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Chasing the KTM from Vancouver BC to Ushuaia and back
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Coco's corner ride
As I was not able to ride for a while, Vasile and Matt went for a ride togeter, which turned out to be a great ride, that's why I think it's worth posting here their ride report edited by Matt.
The little" incident" Cami had on the gravel road changed the*loosely planned adventure we had been planning. There was no thought of where we were going next *or what road to try out, it was all about making sure Cami was ok. She needed time to allow the sore muscles and bumps and bruises to heal. Vasile's focus was on making sure Cami was as comfortable as possible. His next challenge was fixing the bike. I thought I*could*help. I looked up the costs on line for all the broken parts.....$900!! Vasile *said ok, but thought he would just start fixing what he could one part at a time. First the turn indicator light, next the glass for the tach was replaced using a broken piece of the plexi windshield, carefully cut and sanded, crazy glued in place and*siliconed* Next the JB weld epoxy and an artists keen eye had the five broken pieces of the plastic front panel carrier back *into one solid bracket. Piece by piece I watched with amazement as Vasile reconstructed the bike, but I kept saying "you need to order that windshield as soon as possible"...
Two days after Camelia's swan dive onto the gravel she was starting to feel better and said that Vasile and I should go for a day ride together on Saturday. The hotel room at the campground was booked for Saturday night so we would need*to be back by one or two pm to move from the room to a tent site. We wanted to leave San Felipe and ride to Coco's corner then on to Mex hwy 1 and come back down the same gravel road to San Felipe (over 400km and 5 hours of riding ) so we agreed to get up at 5am. I was so excited I barely slept. I woke every hour but missed 5am. It was 5:30 when I got up and squeezed Vasile's toe in the next bed who was up and ready to go in minutes. We pulled out of the*campground*at 6am and headed off to find breakfast in the dark. The local corner store had coffee and a sandwich and we picked up a light snack for the day. We hit the road at 6:45 as the sun was just starting to rise.
I prayed right away for safety and for a great day and that we wouldn't be too crazy. By 6:55 Vasile was stuck up to his*axles*in soft soft sand while playing on the trails beside the road out of town.
I could hear him on the intercom whooping and laughing as he plowed through the sand, then I heard the grunting, panting and groaning as he wrestled the stuck bike back to the road. All he heard was me killing myself laughing at his*misfortune. The sun cast *a fun shadow of us and the bikes on the desert around us as we headed south.
The first part of the ride was on pavement but we were both stoked when we*finally*hit the sand and gravel. The gas station we had planned to get gas from*greeted*us with a sign*saying*they were out of gas! No worries... lets go. We passed a gas station that had been closed when we went passed the last time with Cami. We stopped and checked they would be open on the way back. They would be open till 2pm. Vasile said we would be back by 1. And away we went. Me in the lead and Vasile close behind. We rode fast on the unburdened, light KTM steeds.
Flying over small humps in the road, the*occasional*tank slapping through sandy areas and picking our way though the rocky sections. Off in the distance we saw a*vehicle*leaving a dust cloud behind them. It was the first we had seen since leaving the gas station. As we caught up to them we saw it was an army truck with about 15 gun*toting soldiers standing in the back.
The dust was so thick I could hardly see ahead,but after a few minutes he pulled over a little to the right. Perfect...I hit the gas to pass. Vasile had a better view. Through the dust he saw that there was a right turn coming up. He was surprised and impressed that I was going to*attempt*to pass in the corner. As the truck started into the corner he swerved to the left forcing me off the road into the deep soft sand over a six foot drop off through bushes. Thanks to the newly installed steering stabilizer I opened my eyes and was surprised to see I was still on the bike and upright. I spotted a little goat trail alongside the road and managed to follow it about 200 meters before finding a spot to climb back onto the road ahead of the now*startled*truck driver. Vasile thought I had crashed when I*disappeared*off the side of the road and was as shocked as I was to see me still up and riding, pulling ahead of the truck. I am sure my guardian angle was working feverishly for a few minutes moving rocks, trees and pushing the bike up when it almost went down!!
Somehow we made it to Cocos corner.
Coco*greeted*us and offered us an ice cold drink from his solar powered fridge. Coco lost both his legs at the knee from diabetes and has been greeting travelers and getting them to sign his guest book in the middle of the desert for 22 years.
He entertained us with stories including tales of the Baja 1000 passing by and going through the lake close to MX1.
We told Camilias sad tail and I said that Vasile had single handidly rebuilt the bike except we needed *to order a new windshield. Coco said that a guy had come through a while back and had taken his*windshield*off his big BMW as it was giving too much air turbulence. We could have it if we*wanted*it .....for free!
Coco gave us directions to the lake that was now dried up telling us we have to go there. It was only a mile off the road and well worth the effort. We ripped around the lake bed and had a blast.
