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World of Warcraft
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World of Warcraft (WoW) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment taking place in the fictional world of Azeroth, the world that previous Blizzard titles in the Realtime Stategy (RTS) Warcraft series. For more information about the game itself, visit the Official World of Warcraft website.
This article will describe how install and run in on Arch Linux using Wine.
Some of this information was provided by http://www.wowwiki.com/Linux/Wine which is the best general source of information on WoW on Wine.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing Wine
- 3 Installing the Game
- 4 Installing Patches
- 5 Configuration
- 6 A customised version of Wine
- 7 Performance Tweaks
- 8 Links
As Blizzard so kindly created World of Warcraft with OpenGL support, we don't need Transgaming's Cedega, which is a non-free version of Wine with better DirectX support. Wine has as good, or better, OpenGL support than Cedega, and doesn't cost you a penny.
Running WoW is slightly more difficult than some other games with Wine, but still relatively easy. It's quite possible that you will need to patch Wine to work with WoW, however, even this process is rather simple with Arch. The following guide will explain it all, step by step.
Installing Wine
Wine now no longer requires it's own special "World of Warcraft" version. The one in the repositories works fine (currently 0.9.38.1). Install both wine and unzip, which you will need later.
pacman -S unzip wine
Installing the Game
There are three options for installing World of Warcraft.
Copying the CDs to a folder
My preferred method is to copy the 5 install CDs to a folder. This seems to solve problems with deciding whether a CD is mounted and needs changing or not ; I think this is a fundamental problem because Windows doesn't have the basic concept of mounting and unmounting drives.
mkdir /mnt/temp cd /mnt/temp
mount /mnt/cdrom cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /mnt/temp umount /mnt/cdrom (repeat above for each of the 5 CDs)
Then run the World of Warcraft Installer with :
wine Installer.exe
Copying an Existing Installation
The second is to simply copy an exisiting WoW installation from a Windows drive to Linux.
NOTE: If you do not alreay have Wine installed, or have not run World of Warcraft with Wine before, you should skip down to #Installing Wine, then come back to this section. Please DO NOT SKIP this section unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are doing.
Copy the C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft directory from Windows to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft.
Example (assuming your windows partition is mounted at /mnt/windows and you are in your home directory) (Quotes are needed because of the spaces in the file names):
cp -R "/mnt/windows/Program Files/World of Warcraft" ".wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft"
This will ensure that Wine knows about your WoW and will be able to configure it properly, and also ensures that WoW won't notice it has even been moved at all.
Now that you have WoW installed, skip down to #Post-Installation.
New Installation from CD
NOTE: We will assume that your Wine CD-ROM drive is "D:\" for this guide. Please use the correct letter as set up in the #Installing Wine section.
Insert the first CD, mount it, and start the installation with:
wine "D:\Installer.exe"
When it asks for the next cd, simply unmount your CD drive and mount the next CD. Make absolutely sure that you mount the CD before telling the installer to load the CD, or it may make the installation fail. If you have any issues installing using the CDs, please read the next section.
The WoW installation uses all 5 CDs, so it will take a while. Go outside and get some fresh air while the CD loads, because soon you won't have any "free time". :P
Installing Patches
Now we will need to update WoW. As of today (8th June 2007), the latest version of WoW is 22.214.171.12439 . This will change over time, of course. The best place I have found to access the latest patches is http://www.wowwiki.com/Patch_mirrors
I think the simplest way of updating World of Warcraft is to download the patches (links are at the Patch Wiki) and copy them into the working directory for World of Warcraft. I have had problems with the Blizzard Downloaders either not working at all, or working very slowly. If you download them, you can reuse them if you reinstall or have an accident.
The current patches which are needed for 184.108.40.20639 are listed below
WoW-1.12.0-enGB-patch.exe wow-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-engb-patch-3.zip WoW-2.1.0-enGB-patch.exe WoW-22.214.171.12492-to-22.214.171.12429-enGB-patch.exe WoW-220.127.116.1129-to-18.104.22.16839-enGB-patch.exe
I am British (pauses to sing "God Save the Queen"), so I use the enGB patches. There exist other patches for other versions of the game in the USA, France, Germany and Spain.
When you have downloaded the files into their own folder for neatness, copy these patches into the World of Warcraft working directory (paulr is my user name, you will need to use yours)
cp * /home/paulr/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/
The 1.12.x patch needs to be unzipped into the working directory
cd /home/paulr/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/ unzip wow-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-engb-patch-3.zip
The simplest way to install the patches seems to be to run World of Warcraft. It detects that you have downloaded the patches and doesn't do it again.
cd /home/paulr/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/ wine WoW.exe
You have to keep going round 5 times, it does get a bit dull, but it's fairly reliable. Accept the offer to Install the Gecko renderer when it comes up on your first patch install.
The original Wiki says you can install patches with Wine as follows:
wine wow-VERSION-LANG-patch.exe
I haven't tried this, so I can't say if this works, and I don't know how to install the zip file this way :)
If the Launcher (it displays a little box with News and Play) seems to stop when downloading, close its window and re-run WoW.exe
The World of Warcraft configuration file is kept in the WTF directory (do Blizzard have a sense of humour ?)
Edit it with
gedit WTF/Config.wtf
Using OpenGL
Add the following line which makes WoW run in OpenGL (hurrah !) instead of grotty old DirectX Mode (boo).
SET gxApi "opengl"
This is a REQUIREMENT.
Resolution and Colour depth
You can change the following two lines to set the default WoW resolution. I have a 19" Monitor so I can use the following
SET gxColorBits "24" SET gxResolution "1440x900"
You can run in a Window by setting this, but I haven't tried it.
