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A mental health patient obsessed by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School is in custody after escaping from an Orange County, California facility the day before, authorities said.
Norris Phuoc Nguyen returned to the Royale Health Care Center at 4 p.m. Saturday, said Anthony Bertagna, spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department.
Friday afternoon, Nguyen walked away from the Royale Health Care Center, where he has been detained since December 2012.
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Police said the 23-year-old told them he visited a friend while he was away from the facility, and it does not appear Nguyen committed any crimes while he was gone.
Authorities became familiar with Nguyen -- who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and repeatedly detained and institutionalized -- in August 2011. At that time, he walked into the Westminster Police Department dressed in camouflage and holding an assault rifle, saying he wanted to "die by cop," Garden Grove Police Chief Kevin Raney said.
The weapon was not loaded, the chief said, adding that Nguyen did not have a permit for the firearm.
Nguyen was questioned, and police found he was fixated on a teacher at an elementary school he had attended in Northern California, Raney said, declining to name the school.
"We have statements and we have the firm belief that he is committed, unfortunately, to harming children at this specific school," Raney said.
Nguyen had been detained periodically since then, Raney said, until it became apparent in interviews with him in December that he was obsessed by the massacre that left 26 dead at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school on Dec. 14, 2012.
Nguyen has spoken repeatedly both about protecting children and endangering them, Raney said.
Nearly two weeks ago, Nguyen's mother, who lives in Huntington Beach, tried to gain custody of her son at a court hearing, but the judge refused to have him released, Raney said.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forwards Chase Budinger and Shabazz Muhammad will miss the final six games of the season with injuries.
Budinger sprained his ankle in the first minute of play against Orlando on Saturday night and Muhammad sprained the MCL in his right knee on Friday night against Miami.
The team said Monday that Muhammad will not need surgery on his knee this summer. The first-round draft pick averaged 3.9 points this season.
Budinger played in only 41 games this season. He missed the first two months of the season while recovering from knee surgery.
The team also says Kevin Love will play on Tuesday night against the San Antonio Spurs after missing the game Saturday against Orlando with back spasms.
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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Has Song Selected for Eurovision Contest
Eurovision is a long-running song contest dating back to the 1950s in which each participating country selects a song for the annual competition. This year's entry from Armenia just so happens to be co-written by Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi.
The prestigious competition has helped launch the careers of musicians including ABBA and Celine Dion, and a few years ago the metal band Lordi was Finland's entry.
What's Iommi's connection with Armenia? Going back to 1988, he helped raise money and awareness after a devastating earthquake. Recently, he and Ian Gillan from Deep Purple teamed up to raise money for a music school there. They also recruited Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, the late Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord and ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted for the WhoCares project, recording a two track benefit single.
The song, 'Lonely Planet,' is performed by the band the Dorians, but features music written by Iommi. In a message on his website, Iommi commented on the contest:
Well here's something different, one of my demo ideas has been chosen as the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest! It went on a short list and Saturday night was voted as the winner. I did the music and the performing band Dorians wrote the lyrics, it's called 'Lonely Planet'. They're a good band, the singer has a really good voice and the lyrics they've written are in English. It now goes to the semi-final on May 16th in Malmo, Sweden. Glad to be able to be involved with Armenia again, the school is coming along fine, they've got the furniture sorted and it will be opened late summer.
While we don't know how far Iommi's song will advance in the Eurovision contest, we do know Black Sabbath's highly anticipated new album '13' is set to be released in June.
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Blues manager Roberto Di Matteo told reporters that the 22-year-old forward was on the mend after being struck down with a mild form of the illness over the weekend.
"Daniel has viral meningitis, but I spoke to him and he feels better now," Di Matteo said at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.
"We're going to follow his situation and hopefully he will get well as soon as possible and be able to join Olympics squad.
"He is currently still in hospital but I am optimistic he will recover [in time to play].
"I think it's a question of daily monitoring his health, that's what matters most to him, his family and ourselves.
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"We have had a doctor with him since day one and we are being updated on hourly basis. We'll see and make a decision with the doctors and if he can join."
Britain's Olympic football squad is due to convene next weekend and manager Stuart Pearce has until July 25 to choose a replacement if Sturridge is declared unfit.
Meanwhile Di Matteo, who was appointed Chelsea manager on a two-year deal at the end of the season after guiding the club to a Champions League and FA Cup double, had a message of goodwill for his sacked predecessor Andre Villas-Boas, who was appointed by London rival Tottenham on Tuesday.
"I wish him the best of luck. He is a very good manager and coach and I am sure he will be a success," Di Matteo said.
"It doesn't surprise me [that he has been appointed]. I think it's a good choice." – Sapa-AFP


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Letter, Ford to My dear Learnard [Oscar E.]
Author: Ford
Date: November 14, 1860
This piece of correspondence was written by a man named Ford, from Missouri City, Arapaho Co., (later part of Colorado Territory). Ford had apparently left Burlington, Kansas Territory for "gold country" the previous year. He related some of his experiences in the gold fields and his desire to return to Kansas. Ford intended to stay "until I make enough to pay me for coming here and some more if I can," and he mentioned additional discoveries in the San Juan Mountains in Mexico, which caused "a great rush for those diggins."
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Oscar E. Learnard Collection, #415, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 100240 Number of images: 3
Keywords: Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory; Burlington, Kansas Territory; Coffey County, Kansas Territory; Colorado; Colorado gold fields; Gold mines and mining; Learnard, Oscar E., 1832-1911; Missouri City, Kansas Territory; Pikes Peak gold rush
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LEGO has picked up the rights to some of the biggest movie properties around including Star Wars, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Batman. Now they have another big title (technically two titles) on the way: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I can only begin to dream of the massive, time-consuming glory these sets will offer. It will probably cost well over $100 for the set, but I want to spend an entire day building Helm's Deep (I can't confirm they're going to offer it, but I'd be shocked it they didn't). But think of the possibilities: The Shire. Rivendell. Mirkwood. Rohan. Minas freaking Tirith.