Passing through Cocos corner we picked up the windshield.*Vasile*strapped*it *to the bike. When we tried it on the bike when we got back to camp, all it needed was 6 holes drilled and Vasile would be done. I now believe nothing is too far broken that can't be saved by a master creator. About 20 minutes after leaving Cocos Vasile got a flat in his front tire. He had it changed in 30 minutes and we were back to flying down the bumpy, sandy, hilly crazy awesome trail. We*eventually*reached the gas station as the clock struck 1. Vasile figured we didn't need much gas and put in 5 liters. There was only one pump and a truck had pulled up between us and it looked like it would be a while.Vasile is*usually*the one to push gas... but this time *I figured I could make it with the gas I had so we blasted off again. My low fuel light came on 65km earlier than normal due to the fast crazy riding and I figured I was going to run out about 15-20km short of San Felipe.Vasile was looking forward to humiliating me by towing me into town.... but my angel was pushing and my engine quit 100mtrs before the gas station and I managed to coast into the pump. 93km with the low fuel light on and 23.4ltrs to fill up the tank!
Now that was a true ADVENTURE ride. And I got to ride side by side and share an*awesome*experience with a great friend.
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- Lake Pleasant (Mass.)--History
- Mediums--Massachusetts
- Montague (Mass.)--History
- Spiritualism
- Shattuck, Louise F
- Shattuck, Sarah Bickford
Types of material
- Diaries
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Spirit slates
- Spirit writing
Topol, Sidney
Sidney Topol Papers, 1944-1997.
Call no.: MS 374
An innovator and entrepreneur, Sidney Topol was a contributor to several key developments in the telecommunications industries in the latter half of the twentieth century. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts (1947) and an engineer and executive at Raytheon and later Scientific-Atlanta, Topol's expertise in microwave systems led to the development of the first effective portable television relay links, allowing broadcasts from even remote areas, and his foray into satellite technologies in the 1960s provided the foundation for building the emerging cable television industry, permitting the transmission of transoceanic television broadcasts. Since retiring in the early 1990s, Topol has been engaged in philanthropic work, contributing to the educational and cultural life in Boston and Atlanta.
The product of a pioneer in the telecommunications and satellite industries and philanthropist, this collection contains a rich body of correspondence and speeches, engineering notebooks, reports, product brochures, and photographs documenting Sidney Topol's forty year career as an engineer and executive. The collection offers a valuable record of Topol's role in the growth of both corporations, augmented by a suite of materials stemming from Topol's tenure as Chair of the Electronic Industries Association Advanced Television Committee (ATV) in the 1980s and his service as Co-Chair of a major conference on Competitiveness held by the Carter Center in 1988.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century
- Cable television
- Electronic Industries Association
- Raytheon Company
- Scientific-Atlanta
- Topol, Sidney
W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives and the Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst co-sponsor an annual colloquium to commemorate W.E.B. Du Bois. Timed to coincide with the anniversary of his birth (February 23), the departments invite a distinguished Speaker to discuss Dr. Du Bois' life, work, and legacy.
- Performer: Brian Richardson and Pulse Ensemble Theatre
- Title: "A Man for All Times: W.E.B. Du Bois"
This year's Du Bois Birthday Celebration features performances of "A Man for All Times: W.E.B. Du Bois," performed by the Pulse Ensemble Theatre. The one-hour one-man show of the 95-year-long life of W.E.B. Du Bois unfolds in a gripping performance by Brian Richardson, and a moving script by writer/director Alexa Kelly. Learn more about Great Barrington's native son, civil rights leader, and visionary of equality and democracy at this free performance by Pulse Theatre Ensemble.
Additional free performances will be held on Saturday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and on Sunday, February 23, 10:00 a.m., at St. John's Congregational Church, Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Speaker: Arthur McFarlane II
- Title: "The Life of W.E.B. Du Bois and Its Relevance to Today
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Envrionment
McFarlane, the great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois, will discuss the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP, and the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University.
- Speaker: Derrick Alridge
- Title: "Ideas Have Consequences: The Radical Pedagogy of W.E.B. Du Bois"
- Professor in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Derrick Alridge is author of The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History, lead editor of Message in the Music: Hip Hop, History, and Pedagogy, and Distinguished Lecturer for the Association of the Study of African American Life and History. He is currently completing an intellectual history of Hip Hop as a social movement called The Hip Hop Mind: An Intellectual History of the Social Consciousness of a Generation (University of Wisconsin Press) and is conducting research for a book on the role of education in the civil rights movement.
An educational and intellectual historian, Alridge is associate editor of the Journal of African American History and served as Director of the Institute for African American Studies. Alridge's areas of scholarship include the history of African America education, African American intellectual history and the history of ideas, and civil rights studies. His work has been published in the Journal of African American History, the Journal of Negro Education, and teh History of Education Quarterly, among others.
- Speaker: Bettina Aptheker
- Title: "W.E.B. Du Bois: Personal Stories/Political Reflections"
- Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies and History
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bettina Aptheker is Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies and History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she has taught for more than 30 years. Her most recent book is a memoir, Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech and Became a Feminist Rebel (2006). It contains many stories of her early friendship with W.E.B. and Shirley Graham Du Bois. Other major books include, The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis (1976; 2nd edition, 1999); Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History (1982) and Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience (1989). She is the biographer of Shirley Graham Du Bois for Notable American Women, and is currently writing a critical essay on Graham Du Bois' creative career as an opera composer, playwright, biographer, and novelist. She is also at work on a major research project: "Queering the History of the American Left: 1940s-1980s."
