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Technical Review Meeting 11 th October 2011 - BOT, Dar es Salaam 9/10/2013 1 q 6 regions were chosen. q 2 districts in each region were selected (t.f. total of 12 districts), where health facilities and health management teams were visited and interviewed, using a structured questionnaire. q Singida: Singida Vijinji/Dist. Council Iramba q Shinyanga: Kahama; Meatu q Tabora: Urambo; Nzega q Kagera: Biharamulo; Karagwe q Manyara: Mbulu; Semangiro q Lindi: Nachingwea; Liwale q Participants came from government (MoHSW, PMO-RALG, POPSM, MoFEA) and stakeholders in the sector which included DPs, CSOs, FBOs, and APHFTA. q The objective as per the TORs shared during the preparation of the JAHSR preparations and endorsed by the stake holders. This aimed at a snapshot on the health service quality and equity and also the health system components status. 9/10/2013 2 q To assess the status and trend of the six health systems building blocks/ components (Service delivery, Human Resources for Health, Financing, Information, Medicines & Commodities, and Governance) in terms of performance and equity where applicable. 9/10/2013 3 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [1] qAll essential services qNot all services that are mandated are Service provided at Regional & provided at Health centres & dispensary , but Delivery district hospitals FBOs fared better qAvailability of amenities - electricity & water affected service delivery; but in some areas local innovations were addressing the issues, again FBOs were ahead of the curve qHeavy workload or rather few HRH affected service delivery qLack of clinical waste disposal facilities particularly incinerator at lower facility levels presented a health risk Equity qServices accessible qPhysical access to disabled citizens to all segments of particularly in all old facility structures. (New society regardless of facilities design OK) ability to pay 9/10/2013 4 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [2] qInnovative ways to attract and qCritical shortage of HRH at all Human retain workers which are working levels Resources for in some areas Health (HRH) qHRH supply problems when it qrecruiting from Training comes to specialists (e.g. surgeons) Institutions by management visiting and talking to graduates qBudget Ceiling qincentives including housing qProlonged salary delays for newly facilities. recruited HRH. qHead hunting of HRH qCumbersome Recruitment process colleagues and many actors in the process and not well coordinated Equity qGender: HRH dominated by qDistribution btn "urban" and women "rural" difficult to judge 9/10/2013 5 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [3] qPresence of alternative qLower facilities Health Centres & Financing sources of funding CHF, dispensaries have difficulties NHIF and User fees, which accessing CHF funds, have no own to a large extent have help accounts improve service delivery qCHF members dissatisfaction in the case where they are required to purchase medicines at private drug store due to O/S at facility (potentially discourage future enrolments) qLate disbursements of approved funds (Basket & OC), less than full approved funds are disbursed (mainly O.C) qRHMT receive no direct funding from basket, have to depend on councils. Equity qFunds allocated qDespite formula specific areas may according to formula still be disadvantaged due to taking to account geographical vastness and small 9/10/2013 6 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [4] qHealth Management qLack of electronic system, means Information Information System (HMIS) in takes longer to process and use the are in place albeit manual information captured. systems qShortage of MTUHA books qRegions and Districts and to some extent qParallel information systems exist, facilities use available increasing amount of record/ time data for planning spent capturing and retrieving information, integration required qComputerized HRH system installed in some regions e.g. Singida Equity qPoor quality of information captured at facilities may potential affect decision making when allocating resources hence lead to inequalities. 9/10/2013 7 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [5] qAvailability of medicines qLess than 100% order Medicines & was generally satisfactory fulfillment by MSD and lack of Commodities in spite of reported 50%- Lab/ x-ray consumables 60% order fulfillment rate by the central medical store qQuestionable quality of commodities, e.g. qFacilities/ DMOs mainly Thermometers, Mattresses and used CHF/ NHIF/ user fees stethoscopes from MSD to purchase o/s medicines from private suppliers qLong system of disposing expired medicines qFacilities (health centres and dispensaries) use the Integrated logistics system to order and receive meds & commodities Equity qShortage of medicines affect service delivery, more often the poor do not have alternative sources. 9/10/2013 8 HSS Building Strengths Challenges Blocks [6] qCouncil Health Service qCHSBs/ HFGC need capacity building to Governance Boards (CHSB) and Health better understand and perform their roles. Facilities Governing Committees (HFGC) are in qWeak linkages between ZHRC/ place. RHMT/CHMT/ facility management teams. qRHMT have limited qNeed to strength lines of knowledge/ experience of communication btn Central government PlanRep yet expect to support and FBO particular in terms of and supervise council to government HRH seconded to FBO. implement the same. qCollaboration between LGAs and DDHs is improved, service agreements in place. Equity qLack of clear understanding by management & citizens on how citizens priorities filter into facility plans. 9/10/2013 9 q Inefficient manual HMIS and the shortage of MTUHA books for reporting as per guidelines q Critical shortage of skilled HRH in the facilities q Unsatisfactory order fulfillment by the central medical store where they reported receiving 50-60% of what is ordered. q Some of DCs have ambulances in all HCs While others do not have 9/10/2013 10 qThere is problem of availability of Incinerators in many facilities in the districts qThe budgets to run the health services in the district councils are insufficient, funds often delayed and not fully disbursed qThere are problems with utilities water supplies and electricity qThere is a need to put in place maintenance system for the solar energy system installed for sustainability and cost containment qProtracted system of disposing expired drugs and this is deleterious to the environment and the health workers 9/10/2013 11 q The Regional Administrative secretaries (RAS) need to continue supporting the Councils' efforts in implementing various activities to improve the service availability and quality in the Councils and also to negotiate for adequate budgets to address the Workload including the development plans. q Address the weakness in the Regional Hospital Management Team (R-HMT) q Address the critical shortage of staff needed to fill in the posts q See how the hospital budget can be increased by looking into the main sources of financing and maximizing the available funds q The expired drugs need to be disposed off safely and quickly. See how this issue can be resolved by discussions and negotiations in the different levels of the government. 9/10/2013 12 9/10/2013 13
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NEW YORK (September 10, 2012) -- An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant tuberculosis in the laboratory -- a feat few currently approved TB drugs can do, and resistance to those is spreading.
