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JoeDios.com Hasbro Q&A
Hasbro required a fast turn around on these questions, so I wrote these myself. Thankfully, we didn't get a lot of "not planned" answers, which are code for "no". :)
JoeDios Question: We at the JoeDios.com crew are really enjoying the diorama fold out back drops in the recent packaging. Do you plan to continue that feature?
Hasbro Answer: We currently plan on developing the dioramas.
JoeDios Question: Many of the most recent figures come with far more accessories than the figure can hold at once, which we Diorama creators LOVE. The latest Zartan and Stormshadow come to mind. Will you be continuing this trend?
Hasbro Answer: We're so happy that you like it. We have been working hard to provide great value and play with our figures and will continue to try to do so.
JoeDios Question: I like the suggested "Play Pattern" story lines on the back of the packaging, giving a framework for younger collectors to construct their play scenarios. Have you considered small comics in the larger boxes to reinforce this short scenario marketing direction?
We have no plans at this time for in pack comics to illustrate play patterns. We love the idea though and will look into ways to use more pictographs to communicate.
Hammerfel & crew at JoeDios.com
You should change the name to JoePictographs.com
I like the idea of asking the diorama- and play- related questions...haven't noticed anyone else asking about the packaging on other boards, so good stuff.
Smart questions and I like the answears. I still not able to get some of the background sets, but will some day and they keep up with them is great.
Thanks! I wanted to make our questions Dio-related, considering we're JoeDios. :)
I think that's great to even have Hasbro answer questions. Sweet!!
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It's good they answer us.
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All this month, I've been spotlighting rock songs that in one way or another, exude the Halloween spirit. There are a lot of worthy candidates I didn't get to, including at least hundreds in the heavy metal genre. I also passed on novelty hits like Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" and Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash," in order to give props to lesser known bands like Bohemia, Off Broadway, Over The Rhine, The Goldstars, Fingerprintz, and The Umbrellas. But I tried to present a good variety on my list by including songs from Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, The Hoodoo Gurus, Fleetwood Mac, Lene Lovich, R.E.M., The B-52's, Queen, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Warren Zevon, Ministry, and David Bowie. And now, the rock artist who gets the honor of appearing in the 31 Songs For Halloween finale is . . . Henry Mancini???
"Experiment In Terror" has a slow, ominous beat and twanging guitars that conjure images of a monster creeping along some darkened street, but it was composed for a 1962 cops and robbers movie called Experiment In Terror. In the Chicago area, this song is much better known as the theme for Creature Features, which presented old time horror movies like House Of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy's Ghost on WGN every Saturday night from 1970 to 1976. In addition to "Experiment In Terror," the show opened with a poem, which according to the "Unofficial" Creature Features website was written by WGN staffer Karen Verwolf. From what I can tell, that's her real name. Werewolf? There, wolf. There, castle. Why am I quoting from Young Frankenstein? Anyway, Verwolf's lines like, "Gruesome ghouls and grisly ghosts, wretched souls and cursed hosts" were read by Marty McNeely and Carl Greyson, both of whom served as announcer during the show's run.
To be honest, "Experiment In Terror" wasn't even on my 31 Songs For Halloween list until my wife Pam suggested it about halfway through October. I realized it would make a great finale since it will be forever linked to that horrifying guy in the top hat and cloak in the minds of many Chicagoans. In my comedy group Famous In The Future, we used "Experiment In Terror" to introduce a satirical skit I had written about the workplace called "Night Of The Living Temps."
"Experiment In Terror" recalls our youthful fascination with monsters, the hours we spent trick or treating, carving pumpkins, and going to neighborhood Halloween parties in garages or basements. Plus, it's a great song. In addition to the eerie guitars, a string arrangement adds drama and a cinematic feel. Later, there's even a sexy sounding saxophone that puts the vamp in vampire. Have a fun time partying today. Happy Halloween.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Ryan Clady has been one of the NFL's most dependable players, quickest healers and best risk assessors.
One year after rejecting a $50 million offer and playing last season for a relative bargain price of $3.5 million, Peyton Manning's blindside protector cashed in on his gamble by signing a five-year deal worth up to $57.5 million over the weekend.
Clady is one of just four offensive linemen in league history to start every game in each of his first five seasons and also earn three Pro Bowl berths. He skipped last year's trip to Hawaii with a torn right labrum that required surgery.
He hopes to be cleared by early August and the Broncos are confident he'll be in the lineup Sept. 5 to face former teammate Elvis Dumervil when the Baltimore Ravens visit Denver to kick off the 2013 season.
Clady's proven healing power was on display in 2010 when he blew out his left knee on the basketball court in April. He returned from major surgery to start all 16 games and reached his previous form the last two seasons.
Although Clady stayed away from the team's offseason program, the Broncos were able to have head athletic trainer Steve Antonopulos directly evaluate his shoulder this summer. Clady said that visit and a positive report from noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews helped speed resolution on the contract that netted him $33 million in guaranteed money.
Had the sides not agreed to a deal by Monday's deadline, Clady would have had to play this season for $9.823 million because of the franchise tag.
While that's nothing to scoff at, it wouldn't have provided him the long-term security he sought. It also could have led to a training camp holdout and maybe to his eventual departure from Denver in the next year or two.
Now, Clady's in a good place both fiscally and physically.
"Yes, I'm definitely glad to have the process over. Early in the offseason I thought it would get done. But there were times where I thought it possibly couldn't get done, especially with the market being where it is, and other franchise players not really getting deals done," Clady said Monday.
Clady's deal puts him among the best-paid offensive linemen in the NFL, just behind Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas, who averages $11.5 million on an eight-year, $92 million extension that includes $44 million in guarantees.
"It definitely puts me with some good company up there with Joe Thomas. I've been working hard to try to get on that level," Clady said. "The Broncos have showed great respect in getting this deal done, considering what some of the other tackles, like (Houston's) Duane Brown, have signed for ($56.2 million over seven years).
"So it's good. I think this is a big year for us as a team. We definitely have a lot of expectations: Super Bowl or bust, for the most part. It's a lot of pressure, unlike last year where we kind of just rolled in and tried to get things together."
The Broncos have gone on an offseason spending spree and added several free agents as they try to parlay last year's 13-3 season — and their playoff pratfall — into a Super Bowl run.
Their only weak spot appears to be the banged-up offensive line.
Clady is one of four starters along the line coming off surgeries that eliminated or limited their offseason on-field work.
Left guard Zane Beadles was the only starting offensive lineman to come out of last season unscathed. Orlando Franklin (toe, shoulder), Chris Kuper (ankle) and J.D. Walton (knee) also needed operations, and of the three, only Franklin was at full health during minicamps this spring.
The Broncos signed Dan Koppen to fill in at center for Walton, who isn't expected back until midseason at best. Their biggest free-agency signing outside of Wes Welker was right guard Louis Vasquez. If Kuper recovers from his second surgery in as many years, he'll likely compete for a backup spot.
Chris Clark has filled in at left tackle for Clady all offseason and will get plenty of work during camp while Clady gets up to speed on Adam Gase's new pick-up-the-pace offense. Clady said offensive line coach Dave Magazu sent him the playbook "so I have been digging through that trying to find out some of the new stuff," he said, "just trying to get on the same page so I can hit the ground running when I get back."
– By Arnie Stapleton, AP Sports Writer
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This is for me very too sad, sadly, bad, pity :(
In the last weeks I had no time, to filled out the NiOH survey during the game period. Therefore I written my suggestions and opinions about NiOH-Demo, here on the KOEI TECMO forums, and on the Koeiwarriors forums.
