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In Response To: Re: Seizure of Churches ()
I've been researching this subject. Churches of the South were under assualt almost everywhere. There were standing orders to force churches to pray for the president. The Catholic Church was especially targeted after the Pope's message for Catholics to resist supporting the war for the Union. Cemeteries were desecrated in some cases to build fortifactions, on church properties. Church valuables were stolen from the alters. I've seen the Marianna case, and there are many others.
Below is the case at Alexandria Virginia, the O.R. has more on this incident.
Alexandria Virginia Episcopalians to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 09, 1862 (Report of a disturbance at their church)
From Alexandria Virginia Episcopalians to Abraham Lincoln, February 9, 1862
A scene occurred at St Paul's Church Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday morning February 9th 1862, which has, perhaps, never had a parallel among civilized nations, certainly not in the history of this country.
The officiating minister, the Revd K. J. Stewart had gone through the morning prayer of the Episcopal Church as far as the Litany, and the prayer for the President being omitted, but without any thing in its place, and was proceeding with the Litany, when an interruption occurred of the character which the law designates as "brawling", that is the intervention of noise and tumult, by certain persons who had come into to the church with the intention of interrupting the service, should it not proceed according to their wishes.
These persons commenced the disturbance as soon as they found the prayer for the President omitted. One of them, Capt Farnsworth1 of the 8th Illinois Dragoons, who sat near the Chancel, dressed in uniform, with some five or six of the soldiers near him undertook to officiate in prayer (if prayer it can be called) by reading the prayer for the President of the United States. How far it he went in it does not appear in the confusion, but soon quitting his position as the offerer of prayer, he advanced to the altar where Mr. Stewart was kneeling and still continuing the Litany, and ordered the his arrest. Mr. Stewart was dragged from his knees by the soldiers. The ground was of this arrest Capt Farnsworth distinctly averred to the be the omission of the prayer for the President of the United States. With this averral he said, "I arrest you by the authority of the United States as a rebel and a traitor." And I, responded Mr Stewart, who by that time had advanced to the Chancel rails, to Capt. Farnsworth, summon you to answer at the Judgment seat of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords for interrupting interfering by force of arms with his ambassador while in the act of presenting the petition of his people at His Altar.
The solemnity of this appeal apparently caused the parties to fall back and pause, but soon the soldiers were ordered to seize Mr Stewart which two of them did with great violence forcing the bible and prayer book from his hands, one of them drawing his revolver; another revolver was presented to an old and venerated citizen within the chancel, when the officer ordered the soldier not to fire: very soon a considerable number of armed soldiers appeared in the Church.
Mr Stewart refusing to yield voluntarily, was dragged by force from the Altar, and through the aisle out of the church-- He was in the surplice, which he wore through the streets, and at Col: Farnsworth's quarters, where he was taken.
Capt Farnsworth said that he went to church intending to arrest Mr. Stewart, if he should offer any prayer for the Confederate States. Near him, in the same pew sat Mr. Morton the "detective" agent of the government, who then gave orders to arrest Capt. Farnsworth to make the arrest, which was executed as above described. Mr. Morton has declared that he was acting under authority from Washington.
The scene in the church was such as may be imagined in such circumstances-- Gentlemen were indignant and excited, and ladies giving utterance to their feelings of grief and indignation, but of course no serious effort was made to prevent the arrest-- Mr. Stewart was taken away and the congregation soon dispersed--
It is proper to state that these proceedings were without the knowledge of Genl Montgomery,2 the military governor of this city, and were strongly condemned by him when they came to his knowledge. He telegraphed to Washington for instructions from the government, which, when received, were of such a nature as to lead to Mr. Stewart's release after a few hours detention.
The issues involved in the transactions thus imperfectly sketched, are too great grave to admit of comment. It will, however, be well to state that Mr. Stewart only insists upon the the rights of all ambassadors to communicate with their King untrammelled by civil or military interference; and that in no case have any of the services of this Church assumed a political aspect; no prayer has been offered, and no sentiment advanced at any time that was calculated to offend even the most sensitive critic; but public worship is interrupted, soldiers invade the Chancel, and with drawn revolvers drag the minister s of religion from its Altar, because he will not do their bidding.
The undersigned were present in the Church and testify to the facts herein stated. It may be proper also to state that, by request of the vestry and in the absence of the Rector, the Revd George A. Smith and the Revd K. J. Stewart have been officiating in St Pauls Church for several weeks past, and that Mr. Smith was in the Chancel, at the time these occurrances took place.
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IPO considers reintroducing fast-track trademark service
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The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is inviting comments on whether it should reintroduce the fast-track trademark examination procedure.
The fast-track service was first launched in 2008 following recommendations laid out in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property 2006. In 2009 it was suspended due to disappointing take-up, and because the IPO was examining within five to 10 working days using its standard procedure at the time.
Therefore, the office said, the £300 premium for the service, on top of a £200 application fee and any additional class fees at £50 each, was "difficult to justify".
Fast-track service users would receive results of the office's search for conflicting marks and registration objections within 10 business days.
While the service was available, the IPO received an average of 20 fast-track applications a month, compared with 2,600 standard applications.
Lord Marland, then Minister for Intellectual Property, raised the idea of reintroducing the service in late 2012.
A spokesperson for the IPO said: "Since 2009, the IPO has received an increase in trademark applications each year and subsequently examination time has fluctuated over this period. However, the introduction of a new electronic case management system, in April 2013, has resulted in applications again being examined in approximately 15 days.
She added: "The IPO believes that it is an appropriate time to ask users whether there is a need to reintroduce the fast-track service."
Chris McLeod, director of trademarks at Squire Sanders and first vice president of the UK Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA), predicted there would not be much demand for the service if it is reintroduced, and said he would be surprised if it returned.
"Users voted with their feet and the IPO apparently decided that it wasn't worth continuing to offer it last time," he said.
"I couldn't see myself recommending it to clients."
He said that the IPO's regular examination speed is still quite fast, albeit slower than it once was, and would recommend "as a rule" filing in the UK first rather than filing for a community trademark.
"Given the opposition period, there is still a limit to how quickly you can get your mark registered."
McLeod added that ITMA will respond to the IPO's invitation by submitting comments on behalf of its members, and will encourage members to make their own responses.
The IPO said that "all interested parties" are welcome to submit their comments before April 15.
This article was first published on 19 February 2014 in World IP Review
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Why wasn't Malaysia's former PM Najib wearing the orange anti-graft lock-up T-shirt?
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - When former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak appeared at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Wednesday morning (July 4), many asked why he was not in orange.
They were, of course, referring to the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission's (MACC) infamous orange lock-up T-shirt "uniform".
Instead, Najib was wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt.
The orange uniform is, however, used only when a suspect is being remanded for investigation.
Previously, the likes of former Felda chairman Isa Samad, Penang state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh and Parti Warisan Sabah chief Shafie Apdal had been pictured in this uniform while attending court for remand hearings.
A remand process involves a suspect being brought in front of a magistrate, who will then decide whether the authorities will be able to detain the suspect for a specific amount of time, said a source.
Usually, a suspect is remanded when investigators need more time to question the person, or to gather sufficient evidence for possible prosecution.
In the case of Najib, he was not remanded but was instead held overnight on Tuesday and immediately charged on Wednesday.
Similarly, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was never asked to wear the orange T-shirt with the words "Lokap SPRM" when he was in court to be charged over corruption.
Lawyer N. Surendran said that until someone is convicted of any crime, they should not be forced to wear uniforms of any colour.
"This practice of making people wear these uniforms breaches the presumption of innocence," he said.


