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Bryson Busniuk was at lunch with his family when he got the call from South Carolina Stingrays head coach Spencer Carbery.
Dave Jarman was working at his day job at Port City Mopeds on The Isle of Palms when assistant coach Ryan Warsofsky reached out.
Busniuk and Jarman thought the Stingrays' coaching staff was joking at first when they wondered if the duo would be interested in playing Saturday night against the Wheeling Nailers.
Jarman, 27, had been a star at Sacred Heart University but had only played in two professional games for the Stingrays during the 2010-11 season. Busnuik, 34, had more than 300 ECHL games under his belt, but he had not played in the league since the 2008-09 season.
Jarman and Busniuk combined to take more than a dozen shifts and helped rest a weary Stingrays team, which was playing in its third game in three days.
South Carolina goalie Jeff Jakaitis turned away all 29 shots he faced as the Stingrays got three goals to beat Wheeling, 3-0, before a crowd of 4,579 at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The Stingrays improved to 21-5-3 (45 points), while the Nailers fell to 14-9-5 (33 points).
With an injury to forward Lindsay Sparks and a call-up for defenseman Steve Spinell to the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins, Carbery was desperate for bodies Saturday afternoon. He found out about Sparks' injury about lunchtime, which was too late to get anyone here from the Southern Professional Hockey League.
His first call was to former Stingrays captain Matt Scherer, but Carbery's former linemate didn't even return his call. He tried Johann Kroll next, who declined the offer.
Next up was Busniuk, who played for the Stingrays during the 2008-09 season and said he was already planning on coming to the game.
"He called me about 1:30 (p.m.) and I told him sure, and it didn't matter if he dressed me or I got to play a single shift," Busniuk said. "I ended up playing a little more than I thought."
Carbery said having those two extra bodies helped the Stingrays more than they'll know.
"It kept guys fresh and to be honest, Bryson and Dave were solid out there," Carbery said. "They kept it simple."
Carbery called the three-goal victory one of the best of his coaching career.
"One of the most impressive games that I've ever been a part of," Carbery said. "I've been in some bad situations, short guys. I've been in some pretty interesting scenarios. This was as adverse a situation as you could find, and the guys came out and played great the entire night."
In all, South Carolina has 11 players currently called up to the AHL and with captain Kevin Quick and Sparks out of the lineup with injuries, the Stingrays' roster looks nothing like it did earlier in the season.
And yet, the Stingrays continue to win and have the best record in the ECHL's Eastern Conference.
"Some teams will use injuries and call-ups as an excuse not to play well," said Jakaitis, who recorded his second shutout of the season. "We seem to thrive on the adversity. I'm not sure I've seen a team overcome this many call-ups and injuries."
The Stingrays dominated the opening period, outshooting the Stingrays, 17-4, and taking a 2-0 lead on goals from Luke Grenier and Ryan Grimshaw.
Leading 2-0 late in the third period, the Nailers were pressuring the Stingrays inside their defensive zone when Busniuk dropped in front of Scott Zurevinski's shot to block it. The puck slammed off of Busniuk's shin skates.
"It was unbelievable. I mean he lays out and blocks it," Carbery said with a chuckle. "I got guys that are regular pros that wouldn't do that. It was just a great night from everyone in that locker room."
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It's Marie Osmond's turn to tell her brother Donny a thing or two about puppy love!
During a weekend trip to Washington, D.C., the singer adopted a rescue puppy named George at Fashion for Paws's runway show to benefit the Washington Humane Society.
"I grew up with mutt's...they rock," she Tweeted Sunday. "I'm already head over heels for this little guy."
Osmond, who wrote that her kids were "getting a new best friend," spied the adorable dog while serving as honorary chairwoman of the fundraiser. George spent the rest of the night (mostly fast asleep) in his new owner's arms.
It sounds like Osmond's puppy love is only going to get bigger as the years go by. "They tell me George will be about 60 to 70 pounds," she Tweeted. "There goes the couch!!!"
Marie Osmond Adopts a Puppy – at a Fashion Show!
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Attention admirers and followers of Western New York cuisine: UB's affordability wasn't the only thing on campus to grab national attention during President Obama's dramatic visit.
Also attracting network kudos: UB's presidential cake.
For sure, this was not just any cake. This one, displayed and served subtly in the national press area – adjacent to the obligatory wings and more progressive healthy choice of roasted vegetables – was a cake fit for a president. "Welcome President Obama," the culinary calligraphers at UB's Three Pillars Catering wrote with patriotic-colored frosting.
Atop the commemorative 24-by-18-inch cake (chocolate and vanilla marble with ample buttercream frosting) was UB's baked version of the presidential seal – in frosting, of course -- complete with an eagle with a shield at its breast and holding ceremonial arrows in its talons.
Included in the steady stream of the stories and dispatches filed by the scores of reporters attending Obama's speech was one on the cake. It left a deep impression on CNN Senior White House Photojournalist Mark Walz, who entitled his CNN political ticker post "In the eye of the cameraman: This takes the cake."
"In all my years of covering the President," Walz wrote, "I've never seen a caterer present a sheet cake like this one pictured here. At lunch, Three Pillars Catering brought out a marbled cake with a welcome message and the Presidential Seal. The decorating alone took them an hour and a half, according to Laurie Richeal of Three Pillars. How'd it taste? While it looked good enough to eat, I stuck to my diet and took a pass… the 'road food' covering this beat adds up."
Walz's discipline over not tasting the cake notwithstanding, his approving blog post was a sweet treat to Campus Dining & Shops, which supervises Three Pillars Catering and won kudos for staff hospitality as well as for the hot meal.
"It's not every day that Three Pillars Catering gets to make a cake for a presidential visit to the University at Buffalo," said Raymond Kohl, marketing manager for UB Campus Dining & Shops. "So when the opportunity arose, Laurie Richeal, bakery manager, and her team went to work to create a memorable delectable."
The cake wasn't the first time UB's catering service notched national attention.
A few years ago, culinary celebrity Rachael Ray featured a UB-themed farewell meal for college-bound high school graduates in her Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine, with UB pennants and admissions office stationery adorning the layout. In tribute to the magazine spread, UB Campus Dining put together a special campus meal featuring the dishes Ray used in her magazine, and invited students and members of the community to a one-time-only dining experience.
And UB's new Crossroads Culinary Center has earned accolades both on campus and off campus for its scope, selection and style.
Walz's musing about Three Pillars' catering didn't stop with the cake.
"I first started covering the White House beat for CNN in 1988, during President Reagan's last year in office," he wrote. "Ever since then, through all 50 states and 80 different countries, I've followed the man that lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. At most of those presidential events, a local caterer is hired to supply meals for a hungry press corps as we have little time to run to get anything (paid for by the news organizations) and as a result we are well fed.