Their findings, published online by the journal PNAS, point to a potential new therapy for the more than 500,000 people worldwide whose TB has become resistant to standard drug treatments. But the researchers worry that the effective drug, oxyphenbutazone, may never be tested in TB clinical trials.
Weill Cornell's Dr. Carl Nathan and his research team found what they call the "completely surprising" ability of oxyphenbutazone to kill drug resistant TB after testing thousands of approved drugs against the bacteria. This repurposing of agents already on the market can lead to quicker testing for new uses.
"This agent might help save lives if there was a way to test it in TB patients," says Dr. Nathan. Oxyphenbutazone went on the market as a patented drug for arthritis-like pain in the early 1950s, and lost its patent and market dominance by the 1970s.
"It is difficult today to launch clinical studies on a medication that is so outdated in the United States, that it is mainly used here in veterinary medicine to ease pain," says the study's senior author, Dr. Nathan, chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology, and the director of The Abby and Howard Milstein Program in the Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease at Weill Cornell. "No drug firm will pay for clinical trials if they don't expect to make a profit on the agent. And that would be the case for an off-patent drug that people can buy over the counter for pain in most of the world."
He adds that oxyphenbutazone, best
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"Speed up the courts and general court speed Thread"
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I should explain that by top player fan, I mean someone who only cares about whether their favourite player continues to rack up the big titles, and doesn't care about much about the rest of the sport in general.
Of course it would be better for the players as a whole and for fans who like seeing different styles of tennis, if there was more surface variety.
We need slow surfaces on the tour, and we also need fast surfaces. Tennis would suck if the majority of surfaces were ice rinks that gave rise to ace-fests, and it sucks at the moment with too much tennis being played on slower hard courts. Players grinding so much on at these hard court events is harmful to their long term health as well, with their bodies taking a such pounding.
I think that the red clay tournaments need to be slowed down
, the Wimbledon grass needs to be sped up, there needs to be a greater difference between the Australian and US Open hard courts with one of them playing fast and the other playing slow, carpet needs to be re-introduced and implemented at all the indoor events and Miami needs to change surface to green clay.
The extra week that will be introduced between RG and Wimbledon from 2015 is a very welcome (and long overdue) step in the right direction.
There's not much you can do about clay if it's warm. It's more about the balls, I think.
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Davis Cup should never have really mattered in the GOAT discussion anyway since it's a team event. If you're talking about the GOAT singles player then you should mainly look at individual results.
If some unknown talent came out of some random tiny country (no chance to win DC) and won 20 slams, no one would give a single shit if that player didn't have DC. The fact is, success in DC is largely determined by what country you come from or play for in the first place, which most players haven't had any control over.
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Obama's pollster: Republicans have a tolerance problem
Obama's campaign pollster, Joel Benenson, says the Republican challenge goes beyond the Latino vote, extending to anyone who isn't white and thinks differently from party orthodoxy.
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Much has been made of GOP presidential nominee Mitt RomneyŌĆÖs catastrophic performance last month among Latino voters ŌĆō just 27 percent to President ObamaŌĆÖs 71 percent.
Now at 10 percent of the American electorate, Latinos are the nationŌĆÖs fastest-growing minority. Suddenly, Republicans are suing for peace on comprehensive immigration reform, an issue they have long resisted out of fear it could lead to ŌĆ£amnestyŌĆØ for those in the country illegally.
But to Joel Benenson, Mr. ObamaŌĆÖs campaign pollster, the GOPŌĆÖs problem is bigger than Latinos and immigration.
ŌĆ£The Republican Party has a tolerance problem,ŌĆØ Mr. Benenson told reporters Wednesday at a session hosted by Third Way, a centrist Democratic group. ŌĆ£I think when you define people who look differently than you as illegal aliens, and use that term over and over again, and talk about self-deporting them, thatŌĆÖs a tolerance issue.ŌĆØ
The ŌĆ£looking differentŌĆØ issue, Benenson adds, also helps explain why Asian-Americans voted for Mr. Obama over Mr. Romney by an even wider margin than Latinos, 76 percent to 23 percent. He suggests that the Obama campaignŌĆÖs message on investment ŌĆō in education, in building a future through hard work ŌĆōalso won Asian-American votes.
But the tolerance issue, he says, goes beyond race and ethnicity ŌĆō it goes to issues.
ŌĆ£When you call people who believe in global warming ŌĆśjob-killers,ŌĆÖ you have a tolerance problem,ŌĆØ Benenson says.
ŌĆ£When you want to deny gay people, who want to make a lifetime commitment to each other, just as their parents did, because they want to spend a life together, and you want to deny them that life aspiration, you have a tolerance problem,ŌĆØ he says.
