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Ever since Gar Forman took over the reins of general manager for the Chicago Bulls before the 2009-2010 season, his tenure has been filled with great decisions.
He wasn't influenced by the clamors of Bulls fans to re-sign Ben Gordon; he managed to get a first round draft pick from the Bobcats for Tyrus Thomas; he made the right hire in Tom Thibodeau; and he's the architect of a squad that's led the NBA in wins over the past two seasons.
However, if he matches the offer sheet the Houston Rockets made to Omer Asik as people expect him to, it's likely to be the first blemish on an otherwise clean record of Forman's GM career.
Should Bulls Match "Out Of The Park" Offer?
Earlier this weekend, Asik and the Rockets agreed on an offer sheet for three years and nearly $25 million. The contract calls for a payout around $5 million dollars in the first two seasons of the deal, but a ridiculous $15 million in the third year, 2014-2015.
Since he's a restricted free agent, the Bulls have the option to match any offer made to Asik, which Gar Forman has come out and stated the Bulls plan to do under pretty much any circumstance.
However, did Forman expect Asik would get such an out-of-the-park offer like this one?
Sure, we all knew Omer is a great defensive player and was certainly going to get more than the $2.3 million qualifying offer the Bulls made, but this deal is one Gar Forman needs to really sit down and think over before he puts pen to paper.
There are a lot of reasons why this would not be a good decision, and one of them can be seen by just taking the eye test. Look, Bulls fans love Omer Asik and his defensive prowess has been a big part of the "Bench Mob" and Chicago's resurgence. But is his game worth that sort of financial commitment? A young but extremely one-dimensional player with many flaws is worth nowhere near that much money, even in a back-loaded contract.
Second, the Bulls need to look at their financial commitments already at hand.
The deals of Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, Luol Deng (although it expires before Omer's $15 million would kick in), and Carlos Boozer (although a likely amnesty candidate after next season) are well documented, and remember that Taj Gibson will be a RFA after next season just like Omer is right now. If Asik is getting this kind of money, a more versatile and proven player like Gibson is sure to get an even bigger offer.
That's why it puzzles me so much as to what the Bulls are now doing.
They've said they will match any offer to Asik, and they've said that Luol Deng won't be traded. However, history shows that owner Jerry Reinsdorf does not like to pay the luxury tax, which the Bulls will certainly be well into if they decide to give that kind of money to Asik on top of everything else.
Plus, are they that dead set on the idea that this core can beat a Miami Heat team that's only going to add to their roster moving forward?
Over the past decade, the Bulls have over-valued guys like Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, and Luol Deng, being reluctant to include them in deals for star players like Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol (at the time, he was a star).
Let's hope Gar, Pax, and everyone else have learned their lesson here and realize that this offer to Asik is not worth matching.


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During the following week, I started to walk again and gradually improved. Then, on May 12, Mother's Day, something went horribly wrong.
In the presence of my family and partner, I developed an uncontrollable shiver, had hot and cold flushes and began sweating profusely. My pulse raced to 180 beats per minute then plummeted to just 30bpm. I stopped breathing and I woke up almost a week later.
Much had happened in between. I learned that my remaining liver had failed and, after being placed on full life support, it was decided that a liver transplant was my only option for survival.
As time ran out, I was given the first available liver that matched my blood group. Unfortunately, that one was not in great condition, but there was no other option. Luckily, a couple of days later I had another transplant and this liver is still with me now. Undoubtedly, my previous fitness level helped me survive.
To say that I was shocked by what had unfolded would be an understatement and in many ways I am still adjusting to it. The next few months were hard. My immune system was so low that I battled numerous infections, one of them nearly fatal. My weight plummeted and I was tube-fed up until the week I left hospital. I had severe muscle wasting and it took me a couple of months to walk again. By the end of August, I was finally discharged.
My strength has gradually improved and I have adjusted to the medication routines. I have even started exercising and have returned to work part-time. I think about my donors regularly and feel extremely indebted to them and their families, not to mention the transplant team at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, who were superb.
I only hope that the donor families get some comfort from knowing that the generosity of their loved one has made such a life-giving difference to myself and my family.
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Madhur Bhandarkar is known for making hard-hitting and realistic cinema; hence facing controversies around his films release is something which is not new to this talented filmmaker. His latest film Fashion starring Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse in lead roles opened across cinema halls on October 29 and this time too, Madhur had to deal with a fair share of controversies. Firstly, there were rumours that Kanganas character in the film has been inspired by noted Delhi based model Geetanjali Nagpal. Then the censor board irked Madhur by giving him an A certificate as they felt the film had certain objectionable scenes for kids. However, the director could have got himself into more trouble had he included a gay kissing scene in the film.

The scene had actors Samir Soni and Anil Kumar share a kiss in a car but Madhur decided to drop the scene at the last minute as he didnt want any further complications. However, for all of you who indeed want to have a dekko of the same, the director is planning to include it in the DVD of the film. Must say, Madhur has already started promoting the DVD of Fashion in a smart way.

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How to Eat Chocolate to Lose Weight
A chocolate diet sounds too good to be true to most seasoned dieters. While there is no one, true chocolate diet, there are ways to lose weight while still eating your favorite chocolate treats. Remembering to always enjoy chocolate in moderation, and choosing the right kind of chocolate, can help you lose weight without feeling deprived. Add the benefits that chocolate can have on your mood, and a diet that allows you to eat chocolate may be the perfect fit for you.
Step 1
Give yourself a daily allotment of chocolate. Giving yourself boundaries can help you lose weight. Most individuals will need to eat between 1,200 and 1,400 calories per day to lose weight, so decide how many of those calories will be chocolate.
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Choose dark chocolate over milk chocolate. Not only is milk chocolate higher in calories than dark chocolate, but a recent article published in Science Daily noted that dark chocolate is also more filling than milk chocolate, so you can eat less while still being satisfied. Also, dark chocolate has been known to have appetite-suppressing properties, making it ideal for dieters.
Step 3
Supplement your diet with healthy foods so that you have the calories to spare for chocolate. Go for fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean protein. Enjoying a healthy variety of foods besides chocolate can keep your calorie count low and your nutrient count high.
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Swap out your usual morning coffee for a cup of low-fat hot cocoa. It won't make you feel jittery like coffee will, and you'll be able to get a quick chocolate fix first thing in the morning. Other diet gurus from ExtremeChocolate.com suggest sprinkling a spoonful of pure cocoa powder into water in order to reap the benefits of cocoa for antioxidants and appetite suppressants.
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Remember that a chocolate diet has only as much power as you allow it to have. Enjoying chocolate in moderation while you cut calories elsewhere will work for you. Gorging on chocolate will not lead to weight loss.


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Swaziland princesses visit to learn about local mass media
By Joseph Yeh--Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini of the Kingdom of Swaziland arrived Taiwan yesterday for the first time for a five-day tour to gain a better understanding of the country's mass media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said.
The princess was accompanied by Princess Phumelele Dlamini during the trip that is expected to conclude on Friday, June 15, the MOFA said in a released statement.
Princess Sikhanyiso will visit several local colleges and universities and the Chinese Culture and Movie Center as well as the Central News Agency and a local news channel.
She will also meet with hip-hop composers in Taiwan and will tour Taipei 101, the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the National Palace Museum and the Shilin Night Market.
Princess Sikhanyiso received her master's degree in digital communication from the University of Sydney in May 2012. Her trip to Taiwan could offer her and her delegation an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the current state of the arts and mass media in Taiwan, the MOFA said.
Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini is the eldest daughter of King Mswati III of Swaziland. She is one of his 24 children and her mother is one of Mswati's 14 wives.
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Tony Winner Frank Langella to Join Cast of CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
Deadline reports that Tony Award winner Frank Langella will star alongside Viggo Mortensen In the Matt Ross-directed drama CAPTAIN FANTASTIC. Filming is set to begin son in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Frank Langella earned one of his three Tony Awards for his performance as Richard Nixon in the acclaimed production Frost/Nixon (Donmar Warehouse, West End and Broadway). He was also the recipient of an Olivier Award nomination and an Oscar nomination for the same role in the film version. His additional Tonys were for roles in Seascape and Fortune's Fool, as well as three more nominations for Man and Boy, Dracula and Match. His over four decades on Broadway and close to two dozen productions also include, among others, The Father, Present Laughter, A Man for all Seasons and Amadeus.
In 2013/2014 Mr Langella will star in six films including Grace of Monaco opposite Nicole Kidman, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight opposite Christopher Plummer, directed by Stephen Frears, and Draft Day opposite Kevin Costner. He will soon be seen in the independent film The Driftless Area in Vancouver, and co-stars in the upcoming 5 TO 7, which opened at New York's Tribeca
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The most and least religious cities generally reflect the religiousness of the state in which they are located, although there are some interesting exceptions. Utah, for example, is one of the nation's most religious states, and two Utah cities — Provo and Ogden — are indeed among the most religious cities in the nation. But Utah's largest metro area, Salt Lake City, is significantly lower on the religiousness list (47% very religious) than the other two Utah cities. This most likely reflects Salt Lake City residents' more urban, less Mormon nature compared with other Utah metro areas. And, although Michigan as a state has below-average religiousness, that state's Holland-Grand Haven metro area is tied as the nation's fifth most religious.
Specific data on religious service attendance — one of the two components of the religiousness index — highlight stark behavioral differences between the two cities at the extreme ends of the religiousness distribution. Seventy-seven percent of Provo residents say they attend church weekly or nearly weekly, while 18% say they seldom or never attend. Residents of the Burlington area represent nearly a mirror image, with 18% saying they attend church weekly or nearly every week, and 76% saying they seldom or never attend.


