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Simple Weather provides a very basic weather report for whatever city or zipcode you type in the very plain search box. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that I think clutter-up the other online weather sites I’ve seen, and it’s more simple than what many newspapers print, too.

It’s particularly good for English Language Learners who are just beginning to learn weather-related vocabulary.

I’ve placed the link on my website under Weather.

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Weblog Awards - Hooterville Is A Finalist!

I have no idea how I managed to make it to the finals (along with nine other blogs - all conservative but me) for a Weblog Award, but since the unlikely event has happened, I'd like to invite anyone so inclined to head on over and vote for me. I'm nominated in the "Best of the Top 1751 - 2500 Blogs" category (as rated by TTLB Ecosystem). Also, Blue Gal is a finalist in the "Best of the Top 3501 - 5000 Blogs", so if you happen to be over that way, send her a vote, too! She is also the lone liberal in a sea of conservatives.

Here's how it works - you are allowed to vote once every 24 hours (in each category) and the voting is open until December 15. That gives us smaller blogs a chance.

I haven't had time to check out all the blogs, but if the ones in my category and Blue Gal's are any indication, they do tend to swing to the right. So here's an opportunity to strike a blow for freedom, and get the liberal voice out there.

It's time to take it to The Man!

Lola Heatherton said...

My goodness, Alicia! You are so famous it's SCARY! Very exciting. Do you think that you will give us all autographs?

Yoga Korunta said...

I'm voting for you and Blue Gal!

Blue Gal said...

It feels good every time I vote for you. HA! Love you, doll. Thanks for the props.

Pursey Tuttweiler said...

I just voted for you again!

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I love you all! Thanks so much.


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Google buys SageTV in move likely meant to beef up Google TV

June 20, 2011 | 11:52 am

Google has acquired SageTV, an Inglewood-based company that makes both DVR technology and streaming-video software for PCs running Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS X.

The tech giant hasn't yet said exactly what it plans to do with SageTV or how much it paid for the company. But, a Google spokeswoman said the company was looking forward to taking SageTV's media management software and technology "to the next level."

The deal is seen as a move to improve Google TV, the Mountain View, Calif., firm's software that allows users to search and find video in their TV listings, DVRs and from the Internet, including sites such as Google-owned YouTube.

So far Google TV has failed to catch on with consumers, and it hasn't been met with much excitement from developers, TV makers or networks either.

One item SageTV offers that Google TV doesn't yet have is the company's Placeshifter software, which lets users watch TV (live or recorded to a DVR) over a high-speed Internet connection on another screen (such as a laptop or a second TV set).

Placeshifter is a similar product to the more-popular Slingbox and SlingPlayer software from Sling Media, which streams video to TVs, computers and even the Apple iPad.

Sling Media is building a version of SlingPlayer for Google TV and other Internet-connected TVs, but Placeshifter could allow Google to build in such functionality without having to rely on outside companies.

Google may also be looking to beef up its cloud services related to video and TV in an ongoing cloud computing arms race against rivals Apple, Amazon and (on the business end) Microsoft.

All three companies now offer cloud services for music libraries, but video and TV services aren't as fleshed out yet.

Rakesh Agrawal, who founded and runs SnapStream, which at one-time competed with SageTV and is now a TV-search challenger to Google TV, said in a blog post that he thought the purchase could be a step toward adding native DVR features. The technology blog GigaOm dismissed that notion on Monday, arguing that "this will be Google TV's take on TV Everywhere -- and it will add features to the device that will make Apple and others look weak in comparison."

SageTV announced the Google takeover on Saturday in a message on its website.

"Since 2002, we've worked to change the TV viewing experience by building cutting-edge software and technology that allows you to create and control your media center from multiple devices," SageTV said in its statement. "And as the media landscape continues to evolve, we think it's time our vision of entertainment management grows as well. By teaming up with Google, we believe our ideas will reach an even larger audience of users worldwide on many different products, platforms and services."

Google shares fall below $500 to nine-month low

Larry Page is fostering Google's start-up spirit

Google investing in some eye-popping projects

 -- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

Photo: Google TV, running from a Logitech Revue set-top box, on a Samsung TV. Credit: Brian Bilek via Flickr.


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Title: The Koala Fic, or This One Time We Were in Australia and a Koala Fell in Love with Ryan
Author: wordsaremyfaith
Fandom: Panic! at the Disco
Pairing: Gen
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 2381
Disclaimer: I do not know these people, this never happened, I am making no money off of anything.
A/N: Based off of these three pictures, but mostly the last one. For forcedmovement, in exchange for amazing Panic! cupcakes! Betaed by pressdbtwnpages.

Okay, let’s start here: Ryan is holding a koala.

Ryan and Jon and Spencer are all holding koalas.

There is a photographer and a zookeeper and a koala for him, too, and Brendon kind of wants to run away and hide somewhere. Preferably somewhere far away from koalas, but also far away from nosy best friends who will ask nosy questions.

Instead, he kind of shuffles from one foot to the other, attempting to look like he's totally fine and dandy, and says, “How long is this going to take?”

“Fifteen minutes,” the photographer says without looking up.

Brendon blanches, which hopefully no one sees. Fifteen minutes. With koalas, staring accusingly at him with their little beady eyes and sharp claws. “I’m, uh, going to use the bathroom,” he says quickly and darts off.

Ryan’s koala is weird. Like, it’s a koala, and they’re sort of weird anyway, but this one is, like. Clingy. And stuff. Also, it’s tiny. Okay, Spencer’s isn’t that much bigger, but Ryan gets the sense that the zookeeper saw them and went, “Guess I’d better get the baby koalas.”

Jon, on the other hand, gets a normal-sized koala, and how unfair is that? It’s not like he’s bigger than the rest of them, really.

Ryan looks down at his koala. It's hugging him, and it's so cute and cuddly. He kind of loves it. It looks up at him with wide eyes, and he smiles for the camera, delighted.

At the end of the photo shoot, Jon and Spencer give their koalas back to the zookeeper. Ryan tries to do the same, but his koala just clings tighter.

"Where's Brendon?" Jon asks.

Spencer says, "I think he went to the bathroom."

"Yeah, like a million years ago."

"Uh, guys?" Ryan interrupts. "I kind of have a problem."

Brendon locks himself in the first stall, breathing heavily, and stares at his watch. 3:24. Okay. He can do this. He'll just tell the others he got food poisoning or something.

As his breathing returns to normal, Brendon remembers this one morning when he was six. It was some ridiculous hour of the morning when the sun was just barely over the horizon and everyone who wasn't a small, energetic child was fast asleep. He was downstairs, watching this show on the Discovery channel (it was the only thing on that wasn't totally boring). The camera zoomed in on a koala face, and Brendon shrieked. It had these beady little eyes that looked intensely dangerous and long, sharp claws. He fumbled for the remote and shut the TV off, running back upstairs as fast as his legs would carry him and diving under the covers.

