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Great smoke for the money. Fairly classic maduro taste. It will go out if you arent somewhat consistently puffing. It gets better in the humidor after a few weeks as the flavor evens out.
This is a tasty cigar but goes out if you set it down longer than a minute. Would hope for a better burn. I know these are very affordable but would expect more from a Patel.
I bought one of these from a local shop just to try it and wow was I impressed! It starts with a spicy start,but as it burns it turns in to a well rounded, medium body smoke that left a pleasant almost leathery taste. This cigar was one I couldn't put down! The burn was consistent throughout and the taste was spectacular! If you've never had a Rocky or even have for that matter, you should add this to your humidor.
I m a Rocky Patel fan. Another great cigar!!
WHAT were these guys smoking before they lit up the EVOLUTION ?!!! This is a GOOD cigar. Yes, it has burn problems, but so did the OLIVA O Maduro Robusto I smoked a day or two after really enjoying not one but two EVOLUTIONS. I wanted to be sure, so I burned that second one with consistent notes. And then I had the Oliva, an iconic smoke, standard as the day is long, to validate my impressions. Of course they're different. The Oliva's got that mellow/sweet coffee-esque Connecticut Maduro wrapper, while the Rocky sports a down-home Pennsylvania Maduro (should be labeled Oscuro, I'd say). But both subsist on nice Nicaraguan fillers, so I figured it was a fair match. Now the EVO's got a crisp clean quality about it that I personally find very appealing. And that lovely box-press is something to behold. The fiver I received was No-Cello. I love that. Like the old days. EVOLUTION Maduro is a good anytime smoke with this heart of white pepper thing going on, encompassed by a pleasant cedary spice from the Penna. leaf. No, it's not as cerebral, complex and rich as the Oliva, but it's very tasty in its own right, without all the fanfare, bells and whistles. A good clean go-to smoke in my book and an excellent value. You have a torch-lighter, don't you? What do you think it's for? A few quick touch ups here and there and you will enjoy a very satisfying smoke. BTW in case you were wondering, there are a few popular RP blends that I have no use for. This isn't one of them. This is a GOOD cigar. HINT: Smoke them while relaxing on your porch, NOT while crouching in a duck blind.
I recieved this cigar in a sampler. I will say that it burns well. It has depth in how subtle its flavor is. Give it time and it will rally develop into a very good cigar. Its construction is superior to other brands that I have tried. I watched all but the final 20 minutes of All the President s Men while smoking this cigar. I will buy more in the future.
I haven t smoked many cigars but this is #2 on my list of favorites. The draw was easy and the taste Evolved with time. pun intended my only complaint is that the burn was uneven.
Cut it then lit it! Great Burn and Nice Taste. Its a Rocky, and for the Price! I thank everyone that has underrated this one - That keeps the price down for the ones that enjoy a quick and inexpensive cigar.
Got a box of 10 ( the natural) and really did not know what to expect. It is a well constructed cigar and I felt it smoked well. Upon lighting, the first 1/2" was a bit uneventful ( as most cigars are). However, as I smoked it further, the flavours arrived in spades ( creamy / notes of chocolate and earth with a slightly sweet finish). Also became more complex in flavour as I smoked it further.I absolutely loved this cigar and would recommend this highly ( for both flavour and pricepoint value)and will definately purchase more.A definate 8.5 - 9 in my book.
After having read the reviews for this cigar, I had high hopes for the stick. While it had great draw, appearance, taste, and construction it was found wanting in the burn and consistency. I was forced to touch up the burn on several occasions. It produced a very lopsided burn. Maybe a month or so in the humi will make a difference. Overall I am satisfied and will give this another try.
Nice little smoke, well balanced, even burn. Starts off a little heavy but a good little some with whiskey. RP did it again.
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Report in Wirtschaftsmathematik (WIMA Report)
- Bericht (16) (entfernen)
- algorithmic game theory (2)
- polynomial algorithms (2)
- (dynamic) network flows (1)
- Bell Number (1)
- Berechnungskomplexität (1)
- Competitive Analysis (1)
- Core (1)
- Dynamic Network Flows (1)
- FlowLoc (1)
Due to the increasing number of natural or man-made disasters, the application of operations research methods in evacuation planning has seen a rising interest in the research community. From the beginning, evacuation planning has been highly focused on car-based evacuation. Recently, also the evacuation of transit depended evacuees with the help of buses has been considered. In this case study, we apply two such models and solution algorithms to evacuate a core part of the metropolitan capital city Kathmandu of Nepal as a hypothetical endangered region, where a large part of population is transit dependent. We discuss the computational results for evacuation time under a broad range of possible scenarios, and derive planning suggestions for practitioners.
In a dynamic network, the quickest path problem asks for a path minimizing the time needed to send a given amount of flow from source to sink along this path. In practical settings, for example in evacuation or transportation planning, the reliability of network arcs depends on the specific scenario of interest. In this circumstance, the question of finding a quickest path among all those having at least a desired path reliability arises. In this article, this reliable quickest path problem is solved by transforming it to the restricted quickest path problem. In the latter, each arc is associated a nonnegative cost value and the goal is to find a quickest path among those not exceeding a predefined budget with respect to the overall (additive) cost value. For both, the restricted and reliable quickest path problem, pseudopolynomial exact algorithms and fully polynomial-time approximation schemes are proposed.
In this paper the multi terminal q-FlowLoc problem (q-MT-FlowLoc) is introduced. FlowLoc problems combine two well-known modeling tools: (dynamic) network flows and locational analysis. Since the q-MT-FlowLoc problem is NP-hard we give a mixed integer programming formulation and propose a heuristic which obtains a feasible solution by calculating a maximum flow in a special graph H. If this flow is also a minimum cost flow, various versions of the heuristic can be obtained by the use of different cost functions. The quality of this solutions is compared.
We study the efficient computation of Nash and strong equilibria in weighted bottleneck games. In such a game different players interact on a set of resources in the way that every player chooses a subset of the resources as her strategy. The cost of a single resource depends on the total weight of players choosing it and the personal cost every player tries to minimize is the cost of the most expensive resource in her strategy, the bottleneck value. To derive efficient algorithms for finding Nash equilibria in these games, we generalize a tranformation of a bottleneck game into a special congestion game introduced by Caragiannis et al. [1]. While investigating the transformation we introduce so-called lexicographic games, in which the aim of a player is not only to minimize her bottleneck value but to lexicographically minimize the ordered vector of costs of all resources in her strategy. For the special case of network bottleneck games, i.e., the set of resources are the edges of a graph and the strategies are paths, we analyse different Greedy type methods and their limitations for extension-parallel and series-parallel graphs.
In this paper we develop monitoring schemes for detecting structural changes in nonlinear autoregressive models. We approximate the regression function by a single layer feedforward neural network. We show that CUSUM-type tests based on cumulative sums of estimated residuals, that have been intensively studied for linear regression in both an offline as well as online setting, can be extended to this model. The proposed monitoring schemes reject (asymptotically) the null hypothesis only with a given probability but will detect a large class of alternatives with probability one. In order to construct these sequential size tests the limit distribution under the null hypothesis is obtained.
In a dynamic network, the quickest path problem asks for a path such that a given amount of flow can be sent from source to sink via this path in minimal time. In practical settings, for example in evacuation or transportation planning, the problem parameters might not be known exactly a-priori. It is therefore of interest to consider robust versions of these problems in which travel times and/or capacities of arcs depend on a certain scenario. In this article, min-max versions of robust quickest path problems are investigated and, depending on their complexity status, exact algorithms or fully polynomial-time approximation schemes are proposed.
Online Delay Management (2010)
We present extensions to the Online Delay Management Problem on a Single Train Line. While a train travels along the line, it learns at each station how many of the passengers wanting to board the train have a delay of delta. If the train does not wait for them, they get delayed even more since they have to wait for the next train. Otherwise, the train waits and those passengers who were on time are delayed by delta. The problem consists in deciding when to wait in order to minimize the total delay of all passengers on the train line. We provide an improved lower bound on the competitive ratio of any deterministic online algorithm solving the problem using game tree evaluation. For the extension of the original model to two possible passenger delays delta_1 and delta_2, we present a 3-competitive deterministic online algorithm. Moreover, we study an objective function modeling the refund system of the German national railway company, which pays passengers with a delay of at least Delta a part of their ticket price back. In this setting, the aim is to maximize the profit. We show that there cannot be a deterministic competitive online algorithm for this problem and present a 2-competitive randomized algorithm.
In the generalized max flow problem, the aim is to find a maximum flow in a generalized network, i.e., a network with multipliers on the arcs that specify which portion of the flow entering an arc at its tail node reaches its head node. We consider this problem for the class of series-parallel graphs. First, we study the continuous case of the problem and prove that it can be solved using a greedy approach. Based on this result, we present a combinatorial algorithm that runs in O(m*m) time and a dynamic programming algorithm with running time O(m*log(m)) that only computes the maximum flow value but not the flow itself. For the integral version of the problem, which is known to be NP-complete, we present a pseudo-polynomial algorithm.
