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City of Heroes had an intensely dedicated community which fought to save the game when news of the closure was announced. When those efforts failed, they raised $US1,000 to give the Paragon Studios team a nice dinner out, a very classy gesture especially as that studio was being closed along with the game. (The community also started "Real World Hero", which has raised more than $US4000 for charity.)
Here are some videos users captured of the game's final moments, and some of the valedictory tweets sent as the game came to an end. The image above was sent by Richard Cobbett, a freelance writer in the U.K.
Most of the action was in Atlas Park, where heroes and villains held rallies. We begin with WayTooLateTV in the lair of an archvillain: "The final few minutes of City of Heroes, following @BigAngry as he has a gift for Lord Recluse."
#CityofHeroes, thank you devs. Your game healed my son Robbie. He learned to come out of his shell, and then excel in socializing. #SaveCOH
— James Dornan (@CitiesOfHeroes) December 1, 2012
MMO Anthropology livestreamed the final moments. Here is Amerist (character: Star Lynx) reporting live from the vigil on the Champion Server.
To everyone who was a part of #CityofHeroes, I will forever love and cherish every moment I had with you. Stay Heroic! #SaveCoH
— Cat (@ObsidianLight) December 1, 2012
Character creation itself supplied a lot of fun in City of Heroes YouTube user Charles McGuire mourned the game's closure with this 12-minute remembrance of all of his heroes and villains.
this is the weirdest feeling. for the last 8 yrs, no matter what has happened in life, there was always #CityofHeroes to log into.
— Brandon Yee (@themagdalenafan) December 1, 2012
From Darkborn, this is Atlas Park No. 7 on Freedom Server. "There I go spamming my Instant Rawr button in excitement," says Darkborn. "It was a good run. I will sorely miss it."
RIPto the game #cityofheroes.Sad to see you go.Its like watching an old friend die.You will be missed.
— Boogie (@Boogie2988) December 1, 2012
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smorizio GuestDecember 2, 2012 12:15 pm
There more to the back story of coh shutdown..take a look a titan forums for more info on coh shut down. coh was still a money maker and on the last night most of there servers were over loaded. They had buyers for the game but ncsoft would not sell the ip to the game.
DL GuestDecember 2, 2012 5:08 pm
From a publisher (NCSoft) standpoint, everything about the CoH closure is a shining example of how *not* to do it.
1. Completely without warning, even the developers were caught unprepared.
2. No legitimate reasons given, just a pretentious "realignment of company vision" or something along those lines.
3. Closing in-game accounts of people who spoke out against them on social media sites.
4. Refusal to comment on just about everything surrounding the closure, effectively sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting "LALALA" over the noise.
Fair enough, it's their business and they're allowed to handle it however they want, but this whole debacle has seriously damaged any sort of respectability they could have left. I know I for one will be steering clear of the NCSoft brand if this is how they can be expected to conduct themselves.
chrislwatson @chrislwatsonDecember 3, 2012 1:44 pm
Never played it, but it would have been nice if the devs had been afforded the opportunity to make something special out of the end. I'm thinking a cataclysm type event, end the world by.. well, destroying the world. Have a series of unbeatable super bosses tear the world apart (but not actually kill any characters), untill the ground beneath each player just crumbles away and they fall into the abyss.
That would have been a heroic way to go.
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The Dutch Labour Party, part of the current governing coalition , has come out in opposition to the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the country. The People's Party For Freedom and Democracy (WD) remains in favour of the practice despite reports of growin g opposition at the local level with a number local councils and officials expressing their opposition on the back of environmental concerns. At a recent Labour congress, members voted in favour of a moratorium on test drilling, but according to party lead er Diederik Samson the party's opposition could be overcome if technological improvements are made that satisfy safety concerns.
However , the move was a reversal of previous Labour support for fracking. Currently the economic affairs ministry is conducting a study to determine its impact. Only after the report is released - currently set for July - will ministers then cho o se a course of action. The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) estimates the country has some 476bn cubic metres (bcm) worth of technically recoverable reserves, compared to estimated proven reserves of 1,200bcm.
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Astros Outfield: Depth Chart Discussions
Last season, the Houston Astros' outfield proved absolutely inept offensively. They compiled a league-worst .287 wOBA and combined for a paltry .221/.296/.351 slash line. That led to the departure of Jordan Schafer and Brian Bogusevic this winter. It has also set the stage for a crowded outfield competition this spring in Kissimmee, Florida.
No outfield position has been carved into stone. J.D. Martinez reportedly has the inside track in left field, despite struggling with a -0.2 WAR and .303 wOBA in 439 plate appearances last year. GM Jeff Luhnow, however, recently said that Chris Carter and Rule-5 draftee Nate Freiman could also see some time in left field to provide more thump to an offense that projects to lack significant home run power.
