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In Pico Iyer's new novel, Abandon, a character laments the poor turnout for a lecture on Islamic theology. If the lecture's listing had used the word "Sufi," he thinks to himself, "there'd have been blondes in the back row." Sufism is Islamic mysticism, and if it hasn't yet hit the Hollywood set the way Jewish mysticism and the cabala have, its best-known spokesman, Rumi, is nonetheless an American best-seller. Rumi, a 13th-century Persian-language poet, whose collections are usually highly visible at your local independent booksellers, is the central presence in Iyer's novel. He's not a character per se, but his poetry permeates the book, and, in the spirit of mysticism, a Sufi is never more present than when he's absent. In the United States and non-Muslim Europe, Sufism has become a kind of New-Age amalgam of spiritual practices, but its roots reach back to the earliest days of Islam. As the early Muslim conquerors took their faith to different lands, Sufism began to borrow from different traditions, including Greek and Hindu philosophy and Christian theology. Hence, many of the early Sufis believed that all faiths were equal, and that to privilege one religion was to deny the existence of the divine elsewhere. As Ibn al-'Arabi, another 13th-century Sufi, writes in his collection Stations of Desire, beautifully translated by Michael Sells:
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For the idols, sacred ground,
Ka'ba for the circling pilgrim,
the tables of the Torah,
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I profess the religion of love.
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Sufism has always had a powerful literary tradition. Part of Iyer's novel deals with Sufi manuscripts smuggled out of Iran after the '79 revolution—which is a useful metaphor for Sufism's modern-day transformation. Paradoxically, fundamentalism has popularized Sufism in the Islamic world while diluting its more esoteric elements. It's true, for instance, that in Egypt during the last 20 years the ranks of the Sufi orders have swelled. But that's not because of a renewed interest in mystical theology as such. Rather, everyday Muslims looking for an alternative, any alternative, to militant Islam have found it only in Sufism. Conversely, throughout Islamic history, fundamentalism often arises as a corrective to what it perceives as the excesses of Sufism.
Historically, there are a couple of things about Sufism that rankle the fundamentalists. One is that Sufism, many feel, encourages a kind of fatalism and withdrawal from the real world. The second is that Sufism looks a little like Christianity. Sufis believe in intercessors (in Arabic wali or auliya')—people with special spiritual access, who can help a person's prayers be heard by Allah. Mainstream Islam, never mind fundamentalism, rejects intercessors, since it holds that every Muslim is equal before God. (Even the prophet Muhammad is not prayed to but prayed for.) Furthermore, the tombs of important Sufi figures and intercessors—such as that of the mystic and poet Ibn al-'Arabi in Damascus—have become shrines for Muslim pilgrims. But contemporary mainstream Islam asserts that there are only three major shrines—Mecca, Medina, and Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem—and that revering others is tantamount to idolatry, which is forbidden in Islam. That Sufism does resemble Christianity in many regards may be one reason that it has attracted so many Western spiritual adventurers. Sufism holds that all men embody the divine—a notion that liberal humanists presumably find at least as appealing as the creed that one man, Jesus Christ, is a part of God. Other attractions are Sufism's poetic legacy, of which Rumi and Ibn al-'Arabi are the premier examples, and its rich tradition of music and dancing.
In Abandon, the two main characters find themselves at a Sufi dance ceremony in a remote California spot and are deeply moved by both the frenetic energy of the dervishes and the still, quiet center of the spectacle. Iyer's novel somewhat idealizes Sufism by highlighting the noblest aspects of its intellectual history and doctrine of self-abnegation. Unfortunately, in the contemporary Islamic world Sufism is seldom as philosophically generous as the major figures in its past—or even as the spiritually restless Americans whose Sufism is an avenue into another culture. I recently got a sense of this in Cairo when I spent some time with a Sufi group, or tariqa (a word derived from "way" or "path"), as part of an ongoing quest for a genuinely moderate or liberal trend in Islam.
"Sufis don't believe in jihad," my friend Ahmed, a philosophy student writing on Sufism, reassured me. "We're different from other Muslims." Sufis interpret the Quran much more liberally than other Muslims, indeed sometimes metaphorically. Thus unlike the vast majority of Muslims who hold that jihad is both a holy war fought to defend Islam and an offensive one to spread its reach, Sufis believe that jihad is only about the internal battle that all human beings must wage against their own worst impulses.
"Sufis want peace with everyone," said the leader of the tariqa, Sheikh Mokhtar. "Sufis don't want war with Israel."
Sufis don't usually express political opinions; as this opinion doesn't challenge the government's peace treaty with Israel, it's safe. Sufis are generally focused on their own spiritual betterment, which has its good and bad points. It's good, on the one hand, that the Sufis don't want to destroy Israel; bad, on the other, that in Egypt, a country with very high rates of poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy, the Sufis feel little obligation to help others. In a sense, Sufis have turned an inward philosophical stance into a justification for ignoring the ills of their society. Or, as one Sufi told me when I asked why more Muslims didn't practice Sufism: "Thank God they don't. We don't want heaven to be as crowded as Cairo."
This is the kind of sentiment that has made it easy for the fundamentalists to win wide popular support. Egypt's professional elite, which comprise many of the Sufi groups, by and large, despise the underclasses for their ignorance and poverty; the Muslim Brotherhood, which is Egypt's and the rest of the Arab world's best-known fundamentalist organization, does social work in poor neighborhoods.
