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President visits Sec.
Stanton in reference to Surg. William D. Stewart, dismissed for being
absent without leave. Abraham
Lincoln to Benjamin B. French, 1 July 1863,
In morning Sec. Welles finds Lincoln at War Dept. reading dispatches
from Gen. Meade.
Welles, Diary.
"Lincoln was in the telegraph office hour after hour during those
anxious days and nights."
Bates, Telegraph Office, 155.
Lincoln asks
Sec. Stanton
to pay advertising bill of "National
Republican." It is "a source of trouble to me."
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 2 July 1863, CW, 6:313.
Sec. Welles meets President and Sec. Seward at War Dept. during
morning, examining dispatches from Gen. Meade. Welles,
Mrs. Lincoln receives head injury
when thrown from carriage during drive to Soldiers' Home. Helm, Mary, 211-12.
President Lincoln telegraphs his son Robert, who attends Harvard
University, regarding Robert's mother, Mary. Lincoln advises, "Dont be uneasy.
Your mother very slightly hurt by her fall." The day prior, Mary Lincoln
suffered injuries from a carriage accident. A newspaper reports, "Her horses
took fright and ran away as she was riding from the Soldier's Home to the city.
Seeing her imminent danger she leaped from the carriage, and was stunned and
severely bruised, but no bones were broken. Surgeons from Mount Pleasant
Hospital were promptly in attendance. She soon recovered sufficiently to be
taken to the White House." Abraham Lincoln to Robert T.
Lincoln, 3 July 1863, CW, 6:314;
New York Times, 3 July 1863, 5:2.
Sends order to
Gen. Burnside: "Private [John] Downey, of the Twentieth or Twenty-sixth
Kentucky Infantry, is said to have been sentenced to be shot for desertion
to-day. If so, respite the execution until I can see the record."
Abraham Lincoln to Ambrose E.
Burnside, 3 July 1863, CW,
At 10 A.M. President issues press release announcing that "news from
the Army of the Potomac, up to 10 P.M. of the 3rd. is such as to
cover that Army with the highest honor."
Announcement of News From Gettysburg, 4 July 1863, CW, 6:314.
Gen. Haupt rushes from Gettysburg and confers with Lincoln and Gen.
Halleck on military matters.
Flower, Stanton, 201.
Archimedes C. Dickson, Springfield (Ill.) friend known as "Dick,"
calls at White House as salesman to interest Lincoln in Absterdam
projectile patterned after Dyer's rifle shell, "distinguished chiefly
by a cup or sabot of soft metal at the base, which was supposed to
expand and take the grooves like a Minié bullet."
Bruce, Tools of War, 257-58.
Union League of Philadelphia presents gold medal to President.
LL, No. 1188.
In evening Sec. Welles receives dispatch from Alexander H. Stephens,
Vice President of Confederate States of America; shows it to
Welles, Diary.
Mrs. Lincoln assists W. C. Stoddard in preparation of Fourth of July
celebration in White House grounds.
William O. Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times (New York: C. L. Webster, 1890), 206-9.
President writes Acting Rear Adm. Samuel P. Lee (USN): "The request
of A. H. Stephens is inadmissible. The customary agents and channels
are adequate for all needful communication and conference between the
United States forces and the insurgents." [In the absence of the
original, it is not certain that Lincoln composed or signed this, and
that it was prepared on July 4, 1863 may be questioned.]
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel P. Lee, 4 July 1863, CW, 6:317.
Writes Gen. Schenck at Baltimore: "Your despatches about negro
regiment are not uninteresting or unnoticed by us, but we have not
been quite ready to respond. You will have an answer tomorrow."
Abraham Lincoln to Robert C. Schenck, 4 July 1863, CW, 6:317.
11 A.M. Principal discussion at cabinet meeting is request of
A. H. Stephens for permission to proceed to Washington for interview with
President. Welles, Diary.
In the afternoon,
President Lincoln and his son, Tad, visit General Daniel E. Sickles, who is
recovering in Washington. During the battle at Gettysburg on July 2, Sickles
received a severe injury to his right leg prompting surgeons to remove the leg
to a point "five inches above the knee." A newspaper reports, "[Lincoln, Tad,]
and a mounted escort, rode on horseback to Gen. Sickles' door." Lincoln
"congratulated him on his ability and courage, and expressed the greatest
regret that [Sickles's] . . . wound . . . rendered amputation necessary."
Washington Chronicle, 6 July 1863;
Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 July 1863, 3:2; New York
Times, 6 July 1863, 4:5.
Special cabinet meeting at 9 A.M. continues consideration of A. H.
Stephens' mission and decides that he should communicate through
prescribed military channels.
Welles, Diary.
Lincoln leaves telegraph office in War Dept. and arrives at Soldiers'
Home about 7 P.M.
Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 6 July 1863, CW, 6:318.
Receives June salary warrant for $2,022.33.
Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.
Suggests to Gen. Halleck that he look to movements of Army of
Potomac. Does Gen. Meade intend to cover Baltimore and Washington,
and get enemy across river again without further collision, or does
he plan to prevent his crossing and to destroy him?
Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 6 July 1863, CW, 6:318.
Lincoln at telegraph office in morning receives Gen. Grant's
dispatch announcing capture of Vicksburg, Miss. Bates,
Telegraph Office, 156;
Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, [7 July 1863],
President Hamlin and Senators from Maine confer with President and urge better
New England coastal defense against piratical depredations of enemy. Abraham
Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 7 July 1863, CW, 6:320-21.
At cabinet
meeting President appears despondent because Gen. Meade has lingered at
Gettysburg. At 12:40 P.M. Sec. Welles gives President telegram from Acting Rear
Adm. David D. Porter [for retroactive promotion see December 8, 1863]
announcing surrender of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Welles,
In evening, upon
learning of the Union Army's victory at Vicksburg, Mississippi, "a procession
with bands of music proceed[s] to the Executive Mansion." A newspaper reports,
"a crowd enthusiastically cheered the President, [who] . . . appeared at an upper
window." Lincoln remarks that it is fitting that the Vicksburg victory occurred
on the "Fourth of July just passed," when defeat came to "those who opposed the
declaration that all men are created equal." Lincoln "praise[s] . . . the many
brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the Union." Response
to a Serenade, 7 July 1863, CW,
6:319-20; New York Daily Tribune (NY), 8 July 1863, 5:3;
The New York Times (NY), 8 July 1863, 8:1-2; Daily
Morning Chronicle (Washington, D.C.), 8 July 1863, 2:2-3.
President recognizes Heinrich
Otto Sigmund Cuntz as consul of Grand Duchy of Oldenburg for state of
Massachusetts and Henry Bream as vice consul of Denmark for New York,
Connecticut, and parts of New Jersey. Washington Chronicle, 13 July
A few days after the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania battle,
President Lincoln responds to a telegram that Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas
sent to the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
regarding Union troops in pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army.
Lincoln writes, "The forces you speak of, will be of no immagineable service,
if they can not go forward with a little more expedition." Lincoln explains
that the troops must move quickly or they "will, in my unprofessional opinion,
be quite as likely to capture the Man-in-the Moon, as any part of Lee's Army."
Lincoln to Lorenzo Thomas, 8 July 1863, CW, 6:321-22.
Informs Frederick
F. Low, collector of port of San Francisco, of Gen. Meade's victory at
Gettysburg and Gen. Grant's victory at Vicksburg, Miss. Abraham
Lincoln to Frederick F. Low, 8 July 1863, CW, 6:321.
Answers dispatch of
U.S. District Attorney E. D. Smith (N.Y.): "Capture of Vicksburg confirmed by
despatch from Gen. Grant himself." Abraham
Lincoln to E. Delafield Smith, 8 July 1863,
instructs Leonard Swett and F. F. Low to avoid riot in taking possession of New
Almaden Quicksilver Mine in California. Abraham
Lincoln to Leonard Swett and Frederick F. Low, 9 July 1863,
Pardons John
McCleary, counterfeiter, and Victor La Waer, convicted of attempting to incite
soldiers to desert. Washington Chronicle, 10 July 1863.
At Soldiers' Home, President interviews A. C. Dickson, Orloff A.
Zane, and John Absterdam regarding Absterdam shell.
Bruce, Tools of War, 259.
Assures Gen. Sickles that no III Corps disaster has been reported.
Abraham Lincoln to Daniel E. Sickles, 10 July 1863, CW, 6:322-23.
"The President seemed in specially good humor today, as he had
pretty good evidence that the enemy were still on the north side of the
Potomac, and Meade had announced his intention of attacking them in the
morning." Hay, Letters and
President Lincoln writes to his friend Illinois
State Auditor Jesse K. Dubois, of Springfield, Illinois. Dubois had telegraphed
Lincoln seeking the outcome of the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln
writes, "After three days fighting . . . [Confederate General Robert E.] Lee
withdrew and made for the Potomac [River] . . . he found the river so swolen as
to prevent his crossing . . . he is still this side near Hagerstown and
Williamsport, preparing to defend himself . . . I am more than satisfied with
what has happened North of the Potomac so far, and am anxious and hopeful for
what is to come." Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois,
11 July 1863, CW, 6:323.
Calls at Navy Ordnance Bureau and orders trial of Absterdam shell as soon as
possible. Bruce, Tools of
War, 259.