Hit the jump for the press release and sound off in the comments about what you can't wait to build. The release of the LEGO sets is timed to coincide with the build up to the first part of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit adaptation, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which opens December 14, 2012. Part two, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, opens December 13, 2013.
BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 16, 2011 — Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group announced today a partnership that awards the world's leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT™. The multi-year licensing agreement grants access to the library of characters, settings, and stories for THE LORD OF THE RINGS property, as well as films The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again. LEGO® THE LORD OF THE RINGS construction sets are slated for a rolling global launch beginning in June 2012 in the United States, with LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY scheduled for later in the year.
"Only LEGO, with their expertise in the construction category, is capable of doing justice to the incredibly imaginative environments depicted in the world of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and the two films based on THE HOBBIT," said Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "These films give life to amazing worlds and characters and we are thrilled to bring fans these products that deliver an imaginative play experience befitting of these beloved properties."
The LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS collection will translate into LEGO form the epic locations, scenes and characters of Middle-earth as depicted in all three films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In late 2012, LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY will give fans of all ages a chance to build and play out the fantastical story and new characters of the legendary Middle-earth adventures depicted in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyfrom Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, slated to premiere December 14, 2012.
"Our collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products has delivered numerous worldwide successes in the construction toy aisle with lines like LEGO HARRY POTTER and LEGO BATMAN, introducing us to loyal audiences who love great stories, strong characters and the toys that they inspire," said Jill Wilfert, vice president, licensing and entertainment for The LEGO Group. "It's particularly exciting to now be able to create sets based on the fantasy worlds and characters from THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT, not only because we know they will foster collectability and creative play, but also because these are two properties that our fans have been asking us to create for years."
Information about the sets and collectible minifigures from both collections will be unveiled at a later date at TheLordoftheRings.LEGO.com.
About The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit. The second film will be The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar®-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released beginning December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is slated for release the following year, beginning December 13, 2013.
Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, the character he played in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins. Also reprising their roles from "The Lord of the Rings" movies are: Cate Blanchett as Galadriel; Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo; Christopher Lee as Saruman; Hugo Weaving as Elrond; Elijah Wood as Frodo; Orlando Bloom as Legolas; and Andy Serkis as Gollum. The ensemble cast also includes (in alphabetical order) Richard Armitage, John Bell, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Barry Humphries,Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Evangeline Lilly, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, and Aidan Turner.
The screenplays for both The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are by Fran Walsh,Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson. Jackson is also producing the films, together with Fran Walsh andCarolynne Cunningham. The executive producers are Alan Horn, Ken Kamins, Toby Emmerich and Zane Weiner, with Boyens serving as co-producer.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are being co-produced by New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. with New Line managing production.
Warner Bros Pictures will be handling theatrical distribution for most of the world and MGM will handle all international television licensing and theatrical distribution for certain international territories for the films.


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Planning a course for improvement
Golf course superintendents are often frustrated when they have to guess about management's expectations for their courses. The most effective way for superintendents to avoid this guessing game is to have a master plan.
Master planning is the design process undertaken to make improvements to existing golf courses. The resulting master plan is a document that spells out proposed improvements and prioritizes construction projects.
A master plan helps superintendents organize their work. It establishes an agreed-upon plan that defines course set-up, identifies improvement projects and puts them on a timeline. When maintenance or other questions arise, you check the master plan.
Master planning can uncover design flaws that management might have identified inaccurately as maintenance flaws. For example, you may have suggested many times to your green committee that trees be removed around a problem green to improve light and air penetration. When an independent planning consultant, such as an architect, recommends the same action, it enhances your credibility.
Or, when an architect suggests enlarging tees or rebuilding greens due to inadequate size, it suddenly sheds a different light on the superintendent's performance.
A master plan also allows superintendents to take advantage of opportunities. For instance, many master plans include detailed planting recommendations. When a load of plants becomes available for a good price, you can notify the club and install them according to the predetermined plan.
Or, you can schedule work on your course to coincide with construction projects at nearby golf courses. Over a few seasons, you can realize substantial savings.
When you carry out the recommendations in your master plan, one of the greatest benefits is the satisfaction you get from seeing the quality of your course enhanced. And when a club experiences the master planning process, it will have a better understanding of the complexities of the superintendent's job. Nothing is more rewarding than hearing club members, the golf pro and owners praise you for helping to bring their course to the next level.
And, improvements to the course will likely lead to financial gain for the club and a leg up on the competition. These factors should also translate to increased salary, prestige and job stability for key personnel, especially the superintendent.
Types of master plans The type and amount of work in each master plan varies, depending on the condition, financial ability and ambitions of each course. But all master plans should have these elements: * an analysis and evaluation of the golf course; * documentation of proposed improvements; * construction cost estimates; and * a schedule for the phasing of improvements.
The three types of master plans are renovation, restoration, and reconstruction.
"Renovation" projects improve the course in specific areas. This type of plan is for course owners who are generally content with their basic course layout. The course is left fundamentally intact, and minor improvements are limited to a specific element-such as bunkers or tees-or focused upon a particular number of golf holes.
"Restoration" projects return courses to their original design. This type of master plan is for older courses whose owners recognize the unique and historical qualities of their courses and would like to enhance them. It may involve undoing previous alterations that did not respect the historical integrity of the course.
Unfortunately, due to changes in equipment technology, modern liability issues and lack of adequate historical records, it is often not possible to restore a course entirely. However, you can focus your restoration concepts on the design intent of the original architecture.
"Reconstruction" projects occur when a club wants to significantly overhaul its course. This type of master plan could include substantial changes to routing, addition of new holes and rebuilt green complexes. Some clubs, through careful planning and phasing, are able to build a new golf course while keeping a portion of an existing course open.
Getting Started To begin master planning, you must first form a committee. Its size and composition will vary depending on the ownership and structure of your club. The master planning committee should always include the superintendent, golf pro and head of the greens committee. The most effective committees are diverse groups that balance all interests, yet are small enough to make decisions efficiently.