Sufism as self-improvement tends, like many religious enthusiasms, toward competition. Secret knowledge is a significant part of all mystical traditions and Sufi wisdom, issuing as it does from the heart and not the mind, comes in stages. Not everyone is equally advanced. I was told that as a guest I wasn't going to get any "secret knowledge." I said that as an outsider I probably wouldn't be able to distinguish what was secret and what wasn't anyway—still, what kind of secret things did they mean? One member of the tariqa told me that Sheikh Mokhtar, a roundish man in his early 50s, knew everything. He's a wali. That fact didn't quite register with me until after the meeting, when I saw Muslim men reaching out like Romans to touch the sheikh's blue suit. Ahmed and I got to meet with him briefly.
Ahmed excitedly told the sheikh that he was writing his philosophy dissertation about the differences between Sufi tariqat. Sheikh Mokhtar was furious. "There are no differences between Sufis!" he shouted. (We learned later that Sheikh Mokhtar was in the middle of a fight with his brother, another Sufi wali who led a tariqa of his own. Their argument had degenerated so far that the two brothers had accused each other of apostasy—a charge that in Islam frequently leads to a death sentence.) Ahmed was red with public shame. The sheikh, still in a rage, told me that if I wasn't Muslim, there was little for me in Sufism.
I wasn't expecting anything from Sufism. It was worse for my crestfallen Muslim friend, who had wanted to abandon himself to something like the philosophy of his ancestors, Ibn al-'Arabi and Rumi, who had built a part of that world.


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Company Raises $12 Million Series A Round Led by Battery Ventures and Venrock
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 19, 2014) -
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Lenny Montana
|Lenny Montana
Lenny Montana as Luca Brasi in The Godfather.
|Birth name
|Leonardo Passafaro
[1]March 13, 1926
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.[1]
May 12, 1992[1] (aged 66)
Lindenhurst, New York, U.S.
|Professional wrestling career
|Ring name(s)
Lenny Montana
Lenny Passaforo
Len Crosby[1]
Len Montana
Chief Chewacki[1]
The Zebra Kid[1]
|Billed height
|6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1]
|Billed weight
|235 lb (107 kg)
|Billed from
|San Francisco, California
Lenny Montana (born Leonardo Passafaro; March 13, 1926 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor who played the role of feared hitman Luca Brasi in The Godfather. Prior to becoming an actor, he had a successful career as a professional wrestler[2] as well as an enforcer for the Colombo family.[3]
Early life and early wrestling career[edit]
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1926 of Italian-American heritage. He was fluent in both English and Italian. His wrestling career began in neighboring New Jersey in 1953. He wrestled under the Zebra Kid gimmick, and was billed at the height of 6 foot 6 inches. It wasn't long before Montana found success. Along with Golden Terror, he won the New Jersey Tag Team titles on April 4, 1953.[1] Lenny began to travel on the road, wrestling in the Midwest. He soon won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship, defeating Dave Sims on October 1, 1953 in Kansas City. However he lost the title on December 11, 1953 to Sonny Myers,[4] who had held the title a previous three times before defeating the Zebra Kid. His final success of the 1950s came in 1956, winning the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship with Gene Kiniski, defeating Herb Freeman and Ray Gunkel on September 18 in Dallas under the alias Len Crosby.[1] He also worked as a bouncer during this time to earn extra money.
Later wrestling career[edit]
By the late 1950s, Montana was on the road with the Carnival Circuit as a wrestler. As a popular wrestler within the circuit, Montana met the then unknown Eddie Sharkey in 1960.[5] The two struck up a friendship. After seeing what Sharkey could do, Montana recommended that he try his hand at professional wrestling. Montana also clued in Sharkey on the then-unacknowledged truth about professional wrestling, that all the outcomes are predetermined. Later on in that year, Montana won the NWA Texas World Tag Team titles with Joe Christie, under the Len Crosby name. Then with Hard Boiled Haggerty, he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on October 4, 1960, defeating Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills ( wrestling as Murder Inc.) in Minneapolis.[6] But in a match against Verne Gagne, Montana suffered a broken leg, forcing Haggerty to choose a new partner.[7] After recovering from his injury, in 1961 Montana began to wrestle in Florida. He came to the Tampa Bay area and began to wrestle under The Zebra Kid alias.[8] At his great size, he would often pin his opponents in under one minute.[8] The Zebra Kid had a notable feud with Eddie Graham; their battles sold out Fort Homer Hesterly Armory many Tuesday nights in 1961. Things came to a head when Montana defeated Eddie Graham in a NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) title match on May 1, 1962.[9] On November 23, 1962, he won the NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team Titles with his partner Gypsy Joe, defeating 'Grizzly' Jake Smith and Luke Brown. Montana then went on to form a powerful partnership with Tarzan Tyler, in which they would win three titles. First, the NWA International Tag Team Titles on April 9, 1963[10] defeating Ted Evans and Chief Little Eagle, then again winning the NWA International Tag Team Titles later in June 1963, defeating billed champions Chief Little Eagle and Dick Steinborn. Finally, the duo won the NWA World Tag Team Championship in Georgia, during October 1963, they defeated Karl Von Brauner and Kurt Von Brauner. Montana was due to be Gorilla Monsoon's tag team partner in 1964, but it never happened due to Monsoon becoming partners with The African Savage at the last minute. Lenny had been interested in acting, and was meeting with casting agents in Los Angeles at the same time he was due to team up with Bison.[11] Montana began to wrestle less and less, and went into semi-retirement; however he appeared in matches up until his acting career took off in the early 1970s.
Working for the Colombo crime family[edit]
Montana became involved with the Colombo crime family in the late 1960s.[3] Tall and very heavily built, his talents were mostly as an enforcer and an arsonist. He would tie a tampon to the tail of a mouse, dip it in kerosene, light it, and let the mouse run through a building, or he would put a candle in front of a cuckoo clock so that when the clock's bird would pop out the candle would be knocked over and start a fire.[12] Eventually, Montana ended up doing time in Riker's Island.[13] Upon being released, as a friend of the family, Montana would act as a bodyguard for many of the senior members of the Colombo Family.
