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Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie Cloud 9 tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their dreams is possible. Executive-produced by Ashley Tisdale, and starring Luke Benward and Dove Cameron, Cloud 9 premieres Friday, January 17 at 8:00 pm ET/PT on Disney Channel.
The evening of the movie's premiere — part of Disney Channel's annual 'JaNEWary' programming event — will include a new episode of the hit series, 'Liv and Maddie,' the premiere of Disney Channel's comedy series, 'I Didn't Do It' and a first-look at the upcoming game show, 'Disney's Win, Lose or Draw.'
Cloud 9 follows two unlikely friends, Kayla Morgan, a prima donna snowboarder who was just dropped from her competition team, and Will Cloud, a former snowboarding champion who is struggling after a career-ending wipeout. The two meet when Kayla is forced to work at the local dog grooming shop owned by Will's mother. Determined to become a better boarder, Kayla finds an unexpected mentor in Will, who she realizes can help take her to the next level. So in exchange for help fixing up the dog grooming shop, Will reluctantly accepts Kayla's pleas to train her and introduces her to a regimen that tests her true commitment to the sport. As the two grow closer, Kayla's efforts convince Will that he, too, has the power to regain his championship status and that nothing is impossible.
On January 14, the digital audio single 'Cloud 9,' performed by Dove Cameron and Luke Benward, will be available from Walt Disney Records at online retail including iTunes and Amazon.com.
In 'I Didn't Do It,' fan favorite Olivia Holt moves to new series role and a new reverse storytelling approach for Disney Channel with a comedy that tells of the hilarious twists and turns in the lives of five teenagers — ultra-competitive fraternal twins and their three best friends. Each episode begins at the end of a predicament, just after an adventure has gone absurdly haywire, just as twins Lindy and Logan and their friends Jasmine, Garrett and Delia somehow try to explain — with flashback scenes — exactly what happened. 'I Didn't Do It' series premiere is part of Disney Channel's 'janNEWary' programming event Friday, January 17 at 9:40 pm ET/PT.
Olivia Holt stars as ambitious straight-A student Lindy; Austin North stars as the cool, ultra-laidback Logan; Piper Curda stars as the smart fashionista Jasmine; Peyton Clark stars as the obsessive germ-phobic Garrett; and Sarah Gilman stars as the loveable eccentric Delia.
In the premiere episode, Lindy and Logan face their parents who have just returned from a night out, determined to somehow understand just how their home became covered in foam, why pizza is falling from the ceiling, how a goat got into their living room and what happened to Mrs. Klasby, the 91-year-old babysitter.
Disney Channel's annual 'jaNEWary' programming event will also include a first-look at the upcoming game show for kids and families, 'Disney's Win, Lose or Draw' at 10:10 pm ET/PT. This kid and tween edition of the classic game show brings two teams, each comprised of two kid contestants and a Disney Channel or Disney XD star, to compete in a battle of drawing skills, creativity and wits to win prizes. Hosted by master illusionist and entertainer Justin Willman, 'Disney's Win, Lose or Draw' features game play powered by leading-edge technology, motion control illustration, interactive multi-touch screen displays and a series of fun physical challenges. In the first look episode, 'I Didn't Do It' star Olivia Holt will take on her former 'Kickin' It' co-star, Leo Howard.


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2017 OGA Summer Game Jam was a smashing success!
The Summer Game Jam is done, and ran from July 1st and ended on July 28th! Four weeks of development, two weeks of judging playing each other's games. Make anything you want, but it must use at least six OGA assets (two from three categories) and made in the four weeks provided.
Participants needed to sign up on the Itch.io jam page to officially participate; any questions and messages of congratulations should be directed to the jam's OGA forum thread.
It was a lot of fun. The entries are still available, so go check them out and have fun! Congratulations to Red Voxel for the 1st place submission Arrows of Love! Congratulations to all the participants for making such a great game jam come together!
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The advanced search is working better than ever! I have been able to clean or correct about 900 tags across thousands of submissions. I wasn't even aware of some really great assets before now since the tags were preventing them from showing up in my tag searches. We're still looking at a few tweaks to make it work even better, but this should make for some quick improvements in the meantime. Woohoo!
Based on some frequently asked tag questions lately, Kurt asked me to post a quick DOs & DON'Ts guide on how to get the most out of the tags system. Great idea, Kurt! This guide applies to both art submitters and people searching for art. This guide only applies to tags; not title, description, or other search fields. :)
The goal of tags is finding what you're looking for. Think of as many single-word ways of describing what you're submitting/seeking. Although there are situations where multi-word tags are needed, the overwhelming majority of tags are single-word descriptors. Try to enter several single-word tags instead of fewer multi-word tags. "dark, fantasy, rpg, rigged, static, mesh, lowpoly" is more effective than "rigged lowpoly mesh assets, static 3d meshes, dark fantasy rpg art".
#hashtag- OGA tags are not linked to twitter. Please don't use hashtags when submitting or searching by tag. They just make the artwork harder to find since "#sword" will not show up in a search for "sword". They also break alphabetical sorting since #ZXY comes before ABC. Omit commas between tags- If you don't put a comma between your tags, people searching will find nothing, and people submitting will never be found. "do not forget commas between tags" is all one tag that has to be matched exaclty >:( "do not, forget, commas, between, tags" is 5 different tags that can be searched or matched individually. :) ennemy, midevil, enviroment, sord- Be sure the tags are spelled correctly for best results. (I always misspell "medieval") Over 20 different styles!, Mega-Awesome Studio Pack v1.14881b, Haha! :), boring artwork I made, I need artword that doesn't suck- Who would submit/search for these phrases?
Probably shouldn't:
free, open source, video game, art, asset- Everything on OGA is a free video game art asset. These words won't help narrow the search. cc0, cc-by, gpl, Creative Commons, Public Domain- Tagging the license is unneccessary. There is a separate field dedicated to searching by specific licenses. texture, 3d art, 2d asset, music, sound effect- Tagging the art category is unneccessary. There is a separate field dedicated to searching by specific art category. Don't put "string music, dark 2d art". Just put "string, dark"
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s, rock s, icon s, cact i- Plural tags will not show up in a search for the singular version. Searching for "sword" will not show any artwork tagged "swords" and vice versa. When in doubt, just use the singular tag (sword, rock, icon, cactus) Even if the asset contains more than one icon, many swords, a big pile of rocks, and a whole forest of cacti... the singular form of any tag is far more commonly used. You could include both forms, I guess, but it will keep things a lot simpler if you try to stick to a singular convention. The exception to this is when the singular form has an entirely different meaning than the plural. Pants =/= multiple pant, glasses =/= multiple glass.
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- sword, dog, face, warrior, robot, grass, rock, sad, spooky, upbeat, relaxing, western, fantasy, scifi - a few one-word descriptions of what is in the asset will go a long way.