But it was no use. The koalas were coming to get him, he was sure of it.

Now he paces (okay, not exactly paces – more like two steps one way, two steps back the other way, but who really cares about semantics right now?), until, three minutes later, he is totally bored. He sits on the closed toilet and sighs.

Five minutes later, he's counted all the tiles on the floor – the ones he can see, anyway. There are fifty-three, including the ones behind the toilet. He bounces up and down on the balls of his feet a little, and then decides to do some vocal exercises.

As he is attempting a high note, the door opens and Brendon stops on a squeak, hoping the guy didn't hear him singing in a public bathroom. After a minute, he lets out his breath. Okay then, there's gotta be something else to do. Only four minutes left! He unties and reties his shoelaces a couple of times, twiddles his thumbs for the hell of it, and taps out a rhythm with his fingertips on the closed stall door. Two minutes. The stall next to him flushes, and then comes the sound of running water. The door opens again. One minute. He should probably go before they start getting suspicious. He unlocks the stall door and takes a deep breath. He can do this. He'll only have to see the koalas for a minute. He can do this.

He keeps telling that to himself as he walks back, but really, he's not so sure.

As Jon walks over to Ryan, the zookeeper turns to Spencer and asks, "Weren't there four of you?"

Ryan doesn't hear what Spencer says, because the koala is making some kind of squeaking noise at him. "This keeps getting weirder," he mumbles. Jon comes up behind him and rests his head in the hollow between Ryan's shoulder and neck. "Hi, koala," he says.

The koala makes an angry sound and slashes at him with its paw. Jon jumps back just in time. "Whoa," he says, "Possessive much?"

"What's up, koala?" Ryan says gently. "That's Jon. He's nice. Really."

Brendon chooses that moment to return from wherever. "Can we go now?"

"Sure, if you can get this koala off me," Ryan says. Brendon's eyes grow wide. He looks at Ryan, at the koala, and then back at Ryan. At this point, the koala is clinging so hard that Ryan doesn't have to hold it anymore.

"Whoa, dude, that is messed up," Brendon breathes.

"That's what I'm saying," Ryan says, getting irritated. "Is anyone going to help me or are we just going to stand around talking about how weird this is some more? Because I'd kind of like to get out of here sometime, ever."

Brendon shakes his head a little and steps back. "Yeah, we should, um, do that," he says.

Ryan looks down. The koala stares up at him with big, round eyes. It looks almost… content. "Koala," he says, smiling slightly in spite of himself, "Let go!" This seems to have the adverse effect intended; it curls into him like a cat without letting go at all.

Brendon backs away from Ryan. Thankfully, the other two koalas are gone. Spencer grabs his arm and says, "Dude, where have you been? We don't have time for your picture now."

"Aw, that sucks," Brendon says, feigning disappointment, but he can tell Spencer doesn't believe him.

"Next time," Spencer says, obviously willing to let it drop for now. "What's going on with Ryan?"

"His koala won't let go of him."

Spencer smirks. "Seriously?"

"Seriously," Brendon confirms, glancing back at Ryan. He feels fidgety and kind of like he might squirm out of his own skin. Between Ryan's koala not being gone yet and Spencer getting dangerously close to asking the wrong question, things are not exactly going as he'd hoped.

Spencer says, "We should go help him, then."

"Right," Brendon says. "Uh, why don't you go. I'll just. Um. Help from over here."

Spencer narrows his eyes. "What's wrong with you?"

"You're acting really weird. Even for you. What's going on?"

Brendon takes a deep breath. This is it, then. He's about to be laughed off the face of the earth. Might as well just get it over with. "I'mkindofscaredofkoalas," he mumbles, looking at his feet.

"I said, I'm. Kind. Of. Scared. Of. Koalas," Brendon repeats through clenched teeth, glancing up at Spencer's face. Spencer is biting his bottom lip, obviously trying not to laugh. "Don't tell Ryan and Jon," Brendon adds sternly.

Spencer nods slightly, his cheeks turning red from holding in giggles.

Ryan calls out, "What are you doing over there, watching pebbles decompose? I have a clingy koala!”

At that, Spencer can't hold it in anymore. He laughs until he is gasping for breath.

Ryan says, "God, Brendon, what did you do to him?" Brendon just shakes his head, staring uncomfortably at the ground.

The zookeeper, a plump, pleasant woman who looks about Brendon’s mother’s age, walks back over to them. “What seems to be the problem?”

“Ryan’s koala won’t let go,” Jon explains.

“Okay, Ryan. I’m Suzanne. Now, what have you tried?”

“Tried?” Ryan looks bewildered. “It’s clinging to me!”

“All right, guys, I’m going to need your help,” Suzanne says. “I’d like one of you to try tickling it.”

Spencer raises an eyebrow. “Tickling it?” He looks at Ryan, who shrugs at him, so he walks over.

He’s about ten feet away when the koala growls.

“That’s strange,” Suzanne says.

Spencer takes a step back.

“I’ll do it,” Suzanne offers. Spencer nods.

Suzanne walks over to Ryan, talking soothingly to the growling koala the whole time. “Good boy... that’s it, that’s a nice koala... okay, easy does it...”

Brendon wonders how, exactly, they’d gotten into this predicament. He turns away.

“Ow!” Suzanne shouts. “He bit me!”

“Did you tickle him?” Brendon asks, not turning back around.

“A little bit. It didn’t do anything.” She sighs. “I guess we’ll just have to think of something else.”

Brendon thinks just leaving Ryan and going back to the bus would be a good idea, but he knows the glares he’ll get if he suggests this (not to mention the hissy fit Ryan would throw later), so he keeps his mouth shut.

“Perhaps we should try reintroducing him to the other koalas,” Suzanne says. “He appears to be in love with your friend –” This is directed at Spencer and Jon, both of whom promptly burst out laughing. “– so perhaps it would help to bring him to some females in heat. That way, hopefully, he might be attracted to one of them. Problem solved!”

“Good idea,” Brendon says. “I’ll just wait here.” Spencer, of course, understands why he doesn’t want to come, and Ryan’s too preoccupied to notice or care, but Jon gives him a quizzical look as he walks away. Brendon knows he’ll have some explaining to do later, but at this point that’s all right. He doesn’t dread it nearly as much as he dreads facing female koalas in heat. Just the thought of it makes him shudder.

After what feels like a very long time, Spencer, Jon, Suzanne, Ryan and Ryan’s koala return. As they get closer, Brendon realizes that Ryan and his koala are dripping wet and Ryan is glowering at everyone, even Brendon.

“What happened?”

