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Item #1 of 2 THEBLAZE.COM – A Texas man's pregnant wife made it clear she was against having a firearm in their house. However, the husband insisted she learn how to use a gun to protect herself just in case. In fact, it was just a few months ago that he took her out to […]
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Major "Birther" Victory: My joy is some what tempered with this news for many reasons, one if Obama is removed we have Hitlary – two we could have major uprisings in the inner cities you know the blacks will revolt and riot and three if Obama isn't a legit pres and we went to war do you know the payback the US will suffer worldwide four how do we unravel all he has put in play.Oh my this is going to get ugly.CKM
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and can't be president. On Friday, Ga. judge orders president to appear at hearing Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi denied a motion by the president's lawyer to quash a subpoena that requires Obama to show up. The hearing is set for Thursday.
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Read Excerpts from Judge Michael Malihi in the Order for Obama's Motion to Dismiss and link to text of the full order.
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Orly Taitz, a California attorney and queen of the birthers, won a small victory this week when a judge in Georgia denied a motion by the Obama administration to have one her many challenges to the president's ballot eligibility dismissed. Taitz, who maintains that Obama is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president — despite the White House's release of his full "long-form" birth certificate last year — appeared elated at the decision: "THANK YOU GOD!!! I AM READY TO CRY! AFTER 3 YEARS OF BATTLE FOR THE FIRST TIME A JUDGE RULED THAT OBAMA'S MOTION TO DISMISS IS DENIED. I CAN NOW DEPOSE OBAMA AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED WITHOUT ANY IMPEDIMENT," she wrote on her website.
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- BLOCKBUSTER REVELATION! – Illegal Obama "Propped Up" By Congress!
- To the Secretary of My State: Make Obama Prove He's Eligible Or Take Him Off The Ballot
- Obama eligibility lawyer admits birth certificate is fake
- Major "Birther" Victory: Judge orders Obama in court on complaint he isn't natural-born citizen, Can't be president.
- AZ Sheriff calls for Probe into Obama Birth Certificate
- Video – Proof: The Conspiracy to put an illegal, illegitimate man in the Office of the Presidency!
- Obama Birth Certificate Faked In Adobe Illustrator – Demonstrated Proof Right from the White House Web Site
- "Trump"–ing Up a Long-Form Birth Certificate! Why? Is the Obama Birth Certificate Just Another Scam? By Donna Calvin April 28, 2011
- Question Obama's Birth Certificate? Speak out. Go to prison for 6 months!
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Playing with Census Stats (for Priests)
As I mentioned in another post, there's an interesting volunteer site out there that's doing census work on WoW. Right now they're a long way from being definitive — the number of players they have is significantly short of the number Blizzard claims, which is further supported by the number of servers for which they have very few census reports. That said, given the trends between servers – the fact that the ratios tend to be similar as servers are 'well reported' – we can reason that the PROPORTIONS are reasonably accurate. There are some interesting tidbits in the details that I thought would amuse.
First interesting tidbit is general. On PVE servers, there are about 2 Alliance to every Horde. On PVP servers the ratio is darn close to even (the Horde tend to be slightly more numerous but the difference is small enough to be 'margin of error' for any given server.) Oh – RP makes no difference.
On to priest-specific insights. First is the really amazing item given all the angst over Fear Ward. The number one Alliance priest race is human. The general ratio is 1 dwarf priest for every 1 draenai priest for every 4.5 Night Elf priests for every 6 human priests. Now in the general population the top two races are human and NE (in that order), but the H and NE priests are over-represented in relation. In fact, priest is the least popular choice for draenai, and only rogues are less popular for dwarves. (There are, on average, 2.5 dwarven priests for every dwarven rogue. Heck, there are about 2 Gnome Warriors for every dwarven rogue.)
Over on the horde side, well over half the players choose Blood Elf and Undead. However, blood elves choose to be paladins in overwhelming numbers (about 30% of the six class choices go here). Thus undead priests outnumber Blood Elf priests by about 8:5. Which lets me mention that there are about 2 troll priests to that same ratio. (Another amusing aside – the least common Horde position is Troll Warrior. There is about one troll warrior for every Dwarf rogue. Make of it what you will.)
From all of this – plus a few other observations I'll not belabor – I have some tentative conclusions.
A large proportion of alliance players chooses their race on looks/feel – humans are not typically believed to have the BEST stats, but are the most frequent choice of race. A large proportion of Horde players choose based upon what common wisdom says are the best racial stats.
There is a 'common wisdom' argument that the least popular class for a race and race for a class are going to have the larger proportion of better players – simply due to willingness to differ from the herd. I'd be tempted to make observations, except GENERALLY when one of the two new races can be a class, they're the 'low number' choice (being heavy in the class for which they're the only one eligible). Recognizing that fact, we have some standout race-class combinations that SHOULD tend to be good players — for when you're trying to choose for pugs, you understand.
For the alliance, the standouts are the aforementioned Dwarven Rogue and Gnome Warrior. For Horde, the Orc Rogue and Warlock stand out, as do just about any Troll except the Hunter. Well, troll Mages and Shaman come close to being 'common' enough to have what we might consider a normal proportion of bad players, so let's narrow it. Troll Priests, Rogues, and Warriors are few and far between.
All this is strictly in fun at this point. If you're wanting to be DIFFERENT, you have some guidelines. What it does do, however, is put a severe crimp in the argument of how important fear ward is to the alliance. As in… there are about
15 [SIX. Mea culpa, I was looking at a different chart using my own correlation numbers, and crossreference apples with oranges. SIX ]undead players for every alliance player who has fear ward — dwarf and draenai priests combined.
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Have you got a link to support that? None of the sites I've looked at have numbers anything close to "15 undead players for every alliance player who has fear ward".
Very interesting. I can't imagine there would be too much interesting going on with Druid race composition considering there are only TWO races, one on each faction, that can play as Druid. Nonetheless, I would expect people who gravitate towards large, grazing mammals to be somewhat predisposed toward Nature and the Druid.
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Saturday 17 October 2020 - All Day
The New Ashgate Gallery and the Craft Town steering group are delighted to announce a commission a high quality Public Art piece that will become a permanent part of the craft town, is celebrated by the community and represents the craft town project.
From 1 October 2019, Proposals will be invited for an aspirational public sculpture / artwork that is inspired by the heritage and tradition of crafts in Farnham. The artwork will celebrate crafts that have been practised in the area during the Roman period: the district was known as a pottery centre due to its supply of gault clay, oak woodland for fuel and good communication links. Kilns dating as far as AD 100 have been found in the area. Today, Farnham hosts a remarkable number of major institutions and makers who dedicate time, resources and creative energies to sustaining craft as one of the great defining features of place here. The sculpture will enhance the public knowledge and understanding of the heritage while also bringing pleasure to the community and visitors alike. The public will select the winning proposal in early 2020.
