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Program records, historic wins highlight 2015 season
UI volleyball falls to Michigan State, 3-0
Hawkeye alum set a new standard in his 1st season as head volleyball coach
Records fall, Hawkeyes win 6 in B1G action, Shymansky logs 300th win
Alessandra Dietz caps her UI volleyball career with successful senior season
Iowa vs. Wisconsin Nov. 15, 2014 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Photos by Clem Messerli
Iowa Volleyball vs. #12 Purdue Nov. 8, 2014 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Photos by Clem Messerli
Iowa Volleyball vs. Northwestern Oct. 18, 2014 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Photo by Clem Messerli
Practice Facility in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Aug. 9, 2014 Photos by: Jil Price
Reception for new Head Volleyball coach Bond Shymansky
2014 as a Senior... Started every match (31) of the season and played in every set (106) as a middle blocker... one of three to start every match of the season, and one of four to appear in every match (31) and set (106)... broke the eight-year-old Iowa career attack percentage of .276 held by Jen Barcus (2006), finishing her career with a .278 attack percentage (627 kills, 193 errors and 1560 total attacks)... broke the five-year-old Iowa single match attack percentage of .818 held by Becky Walters (2009) when she compiled an .882 attack percentage and 15 kills at South Dakota State on Sept. 13... closed her career with 274 total blocks (37 BS and 237 BA), which ties her for 11th all-time at Iowa... ended the season ranked eighth in the Big Ten in hitting percentage (.348) and ninth in service aces per set (0.25)... led the Hawkeyes in service aces (27) and service aces per set (0.25)... matched her career-high with seven total blocks against Tulane on Aug. 30... has posted a .400 or above hitting percentage in 14-of-31 matches this season... named to the Residence Inn Challenge all-tournament team after helping Iowa to a 2-1 record at Arizona State... 2014 SDSU Challenge all-tournament team pick after helping Iowa to a 4-0 record... posted a .460 hitting percentage with 37 kills and six service aces in the final tournament of the season... set a new school record with a career-high .882 attack percentage at South Dakota State on Sept. 13... served up three aces at Iowa State to lead the team on Sept. 20... posted a career-high nine blocks against Illinois on Oct. 15... Iowa's most efficient hitter with a .444 attack percentage at Wisconsin on Oct. 22 and at Minnesota on Oct. 25... hit .500 and .529 in Iowa's wins over Maryland on Oct. 31 and Rutgers on Nov. 1, respectively... served up three aces in consecutive matches at Maryland and Rutgers... closed the season with a .421 attack percentage in the team's 3-2 win over Maryland and a .294 attack percentage against Michigan State in the season finale to break the program's career attack percentage record... Academic All-Big Ten... team captain... letterwinner.
2013 as a Junior... Appeared and started 31 matches... led the team in total blocks (120), solo blocks (20), block assists (92), service aces (26), and attack percentage (.262)... posted season-high numbers in nine statistical categories including: sets played (117), kills (220), attack percentage (.262), assists (27), service aces (26), digs (91), solo blocks (20), block assists (92), and total blocks (112)... posted double-digits numbers in kills in seven matches (14 vs. Wofford on Aug. 30; 19 vs. Youngstown State on Aug. 31; 11 vs. Eastern Michigan on Sept. 7; 15 vs. Drake on Sept. 13; 12 vs. UIC on Sept. 14; 16 vs. Minnesota on Oct. 5; 15 vs. Northwestern on Nov. 1)... hit .500 or higher twice (.500 vs. Wofford on Aug. 30; .591 vs. Drake on Sept. 13)... named to the Valpo Popcorn Classic and Chanticleer Invitational all-tournament teams... chosen MVP of the Chanticleer Invitational after helping Iowa win the invitational with a 3-0 mark, posting a team-most 41 kills (2.93 kills per set), and leading the team in blocks with 16... set new career-best numbers in all categories this season: kills (19), total attacks (35), attack percentage (.591), assists (4), service aces (5), digs (8), solo blocks (3), total blocks (7)... letterwinner.
2012 as a Sophomore... Played in all 33 matches... started the last 31 contests... ranked third on team with 198 kills and led team with 25 service aces... hit .357 at Michigan State, tallying six kills and a solo block (11/2)... recorded season-best 13 kills against Pacific (9/14)... tallied 12 kills and five digs in 3-2 win over Syracuse (9/7)... turned in 11 kills and four digs in 3-2 loss at No. 18 Iowa State (9/7)... registered eight kills and three digs at No. 4 Penn State (9/22)... started first career match as a Hawkeye in 3-1 win over Valparaiso, recording six kills (8/25)... recorded three digs and five total blocks in 3-1 win over Toledo (9/1)... turned in nine kills and five digs in win at Indiana (10/5)... posted conference-best 10 kills and a season-high six digs against Wisconsin, tallying a season-best .444 attack percentage (11/16)... letterwinner.
2011 as a Freshman at Loyola-Marymount University... Played at Loyola-Marymount in Los Angeles, Calif... competed in 15 matches... recorded 16 kills and four digs.
High School... Three-year varsity letterwinner... served as team captain as a senior... honorable mention AVCA Under Armour All-American selection as a senior... named All-State as a junior and senior... finished fourth in voting for "Miss Volleyball" in the state of Michigan... guided her team to back-to-back Michigan Class A State Championships as a junior and senior... helped her team to the Catholic League Championship in each of her three varsity seasons... nominated for the 2010 Gatorade Player of the Year award... named honorable mention "Senior Aces" selection for the class of 2011 by PrepVolleyball... posted 649 kills and 98 service aces as a senior... guided her squad to a 69-6-1 overall record and a No. 2 ranking in the state of Michigan as a senior... also competed in lacrosse and basketball in high school.
Personal... Born August 16, 1993... daughter of Alia and Gerald Dietz... has two brothers, Gerald and Parker.
Personal Bests
Kills: 19 vs. Youngstown State, Aug. 31, 2013
TA: 35 vs. Youngstown State, Aug. 31, 2013
Attack %: .882 at South Dakota State, Sept. 13, 2014
Assists: 4 vs. Eastern Michigan, Sept. 7, 2013
Aces: 5 vs. Wisconsin, Oct. 2, 2013
Digs: 8 vs. Western Illinois, Sept. 14, 2013
Solo Blocks: 3, twice, last at Indiana, Nov. 22, 2013
Total Blocks: 9 vs. Illinois, Oct. 15, 2014


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I have two Windows 2008 R2 (Amazon EC2) instances running SQL Server 2008 R2. I use 9TB striped disks (9x1TB EBS volumes) for storage. One server is running as principal and second one as mirror. Both started from the same image, database and tlog files located on striped disk. Mirror server failed 3 times in last 2 months with errors:
EventID 823 The operating system returned error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) to SQL Server during a write at offset 0x00000048058a00 in file 'D:\TLogs***_log.ldf'. Additional messages in the SQL Server error log and system event log may provide more detail. This is a severe system-level error condition that threatens database integrity and must be corrected immediately. Complete a full database consistency check (DBCC CHECKDB). This error can be caused by many factors; for more information, see SQL Server Books Online.
