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Humble Bundle with Android 7 Review
Has there ever come a time that you had money to spend, and you want it to be for a good cause, but want something for yourself? Well the good folks at Humble Bundle are looking to help you with the new Humble Bundle with Android 7, a 4+2 bundle of games and soundtracks.
For those that do not know, Humble Bundle is a company that puts together digital media bundles to sell using a pay-what-you-want model that can directly benefit charities and/or content producers. Exactly how much the charities and content producers benefit is completely up to you, but you are encouraged to pay more than the minimum. For this bundle, Anodyne, Greed Corp, Incredipede, and Ticket to Ride can be had at any price, along with four soundtracks. To also receive The Bard's Tale, Worms Reloaded, and their soundtracks, you have to beat the average sale price.
Purchasing the bundle gets you DRM-free copies of these games for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, with one exception for Android. Worms Reloaded does not have an Android version, but Worms 2: Armageddon is its Android counterpart. You also get Steam keys for each of these games, if you like using Steam to manage your library.
Now the question is if any of these games make the bundle worth buying on its own, and what of these games are the best? Well, that is why we are reviewing them. Unfortunately, because the bundle is only available for a total of two weeks, I cannot spend the time to completely play each game. Instead I play enough to feel confident that I can write a competent review. This could take half an hour or multiple hours, depending on the game. As the bundle includes Android versions of these games, I will also play them on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus, which you can read a review of at TalkAndroid, a sister site of Overclockers Club: Verizon Galaxy Nexus review – Does it live up to the hype?
With all of that covered, on to the reviews!


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- 1.1 GNOME Shell
- 1.1.1 How do I find applications?
- 1.1.2 How do I change settings?
- 1.1.3 How do I shutdown/power off or restart the system?
- 1.1.4 How do I change the behavior on laptop lid close?
- 1.1.5 How do I maximize or minimize windows?
- 1.1.6 Is there any way to tile windows?
- 1.1.7 How do I make the panel display the full date/time?
- 1.1.8 What happened to applets?
- 1.1.9 How is multi-monitor support?
- 1.1.10 What about themes?
- 1.1.11 What about hardware/drivers without acceleration support?
- 1.1.12 Does GNOME Shell work under a virtual machine?
- 1.1.13 How can I force fallback mode?
- 1.1.14 What happened to the Fedora 14-vintage GNOME shell design?
- 1.1.15 Where is the desktop?
- 1.1.16 How I start programs automatically when logging in?
- 1.1.17 How can I turn caps lock into an additional control?
- 1.1.18 Screen recording
- 1.2 GSettings and dconf
- 1.1 GNOME Shell
- 3 Sugar
- 4 Xfce
Fedora 15 includes GNOME 3. It brings the first major overhaul of the GNOME user experience in 10 years. As with the GNOME 2.0 platform, the GNOME 3.0 release is the starting point and several enhancements are planned for upcoming revisions.
Many of the following notes are reproduced in the online help for GNOME 3. To start the help application, move your mouse to the Activities hotspot at the upper left. Then type "help" to find the application, or choose Applications and locate Help in the menu.
GNOME Shell
The new GNOME Shell is a new way for users to interact with their systems and be productive. The shell features a completely redesigned interface and tools for elegance and ease of use:
- A top bar that provides immediate access to settings, calendar, and major hardware
- An Activities hot corner on the top left provides easy access to all applications and searching, as well as a dock for favorite apps
- Notification improvements, such as messaging support without having to switch context to another application
- Access throughout the shell for keyboard-centric as well as point-and-click users
- A control panel that integrates system and personal settings in one location
- Many other improvements; complete information is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GnomeShell and http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
The following wiki pages describe the major changes and explain different workflows.
The new GNOME 3 user experience requires a video card capable of 3D acceleration. Fedora 15 supports the widest possible range of these cards through free software drivers, including the nouveau driver for NVidia graphics cards, the radeon driver for AMD graphics cards, and the intel driver for Intel graphics cards. In situations where properly supported 3D acceleration is not detected, GNOME 3 offers a fallback mode that models the GNOME Shell behavior. 3D support in Nouveau is now available by default, and the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package no longer needs to be installed.
How do I find applications?
Go to the top left corner to activate the hotspot and then click on Applications. Alternatively, click on the Super key (also known as the Windows key) or Alt+F1, and start typing the name of the application or a related term.
How do I change settings?
Click on the user menu at the top right and select System Settings. For more advanced preferences, install the gnome-tweak-tool package.
How do I shutdown/power off or restart the system?
Hold down the Alt key and click on the user menu. The Suspend menu item at the end of the menu will change into Power Off.... While holding down the Alt key, click on that item. You will get options to shutdown or restart the system .
How do I change the behavior on laptop lid close?
The default behavior when a laptop lid closes is for the system to suspend. This default can be changed (and made different depending whether the system is running on battery or mains power, if desired) using gnome-tweak-tool.
You can also use one of the following commands:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action "blank"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action "blank"
How do I maximize or minimize windows?
Owen Taylor from Red Hat, one of the primary developers of GNOME Shell, explains the rationale here for removing these buttons by default. Minimize and maximize are still available on the context menu if you right click on the window title or hit Alt+Space. You can also maximize by double clicking on the window title, or dragging the window over the top edge of the desktop. If you want to configure button appearance, use gnome-tweak-tool.
Is there any way to tile windows?
You can tile windows by dragging them against the left or right side of the desktop. The window is automatically sized to take up that half of your desktop.
How do I make the panel display the full date/time?
Use gnome-tweak-tool or use either or both of the following commands:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
What happened to applets?
Traditional GNOME panel applets are not supported in gnome-shell as explained here. The general design of GNOME 3 puts more emphasis on full applications, instead of squeezing too much into a small strip or space at the edge of your screen. There are, however, people working on an extension mechanism for the shell, similar to Firefox extensions. The code lives in this git repository. We don't expect this to be available in polished or packaged form for GNOME 3.0, though.
Any existing applets that have been adapted to use the new libpanel-applet will be available in fallback mode. However, fallback is not considered the default mode of operation and will not be actively developed in the future. For more information on applets and transitioning to gnome-shell, see this GNOME wiki page.
Some applets support a -w switch that allows them to run in a dedicated window if needed.
How is multi-monitor support?
Great! Refer to this blog post for more details.
What about themes?
GNOME Shell does not support theming by default. There are extensions that support themes via CSS, however. Themes can be changed system-wide or per user. As an example, a reference for a theme is provided below and instructions on using them:
Advanced users:
For system-wide theme changes, you can use this third-party tool. For per-user changes, a GNOME Shell extension is available. If the extension is installed, you can use gnome-tweak-tool to change the themes.
What about hardware/drivers without acceleration support?
For such users, GNOME offers a fallback mode that uses Metacity and GNOME Panel, and works without any hardware acceleration. Fallback mode is automatically activated if GNOME Shell cannot be started. Note that fallback mode is not the same user experience as GNOME 2.x. It follows the user experience of GNOME Shell as much as possible. Adam Jackson from Red Hat has been working on making GNOME Shell work just using software acceleration and made some progress already.
Does GNOME Shell work under a virtual machine?
It your virtualization solution supports hardware acceleration, then yes. Otherwise it would automatically use fallback mode.
How can I force fallback mode?
Click on the user menu on the top right, Select System Settings -> System Info -> Graphics and toggle the Forced Fallback Mode switch to on.
What happened to the Fedora 14-vintage GNOME shell design?
It was an experiment that was part of the iterative design and learning process leading to the final GNOME 3 design. The code has developed beyond that design to make the GNOME Shell more usable.
Where is the desktop?
The desktop workspace no longer displays the contents of the user's ~/Desktop directory. That directory and its content are still accessible through the Files application. To access the Files application, move your mouse to the Activities hotspot, use the Super key, or use the Alt+F1 key combination to see the overview. Then type "files" or select the Application menu and choose Files. You can attach the Files application to your dash, the set of favorite applications on the left side, if desired.
How I start programs automatically when logging in?
Install gnome-session-properties and use it to configure programs to start automatically. You can also create a desktop file or copy one from /usr/share/applications to ~/.config/autostart in your home directory.
How can I turn caps lock into an additional control?
Click on the user menu on the top right. Select "System Settings"
Region and Language -> Layouts -> Options -> Ctrl key position -> Make Caps Lock an Additional Control
Screen recording
The Shell includes a built in screencast recording function. To activate recording, hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R and a recording icon appears at the lower right hand corner of the screen. To finish recording, hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R again. By default screencasts are recorded in a file named shell-YYYYMMDD-N.webm, where YYYYMMDD represents today's date and N is incremented for each additional screencast.
GSettings and dconf
GConf is a legacy system for storing application preferences used in previous versions of GNOME. It has been replaced by GSettings in GNOME 3.0, and many core programs have already migrated. Fedora 14 was the first Fedora release to include GSettings. GSettings supports multiple backends, and the default in Fedora 15 is dconf. The gsettings command line utility is the equivalent of gconftool-2 in previous releases, although gsettings is more functional since it supports automatic completion of schemas and keys at the command line. The dconf-editor provides a graphical editor for managing settings similar to gconf-editor in previous releases.
Some examples of using gsettings follows:
gsettings Usage: gsettings COMMAND [ARGS...] Commands: help Show this information list-schemas List installed schemas list-relocatable-schemas List relocatable schemas list-keys List keys in a schema list-children List children of a schema list-recursively List keys and values, recursively range Queries the range of a key get Get the value of a key set Set the value of a key reset Reset the value of a key writable Check if a key is writable monitor Watch for changes Use 'gsettings help COMMAND' to get detailed help.
gsettings list-schemas org.gnome.nautilus.desktop org.gnome.color-manager org.gnome.gedit.plugins.filebrowser.nautilus org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.wacom ...
gsettings list-schemas | grep shell org.gnome.shell org.gnome.shell.clock org.gnome.shell.recorder org.gnome.shell.calendar
gsettings list-keys org.gnome.shell command-history development-tools disabled-extensions disabled-open-search-providers enable-app-monitoring favorite-apps looking-glass-history
Example: Using gsettings to tweak the digital clock on the top panel to show the date and seconds
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
GTK+ 3.0 is also part of Fedora 15, which features numerous enhancements for application developers. Changes in the toolkit include:
- Modernized handling of input devices
- Improved and simplified drawing through Cairo rather than wrappers around old X11 methods
- A new theming API with a familiar CSS syntax
- Early stages of easier application support, such as window tracking and ensuring uniqueness
Fedora 15 features the updated KDE 4.6 Software Compilation. The Software Compilation contains three parts:
- Plasma Workspace: What you see when you log in to KDE.
- Applications: Applications maintained by the KDE project.
- Platform: Software that helps the plasma workspace and applications. The platform is not directly visible to desktop users.
Plasma Workspace
- Activities are easier to use. An activity is a number of different applications that open and close at the same time. In Fedora 15 with KDE 4.6, you can add an application to an activity by right-clicking on the window title. You can also manage activities by clicking on the Plasma Toolbox in the top-right corner of your desktop.
- The "Power Management" panel in System Settings is easier to use. The power management program has been rewritten so that it is faster and has fewer bugs.
- The KDE window manager, KWin, has a new scripting interface. KWin detects graphics hardware and adjusts performance to suit your computer.
- You can "pin" open applications to the Task Manager. When you close "pinned" applications, the Task Manager will still show them.
- The Plasma Netbook interface works better with touch-screen monitors.
- Dolphin offers a search bar and "filter" sidebar. Now you can easily search your files with Nepomuk and "Semantic Desktop" tags.
- Kate is available in the kdesdk package. There are many new plugins for Fedora 15:
- GDB (GNU Debugger)
- Add scripts to the menu
- SQL database connection
- Recover unsaved data if Kate crashes
- Gwenview, KSnapshot, and other graphics applications can export photos directly to social networking websites like Facebook and Flickr.
- The platform relies less on other software, so it uses less memory. This is useful for low-power computers like netbooks and smartphones.
- Users can backup the Nepomuk library. Nepomuk is the file indexing and search utility.
- UPower, UDev, and UDisks are used instead of HAL. This change does not affect users now, but there will be more features in future releases.
- You can use the new Oxygen-GTK theme for GTK+ applications. KDE-designed and GNOME-designed applications will look the same when you log into KDE.
Sugar has been updated to the latest version 0.92 in Fedora 15. This version provides major usability improvements for the first login screen and the control panel, as well as new features such as support for 3G networks.
Fedora 15 sees the introduction of Xfce 4.8. This new release remains true to Xfce's goal of providing a fast, lightweight yet user-friendly desktop environment, while adding a range of new features and incremental improvements:
- Remote share browsing: Thunar, Xfce's file manager, now has support for GVFS, allowing easy remote access to files and folders on Windows shares and FTP, Webdav and SSH servers;
- New Xfce Panel with improved positioning and size handling, alpha transparency, a new item editor and drag'n'drop launcher creation;
- New Panel plugins such as window buttons, which merges the features of the icon box and the tasklist into a single configurable plugin, and directory menu, allowing quick browsing of a folder's tree structure;
- Easy application menu editing with any Freedesktop-compliant menu editor, such as Alacarte;
- Improved multihead display configuration including a quick setup dialog;
- Improved keyboard layout selection - wave goodbye to cryptic langauge/variant codes, and select the keyboard layout for your language in your language!
- And, in the venerable tradition of Xfce releases, a new clock mode - fuzzy clock mode!