Carter will be a particularly interesting left field candidate. He won't add value defensively — though neither will Martinez, to be fair — but Minute Maid Park could enhance his already above-average power to left field. The 26-year-old hit .443 with 11 home runs to left field last year with Oakland and the cavernous O.co Coliseum. Fantasy owners can reasonably expect Carter's home run totals to increase, as Minute Maid Park features the Crawford Boxes at only 315-feet from home plate.
In center field, Justin Maxwell has his foot in the door. The organization reportedly favors his plus-defense and power potential, but he's not a lock. His 16.6% swinging-strike rate was the third-highest in all of Major League Baseball among players with at least 300 plate appearances last year, as was his 32.4% strikeout rate.
The Astros brought in Rick Ankiel on a minor-league deal to compete for an outfield spot, as was Trevor Crowe, who spent time in the majors with the Cleveland Indians in each year between 2009 and 2011. Brandon Barnes could also threaten for playing time in center field. The 26-year-old hit .321/.381/.514 between Double-A and Triple-A last season and is considered a plus defender. He did struggle once promoted to the big leagues, though, limping to a .232 wOBA and swinging at absolutely everything.
Considering Maxwell's .330 wOBA and his 20+ home run potential with plus-defense in center field, he should get every opportunity to start in center field. The Astros have ample insurance policies, however, should they be deemed necessary.
In right field, Fernando Martinez appears to have the upper hand — since he opted to not participate in the World Baseball Classic, at least — and is still only 24 years old. He still far too aggressive at the plate and strikes out too much, but he did show some power last year. Of course, with Martinez, fantasy owners will always have to deal with his significant injury troubles that have dogged him throughout his career.
If Martinez gets injured or cannot make consistent-enough contact to be serviceable at the plate, the Astros could turn to 24-year-old Jimmy Paredes. He made his major-league debut with Houston in 2011 and hit .286/.320/.393 (with a .383 BABIP) and also carried a .318/.348/.477 slash line in 124 Triple-A game last year. It should also be noted that Paredes has stolen at least 30 bases in each of the last three seasons, for those fantasy owners who are forced to take risks for stolen bases and don't play in an OBP league.
Granted, the Houston Astros could also skip over Paredes and slide in Rick Ankiel or Brandon Barnes. That's what makes the Astros' outfield situation so difficult to predict for fantasy purposes. The organization has amassed nine or ten outfielders who could legitimately see at-bats this season. While that's a boon for the real-life Astros organization, it's maddening for fantasy owners.
Potential Prospect Impact
The Astros have dramatically improved their farm system in the last couple years, so plenty of prospects could reach the majors before the end of the season. Two outfield prospects deserve specific mention, though.
George Springer tore up High-A last year with a .409 wOBA and a .316/.398/.557 slash line. He hit 22 home runs and stole 28 bases. He struggled in his brief promotion to Double-A to end the season, but the excitement remains. Baseball America rated him as the best defensive outfielder in the Astros' system coming into the 2012 season. He's expected to push for the everyday role in center field in a couple years, but the organization could push him hard if he enjoys a productive spring and torches Double-A to begin the season.
Robbie Grossman came to Houston from Pittsburgh in 2012 via the Wandy Rodriguez trade. He's best known for his prodigious walk rate, which has never dipped below 11.3% since turning pro in 2008. Our own Marc Hulet ranked him as the 11th-best prospect in the Astros' farm system, though he does note he's a bit of a tweener in terms of projection. The power remains too fringy for an everyday right fielder, and scouts question whether he can handle center field defensively. Fantasy owners who play in OBP leagues, though, should absolutely pay attention to Grossman if he comes out of the gates strong at Triple-A and Fernando Martinez or Justin Maxwell struggles early.
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Left Field: J.D. Martinez / Chris Carter / Brandon Barnes / Nate Freiman
Center Field: Justin Maxwell / Rick Ankiel / Brandon Barnes / Trevor Crowe
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These scholarships fund study abroad for U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are currently receiving federal Pell Grant funding as part of their financial aid package.Awards are made of up to $5,000 (with the average award being $4,000), with an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement available (i.e. for students taking Arabic, Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Turkie, Persian, Indic, Korean, Russian, Swahili) for a total possible award of up to $8,000.