The sculpture will be located next to a busy car park in the courtyard of the grade II listed building of the New Ashgate Gallery in Waggon Yard. The site is part of the historic centre of Farnham and the location is freely accessible to the public.
For further information, please contract Outi Remes, tel: 01252 713208. The project is supported by Arts Council England.


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It's a slow week on the home video front (and it's gonna get slower still), but incredibly we've got four films from 2010 that were almost universally trashed by critics.
How Do You Know
Reese Witherspoon steps into a rom-com triangle with Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson for director James L. Brooks ("As Good As it Gets"). Now available on Blu-ray and DVD,read our home video review and watch the trailer
Spaceships descend from the sky over Los Angeles and begin harvesting humans via a giant tractor beam. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
The Tourist
Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp try their best to recapture the magic of old timey films like "Charade," but fall well sort in this international crime caper. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Yogi Bear
Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake lend their vocal talents to Yogi and Boo-Boo, respectively in one of the most reviled films of 2010, a live action-CGI hybrid about your favorite pic-a-nic basket stealing bear. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read out theatrical review
Stand by Me
Wanna feel old? It's the 25th Anniversary edition of this '80s classic with one of the more bizarre-in-retrospect casts of all time: River Phoenix (deceased), Corey Feldman (washed-up, in and out of rehab), Kiefer Sutherland (TV action hero), Jerry O'Connell (got buff, married one of the hottest woman in Hollywood), Wil Wheaton (annoyed the crap out of everyone as Jordie on "Star Trek," disappeared for a while only to re-emerge as an Internet geek celeb/godhead) and Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer


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A 21-year-old Prince George man already awaiting trial for the slaying of a teenage girl has been charged with killing three more women in northern B.C. since 2009.
Cody Alan Legebokoff was arrested last Friday and charged with three counts of first-degree murder at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre, where he is awaiting trial in the November 2010 homicide of 15-year-old Loren Donn Leslie from Fraser Lake, RCMP say.
The new murder charges are for the deaths of Jill Stacey Stuchenko and Cynthia Frances Maas, both 35, and Natasha Lynn Montgomery, 23.
Police have ruled out a connection between Legebokoff and the E-Pana investigation into a dozen mostly aboriginal women who went missing or were killed on the Highway of Tears. Those deaths date back to the 1970s and the most recent was in 2006.
"We've done that through forensics, and also you just have to look at his [Legebokoff's] age in comparison to the victims," RCMP Insp. Brendan Fitzpatrick said.
Legebokoff — described by those who know him as a regular young man who played hockey and liked snowboarding — now faces the label of "serial killer."
The killings for which Legebokoff faces charges took place in a one-year period when he was aged 19 to 20.
He grew up in the tiny logging community of Fort St. James and was known as an avid user of social media, where he sometimes used the moniker 1CountryBoy.
The charges come after a 10-month coordinated investigation dubbed E-Prelude. The probe involved investigators from the North District major crime unit and the Prince George detachment serious crime unit, as well as police resources from the United States, Fitzpatrick said.
Legebokoff was initially arrested for Leslie's murder when RCMP officers decided to check a suspicious pickup truck pulling on to the highway out of an unused logging road 22 kilometres north of Vanderhoof.
An officer with the B.C. Conservation Service helped search the road because initially police thought they might have a poaching incident. Leslie's body was found on the logging road.
Until then, Fitzpatrick said, Legebokoff was not on the police "radar screen at all."
He had no criminal record and no serious involvement with the police and was well-regarded by his Prince George employer, Fitzpatrick noted.
All three of the victims named in the new murder charges were living in Prince George.
Stuchenko was reported missing on Oct. 22, 2009, and her body was found four days later in a Prince George gravel pit near Moore's Meadow, a popular spot for walking and jogging.
Maas was reported missing by her mother on Sept. 23, 2010, and her body was found on Oct. 9 in LC Gunn Park, on the outskirts of Prince George.
Montgomery's body has not been found, said Fitzpatrick.
Maas had recently been living in Prince George — and was last seen in the summer of 2010 — but was from Quesnel, 120 kilometres south of Prince George.
At least two of the women who were murdered — Stuchenko and Maas — had worked in Prince George's sex trade, according to earlier police reports.
Maas's body was found when RCMP were patrolling LC Gunn Park while following up on missing person files. The park overlooks the Fraser River and is known to be frequented by sex trade workers.
The Maas family released a statement on Monday, saying Cynthia was a poster child for vulnerability in society.
"Murders do not just harm families, but our society is harmed as we forget and are numbed by senseless violence perpetrated against women portrayed as deserving of death," the family said.
The women were loved by family and friends, the RCMP noted while releasing the new charges. Both Maas and Stuchenko were mothers, and Stuchenko was a talented singer, said police.
The RCMP met with the families of the victims Sunday to tell them of the impending charges. "It was evident by our meeting yesterday these women were all very vibrant, talented and loving," said Fitzpatrick.
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council chief David Luggi, who attended the RCMP news conference Monday morning in Prince George, said even though the police have found no connection with the Highway of Tears, the new charges are "a good step forward."
During a break in the Missing Women Inquiry in Vancouver on Monday, Rick Frey said he sympathizes with the families along on the Highway of Tears.
"Our hearts go out to them," said Frey, the father of Marnie Frey, one of Robert Pickton's murder victims.
In the Legebokoff case, the RCMP would not say how they broke open the case.
But Fitzpatrick said the crime scenes were examined using the latest forensic methods.
Search warrants were also executed at two Prince George residences associated to Legebokoff.
The black 2004 half-ton GMC pickup truck Legebokoff was driving when Leslie was murdered was also painstakingly examined, said police.
Loren Leslie's grandmother Kathleen Leslie, 79, grew up with Legebokoff's grandfather Roy Goodwin in nearby Fraser Lake. She said that although she doesn't know the alleged killer, her relationship with his family made Monday's charges especially hard to digest.
"I was absolutely shocked when my son phoned me yesterday — and again my first thought was for these other parents," said Leslie. "It's horrendous," she said.
"I can't even imagine what they're going through — to raise a child and from a good home and then all of a sudden this happens."
Kathleen added, "I lost two sons, one at 24 with hypothermia and one at 49 with cancer. As bad as that was, I'd say this was 100 times worse."