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TL;DR: A good rule of thumb I use to test if a tag of mine is good or not: If I search for any single tag I've used, but my submissions- no one elses- are the only results... It's likely no one will ever find my submission using that tag. I should probably change or remove the tag from my submission. If I'm the only person that thought of this tag, I'm the only person that will ever find my art.
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Necessary illusions: Biography and the problem of narrative truth
The conventional belief that objective truth is incompatible with "bardic" insight (as Andre Maurois called it), has led to the undervaluing of the literary nature of biography. Not until it is generally understood that biography derives its form from the biographer's dependence upon language will biography be accepted as a symbolic structure the same as any other artifact of narrative discourse. The acceptance of biography as an art form worthy of the same serious critical attention shown the novel or the lyric would allow both the creators and readers of biography to realize and participate in the possibilities inherent in the genre. To this end, Part One of this dissertation examines the principal critical approaches to biography promulgated during the last one hundred years. These approaches are characterized as being either dominantly objectivist or subjectivist in tenor. Special attention is paid to attempts to utilize psychology and psychoanalytic technique to reconcile the differing requirements for authenticity demanded by these two opposed approaches to the genre.^ The position taken by this dissertation, however, is that biography is not a question of history as opposed to art, of objectivity as opposed to subjectivity, or even of the truth as opposed to untruth. A third, or ironist, approach to the creation and critical appreciation of biography is, therefore, proposed. This approach accepts as untenable all claims to absolute truth whether they be positivist or idealist in nature.^ The critical position developed in Part One is applied in Part Two to an examination of specific texts, both critical and primary, selected from the biographical literature on one of the most influential figures in modern American culture, Ernest Hemingway. The resulting critique demonstrates that biography is the best characterized as a field of cultural interplay wherein all peremptory dichotomies are subsumed and reworked into more meaningful, if also more transitory, structures. ^
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What are the similarities and differences between Thersites in Troilus and Cressida and Aaron in Titus Andronicus ?
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Thersites is a fascinating character. As a Greek slave, he occupies the lowest rung of the ladder in Trojan society, and yet he seems to given words of immense wisdom as he comments upon the various foibles and idiosyncracies of those characters who are placed way above him. Whilst his language is often rather ribald and abusive, he is the only character who can be said to be a moralist in this play, and seems to express the views of Shakespeare as he provides a somewhat sarcastic and bleak commentary on the character failings of those who, in society's eyes, at least, are above him. Note his famous comment in Act II scene 3, when he argues, based on the devolution of the love between the two title characters, that "all argument is a whore and a cuckold." Thersites is therefore used to point out the base and mean nature of the characters that we would expect to be moral exemplars.
Aaron, on the other hand, seems to be a massive bundle of contradictions. Whilst he seems to be the embodiment of evil, playing the role of villain with great gusto and deliberately perpetrating terrible events in this play, at the same time he is an incredibly engaging character that draws the audience in to his confidence through his soliloquies. Whilst his evil deeds are clear, at the same time we are prevented from regarding him as simply a monster through the humanity that he evinces in his love of his son. Note how he is swift to discard Tamora and his role as her lover with the various rights and privileges that this gives him to seek his child's safety. In the same way, he is willing to reveal the many wrongs committed against the family of Titus Andronicus in exchange for the life of his son. Every time we are tempted to consider him as a character consumed completely by evil, such instances remind us of his humanity.
Perhaps the central similarity between these two characters therefore lies in the way that both defy our expectations. Thersites is a character who shows himself to be more noble than the lords of Athens and Sparta, whilst Aaron seems to delight in vexing our ability to make a judgement on his character.


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A 31-year-old man was in critical condition after being pinned beneath a forklift early Wednesday.
The Lino Lakes Police Department and Centennial Fire Department responded to the call at about 7:40 a.m. When they arrived at Hillyard Inc., a cleaning supply company at 274 Apollo Drive in Lino Lakes, they found a man severely injured and lying under the forklift.
A co-worker told police that the man was operating the forklift on the loading dock when it fell backward, landing on top of the operator. The man's right arm and left leg were almost severed, according to Anoka County sheriff's Cmdr. Paul Sommer.
Firefighters used a hydraulic rescue tool to lift the forklift off the man, according to Centennial Fire Chief Jerry Streich. The man, who has not been identified, was rushed to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.
Scott Hillyard, executive vice president of Hillyard Inc., said the company was working to determine the cause of the accident and added: "This was an unfortunate accident. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our employee and his family."
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What Are the Best A,B,C's of Good Teamwork?
There are many ideas as to how teams and team development should be structured. Those in management and leadership often define teamwork as a group of individuals committed to a common goal and purpose. For teams to be healthy and productive, it is necessary for those on the team to understand the basic principles of good teamwork.
To understand what strong teamwork is all about there must be a basic understanding of team structure. Here are the A,B,C's of Healthy Team Structure.
Agreeing to a Common Purpose. Every successful team agrees to a common purpose! Many teams will have to evolve into a state of mutual agreement but agreement is essential for a productive team.
Backing one another up. Teams that succeed are made up of individual that see the value of each member of the team. This type of team recognizes the importance of supporting others in the group.
Cause. What is the "cause" of the team? A "cause" is something that gives a reason for performing a task. This is the reasonable grounds for doing, thinking or feeling something. A Team must understand their "cause!"
Dedication to the cause! A cause is worthless without dedication. This is fuel for the teamwork machine. Dedication must be practiced by every member of the team.
Energy. A strong team is capable of energizing team members. The talents and skills of a strong team complements each other.
Framework. Developing a framework for a team is the creation of a rigid structure that surrounds and encloses the design and direction of the team. A framework helps any team stay on track.
Goals. Every healthy team sets goals. Some of these goals may be long-range, some may be short term but a healthy team has solid goals to shot for.
Humor. Strong teams learn to laugh a lot. Humor is one of the best resources to keep diverse team members healthy, productive and on the same side. Work without humor is dangerous.
Intelligence Development. One of the greatest products of a strong team is the melding of minds. When several brains can share their thoughts this is a powerful resource for any organization.
Journey. Those on strong teams do not see the task as a job but rather as a journey. A journey is the act of traveling from one location to a new location. Being on a journey is all about progress.
Keeping Focused. It is not difficult to become detracted from the work at hand and allow several "things" to occupy the mind. One of the greatest challenges for any team is to keep focused on the goal and ignore those things which are secondary.
Leadership Skill Development. Continual training for every member of the team is an absolute must. There is no graduation day for those working on a team. Leadership skill development is a lifelong journey.
Milestone Setting. Setting milestones (a resting point) is what helps team members avoid burning out. Although teamwork is a lifelong journey, milestone must be set so that rest and revitalization can take place.
Negotiations. The skills of negotiation are absolutely necessary for any team. Conflict and disagreement can take place on any team. If negotiation is not part of the team's make-up the team cannot hope to survey for very long.
Organization. Teamwork is different from "committee organization." Every sports team has someone who plays a unique role. This is also true for anyone working with a team in businesses, charity groups or churches. Organization recognizes the value of each person on the team.