Suzanne starts, “Well, the koala didn’t respond to any of the other koalas –”

“We started with the girls, but then we thought maybe it liked guys,” Jon says. Spencer nods, looking very much like he’s trying not to laugh. Ryan glowers more. “But that didn’t work either,” Jon continues. “So Spencer had the bright idea of sneaking up behind it, grabbing and pulling –”

“Which was a far better idea than anything you came up with,” Spencer interjects indignantly.

“– And didn’t work, regardless –”

“– It just tightened its grip,” Ryan states pointedly, glaring at Spencer.

Spencer says, “So then we walked over to the big cats.”

“We were trying to scare it,” Jon adds.

“As you can see, it continued to cling,” Ryan grumbles.

“So Suzanne thought we should try spraying it with water, to freak it out.”

“But all that did was get it wet.”

“Not to mention, get me wet.”

To say that Ryan looks unhappy at this point is a huge understatement. He looks bitchy, glum and very much like this is the last place in the world he wants to be.

“So what do we do now?” Brendon asks.

Suzanne shrugs. “I’m out of ideas, boys.”

“We could wait until it falls asleep and then try grabbing it and yanking again,” Spencer suggests.

“Won’t that take a while?” Jon asks.

Suzanne says, “Koalas normally sleep about twenty hours a day, so perhaps it wouldn’t be that long.”

“Forget it,” Ryan says. “I want this thing off me now.”

“We could just leave,” Brendon suggests. “It’s gotta fall out of love with him eventually, and then we’ll come back and get him.”

Jon blinks. Spencer stares at him incredulously. Ryan glares daggers.

Simultaneously, they yell, “NO.”

Brendon puts his hands up in defense. “Okay, okay, it was just a suggestion. Forget I said anything.” He sits back down glumly, resting his head in his hands and deliberately not looking at Ryan or the dreaded koala.

Jon says slowly, “We could try feeding it.” Everyone looks at him. “Get it more interested in food and then gently pry it off Ryan.”

Ryan shrugs. “Worth a shot.”

Suzanne says, “Not a bad idea. I’ll go get some eucalyptus leaves.” Brendon stands off to the side awkwardly, watching Jon and Spencer trying to talk to the koala and Ryan, respectively. Suzanne returns a minute later with leaves in her hand, which she offers to Jon. Taking a few, he cautiously walks over to Ryan and holds them out to the koala, who sniffs them and begins to eat.

While Jon's doing that, Spencer sneaks around to Ryan’s other side. He gently tugs at the koala. It makes a low, unhappy noise at the back of its throat, but allows itself to be pried out of Ryan’s arms. Spencer hands it to Suzanne.

“Good going,” she says. “Thanks.”

“Thank you,” Ryan says, relieved.

“I’d shake your hands,” she says, gesturing to the koala, “but –”

“You know, I think we should really get going,” Ryan says. Brendon nods emphatically.

“Yeah, you should change,” Spencer says to Ryan.

“Bye, and thanks again,” Jon calls over his shoulder to Suzanne as they leave.

“Hey, Ryan, I guess you don’t compare to food,” Spencer says, starting to laugh again.

Jon says, “Poor Ryan.” Ryan looks grateful to have someone sympathetic to his plight, until Jon adds, “I’m sure interspecies marriage will be legal soon enough, though. But then, would you move to the zoo or would he come on tour?”

Brendon walks over to Ryan, clinging tightly to his arm. “Oh, Ryan,” he croons. “I loooooooove you... just not as much as I love to eat.”

“I’m glad you all think you’re so funny,” Ryan grumbles. Then he looks at Brendon, who hasn’t let go of his arm yet. “Where were you that whole time, anyway?”

Brendon stops smiling and lets go to stand up straight. They are just about at the bus at this point. Spencer nudges him. He looks at Spencer, who nods reassuringly, almost imperceptibly. Brendon swallows. Moment of truth.

“There’s something I haven’t told you guys,” he begins.
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July 2, 2010: Scera Park Colonial Village

As part of the Independence Day celebration in Orem, the Scera Park put together a colonial village and historical dramatic production. We decided to go after spending some time in our local library. I wasn't able to get the kids to sit through the "musical," but they were game for heading over to the other side where there were all sorts of items from colonial times.

On our way to the encampment, we passed a backdrop welcoming immigrants to Ellis Island. I asked the kids to pose in front of it. Griffin took advantage of the fact that there was one of those "binocular" things that you put money in to look through and positioned himself right in front of it, as if he was using it. Ellie pointed to Lady Liberty.

On our way, we passed this cannon. Griffin was disappointed that it wasn't working.

In the encampment, we saw everything from soldiers to blacksmiths to gunsmiths to doctors with costumes and instruments and tools representing the Revolutionary War. Griffin was fascinated with the doctor who was more than happy to demonstrate how they operated back then.

We ended our tour at the gunsmith. Griffin was dying to touch everything, so I told him the only way we would visit that tent was if he would control his hands. He solved the problem by pulling his arms inside his shirt.

Even though it was a hot afternoon, I was glad the kids were willing to go. I remember being little and touring Philadelphia. This was no Philly, but they got lots of good information and could appreciate a little more how easy they have it these days!

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I have recently fallen in love with a beautiful Italian café/ pastry & confectionery shop called COVA located at the IFC mall in Shanghai. Its interior design is as delicate and intricate as its delicious delicacies and the European atmosphere takes you back almost entirely to a different time.
Not surprisingly, the café has an interesting history. It goes way back to 1817, when it first opened its doors in Milan at the Piazza della Scala. It is said that European Royalty and various aristocrats would frequently gather at COVA café before and after an opera show to indulge in the premium Italian confectioneries and yummy delights which include their famous chocolates (made with natural cocoa butter) and fruit jellies. All of the café’s chocolates and fruit jellies are air-flown directly from COVA Milan to Shanghai.
The café also has a large selection of cakes, an assortment of pastries and amazing coffee.

COVA's beautiful table set-up design with
coffee beans and little coffee cups for sale.
COVA's main area with all its cakes on display
and assortment of chocolates on the shelves.

Blueberry of my favorites!

