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According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate has hovered around 7.7% since January of 2013.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
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Ben Bernanke’s best attempt at a Kanye shrug
The Federal Open Market Committee oversees the United States open market operations (i.e. the buying and selling of United States Treasury securities, as is stated later in this document).
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
He started his career as a telegrapher. By the 1860s, he had investments in everything from railroads to oil derricks. Later in his career, he became a bond salesman and in this capacity added greatly to his wealth.
However, much of his wealth – and what he’s primarily known for – was made after selling his company, Carnegie Steel Company, to J.P. Morgan for $480 million (or roughly $13 billion in today’s money) in 1901 which went on to become the U.S. Steel Corporation.
After this sale, Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research.
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A scheme of arrangement (or a "scheme of reconstruction") is a court-approved agreement between a company and its shareholders or creditors (e.g. lenders or debenture holders). It may effect mergers and amalgamations and may alter shareholder or creditor rights.
Schemes of arrangement are used to execute arbitrary changes in the structure of a business and thus are used when a reorganisation cannot be achieved by other means. They may be used for rescheduling debt, for takeovers, and for returns of capital, among other purposes.
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On January 23, 2013, Watson Chilcott announced that it had completed the acquistion of Uteron Pharma SA, a Belgium-based pharmaceutical specializing in women’s health products.
The acquisition (which cost Watson Chilcott $150 million in up front cash and up to $155 million in potential future milestone payments) expanded Watson Chilcott’s line of women’s health products to include “two potential near-term global commercial opportunities in contraception and fertility, and one novel oral contraceptive.”
Several pharmaceuticals in the earlier stages of development were also included in the acquisition.
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On April 22, 2013, Warner Chilcott announced that the FDA had approved Minastrin 24 FE, a combined oral contraceptive for use by women to prevent pregnancy.
At the time, Warner Chilcott was not in the position to commercially launch Minastrin 24 FE, but with the recent acquisition by Actavis, this may now be possible.
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Collins' aunt, Teri Jackson, is a judge for the Superior Court of California’s Asbestos/CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Department.
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This is a play on the theory of six degrees of separation — first introduced by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy — which states:
Everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of 'a friend of a friend' statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps.
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Read more about “Three Degrees of Jason Collins” here
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Interestingly enough, Collins isn’t the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport.
That title goes to Sheryl Swoopes — the first player to be signed to the WNBA when it was created and commonly referred to as the “female Michael Jordan” — who came out in 2005 in an interview with ESPN.
Another big name in the WNBA, Britney Griner, has come out as well.
Collins is the first openly gay male athlete playing in a major American team sport, though!
Source: WNBA star becomes only openly gay player active in pro team sports
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Done? Still not convinced this song is a Taylor Swift diss?
This line should be the straw that breaks the camel’s back then.
In “Dear John”, Swift cries about how the manipulative, lying ex-boyfriend would paint her a blue sky and then turn it into rain. The second line in this couplet alludes to that, naw'mean?
So, now we not only have 1 allusion to a Taylor Swift song, but 3.
Additionally, Mayer suggests that if he and Taylor don’t work out, she will simply fall for someone else tomorrow.
Ain’t that somethin'?
To me that line is more uplifting than distasteful. It seems more like he’s telling her that no matter how broken you feel after their end, someone will come around and be what he apparently couldn’t be. This song is classy, unlike hers. It’s not much of a diss track, more like a “I’m sorry you feel this way, but not all of this is on me,” kinda song.
Whether or not it’s truly about TS, I think it’s still imperative to note that this is an obvious reference to the old lullaby “Hush Little Baby”, which (for anyone who isn’t familiar with the tradition) is about how daddy or mommy’s gonna fix everything anytime baby isn’t happy….to prevent baby from crying.
SO whomever he’s referring to, he COULD be saying this person’s boyfriend turnover rate is high and someone else will lick her wounds for her. BUT he’s pretty clearly saying that this person is so fixated and reliant on the material world that all her troubles can be resolved with something shiny and new – a metaphor for how he thinks this ex requires coddling to the degree of an infant.
Can we shed light on the irony? He’s mocking her with a reference to a well known song with the first lyric that verbatim reads: “Hush little baby don’t say a word, Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird”! I’m not sure if this is a universal cultural reference, but it’s an old American tradition for parents to sing this to their babies while calming a crying child. He made it no secret, implying a widely known lullaby, an easily traceable reference. Please correct me if I’m wrong! I’m sure it’s common knowledge, and I could be preaching to the choir, but I didn’t think this should go unmentioned.
Side note: Not trying to declare right from wrong here; everyone’s opinion and perception is their own, but I can’t the the only one who doesn’t give a damn about TS and JM’s relationship feud. Celebrity drama is such a trivial pursuit in this case when we could be giving John Mayer more recognition as a lyricist… and Taylor Swift as well!
I see these lines as Mayer saying that even if she is finally called out for always playing the victim (referring to the previous lines), there will always be more suckers to fall for it. He’s realizing she’ll always get away with it
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I agree that this not a diss but simply friendly advice. Telling his side of the story as well. He’s saying that even if she can’t be on her own forever she’ll find someone new who will give her happiness. I feel like this is more of a here’s my advice, and good luck.
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I think that though he is basically dissing her throughout out the song he also feels pity for her and tries to give her some advice. Painting another sky could be manipulative or it could mean that if her angel wings aren’t enough to get her to the sky then maybe she will meet someone who will paint her another sky closer to her. Basically be the person she needs for her as she is not capable of being on her own.
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Awesome explanation, however I wouldn’t label this song as a diss. John is not dissing her, he is giving her advice, telling her where she went wrong in a friendly, caring way.