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Virginia Man Charged With DUI
A Manassas, Va., man is accused of driving under the influence of a controlled substance following a traffic stop at 135 Knobsville Road.
State police reported on April 17, they were alerted of a stranded motorist in Todd Township at 11:28 p.m. Police determined 36-yearold William Archer Clark III was allegedly under the influence and in possession of a controlled substance.
Man Accused Of Burglary
James Neal Spears II, address unknown, is being charged with burglary and theft in connection with a break-in at 218 Seminole Lane, Mercersburg. State police alleged Spears, 40, is responsible for stealing two firearms from the home belonging to a 67-year-old male on March 26. Charges against Spears will be filed through Magisterial District Judge Tamela Bard.
Two Cited For Tobacco Infractions
Two McConnellsburg area residents have been cited by state police for a tobacco infraction at McConnellsburg High School on April 12. According to state police reports, a 15-year-old boy was in possession of tobacco on school property at 2:55 p.m. In addition, 57- year- old Lois Shotts has been cited for furnishing the minor with the tobacco.
Breezewood Man Accused Of Careless Driving
A 26-year- old Breezewood, Pa., man faces charges of careless driving following a hit-and-run accident along South Valley Road on April 14.
Pennsylvania State Police from the McConnellsburg barracks said Raymond I. Hillenbrand was travelling southbound at 10 a.m., when he failed to negotiate a righthand turn in the Brush Creek Township roadway. Hillenbrand's 2004 Chevrolet Silverado went off the road where it struck a barn. Hillenbrand reportedly backed up following the collision and continued heading south for over a half mile before the vehicle came to a rest at 6688 South Valley Road.
Hillenbrand was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured. State police were assisted on the scene by Painter Towing.
Truck Rear-Ended
A southbound 2002 Chevrolet Silverado was rear-ended while travelling along Olde Scotland Road in Franklin County.
Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg reported Vaughn R. Oberholzer, 68, of Greencastle, was slowing to make a left turn onto Seibert Avenue in Southampton Township when his truck was struck from behind by a 2000 Ford Focus driven by Kenneth J. Winebrenner, 18, of Needmore.
Police said Winebrenner was distracted while changing the radio station in his car. Winebrenner and Oberholzer were both wearing seatbelts and escaped harm. Winebrenner will be cited in connection with the accident.
Television Stolen
A 19-inch flat screen television and an Xbox 360 game console were stolen from 868 Davis Lane in Taylor Township between 6 p.m. on April 2 and 3 p.m. on April 3. Victim in the theft is a 43-yearold Hustontown man. Anyone having further information related to this theft should contact state police Trooper Miller at 717-485- 3131.
Police Investigate Crash on Great Cove Road
Pennsylvania State Police from the McConnellsburg barracks investigated a twovehicle crash at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Great Cove Road on Saturday, April 13.
Police reported Kristina M. Westernick, 22, of State College, got off the Warfordsburg exit of Interstate 70 at 10:50 a.m. when she decided to continue westbound. Westernick crossed Great Cove Road to get back onto the ramp and pulled into the path of a southbound 2008 Chevrolet Colorado driven by Randy J. Mellott, 56, Warfordsburg.
The impact caused Westernick's 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit to spin clockwise into a guardrail on the western berm of Great Cove Road. Mellott's truck travelled off the Bethel Township roadway and came to a rest against a guardrail following the 10:50 a.m. accident.
Police said Westernick suffered minor injuries as did Mellott's passenger Lucille N. Mellott, 55, also of Warfordsburg. All three individuals were wearing seatbelts. Westernick will be cited by state police for failure to obey traffic control devices.
State police were assisted on the scene by Needmore Volunteer Fire Co.
Hit-And-Run Reported
State police investigators are searching for the whereabouts of a grey 1996 to 1999 Mazda 626 believed to be responsible for a hit-and-run accident along Lincoln Highway .
Police said the unknown vehicle was travelling westbound through Licking Creek Township when it travelled across the roadway and drove through a high tensile fence between 11 p.m. on April 14 and 6:30 a.m. on April 15. The vehicle broke off several fence posts during the crash and ran through a horse pasture before fleeing the scene. Anyone having additional information concerning this accident is urged to call state police Trooper Sprague at 717-485-3131.
DUI Charges Pending
Charges of driving under the influence are pending through the office of Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne against a 19-year-old male, who was not identified by state police in reports.
Police said the man lost controlofaared,two-door Chevrolet Cobalt while traveling south on North Clear Ridge Road at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. While investigating the reportable crash with injuries, police located synthetic marijuana inside the vehicle. Police alleged the driver admitted to using the substance prior to the crash.
Verbal Argument Turns Physical
Charges of harassment will be filed after a verbal argument allegedly turned physical at 8962 Pleasant Ridge Road over the weekend.
According to state police reports, a 26-year-old Harrisonville woman was involved in a dispute with Christopher William Feagley, 24, also of Harrisonville. Feagley will be charged through the office of Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne.
Greencastle Man Accused Of Harassment
A 29-year- old Franklin County man was reportedly involved in a case of harassment that occurred on April 31 at 211 Chicory Lane in Union Township. State police said Dustin L. Gearhart of Greencastle, was involved in a verbal altercation with a 36- year- old Warfordsburg area woman between the hours of 5:19 p.m. and 7:52 p.m. During the dispute, Gearhart was accused of threatening to kill the victim. Charges will be filed through Magisterial District Judge Tamela Bard.
Truck Stolen In Burglary
A dark green, 1978 Ford F-150 truck with a grey cap and aluminum rims was among the items stolen during a burglary at Keystone Electric located at 117 North Sixth Street in the McConnellsburg Borough.
According to state police reports, burglars forced their way into the business through a secured storm door at 1 a.m. on Monday, April 1. Also stolen during the break-in was a 6-horsepower Mercury outboard motor, a full-set of golf clubs, various types of copper and aluminum wire, television cable, hand tools and a 2,000- watt Honda generator.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident and are urging individuals with information to contact Trooper Bartlett at the Mc- Connellsburg barracks at 717-485-3131.
Harassment Charges Pending
Charges against two Hancock, Md., residents are pending following an incident that occurred earlier this month on the 800 block of McKibbin Lane in Union Township.
Pennsylvania State Police in McConnellsburg stated Kathy Lynn Dere, 35, and 43- year-old Bruce Allen Coffman, both of Hancock, reportedly arrived at the Union Township property at 3:10 p.m. on April 11 to stop three victims from departing. Dere is accused of exiting her vehicle and verbally threatening the victims, who were identified by police as a 52-year-old Needmore woman, an 81- year-old Warfordsburg area man and a 43-year-old female from Hancock.
Truck Window Broken
A 72-year-old Needmore area man discovered the rear window of his pickup truck was shattered while parked at 10293 Timber Ridge Road. The victim told state police investigators, he believed the mischief occurred when a glass bottle was thrown from a southbound moving vehicle between 11 p.m. on April 14 and 9:40 a.m. on April 15. Anyone having further information pertinent to this case should immediately contact state police Trooper Doriguzzi at 717-485-3131.
Mailbox Damaged
A mailbox located at 348 R&R Farm Lanes, McConnellsburg was damaged between 8 p.m. on April 14 and 6:30 a.m. on April 15. Victim is a 75-year-old McConnellsburg man. Anyone with additional information concerning this case is asked to call state police Trooper Sprague at 717-485-3131.
Harrisonville Man Injured
A Harrisonville area man sustained minor injuries during a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Salem and Letterkenny roads on Saturday, April 13.
Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg reported Charles J. Estelle Jr., 18, of Chambersburg, stopped at a stop sign while travelling eastbound on salem Road at 7:10 p.m. Estelle pulled into the intersection without yielding right- of-way to a southbound 1993 Harley Davidson Softtail driven by Logan K. Cunningham, 24, of Harrisonville. Cunningham attempted to avoid the collision, police said, but struck the driver's side rear corner panel of Estelle's 2006 Hyundai Sonata.
Cunningham's motorcycle reportedly fell onto its right side following impact. He was wearing a helmet but suffered minor injuries. He did not require medical transport.
Police noted Estelle and his passengers, Amanda R. Shaeffer, 18, and 1-year-old girl, also of Chambersburg, were not injured. Estelle will be cited for duties at stop signs and learner's permits.
Pills, Cigarettes Stolen
A variety of prescription pills and approximately 15 cigarettes were stolen during a theft from 660 Johnson Mill Road between April 3 and 4, state police said. Among the pills reported missing by a 43-year- old Needmore woman were 200 Tramodol and 10 Lisinpril. Anyone having further information concerning this incident should contact Trooper Watkins at 717-485- 3131.
Counterfeit Money Found
A 40-year-old Warfordsburg area man discovered he was in possession of a counterfeit $20 bill on Saturday, April 13. Anyone with additional information linked to this incident is asked to call state police Trooper Falkosky at 717-485-3131.
Woman Cited For Careless Driving
The driver of a northbound 2005 GMC Envoy will be cited for careless driving in connection with an accident on Wednesday, April 17, along Aughwick Road.
Pennsylvania State Police in McConnellsburg said Dennette L. Kendall, 34, of Burnt Cabins was approaching a righthand curve in the Dublin Township roadway when she dozed off at the wheel. Kendall's vehicle struck a large stone along the berm with its front end. The impacted caused the vehicle to roll over onto its side and slide approximately 150 feet in the oncoming lane.
Kendall and her 6-yearold male passenger suffered minor injuries in the 10:25 p.m. crash just south of the intersection of Grist Mill Road. They were wearing seat belts as was an 11-yearold male passenger, who was not harmed.
Local Man Sentenced In W.Va.
A Warfordsburg area man was sentenced in West Virginia earlier this month on charges of driving under the influence. Forty-nine-yearold Carl Vernon Harper was ordered by Magistrate Greg Miller to pay $461 in fines and costs in connection with the infraction.
Lawnmower Missing
Unknown individuals stole a lawn mower valued at $ 100 from a Great Cove Road home in Ayr Township on Monday, April 22, at 2:35 p.m., state police said. Anyone having further information linked to this case should contact state police Trooper Hoover at 717-485-3131.
Burglary Reported In Union Township
State police in McConnellsburg are investigating a burglary that occurred at a South Hixon Road residence in Union Township. The break-in and theft of firearms happened at 5:19 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. Anyone with additional information pertinent to this incident is asked to call state police Trooper Hoover at 717-485-3131.


