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Meeting Jesse Barfield – My Most Embarrassing Moment as a Fan
For many kids, when you fall in love with the game of baseball you have your favourite players, and maybe even a hero. Growing up a Blue Jays fan in the 80's, you could pretty much take your pick from the roster for great players. My favourite was Jesse Barfield.
Jesse was a gold glove winner ('86 & '87), an All-Star in 1986, and had a heck of an arm from right field. He was an exciting player to watch, he hit big home runs, and had charisma (today we'd call that swagger).
This past summer (2012) my younger brother Kyle and I had an opportunity to meet Bell, Moseby, and Barfield at an autograph signing at the Eaton Centre in Toronto. I wanted to think of something special to have signed by arguably the best outfield the Jays have ever had, and after much deliberation, decided on a program from 1985:
You see, it had to be something much more special than a baseball card (although I love my autographed Pat Borders card) or a baseball hat (although I love my autographed Joe Carter hat). As I was going through my various Blue Jays collectibles, I came across something unique and special. It was a baseball card in a plastic holder, from a Jays-Yankees game, Sept. 17th, 1990. The case reads "I helped break the Major League attendance record". I started reminiscing about the game, and remembered it well (surprising since I was only 10 years old when I attended that game). I remembered sitting down the third base line in the 100-level (tickets were only $15 then!). I remember much of my family attending. And I had a distinct memory of Jesse Barfield hitting a home run that game…while wearing a Yankee uniform (he had been traded the season prior). I checked online, and sure enough my memory served correctly. While I still had my mind set on having the program signed, I decided to bring the ticket along anyway (as well as a few baseball cards – more on this later).
Kyle and I lined up on Yonge street, and just made it inside the Jays Shop before they stopped letting people in. Now here's the important thing to remember about this story: there was a very strict rule about having ONE autograph per player. It totally makes sense, they want to get through as many fans as possible.
The guys were sitting behind tables, George Bell signing first. We made small talk, but George was already talking to the other guys about getting some Chinese food afterwards. My brother followed me, and pulled a clock out of his bag to get signed. Bell seemed impressed with the clock.
The Shaker was next. We talked golf a bit. He was quiet and polite, as you would expect Moseby to be.
Then I got to Barfield. He signed the program and we started chatting. I pulled out the ticket and started talking about the game. His eyes lit up, and he said "I remember that game, I hit a home run off Stottlemyre". He then commented that he got nothing to hit the rest of the game (I checked online, sure enough he had four walks that game). Jesse said "take that ticket out of the case, let me sign it for you".
Now, all I had to do was say thank you and walk away. I had already exceeded the autograph quota. Had a great conversation with a Jays All-Star. My favourite player. But obviously I didn't just walk away. Otherwise there wouldn't be an embarrassing story here, would there?
Remember those baseball cards I mentioned? At this point I thought it would be a good idea to pull them out. But not to get signed. I had to ask Jesse if he had really said what was quoted on the back of the card. Ok, let me back-track a bit.
When I was in Grade one, I started collecting baseball cards. My mom's friend's husband (are you still following?) was a local firefighter. In the mid 1980's, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs teamed up with the Toronto Star and a couple other organizations to produce Blue Jays cards. And on the back of the cards, were fire safety tips incorporating baseball terms. And they were REALLY CHEESY. For example: FIRE SAFETY TIP – Lloyd Moseby says: "Don't foul your outlets by using too many extension cords." George Bell says: "Don't get caught out in left field. Be sure you plan your escape." And my favourite, Jesse Barfield says: "Be defensive against fire…And win a gold glove." What? There's no way Jesse said that. I wanted to ask him if he actually said that. I mean, it was only 26 years ago. Of course he would remember. Really, I just wanted to tease him a bit. I mean, we were practically best buddies at this point…
Only, as I started to read the quote on the back of the card, three things happened:
1. My brother who had patiently been waiting his turn, put the clock down in front of Jesse, who said "Wow that's a really cool clock man". Instantly distracted and now not listening.
2. George Bell started yelling at Jesse, "Dude you're holding up the line! It's lunch time. Hurry up Jesse!"
3. A lady with a clip board (yes, a clip board!) stepped in towards me and said, "Sorry sir, it's a one-autograph maximum. I'm going to have to ask you to move along."
I immediately looked like the crazy dude who brought his entire baseball collection to get signed. And it doesn't matter what you say, or what your intentions are. When a woman with a clip board asks you to "move along", you instantly look like a doofus. I think when I asked Jesse if he had "actually said that?", his response was "I don't know man". He clearly hadn't even heard what the crazy guy with the baseball cards was muttering about.
My brother's clock that everyone loved. I must admit, it's a pretty awesome clock.
I'm not sure what the moral of the story is here. Maybe you can tell me what you think it is. I just hope that one day I get to chat with Jesse again, this time while holding a microphone and doing an interview. Maybe I'll even ask him for some fire safety tips. Besides, I've discovered people pay way more attention to you when you hold a mic…but you're not even reading this now are you? You're still busy looking at that damn clock.


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R.I.P. — John Lord (June 9, 1941 – July 16, 2012)
From Jon Lord.org:
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th July at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family.
Jon Lord, the legendary keyboard player with Deep Purple co-wrote many of the bands legendary songs including Smoke On The Water and played with many bands and musicians throughout his career.
Best known for his Orchestral work Concerto for Group & Orchestra first performed at Royal Albert Hall with Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969 and conducted by the renowned Malcolm Arnold, a feat repeated in 1999 when it was again performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the London Symphony Orchestra and Deep Purple.
Jon's solo work was universally acclaimed when he eventually retired from Deep Purple in 2002.
Jon passes from Darkness to Light.
Jon Lord (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012)
Another sad day for the world of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal, and the Music world in general, because Jon Lord passed away today at age 71. Aside from helping found the mighty Deep Purple, Jon has been world-reknowned in his solo work including various concertos and orchestrations. Jon will always be remembered as the man behind the Hammond organ in Deep Purple and as a tremendous player and writer. Jon influenced thousands of keyboard players and pianists the world over and helped create some of the timeless Rock songs ever. Unfortunately, I never got to see Jon play live because I saw Deep Purple in concert twice after he retired in 2002. I was hoping his involvement in the Who Cares project with Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) would re-ignite some Rock fires he may have had burning but that is not to be. Jon leaves us a rich legacy of music and many memories…..listen to the keyboard solo on 'Burn' and tell me he's not the best Rock keyboard/organ player of all time! Looking at my collection, I own most of the Deep Purple catalog and I will be playing more than a few songs from various lineups of the band later tonight. Another hero gone too soon.
Sincere condolences go out to Jon's family, friends, bandmates and fans…..rest in peace.
– Steve

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Mercedes-Benz CL-Class Expert Review
The Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is, simply put, the coupe version of the S-Class full-size sedan. In fact, it was launched in 1997 in the United States as the SEC or S Coupe, The name CL stands for Coupe Leicht, which is German for Coupe Light. This name was introduced sometime after the car was introduced in American markets. Despite the name change, the CL and S follow the same development cycle and share a lot of components with each other. The third generation of the CL-Class was introduced in 2006 after six years of development, and it got a facelift in 2010. This generation, however, is coming to a close with the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class. There have been a lot of changes to the car over the years and generations, and even this year. Nevertheless, the coupe has maintained a strong position in the market as one of the best large luxury coupes available.
In typical luxury-car fashion, the customization level only grows. A Grand Edition Package is new to the CL-Class, bringing specific badging, AMG styling, and 20-inch wheels to the non-AMG models. The package is offered with three possible designer paint colors and three designo interiors. Otherwise, it is business as usual for the executive two-door.
The 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class has a wheelbase of 116.3 inches, length of around 200 inches, width of 73.7 inches, and height of 55.8 inches. With these dimensions, the CL-Class is as long as some full-size SUVs. Its design shares the same sense of elegance and fluid beauty that the S-Class possesses. However, the coupe is a lot sleeker, and it adds to the appeal. Standard exterior features of the CL-Class include 18-inch wheels, active bi-xenon headlights, sunroof, power rear window sunshade, and LED running lights. An optional Sport package adds 19-inch AMG wheels, sport body styling, and high-performance tires. Another Sport Package Plus One adds 20-inch AMG wheels.
The standard interior features of this coupe include keyless entry and ignition, power-operated trunk, leather upholstery, 10-way power front seats with heating and ventilation and four-way adjustable lumbar. Other standard features include a 11-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system, voice command and controls, navigation system, COMAND electronics interface, Mercedes-Benz mbrace emergency telematics, Bluetooth connectivity, ambient lighting, and front seat memory functions. Additional features include an infrared night vision display, active and massage bolsters up front, and some safety features like a blind-sport warning system and lane-departure warning system.
In a nutshell, the interior of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is just as good as the S-Class. The materials are of the best quality and class, including polished wood and rich leather surfaces. The fit and finish in the cabin is very precise with no area untouched. The doors tend to be a little heavier than usual, but they open and close with relative ease thanks to the power-operated door closing system. Space is one of the strongest points about this car. Unlike a majority of other coupes, the CL-Class has a truly large cabin with enough space for the front and, surprisingly enough, for the rear as well. Most coupe owners use the rear bench for carrying cargo because they are so cramped, but the CL-Class owners can use the rear bench perfectly fine. The front passenger and driver are pampered the most with heated and ventilated seats, and everyone is kept comfortable with the optional heating, ventilation, and eight-way driver's adjustment. The cargo capacity is 13.5 cubic feet, which is just about enough for most purposes.
Stability and traction control, anti-lock brakes with brake drying, front and rear side airbags, driver knee airbag, side curtain airbags, and active front head restraints are standard features of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class. Optional safety features include an infrared night vision display, automated braking system, pre-crash detection, and rearview camera. The CL-Class comes to a stop from 60 miles per hour in 108 feet, which is great for a car of its size and weight.
The 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is available in four trims- CL550 4Matic, CL600, CL63 AMG, and CL65 AMG. The first trim gets a twin-turbocharged, 4.7-liter, V-8 engine that delivers 429 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque. Like the name suggests, this model is the only one to get all-wheel drive. The engine is combined with a seven-speed automatic as standard, and it propels the car from standstill to 60 miles per hour in 4.6 seconds. The next trim is the CL600, which gets a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter, V-12 engine that delivers 510 horsepower and 612 lb-ft of torque. This engine is mated with a traditional five-speed automatic transmission, and it reaches the 60 miles per hour mark a tenth of a second earlier. The CL63 AMG is next, and it gets a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter, V-8 engine that delivers 536 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. The optional AMG Performance package increases the output further to 563 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque. The top-end model is the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG, which comes with a twin-turbocharged, 6.0-liter, V-12 engine that delivers 621 horsepower and 738 lb-ft torque.
Those are huge figures, so it comes as no surprise to see this model burn through the 60 miles per hour mark in just 4.2 seconds. The 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is one of the few coupes that offer high levels of comfort and luxury and can still push everyone to the back of their seat with their sheer power. Even the base engine delivers an incredible amount of power.
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Hi, Everyone. I am a newer at java programming. Now i have a assignment question is about:
Look at the file: BreadthFirstTraverse.java. It contains one static method, called trav that must traverse a input BinTree.java object in breadth-first order, adding it's values to an ArrayList which is then returned as a result.
All of the code in trav is missing. For this question, you must write this code. As an example of how the code should work when it is finished, the driver program: BreadthFirstDriver.java will output:
[on, the, first, day, of, christmas, my, true, love]
[the, day, of]
when compiled and run with a properly implemented verion of trav in BreadthFirstTraverse.java.
Random note about generics
Note that the signature to trav has a formal type parameter immediately after the static keyword. Static methods can exist independently of instances of their encapsulating classes. Because of this independence, generic static methods have their own type parameters.
Anyone can give me some tips where i can start with this question? Thanks very much!
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import java.util.ArrayList; public class BreadthFirstDriver{ public static void main(String [] args){ BinTree<String> carol9 = new BinTree<String>(null,null,"love"); BinTree<String> carol8 = new BinTree<String>(null,null,"true"); BinTree<String> carol7 = new BinTree<String>(carol8,carol9,"my"); BinTree<String> carol6 = new BinTree<String>(null,null,"christmas"); BinTree<String> carol5 = new BinTree<String>(null,null,"of"); BinTree<String> carol4 = new BinTree<String>(null,null,"day"); BinTree<String> carol3 = new BinTree<String>(carol6,carol7,"first"); BinTree<String> carol2 = new BinTree<String>(carol4,carol5,"the"); BinTree<String> carol1 = new BinTree<String>(carol2,carol3,"on"); System.out.println(BreadthFirstTraverse.trav(carol1)); System.out.println(BreadthFirstTraverse.trav(carol2)); } }
import java.util.ArrayList; public class BreadthFirstTraverse{ /** * a method to traverse a BinTree in breadth-first order adding it's contents to an {@link ArrayList}. @param a binTree. @return an array list of the input tree's values. */ public static <T> ArrayList<T> trav(BinTree<T> t){ // fill in the missing code } }