Physical Well-being. Rest and recuperation are essential for all successful teams. Ever member of the team must take time off. Being in good physical shape creates strong teams.
Quick Responses. The worst thing for any team to do concerning any task is to drag it out. Quick responses can help a team move forward in a timely fashion. If a quick response cannot take place this leads to the next letter…….
Rational Analysis. When something needs to be decided don't forget: "Two heads are better than one!" Rational analysis of any issue may take a little bit longer but it is worth the effort.
Strategic Mapping. Put the plans of the team down on paper. Most people remember and think better when they see something and not just hearing it. A drawing of a strategic map put in the right place can be a constant visual reminder of where the team is headed.
Tolerance of Different Personalities. A team that is made up of various personalities is a powerful organization. Because of diversity of personalities tolerance is an area that ever team will have to address.
Utilize All Talents. Any team that does not utilize all the talents on the team will short-change the team. No team is at its best if one person's talents go unused.
Vision Casting. Casting the vision of the team should take place on a regular basis. "Casting the vision" should be a process that explains clearly what the goals and purpose of the team is all about.
Win-Win Mentality! Anytime that conflict is addressed the goal is for everyone to walk away as a winner. "Win-Win" is the goal for any conflict or disagreement when working with a team.
X-tra Knowledge. Extra knowledge is always needed in the development of strong healthy teamwork. New ideas, new knowledge, new concepts and new training opportunities are sought after by growing teams.
Yern for Success. Strong teams desire for success to take place. Success is sought after and expected.
Zeal! Anything worth doing should inspire us to be zealous about it. A task that is dull will never get the needed support. Be zealous about what your team is trying to accomplish!
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Spartans go to state semifinals
Burnt Hills extends run in Stillwater with win in Class A regional final
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Stillwater High School's turf field has been especially kind to the Burnt Hills girls' soccer team in its postseason run.
The Spartans (12-7-2) earned a Section II Class A semifinal win and captured their ninth consecutive sectional title last week at Stillwater and earned a berth to the Class A regional final with a win over Section III champion Jamesville-DeWitt by penalty kicks on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Burnt Hills won its fourth consecutive game this season in Stillwater when it routed Section VII champion Peru, 5-0.
The Spartans advance to next Saturday's state semifinals in Cortland.
"I'd love to play and win for the school," Burnt Hills senior forward Morgan Burchhardt said. "That's my dream."
Burnt Hills got on the board just more than six minutes into the game on a goal by senior Elle Muller.
The Spartans doubled their lead with 26 seconds remaining in the first half when Burchhardt recorded her 14th goal of the season on a penalty kick.
"We had a slight lead going into the half and we had to build off that," Burchhardt said.
And they did.
Meghan Malone, Jenna Retell and Ashley Capron recorded one goal apiece in the second half.
Capron's goal was the last of the evening and came with 4:42 remaining in the game.
"My thing today, more than anything, is every kid got to be a part of a regional final," Spartans coach Brian Bold said. "It says a lot about our program and a lot about our kids."
Peru's short bench was something Burnt Hills took significant advantage of on Saturday.
"We knew they didn't have a lot of subs, so we wanted to try and outwork them," Burchhardt said. "I think that's exactly what we did."
Burnt Hills will meet Section VIII champion Garden City, which bested Section XI's Sayville on Saturday to punch its ticket to the state semifinals. Garden City (13-3-1) is ranked No. 4 in the state.
"It's my first time going and it will be a great experience to be able to do it, especially my sophomore year," said midfielder Kylee Babcock, one of 10 sophomores on Burnt Hills' roster.
Bold added: "We're looking forward to having a couple days off and then focus on next week and see who we have in the semis. The fact we're going back again is huge."
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it's nice; this feeling of being around beings
who doesn't discredit my life
every time they open their mouths.
who understand that i
am not the one who needs to be teaching them
how to behave around me.
they have to learn that for themselves.
it's their job, not mine.
my job is to be myself. to be kind.
to, as i sometimes put it oh-so-eloquently, not be a douche.
'don't be a douche,' i say.
'don't be a douche.' it sounds
so simple.
it should be.
it should be everybeing's job to not
be a douche,
and it should be everybeing's job
to be themself.
why is that so hard?
no one should be used to knowing
that if they open their mouth and
say what they really feel
they will be dismissed as easily as blinking.
no one should listen to their friends' conversations,
feeling that pit of hate in their stomach
because they hear their closest friends laughing at who they are.
not knowing is no longer an excuse.
it is your job to know, to ensure everyone feels comfortable around you.
or if not comfortable, then
comfortably confronted
with an experience different than their own.
confrontation should not be the method
we must choose to teach others.
others need to teach themselves,
teach themselves so we have no one left to confront.
it's really not that hard.
i promise.


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DALLAS -- A man is dead after being hit and killed by a car in Southeast Dallas, while the driver who hit him is in police custody.
Police say Avery Gardner, 26, was speeding along Buckner Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. Thursday, trying to race another car. The victim, a black 54-year-old male, stepped off the curb and was hit by Gardner.
The victim died at the scene, police said. Gardner fled, but police caught up with him at a nearby DART station.
Gardner was arrested and charged with manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid.
The victim's name has not yet been released.


text: On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, George Georgalis wrote: > I recently tried to pkgsrc make install conflicting packages, > other than the requirement to cd to the pkgsrc dir for deinstall, > is there any difference between make deinstall or pkg_del? > > Will someone detail a bit what's going on with those commands? > (I did get my package in place, BTW) pkg_delete makes sure other packages do not depend on it -- looks at +REQUIRED_BY file. pkg_delete deletes the files as listed in the +CONTENTS file (under /var/db/pkg/). Runs the deinstallation commands listed in +CONTENTS file. Runs the +DEINSTALL script (if any). Cleans up the /var/db/pkg/. The make "deinstall" target runs the pkg_delete as teh superuser (via SU_CMD). And it deletes the .install_done cookie from work directory. That is basically it. Jeremy C. Reed technical support & remote administration http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/


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Scenario 9 [Surprise!] Part 1
Sep 18, 2012
What is this
[I have unfinished scenarios, which is why this is #9, but I don't think I'm ever finishing them]
I sighed as I sat in my English class, awaiting for the end of the school day to come. We were taking a test, vocabulary to be more precise, and there was only five minutes left. The room was full of silence, not even the clock dared to speak. Looking to my left, I saw that everyone was either: working on the quiz, writing random things, or texting. Leaning against the beige wall, I thought of nothing else to do but text some people.
I turned my body twenty-five degrees clockwise, so I were to face the beige wall in front of me. I reached into my pocket, and slowly took my phone out. The time said that it was 2:38PM. Two more minutes of this silent hell, then freedom for two days. I looked at the top of my phone and saw that I had received a text, it was from Kevin.
