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Can you spell "HOAX" & "FRAUD"? These TNR cat-lickers (criminal outdoor-cat-hoarders) who re-spew all the highly manipulative and deceptive lies and misinformation of Alley-Cat-All-Lies didn't do their due-diligence research. Here's the 1st link that any of their followers should have checked out. bbb D0T org SLASH charity-reviews/national/animal-protection/alley-c- at-allies-in-bethesda-md-107/financial They don't even meet the criteria to qualify for being a reputable charity organization under "Better Business Bureau" standards. While Becky and all her close friends are laughing all the way to the bank to the tune of $5M in assets with a $6M income. They all flew to Hawaii not long ago for another "cat-conference" because, for some unknown reason, they had to be there to discuss these issues. For another good laugh check out how much Becky and her friend pay themselves with everyone else's money. bbb D0T org SLASH charity-reviews/national/animal-protection/alley-c- at-allies-in-bethesda-md-107/governance-and-staff They have now been launching some damage-control with their new "Future Five" program to prove to everyone their true and trustworthy intentions. Awarding a princely $5,000 grant to some group. $5,000 is only 0.1% of their assets, 0.08% of their yearly income. They might as well just sh** in the face of every last fool that ever donated to them. LOL Support yet another organization that exploits and perpetuates the suffering of animals for their own personal financial gain, then try to sleep well at night. ... This just keeps getting more "curiouser and curiouser". Donna Wilcox, Vice President and Chair of the Board of Directors of "Alley Cat All-Lies", may not even be who she claims to be. She was only an office-administrator at D.C.'s office of "Natural Resources Defense Council". No doubt just to learn about her opposition to her warped and ecologically destructive and twisted beliefs. (For she certainly proved to know nothing about biology and ecology by what she is doing. E.g. If they believe these cats are a natural part of the environment and deserve to be out in nature, then why are they even bothering to sterilize them? Their agreement to sterilize them is their very agreement that they don't even belong out in nature in the very first place. Stupid, ignorant, hypocrite much?) She also claims to hold a B.S. in biology from a "Notre Dame College" in South Euclid, Ohio. If you do a Google search on (include quotes): "notre dame college" "south euclid" "donna wilcox", it comes up empty. Except of course at "Alley Cat All-Lies" where they allow her to make this claim. Did she even graduate from elementary-school? No matter what combination of search-strings I use I can't find any evidence of her holding any type of degree at all -- only that which she claims about herself on social-media bio pages. Are any of "Alley Cat All-Lies" staff who they claim they are?
Thanks for posting the death-threats against humans. It helps to prove what I and millions of others already know and have continuously observed: The hallmark of every last cat-licker on earth -- they are also a self-professed and self-evident sociopath/psychopath. They would much rather have any humans be hurt or even die (or ANY other life on earth suffer and die) than any of their disease-infested, invasive species, pestilent, vermin cats. JUST so they can feel good about themselves and pretend to feel needed -- because nothing on earth needs nor wants these fools, not even their cats need nor want them. That's why so many cats try to escape from their supervised confinement, outsmarting their owners. Proving that even their cats are smarter than these sociopathic cat-lickers. It even proves that their cats smart enough to know better and don't even want to be around people as phenomenally stupid and psychotic as their owners.
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CHICAGO -- It was 1994 when Stu Jackson departed the University of Wisconsin, handing his blessing to Stan Van Gundy to replace him as head basketball coach.
Jackson had hired Van Gundy two years earlier as an assistant, plucking him from the Division II coaching ranks.
Now, 20 years later, both are long-traveled NBA statesmen and, in a twist of irony stretching the 434 miles from Madison, Wis., to Detroit, each could land with the Pistons thanks to a role reversal.
Van Gundy, the newly hired coach and president of the Pistons, is in need of a general manager. Jackson, whose lengthy resume includes 13 years as the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations and stints as head coach of the New York Knicks and Vancouver Grizzlies, is currently available and being discussed as a dark horse candidate for the gig.
The possibility of Jackson landing alongside Van Gundy in Detroit will be clarified in the coming days or, possibly, weeks. Van Gundy's tenure is barely in its infancy. The former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic coach is being introduced as Detroit's new boss in a Thursday afternoon press conference.
For now, though, the Pistons' selection of Van Gundy has Jackson's full endorsement.
"He's been a dear friend and is a special person and Detroit got the better of this deal," Jackson said Thursday while attending the NBA draft combine in Chicago.
Jackson hired Van Gundy as an assistant at Wisconsin after current University of Detroit coach Ray McCallum left his assistant position for a head job at Ball State in 1993. Van Gundy came from UMass-Lowell, where he held a .500 record as head coach.
Van Gundy spent one year leading the Badgers, posting a 13-14 record, before leaving for a position with the Heat. He'd go on to spend 12 years in Miami, ultimately leading to him being named head coach on Oct. 24, 2003.
"Stan is not only one of the brilliant basketball minds in our game, but he's very smart in his approach to everything, including basketball," Jackson said. "I have no doubt that he'll be successful."
After stepping down as Heat head coach in 2005 for personal reasons, Van Gundy landed eventually in Orlando in 2007, posting a 259-135 record as head coach in the regular season and going 31-28 in postseason. He was fired in 2012.
Under Van Gundy, the Magic were known a heavy 3-point shooting team that annually ranked among the best in the NBA in defensive efficiency.
The bumbling 2013-14 Pistons -- Van Gundy's inheritance -- were woeful in both categories.
Asked if he expected Van Gundy to implement a similar style in Detroit, Jackson said he's unsure what the new Pistons will initially look like.
"That's Stan's decision," Jackson said. "If that's the way he wants to structure his team -- the way he did in Orlando -- that will obviously take time. But Stan is a very competitive individual and I'll emphasize that he has a very smart basketball mind. He's not going to sacrifice immediate success for his future vision. He'll find a way to be successful right away, let's be clear on that, with what he has. In time, if what he did in Orlando is his vision (for Detroit), he'll get there."
The entirety of that vision can be dictated by Van Gundy himself. As Pistons president, he'll oversee personnel moves and preside over his yet-to-be-named general manager.
Jackson said Van Gundy is fully capable of handling the jobs beyond Xs and Os, noting that it will all revolve around "the culture he wants to create."
As for coaching itself, Van Gundy, according to Jackson, is considered among the best in the league.
"From a technical standpoint, he's a 10 out of 10," Jackson said. "If you talk to people around the league about Stan's technical expertise -- the way his teams play and the shots they take, how they defend, doing the dirty things to win, getting loose balls, playing unselfishly, transition play, execution out of timeouts -- I think he'd rate highly in all those areas."
Jackson stressed that he and Van Gundy have "respectfully stayed away from each other" in recent years, given Jackson's role in the league office and Van Gundy's as a head coach. He claims they still share a friendship, though, and a mutual respect.
Whether that connection leads to a reunion remains to be seen.
Either way, after two years off the bench, Van Gundy is back in the NBA as a head coach.
"I suspect that Stan over these past two years has taken advantage of stepping back and looking at the entire landscape, in terms of evaluating teams and players and taking the best from the best," Jackson said. "That's what coaches do. That's what all of us do."