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Frequently Asked Questions
Church Questions
- What denomination is Harvest?
Harvest Christian Fellowship is non-denominational in the style of the Calvary Chapel movement. People from any background are always welcome to attend!
- When are the weekly services?
The service schedule is as follows:
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
- Can Harvest help promote my event?
We receive a large number of announcement requests on a weekly basis. Our Sunday bulletin is filled to overflowing with Harvest events, and while many, if not all of the requests we receive and ministries making the requests, are legitimate and worthy, we cannot promote or advertise non-Harvest sponsored events at the expense of our own ministries. This also applies to distributing flyers or advertisements on the vehicles.
Technical Questions
- How do I manage my online subscriptions?
Go to our subscription management page. From here you can choose which e-mails to receive from Harvest Ministries, or remove yourself altogether.
- Why am I not receiving my devotions?
Most of the time, delivery issues are the result of SPAM filters incorrectly blocking the devotion from your inbox. Due to the nature of our daily devotions, we can have words pertaining to God, money, war, violence, drugs, purity, love, romance, etc. Please add firstname.lastname@example.com, look through your SPAM folder for any messages from firstname.lastname@example.com and mark that they are not SPAM or drag them to your inbox, or ask your ISP if all email from firstname.lastname@example.com can be allowed.
- How do I subscribe to a Podcast?
Go to the podcast section of our website. If you use iTunes, simply click on the iTunes button to subscribe to the podcast you want. After that, iTunes will automatically update with new episodes. You can play the episodes right on your computer, or connect to your iPod and iTunes will automatically download the episodes so you can take them with you to play anytime. For any other podcast clients, copy the URL for the podcast you want, and paste the URL into the client's Add Feed option.
- How do I watch a webcast?
You will need a broadband connection and a either a PC or Mac that is less than approximately 5 years old to be able to view Harvest Ministries webcasts. Simply go to the live or archived event that you wish to view and click the link to view it. You will then have to choose your preferred media type in the speed that is appropriate for your connection.
- How can I do webcasts at my church?
Webcasting is surprisingly easy to do for a minimal investment in hardware and software. Contact Us if you would like specifics on our setup.


