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Virtual Hard Disks (abbreviated to VHDs) are files on the physical machine that store the hard disk contents of a Virtual Machine (VM). Each VHD file is treated as a separate hard disk by Windows® Virtual PC (WVPC).
The Virtual Hard Disk file format is an open standard. For the curious, the specifications of VHD file format can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676673.aspx. As can be seen, the format is quite straightforward and is completely agnostic to the virtualization technology in use and to the host and guest operating systems.
WVPC, Windows® XP Mode, Microsoft Hyper-V®, Virtual PC 2007® and other Microsoft's virtualization solutions use the VHD format.
There are three types of Virtual Hard Disks: fixed disks, dynamically expanding disks and differencing disks.
Fixed disks take up all the space that the VHD is allowed to have up front. For instance, if you create a fixed disk of size 64GB, the VHD file will occupy 64GB of hard disk space right from the time of creation, and its size will never vary.
Dynamically expanding disks (also called sparse disks) increase in size to take up space as required. The size specified when creating a dynamically expanding disk indicates the maximum size that the disk is allowed to grow to. For instance, if you create a dynamically expanding disk of size 64GB, the VHD file might initially occupy only a few KB. It will slowly grow upon usage to occupy up to the maximum size specified (64GB). Note however, that the guest operating system will be made to believe it has the full 64GB right from the start.
Differencing disks are a little different. They merely save the changes to the VHD relative to a base disk. Differencing disks are always linked to a dynamically expanding disk or a fixed disk, either directly or through one or more other differencing disks. To understand differencing disks, let us say you create a fixed disk with Windows® XP installed on it. Now if you create a differencing disk and install Microsoft Office® on this, the differencing disk will contain mainly* the content of the hard disk locations changed by the installation of Microsoft Office®, which will be the locations containing the new files and any modifications to existing files.
* I say "mainly" since the operating system will make changes to the hard disk too, as part of its regular operation (writing to the page file, for instance).
To illustrate this point, take a look at the figure below. There are two VMs using two differencing disks that branch from the same base disk.
The changes made by VM#1 are saved in its differencing disk (depicted as orange blocks) and the changes made by VM#2 are saved in VM#2's differencing disk (depicted as green blocks). Wherever there is no data in the differencing disk (i.e., a blank space between the orange blocks), the data will be automatically fetched from the base disk. Thus, VM#1 will see the resultant hard disk as a mix of orange and blue blocks. Neither VM#1 nor VM#2 will be able to see the changes made by the other since these changes are on different differencing disks, and both think they have their own copy of the base disk.
The base reference disk is called the "parent" of the differencing disk, and the differencing disk is called its "child". As you might have guessed, a differencing disk is unusable without the parent disk. What's more, any change made to the parent will potentially invalidate the child since the reference file is now different. This is why it is recommended to choose a base parent disk and mark it "read-only" for good.
And what's the size of the differencing disk, you ask? Well, the differencing disk grows in size as required, and inherits the maximum size from its parent disk.
Needless to say, all types of VHDs will have the ".vhd" extension. The maximum size of the VHDs supported by Windows Virtual PC is 127GB.
Dynamically expanding disks and differencing disks are by far the most commonly used VHD types.
The biggest advantage of differencing disks is that you can have as many child disks as you like from a single parent disk. So if you need 5 virtual machines with Windows® XP with each configured differently, you can simply create a single sparse/fixed VHD with Windows® XP installed on it and then create 5 differencing disks from this. So that's saving 4 times the space needed to install Windows® XP!
Indeed, this is the approach used in Windows® XP Mode! Well, let me explain that in detail.
When a user installs the Windows® XP Mode package, a dynamically expanding VHD is placed on the system. This is the base VHD, which contains a sys-prepped copy of Windows XP SP3®. The base VHD has already been marked read-only, and what's more, it's permissions have been set in such a way that only TrustedInstaller can make changes to it (and the only change TrustedInstaller will make is to remove the file on uninstall). This takes care of having a pristine base VHD that won't be modified (Figure 2).
When you click on the "Windows XP Mode" link on the start menu after installing the VHD, VPC detects that the VHD has been installed and launches a wizard that takes basic information needed to create the VM. As you can see, this wizard is different from the wizard used to create a VM – for starters, this wizard has already decided to create a differencing disk with the Windows XP Mode VHD as the parent; it merely asks you where you want to place the differencing disk.
Each user on the computer will be shown this wizard and will have a new differencing disk created for them. This way, every user has access to their personal copy of Windows XP without taking up extra space for the Windows XP install.
This above example is a typical use-case for differencing disks. You can have a similar setup on your machine(s) with Windows® Vista and/or Windows® 7 VMs too. Of course, it is strongly advised that you optimize the base VHD before calling it pristine and marking it read-only. Ah, we haven't discussed VHD optimizations yet, have we? Well, considering that topic is big enough to merit its own post, I'll save that for another day. Stay tuned for more on VHDs!