Brendan F. Quinn covers University of Michigan basketball and football. Follow him on Twitter for the latest on Wolverines hoops. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com

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In 1961, a Time cover story declared that the "ecumenical century" was at hand. Pope John XXIII's "ecumenical council"—aka Vatican II—was forthcoming, while the National Council of Churches had made progress in the United States. And in New Delhi, the World Council of Churches held its third assembly—with the full participation of many Orthodox churches, nearly all of which by then had officially joined the WCC. Time optimistically claimed that "the scattered forces of Christian faith are realigning and regrouping."
The New Delhi assembly adopted a statement on unity. The statement, which was shaped by the WCC's Faith and Order Commission meeting the previous year, emphasized that unity needed to be pursued both in local settings and at a global level:
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Playing at Old Trafford be it early in the season, mid-week, under lights or in the depths of winter usually results in one thing. Three points for the Reds. Can it be any different this year?
You have to say unlikely on the basis of our last two performances. Had we appeared so disjointed, lacklustre and bereft of ideas last August you would have cut the boys plenty of slack and reserved judgement while Jol remodelled the side in his vision. For the Villa and Swansea games, coming after two thirds of the season, one might legitimately ask, 'where's the progress?' In both games we barely managed a shot while playing like a bunch of strangers. Villa was bad enough, though we nearly escaped with a point. Against Swansea the closest we got to them all afternoon was the pre-match handshake.
We were utterly outclassed on the day. And the last side to do that to us on our own patch are Monday's match up, United again, the 5-0 victors in December in a game we had lost inside 30 minutes. One quirk of the fixture list down the years means we've never had to go to Old Trafford in the run-in desperate for a result. Just as well. Blackpool almost pulled it off on the final day of last season, Holloway's plucky band attacked from first to last before going down valiantly 4-2. Shortly into the 2nd half they led 2-1. Not bad when you consider United only gave up two points at home all season on their way to the title. Were we to pull out a similar show I'd be more than happy to take a defeat with honour.
Let's just not have the sort of timid, gutless performance we put on there last season, the template for which we have reproduced all across our league campaign on the road so far. Two skin of the teeth away wins at bottom three sides Wigan and QPR is simply not good enough for the quality of players we have on our books. Basic errors in our game will be seized upon Monday night no question. This summer could well see a changing of the guard in SW6 and one or two in white shirts may find this is their last competitive clash with United. Players have no time for our mood swings and fan talk truculence - to them it's a job of work. But out of personal pride the one thing they are all keen to do is match themselves against the best. Well, here's the ultimate test. And that goes for the manager too. Mentally we have to be ultra strong, impeccably prepared and tactically adroit. No half measures allowed.
No club has dominated the English scene like Sir Alex's Manchester United. For the last two seasons I've heard repeated criticism of the current side. Certainly the European campaign this season was uncharacterstically inglorious. Yet they took the title last May, and what's the betting it is Citeh who blink first this year over the run-in? The Reds will certainly be fired up for Fulham to regain top spot.
Would you have sat our first team down with tapes of the Bilbao games this week? As we are some way short of the Basque skills for ball retention and pass and move, I think I would rather have reverted to hypnotism in the run up to Monday night. Personally, I'm certainly not getting my hopes up. In fact, away games with United is the one fixture I try to blank out. So as Monday night sees me normally in the West End for readings at the Phoenix Theatre Arts Club, that's were I am headed. (ulterior motives here as I am in the throes of trying to get my first play staged). I shall of course be moving out into the Charing Cross Road traffic at 10 daring to dream as I tune in the radio...Looking forward to hearing from you all over the week.
Here's to the most improbable of results in this topsy turvey season. Well, if Wigan can do it at Anfield...?
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I don't see it. I want to be with you, Phil. I want to dream. But I just don't see it. This is what separates Man Yoo from the other top clubs...they don't lose games like this. They defend well, they take their opportunities. I'd love to see us try to make a game of it, but with our current form and the lineups old Martin is flinging out there, I just hope we keep it close. Have fun at the theatre. If your play needs inspiration for a bloody and hopeless ending, I recommend last week's Swansea match as inspiration.
Enjoy your evening. I'll be watching form work: one eye on the match and the other making sure my boss isn't around. Here's to hoping for the best, but planning for the worst. COYW!
Maybe one day we'll be able to not play our best and get the necessary (non) calls and still get the three points. One day...
I have to say, the way Fulham approached the game made me very happy. They were clearly up for the fight, and although United had a lot of possession, Fulham responded well in both halves. I think a draw would've been fair, as it was really just one lapse by us, not something Man U created.
Jol finally got selection and tactics right. Hughes was back in the starting eleven and, as a result, the defense was steady. You can see Diarra is starting to come into his own. Murphy and Ruiz showed that they can be perhaps more effective off the bench. If Fulham played like this away every week, we'd have a lot more than 2 wins.
I dont know about you Phil, but for me the man of the match for Fulham was clearly Danny Murphy. He looked as he did in his liverpool days, making a killer run that should have earned us a penalty. However, it is obvious that he cannot play that well for an entire game, so why dosent Jol just start Diarra and bring on Murphy at halftime. Same thing goes for Duff and Ruiz/Frei. All three players have one good half in them, but not an entire game. Nevertheless, in my opinion this was our best away performance of the year, save Chelsea.
There is no justice to be had at Old Trafford. Oh, well.
That said, I decent performance from the lads. If nothing else comes from it, surely Martin Jol has to acknowledge that Hughes/Hangeland is the best central defensive pairing. Hughes was man-of-the-match for me. Barring injury, surely we've seen the last of Senderos as a starter, right?
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Detroit, Michigan-native comedian, Dave Landau, will bring his comedy, which is inspired by everyday life, to Kimballs Pub, 972 Second St., at 8 p.m. Sunday.
As a child, Landau always wanted to be in the entertainment field. As a teenager, he attended The Second City in Detroit, Mich., a school that specializes in sketch comedy and improv.
When he was 21, his then-girlfriend, now wife, told him to try standup. "I just sort of fell into the standup part," Landau said in a phone interview with the Sun-Gazette.
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Comedian Dave Landau, pictured, will perform this weekend at Kimballs Pub, 972 Second St.
He finally hit TVs in 2006 with a show on HBO showcasing the 21 best unknown comics in the country and counts his "big break" to his appearance on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and performance in two seasons of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Now he is constantly performing, whether it's on tour or gigs in his hometown of Detroit.
Currently Landau is stretching his horizons into the world of filmmaking with his first film, "The King" in the works.
"I've wanted to make movies since I was in middle school. I was always making videos on my dad's video camera. It's always been a dream to make a feature-length movie," Landau said. "I wanted to do a story about something that happened to me in high school. It's just always been in the back of my mind."
"The King" is set in Detroit and is about a teenager "that gets his first car, takes it into the ghetto and all hell breaks loose," according to Landau, who claims the movie is loosely based of true life experiences.
The process of making the movie was a little more than Landau expected. The movie was shot in 14 days, with filming sometimes taking up to 18 hours in a day. "I definitely didn't realize how much went into it. I didn't realize it can take up to 14 hours and only get one minute of show," he said.
Landau said he always has admired comedians like Eddy Murphy and Rodney Dangerfield, as well as Detroit native, Tim Allen. "I got to open for him in LA, and he invited me to his place to watch the taping of the show. Being a Detroit native, he was always one of my favorites," he said.
As for his shows, Landau finds comedy in everyday life, putting his own snarky, edgy and dark spin on things.
"They're stories of my life, stories of being young and things people can relate to. And of course, a lot of things that nobody should ever do," he said. His bit involves the relatable woes of trying to find a job, embarrassing childhood memories and the ingenious idea of a car that runs on orange juice.