Meanwhile, Loren Leslie's father Doug expressed relief as he met with the other victims' families for the RCMP announcement of charges in Prince George.
"I actually feel pretty good about the outcome, it ties a lot of things together knowing that Loren's case was a catalyst in breaking the other ones ...," Doug said.
Doug said police did not tell the families whether other charges will be laid, just that "the investigation is not over."
The RCMP said Legebokoff used social media and online dating to correspond with friends, associates, potential girlfriends and others.
RCMP noted that Legebokoff also lived in Lethbridge between June 2008 and August 2009.
Police say they are interested in talking to anyone with information on Legebokoff, particularly between the dates of October 2009 and November 2010.
Originally from Fort St. James, Legebokoff moved from Lethbridge to Prince George in August 2009, RCMP say.
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Student helps team win Portland Startup Weekend
April 30, 2013
Quinn Rohlf '15 was part of the six-person team that took home top honors at Portland Startup Weekend.
The LivFly team was the overall winner at the event, creating a website that allows runners to input where, when, how far, and how fast they run and then matches them with a compatible partner. LivFly is also on Facebook and Twitter.
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event that focuses on building a web or mobile application that could form the basis of a business. Anyone is welcome to pitch a start-up idea and receive feedback from other participants. Teams organically form around the top ideas and proceed with business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders.
"The final judging for the competition was based on a 10-minute presentation and question and answer session, and the argumentation course that I took this semester definitely helped me answer the judges' questions," Rohlf said. "I also think that the diverse areas of study that my Lewis & Clark peers are pursuing has helped me get better at communicating technical and computer-science related ideas to people outside of my field."
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When writing a post this unoriginal and lacking in any actual baseball insight, one must leave no stone not turned over.
It is exactly the same for the teams in game 6 of the 2013 World Series, where the Cardinals and the Red Sox know it's do or die time - a time to man.. up in someone's grill because you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink the Kool Aid.
I've been burning the both-ended candle for the last week, and that means spending "quality" sports-talk-radio-listening-time in the car while driving to meetings.
(Pretend you saw me holding my hands up and making imaginary quote marks when I said "quality".)
Here's what I've mostly heard about tonight's game: you'd better empty the gun.
Like if you're the Red Sox, that means you'd better use guys you ordinarily would think would be too good or maybe too hurt to use in a certain situation if it was just a regular season game.
Like if Shane Victorino's back is still stiff but Johnny Gomes already spent all his magic on his amazing homer the other night, well old Shane better say, "Don't hold back, back."
And if you're the Cardinals, well lets just say it's not a horse that is colored differently, my friend.
Because they're not supposed to leave any bullets inside the gun, either.
If that new Michael Wachawacha (LMAFO!) kid gives up a couple runs early?
You fired that bullet, so it's time to reload.
Look over there on that bench or in the bullpen and start pulling out other bullets who perhaps already left it all on the field of dreams a couple days ago but now there is no tomorrow so don't bar any holds!
I heard the Cardinals had a little 7 hour delay at the airport, which is really bad voodoo in the cliché world because I always hear people say, "Lets land this plane."
Like if you were at the grocery with your wife and you were standing in front of all those boxes of $1.12 pasta, and your wife goes, "Do you think we should have linguine or spaghetti with white clam sauce?" And you go, "Well, I've had it both ways and while the linguine's flatness helps the sauce stick, I kind of like the spaghetti better." To which she replies, "Angel hair is out of the question, right?" And you say, "Yeah too delicate." And then she goes, "Maybe it should be marinara sauce." And then the guy who's also trying to buy some pasta but has been stuck behind you says, "Lets' land this plane, people!"
I actually say that once in awhile, and when I heard of the Cardinals' delay, I thought they're so going to lose tonight.
The Series won't win itself.
Even with Kid W on the mound.
We all know he's going to feel the heat. And if you can't stand the heat, get out of it!
The Red Sox are thinking that if you ain't lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Probably that one came from Alaska.
One sled dog says to the other, "Hey man, all I ever see is your ass. I sure wish I was lead dog."
Which brings me back to the Cubs, but that would mean a much longer post.
How's about I just say, the painting above is the cliché I've heard all. week. long.
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(CNN) - Whether it's paying a family member your portion of the phone bill or splitting the bill on Taco Tuesday, chances are you've used a peer-to-peer payment app like Venmo or Zelle.
In fact, 76 million people use the them. But which ones are the best and safest to use?
Mobile payment apps are quickly replacing cash when it comes to paying friends and family.
Cash App, Venmo and Zelle are becoming the industry standard.
All three allow you to link up your bank account, type in a dollar amount and send the money fast.
The biggest difference is that Venmo is the only one that lets you get social.
On Venmo, you can post about your transactions and interact with others.
Zelle is also setting itself apart by going after older users.
The service is already built into many mobile banking apps like Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
Zelle also puts that cash into your recipient's bank account instantly.
On the Venmo app, instant payments costs 25 cents and you must have a Visa or Mastercard.
Instant deposits on the Cash App will cost you 1.5% of the total amount you're trying to send.
Consumer Reports recently rated all three apps' security, and they recommend you follow these three tips for the best experience and to stay safe.
First, opt in to extra security.
Take those extra seconds to setup protections like a pin and features that require a special code to confirm payments.
Second, keep your app up to date.
If you have the old version, you're missing the latest security protections.
Finally, it may sound obvious, but only send money to people you know.
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SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created on the "testing" branch of Debian. It features customized lightweight desktops, multimedia plugins, selected sets of apps and own custom tools to ease different tasks.
SparkyLinux is a Debian-based Linux distribution which provides ready to use, out of the box operating system with a set of slightly customized lightweight desktops.
Sparky is targeted to all the computer's users who want replace existing, proprietary driven OS to an open-sourced.
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Borderlands 2
First up is my favorite game of the year so far, Borderlands 2. The shoot-n-loot formula of this FPS-RPG mash-up is ridiculously addictive, and the second installment in the series has some of the best writing and voice acting around.
Our game benchmarking methods are different from what you'll find elsewhere in part because they're based on chunks of gameplay, not just scripted sequences. Below is a look at our 90-second path through the "Opportunity" level in Borderlands 2.
As you'll note, this session involves lots of fighting, so it's not exactly repeatable from one test run to the next. However, we took the same path and fought the same basic contingent of foes each time through. The results were pretty consistent from one run to the next, and final numbers we've reported are the medians from five test runs.
We used the game's highest image quality settings at the 27" Korean monitor resolution of 2560x1440.