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Ring motte and bailey first mentioned 1160, with later stone keep probably built between 1152 and 1217. Only foundations of the keep survived in the early 19th century but partial reconstruction has occured since. Outworks have been partly damaged by modern building. Excavations have identified a Medieval hall. It has been suggested that it was the principal castle of Richard Fitz Gilbert, and that the earthworks around the castle may represent a campaign position of the Norman army in the winter of 1066-7.
The ruins stand in the grounds of a Victorian house (originally known as Castle Hill) built in about 1860, by Mr John Norris. It was the main house of a sizeable estate, whose ancillary buildings and farmland can still be seen to the south.
A major portion of the house was demolished in the early 1950s, and the remaining building was renamed Castle Place, the name it retains to this day. It has been converted into flats.
This castle stood at the W. extremity of the town, where now is a wood, upon the bold brow of a hill commanding extensive views over Holmsdale. It is said to have been a stately fortress, and pleasantly situated.
The manor at Domesday was in the possession of Richard de Tonbridge, one of the Norman warriors who came to the conquest of England kith Duke William, whose half-brother he was, being born of Arlotte, the same mother, as the Conqueror. He was the son of Gilbert Crispin, Earl of Brionne, the son of Jeffrey, natural son of Richard, first Duke of Normandy, the great-grandfather of Duke William ; hence they were also second cousins. His usual name was Richard FitzGilbert, and he had from his brother twenty-four manors in Surrey. He was killed in Wales about 1090. This Richard was made Earl of Clare, and his descendants retained their property for nine generations. He is the reputed founder of Bletchingley Castle, the original fabric of which had not a long existence, for the revolt of Gilbert, the Red Earl (see TONBRIDGE, DENT), who fought against Henry III. at the battle of Lewes, brought about its demolition.
'The king's troops quartered in Tonbriclge, hearing of the Royalist defeat there, sallied out to attack the Londoners, who, having been dispersed early in the day by Prince Edward, were collecting their shattered forces at Croydon ; on their way thither, these Kings troops took Bletchingley, and destroyed it, probably as far as fire would burn.
In later times this same Red Earl, marrying Joan d'Acre, the daughter of Edward I., had to surrender all his castles and manors to that King, receiving them back again. This manor afterwards followed the fortunes of Tonbridge and Clare (q.v.), until it became forfeit to the Crown in 1521 by the execution of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, under Henry VIII., who, in 1523, granted it to Sir Nicholas Carew, of Beddington, Surrey, his Master of the Horse, and K.G. Sir Nicholas was charged ill 1539, together with the Marquess of Exeter and others, with conspiring to place Cardinal Pole upon the throne, and was beheaded in March of that year, when Bletchingley fell to the Crown again. Two years after, Henry settled it on Anne of Cleves for her life, and she lived at the manor house of the property. At her death, the estate .vent to Sir Thomas Carwardes, an official in high favour with the king, who, in 1560, sold it to William, Lord Howard of Effingham, the Lord High Admiral, whose granddaughter, the beautiful Elizabeth Howard, brought Bletchingley in marriage to John, Lord Mordaunt, created Earl of Peterborough in 1628. She was a hot Parliamentarian, and her son, the second Earl, a strong Royalist; but he had, in exile and poverty, to pull down the manor-house and sell the estate, whereupon Bletchingley, in 1677, went to Sir Robert Clayton, whose descendant sold the reversion of the manor to a relative, John Kenrick, whose family resold it. In 1835 it came to the Perkins family, and it is now the property of Mr. Norris.
In 1673 Aubrey saw a piece of the old castle wall, which had been pulled down during the Barons' War ; it stood upon an eminence, but at the present day nothing is to be traced but foundations. The lines of both the inner and outer moats can be seen very clearly, and a part of the walls has been exposed by digging, with the foundations of a tower. The castle is said to have been rebuilt after the battle of Lewes, but there exists no record to tell when it was deserted or pulled down, or when separated from the manor.