EventID 1454 Database mirroring will be suspended. Server instance 'xxxxxxxxxx' encountered error 823, state 6, severity 24 when it was acting as a mirroring partner for database '***'. The database mirroring partners might try to recover automatically from the error and resume the mirroring session. For more information, view the error log for additional error messages.
followed by
EventID 19019 The MSSQLSERVER service terminated unexpectedly.
After this rebooting instance is necessary to restore mirroring. First two times I thought it was hardware related (striped disk failure) and relaunched instance on new hardware. But the issue is back after few weeks again. It only affects mirror instances. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

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It has been almost a year since beloved "The Young and the Restless" actress Jeanne Cooper passed away. With the anniversary quickly approaching, the show is planning to memorialize her character Katherine Chancellor. Genoa City is going to be a busy place this August, especially for some characters who have been off the radar. According to a July 21 report from TV Guide, Tricia Cast and Michael Fairman will be headed back to "The Young and the Restless" to take part in the celebrations for Katherine Chancellor. Fans are excited to see the show keeping Chancellor alive in spirit.
Jeanne Cooper was a force to be reckoned with. She brought the character of Katherine Chancellor to life and fans immediately grasped on to her. During the time when she was sick, fans were following her progress daily. Updates would come from the family and when it was announced that Cooper had passed, it seemed like soap fans everywhere mourned her.
Fans of "The Young and the Restless" are excited to know that Murphy (Michael Fairman) and Nina (Tricia Cast) will be returning to the show. According to a tweet from a fan of the show, the fans expect nothing less from Katherine in reference to sending out letters to her family from beyond the grave. The entire story line is based on letters Murphy and Jill receive with instructions for Murphy to return to Genoa City and Jill to make plans. This story is going to tie up loose ends that have been looming for quite some time, including the music box issue.
The episodes featuring Michael Fairman and Tricia Cast are set to air August 26 and 27. The memorial is going to be set in Chancellor Park. Fans are excited to see how "The Young and the Restless" writers are going to write it out and bring it to life. What a way to honor the legacy of Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor!
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Coaching Career:
In 12 years John Baxter has put his stamp on the Bulldog football program on and off the field. As the associate head coach he oversees the special teams and tight end positions. In his first five seasons and in 2003 he coached the tight ends and in 2002 and 2004-08 he coached the receivers. Baxter has become well-known nationally for his expertise in the area of special teams and has been a featured clinician at many of the nations biggest and finest football clinics. Baxter and Head Coach Pat Hill were assistant coaches together at Arizona in 1990-91. Hill and Baxter were selected as the Co-Citizens of the Year for the city of Clovis in 2006.
Academic Success:
Along with his coaching duties, Baxter is the author of the highly successful program, "Academic Gameplan." His academic plan has been featured in Sports Illustrated and many other publications. His Academic Gameplan has been the main reason for the academic success of the football program during Pat Hill's tenure, which has produced a league-best 123 Academic All-WAC players. The Bulldogs NCAA APR score ranks nearly 20 Percentage points higher than the national average for college programs and is in the top five for public schools in the west and second among California public schools. Since the inception of the program, more than one-third has earned at least a 3.0 grade point average each semester and the Bulldogs graduation rates and APR have improved significantly. He has co-authored the program, "Where There's a Will There's an `A,'" which has been featured nationally on cable television.
Special Teams Success
Blocked Kicks
Since coming to Fresno State Baxter has turned the Bulldog special teams unit into one of the top units in the country. In 12 seasons the Dogs have blocked 79 kicks and scored 37 special teams touchdowns. Since 2002 the `Dogs have blocked a nation's best 44 kicks.
Special Teams Touchdowns
Under Baxter's watch A.J. Jefferson led the NCAA in kickoff return average and former Bulldog Clifton Smith set NCAA and school records for punt returns, including five career returns for touchdowns. Smith was named to the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl as a rookie for Tampa Bay as he scored twice on two long returns.
In 2008, the `Dogs were the only team in the country to have four different players score a touchdown via punt or kickoff return as Rashad Evans, A.J. Jefferson, Chastin West and Marlon Moore all ran back kicks. Baxter's special teams unit also ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in kick return and punt return average in 2008.
Since 1997, Fresno State has returned 11 punts, six kickoffs and eight blocked punts/field goals for 24 total touchdowns along with three safeties. Fresno State was also deadly on punt returns, finishing tops in the WAC and fifth in the nation in 2001.
Kicking Success
Kicking has been a successful part of the Bulldogs special teams unit. In 2008, Kevin Goessling made the longest field Goal to win or lose a game this decade, 58 yards vs. Utah State as time expired. Clint Stitser, a three-year starter, was selected as a Lou Groza Award semi-finalist. In 2004 and 2005, the Dogs led the NCAA in fewest punt return yards allowed, with a low of 27 yards in 2004 and 40 yards in 2005. In addition, the kickoff coverage team allowed just 17.4 yards per return in 2004. In 2004, placekicker Brett Visintainer kicked two game-winning field goals (Oregon State, Rice) and was named second-team All-WAC while punter Mike Lingua displayed flashes of brilliance in just his first year.
Baxter has coached five kickers/punters, four of which earned first-team All-WAC honors: punter Jeff Roberts (1997), kicker Jeff Hanna (1999), punter Jason Simpson (2001) and kicker Asen Asparuhov (2002). Asparuhov was also a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award twice and became the first Bulldog in history to score 100 points in consecutive seasons. Under Baxter's watch, punter Jason Simpson became one of the nation's best, improving his average nearly nine yards over 2000. In 2001, Simpson finished with a 43.5 average and was a first-team All-WAC pick. He was then a second-team All-WAC selection in 2002. Simpson was the first WAC punter ever from a school at an elevation under 5,000-feet to lead the league in punting in consecutive seasons.
In 1999, the Bulldogs held their opponents to 34.1 yards in net punting and limited the opponents to just 78 punt return yards for the season, fourth-best in the nation. He also coached 1997 All-WAC punter Jeff Roberts.
Previous Coaching Stints
His college coaching experience includes stints at Tulane (1994-96), Maryland (1992-93), Arizona (1990-91, 1988), Maine (1989), Iowa State (1986-87) and Loras College (1981-85). Baxter has become well-known nationally for his expertise in the area of special teams and has been a featured clinician at many of the nations biggest and finest football clinics ... Baxter and Head Coach Pat Hill were assistant coaches together at Arizona in 1990-91... Hill and Baxter were selected as the Co-Citizens of the Year for the city of Clovis in 2006.
Born June 28, 1963, in Chicago ... married to the former Jill McBride, daughter of Ron McBride, the former University of Utah head coach and the current head coach at Weber State ... they have two daughters, Kelly and McKenzie ... Baxter earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Loras College in 1985 and his master's in higher education from Iowa State in 1987.
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SEATTLE - Madison Culp recently returned to Seattle from the 2012 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. Culp was the seven seat of the victorious U.S. women's 8+. In an informative Q&A, GoHuskies.com correspondent Seamus Labrum caught up with the gold medalist, who is set to enter her senior year at Washington, to learn more about her experience overseas.
GoHuskies: How was your selection camp (a camp for selecting the U-23 8+)?