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This saves space initially, but as the differencing disks become more different from the parent won't they increase in size a lot? A diff disk that's been in use for a long time will have duplicated most of the blocks from the parent, so diff + parent will take up more space than just a single dynamic disk would.
Also, every virtual disk read or write will have to access the child disk and often the parent disk too so does that not have a big performance impact?
I note that you say the base VHD is sys-prepped, so presumably each user's (differenced) virtual machine aquires a different SID? Does this cause any complications with accessing domain resources? - as there will be multiple images with presumably the same machine name (in the XP machine), but different SIDs.
Or does sticking to Shared networking (NAT) make all this a non-issue?
Will the VHDs we made with VPC 2007 work with the new WVPC?
Theoretically, yes - diff + parent becoming bigger would happen eventually. However, for most users, that would take a very long time indeed. In case that ever happens, the user can choose to merge the differencing disk and the parent (into a new disk, if others use the parent disk as well).
You can always merge to a new disk of the base disk's type when you feel the advantages offered by differencing disks are not needed any longer.
Each XP machine will also be assigned a randomly generated name as part of the XP Mode setup process.
Yes, the VHDs made with VPC2007 will be usable with WVPC. Please take care to install the Integration Components of WVPC though.
Sounds like you have made the computer that needs to run certain programs in XP "virtually" unusable for all but the professional IT person which lets out "virtually" all of us computer "users" who don't care to become technical geeks.
Is it back to pen and pencil?
You don't have to become a technical geek to use XP Mode! :)
If you need XP Mode to run certain old apps, just download and install the required files from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx
Once you've installed the required files, you just need to click on the "Windows XP Mode" link on the start menu and provide inputs as required. All the complexity is hidden from you.
If it was this post that gave you such an impression, that would be because this post was meant for those who would like to know more/delve deeper into the technical details.
After installing XP mode, I, indeed have two VHD files - the read-only one(base), dated 9.13.09 and the writable in my \apps\local directory. I was surprised to see that they were roughly of an equal size, so I mounted both for inspection. Along with swap file, I also saw i386 directory, Windows directory - in other words data that I did not expect to see on the diff disk. Am I not properly understanding the diff disks behavior or is there some control over what is being included into diff vs retained on the parent?
When you mount the diff disk, remember that the diff disk shows the combination of both its data and the parent's data. So it is to be expected that it shows files from the parent as well (such as the i386 and Windows directories)...
However, I am surprised that your diff disk has grown to almost the size of the parent in such a short while! :)
If you think you don't have that much data in your VM, try using the compact option for the VHD - please note that you should NOT use the precompact tool for differencing disks. Simply open settings for the XP Mode VM and click on the "Compact" button on the hard disk page. You will first need to shutdown the VM though.
why does the virutal disk wizard take so long to convert to dymanic?
I'm a first time user of Windows 7 and I have a few programs that will need to run in XP mode. I'm currently downloading and getting ready to install the programs listed on www.microsoft.com/.../download.aspx and wondered after I've installed these, are there any precautions I should take before/after I've installed these?
I'm concerned I might miss some important setting, or even not recognize that a particular setting or checkbox might be required. Is there some advice anyone might give on this subject? I really don't have the time to back track.
Hi i downloaded the vhd for windows xp mode base...the vhd after the downloading was complete was a read only file due to which it does not boot from virtual pc .. i tried unchecking the read only button nut it says i dont have administrator rights but i have signed in on an administrator account only....
I have created a backup of my entire computer with symantech backup exec system recovery. Converted the vdi file to vhd and from there everything goes haywire. I got the windows virtual pc and update running. and downloaded xp mode. that works. but why wont it recognice my own created vhd file. I'm aware about the max of 127gb and the 41gb in fixed disk. I even tried installing a new virtal pc with a windows 7 pro dk 64bit iso. Same file I used to install my computer with. It just says prossesor does not suppors t x64bit.
Even though thats what I'm running outside the virutal enviorment. My processor is an mobil I7 plrocessor. Please help. Would really like to copy my computer and mess with it in an virtual enviorment
@Thayu @Boris:
re. file sizes
Just for the record, I had Windows XP Mode installed, and had installed an instance of Visual Basic 6, MS Office 2003 and run Windows/Microsoft Update to get all the updates etc. My XP Mode.vhd differencing disk was over 8GB in size compared to the XP Mode Base.vhd of just over 1GB.
Have just done a fresh install from scratch and while XP Mode Base.vhd is the same size at 1.1GB the diff disk XP Mode.vhd is already 0.9GB - and I haven't even done anything since the installation!!


