Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Full-stack developer, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog

... [1] https://github.com/adsabs?tab=members On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jay Luker wrote: > Just in case this slipped past anyone who might be interested... > > You should think about coming to work with us [1] if you... > > * want to be part of a small team focused o

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Full-stack developer, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog

Just in case this slipped past anyone who might be interested... You should think about coming to work with us [1] if you... * want to be part of a small team focused on a core set of applications for a well-defined and appreciative user base! * like creating things that help people find othe

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Joshua Welker wrote: > And I hate Python whitespace. Ah-ha! A more paranoid pythonista than I might suspect this whole thread was simply an exercise in Ruby shilling. --jay

Re: [CODE4LIB] XML Parsing and Python

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Michael Beccaria wrote: > I ended up doing a regular expression find and replace function to replace > all illegal xml characters with a dash or something. :( A string translation map might be a better approach. Here's what I do as one part of a general purpose

Re: [CODE4LIB] Providing Search Across PDFs

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Nathan Tallman wrote: > @Péter: The VuFind solution I mentioned is very similar to what you use > here. It uses Aperture (although soon to use Tika instead) to grab the > full-text and shoves everything inside a solr index. The import is managed > through a PHP scr

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lib or Libe

People, people. Can we agree that "lib" is simply easier to say than "libe" due to the shorter vowel sound? Can we also agree than the best coders are, by nature, lazy? Therefore, "lib" wins. All you. "libe" mohubs can go call the wah-wah-wahmbulance. --jay On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Kyl

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

+1 for renaming @poledance to @rsinger. On Friday, January 18, 2013, Tim Donohue wrote: > FWIW, there are a few zoia commands I've noticed that could come across as > sexist (especially if you see Zoia as being a "female" bot). > > I don't think they are used that frequently, but I have seen: > >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

On Friday, January 18, 2013, Gabriel Farrell wrote: > > > I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 ( > https://github.com/gsf/n0d3). I introduced emerac to #code4lib as a hubot > a > year or so ago, and was planning to reintroduce it as an n0d3 bot at some > point.

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Esmé Cowles wrote: > > I am personally looking forward to the walk. Though I live in Florida, > I've lived in colder places and have appropriate coats, etc. And I don't > have any mobility issues, and routinely walk a few miles just for fun. > > But if I didn't

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proposed Changes to Future Conference Program Choosing

Just to clarify, +1 on only one accepted presentation per person -1 on only one submission per person Sorry for any confusion. --jay On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jay Luker wrote: > > As a conference-goer I dislike th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proposed Changes to Future Conference Program Choosing

As a conference-goer I dislike the idea of limiting proposal submissions for the same reason I dislike term limits: it doesn't let *me* choose from all possibilities. The restriction cuts both ways in that it doesn't just put a limit on presenters but on my choices as well. --jay On Wed, Nov 28,

[CODE4LIB]

This thread seems to have meandered a ways from what seemed like a perfectly good suggestion from Cynthia: that the program committee be allowed some leeway and/or encouraged to exercise some judgement with the talk selection. I don't see why a change like that necessitates a big, centralized, form

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF manipulation

It's not clear what is going into the folders at the end. The original PDFs or the extracted text? If it's the former then it doesn't seem like preserving the formatting would be a concern. Extract the text using whatever, maintaining a reference to the original file, do your categorization, then m

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

For those who dislike the current ratio of job postings to regular content the solution seems clear: start posting more flamewar inducing questions. It's quite easy. Allow me to demonstrate. Ruby on Rails? Blech, no thanks! --jay On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: > How about thi

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

I made the same observation recently but decided to simply set up a filter. Pushing the jobs postings into a separate list seems like a worse solution. --jay PS, in a big-picture sense, it seems like a good problem to have. I mean, the number of postings is really remarkable! On Wed, Aug 1, 2012

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

+1 for Flask. We've started using it as an upgrade over web.py for simple one-off stuff, and are also in the process of integrating it into a much larger application. i.e., it scales both ways. --jay -- ****** Jay Luker Astroph