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As a part of the Irish Symposium which took place at the LAC Monday and Tuesday at the beginning of this month, the LAC has put 84 images of the Irish-Canadian connection on www.flickr.com/photos/28853433@N02.
"The objective of the project is to explore new ways to improve access to Canada's documentary heritage," said Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada. "Library and Archives Canada is excited about the opportunities that social media sharing communities provide for Canadians to discuss and contextualize an important selection of our collective history."
Visitors to Flickr.com can comment and tag the content of the pictures, and can explore history in the context of their surroundings by navigating the album on a virtual map of the world.
I was on the exhibit twice in the past few days, and find it to be very good. It gives both the Irish and Canadian view of each other from the turn of the 19th century, and it rounds out the perception of the Irish-Canadian had of each other of that time.
LAC is planning to put videos on YouTube later in the year.


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Photograph, William H. R. Lykins house, Lawrence, Kansas Territory
Author: Leonard, 613 Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS.
Date: 1854
A view of the William H. R. Lykins house, Lawrence, Kansas Territory. This probably is the second house built by Lykins on the future site of Lawrence. He settled in the area on May 26, 1854, many weeks before the first Emigrant Aid Society party arrived. Lykins built one house northwest of the present-day Lawrence in May 1854. In August of that year, he built another house near the future site of the Emigrant Aid Company's sawmill on the south bank of the Kansas River. The photograph is from a cabinet card made by Leonard, 613 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: FK2.D4 L.75 .L *1a
Item Number: 100058 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Cabinet photographs; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Houses; Lawrence buildings; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Leonard, J. H.; Lykins, William H. R.; Photographs and Illustrations
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Connecting active GPS antenna, we are able to get GPS coordinates.But this is not sucessful using passive antenna and onboard PCB antenna.
1. Can you tell if any hardware register modification/configuration needs to be done from Android source to activate the GPS sensor readings using PCB antenna/passive antenna? Currently we dont intend to make any hardware changes(by pulling out resistors) but control through software.
2. Is it possible to share the hardware schematics of the Inforce 6309 board?
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It's fair to say that people around the country were fairly into the matchups in the conference championship games.
The Patriots-Ravens game drew a 29.1 rating, the highest for an AFC Championship Game since 1994, and the Giants-49ers game was at 33.4, the biggest number in the NFC since the Cowboys beat the Niners in 1995.
What's more, 69 million people were watching overtime of that late game. The two games averaged 53.7 million viewers, which represents a 30-year high for the NFL and the kind of audience that's very tough for anything to draw in this day and age.
It's the kind of news that makes the fine people who pay the freight for this website very, very happy. NBC is going to televise the Super Bowl a week from Sunday and, with so many people watching the appetizer, it is looking like there's a pretty decent chance that the number will grow for the main course.
U.S. & World
Part of that is just because the NFL continues to grow at rates that boggle the mind. Just a few months ago people actually tried to ask with a straight face if there was going to be a backlash from a lockout that cost fans nothing but a lot of meaningless offseason filler. The answer came back with a pretty resounding no.
The reasons why this Super Bowl is probably going to set records for ratings, ticket prices and anything else that measures fan interest goes way beyond that, however. Even if you leave aside the size of the New York market and the national media's love for both the Giants and the Patriots, you've got a perfect storm of a matchup to hype for two weeks because the hype is actually justified.
It's a rematch of one of the best Super Bowls in history, one that ended in classic fashion by dashing the Patriots' dreams of a perfect season. That game was notable because it matched a great Patriots offense against a Giants defense operating at a high level, which is exactly the scenario we have on our hands this time. Whether the Pats defense can come up with a way to slow the Giants remains up in the air, but you can certainly sell Bill Belichick having two weeks to come up with an answer as a way to convince people this will be another nailbiter of a game.
The revenge angle always sells, especially when the team playing for it is a franchise that has avenged two straight playoff losses in the last two weeks. Belichick and Tom Brady are the first coach and quarterback to go to five Super Bowls together and winning a fourth would put them in the most rarefied of air, cementing their run as perhaps the best in the Super Bowl era.
On the other side are the Giants, riding another hot streak into a matchup with a favored New England team. If the Patriots' success in the Belichick-Brady era is as great as any team in the modern era, and it is, the prospect of the Giants beating them twice in the Super Bowl makes for a compelling part of the league's lore.
It's a quarterback league, so Eli Manning's part of things can't be ignored. His ascent to the upper echelon this season was obscured thanks to the record seasons turned in by so many other quarterbacks, but he's playing better than anyone in the postseason and a second Super Bowl title would confirm his place at the very top of the league. Throw in the fact that he's going for the ring in the stadium his brother helped build by making the Colts a valuable franchise and you've got one more thing that will build up interest before the game gets underway.
When you put it all together and add it to the already outsize interest in football, you've got a formula for an audience that dwarfs everything that came before.


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FlowerSchool New York: Master Class with Ariella Chezar
Our online editor attends a class taught by florist Ariella Chezar and share some of Chezar's tips for creating a natural, full but loose centerpiece. Chezar favors a more relaxed style of arranging that is inspired by the way plants grow in the garden and is a move away from the tightly bundled style of flower arranging.
Last week, I had a chance to take a class with Ariella Chezar at New York's FlowerSchool. Located on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan, tucked inside a pretty ground-floor studio, the school offers classes with well-known florists for students of every level.
As the online editor of GardenDesign.com, I often edit and read our articles about flower arranging, but sometimes, I must admit, my theoretical knowledge outstrips my actual knowledge. So I was thrilled to be able to be able to put some of my book learning to use in this class. Almost all of my fellow students were florists, so I was the amateur among pros, but I had a great time. I've put together a slide show with some tips and thoughts about how you can recreate some of Chezar's style at home.
Left: Ariella Chezar (left) with Eileen Johnson, founder of FlowerSchool.
Chezar is known for her natural and loose style of flower arranging, popular with brides across the country. Raised in the Berkshires, she moved back to her family home in 2003. She described being inspired by the plants on the side of the road and in her garden and how she uses all of these natural elements as inspiration for her arrangements.
Tip: For natural-looking arrangements, avoid using Oasis flower foam if possible, says Chezar. Floral foam, she points out, can hold flower stems at any angle, often resulting in stiff and artificial-looking displays of flowers. For this arrangement, she uses a flower frog attached to the bottom of the footed compote with florist sticky clay.
As part of her arrangement, Chezar began weaving love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum) vines through her arrangement.
Tip: Look around your garden for unexpected elements that add a wild quality to your flower arrangements.
We, the students, listen intently.
Most of my fellow students are wedding florists and it is interesting hearing what the trends are around the country. Jane Guerin, who was working next to me at my table, and a wedding florist in Virginia, confided that the economy was still affecting wedding budgets and that Chezar's looser style of centerpieces had not yet become widespread among florists in her area. On the other hand, "brides," Guerin said, "just want whatever they see in magazines." And Chezar's style has definitely become more popular in wedding magazines and blogs.
Tip: Many florists in the class mentioned the difficulty of producing lush, expansive centerpieces for clients with smaller budgets. Chezar suggested using a mix of more inexpensive flowers along with the pricier blooms, giving a particular shout-out to carnations as an often overlooked flower.
Each student gets a footed compote vase, with a flower frog attached to the bottom with florist sticky clay.
Tip: Chezar says, "The green sticky clay works better than the white."
For our class arrangements, we used dahlias, zinnias, Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), small white clemantis, and love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum). Love-in-a-puff is named for the seeds inside the puffs (that are actually the fruit of the vine), which are each marked with a little white heart.
Tip: GardenDesign.com recently published a great slide show from Katherine Anderson, the florist behind Marigold and Mint in Seattle, about arranging zinnias and dahlias, which also happened to feature the same colors of dahlias and zinnias used by Chezar.
Chezar comes around to offer suggestions for students' arrangements.
Tip: Chezar suggests starting with creating an inverted triad with the branches and then placing the other greenery in the arrangement. This creates a more natural, 360 degree look for centerpieces. She also suggests buying an inexpensive lazy susan, so you can easily spin an arrangement, to make sure that it is attractive to the eye from all angles.
Dahlias can be quite fragile, but their beauty is worth it. Chezar quotes Shakespeare, saying "When I consider every thing that grows /
Holds in perfection but a little moment," about the dahlias.
Tip: For a relaxed garden-style arrangement, once you begin to fill in with flowers, leave the center open, to help prevent the tight, domed look of a more traditional arrangement. Fill in the center part of the arrangement at the end, keeping the low, overall shape of the arrangement.
Here I am, hard at work.
Tip: If the branches are tough to stick into the frog, slit the bottom of the branches so that it is easier for them to grab onto the pins.
A student's finished arrangement.
I enjoy seeing how all of the students have their own style, even when using the same flowers and vases.
Tip: Try to arrange the flowers so that the back of the blooms are not overly visible.
Another student's arrangement.
Tip: Don't be afraid of letting parts of the arrangement touch the table.
A final creation is ready for its close-up.
Tip: Try to keep your flowers in the same color family.
My arrangement at home, after a long, bumpy taxi ride!
Tip: To transport arrangements, line cardboard boxes with tissue paper, to try to avoid bruising the flowers and leaves.


