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Veteran political strategist Toby Ralph said while the technology was relatively new, it would continue to grow and become more important to political campaigning.
"It's in its infancy," he said.
"It's kind of Mike Tyson as a toddler. He's irritating now but he's going to be terrifying later."
Luckily Smith — Penn State’s starting left tackle — had the credentials to enter. He’s the “Boss Hog” and hogs need to eat. The next afternoon, Smith would handle a job similar to the security guard he unknowingly intimidated.
Smith handles security for the Penn State football team. Along with his teammates along the offensive line, Smith is the first line of defense and a bulldozer for the skill position teammates behind him.
But Smith has a critical role. He’s Christian Hackenberg’s personal protector.
As the left tackle, Smith protects the right-handed Hackenberg’s blindside. He’s there to repel any threat, thwart any attempt on the true freshman quarterback’s health. Should a defender slip past Smith? He shudders to think of the consequence of a direct hit.
He’ll do whatever is required to make sure Hackenberg is still standing after each play and remains upright when UCF guns for the first-year quarterback at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.
It’s a job Smith takes seriously.
So far this season, Smith has performed well. Hackenberg has been sacked six times but none of those have been of the devastating variety — from the blindside on an unsuspecting quarterback who isn’t able to curl up or brace himself for impact.
Hackenberg’s had time to throw more often than not, and is completing 70 percent of his passes. Last week, he set a record for Penn State true freshmen quarterbacks with 311 passing yards. And he’s been thankful for the Hogs.
For his efforts against Syracuse, Smith earned the title “Boss Hog” from offensive line coach Mac McWhorter based on his physical play that bordered on nasty. He helped knock blitzing linebackers off course and shoved defensive ends off balance. It’s been a promising beginning for Smith, who started out last season a b...
Smith earned the starting left tackle spot out of camp and went to work protecting Matt McGloin. A sprained ankle suffered against Virginia forced him to the sideline the next few games and limited his mobility over the next few weeks.
Smith has proven himself as a quick learner who gets better with each game. That doesn’t bode well for opposing defenders looking to rattle Hackenberg by roughing him up.
After his sophomore season at Owings Mills High in Owings Mills, Md., Smith helped establish an impenetrable pocket for his quarterbacks. He didn’t give up a sack over his last two years of high school. By the time he left his family’s home in 2011, Smith, who played at around 265 pounds as a senior, had demonstrated c...
His athletic abilities weren’t inhibited despite his mammoth frame and earned him at least 15 offers from FBS schools. He visited Maryland, Michigan State, North Carolina State and UCLA before committing to the Nittany Lions in October 2010.
Smith’s recruitment was opened back up when the NCAA hit Penn State with unprecedented sanctions last summer. A waiver allowed players to transfer without having to sit out a year per usual NCAA rules. Although it has since expired, Smith was coveted by nearly half of all FBS teams. O’Brien said earlier this season Smi...
But Smith said no to all of them. His teammates were thankful.
Bill Belton called Smith a “running back’s dream” to run behind and Allen Robinson has reaped the fruits of Smith’s blocking as a receiver. After all, it’s hard to catch passes when a quarterback is getting banged around.
Smith likes to joke with Belton and Robinson, two of his closest friends on the team, that he’s just as athletic as they are.
Working on those attributes helped separate him from other linemen in high school.
Smith’s uncle, George Smith, who helped raise Donovan and his twin sister, Ebony, was adamant that Smith focus on football when major college scouts came to observe him. Although Smith wanted to play basketball, his uncle insisted he stick with football out of fear his size could be a detriment on the hardwood and lead...
Instead, Smith spent the offseasons working with family friend Orson Killikelly, who designed a training regimen for Smith that was heavy on footwork drills. The two worked together five days a week. Smith ran hills, pulled weighted sleds and worked on his foot speed running through ladders.
Killikelly, who is also the family barber, also had a recommended menu for Smith .
But Killikelly couldn’t teach aggression. And he didn’t need to.
A temper came naturally to Smith, who refers to himself as “the baby” in the family. He was born just minutes after his twin sister, and spent his early childhood naturally being picked on by older siblings, including two other sisters, Tamika and Danielle Thomas, and older brother Dwayne Thomas.
Smith, who’s now sporting a closely-cropped beard that hides his baby face, learned to harness his temper on the football field.
While he looked up to his siblings, too, Smith had a football role model close by he could learn from. Smith’s uncle, whose house was just a few miles from the Baltimore Ravens’ training facility in Owings Mills, would show Smith videos of one of the NFL’s premier tackles — Ravens Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden.
Smith, who was born in Hempstead, N.Y., and also considers the Jets’ D’Brickashaw Ferguson as an inspiration, was receptive to Ogden highlights. He calls the Ravens legend his idol.