Culp: Selection camp was pretty brutal, but an exciting process. We stayed with host families in Syracuse and trained out of Syracuse University. With three practices a day there wasn't a lot of down time, so there were a lot of workouts, eating and sleeping which made one day feel like three. Although training with other girls who were really talented was awesome, it pushed me to perform to the best of my abilities everyday and paid off in the end.
GoHuskies: What did making the 8+ entail?
Culp: The selection for eight began in January when tryouts were held around the U.S. where athletes were tested on their fitness. From there, about 30 athletes were invited to selection camp in Syracuse. From the beginning the coaches made it clear that they wanted the eight to be as fast as possible and to find this they needed to test us. We had to perform a few fitness tests on the erg including a 2000-meter test. Our scores were ranked to see where everyone stood and who our biggest competition was amongst the girls in selection. Seat racing began shortly after and we did race pieces on the water in straight fours. Even if you won a seat race, you had to keep performing well everyday to prove your position on the team because the boat wasn't set until we arrived in Princeton in early July.
GoHuskies: When did you know officially that you would be representing the USA?
Culp: I had a feeling I would make the team after I won my seat races, but I knew that anything could happen and there were a lot of really talented girls in contention. I didn't officially know I would be representing the USA until I was handed my gear after we moved to Princeton, New Jersey in early July after more than a month of testing.
GoHuskies: What difficulties did you face (coaching, selection, etc.)?
Culp: One thing that I struggled with when I first began the selection process was nervousness. I put a lot of pressure on myself as an athlete and wanted to put myself in a position where everything I had worked so hard for the last seven years of my life was being put to the test, and at this level of competition that was really hard for me. I was the very first athlete to be seat raced at selection and my nerves definitely got the best of me, but after the first 500 meters I realized I had nothing to lose and just went with it. I realized I didn't have to do anything special or out of this world, I just needed to relax, do the things I knew how to and do them well. The rest took care of itself.
GoHuskies: How did the boat come together?
Culp: It was definitely a shock when we began rowing together as an eight because we all came from different programs, so our styles of rowing were completely different. There wasn't one day or one practice where we decided `this is how we are going to row,' it took a lot of strokes to find a common ground and really start to mesh and find a groove together as an eight. We were all so powerful and really just made that the focus of our rowing. There was nothing special about our rowing that led us to success, we were just able to assert our power together at the right moment and then let the boat find its speed.
GoHuskies: How was the adjustment to life in Lithuania?
Culp: The adjustment was a little bit difficult. We were used to eating food a lot more frequently then we were made available at the resort we were staying at, so we had to figure out ways of keeping our nutrition up. The time change didn't seem to affect us too much, which was good considering that other teams did not have to adjust as much as we did. The weather was actually a lot like Seattle in the summer. But, we were without Internet, television and our cell phones, which proved to be one of the biggest challenges of all.
GoHuskies: What was it like to represent the United States on the world stage?
Culp: I felt really proud to wear my USA gear. I've worked really hard to get to this point in my rowing career and to have the honor of representing my country and work with some of the most talented women in the U.S. was extremely humbling. It has always been a dream of mine and making it a reality was a really good feeling.
GoHuskies: Briefly walk me through your race.
Culp: Our final race played out exactly like we wanted it to. We knew from the very beginning that we needed to get off the blocks like we were only rowing 250 meters, because Great Britain was really fast off the start. We were pretty tense that morning, but once we were on water and coming onto the course we were nervous but relaxed because we knew we had to be if we wanted to get the boat going as fast as possible. Our first five strokes were clean and powerful and our high strokes as well, just really staying internal and driving as hard as possible trying to get our bow ball out in front by the settle strokes. Coming through the 500, we were pretty close with Great Britain but were confident in our race plan. We took two moves in the second 500 just for business and to take seats systematically and we did. Coming through the 1000-meter mark, we took a 20 stroke move that was really special to us and came from somewhere greater than ourselves. I've never experienced an emotional move like that and I've also never experienced so much power and heart directed towards a move like that in my entire life. During this move we opened water on the other teams and just kept moving. Our last 500 meters we were pretty much in control and watched the race unfold for second, which was something we talked about doing. Coming across the line first was one of the best feelings ever and everything I've worked for made sense at that moment.


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1. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)TSharma-Oracle Oct 5, 2013 2:16 PM (in response to NIACO)
I have never used this tool personally but while researching I have found lots of bugs related to block and disk corruption
This link has couple of example to use this tool
ASRU (Asm Storage Reclamation Utility) Tool ( Bug 11904746 ) (Doc ID 1383359.1)
Bug 13871861 - ASRU operates on the incorrect disks after a DISKGROUP is cloned (Doc ID 13871861.8)
Bug 11904746 - data corruption is observed after the ASRU operation (Doc ID 11904746.8)
Using ASRU On Cloned Diskgroup may wipe out wrong disks (Doc ID 1519007.1)
many more
2. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 6, 2013 9:13 AM (in response to TSharma-Oracle)
Dear TSharma,
These are defenitions. The pdf file which you kindly posted here a good source for the ones who want to know that what ASRU is, and what kind of problem can be solved by that.
In my case, I know what exactly it is, and I know it's created for situations like mine, and it will solve my problem as long as I know how to take advantage of that.
I've downloaded ASRU, but I don't know how to run.
But I appreciate your effort on replying me, and I'll be happy if you or anyone else can lead me.
3. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)TSharma-Oracle Oct 6, 2013 1:58 PM (in response to NIACO)
like I said, I never used this tool personally but in the PDF I mentioned above has one example which shows how to run this and reclaim the space. You can also ask Oracle support for the help.
4. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)Dude! Oct 6, 2013 6:43 PM (in response to NIACO)
What is happening now in my server is that as much as the database grows, the storage will increase the used space but whenever we delete even a huge amount of database, it will never be calculated by the storage.
This sounds pretty normal and not an issue of ASM or Oracle. When you delete data in a tablespace, Oracle will not automatically compact a tablespace and release unused space back to the ASM storage. You will need to shrink the tablespace, e.g. using the Oracle Segment Advisor. ASM will then recognize the free space. If you drop a database, for instance, ASM will automatically increase the amount of free and usable space. The ASM usable space is the amount space that is available considering the level of data redundancy.
From what I understand, the ASRU utility was created for HP 3PAR storage systems. I'm not sure this is what you need unless this exactly what your are using.
5. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 8, 2013 5:19 AM (in response to TSharma-Oracle)
OK. But that example is not showing how to run ASRU unfortunately, its only comparing the results before using ASRU and after using it.
Thanks for your help dear TShama anyway and I'll be happy if you share anything you find out about it.
6. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 8, 2013 5:40 AM (in response to Dude!)
Hey dude,
That is somehow a different scenario, as we are using ASM on raw array of disks which is working in BLOCK LEVEL; therefore the storage array is unable to distinguish between capacity associated with deleted data and valid data.
That kind of utility which you kindly have mentioned is not gana work out here. (But I'll give it a try)
7. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 9, 2013 12:40 PM (in response to NIACO)
Dear all,
Any update here? Has any of you ever run standalone ASM on SAN storage, using block-level raw storage?
8. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)Billy~Verreynne Oct 10, 2013 6:23 AM (in response to NIACO)
Have been using SAN based storage (raw LUNs) for over 10 years now. No idea about the problem you describe. (raw devices means block level storage and management)
Sounds like either buggy ASM s/w, buggy SAN, or both.
In which case the best solution would be to change to ASM latest, throw away buggy SAN, and get a decent storage layer. Or perhaps the first step is to throw Windows in the garbage can and install Oracle Linux instead.
9. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)994264 Oct 10, 2013 9:55 PM (in response to Billy~Verreynne)
Can someone tell me where to get this tool? I'd like to test it.
10. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)Dude! Oct 10, 2013 11:59 PM (in response to NIACO)
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, the ASRU utility explained here is for 3PAR Thin Provisioning. It is a green storage technology that provides or distributes storage capacity as needed. This is different from a normal SAN or disk array, which provides a fixed space for use by ASM. Since the thin provisioning, unlike ASM knows nothing about how space is allocated inside ASM, the ASRU utility was developed to allow the storage system to reclaim unused space that was previously allocated by ASM back to the system's storage space distribution.
I do not see what ASM raw or block level access has to do with the need for such an utility. Block level (raw) access determines aspects of caching and performance. Space reclamation inside ASM, for instance to make room for additional datafiles, is done automatically during failure group rebalancing and tablespace compress and shrink operations at the database level, and last not least when dropping a database. To assume that deleting data in a tablespace will automatically free up disk space is simply wrong, and in this case the ASRU utility probably won't make a difference.
11. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 14, 2013 7:50 AM (in response to Billy~Verreynne)
Dear BillyVerreynne,
There is a proved issue:
If you run ASM with raw devices in block-level using a SAN storage (such as EMC, NetAPP, HP 3PAR, and etc), and after a while your database's size increases (let's assume 100GB). Then you will eliminate 30 GB of your database. But your storage will not understand the deletion action and the storage is still considering 100GB as the used space for your ASM database (whereas in reality it should be 70GB based on our assumption). Therefore when you add data to your database, the increment amount will be added to 100GB and rather wasting the storage's capacity, very soon the corresponded physical drive(s) will go offline as they are considered as full ones.
Most of the enterprise storages (like the ones which I've mentioned above) Not only specifically for ASM, but also for all applications have an embedded utility known as "Reclamation tool" which will scan the whole storage and will retrieve the wasted capacity of the storage and make them usable again (reclamation action). But there is problem particularity with ASM...
This "Reclamation tool" will scan the disks to find the free spaces and add them to total free capacity of storage. This action of reclamation tool will be done by using and reading "Drive letters"...
Now in my scenario which I've run standalone ASM on a SAN storage using raw devices in the block level, THERE IS NO DRIVE LETTER, so it won't be considered or read by reclamation tool of enterprise storage.
Now, with cooperation of HP 3PAR, and Oracle, a utility has been created to especially overcome this problem which is known as ASRU (ASM Reclamation Utilty), which as I understood it should be applicable to all storages. I found it in Oracle Website, and I downloaded it but I couldn't take advantage of that, I did not know what the hell it is exactly. how to run it, how to introduce it to oracle and so on...
Recently I got to know that It's an script which is written in Perl language. Now I understand that my challenge is not in oracle field anymore. I just have to run this script after each elimination action or periodically, and after that use "resize" command to make the storage understood about the real free capacity.
But I've stuck in my new challenge as I've no idea about Perl language, compiler, and IDE. However still I keep trying by installing Perl IDE to compile and run the script and see the result, but it will return an error in line32, and I don't know how to fix it. Also if hopefully I can run this script and it works out, I want to know how can I make it an exe file (as the final challeng regaring to this issue of mine)
12. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 14, 2013 7:51 AM (in response to 994264)
Dear 994264,
You can find it in Oracle website.
13. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 14, 2013 7:56 AM (in response to Dude!)
Dear Dude!
Your first paragraph is totally correct and this is right. About your second paragraph please refer to my reply to "BillyVerreynne" in above.
14. Re: ASM Reclamation Utility (ASRU)NIACO Oct 14, 2013 8:00 AM (in response to NIACO)
Dear all,
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Americans are very familiar with caffeine. It's used all too often to get people through an especially rough day or give an energy boost when tired, but according to a March 1 report by Medical News Today, caffeine could also be a cure for cancer.
Before readers start adding a cure for cancer to the list of excuses for drinking a super-sized soft drink or two each day, however, it's important to note that the straight caffeine found in soda isn't what researchers have in mind. The harmful effects of soda and large amounts of caffeine don't justify drinking caffeinated beverages in hopes of fighting cancer. Rather, scientists have discovered that combining specific, small amounts of caffeine with gold could be the breakthrough they've been waiting for.
Caffeine and gold–yes, gold–may seem a strange combination, but scientists had already found each to be somewhat helpful on their own. The problem lay in that for each positive response, there were equal or greater negative impacts. However, when caffeine and gold were combined in the right quantities, it was found that the combination could kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
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The San Diego Padres' fortunes continued to rise this week as slugger Carlos Quentin finally made his season debut and the team won its fourth straight.
Quentin was not a major contributor Tuesday as he came off the disabled list (bone bruise in knee) but his presence in the cleanup spot may have been comforting as the Pads beat Cincinnati 2-1 on Chase Headley's ninth-inning home run off reliever Aroldis Chapman's 99-mph fastball.
Quentin's brooding presence takes the pressure off Headley and Jedd Gyorko to fill in as cleanup hitters, and has a solidifying effect on the entire lineup.
After scoring early and often in three consecutive weekend wins over Miami, the Padres didn't exactly pound out hits Tuesday at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark. White-hot Seth Smith, the National League's player of the week (he hit .556 over seven games), had a double and single and scored the Padres' first run on Gyorko's sacrifice fly (aided by a Quentin groundout that moved Smith to third). Smith is batting .336.
Headley's home run, his fourth, was San Diego's only other hit off the Reds. Still, it was good enough for the win, pulling the Padres to within two games of .500. Headley, himself recently returned to the lineup (calf injury), has homered twice during the win streak and has finally raised his average to .200.
The return of Quentin puts the Padres at full strength for the first time this season, with Cameron Maybin manning center field after spending the first month on the DL (ruptured biceps tendon). Maybin, batting .341, has given both the offense and defense a boost.
Manager Bud Black said Quentin "is a huge piece for us. If we can keep him in there, keep him healthy, it really makes everybody else's job easier."
The deadpan Quentin said of his return, "It feels good just to be back in the lineup."
Since joining the Padres in 2012, Quentin has never played more than 86 games a year, and has needed three knee surgeries. But there's no denying the dynamic effect he has when he's swinging a bat. In 2012 he hit 16 home runs in 86 games. Last year he managed 13 homers in 82 games before being shut down for surgery.
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Billy Budd
by Herman Melville
The Dansker
Character Analysis
The Dansker is a quiet old Danish man aboard the Bellipotent that acts as something of an oracle (one who can tell the future or perceive things about the present that others cannot) for Billy. The Dansker served under Lord Nelson on the ship the Agamemnon, and he has a scar to prove it. The narrator notes his "wizened face, time-tinted and weather-stained to the complexion of an antique parchment" (9.3). Though the Dansker's eccentric behavior is too much for some men aboard the ship, Billy reveres him as a "salt hero," and always makes sure to salute him when he walks by.
