text: One local downtown has been getting a bit of a makeover."It's an ongoing involvement, downtown and the town itself. The economy had been hard for a number of years now, but we are actually starting to see some upgrade of people's optimism, and people actually investing in the buildings," said Skowhegan's Economic Development Director, Jeff Hewett.One project is credited by many as the jump start to the changes."The grist mill was one of the major projects that kind got a boost onto the downtown. They took the old jail, converted it over into a grist mill," said Hewett.It's those changes that make Dugan Murphy's job that much easier."I'm the central coordinator for revitalization of downtown Skowhegan," said Murphy, who works as the executive director of Main Street Skowhegan.Main Street Skowhegan is part of a national non-profit dedicated to making downtowns across the country sustainable and successful. "The thing with downtown revitalization is some people want it to be like we're going back to the way things were, and I don't think there's really a feasible way to go back to the way Skowhegan was. There's only a way to learn from the past what things worked, and try to adapt them to the needs of toda,y and the future."Adapting to the needs of the future and the needs of the people of the area is on the top of the list up the road at 37 Main Street. "The space here was built back in the 1800's and it originally started as a church," said Liza Clark-Carbone, a wedding planner and owner of Carbone Collections.In 1955, it became the local VFW until 2009. A couple of years ago a Skowhegan resident, Todd Smith, bought it."When he purchased it, he bought it, and he had absolutely no idea what he was going to do with the old building," said Clark-Carbone.After talking to folks around town, "Majority ruled that it needed to become an event hall," said Clark-Carbone.Smith joined forces with Clark-Carbone to bring his vision to life. The space can hold 300 people. Smith has a ten year $100,000 renovation and restoration plan and has started with the entry way.(Liza)"There's nowhere else in the area that can give the full potential of this place."Seeing the town's potential is evident to locals. "I moved down to Virgina for about six years, then I moved back, and lived in Skowhegan and have definitely seem some significant great changes."


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Florida Marlins sign infielder Mike Lamb to minor league deal
The Marlins may have found their replacement for Ross Gload. Thursday, they announced the signing of corner infielder Mike Lamb to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.
Lamb last played in the majors in 2008 with the Brewers. He started that season with the Twins, who released him on Sept. 8 after hitting .233 with a .598 on-base plus slugging percentage in 81 games (261 at-bats). Last season, Lamb appeared in 119 games (440 at-bats) with the Mets' Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo. He batted .261 with a .299 on-base percentage.
Lamb's best seasons were with the Astros from 2004-07.
The left-handed hitting Lamb, 34, can play both corner infield spots, and right and left field in a pinch. He is a .281 career hitter against right-handed pitching and can boast a lifetime .280 mark with runners in scoring position (180 for 644) with a .790 OPS. In addition, he's been a decent pinch hitter, batting .255 (51 for 200) with 12 extra-base hits (six homers) and 41 RBI.


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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
I Wanna Be Sedated
They didn't act like alcoholics, who get mean or run into things with their cars or pass out during a PTA meeting or wake up totally non-functional.
They didn't act like other drug addicts, who have all kinds of problems with finding a vein to shoot up in or whatever. Sorry, but my drug lingo isn't that great.
They didn't act like people on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, who get about 57 fun side effects (can't sleep, sleep all day, don't want sex, want sex all day, can't eat, want to eat all day, act stupid, act mean, etc.) and are often STILL messed up.
I definitely need to do some research on Valium. Can you take it pregnant? Can you take it nursing? Does it just make you a little dull or does it knock you out? Raggedy, you should know something about this one ... you are a cool 60s-type chick!!! I thought my mom would know more, but she disappointed me :-)
Here's your assignment for the day: leave me a comment with everything you know about Valium.
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My mother took valium back in the day. I don't remember much about it. I know she still occasionally takes a "nerve" pill for stressful times(like flying).ReplyDelete
I don't think you can take it pregnant but hey, who knows? I wonder...my nerves are shot...lol..just kidding...a little rescue remedie and I'm good.
I hate to disappoint but I don't think I have ever had Valium. But I think my Mom may have popped a few in her day. She and I both suffer from an inability to turn our brains off for even a second unlike my sweet hubby who can enter a sort of computer sleep mode and stay there for long periods of time. I have to say that my dentist gives me a small pill when he works on me that makes me feel kind and happy with the world but then the next day I have no memory of feeling kind and happy or anything else that happened during the day. When things get tough I like to hang out in the bathroom. It is usually the cleanest and most uncluttered room in the house, it is made for use by only one person at a time. Mine has reading material and fun lotions and potions. It is like a small get-away from life and maybe that makes it a little like Valium.ReplyDelete
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Valium? Isn't he the prince in Spaceballs who looks a lot like Jim J. Bullock?ReplyDelete
I'm with Raggedy Girl. My bathroom is my drug of choice, my retreat from the world. A long hot shower or bath with lots of nice smelling things make me happy.ReplyDelete
My cousin took it when she was younger and didn't know how to deal with her stress. SHe went off of it when she realized she was floating through her daughters childhood.ReplyDelete
ew. i don't want to NOT remember anything. i forgot about the Bach's natural rescue remedy ... but it gave me headaches.ReplyDelete
You are too funny! The title caught my eye as I JUST finished loading that song onto my ipod!ReplyDelete
I had to do a report on a Page from a book that told 50 's mothers how to get the home ready for hubbies return. Clean up put fresh make up on make sure there is nothing stressful for you Husband to deal with etc. etc. etc. I remember commenting that maybe if the Hubbies gave their wifes some help and apprication then maybe they wouldn't have had to turn to "Mother's Little Helper".ReplyDelete
ok counselor Chris can not leave this one alone! Yes many people who are medicated for depression and anxiety still have problems. But many people who take drugs to treat cancer or high blood pressure or chronic pain or acne (I could go ON and ON here) still have issues. Just because a drug does not completely cure a problem does not make it a bad thing. Sometimes when you have a debilitating medical condition (and YES, depression and anxiety are MEDICAL conditions)you take what you can and hope and pray for the best. No cause for ridicule or being compared to a drug addict!!!!!! So, be thankful for the gift of your mental health. And PS if you score some Valium, I'm in. :)ReplyDelete
I'm allergic to it?ReplyDelete


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YMCA Swimming: Two national records set on opening night in Fort Lauderdale
Two national YMCA records were set Tuesday on the opening night of the YMCA National Swimming Championships at Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex.
Nicholas Caldwell, 17, of Sarasota, twice lowered the men's 500-yard freestyle record of 4:20.28 he set last year. After going 4:20.04 in the prelims, Caldwell took the record to 4:18.01 in the finals.
Caldwell, a senior at Sarasota Riverview, holds the state high school record at the distance at 4:17.29. He will swim for the University of Florida beginning in the fall.
Also Tuesday, Susanna White, 17, of Lynchburg, Va., set a YMCA national mark in the 200-yard individual medley of 1:58.90 that stood since 2003 (Brittany Johnson, 2:00.23). White is headed to the University of Arkansas.
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->''"Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as [[HarsherInHindsight the century of Fascism]]." ''
'''Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini''' (1883-1945) was an [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italian fascist]] politician who was leader of Italy from 1922, pretty much up to his death. Unlike his German contemporary UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, [[TheManBehindTheMan he was never in official command of his nation]] due to King Victor Emmanuel nominally being Mussolini's boss.
Mussolini first got the idea for fascism when he was a [[RedShirtReporter war reporter]] in the trenches of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, following around the soldiers (and later becoming one). And he liked what he saw in the Army: he wanted to create a society organized like a military battalion, a rigid conformist society with no dissenters to undermine patriotic values.
Today, he is most famous for being the [[OlderThanTheyThink first fascist ruler of any country]], and for his colonial war against Ethiopia in 1935 (called Abyssinia at the time) which proved the ridiculous incompetence of the [[DoomedMoralVictor League of Nations]]. He was a close ally of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and fought on UsefulNotes/NaziGermany's side during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the war]], although the Italian Army were [[UnwantedAssistance more of a hindrance to the Nazis than a help]]. To be fair, when Hitler wanted Italy to enter the war, Mussolini said what amounted to "[[UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway can it wait until I've industrialized my country in five years?]]" (this may have been a random number chosen to delay Italian entry ''indefinitely''... until Germany [[CurbStompBattle annexed half the continent with ease]], at least).