In the Dynamic Multi-Period Routing Problem, one is given a new set of requests at the beginning of each time period. The aim is to assign requests to dates such that all requests are fulfilled by their deadline and such that the total cost for fulling the requests is minimized. We consider a generalization of the problem which allows two classes of requests: The 1st class requests can only be fulfilled by the 1st class server, whereas the 2nd class requests can be fulfilled by either the 1st or 2nd class server. For each tour, the 1st class server incurs a cost that is alpha times the cost of the 2nd class server, and in each period, only one server can be used. At the beginning of each period, the new requests need to be assigned to service dates. The aim is to make these assignments such that the sum of the costs for all tours over the planning horizon is minimized. We study the problem with requests located on the nonnegative real line and prove that there cannot be a deterministic online algorithm with a competitive ratio better than alpha. However, if we require the difference between release and deadline date to be equal for all requests, we can show that there is a min{2*alpha, 2 + 2/alpha}-competitive algorithm.
The Train Marshalling Problem consists of rearranging an incoming train in a marshalling yard in such a way that cars with the same destinations appear consecutively in the final train and the number of needed sorting tracks is minimized. Besides an initial roll-in operation, just one pull-out operation is allowed. This problem was introduced by Dahlhaus et al. who also showed that the problem is NP-complete. In this paper, we provide a new lower bound on the optimal objective value by partitioning an appropriate interval graph. Furthermore, we consider the corresponding online problem, for which we provide upper and lower bounds on the competitiveness and a corresponding optimal deterministic online algorithm. We provide an experimental evaluation of our lower bound and algorithm which shows the practical tightness of the results.

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This is a public service announcement. I'm only making it in the interest of hoping to be proved dead wrong.
Forecasts are pointing to a week of nasty hot weather with nary a breath of wind for most of us (Chrissy kiters: you guys can talk on your CG-certified radios about how great it is). It starts off bad and gets worse as a system works up from SoCal next weekend and turns Norcal into a humid mess.
But hey, look on the bright side, at least we got a windy holiday weekend... Again, I hope they're wrong. If not, see ya at Pt. Emerito or Chrissy next weekend:)


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Radar sign
A few years ago I picked up a K55 dash-mount radar unit at a local hamfest. It's a fun device for a host of reasons. The remote that came with this system got me thinking early on about the possibility of capturing the speed data somehow. Fast-forward a few years and now I think I can pull this off with some help from other members of Bloominglabs. Now I live on a road where cars and motorcycles seem to love to race up my road. There are also dozens of car wrecks on the steep hill immediately past my house; according to public records my road is the most dangerous in the county. While talking to one of my neighbors he mentioned he had requested a radar speed-sign from the city but got blown off. I found myself thinking I could build one using my radar. I do find these signs somewhat annoying, but being a little older now I appreciate what they try to do.
I have two ideas in mind for this project. First, I'd just like to silently log speed data of vehicles on my road. After that, I would be interested in adding a large-format display of some kind.
Research and Preliminary look inside
Doing some googling I found one guy who had managed to read out speed data from an early model of this same unit with an AVR chip and send out RS-232 data. When we opened up my unit we found similar IC's inside as described by the previous link. Apparently the unit sends out BCD data to seven-segment display drivers so binary data can be siphoned off the board.
While I'm fine with adding a board to the main unit, I'd rather tap into the remote. If I could just make a module which plugs into the remote port and adds USB/serial out I would be very happy.
Build & Code
The remote control port appears to be a 24 pin Centronics connector (male). Places you can order this part:
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PALO ALTO — Despite a manhunt that included a helicopter, a police dog and officers, two masked men escaped Saturday night after robbing a liquor store at gunpoint.
The men got away from Century Wine & Spirits on Middlefield Road with 12 bottles of assorted alcohol worth a total of about $230 as well as an undisclosed amount of cash following the roughly 7:55 p.m. hold up, said Palo Alto police. No one was injured in the crime.
Police said one of the robbers pointed a semiautomatic gun at the clerk and demanded booze and money. The assailants put the looted bottles in a backpack and escaped, apparently on foot. No customers were in the store during the robbery.
Palo Alto officers were on the scene within a minute, they said, and a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office helicopter joined the search. Police from neighboring Mountain View brought a canine to help look for the suspects.
Though the robbers wore masks, police said they appeared to be black men in their 20s. They both wore black jackets and dark pants. One of the suspects was about 6 feet tall with a thin build, the other suspect was roughly 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Anyone with information can call Palo Alto police at 650-329-2413.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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The RIBCRAFT 9.0 answers the call of the serious offshore user with unparalleled handling characteristics and flexibility in design. Used by a variety of professionals, from military and law enforcement agencies, to tour operators the 9.0 is also a favorite of discerning recreational boaters who crave adventure and excitement. The RIBCRAFT 9.0 provides generous deck space for people and equipment and with endless accessories and deck configurations ranging from a simple center console, to twelve individual pod seats or a fully enclosed pilot house, the RIBCRAFT 9.0 accommodates any application.
Built to a rigorous set of commercial standards, each RIBCRAFT 9.0 undergoes a strict series of stability and buoyancy tests. The integrated internal stringer system designed to ABS standards for High Speed Craft makes for an incredibly strong and rigid hull capable of supporting the heaviest loads, the roughest seas, and the harshest abuse. Powered by outboard or inboard engines up to 600 horsepower, her design supports considerable power with speeds in excess of 40 knots. The standard tube set found on the RIBCRAFT 9.0 features seven air chambers with pressure relief valves, overlapped and doubled up seams, and reinforcing at all pressure and wear points. Attached over an extended hull flange, the tubes provide incredible stability, buoyancy, and shock dampening properties. Durable and reliable, RIBCRAFT tubes are among the most trusted in the industry.


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Welcome to the IDEAS Group Website
IDEAS is the International Defence Enterprise Architecture Specification for exchange. The purpose of the project is to develop a data exchange format for military Enterprise Architectures. The purpose is to allow seamless sharing of architectures between the partner nations regardless of which modelling tool or repository they use. The initial scope for exchange is the architectural data required to support coalition operations planning:
- Systems (communications systems, networks, software applications, etc.)
- Communications links between systems.
- Information specifications – the types of information (and their security classifications) that the comms architecture will handle.
- Platforms & facilities.
- System & operational functions (activities).
- People & organizations.
- Architecture meta-data – who owns it, who was the architect, name, version, description, etc.
NEW: The DoDAF 2.0 Meta Model (DM2) and the MODAF Ontological Data Exchange Mechanism (MODEM) have been uploaded to the IDEAS site for comparison. Both models are based on the IDEAS Foundation.


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This two-day training course provides best practice in first line management. This course assists first line managers, who are typically confronted with pressures from various directions - from senior managers, customers and the team itself. The training programme focuses on developing delegates' emotional intelligence, leadership skills and time management methods.
The comprehensive study programme enables participants to set and achieve their management goals, communicate better with the team and their superiors and also manage time more effectively. By the end of the course, participants will be confident in dealing with conflict situations and difficult people, as well as being able to inspire their team to grow and to stay positive.
This training course is designed for anyone who needs to get the best from themselves and other people, and is beneficial for:
- Non-managers
- First time managers
- Supervisors
- Front line manager
- Middle managers
- Senior managers
This training course is designed to cover the following units:
- The role of the first line manager
- Provide a clear goal; a sense of direction.
- Communication skills
- How to give constructive criticism
- Time management delegation prioritization
- Are you busy or productive?
- Delegation
- Prioritisation
- How to run the team according to the five part "success formula"
- Failure formula is the opposite of the success formula
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Reading the data
The source of the data is knmi.nl. I found a spreadsheet with data upto 28 January 2013 called geinduceerde-bevingen-nl.pdf. The data would not convert very well in calibre, but after zooming out, I could ctrl-A, ctrl-C it from Adobe into notepad. As so often, a bit of post processing is needed. These days I tend to do that in R.
# read as lines of text for processing
Datain <- readLines('aardbeving.txt')
[1] "Geïnduceerde aardbevingen in Nederland"
[3] "19861226 074751.00 Assen 52.992 6.548 232,924 556,587 4.5 2.8 1.0"
[4] "19871214 204951.05 Hooghalen 52.928 6.552 233,266 549,537 4 2.5 1.5"
[5] "19891201 200914.35 Purmerend 52.529 4.971 126,697 504,593 5 2.7 1.2"
[6] "19910215 021116.54 Emmen 52.771 6.914 257,992 532,491 3.5 2.2 3.0"Although not clear from this head, it seems there are a number of problems running this through read.table(). The worst are; each page of the .pdf contains a header, LOCATION can contain a space, INT may be missing, MAG.DEPTH is actually two variables.
#print notes, then remove them
[1] "www.knmi.nl"
[2] "Any use of this material [text, illustrations, graphics] is only permitted when the source www.knmi.nl is acknowledged."
