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Monday, December 20, 2010
Best of Drollgirl 2010
15 comments:
- Down and Out Chic said...
are you counting me as one of the people that really like the art posts? i hope so!
- December 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- pearls said...
lil Wayne's teeth might still be my favorite. its my goal to have a grill some day. :)
- December 20, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- bananas. said...
i such the loyal reader! and damn proud of it!!! and you KNOW i love your posts...especially when they have to do with lil wayne's teef. haha.
and this --> " Enjoy! Or not, I really don't care." makes me heart you even more!
merry farking christmas friend!!!
- December 20, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- Heff said...
"Drollgirl's Greatest Hits", lol.
- December 20, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Martina Rosenberg said...
That's cool---the greatest hits by.... drumrolll..... Drollgirl !!!!
I wish you the bestest of Holidays and a wonder- and successful 2011 !
- December 20, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Shelley said...
love it :)
- December 20, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
I almost missed your flashback friday post of you at the rock concert- phew-
I love your art posts.
- December 20, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Kelly said...
You make me laugh!
- December 20, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Christina In Wonderland said...
I always have the weirdest problems trying to leave you comments. There's such a drag on my computer when I go to certain pages. And not even the picture heavy ones! :(
- December 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- Chic 'n Cheap Living said...
Enjoy. Oh thin eyebrows - that was a good one!
- December 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Jude said...
I know I haven't been following that long but I distinctly remembered an art post and lurved it (and want you to do more!) So sorry to be MIA without internet last week, but sloowly catching up :)
Can't wait to check out your Best of Hits!! And hope your holiday week is awesome!
- December 20, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- 十十f十 said...
there're loads more! i could revisit these anytime.
- December 21, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- Kristine said...
Your blog has been such a joy this year. Everything has been a highlight! Thank you!
- December 24, 2010 at 4:40 AM
- Jill said...
Happy New Year Sweet Cheeks!
- January 1, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- sealaura said...
Hey girl,
Just went through some of your posts from the vault and OMG I was peeing in my pants. you are too much!! happy new year to you from the 909! and BTW I love ur art posts.
- January 2, 2011 at 7:43 PM


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Transportation Company Calls Upon Ahern and Associates to Assist in Acquisition of $65MM Trucking Carrier
Ahern and Associates plays key role in locating acquisition target in latest consulting assignment.
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) January 16, 2013
Proving why they're North America's leading trucking, logistics and warehousing acquisition specialists, Andy Ahern and his firm, Ahern and Associates, Ltd., continue their torrid pace by assisting an additional, nationwide carrier with their latest acquisition.
In this most recent assignment, Andy Ahern, CEO of Ahern and Associates aided one of the nation's premier firms in acquiring a trucking company which met their strategic goals. Management sought to expand their service footprint throughout the heartland of America by acquiring this target to boost their presence in key lanes and broaden their operating base.
Known for creating markets within the transportation industry when they don't exist, Ahern has a special aptitude for bringing both sellers and buyers together to complete deals. Oftentimes, Ahern assists potential acquisition targets in preparing their company for sale, both on the balance sheet and by improving operational efficiencies for long term success.
Ahern's reputation for getting deals done has well positioned him and his firm to work with some of the largest carriers and private equity firms in North America. "It is very rewarding to help transportation companies develop and properly execute their growth strategies through acquisitions while producing win-win outcomes for all parties involved," Ahern stated.
About Ahern & Associates, Ltd.:
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ACM has recognized 50 of its members, including CSAIL researchers Nir Shavit and Dina Katabi, for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines. The 2013 ACM Fellows, from the world's leading universities, corporations, and research labs, have achieved advances in computing research and development that are accelerating the digital revolution and impacting every dimension of how we live, work, and play.
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I am frequently asked if I've ever had to use my martial arts training in a real life situation. The truth is that since I began training, I haven't had to use my physical training once. I'd like to think though, that my training has steered people away from engaging me in conflict, kind of like the Jedi.
Another common question I'm asked is why I decided to start training in the martial arts. There are many reasons. I had always had an interest from the time that bully punched me in the back when I was in junior high. I always wanted to know how to defend myself, but I was a little intimidated of learning a martial art. Big I wanting to start classes is how I got my start.
But this doesn't mean I've never had to defend myself. There was a date gone wrong a long time ago, and it's one of the things that drives me to continue training; and it's also why I want my daughters to train in some form of self defense. What happened to me was no joke.
It was the summer after my freshman year in college and some friends and I went to a dance club. One of my friends instantly found a guy for the evening and they hit it off. His friend liked me, but I wasn't interested. I was having much more fun hanging out with my guy friend and ignoring him. At the end of the night, my friend and her guy exchanged phone numbers and I got into the car as quickly as possible, wanting to avoid giving my number to his friend.
About two weeks later, my friend called me and told me she was going out on a date with the guy she met. They wanted to make it a double date and asked me to go along with his friend. I didn't want to go. At first, I said "no" but I was talked into it over a series of days. Normally, I probably would have said "yes" earlier to appease my friend. This, after all, is what women do; but I had a funny feeling about this guy and I wasn't at all interested in dating him.
My friend arranged everything and a few nights later, we met the two guys in the parking lot of the hotel where I worked as a lifeguard. I didn't want to leave my car behind and go with them. My gut was telling me not to, but my friend insisted, and so I got in their car and off we went.
When we arrived at the one guy's house, I was uneasy. It was in the middle of nowhere. I thought we were going to go to a movie or miniature golf or something, but instead we were at a house with no one home. My friend and her guy quickly disappeared into the wooded backyard to find the pool. I was not at all interested in swimming. I had spent the entire day life guarding and I wasn't going to approach water with this guy. My friend had also made it clear she wanted to be alone. My date asked me if I wanted to watch a movie. It was either watch a movie, or stand in the driveway waiting for my friend so I reluctantly agreed to go inside.
When I went inside, we were in a small living room. The sofa bed was pulled out. He started the movie and sat down in the middle. I sat on the very edge. I didn't want to give him the wrong idea.
I don't remember what the movie was, probably because I was too paranoid to watch any of it. He kept gradually moving closer to me and he was making me feel uncomfortable. He tried to hold my hand and I fixed my hair with it. I was not interested. I wanted to make it clear.
Apparently, I wasn't clear enough.
It all happened so quickly, but before I knew it he had grabbed me and pulled me down and into the center of the sofa bed. He climbed on top of me quickly. He was kneeling on my thighs and holding my wrists down with my hand while he worked on the button on my shorts. Thank God for button fly jean shorts because they gave me the second or two I needed to realize what was going on.