[CODE4LIB] Conference IRC logs

Hi all, Just a reminder: the #code4lib IRC channel will be logged and the logs made available for viewing at http://irc.code4lib.org at some point during or just after the conference. Keep it civil, keep it weird. thanks, --jay

Re: [CODE4LIB] My crazed idea about dealing with registration limitations

I agree with Ed: I like that someone is throwing out crazy ideas. I don't particularly like this crazy idea though. If you accept that the downside to multiple tracks is fracturing of the audience/community, then I don't see how holding a 2nd clone of the conference on subsequent days gets around

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote: > Definitely. Some colleagues in New Haven and I put in a proposal to > host the 2011 conference here: > I'm still > interested in the possibility of hosting a regional, and Yale c

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

If only we could all be as lucky as Dmitri. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDIBKxh-5No --jay On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Nordstrom, Kurt wrote: > I suggested that all registration for C4L should go through zoia. > > If you don't know who zoia is, maybe you should learn more about the C4L

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

+1. Keep it on the main list. --jay On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > But I think in the past people on this list have said they don't mind > the additional traffic from people planning regional stuff.  It's > useful to keep it on the main list, too, because the other reg

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

Hi Joe, I think there'd certainly be significant interest. IIRC, the few of us who organized the last one--my god, was it three years ago?--figured we'd leave it to others to step up and drive the next gathering. That clearly never happened. I'm happy to get involved again though. I may even have

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hotel reservations...

Maybe it's waiting for OCLC's sign-off? Can you look into this, Roy? Preish, --jay On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Elizabeth Duell wrote: > Please refrain from trying to make hotel reservation for about 30 minutes > (8:55am Pacific time). > > We aren't sure why the rooms are not showing up

Re: [CODE4LIB] two open positions at Stanford

...or, you could look for a job that involved just writing a bunch of IRC Supybot plugins all day. ...oh wait, my sources are telling me that's what it's like working at Stanford. Nevermind! --jay On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Blake, Tom wrote: > ...or, you could take advantage of our exten

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [inspire-dev] INSPIRE Job: Service Manager

Forwarding this along for the benefit of anyone from a CERN member state [1] who might enjoy working at a fascinating place with crazy-smart people. I'm guessing there might be one or three of you out there. --jay [1] https://ert.cern.ch/browse_www/wd_portal.show_page?p_web_site_id=1&p_text_id=1

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [inspire-dev] Two CERN Fellowship for INSPIRE

FYI Begin forwarded message: === CERN Fellowships: text mining scientific documents; author disambiguation in INSPIRE The CERN Scientific Information Service is looking for two enthusiastic and motivated developers with experience in text-mining or digital libraries, to join a dynamic internatio

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle Update.

Hi Anjanette, Does this mean you've settled on dates? --jay On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Anjanette Young wrote: > Code4Lib Seattle 2012 update.  Thanks to Elizabeth Duell of Orbis Cascade > Alliance and Cary Gordon of chillco.com, we finally have a venue with > adequate (hopefully) bandwidth

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

Java - yeah, i know... the syntax I got but the other bits are always flail and error. i'm missing a fundamental understanding of the tools, how to actually build, package & deploy an app, how to use the IDE properly, etc NLP Python Testing ePub Tennis How to cook an eggplant so that it is edible

Re: [CODE4LIB] irc back channel logs

Hi Eric, The entire log for the conference can be accessed here: http://irc.code4lib.org/c4l11/static/logs/irclog I would have hoped that you could fetch the whole log for each day by manipulating the url, e.g., "00:00-23:59", but for some reason that's not working. :-( Interested to see what yo

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

Hi all, I found this thread rather interesting and figured I'd try and revive the convo since apparently some things have been happening in the twitter annotation space in the past month. I just read on techcrunch that testing of the annotation features will commence next week [1]. Also it appears

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's cool to love milk and cookies

I believe there is an organization called NABISCO that is working on one. --jay On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > But is there a NISO standard for this? > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Simon Spero wrote: >> I like chocolate milk. >> >

Re: [CODE4LIB] NoSQL - is this a real thing or a flash in the pan?