You can click the buttons above to switch between the results for the Radeon and the GeForce. Please note that we have only one set of results for the GeForce, and those are from Windows 8. The plots above show frame rendering times in milliseconds, so lower times are better.
As you can see, the plots for the 7950 in Win7 and Win8 look to be very similar, with little spikes to 40 ms or so throughout our test session. By contrast, the plot for the GTX 660 Ti is smoother; the frame latencies are generally lower, without so many high-latency frames interspersed throughout.
The GeForce is a little faster in the traditional FPS average, although the Radeons still reach over 60 FPS, which is usually considered sufficient.
The performance difference between the two cards becomes clearer in the latency-focused 99th percentile frame time. This number is simply the threshold below which 99 percent of all frames were rendered. The GTX 660 Ti produces all but the final percent percent of frames in under 19.6 milliseconds—equivalent to about 50 FPS—while the Radeon's threshold is over 30 milliseconds—or about 30 FPS.
The 99th percentile frame time is just one point on a curve, and here's the curve. As you can see, the Radeon's performance tracks with the GeForce's until we reach the last seven percent or so of the frames rendered. Those higher-latency frames are where the Radeon trips up, and from the plots, we know they're distributed throughout the test session. Interestingly enough, the Radeon appears to perform marginally better in Windows 8, although the differences are pretty minor.
Our final latency-sensitive metric singles out those frames that take an especially long time to render. The goal of this measurement is to get a sense of "badness," of the severity of any slowdowns encountered during the test session. What we do is add up any time spend rendering beyond a threshold of 50 milliseconds. (Frame times of 50 ms are equivalent to a frame rate of 20 FPS, which is awfully slow.) For instance, if a frame takes 70 milliseconds to render, it will contribute 20 milliseconds to our "badness" index. The higher this index goes, the more time we've spent waiting on especially high-latency frames, and the less fluid the game animation has been.
Again here, the 7950 falls behind the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, and going back to Windows 7 isn't any help. That said, the Radeon doesn't perform terribly; it only spends a small amount of time working on frames beyond our 50-ms threshold, so in-game animations should be relatively fluid. In fact, that's what we experienced during our testing sessions. The game was playable enough on the Radeon, under both versions of Windows. The thing is, playing on the GeForce was simply a little bit smoother, both subjectively and by the numbers.
Why is that? For more insight into exactly what's going on, we can zoom in on a small portion of our test run and look at the individual frame times. This is just a tiny bit of our overall data set, but it does help illustrate things. Click through the buttons to see each config's results.
The 7950 suffers from these momentary hiccups. They're not terribly dramatic, but still, the GeForce avoids them. Often, the long frame times are succeeded by several shorter frame times, as if the system is waiting on some long operation to complete the first frame and is ready with portions of the others once it finishes.
The presence of little hiccups of this size isn't a big deal on a small scale, but it becomes more of an issue once we know that those longer frames comprise roughly five to seven percent of the total frames produced, distributed throughout the test session. Given the size of the latency spikes here, they're still not really a big problem, but they do bring the Radeon down—and make the GeForce look (and feel) like the superior solution.


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Doug Collins Rips Off Philly Fans.
Doug Collins is a heartless man.
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: The fans could almost feel the warmth of the Big Mac in their hands.
The Sixers run a promotion where any time the team scores 100 or more points in a home game, everyone who attended that game gets a free Big Mac from a local McDonalds.
Last night the Sixers beat the Atlanta Hawks 99-80 in Philadelphia. The score was the same and Philly had the ball with 23.7 seconds left.
So who's the bad guy? Doug Collins.
Sure, they don't have to score any more points as the game is in the bag. But, if they do, the fans walk out with a ticket for a free Big Mac. So what does Collins do? He tells Evan Turner to dribble the clock out! Check the video below and make your own opinions:
There are three facets to this video that make it pretty obvious that Collins is in the wrong;
1) Collins' own face at the :17 mark of the video and again with 3 seconds left on game clock– Every fan in the place is on their feet in hopes that the Sixers will pull through and exceed the 100 point barrier to a free, double meat patty treat from Ronald McDonald. You can feel their excitment. They can't wait to EXPLODE into a frenzy once that point is scored. But wait- Collins is NOT having it. Look at his face at approxomately :17 seconds in- he knows what he is doing is wrong.
2) Evan Turner– In a classic case of "kill the messenger", Turner is stuck with the task that NO ONE on the 76ers wants to be responsible for; dribbling the clock out one point shy of 100 when free food depends on it. Turner is up for the challenge though, and when the crowd gets antsy and vocal about the impending outcome, he quickly gestures towards coach Collins as the triggerman, repeatedly.
3) The kid at :42– His face and body language say everything you need to know. He is the face of someone who got gipped HARD and he just processed it.
At least Collins delivered the fans a win, but what would you have done? Score a quick, easy lay-up to ensure the free Big Macs? Or dribble it out?
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Due to face to face teaching being suspended unfortunately this course is not currently available for enrolment.
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This course is for students who have already passed one or more ESOL Entry 2 exams. We will practice giving short explanations and descriptions in a range of tenses using everyday situations. We will look at different features of longer texts, and how these can help us to understand the purpose of the text and find information in it. We will look at ways to help to improve your spelling of less common words by using strategies you have learned before. We will also look at how we use body language to show how we feel, and understand how others feel.
Course aim
This course will help you to improve your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in English. It will help you get ready to move onto a City & Guilds ESOL Entry 3 accredited course in future.
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- You will need to talk to a member of staff and do a short activity to make sure the course is right for you. For more information and to book an appointment please call 0300 303 3464
- You must be able to read, write and communicate in English in everyday situations.
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Ask and answer questions in familiar and new situations.
- Take part in discussion using a variety of tenses to talk about the past, present and future
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- Give advice about common problems using should/would.
- Identify and use features of different types of texts to help find information.
How will I be taught?
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- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
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**Look for our guys with the GREEN umbrella just outside metro station Abbesses in Place Des Abbesses.**
Our Free Montmartre tour takes you around the streets of Montmartre sightseeing all the magnificient places and hidden gemes within this quartier. Our guides are local parisians that actually live in the neighborhood so they'll get you covered in all the hints of this place like the Moulin Rouge, the Sacré-Coeur or the house of Van Gogh.
Montmartre is one of the most beautiful quartiers in Paris. If you've seen Amelie or Midnight in Paris you'll love this neighborhood with a strong bohemian style. Home to Van Gogh, Picasso, Dalí and many others it remains today a place where street artists, tiny cafés and stone street are a common sight. Dive into a neighborhood stuck in time and become a true Parisian.