- Speaker: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Title: "The Many Lives of W.E.B. Du Bois in the New From Slavery to Freedom"
- Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
Harvard University
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham has been chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard since 2006. She also served as Acting-Director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute in the Spring 2008. A prolific author, she is co-editor with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of the African American National Biography (2008)—a multivolume-reference work that presents African American history through the lives of people, and she and Gates also co-edited African American Lives (2004), which served as the forerunner to the AANB. Professor Higginbotham was the editor-in-chief of The Harvard Guide to African-American History (2001) with general editors Darlene Clark Hine, and Leon Litwack. She also co-edited History and Theory: Feminist Research, Debates and Contestations (1997).
Professor Higginbotham is the author of Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880-1920 (1993), which won numerous book prizes, most notably from the American Historical Association, the American Academy of Religion, the Association of Black Women Historians, and the Association for Research on Non-Profit and Voluntary Organizations. Righteous Discontent was also included among the New York Times Book Review's Notable Books of the Year in 1993 and 1994.
- Speaker: Howard Dodson
- Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York Public Library
A scholar, historian, educator, curator, consultant, and lecturer, Howard Dodson, has committed his professional life to the retrieval, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of the history and culture of African and African American peoples.
Since 1984, Dodson has served as chief of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the world's leading and most prestigious repository for materials and artifacts on black cultural life. Under Dodson's leadership, the Schomburg Center has developed into the world's most comprehensive public research library devoted exclusively to documenting and interpreting African diasporan and African history and culture.
Dodson's books include Becoming American: The African American Journey (Sterling Publishing, Inc., 2009), In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience (National Geographic Press, 2004), Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture (National Geographic Press, 2002), and The Black New Yorkers: Four Hundred Years of African American History (Wiley, 2000).
- Speaker: Arnold Rampersad
- Department of English, Stanford University
A distinguished biographer and literary critic, Arnold Rampersad is the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Stanford University. A scholar of race and American literature and the Harlem Renaissance, Rampersad has written books on W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and most recently, Ralph Ellison. He has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and was a 1991 recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant." He is a recipient of fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Professor Rampersad has recently published Ralph Ellison, a biography of the novelist (1914-1994). His other books include The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois (1976); The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols., 1986, 1988); Days of Grace: A Memoir (1993), co-authored with Arthur Ashe; and Jackie Robinson: A Biography (1997). In addition, he has edited several volumes including Collected Poems of Langston Hughes; the Library of America edition of works by Richard Wright, with revised individual editions of Native Son and Black Boy; and (as co-editor with Deborah McDowell) Slavery and the Literary Imagination. He was also co-editor, with Shelley Fisher Fishkin, of the Race and American Culture book series published by Oxford University Press. His teaching covers such areas as nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature; American autobiography; race and American literature; and African-American literature.
- Speaker:James Turner
- Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University
- Poster (pdf)
- Speaker: Clayborne Carson
- Stanford University, editor, Papers of Martin Luther King
- Press release (pdf)
- Speaker: Robert Hill
- UCLA, editor, Papers of Marcus Garvey
- Press release (Word file)
- Speaker: John H. Bracey
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Panelists:
- Horace Clarence Boyer
- Music, UMass Amherst
- Esther Terry
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Phil Zuckerman, "Du Bois, Religion, and The Souls of Black Folk"
- Sociology, Pitzer College
- David Blight, "A Poet's Sense of the Past: The Souls of Black Folk as History"
- History, Yale University
- Ernest Allen, "The Education of Black Folk: The Educational Philosophies of W.E.B. Du Bois"
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Gerald Friedman, "Reconstructing the Color Line: The New Economics of Race in the Post-bellum South"
- Economics, UMass Amherst
- Panelists:
- Esther Cooper Jackson
- Co-founder, Freedomways
- James Jackson
- Editor, Daily Worker
- Abbott Simon
- Executive director, Peace Information Center and co-defendant with Dr. Du Bois
- Speaker: David Levering Lewis
- History, Rutgers University
- Speaker: Ruth Simmons
- President, Smith College
- Speaker: Ernest Allen
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Speaker: Randolph W. Bromery
- President, Springfield College and former Chancellor, UMass Amherst
- Speaker: David Levering Lewis
- History, Rutgers University
- Panelists:
- David Du Bois
- William Strickland
- Michael Thelwell
- Speaker: Herbert Aptheker
- Editor, Complete Published Works of W.E.B. Du Bois
- Listen to a recording of Aptheker's lecture.
Wheeler, William
William Wheeler Papers, 1876-1930.
Call no.: RG 002/3 W54
The civil engineer William Wheeler was a member of the first graduating class of Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1871, and was one of its most prominent alumni of the nineteenth century. In 1876, Wheeler joined MAC President William Smith Clark and two other alumni of the college in helping to found the Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan (now Hokkaido University), succeeding Clark as president of SAP from 1877 to 1879. In later life, he was a successful hydraulic engineer and long-time trustee of MAC (1887-1929).
A small, tightly focused collection, the Wheeler Papers consist largely of letters written home by Wheeler while working at the Sapporo Agricultural College, 1876-1880. Typically long and descriptive, the letters include excellent accounts of travel in Japan and Wheeler's impressions of Japanese culture, but they provide detailed insight as well into the work involved in establishing Sapporo Agricultural College.