The text said, "I have surprise for you (:"
I smiled and replied with, "Oh really? What is it? d:"
A few seconds later, he texted back with, "You'll see really soon (:"
Mrs. Brown got up and I quickly replied with, "Aha alright then~" and shoved my phone back into my pocket. She was telling everyone to pass up the quizzes and start packing up because the bell was going to ring soon. She came up to my row first, and headed down towards her desk. After collecting the papers, we all waited in anticipation to exit. The bell rang, but no one made a move. We finally learned that the bell does not dismiss us, not in her class. She smiled and said that we were able to leave, and I was the first one out.
I quickly took my phone out, just because I enjoyed taking my phone out for no reason. I quickly changed my phone back on full blast and was heading towards the ASB, where I always go after school. I heard my phone go off as I got a text, and I quickly took my phone out and read the message. It was Kevin, he said, "Flagpoles are really great places to go to meet people if you get lost, don't you think?"
I didn't understand it during then, and tried to think of a reply while I was walking towards the ASB. If you were unaware, the ASB is right across the flagpole and right next to the office. As usual, Nico and I were there before anyone else, besides Jordan. I forgot momentarily about what Kevin had texted me, until I saw the top of our flagpole and it reminded me of the text.When I started looking down the pole, because I was staring at the flag, I saw him.
My heart was racing, I kept telling myself that he wasn't actually there. He was facing the front office, there were signs everywhere around the school homecoming. Then turned around to find me looking straight at him. He smiled and waved at me, and started walking over. None of my friends realized what was going on, until I decided to drop my stuff and run towards him. Of course, I raped hugged him. Although, he was able to take the impact of my running rape hug pretty well, very well to say.
"There is no way that you're actually here," My ear was facing his chest and I was looking towards the library, I wasn't able to believe that he was actually here.
"Oh, well then I must be your imagination," He laughed a little. "Then again, if I wasn't really here, how are you hugging me?"
I let go and I went back to go get my stuff. He followed me back, looking at my friends and at the school. My friends were looking at me with a "what the hell" face. When I noticed that they were looking at me, I looked back at them.
"What. It's not like I've never done that before," I had a sort of confused face on. "Why do you now choose to look at me like that."
"No reason," Cassi replied. After a small pause, she said, "It's just been a while since you've been so happy to see someone that much."
Julie was looking at Kevin, trying to remember if she's seen him around from somewhere. Nico was paying no attention to what was going on, he couldn't have cared less. Jordan was looking from Kevin to me, to Kevin, to me. I picked up my stuff and put my backpack back on. Kevin then tapped my shoulder and decided to whisper something in my ear. He had to bend down quite a bit, just to be able whisper into my ear.
"Should we go now? I feel awkward being around all your friends actually, if that's fine with you." I couldn't blame him, you couldn't get used to my friends within just one day of being with them. Sometimes, it's just impossible to be able to get along with them at all.
I nodded and I grabbed his arm and started dragging him towards the exit while the rest of my friends were waiting for Ariel and Darren. I waved bye and quickly turned and fastened my pace, dragging Kevin along with me.
He quickly matched my pace and we were walking quite fast. He laughed a little and we started slowing down, I ended up holding onto his arm how I hold on to Christian and Shaniqua's. Uh.. Like how a Koala holds on to a bamboo stick. We were going up the ramp to the bridge and loosened my grip around his arm.
"Sorry for just dragging you away like that," I laughed under my breath.
"It's fine it's fine," he smiled. "I'm just wondering why we're moving so fast, like, are we racing someone or something?"
"They walk the same way, and I really don't like walking with Jordan," I sighed. We were halfway across the bridge and I heard bikes behind us. After I figured out who it was, I sighed and said under my breath, "Speaking of Jordan..." I got closer to Kevin and tightened my grip.
I was right, and Jordan went right in front of us on 'his' bike and stopped right in front of us. Kevin and I stopped dead in our tracks. Then I tried to go around him, and he wouldn't allow it. It was hard to go around while holding on to Kevin, but I knew if I let go there was a better change of me getting caught. I sighed, I was about to let go of Kevin and try to trick Jordan; although, Kevin decided to talk instead.
"What do you want? Can you not see that we're walking?" He noticed how I reacted to Jordan's presence, and knew I didn't want him there.
"Who are you anyways? You just suddenly show up here and take Sarena?" He looked back at Kevin.
I was about to open my mouth and say something, but Kevin continued. "I'm Kevin, that's all you need to know. What, is it bad if I decide to show up and surprise her?"
I decided to let go of Kevin and go up to Jordan, slap him, and say, "What the f*ck Jordan. Why are you here. Don't you think that there's a reason I'm starting to walk with you guys less and less? Oh my God Jordan go away. Get the f*ck away. Can you not see that we're walking here?" I knew that wouldn't work, but it put him into a short daze while thinking about what I just said. I used that as my advantage and swiftly went around him, and Kevin caught on and got around him as well. Jordan noticed as soon as we got passed him, talk about a slow reacting, and started following us.
I grabbed Kevin's wrist again and dragged him to the right, when we'd normally go left. I told him to run up the drain line and just keep going up. He went up first, and I followed. The hill was steep, but it was the fastest way up the hill. Also, Jordan would not have been able to bring his bike up that way. I was hoping that he wouldn't be able to catch up, so when we got to the top I looked down the hill to see where he was. He was near the end of the bridge, I guessed that he was waiting for the rest of the people.
I laughed a little and dragged Kevin the rest of the way into my neighborhood, where Jordan or anyone else wouldn't be able to find us easily. We stopped at the little playground, climbed on top, and sat there. We were full of laughter for no reason. There was really nowhere else for us to go, and I doubted anyone would actually try to get me. Besides, I was right in front of my house, so there was no point. The cool winter air gave me the chills, I forgot to put a jacket on this morning because I woke up too late to even consider it.
Kevin noticed and took off his light grey jacket, and came up behind me to put it on me. His jacket was so comfy, soft, and warm. I wrapped myself around it and smiled, he smiled too. Then he sat right in front of me and we talked about everything and about nothing. I was unsure if any of my friends passed by, possibly, but I'm not so sure. Then a certain topic came up, one that caught my attention: homecoming.
He was talking about how nice homecoming is and how it's an event you probably wouldn't want to miss. He also talked about how he noticed all the fliers at school mentioning that homecoming was that day, and asked if I was planning on going. Hugging me knees, I look right at my knees and shook my head. I explained that I didn't want to go, since no one else wanted to go with me/be my date. Well actually, because I didn't want to ask anyone and nobody asked me.
He sighed in relief, and I wondered why. "I thought that you'd already have somebody to go with, so I was really unsure of this but," he paused for a moment and said, " do you want to go to homecoming with me?"
I looked at him in shock and then smiled. "Of course!" I said. I was so happy, and then I paused for a moment. "Wait, you don't go to my school, so how are you getting in?"
He smiled at the ground and, "I talked to some people, pulled some strings, bent some rules, and I got in."