Therefore I ask and beg you, to send my suggestions and opinions about NiOH-Demo, to the KOEI TECMO developers, and to the Team Ninja developers.
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Camp Bucca, Iraq
Well hello to all! This letter is the closing letter from this place. I am sorry I have not sent much out to anybody as far as emails, letters, & phone calls. This place keeps me pretty busy. I have been blessed with the most beautiful wife in the world to always be sending me care packages. I have also received great care packages from the best mother in the world (my mom). Thanks. It has been a very different experience that I wish no other would have to do. All in all it has been okay. We don't have as many mortar and rocket attacks like other places get to experience but that is just okay with me. I can always deal without them. I have developed a small case of forgetfulness but I guess it is the heat and that this place can do that to you. I can't wait to get back to the states so I can regain my thought of sense. I will soon be able to do that in the NEAR FUTURE. I can't say dates or times; it's for the safety of the soldiers.
My time and experience here in Iraq has been different. I have experienced the following here in Bucca; lots of sand storms, tons of smoke (from burning trash), learning some of the culture, I've learned a couple of phrases and some words in Arabic, learned to take 4 minute or less showers to conserve water, learned that there are a lot of movies out there.
On my free time when I had off, I spent a lot of time in the gym and watching movies. There really is not a lot to do here in Bucca. The chow hall feeds you really good too; they give you the truckers special (like my dad would say). If you don't watch out, you can put on the pounds easy over here. There was this one girl here who sent an email to her father and told him that she wasn't getting feed but one time on a 13 hour shift. Well, what they do is bring one hot meal out to you and then they have MRE's if you want to eat that. With the hours that we work, it's all about time management. You have to make a schedule out for yourself so you can have time to do laundry, gym, call home, check email (time permitting), what ever else you want to do and of course time for eating. I had at least 2 hot meals in a 24 hour time. When I was on day schedule I would eat lunch after the gym before going in to work, then they would take us a hot meal out at the compound. Once you got off you had the opportunity to go get another hot meal if you wanted. By the time I got off, all I wanted to do was sleep. Then when I got moved to the night shift I would go to gym then eat breakfast then go to work and then they would bring breakfast out again, then once off you had the opportunity to go eat a hot meal if you wanted to. Like I said earlier, I was too tired to go eat that other hot meal. But, let me tell you I ate pretty well over here, so I had to make sure I went to the gym. I came over here at the heaviest I have ever been at 187lbs and now I am down to normal weight of 161lbs. I kind of fluctuate between 157 to 162 now. Now I just have to maintain that once I get home.
Now for the getting home part, once I get home, I have to leave again for school. That is kind of a bummer but it's for my career so I got's to do it. Right now I have all of my bags packed so that pretty much tells ya'll how fast I am coming home. I have no sheets on the bed and no rug on the floor, YEAH! I can't wait. Boy howdy, let me tell ya'll. I have been waiting for this for the longest time now. Buenos, I have to go now. I got to go see a couple of buddies off and I'll see ya'll soon. Take care and God Bless!
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Let it be known, that the Azn Badger loves him some Mega Man.
If you need any indication of how deep my love for Mega Man runs, bear in mind that one of the first posts on this blog was about Mega Man X.
I'll just wait here while you look that up…
While I don't think I'm ready to do a protracted mega-post on the subject of the Blue Bomber, much like the one I did on Ultraman, I think it's about time I made an attempt to scratch the surface a little.
That being said, today I'm kicking off a new post topic, specifically one that deals with the colorful roster of bosses in the Mega Man universe.
Basically, I'm gonna' run through each of the Mega Man games in the linear series, (fuck that Gameboy and Genesis bullshit. Wily Wars my ass…) naming the one boss, or MAN, that stands out as the coolest, most bad-ass, or otherwise, most interesting.
I call this new post topic, The Best MAN!
With that, let's get this party started with Mega Man 1.
To be honest, Mega Man 1 isn't really my favorite game in the series.
True, it was the first in the series.
True, it was an impressive technical feat for the time.
Unfortunately, as the first game in the series, it lacks some of the polish of later games in the series.
It's interesting to note that I never got a chance to play Mega Man 1 until much later in life.
My childhood was spent renting and playing Mega Man 2 and 3, and to be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way.
In the original Mega Man, there were only 6 bosses instead of the now traditional 8, a hokey score keeping system that never made it past the first game, and in general, the game just needed a little bit more of a push to be considered a true classic in my book.
Honestly, if you look up "greatest leap in quality from one game to the next," most likely you'll find a picture of Mega Man 2.
Anyway, that's enough shitting on Mega Man 1, let's get down to who's The Best MAN!
For my money, The Best MAN of the original Mega Man would have to be Cut Man.
Cut Man's design has a lot of character to it.
His color scheme is simple but iconic.
His head has a strange and distinctive shape and form to it, looking almost like a marionette or something.
Oh yeah, did I mention he's got fuckin' scissors comin' out of his head?
On top of that, his level is very well designed for the time, with the background music being one of the best pieces of music in the game.
True he was a complete pussy by the time you actually got around to fighting him, but even so, the character has a very long and distinguished legacy.
Outside of his appearance in Mega Man 1, Cut Man was also featured, along with Guts Man, as a sort of "Bebop and Rocksteady" duo of dumbasses in the Mega Man cartoon.
Don't ask me why, but Mega Man's eyebrows and pecs really pissed me off in that show.
Oh yeah, I think Scott McNeil/Duo Maxwell did Dr. Wily's voice, along with a few other character on the show.
Man, he really was in EVERYTHING in the 90's…
While I didn't really watch the cartoon all that much, (fuckin' goddamn Phantom 2040 kept popping up in it's early-ass time slot whenever I'd try to tape it) I have to admit that seeing Cut Man, alive and well, in every episode, served to add bias to my positive opinion of him.
Besides the cartoon though, Cut Man also made appearances in wide variety of other Mega Man spin-offs.
I loved cutting the goalie in half with his super-shot in Mega Man Soccer.
His redesign in Mega Man EXE was pretty good.
But more importantly, he was really fun to fight in Mega Man the Power Battle, and Power Fighters.
While you'd fight him, he'd jump around, throw blades at you, and then jump into the background and cut holes in the scenery to teleport around.
Most notable about his appearance in the arcade games, was that they gave him a voice in it.
Like Mega Man, he had a female voice actor, but unlike his voice in the cartoon, that had him sounding sort of like a cross between Frankenstein's Igor and Ren Höek from Ren and Stimpy, it fit surprisingly well.
Cut Man's character is slight of stature, and, when animated and rendered properly as he was in arcade games, very "cute."
I feel silly admitting it, but whenever I'd hear Cut Man start chopping up the scenery while yelling out "Choki! Choki! Choki!," I couldn't help but smile a little.
"Choki," by the way, is the Japanese onomatopoeia for "Slice" or "Cut."
Anyway, Cut Man is The Best MAN of Mega Man 1.
If you don't agree, tough shit.