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Excellently placed for exploring some really beautiful countryside. Shopping wise Malvern, Hereford and Worcester are within easy travelling distance and in addition offer ineresting architecture and places to visit.
Excellently placed for exploring some really beautiful countryside. Shopping wise Malvern, Hereford and Worcester are within easy travelling distance and in addition offer ineresting architecture and places to visit. My stay was for two months due to certain circumstances and although January and February were more wet than cold. The biomass boiler that heats the cottages would certainly see you through the coldest winter. Who needs a log fire :) !?
- Off road parking
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Washing machine
- Broadband / WiFi
Whitewells Farm Cottages
Situated just 4 miles west of the magnificent Malvern Hills, these three linked Herefordshire holiday cottages are located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty amidst ten acres of unspoilt countryside, with far-reaching views to the Malvern Hills beyond. These delightful Herefordshire holiday cottages have been lovingly converted from farm buildings and barns, and are uniquely furnished and decorated, retaining many original features including exposed beams, half-cruck trusses and vaulted ceilings, and are centrally heated using a bio-mass wood boiler. Positioned in a farmyard setting, you are encouraged to use the many seating areas created around the original farm, where you can relax and watch the owners' ducks on the pond and enjoy a BBQ. Many lovely countryside walks can be enjoyed from the doorstep of these cottages, including the Herefordshire Trail and the Worcestershire Way. The local village of Cradley has a Post Office and general store, and the area offers many National Trust properties, golf courses and horse racing. For the more energetic, outdoor activities can be enjoyed in the Forest of Dean and the beautiful Wye Valley. These Herefordshire holiday cottages offer something for everyone at any time of year.
The property
A delightful beamed Herefordshire holiday cottage with lovely views of the Malvern Hills.
This charming cottage offers a pretty twin bedroom and a cosy open plan living area.
Note: This cottage can be booked with Refs. 16140 and 16142, and together they accommodate 8 people.
One twin bedroom. Bathroom with bath, hand-held shower, basin and WC. Open plan living area with fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area. Shared external utility.
- Bio-mass central heating
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer
- Washing machine and tumble dryer in shared utility
- TV with Freeview, DVD, radio, WiFi, selection of books and games
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Off road parking for 1 car
- Shared use of gardens with furniture and BBQ
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South Africa's Kevin Anderson beat Julien Benneteau of France 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Friday in a match between players separated by a single ranking point to reach the final of the Sydney International.
Last year's runner-up, Benneteau edged Anderson by the single point to claim the 32nd and last seeding place at next week's Australian Open after Anderson passed up the chance to earn ranking points by representing South Africa at the Hopman Cup.
Anderson gained a measure of revenge Friday when he beat Benneteau in a thrilling match of almost 2 1/2 hours.
He will now face Australia's Bernard Tomic who kept up his outstanding early season form to beat third-seeded Andreas Seppi 7-6 (8), 6-4 and reach his first ATP Tour final.
Known for his volatile temperament, Tomic showed fortitude in overcoming heat stress to beat Seppi for his seventh-straight win in 2013.
He now has the chance to become the first Australian winner of the Sydney tournament since Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 and the first 20-year-old to win the title since Roger Federer in 2002.
"It's about time, huh?'' said Tomic, who was a two-time junior grand slam winner. "It really means a lot to make my first final here in Sydney.''
Anderson, ranked No. 36, played his way into his fourth tour final and remained on course for his third title, rallying from a set down to beat the 35th-ranked Benneteau.
Benneteau broke Anderson's powerful serve twice, in the fifth and ninth games, while dominating on his own serve to take the first set in 31 minutes. Anderson fought back behind his improved serve to take the second set, serving four aces and adding nine clean winners.
Benneteau struggled to hold serve and found himself suddenly on the defensive. He was broken in the ninth game, allowing Anderson to serve out the set.
Little separated the players in the final set and both gave up their serve once before heading into a tiebreaker, which went back and forth for 19 points before Anderson finally clinched victory with an overhead winner.


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It's All Hallows' Eve eve, so to speak, which means the cellphone ring tone for a colleague has been switched to the theme from the "The Exorcist" and the lineup on television over the weekend (for those not glued to watching the men in orange and black as they won the World Series) consisted of movies about mummies and monsters.
It's All Hallows' Eve eve, so to speak, which means the cellphone ring tone for a colleague has been switched to the theme from the "The Exorcist" and the lineup on television over the weekend (for those not glued to watching the men in orange and black as they won the World Series) consisted of movies about mummies and monsters.
Around here the arrival of Halloween means it's time for local writers to shine, and their entries in this year's story contest did not disappoint.
Locals picked up pens or sat at computers and were off and running with the prompt: "It's been three years since the mummy left The Haggin Museum. The 2,500-year-old mummy is now in San Francisco, but he's not forgotten here. His spirit lives on in the museum, and it's not alone ..."
The mummified cat, placed with the mummy some years after his arrival in Stockton, made his way into several stories and with the mummy created great mischief, from organizing Halloween parties to playing nightly games of checkers.
Others had the ghostly beings enjoying the venerable museum's exhibits, including Albert Bierstadt's "Lake in Yosemite Valley"; William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "Nymphs Bathing"; and the J.C. Leyendecker collection. Willy the Jeep, the Stephens Bros. boat and the Holt Caterpillar tractor all roared to life, and action took place in the school room and around miners and American Indians. The museum even was given a dinosaur display for creative purposes.
Victory Park figured into stories along with surrounding neighborhoods and other parts of our fair city, including the Miracle Mile and University of the Pacific campus.
San Francisco took a beating for taking away the beloved mummy that called the Haggin home for 65 years, although to be fair, the stories were turned in before the Giants claimed their second World Series title in three years. More than a few locals will be in that glorious City by the Bay on Wednesday to cheer the hometown heroes. All really is forgiven.
The removal of the mummy, while a sad day for Stockton, made for wonderfully clever stories. This year's entries steered away from the gory and gruesome and veered instead toward funny and surprising. They were ironic and subtle, dependant more on word play than sword play.
This contest began, or was restarted, five years ago when Stockton was being bashed for any number of ills, including illiteracy. The response from our readers continues to refute that allegation. Hundreds of writers, from children to their grandparents, continue to participate in the annual contest.
Reading these stories is great fun for us. Judging them is not. There are many great entries, and worthy submissions end up slighted. It's completely subjective, and several people help make the final decision. Just know that every entry was worth our time reading, and worth the writer's time.
Writing is not an easy task, and creating a work of fiction seems particularly difficult. It's not something I even attempt. All right, enough with the wisecracks from the peanut gallery. My stories in The Record are not works of fiction.
The late Lillian Hellman was being interviewed once on television and was asked, "Do you like to write?" She paused and said, "I like having written."
She may or may not have been the first to come up with that line, but it's memorable nonetheless.
There's something incredibly satisfying about putting the final period on a piece of writing. Every person who submitted a story to this contest should enjoy that sense of accomplishment and know that your entries continue to inspire us, make us smile and believe that having this contest is worthwhile.
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DALLAS, March 19, 2014 -- Texans, known for enjoying local beers and Dr Pepper soft drinks, now have a growing beverage industry that would appeal to James Bond, who is well-known for enjoying a good martini. Distillers are producing at least 17 Texas vodkas, researchers reported here today, and the most popular are, surprisingly, those that are a bit salty.
Their report, "Shaken not stirred, y'all: A comparison of select Texas vodkas," covered the results of group tastings on the vodkas, as well as some surprising facts about the state's alcoholic beverage market. It was part of the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.
The meeting, attended by thousands of scientists, features more than 10,000 reports on new advances in science and other topics. It is being held at the Dallas Convention Center and area hotels through Thursday.
"The Texas vodka industry is just exploding," said Diana Mason, Ph.D., the lead researcher of the work. "Two years ago when we started the study, there were only six vodkas in Texas. Now there are 17 and counting. And Texans are supposed to be beer drinkers!"
The expansion of the Lone Star State's distilleries is not limited to vodka, either.
"Right now, there are more than 25 distilleries in the state of Texas, which actually produce a lot of vibrant and diverse alcoholic spirits, including vodka," said Timothy W. Stephens, a graduate student at the University of North Texas, Denton, where he and Mason conducted the study. "The list is expanding to include the production of rum, gin, whiskey, bourbon, flavored liqueurs and even agave spirits similar to tequila." And more than 273 wineries have cropped up in the Lone Star State, according to Stephens.
In their vodka-tasting study, 50 men and women each sampled multiple, small shots of the state's vodkas -- presented in test tubes, of course. Mason said participants only consumed, at most, an ounce of vodka because researchers used the "swish and spit" technique popular in wine tastings. The results were surprising, she said. The two most popular brands among the tasters were the ones with the most dissolved salts, which are detected by the tongue as are other tastes such as sweet and sour.
So it was the dissolved salts in the vodka that affected the people's taste buds, said Stephens. Besides conductivity (which was a test the researchers used to detect the salts), the team checked the color, acidity, cost and density of the vodkas. It turned out that conductivity was the only factor separating the favorite brands from the rest. Even the source of the vodka -- corn, wheat, rye, barley, potato, berries and cactus -- didn't affect peoples' preferences, he noted.
Stephens said he plans to conduct further taste studies on Texas-made bourbons, whiskeys, gins and rums.
A press conference on this topic will be held Wednesday, March 19, at 9:30 a.m. Central time in Room A122/A123 of the Dallas Convention Center. Reporters can attend in person or access live video of the event and ask questions at the ACS Ustream channel http://www.
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Shaken not stirred, y'all: A comparison of select Texas vodkas
Commercial solutions produced in Texas (Crazy Water, Dr Pepper, Big Red, Lone Star Beer, Shiner Beer, and wines from 104+ wineries) abound, with a growing interest in alcoholic spirits, particularly vodka. This study explores methods to discern from data collected differences in various Texas vodkas by characterizing flavor profiles, conductivity, pH, and metal ion content of each vodka.