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ADM5120 switch
The ADM5120 has a built in ethernet switch. It has up to 6 external ports (5 on the SQFP package, the BGA package has an extra MII port). Also there is a special 'CPU' port which is used to send the packages to and from the CPU.
Internally the driver works with 6 VLANs. Each of the ports (including the cpu port) can be part of any of these vlans. These VLANS can be seen as the actual switches, if two ports are part of the same VLAN packets will be routed between them.
Switch matrix and the Linux driver
The setup of these vlans can be done using a switch matrix. This is a 6 by 7 matrix encoded into 6 bytes. Each of the bytes is the matrix setup for a single vlan. Each of the bits of such a byte represent one of the 6 ports or the cpu port. (It is possible to configure a switch without the cpu port in it, this will result in a ethernet switch with no cpu load at all.)
The Linux driver will allocate an ethernet device for each of the available vlans. Per default the driver will setup up the matrix such that each port has its own vlan and the cpu port is part off every vlan.
Configure vlan via /proc
There is a patch for 2.4.32 kernel (part of midge distribution) which can be useful for configuring vlans via /proc
/ # cd /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw/ /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ls eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 eth4 eth5 status /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # cat status WAN up 100M full-duplex enabled vlanid=1 unit=0 Port1 down - - enabled vlanid=2 unit=1 Port2 down - - enabled vlanid=4 unit=2 Port3 down - - enabled vlanid=8 unit=3 Port4 down - - enabled vlanid=16 unit=4 /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth0 down /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth1 down /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth2 down /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth3 down /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth4 down /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # echo 0 >eth0 /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # echo 1234 >eth1 /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # cat status WAN up 100M full-duplex disabled vlanid=1 unit=0 Port1 down - - disabled vlanid=2 unit=1 Port2 down - - disabled vlanid=4 unit=2 Port3 down - - disabled vlanid=8 unit=3 Port4 down - - disabled vlanid=16 unit=4 /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth0 up /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # ifconfig eth1 up /proc/sys/net/adm5120sw # cat status WAN up 100M full-duplex enabled vlanid=1 unit=0 Port1 down - - enabled vlanid=2 unit=1 Port2 down - - enabled vlanid=2 unit=1 Port3 down - - enabled vlanid=2 unit=1 Port4 down - - enabled vlanid=2 unit=1
Note: After change settings you should reset interface via up/down
Config tool
The driver has a few ioctls for configuring the matrix. The tool 'admswconfig' uses these to get and set the matrix. This is the output of the tool with the default matrix set:
# admswconfig eth0 ADM5120 switch detected with 5 ports eth0 is vlan0 vlan port0 port1 port2 port3 port4 CPU 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 #
In the following example ports 1,2,3 and 4 form a single switch and are mapped to eth0 and port 0 is mapped to eth1. This is the default hardwired in the Edimax BR6104 routers.
# admswconfig eth0 "1234c" # admswconfig eth1 "0c" # admswconfig eth2 "" # admswconfig eth3 "" # admswconfig eth4 "" # admswconfig eth0 ADM5120 switch detected with 5 ports eth0 is vlan0 vlan port0 port1 port2 port3 port4 CPU 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 #
Getting admswconfig
The admswconfig tool can be downloaded from this page.
The admswconfig tool does not work on the Hawking H2WR54G Linux 2.4.18 kernel. It does not recognize any of the ethX devices as VLANs. The ADM5120 network switch driver code that supports the necessary IOCTL calls seems to be missing from the kernel. It is hard to tell exactly what the problem is since Hawking does not supply source code for their devices as required by the GPL. The Hawking firmware seems to be substantially based on the tried-and-true Edimax source but there are significant differences that are impossible to pin down without the source code.
However, AMiLDA Linux's kernel has this driver backported from 2.6, and so the admswconfig tool can be used perfectly.
ADM5120 switch hardware descriptor has 25-bit dma address field. So dma-addressible only 32Mb. But in MIPS Linux kernel dma-addressible all memory. So if you have memory more than 32Mb, driver would not works properly. And sometimes in switch drivers DMA mask is incorrect: 0xffffff instead 0x1ffffff (look in driver header files).


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Many moons ago while rummaging through the Canadian Archives; I uncovered the Canadian officers' reports on the British & French Army Manoeuvres of 1912. Canada's Militia & Defence, submitted the militia officers' reports, and printed, I turned them into text.
SVP: Owing too the amount of words, pages, on this thread I'm providing snippets with links for further reading, viewing of maps and photos.
The term "Army Manoeuvres of 1912," applying to the British Army, without awareness can be confusing, considering the title. Not forgetting the French, German, Swiss, American etc., Army Manoeuvres of 1912 were afoot. Considered as the last exercises of its kind conducted by several countries, armed forces, prior to the outbreak of the First World War. The Army Manoeuvres of 1913 were on a much smaller scale for all forces mentioned. Its true, in the British press etc., dubbed as "Army Manoeuvres." However, the country's names added in the Canadian Militia Council, official submitted reports, on the "British and French Army Manoeuvres of 1912." The French Army were styled, "Les Grandes Manoeuvres" du Sud-Ouest en 1912, le pas cadencé, marche: 110 000 hommes (men), 500 canons and 50 Aeroplanes. The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany During the ...By Eric Dorn Brose, page 157-159, on German Army Manoeuvres of 1812.
In The Spectator, September 21st, 1912, p.2.
Sir John French pointed out that as it was open to the invaders to deal with the defenders in detail, an important lesson to be drawn from the manoeuvres was the need of the earliest possible concentration of forces. There is no doubt that the aeroplanes did extraordinarily valuable service, but, as has been said, they failed to discover the fourth division. The King, who had followed the latter part of the manoeuvres, was present at the conference, and, in the course of a short speech, said "My inspections during the past two years have satisfied me that the present system of training is conducted on sound lines, and I have especially observed the exceeding keenness of the men and the earnestness of purpose which are apparent in the Army. The aerial work and the rapid concentration of the troops by rail- way, without dislocating the ordinary civilian traffic, and the use of mechanical transport have been the special features of these manoeuvres."
We gather from this that the rapid transport service by motors and the rapidity of the scouting by aeroplanes, speeded up the manoeuvres and caused the general scheme to be carried out well within the time-limit. These are obviously important facts.
An airship on Jesus Green, Cambridge during the 1912 army manoeuvres. Image provided by the Camb.jpg
These manoeuvres took place in the Eastern Counties of England, north of London. The general idea, under which the operations were carried out, was that an Invading Army from Redland, whose imaginary frontier coincided with the eastern coastline, was advancing against London, the capital of the Home Territory (Blueland). The positions of the troops on each successive day are shown on the attached outline sketches of the theatre of Operations.
At the outbreak of hostilities the Red Army under Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig, consisting of one Cavalry Division and the 1st and 2nd Divisions from the Aldershot Command, about 25,000 strong, advanced across the frontier at Wells and Hunstanton, and commenced to move southwards to threaten London. The political and commercial centre of the Blue country being a decisive factor in the campaign, the Home Defence Forces were hurriedly mobilized and concentrated by rail to intercept the invader on his march towards the Capital. A detachment of all arms belonging to the Territorial Force, then undergoing training at the time, was given imperative orders to defend the important city of Cambridge at all costs in order to cover the detrainment of portions of the Home Army, which were mobilizing at all speed.
British Army Manoeuvers, Skeleton Map of Situation 8 pm., Sept. 15th 1912. 1..jpg
The 1st and 2nd Divisions reached Mildenhall and Bury St. Edmunds respectively, after a march of between 22 to 25 miles; each division marched with ease along the single road allotted to it and settled into bivouac, with all its transport within reach, early in the afternoon. Meanwhile the Blue Territorial Detachment, under Major General Lindsay, was busy digging itself into a defensive position north and east of Cambridge, covered by a protecting outpost line with cyclist patrols feeling for the threatening cavalry of the invader.
For further reading and viewing of Maps, and photos see link: Canadian Officers Notes on British "Army Manoeuvres" Sept. 16th - 19th, 1912. Part I. http://wp.me/p55eja-tK
During the Cavalry manoeuvres north of Windsor preceding the inter-divisional manoeuvres, the Southern force of three brigades under General Allenby operated against a skeleton White force. General Allenby's division was armed with the short rifle, sword and lance. The operations commenced with swimming the horses across the Thames River at several points above Windsor. The river at the time was nearly 100 yards wide, with a fairly strong current, being in flood with the heavy rains.
The employment of mobile artillery as demonstrated at the manoeuvres left little to be suggested in the way of improvement of the system of training in Canada……. In the final phase of the battle on the last day of the Army manoeuvres at least half the guns were in the open, otherwise they could not have taken part in the fight. Perhaps the moral is that when large forces are engaged even under the conditions of a modern battlefield, the targets offered are sure to be so tempting as to justify considerable freedom of exposure on the part of the artillery in order to take advantage of them. The Canadian system of training closely follows that of the British and is quite up-to-date. There are few changes to be noted.
The march discipline of the Infantry was particularly noticeable, the columns were invariably well closed up, while the right half of the road was kept clear for the passage of traffic past the columns.
Deployments for attack were very varied according to the ground. There were usually several extended lines in order to obtain depth in the attack. Sometimes these lines were in echelon, sometimes in column if there was not sufficient frontage allotted to enable them to extend into echelon. Full use of cover was made where this was available, but if none was at hand it was not considered impossible to advance over open ground in extended order, provided that the advance was covered by artillery fire or infantry fire from neighbouring bodies of troops.
West Wickham Army Manouevres 1912, soldiers in Streetly End.jpg
Between Artillery and Infantry close communication was kept by telephone, visual signalling, mounted and cyclist orderlies. The senior artillery officer usually accompanied the commander under whom he was serving directly. With small forces told off for a particular task the artillery were usually placed under the Infantry Brigadier. With larger forces, such as a Division, the O.C., R.A., retained control of the guns in the Division, and allotted tasks according to the infantry situation under instructions from the Divisional Commander. The Cavalry Divisions worked invariably under the direct control of the Army Commander, and rarely co-operated closely with the troops in the Divisions.
About 2,500 cyclists were detailed from Territorial Cyclist Battalions, under the Cavalry Commanders on either side. There being numerous good cycling roads, both main roads and country lanes, all over the manoeuvre area, the cyclist units were able to give very effective support to the cavalry by their mobility and fire action.
The Royal Flying Corps is recruited from all branches of the service and officers are seconded from their own corps for service with it. They wear a distinctive uniform. This corps was represented at both Inter-Divisional and Army Manoeuvres. A, squadron was detailed to either side for the Army Manoeuvres as well as two dirigible balloons. One aeroplane only was allotted to each division during the Divisional Manoeuvres. (Normally, a squadron contains 12 aeroplanes.) Unfortunately during the mobilization of the air craft, and their flights from Salisbury and Aldershot to the points of concentration near Cambridge, two fatal accidents occurred.
For further reading and viewing of Maps, and photos see link: Canadian Officers Notes On British Army Manoeuvres Sept. 16th - 19th, 1912. Part II. http://wp.me/p55eja-ug
Whoever is interested?
Canadian Officers Notes On French Army Manoeuvres Sept. 11th - 17th, 1912.