I immediately told him to stop it, firmly. I started yelling, loudly. I told him to get off of me. I screamed for him to knock it off, but he was not listening. He was in this terrifying zone and I had to do something quick. I squirmed a little bit and was unable to move him.
Then something snapped in me and I got completely FURIOUS that he was trying to do this to me. He WAS NOT going to succeed.
What came after this was fast and furious. I managed to get my legs out from underneath his knees, pulled my knees up to my chest, planted my feet on his chest and launched him. I remember watching him literally fly across the room as he slammed into the wall. This is the adrenalin people talk about when Mom's remove cars from on top of their kids.
He hit the wall and sort of bounced off it. After the initial shock of what I had done to him was realized, he charged me. But I was ready. As soon as I had sent him flying, I was on my feet, crouched down and ready. He charged at me, but was met with fists flying at him. I hit him in the eyes, nose, mouth, neck. I just didn't stop. I went at him without stopping, because I knew I had to. He was going to keep coming at me, and I needed to make him understand that it wasn't going to happen.
After hitting him multiple times in the face, as hard as I could, he staggered backwards and I saw my opportunity to run. I darted out the door as fast as I could and then quickly turned to face the door. I didn't want him surprising me again. I began SCREAMING at the top of my lungs for my friend.
My lovely date appeared at the screen door looking horribly disheveled. He didn't dare venture outside. I told him to stay away from me. I told him he hadn't seen anything yet and if he came anywhere near me, I would wreck him beyond what I had already done. From the safety of the screen door, he yelled "So you don't want to have sex?"
"What do you think, you idiot? I said NO!" I screamed at him. I was shaking something terrible and so was my voice, but my volume was as loud as possible. I wanted anyone within the area to hear what was going on.
It was then that my friend and her date appeared. "What is going on?" she asked as she surveyed the scene.
I told her we needed to leave right away and that my date was not coming with us. The problem was that it was his car. He came outside, and tossed the keys to his friend and asked him to drive. I was absolutely sick about having to get in the car with this guy and his friend again. I don't think my friend understood the severity of the situation, despite the fact that I told her straight out, "He tried to rape me!"
Her date got in the driver seat and she sat in the front passenger seat. At the last second, she allowed my date to climb in behind her and sit in the back beside me. I was furious, but I figured at least in the car, I had witnesses and he wouldn't try anything.
By now though, I think he was afraid of who I would tell and what would happen to him. He kept getting in my personal space and begging me to forgive him. Believe it or not, he was trying to kiss me. Every time he crossed the center line of that car, I grabbed his face and slammed it back against the window on his side of the car. His face was already swollen and bruised in areas where I had pummeled him during the initial incident. I had no problem adding to his injuries and continually told him to back off.
My friend seemed upset that her date was cut short, but I was never so happy to see my car. The car had barely stopped and I was climbing out behind the driver's seat. My date still wouldn't stop. He kept trying to talk to me and grab at me. It was like he thought we had a minor lover's quarrel or something. It had been nothing of the sort.
I got in my car and told my friend she better get in or I would leave without her. She was saying her goodbyes to her date. As I went to close my car door, my date stuck his hand in the frame and told me he wanted to talk. I told him he had two seconds to remove his hand or else I'd be taking it with me as I drove away. He removed his hand and walked away.
On the drive home, I told my friend what had happened and broke down. What if I hadn't reacted the way I did? What if I hadn't been able to move him? It had been the worst date ever and I was so angry at myself for not trusting my gut about this guy. I knew he was bad news and yet I allowed a sense of obligation to my friend to lure me into a date with him. I would never make that mistake again.
When I got home that night, my dad was up and asked me what was wrong. I was still shaking and my hands hurt from punching him as much as I did. I had sore spots that would turn into bruises on my thighs from where his knees had been digging into my legs. My Dad listened to what had happened before retrieving his baseball bat and demanding to know where he lived. I told him I honestly couldn't get him back there. He lived in the middle of nowhere. I also told him that the bat wasn't necessary and that I had given him plenty of abuse with my fists and legs already.
A few weeks later, my friends and I were at a different dance club. My jerk of a date showed up. My best guy friend saw him and started slowly rolling up his sleeves. Another friend alerted a friend of ours who was the bouncer and he was promptly removed from the club. My date backed away from my friend, was grabbed by the bouncer, and that's the very last time I saw him.
I had no martial arts training when I gave him a tie-dyed face. After five years of martial arts training, I can't even imagine what I would have done to that jerk with the training I have now. I hope I never have to find out.
One of the greatest things I've learned during my martial arts training is that you should always trust your gut. If I had done that from the beginning, I never would have ended up in that terrible situation. I was stupid to get into a car with people I didn't know well. I should have said we'd follow them in my car. I was dumb to agree to go out with someone who gave me a bad feeling to begin with. And you know what? I really should have just stayed in the driveway at the house, and paid closer attention to exactly where we were going. However, I was 18 years old, thought I was invincible, and was suffering from a severe case of "it can't ever happen to me." Many teenagers currently have the same attitude and I serve as proof that it can happen to you if you're not careful.
Not everyone reacts the way that I did. Some women completely freeze and are incapable of doing anything to defend themselves. The unfortunate thing is that no woman ever knows how they'll react until truly tested. I'm glad to know that I don't freeze. While working at Sexual Assault Services at the University of Pittsburgh, I know there were many girls being counseled because they had been sexually assaulted. So many of them suffered from troubles related to the fact that they did freeze and bad things happened.
Personally, I think that martial arts training can help to eliminate a lot of that freezing up that can happen in bad situations. As I learned the other night during our class in the dark, muscle memory kicks in, and if practiced enough, your reactions just become second nature. They take over, and they keep you safe and alive.
As this school year comes to a close and many young girls get ready to head off to college for the first time, it would be a great time to check into picking up a self defense class or two before heading off. It's also important to remember that your instincts are usually right and you should always listen to them and trust them.
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LOS ANGELES - Hollywood might find it tough to match 2009's record box-office revenue. Yet studios have a cast of characters this year to make a run for their money.