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He leaves behind
A trail of disaster
His aim never to enjoy
Destruction is his game
His ploy
His spoken words
They spit like fire
No truth
From this liar
His gift to all
His twain shall meet
Corruption >pain>lies> deceit
Through the concave of today,
May I see tomorrow.
For I am sick and tired of all the sorrow in my way.
Might I find the exit sign in time,
And leave this awful place behind.
Blood spills from my veins with
each step I take towards the place
that causes pain,
In between life's mortal coil
where living teaches harshest real.
Mixed between the good and vile
this is the realm we learn to feel.
Our feelings good or very bad
often guide our way in life,
in many ways it is so sad.
Our past does cause us so much strife.
From early years I lived with rage.
Violence was just a way it seems.
Beatings from an early age
it took away our childhood dreams.
The first girl that I really liked
assumed there was some good in me
until my temper truly spiked.
It's when she wanted to be free.
I sit alone and sometimes cry
because of the things I have done.
In retrospect I'd rather die
or disappear and run, run, run.
It just comes out in angers run,
before I know it I strike out.
Just thank the Lord I had no gun
because I would use it there's no doubt.
After many bad association
where violence has been used to quell
I hope that in this new relation
this time I do not go through hell.
I fight so hard now to restrain
my temper being what it be
From violence I must refrain
once and for all I can be free.
Free from anguish, free from blame.
Not to recall my younger days
Just talk instead of being inflamed
like others in more normal ways.
Now I am married with a wife.
Three loving children I adore
I think now when I feel the strife
No longer use my Satan's claw.
Satan's claw is what I call
my way of evil mindedness.
No longer to this way I fall,
now I can make this recompense.
Although my upbringing was quite bad
I feel I blamed my ways on this,
my parent's lives' were very sad
and something I shall never miss.
My life has gained in many ways.
My family I love more than all
and life is now something I praise
I thank God each day that I don't fall
Loving you was once precious and the light it gave once let me bask in the glow,
Now I realize how you've destroyed all the possible sucess I could've acheived,
You are not an angel like I once claimed you were,
Now in my eyes you are only one of Satans spawns,
You try to repair it all but you only make it worse,
You think I don't know the truth,
Like I'm some sort of damned fool?!
I know better than to play by your rules,
This time when you try to "fix things"
I'll say "SCREW YOU" and walk away,
And when I go don't expect me to come back,
Not for you,
Hell no.
Oh Sleeping believer on the bed!
Three knots at the back of your head,
each contains Satan's words enchanting.
' The night is, long, so keep on sleeping, '
' The night is, long, so keep on sleeping, '
' The night is, long, so keep on sleeping, '
wake-up praising Allah, untie the first one,
perform the ablution second will be undone,
execute the salah so that remains none.
Send the dullness, gloominess far away.
Get up in the morning lively and gay. :)
If God stopped to condemn us we wouldn't be FREE...But because he never focused on your mistakes ......he forgets them wipes the slate .......clean
God loves everything about me....with all my failures and mistakes ....i have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb......
Stella had a pentagram etched
across her pert chest,
her jet hair
her icy blues,
she walked twisting the heads
of the forsaken,
she was black magic,
all the way.
Satan has all the spellbinding girls.
I want to smoke crack with satan
and lick a dingleberry out of hitlers ass
I want to pull a gooey blood crusted booger out of stalins mustache
I want to travel back in time and pull a blood clotted tampon out of Gertrude Steins vagina and slap it on a wall
I want to pull a pinch of Hemmingways ass hair out after he spent a day on a boat and put it in his supper
and walk in on mark twain right as he's having an orgasm and say nice dick twain and walk out
I want to put a finger in Churchills anus and put his face in my chest and then dissapear
The devil slapped me in the face,
So I slavered back into his orifice,
As I could hear mine spit blister on his regurgitating grimace mask!!!!!
Jolly symphony
Your wealthy head
Together you ask sweet sweetly


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What is chirality? Chirality, a term coined by Lord Kelvin in 1873, is a concept from chemistry referring to the way a molecule may adopt different forms, non-superimposable, each capable of affecting the polarized light that illuminates it in a different way. An art work may also be the subject of different interpretations, depending on the perception and attitude involved in the creative process and the experience of the viewer.


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The Dutch Parliament will vote Tuesday on a law that could create a rift between its animal rights community and Muslim and Jewish minorities. The law would prescribe humane slaughter for all animals, regardless of ritual conventions, essentially eliminating kosher and halal slaughter. Muslim and Jewish communities are understandably upset, and see the move as a sign of religious intolerance, but the animal rights activists who proposed the legislation see it as an extension of the Netherlands' progressive ethical legislation. The issue is complicated by the fact that the bill was sponsored by a tiny animal rights party, which only has two seats in the legislature. It's being supported, however, by the Liberal and Labour parties.