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I need some advice ladies...we are set to begin our first DE IVF after 3 years of TTC with my OE. We always thought the issue was DH (low count, low testosterone). Now after doing 1 failed OE IVF with donor sperm we realized I am also the problem. Now the big decision is do we use a split of donor sperm/ DH sperm with donor eggs or only DH's sperm? I am nervous to use only DH because we are still not sure of his quality but I have been told that a strong egg can make up for poor sperm. Any thoughts advice would be greatly appreciated!!
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Have you had your dh's sperm tested? I know you said low testosterone and low count, but in IVF count doesn't matter as long as you have health, strong sperm. I know when we were first going through it all they did a semen analysis. This is what they looked for:
Color, Viscosity, Volume, concentration (2 measurements and an average), motility (2 measurements and an average) agglutination, WBC, progressiong, pH, RBC, Morphology, Normal Morph, Tapering Heads, Amprohous Head, Midpiece defect, Tail defect, Macrohead, Microhead, Immature, Final Interpretation.
I think having somehting like that done on your husband's sperm would be helpful in determining the quality of his sperm and then yo ucan talk to your RE about if you should make alternate plans as far as sperm goes.
Good Luck with your choices and your IVF!
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Oh, I also wanted to ask what was the embrio quality of the OE transfer? Just because it failed does not mean that there was a problem with the sperm or egg. For me it took three tries before it finally took. Just hang in there, it's a bumpy road!
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Susan- Thank you for your response...I guess I could have been more specific Here are some of his results.. count 4.5 million, 23% motility, 17:rapid, 7% normal morphology all of which are not looking so hot. A bit of our history...we have done 6 failed IUI's and 3 failed IVF's (one with donor sperm). I have had a total of 52 eggs retrieved and I have only had 2 embryos make it to 5 day transfer (weren't at blast stage yet). All other transfers were 3 day transfers and never had perfect/ great embryos even with donor sperm. None to freeze. All indicators point to an egg issue but we have never had any other testing (PGD, etc) to look at genetics of embryos so we are really just assuming. I guess I am just looking for any advice because my husband is convinced now that the problem has always been me and he is fine (not if you look at the labs). I feel like I am convincing him to use donor sperm because I don't want to put "all our eggs" in one basket and just use his incase it is a problem!
Hi Heather...how are you ...there is a test that my DH had, from SCSA Diagnostics ( you can find then by google) ...also Reprosource does a Male Fragmentation test. SCSA you can do it yourslef with no RX from doctor , its about 280. Reprosource is where most RE's send the male factor testing. Good luck, this is a hard choice...I had a perfect donor with amazing eggs ( she had 3 prior cycles before me and all her recipients are pregnant with twins) ...so we're also looking into male factor. In addition to Immunology Issues & blood clotting which you can also be tested for , because sometimes the embryos are rejected by the mother. Maybe you wont have to use donor egg & donor sperm, if all along there could be a simple issue which can be fixed with medication to help the embryos stick, so maybe your RE's will test for that as well ? Good luck to you as you piece together the puzzle...Anna
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They are roughly the same market cap currently once you factor in apple's 150 Billion in cash. yet one has a P/E of 26 and the other P/E of 11. to make matters worse, google gives its shareholders nothing, and apple is giving 100 billion dollars to its shareholders. Yikes ! no brainer..
You are an IDIOT! Apple has an iPod in a few variations a new looking iPhone that they turned into an iPad and Mini iPad and of course the PC's Macs. They have been pushing the same thing for years.Google has sooo much growth potential with added products and services. Google is a growth story still in its infancy! If you get out of google now odds are you won't be able to afford it later.
Time will tell. I see apple growing faster than google... 20% market share in the hottest fields (smartphone/tablet) and tons of growth ops (payments, tv, watches, etc). Google is more like Microsoft in that it already has a huge market share of its only profitable business (search ads). Everything else it does is speculative and not profitable. Sounds like Microsoft to me.
are you so desperate? invent something then.
what about short term taxes of 29%, if your profits are less than 29% why even bother selling?
Sometimes taking profits and paying the taxes is still better than seeing all your profits evaporate. Look at those who bought Apple in Jan 2012 at 400/share and saw 80% gains completely evaporate by Jan 2013. The beauty of apple's buyback and dividend hikes is this is unlikely to ever happen to apple again. However, google does no capital sharing and makes it prone to the same kind of correction apple did prior to its stock buyback.


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In the late 1940's and early 1950's "hawt" was an acronym for "having a wonderful time." It was eventually stolen by scenester fucks to mean,"sexy" or "attractive" because of the downfall of american youth.
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a word that you describe someone who is very attractive. It means "hot" but with a "w" sound in it.
