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Chat with Jake Trotter
Welcome to SoonerNation! On Monday, writer Jake Trotter stops by to chat about everything Oklahoma.
Trotter joined ESPN.com in 2011 after four years with The Oklahoman covering OU and Big 12 football. Before that, he worked at the Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal. Trotter grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Washington & Lee (Va.) University.
Send your questions now and join Trotter Monday at 4 p.m. ET!
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Jake Trotter (4:03 PM)
Hey guys... we'll get rolling in a sec.
Mariopvn NORWALK, CA [via mobile]
Do u think oklahoma and osu will explore going to the pac 12?
Jake Trotter (4:03 PM)
Gosh I hope not. Would ruin my summer for the third consecutive year.
Chris Fiegler (Latham,NY)
Who will be the first Sooner to be selected in the 2012 NFL Draft?
Jake Trotter (4:04 PM)
Ronnell Lewis... probably an early second round pick. Jamell Fleming could also go in the second round.
braylinn ( tulsa)
I'm trying not to panic about ou yet to land any commitments from any linebackers or corners..which position more of a priority? And who do we have realistic chances of signing?
Jake Trotter (4:06 PM)
Panic in Jan. Don't panic now. Mike Stoops said signing 5 "quality" DBs was the priority in this class. Bob had a breakdown of who the Sooners are targeting in his weekly Intel.
Jackson (Maryland)
Who is going to be the next RG3 in the Big 12?
Jake Trotter (4:07 PM)
I don't know that we'll ever see another RGIII. You're talking about an Olympic-caliber sprinter molded into a QB. That doesn't come around very often.
Nick Saban (Tuscaloosa)
Im the greatest coach ever and know talent when i see it. I have offered Brayden Scott and want him. Why hasnt OU offered him if i have.
Jake Trotter (4:08 PM)
I don't know if this is the only reason, but OU traditionally slow plays recruit from Oklahoma. I'm not crazy about the philosophy, but Ryan Broyles, Curtis Lofton, the list goes on of guys that OU waited to pursue.
Derek (Skiatook,OK)
I personally think 13' QB Cody Thomas is just every bit as good as Max Browne, but what do the Sooners have to do to land his talents and get him away from baseball?
Jake Trotter (4:10 PM)
I don't know where Thomas will end up, but if he ends up going anywhere near where Archie Bradley did, there's really nothing OU can do... Money talks.
brian (okc)
is mike stoops running a new scheme or is he using same system just a little more vanilla? thanks
Jake Trotter (4:11 PM)
The scheme will be similar, but "vanilla" is probably the wrong word. He has and will continue to simplify schemes in the secondary to help them play and react instead of think.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
Did that slow playing hurt them with Josh Turner, DeMarco Cobbs, and now Justin Manning?
Jake Trotter (4:12 PM)
Maybe more with Turner than Cobbs if I remember correctly... Honestly, it hasn't really hurt them as much as you would think. They know Oklahoma kids want to play for OU, and they've been able to swoop in late in get the Ryan Broyleses of the world.
greg ( tulsa)
Why is ou not going after the top d end prospect nmchekachekasomething...do we think its unrealistic landing him or did he tell us we didn't have a shot or what??
Jake Trotter (4:14 PM)
Robert Nkemdiche? They probably realized early on landing him was a longshot, considering his offer sheet of schools a lot closer in proximity.
Steve (Charleston, WV)
Jake,There has been a lot of talk about Mike Stoops return to OU, but do you think he'll be able to restore the the dominating defense that once he commanded. Let's not forget that the Big XII didn't have so many high octane offenses ten years ago.
Jake Trotter (4:15 PM)
I don't think it will happen overnight and I don't think it will be like it was in 2001 when OU was shutting every other team out. But I really like what Mike has done with the secondary so far, and I would expect them to be improved at the back end, for sure.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
Will the 2013 defensive back class rival/end up as impressive, as the WR class of 2012?
Jake Trotter (4:15 PM)
The odds are against it.
greg (okc)
with the bo ryan situation last week, i saw we allowed Justin mcckay to go to kansas and brandon williams to texas a & m, is that a common deal with coaches blocking certain teams?
Jake Trotter (4:17 PM)
I'm not so sure OU would have allowed Brandon Williams to transfer to Texas A&M if the Aggies had remained in the Big 12... McCay's case was different -- he was never going to play at OU. But it's fairly common to block players from transferring to another program in the same conference. Maybe they should have the same rule for coaches?
Due The Gundy (Tulsa)
I don't understand the negative talk about Corey Nelson. Doesn't he have too much talent not to start or at least play a lot? What do you think will happen with him this fall.
Jake Trotter (4:18 PM)
I agree. He has too much talent not to play a major role on the defense. He went through some growing pains adapting to the new regime on defense... but he turned a corner the final week of spring ball and played really well in the Red-White game. He led the D with 8 tackles, a positive sign for the fall.
Droot (The Liquor Store)
There has been a lot of talk about WVU having the best offense in the Big12. I have a problem with that. They have never played in the Big12. And OU returns a lot of production from the 5th best overall offense in the country. What do you say about this?
Jake Trotter (4:20 PM)
We're about to find out... I like West Virginia's offense a lot. You don't drop off 70 in the Orange Bowl unless you can play, and WV figures only to improve in its second year in Dana's scheme. Based on how OU staggered to the finish last season without Broyles, I don't see anything wrong with ranking WV's offense ahead of OU's in the preseason.
Michael (Long Beach, CA)
Jake, with the backs on the roster and the commits for 2014, forgot all bout Alex Ross. You think he gets lost on the depth chart or is he looked at for a position change?
Jake Trotter (4:21 PM)
No, not at all. In fact, I think he could be a star at OU. He only played RB two years in high school, which means he hasn't completely tapped into that potential yet. If Ross can stay healthy, he could be really special.
