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Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill put 'Moneyball' into play
TORONTO – Like old buddies reuniting for a happy hour at the corner bar, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill enter the room already gabbing and laughing.
What could the model-handsome middle-aged half of the celebrity beast known as Brangelina be discussing so intently with the Gen-Y whiz kid who was Russell Brand's reluctant drug mule in Get Him to the Greek?
Maybe how their new film, Moneyball, which opens today, puts a whole new backroom-negotiating spin on the baseball genre by doing with spreadsheets what sexy Bull Durham did with bedsheets?
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Or how their fashion and hairstyle choices reflect their shrewdly balanced jock vs. geek pairing on-screen? It's suburban-dad chic for floppy-locked Pitt, 47, who is youthful yet has a penchant for Cosby-esque sweaters. And neo-conservative business casual for close-cropped Hill, 27, belying both his age as well as his foul-mouthed dweeb antics as a member of comedy king Judd Apatow's clown posse.
Or, perhaps they could be debating just how boring Pitt's life was during his years with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston? That's doubtful, however, considering the actor has since issued a denial about similar statements after his foot landed in his mouth during a chat with Parade.
Instead, Hill is explaining the joys of the now-departed cult sitcom Arrested Development to an intensely fascinated Pitt.
"It won Emmys and it was so acclaimed," says Hill, who co-starred in 2007's Superbad with series regular Michael Cera. "It was always a counterculture thing. I think they are going to try to make a movie out of it."
Pitt: "Oh, great."
Hill: "It's so funny."
Pitt: "And the talent that came out of that show … "
Hill: "Oh, my God. Every character is so great. I go back and forth on who my favorite character is all the time."
Enough. Time to pitch Moneyball, boys. Conceived in 2003, when the book it is based on came out, this once-troubled project was all but dead just two years ago.
But after surviving three directors (Capote's Bennett Miller eventually took the reins) and several writers (Steven Zaillian and The Social Network's Aaron Sorkin now share credit), the movie hung in there in large part because of the unwavering loyalty of superstar lead Pitt.
This is one real-life sports drama that features minimal on-field action. Instead, its plot pivots on a mathematical formula that upends how baseball talent is usually measured.
Yet the film has been handily winning superlatives from critics and is even seen as a strong Oscar contender. A glance at the Rotten Tomatoes scoreboard online shows an enviable 90% positive rating.
Hill plays a cherubic geek
Many of the plaudits are aimed squarely at the unlikely partnership at the story's core. Pitt funnels the golden-boy aura he shares with onetime mentor Robert Redford, his director on 1992's A River Runs Through It, into his role as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's. His personal failure to capitalize on his early potential when he was a player makes the under-financed team's inability to compete against richer opponents all the more painful.
Hill's Peter Brand is the wild card as Beane's unlikely guru, a chubby and cherubic Ivy Leaguer with an economics degree and a deep knowledge of sabermetrics, which uses on-base percentage instead of batting average as a key way to judge players. Hill's performance is gracefully nuanced compared with his previous comedy work and provides a gentle contrast to Pitt's angsty, pent-up slow burns. Any devotee of the holiday TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will smile when Hill's wonky numbers cruncher lovingly compares the A's lineup of affordable rejects to "the island of misfit toys."
Despite their odd-couple chemistry, the two are more eager to discuss almost anything but Moneyball. That includes how Pitt happened to bump into Inglourious Basterds castmate Michael Fassbender— whose turn as a sex addict in Shame was the talk of the Toronto and Venice film fests this year — at a festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia (presumably while lady love Angelina Jolie was working on her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey).
Hill: "You ran into him by accident?"
Pitt: "I didn't know he was going to be there. He and his dad had been taking a tour through Europe on bikes."
Hill: "No way."
Turns out there might be a couple of topics they would rather avoid. One is weight loss. While Pitt gobbles a hefty wrap sandwich, Hill is asked about how he slimmed down with the aid of a nutritionist and personal trainer for his role in the upcoming movie version of 21 Jump Street.
He must have lost more than the 40 pounds that has been reported. "I don't know how much I weighed to begin with, and I don't know how much I weigh now,'' he says. "My goal wasn't about numbers."
Interjects Pitt, "All the male models he admired were hovering at a 31-32 waist, so that became the target number."
Adds Hill: "Now I'm at 29, so what are you going to do?"
Asked if he is concerned about no longer fitting into his usual plus-sized roles, Hill suddenly looks crestfallen while Pitt chivalrously comes to his defense.
"It's so beyond that," says the mega-fan of the Apatow brand of raunchy R-rated humor, who appears to be more in awe of Hill than Hill is of him.
"I remember being bowled over by Superbad. The most innovative, big leaps in what we do come from Jonah and his cohorts like Danny McBride and Russell Brand. Not only are they pushing the boundaries of irreverence, which is hilarious, but it is grounded in this humanity, this pain, this pathos, that goes beyond what we think of as comedy. There is an openness to what these guys are doing. They aren't hiding anything. It is so beyond any kind of stereotype."
Hill finally chimes in: "What you said is silly. I'm not offended in any way. With the part I play in this movie, it wouldn't have mattered what size I was. You just play people. I just try to do a good job when they cast me in this movie."
So who's idea was it to hire Hill? "The studio forced him on us," says Pitt with a grin. "For marketing reasons."
Even Pitt loves underdogs
Moneyball's director has always considered Hill as much more than a mere comic foil.
"Casting Jonah did not feel like an avant-garde, crazy idea," says Miller, who first met the actor through a mutual friend, Capote's Catherine Keener, who was in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Cyrus with Hill. "Maybe because I knew him and knew how smart he is. He is an agile, original thinker with an unbelievable memory. He's not like the funny guy who is always on. Many of the qualities you see in the movie are evident if you know him. Also, I knew he wanted to stretch the boundaries of what he was given the opportunity to do before."
Pitt's pet peeve seems to center around an observation he hears all too often: How can a two-time Oscar nominee who makes millions, lives with one of the most beautiful actresses in the world and ranks among the sexiest and most powerful stars in Hollywood relate to an underdog tale like Moneyball?