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > The thing is, the NoSQL stuff is pretty much just a key-value store. > There's generally no way to "query" the store, instead you can simply look > up a document by ID. > > Schemaless != "no way to query". Key-value stores, like memcac

Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of Code4Lib 2011

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM, phil cryer wrote: > T-shirts should use one that says 'cutter' on the front, with code4lib > details on the back: > http://www.founditemclothing.com/t-shirts/breaking-away-cutters-shirt.html -1 I hold that movie in high reverence. Let us not bespoil it with our s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

If PHP/python isn't a hard requirement, I think this would be fairly simple to do in perl using a combination of the XML::Simple [1] and JSON::XS [2] modules. In fact it's so simple, here's the code: """ #!/usr/bin/perl use JSON::XS; use XML::Simple; use strict; my $filename = shift @ARGV; my $

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

-1 on removing delicious --jay On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Jodi Schneider wrote: > I appreciate having delicious in the planet. Code4Lib's usage of this is one > of the few reasons I'm still using delicious (which then posts for me to > pinboard.in). > > I'd appreciate more organization of c

Re: [CODE4LIB] Asheville Brews Cruise details & payment info

Thanks everyone who prepaid. I'm up to twenty now, so everyone else just have cash or a credit card on Tuesday night. --jay On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Jay Luker wrote: > Hi again, > > This message is for everyone signed up for the Asheville Brews Cruise > on the socia

Re: [CODE4LIB] Asheville Brews Cruise details & payment info

st_.26_Payment On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Jay Luker wrote: > Hi all, > > It is time to reveal the details about the Brews Cruise social activity > planned for next Tuesday night at the Code4Lib 2010 conference [1]. Let's > keep list noise to a minimum, so folks who ha

Re: [CODE4LIB] Newcomer dinner reminder

Hi Joyce, Please join us at Salsas. They have several tasty vegetarian options. Four--oops, now two--slots left! :) --jay On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Joyce Chapman wrote: > I heard concerns from some vegetarians that all the slots are taken at > vegetarian restaurants (maybe new restauran

[CODE4LIB] Asheville Brews Cruise details & payment info

Hi all, It is time to reveal the details about the Brews Cruise social activity planned for next Tuesday night at the Code4Lib 2010 conference [1]. Let's keep list noise to a minimum, so folks who have questions about the details, please e-mail me directly or, if it's discussion worthy, stick to t

Re: [CODE4LIB] yaoss4ll

Hi Eric, I don't see CDS Invenio listed [1]. It's an institutional repository system developed at CERN. It's an impressive piece of software, but for one reason or another doesn't seem to get much attention. I intend to give a lightning talk on it in Asheville in February. --jay [1] http://cdswa

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

FYI, on my previous visits to Asheville I've flown into/out of Greenville, SC. It's only about 1 hr driving time, so could be worth comparing vs. Charlotte shuttles. --jay On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > I wonder how many folks would be interested in this?  It might be

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

Those. Slides. Don't. Help. --jay On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Tom Keays wrote: > Bad URL there. The real one is > http://code4lib.org/files/chicks-lightning.pdf (that's where all the > other lightning talks were stored). > > t > > On Tue, Nov 10, 200

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Dan Chudnov wrote: >  - "Heckle Me", based on the example/ideas behind Chick's lightning talk > last year > The PDF of chick's slides is 404-ing [1]. Can someone remind me what this was about? --jay 1 http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/chicks-lightning.pdf

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Job Opportunities at the Harvard Law Library: Digital Lab Manager and Web Developer

FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Rebecca Tabasky Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM Subject: Job Opportunities at the Harvard Law Library: Digital Lab Manager and Web Developer To: jobs-l...@eon.law.harvard.edu Hi all, The Harvard Law Library is in the midst of a reorganizati

Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > Hey, > > I'd find it useful if people who are submitting names would also > submit a brief description for your suggestion (what s/he is famous > for, why s/he'd be a good keynote, etc. - I know some of you already > did this)  Think of it a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!