SET gxWindow "1"
Sound Issues
Configuring the Buffer
If the sound makes a horrendous racket with squeaks and white noise try :
SET SoundOutputSystem "1" SET SoundBufferSize "100"
Stuttering or Static Sound
Run winecfg, and in the "Audio" tab, selected "OSS" as the sound driver, using "Standard" hardware acceleration and driver emulation enabled.
You can also set WoW to run at a higher "nice level", which will usually improve sound performance (renice must be run as root):
sudo renice -15 `pidof WoW.exe`
A customised version of Wine
If you wish to compile wine from source yourself, you will need to edit the Wine PKGBUILD.
First, update your ABS with this command:
pacman -S cvsup abs
Next, copy the Wine PKGBUILD to /var/abs/local/wine:
cp -R /var/abs/extra/x11/wine /var/abs/local
and edit the PKGBUILD so that it looks something like this:
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.12 2006/04/04 17:10:07 tpowa Exp $ # Maintainer: Dale Blount <firstname.lastname@example.com> # Contributor: Matt Smith (Majik) <email@example.com> pkgname=wine pkgver=0.9.12 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs" url="http://www.winehq.com" # don't add arts, it's only a dep if configured depends=('x-server' 'libjpeg' 'libungif' 'alsa-lib' 'glut' 'openldap' 'libxslt' 'lcms' 'libxxf86dga' 'freeglut') makedepends=('alsa-lib' 'arts' 'sane') install= source=(http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-$pkgver.tar.bz2 \ wine-$pkgver-wow_fixes.patch) build() { cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver msg "Patching Wine..." patch -Np0 ../$pkgname-0.9.11-wow-fixes.patch msg "Done patching, starting build..." ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-opengl --with-x make depend || return 1 make || return 1 make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install || return 1 # expand conflicts with textutils ( doesn't exist anymore ? ) # mv $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/expand $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/wine-expand || return 1 mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc/wine # mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d # cp -r $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/documentation/samples $startdir/pkg/etc/wine } #md5sums=('b21d359b75f07255bb5cd34384bdc3cf' 'a65f6f2d422e5ee50af8492ebd38470f')
NOTE: You can get the wine-$pkgver-wow_fixes.patch from here: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=4031
Now execute the following commands to build and install your custom wine:
cd /var/abs/local/wine makepkg -w `pwd` pacman -U wine-*.pkg.tar.gz
You now have a working version of Wine!
Performance Tweaks
1. Here is a performance tweak that can boost your FPS significantly (everything without quotes):
- Open wine's version of the registry editor by running "regedit" - Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\ - Select the "Wine" folder, right-click onto the folder symbol and select New-> Key and rename it to "OpenGL" - Select the OpenGL-Key, then right-click into the right-hand pane, chose New-> String Value and hit enter - Rename "New Value #1" to "DisabledExtensions" - Double-Click on the renamed Key and enter "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" into the "value" field
That was it, close the registry editor again, your changes will be saved automatically.
2. If you are finding it annoying that turning your character by let's say 90 degree takes n seconds normally, but n+m seconds in pupolated areas (in other words: that the polygon count of your surroundings affects the camera turning speed), apply something to "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object", like let's say a "2", so it looks like this: "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object2". You will still have the performance boost of the above tweak, but with a smoother feeling.
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) The Washington Redskins have no single answer to why they're last in the league when it comes to converting on third down.
Teams with poor third-down conversion percentages often explain the problem comes from not gaining enough yards on first and second down to set up short third-down tries.
But it's not so simple for the Redskins. They rank last in the NFL, converting just 23.3 percent of their third downs (14 of 60).
``I don't think it's ever one thing in particular,'' Washington offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said. ``It's a little different thing each week.''
The Redskins are a combined 0 for 9 on third-and-2 and third-and-3. The league average conversion rate in those situations is 47 percent. Shanahan said his philosophy on third-and-2 or third-and-3 depends on the opponent.
Washington has converted both its third-and-1 attempts, but no team has faced fewer third-and-1s this season. League-wide, teams are converting 66 percent of their 3-and-1s.
Shanahan said players tend to press on third downs when they fail so often to convert, but he hasn't seen that with this team - at least not yet.
``I don't think that's been the issue so far, but I think everybody does up to a certain time when that's obviously what you're struggling at each week,'' Shanahan said.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III - who appears on track to start against the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday after practicing Thursday - believes the Redskins won't fret on third downs.
``It's not something you need to press about,'' Griffin said Wednesday. ``It is something that is a glaring issue for us right now. Teams are going to try to exploit that and say `Hey, whatever we run on third down, these guys aren't being able to move the ball and get first downs.' We'll make sure we clean that up, and that takes everybody.''
Washington converted just 1-of-9 third downs during a 24-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday - a 77-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins to Santana Moss on third-and-9 in the fourth quarter.
Of course, teams can move the chains before ever reaching third down. Washington ranks fourth in the NFL with 18.8 first downs per game on first and second downs.
But that might not be a feasible solution against the Vikings.
``They make you work,'' Shanahan said. ``They make you go down the field. They make you beat them five yards at a time.
``They stop you on a few runs, and you get in a third and long, and they can tee off in that situation.''
Notes: Shanahan said WR Pierre Garcon has been playing through injury. ``It hurts him to run. He's got a lingering foot problem.'' ... DE Doug Worthington (calf, did not practice), Brandon Meriweather (knee, out), RB Evan Royster (knee, full participant) and CB Cedric Griffin (hamstring, partial participant) had the same designations Thursday as Wednesday.
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Hotel Blu Vancouver - Vancouver
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- Check-in time 4 PM-2:00 AM
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- Pets allowed (dogs only) *
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- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
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- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
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- Conference space size (feet) - 800
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In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.
Parking height restrictions apply.
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Water Well Report Viewer
A water well report includes information about the:
- well location, depth, and construction;
- water level;
- local geology;
- driller and original owner.