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Maesmawr Hall Hotel & Wedding Venue was purchased by John Garner and Nigel Humphryson in the summer of 2008 and having lacked investment for some 25 years they have set about restoring the building and implementing friendly but professional levels of service to ensure that the hotels future thrives for many years to come.
A little about the owners…
Nigel: Born and educated in Birmingham, Nigel trained after leaving school to become a Hairdresser at Birmingham College of Food and Tourism (as it was known at the time). After completing his course he went on to work in a number of salons during the late 80's before venturing to open his own in Tamworth town centre under the name RAGE. This was some 18 years ago and while Nigel is still hairdressing his business portfolio has expanded and diversified along the way. He now shares the day to day running of four business units which he has built with his partner John.
John: Also born and educated in Birmingham, and was at the same College at the same time, although neither was aware of the other at the time. John was training to be a Chef and subsequently continued within the Catering trade moving into a management career in four star hotels. In the mid 90's John became Cabin Crew moving up to the roll of trainer before hanging up his wings and buying his own Pub/Restaurant.
Since 2000 Nigel and John joined forces and now operate 2 hair salons the original Rage based in Tamworth with a second unit in Tewkesbury High Street, The Yorkshire Grey Restaurant in Worcestershire and most recently Maesmawr Hall Hotel. While running the four business units is very full on they are regularly to be seen "hands on" and love to work alongside their team to ensure that their high levels of service and customer care are maintained in all their operations.
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Federal officials gave high marks to the administration's digital government strategy and telework initiatives in a recent survey, and the Mobile Work Exchange concluded that the future is bright for continued investment in technology to enable these efforts.
Yet in the same survey, 88 percent of human resource managers said they had an employee leave because of a lack of telework opportunities, and more than half said they had trouble landing the best candidates for a job because of teleworking restrictions. This makes federal agencies less competitive in the workforce marketplace at a time when another recent study by the RAND Corporation concluded that the shortage of cybersecurity professionals is a threat to national security.
"A shortage exists, it is worst for the federal government and it potentially undermines the nation's cybersecurity," said the RAND examination of the cybersecurity labor market.
Although the report concluded that that the cybersecurity workforce shortage is "a crisis that requires and urgent remedy," it also noted that work is underway to correct this situation and advised that "fears be tempered" on the subject.
Short-term shortages are likely to persist for some years, but the labor market eventually will correct itself in the long run with higher wages and more education and training programs.
In the meantime, however, employers will have to compete for a scarce resource. "Government agencies face a more difficult challenge, since their pay scales are constrained; they may therefore focus on hiring entry-level employees and training them," the RAND report said.
Top-tier cybersecurity professionals can earn up to $250,000 a year in the private sector, according to the report, but federal salaries top out at a little more than $150,000, and most agencies have little flexibility in offering more money.
Government clearly will have to compete for these professionals in areas other than pay. Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity to be mobile on the job and telework, is one place agencies can improve their hiring and retention, the study by the Mobile Work Exchange suggested. Just about every study on the subject has shown that teleworking improves employee satisfaction.
Overall, the survey of 154 federal executives gave the government a B- in pursuing digital government initiatives, and a B+ on telework, and nearly 70 percent of respondents reported a positive return on their telework investments. But culture and resistance from managers remain roadblocks to fully taking advantage of the benefits of telework, ahead of security, technology and funding concerns.
The study estimated that the government has spent about $373 per worker – or $1.6 billion total – providing technology to enable a more mobile workforce, primarily by supplying laptops, smartphones and management software. But if frontline managers do not embrace the idea of a mobile workforce, agencies are likely to continue having trouble in hiring the best young people for entry level positions and have even more trouble hanging on to them after they have been trained and have become experienced professionals.
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You are missing the point. As long as you can get access to the Government networks, Teleworking can be done anywhere. Just because you cannot telework. There is a new class of young, smart, and mobile cyber workers that can. This is what the government needs especially in the area of software development and security.
The headline belies the article. While teleworking might help organizations hire and retain cyber workers, it does NOT improve cybersecurity. Teleworking, almost invariably, introduces or expands potential vulnerabilities. A better way for organizations to make themselves more attractive to workers is to offer more geographic diversity. Too many of the cyersecurity jobs (especially too many of the government ones) are in/around DC and there are many people who simply don't want to live there. If, instead, government agencies offered similar jobs in various parts of the country, that would improve their hiring/retention more than teleworking.
There is absolutely no way I could get any work done if I had to telecommute!
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Vincent R. Capicotta of Liberty, NY, a retired manager for Gulfside Trailer Park in Key Largo, FL and a long time area resident, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, NY. He was 95.
The son of the late Francesco and Margherita Santillo Capicotto, he was born July 17, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY.
Vincent had worked for Sears & Roebuck Co. for many years, later the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier and later retired from managing several trailer parks in Florida. He loved playing music and encouraged people to smile. In this effort he played "When You're Smiling" to make people smile. His message was that music was the answer to all of the world's problems.
Survivors three daughters, Marilyn Capicotta of Liberty, NY, Janet Lee and her husband Thomas of Davie, FL, and Alice Dows and partner Daphne of Tucson, AZ; three grandchildren, Dr. Ronald Lee and his wife Kelly, Shawn Lee and his wife Diana and Samantha Fallatik; two great grandchildren, Kira and Katriel Lee; one daughter-in-law, Pamela Fallatik and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Carmela J. Capicotta in 2000; a son, Michael and two brothers, Michael and Joseph.
Visitation will be Friday, April 26th from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Harris Funeral Home, West St. at Buckley, Liberty, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, April 27th at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 264 Main St., Liberty, NY. Monsignor Edward Straub will officiate. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Cold Spring Road, Liberty, NY.
Memorial contributions in Vincent's name may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital 501, St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or www. Playing For Change.com or Paralyzed Veterans of America, National Headquarters, 802 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-3517.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Liberty, NY. 845-292-0001 or 845-439-5200.


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"Just a second", you're thinking, "I thought this blog was supposed to be about Oracle stuff ?"
This is true…broadly speaking. However, I've spent a fair chunk of the last week playing with Ubuntu 9.10 server working up to putting Oracle on it. This particular mini-adventure will come in handy when I come to do the actual install as Oracle uses a graphical interface as it's main installation tool.
So, this tuneling X over SSH sounds pretty impressive. Tuneling itself sounds very technical, a fact augmented by the inclusion of a TLA in the phrase. And the X just serves to make it sound rather mysterious and exciting.
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The Week's Best (And Worst) Celebrity Photos: Hillary Clinton, Diddy, Kim K, Bow Wow
What do you get when you have two sex-tape stars, a Toronto rapper on vaca and a group of Rolex-wearing gangsters? VIBE's round-up of the week's best photos on the Internets! We'll make it snappy.
Christina Aguilera and Hillary Clinton
The former genie in a bottle met the Secretary of State after the singer was being honored at a World Food Program event. Mrs. Clinton took advantage and gave herself an eyeful as the paps caught the ex-First Lady taking in Xtina's curves. Bosom buddies!