"People forget I came from Oklahoma and Missouri with just a few bucks in my pocket," he says. "Every time we go into a film, it's a miracle. It's an underdog endeavor in a way. You are putting everything you have out there. So for whatever reason, perceived or real, I love an underdog story, I relate to an underdog story. I root for the underdog."
Miller says that despite surface differences, it makes sense that Pitt could be believable as a man up against major odds. "Billy Beane had this public face and private reality," he says. "Same with Brad. You can perceive someone as being very successful, but sometimes that public image can belie a reality that is less shiny. Often, successful people can never purge themselves of the need to prove something to the world."
As Hill attempts to do more drama, who does he admire? "My heroes are Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. Those are the two guys I look up to as an actor. Guys who do comedy and drama both, seamlessly."
Stage-whispers Pitt: "And Brad Pitt, obviously."
Hill laughs. "He's somewhere down the list. No. 98 favorite actor. Ever. In the world." He then clarifies: "I'm a massive fan of Brad's, as a human being and an actor. My favorite Brad film? I don't know. I love Brad in …
"Legends of the Fall," says Pitt, referencing his Fabio-haired hunk-in-the-wilderness classic from 1994.
"I just call it The Fall," says Hill, running with the joke. "My friends and I just call it The Fall. We say, 'Hey, it's Saturday night. Midnight. Should we throw in The Fall and have a couple beers or what?'"
After naming his real favorites —Fight Club, True Romance and the mumbling Irish gypsy boxer in Snatch— Hill suddenly comes around and grows serious about the man next to him.
"I want to say in all honesty that I think Brad is in a really cool, insanely cool, creative place right now. I thought TheTree of Life and Moneyball are an insanely cool combination of, like, a special creative space. That's all I'm saying."
Says Pitt: "It's been a good year."
"Finally," says Hill, "you got one."
Adds Pitt: "After so many bad years."
Hill shrugs. "My whole life is a backhanded compliment. 'You look great. You used to look like (crap).'"
They leave as they came in. Talking and laughing.
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Sure, she needs a haircut, and yeah, she's wearing an oversized shirt-as-dress the likes of which I haven't seen since elementary school slumber parties, but I still think Mary Kate Olsen looks sort of adorable.
Cabbage-Patch-Troll-Doll-orable, at that.
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She is really cute in pictures like this when she's not making a weird pursed lipped face into the camera. She actually looks sort of like the Michelle Tanner I used to watch on Friday nights.
said: Alaina on August 5, 2006 09:43 PM
Adorable! But, yeah to the haircut.
said: Maureen on August 6, 2006 09:42 AM
Looks like she is wearing a big mans t-shirt and old moccasins! You'd think with all the money they have they could dress a little nicer.
said: Kezza on August 6, 2006 01:35 PM
Okay, so I know her and Ashley are identical twins, but they look so completely different! I hate to be cruel, but she really looks like she needs a shower and a haircut. I also wish she would gain some weight, it's gross.
said: LeeAnne on August 7, 2006 11:04 AM
LeeAnne, they're not identical twins, they're fraternal. And also, how insensitive is it to say that someone who is anorexic should gain some weight? She's recovering, and it doesn't happen overnight. She is gaining weight, maybe not as fast as you would like, but hey, that's reality.
said: Lorraine on August 7, 2006 05:01 PM
She is very unattractive. Poor thing. Oh well, at least she's rich.
said: deta on August 7, 2006 05:02 PM
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A day of prayer is to be held tomorrow, August 6, in solidarity with Iraqi Christians suffering ongoing violence at the hands of members of the Islamic State (IS).
August 6 marks the Feast of the Transfiguration – the day Jesus appeared as radiant on Mount Tabor in Galilee before his disciples Peter, James and John.
The day, celebrated by Catholic and Orthodox traditions in particular, is considered one of hope – "a source of courage when obstacles appear impossible to surmount; a sign that light is stronger than darkness; and testimony that death can turn into life."
Church leaders in Iraq have thus called for Christians around the world to commit to praying for an end to the spiralling crisis in Iraq and Syria, and to the violent persecution of Iraq's ancient Christian community.
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Intel is, indeed, inside millions of personal computers and that's why its Client Computing Group accounted for 58% of the company's revenue in 2015. The Data Center Group brought in 29% of revenue. A third segment, the recently organized unit devoted to processors and software for the Internet of Things, was responsible for 4%. Another 4% of revenue comes from its software and services group.
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Intel has more than 150 locations around the globe with assembly and test facilities in China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Singapore and China (including Hong Kong) each generate 21% of Intel's total sales. The US accounts for 21% with the rest of revenue lumped among other countries.
Sales and Marketing
Intel sells its products primarily to OEMs and original design manufacturers (ODMs). ODMs provide design and manufacturing services to branded and unbranded private label resellers. In addition, Intel products are sold to makers of a wide range of industrial and communications equipment.
Its customers also include those who buy PC components and other products through distributor, reseller, retail, and OEM channels. Intel's worldwide reseller sales channel consists of thousands of indirect customers (systems builders that purchase its microprocessors and other products from their distributors).
In 2015 Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc., which formed from the split of Hewlett-Packard accounted for 18% of the company's sales, while Dell contributed 15% and Lenovo accounted for 13%. Intel maintained a steady advertising budget of $1.8 billion from 2014 to 2015.
Financial Performance
Intel posted a 1% decline in revenue in 2015 at $55.3 billion, compared to $55.8 billion the year before. Client Computing revenue fell 8% from 2014, but increases in sales from the Data Center and Internet of Things groups weren't enough to drive an overall revenue rise.
Intel's revenue slipped 2.5% to $11.4 billion in 2015 from $11.7 billion in 2014. The company devoted resources to research and development in chips for servers, the Internet of Things, and an array of new devices. It also spent to develop a new and complex manufacturing process.
The company's cash flow from operations was $19 billion in 2015, compared to $20.4 billion in 2014.