Datain <- grep('^(YYMMDD|[[:digit:]]{8})',Datain,value=TRUE)
#column header is repeated. remove all but first
header <- which(Datain ==Datain[1])
Datain <- Datain[-header[-1]]
# Quote around location names
Datain <- gsub('([[:digit:]]) ([[:alpha:]\'])','\\1 "\\2',Datain,fixed=FALSE)
Datain <- gsub('([[:alpha:]() ]) ([[:digit:]])','\\1" \\2',Datain,fixed=FALSE)
#quote around INT, so it can be read even if it is absent
Datain <- gsub('([[:digit:]]{2,3},[[:digit:]]{3} [[:digit:]]{3},[[:digit:]]{3} )','\\1" ',Datain,fixed=FALSE)
Datain <- gsub('( -?[[:digit:]]*\\.[[:digit:]]* [[:digit:]]*\\.[[:digit:]]*$)',' "\\1',Datain,fixed=FALSE)
# remove one occurence 'not yet known'
Datain <- grep('Nog niet bekend',Datain,value=TRUE,invert=TRUE)
# and split the last two words
Datain <- gsub('MAG.DEPTH','Mag Depth',Datain,fixed=TRUE )
# now read into a dataframe
r1 <- read.table(textConnection(Datain),header=TRUE,
colClasses=c(c('character','character'),rep(NA,8)))To use the data, I need a proper data-time variable. My interest is limited to Groningen and Drente, so some data is removed. The projection into a map I stole from another blog (rpsychologist.com) and updated for a newer version of ggplot2.
r1$DTC <- as.POSIXct(paste(r1$YYMMDD,r1$TIME),format='%Y%m%d %H%M%S')
r1 <- r1[order(r1$DTC),]
# calc time between Quakes and limit region
r1$diftime <- c(NA,diff(r1$DTC))/3600/24
ylim <- c(52.825,53.5)
xlim <- c(6.3,7.2)
# prepare for plot in map
# source: http://rpsychologist.com/parsing-data-from-a-text-file-and-plotting-where-people-live-using-ggplot2-and-openstreetmaps/
Sys.setenv(NOAWT=1) #call this before loading OpenStreetMap
r1 <- cbind(r1,projectMercator(r1$LAT,r1$LON))
r2 <- r1[r1$LAT>min(ylim) & r1$LON>min(xlim),]
How often?The first question is: how often are these quakes? I have been using time between quakes as a measure. Since there are loads of quakes, a loess smoothed line is added. I did not use the ggplot2 function for this as I wanted to restrict my axes and that affects the smoother. As a bonus the colour represents magnitude. Nothing much happens in magnitude. KNMI writes (in Dutch) There is an increase in quakes since 2002. I have the feeling it is increasing more and more, but they are restricting in strength categories, so that may explain the difference. I do feel sorry for people having these quakes ever so often and apparently this will continue.
# how often?
lo1 <- loess(diftime ~ as.numeric(DTC),data=r2[-1,] )
lo2 <- loess(Mag ~ as.numeric(DTC),data=r2[-1,] )
topred <- data.frame(DTC=seq(r2$DTC[2],max(r1$DTC),length.out=40))
topred$diftime <- predict(lo1,topred)
topred$Mag <- predict(lo2,topred)
png('earthquake time.png')
ggplot(r2, aes(DTC,diftime,col=Mag)) +
geom_point() +
scale_x_datetime('Date',limits=as.POSIXct(c('1995-01-01','2013-02-01'))) +
scale_colour_gradient(low="blue",high="red") +
scale_y_log10('Time between quakes (days)',limits=c(1e-1,50)) +
Where?I wanted a good reason to plot some data in a map for ages. I am very happy this is the good occasion. And it is actually very simple. The only difficulty was using colour for progression. ggplot2 didn't like the POSIXct variable DTC, so I had to make a second variable, mydate, which was numeric and mimics years. The red is more recent. Most quakes are north-east of Groningen city, which is the region I associate them with. There are definitely 'hot spots' and 'hot regions'. I was surprised to learn of quakes in Ter Apel (bottom right), and just south of Assen, that is (relatively) far away.
#where is the quake?
mp <- openmap(upperLeft=c(max(ylim),min(xlim)),lowerRight=c(min(ylim),max(xlim)))
r2$mydate <- 1995+(2013-1995)*(as.numeric(r2$DTC-as.POSIXct('1995-01-01')))/
png('earthquake map.png')
autoplot(mp) +
geom_point(aes(x,y, color=mydate,guide='legend'),
alpha = I(7/10), data=r2) +
axis.title.y=element_blank()) +
scale_colour_gradient(low="blue",high="red",guide=guide_legend('Date')) +
theme(legend.position = "bottom")


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
When I talked to Kellie Pickler last week, she told me what the new year means to her. Usually, it means another blissful year of being Mrs. Kyle Jacobs.
"The new year is our anniversary. So normally, Kyle and I would celebrate that, and we were planning on going to the Caribbean for our second anniversary. But my baby sister Courtney is due with a baby in January, so this year we're just staying home in Nashville and waiting. I'm on sister call. Or, 'Aunt Kellie' duty," Pickler told me. "Because the baby could be here any minute and I need to be close so I can get to the hospital."
But even with her Aunt Kellie duties, she'll still have time for a New Year's resolution, right? She's not so sure.
"To be honest, we shouldn't wait until the new year to make changes in our lives if we need to. You should do it immediately. And not procrastinate. But I'd be the pot calling the kettle black," she said with a laugh.


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Why You Need to Add More Photos to Your Listing NOW
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR(R) Magazine
By having at least one photo on your residential listing online, you could increase the sales price by up to 3.9 percent, a new study finds of 4,000 homes evaluated by researchers Justin D. Benefield, Christopher L. Cain, and Ken H. Johnson.
The more photos you add — the more you stand to gain too, researchers estimate. Sellers could net about $150 to $200 more for each photo they add.
Johnson told The Wall Street Journal he would recommend having a ratio of four to five interior photos of a home to one exterior for every listing.
Interior photos of the home were found to have a bigger effect in increasing the sales price than exterior photos. Sellers were able to increase the home price by nearly 4 percent by adding interior photos compared to a 1.9 percent increase from exterior photos.
While the photos can help increase the sales price, don't expect it to help you sell the home faster, however.
The study found that adding photos to the listing increases the time it takes to sell a home by 16.5 extra days. Photos provide buyers with more information to consider and can slow the decision process, Johnson says.
The study did not separate its findings based on whether the photos were professional or amateur.
In this month's REALTOR(R) Magazine, real estate pro Marilyn Urso with Long Island Village Realty Inc. in Syosset, N.Y., and Tony Calarco, owner of Jump Visual — a real estate photography company — share tips on how to make your real estate listing photos warm and inviting even in the colder months. Check out: Cold Weather, Warm Home
I think the phenomenon of added days on market most likely correlates directly to the quality of the photos on the listing. If the photos are giving the buyer information that's confusing, or the photos are unflattering, there is the potential that buyers are scared off and eliminate that house from showings. I firmly believe good photos attract buyers, but bad photos scare them away. And even a turn-key, perfect home can look bad if photographed poorly.
Proper staging, and professional photography are a huge asset for not only selling a home for more money, but in my experience as a professional photographer, and former agent, it helps sell homes faster as well. I'd love to see a study that compared agent photographed listings to professionally photographed listings in terms of days on market, asking vs. sold price, and the amount of web hits and leads the listing generated.
I would like to see any statistics you could find comparing professional photos vs amateur, that would be VERY interesting data. What type of camera and lens being used can make a huge difference in picture quality. A high megapixel wide-angle lens really allows a potential customer to see the room in one shot. Of course multiple angles of the room can provide a better glimpse of the home. Here is an example of a wide angle photograph vs a standard camera, http://www.quadcities.fsbofox.com/fsbo_packages.html. Scroll through the bottom images to see the example.
Thanks Melissa, interesting stats. Did the researchers normalize for the quality of home? Higher quality homes naturally have more photos, corresponding to higher prices, but that doesn't necessarily show causation for the higher prices.
I believe the premise that lots of good listing photos are good for a home's sales opportunities, but these stats don't necessarily show that.
Also, if the study shows that it takes more than 2 weeks extra to sell a home that has more photos, it might show a reason to limit your photos to the 5-10 best photos. Maybe that encourages more in-person visits to find out more about the home. Not sure why else more photos would slow sales.


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Ever since we launched Panoramio people have wondered what was our story around panoramas. Starting today our photo explorer supports flat and spherical panoramas.
Spherical panoramas provide a 360 view of a place. Check this example of the Holocaust Monument taken by M.Reinhardt in Berlin, Germany.
Check also the fantastic view of the glaciers from Gornergrat in Switzerland with this fantastic flat panorama.
You will see a navigation panel on the top left of the photo explorer. Use it to zoom in and out, move around the photo, but do not miss interacting directly with the panorama by panning and zooming directly with your mouse directly on the image.
We worked hard on providing a fast experience for panoramas and high resolution photos. The photo explorer only downloads the portions of the image that are necessary at each moment, so you can start looking at the photo before all the pixels are downloaded.
High resolution images are treated in the same way as flat panoramas, and it is for this reason that you will also find the navigation panel in the photo explorer for high-res photos.