The committee's primary goals should be outlining the potential benefits of a master plan, developing preliminary goals and objectives of the master plan, hiring a golf architect and producing a schedule for completing the master plan.
Each committee member should evaluate the golf course and discuss their conclusions with other committee members. This helps the club identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize goals and objectives.
Evaluating your course The committee's evaluation should cover many areas.
* Market Analysis. Can the course handle more rounds or increase greens fees or membership dues, given your market area? Is competition from new or improved courses growing in your market area?
* Facility Analysis. Do the clubhouse, pro-shop, restaurant, parking, maintenance, cart storage, and practice areas function adequately and promote both a favorable image and desirable work environment? What needs improving? Prioritize your list.
* Golf Course Analysis. Identify the areas of the course that you feel are unsafe during golf play. Are there adequate and well positioned lightning shelters? Identify other factors that affect safety on the course.
Examine your drainage system. Are there problem areas on the course where water collects and doesn't drain properly? Are the existing drainage features working as they were intended?
Could you improve the aesthetics of the course? Are there unsightly areas that need screening? Could you enhance other areas?
Are there areas on the course being maintained that could become naturalized? Does the club promote an environmental management philosophy? Are the maintenance facilities adequate to store pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers? Is there a well-designed area to store cleaning equipment?
Does the club have a planting plan that documents where plants are to be established and how they are to be maintained? Are there plants on the course you should remove or that are in need of special care?
Does the course have adequate irrigation? Is a water source available to expand irrigation?
Do you need to build or re-build cart paths? Are there areas where you need to remove cart paths?
Does your driving range have sufficient tee space, length and target greens that simulate game-like circumstances? Does the club have a specific short-game area that allows golfers to practice chip shots from 60 yards or less? Is the practice putting green of sufficient size, and does it reflect the slopes and surfaces typical of the greens found on the course? Are there practice bunkers available?
Does the routing of the golf course flow well? Are there areas on the course where play slows down? Are there long walks between holes that you could eliminate? Do the nines balance, or is there a preferred side to the course? Is there adequate length and challenge for the lower handicap players? Is the course playable for all golfers? Are there particular holes that are too challenging for certain players? Are the forward tees placed correctly?
Are there particular holes that stick out as being inferior, out of character or "not up to par" with the rest of the course?
Is there an established mowing plan that depicts exact location (and shape) of cut lines and height ranges for fairways, rough, greens, aprons, chipping areas and natural areas? Is there a hazard maintenance plan that establishes a philosophy of how (and how often) to maintain bunkers and other hazards? Are there agreed-upon schemes for pin placements?
Selecting an Architect Once a club has finished evaluating its course and has developed preliminary goals and objectives, it should hire an architect who will develop the actual master plan.
Select carefully. Golf course architects are not regulated and don't require examination and registration. Little, if anything, is needed for someone to call themselves a golf course architect. However, many states recognize the liability involved with golf design and have laws pertaining specifically to golf design. For instance, New York requires a professional license in landscape architecture.
Once you determine that the candidates are qualified to complete the work, evaluate the education, experience, design creativity, accessibility and cost of services of each individual or firm. Select one or more architects you wish to interview, and have them submit proposals.
The interview will allow the club to further examine a candidate's credentials while providing insight into his or her personality. This is important because you may be working with this person for months or years.
Once selected, the architect will begin the master planning process. The superintendent's input during site analysis and throughout the design process is essential.
Completing the master plan With a properly executed master plan, your course can see dramatic improvement that will reflect well on you as superintendent. Players will recognize the improved playing conditions and characteristics of the course; the golf pro will recognize an increase in the prestige of the course, and owners will appreciate the increase in their bottom line and the added security it provides from competition.
Barry Jordan is owner and principal architect for Jordan Design Associates, a golf course architectural firm in Fayetteville, N.Y.
There are five phases for master planning: project initiation; site analysis and research; design development; construction documentation, and construction supervision. Here's what each phase entails.
Project initiation This will lay the foundation for the entire project and should be completed before moving on to the next phase. Establish contract agreements between the owner and golf architect. Refine the goals and objectives. Provide base information.
Site analysis and research The golf course architect will collect data and establish a thorough understanding of the site. The superintendent is a valuable source of information for the architect during this phase. The master planning committee and architect also should research regulatory requirements that may govern the site. The architect should document the course's natural features, analyze the course and related facilities, and possibly conduct a survey to solicit input from golfers.
Design development The creative work begins. The architect develops design solutions for the club, prepares cost estimates and works with the master planning committee to develop construction strategies. The architect develops alternative design schematics; analyzes potential play disruption; completes the master plan and estimates costs for construction.
Construction documentation The forms and features of the improvements are technically set for construction. (Sometimes this is part of the original master-plan contract but often it is under a separate contract.) The architect produces stamped professional drawings and specifications to bid the project. A typical set of construction drawings will include plans for layout; grassing and planting, and grading and drainage. There should be detailed green sheets as well as details for greens, tees, drainage structures and bunkers.
Construction supervision In this phase, the role of the architect and superintendent varies. Much will depend upon the method and amount of construction. Certainly the architect will be on site regularly to ensure that the construction documents are being followed. The superintendent will often act as another set of eyes for the architect. In addition, the superintendent will likely be responsible for setting up temporary greens and tees, and helping the existing course run smoothly. Once construction is complete, the superintendent is usually responsible for maintaining and "growing in" new areas after they are seeded.
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Digital Production
The Gnomon Workshop offers the most comprehensive set of Digital Production tutorials anywhere. The broad scope of the tutorials contained in this section range from foundational understanding of the software tools all the way to the professional application of these tools and concepts used by artists working in the film and game industries.
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The Gnomon Workshop is widely regarded as the global leader in training tutorials for the designer working in the entertainment industry. With tutorials ranging from foundational drawing and design concepts to process tutorials from some of the top concept and character designers in the world, there is surely something here to inspire.
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You wouldn't think the breakup of a legendary rock band and the cranky mutterings of a 73-year-old man would have much in common.