In a lot of his bits, Landau uses references to his wife, who he said understands.
"She hates the impression I do of her, but other than that, she is extremely supportive," he said.
For more information on Dave Landau, find him on Facebook, Twitter or www.davelandau.com.
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AUSTIN - Postcards purporting to be from the Texas Department of Public Safety were sent last week and this week to registered sex offenders across the state, DPS officials warned Wednesday.
The sender is asking sex offenders to confirm their addresses and mail the postcards to DPS at P.O. Box 13012 in Austin. However, the cards didn't come from DPS.
"That's not our address," said DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange.
The DPS Special Crimes Service and the U.S. Postal Inspector launched a criminal investigation into who sent the cards. Investigators are looking into possible mail fraud and state offenses, including forgery and the fraudulent use of the DPS name.
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Mange said the law requires sex offenders to register with local law-enforcement agencies, but the postcards aren't part of the registration requirements.
The DPS receives information about sex offenders from local agencies and posts the information on the Internet, she said.
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To test the hypothesis that perioperative plasma volume expansion would preserve gut mucosal perfusion during elective cardiac surgery.
Prospective randomized open study.
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Sixty American Society of Anesthesiology grade III patients with a preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction of 50% or greater undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Patients were allocated randomly to a control or protocol group. The control group was treated according to standard practices. After induction of general anesthesia, the protocol group received, in addition, 200-mL boluses of a 6% hydroxyethyl starch solution to obtain a maximum stroke volume. This procedure was repeated every 15 minutes until the end of surgery, except when the patient underwent cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Cardiac stroke volume was estimated by an esophageal Doppler system, and gastric mucosal perfusion was measured by tonometric assessment of gastric intramucosal pH in all patients. Patients were followed up postoperatively until discharge from the hospital or death. The incidence of gut mucosal hypoperfusion(gastric intramucosal pH <7.32) at the end of surgery was reduced in the protocol group (7% vs 56%) (P<.001), as were the number of patients in whom major complications developed (0 vs 6) (P=.01), mean number of days spent in the hospital (6.4 [range, 5 to 9] vs 10.1 [range, 5 to 48]) (P=.011), and mean number of days spent in the intensive care unit (1 [range, 1 to 1] vs 1.7 [range 1 to 11] days) (P=.023).
Perioperative plasma volume expansion with colloid during cardiac surgery, guided by esophageal Doppler measurement of cardiac stroke volume, reduced the incidence of gut mucosal hypoperfusion. This group of patients also had an improved outcome when compared with controls.(Arch Surg. 1995;130:423-429)
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class Person { public Name name; public Address address; }Why is this an "abuse of inheritance?" The approach above does not allow me to use sort and search methods created for collections of Name objects or Address objects. If I want to list the names of people with an address in the state of Nebraska, I have the following options,
1) Use an existing search method based on collections of Address objects to find all Address objects with the state set to Nebraska and then do a search through my collection of Person objects to match the Address objects to the Person objects and then retrieve the Name objects. 2) Create an address search method for Person objects that duplicates the operation of the search method written for Address objects and continue to maintain duplicate code. 3) Have a Person class inherit from both the Name class and the Address class, allowing all operations written for the lower level Name and Address classes apply directly to the Person class as well.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Devils rookie defenseman Eric Gelinas, who made an impact this season with his powerful slap shot and skating ability, is headed back to the minors.
Veteran Anton Volchenkov is healthy and he will play Saturday night against the Buffalo Sabres. Gelinas was assigned to Albany (AHL).
"Eric, I think, has to get his game back," GM Lou Lamoriello said. "The last several games I think he's been pressing. He's trying to do too much. He had instantaneous success and right now he's pressing a little. He just has to get back to playing the way he was.
"Nothing abnormal. He's just going through some growing pains right now. There is nothing negative. We feel this is the best thing for him right now and it could be short term. It depends on how he handles it."
Volchenkov has been out with total body soreness.
In 33 games for the Devils this season, Gelinas has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists).
"He's exactly what this lineup needs," Lamoriello said of Gelinas. "He certainly has the shot and he certainly can pass the puck. But there are all aspects to the game where you have to be complete. And you really can't have highs and lows and 2-1 and 3-2 games. We're trying to pro-act rather than let him slip too much."
Gelinas was minus-2 in Friday night's 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. He is minus-4 in his last seven games, as well as for the season.
Volchenkov has missed the last three games because of what the team called "total body soreness." He had been battling bumps and bruises before being hit in the Dec. 27 game against Columbus.
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New Research on Why Nonviolence Works
I was in a "webinar" (live online presentation thingy) recently with Erica Chenoweth from Wesleyan University.
Bethlehem, West Bank. Evangelicals have never been keen on political protests. Especially the sort that includes rifles and grenades -- in the hands of your opponents.
World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder seems to think he's found the answer. It's him.
Last weekend I was at a family reunion where I had been invited to show pictures from my sabbatical in the Middle East last spring.
There is a biblical story in which Samson used the jawbone of an ass to defeat his enemies. Today some politicians seem to think "jawboning" -- talk and more talk, whether sweet or angry -- can actually win peace in the Middle East. But it will take much stronger action.


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Italy's financial woes threaten popes' canonizations
Rome's mayor warns cash-strapped city may grind to a halt
March 3, 2014
In one of Matteo Renzi's first big tests as premier on Thursday, sparks flew between him and Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino, who warned the city risked coming to a grinding halt over a budget shortfall he blamed on the national government after it dropped measures to help the capital's cash-strapped council.
Marino upped the stakes by noting that the ceremony for the canonisation of popes John Paul II and John XXII on April 27 was at risk.
"I'll halt the city from Sunday," Marino told the Mix24 radio station. "The politicians are lucky because they have chauffeur-driven cars, but the Romans won't be able to move around. People will have to fend for themselves".
The government announced Wednesday that it was dropping the so-called Save Rome decree, which was passed by the administration of Renzi's predecessor Enrico Letta. This was because it had been hit by obstructionism from opposition parties and was not on course to be passed within the two-month time limit from its approval by the cabinet. Late in the day, Renzi, whose government was sworn in Saturday and passed confidence votes in parliament Tuesday, vowed his cabinet would approve a decree Friday granting provisions to Rome and cash-strapped local bodies such as Milan Expo 2015 and for Sardinia after recent floods.
In the same breath he chided the capital's mayor for his outspoken concerns. "I invite everyone to use different language. Marino's motives were understandable, his tone wasn't," Renzi, Italy's youngest premier at 39, told a meeting of his center-left Democratic Party (PD).
Throughout the day Marino, a member of the PD, urged the government to move fast in a media blitz that was at times critical of the nascent government. "It has to clearly say whether it is giving us the legislative tools to solve the problem once and for all. "Rome must be able to spend the money it has and only that. It's no longer time for chatting, its time for deeds".
"In March there won't be money to pay 25,000 city employees, to pay for fuel for the buses, to keep the nurseries open, to collect rubbish or to organise the canonization of the two popes, an event of a planetary scale," he said.
Full Story: Cash-strapped Rome gives Renzi first big headache
Source: Gazzetta del Sud
Green groups challenge Duterte to wage 'war on waste'
Addressing the issue doesn't appear to be among the government's priorities
Seoul parishes to go green with solar initiative
Archdiocese aims to reduce energy consumption by 5-10 percent
Thousands gather seeking end to hunger in India
Not all poor people benefiting from new law that guarantees affordable food
Stalking menace strikes terror among Bangladeshi girls
Most cases go unreported in Bangladesh due to social stigma, which can be fatal
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Authorities in Iran may have arrested more than 70 Christians the day after Christmas, a ministry in the country recently revealed.