I hugged him, and realized another thing. "What are you going to wear though, wait better yet, why are you down here?"
He scratched the back of his head and smiled. "My cousin moved down here and we decided to stop by to say hi and help them move. They live by Hillsborough, can you believe it? My moms letting me 'go exploring' aha. My cousin probably has something for me to wear."
"Oh okay," I smiled. Homecoming started at six and it was only four. "Do you want to go around places around here for a bit? I mean, guys have been banned from my house and all..."
"Why?" Kevin asked out of pure curiosity.
"Because Jordan, and how much my dad doesn't like him and doesn't trust him," I loathed Jordan. "My dad has banned guys from my house because I let them in in the morning, even after he said not to. But what else was I able to do? He was sleeping in the living room." I sighed and said, "Well, it doesn't matter now. I'll ask him again during my sophomore year."
We both stood up and starting walking off the playground. As we were walking, we were talking about how fun homecoming would be. There were times where he would just pet my head. Standing side by side, I was barely up to his shoulder. Through all those laughs and playful hits, we passed by someone who was just standing at the corner of a building. I didn't pay any attention to the person at all, I was too busy messing around with Kevin.
As we turned another corner, I asked Kevin if he could give me a piggy back ride. He said okay and crouched down and I jumped on. I felt someone was looking at me from the corner we just passed by, but I didn't have enough time to check. We were off to go look around the area around us and just spend probably the whole day together.
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Although this column has not reviewed CDs before, it only seemed appropriate to initiate some reviews as was intended several months ago.
Outside of the several talented artists making smooth jazz charts today are upcoming artists. The first review from this column will be devoted to one of several artists who resides in the desert.,
Rocky Gordon, originally a Philadelphia transplant to Vegas, recently released his contemporary jazz CD under the Misatajo umbrella, a fairly new indie label.
The release, Alone In The Crowd, features a combination of dance, funk, and latin grooves on a variety of tracks.
Gordon displays his saxello-soprano sax virtuosity with great warmth and a solid tone, which includes some fine bop-like ideas throughout each of his solos on this album.
The Great Escape, To Yourself Be True, the only tune where the artist plays alto sax, and The Dream Messenger, stand out as the tracks most applicable for radio play, with memorable hooks and a strong concept from the arrangements. Tom Schuman�s production is complimentary throughout the first two mentioned. Schuman also lends his production expertise on the title track, Alone In The Crowd, with a nice understated solo. Although I would have preferred a slightly more aggressive side to Schuman�s solo effort based on his ability to �deliver the goods� technically and creatively.
Nuovo Strada Di Spero, which in Italian means New Street Of Hope, has a very Sergio Mendes Brazilian feel, accompanied by real and synthesized background voices, with a very well stated melody.
A Fresh Start is the most sophisticated chord structured composition, and is the best example of what could be described as �contemporary� in jazz.
The musicianship and production are solid, although at times it feels a little too slick, as many projects tend to sound these days.
The only composition not written by the artist is a cover of Sarah McLachlin�s hit, Angel, which seemed to drag on about a chorus too long, and the only track which the CD could have probably survived without.
All in all, Gordon is a talented composer and saxophonist who has a niche that could establish a place in contemporary jazz in time.


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The number of people killed in terrorist attacks jumped more than 60 percent from 2012 to 2013, due largely to unrest in the Middle East and Nigeria, a report released Tuesday found.
Deaths due to terrorism rose from 11,133 in 2012 to 17,958 in 2013, according to the Global Terrorism Index produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, a think tank based in Australia.
More than 80 percent of those deaths occurred in just five countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria.
In the same period, terrorist attacks rose more than 40 percent, from 6,825 incidents in 2012 to 9,814 in 2013.
"Since we first launched the GTI in 2012, we've seen a significant and worrying increase in worldwide incidences of terrorism," said IEP founder Steve Killelea in a news release.
"Over the last decade the increase in terrorism has been linked to radical Islamic groups whose violent theologies have been broadly taught. To counteract these influences, moderate forms of Sunni theologies need to be championed by Sunni Muslim nations," he said.
The three main factors associated with terrorism, according to the report, are state-sponsored violence such as extra-judicial killings, group grievances and high levels of criminality.
'Growing problem'
"There is no doubt it is a growing problem. The causes are complex but the four groups responsible for most of the deaths all have their roots in fundamentalist Islam," Killelea told Reuters.
"They are particularly angry about the spread of Western education. That makes any attempt at the kind of social mobilizing you need to stop them particularly difficult - it can just antagonize them more," he said.
The report found that five times more people are killed in terrorist attacks today than in 2000.
An indication that trend may continue: the report was released shortly after Islamic State militants announced they had beheaded American aid worker Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig in Syria. And on Tuesday, the Taliban detonated a car bomb in Kabul that killed at least two people and a Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue killed four rabbis.
Terror attacks in context
Although terrorism is on the increase and a major concern compared to other forms of violence, the report tried to place such attacks in context.
For example, 437,000 people died in homicides in 2012, while 11,000 deaths were attributed to terror-related acts. Terrorism may claim fewer lives, the report said, but its effect on a community can be much more traumatic, creating fear and producing substantial economic costs.
Other findings in the Global Terrorism Index:
The Global Terrorism Index ranks 162 countries by the impact of terrorist activities as well as analyzing the economic and social dimensions associated with terrorism. The index examines trends from 2000 to 2013.


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I like to imagine that each of our summer seasons has a theme, and that theme may be revealed to me at any point during or after the summer. Sometimes the theme has to do with our guests, and other times it is related to the animals we see or the environment of Kodiak Island. Occasionally the theme is obvious, such as two years ago when we saw whales every day during the summer, but other years, the central theme is more subtle, and I have to reread my journal several times to discover the thread that tied the summer together. This summer, the theme, at least for the first half of our season, came to me in a flash one afternoon as I listened to our guests discuss the unusual and disturbing, yet fascinating events of their day.
Let me back up a bit to the Fourth of July before our summer season even began, when we heard that fishermen on a boat in Shelikof Strait, not far from us, had watched a pod of orcas attack, kill, and eat a 70-ft. Fin whale. I could only imagine the amount of blood and carnage that act must have produced, and I admit thinking that it would have been an incredible sight to see. Two weeks later, early in our summer trips, we cruised by a beach on small island where a group of harbor seals had hauled out. Our guests love seeing the chubby seals with the big eyes and long whiskers curled in a banana pose on the beach. This day, though, we saw three orcas skirting the beach apparently trying to grab a harbor seal for a tasty meal. Meanwhile, nearby, a sea otter bobbed on his back, either unaware or unconcerned that he was in the midst of marauding orcas. We didn't interfere in this saga but kept our distance and watched it play out. I held my breath, hoping the orcas would not be successful either at dragging a harbor seal off the beach or partaking in a furry sea-otter snack. By the time we left, no blood had been spilled, and the orcas seemed to be moving away from the beach.