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WASHINGTON—U.S. factory output increased for the fifth straight month in June as manufacturers cranked out more aircraft, chemicals and furniture. The modest gain underscored manufacturing's role in helping return the economy to growth after a grim first quarter. MORE
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Seven Ways to Spice Up a Super-Cheap Meal with Sriracha
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When you're a poor college student, a broke recent grad, or if you just "accidentally" spent your paycheck on a new pair of Frye boots instead of buying actual adult food, your eating choices are limited -- food's expensive. Especially food that tastes good.
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Totino's Party Pizzas -- "America's Number One Selling Frozen Pizzas" are all right on their own but top them off with a couple squirts of Sriracha and you can create a wonderful Asian fusion meal. Eat the whole thing yourself with a nice bottle of Two Buck Chuck or cut it into small squares and pretend it's a fancy appetizer.
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The obligatory self-indulgent look back at the year. With 2014 just around the corner, I look back at 2013 and have to say that I have really enjoyed it. It has certainly been eventful. In fact I reckon this was the most eventful year for us since 2010 when we Rojo got run over, Diego […]
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A pedant writes
September 19th, 2013 · Comments Off on A pedant writes · Music
Tonight I was listening, as I often do, to an internet radio station called 'Made in 80's Radio'. I do this when I want something in the background that is mostly familiar. There is plenty to not like about it. It is one of those dreadful channels with no presenters: just music chosen by computer […]
On my radio
January 15th, 2013 · Comments Off on On my radio · Music
For all the hype and fuss about downloads and streaming, and with HMV just calling in the receivers it feels a whole lot like the future where we put aside all the old ways of discovering, listening to, and buying music. And yet the radio still has its place doesn't it? I listening to the […]
The Man Machine speaks
February 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Man Machine speaks · Music
Right now I am listening to an interview from 2003 on the BBC iPlayer – an interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk. Really. Somebody from the band that famously don't do interviews and don't even have a telephone in their studio, doing an interview on the BBC. It is all part of 6 Music's Kraftwerk […]
Desert island Danny
August 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Desert island Danny · Life
I don't normally listen to Desert Island Discs. Or to put it another way, I have never listened to Desert Island Discs as far as I know. I hardly ever listen to Radio 4 at all, the last time was probably when they had a Kraftwerk documentary a couple of years ago. Today Danny Baker […]
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The road to Wembley
January 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Life
Crawley Town's FA Cup road might not go all the way to Wembley, but tonight they discovered that it will at least go as far as Torquay.  It would have been good to get a 'glamour' tie against Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal or someone like that (but please not West Ham!) but on the other […]
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French Radio London
November 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music
The BBC News website asks can we learn to love French pop music? The answer is probably, yes we can… but we won't. By 'we' I mean the British public generally – I already have quite a fondness for French music. The reason for the story is the launch today of French Radio London (FRL), […]
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2010 to-do list
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Come third in general election in Horsham Save 6Music Move house Learn to play bass guitar and ukulele Two down and hope the third will be done before September.  With nearly 40 years' worth of accumulated books I think I will be packing from now until whenever we move. Might have to put a couple […]
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I was listening to the news on 6Music yesterday, or rather half-listening. The penultimate item was some organisation or other (well I was only half-listening) talking about how a lot of people are turning to gambling in an attempt to balance the domestic books. The general tone was how this is a bad thing, and […]
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Available on the BBC's iPlayer until Friday evening – a Radio 6 Music session with Little Boots and Gary Numan, bridging the electropop generation gap. I wasn't too keen on the piano-based version of Are 'Friends' Electric? but very much enjoyed the version of Venus in Furs. Just a shame it stopped before the end […]
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Web Resources for Prescriptions and Over-the-Counter Medication
Managing medications presents a challenge. There are meal times, unexpected interactions, unpleasant side effects, and any number of different warnings to consider. The online world can be a useful resource to learn more about your medicine and how to take it, especially if the doctor's instructions are ringing a little too faintly in your ears. But wading through all the misinformation and low quality sites can be a chore. Fortunately, there are professional online resources managed by reputable health organizations, research companies, and news agencies with excellent, easy-to-access web resources. These sites know what they are doing – and that's giving you key pharmaceutical information, free of charge.
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RxList: This is a handy drug list where you can look up a large number of general drugs and diseases to find out more information. While it may not provide in-depth information, it can be a perfect starting place if you don't know much about your treatments.
MedlinePlus: This is the go-to Internet encyclopedia for drugs and supplements. It functions as a project by the NIH (National Institute of Health) but the site is so complete on its own that you wouldn't know it. Start with the general search categories if you aren't sure about names.
Drugs.com: With a bit more detailed information than RxList, Drugs.com is a useful resource to use if you know exactly what you want to learn. It also includes some unique and surprisingly handy tools, like the pill identifier and a drug-based news feed.
University of Maryland Medical Center: This medical encyclopedia benefits from the double advantage of educational professionalism and broad usefulness. Consult for drugs, procedures, surgeries, and more.
Pam Pohly's Net Guide: Medical Academies & Healthcare Professional Associations: This index is perfect if you want to find an organization or encyclopedia where you can learn more about a specific condition or association. This is especially useful if you struggle with a long-term condition and the treatments it requires.
Resources by Medical Category
Cough & Cold Medicines
Kids and OTC Cough and Cold Medicines: Cough and cold medications are very simple, but this guide is an ideal resource for parents that want to guarantee safety for their kids.
Ask Dr. Sears: Cough and Cold Medication Guide: This short guide provides basic explanations of the different categories of medication, and when to use the right drugs.
Indiana: Antibiotics Use and Resistance Manual: The state of Indiana provides this useful guide on antibiotics, using them, and modern problems with resistant forms of bacteria.
FDA: Consumer Education: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance: This FDA guide also provides overviews of antibiotic use, benefits, and problems. Dig into articles for a deeper look.
Cleveland Clinic: Corticosteroids: If you are on prescription steroids and want to learn more, visit this concise and clear webpage for information.
Pain Relievers
American Chronic Pain Association: Resource Guide to Pain Medications and Treatment: Download this guide to learn more about pain medication, how it works, and how to manage your prescription.
Spine Health: Medications for Back and Neck Pain: Back and neck pain are the most common causes that require pain-reliever prescriptions. This 12-page article dives into all types of pain medications and how they work.
Antidepressant.com: While the home page only goes into a cursory examination of medications, this website is worth a deeper look. Follow links to find out more about treatments, depression, and how doctors make medication decisions.
Helpguide: Antidepressants What You Need to Know About Depression Medication: If you are worried about taking antidepressants (a perfectly natural reaction), this resource is an excellent remedy to your anxiety.
Blood Pressure Medications
Heart.org: Blood Pressure Medications: Search through this easy-to-use guide divided into categories of blood pressure medication. Find the one you are taking and browse other medications in the same field.
Diabetes Medications
Consumer Reports: Treating Type 2 Diabetes: This guide provides general information on diabetes drugs along with their cost, effectiveness, and side effects. Comparisons between drugs are also available.
Supplements and Nutrition
USDA: Dietary Supplements: This guide includes definitions, warnings, indexes, and a wide variety of other types of information.
Nutrition.gov: This list goes through herbals, vitamins, health claims, and many other types of supplement categories, providing articles and definitions for each.
Prepare for Your Prescription
Top Ten Reviews: 2012 Prescription Online Comparisons: This short, sweet review ranks the top ten professional online prescription sites and includes detailed information on each.
Eye on Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Business Review: This journal collects information on pharmaceutical companies, their latest projects, and general pharma industry news, updated regularly.
Harvard Business Review: Pharmaceuticals: This resource starts with industry information and works down to latest company news and strategy.
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MedMatrix: Prescription Assistance Resources: This list is a little outdated but still provides access to some of the best medication information sites around the net. Look for the government or healthcare organization sites.
Yahoo!: The Dangers of Using Expired Medication: The title says it all – a brief, informative article on watching out for old prescriptions.
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The former personal assistant of Britain's Prince Philip has been charged with sexually abusing a girl while he was working for the royal family in the 1970s, prosecutors said.
Benjamin Herman, 79, was the personal assistant or "equerry" to the 93-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth from 1971 to 1974.
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said Herman would appear in court on Monday.
"He is charged with three counts of indecent assault between 1972 and 1974 on a girl aged around 12," the spokesman said.
Herman's role was to attend to Philip's engagements and personal matters, and he later became the head of the household of Philip's daughter Princess Anne.
The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that police had examined Philip's official diaries from the time and had taken statements from former palace staff.
A police spokesman would not comment on whether former palace staff had been interviewed, and a spokesman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
Britain has been rocked by a series of scandals involving historic child abuse by prominent figures.
The Mirror reported that the alleged victim had come forward following the 2012 revelation that the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was a prolific sexual predator, which sparked a wave of investigations.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to leave "no stone unturned" in investigating accusations, including claims of a paedophile ring involving senior politicians in the 1970s and 1980s. - Sapa-AFP


