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The massive TIAA-CREF financial services company has pledged $5 million to establish a center for farmland research on the campus of the University of Illinois, according to a published report in the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. The newly created center will conduct research on farmland prices, rental agreements, taxation and more. The projected annual budget for the TIAA-CREF Center for Farmland Research at UI will be $200,000 funded, initially, by income from the endowment pledged by TIAA-CREF.
This is welcome news. Faculty and staff at the University of Illinois have a long history of excellent research on farmland prices and rents. (In addition, they have worked closely with the state's farm manager/rural appraiser organization - the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers - ISPFMRA - in gathering and disseminating critical farmland values and rental information.) The same can be said for many of the land-grant universities across the Midwest, including Purdue University, Iowa State University, University of Nebraska and The Ohio State University to name a few.. This new dedicated effort will be welcome as we deal with the implications of $10,000-$15,000-an-acre cropland and $500 cash rents.
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The Trinity Western Spartans continue dispatching their foes in relative ease.
The women's volleyball team — ranked number one in the country — improved to 9-1 after making quick work of the host Winnipeg Wesmen over the weekend at the Duckworth Centre.
The Spartans won both matches 3-0 and have won 21 consecutive sets.
They have won nine straight games to improve to 9-1.
"I was very impressed with how our girls came out and played a steady match that followed the game plan," said coach Ryan Hofer.
"Whether it was blocking or our attacking, we did a great job of executing the plan."
The Spartans won on Saturday by scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 25-13.
Amber Brown and Alicia Perrin led the way with 10 kills apiece while Perrin also had a match-high five blocks and Brown had a career-high six aces.
Kristen Moncks led the team with a match-high 13 digs.
Trinity Western enjoyed a huge advantage in every statistical category, especially in hitting as they were successful on .338 of their attempts, compared to Winnipeg's .011.
Friday's match was much of the same with Trinity Western winning by scores of 25-17, 25-19 and 25-14.
Amy Ott and Carly Hamilton led the team with eight kills apiece while Perrin and Nicole Bazin added six kills. Bazin also had a match-high three aces.
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BRIEF-Bharti Airtel completes sale of 10.3 pct stake in Bharti Infratel to KKR, CPPIB
* Says completes secondary sale of 10.3% stake in Bharti Infratel to consortium of KKR & Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
* Alibaba prospectus names 27-person "partnership"
* Names directors of nine-person board
* Revenue up 38 pct in March qtr, versus 62 pct rise in prior qtr (Adds graphic link and GMV growth for Taobao; updates share price)
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BEIJING, June 16 Alibaba Group Holding revealed the members of its powerful 27-person partnership and board on Monday, while disclosing that the Chinese e-commerce giant's growth has slowed from the red-hot pace of recent quarters.
In an updated prospectus for what could be the largest tech IPO in history, Alibaba said the partnership includes founder Jack Ma, Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Lu. The group has the exclusive right to nominate a majority of Alibaba's nine-member board, effectively ensuring control of the company rests in the hands of insiders.
Among four independent directors asked to join a post-IPO board were former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, Yahoo Inc founder Jerry Yang, and J. Michael Evans, former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Alibaba is expected to eclipse Facebook Inc's $15 billion initial share sale in 2012 when it debuts late this summer. But investors and governance experts have raised questions about Alibaba's scant disclosures, and Ma's murky web of third-party transactions.
Tung's inclusion may open doors for Alibaba, though his tenure was marked by controversy. He is the father-in-law of corporate finance chief Michael Yao.
"His family relationship is a negative from a Western governance point of view, but probably a positive from an Asian" perspective, said Boston University School of Management professor James Post. "The board will be the place where 'East meets West' governance happens at Alibaba in the years to come."
The company's five executive board directors are Ma, Tsai, Lu, Chief Operating Officer Daniel Zhang, and Masayoshi Son, founder of SoftBank Corp, Alibaba's biggest shareholder with a 34.3 percent stake.
Alibaba previously said its partnership encompassed 28 members, elected annually. It did not explain the change on Monday. (See partners and directors at link.reuters.com/gum22w)
Monday's filing also divulged more information about the operations of Alibaba, which handles more transactions than Amazon.com and eBay combined.
Alibaba reported its net income in the quarter ended March climbed 32 percent to 5.543 billion yuan ($892.7 million). Revenue was up 38 percent to 12.031 billion yuan, compared to a 62 percent increase in the previous quarter.
Shares of Yahoo, which tend to move in sync with the perceived valuation of its roughly 24 percent slice of Alibaba, closed more than 5 percent lower.
Alibaba's eBay-like Taobao saw gross merchandise volume rise 32 percent to 295 billion yuan in the March quarter. For Amazon-like Tmall, volume was up 90 percent to 135 billion yuan. Both rates of growth were down from previous quarters.
"From the fourth quarter, you're always going to have a drop-off quarter to quarter, but this is a pretty big one," said Ronald Josey at JMP Securities. ($1=6.2090 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Paul Carsten and Matthew Miller; Additional reporting by Liana Baker in New York and Alexei Oreskovic in San Francisco; Editing by Greg Mahlich, Leslie Adler and Paul Simao)


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Lady Gaga Being Sued Over Missing Funds For Japanese Earthquake Relief Efforts
Lady Gaga has once again found herself the center of controversy, but this time it has nothing to do with a meat-based outfit or accusations of Madonna worship. Instead, Gaga has been hit with a class action lawsuit claiming that the singer improperly profited from the "We Pray For Japan" bracelets that she sold through her official website to raise funds for Japanese earthquake victims.
All proceeds from the sale of the $5 bracelets were supposed to go directly to Japan relief efforts; however, a law firm accuses Gaga and her team of adding unnecessary tax and overcharging for shipping to profit from the charity items.
The class action suit, filed by Detroit's 1-800-LAW-FIRM, arrives just as Lady Gaga was in Tokyo this Saturday to perform at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan show, which also raised relief funds for the tsunami-ravaged nation. In the suit, Gaga is accused of violating federal racketeering laws and consumer protection laws by not only charging tax on a charity item and inflating shipping costs, but by also including whatever money the pop star's team pocketed from the bracelet sales as part of their donation fee to artificially inflate the figures.
The firm has posted the complaint and this video (which, frankly, doesn't do a lot to enhance the credibility of a law firm branded with an 800 number by inviting viewers to follow a #gagascam hashtag on Twitter) attempting to explain the "Shady Gaga" suit on its website:
"When we tried to communicate with the defendants in this lawsuit, all we got was, 'well, some of the money is being retained, but we don't really know how much,'" 1-800 -LAW-FIRM's Alyson Oliver told My Fox Detroit.
Gaga is within her rights to keep some of the money from the bracelets; all proceeds from their sales went to helping Japan, but the production of the bracelets wasn't going to pay for itself, and it's unfair for Gaga to assume that cost herself. However, if it's found that she did actually profit of the sale of the charity bracelets, then that's a major PR (and potentially legal) problem waiting to happen. When contacted by The Amp, Gaga's reps had no comment on the allegations.