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SINGAPORE: While the fault lines of the last global financial crisis have been mostly addressed, risks remain and have shifted in three ways over the past 10 years, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon on Wednesday (Nov 7).
These can be seen in the build-up of leverage in emerging market economies, the shift of leverage from banks to non-banks and an increase in corporate bond issuances globally, said Mr Menon as he warned of the possibility of another global financial meltdown.
"There will be another financial crisis. We have not banished financial crisis, but it's going to look very different from the last one," he said at a panel discussion held on day two of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
Moderated by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Clive Crook, the 40-minute long discussion also included Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and former US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen giving their takes on monetary policy-making and how to manage the spill-over effects of these policy moves.
The MAS chief pointed out that while advanced economies have weaned off high levels of debt, the opposite has occurred in emerging markets amid loose financial market liquidity conditions.
Meanwhile, the extension of credit has shifted from banks to non-banks – one of the areas that have not been given enough attention, said Mr Menon.
He raised the example of the United States, where more than half of all mortgages issued now are done by non-banks – a "huge shift" from the 9 per cent seen prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Similarly in China, credit extension has moved out of the regulated banking sector in the form of peer-to-peer lending.
The third shift comes in the form of rising corporate bond issuances across both advanced and emerging market economies, with an added dimension of risk for the latter given that "a good part" of these borrowings are US dollar-denominated.
"Risk is going to keep shifting around and our job is to be very alert and watchful where that risk and leverage is shifting because they go together quite well and (can) ignite crises," said Mr Menon.
Agreeing, Dr Yellen said while she has a "glass half full" mentality when it comes to financial stability, she is worried about the migration of risks to other areas within the system.
Pointing to the emergence of new risks, such as the build-up of non-financial corporate debt, she added that regulators still lack sufficient tools. Even in the case of the US, it remains unclear whether appropriate tools are in place.
She also raised concerns about the ongoing sentiment moving in the direction of deregulation. While she is "sympathetic" to concerns about regulatory burdens, the former Fed chair said she is "worried" as it is "too soon to be moving in that direction".
COORDINATED COOPERATION OR GLOBAL SAFETY NET?
During the panel discussion titled "Managing the next financial shock" held at Capella Singapore, Ms Indrawati also raised the point of how the US central bank must pay attention to the spill-over effects of its policies on other economies.
Raising the example of her country, the finance minister said despite Indonesia doing well with strong growth and benign inflation, its central bank has had to raise interest rates to keep pace with the US Federal Reserve.
Ms Indrawati, who built up a reputation as a technocrat and economic reformer during her previous tenure as finance minister from 2005 to 2010, also did not mince her words when she mentioned how the global shift in capital away from emerging markets, prompted by the tightening cycle, has sent the Indonesian rupiah sliding in recent months.
Nonetheless, with rising financing costs and tightening liquidity, the minister said Indonesia will now have to be "very careful" and be "even more disciplined" when assessing its development goals.
When asked by the moderator if there can be an "institutional fix" or even scope for international cooperation to manage such spill-over effects, Mr Menon said ongoing "informal" discussions about global regulatory coordination, as well as recognising the knock-on effects of one's monetary policy on other countries, may help.
The MAS chief also mooted the idea of a "global financial safety net" – something that is "sorely lacking" today.
"Even if everything is done to (keep the house in order), you are still subject to the vagaries of international financial flows which can be erratic and irrational," he said, echoing Indonesia as an example of how a country can run its affairs well but still get influenced by external factors.
"Bad things happen to good countries," said Mr Menon, while adding that the world needs to have "mechanisms to provide emergency facilities" in situations of dollar shortage in the current "dollarised" world.
Expanding on that, he cited the example of the Federal Reserve's dollar swap lines, which was rolled out at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
To that, Dr Yellen agreed that the swap lines were "extremely important" during the previous financial meltdown and in the event of a similar crisis, the US central bank would "look seriously again" at extending swap lines.
However, she stressed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be a more "logical" organisation to take on the role of supplying global liquidity, given that the US laws do not mandate the Federal Reserve to be a back-up liquidity provider to other economies.
"When the Fed plays that role, it really needs, in defending that role to Congress, to explain why it is in the US' interest," said the former US central bank chief.
Rapid changes in financial technology, or fintech, are shaking up the global banking industry.
Banks must adopt new technologies to survive an ongoing "extinction phase" wrought by such tech, according to Stephen Bird, Citi's global consumer banking CEO.
While new technologies cannot be ignored, bankers say the primary aim is to use them to provide the best service to customers.
That's long been true, but the pace of innovation means financial juggernauts now face what one top executive likened to a mass extinction event.
"The benefit of being 200 years old is that we have a survival reinvention DNA and that is core to who we are," Bird said during a panel discussion Wednesday at the annual Hong Kong FinTech Week conference.
"We think of it as we are living through an extinction phase," Bird said. "It is not an incremental thing, it's an epochal shift."
Given the explosion in new financial players, he said, established banks will need a "tense and deep re-engineering" of processes to enhance speed, convenience and trust and get at what is most important: the customer.
Bird said Citi in the United States, for example, has gained an edge by developing new ways of doing things by actively listening to its customers through "co-creation." Citi had 20,000 such sessions, which Bird credited with helping Citi achieve what he described as the most rapidly growing mobile base in North America.
Hard figures on how much the new wave of technology has disrupted retail banking are hard to come by, but analysts have stressed that the challenge is real.
"The rise of digital innovators in financial services presents a significant threat to the traditional business models of retail banks," consultancy McKinsey & Company said in a 2016 report.
So far, at least, global banks are holding up, based on their most recent reporting periods. Citi, Standard Chartered, Bank of America, HSBC and Credit Suisse, for example, all reported third-quarter profit increases from the same period last year. Deutsche Bank's earnings, however, slumped.
Ben Hung, regional CEO for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, which has roots going back more than 150 years, said that one constant in the sector has been what customers seek at a basic level.
"It's all about how they want to manage their money, tend their money and grow their money and that fundamental need I don't think has changed," Hung said during the same Wednesday panel in Hong Kong.
What has, he stressed, is the pace of technological development now necessary to meet those requirements, which he acknowledged can be intimidating.
"It's about how to address some of these needs through technology in different ways, but equally it can be quite daunting given the uncertainty and speed by which technology happens," he said.
"It's all very exciting, very, very daunting," said Hung, who also serves as his bank's CEO for retail banking and wealth management.
Bird, meanwhile, said that the pace of investment flows into financial technology suggests an attention-grabbing shift away from incumbents toward new players.
"We take that provocation as very, very real because it's the economics of what's happening," he said.
He said that Citi has hired people from companies such as PayPal and Amazon who possess the "mindset" needed to aid the bank's transformation.
Also crucial, he said, is for the bank to be where its customers are. That increasingly means social media platforms such as WeChat as well as Instagram and Facebook.
"So we must fintegrate," he said.
Temasek's inaugural public retail bond offer last month was met with hot demand, adding some excitement to the local investment scene.
Many investors will now be hoping the robust response could prompt more issuers to explore bonds of a similar nature and quality.
ARTIFICIAL intelligence and machine learning are set to shake up traders' jobs by enabling them to generate their own alpha, boosting fund managers' returns in today's asset management industry, currently under pressure to justify fees with outperformance.
That's according to Seth Merrin, founder and chief executive of Liquidnet, a dark pool trading platform with more than 930 asset managers as members, across 46 markets.
Dark pools were originally designed for institutional investors to trade large blocks of shares without having to disclose their identities, volumes or prices, unlike traditional exchanges.
Members of Liquidnet manage assets totaling US$15 trillion.
In a recent interview, he said fund manager performance is the biggest problem in asset management today.
Seth Merrin, founder and chief executive of Liquidnet, says active managers have undershot their benchmarks over the last 10 or 15 years.
"You don't have to go very far to read that the active managers have underperformed their benchmarks pretty consistently over the last 10, 15 years.
"We've seen massive amounts of money leave active management and go into passive management and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Quite frankly, it's accelerated and if our members don't perform better, it's going to continue to accelerate."
What could help change the game is tapping the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse and generate insights from data.
"There are some hedge funds that are performing incredibly well because they were very early on in understanding the power of this technology. Most active managers have not."
Now, the change will take place in the asset management industry, starting with the trading side.
"Traders today are looked at as a cost centre. It's an amazing amount of technology, expense, time and effort that goes into simply implementing their portfolio managers' orders.
"We've created all this technology that actually helps the trader implement and find liquidity so much better than just a human being can," said Mr Merrin.
Liquidnet is introducing a new analysis tool called Discovery, that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to analyse market information and alert traders and fund managers if there are market events that may impact the portfolio.
It helps traders take advantage of short-term stock movements in the market to generate their own performance, or trader alpha, alongside fund managers.
On the amount of upside fund managers would be able to generate above what they were previously, the company said it was too early to say definitively.
Lee Porter, Asia-Pacic head of Liquidnet, said the tool has currently been introduced to 100 members in the US and Europe, with 20 across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney on pilot.
In Singapore, Liquidnet was recently approved for a capital markets licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which would allow its approximately 30 members here access to their full range of offerings, including Discovery when the tool is officially rolled out, aside from block trading.
Mr Merrin strongly believes the asset management industry needs to embrace technology to continue surviving.
"This whole industry has been very manual and very analog", he said. "They need this technology, they need this evolution, they need this value-add to help their RMs succeed and do better."
"I think most industries have continued to do things the way they've always done until there is a company or companies that can think differently and change the industry.
"This industry needs a little disruption."
An artificial intelligence platform developed by ING Groep NV has helped the firm improve its bond trading performance and the company now plans wider use of the technology, one of the Dutch bank's senior trading executives said.
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has announced the liberalisation of its regulatory framework to facilitate greater retail access to the RM1.3 trillion Malaysian bond and sukuk market.


