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Sadness swallowed Jarrod Barber.
His friend had just died of cancer. He was smoking more and more marijuana and experimenting with pills.
On the eve of his friend's funeral, Barber, 19, passed out on the family couch in Laguna Niguel while watching a late-night movie.
Slumped in a corner, he looked to friends as if he was sleeping. He was actually dying.
Barber fatally overdosed Jan. 8, 2010, on a cocktail of Opana, a narcotic painkiller, Seroquel, an anti-psychotic and Clonazepam, an anti-convulsant often used to treat anxiety, coroner's records show.
Abuse of prescription drugs has risen nationally among teens and young adults, experts say, because these drugs are easy to get and seen as a "safe" high. The names of doctors who are an easy touch for prescription narcotics spread quickly among teens. Some users get huge prescriptions and then sell pills on the street to finance their own habit.
Here in Orange County, coroner records show that accidental fatal overdoses rose steadily from 130 in 2003 to 266 in 2009. Preliminary figures for 2010 show at least 240 overdoses although final toxicological findings are still pending in some of the cases.
Barber didn't have a prescription for the Opana. Jarrod's mother, Jodi Barber, believes he purchased it from a now-deceased friend who was a patient of Dr. Lisa Tseng of Rowland Heights – an osteopath under state and federal investigation. There's no mystery about the other drugs: Dr. Paul D. Corona of Laguna Niguel prescribed the Clonazepam, and a few months later, the Seroquel.
Coroner's records show that drugs prescribed by Tseng – including Xanax, methadone and morphine – were found in the bodies of at least three fatal overdose victims in Orange County since 2000. Additionally, the parents of two other dead youths, Jarrod Barber and Ryan Winter, blame Tseng for the drugs that led to their overdoses. Jodi Barber says she has taken her suspicions to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
In August, after discovering that Tseng had written more than 27,000 prescriptions over a three-year period, federal agents revoked Tseng's license to prescribe narcotics. DEA investigators alleged in court papers that Tseng was operating "outside of the ordinary course of a professional practice." Meanwhile, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California is working to revoke her medical license, officials confirm.
Unlike Tseng, Corona, who specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, has not been named as a target by state medical investigators or federal drug authorities. But records show that Corona is on five years probation with the state medical board for using drug samples to treat his own manic disorder. Additionally, a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court in 2007 accuses him of negligence and wrongful death for his treatment of a woman who crashed her car while driving under the influence of prescription drugs, killing a young mother. Corona calls the suit "nonsense."
In an interview, Corona described himself as the "guru" of prescribing mood-stabilizers to treat substance abusers; a regimen he says is effective at relieving the underlying depression or anxiety often at the root of addiction. He says he rarely prescribes pain killers. An author and former radio personality, Corona's message is that psychotropic medicines are invaluable in healing the mind and, consequently, the body.
"I am the top prescriber of psychotropic medications around," Corona said. "Ninety-five percent of my patients are very happy. The fact anyone would put me in that category (as Tseng) is laughable."
Corona is praised by some local doctors, but a psychiatric expert who testified in the 2007 lawsuit said that Corona has no formal training in psychology and acted outside the scope of his training as a general practitioner. Two addiction experts interviewed by The Register criticized Corona's wide use of psychotropic drugs to treat people already hooked on controlled substances.
Dr. Harry Haroutunian, physician director at the famed Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, says it is especially dangerous to prescribe drugs with sedative qualities when treating addicts in an out-patient setting, where they might score more drugs on the street.
"If he is telling you he is the highest prescriber," Haroutunian said, "that would be a dubious distinction by my measuring stick."
Corona's personal and professional lives have weathered considerable chaos over the last several years, public documents show.
On Dec. 17, 2007, Orange County Sheriff's deputies were sent to Corona's Laguna Niguel home and found him in his backyard having a "psychotic breakdown" and threatening suicide, an accusation from the Medical Board of California shows.
"Respondent was acting bizarre and was very aggressive, yelling and screaming incoherently. The officers had to taser respondent several times in order to subdue him," said the report by the medical board. Corona was hospitalized for nearly a month for psychological observation.
It was the same year that he published a book about treating mood disorders, entitled "Healing the Mind and Body."


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A while back, a food editor in the states asked me to send him daily some ideas for articles that I might want to write-up for them. I thought about it for quite a while, then sent a response for an article with recipes for using up leftover bread, which I tentatively titled: The French Bread Crisis. They kindly responded, thanking me for the idea, but passed on the story. I'm not sure why, but maybe it was because they couldn't imagine anyone in France having leftover bread lying around.
To avoid this crise, a number of people remarked in the previous post on French supermarkets that they bought Harry's "American Bread" because the puffy, pre-sliced white loaves lasted quite a bit longer than regular French bread. But I'm still perplexed because what's the point of living in France if you don't eat French bread?

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Peter Dinklage is photographed for Cruelty Free International, sending an appeal across the U.S. to support the global organization committed to ending cosmetic tests on animals.
Following Europe's cosmetics animal test ban in March, Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Peter Dinklage has become an ambassador for Cruelty Free International, the BUAV's global organization, to call for an end to cosmetics tests on animals in the USA.
Peter Dinklage, known for his show-stealing role as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones states: "I am so pleased to support Cruelty Free International and be part of the global campaign to end cosmetics tests on animals. It is unacceptable that animals continue to suffer around the world, including the United States of America, for the sake of beauty. I appeal to the USA to follow the European Union's lead and end animal testing for cosmetics."
Peter posed in a Cruelty Free International t-shirt to raise awareness of the continued cruel use of animals to test everyday beauty products and toiletries from soap to toothpaste.
Animal tests involve rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats who can be injected, gassed, force-fed and killed for cosmetics. Animal tests for new cosmetics are now banned in the European Union and in March, new animal tests for every cosmetic product to be sold in Europe were also brought to an end. This significant historical milestone was achieved after over twenty years of campaigning by the BUAV.
Peter Dinklage and Cruelty Free International are joining forces to bring about a ban in the U.S., following Europe's lead and moving the U.S. off the global list of countries that still allow animals to be used in painful and fatal test to develop beauty products.
BUAV and Cruelty Free International Chief Executive, Michelle Thew, stated: "I am thrilled that Peter Dinklage is standing with us to end painful and outdated animal tests that are still legal for beauty products on sale in the USA. The Food and Drug Administration must follow Europe's lead and do the right thing for animals and consumers by mandating non-animal methods for cosmetics immediately. Please take action by supporting Cruelty Free International in our call to the FDA to ban animal tests for cosmetics, and look for cruelty-free products marked with the Leaping Bunny."
Cruelty Free International was launched by the BUAV in March 2012 to campaign to end product testing globally. Cruelty Free International works with governments, regulators, companies and partner organizations worldwide and has placed the issue of animal testing on the agenda of many governments for the very first time as part of a global strategy to tackle product testing on animals. With offices in London, Boston and Singapore, Cruelty Free International is applying its determination and vision on a global stage to repeat the BUAV's success in Europe worldwide.


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what you ride
favorite skater?
what kind of decks?
shop deck 7.63
tensor lows
rictas 51mm
lucky abec 7
hung 10 never surfed
Originally posted by Inactive Useri ride a 8"x32" krooked
8" indy highs with bones bushings on the bottom and doh-dohs on the top, as loose as they can get
53 satoris for now, tho i amgonna get spitfires next time i need wheels
diamond abec 7 bearings for now, tho i prefer bones swiss
as far as shoes, anything with a classic vans sole, and adidas gazellee skates
favorite skater? gonz, oyola, drake jones, me
hung 10 never surfed
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hung 10 never surfed
8 inch Anti Hero
Indys/Bones bushings
Bones Swiss no shields
50 mm blanks
Adidas Campus vulc
As for trucks, there really is no reason to not get Indys. Basically perfect trucks.
I never understood the whole "light = better" gimmick. I used to ride like 8.25-8.5 with Indys and big ass wheels because heavier boards just felt so much easier to control to me.