According to the New York Times, the Jewish community is better organized than Holland's Muslims in their opposition to the bill. They see their rights as a religious minority as threatened in the Netherlands' increasingly secular society. And although the lawmakers made a concession to religious groups by saying that if they could prove that their slaughter practices cause no more pain than industrial slaughtering, they can have a license for five years. But although the animal rights activists are citing scientific evidence that stunning animals before killing them reduces their suffering, it's hard to imagine how Jewish and Muslim butchers would go about proving this.
"This is not about animal rights," Joe M. Regenstein of Cornell University told the NYT. "It's an invitation to Jews and Muslims to leave." He added that well-practiced kosher and halal slaughter can be as humane as the proposed nonreligious standards.
Marianne Thieme, one of the bill's supporters, says that religious objections should be set aside to protect the animals. There is, she said, "worldwide consensus among scientists that animals suffer terrible if they are not first stunned before slaughter." She compared the struggle to women's rights. The Netherlands is notorious for its lawmakers' demands to ban headscarves and veils for Muslim women. "Here in our society we no longer accept that animals must suffer," said Thieme. "We saw the same thing with women's rights."
But others are saying that the animal rights party – and the Dutch Parliament as a whole – have not given consideration to how kosher and halal butchers can preserve their ritual slaughter while still minimizing pain. According to the Financial Times, "kosher slaughterers say their rules are intended precisely to prevent suffering." And some Muslim halal butchers have attempted Europe-wide conferences on improving halal standards. And as an op-ed writer for a Dutch newspaper pointed out, hunting is legal in the Netherlands, despite the fact that it also inflicts significant pain on animals.
If this law passes, it will send a clear message to the Jewish and Muslim communities in the Netherlands, but not one about animal rights. If the Dutch care about preserving religious minorities' freedoms, they will make more of an effort to investigate humane kosher and halal slaughtering methods, and take into consideration the fact that these methods of slaughter are integral parts of the two religious traditions.
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Read more: animal cruelty, animal rights, butchers, dutch, halal slaughter, holland, humane slaughter, islam, jewish, judaism, kosher slaughter, muslim, netherlands, slaughter
"Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Oh, well, here we go again! Freedom of religion means the right to discriminate against whomever you don't like, the right to bully, the right to torture animals, the right to shut women off from society, the right to...You name it!
But, as always, when someone actually are trying to help a group in society, human or animal, there's always an outcry from the loudmouths in the business of religion.
I say, good on you Netherlands! A country that was the first to reckognize LGBT and to have equal marriage laws!
I've heard that argument before. Of couse you can't release millions of animals into the wild. I agree with that. But that shouldn't give farmers/ranchers carte blanche to carry on overpopulating. Animals will only breed to the amount of food available. They would much prefer a life roaming or simply being put out to pasture, like farmers did in the old days, rather than being reared on a miserable factory farm intensively. The question you should always ask with any animal is 'do they have a life worth living'. Given the choice they would prefer to chance their life with preditors rather than being trapped, caged etc. A short, happy natural life such as nature dictates is preferable to being used and abused by human beings, then at the end to be cruelly slaughtered, whether by hahal or standard methods. I'm all for freedom of religious beliefs, but not when it comes to an animal suffering. Just because people have always done things in a certain way, doesn't make it right. Cockfighting was popular for generations until it was banned, but I'm sure the majority would not like to bring it back.
@Sue, I think releasing millions of farm animals into the wild would likely cause some serious environmental problems, and probably would not improve their lives much as most would probably die in an even worse fashion such as starvation. Even animals well adapted to life in the wild rarely make it to ripe old age, and usually die in some unpleasant fashion such as disease or starvation. I doubt being killed by a wild predator or starvation or nasty disease is more pleasant than having your throat cut or being stunned first. Granted they get some freedom, and more "happy" time than factory farm animals, but nature is hardly a paradise.
Also when you try to oppress people's religious belief's, they can sometimes riot or start wars. Hopefully they won't over an issue like this, but you better have a good reason and a lot of resolve if you want to force people to follow your beliefs, because they tend to fight back.
I say let the animals have their freedom.
@Prisca O.
Religious customs ought to be respected,accepted and tolerated? I say animals should be respected, accepted and tolerated.
So you think that standard slaughter is more humane than halal? Most people don't want to think where their meat comes from. They buy their meat from supermarkets, already cut up and packed. They don't see what suffering the animals go through, nor do they want to see. I e-mailed 4 supermarkets here in the uk. They said that unless it was organic home grown meat, then it was halal. Whichever way you dress it up, animals suffer for your plate. So which is it to be, standard killing or hahal? Below is a video of both methods. You choose.
Humane way of treating an animal would be not to kill it. However, when it comes to the Halal practice and witnessing it I can comment that it is more dignified than the industrial way. For the people who are not familiar with the industrial process I would recommend to do their research first before commenting.