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NBA veteran Jeremy Lin stars with The Totally Awesome Hulk
January 11, 2017 BlowoutBuzz
If you're a Jeremy Lin collector, you might need to find a comic book shop.
The Brooklyn Nets' point guard from Harvard makes his second appearance in a Marvel Comics release that arrives in shops today. It's issue 14 of The Totally Awesome Hulk.
The story began in last month's issue created by writer Greg Pak and pencilled by Luke Ross.
"I was really interested to see what would happen. I loved everything about it," Lin told ESPN.com last month about being in the first issue. "Growing up, watching the movies or whatever it might be, we have all experienced some sort of fandom toward superheroes."
Issues are $3.99 as part of a series that began last year with the Hulk powers taken on by a Korean-American character — "a super-genius teen-ager" — named Amadeus Cho.
On the court this year, Lin has averaged 13.9 points and 5.8 assists per game.
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I inked up part of the Zig Zag stamp (wiped carefully the parts I didn't want with a baby wipe, to make a clean edge).
The debossed frame was made using two die cut pieces - which I ran through my cuttlebug with an extra sheet of paper.
Stamps: Hero Arts Zig Zag & Year Round Sentiments.
Paper: Hero Arts layering paper, Watercolor paper.
Ah, I was wondering if you cut apart your stamp! Great inking here, Pia! Lovely CAS card!
Looks awesome! I love the subtle embossing you added. And I agree, this class is very inspiring!


Simon Francis, a right-arm fast-medium bowler, made his county debut for Hampshire in 1997 and made a handful of appearances in between Durham University commitments before he moved to Somerset in 2002. He made the most of his move, and in 2003-4 he toured Malaysia and India with England A, having previously been on England Under-17 and Under-19 tours. In 2004 he took the best figures for the county in one-day cricket, 8 for 66 in the C&G Trophy against Derbyshire. But he struggled to hold down a place and was released at the end of the 2006 season. Nottinghamshire offered him another chance and Francis joined the club in May 2007. Like his brother John - with whom he played at Somerset - he also played hockey for England at U-18 level and in his time out of the game took up a career in sales and marketing.