Just don't try tellin' me that Ice Man or Elec Man deserves the title, 'cause everybody knows those 2 are wimpy-ass pieces of fuck with shitty background music…
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Shrub, vine, tree, generally erect, often thorny
Leaves simple, generally alternate, often clustered on short-shoots, generally petioled, generally stipuled; blade often 13-ribbed from base
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, or flowers solitary in axils
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium subtending, surrounding, or partly fused to ovary; sepals 4 or 5; petals 0, 4, or 5, clawed; stamens 4 or 5, alternate sepals, attached to hypanthium top, each generally fitting into a petal concavity; ovary superior or partly inferior, chambers 25, each 12-ovuled, style lobes or parts 13
Fruit: capsule, drupe
Genera in family: 55 genera, 900 species: especially tropical, subtropical; some cultivated (Ceanothus ; Colletia , anchor-plant; Gouania ; Phylica ; Rhamnus ; Ventilago ; Ziziphus )
Reference: [Brizicky 1965 J Arnold Arbor 45:439463]
Shrub, small tree
Stem: branches alternate, flexible; twigs sometimes thorn-tipped
Leaves sometimes clustered on short-shoots, deciduous or evergreen, petioled; stipules deciduous; blade 1-ribbed from base, entire or not
Inflorescence: umbel or flowers solitary, axillary
Flower bisexual or unisexual, generally < 3 mm; hypanthium at base fused to, developing around ovary in fruit, above base deciduous; sepals 4 or 5; petals 0, 4, or 5; stamens 4 or 5; ovary appearing partly inferior, chambers 24, each 12-ovuled, style lobes 24
Fruit: drupe, 24-stoned
Species in genus: 125 species: temp, few tropical
Etymology: (Greek: name for plants of this genus)
Reference: [Wolf 1938 Rancho Santa Ana Bot Gard Monogr 1]
Some of value in medicine or as dyes.
Shrub < 5 m
Stem: bark bright gray or brown; twigs glabrous to finely hairy; terminal bud not covered with scales
Leaves evergreen; petiole 310 mm; blade 2080 mm, ovate to elliptic, thick, base acute to rounded, tip acute, rounded, or truncate, margin serrate to entire, sometimes rolled under, both surfaces ± glabrous
Inflorescence 560-flowered; pedicels < 20 mm
Flower bisexual; hypanthium 12 mm; sepals 5; petals 5; style included
Fruit 1015 mm, black
Ecology: Coastal-sage scrub, chaparral, woodlands, forests
Elevation: < 2300 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, n Sierra Nevada Foothills, Central Western California, Southwestern California, Desert Mountains (Providence Mtns)
Distribution outside California: sw Oregon
Sspp. intergrade in intermediate habitats.
Stem: twigs brown
Leaf: blade ovate to elliptic, base rounded, tip acute, rounded, or truncate, both surfaces ± equally yellowish, veins not prominent
Fruit 3- stoned
Ecology: Serpentine
Elevation: < 2300 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, n Sierra Nevada Foothills
Distribution outside California: sw Oregon
Horticultural information: DRN, DRY: 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 &SHD, IRR: 7, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21.


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An aspiring author, book reviewer, and all-around awesome young lady interviewed me.
Nicole Williams is one of the writers for YAM Magazine — a great site that highlights worldwide cultural media.
Nicole asked some excellent questions, so I hope you'll hop over and read the interview.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden was guided by satellites providing minute-by-minute updates, a top-secret U.S. intelligence document indicates.
The satellite fleet aimed dozens of receivers over Pakistan to collect a flood of encrypted communications intelligence, including a cellphone tracked by the National Security Agency and then linked by the CIA to the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound where bin Laden was hiding, The Washington Post reported, citing a document provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The document is part of classified new disclosures published by the newspaper that detail this year's budget for the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the NSA and CIA.
The budget document also indicates satellites operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office -- considered one of the "big five" intelligence agencies, along with the CIA, NSA, Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial‐Intelligence Agency -- collected 387 high-resolution and infrared images of the Abbottabad compound in the month before the May 2, 2011, raid.
This advance intelligence was "critical to prepare for the mission and contributed to the decision to approve execution," the budget-request document says.
Also playing a role was the NSA's Tailored Access Operations cyberwarfare intelligence-gathering unit, the document indicates.
The unit infiltrates computer systems operated by individuals or groups viewed by the NSA as hostile to the United States.
In the bin Laden hunt, Tailored Access Operations secretly installed spyware and tracking devices on cellphones used by al-Qaida operatives and other "persons of interest," the document says.
Additionally, the Air Force flew an advanced stealth RQ-170 Sentinel drone for the CIA over Pakistan to eavesdrop on electronic transmissions, the Post said.
The CIA also recruited a Pakistani doctor and other public-health workers to try to get blood samples from people living in the Abbottabad compound in a fake vaccination program to identify any bin Laden relatives, hoping to determine if bin Laden was in the building.
The doctor, Shakil Afridi, did not manage to confirm bin Laden's presence in the house, U.S. officials have said.
That uncertainty, even with all the exceptional technology, led to debate within the Obama administration about whether to order the SEAL raid.
Eight hours after the raid, a DIA forensic intelligence laboratory in Afghanistan analyzed DNA from bin Laden's corpse and "provided a conclusive match" confirming his identity, the leaked document cited by the Post says.
The Pentagon said in March 2012 it had no record of these tests.


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OK, this post isn't going to be to everyone's taste. I'm not even sure it's to mine. But the sheer volume of luxe hi tops out there has forced my hand and we're going to discuss. By luxe, I mean either luxury brands turning their hand at making hi tops (something that has been going on for a few years now, particularly within menswear) or high street brands making luxurious looking trainers.
I am a big fan of hi tops. I own countless pairs of Converse, plus some Nike, Adidas and Puma, and I love wearing them when I am working on a shoot (comfort factor, anyone?). But when I got my hands on this Gerard Darel pair (below), an old sample from last season, initially I wasn't sure. Gold trainers? Can I do that? Can a girl who loves the look of natural worn leather really do a metallic shoe?
The answer, as you can see from this picture, is yes. Yes! Why the hell not? If you carefully team your luxe hi tops with a plain outfit, it's really not that scary. Today I'm wearing some black pleather trousers from Zara (these are AMAZING, by the way, and are the best leather look I have found) and a black oversized Reiss shirt. Simple. The brand has carried this style through to summer 13 in different colourways (shown here), so you'll be able to get your mitts on a pair soon. I love the black and tweed pair.
So what else is out there? We'll start with some of the more expensive options. They will have you drooling, I'm afraid, but I reckon if you're going to spend a lot of money on some designer shoes, it makes MUCH more sense to buy a comfortable pair of incredible trainers than some silly heels you can't even walk in.
Love is the word when we come to these green beauties, designed by Love Magazine's editor-in-chief Katie Grand for Italian brand Hogan. They are achingly cool, especially when modelled by Edie Campbell in the brand's campaign imagery. Have I talked you into it yet?
As far as affordable luxe-style hi tops are concerned, good old Toppers has jumped on the bandwagon, as has Zara. These, our two most reliable high street stores for picking up on high end trends and translating them so the rest of us can afford them, have both gone for a spattering of leopard print. Leopard has become as easy-to-wear as a Breton stripe in the past few years, which is no bad thing in my book.
Of course, the best value (and best functioning) trainers tend to come from sports brands, and Nike's Dunk hi tops can also be found in interesting finishes. Keep an eye out for its regular Liberty collaborations if you're fond of a floral print.
I'd love to know what you think. Would you step out in a pair of luxe hi tops? Or are they a step too far? I'll leave you with my absolute favourite pick of the bunch from DSquared2. Because for me, when it comes to sporty footwear, you can't do better than retro.


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Manet and the ACW – 3: Captain Semmes and the CSS Alabama
Continuing from posts 1 here and 2 here, in this post I begin to examine what authors Juliet Wilson-Bareau and David C. Degener in their book Manet and the American Civil War call "one of the most celebrated naval battles of the American Civil War."