Why nowadays,if someone who disagrees with a decision being made,they sometimes bring into the arguement racism or being anti-religious?I don't think that this started out as anything but concern for animal welfare.
the Dutch government voted against undrugged slaughter, ritual or not.
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Kingston Field is located directly in front of Kingston Hall and sits on top of the Queen's/KGH underground parking lot. It is home turf for Queen's rugby team and is also used by students for general recreational purposes.
The site of Kingston Field was the former militia parade grounds and ordnance lands controlled by the British garrison. It was strategic to Kingston's defence during the period of the Fenian Raids.
In April 2011, the Board of Trustees carried a motion to rededicate the rugby field as "Nixon Field" in recognition of a generous pledge from Gordon Nixon (BCom'79, LLD'03) and Janet Nixon (BCom'80) in support of Queen's and the Kingston Field revitalization project.
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Colin and Susan go to stay with their mother's old nanny and her husband on their farm. There, they encounter shape shifters, a wizard, elves, dwarves and other characters not of this world.
Susan is the keeper of the stone 'firefrost' which keeps the knights in the cave 'Fundindelve' sleeping until the day comes to fight the evil one, Nastrond. In the meantime, there are many that wish to take the firefrost themself and wield it's magic for their own gain. The story follows Susan and Colin's adventures to keep the stone safe and when it is taken, to take it back and get it to Cadellin Silverbrow before they run out of time.
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Event Title: Monthly Public Sector Developer Dinner Event: Developing SharePoint 2010 Solutions Using External Data and Services
Event Date: May 25, 2011
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Welcome to the monthly public sector developer dinner event. For the next several months, we will focus on SharePoint 2010 Development. If you are interested in presenting a topic, please let us know.
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Dr. Zhiming Xue "Z" is a senior Microsoft Architect Evangelist, based in the Washington DC area. He evangelizes Microsoft technologies and initiatives such as Windows Phone, Windows Azure, SharePoint, the web platform and the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI). He holds a Ph. D. in Management Science from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a professional certification from American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), and several Microsoft certifications. He can be reached through his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue.
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SharePoint 2010 allows developers to work with both internal and external data using Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Excel Services, Access Services and custom WCF services. During the presentation we will discuss and demonstrate several common usage scenarios.
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I will look into finding some kind of gate with cushioning so he won't hurt himself again.
I kind of thought it was the sleep apnea with the reading I've been doing on it.
In the past he has had a couple of seizures after spending too much time on a PC he bought trying to get it set up to his liking. He went without sleep all night and into the next day. When I was talking to him he all of a sudden leaned down with his head on his desk and started jerking. Another time he was laughing and while laughing he kept his mouth shut and went into another seizure.
He hasn't had another seizure in years, but I always wondered why he had them. when he told the doctor about it all the doctor said was don't laugh with your mouth shut. Big help he was and didn't seem to be concerned.
Anyway, I appreciate your response and will look into the padded gate. It's getting harder and harder to sleep in the same bed with him as he wakes me up during the night when it happens.
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My husband of 14 years who rarely talked or snored in his sleep, has in the last 6 months been experiencing talking, yelling at family members, tosses and turns, slaps his arm on the bed, legs and arms stiffened and shakes, sits up and mumbles and groans and then falls back in the bed and falls out of the bed a lot while sleeping. Sometimes the shaking is just his legs stiffening and others it's both his arms and legs stiffening and shaking so bad it shakes the whole bed. He says when he falls back or out of the bed it feels like something is pushing him.
He was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea after a sleep study at VA Hospital. They provided him with a C Pap but he says it is torched to have to wear it. He has oxygen he has to be on full time now since his oxygen level was too low.
He falls asleep easily while sitting in his desk chair in the living room watching television and doesn't seem to have the same issues. He was always a light sleeper and woke up easily when call his name, but now it takes 3 tires with increasing the loudness to get him to wake up.
He also has caught himself falling asleep, crossing the double yellow line while driving during the day.
This morning he woke me up crying out in pain after falling out of the bed, and gashing his knee open on big tool box he uses it as a table and keeps under the window and other items he keeps by his side of the bed. I told him he needs a safety gate on his side so he won't fall out of the bed, but I fear he will just hurt himself that much more with all his tossing and turning he does.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Atlantic Sun Conference games are always a challenge each weekend for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons, but coach Kristin Ryman isn't letting her players cruise through an easy schedule of mid-week games in order to let them relax.
Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Ohio University visits for a doubleheader at Smith Stadium at Draper Diamond. Ohio University is 12-6 after losing its last five games. The Lady Bisons are 15-3 and winners of four of their last five outings.
"They are off to a great start," Ryman said. "They are in every game they play even against top-notch teams.