President Ronald Reagan was lucky to send his friend Norman Wymbs to his hometown of Dixon, Ill. During the early 1980s, as Wymbs oversaw the restoration of Reagan's boyhood home on Hennepin Avenue, he also purchased the South Central School where Reagan attended sixth and seventh grades. The building would soon become the Northwest Territory Historic Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
Today, the local history museum houses educational exhibits about Reagan and the region. The former president's restored sixth-grade classroom connects to the Reagan History Room, with displays of Reagan's diplomas and original movie posters from his days in Hollywood.
Two new permanent exhibits, The Unchanged Land and The Changing Land, highlight the Black Hawk War and American farming, respectively. Artifacts, dioramas and life-like, talking mannequins guide visitors through these landmark moments in the Old Northwest Territory.
There's also an Abraham Lincoln History Room, Walgreens History Room, Local Chautauqua History Room and other exhibits on World War I and the greater Dixon area.
School and group tours can visit the research library, art gallery, surround-sound theater and museum store.
"We have two tour guides who volunteer for us throughout the year, and both are subject experts," says Dave Latta, manager.
A restored auditorium with a stage is available for private weddings, birthday parties and other events.
When Bill and Anne Phelps built their first barn in 1994, it was just for them and their four horses in Malta, Ill. But when more and more people began asking about boarding horses there, the couple expanded the facility to three barns, indoor and outdoor riding arenas, and a clubhouse. Soon enough, they started holding events.
The farm now hosts its own team of cowboy mounted shooters, part of a fast-growing equestrian sport that harkens back to the 1800s. During competition, riders on horseback maneuver around an obstacle course while shooting 10 balloon targets with single-action revolvers and special blanks.
Many riders travel to the Phelps' farm for practices and four weekend competitions with the Prairie State Rebels, a club affiliated with the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association.
Every July, Amber Sun Acres celebrates the National Day of the Cowboy with a two-day festival open to the public. Mounted pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions, vendors, food and cowboy games honor the western way of life. Visit their Facebook page for a complete schedule and event updates.
Riverside Plant: County W and State Hwy. 69, New Glarus, Wis.
Spotted Cow and the other all-natural beers at New Glarus Brewing Co. top award lists across the country – but you can only buy these ales in Wisconsin. Since 1993, founder and president Deborah Carey and brewmaster Dan Carey have been perfecting their local brewery to retain quality control. They continue to produce sought-after research-and-development beverages.
The brewery's Hilltop Plant, opened in May 2006, has become a popular tourist destination for beer-lovers. The three-hour Hard Hat Tour creates a behind-the-scenes look into the small-scale production at the original Riverside and Hilltop breweries. Groups of 15 are treated to a private beer and cheese pairing at the end. The Hard Hat Tour is available on Fridays at 1 p.m.
"Reservations are required for our Hard Hat Tour and it's already booked solid for all of 2016 and some of 2017," says Deborah.
Anyone can take a free, self-guided tour during the hilltop brewery's open hours. Visitors can wander the halls and peer through windows to see the bottling line, fermentation tanks, control lab and more. In the beer garden and tasting room, you can purchase three beer samples and a take-home commemorative tasting glass. The gift shop also offers branded apparel, glassware and novelty items.
The Beer Depot always stocks six year-round beers and some seasonal and specialty varieties for purchase in mix-and-match cases.
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m.
Hard Hat Tours are available on Fridays at 1 p.m.
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Daphne Joy Biography
Check out all that you wanted to know about Daphne Joy, the famous Filipino model & actress; her birthday, her family and personal life, her boyfriends, fun trivia facts and more.
Nick Name: Daphne Joy Cervantes Narvaez
Birthday: January 8, 1987
Nationality: Filipino
Boyfriend: 50 Cent (Ex-Boyfriend)
Famous: Models Actresses
Age: 32 Years, 32 Year Old Females
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Born in: Olongapo, Philippines
Famous as: Model, Actress
Height: 5'6" (168 cm), 5'6" Females
children: Sire Jackson
Julia Montes
Daphne Joy is a model, actor, host and entrepreneur from the Philippines. She became a swimsuit model for OMG Miami Swimwear and later released her own holiday collection named Daphne Joy for Abyss by Abby Collection. She has appeared on the covers of Smooth Magazine, BlackMen Magazine and SHOW Magazine, among others. She has also been featured in Ed Hardy Swim Campaign 2009 and King Magazine. Her first role on television came in 2007 on the MTV show 'Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out'. She went on to appear on the TV series 'CSI: Las Vegas, Criminal Minds', and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. She had short roles in the TV movie 'Venice Heat' and the comedy horror film 'Frankenhood.' Among her film appearances, the most noted is 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' in which she played a mermaid. She has appeared in a number of music videos including "What You Got" by Colby O'Donis featuring Akon and "Miss Independent" by Ne-Yo featuring Jamie Foxx. She also has over 1.1 million followers on her Instagram account.
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Daphne Joy stated that she has been approached by casting directors since she was in elementary school. She participated in dance groups, plays and theatre when she was in high school. She started her career as a fashion model when she was 17 years old. She walked the ramp for top fashion designers, appeared in ads, and eventually became a cover girl for various men's magazines. In 2007, she appeared as a VJ/Dancer in an episode of MTV's 'Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out'. Since then, she has worked on a number of TV shows and movies, including playing the role of a mermaid in the 2011 fantasy drama 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'. Her popularity rose significantly after she started dating rapper 50 Cent in 2011.
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Starting as a model, Daphne Joy has now become well-known as an actress for appearing on many television series and feature films. She is also an entrepreneur and has recently launched her own swimwear line. However, few know that she loves to host parties and has hosted major celebrity events in the past. She also modeled for charitable causes such as the annual Celebrity Catwalk, which raises awareness for abused cats and dogs. Growing up in the Philippines, she respects the culture and its values. Despite her immense popularity, she likes to stay low-key. She is a very good cook and loves Filipino food. She also loves to travel; however, her fear of heights restricts her vacation destinations and keeps her from enjoying rollercoaster rides or skydiving. Nevertheless, she dreams of overcoming her fear of heights by learning to fly a plane some day.
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Daphne Joy is infamous for her dating history and has been linked to a number of celebrities throughout the years. One of her earliest hook-ups was with much older Finnish-Canadian businessman Peter J. Nygård, even though the details of their relationship are unknown. In 2011, she briefly dated American actor Tyrese Gibson. Soon after, she started dating rapper 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III. It was one of her longest relationships, which lasted for over one and half years. She even had a child with the rapper, named Sire Jackson, who was born in 2013. Their relationship took an unexpected turn when she accused him of domestic assault. He allegedly physically abused her, breaking into her Toluca Lake condo on June 23, 2013, and also destroyed property worth $7,100 before he left. Police charged him with one count of domestic violence and four counts of vandalism. The domestic violence charges were later dropped after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism. Things have since then changed for better for the couple apparently; the rapper, who initially didn't even acknowledged having a child with her, recently promoted her swimsuit line on Twitter, calling her the mother of his baby and sparking rumors of them reuniting. In the meantime, Daphne, who dated singer Jason Derulo from November 2015 to May 2016, decided to break up with him on amicable terms. She also reportedly dated reality TV star Rob Kardashian for a short period of time in late 2013.
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Daphne Joy Cervantes Narvaez was born on February 8, 1987, in Olongapo, Philippines. Her father was originally from Puerto Rico, while her mother was from Philippines. She spent much of her childhood in the Philippines and at the age of 7, relocated to Los Angeles with her family. During her high school years, she was part of the cheerleading team, dance groups and choir plays, and also participated in talent shows. She is currently a single mother.
Daphne Joy considers herself a foodie, but thinks she is blessed to have a good metabolism which keeps her from gaining weight.
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Fancy Driving from Delhi to Bangkok?
Thread Starter visran
visran