Fast forward two weeks when Mike and six bear viewers sat on a river bank and watched a bear chase and eat salmon. The shutters clicked as she caught a few salmon and ate them in front of the group. Next, she walked over to a beaver dam, and they couldn't tell what she was doing until she lifted her head, and they saw she had a beaver in her powerful jaws. Then came the long, drawn-out, gruesome process of her killing and eating the beaver. The expression on the beaver's face in the photo is easy to read.
As soon as I picked up our guests on the beach that day, they couldn't wait to tell me what they had seen. They were obviously upset by what they had witnessed, but they were also fascinated by watching nature uncensored. Mike and I told them they had seen something few other humans would ever see, but secretly I was relieved I hadn't been with them. The photo is painful enough to look at. Still, it got me thinking about our fascination with predators, especially top-level carnivores.
Who among us hasn't watched a nature show where a pride of lions attacks a gazelle, or a great white shark devours everything in its path. Even an eagle going in for a kill is fascinating to see, and orcas and bears can certainly be included in this list of predators who are at the top of the food chain. I think it's interesting that we can watch a bear or orca kill and eat salmon all day long and can't summon much empathy for the fish, but if the prey is a mammal, worse yet, a mammal with a cute face, that's a different story. Suddenly that bear or orca almost seems guilty of murder when in fact, he is just eating lunch.
We make our living by showing people the nature and wild animals of Kodiak Island, and everyone enjoys seeing sea otters, seals, deer, and foxes, but it's those top-level predators, especially the Kodiak brown bear, that everyone hopes to see, and most people want to see a bear chasing and catching salmon. They want to watch a powerful carnivore doing what he or she does. Seeing that same bear pull a beaver out of its home and tear it apart or watching a pod of orcas drag seals off a beach may be too much reality for many people, but I think most of us find uncensored nature fascinating, and it makes us respect those animals at the top of the food chain even a bit more.


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Funny Hudzerema Herald Reporter
The Chinese government will donate rice worth $24,6 million to support Government in distributing food to areas which have been severely hit by the El Nino-induced drought this cropping season.
Speaking during the second consultative meeting to update on the country's status on food, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Cde Huang Ping said China will do its best to assist Zimbabwe during this drought season.
"The Chinese government and people attach great importance to the recent severe drought and famine in Zimbabwe and sympathise with the suffering of the affected people.
"In this regard, the Chinese government decided to provide rice as emergency food aid worthy of 160 million yuan (approximately $24.6 million) in grant to Zimbabwe, implementing President Xi Jinping's commitment at the FOCAC Johannesburg summit that in the next three years, the Chinese side would provide one billion yuan in emergency food aid to African countries," he said.
Zimbabwe currently requires 700 000 tonnes of maize while Government has placed orders for grain totalling 469 000 tonnes from different countries.
"Currently, China is working closely with relevant departments of the Zimbabwean side to ensure food aid arrives in the disaster areas as soon as possible, and to help alleviate the famine in the country.
"I believe, with the help of the international community, the Zimbabwean government and people will overcome the difficulties," he said.
In recent years, the Chinese government has provided five batches of emergency humanitarian food aid to Zimbabwe, including 7 500 tonnes of maize in 2002 and 2006 in two batches, 4 000 tonnes of soyabeans in 2007, emergency food assistance worth 90 million yuan in 2011 and rice worth 50 million yuan in 2014.
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ASHBURN, Va. � The wealthiest county in America is settled deep in 4 a.m. slumber when Neal Breen threads the mini-mansion subdivisions and snow-blanketed fairways on his way to open shop.
There's two hours yet before the business day begins, but Breen, who is 21, has plenty to do after flipping on the lights.
Donning a green apron without taking off his tweed cap, he boils the first of more than 500 bagels, then shovels them into a waiting oven.
When the early risers step from their cars at a few minutes past 6, a chalkboard meets them at the door: ''Breakfast of Champions.''
Breen, who quit college a year ago with hopes of saving money to start his own business, is keenly aware that the wealth in the neighborhoods where he delivers breakfast sandwiches is, for now, beyond reach.
He's long known what it means to have less; he recalls growing up as the son of a pastor whose earnings sometimes made it tough to feed five children.
But he does not decry the gap between the Vienna sausage dinners of childhood and the $168,000 median income of the households surrounding this shopping center, about 35 miles from Capitol Hill.
It just confirms that the free-market economy is working, Breen says, by rewarding those who do for themselves.
''Capitalism is about seizing opportunity. A lot of people get more opportunities than others, but a lot of people aren't comfortable seizing it,'' he says.
When President Barack Obama promised to do something about growing economic inequality in his State of the Union address, he spoke to a public whose own experiences have, like Breen's, shaped very personal views about who makes it in today's economy and who gets left behind.
''Those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. ... Our job is to reverse these trends,'' Obama said.
The speech addressed deeply held convictions: Americans know firsthand the challenges of trying to get ahead, and sometimes just getting by, and speak reverently about making sure the country fulfills its promise as a land of economic opportunity.
But in a reporter's conversations along a drive of more than 400 miles, from communities of wealth to those of poverty, from areas where politics increasingly lean Democratic to those fast tilting Republican, there was little agreement on how to realize that ideal or on what role government should play.
''It's a conundrum,'' says Chris Meyer, the owner of a landscaping business, leaving Ashburn Bagel & Sandwich Shop, breakfast in hand. ''How do you make a workable system out of being a compassionate people?''
About 15 minutes away, past the office park housing AOL Corp., Tanveer Mirza sees things very differently.
The thrift shop run by Mirza's FAITH Social Services is closed today. But the cramped quarters buzz with activity as workers sort and mend donated ladies' tops that will sell for $2 to $6 downstairs, while those in the upstairs office attend to requests for domestic violence counseling and temporary housing.
Mirza emigrated from Pakistan 37 years ago. In 1999 her mosque started this effort to assist refugees from the war in Bosnia who were being resettled in Northern Virginia. Organizers soon realized that, even amid relative wealth, there were many who needed assistance, including many non-Muslims.
Last July, she said, more than 800 people waited in line for four to five hours to receive food packages at the group's annual Herndon Without Hunger program, timed to coincide with Ramadan.
''You don't think there are people in need, but there are a lot of them,'' says Mirza, the organization's president. ''You don't see them.''
Mirza says her group emphasizes self-sufficiency, but finds people who are struggling frequently can't get there without a hand. Government plays a critical role. She and other FAITH administrators decry recent cuts in food stamp benefits and long-term unemployment assistance.
She recalls the struggles of families the group has helped: The two girls they assisted with college tuition after their father died. The Iraqi refugee family who relied on temporary housing and pharmacy training before eventually finding work.
The U.S. ''is not a place where people can pick gold leaves off of the tree,'' she says. ''In the long run, America is going to be the one which benefits from spending. It's like an investment � in people.''
Back on the road, subdivisions and corporate headquarters give way to more open spaces.