There are cameras and mobile phones that stitch photos automatically creating Panoramas, but in many cases software needs to be used to stitch photos together. A tool that we like a lot is Hugin, a Panorama photo stitcher that is easy and free to use.
This is our first iteration of the panorama viewer so we will be happy to hear your thoughts on it in our Forum. For more info on panoramas please check our help content.
We hope you enjoy finding, viewing and creating panoramas in Panoramio.
Posted by +Gerard Sanz, Panoramio Community Manager


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 146 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
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The Viola revealed the signing of the well-travelled winger, who has signed a contract which will keep him at the Serie A club until 2016
Fiorentina announced the signing of winger Oleksandr Jakovenko on a four-year deal from Anderlecht on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old struggled to make an impact with the Belgian club initially, being loaned out for two seasons to fellow Belgian side Westerlo before another loan spell at OH Leuven last season.
The attacker has enjoyed an excellent campaign this season, however, notching up 38 appearances in all competitions and scoring nine goals in the process as Anderlecht retained the Belgian Pro League.
The Viola have moved quickly to sign reinforcements after their narrow miss at gaining qualification to the Champions League next season following AC Milan's late win against Siena.
Instead, the Serie A side will compete in the Europa League next campaign under Vincenzo Montella and Jakovenko – who signed a contract until 2016 – will be part of that run.


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*[http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ WICD] -- The official website for WICD
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*[http://wifi-radar.berlios.de/ WiFi Radar] -- WiFi Radar information page
*[http://wifi-radar.berlios.de/ WiFi Radar] -- WiFi Radar information page
*[http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo The MadWifi project's method of installing] -- Recommended if you are having trouble after reading this article
*[http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo The MadWifi project's method of installing] -- Recommended if you are having trouble after reading this article
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Configuring wireless is a two-part process; the first part is to identify and ensure the correct driver for your wireless device is installed (they are available on the installation media, so make sure you install them), and to configure the interface. The second is choosing a method of managing wireless connections. This article covers both parts, and provides additional links to wireless management tools.
About new Arch Linux systems: The wireless drivers and tools are available during Arch set-up under the base-devel category. Be sure to install the proper driver for your card. Udev will usually load the appropriate module, thereby creating the wireless interface, in the initial live system of the installer, as well as the newly installed system on your hard drive. If you are configuring your wireless functionality after, and not during, Arch Linux installation, simply ensure the required packages are installed with pacman, (driver, firmware if needed, wireless_tools, wpa_supplicant, etc.) and follow the guidelines below. Note that wireless_tools may be optional depending on how recent your wireless hardware is.
- 1 Part I: Identify Card/Install Driver
- 1.1 Identify and Discover if Supported
- 1.2 Install user space tools
- 1.3 Drivers and firmware
- 1.3.1 rt2860 and rt2870
- 1.3.2 w322u
- 1.3.3 rtl8180
- 1.3.4 rtl8187
- 1.3.5 rtl8192e
- 1.3.6 rtl8192s
- 1.3.7 rt2x00
- 1.3.8 madwifi-ng
- 1.3.9 ath5k
- 1.3.10 ath9k
- 1.3.11 ath9k_htc
- 1.3.12 ipw2100 and ipw2200
- 1.3.13 iwl3945, iwl4965 and iwl5000-series
- 1.3.14 orinoco
- 1.3.15 ndiswrapper
- 1.3.16 prism54
- 1.3.18 b43, broadcom-wl and brcmsmac (previously brcm80211)
- 1.3.19 zd1211rw
- 1.3.20 carl9170
- 1.3.21 hostap_cs
- 1.3.22 compat-wireless-patched
- 1.4 Test installation
- 2 Part II: Wireless management
- 3 See also
- 4 External links
Part I: Identify Card/Install Driver
Identify and Discover if Supported
First you will need to check and see if the Linux kernel has support for your card or if a user-space driver is available for it.
Identify your card
You can find your card type by command:
# lspci | grep -i net
Or, if you have a USB device, run:
# lsusb
Discover if the card is supported
- The Ubuntu Wiki has a good list of wireless cards and whether or not they are supported either in the Linux kernel or by a user-space driver (includes driver name).
- Linux Wireless Support and The Linux Questions' Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) also have a good database of kernel-friendly hardware.
- The kernel page additionally has a matrix of supported hardware.
If your card is not listed
If your wireless hardware is not listed above, likely it is supported only under Windows (some Broadcom, 3com, etc). For these, you will need to use ndiswrapper.
Ndiswrapper is a wrapper script that allows you to use some Windows drivers in Linux. See the compatibility list here. You will need the
.inf and
.sys files from your Windows install. If you have a newer card, or a more exotic card, you might want to look up your exact model name and 'linux' and search the Internet before doing this step.
Install user space tools
If you have wired Internet access available
If you have wired Ethernet available and are simply adding wireless functionality to an existing system, and you did not include wireless_tools during initial installation, then install the package wireless_tools.
The drivers' corresponding package names are either highlighted in bold or via
monospaced font on this page. The packages can be installed during initial package selection on the Arch Linux installation media and can also be installed later.
If you have only wireless internet available
The wireless_tools package is now available as part of the base system and is also on the live installation media (CD/USB stick image) under the base-devel category.
You cannot initialize wireless hardware without these user-space tools, so ensure they are installed from the installer media, (during package selection), especially if you have no means of networking other than wirelessly. Otherwise, you will be stuck in a recursion when you reboot your newly installed Arch Linux system: you will need wireless_tools and drivers, but in order to get them, you will need wireless_tools and drivers.
Drivers and firmware
The default Arch Linux kernel is modular, meaning many of the drivers for machine hardware reside on the hard drive and are available as modules. At boot, udev takes an inventory of your hardware. Udev will load appropriate modules (drivers) for your corresponding hardware, and the driver, in turn, will allow creation of a kernel interface.
The interface name for different drivers and chipsets will vary. Some examples are wlan0, eth1, and ath0.
modprobe it and add the module name to
/etc/rc.conf on the
MODULES line. Note also that udev may occasionally load more than one driver for a device, and the resulting conflict will prevent successful configuration. Be sure to blacklist the unwanted module.
Methods and procedures for installing kernel modules for various chipsets are covered below. In addition, certain chipsets require the installation of corresponding firmware (also covered below). Read Kernel modules for general informations on operations with modules.
rt2860 and rt2870
From Linux kernel 3.0, the staging driver
rt2860sta is replaced by the mainline driver
rt2800pci, and
rt2870sta is replaced by
rt2800usb. As a result, the staging drivers are deleted. Source: Kernel commit
In kernel since 2.6.29 and requires no extra packages. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and
iwconfig tools. Unfortunately this does not go for Arch. In order to get it to work, blacklist the following kernel modules:
rt2800pci rt61pci rt2x00pci rt2800usb rt2800lib rt2x00usb rt2x00lib
It has a wide range of options that can be configured with
iwpriv. These are documented in the source tarballs available from Ralink.
rt2870sta, also see rt2870.
Treat this Tenda card as an
rt2870sta device. See: rt2870
Realtek rtl8180 PCI/Cardbus 802.11b is now fully supported in the kernel. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and
iwconfig tools.
See: rtl8187
The driver is part of the current kernel package. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and
iwconfig tools.
Module initialization fails
The module initialization may fail at boot giving this error message :
rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_firmware_ready() rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware() step 2 rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed! r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down
A workaround is to simply unload the module:
# modprobe -r r8192e_pci
and reload the module (after a pause):
# modprobe r8192e_pci
The driver is part of the current kernel package. Firmware may need to be added manually if
/lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin does not exist. (
dmesg will report "rtl819xU:FirmwareRequest92S(): failed" if the firmware is missing)
To download and install firmware:
$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33927923/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz # mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU # tar -xzOf rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz \ rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin > \ /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
Unified driver for Ralink chipsets (replaces
rt73, etc). This driver has been in the Linux kernel since 2.6.24, but some devices may require extra firmware. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and
iwconfig tools.
Some chips require a firmware file, which is installed by default in Arch Linux via the package linux-firmware.
See: Using the new rt2x00 beta driver
There are three modules maintained by the MadWifi team:
ath_pciis the older driver.
ath5kwill eventually phase out
ath_pci. Currently a better choice for some chipsets, but not all chipsets are supported (see below)
ath9kis the new, official, superior driver for newer Atheros hardware (see below)
For old
ath_pci driver, install package madwifiAUR and optionally madwifi-utils-svnAUR. Then:
# modprobe ath_pci
If using
ath_pci, you may need to blacklist
ath5k. See Kernel_modules#Blacklisting for instructions.