Originally posted by Inactive Useryou post on the slap boards... dont you
hung 10 never surfed
lighter trucks dont do anything?
mike mo, gonz, kellen james, daewon, marc johnson.. just to name a few.
got the chance to skate and hangout with Tory Pudwill and Jeron Wilson a couple months back.. really chill guys
check out Morgan Smith on youtube! lives in my neighbourhood and hes hopefully going pro with Blind soon. cleanest style.
lets see some footy and photos from members on here.
Well there's less weight resistance however I would imagine it would be almost unnoticeable.
I usually just get whatever is cheap as far as decks and trucks. I always use swiss bearings and ricta wheels though.
hung 10 never surfed
Haha, no I don't. I lurk a lot though. I don't think too many people over there would come over here.
lighter trucks dont do anything?
Anyways, why is spitfire good?
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Marvin Selected as Week #2 Player of the Week in Women's Lacrosse
February 28, 2012
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Pfeiffer University's Natalie Marvin has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week during week number two of the 2012 season. Marvin, who is a South Berwick, Maine native, put together a pair of very consistent games in a 1-1 week for the Lady Falcons.
Marvin began the season and conference opener with four goals and three assists in the win over Lees-McRae. Marvin also added four groundballs and a caused turnover. On Saturday at Lenoir-Rhyne, Marvin added four more tallies with two assists, adding four more groundballs, a draw control, and caused turnover. For the week, Marvin scored eight goals and helped on five others for 13 points. She totaled eight groundballs, two caused turnovers and a draw control for the Lady Falcons.
Marvin and the rest of her Pfeiffer teammates will get back to action on Thursday hosting #12 Gannon at 3:00 p.m. before entertaining Grand Valley State at 12:00 p.m. Saturday.


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Wall Street Journal
Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK +0.93% . said it is working with General Electric Co GE -1.01% . and Whirlpool Corp WHR +0.49% . to develop a $500 appliance that will allow natural-gas powered cars to be refueled at their owners' homes.The effort would be Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake's latest push to promote compressed natural gas as a mainstream fuel and boost its own sales. It is the first attempt at overcoming one of the biggest challenges in putting natural-gas powered cars on the road—convenient refueling.Chesapeake and other natural gas producers have felt a cash crunch as a technology-led increase in natural gas production has led to a supply glut and brought prices to a decade-low in April. U.S. natural gas stockpiles were 3.929 trillion cubic feet last week, the highest level on
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It may be my yahoo mail messing up. I sent a copy of the second attempt to myself and I got it ok. If we keep having problems I'll burn them on a CD and drive upthere and hand them to you myself. It would be a good excuse to play Buffalo Trace anyhow!
I just sent them to your gmail account. If you don't get it soon, try checking your spam folder.
I sent them this morning. I've had mail get lost on yahoo for as long as a day. I'll send them again.
Not a problem. They are on the way.
Hey Shawn, I've been trying to upload pictoral proof of your caddying to greatness, but the server keeps making errors. I'll try tomorrow. I haven't forgot about you dude.
Hey man, I still have the pictures from last years tourny, but I just don't know how to upload them. I will get those to you hopefully one day soon.
Let me know if you guys head up to English I'd really like to go.
Also, I almost got the record at BT. Shot a -10 today. Wish you coulda seen it. Birdied #12 by FH roller twice! I've really got my jump putt working, so any putt 35-60' is in range. Crazy.
Let me know if you and Steve head up there (if you haven't already). I'll join in if I can.
I am on vacation this week. I'm going to try and make a trip to Old English, if I do would you be interested in going? Again, I hope to find the time, not sure yet.
Shawn, I am still planning a trip to Idelwilde over the weekend, maybe Tues. it's always calmer on a weekday. I will call you later in the week and set a day.
Hey Shawn, somehow I got one of your discs in my bag. It is a wraith I believe. You might have one of mine in yours. I'm missing an Orion JLS. I get it back to you ASAP. Steve
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This is your second season working with Tumi. How did this collaboration come about?
It's one of those things that happened just at the right time. I think that Tumi was very open to something different, because they're so well known for their black luggage and their practical approach, and my aesthetic is so the opposite! It was just a really good combination, and they have such a fantastic team.
What does the line represent to you?
It represents a certain glamour and evokes something feminine and special. I just hope that people have fun with my luggage. I think it will make the whole experience of travel that much more pleasant — at least you're going to have something beautiful to carry around with you and show off! Today when you go to the airport, it's really hard to find your bag because everyone has the same one. Why not have your suitcase wave at you when it comes out of the conveyor?
The floral pattern used in this collection is inspired by an original print from your spring 2009 show. How did you decide on this motif?
We wanted it to be very signature, and since we had already done the black and purple butterfly Art Nouveau design for our first collection, we wanted to make this more feminine and more accessible. So we went through my whole archive of prints and landed on this one that was just perfect.
Who do you envision carrying your pieces?
It's funny because for Christmas, it was kind of the answer to everybody's present, from all my nieces to my mom! It's perfect for any age group, for anyone who loves traveling and wants something a little different.
What is your best tip for packing?
When I go on trips, because I like to have all the accessories — shoes, boots, jewelry, hats, gloves — I stick to one color palette, which limits the amount of colors you have to bring with you. When I went on my last perfume tour, everything was blue. I only had to bring one pair of blue flats, one pair of blue heels, and one blue bag. If you limit the amount of color, you can pare down the number of things you need to bring.
What are some of your packing essentials?
I always bring all of this in a hand-carry. It's usually an extra sweater, extra scarf, a book, magazines, music, and one of those pillows so that your head doesn't flop around, but sometimes I don't end up even opening it! It's just kind of a security blanket to have all that stuff. I'm pretty basic when it comes to makeup. I bring my red lipstick, my black eyeliner, foundation, moisturizer, and some blush. I have to have my product though, because that's the biggest disaster; if you forget your foundation, you have to go all over town trying to find the right color, the right texture. It's so bad.
What is your favorite travel destination?
I love cities like Tokyo, New York, and London, but when I vacation, I like going to really exotic destinations. I travel a lot with my nieces and nephews — we've visited places like Egypt and India, and we went to Australia to the Outback this last summer. Now we're talking about going on safari in Africa.
Is there any place you haven't visited where you've always dreamed of going?
When we were in Australia, I saw a travel brochure for New Guinea. It seems to me like one of the most exotic places on Earth and is probably really dangerous, too. I'd have to get my nephews to go with me, so I'd have some protection!
What's the craziest thing you've ever packed in your suitcase?
Well, I know one of craziest things I ever made somebody carry for me! The first time I went to Kyoto, we went to visit the Geisha houses and I was just fascinated by the hair and the makeup, so I bought a wig from one of their wig makers. They had to make it by hand, and it took a few months, so the head of PR from the Japanese company I work with brought it to New York. He had to go through customs with this Geisha wig, and everyone was looking at him, then looking at the wig, going,"Okay..." He couldn't stop laughing when he told the story.
Watch Anna's video for Tumi below, and click through to see our favorite pieces from the collection!


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30 Years of No. 1 Companies
1981: Stoops Express
Daleville, Ind.1982: Altos Computer Systems
San Jose, Calif. 1983: Sigal Construction
Washington, D.C. 1984: Pedus International
Los Angeles 1985: Herbalife International
Inglewood, Calif. 1986: ABC Supply
Beloit, Wis. 1987 American Photo Group
Atlanta 1988: American Central Gas
Tulsa 1989, 1990: Cogentrix
Charlotte, N.C. 1991: Gateway 2000
N. Sioux City, S.D. 1992: Kingston Technology
Fountain Valley, Calif. 1993: Drypers Corporation
Houston 1994: Object Design
Burlington, Mass. 1995: Furst Group
Shahmong, N.J. 1996: Equinox International
Las Vegas 1997: Optiva
Bellevue, Wash. 1998: Justice Technology
Culver City, Calif. 1999: Roth Staffing
Brea, Calif. 2000: Parson Group
Chicago 2001: High Point Solutions
Sparta, N.J. 2002: The Outsource Group Walnut
Creek, Calif. 2003: American Biophysics
East Greenwich, R.I. 2004: InPhonic
Washington, D.C. 2005: Video Gaming Technologies
Roebuck, S.C. 2006: Litle & Co.