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Convicted former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show.
Paperwork also reveals that the former legislator is having difficulty paying the hefty fine levied against him by a federal judge.
Jackson pleaded guilty in February to misusing campaign funds. Jackson acknowledged in court that he spent $750,000 of campaign cash on personal items — like a $4,600 Michael Jackson fedora and a $1,500 black-and-red cashmere cape, according to the charges against him — and pleaded guilty to several charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and false statements.


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Last night, the adorable Gabby Douglas was at Bucknell in Lewisburg. She talked Olympics and fame, and really anything I'm between.
Here's some fun things she revealed that didn't make it into my article:
- At one point, her family was homeless.
- She doesn't like the nickname "Golden Gabby," but she's OK with "Flying Squirrel."
- Her favorite event is the floor exercise, her least favorite is balance beam
- She isn't sure she wants to go to college
- She is sure she wants to compete in Rio in 2016
Here's some photos from the event:


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Design News readers selected Les Kelly as Gadget Freak extraordinaire for his remote control dog door opener.
Engineers are gadget guys. But it takes a really extraordinary invention to become a Design News Gadget Freak. And to be named Gadget Freak of the Year — well, that really is the ultimate honor.
While some Gadget Freak inventions are born out of inspiration, in the case of Gadget Freak of the Year Les Kelly, it was born more out of perspiration — that is a desire to avoid a task. Tired of trudging up and down the stairs to let his dog out of his cage in the middle of the night, Les designed a remote control door opener.
Sometimes the photos we receive don't come in the way we'd like them to — as was the case here. At left, I walk through the steps I took to create an image suitable for publication in the magazine.
To read about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, click here.
For complete build instructions and to read about all of our gadget freaks, click here .


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Diamondbacks score 4 runs in 12th inning to top Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- Put the Arizona Diamondbacks in Dodger Stadium, throw in extra innings, and they're tough to beat.
Martin Prado had two RBIs, including a run-scoring double during a four-run 12th inning, to help the D-backs win 8-6 on Wednesday night.
The first-place D-backs improved to 8-2 in extra innings -- 6-1 on the road -- this season and are 17-7 at Dodger Stadium since 2011, the best record among NL West opponents. They clinched their fourth consecutive series win over the Dodgers.
"It means a lot because they tied it up and we just kept plugging along," said reliever Heath Bell, who gave up a leadoff home run to Ramon Hernandez in the bottom of the 12th.
There was no repeat of the brawl that occurred in the seventh inning of the Dodgers' 5-3 victory a night earlier, when six players and coaches were ejected. No batters were hit by pitches this time.
Before the game, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly talked with D-backs manager Kirk Gibson, who got tossed after the two former stars were among those clashing in the melee.
"We had a good conversation," Gibson said. "We all know that was very intense last night and a little bit ugly."
Eight of the nine games between the teams this season have been decided by three runs or fewer. The Diamondbacks had 20 hits while improving to 7-2 against the Dodgers. Seven of their hits were singles, tying for the most in franchise history.
Prado put the Diamondbacks ahead 5-4 with a ground-rule double to left field off Ronald Belisario (3-5), who was charged with four runs and three hits in two-thirds of an inning. He walked two and didn't retire any of the four batters he faced in the 12th.
Arizona made it 6-4 on Cliff Pennington's bases-loaded RBI single off Brandon League, the Dodgers' seventh pitcher. League gave up four runs over two-thirds of an inning in Los Angeles' 5-1 loss in the series opener Monday.
Gerardo Parra added a two-run single to center.
"Most of the time they're hitting my fastball," League said. "For me, it's always been that if my fastball is not right, you can't expect anything else to be right. That's kind of where I'm at right now."
Josh Collmenter (3-0) got the win with two innings of relief. He gave up one hit and struck out two.
Arizona's Cody Ross and Miguel Montero each tied their career highs with four hits.
In the bottom of the 12th, Yasiel Puig scored on a groundout by Mark Ellis. With two runners on, Bell retired pinch hitter Tim Federowicz on a grounder to end it.
Arizona tied the game 4-all on Montero's RBI single in the seventh.
Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin had a 3-0 cushion when he gave up five consecutive hits with two outs in the fifth, allowing the Dodgers to take a 4-3 lead.
"I just couldn't get that third out in the fifth," he said. "It was just one of those things where any pitch I threw got hit."
Hernandez had an RBI groundout that scored Juan Uribe, who led off with a double.
Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu tripled to deep right field -- the first of his career -- and Parra misplayed the ball as it skipped past his outstretched glove. That drove in Alex Castellanos, who reached on a ground-rule double and went to third on Montero's passed ball.
The Dodgers tied the game and went ahead on RBI singles by Nick Punto and Adrian Gonzalez.
The Diamondbacks took a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Prado and Didi Gregorius had RBI singles before Prado scored on a double-play grounder by Pennington.
Ryu allowed a season-high 11 hits and three runs, walked two, and tied his season low with two strikeouts.
Although he left the game trailing, Corbin remained undefeated in 13 starts after giving up four runs -- tying his season high -- and eight hits in five innings, his shortest outing this year. The left-hander, who struck out two and walked none, is 9-0 with a 2.28 ERA.
Game notes
Puig was scratched from the starting lineup because of a strained right shoulder, but he entered as part of a double switch in the 12th. ... No discipline by Major League Baseball for the brawl was expected to be announced until at least Thursday, when both teams are off. ... MLB announced the Diamondbacks and Dodgers will open the 2014 season with a two-game series in Australia on March 22 and 23. ... The Dodgers signed four selections from last week's draft, including first-round pick RHP Chris Anderson from Jacksonville University. ... The Dodgers get their first off day Thursday since May 23.
Regular Season Series
MLB News
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Mets ace Jacob deGrom awaiting MRI results on back tightness
Jacob deGrom exited an intrasquad game early because of tightness in his back, and the New York Mets' ace was scheduled for an MRI.
Yelich reacts to fake boos: 'What am I, at Wrigley?'
Christian Yelich has the best reaction to receiving fake boos during the Brewers' intrasquad game at Miller Park.
Cubs' Anthony Rizzo gets MRI for ailing back
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo underwent an MRI on his back that revealed the cause of spasms.
Jack Flaherty gets Opening Day start for St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty will start the season opener next week against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The next MLB superstar? Yankees' Gleyber Torres is ready to own his moment
The Yankees shortstop, who is well-read for a 23-year-old and motivated by the hope of creating a better life for his parents, could be baseball's next big thing.