Among the gang:
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland." Russell Crowe as the noble thief in "Robin Hood." Jennifer Aniston as a wily bail-jumper pursued by her ex-hubby in "The Bounty Hunter." Steve Carell as a world-class idiot in "Dinner for Schmucks." Angelina Jolie as a CIA operative accused of being a Russian spy in "Salt." Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in blue tights and magic wings in "Tooth Fairy." Julia Roberts as a divorced woman trekking the globe in "Eat Pray Love." Liam Neeson as both the new boss of "The A-Team" and as Greek god Zeus in "Clash of the Titans. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz as a fugitive couple in "Knight and Day."
Of course, these are just some of the newbies. Hollywood's lineup is loaded with returning favorites, including Robert Downey Jr. as the billionaire superhero in "Iron Man 2"; Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in the vampire-werewolf-human love triangle in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"; Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas as mouthpieces for the fairy-tale gang in "Shrek Forever After"; Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reprising their voice roles in "Toy Story 3"; Michael Douglas as greedy guy Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street 2"; Sarah Jessica Parker and her Manhattan gal pals in "Sex and the City 2"; Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro as uneasy in-laws in "Meet the Parents 3"; and Daniel Radcliffe as the teen wizard in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."
Here's a sampling of a dozen movies competing for your attention in the coming year.
Opens Today
Denzel Washington has a bit of a messiah complex in Hollywood's latest take on the apocalypse and what comes after.
The film from sibling directors Albert and Allen Hughes casts Washington as a prophet on a mission from God to protect a priceless text that might hold the key to humanity's future. As he travels across the wasteland of America, Washington's Eli encounters a corrupt gang leader (Gary Oldman) desperate to obtain the book and a traveling companion (Mila Kunis) who becomes an unexpected protege.
And he mixes it up with some nimble fight sequences as Eli takes on ruffians along the road. Washington spent about six months training for the movie's martial-arts battles, including one where he's outnumbered 16-to-1.
"I've been boxing for 15 years, so I felt comfortable with fighting, but this was a whole different style of movement, almost a dance," Washington said.
Just what's driving Eli?
"He's definitely hearing something," Washington said. "There's some Joan of Arc working there."
Opens Feb. 12
After directing the first two "Harry Potter" flicks, Chris Columbus was not sure he wanted to take on another visual-effects extravaganza.
His daughter was a fan of this new kid, Percy Jackson, hero of Rick Riordan's fantasy books about the modern-day machinations of the Greek gods. Columbus also became a fan and was doubly inspired that Percy and his daughter both had to cope with dyslexia.
A teen demigod who is the son of sea god Poseidon, Percy is falsely suspected of stealing uncle Zeus' lighting bolt, sending him on a quest to find the true culprit.
Columbus said he hopes the movie's contemporary trappings - messenger Hermes' winged flying shoes are a pair of Converse All-Stars - will stoke young readers' interest in classical mythology.
"Because we're in this sort of golden era of fantasy where you can create these creatures seamlessly in terms of their involvement with the live action on screen, you can bring them to life in a way that kids have never seen before," Columbus said.
Opens Feb. 12
What would Valentine's Day weekend be without a werewolf dispensing hickeys?
Benicio Del Toro is the hairy beast in this update of the horror classic, playing a black sheep son who returns to his ancestral home in England after his brother is killed and mutilated by a mysterious beast. Bitten himself, Del Toro joins up with his brother's fiancée (Emily Blunt), who helps him try to lift the curse of the werewolf.
The werewolf effects are done old-school, Del Toro inside a heavy, hairy suit rather than being transformed through computer animation, Blunt said.
Del Toro is a freak for the character and his big-screen legacy, owning actual wolf man memorabilia, Blunt said. Not so Blunt herself.
"I'm not really a huge fan of horror films," Blunt said. "I'm the worst person to try and scare. I scare so easily. I have no tolerance for fright. I used to get scared when my sister would chase me up the stairs."
Opens April 23
Is greed still good for Gordon Gekko?
After creating an archetype of the modern robber baron with 1987's "Wall Street," director Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas resurrect Gekko in our own messy economic times.
Douglas, who won the best actor Oscar as Gekko, laid out the man's last couple of decades: A prison term for insider trading, barred from the stock market, writing a book about his experiences as the world heads toward financial meltdown in 2006 and 2007. Gekko's daughter (Carey Mulligan) happens to be engaged to a young Wall Street guy (Shia LaBeouf), though Douglas would not reveal if that gives Gekko a foothold back into the markets himself.
With his "greed works" philosophy, Gekko perversely was a hero for real Wall Streeters, Douglas said. Young men meet him on the street and hug him and hug him, saying that Douglas is the reason they're in the business. But Douglas said, "I go, 'Hey, I was the villain.' But I think they were seduced by the color of the feathers."
Opens May 7
At the end of his first blockbuster about the guy in the gadget-laden metal suit, Robert Downey Jr.'s billionaire genius Tony Stark proclaims to the world, "I am Iron Man."
So much for secret identities. In the sequel, "we see what the ramifications of that announcement from the first film were," said Jon Favreau, director of the "Iron Man" films. "He already had his hands full just being Tony Stark, but now he's Iron Man, as well. What are the effects of that level of fame and expectation?" This time, Tony faces bad guy Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), who has his own arsenal of high-tech weapons.
Favreau likes having a hero and villain played by actors who have bounced back from tough personal times, Downey with substance abuse, Rourke with self-destructive anger issues.
"What attracted me to both of them must have had something, on some level, to do with how difficult their journeys had been," Favreau said. "It somehow shines through the performances that they give. It's hard to find somebody young that carries that experience in their face and their eyes."
Opens May 21
Mike Myers' Shrek meets James Stewart's George Bailey in what's billed as the final big-screen movie about the lovable cartoon ogre.
Like George, Shrek sees what the world would be like without him, as sneaky wheeler-dealer Rumpelstiltskin cons the ogre into signing away his existence. Suddenly, Shrek is in an alternate reality where he never met true love Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz) or sidekicks Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas).
It's a twisted place where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin reigns and Shrek's sweet little pal the Gingerbread Man fights Animal Crackers in gladiatorial death matches.
"Shrek's problem is he's not the same ogre he was in the first film," said Mike Mitchell, director of the franchise's fourth installment. "People don't fear him, they adore him. When he gives his trademark roar, instead of villagers running away, they run to him and ask him to sign their pitchforks. He just wishes he could get back that feeling of being a big scary ogre that no one messed with."
Opens May 28
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer turned a Disney theme-park ride into a billion-dollar movie franchise with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" flicks.
He aims for the same with this video-game adaptation, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in his first fantasy action spectacle.