But they're both part of the invasion of the grumpy old tweeters.
Steven Tyler, as those who care and even those who don't certainly know by now, briefly left Aerosmith, telling the press before his bandmates. The mess exploded onto Twitter, where guitarist Joe Perry ripped his former pal and announced the band is looking for a new frontman.
"aerosmith is positivly looking for a new singer to work with. You just can't take 40 years of expiriance and throwitinthebin!" wrote Perry, obviously too upset to worry about his spelling.
Tyler, meanwhile, declared he was too busy "working on the brand of myself: Brand Tyler" to be bothered with the group that made him a star. Never mind that last night he showed up at a concert by Perry and made peace.
The exchange would seem laughably childish if not for Perry being 59 and Tyler 61 – and their band four decades old.
Meanwhile, the unintentionally hilarious remarks of another man getting up there in years reportedly are fodder for what could be called the world's first "twitcom." The popular Twitter feed "S--- My Dad Says," in which 29-year-old Justin Halpern scoops up and recycles his 73-year-old father's brain droppings, will be turned into a CBS sitcom by the creators of "Will & Grace," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Among the more family-friendly of the elder Halpern's often-profane musings (note: it helps to say them aloud in a Frank Costanza voice):
- Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked.
- Remember how you used to make fun of me for being bald?...No, I'm not gonna make a joke. I'll let your mirror do that.
- You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.
Twitter is being used in ways no one could have predicted – but who knew it would become a forum for middle-aged and older guys to get stuff off their chests? Bill Cosby recently joined ("Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet"). Danny DeVito signed on in September, and told his followers, "Happy Labor Day B----es" (his tweets seem to channel his "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" character).
The planned CBS show marks another example of social media and the Internet providing fodder for old-school media: At least one other Twitter-inspired program is in development; the web gave Comedy Central "Secret Girlfriend"; and Will Ferrell's "Funny or Die" video site is being reimagined as an HBO show.
While Justin Halpern used his father's rantings to get a TV program, Mia Tyler reportedly took to Twitter to defend her dad. "They are in their 60s now," she noted. "Let them do what they wanna do! & can someone please tell (Perry) that gossiping on Twitter is uncalled (for)!"
Hmm, two aging rock stars feuding on Twitter. Sounds like it might make a good sitcom..
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R Cookbook Review
I was first exposed to the R language several years ago when looking into Python libraries that could handle sophisticated statistical analysis. My interest in the language was heightened when O'Reilly published R in a Nutshell little more than a year ago. Since then, I have dabbled on and off with R, most recently thanks to the open source RStudio, a cross-platform IDE that helps make R development faster and more rewarding. So the timing is right for O'Reilly to have published their follow up to their Nutshell reference, the R Cookbook by Paul Teetor. Will this latest book on the language further promote its adoption? Read on to find out.
Containing over 200 detailed scenarios and solutions, R Cookbook follows the same Cookbook Problem/Solution/Discussion format that O'Reilly customers have come to expect from the series. After the opening chapter on installing and getting acquainted with R, basic operations such as setting, listing and deleting variables, creating and comparing vectors, and defining functions are covered. And because R can be a bit intimidating and confusing at first blush, an entire chapter is dedicated to navigating and customizing the software. Chapter 4 is where the wheels hit the rails with reading and writing to CSV files.
It isn't until Chapter 5 where the R train wheels meet the rails and the intricacies of constructing and manipulating R elements, lists, matrixes, and data frames are detailed. Data transformations in the form of applying a function to list, row, column, groups, and parallel vectors are demonstrated in Chapter 6. The next chapter covers strings and dates in R, with the usual string operating and date representation/conversion methods. Chapters 8 and 9 cover recipes at the heart of why R exists, namely analyzing probabilities and general statistics, followed by chatters on graphic chart/plot/histogram generation and linear regression and the various Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical operations. Chapter 12 is a collection of useful tips and tricks, such as printing the result of an assignment, selecting every nth element of a vector, and taking function arguments from a list. After that, a chapter on advanced numerics and statistics covers such topics as minimizing/maximizing single and multi-parameter functions, calculating Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, predicting logistic regression, and more. The final chapter concludes with over 20 time series analysis tips, from plotting time series data to generating forecasts from an Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model.
With this broad coverage of R tip goodness, the author has captured a majority of what makes R so interesting to programmers, statisticians, and data analysts. And beyond the basics, the author has also selected a number of really good recipes that show off R's capabilities, especially in the data visualization category. I would have preferred to see a few more tips geared toward incorporating R into applications (such as bridging to it from Java, C#, PHP, or Ruby) as well as examples of automated workflows beyond reading from the MySQL database recipe in the book. Nevertheless, when complimented with Joseph Adler's R in a Nutshell, R Cookbook is a well-written compilation of R exercises that will help any reader appreciate the flexibility and statistical analysis power that the language has to offer.
Title: R Cookbook
Author: Paul Teetor
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Pages: 436
Price: $31.99 (Ebook), $39.99 (Print)


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Facebook announced this week that it would make your profile photo, cover photo and other hidden information now public.
Unfortunately, this also means that there's little a user can do to limit what Facebook shares with third party app developers in one fell swoop, CNET reported. Instead, users will have to change audience settings per-post, not allow friends to enable apps using your information and opt out of Facebook Platform. It's a lot, but it's an option offered to Press:Here by Facebook spokeswoman Victoria Cassady.
Essentially, your Facebook photos and other information are important so you can "connect with friends and family," according to Facebook's Help Center. The idea is a little odd because most friends and family have already found you without all that information open to any stranger with a search engine.
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The lessening of privacy controls hasn't gone unnoticed. In 2009, the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about Facebook's privacy changes, including that opting out of personal information for third-party developers seems to no longer exist. From the complaint:
Facebook's revised privacy policy mandates the sharing of large amounts of personal information, whether or not users want to share that information.