Smith got to meet Ogden by chance when he and his uncle ran into the NFL tackle in a local supermarket, when Smith was a sophomore in high school.
Even then, the still-growing Smith came up past the 6-foot-9 Ogden’s shoulders as the two posed for a picture.
Now, Smith is taller and closer to his goal of becoming one of college football’s best offensive tackles. So his Saturdays will be spent serving his teammates and dishing out punishment to those who try to do his quarterback harm. He’s got teammates — and a program — to protect.
While Smith sees himself as a guardian, he’s also an imposing man with an appetite for aggression on the gridiron.
One day, he’ll give it all up for another job. But providing safety and security for others will still be a focus in the big man’s life. Smith wants to be an FBI agent or a detective after his football career ends.
Agent Smith has a certain “Matrix” ring to it.
But “Boss Hog” will do for now.
The Magic Cube is small, portable and compatible with a variety of computers, tablets and smartphones.
The Magic Cube is a small and lightweight device from Celluon that functions as a full-sized projection keyboard and multi-touch mouse for computers, tablets and smartphones. Compact and portable, it can wirelessly connect to any Bluetooth HID device including the latest iPhone, iPad and Android devices, or can be conn...
Cape Town – Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments said it is reviewing suspicious transactions stemming from its JSE-listed Oakbay Resources and Energy, after the JSE cancelled them on Friday.
The JSE cancelled the transactiosn on Friday, hours after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, had been recalled from their positions.
“When routinely monitoring trades during the morning of Friday 31 March 2017, the JSE’s Market Regulation team identified trades in Oakbay Resources and Energy Ltd shares that appeared to be evidence of market abuse,” Peter Redman, senior technical advisor in market regulation at the JSE, told Fin24 in a statement on M...
“These trades were cancelled,” he said. “A report has been prepared and will be handed to the Directorate of Market Abuse at the FSB.
Oakbay told Fin24 in a statement on Monday that it “noted recent media reports regarding the JSE's pro-active monitoring of several recent trades in its shares”.
“The company, at present, does not have any information relating to these transactions and is in the process of conducting a review in this regard.
“A further update will be provided once the outcome of the review process has been determined."
Business Report said that Oakbay shares surged 28% on Friday, “with one analyst saying that the upswing could be due to a renewed optimism about the nuclear programme following former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas's dismissal”.
Oakbay Investments, which owns 80% of Oakbay Resources and Energy, converted the Industrial Development Corporation’s (IDC's) R256m loan to a 3.57% equity stake when it listed the company in 2014.
“Considering Oakbay’s share price has since fallen back to R9.15, if the IDC accepted the R50 share price, taxpayers effectively gave the Guptas about R200m in the deal, not to mention the interest that should have been paid,” Business Day reported on Tuesday.
"Eternal Happiness" said Monday's headline in the sports daily L'Equipe, summing up the mood of many who hope this euphoria will last for months — even years.
Trump made the appeal during a Rose Garden press conference Monday with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. The U.S. is joining with Canada and Mexico in the bid for the quadrennial soccer tournament.
Members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a complaint with the federal government this week for being paid less than their male counterparts.
TAHOLAH — James Donald Walker has pleaded guilty to five counts in connection to the May 2017 death of a Taholah man, including second-degree manslaughter, according to Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Katie Svoboda.
Walker, 31 at the time of his arrest in late May 2017, is expected to be sentenced to just under 7½ years in prison Friday as part of a plea agreement.
The Hoquiam resident has been in custody since his arrest.
He was initially charged with first-degree manslaughter. He has also pleaded guilty to two counts of hit-and-run with injury and two counts of vehicular assault.
“I met with the victims’ families on April 24, 2018, and spent approximately two hours discussing the proposal of the defense,” wrote Svoboda in documents filed April 30.
James Smith-Kramer, 20, was killed and his friend, Harvey Anderson, was injured when — as investigators found — Walker put his vehicle in reverse and “floored it” in the direction of a group of young people who had confronted him about what they called reckless driving near their campsite on a gravel bar in the Donkey ...
Witnesses said Smith-Kramer died while pushing his friend out of harm’s way.
Svoboda said there were “factual issues in this case that present risks to both parties,” leading to the state accepting the defense’s plea deal.
There were several unknowns during the investigation. Walker claimed he was threatened by the group on the gravel bar and a rock was thrown through his window, while the group on the gravel bar claimed the rock was thrown later in the incident.
Smith-Kramer was a member of the Quinault Indian Nation, as were several others at the scene.
Soon after the incident, Quinault Indian Nation President Fawn Sharp released a statement saying the attack was racially motivated and that the occupants of Walker’s vehicle were shouting war whoops.
The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated the incident, said there was no evidence of a racial component.
Walker also went to great lengths to hide evidence in the case, including hiding his truck, altering his appearance and stealing a window to replace the broken one in his vehicle.