President Lincoln writes to New York Governor
Horatio Seymour regarding the court martial of Captain John N. Riedenbach, of
the 158th New York Volunteers. Lincoln writes, "The evidence shows a good deal
of boistrous misconduct, during a single case of intoxication; and I incline to
think he does not habitually get in that condition. But I have not the legal
power . . . to restore him to his office, nor would I do it . . . without a
better knowledge of his character . . . I write this merely to say that if the
Governor of New-York shall choose to appoint him to the same or another
Military office, the disability is hereby removed, enabling him to do so."
Abraham Lincoln to Horatio Seymour, 11 July 1863, CW,
Telegraphs Robert Lincoln: "Come to Washington."
Abraham Lincoln to Robert T.
Lincoln, 11 July 1863, CW,
Inquires of Gen. Schenck: "How many rebel prisoners,
captured within Maryland & Pennsylvania, have reached Baltimore within this
month of July?" Abraham Lincoln to Robert C.
Schenck, 11 July 1863, CW,
Lincoln at telegraph office receives word of Gen. Meade's plan to
attack tomorrow. Paces floor, wringing his hands and muttering, "Too
Bates, Telegraph Office, 157.
Assures Gen. Schenck that Gen. Isaac R. Trimble (CSA) has not been
imprisoned in Baltimore for fear traitorous associates will contact
Abraham Lincoln to Robert C. Schenck, 12 July 1863, CW, 6:325.
President receives call for help to subdue mob resisting draft in New York.
John Jay and others to Lincoln, 13 July 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Sec. Welles calls on President and suggests that Acting Rear Adm.
Porter be made rear admiral.
Welles, Diary.
Lincoln writes Gen. Grant: "I do not remember that you and I ever met
personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the
almost inestimable service you have done the country. . . . When you
got below, and took Port-Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought
you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned
Northward East of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now
wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I
was wrong."
Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 13 July 1863, CW, 6:326.
Writes Gen. Schofield in St. Louis: "I regret to learn of the arrest
of the Democrat editor. . . . but I care very little for the
publication of any letter I have written. Please spare me the trouble
this is likely to bring."
Abraham Lincoln to John M. Schofield, [13 July] 1863, CW, 6:326-27.
Shortly before
cabinet meeting President learns that Gen. R. E. Lee has crossed into Virginia.
Sec. Welles walks to War Dept. with Lincoln, who is depressed by Lee's escape.
Two hours later Welles returns to War Dept. and finds Lincoln there lying on
sofa, dejected and discouraged. Welles, Diary.
After noon Lincoln
visits Navy Yard and witnesses firing of 20 Absterdam shells from army field
gun. Bruce, Tools of War,
President recognizes Carlos Enrique Leland as vice consul
of Oriental Republic of Uruguay at New York. Washington Chronicle, 16
July 1863.
Telegraphs Robert Lincoln in New York: "Why do I
hear no more of you?" Abraham
Lincoln to Robert T. Lincoln, 14 July 1863,
Writes Gen.
Meade: "I have just seen your despatch to Gen. Halleck, asking to be relieved
of your command, because of a supposed censure of mine. . . . But I was in such
deep distress myself that I could not restrain some expression of it. . . . I
do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee's
escape. He was within your easy grasp, and to have closed upon him would, in
connection with our other late successes, have ended the war. . . . Your golden
opportunity is gone, and I am distressed immeasurably because of it." [The
letter was never signed or sent.] Abraham
Lincoln to George G. Meade, 14 July 1863, CW, 6:327-29.
President Lincoln writes to Leonard Swett, whom he "authorized
. . . to take possession of" the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine after the U.S.
Supreme Court voided Andres Castillero's ownership claim. Lincoln rethinks the
order concerning the Santa Clara County, California mine, and writes, "Many
persons are telegraphing me from California, begging me, for the peace, of the
State, to suspend the military enforcement of the writ of possession . . .
while you are the single one who urges the contrary. You know I would like to
oblige you, but it seems to me my duty . . . is the other way."
Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Rand, 8 May
Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Swett,
15 July 1863, CW, 6:333-34; Milton H.
Shutes, Abraham Lincoln and the New Almaden Mine (San Francisco,
CA: Lawton R. Kennedy, 1936), 6-8.
Approves letter of J. R.
Gilmore to Gov. Zebulon B. Vance (N.C.) regarding restoration of peace between
states, reunion of states on basis of abolition of slavery, and reinstatement
of Confederate citizens in all rights of citizenship. Endorsement on Letter of James R. Gilmore
to Zebulon B. Vance, [15? July 1863], CW, 6:330-31.
Robert Lincoln
quotes President as saying after Confederate army's escape following Battle of
Gettysburg: "If I had gone up there I could have licked them myself."
Nicolay, Lincoln's
Secretary, 171; Hay, Letters and
President proclaims "Thursday the 6th. day of
August next, to be observed as a day for National Thanksgiving, Praise and
Prayer." Proclamation of Thanksgiving, 15
July 1863, CW, 6:332-33.
President interviews Gov. Carney (Kans.) regarding right of governor
to appoint military officers.
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Carney, 21 July 1863, CW, 6:339-40.
President at cabinet meeting affirms his faith in Gen. Meade.
Welles, Diary.
Sec. Stanton
to place governor of Kansas on same ground as
other loyal governors in giving original commissions.
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 17 July 1863, CW, 6:335.
President and Judge Adv. Gen. Holt spend six hours reviewing
courtmartial sentences. Lincoln averse to death sentence for
Hay, Letters and Diary; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:335; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:335; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:335-36; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:336; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:336; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:336; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:336; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:336; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 18 July 1863, CW, 6:337.
To Hay, Lincoln remarks on case of Capt. James M. Cutts, Jr., (See
October 26, 1863) charged with furtively watching woman undress, that
Cutts should be elevated to "peerage" with title of "Count Peeper."
Hay, Letters and Diary.
Lincoln's pronunciation resembles name of Count Piper, Swedish diplomat.
President in excellent humor; scribbles doggerel for John Hay.
Hay, Letters and Diary.
Sec. Seward makes appointment for President with Lord Lyons at
Soldiers' Home, 8:30 P.M.
Seward to Lincoln, 17 July 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
President Lincoln writes to New Jersey Governor Joel Parker,
who wrote to Lincoln with concerns about the new Enrollment Act. Parker wrote,
"[N]o man can predict the results which might follow the enforcement of the
draft in the present feverish state of the public mind. . . . I deem it my duty
to state to you that there is a deep rooted hostility with many of the people
of this state to the provisions of . . . the conscription act, which is liable
to lead to popular outbreak if it be enforced." Lincoln answers, "It is a very
delicate matter to postpone the draft in one State, because of the argument it
furnishes others to have postponements also. . . . I wish to avoid the
difficulties you dread, as much as yourself." Joel Parker
to Abraham Lincoln, 15 July 1863, Abraham
Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC;
Abraham Lincoln to Joel Parker, 20
July 1863, CW, 6:337-38.
Congs. Lovejoy (Ill.) and Arnold (Ill.) discuss with Lincoln problems of
slavery and Border States. Francis F. Browne, The
Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln (New York: Thompson, 1886),
President recognizes Guillermo B. Newberry as consul of
Peru at Boston. Washington Chronicle, 21 July 1863.
W. Butler and group of businessmen interview President to obtain
privileges of trade.
Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 21 July 1863, CW, 6:340.
Lincoln expresses confidence in Gen. Meade "as a brave and skillful officer."
Abraham Lincoln to Oliver O. Howard, 21 July 1863, CW, 6:341-42; Hay, Letters and Diary.
Sec. Stanton
to renew effort "to raise colored forces along
the shores of the Mississippi," and suggests Adjt. Gen. Thomas as one
of best "instruments for this service."
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 21 July 1863, CW, 6:342.
President unwell in morning.
Scarcely takes food all day. Misses appointment with Gen. Schenck. Abraham
Lincoln to Robert C. Schenck, 23 July 1863,
$2,500 as annual compensation for chief chemist of Agriculture Dept. Abraham
Lincoln to Isaac Newton, 22 July 1863, CW, 6:343.
President Lincoln
writes a letter of introduction for a Mr. Houston to present to the Secretary
of War Edwin M. Stanton. Lincoln writes, "[the] bearer of this, now has three
sons in the war. He wishes the youngest, Albert P. Houston, now in the 108th
Ills regiment, at Vicksburg [Mississippi], transferred to the 1st West
Tennessee regiment of Cavalry, at Bolivar [Tennessee] when last heard from, and
in which is one of his elder brothers. I would like for him to be obliged."