The sword-and-sorcery saga casts Gyllenhaal as a street urchin adopted into a royal family who discovers a magic dagger of immense power, the weapon coming in handy after he's falsely accused of wrongdoing and goes on the run. Such fantasy adventures are more valuable than ever in this era of hard times, Gyllenhaal said.
"All of my favorite movies have always taken me to another world, taken me to a place that is dreamlike or somewhere I can imagine or daydream," Gyllenhaal said. "Given the state of the world and where we're at, I think people should laugh and have fun."
Opens June 18
Toys may not grow up, but the kids who play with them do.
Tom Hanks' Woody the cowboy, Tim Allen's Buzz Lightyear and their plaything partners face abandonment issues in the latest chapter of the franchise that launched the computer-animation age for feature films.
The gang's owner, Andy, is heading off to college, leaving the toys in limbo, uncertain what future they have without a child to amuse.
"Toy Story 2" foreshadowed that notion as Woody struggled with the realization that kids eventually would outgrow their toys.
"Woody decides, 'Yes, Andy's going to grow up someday. I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm going to enjoy the time I have with him while I have it,' " said Lee Unkrich, who directed the new film. "It's one thing to make peace with something coming in the future. It's another thing itself to find yourself actually at that day."
Opens July 16
Same bat weekend, different action story for "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan.
His science-fiction thriller "Inception," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opens in the same summer slot as his Batman blockbuster did in 2008. DiCaprio plays a new kind of corporate raider - a man who uses technology to steal into people's minds and swipe ideas and information that he can sell. Unlike Nolan's two Batman adventures, "Inception" is an all-new story, without the benefit of his superhero's comic-book back story.
"It's definitely a challenge to put a movie out there and create anticipation for a movie for which people have no frame of reference," said writer-director Nolan. "The flip side of the challenge is audiences are very hungry for things they haven't seen before. They're very hungry for original material, as well.
"To me, the way to enter into that challenge is to put everything into the movie on as grand a scale as possible."
Opens Nov. 19
The young wizard's next trick: Sawing his final adventure in half and presenting it as a two-parter.
When the filmmakers were preparing to adapt the seventh book in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series, producer David Heyman was set against breaking the finale in two. Then everyone realized what an impossible magic act a single movie would prove.
"It just became increasingly clear there was no way to tell the story in a cohesive, coherent way that would make sense and would resolve and deal with all the story elements that were so integral in one film," Heyman said.
Expected to run about four and a half hours over two films, "Deathly Hallows" sends Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and pals Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) in search of the mystical Horcruxes - which they must destroy to pull the plug on evil Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).
Fans will not have too long a wait between movies. Part 2 arrives in July 2011.
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Knitalong (KAL), what's that about?
For those of you wondering what this Knitalong (KAL) thing is all about, read on:
What is a KAL?
Simply put, a knitalong (KAL) is a group of knitters working on individual projects with a common theme (project, pattern, yarn...). At Firefly Fibers, we select the yarn & pattern and (usually) test knit a shop sample in advance so all you have to do when we announce the project is choose your color. This last part is easier said than done!
We currently run seasonal knitalongs to provide flexibility for participation and completion of your project before the end date. Our goal is to inspire you with a project that will smoothly transition from WIP to a fabulous FO when you put the time into it.
Why should you participate?
Inspiration and timelines! Knitalongs are a great opportunity to try something new (pattern, yarn, technique) that you might not have otherwise selected.
The second reason is that you are on a timeline to finish - our KAL projects can realistically be completed during the given timeline, even with a busy lifestyle or starting well after our start date.
Yes, sharing! We can all learn a little from each other, so sharing the KAL experience can add some great tips and tricks to your knitting toolkit!
It's fun to see how the same project works up in other colors! Some knitters get creative and make modifications or discover tricks along the way to enhance the knitting experience. Let's be inspired and learn from each other!
Who can participate?
Anyone can participate in our knitalongs! When we announce the project, visit us at the shop for the listed Firefly Fibers supplies and cast on!
Join us at the shop during our open knitting to work on your project with other knitters!
If our shop isn't accessible to you, you can still join the fun! If the yarn is available in our online, we'll indicate that with the KAL posting and you can order online - just leave us a note with your Ravelry and/or Instagram user name when you check out so you're eligible for the online KAL incentives. We are working hard to bring the KAL incentives to our online knitting community, so please stay tuned...
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As we started doing research on companies offering background and credit checking, the fear of loosing business diminished. We then started looking for different services that could give us software appropriate for our facility, which offers RV and boat storage along with climate- and non-climate-controlled self-storage.
We reviewed a few companies and found one that seemed to be very RV/boat centric, making it a good fit for our needs. The software allowed us to have levels of access for our employees, restricting their viewing of other people's credit and criminal history, information we felt should be restricted to management exclusively.
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If pregame warmups are any indication it should be a good day for the Dallas Cowboys. Linebacker Keith Brooking took the team into huddle and "yelled we're going 3-1, who's coming with me!"
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Marion Barber ran out of the tunnel for warm ups and looked okay. There wasn't a noticeable limp or anything that would indicate he wasn't ready to play.
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- Who will get the share of the carries at RB?
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- Kyle Orton?
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Biomarker of Lung Injury in ARDS Patients Receiving ECMO Support (ARDS)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified October 2013 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: October 23, 2013
Last Update Posted: October 23, 2013
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
The goal of this project is to find a marker expression that the investigators can use to trace symptom progression and develop a more efficient therapy to enhance ARDS patient survival rate and better post-ICU life quality.
|ARDS Multi-organ Failure
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Biomarker of Lung Injury in ARDS Patients Receiving ECMO Support
Resource links provided by NLM:
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Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Mortality or multi-organ failure [ Time Frame: 7 days ]Patients who survived for more than 7 days after ECMO treatment were defined as survival, and non-survival patients were defined as expired or multiple organ failure incompatible with life within 7 days after ECMO installation.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Plasma, Cell, BALF, Urine
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The investigators will first identify acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients receiving ECMO support in ICU at National Taiwan University Hospital, and then collect blood, urine and bronchioalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples at different time points: before setting up ECMO, 2, 6, 12, 24, 72 hours,5 and 14 days after ECMO installment, time to wean ECMO and the day removing ECMO and leaving ICU. From the samples, the free radicals, cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-18,tumor necrosis factor-α, transforming growth factor-β), and inflammasome- related markers, immune cell responses and other biochemical markers would be measured. The novel biomarkers to predict the outcome of the patient will be identified.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients who are admitted to National Taiwan University Hospital for acute respiratory distress syndrome needing ECMO placement.