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I absolutely love the color combo from Embellish Holiday Color Challenge (see here). It reminds me of the colors in a land of holliday candy, for some reason! I didn't know what sort of "project" that I will make. Just a few days after I saw the challenge, I had to throw away the empty cracker box to the recycle bin, BINGO! There's my project! I used the bottom half of the box and recycled it!
I took out my Two Houses stamps and stamped the houses in Espresso, pink and green for the trees. I also colored part of the tree dots in red. I colored the houses with minimum Prisma color pencils. I think leaving some white space is a good idea!
I stamped last year's Christmas tree set (also from Hero Arts) for the background. A little masking and coloring, gluing, taping...
For the handle, I trimmed a long piece of card stock and used the Fiskar paper punch for the borders and added the green ribbons on top. Then I added the brads for the swivel handle.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency is to review the safety of third and fourth-generation combined oral contraceptives to decide if there is a need to restrict their use.
Monday's move followed a request by France, where authorities have already taken steps to reduce use of the drugs in favor of second-generation birth control pills.
The newer pills, which include Bayer's Meliane or Yasmin, have proved popular because they reduce side effects seen with earlier versions, such as weight gain and acne.
But France wants the European Union regulator to restrict their use because of concerns they carry a higher risk of dangerous blood clots.
While all oral contraceptives are associated with some danger of blood clots, a number of studies suggest the most recent third- and fourth-generation pills carry a higher risk than their predecessors.
The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA), which said earlier this month there was no new evidence of safety risks, said the blood-clot risk with all birth control pills was "very small", although it was higher for third- and fourth-generation ones.
"There is no reason for any woman to stop taking her contraceptive. If a woman has concerns, she can discuss this with her doctor," the EMA said in its latest statement.
The French government earlier this month said it would stop reimbursing prescription costs of the third- and fourth-generation pills and would restrict their use after a woman sued Bayer over alleged side effects.
About 2.5 million women in France take third- and fourth-generation pills, roughly half all those on oral contraceptives. French health authorities argue this use of the newer pills is excessive.
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+2 votes Adin Nelson › December 4, 2011
excellent layout with LOTS of elevation shots, hanging baskets, great views.... and golf carts are a must ( $$).... a few hairy areas to loose discs and may need to watch out for ball golfers. bit of a drive and pricey but fun
+1 votes Thomas "T" D. › March 28, 2012
The course has been re-installed after a short hiatus. Tee pads are all natural and not well marked. Baskets are perhaps the best use of everyday materials but leave alot to be desired if used for tourney play. Lots of elevation changes. Playing beside ball golfers is a fun time. Golf carts are a must for the uphill front 9 and make the disc golf experience a total blast!! A Must Play course and well worth the drive.
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The Montford Music and Arts Festival is the largest one-day music and arts festival in Western North Carolina. This year the festival hits double digits, as this is the 10th year in a row it has taken place. Join in the fun, rain or shine on Saturday May 18, 2013. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. and running till 7 p.m. The festival is free to the public and handicap accessible.
The festival encompasses two tree lined streets in the historic Montford community, about two miles from our bed and breakfast. Most of the homes in Montford were built between 1890 and 1920 and include a variety of architectural influences reflecting the cosmopolitan character of Asheville during this period. Victorian, Queen Anne and Arts and Crafts styles combined with Neoclassical, Colonial Revival and castle-like motifs.
Over 100 vendors of art, crafts, plants, food and children's activities will be at the festival. Two stages, one on each street, will offer the perfect setting for non-stop entertainment and over 20 bands and musical acts.
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The festival takes place on Montford Avenue and Soco Streets just down from the Asheville Visitors Center. A special bike corral will be set up again for our many bikers. Parking is available throughout the neighborhood.
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Our B&B is on a quiet residential street only one mile from the gates of Biltmore Estate and downtown Asheville. The Inn is a restored stone home from 1904 and offers six comfortable and bright bedrooms with plush bedding and ample amenities. We offer central air conditioning, Wi-Fi wireless internet access, cable TV, a flat-screen LCD TV and private bath in each guestroom. In addition, the Inn boasts an elegant and relaxing garden complete with a gazebo. And of course, a home made breakfast is served each morning at 9:00 a.m.


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The head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Rutgers has been suspended over allegations of verbal abuse, the university said.
Rutgers said the coach would be suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation to be conducted by the Rutgers University Police Department.
The suspension comes two weeks after Rutgers fired men's basketball head coach Mike Rice after video surfaced showing him shoving and throwing balls at players during practices while using gay slurs.
Rutgers' athletics director, Tim Pernetti, who fined Rice and ordered he take anger management classes after seeing the video months earlier, was forced to step down in the wake of the controversy that followed.
Escalating backlash also prompted calls for the resignation of Rutgers President Robert Barchi, who had known about the Rice videos since November but said he never watched them. At the time, he said, he supported Pernetti's disciplinary choices, but after seeing the videos recently, said they represented a pervasive culture of abuse and that Rice should have been fired immediately.
Barchi vowed earlier this month that Rutgers would review all sports practice video to see if any coach engaged in inappropriate behavior.
In announcing the lacrosse coach's suspension Friday, Barchi said in a statement that words or actions inconsistent with university values would not be tolerated.
"Our student athletes, as all members of the Rutgers community, should know that our university is committed to promoting an atmosphere of respect and dignity," Barchi said. "As I stressed earlier, we will be looking closely at all intercollegiate athletics at Rutgers going forward. If we find problems, we will address them."


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Once upon a time it was easy to understand the landscape of television. Every fall, the networks ritualistically trotted out new shows. Some would survive, some wouldn't, and eventually we would all move on.
Now, no one seems to have a clue where television is going or even what it really means anymore. At the Television Critics Association meeting this summer in Beverly Hills, Fox's entertainment president, Kevin Reilly, began his session by playing a clip from IFC's sitcom "Portlandia" about spoilers. In it, the characters argue about what shows they can talk about because everyone is watching something different.
Before that, Reilly had cited a Nielsen report that television consumption is up by nearly two hours on average per month, to 157 hours and 32 minutes per individual per month, which he called "amazing." That translates in a 30-day month to more than five hours a day in front of what was once called the boob tube, or your cellphone, laptop or tablet.
OK, so now we know people are watching. It's only what, where and on what that are the questions. Video on demand and the Internet have made it easy to watch anywhere, anytime.
But even if there is more TV watching by more people than ever, the very funny "Portlandia" scene illustrates one key point — there are no real watercooler shows anymore. For the millions of fans of one series, there are millions more who haven't a clue about it. How many of you know about "Red Wedding"?
Once upon a time, the highest-rated scripted show would be on a major network. It was inevitable because the networks were in more households. Not anymore. That honor goes to "The Walking Dead," a zombie story on AMC, a basic cable network that mostly shows old movies.
When NBC's entertainment president was asked about the network's poor ratings last year and "The Walking Dead" was brought up, he somewhat defensively called it an "anomaly." But would NBC ever green-light a zombie story? True, AMC can choose its series more carefully, which it has done very well with "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men," and it does not have to roll out a whole slate every fall as the networks do.
Ratings, though, have become a tricky business. At the TCA meeting, practically every network stressed that critics and reporters put too much weight on the overnight numbers. They note that subsequent video on demand (VOD), videocassette recorder (VCR) and digital video recorder (DVR) viewings factor into the success of certain shows.
In the meantime, Reilly is pledging again to schedule and develop shows all year round and have fewer repeats so that the network is no longer locked into the old format. Even CBS, which is still on top of the hill, is scheduling a limited 15-episode series this fall, the thriller "Hostages." After its success this summer with another limited series, "Under the Dome," you're likely to see more such shows.
Of course, even as the networks complain that critics are too hard on some of their shows, looking at the fall schedule, it seems like the networks are their own worst enemies in some cases.
They do have some fun-looking, entertaining series, but there is also a fair amount of "Really, who put this on the air?"
And if I don't understand ratings — or at least the new complicated version of them — then I admit I never understand scheduling. Sometimes I think the networks slate their programs in an act of mutual suicide. I asked an executive a couple of years ago why the network was putting its most expensive, highly advertised show up against two major hits. His explanation was long and winding and unconvincing. It seemed to me there were better slots where the show would work as counterprogramming, rather than have to struggle to find traction. It never did and was canceled.
It all seems a mystery but it continues: At 10 p.m. Monday, two of the best new shows of the season will compete for viewers: On CBS is "Hostages," a thriller with Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott about a plot to kill the president, and on NBC is "The Blacklist," with James Spader as a supercriminal with a secret agenda. They are also up against ABC's reliable "Castle" and — in the East and Central time zones — "Monday Night Football."
But maybe it doesn't matter anymore. With VOD, DVR, Netflix and Amazon, we're all just making our own networks anyway.