The class action lawsuit potentially casts a shadow on Lady Gaga's Japanese relief efforts, which is a shame since Gaga has gone above and beyond the call of duty in lending support to the country. She's spent the last week in Tokyo and has served as a one-woman tourism bureau by using her Twitter account to encourage fans to visit the country. In addition to the bracelets and the MTV performance, she's also designed a unique t-shirt to raise money for tsunami relief.
Gaga's not the only concerned musician who's been suspected of personally profiting from charity funds: Last year, Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation was accused of questionable accounting practices in handling millions of dollars in relief donations for a post-earthquake Haiti, accusations he called "baseless attacks." But unlike the current Gaga situation, no class action lawsuit was filed, nor self-promotional YouTube video filmed.


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Actor. Born Raymond Wallace Bulcao in Dorchester, Massachusetts, son of James, a house painter, and Anne Bulcao. In 1922, he made his stage debut with the Bob Ott Musical Comedy Repertory Company in Boston. He then moved to Vaudeville, where he was half of a team called Sanford and Bolger. In 1926, he was spotted by star maker,
Gus Edwards
, who hired him for the Broadway show "A Merry World." Numerous Broadway roles followed including the lead in the Rodgers and Hart 1936 classic "On Your Toes." The strength of that performance earned him a movie contract from MGM. His feature film debut was as himself in the film "The Great Ziegfeld" in 1936. He was then cast in "Rosalie" (1937) and "Sweethearts" (1938). In 1939 he was assigned to the role of Tin Man in the production of "The Wizard of Oz." Dismayed at the limited mobility of the character, however, he convinced producer
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to allow him to switch roles and play the Scarecrow. It was to become the role that he is probably most associated with. MGM did not re-sign Bolger after the success of "Oz", however, and he went to work for RKO where he starred in two films; 1941's "Four Jacks and a Jill" and "Sunny" before returning to Broadway to appear in Rodgers and Hart's "By Jupiter." From 1943 to 1945 he toured with the USO before returning to Hollywood to appear in "Stage Door Canteen." He reunited with former co-star
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for 1946's "The Harvey Girls." In 1949 he returned to Broadway where he starred in "Where's Charley?" for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor. He recreated the role in the film version of the play in 1952, preserving his performance of "Once in Love with Amy" which became his signature song. In 1953 he tried television starring in the sitcom, "Where's Raymond?" which was later renamed "The Ray Bolger Show." It ran until 1955. After a 1962 return to Broadway in "All American," for which he was nominated for a Tony Award, suitable roles became difficult to find. He earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in "The Entertainer" in 1976 and weathered hip surgery in 1984, after which he kept busy with work in retrospectives and guest roles on television including appearances in "Love Boat," "Battlestar Galactica," "Little House on the Prairie," and "Fantasy Island." He succumbed to cancer five days after his 83rd birthday, attended by Gwendolyn Rickard, his wife of 60 years. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6764 Hollywood Boulevard for movies and at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard for television.
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In the early days of computers, compatibility between systems was not as big an issue as it is today. Before about 1993, when the PC hardware standard finally took a commanding lead over its competitors, it was standard for different computer manufacturers to have completely different operating systems, software bases, and communication methods. This state of affairs was established at the beginning of the mass personal computer market with the Commodore PET, TRS-80, and Apple II, and was accepted as something of a fact of life.
In particular, the advent of the graphical user interface and 16-bit microprocessors birthed three separate systems purpose-built with graphical capabilities in mind: the Apple Macintosh, the Commodore Amiga, and the Atari ST. (There are more, of course, but these three are the ones that were successful through a wide range of markets, which the Lisa and NeXT cube, for example, were not.) Despite all using the Motorola 68000 at their cores, there were few compatibilities between the systems. The same double-sided 3.5" floppy disk, for instance, would hold 720K in an ST (or a PC), 800K in a Mac, and 880K in an Amiga.
All three architectures were swamped by the PC and its open ubiquity, aided by the fumblings of Commodore, Apple, and Atari management. Virtually everyone who has used these machines has moved on (hi there, Amiga die-hards!); even the Macintosh faithful have moved away to a new operating system and a new hardware architecture. Much of the code and data from the earlier era is still tied to the original hardware and software from that time; a problem given the age of the hardware and its corresponding failure rate, which brings us to the subject of this writeup.
Mini vMac is a program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, or Linux that emulates an early Macintosh computer, by default a Mac Plus. Originally, Mini vMac was a branch of the vMac emulator designed to be simpler to understand, but as the original vMac software hasn't seen any updates in over four years (the last post to its website is a "we'll be getting going again soon" message from 2002), Mini vMac has become the de facto current version of vMac. In addition to the Mac Plus, it can be configured to emulate the original 128K Macintosh, the 512K Mac, and the Mac SE.
Mini vMac is surprisingly easy to use, even on the Linux platform where emulation programs tend to only have cryptic command line interfaces (witness the Linux versions of FCE Ultra and Snes9X). If provided with a Mac ROM image with the name vMac.ROM, it will simply start and behave exactly like a Mac Plus with no disk in the drive. Disk images can be 'inserted' into Mini vMac through simple drag-and-drop, or through a file selection dialog on non-Linux systems. Once supplied with a bootable disk image the machine will boot and put you in an emulated Finder. Pleasantly, the emulator patches the ROM to allow up to 6 disk images to be mounted, with sizes up to 2GB.
Since the Mac Plus has no Control key, Mini vMac can co-opt it for its own purposes. A number of emulator options can be changed on the fly, and Mini vMac provides a self-documenting on-screen display that shows these options when the Control key is depressed. The commands include both emulation-specific commands such as speed control and full-screen/window mode toggles, and commands that correspond to the switches on a real compact Mac: the power switch and the 'reset' and 'interrupt' buttons on the programmer's switch. On a PC keyboard the Mac's Option key maps to the Windows-logo key and the Apple-logo key maps to the Alt key.
In addition to acquiring a ROM image (which can only be done legally by someone who actually owns an early Mac), Mini vMac of course requires system software to run. Since the 800K disks used by a real Mac Plus are unreadable on PCs, and Macs haven't come with floppy drives in over five years, using the original system disks is generally impractical, though a Mac with a high-density disk drive should be able to make a disk image and transfer it to the machine running Mini vMac. Also, Apple has done the users of their early machines a favour by releasing all versions of System 6 and System 7 for free download on their website. Unfortunately, they come in the form of self-extracting StuffIt archives, a format which is inconvenient to read on non-Macintosh systems, though there is a (nagware) version of StuffIt for Windows and a well-hidden version of StuffIt for Linux on the StuffIt website.
A second problem is transferring data in and out of Mini vMac. No network capability is emulated, being difficult to implement and fairly useless given the dearth of modern machines that speak AppleTalk. On a Macintosh reading the disk images is not difficult, as even the newest Mac system software understands the original HFS file system in addition to the native HFS+. Linux machines can also be configured to read HFS filesystems, though the lack of resource forks on Linux filesystems requires that the data be formatted in a portable format, BinHex, or MacBinary. The HFStools package provides an interface to Mac disks that includes format transformation to and from MacBinary and BinHex, but it is old and unmaintained and may not work on a modern Linux system. There used to be a Windows program called HFVexplorer that worked in much the same way as HFStools, but it has become unavailable and is difficult to find.