- Agriculture--Japan
- Clark, William Smith, 1826-1886
- Hokkaido (Japan)--Description and travel--19th century
- Hokkaido Daigaku
- Japan--Description and travel--19th century
- Massachusetts Agricultural College
- Penhallow, D. P. (David Pearce), 1854-1910
- Sapporo (Japan)--Description and travel--19th century
- Hudson, Woodward
- Wheeler, William, 1851-1932
Types of material
- Letters (Correspondence)
American Federation of Teachers. Local 1359 (Amherst, Mass.)
AFT University of Massachusetts Faculty Records, 1963-1964.
Call no.: MS 152 bd
The first faculty union at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) AFL-CIO, was established largely in response to the administration's reluctance to recommend raises in faculty salaries (1958-1964) and due to the faculty's desire for self-governance. The union was short-lived on the campus, but served to raise the consciousness of faculty to issues of faculty autonomy.
The collection includes historical sketches, memoranda, correspondence, resolutions, and treasurer's reports.
- Collective bargaining--College teachers--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Collective labor agreements--Education, Higher--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Labor unions--Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- American Federation of Teachers. Local 1359 (Amherst, Mass.)
Amherst (Mass.)
Amherst Town Records, ca.1750-1860.
Call no.: MS 338 mf
Incorporated in 1775, Amherst was settled by Massachusetts Bay colonists who moved west, first to the Springfield area, then to Amherst. The microfilm records of the town consist of tax and valuation lists.
- Amherst (Mass.)--History
Types of material
- Microfilm
Amherst (Mass.)?
Grocer's Daybook, 1888-1890.
Call no.: MS 137 bd
Unnamed grocer who was possibly from the town of Amherst in either Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Daybook includes customers' names, their account numbers, and the items that they purchased whether food or supplies.
- Amherst (Mass.)--History
- Consumers--New England--History--19th century
- Groceries--New England--History--19th century
- Grocers--New England--History--19th century
- Grocery trade--New England--History--19th century
Types of material
- Daybooks


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Dixon, Illinois
The Dixon Memorial Arch.
|Nickname: Petunia City
|United States
|712 ft (217 m)
|41°50′46″N 89°29′6″W / 41.84611°N 89.48500°WCoordinates: 41°50′46″N 89°29′6″W / 41.84611°N 89.48500°W
|7.86 sq mi (20 km2)
|- land
|7.43 sq mi (19 km2)
|- water
|0.43 sq mi (1 km2)
|15,733 (2010)
|2,519.8 / sq mi (973 / km2)
|- summer (DST)
|Postal code
|Area code
|FIPS code
|Wikimedia Commons: Dixon, Illinois
|Website: www
Dixon is a city and county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States.[1] The population was 15,733 as of the 2010 census, down from 15,941 at the 2000 census. The city is named after its founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across Rock River, which runs through the city.[2] The Illinois General Assembly designated Dixon as "Petunia Capital of Illinois" in 1999 and "The Catfish Capital of Illinois" in 2009.
Dixon is a regional employment hub. Dixon is part of two fast growing distribution and warehousing and food processing districts. One is I-88 WEST and the other is the I-39 Logistics Corridor. The biggest industries are healthcare and government. Healthcare employs over 1,700, while government jobs approach 1,500. Dixon has many industries employing thousands of the region's residents. The largest are Raynor Garage Doors, Donaldson Inc., Borg Warner, and Spectrum Brands.
Dixon is the boyhood home of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The city is also the site of the Lincoln Monument State Memorial, marking the spot where Abraham Lincoln joined the Illinois militia at Fort Dixon in 1832 during the Black Hawk War. The memorial is located on the west side of Dixon's main north-south street, Galena Avenue, (U.S. Highway 52, also Illinois Route 26), north of the Rock River.[3]
Around 1828, Joseph Ogee, a man of mixed French and Native American descent, established a ferry and a cabin along the banks of the Rock River. In 1829, an employee of Ogee was named postmaster at the newly constructed post office. John Dixon, the eponymous founder, bought Ogee's Ferry in the spring of 1830. Dixon brought his family to his new establishment on April 11 of the same year. Shortly after, the name of the post office was changed to Dixon's Ferry.[2]
Ronald Reagan[edit]
Dixon is the boyhood home of the 40th president of the USA, Ronald Reagan. Reagan was born in nearby Tampico, Illinois and moved to Dixon when he was 9 years old. In his teen years, he lifeguarded along the banks of the Rock River. His family house is preserved at 816 South Hennepin Avenue, and authorized by Congress to become the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site.[4] In 1984, during his first term as president, Reagan returned to Dixon to celebrate his 73rd birthday. He toured his boyhood residence and the city held a parade in his honor.[5]
Other notable historical events[edit]
On May 4, 1873, the Truesdell Bridge collapsed resulting in the deaths of 45 people. A large number of people were on the bridge in order to watch a baptism ceremony in the river below.[6]
Running by Interstate 88 is a road named Bloody Gulch Road.[7] The road is named after a murder and body disposal. In the 1800s two men were playing in a pick-up game of baseball, one a farm hand and the other a traveling salesman. After the game the farm hand told the salesman of a place he could see his Bibles and proceeded to take him to the farm where he worked. As the two men passed a gulch the farmhand struck and killed the salesman with a bat used at the game. He then buried the body by an underpass. The body was later discovered when cattle refused to use the underpass en route to a milking barn. An overnight rain had washed away some of the dirt exposing a limb. When the sheriff arrived to question the farm hand, since he was seen leaving the game with the deceased, he pretended to get a drink while throwing a ring taken from the salesman in the bushes. The evidence was found and the farm hand was eventually put in jail for life, while the road over the underpass began to be called Bloody Gulch Road.[8]
In April 2012, Dixon Municipal Comptroller Rita Crundwell was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for embezzlement. She used the embezzled funds to pay for her lavish lifestyle and what became one of the nation's most well-known quarter horse-breeding programs, among other things. Crundwell's crime, thought to be the most substantial municipal theft in U.S. history,[9][10] impacted Dixon's finances severely. Federal prosecutors placed the estimate of the embezzlement at $53 million since 1990.[11] In February 2013, Crundwell was sentenced to 235 months (somewhat more than 19 1/2 years) in prison.[12]
In the summer of 2012, the band known as Mumford and Sons had a weekend long festival in the middle of town. The total amount of guests outnumbered the population of citizens in the town of Dixon.