Some users may need to use the
countrycode option when loading the MadWifi driver in order to use channels and transmit power settings that are legal in their country/region. In the Netherlands, for example, you would load the module like this:
# modprobe ath_pci countrycode=528
You can verify the settings with the
iwlist command. See
man iwlist and the CountryCode page on the MadWifi wiki. To have this setting automatically applied during boot, add the following to
options ath_pci countrycode=528
/etc/modprobe.conf is no longer read; instead,
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf is used. link
ath5k is the preferred driver for AR5xxx chipsets including those which are already working with
madwifi-ng and for some chipsets older than AR5xxx.
ath5k is conflicting with
ath_pci on your system, blacklist (and unload using
rmmod or reboot) the following drivers:
ath_hal ath_pci ath_rate_amrr ath_rate_onoe ath_rate_sample wlan wlan_acl wlan_ccmp wlan_scan_ap wlan_scan_sta wlan_tkip wlan_wep wlan_xauth
modprobe ath5k manually or reboot. wlan0 (or wlanX) in sta mode should spawn and become ready to use.
echo none > "/sys/class/leds/ath5k-phy0::tx/trigger" echo none > "/sys/class/leds/ath5k-phy0::rx/trigger"For alternatives, look here.
rmmod ath5k modprobe ath5k nohwcrypt
And restart your connection. If it helps, make the change permanent by adding into
options ath5k nohwcryptMore about modprobe options: Modprobe#Options
ath9k is Atheros' officially supported driver for the newer 802.11n chipsets. All of the chips with 802.11n capabilities are supported, with a maximum throughput around 180 Mbps. To see a complete list of supported hardware, check this page.
Working modes: Station, AP and Adhoc.
ath9k has been part of the Linux kernel as of v2.6.27. Support seems acceptable as of kernel v2.6.32 (see details on linuxwireless.org). (In the unlikely event that you have stability issues that trouble you, you could try using the compat-wireless package.
An ath9k mailing list exists for support and development related discussions.)
ath9k_htc is Atheros' officially supported driver for 802.11n USB devices. Station and Ad-Hoc modes are supported. Since 2.6.35, the driver has been included in the kernel. For more information, see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc .
ipw2100 and ipw2200
These modules are fully supported in the kernel, but they require additional firmware. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and
iwconfig tools.
Depending on which of the chipsets you have, install either ipw2100-fw or ipw2200-fw.
If installing after initial Arch Linux installation, the module may need to be reloaded for the firmware to be loaded; run the following as root:
rmmod ipw2200 modprobe ipw2200
Enabling the radiotap interface
Launch the following as root:
rmmod ipw2200 modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
Enabling the LED
Most laptops will have a front LED to indicate when the wireless is connected (or not). Add the following to
options ipw2200 led=1
iwl3945, iwl4965 and iwl5000-series
Intel's open source Wi-Fi drivers for Linux (See iwlwifi) will work for both the 3945 and 4965 chipsets since kernel 2.6.24. And iwl5000-series chipsets (including 5100BG, 5100ABG, 5100AGN, 5300AGN and 5350AGN) have been supported since kernel 2.6.27, by the in-tree driver iwlagn.
Since the 2.6.34 kernel update, the firmware files were moved to the
linux-firmware package. Manually installing firmware packages is not required.
Loading the Driver
udev should load the driver automatically. To manually load the driver at startup, edit
/etc/rc.conf as root and add
iwl3945 or
iwl4965 respectively to the
MODULES array. For example:
MODULES=( ... b44 mii iwl3945 snd-mixer-oss ...)
The drivers should now load after a reboot, and running
ip addr from a terminal should report wlan0 as a new network interface.
Disabling LED blink
The default settings on the module are to have the LED blink on activity. Some people find this extremely annoying. To have the LED on solid when Wi-Fi is active:
# echo "options iwlcore led_mode=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf # rmmod iwlagn # rmmod iwlcore # modprobe iwlcore # modprobe iwlagn
On Linux kernels 220.127.116.11-1 and up, the
iwlcore module was deprecated. Use
options iwlagn led_mode=1 or
options iwl_legacy led_mode=1 instead (find out what module is loaded with
options iwlegacy led_mode=1.
Other Notes
- The MS Windows NETw4x32 driver can be used with ndiswrapper as an alternative to the
- In some cases (specifically a Dell Latitude D620 with Arch 2008.06, though it could happen elsewhere), after installation you may have both
ipw3945in your
MODULES=()section of
/etc/rc.conf. The card will not work with both modules loaded, so you will have to blacklist the
ipw3945module in
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.confand then reboot or remove the module manually before you can use your wireless card.
- By default,
iwl3945is configured to only work with networks on channels 1-11. Higher frequency bands are not allowed in some parts of the world (e.g. the US). In the EU however, channels 12 and 13 are used quite commonly (and Japan allows for channel 14). To make
iwl3945scan for all channels, add
options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EUto
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf. With
iwlist fyou can check which channels are allowed.
- If you want to enable more channels on Intel Wifi 5100 (and quite possible other cards too), you can do that with the
crdapackage. After installing the package, edit
/etc/conf.d/wireless-regdomand uncomment the line where your country code is found. Add
wireless-regdomto your
DAEMONSarray in
/etc/rc.confand restart (which is the easiest thing to do). When executing
sudo iwlist wlan0 channel, you should now have access to more channels (depending on your location).
- Wi-Fi power management can be enabled by adding the following line:
iwconfig wlan0 power on
iw dev wlan0 set power_save on
if you want to use the new iw tool.
/etc/rc.local (change wlan0 to whatever your wireless interface is named). If it does not work, you may also need to create the following empty file
This should be a part of the kernel package and be installed already.
orinoco driver and gain WPA support. See this post for more information.
To use the driver, blacklist
orinoco_cs in
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf, and then add
wlags49_h1_cs. Example:
# echo "blacklist orinoco_cs" >> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
Ndiswrapper is not a real driver, but you can use it when there are no native Linux kernel drivers for your wireless chipset, so it is very useful in some situations. To use it, you need the
*.inf file from your Windows driver (the
*.sys file must also be present in the same directory). Be sure to use drivers appropriate to your architecture (i.e. 32/64bit). If you need to extract these files from an
*.exe file, you can use either
cabextract or
Follow these steps to configure ndiswrapper.
1. Install the driver to
ndiswrapper -i filename.inf
2. List all installed drivers for ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -l
3. Write configuration file in
ndiswrapper -m depmod -a
Now the ndiswrapper install is almost finished; you just have to update
/etc/rc.conf to load the module at boot (below is an example configuration; yours might look slightly different):
MODULES=(ndiswrapper snd-intel8x0)
The important part is making sure that ndiswrapper exists on this line, so just add it alongside the other modules. It would be best to test that ndiswrapper will load now, so:
modprobe ndiswrapper iwconfig
and wlan0 should now exist. Check this page if you are having problems: Ndiswrapper installation wiki.
Download the firmware driver for your appropriate card from this site. Rename the firmware file to
If non-existent, create the directory
/lib/firmware and move the file
isl3890 inside it. This should do the trick. [1]
If that did not work, try this:
- Reload the prism module (
modprobe p54usbor
modprobe p54pci, depending on your hardware)
Alternatively, remove your Wi-Fi card and then reconnect it.
- Use the
dmesgcommand, and look at the end of the output it prints out.
Look for a section similar to this:
firmware: requesting isl3887usb_bare p54: LM86 firmware p54: FW rev 18.104.22.168 - Softmac protocol 3.0
and try renaming the firmware file to the name corresponding to the part bolded here.
If you get the message
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted
when performing
ip link set wlan0 up OR
prism54: Your card/socket may be faulty, or IRQ line too busy :(
appears in
dmesg's output this may be because you have both the deprecated kernel module
prism54 and one of the newer kernel modules (
p54pci or
p54usb) loaded at the same time and they are fighting over ownership of the IRQ. Use the command
lsmod | grep prism54 to see if the deprecated module is being loaded. If so, you need to stop
prism54 from loading by blacklisting it (there are several ways to do this which are described elsewhere). Once blacklisted, you may find you have to rename the firmware as
prism54 and
p54usb look for different firmware filenames (i.e. recheck the
dmesg output after performing
ip link set eth0 up).
The driver should tell you which firmware it needs; check
/var/log/messages.log or use the
dmesg command.
Link the appropriate firmware to
ln -s /usr/share/tiacx/acx111_18.104.22.168/tiacx111c16 /lib/firmware
For another way to determine which firmware revision number to use, see the "Which firmware" section of the acx100.sourceforge wiki. For ACX100, you can follow the links provided there to a table of card model numbers vs. "firmware files known to work"; you can figure out the rev. number you need, by looking at the suffix there. For example, a dlink_dwl650+ uses "1.9.8.b", in which case you would do this:
ln -s /usr/share/tiacx/acx100_1.9.8.b/* /lib/firmware
If you find that the driver is spamming your kernel log, for example because you are running Kismet with channel-hopping, you could put this in
options acx debug=0
acx driver does not support WPA/RSN encryption. Ndiswrapper will have to be used with the Windows driver to enable the enhanced encryption. See ndiswrapper, this page, for more details.
b43, broadcom-wl and brcmsmac (previously brcm80211)
See the Broadcom wireless page.
zd1211rw is a driver for the ZyDAS ZD1211 802.11b/g USB WLAN chipset, and it is included in recent versions of the Linux kernel. See [2] for a list of supported devices. You only need to install the firmware for the device, provided by the zd1211-firmware package.
carl9170 is the 802.11n USB driver with GPLv2 firmware for Atheros USB AR9170 devices. It supports these devices. The firmware is not yet part of the linux-firmware package; it is available in the AUR (carl9170-fwAUR). The driver is a part of the Linux kernel v2.6.37 and higher; for older kernels, use the driver package from the AUR (carl9170-driverAUR).