David (Dallas)
Looking at the schedule, what games worry you the most? % chance that OU can run the table and play for a NC?
Jake Trotter (4:22 PM)
OU's two toughest games will be at West Virginia followed by at TCU.
brian (okc)
how much longer is bob stoops going to stay??? who will get the more time as a freshman playing this upcoming season???
Jake Trotter (4:23 PM)
Probably until he retires from coaching... Trey Metoyer will play more than any other freshman. He should be a starter from day one.
thebigdroot (The Beautiful state Of Oklahoma)
Will Bob be handling Gardner's issue once he is on campus or has he already discussed it with Gardner?
Jake Trotter (4:24 PM)
I'm sure it's been discussed. I don't see this being a big deal... maybe a few stadium steps.
smith (Az)
can you list the top 5 DE 1 through 5 ??
Jake Trotter (4:25 PM)
At OU? Washington and King tied for first, Chuka, then Chaz Nelson, and Grissom.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
Do you think need and potential early playing time will help sway Maurice Smith to Norman and away from Bama? Or do the Sooners need to have a big season as well to help their cause?
Jake Trotter (4:27 PM)
Maurice Smith now says he likes Alabama the most, so it looks like his top two are Bama and Texas. But Smith appears to enjoy every visit "the most." He grew up a Texas fan though and the smart money is with the Longhorns.
sara ( tulsa)
Where do we stand with conerback maurice smith? Last I heard he almost committed during ou's junior day..I was expecting a commitment from him with the following weeks.
Jake Trotter (4:27 PM)
OU is in the mix, but Texas is probably the favorite.
Bob (OKC)
Any Oklahoma recruits going to commit anytime soon???
Danny (OKC)
Any football commits coming in near future?
Jake Trotter (4:28 PM)
What is the big hurry?
Mike (Orlando, FL)
What does the rb situation look like?
Jake Trotter (4:29 PM)
Dominique Whaley is the starter if he's healthy. Roy Finch and Brennan Clay will get spot carries. Damien Williams is the X factor, and could warrant a lot of playing time if he's good as his highlight tape. We'll see.
Proud Sooner (Sapulpa)
Jake, Sooner magic is gone. I'm blaming Stoops' recruiting for so many Florida and California kids. Not dissing them, but they're just "not from around here". I see AMAZING talent on the team, yet we stink it up a couple games per year. Is there cultural friction or what?
Jake Trotter (4:30 PM)
No cultural friction, but ask the 2000 national championship team if there's anything to be said for recruiting as many Oklahoma kids as possible.
Dan (Tulsa)
Do you think after a few years in the NFL, Broyles will end up being a steal for which ever team drafts him? I see him being a Welker of sorts.
Jake Trotter (4:31 PM)
Toby Rowland and I were talking about the very same thing on his show this morning... One thing to keep in mind, it took 3-4 years before Welker came into his own. Remember, he was with San Diego a year or two, then Miami before catching on with the Pats. Broyles made need some time to adjust to the physicality of the NFL. But the kid is a player.
Mike (Orlando, FL)
Any chance that Ty Darlington sees time this fall? Being from Apopka, near Orlando, we were able to follow him. Great kid with a passion for Sooner football.
Jake Trotter (4:33 PM)
No, I doubt he plays this year. The Sooners already have so many players guard to guard (Ikard, Evans, Habern, Shead Nila, Irwin). But James Patton is really high on Darlington and he has a great chance to be a foundational piece of the next o-line era.
Roger Goodell (At the podium)
Any thoughts on the selections the Rams or Vikings should make to help OU legends AD and Sam?
Jake Trotter (4:35 PM)
The Rams should take Justin Blackmon. Sam desperately needs a No. 1 WR, and there's no OT that will be available and worth taking at No. 6. The Vikings need help everywhere. The defense is old, the O-line has struggled. But in the NFC North with Rodgers, Stafford, Cutler, I would go with a CB... so Claiborne.
shaina ( tulsa)
Not thinkin we have much of a shot with levenberry,but there's little hope since he mentioned us as a finalist..Who could possibly be the first linebaker to commit? And what are some names to key an eye on that we have a a realistic chance of signing?
Jake Trotter (4:35 PM)
Levenberry is likely going to Florida State when he announces tomorrow afternoon.
Phillip (a stadium near you)
Jake,is Oklahoma going to keep going with Bell on the goal line this year or do you see him being involved in more of the offense or is this going to be Landry Jones's team?
Jake Trotter (4:37 PM)
No, this is Landry's team. The Belldozer will continue to be a big part of the short-yardage offense, but you won't see Bell on the field otherwise.
DTG (Stillwater)
Who will have the better defense. OSU or OU.
Jake Trotter (4:38 PM)
When was the last time OSU had the better defense? 1997? OU will have the better D again next season.
Kansans for Sooners (Wichita)
Let's face it, Landry is only back to hang with his fiance. I'm not the only Sooner that's bent that Bell isn't taking over. Yes, Landry is an awesome passer but when he's off, there ain't no mojo there. Bell on the other hand has got it all. Great arm and amazing runner. Does Good Landry finish the season as starter (no, not wishing an injury on him)? Or does Bell snag the spot after Bad Landry drops a game or two? His Bedlam performance was the worst QB performance I've ever seen.
Jake Trotter (4:39 PM)
I was wondering when the Landry haters were going to pop up... Landry is not losing his job. Give it another year... Bell will be in the lineup soon enough.
brandon (texarkana, tx)
Jake, who's the best uncommited player in the current espn 150, that ou has the best chance of landing?
Jake Trotter (4:40 PM)
It's probably still DT Justin Manning, DeMarcus Granger's younger brother.
mike (weatherford)
Do you see stanvon taylor ever getting a OU offer? Seems like a solid player.
Jake Trotter (4:41 PM)
Taylor will be evaluated by the OU coaches this spring. It's hard to say right now if he'll get an offer, but he's one of three in-state defensive backs OU is looking at along with Lawton's Maurice Chandler and Edmond Santa Fe's Khari Harding.