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But not for the sheer force of will of Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt, "Wild Target" would go entirely unnoticed by anyone. Instead, one watches in disappointment at the prospect of the two of them coming so close to genuinely entertaining you.
The first 15 minutes of "Wild Target" are great. We watch Victor Maynard (Nighy) going about his business as a London hitman, one dedicated to practicing his French lessons, but otherwise all charcoal suits and pure business. Rose (Blunt) is a spirited kleptomaniac and conwoman blithely skipping through life, pure id, running a red light here, stealing a glass of orange juice there. In no time he's hired to kill her after she bilks a man (a totally wasted Rupert Everett) out of 900,000 pounds.
But in the course of stalking his prey, Maynard becomes totally charmed by Rose, and can't find it in him to pull the trigger. Soon they're on the run from the man who hired them, picking up along the way Tony (Rupert Grint), a stoner vagrant who making a living washing cars, who accidentally saves her from yet another hitman.
Nighy is never what's wrong with a film, and here again, he's great as a 54-year-old, third-generation assassin who only recently stopped living with his mother and is struggling mightily with his sexuality.
Blunt, who was so good as Anne Hathaway's secondary foil in "The Devil Wears Prada," is still waiting for the role that will let her get to the next level, and sadly this isn't it. She does what she can, playing the ne'er-do-well Rose as sexy and carefree as could be hoped, bu tit's ultimately to no avail
Where Everett is wasted, Martin Freeman is just a bummer as Dixon, the hitman hired to clean up where Maynard failed. The whole performance is capped teeth, a clenched grin and a tilt of the head. Freeman's better than that.
But for all the efforts of Nighy and Blunt, "Wild Target" is constantly just off the mark. Director Jonathan Lynn tried doing the screwball crime thing once before, with the "The Whole Nine Yards." Ironically, the Englishman seems less comfortable trying to capture the right tone with British crime comedy. Too often he tries to let the music set the tone—Wacky! Somber, Romantic—but he can't quite find the pace here to let the action speak for itself. And Lucinda Coxon's script, an adaptation of Pierre Salvadori's 1993 film "Cible émouvante," doesn't help things, as there are too many flat jokes and wasted moments.
If you've already seen "Wild Target" and have been anxiously awaiting all the goodies you might find on the home version, we've got bad news: there's exactly one extra, and it's just a brief interview with Emily Blunt talking about how much she loved making the film.
Like so many before it, "Wild Target" isn't a bed film, it's just not what it could've been. And that makes it even more of a letdown.
Home Video Review: "Wild Target"
But not for the sheer force of will of Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt, "Wild Target" would go entirely unnoticed by anyone. Instead, one watches in disappointment at the prospect of the two of them coming so close to genuinely entertaining you.


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I remember that as children, my cousins and I knew broadly the menu we would be served at any family wedding, before even the wedding invitation arrived and each summer we would receive a collection of them.
Steamed, fluffy, lightly sour and spiced gram flour dhokla, potatoes in thick and rich curry gravy, black chickpeas perhaps or a curry of Val (field beans) and lots of fried puri breads. We knew there would probably be flaky samosa and multi-coloured mini poppadum's that we would use to scoop up Kadhi-doused biryani. We would grab a compartmentalised plastic plate from the buffet and perch ourselves on a chair where we could find one and sometimes eat standing and giggling away.
Weddings would always be in the hottest part of summer back then and we would look forward to seeing our lists of cousins and enjoying the banter between loud music and many guests. We would turn our chairs towards each other and admire one another's colourful and detailed clothes, an arm full of bangles, glistening bindi and very often back then, weddings were held in school halls, where the walls evidenced children's activities and the guests spilled over onto the green fields. Everyone attended you see. As young children we would run around the hall giggling and playing as the many parts of the ceremony carried on whilst our parents mingled.
Things have changed so much. Nowadays weddings are in hotels or stately homes and so there aren't scores of guests spilling over, maybe because the venue is so hard to find. Cousins aren't in lists, but in treasured few numbers. You won't see kids running around; maybe they aren't allowed at the 'event'. Sometimes silence is observed during the abbreviated ceremony, sometimes it's just quiet. Maybe that's because not everyone goes, people are busy these days, aren't they. Sometimes they aren't invited, invitations nowadays are at the couple's discretion and friends are the new family.
People don't always wear bindi or bangles, but certainly not an armful. Sometimes it's just not fashionable to look overly celebratory, subtly or nonchalant, I am not sure. There are seating arrangements and food comes to the table and is kept warm. Gone are the days of Val bean curry or multi-coloured poppadum's and established are the days of carrot halwa with ice cream and whatever else the couple fancies; from indo-Chinese and robustly spiced paneer to sweet corn curry in a mellow cashew nut gravy.
So I got thinking about some of the modern stuff served at celebrations these days and the cult recipe of chilli paneer came to mind. Doused with soy, ginger, garlic, chillies and ketchup this recipe seems to be an obvious option on most local Indian restaurant menus. Without doubt, and someone secretly, I admit..it tastes good.
BUT, that doesn't mean I would make a meal of it or cook it up at home. It's become to…well, 'been there done that'. Taking healthy inspiration from of it, I have created this recipe for soy-masala tofu (healthier and protein fuelled) salad with Quinoa, avocado and mozzarella. I don't know if you use mozzarella as a sponge in your dishes but it soaks up juices beautifully. Use fluffy clouds please, not the tough stuff.
250g cooked Quinoa
1 400g pack of firm tofu
One ripe avocado
200g mozzarella, torn into bite sized chunks
2 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. ketchup
1-2 tbsp. chilli sauce
1 tbsp. tomato puree
4 spring onions, trimmed and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large red onion, thinly sliced
1 tsp. ginger, minced
1 tsp. cumin seeds
2 tbsp. sesame oil
1-2 green chillies chopped (optional)
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1 tsp. coriander powder
¼ tsp. turmeric
1. Wrap the tofu in kitchen paper to soak up any excess water. When it is dry, cube it.
2. Heat the sesame oil in a non-stick pan and add the chillies, cumin seeds and tofu. Stir fry until the tofu is golden before adding the onion, garlic, ginger, spring onions and turmeric. Cook for 3-4 minutes before pouring in the soy sauce, ketchup, coriander powder, chilli sauce, and tomato puree and rice wine vinegar.
3. Cook the tofu for a further 3-4 minutes before turning off the heat.
4. In a large bowl mix the cooked Quinoa, avocado, mozzarella and then stir in the tofu whilst warm and serve immediately with lovely flatbread.


