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Don passed on to a better place this morning. He is with the Lord and all of his worries, pains, and sorrows are over. He went quietly in his sleep and suffered no discomfort. God is merciful. It is difficult for those of us on earth to accept God's will, we often want things to be done our way and in our own time. If those of us on this forum had it our way, Don would still be with us and he would not have experienced this tragedy. But God has reasons for the things that happen in our lives. Reasons we are not supposed to question. I struggle with Him on this all the time and I imagine all of you do as well. In my few years I have been alive, I have learned that ends are often the beginning of something else and the strength we need to continue on comes from God. That strength draws us closer to him and helps us realize that All things are possible with him and through him. May God be with you all and may the new beginning in your lives be filled with love, peace, and joy. Dianna

My thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to the entire Berkey clan, and especially to Don's wife Linda and his son Donald Jr.

Edit: Details about the funeral arrangements have emerged. Again, there is a cell phone number to call. If you need the number, please PM me.

Don will be shown at Ferguson's funeral home in Scottdale Pa. on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 from 10am until 7pm. There will be a small service for family and friends at 7pm. Don wanted to be cremated so Interment of his ashes will be on Saturday June 20th at 7pm at Cochran Cemetary in Dawson. If you need directions to either place please call XXX-XXX-XXXX.

If anyone wishes to bring food on the day of the viewing, bring it to the funeral home. At this time we are not planning on having a dinner. Linda and her family will be at the funeral home all day and you are welcome to share in the meals we will be having on that day. Please do not bother Linda with the specifics of what to bring, Call Dianna at XXX-XXX-XXXX. I will be handling this end of the arrangements. Thank you all for your support and offerings of condolences. Linda's family is very thankful for all of you who have...

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ACD Changing Hosts

Well, it's that time again. We've out grown the restrictions of the current host so ACD needs to move. I will be arranging a new host this weekend and will start copying stuff to the new host next week. I'm going to do my best to make it all as painless as possible. However there will be some downtime towards the end of the process. Two things factor into this:

1. Stopping posting so nothing new gets added to the database or attachments.
2. Waiting while DNS servers synch up with the new location.

After the move I won't have to worry about filling up the database for a long, long time.

I will have a better idea of when the site will be down towards the middle of next week. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this will cause.

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Piglet riders founder and my personal friend Don Berkey had a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition. Please join me in saying an extra prayer or, if you prefer, just sending well wishes his way.

From the Pigletriders list:

To the group.This is to let you know that Don was in a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition at United Presbyterian Medical Center.Shady side in Pittsburgh,Pa.This is Don's sister Linda I'll try to keep you posted if I can.

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Hi everyone,
To most people, this will sound like one of those things that is so obvious, it shouldn't have to be said - but...

Outcast Cycles Magazine is solely controlled by Dave ("Amish"), Nate, and Sandy ("Mrs. Amish"). No one else has any authorization or ability to control content, advertising, or direction of the magazine. No one other than the three people listed above have any authority to promise advertising, mention, or submission of content in the magazine or its website. If you or your business has been contacted by anyone claiming to be an employee or staff writer with Outcast Cycles - please contact us immediately via our website (www.outcastcycles.com).

If you want to submit articles, stories, features, etc - thats terriffic and we welcome them with open arms. You can even say that you will be submitting your articles to Outcast Cycles Magazine - thats fine. But promising advertsing, name mentioning, etc to be published - that is a no-no. We have each worked very very hard to produce a decent magazine and we will not have our good name and reputation tarnished for anyone's personal gain.

We have a very small community of suppliers, aftermarket companies, and store owners. To misrepresent yourself as an employee of the magazine to get free things is wrong on many levels, and disgraces the magazine, the community, and the person making the claim.

Dave "Amish"
Outcast Cycles Magazine
OutcastCycles@gmail.com

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Outcast Cycles Magazine
May 05, 2009

Issue 3 is ready and shipping early. Our subscribers and pre-orders should be seeing theirs in the mail in the next few days! As always, contributers get a free copy - so those are out too!

Really good news - we are starting to finally get some advertisers! Forums, parts suppliers, shops, businesses, even some manufacturers! Looks like we were right about our own community needing a media outlet!

The new layout is getting lots of good marks too. Rather than the previous manner where its laid out like a typical printed magazine, we re-formatted so each page is more "landscape" style and fits on computer screens better without the heavy scrolling necessary. We also added a few features - includng an announcement page (upcoming rides, shows, achievements, business start ups, etc) as well as a "backtalkin" section where our readers can drop comments to us and might get them posted in the magazine. Our readers rides section this month features "in progress" garage builds.

We also added to our website! You can leave the announcements, comments, hyperlink to our advertisers and contributors, even fill out a short survey to let us know what you think! (www.OutcastCycles.com)

Thanks to everyone for their support so far! If you dont think we're finally hitting on the radar of the big guys, we've logged over 22,000 website hits and now have manufacturer support from such companies as Johnny Pag Motorcycles, DynoTune, Teiz Motorsports, and our newest contributor - Sherman Paints!

As always - its just $5 (USD) and includes worldwide shipping!

Just a reminder - we are always looking for stories, contributions, and readers rides. Stock, custom, or butt ugly - send it on!

Amish
Outcast Cycles Magazine
www.OutcastCycles.com

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