Another option is somewhat bizarre, but has the advantage of working on all of the platforms. Mini vMac is not the only cross-platform 68K Macintosh emulator available; there is another, more complicated emulator called Basilisk II. Basilisk II emulates a 68030 or 68040-based Mac, which results in incompatibilities with early Macintosh software and in much slower emulation than Mini vMac. Basilisk II does have the advantage, though, of being able to mount the host filesystem as a pseudo-network drive inside the emulated Mac. On a reasonably fast machine Basilisk II is usable, and it is significantly more robust than other methods available on Linux, and more readily available on Windows than HFVexplorer. Furthermore, Basilisk II can run the newer StuffIt Expander 5, where the newest StuffIt that works on Mini vMac is version 4.0.1. This is a considerable advantage since the newer StuffIt format is more common on the Internet, even for data compatible with old software.
The emulation of older systems becomes more advanced and user-friendly all the time, as more and more people have old data and software they wish to use. Amiga users have UAE, old PC users have Dosbox, the C64 and Apple II both have numerous emulators available, and the old Macintosh has Mini vMac and Basilisk II. Based on my previous efforts to run vMac, I can conclude that Mini vMac represents a reasonably large stride forward in Macintosh emulation usability. The present version of Mini vMac is 2.7.1, it is released as Free Software under the GNU GPL, and it can be found online at http://minivmac.sourceforge.net .
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This class is designed to replace the buggy MFC CCeSocket class for the WinCE (Pocket PC) platform. However, it works even on Win32 systems (tested on Win2K and WinXP).
It allows to create both TCP or UDP socket types operating in client or server configuration, integrates a dynamic buffer that stores all incoming data allowing delayed access, and provides async events notification.
Asynchronous notifications are triggered for:
To read incoming data, there are four possibilities:
To send data, you can choose between:
Other functions let you specify the string EOL format, to query socket state, to change UDP or TCP receiving buffer, and to query internal data buffer state.
The first time I wrote a network application for a PDA, I realized that the CCeSocket, that comes with MFC, was completely useless. It not only lacks asynchronous notifications but it also consumes more resources than is really necessary, and must be wrapped in the CSocketFile/CArchive framework to use advanced load/store operations. So I decided to write a completely new socket wrapper for the WinCE OS that is small, efficient, general purpose, and with advanced read/send functions. I use it extensively in a human robot interface for the RoboCup Robot@Home league.
Before explaining in detail how to use every single function of the class, I think you should known that the CCESocket uses two independent threads, one for receiving data, and another for accepting connections (if the socket is accepting). Both threads use blocking calls to Winsock API functions to minimize CPU usage. You should be aware of the existence of these threads because they call events (virtual functions, see Notifications), so when you receive an event, you're on a different thread than the main one.
To use CCESocket, you first have to call the Create function:
bool Create(int socketType, int bufferSize = 0); //Examples: mySocket->Create(SOCK_STREAM); mySocket->Create(SOCK_DGRAM); mySocket->Create(SOCK_STREAM, 4096);
Return value is TRUE if the socket is created successfully, FALSE if an error occurs. You can always query the last error code with the function:
int GetLastError() //returned error is obtained from a WSAGetLastError() call
Now, you can decide to make a client or a server socket.
To make a client socket, call:
bool Connect(CString &addr, UINT remotePort); //Examples: mySocket->Connect("192.168.0.20", 3000); mySocket->Connect("www.someServer.com", 5003);
Return value is TRUE if the connection was successfully established, FALSE if an error occurs.
Now, you can use your socket to send and read data. However, you should first learn how notifications (events) work, otherwise you won't know when new data is available for reading or if your socket is disconnected for some reason.
To make a server socket, call:
bool Accept(UINT localPort, int maxConn = SOMAXCONN); //Examples: mySocket->Accept(3000); mySocket->Accept(5003, 1);
Return value is TRUE if Accept is successful, FALSE if an error occurs. This function will bind the socket to a local port waiting for connections.
virtual bool OnAccept(SOCKET serviceSocket)
It provides a service socket that can be used to accept the connection.
You'll notice that this is a virtual function. All events are virtual functions. In fact, you cannot use CCESocket as is, you must subclass it and redefine virtual functions for the events that you want to catch.
So, when CCESocket calls your OnAccept function, you can refuse the connection, returning FALSE, or accept the connection, returning TRUE. If you accept the connection, you must create a new (subclassed) CCESocket and pass the service socket to its AcceptServiceSocket function (you do not have to call the Create function first):
void AcceptServiceSocket(SOCKET serviceSocket);
Now, you can use this new socket to receive and send messages.
This is a quick example to explain the OnAccept/AcceptServiceSocket functions.
//This is a subclassed CCESocket class CMySocket : public CCESocket { public: CMySocket(); CMySocket(CWnd* parent); virtual ~CMySocket(); void SetParent(CWnd* parent) {m_parent = parent;} virtual bool OnAccept(SOCKET serviceSocket); virtual void OnReceive(); virtual void OnClose(int closeEvent); protected: CWnd* m_parent; }; CMySocket::CMySocket() : CCESocket() { m_parent = NULL; } CMySocket::CMySocket(CWnd* parent) : CCESocket() { m_parent = parent; } CMySocket::~CMySocket() { } bool CMySocket::OnAccept(SOCKET serviceSocket) { if(m_parent) { ::PostMessage(m_parent->m_hWnd, ON_ACCEPT, (WPARAM) serviceSocket, (LPARAM) this); return TRUE; } return FALSE; } void CMySocket::OnReceive() { if(m_parent) ::PostMessage(m_parent->m_hWnd, ON_RECEIVE, NULL, (LPARAM) this); } void CMySocket::OnClose(int closeEvent) { if(m_parent) ::PostMessage(m_parent->m_hWnd, ON_CLOSE, (WPARAM) closeEvent, (LPARAM) this); }
ON_ACCEPT, ON_RECEIVE, and ON_CLOSE are window messages passed to the main application. The latter could be something like this (note: the code is dirty and is intended only to show the necessary steps to set up a server):
class MyApp : public CDialog { public: ... afx_msg LRESULT OnAccept(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); afx_msg LRESULT OnReceiveData(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); afx_msg LRESULT OnDisconnected(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); ... protected: CMySocket *m_server; CMySocket *m_serviceSocket; ... }; BOOL MyApp::OnInitDialog() { bool serverStarted; ... m_server = new CMySocket(this); if(serverStarted = m_server->Create(SOCK_STREAM)) serverStarted = m_server->Accept(somePortNumber); if(!serverStarted) //Recovery code ... } LRESULT MyApp::OnAccept(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { m_serviceSocket = new CMySocket(this); m_serviceSocket->AcceptServiceSocket((SOCKET) wParam); m_serviceSocket->SendLine("Hello!"); return 0; }
OnAccept, OnReceiveData, and OnDisconnect are triggered by the ON_ACCEPT, ON_RECEIVE, and ON_CLOSE events posted by CMySocket. However, I only defined the OnAccept function for this example. I think the code is so simple that it doesn't need any comment :-)
To disconnect a socket, you can call:
void Disconnect(); //Example: mySocket->Disconnect();
After a disconnect, you must call Create again if you want to use the socket again.