The TCEQ Water Well Report Viewer ("Viewer") allows users to locate and view copies of water well reports. In this online application, users access the water well files through a grid layer overlain on a map of the state of Texas. When users click on their area of interest, the application will display a list of the water well files within the selected area. Each file contains copies of one or more water well reports.
Basic steps for finding a water well report:
- Go to the TCEQ Water Well Report Viewer - Best viewed using Internet Explorer V9.0 and above, Firefox V22.0 and above, or Google Chrome V28.0 and above.
- You can search a location by typing in one of following criteria into the search box on the top left side of the page (not case-sensitive). The dropdown list will be auto-completed when you begin typing. See examples in italics:
- Search by County Name : Travis County
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- Search by Address: 1111 6th St W, Austin, TX, 78703
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- Search by POI (Point of Interest): pond springs elementary
- In the center of the tool bar, the Search Water Well Reports feature allows you to specify the type of water well report you wish to search for. When you click on the drop-down arrow in the Search Water Well Reports window, you will have several options:
- Only Plotted Water Well Reports are searchable by either Grid Num or County Name; all others are searchable by County Name only.
- Click on the link under the Grid Num heading in order to view a file containing copies of one or more water well reports.
- Water well reports can also be located using the WW Report search tool to the right of the Search Water Well Reports feature. If you select the WW Report tool, specify Plotted Water Well Reports, and then click on the map viewer, you will bring up all reports for the 2.5 minute grid in which you clicked.
The User Guide provides detailed information regarding the other search criteria, tools, and layers available in the Viewer.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
Super Saturday to Serve as Preview for 17th running of Dubai World Cup
The spotlight is set to shine this Saturday, March 10 at Meydan Racecourse when the highly-anticipated Super Saturday racemeeting is to take place with over US$1.2 million in prizemoney up for grabs.
The stellar programme will be sponsored by Emirates Airline and features seven Thoroughbred and one Purebred Arabian contests that serve as the final prep tests for many of the contenders for the world's biggest day of racing, the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, March 31.
"Emirates has a long standing partnership with the Dubai Racing Club and has been the Title Sponsor of the Dubai World Cup since the first running of the race back in 1996 when it was won by the great Cigar. Both the event and the airline have grown together and continue to work hard to promote Dubai as a leading sporting, business and tourism destination," said Ahmed Khoory, Emirates' Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, GCC, Middle East & Iran.
"Emirates is also committed to the sport of horseracing on a global level, through events such as the Emirates Melbourne Cup, the Emirates Singapore Derby and the His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Series," concluded Mr Khoory.
Headlining the race programme is the US$400,000 Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round III for Thoroughbreds held at 2,000m on the all-weather track. This race is considered a major stepping stone on the way to the Dubai World Cup, held over the same distance.
Also serving as a Group 1 on the programme is the Jebel Hatta contested at 1,800m on the turf and should provide insight as to who will run in the Dubai Duty Free on the big day itself.
The Group 2 US$250,000 Dubai City of Gold is run over 2,410m and is designed to be a trial for the Dubai Sheema Classic. The US$175,000 Meydan Sprint will be contested over 1,000m which is seen as a prep for the Al Quoz Sprint. Both are contested on the turf track.
The Super Saturday race programme also includes the US$250,000 Al Bastakiya at 1,900m (the same distance as the UAE Derby), the US$200,000 Group 3 Burj Naahar at 1,600m (as is the Godolphin Mile) and the Group 3 US$200,000 Mahab Al Shimaal at 1,200m (as is the Dubai Golden Shaheen) all over the all-weather track.
Racegoers can still purchase their general admission tickets for the Dubai World Cup, AED 25, at the Ticket Office located outside the admission area of Gate B.
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- The students will be able to identify characteristics of the Timucuan Indian Tribe and explain how this tribe lived differently from the neighboring Calusa tribe.
Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks:SS.A.1.2.1 - SS.A.2.2.3 - SS.A.3.2.4 - SS.A.4.2.2 - SS.A.6.2.3 - SS.B.1.2.1
permanent central shaman weir harvested maize diminish epidemics
Suggested Activities:
- Using a map of Florida, identify the northwest and central areas of Florida. Have the students mark this as the location of the Timucua tribe on their own maps. The students can also include pictures of Timucuan homes and the various plants and animals they used for food.
- Have the students create a hierarchical summary for the reading passage.
- Using a variety of materials, have the students create a long house.
- Have the students create a triarama of a Timucuan Indian village. A triarama is made by taking construction paper and cutting it into a square (8" x 8"). Next, fold the square in half by taking one corner to the other and creasing. Then fold in half again by folding the other corner and creasing. Unfold the paper. You should now have four creased lines. Using scissors, cut on one crease to the center and stop. Now you can fold one of the cut sections under the other. This will give you a three-sided ěboxî to use as your triarama. The students should draw, color, and glue on all three sides while it is flat. When their triarama is complete, they can fold the one section under the other and glue it in place so that it stands up. Option: Four complete triaramas can be glued together to make one quadrarama.
- Have the students conduct further research on shamans.
- After the students have read the article, have them discuss their opinions about the Timucuan Indians. Have the students complete an opinion/proof note activity.
- Complete and review FCAT questions.
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The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings hadn't been released publicly, didn't further identify the soldiers, and there was no indication that the investigation found that they violated military laws. However, the troops could face disciplinary action.
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The details, oh, the details. Why is it that we do not check them more carefully? For they can send innocent readers into the bowels of libraries, where madmen mug books, and they can send innocent citizens to their deaths in cracked airplanes and on shaky skywalks.
I'll admit some bias in picking up this book; I'm entering college next year as an intended dual major in engineering and art, and a book subtitled "The Role of Failure in Successful Design" was just too good to pass up. I read To Engineer is Human with the intention of gleaning a few possibly life-saving lessons about the queer field I'm entering – and although Petroski's pedigree is in civil engineering, many of his points are important across the board.