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Australia GFS Snow Forecast +192 hour Chart
About GFS
Global Forecast System. The operational numerical weather forecasting model run by NCEP. The GFS superceded the AVN and MRF models, on which it is largely based. Forecast data from the GFS is available out to 180 hours at full resolution and 16 days at a reduced resolution.
Weather News
Above-average fire threat forecast for bushfire-ravaged parts of South-East NSW
The latest bushfire outlook has identified higher-than-normal fire potential on the Far South Coast of New South Wales over the next three months.
Falls Creek and Mt Hotham close lifts as Victorian snow industry is dealt a chilling COVID-19 blow
Victoria's coronavirus crisis has brought the state's $800 million snow season to its knees, dealing yet another staggering blow to the tourism industry.


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If you're new here, mucho gusto. Encantada. (Nice to meet you.)
I thought this FAQ might be a good way to get acquainted. These are answers to questions people often E-mail me upon discovering Latinaish.com, as well as some links to related posts. (Click the questions for the answers.)
LATINAISH.com FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
So, your suegra… She lives with you for reals?
Is an inter-racial/inter-cultural marriage difficult?
My husband is undocumented. Do you have any immigration advice?
What do you do outside of blogging?
Any advice for raising bilingual kids?
Who are you?
My name is Tracy López. I am an Anglo-American writer, born and raised in the suburbs outside of Washington DC.
One day I met Carlos who had immigrated to the United States from El Salvador. He didn't speak English back then and my Spanish wasn't as good as it is now, but we figured out other ways to "communicate." (There's no talking necessary when you're busy besando!)
We got married, had children, and thus began our adventures as a bicultural, bilingual family navigating the usual family stuff in addition to linguistic and cultural misunderstandings.
What does LATINAish mean?
LATINAish is a word I made up to make sense of my ethnicity as an individual who doesn't have roots in Latin America, but who lives within the culture. To be clear, I have never, and would never describe myself as Latina. Most people don't accept the idea of "converting" to a culture the same as we accept religious conversion; and yet how do you describe someone who has spent more of their life within a culture, than in the culture they were born into?
So, your suegra… She lives with you for reals?
She did, for about ten years. In the past I sometimes used my blog as an outlet to deal with my live-in mother-in-law problems. Putting a humorous spin on the clash of cultures that occurred regularly in our household helped me survive. My suegra stories were truthful and never malicious, and while I've never posted a single photo showing her face, nor ever used her name out of respect for her privacy – I have now stopped writing about her entirely. As a result, some people have contacted me to ask what happened. Where is she?
Well, my husband and I found it necessary to reestablish personal boundaries which were being violated, and whenever we've done this it has resulted in years of grief for all involved. This time was no different.
As of now though, I'm happy to report we are on speaking terms again. She has retired back to El Salvador, keeps in regular contact, and I wish her well.
How did you and Carlos meet?
That would require a 5 part series… Luckily, I already wrote it.
Where is your husband from?
El Salvador – (Te amo pulgarcito!)
Have you been to El Salvador?
Twice. Once in 1999, and again in 2011.
All posts having to do with El Salvador and Salvadoran culture, can be found in the "Salvadoreños" category.
Is an inter-racial/inter-cultural marriage difficult?
I'm going to give you the honest truth because if you get married with some naive idea in your head, you won't make it.
The truth: Marriage in general is difficult. Add in a language barrier, societal pressures, the occasional racist/ignorant comment from family or strangers, possibly different belief systems, and frequent culture clashes and you've got a lot on your plate to deal with. It isn't for the faint of heart.
Those who are good candidates for such a marriage should be good listeners, compassionate, curious, patient, not easily discouraged, determined to make things work no matter what, ready to compromise, and have a good sense of humor.
I don't think everyone can handle it, but as for me, I'd do it all over again.
My husband is undocumented. Do you have any immigration advice?
Regardless of whether you're legally married here in the United States and/or have children together, your husband/wife/partner could be detained and/or deported at any time if they entered the country illegally or overstayed.
Unfortunately, immigration law has changed since my husband and I married. My advice is to consult an immigration attorney as soon as possible. They are best equipped to guide and advise you. I know it isn't cheap, but I do not recommend trying to do the paperwork yourself or relying on random internet advice. My heart goes out to you. Good luck.
What do you do outside of blogging?
I'm a novelist. I write children's books, (Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books.)
Any advice for raising bilingual kids?
Speak Spanish to your child as early as possible, as often as possible, and be consistent.
Things won't always go the way you expect. It can be frustrating and they might rebel. Stay strong. It's the greatest gift you can give them. They'll thank you later. Also, it's never too late to start.
Raising Bilingual Niños: Tip #1
Raising Bilingual Niños: Tip #2
Raising Bilingual Niños: Tip #3
Raising Bilingual Niños: Tip #4
Raising Bilingual Niños: Tip #5
By the way, each summer I do something here on Latinaish called "El Verano de Español" (Spanish Summer.) … Basically it's a challenge to other parents out there to start speaking to their children only in Spanish while their child is on summer vacation from school.
This is how I got a jump start into speaking Spanish to my kids almost full time, now even during the school year. You're welcome to participate, but of course, you don't have to wait until school lets out to give it a try. You could start with just weekends, or one day of the week. How about an hour each day? … It's difficult at first – Believe me, I remember – but I promise it gets easier. (Plus, a lot of hilarious things happen when kids learn a second language. It's worth it for the laughs alone.)
Also – if you blog, check out Spanish Friday if you want to practice your own Spanish.


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What if, instead of moonshine, cupcakes were illegal? Would you still bake them? Would you race to deliver your cupcakes without getting caught. "Oh no, officer, there's no need to check the trunk. I was just headed to meet my husband and bring him some moonshine. I would never get involved with something like cupcakes – heavens, no!" Would NASCAR (a sport started due to moonshining) be a largely female SUV-racing sport? Thankfully, we'll never know.
These days, legal moonshine exists. As Medicinal Mixology points out, legal moonshine is a bit of a paradox:
Moonshine is not a type of spirit (such as gin, tequila, or whiskey), but is defined as any spirit made at an illegal, unlicensed still. In short, moonshine is liquor made by a person that doesn't give the government the taxes it so loves to collect on liquor sales. So really, the only thing that separates a distiller from a bootlegger is money paid to Uncle Sam.
However, some legal moonshine is made the exact same way that it's been made for generations (with taxes and government regulation being the only differences). The history gives those brands enough legitimacy for me. I made my moonshine and sweet tea cupcakes using Strawberry Midnight Moon (NASCAR superstar Junior Johnson's company), which uses real fruit and no artificial colors or flavors.
The moonshine and sweet tea cupcakes have a strong tea flavor. I figured out the secret to baking with tea a while back and I'm always happy for an excuse to use it. The moonshine lends a light alcohol finish with slightly fruity notes from the strawberry. Despite the fact that I chopped up all the moonshine-soaked strawberries from the Midnight Moon jar and added them to the cupcake batter, the strawberry flavor was not prominent. It just adds to the sweetness. These moonshine and sweet tea cupcakes are for anyone who has a little rebel and a little South in them. Y'all are going to love these cupcakes!
Moonshine and Sweet Tea Cupcakes
Moonshine and Sweet Tea Cupcakes
Tea Butter Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup packed loose black tea leaves
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup 4 ounces tea butter from above, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup Strawberry Midnight Moon other brands/flavors of moonshine would also work
- 2/3 cup water
- Strawberries from inside the jar of Midnight Moon chopped finely (If you aren't using Strawberry Midnight Moon, you could leave this step off or make your moonshine strawberries by soaking 9 strawberries in moonshine overnight.)
Tea Buttercream Ingredients
- Remaining tea butter from above room temperature
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Tea Butter Directions
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter on medium heat until just melted.
- Add the tea leaves.
- Continue heating the mixture for about 5 minutes on low heat.
- Remove from the heat and allow to stand for another 5 minutes or until the butter is discernibly tinted by the tea leaves.
- Pour the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing hard on the tea leaves and then discarding them. You will undoubtedly end up with some butter that you can't get off of the leaves. I encourage you to press as hard as you can, but not to obsess about lost butter - it's for a good cause and you don't need a full cup of butter for this recipe.
- Let the butter cool to room temperature before using it in the cake and frosting.
Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat tea butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in midnight moon, a little bit at a time.
- Mix in water.
- Fold in strawberries.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out dry.
Frosting Directions
- Beat tea butter and butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl until light and fluffy (about three minutes on high speed).
- Mix in powdered sugar a little bit at a time.
- Spread or pipe on cooled cupcakes.


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Did I finish the sweater? In a word, yes. I bound off the last stitch on the subway home from the event on the very last day. So, needless to say, I didn't finish in time. But I had it with me every moment, and it certainly sparked conversation. Ariosa is a very loosely twisted merino and cashmere blend, and the balls of yarn themselves are like puffy little clouds of color. The sweater is chunky but not heavy, and its the softest thing you can imagine. Ariosa definitely has a fluffiness factor that was magnified by knitting it at such a loose gauge (2 strands held together, knit on a US15 at 2.5 stitches per inch) but I also swatched it in my Continental Knitting class on a US8 to very different results.
Without further ado...
And Sweater Three, fastened with a stray DPN. I did buy some fabulous buttons from my new friend Denise of the Yarn Garden in CT, but was waiting until it was blocked to add them.
Vogue Knitting Live was a great experience! I was starstruck by some of the knit-celebrities I saw-Wenlan Chia, Anne Hanson, Sarah Hatton, Shannon Okey, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (this one really had me tongue-tied), Franklin Habit, Josh Bennett, Ysolda Teague, the list goes on. As of Saturday morning, there were 3,000 participants and classes were 95% sold out. Marketplace tickets, which were on sale at the registration desk for those who just wanted to shop, accounted for another thousand or so attendees.
I worked the registration desk on Friday afternoon and got to meet many of you. I was thrilled to see how diverse the crowd was--there were women and men, young and old, New York ladies dressed to the nines and alternative chicks with tattoos and bandannas. There were a few native New Yorkers, but many people traveled looooong distances (some were foiled by the big snowstorm). I met people from all over the world, and wish Vogue gave a prize for the longest distance traveled; it would probably have gone to one woman there from Australia!
I was happy to see some new knitters in my classes. That was a true sign that people are picking it up and feeling energized and passionate enough to spend the money on a weekend knitting event. I gave two impromptu Magic Loop lessons. It seems to be something people really want to learn, should I do a tutorial here on the blog? New York City was a vibrant host. It's my hometown, so I might be a little biased, but what better or more fashion-forward place could Vogue have chosen? Betsy, Heather and Susan went to a lecture on Thursday night to hear Isaac Mizrahi and Mark Morris talk about costume design in his dance company, I (almost) went to a live Moth* show, and finally visited some of the New York LYS's whose emails I receive. I saw some swing dancing in the Times Square train station, and shot a short video which you can see on our Facebook page. Then I did some shopping in Soho.
I would love to hear from any and all of you who attended this weekend! What was your favorite part? What was your experience like? What shops did you visit?
*The Moth is a podcast of people telling stories about their lives without notes. I highly recommend it. By the time I arrived a half hour before show time, there were 600 people in line.


