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Courtney Love Hunts for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Jet
Courtney Love posted a photo of what she believes could be the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The Boeing Co. 777-200ER jetliner was carrying 239 passengers when it fell off the radar.
A post appeared on Love's Twitter and Facebook page saying, "I'm no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/128148 … prayers go out to the families #MH370 and its like a mile away Pulau Perak, where they "last" tracked it 5°39'08.5″N 98°50'38.0″E but what do I know?"
Love explained her theory further, telling the Daily Intelligencer, "I saw an article asked people to help search on Tomnod.com so I decided to give it a shot. I figured a plane would still be leaking some fuel so I searched for signs of an oil slick," she said. "I found one and there appeared to be an object nearby. I don't know if it is the plane or not, but I figured I'd do my part and bring some awareness to the site, for the sake of all the families involved."
A representative for Love did not return a request for comment.
Last week, investigators looked in the general area highlighted in Love's photo, but then concluded based on satellite transmissions from the plane that it had flown away from there for several hours before the transmissions ended. For full WSJ coverage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, click here.


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Cork 0-26 Tipperary 1-11
Updated: Saturday, 23 Feb 2013 23:18 | Comments
Patrick Horgan scored 13 points as Cork opened their Allianz Hurling League campaign with a 0-26 to 1-11 victory over Tipperary at Páirc Uí Rinn.
Cork scored 14 points in the first half with Horgan, Daniel Kearney and Christopher Joyce impressing.
Tipp improved in the second half wth substitutes Lar Corbett and Jason Forde doing well and Eoin Kelly grabbing a late goal. But the result was never in doubt with Paudie O'Sullivan and Luke O'Farrell among Cork's 11 scorers.
In front of 6,381 spectators, Jimmy Barry-Murphy's side produced a performance that their Munster rivals found difficult to live with for long periods.
Tipp were restricted to just two points in the first half, Noel McGrath scoring inside a minute and Johnny O'Dywer then registering in injury-time.
In between, the hosts put 14 unanswered scores together, their all-round play outstanding, and while the second half was not as much of a procession, Cork still ended with 26 points and 11 different scorers, Horgan leading the way with 13 points.
Cork's success was built on the endless effort of midfielders Daniel Kearney and Lorcán McLoughlin, both of whom were excellent, while the defensive performance was epitomised by Conor O'Sullivan and William Egan.
If Cork were to have any quibbles, it would be that they did not get a goal while Tipp did and that Stephen Moylan was the only starting forward apart from Horgan to get more than a point, but overall the Rebels will be delighted with the outcome.
Some of the first half play was wonderful, with the ball usage of the highest order and extremely hard work shown to win back possession and frustrate Tipp's efforts.
The visitors could not get going at all, as evidenced by their usage of three substitutes by the start of the second half, though when Horgan (0-02) and Kearney extended Cork's advantage to 0-17 to 0-02 soon after the restart, things looked very ominous.
To give Tipp credit, substitutes Forde, Corbett and Adrian Ryan all did well, and Forde's second point cut the gap to a comparatively small 11 points - 0-20 to 0-09 - as Cork tired following their first half exertions.
A full-blown comeback was never a prospect though, and Horgan continued to convert frees for Cork to ensure they kept the scoreboard ticking over.
Eoin Kelly, another Tipp sub, got a late goal but it was nothing more than window-dressing on the scoreboard.
CORK: A Nash; S O'Neill, S McDonnell, C O'Sullivan; S White, C Joyce (0-01), W Egan (0-01); D Kearney (0-03), L McLoughlin (0-01); C McCarthy (0-01), P O'Sullivan (0-01), C Lehane (0-01); S Moylan (0-02), L O'Farrell (0-01), P Horgan (0-13, 0-09f).
Subs used: T Kenny for Kearney (60 mins), M Walsh (0-01) for McLoughlin (63), A Mannix for O'Farrell (67).
TIPPERARY: B Cummins; P Stapleton, P Curran, C O'Brien; D Maher, Pádraic Maher, B Maher; S McGrath, J Ryan; N McGrath (0-03, 0-03f), J O'Dwyer (0-03), Patrick Maher; S Bourke, B O'Meara, S Callanan.
Subs used: A Ryan (0-01) for J Ryan (26 mins), L Corbett (0-02) for Callanan (32), J Forde (0-02) for Patrick Maher (half-time), E Kelly (1-00) for O'Meara (45), M Cahill for Stapleton (60).
Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath)
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I haven't quite managed to work out the best set-up for taking photos in our spiffy new garden. The bird table makes a very good substitute for a tripod, but I'm not sure where to position it and myself for the best photos. Not quite where I tried today, I think, as that ended up with the sun just catching the top of my head meaning that (a) I was squinting a bit and (b) the camera has overcompensated by making the rest of the photo a bit darker than it should be.
Necklace – made by Helen
Skirt – Clothkits
T-shirt and leggings – M&S
Shoes – Jones Bootmaker
Still, the garden looks fantastic – I'm hoping the weather is nice enough for us to sit out there this weekend!
Pretty good, eh? Especially if you know what it used to look like.
Money well spent, I think.


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The rise of the super-product
- From: news.com.au
- May 26, 2013
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ANY self-respecting rampant consumerist has already grown so comfortable with the centrality of 'stuff' to 21st-century life that one-time 'above and beyond' gadgets and fashion/beauty products have become the new bread and cheese absolutely essential.
A smart phone isn't a treat anymore; it's the way we live now.
In this culture of wondrous technology and shopping for fun, a new object of desire is evolving: the super-product.
It's the new, the now, the next on steroids. It looks sexy (black never hurts), it's a high-tech game-changer and it achieves iconic status at warp speed.
Newness to market now involves a technological breakthrough that allows buyers to do things in a cool, transformative way.
Who knew you could fit a mini movie projector in your palm? Or get monster sound by Bluetoothing music to a stereo the size of a tennis ball?
When I first clapped eyes on Sony's new 360 Circle Sound speakers, I instantly projected attributes onto the inanimate object. "It's insanely cute," was the precursor to the inevitable "I gotta have it".
Compression and mobility are already the name of the game in electronics – Sony's challenge was to deliver quality.
"Ten years ago you'd need a product the size of a boombox to get a 3G to 4G sound. Also, previously speaker sound was pointed somewhere – 360 Circle fills the air with sound," explains Alistair Miranda, the global giant's Australian product manager for personal audio.
The field of behavioural economics – the study of why and how we buy – shows how human the compulsion to own cool sh*t is.
"It's a human evolutionary issue – we always strive to be, do and buy better," says Dr Paul Harrison, senior lecturer in consumer behaviour at Deakin University.
"Science has aided the creation of products that satisfy our constant optimism that the next thing will make us feel better. The critical thing about objects is to create a bridge between our current existence and our desired existence."
With the global beauty market slated to reach $265 billion by 2017, 'young and gorgeous' is clearly a chart-topper. Luxury brands, even during a recession, are Teflon-coated due to the siren call of beauty in a bottle.