Inclusion Criteria:
- >18 years old
- ARDS, needing ECMO support
Exclusion Criteria:
- pre-existing sepsis
- pre-existing chronic renal failure (dialysis dependent), liver failure other diseases precluding chance of survival.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01967602
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01967602
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan
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Sponsors and Collaborators
National Taiwan University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Shuenn-Wen Kuo, MD
|National Taiwan University Hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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|First Submitted:
|October 18, 2013
|First Posted:
|October 23, 2013
|Last Update Posted:
|October 23, 2013
|Last Verified:
|October 2013
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
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Lung Injury
Multiple Organ Failure
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Thoracic Injuries
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▪ 2008brigadier general (ret.), U.S. Air Forceborn July 14, 1922 , Honolulu, Hawaiidied June 14, 2007, Steamboat Springs, Colo.was a World War II ace fighter pilot who later flew 152 combat missions during the Vietnam War. Olds was perhaps best known for commanding the air force wing that on Jan. 2, 1967, downed seven MiGs over North Vietnam in the war's biggest air battle. The son of an Army Air Corps (predecessor of the U.S. Air Force) major general, Olds attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he earned All-American honours in football. After graduating in 1943, he went on to fly 107 combat missions during World War II, shooting down 12 enemy planes. After the war he became a member of the air force's first jet Aerial Acrobatic Demonstration Team. In 1968 he was awarded the Air Force Cross for his role in the destruction in 1967 of the Paul Doumer Bridge near Hanoi. From 1967 to 1971 Olds served as commandant of cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy. After serving two years (1971–73) as director of aerospace safety, Olds retired from the military.
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Riot Games has laid out a tentative road map for League of Legends updates coming in 2017. In a new "Riot Pls," lead producer New001 goes over the checklist, including changes to runes and phasing out the old Adobe Air client.
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Gears of War 4's new Horde 3.0 mode looks sick thanks to new classes, enemy types, maps, and even vehicles (!). It's been too long since we've had a Gears game with this type of co-op goodness, eh?
Just Cause 3's Mech Land Assault DLC arrives June 3 for season pass owners, June 10 for folks that would rather pay piecemeal. The barrage of videos depicting gravity gun-based carnage will follow immediately after.
Necropolis' 4-player co-op is lookin' pretty cool. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait a tiny bit longer to play it in full, as the the roguelike dungeon crawler has been pushed back to summer 2016.
We're bringing back our regular "Video Game Industry Layoff Stories" feature, where we round up layoff stories from the volatile game industry. If you're a game dev who wants to share a story—totally anonymously—e-mail me.
Microsoft has created a nifty little Year in Review page for Xbox One and 360 gamers to check out their stats for 2015. Make sure you're logged in to your Xbox Live account and hit up the page to see how you rank. Then share your findings here!
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Naperville Park District achieves national accreditation
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National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) announces decision in Atlanta
On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Naperville Park District officials heard the good news for which they have been waiting for many months: the District has achieved national accreditation through the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA).
The decision was announced at the NRPA national conference in Atlanta following a formal hearing before the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA).
Naperville is only the second park district in Illinois to earn this distinction and the 104th nationally accredited agency in the nation; there are more than 10,000 recreation agencies in the United States. The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies accredits a handful of park agencies each year that have completed a multi-step process involving a self-review by the agency, a site visit, and an evaluation and formal report by the Commission.
"We are extremely proud to bring this honor to Naperville," said Park District Executive Director Ray McGury. "It's an affirmation of our high standards and also an encouragement to continue bringing high quality recreation and parks experiences to our community."
The Park District's accreditation process began approximately one year ago and included an extensive self-evaluation by staff and a 5-day visit from CAPRA reviewers this past July. Maintaining the accreditation requires annual reports and 5- and 10-year reviews.
Park District staff members noted that the CAPRA process has helped them see the big picture, focus on long term goals and plans, review plans more regularly, organize documents so that they are accessible and useable, and collaborate more effectively with other departments and outside organizations.
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Discussion in 'Culture' started by um..., Nov 5, 2003.
RIP Peoples' feet.
Does this count?
Thats e spirit um...!!! :o
I love the socktopus, I may need to get a needle and thread out!
This one also cracks me up (what's with that face? ) :
Who dared to take the 2nd option :x Ye shall die
i be the first matey of course im not at hunorless as the poll would have you think.....
Now ye shall have to walk e plank. ARGH ARGH
My camera was pointed at my pointy toes, but it still deserved to die
we better watch it or Tony'll be taking the axe to this thread too!
Um that second socktopus looks like it used waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much Botox!!
He practically asked for it . He wanted us to 'put a sock in it', and this is an entirely appropriate response. Ceph content. Socks.
BTW, I noticed this was written in the Forum Index:
On topic:
Now ! really want to make socktapuses! I think I saw grey toe-socks at Whalemart.... I will put them on my feet and no one will say anything cause they are all used to me by now. 8)
I believe those last two Socktopuses are variations on the basic Red-Heeled Sock Monkey (genus and species unknown). You can find the directions, among other places, at this URL:
Hold the presses -- I just found THE ACTUAL SOCKTOPUS INSTRUCTIONS!!!
I always thought they looked a little like a subspecies of Howler monkey. Alouatta seniculus woolsockius, maybe?
This is Socktopus canadensis.
(yes, I actually have several more important things to do)
Peoples' feet shall live again! MWAHAHAHAHAAA!
Um et al,
If you have a cat, you can make a special socktopus for the little bounder. Find an old sock, preferably one on the foot of someone taking a nap. Fill the toe with catnip and tie a knot in the sock. Then, use scissors or a bowie knife to cut the tube behind the knot into strips. Voila! A mind-altering socktopus for Mr. Kitty. For advanced fun, read aloud from Victor Hugo's "Les Travailleurs de la Mer" as Mr. Kitty and the socktopus re-enact Gillatt's encounter with the devilfish.
Le Clem
Is there any other use for a (c/K)at, other than as an instrument of torture and/or mayhem?
Whoa... déjà vu...
Hmmmmmm. I enjoyed reading 'feet' simply because I have to deal with cephs on a 24/7 basis - it offered me a bit of light relief - a bit like my constantly referring to my Neil D poster; ya see, I don't have a lot of time to consider many things, but I squeeze it in there for Neil and I squeezed (past tense ... RIP indeed) it in for feet.