Like a number of companies Intel is adapting to customer demands for new ways to do computing. Instead of keeping information on a desktop computer or a close-at-hand bigger system, companies a storing information in servers maintained in massive data centers. Intel is addressing the shift by investing less in PC chips, the business that drove it to become an industry giant, and more in chips with greater complexity and flexibility for data center applications. It also sees the world of interconnected devices that comprise the Internet of Things as strong revenue area.
In a related area, Intel's proposed acquisition of Mobileye stakes out a prominent position for providing technology for self-driving cars. Mobileye's sensor technologies combined with Intel's semiconductors should make for a formidable competitor in developing autos that can drive themselves. Intel has teamed with BMW AG and Delphi Automotive for developing driverless vehicle technology and had an ongoing relationship with Mobileye.
Over the last few years revenue from the PC-oriented business has declined while the data center and IoT businesses have grown. Still the PC revenue is double that of the other two groups combined. And while Intel has been the dominant chipmaker for PCs, the still-emerging data center and IoT markets have a number of competitors that could cut into profit margins.
Intel has devoted R&D dollars to develop new chips for new applications. It tries to adapt technology from one application to another to get as much revenue from a design as it can. It intends to exploit its $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera in 2015 to field a range of data center-ready chips for computing and storage purposes.
In 2016 Intel teamed up with TPG, a private investment firm, to spin out Intel's security assets as an independent cybersecurity company under the McAfee name. TPG will own 51% and Intel, 49%, in the security company. The new entity was valued at $4.2 billion. TPG was to investment more than $1 billion to boost McAfee's start as an independent firm. Intel bought McAfee in 2011 for about $7.7 billion. The move narrows Intel's focus to its chips and associated products. Intel Security's revenue rose 11% in the first half of 2016.
Mergers and Acquisitions
In 2017, Intel said it would buy Mobileye for more than $15 billion. Mobileye, based in Israel, develops sensors and cameras for vehicles. The acquisition broadens what Intel has to offer makers of driverless vehicles beyond the chips that are brains of such vehicles. Mobileye's technologies provide more of the critical capabilities that autonomous autos need to maneuver safely. The deal is expected to close before the end of 2017.
The acquisition of Altera provides Intel with key technology for dealing with data center, cloud, and the Internet of Things. Altera makes chips that can be reprogrammed after installation. Intel will combine its powerful Xeon processors, which handle dedicated tasks, with Altera's more chips, to give customers more flexibility.
In 2105 Intel completed the acquisition of Lantiq, a supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies. With the acquisition, Intel moves further into DSL and fiber markets. It made two other acquisitions of companies with I0T-related technologies.
Also in 2015 Intel invested nearly $1 billion in Beijing UniSpreadtrum Technology, a subsidiary of Tsinghua Holdings, to jointly develop chips for mobile phones based on Intel architectures.
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Josh and I love to travel. Some of our most amazing experiences have come from the many places we've visited. Here are some of our favorite memories…
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I finally got my Chinese…
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FOOD!! Since moving here to Mukachevo, I've been missing two foods that I ate constantly in America: Mexican & Chinese. So, I was super excited when we came across a Chinese restaurant in Budapest – it was so yummy!
As for my Chinese visa, I was once again denied; this time due to proof of residency – which i was never told I needed nor has this ever been needed in the past nor was it posted on the website. We've done a lot of thinking and praying about our next step. We both feel that the best thing to do is to just cancel our trip to China. We no longer have the time or the budget to continue pursuing this visa. Although the China trip would be an amazing experience, we're content about this decision and have peace about it. God is doing great things here with us, and He will do great things in China without us.
So, after being denied early Wednesday morning, we just relaxed and spent the day enjoying one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to.
Pictures and People
05 Mar 2008 2 Comments
in Friends, S.O.S., The Journey, Ukraine Tags: Budapest, Friends, Mukachevo, new home, preparation trip
A slideshow of pictures is now available for viewing: either by clicking HERE or by clicking on "Ukraine Feb. 2008" in the left column under "photos". Feel free to leave comments or ask questions. We'd love to respond to any questions you have.
To clarify who all is in the pictures (in order of appearance):
- Steve and Cristine Keever (and daughter Autumn) – missionaries with YWAM serving in Budapest. We worked with Cristine in 2001 at COI's Mission Training School. They graciously opened up their home for three nights as we were traveling to and from Ukraine. Hospitality and Kindness at it's best!
- Dow and Cindee Warner – Founders of Sons of Salvation, our Directors/Mentors, and Friends. They have been traveling for about 8 weeks now and are still going strong. They were our Teachers at the Mission training school in 2001 and came to see the calling on our lives. For the past 8 years they have been challenging us to return to the mission field. They are some of the biggest encouragers in our lives and are very special.
- Lori Enskaya (and daughter Abigail) – The story of how Lori and I became friends is a very cool God connection. (I'll write that story in another post soon). Lori completely spent her week helping us, showing us around town, ordering our meals, and assisting us in finding our apartment. She also generously allowed us to hang out at her home during some down times. Her husband Oleg worked during the daytime, but we thank Him, too, for giving up his evenings with His wife so that she could be with us. Lori, Thank you for all that you have done.
- Jim and Laurie Sliz – new friends from New York who love the Ukraine and hope to minister there one day. This was the first time we met Jim and Laurie; they came along to get to know Dow & Cindee, us, and to see if SOS is a good fit for them. Their hearts are completely opened to serving in Ukraine, even leaving behind their 5 children and their families. It was a pleasure getting to know them and seeing their passion – hopefully one day we will have the pleasure of working alongside them.
- Pastor Greg -He is Jim and Laurie's pastor. Their church is fairly new (I think about 4 years old), and He prays that His church, however small they are, will have a big heart for mission work. By seeing firsthand the needs in Ukraine, he can now take all he's experienced back to his congregation and develop a plan of action to participate in mission work. It always excites me to see a pastor passionate about missions.