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 July 1863, Henry Horner Lincoln
Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL.
Lincoln interviews Nehemiah G. Ordway, chairman of Republican
Central Committee of New Hampshire, regarding Col. Walter Harriman and
equalization of draft. Ordway to Lincoln, 24 July 1863,
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC;
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, 27 July 1863, CW,
President Lincoln replies to a "very 'cross'" letter
from Missouri Governor Hamilton R. Gamble. Lincoln admits that he did not read
Gamble's letter because "I am trying to preserve my own temper, by avoiding
irritants, so far as practicable." Gamble took offense at comments Lincoln made
in a letter to General John M. Schofield concerning the contentious
relationship between Gamble and Schofield's predecessor, General Samuel R.
Curtis. Lincoln writes, "I was totally unconscious of any malice, or disrespect
towards you, or of using any expression which should offend you, if seen by
you." Abraham Lincoln to John M. Schofield, 27
May 1863, CW, 6:234; Daily Missouri Democrat (St.
Louis), 27 June 1863, 1:1; Hamilton R. Gamble to Abraham Lincoln, 13 July 1863,
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC;
Abraham Lincoln to Hamilton R.
Gamble, 23 July 1863, CW,
6:344-45; Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger,
Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War
Diary of John Hay (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press,
1997), 66-67.
Writes Gen. Schenck to clear up any
misunderstanding about their meeting. "I beg you will not believe I have
treated you with intentional discourtesy." Abraham Lincoln to Robert C.
Schenck, 23 July 1863, CW,
At cabinet meeting inquiries are made about army, but no
information is communicated. Sec. Seward confers with President for an hour
before meeting. Welles, Diary.
President suspends
action in six courtmartial cases of men sentenced to be shot for desertion.
Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 24
July 1863, CW, 6:347.
President Lincoln writes to Postmaster General Montgomery Blair regarding job
openings. Lincoln writes, "Yesterday little indorsements of mine went to you in
two cases of Post-Masterships sought for widows whose husbands have fallen in .
. . battles . . . These cases occurring on the same day, brought me to reflect
more attentively than I had before done, as to what is fairly due from us here,
in the dispensing of patronage . . . My conclusion is that, other claims and
qualifications being equal, they have the better right; and this is especially
applicable to the disabled soldier, and the deceased soldier's family."
Abraham Lincoln to Montgomery
Blair, 24 July 1863, CW, 6:346;
New York Daily Tribune, 29 July 1863, 1;2.
At night John Hay accompanies President to Soldiers' Home.
Hay, Letters and Diary.
Lincoln explains to Gov. Parker (N.J.) that it would breed trouble to
"have a special stipulation with the Governor of any one State"
regarding draft quotas. "As it stands, the best I can say is, that
every volunteer you will present us within thirty days from this date
. . . shall be, pro-tanto—an abatement of your quota of the
Abraham Lincoln to Joel Parker, 25 July 1863, CW, 6:347-48.
Orders Sec. Welles to: 1. cease "using any neutral port, to watch
neutral vessels, and then to dart out and seize them on their
departure"; 2. cease detaining "the crew of a captured neutral vessel
. . . on board such vessel, as prisoners of war."
Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 25 July 1863, CW, 6:348-50.
Sec. Welles
confers with President about reinforcements for Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore who is
cooperating with Rear Adm. Dahlgren in siege of Charleston. Welles,
Joseph J. Grimshaw calls and asks President to make Col. Arthur H.
Grimshaw a brigadier general.
Memorandum: Appointment of Arthur H. Grimshaw, 27 July 1863, CW, 6:351.
Lincoln inquires of Gen. Meade: "I have not thrown Gen. Hooker away;
and therefore I would like to know whether, it would be agreeable to
you, all things considered, for him to take a corps under you, if he
himself is willing to do so."
Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 27 July 1863, CW, 6:350.
Explains to Gen. Burnside that Gen. Grant said he would return IX
Corps. "Grant is a copious worker, and fighter, but a very meagre
writer, or telegrapher. No doubt he changed his purpose in regard to
the Ninth Corps, for some sufficient reason, but has forgotten to
notify us of it."
Abraham Lincoln to Ambrose E. Burnside, 27 July 1863, CW, 6:350.
Lincoln telegraphs Mrs. Lincoln in New York: "Bob went to Fort-Monroe
& only got back to-day. Will start to you at 11. AM tomorrow. All
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, 28 July 1863, CW, 6:353.
Recommends to
Sec. Stanton
that wounded Confederate, Capt. Robert
Brown, prisoner in Gettysburg, be transferred to care of relatives in
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 23 July 1863, CW, 6:353.
Lincoln authorizes Gen. Halleck to inform Gen. Meade that government
is not "demanding of him to bring on a general engagement with Lee as
soon as possible."
Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 29 July 1863, CW, 6:354.
Requests sec. of war to consult with general in chief on subject of
organizing force to go to western Texas.
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 29 July 1863, CW, 6:354-55.
Deposits July 1862 salary warrant for $2,083.33 in Riggs Bank.
Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.
President Lincoln signs an Oder
of Retaliation in which he outlines measures "to give protection to . . . citizens,
of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly
organized as soldiers in the public service." Lincoln pledges, "The government
of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers, and if
the enemy shall sell or enslave anyone because of his color, the offense shall
be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession."
of Retaliation, 30 July 1863, CW,
Writes F. P. Blair, Sr.: "Yesterday I commenced trying
to get up an expedition for Texas. I shall do the best I can." Abraham
Lincoln to Francis P. Blair, Sr., 30 July 1863,
President sends
condolences to Frederick VII, King of Denmark, on death of Prince Frederick
Ferdinand. Abraham
Lincoln to Frederick VII, 31 July 1863, CW, 6:357-58.
Interviews L. H.
Chandler acting as counsel for Dr. David M. Wright of Norfolk in murder case
before military commission. Chandler to Lincoln, 1 August 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC.
Cabinet listens for two hours to report
presented by Col. John A. Rawlins on capture of Vicksburg, Miss. Welles,
Lincoln asks Gen.
Hurlbut to reconsider question of resigning. Hay,
Letters and Diary;
Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, 31 July 1863,
Samuel W. Moulton, enrollment commissioner for 10th District of Illinois: "Your
removal has been strongly urged on the ground of 'presistent disobedience of
orders and neglect of duty.' . . . I consider your services in your district
valuable, and should be sorry to lose them. . . . I hope you will conclude to
go on in your present position under the regulations of the Department." Abraham
Lincoln to Samuel W. Moulton, 31 July 1863,


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Veteran fullback William Henderson doesn't expect to return to the Green Bay Packers next season.
Henderson issued a statement late yesterday on the Web site of W-B-A-Y television in Green Bay, where he appeared as a regular guest, saying he expects the team to release him and thanking fans for their support.
Henderson's agent, James Williams, did not immediately return a telephone message left by The Associated Press.
A Packers spokesman says the team hasn't made any personnel moves today.
Henderson's departure would leave Brett Favre as the only member of the 1996 Super Bowl championship team still playing for the Packers.


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Sapphire HD4870x2 Atomic Review
Every once in a while you see one of those products that makes you wonder. Well, two in a week is a pretty rare occurrence. The Sapphire HD4870x2 Atomic is the second of the two. Sapphire usually pulls something special together for its Atomic versions. Last year with the 3870, it was a special vapor chamber cooling system that worked extremely well when cooling was needed for those all night frag fests. Well, Sapphire has done it again with this iteration on the HD4870x2. This version does not use vapor chamber cooling, but rather a fully sealed water cooling system complete with pump/CPU block radiator and full coverage cooling block on the dual GPUs. To go along with this Limited Edition special cooling solution, Sapphire has upped the ante by pushing the clock speeds on the two RV770 cores to 800MHz and to 1000MHz (4000MHzeEffective) on the two gigabytes of GDDR5 memory that runs through a 2x256 bus.
Special cooling, special package, special delivery, I knew something had to be up when I saw the weight of the package. The Sapphire HD4870x2 Atomic looks to be a serious improvement to the standard reference design card. Let's see if the whole package has what it takes and whether it will stand up to some serious abuse as well as some serious performers to see if it indeed deserves its Limited Edition status.
Closer Look:
You have to admit that the way the Atomic is shipped to the end user is something special. Then again, the contents are a bit on the special side as well and deserve a package of this caliber. The front of the aluminum case features the Atomic logo as well as a small mention on the bottom right corner that gives a hint as to what lies inside.
Anxious to see what was inside, I popped open the lid and was greeted with a foam lined box that contained a bit more than I was anticipating. The Atomic Card comes as a preassembled water cooled system that is ready to install. Under all of the foam that protects the contents is the box that contains the accessory box. If this package is like any of the others from Sapphire, it will be stacked.