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The Lisps to Perform FUTURITY at the 92Y Tribeca Tonight, 10/6
Brooklyn's The Lisps have recorded three full-length albums and undertaken several national tours since their formation in 2005.
They set out to "apply their artistry-songs bordering on the literary and borrowing liberally from vaudeville, Anti-Folk, science fiction, and Americana-to the creation of a Civil War sci-fi musical."
The work, entitled Futurity, attracted the prestigious A.R.T., in Cambridge, MA, which presented the world premiere in March/April 2012, and the Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, which commissioned the work and presented it in April. The Lisps have recorded an album of the same name, released in March by Extropian Records. The band will perform songs from Futurity tonight, October 6 at 92Y Tribeca (200 Hudson St, NYC).
The performance will begin at 8:30 P.M. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting www.92y.org or calling 212.415.5500.
The Lisps were formed in the South Bronx in 2005 by Alvarez and Tunis, and were joined by percussionist Eric Farber in 2007 and bassist Lorenzo Wolff in 2010. They have always thought of the band as an ongoing, collaborative art project/collective. The Lisps' previous albums include The Vain, The Modest and The Dead (2006), Country Doctor Museum (2008) and Are We at the Movies? (2011). The group has been featured on NPR, WFUV, WBAI and in Paper and Spin, which said, "Tunis and Alvarez trade lyrics so sweet and silly they sound like the Moldy Peaches' campy, country cousin."
Futurity, written by Lisps founding member César Alvarez (vocals, guitar, percussion) with the band, tells the story of Julian Munro, a Union soldier in the Civil War who is an aspiring inventor. As the war rages around him, he and the brilliant mathematician and visionary Ada Lovelace attempt to invent an omnipotent steam-powered brain designed to save humanity from itself. The songs blend traditional Americana and Brechtian choral elements with avant-rock, comprising a unique portrait of war, human imagination and technological hubris.
The Lisps' Sammy Tunis sings the part of Lovelace. The "Steam Brain" is represented on stage by an immense collection of mounted found objects and kinetic percussion sculptures, built and played by Farber. Wolff plays a number of instruments, including bass, sousaphone, resonator guitar and percussion.
Produced by JosH Clark (Beirut, The National, The New Pornographers) and Alvarez, and recorded last fall at Seaside Lounge in Brooklyn, the album includes performances by renaissance man Michael Cerveris on banjo, mandolin, backing vocals and more, Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose) on organ, sought-after New Orleans songwriter Luke Winslow-King on resonator guitar, and multi-talented instrument inventor (and frequent NYC subway performer) Ben Simon on organ and guitars.
Paper has called Futurity "a rebellion of sincerity in the sea of cold-shouldered, indie irony." Reviewing the A.R.T. production, Harvard's Crimson said, "Futurity is a poignant tale of what it means to believe in something, logical or not. It is not just a musical for philosophers in love; [it is] a brilliantly executed piece that stands as one of the A.R.T.'s strongest recent showings." Broadway World raved, "Leave your presumptions about musical theater at the door. Born of the art world and the indie rock scene, the show is part performance art, part rock concert, and totally defies conventional labels."
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This month we're honoring the work of Partners In Health nurses with a series of articles about their efforts to care for patients and lead others in strengthening health systems around the world.
Mary Lesesa is busy. As a nurse-midwife at Tlhanyaku Health Center in Lesotho, she plays a critical role in making sure expectant mothers, newborns, and families have consistent access to high-quality health care. On any given day she could go from delivering a baby to discussing family planning options to coordinating HIV education programs for the community.
Tlhanyaku Health Center is located in the mountains of northern Lesotho, a three-hour car ride from the nearest referral hospital. "Our country is so mountainous. Doing outreach and home visits to some areas is difficult as the cars cannot reach those areas, hence we travel by horses or on foot," the 37-year-old nurse says.
This rugged geography is a major barrier to health care. Lesotho has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world; one in 62 women will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That's why PIH/Lesotho has constructed maternal waiting homes at each of its mountain clinics and accompanies mothers from their villages to the health center before they're due.
HIV also poses an enormous burden in the tiny country. As noted in a recent PIH Report, Lesotho has an adult HIV prevalence of 24 percent, and nearly 60 percent of maternal deaths are estimated to be HIV-related.
Tlhanyaku is one of seven hard-to-reach areas in which PIH/Lesotho collaborates with the Ministry of Health to operate a health center. At all of these sites, nurses are the lead on-site clinicians. As such, they juggle a multitude of medical tasks while simultaneously providing administrative and logistical support to the organization.
"Nurses at PIH/Lesotho are highly trained clinicians who provide complex health care services," PIH/Lesotho Country Director Dr. Hind Satti says. "They're also skilled managers who oversee the operations of the health centers."
In recent years, PIH/Lesotho's comprehensive Maternal Mortality Reduction Program (MMRP) has made enormous strides in increasing the number of women who deliver their children in safe environments with trained medical staff at the ready. The program extends far beyond safe deliveries, however, and is designed to significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
"Our efforts to stop HIV transmission are well coordinated," says Lesesa, who has worked for PIH/L since 2010. She notes that from the moment a woman is pregnant through the child's first 18 months of life, PIH/L provides robust clinical and social support, and regular testing to ensure the child does not have HIV.
"From a mother's first antenatal care visit at which she's tested for HIV, we accompany families. We provide education and support, and we continue to follow up with them," she says.
Lesesa and her colleagues at PIH strive for an HIV-free generation in Lesotho. Thanks to dedicated nurses like her, we're heading in the right direction.


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Yearning to join the wealthiest one percent of Americans? You may already have -- and not even know it.
Hard to believe such a thing is possible but MSNBC morning anchor Thomas Roberts ran a segment Wednesday about that one percent so reviled by Occupy squatters co-opting public property for their private use around the nation. (video clip after page break)
Apparently there are plenty of people, including Democrats -- liberals even -- who are members of that cursed income cohort and somehow clueless about this.
Here's what Roberts said about the curious phenomenon --
With members of the Occupy Wall Street movement identifying themselves as the 99 percent, it leaves the question, who makes up the one percent? The easy answer -- billionaire bankers, well-known CEOs. But what about one percenters who may not know that they fall into that category? And it seems that some wealthy Americans who have been outspoken in support for the Occupy movement are unaware that they do.
Our "Flipside" today takes a look at some unexpected one percenters. First up, though, 57 members of Congress who fall into the top one percent of earners in the U.S. This includes, yeah, right there, that lady, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has come out in support of the Occupy movement. Next, we go to Hollywood where celebrities like filmmaker Michael Moore, actor Alec Baldwin and business mogul Russell Simmons have all voiced their separate support for the Occupy Wall Street movements, yet they are among the elite one percent. So it's good to know that the Occupy Wall Streeters have some friends in high places.
Good to know, I'm so relieved.
As Thomas mentioned these celebs, their photos were shown in a graphic with the caption, "UNSUSPECTING 1%-ERS." How about that -- all are wealthy yet oddly oblivious to this unsettling reality. Not to worry, though, it probably won't sting much when someone breaks the news. Maybe MSNBC did exactly that in this segment, knowing that all three men are soulmates and most assuredly devoting much of any given day to leaning forward.
Seems to me it was only weeks ago that a testy Michael Moore was berating anyone with the audacity to suggest he might be in that wormy one percent.
Then Moore admitted on his blog that -- slap hand to forehead -- his days in the 99 percent are long since past. In other words, it was Moore who was lying and not his critics, but since Moore is a large yet exceedingly small man, he couldn't come out and acknowledge that too.
In characteristic fashion, MSNBC followed up by pointing out that even though Moore is a one percenter, he remains unsuspecting and therefore blameless.