We have already seen the OnAccept event. Let's now analyse OnReceive and OnClose. To receive these events, you have to subclass CCESocket and provide new virtual functions, as already seen in the CMySocket example class.
As soon as you get new data, the following event is called (if you have redefined its virtual function):
virtual bool OnReceive(char* buf, int len);
This notification is called directly from the receiving thread to notify that there is new data in the queue. This is the first notification of this kind, and offers the possibility to get the data without buffering it. If you accept the packet, then return TRUE. In this case, you're responsible for deleting the buffer after its use. If you refuse the data, then return FALSE. In this case, the packet will be stored in the internal buffer and you'll receive a new notification:
virtual void OnReceive();
This event only notifies you that there is data in the buffer. I'll show you later how to read data from the buffer.
If a connection closes, for any reason, you receive:
virtual void OnClose(int closeEvent);
If your socket is a server and, for some reason, the read (UDP) or accept (TCP) thread fails, both TCP or UDP sockets will return an EVN_SERVERDOWN event. In this case, to respawn the server, you must call Create (only if TCP) followed by Accept:
//Respawning a TCP server: (OnDisconnected //implementation of MyApp example class) LRESULT MyApp::OnDisconnected(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { CCESocket *disconnectedSocket = (CCESocket*) lParam; if(disconnectedSocket == m_server) { Sleep(100); if(m_server->Create(SOCK_STREAM)) if(m_server->Accept(somePortNumber)) return 0; //Recovery code } return 0; }
As stated at the beginning, keep in mind that these functions are called from another thread, not from the main application thread. If you need to execute something in the window thread, you should send a message to it with PostMessage (as seen in the CMySocket example). This is required for MFC objects. They don't work if passed among threads, you should use these objects in the same thread where they are defined.
You already know one of the four ways to read data: direct read through the first OnReceive event. The remaining functions access data directly from the internal buffer. You'll typically call one of them after receiving the OnReceive event. Data remains available even after a socket disconnection.
You can read binary data using:
int Read(char* buf, int len); //Example: char *buf = NULL; int count; int len = mySocket->GetDataSize(); if(len > 0) { buf = new char[len]; count = mySocket->Read(buf, len); }
Return value is the number of bytes actually read.
To read a string, use the following function:
bool ReadString(CString &str); //Example: CString str; while(mySocket->GetDataSize() > 0 && mySocket->ReadString(str)) doSomethingWithTheString(str);
Return value is TRUE if the string was read, FALSE if there was no string to read. A string is an array of bytes that begins at the current buffer location and terminates with an EOL. This value can be set with the SetEolFormat function (see later).
To read the head packet stored in the buffer, use:
bool GetPacket(char*& buf, int* len); //Example: char *buf = NULL; int len; while(mySocket->GetNumPackets() > 0) { if(mySocket->GetPacket(buf, &len)) useTheData(buf, len); if(buf != NULL) delete[] buf; }
Return value is TRUE if the packet was successfully retrieved, FALSE if there was no packet to retrieve.
You have three functions to send data.
Binary send:
int Send(const char* buf, int len); //Example: int count; count = mySocket->Send(myBuffer, myBufferSize);
Return value is the number of bytes sent, or SOCKET_ERROR if an error occurs. Note: you cannot send data with a listening TCP socket.
To send a string, use one of the following functions:
int Send(CString& str); int SendLine(CString &str); //Examples: CString msg = "My beautiful string"; mySocket->Send(msg); mySocket->Send("Hello!"); mySocket->SendLine(msg);
Both send the string str. However, the latter adds an EOL to the string. The EOL is set with the SetEolFormat function (see later).
Data query functions
int GetDataSize();
Returns the total data size queued in the buffer.
int GetNumPackets();
Returns the number of packets queued in the buffer.
int GetPacketSize();
Returns the size of the head packet in the queue (next packet to to be retrieved).
Socket query functions
int GetLastError(); //returned error is obtained from a WSAGetLastError() call
Returns the error code of the last error.
int GetSocketType();
Returns SOCK_STREAM for TCP sockets, SOCK_DGRAM for UDP sockets.
int GetSocketState();
Returns one of the following states:
Other functions
void SetBufferSize(int bufSize);
Call this function to modify the buffer size. You can call it at any time, even if the socket is already connected. This is useful if you want to change the buffer size after a AcceptServiceSocket call.
void SetEolFormat(eolFormat eol);
Sets the new EOL format for SendLine and ReadString functions.
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// Self terminate the thread m_readThreadState = CLOSED; // m_readThread = NULL; <<<<< we keep m_readthread handle and free object next time we start a new readthread // ExitThread(WM_QUIT); Marco's comment }
//Connects if TCP. //UDP is connectionless. However we'll use m_remoteAddress for sending data. if(m_socketType == SOCK_STREAM) { // here we free thread resources allocated on other reading thread // this is done before connecting FreeReadThreadResources(); // helper to free resources before connecting if(connect(s, (SOCKADDR*) &m_remoteAddress, sizeof(SOCKADDR_IN)) != 0) { m_errorCode = WSAGetLastError(); return FALSE; } m_socketState = CONNECTED; //TCP: Start reading thread //UDP: Can't start it now, we must first do a sendto to bind to a local port m_readThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, StartThread, this, 0, NULL ); } else { m_udpReadyToSend = TRUE; m_socketState = CONNECTED; } return TRUE; }
void CCESocket::FreeReadThreadResources(void) { if(m_readThread != NULL) // a thread was allocated before?? { CloseHandle(m_readThread); m_readThread = NULL; } }
while(!m_ReadBuffer.IsEmpty()) { DataPacket * pPak = m_ReadBuffer.RemoveHead(); delete pPak->buf; delete pPak; }
#ifdef _WCE_SECTION EnterCriticalSection(&CCESocket::m_readLock); #else CSingleLock csl(&CCESocket::m_readLock); csl.Lock(); #endif while(!m_ReadBuffer.IsEmpty()) { DataPacket * pPak = m_ReadBuffer.RemoveHead(); delete pPak->buf; delete pPak; } #ifdef _WCE_SECTION LeaveCriticalSection(&CCESocket::m_readLock); #else csl.Unlock(); #endif
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H... Ha.... How did I not know about this manga before now????
When I got to the last chapter, I had to go back an re-read it to confirm that... yes, the Nagato Yuki clone had been there all along. I didn't even notice her (guess my eyes just gravitated to the prez in every panel.... ) So looks like the harem is complete! |
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LOL This is a great series, and so many great quotes too.