Inside the wood-paneled dining room at the Stonewall Golf Club, friends Diane Wagner, Shari Viellieu and Francie Meade share a lunch table overlooking greens that curl around Lake Manassas. But they have differing views of the economic landscape.
''I believe the minimum wage should be raised, I can you tell you that,'' says Wagner, a retired corporate office manager. Too many people are struggling to get by, working in fast-food restaurants or others place for wages that can't possibly support families, she says.
She notes that just as she's counting on Social Security and Medicare, it's reasonable for others less fortunate to look to the government for help.
''I'm willing to pay more taxes if I have to,'' she says.
But Meade, an interior designer, has her doubts.
''I lean toward less government involvement,'' she says. ''I think a lot of things have been fixed. I think with education, people do have a possibility of upward mobility.''
A few minutes' drive from Jefferson's Monticello puts you at the door of Mount Zion First African Baptist Church, where Gerald Terrell, the congregation's senior trustee, is getting ready to lock up for the night.
Terrell acknowledges much has changed since the Jim Crow laws of his youth, but says creating economic opportunity requires doing more.
He points out that his church sits just across the street from a public housing project where children of families often don't have the advantages that wealthier families consider basic. At least when he was a boy, those with limited education knew they could find a job in agriculture or a factory.
Today, ''it's harder because we've moved from an industrial society to a technological society. And who has the computer at home? The haves,'' says Terrell, who volunteers as a mentor to African-American boys. ''They don't need a handout. ... They need support in terms of people helping them to achieve their goals. Now, that may be financially. But they need to be put in a position where they can help somebody else.''
Brian Snyder, who runs a one-man glass business in Charleston, takes a moment to consider economic inequities.
Increasing assistance to the poor isn't fair because it will raise taxes on everyone else, he says. People should have to earn everything they get.
''The gap keeps on growing and it's not right at all,'' says Snyder, who is 43 and used to employ others in his business until times got tighter.
But he's certain most politicians are so disconnected from the lives of ordinary Americans, they aren't capable of fixing it.
''What would I do if I were president?'' Snyder says. ''I'd fire everyone in the House and the Senate, and put working-class people in who actually know what it's like to be out here.''


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A 20-year-old Tacoma man is suspected of stealing tennis bracelets from two Fred Meyer stores in Pierce County to support his Percocet addiction.
Pierce County prosecutors have charged him in only one incident but said more charges may be filed later after the investigations wrap up.
The man pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree theft for an April 22 incident at the Bonney Lake store. Bail was set at $20,000.
The man allegedly asked to see two tennis bracelets – a gift for his girlfriend, he claimed – then snatched them from the arm of the saleswoman and ran.
The bracelets are valued at $7,100.
Prosecutors said the man also did the same thing at Fred Meyers in University Place and attempted to do so in the Puyallup store but was thwarted by a saleswoman who had heard about the previous thefts.


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'Dancing with the Stars' Week 3 Recap: Celebrity Prom Night
Monday, April 01, 2013
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I remember when I took a hiatus from
television/sports career to go rumba with a professional dancer at my first prom. Actually, scratch that: photo and video evidence confirms that I was a pimply lad who spent most of the evening quietly and gracelessly shuffling around the dance floor with my uninterested partner while futilely racking my brain for conversation topics.
I guess that's a perk of being a celebrity; you get the same things as everyone else, only a little better. For
Dancing with the Stars
' prom night, the stars opt for the limos and tuxes rather than the pimples and hormones.
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The evening begins with a bizarre unison clap from the audience, while hosts Tom and Brooke try not to get distracted. The following bit is pretty cool, though, as the entire group is showcased in one long camera pan.
Alexandra Raisman and Mark Ballas
Dance: V
iennese Waltz
Aly apparently couldn't count music before the show began, but she doesn't seem to be struggling with it too much now. She and Mark kick off the night with a fluid Viennese Waltz, evoking a prom night that lovey-dovey high school couples can only dream of.
Judges' Comments:
Len: "Up to now, I have been really impressed by your dancing, tonight not so much -- April Fools!"
Bruno: "We were all swept away in a
of romance."
Carrie Ann: "What I want you to focus on more is staying in character."
Scores: 7+8+8=23
Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess
Dance: Cha Cha Cha
The conceit of this dance -- Andy gets dumped and then nerdily amps up his sex appeal -- is better than the routine's execution. There are a number of missteps along the way, the story feels point-to-point rather than organic, and by all accounts it was a difficult week in rehearsals. When he rips off his shirt and gets encouragement from the judges, however, I can't help but root for the guy.
Judges' Comments:
Bruno: "Timing a bit off, placement a bit odd, entertainment value fully on."
Carrie Ann: "The only way to win is to try, and you try with your full heart and soul."
Len: "What you do is you make me feel good."
Scores: 6+6+6=18
Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson
Paso Doble
It's always amusing to me when shows like this do their take on "bad": in the
world, a middle-aged man in a black tank top entering on a motorcycle to a brassy arrangement of a Queen song is about as close to criminal as we get. It's a fun number, though, as the admirably disciplined movements contrast comically with the general silliness.
Judges' Comments:
Carrie Ann: "Way to come back!"
Len: "There's more to cheer than jeer."
Bruno: "Sometimes you have to hold it in to show it out."
Scores: 7+7+7=21
Lisa Vanderpump and Gleb Savchenko
Dance: Viennese Waltz
This is easily a high point for Lisa and Gleb, especially in light of their lackluster efforts previously. Where past routines tried a little too hard to be spicy and sexy and whatnot, this one puts elegance on the floor and left Gleb's pecks on twitter.
Judges' Comments:
Len: "I like the feel of it, so well done for that."
Bruno: "It's much better, but you missed a few passes."
Carrie Ann: "I love watching you two."
Scores: 7+7+7=21
Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough
Dance: Jive
Last week, Kellie and Derek asserted themselves as major contenders, and they're at the top of the leaderboard again this week. Their Jive tonight is fast, technical, demanding and streets ahead of anything else we've seen tonight.
Judges' Comments:
Carrie Ann: "That was incredibly amazing!"
Scores: 8+9+8
Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold
Dance: Contemporary
Contemporary routines have seemed to bring out the best in everyone so far, and Victor is no exception. While he's had trouble with lines and rhythm previously, he thrives in this more abstract environment.
Judges' Comments:
Carrie Ann: "That's what contemporary is all about."
Len: "Your best dance so far for me."
Bruno: "You make your partner proud."
Scores: 8+7+8=23
D.L. Hughley and Cheryl Burke
Dance: Salsa
And we're back. Remember that goofy, old-guy-trying-to-be-sexy four-scored routine that D.L. started with? The bad news is that he's trying to do that again, but the good news is that he does it a little bit better than last time, albeit only just. I know it's prom week, D.L., but it's time to let go of those moves you got lucky with 30 years ago.