In addition, Benenson frames Republican attacks on contraception and Planned Parenthood as intolerance toward women.
A piecemeal approach to fixing the partyŌĆÖs demographic challenges wonŌĆÖt work, he suggests.
"If they think they can solve all their problems by picking off any one of those groups and saying, ŌĆśOh, weŌĆÖll fix our problem here or there,ŌĆÖ this goes to whether you have core beliefs that are in line and in touch with the vast majority of Americans,ŌĆØ the pollster says.
For most of the campaign, Obama led Romney by 10 percentage points on the question of whether his views and policies were in line with mainstream Americans. Only in the period immediately after the first Obama-Romney debate did the Republican nominee come close to even on that question.
The Republicans have embarked on a period of soul-searching, including a party-led task force that is reviewing the results of the 2012 election and brainstorming a path forward on how to widen the partyŌĆÖs appeal. And thereŌĆÖs no time to lose. Public acceptance of gay marriage, for example, is growing rapidly, as older Americans who are most resistant to the idea die off and younger people, who are broadly accepting, reach voting age.
Look at voters under age 40, says Benenson. ŌĆ£How do you redefine yourself now with what is almost half the electorate? TheyŌĆÖre hearing a very strident, intolerant point of view on specific issues.... I mean, they have become a party of orthodoxy.ŌĆØ
He also points out that Romney won the white evangelical vote by the same margin as President George W. Bush in 2004 ŌĆō 57 percentage points. But he lost the remaining three-quarters of the electorate by 23 points, 60 percent to 37 percent. Mr. Bush lost those voters by 13 points.


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WOBURN, Mass. -- The mother of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan broke down and sobbed Wednesday as she testified for the defense at her son's manslaughter trial, describing how her husband collapsed "like a feather" after the two men got into a scuffle.
Mark Kerrigan is charged in the January 2010 death of his 70-year-old father, Daniel, at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston.
Prosecutors say Daniel Kerrigan died after a drunken Mark Kerrigan put his hands around his father's neck, fracturing cartilage in his larynx and triggering a loss or interruption of his normal heartbeat.
Kerrigan's family has insisted Daniel Kerrigan died because he had severe blockage of his coronary arteries and that Mark Kerrigan is not responsible for his death.
With Nancy Kerrigan watching from the front row of the courtroom, Brenda Kerrigan testified on the day that would have been the couple's 48th wedding anniversary. She tearfully described the fight her husband and son got into during the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 2010.
Brenda Kerrigan said Mark and his father had exchanged angry words the night before after Mark repeatedly interrupted his parents and aunt as they tried to watch a figure skating show on TV. She said Mark woke his parents after midnight, and her husband went downstairs to the kitchen, where he confronted Mark.
She said she saw her husband put his hands on Mark as he stood on the top step of stairs leading from the kitchen to the basement.
"He had his hands on Mark's shoulders and Mark said, 'What are you gonna do -- push me down the stairs?'" she said.
She said she saw the two men with their arms around each other in a "bear hug" moving back and forth.
Then, she said, she saw her husband collapse.
"He just fell down just like a feather coming right out of the sky," she said, sobbing.
As she spoke, Mark Kerrigan appeared to break down in tears, wiping his eyes with his hand and putting one hand to his face. Nancy Kerrigan appeared upset and hugged her mother after she got off the witness stand. She declined to comment as she left the courthouse.
Brenda Kerrigan told the jury she is legally blind but can see people if they are standing close to her. She is expected to resume her testimony Thursday.
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday after the state's chief medical examiner testified that Daniel Kerrigan died of heart failure triggered by the fight.
"In my opinion, that cardiac dysrhythmia was brought about by the physical altercation," said Dr. Henry Nields, who performed the autopsy on Daniel Kerrigan.
Nields also said he believes the fractured cartilage in Daniel Kerrigan's larynx was caused by him "being grabbed by the neck" with "a significant amount of force."
Nields said he noted on Kerrigan's death certificate that Kerrigan had hypertension and coronary artery disease because he believes his heart disease made him more prone to develop dysrhythmia and "played a role in why he died."
During cross-examination by Mark Kerrigan's lawyer, Janice Bassil, Nields acknowledged that Kerrigan had severe blockage of his coronary arteries. Because of that, emotional stress alone could have caused his heart to fail, he said.
But he later said, "There's really no doubt in my mind but that the physical altercation played a role in Mr. Kerrigan's death."
The defense also called Daniel Kerrigan's brother-in-law, William Schultz, who said Daniel Kerrigan appeared ill during the last two months of his life.
Schultz described an incident in November 2009 when Daniel Kerrigan used a chain saw to help him cut up a large tree limb that had fallen in his yard during a storm. He said that after about 20 to 30 minutes, Kerrigan appeared tired and pale.
"His coloring was gone ... he looked white, almost grayish in color," Schultz said.
He said Kerrigan appeared to feel better after resting and having a drink of water. About a month later, on Christmas Day, Kerrigan again looked drawn and tired and was gray in color, Schultz said.
Nancy Kerrigan won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France, and silver at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
At the U.S. Championships before the 1994 Games, an assailant clubbed her right knee during practice. An investigation revealed that rival Tonya Harding had knowledge of the planning of the attack.


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To coincide with the London International Wine Fair, this month's management briefing is for all you wine companies out there, particularly those with Australian leanings. Richard Woodard offers an in-depth look at Australia's wine industry in this four-part briefing for May 2011. In this, the final part, Woodard talks to the chief executive of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation.