There are ways to stop your information from heading to third parties, and one of the main ways is by deleting and not using Facebook apps. Of course, one sure way to make sure Facebook isn't dispersing your information is by deleting one's Facebook account.


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The story of Quincy Newspapers Inc. (QNI) is a tale of two families and five generations of leadership that nurtured a single newspaper into a multi-media company now employing more than 900 people and serving markets in 14 states.
Successive generations of the founding families, the Oakleys of Quincy with roots in Rockford and the Lindsays of Decatur, guided that growth.
QNI was formed in 1926 to publish the newly merged Herald-Whig, the sole heir to a long line of Quincy publications and a direct descendant of the first newspaper in Adams County. The Herald-Whig printed its first edition on June 1, 1926.
The Herald-Whig traces its roots to The Illinois Bounty Land Register, which published its first edition on April 17, 1835, 17 years after Illinois achieved statehood. At the time, there were only three other newspapers in the state, publishing in Jacksonville, Springfield and Galena.
The Illinois Bounty Land Register became The Herald in 1841, which began publishing as a daily in 1850. The Herald changed hands no less than four times before being purchased in 1891 by Edmund M. Botsford, Hedley H. Eaton and Charles L. Miller, experienced newspapermen from Rockford.
Miller, who earlier founded the Rockford Daily Register, the first permanent newspaper in that city, brought his brother-in-law and nephew, Aaron Burr Oakley and Ray M. Oakley, to The Herald with him. These two became the first generations of Oakleys in the newspaper business in Quincy. Today, Ray M. Oakley's great-grandson, Ralph M. Oakley, is president and chief executive officer of QNI. Other members of the Oakley family are actively involved in the operations of the corporation and its media companies.
In 1893, The Herald changed from a morning to an afternoon paper and, in 1896, Miller left Quincy to return to Rockford.
In the meantime, The Quincy Whig was established. It began publishing as a weekly newspaper in May 1838 and expanded to a daily on March 22, 1852. The Quincy Whig also changed hands several times before it was purchased in 1915 by two brothers from Decatur, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr. and Arthur O. Lindsay, Sr. A.O. Lindsay remained in Quincy as president and manager. F.M. Lindsay remained in Decatur with the Decatur Herald and formed an association with another Illinois newspaper family, the Schaubs. In 1920, the Whig purchased The Quincy Journal, established on Sept. 11, 1863, and began publishing The Whig-Journal.
The Quincy Herald and The Whig-Journal competed for six years, each publishing evening city, morning rural, and Sunday editions. In 1926, the two merged, forming The Quincy Herald-Whig and its parent corporation, Quincy Newspapers, Inc. The merger brought two Illinois newspaper families, the Oakleys and the Lindsays, together in a business association that continues today through succeeding generations.
The Herald-Whig is now published in a three-story building stretching for a half-block in the heart of downtown Quincy, a unique multi-level facility housing a state-of-the art publishing operation and the corporate offices of QNI.
QNI entered the broadcasting field in 1947, the year it started Quincy's first commercial FM station, WQDI. The following year QNI purchased Quincy Broadcasting Co. to operate WGEM, the city's second AM station. WQDI then became WGEM-FM.
In 1953, Quincy Broadcasting launched WGEM-TV, the first television station in Quincy. In 1965, Quincy Newspapers Inc. and Continental Cablevision Inc. of Boston formed Quincy Cablevision, which began by serving cable subscribers in Quincy, Hamilton and Keokuk, Iowa, in 1968.
The company expanded its newspaper operation in 1969, joining with a group of publishers to purchase the New Jersey Herald in Newton, N.J. The new owners converted the semi-weekly to a daily and Sunday publication in 1970, and QNI became sole owner in 1985.
QNI sold its minority interest in Quincy Cablevision in 1974 and began expanding its television holdings. QNI purchased WSJV-TV (FOX) in South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., in 1975, followed in 1976 with the purchase of KTTC (NBC) in Rochester, Minn., and in 1979 with WVVA (NBC) in Bluefield, W.Va. The company purchased KTIV (NBC) in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989 and WREX (NBC) in Rockford, Ill., in 1995. In June 2001, QNI purchased Shockley Communications Corporation, acquiring five Wisconsin ABC stations: WKOW-TV in Madison, WAOW-TV in Wausau, WQOW-TV in Eau Claire, WYOW-TV in Eagle River, WXOW-TV in La Crosse, and a shared services agreement with KXLT-TV, the FOX affiliate and KTTC both in Rochester, MN. The most recent acquisition was in 2006 when QNI bought KWWL-TV (NBC) in Waterloo, IA.
QNI is actively pursuing convergence opportunities that bring together the resources of its broadcasting operations and newspapers to serve readers and viewers in all of its markets across all platforms: print, radio, television and over the Internet.
The corporation, family members and senior management have contributed over the years in many ways to the markets in which they operate.
The Oakley-Lindsay Foundation, established in 1969, has provided significant financial support to meet a wide range of social, cultural and infrastructure needs. The foundation is a consistent supporter of capital campaigns in the communities that QNI serves and, in many cases, company employees have led those efforts. QNI and its officers are committed to providing corporate and personal leadership in each market they serve and in the newspaper and broadcast industries.


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Dr. Robert C. "Bob" Millonig, 90, of Garrettsville, Ohio passed away on November 17, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He was the youngest of eight children of Joseph and Magdalena (Richtig) Millonig. Bob was born on August 16, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio.
He graduated from Stivers High School, received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton, a Masters Degree in Bacteriology from Miami University of Ohio and a Doctor of Science degree in Microbiology from Johns Hopkins University. For over 30 years, he did research in the laboratories of the Squibb Pharmaceutical Company.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nora (Madigan); his sisters Lynn, Rose, Edna (Louis) Karlsberger, Alma (George) Bush; brothers Adolph, Edward (Evelyn) and Arthur (Lillian), and by his nephews, Robert (Lois) Karlsberger and John (Mary) Millionig.