Dixon is located at 41°50′46″N 89°29′6″W / 41.84611°N 89.48500°W (41.846130, -89.485115).[13] According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 7.86 square miles (20.4 km2), of which 7.43 square miles (19.2 km2) (or 94.53%) is land and 0.43 square miles (1.1 km2) (or 5.47%) is water.[14]
As of the census[15] of 2000, there were 15,941 people, 5,681 households, and 3,488 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,519.8 people per square mile (972.3/km²). There were 6,138 housing units at an average density of 970.3 per square mile (374.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.33% White, 10.48% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.10% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.30% of the population.
There were 5,681 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the city, the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 110.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,720, and the median income for a family was $45,088. Males had a median income of $32,511 versus $21,777 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,630. About 5.7% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture[edit]
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The city of Dixon has numerous art venue's including: a downtown art gallery, 2 galleries held in museums, and several private business galleries. Also, a performing arts theatre called "Dixon Stage Left", and a musician and visual arts co-op called "Rosbrook Studio."The city has numerous festival's throughout the year including: Gardenstock Arts & Music Fest, Venitian Night on the Riverfront, a downtown wine festival , Blues-Brews-and BBQ, Reagan Trail Days, and the fall Scarecrow Festival
Every summer Dixon holds the annual Petunia Festival, featuring a parade, carnival (Farrow shows), country concert, fireworks show, and a 5k (approximately 3.1 miles) race—the Reagan Run.[16] The parade features a multitude of floats from surrounding businesses, politicians, and other area groups. A carnival is also held in Dixon during this time, and the festival ends with the Fourth of July fireworks. The Downtown district has become a National Historic District. The Rock River which runs through the center of Dixon has been designated a National Waterway by the Federal Government.
The Petunia Festival was conceived after Dutch Elm Disease and highway expansion wiped out the trees along the major roads in the late 1950s. In response to the dramatic change the streetscape underwent, the Dixon Mens Garden Club first planting petunias along Galena Avenue to regain some sort of streetscape identity once again in the early 1960s. Before the festival, volunteers plant thousands of pink petunias all along the main streets. The flowers are watered and maintained by the combined efforts of city workers and volunteers.[17]
The city has an arch along Galena Ave., just south of the Rock River, that has the word "Dixon" in neon glasswork. Though commonly referred to as the Dixon Arch, the proper name for the structure is the War Memorial Arch.[19][20] The Northwest Territory Historic Center is a History Research and Learning Center housed in President Ronald Reagan's boyhood South Central School. Restored with the dedicated support of the townspeople and Reagan colleagues, the Center is proudly affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.
The Center houses the Veterans History Project Regional Center, auditorium, research library, historical exhibits, art gallery, surround-sound theater and museum store.
Parks and recreation[edit]
The Park District owns more than 1,100 acres (450 ha) of land including two historic parks that were platted in 1842. The parks range from Lowell Park's 200 acres (81 ha) which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, to rural Meadows Park which encompasses 567 acres (229 ha) of recreational opportunities with natural areas and farm land, to the neighborhood parks located throughout the city.[21]Lee County , which Dixon is the County Seat, is full of recreational areas and campgrounds. Within 17 miles of the city there are over 7,000 campsites. Chicagoland residents come in droves in summer weekends adding 20,000 people to the population.
Notable people[edit]
- Rita Crundwell: breeder of quarterhorses, embezzled $53 million while Dixon comptroller.
- John Bryant: Actor and first Marlboro Man on TV commercials in 1950's & 60's.
- Lawrence Bull Jr. Actor "The proposition.
- John Dement: 19th century politician and military commander.
- John Deere: invented the first commercially successful steel plow.
- John Devine (cyclist): professional bicycle racer.
- John P. Devine: Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
- Sherwood Dixon: politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.
- Samuel Cook Edsall: Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota.
- Daniel G. Garnsey: United States Congressman.
- Jerry Hey: five-time Grammy winner.
- Stan Hack: "Smiling Stan," third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
- Joel Drake Johnson: award-winning playwright.