He was not identified until a Hoquiam Police officer who was familiar with Walker brought his name up during the investigation.
The plea deal recommends Walker gets the top of the standard range sentence for second-degree manslaughter — 89 months. His other charges also carry significant jail time, but all five sentences will run concurrently if the plea deal is upheld by the judge.
The maximum sentence for second-degree manslaughter is 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – U.S. organ procurement organizations looking to increase donation rates among Arab Americans can turn to new University of Michigan Health System research for recruitment ideas.
U-M researchers identified various factors – from education and income levels to gender and religion – that may predict how members of this population view organ donation, says lead study author Aasim I. Padela, M.D., an emergency physician and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the U-M Health System.
“Educational attainment and acculturation into American society were strong predictors of positive attitudes toward organ donation, suggesting that promotion of organ donation should be initiated using culturally competent methods,” says Padela.
“This includes the use of Arabic language, Arabic media, social networking and partnering with Arab American community leaders,” he adds.
Educating health care providers who serve this community about the importance and process of organ donation may also increase donor registration, Padela says.
The team’s findings were recently published online in the journal Clinical Transplantation.
Demand for transplantable organs continues to exceed supply, particularly in minority populations, yet little is known about baseline rates of donation and transplantation in the Arab American community.
The team analyzed data from the representative, population-based Detroit Arab American Study — a survey conducted through U-M in 2003 — to determine what influences Arab American attitudes on organ donation.
Based on survey responses, Christian Arab Americans were more likely than Muslim Arab Americans, and women were more likely than men to believe organ donation after death was justifiable.
Higher education, higher income and greater acculturation into American society also predicted positive organ donation beliefs.
But distrust of the health care system, limited English language proficiency and lack of access to culturally and linguistically appropriate organ donation material are barriers for this group of potential organ donors, according to the study.
About 490,000 Arabs reside in Michigan and those who participated in the 2003 survey provided a glimpse into the factors associated with positive organ donation beliefs.
However, Padela says further investigation is needed to understand the study’s implications.
Funding: This study was funded through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program.
William G. Melluish was a noted architect who had worked on projects locally and around the country, and aided projects to encourage young people to study careers in building and design.
The son of Dr. James Melluish, an ophthalmologist, and Patrica Melluish, a homemaker, he was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Mich.
After graduating from Hackett Catholic Central High School in Kalamazoo, he studied architecture at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa. He graduated in 2002, and had participated in study programs abroad in Rome and Berlin.
While at Penn State, he also met and fell in love with a fellow architecture student, the former Katherine “Kathy” Speicher. They married in 2004.
After leaving college, he worked at Gruzen Samton in New York City, and in 2004 joined the San Francisco firm of BCV Architecture.
In 2008, Mr. Melluish, who was known as Billy, joined GWWO. His initial assignment was as a member of the design team for the new 85,000-square-foot Towson University West Village Commons, a project that featured student housing, dining, meeting space and parking. He became the firm’s representative during construction...
“He was the consummate professional and his job was one of the most difficult in our industry … and he did it very well,” said Eric G. Feiss of Towson, a colleague at GWWO.
“I will always remember Bill as one of the most capable and one of the most fun people in our firm. He could solve a problem and make you laugh at the same time,” said Terry Squyres, a GWWO principal and a resident of the Phoenix area of Baltimore County.
“Bill had an extraordinary skill set. He was artistic, he was meticulous, he had an excellent business sense — and everyone loved working with him,” Ms. Squyres said.
Recalled by colleagues as being a “broad and forward thinker,” he was named an associate at the firm in 2015.
Mr. Melluish represented his firm during construction of the $21 million Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral, Fla., and the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Fla., an interactive science and technology center whose mission is to inspire inventors, entrepreneurs and visionaries.
Locally, he worked on the Rita Church Community Center in Clifton Park and the C.C. Jackson Recreation Center on Park Heights Avenue.
Other Maryland projects that benefited from his expertise involved construction at Salisbury State University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; school projects in Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties; and Prince George’s County government.
One of his most recent projects was the Jean R. Packard Center, a multipurpose event venue at Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton, Va.
Mr. Melluish was a construction document technologist certified by the Construction Specifications Institute, and was also recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council as an accredited professional for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, and was also active in the Building Congress & Exchange and the ACE Mentor Program, which works to give high school students an opportunity to explore careers in the building professions.
He was also a member of the Keswick Improvement Association and was active with the Towson Recreation Council. He coached his son’s soccer, basketball and baseball teams.
A man of varied interests, he enjoyed playing the piano and guitar, games, puzzles, golfing, snowboarding, salty snacks and strong coffee with lots of cream and sugar, said his wife of 14 years.
He was also an outdoorsman who liked camping, hiking and “jumping into chilly waters,” Ms. Melluish said. He was also a world traveler.

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