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Although the effect is overall limited, the book falls into that all-too-familiar rut where the science outweighs the human effect on the reader. Petroski definitely relates his content all back eventually, but getting up to there is daunting.
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Raspberry Pi - Installing the Edimax EW-7811Un USB WiFi Adapter (WiFiPi)
The Edimax EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless 802.11bgn USB Adapter is a popular choice for use with the Raspberry Pi. Here is what this little adapter has going for it:
- It is on the approved list of known working peripherals.
- Works directly attached to the Raspberry Pi USB port.
(Some network adapters used with the Pi require an external USB powered hub)
- The latest Raspbian distributions come with the driver for this adapter pre-installed.
- It's tiny! It does not block access to the second USB port on the Raspberry Pi (Model B).
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The latest Raspian distribution (Raspbian "wheezy" 2012-09-18) already includes the drivers for this adapter pre-installed. This greatly simplifies the installation. (If you are using a different distribution or an older distribution you may have to install the Linux driver for the Realtek RTL8192CU driver.)
Insert the Edimax USB adapter into your Raspberry Pi's USB port. Next, lets make sure that the Raspberry Pi recognizes the device. Use the following command to verify that the Pi "sees" the Edimax WiFi adapter.
You should see the Edimax EW-7811Un device listed in the output.
Now that we have verified that the Edimax adapter is recognized, lets check to make sure the kernel driver is loaded. Use the following command to list the kernel modules:
You should see the "8192cu" kernel module loaded. If not, try removing and re-inserting the Edimax USB adapter.
As a final validation check to make sure that the Edimax is ready to use, send the "iwconfig" command to display a listing of the current wireless network configuration.
We are just looking to ensure that the "wlan0" adapter is present.
Now we are ready to move on to the configuration steps.
One you have installed the adapter, verified the kernel driver is loaded, and confirmed that a wireless network interface ("wlan0") is available, you will need to configure the wireless connection settings to securely connect to your wireless network.
First, let's open the network interfaces configuration file for editing using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
Make sure the following lines are added to (or un-commented in) your file
auto wlan0 allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
After modifying the network interface configuration file, we need to create the wireless configuration file. Use the following command to create (or edit) this file.
sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Add the following data to this wireless configuration file. (Replace the "_SSID_" and "_WPA_SHARED_KEY_" text with your actual SSID and WPA key values.)
network={ ssid="_SSID_" proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=CCMP TKIP group=CCMP TKIP psk="_WPA_SHARED_KEY_" }
(Note: This configuration is intended for WPA protected wireless networks.)
Once the configuration files are complete, use the following command to restart the wireless adapter / interface.
sudo ifup wlan0
This command will restart the network interface and use the newly defined interface and wireless settings to establish a wireless network connection. Assuming the configuration is correct, the wlan0 interface should connect and acquire an IP address.
For connection verification and an alternate way to see your assigned IP address, use the following command to list the network configuration:
ifconfig wlan0
If you have any trouble getting connected using the "ifup" command, verify your wireless connection settings and reboot your Raspberry Pi. If you have the Raspberry Pi connected to a display you can watch the Pi attempt the connection during startup.
That's it, hopefully you now have a WiFiPi.
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by ChainGunCharlie November 08, 2006
Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by various artists.
The protagonist of Sandman is Dream, the immortal anthropomorphic personification of dreams and storytelling. He is known by an array of names, most often Morpheus, but also Oneiros, Lord Shaper, the Prince of Stories, and, rarely, "the Sandman". He is one of a family of seven siblings known as the Endless, each of whom personifies some aspect of reality, such as Death or Desire. ( Example from Wikipedia )
by Enchi October 08, 2005
Just another ficticious character that parents invented because they believe that they are "Fun for kids." The Sandman is supposedly the person that wisks children away into dreamland by sprinkling sand on their eyes, explaining the children's eye-crust in the morning.
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"Ummm... Oh! The sandman puts it there sweety."
"Ummm... Oh! The sandman puts it there sweety."
by Ryoku June 20, 2006
James ("Jim") Fullington born June 16, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, better known as The Sandman from Extreme Championship Wrestling. Known to come out from the audience carrying a Singapore cane drinking beer then cutting himself open on the forehead with the can before his match in the ring. A true BADDASS not a wimp body builder/pretty boy you usually see in Wrestling shows . The Sandman is the hardcore wrestling icon and will always be.
"Politically Incorrect, And Damn Proud Of It!" - THE SANDMAN
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Joey Styles-Sandman just beat the hell out him with shots from the singapore cane!!!!
by WOLFY MAXIMOFF August 13, 2006
The last and hopefully biggest blunt of the night. It evens you out clears your mind and puts you to sleep.
goddamn that was a crazy fucking party, twist up a sandman, we'll munch then go to sleep madu. And manana we getting some Cinnabon
by St timmy December 16, 2008
Similar to the gorilla face, the "Sandman" is the act of receiving a blowjob on the beach, and pulling out right before ejaculation and blasting all over the girls face and making her all cumfaced and stuff...
Then a handfull of sand is thrown it in the girls face so its sticks all over her face and mixes with the jizz and is all nasty and crusty. Then, the ejaculator raises arms triumphantly yells SANDMAN!1!!!arrrrgghhghhhh!!!!!!
Then a handfull of sand is thrown it in the girls face so its sticks all over her face and mixes with the jizz and is all nasty and crusty. Then, the ejaculator raises arms triumphantly yells SANDMAN!1!!!arrrrgghhghhhh!!!!!!
Tonya gave me head on the beach last night and I totally gave her a Sandman and made her walk home. Stupid slut.