"Most of the time local fare is highlighted. In New Orleans, I have had jambalaya and ribs in Memphis and Buffalo wings in Buffalo, New York. Yes, today I am in Buffalo, at the University at Buffalo. It's the first stop of President Obama's two-day bus tour through New York and Pennsylvania."
For Kohl, seeing the full-color picture of his staff's cake on the CNN site was a perfect ending to an exhausting but memorable and successful day.
"I certainly felt very proud for our bakery and catering department," Kohl said. "Just to create something that drew national attention from someone who is experienced, been around and who travels with the president so much. For him to make those comments, it was fantastic."


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I want to use the first name Sadie to honor my fiance's grandmother, Sarah. And I planned to use Mary Grace as a double middle name to honor other family members. But the other day Sadie Mary Jane came to mind, as I thought that could work too. But what are your thoughts? Which do you prefer, Sadie Mary Grace or Sadie Mary Jane? Does Mary Jane still carry negative connotations?
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Edgar® Award
Drawing from his experience as a correspondent in Iraq, Alex Berenson exploded onto the thriller scene with this perfectly crafted, highly-acclaimed debut novel—"a timely reminder of the extremely precarious way we live now" (The Washington Post).
Years ago, John Wells was an all-American boy from Montana. Now, he is roaming the mountains of Pakistan as a member of al Qaeda.
After a decade away from home, he despises the United States for its decadence. He hates America's shallow, mindless culture of vice and violence. He is a devout Muslim. He is a brave warrior for Allah.
He is a CIA operative. And he is coming home…
Winner of the Edgar® Award
Drawing from his experience as a correspondent in Iraq, Alex Berenson exploded onto the thriller scene with this perfectly crafted, highly-acclaimed debut novel—"a timely reminder of the extremely precarious way we live now" (The Washington Post).
Years ago, John Wells was an all-American boy from Montana. Now, he is roaming the mountains of Pakistan as a member of al Qaeda.
After a decade away from home, he despises the United States for its decadence. He hates America's shallow, mindless culture of vice and violence. He is a devout Muslim. He is a brave warrior for Allah.
He is a CIA operative. And he is coming home…
"A well-crafted page-turner that addresses the most important issue of our time. It will keep you reading well into the night."—Vince Flynn
"Berenson offers a very American story—a sort of terrorist High Noon…exciting."—The New York Times
"A hold-your-breath thriller…a grabber."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"An intriguing thriller studded with alarming possibilities."—New York Daily News
"A thriller worthy of Le Carré."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Berenson offers a very American story—a sort of terrorist High Noon…exciting."—The New York Times
"A hold-your-breath thriller…a grabber."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"An intriguing thriller studded with alarming possibilities."—New York Daily News
"A thriller worthy of Le Carré."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
a reporter for The New York Times, Alex Berenson decided to write
a novel that would explore the complexities of the fight against terrorism
in the post-9/11 era. That novel, The Faithful Spy, is being
published by Random House in April 2006. Berenson explains why
he made the switch to fiction, what al Qaeda has in common with
the CIA—and why Keanu Reeves is his new favorite actor.
Q: You're a reporter by trade. Why did you decide to write a novel?
Alex Berenson: As a reporter, you have to follow certain rules, of
which the most basic is to tell the factual truth. Once you unmoor
yourself from the facts you're not a reporter any more. To be blunt,
you're lying. And I never forget that, not when I'm working for The
New York Times. But sticking to the facts can be frustrating. Sometimes you can't
get the facts, no matter how hard you try. You have to leave questions
unanswered. I wanted to see how it would feel to build a world
where for once I had all the facts, and I knew what everyone was
Q: So? How did it feel?
AB: Pretty good. They lie to each other all the time, my characters.
Sometimes they even lie to themselves. But they always tell me the
Q: You're probably not the first author to feel that way. Why a spy
thriller specifically?
AB: I liked the tension and the speed. Maybe one day I'll try my
hand at literary fiction, something slower-paced. But for my first
novel I wanted to write a tight book, a book that would keep readers
in suspense until the last page, that would be gritty and real and
build to a conclusion that feels surprising and inevitable at the same
time. Also, and maybe this is cruel, I wanted to see how my heroes
would react to extreme pressure. John Wells has worked for years
and years to build his cover inside al Qaeda and along the way he's
lost the trust of the CIA. Now he's as alone as a human being can be.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Exley, his handler at the agency, has also given
everything up for her job—her marriage, her children. Yet they both
know they must keep fighting, that they can't afford to give up, because
Qaeda will never give up.
Q: Why a modern thriller, instead of, say, one set during World War
II or the Cold War?
AB: The topic resonated for me. I live in New York. I work about a
hundred feet from Times Square. I think New Yorkers feel terrorism
a little bit more viscerally than other Americans. I think we all feel
we're going to get hit again sooner or later. Then of course I saw the other side of the coin firsthand as a reporter for the Times in Iraq, where the United States is intersecting with Islam every day, for better and worse. Our effort to reshape the
Arab world, to reshape Islam—because that's what we're doing,
let's be honest—is one of the great stories of the first part of the
twenty-first century. I don't know whether we'll succeed or fail. But
I wanted to write a book that would comment on that effort.
Q: The terrorists in your book are all Muslim. Do you think some
readers will feel that's unfair?
AB: If they do, they're deluding themselves. Yes, terrorists come in
all shapes and sizes. But Muslim terrorists are by far the greatest
threat to the United States, and Europe, too. Across the world, from
Algeria to Indonesia, hundreds of millions of Muslims are struggling
for survival. They're angry at their leaders, and they're looking for
a solution. In Europe, millions of young Muslim men are alienated
and unemployed. Fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden offer them an answer:
Blame the United States. Blame Israel. Blame your leaders, because
they aren't real Muslims. Go to war to reclaim the glory of Islam.
Americans are killing Iraqi civilians. Give the infidels a taste of their
own medicine. That message is attractive for people who don't have
Q: Then are you saying you're sympathetic to bin Laden?
AB: Not at all. His methods and his goals are repugnant. Even in
war, deliberately targeting civilians is criminal. And I suspect that
very few Americans would want to live under a Muslim theocracy. I
know I wouldn't. But . . .
Q: But . . .
AB: But though I don't admire bin Laden or his methods, I respect
his seriousness. He and his men want to destroy the United States as
much as we want to destroy them. They are risking their lives for
their cause. They aren't going away anytime soon. We're fooling
ourselves if we pretend otherwise.
So writing about this conflict is very different than writing about
the Cold War. In the Cold War, the two sides were recognizable to
each other. They played by the same rules: Don't kill civilians, don't
target the other side's agents. Don't push too hard. Neither side
wanted a nuclear holocaust. The game was a chess match, complex
and difficult but controlled. Of course no one did a better job capturing
that complexity than John le Carré.