Pasticceria COVA Confetteria
Since 1817

Locations in China:
IFC mall
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Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
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text: s5scc/DMA: PC communications card for the fast packet ===================================================== Marko Kovacevic,S57MMK !!! preliminary !!! !!! do not copy !!! 1. Introduction Broadening of the S5 packet network to transfer rates above 1M bps has put the users of cheap PC computers in front of a problem of a lack of solution for the user's approach on that speed. Right after Matjaz's (S53MV) publication of PSK stations designs and for the additions for Supervozelj node I wanted to find out what has been done in the world so far, which could be useful in the conditions of S5 packet. I had two basic demands in my mind: first, hardware equipment must enable sufficiently fast transfer of data between the serial controller and PC memory, and second, hardware equipment must be supported by a software drivers for as wide as possible palette of programming platforms (DOS,Linux,xNos). This other demand derives from the fact that a very small number of S5 packet enthusiasts is ready to start writing a software drivers or applications for amateur packet radio. Any unique solution would mean year-long resolving of this problem and would restrict the use of Matjaz's accomplishments. Simple arithmetic show us that at transfer rates above 100K bps intervention of the central processor cannot be applied for transfers of data from or to serial controller. On some programming platforms this limit is even lower, e.g. 19K2 Bps at Linux systems, which are more and more present on amateur desks. This leaves us with only two options of implementation of PC packet communications controller: direct DMA transfer of data or transfer of data via dual port memory. The solution with DMA transfer of data is simple and cheap. PC computers are equipped with multichannel DMA controller, which is usually unoccupied (only floppy disk controllers and sound cards use it). The transfer of several million byte/sec is practically possible, however it overcomes present needs. A disadvantage of this solution is a number of interrupts still worth mentioning, which the central processor receives. The interrupts are caused by access timing to the packet network, switch RX/TX etc. The fast PSK stations enable also a quick switch RX/TX, which requires timing parameters for network access with resolution of 1 msec. Unfortunately PC computers don't have free timing devices, which we would use for this purpose. That is why a card organized in such a way must also contain timing programmable devices. The most interesting and renowned example of a card founded in such a way is a PI2 card, which has been developed by the members of Ottawa radio amateur club. The card is supported by software drivers practically for all the important programming platforms. The solution of the packet communication card with the transfer of data via memory with dual port would be useful in the long run. From the system point of view it is a much more efficient card than card with direct DMA transfer. This kind of card would support further speed ups of S5 packet network without any problems . The best example of a card organized in such a way is PC Ethernet controller, which easily reaches the speeds of 10 Mbps. Practically all the communication cards for the industrial networks, which usually work at speed of 1M5 bps, are organized in this way. Unfortunately this solution is much more technically demanding and more expensive. On this kind of card we would have a local processor, which would take care of receive or transmit of packets. It would communicate with a central processor via memory with dual port. The interrupts of the central processor are here just an exceptional thing. An example of this kind of a card is known under the name of VANESSA(HB9). Unfortunately, Z80 is used for the local processor which heavily limits the use in S5 conditions. The card is very poorly supported by software drivers. Having considered all the arguments above I have decided to make a card, which would be from the software view compatible with PI2 card. I've also decided to implement additional selectable option, which enables setting of register structure of the card with USCC(Baycom), which will enable us to use very reliable software driver TFPCX at least on the slow channel. The card should have a communications channel for the medium transfer rate (2400 - 76800 bps) and DMA communications channel for the high transfer rates (upto 2 Mbps). 2. ISA bus Before I start describing the card let's have a look at the basic features of the ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, through which the central processor of PC computers communicates with peripheral devices. Regardless of the exceptionally bad critic of the experts, the ISA bus is very renowned in the world. Numerous producers, especially from the Far East, have begun to produce all kinds of cheap central and peripheral computer units compatible with ISA bus. Unfortunately, the bus was made at the end of the seventies and does not fit the modern needs of reliability, transfer rate and system functionality. That is why a few years ago there has been a demand for new, more efficient and more reliable bus, today known as PCI bus. Considering the fact that there will be old PC computers on most of amateur's desks for some more time, I have decided to make a new communications card on the old ISA bus. ISA bus enables next functions: - 8 or 16 bit transfer of data - addressing upto 16 Mbyte of memory space - addressing 768 bytes of I/0 space - 10 interrupt lines - 7 DMA channels, three of them are 8 bit - asynchronous control of the duration of memory and I/O read or write cycles - power supply of the peripheral units A special unpleasant feature of this bus is a very poor electrical and timing definition of the signals of the bus, which represents a very tough problem for the developers of central and peripheral computer units and for the system integrators. I have also met this problem when the developing card didn't work reliably on all the available PC computers. The bus is defined as 8 bit based on 62 pin edge connector with 16 bit addition based on 36 pin edge connector. The transfer of data takes place on 8 or 16 data lines SD0 - SD7 and SD8 - SD15. All 8 bit transfers take place on data lines SD0 - SD7. Addressing takes place via address lines SA0 - SA19(ISA) and LA17 - LA23 (16bit ISA). Validity of the address lines indicates the signal BALE(active 1). The address lines SA0 - SA19 latches with negative transit of the signal BALE and are valid till the end of read/write cycle. The address lines LA17 - LA23 are valid during the active level of BALE and can become invalid before the end of the current cycle. The difference between memory and I/0 read/write cycles is attained with two pairs of command signals: MEMR/MEMW and IOR/IOW (active 0). As a specialty in the world of computer buses we have here another two kinds of memory signals: MEMR/MEMW and SMEMR/SMEMW. SMEMR indicates a cycle which reaches the memory location in the first MB address space, MEMR/MEMW indicates a cycle which reaches the memory location in the overall 16 MB address space of the bus. The two special signals of the bus I/OCHRDY and 0WS regulate the duration of the read/write cycles on the bus. The bus contains also the protection against endless cycles. Every cycle ends after a certain time, also when I/OCHRDY and OWS are inactive. So, the bus doesn't hang up, eventhough we address a non-existent memory or I/0 location. Many peripheral units use this feature of the bus to close the cycles, which access memory or I/0 locations. This way they don't contain any logic for timing regulation of cycles. We use I/OCHRDY (active 0) for prolonging the duration of memory or I/O cycle. A cycle prolonged in such a way mustn't last more than 2.5 usec. The active level of the OWS (1) signal tells the central processor that it can immediately turn off the current read or write cycle. Picture 1 shows the diagram of the I/0 cycle timing control: a)using the I/OCHRDY signal b)using the OWS signal. Central unit of PC computer contains two interrupt controllers 8259 linked into the chain. The whole number of interrupt inputs is 15. There are 10 interrupt lines linked to the ISA bus. The five other interrupt inputs are used on the central processing unit. Interrupt lines are sensitive on the active level +5V(1). Activity of the individual interrupt input, priority and the priority resolving mode is set by software. Software service routine reaches the registers of interrupt controllers where it can mark the end of servicing of interrupts and starts new priority resolution cycle and enables further interrupts to take a place. ISA bus doesn't enable automatically reading of interrupt vector from peripheral device. 