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Why a Vacation is the Perfect Christmas Present
When I think back on past Christmas mornings, there are very few presents that I can remember. What I do remember are the Christmases where, after I was done tearing through my presents, I would look up on the tree and amongst the ornaments, I would notice plane tickets placed carefully on the tree. These were, and still are, my favorite Christmas presents. I can't remember the toys that Santa Claus brought me or the abundance of clothes, accessories, and movies that I received. I do, however, clearly remember the excitement of finding out I was going to Hawaii or heading out west for a ski vacation. The memories that I have of my vacations are far better presents to me, than any physical gift I could receive. So, here are three reasons why giving someone a vacation is the perfect gift for this Christmas:
1) They can make it their own. There is nothing harder than trying to find the perfect gift. Will they like this color? Will this size fit them? Do they already have this? One of the great things about giving someone a vacation is that they can still make it their own. They can customize their vacation so it is absolutely perfect for them. Whether they want to lie on the beach all day and read a book or spend hours hiking in the beautiful mountains, what they do on their vacation is completely up to them. When giving someone a vacation, you never have to wonder if they will like it.
2) They will always remember it. If there is one thing vacations are, it's memorable. No matter where it is you go or what you do on your trip, you never forget a vacation. While I can't tell you any physical presents I received for Christmas when I was fourteen, I can easily remember every detail of traveling to the Cayman Islands and swimming with the Sting Rays. If you want to give someone a present they will never forget, a vacation is definitely the way to go.
3) They will love it. Honestly, who doesn't want to go on a vacation? There is nothing better than escaping from the daily grind and exploring a new part of the world. Vacations are the perfect way to relax and giving a vacation, is the perfect way to surprise someone with a gift they are sure to love.
So, if you are still looking for the perfect Christmas present to give, look no further and start booking a vacation.
Safe Travels,
The VacationRoost Team


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Summer Bean Salad
I've been making this recipe for over 30 years, and it always seems to be a favorite. This isn't your typical bean salad, though—the mandarin oranges make it unique and refreshing.
- 2 cans (11 ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the oranges, beans, green pepper, onion and parsley. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the oil, vinegar and sugar; shake well.
- 2. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
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Moving to Michigan
Visiting Microsoft Research, 2012-2013
NSF award on social networks
Nageeb Ali and I have been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation Economics Program, entitled "Enforcing Cooperation in Networked Societies." Stay tuned for our first working paper soon (Update: now available), and lots of great projects to follow after that.
NY Times on the Dot-Com bubble, with lessons for today
The New York TImes published a nice article today on David Kirsch and the Dot-Com Archive that he curates at the University of Maryland. The article briefly mentions a paper that David, Brent Goldfarb, and I published in the Journal of Financial Economics a few years ago. As the article mentions, our paper interprets the Dot-Com bubble as a strategy gone wrong—too many startup firms adopted "Get Big Fast" strategies (trying to emulate Yahoo!, Google, eBay, and Amazon), when they would have had better success targeting smaller niche markets.
However, the article does not mention that our paper also makes a broader contribution to the theory of investment bubbles and crashes in general—one that can help us interpret more recent events in markets like residential housing, public equities, and mortgage backed securities. The basic insight is that straightforward herding behavior among the relatively well-informed financial fund managers (like venture capitalists, hedge funds, and investment banks) can lead to a boom-bust cycle because these intermediaries are managing the funds of less informed investors (like pension funds, institutional investors, and individuals). A herd forms among the fund managers when enough of them decide that a certain kind of security or asset is a good investment that the rest find it optimal to "pile on" without investigating the fundamentals any further. Such a herd can be temporary and self-correcting, as the fund managers learn about the investment over time. However, investors on the outside, like you and me, don't know as much as the people we hired to manage our funds, and we don't fully trust them either because they're not playing with their own money. What Brent, David, and I showed in the paper is that once a bubble starts to pop, we (the investors) may find it optimal to withdraw our funds entirely, just as our fund managers have corrected their strategies to account for the collapse of the bubble.
In the current financial crisis, we can see these kinds of effects, as banks raise their interest rates and collateral requirements, investors "flee to quality" and seek refuge in treasury securities, and investment banks fail one after another. To make these ideas concrete in the context of a current crisis, we can think of AAA-rated corporate bonds (rather than equity shares in Dot-Com startups) as the overvalued security, mutual fund managers (instead of venture capitalists) as the well-informed intermediaries, and blindly trusting the bond rating agencies (rather than Get Big Fast) as the misguided strategy. According to our theory, once we see corporate bonds starting to crumble, we investors can find it optimal to withdraw from the corporate bond market in favor of Treasury bills, even though our mutual fund managers are learning to do a better job gauging the default risk of bond-issuing firms.
What does it take to get the market started again under this theory? We investors need to see some evidence that the financial intermediaries are investing wisely again. An infusion of government equity into the financial industry may help, if it gives the intermediaries a chance to demonstrate that they can be trusted once again. Otherwise we can get stuck in a bad equilibrium in which nobody invests because the intermediaries haven't demonstrated that they are trustworthy, and the intermediaries can't demonstrate that they are trustworthy because nobody is investing. So the theory suggests that the kinds of financial bailouts currently underway might actually be useful.


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Stacie Perlman Returns to the Metropolitan Room with THE STORY UNDERNEATH Today
Stacie Perlman: THE STORY UNDERNEATH will play The Metropolitan Room at 34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, today, Sunday, February 3 at 4:00 PM, and Wednesday, March 6 at 7:00 PM. Reservations: 212-206-0440 or MetropolitanRoom.com. $20 cover+ 2 drink minimum ($15 for MAC/Cabaret Hotline Members).
Stacie Perlman returns in early 2013 with her cabaret debut show, The Story Underneath. Through the music of Frank Loesser, Pete Townshend, Tori Amos and others, Stacie takes you on a magical journey through the world of fairy tales.