Work on The Godfather[edit]
The filming of the classic movie The Godfather faced strong opposition from the Italian-American Civil Rights League, with disputes headed by Joe Colombo and Frank Sinatra, threatening its whole production. Producer Al Ruddy eventually made a deal with the league and Joe Colombo to cut the word Mafia from the script, and the league were behind the production of the film. This meant many mobsters would be present on the set of The Godfather. It was in 1971, when Montana was acting as a bodyguard for a senior Colombo Family member,[14] that he met Francis Ford Coppola and Al Ruddy. After being introduced to the 6-foot-6, 320-pound Montana, they quickly cast him for the role of Luca Brasi. When Bettye McCartt, Al Ruddy's assistant, broke her watch, Montana offered to get her a new one. A week later, Montana returned with a "gift from the boys" – an antique diamond watch.[12] He was picked for the part after the original actor playing the character died of a stroke.[15] This would be his first film appearance. His role was that of sadistic mob enforcer Luca Brasi, a hitman used by Don Corleone (Marlon Brando). Montana was so nervous about appearing opposite Brando that he kept practicing his lines over and over again. Francis Ford Coppola rewrote the scene to feature this.[16] Montana also suffered an attack of nerves during the scene where his character thanked the Don; Coppola also wrote this into the script as Brasi being overwhelmed by the Don's invitation to his daughter's wedding. He had little screen time in the role of Luca Brasi, but his notable height and physique caught the eye of producers, and he appeared in several movies and television programs after appearing in The Godfather.
Film and TV career[edit]
After appearing in The Godfather, Montana was an actor in demand. One of the first of these roles was the Italian spoof film The Funny Face of the Godfather in 1973. Montana had the role of Saro, and an artist's rendition of Montana appeared on the film's poster.[17] He established himself as an efficient character actor and appeared in Patty (1976), Fingers (1978) as the pizzeria owner Luchino, Matilda (1978), They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way[18] (1978), The Jerk (1979), Seven (1979), Below the Belt (1980), Defiance (1980), Battle Creek Brawl (1980) alongside Jackie Chan, Evilspeak (1981), ...All the Marbles (1981), Pandemonium (1982) and Blood Song (1982). He also acted on television as well as the big screen, appearing in Search (1973), Strike Force (1975), which starred a young Richard Gere,[19] Contract on Cherry Street[20] (1977), which featured Frank Sinatra, Kojak (1978), and Magnum, P.I.[21] (1982). Montana was usually cast as "muscle" for hire or an intimidating mobster.
Retirement and later life[edit]
Montana retired from acting after appearing in the B movie Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote.[22] He died of a heart attack on May 12, 1992 while in Lindenhurst, New York. He was 66 years old. His likeness was used as his character Luca Brasi in The Godfather Game. Terence McGovern provided the voice acting.[23] Montana was survived by his wife Sylvia, four children and twelve grandchildren.
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|Luca Brasi
|The Funny Face of the Godfather
|The Racketeer
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|They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
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|The Jerk
|Con Man
|The Big Brawl
|Below the Belt
|...All the Marbles
|Jerome, Eddie's Bodyguard
|Blood Song
|(final film role)
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- American Wrestling Association
- Central States Wrestling
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) (1 time)
- NWA International Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (2 times) – with Tarzan Tyler
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) – with Gypsy Joe
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) – with Tarzan Tyler
- Southwest Sports, Inc.
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gene Kiniski
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – with Joe Christie
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Lenny Montana". Online World of Wrestling.
- ^ "Lenny Montana". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02.
- ^ a b Cassie, Ron (2008-10-02). "What's it like From mob to God". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "Sonny Myers". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Tom Zenk - first trainer - Eddie Sharkey part 2". Web.archive.org. 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Lenny Montana | Johnny O's Wrestling Website". Wrestling.johnny-o.net. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "A.W.A. World Tag Team | Johnny O's Wrestling Website". Wrestling.johnny-o.net. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Hall Of Fame". Teddwebb.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Wrestling News and Results, WWE News, TNA News, ROH News". Wrestleview.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Wrestling News and Results, WWE News, TNA News, ROH News". Wrestleview.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF BUDDY BISON aka EXECUTIONER #2 aka HURRICANE CHANDLER". Buddybison.com. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ a b Seal, Mark. "The Godfather Wars". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Why the gangsters still love The Godfather of all movies". Irish Independent. April 13, 2001.
- ^ "'Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli,' and Other Godfather Stories". Filmschoolrejects.com. 2009-02-08. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ Casperstartribune.net Archived June 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Nerve.com Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "i210.photobucket.com".
- ^ "They Went That-a-Way & That-a-Way (1978) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Strike Force". 12 April 1975 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Contract on Cherry Street". 19 November 1977 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Episode Guide - Italian Ice". Magnum Mania!. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Blood Song (1982)" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Godfather (Video Game 2006)" – via www.imdb.com.
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We get excited about everything we sell, but The Hoptimist has taken us to a whole new level of excitement. It's not an overstatement to say that The Hoptimist's arrival in our lives has inspired us, made us laugh, and reminded us of the best things to come from human creativity.
All this from just some molded plastic and a spring.
It occurred to me recently that as adults, we don't get to pretend anymore. We don't get to play. As children, we spent hours in our basements, bedrooms, and backyards, pretending. Sometimes we were superheroes and spell-casters; sometimes we were simply new and different versions of ourselves. (Ironically, as a kid I quite frequently pretended that I worked in a store - I was a child of simple pleasures).