French brand Lancôme has a time-sanctioned pantheon of products – the earliest incarnation of multi-tasking repair cream Nutrix first launched in 1936.
But while the desire to hold onto youth never changes, the science does. After the triumph of human genome sequencing, Lancôme launched its 'super-serum', Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate, which promised to identify and repair skin's signifiers of youth.
Super-product status was attained with this year's Advanced Génifique, with a more plumping effect.
Hi-tech innovation is also impacting fashion's next frontier.
We may not be wearing diagonal zippers and silver space-suits or zooming around in Jetsons jetpacks quite yet, but nutty professors are already developing next-wave techno-sensual and electronic fabrics that use sensors to connect with the wearer's biorhythms and pulse.
Development of 'smart fabrics' with miniaturised, ultra-thin, silicon-based electronics and wearable biosensors on fitness gear for performance monitoring (even in combat zones), was the subject of the 2013 Smart Fabrics Conference in San Francisco.
The rhetorical question hovering over all this boffinry was: how close do we allow technology to get to our body, heart and soul?
After even cursory observation of the marketplace, the answer is: bloody close. "Products have become better and more integral to our identity than ever," suggests Dr Harrison.
"Our possessions are a significant reflection of who we are. Communities are forming around brands, born of our need to create a social identity."
We can't just pin this on the millennials, whose antennae are admittedly twitching like crazy for the next big thing.
Cashed-up parents, female CEOs, bachelors and baby boomers are all snapping up lust-have super-products that jostle for alpha position among the tsunami of 3D objets that cross our radar.
As any behavioural economist will tell you, that's just how we roll.
The eternal lure of an exciting new product lies beyond its intrinsic value, convenience or novelty; once our food, shelter and basic needs are met, our desire turns to social cachet.
"Most people like to think they're rational or reflective, but we're almost always emotional purchasers," says Dr Harrison.
"Humans crave social status; a super-product confers superior status. Even something private like lingerie or a serum feeds into our sense of self."
It may be anathema to think of ourselves, lemming-like, subject to a collective hypnosis – until the thrill of unwrapping our next purchase, of course.
Ding dong, it's your humanity calling. Or as Harrison puts it, "We're never going back to people not wanting stuff".
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PARKERSBURG - After Saturday's rains cleared out, thousands flocked to City Park on Sunday for the final day of the 51st annual Harvest Moon Arts and Crafts Festival.
Organizers believe that people who held off coming Saturday because of rain came out Sunday en masse in order to see many local artisans exhibit their homemade products.
"It has been going great," said event director Vickie Marshall. "I think the people who couldn't come out (Saturday) because of the rain are coming out (Sunday).
"We also have our typical Sunday crowds so we have been getting both."
By early Sunday afternoon, organizers said they had over 1,200 visitors which surpassed attendance on Saturday during continuing rain storms.
"It has been a great turnout," Marshall said. "We hope the people who came out had fun.
"Everything sold here is handmade," Marshall said of the weekend festival. "We hope people will be able to look at some of the demonstrations going on and see how things are actually made. We hope they get a little bit of education."
With new and returning vendors, Marshall said many of the people who came out Saturday were buyers so the many of the 175 vendors and exhibitors were happy with the sales they were able to make then and many were happy Sunday with the influx of people.
The festival featured freshly made soaps, apple butter, handmade jewelry, woodwork, pottery, home crafts, artwork and more. Many items are one-of-a-kind and cannot be found anywhere else.
"I hope people are also able to start purchasing some of their Christmas gifts as well as their favorite crafts," Marshall said.
The festival is a fundraiser for the Wood County Recreation Commission.
Doris Dean, of Parkersburg, was always on the lookout for something new.
"I love to come every year and see all of the different crafts," she said. "All of the different things here is what keeps me coming back."
Connie Moore, of Parkersburg, loves looking at the crafts, interacting with the exhibitors and finding something unique.
"I come here every year," she said.
Having an event like Harvest Moon, where crafters can come and present their work, is great for the community, Moore said.
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Uploading data and instantly downloading itPosted Wednesday, 10 April, 2013 - 10:10 by wheelinlight in
I want to benchmark the transfer speed of different transfer methods on different hardware.
I have written a small benchmark program that will upload/download data between graphics card and CPU. So far I got the upload part working. Now I want to download the data back to the CPU memory. But all I get when downloading (and saving to a file) is a black image, this means no data has been downloaded I suppose. Do i need to render the data first for it to be available for download? Rendering is not what I want to do, I just want to measure the transfer speeds.
//Upload GL.BindTexture(TextureTarget.Texture2D, texture); GL.TexImage2D(TextureTarget.Texture2D, 0, transferSettings.InternalPixelFormat, transferSettings.ImageSize.Width, transferSettings.ImageSize.Height, 0, transferSettings.OpenGLPixelFormat, PixelType.UnsignedByte, bitmap); //Download GL.ReadBuffer(ReadBufferMode.Back); GL.ReadPixels(0, 0, transferSettings.ImageSize.Width, transferSettings.ImageSize.Height, transferSettings.OpenGLPixelFormat, PixelType.UnsignedByte, dest); //dest is locked bitmapdata
Thanks in advance!
glReadPixels is for reading data out of the framebuffer. You probably want glCopyTexImage2D instead. Also make sure you are re-locking the bitmap before you try to look at its contents.


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Life Insurance for Cancer Survivors
Life insurance is extremely necessary.
It allows people to provide a certain amount of money after death to a beneficiary, an individual that is chosen in advance.
It is not necessary but recommended that life insurance for cancer survivors be obtained.
The life insurance policy pays differently depending on the type of life insurance purchased.
There are more than 300 insurance companies on the market today. Not all of them provide life insurance for cancer survivors. In addition, those that do serve cancer survivors require a higher cost to be paid.There are several types of insurance an individual can purchase. The one chosen will depend on the need of the individual.
Common Types of Insurance Coverage
- Universal life Permanent insurance. The price remains fixed for the lifetime of the holder. In addition, as long as payments are made at proper intervals, the customer will still be covered under the policy. At certain time intervals, the individual can pay less or more to change the coverage provided.
- Term Life. Covers only a certain period of someone's life. For example, it can cover a 10,20 or 30 year time interval. Payment is required at either a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. At the end of each coverage time period, the policy can be renewed. During the renewal, it is necessary to provide update health information with which the insurance providers may or may not decide to renew coverage.
- Whole Life. Whole Life insurance is similar to universal life insurance. However, the individual cannot change the amount paid for premiums to change the amount of coverage provided. There is also a cash value attached to Whole Life insurance. During the course of coverage, money can be borrowed. However, by borrowing the money, the amount obtained after the policyholder's death decreases.
- Guaranteed Issue Whole life. Typically, only individuals that are at least 40 years old can purchase this type of life insurance. It is for individuals with preexisting health concerns. Typically only $25,000 for death benefit is available but it can also be partially withheld if the policyholder dies within three to four years of purchasing the insurance. This is the type of life insurance for cancer survivors.