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More homes would have movie posters on their walls if studios made them as eye-catching as what artist Ibraheem Youssef has done with the films of Quentin Tarantino. They remind me of the "I Can Read Movies" series with their minimal designs that cause fans to grin and make the uninitiated want to get in on the joke. I've seen all of Tarantino's movies, but I can't seem to grasp the reference Youssef's making for Inglourious Basterds even though I've seen that movie twice and recently. Help me out in our comments section.
Check out all the posters after the jump. You can purchase them as 12×18 prints or 24×36 posters at shop.ibraheemyoussef.com. All prints and posters are limited editions, hand-signed, and numbered.


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I found a thermowell stopper works well. The stopper has the normal airlock hole as well as a long SS extension that drops down into the beer- its hollow and the probe with Johnson controls can drop right down into it giving you pretty accurate temps. I tape my fermwrap directly onto the carboy.


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This is my twenty-sixth video in my Things I Love Series! I'm looking at just sharing some of my favorite items in my collection and whether or not I would recommend them to you!
Today's episode we take a look at the best kid detective ever: Conan from Cased Closed.
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Long-time ASC stalwart John Freeman, a life-long athlete, teacher, coach and youth sports coordinator leads a non profit called YEP. It stands for Youth Enrichment Program. The Kansas City native works with kids living in northeast Denver public housing communities encouraging wellness of mind, body and spirit. The Knuckleheads love to provide assistance in supporting YEP and encouraging kids who don't have many positive adult role models in their lives or other kids to play with. Another wonderful family opportunity to serve the less fortunate. Join us, let the kids play with other kids and we cheer them on!


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GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, is asking John Mayer to apologize for using a gay slur in his recent interview with Playboy.
On Tuesday, Mayer's interview with the mag made headlines after it was revealed he used both the N word, a racial slur, and the three-letter F word, a gay slur.
Mayer quickly hit his Twitter after the story broke to apologize for the use of the N word, but the other slur went unmentioned.
"Just as Mayer indicated in his [Twitter] apology, that he meant no offense in his use of the racist slur, we hope the intent behind his use of the F-word was not malicious," GLAAD wrote on their blog on Thursday night. "As a public figure with millions of fans, Mayer should be more cognizant of the impact his casual use of both slurs can have.
"Everyday, countless LGBT people including LGBT people of color, are subjected to harassment, ridicule and even violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. More often than not, this verbal abuse includes the use of hurtful anti-gay and racist slurs such as the two that Mayer used," he continued. "As a talented musician who has made comments supportive of the LGBT community in the past, we expect more from John Mayer and ask that he apologize."
Mayer used the F word in the Playboy interview, when talking about a December 31, 2007 much-publicized kiss with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
"The only man I've kissed is Perez Hilton. It was New Year's Eve and I decided to go out and destroy myself. I was dating Jessica [Simpson] at the time, and I remember seeing Perez Hilton flitting about this club and acting as though he had just invented homosexuality. All of a sudden I thought, I can outgay this guy right now. I grabbed him and gave him the dirtiest, tongue-iest kiss I have ever put on anybody — almost as if I hated f**s," Mayer told the mag. "I don't think my mouth was even touching when I was tongue kissing him, that's how disgusting this kiss was. I'm a little ashamed. I think it lasted about half a minute. I really think it went on too long."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, during a concert in Nashville at the Sommet Center on Wednesday night, the 32-year-old musician apologized t fans for his racially insensitive comments and proclaimed, "I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done." He did not address the gay slur during his concert apology.
Mayer has not posted on his Twitter account since Tuesday afternoon.
Related Content from AccessHollywood.com:
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A "Balanced and Realistic" Understanding of the Near East
Rod reacts to Scott McConnell's post on a forthcoming hearing on Israel before the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
That said, unless this key GOP-controlled committee intends to host another hearing featuring a full roster of expert witnesses offering a more foreign-policy realist, or even pro-Palestinian, point of view — and there is no such hearing scheduled — then this planned hearing is a farce. Where is the balance? How are Congressmen supposed to make informed policy decisions when they only care to hear a single perspective — even if, in this case, it's a perspective with which I largely sympathize?
There are a few ways to think about the absence of witnesses with different views at this hearing. The first point that needs to made is that the choice of witnesses can't be pinned solely on the Republicans on the committee. According to the aide Scott quoted, the witnesses were apparently selected by Rep. Ros-Lehtinen and Howard Berman, the Democratic ranking member (who also happens to be a lame duck Congressman after losing his seat). The lack of a intellectual diversity on display at this hearing is a bipartisan achievement.
Unfortunately, that's nothing new. There are many foreign policy issues on which a bipartisan consensus prevails, and the range of views inside that consensus is normally quite narrow. It seems absurd to anyone outside or skeptical of that consensus, but to those that agree with it a panel that includes representatives of the Council on Foreign Relations, WINEP, and AEI probably seems fairly representative of the limited range of consensus opinion.
The purpose of such a hearing isn't intended so much to inform members of the committee so that they can make good policy as it is meant to reinforce the consensus view so that the members of the committee will reach the "right" conclusions. What is more worrisome than the lack of balance is the committee members' assumption that this is a balanced and representative panel. Like WINEP in the words of its mission statement, the committee members may imagine that they are seeking a "balanced and realistic understanding" of the relevant issues while doing nothing of the kind.


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The Club 55+ Senior Adult Program is located in the Parkview Room of Summit on the Park Community Center. Canton residents 55 and older are served by a variety of social, enrichment, and service-based programs, classes and special events, as well as extensive information and referral services.
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Membership to the Summit on the Park is not a requirement for participation in Club 55+ activities. However, to use the fitness center, aquatic center or fitness classes a membership or daily visit fee is required. There are a variety of membership options including annual, 6-month, 3-month, payment plan, matinee membership or punch-card. Visit the Summit on the Park Membership page for more information.


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For more than 80 years, our company has been involved in the wood-related construction industry. Following our 2015 merger, our combined company now offers services ranging from forest certification to building product certification and testing to manufactured structure plan review and inspection. Our history page details the long relationship of PFS Corporation and Timberco Inc. dba TECO, and how they came together in 2015 to become PFS Corporation dba PFS TECO. The combined entity provides us the size to expand our customer base, and the depth in personnel to serve their needs long into the future. As an employee-owned company, our staff knows that customer satisfaction is the key driver of growth and stability. Having a voice in the company's future and a stake in its success ensures our staff is motivated to continually improve our customers' experience.