Derrin (Plano, TX)
Any word on Joe Mathis and Torredney Prevot? Where do the Sooners currently stand with these top prospects?
Jake Trotter (4:41 PM)
Mathis is high on OU, but will he take a visit? That's the question. Prevot has OU on the outside looking in. It's a longshot. Texas is the favorite.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
Haha...Jake, will the Landry haters evoke the blasphemous name of Nate Hybl if he does not step up his game ths year, and eliminate the mistakes?
Jake Trotter (4:43 PM)
Please, they were doing that during his freshman year when he had no reps with the first-team offense in the offseason, wasn't expecting to play, the o-line was terrible and the WRs dropped everything.
Kansans Really for Sooners, (not just Blake, the Kansanian.)
My large group of Sooner Fans in Wichita loves Landry, just saying.
Michael (Long Beach, CA)
Wow, amazing how the soon to be all-time leading passer at OU can be so polarizing. Bedlam isn't just on Landry's shoulders. Lots of poor play to go around in that game. Plus, putting up 38 against Baylor should have been enough.
Young Padowan (DRoot's Bar)
What is your personal tailgating beverage of choice?
Jake Trotter (4:43 PM)
I haven't imbibed at a tailgate since college. Such is life of a beat writer.
Droot (The Liqour Store)
Is it more likely that Lamar earns the starting spot at CB and Colvin stay at S. Or Colvin going to CB and we hope Javon doesn't get burnt deep.
Jake Trotter (4:44 PM)
It's more likely that Colvin moves to CB. In Javon we trust.
Jake Trotter's Evil Twin (Bizarro World)
JTrott, I know our D is going to be awesome, but what's up with all the personnel changes? You would almost think we're playing sandlot football with all the changes. Is Bobby having to make due with less than usual. Speak it bro!
Jake Trotter (4:45 PM)
New regime brings new changes.
Dana Holgerson (Morgantown)
Can you say "weak secondary"? What % chance do you think your Sooners have in Morgantown this year? Or do you think this one's "in the bag" for Stoops?
Jake Trotter (4:47 PM)
This year, I'm going to my wife's family reunion, which is partly comprised of rabid West Virginia fans. Wish me luck with these people.
Dan (Tulsa)
Washita Wheat, you should try it when you get chance. It's a solid brew..and.."Made with REAL Oklahoma Red Wheat!".
Jake Trotter (4:48 PM)
Can you smuggle me some up to the press box?
Grant (Edmond)
i havent heard anything about kass everett recently. how has he done in spring ball? is there any chance of him playing?
Jake Trotter (4:49 PM)
The only way Kass is playing is if there are injuries. He's buried on the depth chart for the foreseeable future.
Phillip (a stadium near you)
Jake,RG3 was saying on the "Gruden QB Camp" that in their high speed offense that they were trying to get the defense out of position and he said that some teams switch players in and out because of their depth.Do you see Stoops learning from this and not substitute so much against fast paced offensive teams?
Jake Trotter (4:50 PM)
Mike Stoops is already making this adjustment. Not having more guys ready to play is something that's killed OU in the past. I think Mike will have enough guys ready to play in the secondary this time around for the reasons RGIII disclosed.
Kevin (Reno, NV)
Many experts are handing 1st Team QB to Big XII newcomer Geno Smith. Does Landry Jones redeem himself this season and put the conference rookie in his place?
Jake Trotter (4:51 PM)
Not if OU doesn't beat West Virginia on the road. That's going to be a tough one.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
True indeed, some Sooner fans are beginning to resemble the Longhorn faitful with Chris Simms? Now that's the definition of a disappointment of shrinking on the big state. We should be thankful for Landry.
Jake Trotter (4:51 PM)
Who would you rather have? Landry Jones or David Ash?
Joshua (Houston)
Travis Lewis was our best LB for 4 years. Then, he skips out on a few interviews and the local media turns on him. Is it safe to say OU beat writers took that a little too personal and have been less than kind to him this past year?
Jake Trotter (4:54 PM)
He was hardly the first player to skip out on interviews. Jermaine Gresham was famous for that. The difference was, Gresham was an all-conference tight end. Lewis was a very average LB this past season. I don't take things like that personal, and I hope my colleagues wouldn't either. Then again, somebody like Lewis has no one to blame but himself when he has no one getting his back in the media.
dan (tulsa)
how many games does world peace get?
Jake Trotter (4:55 PM)
Ban him for life.
dashawn (dallas)
of the crop of sooners entering the nfl draft, who has the most impact as a rookie?
Jake Trotter (4:55 PM)
Probably Jamell. Ronnell still needs some fine-tuning.
Bob Stoops (Norman)
Great job on the chat Jake. Take the rest of the day off! Call me sometime and I'll buy you a beer.
Jake Trotter (4:56 PM)
That would be a first, Bob.
Dana Holgerson (Morgantown)
Good question? Who IS going to line-up in the secondary and will they be at least decent this season?
Jake Trotter (4:57 PM)
The DBs will be the strength of the defense. Colvin and Hurst are all-conference caliber CBs. Jefferson is a star at safety. The question is Javon Harris at the other safety, and Lynn and Ibiloye underneath at nickel/dime back.
Blitzer McGraw (Holdenville)
Pass rush - Will we lead the conference in pass rushing this year? Will we get through the best OL's (OSU, WVU, Horns)?
Jake Trotter (4:58 PM)
I haven't analyzed what everyone else has coming back in the front four, but I doubt OU has the best pass rush. Big Frank and Ronnell are leaving a big void at end, and there's no difference-maker at DT.
Tony (Richmond, CA)
The only Texas QB I would ever have taken over recent OU starters is Vince Young. He's the only one justifiable in my opinion.