- Andrej – A Ukrainian friend that Josh and I met on our first trip to Ukraine in 2000. We have sporadically kept in touch over the years and reconnected again last week. He is a great man of God, leads the worship at his church, and is involved in outreach. Besides all that, he works as a lawyer, including adoptions (locally and internationally). He's a great friend and we're excited to be back in contact.
Unfortunately, we didn't get pictures of everyone else that we cam e in contact with, such as our translator, other missionaries, and ministers. But, we will definitely get them once we move there.
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Email Received 02/25 – 5:00 PM Ukraine Time:
We actually didn't get to sign the lease – the landlady is nervous about renting to Americans because she fears that we will get homesick and will take off in the middle of the night. So, Lori (the missionary here) is going to sign the lease in her name for us and will serve as our middle man. We trust Lori and she trusts us, so it is a good arrangment. We believe that after the 3 first three months, Tatiana will trust us and will allow us to put our name on the lease. Although she is nervous about leasing to us, she is taking good care of us. She will fix a few things (which originally we were told we had to take it "as is"), and she decided to buy us a rug for the main living area. The floors are all wood and rugs are expensive, so this is a huge blessing. She also told us we could change the locks and not give them a copy. It is common here for landlords to come and go from their tenants apartments as they please; if you complain, they make life difficult. There is one missionary who's landlady would come several times a day and use her water so that she didn't have to pay as much for her own; she figured the American was rich enough to pay for more. So, we are blessed that Tatiana respects our privacy. She has also agreed to let us paint, as long as we get her approval on the color scheme. Right now they are all bright pastel colors.
Our tutoring has been secured. We will be studying with a friend, Snezhana. She lives about 30 minutes away, but we think she will be wonderful. We instantly connected with her, and she was already giving us advice and small lessons as we hung out with her during the day. We are going to have lessons 3-4 times a day for 2 hours. She warned us that we would have tons of homework, but since language is our main focus for a while, we expect it to be strenuous. There is also a professional translator and interprator who teaches English at a university here. We met with her and she has offered to meet with us weekly just to help us out and give us hands-on practical application – ordering food, shopping, etc.
Other than that, God is opening many new relationships who serve in ministry here. Many work with youth and orphans, both of which we have a heart for. I'll give more information about those later.
We leave to return to Budapest tomorrow – a day earlier than originally planned – but things have been so smooth here that everything was taken care of more quickly than anticipated. It will be nice to have 2 days to just do touristy things – visiting castles and museums.
Love you all. See you soon.
~Josh and LIndsey


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Celebrex for Pain Relief After Oral Surgery
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This study will evaluate the effects of the new anti-inflammatory drug, Celebrex, on relieving pain after oral surgery. It is also designed to assess the drug's selective inhibition of a chemical called cyclooxygenase-2 and not its closely related form, cyclooxygenase-1. This selective inhibition allows pain alleviation without the adverse side effects (e.g., bleeding and stomach upset) often associated with anti-inflammatory drugs.
Healthy volunteers who require removal of their third molars are eligible for this study. Participants will have oral surgery for tooth extraction after receiving a local anesthetic (lidocaine) in the mouth and a sedative (midazolam) through an arm vein. On the evening before and 1 hour before surgery, patients will be given a dose of either the standard anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin, Motrin), or Celebrex, or a placebo (a pill with no active ingredient). After surgery, a small piece of tubing will be placed in each extraction site and tied to an adjacent tooth to hold it in place. Samples will be collected from the tubing to measure chemicals involved in pain and inflammation. Patients will stay in the clinic for up to 6 hours after surgery while the anesthetic wears off and will complete pain questionnaires. During that time, they may receive acetaminophen plus codeine (Tylenol 3), if needed, for pain. The tubing then will be removed and the patient discharged with standard pain medication.
|Facial Pain
|Drug: Celebrex
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|In Vivo Selectivity of Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors in the Oral Surgery Model
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 1999
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2004
Prostanoids are mediators that have been implicated in all stages of inflammation. The inhibition of prostanoid synthesis by NSAIDs forms the basis of their therapeutic as well as side effects. NSAIDs directly inhibit cyclooxygenase [COX], which leads to reduction of prostaglandin synthesis and also to gastric erosions, inhibition of platelet aggregation and nephrotoxicity. The identification of the two isoforms of COX lead to the hypothesis that COX-2 is responsible for the production of prostaglandins following tissue injury, while COX-1 is involved in normal homeostasis.
The selective COX-2 inhibitors are believed to be efficacious anti-inflammatory drugs devoid of the side effects associated with the inhibition of COX-1. However, the selectivity of these drugs has only been demonstrated in vitro and ex vivo, which may not be a reliable indicator of the in vivo selectivity. The proposed study aims to evaluate the in vivo selectivity of celecoxib, a drug demonstrated to be a selective inhibitor of COX-2 in vitro in the oral surgery model of acute inflammation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Healthy volunteers between the ages of 18-65 years.
Patients will be eligible for this study if the two mandibular molars are classified as partial or full bony impactions.
Patients who are allergic to sulfa-drugs.
Patients who have had asthma, hives or an allergic reaction to aspirin, ibuprofen or any similar drugs.
Patients with gastrointestinal ulcers or a history of gastrointestinal bleeding.
Patients who are pregnant or nursing.
Patients of infection or inflammation [pericoronitis] at either extraction site.
Patients with severe kidney disease.
Patients who are taking any of the following drugs: anti-depressants, diuretics, aspirin on a near daily basis, coumadin or other blood thinners.
Patients who are taking drugs known to inhibit P450 2C9 and drugs metabolized by P450 2D6.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006299
|United States, Maryland
|National Institute of Dental And Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00006299 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 27, 2000
|Last Updated:
|March 3, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Thromboxane B2
Prostaglandin E2
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Facial Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
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The White House has sent BP a letter asking if it can safely speed up new capping plans for the Gulf Coast oil spill because of the prospect of bad weather later this summer, and seeking specifics about the company's plans to seal the hole completely.