Every day in our shop we greet new faces bearing old clocks in greater or lesser states of disrepair, seeking an estimate of the costs for repair and restoration. Some come in carefully repacked in their original boxes. Some come in...in pieces. We've even see clocks which had become homes for mice or spiders, with the evidence of the nesting still inside! But always we have to answer the question: is it worth repairing? The answer, of course, is rarely a simple "yes" or "no," for there are many things to consider.
It's amazing how many times in the last week I've announced, "I'm new!" Most of the time, it's less of an announcement, more of an apology: "Sorry, I haven't the slightest idea about the answer to your question; I'm new."
There's always an internal call to slow down in Winter, and it feels especially important after a full, fast-paced holiday season. Even with the warmer-than-normal temperatures, our bodies and minds can still take advantage of the extended hours of darkness to repair and restore, ourselves and the personal spaces around us. When attended to, this can be an incredible time of renewal. There are as many ways to approach this time as there are people, of course. In general, however, we have found ourselves offering support fr
We're often asked for help with gift giving, especially around Christmas-time. Everyone seems to have so much to do, so little time, so many people who seem difficult to gift. This reality always makes me wonder about this idea of gifting, about what it's really all about. "It's the thought that counts" is something we've all heard -- and I think it's true, just possibly not in the way most people hear it! What do I mean?
While "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, Halloween as we know it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)" The name of the festival historically kept by the Gaels in the British isles is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end" and is most often thought of as a time when the division between the worlds of the living and those who've passed is thinnest.
One of the simplest joy s of this holiday is found in beautiful ornaments adorning our trees, each year retelling the stories of Christmases past… There's something so powerful and beautiful in the experience of reconnecting to ourselves and our families in this way: special events immortalized in an ornament; sweet smiles shared while listening to "White Christmas" sung by Bing; a moment of calm enjoyed as we gaze at the lights on a beautiful tree; each allowing "now" and "then" to mingle in a magical way.
To us, the clock is one of the most fascinating human inventions. As we seek to consistently measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units if the day; the lunar month and the year all sorts of science, poetry and philosophy come into play. Devices making use of gravity or the force of springs or even the changes in atmospheric pressure are all represented; regulating each for accuracy has been a different challenge. What is time? What is a minute? We can answer this with science, we can experience its elasticity with our minds and hearts… All this technology -- and art!
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- The opportunity to pull the horse trailer a longer distance than I ever have before, and to navigate gas stations and fast food parking lots as well as downtown streets. Whew!
- Safe travel
- That K was ok after her horse tried to roll in the sand of the practice arena - with K on her back!
- Friendship
- That all the animals at home survived without me!
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On Jan. 15, U-T San Diego sports writer Eddie Brown did a mock National Football League draft, and in the second round, with the 57th overall pick, he had the San Diego Chargers selecting University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam. Sam is the player who, this past Sunday, announced to the public what his college teammates already knew: He's gay.
Brown has done several updated mock drafts since then—before Sam's announcement—and no longer has the Chargers picking him. On Feb. 3, Brown had Sam falling to the 87th overall pick, two spots ahead of the Chargers' place in the third round. And that's higher than many other draft analysts had Sam getting chosen. NFLDraftScout.com has him as the 110th top prospect.
Sam's stock had fallen because he's seen as too small—at 6-foot-2, 260 pounds—to be a defensive end in the NFL, but he might be switched to outside linebacker, and, as such, could be a good fit for the Chargers, who analysts say should be looking to draft a top pass rusher. That's what Sam does, and he does it well, having been named the co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeastern Conference.
We think it would be fantastic if the Chargers' were to pick Sam in the May draft. There's no doubt they could have him in the second round, and he'll likely still be available in the third round. If so, they should grab him. Not only would Sam be a good fit for the team; San Diego would be a good fit for Sam. The city is well-known as being gay-friendly, with a large, vibrant LGBT community in Hillcrest, University Heights and North Park and a penchant for electing gay and lesbian civic leaders.
Sam would immediately cast a positive light on San Diego and the Chargers. He's extremely well-spoken and, by accounts, loquacious and gregarious, so he'd be a great ambassador for the city and a brilliant role model for local kids who might be needing someone courageous to look up to who's wearing their favorite team's colors. Even one of Sam's agents told the U-T on Monday that San Diego would be a great place for Sam to land.
Sam, as you probably know, will be the first openly gay athlete in the big-four U.S sports leagues: the NFL, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League. He may not be an activist, and he may not be Jackie Robinson, but he is a trailblazer. Because he had previously outed himself to his college teammates, he had no choice but to reveal his sexual orientation publicly; NFL scouts, who have been known to pry into players' sexual preferences, would have found out in no time. In fact, many in the media knew before the big announcement to ESPN and The New York Times.
We'd like to think he'd have done it anyway. After all, he's said his sexual orientation posed less of a challenge than his family circumstances: Two siblings have died, and a third is presumed dead, and two others are in prison. "I wanted to succeed and be a beacon of hope in my family," he told The New York Times.
Now he can be another sort of beacon—for gay athletes who are terrified about being themselves in an industry dominated by macho knuckle-draggers.
And wouldn't it be great for the Chargers' top brass to be a beacon for NFL executives? Sports Illustrated talked to a dozen general managers, coaches and scouts who, in two different stories, said, citing various reasons, that the NFL isn't yet ready for an openly gay player.
"Do you want to be the team to quote-unquote break that barrier?'" one scout was quoted as asking rhetorically.
Why, yes, actually—thank you for asking. We'd love for the team that breaks that barrier to play in San Diego. How proud we would be. Let's just hope the Chargers weren't represented in those Sport Illustrated stories.