He is survived by his devoted friend, George Gauthier of Garrettsville; his sons, Robert C. Millonig, Jr. (Reyna) of Clarksburg, MD and James H. Millonig of Princeton, NJ; two grandsons, Joseph and Andrew Millonig; plus nieces, Anne (Nicholas) Sagan, Eleanor (Ronald) Bischof, Loyann (Eric) Adamy, and Carol (Gary) Brinkman; and by nephews, Raymond (Karen) Karlsberger, Richard (Mary) Bush, Charles Bush, Arthur (Sue) Millonig and Michael (Ann) Millonig.
After his retirement, Bob settled in Akron where he did community service for the Summit County Health Department, specifically for AIDS Holistic Services. In addition to being a "buddy" for several AIDS victims, for over ten years he ran Violet's Cupboard, a food pantry for families of AIDS victims. Over the years he received several awards for his volunteer work. When age forced him to relinquish his duties, The Akron City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Akron, proclaimed Sunday, June 6, 2000 as "Bob Millonig Day" in Akron.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Mallory-DeHaven-Carlson Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 8382 Center St., Garrettsville, OH 44231. A Memorial Mass will take place at 11 AM on Saturday, November 24 at St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, 10692 Freedom St., in Garrettsville. The Rev. Leo J. Wehrlin will officiate. Memorial visitation will be from 10 to 11 AM on Saturday at the church, prior to Mass. Burial will take place at a later date at Calvary Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Violet's Cupboard, 1815 West Market St., Suite 204, Akron, Ohio 44313. On-line condolences may be made at
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Senators vote to ban earmarks – then grab them
WASHINGTON (AP) – Twenty-five senators, most Republicans, who recently voted to ban homestate projects are claiming hundreds of earmarks in an almost $1.3 trillion bill to fund most federal programs and agencies into next fall.
Republicans are calling the 1,924-page bill a pork-filled mess and accusing Democrats of trying to jam it through Congress with minimal debate and little if any opportunity to make changes. Some GOP senators voiced outrage but made no effort to dump their own earmarks from the legislation, which has been in the works for months.
The earmark-free approach promised by 39 Republicans and Democrats was adopted well after work got under way on the bill that's coming to the Senate floor Thursday and has been endorsed by President Barack Obama. But with just a few exceptions, senators have not paired their opposition with requests to strip their earmarks from the bill.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, for example, said he's unalterably opposed to the bill, but it still has $85 million of his earmarks, including $18 million for a railhead upgrade at Fort Knox and a $3 million infantry squad battle course at Fort Campbell. All told, McConnell obtained 38 earmarks, according to a database put together by the office of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
The bill and accompanying reports contain 6,714 earmarks costing $8.3 billion, Coburn says. Twenty-one Republicans and four Democrats who voted for the immediate ban on earmarks claimed them in the bill.
At a news conference Wednesday, Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, assaulted the bill – but in turn came under attack from reporters questioning why they have earmarks in the measure.
Thune backed 17 earmarks for $23 million, including $500,000 for a terminal expansion at the Rapid City airport and $1 million for improvements to state route 73 in Jackson County.
"I support those projects, but I don't support this bill," Thune said.
Cornyn obtained numerous earmarks as well, including $110,000 for the Texas State Technical College and $500,000 for a wastewater plant in Edinburg, Texas.
"I'm going to vote against this bill and refuse all those earmarks," Cornyn said. So long as they remain in the bill, however, Cornyn's earmarks are going ahead. His requests were made in the spring.
Critics pounced on what they deemed double-talk.
"Many of the same senators who are criticizing … earmarks have earmarks in the bill," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who obtained $89 million worth of them. "That is the height of hypocrisy – to stand up and request an earmark and then fold your arms and piously announce, 'I'm against earmarks."'
Such criticism, however, also could be directed at Colorado Democrats Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, who voted for the earmark ban two weeks ago. The Senate bill includes a $700,000 earmark sought by Bennet for a new water line for Trinidad, Colo., and $500,000 for a wastewater project in Idaho Springs, Colo., requested by Udall.
Obama didn't escape the criticism. Just a month ago, the president said the nation can't afford "wasteful earmark spending."
But his administration made it clear he'll accept the earmark-laden Senate bill over a less expensive, earmark-free version passed by the House last week. Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorsed the Senate version and its $678 billion for the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about $19 billion more than in the House bill.
House Republicans who swore off earmarks earlier this year were sharply critical of the president.
"This is a 'Christmas tree' our nation simply can't afford," said Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who in January will succeed Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California as the House's speaker. "The ball is in President Obama's court."
Since the Senate voted 56-39 on Nov. 30 to kill a Coburn proposal to ban earmarks, only Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, actually wrote to the Appropriations Committee to withdraw his pet spending items.
"I had a number of requests in and I voted for the moratorium and I thought in all honesty, I need to withdraw my requests," said Hatch, "And I did." Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., withdrew his earmark requests last April after an earlier vote on banning the practice.
The most commonly accepted definition of an earmark is a project not requested by the president but inserted into one of the annual spending bills.
Defenders of earmarks point out the money for congressional earmarks represents a tiny portion of the bill – less than 1 percent – and that lawmakers know the needs of their states and congressional districts better than administration bureaucrats. And just because something is in the president's budget doesn't mean that it's not pork.
"If you look up earmark in the dictionary, it means 'to designate or set aside.' It is not 'in addition to,"' said Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah. "If the Congress does not exercise its constitutional authority to designate where the funds will go, the administration will usurp that authority and you will get every bit as much pork barrel spending."
Such arguments, however, have been drowned out by protests from tea party activists and other opponents of the projects, who make fun of earmarks like $100,000 obtained by Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., to renovate the Edgar Allan Poe museum in the Bronx, a cottage where the poet lived for the final three years of his life.
Other senators with earmarks in the bill after voting last month to ban them include Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas; Bill Nelson, D-Fla.; and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
Even avid earmarker Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee – who obtained almost 300 earmarks totaling more than $500 million – hasn't explicitly come out in support of the bill. He's widely expected to vote with Democrats later this week to advance it.
