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Josh Fogg's performance Monday night wasn't a copy of the two-hit, complete-game, 1-hour, 52-minute masterpiece he threw in Seattle last season. But it was a reasonable facsimile, and it lifted the Rockies to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field.
"It obviously wasn't as good, but I felt like I commanded the ball well," Fogg said. "I was able to get some quick outs, and I didn't run too many deep counts. It felt good."
For the Rockies to be legitimate contenders down the stretch, they know they're going to need shutdown performances from pitchers not named Jeff Francis. They've been getting them recently from Fogg. The bulldog-tough right-hander has won five of his past seven decisions, and has a 3-1 record over his past five starts.
"He threw strikes and pitched efficient," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "He was just smart out there. He had good stuff."
The Rockies have become nearly invincible at home, and it's keeping them in the pennant race. Since June 2, the Rockies are 19-5 at Coors Field, the best home record in the majors during that span. They gained a half game on National League West leader Arizona, which was idle Monday, and are five games out of first place. With San Diego losing to St. Louis on Monday, Colorado moved within three of the Padres in the wild-card race.
Coupled with Chicago's 2-1 loss to Houston, Milwaukee remained in first place in the NL Central.
Fogg needed a mere 83 pitches in seven innings of work. He gave up two runs on six hits, walked one and struck out two. He made two big mistakes, but they certainly weren't going to keep him up at night. The Brewers' Prince Fielder led off the second with a solo blast into the second deck beyond right field, Fielder's 33rd homer of the season. In the fourth, rookie-of-the-year candidate Ryan Braun belted a 418-foot homer to left-center.
"Those guys over there - Braun and Fielder - they're legit.They've got some pop," Fogg said. "On Fielder, I made a decent pitch, but he just hit it. Fortunately there was nobody on base at the time."
Rockies bats provided Fogg with a huge early comfort zone, scoring four runs in the first on a Todd Helton RBI single and a three-run homer by Brad Hawpe. Matt Holliday's two-run homer in the second - his team-leading 21st - boosted Colorado's lead to 6-1. Holliday was 3-for-4, falling a triple short of the cycle. He's batting .475 over his past 10 games, his average climbing to .340. He has 17 games of three of more hits, second-most in the majors.
Hawpe entered the game in a 2-for-21 slump, but his 428-foot rocket to right-center signaled he is back on track.
"I think whenever my swing's off, I try to do too much," said Hawpe, whose 19 homers are three shy of his career high. "I try to go a little harder, try to swing a little harder. You can't do that. But today I did a little work beforehand, kind of cleared my mind and told myself it was a new series."
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SCI-Arc undergraduate students Eduardo Bellosta (B.Arch '15) and Ryan McGriff (B.Arch '15), and graduate students Nan Yen Chen (M.Arch 2 '13) and Hao Wu (M.Arch 2 '13), were selected to exhibit their work in the 2014 edition of 2x8, a highly anticipated annual exhibition of student work hosted by AIA Los Angeles.
Themed 2x8: Evolved, the show opens April 11, 6pm at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles, and will include projects by students from SCI-Arc, Art Center College of Design, California College of the Arts, USC and UCLA, among other schools.
The New Painterly's dots and stripes blend to confuse the actual shape of the geometry
The New Painterly, a graduate project developed by Chen and Wu in the studio led by design faculty Elena Manferdini, engages painterly effect techniques of Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism into architectural space. The project explores various ways texture and fake shadows can be used to challenge the perception of a building's volume, geometry and openings. The program of the building is a Performance Arts Center located in the theatre district of Los Angeles near Disney Concert Hall. It contains one large hall and one small one, the public being "sandwiched" between the building's interior and exterior skins. The outside of the building is colored with dots and stripes using the technique of planar mapping, projecting dots on the opposite surface, at times stretching the dots to stripes on the other two surfaces. Fake shadows are also used around the opening in order to blur the distinction between interior and exterior to correspond to public areas.