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"It's a choice about what kind of country we want America to be.
"As we prepare to make this choice, we should remember what made us special. For most of history almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.
"Your rights were whatever your rulers allowed you to have. Your future was determined by your past.
"If your parents were poor, so would you be. If you were born without opportunities, so were your children.
"But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.
"We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.
"Special, because we've never made the mistake of believing that we are so smart that we can rely solely on our leaders or our government.
"Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.
"And special because we've always understood the scriptural admonition that 'for everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required.'
"We are a blessed people. And we have honored those blessings with the enduring example of an exceptional America.
"I know that for so many of you, these last few years have tested your faith in the promise of America.
"Maybe you are at an age when you thought you would be entering retirement. But now, because your savings and investments are wiped out, your future is uncertain.
"Maybe, after years of hard work, this was the time you expected to be your prime earning years. But instead, you've been laid off, and your house is worth less than your mortgage.
"Maybe you did everything you were told you needed to do to get ahead. You studied hard and finished school. But now, you owe thousands of dollars in student loans. You can't find a job in your field. And you've moved back in with your parents.
"You want to believe we're still that place where anything is possible. But things just don't seem to be getting better. And you are starting to wonder if things will ever be the same again.
"Yes, we live in a troubled time. But the story of those who came before us reminds us that America has always been about new beginnings.
"And Mitt Romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in America can be better than it has ever been.
"My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years.
"They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life.
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"Many nights I heard my father's keys jingling at the door as he came home after another 16-hour day. Many mornings, I woke up just as my mother got home from the overnight shift at K-Mart.
"When you're young, the meaning of moments like these escapes you. But now, as my own children get older, I understand it better.
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In this follow up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson digs deeper in the life of Lisbeth Salander as a double homicide occurs, and her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon. Larsson's writing is so sharp that this page-turner is a thriller of the highest order. Even if you typically don't read these types of books, it's hard not to enjoy Larsson's Millenium Trilogy.
4 1/2 stars (out of 5)
Published in 2009
630 pages
This was one of those books I picked up a long time ago and it's been sitting on my shelf collecting dust. Modern American fiction/chick lit is not exactly my favorite these days, and this book reinforced why I don't care for it.
In Here on Earth, a married woman with a 15 year old daughter returns to her hometown in Massachusetts. The reason for the trip is the funeral of the family housekeeper, who was really the woman who raised her, since her own mother died when she was young. While there, she rekindles a flame with a man who was also raised in her home, only to find out that the relationship is wrong on so many levels.
It had a story that could have at least made it a page turner, but the writing ended up being more chick-lit than thriller. Not my cup of tea.
2 stars (out of 5)
Published in 1999
236 pages
Nicole Mones knocked another one out of the park for me with The Last Chinese Chef! The story begins when Maggie McElroy must travel to China to attend to a paternity suit against her late husband's estate. Maggie, a food writer, agrees to interview a Chinese-American chef while she is there for an article on traditional Chinese cuisine. The author takes us on a fascinating trip through modern and ancient Chinese culture, epicurean delights, and history, and wraps it all up in a romance that will leave you sighing and wanting more. It was a great way to start off my summer reading!
4 stars (out of 5)
Published in 2007
278 pages
A few years ago, I read Jeffrey Lent's In the Fall, and I was mesmerized with the author's talent for prose paired with a gripping historical narrative. I knew I would have to read another by this gifted writer. Lost Nation did not disappoint.
The novel takes place in Vermont, before statehood. Men ventured out into the wilderness of this New England area for solitude, and to establish communities as they would have them – far from the seats of competing nations that would control them. Those nations, The United States and Britain, weren't content to leave them alone. One such man, Blood, came to this area escaping his past. He brought him a young woman he won in a card game, and he established a tavern in the middle of the wilderness where he could set up trade. This was the lost nation that these settlers sought, but they soon found that paradise was a pipe dream.
In Lost Nation, Lent examines man's need for isolation and community at the same time. His characters struggle with self-worth, self-reliance and human dignity. Lastly, his exploration of understanding and forgiveness in the characters of Blood and Sally, amidst the cruel backdrop of wilderness survival, is memorable, and has a uniquely American flavor.
Jeffrey Lent is a master not only at storytelling, but in presenting the past in such a way that readers are easily transported into that world. His prose is amazing, and the novel was fluid and gripping. I recently read a Booker Prize Winner that I couldn't give the full five stars to because it of it's disconnectedness. Lost Nation is an example of a novel that fully deserves all five stars.
5 stars (out of 5)
Published in 2002
370 pages
This summer I accepted a challenge to "kill off" a number of series I had started. Completing A Dance with Dragons knocks off the first series of the season. (And reading two 1100+ page books was quite a commitment, let me tell you!).
Continuing with the Game of Thrones saga, Martin continues this novel as the second half of the previously released A Feast for Crows. The author explained at the end of that novel, that the book was simply too large to fit into one publication, so while the time frame is the same for both books, he focused on certain characters in A Feast for Crows and other characters in A Dance with Dragons.
My favorite story lines in this novel were those of Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryan, Theon Greyjoy and Arya Stark. There were times when the enormous cast of characters got too much for me. I started getting lost with the rest of the Greyjoys, and who are the Conningtons? I have found watching the series to be helpful, because then I can put a face to a name, which allows for faster recall of the characters. I've watched the first three seasons, but I've decided to watch them again, from the beginning, before I move onto the last two. Already, I've noticed subtle story lines that I missed earlier.
