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by the independent auditor in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not
impair the auditor's independence.
This Policy applies to all audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditor.
Before the University or any of its affiliates engage an independent auditor to render an audit, audit related, tax, or other service, the engagement must be either:
1. specifically approved by the Audit Committee;or
2. entered into pursuant to this Pre-approval Policy.
The Audit Committee shall review and discuss with the independent auditor any documentation supplied by the auditor as to the nature and scope of any tax and other services to be approved, as well as the potential effects of the provision of such services on the auditor's independence.
The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee may not delegate to management the Audit Committee's responsibilities to preapprove services performed by the independent auditor.
The Audit Committee must specifically pre-approve the terms of the annual audit services engagement. The Audit Committee shall approve, if necessary, any changes in terms resulting from changes in audit scope, University structure or other matters. In addition to the annual audit services engagement approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant pre-approval for other audit services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide.
The Audit Committee believes that the provision of audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor, and may pre-approve audit-related services on an annual basis.
The Audit Committee believes that the independent auditor can provide tax services to the University without impairing the auditor's independence. However, the Audit Committee shall scrutinize carefully the retention of the independent auditor in connection with any tax-related transaction initially recommended by the independent auditor.
The Audit Committee may grant pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services classified as other services that it believes would not impair the independence of the auditor, including those that are routine and recurring services.
The Audit Committee may consider the amount or range of estimated fees as a factor in determining whether a proposed service would impair the auditor's independence. Where the Audit Committee has approved an estimated fee for a service, the pre-approval applies to all services described in the approval. However, in the event the invoice in respect of any such service is materially in excess of the estimated amount or range, the Audit Committee must approve such excess amount prior to payment of the invoice. The Audit Committee expects that any requests to pay invoices in excess of the estimated amounts will include an explanation as to the reason for the overage. The University's independent auditor will be informed of this policy.
With respect to each proposed pre-approved service, the independent auditor must provide the Audit Committee with detailed back-up documentation regarding the specific services to be provided.
The University's management shall inform the Audit Committee of each service performed by the independent auditor pursuant to this Pre-Approval Policy. Requests or applications to provide services that require separate approval by the Audit Committee shall be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the independent auditor and the Senior Vice President for Finance and Budget. Requests must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the rules of relevant accounting standard setting organizations on auditor independence.
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Audit services are professional services rendered for the audit of the financial statements of New York University ("University"), the review of quarterly financial statements, services that are normally provided by an accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, and services that generally only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit (including related interim reviews as appropriate), annual audit on compliance under OMB Circular A-133, annual ERISA audits of the University benefit plans, annual audits of subsidiary activities, attestation services related to NCAA rules, any other audit and attestation engagements required to be completed by the University, and other procedures required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the reports previously mentioned. Audit services also include the attestation engagement for the independent auditor's report on management's assertion on internal controls for financial reporting. The Audit Committee will monitor the audit services engagement throughout the year and related fees and will also approve, if necessary, any
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Audit-related services, including internal control-related services, are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the University's financial statements and/or the University's internal control over financial reporting and that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor.
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I want to automatically post Notes on Facebook and have them be targeted to just a single member of a group. By target I mean only a specific Facebook user should be able to read the note.
Is there a way to do this with the graph API? I see in the old REST API there is a "privacy" parameter on the steam.publish method (see http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/rest/stream.publish). Is there an equivalent in the graph API?

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Suppose that my index has 3 fields: title, x and y.
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If I want to two range(10 < x <100 AND 20 < y < 300) query like
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by using Solr range query or SolrJ, but I don't know how to implement this. Does anybody else know? Thanks
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Norma Jean Dudley, 69, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 at her home.
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Rumors have been floating for some time that Microsoft would be rebranding its Live search engine, especially after its acquisition of Powerset last summer. Although recently leaked screenshots implied the name might be Kumo, AdAge is reporting today that the new engine will be named Bing.
Along with the rebranding comes a reported $80 million advertising campaign spanning TV, radio, print and online, created by New York's JWT advertising agency. The ads will try to convince consumers that although they may be happy with their current search engine (i.e. Google), they don't know how good the experience could be.
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As described by title, I own a certain number of games on Steam. How can I determine whether a Steam game can be activated on Origin as well?
This list was obtained here. In addition, the following Steam games also can be activated on Origin:
If you have an EA Game not listed here that you can retrieve the CD Key from Steam you can try to activate it on Origin and even if it doesn't work, you may be able to contact support and get them to activate it.
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I keep coming across this word often 「自己PR」when looking at applications. I'm not sure what the "PR" part means in Japanese, but in English it usually means "public relations". What does this word mean, and what does the "PR" stand for?
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The PR does indeed stand for public relations. In English it is almost exclusively a business term used to represent a companies goals to persuade the public, employees, and other stakeholders to maintain a certain point of view about it, its leadership, products, etc.
In Japanese it has the same meaning, only it can be applied to areas other than business. In this case, 自己 (yourself). So in a sense, the phrase basically means your own personal PR.
Having written several CV's in Japanese I can tell you that it is basically the part of the CV where you get a chance to talk about yourself, your skills & abilities, etc in an attempt to persuade your employer about how awesome you are, and why they should hire you.


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It began as a simple racial slur by a white frat boy at the University of Alabama. But over the past week, college-based racism in America has snowballed into a certifiable trend. Observe:
- Georgetown (Kentucky) College: The Kappa Alpha chapter has been suspended "pending investigations into alleged racial slurs by fraternity members against a minority student."
- The University of Missouri at Columbia: A 19 year-old suspect was arrested for painting a racial slur on a statue on campus. (Please do click through for the mug shot.)
- Loyola University: A professor's been criticized for giving a lecture to a neo-Confederate group that supports secession of the Southern states. (He says he does not support their platform.)
- University of Alabama: In addition to the frat boy slur, there were also racial and ethnic slurs written in chalk on a sidewalk there last week!
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Vouchers an unfair solution to fiscal woes of Medicare
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A $260 billion payment cut for hospital services.
A $39 billion payment cut for skilled nursing services.
A $17 billion payment cut for hospice services.
A $66 billion payment cut for home health services.
A $33 billion payment cut for all other services.
A $156 billion cut in payment rates in Medicare Advantage (MA); $156 billion is before considering interactions with other provisions. The House Ways and Means Committee was able to include interactions with other provisions, estimating the cuts to MA to be even higher, coming in at $308 billion.
$56 billion in cuts for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.* DSH payments go to hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients.
$114 billion in other provisions pertaining to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP* (does not include coverage-related provisions).