I nominate Peter Moreville. I also suggest folks save their RMS love/hate for the voting booth. The man's been nominated. Let's move on. --jay

Re: [CODE4LIB] Promo for free issues of PyMag or php|architect

create an account on the magazine site of your choice and then e-mail me with "[zine]" in the subject. --jay On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Jay Luker wrote: > Hi gang, > > On a lark I e-mailed Doug Hellmann, EiC at Python Magazine, to ask about > the possibility of a group

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl wrapper for yaz-marcdump

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > ># run yaz and trap the output >open ( C, "$y$f |" ) or die "Can't open converter: $!\n"; >while ( ) { $r = $_ } >close C; > > > For extra credit, is there anyway I can optimize m2u? For example, is there > anyway to get

Re: [CODE4LIB] Promo for free issues of PyMag or php|architect

AAaaand the footnotes: [1] http://pymag.phparch.com/c/ [2] http://www.phparch.com/ [3] https://store-pymag.phparch.com/c/account/new/account/ On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Jay Luker wrote: > Hi gang, > > On a lark I e-mailed Doug Hellmann, EiC at Python Magazine, to ask ab

[CODE4LIB] Promo for free issues of PyMag or php|architect

Hi gang, On a lark I e-mailed Doug Hellmann, EiC at Python Magazine, to ask about the possibility of a group coupon code for code4lib. Apparently we qualify. :) Here's the deal: 1) anyone who would like 3 free issues of either PyMag [1] or php|architect [2] should first create an account on the

[CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib: Thanks!

Hi folks, Big thanks to all who turned out for the 1st necode4lib gathering yesterday. Hope everybody got something useful, interesting and/or fun out of it. I for one thought it went great. We didn't do a real headcount, but it seemed we had just enough seats for the turnout: ~20-25 folks from as

[CODE4LIB] Lightning Talk ideas

I know its a bit early to start thinking of these, but in the spirit of William Denton's talk proposal, What We Talk About When We Talk About FRBR, I thought I'd throw out a few title suggestions to get the ideas flowing. So Much FOAF So Close To ~/ Where I'm Context-Sensitive Searching From The T

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib meeting, Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 @ BPL

er in lightning talk form or longer even, make it known on the wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/NEC4L. --jay On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Jay Luker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > The date and location are set. Our first gathering will be in the McKim >

[CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib meeting, Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 @ BPL

Hi folks, The date and location are set. Our first gathering will be in the McKim building of the Boston Public Library on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008. We have a conference room reserved from 9am-5pm. Directions and such will be on the wiki: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/NEC4L I'd like to po

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Statistics Software

I would suggest reading the Franklin Street Statement before making any decision. Not preaching one way or the other. Hopefully just adding to your list of pros & cons to weigh. http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/ --jay On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Chad Fennell <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib: when's good for you?

It's looking like Tuesday, Dec 9th, is going to be the best match [1]. Are we prepared to call it? I'd like to start discussing how we'd like to make productive use of our eight hours of close proximity. You have until 5pm today to voice objections. As a possible bonus, I hear the BPL is hosting a

[CODE4LIB] ne.code4lib.org wiki

Our wiki page got clobbered by a spambot because I never got around to password protecting it. lbjay-- So I've slapped an http basic auth challenge in front of it for the time being. The user/pass is code4lib/code4lib. Hopefully that will be enough to thwart the bots for a little while. Maybe we c

[CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib: when's good for you?