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Orange and Barclaycard partner on touchless pay-by-phone tech
Sony goes alone e-payment TV remote
The death knell for physical cash payments has sounded once again, this time following an agreement between Orange and Barclaycard to co-develop contact-less payment services for mobile phones.
Orange and Barclaycard will co-develop NFC tech
The duo will launch co-branded contactless payment products and services based on near-field communications (NFC) technology, allowing you to simply wave your mobile over an in-store reader to pay for, say, a train ticket.
Although neither firm's said anything concrete about what hardware the partnership will eventually herald, they did state that the joint venture will result in contactless services for ticketing, transport and rewards. We assume the latter could mean airtime vouchers and credit card points.
"Today you pay for things by cash or on your credit card. Tomorrow, you'll use your mobile to buy the things you want," said Tom Alexander, head of Orange UK.
Back in late 2007, Barclays launched OnePulse – a NFC-enabled credit card that allows the user to wirelessly pay for a range of things, including sandwiches, sushi, coffee and tube travel in London.
Sony's FeliCa remote
If you're more of a lounge lizard though, then your heart rate might be more excited by Sony's launch of a TV remote control with e-cash payment functionality built in.
The remote – which will ship with Sony's KDL series of Bravia TVs – supports FeliCa, a contact-less smartcard payment system commonplace in Japan, where the remote will be released next month. This will allow the set's owner to wirelessly pay for things like movies using an e-wallet that's managed by the remote control. ®


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Council Minutes Tuesday 6 May 2014
MINUTES Council Meeting
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata
2. Log any correspondence for discussion or receipt
3. Review state of action items from previous meetings
4. Discuss starred items
5. Note any unstarred items
6. Other business
Present: Joshua Hesketh, Josh Stewart, François Marier, Sae Ra Germaine,
Christopher Neugebauer, Kathy Reid
Apologies: Hugh Blemings
Quorum was achieved and meeting opened 1946hrs.
Key Stats
Membership stands at 3125 members (3118 last minutes)
Twitter followers stands at 752 (734 last minutes)
linux-aus subscribers stands at 586 (586 last minutes)
announce subscribers stands at 1583 (1584 last minutes)
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or
2. Log of correspondence
Received with thanks OAMPS insurance policy and quote
MOTION on list by HUGH BLEMINGS that OAMPS insurance policy be paid
as quoted to value of $6633.91
SECONDED by KATHY REID
CARRIED by a majority of Council on list
PAID by François
Westpac banking passwords received for ADAM MALONE and RUIJA LEE
UPDATE: Adam has confirmed passwords received OK
Offer of assistance with anti Trans Pacific Partnership agreement
activities from PAUL GARDNER-STEPHEN
UPDATE: Feedback was provided back to Josh S, for discussion on next
Josh S Will add a comment about similarities with OSIA.
Nearly ready to send.
UPDATE: Minor wording change requested from LUV
ACTION: Josh Stewart to revise and submit, very close to completion
DECISION: That the submission be submitted. Council is comfortable with
Josh making the submission.
MOTION by Kathy Reid that Council endorse the submission
SECONDED Joshua Hesketh
CARRIED unanimously
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Council extend thanks to JOSH STEWART for
his exemplary efforts in drafting the submission
SECONDED Kathy Reid
CARRIED with one abstention (Josh Stewart)
Received unpaid invoice from DrupalSouth 2014 for JOSH WAIHI
ACTION: Kathy to take photo of invoice and submit to François for
UPDATE: François has already processed
IN PROGRESS, awaiting advice from JOSH WAIHI
UPDATE: Now resolved and paid.
LA video equipment for PyCon AU
Multiple discussions on list around video equipment for
linux.conf.au and PyCon
UPDATE: In progress
DebConf code of conduct use enquiry from MARTIN KRAFFT
Enquiry responded to with approval to use under CC BY SA 3.0, no
further action
ACTION: Noted that the licences need a cleanup on Github. Joshua
Hesketh to do some spring cleaning of licences on Github.
Software Carpentry Bootcamp sponsorship request from PHILIPP BAYER
Joshua Hesketh has responded indicating our financial position.
Council discussed the sponsorship request and the provided quotes to
review the value proposition of sponsorship and the benefits that
would be returned to Linux Australia. Council comfortable providing
in-kind support to assist.
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Linux Australia respectfully decline
to sponsor financially on this occasion but wish to provide in kind
support on a goodwill basis.
SECONDED Kathy Reid
CARRIED unanimously
ACTION:Joshua to communicate with PHILIPP BAYER
New Zealand Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill from ANDREW RUTHVEN
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Linux Australia recognises the
significant cohort of New Zealand members of Linux Australia and the
importance of the values covered in the New Zealand Internet Rights
and Freedoms Bill and undertakes to review the process and content
of the Bill with a view to possibly endorsing at a future stage.
SECONDED Christopher Neugebauer
CARRIED unanimously
3. Review of action items from previous meetings
Mainly arising from Face to Face
1. Announce new list CoC.
In progress
2. Review of the subcommittee policy is currently under way.
MOTION by Christopher Neugebauer that Linux Australia adopt the Linux
Australia Subcommittee Policy as drafted 6th May 2014
SECONDED Joshua Hesketh
CARRIED with one abstention
MOTION by Christopher Neugebauer that all Linux Australia Conference
Subcommittees reform under the new Subcommittee Policy as drafted 6th
May 2014 as soon as practicable
CARRIED with one abstention
ACTION: Joshua Hesketh to update the website
ACTION: Joshua Hesketh to communicate appropriately to Subcommittees
ACTION: Council to get the Code of Conduct to approval stage and
announce to relevant lists, including the policy list, where discussion
of the Subcommittee Policy can take place.
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Council thank CHRISTOPHER NEUGEBAUER for
his exemplary efforts in drafting the new Subcommittee Policy
SECONDED Joshua Stewart
CARRIED unanimously with one abstention (Christopher Neugebauer)
4. Items for discussion
LCA2015 update
Filling team roles, esp Treasurer, in progress
LCA2016 update
Next meeting Sunday 4th May
Meeting occurred, key things on track.
ACTION: Kathy to send minutes of team meeting to Council to
serve as reporting
LCA2017 update
ACTION: Joshua to resend call for Expressions of Interest
No further Expressions of Interest received.
ACTION: Joshua to resend another call in a fortnight.
PyCon AU update
CfP closed, responses increased towards end of CfP
Registration opening date pending confirmation
Council noted that Subcommittee formation will occur soon
Noted that some assistance is required with
ZooKeepr/Registration process
Drupal South
Venue booked - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
5th - 7th March
Drupal Gov
Banking passwords now sent through
Good progress being made towards registration
JoomlaDay Sydney
Action with JoomlaDay Sydney to formally request
Subcommittee formation
5. Items for noting
6. Other business
7. In camera
One item was discussed in camera
(internal Council note regarding availability of members due to travel
removed from minutes to protect privacy of members)
Meeting closed at 2040hrs.


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U0183 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of U0183 engine trouble code is a kind of network trouble code and when your car's 'U0183 Check Engine' light comes on, it's usually accompanied by a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. The light could mean a costly problem, like a bad catalytic converter, or it could be something minor, like a loose gas cap. But in many cases, it means at minimum that you'll be visiting the car dealer to locate the malfunction and get the light turned off.
U0183 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for U0183 code is occuring now you should check U0183 repair processes.
Now don't ask yourself; What should you do with U0183 code ?
The solution is here :
U0183 Possible Solution:
Disconnected, dirty or fouled spark plugs are common causes for engines that won't start. Spark plugs typically need to be replaced every season or 25 hours of use. You should also check that the spark plug gap is set properly. If your spark plugs look good, problems with your ignition system can also preventing a spark. These can range from a faulty spark plug lead, shorted kill switch or flywheel key damage.
U0183 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High
|Ignition/Distributor Engine Speed Input Circuit Malfunction
|Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit High
Is the fuel pump sometimes not priming when you turn the key to ON(II)? Start by measuring the fuel pressure and checking whether you have bright white-bluish spark at all four plugs. The mechanical timing is also something that you should check, as we mentioned above.
U0183 OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code DescriptionU0183 engine trouble code is about Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit High.
Main reason For U0183 CodeThe reason of U0183 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High.
Parts or components should not be replaced with reference to only a U0183 DTC. The vehicle service manual should be consulted for more information on possible causes of the fault, along with required testing.