Fancy a trip to Bangkok? Not by air, as most would imagine, but a road trip. Promising a strong punch of excitement, adventure and experience of a lifetime, a self-drive expedition company that has been organising some offbeat trips is now offering to take those interested from Delhi to Bangkok by road, via Nepal, China and Tibet.
An initiative of Tushar Agarwal - who has been cited by the Limca Book of Records for driving from London to Delhi through 15 countries in 51 days - and Sanjay Madan, another travel enthusiast, this particular expedition that is due in June 2013 is one of the many that their three-month old company has been organising.
While its selling point is the fact that it offers you the option of a self-drive expedition - in which you are provided with a car and are assisted by the staff through a personalised itinerary on flexible dates - Journeys by Road, as the company is called, also lets you go for an assisted expedition in which the staff members travel with you.
"We have got a great response ever since we started this venture. What sets us apart from the travel agents is that we have actually visited those places and can advise you on the little-known eating joints or places to see, and in case you get stuck midway in a self-drive expedition, we can actually guide you through the journey over the phone because we have been through all those roads," Agarwal told IANS.
Admittedly, the company offers trips to a select few destinations with rich natural beauty - both in India and beyond the borders. So you have a tribal tour in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh; Ladakh; Leh-Srinagar; Lahul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh; Rajasthan; Uttarakhand; Bhutan and Tibet.
The experience of such a trip, Agarwal said, is unique since you can drive at your own pace, soaking up the beauty of a place, relaxing at will, exploring and witnessing the local culture. The other details, such as hotel bookings, food, and travel to the destination are taken care of by the company.
The cars are also equipped with GPS (for navigation), oxygen cylinders, medical kits and emergency food hampers.
"If one does not want to drive around, you can opt for a chauffeured car. The other option is a fixed departure, when an expedition is organised with us, and we have the itinerary drawn up - which is flexible - and one can join us," Agarwal said.
The trip to Bangkok is a fixed departure one, albeit a self-drive tour.
"The road from India to Thailand, via Myanmar, will come up in 2016. But we will travel from Delhi to Bangkok through a different route that will take us through China and Tibet, which, I promise, will be once in a lifetime experience," he said.
The 25-day, 7,000 km expedition which will be open to not more than 15-20 people, will take one through the majestic Kathmandu in Nepal to the Everest base camp, all the way to Lhasa in Tibet and then driving past one of the deepest gorges in the world in China. The journey, which in its itinerary has also a jungle safari thrown in, will then continue to Laos, and finally to Bangkok.
"The process of obtaining vehicle permits from China takes long; so we will do that as soon as the participants are confirmed by the end of this year," said Agarwal, who holds yet another record in the Limca Book for driving a Tata Nano from Delhi to Khardung La in Ladakh.
Another expedition that the travel duo is excited about is one to the Rann of Kutch this November. This is open for self-drive, although there will be a support vehicle, guiding the visitors through the salt deserts on a full moon night, a wildlife sanctuary, the Mandvi beach and a handicraft village.
The six-day trip will cost one Rs.30,000, including food, accommodation, sightseeing et al in an adventurous-cum-luxurious holiday itinerary. This however does not include travel to and from Bhuj.
"What more? If you would rather drive your own car, an SUV or any other, that too is possible - in fact that will cut down your expense. All that matters is an epic road trip with endless possibilities," Agarwal said.
Fancy driving from Delhi to Bangkok? Here's how!
So anybody interested?
Excellent initiative. However, i feel that the charges are on lower side. I hope the mentioned fee includes fuel charges too. I would love to be a part of this expedition someday!
It indeed is a great initiative, but the only flaw in this expedition is the limit of traveller's which is maximum of 20 number's, i feel they should have allowed more traveller's per slot.
what an initiative!! love this! would want to do this but problem is that i want to go from bangkok to Delhi and not the other way around. haha
shailinder
Mera Bharat Mahaan
Good initiative. I would be keen to know how many from TAI are interested to take part in it.
chayan
The website is Self Driving Expeditions|Road Trips India|Ladakh Holidays|Adventure Holidays India.
The 5/6 day ones seem very enticing. Anything more would not be sanctioned from office/home office
Gurrala74
chayan said:
This looks quite interesting trip, I always used to think that why can't we go by road to Europe and America( of course with a long bridge on Atlantic or a tunnel in the sea) [thinking]
Gurrala74 said:
This looks quite interesting trip, I always used to think that why can't we go by road to Europe and America( of course with a long bridge on Atlantic or a tunnel in the sea)
You can have something like this even now -
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BENNETT THinkING
"It's so dark"—Communicating in the age of Covid-19
Communicating in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic is not making lemonade out of lemons. It's more like making lemonade out of lemons that have been left in the back of someone's pickup truck. In 90-degree heat. For three months.
If you're not struggling with a loved one alone in the ICU, or the unexpected loss of your income, or four-year-old twins suddenly cut off from the outside world—then yes, you might be able to see a "bright side" in all of this.
But if you are struggling with any of those things—and Lord knows that's only a partial list—then hearing some company yammer on about the bright side is not going to give you the warm fuzzies. It's going to make you want to throw something. Preferably straight at the CEO's head.
If that's the tack you want to take, you'd be better off keeping quiet.
"It's so dark"
I wrote a post-Covid-19 piece for one of my clients recently. They had a story to tell about some positives that might emerge from the rubble of the world as we know it. But my first paragraph acknowledged the damage that's been done to people's lives as well as to the business world.
The client returned the draft with a note: "This opening is so dark. Can't we delete?"
Um…no.
You don't have to tell people that the pandemic has happened—and please, please don't talk about "these unprecedented times." We know.
But you must acknowledge that people have endured a range of unpleasant things—from mild (disruption of their schedules) to catastrophic (deaths of family members and friends). If you want to speak to them, you must acknowledge that before you can say anything else.
To put it on a more human level: if your spouse's sibling died suddenly, you wouldn't come home from work and say, "So, what's for dinner?" If a coworker's child was hospitalized, you wouldn't lead with, "When am I going to see that PowerPoint?"
Of course you wouldn't (at least I hope you wouldn't!)—because those would be in-person interactions. Your natural humanity kicks in when you have to look in someone's eyes.
When you're writing—whether it's a company-wide email or a LinkedIn post or an op-ed in your local newspaper—it's easy to forget that you're not just writing for "readers." You're writing for people.
If times are dark, acknowledge that. And then flip on your verbal flashlight and show them the path out.
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Okay, I just have to say, I LOVE the folks over at Maya Road! I'm getting ready for my class at the CREATIVE FESTIVAL next weekend, and in doing so I realize... WHOOOPSS.. I forgot to order the BOOKS for my "Year in the Life" Mini Book class. Jump onto the Maya Road site, order my stuff, and send them a nice note to ask them to ship FAST, pretty pretty please!
Well within the hour I have a personal note back from one of the owners (thanks Caroline), and then a UPS shipping confirmation. Amazing, I mean REALLY amazing. That's customer service worth talking about! add that to a FANTASTIC product, and well, I HEART Maya Road!
Now, if you are wondering, we are doing the Year in the Life Class at the Creative Festival on Saturday.... and it's going to be awesome. I've got some really great custom/exclusive journalling spots and templates designed, gorgeous Maya Road rub-ons, trims, MAYA MISTS (oh baby I LOVE these), buttons, stickles, paint and oh, so much more!
If you want to join in, there were still a few spots available last time I spoke to the Festival, but it was filling fast. The Class code is 502c1.5 Cost is: $25.00 and there is a kit fee of $10.00. You get the Maya Road Album and lots of embellishments to complete the mini album, plus at gift from myStampBox too.
The Card Carnival Class also has some spots in it... so why not play hooky from work on Thursday and come and play. The class is 3 hours, we make 18 CARDS and there are two stamps in the class kit to take home thanks to my FANTASTIC sponsors: myStampBox and RoseWood Stamps. There is also a really cool, new product from Big Dawg Productions that will be launched in the class and you get a FREEBIE from them as well! - Yep.... it's gonna be good!
Class Code: 501c3 - Cost is: $60.00 including the class kit which is AWESOME.
Samples and sneak peeks of everything coming soon.... promise!
Wow! That was quite the catchup. Sounds amazing....oh...by the way...I heart Maya Road too!