Hi gang, Michael Klein has arranged space for us at Boston Public Library [1][2]. The space is in the McKim building [3]. My understanding is that it's a large conference room-ey space, and that there will be additional rooms that we can break off into if our activities/interests diverge. Our Whe

Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location

Sorry to leave you all in suspense all day. The results are in: 23 Boston, MA 18 Northampton, MA 14 Concord, NH 11 Portland, ME Michael Klein has said he will now check when a suitable space will be available at BPL. Then we'll update the WhenIsGood page and hope for some availability intersectio

Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location

he results later tonight and move some of their ballot points around if it looks like a tie is in the cards. --jay On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Jay Luker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's time to do a quick vote on where we'd like to hold our first New > England gat

[CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location

It's time to do a quick vote on where we'd like to hold our first New England gathering. If you are interested in attending please cast your ballot at http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/voting_booth/election/index/5. We'll keep voting open for a few days (at least through Tuesday). You can give from

Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The location effects when I am available. For instance, due to costs, if it > is in Boston, I am probably never available. If it is in Western Mass, I can > make it any day of the week [1], while if it is further east,

Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Tim Spalding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's too bad we don't have big budgets, or we could have the New > England meeting in, say, Maui. +1 In other news, a total of three people have indicated their availability so far on the When Is Good page. Is everyone bei

Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Tim Spalding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general, do members think it's best—most popular but also most > productive— to meet at a *hub* or somewhere off the beaten path? > > If the former, it's Boston all the way, right? If the latter, > Portland, Maine is a re

[CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

(resending - original was rejected by listserv for being too similar to a completely dissimilar message I sent about a week ago) Hi gang, code4libbers in the New England area are cordially invited to express their interest in and opinions on a regional gathering, shape and size TBD. So far our mo

[CODE4LIB] New England regional code4lib gathering

Hi gang, code4libbers in the New England area are cordially invited to express their interest in and opinions on a regional gathering, shape and size TBD. So far our motives are vague and our means are humble (a single wiki page), but you gotta start somewhere, right? If you live in the Northeast

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo?

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Michael J. Giarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If folks are in favor of someone in the community -- the list now has > over 1,000 subscribers -- rather than a professional designing the > logo, perhaps this could be a contest of sorts, much like our > conference t-

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simulating off-campus for testing

Do you have SSH access to an off-campus server? If so... 1) Use PuTTY to create a local SOCKS proxy w/ an SSH tunnel to the off-campus server. 2) Configure your browser to use the SOCKS proxy Wa-lah [sic], your requests will appear to be coming from off-campus. A good guide to setting up the ssh

Re: [CODE4LIB] planet.code4lib.org -- 3 suggestions

+1 here too. And -1 on the idea of requiring authors to use some kind of tag. I read the planet to find out what the code4lib people I know are up to. I don't mind that it's not all strictly related to coding, libraries and/or the number "4". --lbjay On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kevin S. Cl

Re: [CODE4LIB] place for code examples?

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Ross Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about something like the GeSHI filter module for Drupal? > > http://drupal.org/project/geshifilter > > http://www.code4lib.org/ is already running Drupal, so it'd be as > simple as installing the module (although I've

Re: [CODE4LIB] Multiple ISBNs in COInS?

quot;rft_id=urn:isbn:&rft_id=urn:isbn:&..." Also, I'd be remiss not to point you to a more authoritative list for OpenURL questions: http://listserv.oclc.org/scripts/wa.exe?A0=OPENURL. Although I'm sure there's plenty of overlap in interest/knowledge in the subject b

Re: [CODE4LIB] executing a cgi script in the middle of a url

See also the "Options MultiViews" directive in the context of a . Here's a link with a description of how to implement. The example is for PHP, but it should work for .cgi scripts as well. http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2006/10/12/nice-urls-using-multiviews/ --jay On 7/31/07, Eric Leas

Re: [CODE4LIB] Very large file uploads, PHP or possibly Perl

Pre-apologies if this suggestion is too "duh", but have you confirmed that you updated the correct php.ini file? One way to check is to create a temporary, web-accessible file (phpinfo.php) with the contents: Load that in your browser and check that the path of the php.ini file apache is using

[CODE4LIB] Zotero & COinS

Figured I'd post this to possibly spare others some pain. I was having trouble getting Zotero to save my COinS items--not discover, just save. Like the little note icon would show up in the location bar but when I clicked it nothing got saved. Anyway, I think this is what was happening: when par