Lowell, Mass. 2007: MemberHealth
Solon, Ohio 2008: Senior Whole Health
Cambridge, Mass. 2009: Northern Capital Insurance
Miami 2010: Ambit Energy
Daleville, Ind.
San Jose, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles
Inglewood, Calif.
Beloit, Wis.
Charlotte, N.C.
N. Sioux City, S.D.
Fountain Valley, Calif.
Burlington, Mass.
Shahmong, N.J.
Las Vegas
Bellevue, Wash.
Culver City, Calif.
Brea, Calif.
Sparta, N.J.
Creek, Calif.
East Greenwich, R.I.
Washington, D.C.
Roebuck, S.C.
Lowell, Mass.
Solon, Ohio
Cambridge, Mass.
1980 Revenue: $10.6 million
Three-Year Growth: 9,372%
Jeff Stoops was working as a teacher when he decided to earn a little cash on the side, driving trucks. "In 1971, I looked around and saw truck drivers making $18,000 a year while teachers were making $8,100," he told Inc. back in 1981. He founded Stoops Express, a trucking company, in 1976. The company now has six locations in throughout Indiana and Ohio, and operates under the name Stoops Freightliner - Quality Trailer.
1981 Revenue: $21.4 million
Three-Year Growth: 14,164%
Founded in 1977 by David G. Jackson, Altos Computer Systems was sold to Acer in September 1990. Altos was known for its early development of the multiuser microsystem—MUMS—an inexpensive computer that was used as a data processor for small companies on tight budgets.
1982 Revenue: $47.5 million
Three-Year Growth: 20,214%
Sigal was founded in 1977 by Gerald Sigal, a civil engineer who received his degree from New York University. Initially, the company focused on renovations and interiors, but in the early 1980's expanded its scope to base building in the Washington, D.C. area. Gerald Sigal told Inc. magazine in 2006 that though he has received plenty of offers to sell the company, he plans to keep it private. "This is what I've always wanted it to be: a family business," he said. "I couldn't be happier."
1983 Revenue: $60.5 million
Three-Year Growth: 15,707%
In the year that Microsoft made the Inc. 500 at No. 80, Pedus International, a building maintenance and security firm based in Los Angeles, topped the charts. In a 1984 interview with Inc., Dick Dotts, then-CEO of Pedus, said "There's no philosophy other than having fun doing what you do." Dotts was given seed funding from Peter Dussmann, who still runs the Dussmann Group, a global firm with 57,000 employees that started out as a home-cleaning service in Munich.
1984 Revenue: $423.1 million
Three-Year Growth: 109,510%
Mark Hughes, founder of Herbalife, got his start selling the Herbalife weight loss product from the trunk of his car. The company's growth exploded in the early 1980's, and went public on the NASDAQ in 1986. The company faced some scrutiny in the mid-80's (they were sued by the Food and Drug Administration) and sadly, in 2000, Hughes died from an accidental overdose. Still, the company has been resilient: in 2010, the company posted net sales of $2.7 billion.
1985 Revenue: $183.4 million
Three-Year Growth: 109,737%
Ken Hendricks founded American Builders and Contractors Supply in 1982 after years of working with his father, from whom he learned everything about roofing and siding. The company has maintained solid growth to this day, and as of 2010, the organization had about 400 locations in 44 states. When Ken Hendricks died in 2007, he was then the No. 107 richest person in America, according to Forbes.
1986 Revenue: $78.0 million
Three-Year Growth: 52,244%
For years, Kodak dominated the American photo market. But an antitrust suit enabled a new niche for smaller companies to operate within: photo processing. Enter Steve Bostic, founder of American Photo Group, Bostic who assembled a network of 20 plants and 1,600 employees within just a few years to create one of the country's fastest-growing photo processing companies. "We're just getting this business off the ground," Bostic told Inc. in 1987. "My ambition is to build a billion-dollar company and control it." In the mid-90's, perhaps with a bit of irony, Bostic sold the company to Kodak.
1987 Revenue: $93.0 million
Three-Year Growth: 82,168%
The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 was one of the first significant steps towards a deregulated natural gas industry; it also created an opening for savvy entrepreneurs looking to break into the space. Enter Kevin Sullivan, a co-founder of American Central Gas. "I think we can go to infinity," Sullivan told Inc. in 1988, "as long as we hire the right people and let them go and do it." The company broke up in the early 90's as the four founders became embroiled in breach-of-contract litigation.
1988 Revenue: $129.7 million
1988 Three-Year Growth: 96,716.40%
1989 Revenue: $201.9 million
1989 Three-Year Growth: 151,681%
The only company to ever achieve the Inc. No. 1 spot two years (consecutively, no less), Cogentrix Energy operates electric power generation facilities around the country. In 2003, Goldman Sachs acquired Cogentrix for $2.4 billion.
1990 Revenue: $275.5 million
Three-Year Growth: 26,469%
Gateway founder Ted Waitt took a $10,000 loan from his grandmother and began work on his computer company in his father's farmhouse in Iowa in 1985. In 1991, the company introduced the distinctive "cow-spotted boxes," a nod to the company's rural founding. Gateway (it officially took off the "2000" in the early 90's) was sold to Acer in October of 2007. Waitt, now a billionaire, resigned from the company about six years ago to focus on philanthropy.
1991 Revenue: $140.7 million
Three-Year Growth: 117,122%
John Tu and David Sun founded Kingston with one revolutionary product: the Single In-Line Memory Module, an early version of a memory card. Since then, the company has developed more than 2,000 products, and in 2010, the company's sales reached $6.5 billion.
1992 Revenue: $140.2 million
Three-Year Growth: 49,101%
Drypers Corporation manufactures disposable diapers and training pans for toddlers. In 1995, the company nearly went bankrupt, but brought on additional investment money and regained profitability in 1996. In 2001, Drypers was acquired by Associated Hygenic Products, a subsidiary of Disposable Soft Goods International.
1993 Revenue: $24.7 million
Three-Year Growth: 23,376%
In a 1994 Inc. profile of Object Design, the author noted that Object Design is "in a field of computer technology that can make you weep with bafflement if you're not part of the industry." Object Design built software for object-database management—a lucrative position to be in the midst of a burgeoning tech market. The company launched its IPO in 1996.
1994 Revenue: $92.2 million
Three-Year Growth: 42,389%
The Furst Group, a reseller of long-distance phone service, earned its profit by helping customers save money on their phone bills. But by 2000, when long-distance phone rates had dropped and cell phones became widely adopted, the business struggled as customers found alternatives. In 2000, CEO John Streep sold the company for $12 million. Streep died in 2010.
1995 Revenue: $194.7 million
Three-Year Growth: 3,563%
Equinox International made its way to the top of the Inc. 500 by selling and marketing everything from water filters to vitamins. But the success of the company was apparently ensnared with illegal activity. In 2000, the Federal Trade Commission forced Equinox to liquidate $40 million worth of assets, to be paid out to Equinox distributors who were bilked out of their money. CEO Bill Gouldd was ordered, by a federal judge, to stay out of the network marketing business for the rest of his life.
1996 Revenue: $72.7 million
Three-Year Growth: 31,507%
Optiva developed, manufactured and marketed Sonicare, the motorized toothbrush. In 2000, CEO David Guiliani sold Optiva Philips Oral Healthcare. "We were growing 30 percent a month, for years at a time," Guiliani told Inc. in 2000 before the sale. "That pace was very demanding for them. Now growth has slowed to a more moderate rate. It's still very healthy, but we have the resources to build, adjust, and strengthen our infrastructure."
2007 Revenue: $55.3 million
Three-Year Growth: 26,899%
The CEO of Justice Technology, a telecommunications company, told Inc. in 1998, "We never knew enough to know what it was we weren't supposed to be able to do…We just went ahead and did it." David Glickman, then Justice's CEO, is now the president and managing director of Glickman Capital, a buy-out firm that leads LBO transactions of middle-market companies.