Liz should be more worried about this than her son's voucher. And why pray tell can't her son, who's in his mid-40's can't get the answers himself straight from Ryan's office, or just call herself? His staff is very accessible you know. This sounds fishy to me. "
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they stole the money to pay for all the entitlement programs without raising taxes. this, so that they could continue to win re election. now that we're addicted to entitlement, you have people like kitty saying "soak the rich, it's their fault, they can afford it".
first and foremost, incumbency and careers in politics must end. kitty, what is your stance regarding congressional pensions, and benefits for life? how about the congressional health care system? you cite the defense budget, but don't mention these other atrocities. "
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Why are you blaming the unions and especially the municipal unions for your poor choices in life? You had the same opportunities they did to get on board, but you wanted to make the big bucks in the private sector while they probably opted for lower pay, benefits and a pension. So who's better off now you or them?
"Kitty" you had so much potential, but look at you now, cut and pasted into the blogospere of obscurity and relegated to living out your remaining years in mordancy and lamenting over what could have been only if..... "
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Joan Nathan was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's degree in French literature and earned a master's in public administration from Harvard University. For three years she lived in Israel, where she worked for Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. In 1974, working for Mayor Abraham Beame in New York, she cofounded the Ninth Avenue Food Festival. Ms. Nathan is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and other publications. She is the author of numerous books including Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cooking, both of which won the James Beard Award and the IACP Award. She was the host of the nationally syndicated PBS television series Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, based on the book. The mother of three grown children, Ms. Nathan lives in Washington, D.C., and on Martha's Vineyard with her husband, Allan Gerson.
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I have a server, which can be seen from outside of my small network, sever has domain name and such. And I have a local machine, which can be seen by server, but is not accessible from outside.
So I want to be able to connect to port on the sever, but talk to my local machine instead.
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I have a messages table in a database, which include a sender id and a message type (and of course many more columns not relevant for this question). I try to create a query which counts how many messages of each type a user have send.
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Telefon: (998) 848 7200 or 886 0322
Website: www.cancun-airport.com
The airport is located 22km (14 miles) southwest of Cancun.
How to get there
Drivers should take Carretera Cancun -Chetumal until the km 22 exit, and then follow signs for the airport.
Information about parking possibilities at the Cancun International Airport
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There is an official public shuttle service from the airport to Cancun el: (998) 848 0335; www.cancunsharedshuttle.com) and the Riviera Maya, making a number of stops at various hotels and towns. The shuttle leaves the airport when the bus is full and journey times can be lengthy. Tickets can be purchased at the desk in the baggage reclaim area. Shuttles run door-to-door services to hotels in and around Cancun; it is possible and recommended to reserve a shuttle in advance, via the website. A public bus service links the airport with the Cancun s station, but this is not a recommended option for travellers.
An official taxi company (tel: 1 800 317 1921; www.cancun-taxi.com) provides individual and group services from the airport. Taxis can be reserved in advance on line, or paid for at the airport just after the Arrivals hall.
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An information booth is located at the main entrance to Terminal 2. There are airport representatives in both terminals, to provide information on the airport and the location of facilities. For information prior to travel, passengers should contact their airline, as there is no dedicated information telephone number for the airport. Alternatively, passengers can e-mail the airport.
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Ortiz resigns after two years as Hearts football coach
The decision was rough, but one that Chris Ortiz felt that he needed to make.
The head coach of the Sacred Heart High football team for the past two seasons, who led the Hearts to their first postseason berth in two decades in 2010, resigned Tuesday for family reasons.
The 37-year-old former Crosby and Southern Connecticut State University standout will remain as the school's tennis coach and Spanish teacher.
"It wasn't easy at all, and when I spoke with the players, it took me a few minutes to say anything to the kids," said Ortiz. "I loved the last two seasons and I am so thankful to Sacred Heart for giving me the opportunity. We won nine games in two years, and the previous 10 years I think we won a combined eight or nine games. I am real proud of the effort that the kids put in."
Ortiz was an assistant coach for eight seasons before succeeding Peter Ewald as head coach in 2010. The Hearts went 6-5 overall and qualified for the Class S playoffs. Last season, the Hearts were hit by a slew of injuries, including a season-ending ankle injury to All-State wide receiver David Coggins, and slipped to 3-7.
"It was hard, especially with my nephew (Javon Martin, quarterback) and David (Coggins) and Tyler Mahan and Shyquan Overbey all entering their senior years," said Ortiz. "For the juniors, it was a big shock and so unexpected. It was an emotional time, and they were upset and disappointed. Some of them stormed out of the meeting. Some, I could tell by their faces that they understood.
"I looked over at Jacquan when I talked and I thought he would take it hard, but he kept nodding and understood that that my family comes first," said Ortiz. "I was doing it for the right reasons and not leaving for another school."
Coggins has fully recovered from his injury and is one of 38 players expected to return for the 2012 season. Last summer, the Hearts had only 26 returning players.
The Hearts do not conduct spring practice and will have an extra four days in August.
With two sons, 6-year-old Chris Jr. and a 19-month old Cameron, Ortiz will have a chance to spend some time watching his stepson, D.J. Ellis, play next fall at The Gunnery School.
"I wanted to be able to watch some practices and go to games on Saturdays, and being a head coach would make that almost impossible," said Ortiz, who is also coaching Chris Jr. in flag football this fall.
Sacred Heart athletic director Jon Carroll said Tuesday that the job would be posted internally and within a week or so be added to the CIAC website's coaching vacancy list.
"Chris played it pretty close to the best," said Carroll. "It's been on his mind for a while, but he did not express his intentions. He met (school principal Anthony R. Azzara) and (president) Eileen Regan on Friday. They asked him to think about it over the over the weekend to make sure he was comfortable with his decision. He came in on Monday with his intention to resign, but he wanted to tell the team personally."
Carroll's timetable for naming a successor is relatively soon.
"My personal thought is that by the time the underclassmen are out for the summer and we have the end of exams, it will be the end of June," said Carroll. "I would say that would be a realistic date to have the job filled."