Now we're confronting an enemy that doesn't just want to win
the game. It wants to tear up the board. And thus it's difficult to
sympathize with the other side. But as a novelist you have to make
both sides real to the reader. The bad guys can't just be cardboard
Q: How did you reconcile that contradiction?
AB: By portraying the terrorists as honestly as possible, as real people.
They all have reasons that they've joined Qaeda; they aren't idiots
or psychopaths.
Q: You mentioned le Carré. Is he your model?
AB: I admire le Carré's skill as a writer, his ability to create characters
and build complex, real worlds. I'm not sure our politics are the
same. Anyway, it would be more than a little premature to make
that comparison. If I keep doing this—and I hope I do—maybe in
twenty years.
Q: Your book feels very real. Did you have help from the CIA or
former agents?
AB: To be honest, no. I drew on three major sources of information.
First, the time I spent in Iraq helped me understand the military,
which plays a major part in the book. Second, I've done quite a bit
of investigative reporting for the Times, so I've dealt with FBI and
federal prosecutors as they investigate criminal cases, and I appreciate
the government agency mindset.
Prosecutors have incredible power: the power to search a suspect's
home, to make indictments and arrests. Yet they also have
enormous responsibility. If they make a mistake, they can destroy
the life of an innocent person, or allow someone guilty to go free. At
the CIA the stakes are even higher. Meanwhile, the people at the
top, who are political appointees, have their own agenda, which is
basically not to embarrass themselves or their administration. So the
folks on the front lines are under incredible pressure to balance
these competing demands. I think I do a good job portraying that
Finally, and this will come as no surprise, I found a tremendous
amount of information from open sources: books and electronic
databases and the Internet. It's all there, from how the National Security
Agency intercepts electronic communications—to how to
build a truck bomb. Comforting, huh?
Q: This is your second book. Was the first also a novel?
AB: Actually, it was a short history of Wall Street called The Number—
nonfiction, also published by Random House. It came out the
week we invaded Iraq, so not too many people have heard of it.
Q: It doesn't sound like it has much in common with The Faithful
AB: On the surface, it doesn't. But in an odd way, The Number prepared
me to write this book.
Q: How so?
AB: Fiction is hard. Much harder than nonfiction. Nonfiction, you
look around the world and you tell the story as best you can. Fiction—
you have to look inside your head for the answer. If it's not
there, you have nothing to write. Fiction is far more personal. It can
be terrifying. And I'd never written much fiction before, maybe a
couple of short stories in college. If I hadn't written The Number,
I'm not sure I would have been able to finish The Faithful Spy. Because
I had that experience, I knew that sometimes you have to push
on, that you can always fix your mistakes, but you trap yourself if
you keep writing the same paragraph or page over and over.
Q: So you're Keanu Reeves's biggest fan. Why?
AB: Well, I was very fortunate to sell the movie rights to The Faithful
Spy well before it was published. It's in development now at Regency
and Fox. I think the sale was due mainly to the fact that my
agent shipped the manuscript to Keanu's manager, and apparently
Keanu is interested in playing John Wells. I always have to smile
when I refer to him as Keanu, like I know him, which of course I
don't. But I owe Keanu one for sure.
Q: You've written two books and you work full-time for The New
York Times. How old are you?
AB: Thirty-three (January 6, 1973).
Q: You don't sleep much, do you?
AB: No, I sleep. I write fast, not super-fast, but my writing is very
clean, which helps. I'm not married, and I don't have kids. And I
knew what I wanted this novel to be. I knew it was something I had
to do.


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Thursday, October 10, 2013
They danced and shook their limbs all about. Then they sat and became among the millions of children participating in Jumpstart's "Read For the Record" literacy campaign, in which kids from across the nation read the same book on the same day.
Last year 2.3 million youngsters participated.
About 20 children up to pre-school gathered in a room with their mothers and caretakers at the Goose Creek branch of the Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) on Oct. 1.
"Read For the Record" was incorporated into the library's weekly children's story time, which happens on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. in Goose Creek as well as on Mondays in Sangaree and Daniel Island and on Thursdays in Moncks Corner.
They sat and listened to BCLS Young Adult Librarian BriAnne Baxley read "Otis" by Loren Long.
It's the story of a personified old red farm tractor, "Otis," that becomes neglected after a new yellow tractor comes to the farm. But when a calf gets stuck in the mud and the new tractor and fire department scare it deeper into the mud pit, the familiar purr of Otis comforts the calf back to the safety of dry land.
Baxley said local children can probably relate to the story of a tractor since much of Berkeley County is rural and they have been around or seen a tractor at some point.
Children actively participated in the reading session when Baxley would stop and ask what they thought would happen next.
Children were then given egg shakers. They started and stopped shaking them several times on Baxley's command.
She then pulled stuffed farm animal puppets out of a canvas bag and asked students which animal it is and what sounds they make before passing the puppets around the room.
Baxley then read John Himmelman's "Chickens to the Rescue."
Children then sang along with Baxley on "Old McDonald Had a Farm."
The boys and girls then stood in line and received a certificate and a sticker saying they broke a world record.
The children also received an image of Otis the tractor that they could take home to color.
Baxley asked each child if they would read when they got home.
"They're really trying to encourage the adult-child reading bond," Baxley said.
"Jumpstart's Read for the Record is a call to action to Americans to recognize the importance of quality early education, especially for our most vulnerable children," BCLS Deputy Director and Youth Services Coordinator Sharon Fashion said. "When children start behind, they tend to stay behind."
Since the campaign's inception in 2006, more than 9 million people have joined local Read for the Record reading celebrations. Jumpstart has raised more than $8 million to support its year-round work in preschools in low-income neighborhoods.
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Jumpstart delivers a research-based and cost-effective program by training college students and community volunteers to serve preschool-age children in low-income neighborhoods.
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Slideshow: We Are One Events Across the Country
On April 4th, NAACP units across the country rallied to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Watch a slideshow of some of the inspiring moments.Read More »
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As early as Tuesday, March 29, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R, 471, the mis-named Scholarships for Opportunities and Results Act. The NAACP is vigorously opposed to this legislation which extends and expands a pilot program of school vouchers in the District of Columbia which began in 2003 and was set to expire in 2008.Read More »
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the NAACP Mississippi State Conference filed a federal lawsuit to stop the Mississippi board of election from adopting a redistricting plan that has not been pre-cleared by the United States Department of Justice.Read More »
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The 8 Most Baffling Food Mascots of All-Time
If you're ever diagnosed with crippling insanity, you can always get a job designing corporate mascots. For instance: Orville Redenbacher used a reanimated corpse as their spokesperson. Yummy Mummy has one too, and both of them are perfect examples of what happens after you die when you're killed by Snuggle Bear. My point is, most mascots are crazy, and here are the food industry's eight craziest.