1998 Revenue: $73.8 million
Three-Year Growth: 20,332%
Roth Staffing was founded in 1994 by CEO Ben Roth, and recently celebrated its 17th year in business. The company provides temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct hire staffing solutions to over 10,000 businesses throughout the United States. When Inc. interviewed Roth back in 2000, he told the magazine, "We didn't want to be the biggest; we wanted to be the best…We wanted our customers to rave about our service."
1999 Revenue: $56.2 million
Three-Year Growth: 27,992%
Parson Group, a consulting firm that provides financial expertise to big companies, topped the Inc. charts the year the dot-com bubble was beginning to burst. On the company's success, Dan Weinfurter, Parson's CEO, was blunt. "There are tons of opportunities out there," he told Inc. in 2000. "What we've done well is pick the right ones." In 2002, Parson was sold to Management Consulting Group.
2000 Revenue: $60 million
Three-Year Growth: 29,902%
High Point Solutions was founded by two non-college educated brothers from New Jersey. The company sold hardware for computer networks. Mike Mendibru, the company's co-CEO, told Inc. "It's a strange story, almost unbelievable…My brother and I have to pinch ourselves all the time." In 2011, High Point opened their first office in the United Kingdom.
2001 Revenue: $294.5 million
Three-Year Growth: 54,331%
"I absolutely detested being told what to do if it didn't make sense," Kevin Grauman, CEO of The Outsource Group, told Inc. in 2002. After a short stint in the corporate world, Grauman went on to found The Outsource Group which "helps clients comply with the thicket of state and federal employment laws." In June 2006, the company was purchased by a private equity firm, General Atlantic Partners, for an undisclosed sum.
2002 Revenue: $54.6 million
Three-Year Growth: 26,615%
"We discovered a way to catalytically convert propane to yield CO2 and enhance this attractant with additional chemicals expelled through a patented mechanism," Emma Duran told Inc. in 2002. "In laymen's terms: They made a machine that could lure and kill biting insects 24/7 on autopilot." In April 2007, American Biophysics began its operations as a subsidiary of Woodstream Corporation, which owns the Mosquito Magnet.
2003 Revenue: $119.4 million
Three-Year Growth: 23,833%
Founded in 1999, InPhonic sold wireless services online, and rose to the top of the Inc. charts during the tech boom of the early 2000's. However, in 2007, after burning through $3 million per week, the company was forced to file for bankruptcy, and its stock was delisted from the NASDAQ (the company went public at the end of 2004).
2004 Revenue: $99.8 million
Three-Year Growth: 9,721%
Video Gaming Technologies, like its name implies, makes touchscreen gaming machines and leases them to Indian casinos in Oklahoma. "Video gaming is like a permit to print money," Jon Yarbrough, Video Gaming's CEO, told Inc. in 2005. Though the company's growth has tapered since 2005, the company has consistently put money into research and development, figuring out new products and games for its customers throughout the U.S.
2005 Revenue: $34.8 million
Three-Year Growth: 5,629%
A 2006 profile of Tom Litle, founder of his namesake company, a credit card transaction firm, noted that he "is responsible for some of the commercial world's least sexy innovations," including those three-digit numbers on the backs of credit cards and the back-end system by which mailers receive discounts from the U.S. Postal Service for presorting by mail route. In 2010, the company won a Stevie Award for eCommerce Customer Service.
2006 Revenue: $1.2 billion
Three-Year Growth: 20,129%
The only Inc. 500 No. 1 company ever to achieve over a billion dollars in revenue, MemberHealth topped the charts by processing and managing nearly 52 million Medicare Part D prescriptions for its customers in 2006. "For the last couple of years, every day has been get up in the morning and run 100 miles an hour," Charles Hallberg, MemberHealth's CEO told Inc. in 2007. "This has put all of us under tremendous pressures. Change can be difficult but also very exciting." Later that year, MemberHealth was acquired by Universal American Financial Corp.
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On Saturday, the SPCA Thrift Store held a yard sale. No, they didn't sell their yard, but anything you could fit into a bag was yours for $5.
There is something about thrift stores that has always fascinated me. To me, thrift stores are museums for the working class. Just think of the sociological data that can be gathered by taking a stroll though the discarded clothes, furniture, books and music of previous generations.
In 2013, where else could you purchase a medium sized "Where's The Beef?" T-shirt, a Milli Vanilli cassette single and a copy of "Breakdancing Two: Electric Boogaloo" on VHS tape?
Up yours, Walmart.
By all accounts the yard sale was a success, thus allowing the poorly-funded SPCA to keep their hostel of dogs, cats and kangaroos housed and fed for a little while longer. The usual crop of psycho bargain hunters were on hand ("Hey, is 25 cents the absolute lowest you can go on this couch?"), but one smart shopper walked away with an antique that could end up being worth several thousand dollars.
"I bought it for my husband," said Constance Hollowell of La Grange. "He's into all types of music, be it blues from the 1920s, jazz from the 1960s or experimental rock music from last week. His collection is out of control, but since I have more shoes than Thom McAn, I don't really have a pump to stand on."
The item in question is a suit believed to have been worn by one Francis Albert Sinatra in the original "Ocean's 11" movie, released in 1960.
"There's a tag sewn into the inside pocket of the jacket that reads, 'heist scene, Ocean's 11, Frank Sinatra'," Hollowell said. "The suit is grey and smells like Jack Daniels, so I'm pretty sure it's authentic."
Other items found in the suit include a poker chip from the Sands Hotel and Casino, a room service bill signed by Ava Gardner, and an invitation to the 1959 bris of Sammy Davis Jr.
Miller Gaffney is known to millions as the trollop with the short skirts and ability to turn one-syllable words into Shakespearean sonnets on the PBS series "Market Warriors."
"Conservatively, I'd say this suit would go for $50,000 at auction," Gaffney said. "If I were buying this item from a man with no backbone, he'd probably let me talk him down to $6. Then I'd pretend I was made of glass, pooch out my bottom lip a little and ask him to carry it to my car for me. He wouldn't even notice that I was carrying a purse that weighs more than the suit would if Sinatra were in it."
While no one seems to be questioning the authenticity of the item, just how a suit worn in a movie by Frank Sinatra over 50 years ago made it to the little slice of purgatory known as Kinston is a mystery. Fortune cookie writer and former car cranker for the Bonanno crime family Benmont Tench believes he has the answer.
"Sinatra was tight with Sam Giancana of the Chicago outfit," Tench said from his home in Jones County. "When they brought Giancana back to the United States in 1974, he became an informant for the FBI. According to the FBI, Giancana was assassinated while cooking sausage and peppers — just before he was supposed to testify about what part the mob and the CIA played in the Kennedy assassination. That story was a hoax."
Tench contends the feds put Giancana in the witness protection program and hid him in Deep Run.
"Giancana was a store greeter at Walmart," Tench said. "Sinatra would send him care packages filled with food, booze and clothes. He probably sent the 'Ocean's 11' suit without even knowing what it was."
Tench says Giancana died in a stand collapse at a 1992 tractor pull in La Grange.
Hollowell says her husband plans to sell the suit on eBay at some point, but right now he's wearing it around the house.
"The Sinatra Capitol Years box set has been on rotation in our living room ever since this suit came into our lives," Hollowell said. "He slept in that suit the night I brought it home."
As The Free Press prepared to leave the Hollowell residence, from behind a closed bathroom door a flush was followed by the refrain, "I faced it all, and stood tall, and did it MYYYYYYYYY WAAAAAAY!"
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Texas Lakers Fan wrote:I hope Kobe retires after this season.
i want to see him play as long as i can . i hope he plays 2 or 3 more years
Texas Lakers Fan wrote:I hope Kobe retires after this season.
Texas Lakers Fan wrote:I hope Kobe retires after this season.
The Rock wrote:I genuinely feel bad for him. Probably in his last years and its not working out
"@kobebryant: Long flight to Houston. I couldn't get my lil bro @dariusmorris4 to stop snoring!! Lol happy belated lil bro #gotem http://t.co/NCLONyLM"
like kobe and d12, jk@kobebryant: We just saw why bama will be bcs champs @10AJMcCarron and @barrettAjones not afraid to confront each other in order to win. #respect.