Judges' Comments:
Len: "If you're a sex machine, I'm America's Next Top Model, I'm telling you."
Bruno: "What you looked like was almost like a case of hip replacement."
Carrie Ann: "This show is about baby steps."
Scores: 6+5+5=16
Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff
Dance: Rumba
Jacoby has proven himself a capable entertainer on the faster numbers, but this time he finally gets a chance to show off his sensitive side. The shirtless rumba is about as far from the prom theme as you can get, but that hardly matters: it's a top routine that bumps him up from the middle of the pack.
Judges' Comments:
Bruno: "You were a smoldering volcano of passion."
Carrie Ann: "You have incredible artistry."
Len: "This had a refinement, it had quality of movement!"
Scores: 8+8+8=24
Wynonna Judd and Tony Dovolani
Dance: Samba
It's nice to see Wynonna trying to amp it up, but she's going about it in all the wrong ways: while her routines, props and songs are all cranked up to 11, she still looks like she's sleep-walking. With a little more joy and energy, this would have worked; unfortunately, it doesn't.
Judges' Comments:
Carrie Ann: "I didn't see it, it's still not coming out."
Len: "You're like Mount Rushmore, you look great but you don't move."
Bruno: "It was a bit sedated for a performance, you know?"
Scores: 5+5+5=15
Sean Lowe and Peta
Dance: Cha Cha Cha
I have a hard time working up much passion for Sean. That's strange in some sense, as he consistently does high-concept routines that should, in theory, be polarizing -- see tonight's big tribute to the Y.M.C.A. dance. Ultimately, however, he's still struggling to break out of the middle of the pack.
Judges' Comments:
Len: "It's your best dance I've seen."
Bruno: "It was really, really full of fun.
Carrie Ann: "There was one thing that was missing in that routine: Bruno."
Scores: 7+7+7=21
Zendaya and Val Chmerkovskiy
Dance: Viennese Waltz
With no personal relationship to prom to speak of, Zendaya uses this week to pay tribute to her grandmother. She's a strongly emotional dancer, and her connection to the routine is palpable tonight -- she drops the ball on an ambitious spin, but the performance is lyrical enough to overcome it.
Judges' Comments:
Bruno: "It was as charming as Venice in the moonlight."
Carrie Ann: "I still feel like the best is yet to come."
Len: "It's a bit too wafty."
Scores: 8+8+8=24
That does it for prom night. And tomorrow, we'll have the after party -- unfortunately for the
crew, one couple will wind up expelled.
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On Friday, a Japanese court gave Samsung a small boost when it ruled that the Korean company did not infringe on an Apple patent that covers media synchronization between a device and servers. According to a New York Times report, this is one of several patent suits Apple has filed against Samsung in Japan. Still pending is a more important case that claims Samsung's devices infringe on Apple's patented "bounce back" effect. Apple has asked for an injunction in that case, and Samsung has countersued claiming Apple violates its patents.
Samsung, however, was pleased with the small victory it was awarded in Japan. In a statement provided to the media, the company reasserted its position that it does not copy Apple. "Samsung has strongly asserted that its technology is altogether different and does not infringe on Apple patents. The ruling recognizes the legitimacy of Samsung's assertions and is highly valid," it said.
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Let me give you a little context here, so that despite the comments cowardly posted anonymously you may make up your own mind.
This thread on the Cobbler mailing list concerns new checks being added to Cobbler for ris-linux and Windows provisioning.
A little background here; In order to notify the user or administrator that implements Cobbler of potential problems with the Cobbler installation, Cobbler has a command:
cobbler check. These checks run various little scripts that examine the configuration files, check whether related services are running, and things like that. It also makes a number of suggestions such as additional packages to install for added functionality.
The thread mentioned earlier concerns, amongst other details, whether
cobbler check should suggest the installation of the ris-linux package whenever it detects it's not installed, just like it does for cman. I think they ended up deciding that Cobbler should be silent if you configure it to not bother about Windows provisioning but I'm not sure and it's besides the point I'm trying to make here.
When you run
cobbler check, you will see that there is several useful messages especially of you have just installed the cobbler package. On your way to resolve and each of every issue raised, you will also find that a number of suggestions are negligible but cannot be disabled or fixed without installing additional packages or manually removing the check from the code. One may not want these extra packages (who needs fencing tools in a bare metal environment, or ris-linux in a homogeneous Linux environment), but nonetheless Cobbler complaints about it. I say "complaints", because that is how the messages are perceived out here in the field.
For diagnostics, this means that a system administrator will run
cobbler check to see what problems Cobbler thinks still exist and might cause unsuspected behaviour. Needless to say, you will want the list of messages to be as short as possible.
In my opinion, you then have three options:
- You add configuration items that tell cobbler whether to even perform the check (
i_want_windows: 0), or whether to let the user know about what it finds out (
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- You (silently) check for a package and if it's not installed, you do not check for any configuration items, service or whatever it is you would have checked if the package were installed and you do so silently.
- You create subpackages of Cobbler that will pull in not only the appropriate checks for said sub-package, but also depends on the package(s) the capability depends upon.
In the first case, I argued that it the list of configuration items to disable just to keep
cobbler check as silent as possible might grow and grow over time, so I was ready to suggest some other solutions, thinking I was a good FOSS citizen.
In the second case, Michael DeHaan argued that the check on cman was intended to suggest that the package could be installed to enable the fencing and power management features in Cobbler. That's a good point and there's no arguing about it. Making the checks entirely silent without manual intervention apparently is not a very viable option if you want the output to draw attention to added functionality -so very true.
I on the other hand argued that if Cobbler requires another program to be installed for certain added functionality, it should either (1) require the package though RPM or (2) keep silent and not show messages suggesting you should install it. Of course, not every Cobbler installation wants the cman or ris-linux packages to be installed. If it were installed it might need to be configured as well given the checks Cobbler then runs -although you may never ever need the functionality of said package. Sounds like a waste of time to me if you went this route. Just keeping silent though conflicts with the argument Michael DeHaan made against the second case (the one where he mentions deliberately spitting out suggestions). So, I suggested another solution which brings me to point (3) in the list above.
Now, in the last case where you split up the cobbler package into several sub-packages, one might still want to have
yum install cobbler to just install Cobbler with all it's capabilities and checks, and this can be done, and the model for this I suggested in one of my posts is perfectly viable. Many other packages do the exact same thing. But, the suggestion was refused by the technically very sound and apparently well thought through argument that "Now this is just silly. You can live with check output being a few lines longer, I think." -- Michael DeHaan. Let me say that you're right Michael, and that I can live with a few more lines of output, I can. But that coming from someone who says you cannot have distro specific dependencies makes me quote you in blog posts you may wrongfully or rightfully consider be taken out of context and you can live with it, I think.
Coming back to the original point of this blog post -whether I've taken that quote out of context or not. Well, you can make up your own mind. Meanwhile, I've been called a dork, an ass, all by anonymous people of course. Dare you show your face? I know I do!