"They are definitely going to be a tough mid-week challenge for us. I think that this is good timing for us."
The Lady Bisons are coming off a 2-1 series win at North Florida to open the Atlantic Sun Conference portion of the season.
"We had a great weekend, but we also had a long weekend," Ryman said. "We had a lot of mistakes early on that we had to find a way mentally and physically to overcome.
"We are going to be challenged against Ohio. That is what we need at this point of the season. Our girls need that constant challenge."
At this point of the season Ryman is looking for consistency from her players.
"We need to stay on track," Ryman said. "One of the things we definitely know about our team is when we start well and sustain it we are winning games. When we score first we are winning games.
"We have to limit our errors. We have to make sure that defensively we are playing aggressive, but that we are playing smart. We have to control things we can control."
The top pitchers for the Bobcats are Lauren McClary and Savannah Jo Dorsey. McClary threw a 1-0 no-hitter against North Florida Feb. 16. Ohio University also has wins over Iowa and South Carolina.
"Ohio pitches well," Ryman said. "Offensively, we are going to have to make adjustments quickly.
"We are going to have to make sure that even if we strike out a few times early in the game that we are adjusting quickly to that and not still striking out in the fifth, sixth or seventh innings."
Adrienne Gebele leads Ohio University with a .418 batting average and a .636 slugging percentage.
Batting above .300 for the Bobcats are Amanda Dalton (.333), Madison Claytor (.320) and Casie Hutchinson (.315).
Brianne Welch leads the Lady Bisons in hitting with a .404 average batting from the No. 9 spot in the order. Also at .400 is Gracey Aguirre.
Paige Neely is close behind at .397 followed by Rena' Cothron at .350 and Kristen Sturdivant at .306.
Left-hander Ashley Anderson, who won her first A-Sun Pitcher of the Week award this week, threw 12 shutout innings at North Florida for two shutout wins. She is 6-0 with a 0.89 earned run average.
Tanner Sanders is 6-1 with a 2.81 ERA.
Heather Parker is 3-2 with a 3.50 ERA. She has struck out 23 batters in 24 innings.
"Pitching-wise, we are looking to get Tanner back on track a little bit," Ryman said. "She only threw one inning at North Florida and kind of had a rough go at it.
"We also want to make sure we are continuing to keep the ball rolling with Heather as well as with Ashley. Mid-week games are tough even when you play a double-header. We have three really good pitchers and we are trying to get them all innings and prepare for the weekend."
The Lady Bisons continue the home stand Saturday with a doubleheader against A-Sun foe Florida Gulf Coast at 1 p.m. The two teams close out the series Sunday at 1.
Said Ryman, "Whatever innings we do get from our pitchers we want to see that they are making adjustments in the circle, just like our hitters are making adjustments at the plate."
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The Carbon High girls basketball team celebrates after defeating Delta 54-36 to clinch the Region 12 championship on Thursday night.
On the surface, not much has changed for the Carbon High Lady Dinos basketball team.
Despite losing some key players from last year's second place team at the state tournament, adjusting to a new head coach and starting play in a new region, the Carbon High girls continue to do what they have done best over the past two years.
Needing a win to wrap up a second consecutive region championship, Carbon started slow but finished with a fury in the second half as they defeated Delta 54-36 on Thursday night, giving Carbon their place atop the Region 12 standings.
"This was a huge win for us," said Carbon High head coach Ted Bianco. "We're very fortunate to be Region 12 champions."
The win was crucial for Carbon as a loss would have left them in a three-way tie with Delta and Juab for first place.
At the start of the game, it didn't look like Carbon would have a happy ending, as they struggled to make shots on offense. Through much of the first half both teams kept up the pressure on defense, not allowing either team to gain an advantage. The slow offensive pace left Delta with a 14-13 advantage at halftime.
Carbon High senior Kelcy Otani said the Lady Dinos have struggled at times on offense over the season. But she and teammates remained confident they could get things going in the second half.
And they did just that. Shots started falling for Carbon allowing them to get settled into their pressure defense early in the third quarter and carrying through the rest of the game.
"Sometimes it takes us a little while to get going on offense," Otani said. "Coach Bianco was confident and knew that we would get things going."
Carbon used an 18-4 run through the first six minutes of the third quarter to blow the game wide open. They out scored Delta (13-6, 7-3 Region 12) 22-6 in the quarter, turning a one point deficit into a 15 point lead.
"We picked things up in the second half and looked for the best open shot on offense," said senior Amanda Freestone.
Carbon continued using their pressure defense into the fourth quarter helping get steals and fast break opportunities to keep the game out of reach.
As the game clock ticked down to zero, Carbon High senior Lexi Gagon connected on a three-pointer from the corner in front of the Carbon bench that put the exclamation point on the Lady Dinos' Region 12 championship.