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Compiled from selected police activity reports.
Buckeye Lake
• March 24: A Hebron Road woman said her roommate stole her ATM card and withdrew more than $300 from her account.
• March 24: A Highland Avenue woman reported that her boyfriend assaulted her. He said he was pushing her away from him with his fist.
• March 25: A Walnut Road man said someone entered his trailer without permission. He wanted the person charged with trespassing.
• March 27: A driver was cited for traveling 49 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• March 27: A driver was cited for traveling 57 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• March 28: A driver was warned for speeding on Hebron Road, but cited for not wearing a seatbelt.
• March 28: A Duke service station employee said a customer prepaid $20 for fuel, but gave the attendant the wrong pump number. The customer then pumped $29.35 in gasoline and drove away.
• March 30: A Walnut Road man said someone punched him in the face, also damaging his glasses.
• March 31: A Walnut Road woman reported that someone stole her medication from her car.
• March 2: Police took a report after a customer left without paying for ammunition at Buckeye Outdoors. Police had all his information since he also had purchased a firearm at the same time. He also left his cell phone on the counter which was collected as evidence.
• March 2: A man reported losing his wallet in the Kroger parking lot on January 28.
• March 2: Police stopped a driver after dark for no tail lights. The man initially gave police his brother's name until police told him he was wanted on four warrants. He then retracted that information and provided his own name. He was driving on a suspended license and was wanted on a Newark warrant. He was arrested and turned over to Newark Police in Heath. He will face charges in Hebron for driving under suspension and obstructing official business.
• March 3: A Thornville mother asked police to speak with her unruly eight-year-old daughter. Police spoke with her and she agreed to try to act better.
• March 3: A driver was cited for going 75 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• March 4: Police took a report about someone passing several bad checks at Park National Bank.
• March 4: Police were dispatched to a Broadway Street apartment on a report of a suicidal woman. She had reportedly called several friends and told them goodbye. The woman was not in her apartment. Police and a Union Township officer checked the area and found her on the steps of a church. She was upset because she lost her job and was being evicted from her apartment. Police gave her some numbers to call for assistance and she headed back home.
• March 4: While conducting random license plate checks, police stopped and cited a driver for driving under suspension.
• March 4: A driver was cited for going 72 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• March 4: A driver was cited for excessive speed and driving under suspension after being stopped for going 64 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• March 5: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation and travelling left of center on West 2nd Street at Cumberland Street.
• March 5: Police assisted a motorist in a disabled vehicle on northbound Ohio 79 until a tow truck arrived.
• March 5: Police are still investigating a burglary at a Lakewood Drive apartment.


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Artisan flatbreads revamp Schlotzsky's menu
By Emily Patton
One of the hottest trends sweeping restaurants is artisan flatbreads. While similar in appearance to a pizza, flatbread is made without yeast with the dough rolled very thin and baked crispy.
Schlotzsky's, which has more than 400 franchised and company-owned locations around the world, has joined the craze, revamping its menu to add four varieties of artisan flatbread.
"A lot of people are jumping on this flatbread product right now," says Meena Mundle, who is a Schlotzsky's franchise owner with her husband Ashish at 301 N. Green River Road. "I truly believe our product is far superior than others out there."
Customers can choose from the California Chicken and Avocado, Chicken Chipotle Pesto, Margherita, and Italian Sausage and Basil, which are each served on a wooden pizza paddle and made with fresh ingredients. Each artisan flatbread dish is $7.49.
Mundle says it's the individualized sauces that set their flatbreads apart from the rest, such as on the California Chicken and Avocado, which has an Andouille white cream sauce with roasted chicken breast, chopped bacon, diced avocado, fresh red bell pepper, cilantro, mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, and a southwest chipotle mayo.
Another tasty delight is Italian Sausage and Basil topped with the balsamic reduction and thinly sliced Italian sausage, sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh basil, roasted red peppers and tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
"As soon as customers try them, they are coming back on the following day," says Mundle. "They are absolutely addictive. All your taste buds kind of come alive, as you taste all the different ingredients. It is so different than what we previously offered."
For more information on Schlotzsky's, call 812-471-4011 or visit schlotzskys.com/menu/.
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OFCA Award Program
Distinguished Service Award Winners
The Distinguished Service Award is an honor given to an individual or group that has performed outstanding services to the Association or to the fire service in general.
Chief Larry Flowers, Retired
Chief W. Parker Brown, Retired
Battalion Chief C. Thomas Beatty, Retired
Chief Mark Martin
Chief Tom Stewart, Retired
Chief James B. Steele, Retired
The Dominion Foundation
Chief Trish Brooks
Chief James M. Steele
Chief William W. Wilkins
2008Chief John Bernans, Jr.
Chief Scott A. Skeldon
2007Chief Paul Robison, Retired
Legislative Agent Bill Selsam
2006Chief R. Stanley Crosley
Chief Russell Rife
2005Chief Kenn Taylor
2004Chief Stephen Ashbrock
2003Chief Mark Burgess
2002Chief George Brown
Chief Tom Wallace
2001Chief Dale Duermit
Chief John Preuer, Retired
2000Capt. Robert B. Trieber, Retired
Chief Robert J. Weitzel, Retired
1999Joseph C. Stewart, VFIS of Ohio
Chief Marion "Punk" Zwiebel, Retired
1998Chief Glenn E. Alexander, Retired
Ass't. Chief Robert J. Schwanzl, Retired
1997Chief Robert Marihugh
Chief Raymond Walendzak
1996Chief Ronald Hutchings, Retired
Chief Richard Morrison, Retired
1995Chief Charles Turner, Retired
Chief William Pickford
1994Chief William Lee, Retired
1993Chief Ronald Specht, Retired
1992Chief Marvin Olney, Retired
1991Schnell-Westfall American Post 1984
Chief C.H. O'Brien, Retired
1989Chief Paul W. Martin, Jr., Retired
1988Bluecoats of Summit County
Chief Thomas Grile, Retired
Chief Charles Wilson, Retired
1987Chief Robert Counts, Retired
Chief Wilbur Bills, Retired
1986Chief Jeff Duber, Retired
Chief C.H. O'Brien, Retired
1983Chief Frank Trempe, Retired
Chief Charles Getz, Retired
1982Box 27 Associates of Springfield Fire Dept.
1981100 Club of Cincinnati
Bluecoats, Inc. of Summit County
1979Cincinnati Shrine Burn Center
1978Chief Wilber Bills, Retired
OFCA Award of Valor
The Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association Award of Valor may be presented to anyone who performs an outstanding act of heroism. Any member who has a nominee for this award shall submit a nomination, in writing, to the Secretary-Treasurer. The Board of Directors shall decide if the proposal is within the intended purpose of the award and accept or reject the proposal. The type of award presented and the presentation of the award shall be determined by the Board of Directors.