Life Insurance Approval With Cancer
In order to obtain life insurance as a cancer survivor, it is important to be honest. You should reveal all medical records to the life insurance company. By withholding or forging information, there is a risk of denial by the insurance company. An existing policy can also be canceled. As a cancer survivor, some additional qualifications need to be met among insurance companies.
Usually, being in remission or cured is necessary. A person must also be between 3 months or 5 years since last treatment, depending on the type of insurance company. The individual must be in good health and between 21-90 years old. It is important for survivors of cancer to get insurance especially if there are others that depend on them.
Common Cancer Insurance Cases
We've been able to get affordable life insurance coverage for a variety of cancer survivors. Some of the more common cases we've helped with are breast cancer, prostrate cancer, uterine cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, testicular cancer and many more.
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US Shale and Iraqi Oil are Changing the Energy Game
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By Robert Gottliebsen
APART from Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey, almost everyone is going around congratulating Wayne Swan on forgetting about the surplus.
But as a nation, we are forgetting why Swan is under so much pressure. The short-term back-slapping conceals a situation that has great long-term danger.
For almost a decade, both sides of politics have been spending the proceeds of the mineral boom as though it was a permanent change. The Treasurer took the process much further than Peter Costello but this was a policy that had underlying support from both parties.
We all thought that we were safe as long as China maintained momentum and we concluded that China had to maintain momentum or it would suffer severe social consequences.
We are now seeing China move forward again and so we feel good and markets are rising. Nevertheless there are underlying problems with China, but we will leave them for another day.
The medium-term threat to Australia is not China or even Europe (unless there is a meltdown), but rather comes from the US and the Middle East. The mining boom was about two export products: iron ore and energy (gas and coal). Iron ore's supply has not ballooned and its outlook remains tied to the old China-based paradigm. No need for alarm at this stage.
But the energy scene is totally different. After a few disappointing wells, Saudi hit oil in 1938 and the discovery changed the postwar world. Now in the space of little more than two years we have effectively made two Saudi discoveries: one in the US via shale and the other in Iraq (George Bush was told big oil was in Iraq).
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Orange-Walnut Vinaigrette
Try this orange-walnut vinaigrette with a salad of bitter greens.
- 1/3 cup walnut oil
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 1 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Step 1
- Place oil, orange juice, vinegar, garlic, orange zest, soy sauce, salt and pepper in a bowl or a jar with a tight-fitting lid; whisk or shake until well combined.
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Allegedly a second series of Sherlock is to begin filming this week seeing the return of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson.
The second series is to consist of 3 episodes full of horror and thrills which are bound to keep us captivated. The first series was created by Mark Gatiss and Stevan Moffat of Doctor Who fame, and are based loosely on the Arthur Conan Doyle detective stories.
With this series being a contemporary version of the original stories there are not many shots of Sherlock in his traditional deerstalker hat but I think Benedict makes a great Sherlock. As a traditional Sherlock Holmes Hat would probably not fit in this new series I should get my own Fancy Dress Hats out and have some fun with Sherlock.
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Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya
Analysis: Allusions
When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Catechism of the Catholic Church (17.352-410) plays a major role in Antonio's life and in the narrative of the book, but in chapter 17, Anaya lays out specific questions and responses of the Catechism. If you want to learn more about this, you might as well start with what the Vatican has to say on the subject.
Historical References
- World War II (1.77-78, 2.167, 7.1, 9.143-144)
- The Atomic Bomb (17.14)
- La Virgen de Guadalupe (The Virgin of Guadalupe) (4.172-176, 16.43-48): The Virgin is mentioned and prayed to throughout the novel, but the history of la Virgen de Guadalupe is shared in detail twice. You can learn a little more about the story of la Virgen de Guadalupe's appearance at this site.
- The People (9.349-351): Samuel drops this Native American legend on Antonio when first talking about the golden carp.
- Coronado (4.37): Sure, we'd all love to find a lost City of Gold, but this dude actually got out there and looked for it.


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A farmer shall comply with the requirements set forth in this chapter of the Administrative Code.
(B) A farmer shall provide to participants and alternate shoppers only authorized fruits and vegetables in exchange for valid vouchers.
(C) A farmer shall offer participants and alternate shoppers the same courtesies as extended to other customers including allowing the freedom to select among authorized fruits and vegetables.
(D) In transacting the fruit and vegetable voucher a farmer shall:
(1) Accept a voucher on which the
preprinted information has not been changed or is missing;
(2) Accept a voucher only within the valid period to redeem indicated on the voucher presented by a participant or alternate shopper;
(3) Accept a voucher only after requiring the bearer of the voucher to present a valid Ohio WIC program ID card;
(4) Deduct any discounts offered from the total before recording the actual amount of sale or the value of the voucher, whichever is less, on the voucher;
(5) Complete the voucher in ink at the time of the transaction;
(6) Total and record the price of the selected fruits and vegetables or the value of the voucher, whichever is less, in the appropriate block on the front of the voucher;
(7) Total and record the prices of the selected fruits and vegetables in the appropriate block on the front of the voucher at the time of the transaction;
(8) Record the transaction date in the appropriate block on the front of the voucher at the time of the transaction;
(9) Obtain the signature of the participant or alternate shopper on the voucher in the presence of the cashier after the amount of sale is recorded;
(10) Be responsible for all vouchers accepted or processed for payment by current and former employees or agents of the farmer including any person or persons operating or employed at the farm stand or farmers' market. The farmer shall be responsible for the accuracy of any information submitted to the department by those employees or agents;
(11) Stamp the four-digit number on each voucher in the appropriate block before submitting for payment;
(12) Review all vouchers that were accepted to verify that the recorded actual amount of sale is not more than the marked or posted prices, more than the prices charged to other customers or more than the value of the voucher;
(13) Return to the department or local agency within forty-eight hours any vouchers obtained not in the ordinary course of business, or if a farmer determines that the transaction was not in accordance with this chapter; and
(14) Submit vouchers to the designated processing firm within thirty days of the last day of the valid period to redeem.
(E) A farmer shall comply with all of the following:
(1) All federal and state laws, rules, and regulations governing the WIC program, including section 17 of the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 42 U.S.C.A. 1786 (in effect on July 1, 2010), and pertinent federal regulations for the WIC program, including 7 C.F.R. part 246 (in effect February 4, 2008);
(2) All federal and state laws pertaining to nondiscrimination, including but not limited to Title VI of the "Civil Rights Act of 1964," 42 U.S.C.A. 2000d (in effect January 2, 2006), and pertinent regulations adopted thereunder and 7 C.F.R. parts 15, 15a, and 15b (in effect on July 1, 2010); and
(3) All federal, state, and local criminal laws, either felony or misdemeanor, pertaining to the WIC program or any other FNS program.