"Everyone in this world belongs to one of two groups. One is people you will never surpass, and the other is people you don't need to surpass." EDIT: wow, Bishie Ooji played the prez like he owned her, great change of pace from the usual prez who dictates everything. |
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Doing It All Wrong - My First Powerlifting Meet
The following was my approach for my first powerlifting meet. I am not trying to stir up arguments, or claim that my random non-planning is better than anything else any of you are doing. I'm not an idiot, nor would I insult you. I wanted to write this to stress the value of 2 principles:
1) Listening to your body. 2) Hard work. DOING IT ALL WRONG It preparation for my first powerlifting meet I did everything wrong and succeeded wildly. Let me tell you about my "mistakes". I ate for crap. Literally, I ate a lot of crap. I would spend the day drinking nothing but coffee and whey protein and wouldn't eat solid food until after 5pm. My nights were usually one whole food meal with a lot of beef and cheese and butter. After dinner I ate like a slob, including a lot of junk food. Cheetos. Snack cakes. Ice cream. Cheez Its. Pop Tarts. Many nights I would stay up until midnight gorging on whatever unclean foods I had near. I slept for crap. Sleep was hit and miss. I work 60-70 hours a week. Many nights I slept only 6 hours, most nights 7 hours. Some nights 8, and rarely 9. Undereating during the day helps me feel awake, so I rarely felt tired and sluggish. I did sit on my butt a lot during the weekends, but I also stayed up much later as well. Sleep was usually poor on the weekends. I didn't have defined training days. For the last year I trained on the days I felt like training, and sat on my ass during the days I felt like sitting on my ass. There were no squat days or deadlift days or bench days. There were no rep schemes, set structures or periodization. I listened to my body and did what I could do, when I felt like I could do it. I used wrist straps while deadlifting. For 18 straight months I performed deadlifts using Versa Gripps. During this time my 1RM moved up nearly 100 pounds. The result...I ripped 622.75 off the ground with no grip issues whatsoever. I didn't work my weak areas. Yes, blasphemy, I know. I rarely did any hamstring work. In fact, I rarely did anything other than the big lifts, a few other random compounds and some weighted situps. I avoided typical speed work. Instead of speed work, I decided to use Olympic lift variations such as high pulls, power cleans, and power snatches. Might as well add power shrugs to this mix since they are cheating. I spent 6 months training high rep. Low reps build strength right? I spent a huge portion of this last year working 20 rep deadlifts. I really didn't start to work with heavy deadlifts until 4-6 weeks prior to the meet. Then it was PR-a-palooza. Squats…pretty much the same thing. In fact, I rarely did much work over 75% this past year. Despite this, I set a 505 box squat PR 2 weeks out from the meet and it felt insanely light. No bands or chains. I train in my basement by myself. I don't have bands or chains. Nothing against them. I just don't have them. SO WHAT? So what's my point? To prove that I'm some sort of self-absorbed narcissistic rebel who wants to go against the grain and shout screw you? No, not at all. I'm a recreational lifter. I train for pleasure. I have nothing to prove. I've been lifting for 25 years and I've seen more OCD behavior than you can imagine. I simply have no taste for it. It's not fun for me. My point is this…hard work pays off. Listening to your body pays off. This has been the most productive, injury free year of training in my life. And I did it without a plan or structure. Don't underestimate these 2 factors. All the planning and OCD behavior in the world won't matter if you do these 2 things wrong. Perhaps I may have done better if everything on this list been perfect and by the book. Perhaps. I don't really care though. My deadlift max went up 57 pounds in the last 6 months and my squats jumped up as well.
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Samdech Hun Sen MP |
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Hun Sen speakin at the Warld Economic Forum in East Asie (2010)
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Assumed office 30 November 1998 |
Monarch | Norodom Sihanouk Chea Sim (Regent) Norodom Sihamoni |
Precedit bi | Ung Huot |
In office 14 Januar 1985 – 21 September 1993 Alongside Norodom Ranariddh: 2 Julie 1993 – 21 September 1993 |
Preses | Heng Samrin Chea Sim Norodom Sihanouk |
Precedit bi | Chan Sy |
Succeedit bi | Norodom Ranariddh Alangside Norodom Ranariddh as Seicont prime meenister: 24 September 1993 – 30 November 1998 |
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Born | 5 August 1952 Peam Koh Sna, Indocheenae (nou Cambodie) |
Poleetical pairty | CPP |
Spoose(s) | Bun Rany |
Bairns | Manet Mana Manit Mani Mali Malis |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Hun Sen (Khmer: ហ៊ុន សែន) (born 4 August 1952) is the current Prime Meenister o Cambodie.
He is ane o the key leaders o the Cambodian Fowkpairty (CPP), which haes governed Cambodie since the Vietnamese-backed owerthrow o the Khmer Rouge in 1979. He wis a Khmer Rouge who escaped tae Vietnam afore 1979 in order tae caw for the Vietnamese tae owerthrow the Khmer Rouge government. Since the restoration o multi-pairty democracy in 1993, the CPP haes been in a coalition wi the ryalist Funcinpec pairty.
His current, full, honorary title is Samdach Akkak Moha Sena Padey Dekjo Hun Sen. The title "Samdech" wis attacht tae his name in 1993 bi Keeng Norodom Sihanouk. It is anerlie an honorary title an does no give him further pouers. He haes a glass eye, the result o a wound sustained durin the Khmer Rouge affensive against Phnom Penh in Aprile 1975. Hun Sen is currently the langest servin leader in Sooth East Asie an is ane o the langest servin prime meenisters in the warld, haein been in pouer through various coalitions since 1985.
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Hello. My Name Is Martin -- And I'm A Creative Administrator
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In 1999 I attended a Ron Sexsmith concert. As always, he did a great performance. He did an amazing cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye." The way he introduced made me even more exited: as he played the intro, Ron said, "this is a song I wish I had written." That's admiration of somebody else's art.
Some years before, I had tried to learn play the guitar. I remember one summer in particular I spent way too many hours trying to learn Yellow Submarine. Damn, was I bad. Instead of tearing my hair out while playing guitar, I decided to channel my love for music in another way: I started a web-based fanzine. This was four years before MySpace, and to make it possible for our readers to listen to the obscure indie pop acts (artists like Peter Bjorn and John, Jose Gonzales and Jens Lekman) we wrote about, we started a special webshop for music. Some years later, we got tired of the fanzine, but after some months I missed the webshop bit and started it up again. After a few months, I asked a new band called Eurosport if I could sell their CDs -- to which they let me know they didn't have any! Still, I loved their songs and asked them if they wanted me to print a cover and burn some CDRs, and they agreed. After receiving a threat of being sued, the band changed their name to Le Sport, and the first song they had ever written (and I ever released) turned out to be a summer hit in Sweden. I went with the flow and tried to learn how the music business work. Suddenly, I had a record label. Wihoo.
The name of the label was of course: Songs I Wish I Had Written. The statement I wrote then still pins it down quite well, I think:
"We see this label as a frame that puts pieces of art in the focal point. It's the art itself that is important; the frame exists as a context which further emphasizes the brilliance of the chosen creations."Now, as you can imagine: a guy with no experience and no money had to rely on something other than the traditional ways of doing things. Luckily for me, some years before the label was founded, the internet had become popular -- with music fueling much of its progress.
"Hey, what a perfect match," I thought. My main goal is to spread the music I love, and here's the most powerful copying machine the world has ever seen at my desktop, free to use. The main reason for the instant success of Le Sport (apart from the great songs) was our way of using free music as a way to market the music. We were sure that the more listeners we got, the more buyers we would get.