Please note that I did not include the Grape Nuts character Volto From Mars on this list because this is a "craziest" list, not a "best" list.
Kool-Aid Man -- Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid Man represents the laziest of all mascot designs -- he's just a face and limbs grafted onto the product he's selling. What made him unusual is that his only mode of transportation was charging through walls. For a sentient glass pitcher, that's closer to a suicide bombing than it is to refreshment. The Kool-Aid Man has filled more thirsty people with shrapnel than Angola.
The idea of a drink running through walls is so insane that it may have started as a way for suffocating stuntmen to signal "Help, I need help!" from inside a scream-muffling drink costume. However, the Kool-Aid Man's smashing makes sense if you think about what he is. He's a creature made entirely out of tap water, sugar and a pouch of carcinogens. His body can't decide whether it wants to evacuate its liquid, run as fast as it can or die, so he just charges the nearest building in a desperate attempt at all three.
Wilford Brimley -- Quaker Oats
After what must have been a casting director's paperwork error, Wilford Brimley did a long-running series of commercials for Quaker Oats in the '80s. It was an ad campaign based entirely around intimidation. There was virtually no sales pitch involved in the commercials. It was more like Wilford was leveling with you that oatmeal was what he fucking had for you and you're going to goddamn eat it.
Wilford Brimley was way too tough for breakfast commercials. He looks like someone taught a pile of walrus leather how to fight. He talks like your ears just came out of the closet and he's disappointed in them. This was the guy who killed all the dogs with a fire ax in John Carpenter's The Thing. He exploded a team of human hunters from horseback in Hard Target. He will punch your heart out for having Type-2 adult-onset diabetes. Shit, Wilford Brimley was even kind of tough in Ewoks: Battle for Endor, and that's the official movie of corrective hermaphrodite surgery. Why was this man selling strawberries & cream instant oatmeal? Was Bolo Yeung busy or something?
Bigg Mixx -- Kellogg's Bigg Mixx
In 1990, Kellogg's had the industrious idea to mix all their cereals together and put them in one box. The result was Bigg Mixx, a flailing of sugar and artificial flavors that tasted like the inside of a fat person's mouth.
Bigg Mixx, the mascot, was an unnatural union of chicken, moose, wolf and pig parts. If Family Feud did a survey that asked: "Name an animal that shits in its own water supply" those would be the four answers on the board. Bigg Mixx is what happens when a scientist combines too much free time with too much animal sperm. If you were to look at this cereal monster's DNA under a microscope, you'd just see a drawing of yourself burning, signed by God.
This chimera abomination and his cereal only lasted for two years before being discontinued. Not because it had the flavor palette of bulimia, but because every time a Bigg Mixx delivery truck drove past a church, it unconsecrated the ground.
Peter Wheat -- Peter Wheat Bread
In 1948, Peter Wheat Bread started publishing a monthly comic about its corporate mascot, Peter Wheat, a creepy pope-hatted elf that wanted to be your pal. He's what babies see when you can't figure out why they're crying.
The weird thing about Peter Wheat is that he was awesome. He was a toddler the size of a pubic louse, and most of his world was made out of cupcake, but his adventures were sword-clashing killing sprees. He wasn't prancing through meadows and singing about the pep you get from enriched wheat flour. He was punching birds in the face and driving axes into hamsters. And there was no whimsy in his fighting style -- he was all business. Peter lived his life by a single code: Shut up and fight. The second any woodland fuck looked at him wrong, he drove the nearest object into its brain, never saying a word. Peter let the screams of his enemies do the talking.
No one really knows what happened to Peter Wheat, but he was the most powerful 2-inch creature on the planet before Kim Jong-il promoted his penis to Colonel. Please enjoy more fine examples of this brave bread hero's silent ass-kickings:


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On opening day, the official start to the professional baseball season, many former Stetson Hatters can be found around the very first major and minor league baseball games of 2013.
Chris Johnson, who has played for the Houston Astros and the Arizona Diamondbacks, will begin this season with the Atlanta Braves after a trade earlier this year. Former Hatter Corey Kluber returns for his third season with the Cleveland Indians after making 12 starts for the Tribe in 2012.
Stetson fans won't have to travel far to watch former Hatter Ben Carhart. The infielder begins 2013 with the Cubs' Advanced A affiliate Daytona Cubs after playing rookie ball last season.
Brother of current Stetson infielder Tyler, Brian Bocock begins 2013 with the Syracuse Chiefs, after the Washington Nationals recently signed him to a minor league deal. The 2006 draftee last played in the majors in 2010 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Other former Hatters playing professional baseball:
- Jake Boyd – Burlington Bees (Angels A)
- Lindsey Caughel – Great Lakes Loon (Dodgers A)
- Jeremy Cruz – Arkansas Travelers (Angels AA)
- Tucker Donahue – Lansing Lugnuts (Blue Jays A)
- Sam Kimmel – Aberdeen IronBirds (Orioles A-)
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Flowers for Algernon was first published as a short story, but soon received wide acclaim as it appeared in anthologies, as a television special, and as an award-winning motion picture, Charly. In its final, expanded form, this haunting story won the Nebula Award for the Best Novel of the Year. Through Jeff Woodman's narration, it now becomes an unforgettable audio experience.
©1966 Daniel Keyes; (P)1998 Recorded Books, LLC
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"Phenomenal Classic"
Beautifully written classic tale of Charlie Gordon, a man with mental retardation who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to cure his "condition." Charlie is mentally and physically abused by his mother and teased for the entirety of his 32 years. He enters into therapy, and an accelerated learning program, attending classes and racing mazes with the first subject, Algernon the mouse. Keeping a diary, Charlie tracks his current progress and remembers the painful details of his previous memories with new clarity.
The story questions the attitudes and sickening treatment of people with special needs and the isolation felt from being on the outside looking in. I'm reminded of George Bernard Shaw's, "Pygmalion." Eliza Doolittle, like Charlie, becomes a subject in a test to prove those believed inferior can transform to the norms of society. The question ignored is when emotional immaturity doesn't catch up quickly enough with newfound intelligence and the pitfalls therein. The human being is ignored for the advancement of science. Charlie also struggles to find meaning and purpose. All of these themes are explored in depth by Keyes and the narrator is phenomenal; moving back and forth with spot on cadence and dialect, perfectly emoting the evolution and regression of Charlie.
Outstanding novel.