Two corporate divisions were established to allow us to maintain the flexibility and responsiveness our customers have grown to expect. The Manufactured Structures Division serves clients from both our Cottage Grove, Wisconsin corporate office and from five regional offices across the United States. This group is an industry leader in plan review and inspection of all types of manufactured structures across the United States and Canada. The Manufactured Structures Services page details the scope of work of this PFS TECO division.
Our Building Products Division manages the certification, inspection and testing of a wide range of building-related products. PFS TECO has recently launched a Research Report product to help our customers bring innovative products to market. Product certification services are managed from our corporate office in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin with testing labs there and in Springfield, Oregon. Visit the Building Products and Testing Services pages for additional information.


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In order to provide free streaming video of our games, we use the internet streaming video provider YouTube. YouTube is a free streaming video provider who pays for their services through advertising, the same as t.v. We have no control over what type of advertising is shown. We want you to be aware of this as you prepare to watch our athletic events.
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I started trading the stock market from my desktop computer in January 2001. And what I first thought would be relatively "easy money", I soon found out was a long and costly educational process that continues to this day. And in that educational process, one of the first things I learned about was this thing called the "Uptick Rule". The rule prevented you from short selling a stock unless the price of that stock was moving higher. The rule was put into effect in 1938 after concentrated short selling was deemed to be a contributing factor in the market crash of 1937. The rule has also been credited by many, as being one of the most important technical rules, that helped bring us out of the great depression. I argued in a previous article that the repeal of the Uptick Rule was the cause of the market crash in 2008 – and much of the economic woes that we face today. But how did this rule actually work to protect the integrity of the market? And what are the underlying mechanics at work here?
The short answere to the first question is "It buys time". To understand what I mean by that is a little more complicated – so I'll expand on it. It buys time for the market maker or hedge fund manager who is trying to defend the price of a particular stock, by allowing other market players absorb any aggressive short selling. Remember, when the Uptick Rule was in effect, short sellers could still pin the buyers down by puting their sell orders on the "ask". But they weren't allowed to drive a stake through the heart, so to speak. For example, let's say you have a company with the stock symbol XYZ. And a hedge fund manager is defending the stock by buying any and all of the sellers at $8.50. So that buyer maintains a buy order on the "bid" at $8.50 and is ready to back that up with millions of dollars. Remember, this would be on a "downtick", so short sellers would not be able to sell it at $8.50 in this situation. The best that they could do here is put their sell orders in at $8.51. So let's say they do that, and are ready to absord all of the buying at $8.51 with a few million dollars themselves. In this hypothetical scenario, the actual owners of XYZ's stock would not be panicked into selling their stock – because they'd see that some big market maker was holding the line at $8.50. And unless there was some bad company news or earnings report …, there would be no reason to worry. Not only that, other buyers would start to move in and take out the short sellers at $8.51. So it cost the defending market maker alot less to hold the price of the stock. In today's market, without the Uptick Rule, the short sellers can use unlimited funds to pound that stock at $8.50 – and break any market maker trying to defend it. It's important to understand that both the money, and the motivation for selling are separate and different between sellers and short sellers. Think of short sellers as someone making a side bet against the stock you just bought. That, in and of itself, is ok. But it's another thing altogether, when they're allowed to use those bets to artificially drive the price of the stock down. And of course, make tons of money in the process.
I remember hearing Suze Orman say in an interview, that over a trillion dollars "vanished" from peoples mutual funds and 401k's when the stock market crashed in 2008. But in reality, money can only change hands in the stock market – it doesn't vanish. If over a trillion dollars was lost from mutual funds and 401k's when the market crashed, then it was the short sellers that made over a trillion dollars on those tranactions. So it's easy to see why there's big money interest out there willing to defend the removal of the Uptick Rule. There's also traders who like it because of the huge swings that occur regularly, ever since the rule was eliminated. But for the sake of the world economy, it just isn't worth it. I remember back in the day, when the market would sell off in Japan or overseas somewhere, the U.S. market would act as a stablizing force to those markets in the days that followed. But today, with the slightest blip in the markets overseas – the short sellers are out in force to pound the market down here. Hardly the stablizing force that it used to be.
So who's really to blame for the mess that were in? I lay that blame squarely on the SEC members that removed the rule on July 6, 2007. I remember hearing in the years leading up to that, the SEC was being lobbied heavily by some hedge fund managers to eliminate the rule. I blame those folks, too. If there was ever a conspiracy to be found, it might be here. Wouldn't you be curious to know whether those same hedge fund managers that lobbied the SEC, made fortunes by heavily shorting the market before the collapse? Or even worse, used that short selling to help cause the market collapse in the first place. But I also blame the SEC today. The SEC could reinstate the Uptick Rule tomorrow, but for some unknown reason refuses to do so. These SEC members who refuse to reinstate the Uptick Rule, for whatever reason, should be fired for incompetence. Because they don't understand basic market physics, and despite overwhelming technical evidence that shows the negative effect to the market since the rule was eliminated – they refuse to see the obvious. Does anybody really think the elimination of the Uptick Rule would serve to benifit anybody other than short sellers? Obviously, it made short selling easier – and that makes defending a stock's price much harder. It's rediculas when you think about it. I've heard so many phony-baloney reasons why the Uptick Rule was no longer necessary. I've heard people claim that high frequency and algorithmic trading makes the Uptick Rule obsolete or useless. Or another one I've heard is "because there's so many people trading on home computers, it was no longer necessary". In reality, the opposite is true. High frequency and algorithmic trading makes the Uptick Rule even more necessary. Without the Uptick Rule, dangerous algorithms that could crash the market could easily be devised – if they haven't been already.
But how does all this relate to things like the high unemployment rate, or the floundering housing market? Believe it or not, it actually does. It's easy to see how events in the world or in the economy can affect the stock market, but a volatile market also reflects back – and causes uncertainty that affects the economy. Unemployment is not going to improve very much until stability is brought back into the stock market. It's also important to note that the Dow Jones was trading between 13,500 – 14,000 before the market crash in 2008. So all of those business, that hire so many people – were worth more money, and able to hire more people. And of course the housing market is also directly affected by the unemployment rate. Bring stability back into the stock market, and you'll bring stability back to the whole economy.
On a final note, I've heard a lot of talk about "some new version" of the Uptick Rule. These are the same folks pushing this, that were behind its removal in the first place. And the reason for this is to render it useless. One version that's actually being concidered only kicks in after the stock has dropped 10% on the day. That's kinda like going to the store to buy some concrete to fix a crack in a dam, after the dam broke and all of the water's already drained out! Absolutely useless. It's important that any "modified" Uptick Rule does not have "triggers". Stability will only come when the "buyers" are allowed to defend their ground, without being assulted by short sellers – at any time. Not after they've already lost a big chunk of their money.