The thread would have died in due course ... most do ... but this one seemed to show no signs of slowing down (in fact it was cranking up).
Reminds me of that film 'Misery', where Cathy Bates (sp?) hobbles that poor fellow (James Caan?) when strapped in bed.
There's no dissention in the ranks ... we just gotta hobble on
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- The St. Augustine Police Department and Ashlar Lodge 13th Masonic District are joining again March 24 to videotape children. These tapes will be given to the parent or guardian and can be used on local TV if a child is reported missing.
This is the second time this month this service is being offered. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the police station on King Street. For further information call Officer Joe Bowen, 825-1074, ext. 1050.
- Favorite bedtime stories will be read March 27 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Bartram Trail Branch of the St. Johns County Library. Kids are invited to wear their pajamas, and to enjoy the milk and cookies after the program.
The library is located at 60 Davis Pond Blvd., next to the entrance to Julington Creek Plantation. For further information call Brad Powell, children's librarian, 904-287-4929.
The Florida Park Service is offering its guided walks at Anastasia State Park Saturdays at 9 a.m. through the Spring. The programs are offered with the regular park admission of $3.25 per car for up to 8 people, or $1 per pedestrian/bicyclist. Participation is limited, so reservations are strongly suggested. Call 461-2035. Today's topic is ''The Spanish Quarries.'' March 24, the topic is ''Beach Walk,'' with Ken Ceglady as guide.
Birds, Botany and Breakfast continues one Saturday a month through May 5 at 8 a.m. at the Guana State Park dam, A1A North, just south of Ponte Vedra Beach. Dates are today, April 7 and May 5. Refreshments follow the two-mile walk. A $5 fee is requested, and reservations are necessary. Call 825-5071.
A Spanish themed torchlight tour is planned at Fort Matanzas National Monument April 14. Tickets go on sale two weeks prior to the event, and they will be available at the visitors center.
The park is located on Anastasia Island, four miles south of SR 206. For additional information call 471-0116.
Tickets are available at Fort Matanzas only, and they must be purchased in advance. Admission for these special tours is $5, and children 4 and under are free.
The fourth annual Easter Egg hunt, sponsored by the Lincolnville Neighborhood Crime Watch Association and United Way of St. Augustine, is planned April 7 beginning at 10 a.m. at Markland House, King Street, on the campus of Flagler College. The hunt is for ages 2 to 10. Children are asked to bring their own Easter baskets.
Donations of wrapped candy are needed, and can be dropped off at the United Way office, 117 Bridge St. Call 829-9721 for further information.
BellSouth is presenting what's being billed as the first of what will be an annual Family Music Fest. Date is April 22, and location is the Times-Union Center for Performing Arts. The festival will featured the Chenille Sisters, Rockapella, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, the Lisa Kelly-J.B. Scott Jazz 5tet with the Jacksonville Children's Chorus and the Battersby Duo.
For those six and under, the Little People Concerts will be held in the Terry Theater. Hours for the concert at noon to 7:30 p.m., and ticket prices are $10 for each Jacoby Hall Performance, $8 for the Terry Theater performances. Call 904-730-2100, ext. 265 for further information. Tickets are available at the Times-Union Center, Veteran's Memorial Coliseum and all Ticketmaster outlets.
The Easter Bunny is coming to the Belz Factory Outlet World. He'll be hopping over there April 7, 8, 13 and 14. Further details will be announced as the time nears.
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In a year of ongoing change, GNM continued to promote open journalism across a wide range of editorial areas, aligned with its core values. The company has rightly highlighted its success stories, from the Arab Spring to WikiLeaks, many of which highlight the link between the Guardian's values and high-quality journalism while tackling key sustainability issues.
The ongoing phone-hacking story is perhaps the most potent demonstration of the impact GNM can have, affecting issues such as governance, leadership and accountability in business, media, politics and the police. Recognising that this influence is GNM's biggest sustainability impact, we continued our work in assessing editorial departments' understanding and inclusion of sustainability coverage. We interviewed a sample of departments: Business and Personal Finance, Food, and Sports. This built on our work where we previously interviewed Travel, Fashion and Society.
The results were consistent with previous interviews, showing that staff were engaged in sustainability and aware of significant challenges in this sphere relating to their subject areas. This was backed up by editorial coverage showing that GNM has addressed or responded to many of these challenges, including coverage on studies around development, impacts of businesses in developing countries, diversity and equality in sports, and more specific issues, such as ensuring that recipes (which are the most popular part of the Guardian's food coverage) are made using seasonal produce.
A significant factor contributing to this awareness is that most senior staff have been with GNM long enough to appreciate and understand the values, even where they are not fully aware of the sustainability vision and strategy.
This reflects the general impression that this awareness is culturally derived rather than driven by policy or process. As planned changes and reorganisation, including hiring new staff with different skills, take effect, it will be important to ensure these values are understood and lived by new staff. With an office opening in the US, GNM will also face the challenge of instilling its values across the Atlantic. This reinforces a recommendation from last year that there should be more direct engagement of editorial staff on the sustainability vision.
The strategies used to engage editorial on diversity might well prove to be a useful model for this. This engagement should encompass the editorial objectives of the sustainability strategy as well as aiming for broader editorial inputs on materiality.
GNM's stated aim is for commercial and editorial departments to work more closely. Probably the most significant development is the launch of the new, digital-first strategy. This creates new opportunities to further align sustainability with open journalism.
A key challenge while innovating digital product offerings will be to ensure readers can differentiate editorial content from sponsored content. It is timely that GNM is revising its guidelines in this area and we will look forward to their publication.
As we said in our audit statement for the introduction section , editorial staff clearly recognise their main impacts as open journalism, audience engagement, and quality content. An issue that remains, in our view, relevant to quality content is churnalism, especially with the renewed focus on digital first.
As Chris Elliott, the Guardian readers' editor, wrote in a recent article on web-savvy readers holding journalists to account, churnalism is an important issue for stakeholders, and we recommend that GNM should continue to explain its approach and performance in this area.
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Obama Statement on Drastic Funding Cuts for Criminal Justice Program in Illinois
Obama cosponsored legislation in 2005 to restore grant funding
U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) joined a bipartisan coalition of senators in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program in this year's Supplemental Appropriations bill. For more than two decades, the Byrne/JAG program has provided funding each year for nearly 4,000 state and local law enforcement officials to help make communities safer and improve criminal justice programs.
Last year, the Senate approved $660 million in the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget for this program. However, facing a veto threat from the President, this critical funding was reduced to $170 million in the Omnibus Appropriations package.