The authors adeptly set the scene by providing the reasons why an American Civil War naval battle would take place in European waters and capture the imagination of artist Edouard Manet. They chronicle the debate that led to "Lincoln's blockade" of the south contending that the very word "blockade" ultimately gave the "Confederate organization" the status of a "quasi government" which would have "a position among nations." [i] This ultimately led to both Queen Victoria (see bio here) of Great Britain (May 13, 1861) and Emperor Napoleon III of France (June 11, 1861) declaring the neutrality of their respective countries. "The evolving rules and policies of neutrality would eventually play a large role in determining the circumstances under which, in June 1864, U.S.S. Kearsarge – a ship originally built to enforce Lincoln's blockade – engaged and sank the Confederate raider Alabama off the coast of France…" [ii]
The Alabama, a six screw steamer, was built in Great Britain by John Laird Sons and Company and found its way into Confederate hands because the "British customs agents, port authorities, prosecutors, judges, and courts found ways of understanding England's Foreign Enlistment Act and the Queen's declaration of neutrality." [iii] Enacted during the reign of George III, the Act "prohibited the outfitting of, or aid to, vessels that would be used to commit hostilities against a nation with which England was not currently at war." [iv} But in a clandestine series of events surrounding the vessels shake down cruise, the ship, known initially as simply No. 290, was acquired by Confederate agent James Dunwoody Bulloch (1823 – 1901) [a fascinating fellow who deserves a post of his own] who saw it supplied and crewed sufficiently to sail to the Azores where its new captain, Southern "son" Raphael Semmes (1809 – 1877), would christen it the CSS Alabama on August 24, 1862. The "enterprising" and "abrasive" Semmes would become a celebrity for his raiding of Federal ships. His exploits would be enthusiastically covered by the London media, indicative of Great Britain's sympathy for the "Confederate cause for almost the entire duration of the American Civil War." [v]
[i – v] Juliet Wilson-Bareau with David C. Degener, Manet and the American Civil War, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003).


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Interactions of HIV Protease Inhibitors and Methadone in HIV-Infected Patients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000906
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : February 17, 2012
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The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe to combine methadone with two HIV protease inhibitors (PIs), ritonavir (RTV) and saquinavir (SQV), in HIV-infected patients not currently taking PIs. This study will measure the interactions between methadone and the PIs.
Methadone is used treat addicts and to treat severe pain. In order to find the safest way to use methadone with PIs, it is important to evaluate how they interact.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Ritonavir Drug: Saquinavir Drug: Methadone hydrochloride
|Phase 1
Methadone is extensively used in the maintenance treatment of addicts and in the management of severe pain. In order to use methadone with HIV protease inhibitors correctly, it is important to evaluate and quantify interactions between the protease inhibitors and methadone.
Patients receive their usual daily dose of methadone followed with ritonavir and saquinavir, respectively, twice a day. Patients are evaluated on Day 4 for safety and tolerance, and their ritonavir dose is increased. On Day 8 patients are evaluated for a steady-state level of methadone. After 2 weeks of the protease inhibitor therapy, they return for methadone pharmacokinetic sampling at Day 15 over 24 hours. Both protease inhibitors and methadone are administered on Day 15 on an inpatient basis. On Day 30, patients are assessed for safety and tolerance.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|12 participants
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|Official Title:
|The Effect of HIV Protease Inhibitors on the Stereospecific Metabolism of Methadone in HIV-Infected Subjects
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|September 2000
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You may be eligible for this study if you:
- Are HIV-positive and have an HIV RNA count below 100,000 copies/ml within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Are taking methadone.
- Are at least 18 years old.
- Are within 40% of your ideal body weight and weigh at least 99 lbs.
Exclusion Criteria
You will not be eligible for this study if you:
- Are allergic to or are unable to take RTV or SQV.
- Have a history of treatment failure with indinavir, RTV, or SQV.
- Have a history of certain illnesses that might prevent you from completing the study.
- Have severe diarrhea or other stomach problems.
- Have taken any PI within 4 weeks prior to study entry.
- Would be unable to complete the study due to alcohol or drug abuse.
- Are co-enrolled in other protocols that have you taking medications that are prohibited in this study.
- Are taking PIs other than RTV or SQV.
- Are receiving certain therapies or are taking certain medications, including experimental drugs.
- Have an active opportunistic (AIDS-related) infection or disease that requires medication within 14 days prior to study entry.
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000906
|United States, California
|San Francisco Gen Hosp
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941102859
|United States, Colorado
|Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hosp
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, New York
|Beth Israel Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|Chelsea Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Cornell Univ Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Mount Sinai Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|Study Chair:
|John G. Gerber
|Study Chair:
|Joseph Gal
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|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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11357 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 17, 2012
|Last Verified:
|February 2012
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U.S. Small-Business Job Creation Is at Record But Hiring Plans Drop – The Washington Post
On Small Business U.S. Small-Business Job Creation Is at Record But Hiring Plans Drop A job seeker arrives for a career fair in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg) By Carlyann Edwards | Bloomberg March 7 at 5:47 PM Small-business owners in the U.S. added the most jobs per firm in 45…
On Small Business U.S. Small-Business Job Creation Is at Record But Hiring Plans Drop A job seeker arrives for a career fair in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg) By Carlyann Edwards | Bloomberg March 7 at 5:47 PM Small-business owners in the U.
S. added the most jobs per firm in 45 years while a measure of hiring plans fell to a 10-month low, suggesting tight labor markets and wage costs are weighing on efforts to add employees even as companies boost payrolls. Firms each added 0.52 workers last month, eclipsing the previous record of 0.
51 in 1998, according to a report Thursday from the National Federation of Independent Business. A net 16 percent of owners said they plan to add jobs in the next three months, down from a record 26 percent in August, while the share planning compensation increases fell to a net 18 percent, the lowest since late 2017. Twenty-two percent of owners said difficulty finding qualified workers was their most important business problem, three points below the record high. The NFIB said 37 percent of owners reported job openings they couldn't fill, down from a 39 percent share in December that was the most in data since 1973.
"With the government shutdown behind us, the labor markets will get back to normal," NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said in a statement. "However, it appears that the shortage of workers will continue to restrain Main Street growth." To contact the reporter on this story: Carlyann Edwards in Washington at [email protected] To contact the editors responsible for this story: Scott Lanman at [email protected]
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The House just passed a bill to close the gender pay gap
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, and Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), right, and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), are seen in the Capitol. DeLauro is the author of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed this week. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call House Democrats easily passed the Paycheck Fairness Act on Wednesday — their latest in a long series of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, and Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), right, and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), are seen in the Capitol. DeLauro is the author of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed this week. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call House Democrats easily passed the Paycheck Fairness Act on Wednesday — their latest in a long series of attempts to make sure women and men are paid equally. The final vote was 242-187.
Democrats were joined by seven Republicans. To give you a sense of how long bill author Rep.
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has been fighting for this cause, she first introduced the bill in 1997.
"Very simple concept: Men and women in the same job deserve the same pay," DeLauro told Vox. "It used to be this was the fringe; it was a women's issue, 'Why do we have to deal with it?'" A gender pay gap has long existed; women who work full time in the United States make, on average, 82 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make.
And data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the gap has actually widened in the past four years. House Democrats last passed DeLauro's bill when they were in the majority in 2009 (it failed the next year in the Senate).