The bundle of accessories that Sapphire has included will allow you to both get the card powered up and connected to just about any display device you may have. Not only do you get the basics such as power cables and the DVI to VGA adapter, there are the DVI to HDMI adapter, an HDMI cable, Crossfire bridge connector, plenty of software titles and even a plush Sapphire badge for your case. To get the CPU block installed you will need to use the supplied adapters. Currently socket 775 and AM2 are covered. I inquired about an adapter for the new Core I7 socket 1366 and found that they are currently not available. As an added bonus, Sapphire includes not one but two 2GB thumb drives and a full version of 3DMark Vantage.
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Hilton Hotels Adds Eco-Roofs to Baltimore, Asheville Properties
Posted August 29, 2008 by Zak Patten
Who says eco-travel has to mean wearing mosquito netting while avoiding quicksand in a Central American rainforest? Certainly not Hilton Hotels, which is about to have a pair of properties with greener roofs—and last time I checked, neither Asheville nor Baltimore is anywhere near Costa Rica.
What's most interesting about these two projects is that they achieve eco-positive status in two completely different ways. According to Green Lodging News, Asheville's new Hilton Hotel in Biltmore Park Town Square is focused on cutting emissions and fuel costs by installing a "large-scale solar water heating system" on its roof. The new system is expected to supply the 165-room hotel with over 2,000 gallons of hot water per day, and save an estimated $10,000 per year in energy costs, all while giving the hotel a much smaller carbon footprint. In doing so, the Hilton Asheville is set to become one of the first major hotel s in the country to use the sun's energy to heat its water. Combined with "an energy optimization program, the use of recycled, nontoxic and local materials, and the installation of Low-E materials throughout the entire hotel," the fancy solar roof may make this one of the greenest big hotels in the U.S.
The new $300 million, 757-room Hilton Baltimore is also going green, but instead of solar panels, the roofs on its east and west buildings will be home to a 32,000-square-foot garden. With six species and tens of thousands of plantsthis won't look like Grandma's backyard. As The Green Meeting notes, such roofs "are used to provide urban habitat to wildlife, reduce storm runoff, improve air and water quality, lower temperatures and boost aesthetics." So while you may not be able to take an environmentally friendly shower at the Hilton Baltimore, at least all those plants are a lot nicer to look at than a roof full of solar panels. Either way, it's nice to see Hilton blazing an eco-travel trail—without all the bugs.
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Should I still go to work with blood clots in leg behind knee cap and in calf muscle and moving down if it's not in the coronary artery? I'm on medication.
While it is not possible to give specific medical advice, in general if you are being treated with an anticoagulant you should try to be as active as you can. If physically you feel able to go to work, I would encourage you to do so.
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Phelps strikes out 9 as Yankees beat Orioles 11-8
David Phelps pitched into the sixth inning, striking out nine,
Bobby Wilson had three RBIs and the New York Yankees beat the
Baltimore Orioles 11-8 on Wednesday night.
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Phelps will start the season in the Yankees rotation because
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He allowed three runs on four hits in 5 1-3 innings. Phelps
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House by the Cemetery, The (UK - DVD R2)
The Wilson brothers take a look at this Lucio Fulci horror feature from 1981...
The early eighties was considered by many to be the golden age of Italian horror cinema; there were many who thought that this period was indeed the "golden age of gore", with directors such as Dario Argento, Ruggero Deodato and, of course, Lucio Fulci all making horror and thrillers that would be receiving acclaim and huge box-office returns across the globe.
Lucio Fulci was a man who began as a multi-purpose director who was able to turn his hand to almost any genre. He had started off making teenage movies in the fifties, before making spy movie spoofs and westerns, amongst other things. In the late sixties, he fell into making gialli (Italian thriller/detective movies), where he began to find his niche. His classic 1971 movie A Lizard in a Woman's Skin made audiences and critics sit up and take notice of this previously generic director. With the success of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead in Europe, Fulci made what was intended to be a quick knock-off, Zombi 2 (aka Zombie, Zombie Flesh-Eaters, Island of the Living Dead, etc), but this effectively kick-started a boom in his career and would see him direct a slew of graphically violent horrors over a short but intense period of three or four years. Though Fulci would continue to make movies in other genres, his name became synonymous with horror.
The House by the Cemetery sees Norman Boyle (Paolo Malco), his wife Lucy (Catriona MacColl) and their young son, Bob (played by blonde, mop-haired Giovanni Frezzi) move from NYC to a small house just outside of Boston. Boyle wants to finish his research project (taking over from his academic predecessor, who went bonkers and killed his bit on the side in the same house) and persuades Lucy that the months spent in New England will be like a holiday for her and their son.
Tranquillity is sadly not on the cards, as a malevolent former occupant of the house, Doctor Jacob Freudstein, is not quite as dead as everyone had previously thought and soon strange events plague the house and its occupants and people begin to die in very gory ways.
The House by the Cemetery opens in a way that makes you think that Fulci is imitating a standard American "slasher" movie that was hugely popular at the time, with a creepy house at night and an attractive young babysitter who has obviously just finished up being in the sack with her boyfriend (and also has rather nice front upholstery) and has to leave because of an imposed curfew. Both babysitter and boyfriend meet a sticky end and we're into the opening titles and the music of Walter Rizzati and the accompanying visuals are arguably more audacious and ambitious here than in any of Fulci's other works, as the audience is treated to some impressive shots from the very opening of The House by the Cemetery—the 360° shot that begins with the titular dwelling and pans around to a photograph to show a little girl at the window is just wonderful.
Bob is clearly entranced by the picture and the girl seen at the window—when his mother, Lucy, is trying to talk to him whist he in engrossed, her voice can be heard echoing, this is a nice little touch that serves to show the emotional distance that the painting is causing between Bob and his mother. When Bob attempts to show Lucy the girl in the window in the painting, the girl is nowhere to be seen "maybe she had something to do", muses young Bob—a reply that shows the wonderful innocence and almost lateral thinking of childhood imagination, and also sounds like a moment from Bachelor Party when a car is stolen and the reply is almost identical.
House by the Cemetery follows in the grand tradition of many Italian movies of the late seventies/early eighties in that the action begins in New York, only to have the main characters then move to somewhere else (somewhere cheaper and easier to film). Most Italian movies generally only stayed on the west coast of America (New York and Miami were the most popular), as it would have cost the production more to shoot out on the east coast.
Walter Rizzati's music score is first rate, but anyone with a passing interest in music will recognise that the main theme sounds suspiciously like Albinoni's Adagio and there are segments that are almost litigiously similar to Alice Cooper's Steven. There is a similarity to one of the themes in this movie and Alice Cooper's song, in that both of them are about preserving the innocence of children (Alice's song is about the inner child being frightened and confused about having to face up to adulthood, whereas House sees one murdered child trying to warn another in order to try and avoid the same fate). It should be pointing out that Fulci had touched upon the theme of preserving the innocence of children nearly a decade earlier in his masterpiece Don't Torture a Duckling. Fulci seems to be obsessed with children being protected in some way or another in his movies; there is a teenage babysitter (with seriously thick, dark eyebrows) introduced to look after Bob, but she ends up dead in fairly short order and this theme of protection is given a supernatural twist at the end of the film.
Catriona McColl once again takes the lead role, coming fresh off Fulci's The Beyond, and she makes for a compelling central character, being able to convey a sense of confusion, outrage and (most importantly) the ability to scream her arse off when the script demands such a thing. Her performance is more measured and engaging here than in the previous movie—this is probably because her character in this movie is saddled with the burden of motherhood than gives an extra dimension to the part. With House By the Cemetery being a little further into the eighties than The Beyond, McColl's hairdo moved with the times and the one she sports in this film isn't as appealing as her barnet in The Beyond, but we digress—this is probably due to the fact that we hated the eighties and to see Ms McColl with an eighties 'do is a bit of a bummer.
There are two areas that prevents The House by the Cemetery from reaching the same heights as the previous movie—the lack of a dynamic leading man is one of them. Paolo Malco is no David Warbeck—from the very moment Warbeck burst onto the screen in The Beyond and utters his first line "this man needs to get to hospital—have you got any water?", he's magnetic; Malco doesn't exactly burst onscreen, he just sort of ambles. Because of the academic nature of the character, Malco is also required to appear onscreen in a ghastly stereotypical professor-like hounds-tooth style jacket, complete with leather patches on the elbows; this, coupled with the ghastly roll-neck jumper, completely robs him of any kind of Euro coolness. Only someone with the dashing sensibilities of Franco Nero could wear such examples of sartorial vomit and get away with it.
The other major annoyance is that in the English language version of this movie, the lousy voice that young actor Giovanni Frezza has been saddled with almost cripples the thing. It's blazingly obvious with to anyone with the ability to hear that Bob has been voiced by a middle-aged woman trying desperately to sound young and the results are just ghastly. Bob features prominently in the opening dialogue exchange and it gets the movie off to a bit of a bad start. This, coupled with Bob's annoying voice during several of the film's key suspense sequences make Bob a less-than welcome character in the English dub of the movie. At one point, Bob's mother berates him for whining—sadly, this appears to be the only intonation that he can manage. There must be a support group out there for others similarly affected by this tragic ailment.