In the letter, Obama administration oil spill point person Thad Allen asks for details about BP's plan to remove a "top hat" that has slowed down the Gulf Coast oil spill, and replace it with a "sealing cap" that is designed to capture even more of the oil.
One problem: Between the removal of the top hat, and the replacement of the sealing cap, the oil flow will temporarily increase.
Allen's letter, addressed to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley, also asks about plans to do the two operations simultaneously, as well as information on how BP plans to permanently cap the well full-time.
"I must have knowledge of the steps and decision points involved; mitigation efforts to be implemented; and contingency plans if these efforts are not successful," Allen wrote.
The leak isn't expected to be fully plugged until mid-August.
Allen asked BP to respond to his letter within 24 hours.
In the meantime, Obama administration lawyers are in a New Orleans appeals court today, asking it to re-instate a six-month moratorium on deep water oil drilling.
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  <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">   On 11-10-19 09:10 AM, Ken Moore wrote:
 <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> On 10/18/11 18:22, Jesse Smith wrote:
Ken,

 You'd mentioned getting multiple menu and desktop entries to be recognized and included into PBI modules. The port you gave as a good example was games/kdegames4. I've taken a stab at getting this module created by the automated script and it seems to be coming together okay. Would you please take a look at the attached and let me know if this is what you had in mind?

 Thanks,
 Jesse

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 Jesse, this module looks great! I compared it to our current module for kdegames4 (that I had to do by hand) and about the only differences are that PBI_PROGWEB was blank in your pbi.conf (because no website was given for the port - not a problem with your script) and that the desktop/menu entries "Name=" line was all lowercase for the binary name (I suppose you could automatically make the first letter uppercase, but that is a minor cosmetic issue).

 Overall, it is a vast improvement! Now it should create entries for all the binaries, and we can just delete the ones that are for CLI only, which is much quicker than making new entries by hand.

 Thanks Jesse!

-- ~ Ken Moore ~ PCBSD/iXsystems

 Ken,

 Good, I'm glad that worked. I'll make the cosmetic change to the Name field. I've changed the way modules are named, so the next time we do a batch run everything should come together cleanly. (Fingers crossed.)

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Reality TV World: During Monday night's episode, there was a lot of discussion amongst the bachelors about age. Chris Bukowski, who's 25, apparently thought Doug Clerget, who is 33, was a little condescending towards him -- as Doug was saying maybe Chris wasn't mature enough to date Emily and take on a daughter. You're 28, so what are your thoughts on that argument? Were you aware of the conflict between Doug and Chris while you were there and whose side are you on?
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Yeah, I was kind of sitting in the middle of that conversation and I kind of lean towards Chris' side. I believe your age is not necessarily indicative of how mature you are. At the same time, I think Chris probably could've handled that whole situation a little better than he did, which may be an indication of his immaturity, you know?
So for the most part, I stayed out of it, but I don't believe that because you're older, it necessarily makes you wiser. I think I made a comment in the episode that we should just have a bunch of guys that are 40 because they might be more wise than everybody here, you know? So I would probably lean towards Chris' side of the argument.
Reality TV World: When we talked to Tony Pieper last week, he said he thought there were some guys in the house who claimed they were ready to step into a father role but probably weren't in real life. Would you agree or disagree with Tony? And if you agree, do you think the guy who upsets Emily with his comment that her daughter is "baggage" on next week's show is the only one not ready, or do you think there were also others?
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I definitely think the guy who made the "baggage" comment was not ready by any means, and that's a tough question. It's hard to say whether someone's going to be ready or not.
You really have to get down to the root of the man to figure that out, and I'm not sure because there may be some guys who appear ready -- who are put into that situation and buckle under the pressure -- I'm not sure, but I think most guys have the right intentions and they honestly believe that they could step into that role if they were called.
Reality TV World: ABC is letting you tease a little bit of the drama coming up in the season. I don't know how much you can reveal, but could you talk a little bit about that? Is there anything else besides the "baggage" comment that's been previewed you could touch upon?
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Outside of the "baggage" incident, I don't know about any other guy drama. I can say that Monday is going to be an awesome day. It's going to be awesome for me to go back and watch it, because like I was mentioning earlier, this is where I think you're going to start seeing sparks fly between Emily and me, and this is where we kind of kick off our relationship.
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Yeah, you know, my sister and my brother-in-law, they submitted my name and I got a call from the casting department. And at first, I was totally against it and I didn't think I was going to do it. And the casting director says, "Well why don't you just send in your video that you have to send in, and if you change your mind, you can always go forward."
So I sent in the video and not long after that, I found out it was Emily, and that was the tipping point for me. When I found out it was Emily, I had heard so many good things about her, that's when I decided to do the show.
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"What's new?" I asked the blonde at The Pit's service counter. "Nothing," she replied. "Tommy Little has owned this place for 35 years, and his whole idea is never to change anything." Thank the Lord for small things. The food here is as reliable as guessing that the counter lady's hair color began life in a peroxide bottle. Good meat, slowly smoked over blackjack oak logs. Key lime pies made from scratch. Fresh frogs' legs and onion rings. Plenty of good customers. Laurence Fishburne is crazy about the chicken. Dennis Rodman loves the ribs. Steven Tyler brought the Aerosmith crew to dine. Jim Carrey and Alex Penelas have been known to pile their plates high. Such stars could make you think you're on South Beach instead of in a tiki hut at the edge of the Everglades. But after being sated by the best barbecue, you'll be glad you're swamps away from that sandbar.
Oh, we know the myth. The best hamburgers are made from ground chuck, because the meat has more fat in it. The fat then prevents the burger from shrinking into a McDonald's-esque disk while cooking. Well, baloney. At the downtown location of Morton's, the hamburger is a full eight ounces of lean ground sirloin. Hard to feel guilty eating that. And it's just about the juiciest thing we've encountered outside the Chris Paciello story. The single drawback? The burger is served only during the noontime meal. Still, order with a side of lyonnaise taters, and that's what we call a power lunch.