So is Ohio Republican George Voinovich, who's responsible, along with Democratic homestate colleague Sherrod Brown, for 77 earmarks totaling $94 million.


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1964 Chevrolet Truck - Classic Cruisers
If you have a Classic Cruiser and want to see it here, email at least six high-resolution photos and background info to the email address above, or mail prints to: Classic Trucks, Attn: Grant Peterson, 1733 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92606.
Erica Steitzinger Rogers' father, Gordon, bought this '64 Chevy new on April 13 of that year and babied it up until 1987 when Erica and her husband, Ryan, got the truck. The odometer only showed 54,000 miles and a year later when Gordon died, Erica's mom gave the truck to Ryan, Erica, and their four kids for good to have fun with.
To bring the safety standards of the truck up-to-date the Rogers family gave it a frame-off rebuild, which included hopping up the original 283, but backing it with a 700R-4 trans. The 12-bolt was kept and a quick ratio power steering box and power disc/drum brakes were added with vintage American Racing wheels. Their friend Ron Lorenco Jr. of Dixie Auto Body in St. George, Utah, handled the custom body and paintwork. The bed wood is Mar-K oak stained black with eight coats of clear to give it a deep clean look.
The upholstery chores were handled by Scott Tesch, of Stitch Craft Upholstery also in St. George, who finished the interior in beige and black leather with the theme starting at the headliner flowing through the rear of the cab into the door and kick panels.
Erica drove this truck to high school and their kids will get to do the same. We think grandpa would be proud!


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Behind-the-scenes: Balearic Beauty Photoshoot.
One of my latest jaunts abroad with Billionaire.com was to the well known party island of Ibiza. A lads on tour pick of the bunch. It is also renowned for its beautiful beaches and islands dotted near Fortmentucra, and for this very reason it lends itself to be a great location for filming and photography, the very reason we headed out there.
While I was out there we had two photoshoots to complete, one of which I will show the behind the scenes photos here to the article now live on the website – Balearic Beauty photographed by Andy Barnham.
Unfortunately I do not have many to show as I had to control and hold a 6ft x 4ft sun swatter which requires both hands and a strong back. I shot with a 5D MKII with a 50mm 1.8 lens attached to my hip with the Peak Design Capture Clip System on my belt. THE best bit of kit I own.
The team consisted of 6 people: Photographer (Andy Barnham), Photography Assistant (me), Fashion Director (Antonia Chang), Make-up artist/Hair Stylist and Model. The 6th person was the delightful daughter of the owner of the location we shot at who wanted to help out and learn the ropes.
Kit consisted of the following:
Canon 5D MkIII – x2.
Canon 24-70mm f.2.8 IS USM Mk II lens – portrait lens.
Canon 70-200mm f.28 IS USM Mk II lens – telephoto lens.
Canon Speedlight 580EXII – x2.
Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 – x4
6ft x 4ft Sunbounce Sun Swatter with 2/3rd stop sheet.
5-in-1 105cm reflector.
80cm silver/white reflector.
Softboxes for flash guns.
Stands – x2.
Laptop – with photo editing software.
1TB Lacie Hard Drive – used to back up all the cards as we went along.
Various leads, batteries and memory cards (CF).
As we knew the weather was going to be good (end of August), the flash was only to be used as fill-in in the most trickiest of situations, but it turned out we didn't require them at all. However it is always good to have them to hand.
Our main approach to the photography was to use the sun swatter to cast an even and balanced shade over the model eradicating the harsh shadows under the eyes, nose and chin, which would have been created by the high sun. To add the moulding and even lighting to the models face, the 105cm reflector was used to bounce light at the correct angle. (expertly held by the owner's daughter.)
My main role as an assistant is to ensure that all the equipment is in the correct place before, during and after each shot. Also to have on my person at all times fresh batteries and clean memory cards. As soon as a card with images on was given to me, it gets placed in a dedicated pocket so I know exactly which ones need downloading. When a suitable break emerges (usually after a look is completed) I upload to the computer and then back up on to the Lacie Drive. This way it ensures we have double of everything. An organised filing system on the computer is a must, so when we get back to HQ and we start to edit we can easily locate what is where.
So here are some of the shots from the day's shoot. Like I said earlier I would have taken more but had to handle a monster for the day.
Siurana, Climbing in Spain.
A selection of photographs from my recent trip to Siurana, I was asked to capture climbers in the Region de Mont Serrat.
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'With a fingerprint reader and a slim 5.9mm frame, this phone looks and feels like it belongs up there with the best.'
'The Samsung Galaxy A8 is a great mid-range phone, no doubt about that. '
'The three keys are thin and have a rather flimsy press.'
'Sleek design.'
'I was easily able to play graphic intensive games at high settings without any of the devices breaking a sweat.'
'fresh new UI'
'Spectacular screen.'
'We have heard worse speakers, and the Galaxy S5 can handle its own top volume without distorting significantly. '
'the display does look brilliant on a number of levels.'
'the performance is naturally snappy.'
'wide viewing angles'
'All the buttons on the phone are very tactile, so you should have no problems locating them with a gloved hand. '
'the screen is larger without making the phone bigger.'
'The phone is available in your choice of white or black with faux chrome trim, and I think the visual and textural treatment looks nice.'
'It's a very sharp display, and even tiny text has superb clarity. '
'It is big, bright, beautiful, and perfectly suitable for every task. '
'Thin and wide the overall impression is of ultimate portability, a robust handset with a nice if plasticky finish. '
'Image and video quality is very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note II, which is to say good but not as stunningly detailed as the S4. - Lastly, the phone has physical front buttons rather than capacitive.'
'Phone quality wise, the device is strong, with calls coming through crisp. '
'On the screen of the Galaxy S4, everything is smooth and free of graininess.'
'The Note 2, Galaxy SIII and Galaxy S4 have excellent incoming and outgoing voice quality with good volume. '
'gigantic 5-inch screen'
'top-flight camera'
A great phone, but no match for the cheaper, totally awesome Galaxy S6
The A7 is Samsung's thinnest smartphone yet
'The Samsung Galaxy A7 is no exception and is one of the best phones we've tested. '
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The manufacturer's Indian owner Suzlon yesterday revealed Repower had received an order from ABO for 13 of its MM92 turbines, each with a capacity of 2.05MW and hub height of 80-metres.