That all said, there is a real historiographical debate about how much of a Fascist Mussolini really was - as the most notable members of his cabinet consisted of political opportunists rather than die-hard Fascist fanatics - and Mussolini himself seemed to waver a lot when asked how far the Fascist revolution was intended to go. On at least one occasion, he even said that Italy was not ready to be Fascist. In other words, he seemed to believe in Fascism, but was too cynical about Italy and politics in general to believe that a Fascist revolution could take place and thus was content to run a straight-up dictatorship with Fascist dressing, electing to maintain his position rather than upsetting the status quo. Thus, UsefulNotes/FascistItaly was not as totalitarian as UsefulNotes/NaziGermany or Stalinist Russia - although it was a one-party state with media controlled and opposition banned, people were rarely killed for political reasons. It remained a de jure monarchy and was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, with whom the Fascists maintained a complex relationship. During the interwar years, Italy was well known for its aggressive foreign policy: aside from conquering Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and participating in World War II, the Fascists also entered the Spanish Civil War (on the side of Francisco Franco), severely oppressed their colonies in Libya and Somalia, attacked the Greek island of Corfu to force diplomatic concessions, and invaded Albania as a show of power following Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia. Although Mussolini ruled for more than 20 years, several parts of Italy barely noticed any change from the previous fifty.
Soon after the British and Americans began their invasion of Italy, Mussolini was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness deposed]] by King Victor Emmanuel III following a de facto vote of no confidence in the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943. In September [[HeelFaceTurn the Italians joined the Allies and declared war on Germany]]. The Germans responded by invading Italy and forcing Mussolini, by now wanting to retire, to form a Nazi state called the Italian Social Republic. He was caught while fleeing to Switzerland and executed by the [[LaResistance Italian resistance]] in 1945. They shot him in the gut first, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dragged him into the nearby city of Milan and then hung him upside-down at a gas station while crowds of angry Italians spat and threw things (trash, bricks, other unpleasant things) at his body]].
Mussolini does not come up in history quite as often as Hitler does, despite [[FollowTheLeader being a significant influence on the development of Nazism]]. Basically, he was the [[LesserStar Garfunkel]] to Hitler's Music/{{Simon|AndGarfunkel}}.
!!Works in which Benito Mussolini appears or is cited include:
* One episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' had Carla trying to get around a family naming tradition that would have [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast forced the name "Benito Mussolini"]] onto her unborn baby.
* Frequently appeared in the wartime comics of Creator/CarlGiles. Giles was saddened to hear of Mussolini's death, as it meant he would no longer be able to mock him, uttering the immortal words: "''I've lost my Musso!''".
* Mussolini makes an appearance in Creator/{{Disney}}'s UsefulNotes/WorldWarII propaganda short, "Disney/DerFuehrersFace".
* Mussolini is also caricatured in ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators'' and ''WesternAnimation/TokioJokio''.
* Nero in the ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'' album ''De Rode Keizer'' ("The Red Emperor") becomes Roman Emperor's UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}'s replacement and announces he will give a speech on the balcony, mimicking Mussolini.
* He is the narrator of a chapter in ''Literature/CaptainCorellisMandolin''. The entire chapter is a furious megalomaniac rant by Mussolini, where he raves about [[TheSocialDarwinist the "survival of the fittest"]], praises the discipline and martial virtues of the Roman Empire, and how he wants the Italian people to have "ice in their soul". It ends with Mussolini being disturbed by his cat, and promptly [[KickTheDog kicking the cat to death]].
* Mussolini plays an important part in Creator/LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle's [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]]-based ScienceFiction novel, ''Literature/{{Inferno}}'', where he [[spoiler:guides the novel's protagonist [[ToHellAndBack Through Hell and (Not-Quite) Back]]]].
* In ''Webcomic/ThePrideOfLife'', Othello's superbeasts are named for European dictators, including "Mussol" for Mussolini.
* Mussolini appears in LemonDemon's "Music/UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny" as part of the BadassCrew that takes down MemeticBadass Creator/ChuckNorris.
* In Harry Turtledove's ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'', Mussolini is overthrown when Italy is eventually overrun by the Race, but is busted out of prison by [[CrazyAwesome Otto Skorzeny]] and later seen in exile in the United States.
* ''Literature/AGreaterBritain'', a work aimed at rescuing Oswald Mosley from the scrappy heap, does the same to Mussolini: he fights on the Allied side of the truncated equivalent to UsefulNotes/WW2, and it reflects on his political gifts which tend to be brushed over nowadays.
* ''Magazine/TheBeano'' had two main wartime comic strips, ''Addie and Hermie'' (about Hitler and Goering) and ''Musso [[OnceAcceptableTargets the Wop]]'', which used Italian stereotypes cheerfully and mocked the Italian Army for its lack of success in North Africa.
* Joey from Series/{{Friends}} claimed his grandmother was the 6th person to spit on Mussolini's corpse.
* Homer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' non-deliberately mimics Mussolini's way of gesturing during speeches (fittingly held from a balcony during their holiday stay in Italy) during the episode ''Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E8TheItalianBob''. He actually wanted to mimic Creator/DonaldTrump, but it [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]]. By 2016, however, this seems [[FunnyAneurysmMoment oddly prescient]].
** Also, Milhouse's full name is "Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten".
* Mussolini features prominently in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincere-link Vincere]], a recent movie which tells the life of the young Benito Mussolini and his rise to power from the point of view of his first wife (Ida Dalser), who was abandoned when Mussolini returned from the first World War. Both Ida and her son (called Benito Albino) were later forced into a mental institution and died of "natural" causes.
* ''Tea With Mussolini'', obviously.
* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' Dwight reads a speech by Benito Mussolini apparently trying to say that paper salesmen are a ProudWarriorRace.
** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "We... Are... Warriors!"]]
* Mussolini was brought to the present in a time machine to fight against Creator/RobertoBenigni in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch''. In this episode Mussolini also inexplicably wears a ''pickelhaube'' helmet, which is a German military helmet from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI!
* While Moe is doing his best Hitler impersonation in ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short ''Film/YouNaztySpy'', Curly does a spot-on impersonation of Mussolini.
* Is parodied along with Hitler in ''Film/TheGreatDictator'', in which the two conflict over which country would invade Austria. TruthInTelevision at the time, though the two became close allies later.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Mafalda}}'', Miguelito's grandfather is an admirer of Mussolini. He even [[InsaneTrollLogic manages to trace the]] [[SpaceRace Moon Landing]] to Mussolini (Mussolini -> Hitler -> Von Braun -> NASA -> Moon Landing).
* [[http://xkcd.com/282/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip.
* The protagonist of Lena Wertmuller's ''Seven Beauties'' uses a Mussolini imitation as part of his insanity defense to weasel out of a murder charge.
* Appears as the BigBad in the Gaddafi-era Libyan propaganda film ''Lion of the Desert'' (based on the story of the suppression of Omar Mukhtar's anticolonial revolt in Italian Libya in the late 1920s and early 1930s), portrayed by Rod Steiger, with the position of The Dragon filled by the ruthless General Rodolfo Graziani, plated by Oliver Reed.
* Rod Steiger played Mussolini again in the Italian film ''The Last Days of Mussolini''.
* Lampooned by British comedian Alexei Sayle of the show ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', whose version of Mussolini enters the Eurovision Song Contest to sing a song about making yourself feel better through the fine art of making stupid noises.
* On Music/ScottWalker's 2006 album ''The Drift'' there's a song called "Clara", which is supposedly sung by Mussolini to his mistress Clara Petacci while they're [[DeadAllAlong hanging from the gas station]].
* The Music/BigBlack song "Il Duce" is about Mussolini.
* In the pilot episode of Marvel's ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Agent Coulson refers to Loki as "the Asgardian Mussolini."
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'' the latest GrailInTheGarbage turns out to be a stone nose broken off a statue of Mussolini in wartime Italy.


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While there have been no reported cases of Ebola (thus far) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 13 people in the northwestern part of the country have reported died of a mysterious fever since August 11th.. Although health minister Dr Felix Kabange Numbi stated that all the victims "suffered from a fever, diarrhea, vomiting and, in a terminal stage, of vomiting a black matter," the World Health Organization as well as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) stated that it is still too early to tell whether they were stricken with haemorraghic fever.