Bellosta and McGriff's design proposal for a new Emerging Art Museum for the city of San Francisco, takes into account the environmental systems affecting the aspect and performance of the museum. The two developed of a per formative envelope that takes advantage of the exterior and interior qualities of the museum. The envelope addresses environmental conditions through a hyper articulated skin allowing air, light and water to add productive efficiencies throughout the year.
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I have 30psi at fuel rail before start up then 65psi after start up. When I unplug the vacumm line to the fuel pressure regulator the pressure doesnt change. Should it? What kinds of driveability issues would this cause.
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Vacuum should make the pressure go down and unplugging the hose will make it go up. During coasting, intake manifold vacuum is high which tugs harder on the molecules of fuel at the tip of the injectors. To prevent a rich coast-down condition, pressure is dropped so the difference between the two forces acting on the fuel molecules remains constant. If the regulator doesn't respond to changes in vacuum, the higher pressure will cause an excessively rich mixture any time other than moderate to hard acceleration. You might see black smoke from the tail pipe and fuel mileage will decrease.
Best advice i've gotten so far thanks I have been having hard shifting if I am not under moderate acceleration from first to second but when I give it a little more throttle than im used to it shifts normally it feels like the rich condition is causing the timing to be off and making the shifts harder than normal. Also throwing a code p0102 MAF signal low. I just replaced the fuel filter which had some junk in it im thinking that something may be in the fuel pressure regulator also is it possible to clean this out or is replacement the only option $80 factory only item it seems.
Your Engine Computer constantly runs tests on the various sensors. To do that it has to compare some to each other. In this case it may be expecting to see a given amount of air flow through the mass air flow sensor based on the position of the throttle position sensor and engine speed. The fault code isn't saying the MAF sensor is defective, just that it doesn't believe the values it's reporting. That would agree with a vacuum leak or leak in the fresh air tube. A vacuum leak will also cause engine speed to increase but under load there will be reduced power. That means you have to press the gas pedal further than normal. That will affect shift timing and harshness. Besides a vacuum leak, the MAF sensor element could be dirty. Bug juice and other dirt insulates it. The sensor works by warming up a heating element, then watching to see how much the air flow cools it. If dirt insulates the sensor, it won't cool enough making it look like less than the actual amount of air is entering the engine. Some sensors, such as on Corvettes, run a very high current through them to burn any dirt off about 20 minutes after the engine is stopped. I don't know if Ford does anything similar, but to be safe, don't spray any cleaner into the sensor for a good hour or two after stopping the engine.
Thanks again. Is it possible to clean the fuel pressure regulator or if it is not responding to vacumm pressure does it need to be replaced? There is quite a bit of vacumm pressure at the hose but unplugging it did not affect the fuel pressure at the schradder valve.
GM has a really huge problem with the pressure regulator leaking fuel into the vacuum hose. I have never seen a defective regulator on a Chrysler product. I have found one split ten cent o-ring that caused a loss of pressure right after the engine was stopped and resulted in a long crank time to get it restarted. I am not aware of any unusual history with Ford regulators. It does sound like the return port is blocked but I think it would be more likely the steel return line to the tank got crushed or the rubber return hose between the engine and body is kinked. 65 pounds seems to be too high and is about the most a good fuel pump can produce. You might consider removing the rubber return hose where it goes to the body, then see if fuel flows from it. If that lets the pressure drop, you'll know the regulator is okay.
Forgot to mention that I never autopsied a failed regulator. It would seem debris that is large enough to plug the outlet port wouldn't be able to make it through the fuel filter. I never heard of cleaning a regulator.