A melancholic atmosphere hangs over The House by the Cemetery, similar to the one that is present in Fulci's City of the Living Dead, although City is more of an obvious "romp" than House. There are elements of The Shining in this movie—the premise is similar; a couple with a young son (who has supernatural abilities—Bob's is communicating with the dead) move to a fairly remote location in order for the husband to finish writing a piece of work, but their plans are thwarted when a previous owner of the place they are staying in starts to make his presence felt. There is also a prominent use of an axe by the father figure in House by the Cemetery, but Norman Boyle does not go off his nut like Sam Torrance.
At one point, Norman Boyle is told that he was here last year with his daughter—Boyle refutes this utterly, saying that he had never visited Boston before and that he doesn't have a daughter (although with young Frezzi's blonde mop of hair, ridiculously full, pouting lips and clearly having a female voice, it's not hard to make that assumption…).
Making a welcome return to Fulci-land is actor Gianpaolo Saccorola, who can be seen in a cameo as a creepy librarian, who takes great delight in pointing out exactly where Boyle's predecessor strung himself up. Saccorola had previously appeared in The Beyond as Arthur, the equally creepy, but clearly simple-minded caretaker of the Seven Doors hotel.
The violence in this movie is pretty strong, and contains what is possibly the most convincing effects that Fulci ever committed to screen (it could be said that the infamous dog sequence from A Lizard in a Woman's Skin is more disturbing, but we're talking about Lucio's gore movies here); barring the infamous blowing daylight through Maria Pia Marsala's head in The Beyond, no other Fulci gore movie has had FX scenes that are as well executed, shot and edited as the ones in The House by the Cemetery.
The story was by Elisa Briganti (who is the wife of Dardano Sacchetti), with her hubby, along with Georgio Mariuzzo, being responsible for the screenplay. The works of H.P. Lovecraft were allegedly the inspiration for the story and The House by the Cemetery certainly has gothic overtones reminiscent of Lovecraft. It is more than likely that the writers wanted to combine Frankenstein-like monster with Freudian overtones and the rather literal result was the character Dr Freudstein. This character was a discredited doctor, who was banned for life—presumably branded as a "complete Freud".
There have been accusations that this movie contains the greatest examples of Fulci's alleged misogyny—it's true that some of the female characters are despatched in very violent ways, but no more so than Fulci's other movies of the period. Saying that, murder of the female estate agent is well done, with some nice throat-puncturing action.
The Beyond had a couple of examples where mistranslation from Italian into English for props and signs resulted in unintentional hilarity for English-speaking audiences (the "Do Not Entry" sign in the hospital is the classic example), but there is only one example here, it occurs early in the movie where the Boyles are preparing to move from NYC to the titular dwelling and there are cardboard boxes everywhere; one of them is a box for speakers and it has emblazoned upon it that they are "two ways" speakers.
It wouldn't be an Italian movie without a plug for whiskey and The House by the Cemetery is no exception. Usually the preserve of the giallo, on the side of a bus in downtown New York is a huge ad for J&B Whiskey, with the slogan "give J&B"—though we love the stuff, there are probably more guys out there who would prefer to receive a BJ. It's during this scene that Fulci puts in his usual cameo—he usually plays someone who is the superior of the leading man, and this tradition is carried on here.
Speaking of the New York footage, there is one scene where Paolo Malco is driving his car along a busy street and he goes flying past a pedestrian crossing, without any consideration for the people trying to cross the road. We could make some controversial comment about Italian drivers, but we won't—there is no controversy about it; Italian drivers are reckless are a health hazard to others on the road (and the pavement for that matter).
At one point Dr Norman Boyle comments on his ill-fated predecessor to his wife "what do you say to a widow who finds out his husband butchered his mistress and then took his own life?"—well, the flippant answer would be "the lucky sod" to the mistress part and "oops" to the rest.
The cinematography is just great, with Sergio Salvati making good use of the sets and locations. As is often the case with Salvati, there are wonderful close-ups of eyes that fill the frame and add to the tension of a scene. The opening 360° mentioned earlier is quite possibly one of his crowning achievements.
As is almost a tradition for Italian exploitation movies, the wigs for the cast in this movie are furnished by Rocchetti & Carboni, with the exception of Bob's hair, which was provided by Vileda. The babysitter's eyebrows were provided by Fuzzy-Felt.
As The House by the Cemetery approaches its climax, and the perpetrator of the murders is revealed, a slow-moving corpse-like Dr Freudstein shuffles his way across the basement of the house to finally despatch the bothersome family who have settled into his house. This is a tense and surprising sequence, during which a couple of events occur that would probably have anyone who has been raised on the conventions of American horror movies genuinely shocked. The only trouble with this sequence is that the slow-moving murderous figure tries to get the Boyles as they are at the top of a ladder, trying to escape—the zombie-like Freudstein could have been despatched by one well-placed boot to the Gulliver.
If there is one real criticism, it's that Freudstein is continually mentioned throughout the movie, as a way of building the sense of suspense for when he finally appears and by the time he finally shows up, he's just essentially a blank-faced zombie who doesn't say a word. You would have thought that an evil, malevolent being would have had a bit more personality to him, but it was obviously decided that a silent and inexorably slow-moving presence was needed to generate suspense during the climax of the movie. This is a fairly minor niggle about an otherwise very enjoyable movie.
The transfer seems to be almost identical to the one that Anchor Bay (US) used for their release a number of years back. The colours on the ABUS transfer in comparison are warmer than the Arrow release, with Arrow's flesh-tones edging closer pink than those in the ABUS transfer. The anamorphic 2.35:1 image looks wonderful and we can heartily recommend this transfer to those who missed out on the US releases of The House by the Cemetery.
Provided for your aural pleasure is a Dolby Digital 2.0 English track. There's nothing much out of the back, but there are some nice little pans to the front left and right speakers that add a little more depth to the audio.
Featurette: Fulci in the House: the Italian Master of Splatter. This seventeen minute all-new featurette has been produced for this release of The House by the Cemetery and features interviews with several leading lights in the horror and exploitation genre, including Joe Dante, Lamberto Bava and Lloyd Kaufman (OK, so Kaufman seems to know bollocks-all about Fulci, but he talks with a degree of conviction that sells it). Fangoria editor Anthony Timpone also speaks about Fulci and the whole Italian splatter genre and his knowledge on the subject is one of the most pleasing aspects of this featurette. Incidentally, this was written by Elijah Drenner and Dark Side scribe Callum Waddell and they producer it together. Good stuff!
Arrow/Cult Labs have also managed to port over all of the extras that were included on the US Anchor Bay/Blue Underground editions of The House by the Cemetery. They are as follows:
U.S. Trailer: This is probably the quintessential trailer for the movie, as it features everything you would expect, and more. It's interesting that they employ someone who speaks with what sounds like an Italian accent and you keep thinking to yourself that it might be Fulci himself, as it sounds gruff and cantankerous enough to be him, but it isn't (the guy's name was apparently Brother Theodore)—he booms "you may have just mortgaged YOUR LIFE!"—if you check out the origin of the word mortgage, you will notice that it has the word "death" in it anyway. The voiceover also hisses in an almost threatening tone "one by bloody one they are disappearing"—one has to wonder if an unrated trailer existed where the voiceover hisses "one by f*****g one they are disappearing"…
International Trailer: This follows the more conventional form of European trailers, with a fairly lengthy running time and the emphasis on gore and actor credits that fly straight at you. It's good fun. It should also be mentioned that like many such trailers, it gives away a little too much of the movie, including quite a lot from the climax. This trailer credits the lead actress as Katherine MacColl, rather than Catriona.
U.S. TV Spot: This follows the same basic premise of the U.S. trailer, but only shorter.
Image Gallery: This presents a series of images from The House by the Cemetery, along with, somewhat mysteriously, a few from other Fuci movies, including City of the Living Dead and The Beyond.
Deleted scene: This short sequence was found during the search for the original elements carried out back in the early part of this decade. No audio elements were found (though given that this was a European movie with an international cast, that's not really a surprise), and the new footage is presented, silent with the lead-up to the excised material having the audio. This extra scene doesn't add up to much, but it's certainly interesting to watch as a curio. Through the wonders of lip-reading, we can bring you the missing dialogue from this sequence. It is approximately as follows…
I want to get away from here. I can't stand it anymore. I want to get away!
So, now you know.
The House by the Cemetery was what could be described as the penultimate "good" movie in his career, final "good" movie was New York Ripper, made the following year. The House by the Cemetery was certainly the last of the vague trilogy of gothic horrors that he made during the early eighties; when compared against City of the Living Dead and The Beyond, it probably comes out as the weakest of the three, it's still good fun and has some formidable set-pieces, a cool music score and a great performance from Catriona MacColl. It's great fun and something that should be seen in its uncut form, which is precisely what Arrow have been able to do—we doff our caps to them!