"The same symptoms could be caused by serious malaria or even typhoid fever. We are still waiting for biological confirmation to find out what kind of disease this is," said Amandine Colin of MSF, which has teams in the affected territory of Boende, in Equator province.
In the meantime officials are monitoring approximately 80 people who came into contact with the deceased are being monitored at their homes, he added.
More formally known as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever the virus is spread by at least 31 different species of ticks from the genera Haemaphysalis and Hyalomma, with known cases having been traced back to 3100-3500 years. Flu-like symtoms generally occur within 1-3 days following infection, and 5-6 days after exposure to infected blood or tissues, Initial symptoms may also include mood swings, agitation, mental confusion and broken capillaries in the throat, followed by nosebleeds, rainbow urine and vomiting, and black stools. The liver becomes swollen and painful. Disseminated intravascular coagulation may occur as well as acute kidney failure and shock, and sometimes acute respiratory distress syndrome. Although patients may start to exhibit signs of recovery after 9–10 days from


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College Hockey:NCHA picks: Feb. 22
I've been predicting NCHA games since the beginning of November, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: picking winners in this conference is difficult.
With two top-five teams and two others on the cusp of reaching the USCHO.com Top 15, it's hard to argue against the NCHA being the most competitive league in the NCAA Division III. Last week, in predicting the first round of the conference tournament, I picked third-seed Wisconsin-Stevens Point to eliminate sixth-seed Wisconsin-River Falls. Well, the Falcons proved me wrong, knocking off the favored Pointers on Saturday.
However, with the second round of the Peters Cup tournament this weekend, the favored teams should escape with victories. … We'll see.
Saturday, Feb. 23
No. 4 St. Scholastica at No. 2 St. Norbert
The Saints head into De Pere, Wis., after bouncing rival Wisconsin-Superior from the playoffs last week. St. Norbert, meanwhile, survived a scare from Wisconsin-Stout with two 3-2 wins. The Green Knights, (21-5-1) ranked fifth in D-III, have ruled this tournament for the past decade, winning three straight and eight of the last 10. Also, St. Norbert is 12-0 all-time against St. Scholastica in the NCHA tournament. The Saints, after stumbling earlier in the season, have bounced back and turned their season into a success, with a 13-13-1 record, but I can't see them upsetting the defending national champions on their home ice. St. Scholastica's hot streak ends in De Pere. St. Norbert 5-3
No. 6 Wisconsin-River Falls at No. 1 Eau Claire
The Falcons (13-10-4) are riding a wave of momentum after upsetting Wis.-Stevens Point. Meanwhile, Wis.-Eau Claire (19-4-2) is fresh off a first-round bye. Did the break help the Blugolds recharge their batteries for a national title run? Or did having that much time off make the second-ranked team in the nation rusty? I think Wis.-Eau Claire wins and will move on for an epic showdown with St. Norbert; however, it won't be easy. I see the resurgent Falcons pushing the Blugolds until the final minutes of the third period. The key match-up will be in goal, as Wis.-Eau Claire's Brandon Stephenson, the NCHA Player of the Year, battles Wis.-River Falls' Scott Lewan. Wis.-Eau Claire 3-2
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Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Consists of five members serving overlapping terms of three years. The Board functions in the same capacity as the Civil Service Commission, but covers only specific police and fire personnel. Meets as needed.
Additional Approvals. If my home is designated a landmark, what additional approvals are required for any exterior modifications, etc.?
Apply. How do I apply for landmark designation?
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Migrating Virtual Iron guest to Oracle VM 3.x
By Simon Coter-Oracle on Dec 15, 2012
As stated on the official site, Oracle in 2009, acquired a provider of server virtualization management software named Virtual Iron; you can find all the acquisition details at this link.
Into the FAQ on the official site you can also view that, for the future, Oracle plans to fully integrate Virtual Iron technology into Oracle VM products, and any enhancements will be delivered as a part of the combined solution; this is what is going on with Oracle VM 3.x.
So, customers started asking us to migrate Virtual Iron guests to Oracle VM.
IMPORTANT: This procedure needs a dedicated OVM-Server with no-guests running on top; be careful while execute this procedure on production environments.
In these little steps you will find how-to migrate, as fast as possible, your guests between VI ( Virtual Iron ) and Oracle VM; keep in mind that OracleVM has a built-in P2V utility ( Official Documentation ) that you can use to migrate guests between VI and Oracle VM.
Concepts: VI repositories.
On VI we have the same "repository" concept as in Oracle VM; the difference between these two products is that VI use a raw-lun as repository ( instead of using ocfs2 and its capabilities, like ref-links ).
The VI "raw-lun" repository, with a pure operating-system perspective, may be presented as in this picture:
Infact on this "raw-lun" VI create an LVM2 volume-group.
The VI "raw-lun" repository, with an hypervisor perspective, may be presented as in this picture:
So, the relationships are:
- LVM2-Volume-Group <-> VI Repository
- LVM2-Logical-Volume <-> VI guest virtual-disk
The first step is to present the VI repository ( raw-lun ) to your dedicated OVM-Server.
Prepare dedicated OVM-Server
On the OVM-Server ( OVS ) you need to discover new lun and, after that, discover volume-group and logical-volumes containted in VI repository; due to default OVS configuration you need to edit lvm2 configuration file:
# By default for OVS we restrict every block device: # filter = [ "r/.*/" ]
and comment the line starting with "filter" as above.
Now you have to discover the raw-lun presented and, next, activate volume-group and logical-volumes:
#!/bin/bash for HOST in `ls /sys/class/scsi_host`;do echo '- - -' > /sys/class/scsi_host/$HOST/scan; done CPATH=`pwd` cd /dev for DEVICE in `ls sd[a-z] sd?[a-z]`;do echo '1' > /sys/block/$DEVICE/device/rescan; done cd $CPATH cd /dev/mapper for PARTITION in `ls *[a-z] *?[a-z]`;do partprobe /dev/mapper/$PARTITION; done cd $CPATHvgchange -a y
After that you will see a new device:[root@ovs01 ~]# cd /dev/6000F4B00000000000210135bef64994
[root@ovs01 6000F4B00000000000210135bef64994]# ls -l 6000F4B0000000000061013* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 77 Oct 29 10:50 6000F4B00000000000610135c3a0b8cb ->
By your OVM-Manager create a guest server with the same definition as on VI:
- same core number as VI source guest
- same memory as VI source guest
- same number of disks as VI source guest ( you can create OVS virtual disk with a small size of 1GB because the "clone" will, eventually, extend the size of your new virtual disks )
source-virtual-disk path ( VI ):
dest-virtual-disk path ( OVS ):/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300006cfeb81c12f12f00/VirtualDisks/0004fb000012000055e0fc4c5c8a35ee.img **
** = to identify your virtual disk you have verify its name under the "vm.cfg" file of your new guest.
Clone VI virtual-disk to OVS virtual-diskdd if=/dev/mapper/6000F4B00000000000210135bef64994-6000F4B00000000000610135c3a0b8cb of=/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300006cfeb81c12f12f00/VirtualDisks/0004fb000012000055e0fc4c5c8a35ee.img
Clean unsupported parameters and changes on OVS.
1. Restore original /etc/lvm/lvm.conf# By default for OVS we restrict every block device: filter = [ "r/.*/" ]
and uncomment the line starting with "filter" as above.
2. Force-stop lvm2-monitor service
# service lvm2-monitor force-stop
3. Restore original /etc/lvm directories ( archive, backup and cache )
# cd /etc/lvm
# rm -fr archive backup cache; mkdir archive backup cache
4. Reboot OVS
Refresh OVS repository and start your guest.
By OracleVM Manager refresh your repository:
By OracleVM Manager start your "migrated" guest:
Comments and corrections are welcome.
Simon COTER


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AMHERST, Mass. - Women's basketball sophomore forward Shakia Robinson has been named UMass Athlete of the Week after playing a pivotal role in the Minutewomen's come-from-behind 72-69 victory over Wagner this past Sunday. This marks the second career award for Robinson who earned the honor for the first time earlier this month.
Robinson led UMass' comeback against the Seahawks with a game-high 22 points and a career-best 12 rebounds as the squad erased a 17-point second half deficit. In the final eight minutes of play, Robinson had 11 of the team's 20 points and seven of the squad's 11 boards during that span. The Minutewomen scored the final 14 points in the contest, which included nine from Robinson.