"Don't Even Debate It, Just Click "Add to Cart""
The story and narration were superb and the plot was engrossing. After listening to about 60+ nonfiction books I have started to dip my toes into fiction--particularly science fiction. I remember listening to a classmate give a review of this book in a high school English class and decided to use one of the 'ol two credits on this one. Smart decision. Even though I knew the ending before I hit the play button, the journey--as any good book reveals--is more important that mere facts.
The ending will hit you.
"Great Writing and Incredibly Good Narration"
Although written in 1966 based upon a short story published in 1959, nothing about this book is dated, hackneyed or trite. In fact, little would need to be changed for it to pass as a recently published novel set in the 1960s. The current Wikipedia entry for this book notes three main themes: treatment of the mentally disabled, the conflict between intellect and emotion or happiness, and how events in the past can influence a person later in life. Keyes does effectively develve into each of these issues, particuarly the last. However, for me, the deeper issue is Keyes' subtle, unstated questions about the value of all life, particularly the lives of those with little awarness of their own worth. In addition, Jeff Woodman's narration was superlative. His voice, inflection, cadence, etc. gave life and meaning to Charlie's character in a way that complemented and added to Keyes' writing. I listen to audiodbooks about 20 hours each week, and few books have affected me like this one in months. Give it a try.
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this is deservedly a classic. there is much to think about regarding intelligence and enhancement. if you value what makes you an individual this novel will grip you and haunt you. one of my all time favorites.
"You won't forget this story."
I saw the play of this story years ago but could not remember the plot so I decided to listen to the book. I will never think about intelligence and society's perceptions the same way again. Perhaps because the novel is a much more in-depth exploration of Charly's psyche, the book stuck with me in a way the play did not. In the beginning the stuttering prose is frustrating, but it is such a necessary component of the novel and the gradual transformation to the point where Charly is speaking over your head sneaks up on you. Charly's reactions to the world change as his understanding of the world changes, and the reader can't help but reflect on the themes on a personal level.
"A wonderful story, an excellent narration"
I have loved this story ever since I saw the movie version, "Charly," with Cliff Robertson. So I was looking forward to reading "Flowers for Algernon." The audiobook did not disappoint. The narrator did an excellent job of adapting his voice to the many characters in the novel, which enhanced the listening experience. The story, which was originally a short story and was expanded by the author into a full-length novel, was as moving as the movie had been. All-in-all this was an enjoyable audioibook.
"An amazing experience"
I have heard about this book many times but have never read it or watched one of the movies or TV shows based on it, but I decided it was about time that I did. Written originally as a short story in 1958 and later in 1966 as a novel it is an amazing tale of a mentally challenged man who science turns into a genius with an incalculably high IQ even though he still has the emotions of a child.
As narrator Jeff Woodman brings this story to life, he does an incredible job presenting Charlie through his many changes and growth along with the people around him that I regularly forgot that only one actor was conveying the story. Not many narrators have done that for me and this performance is the best I have heard in an audio book so far.
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"An interesting and original story"
This was one of those books I told myself I'd read someday. I'm glad I finally did. It is a nice, though now interestingly dated, story written from an unusual perspective. It gives you a chance to examine your empahy as well. I don't want to spoil the plot for you, so I won't say much more.
I will say if you enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, you'll find this somewhat similar and likely will enjoy Flowers for Algernon.
"First book that ever made me cry..."
I first read this book when I was a kid--thanks to lots of older brothers and sisters bringing their books home from upper grades--and it was the first time I'd ever read a book that made me cry. Hearing Jeff Woodman's brilliant character reading and narration made it come alive in the way it had when I read it so many years ago. His presentation is authentic New Yorker and hauntingly childlike and tinged with biting sarcasm when appropriate. The net effect of this audiobook is less of a read and more of a life-changing experience...which is how it was the first time I read the book.
It occurs to me that Flowers For Algernon has shaped the person I've become more than I'd ever remembered.
And memory is, after all, what this story is all about.
I commute about an hour each way to work and listen to audio books enroute. Sometimes I don't want to get out of my car because I'm at a really good place!
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Observations on British and American English
by an American linguist in the UK
England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
--George Bernard Shaw
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
look what I'm getting for my birthday...
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You shouldn't have opened that until next Tuesday, it won't be a surprise now!
Anyway, Happy Birthday for next week, Lynne.
- 27 September, 2006 02:20
- lynneguist said...
I didn't open it--I helped in ordering it. The spine will not be cracked before Tuesday, I swear!
Now...who is Strawman? A penpal or a Scrabbler?
- 27 September, 2006 10:41
- City Slicker said...
Excellent blog
But must admit I am definitely in need of some linguist help!
- 28 September, 2006 15:34
So, will you just copy great passages out of your present for future blog entries, then? ;)
- 28 September, 2006 23:07
- lynneguist said...
The first thing is to check it and gloat about anything that I've covered that Algeo hasn't!
- 28 September, 2006 23:23
And that is exactly what she did the second she opened it. She checked for 'Jinx' and then cackled that it wasn't in the book.
- 03 October, 2006 12:40
- lynneguist said...
BH is right--that's what I've been doing, though the jinx cackling (actually, it was snap I looked up!) isn't really fair.
The book is a "Handbook of word and grammar patterns", which means it's not attempting to be a dictionary--so straight translational differences like pants/trousers are not to be found there.
A quick test of whether this blog is redundant, given the existence of this book, gives me hope that my (and my blog's) wretched existence contributes something to the world. I looked at my September archives and found that both Algeo and I mention in/on the High Street/on Main Street, to sit an exam, burglar(iz)e and pressur(iz)e. (I'm using -ize spellings because Algeo does.)
NOT covered by Algeo (but still fitting within the purpose of his book) are: passive sit and to set an exam paper.
Not covered by Algeo, but present at varying degrees of standardi{s/z}ation in the two Englishes (so not just BrE or AmE, and therefore arguably not necessary for his book): die/dice, orient(at)e, and acclimat(is)e.
By the way, thanks for the compliment, City Slicker.
And welcome to our (that's the royal our) beloved BH, making his first appearance in the comments!
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If you haven't yet got "Coping with England" and "Coping with America", you should -- they're delightful. (Several of the other "Coping with ..." books are fun, too.) They cover rather more than language, but the other parts are just as good.
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Stephen Fishbach Blogs: Corinne Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
"If I told everyone to their face what I said behind their back, I wouldn't be playing a very good game, would I?"
– Corinne Kaplan, Survivor: Gabon
Corinne Kaplan was in a perfect position – or so it seemed.
She was a day one founding member of the Stealth R Us alliance. She had a side alliance with Michael Snow (whose sexual orientation we may never learn). Then her partner Malcolm approached her about a secret pact with the Bros from Gota. Now Corinne was part of a plot that could unseat her longtime antagonist Phillip and take control of the entire game.