In order to use this driver, the following older driver modules must be blacklisted:
Host AP is the Linux driver for Prism2/2.5/3 like WCP11.
hostap_cs should be a part of the
linux package and should be installed already.
orinico_cs can cause problems, so it must be blacklisted. After blacklisting, the driver should work.
More information:Home page
Patched compat wireless drivers correct the "fixed-channel -1" issue, whilst providing better injection. Please install the compat-wireless-patchedAUR package from the AUR.
compat-wireless-patchedAUR does not conflict with any other package and the modules built reside in
These patched drivers come from the Linux Wireless project and support many of the above mentioned chips such as:
ath5k ath9k_htc carl9170 b43 zd1211rw rt2x00 wl1251 wl12xx ath6kl brcm80211
Supported groups:
atheros ath iwlagn rtl818x rtlwifi wl12xx atlxx bt
It is also possible to build a specific module/driver or a group of drivers by editing the PKGBUILD, particularly uncommenting the line #46. Here is an example of building the atheros group:
scripts/driver-select atheros
Please read the package's PKGBUILD for any other possible modifications prior to compilation and installation.
Test installation
After loading your driver, run
ip link to ensure a wireless interface (e.g. wlanX, ethX, athX) is created.
If no such interface is visible, modprobing it might work. To start your driver, use the
rmmod and
modprobe commands. If
rmmod fails, continue with
modprobe. See Kernel modules for more info.
Example: If your driver is called "driverXXX", you would run the following commands:
# rmmod driverXXX # modprobe driverXXX
Bring the interface up with
ip link set <interface> up. For example, assuming the interface is wlan0:
# ip link set wlan0 up
If you get this error message:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory, it most certainly means your wireless chipset requires a firmware to function, which you need to install as explained above.
Part II: Wireless management
Assuming that your drivers are installed and working properly, you will need to choose a method for managing your wireless connections. The following subsections will help you decide the best way to do just that.
Procedure and tools required will depend on several factors:
- The desired nature of configuration management; from a completely manual command line setup procedure repeated at each boot to a software-managed, automated solution
- The encryption type (or lack thereof) which protects the wireless network
- The need for network profiles, if the computer will frequently change networks (such as a laptop)
Management methods
This table shows the different methods that can be used to activate and manage a wireless network connection, depending on the encryption and management types, and the various tools that are required. Although there may be other possibilities, these are the most frequently used:
|No encryption/WEP
|Manual, need to repeat at each computer reboot
iproute2 +
iwconfig +
iproute2 +
iwconfig +
wpa_supplicant +
|Automatically managed, with network profiles support
newlan (AUR),
wicd, NetworkManager, etc.
More choice guide:
|NetworkManager + network-manager-applet
|auto connect at boot
net-profiles daemon configured in
|auto connect if dropped
or changed location
net-auto-wireless daemon configured in
|support 3G Modem
|GUI (proposes to manage and connect/disconnect
profiles from a systray icon.
Automatic wireless detection is also available)
|with ArchAssistant
|console tools
wicd-curses (part of
wicd package)
Whatever your choice, you should try to connect using the manual method first. This will help you understand the different steps that are required and debug them in case a problem arose. Another tip: if possible (e.g. if you manage your Wi-Fi access point), try connecting with no encryption, to check everything works. Then try using encryption, either WEP (simpler to configure -- but crackable in a matter of seconds, so it is hardly more secure than an unencrypted connection), WPA, or WPA2.
When it comes to ease of use, NetworkManager (with GNOME's network-manager-applet) and
wicd have good GUI's and can provide a list of available networks to connect, and they prompt for passwords, which is straightforward and highly recommended.
Manual setup
The programs provided by the package wireless_tools are the basic set of tools to set up a wireless network. Moreover, if you use WPA/WPA2 encryption, you will need the package wpa_supplicant. These powerful user-space console tools work extremely well and allow complete, manual control from the shell.
These examples assume your wireless device is wlan0. Replace wlan0 with the appropriate device name.
Step 0. (Optional, may be required) At this step you may need to set the proper operating mode of the wireless card. More specifically, if you are going to connect an ad-hoc network, you might need to set the operating mode to ad-hoc:
# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
ip link set wlan0 down).
Step 1. (Also optional, may be required) Some cards require that the kernel interface be activated before you can use the
# ip link set wlan0 up
Step 2. See what access points are available:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
iwlist as root.
Also, your wireless network card may be soft-blocked. Try getting rfkill and running
rfkill list all to check.
Step 3. Depending on the encryption, you need to associate your wireless device with the access point to use and pass the encryption key.
Assuming you want to use the ESSID
- No encryption
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyEssid"
using a hexadecimal key:
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyEssid" key 1234567890
using an ASCII key:
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyEssid" key s:asciikey
You need to edit the
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file as described in WPA_Supplicant. Then, issue this command:
# wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
This is assuming your device uses the
wext driver. If this does not work, you may need to adjust these options.
If connected successfully, continue in a new terminal (or quit
wpa_supplicant with Template:Keypress and add the
-B switch to the above command to run it in the background). WPA_Supplicant contains more information and troubleshooting.
Regardless of the method used, you can check if you have associated successfully as follows:
# iwconfig wlan0
Step 4. Finally, provide an IP address to the network interface. Simple examples are:
# dhcpcd wlan0
for DHCP, or
# ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev wlan0 # ip route add default via 192.168.0.1
for static IP addressing.
auto for the specific device.
# iwconfig wlan0 channel auto
Before changing the channel to auto, make sure your wireless interface (in this case 'wlan0') is down. After it has successfully changed it, you can again bring the interface up and continue from there.
Automatic setup
There are many solutions to choose from, but remember that all of them are mutually exclusive; you should not run two daemons simultaneously.
netcfg provides a versatile, robust and fast solution to networking on Arch Linux.
netcfg uses a profile based setup and is capable of detection and connection to a wide range of network types. This is no harder than using graphical tools.
See: Netcfg
Netcfg Easy Wireless LAN (newlan)
newlan is a mono console application that starts a user-friendly wizard to create netcfg profiles; it also supports wired connections.
Install the newlanAUR package from the AUR.
newlan must be run with root privileges:
# newlan -n mynewprofile
Wicd is a network manager that can handle both wireless and wired connections. It is written in Python and Gtk with fewer dependencies than NetworkManager, making it an ideal solution for lightweight desktop users. Wicd is available in the official repositories.
See: Wicd
NetworkManager is an advanced network management tool that is enabled by default in most popular GNU/Linux distributions. In addition to managing wired connections, NetworkManager provides worry-free wireless roaming with an easy-to-use GUI program for selecting your desired network.
If you do not use GNOME but use a window manager like Openbox or xmonad, do not forget to install polkit-gnome, gnome-keyring, libgnome-keyring, and pyxdg to manage WEP, WPA, and WPA2 connections.
See: NetworkManager
WiFi Radar
WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing wireless profiles (and only wireless). It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks.
See: Wifi Radar
wlassistant is a very intuitive and straight-forward GUI application for managing your wireless connections.
Install the wlassistantAUR package from the AUR.
wlassistant must be run with root privileges:
# wlassistant
One method of using wlassistant is to configure your wireless card within
/etc/rc.conf, specifying the access point you use most often. On start-up, your card will automatically be configured for this ESSID, but if other wireless networks are needed/available,
wlassistant can then be invoked to access them. Background the
network daemon in
/etc/rc.conf, by prefixing it with a
@ to avoid boot-up delays.
See also
External links
- NetworkManager -- The official website for NetworkManager
- WICD -- The official website for WICD
- WiFi Radar -- WiFi Radar information page
- The MadWifi project's method of installing -- Recommended if you are having trouble after reading this article


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It's the question that gets asked whenever an alleged comedian on HBO goes a bit nuts on the subject of religious believers. It's the same question people asked when some NFL players mocked Tim Tebow's love of public prayer.
It's the same question conservative Catholics, and others, asked when the hierarchy at The New York Times made the decision to run a full-page anti-Catholic advertisement that urged liberal and nominal Catholics to pack up and quit their church.
It's the question that tends to draw mocking laughter in the GetReligion comments pages whenever a reader dares to ask it.
The question, of course, is this: Would the powers that be in mass media have dared to approve x, y or z if this particular advertisement, comedy routine, cartoon, Broadway show, movie, music video or whatever had focused its attack on Muslims?
It's a question that is not -- for me -- directly connected to the journalism work that we do here at GetReligion. Please hear me say that.
However, there was a headline the other day in The Daily Mail linked to this controversial topic that was just a bit too close for comfort, for me. I am referring to the one that, with its stacked sub-headlines, proclaimed:
Christianity gets less sensitive treatment than other religions admits BBC chief
* He suggested other faiths have a 'very close identity with ethnic minorities'
* But added that religion as a whole should never receive the same 'protection and sensitivity' in the law as race
I don't know about you, but I had a simple reaction when I read all of that: The head of BBC said that near an open microphone?