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Somehow over the weekend, my Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit) computer at work seems to have developed an odd problem. I went to load a management console file (.msc) that I've had on my desktop for months, but this time it gave me a warning that looked something like this:
I re-saved my MMC session into a separate .msc file on my desktop and that gives me a warning. I right-click a batch file on my desktop that I wrote several weeks ago and click edit. Same warning. I open notepad and make a new batch file, save it to my desktop, same warning.
Why am I getting this warning on every "executable" file that I create on my desktop? But wait, there's more...
If I save (for example) a batch file elsewhere on my computer, I don't get a warning. No warning if I put it on the C drive, or my profile base folder, or even my network mapped Z drive. But putting it on my desktop or a desktop subfolder gives me the warning.
- I checked the permissions and can't see anything different with, say, another subfolder in my profile.
- I checked to see if any scripts I create on my desktop get automatically tagged with alternate data streams, but they don't.
- Anyone else who logs into my computer under their profile (domain) doesn't have this issue.
- My desktop is not redirected.
- Still gives a warning in Safe Mode.
- Other computers that I log onto don't exhibit this behavior--it's only my machine, and specifically only on my desktop.
- I've already ran a chkdsk /f.
Does anyone know how to get at the security settings for this and make it stop being so overzealous? Please keep in mind that:
- I don't want to disable the security altogether. Having, say, a warning for a file fresh off the internet is a Good Thing in my opinion. But it shouldn't be squawking at me for files I create myself.
- I don't want to make a blanket inclusion list for .bat, .ps1, etc files because that just seems folly.
- Basically I don't want a workaround; I want a fix. Yes, I could just save my scripts and such to a different folder or a different drive. But I shouldn't have to.
Worst case, I could delete my profile folder and let it be recreated and maybe that'd fix it. I'd rather not, and call me crazy but I really want to know what's going on here!
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Mercyhurst might be a small Catholic liberal arts college of 3,157 students in women's hockey's smallest conference, but the school is now a big-time NCAA contender behind the efforts of Mike Sisti, who was named the AHCA Women's D-I Coach of the Year on Monday.
Despite playing in the CHA without the benefit of an automatic bid, Sisti led the Lakers to their first NCAA tournament berth and fell 5-4 in triple overtime to the eventual national runner-up Harvard. The Lakers went 28-6-2 this season and improved to 140-50-11 in Sisti's six-year tenure.
Harvard coach Katey Stone and Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson, who each advanced their teams to the NCAA final game for the second straight year, were the runners-up.
The Coach of the Year caps off the AHCA women's awards. The CCM All-American honors were handed out on March 25. NCAA champion Minnesota led the way with three First Team selections, and the Gophers' Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell each earned First Team honors for the second time. Minnesota-Duluth forward Caroline Ouellette also earned her second First Team selection, and Harvard forward Nicole Corriero earned her third Second Team selection. Goalie Desi Clark became the first All-American honoree for Mercyhurst.
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Mike Sisti, Mercyhurst
Coach of the Year Runners-Up
Laura Halldorson, Minnesota
Katey Stone, Harvard
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G: Desi Clark, Sr., Mercyhurst
D: Molly Engstrom, Sr., Wisconsin
D: Lyndsay Wall, Sr., Minnesota
F: Natalie Darwitz, Jr., Minnesota
F: Caroline Ouellette, Sr., UMD
F: Krissy Wendell, Jr., Minnesota
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G: Jody Horak, Sr., Minnesota
D: Carla MacLeod, Sr., Wisconsin
D: Julianne Vasichek, Sr., UMD
F: Julie Chu, Jr., Harvard
F: Nicole Corriero, Sr., Harvard
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Lmao at the other guys Def, WTF are you talking about Watts is rite in the middle of South Central LA.
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The SI (metric) unit of power. It is equivalent a joule per second and is a measure of the rate at which work is being performed or energy is being transferred.
An incandescent lightbulb rated at 40 watts will consume 2400 joules of energy for every minute that it is on.
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Pasta Rustica Ristorante
Last night Mark gathered his peeps for his 25th birthday dinner on Lygon Street which could only mean that we were in for some tacky Italian-Aussie grub *shudders* Apart from Balzari, no Italian restaurant on Lygon Street is good in my opinion which is a shame because they used to serve good food back in the day. Instead of tasty home-made goodness, we're getting spaghetti marinara, for example, which looks plastic and is overladen with a bucket of cream and frozen seafood extender *shudders again* So when Mark announced that he was having his birthday at Pasta Rustica, one of the even more tackier Italian restaurants on the Ying Thai/Safeway side of Lygon Street that's always got spruikers out the front, I knew that I was in for an interesting time.
The table was booked for 7pm but of course when me and Adam arrived on time after walking there by foot from the city, no one was there except Mark and about two other people whom I had not met before. Anyway, we spent about 45 mins waiting for the others to come which needed no further explanation from me as to how I (and the others who bothered to come on time) felt. We finally ordered our meals and sat around talking about (what else) Michael Jackson (RIP, by the way).
As we waited for our food to come, I took in our surroundings which I felt were a bit OTT. While I commend the owners' efforts in trying to evoke some rustic charm to the place, I felt that it was a bit overdone. Had they left it with the exposed brick walls and fireplace, all would have been okay but they decided to decorate the room with all sorts of things that were synonymous with Italy – bust figurines of Nero, Italian flags, etc. Ugh. After a 30 minute wait (!!!), we finally got our meals.
My fettuccine pesto ($19.90 for a main-sized plate, or $14.90 for entree-sized). The middle-aged waitress who looked like she couldn't be effed with her shift tonight actually tried to talk me out of ordering a main-sized pasta. She said that because I was skinny, I would not be able to finish it because it was HUGE. I told her that I do eat a lot (as you all know, hahaha) and besides, I had barely eaten all day so BRING IT ON. She seemed a bit taken-back before she shrugged and noted my order. Well, she wasn't joking when she said that the mains were huge. My pasta was a massive mound as huge as Mt Vesuvius itself. Sadly, it was terrible. There was no flavour in the sauce which led me to believe that they used a dud olive oil. The shavings of Parmesan on top did nothing to make it taste better and so I had to heap a spoonful of that Kraft Parmesan cheese shite that was sitting on the table. It was horrible but because I was so hungry, I ate it all which prompted the waitress to go bonkers when she saw a clean plate. HA!
Adam's penne calabrese ($20.90, main). If I thought mine was bad, his was 10 billion rungs below uber-shite. It was simply nothing more than a sauce made with canned tomato paste and salami which tasted somewhat off. For some reason, there was a metallic aftertaste every time I took a bite. Ohhh quelle horreur!
We both shared a serving of herb bread (three slices for $4.90). Again, nothing impressive and nothing that you can't buy in the Latina pasta section of Safeway but surprisingly, this was the best part of our meal. Ick. Never again.
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your friend andrew looks like a pimp hahaha. sorry.And.. that miss. bogan is something i see all the time in my area. sigh.Reply
What's Dave got to do with it?As long as the atmosphere is yobbofree and vomitfree than Dave approves!See the Bombers fly up! Up!And win the Premiership flag! (in 2013).Reply
Can't say that pasta pic look appetising at all! And Adam is wearing those shiny pants!! Hahaha nice!Reply
Yea I commented to adam on his vinyl trousers.Reply
@I_Luv_Cocacola – I was the one!!!!!Reply
i love the suits they're wearing, but dont know about the pornstache?Reply
@icesabre – Because I remember you saying something about these "bogan" pubs were not on your list of places to go to on Friday night and yes, there were a few yobs there… ugh.Reply
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TUCSON - The University of Arizona Wildcats No. 10 men's and No. 13 women's track and field teams were split between the Don Kirby Open and the Husky Classic on Saturday. The distance runners competed at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash. The throwers and a small group of sprinters competed in the Don Kirby Open in Albuquerque, N.M. The Wildcats claimed victories in two events and posted five personal-best marks.
In the women's shot put, junior Alyssa Hasslen posted a personal-best mark of 57-4.25 (17.48m), good for first place and the No. 3 collegiate mark in the country. Senior Julie Labonté earned a second-place finish with a mark of 56-3 (17.14m). Sophomore Baillie Gibson threw 52-2.5 (15.91m), good for third place overall. Senior Taylor Freeman came in fourth place with a mark of 50-2.75 (15.31m), the second-best toss of her career. Senior Omotayo Talabi's mark of 48-2.5 (14.69m) was good for fifth place.