Do prepare for Martin's usual twists and turns. Already he killed off one of my favorite characters in this book. At least I think he did – we already have evidence of one character (and I won't say who, in case you haven't read the previous books) who appeared to be dead, but was, in fact, alive.
The next in the series is not yet published, but will be called The Winds of Winter. I hope Martin doesn't take too long to finish it!
4 stars (out of 5)
Published in 2011
1123 pages
Set in Australia and Thailand during World War II, The Narrow Road to the Deep North tells the tale of survival of the human spirit, and the narrow line between virtue and inhumanity.
This is a wonderful book club book. There are many themes worthy of discussion in Flanagan's work; and despite the tragedy of the Thai-Burma Death Railway, the author deftly keeps the reader from getting too close to his subjects. This was a good thing for me because it would have been heartbreaking if he had. There is also another purpose for the distance – the understanding that you don't really know the people you think you know.
One of the main story lines is between Dorrigo Evans, an Australian officer, and Major Nakamura, who is a commander of the POW camp where Evans is held. Threaded in the gripping story of human cruelty and war, Richard Flanagan explores the human spirit and the different ways in which virtue is recognized and achieved.
I appreciated this novel for the history presented of the Japanese POW camp and the Thai-Burma Death Railway. The author's writing is beautiful, and there are an abundance of quotes that linger in memory. I also enjoyed the examination of various themes, but my one big complaint was that the book never really came together in the end. I suppose that was intentional. Is there a point to war after all? Can something good and purposeful come out of it? Can humans truly rise above themselves and be more than they (or you) know them to be? I like endings that come together with one big "Aha!" moment. This one didn't, and that was sad and disappointing. But maybe that's the point.
4 1/2 stars (out of 5)
Published in 2013
334 pages


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|Reviews for Compassion Holding its Breath
| Spawn chapter 9 . 6/2
Just popping in to say how much I love this story and hope that you continue it.
| Chris chapter 1 . 5/23
Oh, I want to read more! Looking forward t meeting Lauren again!
| jmrbear chapter 7 . 5/22
I love this story so much. I thought your character development was great. I hope you come back and write more someday.
| missylb chapter 9 . 5/2
Update? Or has this been abandoned?
| Spawn chapter 9 . 4/21
I love this story and hope that you continue it, if you have the time.
| soapdemon34 chapter 9 . 3/29
I just found this story and I have to tell you how magnificent it is. The banter is witty, realistic, and fun. You gave the characters depth and meaning. Esme is my favorite character and you wrote her beautifully, making me love her even more.
My heart broke for Bella and all that she has gone though; her crazy mother, apathetic piece of shit father, bullying classmates, and loneliness. Her entire life was fill with misery and she had no one but herself to rely on, yet she managed to survive it. I'm glad that she has the Cullens now. I can wait to see the bond between her and Esme develop into the mother-daughter relationship that they both so desperately desire.
I was in awe of the strength you gave Esme. She loves her family above all else, and for her ask Rosalie to leave, even though it was killing her to do so in order to do what was best for everyone, was heart wrenching. Alice is a riot and Jasper was so sweet and protective in accepting Bella into their family.
I felt bad for Emmett being torn between the family he loves and his mate. Rosalie is emotionally a disaster and had no right to treat Edward and the rest of the family as her personal punching bag. She needs to deal with her issues or she truly will have no one and nothing.
I know I'm late to the party, but I do hope that your muse returns and you continue this story, because it is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
| vachonrobyn chapter 9 . 3/18
Please, oh please! Don't leave me here, you are such a gifted, amazing writer, please complete! Love this!
| Guest chapter 7 . 3/7
| GUEST chapter 4 . 3/6
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| MayaDelRey chapter 9 . 2/18
Best story by far.I loved all the connections and ties and even the drama.I can't wait for an update.I love the way everything was written.
| mjenney21 chapter 9 . 2/4
I love reading this, it was really interesting to me how you've taken the characters and adapted and expanded them, it was very enjoyable to read. It didn't exactly feel like a story, more a very in depth emotions and feelings. But still I really really really enjoyed this story, love the way you write xxx
| CindyWindy1 chapter 9 . 1/7
I've really been missing this story. Hope all is well with you!
| Priscilla chapter 9 . 12/26/2014
Very good adult version of Twilight. The characters are much more interesting with an impressive new depth. The social and psychological aspects of the family dynamics are more transparent and I really hope you find the time to write more.
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| 62442padfoot chapter 9 . 12/13/2014
What happened to 'two weeks'!? I hope everything is OK. I hope it's just writers block that's delaying you. I would certainly not protest to the continuation of this wonderfully amazing story! The way you delve into the characters real problems...gah it's absolutely amazing. They're all so substantial (even shallow Rosalie has more layers than the original character) I love the story and your writing stype. I hope everything is going well and (should you find it right) you continue.
| Crystal Blue chapter 9 . 12/5/2014
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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is leaving for Harvard University in August, the Office of Management and Budget has announced.
"I want to congratulate [Kundra] on his move to Harvard in mid-August to serve as a joint fellow at the Kennedy School and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society," wrote OMB Director Jack Lew in a statement. "We are planning for a smooth transition, continuing these remarkable gains in changing the way the federal government manages IT and Vivek's impact on cutting waste and making government work better for the American people will continue to be felt well beyond his departure from federal service."