Yep your right again I cleaned it and it made no difference still shifting hard under normal or slow driving conditions again I have that MAF code p0102 that keeps popping up could it have an effect on hard shifting under normal driving. If I drive it just a little harder than usual it shifts normally but if I drive normal (slow) it shifts too hard and if I really get on it it seems to shift ok but seems not to run as well as usual feels like its loading up with fuel after shifting to seccond seems like a bog for acouple of seconds before it spends all that fuel then halfway thru 2nd gear clears up and acellerates like it should till it goes into third. Again I appreciate your help it seems you know what is going on and any advise is helpfull at this point. I am pretty good with older engines but this OBD2 controlled engines drive me crazy I wish I could just deal with spark or fuel again LOL.
The higher fuel pressure will not cause a shifting problem directly but it will cause a change in the "personality" of the engine. You will be holding the gas pedal in different settings. When the pedal is down further, as in harder acceleration, the transmission will up-shift later and with more force. The clutch packs apply harder and faster to reduce the slippage that takes place until they are fully applied. Under light throttle up-shifts, the clutch pack engagement is softened to give a smoother, more comfortable shift. I don't know how you found the fuel pressure staying too high so quickly but I suspect that is the cause of the change in shifting characteristics. Solve the fuel problem and I'll bet the shifting goes back to normal.
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Update on Claudia MargaritaClaudia is requesting a new loan in order to purchase merchandise to grow her business. She plans to purchase nonperishable products, such as staple grains, oil, condiments, pasta, etc, and she hopes this will lead to an increase in sales.
Her previous loan was extremely helpful, and allowed her to offer a wider variety of products to her customers, as well as increase her sales and overall income.
El efecto con el préstamo anterior fue muy bueno, mejoro la variedad en el negocio, ha tenido mejores ventas y mas trabajo para obtener ingresos.
Previous Loan DetailsClaudia, 36, is a single mother. She has a daughter and lives with her mother in Usulután. She is a businesswoman and has a store where she sells basic grains and basic need items like: beans, rice and sugar. The business was started by her mother through her own initiative 20 years ago. Clau... More from Claudia Margarita's previous loan »
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Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs)
Tier 4 student visas applied for in the UK and overseas are no longer issued in the form of a sticker in a passport. They are issued in the form of a separate card called a Biometric Residence Permit or BRP.
What are they?
BRPs provide information that help public agencies, employers, and educational establishments more easily understand the migrant's entitlements.
To create the BRP the Home Office collect fingerprints and a facial image, otherwise known as biometrics.
Why are they used?
Taking an image of a person's face and fingerprints and then locking them to that person's details on a national register provides a safe and secure way of identifying that person, helps to combat illegal working, and reduces illegal immigration to the UK. The card provides a convenient, extremely secure and widely accepted way for any foreign national to prove their immigration status.
What does the BRP look like?
It is the shape of a credit card and shows the cardholder's photo on the front, together with personal details and information about their immigration status. It shows whether the cardholder is allowed to do any work and if they are required to register with the police. The card includes a microchip which contains two of the cardholder's fingerprints. See the Home Office website for an example of a BRP.
Will foreign nationals have to carry their BRP at all times?
The BRP does not need to be carried at all times. However, the card needs to be produced for specified immigration purposes such as returning to the UK from travelling abroad.
How long is a BRP valid for?
A BRP is valid for the duration of the person's limited leave, or for a maximum of 10 years.
What will I need to do if I am making a Tier 4 application in my home country?
If you are successful in applying for a Tier 4 student visa outside of the UK (for longer than 6 months) you will be given a vignette (sticker) in your passport for 30 days to allow travel to the UK. You will also be given a letter informing you of the decision and details of where you must collect the BRP. If you provide the ACL (Alternative Collection Location) code of 2HE562 when making your application, it will be possible to collect your BRP from Cardiff University. On arrival in the UK you must collect your BRP within 10 days. You can be fined or your visa could be cancelled if you do not collect your BRP within 10 days.
What will I need to do if I am making a postal Tier 4 extension application in the UK?
The Home Office will wait until they have processed the fee for the extension application before sending you (and your dependants) a biometric notification letter.