"Keeping our communities safe and ensuring that our justice system is fair and effective are top priorities for me in Illinois and throughout the country," said Senator Obama. "Since I first met with local law enforcement officials in Alton in 2005 to discuss the growing threats posed to our neighborhoods by meth production and addiction, I have consistently demanded that the President increase funding for the Byrne program. Nearly three years after I joined to introduce legislation to restore this funding, the President has once again slashed these funds. This is unacceptable, and I will work with my colleagues to restore this funding as soon as possible."
Since 2005, Senator Obama has urged his Senate colleagues and the President to increase funding for this program. In August of that year, Obama met with nearly a dozen local law enforcement officials and prosecutors at the Alton Law Enforcement Center in Madison County to hear first hand accounts of their experience with problems caused by meth use and production. These officers and prosecutors primarily expressed their concerns about the negative impact these funding cuts would have on drug investigations, particularly relating to meth, throughout the state. After hearing these concerns, Obama returned to Washington and joined several of his colleagues to introduce legislation to save the Byrne/JAG program.
The text of the letter is below:
Dear Chairman Byrd and Senator Cochran:
Restoration of severe cuts made to the Edward Byrne Justice Grant (Byrne/JAG) program through last year's omnibus appropriations bill is vital to avoid law enforcement layoffs and suspension of hundreds of anti-drug, gang and violent offender efforts across the country. Therefore, we respectfully request that you provide $489.6 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program in any Supplemental Appropriations bill that comes before the Senate. This addition would restore Byrne/JAG funding to the same level previously approved by the Senate in the Commerce-Justice Science (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008).
The Byrne Formula Grant Program is a tried and tested program that has served us well for more than two decades. The program's broad-based support was verified in the Senate's passage last year of S.231, the Feinstein-Chambliss Byrne/JAG Reauthorization Act, which would extend this $1.095 bill authorization through 2012. The bill received 52 co-sponsors and passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
As you know, the Senate-approved CJS Appropriations bill for FY2008 would have funded Byrne/JAG at $660 million. Following a veto threat, however, difficult choices had to be made in conference, and in the Omnibus Appropriations bill that ultimately passed, Byrne/JAG funding for FY2008 was reduced to only $170.4 million. This figure represented more than a 2/3 drop from Byrne/JAG's actual appropriated levels in FY2007.
In the wake of these drastic cuts, various law enforcement agencies, as well as numerous police and sheriff's offices, have notified us that these FY2008 Byrne/JAG cuts will have a devastating effect on law enforcement, forcing them to possibly close multi-jurisdictional drug and gang task forces, and negatively affecting a variety of other crime control programs. Particularly at a time when a risk of adverse economic conditions may lead to increased crime, it is vitally important that we support our nation's finest in their efforts on the front lines, where they risk their lives daily keeping Americans safe.
Unless these Byrne/JAG funds are restored promptly, law enforcement agencies may be forced to dismantle multi-jurisdiction task forces that often took years to create and develop. And individual officers serving on those task force members will face a loss of income or even their jobs, some of which have been held for years.
Each year, Byrne/JAG dollars fund over 4,000 police officers and prosecutors working on over 750 drug enforcement task forces in all 50 states across hundreds of urban and rural countries and cities. On an annual basis, Byrne/JAG funding leads to over 220,000 arrests, 54,000 weapons seized, the seizure of 5.5 million grams of methamphetamine, and the breakup of almost 9,000 methamphetamine labs. These successes show that we need to continue what we are doing, not cut back.
Funding for Byrne/JAG, at its $1.095 billion authorized level, has long been supported by America's leading law enforcement organizations, including the National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition, National Sheriffs' Association, National Association of Counties, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Legal Action Center, National District Attorneys' Association, National HIDTA Directors Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Major County Sheriffs Association, National Criminal Justice Association, National Alliance of State Drug Enforcement Agencies, Major City Chiefs Association, National Troopers Coalition, State Association of Addiction Services, the National Crime Prevention Council and the Fraternal Order of Police.
There is strong bipartisan support for the Byrne/JAG Program, and we urge you to provide this critically needed funding in any supplemental appropriations bill that comes before the Senate this year.


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BATON ROUGE, La. - It looks like the last was the best. The final Rivals100.com Junior Day for the Class of 2004 was held this past Saturday at LSU and many of the top players in the state of Louisiana and Mississippi showed up and learned more about the recruiting process.
This included the Bayou State's top overall prospect, Early Doucet of St. Martinville. Doucet, a future five-star prospect, definitely looked the part at the event, measuring in at 6-foot-1 ½ and 207 pounds.
Doucet said he really enjoyed the event and will be able to utilize the information to make a solid college decision – when the time comes.
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"This was a great event," Doucet said. "Even for guys with a lot of scholarship offers, this helps you understand how to get the best out of the recruiting process."
But Doucet wasn't the only star that made it to LSU.
Baton Rouge (La.) Southern Lab defensive lineman Glen Davis measured in at 6-foot-7 and 337 pounds. Davis even got involved in the program asking Rivals100.com keynote speaker Joe Hornback about filling out questionnaires from the colleges during the question and answer session.
Davis, for those that haven't followed his recruitment closely, is one of the most highly touted football and basketball products in the nation. He has continued to grow and might be at the 6-8 mark by the time he graduates next year.
LSU fans will also be pleased to know that Gonzalez (La.) East Ascension defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey measured in at a very solid 6-foot-2 ½ and 293 pounds. He also had one of the biggest set of biceps that Rivals100.com has seen on the Junior Day tour.
Rivals100.com got a chance to see Baton Rouge (La.) Redemptorist running back Chris Lucas last December in the Louisiana State Championships at the Super Dome in New Orleans, but seeing him again in person was well worth it.
Lucas has definitely added a lot of bulk and size to his frame. He measured in at 5-foot-11 ½ and 224 pounds. This is up almost 15 pounds from what he was listed last year on the team's official roster.
Lucas said LSU is lone big-time official offer, but Texas, Florida State (close to officially offering after visiting last week), Auburn and Colorado are also in hot pursuit. Lucas was named first team all-state after rushing for 1,982 yards on 236 carries (8.39 per carry) and 30 touchdowns as a junior.
Plaquemine, La., all-purpose back Ja'Kouri Williams already had one impressive offer sitting on the table heading into the May evaluation period, but he said he's also recently picked up new offers from Auburn and Florida State this past week.