Now back in the majority, they have a rare opportunity to pass a bill that has struggled to gain momentum in both chambers when it's come up. Even though DeLauro and labor experts say a pay equity bill should be bipartisan, the Paycheck Fairness Act has languished out of the spotlight when Republicans have been in power. Democrats are hoping the momentum of the #MeToo movement and a historic number of women in Congress will give this idea new life. "This is historic. Rosa has been introducing this bill forever," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday, according to an aide present. "But public sentiment — public, social media, and all the rest — with help us with this.
" What's in the Paycheck Fairness Act The Paycheck Fairness Act essentially works to close loopholes in the landmark Equal Pay Act of 1963, which required that men and women receive equal pay for equal work. As Vox's Alexia Fernández Campbell wrote , that bill didn't exactly work as intended. Progress has been hampered in a number of ways: There are several reasons for the pay difference.
Women are less likely to negotiate pay, and more likely to be penalized when they try.They are also more likely to choose career fields that pay lower salaries and are often pushed out of the highest-paying professions in the country, which reward workers who put in long hours — schedules that disproportionately hurt working mothers . But after taking education, occupation, and work hours into account, researchers say that discrimination could explain about a third of the pay gap .
A 2013 study by the American Association of University Women found that women get paid 6.6 percent less than men in their first jobs, even after considering factors such as job location, occupation, college major, and number of hours worked. The Equal Pay Act says employers can't differentiate salary based on gender unless a number of factors — including seniority, merit, and work level — come into play. On its face, it makes sense; a new entry-level employee would not be paid the same as a higher-level employee with more experience. But over the years, women found out they were making far less than male colleagues with the same experience and job titles. The most well-known example is Lilly Ledbetter , who sued her employer Goodyear Tire after finding out male managers with less experience were getting paid more money that she was as a female manager.
Ledbetter's crusade resulted in the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2009. That law changed the Civil Rights Act so that workers could sue for fair compensation up to 180 days after receiving a discriminatory paycheck from their employers — rather than when the salary decision was made. DeLauro's Paycheck Fairness Act tries to push back on lingering inequity in three key ways. Perhaps most importantly, it would ban employers from asking candidates how much they made in previous jobs. It would also get rid of employer rules that keep workers from talking about their salary information, so that women could ask how much their coworkers are making and find out if they're underpaid. Third, the bill would require employers to be much more transparent about how much they're paying workers.
Employers would have to share salary data with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, so that body could watch out for potential discriminatory practices. As Fernández Campbell noted, that's gotten significant pushback from businesses that would like to keep that salary data private. And DeLauro said she's heard complaints in the past from male lawmakers asking why they had to deal with a "women's issue." "Women self-select to get less money! Those were the arguments I heard," DeLauro said.
But her bill doesn't get at another important root cause of the gender pay gap: the economic impacts of motherhood. As Vox's Sarah Kliff wrote, Princeton University economist Henrik Kleven found that mothers in Denmark (a country with a robust social safety net) saw their earnings take a significant hit after they had a child. Kleven compared the salaries of mothers to childless women and to men and found that "childbearing accounts for 80 percent of the gender wage gap in Denmark." As Kliff wrote : Kleven finds a sharp decline in women's earnings after the birth of their first child — with no comparable salary drop for men.
The cumulative effect is huge: Women end up earning 20 percent less than their male counterparts over the course of their career. His study is among a growing body of research that suggests what we often think of as a gender pay gap is more accurately discussed as a childbearing pay gap or motherhood penalty. Why it's taking so long for Congress to do something about the gender pay gap It's the 11th time DeLauro has brought up this bill, and its second time passing the House of Representatives. A number of things have hampered the bill's progress, most notably the number of years Democrats spent out of the majority.
But other impediments include delays while the courts figured out how to interpret the original 1963 law, according to Vasu Reddy, senior policy counsel for the National Partnership for Women and Families. Many judges interpreted the clause "any factor other than sex" in the 1963 law very broadly, she added. "Problems don't become apparent until you've had these bad rulings by the courts," she said. "Civil rights evolved over time. I think there's just been more awareness of different issues around equal pay." DeLauro, Pelosi, and other Democrats recognize the time is ripe to press the issue again.
Equal pay for equal work is having a renewed moment, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement and high-profile Hollywood actresses going public about getting paid far less for big films than their male co-stars. But the problem is far more widespread, disproportionately hurting female and nonwhite workers.
"We are in a different environment," DeLauro said. "We're looking at the intersection of where the public is on men and women and the workforce, and we're looking at a body that is over 100 women who are here. Equal pay for equal work is now the center of public discourse today." It's unclear whether the bill has a path in the Senate.
But with the most diverse House class in history, advocates are feeling optimistic that something can get done eventually. "I think there have been gaps in understanding around women's experience that this new and diverse Congress can begin to close," said Victoria Budson, executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School..
House Democrats pass equal pay for equal work act
Ten years after President Barack Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, House Democrats voted Wednesday to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act, delivering one of the cornerstone pieces of their "For the People" agenda to the Republican-led Senate. The vote passed 242-187, primarily down partisan lines, as the full Democratic caucus voted…
Ten years after President Barack Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, House Democrats voted Wednesday to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act, delivering one of the cornerstone pieces of their "For the People" agenda to the Republican-led Senate.
The vote passed 242-187, primarily down partisan lines, as the full Democratic caucus voted in favor of the bill and seven Republicans crossed the aisle to support it.
Stressing that while there has been progress towards pay equality in recent years, Democrats renewed the push for equal pay for equal work because women still earn just 80 cents to the dollar a man makes for the same work.
Lily Ledbetter, the plaintiff in a landmark employment discrimination case, was on-hand to join Democrats at the bill's introduction on Jan. 30, urging Congress "to step up again."
"I'm here because equal pay for equal work is an American value," Ledbetter said.
"And it's time that we have American reality.
(Alex Wong/Getty Images) U.
S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks as other House Democrats listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2019.
Women who work full time in the United States are paid on average 80 percent of what men are paid, according to a 2018 study by the American Association of University Women, an advocacy group that promotes equity and education for women and girls.
The analysis also found that disparities are even sharper among Latinas, at 54 percent, and black women, at 63 percent, and range by state from a low of 70 percent in Louisiana and Utah to a high of 89 percent in New York.
The political firepower that Democratic women possess heading into the 2020 presidential campaign continues to grow. There is a record number of women expected to seek the Democratic nomination and a record 102 women serving in Congress, but there is still a majority of white men serving in Congress.
"It's historic," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said of the bill. "And that it should happen at a time when we have over 100 women serving in the House of Representatives — that it should happen in the same Congress that we will also observe the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Amendment to have women have the right to vote: it's all very historic. It's all about progress.
(Alex Wong/Getty Images) Women's equality activist Lilly Ledbetter speaks as U.
S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, right, and other Democratic Congressional members listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Jan.
30, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Ten years ago, women earned just 78 cents to each dollar a man earned at the same job.
If enacted, the bill would end so-called pay secrecy, ease workers' ability to individually or jointly challenge pay discrimination and strengthen the available remedies for wronged employees, according to the bill's sponsors.
The measure would strengthen and close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by holding employers accountable for discriminatory practices, ending the practice of pay secrecy, easing workers' ability to individually or jointly challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening the available remedies for wronged employees, according to its author, Rep.
Rosa DeLauro.
"Today, we can make a difference for working women and their families. The biggest economic challenge of our time is that Americans are in jobs that do not pay them enough to live on. This will be the first bill that the majority is passing to address that economic need for families," DeLauro, D-Conn., said during debate on the bill.