The letter asks you (and your dependants) to attend a local Post Office branch in order to have your biometrics taken. You have up to 15 working days from the date of the letter to do this. The nearest Post Office to Cardiff University is on the lower ground floor of Queens Arcade (No. 45-46), Queen Street, CF10 2BY.
- You need to take the bar coded biometric notification letter to the Post Office.
- It costs £19.20 per person.
- Your biometrics are captured by taking your photograph, fingerprints, and digital signature.
- All information is sent securely to the Home Office.
You can watch a step by step video guide on how biometric enrolment works on the Post Office website.
Find out more information on biometric enrolment on the Post Office's Frequently Asked Questions webpage.
UKVisas have provided a short video about providing your biometrics on YouTube.
After making a visa application, please do not make any arrangements to travel until you have received your documents and BRP.
What will I need to do if I am making a premium in-person student visa extension application?
If you make your application in person, your biometric details are taken during the appointment at the Premium Service Centre. There is no charge for giving your biometrics.You are not given your student visa (the BRP) on the day of the appointment. It is sent to you by post within 10 working days.
Remember that you do not have your visa extension until you have the BRP. Do not make any arrangements to travel until you have received the BRP.
What will I need to do when leaving and re-entering the UK?
If you have a BRP and want to re-enter the UK, you will be required to show it at the border together with your passport to confirm your immigration status.
What if my personal details change?
Anyone holding a BRP is required to notify the Home Office of changes to the personal data it holds. Draft legislation sets out fines payable by anyone who fails to comply. The personal details which must be kept up to date include name, address, nationality and gender.The Home Office website explains the process to be followed.
What will happen if my BRP is lost or stolen?
We have produced an FAQ outlining the procedures to follow if your BRP is lost/ stolen in the UK or abroad:
What are the benefits of the BRP?
It makes it easier to:
- provide proof of your right to live in the UK
- prove your identity safely and quickly
- get a job as potential employers can use the card to check identity and employment status quickly and easily.
Where can I get further information?
Further information is available on the Home Office website.
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This energy drink features a label with a faint photo of a rocket lifting off from the ground. The flavor, however, still remains strongly hitched into the tropical ginger ale flight path that so many energy drinks seem to take. There's nothing particularly special about this product, except for the fact that the faded graphics, Chinese characters on the label and allusions to Beijing leave one with the sneaking suspicion that this stuff was left over from the Korean war. We can affirmatively say that it wasn't, but the product sure isn't original.
Product Type
Functional: Energy Drink: Regular
Container16 fl oz (473 ml) can
Nutritional Info
Serving size: 8 fl oz;
Servings per container: 2;
Amount per serving: Calories: 120;
Total fat: 0g;
Cholesterol: 0g;
Sodium: 5mg;
Total carbs: 30g;
sugars: 30g;
protein: 0g;
Vitamin B1: 3%;
Vitamin B3: 100%;
Vitamin B2: 16%;
Vitamin C: 42%;
Vitamin B6: 250%;
Vitamin B12: 80%;
Taurine: 105mg
Carbonated water, glucose, sucrose, citric acid, schizandra, panax ginseng root extract, natural and artificial flavors, potassium sorbate (preservative), potassium benzoate (preservative), taurine, caffeine, ascorbic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, caramel color, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B12


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Jon Farriss
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Jon Farris working in the studio on October 2014
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|Birth name
|Jonathan James Farriss
10 August 1961
Perth, Western Australia[1]
|Musician, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, mixing
|Drums, Vocals, Various Percussion, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, DAW Production, Samplers, Sequencers, Vocoder
|Years active
|Associated acts
|INXS, Toto, Rob Thomas, Ben Harper, Richard Clapton, Jimmy Barnes, Nikka Costa
|[1] solo website
Jonathan James Farriss (born 10 August 1961, Perth, Western Australia) is the drummer, and founding member, of the Australian rock band INXS.