Here's the top of that Mail report:
BBC director-general Mark Thompson has claimed Christianity is treated with far less sensitivity than other religions because it is "pretty broad shouldered."
He suggested other faiths have a "very close identity with ethnic minorities," and were therefore covered in a far more careful way by broadcasters. But he also revealed that producers had to consider the possibilities of "violent threats" instead of polite complaints if they pushed ahead with certain types of satire.
Mr. Thompson said: "Without question, 'I complain in the strongest possible terms,' is different from, 'I complain in the strongest possible terms and I am loading my AK47 as I write.' This definitely raises the stakes."
But he added that religion as a whole should never receive the same 'protection and sensitivity' in the law as race.
Now the minute I read that -- especially all of those short, edited, punchy quotations -- I immediately assumed that Thompson had been quoted out of context. What kind of journalist could say things like that, especially one who is committed to accurate journalism, free speech, religious liberty and various other values and rights that tend to be cherished in free societies?
I told my GetReligion colleagues that I really wanted to see the whole interview, or a transcript, or both. As it turns out, that information was a few clicks away on a site linked to a rather authoritative educational brand name -- Oxford. Click here for the .pdf of the interview or watch the video that is attached to this post.
By all means, read it all. The give and take is rather complex, at times, but I think that the triple-decker Mail headline is accurate, if rather blunt (in the style of Fleet Street). I immediately asked my fellow GetReligionistas if we could hold off on this story long enough for me to write a Scripps Howard News Service column based on the full interview. My goal was to put some of those blunt snippets into a broader context, if I could.
So, here is a sample of what came out of that. I began with the New York Times decision to run the anti-Catholic advertisement from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, but not the mirror-image anti-Muslim advertisement that was immediately cranked out by Stop Islamization of America.
Should Catholics have been shocked?
Truth be told, the offended Catholics had little reason to be shocked if members of the Times hierarchy based their decisions on convictions similar to those recently aired by the leader of the BBC, another of the world's most influential news organizations.
For BBC director-general Mark Thompson, the key is to understand that Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews and believers in other minority religions share a "very close identity with ethnic minorities" and, thus, their beliefs deserve to be handled with special care.
Meanwhile, he said it's acceptable to subject Christians to more criticism and satire, to treat their beliefs with less sensitivity, because Christianity is a powerful, secure, majority religion — even in an increasingly secular age.
"I think it is very different to talk about Christianity in the United Kingdom: a very broadly, literally established, but also metaphorically established, part of our kind of culturally built landscape," said Thompson, in an interview recorded for the FreeSpeechDebate.com project produced by St. Antony's College, Oxford.
Christianity, he argued, is a "broad-shouldered religion, compared to religions which in the UK have a very close identity with ethnic minorities, where, you know, it's not as if as it were Islam is randomly spread across the UK population. It's almost entirely a religion practiced by people who may already feel in other ways isolated, prejudiced against, and where they may well regard an attack on their religion as racism by other means."
The bottom line, said the BBC leader, is that Muslims tend to be literalists on matter of faith and they are much more likely to be offended by criticism or satire of Muhammad than most Christians are of similar media products about Jesus. At least, that is what Thompson thinks, as a self-identified moderate, practicing Catholic. Thus, he said:
"For a Muslim, a depiction -- particularly a comical or demeaning depiction of the prophet Muhammad — might have the force, the emotional force, of a piece of a grotesque child pornography. One of the mistakes seculars make is, I think, not to understand the character of what blasphemy feels like to someone who is a realist in their religious belief."
And that stunning AK47 quote?
Here's the context. You will not be surprised to know that it follows a reference to Salman Rushdie, his "The Satanic Verses" novel and a global fatwa calling for his death.
Historian Timothy Garton Ash, who conducted the Oxford interview, said this threat of violence is a "rather nasty ace" that can be played by those who are willing to say, "I feel so strongly about that; if you say it or broadcast it, I will kill you."
Thompson responded: "Well, clearly it's a very notable move in the game, I mean without question. 'I complain in the strongest possible terms' is different from 'I complain in the strongest possible terms and I'm loading my AK47 as I write.' This definitely raises the stakes."
So there you go. How does this Thompson proclamation apply to the work of journalists who want to do accurate, balanced reporting on religion-news stories linked to blasphemy, heresy and sacrilege?
It seems to me that, much like that advocacy journalism sermon delivered last October by former New York Times editor Bill Keller, the BBC leader is essentially saying that there is one set of rules for news and then there is a different set of rules for religion news. In the end, race trumps religion.
And one more thing: Did Thompson actually say that it doesn't matter if Christianity is no longer, on a typical weekend, the majority religion in England in comparison with Islam? It still deserves harsher treatment?


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Chief Judge Frederick E. Crane enjoyed a 33-year career as a jurist-22 of those years on the Court of Appeals. Distinguished as that service was, his contributions were not limited to his duties as a judge, but reached even beyond-from presiding over the 1938 Constitutional Convention, to participating in the drafting of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to overhauling the court-martial system.
Frederick E. Crane was born on March 2, 1869 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from the Adelphi Academy, he received a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1889 and was admitted to the Bar the following year. He was the junior member of the firm of Dailey, Bell & Crane in Brooklyn until 1896, when he was appointed an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County. In 1901, he was elected as a Kings County Judge and, in 1906, as a Supreme Court Justice in the Second Department.
In 1917, Governor Charles S. Whitman designated then-Supreme Court Justice Crane temporarily to fill one of two vacancies on the Court of Appeals left by the resignation of Judge Samuel Seabury and the retirement of Chief Judge Willard Bartlett. In 1920, Judge Crane was elected to a full 14-year term as an Associate Judge on the Court. In 1934, Judge Crane succeeded retiring Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound.
His Court of Appeals Years
Chief Judge Crane described the Court of Appeals as "a work-shop" where "no man would be happy . . . who did not find his chief enjoyment and satisfaction in the work."1 During his tenure on the Court, Judge Crane was considered by President Calvin Coolidge for the office of United States Attorney General as well as by New York State Republican leaders for the office of Governor. Instead, he remained on the Court for 22 years "with unfailing dignity and grace."2 Chief Judge Irving Lehman observed that "[e]very lawyer who appeared at the bar of that court was treated by [Chief Judge Crane] with unfailing courtesy. To the timid he gave encouragement, to those who stumbled or halted he gave assistance, to all he gave a fair and patient hearing."3 Judge Crane believed that "[t]he courts would make no progress at all if we were bound to follow blindly every decision of the past," and that the law "is a rule of action with the emphasis upon action, governing the living, not praising the dead."4 This philosophy is best illustrated in People v. Marino (271 NY 317 [1936]), in which he refused to read a previous Court of Appeals decision as a "crystallized" rule of law; instead he noted that courts must always be willing to "expand the rule to meet new circumstances."5 In Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks v. MacDonald (253 NY 234 [1930]), Judge Crane wrote:
"The words of the Constitution, like those of any other law, must receive a reasonable interpretation, considering the purpose and the object in view. Words are but symbols indicating ideas, and are subject to contraction and expansion to meet the idea sought to be expressed; they register frequently according to association, or like the thermometer, by the atmosphere surrounding them."6
Thus, the Court held that a statute permitting the cutting down of trees on the state lands of the Forest Preserve to build a bobsled run for the Olympic winter games was unconstitutional, because it violated the purpose of the constitutional provision, which was to forever keep the forest preserve as wild forest lands.
Judge Crane "never lingered in legal technicalities . . . letting common sense, always with respect for the moral and social implications, contribute to control the determination and application of the law."7 In People ex rel. Bennett v. Laman (277 NY 368 [1938]), the Court held that a court of equity has jurisdiction to enjoin a defendant from practicing medicine without a license despite the fact that the defendant's conduct also violated criminal law where the facts alleged showed that the defendant's conduct imperiled the health of the community. In another case, People v. Alfani (227 NY 334 [1919]), Judge Crane, writing for the majority, upheld a conviction for practicing law without a license. In rejecting the Appellate Division's opinion that the relevant Penal Law statute related only to court or legal proceedings, he wrote:
"Is it only in court or legal proceedings that danger lies from such evils? On the contrary, the danger there is at a minimum, for a very little can go wrong in a court where the proceedings are public, and the presiding officer is generally a man of judgment and experience. Any judge of much active work on the bench has had frequent occasion to guide the young practitioner, or protect the client from haste or folly of an older one. Not so in the office. Here the client is with his attorney alone, without the impartial supervision of a judge. Ignorance and stupidity may here create damage which the courts of the land cannot thereafter undo. Did the Legislature mean to leave this field to any person out of which to make a living? Reason says no. Practicing law as an attorney likewise covers the drawing of legal instruments as a business"8
In one of his more groundbreaking decisions, People v. Sanger (222 NY 192 [1918]),9 the Court of Appeals examined the constitutionality of New York's "Little Comstock" laws.10 Although Judge Crane upheld the conviction of Margaret Sanger for selling contraceptives in violation of the statute, his decision interpreted New York's "Little Comstock" laws broadly enough to permit at least married women some access to contraceptives.