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We didn't see that, Gabe - still, we're sure that the offending video company would have defended themselves by saying that it added to the "dream-like" quality of the movie...
Oh, on you-tube, there are snippets from the audio notes of a drunken review of House by the Cemetery. As to the identity of this mystery reviewer, we couldn't POSSIBLY say...
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Oh, on you-tube, there are snippets from the audio notes of a drunken review of House by the Cemetery. As to the identity of this mystery reviewer, we couldn't POSSIBLY say...
The Wilson Bros
Did you guys ever see that US video release cut? Entire reels are out of order.
There's still not enough new material on this to warrant double dipping when I already own the BU (R0) release. It's nice to see R2 getting a decent transfer and extras, just a shame about that frankly s**te coverart!
Damn - we thought we'd fixed them all.
Never mind, they still give you a fairly good example of the nice-looking image on offer.
The Wilson Bros
Never mind, they still give you a fairly good example of the nice-looking image on offer.
The Wilson Bros
Some of those still look vertically stretched...
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Trailers, TV Spot, Featurette, Photo Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Catriona MaColl, Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezzi
Genre: Horror
Length: 86 minutes
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Associated Industries of Massachusetts has pointed out the specific government functions the shutdown of which are hampering businesses that trade globally. Some Worcester businesses that export are not feeling the heat from the slowdown � because most of their products are not considered to have military significance.
But this shutdown is costing the economy plenty. For example, Bloomberg/Businessweek reported that a global market research firm estimates that the government shutdown "cost $1.6 billion [in its first week] in lost economic output" and "the office closures are now draining an average of $160 million each workday from the $15.7 trillion economy."
And exports account for a growing portion of U.S. economic activity. In 2012, U.S. exports rose 4.4 percent to $2.196 trillion. The Commerce Department says exports support nearly 10 million American jobs.
The blame for the shutdown rests squarely with the ruling faction of the Republican Party that was backed by $200 million in funding from Koch Industries, according to the New York Times. These Tea Party Republicans planned and executed a strategy whose intent was to shut down the government until the Affordable Care Act (ACA) � which has been a law since 2010 and whose constitutionality was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012 � is defunded.
And a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Americans blame the Republican Party: Seventy percent of them disapprove of the GOP's handling of the budget negotiations, while 51 percent blame President Obama. Unfortunately, for American democracy, the Tea Party Republicans are acting in their political self-interest by pursuing this strategy. Their districts have been gerrymandered with voters who will re-elect most of them as a reward for their actions.
AIM's October 9 report notes that thanks to the shutdown, U.S. exporters and importers are encountering barriers related to shipments, documentation, inspections and information sources.
Companies that import goods may be stymied. For example, although Customs & Border Patrol (CBP), which oversees U.S. ports of entry, is operating, importers may suffer because some ports might be closed. And importers of pesticides and related devices � which require Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspection � may not be able to get their shipments out of ports or warehouses because the EPA inspectors are furloughed.
Moreover, manufacturers of high-tech products such as semiconductors that are subject to export controls won't be able to get export licenses because the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is not accepting export license applications.
When it comes to exporting goods, companies are not getting some of the help they need. For example, the US Department of Commerce's Commercial Service � that helps hundreds of Massachusetts companies export � is closed.
As I learned from my Export Now co-author, Frank Lavin, who was formerly the Department's Under Secretary for International Trade, the U.S. Commercial Service's Gold Key matching service gives companies names of potential overseas distributors, partners, agents and sales representatives. Gold Key is locked for now which could delay export strategies for local companies that were using the service.
For some Worcester companies, these shuttered government functions are not having an effect. Worcester's Kinefac Corp. makes shaft-like parts through "the application of cylindrical die rolling, extrusion, radial forming and center drive turning." And even though it does a significant amount of international trade, Kinefac's exports do not require the kinds of regulatory interventions that might be affected by the government shutdown.
As Richard Risotti, Vice President of Global Sales, explained in an October 10 interview, "The government shutdown is having no effect on our business. About a third of our revenues are exports to China. All our customers there are privately-owned or large corporations. We don't do government work."
And LUTCO, a Worcester-based maker of ball bearings and "metal stamping solutions," is similarly unaffected by the shutdown because its products are not highly regulated and do not involve militarily sensitive technology.
As its president John Stowe, explained in an October 10 interview, "We do export through New York-based export agents, and we have heard absolutely nothing [about the effect of the government shutdown on our international sales]. Our customers are in Brazil, Argentina, and Europe and we are having no difficulty shipping to them. Our customers are farm equipment manufacturers and the product we ship to them is not highly regulated or sensitive."
It's good that the government shutdown has not slowed these two companies � though I'd guess that local high tech companies like the Intel facility in Hudson might suffer export delays due to BIS's closure � as the Wall Street Journal reports that chip manufacturing equipment vendor, Applied Materials, did.
Peter Cohan of Marlboro heads a management consulting and venture capital firm, and teaches business strategy and entrepreneurship at Babson College. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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January 29, 2013, 02:30 PM »
And how are R2 and Yoda 6" figures... They'll be 4"ers.
I guess Chewie will be 7 or 8.
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January 29, 2013, 03:25 PM »
I was discussing this with a friend today and our feeling was that, for 20 bucks a figure, they had better include every conceivable accessory that the character had (removable helmets/switchable heads, multiple weapons, lightsabers AND lightsaber hilts, cloth robes/capes, and so forth) and that, for a character like R2-D2 or Yoda who are, as P-Siddy noted, much smaller than other characters, they should come with an even larger number of accessories.
The real ideal, I think, would be if they did a build-a-figure aspect of this and included the smaller characters in pieces. Namely, you do a wave 1 with Maul, Luke, Sandtrooper (ugh, why not a regular Stormtrooper?), and someone else, and have each include a piece of R2-D2. Ditto with wave 2: four figures, with extra parts to build a Yoda. Wave 3 could be someone like R5-D4 or a Jawa. That way, you're making each figure as important as the next, and offering something cool as a pack-in along with the higher price.
Just a thought.
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January 29, 2013, 04:28 PM »
I think Luke looks absolutely stunning, as he should since 6" is almost doubling the scale... If you were doing on-par, you'd be doing a massive disservice to collectors. The helmet's deco is everything I WISH we'd get with any friggin' X-Wing Pilot in the 3.75" line. They half ass the helmet decoes anymore.
Accessories are slim... I agree with other sentiments there, that they should include extras. A removable pistol holster/gunslinger belt would go a long way I think, and let you clip a saber hilt and holster the blaster. A 2nd either worried, or "smiling" head would have been cool.
The price, like above I think for $20 you deserve more. I'm not buying these... I think they look good and if I hadn't spent since the late 80's/early 90's buying 3.75" stuff that I'd be interested slightly, but not too much. The price would make me selective. No PT at all even if I was considering them.
As it stands now, I'll get Bossk if they make him. Tarkin perhaps, but not sure.
The wording in the story, disturbs me a little too, regarding the 3.75" line's future, but that's another discussion.
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January 29, 2013, 04:29 PM »
Now that I think about the choices, they makes sense.
-X-Wing Luke: reuse the body, resculpt the head and helmet (or add the neck-warmer and new boots for snowspeeder version) and you have Wedge or Biggs (can't see them getting too involved with other pilots right away and Biggs is kind of pushing it, but I'd put him at #3 pilot being released.
-R2: An easy repaint to make most any astromech. A R5-D4 can't be too far behind.
-Sandtrooper: well, clean him up and take away the accessories for the Stormtrooper.
So 3 of the 4 choices already have repaint and some minor changes to make a new figure.
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January 29, 2013, 06:29 PM »
I have some mixed feelings about this line. I'll admit, the Pilot Luke looks fantastic, but the price seems high. Obviously there is only so much that can be packed with a figure before it becomes a doll with multiple outfits and such, but the accessory count appears light. Some sort of stand or Build-A-Figure would go a long way I think. Luckily they don't appear to be skimping on the sculpting, paint apps, or packaging, so that makes the premium price easier to stomach.
Some other concerns/criticisms of mine pertain to the character choices and the name of the line. A Sand Trooper and Darth Maul are always safe bets, and should sell fine. Luke is questionable due to the outfit I think... I'm not sure if I'd consider the pilot jumpsuit the most iconic costume, plus at the scale it's something of a worthless figure with no available vehicles. R2-D2 is usually a solid seller, and I'm sure the figure will be LOADED with features, but R2-D2 is still a half-size figure. At the premium price it might be a hard sell, plus there is no C-3PO to pair it with. Lastly, the line name is absolutely terrible. "The Black Series" sounds like short-hand. It has nothing to do with Star Wars or the product, except for describing the box color. Stick with the simple package design and just label it "Star Wars".