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Need We Fear Dark Extraterrestrials? – Part 3/3
(For Part 2, see https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2012-essays-2/need-we-fear-dark-extraterrestrials-part-23/.)
First Contact
The light forces will be able to help us in additional ways once they are assured of the safety of terrestrials if they land among us. What they are concerned about are last-ditch, clandestine attacks on us from Illuminati forces.
"When it is safe to do so, some of the millions of light beings surrounding the planet in spacecraft will land to share their technology and otherwise assist Earth and her life forms; then return to their homelands." (53)
Matthew reports in October 2008 that then soon-to-be U.S. President Obama will play a leading role in welcoming our space family.
"The combination of Obama's innate wisdom and leadership experience from lifetimes in spiritually- and intellectually-evolved civilizations and the light that increasingly is raising consciousness of Earth humankind will heal the divisiveness evident in the current ferocity of political haranguing; the new administration will welcome the assistance of your space brothers and sisters when they can offer it overtly, and it will be in whatever form is needed, from new technologies to educational aids for students and mass media to new construction methods and materials. I hasten to add that the same extraterrestrial assistance will be offered worldwide." (54)
As time goes by, we get closer and closer to the Golden Age.
"Know that in every moment you have the assistance of your ET family, in every moment hearts and minds are opening and the love-light is expanding, in every moment you are traveling into the higher vibrations of the promised Golden Age, the era of Earth's return to her Eden self." (55)
Those among terrestrials who've awakened to the promise of 2012 will play a role in dispelling the fear of those who worry that the extraterrestrial newcomers are here to subjugate us. Says Matthew:
"Your interconnectedness with all souls in this universe will help dispel the fear that non-illumined individuals succumb to. The light in your elation not only will touch all around you, but will radiate out into the universe and through the law of attraction, bring back 'like' energy that can reach those who bought into the fear-filled falsehoods.
"The light can open their hearts and let them also welcome the visitors who have come to assist you rise out of third density, where darkness thrives. It is true that God told these others of His children to help you, but they are doing this eagerly and lovingly so all of you can awaken to your rightful place in our universal family." (56)
In sum, Matthew tells us that, to understand what is happening around us at the present time and will be happening in the future, we must make a clear distinction between the forces of darkness and those of the Light. We must know that the intensity of light now prevailing means that dark extraterrestrial forces cannot approach the Earth. Dark terrestrial forces are bound to accept the Light or their physical bodies will die due to lack of it.
The extraterrestrials who surround the Earth now are here to assist us to restore it to its original pristine condition and to help Earth and its inhabitants ascend from the Third to the Fifth Dimension. What light beings throughout the universe hope we will do is to welcome our space family and allow them to carry out their pre-assigned tasks in the ascension process, for the betterment of all humanity and of the planet itself.
(1) Ashtar through Suzy Ward in email to Steve Beckow, Aug. 3, 2009.
(2) Horiss, member of a light-bearing reptilian civilization, speaking of Matthew Ward in Matthew's Message, June 24, 2009, at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mattsmessage.htm.
(3) Suzy Ward, "The Story Behind the Matthew Books," at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mattstory.htm.
(4) Matthew's Message, July 27, 2008, ibid.
(5) Matthew made his comment through his mother in an email to the author, April 30, 2010. For a discussion of Silver Birch's transmissions on the New Age see "Silver Birch's New World" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2012-history-4/silver-birchs-new-world-2/; for a discussion of "Imperator's" (the prophet Malachi's), see "Imperator's New Revelation" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2012-history-4/imperators-new-revelation/.
(6) Matthew's Message, May 7, 2004, ibid.
(7) Loc. cit.
(8) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(9) Ibid., Sept. 24, 2008. On another occasion he said: "Groups or individual souls immersed in darkness cannot approach the protective grid of Christed light energy that surrounds the planet—light is anathema to their dark essence." (Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(10) Ibid., June 24, 2009.
(11) Matthew Ward through Suzy Ward to Steve Beckow, Sept. 13, 2009, published at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Share11/message/7384.
(12) Matthew's Message, April 26, 201o.
(13) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(14) Ibid., Dec. 31, 2003.
(15) Ibid., Sept. 24, 2008.
(16) Ibid., Jan. 11, 2010.
(17) Ibid., July 4, 2008.
(18) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(19) Ibid., Dec. 21, 2008.
(20) Ibid., June 18, 2004.
(21) Ibid., Sept. 24, 2008.
(22) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(23) Ibid., Oct. 19, 2009.
(24) Ibid., Sept. 24, 2008.
(25) Ibid., Oct. 19, 2009.
(26) Ibid., Sept. 24, 2008.
(27) Suzy and Matthew Ward, email to Steve Beckow, Oct. 31, 2009.
(28) Matthew's Message, Aug. 21, 2009.
(29) Ibid., Oct. 22, 2008.
(30) Ibid., Aug. 30, 2008
(31) Ibid., Aug. 7, 2003, at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mm/anmviewer.asp?a=61&z=2.
(32) Ibid., Nov. 10, 2003.
(33) Ibid., Dec. 21, 2008.
(34) Ibid., Feb. 8, 2004.
(35) NESARA stands for National Economic Security and Reformation Act and was originally an act of the American Congress which exemplifies the abundance programs that will be instituted around the globe. It has not yet been signed into law and awaits developments that are described in papers on this site. NESARA is more than an economic plan. Matthew says:
"Some consider NESARA to be political and economic in nature while others view it as spiritual because of the high level light beings affiliated with it. NESARA is both. When people are severely oppressed by political and economic conditions that foster impoverished living circumstances, lack of health care and education, monopoly of natural resources, slave labor, unjust laws and courts, starvation, and tyrannical regimes, offering 'soul food' isn't enough.
"When people are preoccupied with mere survival requirements, giving them only spiritual messages is not going to bring about the global reforms they need to rise out of their misery. That is why the provisions of NESARA are monumental in scope, embodying sweeping reforms for Earth that will begin as soon as the legislation is officially announced. When people become aware of the reforms, they will be motivated to participate according to their capabilities." Matthew's Message, 7 Aug. 2003, at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mm/anmviewer.asp?a=61&z=2.
(36) Loc. cit.
(37) Ibid., June 5, 2004.
(38) Ibid., Dec. 31, 2003.
(39) Loc. cit.
(40) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(41) Ibid., July 18, 2009.
(42) See "Matthew Ward: Haiti Earthquake was a Black Operation" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/matthew-ward-haiti-earthquake-was-black-operatio/; "Matthew Ward on the Chilean Earthquake" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/matthew-ward-on-the-chilean-earthquake/. Suzy Ward named scalar waves as the cause in an email sent to the author on April 30, 2010.
(43) Matthew's Message, Sept. 14 and 24 and Dec. 21, 2008.
(44) Ibid., Dec. 21, 2008.
(45) Ibid., Jan. 11, 2010.
(46) Matthew Ward, "Essay on 2012," Dec. 31, 2007, at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mattsmessage.htm.
(47) Matthew's Message, Feb. 14, 2010.
(48) Ibid., Dec. 21, 2008.
(49) Loc. cit.
(50) Ibid., Nov. 19, 2009.
(51) Ibid., May 21, 2008.
(52) Ibid., Feb. 14, 2010.
(53) Ibid., Sept. 21, 2009.
(54) Ibid., 22 October 2008.
(55) Ibid., June 5, 2004.
(56) Ibid., Oct. 19, 2009.
(For Part 1, see https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2012-essays-2/need-we-fear-dark-extraterrestrials-part-13/.)


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Scientists amazed by accidental Gulf catch of second-ever goblin shark
Shrimpers fishing in the Gulf of Mexico have pulled up an incredibly rare, almost prehistoric looking goblin shark. It's only the second sighting of such a beast in the Gulf.
The freakish shark is one of the least-known of the shark family, usually living in deep waters off the coast of Japan. The goblin is so rare that the first Gulf sighting of one over 10 years ago resulted in a scientific paper being written.
The new shark, estimated to have been 18 feet long, was accidentally hauled up by shrimpers off the coast of Key West, Florida.
The crew had a net down in 2,000 feet of water and were shocked when they pulled up the usual barrel-load of shrimp. Mixed into their catch was the bright pink giant, which preceeded to thrash around on deck.
"I didn't even know what it was," said lifetime fisherman Carl Moore. "I didn't get the tape measure out because that thing's got some wicked teeth, they could do some damage."
Instead, Moore quickly hoisted the creature back into the water. It was only luck that any photos were taken as Moore had only just bought a cell phone with a camera.
"My 3-year-old grandson, he just loves sharks so I've been taking pictures of every one we find, when I showed him this one he said, 'Wow, Pappa!'" Moore said.
A Pink Giant
The goblin was picked up April 19, but it wasn't until yesterday that Moore got to report it to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraion whose scientists were immediately desperate to know more.
"This is great news," said John Carlson, shark expert at NOAA. "This is only the second confirmed sighting in the Gulf, the majority of specimens are found off Japan or in the Indian Ocean and around South Africa."
The shark's pink color is unique in itself, but along with that it has a long snout that hides a rack of sharp teeth, which protrude out and give the shark its prehistoric look. That also earned it the nickname "living fossil."
The scientific community has been abuzz since news of the find came out on the NOAA website. Researchers are grafetul the shark was set free, but disappointed they won't get the chance to learn more about the mysterious deep-sea predator.
"We don't even know how old they get, how fast they grow," said Carlson. His best guess was that this shark was female and that shrimpers estimated it as 18 feet long, making it almost as big as any ever recorded.
Shark blogger and University of Miami marine biologist David Shiffman said at first he didn't even believe it would be possible that one would have turned up in the Gulf.
"At first I wasn't sure if it was even possible for this to happen, but then when the photos came through, it is undeniably a goblin shark. It's a shark ... that's pink!"
A Deep Sea Enigma
Shiffman said it's unclear exactly what causes the fish to have such a unique color but noted that at depth the color red appears black which would make the shark impossible to see. It would be ideal for sneaking up on unsuspecting dinners.
Among the few other details that researchers know is that the long snout contains electrical sensors so it can find prey even when it can't see or hear. Its most distinguishing feature has to be its jaw, which snaps out like a venus fly trap when unlucky fish get near.
"They are a very rarely seen animal that has not been studied enough, as soon as the news got out, I got more than 2 dozen requests for different measurements," said Shiffman noting that he also was very grateful it was released but at the same time sad that the details of the goblin will remain a mystery.
For Carl Moore, after 50 years of shrimp fishing, the shark is the highlight.
"The guys at NOAA said I'm probably one of only 10 people who've seen one of those alive," Moore said adding that there was no question in his mind about whether to release it.
"That's my ocean out there and anything in it concerns me..I know the value of trying to preserve things," Moore said.