- David Klaman: artist whose work is on display in major art museums in the United States and Europe.
- Jeanie Linders: writer and producer of Menopause: The Musical.
- William H. McMaster: South Dakota state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, US senator, later banker in Dixon.
- Ward T. Miller: professional baseball player in early 1900s for Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Terriers (FL) and the St. Louis Browns.
- Ronald Reagan (boyhood home): 40th President of the United States, 33rd Governor of California, noted actor.
- Rondi Reed: Tony Award-winning actress and singer.
- Fred E. Sterling: politician
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen: founder of drugstore chain; he grew up in Dixon and began his career here as a pharmacist.
- Larry Young: MLB umpire
- Vesta Stoudt Dixon Ordnance plant worker during World War II; came up with the idea that led to the birth of duct tape. (Story in Chicago Sunday Tribune newspaper Oct. 24, 1943.)
See also[edit]
- Dixon High School
- Sauk Valley Community College.
- Telegraph Newspaper & Printing Museum.
- Rosbrook Music Studio; Musician & visual artist co-op
- Dixon Stage Left Performing Arts Lounge
- Illinois Central Stone Arch Railroad Bridges
- Dixon Dam & Romanesque Hydro Plant.
- Rock River Trail & Canoeing
- Heritage Crossing Riverfront Plaza and outdoor theater
- Nachusa House
- Ronald Reagan Trail
- William H. Van Epps House
- Reagan Peace Park
- Historic Dixon Theatre For The Performing Arts
- Veterans Memorial Pool (one of 7 Bintz Pools Left)
- Dixon Botanical Gardens
- Downtown Dixon National Historic District
- Lincoln Highway
- Ronald Reagan Trail
- Blackhawk Trail
- Venterans Park
- Rock River National Waterway
- Nachusa Grasslands
- The museum and art at the Loveland Center.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ a b History of Dixon
- ^ [Map https://maps.google.com/maps?q=dixon+il&ll=41.846245,-89.484769&spn=0.001507,0.002162&hnear=Dixon,+Lee,+Illinois&gl=us&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.846435,-89.485353&panoid=ULJaGkZ_HA_b5zo4UXCnkQ&cbp=12,53.28,,0,-5.7]
- ^ The Ronald Reagan Trail - Dixon
- ^ "Reagan celebrating 73rd year with visit to his boyhood home". Spokane Chronicle. 6 February 1984. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ [1] Dixon's Darkest Day by Patrick Gorman, Rockford Register Star, August 24, 2011
- ^ "Bloody Gulch Rd, Dixon, IL 61021". Google Maps. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ "Bloody Gulch Road and Early Justice". Lee County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ McDermott, Kevin (November 2012). "Big theft, little city: Dixon's former comptroller is accused of stealing $53 million from Ronald Reagan's hometown". University of Illinois Springfield. Illinois Issues. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Jenco, Melissa (15 February 2013). "Ex-Dixon comptroller gets nearly 20 years for theft". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ CBS News, May 2, 2012, posted 8:30 am. Retrieved May 2, 2012
- ^ http://www.pjstar.com/free/x1037510749/Former-Dixon-bookkeeper-arrives-for-sentencing
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Places: Illinois". 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Petunia Festival
- ^ History of the Petunias
- ^ "Lincoln Monument". Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ Things to see in Dixon
- ^ http://www.discoverdixon.org/history-heritage/61-john-deere-historic-site/view-details.html
- ^ http://www.discoverdixon.org/general/our-history.html
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Dixon Public School District 170
- Lee County Genealogical Society
- Welcome to Dixon, Illinois
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
- Galena Trail and Coach Road
- Dixon Chamber of Commerce
- Ronald Reagan Trail
- Rock River Trail One of only fourteen National Water Trail Systems in the United States


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Several Linux distros address the needs of the information security professional. If you've had any exposure to the tools of the trade, you've probably heard of distributions such as BackTrack, Helix, KcPentrix, or Knoppix-STD. An Ubuntu-based security distro is also available. nUbuntu (network Ubuntu) is best described as Ubuntu for the security aware. According to the nUbuntu website, the goal of the nUbuntu project is "… to create a distribution that is derived from the Ubuntu distribution, add packages related to security testing, and remove unneeded packages, such as Gnome, Openoffice.org, and Evolution." In other words, nUbuntu goes light on the GUI desktop but comes with a long list of security tools for scanning, enumeration, fuzzing, attacking passwords, sniffing, and spoofing.
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Rebuilding MSCS cluster node
I found a KB document detailing the steps needed to rebuild a cluster node when using SFW HA for Windows, but I need to rebuild a Win2003 cluster node that is running SFW 5.0 with MSCS. If it was a cluster that wasn't using SFW, I would just evict the node from the cluster, rebuild the OS on it, and add it back to the cluster. What is the correct procedure for SFW with MSCS? The cluster quorum is a volume manager disk resource, so I can't add the node back to the cluster before installing SFW with the MSCS option, which is the usual installation order when creating a new cluster from scratch. Is the rebuild procedure:
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Hi Nick,
The MSCS option will not install until the node is part of a MCSC cluster. Once you evict the node you need to follow the same steps that do when adding a node to the cluster.
You can add the node into the cluster even with the quorum being dynamic. The quorum will be running on a node that is still in the cluster with SFW on it.
