate than EWA or EWK.
One thing Airport Codes does not explain is the obligatory "Y" at the beginning of every Canadian airport code. The answer, according to national carrier Air Canada, is that, when the U.S. National Weather Service established airport codes, "Canada was allotted a "Y" for all airports associated with a weather office." Even they can't explain, though, why Canada's busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, is known by the "intriguing" YYZ. For an explanation we have to turn, as ever, to the aviation geeks at Quora.
"Historically, towns along the Canadian National Railway had telegraph stations, each with two-letter codes," explains Ophir Ben-Yitschak. YZ was the code for the station in Malton, Ontario, where Pearson Airport is located, hence the IATA code for Pearson Airport is YYZ. "That's pretty much what it's all aboot."
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MMS Bulletin #112 April 2009
Health System Strengthening: Role of conditional incentives?
New Initiatives in results-based health-financing
Can conditional cash transfers contribute to health systems strengthening?
Magic Bullet or a Payment Reinvented?
How can it be monitored?
Health systems strengthening:
Von Carla AbouZahr / Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO
Recent increases in funding for health and growing attention to the importance of health systems, are accompanied by demands for better statistics to track health-system performance and ensure accountability. Currently, few low and middle income countries are able to produce data of sufficient quality to permit such regular monitoring. A framework and toolkit to facilitate such monitoring is under development.
There is growing interest in the potential of incentive mechanisms, such as conditional cash transfers and performance based funding, for increasing the quality, coverage and use of priority health interventions. Performance-based funding mechanisms can only work with better data. Sound data are needed to identify appropriate performance indicators, to track progress towards benchmarks and targets, to monitor both intended and unintended effects, and to manage potential conflicts of interest which financial incentives may aggravate. The implementation of performance based mechanisms requires attention to the selection of performance metrics and identification of related measurement strategies, particularly in terms of health system functioning and performance. Yet currently, health information and statistical systems in many developing countries are not able to generate the kind of timely and reliable statistics needed for monitoring health systems. For example, there are multiple problems in clinic and programme-based reporting systems which often form the basis for the assessment of performance against benchmarks.
The need to develop better metrics of health system performance was first addressed by the World Health Organization in its 2000 World Health Report (World Health Report 2000). The framework for health system performance covered the range of indicators from health system inputs and processes (human resources, infrastructure, essential medicines etc.), through programme output measures (coverage of interventions) to health outcome or impact (mortality, morbidity, financial contribution, and responsiveness). The report did not attempt to quantify the full range of indicators, but ranked country health system performance using five outcome level indicators: population health, inequalities in health status, level and distribution of responsiveness and distribution of financial burden. The country rankings led to considerable debate and distracted attention from the value of the unifying framework for monitoring health systems.
Not until 2007 did WHO returned to the issue of monitoring health systems with the publication Everybody's Business (WHO 2007). Its health system framework was similar in terms of overall components to the earlier framework but paid more attention to the health system inputs and processes, summarized as six core building blocks of health systems: service delivery, health workforce, information, medical products, vaccines and technologies, financing, and leadership and governance.
The relevance of this effort has become ever more apparent with the growing attention of the health and development community on the health-system constraints that impede the attainment of disease- or programme-focused goals. Health-system strengthening is now recognized as central to strategies for accelerating the achievement of the MDGs – as noted by, for example, the Toyako Framework for Action at the G8 Summit. The International Health Partnership Plus (IHP+) promotes support to national health strategies and plans (including strengthened information systems for monitoring and evaluation) as a means of increasing alignment on national priorities. At the same time, virtually all health initiatives and funds call for better information in order to effectively steer and track health-systems strengthening efforts.
Feasible and realistic measurement methods
These developments provide a welcome rebalancing in terms of the contribution of "vertical" and "horizontal" approaches to health improvement. But from a monitoring perspective, they present a challenge in terms of the kinds of measurement strategies for health systems that would be commensurate with those used by categorical, or disease programmes. Health systems are complex; measuring and monitoring their performance will need to take this complexity into account.
Initial responses to these challenges started as long ago as 2004, when several global health initiatives, notably the GAVI Alliance and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, realized the need to tackle the constraints to the achievement of their own goals presented by weak country health systems. In 2004, WHO and the World Bank convened a series of meetings, bringing together country experts, academics, donors, funds and development partners, around a joint effort to improve health systems monitoring. The focus of the effort was on low and lower-middle income countries. The aim was not simply to define long lists of health system indicators and leave it at that. Rather, the strategy was to reach consensus on a parsimonious set of indicators for each health system building block and to identify feasible and realistic measurement methods for each indicator. It was anticipated that the effort would help countries establish their own benchmarks and targets, and that progress would be reflected in country progress reports or "dashboard". The dashboard could serve as a powerful advocacy tool for health system investments.
Arising out of this work is a draft Toolkit on monitoring health systems strengthening (WHO 2008).
The Toolkit describes a set of indicators, measurement approaches and strategies that
permit establishment of country health system statistical profiles;
permit monitoring of health systems and guide country and partner investments;
highlight gaps in terms of data availability and quality and point to needed investments in measurement strategies;
contribute to a global consensus around how to monitor and benchmark health systems strengthening. (see Table 1).