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Following is another of a series of specially prepared articles reviewing the present status of Jewry in the world's most important nations, with the coming of the New Year.
The observer looking back over the year 5694 in the life of the Polish Jews finds it no simple task to present his conclusions briefly yet interpretively.
From the political aspect, the situation of Polish Jewry during the year in question was very complicated. The general set-up of Polish Jewry during that year may be characterized as follows: Without giving up any of their economic claims and without negating any of their other demands upon the government this community group of over three million on the whole sided loyally and faithfully with the ruling regime.
The economic condition of the Polish Jews became steadily worse during the year and the process of impoverishment took great destructive strides.
The internal life of the group was characterized by much dissension, growing social demoralization and bitter clashes between opposing camps.
Anti-Semitism in Poland last year may practically be summed up in one word: Nara. Encouraged by the race hatred exhibited in neighboring Germany, a numerically large group of extreme nationalist youth broke away last April from the old anti-Jewish National Democratic party (Endek) and founded the so-called National Radical Camp (Nara), with "Fight the Jews" their principal motto, adapted from that of the Third Reich. As a matter of fact, they needed no teacher, for Endek youth had provided tradition in the way of many an anti-Jewish street attack. If such clashes were prevented at higher schools last year it was only because the government had taken decided steps at the beginning of the academic year, closing the schools at the first signs of outbreaks.
Except for several unsuccessful atter#pts, Polish "academic" anti-Semitism had no wide scope in 5694. But its place was very adequately filled by a gutter brand of anti-Semitism par excellence. Fed by Endek "theory" and executed by the Naras, it began in the fall of 1933 and reached its peak in May and June of 1934.
Those were difficult days for Polish Jews, who were faced by incitement such as had scarcely been seen in Poland. Stafeta, the Nara organ, became a daily newspaper and most violent of all the anti-Semitic publications, which took a new lease on life and surrounded the Polish Jew with glowing hatred.
For weeks the Jews were attacked daily, at first only in the remote provincial neighborhoods and later in larger cities such as Lodz, Wilno and Bialystok, where Mendl Lubinski, a weaver, lost his life.
The events in Warsaw are a tragic chapter in themselves. At first only half-hearted smashing of windows in Jewish homes and firms, the attacks gradually assumed the form of personal assaults upon Jews, particularly in public parks and gardens, and were worst on the outskirts of the city. The most distressing attack occurred in Powonzek one Sabbath eve in June, when a gang of knife-wielders fell upon Jewish families at their evening meal. About a dozen persons were wounded, a larger number were beaten, and the life of Ezekiel Dolman taken.
The Nara started out as a legal party tolerated as an organization, many circles believing that it would help combat the anti-government Endek forces. This assumption and the hope the Naras would join the government camp later proved to be false.
It would be wrong to think the government stayed passive to the public outbursts of the Naras. In several places stern measures were taken, many arrests were made and the Endek and Nara headquarters were sealed. The Stafeta was confiscated every other day, but managed nevertheless to print large-type slogans such as "Jews must not be Polish citizens."
The murder of Minister of the Interior Bronislaw Pieracki on June 15 convinced the government that it had been too liberal. The psychological thing at the moment was to look among the Naras for the assassin. Later this search was directed in other quarters (Ukrainian Nationalist terrorists). But the incident sufficed to install a government policy of suppression of all radical tendencies, and all persons "whose activities constitute a threat to the peace and order of society."
The second half of June and the month of July were important days for the life of the country. The governor of Bialystok, Marjan Koscialkowski, who was nominated to succeed Pieracki, is a liberal politician whose terms in various offices had always been characterized by objectivity. His nomination found favor among the Polish Jews.
The government energetically began a campaign to liquidate all extreme radical organizations, established a concentration camp, interned a number of Nara leaders and caused a number of others to flee, and dissolved all Nara groups. Of course the Naras attempted to spread the rumor that a Jewish hand had played a part in the Pieracki assassination, and made several more slight efforts, as in Lodz in August, to assault Jews.
A number of other incidents which occurred at the time, among them the arrest and release within a few days of the leaders of the Jewish labor parties (Bund and Left Poale Zion), assumed greater significance than they would in an ordinary season, largely as a result of the tenseness of the moment.
The Polish Jews close 5694 with a feeling of tension somewhat relaxed.
In contrast to what obtained several years ago, the Jews of Poland took little part in the general politics of the country. It suffices to mention that Parliament, which meets only infrequently, adopted a new constitution. This extraordinarily important occurrence in the life of a nation passed almost unnoticed in both non-Jewish and Jewish circles, although the changes voted were not at all indifferent to the Jews.
Few notable changes occurred in the attitude of the various Jewish middle class parties towards the government. The Agudath Israel and the more important Jewish economic organizations supported the government. However, the Zionist party council of Congress Poland decided to revise its stand towards the present Pilsudski regime and to take a more favorable attitude towards it. It should also be noted that the Jewish group decided to sever all relations with the various other minority groups, thus following the course set by the Agudath.
A government appeal that it be aided in floating an internal loan was met with great co-operation on the part of the Jewish population, and the loan was oversubscribed three times.
Parliament was the scene, several times, of so-called "Jewish debates" which were quashed when Minister Pieracki warned the Endeks the government would not support theories of race hate. A painful scene was occasioned by the declaration by Colonel Miedzjinski to the effect that "We, too, are sorry that there are too many Jews in Poland," and that if the Endeks would supply a "decent European plan for the solution of the Jewish question" it would be considered.
The pauperization of the Jewish masses—a process which began in 1929 — became more and more threatening each month. Before Passover of last year, twenty-five per cent of the Jewish population of Warsaw applied to philanthropic societies. In the provinces the situation was much worse, reaching an estimated 50 per cent in Lwow. No less than seventy-five per cent of the small scale Jewish traders in the towns are authoritatively said to be suffering from hunger, with no hope that the morrow will bring bread. Jewish suicides caused by economic distress are so frequent as no longer to excite comment.
The economic plight of the Jews is closely bound up with the general economic crisis and, primarily, with the agricultural depression, for Poland is an agricultural country. The Jewish middle class was additionally menaced last year by the proposed industrial law, much discussed and much amended and finally postponed indefinitely, which provides for examinations, compulsory incorporation and a number of other things of such a nature that in the end the Jewish population would have been the most seriously affected. The law would unquestionably destroy the major part of the Polish Jewish community—and the law may go into effect at any time, despite the fact that Jewish bodies and influential individuals have protested against it and pleaded for mercy.
Jewish artisans are threatened with the loss of their source of income. Jewish bakers will be adversely affected by the government decision to mechanize all bakeries, a feat which can be accomplished only with financial aid from the authorities. The "middle man" (i. e., the Jew) has been accused of occupying too important a place in the national economics of Poland, and the government is said to be seeking ways of eliminating him.
To aggrevate the situation came the natural disaster of the floods along the Vistula, which ruined tens of thousands of persons economically and took many lives. To the credit of the government it must be said that the relief work was carried on equitably among the sufferers and irrespective of their faith and race. But the fate of those Jews who suffered, many of them indirectly, as through the loss of the peasant's purchasing power, is catastrophic and help for them is urgently needed.
A major worry of Polish Jewish leaders was the fact that there was no one body empowered to represent the Jewish community officially. The point was painfully elucidated during the stressful period of April to June, when a group of rabbis took it upon themselves to approach an important Catholic clergyman. The incident, instead of resulting in a favor to the Jews, is now a very sad memory.
The Jewish Sejm Kolo (club of Jewish deputies) does not pretend to be a body representing all the Jews, and what little effect it might have had is minimized by the fact that it is not unified. An attempt to create an official body failed when the Zionist central committee declared it could not join forces with a bloc (meaning the Agudath) which was not free to act according to its own opinion of the needs of the Jewish community. The only unifying step was that taken by the three Zionist executive groups, representing Congress Poland, eastern Galicia and western Galicia, which voted to create a committee for national politics.
Undoubtedly, the country which had the greatest effect upon the life of Polish Jewry last year is Palestine. A thousand ties bind