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January 29, 2013, 08:15 PM »
Setting aside the fact the figure looks AMAZING, this is a real point of divergence in the line. The truth is Hasbro has been understandably walking a fine line for years between kids and collectors. It's segregated the brand to some extent, and now with this line, that separation is complete. We will get these for 'us' and what I imagine will be simple 5 POA $5/$6 figures for kids. This splitting of interests is probably inevitable given the dynamics of the brand (its longevity is exhausting) but it's also unfortunate. I'm the market for these things, and I won't be buying them. I love the scale and they will do wonderful things with it, but $20? A whole new line?
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January 29, 2013, 08:34 PM »
I guess that's an interesting point that you make, Darby. These figures are designed for us, the collector, where as the 4" line is being aimed at kids. So, I guess the collector is expected to support a new line with a price point that a majority feel is out of their range. It makes me wonder if Hasbro is really listening to the collector as most have been asking for lower prices and the obscure 15th alien cantina patron.
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January 29, 2013, 08:43 PM »
Exactly. What I see on these boards at least is collectors willing and able to buy army builders, but not at $10 per figure. I see collectors looking to keep their collections going with those minor, minor characters that will never see the light of day in this scale and one assumes, with a kid centric focus in the smaller scale, anywhere else.
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January 29, 2013, 08:47 PM »
At $20 a pop, I'm still on board, but will be ultra-picky about my purchases. That said, R2 is a no brainer for me, and I'm sure they'll make 3PO in a later wave. I'd be really interested in Bespin Luke, Jedi Luke, Boba Fett, Vader, Yoda, and any ESB bounty hunter.
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January 29, 2013, 09:14 PM »
I'm in and if I have to buy online by the case, I am going to really be annoyed with a $20 prequel pegwarmer. The same reason I quit getting cases earlier this year in the 4in line.
Luke looks great, I am sure the Sandtrooper will be sweet too.
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January 29, 2013, 09:32 PM »
$20 is the MSRP. How many of you found figures for less than $10 over the last year? I bet you can find these for $10 within a year of release, so I'm not spooked by the price they listed. I just dont want to start yet another new line of stuff. I'm also not jazzed about. the character selection. Maul and R2? Ish. I might have gone for it with Fett or a Stormie, or even a set paying homage to the four early bird figs, but this looks like a pass for me.
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January 29, 2013, 11:28 PM »
Hmmmm. As a collector who hasn't bought a figure in two years (honestly due to cost and inability to find the few figures I would have bought) this is probably geared more towards me and my ilk. And my verdict? Errr, maybe.
One of the exercises I did when paring down the collection was to figure out the bare minimum of needed figures. I settled on a format of twelve figures per film. Of course, I kept a collection of about 400 essentials, but that 12-figure concept would totally work for this line for me.
The problem there is that I only want 1 of the first wave characters: Artoo. I guess I'll wait and see if the line has legs enough to get me the characters I want, and pick them up later on the secondary market. So it does keep me collecting, but it sure isn't gonna get me back in the stores.
I was thinking Hasbro would be filling 2014 with a return to the OTC concept to gear towards the new movies, and was wrestling with the thought of getting a carded collection of those if my thoughts panned out. I really regret not picking up all the OTC figures last time and having some sort of solid carded collection to go with the loose stuff. On that note, I wish these packages had a little bit of background art ala the OTC/Saga2 stuff. Black box is nice-looking, but the collector who leaves it in the box deserves more.
I really like the Luke, though. And small waves sound like a step in the right direction, back towards the POTJ era. Good luck, Hasbro.
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January 30, 2013, 12:10 AM »
I didn't see this coming at all. I don't see how vintage tanks at $10 and Hasbro thinks a line at twice that, with an exhausted and overspent fan base, is a good idea. That said, based on how amazing that Luke looks, figures like R2, 3PO, Vader, and Fett will be hard to resist even though I see myself as done with Star Wars collecting.
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January 30, 2013, 12:33 AM »
I say again, why quit? 3.75" hasn't been cancelled yet... 6" is just another "thing" that will be there... like Unleashed, mini unleashed, Might Muggs, Mini Mighty Muggs, 12", ****** 2013 12", Beans, Transformers crossovers, and so forth.
This isn't yet the ONLY future of the line.
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I think the decision to go with a 6" line for Star Wars is a bold move, one that seems directly influenced by Disney. I can't wait to see what else they have in store for us. Hurry up Toy Fair and get here already...
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - Brian Hollenbeck shot a 6-over par 222 to finish tied for eighth, helping UC Santa Barbara to a fourth-place finish at the 2010 Big West Golf Championship at the Mission Viejo Country Club in Mission Viejo, Calif., on Tuesday. The Gauchos scored an 897 as a team.
The runaway winner of the tournament was UC Irvine which carded an 873, 17 shots ahead of Pacific, 22 ahead of third-place Long Beach State, and 24 in front of UCSB.
Hollenbeck saved his best for last. After shooting 74 and 75 in the first and second rounds respectively, the senior shot a 1-over par 73 in the final round. He finished one shot ahead of teammate Russell Boring, who logged a 223 and tied for 11th. Andrew Gunson, who was at even-par after two rounds, struggled in the third round with an 82. He finished at 226 and in a tie for 20th-place.
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STANFORD, Calif. — It's been 12 years since an American forward scored in a World Cup.
Brian McBride's go-ahead goal against Mexico during a 2002 second-round match in South Korea helped the Americans advance to the quarterfinals in their best showing since 1930. The U.S. has eight goals since then, seven by midfielders Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley, plus an own-goal against Italy.
"I didn't realize that," San Jose's Chris Wondolowski, trying to earn a roster spot as a reserve striker, said before a training session Sunday. "If a forward scores, we'll be happy. If a defender scores a hat trick, we'll be just as happy."
As the Americans prepare for next month's tournament in Brazil, pressure for goals will be on Jozy Altidore and Dempsey, who gradually has shifted to striker during the current four-year cycle.
Altidore has 21 goals for the U.S. and last summer became the first American to score in five straight international matches. But he struggled in his first season with Sunderland in the Premier League, getting just two goals in 38 games.
It mirrored his slump four years ago, when he had only two goals in 30 matches during a one-season loan to Hull. As a 20-year-old, he started all four American matches at the 2010 World Cup, and he didn't start to break out until he signed with AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands. He scored 20 goals in 2011-12 and added 31 the following season, setting a record for an American with a European club.
That earned him a big-money transfer to the Premier League. And then came another drought.
"Same guy I was before. Just believe the reason why you're there, how you got there," he said. "We have guys in abundance that can get the job done. I think we'll be fine. The most important thing we have to get ready for is to be able to be a team that's hard to beat, because we're going to be playing a lot of talent."
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann dropped Altidore from a pair of semifinal round qualifiers in October 2012 after a troublesome May-June camp followed by a poor match against Jamaica. Klinsmann challenged Altidore, knowing he could "do much, much better."
But, at least publicly, Klinsmann says now he is unconcerned about the lack of goals.
"Still, we see Jozy in his development phase," he said last week. "Jozy is not built yet. Jozy has not reached his potential yet. Our job, as coaches, is to help him reach his highest potential. I think the next two months will be a big part of that next learning curve for Jozy Altidore. I've always said that he has upside. He hasn't shown it yet in different places, maybe."
Dempsey, 31, replaced Carlos Bocanegra as the American captain last year. His profile rose while at Fulham in England from 2006-12, when he scored 60 goals for the Cottagers, including 23 during his final season.
Dempsey moved to Tottenham but lasted just one season at White Hart Lane. Then he made the surprising move back to Major League Soccer last summer, signing a big-money deal with the Seattle Sounders that guarantees him nearly $6.7 million this year, including a prorated share of bonuses not attributable to a specific season.
While he didn't score in seven matches during a winter loan back to Fulham, he has eight goals in six games with the Sounders in 2014.
"I'm in a good run of form. Feeling confident and in a good rhythm," he said.
Placement on the field matters only so much.
"If you looked at the position that I've played over the World Cup qualifiers, you'd say most of the time I was playing more of a withdrawn forward, which is a little bit of both," Dempsey said. "I've played wide left, played wide right, played centrally, played withdrawn forward, played the target striker. Any position that I can be in the attacking third, create chances for others and for myself, that's what I enjoy doing."
Landon Donovan, the American career leader with 57 international goals, has had an opposite run, scoreless in seven games this year for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Now 32, he is viewed by Klinsmann as a forward and didn't start last month's exhibition against Mexico because of left knee soreness that hindered him during training.
A pair of 23-year-olds also are competing for roster spots: Terrence Boyd scored 20 goals in for Rapid Vienna this season and Aron Johannsson had 26 for AZ. And there is the 31-year-old Wondolowski, who led or tied for the MLS scoring lead each year from 2010-12 but didn't appear in any World Cup qualifiers.