Jon Farriss was born to Dennis and Jill Farriss, and is the second youngest of four children: brothers and fellow band members Andrew and Tim, and younger sister Alison,.[1]
Farriss is known for integrating traditional rock drums with more funk and Dance influenced beats as well as acoustic drums and sequencers and pads. Examples of these techniques can be found in such songs as "Need You Tonight" and "The Stairs". Jon Farriss revolutionized the concept of hybrid drumming before it was even technically possible and had to make much of it up as he went along, utilizing early sequencing and sampling technology in the 80s that is now widely used today.[2]
Early Years[edit]
Farriss auditioned to be in the band Guinness with future INXS band-mates Kirk Pengilly and brother Tim, but was rejected for being only nine years old at the time.[3] His first band was playing with a Christian choral group at age 11.[4] He played with bands such as Top Kat,[1] Blackwater, and Fish.[5]
Farriss has also been credited with backing vocals on many of the band'sINXS' earlier albums. Among his song writing credits with INXS (mostly collaborations with Michael Hutchence) are "Red Red Sun," "The Gift," "Deepest Red", "Faith In Each Other," "Back On Line," "Never Let You Go" (with Fortune) and the hit "Disappear".
He wrote and performed the song "You Never Used to Cry" on the soundtrack for the 1984 film No Small Affair.
Jon appeared on stage with Ringo Starr in February 2013, during Ringo's All Starr Band performance in Sydney. With Ringo singing, Jon played Ringo's drums to The Beatles' song "With A Little Help From My Friends." He was also invited and recognized on stage by Nile Rodgers in Sydney's iconic Opera House, where Nile recalled, "My inspiration to work with INXS was after seeing their drummer Jon Farriss perform live, when the band were playing on a festival with Hall & Oates."
2010 saw Jon as co-executive producer on INXS's tribute album, "Original Sin". He co-produced several tracks on that album featuring artists including Rob Thomas, Ben Harper, Tricky, John Mayer and Pat Monahan. [6]
"The Original Sin Project has been a great thing not only for us to have experienced in the studio, but it has also been great taking some of the songs on the road and mixing them in with the normal songs we usually play."[7]
Solo career[edit]
Farriss produced Richard Clapton's 'Glory Road' in 1987[8] and played on 'The Great Escape' in 1982 as well as performed on drums on three tracks. Farriss co-produced Jimmy Barnes' 'Love and Fear'[9] and performed drums, programming, bass, keyboards, backing vocals.
Original Sin[edit]
Farriss co-executive produced the 2010 tribute album 'Original Sin' which features covers of INXS songs, with each song utilizing a guest singer.
Farriss said, "A lot of artists have covered INXS music, the likes of Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Snow Patrol, countless others, and we thought, 'Why don't we do that?' Why don't we start doing a remixed, re-imagined cover album but with our own songs," he said. "And that's how it started."
Contributors included Rob Thomas, Ben Harper, Train's Pat Monahan, Nikka Costa and numerous others.[10]
Farriss co-executive produced the album with Chris Murphy. Farriss stated, "There's a pretty stringent gallery of ears that has to pass through the band, including myself. I'm extremely critical of everything. But throughout the project, the more and more it became clear that part of my task as executive producer, along with Chris Murphy, was to sort of integrate producers and, when necessary, co-produce songs. At the end of the day, you can't do everything by yourself. It's a team effort.[11]
Awards and Nominations[edit]
Jon played an instrumental role in the success of INXS as they won and were nominated for numerous music awards. These include ARIA Music Awards, Grammy Award, MTV Video Music Award.
Private life[edit]
He was formerly married to the actress Leslie Bega from 14 February 1992 to 1999.
In 2006, he married his long-time girlfriend Kerry Norris in a small beach-side ceremony. The couple's first child, Avani Jillian, was born on 6 October 2008.[12] Their son Dannan James was born on 15 November 2010 and was announced on INXS Facebook page.
- ^ a b c d Biography of Jon Farriss from the INXS website
- ^ "Digital Drummer".