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tony wrote on May 10, 2012 7:32 AM:
" Maybe hes leaving now because he did all he can do for his step-son, he made sure that his stepson got the ball ALL THE TIME ,and made sure his step son got plenty of publicity, and a scholarship to an elite prep school . BUT HE HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE OTHER PLAYERS ON THAT TEAM !!!! S o now his mission is accomplished and he sucseeded in getting his stepson a great opportunity while doing absolutely nothing for the other kids , including losing a few games by tryin to get his stepson the ball so much !!!!!!!!!!! "
Mr. Disgusted wrote on May 10, 2012 7:35 AM:
" Thanks CHRIS for ruining my kids career and advancing your sons !!!!! "
fan of the game wrote on May 11, 2012 9:49 AM:
" i did really follow sacred heart football, but those are some harsh words.. checking the stats on rep-am his step-son only had 21 catches.. not so much... "
NVLcoach wrote on May 11, 2012 11:35 PM:
" Mr Disgusted, as a coach and friend of CO if anything all he did was go out of his way to help ALL of the student-athletes on his team. Obviously you are one of those parents who probably thinks his kid has a chance to play at Florida,or ND. When in fact he probably couldn't crack the lineup on a team with only 35 kids on it. "
EYES OPEN wrote on May 12, 2012 10:55 AM:
" hey nvl coach stop kissin butt, he focused on certain players and thats a fact . it is what it is and u no it .if u where any friend then u no the deal .thats why one of his staff quit because he wasent able to call the plays , if that happened his kid would have gottin less balls ,and we could of thrown it to somebody that was OPEN ...YES DJ HAD 21 CATCHES AND 21 DROPS THERS YOUR FACTS NVL COACH "
FormerSHplayer wrote on May 13, 2012 5:11 PM:
" Losing coach Ortiz is going to be a tremendous loss for Sacred Heart's team. I personally think he was a great coach regardless of any speculations about whether he was favoring players or not. I enjoyed playing for him and I'll truly miss him as a coach.
P.S. He cares about every kid on the team and helps those who have the ability to play at the next level get there but its up to the player to put in the work and the college to show the interest in order for the kid to make it. "
rukiddingme wrote on May 13, 2012 10:01 PM:
" Seriously...ruining your kid's careers? Its true what they say. When it comes to sports,men live in a fantasy world. "
Watertown Teacher wrote on May 14, 2012 7:37 PM:
" @ Dwayne Ellis, before you begin your prep school education, you should enroll in a very good spelling course. "
Really wrote on May 15, 2012 10:52 AM:
" Did anyone complain about him before he decided to resign?? Maybe lack of skill ruined your kids career, I tell you fathers and their sons with sports, not everyone is gonna make it in the nfl. How many pro football players have come from this school? Geez complain about something worth complaining about or how about the complainers volunteer to coach, then you can further your childs career as well. problem solved move on "
BigRed wrote on May 16, 2012 8:31 AM:
" Not surprised, what kind of person comes on a blog and rags on a kids mother? Your cowardly, cheap and juvenile response speaks to your upbringing, your little rant is a direct reflection on your parents and the type of people they are.....they must be proud. "
Social Ignorance wrote on May 16, 2012 12:15 PM:
" I am shocked at the ignorance of the previous posts. In a matter of seconds these comments can be forwarded to Sacred Heart or the Gunnery, both of which could never condone the behavior and language used by a 'scholar athlete'. First of all, I am shocked that someone who admits to working with Chris would take his step-son to task with a conversation that should be beneath an adult. Secondly, Mr. Ellis is way out of line in both his tone and his language, neither of which is anything to be proud of. I am so ashamed that I won't dare recall the hurtful and insensitive words he chose to use. Also, the words that Mr. Ellis uses in describing the faculty at his school as well as the foul-mouthed people he is arguing with, is the kind of trash that gives Waterbury's people a poor reputation (maybe deservedly so). Also, Mr. Ellis has on numerous occasions challenged the 'anonymous' blogger to call him, insinuating an act of 'bullying', which is not condoned in any academic institution. The 'anonymous' people that are referencing Mr. Ellis' parents are way out of line, and is very reminiscent of the hurtful words Don Imus onced used toward the Rutgers women's basketball team. I am neither associated with Sacred Heart, the Gunnery, or Chris Ortiz, but was very disappointed with the social ignorance that has been exhibited by all parties. "
notsuprised wrote on May 16, 2012 1:22 PM:
" It's only a matter of time before Chris moves on from his teaching gig. "Dwayne" got a free education. Very transparent. @bigred my parents raised me well. They didn't raise me to be system abusers. The proof is in the pudding. Any job openings @ the Gunnery? "
djs mom wrote on May 16, 2012 2:24 PM:
" this by far, is the attitude that led my husband to resign. i did not realize that this would be taken to a another level that has led me to feel embarrassed for ALL of you as well as my family. if any of you knew my son, you would not comment and realize that he is AN ATHLETE..period. football, baseball, diving, cheerleading AND gymnastics. maybe you should look up all of his stats and then proceed to comment. i am appalled that someone would bring race into it, but i guess the obvious thing is i am black but very far from "ghetto" whatever that is. i did not know that this blog existed until co-workers let me know that it had gone way beyond what is expected in a comment section. you ALL see me at games and i am pretty sure i know who you disgruntled, angry parents are. i also know that my husband is not the root of your kids failures either on or off of the field...maybe you are. i will not allow my son to comment any further and i do not like his language, but again, he is a CHILD and is embarrassed by the insinuation that his dad is the only reason he was on the field. no more explaining and certainly no more bashing. get over yourselves and move on...there will be another coach that you can blame when your sons don't get recognized for whatever accomplishments you percieve them to deserve. and look..no fowel languange or typos... "
typos wrote on May 16, 2012 3:29 PM:
" Fowel or foul language????? "
sweeet g wrote on May 17, 2012 9:27 AM:
" forget football its over .its time to golf ,and ortiz is all ready down a lunch .... and for the record no more shots its time to play ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "
JOEROD wrote on May 17, 2012 12:10 PM:
" @ djs mom "well put" the best of luck to your son.... "
Bobg wrote on May 18, 2012 8:18 AM:
" All I know is my son has him as a teacher in school and he is a caring and great teacher...my son is learning Spanish from Mr Ortiz and its amazing to see how well he has done. So lets get off his back over BS. "
A S.H. Parent wrote on May 18, 2012 11:06 AM:
" Rumor has it that Coach Ortiz will be named the OC at Post University in a few weeks. I guess "family reasons" equals more money. "
BigRed wrote on May 18, 2012 4:59 PM:
" Would he be the first guy to take a job for more money and career advancement? They both benefit family. Leave the guy alone, he was good to your kids, is/was a positive role model and helped make your program relevant again. "
Tino Ciarlo wrote on Sep 17, 2014 9:44 PM:
" good job uncle chris "
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22 Aug 2007 7:33 PM #1
[beta] Ext.ux.ItemSelector (part of Ext.ux.Multiselect v1.2)
Beta now available. ItemSelector is dependent on Multiselect so the class is included in Multiselect v1.2. See here http://extjs.com/learn/Extension:Multiselect for links to demo, download etc etc.