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Describes one with the qualities of being "Hot" and having "hawt" while implied in one word; hawt
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Describes one with the qualities of being "Hot" and having "hawt" while implied in one word; hawt
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Berry Craig: Their campaigns accepted money from a big-time bigot. Bevin and Paul didn't give away the cash until the media called their hand on where it came from.
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White Power, White Terrorism, White Mainstream
Jessie Daniels: The white mainstream is already framing this shooting as the act of a crazed, lone gunman, rather than part of a consistent pattern of right-wing violence perpetrated almost exclusively by white men who are responding to a political climate that is increasingly stoked by vitriolic rhetoric.
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Marcus Trescothick's 80 from 54 balls was ultimately in vain as Somerset were bowled out for 267 to lose to Surrey by seven runs by the Duckworth/Lewis method following a floodlight failure at the Kia Oval.
Chasing Surrey's 50-over total of 284 for nine, Somerset set out believing they needed to overhaul that score in no more than 42.1 overs in order to win a quarter-final place.
Trescothick's assault, which included four sixes and nine fours, left them on 146 for four after 24.1 overs, and very much on course to get to their target within a target, when a power surge in south London blew out the Oval floodlights.
A 25-minute delay, while a fuse was repaired and the floodlight bulbs were allowed to cool down before they could be turned on again, hurt Somerset as when the game restarted their adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target to 275 in 46 overs meaning they needed to get there in 38.2 overs.
James Hildreth and Alex Barrow returned to the field knowing just 14.1 overs were available to score the 129 more runs required for victory, and guaranteed last eight qualification.
Hildreth did his best by reaching 53 from 46 balls but at 184 he drove to extra cover and when Barrow and Craig Overton also fell in the next two overs Somerset were suddenly 195 for seven.
Tim Groenewald edged Tim Linley behind at 222 in the first of the powerplay overs and when Luke Gregory's 19-ball 23 ended in the 36th over, Somerset's quest for qualification was seemingly over.
Nottinghamshire looked as if they might do Somerset a favour, though, by failing to beat Warwickshire, meaning that all Somerset needed to do was win this game.
However, after a brave stand of 34 by last pair Alfonso Thomas and Jack Leach, the news of Nottinghamshire's dramatic last-ball victory came just before the latter was run out for 18 by a direct hit by Aneesh Kapil at cover.
It brought to an end a remarkable match which had begun with Surrey making only a moderate start after Trescothick had won the toss and, unsurprisingly, chose to bowl first.
Jason Roy was leg-before for 10 to Gregory in the second over, to a ball slanted into his pads, and Vikram Solanki lost his off stump to Peter Trego's third ball in the 10th over as Surrey reached the end of the initial powerplay at 56 for two.
Steven Davies went to a 48-ball half-century with six fours before missing a reverse-sweep off left-arm spinner Leach and departing lbw in the 19th over.
Rory Burns also batted well until he was caught off a leading edge for 40 and it was left to Gary Wilson, who had given a difficult chance to a diving Johann Myburgh at midwicket when on eight, to give the innings renewed momentum in a 74-run partnership in 13 overs with Kapil.
Wilson hit Leach for six over long-on and also hit five fours in his 45 from 59 balls before being run out by Overton in the last over of the batting powerplay.
Kapil continued to flourish and his run-a-ball 59, which ended when he sliced Groenewald to cover, was followed by quickfire contributions from both Zafar Ansari and Robin Peterson.
Somerset's reply was launched in thrilling style by Trescothick, who drove Linley over long-off for six in a ninth over costing 17 and then pulled George Edwards for successive sixes in a 10th over that brought 19 runs.
There was a fourth six for Trescothick, swatted off Peterson, but by then Somerset had lost Nick Compton for 22 and Trego for five, leg-before to a Jade Dernbach full toss.
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Tottenham and Manchester United, fourth and fifth respectively, also look to be still in the mix.
You can't tell what's going to happen, it's just so tight. With the amount of teams that could potentially win this league, it's probably going to be the most exciting Premier League for a neutral ever, I think.
No one can call it but we're top and we can be proud of that at this moment in time.
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Woman sentenced to 50 years for death of Christopher Thomas
Of course, the media was there, cameras pointed, notebooks opened. So were friends and family members, who tried without success to hold back tears and outbursts of frustration.
But perhaps the most unexpected person who came to the Milwaukee County Courthouse Tuesday to watch Crystal Keith's sentencing was a man wearing a dusty pair of work boots, Matt Sullivan.
Sullivan, a father of four who sells construction equipment, was foreman of the jury that in May, after a gruesome four-day trial, convicted Keith of beating 13-month-old Christopher Thomas to death and of torturing his 2-year-old sister.
The two children were placed in kinship foster care with Keith, their aunt, and her husband, Reginald, who also faces charges in the case.