Elam Ministries said 25 Christians were taken into custody in Tehran and other locations, and unsuccessful attempts were made to detain at least 16 others.
The group added that there are unconfirmed reports of authorities arresting more than 50 other Christians.
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Elam Ministries said, "Armed, plainclothes, special security officers forcefully entered the homes of Christians while they were asleep," then handcuffed them and took them into custody for interrogation.
Eleven of those arrested have since been released.
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If you bought a ticket package to go to Cleveland, I would urge you to check out the Cleveland website , check out the schedule, and look at your tickets.
The first three days of competition are now "general seating". I have a seat in row 2, but I will have to fight other fans for my seat on Wednesday to see the Seniors CD. Personally, I don't think this is fair.
I have expressed my displeasure with them and this is what I was told.
(see below). If you too think this is not fair, you might e-mail Christine and also the USFSA
Hi Chris,
Yes, the first 5 sessions of the 2009 Championships are general admission. These earlier events historically have a low attendance record so it should not be difficult to find a great seat during these sessions. I am sorry if this causes any inconvenience and I wish you the best of luck in beating out the other diehard fans for the best seats early in the week!
Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
Christine Vogelgesang
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Mass Effect's executive producer leaves to "take on a new set of challenges".
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Short form for Tiny Tyler. This which refers to a man with a small penis. Using the name Tyler comes from an old urban legend about a man with feet for hands and an extremely small penis.
Lmao, you would do that! You are SUCH a T-Squared!
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Another way of saying Trailor Trash.
Man that smelly kid is T squared.
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T-squared, is an amazing actress and singer. When she was in the womb, she designed the Eiffel Tower, who is now her brother. She has the ability to fire beams of tacos out of her hands and turn her legs into tigers. Her father is best friends with Brett Favre and is an undercover agent who is building her an underground mansion. Her whole family went to Yale, and she will be going to Juliard this fall. She's a time traveller and invented penicillin. She rode with Sacajeweya. She gave voice lessons to Beyonce, and now she IS Beyonce. She is the queen of the moon.
Wow, that's so t-squared of you!
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thunder thighs
Everyone here is so skinny i feel like a t squared.
That guy just called me t squared.
That guy just called me t squared.
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Also known as a "tinder tear," this term refers to an individual that crushes major ass on tinder over a time period.
On his latest T Squared, Adam Dynes crushed over 5 different chicks over a 3 month time period.
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Ben is such a jerk, he is a T squared.
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To be entirely pissed off- short for totally ticked (off).
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GRAND HAVEN, MI – Eight-year-old Sasha Wheeler and her dad make quite a fishing team.
Take last year, for instance: Sasha pulled in a 36-inch common carp -- the third biggest such fish caught in 2013, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Her father, Brooks Wheeler, caught the state's second-biggest freshwater drum, also known as a sheepshead, that year.
And together that year, they caught a big catfish, with Brooks taking a timeless photo of Sasha pretending to kiss the fish's ugly face.
This year is off to a good start, too: Using a $20 rod and reel her father bought for her birthday, Sasha recently hooked into a catfish. Sasha fought the fish for a full eight minutes, although Brooks had to help her land the beast. It measured 39.5 inches and weighed 30 pounds – an inch and a half longer than last year's.
"I could just tell it was bigger," Brooks said. "It's like clockwork, every year."
He hopes the fish will make state's top 5 list for 2014.
Brooks – a Grand Haven resident and Muskegon businessman – took some time to brag about Sasha. She caught and released 69 bass in three days, including one 19-incher, he said.
"She loves fishing," he said. "We've been having a good time."
Sasha has other hobbies, including soccer and singing.
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Bruce Springsteen has posted the following message on his website, brucespringsteen.net, regarding the stroke suffered by his saxophonist and longtime friend Clarence Clemons, over the weekend:
"By now, many of you have heard that our beloved comrade and sax player Clarence Clemons has suffered a serious stroke. While all initial signs are encouraging, Clarence will need much care and support to achieve his potential once again. He has his wonderfully supportive wife, Victoria, excellent doctors and health care professionals, and is surrounded by friends and family.
I thank you all for your prayers and positive energy and concern. This is a time for us all to share in a hopeful spirit that can ultimately inspire Clarence to greater heights."
-- Bruce Springsteen
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Skinny Frozen Treats to Beat the Summer HeatJulieVR
Summer's almost here – the season to keep cool with sweet frozen treats. Ice cream is divine, but not something I should be eating every time I feel the need. Fortunately, there are wonderfully flavourful sorbets, granitas and popsicles out there, including delicious frozen fruits, juices and even a rick dairy-free chocolate sorbet that packs a ton of flavour with hardly any fat. Welcome, summer!
Pomegranate Sorbet 1 of 10This brilliant red pomegranate sorbet makes a sophisticated palate cleanser or a delicious cooler, eaten straight up or turned into a float with sparkling water or lemonade.
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Tom Hubert boldly ventures forward with ceramics at Kada
You may think you know a Tom Hubert when you see it, but don't be so sure.
Hubert has been a familiar presence in galleries and museums for 30 years or more, and his ceramic vessels have had a signature style and adornment that could never be attributed to another.
But in his current Kada Gallery show, Hubert continues his recent exploration of exciting new shapes and glazes, and even finds a way to incorporate wood into some porcelain pieces to spectacular effect.
"The wood additions have been going on for about 10 years, but I only do one or two a year because they take so much time," he explained. "They begin with large chunks of hardwood that are carefully cut, carved, sanded and finished. I often have over 20 hours just into the wood for one piece."
Those are hours well-spent. The pieces are curvaceous and elegant, with the porcelain featured between wooden finials and stems. They are so beautifully crafted it's nearly impossible to tell where the clay ends and the wood begins. It's a tribute to the artist that he finishes wood so finely that it appears as smooth and glossy as his porcelain.
These mixed-media works aren't all that's new in Hubert's repertoire. In recent years, the longtime educator -- who's taught art at Mercyhurst University for 32 years -- has received research contracts and taken sabbaticals that let him concentrate on art and hire research assistants to help test new glazes. The results are on display at Kada, along with signature Hubert pieces.
Those Hubert "classics" are, as he describes them, "highly decorative whiteware forms with multiple layers of underglaze colors and design." He utilizes both wheel-thrown and slab-built construction techniques to create the pots, pitchers, bowls and wall pieces, and he finishes them with layers of glaze and multiple firings to create unique depths and vibrancy of color.
"These pieces are still a challenge, and I never run out of ideas for form or surface," Hubert said. That hasn't stopped him from stretching his creative muscles. The results of the glaze testing are cone 6 porcelain pots -- vessels fired to 2,250 degrees, some with carvings in the clay, some with layered and embellished glazes.
Carvings range from zoological (fish, birds) to divine (angels of both genders). His surfaces boast stripes and geometric designs in glazes that are glossy, matte, metallic and even sparkly. Forms can be bulbous, sleek, even anthropomorphic, but they're always graceful. One goblet has handles that resemble hands on ample hips.
The exhibit also contains appealing examples of humor, of play with scale and texture, and of Hubert's refined ability to balance form and function so both prevail.