Freeman won the women's weight throw with a mark of 63-9.75 (19.45m), also the second-best mark of her career. She has continued her streak, posting the five best marks of her career in five competitions this season. Sophomore Baillie Gibson finished in third place with a mark of 61-8.5 (18.81m), the second-best toss of her career.
In the preliminary round of the women's 60-meter dash, junior Germe Poston clocked a time of 7.60, good for fifth place. In the final, Poston's time of 7.52 was good for fourth place and the No. 4 time of her career.
In Seattle, sophomore Nicci Corbin clocked a personal-best time of 4:40.88 in the women's mile invite, good for 18th place. In the open mile, sophomore Kate Penney clocked a personal-best time of 4:50.57, good for seventh place. In the men's open mile, sophomore Sam Macaluso ran a personal-best time of 4:10.24.
In the women's 3,000 meters, sophomore Stephanie Bulder posted a time of 9:46.61, the second-best time of her career. On the men's side, sophomore Kenji Bierig ran a personal-best time of 8:13.82.
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Getting excited for the Super Bowl this weekend? Me too… and there's so much to look forward to between the Big Game itself, the (hopefully very funny) commercials, Madonna's half time show, and of course the yummy FOOD & drinks! And speaking of game-day-appropriate-deliciousness, Esther of Batch from Scratch is here with a festive beer & pretzel inspired brownie recipe, complete with homemade butterscotch ganache. Gotta love combos of salty & sweet!
By Esther Kang of Batch from Scratch
– 4 oz Bittersweet Chocolate
– 8 oz Butter
– 1 Egg
– 3/4 cup Sugar
– 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
– 1/4 cup Cocoa
– 1 1/4 cup Flour
– 1/2 tsp Salt
– 2 tsp Vanilla
– 1 cup Guinness
– 8 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
1. melt 4 oz bittersweet chocolate & butter (in microwave or double boiler)
2. beat egg, sugar and brown sugar for 3 minutes
3. while eggs & sugar are mixing, mix dry ingredients: cocoa, flour, salt
4. add melted chocolate to egg mixture
5. mix in dry ingredients
6. add vanilla and beer until incorporated
7. pour into pan, then sprinkle semi-sweet chocolate on top of the batter
8. bake at 350 for 35 minutes until knife comes out clean
– 3.5 oz Butterscotch
– 2.5 oz White Chocolate Chips
– 1.4 oz Heavy Cream
1. combine butterscotch, white chocolate and heavy cream in a small bowl
2. microwave in 30 second increments, stir until melted and smooth
– 1/3 cup Crushed Pretzels
– Flakey Sea Salt (maldon salt works well)
1. top baked stout brownies with ganache
2. refrigerate until firm, cut and serve
3. top each piece with crushed pretzels and flakey sea salt
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1Lori @ RecipeGirl SAYS:
What an awesome recipe!! I love everything about it for Super Bowl Sunday!
2debbie SAYS:
hi… so what is the measurement of beer…one "bottle" of guiness, my store only had cans of guiness beer…soo???How much beer
Esther SAYS:
Hi Everyone!! Sorry for the confusion – it is actually 1 cup of Guiness. I have asked Jenn to edit the text above.
5Richelle SAYS:
How many squares does it make ?
Esther SAYS:
15 – 2.75″ x 2.5″ bars, or 20 – 2″ x 2.5″ bars.
6Susan B. SAYS:
Does butterscotch mean butterscotch baking chips?
7Esther SAYS:
yes, butterscotch chips – or any other butterscotch you can find. butterscotch bars will work too.
8Sophisticated Stationery SAYS:
These look so yummy!
9Sarah SAYS:
I just made these and came across a few questions. When you add the 8oz of semisweet chocolate to the brownie, should it be melted? I used Baker's Squares, so I melted it. The recipe does not specify. I added the condensed milk after melting the other ingredients. I used the butterscotch chips and it took a bit to melt because of the parafin, but it worked out okay. My ganache looks like a true ganache, not the fluffy topping in the picture. Thin and rich. The fluffy topping really looks like it was mixed with a mixer and maybe powdered sugar. I added the pretzels and salt after putting on the ganache. That was the onlyway I would think that it would stick. I guess we will see tomorrow if it makes the pretzels soggy. I love the idea of these bars, but I do not think this recipe was tested. Hopefully, all of this can be clariffied before too many people attempt the recipe.
10Nicole SAYS:
Looks super yummy! I am making them tomorrow for my super bowl party!
I have the same question as Vicky. What we do with condensed milk for the ganache? Into the microwave with everything else? Thanks!
11Brita424 SAYS:
When adding the semisweet chocolate, should it be melted im assuming?!
Esther SAYS:
There are 12 oz of chocolate chip in this recipe, 4 oz to be melted with the butter, and 8 to be topped on top of the mixed batter.
12Lorie SAYS:
Unfortunately, I tried this too before it was clarified. The sweetened consdensed milk made them soggy and very difficult to cut. They are like mush. They taste great, but not very good to take to a Superbowl party since they can't really be cut into squares. Very expensive to make as well. Probably about $15 worth of ingredients.
13Miss Mo SAYS:
You might want to change "butterscotch" to "butterscotch chips" in the recipe – I assumed that you meant butterscotch liqueur (especially since you mentioned chips for the white chocolate) and ended up halfway through the recipe without the necessary ingredients and unable to continue. Looking forward to trying it again, though!
Esther SAYS:
Hi! Sorry for the confusion. The brownies taste great, even without the ganache…I hope you are able to give it another try!
14chelsie SAYS:
how can i get this recipy to save ,can you send me the recip guinnes bownes
15Nichole SAYS:
I was really looking forward to making this for a housewarming party of a beer enthusiast. Unfortunately, it did not come out as expected. I almost posted pictures on pintrestfail.com because I was so disappointed. I followed the recipe exactly. Even read the comments prior to making them so I was sure I was doing it correctly. The brownies themselves turned out okay taste-wise but they were extremely crumbly and messy. The ganache, however, was awful. It was difficult to cut through so the brownies fell apart as I was trying to cut them. The ganache also cracked and broke when I tried to put the pretzels on top. I don't think I would make this recipe again and if I did I would put a different type of frosting on the top. It's such a cool idea, but kind of a disappointment.


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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
2011 Honda CBR600F riding impression
We like the Honda CBR600F, plain and simple. Like Kawasaki's Ninja Z1000SX, the new CBR600F offers an excellent blend of performance and practicality. It's not just beginners and female riders – even experienced riders who're looking for a bike that's a bit more comfortable than repli-racers like Honda's own CBR600RR will probably like the new 600F. Motoblog recently tested the bike and here are some excerpts from what they have to say about the new Honda:
Jeremy Burgess: 'Winning a MotoGP world championship is our intent!'
ZigWheels recently caught up with master tuner Jeremy Burgess, who moved with Valentino Rossi from Yamaha to Ducati and who's now faced with the unenviable task of transforming the Ducati Desmosedici GP11 into a race winning machine. Or rather, more specifically, a machine which Valentino Rossi can win races on. Here are some excerpts from what Jeremy had to say:
On what racing means to the Japanese factories
If it was not for our success at Yamaha, there was every chance the racing effort would have received a massive chopping of funds, if not shutting down the race shop for good. Yamaha and Honda are in the business of selling motorcycles. Racing is something they do when they can afford it.
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Some of the worlds finest bicycles are built in Oregon and they're on display this weekend at the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. Check their blog for the details. The Modal, our latest project, was handmade right here in Seattle. Builders attending the show include
Having worked on bikes for years, I am used to handling tools. I always find those 50-something-function folding multi-tools to be disappointing, having a lot features that are just not practical to use. Give me something simple, but beautifully made. I have a 3-piece set of headset/BB/pedal wrenches made by Shimano that surpass even Campagnolo. However, the set is just about obsolete when dealing with today's bikes. But I just got the coolest tool out there.
It's called the Pro Tool Super and it's marketed in the United States by Euro-Asia Imports. But the back story is that it was originally marketed in Japan years ago by legendary keirin builder San Rensho. Nowadays, it's made by their successor Makino.
Dan Kaufman from CrankMyChain, a unique tricycle powered video blogger from Portland captured this video of some of the hot cyclocross action out at Barton Park this last weekend.