Billy first goes to the Dansker when he is getting in trouble for stupid little things like storing his hammock away improperly. The Dansker tells Billy, "Jemmy Legs is down on you" (9.9). Billy doesn't believe him, but he won't say anything further. As the narrator notes, "pithy guarded cynicism" was his leading characteristic (9.15). Later, when Billy tells him about the affair with the afterguard, the Dansker takes this as further proof that the master-at-arms is out to get Billy.
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Editor, GoDucks.com
For either Kentucky or Connecticut, the 2013-14 basketball season will end tonight in glorious fashion. For the other, it will come to a jarring, soul-crushing end, regardless of the run the loser made to tonight's NCAA Tournament final.
Such is life for a team that doesn't win its final game. After surrendering a 12-point halftime lead to Wisconsin in a third-round NCAA Tournament game on March 22, the Oregon men's basketball team can attest to that harsh reality.
The recently completed UO season, the fourth under head coach Dana Altman, featured a top-10 ranking after a 13-0 start, an eight-game win streak late in the year to overcome a midseason swoon and get the Ducks into the Big Dance, and a win over BYU in the second round. But that didn't make the bitter pill of losing to the Badgers any easier to swallow.
"You always want more," said Altman, winner of 97 games in his UO tenure, the best four-year stretch in school history. "Players want more, coaches want more, fans want more."
Ultimately, the Ducks ended up 24-10, and 10-8 in the Pac-12, somewhat remarkable given a 2-8 stretch in late January and early February. After an unbeaten run through nonconference play — despite the presence of eight newcomers who needed to get on the same page — Oregon lost four times by two points and another by four during the rough patch.
They got it turned around by sweeping their three Northwest rivals at home in late February, kicking off an eight-game win streak that included a Pac-12 Tournament victory over Oregon State.
"It wasn't like we were playing bad basketball," Altman said. "We just weren't getting stops, weren't getting rebounds — the kind of things that cost us against Wisconsin."
The win streak included a double-overtime thriller at UCLA, and an upset of No. 3 Arizona at Matthew Knight Arena to close out the regular season.
"It was really a credit to the players, the way they finished the year," Altman said. "Especially with all the pressure — they knew they had to win games to give themselves an opportunity to get in. A lot of times that causes teams not to play very well. But they found a way to fight through."
But the season came crashing to a halt against the Badgers, in a game played before 18,000 partisan fans in Milwaukee. Wisconsin quickly cut into Oregon's 12-point lead early in the second half, getting hot from three-point range and grabbing a series of crucial offensive rebounds to clinch the victory.
The lack of defensive stops and inability to get rebounds were a recurrence of issues that plagued the Ducks much of the season. Newcomers Mike Moser, Jason Calliste and Joseph Young teamed with veterans Johnathan Loyd and Damyean Dotson to give Oregon a formidable backcourt, but the team never consistently replaced the presence of 2013 seniors Arsalan Kazemi and Tony Woods in the post.
"We were a small basketball team at three or four spots," Altman said. "Rebounding was something we identified right away as something we had to really focus on and make a team effort to address. Our numbers overall weren't that bad, but in particular games it bit us."
Thus does frontcourt play become a point of emphasis for Oregon this offseason, though it's just one of many in what sets up as a significant transition year under Altman.
Six seniors will depart, including the second-leading scorer (Moser), third-leading scorer and top bench player (Calliste) and starting point guard (Loyd), whose 144 games and 97 wins are the most in UO history. In addition, junior off-guard Young is exploring whether to remain in school or test the NBA draft waters.
Altman also has an assistant to replace, after Brian Fish left to become head coach at Montana State. And the Ducks have five newcomers signed to letters of intent for next season, with the beginning of the spring signing period on April 16 opening the potential for more.
The signed recruits include freshman forwards Jordan Bell and Ray Kasongo, and junior frontcourt players Dwayne Benjamin and Michael Chandler.
"That's the obvious hole, losing Mike and (Richard Amardi) and (Waverly Austin) and those guys," Altman aid. "We've got some holes to fill."
The Ducks will look to last year's JC transfers, Elgin Cook and Jalil Abdul-Bassit, to make bigger contributions in their second season. And Brandon Austin will be eligibile in December after sitting out a year under NCAA transfer rules.
Regardless of what Young decides, a junior class of Dotson, point guard Dominic Artis and forward Ben Carter will have a chance to become the backbone of the team.
"Dot has the personality; DA does too," Altman said. "As you get older, you're asked to do more things, and experience requires you to take over."
Further marking this as a transition year for Altman is that Young and Abdul-Bassit are the only potential seniors in 2014-15. A program whose identity in recent years has been one-year transfers like Kazemi, Moser and Calliste has the chance to build some momentum year over year going forward, thanks to roster continuity.
That's Altman's preference in the big picture, though the one-year transfers have helped the Ducks make back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for just the fourth time in school history. That's something to celebrate, no matter how jarring the end came in Milwaukee last month.


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- 2-1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat the milk, water and shortening to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat until moistened. Add egg; beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Do not let rise. Divide into 12 pieces. Shape each into a bun. Combine paprika and garlic powder. Dip each bun in melted butter, then in paprika mixture.
- Place six buns in a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans; sprinkle with half of the sesame seeds. Top with remaining buns and sesame seeds. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
- Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. Yield: 1 loaf (12 buns).
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"Worked out well just heating the ingredients, left out the paprika and double d the garlic. Rose really well ( used a smaller loaf pan than suggested) and come up over the top!!!!Tasted great"
"Good and easy to make!!!"
"I will try this recipe. Looks awesome. But the temperature of the milk, water and shortening seems way too high. I would heat until 110 degrees, and the "pinky test" as sherry_vinigrette suggested (my Mom taught me to do that, and it works!). No wonder Shirleyartist said it was hot on her hands! That's hotter than a jacuzzi! Just wanted to submit my comments. This recipe looks awesome. And the "pre-sliced" version sounds perfectamundo!"
"excellent, easy, quick, nice texture and taste. the only thing i did not care for was the paprika coating. i think i will omit or substitute something else next time"
"This worked nicely, will use more garlic next time; 3/4 teaspoon. About temperature of liquid that will "feed" the dry yeast - Julia Child describes that the liquid should feel "pinky" finger warm, when you dip your little finger into it; sort of how you would serve a baby bottle, just warm. I also added 1/2 teaspoon sugar to the liquid, helps the yeast develop and foam up the way it's supposed to."


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Six Micromonitors placed throughout 4.7 miles of sanitary sewer showed significant inflow and infiltration was limited to two of six sub-basins. As a result, Clayton County Water Authority managers limited investigative efforts to homes only within those areas. Photo: Stantec
A Micromonitor is ready to be installed. An early concept for the device was developed by David Saylor, president of Indiana's South Haven Utilities Water Works. Photos: Stantec
Close-up of a Micromonitor inside a controlled flow flume. Measurements of the level and flow under controlled conditions develop the low-flow rating curve for the weir as a primary device before it's installed in a sewer pipe.