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Series 1 Correspondence 1906-1964
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Subseries 1:1 Incoming Correspondence 1906-1964
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Alexander, Jerome 1945-1949
Allen, Avis Holmes 1907-1948
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1924-1945
American Eugenics Society 1945-1963
American Genetic Association 1951, 1962
American Mercury 1946
American Social Hygiene Association, Inc. 1944, 1947
American Society of Zoologists 1960-1962
Arber, Agnes circa 1955
A-D, Miscellaneous 1913-1964
Canner, J.S. 1951
Daillot, Georges 1960-1961
Darwin, Leonard 1924-1937
Dice, Lee 1960-1961
Dover Publications, Inc. 1960-1961
Euthanasia Society of America, Inc. 1941-1964
The Eugenics Society 1950
E-H, Miscellaneous 1921-1963
Goethe, C. M. circa 1924-1964
Green, Marie 1960
Harcourt, Brace and Co. 1928-1960
Harmon, W. Glenn 1949-1950
Holmes, Angie 1908-1952
Holmes, Avis Folger Taber (Mother) 1917, 1930
Holmes, Celia Warfield Skinner (Wife) 1932-1955
Holmes, John (Son) 1937-1960
Holmes, Joseph H. (Father) 1929-1937
Holmes, Marion (Daughter) circa 1939-1960
Holmes, Michiline Daillot (Daughter-in-law) 1960, undated
Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. - Fortuna Development Co. 1943-1949
I-R, Miscellaneous 1916-1964
Keith, Sir Arthur 1948
Kofoid, Charles A. 1918
Land Title Company of Alameda County 1960
Leake, Chauncey D. 1939-1949
Lesley, Margaret 1948-1963
Loeb, Jacques 1912-1921
McLaughey, Vaughn 1924-1935
The Macmillan Company 1907-1960
National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia 1937-1938
The New York Times circa 1953
North American title Guaranty Corporation 1960
Olsen, Avis Holmes (Daughter) 1942-1961
Parker, G. H. 1906, 1912
Ritter, William E. circa 1907-1912
Singer, Charles 1930-1959
Stevenson, T. H. C. 1924, 1925
S-Z, Miscellaneous 1909-1964
Torrey, Harry Beal 1912-1960
University of California. Dept. of Zoology. 1961, 1962
University of California. Faculty. 1957
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide 1912-1917
Wiggam, Albert Edward 1933-1948
Yerkes, Robert M. 1912-1949
Subseries 1:2 Outgoing Correspondence 1894-1961
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Outgoing Correspondence 1894-1961
Subseries 1:3 Unidentified Correspondence 1908-1963
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Unidentified Correspondence 1908-1963
Series 2 Writings 1890-1964
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Subseries 2:1 Published Articles and Reprints 1890-1940
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Published Articles and Reprints 1890-1940, undated
Subseries 2:2 Unpublished Writings 1922-1964
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2:2:1 The Ethics of Enmity 1948-1964
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Preface to The Ethics of Enmity undated
Chapter 1: An Introductory Orientation undated
Chapter 2: The Ancient Origins of Amity undated
Chapter 3: Amity and Enmity in the Evolution of Life undated
Chapter 4: Amity and Enmity in Apes and Monkeys undated
Chapter 5: Amity and Enmity in Primitive Peoples undated
Chapter 6a: Man Creates a World of Supernatural beings, Who in Turn Largely Control Him undated
Chapter 6b: The Ethics of Enmity in Ancient Jewish Theology (Ancient Israel and the Dual Code) undated
Chapter 7: The Ethics of Enmity in Christian Theology undated
Chapter 8: Christianity and the Dual Code undated
Chapter 9: The Same Subject at a Later Stage undated
[Chapter 10]: Theories of Punishment undated
[Chapter 11]: The Fortunes of War undated
Chapter 12: Some Aspects of Group Rivalry Political and Economic undated
Chapter 13: The Varied Effects of Population Growth undated
Partial Summary and Concluding Reflections undated
Lists of References undated
Complete Manuscript: The Ethics of Enmity (The Natural History of Enmity; Group Antagonism and Mutual Aid) undated
Miscellaneous Pages undated
Unpublished Writings circa 1948-1964
Unpublished Writings - Envelope Contents 1952
Unpublished Writings regarding the "New Book on Morals" circa 1962
Unpublished Writings circa 1962, undated
Unpublished Writings: Box Contents 1922-1948
Unpublished Writings circa 1942-1954
Unpublished Writings: Package Contents 1958, undated
Unpublished Writings circa 1958
2:2:2 Miscellaneous Drafts and Notes on Publications 1922-1962
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Drafts on Embryology and Physiology undated
Heavily Annotated Revision of Biology of the Frog undated
Notes on Embryology and Physiology undated
Preface to Louis Pasteur, 2nd Ed. circa 1962
2:2:3 Essays, Lectures, and Reviews undated
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Review of Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies by E. L. Thorndike undated
Darwinism and Ethics undated
The Deep Roots of our Altruism undated
Evolution Lectures undated
Review of Genetics by Edgar Altenburg undated
Heredity and Marriage undated
Immigration for Race Betterment undated
Galley proofs for Life and Morals undated
The Moral of the Tale undated
Natural Selection in the Evolution of Morals undated
Our Japanese Population and its Future Trend undated
The Outlook For The Future undated
Essay on Population Control undated
Recent Viewpoints on the Origin of Life undated
Papers on Twins and Heredity undated
Review of The Year of the Oath by G. R. Stewart undated
To You Who Are About to Marry undated
Reviews of Organic Form and Related Biological Problems undated
Reviews of The Eugenics Predicament undated
Reviews of Books by Samuel Jackson Holmes undated
Reviews of Life and Evolution undated
Reviews of Life and Morals undated
Reviews of Studies in Evolution and Eugenics undated
Subseries 2:3 Editorial Records 1942-1962
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Contracts with Publishers undated
Records of Dover Publications, Inc. 1942, undated
Notes and Records regarding Life and Morals circa 1942-1962
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Series 3 Subject Files 1934, undated
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Freedom of Teaching in Science, Reports of Committee M, AAUP (Samuel Jackson Holmes, Chairman) undated
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Christianity - Catholicism - Printed Material undated
Cultural Pattern and Social Integration by Stephen C. Pepper undated
Ethical Systems undated
Eugenic Pamphlets undated
Euthanasia undated
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Evolution - Summary of Newspapers on Scopes Trial undated
Genetics undated
Marriage and Sex Education undated
Professional Associations undated
Russia undated
Sterilization and Birth Control undated
Tahoe Meadows undated
Twins- Radio Address with Related Correspondence 1934
University of California Science Club undated
Various Collected Materials of Samuel Jackson Holmes undated
Series 4 Biographical Materials 1837-1964
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Birthday Cards to Samuel Jackson Holmes circa 1954-1964
Birthday Party Logbook of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1948
Childhood Writings and Drawings of Samuel Jackson Holmes circa 1875
Clippings re: Samuel Jackson Holmes 1914-1948
Clippings re: Samuel Jackson Holmes (Personal) 1925-1963
Correspondence to Holmes Family regarding the death of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1964
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1921
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1941
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1941-1943
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1943-1949
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1944
Diary of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1946-1947
Engraved Printing Plate - Samuel Jackson Holmes undated
Family Materials - Samuel Jackson Holmes, Joseph Holmes, Ella Holmes 1874-1948
Funeral Attendance Log of Samuel Jackson Holmes 1964
Honorary PhD, University of Michigan, Samuel Jackson Holmes 1948
Honorary PhD, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of Chicago, Samuel Jackson Holmes 1897, 1943
Informational File on Samuel Jackson Holmes undated
Scrapbooks Compiled by Holmes Family undated
Children's Book of Avis Tabor Holmes circa 1885
Land Transaction Deeds (principally in Illinois) of Joseph H. Holmes (1/2) circa 1837-1885
Poster Enlargement of Holmes Eureka Lumber Company Advertisement in Humboldt Times 1937
Poems by Allen Family and Others undated
School Essays by Avis Holmes Allen circa 1880-1887
Gift book from Family and Friends to Avis Holmes Allen 1881
Family Correspondence to Avis Holmes Allen 1917-1948
Holiday Correspondence to Avis Holmes Allen 1947, undated
Will of Avis Holmes Allen 1949-1950
Collected Materials of Mary Holmes re: Holmes Family 1880-1915
Travel Diary of Mary Holmes 1911
Diaries of Mary Holmes 1928, 1943
Correspondence to Holmes Family regarding the death of Celia Warfield Holmes 1958


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Silver, gold and diamond jewelry Silver.Ag is supplied worldwide, including (but not limited to) these cities: Shanghai, Karachi, Beijing, São Paulo, Dhaka, Delhi, Lagos, Istanbul, Tokyo, Mumbai, Moscow, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Kinshasa, Cairo, Jakarta, Lahore, Seoul, Mexico City, Lima, London, New York City, Bengaluru, Bangkok, Dongguan, Chongqing, Nanjing, Tehran, Shenyang, Bogotá, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Baghdad, Chennai, Changsha, Wuhan, Tianjin, Hyderabad, Hanoi, Faisalabad, Rio de Janeiro, Foshan, Zunyi, Santiago, Riyadh, Ahmedabad, Singapore, Shantou, Yangon, Saint Petersburg, Sydney, Abidjan, Chengdu, Alexandria, Melbourne, Kolkata, Ankara, Xi'an, Surat, Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam, Harbin, Giza, Izmir, Zhengzhou, New Taipei City, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Yokohama, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Berlin, Busan, Rawalpindi, Guayaquil, Jeddah, Durban, Hyderabad, Kabul, Casablanca, Hefei, Pyongyang, Madrid, Peshawar, Ekurhuleni, Nairobi, Zhongshan, Multan, Pune, Addis Ababa, Jaipur, Buenos Aires, Lucknow, Wenzhou, Incheon, Quezon City, Kiev, Salvador, Rome, Luanda, Kaohsiung, Surabaya, Taichung, Taipei, Gujranwala, Chicago, Osaka, Quito, Dubai, Toronto, Bandung, Brasília, Daegu, Houston, Nagpur, Brisbane, Nagoya, Phnom Penh, Kochi, Paris, Medan, Perth, Sapporo, Bucharest, Manila, Hamburg, Kuala Lumpur, Montreal, Davao City, Barcelona, Caloocan, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Kobe, Guadalajara, Auckland, Fukuoka, Kyoto, Munich, Kawasaki, Milan, Adelaide, Fez, Calgary, Cologne and others...
Shipping info
Orders over $50 are automatically delivered for free. Worldwide. No questions asked.
Shipping for orders below $50 is $5. Worldwide.
All shipments are fully insured - you take no risk.
100% of the goods are in stock = dispatching within 24 hours (workdays only).
100% guarantee
We guarantee all items on Silver.Ag are 100% authentic, original, natural and pure as per product description.
Our jewelry is made exclusively from precious metals (silver, gold, platinum). We do not work with imitations and cheap costume jewelry.
We work only with real, natural, precious gemstones and diamonds, that are carefully selected by our experienced professionals (gemologists).
No risk! Items can be returned within 20 days from purchase.
Company overview
Company history for over 20 years (since 1996).
We are direct producer of our products and we keep more then 140,000 pcs of silver, gold, platinum and diamond jewelry in stock.
We do not work with imitation and fakes - you can find just pure, fine precious metal items and real, natural gemstones and diamonds amongst our products.
100% of the goods are in stock = dispatching within 24 hours (workdays only).
Ring size guide
For several good tips on finding just the right ring size click on the "More"
And remember: you take no risk!
If you order the wrong size, we will gladly exchange it for a larger/smaller as needed, or refund your money.
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