This converted no-tell motel on South Dixie is painted a really disgusting shade of green; a more reliable harbinger of the food within can be seen in the clusters of patrons on the benches outside the front door, eagerly awaiting their tables. Inside it's long and narrow, with a boxcarlike feel, but the friendly service and the pungent scent of Thai basil, fish sauce, and chili paste more than compensate for the cramped quarters. A Thai restaurant is only as good as its pad thai, and this one kills: a light hand with the ground pork, and it actually has plenty of shrimp! The rich curries are excellent, as are appetizers like tiger tear and nam sod. The chefs also show a deft touch with seafood; if you find a restaurant of any ethnic description that can cook up a tastier whole snapper, let us know. And if you like your Thai food with plenty of fire, you'll be pleased to know Siam Lotus Room actually takes you at your word when you ask for "four stars" of spiciness. Ouch! Hurts so good.
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DURHAM, N.C. - Corporate tax breaks included in the recent economic stimulus package, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, could add an estimated $20 billion of liquidity to the corporate sector in 2009, according to analysis by Duke University Finance Professor John R. Graham.
Graham and Duke Ph.D. student Hyenseob Kim analyzed the extent to which U.S. companies could benefit from a provision in the stimulus expanding the use of net operating loss carrybacks. This provision allows a company that is losing money today to spread today's loss backwards in time to profitable years, ultimately allowing the firm to obtain a refund for taxes paid on those previous years' operating profits.
Under the stimulus package, companies with revenues under $15 million per year are allowed to carry back operating losses incurred in 2008 to receive tax refunds for taxes paid at any time during the past five years, instead of two years as normally allowed under tax law.
Graham and Kim estimate companies could receive $20 billion in additional refunds under an extended carryback provision that is proposed in the Obama Administration's budget blueprint. Likewise, allowing companies to carry back 2009 operating losses (an option not included in the stimulus package) could net an additional $33 billion in refunds.
"Whether companies are allowed to carry back only 2008 losses, or those incurred in '08 and '09, there would be a significant injection of liquidity at a time when corporate America is suffering for cash," Graham said. "Of course, this is paid for by reducing corporate tax collections, increasing the federal budget deficit."
The pair predicts that companies in the home-building industry and financial sector would benefit most from the extended carryback provisions.
Although firms that received funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) are ineligible for refunds related to the proposed carryback extension, Graham and Kim calculated the hypothetical refunds those firms could expect if they were eligible. They found that, based on 2008 losses, firms that received TARP funding could receive refunds of $53 billion if they were able to carry losses back over 5 years. Based on forecasted performance in 2009, TARP firms (if allowed to use the five-year carryback provision) would be eligible for an additional $30 billion in refunds if the carryback provision were extended to included 2009 losses.
"The companies that benefit the most from the proposed carryback extension are those that paid substantial taxes during the past five years, and now are losing money hand over fist," said Graham. "TARP firms fit this description perfectly. Allowing them to carry back their current losses five years would essentially refund all the taxes these companies have paid since 2002. Of course, including TARP firms would be controversial because some would argue they contributed to causing the worldwide recession, so would it be fair to forgive all of their tax payments from their go-go profitable years?"
Graham and Kim presented their research, which was funded by the National Tax Association, at the association's recent symposium, "Tax Policy and The Economic Recovery." Their paper "The Effects of the Tax-Loss Carryback Period on Tax Receipts and Corporate Marginal Tax Rates," is available for download from the Social Science Research Network.


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Destination: Hawaii
Embarkation: Honolulu
Because the Pride of America mostly cruises from island to island after dark, and we were off the ship during daylight hours, we decided to skip the balcony and got an inside cabin. Good decision, and it saved us about $1000.
Cabin was small, but adequate. Good service from our steward, but he did seem overworked. Drinking glasses not changed all week. No refill of soap dispensers, etc. Room was pretty quiet from outside noises. Bed cover was a thick duvet wrapped in a sheet - so at night, it's lots of covering or none! I couldn't quite get used to that.
As others have reported, our cabin's safe also malfunctioned one day, necessitating a late night visit by a security guy.
Our friends in a nearby cabin had numerous problems with their room key ... the steward said that it was a More recurring problem with that particular room.
Couldn't hear announcements in the cabin.
RESERVATIONS: The restaurant reservation system needs a serious overhaul. There was a lot of confusion about the reservation process, particularly on the day of arrival. We had read that dining reservations should be made as soon as you board ship because the popular restaurants fill up early, especially at certain times. So when we got on board mid-afternoon, we tried repeatedly to call the dining reservation number but never got through the whole afternoon. We decided to try Little Italy, so we showed up just before they opened (7:30 PM) figuring it must be on a first come, first served basis on the first day. The greeter was frazzled and not helpful, but we left our names with her. Two groups, who had somehow gotten reservations (how, I wonder?) were called in ahead of us. Then we were called in to be seated. Some friends of ours showed up 15 minutes later (7:45 PM) and were told that Little Italy was "full". Being on the inside of the restaurant at that time, we knew that definitely wasn't the case - it was at least half empty until we left about 9:00.
The next morning, I called to make our reservation for the second evening (at Jefferson's Bistro), and had no trouble getting through or making the reservation.
Our very nice maitre d' (Merrill) at Little Italy said that there was a new policy, not made public, that the ship would take reservations for only 24 hours in advance. Our experiences later in the week proved that wasn't true - if there were openings at the time we wanted, we could make reservations for any time in the future. And, we discovered at the Jefferson Bistro, they would take reservations right at the entry way - and were delighted to do so (obviously we like that restaurant a lot, but more about that later). However that proved a fiasco because they made the reservation at the wrong restaurant!
But the biggest problem was that neither the main restaurants (Skyline and Liberty) nor specialty restaurants could accommodate the demand at dinnertime, especially for seating for any time before 8 PM. Too many people had to wait or were turned away. It should not be such a hassle to get to eat at all of the sit down restaurants. We frequently resorted to the buffet - which was good - at the Aloha Cafe.