Not exactly comprehensive coverage, but Dan's site is great for its video driven take on cycling culture. For example check out his next post on the badass challenge results – winner gets a purse (literally) for riding out to the races, racing, and riding back home. Give Dan's site a good once over, there's some great stuff there.
We asked Tom a daily commuter and reader to ride the Intermezzo and blog about it for us. Below is his review.
How to get more people using bikes for transportation? Convenience. And what could be more convenient than a Dutch designed city style bike? I reached a stopping point in my work and decided to take the Intermezzo out for a spin. Let's see: I'll need to put on some shorts and a cycling jersey and change into my cycling shoes. Wait, this isn't that kind of bike. It's a come-as-you-are kind of bike. OK. So out to the garage, grab a Velcro band to keep my pants cuff out of the chain. Hey, look at that: full chain guard. So all I need to grab is a U-lock and my keys. What's that? Built in lock? And the key is captive until you lock it? So all I need is my helmet (yes, it's the law here).


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COLUMBUS — When Brunswick resident Tyler Maclellan arrived in Columbus, he was proud of the accomplishment of just making it to the state individual championships.
But after opening with a win on Thursday, Maclellan had more than a happy-to-be-there mentality.
It showed as the CVCA junior went on to place eighth in the Division II 170-pound bracket.
"My goal at the beginning of the year was just to make it to state at first, but once I got here, I realized I could place and all my hard work was going to pay off," he said. "When I got here, my coaches told me that I prepared really hard this year and no one has wrestled the competition we have this year.
"After I won the first one, I got a lot of confidence in myself and after that I just kept going."
Maclellan, state alternate as a sophomore, opened with an impressive 2-0 decision over Alec Eisnnicher of Sunbury Big Walnut and was able to bounce back from a loss in the championship bracket with an 8-1 victory over Bryan's Brock Nagel.
Maclellan also got a kick out of watching a fellow 170-pounder in Brunswick's Tyler Hughes, who he drilled with at least once a week during the season, wrestle for the D-I championship, as well as good friend Josh Heil, who placed third for the Blue Devils at 106 pounds.
Despite ending his season with a loss by pin in the seventh-place bout to Canfield's John Poullas, Maclellan was able to put it all in perspective.
"I'm pretty happy with it," said Maclellan, who finished the season with 40 wins. "I know I could've done better, but next year it just motivates me to work even harder. I want to be on the top."
A little revenge
With Black River's Sebastian Vidika already assured a spot on the podium, the junior was able to finish a little higher with a win over a familiar foe. Vidika's consolation bout early Saturday was against Sandusky St. Mary's Central Catholic's Alex Smith.
Smith handed the Vidika his only regular-season loss — an 11-4 decision for the 106-pound championship at the J.C. Gorman Invitational.
"I knew it was going to be a tough match, so I just had to wrestle smart," he said. "I learned (from the last meeting) that I just can't wrestle stupid. I can't give up points and have to capitalize off of his mistakes."
Vidika, who was a match shy of placing at state last season, went on to place fourth overall after a loss to Hunter Bray of Dayton Christian in the third-place match.
Fitting end
As one of the lone veterans on a young squad, Wadsworth senior Mathias Zollinger saw his prep career come to an end with his first All-Ohio finish after failing to place a year ago.
Zollinger dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to Mason Calvert of Sidney.
"I had a set of goals at the beginning of the season, and I accomplished nearly every single one of them," he said. "One of them was to go out with a win. That didn't happen, but I gave it all I got and that's all I could've done."
In the closing seconds of regulation, Zollinger broke out of Calvert's hold, which would have been the escape needed to tie the match, but the officials ruled that Calvert was still in control as Zollinger broke free and went out of bounds as time expired.
While Zollinger didn't get that final prep win, he finished the season with 46, become the 90th Grizzly to place in Columbus all-time after helping Wadsworth to its 21st consecutive Suburban League championship.
Luck ran out
After finding ways to pull out matches in the closing seconds and rallying from big deficits, Black River senior Mike Hozan came up short in his seventh-place match at 120 pounds.
Hozan, the school's first three-time state placer, fell 8-7 in a marathon overtime match against Chandler Minnard of Bloom-Carroll after two 30-second tiebreakers.
"Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield, and today I was the bug," he said with a laugh. "I just to try and wrestle every last second and I knew that might have been it. I just tried to go hard until the very end.
"It was a fun ride. I hope I made everyone proud of me."
Back points
St. Edward's Dean Heil, the older brother of Brunswick wrestler Josh Heil, won his fourth state championship with an 8-0 decision over Uniontown Lake's Zac Carson at 132 pounds. The Oklahoma State recruit was one of three wreslters — CVCA's Nathan Tomasello and St. Paris Graham's Bo Jordan were the others — to become four-time state champs, making 25 in state history.
l Speaking of the Eagles, the Lakewood-based private school won its state-record 28th team championship and 15th since 1997. The only team to win the D-I title in that span was Wadsworth in 2010.
l Former Highland two-time state champ Jesse Leng is the lead assistant for St. Paris Graham, which won its 15th state banner by claiming the D-II trophy. Leng won D-II titles in 1998 and 1999.
l More than 13,000 fans watched the championship matches Saturday night, making the five-session total 58,047 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center.
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week seems to bring out the softer side of winter as the latest collections of the season have been debuting. Well-respected designers have an endless supply of creativity drawing on many forms of inspiration to make their particular collection stand out. That time is now upon us as we celebrate Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2014.
This season as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week premieres fall and winter fashions, there is a fresh set of designers added to the schedule, eager to share their own works of art.
We are extremely anxious to see The Art Institutes Fall 2014 Show featuring a most diverse set of designers specially chosen by experts in the fashion industry. Highly recognized designers such as John Bartlett, Douglas Hannant, Bonnie Young, Cliodna Egan and Christina Neault, were brought together to choose the designers of the future, bright stars of tomorrow and those that will shape the foundation of our fashion future.
The Art Institutes Fall 2014 fashion show is one of only 2 shows during Fashion Week that will include alumni designers. The Art Institutes system of schools accepted applicants from the ten largest fashion design programs across its North American system of more than 50 schools. Thirteen student and alumni designers were selected to present their Fall 2014 capsule collections during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2014. The show will take place in the Theatre in Lincoln Center on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 8:00 p.m..
These are not your traditional designers. They are individuals who have followed their dreams and have ignited their passion for design. It is an opportunity that comes around only once in a lifetime. The runway of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and the glory that each of these new designers will gain in front of an international audience, is an achievement that not many designers can brag about. These self-confident and ambitious designers will be able to market themselves to prospective clients and buyers alike and seize the moment. They have come from a variety of walks of life and include a former Marine, an architect and a carpenter.
"A talented group of fashion industry professionals generously provided their expertise to select the thirteen designers who will be a part of The Art Institutes Fall 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week," said Charles Restivo, Interim President of The Art Institutes. "We are excited to present a show that highlights the exceptional talent and creativity The Art Institutes students and alumni offer."
This set of creative designers came from five recognized universities; Miami International University of Art & Design, The Art Institute of New York City, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, The Art Institute of Portland and The Art Institute of California-San Francisco. They are now preparing for a show that they hope will impress their guests and take them on the path of design stardom. Their names are Gustavo Alonso, Luis Aponte, Joshuan Aponte, Lauren Barisic, Lorena Cabrera, Anna Charest, Samuel Ciccone, Michael Doyle, Ryan Edmonds, German Madrigal, Christopher Maracha, Rei Yamamoto and Simone Young. Each of these students has amazing credits to their name and to the fashion industry.
Watch the show live on Tuesday at http://artinstitutes.edu. It will take place at 8:00 p.m. EST direct from the Theatre at Lincoln Center during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2014 in New York City.
Congratulations go out to these 13 promising designers who we are sure to see in many fashion weeks still to come.


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R Burger: Mall of America
With the crappy weather we had this past weekend we loaded up the family in the truck and headed over to the Mall of America for the morning/afternoon. After some shopping and taking the kids to Build A Bear we ended up on the vacant 4th floor for some lunch. We walked into a very tiny restaurant called R.Burger with about two other tables eating lunch at 12:15 on a Saturday afternoon. Every other restaurant on floors 1-3 were already at an estimated hour wait.