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I stayed in working most of the day, which felt like a slight shame when so much cool stuff was going on around me, but I am behind enough already so it can't be helped. I did go for a 40 minute run in the morning, heading out into the Welsh countryside, enjoying the fresh air and the green hills. I saw a farmer on a quad bike with his dog running alongside him, herding sheep. There were skipping lambs and everything. I like running, but running in the countryside is something else. I went on much further than I intended.
I didn't feel entirely detached from the Festival as I could only get on the internet in the lobby of the hotel and so would occasionally see and chat to one comedian or another.
The show at Y Tabernacl was very enjoyable. I had brought my suit and remembered my cufflinks this time, but had forgotten to bring my suit shoes (I really thought I'd checked that I'd brought everything with me, but middle age is proving hard on my brain) so had to wear the trainers that had just traversed the Welsh countryside. But I apologised at the start of the second half and said I thought it was quite apt anyway. The idea with the stage costume is to look like I am going to a funeral (maybe my own), but I like the idea that I am giving the impression of a child going to his first one. This has been enhanced by me losing a stone and a half since I bought the suit, so it really looks like I am a teenager wearing his dad's clothes. And the trainers maybe added to this (usually) unspoken and unnoticed narrative. There was no time to buy smart shoes, so I had to go to the funeral in my trainers.
The Tabernacl is a great venue for comedy and as I remarked at the start might be what Heaven looks like, a slightly austere chapel on two levels with wooden pews and balcony. It looks small but fits 300 people. It was almost the perfect crowd as well, with big laughs, but also interesting reactions to the material. The 9/11 stuff left them a bit confused, but this allowed me to ad lib around the question of why they were offended by me coming to a similar logical conclusion to the people I was satirising (it's about religious people who think that the people who jumped from the World Trade Centre committed suicide so are now in Hell - my routine skews this so that I suggest the people who didn't jump are now in Hell). It was interesting to question why the room hadn't gone as silent and weird when I'd talked about the people who genuinely believed something so awful. Then later when I make a lightly tasteless callback to this idea the audience made a noise that was such a delightful mixture of disdain, confusion and amusement that I had to laugh out loud.
Afterwards I headed up to the hub of the Festival and had a chat with Chris Evans (not that one, or the one from Captain America, seriously how likely was it that it was either of them? You'd think by now that when I say Chris Evans you'd know which one I meant) and a couple of comedians. But the music was too loud and I was tired and I remembered that I am 46 years old and so headed to bed so I could get an early start on the road tomorrow.
To be fair I acted like this when I was 25 as well. I felt happy absenting myself from proceedings now, as it was the correct way to behave, but I slightly regretted how social awkwardness and embarrassment had meant I'd missed out on joining in with this kind of stuff when I was the right age. Poor, stupid, young, self-pitying Richard Herring. I am glad you are dead. Mainly dead. I got a little echo of him tonight, but he would have been devastated to be alone, whereas I mainly cherished the solitude and the relatively early night.
And I did feel a bit sad that I had missed out on making the most of being at this fun and friendly festival because of taking on too much work. Maybe I need to listen to the message of my own show.


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Dow flirts with 17,000 as market sets new highs
July 1, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are finishing at record highs as the Dow Jones industrial average closes in on 17,000 points for the first time.
The Dow rose 129 points, or 0.8 percent, to end at 16,956 points Tuesday. It came within two points of 17,000. IBM led the Dow higher with a gain of 3 percent.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,973. The Nasdaq composite gained 50 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,458.
The market rose following reports showing that manufacturing in the U.S. and China expanded in June.
Netflix jumped 7 percent after analysts at Goldman Sachs raised their outlook on the stock.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.56 percent.


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The Page That Counts :: Winter 2010
Number of people who walked past renowned violinist Joshua Bell as he played in a Washington, D.C., Metro station: 1,097
Total haul for his 43 minutes playing six classical pieces: $32.17
Price of a "merely pretty good" seat for Bell's Boston Symphony concert three days before: $100 [1]
Number of personal care products the average consumer uses daily: 9
Number of unique chemical ingredients consumers are exposed to in those products: 126 [2]
Number of articles on Wikipedia: 13 million+
Number of languages used in Wikipedia articles: 260+
Percentage of Wikipedia articles in languages other than English: 78 [3]
Area, in acres, of a single Armillaria ostoyae (Honey Mushroom) mycelium in Eastern Oregon, the world's largest living organism: 2,200 [4]
Weight, in pounds, of a single clonal colony and root system of Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen) in Southern Utah, the world's heaviest living organism: 14 million+ [5]
The average age Americans under 30 say old age begins: 60
The average age Americans 65 and older say old age begins: 74
The average age Americans say they want to live to: 89 [6]
Percentage of Americans in May 1993 who favored allowing openly gay people to serve in the military: 44
Percentage of Americans in July 2008 who favored allowing openly gay people to serve in the military: 75 [7]
Percentage of all on-screen characters during the 2007-2008 TV season who were female, a historical high: 43
Percentage of characters in their 50s who were female: 30
Percentage of characters in their 60s who were female: 39
Percentage of all characters who were females 40 and older: 11 [8]
Approximate percentage of total U.S. health-care expenditures used for complementary and alternative medicine: 1.5
Percentage of U.S. adults who used some form of complementary and alternative medicine in 2007: 38.3 [9]
Percentage of South Korean adults who used some form of complementary and alternative medicine in 2006: 74.8 [10]
Number of Boeing 747 jets that could be built with the aluminum cans thrown away by airlines in 2004: 58
Height in feet newspapers and magazines thrown away by airlines in 2004 would reach if stacked on a football field: 230 [11]
Percentage of the 425,000 tons of passenger-related waste airports and airlines recycle annually: less than 20 [12]
More Page That Counts
|Fall 2009
Percentage of land protected worldwide as parks: 12.1
|Summer 2009
Approximate number of languages spoken in the world: 6,000
, Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post, Sunday, April 8, 2007.
, B. A. Ferguson, T. A. Dreisbach, C. G. Parks, G. M. Filip, C. L. Schmitt, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, April 2003.
, Kyle Dropp and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post, July 19, 2008.
, Richard Nahin, Barnes Patricia, Barbara Stussman and Barbara Bloom, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Health Statistics Reports; # 18, July 30, 2009.
, Sun Myeong Ock, Jun Yeong Choi, Young Soo Cha, JungBok Lee, Mi Son Chun, Chang Hun Huh, Soon Young Lee, and Sung Jae Lee. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. 2009.


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Few back Manchester proposal to pay-as- you-throwBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 03. 2014 10:41PM
MANCHESTER — An overwhelming majority of the people at Thursday's public session on a proposed pay-as-you-throw garbage collection system said they were opposed to the idea.
"I feel it's another tax you're forcing on us," resident Robert Olson said.
The plan was put forward in recent months as a way to generate revenue for the city.
But opinions expressed at the session seemed to back up what some city aldermen have said — that constituents have a strongly negative reaction to the prospect of the city adopting pay-as-you-throw (PAYT).
Public Works Director Kevin Sheppard has estimated that PAYT, which has also been referred to as bag-and-tag, could yield up to $3.5 million in revenue and savings, both through the sale of the $1-$2 bags and by driving up the recycling rate.
During a presentation Thursday night, Mark Gomez, the city's environmental programs manager, and Stephen P. Lisauskas, vice president of government affairs for WasteZero, a national PAYT management company, said cities that have adopted the system have routinely seen declines in solid waste disposal. They said Malden, Mass., for example, reduced its amount of solid waste by 52 percent since beginning PAYT in October 2008.
One way the program reduces costs, the presenters said, is through encouraging people to throw away less recyclable material because they won't want to pay for it. Manchester has a 14 percent recycling rate; that is estimated to increase to 31 percent if the city adopts PAYT.
The city would reduce trash by an estimated 16,400 tons per year, saving $1 million in tipping fees, according to presenters.
At Thursday's session, just one person who spoke said he was in favor of pay-as-you-throw.
Bill Ouellette was among the majority who was skeptical of the plan.
"We all know that the costs of these bags will go up every year, just like our taxes," Ouellette said. He also said he believed bags on curbs would result in more garbage strewn in the streets.
Lisauskas, though, said cities have routinely found that the bags, which are thicker than standard, store-bought trash bags, have kept cities cleaner. In his experience, cities have kept PAYT costs stable, revisiting them "every six or seven years."
"It's not like taxes," he said. "The fee tends to move pretty slowly."
A number of communities in the state have adopted bag fee programs, including Concord and Dover. Concord switched to PAYT in 2009. City trash bags can be purchased at more than a dozen stores. A 15-gallon bag costs $1; a 30-gallon bag costs $2.
Another session on PAYT is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Parkside Middle School.