The 5-foot-11 ½, 179-pound Williams finished his junior season with 1,464 yards and 28 touchdowns. He also averaged 11.6 yards per rush.
"I really learned a lot today," Williams said. "I learned what to expect and how to handle the recruiting process better."
What we can also expect from some of the players at the event this past weekend was that Florida State is going to hit the state of Louisiana again.
Along with an offer for Lucas coming soon, one already made to Williams, the Noles recently extended scholarship offers to Lafayette (La.) St. Thomas Moore offensive lineman Geoff Bernaird.
Bernaird measured in at a very impressive 6-foot-8 and 320 pounds. Bernaird also listed LSU, Mississippi State, Florida, Auburn and Virginia Tech as his top teams.
The Noles, along with LSU, also has extended a scholarship offer to Beaux Bridge, La., defensive end Charles Alexander.
Alexander, who gave up an afternoon at the world famous Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge, measured in at 6-foot-3 ½ and 266 pounds. Alexander said he's also high on two teams from Texas, listing the Longhorns and Aggies, as his top two teams ahead of LSU, Florida and Florida State.
Craig Steltz of Metairie (La.) Rummel, who has offers from LSU, UCLA, Colorado and Michigan State, looked solid, coming in at 6-foot-2 ½ and 200 pounds.
"It was a great event," Steltz said. "I learned that you need to take your time with your decision and don't rush into something that you'll regret."
Shreveport (La.) Evangel Christian is always home to some of the state of Louisiana's best players and one of its top offensive linemen has kind of flown in under the recruiting radar – despite having a scholarship offer on the table.
Tim Henderson, an offensive guard that measured in at 6-foot-4 ½ and 321 pounds, already has an offer from Texas Tech. He listed the Red Raiders and Ole Miss as his top teams, followed by LSU, Nebraska, Auburn and Virginia.
"I think the most important thing that I learned was that you have to be comfortable were you choose to go," Henderson, who brought both of his parents with him, said.
One of the nation's better quarterbacks represented the state of Mississippi on Saturday.
Baldwyn, Miss., quarterback Blake Barnes made the trip down and measured in at a very respectable 6-foot-3 and 218 pounds. His height actually was an inch taller than what was previously listed.
Mississippi State has already offered the gun-slinger a scholarship, but Alabama, Ole Miss, Auburn and Arkansas are also high on his list.
Others that had scholarship offers that made it to the event included Brandon Garrett, a 6-foot-1, 209-pound, outside linebacker from Baton Rouge (La.) Istrouma (Southern Miss and West Virginia), and Baton Rouge (La.) Parkview Baptist offensive lineman Max Holmes (Michigan State). Holmes measured in at 6-foot-4 ½ and 286-pounds.


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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that players didn't vote Thursday on a tentative agreement to end the NFL lockout because they had not seen the full proposal approved by owners.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is supposed to be secret.
Owners overwhelmingly voted for a tentative agreement earlier Thursday, pending an OK from the players, who later held a conference call to discuss the proposal. That call ended without a vote.
Before the call began, NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith wrote in an email to the 32 team representatives: "There is no agreement between the NFL and the players at this time."
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- NFL owners have voted in favor of a tentative agreement to end the lockout, pending player approval.
Thursday's ratification came after a full day of meetings at an Atlanta-area hotel, where team executives pored over the terms of the deal.
Players still have to sign off on the deal. They didn't vote on a full pact Wednesday because there were issues that had not been resolved. They plan to have a conference call later Thursday.
The four-month lockout is the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987.
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Research suggests role of bacteria has been underestimated
By Summit Voice
FRISCO — Nearly three years after the Deepwater Horizon drill rig exploded and the busted Macondo Well spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are still trying to figure out to what happened to all the oil.
Only a tiny amount was captured or burned at the surface, and vast quantity — nobody knows exactly how much — was "dispersed" with chemicals injected directly into the stream of oil streaming out of the broken pipes, but a surprisingly large percentage of the oil may have been broken down by microbes.
Some of the oil settled to the seafloor, damaging coral miles from the site of the disaster. There's also evidence that the oil damaged Gulf of Mexico oysters growing in coastal areas, and sickened dolphins in Barataria Bay. And in Florida, researchers found remnants of the oil lingering in "scary high" concentrations in the splash zone along Gulf beaches.
But overall, the Gulf may be more resilient than previously believed, according to Terry Hazen a bioremediation expert at the University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Hazen and his research team used a powerful new approach for identifying microbes in the environment to discover previously unknown and naturally occurring bacteria that consume and break down crude oil. They concluded that there was a population explosion among those bacteria already adapted to using oil as a food source.
"It was surprising how fast they consumed the oil," Hazen said. "In some locations, it took only one day for them to reduce a gallon of oil to a half gallon. In others, the half-life for a given quantity of spilled oil was six days … "The Deepwater Horizon oil provided a new source of nutrients in the deepest waters," he said.
Rather than culturing the microbes in a lab, the researchers combined genetic data and other analyses of the DNA, proteins and other footprints of bacteria to provide a more detailed picture of microbial life in the water.
Their findings suggest that a great potential for intrinsic bioremediation of oil plumes exists in the deep sea and other environs in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil-eating bacteria are natural inhabitants of the Gulf because of the constant supply of oil as food.
"The bottom line from this research may be that the Gulf of Mexico is more resilient and better able to recover from oil spills than anyone thought," Hazen said. "It shows that we may not need the kinds of heroic measures proposed after the Deepwater Horizon spill, like adding nutrients to speed up the growth of bacteria that break down oil or using genetically engineered bacteria. The Gulf has a broad base of natural bacteria, and they respond to the presence of oil by multiplying quite rapidly."
Hazen recently presented his Deepwater Horizon disaster research findings at the 245th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.


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Siebel Object Types > Business Component > Multi Value Field > MVF Pick Map > MVF Pick Map UpdOnlyIfNull
Marks a copy pick map (read Pick Map) to perform only the copy operation if the field specified in the pick map updonlyifnull is not null. Constrain pick maps are also copy pick maps. In cases where the constraint is active, this results in no operation (no-op). In cases where the UpdOnlyIfNull causes the constraint to be ignored, the copy operation works. To avoid the copy operation use a calculated field as the field for the constrain pick map.
Property Description/Usage Valid Values/Examples Field (R) The field in the parent business component to check for a NULL value before performing the copy operation specified by the parent pick map.
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Published: 18 April 2003