Wherever he lands, we wish Sam the best of luck in the draft and in his career, and we salute him for his strength, determination and pride in who he is.
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Leontovich and Wilhousky's extremely popular Carol of the Bells is now available in Carl Fischer Music's Compatible Series. Arranged by Larry Clark, string and wind players alike can now play this
Holst's majestic and moving chorale works wonderfully at weddings, graduation ceremonies, and other concerts. This arrangement for horn quartet includes an optional accompaniment for pipe organ (or
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Steam has launched a broadcast mode that will allow friends to spectate each others games.
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Who says vegan food isn't savory? It absolutely is! Try our Vietnamese Canh Chua Noodle Soup for a rainy, cold day. Canh chua is a everyday Southern Vietnamese favorite to be eaten with rice. But since I'm not a fan of rice, I ate it with noodles instead. :)
Time required: 20 minutes
Noodles; vermicelli or any sort of noodle.
Soup ingredients:
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1. 3 cups bac ha (found in Asian super markets
2. 3 cups Pineapples chunks, fresh or from a can, drained
3. 2 tomatoes
4. 2 cups bean sprouts
5. scallions & cilantro, to garnish
6. 1 red chil, optional, to garnish
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7. 2-3 tsp tamarind soup base or fresh tamarind paste, add as needed for taste
8. 1-4tsp salt, adjust base on your taste
9. 1 tsp vegetable oil
10. 1 tsp chili paste
11. 2 cups of fried tofu
12. 1/4 cup diced scallions (white part)
if you want to eat fish, add fish
12. 10-15 cups of water--depending on your taste
Side salad (optional):
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2. mint leaves
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2. Add water (about 10 cups). Allow water to boil.
3. Add tofu and/or fish
4. Add tomatoes and pineapples
5. Add salt and tamarind soup base
7. Add bean sprouts & bac ha, allow to boil
To serve:
1. Add soup to cooked noodles noodles or eat with white rice. Use side dish (see salad below)
2. Add garnish, see below
3. sprinkle on some black pepper for more spice!
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WAUKESHA, Wis.- Concordia Wisconsin's Katie Luethe has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of Nov. 12-18.
Luethe (Oshkosh, Wis.) led the Falcons (1-0) with a game-high 23 points on 9-of-21 shooting from the field in a 77-62 nonconference victory over Beloit College. The junior forward, a First Team All Conference selection last season, added five rebounds, three steals and a pair of assists in 33 minutes of action.
Other Nominations: Anna Boteva, Alverno; Ciara Marlow, Aurora; Kelsey Collins, Edgewood; Rachel Hoft, Wisconsin Lutheran.


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Senior forward Blanche depended on by WWU -- and he delivers
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – When the chips are down for Western Washington, the Vikings always turn to senior forward Rory Blanche, and he usually delivers.
Blanche did just that in Thursday's Division II national semifinal victory against the Stonehill Skyhawks.
With his team trailing 11-5 in the first half, Blanche knocked down his only 3-point attempt to spark a 15-0 run, putting the Vikings ahead for good against the Skyhawks.
"I don't shoot a lot of 3s, but I feel confident when I step out there and they're sagging [defensively] and I pulled up and hit that one," Blanche said.
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For the second game in a row, Blanche picked up two early fouls and spent most of the first half on the bench. With their leading scorer on the bench, Blanche knew his teammates would pick up the slack for him, and they did just that as senior forward Zach Henifin stepped up with six first half points and rebounds.
"If I'm in foul trouble I know Zach will step up and I know Paul [Jones] will come in and do a great job," Blanche said of his teammates. "Having such a deep bench like that really gives me a lot of confidence to play my game."
Much like in the quarterfinal game, Blanche's confidence was evident as he was able to rebound in the second half and lead his team in scoring. Blanche, a senior, led the Vikings with 16 points in the semifinal game on an efficient 7-of-10 shooting from the field.
While the Vikings had a balanced offensive attack with four players in double figures in points, it was Blanche they turned to when they needed a basket.
After having led by as many as 20 points in the second half, the Vikings went on a scoring drought of more than four minutes that saw the Skyhawks go on a 10-0 run, cutting the lead to 50-41. That's when WWU turned to its leader once again.
Coming out of a time out, the Vikings set a low post, inside screen for Blanche. He caught the ball at the elbow and nailed the 15-foot jumper to end the scoring drought.
"We ran some things specifically for him," head coach Brad Jackson said. "One of the things that Rory's done a great job of in his career is understanding what he does well. He's been a very, very consistent shooter, he knows how to get to spots on the floor to where he feels comfortable and he's playing with a lot of confidence."
However, Blanche wasn't finished after the jumper. As Stonehill continued to chip away at the lead, getting as close as four points down the stretch, Blanche proceeded to hit another jumper with less than two minutes to play, and then drained a free throw with 14 seconds remaining to help send the Vikings to their first national title game on Saturday.
After the game, Blanche deflected much of the praise, giving most of the credit to his teammates.
"The whole season has been really about our team and having guys come of the bench and make big plays for us," Blanche said. "That's been our theme the whole season."


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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new independent study, conducted by RTI International and published in the Health Services Research journal, finds the NCQA Patient-Centered Medical (PCMH) model reduces costs and utilization of some health care services, when compared to practices that have not earned the NCQA seal. The study involved practices serving participants in the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program. NCQA has experts ready to answer your questions about the study.
Key findings include:
- Practices that received PCMH Recognition from NCQA during the study saw a 5 percent greater reduction in average Medicare payments than their non-accredited counterparts - with 2/3 of the difference due to a decline in payments to acute care hospitals.
- Overall emergency room visit declined by 6 percent once a practice received PCMH Recognition from NCQA.