BREAKFAST. Thankfully someone in this forum recommended the Aloha Bar which is located outdoors aft of the Aloha Cafe. It's on the back deck, about half covered if it rains or it's too sunny. Typically, the inside Aloha Cafe was mobbed with people around the buffet tables and trying to find good seating. But just a few steps away and through a back door was the Aloha Bar with almost everything you could want (made-to-order omelets, etc.) and there were very few people. Such a nice way to enjoy the early morning in the out of doors!
LUNCH. Great hamburgers at Cadillac Diner. Again, the Aloha Cafe and its companion Aloha Bar were good at lunchtime.
DINNER. - Little Italy - Service. We were the third party seated on the first evening (see Reservations above). The good news is we were seated next to a window. The bad news is that we were also right next to the door going into the very noisy kitchen. We put up with the distraction of the kitchen noise the entire meal. But finally at the end of the meal, when the maitre d asked, we suggested to him that, when they have plenty of tables available, this one should not be used. He apologized and explained that he was trying to spread the diners to all of of his servers' stations, and we had just drawn that spot (I thought maybe it was because we didn't have one of those impossible-to-get reservations!). The moral of the story ... if you don't like your table, ask to me moved! We did the next night (see Jefferson Bistro), and it was great that we did.
At Little Italy, we got our first taste of what some critics have pointed out as the lack of professionalism of an all-American crew. Both the waiter and his assistant were much more into themselves than giving attention to us as diners. Several inappropriate quips were made that should never have been said at a fine restaurant. We could see one of them preening himself in the back, etc. Yuck.
- Little Italy - Food. My wife and I both had the veal specialty, and we disagreed on our rating - she liked it, I didn't. We both agreed that the salad and desserts were unimpressive.
Nice tip ... At Little Italy we learned, if you buy a bottle of wine and don't finish it, you may take it with you. OR, they will re-cork it and store in their wine cellar, and you may ask for it at any other restaurant later in the week. We took advantage of this and had our half consumed bottle saved, and we used it the next night! Cool!
Jefferson's Bistro - Service - On our second night we went to Jefferson's Bistro. What a great restaurant! It was truly a fine dining experience. As mentioned before, we asked if we could be moved from our initially assigned table (near the door), and she graciously moved us to the "Library" which was a smaller area, very quiet and lovely. Our waiter (Daniel) was terrific as was his assistant. We never felt hurried and spent a very pleasant 2 1/2 hours there! And immediately made reservations to return later in the week. We again had Daniel on the second visit, and he charmed our larger group that night the way he had the 2 of us on the first visit.
Jefferson Bistro - Food - After the dining experience the previous evening, I wondered whether our expectations were just unreasonably high. No, no, mon ami! This time we both had fabulous meals. We were both gently encouraged by the waiter to choose something from every course (appetizer, soup, salad, entree, dessert), so we did. Our favorites before the main course were the escargot for me, and onion soup for her - both wonderfully prepared and presented. She had filet mignon for main entree and I had a sea bass -- both were excellent. It was all so good, we immediately made a reservation for later in the week - Thursday, when everyone else would be gorging on some all-you-can-eat pretend lobster at the main restaurants, we planned on having another intimate dinner (perhaps even Maine lobster) at Jefferson's.
Liberty and Skyline Restaurants. These were the main dining rooms. As mentioned before, the reservation system is a mystery. The food was mediocre at best. The service was uneven. "Free Style" dining is supposed to mean that you can eat when you want, but if you can't get in, so what? And every meal there is luck-of-the-draw if you agree to share your table, which the greeter strongly pushes if you want to eat on your schedule rather than theirs.
RESERVATIONS. As suggested by other reviewers, make your shore excursion reservations weeks in advance, if possible. And, if you haven't gotten a confirmation within a day or 2, start calling NCL. The hassles we had trying to get confirmed shore excursion reservations in advance are too much to detail here; suffice it to say, I spent hours on the phone (mostly on hold), and never had clear confirmation of our excursions. But the bright side of this is that there was little hassle once on the ship, we finally had confirmations, etc. ... I don't think I heard of anyone who could not get the excursions they wanted either added or cancelled at the Shore Excursion desk.
Our excursion experiences were ...
SUNDAY (Hilo, Hawaii): Volcanoes National Park and Rainbow Falls (ITO-03). The Park is a must see. Next time we would choose (ITO-01) which (a) skips a big buffet lunch which was not very good, wastes time, and is unnecessary with all the food on the ship, (b) skips Rainbow Falls which, while nice, lasted only 15 minutes and not that spectacular, and (c) is $35 less expensive.
MONDAY (Kahului, Maui): Maui Ocean Center; Iao Valley (IGG-04). Good tour - glad we did it. The aquarium is very well done, a real treat. We heard that the luau shore excursion is the most popular - 800 people signed up! We went to the luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center back in Honolulu (which we highly recommend), so we passed on this luau in Maui.
A great resource for Maui is Jon Blum's internet site: http://www.mauihawaii.org/
TUESDAY (Kahului, Maui): Haleakala Crater at Sunrise (OGG-48) This was a great tour. The ride up and back could be an issue if you're prone to motion sickness due to the many switchbacks on the mountain. Do take warm clothing!
WEDNESDAY (Kona, Hawaii): Valley Waterfall Hiking Adventure This was another good choice, though a bit pricey. The trail out to the waterfall is private, so there are no crowds. It's a good way to see the western and northern coast of the Big Island, and the hike out (not too strenuous) to the waterfall is through beautiful scenery.
THURSDAY (Nawiliwili, Kauai) Again thanks to an earlier reviewer, we rented a car. If you are sure you're going to do this, rent the car ahead of time. Without a reservation, the shuttles to the airport were reluctant to take us. But we did finally get there and had no trouble renting a mid-size car from Dollar. On Thursday, we drove up the east side all the way to the end of the road, where the scenery on the North Coast at Haena State Park is fabulous. The Kilauea Lighthouse and National Wildlife Refuge at Princeville is a must-see. Overnight we parked our car in a $10 lot near the ship, but could have parked for free at the Anchor Cove shopping center.