Jake Trotter (4:59 PM)
Colt McCoy was a terrific player, too. I know he and Sam overlapped some, but let's not act like Texas has started a bunch of bums there.
Bob (Los Angeles)
If Damen Williams is as good as his film. Who is the starting RB for OU Whaley or Williams?
Jake Trotter (4:59 PM)
Still Whaley... He's proven it at the D-1 level.
Joshua (Houston)
"Lewis was a very average LB this past season." Dude played on a broken toe. OU loses to FSU without him, I think. "Then again, somebody like Lewis has no one to blame but himself when he has no one getting his back in the media." This answers my question.
Jake Trotter (5:00 PM)
No, I agree. The toe was a big problem. The reason he was average.
Mike (Orlando, FL)
RJ Washington was so highly ranked coming out of high school. What's your take on him filling in for Frank Alexander?
Jake Trotter (5:01 PM)
I could see RJ having a breakout season the way Frank and Pryce Macon had the last two years. He's not winning Big 12 D player of the year, but I could see him being a very solid player his final season.
Jake Trotter (5:01 PM)
Guys, that's it for the chat this week. Sorry I couldn't get to all of your questions. We'll do it again next week, same time, same place. Until then, have a great week.
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|First appearance
|"Space Pilot 3000"
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Sarah Silverman
Michelle is Fry's beautiful ex-girlfriend. Their relationship was a abusive one, with Michelle constantly berating and controlling Fry, as well as cheating on him repeatedly.
She broke up with Fry on December 31, 1999 from a taxi cab she was sharing with her lover, Constantine. She told Fry she left his stuff on the sidewalk as the taxi pulled away. She had sexual intercourse with Constantine later that night, before being interrupted by a time-traveling Bender, who was being forced to hunt down and kill Fry by Nudar.
Some time later, after a failed marriage, she froze herself to start a new life in the future. From 2012, she was supposed to unfreeze in 254 years, but Fry's time paradox duplicate, Lars Fillmore, hitched a ride on her cryo tube, setting the time for 990 years.
In 3002, she was surprised to find that it was Fry thawing her and the two rekindled their romance. Michelle could not adjust to her new surroundings and re-froze both herself and Fry, for another thousand years. Upon awakening, they found themselves in a desolate wasteland. Trying to make a life for themselves, they joined a society of feral adolescents. After the teens were picked up in an armored SUV, Fry grew tired of Michelle's constant nagging and left. Fry soon discovered he had only been frozen for a few days and that he was in Los Angeles. Presumably learning this as well, Michelle hooked up with the recently thawed Pauly Shore.
Michelle was briefly seen at Fry's funeral, along with his other flames.
In the episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences", she is seen at Comic-Con with much longer hair.
Background Notes Edit
- In "Space Pilot 3000", Michelle's hair was black.
Appearances Edit
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- "Space Pilot 3000"
- "The Cryonic Woman"
- "That's Lobstertainment!"
- "A Taste of Freedom"
- "Jurassic Bark"
- "The Sting" (dream)
- "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences"
- "Game of Tones"
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Is Nicki Minaj apologizing to Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus? This is not the Nicki we see on social media, the Nicki on The Ellen DeGeneres Show was demure, sweet and apologetic about the social media wars she's had. She doesn't specify anyone but we bet she's talking about Taylor, Miley, and maybe even Farrah Abraham!
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RSS Feed Siobhan Pipa 2016-05-12T12:28:54Z Time course of memory relocation revealed https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0516/040616-memory-relocation The time-dependent role of the hippocampus in memory storage has been revealed through new research led by UCL and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). RSS Feed Siobhan Pipa 2016-05-05T08:36:47Z Is hair the root to understanding our stress levels? https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0416/030516_hair_cortisol Women with lower incomes have higher concentrations of the stress hormone cortisol in their hair, according to a new study from UCL. RSS Feed Rowan Walker 2016-05-03T15:19:26Z Meaning of brain scans for 'pain' called into question https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0416/260416-brain-scans-pain Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after researchers from UCL and the University of Reading saw such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain. 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RSS Feed Rebecca L Caygill 2016-04-14T08:46:26Z Future of donor anonymity threatened by growth of genetic testing https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0416/130416-Sperm-donors-anonymity The rise of personal genetic testing and growth of international DNA databases could put an end to anonymous sperm and egg donation as donor-conceived individuals may unintentionally discover biological relatives, according to UCL researchers. RSS Feed James L Russell 2016-04-13T15:25:06Z Predicting gentrification through social networking data https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0416/13042016-predicting-gentrification-through-social-networking-data RSS Feed Ruth Howells 2016-04-13T15:17:40Z Fruit flies live longer on lithium https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0416/070416-fruit-flies-live-longer-on-lithium Fruit flies live 16% longer than average when given low doses of the mood stabiliser lithium, according to a UCL-led study. 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Has anyone started cereal? DS is almost 8 wks & weighs 13 lbs (5lbs more then his birth wt). At the 2 mth checkup the ped said we should start him on cereal. She said that when he started sleeping in shorter stretches at night that he was ready. He had started sleeping 6 hrs then went 7hrs once. The last 2 nights he has dropped back down to about 4 hr stretches.
To me 2 mths old feels like it is kind of early to start cereal. But my ODS was 5 wks early & was less then 5lbs at birth. He didn't start cereal until he was almost 5mths but he was only drinking about half as much milk at 2mths that YDS is now. (I EBF but do pumped milk in a bottle occassionally). My mom said full term babies start cereal earlier.


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You may be a diligent recycler, but did you know those jars, bottles and lids make wonderful kids crafts? You are only limited by your imagination when it comes to repurposing every day packaging. We've collected some of the best ideas to give you a place to start your recycled crafting.
Mancala Game
This game is also known as the "count and capture" game.