Stacie Perlman burst onto the cabaret scene as part of the 2011 MetroStar Competition at the Metropolitan Room, in which she was named First Runner-Up. Hailing from Coney Island, Brooklyn, USA, Perlman was most recently seen at Urban Stages in Smile on My Face: The Songs of Richard Eisenberg. She has performed on board Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas, as well as in regional productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, A Grand Night for Singing, and two productions of Kander & Ebb's The Rink.
Director and Co-Writer - MAC Award Winner Rob Langeder
Musical Director - MAC Award Winner Jason Wynn
Vocals and Kazoo - Melody Baugh
Vocals and Puppetry- Samantha B. Northart
Lights and Sound - Jean-Pierre Perreaux
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In a couple of weeks, 28-year-old Tampa Bay Downs jockey Gary Wales and his wife Katie will pack their belongings – including their cats, Bella and Fig – into his-and-hers Hyundais for the 1,350-mile drive to Boston for the Suffolk Downs meeting, which starts on Kentucky Derby day, May 3. While Gary seeks to improve on last summer's sixth-place finish in the Suffolk standings, Katie will transition from working on the Tampa Bay Downs backstretch for private veterinarian Dr. Richard Gold to training a small string of Thoroughbreds. On their journey, both will have time to reflect on the afternoon of Aug. 3, when Gary's bid to be leading jockey at Suffolk came to a screeching halt in a devastating spill that resulted in a fractured L2 vertebra – one of five lumbar vertebrae in the spinal column – and six weeks of inactivity. It was the first major injury for the native of Edinburgh, Scotland, since they got married in March of 2010. Katie was watching the race at home online when Gary's mount broke down and crashed through the inside rail, pitching him to the ground. "The worst thing was walking into the emergency room and seeing him still on the backboard getting X-rays – I could see the pain on his face," Katie recalls. "It's an image that doesn't totally go away, but if I dwelled on it, I'd go crazy every time I watch a race." A 29-year-old graduate of the State University of New York Cobleskill equine management program, Katie accepts the risks because racing is what makes Gary whole. "I would feel guilty for the rest of my life if I ever told him he had to stop because of me," she says. "I know how much he loves it. He lives to ride." Gary has made a positive impression in his debut season at the Oldsmar oval; he is among the top-20 jockeys with 12 victories entering the April 18 card. In this installment of "Racing In The Sunshine," Katie talks about the joys and personal challenges of being a jockey's wife, as well as her own burgeoning training career.
AS A JOCKEY'S WIFE, YOU PANIC AT FIRST WHEN YOU SEE YOUR HUSBAND GO DOWN on a horse. I knew the one last summer wasn't one of those where everybody gets up and laughs and is fine. As soon as Gary could feel his legs, he gave my telephone number to a member of the gate crew, and at that point I at least knew he was conscious and going to the hospital. One of the track executives, Sam Elliott, picked me up and drove me to the emergency room, which was nice because I didn't need to be navigating traffic in downtown Boston in a state of high anxiety.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS GARY TOLD ME WHEN I GOT THERE was that he was going to quit riding. I told him that wasn't the time to think about it, that lying in a hospital bed wasn't the time or place to make that decision. I know how much Gary loves horses and loves racing. He has always said it is like an addiction. It's in his blood. For the most part, I can enjoy watching his races and not really think about the danger. But it is always a comfort when he crosses the wire.
WE MET ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS WORKING for Kip Elser, a major pinhooker, in Camden, S.C., and Gary had started exercising horses there. Something definitely clicked, but it was hard for Gary to ask me out because I'm very shy and he picked up on that right away. I was running a shedrow by myself with about 50 horses and Kip wanted to reward me for doing a good job, so one day he lent me his credit card and suggested I show Gary around town. By the end of that day, though, I was totally exhausted, so I went to Gary's apartment, gave him Kip's card and said 'Go out and have fun.' I thought I might have blown it, but a couple of weeks later, Gary asked me to a movie, and the rest is history. We went to Colonial Downs that summer when he had his apprentice allowance, and we've been together ever since.
I DIDN'T GROW UP AROUND HORSES, BUT I REMEMBER WATCHING THE KENTUCKY DERBY when I was 7 or 8 and being fascinated. I started taking riding lessons when I was 12, and that's when I decided I wanted to do something with horses. During the summer on weekends, my parents took me to Saratoga, which was about two hours from our home in North Adams, Mass. I kept getting drawn in and my parents encouraged me, even though they had no horse background. I went to equine college, got an internship working for Mr. Elser and stayed on as an employee.
I GOT MY TRAINER'S LICENSE TWO YEARS AGO, BUT I DIDN'T START TRAINING until last year at Suffolk. I had only one horse, a (then)-5-year-old mare named Thereisgoldahead. They have a rule that if you're married to a jockey, you have to ride him on your horse, but Gary was injured until her fifth start so I used someone else. Gary finished fourth on her the first time he finally got a chance to ride her, and the next time, on Oct. 15, I led them into the winner's circle after they won a two-turn allowance on the turf by six-and-a-half lengths. I had so many emotions swirling inside me -- proud, relieved, ecstatic, happy for my husband and the horse. I'm not sure how I held on to the halter. I sold Thereisgoldahead to a nice home at the end of the meeting, and she is being spoiled rotten.
WORKING AS ONE OF DR. GOLD'S ASSISTANTS HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT of things to take back into my training. We keep quite a pace – on race days, he might see 30 horses that are entered that day in the morning and another 20 that are entered the following day in the afternoon. I help with the record-keeping, jogging horses for lameness exams and holding horses when he scopes them. It has been a tremendous learning experience and I've met so many different people who are a credit to the sport. Horse racing receives a lot of negative publicity, but most of the people I've met are good-hearted horsemen trying to do the right things for their horses.