"I'm here to see it through and to see if she says anything," Sullivan said.
Sullivan said he has been troubled by Keith's affectless presence throughout the trial. Even as photographs of Christopher and his sister's battered bodies were shown to the court on a large flat-screen monitor - images that Sullivan said he will never forget - Keith remained an imploded star, collapsed within herself.
"I want to hear (Keith) say something. Anything," Sullivan said.
"Such horrendous crimes," he said. "You'd think there would be some expression of emotion."
Keith, 25, betrayed little emotion throughout most of the sentencing hearing, in which Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Patricia McMahon ordered her to serve the maximum penalty: 50 years in prison and 25 years of extended supervision.
"If this case doesn't deserve the maximum penalty, then I don't ever want to see the one that does," McMahon said before announcing the verdict.
'Hole in my heart'
Among those who asked McMahon to levy the maximum sentence was the siblings' maternal grandmother, Shantrice Freeman.
She described a recurring fantasy in which, when she is in a department store, she imagines herself there to pick out children's clothes.
"I wake up to a huge black hole in my heart," she said.
Darlene and Robert Logan, who for three months served as Christopher's foster parents and who were reprimanded by the Department of Children and Families when they attempted to adopt the child, also spoke.
"He was happy and he made others happy too," Darlene Logan said.
Keith's stoicism broke as she spoke to McMahon.
"I apologize for my wrongdoing," she said, her voice muffled by tears.
"I take responsibility."
Keith also said, "I was just trying to help."
Christopher died Nov. 11, one day after being viciously beaten by Keith. His sister survived months of torture, even as Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare caseworkers repeatedly visited Keith's home.
Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams said the suffering endured by Christopher and his sister defies description.
He said, however, that he hoped the case would accomplish several things.
"I hope it will bring reform to the foster care system," he said.
"I hope and I pray that the system can be overhauled so that this case will never happen again."
And, Williams said, he hoped Keith's punishment would deter child abuse.
"If someone thinks of killing or abusing a child in the future, they will realize they are going to prison for a long time."


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Interferes with some of the USB ports on my MB for unknown reasons.
Other Thoughts: Received this as a gift. It mostly works as advertised except for one weird glitch. For some reason my PC will no longer recognize my keyboard and mouse until after Windows completes booting. And before you say it, No, the keyboard and mouse are not plugged into the hub. They are plugged into the rear ports on the MB just like the hub. What this means is I have to plug another keyboard/mouse into the front port to get into the BIOS (Disconnecting the hub works too). Very odd behavior that I can find no explanation for. It's more of an inconvenience than anything since I don't really need to get into the BIOS very often. It is irritating when I do though. This weirdness cost it an egg. Otherwise it works great. It's fast and I like being able to quickly charge a tablet.READ FULL REVIEW
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In the past 30 years Korea has gone from having a limited medical infrastructure, fragmented financing and limited population coverage, to a health care system characterised by universal coverage, one of the highest life expectancies in the world while still having one of the lowest levels of health expenditure among OECD countries.
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Israel has built a universal health system at relatively low-cost. Health spending was 7.5% of GDP in 2013, below the OECD average of 8.9% although the health spending share of GDP has been increasing rapidly, particularly in recent years. Israel has developed a sophisticated programme to monitor quality of primary care.
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Norway has an impressive and comprehensive health system, but it is facing several challenges over the coming years. The shift in the need for care from an ageing population will weigh heavily on the Norwegian health care system, demanding for more skilled health care personnel as well as strengthening of community care.
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Between 2009 and 2013, public spending on health fell by EUR 5.2 billion – representing a 32% drop in real-terms. This reduction clearly represents a shock for the system to adsorb, even though it is clear that there were inefficiencies in the Greek system (for example, inappropriate prescribing, weak primary care, imbalances in the mix of health professionals).
This paper looks at recent trends in pharmaceutical spending across OECD countries. It examines the drivers of recent spending trends, highlighting differences across therapeutic classes, and then looks at emerging challenges for policy makers in the management of pharmaceutical spending.
Learn about the latest interviews, articles and media interventions from the OECD Health Division.
"Mental health issues exact a high price on individuals, their families, employers and the economy," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, "Policymakers have been too slow to act. Strong political leadership is needed to drive reform and tackle this issue."
Mental disorders represent a considerable disease burden, and have a significant impact on the lives of the OECD population, and account for considerable direct and indirect costs. This report argues that even in those OECD countries with a long history of deinstitutionalisation, there is still a long way to go to make community-based mental health care that achieves good outcomes for people with severe mental illness a reality.