- Among "sicker than average" patients studied, NCQA-recognized PCMHs reduced hospitalizations by 4 percent more than non-recognized practices and emergency room utilization by 10 percent more.
"I am proud of the gains achieved by our accredited partners," NCQA President Peggy O'Kane said. "These results, coupled with those from a number of previous studies, make clear that Patient-Centered Medical Homes are helping to meet peoples' health care needs in the appropriate setting and reducing unnecessary costs and procedures."
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There are many aspects to writing for search engines that affect the placement of your web page or article in organic search results. The number of incoming links to your page, the way your pages link together, the time visitors spend on the page and the number of click-throughs are all important. Most important of all, however, is the way you lay out your webpage. In writing for search engines, your page should provide distinctive markers for the search engines to use in page ranking. In this page, I will discuss how to lay out your page with the search engines in mind.
Search engines use what is know as an algorithm (a set of rules) to determine which pages on a topic are the most relevant. Search engines will bring back results which attempt to list the most relevant pages first. Each search engine has its own, proprietary algorithm, which is one reason each search engine brings back different results for the same search term. Although each search engine is different, the rules listed below are pretty common, and if you pay attention to them when you are writing for search engines your page will rank better than it otherwise would.
URL Selection
Use your primary keyword in the URL of your page. Doing so helps the search engines determine what your page is about.
Page Title Selection
Card catalogs in libraries usually provide searches according to subject, title and author. Title searches are also primary information for a search engine, so the way you title your page when writing for search engines is crucial. If you want searchers to find your page based on the keywords you enter, you must have the keyword in your title. Pages that have the primary keyword in the title are considered to be more relevant that pages that don't have the keyword in the title.
Search engines will also check to see if your primary keyword is near the top of a page, such as in the headline or in the first few paragraphs of text. The assumption is that relevant pages will use the keyword right from the beginning. So, don't title your pages "home" or "about us"; that doesn't tell the search engines anything.
Keyword Density
Keyword density is the another factor to keep in mind when writing for search engines. A search engine will analyze how often your keywords appear in relation to other words on your web page. The ratio of your primary keyword to other words is called 'keyword density". If your page uses your primary keyword frequently, your page will be considered more relevant to the topic than competing web pages with poor keyword density. When writing for search engines, try to keep your keyword density in the one to two percent range.
Search engines will penalize pages if they detect keyword "spamming". Keyword spamming is when a keyword is repeated dozens of times on a page in order to increase the keyword frequency in an attempt to increase the page's search engine rank. Keyword density can be checked with one of the many free density checkers that are available online. Or, you can simply count your keywords and divide by the number of words in your article.
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A 400-pound woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after being found by police sitting in the buff on a bus bench in Fort Lauderdale, police said
Patricia McCollum, 52, was charged with exposure of sexual organs in public and was initially being held on a $100 bond. McCollum has a long record list of petty offenses, according to court documents.
McCollum, currently homeless, was found nude on a bus bench at 3900 N. Ocean Blvd and claims she was just trying to change her clothes, according to the arrest report filed in the case.
"That's why I was changing my clothes on the bus bench. I don't have anywhere else to stay but bus benches," McCollum said during a first appearance court hearing Thursday.
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Peer Review
When papers are submitted to journals, editors/editorial boards often make the first selection, based on topic, originality, presentation etc.The second step in evaluation is the peer review by experts in the field. Peer review is usually "blind" in that the expert reviewer remains anonymous and does not know who the author is. The reviewers make recommendations for improvements, if any, or suggest rejection.
Although there have been many suggestions for the modification of the peer review process due to its well documented shortcomings (e.g., intentional delay for personal gains, bias toward the author), there is general agreement that peer review provides quality control.
Peer review is compatible with Open Access (OA). The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) seeks to include only journals that apply some form of quality control - either at the editorial level and/or through a peer-review process. (DOAJ, About http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTempl&templ=about)
The impact factor, which is based on the citation indexes in the Web of Science and published by Thomson Corporation, is a measure of identifying the predominance or lack thereof of specific journals in particular disciplines. The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in one particular year to articles published in two previous years within one specific journal by the number of articles published in the same previous two years of the same journal. The impact factor of journals, whether open access or not, can be determined provided they are indexed in Web of Science, and can assist authors in deciding in what journal within their discipline to publish.
A study by McVeigh for Thomson Scientific in 2004 found that open access journals had competitive numbers in terms of impact factor ratings. Another study by Testa and McVeigh for Thomson Scientific in the same year found similar results.
It should be noted that the impact factor is a quantitative measure and cannot be equated with the quality of individual articles and that not every journal published is indexed in the Web of Science databases. Furthermore, studies have recently questioned the validity of data used to calculated the impact factor since the number of citations refer to a different set of articles as the number of articles to which the citation compare (see Rossner, M., Van Epps, H. and Hill, E. "Show me the data ", Journal of Cell Biology (2007): 179: 1091-1092 http://www.jcb.org/cgi/content/full/179/6/1091).
Over the years, there has been a growing concern over the exclusive significance of a journal's impact factor in situations where promotion and tenure is decided. Since this element is likely to remain an important factor for hiring and promotion, numerous open access journals are measured in terms of their impact factor and compare favourably to for-profit and not-for-profit journals of the same caliber.
With changes in scholarly communication the traditional process of tenure and promotion has received greater attention and there have been efforts to recommend different forms of research output in evaluating promotion and tenure, including digital scholarship and other forms of new media.
- Report from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (2006)
- Modern Language Association Report on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion (2007)
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Nothing brings me greater joy than giving someone back his or her smile, and by providing my patients with innovative facial paralysis surgeries like the cross-facial nerve graft and masseter to facial nerve transfer, I get to do that every day.