Health system building block Indicators Data sources
Governance Policy index (index to score whether certain policies are in place)
Implementation indicators for building blocks
CPIA and CPIA score for health Expert review
Key informant surveys
Uses all data sources from other building blocks
Financing Total health expenditure per capita
% General Government expenditure on health
Out of pocket as % of total health expenditure
Total health expenditure as % of GDP National Health Account
Public expenditure reviews
Expenditure reporting systems
Household surveys
Workforce Health care professionals per 10,000 population with distribution within country
Graduates of health training institutions per 100,000 population Facility assessments
Professional society databases
Information Health Information System Performance Index (HISPIX) Expert review
Medical products Tracer drug availability in health facilities
Median drug price ratio for tracer drugs Facility assessments
Facility reporting systems
Service delivery Health facilities per 10,000 population
Inpatient beds per 10,000 population
OPD visits per 100 population per year
General service capacity – proportion of facilities with basics such as clean water, basic equipment
Specific service capacity – proportion of facilities with key components for IMCI, FP, AIDS etc. Facility assessments
In working with countries to measure and compare health systems functioning, it is important to strike a good balance between avoiding blueprints that do not allow for country contexts and specificities, while simultaneously encouraging a degree of standardization that enables comparisons within and between countries and over time. Standardized indicators allow comparisons between countries and can help mutual learning, including identification of bottlenecks and sharing lessons learnt. However, measurement should be attuned to a country's health strategy objectives. Thus, each toolkit section has proposed "core indicators" that all countries are encouraged to collect and a wider set of indicators that users can chose or modify as needed. Countries should integrate new indicators with existing indicators of their health sector and statistical strategies and plans.
Poor availability and quality of health systems data
Following the development of the Toolkit, WHO and other partners collaborated with country partners to populate the indicators and generate the country dashboard with regular statistics for a minimum set of country health system indicators. The aim was to bring together data that would be comparable over time and between countries, and to include both national and sub-national or distributional data. In practice, the country dashboard proved to be more difficult than anticipated because of the poor availability and quality of health systems data.
A recent review of current health system monitoring practices in selected countries – Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia – identified opportunities, challenges and best practices relevant to each building block (Monitoring health systems strengthening) Major concerns are evident regarding the availability and quality of data. Growing demand for results in the context of the MDGs has led to substantial investments in population-based health surveys to improve the availability and quality of health statistics on coverage of interventions, risk factors, nutrition, disease prevalence and mortality. By contrast, only fragmented efforts have been made to improve data on the health system building blocks. Yet both countries and development partners have a common interest in generating international consensus on comparable methods and measures for monitoring health systems strengthening.
In fact, countries are themselves taking the lead in implementing strategies to monitor health systems performance. Several high income countries are conducting various forms of performance assessment, often focusing on benchmarking and comparisons with other countries. For example, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been studying ways of measuring the performance of different health systems and of using such information to support on-going health systems improvement since 2002 (OECD 2002). The 2008 Dutch Health Care Performance Report presents a broad picture based on 110 indicators and includes comparisons over time and between countries where possible (Westert et al, 2008). In the USA, the Commission on a High Performance Health System has developed a National Scorecard, summarizing U.S. health system performance on 37 core indicators and providing comparisons with other countries (The Commonwealth Fund 2008). Authorship of such reviews varies, from multilateral organizations such as OECD, to public health bodies (for example in the Netherlands) and to independent bodies (as in the USA).
Investing in appropriate measurement strategies
Cross country comparisons are possible when data availability and quality are relatively complete. However, this is not the case for many developing countries. Here, there is much to be gained from an examination of sub national variations in health system indicators. For example, the South Africa District Health Barometer monitors a selected set of socio-economic and health care indicators in order to highlight inequities in health resource allocation, inputs, outputs and outcomes as well as the efficiency of health processes between provinces and between districts (Health Systems Trust 2007).
These country experiences demonstrate that progress towards more effective and efficient monitoring of health systems strengthening and health systems performance is possible, given the necessary political commitment and resources. Countries have much to learn from each other. It is clear that the main impediment towards better monitoring of health systems is not the lack of indicators but the failure to invest in appropriate and sustainable measurement strategies, and the generally poor quality of available data.
What is now needed to support countries is to further refine and promote standardized approaches, tools and methods for generating and analyzing health systems data and to build institutional and individual capacities for the collection, analysis, sharing and use of such data. Progress in these areas will require the mobilization of technical and financial support for countries and other stakeholders to support the process of improved health-system monitoring. Any approach will also need to find the right balance between standardization and country specificity, and will require a set of specific outputs that will improve the monitoring and strengthening of health systems. WHO and other partners are now working closely with funds, foundations, development agencies and countries, especially those involved in the International Health Partnership, to implement such approaches and to share lessons learnt.
*Carla AbouZahr is a statistician and public health expert working at the World Health Organization, Geneva, in the Department of Health Statistics and Informatics. She is currently working with a number of countries and partners on strategies for monitoring health systems strengthening. She is responsible for the views in this paper which do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of WHO.
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World Health Organization (2007) Everybody's business - Strengthening health systems to improve health outcomes - WHO's framework for action. ISBN 978 92 4 1596'77
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OECD (2002) Measuring Up. Improving Health System Performance in Developing Countries.
Westert GP, Berg MJ van den, Koolman X, Verkleij H (editors) (2008) Dutch health care performance report 2008 http://www.rivm.nl/vtv/root/o33.html accessed 20 January 2009
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