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One of the thorniest issues about investigating sanitary sewer inflow and infiltration (I/I) is the unavoidable need to access private property, whether the method is as innocuous as asking residents about their gutter and sump pump hook-ups or as extreme as physically getting into their basements.
In answer to public response, many utilities have struggled to develop ordinances that strike the right balance between individual property rights and the municipality's responsibility to correct excessive inflow and infiltration that threatens the entire community's wastewater infrastructure.
A new methodology is being deployed to zero in on problem areas while greatly reducing the need to implement widespread and more expensive traditional sanitary system evaluation survey (SSES) services. Based on a device called a Micromonitor, the four-step process outlined below has the potential to drive down project costs and the number of private-property investigations by more efficiently locating potential sources of leaks and other system deficiencies.
Inflow and infiltration investigations typically begin by monitoring sanitary sewer flow in larger regional basins over a series of months or even years. It's rather expensive — monitoring a single location for a six-month wet season can range from $6,000 to $10,000. Baseline flow data from dry and wet seasons is collected to develop predicted base rates and rank the basins for the quantity of inflow and infiltration per house or per length of pipe.
While this identifies basins that contain problem areas, it generally doesn't provide the discrete level of information needed to pinpoint the location, or the actual cause, of the high infiltration rates. Any investigations would have to be basinwide, essentially affecting all residents equally, not just those with I/I sources. The new approach adds two more steps to focus the impact and reduce the costs.
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Three original members of the country group Shenandoah will reunite tonight for a benefit at Muscle Shoals High School.
Their goal: to raise money for the family of Erica Droze, who died in March after being shot at a Guntersville car wash. Proceeds will go to a trust fund for Droze's two children and help her mother with funeral expenses, McGuire said.
Tickets, $15, will be available at the door, 1900 Avalon Ave.
Shenandoah, formed in Muscle Shoals, hit the charts in the late 1980s and early '90s with songs such as "Next to You, Next to Me," "The Church on Cumberland Road," "Two Dozen Roses," "Sunday in the South" and "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)."
Raybon left the band in 1997 and hasn't performed with Shenandoah for more than 11 years, McGuire said. He and Seales have kept the band going since then, releasing albums such as "Shenandoah 2000" and "Journeys."
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Belleville school officials continue dealing with state monitors as the summer arrives.
The school board met at the high school in Mid-May with a state monitor appointed to deal with financial matters, officials said.
The Department of Education chose Thomas Egan to stay up on Belleville's financial practices, after education officials expressed concerns about problems with how money is being handled, according to officials.
Belleville is among eight state school districts dealing with a state-appointed monitor.
Officials said the state requires the Belleville district fix the financial questions with a corrective action plan, a process going from now until next May, with Egan's help.
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March 3, 2011
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -
All remaining tickets for Saturday's Alabama versus Georgia men's basketball game have been sold according to the Alabama athletic ticket office.
The game is the fourth straight home sellout for the Crimson Tide and the fifth this season.
Ticket office windows inside Coleman Coliseum will open at 9:30 a.m. for patrons picking up purchased tickets at will call. Tickets for next week's Southeastern Conference Tournament in Atlanta are still available through the ticket office via www.RollTide.com or by calling 1-877-TIDE-TIX.


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Hong Kong is such an oddity. Now part of China, it still has a strong Western feel after being run for decades by the British. More interestingly is that China appears not to be quickly assimilating it to be more like mainland China. It is huge, robust, modern, exciting and fun. And you should check it out and see what you think for yourself.
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On Jan. 26 American rock band Imagine Dragons and American rapper Kendrick Lamar teamed up to perform their singles "Radioactive" and "M.A.A.D City" live at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The award show took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and it was broadcast live on CBS. You can watch Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar perform "Radioactive / M.A.A.D City" live at the 2014 Grammy Awards here.
They were introduced by host LL Cool J and Imagine Dragons kicked off the performance with the first verse of "Radioactive" before Kendrick Lamar came on stage to perform "M.A.A.D City". For the song Imagine Dragons were his backing band, and during the performance the camera kept showing Taylor Swift who was dancing in the front row.
Midway through the performance they intertwined the songs and transitioned back into "Radioactive" before Lamar spit out an almost minute long verse that was rhythmically set to the music. At the 2014 Grammy Awards Imagine Dragons were nominated for two awards and they took home the prize for Best Rock Performance. Lamar was nominated for a total of seven awards, but he went home empty handed.
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Dura-R10 Foundation and slab Insulation is a member of the Dura-Foam family of insulation products.
Dura-R10 meets or exceeds the strict energy code requirements for the state of Maine, New York and Pennsylvania. In fact it meets the requirements of all the Northeastern states*.
In this cold region enforceable energy codes have been written in recognition of the fact that a building foundation can be a major cause of energy loss. Heat loss through conduction can add significantly to energy bills. An uninsulated foundation acts as a giant heat sink where costly thermal energy is drawn into the ground around a dwelling.
Dura-R10 is a high density continuously molded rigid insulation with the compressive strength and water absorption characteristics which make it ideally suited for below grade foundation applications.
Rugged enough to stand up to the punishment of backfilling, Dura-R10 is the economical choice for foundation and slab on grade insulation.
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TC TO JANE WELSH CARLYLE; 29 March 1828; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18280329-TC-JWC-01; CL 4:348.
Scotsbrig, Saturday Noon [29 March 1828].
Dearest Wife,
Alick is here and going round by Dumfries homewards; so I write a single line to say that I am waiting anxiously for word from you. I have already sent three times to Ecclefechan, there being some dubiety in the route of the Dumfries Mail. By Carlisle nothing came for me this morning: but I still hope from Moffatt in the afternoon. Poor Auntie! It seemed as if I were waiting for her sentence of life or death. Again say to her that my best love and prayers are with her.
All my business is done here, and my Mother going with Alick to Craigenputtock: I wait only for your Letter, and light how I am farther to proceed. God bless you always! I am in great haste; and ever my dear Jeanie's affectionate Husband,
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Summer Vegetable Carpaccio
Summer time is all about watermelon, homemade popsicles, getting sunburnt and local fresh vegetables.
So which is your favorite? I do like to enjoy a nice, juicy piece of watermelon from time to time and homemade popsicles are a big thing in my house. And I am avoiding the sunburn by avidly applying SPF 50 every 45 minutes. So what about the fresh vegetables? I LOVE them.
Unfortunately, I don't feel like I have a green thumb, so I'll leave that job to the experts.
Our new favorite way to cook up summer vegetables is to make a summer vegetable carpaccio. If you're like me you're thinking "what is a a carpaccio?"
Don't worry, I'm really not fancy, and I promise I won't start making braised leeks or vegan charcuterie – especially because I don't know what they are and only discovered them from googling "fancy dishes." But it never hurts to learn something new! Traditionally carpaccio is a dish of thinly sliced raw meat. Yum, sounds delicious… just kidding. If you're into that kind of food, maybe you can teach me how to acquire the palate for it.
So this summer vegetable carpaccio is made up of thinly sliced summer vegetables. And by golly, this might just be the best vegetable dish I've ever tasted.