Senior Miranda Averett led Carbon with 16 points. Fellow seniors Rachel Scoggins and Freestone added 15 points and eight points respectively.
For Carbon (16-4, 9-1 Region 12), winning the Region 12 championship does have its benefits. The Lady Dinos will host Ogden High in the first round of the state tournament on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the CHS gymnasium.
"We have a great home crowd that has supported us all season long," Freestone said.
But for the seven seniors on the squad, playing one of their final games at home was the culmination of hard work and determination.
"It's the best feeling ever, going out with a win as a senior," Otani said.
"We've lived off our seniors all season long," Bianco said. "When they made mistakes, they have all adjusted very quickly."
Now with their sights set on the 3A state tournament, the Lady Dinos know that a lot of hard work remains if they want to reach the heights of last year's team.
"It means everything to us going to the state tournament," Freestone said. "We have a drive to win every game and we always play as hard as we can."
Despite the changes to the team this season, with Bianco coming over to the girls team after coaching the boys team, Bianco said he is proud of the way the team has worked over the season.
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Remember yesterday's gripping narrative of my flighty salad-bar beef and the ensuing chase? And how all was well in the end?
That's what I thought until just around dinner time, when the supposedly fenced-in cows came to dinner as we were sitting down on our deck.
And I don't mean on a plate.
Now remember, my husband's out of town.
At first I couldn't figure out how the heck they got out for the third time in one day.
Oh, and my three-year-old son began to cry hysterically when a cow stopped to taste the lawn decoration-type thing he made out of colored paper and tape.
"Take it away from the cow, mommy, take it away from the cow!" he kept screaming, trying to get me to save his precious artifact from the beast's clenched jaws.
Now I love my son and all, but I had to explain to him that I wasn't gonna do it. And so he wailed:
Translation: "Let's kill them and eat them so they don't steal our stuff anymore!"
Don't worry son, you'll get your revenge. Don't you know it's the dish best served cold? Or, in this case, hot.
Anyhow, because it was right around my kids' bedtime and about to get dark, I decided I would let the cows be for the night and deal with the problem in the morning – they couldn't really leave the farm anyhow, which was fenced all the way around.
All evening I listened to the steers wandering in the yard like ghosts of people who left some business unfinished between my garden and deck. Eventually, though, I realized that I had forgotten to fence off a remote section of the pasture, thereby unwittingly allowing them to escape.
It wasn't their fault, after all! They just wanted to go on a field trip and saw a way.
I am a fine example of a farmer's wife, I know!
Don't hire me.
I mean, don't marry me if you're a farmer.
Actually, that's not really possible anyway, so nevermind.
On the upside, I had guard cows in my yard all night: big and scary!
Thankfully, once I figured out what the problem was, same friend agreed to come out and help me tackle the situation for good in the am, while my mother-in-law was here watching my three kids.
It's so wonderful to have family and friends.
It's what my husband calls "social capital."
Oh, and you shouda seen me using the end of my bright-yellow broom for poking the cows to make them move into where I wanted them to go. I'll give you a moment to imagine it.
Now, do I look like a cowgirl to you?
Nevermind, don't answer that.
But what a relief to finally have them back in!
My yard no longer resembles a Marc Chagall painting, with cow faces in all the wrong places.
The cowpies can now return to the earth.
The children can roam freely.
Oh, and I highly recommend chasing livestock as a way of getting high legally!
Or not.
I wish I could have tackled the situation like a normal person from the beginning, but sometimes I can be really, really slow. Still, I am glad my kids could witness the whole debacle – it's just as useful when they watch us struggle and succeed.


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It is time.
I have to apologize, loyal readers, for leaving you all in the dark these past months. Lately, 40 has been rearing its ugly head in my direction. I hit The Big Four Oh in two months, and since my last entry middle age has assaulted me with more bad ankles, kidney stones, a broken wrist, and several yards of impassable snow. So I have reacted to this onslaught the best way I know how: Sit on the couch, eat lots of snack food and nap a lot. Sadly, none of these activities make for very good blogging material. Hence, my absence.
In addition to my lack of blogging, I have to admit mild depression has set in. I didnt think 40 would bother me when the time came, but I guess it has a little. I blame my various recent ailments (and the snow) but whatever the reason, I have come to realize I am now beset with a full-blown case of Mid-Life Crisis. This has led me to consider how exactly to deal with said Crisis.
My first option, research indicates, is to find myself a young floozy and have a wild sordid affair in order to feel young and strong and virile. However, there are several sticking points one must acknowledge upon closer examination of the Floozy Option. First of all, Id have to leave the house. Secondly, Id have to find a floozy. Lastly, and this may be the most significant stumbling block, I dont think my lovely bride would support this option for long. Shes pretty cool and understanding, but, well, that might be pushing the limits of her patience just a little.