Out of the total 13 turbines, six will be delivered at the Clamecy wind farm, located in la Nièvre département of the Burgundy region. The remaining seven machines will be installed at the wind farms of Migé and Escamps, both located in Yonne département.
Delivery of the units is expected this autumn, with commissioning scheduled for the winter of 2013/14. Repower will also maintain all 13 turbines for a period of 15 years.


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Vicky Neale loves maths because it's a real challenge. Find out about two of her favourite mathematical experiences and why she thinks that maths is an adventure that requires some daring.
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Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb has a fascinating job: she works on the mathematics behind image analysis. It finds application in all sorts of areas, from medical imaging, such as MRI scans, to forest ecology, which sees scientists trying to gain information about forests from pictures taken from the air.
In this brief interview Carola tells us why she likes doing maths, recalls some of her favourite mathematical moments, and explains why creativity is essential in mathematics.
You can read more about her work in What the eye can't see and Restoring profanity.
Mathematicians often say that being creative is hugely important in maths. But why? We asked mathematician Katie Steckles, who told us about her favourite mathematical moments and why imagination is everything.
Mathematical moments is a series of short interviews with mathematicians about their work and the role of creativity in maths. This is the first interview of the series — stay tuned for more! The video will also appear on our sister site Wild Maths, which encourages students to explore maths beyond the classroom and is designed to nurture mathematical creativity.
It's March 14th, which in the US is written as 3/14 — and since 3.14 are the first three digits of that most famous of mathematical constants, , today is celebrated internationally as pi day.
How many revolutions will the smaller circle make when rolling around the bigger one?
The number is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. To celebrate this lovely number, here's a little puzzle to ponder. Imagine a circle with radius 1 cm rolling completely along the circumference of a circle with radius 4 cm. How many rotations does the smaller circle make?
The circumference of a circle with radius is , so the circumference of a circle with radius would be . Since
it seems the answer must be four revolutions. But that's not true! The answer is actually 5! Can you figure out why?
We found out about this curious question from Yutaka Nishiyama, a mathematical friend in Japan. You can read about the answer in his article Circles rolling on circles. Happy puzzling!
The video above is one of our favourite talks from the last 12 months: it's by Sydney Padua, graphic artist, animator and creator of the wonderful Thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. Padua's talk, part of the Ada Lovelace Symposium in December 2015, explains how she used historical newspaper reports, letters and mathematical text books, as well as her extraordinary skill and imagination, to create the comic series featuring mathematicians Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage in a parallel universe where they built a giant calculating machine to fight crime and have adventures. The comics originally appeared online but now are also available in a beautiful book which we are currently savouring. Stay tuned for a review soon. As well as writing the thrilling adventures, Padua also built the first virtual analytical engine (essentially the first ever computer, conceived by Charles Baggage with lots if input from Lovelace) in 3D animation software — a beautiful sight to behold, which elicited gasps of admiration from the mathematicians, computer scientists and historians in the audience.
The Symposium featured many fascinating talks: you can read some highlights in Analysing Ada and watch many of them on the Symposium website. Our favourites include Judith Grabiner's talk on the radical changes in the 19th century that produced new ideas of space, revolutionising art, making relativity possible and helping create modernism, and the talk by June Barrow-Green about the fascinating stories you can find in mathematical archives.
One of our other favourite lectures of the last year was by Nina Snaith on her work on the fascinating connection between the Riemann Hypothesis, an unsolved problem about the distribution of prime numbers, and chaotic quantum systems. (You can find out more in her LMS popular lecture.) We saw Snaith's talk at It all adds up, the London Mathematical Society's 2015 Women in Maths conference. (You can read more about the conference here.)
It all adds up was co-organised by one of our favourite mathematical friends, Vicky Neale, herself a great mathematical speaker who can enthral audiences of all ages and backgrounds. To see how, watch her introduce 7 things you need to know about prime numbers.
Having spent the summer of 1993 on a student placement in a gravitational wave lab, I am finding it very hard to stay calm about the rumours that we may have finally detected gravitational waves. Whispers from a few months ago have built to excited headlines this week that LIGO may have detected gravitational waves produced by the merger of two black holes.
We've poked and prodded our contacts in the field but they don't want to comment at this stage – although it seems the rumours are solid and the scientists themselves are getting quite excited. We'll just have to be patient and wait for the LIGO team to analyse their data, which, to be fair, they only finished collecting yesterday. Stay tuned for an announcement over the coming months. And while you're waiting, you can read, watch and listen to some of our favourite physicists talking about black holes and gravitational waves.
What is a black hole? — One of the strangest prediction of general relativity is that the Universe contains black holes. We asked cosmologist Pau Figueras everything you've ever wanted to know about them. Read the articles (What is a black hole – physically? and What is a black hole – mathematically?), listen to the podcasts or watch the video!
How does gravity work? — We explore Newton's gravity, Einstein's gravity and the ripples in space-time called gravitational waves.
What is general relativity? — Physicist David Tong explains the theory and the equation that expresses it. Watch the video or read the article!
Catching waves with Kip Thorne — What happens when one black hole meets another? Kip Thorne shows us how to eavesdrop on these cosmic events by watching for telltale gravitational waves.


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I have a multivalued function (created in some other software Mathematica) that looks like f[8.7,5.4]=4.8+8.7*I. In other words it's a complex valued function of two variables. I store the output of this function over a range of parameters in a text file that looks like:
I could store it differently if that is easier, but essentially I just want some c++ code to read this in and store it, either in a vector type structure or Dictionary? (I don't think a double array will work as I don't know how long list of data is in advance).Code:f[1,2]=9.8+8.7I; f[4,5]=5.6-5.21I; . .
Could anyone help toward this? thanks


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