Snowman Jar
This snowman jar is a cute winter craft to make
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Here's a Christmas craft to teach saving money and saving the earth
Recycled Water Bottle Octopus
This pretty little Octopus is made from a recycled water
Milk Carton Pirate Ship
Make this pirate ship for a wonderful birthday party decoration
Grandparent's Love Box
Every day is Grandparent's Day, but once a year we
Apple Gift Boxes
You can use these apple boxes to hold treats or
Recycled Bottle People
This Recycled Bottle People Craft is easy for little ones to create.
Tin Can Friends
Take those old tin can and give them a new
Recycled Jellyfish Windsock
This recycled Jellyfish Windsock is fun to make and recycles
Father's Day Back Scratcher
Use inexpensive materials, including an upcycled paint stirrer or ruler,
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Patriotic Mobile
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Recycled Maracas
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I had the same problem with my new Galaxy s2. After spending a lots of wasted hours reconfiguring the account, changing settings, etc. I discovered that when the account is set up correctly on the phone a notification is sent to it. This has to be opened in order for the account to work. Unfortunately the Galaxy phone hides the notification window and gives no indication that a notification is present. Try swiping down from the top of the screen to open it. It worked for me. My phone is now syncing just fine and I can send and receive emails from my exchange server.
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there was an additional security confirmation waiting and hiding in a background process. found it eventually, confirmed it, and it solved the issue.
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Also note: You might want to try connecting using "m.outlook.com rather than podxxxxxxx.outlook.com in case your mailbox moves to a different POD.
(that is try to connect with m.outlook.com, if that does not work THEN use the podxxxxxxxx.outlook.com)
This is exactly what happened.
also have Galaxy S2. also got the confirmation page hidden.
finding it after few hours solved the ptoblem.
This isnt fixing the problem for me. I swipe down and allow the security change to the phone and 30 sec later it is back.
Window heading ! Security update required
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OK or Cancel
I delete the account from my phone and readded the account everything was working fine for a hour or 2 but now its back to the same "Update security settings".
This Just started today 6/1/2012 and NO changes have been made on my part to my phone or office365.
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same here. same notifications, I open it, ask to update and it does not work.
I have deleted my account and rebuild it. It always hang up when it reaches the first mail dated 06/06/2012
Any suggestion?
I have a Samsung tablet with the same issue. For me, I had to change the security on the device from PIN protection to PASSWORD protection. It seems like the requirement to "at least have a PIN protecting the device" and Samsung's PIN locking system don't jive. The password is a more secure option of locking down the device and Exchange/Samsung seem to play well when it's set that way. Hope that helps.
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I have had no luck with this problem either on my Galaxy Note running Android 4.0. I have tried changing the lock from PIN to password, and this had no effect. I have tried accessing any latent dialogs that might have shown up to no avail. I've tried deleting the account and re-adding it, and it only works for a brief period before failing again.
I did notice last night that I could connect via HSDPA / HSDPA+ but not via WiFi. As soon as the WiFi was turned on, I started getting the 'unable to connect to server due to security error' messages; as soon as I turned it off, I was able to download and send emails. Outside of email, the WiFi connection seemed to be OK.
On Android 2.3 on the Galaxy Note, I never ran into any email problems like this.
This problem is due to the latest updates for Samsung Galaxy. The active sync downloaded is not 100% compatible with office 365.
Hence, after a lot of researches, the only solution I have chosen was, to buy from google play the following email client "touchdown".
You can try it for 30 days and then, the license is 20.99.
It works fine, it synchronises email, calendar, contacts and... very fast without any problem.
Good luck
Same problem on a Galaxy S3. One mailbox is working but not the other one! Both on Office 365.
Lior, can you elaborate? How does one find the background process and reply to it?
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Judge orders arrest of convicted murderer in Jerome Ersland case
Convicted murderer Jevontai Ingram has run out of second chances.
An Oklahoma County judge last week ordered his arrest after he failed to appear at a court hearing to assess his progress on probation.
Prosecutors said Thursday said they will ask the judge to send him to prison.
Ingram is the armed drugstore robber who spent three years in custody after pharmacist Jerome Ersland fatally shot an accomplice in 2009. Ingram was 14 at the time of the robbery attempt in south Oklahoma City.
He spent another four months in custody after he vandalized his mother's car in September. He was put on probation in February after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor.
Ingram, now 18, had not been arrested yet Thursday night.
The outcome of Ingram's case has been widely debated because Ersland was convicted at trial of first-degree murder over the shooting.
Ersland, 61, is serving a life sentence in prison.
Ingram was supposed to be living with an aunt in Texas while on probation but prosecutors suspect he has returned to Oklahoma City. Ingram last posted a photo of himself on Facebook May 3.
"He hasn't complied with his rules and conditions of probation," District Attorney David Prater said.
Defense attorney Michael Johnson said he will oppose any request to send Ingram to prison. The attorney said Ingram did move out of his aunt's place because she charged him rent.
The attorney said Ingram has sent text messages that state he is still in Texas. The attorney said Ingram may not have known he had to show up at last week's hearing.
The attorney also said, "What happened was: David (Prater) and I tried to be damn social workers to this kid and get him in the best environment possible when, honestly, there's no environment to put him in. … He's got his apartment. He's got his girlfriend down there. He's working at a car wash, supposedly … and he just wants people to leave him alone."
Prosecutors gave Ingram a break in his murder case for his testimony against the two men who recruited him to rob the Reliable Discount Pharmacy in south Oklahoma City. Both are now in prison, in part because of his cooperation.
He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder because his friend, accomplice Antwun Parker, 16, was killed. His time in custody included stays in the Oklahoma County jail and juvenile facilities.
His deal required him to stay out of further trouble. Prosecutors could ask the judge to order Ingram to serve up to a life term in prison. They likely will seek a shorter stay. Ingram is no longer eligible for juvenile detention.
Ersland is appealing his murder conviction.