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) August 28, 2013
In a new article on FacialParalysisInstitute.com titled "The Importance of Physical Therapy in Facial Paralysis Treatment," renowned facial paralysis surgeon Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS, explains why physical therapy is a critical part of facial paralysis recovery. Nearly all of Dr. Azizzadeh's patients at the Facial Paralysis Institute who are suffering from long-term facial paralysis undergo physical therapy at some point during the course of their treatment.
"Although the causes of facial paralysis tend to vary greatly from one patient to the next, almost all patients see some improvement in facial animation and facial symmetry through dedication to a physical therapy treatment plan," said Dr. Azizzadeh.
Physical therapists who work with facial palsy patients have several different techniques they commonly use. One of the most common is neuromuscular retraining (NMR). Neuromuscular retraining involves specific facial exercises designed to reteach the muscles how they are supposed to function. When patients commit themselves to NMR therapy with the help of an expert physical therapist, they often experience significant results.
"At the Facial Paralysis Institute we have a team of experts including physical therapists that works together to customize a facial reanimation treatment plan for each paralysis patient. We have seen great improvement in facial muscle function and facial balance in patients who have gone through NMR," said Dr. Azizzadeh, facial paralysis expert.
Another technique commonly utilized during facial paralysis physical therapy is called manual massage. The physical therapist performs specific massage techniques on the facial muscles to stimulate animation. In addition to physical therapy, the Facial Paralysis Institute offers some of the most cutting-edge surgical techniques available for the treatment of facial paralysis.
"Nothing brings me greater joy than giving someone back his or her smile, and by providing my patients with innovative facial paralysis surgeries like the cross-facial nerve graft and masseter to facial nerve transfer, I get to do that every day. Thanks to these leading-edge procedures and the expertise of our physical therapists, most patients have a great chance of seeing improvement in their ability to smile," said Dr. Azizzadeh.
Since his extensive and prestigious training at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Azizzadeh has helped hundreds of people with varying degrees of facial paralysis. Dr. Azizzadeh is the director of the Facial Paralysis Institute and one of the leading figures in the field of Facial Nerve Paralysis. Dr. Azizzadeh has been recognized for his work on several occasions, and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and countless other media outlets.
Dr. Azizzadeh is trained in facial plastic & reconstructive surgery, as well as head & neck surgery, giving him a distinctive insight into facial nerve function and facial aesthetics. Dr. Azizzadeh also has extensive training in microsurgical facial reconstruction, which is often required for the treatment of people who are born with facial paralysis.
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FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV) – An elderly woman crashed her van into the corner of a vacant building in north St. Louis on Tuesday.
Authorities said the woman was driving near the intersection of West Florissant and Acme around 1:30 p.m. when she confused the gas and brake pedals and slammed into the building.
The victim was transported to the hospital with an ankle injury.
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Working in a kitchen at this time of year, it's hard not to get bogged down with all the extra shifts and homesickness. In the real world, the season is about family and friends, but in the kitchen it becomes about doubles, mass production and seatings. I made it my mission to find my humanity and rekindle my adoration for this season's great pastry traditions. I NEEDED a visit to a bakery!
Walking in to Gran Forno, I already felt my spirit lifting as I smelled the wafting aroma of fresh baked cookies. I gasped at the sight of the gingerbread houses and took in the pretzel-roof tiles, candy cane hearts, and fine-tip piped icing. I began to feel rejuvenated. I savored the moment and absorbed the sight of fresh-baked breads and details on all the cookies and cakes.
Salvatore Anino (owner and baker) greeted me with an exhausted smile as he padded around the storefront in flour-covered green Crocs. I practically jumped up and down when he offered me a tour of the kitchen.
There was a thick blanket of flour on the floor and speed racks stocked with proofing breads and cooling cookies. He led me to a corner of the kitchen with a partially completed gingerbread house. He groaned at the thought of how much time it takes to make and decorate each one, even though the candy and icing details are gorgeous.
"We make our own Pannetone," he casually mentioned. I stopped dead in my tracks. He brought me to the case where they are lined up and wrapped with perfect little bows. Shaped like giant muffins, they are a light, airy cross between a bread and a cake.
"We make the traditional dried fruit," Anino said. "We have a walnut, rum raisin and a Belgium Chocolate with French chesnut." Knowing how much work goes into making each one, I am speechless. The bakery also churns out rows of golden pignoli, amoretti and gingerbread cookies. And then I saw them, the Busche de Noel!
"We make them with real butter cream, belgium chocolate and imported vanilla," Anino said. Lines in the shiny frosting give the treat the yule-log look and stop at the end of the cake to showcase the swirl of cake and frosting rolled together.
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Though Anino's day starts at 2 a.m. to orchestrate production and he looks forward to Christmas Day so he can sleep in, I continued interrogating him, hoping to break through his exhaustion.
"I don't think in terms of holiday," he said, describing his vision. "I like seeing that the aromas are right, the visuals are exciting for the season. Visually, I want everything interesting and colorful. I encourage my staff to smile until it hurts."
Before I leave pastry nirvana, Aninio reminds me why I began my quest. "Christmas is about cookies, cakes and pannetones because this season is all about family."
Gran Forno Bakery is at 1235 E. Las Olas Blvd and will be open on Christmas Eve for any last minute treats and Pannetone wishes.


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Footballers have taken to Twitter like a duck to water in recent years - with some having more success than others.
Everyone loves a top 10 so here at Mirror Sport we have picked out our top Tweets of the year for you to look through.
From unsupportive messages such as Ben Foster's scathing assessment of his West Brom teammates to Crystal Palace staff cheering on the wrong team to paying tribute to the great Nelson Mandela - this year had the lot.