Kundra, appointed as the first federal CIO, is the most high-profile technology executive in the Obama administration. He has spearheaded many major initiatives in management and technology, including the recent 25-point plan for federal agencies to reform how they make major acquisitions of IT. He also has played a central role in open government and transparency, cloud computing, innovation and IT reform and has been instrumental in initiating programs including Data.gov, the Federal IT Dashboard and Challenge.gov.
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Been awaiting this for a while. He was full of great ideas with little regard for execution. He seemed to assume that you could wring the expected savings out of an idea in advance of implementation and never provided support for the upfront funding requirements to actually do any of the things he proposed. His ideas always fell on the backs of cash strapped CIO shops and then he and his supporters acted surprised when we pushed back. Remember, our budget cycle starts 2-3 years in advance of budget enactment. We haven't even gotten an initial budget that factors in the schemes he proposed upon taking office. I for one will not miss him.
Feds need to clean their own houses and start holding themselves accountable for the mess out there. Raise the bar and do your jobs. Quit letting poor performers remain in the workforce - fire them!!!
Pointing fingers gets you nowhere. Stop whining and get engaged people.
Vivek Kundra teaching at Harvard, perfect. His ideas were pure academia and assumed a perfect IT world. Just move everything to "the cloud" and reap the savings.
A loss, he did his best to shake up a bloated, underperforming federal IT force. Bucking the Federal CIO Club is a tough task but he did well.
I guess the CIA and the Senate getting hacked are good references for Harvard? Im starting to think 'transparency' is gov speak for transparent security.
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An Article on Marcus Cook That Appeared in The Dallas Morning News
Written By "Gayle Reaves"
Copyright The Dallas Morning News
Its no secret that I am not a fan of Marcus Cook. Cook is the president of the Texas Police K-9 Association. The fact is that Cook was one of the founders of this organization. The members just recently realized that Cook wrote the by-laws and set himself up to be president for life. Considering Cooks personality, this should not come as a surprise to anyone. Cook threw me off the Texas Police K-9 Association when I disagreed with a few of his opinions. After doing a little research into his background, this also does not surprise me. The following article appeared in the Dallas Morning News. It gives an insight into Marcus Cook. I have my opinion of this man and the type of law enforcement officer and human being that he is. I will leave it up to you to form your own opinion.
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My advice to Mr. Cook is to get out of law enforcement!
Lake Dallas police Sgt. Marcus C. Cook proudly displays pictures on the Internet of himself, his canine partner Sampson, his patrol car, even his black panthers.
However, his cyberspace bio includes no hint of the allegations aired recently in a Denton courtroom and in the pages of a half-dozen lawsuits.
Allegations about threats to kill a compliant prisoner, Sampson let loose on a handcuffed suspect, a young man's death on a dark road, a mysterious killing in Dallas.
The incidents are part of a storm that seems to have
outgrown the
2"-square-mile lake town along Interstate 35E. At the eye of the storm is Sgt. Marcus Cook.
I believe there's a very dangerous man out there, said Denton lawyer Grace Weatherly, who represented two former officers in lawsuits against Lake Dallas. She won a $30,000 settlement in one case, and lost the more recent one.
I've talked to enough people who have convinced me that Sgt. Cook does not need to be carrying a weapon.
Sgt. Cook, a former Officer of the Year, said the complaints are lies or misrepresentations and that some critics are jealous that he won the sergeant's job instead of them in November 1995.
Lake Dallas Police Chief Nick Ristagno called Sgt. Cook an excellent crime-fighter. He said he has no concerns about his performance.
Corinth Police Officer Kevin Tyson was knocked down and bitten by Sgt. Cook's police dog. He also was present when the German Shepherd bit a handcuffed prisoner.
Officer Tyson said many officers in nearby towns want nothing to do with Sgt. Cook.
Every officer in Hickory Creek and Corinth feels that way, he said. If someone needs help, we're going to help them... But at the same time, I don't want to be around him if I can help it.
Chief Ristagno said the controversy is rooted in jealousy against Sgt. Cook, 31. The son of a longtime Dallas police officer has risen from trainee to supervisor in less than two years.
A recent civil jury decision upholding the firing of Officer Jerry Kelley vindicated his department, the chief said.
Lake Dallas has 10 full-time police officers, plus dispatchers and administrators. In the last three years, four Lake Dallas officers have been fired. All say they were punished for questioning Sgt. Cook's performance. At least three others have quit.
Sgt. Cook has sued five former colleagues and a former City Council member for defamation.
When you've got as many lawsuits as you have police officers, you've got problems, said Dallas attorney Rick Bunch, a former Dallas policeman who represents three other ex-Lake Dallas officers.
There's always somebody going to be sued, yelling that you did something wrong. That is typical in law enforcement, Sgt. Cook said.
But some law enforcement officers don't consider typical ... or proper Sgt. Cook's actions in numerous incidents:
pi UChance Peoples, a 17-year-old burglary suspect believed to be armed, had been stopped by Officers Mark Simpson and Corrycq Blount on Dec. 8, 1995. When Sgt. Cook reached the scene, he chambered a round in his shotgun, placed it at the suspect's temple and threatened to blow his head off if he moved.
We thought he was really about to shoot this kid on the ground, Officer Blount said.
Sgt. Cook said then-Officer Simpson, a rookie with a few days experience, was fumbling his gun and handcuffs, and that the suspect was upright, moving and not even partially handcuffed.