I've never really felt any need to think about my role in relation to the artist I work with. I have always gone with the flow. But lately, after a variety of in-depth discussions on the future of the music business, I've started to think more of my specific role in all of this. I think there is a need for a discussion on the role of middlemen in the music industry. I think that's because, to me, it's crucial to make correct (or at least good) decisions on future possibilities and strategies.
In the work of positioning what you offer to your costumers, I think you get a good picture of what contemporary reality looks like. You learn from both the good and bad examples that others are executing in music industry (and other digital content industries). So how could I position myself, where it would be obvious which powerful tools can be used in an inventive way in order to be the best in the world to offer what I need to offer?
The two most important cornerstones I defined for my future work are:
- to make the music I work with available in as many ways my customers want to listen to it and
- help the artist I work with with creative ideas to engage with those listeners.
To explain the admin bit: Most artists I know aren't even able to keep a calendar! That's ok, but they surely need help. And so do their fans, who all are wandering around in an all you can eat Mecca. Musicians need an admin and fans require reasons to buy. I need to be creative and always keep an eye (if you have been in the biz longer than me you'll probably need to keep two -- and it probably helps to talk to your kids every day to keep track of what they're doing) on the reality of what I can and should offer my customers, artists and fans: something they can't get elsewhere.
Now, download "A Room Without You" by Moto Boy for free (and enjoy it!) and check out the Techdirt Music Club which features that song as a musical box (creative! right?)


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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An alarming U.S. travel advisory warns Nigeria's Islamic uprising could expand out of the north and counsels against travel to 16 of the West African nation's 36 states, saying Americans have suffered violent crimes from kidnappings and rape to home invasions.
The advisory says nine foreign nationals including Americans died last year in kidnappings in southwest Nigeria, three of them killed by their captors during military-led rescue raids.
The advisory posted at the U.S. State Department website and dated Jan. 8 tells citizens to expect little help from law enforcers known for harassing and shaking down foreigners and Nigerians at checkpoints.
It says U.S. missionaries in northern Nigeria have received "night letters" — covertly distributed specific written threats to their safety.
Pointing to possible targets of extremists, it says U.S. citizens should be particularly vigilant around government security facilities; churches, mosques, and other places of worship; locations where large crowds gather such as hotels, clubs, beer parlors, restaurants, markets and shopping malls; and all other areas frequented by expatriates and foreign travelers.
Thousands of people have been killed in a 4-year-old uprising by the Boko Haram terrorist network based in northeast Nigeria, many more Muslims than Christians, which continues despite an 8-month-long state of emergency that deployed thousands of troops to three states covering one-sixth of the country.
"Late 2013 saw an increase in Boko Haram attacks and clashes with Nigerian government security forces in northern Nigeria," the travel advisory says. "Boko Haram is known to descend on whole towns, robbing banks and businesses, attacking police and military installations, and setting fire to private homes."
It warns "U.S. citizens should be aware that extremists could expand their operations beyond northern Nigeria to other areas of the country." Boko Haram already operates in neighboring Chad, from which it kidnapped a French priest who was released earlier this month, and militants from Chad, Niger and Cameroon have been reported fighting alongside Boko Haram in Nigeria, raising fears the rebellion could also spread beyond Nigeria's borders.
The United States advises against all but essential travel to all 13 northern and central-northern Nigerian states as well as central Plateau state, for years the site of deadly ethnic-religious clashes, and the oil-rich southwestern states of Delta and Bayelsa, on the Gulf of Guinea where piracy is on the rise and militancy by activists demanding a bigger share of oil riches from a government embroiled in numerous corruption scandals.
Kidnappings of foreigners and attacks against Nigerian police forces in the Niger Delta region and in Lagos State, home to the commercial capital Lagos city, continue to be a danger, it says. "Criminals or militants have abducted foreign nationals, including U.S. citizens, from offshore and land-based oil facilities, residential compounds, and public roadways."
It adds that international companies and local authorities assert that the number of kidnapping incidents throughout Nigeria is underreported.
And home invasions "remain a serious threat," with armed robbers getting into even heavily guarded compounds.
"Violent crimes occur throughout the country," the advisory says. "U.S. citizen visitors and residents have experienced armed muggings, assaults, burglaries, armed robberies, carjackings, rapes, kidnappings, and extortion."


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A celebration of community and peace. 2013-02-22
On March 22, 2013 we will be hosing our Third Annual Candle Light Vigil in support of neighbors managing domestic violence at Elk's Nature Center in Rasmussen Woods. Volunteers are needed to fill, place, and monitor luminaries throughout the night, to host a Rasmussen Woods Spring Clean - up, and to participate in a ceremony on the morning of March 22, 2013. Four hour shifts will begin at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22. If you are interested in supporting this vital cause contact: email@example.com or email@example.com .
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Author Dr. David Courtwright, a Presidential Professor in the Department of History at the University of North Florida, will be discussing and signing his new book, "No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America,"
at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in the Bookmark bookstore, located at 220 First Street in Neptune Beach.
Courtwright gives a provocative overview of American politics since the 1960s and takes a hard look at the counter-revolutionary dreams of conservatives and finds them unfulfilled. He deftly profiles celebrated and controversial figures from Clare Booth Luce, Barry Goldwater and the Kennedy brothers to Jerry Falwell, David Stockman and Lee Atwater.
He shows readers Richard Nixon's keen talent for turning popular anxieties about morality and federal meddling to Republican advantage, and his inability to translate this advantage into reactionary policies. Meanwhile, religious conservatives floundered on abortion and school prayer, obscenity, gay rights and legalized vices like gambling, and fiscal conservatives watched in dismay as the bills mounted.
Courtwright also illustrates how President Reagan's mélange of big government, strong defense, lower taxes, higher deficits, mass imprisonment and patriotic symbolism proved an illusory form of conservatism. Ultimately, conservatives themselves rebelled against George W. Bush's profligate brand of Reaganism. His account is both surprising and compelling, a bracing argument against some of our most cherished clichés about recent American history.
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WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare today announced that results from the Phase III CORRECT study will be presented as a late breaking abstract in an oral abstract session on January 21 (2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PT, Level 3 Ballroom, Moscone Center West) at the 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-GI), in San Francisco, CA. The abstract, titled "Results of a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (CORRECT) of regorafenib plus best supportive care (BSC) versus placebo plus BSC in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have progressed after standard therapies," will be presented by Axel Grothey, MD, Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), co-principal investigator of the study.(1)
The full congress program can be found under: http://www.gicasymposium.org/MeetingProgram.aspx
About Regorafenib
Regorafenib is an investigational oral multi-kinase inhibitor and is currently being investigated in clinical trials for its potential to treat patients with various tumor types.
Regorafenib is an investigational agent and is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or other health authorities.
Regorafenib is a Bayer compound developed solely by Bayer. In 2011, Bayer entered into an agreement with Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under which Onyx will receive a royalty on any future global net sales of regorafenib in oncology.
About Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals business of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Bayer HealthCare is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, and combines the activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, and Pharmaceuticals divisions. As a specialty pharmaceutical company, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals provides products for Diagnostic Imaging, General Medicine, Hematology, Neurology, Oncology and Women's Healthcare. The company's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases.