Prosecutors alleged Ersland was in the wrong because he shot the second robber five more times after knocking him unconscious with a shot to the head. Prosecutors also pointed out at trial that the second robber did not have a gun and was on the floor when he was shot the last five times.
Jurors agreed with prosecutors. They rejected Ersland's claim that he was justified in his actions because he was defending himself and two female employees. His pharmacy license expired after he went to prison.


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.- The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Chile has put a hold on the distribution of the morning after pill to minors aged 14-18 without a prescription and without parental consent after two legal challenges to the government's decision to distribute the drug.
The two lawsuits, one filed by the mayor of the town of La Florida, Pablo Zalaquett, and the other by Juan Antonio Espina and Cristian Lagos, argue that the decision by the Chilean Ministry of Health jeopardizes the rights of parents to choose how their children will be educated, above all in affective and sexual matters.
The Court has given the Health Ministry five days to review its decision. After that it must present documents that support the distribution of the pill to minors.
Government spokesman Ricardo Lagos Weber said, "The government is within its right to defend this policy" and "we are going to defend it in the courts."


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A Kelso man is missing and presumed drowned after his kayak overturned Saturday in the North Fork of the Lewis River above Woodland.
Thadius M. Roberts, 32, was salmon fishing with friends from their kayaks near the Cedar Creek boat ramp on Etna Road, Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Fred Neiman said.
Roberts became separated and was first noticed missing about dusk. Roberts' companions reported him missing to 911 about 10 p.m.
Sheriff's deputies, the sheriff's Marine Patrol and Clark County Fire & Rescue searched the river and shoreline for Roberts on Saturday and found his kayak was floating about 3/4 of a mile downstream. The search continued until early Sunday.
The search resumed later Sunday and continued for most of the day, Neiman said.
Roberts was wearing a dark wool jacket, camouflage rain pants and a brown hat.
Additional search efforts are pending.
Roberts was not wearing a personal flotation device, although he had one onboard. The life jacket was recovered with the kayak, Neiman said.


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Everyone just needs to calm down and have a little faith in Chris.
It is just crazy talk to even suggest that CF is running out of gas. Just look at the planned website expansion and renovations about to take place. CF is bowling in its south end-zone for pete's sake!
Sure, this guy does not have a rivals page or any star ratings. He is an Ag Business major. He has the frame and potential to develop into a lifelong contributor. He has already gone through his red-shirt lurking period. He also has the right mental attitude by declaring he is All In!
If Chris sees enough potential in him to give him an account then all I have to say is I am so proud to have you with us.
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The First Paramedics
This article was originally written by Randy Cassingham for the now defunct site Every Medic, and moved here as that site was being shut down.
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Military corpsmen go way back, providing special care to soldiers on the battlefield. Hospitals often provided horse-drawn ambulances, staffed by doctors. And we all know that funeral directors' hearses doubled as medical transport vehicles into the 1950s and 60s.
Some areas, notably Toronto, Ont., Canada, pushed for better cardiac emergency field care. There, Medic One was a single ambulance that had a "portable" defibrillator for cardiac calls. The machine was operated by a hospital intern, and it meant bringing the patient to the ambulance, since the defibrillator was powered by lead-acid car batteries -- it weighed 100 pounds.
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But what about true paramedicine for civilians -- comprehensive emergency care from trauma to childbirth to medical emergencies including, yes, cardiac incidents? Where and when did it start, and how? The location was unlikely: Pittsburgh, Pa. And you probably haven't heard of the very first squad of paramedics, since the the squad -- even its history -- was buried.
Putting Together the Pieces
In the mid-1960s, Pittsburgh's United Negro Protest Committee created Freedom House Enterprises Inc. to serve the Hill area of the city. One of their missions was to help build job opportunities for the so-called "unemployable" locals in a time of unrest. The Vietnam War was raging, and there was angst in the streets over the war, civil rights, and more.
Meanwhile at the time, ambulances in the city, like in many cities, were operated by the police department: a "scoop and scoot" service that used essentially untrained officers to give the sick and injured a ride to the hospital.
The vision to change things wasn't the effort of a single person. Freedom House would be the focal point, and would recruit the staff. The money came from Phillip Hallen, president of the now-defunct Maurice Falk Medical Foundation, and a former ambulance driver. The medicine came from Dr. Peter Safar, the Director of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who was considered the "Father of CPR". (Safar, by the way, had also invented another level of care: the Intensive Care Unit.) And the glue to put the two together was Morton Coleman, of Pitt's Graduate School of Social Work, who suggested combining an ambulance service with a program to train men (and, during the life of the service, at least two women) not just as ambulance drivers, but as professional emergency medical care providers.
In 1967, the Freedom House Ambulance Service was formed; about 44 men were recruited for training, organized by Dr. Safar. The men were paid a small wage, and in return were expected to attend classes eight hours per day, five days per week, for nine months to learn not just the basics of emergency medical care, but get in depth. After class, they observed in the emergency room, or did rotations in various hospital departments. And, of course, they learned the latest in CPR as Dr. Safar did his research at the hospital, and later at the institute he founded, the International Resuscitation Research Center (now the University of Pittsburgh Safar Center for Resuscitation Research). For Dr. Safar, it was personal: the year before, in 1966, his own 12-year-old daughter had died from an asthma attack.
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Standing at Ambulance Entrance, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
Inventing Prehospital Care
There was no such thing as an emergency medical technician, let alone a paramedic, so Dr. Safar went about inventing much of what we do today. He designed the layout of the ambulances (and their design today is still based on his drawings), going away from the "ride in the meat wagon" design to a mobile intensive care unit that enabled ambulance attendants to provide care to patients en route to the hospital. To train the staff in CPR, Dr. Safar called upon a doll maker in Norway, Asmund Laerdal, to design and manufacture mannequins for CPR training; Resusci Anne was born. The face of the doll was modeled on the death mask of an unidentified young woman who drowned in the Seine River in the late 1880s. Her gentle smile was perfect -- and no doubt reminded Dr. Safar of his own daughter. (Laerdal's company still exists, and still makes the training dolls today).