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A Change of Heart in the Dominican Republic
FIRST is proud to share stories from members all over the world as they travel the path of courage and self-discovery. FIRST member, Bailey Pretak, a model self-advocate, has written yet another brave chapter of her own incredible life story — one that has never been hampered by her ichthyosis. We are delighted to take you along on the journey of Bailey's life-changing mission to the Dominican Republic.
I've never been one to let my ichthyosis hold me back from pursuing what I want out of life. This month was no exception. I willingly chose to go to the Dominican Republic, an island south of Florida in the Caribbean, for a weeklong mission trip. The crazy thing about all of this is I cannot sweat and the "winter" weather in the DR is in the mid-high 80s! I knew I would be out in the sugar cane fields with little to no shade, so I also made sure the doctors and nurses knew about my condition (they were at every village with the Vacation Bible School staff). I also had two spray bottles with me and I thought really hard about the best lightweight material to wear for the heat. I had four instant icepaks on me and I even had a hat and an umbrella to help with shade as well. (As it turned out there was plenty of shade, and sporadic rain showers to keep me cool. However, I did, and will always, err on the side of caution).
It ended up being the most incredible experience. I had already been to Romania twice on mission trips, but this one was different. The Dominican Republic is a third world country. I've seen the photos of the living conditions, but it cannot even begin to compare with seeing it firsthand. These people live in tiny villages out in the middle of sugar cane fields. Most have to travel twenty miles one way to get clean water. Many work a full day and only earn $3. They don't know when they will get their next meal. They don't have shoes that fit them properly, children don't have underwear, and they don't have the privilege of medicine or even band-aids when they aren't feeling well.
My dance ministry, Beautiful Feet, and I went down to lead Vacation Bible School with the children. We wanted to teach them just how great God's love is and how He is always there for them. The children were so precious. As soon as we would get off the bus, there would be a child in your arms or holding your hand. They just wanted love. We had a translator to help with the Bible story, but when we were playing with the kids or helping them with their craft, we were pretty much on our own. It makes you realize how language is not as big of a barrier as you think. You learn words from each other. Smiles, hugs, and laughter are universal. Their faces would light up when you'd show a photo of them, because they don't have mirrors to see themselves. While we were with the children, there were other people ministering through construction – painting, putting on new roofs, building new homes. There were doctors and nurses who would take care of the people bringing their families for medicine and healing. People used their talents in basketball, baseball, and dance to teach and train the villagers. There were still others who would visit the homes to deliver supplies and to pray blessings over the families. Lives were changed and not just the Dominicans.
I know that I went home with a full and changed heart. I came home with the knowledge of how over abundantly we are blessed. I actually sat in my house and cried with gratitude for all that I have, all that I've experienced, and all that is provided for me. I learned true joy from the Dominicans. They have so little, yet they are the most joy-filled people I have ever met. They don't have much, but they can see that what they do have is a blessing from God. They also put far more weight into relationships with family and friends than we do. I went expecting to bless them and in return I came back blessed. I know I left a piece of my heart forever in those tiny villages in the sugar cane fields with the most beautiful and joyful people.
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Day 7 of Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways was all about Best Buy! Best Buy is all about helping you find the right gift this season.
Best Buy
All through the holidays, the Geek Squad is there whenever you need them, even on Christmas! Geek Squad Agents are available by phone, online, in-store and in-home to provide you with all of the technical assistance you need! Best Buy is all about helping you find the right gift to inspire and launch dreams. What will your gift do? Check out all of the amazing Best Buy products Ellen's audience took home!
They got a brand new TV! Best Buy's Insignia TV delivers excellent picture quality, slim design, energy saving, and gets high praise from customers.
With excellent picture quality and LED backlighting for slim design and energy savings, it's no wonder that customers give Best Buy's Insignia™ 42" Class LED TV a 4.9 out of 5.0. It's currently their highest-rated TV!
It's available exclusively at Best Buy. Get one for someone special on your list right here!
Philips DiamondClean Toothbrush
Your teeth can shine bright like a diamond with this awesome new toothbrush from Philips! DiamondClean is the latest innovation in the Philips Sonicare product range that takes power-toothbrushing to its most sophisticated level yet! It features a diamond-shaped brush head with 44% more bristles for superior plaque removal and whiter teeth, and a stylish, first-of-its-kind, charging glass and a convenient USB travel case Philips Sonicare DiamondClean removes more plaque in 2 minutes than a manual toothbrush removes in 1 month! Get yours right here.
Dyson Dc34 Bagless Cordless Hand Vacuum
After their raging holiday party, Ellen's audience will be able to clean up in a snap! Powered by Dyson's advanced digital motor, the Dyson Dc34 Bagless Cordless Hand Vacuum delivers 15 minutes of powerful, constant suction. Great for quick pick-ups, charges 3 times faster than others. Dyson's patented Root Cyclone™ technology means no loss of suction. Get one for yourself right here!
Rosetta Stone
Ellen's audience also got the gift of language! Rosetta Stone® is fast, fun and effective, making it one of the best-known language-learning products in the world. Rosetta Stone TOTALe™ is available online and features games, stories and live coaching sessions with native speakers to make learning easier and more engaging.
Rosetta Stone offers over 30 languages for you to choose from -- from Spanish, French and Mandarin to Swahili, Swedish and Tagalog. It is used by thousands of schools, businesses, government organizations and millions of individuals around the world. For people on the go, Rosetta Stone's award-winning, cutting-edge solutions are accessible anywhere, anytime -- online and on your smartphone or tablet. With Rosetta Stone, you can learn a new language at home, on the bus or subway, in between work-outs at the gym, or waiting to pick up your kids from soccer practice.
Now, thanks to their special offer just for Ellen viewers, you can use it too!
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A PlayStation 3 and Wonderbook
It's no wonder why Ellen's audience loves the 12 Days of Giveaways -- she has the best gifts from the season! Including the
Wonderbook: Book of Spells for PS3 that comes to life on-screen with new and original writing from J.K. Rowling. The PlayStation Move motion controller transforms into a magic wand, letting you learn to cast spells just like students at Hogwarts. In addition to your Wonderbook accessory, the audience also got a brand new smaller and lighter PS3!
Get the Wonderbook and a PS3 here!
What better to go with their new TV than the best accessory on the market? Hulu Plus is the only online video subscription service that offers hundreds of current hit TV shows and popular movies you can watch anytime, anywhere.
Clean, simple and easy to use, Hulu Plus has everything from "Mockingbird Lane" to last night's episode of "Modern Family," making it the perfect gift for the entire family. You can watch Hulu Plus TV shows and movies in HD on Internet-connected devices like Apple TVs. Hulu provided everyone in Ellen's Audience with a 1-year Hulu Plus membership and an Apple TV. Find out more here!


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Cristal is only made in the best years and the 2007 is a blend of Louis Roederer's finest grand cru vineyards. The harvests in 2007 were exceptionally ripe, making it possible to achieve a distinctive culmination of matter and purity, richness and softness.
Louis Roederer originally produced Cristal for Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1876, in response to his request for an exclusive clear-bottled champagne to serve at his court.


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Each week an incoming Saint Mary's student-athlete is highlighted on SMCGaels.com as the Muscle Milk Newcomer of the Week. This week's selection is incoming freshman women's tennis player Kareena Manji. A native of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Manji recently graduated from Thousand Oaks High School.
Q: What made Saint Mary's the school for you?
A: I love the small classes, the gorgeous campus, nice weather, hard working devoted tennis team and the fact that SMC is so close to such a great city like San Francisco. But what made SMC stand out compared to other schools I visited/ looked at was the environment. When you're on the SMC campus, you feel at home and you feel like you belong.
Q: What's the one thing you're most looking forward to about living in Northern California?
A: Being close to San Francisco. (Southern Cal has a lot of the things Northern Cal does)
Q: What's the one thing you'll miss most about Southern California?
A: The one thing I will miss most about Southern California is probably going to be the weather. There is nowhere on the West Coast with weather like Southern California.
Q: On day one of college, what's your go-to meal in the cafeteria?
A: Definitely any and all carbohydrates. I need all the energy I can get! Bagels, bread, pasta, pizza, and of course a lemon lime Gatorade to wash it all down.
Q: What is Kareena Manji's hidden talent?
A: It's currently still hidden.
Q: Other favorite sports? Favorite teams in those sports? Favorite athlete?
A: Basketball and tennis (of course) but I am okay watching most sports. My favorite sports to play are soccer and tennis and my favorite athlete is Roger Federer.
Q: Grass, clay or hardcourt?
A: Hardcourt for sure.
Q: Best. Movie. Ever. Why?
A: I love a lot of movies, I can't pick JUST one ... Harry Potter series, Hunger Games, and anything Disney Pixar.
Q: If you weren't a tennis player, what would take up all of your time?
A: If I wasn't a tennis player I would probably spend more time with friends, travel more (and not for tournaments like we have been), and definitely try some new things which I haven't been able to do because I could get injured/ they take too much time away from tennis.
Q: Got a major picked out yet?
A: Business Administration is my intended major.
Q: Let's say you've got the headphones on before a game. What's on the pre-match mix?
A: I ALWAYS have headphones in before a match, but I don't have a certain mix I listen to. I just throw on Pandora, eat an energy bar, jump on court, and fight.