Probably a few bugs and limitations.
22 Aug 2007 9:58 PM #2
Looks great TJ -- my only comment is about the bright red buttons. Not that bright red is inherently bad, just that to fit into a default Ext layout, another color might be easier for people who want a good default that won't need changing. I don't know, maybe... blue?
22 Aug 2007 10:12 PM #3
If anyone can find (or create) some royalty free arrow icons I'd be happy to replace the red ones. I was feeling a bit lazy so I just googled for royalty free arrow icons and that was first thing I found that suited (size-wise). Graphics are not my thing
23 Aug 2007 12:46 AM #4
Have a look at http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/ ... maybe there are some icons that fit your need.
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Actually silver fits the themes perfectly since Ext buttons are silver. Nice Galdaka!
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Looks good!
Cannot wait for a live demo.
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Add Item? Not sure what you mean.
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* Carlos likes Perl.
* Carl went war-driving today.
* Carl went war-driving today.
* Leif is interested in
* Leif is interested in writeoncemany semantics
* Josh is engaged in Songbridge with Alex.
* Josh is engaged in Songbridge with Alex.
* Mischeif is commuted to excellence.
* Mischeif is commuted to excellence.
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These are the notes from the The 242nd Meeting of Noisebridge. Note-taker: Tom; Moderator: Danny.
[edit] Short announcements and events
- Songbridge happens with Josh and Alex on Sunday at 1pm.
- Five Minutes of Fame returns this Thursday at 8pm.
- Thanks to John and Robert the laser is in tip-top working order! Please contact them for help or to coordinate changes.
- Robert, David Lopez, and John are working on a Makerbot support group.
[edit] Membership Binder
- Thomas LJ Harper: week 2, no sponsors.
- Colin Anderson: week 2, sponsors are Ben, Jake, and Danny
- Andrew Byrne: week 3, sponsors are Alex and Danny
[edit] Financial Report
- Funds in bank: 18624.35
- Noisetor balance: 327.67
[edit] Consensus items
[edit] Proposals from last week
- There were no proposals from last week.
[edit] Proposals for next week
- Danny proposes that Noisebridge officially join the Open Wireless Movement.
[edit] Discussion Notes
- We had a short discussion of how to promote meetings, classes &c.
- We had a short discussion of how to improve the wireless coverage and upstream bandwidth.
- Monkeybrains is willing to offer us a *really* fast upsteam, as long as we provide the hardware at each end.
[edit] Attendance
- Danny is about to go to Tunisia to work with people on censorship circumvention software (hopefully!).
- Robert does stuff.
- Mike is not an ombudsman, stock clerk, or quartermater. He introduces us to a Paxton Gate in Noisebridge exhibit called "Meet your Maker".
- Alex went to NYC for the Thiel 20 under 20 summit, though it's really about the two billion under 20.
- Carlos likes Perl.
- Carl went war-driving today.
- Leif is interested in decentralized write-once-read-many semantics
- Josh is engaged in Songbridge with Alex.
- Mischeif is commuted to excellence.
- Uriah is new to Noisebridge, and interested in sculptures. NB is recommended by professors!
- Tom just got back from the Mozilla Festival in London, where we're trying to educate the next generation of webmakers!
- Andy authorship tools for location-based browsing.
- Snail is about it.
- Sean has nothing to say.


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Premier League Focus: The Season of the New Signing
With another transfer window having passed the January recruits in the Premier League certainly have a lot to live up to this season. There have been some major award ceremonies of late, though the winner of the Premier League's best newcomer remains in the balance. Votes have been cast, counted, remade, counted again, and still the debate goes on given the quality of some of the deals made over the summer.
Using our unique player rating system we'll try and establish the pick of the lot, including those to have made transfers within the league, with 2012/13 shaping up to be the season of the new signing.
As many as 8 players to have switched clubs in the summer make their way into WhoScored's current top 20 in the Premier League. When you compare that to 6 last season, just 1 in 2010/11 and 3 in 2009/10 it is clear that deals struck prior to the campaign are having a bigger impact nowadays.
Here's a rundown of the top summer signings thus far.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
In the news lately for the wrong reasons, Hazard returned to action in the Premier League last weekend with a bang, scoring the second and assisting the crucial third goal in a 4-1 win over Wigan. The Chelsea winger took his league tallies for both to 7 in turn and despite a lull after a blistering start to the season, the young Belgian has made a decent contribution given the hefty price-tag on his head. He has decent averages for shots (2), key passes (1.8) and dribbles (1.6) per game but at 22 has plenty of time to recapture the form that saw him crowned Ligue 1 player of the year in consecutive seasons prior to his big money move.
Michu (Swansea)
A player who no doubt would have featured higher up this leaderboard were it not for a run of 8 league games with just 1 goal scored prior to this weekend, Michu returned to form in style against QPR. Two goals took his tally to 15 for the season, with an assist for the third goal included in a supreme all round display. Few would have predicted that the Spaniard would have settled in Wales so quickly but he has already matched his figure for goals last season and by his own admission is thriving in the Premier League due to the space that players are afforded compared to La Liga. If this were a list of bargain buys the 26 year old would have no competition.
Christian Benteke (Aston Villa)
Though Paul Lambert's first season in charge of Villa hasn't gone as he or the fans would have expected, the Scot's saving grace may well have come in the form of Christian Benteke. To say that he was an unknown entity prior to an eye-catching transfer of around £7m is no understatement, but the 22 year old has lived up to his value and then some. With 11 league goals and 4 assists he has directly contributed to 60% of the team's overall tally and were it not for his bulldozing performances at times, it's hard to think that Villa's season wouldn't already be over.
Mousa Dembele (Tottenham)
Former Fulham midfielder Mousa Dembele has adjusted to life across the capital just as he plays the game, in an unerring and uncompromising manner. Signed to fill the considerable void left by Luka Modric, the Belgian wasn't bought play the Croatian's former role. Instead he ticks things over in the midfield, completing 91.3% of his passes, retrieves possession, with 3 tackles per game, and drives the play forward, with 2.1 successful dribbles per game. Though he gets the recollection he deserves nowadays, his role remains in the shadows somewhat, allowing the likes of Bale to grab the headlines.
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)
The second Spurs player on our leaderboard, and more alarmingly the fourth Belgium international here, centre-back Jan Vertonghen is undoubtedly among the most solid in the league. The 25 year old ranks fourth in the league for interceptions (66), tenth for clearances (192) and has averaged 2.8 tackles per game. He is also very assured in possession, completing 86.3% of his passes and, having played a large part of the season at left-back, has shown his abilities further forward with averages of 1.2 shots and 0.7 key passes per game.