The second option is to go out and buy myself a really expensive man toy, such as a completely impractical sports car, or better yet, a motorcycle. The Man Toy Option is slightly more doable for me than the Floozy Option, but there are still a few red flags that popped up when I considered it: Expensive generally means expensive. Also, I dont know how to ride a motorcycle and I dont really drive stick, so Im not sure how much fun that would be anyway.
Another, more appealing option is to just start drinking heavily. This is an option I seriously considered, and may use as a fall-back plan. However, I am tabling the Heavy Drinking option for at least a few months, mainly because these days two beers gives me a hangover.
So, having eliminated all of the obvious choices, I had to dig a little deeper. It didnt really come to me until my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I knew I could ask for something pretty big this time, me entering a new decade and all. And for a long time I was stumped. Its a lot of pressure to have to think of something worthy of so lofty a number, and I did a lot of stalling. Then a few days ago I was sitting on the couch, balancing a bag of cheesy poofs on my ever-growing mid-section, watching TV. I decided to rest my feet on the coffee table (as sitting on the couch with my feet on the floor had become an effort) and I noticed they plunked down on an old book of mine. With considerable strain, I leaned forward to see the title: The Non-Runners Marathon Trainer by Dave Whitsett and Forrest Dolgener. I hadnt so much as cracked it open in quite some time, it having been ten years since I ran my marathon, after all. And then I realized, its been ten years since I ran it. Ten years.
It is time.
It hit me. I knew what I wanted for my birthday.
For the past six months The Beast has had me in its grasp. Its been mocking me and laughing and turning me 40 and I havent done a damn thing about it. What I wanted for my birthday was to find The Beast, grab him by the Mid-Life Crisis and smack him right in the kisser. What I wanted was to trample the bad ankles and the broken wrists and the four decades under my feet.
What I wanted was to run another marathon.
It is time. I am going to run another one. And Im starting right now.
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Douglas P. Junco, 42, a sex offender from Albany, has been sentencted to life in prison plus 50 years in a Georgia court for raping and kidnapping a female relative in Savannah. He will not be eligible for parole. Below is video of his sentencing from WTOC in Savannah, Ga.:
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The jurors from the Civil Confinement case in NY should be ashamed of themselves! They obviously took their duty as jurors as a joke and because of their irresponsibility this man was allowed to rape again. He should never have been on the streets in the first place! I can only hope that all 12 of those naive/stupid jurors know what happened to this woman in GA so they can stop seeing life the way they see it and can come to the realization that there is true evil in this world. Shame on them!
This guy tried to rape a friend of mine. She didn't pursue it because nobody believed her. A year later he tried to rape someone else and went to jail. This guy should have never been let out of jail. We lived on the same block as him and when we first moved in, it smelled like a dead body in that neighborhood. The smell was so bad it hit you in the face when you walked outside. I wouldn't be surprised if he killed someone and buried the body on his mother's property, 433 Hamilton Street, Albany, NY. I search missing persons for that time (around summer, 1991) and didn't find anything. Maybe someone will see this and it will start an investigation or trigger someone's memory. I hope he dies a horrible death.
Nice – now he's in jail with all of the perks of a warm place – food – etc. They should hang these vultures. Sorry to be so blunt.
Sick man for sure. Now he'll get his due like he should have here in NY.
Ah, New York progressives – here's no such thing as a BAD boy…
Now, Georgia has to clean up your mess.
I only recently found out that he raped my best friend-she also didn't go to the police because she didn't think they would believe her, and she was, with good reason, terrified of him. Maybe the jurors who could have found him in need of further confinement didn't see it because they didn't know what to look for, but it was immediately obvious to myself and everyone I knew who ever met him casually that there was something very, very wrong with him. He wore his violence and unpredictable nature publicly and proudly, and those 12 men and women who chose to give him the chance to re-offend should be ashamed of themselves. He frequented bars like the Palais Royale, The Griffin, Justin's and the bars all along Lark Street-if reporters look and ask the right questions they'll hear more stories like this about him-he deserves to suffer.
Ridiculous that this scumbag was ever set free in the first place! Justice is a joke!!!
SHAME ON SHELDON SILVER! And his staff! He fought for the rights of this type of animal scum for years! Fought against civil confinement for life destroyers! if I was the Georgia family attacked by this animal i would SUE Silver, his staff and the New York State!
John, the victim was a member of his own family, raped in his mother's house. How any jury could come to the conclusion that he was stable enought to be in society must've been on drugs. They clearly couldn't see or should I say they couldn't see clearly. What a disgrace!
Guy was about the biggest scumbag that ever walked the streets of Albany, knew him summer of '91-92, wouldnt even let him in my house. Menace to society then, still think about the things he did. Shame, good family, bad seed. Hope he rots..


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