Lakerjones wrote:Finwë wrote:Fish Slayer wrote:
Let's get a few things straight. None of us have made it to the NBA to begin with. None of us have played 17 NBA seasons and still averaged 30/5/5 at the age of 34. No one here was selected for 14 All-Star appearances. And we certainly haven't scored 30,000+ points, won two gold medals, an MVP, and five championship rings. You know who has done all that? Kobe Bryant. That's the person whose character you're questioning.
Do you really believe that a person with that drive, dedication, and God-given talent would choose a personal accolade like a one-year scoring title over the historic accomplishment of tying or surpassing Michael Jordan for his number of championships? Better yet, do you really believe that Kobe even contemplates such a thing? "Hmm... I have a choice to make. Should I win more championships or just keep chucking up shots?"
Kobe is one of the all-time greats, and he makes game-time decisions based on what he thinks is most likely to help the Lakers win. I'm not saying he is beyond reproach or constructive criticism, but why on earth would you think that you know better than him how to win professional basketball games? How many have you won?
It's shocking that so many Lakers fans are throwing Kobe under the bus as a way of dealing with this nightmarish season. One day he's going to retire, and we'll all regret that he's not around anymore. Enjoy him while you can, I say.
Great post
Finwë wrote:Puffy, Weezy (and others) don't bother. Just add 'em to your ignore list. A lesson I wish I learned sooner. Waste of time.
Fish Slayer wrote:odom1year wrote:Agree. He works hard as always. But sometimes he just tries too hard. Trust your teammates even they are bad FT shooters, soft and no defense. The bottom line is you need them to win games.
I've seen a lot of posts like this recently criticizing Kobe for taking too many shots, allegedly not trusting his teammates, etc. Frankly I just don't get it.
One of the reasons Kobe takes so many shots is because the Lakers are frequently playing from behind, and as the games wind down he has to shoot the team back into a position where they even have a chance of winning. He's the only player on this team that can reliably put points on the board when we need them.
Sunday's game is a perfect example. Kobe scored 18 of our 22 fourth quarter points. No one else even connected with a field goal, and it wasn't because Kobe was ball-hogging them out of shot attempts: they were just missing. What is Kobe supposed to do in that situation other than put the team on his back and try to match the scoring given up at the other end of the floor? The man is one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history. That's what he does.
For those of you complaining about the number of Kobe's shots, what specifically do you wish he had done differently in this game?
Did he not look for Pau in the post enough? He dumped the ball in there the whole night, and it didn't get us anywhere. When we were losing by 10+ in the fourth quarter, was he supposed to pass up good looks so that someone with a lower field goal percentage could shoot? Do you wish he hadn't shot the two corner threes that got us back in the game?
Without Kobe we'd be getting blown out by 15+ points on a regular basis. It is mind-boggling to me that anyone thinks he's the reason we're losing games. Now he racks up 7 assists and makes a concerted effort to get everyone involved, goes off in the fourth quarter, and almost wins us the game. STILL people register the same complaints. If Jesus Christ was playing for us he couldn't satisfy these people.
wcsoldier81 wrote:I can imagine the comments after next game : Kobe shot too much , you've got to play inside out Ball with Sacre and Clark !
kobebryant248 wrote:wow man not much to say. oh just two things . and you could ban me for it if you want. but i have it to say odom1year and LTLakerFan are the biggest haters here on kobe and they are not real fans in my understanding of a fan. they shouldn t be here in this forum. because they try to get every opporturnity they can get to blame kobe and the whole team but mostly kobe for everything. i got a little advice for you if you guys don t like kobe hey why don t you hopp on the clippers bandwaggon train.
wcsoldier81 wrote:I can imagine the comments after next game : Kobe shot too much , you've got to play inside out Ball with Sacre and Clark !
themasterphil wrote:its time for KB24 to make three 50p game streak...I cant wait...
lakerswiz wrote:I can't believe this season, where he's playing at the top of his game, is being wasted.
KB24 wrote:themasterphil wrote:its time for KB24 to make three 50p game streak...I cant wait...
will try my best, hopefully my knees keep up the increased work load.
lakerswiz wrote:I can't believe this season, where he's playing at the top of his game, is being wasted.
lakerswiz wrote:2-9 with two turnovers in the quarter.
free pass though right? 5 titles some odd years ago!!!!!!
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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To help evaluate insulin production by the beta cells in the pancreas; to help diagnose the presence of an insulin-producing tumor in the islet cells of the pancreas (insulinoma); to help determine the cause of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia); to help identify insulin resistance, or to help determine when a type 2 diabetic might need to start taking insulin to supplement oral medications
When to Get Tested?
When you have low blood glucose levels with symptoms such as sweating, palpitations, dizziness, fainting; when you have diabetes and your health practitioner wants to monitor your insulin production; sometimes when it is suspected that you have insulin resistance
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
You may be asked to fast for 8 hours before the blood sample is collected, but occasionally a health practitioner may do the test with, for example, a glucose tolerance test. In some cases, a health practitioner may request that you fast longer.
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Insulin is a hormone that is produced and stored in the beta cells of the pancreas. It is vital for the transportation and storage of glucose, the body's main source of energy. Insulin helps transport glucose from the blood to within cells, helps regulate blood glucose levels, and has a role in lipid metabolism. This test measures the amount of insulin in the blood.
Insulin and glucose blood levels must be in balance. After a meal, carbohydrates usually are broken down into glucose and other simple sugars. This causes the blood glucose level to rise and stimulates the pancreas to release insulin into the blood. As glucose moves into cells, the level in the blood decreases and release of insulin by the pancreas decreases.
If an individual is not able to produce enough insulin, or if the body's cells are resistant to its effects (insulin resistance), glucose cannot reach most of the body's cells and the cells starve, while blood glucose rises to an unhealthy level. This can cause disturbances in normal metabolic processes that result in various disorders and complications, including kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and vision and neurological problems.
Diabetes, a disorder associated with high glucose levels and decreased insulin effects, can be a life-threatening condition. People with type 1 diabetes produce very little insulin and so eventually require insulin supplementation therapy. Type 2 diabetes is generally related to insulin resistance, which increases with time.
With insulin resistance, the body is unable to respond to the effects of insulin. The body compensates by producing additional amounts of the hormone. This results in a high level of insulin in the blood (hyperinsulinemia) and over-stimulation of some tissues that have remained insulin-sensitive. Over time, this process causes an imbalance in the relationship between glucose and insulin and, without treatment, may eventually cause health complications affecting various parts of the body.
In addition to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance may be seen in those with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), prediabetes or heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and with disorders related to the pituitary or adrenal glands.
Other than in insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia is most often seen in people with tumor of the islet cells in the pancreas (insulinomas) or with an excess amount of administered (exogenous) insulin. Hyperinsulinemia causes low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), which can lead to sweating, palpitations, hunger, confusion, blurred vision, dizziness, fainting, and seizures. Since the brain is dependent on blood glucose as an energy source, severe glucose deprivation due to hyperinsulinemia can lead fairly quickly to insulin shock and death.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
Typically, a person will be asked to fast for 8 hours before blood is collected, but occasionally a health practitioner may do testing when fasting is not possible, such as when a glucose tolerance test (see Glucose) is done. In some cases, the health practitioner may request that a person fast longer than 8 hours.
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RALEIGH — Oxford Webb's Isaiah Hicks and Charlotte Providence Day's Jatarie White headline the 2012-13 Associated Press all-state prep basketball teams for North Carolina.
Hicks, a North Carolina signee, was a unanimous pick on all 22 votes from sports writers across the state to lead the 12-player boys team in results released Wednesday.
White, considered one of the nation's top juniors, earned 20 votes to lead the 12-player girls squad.
Hicks, a 6-foot-9 senior, averaged about 24 points, 15 rebounds and eight blocks to help Webb win the 3A championship and make the AP all-state team for the second straight year.