Chico (Swansea)
The second masterful Michael Laudrup signing in our top 8 is Chico, who was part of a hugely successful raid on La Liga made by the former Mallorca manager. Strong across the board defensively, the Spaniard has built a hugely successful partnership with Ashley Williams, acting as the enforcer while the captain often sweeps behind if anything gets by him. Chico ranks among the top 20 players in the league for tackles (3.3), interceptions (3.3) and clearances (9.5) per game, while his pass accuracy of 89.8% is also among the best in the division.
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
Another player who may have been affected by the busy schedule in the Premier League this season after an imperious start in an Arsenal shirt; we saw the best of Santi Cazorla again this weekend. His goal was enough the secure the three points against Sunderland and takes his tally to 9 goals in the league, with 6 assists to boot. A look at the 28 year old's strengths gives a good indication of the outstanding ability he possesses. Cazorla ranks first in the league for accurate through balls (18), fourth in the league for successful dribbles (59), fifth in the league for total passes (1711) and sixth in the league for both key passes (62) and shots (81).
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
At the top of our pile is United marksman Robin van Persie, whose success following a move from rivals Arsenal was never really in doubt. Topping the scoring charts once again, with 19 goals, his tally of 93 shots is actually only the fifth most in the league. In turn his chance conversion rate of 20.4% is that of a truly world class finisher and most would credit Ferguson's sprint to what is likely to be a 20th Premier League title to the Dutchman's addition, while City failed to bring in such quality. Though his transfer wasn't cheap the fact that it still represents a bargain tells a story, and while there has been a plethora of quality signings it's hard to argue that van Persie has been the best of the bunch.


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I haven't blogged here for awhile, something I am very keen to change in 2012, but for those who don't know I do blog every other day (if not every day) on my football blog though.
But today I felt compelled to blog again, and that's because I came across new Facebook advertising package "The Reach Generator".
As we all know, Facebook ads tend to have a low click through, especially the basic link ads. What we also know is that as a Facebook Page we never reach 100% or even 30% of those who like our page.
That's why Reach Generator is a very interesting prospect for brands and organisations.
In a nutshell Reach Generator allows advertisers to pay Facebook on an on going basis rather than the CPC or CPM model. Once switched on Reach Generator (and Facebook) guarantees a 75% reach of one story every day, over a month long period.
Apparently Ben and Jerry's have been using this and they were able to reach 98% of their Facebook which is pretty astounding.
There is little more information at the moment, but what an opportunity for brands to reach even more people. Some may be cynical and say but we should be able to reach everyone who likes us, and yes I can see the point of view, but at the same time we know the game and we need to play it. It is also worth noting that the more engaged your page is, with better content, the more likely you are to reach more of your fan base too.
The only documentation on Facebook's site I can find is a PDF of basic Reach Generator info but I can't wait to get my hands on it. I also agree with as @BenAyers that you need scale and backing for it to work, which makes me think that the best use will be for big launches, big campaigns (like @TheBHF Vinnie Jones CPR anyone?) and brands with big existing reach.
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I am playing the guitar, and I would like to make sure the chord I am playing is correct, I downloaded the chord from the Internet, and I played it. When I play the C Chord, the tuner shows me it is a G. I check every finger and every string, and I tuned every string. All the things are correct. Why does the tuner show me G??
The tuner only works for single notes, not chords.
About the best you can do with a tuner to check your chords is to play the notes one-at-a-time. You can see if you're spelling the chord correctly.
The basic chords are all triads (three notes). The C chord consists of the notes C, E, and G.
The tuner will try to interpret a chord as a single note and it will get confused. It'll usually pick the most-reinforced overtone, or a difference tone. It'll almost never tell you the root note (unless you're just playing power chords, maybe).
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I think a much better way to check your chords is to use your ears. No, really. Really listen to it as attentively as you can. Is the bass note clear? Is the high note ringing? Are most of the middle ones there? Can you hear the character (whether it's major or minor)?
You can still go through the strings (look for exercises in Arpeggios) to make sure the left-hand fingers are positioned correctly (not choking the fret, not muting adjacent strings), but you can only check "playing the chord" by playing the chord. And only your ears can do it.
At a much more advanced level you will go back and re-check your tuning (you'll call it intonation at this point). But you'll need a strobe tuner to do it for real. You'll be focusing on very minute changes in how your fingers bend the strings (like pulling the fifth up and, if possible, slacking the third) and the simple tuners with a sharp/flat/in-tune indicator just don't provide enough information.
A strobe tuner will, in fact, allow you to tune an entire chord all at once; but you must already know what the chord is and how it's built to do it.
There are several different types of electronic tuners which determine or estimate pitch using different methods.
A plucked string produces many overtones, some with the frequency closer to different notes than that of the fundamental pitch of the note. (If you want to see this in action, try finding a spectrum or spectrogram app for you computer or mobile device and how many frequencies it displays when you play a chord on your guitar.) Sometimes the overtones are much stronger than the pitch note frequency. You can't tell by just listening because the human brain can trick you into just hearing just the base pitch.
Some electronic tuners look for a peak frequency over the entire musical spectrum. Perhaps your guitar C chord included one string producing a really a strong overtone near the frequency of a G. So the tuner says G.
Some smarter electronic tuners look for sequence of overtones, and try to guess what fundamental pitch might produce that overtone sequence. A C chord on a guitar creates a ton of overtones, including those that (among other possibilities) a low G string might produce. Maybe more or stronger in sum total than a low C.


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Bernard Dale Brasseur, 53, was arraigned Tuesday on three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving three different relatives under the age of 13. Brasseur also is charged with being a two-time habitual offender.
Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont said his department conducted an investigation into the allegations and arrested Brasseur on Feb. 6.
A preliminary examination has been scheduled for March 13 in 89th District Court. Brasseur has been released from the Cheboygan County Jail after posting a $20,000 cash or surety bond.
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STEUBENVILLE - The Steubenville Big Red boys basketball team fell behind 4-0 to open its Friday night encounter with Edison at the Crimson Center.
That was about the only thing Big Red did wrong as it went on a 17-0 run from there and cruised to an impressive 71-27 victory over the Wildcats.
"They started off up 4-0, and we called a timeout," said Big Red head coach Mike Haney. "We didn't seem to be playing good team defense. We were just running behind picks and chasing guys.