I CAN'T ALWAYS WATCH GARY'S RACES WHEN I'M WORKING WITH DR. GOLD, but in Boston I'll get to see them all. I'd rather watch him on TVG or the computer, though, than be at the track. I enjoy going to the races, but you might run into someone who loses a bet and starts cursing the jockey. Then you're thinking 'Hey, buddy, watch it. That's my husband.' So sometimes it's better just to watch from home.
WHEN IT COMES TO GARY'S CAREER, I TRY TO BE AS SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING as I can. Being a jockey is a stressful job – not just riding 1,000-pound animals with minds of their own, but all that jockeys have to go through dealing with owners and trainers. A jockey can get all the praise one day, then he's the first person everyone blames for a loss the next. So if he comes home and needs to vent about a situation that didn't turn out for the best, I want to be there for him. Gary is not going to be intimidated by another rider, and he knows how to converse with trainers, but there are certain things he is only going to discuss with me.
IN DEALING WITH HORSES, I PROBABLY BECOME TOO ATTACHED. I get to know them inside and out, their personalities, and I fall in love with all of them. If you are willing to learn, every horse will teach you something. How to handle them; how to treat a leg; taking them to the paddock a different way so that they're quieter and calmer. Every horse is an individual, and you learn to respect that and admire it. Building that relationship is my favorite part of working with them. You know you're not going to have that horse forever, but the time you have with them can be pretty special.
THIS IS OUR FIRST WINTER AT TAMPA BAY DOWNS, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD to coming back. Everything is run very professionally, the gate crew and the track maintenance staff do a great job and you always see good-sized crowds here. We've enjoyed the area, too. We are both beachgoers, and Gary likes to play golf on off-days. We don't spend a lot of time at the end of the day rehashing races. There are always little funny stories to tell, but we don't want to make the racetrack our whole life. Tomorrow will get here soon enough.
WE MOVE AROUND A LOT AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES, but Gary is always the person I can count on and the person I can talk to. Even if I don't come out and say something, he understands what I'm thinking and how I feel about a situation. He is the one in the spotlight, but he respects the fact I want a career in this industry, too. I think we are each other's most important support system. More than anything, I know he is my best friend.
I HAVE A DREAM – I SHOULD CALL IT A GOAL – of being able to buy a house and settle in one place and raise a family. You always take those kind of things for granted growing up, but this sport isn't always like that. You have to go where the action is. We were fortunate that our landlord in Boston let us keep our furniture there this winter, so we don't have as much to pack. Gary has done a good job saving money, and there really isn't anything we need that we don't have. I know that once we get more established, even more good things will come into our lives.


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Yamaha Field-Corps MQT-8023BF 8/10/12/13" Quads, Black Forest w/Tubular Carrier
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The Yamaha MQT-8023BF features an 8", 10", 12", and 13" drum configuration. These drums come with a Yamaha Field-Corps Aluminum Tubular Carrier.
*Packages with case and stand available, please contact us for more details.
Yamaha's Field-Corps multi-toms deliver a pure, focused tone that is maximized by a deeper, more balanced set of multi-toms. These toms are equipped with a lug that utilizes an arch-shape design which allows the shell to vibrate freely thus delivering greater tone. The Field-Corps multi-toms are also equipped with a 2.3mm thick, steel Ultra Hoop rim that is specially designed by Yamaha. Its profile protects the bearing edge from mallet sweeps, which is especially important as the rim height lowers.
The multi-toms also utilize a high-strength aluminum reinforcement ring inserted just below the bearing edge to maintain shell integrity—especially when high-tension tuning is used.
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In addition to an aluminum insert ring inside the shell (on all except the 6" model), large washers are provided below the lugs to allow high-tension tuning. Shell deformation is prevented, and pitch remains stable.
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7-ply 6" and 8" drums and 6-ply 10" to 14" maple shells enhance mid-range tone. A high-strength, aluminum reinforcement ring inserted just below the bearing edge maintains shell integrity. This exclusive Yamaha design allows for extreme, high-tension tuning without the risk of warping.
Additionally, since the wood bearing edge of the drum, not the reinforcement ring, contacts the drum head, a quality transfer of vibration energy occurs offering a pure and consistent sound.
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The light, die-cast aluminum lugs are designed with a unique arch-shaped center. This Yamaha original design decreases surface to surface contact between the shell and lug permitting the shell to vibrate freely. This in turn results in greater tone production. The 8300 lug designs are 50% lighter and 12% stronger than the 8100 lug design. The arched lug design allows the shell to breathe while reducing weight.
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Field-Corps Aluminum Tubular Carriers
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Will the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council vote to support Beer and Wine sales at the 7-11 Store on Broadway and Eastlake Ave.?
Will you force the 7-11 Corporate Office to keep their promise to the Lincoln Heights Community and vote yes on your motion, to deny them a license to add another choice for beer and wine sales near the likes of Gates Elementry, Lincoln High School, and Little Flower Pre-School? Will you show the community that you stand behind their collective voices that stated loud and clear that additional venues for the sale of alcohol, were unwanted, in this part of Lincoln Heights?
(f) Planning and Land Use
(1) Presentation by 7-11
(2) MOTION: The Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council accepts the review of condition compliance submitted by the 711 at Eastlake and Broadway for a 24-hour convenience market.
(3) MOTION: The Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council opposes the granting of any kind of alcoholic license for the 7-11 at Eastlake and Broadway.
Or, on the otherside of this issue, will you bow to the wishes of 7-11 and grant their request, hoping that the community is not fool by the verbaige posted on the agenda above? It is evident that some in the community have been bought off, errr, given thought to the plight of the Broadway and Eastlake Store Owners and want them to enhance or grow their sales, with the beer and wine option.
In my discussions with members of the LHNC, there are only five sure yes votes for Motion 3. It makes one wonder if the Lincoln Heights Chamber of Commerce and the Business Improvment District, is putting pressure on the LHNC to usurp the will of the Greater Lincoln Heights Community. But then if the store donates more material support to the Lincoln High School Football Program, that should override community concerns about additional alcohol sales.