3. ISA bus and DMA Every IBM PC compatible central processing unit contains two four channel DMA controllers. On peripheral unit's request DMA controller takes over the control of the local memory bus of the central unit and over the ISA bus, so that it generates all the necessary signals (address and control) for write/read into memory and all the necessary signals for read/write from the peripheral unit on the ISA bus. Like this direct way for transfer of data between peripheral unit and central memory is established. During the DMA transfer of data the central processor retreats, which means it sets all the addresses, data and control signals into high impedance state. DMA controller contains several registers for setting the target address, source data address, number of Bytes(or words) for transfer and direction of transfer. So, before every DMA transfer of data block, we have to set all the registers of the controller by software. Peripheral devices, linked on the ISA bus request a DMA transfer so that they activate one of the control lines of the bus DRQ0 - DRQ7 (active level 1). When DMA controller senses active state of DRQ line, it demands the control over the bus from the central processor. Central processor grants use of local bus to DMA controller. According to the previous register settings DMA controller generates address and control lines for the central memory and confirms DMA transfer with corresponding signal DACK0 - DACK7 (active 0) and sets AEN signal to active level 1, which designates invalid address lines on ISA bus. At the same time DMA controller generates also control signals on the ISA bus (IOR/IOW). The timing of the read/write cycle on the ISA bus is from now on the same as at the normal cycle, only that peripheral unit is selected on the basis of DACK signal and not on the basis of address signal lines. PC DMA controllers know two kinds of DMA write cycles on the ISA bus (software selectable over the registers of the controller). The cycles differ from each other by the time of activating the data lines related to negative transit of write control signal IOW. When the data lines are activated before the negative transit of the IOW signal, we are talking about the prolonged write DMA cycle. In the other case, the data lines are active after the negative transit of the IOW signal. The second mode is usually in use, also because it is more convenient considering the transfer rate. A very unpredictable delay time of data signals after the negative transit of IOW signal also represents a special problem. This time can exceptionally reach even 1.5 usec. This fact had a very important impact on design of a circuit, especially on timing of DMA write cycles. Picture 2 represents timing of DMA write cycles on the ISA bus. 4. The description of the functions of s5scc/DMA card As it has already been said the card has been based on the example of Ottawa PI2 card (Ottawa Amateur Radio Club), which contains two communications channels (one circuit Z8530). The basic feature is DMA transfer of data between the processor of the central unit and channel A of the serial interface circuit Z8530 (SCC) on the card, which is necessary for the direct communication of PC computer to SV nodes at a rate of 1M2bps. The card is composed of next functional wholes: - interface for the ISA bus and DMA logic - SCC serial communications interface - timing circuits (8254) - Manchester modem (S53MV) -2400 to 76800 bps - Scrambler (S53MV) - 1M2 bps. Picture 3 shows block scheme of s s5scc/DMA card. The interface for ISA bus has the duty of decoding the card address, of generating of the select signals for circuits Z8530 (SCC) and 82C54 (PIC), of generating the control signals for write (LWR) and read (LRD) of the register Z8530 and 82C54, of controlling of data interface 74HC646 and adapting of DMA signals. The bus interface are made using 8 bit data interface circuit 74HC646 with D memory cells, comparator 74HC688 for decoding base card address and programmable circuit GAL22V10 for generating the select and control signals. The card occupies 16 bytes of the I/0 address space of the ISA bus. We choose the base card address on the six jumpers, which enables setting of any address. The card knows two ways of addressing the registers: USCC compatible and PI2 compatible. USCC compatible and PI2 compatible addressing of the card have different offset of the individual registers of circuits Z8530 and 82C54 from the base card address. We choose the mode of addressing on the special jumper. The selection of the base card address shows the next table. Only typical settings are shown. SW1-6 SW1-5 SW1-4 SW1-3 SW1-2 SW1-1 _____________________________________________________ 000H on on on on on on 230H off on on on off off 240H off on on off on on 300H off off on on on on 310H off off on on on off 320H off off on on off on 330H off off on on off off 380H off off off on on on 3F0H off off off off off off The next table shows the mode of addressing the registers. Offsets of the individual register from the base address according to the state of jumper J7 are written in the table, where we choose USCC(on) and PI2(off) compatible addressing of register. register J7 off J7 on description ___________________________________________________ A control 2 4 SCC port A control register A data 3 0 SCC port A data register B control 0 5 SCC port B control register B data 1 1 SCC port B data register C0 timer 8 Dh Timer, prescaler - runs C1 in C2 C1 timer 9 9h Timer, port A CTS C2 timer Ah Ch Timer, port B CTS CTL timer Bh 8h Timer control register INTA Eh Eh SCC Vectored mode, read irq vector DMADIS 4h Fh DMA disable register (not in function) We can connect interrupt signal of the serial controller SCC on the interrupt signals IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ12 or IRQ15 of the ISA bus via jumper array. The card enables functioning of the serial communications controller SCC in "vectored" mode. By reading a special interrupt register of the card (INTA) we can get the vector of waiting interrupt with currently highest priority. We choose the interrupt level of the ISA bus by setting one of the following jumper arrays: IRQ5 J18 1 - 2 on IRQ7 J18 2 - 3 on IRQ10 J14 on IRQ11 J15 on IRQ12 J16 on IRQ15 J17 on The transfer of data between the processor and channel A of the serial communications interface is based on a DMA principle. We choose the DMA channel of the ISA bus via jumper array between DRQ0, DRQ1 and DRQ3 (8 byte DMA channels of the ISA bus). We choose DMA channel on the jumper arrays: DRQ0 J2, J5 on DRQ1 J3, J4 on DRQ3 J1, J6 on There is always only one DMA channel linked. The card PI2 contains a special register (DMADIS), which prevents the issuing of the requests for the DMA transfer to the central processor (DRQn). This register has at PI2 card function of prevention of the DMA transfers of data from/to SCC controller during the addressing of the SCC registers (register selection, write/read of the register). This way program waiting loop for assuring valid access recovery time during access of the registers of SCC controller become uninterruptable by DMA cycles. Unfortunately, this solution is to slow in the terms of transfer rates above cca 600 Kbps. That is why the solution of the problem of minimal time of standstill between the two accesses to the SCC registers (Valid Access Recovery Time) is assured by means of hardware. For this purpose the card contains a monostabile circuit 74HC123, of which one half marks the time with its output, when the access to SCC registers isn't allowed. While this output is active, the beginning of commands for read or write of registers of SCC controller is delayed. At higher transfer rates we need a punctual measurement of time at reaching PR network with a resolution of at least 1 msec. That is why S5 - SCC/DMA card contains a special timing circuit 8254. The circuit contains prescaler of the clock 4.9152 Mhz, which gives us a time base (eg. 0.5msec). For every communications channel we have another "time out" circuit, which enables setting of time constants in resolution of time base (eg.TxDelay). After the expiration of the appointed time, the circuit generates the interrupt, so that it activates the CTS input on the appropriate channel of the SCC circuit or in other words interrupt of central processor. Manchester and Scrambler modems (S53MV) are already described on pages of CQ ZRS, so I won't describe them again. Minimal changes are done only on DCD circuits. At Manchester modem histeresys is added to the comparator circuit (LM339) for decoding DCD active state (resistor R6 and R8). So the transfer of DCD signal from the active state to the inactive state and vice versa is more stabile. At Scrambler the RC net for establishing DCD active state is replaced by a monostable circuit with a time constant 100usec. Stable and quick activity of DCD circuits is very important for the packet network. This is how we can cut down the timing window where the collision at the transfer might occur, in the case when two stations hear each other. The data signals RXD are conditioned with the active level of the appropriate DCD signals. This way we eliminate reception of the noise and the unnecessary interrupts of the processor, when there's no active signal on the input of modem. 4. Timing sequence of read and write cycles All the work of designing a s5scc/dma card reduces to the interface between ISA bus and serial controller Z8530 (SCC) on the card. According to the already mentioned poor definition of ISA bus and important differences from different producers, the problem was seen as demanding, although logically very simple. It was made difficult additionally because of obsolete circuit Z8530(SCC), which demands a stabile state on data lines before the negative transit of write command signal. As already said, on the ISA bus the state of data lines is definitely stabile only before the transfer of write command to inactive state. Logical functions of interface between the ISA bus and Z8530 and 8254 circuits are implemented with the use of programmable logical circuit GAL22V10. Circuit has 10 combinatorial outputs and 12 logical inputs. Circuit is very adaptable to different needs. It is possible to reprogram it, which enables changes of logic or corrections. For programming of the circuit functions I've used tool Abel (like PALASAM). Next logical equations describe functions of the circuit: "Input pins WR,A0,A1,A2,A3,_SEL688,_RD,_DACK,SCC_PI pin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; _DRQ,_WRDELAY,RECOVER pin 10, 11, 13; "I/O pins _SCC,_PIC,MUXD,_IRQA,LA0,LA1,_LRD,_LWR pin 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 ; DRQB,RDORWR pin 22, 23; "invert for positive logic SEL688 = !_SEL688; RD = !_RD; DACK = !_DACK; DRQ = !_DRQ; SCC = !_SCC; PIC = !