- ^ St John, Ed; INXS (1992). INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road. Mandarin. p. 8. ISBN 1-86330-207-7.
- ^ Bozza, Anthony; INXS (2005). INXS Story to Story: The Official Autobiography. Atria Books. p. 5. ISBN 0-7432-8403-8.
- ^ INXS. Story To Story; the Official Biography.
- ^ "Jon Farriss".
- ^ "Jon Farriss Interview".
- ^ Richard Clapton#Studio albums
- ^ Love and Fear (album)
- ^ "Curiocity: INXS On New Tour, 'Original Sin' Collaborations".
- ^ "INXS Life Goes On".
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I have an ongoing ftp upload with lftp which is backgrounded and i am wondering if there is a method to retrieve the status of the upload in a scripted way.
What i've figured out so far is a way to retrieve the status manually by attaching to the lftp session and typing 'jobs', f.eks:
lftp -c attach PID_OF_LFTP_PROCESS
then the lftp shell is prompting and i can type 'jobs'
[PID_OF_LFTP_PROCESS] Attached to terminal.
lftp email@example.com:/> jobs
output is something like:
[1] mput -c /mnt/media/upload/parts/testfiles.part*
'/mnt/media/upload/parts/testfiles.part10.rar' at 124930848 (61%) 105.5K/s eta:12m [Sending data]
that is the output i need, but how can i retrieve it within a script?


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Two VIP Protection Unit members facing charges relating to a blue-light incident in 2008 in which six people were injured on the N3 will know their fate on July 9, when judgment in the matter is to be handed down.
It was set down for on Tuesday in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court, but was adjourned.
Hlanganani Nxumalo is charged with six counts of attempted murder and unlawfully discharging a firearm while the driver of the blue light vehicle, Caiphus Ndlela, is charged with reckless and negligent driving.
The evidence led during the trial was that Nxumalo fired two shots into the air because, according to him, the driver of another car had been "braking in front of him, switching lanes and trying to push his vehicle off the road".
As the thunderous sound of the gunshots echoed through the air, the driver of the other vehicle, Anuvasen Moodley, lost control. It veered onto the median and into oncoming traffic, colliding with a bakkie. Six people were injured.
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Big Data search engine for full-text strings and photos with radius search
Elastic Hits
The Elasticsearch full-text search engine quickly finds expressions even in huge text collections. With a few tricks, you can even locate photos that have been shot in the vicinity of a reference image.
While I was looking for a search engine the other day that would crawl logs quickly, I came across Elasticsearch [1], an Apache Lucene-based full-text search engine that includes all sorts of extra goodies.
On the download page, the open source project offers the usual tarball and a Debian package. The 1.0.0.RC2 pre-release version, which was the latest when this issue went to press, can be installed without any problems on Ubuntu by typing
sudo dpkg --install *.deb. The Debian package includes a convenient boot script. When called by root at the command line as follows,
"#" /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
the script fires up the Elasticsearch server on the default port of 9200.
Polyglot or Perl
Most hands-on Elasticsearch tutorials off the web use the REST interface to communicate with the server via HTTP. Figure 1 shows a
GET request on the running server, which displays its status.
Several REST clients in multiple languages can be used to feed in data and query it later. The CPAN Elasticsearch module is the official Perl client. Note, however, that Elasticsearch (current version 1.03) [2] is the successor to the obsolete ElasticSearch module (with an uppercase S) [3]. This was an unfortunate choice of name by the CPAN author, if only because the old version still resides on CPAN and pops up before the new one when you search on search.cpan.org.