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Danny Keith Smith, 62, of Greenwood died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Greenwood. He was born June 22, 1951, in Fort Smith. He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1969. After graduation he attended Radiology School at Sparks Regional Hospital where he was later employed. Soon after, he became the head of the Radiology Department in Auburn, Ala. Later in his career he was a manager for MetLife from which he retired. He was a member of Greenwood First Baptist Church and enjoyed fellowship with friends and family.
He is survived by the mother of his children, Donna Smith of Greenwood; a son, Jeffry K. Smith and wife Teena of Alma; a daughter, Julie Smith of Greenwood; two grandchildren, Macey Marrs and Bailey Smith, both of Alma; a brother, Michael Smith of Joplin, Mo.; and a sister, Brenda Castillow of Greenwood. He was preceded in death by his son, Justin Smith; his parents, Ruth and Dutch Smith; and a brother, Dennis Ray.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday at Greenwood First Baptist Church with burial at Lovelace Cemetery in Witcherville under the direction of McConnell Funeral Home of Greenwood.
Viewing will be Thursday from 1–8 p.m. at the funeral home where the family will visit with friends from 6–8 p.m.
Honorary pallbearers will be Troy Smith, Raymond Smith, Virgil Taylor, Owen Smith, Steve Ramey, Robert Bryan, Troy Garett, Jim Christian, Mike Smith, Ed DeCroo, Ed Rogers, Mike Winters, Uncle Jim Smith, Roger Cook, Carl Nichols, Scotty Smith, Kenny Smith, Leroy Taylor, Harold Smith, Robert Spearman, Larry Price, David Fuggett, Earl Whitman, J.P. Littlefield, Al Timbs, Dr. Kurt Mehl, Dr. James Gill, Charles Gilmore, Dr. Calvin Cassady and Ollen Nichols.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Bost Human Development Center, P.O. Box 11495, Fort Smith, AR 72917 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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Are songs and prayers sometimes one and the same?
Ask any five year old if there is a difference between singing and praying and you will likely receive the "you've-got-to-be-kidding-me" look. "Everyone knows there is a difference between singing and praying." A song is composed of words and music. Its words are "uttered in musical tones and with musical inflections and modulations" ("Sing," 2010). A prayer is "an address (as a petition) to God…in word or thought" ("Prayer," 2010; cf. 1 Samuel 1:12-13). Prayers are without musical tones and inflections, right?
Although praying and singing are often two distinct acts of worship (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:15), sometimes they are one and the same. That is, occasionally (or perhaps oftentimes) petitions to God are sung to Him. The Greek word most frequently translated "prayer" in the New Testament is proseuche. It is defined simply as a "petition addressed to deity, prayer" (Danker, 2000, p. 878, emp. in orig.). In the Old Testament, the English word "prayer" is derived most frequently from the Hebrew word te pillâ. This word is found 76 times in the Old Testament. Interestingly, this word for prayer occurs most often (32 times) in the book of Psalms. Psalms are songs that were (and are) sung (cf. Psalm 105:2; 1 Chronicles 16:9; Colossians 3:16; James 5:13). The Israelites titled this collection of inspired poems tehillim, meaning "songs of praise or hymns" ("Psalms," 1988).
Admittedly, simply because a song contains the word "prayer" (or "pray," "praying," etc.) does not make the song a type of prayer. However, as Harris, Archer, and Waltke observed in their Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, "five Psalms are specifically called 'prayers' in their superscription (Ps 17, 86, 90, 102, 142)" (1980, p. 726). Bible publishers often add headings to each of the psalms in an attempt to help the reader easily recognize the subject matter. Thomas Nelson Publishers added the word "prayer" to the subject headings of some 25 psalms in their New King James translation of the book of Psalms. They also used prayer terminology (e.g., "a plea" or "an appeal") to label several other psalms. Obviously, both the ancients (who gave us Psalms' superscriptions) and certain modern-day Bible publishing companies have seen many of the psalms for what they are: prayers.
Consider a few of the psalms in which David and others prayed.
Consider also Habakkuk three. The prophet begins the chapter with these words: "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth" (emp. added). It is evident, however, that Habakkuk's prayer is also a type of song. First, the musical/liturgical term Selah is repeated three times (vss. 3,9,13). Second, when the prayer was repeated it was to be accompanied with "stringed instruments" (vs. 19). What's more, though the exact meaning of "Shigionoth" in verse one is unknown, commentators are confident that it has some connection to music. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown believe it is "a musical phrase 'after the manner of elegies,' or mournful odes" (1997). Barnes concludes that the term probably "means a psalm with music expressive of strong emotion, 'erratic' or 'dithyrambi' " (1997).
Generally speaking, songs and prayers are distinguished by songs being uttered with musical tones and inflections, and prayers being worded without musical accompaniment. However, one lesson learned from the inspired book of Psalms, the ancient hymnbook of the Jews, as well as from Habakkuk three, is that prayers may also be sung. That is, a song that petitions our Heavenly Father and Savior is both a song and a prayer.
Barnes, Albert (1997), Barnes' Notes (Electronic Database: Biblesoft).
Danker, Frederick William, William Arndt, and F.W. Gingrich (2000), Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press).
Harris, R. Laird, Gleason Archer, Jr. and Bruce Waltke, eds. (1980), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago, IL: Moody).
Jamieson, Robert, et al. (1997), Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Bible Commentary (Electronic Database: Biblesoft).
"Prayer" (2010), Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prayer.
"Psalms" (1988), The New Unger's Bible Dictionary (Electronic Database: Biblesoft).
"Sing" (2010), Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sing?show=0&t=1284488817.
Wiseman, D.J. (1996), "Selah," New Bible Dictionary, ed. J.D. Douglas (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press), third edition.


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In order for these agencies to cross-collaborate on food supply safety, Eric Hoffman, technical director at Minnesota based Datastream Connexion, created CoreSHIELD. CoreSHIELD, with "Core" standing for "common organization registry environment," is operated by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. CoreSHIELD began as a single portal that was built on Adobe ColdFusion back in 2004. Given its success as the underlying framework, CoreSHIELD now holds together dozens of customized portals (such as FoodSHIELD) that share resources under a common umbrella for federal agencies. As Hoffman has created more portals, he used Adobe ColdFusion Builder and Adobe Flash Builder to build them.
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