In the 3A final, Hicks had 34 points, a finals-record 30 rebounds and seven blocked shots in the overtime win.
The McDonald's All-American is a five-star prospect and the No. 20 recruit nationally, according to Scout.com.
White, a 6-3 junior, averaged about 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Providence Day to a fourth straight 3A independent-schools championship. White is ranked as the No. 12 recruit in her class by ESPN.
Hicks and White were the Gatorade players of the year for North Carolina.
There were nine returnees to the AP all-state teams, led by three-time selections Kennedy Meeks of West Charlotte — also a UNC signee and McDonald's All-American — on the boys side and Jamie Cherry of West Craven on the girls team.
West Craven senior forward Josh Cuthbertson and Person County senior swingman Tyrone Outlaw Jr., made the AP boys team for a second straight year.
Rounding out the boys are: Waxhaw Cuthbertson's Shelton Mitchell, Cornelius Hough's Luke Maye, Eastern Alamance's Lamont Robinson, East Burke's Clay Byrd, Southwest Guilford's Terrell Leach, Clayton's Gary Clark, Shelby's Gabe DeVoe and Kinston's Denzel Keyes.
On the girls' side, Salisbury junior forward Brielle Blaire, Rocky Mount senior guard J'Kyra Brown, Catawba Bandys junior guard Madi Story and Greensboro Page junior guard Paris Kea also made the AP team for the second straight year.
Rounding out the girls are: Asheville Carolina Day's Haley Laughter, Weddington's Stephanie Watts, Gastonia Forestview's Bre Armstrong, East Surry's Keri Fulp, Lejeune's Chatori Major and West Rowan's Shay Steele.
The AP prep basketball coaches of the year for North Carolina will be released today. The players of the year will be released on Friday.
2012-13 AP all-state teams
The 2012-13 Associated Press all-state prep basketball teams for North Carolina, as selected by 22 sports writers across the state in results released Wednesday. With school, position, class and number of votes in parentheses:
Isaiah Hicks, Oxford Webb, C, Sr. (22)
Kennedy Meeks, West Charlotte, C, Sr. (20)
Shelton Mitchell, Waxhaw Cuthbertson, PG, Jr. (19)
Luke Maye, Cornelius Hough, F, So. (15)
Lamont Robinson, Eastern Alamance, PG, Jr. (14)
Josh Cuthbertson, West Craven, F, Sr. (14)
Clay Byrd, East Burke, G, Sr. (13)
Terrell Leach, Southwest Guilford, G, Sr. (13)
Tyrone Outlaw Jr., Person County, G/F, Sr. (10)
Gary Clark, Clayton, F, Jr. (9)
Gabe DeVoe, Shelby, PG, Jr. (9)
Denzel Keyes, Kinston, F, Sr. (9)
Jatarie White, Charlotte Providence, F, Jr. (20)
Jamie Cherry, West Craven, G, Jr. (19)
Haley Laughter, Asheville Carolina Day, G/F, Sr. (18)
Stephanie Watts, Weddington, G, So. (18)
Brielle Blaire, Salisbury, F, Jr. (18)
J'Kyra Brown, Rocky Mount, G, Sr. (17)
Madi Story, Catawba Bandys, G, Jr. (16)
Bre Armstrong, Gastonia Forestview, F, Sr. (11)
Keri Fulp, East Surry, C, Sr. (11)
Paris Kea, Greensboro Page, PG, Jr. (11)
Chatori Major, Lejeune, G, Sr. (10)
Shay Steele, West Rowan, F, Sr. (10)


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Although I have a doctorate in psychology, I am not a philosophy or religion scholar, so I apologize if this is a naive question/thought/observation:
Instead of a question of God versus no God, could the central problem be the theory that there is a separation of God and humans, that God is A being, rather than God IS being? When there is separation, that fissure becomes a giant chasm that swallows up everything. If there is no separation, then there is no one to pray to, no contradictory books dictating behavior that are handed down from the sky, etc.
The Jains sound very evolved, but the Aboriginals from Australia may be even more so and seem to get overlooked. The have had the longest continuous culture on the planet and their spiritual system in which man is not separate seems to be the oldest and most elegant in existence. See Voices of the First Day by Robert Lawlor.


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Lardy Davids left Cape Town last year huffing and puffing that he'd been done a dirty by Western Province and the Stormers.
Sycophantic publications screamed racism, and Davids was quick to seize the opportunity to label Nick Mallett, Kobus van der Merwe and his coaching team as discriminatory. Racism, he said, was alive and well at Newlands.
In Gloucester he found a heavyweight club in the demanding English Premiership. He found a coach and management team that backed him. He spoke about the prestige of the club and his desire to prove his detractors wrong.
"One of the key issues about signing Quinton is that he was prepared to prove himself. There's a longer-term deal on the table for him if he can show what he's worth. We want people to be driven by performance, and I'm delighted that he's got that attitude,� Gloucester head coach Dean Ryan gloated soon after Davids' signing.
The words were backed up by action. Davids was hauled over a month earlier in order to get him fit. The shocking indictment that was a horrendously out of shape rugby player at the peak of South Africa's domestic season was passed over, a fresh start was promised.
Away from the political turmoil that had shrouded his career, Lardy Davids wanted to be judged as a rugby player. Now he has been. Gloucester have played 13 games this season, Lardy has started two and come off the bench in one.
Gloucester purchased Davids because of a liability at lock. Adam Eustace (13 appearances) and Alex Brown (nine appearances) are not of international quality. They are solid club players, and they are deemed to be better than Davids.
Davids can no longer pull the race card, for to do so reveals the stark truth of his career. The colour of his skin did not deny him opportunity in South African rugby, the reality is it made a club player into a Springbok.
Davids sought to rid the disguise of colour, but all it revealed was a player filled with excuses. There is no accountability in Davids' mind, and the countless coaches who have embarked to get the player into acceptable physical condition is the damning legacy of potential unfulfilled.
Davids played 37 times for the Stormers, where he felt he was not judged as a rugby player. At Gloucester he has been, and his 23% appearance rate is reflective of a player whose ability and attitude reflect the amateur he always should have been.


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Ant Task Troubleshooting
The Common Problem
Very often, the groovy or groovyc tasks fail with a ClassNotFoundException for the class GroovySourceAst.
The Reason
If it's failing with a ClassNotFoundException for a class other than GroovySourceAst, welcome to Ant. As the Ant manual for external tasks says, " Don't add anything to the CLASSPATH environment variable - this is often the reason for very obscure errors. Use Ant's own mechanisms for adding libraries." And as its library directories section says, "Ant should work perfectly well with an empty CLASSPATH environment variable, something the the -noclasspath option actually enforces. We get many more support calls related to classpath problems (especially quoting problems) than we like." So try running Ant as
ant -noclasspath, or even alias ant to that in your shell.
If the class that isn't found is GroovySourceAst and the above doesn't help, somewhere you have a conflicting antlr in your classpath. This may be because you are using maven and one of this parts is polluting the classpath or you have a different antlr jar in your classpath somewhere.
Solution 1: groovy-all
Use the groovy-all-VERSION.jar from the groovy distribution and not the normal groovy jar. The groovy-all-VERSION.jar does already contain antlr and asm libs in a seperate namespace so there should be no conflict with other libs around.
Solution 2: using loaderref
Sometimes it's not possible to use the groovy-all-VERSION.jar, for example because you want to build groovy before creating the jar. In this case you have to add a loaderref to the task definition. But that alone will not help. You have to add the rootLoaderRef task to set this loader reference. For example:
The groovy task will now be created using the tmp.groovy.groovyc class loader, which tries to avoid loading conflicting jars like antlr. It's important to execute the rootLoaderRef task once before the taskdef using the loaderref defined by the rootLoaderRef.
Solution 3: appropriate classpath set up
You may need to adjust your classpath setup to include the jars you are trying to use. For instance, if you have placed the groovy jar in your Ant LIB folder, then Groovy will be in Ant's root classloader. If you now wish to refer to an external library, e.g. a JDBC driver, you may need to place that library also in your Ant LIB folder so that it is visible in the same classLoader as Groovy. See the loaderref discussion above also.