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- 2 zucchinis
- 3 carrots
- 1/2 to 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1 garlic clover, minced
- 1/2 tbsp capers
- squirt of lemon juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
- parmesan cheese to top, shredded or shaved
- Wash and trim the zucchini and slice thinly at an angel. Peel and thinly slice the carrots at an angel. Heat the canola oil in a skillet and sauté the carrots and zucchini until almost soft, adding in the tomatoes before the vegetables are soft.
- Add the garlic and sauté for an additional minute.
- Remove from the heat and transfer the vegetables to a paper towel to remove the excess oil. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and mix in the capers, lemon juice, and salt & pepper. Top with shredded or shaved parmesan cheese.
- Serve and enjoy.
Recipe adapted from 500 Salads by Susannah Blake
After you sauté the veggies and add in some capers, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese – something wonderful happens. It's like the vegetables turn into candy. Even Ryan commented on how deliciously addicting they become. Instead of picking m&ms from the candy bowl, we were going back for seconds and thirds of the vegetables. So all around this dish is a winner!
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14 Responses to "Summer Vegetable Carpaccio"
My zucchini plants are huge. THis looks like a great way to use up my garden produce.
Super creative use for all those summer veggies. Love this, Beth!
After my vacation this weekend I'm going to need to eat more vegetables. Love this carpaccio.
What a delicious way to enjoy summer vegetables. I especially love capers!
Looks great. I like the color combo of all the vegetables.
This is fabulous. Looks like something I would just eat and eat. Great job. Can't wait to try it.
I love all the fresh summer produce in this dish! It looks so colorful and sounds amazing with the capers and lemons :)


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A generous McDonald's worker paid for the meals of fire fighters who had been working in freezing temperatures. She was fired the next day. She claims it was for this random act of kindness, but the New York Post on Feb. 19 says McDonald's is saying something else.
Heather Levia from Olean, N.Y. shelled out about $90 for 25 orders of breakfast sandwiches and hash browns for some very cold fire fighters "just because I appreciate everything they do." A second fire company came in to the McDonald's and ordered $70 worth of food. Levia texted her boss to ask if they would pick it up. They said no, so the employees dug into their pockets and paid. The next day, the eight-year employee was fired.
According to Levia, who has twins at home and is working her way through nursing school, she was fired for her RAK. She says she was told, "You opened a whole bee's nest."
The official reason for Heather Levia's firing is that she swore at a supervisor, something Levia vehemently denies. "I did say this is 'freaking' ridiculous. But it was not implied to anybody," she said.
The owner of the Olean McDonald's franchise, Tom Meyers, released a statement on the incident.
"The Meyers Organization has always valued the employees who serve our customers every day. We likewise continue to be an ardent supporter of our police and fire departments, along with other first responders. They are always welcome in our restaurants, and we will continue to support them in the future," he said. "We are aware that certain allegations have been made concerning the reasons for Heather Levia's termination. Out of respect for Ms. Levia and her privacy, it would not be appropriate to comment in detail on the reasons she is no longer employed by our organization. Still, it should be pointed out that the allegations are absolutely not true. We would never penalize an employee for showing appropriate gratitude for the work of our firefighters."
Many of the fire fighters she helped have called McDonald's to complain in the hopes that she will get her job back. It hasn't happened yet, but she's been offered other jobs in her community.
It's just wrong. I wish the communities would change and help each other out. I wish that things didn't have to be the way they are. And if losing my job is going to speak out to the community, then that's what it's going to do." ~ Heather Levia
What do you think? Was Heather Levia fired for performing a RAK or because she said something inappropriate? Is McDonald's making their story up to cover their butts for not paying for the food? Leave me a comment and tell me what you think.
QUOTE SOURCE: New York Post
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NEW ORLEANS, La.- The 20th ranked University of Oregon women's golf team started off strong at the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, finishing in second place after the first round. The Ducks six-over 294, finished one shot behind leader No.4 USC 5-over 293 at the English Turn Golf & Country Club.
Weather played a huge favor in today's event, with temperatures in the mid-50's, but overcast skies and a chilly wind lasted throughout the day. On the par 72, 7,078-yard course, freshman Cali Hipp finished in first place, recording her best round as a collegian with a three-under 69. This is her second time recording an under-par round and third time leading the Ducks.
"I would say that today even with the wind I kept a positive attitude and didn't let my poor shots affect my play," Hipp said. "I'm looking forward to round two."
Fellow freshman Cassy Isagawa finished in a second-place tie at one-under 71 after the first round. This marked the Wailuku, Hawai'i native's sixth under-par round this season.
"Today I felt alright about the way I played," Isagawa said. "I could have played better, but I am content about today's round because it is only the first day and there are two more days ahead of us."
Also competing for UO were sophomore Raphaela Dyer, who finished in a tie for 35th at four-over 76 and senior Ashley Edwards tied for 57th at six-over 78. Freshman Monica Petchakan also made the trip, finishing at 14-over 86.
In the team standings, USC finished in first and one shot behind the second-place Ducks was No.13 Duke (seven-over 295). No. 17 Colorado and No. 19 Baylor finished in a fourth-place tie at nine-over 297.
"I think for our team to win we really need to just grind it out when we are playing and keep playing strong like we did today," Isagawa said. "I know no one gave up out there and all of us stayed positive."
In the individual standings, Hipp sits atop the leaderboard alone, two shots ahead of teammate Isagawa, Tulsa's Marita Engzelius, Colorado's Alex Stewart and USC's Lisa McCloskey, who are tied for second-place at one-over 71.
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Verizon IndyCar Series driver Will Power was three times the bridesmaid in the series, finishing second in 2010, 2011 and 2012. This year, he was finally able to secure a championship, leaving his Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves to collect his fourth runner-up title run.
Power finished ninth in the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, while Castroneves finished 14th after a late-race drive-thru penalty for a pit lane entry violation.
"It's 15 years of hard work. I was crying as I crossed the (finish) line," said Power on the IndyCar website. "It's surreal. It's just a fantastic way to finish the season. I can't believe I'm the champion."
"It's another second, but well done to Will," said Castroneves. "It stings a little bit, but it motivates me to come back stronger next year and win a championship."
This was the 13th IndyCar championship for Team Penske, but its first since Sam Hornish Jr. took the crown in 2006.