Expenditure by disease data based on national health accounts can provide valuable information for use in policy analysis. In order to move further in this important area, it is necessary both to refine the definitions and approach that is followed, but also to demonstrate that such accounts can be developed in a cost-effective manner under the framework of the System of Health Accounts.
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OECD has released data on health spending by disease, age and gender - the first time that such consistent international estimates have been made available. These data are important because they can support policy makers in decisions about resource allocation. This policy brief presents the main findings using data from a group of 12 OECD countries over the period from 2003 to 2011.


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News reporter Siobhan Riley accidentally draws a male appendage while presenting traffic report
- From: news.com.au
- July 25, 2013
SOME may cackle and laugh loudly - for a long time - others may be slightly shocked or offended.
Either way we doubt this US news presenter intended to turn a traffic report into a part of the male anatomy.
Siobhan Riley was updating Michigan TV viewers on traffic conditions in Saginaw, when she accidentally drew a picture of what appears to be a male appendage (although according to legendary psychiatrist Sigmund Freud there are no accidents).
Describing the road works, Ms Riley draws her hand along the map completely unaware of the shape she created during the segment on ABC news affiliate WJRT.
It could happen to anyone right?
To be fair, it isn't the first time an on-air blooper has left viewers and presenters red-faced.
Who could forget Karl Stefanovic losing it on air after a reference was made to a "long, stabby thing" that he kept by his bedside in the event of a home invasion?
The Today host famously asked co-host Lisa Wilkinson if she was lucky enough to have something similarly "long and stabby" in the bedroom during a show last year.
Reporter Ben Fordham weighed in, revealing it was his own personal preference for golf clubs as weapons of defence before saying "I'd want to be standing back and whacking them off from a distance."
While Fordham was left red-faced, Stefanovic had to leave the set after being unable to contain his laughter.


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text: !!The film:* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Check it out over [[AwesomeMusic/JamesBond here]].* CompleteMonster: Blofeld, having plastic surgery again, has multiple diamonds stolen to power a satellite with an orbital laser. Blofeld calls an auction between the Soviets, Chinese and Americans: the winner will possess nuclear supremacy in the world, while the losers will have their countries wiped out by the satellite.* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. Various shows have parodied the characters and there's even a jewelry store in London named after them.* FridgeBrilliance: The two fakes both refer to him as 007; the ''real'' Blofeld always calls him "Mr Bond". In fact, throughout the series, Blofeld nearly always refers to him as "Bond" (or some variation thereof).* FridgeLogic:** Bond uses a voice changing machine to intercept Blofeld's order to Bert Saxby to kill Willard Whyte. But then Saxby still shows up to do the job, making one wonder how he found out about the order. Since Blofeld noticed something odd about Saxby's voice, he may have called Saxby back, Saxby said he hadn't called Blofeld and Blofeld figured out what was going on. This is helped by the fact that he also moves up his plans by a day and leaves for the oil rig as soon as he can.** Due to a deleted scene one is left to assume that Plenty O'Toole quite possibly had to return home ''without her clothes'' (see below). * FunnyAneurysmMoment** [[spoiler:It was good that Lana Wood (Plenty) and Jill St John (Tiffany) barely had screentime together, given that both women and Robert Wagner allegedly had a falling out over Lana going to the media with her version of the events that led to the drowning death of Natalie Wood.]]** The sexual humiliation that Plenty endures in Bond's hotel room may not sit well with today's audiences either. ** "They tell me I have the body of Rock Hudson."* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:On a related note, the one scene that Jill St.John and Lana Wood appeared together in had Tiffany Case go into her house, finding Bond standing by the swimming pool and Plenty ''drowned in the middle of the pool''.]] * HilariousInHindsight** Blofield threatens to destroy cities with a giant laser. 28 years later [[Film/AustinPowers Dr. Evil.]] does the same thing.*** Not surprising, considering that the first ''Austin Powers'' movie took quite a few elements from Bond movies, this one in particular.** Bond mentions that he has "a friend called [[Disney/WreckItRalph Felix who can fix anything]]."** At one point Bond checks into a hotel as [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade "Mr. Jones"]].** Lana Wood would later play the lover of an evil demon played by Kabir Bedi, who plays the evil henchman Gobinda in the 1983 Bond film ''Octopussy''. The film being ''Satan's Mistress'' (also known as ''Demon Rage''). * HoYay:** Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.** [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Those Two Bad Girls]] Bambi and Thumper.