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(1). A. Grothey, et al. Results of a phase III randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial (CORRECT) of regorafenib plus best supportive care (BSC) versus placebo plus BSC in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have progressed after standard therapies [Abstract]. 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium; January 19-21, 2012. San Francisco, CA.
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Ohio Maps
Several types of maps are useful for genealogists. Some maps give historical background of the area or show migration routes, such as roads, rivers, and railroads. Topographical, Plat, Land ownership maps plus many others are described on the Maps page. Many maps are in published atlases.
Extensive collections of Ohio maps can be found at the following places:
- Ohio Historical Society Click the "Research" tab and at the next page, click "OHS Archives/Library. In the "Catalog Quick Search" box type Ohio Maps. Use the "Advanced Search" tab to narrow down a search.
- Kent State University In the box below the words "Search for books and more" choose the option "Subject" and type Ohio Maps.
- Ohio university and public libraries.
City Ward Maps
- Walling, H.F. Atlas of the State of Ohio from Surveys. 1868. Reprint, (Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1976.) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL film 982071 item 9, book Q 977.1 E7w
- Ward Maps of United States Cities, (Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, [1975?].) FHL film 1377700; fiche 6016620-6016629 for Cincinnati, 1831-1896; fiche 6016630-6016636 for Cleveland, 1852-1899; fiche 6016637-6016641 for Columbus, 1856-1894.
County Atlases and Boundaries
- For a map of Ohio divided into counties click here.
- Historic Maps of Akron and Summit County, Ohio has a combination of atlas', personal examinations and survey's 1874, also illustrated Summit County, Ohio 1891 maps.
- United States Census Bureau State and County Map. This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties.
- Maps showing the formation of counties in Ohio and how the boundaries of the counties changed as they were added are online at n2genealogy.com. The Ohio map has county formation years between 1788 and 1888. They also have the census year maps from 1790 to 1930.
Published guides
- Several guides to the history of Ohio's counties and boundary changes have been published.
- Long, John H., ed. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Scale: 1:633,600. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984.) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL fiche 6051426 (first of 21); book 973 E7hL v. 2 This collection offers an excellent collection of state maps, showing when and where each county changed boundaries.
- Phillips, Louis W. Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio's Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c.1986.) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 977.1 E3p. This book is a valuable guide to Ohio's counties in jurisdictional histories.
Historical Maps and Atlases
- City Maps
- The David Rumsey Map Collection contains an extensive collection of 229 historical atlases, maps, and other antique cartographic treasures.
- 1895 Map of Ohio by Color Landform Atlas/Ray Sterner.
- Sanborn Maps provide detailed towns and cities from 1867 to 1970.
- The Family History Library has maps dating from the Revolutionary War era and the earliest land subdivisions to present-day county highway maps. These include historical atlases, mostly published in the 1870s, from 60 counties. Atlases are available covering the era of 1673 to 1783.
- Brown, Lloyd Arnold. Early Maps of the Ohio Valley. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1959.) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 973 E3b.
Land Ownership Maps
- Landowner maps are especially valuable. These maps show the lands of a county, with the names of the owners written on them. Most of these maps date between 1860 to 1900. There is a checklist of 19th-century United States county maps in the Library of Congress.
- Stephenson, Richard W., comp. Land Ownership Maps. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967.) FHL fiche 6048262; book 973 A3Loc Digital version available through FHL catalog entry. This checklist records 1,449 United States county land ownership maps, 69 of which are Ohio counties.
Ohio River Maps
- Ohio River Maps
Land grants were given to those that served in the Revolutionary War for their service pension. The Ohio River Valley became the new frontier for these settlers. Many choose to build their new homestead along the sides of the Ohio River. The river maps include insets of many small town maps - larger towns have their own maps. These maps maps identify wards, districts and townships and also include landowner and street names for the year 1877. The counties included in this Ohio River Maps website are: Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs, Athens, Washington, Monroe, Belmont, Jefferson, and Columbiana.
The Family History Library
Maps are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Web Sites
- Ohio sectioned off into counties.
- Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States.
- Sanborn Maps
- The USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library


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exactly what are stuart's qualifications? i guess the fact that he is a left wing comedian qualifies him in the mind of the democrats in MN.
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Road Kill set you standards higher. I have met Bachman, man what a loon. Approximately 3 weeks age she spent a considerable amount of time meeting with what? The owner of Stillwater motors in Stillwater Minn. She then went through the dealership telling all the employess how she was going to keep Gm from closing them down. So with watching that video, what a 2face.
I really like Bachman. Every time I hear her talk she makes a lot of sense, but then again I'm not going out of my way to dig something up on her. I think you may be talking about Fury motors in Lake Elmo; which is about 4 miles from my house, and they seem to be one of the dealerships that got a rough deal.
Loon or not I don't follow that close. But she made some good points. An imperial presidentcy, 20 czars. The current administration doesn't think anything of tramppling the constitution if it fits their adgenda. I still think that we will one day soon be saying king obama instead of president.
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Light and Flowers Fading
View of the clouds rolling in this evening. I'm still trying to adjust to it getting darker earlier, and just barely made it out the door before it got too dark.
Among the last blooms of the year are some species of shrubs in arid areas. Though it has been hot and dry for months and the herbaceous plants have already put on seed and dried up, some plants- mainly shrubs are able to efficiently use any available water, and bloom in late summer and fall.
The roots of big sagebrush are extremely efficient, with a central taproot that can grow 10 to 15 foot deep to the water table, and an extensive lateral root system which takes advantage of any seasonal precipitation and even short rainstorms.
Big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata flowers and seed heads against the darkening night sky.
Rubber rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa (syn: Chrysothamnus nauseosus), another deep rooted, late blooming shrub of arid lands. While it takes some observation to figure out the big sagebrush is blooming- the flowers tend to be a similar color to the rest of the plant- rubber rabbitbrush's blooms are so bright yellow and profuse, you might think that all the shrub is- only flowers. There are some twiggy branches and skinny leaves too though...
See my previous blogs on sagebrush "fruits", the the ecology and importance of sagebrush, and shrub identification.


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HTC Inspire 4G Pictures
HTC Inspire 4G is one of the bigger smartphones, with 4.3" screen and a line of capacitive keys below it. We guess it will be very similar to what Europe has in the face of the HTC Desire HD, but with AT&T's 3G bands. It packs the latest version of HTC's Sense user interface.