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How could anybody take Corinne out? Well, Corinne had a great scheme!
Corinne's first step was to neutralize Phillip. You see, Phillip really wanted to help Corinne. He wanted to split the votes between Eddie and Reynold. That would open the door for the Bros alliance to set up an epic blindside. With the Favorites votes split, their six would be enough to vote out Phillip this week!
Corinne couldn't have that. She convinced the Favorites that it was crucial that they vote as one cohesive unit. If the six Favorites voted together, there was no way Corinne could have the numbers. Granted, Corinne had to antagonize Phillip, who really wanted a split vote. But Corinne was willing to do whatever it took to stop Corinne!
Corinne's masterstroke came when she told Dawn all about Corinne's plans. Corinne divulged that the idea to take out Sherri was only a diversion. The real target was Phillip. Corinne informed Dawn that there was a secret alliance of Fans and Favorites that was ready to take control of the game. She gave Dawn not just her strategy, but also the names and Social Security numbers of all her allies.
Corinne wins the Fishy for the masterful way she blindsided Corinne. She gave Dawn enough information to start a counter-counter-alliance. Dawn recruited Cochran, who recruited Andrea, who recruited Phillip and Erik. Brenda may also have been involved.
If anything good came out of this episode, it was that we got to see the Stealth R Us alliance in action. Their maneuvering reminded me of one of the tunnel-building montages from a 1960s prison escape movie – the whole crack squad coming together, communicating with a wink and a nod, evading the watchful eyes of the German prison guards.
That's how an alliance is supposed to work: building consensus and then taking decisive action. If Cochran, Dawn, Phillip and Andrea can keep their magnificent six intact, they could ride off into the sunset.
Haunted by the PastAfter the first episode, I wondered if all the Favorites would be doomed to repeat their past mistakes. Francesca was too vocal. Brandon had a meltdown and voted himself out.
You could argue that Corinne's mouth once again got her into trouble. But last night was less about Corinne repeating her past than Dawn refusing to repeat her own.
In South Pacific, Dawn knew that Cochran was about to flip – but didn't tell her own alliance. The mistake could have cost her the game, and she's determined not to make it again.
Dawn has evolved into a ruthless Survivor player whose benign, motherly demeanor perfectly masks her cut-throat strategy. She seems so sweet – and gosh, she's always just overflowing with tears! Yet Francesca, Julia and now Corinne have all made the mistake of putting their trust in Dawn – and being mercilessly backstabbed.
Dawn is able to use people's expectations against them, a quality shared by many of the best Survivor players. As Cochran said in episode one, this really is "new Dawn."


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RAMALLAH, 16 May 2012 - The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today visited Ramallah for meetings with local officials, including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
During a meeting at the Ministry of National Economy, which included representatives of the private sector, it was agreed that UNIDO will develop a new programme with a focus on industrial upgrading and modernization, including an industrial competitiveness strategy; integrated trade capacity building and export diversification; agribusiness development; pharmaceuticals; and renewable energy partnerships.
UNIDO will also seek financing and technical support from donors, including from the EU, Germany, Israel, Norway, as well as from USAID, and the Islamic Bank.
During his meetings in Ramallah, Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella noted that UNIDO was prepared to provide support for the new industrial policy, as recently requested by Palestinian counterparts, and would spare no efforts to further strengthen and enhance cooperation.
UNIDO's support to Palestine goes back to the early 1990s when the Organization provided technical and policy advice on industrial development, as well as feasibility studies.
In 1999, UNIDO launched the Integrated Programme for Palestine, and despite the political developments that followed in the year 2000, the programme continued to operate. During the 1990s, UNIDO support was a key factor in the establishment of the Palestinian Federation of Industries (PFI), now considered a prominent private sector institution.
In 2005, UNIDO launched a new project, which resulted in the establishment of a Technical and Vocational Educational Training Centre (TVET) for the marble and stone sector.
The Director-General also visited the Birzeit Pharmaceutical Company which employs some 300 people and has a 22 per cent market share locally.
A delegation led by the new Minister of National Economy will visit UNIDO headquarters in Vienna in July.


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Another year of hopes and expectations fizzled away. Why wouldn't we just wait til the offseason to make that Commodore deal and keep him for insurance through the playoffs? It kind of seems unnecessary to get that 7th pick today opposed to the end of the year.
It was a respect move on Hollands part. Commie just wanted to play and he didn't really have a chance to here.. Plus they wanted smith to get some playing time in before playoffs. Agreed, commie would've been great insurance. I actually liked when he played and it's a little disappointing seeing him go but I'm glad also because he'll actually get playing time down in Tampa.


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Shot for subtle interference or similar talk
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Bite of Little Caesars Pizza Pizza when the D-l-o talks between the benches about some obscure moment in time 5 years ago
2 shots when Crosby is mentioned.
Not only entertaining but a good drunk can be had 10 min into the game!!
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Fasting - Mark Fletcher - 24-01-2007
I tried fasting for the first time today, and found the suggestions and guidelines in 'Our Daily Life' hugely helpful. Although I was anticipating it being an ordeal, in a curious way I found it rather refreshing. Bearing in mind the vast numbers of people on our planet who starve to death every year, the practice of fasting is perhaps a wake-up call to the nature of both spiritual and physical reality that urgently needs responding to especially in the over-fed West. As a flabby habitual over-eater, it was a humbling experience. I wonder how many people go to bed hungry every night in this sinful world of over-production, waste and general craziness? Not that I'm suggesting people join the Socialist Workers' Party mind you.
I note with some surprise that the Fasting Calendar and rules of fasting in the Orthodox Church are extensive and rigorous. I imagine that most people would find the prospect of engaging with such a spiritual fitness regime utterly daunting. I certainly do. Timothy Kallistos Ware outlines the Fasting Calendar briefly in his book 'The Orthodox Church'. This made me feel like reaching for the crisps when I read it!
My reason for this posting was to enquire if anyone had any tips on how to fast well based on their own experience, or any comments to make supplementary to the excellent advice in the Fellowship handbook. Or just comments to make on fasting in general. Like prayer, I suppose there's no substitute for actually just getting on and doing it, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Although it's hardly an appropriate phrase to use, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating", not in the endless swapping of recipes or discussion of the best kind of kitchen equipment to use.
As an after-thought, the feats of sheer physical control, asceticism and self-forgetfulness in spiritual struggle which I have read about in the Orthodox tradition are truly astonishing and remind me of the spiritual and physical callisthenics adopted by practitioners of the various types of Yoga. People like me who are out of both physical and spiritual condition have got some gentle, plodding work to do over the years by the looks of it. "Slow and steady" is the order of the day in my case. Whether it will "win the race" is another matter entirely.