* MagnificentBastard: Blofeld made good use of decoys this time around. [[spoiler: He used not only one, but multiple decoys of himself and when Bond meets him and a decoy later in the film, not knowing which is which, he scares the cat and kills the one it runs into, but it turns out the cat was a decoy too. [[FridgeBrilliance The real cat wore a diamond collar]], [[RewatchBonus as seen in the intro]].]] Well played, Blofeld. * {{Narm}}:** The fake Blofeld's death in the Whyte House: he's shot in the head with a piton gun, freezes for a second or two in shock, then suddenly flings his arms in the air and topples over.** As terrible as his death is, the Chinese soldier's expression when the KillSat's beam hits him is pretty goofy.** The horrible dub job in the opening scene, as the actor keeps his mouth wide open but we still hear "Cai...Cai...Cairo!"* NightmareFuel:** The cremation scene. Getting cremated alive has got to be the most horrific way to die imaginable. The music playing during that scene hardly makes it better.** The poor PLA soldier's death by KillSat above. He gets set on fire and dies being burned alive.** Plenty being caught almost completely naked... [[spoiler:and then drowned, with the camera helpfully panning down her body towards the large weight she was tied to as slowly as possible.]]* OlderThanTheyThink: Many fans complained that Blofeld had a full head of hair in this movie instead of his iconic bald appearance of the previous two films. In fact, Blofeld did have hair during his appearances in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', though it's difficult to see due to his face being obscured in those films. On top of that, the literary version was also described with an appearance close to that of Charles Gray in this film; in fact, the only reason why the screen Blofeld was ever bald was that Creator/DonaldPleasence happened to be bald himself.* OneSceneWonder: Plenty O'Toole. Even more so after she decides to let Bond deprive her of her clothes. * {{Sequelitis}}: It's widely considered Connery's weakest and among the low points of the series for its campy tone and delirious plot.* SpecialEffectFailure: Connery's increased salary for the movie meant that a cheaper effects company had to be used to cut costs.** During the chase scene with the moon rover, you can see a wheel rolling on screen just after the rover goes off camera. This is because they crashed the rover.** Just about any explosion featured in the film. Those from ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' look better by comparison.** The KillSat itself, which somehow manages to look worse and worse in each shot. In the shots of the rocket launching and separating it actually looks decent, at about the standards of the similar sequences from ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. When the satellite sheds its outer casing and fully deploys, it looks like something you'd see in a cheaper episode of ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''. By the time it takes out a Chinese military base, the effects standard has dropped to being barely above a contemporary episode of ''Series/DoctorWho''.* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:** Tiffany Case enduring BadassDecay and becoming another bumbling sidekick for Bond to rescue.** And poor Plenty, such a fun, lovely girl...* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Bond going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge his wife and destroy Blofeld and SPECTRE once and for all would have made a hell of a movie and a GrandFinale to the Creator/SeanConnery era, or a great comeback for Lazenby. Too bad the revenge angle all but disappears after the ColdOpen, Lazenby was gone, and Connery [[MoneyDearBoy looks bored as hell]]. The movie is a giant cheese and camp factory on wheels and nothing with Blofeld really gets resolved.* ValuesDissonance: James plays with Tiffany's genuine fear of being locked up for pure kicks at times.* WhatAnIdiot:** Willard Whyte has installations all over the place; Alaska, Florida, Maine, Oregon, Texas, Baja -- wait, he doesn't have anything in Baja? The villains could've set up ''anywhere'' along any coastline, ''and they choose the one place Whyte knows he doesn't have any property''? And then they ''mark'' their secret base on Whyte's map?** The biggest problem seems to be not that they used Whyte's name to buy it, but that they built a model oil rig and put it on his giant floor map of property. Nobody exactly comes up to see Whyte, and those who have access to the room and know about the purchase likely wouldn't question the lack of a marker simply because it's not a big deal (and those who have access are probably in on the plot to hold Whyte hostage anyway). Literally the only person who would actually notice them marking their secret base is the person who could blow the lid on the whole operation. Had they not bothered marking the purchase, they'd have had to search every location on the map and give Blofeld all the time in the world to laser cities.** How Plenty O'Toole got herself into her chilling fate, which has been a mystery to fans and viewers for years. Plenty's unfortunate send off was the result of a deleted scene where after getting thrown out of the hotel room and into the pool a soaking wet Plenty, wearing nothing but a white ModestyTowel and carrying her purple high heels (it is not addressed whether or not she still has her iconic transparent pink panties) returns to Bond's hotel room in the hopes of retrieving her clothes and seeing what's happened to him - and is positively outraged to find Bond having sex with Tiffany Case. Before leaving in a huff Plenty rummages through Tiffany's purse and finds her address, so she later went to Tiffany's to get even. It didn't go well for her... A bit of unintentional yet amusing FridgeHorror here is that without this deleted scene one is left with the idea that Plenty possibly had to return to her home ''WITHOUT'' her proper clothes.!!The novel:* HarsherInHindsight: Bond on the idea of getting married: "[[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService It wouldn't last.]] I'd get claustrophobia and run out on her. [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice Get myself sent to Japan or somewhere.]]" (In the novels, ''OHMSS'' and ''You Only Live Twice'' take place one right after the other.)