"Lately, I tend to work in series that last four to six months and then head in new directions," Hubert said.
If that's the case, these pieces may be highlights as part of the artist's greater journey. We can be sure, before long, we'll see what other tricks and treats Hubert has up his sleeve.


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At the moment I am loving this plane. I think I have the landings figured out(calm day anyway). You really have to have faith that the plane will fly slow and be hauling back on the elevator as you flare. I have stuck my last 6 landings with the last one of the day today looking absolutely perfect. Now that they have this at a lower price I think it becomes a really good deal. For those that have the option to land on grass you have an advantage. The plane has a much less likelihood of bouncing when it touches down on grass and comes to a stop quickly. All in all the trick is to get it slowed down as much as possible.
The Scimitar really lands nicely.As has been said here,you must let it slow down to what you think is just above it's stall speed-AND then,let it slow down some more. It's a beautiful thing.
Loved this plane since release. A big stryker with landing gear what could be better? Now they have dropped the price I will most likely be ordering one in the next few days and the retracts too. Should go nicely with the DX7s I just ordered. Nice to see there is a following here for this plane.
Hi ,
I´m new here and from Germany , so my English is not so well..
I bought a Scimitar BNF few days ago und it arrived yesterday
I decided to register here , because there only a few information about that amazing Model in german boards..
I ordered and installed the Retracts , too..
The Strut for the Nose Gear is on the way..
The Quality seems to be very nice ,it is really huger in compare to the Stryker i already own, that i thought at the beginning..
The last 2 days , i read nearly the complete thread here
Now im a little bit afraid of Starting and Landing with the Scimi ..
Today i bind it to my DX8 and do some settings..
I´m not shure , which spare lipos to buy,
they should have a minimum of 3600mAh and i read the stock Battery is to light for a good CG..
Greedings Tom
Good luck,
The Turnigy 3600er 30C are available in the German HK Warehause , so they would be an option for me..
Often i heard from the 4000 30C , but in my opinion 3600 would be enough..
To land near stall speed is tricky ?
The behavior of aircraft is not so stabil during that attitude ?
My maiden will by on a gras runway so i am a little bit nervous
Due to the weather in Germany (snow , -3 degree Celsius ) and bad condition of our runway , i will wait with maiden..
I downloaded the DX8 setting for the scimi und the e-flite page and installed it to my tx.. but i couldn´t find a mix for the VT .. only a differential with 26% i found..
i am a little confused now..
And another Problem :
I installed the Axles with the wheels on the Struts of the Retracts..
But the axles can easily be turned/moved..
The Bolts are already tightend hard..
What can i do to fix them ?
Are there prebent Struts available for the Scimitar ?
Greedings Tom
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You have to look at all the "rudder" mixes. Those are what programs the VT. I can't remember exactly but you must flip one of the switches on the top right of the DX8 to turn on/off the VT. I think it's the "mix/hold" switch.
Landing at near stall speed is tricky as you have little aileron response and the Scimitar can easily roll to one side and catch a wingtip on the ground. I take off from grass with retracts down and belly land on the same grass. To minimize damage to the prop, I have a folding 3-bladed prop.
To prevent the wheels from moving on the retract struts, you take a Dremel and grind a small flat spot where the set screw is. Make sure the flat spot is at exactly right angle to the line the wheel points so they are straight.
No, there aren't "pre-bent" struts. If you use the Eflite retracts, you cut them to the proper length after you've test fitted the gear with wheels on.
Ok i programmed the mix for the VT myself ..
Everything works proper now an i can use my Favorite Switch for activating it..
Unluckily , i found my VT Servo stucking sometimes ..
The Differential Setting i copied from Quique's Setup..
Only the Roll Compensation for Throttel i ve not programmes yet..
How can i find already programmed Mixes in the DX8 ?
I reduced the Servo Travel to 90% of all Servos and set some DR/Expo settings
I had the same idea with the Dremel..
But i will check my parts box , perhaps i find some prebents from another A/C..
Greedings Tom
Working my way through reading this whole thread, got about half to go. I have had 3 custom F-27Cs one of which still flies 10 or more times a week, but never a Q. I have been flying aerobatic and 3d stuff for about a year and a half now but deep down I'm a pusher prop and flying wing man. The more I read this thread the more I want one of these.
I use this setup and it works great.
I would also fly the plane with the stock gear until you get the hang of landing the plane. It will help prevent damage to expensive retracts until you get used to landing this monster.
But to understand the different Mixes , i did my own Setup and copied some things from Quiques to mine
There serveral Mixes in Quiques Setup:
Thr->RAL that is clear for me , to compansate the Torque
Rud->RAL I´m not shure , to compensate Roll during Rudder Activity ??
Rud->LAL same for other direction
Does someone use these Mixes ?
I found my Left Elevon above the Marking on the Fuselage when Servos are powered and Trim is Zero out of the Box..
Should I electrically trim that or mechanically with the Linkage ?
Greedings Tom
The aileron mix with rudder is to compensate for the roll effect the rudder has when deflected far. It makes knife edge flight possible without a lot of compensation with the sticks. You might check the manual but I set all of my surfaces to zero mechanically.
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Halo 4
Posted 04 November 2012 - 05:42 PM
A lot of die hard Halo fans were nervous about the final product, new developer with their first big project and Halo CE being a bit of a flop. The reviews are in and they are phenomenal, IGN rating it a 9.8 making it among the highest rated games in years.
New weapons, enemies, and gameplay, Halo 4 is stacking up to be one of the most epic releases this fall, I have my copy preordered and Tuesday can't come soon enough. Anyone else plan on picking this up and is as amped up for this game as I am?
Halo fans unite, everything and anything Halo in this thread.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 07 November 2012 - 06:34 AM
There's enough original that it feels like Halo, but enough new to make it a significantly separate game from the rest. It's possibly the best looking game graphically on the console, It actually took me a minute to realize the cut scenes were renderings. If you haven't played Halo before, this is the best version and an ideal starting point. Halo is back with a new developer that has officially proven they can take control of the franchise and make it incredible.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 07 November 2012 - 12:09 PM
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Posted 07 November 2012 - 06:04 PM
It's hard not to recommend, and I see this as a solid candidate for Game of the Year.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 01:39 PM
It's definitely worth getting, you'd be surprised how different it is now compared to Halo 2. They did take a bit more of a Call of Duty approach with this game allowing for 5 customized loadouts and unlockable equipment as you gain levels. It's experience based not skill based.
It's hard not to recommend, and I see this as a solid candidate for Game of the Year.
I've watched a couple kids who stream there games and it looks pretty good. I was never good at Halo at all, back when I played Halo 2 and 3 I didn't even own an xbox yet. I had an Xbox Live account but would go to my neighbors to play after school almost everyday. One thing though is what's the controls like for the game? I could never get use to them becasuse I would be thinking COD so much. Game of the Year but not to sound bias or anything but from the way the trailer looks it may be hard to beat Black Ops 2.
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- May 28, 2010 at 5:01 am
With regards,I would like to thank you for your hard work.The victory is not going to come in silver platter. But I am most certain is ours.Freedom for Iran its been a dream of mine for a very long time.
- June 2, 2010 at 9:23 pm
We would like to add Miami, Florida to the list. Please advise, how?
- June 2, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I'll forward this info along to our North America coordinator and she will be in touch There's also a group in Orlando that is amazing and could help.