The other two officers testified last month in former Officer Kelley's lawsuit that the prisoner was spread-eagled on the ground, obeying all commands, and that one wrist was already cuffed when Sgt. Cook arrived. Mr. Simpson had been a Lake Dallas officer for 10 months before the incident.
pi UMany of the questions raised about Sgt. Cook have to do with his canine partner Sampson. Sgt. Cook released Sampson on a handcuffed, resisting prisoner in May 1995. Sgt. Cook said the action was proper because Shannon Swink was not under complete control. He said the dog's bite did not draw blood.
Mr. Swink, now in prison, said he has the scars to prove it did. Several other police dog handlers said their agencies would have acted differently.
Sgt. William Buchanan, head of the Dallas Police Department canine squad, said his department's policy is that "it must be a deadly force situation before a dog can be turned loose.''
It is no more proper to allow a dog to bite a handcuffed subject "than it is to strike a handcuffed person,'' said Richard Dickson, a police dog handler and investigator with the Yoakum County district attorney's office.
Mr. Dickson is one of several dog handlers around the country with whom Sgt. Cook has disagreed over dog training methods and the operation of the Texas K9 Police Association for Certification and Standards, which Sgt. Cook founded.
pi UOn Jan. 28, 1996, Sgt. Cook sent Sampson after a suspect who fled with several officers on his heels. Sampson first knocked down Officer Tyson and bit his arm. Despite the thickness of his jacket, the bite "broke the skin just from the pressure. I busted my knee open when I hit ground. I had a mark on my arm for a good six months.''
A second officer reported that Sampson bit him painfully on the foot while he was trying to handcuff the suspect and tried to bite a third officer.
Sgt. Cook and Chief Ristagno agreed that the dog should not have been released so quickly.
pi USgt. Cook stopped Gilberto Rico and his two passengers ... girlfriend Catalina Ramirez, 15, and a relative, Angelica Rico ... for a traffic violation on the night of May 5, 1996.
When he found that Mr. Rico had no driver's license or proof of insurance, Sgt. Cook impounded the 18-year-old's car. Later that night, as Mr. Rico and the young women walked along a dark, shoulder-less road near Lake Dallas, Mr. Rico was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Sgt. Cook said he had taken the three young people to a telephone at a nearby apartment complex and asked if he could drive them somewhere. He said Ms. Ramirez, who spoke the best English of the three, declined.
Apartment manager Shannon Woolaver said she remembers the trio standing near the pay phone. Angelica Rico, 25, said Ms. Ramirez told her she asked Sgt. Cook to take them home to Denton, but he refused. She said they did use the phone but couldn't find anyone to pick them up.
Mr. Rico's parents are suing Lake Dallas for negligence.
Many people see Sgt. Marcus Cook as friendly, efficient and even charming. His personnel files contain notes of praise from citizens and his bosses.
He has more commendations in his file than anybody, Chief Ristagno said. He's a worker ... with Marcus, it's 110 percent.
But in several instances, public records and interviews disagree with Sgt. Cook's version of his background.
Sgt. Cook, 31, told The Dallas Morning News that all of his employment background has been in animal control, law enforcement or security work. He worked as a dogcatcher in The Colony before coming to Lake Dallas as a police dispatcher in 1993.
The only private companies with which he has worked, he said, are his current security firm and an earlier job with another security company, Dallas Recon.
Several former colleagues said Sgt. Cook talked about working for a helicopter or aviation services company.
Sgt. Cook disagreed. That's not me, he told The News. State and Dallas county records and lawsuit files connect Sgt. Cook as the registrant or director of numerous helicopter and air charter companies, most apparently inactive. Several shared a business address with Dallas Recon. Another aviation firm and a former landlord obtained judgments against Mr. Cook and his companies.
The question of helicopter companies is also a part of the most serious allegation raised against Sgt. Cook: that he told several colleagues he had once shot a man in Dallas, while living there and working for a helicopter company.
One helicopter company registered by Marcus C. Cook lists the owner's address as 1714 Browder St. in Dallas. Sgt. Cook said he never lived there.
In the interview, he said at different times that he was born and raised in Dallas and that he had never lived in Dallas.
Hickory Creek police Sgt. Robin Robertson said Sgt. Cook told her the story of the alleged Dallas shooting. She is married to Phillip Robertson, one of the officers who alleges he was fired by Lake Dallas police in retaliation for criticizing Sgt. Cook. She said she briefly dated Marcus Cook before her marriage.
She identified 1714 Browder St. as the building Mr. Cook pointed out as his former residence and the place where the shooting happened.
That's the house, she said. He said there was a man trying to jimmy the door. The guy started to run. He said he shot him in the back and killed him... He was bragging about it.
She said Sgt. Cook told her the incident was investigated as a drive-by murder.
Dallas police records show one unsolved shooting of a man in the general vicinity of the Browder Street address, in 1991, which several witnesses said was a drive-by shooting. Dallas police said they had no reason to believe Sgt. Cook was involved in that crime.
Former Officer Simpson, not a party to any of the lawsuits, testified last month that Sgt. Cook told him a version of the same story.
Lake Dallas Mayor Jerry McCutcheon said the alleged shooting was checked out and it didn't happen. Sgt. Cook said he never shot anyone and never told anyone that he did.
Sgt. Cook has sued Robin and Phillip Robertson, Officer Kelley, Officer Blount, Nick Oprea ... another fired Lake Dallas officer who is suing the city ... and a former Lake Dallas council member for slander.