Also, the Groovy distribution doesn't include the entire Ant distribution. If you are using some optional Ant tasks, you may need to add some additional jars to your classpath to use the additional features. Here is an incomplete list of some Ant tasks which require additional jars:
Ant Task
Additional Jar(s)
ant-trax.jar, xercesImpl.jar, xml-apis.jar
mail.jar, activation.jar, smtp.jar (if using SMTP), ant-javamail.jar (if sending MIME email)
All Solved?
No, both Solutions will not help if you have conflicting ant jars or common-logging jars somewhere. Solution 2 is able to solve much more difficult jar problems as long as your classpath is as clean as possible. if you want to be on the safe side you have to fork the javaVM which means you have to use the task like this:
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Actually, forking the JVM won't work, because the classpath element will set the classpath used to launch Groovyc, not the classpath that Groovyc uses to compile. Groovyc creates a separate classloader and compilation configuration with the compiling classpath. There's no way to set that from the command line, so the forked Groovyc will always compile with a null classpath.
Actually, it turns out that wasn't my problem, and I've managed to get my build going without having to fork at all. So while the Groovyc task when invoked this way doesn't explicitly add anything to its compile classpath, maybe it inherits it or something.


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Spring's layered architecture gives you a lot of flexibility. All its functionality builds on lower levels. So you can e.g. use the JavaBeans configuration management without using the MVC framework or AOP support. But if you use the web MVC framework or AOP support, you'll find they build on the configuration framework, so you can apply your knowledge about it immediately.
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Thread: Today I Bought - December 2012
some recent purchases...
back-up of Vol De Nuit Parfum
Amouage Jubilation 25
Von Eusersdorff Classic Patchouli
Jean Patou Joy Parfum + Rober Piguet Futur Parfum
Schiaparelli Shocking
I crossed a fragrance off of the wish list by buying Ormonde Jayne Woman!
I've trademarked the color bleu
Shades, I love this Metallica song in your signature.
Nice hawl everyone.
Simplers Botanicals Vanilla perfume oil. It's a cheapy from the natural food store but it's the best vanilla I've ever smelled!
Yesterday I purchased Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Bath Soap & Velvet Body Oil. Tried it this morning, LOVE! Deliciously decadent & a wonderful way to lightly fragrance myself
I picked up a bottle of Petit Fracas today I saw an ad in the local Gumtree, emailed the lady and we made the exchange this afternoon. She sold it to me at a fraction of the RRP. It was unopened and still in its sealed box.
Do happy
To stay on topic ... I purchased another decant of SL Santal de Mysore. This is my third decant, I should just buy a FB for goodness sake!
I've trademarked the color bleu
I've been a bad bad girl and rescued an unloved, unused 7.5ml bottle of Opium extrait.
alfarom, I've never seen Joy in that sort of bottle...it's weirdly beautiful. Enjoy! Joy parfum is a beast of a fragrance.
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
Decants of:
Ambre Nuit by CD
Narciso Rodriguez
New Harlem
a vintage 50ml bottle of pascal morabito or black,
plus from a swap - decants of:
tauer lddm - 20ml
tom ford bois marocain - 30ml
dior vetiver - 30ml (not in this picture)
cdg luxe patchouli - 10ml
roja dove fetish - 20ml
chanel edc - 5ml
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[QUOTE=danny1967;2775589]a vintage 50ml bottle of pascal morabito or black,
plus from a swap - decants of:
tauer lddm - 20ml
tom ford bois marocain - 30ml
dior vetiver - 30ml (not in this picture)
cdg luxe patchouli - 10ml
roja dove fetish - 20ml
chanel edc - 5ml/QUOTE]
Congrats, Danny!
A 75ml bottle of Chanel's Coromandel and 30ml of Montale's Moon Aoud
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Also, Gucci Pour Homme II
A vintage bottle of Shalimar parfum - in the batwing bottle with the blue glass stopper - 45 mls of vanilla bliss.
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
L'Heure Bleue
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I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
I received my new bottle of Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur last night, and I am wearing today. I believe this is the first bottle I have bought since January, and that one was Cuir de Russie
Amouage Memoir Woman.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
I've been building up my collection a bit, so this past month has been crazy:
-Angel Aqua Chic (just got this today and I can't tell you how disappointed I am because it smells nothing like the one I smelled in Sephora. It's so strong and smells almost exactly like full-blown Angel. I was lured by a discount on Perfume Emporium's site, but now I wish I'd ordered it from Sephora, because I could return it. I guess I'll just donate it.)
-80% full Miss Dior Cherie 2005 version that I got for a good deal on ebay
-John Galliano
-Child roll-on (finally! I rationed my sample forever)
-Dita Von Teese
-Decants of Ormonde Jayne Woman, Shalimar Parfum Initiale L'eau, Chanel No. 19 Poudre, Coco Noir, Piguet's Oud, Calypso and Visa
All in all, I'm pretty happy with the full-sized bottles except for Aqua Chic. Mitsuoko may take some getting used to for me, but it's not awful. None of the Piguet or Chanel decants wowed me and I won't be buying the full bottles.
A roll on of Robert Piguet Visa.
Blue Mercury does a "party" every year, where, if you spend over a certain amount, you get 20% off total purchase. I went in on a few items with a friend and was able to grab one of the last bottles in stock of Serge Lutens Rousse. I'm simply ecstatic. One of the best scents on my skin!
Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume!
― C. JoyBell C.
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Cordial
Parfum d'Empire Musc Tonkin
Very good choice, i did the same a few month ago, i took 4 bottles ! This perfume is unique, it's a big revelation for me because i stayed away during years and now it could integrate my top, cinnamon by itself has a very complex scent and it's softly paired with iris, the balance is just perfect.Blue Mercury does a "party" every year, where, if you spend over a certain amount, you get 20% off total purchase. I went in on a few items with a friend and was able to grab one of the last bottles in stock of Serge Lutens Rousse. I'm simply ecstatic. One of the best scents on my skin!
Mona di Orio Les Nombres d'Or Tubereuse from Parfum1. Used the 20% discount code they sent me.
Mona di Orio Les Nombres dOr Vanille from The Perfume Shoppe. I already own one, but they jacked p the price by $50 and thought might stock up one at the old price.
Neela Vermeire Trayee. I got a sample set, and they were offering 15 off and free shipping to all prior customers. Might even get myself her Bombay Bling. It's just sooo good.
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Mona di Orio ~ Cuir
What I've Been Wearing:
Got my Reglisse Noir by 1000 Flowers in the mail from Canada today. My very first blind buy (I love black licorice). Sadly, I seem to be anosmic to something in it, as I mostly get sweetness but not the deep licorice I was hoping for
Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume!
― C. JoyBell C.
Partial Chergui bell jar on ebay -- fingers crossed it will make it here ok.
Vintage Shalimar EDC
Cabochard by Gres from the 80's or early 90's
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
Wow, $90 for 4 Oz of HdP? Lucky, lucky you!!!
I got Dzongkha on sale too, though the deal was not as good as yours. I got 20% discount and free shipping - but it works for me!
Bought a second bottle of Musk Blanc Femme by Robert Piguet. I never hear about this one, but it is lovely. I don't know if it came before or after the big surge of musk scents in the 60s, but it works for me. It came with a bottle of Pierre Cardin Choc and some Avon stuff.
What I've Been Wearing:
Ordered 15 ml each of ORRIS OCHRE and ROSA SUR REUSE from the Liz Zorn online sale.
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Ok I'll fess up. I've been trying not to buy but eBay stole my soul and I made a tiny purchase of vintage Tabu. Less than a tenner including postage.
The Opium extrait arrived and it's ppuuurrrrrffffeeeeccccctttttttt!
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I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
This weekend I bought Givenchy Dahlia Noir, Bvlgari Eau Parfumee au The Rouge and Boucheron B.
Parfum d'Empire Musc Tonkin. Also got Bois Farine for a Christmas present for someone.