_PIC; IRQA = !_IRQA; LRD = !_LRD; LWR = !_LWR; WRDELAY = !_WRDELAY; equations SCC = DACK # SCC_PI & !A2 & !A3 & SEL688 # !SCC_PI & !A3 & SEL688 ; PIC = SCC_PI & !A2 & A3 & SEL688 # !SCC_PI & !A1 & A3 & SEL688 ; LA0 = SCC_PI & A0 # !SCC_PI & !A2 # DACK ; LA1 = SCC_PI & A1 # !SCC_PI & !A0 # DACK ; LRD = (DACK # SEL688) & RD & !RECOVER; LWR = SEL688 & WR & !RECOVER & WRDELAY # DACK & !WR & WRDELAY # LWR & WRDELAY & !SEL688; RDORWR = LRD # LWR; MUXD = DACK & LWR # MUXD & LWR; IRQA = SEL688 & !DACK & A3 & A2 & A1 & !A0; DRQB = DRQ & !(DACK & WRDELAY); The whole logic is activated with active output of address comparator circuit (SEL688) or with active signal DACK as an answer to a request of SCC circuit for DMA transfer. The select signals for Z8530(SCC) or 8254(PIC) are generated depending on the state of jumper array J7 (SCC_PI). This jumper enables an adjustment of addressing the registers compatible with PI2 or USCC card (look at the table in chapter 3). Regardless of the state SCC_PI the condition for the SCC circuit is logical level 0 of the address line A3 of the ISA bus, while for the select signal for the timing circuit 8254(PIC) the condition of level 1 of the address line A3 of the ISA bus is necessary . Address lines A2 and A1, which are present in equations of select signals SCC and PIC implement a different register structure compatible with PI2 or USCC. SCC select signal activates itself always, when the signal DACK is active, in other words when DMA transfer takes place. Signals LA0 and LA1 are select signals of registers of circuits SCC and PIC. Logic of these two also depends from the state of jumper J7 (SCC_PI). in the case of PI2 compatible register structure, LA0 is the same as A0 of ISA bus and LA1 the same as A1 of the ISA bus. In the case of USCC register structure LA0 is the same as inverted signal A2 of the ISA bus and LA1 the same as the inverted signal A0 of the ISA bus. This way we get a strange offsets of registers of USCC card. Signals LA0 and LA1 have the state 1 if the signal DACK is active, in other words in time of DMA transfer. This way a data register of A channel of SCC circuit is chosen. Signals LRD and LWR are command signals for reading and writing of registers of SCC and PIC circuits. At logical functions of both signals the signal RECOVER is present. This signal implements the time pause between the two commands LRD or LWR. Every transfer to inactive state LRD or LRW triggers a monostable circuit 74HC123 with a timing constant 900nsec (RECOVER). During the active state of the signal RECOVER it isn't possible to activate signals LRD or LWR. The condition for activating the read command signal is select signal of card SEL688 or DACK (DMA transfer) and active state IOR of the ISA bus. Logical function of the signal LWR is different in the case of DMA transfer and in the case when central processor writes into card registers. In both cases there is also a signal WRDELAY, which has different function at processor write cycles and different at DMA write cycles. This signal is ISA bus IOW signal delayed for 120 nsec. In the case when central processor writes into card registers (active SEL688) WRDELAY delays the transfer of LWR in active state (O), while the transfer in inactive state follows the IOW signal. In case of DMA write into register of SCC circuit (DACK signal is active) LWR generates after ISA IOW signal becomes inactive and follows the WRDELAY signal. This way we have activated write command of SCC circuit at the time when the data lines of the ISA bus by DMA write cycles are definitely stabile. Of course, we have to save the state of data lines in the moment of transfer of ISA IOW signal into inactive state. For this purpose we have 74HC646 circuit, which contains D memory cells. Circuit 74HC646 is 8 bit bi-directional interface for transfer of data between the on board data bus and ISA bus. The circuit contains also bi-directional D memory cells. The circuit has input control signals for the direction of transfer and for the transfer into the high impedance state. For every direction we also have a signal for the write into D cells and a select signal for placing of state of D cells or current state of data input lines. The circuit is open in the direction SCC - ISA bus only during the active state of LRD signal. The memory cells never activate in this direction. Otherwise this circuit is open in the direction ISA bus - SCC. The state of data lines of ISA bus are written into D cells at the transfer of IOW signal in an inactive state. State of D cells is placed on the local bus during the active state of signal MUXD during the DMA transfer. The request for DMA transfer of data (DRQn) is generated by logical function DRQB. In the case of DMA read IO cycle DMA request of SCC circuit (W/REQA) only inverts and places onto ISA bus. In the case of write DMA IO cycle the request for DMA transfer is placed onto ISA bus as inverted signal until the time constant WRDELAY (RC circuit WRDELAY) runs out. This way, with early removal of the request for the DMA transfer, we simulate conclusion of DMA cycle, eventhough the really data writing follows after the expiration of the whole ISA write cycle, when we write the state of D cells of circuit 74HC646 into data register of SCC circuit. SCC circuit contains the possibility of an automatic generation of interrupt vector(INTA). In the service interrupt routine we can find out with only one read command which of the waiting interrupt reasons of SCC circuit has the highest priority. That is why we have the decoding logical function INTA, which activates INTA input of the SCC circuit. When we are addressing a register INTA (look at the address table) SCC circuit places a code of the waiting interrupt with the highest priority onto data lines. Picture 4 shows a) timing of read cycle of the SCC registers, and b) timing of the write cycle of SCC registers. 5. Software drivers As already said, one of the main reasons for the decision for PI2 compatible card is a wide software support. On the basis of existing drivers from different authors for PI2 card, I came with relatively small adjustments to drivers for different programming platforms. Currently tested are the next software drivers for S5 - SCC/DMA card: Packet driver (FTP Software compliant, VE3IFB) - only channel A PI driver for JNOS (VE3IFB) PI2 driver for Linux Flexnet s5scc.exe driver (S57MMK) TFPCX - only channel B (no changes). Necessary changes of the original PI or PI2 drivers derive from the differences of coding data for channel A (NRZ at PI modems, NRZI at Scrambler modem for S5 net), different PCLK clock of SCC circuit (7.3728 or 3.6864 MHz at PI cards and 9.8304 MHz at s5scc) and different mode of ensuring the minimal access recovery time between the two consecutive access to SCC register. Flexnet driver (s5scc.exe) is my original work based on a dummy driver source and on a detailed knowledge of drivers for JNOS and Linux. All drivers are written in program language C except the Packet driver, which is written in the assembler. According to the newest accomplishments of the Flexnet(flex 95) programmers group for the support of AX25 under the programming platform Windows 95 (Microsoft) I have decided to end the drivers support for all the versions of NOS (JNOS, TNOS...). For the majority of users of Windows 95 platform with the flex 95 addition, driver s5scc.exe, different terminal programs (SP,GP...) and a complete TCP/IP support is a very useful platform for the AX25 and TCP/IP communications on packet network. According to the activity of the Flexnet group we can expect even more practical and pleasant solutions. For the startup of Flexnet we need a complete distribution of Flexnet kernel(Flexnet.exe, flex.exe, fset.exe, tfemu.exe with documentation, look at http://home.pages.de/~flexnet) and file s5scc.exe and s5scc.doc. For work in Windows 95 platform and use of tcp/ip protocol we need also flex95ip.lzh. The start up of the flexnet kernel, s5scc driver at the rate 76800bps of B channel, interrupt level 7 and DMA channel 3 and DRSI emulator does the following sequence of commands, which we can include in the startup file (autoexec.bat): echo OFF c:\flexnet\FLEXNET 50 if errorlevel 1 goto error c:\flexnet\s5scc 0x300 7 3 76800 if errorlevel 1 goto error c:\flexnet\FLEX c:\flexnet\fset txd 1 25 c:\flexnet\fset txd 0 4 c:\flexnet\tfemu goto end :error c:\flexnet\FLEX /u :end I have tested Software drivers for Linux on different versions of kernel (2.00 to 2.0.29). The driver is stable. AX25 implementation under Linux works efficiently. Disadvantage of the ax25 timing basis of 100 msec is unimportant in the conditions of quality links. The only true disadvantage concerns the AX25 parameter T2. In the conditions of transfer rate 1 Mbps we would need a possibility of set up T2 to 20 msec or less. I have changed AX25_timer.c program of Linux kernel, so that T2 is always 0. This way I generate some more QRM, but response times are very convenient. I completely agree with the authors of AX25 module of Linux kernel who are standing up to changes of ax25 timing basis to 10 msec, which would really slowdown the whole system. For the beginning the sufficient change would be the set up of AX25 parameter T2 to 0 with the use of standard AX25 utility programs. For the use of card under Linux it is necessary to compile the Linux kernel with the selected option for AX25 and P12 card after we copy adapted files pi2.c and pi2.h in the directory /usr/src/linux??/drivers/net. TFPCX works for the channel B completely the same as at USCC compatible cards. Before the start up of TFPCX driver it is necessary to initialize timing circuits of the card. For this purpose we have SCC_TIM.EXE program available. All the source programs, for all the enumerated platforms are accessible from S5 packet network or from internet via ftp protocol on server lea.hamradio.si/pub/s5scc.