- June 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Missing in your list:
Frankfurt – 18:00-20:00 "A Face For Freedom In Iran" action @ Hauptwache
Munich – 16:30 until 18:30 A Face For Freedom In Iran" action @ Sendlinger Tor
Hamburg – 12:30 until 15:00, "A Face For Freedom In Iran" action @ Ottenser Hauptstr. 1, across Shopping Center Mercado.
June 12 is the Global Action Day for Freedom in Iran!
Please share & invite your friends if you want freedom for Iran!
- June 6, 2010 at 7:39 pm
also for berlin:
thank you
- June 7, 2010 at 7:29 pm
For information on Protests in Dallas, TX, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=44409215#!/event.php?eid=130888906927337&ref=mf
- June 8, 2010 at 6:02 am
Missing in your list:
Duesseldorf – Germany 12.6.2010
Apolloplatz von 11-13 Uhr
Mit Omid Nouripour – MdB Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
- June 8, 2010 at 6:33 am
Thank you I have forwarded to the coordinators.
- June 9, 2010 at 7:10 am
Recent event has been added in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- June 9, 2010 at 11:03 am
No events in Barcelona??? does anybody knows anything?
- June 10, 2010 at 8:46 pm
For information on Protests in Ottawa, Canada, please visit
- June 11, 2010 at 5:38 am
missing in your list
Norway, Trondheim, various organizers
Adopted prisoner: Amir Hossein Tavakkoli
- June 11, 2010 at 9:35 am
How do we find details about the domonstration in Malmö?
- June 11, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Like to add the event in Chicago: info below–> Call for Demonstration
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Iranian people's mass resistance against the suppression of reedom of choice during the
June 12, 2009 presidential election, let us stand with the people of Iran in condemning political repression and supporting their struggle
for freedom, democracy and social justice. Location: Tribune Tower Date: Saturday June 12th 2010 Time: 12:00 till 2:00 PM
For More information please contact : email@example.com
Organized by: The Committee in solidarity with the people's struggle in Iran-Chicago
- July 9, 2010 at 12:58 am
in solidarity with Iranian people and free Iran …… most of all !! the Human rights!
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The Rev. Andy Combs (left) introduces Kristina Simpson (right) who plays the keyboard and sings at a recent What's New Worship service in Winchester. The church meets at 10 a.m. Sundays at the Winchester Travelodge, 160 Front Royal Pike.
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From left,Jayme Blackwood, Harvey Slayton, Tom Partin and Leo Blackwood grind sugar cane Saturday at the Suwannee River Shrine Club's Cane Grinding and Turkey Shoot.
The event runs through Nov. 26, with the exception of Sunday. Cane juice can be bought for $8 per gallon. Syrup is $8 per bottle.
The turkey shoot will be held Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.,m. and Thursday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. the club is holding a combined craft sale-yard sale-bake sale-raffle the same week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Trigger started services are services in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 that can register to be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event; a service can start when it is needed, instead of starting automatically whether or not there is work to do. Examples of predefined trigger events include arrival of a device of a specified device interface class or availability of a particular firewall port. A service can also register for a custom trigger event generated by an Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) provider.
In this screencast, Kate Gregory (@gregcons) provides an overview of trigger started services on Windows 7 via the Windows API Code Pack, a source code library that can be used to access some features of Windows 7 and Windows Vista from managed code.
Update (March 24, 2011 - 11 PM): The Windows Trigger Start Service Recipe for Managed Code is now available to download.
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Early detection is key to stabalizing diabetic eye disease
Because diabetic retinopathy often shows no early warning signs, members of the King County Optometric Society urge those with diabetes not to overlook the importance of a yearly dilated eye exam.
Approximately 16 million people in America (308,000 in Wash. State) have diabetes, and one third don't even know it. Of those cases that are diagnosed, between 40 and 45 percent have some degree of diabetic retinopathy, a potentially blinding eye disease that is a complication of diabetes.
People with diabetes can slow the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy and reduce the likelihood of vision loss through better control of blood sugar levels.
Diabetic retinopathy is one of a group of eye problems, including cataracts and glaucoma, that may develop as a complication of diabetes. The longer you have diabetes, the greater the chance that you will develop diabetic retinopathy. If you have diabetes, you are 25 times more likely to lose vision than someone who does not have it. Call 1-800-562-1487 for information.


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This page was designed to be a jumping off point for Middle School and High School folks, teachers and students alike, who are exploring the Web as part of their language-learning. Internet-based sources are fabulously rich, but they are just a beginning, a Punto de Partida or Point de Départ for larger interactions within a learning environment.
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I would like to thank Lynda Milne for excellent design advice and pointers to many useful resources on the Internet. Thanks also to Dr. Patricia Baggett, Dr. Carl Berger, Dr. Jerome Johnston, Dr. Fred Goodman, Dr. Nichole Pinkard and Dr. Sandy Dugan for encouraging me to pursue this work within the context of their classes at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. Merci and Gracias to the folks from CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Reseach) at Michigan State University, Pat Mosele, Charlene Polio, Dennie Hoopingarner and India Plough, for allowing me to develop the writing activities during their summer institutes. (And especially for introducing me to Terry, Donna, Gretchen, April and the gang.) Many thanks to people who have passed along useful websites to me, including: Robert Abel, Maria Kourouvasilis and Bonnie Middeldorf (Grosse Pointe Public Schools), Dr. Eugene Gray and Claire Bradin (Michigan State University - MACUL '96), Dr. William Cline and Dr. Sandy Dugan (Eastern Michigan University - MACUL '98), Cindy Kendall (Williamston High School), and Emily Spinelli and Carol E. Galvin Flood (University of Michigan & Lahser High School - MFLA '98) and again to Claire Bradin Siskin who always has great ideas. Thanks to the Yahoo folks for the new/nuevo/nouveau gifs. Thanks also to Cindy Kendall for all things technical, always. A final thanks to my brothers, Dan and Steve, for their technical wizardry, graphical design assistance, and spider management. And thank YOU for reading the entire acknowledgement section. You weren't skimming, I hope.
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Well, the 2007 summer moviegoing season is over, and it was a good one. For the first time ever, Hollywood produced a $4 billion-grossing summer. Not too shabby. Now that September's here and we are getting ready to enjoy a few months of Oscar bait, this seems like a good time to reflect back on the season just past. Here are some of my thoughts on the 2007 Summer Movie Season.
Lessons Learned:
Notable Achievements:
Best Movie (Artistically): Sicko - Love him or hate him, Michael Moore knows how to get people talking. Who would have thought that audiences would go see a documentary about health care in the middle of summer? It's a tribute to Moore's talents as a provocateur that he can push those hot buttons and get everyone to debate important issues.
Best Movie (Pure Entertainment): Transformers - I never thought the day would come that Michael Bay would deliver my favorite pure entertainment junk food of the summer, but sure enough, that's what he did! Yes, Transformers is dumb and loud and too long; to my everlasting surprise, I loved every second of it anyway.
Runners Up: Spider-Man 3 (hey, I'm a fanboy), The Bourne Ultimatum, Hairspray, The Simpsons Movie, Superbad, Knocked Up, Ratatouille
Worst Movie: DOA: Dead or Alive - Movie based on video game. 'Nuff said.