Sgt. Cook's defamation lawsuit was filed just before Mr. Kelley's case came to trial. As Officer Blount waited to testify in Mr. Kelley's action, Sgt. Cook told him he, too, was being sued for slander.
Sgt. Cook testified that he was not threatening Officer Blount. Sgt. Cook's attorney, Julius Staev, said the timing of the suit was just coincidence.''
Controversy over Marcus Cook's performance began when he was in training, according to his trainer, former Lake Dallas Sgt. Nelda Oglesbee.
From the start, in March 1994, he didn't think he had to obey the rules and regulations of the department. she said. When the chief and lieutenant repeatedly let him get by with it, it became clear he didn't have to follow them.
Ms. Oglesbee said she made her complaints clear to her trainee. Officer Cook, she said, wrote a five-page memo complaining that she was harassing him, and threatening to sue her.
Sgt. Cook told The News lf that he got along fine with Sgt. Oglesbee. If she had a problem with me, she never told me, he said. Chief Ristagno declined to answer questions about Ms. Oglesbee's training of Sgt. Cook.
Ms. Oglesbee said she believes the memo contributed to her firing, although it was not given as the official reason. She sued the city for sex discrimination and won a $30,000 settlement.
Nobody stopped Marcus. I tried. I lost my job, she said. Sgt. Cook has given conflicting information over the years on his educational background.
He has said under oath that he has completed almost four years of college study toward a degree with the School of Animal Science at Scranton University, and that he was a few hours short of a bachelor of science degree.
On the witness stand a few weeks ago, he agreed that the Scranton correspondence school was not a university. He testified that he has about 16 hours of college credit. Most bachelor's degrees require a minimum of about 120 semester credit hours.
Chief Ristagno said his department does not require officers to have any college credit, so I don't know why I would be concerned about any discrepancies in Sgt. Cook's educational background.
The former colleagues who have criticized Sgt. Cook have blemishes on their own records, and possible reasons for resenting him. Officer Kelley was disciplined several times before complaining about Sgt. Cook and had been demoted before being fired. Phillip Robertson was fired from another department, but it was changed to a resignation following a lawsuit.
But a group selected for their impartiality have said they are concerned about the Lake Dallas Police Department and Marcus Cook.
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I don't think any of us believed the [current] Lake Dallas police officers who testified, said one juror, who asked not to be identified
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Now facing a hostile takeover, the firm's origins are challenged when new facts emerge about Adele's actions on the night Titanic sank. Kelsey tries to defend the company and the great-grandmother she has long admired, but the stakes are raised when Kelsey's boss is murdered and her own life threatened. Forced to seek help from Cole Thornton, a man Kelsey once loved-and lost, thanks to her success-at-all-costs mentality-she pursues mysteries both past and present. Aided by Cole and strengthened by the faith she'd all but forgotten in her climb up the corporate ladder, Kelsey races the clock to defend her family legacy, her livelihood, and ultimately her life.
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Kelsey Tate comes from sturdy stock. Her great-grandmother Adele endured the sinking of Titanic and made it safely to America, where she not only survived but thrived. Generations later, Kelsey works for the firm Adele founded nearly 100 years ago.
Now facing a hostile takeover, the firm's origins are challenged when new facts emerge about Adele's actions on the night Titanic sank. Kelsey tries to defend the company and the great-grandmother she has long admired, but the stakes are raised when Kelsey's boss is murdered and her own life threatened. Forced to seek help from Cole Thornton, a man Kelsey once loved--and lost, thanks to her success-at-all-costs mentality--she pursues mysteries both past and present. Aided by Cole and strengthened by the faith she'd all but forgotten in her climb up the corporate ladder, Kelsey races the clock to defend her family legacy, her livelihood, and ultimately her life.
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Alleycat5 Stars Out Of 5Echoes of TitaniccDecember 3, 2014AlleycatQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Loved this book! While a fiction piece, had many tie-ins with the situation of my relatives who were on the Titanic, 2 of which survived and 1 who did not. This book keeps you guessing until the end as to whether the switch was made or not.
JanaKeller, TXAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Loved it!October 3, 2014JanaKeller, TXAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5A great mystery full of intrigue, a little romance, history and Christian values!
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It's refreshing to find a story that's well written, suspenseful and sprinkled with a decent amount of romance and mystery. The flashbacks brought a nice variety to the book and each of the characters were relatively well developed.
So ya, it was good. I personally wanted to hear some of the story from Cole's point of view. I find it brings a lot more depth to the story when you get a glimpse from the male prospective, but other then that, I was pleased. I'm glad this book is on my shelf, but I'm also glad I didn't pay a whole lot for it.
I recommend this novel to all you titanic lovers, history buffs and basically those who just want a good read. Enjoy :)
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LisaVirginia BeachGender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Heart of TitanicMarch 5, 2013LisaVirginia BeachGender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4With all the stories and movies about Titanic, at times, I feel, we can get lost in the sensationalism of the tragedy and forget the lives that were impacted on that day. This book envelops the reader in a close relationship between two cousins who were as close as sisters when the setting flashes to the past (the plot jumps between past and present). It gives one pause to reflect on those who were lost that night and how the survivors continued on with life but never forgot the past or their loved ones lost.
The book, because it involves a financial company, has a lot of financial jargon related to stocks and bonds but it is relatively easy to follow. Cole Thornton's character, although a vital part of the plot, does not come into play until halfway through the book (the review made it seem that this character was there from the start).
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