We sat ourselves and were greeted right away with menus. I ordered the Blue Lucy Burger ($8.75) while the wife ordered the Grilled Chicken Burger. Everything is A la Carte at this place, which makes this by far the most expensive Lucy experience to date. We also ordered some Fries that were nothing special and actually reminded me of the crappy fries they serve over at Wendy's along with some onion straws that I found be wonderful, but the wife didn't think much of them.
Lets talk about the Blue Lucy Burger. Of all the different Lucy's I have enjoyed over the years, I have never had a blue cheese stuffed burger. I have always been intrigued with this concept since this is what made The Blue Door Pub so famous, but really didn't know what to expect. When the burger arrived, it had that "Fancy" look to it as to why I was paying almost $9 for just a burger. I would have to consider this as being the "Gourmet" Juicy on the current tour. It was oozing grease/cheese out of a few places, it had thick-cut apple smoked bacon and a huge pile of caramelized onions atop. All of this plus what they call R.Sauce on the bun. I took my first bite, and had a hard time putting the thing down, not just because it was pretty tasty, but because this was probably the single most messy Lucy I have ever eaten to date. One thing I must warn you, although nothing on the menu discloses any sign of garlic in the burger, it had a very over powering garlic presence in the blue cheese and/or the burger. Not a bad thing as I love garlic, just would have liked to know ahead of time.
Overall, the fries were not worth $1 let alone the $3.50 I paid. The onion straws were well worth the $3.75 and the beer sucked...$5.75 for a pint of Miller Light. But the Juicy itself was worth every penny it cost me that day. The combination of garlic, blue cheese and onions along with the very present apple smoked bacon made for all the right things going on in a single bite. I can't wait to get over to the Blue Door Pub and try out the Blucy after visiting R.Burger at the MOA. Next time I am at the MOA and I cannot talk my wife into hoping on the LRT to visit Cardinal Tavern, I will stop at R.Burger for a Blue Lucy and some onion straws. Just thinking about the garlic and blue cheese right now is making me very hungry for another.
The "Gourmet" Lucy idea however, I am still not sold 100% on. This culinary art form that we call "The Juicy Lucy" was meant to be a cheap dining experience while chugging a few beers with your family and friends. I know of three more stops coming up that will be classified as a "Gourmet" or "Fancy" Juicy simply due to the fact that one is served on Kobe and the other is at Murray's Steak House. R.Burger serves up some Kobe beef, wonder if they will make a Lucy out of it for me next time?
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Prom Night Ryden Chapter 9:
BEWARE: Of the band slash! Dont like it? Please dont read then!!
Where the ghouls wandered and where the spirits sang,
Cold songs of lovesick pasts, ears rang
False pretenses seemed to emerge
With the slightest of adrenaline giving off an urge
To gently touch, reach out, clasp what is near
But youve misinterpreted by far, for it is only your fear
Juan played with the cigarette that limply stuck on his lip. He was sitting on the cedar blocks outside of his house. People slowly gathered around into what seemed like a cult, based off of the darkness, and in a way I guess it was.
Is everyone here? He looked to Kaatie and she nodded in approval. Good. He looked over to his friend Michael and nodded, in response Michael immediately began to speak.
Albright so I suppose you all know why you are here. We are obviously attempting to do what so many of us have failed to in previous years, but this is one senior expedition we wont back down from. Now whos with us? The followers all dressed in dainty, goth-esque clothes followed in a crowd, silhouetted by dusk, jeers immensely noisy.
Wait what exactly do you want me to do?? Ryan exclaimed, a bit furious but mostly just confused. He was quite skittish in appearance, as if afraid of the obliterating darkness.
Relax; Ill be there with you. Brendon assured.
Come on Brendon, its not like we can actually pull a prank on Juan at Riserpool Mansions Burial Grounds. Its just not possible
no one has ever actually gone there and made it out a whole night. Its just
well impossible
Ryan, Ryan, Ryan
my poor adventure-deprived friend. Think of the opportunity, and all the fun wed have too. Besides we seriously need to get this on video, theres no way Im graduating high-school without everyone knowing that Juan is scared shitless of almost anything.
Im pretty sure my screams will overpower his.
Dont tell me youre that afraid of the mansion.
No sweetie, Im that afraid of your face. Brendon couldnt contain his response to Ryans corny sarcasm. He immediately grabbed his waist and gave him a pleading kiss which Ryan returned with a moan. He whispered in his ear.
As long as Im the only one youre afraid of.
Riserpool Mansions Burial Grounds was just that; a haunted mansion with a cemetery in the 52 backyard acres. Warning signs reflected the dull lights given off by passing cars. Like any old mansion it creaked in perfect unison with every gust of the wind. Vapid oaks loomed and hovered over anything that passed by, silently clasping the house amongst the shadows. There wasnt a full moon out, but the skies shifted every now and then, as if preparing for some kind of attack. The cool air felt icy against the flu-bitten noses and sore throats while only distant howling, doorbells and wind chimes in harmony with the wind were heard. To the few cocky-ridden spectators who attempted to spend a night in the mansion, their hearing sensory organs sharpened in-sync with the beat of their hearts as they approached the abandoned building.
Kaatie tugged in protest at Juans jacket. You sure we should do this?
Kaatie what the hell do you have to be scared of? Were spending a night in an inhabited house thats nothing but talk and nursery rhymes.
Then how come no ones ever done it before?
No one had the balls to try!
Is this your way of showing youre not a coward after getting pummeled by Brendon? Michael smirked at the remark he directed towards Juan, interjecting into his conversation with Kaatie. The truth behind the matter was that the whole school still respected Brendon, sure they made jokes here and there but they had a greater hatred for Juan than disgust for Brendons sexuality. None of them had seen Brendon actually kiss a guy, so none of them were completely sure what to think of him. Most people knew all the bullshit Juan constantly started, so when he told everyone that Brendon spent his lunch making out with fags, of course no one really believed him, although it was a good explanation for his strange behavior, and his not caring that Kaatie cheated on him. But then again, the relationship was never that strong to begin with. Juan was the boy who cried wolf, and when he really told the truth, he wasnt surprised no one believed him. He knew deep down that he was trying to prove to himself that he wasnt a coward by doing this tonight, but even deeper down his nerves tensed.
Obviously I dont need to do that Mikey, Brendon didnt bother showing up here-hes the coward.
Ready! Ryan gleamed at Brendon.
Youve got all the cameras set up?
Hmm, I guess it is possible for someone to pay attention in Mr. Brilogis.
Everything I needed to know about technology I learned in my freshman year, now I just waste my time drawing hearts around your name. Brendons motto seemed to be the cornier the better as he swept Ryan up into another kiss, tightening his grip oh his waist and interlacing his other hand with messy, unkempt, chestnut hair.
You sure you still want to do this? Brendon offered one last time before gingerly climbing onto the roof trusses.
And I thought I was the bitch in the relationship. Ryan responded turning off the massive flashlights, a hint of anxiety in his voice.
Juan took a deep breath, his hand reaching for the cobwebbed doorknob. The musty smell of the ancient house overpowering everyones noses as they entered. It took a while for them to get used to it but soon after it settled in.
What did I tell you all? Nothing but a joke. Juan didnt sound too confident as the overeager seniors spread their sleeping bags over the large floor. Michael pulled out his camcorder.
Were live at the scene of the supposed most haunted place in all of history
and upon entering it looks like something from a Disney Movie. Lets hope that Juan doesnt pee his pants just yet. The insulting comment would have resulted into a bloody fist-fight, had not a chandelier fallen from the ceiling to land right in between the two angsty boys.
Excited voices emitted sounds of shock, and no one said a word for at least a minute, although it seemed much longer. Michael pulled out his camcorder again but Juan put an arm on his shoulder and shook his head and the camcorder was safely tucked away. Juan pulled his cell phone out but of course there was no reception, he silently groaned, mentally kicking himself for being so unprepared. Instead he wrote out a message on his cell phone and passed it around for all to see. Eyes widened as slowly the message spread out to everyone;
i want u 2 leave ur
stuff and run as fast as u can
out the main entrance if things
get worse
Everything seemed to settle down after a couple minutes. It was as silent as could be, no vibrations, nothing. Every breath could be heard and only the howling of the wind was the least bit noisy. Juan decided that the chandelier falling was just a coincidence, after all this was a pretty old and abandoned mansion. Under all the weather conditions their town endured the old house must have not taken it so well, especially due to its poor structure. It swayed like the trees in the wind and looked vulnerable to unsustained amounts of pressure, as if it would collapse at any given moment.