Movie That Time Will Prove Isn't As Good As Everyone Thinks It Is: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Biggest laugh: Montage of Seth's drawings in Superbad
Runner Up: Andy Samberg's endless fall down a hill in Hot Rod
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Celebrate the fall harvest season at Terhune Orchards' popular, activity-packed fall festivals that run every weekend from Sept. 14 through Oct. 27, plus Columbus Day Monday, Oct. 14.
Pick fresh apples, pumpkins and gourds, take a tractor-drawn wagon ride, visit the "All About Apples" adventure barn, walk the farm trail, and enjoy farm fresh snacks and homemade country food. Fall festival weekends at the farm offer plenty of special activities for kids, including face painting, pumpkin painting, pony rides, and the popular cornstalk maze and hay bale maze.
Fall Festival weekends at Terhune Orchards wouldn't be complete without live music. A different band performs every day for the thousands of visitors who come to enjoy all the fall activities at the farm. All of the bands have a local connection including the popular Princeton group Riverside, which has been performing at fall festivals for more than a decade and will return Sept. 29. Fall Harvest Festival performances have become a celebrated tradition for area country and bluegrass fans. Local band play each weekend between noon and 4 p.m. through Oct. 27. This year's line-up includes bluegrass, Dixie music and more.
The fall line-up includes:
Sept. 14 and 15 - the Daisy Jug Band
Sept. 21 - Borderline
Sept. 28 - Jugtown Mountain Band
Sept. 29 - Riverside
Oct. 5 - Thomas Wesley Stern
Oct. 6 - Mountain Heritage
Oct. 12 - Jersey Corn Pickers
Oct. 13 - Tom & Jerry
Oct. 14 - Jay Smarr
Oct. 19 - Jimmie Lee Ramblers
Oct. 20 - Heavy Traffic Blue Grass Band
Oct. 26 - Band to be announced
Oct. 27 - Mark Miklos and the Raritan Valley Ramblers
Make sure to bring an appetite. At Pam's down-home food tent we will be roasting a pig for pork sandwiches, and you will also find barbecued chicken, hot dogs, homemade salads and soup for sale. Satisfy cravings for dishes made with apples. Terhune Orchards will have apple pies, apple muffins, apple bread, cider doughnuts and applesauce, and you can quench your thirst with cold cups of Terhune apple cider.
Adults 21 and over can stop in at the vineyard and winery tasting room in the 150-year-old barn and sample award-winning red, white wines, and apple wines. The farm store will be full of fresh-picked fruits and vegetables, homemade pies, homemade cookies, and of course fresh-pressed apple cider.
Take pictures at the farm and enter them in the Terhune Orchards photo contest. Entries are due Oct. 1. For complete rules and entry information stop by the farm store or visit terhuneorchards.com.
There is no admission to the farm store, winery tasting room, and Van Kirk pick your own. Admission to the festival area is $5. Children 3 and under receive free admission.
Parking on the farm is free. There is no admission to the farm on weekdays. Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Road in Lawrenceville. Visit terhuneorchards.com or call the farm store at 609-924-2310 for directions.


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Discover why Vagrant is a must-have tool for thousands of developers and ops engineers. This hands-on guide shows you how to use this open source software to build a virtual machine for any purpose—including a completely sandboxed, fully provisioned development environment right on your desktop.
Vagrant creator Mitchell Hashimoto shows you how to share a virtual machine image with members of your team, set up a separate virtualization for each project, and package virtual machines for use by others. This book covers the V1 (1.0.x) configuration syntax running on top of a V2 (1.1+) core, the most stable configuration format running on the latest core.
Mitchell Hashimoto is a passionate engineer, professional speaker, and entrepreneur. Mitchell has been creating and contributing to open source software for almost a decade. He has spoken at dozens of conferences about his work, such as VelocityConf, OSCON, FOSDEM, and more. Mitchell is the founder of HashiCorp, a company whose goal is to make the best DevOps tools in the world, including Vagrant. Prior to HashiCorp, Mitchell spent five years as a web developer and another four as an operations engineer.
View Mitchell Hashimoto's full profile page.
The animal on the cover of Vagrant: Up and Running is a blue rock pigeon (Columba livia), also known as a rock dove or simply a common pigeon. Given the pigeon's abilityto nest in open or semi-open environments, this species thrives in cities all over theworld. Rock pigeons are generally monogamous, with each breeding pair caring for twochicks (called "squabs") each season. Males and females look almost identical, and bothshare distinctive iridescent green and purple feathers around the neck and breast.Rock pigeons differ from other pigeon breeds, like homing or carrier, in that they donot generally leave their local areas. In the past, some species of Columbidae pigeonsand doves have been used to carry messages over long distances. Although they startedout as a domesticated European pet, escaped rock pigeons established themselves inurban areas and the population exploded. Now, the number of feral rock pigeons inWestern Europe alone is above 20 million.Because the pigeon has almost no natural defenses, it has become prey for a wide rangeof raptorial birds. In particular, peregrine falcons and Eurasian Sparrowhawks havecome to rely on pigeons for 80% of their diets; this has allowed these large birds tocontinue to exist in and around major cities. In North America, the pigeon must avoidopossums, raccoons, red-tailed hawks, several species of owl, and cats.Although pigeons cannot generally contract or transmit human diseases, prolongedcontact with their droppings and feathers can result in the "bird fancier's lung," a formof hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Additionally, pigeons have been implicated in thespread of two forms of avian influenza, prompting cities to discourage contact with orfeeding of the birds.The cover image is from Wood's Animate Creations.
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By Phil
from Raleigh, NC
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I love the book. But I think the lack of information on the VMWARE plugin is bad. The book focus's on Virtual Box as the hypervisor.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Not for rookies.
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I am sure by now that it's me, not the book. I am really dumb. I had to set the book aside and re-tool all my thinking.Worse: I was so excited to get the book (and learn Vagrant)that I bought two forms; paper and Kindle. Ouch. Not for rookies.
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Excellent structure, needs update
By Itinerant Worker
from Canberra, Australia
I used this product to get a simple Vagrant box for an existing Django application up and running, complete with shell and Puppet provisioners. The guidance provided by the author is excellent, though the examples are out of date. It was relatively simple task to comb the Vagrant documentation for the new configuration syntax, and to be honest this activity probably helped me learn more about Vagrant in the meantime.I would recommend this to a friend, with a forewarning that the configuration files are out of date and my friend will have to go through the same cross-referencing that I went through. The important part of this book for me is the step-by-step introduction to Vagrant, Puppet, and Chef.
Nice book, easy to follow and detailed
By lugrant
from Trento, Italy
About Me Developer, Sys Admin
Start from the beginning finishing to advanced customization overview. Great!
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Not clear which version of Vagrant
By Rob
from UK
Vagrant 1.2 was released in April 2013This book comes out in May 2013 and appears to cover pre-Vagrant 1.2. The syntax is different - for example the book talks about shared_folder which is in pre-1.2 (version 2) but not in 1.2 (v2).Please clarify. And preferably please support both versions and in each example in the book be clear on which one it is for. Thanks.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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A Quick Read With All the Nece
By nikolawannabe
from Redmond, WA
If you aren't already familiar with vagrant, it is a piece of software responsible for making a virtual machine be easily manageable and configurable from the command line. More than that, it can be used to make a developer's life much easier by hiding away all of the tedium of setting up a development environment per the product's specifications. This book is all about the whys and hows of running vagrant.I was pleasantly surprised to find this book very useful and easy to read through. For me, I finished it in a couple evenings, and now use it primarily as a reference manual. It covers the important topics of networking and configuration in sufficient depth to be know what you are doing from a read-through.I feel like what I learned most from this book, though, is that vagrant (fortunately!) is not all that complicated. You can get up and running quickly and basically be done with it. I do, however, now need a book on Chef for provisioning...I'd recommend this book to anyone thinking about using vagrant for development. or anyone who has recently rolled out a deployment of it. If you've already been using vagrant for a while and don't need to extend it and are happy with your network configuration already, this book may not be a necessity, but it wouldn't hurt.I received this book for free through the O'Reilly blogger program.