(F) The department or local agency or its designee may conduct announced and unannounced inspections of a farmer's or applicant's site at any time. The farmer or applicant and its employees and agents shall cooperate with the department or local agency or its designee conducting an inspection and shall provide access to records pertinent to the program, including transactions, pricing information, and inventory records. The department or local agency or its designee may confiscate improperly accepted vouchers.
(G) A farmer shall be subject to audit by the department and FNS for the time period covering any present or previous authorization.
(1) A farmer shall maintain records of purchases, gross sales receipts, and invoices, as applicable, for authorized fruits and vegetables for a period of not less than three years after the end of the federal fiscal year, and upon request, shall make available the records to the department and FNS. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has begun during the three-year period, the farmer shall keep the records until all issues are resolved.
(2) Upon request, a farmer also shall make available to the department and FNS all vouchers that are stored at any of its sites or that are otherwise under the farmer's control.
(H) A farmer shall respond in writing within fifteen calendar days after receiving the department's request for verification of ownership of the business entity or site.
(I) A farmer shall send one or more representatives from each site to all required training sessions . A farmer shall inform and train cashiers, other employees, and agents on program requirements.
(J) A farmer shall maintain the appropriate notice of authorization issued by the department .
(K) A farmer shall not:
(1) Exchange vouchers for cash, firearms, ammunition, explosives, or controlled substances as defined in 21 U.S.C. 802 (in effect on July 1, 2010), alcohol or alcoholic beverages or tobacco products, or credit, including rainchecks, or other item that is not an authorized fruit or vegetable;
(2) Provide the participant or alternate shopper with any monetary change when the purchase is less than the value of the voucher;
(3) Require a participant or alternate shopper to exchange his or her selection of authorized supplemental fruits and vegetables. The farmer may request that the participant or alternate shopper pay the difference when the purchase price exceeds preprinted amount on the voucher;
(4) Redeem vouchers for authorized supplemental fruits and vegetables not received by the participants or alternate shoppers;
(5) Redeem vouchers in which the farmer charged participants or alternate shoppers more than the posted price or more than the farmer charged other customers; and
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Psalm 17 - (Hearing and) Seeing Is Believing
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1. A Prayer. Of David.
Hear, O LORD, what is just; heed my supplication, give ear to my prayer, uttered without deceit.
2. From before Your face1 my vindication will issue forth; Your eyes will behold what is right.
3. You have probed my heart, visited me at night; You have tested me and found nothing amiss; I resolved that my mouth should not transgress.
4. As for the deeds of man, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the ways of the lawless.
5. My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
6. I call on You, for You will answer me, God; incline Your ear to me, hear what I say.
7. Wondrously display Your faithfulness in steadfast love, O deliverer of seekers of refuge from those who rise in enmity,2 by Your right hand.
8. Guard me like the apple of the eye; in the shadow of Your wings hide me
9. from the wicked who despoil me, my life-enemies who surround me.
10. They have fatted themselves over3; their mouths speak arrogance;
11. our steps they now hem in; they set their eyes roaming over the land.
12. He is like a lion longing for prey, a king of beasts lying in ambush.
13. Rise, O LORD! Go forth to meet him. Bring him down; save my life from the wicked by Your sword,
14. from men―O LORD, by Your hand―from men whose share in life is fleeting. But Your treasured ones, fill their bellies. Let their sons be satisfied, and leave over something for their young.
15 Then I, justified, will behold Your face; awake, I shall be sated with the vision of You.
1. Usually, "from before You." I translate the word "face" literally to allow readers to hear the echo in verse 15.
2. That is, assailants. God is to "rise" against them, verse 10.
3. Uncertain. - Literally, "closed their fat." Covering with fat elsewhere symbolizes foolishness, stubbornness and/or impudence. Dahood effectively translates: "They are clogged with blubber."
The speaker of Psalm 17 is confident, certain that by either set of judgment criteria, absolute or comparative, he is considered just. This in turn leads him to a goal or expectation that is quite extreme.
Psalm 17 has a number of difficult passages. I first explore the structure of the psalm and its literary techniques, allowing for later interpretation of the difficult passages. We shall find a psalm in two tightly joined parts.
The Structure and Literary Techniques
The outstanding structural element in Psalm 17 is a double enclosure, which creates two halves. The speaker opens with a double request to God: to hear and to see. The latter, "seeing," forms the grand inclusio of the psalm, three terms ("behold," "justified," and "face") that appear again in the last verse. The other element, "hearing," forms an internal inclusio, the terms "hear" and "ear" appearing again in verse 6. Verse 6, then, ends the first section, which deals with the speaker's judgment before God: his righteousness is held to be the prime reason for God to accept his prayer (that God protect him), a prayer that is detailed in the second half. The only two parties in the first half are the speaker and God, whereas the second half, the body of the prayer itself, also deals with those who rebel against God.
A second element of style is isolated repetition (i.e., two or three uses of the same term or root). In more than half the cases, the repetition is a comparison: for example, the speaker's "mouth" and the mouths of the wicked (verses 3, 10); the LORD "rising" against those who "rise" against Him (verses 7, 10); God's "eye" and the eyes of the evildoers (verses 8, 11); the evildoer's "life" (Hebrew nefesh) as opposed to the life of the speaker (9, 13); and so on.
A third element of style is a marked focus on bodily references. If one includes the two terms for "step" (pa'am, which can mean foot, and ashur) and the two uses of nefesh ("life," noted above) there are nearly twenty such terms.
What the Poem Is Not
I first note what the poem is not. The emphasis on hearing and seeing has led some commentators to conclude that it was written for recitation in the Temple, where one could "see" and hear (or be heard by) God. This is another example of prosaic reading of poetry (Whitehead's "misplaced concreteness"), as if it were devoid of metaphor and symbol. Apart from this seeing–hearing "indication," there is no hint here of the Temple, priesthood, sacrifice, or the like. The theory is best ignored, leaving the reader free to appreciate the metaphors of hearing and sight.
The Two Halves
The first six verses of Psalm 17 are a direct appeal for judgment by one sure of his righteousness. Although there are differing interpretations of a few of the words, the overall message cannot be doubted: the speaker feels that he has been tested and asks God to hear his prayer. The rest of the psalm—the speaker's prayer—includes several very difficult verses, but the prevailing theme remains clear: the speaker as opposed to the evildoers. He seeks God's protection and his intervention against the wicked.
I note one factor which might puzzle readers who consult other translations. Differences in understanding (of verses 7, 11, and particularly 14) lead to disagreement as to whether yet other parties are mentioned, that is, other righteous people whom the speaker venerates and wishes well. I have included them in the translation above, but there is a legitimate understanding that other righteous people are not referred to in this psalm One would, as some medieval commentators, such as Ibn Ezra, read verse 14 as follows: "Rescue me from men whose portion of life is [only that which is] transient, Your treasures [serve only to] fill their bellies, to satisfy their sons, to leave something for their little ones." The speaker then goes on to compare himself and his spiritual emphasis to these others. Thus verse 15, "I am filled with the vision of You," is in contrast to the "filled" bellies of the evildoers in 15:14. Again, either interpretation is legitimate, but both fit well with the other matters we cite here.