* NauseaFuel: Fleming lovingly draws out ''every single detail'' of how disgusting the mud baths at Saratoga (not to mention its customers) are. It's topped off with one of the most disturbing torture scenes in the book, if not the whole series.* TheScrappy: Jack and Seraffimo are easily the least liked of Fleming's main villains, being completely mundane gangsters with completely mundane motives. It's probably telling that they're the only Fleming {{Big Bad}}s never to have been adapted to film.* ValuesDissonance:** Felix makes a joke about how you can't call a measure of whiskey a "jigger" anymore; now you have to call it a ''Jegro''.** Felix again; when explaining Wint and Kidd's {{backstory}} he remarks that gays make excellent killers.----


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John Drennan: Our talented Mr Shatter is a peculiar class of genius
John Drennan considers the evidence on just how good a legislator our noisy Minister for Justice has been
Published 02/03/2014 | 02:30
It was once said that if a clever peasant wanted an easy life he should be seen up early milking his cows just once by his neighbours.
The grounds for this tactic were that if our farmer was seen once, then having secured the reputation amongst his neighbours for being an early riser, he could lie in bed all day.
It is a bit of a journey from the peasantry to Alan Shatter but, last week, showed the importance of a good reputation in times of trouble.
The whistleblower and GSOC controversies are evolving into a political disaster, but, the Justice Minister's political flank still has one coating of chain mail left courtesy of the cross-party agreement that the Justice Minister was the finest legislator this poor country has ever enjoyed.
In fairness, unlike our farmer, when it comes to this reputation there is nothing false about the praise of the unnaturally talented Mr Shatter.
The minister might be capable of starting a riot at a Buddhist convention while even his friends, whoever they might be, admit his political personality is as warm as a wasp that has just been batted away from a jam sandwich.
Everyone in Leinster House, though, admits that far from lying in the bed, Mr Shatter is instead up with the lark at dawn every day drafting laws to such an extent he is one of, if not the most, prolific legislators in the history of the State.
Such recommendations will have come as a relief to the 'ordinary' citizens for the figure Mr Shatter has cut over recent weeks is less impressive.
Since this extraordinary crisis broke the minister has resembled the sort of fellow who has tried to kill a snake with one blow to the head.
Sadly his failure to do this means he has been experiencing the inevitable denouement of flailing blows to the hissing creature, followed by an occasional yelp of pain, when the snake manages to sink its fangs into the poor beleaguered soul or anyone else that might be hanging around.
However, before we get too relieved about the certainty of everyone from the acerbic Pat Rabbitte to 'Dear Leader' Enda Kenny that, whatever about his other political flaws, Mr Shatter is worth his place on the team because of his legislative record alone, we should ask just how successful a legislator he has been.
The legislative priorities Mr Shatter faced when he came into power consisted of the Insolvency Bill and the reform of the legal profession.
Though the latter is now meandering towards its doleful conclusion, it should be noted that progress was so slow on this key issue, the Troika supernannies provided Alan with his own special naughty step which he shared with Dr Reilly, the cabinet dunce of popular choice, on a regular basis.
The minister's reform of our bankruptcy law, in fairness, has been completed.
Progress, however, was painfully slow and confidence in the final Bill was so low that the minister's insolvency regime has been described as representing nothing more than 'a banker's veto on debt'.
Sadly, there is no shortage of other critical legislation in areas such as the need for a Judicial Council that is living in the shadowlands of great expectations rather than happy realities.
The minister has undoubtedly been very busy and far noisier but could it be the case that he is, in legislative terms the sort of busy fool of a shop-keeper who stays open 20 hours a day for little final gain than a great reformer?
It is a somewhat harsh query, but, you are beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel of political credit when anxious supporters claim the minister must be retained to see the gay adoption legislation through.
A competent junior minister could pilot this legislation through and might even do better, given that much of this job will consist of winning hearts and minds, which is not a speciality of the minister.
This, of course, is not to say that Mr Shatter is not the cleverest man in the Cabinet.
Sadly, though, despite the praise of his colleagues, if Mr Shatter is a legislative genius, then to borrow another rural saying, he is a peculiar class of a genius.
Sunday Independent


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