Safar, who was Austrian, left no room for racism. When hospital nurses demanded the students get out of delivery rooms, he quickly showed up and ordered them to accept the students -- and teach them the ropes.
About 25 of the students made it all the way through training, and they hit the streets in 1968, operating out of Pittsburgh's Presbyterian and Mercy Hospitals. Their pay: $42 per week. The police department was happy to turn over the job of ambulance services in the "black areas" of town -- the Hill and half of an adjoining precinct in the city, North Oakland. Residents were happy to have their "own kind" provide help, and thanks to the training they had received -- and their advanced equipment, including more-portable defibrillators, purchased by the Falk Foundation -- the crews very quickly started to save lives. They managed airways, started IVs, delivered babies, and interpreted EKGs. They were the first paramedics. But training didn't end when they hit the streets: in addition to bringing on more and more medics, current medics were continually trained in new skills, and refreshed on everything.
These first street paramedics didn't care whether their patients were black or white or other: they were just there to do a job. The respect didn't always go both ways: they reported that patients or families would sometimes spit in their faces; they just "kept smiling" and did their jobs the best they could.
Before long, when people called for an ambulance in Pittsburgh, they started asking for the "Freedom Boys" rather than the police meat wagons. You didn't have to be a doctor to see the difference in care between untrained "ambulance drivers" and highly trained prehospital care professionals.
Documenting it All
When a new, young, female doctor came to Presbyterian hospital in 1973 for her residency, Dr. Safar suggested she might want to work with the Freedom House to help train the street medics. The doctor was Nancy Caroline, who not only worked with the paramedics but also served as their medical director. She also documented the training they received -- and put it all in a textbook. The result, Emergency Care in the Streets, was literally the textbook to train new paramedics for a decade. She became known as "The Mother of Paramedicine" -- and she learned it all at Freedom House. (Dr. Caroline died from multiple myeloma in 2002, at 58.)
Successful? We Better Kill It
But despite the program's enormous success and lives saved, it was not to last. Pittsburgh's longtime mayor Joe Barr was an enthusiastic supporter of the service, but a new mayor, Pete Flaherty, was elected in 1970. Flaherty claimed that citizens complained that the sirens on the Freedom House ambulances bothered them, so he ordered that they not use the sirens when downtown. Over time, it became clear that "the negroes" had great ambulance service staffed with paramedics, but everyone else in town had terrible throw-and-go ambulance service from the police. Freedom House offered to expand and offer service city-wide, but the city decided to take over EMS. Flaherty ran on a platform of "deprivatizing" and controlling all services, which he claimed would "cut costs."
New medics were trained -- and all were white. Freedom House medics were allowed to apply for jobs too, but despite promises to respect their certifications, they were later told their pioneering training was not valid: they had to take classes and tests to prove their knowledge. By then, a "substantial number" of Freedom House medics had earned their bachelor's degrees, and a few even had master's degrees; three were in pre-med. Yet somehow, most of these street-experienced medics who had been doing the job for years failed the tests, while brand-new medics trained by the city had no trouble passing their tests. The city literally took the ambulances and all equipment from Freedom House, which ran its last call on October 15, 1975, after about 45,000 emergency responses. Freedom House's dispatchers, who had also been promised jobs, were also turned away.
Freedom House's building was torn down, files were lost, and history was forgotten, until....
Documenting the Past
When Gene Starzenski got out of the Marines in 1970, he went home to Pittsburgh, where he worked as an emergency room orderly, and later an ER technician. He wanted to do more, and the only paramedic program available locally was at Freedom House. He applied, but there were no openings. He moved to California, and in 1975 was certified as the 972nd paramedic in Los Angeles County. Due to his location, Starzenski ended up working for film studios as a paramedic on TV and movie sets. After retiring, he wanted to learn more about the history of his profession, and was shocked that Freedom House was never mentioned. Yet he knew they had been pioneers: he had seen them while working in Pittsburgh emergency rooms.
With the original Freedom House paramedics growing older and starting to die off, Starzenski had to work fast. He filmed interviews with many of the original Freedom House paramedics, as well as Dr. Safar (who died shortly after being interviewed, in 2003). By then, Nancy Caroline was already dead, but others spoke for her, praising how she worked long hours on the ambulances, and even when she went home, she made herself available for consultation day and night.
In 2009, Starzenski completed a documentary, Freedom House: Street Saviors, to tell the story.
Quick Review
Starzenski showed his documentary at the Colorado State EMS Conference in Keystone, Colo., this weekend, and brought along two of the original Freedom House paramedics to answer questions. They got a warm and enthusiastic response, even though few in the room had ever heard of Freedom House.
Starzenski is a now-retired studio medic, not a professional film director. Sometimes the film's background music drowned out the interviews, and (for instance) text crawls along the bottom were so small and blurry they were difficult to read. But the compelling story overcame those technical failures: it's amazing to see where some of the big names in emergency medicine, from Dr. Safar to Dr. Caroline to Laerdal, intersected with the street to produce a spectacular result -- and how overt racism nearly destroyed the legacy they helped create.
"Young people look at athletes with $30 million contracts as their heroes, but athletes and actors are not the real heroes," Starzenski said. "The people at Freedom House weren't in it for the money. They wanted to help others. They are the real heroes." And like a lot of real heroes, they were almost forgotten.
(Story continues after documentary trailer.)
The Documentary, Essentially, Also Failed
Whether the result of continued racism or, more likely, technical issues and money, Starzenski's documentary has never found a distributor. In four years, it has only been shown at a few film festivals and EMS conferences. Starzenski won't release it on the Internet, since then it will be pirated and he'll have no chance of getting distribution or recover his investment to make the film. That is a horrible shame: the story needs to get out to a wider audience. The record needs to be corrected.