"Paycheck Fairness puts gender-based discrimination sanctions on equal footing with other forms of wage discrimination by allowing women to sue for compensatory and punitive damages," she said. "It better protects employees from being fired for sharing their salary with co-workers.
It establishes a grant program to provide salary negotiation training for girls and women. And, it ensures employers are not reliant on wage history when they hire an employee."
There are 45 Democratic cosponsors on companion legislation in the Senate, though the bill is unlikely to advance any farther given the Republican majority.
Maryland minimum wage: State passes $15 minimum wage bill
Workers rally for a $15 minimum wage outside the Maryland State House on March 13, 2019, in Annapolis, MD. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. On Thursday, lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a minimum…
Workers rally for a $15 minimum wage outside the Maryland State House on March 13, 2019, in Annapolis, MD. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. On Thursday, lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a minimum wage bill. Maryland's current minimum wage is $10.
10, and the new policy willgradually raise the wage floor to $15 by 2025.
Hogan had blocked the bill earlier this week, claiming that such a change would " devastate " the economy. But it was clear early on that he would be unable to stop the national momentum building around a $15 minimum wage. Democrats control both chambers in Maryland's General Assembly, and passed the wage hike bill with a veto-proof majority. On Thursday, they overwhelming voted to override Hogan's veto by 96-43 in the House and 35-12 in the Senate.
Maryland is now the third state to phase in a $15 minimum wage so far this year, and the sixth overall. In February, New Jersey and Illinois did so, too. While Hogan's veto was not surprising (he has always opposed a $15 minimum), it's a striking position in a state where the $15 minimum wage is so popular with voters in Maryland and across the country . The law will benefit about 573,000 workers in Maryland who currently earn less than $15 —about 22 percent of the state's workforce, according to the National Employment Law Project . Advocates for the wage hike didn't get everything they wanted in the bill.
For example, it won't eliminate the lower wage for tipped workers, which is $3.
63, and future changes to the minimum wage aren't tied to inflation. The bill also continues to let businesses pay agricultural workers less than the minimum wage, and allows employers to pay young workers less, too. But the push for a $15 wage is gaining support across the country, and has even reached Congress. For the first time ever, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour — another sign that the public pressure is paying off. It all started with frustrated McDonald's workers in Illinois Passing the $15 minimum wage bill is still a major win for the fast-food workers whose movement helped 5 million workers get pay raises in 2019 .
Within five years , they've transformed an improbable proposal into a popular policy — one that would address, in part, the slow wage growth American workers are experiencing. The workers' movement, called Fight for $15, organized strikes and rallies all across the country. But they saw little success until 2016, when California became the first state to hike hourly wages to $15, followed by Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, DC.
Business groups, meanwhile, are not happy about the fight for $15. And neither are their Republican allies in Congress. They've long pushed back against any effort to raise the wage floor at the federal level, claiming it would destroy small business and trigger massive job losses. But it's getting harder and harder for Republicans to justify their view that free-market capitalism — the idea that when the economy grows and unemployment is low, employers will be forced to raise wages — will take care of everyone.
Workers who already earn $15 an hour still struggle to raise a family, so it's no wonder that workers who earn less sometimes end up living on the streets . On top of this, Americans want the government to raise the minimum wage. Poll after poll shows widespread support , even among Republican voters. And a majority of voters want it increased to $15 an hour. That may explain why Thomas Donohue, president of the US Chamber of Commerce, recently toned down his usual criticism of efforts to raise the minimum wage, saying the chamber is " going to listen ." Even McDonald's, long criticized by labor activists for paying low wages at franchises, said this week that the company would no longer lobby against efforts to raise the minimum wage. The idea that raising the minimum wage is actually bad for workers is getting harder to support, as a growing body of research discrediting that claim emerges.
What research says about the impact of raising the minimum wage There are few topics US economists have researched more than the impact of raising a minimum wage. Their findings have varied over the past 30 years, but there are two things most mainstream economists now agree on . First, they agree that raising the minimum wage increases the average income of low-wage workers, lifting many out of poverty (depending on how big the raise is). Second, raising the minimum wage likely causes some job losses. The remaining disagreement revolves around how extreme the job cuts would be.
Some research suggests hundreds of thousands of American workers could lose their jobs with a modest increase to the minimum wage. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist at the conservative American Action Forum, has pointed to a 2014 study from the Congressional Budget Office which estimates that a $10.
10 federal wage floor could lead to about 500,000 lost jobs because higher labor costs would lead some employers to scale back their staff. Other research concludes that increasing the minimum wage has an insignificant impact on employment, or none at all. The best way to evaluate the different conclusions is to analyze all the research findings together — what scientists call a "meta-analysis." And the most recent ones suggest that the most likely impact on employment is minimal. For example, a 2016 study by economists at Michigan State University crunched data from 60 research studies on the minimum wage in the United States since 2001. They concluded that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wage would likely reduce overall employment from 0.
5 percent to 1.2 percent. Another meta-analysis comes in the form of a new research paper by economists at the University of Massachusetts, University College London, and the Economic Policy Institute. They studied data from 138 cities and states that raised the minimum wage between 1979 and 2016.
The conclusion is that low-wage workers received a 7 percent pay bump after a minimum wage law went into effect, but there was little or no change in employment. In a 2018 working paper , soon to be published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics , economist Arindrajit Dube shows that raising the minimum wage significantly reduces the number of families living in poverty. For example, he concludes that a $12 minimum wage in 2017 would have lifted 6.2 million people out of poverty.
This growing body of research has helped lawmakers across the country argue for a $15 minimum wage. Maryland residents are the latest to win their case..
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Big Hammer swimbaits are easily recognized by the original Big Hammer Square Tail design. This unique Square Tail combined with hydrodynamic body designs create an unparalleled vibrant swimming action even at very slow retrieve speeds. Using the finest quality plastic available creates a bait that is not only beautifully crisp and clear but also has the perfect balance between durability and action. Freshwater or saltwater, anytime of year, tie one on and see for yourself how "Nothing kicks like the tail of a Big Hammer".
Why do Big Hammer Swimbaits Have Better Action? You've heard claims that Big Hammer swimbaits are better than other swimbaits, or more specifically, they have better action than other swimbaits. While there is no better proof than simply testing the baits yourself I thought I might elaborate a bit. My love of Big Hammer began in 1998 when I started inshore fishing for California Halibut using swimbaits. I had never fished a swimbait before and didn't know much about them. I asked a friend which one he liked the best and he said, "Buy a couple of each brand and watch what they do in the water. Pay close attention not only to the tail action but also to the body action." I did exactly what he said and from the first day I was sold on Big Hammer, and began my nearly decade long "research project" into why they swim better.
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The body action or "swimming motion" is just as important, if not more important, than the tail action. But surprisingly, body action is often overlooked. In fact, if my friend had not told me to pay attention to both the tail and body action I am sure I would have focused on what the tail was doing and not what the body was doing during the retrieve.