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1. The evildoers vs. the speaker – Psalms often contrast the good person and the wicked, here accomplished by the use of identical terms, as indicated. The sense of comparison is heightened by the split text: the opening section focuses almost exclusively on the speaker and his being tested, a preamble to his prayer, whereas the second section, the request, dwells on the comparison with the wicked. One should also take note of the tone. It is no small achievement that the speaker does not seek revenge or even the downfall of those others. He seeks only protection. This goal is in reach. Certainly in this detail the poet has created a speaker worthy of attention, consideration, and appreciation.
2. How does the speaker view his own situation? He is satisfied with himself. He has been successful in living the Godly life and in avoiding the life style of the evil. He feels threatened and seeks protection. Since he is righteous, however, that protection is all that is needed for him to reach his ideal goal (which I consider separately below).
3. Before proceeding to his goal, I pause to consider the terms of the body: step, feet, lip, heart, ear, right hand, fat, limb (= wing), life (or "soul," twice), face, mouth, and eye. Combined with the dual enclosure of seeing and hearing, the poet thus creates an interesting paradox for those who translate verse 14 as Ibn Ezra (above), attributing the earth-bound orientation specifically to the evildoers. The terms used by the speaker, on the one hand, are corporal and immediate, and yet they are set against his rejection of the evildoers' accentuation on the physical and his own emphasis on a kind of spirituality. The reader is challenged to make sense of the speaker's chosen terminology. What does it reveal?
The Ultimate Goal
Last verses are often a surprise in Psalms, and that is most certainly the case here. The ultimate goal of the speaker is so ambitious and audacious that one might be shocked were it not for his earlier positive self-evaluation. In the opening, he has asked God to hear and "behold," and in the last verse his goal is that he, the speaker, might "behold" His (God's) face in justice (echoing "face" and "justice" in the first two verses). The term for "behold" is a powerful one (ch-z-h). Its uses in the Bible include physical sight, understanding, seeing with gratification, perception, and prophetic visions. The significance of the broad range of the word "behold" is clarified by the final phrase, "Awake, I shall be sated with the vision of You."
It is difficult to translate that final phrase. It includes three elements: (a) I will be (or am) filled (sated); (b) awake (either "while awake," or as some interpret it, "when I awake"); and (c) Your form (vision, likeness). This goal seems extreme, to say the least, within the biblical range of relationships with God. Moses is described as uniquely having had the experience of seeing the Lord's "form" (same word, Numbers 12:8, as "vision" here). Indeed, at the grand revelation in the desert, the people were not allowed to see God's "form" (same word, Deuteronomy 4:12). The extreme nature of the goal surfaces, along with an appreciation for the strong word for "behold" used here. The speaker looks forward to the fulfillment of seeing God's form, the highest conceivable level of interaction with Him!!!
It is true that there are biblical verses that note seeing God or his "face" (or the beauty of His face; Psalms 11:7, 27:4, 63:3). Moreover, in another version of the great theophany, the elders do see God and are not harmed (Exodus 24:10). However, the word "form" ("t'munah") as used in Psalm 17 is never found in these passages. That term applies only to the exclusive sight granted to Moses, as noted above. (Also note the striking use of "sated" in the psalm).
There are two possible readings of this final verse. One is that the verse encapsulates all that was asked before and that the speaker is making the remarkable claim that if his prayers are answered (the evildoers are punished, the just are given their due, and so on), it will be the equivalent of the fullest knowledge of the LORD! The second is that this is the final, ultimate request―to go beyond all that he has asked and, on the basis of his record (verses 1–5), to experience God to the fullest. As ever, I tend to trust that the poet also saw multiple possibilities in the text and meant them to be there. Both are extremely challenging. In the first case, the speaker almost mocks his prayer to that moment, saying it is as likely to be achieved as his seeing God directly. In the second case, he asks for something that should not be requested.
It is possible that discomfort with this powerful last phrase explains its later omission from general use in Jewish liturgy, where one would have expected to find it. Perhaps it is too strong. On encountering it, the reader is immediately rereads the poem to try to fathom the speaker's experiences and self-understanding. Whence comes his assurance? The articulation at the end is both so beautiful and so frightening that the reader might be equally drawn and repelled. The poetry is all the more powerful for that. Can one feel himself or herself that close to God? Even if this be hyperbole, has the articulation crossed a line that should not be crossed? This is the point at which the poet leaves further thought to the reader.
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Additional Note
There are commentators, both medieval and modern, who find in this psalm a comparison between evildoers with their eyes on "this" world and the speaker (and righteous fellow travelers, if they are mentioned) whose focus is on the next world. In modern scholarship, there is ongoing debate over the degree (if any) to which a "next-world" concept is reflected in the Bible. In my interpretation above, I have not moved in this direction, which reflects my understanding that the "next world" is not a major biblical motif.
The author of these essays is Rabbi Benjamin Segal, former president of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and author of The Song of Songs: A Woman in Love (Jerusalem: Gefen, 2009). This material is copyright by the author, and may not be reproduced. If you are interested in using the texts for study groups, please be in direct contact with the author, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hebrew Text
א תְּפִלָּה, לְדָוִד
שִׁמְעָה יְהוָה, צֶדֶק הַקְשִׁיבָה רִנָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה תְפִלָּתִי בְּלֹא שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה
ב מִלְּפָנֶיךָ מִשְׁפָּטִי יֵצֵא עֵינֶיךָ, תֶּחֱזֶינָה מֵישָׁרִים
ג בָּחַנְתָּ לִבִּי פָּקַדְתָּ לַּיְלָה צְרַפְתַּנִי בַל-תִּמְצָא זַמֹּתִי בַּל-יַעֲבָר-פִּי
ד לִפְעֻלּוֹת אָדָם בִּדְבַר שְׂפָתֶיךָ אֲנִי שָׁמַרְתִּי אָרְחוֹת פָּרִיץ
ה תָּמֹךְ אֲשֻׁרַי, בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶיךָ בַּל-נָמוֹטּוּ פְעָמָי
ו אֲנִי-קְרָאתִיךָ כִי-תַעֲנֵנִי אֵל הַט-אָזְנְךָ לִי, שְׁמַע אִמְרָתִי
ז הַפְלֵה חֲסָדֶיךָ מוֹשִׁיעַ חוֹסִים מִמִּתְקוֹמְמִים בִּימִינֶךָ
ח שָׁמְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁוֹן בַּת-עָיִן בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ תַּסְתִּירֵנִי
ט מִפְּנֵי רְשָׁעִים זוּ שַׁדּוּנִי אֹיְבַי בְּנֶפֶשׁ יַקִּיפוּ עָלָי
י חֶלְבָּמוֹ סָּגְרוּ פִּימוֹ דִּבְּרוּ בְגֵאוּת
יא אַשֻּׁרֵינוּ עַתָּה סבבוני (סְבָבוּנוּ) עֵינֵיהֶם יָשִׁיתוּ לִנְטוֹת בָּאָרֶץ
יב דִּמְיֹנוֹ כְּאַרְיֵה, יִכְסוֹף לִטְרֹף וְכִכְפִיר יֹשֵׁב בְּמִסְתָּרִים
יג קוּמָה יְהוָה קַדְּמָה פָנָיו הַכְרִיעֵהוּ פַּלְּטָה נַפְשִׁי מֵרָשָׁע חַרְבֶּךָ
יד מִמְתִים יָדְךָ יְהוָה מִמְתִים מֵחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים וצפינך (וּצְפוּנְךָ) תְּמַלֵּא בִטְנָם ִישְׂבְּעוּ בָנִים וְהִנִּיחוּ יִתְרָם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶם
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To register for one of the complimentary lunch events, or to learn more about franchising opportunities with Burger 21, please contact Dan Stone, vice president of franchise development for Front Burner Brands at 813-425-6208 or [email protected] [7].