Here are the basic steps that you need to do
1. Evict the node
2. Install Win2003 on node
3. Add node to cluster
4. Install SFW with MSCS option
5. Reinstall any clustered applications as needed.
I followed your precedure above (no problems encountered during the rebuild procedure), but after step 4 and a reboot, when I start VEA, although all the SAN disks are visible in VEA on the rebuilt node, none of the disk groups that exist in VEA on the node that remained in the cluster are visible on the rebuilt node, and trying to fail the cluster over to the rebuilt node just results in the cluster going offline and then coming back online on the same node. If I move the Quorum back to a basic disk, then I can move the cluster group to the rebuilt node, but none of the dynamic disk groups will import on the rebuilt node.
So it looks as though there are more configuration steps needed when recovering a node on a Windows cluster that is using SFW.
Hi Nick,
The newly rebuilt node does not know anything about the disks groups in its isis database. This is because scsi reservations are preventing the rebuilt node from reading the disks during boot time.
To resolve this you will need to offline the service group on the active node then perform a rescan on the rebuilt node. Now you should be able to see the disk groups and online the service groups on the rebuilt node.
Once this is done the first time you won't have any more problems.
The only other issue that you might have is that the drive letters do not get assigned correctly during the first import of the disk groups. You may need to import the disk groups and then manually assign the drive lettters to the volumes. Again this is a one time deal to properly setup the mount manager information correctly.
Actually, I found that the problem is that when the newly built node without SFW installed is added to the cluster, MSCS doesn't add the node as a possible owner of any of the Volume Manager Disk Group resources. It does add it as an owner of all the other resources.
After installing SFW and rebooting the node, you have to use Cluster Administrator to add the node as a owner of each Volume Manager Disk Group. After this failover to the newly built node works correctly.
There really needs to be a KB article on this.
ps. This was with SFW 5.1 SP1.


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Volunteer tutors spend about 1.5 hours per week working with their student. They always meet in a public location; usually a church or library. Tutors can select if they want to work with a native born, English speaking student or an English as a Second Language Student. Tutors also have input on what level student they want to work with. Many of our students have goals such as: obtaining a driver's license, improving employment opportunities or reading to their children. YCLC is an affiliate of York County Library Systems and we have a small resource library on site. Tutors receive guidance and support from our program coordinators throughout the time they are tutoring. We ask tutors to commit to one year of volunteering to provide some consistency for our students.
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If you can spare two to three hours a week and want the satisfaction of helping someone achieve a better life, then becoming a tutor for the York County Literacy Council might be for you. You don't need any prior experience because training and teaching materials are provided for you, and there is always someone available to answer questions you may have. Meeting with your student once a week is a good experience because typically students are motivated to learn, and it is extremely rewarding seeing your student learn how to read better as time goes by. It is exciting seeing someone understand something for the first time because he/she can read better, and you begin to see hope in their eyes for a better job and future one day. You also get to meet some really great people and learn about other cultures because your student might originally be from another country or have a different heritage than your own. Some students who are trying to prepare for GED testing may need not only tutoring in reading and writing, but also tutoring in math, social studies, and science which can make the tutoring sessions varied and interesting should you desire to branch out in this way. I highly recommend becoming a tutor for the York County Literacy Council because you will receive far more than you give out, and you will make a difference in your community one person at a time. Rosemary
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text: Media Vimeo launches improved iOS app with full-screen iPad playback February 27, 2012 1:30 AM Sean Ludwig 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. When streaming video service Vimeo launched brand-new Android and Windows Phone applications in early January, the company teased that it was also working on a major update for iOS so it could support the iPad. Now that wait is finally up, with Vimeo launching its much improved iOS app today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Vimeo told me back in January that total traffic coming from mobile was at 7 percent in Jan. 2010 and that now sits at 15 percent. So clearly the company has realized how important it is to cater its service to the throngs of mobile users trotting iPhones, iPads, Android phones, and Windows Phones. "We've seen mobile traffic triple since we launched our original iPhone app in early 2011," said Joseph Schmitt, lead mobile developer at Vimeo, in a statement. "Now, we've taken what we learned while creating our previous apps and applied it to the updated iOS to improve overall design and usability. We're especially pleased with the awesome iPad user interface, which the Vimeo community has eagerly awaited." Before this update, the company only offered an iOS app to support the iPhone and iPod touch. But now it will work with the iPad, which is especially important because that device is tailor-made for media consumption. Besides iPad support, the iOS app adds the ability to browse videos while you watch one, making the discovery process better. There's also a video editor, which is a nice touch especially since the app is free. Additionally, when you edit videos, you can buy and incorporate licensed music from the Vimeo Music Store. Vimeo has been owned by IAC, which also owns OKCupid, Match.com, Urbanspoon, and The Daily Beast, since August 2006. Vimeo doesn't reveal paid subscriber numbers, but it does have more than 8 million registered users at present. The iOS app is free can be downloaded from the Apple App Store. The app is compatible with iOS devices running iOS 4.3 and above. You can see a few more screenshots of the new Vimeo iPad app below: Gallery: Gallery VB's research team is studying mobile user acquisition... Chime in here, and we'll share the results.