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Peter Mattei, Baritone qualified at the Royal College of Music and the University College of Opera in Stockholm and made his debut in 1990 at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre as Nardo in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera. In 2004 he was appointed Court Singer. In January 2009, he launched his own festival in Luleå with concerts and opera of the highest international standard. With his melodic baritone and magnetic stage presence, Peter Mattei has become established as one of the leading opera singers of his generation. He has appeared on stages throughout the world including the Metropolitan in New York, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden in London, Opéra National de Paris, the Berlin State Opera, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, Zurich Opera House and the festivals in Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg and Lucerne. His roles notably include the title roles in Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin and Billy Budd, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, the Marquis of Posa in Don Carlos, Marcello in La Bohème, Jeletsky in The Queen of Spades and Wolfram in Tannhäuser. When Peter Mattei last made a guest appearance at the Göteborg Opera in the year 2000 he appeared in the lead role in Rossini's The Barber of Seville. In spring 2013, Peter Mattei added one further role to his repertoire when he played a sensational Amfortas in Parsifal at the Metropolitan in a performance that was also broadcast live at cinemas throughout the world.


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Tower of London
Castle founded after the Norman conquest of 1066. The White Tower, which gives the castle its name, came to be a symbol of oppression. It's had many roles over the centuries as royal residence, garrison, prison, treasury, menagerie, and armory. Today it is a tourist attraction and houses the Crown Jewels.Read More
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On October 13, 2010, President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act into law. This Act requires all Federal agencies to write most documents in plain language and requires all new covered documents to be written in plain language beginning October 13th.
As you know, plain language is communicating with your audience so they understand what you're saying the first time they read or hear it. It's worth remembering that language that is "plain" to one set of readers may not be plain to others. So keeping in mind who your audience is will help immeasurably.
Written material is in plain language if your audience can easily:
What kind of documents should be written in plain language? Any document that (1) is necessary for obtaining any Federal Government benefit or service or filing taxes, (2) provides information about any Federal Government benefit or service, or (3) explains to the public how to comply with a requirement the Federal Government administers or enforces. This includes (whether in paper or electronic form) a letter, publication, form, notice, or instruction and does not include regulations.
Want to learn more? Online plain language training is available from the National Institutes of Health at plainlanguage.nih.gov/CBTs/PlainLanguage/login.asp. You don't have to login, just click Browse to get started.
If you have any questions, please visit our Plain Language site or feel free to leave us a comment here.
IT is a critical component of OPM's ability to supply the Federal Government with the most talented, highest performing workforce available. We maintain important websites such as USAJobs.com, administer benefits for millions of federal employees, and provide critical HR support for every federal agency. Each of these tasks is information intensive, thus OPM's implementation of the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management. My staff and I are working tirelessly to implement these important reforms.
OPM has a unique role in the larger IT Reform agenda in our creation of an IT Program Management career path. Over the past six months we have worked on a tight time frame to establish this new career track for our high-performing program managers. We have published the classification title for IT program managers, researched the need for direct hire authority for IT program managers, and are in the process of developing an IT program manager competency model. As CIO, I am extremely proud of the work that my team has accomplished in this initiative and feel that this new career track will have a dramatic affect on the performance of IT programs across the Federal Government for the foreseeable future.
A major goal of our agency is to move more processes to shared services or cloud platforms. This centralization will lead to both cost savings and improved performance. We have already begun to move the majority of our web services, including OPM.gov, to cloud-based platforms. We are also moving our document management to the cloud, which will allow OPM employees to share information much more efficiently. We expect that these changes alone will save the agency over $200k per year. This "Cloud First" philosophy is central to our department's strategic plan for federal IT which includes our goal to reduce our Operations and Management expenditures by 10% per year over the next three years.
We held our first departmental Tech Stat session on March 30th, where we evaluated our Health Claims Data Warehouse. We identified several key management and communications issues that needed to be addressed in order to ensure the system's continued success. We established a plan for improved governance of the program by establishing stronger communication channels between key stakeholders and with the Executive Steering Committee. Further, we expect to avoid significant future costs as a result of these improvements. As we go forward, the TechStat process will continue to be a vital component of our IT Management plan.
As we continue to implementation the IT Reform plan, I am encouraged by the remarkable progress I see here at OPM and across the entire government. This progress and the resulting best practices are both positive signs for the future of IT Reform. While there are challenges ahead, the ambitious goals set forth both in the plan and by our agency will push us to achieve results as we work to recruit the next generation of talented, dynamic federal employees.
Matthew E. Perry is the Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Drew's Paneled Wall
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ha...you kill me.ReplyDelete
Great wall. I love wood. I want to do something similar in my guest room.ReplyDelete
I know! I want it now too! I guess first I want a sink in my bathroom.... But some day a paneled wall!ReplyDelete
Linds I'm obsessed with that wall! Was it flooring? I'm so jealous of how handy you guys are... if I ever buy a house someday, you can help me make it amazingReplyDelete
Gorgeous wall!!! Saw you on Better After. Kudos to your husband!ReplyDelete
Wow! What kind of wood did you use? I love the texture in the wall.ReplyDelete
It's a knotty alder wood... With a mahogany stain! The texture is great!ReplyDelete
It's gorgeous! Pinning this!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous wall! I really love it. Drew did a beautiful job for sure.ReplyDelete
Wow! That is a great look. What kind of wood is it?ReplyDelete
The Next Fifty Years
I am seriously blown away by this project! I can't imagine the time it took to create, staining one board at a time! LOVE!ReplyDelete
Sorry, I don't like the new wall. It's too dark too busy and closes things in too much. Looks more like a man cave than a relazing bedroom.ReplyDelete
Wow...wow...wow! Beautiful. Just stopping over from Better After and just had to leave a kudos comment!ReplyDelete
Very impressed!!! All the hard work paid off.ReplyDelete
(PS I found you on Better After via CakeWrecks, weird I know, but I found you :) )
what is the brand & type of wood conditioner used?ReplyDelete
The wood is alder, we used the minawax preconditioner, with a minawax mahogany stain...ReplyDelete
This wall is amazing! What an eyecatcher!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 8:31 PM
W.O.W. Really, really love it!ReplyDelete


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Dinner Tonight: Chicken a la Diable Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
It's always a little amusing when you cook a French dish called "a la Diable," named as such because it's supposedly "hot and fiery" from its coating in mustard and hot pepper. Because, well, the French definition of "spicy" might be a little tamer than that of anyone who happens to love Mexican, Korean, or other cuisines fond of chiles. This is not the most overpoweringly spicy dish.
That said, there's little faulting this recipe from The Paris Cookbook by Patricia Wells. It's the kind of technique-driven recipe that makes cooking French food so satisfying. The mustard and pepper are the perfect complement to mild chicken, hidden under a breadcrumb crunch that reveals a juicy interior. Less than ten ingredients and an hour later, it's a pretty fine dinner.
- Yield:4
- Active time: 15
- Total time:45
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- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon coarse-grain Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon finely ground hot red pepper flakes
- 2 eggs
- 4 chicken legs
- salt
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine mustards and red pepper and mix well to blend. Season chicken legs with salt, then use a pastry brush to paint the mustard mixture evenly on all the legs.
On a plate or shallow bowl, combine eggs and whisk lightly with a fork to blend. In another, combine the breadcrumbs with the thyme. Dredge the chicken in the eggs, then breadcrumbs, coating them as evenly as possible, then transfer to a baking dish.
Use butter to evenly dot the chicken pieces, then bake until the juices run clear, 30-35 minutes.
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As operators land grab in unlicensed and newly licensed markets what will determine their success? What are the key territories in the short, medium and long term? Where are the likely new success stories and who is likely to benefit?
Will sports betting dominate the betting markets or are there areas where horse racing will see resurgence? Are we likely to see growth in other jurisdictions? Does racing need better delivery and coverage and would the introduction of a World Wide Tote bring a benefit?