For South Florida, Burger 21 is seeking single and multi-unit operators with restaurant experience. Franchisee candidates should have a minimum net worth of $500,000 and liquid assets of at least $200,000 per unit.
Burger 21 will be developed through single-unit agreements and Area Development Agreements that require a minimum of three to five units in primary and secondary markets.
Depending on the real estate site selected, franchisees can expect the total cost of investment for one restaurant to be approximately $513,495 - $733,995.
The initial franchise fee is $40,000. However, a 20 percent discount is applied to all franchises sold by June 21, 2012. Reduced franchise fees also apply for Area Development Agreements of four or more units.
"As the economy continues to show signs of improvement, Burger 21 is well-positioned to expand in South Florida and across the country," Johnston adds.
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Burger 21 is an affiliate of Front Burner Brands, a restaurant management company headquartered in Tampa, Fla. For more information, visit www.burger21.com [8].
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Get an overview of this hotelHistoric hotel with full-service spa and free valet parking
Situated near the beach, this historic hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Del Mar Horse Park, Del Mar Racetrack, and San Diego Botanic Garden. Del Mar Plaza and Del Mar Beach are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and an outdoor tennis court are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 80 rooms offer thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, as well as comforts such as pillowtop beds and premium bedding. WiFi and room service are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
The Inn At Rancho Santa Fe5951 Linea Del Cielo Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, The Inn At Rancho Santa Fe features an outdoor tennis court and an outdoor pool. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 6055 square feet (545 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a spa tub, a fitness center, and spa services. Onsite self parking and valet parking are complimentary.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 6055
- Conference space size (meters) - 545
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Free self parking
- Free valet parking
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 5
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor tennis court
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Tennis on site
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 80
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave (on request)
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor tennis court
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD RF per 24-hour period )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Ceiling fan
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave (on request)
- Phone
- Pillowtop mattress
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Slippers
- Turndown service
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 11 AM.
Morada - This restaurant specializes in Californian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Start your morning with a full breakfast, available each day from 7 AM to 11 AM for a surcharge. You can order a meal from room service during limited hours.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor tennis court and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Rock climbing nearby
Spa Services
The onsite spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, Swedish massages, and massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Detoxification wrap
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 125.00 per pet, per stay
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 12 and USD 18 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD RF per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Pet fee: USD 125.00 per pet, per stay
Hotel Name
- Inn Rancho Santa Fe
- Rancho Santa Fe Inn
- The Inn At Rancho Santa Fe Hotel Rancho Santa Fe
- Hotel At Rancho Sante Fe
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed.


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22-year-old Fort Worth man sentenced to life in prison for killing pregnant girlfriend
A 22-year-old Fort Worth man was convicted Friday of capital murder in the slaying of his pregnant girlfriend in August 2012.
Johnny Calvin Scott Jr. received an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Scott strangled Vanessa Murrell, 22, and then cut her throat on Aug. 19, 2012, according to the Tarrant County district attorney's office.
Murrell's body was found in a field in the 3000 block of South Collard Street near the east side of the city. Scott was arrested the same day on separate charges. While at the police station, a homicide detective noticed Scott's pants had blood on them, according to court records.
Scott said Murrell had gotten cut during an argument between the couple. DNA evidence found on Murrell was matched to Scott.
Murrell was 13 weeks pregnant at the time of her death, according to court records.


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The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra Act IV, Scene xii Summary
- Antony watches the battle at sea with Scarus and frets that he can't see Caesar's troops yet. He leaves Scarus to go look from a different vantage point.
- Scarus notes in an aside that the augurs (or prophets) were hesitant to state their predictions about this sea battle, which can't be good.
- Antony returns to Scarus in a fury—Cleopatra's fleet has deserted them again and Antony's fleet has yielded to Caesar's, greeting them like friends.
- He doesn't care to take revenge on his troops, only on Cleopatra. Antony is sure she's the one that led him to this course.
- Antony demands that all the remaining soldiers leave, as he doesn't care about them anymore.
- He privately laments that Fortune has deserted him and now favors Caesar instead. He damns Cleopatra for luring him to Egypt and identifies her as the cause of his loss.
- Cleopatra enters and Antony rages at her, saying she should go be part of Caesar's victory march for all the masses to see her. He even hopes Octavia might scratch up her face with her fingernails.
- Cleopatra flees Antony's fury. He's glad that woman's gone. He wishes he had killed her earlier, which would have saved many lives. He resolves that she'll die for selling him out to Caesar, whom he calls "the young Roman boy."


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AIKEN, S.C.---South Carolina Superintendent Dr. Jim Rex is on a statewide tour this week promoting his plan to turn public education around. Tonight he was at USC-Aiken to outline his ideas.
"If you're going to bring about substantive improvement, you're going to have to bring about some reform," Dr. Rex said.
His mission?
"Reform and improve and support our public schools."
To do that, he has a specific formula: five new committees to oversee specific qualities he says public schools should have.
The first committee will cover Innovation. He says innovation should be researched and relevant to school needs.
He also wants to form a committee on Choice, a group that would inform parents about options like moving their students across district lines.
"Mine is public school choice. There's another definition that involves vouchers and tax credits that takes public dollars and puts them in private schools, which I am not an advocate of," he said.
His third committee will tackle Accountability.
Rex wants to reduce the amount of student testing and instead make state tests more useful to teachers and their curriculums.
As for Funding, he wants it be fair. He says the state has failed students with its piecemeal approach.
Last but not least is Teaching. Rex worries the state is losing its most experienced teachers and needs to find ways to attract more qualified leaders in the classroom.
They're five ideas he'd like to see the state to build on to benefit South Carolina's most precious investment.
Dr. Rex has three more stops to make during his town hall tour. He'll visit Greenville, Charleston and then Rock Hill.
In his team's report, there are 97 actions they'd like to see the state take.