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package cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.segmenter.matcher.language;

import java.util.List;

import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.Config;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.POS.KhmerPOS;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.POS.POS;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.dictionary.language.KhmerCommonDictionary;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.segmenter.AbstractKhmerSegmenter;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.segmenter.domain.Term;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.segmenter.matcher.Matcher;
import cn.edu.kmust.seanlp.segmenter.matcher.MinimumMatcher;

/**
 * 柬埔寨语正向最小匹配算法分词
 * @author Zhao Shiyu
 *
 */
public class KhmerMinMatchSegmenter extends AbstractKhmerSegmenter {

	private Matcher minMatcher = new MinimumMatcher(KhmerCommonDictionary.khmerDictionary.dictionaryTrie);
	private POS pos = new KhmerPOS();

	@Override
	protected List<Term> segmentSentence(String[] sentence) {
		List<Term> ret = minMatcher.segment(sentence);
		if (Config.BaseConf.speechTagging) {
			ret = pos.speechTagging(ret);
		}
		return ret;
	}

	@Override
	protected List<Term> segmentSentence(char[] sentence) {
		List<Term> ret = minMatcher.segment(sentence);
		if (Config.BaseConf.speechTagging) {
			ret = pos.speechTagging(ret);
		}
		return ret;
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Config.BaseConf.enableDebug();
		String text = "ធាតុពិតនិងការបន្ដគំរាមកំហែងមកលើអ្នកការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៅកម្ពុជា។របាយការណ៍នេះផ្អែកលើការស៊ើបអង្កេតតែ";
//		String text = "我是一个学生!";
		KhmerMinMatchSegmenter seg = new KhmerMinMatchSegmenter();
		System.out.println(seg.segment(text));
		String line = "";
		for (Term term : seg.segment(text)) {
			line += term.getWord() + "|";
		}
		System.err.println(text);
		System.out.println(line);