We particularly liked the fighting talk from Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea's Ashley Cole in their own (not so) private Twitter war and Sunderland turning to the Pope - as if Paolo Di Canio didn't move in mysterious enough ways.
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In celebration of First Aid Kit Awareness, we've put together a comprehensive list of items to include in your dog's emergency medical kit. Whether you buy one ready-made, or put it together yourself, it's imperative to have this equipment in an airtight container that's easily accessible in a place you won't forget.
Important Contact Information and Paperwork
Be sure to include phone numbers and directions for your local veterinary clinic, animal hospital (if it's not the same place) and poison control center. Remember, in a disaster situation, strangers or emergency workers may find your kit, so make sure this information is bold and legible, so your dog can be brought to safety in a rush. Necessary paperwork to include would be proof of vaccinations (e.g., rabies status), copies of important medical records such as allergies, a current photo of your dog in case he gets lost and ideally a replacement ID tag with his info that could attach to his collar in a pinch.
- Gauze rolls for creating a muzzle for an injured animal or wrapping wounds (note: never create a muzzle if your dog is vomiting, choking, coughing or having difficulty breathing)
- Sterile non-stick bandages, towels or strips of clean cloth, to control bleeding or protect wounds
- Adhesive tape for bandages, to secure gauze or bandages (do not use adhesive bandages meant for humans!)
- Digital "Fever" Thermometer and Petroleum Jelly to check your dog's temperature. Note: temperature must be taken rectally for an accurate read and a dog's normal temperature should be between 100-103 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Eye dropper (or large syringe without needle) to administer oral medications, force-feed or to flush wounds
- Leash and harness to transport your pet if capable of walking without injury
- Blanket, mat or piece of board to be used as a stretcher in the event your dog becomes injured and must be carried
- Thermal blanket to keep your dog warm during transport
- Antibacterial wipes to cleanse wounds and sanitize
- Cotton balls or swabs
- Ice pack
- Non-latex disposable gloves
- Scissors with blunt ends
- Sterile saline solution
- Tweezers with a flat slant tip instead of the rounded variety to remove splinters or tick heads
- Tongue depressor to examine the mouth
- Disposable safety razor in case you need to shave hair around a wound
- Flashlight and matches
- Rubbing alcohol, which can be used as a cooling agent to aid heat stroke or fever
- Bag balm to treat injured paw pads
- Ear cleaning solution
Medicinal Treatments
- Milk of Magnesia or activated charcoal to absorb poisons and toxins (always call poison control before treating a poisoned animal) or for upset stomach
- Hydrogen Peroxide 3% to induce vomiting if your dog is poisoned (again, with permission from poison control). Make sure to check expiration dates and replace regularly.
- Betadine solution, a type of antiseptic iodine for wounds to deter infection
- Antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin
- Eye ointment without cortisone
- Epsom salts, which can be used with water to draw out infection and relieve itchy paws and skin
- Styptic power to stop bleeding of torn toenails
- Benadryl for bug bites, stings and other allergic reactions (check dosage with your vet prior to administering)
- Gentle pet sedative such as Rescue Remedy, which can help relieve stress, fright, fatigue and irritation due to injury and anxiety-producing events
Nutritional Supplies
- A week's supply (or more) of your dog's food
- Can of soft pet food, which can reduce the effects of poisoning
- Bottled water
- Bowl or container to use for food and water
- Rehydrating solution such as Gatorade or Pedialyte for diarrhea or vomiting
- Supplement such as Nutri-cal, NuVet Plus, Vitacal or Nutristat
- High sugar source such as Karo syrup or sugared treats
If this seems like a long laundry list of somewhat unnecessary items, just remember that nobody ever regretted being "too prepared" in an emergency situation. You can never predict what will happen and it's better to be safe when it comes to your furry child, than sorry.


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Your 1st birthday party!
Here are some pics kiddo. Hope you had fun!
First annual Birthday Baseball Game
Well kiddo- you are one now. It was the fastest year of my life watching you sprout from a tiny little blob that couldn't even smile. Now you call mom and I by name, laugh uncontrollably, and walk whenever you forget you don't know how.
You've changed our lives so much son. No matter how bad a day gets, you are there at the end of it with a big hug and a sloppy Bubba kiss. Sitting in the backyard used to bore me; now I could spend 3 days straight watching you splash and play. Mom and I love you so much, and it's awesome how much you love us too.
For 38 years I looked forward to a day where I could take my son to a baseball game. Little girls dream of their wedding day. I dreamed of being a dad. So yesterday was a big one for me.
I got to carry you on my shoulders. Let you get a little sunburn on your cheeks. Let you chew on my hotdog. Watch you play in the outfield grass seats. Watch you and mom frolick. Let you taste my hotdog.
You're my favorite Tucker. Thanks for making the last year the most special for mom and I ever. Can't wait to see the little man you become.
Guess who's WALKING!!!
Your 2nd steps!! (And a proud mama)
Your first step!! BUBBBBBA!
You are 10 months and 21 days old today, and you just took your first step!!!
So proud of you dude! Daddies little man! Woooo hoooooo!!!
No big deal. Just a baby at Publix.
Baby Godzilla!
The best video you will see today. Baby Godzilla
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HC Standard® is also designed for use on mobile devices. Our mobile applications accommodate an unlimited number of users and international geographical locations, allowing your team to have access to information when and how they need it.
At GER, our commitment is to continuously improve data integration and availability. Whether during emergency situations or daily operations, data should be made available to the right people at all times. When we do our job, your personnel can do theirs better. The ease and efficiency we provide is crucial when that job is saving lives.
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