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An exclusive series by the CIO Executive Council
We are in the process of more than doubling our existing social media team, currently at 2.5 FTE, to help increase customer loyalty and interactions, and increase what is already a very high degree of brand recognition. That said, our primary goal in using social media is to increase revenue and use of our products. "Buzz" is not a primary objective. Today we focus many of our resources on the three main social graphs – Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. As a fitness, health & beauty products company, we serve three different constituencies: existing and prospective customers, our online member community dedicated to tracking fitness goals and health programs, and our coaches, field sales reps who sell our products and promote health and fitness. Each customer group uses social media a bit differently. For example, customers become fans of our company on Facebook and submit product reviews via outlets like Bazaar Voice; online community members tweet daily progress in their fitness regimes; and coaches post "before" and "after" videos of customers who have used one of our products on YouTube. In the end, I want all of our customers and potential product users engaged on different social media sites talking about us and recommending our products to their friends and family. In addition to my CIO role, I recently took over management of the online department. I'm focused on restructuring different functions and that includes hiring new social media expertise. Specifically, I would like to add more strategic responsibilities to my social media group, in addition to their typical tasks of activity tracking and observing traffic. I'm also establishing a metrics dashboard so that I can correlate new social media initiatives to specific outcomes, and identifying useful tools and new technology to assist with monitoring. I know that being active in the social media world has become almost mandatory for companies today; how much of it is simply hype and how much measurable value from social media activities can actually be correlated directly to customer loyalty and company growth is a big question that I am still considering. Our company is built around people socially expressing themselves through greeting cards. They are a very passionate consumer base. We look to social media in three ways– increasing brand awareness; marketing activity for our brands; and focusing on customer care by listening and responding to user feedback. The majority of our efforts go to building and maintaining Facebook fan pages for each of our Brands. We feel it is important to track comments and ideas shared on the fan pages and use this information to guide us in developing new customer experiences and card content. One example of this is when we changed the tone of an Easter card that was already live because we felt the messaging did not meet the need of our audience. We came to the because of the conversations that we observed on our Facebook fan page. As a result of changes, this card became one of our top sent cards for this Easter season. Steve, I agree that metrics are very important to track success in social media. Some of the metrics we track are the number of fans, number of coupon codes redeemed from social media marketing campaigns, and overall level of engagement with our fans. We also monitor user activity from our fan pages. Some of the tools we use are ClearSaleing tracking and Facebook Insights. No one person is solely dedicated to social media, instead team members from Brand Management, Product Management and Customer Service are expected to contribute as part of their job responsibilities. I think social media is very important for any company, Steve. We need to be engaged with our fans through social media. People will be out there talking about our brands, regardless of whether you we part of it or not. It's good practice to be able to weigh in on the conversation and help drive it, rather than hope it's a positive conversation. Over time, I think we will see email campaigns become a smaller part of the customer communication plan and the majority of customer communication will flow through social media. Mazda has a passionate consumer base and it really made sense for us to bring the offline conversations owners were already having with each other onto social media sites. If you choose to do nothing, the conversations are still going to happen. You just won't have influence over or the affection of the audience. We have two primary constituencies: local dealership franchisees and consumers ranging from first-time buyers to Mazda enthusiasts. Our focus is on four social networks – Facebook, Flikr, Twitter and YouTube – which cover all types of communication including microblogging, video, still photography and community. Facebook is our hub and we use metrics like fan counts and participation to benchmark against our competitors' Facebook presence. To address your staffing question, we don't have a dedicated social media group, and view all of Mazda employees as our social media team. This was a conscious decision and we actually reversed existing corporate policy that had required strong command and control of all communication through the central PR engine. We wrote new internal policies which empowered employees to get out on social networks as stewards of the Mazda brand. For strategic direction and leadership, we look to specific people: Mazda's digital marketing team and two external agencies. To date, we have been successful using tools like Scout Labs, Social Mention, and Google Alerts for tracking metrics and engagement. But, we expect that some day we may need to make a larger investment in developing an internal app to help with tracking engagement and analyzing results. Interviews done by Carrie MathewsSCENARIO:
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Best for Variety
What it offers: An enormous range of styles and designs in a host of vibrant colours from a reasonable £70.
Greatest asset: Whether you're a man, a woman or a two-week-old, you'll find the perfect cashmere piece in Gap.
Other nominees: Uniqlo — the only store on the high street giving Gap's selection a run for its money.
Touch Test: The only sweater within our audit that looks as good as it feels.
Give it to … your best friend.
Best for Texture
What it offers: Subtle neutrals and daring brights in a host of styles and shapes from £79.
Greatest asset: Aside from the wealth of choice available, Uniqlo came out top of our list for super softness.
Other nominees: Gap and M&S.
Touch Test: While this is a lightweight cashmere it is almost like silk to touch.
Give it to…. a stylish someone.
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F&F from Tesco
What it offers: A collection of V-neck sweaters and crew cardis available in pastel shades for £45 or less.
Greatest asset: These jumpers look just as good following a 30- or even a 40-degree wash.
Other nominees: M&S.
Touch Test: Great value for money, F&F offers a tactile sweater which, while a little on the thin side, feels gentle on the skin.
Give it to … your secret Santa.
Best for warmth
What it offers: A huge range of sweaters, cardis and loungewear in a dynamic range of colours.
Greatest asset: This cashmere is seriously cosy. Avoid on balmy days.
Other nominees: Gap and Cos which both offer an extra chunky option.
Touch Test: As well as looking delicious from a distance, the M&S offering is silky soft.
Give it to … your mum.
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Greatest asset: The Swedish chain offers a low-priced range in stylish, youthful shapes that are perfect for cashmere virgins.
Other nominees: F&F.
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Northrop Grumman will develop a concept, specifications and a manufacturing plan for an autonomous vessel by the end of March which can do tracking, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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I actually love Seneca on a girl, but it's a total GP and I grew fond of it because of a (female) video game character with the name.
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Circumcision of the Heart
One commentator has aptly said that the honor of the covenant becomes a nightmare for those who refuse to walk by faith in it. We who have been marked out as the Lord's by our baptism must forsake all other ...Read More
Covenant Curses
Just as the Lord sent covenant curses on the old covenant church to call it to repentance, He will also allow His new covenant church to feel trouble as a means of disciplining us for our sin. We cannot equate ...Read More
A Time for Love
Perhaps you are single today and think you somehow have less worth because you are not married. That is a false belief, for the Lord loves you more than you could ever know. Perhaps you are married today but face ...Read More
The Messianic Secret
Jesus did not keep His identity hidden from everyone, but revealed it to those who would be less likely to expect a political revolutionary (for example, John 4:26). In order that you would not have false expectations about Jesus' work ...Read More
Jesus the Bread of Life
The old English proverb that "bread is the staff of life" is never truer than when it is used to refer to Jesus. His flesh — His life — given for the sins of the world is the staff that ...Read More
The Writer of Hebrews
The writer of Hebrews teaches us that Jesus Christ is supreme over all things. He writes, "in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control" (2:8). The writer points to Christ as the Sustainer of all ...Read More
Firstfruits and Pentecost
Paul says Jesus was raised for our justification (Rom. 4:25), and so we often celebrate Jesus' resurrection as proof that our sins have been fully atoned for and that we are now declared righteous in God's sight. This is entirely ...Read More
Responding to God's Call
Think about it … what will be the tab of spiritual losses if you do not respond to God's call?Read More
God's Gift of Faith
If we believe that we are capable of working up faith in our souls, we cannot boast in Christ alone. But if we understand that we have faith only because of the work of the Holy Spirit, then we can ...Read More
God Leaves the Temple
For those with the eyes of faith, God's willingness to leave His temple in Jerusalem was also a positive sign. If the Lord was not limited to Mount Zion and could leave His house there, then He could go with ...Read More