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Monday, March 20, 2017

Tulip Time, Watercolor by Leada Wood, Texas Artist

Happy Spring! It's Tulip Time in Texas. Don't you just love springtime? It's like the earth is bursting forth with blooms and buds everywhere...and the lovely spring green of the trees glistening in the sun absolutely takes your breath away. Not to mention the gorgeous, delicate fushia blooms of the fruit trees and redbuds. Inspiration is all around!

 As an artist it is hard to focus, so much beauty around me. I want to paint it all and share with you, my world as I see it. The baby lambs, calves and llamas in the green chicks, ducks and birds, flowers blooming. Beauty is all around us, we just have to look around and observe it and take the time to be grateful for all that we have.

 I think Claude Monet said it best, "I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

"Tulip Time" ©2017 Leada Wood

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 13:10

The first internal combustion petroleum fueled motorcycle was the Daimler Reitwagen, designed and built by German investors in 1885.

Until World War I, the largest manufacturer of motorcycles produced more than 20,000 units per year. By 1920, Harley-Davidson became the leading maker, with bikes being sold to dealers in 67 countries.

Later years saw an increase in the popularity, and motorcycles have historically been associated with subcultures and loose knit social groups such as cafe racers of 1950s Britain and the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s.

More recently, even amidst downturns in the economy such as one in 2008, when the motorcycle sales grew by 6.5 percent, the market continued to grow. Between 2000 and 2005, sales in the U.S. alone jumped 51 percent.

A Liberal family has been supplying motorcycles to the area since 1960. Cecil “Bill” Milhon began the business that is now Milhon’s Honda-Yamaha-Kawasaki in 1960 with Triumphs, BSA and Norton motorcycles, and he would later add the brands which his business’s name now has.

“It’s basically been a family-owned business from day one,” said Bill’s son, Cecil, who is the current owner. “I’m the second generation that’s running it.”

The store has had three locations in the 50 years it has been in business and has been at its current location at 811 S. Kansas since the late 1960s and early 1970s.