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LogicalDOC is a Web-based document management system that is easy to use and learn. Its architecture leverages best-of-breed Java technology to achieve a powerful and flexible solution. It supports its users with a powerful search engine (Lucene), Web service interface (JAX-WS via CXF) compatible with .NET and PHP, versioning, annotation on documents, a WebDAV interface, importing and exporting from .zip files. Documents can be organized into hierarchical folders, searched using the integrated search engine, or browsed by Tag. The system is extensible thanks to the technologies used (Spring-Hibernate) and its plugin architecture.
EUGene allows you to manipulate and generate models. It can read UML class models in XMI independent from modeling, generate templates, transform models, and integrate in project building. It features independence in developer code and generated code. EUGene is independent from development tools. EUGene is easy to use and to put into place.
Military Global Positioning System is an application that addresses certain key surveillance issues of the military. It provides certain logical filters like night vision, contrast stretching, and sharpening. An intelligent A* search algorithm provides the optimal path for the military tankers to the headquarters of the military base of the enemy. Security is a key concern in this application.
jPDFProcess is a Java library to work with PDF documents which can be used to deliver customized PDF content to your users or to process and manipulate incoming PDF content. The library has a simple interface to work with PDF documents and is designed to be integrated easily and seamlessly into your PDF document workflow. jPDFProcess provides the functionality found in many other Qoppa Software libraries, including printing, setting permissions and security, creating and assembling documents, digital signing, working with form fields, extracting text, and more. It can work with PDF documents from files, URLs, and input streams, and can save documents to files and output streams, so it can serve documents from a J2EE application directly to a client browser without any temporary files. jPDFProcess is platform-independent, and can be used in any environment which supports Java.
Slam Soccer 2006 is a funny 3D comic-style football game. You begin in the muddy village league and work your way up to the international top class of football and build up your own stadium! Now it's up to you: If you also find your way in the dubious business of football and if you get your finances under control, it's just a matter of skill until you win the cup and are the Slam Soccer World Champion 2006!
Hippojump is an alert management application that allows you to track RSS, XML, HTML, and Web services with specific keywords, and deliver the results to devices such as desktop, email, and SMS. It is an Eclipse-based RCP application, and is extensible via plugins. Examples of alerts include notification of movies with reviews of greater than 70%, of news that match certain keywords, of travel deals that relate to a cruise in a particular place, and of good deals on tickets to shows or famous destinations.
The goal of Escape-K is to provide an all-in-one platform for IT service management. This means that using a single application (the Escape-K client console), users are able to manage any sized computer organization, from workstation and printers to servers, databases, or network devices. Escape-K follows the main guidelines recommended by ITIL. Therefore, the core of the application is the composed of the CMDB. Depending of the chosen perspective, Escape-K users can deal with incidents and problem resolution as well as server or database administration.
A simple RAID checker.
A Mozilla-based browser.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/11/2013 (1358 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
TORONTO -- First Nations, Métis and Inuit of advancing years often have poorer health than their non-aboriginal counterparts but don't receive the same level of health-care services as other Canadian seniors, a report says.
The Health Council of Canada report, released Thursday, says the health of aboriginal seniors can be compromised by poverty, inadequate housing and poor diet, especially for those living in remote areas where nutritious foods may be prohibitively expensive.
Chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease are more prevalent among aboriginal Canadians than the general population, and those disorders can worsen with age.
"The challenge with First Nations, Métis or Inuit is that many of those seniors have lived in poverty throughout their lifespan," said Dr. Catherine Cook, vice-president of population and aboriginal health for the Winnipeg Health Region and a councillor with the Health Council.
"So the challenges will have compounded in that," said Cook, who is Métis. "For example, if you've been eating a diet that is low-cost but high in carbohydrates, you may have acquired some of the illnesses that are chronic in nature, so you may be further down that spectrum of illness."
Accessing health care can be physically, emotionally and financially challenging for many aboriginal elders, who may have to travel to urban centres for services that are unavailable in remote or isolated communities.
The Health Council says difficulties obtaining care are exacerbated by confusion over which level of government is responsible for which services and for which aboriginal groups.
For instance, First Nations and Inuit people are covered by federal non-insured health benefits, but Métis people are ineligible for that program. The exclusion of First Nations from some provincial programs available to all other provincial residents is also contentious.
"You have a health-care (system) that has completely fragmented service for indigenous people," said Cook, associate dean of First Nations, Métis and Inuit health at the University of Manitoba.
While the Health Council report details the barriers many aboriginal seniors face in accessing health care, it also lists examples of programs begun across the country to provide culturally appropriate services for these "respected and honoured" elder members of indigenous communities.
-- The Canadian Press


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Senator Ted Cruz gave an exclusive private address to a handful of bloggers Thursday.
The Senator from Texas started off by thanking each and everyone of us for our work. Mr. Cruz said if not for our work, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, The I.R.S. scandal, and other crimes committed by the Obama administration would not be in the news. He talked about the importance of bloggers and how they are doing the job the MSM isn't. Senator Cruz encouraged the small group of 30 bloggers to keep up our efforts. Cruz said he and other like minded members of Congress depend on bloggers to get their message out.
To bloggers Cruz said:
"We matter because the MSM doesn't"
"Dan Rather discovered the power of bloggers"
Senator Cruz talked at length about the perils of Common Core, Saddling our children with debt, and stopping the EPA from destroying America's economy. He then encouraged us to inspire, reach out to others with our message.
After 20 minutes passed, he was quickly called back to the Senate to vote. I shook the Senator's hand and thanked him for his encouragement and his time.


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A mental wellbeing charity has teamed up with Kingston Council to create an online survey for parents of children with mental health issues.
Together's consultation is designed to gauge both undiagnosed issues and those already being treated, including emotional distress.
It will help develop a pilot support service for parents and their children.
Project leader Debbie Roberts said: "Asking parents directly, 'What do you want, what do you need, what's there for you?' gives you a direct answer from the lived experience.
"If they get the support and the information that they need, then they're in a better place to help their young people."
The consultation will run until early next month.
If you are a parent and want to take part, click here.
For a version of the survey aimed at professionals, click here.


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The World's Cheapest Tablet, Finally on Sale
When the Indian government unveiled the $35 tablet in October, a common response was: "That's great, but when can I get one, too?"
The tablet, known as Aakash, was initially conceptualized as an educational tool and only made available to Indian graduate students. But from today, anyone can buy it.
Aakash has been hailed for making technology more widely available. The tablet, which runs on an Android platform, will actually cost buyers a little more than $35: it is priced at 2,500 rupees ($47). DataWind Ltd., the company that manufactured the tablet, hopes to eventually bring the price closer to its much-touted target of $35.
More In Tablets
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- How Flipkart's Tablet Compares
- Flipkart's First Tablet Foray Delivers Unimpressive Sales
- Samsung Brings Its Latest Tablets to India
- How Will the $38 Tablet Fare in the U.S.? Look at How It's Done in India, Say Some Analysts
- Samsung Raises Stakes in Tablet War
This is still a lot cheaper than other popular tablets. In India, the iPad2 16GB (Wi-Fi only) has a starting price of 29,000 rupees ($545), while its main competitor, the 8.9 Samsung Galaxy (16GB with Wi-Fi and 3G), costs 31,500 rupees ($592). Unsurprisingly, the technical features of Aakash are more basic: it can only access Wi-Fi networks and can only store 2GB of data.
While many will be rushing to place their Aakash orders from today, others may want to hold out until the end of January, as that's when an upgraded version of the touch-screen tablet, rebranded "UbiSlate 7," will be available. At around 3,000 rupees ($56), it's only slightly pricier than Aakash but it includes GPRS and can function as a phone.
Now the question is whether Aakash can meet expectations. The first challenge will be to fulfill the orders that have been flooding in, judging by the buzz on social media. Many potential customers are already complaining they can't get through to place their orders on the phone. Aakash can also be ordered online, and the company says it will deliver within a week.
Members of India's Parliament, however, are unlikely to be placing an order because most of them probably already own either an iPad or a Galaxy Tab. They were given an increased computer allowance and told to purchase one of the two devices. The cheaper, made-in-India device was not an option.
- Preetika Rana contributed to this post.
You can follow Margherita and India Real Time on Twitter @margheritamvs and @indiarealtime.