	}

}

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[The video game thread]
Chat about stuff other than Transformers.
Heinrad
Location: Riskin' it all on my Russian Roulette!
Post by Heinrad » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:56 am
Seasons of Infamy - The Arkham Knight new DLC stuff comes to an end with a bang with 4 more story missions. That being said, they aren't that long. Part of that could be that I'm playing them after finishing the main game, so breaking it up with the game's other missions isn't happening.
As a professional tanuki (I'm a Japanese mythological animal, and a good luck charm), I have an alarm clock built into me somewhere. I also look like a stuffed animal. And you thought your life was tough......
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Post by HeavyArms » Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:18 pm
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark - Not nearly the best Transformers game but it was cheap so why not.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Hardened Edition - Finally got around to picking this up after putting on Lay-By for two months.
Finished Aliens: Colonial Marines for good after finally downloading the DLC for it, still not a very good game and I don't recommend it.
Also, finished The Last Of Us by also downloading the the Left Behind story DLC for that.
Now I'm starting on Fallout 3 (all DLC) and slowly getting the hang of it but I am concerned with the various karma-based level trophies and the multitude of known bugs and glitches I've heard of.
Destruction is my specialty
Location: Henshin!
Post by Hound » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:17 pm
I am playing the Legend of Zelda for the first time and it is enormously fun.
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Post by Cyberstrike nTo » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:14 pm
I just got the Limited edition version of Life is Strange: Season One. Why buy it again for the same system you ask?
I like having physical copies of my media. It's also a back up in case my Xbox One dies.
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Post by ganon578 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:17 pm
Hound wrote: I am playing the Legend of Zelda for the first time and it is enormously fun.
You know, as big of a Zelda fan as I am now, when I had my NES in the late 80's early 90's, I didn't really care for the game that much. In the mid-90's, I got hooked with A Link to the Past on an SNES over at my sister's apartment. I never finished the original Zelda until I had it on GBA back around 2007-2008. It's really a masterpiece that I didn't appreciate until later, but I'm thoroughly glad I took the time.
Post by Hound » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:34 pm
ganon578 wrote: You know, as big of a Zelda fan as I am now, when I had my NES in the late 80's early 90's, I didn't really care for the game that much. In the mid-90's, I got hooked with A Link to the Past on an SNES over at my sister's apartment. I never finished the original Zelda until I had it on GBA back around 2007-2008. It's really a masterpiece that I didn't appreciate until later, but I'm thoroughly glad I took the time.
I had a friend who had it back when it first came out and i tried it but I was like 9 or 10 and I had nowhere near the attention span needed to actually play the game. I would just wander around fighting things til I got bored and played something interesting like Metroid or Mega Man. Now that I'm older and understand the nature of the game better it's been a lot of fun.
I "played" Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior back then too but it was pretty much the same thing. Just wandering around talking to villagers and fighting random encounters but not actually accomplishing anything. I didn't have the patience for RPGs and the like at that age, too used to platformers.
I barely have the patience for them now...
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I'm a bit in to Fallout 3, about level 11 or 12 I think, and it looks like it's going to take me weeks upon weeks to finish the game to my satisfaction (all trophies).
I do however have the karma thing worked out, but not necessarily the bugs/glitches or the mild to full-on freezing.
But I am enjoying it at least and that's all that matters.
Post by ganon578 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:46 pm
Went to Best Buy with a $5 Reward Certificate and a plan in place to buy something inexpensive yesterday. "If X is on sale, I'll get that. If not, but Y is on sale, I will get that. If all else fails, I'll get an amiibo." Came out with Z, which was on sale, but still spent $70. Z turned out to be the Disney Infinity 3.0 Saga Bundle that came with Anakin, Ahsoka, Luke, Leia, and Boba Fett. It also came with the Twilight of the Republic and Rise Against the Empire game sets. I only played it for a little bit yesterday, but it was pretty good fun. Definitely aimed at a younger audience, but this one should be enjoyable. I can't wait to have my kids join in with me later.
Post by Heinrad » Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:09 am
So after discovering the hard way that you need a PS Plus membership to play GTA Online on the PS4(unless you only want to play on weekends), I discovered a game I wanted to play from LucasArts way back in the old days that I can now play for free.... as long as my membership is active.
Grim Fandango- If you like film noir and the Land of the Dead, this game is for you. Although I am discovering that they do just throw you into the deep end.
Still on Fallout 3, currently level 14 and pretty much just exploring the map collecting bobble-heads and stuff.
Also bought Lego Marvel's Avengers on X360, which came with an Iron Man poly bag and some DLC for additional characters.
Notabot
Location: Lowden, IA
Post by Notabot » Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:26 pm
Heinrad wrote: Grim Fandango- If you like film noir and the Land of the Dead, this game is for you. Although I am discovering that they do just throw you into the deep end.
I was just going to say almost the exact same thing because I started Grim Fandango last night. A little bit annoying at times that you almost have to use a walkthrough, and I hate the shifting camera angle that has your character running the opposite direction when you enter a new screen, thereby running directly back to where you were. But it's cute, funny at times, and kind of fun so far. Not bad for free.
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Post by Sades » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:55 pm
you know what's really annoying? Having a Steam card given to you, but then being unable to use said Steam card because your computer is a piece of shit.
The part of me that just wants to get lost for awhile in some brand new video games is SO SAD right now. All this money for one thing, not able to use it.
And I of course just have to make it worse by browsing whatever Steam has on sale. Seriously, I feel guilty spending real money on myself, money gets handed to me for one specific thing that I enjoy and I can't even use it. Uncool, life! Uncool.
OH, but on the plus side Hound downloaded an NES emulator and we started playing Rampage. It is just as much fun as I remember it being. I only wish we had gotten to play it a bit longer before his controller crapped out.
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Post by Hound » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:23 am
I finished Zelda and moved on to Zelda II. It's pretty much an RPG. It's not as good as the first one just like everyone says but it is fun. I like the bigger overworld map, it's much more fun to explore.
Post by ganon578 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:49 pm
Over the weekend the fam and I downloaded Duck Hunt on the Wii U. Nothing new or special, just Duck Hunt. It's been modified for use with a Wii Remote, so now there's a little target cursor where you are pointing. Seems like that takes away some of the challenge. Otherwise, the Wii Remote speaker pumps out a little clicking sound, nearly identical to how the old Zappers used to be. It's a very cool little addition.
My daughter is seemingly going to be a crack shot. After a couple tries she was already working her way to Round 4.
Post by Hound » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:41 pm
A long while back I had been playing Final Fantasy III on the DS and there is a bunch of optional sidequest things to do but in order to unlock all of that you have to send messages within the game to someone else who has the game. Does anyone here have FF3 for the DS and is willing to send a few messages back and forth with me so that I can unlock all of that junk?
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Post by Patapsco » Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:20 pm
Just pre-purchased XCOM 2. I spent so much time on the 2012 version that I think it's tied with Empire: Total War for "most hours spent" on my Steam profile. I think this has something to do with the four floppy disk version I got for my Amiga a month before that packed in forever
Post by Notabot » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:55 pm
So Grim Fandango has turned into one of those games that I just want to be done with, unfortunately. You can either spend frustrating hours randomly trying to find the proper order to do things in, or you can use a walkthrough. There is very little in-between. Few in-game clues or hints, and most of the things you have to do make no sense whatsoever. Add to that lots of screens that you do nothing but run through over and over and over again, animations where they take great pains to make it long and detailed, yet have the character randomly teleporting from one spot to another, and characters that they pretend you are supposed to know before you've ever met them. I'll finish it up, but I'm glad it was a free one.
Video games have come a long way, haven't they?
Post by ganon578 » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:13 pm
Notabot wrote: So Grim Fandango has turned into one of those games that I just want to be done with, unfortunately. You can either spend frustrating hours randomly trying to find the proper order to do things in, or you can use a walkthrough. There is very little in-between. Few in-game clues or hints, and most of the things you have to do make no sense whatsoever. Add to that lots of screens that you do nothing but run through over and over and over again, animations where they take great pains to make it long and detailed, yet have the character randomly teleporting from one spot to another, and characters that they pretend you are supposed to know before you've ever met them. I'll finish it up, but I'm glad it was a free one.
Hmmm. Good to hear a perspective on this. I understand it's quite a fan favorite, but it doesn't sound like something I would enjoy. With limited gaming time, I can't usually doddle around for hours trying to solve and obtuse puzzle.
On the other hand, I finished up Twilight of the Republic in Disney Infinity 3.0. It was a bit shorter than I anticipated, but I suppose there's all of the tasks around that don't directly involve the main story, and all the Toy Box features. Luckily, I still have Rise Against the Empire to complete, and yesterday I picked up The Force Awakens playset on sale ($10 off).
Post by Notabot » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:32 pm
I just got the Toybox Takeover and Speedway expansions for $10 each at Best Buy. Haven't had a chance to try them out, but I really enjoyed Rise Against the Empire. (Except that Lando sounds like some dockworker from New Jersey for some reason.) I know that the individual characters don't do all that much to change the game, but I find myself frantically searching for Infinity toys on clearance now. Stupid excellent marketing ploy...
Post by Hound » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:29 am
I took a day and played the first 3 Super Mario Bros. Good platforming fun.
I started playing A Link to the Past. It's so beautiful. How is it so many Super Nintendo games are the some of the best looking games ever?
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Q: libcURL and Google Docs I'm trying to download a file needed for my application off the internet (as part of installation) so that the first time the app starts up, the needed files get downloaded. For now I'm putting them on Google Drive and making them public, then I'm going to use libcURL to download them. The problem is, I just can't get the data.
I use the following link: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=documentID&export=download and replace documentID with the id. When I try connecting to the site though, it keeps giving me a small snippet of HTML code that basically says "Moved Temporarily" and gives me a link to the new URL. When I use the new link in my program, I get no output whatsoever. However, both links work just fine in my web browser, even when I'm not signed in. So Why don't they work in my program? Am I not setting up SSL options correctly, or is Google Drive simply not meant for this kind of thing?
Here's my code:
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main()
{
    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);

    CURL *curl;
    CURLcode res;

    curl = curl_easy_init();
    if(curl) {
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://docs.google.com/uc?id=documentID&export=download");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    return 0;
}

Any help would be appreciated.

A: You'll need to set the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option to tell cURL to follow redirects.

A: I do not know if this helps directly but I have always made the call
curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);

which I see you don't use. I have seen this call made here in the threaded SSL code example http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/threaded-ssl.html. This `curl_global_init() call will perform SSL initialisation amongst other things. It is discussed in this link http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl and also in the libcurl tutorial here http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-tutorial.html

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