FRIDAY (Nawiliwili, Kauai) The next day, we took our rental all the way to the other end west. Drove up to the Waimea Canyon. If possible, recommend seeing the Canyon in the afternoon when the sun is overhead or in the west so it shines on the eastern canyon walls - the road is on the west side of the canyon so in the morning, the sun is shining on on the wrong side. But still spectacular at any time.
ENTERTAINMENT The cruise director is very good - humorous and knows how to work the audience. The juggler was terrific - we saw him every opportunity. The dancers were not - well, they were VERY good dancers and singers, but their show just didn't "work", as indicated by the very lukewarm applause. Who ever designed their show didn't understand what this audience would like. We've seen much better on other cruises.
LITTLE THINGS. No "behind the scenes" tours as on other ships (the bridge, the galley, backstage in the theater, etc.). Never saw or heard from the ship's captain - the ship could have been on auto-pilot for all we know. No "baked Alaska" or "tower of champagne" on the last night. Photographers were annoying, blocking the path every time we got off the ship.
BIG THING. The ship's employees are over worked. Most were very pleasant, but we could tell that they were tired, and many admitted it to us. We heard from one of the them that 50-60 employees quit the weekend we embarked because they couldn't take the demands. That might account for seeing the same crew members working different shifts and positions throughout the day, the specialty restaurants not using all their tables, etc. We understand that there is only one doctor for the 2000 passengers and 900 employees, which is a telling indicator of the short staff. Less
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Brewers' Ramirez making it look easy
Aramis Ramirez gave a little head nod in the direction of a pack of media a little over 10 days ago, signifying his readiness to meet with the pack to discuss his return to the Milwaukee Brewers lineup after a month off to recover from a sprained left knee.
That return has been just as easy as that nod of the head for the 34-year-old third baseman, who jumped right back into action without a rehabilitation assignment in the minor leagues.
"I've been around for a while," he said simply. "I know what I have to do to be ready and I've prepared myself to not go on a rehab assignment."
Since Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was able to pencil Ramirez back into the cleanup spot on May 3, he has picked up right where he left off when he was hitting .385 through the first four games of the season.
Through Monday, Ramirez is hitting .364 in his return with three extra base hits and four runs batted in over 25 plate appearances.
"I didn't expect him to come in and just rake right away," Roenicke admitted. "Just to fire right back in there and not do simulated game, no rehab, nothing, it's not easy to do."
Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado couldn't necessarily relate to what Ramirez is going through trying to find his footing against major league pitching after a month off, but offered up a rather succinct assessment:
"I've never been through that before, but people who can hit, can hit."
A notoriously slow starter – Ramirez didn't reach the.250 mark until June last year – he is off to one of his best starts of his career through his first 10 games played, even though he missed chunks of time both in spring training and now the regular season.
"It shouldn't be that easy," catcher Jonathan Lucroy said.
A two-time All Star and 2008 Silver Slugger winner, Ramirez entered the year with 7,665 career plate appearances in the regular season and playoffs. Drawing upon that experience, he told Brewers management right away that he would not accept any sort of rehab assignment when he was initially injured sliding into second base against the Arizona Diamondbacks back on April 5.
Once he returned, Ramirez admitted his batting practice and cage work would not equate to seeing live pitching, but was confident he could make the necessary adjustments quickly.
Though his power numbers are down with just one home run, he is making a much-needed impact in the cleanup spot.
"He's so talented and he's been doing it for so long that he's able to do that," Lucroy said. "That's how he is as a hitter. He knows what he wants to do and what he has to do. He's been playing for so long so there's no need for him to get any time like that (in the minor leagues). Myself, I need a lot of time to get ready. Him, he could probably get up out of bed in the morning and go swing and get ready and get hits."
Following his return at home against the Cardinals the first weekend of May, he played in his first back-to-back games against the Texas Rangers on May 7-8. He played Saturday and Sunday in Cincinnati before getting a rest on Sunday.
Protecting the knee is something Roenicke has to be conscious of, even in late game situations where he has to make the decision to pull Ramirez.
"He doesn't like coming out of the game," Roenicke said. "I talk to him a lot before the game to make sure that when it comes that time there's not a big argument because he doesn't want to come out."
Ramirez admitted it will be a struggle to miss entire games – or late innings – but it's about managing pain and being ready to play regardless.
"For me to be 100 percent I'm going to have to sit for two or three months and that's not going to happen," he said. "I'm going to have to deal with it the rest of the season. But I'm good enough to be out there and that's why I'm playing. I guarantee a lot of guys in here aren't 100 percent. I'm not any exception to that."
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One quick comment thought: I don't think we should put beer or anything else alcoholic into the machine. Last I checked, we don't have a license for selling alcohol, and even if that's not the intent, it can easily be confused as such.

Otherwise, carry on with what seems to be a very excellent effort!

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 Also, you'll notice it's just soft drinks included in the poll. ĀI
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 stocked with whatever beer I can buy on sale for around $0.50/can. ĀNo
 need for a poll to tell me that's a good idea.

 If you are curious what's currently stocked in the vending machine
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Fashion News and Shopping For Week of February 6, 2012
Fab Recap — Fall '12 New York Fashion Week, the Most Iconic Grammys Looks, and More!
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Fab Recap — Fall '12 New York Fashion Week, the Most Iconic Grammys Looks, and More!
It's official: Fashion Week madness has commenced. From Jason Wu's chinoiserie-chic rundown to Rachel Zoe's homage to 1960s rock 'n' roll glam, it's time to get all caught up on the Fall '12 New York shows thus far. Lest we forget, tonight the music industry's brightest stars will hit the red carpet for the 54th annual Grammys. To properly prep for the evening's fashionable festivities, we've culled the most iconic Grammys looks from the award show's past. Also in the mix: a sweet lineup of lingerie just in time for Valentine's Day, hat-making tips from designer Eugenia Kim, and a closer look at how stylish insiders survive New York Fashion Week. Ready to jump right in? Click through to recap the week's chicest moments now.