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RISE ABOVE — Steubenville's Glenn Purdue goes up for two over Edison's Tyler Schmidt and Brad Springer during Big Red's 71-27 win over the Wildcats Friday at the Crimson Center.
"They were running the flex and doing a good job moving the ball. We were just chasing them and they hit a couple shots early. Once we made a bucket we got into our full court pressure and it helped us a little bit."
Big Red saw every player enter the scoring column on the evening and stayed consistently dominant from start to finish. Tajuan Lawson and Mylik Young each scored 14 to lead the way with Adam Sterling adding 11.
"It was good," said Haney of his team's performance. "Everybody on the team contributed. That's always nice to see everyone in the game getting minutes because throughout the season you never know what's going to happen.
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Big Red 71, Edison 27
Edison 7 6 6 8 - 27
Big Red 18 18 18 17 - 71
EDISON (1-6): D. Jones 0 0-0 0, Lee 0 0-0 0, Allese 0 1-2 1, Hyndman 2 0-0 5, Kramarich 1 0-0 2, A. Jones 2 0-0 5, Howell 2 1-2 5, Wickin 0 0-0 0, Woodward 1 0-0 2, Horan 3 1-2 7, Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Woika 0 0-0 0, Springer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 11 3-6 27. 3-pointers: Hyndman, A. Jones.
BIG RED (4-2): Linn 2 2-2 7, Herring-Hill 3 1-2 7, Bailey 1 0-2 2, Lawson 5 2-3 14, Herrington 1 0-0 3, Young 5 4-4 14, Sterling 5 1-1 11, Redman 2 0-0 4, Smith 2 0-0 4, Perdue 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 28 11-16 71. 3-pointers: Lawson (2), Linn, Herrington.
"Some of these guys are going to have to step up at crucial times."
The first quarter ended with Steubenville leading 18-7. Lawson and John Linn each scored five in the stanza with Young chipping in four.
An 18-6 second quarter advantage pushed the lead to 36-13 at halftime. Sterling matched Edison's team output in the quarter with six points while Lawson added five more.
Young led the way in the third as he, like Sterling in the second, matched the Wildcats' offensive production with six points as Big Red outscored the visitors 18-6 for the second straight quarter. When the third quarter buzzer sounded Steubenville led 54-19.
The coaches emptied the benches in the fourth quarter, but things remained the same with Big red earning a 17-8 advantage to close out the 71-27 win.
Austin Horan led the Wildcats with seven points, all coming in the final frame. J.D. Howell, Alec Jones, and Austin Hyndman each scored five.
John Linn and Brandon Herring-Hill each scored seven and Glenn Purdue added five to provided support for Big Red.
"It was a good win," said Haney. "We talked about some of the things we had to do. We wanted to create some turnovers and I thought we did that.
"We talked about limiting our turnovers and I think we were in single-digits in our turnovers. We'd been in double-digits a lot so we talked about that in practice and worked on stressing turnover margin."
Big Red (4-2) travels to Martins Ferry Thursday while Edison (1-6) hosts Indian Creek Friday.
Edison head coach Nate Moses declined comment.


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Located in Wodland Park, this ball field was named in honor of baseball player Athur Fletcher.
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Racing enthusiasts of all kinds will find special events around every hair pin from the drag strip, oval, road racing track, National sanctioned carting track as well as concerts and corporate functions. Former race car driver Curtis Francois brought back the track and the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Don't miss many of the other events that are held through the year.
This well-established, hilly nine-hole, semi-private course has many mature oaks, small greens and one water hole. The club also offers a swimming pool, tennis court and snack bar.
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This par 72, Goalby-designed golf course has 18 challenging holes.
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This complex features 12 ball fields (six are lighted), six soccer fields (one is lighted), one football field and concessions.
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This ice arena features two NHL rinks, a snack bar, pro shop and meeting rooms.
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The Grizzlies Baseball Academy is located at the U.S. Cellular Kid's Zone at GCS Ballpark, and features a three-cage setup for hitting and pitching instruction. On site is the Pro-Batter PX2 Professional Baseball System, a top-notch pitching machine.
Grand Marais includes an on-site restaurant and pro shop.
Timber Lakes features an 18-hole, par 72 course.
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This park is a ball player's dream with two lighted diamonds, including one with grandstand seating and a concessions stand. In the late 1990s this park hosted the Pan-American Games Junior Baseball Tournaments.
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Gateway National offers an 18-hole, par 71 course made up of rolling links, separated by gentle mounds that meander through lush, green pasturelands.
Riverbend Billiards provides 10,000 sq. ft. of entertainment. There is great food and beverages for everyone, plus a full bar for our over 21 crowd. You'll find 15 7-ft. bar tables and two 9-ft. Gold Crowns. Dart machines and video games are available for the kids. Riverbend Billiards sells a wide variety of pool cues, cases and miscellaneous pool supplies as well as a large selection of soft tip darts and dart supplies. Open Monday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 1 a.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. - 2 a.m., and Sunday, Noon - 1 a.m.
The 18-hole, par 72 Stonewolf is one of only four Jack Nicklaus Signature courses in Illinois and Missouri.
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Regular racing events, including UMP Late Models, UMP Modifies, Sportsman, Street Stocks and Factory Stocks, are held on the 1/4-mile oval. Special events like the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars are raced on the 1/2-mile track.
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I have some code where the "hot part" relies on an inefficient solution to this problem.
Problem: I have 3 inputs:
a. A collection of N points on the surface of a sphere.
b. A line segment on the sphere.
c. A distance X (distance can be on the surface or in 3D as it's trivial to map between them)
Output: Find the subset of the line segment which is more than distance X from the collection of points.
(My problem actually involves a curve on the sphere, but I can reduce it to a line segment by chopping it up into smaller pieces.)
At present, I parametrize the line and created a distance function, subtract X then slam it into a method that finds the times when a function is positive. VERY slow.
Also, precomputations count in this algorithm. That is, the set does change over time, but it changes less frequently than I need this result for different line segments. Maybe 5 queries to every set change? That's worst case.
X is fixed over time.


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What are the properties that hold for a fundamental group of a surface and does not hold necessary for the fundamental groups of manifolds of higer dimensions ??
This question is very vague, but here are some thoughts to add to Mark's answer.
First, note that any finitely presented group arises as the fundamental group of a closed manifold of dimension 4 (see this MO question), which is a huge contrast to the very special case of dimension 2.
The properties of the fundamental groups of 3-manifolds are a subject of very active research, much aided by Perelman's solution to the Geometrisation Conjecture. Like the 2-dimensional case, 3-manifold groups are residually finite (a theorem of Hempel). The fact that there is no closed 3-manifold with every infinite-index subgroup free is only very recent known, as a result of work of Kahn and Markovic.