Michael pulled out his camcorder again, and this time Juan didnt stop him.
So besides the mansion being about a million years old, it seems to be pretty bogus. Nothing going on, and I already think that- Michael was cut off by the sound of chains dropping and startling protestant shrieks emerging from his classmates; Juan being one of them. He was caught in a cobweb and could feel something crawling over him.
Agh, everyone get the hell out, this expeditions over. Run NOW! Still struggling with the cobweb he realized that everyone had already ran for the door leaving most of their personal belongings in the mansion. They seemed to crowd around the door, the front entrance of the house-possibly the only way out. Loud bangs and cries filled the room of confusion. They had no light except for their technology (cell phones and mp3s) and the door wasnt budging.
Get out of the way! The soccer teams goalie demanded as everyone obeyed and let him kick the door open, but to their surprise the sight outside was even worse than inside. A line of large jack-o-lanterns lit with bloody candles obstructed their pathway. It was the strangest sight, they seemed to be everywhere. They had these awfully terrifying faces on one side and large Xs engraved on them on the other. The worst part was still yet to come. Whenever you came an inch close to one it would explode, as if the glaring candlelight which proved to be the only thing that enabled their vision wasnt enough. Like fireworks they went off, but no one seemed to care as they all ran for their lives. Juan was leading this scramble. Bruises and scars were left on many exposed legs and arms, but not nearly worth the sacrifice of what they couldve endured that night.
Ryan emerged from the shadow over to the broken doorway where he stood with a camera.
Please tell me you got all that! Brendon pouted.
Every last minute. You know I never really knew a human-being could ever hit such a high-note. I mean Ive watched some of my moms horrendous opera concerts and Ive never heard anything like that. Brendon wrestled Ryan onto the floor, knowing that Ryan had no idea how much he truly appreciated and loved him.
So I guess this ol place isnt really haunted.
What gave it away, Ryan? Both boys burst out laughing again.
Does this mean we have to clean all the pumpkins?
First I think we should let the firecrackers burn out.
Smart thinking.
Juan, wait! We have to go back.
Kaatie are you fucking psycho? Do you want to get killed, and then have them never find your body? Seriously, do you know why we ran out of their, screaming our lungs off?
Please babe, I need to get my inhaler. I wont make it back all the way and we cant use our cell phones till the next street. I had it on me, I swear, I just mustve dropped it somewhere, please just help me look. Juan hesitated but soon gave in and headed back towards the mansion which gave him more chills then ever before. Kaaties breathing got heavier, and he knew she wouldnt last long without her medication. Right now, an asthma attack is the last thing he could deal with. How could he explain that he was trespassing on private property, and thats why his girlfriend almost died?
Kaatie timidly searched over the lawn, remains of the jack-o-lanterns were fresh. Juan noticed something about unusual about them. They seemed to be fireworks. Tiny, exploding rockets. Why would spirits be using fireworks
and how? He heard a giggling sound arouse another voice, although faint, he went to investigate and followed the mansion wall to the back of the house. The darkness camouflaged him well, and Kaatie didnt seem to notice he was gone. The sight he was staring at fascinated him more than grossing him out and immediately he pulled out his camera and took a picture.
Brendon was lying on top of Ryan in the grass and the two were embracing each other, not caring that they were half-naked on a cold night on private property. At this point Brendon just cared about caressing Ryans sweet and soft lips, and embracing his perfect angelic form, every now and them his hand exploring Ryans shirt. He felt an immense chill run across his legs, unusually cold but he figured it came with the atmosphere.
Just like that Juan was gone, and for once he had evidence. Maybe someone would believe the boy who cried wolf. They had to.
Where were you? Kaatie demanded.
I got proof!
Brendon and Ryan were behind all this, I cant believe that. Theres nothing here, and for once Ive got proof of them. Look! Juan pulled out his camera and pressed the Review Gallery button.
Look at what? Juan glared at Kaatie, sometimes she could be a complete idiot, he was about to ask her whether her inhaler was working, because she seemed to be delirious, but after he took another look at what he seemed so proud of he realized that his camera read Sim Card Empty. He couldnt possibly imagine how this happened. Even if he didnt take a picture of Brendon and Ryan he knew that his sim card wasnt empty. He took a random picture with his camera and it seemed to work fine. To his disbelief he walked Kaatie home and let his rage engulf him. His confusion overpowered his thoughts and amongst all the brain-freezes, he came to a conclusion.
Riserpool Mansions Burial Grounds... was haunted.
Prom Night 'Ryden' Ch. 9 by Hamburgers-for-BillWatch
©2008-2016 Hamburgers-for-Bill
Whew! Finally the longest chapter so far is done. Thanks for everyone's cooperations, and patience!
Sorry that it took so long and that it sounds rushed...again.
Please give me any critique that you can!!!
Happy Halloween everyone!
Sorry that it took so long and that it sounds rushed...again.
Please give me any critique that you can!!!
Happy Halloween everyone!
You have a wonderful writing way. And you put the words into a smooth pattern.
There are only two problems.
1. Sometimes you have spelling errors (There, their, they're)
There are only two problems.
1. Sometimes you have spelling errors (There, their, they're)
So, I'd thought I'd leave a message after all the faves your going to get from me. This series is amazing, some of the best fan fiction I have ever read! Your writing is amazing, and I want to read more (and I have A LOT to). Amazing!
and I was just about to thank-you for the faves after I saw a bunch, thank-you sooooooo much!!! :Heart:
and I was just about to thank-you for the faves after I saw a bunch, thank-you sooooooo much!!! :Heart:
and now i shall try to stop laughing
I love this. I'm stunned by your writing. As always.
Woah...That was cute, scary, and good!! *gives you a gold ribbon*
^-^ Lol the ghosts like Brendon and Ryan.
^-^ Lol the ghosts like Brendon and Ryan.
Haha aww thanks...too bad it took me so long to reply to this lol I didn't know you liked Ryden
Ahhhhhhhhh ich leibe es.
Bitte lassen Sie Ryan und Brendon nicht am schlechten Geist des Bodens Beerdigung der Riserpool Villa sterben.
Translated: Please don't let Ryan and Brendon die from the evil spirits of Riserpool Mansion's Burial Grounds.
Bitte lassen Sie Ryan und Brendon nicht am schlechten Geist des Bodens Beerdigung der Riserpool Villa sterben.
Translated: Please don't let Ryan and Brendon die from the evil spirits of Riserpool Mansion's Burial Grounds.
Funny thing is I understood the first part (without the translation) I guess TH has gotten to me haha, I write TH fics too if you'd like to know. A haloween special with them is coming up too lol *mentally kicks self* Idk if you even like TH
OKay I feel like I'm just rambling, but thanks so much for the cover fave and thanks for reading!
OKay I feel like I'm just rambling, but thanks so much for the cover fave and thanks for reading!
I don't really get the sim card thing, but AWESOMELYAWESOME!
keep writin pleases
keep writin pleases
Lol well thank-ya as always
The si card is the memory of the camera an it basically said that the camera had no pics in it but Juan knew that he had a bunch stored so he couldn't figure out how they got erased....
The si card is the memory of the camera an it basically said that the camera had no pics in it but Juan knew that he had a bunch stored so he couldn't figure out how they got erased....
this was the most awesomest chapter yet. GO BRENDON AND RYAN!!!
Lol well thanks a bunches!!!!
And yes whooot for Ryden
Oh and thanks for the favorite
And yes whooot for Ryden
Oh and thanks for the favorite
That was the best chapter yet! Your writing style amazes me!
Juan. That dumbass.
I can't wait for the rest! GIMME MOAR!!!! DDDD:
That was the best chapter yet! Your writing style amazes me!
Juan. That dumbass.
I can't wait for the rest! GIMME MOAR!!!! DDDD:
Lol really? Thank-you so much...but I thought I told you in the note not to sugar-coat lol jk
Oh and thanks for the fave, and giving me your opinion, it's always appreciated!
*more to come*
Oh and thanks for the fave, and giving me your opinion, it's always appreciated!
*more to come*
Ooh, I really liked this chapter. Keep going!
Thanks a bunches
amazing, and sooooooo well written!
amazing, and sooooooo well written!


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David Earl Barrett
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1959 in Corpus Christi, TX
High School: Roy Miller
College: Houston (school history) (Barrett college stats)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 4th round (103rd overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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