It was a true honor to meet the two representatives from the original paramedic squad -- the pioneers who did the work to create a true profession in prehospital care, only to be forgotten.
George McCary III was the first we got to meet. After he was discarded by the city, he became a taxi driver -- some irony! "I didn't realize we were making history," he told a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I had a job to do, so I just focused on doing my job."
Walter Brown Jr. was the other Freedom House pioneer who attended the screening in Colorado, despite feeling ill from Keystone's 10,000' altitude. He remains bitter about being discarded, but declined to tell stories about that because "Peter [Starzenski] doesn't like controversy as much as I do." He did, however, tell me that "I had more fun in Vietnam," where he served before he returned home and joined Freedom House.
In August of this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- which we know as the agency that codified prehospital medical training in the United States starting in the 1970s -- honored Freedom House for their ground-breaking ambulance service with the agency's Public Service Award.
"Starting in Presbyterian and Mercy hospitals in 1968, they became the first paramedics in the United States," the agency says on their web site, "and a bold initiative was born, funded in part through a grant from [the U.S. Department of Transportation]."
The NHTSA also notes that "after the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis, the Freedom House paramedics were the only emergency medical resources in Pittsburgh willing to respond to calls resulting from riots that broke out in the city."
"Those men and women," they say, "faced many challenges, but we have all benefited from their participation as pioneers in the field of EMS. Their contribution went beyond the streets of Pittsburgh when Freedom House field-tested the first ever standard paramedic curriculum that the Department of Transportation published in 1977."
"With the NHTSA Public Service Award to the Freedom House Ambulance Service, we reaffirm our acknowledgement of those pioneering members of Freedom House Ambulance Service -- as well as its staff and supporters -- for their significant contributions to emergency medical services education."
The Future
The documentary has had some success, though, since it's quite inspiring. Freedom House has a new life: in 2010 the city of St. Paul, Minn., created an EMS Academy in an old firehouse -- and named it Freedom House in honor of Pittsburgh's pioneering program. They also renumbered the fire department building "Station 51" after the Emergency! TV show's station.
If you get a chance to see the documentary, do whatever it takes to see it. Meanwhile, you now know how the modern era of emergency medical services really got started.
More: The documentary's web site
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Posted by Ed, N.Y. on November 11, 2013:
WOW! What a great story! Such role models! And to think in the City of (and during) Roberto Clemente's time such overt racism was not only prevalent, but allowed to flourish. And we complain about our local turf wars. I can't wait to see this.
For the young'uns out there, Roberto Clemente was a black professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 until his death in 1972, when he was killed in a plane crash while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. -rc
Posted by Judy, Ohio on November 12, 2013:
I grew up in Pittsburgh and don't remember hearing anything about the Freedom House Medics. I do remember the racism in my hometown during the 60s and 70s. I remember staying home to protest the integration plans of the schools, etc.
I know the Post Gazette (Pittsburgh's newspaper) had articles about it over the past year or so, but since I no longer live in the city, I don't always see interesting news.
Hopefully I will be able to see the documentary in the future. I think it is awesome that someone is trying to right a wrong.
Posted by Ken, Alaska on November 16, 2013:
Randy and Kit, thank you for sharing this. I still have my copy of Caroline from my early training. It was a very graphic and valuable resource.
Posted by Gene Starzenski on January 8, 2014:
First, I want to thank you Randy for writing this detailed article on Freedom House. I also want to touch on a few points. I started filming the documentary in 2001 and completed in 2010 (I retired from EMS in 2012 after a 41 year career). The documentary was supported with my 90% of my own funds. Medical companies were approached but I was turned down for support while making the documentary. In fact numerous EMS Educators and Anthologist Professors approach and endorsed my documentary to Laerdal. Excuses were made by Laerdal, then they never responded. Dr Safar was instrumental in Laerdal's work into EMS.
I really wish I had more funds to put into post production, but I had exhausted my funds. Another reason for the quality of the showing, was that I had to play the film from a DVD player on a laptop and also the audio and video projector was set up in analog, so I was unable to show the doc in a digital format. Thanks again for a fine article and getting the word out about the Freedom House Ambulance Service.
Gene Starzenski / Producer Director
It's pretty sad that Laerdal, who had a significant business handed to them, couldn't even acknowledge how they got started! -rc
Posted by Ray in Colorado on June 9, 2015:
Dr. Nancy Caroline (photo in the ambulance with the luggable defibrillator) looks an uncanny lot like Margaret Hamilton during her days as the lead Apollo flight software engineer.
Posted by Dan, Tampa Bay on January 17, 2016:
Is the documentary still private? It sounds like something that desperately needs to go online.
Last I heard, nothing has changed about his position on that. -rc
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Q: How do you clean hummingbird feeders?
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As you described, needles at the end of branches turn tannish-brown, and end of branches often die. In bad cases, entire branches can die, and in the worst cases, entire trees can be killed.
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John Boos FBLG9624 Description
E-Series Budget flat top work table with galvanized legs and adjustable undershelf, 18 gauge type 430 stainless steel. Stallion edge both faces, straight turn down on sides, plastic bullet feet, 96" x 24
*The warranty will not be honored for residential or non-commercial use of any Commercial Equipment.
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Happy New Year to all fellow Bruins fans and forum posters, (& to everyone really), and wishing all a happy and healthy 2011 along with a Bruins Stanley Cup victory!
Now--on to the griping:
Anyone else out there ticked off that Seguin spent all of the OT 4 on 4 on the bench when his speed and overall youthful energy would have been better served with all that open ice??? Anyone else wondering why CJ couldn't send the kid out there with Savard or Krejci for at least ONE shift instead of having a tired old fella like Recchi skating thru mud???
Giving him a shot in the SO is hardly the same.
Still...HNY and Go Bruins!