I don't think any closed 3-manifold has cohomological dimension 2, so that property actually does it on its own.
It's a conjecture that surface groups are characterized by being the only 1-relator groups such that every finite-index subgroup is also 1-relator and every infinite index subgroup is free.
Every subgroup of infinite index is free, the group is residually finite, and the cohomological dimension is 2.
The word problem for the fundamental group of a closed surface is solvable, using Dehn's algorithm. Since any finitely presented group appears as the fundamental group of some closed $4$-manifold, and there are such groups for which the word problem is unsolvable, this is indeed a special property for two dimensions.
A surface group is either virtually abelian, or word hyperbolic (or both, when it is finite).
In some sense, this reflects the fact that every surface admits a Riemannian metric of constant curvature, and that the sign of the curvature is detected by the fundamental group.
In dimension 3, Perelman's uniformization implies that compact manifolds can be decomposed into "geometric pieces" (that are again detected in a suitable sense by their fundamental groups), while in higher dimension there is no hope for a simple result of this type.


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5 Badass People Who Stood Up to Infamous Dictators
While most of us enjoy a good dictator joke (tee hee, Mao Zedong), we're way more likely to do so over a foamy latte than right in the dictator's face, surrounded by armed members of his stormtroopers. Not because we're cowards or anything, we swear -- we just don't run into too many dictators in our day-to-day lives. Besides, we still need to talk to our downstairs neighbor about how loud he plays his music, and we're waiting for the right time.
And then there are these folks, who stared right into the eyes of heavily armed evil and slowly, purposefully, without ever breaking eye contact, raised both middle fingers.
#5. The 73-Year-Old Man Who Played Chicken With the Entire Soviet Union
In 1968, Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Union (the highest position in the land -- basically the king of Russia) was in his office minding his own business when Ludvik Svoboda, the president of Czechoslovakia (a symbolic position lacking real power, like "employee of the month" or "Joe Biden"), burst in and demanded that Brezhnev release the 26 Czechoslovakian political prisoners he was holding. Brezhnev said no, because Svoboda was 73 years old and had no authority -- what could he possibly do?
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He could invade with the entire Czech population, but the Soviet army wouldn't even notice.
The Badass Moment:
Svoboda pulled out a pistol, held it to his own head, and said, "If I kill myself, my blood will be on your hands, and no one in the world will believe you did not murder me."
Everyone in the room knew he was right: Czechoslovakia had recently established some progressive reforms to see if they could reboot communism into something less oppressive and murder-y. In response, Brezhnev launched some significantly more oppressive murder blitzes, invading with 500,000 troops, capturing the 26 politicians, and forcing them to sign the Moscow Protocol -- a commitment that would undo all of their work. The world didn't know all the fine details yet, but they understood that things were fairly tense between the two countries, so if a highly respected veteran of both world wars had shown up with a cannon blast in his forehead, it wouldn't have been great for the USSR's image.
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Czech roulette uses every chamber.
The prisoners were released only hours later, and then immediately given vodka "so they could become human beings again." (That's not a joke, just an accurate description of how things happen in Russia.)
#4. The Journalist Who Openly Defied Ayatollah Khomeini
Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini was not a hit with the ladies. Shortly after coming to power, he declared women too stupid for authority positions, lowered their legal marriage age to 13, and curtailed their human rights wherever he could. For example, in 1979 he demanded that Western female journalist Oriana Fallaci wear a chador (a Muslim garb similar to a burqa) during the interview, and although she put it on, she wasn't shy about sharing her opinion -- namely, that forcing her to wear it was barbaric. About halfway through the interview, Khomeini got fed up with her insolence and snapped: "If you do not like Islamic dress, you are not obliged to wear it. Because Islamic dress is for good and proper young women."
The Badass Moment:
Fallaci saw an opening: "That's very kind of you, Imam," she shot back. "And since you said so, I'm going to take off this stupid, medieval rag." Then she ripped off the chador right in front of him. (Our sources don't specify whether she was wearing a bitchin' 1980s-Madonna-esque rocket bra underneath, so we are forced to assume she was.) Khomeini was furious. He left the interview and didn't return for 48 hours.
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He spent all 48 of them fanning himself and saying "Oh, my lawd!"
He shouldn't have been so surprised: Fallaci was pretty accustomed to fuckin' up dictators' Christmases. She had spent her childhood smuggling bombs and weapons for the anti-fascist resistance in Nazi-occupied Italy, and as an adult she had already made a name for herself as a journalist by getting in the faces of everyone from Henry Kissinger to Moammar Gadhafi. But like we said, Khomeini did return, and his son made Fallaci promise not to bring up the chador thing. So, of course, she immediately did. And that's when the world stopped making sense, because at that moment Khomeini's normally stern and cruel visage cracked open and emitted a terrible raspy sound that onlookers would later come to realize was laughter.
According to his son, it was the first time he'd ever done so.
#3. The Prime Minister Who Sent Mussolini Crying to Hitler
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During World War II, dictator Benito Mussolini finally took the training wheels off of his regime and set his invadin' eyes on Greece -- a country with an army one-tenth the size of his own, because hey, you gotta learn to walk before you can run. Mussolini was so confident in his plan that he didn't even bother telling Hitler about it. He just sent an ambassador to the Greek prime minister to deliver an ultimatum: Let Italy move in, or get a beatdown, Italian style (that's like a normal beatdown, but with a side of red sauce and unlimited breadsticks).
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So, death, basically.
The Badass Moment:
The Italian ambassador delivered his message at 3 a.m., and Prime Minister Ioannas Metaxas immediately replied with "It's war, then." Yes, immediately -- he either didn't bother to get out of bed to make the statement or, more likely, was still up nurturing a hard ouzo-drunk. Italy invaded an hour and a half later, but if you know your history, you know exactly how things go when Greeks get all laconic. Within three weeks, the Greek soldiers had not only pushed the invaders out, but launched a counterattack into the Italian-held Albania.
In the end, Mussolini got a comeuppance worthy of a family sitcom: He had to go beg Daddy Hitler to bail him out of an invasion that was never approved in the first place. The German reinforcements did eventually occupy Greece, but Metaxas' insane decision to send his armies up against a force that should have steamrolled them ended up playing a key role in the Allied victory: Sending troops into Greece forced Hitler to delay his invasion of Russia until later that winter, and we all know how that went.
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Suddenly, hot bread and marinara don't sound so bad.