Fasting - John Charmley - 24-01-2007
Dear Mark,
Yes, it is daunting, and like anything of that sort has to be approached gradually; treat it like training for a race or something - a long build up; otherwise one goes off with a bang, so to say, can't keep it up, and gets discouraged.
I will leave it to those better qualified than I to comment in detail on what you say, but I would just want to say that you need to remember why we take on this discipline, and to remember that there are other ways of self-discipline and sacrifice. It is part of remembering too that we are God's children, and not slaves to any temptation or passion. So what I have tried to do is to give up, on fast days, some of those things which I particualrly like, even if I cannot keep the full fasting rules; I have to remember my family, and cannot impose my regime on them.
I have also tried, on non-fast days, just to eat less.
It really is slow and steady', and take advice from a priest. We must not succumb to the pride of thinking that we can do it ourselves, or that we know best; equally, we ought not to try to excel in asceticism; that gift is not given to all, and we should not presume that we have it, but rather we should test the waters, so to say.
A little every day, as it were, done in prayer and the right spirit, is better than obeying all the rules and feeling self-satisfied. Remember always what Our Lord says in Mark 2, 2:27
Quote:27 And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
In Christ,
Thanks - Mark Fletcher - 25-01-2007
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All of Altoona's close games so far this season have resulted in losses.
Until Friday night, that is.
The Lady Lions pulled out a tight one over Gateway, 50-48, at the AAHS Fieldhouse to win the Altoona Area Holiday Basketball Tournament for the third time in the tournament's three-year history.
"We really wanted this one. To win all three years is a great accomplishment," senior guard Kaycie Reffner said. "To come out with a win in a close game is nice. All the hard work we've put in is finally showing some positive results."
The Lady Lions moved above the .500 mark for the first time this season at 4-3.
"We really gutted it out. The shots weren't falling, but our defense played strong," Altoona coach Jill Helsel said. "We've played a ton of close games, but we haven't done a very good job maintaining the lead. We were finally able to do that."
Gateway led by four at halftime, 28-24, but for the second game in a row, Altoona turned in a strong third quarter.
Trailing 30-26, the Lady Lions ripped off eight straight points to grab the lead. After Lauren Donley sank a 3-pointer from the right corner, a Kayla Grimme blocked shot on the defensive end led to a second Donley trey.
Grimme followed with another block on the Lady Gators' next possession that led to a fastbreak and two free throws for McKenzie Hatch, which she converted to put Altoona up 34-30.
"That's my favorite part of the game, blocking shots and getting out on the fastbreak," Grimme said.
Grimme was one of seven Lady Lions to finish with between five and 10 points. Tournament MVP Darby Lee scored a team-high 10 points, and Donley, who was also named to the all-tournament team, had nine.
Hatch tallied eight, while Grimme, Reffner and Natalie Knab scored six points apiece. Shania Feathers added five points.
Altoona took a 38-36 lead to the fourth quarter, and Knab widened the lead to five with a 3-pointer from the right corner.
Gateway rattled off six straight points to take the lead. Morgan Hainsey's offensive rebounding led to three straight layups that put the Lady Gators up 42-41.
Following a timeout, Donley drained a 3-pointer to put Altoona ahead for good. Lee followed with a turn-around jump shot, and the Lady Lions held on from there.
Gateway's Jada Epps turned in a strong game with 20 points.
"We realized in the first quarter she was beating us to the basket," Helsel said. "We just tried to contain her and slow her down as much as we could."
Epps had a chance to tie the game with time winding down, but Hatch fouled her along the baseline before she got a shot off, giving Gateway the ball out of bounds with just one-tenth of a second on the clock.
Gateway's attempt at a quick tip in failed, and time ran out.
"We like to grind it out, execute our offense and get our girls on the glass," Gateway coach Cornelious Nesbit said. "We just couldn't make that last play."
Epps was named to the all-tournament team along with Abington's Deja Rawls and Pine Richland's Marisa Hombosky.
Abington defeated Pine Richland, 45-35, in the girls consolation game.
GATEWAY (48): Epps 10 0-1 20, Richardson 1 1-2 3, Hainsey 5 0-0 10, Taylor 3 1-4 7, Wilson 4 0-1 8, Kuster 0 0-0 0, Thompson-Wade 0 0-0 0. Totals - 23 2-8 48.
ALTOONA (50): Hatch 1 6-6 8, Reffner 2 1-3 6, Donley 3 0-0 9, Lee 4 2-4 10, Feathers 2 1-2 5, Knab 2 0-0 6, Grimme 2 2-3 6. Totals - 16 12-18 50.
Gateway13 15 8 12 - 48
Altoona13 11 14 12 - 50
3-point goals: Altoona 6 (Reffner, Donley 3, Knab 2).
Records: Gateway (5-2); Altoona (4-3).


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Tokyo, Japan, JP, January 18, 2012 - Ricoh Company, Ltd. today announced it has again been named a Leader in the "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print Services 2011 Hardcopy Vendor Analysis."(1) This is the second year of the report.The latest analysis compares 11 hardcopy vendors participating in the worldwide managed print services (MPS) market. IDC's detailed MPS definition emphasizes proactive management of customers' imaging and printing environment, continuous improvement of that environment, and change management.As a Leader, Ricoh achieved high scores in both the strategic and capabilities categories. "Ricoh's development of its global scope (consistent global structure, governance and process) is one of its biggest differentiators," states the report, authored by IDC's Holly Muscolino, Research Director for the Hardcopy Peripherals: Software and Services program. "The company's structured approach to MDS delivery is also distinctive." Ricoh has leveraged its deep, global experience to shape its Managed Document Services (MDS) strategy for addressing pressing customer concerns in MPS, including cost control, environmental sustainability, information security and governance, business process efficiency, organizational change management, information worker (iWorker) productivity, information optimization and strategic infrastructure."Ricoh's leadership position in this study confirms what we've already discovered by working closely with the company for five years in MPS and beyond," said Don Kupper, Vice President Supply Chain, Clinical Support, & Chief Pharmacy Officer of the University of Louisville Hospital in Kentucky. "They worked with us to analyze our challenges, develop creative solutions, effect a transformation, and follow through with continuous improvement. We increased our efficiency, productivity, improved our information flow and saved $1.6 million." Ricoh MDS is a globally cohesive approach to executing Ricoh programs based entirely on the ways clients prefer to do business. Its streamlined delivery framework – Understand, Improve, Transform, Govern and Optimize – strengthens the three stages of partnership engagement: Project Management, Service Management and Organizational Change Management."While competitive MPS offerings focus tightly on devices and print management, Ricoh MDS addresses the business practices surrounding the management of both print and electronic information," said Sergio Kato, Associate Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd. and General Manager of Global MDS Center. "Ricoh MDS teams work to understand how each enterprise accesses, uses and stores information. Then we adapt and optimize those processes to make them more secure, more efficient and more effective with less environmental footprint."Ricoh has delivered custom MDS solutions to customers around the world. For customer success stories on Ricoh's MDS approach, please visit ricoh.com/mds.(1)"IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print Services 2011 Hardcopy Vendor Analysis," Doc # 232135 December 2011.About IDC MarketScapeIDC's MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.About Ricoh Company, Ltd. Ricoh Company, Ltd. is a company specializing in technology and services that transform high-volume, document-intensive business processes into more efficient ones. This is achieved through Ricoh's expertise in Managed Document Services, Production Printing, Office Solutions and IT Services. By working with Ricoh, businesses can streamline the way they work, become more efficient and profitable, and share knowledge more effectively within their organizations. Ricoh's worldwide operation covers more than 180 countries and territories in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, China and Japan. # # #© 2012 Ricoh Company, Ltd. All rights reserved. All other company or product names,and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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The placement of one's face, specifically the mouth, into the area between a well-endowed woman's breasts, followed by a rapid shaking of the face in a side-to-side motion accompanied by yelling. The resulting sound that is created sounds similar to an outboard boat motor.