.... and a special message to Area 4 Represenative Lou Calanche, just think if you vote no on Motion 3 and beer and wine sales are granted at this location, maybe they will reward your no vote with beer and wine donations for your next Legacy LA Fundraiser at the Hazard Park Armory? BTW, can you bring your permit to serve alcohol on Recreation and Parks Property to Thursday's meeting, so all can see you were following the rule of law, pertaining to alcohol use on public property?
See you there and remember board members of the LHNC, it was the 13-17 age demographics that got you all elected, right Vera?
Your thoughts..............
Scott Johnson in CD 14
Labels: Legacy LA, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council, Lou Calanche, Vera Padilla


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William M. BECKHAM was born April 15, 1813 in Iredell County, North Carolina and was the son of Lemuel Beckham.[1] William married Rebecca DOUB in Stokes County on September 26th, 1839.[2] Rebecca was born February 7, 1812 in the part of Stokes County that later became Forsyth County. [3] She was the daughter of Jacob and Susannah DOUB.[4] William and Rebecca set up house in the portion of Iredell County that later became Alexander County. Ten months after they married, on July 1st, 1840, their first daughter, Pantha, (wife of R.C. LACKEY) was born.[6] The couple had two more children, Jacob L (1843)* and Helen Elizabeth (1845).[6] Rebecca died February 24, 1845, possibly from complications with Elizabeth's birth. Needing another mother for his three small children, William married his wife's younger sister Susannah, also called Susan, on August 4, 1847.[7] They were also married in Stokes County and Daniel Doub, the women's brother, served as bondsman for both marriages. Susannah and William had a child William A.C., born in 1851.[8] All of the Beckham children attended school and at least Pantha attended the female seminary in Jonesboro.[9]
William was not only a farmer but also a merchant. The manuscripts collection at Duke University includes an account book for William. The dates of the book are 1836 to 1867 meaning that the mercantile dealings were carried on after William's death. The account book includes accounts for many names common in Alexander County such as Doub, Bogle and Matheson. Many of the accounts in the book are for school supplies.[10]
On the 1850 census, a 37 year-old William was working as a farmer on his farm, which was valued at 700 dollars. On the census with his family was William's sister Pantha M. Beckham. She was the namesake for William's first daughter Pantha and to differentiate between the two, the younger Pantha was called Panthey.[11] Pantha M. may have come to live with William to help care for his children after his first wife's death. She remained unmarried and lived with William's family for the rest of her life.
William was a slave-owner and is listed on the 1850 census as owning two slaves, a 25-year-old female and a 7-year-old male.[12] William had acquired these slaves within the last ten years, as there were no slaves listed on the 1840 census. There is no record of what happened to these slaves when William died just a few years later.
William died at around the age of 40 sometime between August 1850 when he was listed on the census and December 1854 the first date mentioned in his estate record.[13] He and Susannah had been married for only about 3-7 years. Susannah was left to care for the couple's four young children. William did not leave a will to provide for his widow and minor children suggesting that his death was due to sudden illness or accident. In the settlement of William's estate his father Lemuel BECKHAM was appointed guardian of the minor children's property.[14] At this time, when a child's father was dead, even if the mother was still living, a guardian would be appointed to oversee the minor child's personal property until the child reached the age of twenty-one.[15] At William's death, the children's grandfather Lemuel became guardian of their finances, but the children still lived with their mother at the family home. The settlement of William's estate created records in both Iredell and Alexander counties. Lemuel Beckham, as guardian of William's children, started proceedings against the company Feimster and Feimster for a debt owed to William.[16]
In 1860, Susannah was the head of the household but with no occupation listed on the census. Her real estate was valued at 500 dollars and her personal estate was valued at 470 dollars. Panthey, Jacob (working as a farm laborer), Helen Elizabeth and William C. were still living at home. A forty-five-year-old Pantha M. was still living with the family.[17]
On August 15, 1862, at the age of 19, Jacob enlisted in the military to fight in the Civil War. Jacob was a member of the "Watauga Minute Men" of 37th Regiment Infantry, Company E. He was wounded in action at or near Reams' Station, Virginia on or about August 25, 1864. He was reported absent wounded through October 1864.[18] Jacob does not appear on the 1870 census or any census thereafter suggesting that he may have died of his wounds. Also, Jacob had been named as an heir in his grandfather Lemuel's will, written in 1861. When the will was probated in 1867, Jacob was not among the devisees of the estate.
In 1870, Susannah was the head of household with real estate valued at 600 dollars and personal estate valued at 250 dollars. Her 18-year-old son William C. was still at home and her sister-in-law Pantha M. was living with them. Pantha M. was listed on the census as having no occupation. Also in the household were Susannah's daughter Elizabeth, her husband Thomas Fielding Murdah and their four-year-old son N.F. Murdah. Thomas was a farm laborer and Elizabeth was working as a domestic servant. This census places the family as living in Gwaltney's Township in Alexander County.[19]
In 1880, Susannah, who still had not remarried, was living with her son William, his wife Lillie, their daughter Bertha and a boarder James Query. They were still in Gwaltney's Township in Alexander County. Pantha M. was living with Thomas and Elizabeth Murdah, her niece, in Sharpe's Township in Alexander County.[20] In 1900, Pantha M. was still living with Thomas and Elizabeth. She died on march 4, 1902 at the age of 86.[21]
Susannah Beckham died on February 1, 1885 and was buried at Rocky Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, NC.[22] Susannah was born on March 12, 1822 making her 62 years old when she died.
*****(This son is listed on the 1850 census as Jacob L., on the 1860 census as J.L., he was apparently in the Civil War and was listed as Lemon J. and is in his grandfather's will as Lemuel W. Beckham. Research of the Census Records suggests that this is all the same man.)