“The grandsons have worked in the business,” Cecil said. “My sister’s worked in it. My niece has worked in it and of course, Mom.”

In the early 1970s, Bill bought the Hirn Ranch north of Liberal.

“He went to running cows, some farming, and I took over the business and ran it ever since then,” Cecil said. “The big plan was to make 50 years, which we did in August.”

Bill passed away in August of 2008, and Cecil said he and his father worked together at the store as well as the ranch. Now, the younger Milhon wants to concentrate on the ranch.

“It’s nice and peaceful and quiet out there to take care of my cows,” he said. “I’m trying to retire. I’ve thought about closing, but we’re not. We’re just going to keep going, and hopefully, find a buyer and sell the busine ss. The business is for sale.”

While Cecil said recent rumors of the Milhon store closing are not true, he would like to sell the business.

“I’ve done it long enough,” he said. “It’s all I’ve ever done my entire life. I never thought I would like taking care of cows. Dad would have a smile on his face from ear to ear if he knew that’s what I wanted to do and that’s where I was headed.”

Cecil said Bill’s love of motorcycles came from being a truck driver.

“Of course, being a truck driver, you’re gone all the time,” he said. “He never did get to see his kids – me and my sister – so he decided one day that was enough of that. He wanted to spend time with his kids, so he said, ‘OK, let’s move to Liberal and open up a motorcycle shop.’ So they came down here in 1960.”

Milhon’s first location was in two buildings near the current location of Rick’s Muffler and Rick’s Auto Sales at the intersection of Pancake Blvd. and Kansas Avenue.

“We lived in the back of it when we started our business,” he said. “Dad ran the motorcycle shop, and Mom worked at the hospital in the early years.”

After Bill started the business, his wife, Mary,  quit her job at the hospital and came to work at the store.

“Over the years, we’ve been a Beaver Express agent,” Cecil said. “We’ve been in the appliance business. We’ve been in the bicycle business. This all took place in the ’60s.”

The older and younger Milhons share a love of motorcycles.

“It’s one of the few businesses where we were doing our hobby and making a living at it,” Cecil said. “With most people, motorcycles and four-wheelers are their hobby. We were lucky enough to do our hobby and make a living at it.”

Just as everything has, Cecil said the motorcycle business has changed tremendously over the years.

“The computer age has come along,” he said. “Newer electronics, fuel injections. Today’s workings of the business as well as the mechanic side of the business is totally different than it was 20 years ago.”

Cecil said with the computer age, he has had to adapt to the changes in technology, but he said overall, business has been good to the family.

“We cannot complain,” he said. “It’s treated us right, and we’ve had a lot of fun at it.”

When the time arrives, Cecil said he is ready to leave the business.

“My goal was to retire at 52,” he said. “I’m 52, so I’m ready for my mid-life crisis. I want to go take care of my cows. I enjoy taking care of my cows and watching the baby cows run around. That’s my retirement.”

Cecil recalled a visit his dad made to a banker not long after Milhon’s was started.

“The banker said, ‘Well, you’ve sold everybody a motorcycle that wants one. Now, what are you going to do?’” he said. “We’re still selling them 50 years later. There’s a lot of good memories of going trail bike riding, going to the mountains, going to the races.”

In addition to selling motorcycles, Cecil enjoys riding them, and he did much of that in Lake City, Colo. The Milhon’s owner said there is one moment from riding he will never forget.

“Me and my sister were riding Trail 70s, and she fell down,” she said. “She crawled underneath the motorcycle to keep from scratching up the motorcycle. She thought Dad would be madder than hell if she scratched the bike up.”

Cecil said rather than scratching the motorcycle, his sister was skinned from head to toe following the incident.

“That was funny hours later once she got over crying,” he said. “We did a lot of trail riding in the mountains when we were small.”

Another moment Cecil remembered was at Lake City riding a trail made of what seemed to be a solid rock formation.

“It looked like if you moved one rock, the whole mountain was going to come down,” he said. “The Trail 90 ran out of power, and I had to get off. I didn’t want to get off because I thought the mountain was going to come down if you move the rocks.”

Cecil said he has ridden bikes throughout Colorado and New Mexico, and he still does now.

“When my kids were small, I’d haul them around on my Trail 70 and my Trail 90,” he said. “I met my wife. We got married, and I took her trail bike riding.”

This was in Red River, N.M., according to Cecil.

“I put her on a Trail 70 and took her up the roughest, toughest trail there was out there,” he said. “She said if she could have divorced me, she would. She learned how to ride a motorcycle in about two hours.”

In addition to motorcycles, Cecil said his wife, Linda, also enjoys riding four wheelers and side by sides.

“We’ve done a lot of that as a family,” he said. “We did a lot of jet skiing as a family. We did a lot of camping together.”

Cecil spoke of some of the very first customers the store had who were from Hugoton.

“They’re still buying stuff from us today,” he said. “It’s kind of neat. When Dad was running the place, he sold stuff to Larry Taylor for his boys, and now, I’m selling stuff to Larry’s boys for their boys. They all come in together.”

Cecil said Milhon’s has sold units all over the country.

“We’ve made a lot of good friends over the years,” he said. “It’s been very good to us.”

Cecil said the motorcycle business continues to grow.

“Every year, it grows a little bit,” he said. “It’s kind of like the oilfield business. It’s up and down depending on what the weather’s doing, the economy. In most cases, it’s always kind of in the up mode. In the early years, whenever there was just motorcycles, in the winter time, it was kind of slow. In the later years, ATVs came along, and the four-wheelers took up the slack in the winter time and opened up a whole new group of customers to the farmers for ATV utility use.”

Cecil said his plan now is to sell the business.

“I’m wanting to retire from the motorcycle business,” he said. “We’re working on the farm house, redoing it. We’re going to sell our house in town and move to the country. Take care of my cows and just kind of kick back and go motorcycle riding and four-wheeler riding and enjoy life. That is the game plan.”

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Monday, 24 January 2011 12:04

People check out the numerous games where guns or outdoor gear are the prizes Saturday evening at the Ag Building in Liberal for the locall chapter’s annual Pheasants Forever banquet. The banquet drew an unusually large crowd this year, and the conservation group gave away a total of 14 guns during the evening. For more photos of the banquet, see Tuesday’s Leader & Times. L&T photo/Larry Phillips

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The High Plains Daily Leader and Southwest Daily Times are published Sunday through Friday and reaches homes throughout the Liberal, Kansas retail trade zone. The Leader & Times is the official newspaper of Seward County, USD No. 480, USD No. 483 and the cities of Liberal and Kismet.  The Leader & Times is a member of the Liberal Chamber of Commerce, the Kansas Press Association and the Associated Press.

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