Judge Crane's decisions reflected his "abiding love for the city and state of his birth[,] a passionate love of justice, a bitter hatred for every kind of oppression, a boundless contempt for those who can serve others but who are too selfish or indolent to do so."11 Fortunately, Judge Crane found ways of serving his beloved state and the law even away from the bench.
Other Contributions While on the Bench
One of Judge Crane's great gifts, both during and after his tenure on the Court of Appeals, was public speaking. From an anti-crime radio address to children in their school auditoriums broadcast over statewide hookups,12 to law schools and county bar associations, Judge Crane often shared his views on the law. In particular, he believed that courts should not cling to outdated precedents and should instead think for themselves and "make the law fit new conditions and new problems."13 Judge Crane used his speeches to encourage greater emphasis in law school curricula on the practical workings of the legal profession rather than just theoretical teaching.14 He also spoke out against those who shirk jury duty, and he urged reform of the criminal procedure law to combat increased crime.
In addition to his Court duties, Chief Judge Crane delivered special lectures at the Brooklyn Law School,15 and served as a visiting professor at Columbia University.16 He also presided over the 1938 Constitutional Convention, resulting in the document which to this day remains the New York State Constitution. Judge Crane stated that one of his objectives as president of the convention was to amend the constitution to eliminate certain legislative restrictions which, in his view, hampered efforts by the Legislature to address "many changes in our social and economic conditions."17 On December 31, 1939, at age 70, he left the Court, as required by the Constitution he helped put in place.
Contributions After Leaving the Court of Appeals
Even after retiring from the Court of Appeals to private practice, Judge Crane continued to make significant contributions to the law and to society. In February 1940, Governor Herbert Lehman appointed him as a Moreland Act Commissioner18 to investigate certain State printing contracts.19 In July 1940, a federal judge appointed Judge Crane special master in the reorganization proceedings of the Associated Gas and Electric System, a utility system in bankruptcy.20 In February 1941, he served on the Advisory Committee to assist in the preparation proposed Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.21 In October 1941, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia asked Judge Crane to investigate charges that LaGuardia spent an excessive amount of money in his campaign for reelection.22 In 1943, Mayor LaGuardia appointed Judge Crane to an unofficial board to review a decision by the New York City police commissioner clearing a patrolman of charges of anti-Semitism and associating with persons engaged in subversive activities.23 In 1946, Secretary of War Robert Patterson appointed Judge Crane to a board of civilians to look into grievances and overhaul the military court martial procedure.24
Judge Crane died on November 21, 1947 at his home in Garden City, Long Island. He is buried at the Kenisico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
Judge Crane married Mary Gertrude Craven on December 13, 1893 and had two children: Dorothy Braddock Crane and Frederick Ralph Crane. His wife died on October 2, 1956. Tragically, his son, Frederick Ralph Crane, also a lawyer, died suddenly at the age of 43 of a heart attack just two years after marrying Eleanor McCammon Pool. The couple had no children.
Chief Judge Crane's daughter, Dorothy Braddock Crane, married Russell Marston and had two daughters: Gertrude and Dorothy. Gertrude Marston married Harry Newhouse Black and had a son, Frederick Evan Black.25 Dorothy Marston (Chief Judge Crane's granddaughter) married George C. Haas, Jr. and had three daughters: Sally Ann (Haas) Colbert of Weston, Conn; Judith (Haas) Eshelman of Putney, Vermont, and Susan (Haas) Orthwein of Stamford, Conn. Dorothy Marsten Haas died on July 9, 2002. Frederick Evan Black married Christine Mackinnon in 1967. Dorothy Haas had six grandchildren as of her death in 2002.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
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Army Justice to Go in Nation's Scales, NY Times, Aug. 19, 1946, at 34, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Army to Overhaul Its Courts-Martial, NY Times, Mar. 26, 1946, at 25, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Columbia University records.
Conway, Albert, In Memoriam of the Late Frederick E. Crane, Former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, NY St BA Bull (February 1948), at 40.
Crane, 70, To Start Anew, NY Times, Nov. 30, 1939, at 16, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Appointed For Utility Report, NY Times, Jul. 27, 1941, at F1, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Asks Reform of Criminal Law, NY Times, Jul. 3, 1925, at 14, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane May Help Out, NY Times, Jan. 15, 1917, at 4, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Pledges Convention to Renewing of Democracy, NY Times, Apr. 6, 1938, at 1, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Sworn As Head of Court of Appeals, NY Times, Dec. 8, 1934, at 17, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane to Warn Children in Anti-Crime Broadcast, NY Times, Sept. 20, 1935, at 12, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Won't Enter Race For Governor, NY Times, Sept. 18, 1924, at 6, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Crane Would Fit Law to New Era, NY Times, Aug. 22, 1936, at 14, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
F.E. Crane on List Mentioned as Associated Gas Trustee, NY Times, Feb. 25, 1940, at 53, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Faculty Changes Made at Columbia, NY Times, Apr. 25, 1937, at 39, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Foster L. Backup's Assistants, NY Times, Dec. 29, 1985, at 16, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Frederick Black to Marry Miss Christine MacKinnon, NY Times, Apr. 16, 1967, at 88, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Frederick R. Crane: Lawyer, Son of Retired Jurist, Stricken Playing Badminton, NY Times, Jan. 27, 1941, at 15, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Governor Orders Inquiry on Awards of State Printing, NY Times, Feb. 8, 1940, at 1, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Graham, Fred P., Broad Attack on Attempts to Regulate Sex Morals, NY Times, Jul. 12, 1970, at 140, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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Holtzoff, Alexander, Codification of Federal Criminal Procedure, 4 F.R.D. 275, 275-276 n5 (1944, 1945, 1946).
In Memoriam, 297 N.Y. ix.
Judge Frederick E. Crane Dies; On Court of Appeals 1917-1939, NY Herald Tribune, November 22, 1947 (available on file with author).
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Law School Expands, NY Times, Sept. 26, 1926, at E2, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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Liebman, Bennett, Rudy's Words and NYRA's World, 8 Gam L Rev 3, 5 (February 2004).
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Mayor Arranges Impartial Study of His Expenses, NY Times, Oct. 24, 1941, at 1, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Miller Considered for Dougherty Post: Justice Crane of Brooklyn is Another Man the President is Said to Have in Mind, NY Times, Mar. 30, 1924, at 1, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Miss Dorothy Crane to Wed, NY Times, Jul. 12, 1916, at 11, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Mrs. Black Reweds in Mother's Home, NY Times, May 12, 1956, at 15, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Mrs. Russell Marsten, NY Times, Feb. 25, 1967, at 22, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Obituary 4, NY Times, Jul. 10, 2002, at A19, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Obituary 5, NY Times, Oct. 3, 1956, at 33, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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Says Law Schools Overstress Theory, NY Times, Mar. 29, 1931, at N2, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Social Good is Aim of Law, Says Crane, NY Times, Jun. 13, 1930, at 21, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Two New Justices, NY Times, Dec 27, 1906, at 2, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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Reverend John X. Pyne, S.J.: The Scholar, 6 Fordham L Rev 357 (1937).
Symposium, Why Law School Reviews? Law School Reviews and the Courts, 4 Fordham L Rev 1 (1935).
The High Court of New York Speaks, Cal St BJ, 314 (December 1934).
Detail Work of the New York Court of Appeals: An Address Before the Phi Delta Phi Association of New York, NY St BA Bull, at 477 (December 1933).
Introduction to Sydney C. Schweitzer, Trial Manual for Negligence Actions, vii, vii-x (Baker, Voorhis & Co. 1933).
Liberal and Conservative, 2 Brook L Rev 7 (1932-1933).
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Tue 7pm - Islington 5 a side (#A)
When and Where
Tuesday, May 22, 2018Repeats Weekly on Tuesdays
ONLINE £7.00 /per person
Venue: Market Road Football Pitches
- This game will be played at Pitch A
- We meet 10 mins before kick-off outside the pitch
- Brand new, all-weather, 3G rubber astro surface
- You can wear boots, No metal studs. Astros recommended
- Changing rooms, showers available
- Walk: 10 minutes from Caledonian Rd. station
- Underground: Caledonian Rd. station Piccadilly Ln.), Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (London Overground)
Game Play Rules
- Goalkeepers: everybody is playing goalie. We rotate on goal every 6-7 minutes
- You cannot score/play in the area
- Any kind of aggressive behaviour will NOT be tolerated
- Make sure you are in a mood to have fun & on time
Footy Addicts' Code of Conduct must be respected at all times.
Everyone must play fair, respect their team-mates and opponents.
Pay via Credit/Debit card or PayPal account in order to secure your spot in the game.
You will automatically receive refund only if you honour the game's refund policy
If for any reason you cannot make it to the game you need to modify your RSVP as soon as possible, in order to free your spot. In case you are in the attendance list and you do no turn up for the game, you will be marked as a No-Show.
Late comers will also be marked as No-Show
Please bring both a light and dark top with you to help splitting the teams at the pitch.