Is it a USP or an SLA for the in-play product and community? With the growth of streamed content, has this now become a must have for any sports book operator? What is the future for streaming? As broadband speeds increase and the technology improves, is it likely to overtake satellite, cable and terrestrial TV pictures? The streaming rights market has become a hotly contested area. Is there a danger of a monopoly?


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The good news for Facebook is that its business model is maturing.
The bad news for Facebook is that its audience is maturing, too.
Remember when Facebook was just something that kids used to procrastinate— a digital time-suck for kids and not a digital business? Well, now that's switched. Facebook is definitely a digital business now, with last quarter's revenue up 60 percent since last year and half of that coming from mobile, an astonishing achievement for a company that barely had a mobile business a year ago.
But where are the kids going? After months of denials, Facebook acknowledged yesterday that teens are losing interest in the site. "Our best analysis on youth engagement in the U.S. reveals that usage of Facebook among US teens overall was stable from Q2 to Q3, but we did see a decrease in daily users, specifically among younger teens," CFO David Ebersman said.
In fact, this is a long time coming. Twitter finally eclipsed Facebook as the most popular social network for teens, according to a recent Piper Jaffray study. Among young people, Zuckerberg's site is now tied with Instagram (his $1 billion purchase) for second place, having crashed from a huge lead last year.
Mary Meeker's big fat State of the Internet slideshow showed a similar trend, writ larger. Facebook is still dominant, but its dominance, as a time-suck, is slipping, just as its mobile business is growing.
Facebook is still a monster, claiming more than 500 million mobile daily active users.That's more than the combined populations of the United States, Russia, France, and the UK visiting Facebook (and likely seeing ads on their phone) every day. It's an astonishing thing ...
... but falling engagement and enthusiasm among teens is a real problem, and perhaps not for the reason you think.
It doesn't merely suggest that Facebook is getting grayer. Look at that "other line" in the graph above. Programs like Snapchat and other social sites are taking off, and the way these things usually work is that whatever technology teenagers are using today, young adults, and then older adults, will be using tomorrow. Tumblr, Pinterest, Snapchat: All billion-dollar valuations today, and all got their start among the high school and college crowd. Young people's Internet behavior predicts everybody's Internet behavior. The fact that they're getting bored could mean that Facebook is becoming boring—a dangerous idea for a company that relies on the idle time of average people.
Or it could just mean that Facebook has grown up right in line with its audience.
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New twist: Germans press for Soering release
Rex Bowman of the Roanoke Times has the story of the German embassy's quest to bring home Jens Soering, the UVA Echols Scholar convicted of double murder in 1990.
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Col. Forbin March 19th, 2010 | 7:20pm
Nancy March 19th, 2010 | 7:42pm
This is an interesting question of law, that I predict will end up in the Supreme Court. What I still do not understand, is why Kaine- who I believe, would someday, like to seek higher office, did this. He may look back on the trusted advisor that counseled him to do this and realize; he made a mistake, just as Clinton did, when he pardoned Mark Rich.


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Our commenters seem mixed on whether or not Bryan Salamone, a.k.a. The World's Most Stereotypical Lamborghini Owner, is actually as unique as he seems in Facebook photos. A reader who just emailed us, though, is convinced we have it all wrong.
Here, in unedited form, is an email from a man calling himself Robert regarding Mr. Salamone. Additionally, as per the email, I will soon be lobbying Nick Denton to allow me to create a blog fully dedicated to how much of a pussy I am. My true life's work.
so... i get it... your either
a. a pussy
b. know nothing about cars
c. still suck off your moms tit
d. never had a girl friend better than a 2 or a 3
e. you cant stand when other people are having fun because your to big
of douche being an english nazi and trying to find all the spelling
and gramar mistakes in this email to blast all over the interenet how
much better you are
f. your dad didnt beat you like most parents did... when he did it ...
it was special...
g. your spouse (dont know if its male or female with the way your
whinning) just left you and used mr. Salamone as his/her lawyer to get
them what they deserve from you.
because i cant see how you can sit here and degrade TeamSalamone
Dolcevita... just because he has money to enjoy him self.
You sit here and slander him for trying to help men or women whose
spouse claims to be beaten during a devorce just to get more from the
outcome of the devoirce...
have you ever been in a situation like that? do you know anyone that
has? so you think it cant be real and that no one has ever done that?
That is why Bryan Salamone makes more money than you... hes better at
life than you. You really think cause you write a shitty thread on a
blog your any better than some one ranting on a bullshit forum...
The messed up think is you are blogging on Jalopnik... which by the
way is about cars... not you being a pussy. SO can we get back to
cars... and not you being a douche...
thanks fuck head
In addition to Robert, I also have a slightly more eloquent defense (and confirmation) from Matt Farah, who left a comment in the post:
LOL though everything in this piece is true, I participated with Bryan (whose first name I just learned, as he only goes by "Salamone") in the 2011 Bullrun, and he's absolutely hilarious. He doesn't take himself seriously at all, and believes in enjoying every second of his life. And though it may seem degrading to treat the "concubine" the way he does, she is 100% into it, and when I first met her, SHE introduced herself to me as such. I don't even know her actual name because that's just what she goes by. He loves her and she loves him and they have gotten "married" about 12-15 times, just without ever signing the legal documents. He may be the most stereotypical Lamborghini owner ever, but I can't wait to hang out with him again if he's doing the rally this year.
There you have it. Concubine is 100% into it. I know I'll be able to sleep better tonight.


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text: This book chronicles an extraordinary life. Satyavant Mallanah Shrinagesh rose to the very helm of the Indian Army at the astonishingly young age of 54. With the reputation of a scholar soldier, he was subsequently hand-picked to establish India's pioneering institution for training professional administrators. The first-ever military officer to be appointed governor of a state, his innings as governor of three different states, including the Naga-troubled Assam, was the capstone of a distinguished career of service to the nation.


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I am facing a weird compile error, which I think it is caused by structure definition in my kernel.cl file.
I have 4 structures in my kernel file as shown below.
struct my_vec4f {
float x, y, z, w ;
typedef struct my_vec4f MyVec4f ;
struct my_vec2f {
float x, y ;
typedef struct my_vec2f MyVec2f ;
struct my_vec2i {
int x, y ;
typedef struct my_vec2i MyVec2i ;
struct my_vec4i{
int x,y,z,w;
typedef struct my_vec4i MyVec4i;
The first two are used in my kernel function, and the other two (vec2i, vec4i) are not used yet, but I will use them for kernel implementation.
The problem is that compile errors occur when I compile my_kernel.cl file with all four structures.
Moerover, the error message obtained by clGetProgramBuildInfo provide wrong information about the code, which has no errors.
However, when I remove one of them (just removing one of definitions of vec2i and vec4i, so I have only 3 structures),
the kernel is successfully built without errors.
This is very weird.
Anybody can help me how to solve this problem ?
By the way, I'm using GeForce 8800 GTX for OpenCL programming.


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September 24, 2009 was a lucky day in the South African Petra Diamond Cullinan mine when a 507.55 carat rough diamond (above) was found among the rubble. The huge stone–extremely rare and apparently of exceptional color and quality–is one of the top 20 largest high-quality rough diamonds ever found. Amazingly, three other very large rough diamonds were found in the same run at sizes of 168, 58.5 and 53.3 carats each.
I particularly love stories about Cullinan because I was lucky enough to visit the mine as part of a press trip several years ago. It's amazing to see the vast amounts of land and resources used to unearth these relatively tiny gems.
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