Sherry was wearing a low-cut top and Mike approached her and started motorboating in her cleavage.
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Sticking your face between a ladys fun bags and blowing hard allowing the boobies to wobble on your cheeks.
I went motor boating with the missus last night.
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Michael: Did you hear what John did last night?
Buck: Yeah, I heard he was motor-boating that hot piece of ass.
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The act of making a monotone hum while pinching and moving the cheeks back and forth
We thought Michael was getting lucky in his room, but it turned out he was just motorboating by himself.
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Also something done to girls named yael by kids named michael
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Unintentionally farting while walking. A short, but loud fart comes out with each step. So it sounds like a motor boat engine grumbling as you walk.
My buddy was so embarrassed cause he was motor boating in the cafeteria.
Por Jason Blackwell 26 de agosto de 2006
When a dog or cat sits and drags its rear end with its front legs to either scrape off feces or relieve their impacted anal glands. see also boot scoot
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Perhaps it should have been obvious, given the barrage of stories about obesity in America, that America would fare worse than its counterparts in terms of mortality among young people. But a new report provides some startling statistics.
The comparison with Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Germany and Spain, among other developed countries, is stark. In this apples-to-apples examination, American men ranked last in life expectancy among the 17 countries; American women ranked next to last.
The 378-page study by a panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council shows death before age 50 accounting for about two-thirds of the difference in life expectancy between males in the United States and their counterparts in 16 other developed countries. It's about one-third of the difference for females.
The study is the first to systematically compare death rates and health measures for people of all ages, including youths. And the results make up what the panel described as a pattern of higher rates of disease and shorter lives, dubbed "the U.S. health disadvantage."
The leading contributors include car wrecks, gun violence and poisonings. Other contributory causes related to lifestyle raise our rates of heart disease and diabetes. By now, most of us realize that the country as a whole could use more exercise and less fat in our diets.
Here's more evidence: the United States had the second-highest death rate from the most common form of heart disease, the second-highest death rate from lung disease and the highest diabetes rates.
The United States also had the highest infant mortality rate among the countries studied and has the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy and deaths from car crashes. Not surprising, America had the lowest probability overall of surviving to the age of 50.
Keeping as many illegal guns as possible off the streets is a big first step that both the Cuomo and Obama administrations are attempting. Movement toward that goal has predictably outraged many, but the numbers suggest America has much to gain from tougher gun laws.
The United States spends more on health care than any other country, but the report says we also have more uninsured compared to other countries and less primary care. The Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of uninsured, but far more must be done to eliminate the health gap.
This area is fortunate in that regard, with progressive initiatives coming from Independent Health, Catholic Health, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Kaleida and a huge cadre of primary care physicians working to streamline and improve care. Local groups such as the Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo are trying to deal with cost and quality and with what really makes America 17th in the world.
Our nation didn't get this unhealthy overnight and getting better will take time. But we have to begin the effort.


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In the organism, communication occurs at both the macro and the micro level. At the micro level—inside the cell—communication occurs between proteins relaying messages along signal-transduction pathways from both the internal and external to various compartments within the cell through the process of signal transduction. GPCRs are at the center of many signal-transduction pathways, and as a result, they are the subject of many basic biological research studies, as well as prime drug targets.
Historically, much of the pharmaceutical industry was only interested in discovering agonists or antagonists when it came to GPCR targets. Currently, however, the industry realizes that there are many more opportunities for targeting GPCRs if it screens for modulators as well as G-protein-dependent and G-protein-independent pathways.
Investigators are exploring a number of approaches, tools, and technologies related to GPCR drug discovery, and several scientists discussed their research in this area at the Cambridge Healthtech Discovery on Target conference "GPCR-Based Drug Discovery", which was held in Boston earlier this month.
Fiona H. Marshall, Ph.D., CSO of Heptares Therapeutics, spoke at the meeting about StaR—a thermostable GPCR locked into a chosen conformation by targeted mutagenesis. "GPCR drug discovery is hindered by the need to assay these receptors in cell membranes. This fact restricts the use of modern techniques in drug discovery such as biophysical and structural approaches."
By introducing point mutations into GPCRs, Heptares has produced receptors that can be purified like soluble proteins, thus preparing them for biophysical analysis using methods such as SPR, NMR techniques, and x-ray crystallography.
"This approach enables fragment screening and structure-based design methods to discover drugs for previously intractable receptors." In addition, other biophysical methods can be used to directly evaluate the biology of ligand-receptor interactions in native cell preparations (e.g., optical biosensors to measure intracellular mass redistributions or cellular dielectric spectroscopy to measure cell surface interactions).
GPCR-based drug discovery efforts at Heptares include a wide range of targets. In a discovery program targeted at the adenosine A2a receptor for Parkinson's disease, Heptares has identified a lead compound series (and an unrelated backup series) with, among other pharmacologic properties, potent oral activity in rodent models of Parkinson's disease.
Great as structure-based drug design programs may be, there is still a need for drug-screening platforms. DiscoveRx is battling the challenges of GPCR drug research using its screening platforms, which are based on its ß-galactosidase enzyme fragment complementation (EFC) technology.
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Chunky: phonetic-English to Spanish- urban dialect--and "Qui" which in spanish may imply shaped like a pea, ball shaped, round, rounded. Thus a chonqui is a latina gal ( usually small/ short ladies)--who is super rounded, chubby, filled, big, i.e., "chunky". Also probably: "sexy".
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