"We'd like to double the positions or even triple them if possible," Klinsmann said. "Obviously Jozy is a big part of our group and he gives us a lot of hopes for this summer's World Cup. But if something, God forbid, happens to Jozy or whoever, then I need to have a backup."
D Omar Gonzalez returned to full training for the first time since injuring his left knee May 3 with the Galaxy. … GKs Tim Howard and Brad Guzan reported along with D Geoff Cameron. Johannsson and MF Jermaine Jones are scheduled to arrive Tuesday after completing their club seasons in Europe this weekend, completing the 30-man roster.
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Splunk's Hadoop Connect helps integrate and move data easily between Splunk Enterprise and Hadoop, software that has become a mainstay of big data analytics. Splunk lets users send events from Splunk to Hadoop for long-term archival and data science batch analytics. Conversely, data already in Hadoop can be sent to Splunk for analysis without users having to write code.
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Federal users are looking forward to capabilities that let them solve problems faster through the integration of Splunk and Hadoop, said Bill Cull vice president of Splunk's public sector, noting that many of Splunk's federal users are in the intelligence community.
Both Splunk Connect and Splunk App for HadoopOps are available for free to users of Splunk Enterprise via the company's app store. Splunk runs on all major platforms including Linux, Unix and Microsoft, Mehta said. The software is built on a distributed architecture, which allows users to share workloads across machines via parallel processing. It runs in virtualized and cloud environments and can even manage multi-tenant cloud environments, Mehta said.
"Splunk has taken a methodological approach to defining its co-existence with Hadoop," said Matt Aslett, research manager for data management and analytics with 451 Research. Splunk Hadoop Connect not only integrates with Hadoop but also interacts with it while Splunk App for HadoopOps monitors cluster resources beyond Hadoop itself. This offers users a single platform for managing and analyzing data in both environments, he said.
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An important distinction regarding Splunk and Splunk's Hadoop Connect is that non-technical users can install and use Splunk immediately without requiring developers or the lag time of a development/deployment schedule. Both technical and non-technical users can use Splunk's Hadoop Connect to browse and analyze Hadoop data without programming. Splunk can be deployed in both small and Enterprise architectures, and there is full SDK and API development support as well. Since the above comment seems to be a commercial for HPCC, I will add my disclaimer: #IWorkForSplunk.
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Welcome to the Mixed Media World! We have an amazing Star Designer for you today, her work is admired the world over and we are so delighted that she could be here with us, so that she can share some arty secrets with you, but also share her incredible work.
I'd like to welcome Riikka Kovasin of Paperiliitin to Mixed Media World.
Riikka's work is truly inspiring, ranging from scrapbook layouts, altered art, ATC's, canvases, the list goes on, her talent is seriously impressive! This is also shown by the teams she currently designs for:
Here we have arranged an interview with Riikka:
Riikka's work is truly inspiring, ranging from scrapbook layouts, altered art, ATC's, canvases, the list goes on, her talent is seriously impressive! This is also shown by the teams she currently designs for:
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Here we have arranged an interview with Riikka:
What inspires you most to create? / Where does your inspiration come from?
Everything around me can inspire. There's not just one source but usually many.
The most common sources are photos and memories I want to preserve, the products I'm using or something new I've just acquired. But it really can be anything! A texture I saw, a color combo or a new technique.
Inspiration is something that intrigues me and I've started to write a series of post connected to that. They are found here.
Do you pre plan your pieces, or are they often the result of just 'going with the flow'?
Most of the times they are results of the flow. Of course if I'm doing a piece for a sketch challenge I try to plan a little ahead and follow the sketch. And the dimensional pieces often have an idea behind them, like a sketch in my head but usually the pieces still evolve as I craft.
What is your favourite medium to work with?
There are many mediums I'm drawn to. One of those is mists, other one paint media like gesso and acrylic paint. I often have "phases" when I use a medium in almost all my pieces and then it gets substituted by another. But if I'd have to pick one, I would probably go with the gel medium or the 3D Gel as none of my dimensional piece would have been made without it. The other one that I adore is the humble, simple pencil.
Do you have a tool which you couldn't live without?
I'm an impatient crafter so I would have to say my heat tool. Drying things overnight is really a challenge for me as I would love to continue right away! The other musts are scissors, double sided tape and paper cutter. I would be lost without the last one – it's so fast to cut pieces of patterned paper with a paper cutter!
What's your craft space like?
My craft space is actually our living room. Or a corner of it although I must say that I'm overtaking a bigger and bigger area. It started as one bureau and now I have bureau, selves and a trolley. This post is a year old, but if you wish to see my space here's a link.
There's a huge window in our living room and I usually make my pages and crafts on top of the Expedit shelf placed just under the window. I do most of my crafts standing as I walk about getting stuff along the way. And I hold my heat tool in the bath room – it's a kind of relic from the time when the kids were small and I didn't want to wake them with the noise from the tool.
The videos and the Ustream shows I make using our living room table on the other hand as it's bigger than the top of the Expedit shelf.
Do you have a favourite colour combo?
I love blues, teals and minty greens together! That's my favorite go-to scheme. But I also enjoy pink with yellow. I often like to use a touch of white and black in my crafts to really make other colors pop.
What is your favourite creation to date? (please provide a pic)
That's really a hard one! There's many crafts I like and usually my favorite gets substituted with the next project I do. I guess my three favorites at the moment are a layout done for Prima DT Call "XOXO", an altered guitar done for Finnabair Creative Team and a spring canvas done for Mixed Media Place.
I usually list my favorites of that year in the turn of the new year. If you want to see my 2014 favorites here's a link to the post with my top 12 projects (http://paperiliitin.blogspot.fi/2014/12/my-favorites-of-2014-other-projects.html). The post also holds links to my favorite cards and layouts of 2014.
Isn't it amazing to have an amazing sneak peek into Riikka's world?!! To learn how she creates, what inspires her and how she generally lives her arty life... Speaking of arty art, here are a few favourite pieces that Riikka has shared with us:
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Thank you to all of you out there who read our posts and leave comments supporting us! You are amazing! Don't forget our current challenge STENCILS is still underway, which is being sponsored by That's Crafty, don't miss your chance to win! :)
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The Chicago Cubs have had a lead in five of their first six games. They are 1-5.
There was a whole lot of deja vu in this one. The Cubs got out to an early lead. Ryan Dempster started out shaky, but then turned it on. He was mostly excellent, save for a two-run homer in the seventh. (Most days, if your starting pitcher holds the other team to just two runs through 6.2 innings, you're probably going to win. Unless "you" are the 2012 Cubs, that is.)
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The Man of Steel director tweeted the photo of the new Caped Crusader as he shoots the sequel to the 2013 Superman film in Detroit, Michigan.
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ESPN made it official this morning, announcing the previously reported hire of retired Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis as an NFL analyst.
The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 12-time Pro Bowl selection will be part of ESPN's NFL programming, including Monday Night Countdown and Sunday NFL Countdown shows.
"ESPN is such a big part of how fans watch and experience sports, especially the NFL, so I'm excited to join their team," Lewis said in a statement. "I'm ready to bring the same level of passion to this next phase of my life as I brought to the field during my years as a player. I can't wait to work with my new teammates, many of whom I've already known for years."
According to the announcement, Lewis will travel to the site of every Monday night game.
He'll also appear weekly on ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike program and host specials similar to the ones Jon Gruden does with quarterbacks.
"Ray is a tremendous addition to our NFL roster and he will have an immediate impact on our coverage," ESPN executive vice president of production John Wildhack said. "One of the most accomplished players in NFL history, fans will be drawn to his knowledge, experience and, of course, the passion he always exudes for the game."


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Hattori - Cowry X
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Blade Style - San Mai
Distal Taper
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Stainless - Cowry X (PM)
Stainless - Damascus
Maker: Hattori (click to see more by this maker)Product line: Hattori - Cowry X (click to see more in this line)
Item num: 1419
Blade length: 5.30 in.Total length: 9.60 in.Blade height (at heel): 1.10 in.Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.09 in.Item weight: 3.10 oz.Shipment weight: 8.5 oz.Blade: Cowry X stainless steel surrounded by Damascus steel forged from stainless steels and pure nickelBolster: NickelHandle: Black linen micartaSheath: Wooden presentation box
Description: Hattori Chef's knives are the height of perfection. They rival the attention to detail paid by the most attentive craftsman.
As you may guess, fruit knives are utility knives that are perfect for slicing fruit and other detail tasks. The thin blade is slight longer than the petty knife, with most fruit knives ranging from 5 - 6 inches.
The blade and tang are both distal tapered for a superior sense of balance. The black linen micarta holds up extremely well to the demanding environment of a professional chef's kitchen. The blade, with its intricate, high contrast Damascus sides is produced to absolute perfection. The center is created from Cowry X steel, one of the best steels anywhere and is hardened to Rc63-65 (extremely hard!). The softer Damascus steel sides are both visually stunning and supportive of the ultra-hard blade. The result is an extremely long-lasting razor-sharp edge.
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