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Canon 20D: Raising the Bar for Prosumer Digital SLRsby Stephen Caston on 11/11/2004 12:05 AM EST
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shuttleboi - Monday, November 15, 2004 - linkWhat exactly is the point of these camera reviews? As I wrote several months ago, Anandtech is a gadget/hardware site, not a photography site. If you want to reach the photography community (like the rich folk who hang around DPReview.com, spending $1000 a month on lenses, and are ready to click on lots of advertisers' banners), you should do something novel. I suggested reviewing portable photo storage devices (e.g. the Epson P-2000, Archos AV-480, and Nikon ), but nobody listened to me. Suit yourself. As soon as you review any of these gadgets, you will find yourself on DPReview.com, gizmodo.com, and other popular sites. But don't listen to me, I'm just a yuppie male, age 28-40, making a good salary; it's not like your advertisers care about my demographic or anything. Reply
Joony - Friday, November 12, 2004 - linkI love my 20D, check out my photogallery,
http://www.pbase.com/joony Reply
Gatak - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkYou may also want to look at the DCRAW - Digital Camera RAW. It is a open source program for reading RAW files from most camera RAW files.
DCRAW vs. Canon D60: http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/digicam/dcraw/
DCRAW vs. Canon 10D: http://www.insflug.org/raw/analysis/dcrawvsfvu/
DCRAW source: http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/
Windows binary: http://home.arcor.de/benjamin_lebsanft/
stephencaston - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkWoodaddy, thanks for your comments. A Canon 50mm f/2.5 Macro lens was used for all the tests except on page 11 (where each picture lists the lens used beneath the thumbnail). I've also amended the other image quality pages to indicate the use of the 50mm. Sorry for this oversight. Reply
WooDaddy - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkI missed something critical here. Let me know if it was posted. What lens are you using? Since DSLRs have interchangable lenses, the image quality is directly related to the lens used. If not listed, you really want to say that for reference in you image quality tests.
#8, #3 I've picked on Stephen when he first got started on his reviews. He's getting better and IMO he's doing a great job. Now mind you, dpreview is for photogs/techies with an emphasis on photogs. AT is the converse; techies/photogs. I would consider ease of use and image quality and control to be a focus in a review at dpreview. Technical features would be the focus at AT....
Personally, I'm a photog more so than a techie camera guy. I'm doing quite well with my Nikon FE2 manual camera (with Acer 2740s film scanner) and Minolta G400 backup. Reply
AtaStrumf - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkWau, this thing makes some great pics! Way too expensive though. Reply
Gatak - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - link#3 Yes dpreview has many good articles. But I think this is a good start anyway. Dpreview is very technical and doesn't really provide much explanation of technical stuff. This is something I think Anandtech could advance in =) It is possible to have technical depth and yet have good, easy to understand explanations. Reply
ProviaFan - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - link#4 - that's why we have the term "prosumer". It's (the 20D) better than consumer, which would be the digital rebel, but it's not in the league of 1D Mark II (even though it has the same resolution, the speed and build quality don't compare) or 1Ds - which are professional. Reply
stephencaston - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - link#4, The 20D is often referred to as a Prosumer camera. Among the reasons are price, 1.6x cropping factor, sealing, built-in flash, and _optional_ battery grip.
The 20D is aimed at amateur photographers looking to replace/supplement their existing film SLR or for those looking to upgrade from a non-SLR camera. I've also heard of pros buying 10D and 20D bodies as backup cameras. I don't think it would be fair to the 1D line to call the 20D a professional camera. It is very nice, but not quite pro ;-) Reply
sjprg - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkNice article, I use both a 10D and a 20D and would like to see some ACR tests added to the CPU processing tests besides the emphasis on games to assist us in selecting the best hardware for processing digital images. One of the test that could be used is the Tom Fors ACR calibrator beta 3.
http://fors.net/scripts/ACR-Calibrator/ Reply
maxusa - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkThis is a professional DSLR, not prosumer. The only prosumer attribute of the 20D might be price of the body. But even this is highly questionable if one factors in lens(es). I recommend you change this misleading assertion. Reply
Mday - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkHmm, I would have liked to see an accessory list:
"All" EF lenses
EF-S lenses
battery grip
Overall, dpreview forums provide much better insite into the camera from users of cameras.
Without a forum attached to digital imaging, questions and comments to anandtech forums are lost to the billions of posts in general hardware. Reply
stephencaston - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkThanks for the comment and good suggestion. We will include this info in future reviews. Reply
Gatak - Thursday, November 11, 2004 - linkNice article =) the D20 is cirtanly on my wishlist.
There are things I'd like to see for future photography /image quality tests. You should mention the colour profile and gamma settings for the images that you use.
A uncalibrated CRT monitor (the default Windows and Linux user) will use a gamma close to 2.5 instead of the sRGB of about 2.2. Unless the user has compensated the gamma shift on their system using tools like Adobe Gamma or xgamma these pictures will look much to dark.
I have illustrated the difference on this image: http://moment22.mine.nu/20dcc-gamma-compare.jpg
It should be viewed on a sRGB monitor or in a application that can simulate sRGB on your monitor (like Photoshop) Reply


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Rattlers drop fourth straight
By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | June 28, 2011 7:25 PM ET
The Chiefs (35-40 overall, 2-3 second half) scored an unearned run in the top of the first inning. Matt Szczur started the game by bunting. The ball was fielded by pitcher Maverick Lasker, but his throw went down the right field line to allow Szczur to take second. A single by Pierre LaPage sent Szczur to third. Greg Rohan knocked Szczur in with a grounder to first for a 1-0 lead.
Jones struck for the first time in the game with one out in the top of the fourth inning. His home run to left made the score 2-0.
The Rattlers (39-36, 1-4) threatened in the bottom of the fourth. The Rattlers had two walks and three hits, but only scored one run. Nick Shaw started the inning with a walk, but was out 1-3-6 on a caught stealing. Cody Hawn, who was a the plate when Shaw was caught trying to steal, drew a walk. Greg Hopkins and Mike Walker followed with singles to load the bases.
Chris Dennis drove a single to right to score Hawn and keep the bases loaded. But, that single knocked starter Graham Hicks out of the game. Ebinger relieved Hicks and retired the next two Rattlers to keep the score at 2-1.
Jones padded the lead to 4-1 with a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the sixth.
That was enough for Ebinger. The lefty tossed 4-2/3 innings of shutout relief and allowed one hit while striking out three.
PJ Francescon, the Chicago Cubs 40th round pick in the 2011 draft, gave up a hit in the ninth, but struck out a pair to pick up his first professional save.
The series shifts to Miller Park on Wednesday night as the Rattlers and Chiefs play the final game of the three game set at the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Wisconsin has Brooks Hall (3-1, 3.38) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Peoria has Austin Kirk (4-4, 2.69) scheduled to start for them. Game time is 7:05pm.
Tickets for the game are $10 general admission and may be purchased at the Miller Park ticket office.
If you can't make it out to the game, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or on timberrattlers.com. The Miller Lite Pregame Show kicks everything off at 6:45pm.
Richard Jones (12th, 0 on in 4th, off Maverick Lasker, 1 out)
Richard Jones (13th, 1 on in 4th, off Maverick Lasker, 2 out)
WP: Brent Ebinger (1-2)
LP: Maverick Lasker (0-1)
SAVE: PJ Francescon (1)
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Freya Aswynn (born Elizabeth Hooijschuur in Holland 1949) is an adherent of Odinism and author of several treatises on runic divination.
According to her homepage, she was initiated into Wicca by Jim Bennnet in 1980. In 1993, she started an UK branch of The Ring of Troth. http://www.Troth.org.uk
She now resides in Spain and is known to be an Odinist and a shaman.
- Leaves of Yggdrasil: A Synthesis of Runes Gods Magic Feminine Mysteries Folklore (September 1988), ISBN 0951386409. Published privately.
- Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries, and Folklore (1990), ISBN 0875420249.
- Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers (2002), ISBN 1567180477.
- Principles of the Runes: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (Principles of) (2000), ISBN 0722538839.
- Video
- Introduction to the Runes - 'Introduction to the Runes' is a audio visual presentation exploring the Runes.
- Music and Audio
- Songs of Yggdrasil: Shamanic Chants from the Northern Mysteries (2002),ISBN 0875420233. - Audio CD Llewellyn Publications - Included with 'Northern Mysteries & Magic' but available separately.
also released as
- Shades of Yggadrasil Dec 13, 2005 with two bonus tracks.
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Official website
- Who Dares Aswynns! interview in Judas Kiss Magazine September, 2002 by Simon Collins


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SNEDEKER: Did he just say what I thought he just said?
People usually mean what they say, but often not what their words imply. This is especially critical when the people saying things are those to whom we look up.
A couple of recent comments speak to this disconnect.
Bill O'Reilly, a conservative Fox News pundit whose nationally syndicated newspaper columns are widely read, had a column published Jan. 27 in The Daily Republic titled, "Atheism's Faithful," which lamented the accelerating erosion of religiousness in America.
"Atheism is chic," O'Reilly wrote, in a back-handed criticism. In the column, he recalled debating the well-known doubter Richard Dawkins, who wrote a popular book titled "The God Delusion," and chastising him for another book he wrote aimed at children.
"You want children to reject God and religion," he recalled saying to Dawkins, "and you're trying to get to the kids and say you're an idiot if you believe in God." O'Reilly added in the column that he's OK with doubters thinking and saying whatever they want "as long as they don't attack people of faith and leave the kids out of it."
That's what he meant to say. What he likely didn't intend to imply but did is that only doubters should be condemned for trying to indoctrinate children and not, for example, his own Roman Catholic Church, which has been systematically and energetically indoctrinating children to believe in God for centuries, not to mention attacking, and occasionally burning at the stake, nonbelievers of all ages.
Rather than validating his ideas, O'Reilly's statement unintentionally reveals more about the apparently unexamined hypocrisy in his prejudices.
Then, a Jan. 31 Associated Press article in The Daily Republic mentioned a bill introduced in the South Dakota Legislature to protect clergy who refuse to take part in gay marriages. In the article, Republican Rep. Steve Hickey, a Sioux Falls pastor, is quoted as saying, " … keep the state out of my church." Although not everybody sees it that way, it's a rational stance.
But a statement of Rep. Hickey's later in the article wasn't.
He was quoted as saying, "I only promote and perform traditional marriages. It is not because I hate anyone. It is not because there's any bigotry. It's because I deeply care about people."
The question is, can anyone fairly say he or she cares deeply about people while actively shunning and shaming a significantly large group of them?
Rep. Hickey cites scripture as defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Scripture provides some traditional, ecclesiastical cover for this definition but none for the unkindness and persecution it engenders in America today.
According to a Williams Institute review in April 2011, approximately 3.8 percent of American adults identify themselves either as lesbian or gay (1.70 percent), bisexual (1.80 percent), or transgender (0.30 percent); or about 9 million Americans combined as of the 2010 census. That's a lot of marginalized people, especially considering that same-sex marriage appears to be becoming broadly accepted in the United States.
The Legislature ultimately decided that there was no need for Hickey's co-sponsored bill, holding that Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom are adequate.
In this free country, we the people are allowed to speak our minds.
But we should also be alert to the unintended meanings and implications of what we say. Sometimes, these are the most telling, and the least defensible.
-Write to Rick Snedeker at email@example.com.