I don't know much about medicine, but I know what I like. -- S.J. Perelman
What I've Been Wearing:
L'enfer, enjoy that Iris Poudre! It is in my top 5
Not in my top 5, but one that I am having alot of fun with, is Arquiste Animas Dulcis. Went through my sample and treated myself to a bottle.
The Different Company Oud Shamash (50ml)
The Different Company Bois d'Iris (50ml)
So I swore I wasn't buying except for gifts. Lol yeah right when Escentuals had a 24hr 12% off promotion. Treated myself to Santal Majascule and Etro Dianthus
Huitième Art Myrrhiad... it's supposed to be a present from my mother, she doesn't know it, yet
"Your fragrance with a fume of iodine" L. Cohen
vintage Hermes Calache PDT
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
Last night I bought an alice & peter sample set .......annnnnd......... after a lifetime of used motorcycles and cars, my first brand new car purchase- a Honda CRV. I'm so excited!!!!! Guess no more niche purchases until that puppy is paid off.
Sync'in and Think'in in 2015!
^ Congrats, Knit ! How exciting.
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Thanks g!
Sync'in and Think'in in 2015!
My recent purchases
Frederic Malle's Portrait Of A Lady
Tom Ford Black Orchid
Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
My favourite scents
Childhood memories : L'artisan parfumeur's patchouli patch
Frederic Malle portrait of a lady
Creed vetiver
L'Arte di Gucci 100ml ETD splash and used 50ml of Musc Ravageur, and two generous decants of Apres l'Ondee and Ambre Absolute by Tom Ford
l'arte di gucci!
Sync'in and Think'in in 2015!
Split of Montale's Blue Amber
Couple of SL decants. Finally, finally, finally got myself some Louve the other? Boxeuses


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Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan
Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood
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Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray the crime-solving duo of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in this 2009 crime/mystery flick based on the character of the title name. With aid from former adversary Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), Holmes and Watson investigate a series of murders connected to occult rituals. Mark Strong plays the villain Lord Blackwood, who has somehow returned after his execution to take over the British Empire using an arsenal of dark arts and new technologies.
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First Known Use: 14th century
adjective so·ber \ˈsō-bər\
: not drunk
: having or showing a very serious attitude or quality
: plain in color
so·ber·er \-bər-ər\ so·ber·est \-b(ə-)rəst\
Full Definition of SOBER
a : sparing in the use of food and drink : abstemiousb : not addicted to intoxicating drinkc : not drunk
: marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor
: marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness <a sober candlelight vigil>
: subdued in tone or color
: showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy, emotion, or prejudice
— so·ber·ly \-bər-lē\ adverb
— so·ber·ness noun
See sober defined for kids
Examples of SOBER
- I'm driving, so I have to stay sober tonight.
- He is a sober, hardworking farmer.
- The story is a sober look at drug abuse.
- Illness is a sober reminder of our mortality.
- The article is a sober reflection on the state of our nation.
Origin of SOBER
Middle English sobre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sobrius; akin to Latin ebrius drunk
Related to SOBER
- Synonyms
- clearheaded, straight
- Antonyms
- blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wiped out [slang]
See Synonym Discussion at serious
Other Drug/Tobacco Terms
controlled, flake, herb, key, sodden
: to make (someone) serious or thoughtful
so·beredso·ber·ing \-b(ə-)riŋ\
Full Definition of SOBER
transitive verb
: to make sober
intransitive verb
: to become sober —usually used with up
Examples of SOBER
- He returned home from the war, saddened and sobered by his experiences.
First Known Use of SOBER
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Bread Left Over: Reflections on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 07.27.12 |Bible, elisha, eucharist, Feeding 5000, Hahn, Ordinary Time, Scripture
Today's liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel's promised Messiah and king, the Lord who comes to feed His people.
Notice the parallels between today's Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few "barley" loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will be to feed the crowd with so little.… [Continue Reading]
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Baseball Bounces Back with 5-3 Win in Game Two to Earn Split at Tusculum
March 27, 2013
GREENEVILLE, T.N. - Pfeiffer University picked up a 5-3 win in game two to earn a split with host Tusculum in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday afternoon. The Falcons slide to 13-20 on the year while the Pioneers, who notched a 12-4 win in the opener, move to 19-11.
Pfeiffer started game one with an early 1-0 lead thanks to a Jon Gray solo home run to left. The Pioneers used a four-run first and third to take their big lead in game one. Pfeiffer's other runs came in the third on a Cole McGraw double to center, a Gray sacrifice fly in the fifth and an Aarin Sharpe groundout in the seventh. Jacob Yates would end game one 3-for-5 while Gray and Johnny Brown, Jr. concluded with two.
In game two, Pfeiffer would break a 2-2 tie with three runs in the final frame, the top of the seventh, as Yates snapped the deadlock with a RBI single to left. The final two runs were scored courtesy of a Tusculum throwing error. The Pioneers would tack on a run in the bottom of the seventh for the final 5-3 margin. The Falcons other two runs would come in the third on Yates' first RBI single to left while Kyle Hackney delivered an infield single to short.
Yates and Gray each collected a pair of hits in game two supporting starter Ethan Greene's six innings of work allowing one earned run on six hits with six strikeouts. Jeff Barkley would pick up his fourth save of the season relieving Greene in the seventh.
Pfeiffer returns home to Joe Ferebee Field on Friday and Saturday hosting Georgia College. Friday's doubleheader and Saturday's series-finale will begin at 12:00 p.m.


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Cat Heart Cancer
Cat Heart Cancer
Tumors of the heart are rare in cats. The heart is very vascular, pumping blood to all of the other organs in the body. Growths can occur in several parts of the heart. They can pop up in the base of the heart, the pericardium (covering) or the muscle of the heart itself (myocardium). When these tumors do occur, the animals are usually 7-15 years old. Tumors in an around the heart can be benign or malignant. Hemangiosaarcomas and aortic body tumors are most common.
Symptoms of hemangiosarcoma
The symptoms of this type of tumor usually manifest due to the obstruction of blood flow within the cat's heart. There is also the possibility of a rupture that causes hemorrhage. Disruption of the rhythm of the heart is also evident. Some signs that may be observed by cat owners are shortness of breath, Cat Difficulty Breathing, fainting, Cat Loss of Weight due to Cat Loss of Appetite and lack luster activity. If the tumor ruptures abruptly, the cat can immediately die.
Symptoms of aortic body tumors
Showing all of the same symptoms as hemangiosarcoma; Aortic body tumors add the threat of bleeding into the pericardium the sac around the heart. This will severely compromise the efficiency of the heart, which causes the same symptoms.
By giving an extensive history of the onset of symptoms, physical exam including lab studies and clinical signs, your veterinarian can evaluate your cat. Further studies of the heart, including EKG will evaluate the function of the heart and consequently the extent of the malady.
Treatment of hemangiosarcoma
Cat Cancer Chemotherapy and surgery are the two treatments available for this type of tumor. Surgery is only advised if there is one tumor, rather than a mass of tumors.
Treatment of aortic body tumors
The surgical removal of tumors is the treatment of choice. What limits the possibility is the characteristics of the mass and the location. In either case, surgery is difficult. There are minimal times when radiation can be used. In some instances, removal of the pericardium relieves many of the symptoms. It also extends the life expectancy of the cat.
A prognosis for hemangiosarcomas is poor at best. As a rule, cats do not respond favorably to the available medical treatment. By initiating chemotherapy, the life span can be slightly increased.
Prognosis for aortic body tumors is not as dismal as hemangiosarcoma, but still will rate only fair. It all hinges on the type of treatment received. Cats that have had the pericardium removed can live up to nineteen months.
Home treatment
Treatment at home will depend on the condition of your cat. With a dismal prognosis for your cat, you may want to consider euthanasia. You are there for your cat and it is important to keep that in mind. Are you prolonging the inevitable for your sake or your cats? What is the quality of life that your cat is experiencing? These are not easy decisions, but are necessary ones in determining your Cat Palliative Cancer Care.
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