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Last week the Tigers set their 40-man rosters in order to protect players from the Rule 5 draft. In addition to the big league club and high-level minor leaguers, the roster includes 5 prospects whose names I mentioned many times throughout last season: Casey Crosby, Matt Hoffman, Tyler Stohr, Avisail Garcia, and Hernan Perez. In this fist-part post, I'll examine the potential of two of the five.
Casey Crosby (LHP)
In 25 starts at Erie, Crosby went 9-7 with a 4.10 ERA. He tossed 131.2 innings while striking out 121, walking 77, and allowing a .253 average against. Crosby's numbers seem relatively pedestrian. The most significant aspect of his stat line is that he was able to throw all year without being shut down due to injury. Crosby underwent Tommy John surgery in 2008 and missed most of 2010 with persistent elbow pain. Crosby has a live arm with a mid 90's fastball from the left side. He has the stuff to be a top ½ of the rotation pitcher but needs to master his control issues. If his arm holds up through 2012, Crosby will be competing for a starting spot in 2013.
Matt Hoffman (LHP)
The 23-year-old lefty appeared in 49 games for Toledo as a middle-reliever. Over 62.1 IP, Hoffman K'ed 46, walked 23, and was hit at a .253 clip. His ERA at AAA was a respectable 3.18. Hoffman is an intriguing prospect because he has shown steady improvement each year and hasn't hit his ceiling yet. The best way to statistically evaluate this improvement is to look at his tremendous year-to-year improvement in ERA at the same levels: in 2008 he finished the year at West Michigan with a 4.60 ERA. He started 2009 there and posted a 1.12 ERA before being promoted to Lakeland. He finished the year at Lakeland with a 6.79 ERA. The next year, 2010, he produced an impressive 1.59 ERA before being promoted to Erie and then Toledo. Hoffman produced solid numbers in the AFL: 3 1/3 innings giving up just one hit and no runs or walks. Hoffman should blossom into a quality middle-reliever (think Bobby Seay, but good at baseball) sometime in 2013.
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REMEMBER the good old joystick? From touchscreens to the Kinect, how we play video games has changed dramatically in recent years. Now there is an even more exotic way of controlling games - a bowl of water.
Developed by Luc Geurts and Vero Vanden Abeele of the Leuven Engineering College, Belgium, the Splash Controller is a wooden bowl with electrodes covering its inner surface. Filling the bowl with water completes the circuit and activates the electrodes, allowing a computer to detect the presence of liquid and interpret a variety of gestures including swirling the bowl or splashing water into the air. With just 5 volts driving current through the water there is no chance of electrocution.
So far Geurts has only created a simple pattern-recognition game for use with the controller, but he says it should soon be possible to control an on-screen character by sloshing water back and forth. Future possibilities include smart water-based toys for children or games designed to help people with motor disabilities by teaching them to manipulate the controller.
Geurts presented the controller at the Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction conference in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, last month.
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Guest column: PTSD: What is it and what can be done?
By Petra M. Jones
Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Southwest FloridaJune is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month.
What is PTSD and who suffers from it? PTSD is an anxiety disorder that follows the experience or witnessing of a traumatic event. A traumatic event is a life-threatening event such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents or physical or sexual assault in childhood or as an adult.
Some of the symptoms may include the following:
Repeatedly thinking about the trauma;
Being constantly alert or on guard;
Panic attacks;
Physical symptoms such as chronic pain, headaches, stomach pain, diarrhea, tightness or burning in the chest, muscle cramps or low back pain;
Feelings of mistrust;
Substance abuse;
Relationship problems;
Suicidal thoughts;
Avoiding reminders of the trauma.
PTSD can be treated. Treatment and support are important to the recovery process. Although memories won't go away, individuals can learn how to manage their response to these memories and the feelings they bring up and reduce the frequency and intensity of their reactions. Some of the help that is available in the treatment of PTSD includes psychotherapy. Although it may be painful to face the trauma an individual went through, doing so with the help of a mental health professional can help him or her get better.
Different types of therapy are available. Furthermore, medication is available to treat some of the symptoms such as anxiety and depression. Support groups are another important part in the healing process. This form of therapy, led by a mental health professional, involves groups of people with similar issues to talk about. Talking to other survivors of trauma can be a helpful step in recovery. People can share their thoughts to help resolve their feelings, gain confidence in coping with the memories and symptoms and find comfort in knowing they are not alone.
One group where PTSD is especially prevalent is soldiers returning from combat missions. In addition, they are the least likely to ask for help.
One in five troops returning home experience PTSD. As many as thirty percent of soldiers who have seen three or four combat deployments have PTSD. Difficulties reported by National Guard troops and reservists are even higher.
Often, these problems don't surface until months after troops return home. Nearly half of those suffering from PTSD do not seek treatment, and of those soldiers who do start treatment between 20 and 50 percent do not complete it.
These conditions have a major impact on families. Many veterans cite "connecting emotionally with family" as a major concern. The percentage of soldiers who have conflicts with family and others quadrupled after returning from combat. Living and caring for veterans with mental health concerns is also stressful and can change the way families relate to each other. This is particularly important because families play a central role in supporting people with PTSD.
If you know someone who is suffering from PTSD, please encourage him or her to get help.
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