Here's a closer look at the five committees Dr. Rex is forming:
New State Committees
- Accelerating Innovation - 18 members
- Accountability - 13 members
- Choice - 16 members
- Fair & Equitable School Funding - 15 members
- Teaching Profession - 13 members


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Kobe's Swan Song Takes a New Tune
This is Kobe Bryant's last Olympics. Maybe his last contract, too, unless he dons a metaphorical cowboy hat and sets out for Europe. Through these London Games, it's been abundantly clear what role he should be playing alongside boundlessly athletic types like LeBron James and Kevin Durant, still in the prime of their career. (Or not, which is an even scarier thought.) For the most part, Kobe's done his part setting the tone, watching from the bench and embracing his role as the salty veteran. Then there are performances like the first half of Wednesday's quarterfinal game against Australia, during which the Americans built up an impressive-but-not-overwhelming 14-point lead. It was the sight of Bryant going 0-4 with two turnovers and at least one fantastically botched fast break that prompted many Twitter spectators to idly snark about how Bryant was done for.
"It's pretty clear: It's a little awkward right now for Kobe. Every team post-Shaq he's been on has been all his. The Lakers are his and the 2008 Beijing Redeem Team was unquestionably his. Now, this is LeBron's team. And after that, Durant's team. After that, Chris Paul's and Deron Williams' and Carmelo Anthony's team," Royce Young writes for CBS Sports. "Somewhere down the line, you'd list Kobe out. He's a forgotten piece on this loaded roster. And I don't say that to slight him. It's just reality as you watch these games. He's so uninvolved offensively that you wonder what his role actually is."
And then the second half started. After Australia pulled within three points, Bryant took off, nailing six 3-pointers — including one stretch of four in 67 seconds — to push the American lead to an impossible-to-recover deficit. Even more impressive was how Bryant didn't even deliver his team's best performance. That honor went to LeBron, who tossed up the U.S.'s first triple-double in Olympic history. In the end, the U.S. had defeated Australia 119-86, setting the stage for a Friday semifinal against longtime international rival Argentina. "Here are two teams that do not particularly like each other," writes the Journal's Scott Cacciola. "You may recall that Monday's group-play finale featured Argentina's Facundo Campazzo punching Anthony in the groin, payback for Chris Paul allegedly socking Campazzo." Even though Argentina's legendary core is getting a little up there in years, they're still contenders — and a 29-point U.S. blowout earlier this week can't be given too much credit.
But that's the thing about the U.S.. They're so dominant that anything less than gold would be an abject failure — a standard that no other international team has to live up to. That standard applies when the game clock isn't running, too. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski imagines the hubbub that would've occurred if an American player had punched an opponent in the crotch — a situation that played itself out between France's Nicolas Batum and Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro. (Imagine the Bayless-led spasms of self-righteousness had LeBron been involved.) "From Beijing to London, the Americans have been model Olympic citizens on the court and off it. They've truly been ambassadors of the NBA and America, a team that has gone a long way to transform the league's image home and abroad," he writes. "They've found ways to become a team, a program, and it resonates with everything they do and everywhere they go here. There's a higher standard for the Americans — and, make no mistake, sometimes a double-standard — but they've come to understand, even embrace it." It's a big ideal to live up to, but the U.S. is just two wins away from validation.
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What the tangible difference is between volleyball and beach volleyball, this Fixer will never know. But superiority is as superiority does in any sport — and, in beach volleyball, there isn't a more superior team in history than Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings. On Wednesday, they won an unprecedented third straight gold medal. "They wanted a perfect ending and got it. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings were in the final against another U.S. pair, April Ross and Jennifer Kessy, but there was no home country sentimentality: the finish was swift and merciless," writes the Journal's Jason Gay. "Straight sets, 21-16, 21-15. 38 minutes. Cue the flag. Gold medal number three."
With May-Treanor announcing her retirement, the partnership will be dissolved with an undefeated 21-0 record in Olympic competition, having lost just one of 43 sets. (Walsh Jennings is considering playing in the 2016 Games.) Despite any post-match mishaps, there isn't much that could diminish this one. "They have been so good to each other, so good for each other, so good for the sport," Phil Taylor writes for Sports Illustrated. "They have been just so good, period, that it was impossible to root against them even though there is some part of us usually wants to see dynasties crumble."
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It's a given that most athletes will have to wait a while to get to the top. Given the gap between each Olympics, forgive Allyson Felix for not wanting to go without gold for a third straight Olympics. She's one cog of a pretty impressive U.S. track-and-field machine — her teammate, Brittney Reese, became the first American woman to take the long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. But after taking second in the women's 200-meter in Athens and Beijing, Felix finally broke through on Wednesday night and won gold for the U.S.
"Her career has spanned multiple generations of American track athletes. When Felix first pulled a Team USA uniform over her head for the world championship in the summer of 2003, Marion Jones and Maurice Greene were the two biggest American names in the sport; both have been gone for years (Jones disgraced, Greene respected)," Tim Layden writes for Sports Illustrated. "Her current Olympic teammate, 21-year-old long jump bronze medalist and potential triple jump medalist Will Claye, was 12 years old. BALCO was a business, not a scandal that would rock multiple sports, including hers. One of her best friends was 2004 Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin, and he did four years for doping. She is an elder stateswoman at the age of 26, with both a child's smile and cold worldliness. It is not wrong to say that she has seen it all."
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adjective (clumsier, clumsiest)
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Coffee Bay is out in the middle of nowhere...and it's great! It is accessible via Umtata through kilometres of rural, hilly roads or by helicoptor. I stayed at the Ocean View Hotel which is the only option besides The Coffee Shack (a backpackers). The hotel staff was impeccable and treated us like royalty. Two meals a day are included, the rooms are nice, and the resident hotel dogs make for a great experience. On-site amenties include a pool, trampoline, and private access to the beach.
The Ocean View Hotel provides all visitors with several excursions. I took advantage of the Micro-flight tour which is essentially a hangglider with an engine. At 1,000 feet above the ground I saw the goregous coastline and "Hole in the Wall" from a bird's perspective. I also took the oppurtunity to abseil (repell down a cliff) with Phil, one of the owners. After hiking to our cliff, we got strapped in and repelled into a rocky cove. Phil also took us to a local beach that was covered in hundreds of imaculate shells. The locals of Coffee Bay are extremely friendly and sell shell jewelery on the beach so don't forget your rand!
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Javier Hernandez was taken into custody just before 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The district will take a look at the charges and the 37-year-old's employment when they get back from break next week.
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Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) took top honors for the third consecutive day of MotoGP testing at the Sepang International Circuit, cementing his dominance and making him the early favorite for the 2013 MotoGP World Championship. Team-mate Marc Márquez finished his first three-day Sepang test with the fourth fastest time after having been third fastest on the first two days, and also after concluding a successful race simulation. And Honda riders Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) and Alvaro Bautista (GO & FUN Honda Gresini) again finished with the sixth and seventh fastest times, as they'd done a day earlier.