Now, we can't really gloss over the fact that Metaxas is a pretty controversial figure in Greek history. Necessary to his victory were suspending parliament, curb-stomping human rights, and installing himself as a temporary dictator of Greece -- but hey, even if you think a guy's kind of a dick, that doesn't mean you can't admire his balls.
Welp, that's as good a sentence as any to end the Greece entry on.


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I want to make a multispectral image from cero to do some tests on it. Something really simple like 5 completely uniform bands with salt and pepper noise on them or a square of different values at the center. Clearly this would just be a stack of matrices, a multidimensional array, which is pretty straight forward to generate. I want to achieve this using python and gdal but gdal is being pretty hermetic, I don't get the hang of it at all. I ideally would want to create a geotiff file. Could anyone help me on this? some pointers or some gdal tutorial which is very gentle? Thank you all.
You want the gdal.band.WriteArray method. There's an example in the GDAL API tutorial (reproduced below):
For generating the random data,look at the numpy.random module.
Here's a more complete working example:
I know it's not what you asked for, but if all you want is multispectral or hyperspectral sample data - this test data for the Opticks project might work. Alternately, you can get LANDSAT data directly from Earth Explorer.
This site has example code to convert a 2D numpy array to a single-band geoTIFF, and a multi-band geoTIFF to a 3D numpy array.
Further research finds a page of example code with the 'missing example', 3D numpy array -> multi-band geoTIFF.


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So I am trying to reproduce results in this article, precisely the 3rd chapter 'Virasoro algebra for AdS$_3$'. I have the metric in this form:
And I have the boundary conditions. So if I'm correct, I should find the most general diffeomorphism, by solving $\mathcal{L}_\xi g_{\mu\nu}=\mathcal{O}(h_{\mu\nu})$, where $h_{\mu\nu}$ are the boundary conditions (subleading terms).
So, if I'm doing things right, I get 5 equations. Because the $t\phi$ term of Lie derivative vanishes. Now, I should use the power expansion of $\xi$, as given in the paper, and solve these 5 differential equations or?
I'm not certain if I'm on a right path, so any advice is welcome...


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We get this question frequently asked and thought I would post a thread on it.
What is some good choices for sturdy tripods in the low to medium end price range?
Thanks for your input.
We get this question frequently asked and thought I would post a thread on it.
What is some good choices for sturdy tripods in the low to medium end price range?
Thanks for your input.
I bought one similar to this one here:
It's been working great for me so far. Mine had a ball head attachment and is very sturdy/stable.
The trick for a good pano tripod;
It's the guiding of the centre column what does the job, not the legs or brand.
A cheap Manfrotto 055 has a "not so good" center column.
Perfect tripod but not for pano's.
Feisol, Gitzo and others have good tripods with a fine guided, no flex, center column.
And that helps a lot..
Have Fun !
I mostly use a manfrotto O55 pro B
I always use the column down and locked for pans.
I use no other head between the Tripod and The NN3ll
It is an Ideal general purpose tripod and as more then 50% are my shots are non-pans it saves carting about more than one tripod.
I also have a lightweight ancient MPP wooden tripod with no centre column.
wooden tripods for their weight and size tend to dampen vibration better than metal ones.
I think the tripod head is important too in obtaining a small foot print.
What do you guys vote for the tripod head? I use both tripod and head from benro but I think their ball head screw was big.
The head screw also occupied some spaces with the tripod hole in the panorama.
I've given up on "economical" tripods. I've tried them (head+legs) at the $20, $80, $120, and $200 price points and I've been left seriously wanting by each of them. Now I have a $400 pair of legs (Gitzo basalt) and a $350 head (acratech gv2 plus another $400 in custom plates) and I'm quite a bit happier.
I don't think you can skimp on the tripod. I have tried and been miserable in the field dealing with things that don't support the weight of the camera and NN3 MkII.
I was using a Silk Sprint Pro but it just wasn't steady enough. I wanted a small light weight tripod so I bought that one...it was just money wasted. I recently bought a Benro Carbon Travel Angel C-169 M8 ($330 on ebay) with a Giotto MH 1302 head. I couldnÄôt be happier! It folds up super small and hardly weights (2.2 lbs I believe a little more with the head). I wanted a light weight solution and this is perfect.
Don't skimp on a cheap tripod! I made that mistake...I believe you really need to invest in a good and steady one plus a decent head as well.
I use a Feisol CT-3402. It's made from carbon fiber, and is light in weight, strong, and perfectly adequate for my needs (mostly 360/180 panos with a few high res mosaics).
My EZ-Leveler is attached directly to the top of the center column, with the NN3 immediately on top of that. Works fine for me!
I've been using Manfrotto 055PROB for a while with excellent results!
I'm considering also the 190XPROB which is lighter to carry with the other equipment on the field.
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I use the Manfrotto 190XProB and the Manfrotto 486RC2 Ball head under the NN3. Lightweight and sturdy. The 190XProB has versatile leg joints that allow it to get into an impressive range of positions.
My pano set on Flickr:
I use a Manfrotto 055MF3, which is excellent. I'm tall and appreciate the extra height.
I am considering the 190XPROB as a more compact lighter alternate for hiking.
How sturdy/stable is the new 190XPROB "tip over" style clamp/column design?
Does anyone know how it compares with the 055MF3/4 style clamp/column?
Bogen #029 head bolted to a chunk of wood. http://www.deckersphoto.com/Chicken/chickenpano.html This was my second or third pano attempt, beware - stitching errors etc.
I use a Bogen 3040 that I've had for at least 20 years. It has the 3265 grip action head that has been modified for the larger plate. The 3040 doesn't backpack well, so I'm also using a Manfrotto 725b modified for the larger plate. The 725b would not be suited for serious everyday use. It does travel well and will do ok if you don't ask too much of it.
I use the Manfrotto 756B tripod.
-The 756B's unique center column construction and precision-machined red anodized aluminum allows the leveling ball to be locked by a detachable rotating grip built at the bottom of the center column. This allows the camera operator to level the camera and even adjust its height without needing to make micro adjustments to each individual tripod leg.
Anyone else using it?
i use a Slik 35B tripod it's more than 20years old, it was my dad's.
It's still in perferct shape and weights only 900g about 2 punds and it's very steady!
i guess i'll go with slik again once this gives up!


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Let R be a commutative ring with a 1 different from 0, such that all finite matrices over R have a Smith normal form. Does it follow that R is a Principal Ideal Domain?
If not, what if R also has no zero divisors? (aka is an integral domain) What if additionally the diagonal entries are always unique up to associatedness?