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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 07:05 AM
dipsydoodle (42,239 posts)
West Midlands - motors and music
A year since mass car production returned to Birmingham's Longbridge plant - with the first of the MG6 models rolling off the production lines - MG Motor UK's Chinese owners say they sold 446 cars in the first three months of 2012.
That is better than any of the company's annual sales figures from the past five years, when it was producing the MG TF specialist sports car.
But the figures are a far cry from Longbridge's heyday - when the plant was the largest in a region of the UK which became synonymous with the motor car.
Here - with Professor David Bailey from Coventry University Business School, and Gillian Bardsley from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust - take a nostalgic look back at how Longbridge, and the whole West Midlands, gave us motors and music.
My first car was one these in late February 1963. Mine was the later '59 model with what from memory was the A series 948cc engine. Still managed Wembley to Edinburgh in 8 hours that summer.
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muriel_volestrangler (84,876 posts)
1. And a musical riposte from London:
I don't know why, but I think that's one of the funniest opening couplets in pop.
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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 07:53 AM
dipsydoodle (42,239 posts)
2. A Morrie might not quite be a Jaguar
but given the choice I'd take the Morrie anytime - preferably the convertible. They still sell for huge bucks given their age.
Back when I had the A35 I had a few friends with Dagenham's own Ford Pilot V8 flatties. In those days you could buy a running Pilot from a breakers for £50 and pay a fiver for a Y model Ford.
........I've even been to Selsey Bill. It was either there or Beachy Head on Sunday mornings in a convoy. I can remember 3 of us lining up occasionally on Kew Bridge for a race down to Beachy Head using what now is just a rat run. You couldn't pull that stunt now without being arrested before you got to Richmond.
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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 08:31 AM
madrchsod (58,162 posts)
3. to bad they are`t completely made in the uk.
looks like a winnner for the uk and the mg brand.we once owned a 58 mg sedan. nice car but ...several of the gauges refused to work.after that my dad and i bought every 50`s simcas in northern illinois, we ended up buying every model they made.
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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 11:28 AM
SwissTony (2,347 posts)
4. My first car was a 1950 Vanguard.
I could put it in first gear and it would travel uphill without even a touch on the accelerator. I believe the Vanguard engine was also used in tractors. I find that entirely plausible, based on my experience. Getting some spare parts could be difficult (I'm talking Australia here). For example, in order to get retread tyres, I had to turn in my old ones so that the could be re-used.
Loved that car.


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The wrap jacket is worked from side to side without seams. The sleeves are worked top down. Photos by Mark Raidpere (with the permission of Käsitöö). The pattern is available in Estonian and Finnish.
I have been asked about the pattern in English. The copyright belongs to the magazine. I will try to design something similar for Ravelry.


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(News Tagged 'Culture')
Fast forward to 2012. I find myself in the rugged Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, at the historic town of Bonavista frantically trying to channel the vague memories of my salad days on the banks of Berkshire.
The award-winning dish featured a spoon of parsnip purée, a cod chicharron, a sautéed chiffonade of Brussels sprouts, a tiny ravioli stuffed with peas pudding, and a fried piece of fresh cod napped with a Pernod and sea urchin beurre blanc. This is what's coming out of Newfoundland these days?
Newfoundland and Labrador's vast, unspoiled wilderness offers glimpse back to Viking times24 Mar 2010
"Newfoundland and Labrador may lie in the Atlantic a time zone ahead of the rest of North America, but visiting Canada's easternmost province is like taking a step back in time…" Read about the province's Viking heritage in this NY Daily News article.


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Microsoft has purchased assets in a company that specializes in parallel computing, a function used mainly in supercomputing that Microsoft aims to develop for a broader audience, the company said Tuesday.
Microsoft has acquired the technology assets of Interactive Supercomputing (ISC), a company that specializes in desktop tools for parallel computing, Microsoft said in a blog post. Parallel computing refers to the execution of a task on multiple process cores and threads simultaneously.
[ SGI this week unveiled 'personal supercomputing' that's cheap, easy-to-use. | Keep up on the day's tech news headlines with InfoWorld's Today's Headlines: First Look newsletter . ]
Microsoft will explain in coming months how it plans to integrate the company's technologies into its own products, it said. The CEO and other staff from ISC will join Microsoft, it said. It did not give the price of the purchase, which was announced by its server division.
Microsoft said ISC will no longer sell its main product, a software platform that helps users work with parallel setups for complex computations on array or matrix-based data. But Microsoft will provide support for current users until the end of next year or until their contracts expire, it said.
Microsoft has said it and partners are working to develop software architecture and applications to correspond with parallel computing hardware.


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Caillou and his parents go to a video store where Caillou sees a 1999 Barney's Rhyme Time Rhythm Lyrick Studios VHS. He wants it but Caillou's parents say no. Caillou throws a big tantrum and the next day he and his parents go to a toy store where Caillou sees a 1995 Oliver train. He pleads for it but his parents say no again. Caillou throws another loud tantrum and he gets sent to jail by the police officers.
Transcript Caillou Throws the Final Tantrum A Caillou Ni Hao Kai Lan Bubble Guppies Team Umizoomi Peter Rabbit Dora the Explorer The Backyardagains Max and Ruby Wow Wow Wubbzy Olivia The Wiggles Bear in the Big Blue House Winnie the Pooh Higglytown Heroes Barney and Friends Sesame Street Sonic the Hedgehog Veggietales Regular Show Curious George Lilo and Stitch Pinnochio Mario Oobi and Finding Nemo Crossover
- Ashton Kutcher: One day, Caillou and his parents went to a video store, when Caillou saw a 1985 VHS, he went crazy!
- Caillou: Can I have that VHS tape?
- Kai lan: Nah! And you have a lot Disney Videos stufff at home
- Gil: And that Barney VHS cost money.
- Ashton Kutcher: Caillou begin to cry and Caillou's Parents could not belive their eyes.
- Bot: NO CALLIOU! AND IT STINKS!
- Calliou : Don't worry. I still want Pinnochio VHS Tape.
- Geo : YOU STUPID BOY!!!
- Ashton Kutcher: The next day, Caillou and his parents went to a toy store and Caillou saw a 1995 Oliver train.
- Caillou: I want that 1995 Sesame Street Pop up Pals.
- Milli: Nah!
- Peter Rabbit: And those toys cost money.
- Caillou: BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!!! BUT I WANT THAT 1995 OLIVER TRAIN!!!!!!!! WAH!!!!!!!
- Molly: YOU STINK, CAILLOU!!!!!
- Boots Nice Try Caillou
- Ashton Kutcher: Later, Swiper, Uniqua, Tasha, Max, Ruby, Wubbzy and Olivia were playing dodgeball in a field.
- Sonic: Ready?
- Junior Asparagus Bob Rigby Mr Lunt & Mordecai: GO!!
- Caillou: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
- Larry: Retreat!
- Everyone: HOORAY! WE DEFEATED CAILLOU!!!!!!
- Curious George: Look! Caillou got hit by the ball and George destroyed him! Our plan worked!
- Lilo: Whats wrong Caillou?
- Caillou: You guys defeated me and I got crushed by the dodgeball.
- Jiminy Cricket: You can talk to them for three months.
- Caillou: NOOO!!!! NOT THREE MONTHS!!!!
- Mario and Luigi: YEEESS!!!!!! THREE MONTHS!!! AND YOU WILL BE IN HECK WITH THE DEVIL WHEN YOUR DARN OLDER!! SEE YOU IN HECK!!
- Caillou: WHY ME?!?!?
- Ashton Kutcher: Then, Anthony, Bear, Pooh, Kip, Barney and Elmo played with that 1995 Sesame Street Pop up Pals and watched that 1985 Pinnochio VHS.
- Elmo Barney Kip Pooh Anthony and Bear: WOW! This is fun!
- Caillou: WAAAAA!!!!! I WANT TO GO HOME!!!!!!
Three Monts Later
- Oobi: Yoy can come out now
- Caillou: Thanks
- Nemo: Your welcome.
- Caillou: But, if I lose one more tantrum, I'll be ended up in heck!
Caillou's cries are the same pitch as his cries in "Caillou Joins The Circus", "Caillou Learns To Skate" and "Caillou at Daycare"