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 11:58 AM
My husband and his ex wife (who have 50/50 placement and legal custody of their 16 year old daughter) were just taken to court under Wisconsin Stat 54 (guardianship) by their daughter's 16 year old boyfriend's parents requesting temporary and permanent guardianship of her. There has never been any reports or investigations or findings on either of these parents that they were unfit parents or unable or unwilling to care for my 16 year step daughter. The boyfriend's parents made claims that the mother had drug problems and the father was not putting the daughter's best interests ahead of his own. The GAL assigned to the case made a recommendation to the court at the first temp hearing that it was appropriate to place the 16 year old daughter at the home of her boyfriend's parents based on only talking to the girl, her school friend and that friend's mother, a school counselor and the boyfriend's parents. He never talked to either of the girl's parents. My husband asked for an attorney at the temp hearing and the court commissioner told him that he didn't need one because it was already set for a permanent hearing in thirty days and proceeded with questioning the GAL and the two parents who were unrepresented. Because the GAL never talked to the parents, the court commissioner continued the temp hearing in 7 days so he could talk to us first. Then the plaintiff's (boyfriend's parents) attorney filed a de novo hearing in front of an actual judge and the hearing was moved up one day. Even after the GAL talked to all of us, he still recommended to the judge at the de novo hearing that the 16 year old daughter be placed at her boyfriend's parents. The reasoning was that he felt there wasn't enough supervision and support because we had not been involved enough in her college planning and she had not taken the ACT test yet and the parents had communication problems. This 16 year old girl is more than adequately provided for, is a good student, no trouble with the law, is healthy and has no other problems other than wanting to live with her boyfriend and his parents because they are of a high economic status and she does not want to follow our rules in either mom or dad's house. There were no safety concerns or anything founded that would even imply any safety risk, abuse or neglect. This girl walked into court wearing a nice columbia jacket and complementing attire and had her hair freshly curled and highlighted, complements of both her mom and dad. The Judge at the de novo hearing was baffled why this was being brought into court and found no grounds for violating our parental rights and dismissed the request for temporary guardianship. The next day the plaintiff's attorney filed a withdrawal of the petition for permanent guardianship. Both sets of parents went through hell during this whole process. What recourse do we have against the plaintiff? This occurred in the state of Wisconsin. The plaintiff filed this petition after my husband and his ex wife discovered that the 16 year old daughter was lying to both sets of parents with a different story that she was staying each of their homes when she was actually staying at the boyfriends and we put an end to it and brought her back to live at her mom's house. The boyfriend's parents never contacted the father to tell him that his daughter had been staying with them for a month. The ex wife was told by her daughter that dad knew she was staying with boyfriend and he did not care. Thank you.
Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:12 PM
She failed.
I suggest you let it go at that.
This is the age when your husbands relationship with his daughter is at it's most vulnerable and it wouldn't take much to make a rift that can't be fixed.
He should try to heal the wounds, not rub salt in them by seeking "recourse."
"Recourse" is a two edged sword and can seriously cut the wielder.
Let it go.
Warning: Legal issues are complicated. Explanations and comments here are simplified and might not fully explain the ramifications of your particular issue. I am not a lawyer. I do not give legal advice. I make comments based on my knowledge and experience. I guarantee nothing. If you act on my comments without the advice of an attorney, you do so at your own risk.
Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:19 PM
I'd note that you cannot know what the stepdaughter told her boyfriend/these people (clearly these parents never bothered to talk with your husband, right?). .
Your husband should have had an attorney before he showed up at the hearing (I hope you aren't saying he expected the court to appoint him one for free).
There is no "our" in terms of parental rights as it relates to you (only as it relates to what your husband allows).
"What recourse do we have against the plaintiff?"
Likely none, since in a court/legal action setting, there's immunity for defamation.
"The boyfriend's parents never contacted the father to tell him that his daughter had been staying with them for a month."
Yeah, well, your husband and the kid's mother evidently never bothered to do the logical with a teenager: talk with each other (or the parent of whatever friend she says she's staying with).
"The ex wife was told by her daughter that dad knew she was staying with boyfriend and he did not care."
Not sure what your point is here.
Dad ought to spend time and energy and resources on a family therapist or two (and perhaps individually, we cannot know) rather than pursue a non-winner as it relates to the boyfriend's dolt parents. (If he has tons of dough, fine; otherwise ...)
I'll echo PG's advisory "warning" with a twist: (Many) legal issues are complicated. Explanations and comments here might not fully identify or explain the ramifications of your particular problem. I do not give legal advice as such (and such is impermissible here at any rate). Comments are based on personal knowledge and experience and legal info gleaned over a quarter century, and every state has differing laws on and avenues to address most topics. If you need legal advice, you need to consult (and pay) a professional so that you may have someone to hold accountable. Acting on personal and informational advice from a stranger on the internet is a bad idea -- at least not without your own thorough due dilience/research and confirmation as it applies to your situation.
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 09:14 AM
Sorry about your current situation. It is in your best interest to speak to an attorney if you want to pursue this, but since you did not state what you would like to see happen, I'm not sure what more I can tell you.
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N people are coming to a conference. Every person comes or does not with an equal probability, independently of the others. Among the participants, randomly selected first speaker.
Suppose that N = 4, what is the probability that a person 4 will speak first?
I tried to divide the problem into cases,when in each case there are 1-4 participants, Each participant comes with a probability of 0.5, and the probability to choose the fourth person to be the first speaker is 1 divided by the number of participants.
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Smokestack Lightning by Howling Wolf has a great groove. The guitar riff is fantastic on its own but set off with the bass line is where you get the essence of the groove.
In my life I have lifted probably 5,000 songs. To "lift" a song means to take the music from a recording, to learn what the music is. And if you think about what a piece of music is there is a lot to lift: a riff, bass line, drum set part, chord progression, melody, lyrics, structure, each instrument's part, etc.
To lift music efficiently you need to develop your ears, to train them. There are a number of ways you can train your ears to become a good lifter. The best one I can recommend is to be organized before you start to lift. Preparation is key to most things. The same applies to lifting a song.
First, decide what it is you want to learn from the song. For example, the guitar riff to Smokestack Lightning.
Next is to survey the song and make a map of the song using landmarks like: Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Solo Section, Coda. Letter names also work: The first section of a song is letter A, the next section is B, and so forth. In Smokestack Lightning there are a series of 6 verses, each ending with a howl. After some of the verses there is a short vamp, a repeat of the groove, where a harmonica plays. The song fades out. By doing this you now know what you have to lift. Each verse has basically the same music, the guitar riff continues throughout the whole tune.
Now the specifics, ask yourself what is the guitar riff? how many bars? how many notes? and does it change through the piece? If don't know how time signatures work, then count the number of notes in the riff – it has 10. Try counting each note with the recording. It's not easy but practice this and you will begin to really hear the phrase. To figure out the notes of the riff you can hunt and peck, or listen, sing the first note, stop the recording and find it. Do this for all ten notes.
Try the above exercise. Is there a better way to do it? How? Each time you lift a song use the method above and you will begin to find a path of your own. Lifting songs is tricky but rewarding because you're not only improving your playing, your ears, your knowledge of how music works, but you're also having fun playing the music that excites you.
by Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf)
– from "Evil" (Chess 1540)
Ah-oh smokestack lightnin'
Shinin' just like gold
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
Whoa-oh tell me baby,
What's the matter with you?
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
Whoa-oh tell me baby,
Where did ya stay last night?
A-why don't ya hear me cryin'?
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
Whoa-oh stop your train,
Let her go for a ride
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
Whoa-oh fare ya well
Never see you no more
A-why don't ya hear me cryin'?
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
Whoa-oh, who been here baby since,
I-I been gone a little, bitty boy?
Girl be on
A-whoo-hooo, oooo, whooo
In the coming weeks I will be adding Easy, Intermediate, and Advanced guitar charts for a wide range of songs. The charts are designed for two types of guitar players: those who like to sing songs (Singer-Guitarists), those who just want to play guitar (Guitarists).
Keep checking this site for new charts. Feel free to leave a comment on the site to let me know if the charts and accompanying music are helpful. I look forward to hearing from you. Go here for the complete list.
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