From zero to Vagrant in a few pages
By Ivan
from London
I wanted a book to get me up to speed with Vagrant. Vagrant has changed the way I develop and I needed to have a solid base and that's what this book gives you. It is true that with the new version of Vagrant the book seems outdated already but the point of the book is not to give you precise instructions but to make you understand how and why.The Provisioning chapter was not my thing since I use Ansible, but still, I learnt few tricks to speed up my deploys.Books are great for building this baseline of knowledge. For the accurate sintaxis and instructions I fall back to internet.Disclaimer: I received an electronic version of this book because I am a part of the wonderful O'Reilly Blogger Review Program. These are just my opinions of the book.
Practical and Useful Guide Vagrant
By Mike Stok
from Toronto, ON, Canada
I have started experimenting with Vagrant at work, and asked O'Reilly for copy of the book to review. They gave me a copy of the e-book with the expectation that I review the book.Vagrant: Up and Running is a relatively new book from the reliable O'Reilly stable. The author of the book and creator of Vagrant, Mitchell Hashimoto, says: "Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments, sandboxed in a virtual machine."This is a short and dense book. It can be read "cover to cover" to get a good overview of the whys, hows, and details of Vagrant; it can be used as a reference – although you should keep an eye on the source as Vagrant's a living project.For me the book provides a solid foundation for day to day use of Vagrant, with plenty of guidance for getting into more advanced usage. Automation is encouraged by Vagrant's workflows, and Vagrant plays well with Chef and Puppet to provision systems. There are no obvious gaps in the book from my perspective, it covers a lot of ground in a relatively slim volume (196 pages on my iPad, 156 pages in paper according to O'Reilly).To me the big benefit of Vagrant is that you can provide a project with a base box and a Vagrantfile, and any contributor will be able to quickly and easily bring up a standard environment in which to develop and test. This can eliminate any number of "…but it works on my system!" type problems.The book explicitly states The Tao of Vagrant which essentially means that developers and systems operations engineers are all able to use identically built systems in VMs while still able to use their favourite tools and workflows on their development hosts. These systems are easy and quick to mint. The book works its way from simple set-ups to more complicated examples using multiple virtual machines networked together. By the end of the book you have been exposed to Vagrant plugins, and you will most likely have enough of its concepts under your belt to navigate the source (even if you're not yet familiar with Ruby).There is some repetition in the book which makes it easier to use as reference, but seems a little odd when reading it end to end. As there's no filler in the book this is not an issue in my eyes.If you need to distribute environments which can be run inside virtual machines to developers, testers, or deployers then Vagrant is a tool worth a long hard look, and Vagrant: Up and Running is a great kickstart and reference guide.
Must-read for those interested
By Krzysztof Ropiak
from Gdańsk
Vagrant: Up and Running is a very concise book that helps you to get started with Vagrant, which is a very smart tool with growing role in software development. I believe that title of the book is very appropriate as you can hit the ground running and start using the tool comfortably for your project very soon after reading this book.There's quite short introduction to what Vagrant is, and then the author shows exactly how to use it properly. Mitchell show how to install it and how to interact with it by the offered set of commands. You'll find there instructions for creating virtual machine, provisioning it and setting up a network, also between set of machines. The author discusses many common use cases for using every feature of this tool. Portion of the book shows usage of the plugins for Vagrant and teaches you about development of these plugins. At the end of the book, you'll also find reference chapters that describes Vagrant's options one by one.I've really enjoyed reading this book. Mitchel Hashimoto shows how to solve most common problems - problems that most readers will encounter if the try Vagrant or virtualization in general, like automatic software installation, port forwarding, folder sharing. And he does it all with quite simple and very easy to understand examples.I fully recommend reading it for anyone that is interested in what Vagrant offers to its users and how to make best use of it.
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Good introduction to Vagrant
By sl4mmy
from Chicago, IL
I enjoyed "Vagrant: Up and Running" and think it is a good introduction to Vagrant. The book is a nice complement to the "Getting Started Guide" on the project website. New users and people with zero Vagrant experience will be able to pick up this book and learn everything they need to start using Vagrant and getting the most out of it.The last chapter covers Vagrant plugins and should be very helpful for plugin developers. Mitchell does a good job of explaining how to create command, configuration and provisioner plugins, and he steps through several complete examples in this section of the book. In my opinion, this chapter is the best existing documentation on Vagrant plugin development.However, I'm only giving this book three stars because as good as it is I think it still leaves a lot to be desired. There are numerous spelling and grammar errors in the book. The quality of writing isn't particularly good; for example, there is an awful lot of repetitive writing that is tiresome to read and just feels like filler, and the way v1 vs v2 configuration is described and handled in the book felt awkward.But the biggest problem with the book is the plugin chapter (which, interestingly, is also probably the most valuable part of the book!). In particular, there are two problematic aspects.First, by Mitchell's own admission this chapter's coverage of plugin development is incomplete. He explains this is because the API and architecture of host, guest and provider plugins aren't that common and are also about to undergo major changes. Personally, I think if these plugin types are so uncommon then it is actually more important to cover them here, because there will be fewer examples in the wild that other developers can study. Also, I wonder why he and O'Reilly didn't just hold publication until after the API changes. In my opinion it would be better to wait longer for the book to come out if that means its coverage will be more comprehensive, rather than ending the most valuable chapter in the book with "there's this other stuff I didn't want to talk about, but if you're curious you can always read the source."Second, the difference between the v1 and v2 configurations is confusing. Mitchell explains this is because the v1.1 series introduced some non-backwards compatible changes (and then he repeats this several more times throughout the rest of the chapter), but it still just feels... half-baked. I applaud Vagrant's commitment to backwards compatibility, and I understand the technical reasons as he explains them. But the way it is handled just feels awkward. I wonder if it wouldn't have been better just to focus exclusively on the v1 configuration and never mention the existence of the v2 configuration. Since the v1.0 series is the current stable release and v2.0 is still a ways off, I think it would be fine to only cover the stable configuration and leave the newer stuff to a future edition of the book. Alternatively, as I mentioned before, I think he and O'Reilly should have delayed publication until Vagrant 2.0. It just feels muddled that there are these different configuration versions, and he goes to such pains to explain them and the reason why they exist and what Vagrant's version numbers mean, but then he skips discussing a few different plugin types because they're about to change.
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As two of NASCAR's three top national touring series (Sprint Cup and Nationwide) had their first off weekend of the season, those not competing or attending the Camping World Truck Series race at Darlington had a prime opportunity to take in one of the most thrilling weekends in sports: college basketball's Championship Week.
Drivers like Denny Hamlin (pictured enjoying a Magic-Bobcats playoff game last year) and Jeff Burton are known for being huge basketball buffs; in Hamlin's case, he parlayed it into a friendship with Michael Jordan.
Here's who some NASCAR drivers will be rooting for (or hoped to root for) during the NCAA men's basketball tournament throughout the month of March.