The test marked the first time in his career that Pedrosa had swept to honours on all three days of of a test, though that wasn't his aim. His aim was to improve his Repsol Honda RC213V, which he did through a structured and efficient testing programme. Pedrosa diligently worked through a number of development issues on the second year 1000cc machine, with an emphasis on weight distribution. By rule, the Repsol Honda RC213V weighs three kilograms more than it did last year and Pedrosa, who bore the brunt of the development work, was tasked with finding the optimal location for distributing the added weight.
He left the test satisfied and looking forward to returning in less than three weeks' time, when he hopes to test new Ohlins forks and shocks, clutch parts, and software settings.
The 19-year-old Márquez narrowly missed out on finishing third, the hypothetical front row, for the third day in row, though there was no shame in finishing fourth. Just ahead of him were two world champions, Valentino Rossi in third and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo in second.
Márquez showed dazzling speed in the first test of the new year, putting himself near the top of the order from the outset. The team studiously provided him with the tools needed to improve his efficiency on the Repsol Honda RC213V and he made the most of them. He had a brief setback in the morning when he crashed for the first time in the MotoGP class, but he was unfazed and quickly got back up to speed. His fast lap of 2m 0.636s came on the 32nd of 33 laps, at the 5.548km Malaysian circuit.
In the afternoon, Márquez did a simulated race, 20 laps at speed to learn how the motorcycle would react with a lighter fuel load and used tyres. The times were remarkably consistent, which is what Márquez and the team were looking for as they head into the season.
Stefan Bradl nearly dropped below the 2m 1s mark, missing out by .003s. The second year MotoGP rider continued to adapt to the 2013 LCR Honda MotoGP RC213V, which is the same spec as that of the Repsol Honda riders. Three days of testing produced gradually diminishing lap times, which highlighted the progress of the young German. Now the team will digest the data collected to be ready when they return here at the end of the month.
Alvaro Bautista was half a second behind fellow Honda rider Bradl ending the test. Bautista's fastest lap came on the 29th of 48 laps at the end of a three lap run. He and his GO & FUN Honda Gresini team are the only ones using Showa suspension, which meant he spent the day doing short runs to evaluate the differences in suspension setup. The work was made more difficult by scorching heat, the hottest of the three days, which made the track greasy and exacerbated chatter problems that most riders were suffering.
Bryan Staring (GO & FUN Honda Gresini) successfully concluded his first MotoGP test aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-powered FTR-framed CRT machine. The Australian admitted there was still much to learn, but added that the team had been instrumental in helping with what by necessity is a steep learning curve. Staring incrementally improved his times over the course of the test and fully expects to be more competitive when the next test commences.
HRC test team rider Kosuke Akiyoshi completed his test programme early, finishing with the 14th fastest time. Fellow test rider Takumi Takahashi was the 19th fastest rider after putting in 46 laps.
The Honda riders will return to Sepang in three weeks time, Feb. 26-28, to continue their off-season testing.


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On or about 2/10/11 I received my first call from Rick Whitfield. During this initial conversation I was told he could secure a Black Amx card for a $5K fee. I checked the Amx website first and discovered Whitfield gave me incorrect information as to the terms of the card for repayment. He emphatically insisted the card had an 11 year amortization. In point of fact upon first checking I discovered it had a net 30 only which did little good for my business needs.
I was then told he could secure a line of credit totaling $250K utilizing (3) different lenders and that it would take 13 to 15 business days for me to receive my cards. At this point I tendered a deposit check in the amount of $2,500 on 2/18/11 made out to Rick Whitfield personally at his insistance. After 30 days of waiting with no cards I called Whitfield again despite the fact he told me to expect the first of 3 cards would be, "arriving any day now". Whitfield told me he'd been hospitalized for several weeks and that his office manager "Tabitha", "had made horrible clerical error on hundreds of files"!
At this point (around 3/30/11) I demanded a full refund and had very strong words with him. He then said he could secure an aged Florida corporation that would take 4 weeks to process and another week to attach a line of credit in the amount of $125K.
Despite offering me a refund when I asked for it he told me it would be several weeks to process and to please give him this one last opportunity to "do the right thing". Before agreeing to proceed I spoke with Gary Roberts at length and asked him directly if he knew Whitfield to be guilty of any unscrupulous business practices to which he reponded no. I then proceeded.
It's now5/18/11. I sent my first email to Whitfield on 4/20/11 and several subsequent emails and phone calls ... all have gone unanswered to date. Additionally, I had Gary Roberts leave him several messages and emails ... none of which have been returned.
Clearly Rick Whitfield is both a coward and pathelogical liar. I would VERY much like to find others who have shared a similar experience to mine and take him to task through the legal system. I know the duress he has caused me. In addition to recovering my money I would like to stop him from his corrupt practices before others are harmed as well. In a best case scenerio I would really like to see him prosecuted and sent to jail for interstate mail fraud and collecting advance payments on credit cards prior to their issuance.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 05/18/2011 08:49 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Rick-Whitfield/Euless-Texas-76039/Rick-Whitfield-Nationwide-Credit-Service-Collected-check-in-the-amount-of-250000-as-dep-730890. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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#1 Consumer Comment
Another Victim
AUTHOR: Another victim - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, September 13, 2012POSTED: Thursday, September 13, 2012
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#2 Author of original report
List of felony, misdemeanor convictions and arrest dates of Rick "Ricky" Gene Whitfield DOB 5/19/1960
AUTHOR: Ralph R. Brescia - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, May 28, 2011POSTED: Saturday, May 28, 2011
property" - Felony conviction.
2/18/1987 - Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections - "Uttering forged instrments" - Docket
#159723 - (2) or more bogus checks together over $50.00 - Felony conviction-
sentence length 2 years.
5/12/1999 - Williamson Ctny, TX. - "Theft" - $1,500 - $20,000.00 by check - Felony conviction.
1/25/00 - Arrested @ Ctny. Atny. Ofce. - Sherman, TX. - "Theft of property" - $500-$1.500.00 by
check - case # 901758517X - convicted.
6/6/01 - Collin Ctny, TX. - "Theft by check" - $500.00 - Misdemeanor conviction.
12/22/05 Ctny. Atny. Ofce. Sherman, TX. -Case #9099168519 - "Theft of property" - $20-$500 by
check - Midemeanor conviction.
12/22/05 - 336th District Court- Sherman, TX. - Case#010643 - "Theft of Property" - $1,500-
$20,000.00. Felony conviction - state jail.
12/23/05 - 213th District Court - Ft. Worth, TX. - "Theft of property" - $1,500 -$20,000.00.
Arrested at District Atny. Ofce. Case # 020038090 - Felony conviction.
8/31/06 - 196th district Court Greenville, TX. - "Theft"- $1,500.00-$20,000.00. Case #21472.
Felony conviction - state jail. 12/3/09 - Last day of Probation now complete.
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#3 Author of original report
Rick "Ricky Gene Whitfield is a thief, pathological liar and multiple times convicted felon in Texas and Oklahoma
AUTHOR: Ralph R. Brescia - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, May 27, 2011POSTED: Friday, May 27, 2011
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