As a useful sample application for an Elasticsearch full-text search, I chose a keyword search of all Perl columns previously published in Linux Magazine. The manuscripts of more than 130 articles in this series can be found in a Git repository below my home directory; the script in Listing 1 [4] sends all the recursively found text files via the REST interface to the running Elasticsearch server for indexing. The command
"$" fs-index ~/git/articles
took just a few minutes. A second call, with the disk cache warmed up, whizzed by in just 30 seconds. A subsequent search for the seemingly unlikely word "balcony" then returns results within a fraction of a second:
"$" fs-search balcony /home/mschilli/git/articles/water/t.pnd /home/mschilli/git/articles/gimp/t.pnd
The files found in the index reveal that I have only used the word "balcony" in two issues thus far: once in August 2008 in an article about a Perl interface for the GIMP image editor, in which I manipulated a photo shot from my own balcony [5]; and in April 2007, when I described an automatic irrigation system for my balcony plants [6].
Listing 1
01 #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w 02 use strict; 03 use Elasticsearch; 04 use File::Find; 05 use Sysadm::Install 06 qw( slurp ); 07 08 my $idx = "fs"; 09 10 my ($base) = @ARGV; 11 die "usage: $0 basedir" 12 if !defined $base; 13 14 my $es = 15 Elasticsearch->new(); 16 eval { 17 $es->indices->delete( 18 index => $idx); 19 }; 20 21 find sub { 22 my $file = 23 $File::Find::name; 24 return if !-f $file; 25 return if !-T $file; 26 return 27 if -s $file > 100_000; 28 my $content = slurp $file; 29 30 $es->index( 31 index => $idx, 32 type => 'text', 33 body => { 34 content => $content, 35 file => $file, 36 } 37 ); 38 print "Added $file\n"; 39 }, $base;
Fuzzy Search
Elasticsearch is not case-sensitive and handles stemming without any help. However, the indexer does not realize that "balconies" is the plural of "balcony" and provides no results in this case. Unfortunately, Elasticsearch sometimes takes things a little too far with the fuzzy search and presents matches that are not real matches, because the words start with the same string. Apart from that, the search function finds a needle in a haystack – and quickly.
Line 10 of the
fs-index script in Listing 1 accepts the search directory handed over to the script at the command line; it then calls the
Elasticsearch class constructor. If the search queries do not return the desired results and you wonder why, you can twist the constructor's arm:
my $es = Elasticsearch->new( trace_to => ['File','log'] );
It will then output all the commands sent to the Elasticsearch server in Curl format in the
log file. Using cut and paste, puzzled developers can then begin to gradually understand what's going on under the hood.
Elasticsearch stores the text data in an index, which is named
fs in this example (as in "filesystem") in line 8. If the index already exists, the
delete() method deletes it in line 17. The surrounding
eval block tacitly fields any errors – for example, if the index does not exist yet because this is the very first call to
Heavyweights and Binaries Excluded
find() function from the File::Find module starts to dig through the directories on the hard disk as of line 21, starting with the base directory passed in at the command line. Line 25 ignores any binary files, and anything that is not a real file or is larger than 100,000 bytes also is left out with additional tests. The
slurp() function from the CPAN Sysadm::Install module then sends the content of any files worth keeping to memory, which the
index() method in line 30 feeds to the database under the
content keyword. The name of the file also ends up there under keyword
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By Alessandro Speciale
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI confirmed on Monday (Dec. 12) that he will travel to Cuba and Mexico next year.
"Supported by divine Providence, I have the intention to make an apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba before Easter," he said at the end of his homily during a special Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the independence of Latin American countries.
According to reports in South American news outlets, the visit will occur March 23-29.
The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the trip would coincide with the 400th anniversary of the image of the Virgin of Charity, the patroness of Cuba.
Lombardi had also warned that the pope would not travel to Mexico City as the city's high altitude made it an "inadvisable" destination for the 84-year-old pope.
Benedict said he hoped his trip would contribute to the construction of a society "rooted in the development of the common good, the triumph of love and the spread of justice."
After a historic visit by the late Pope John Paul II in 1998, relations between the Vatican and Cuba's communist regime have improved in recent years. This year church officials helped secure the release of 115 political prisoners who left Cuba to go into exile in Spain.
The Vatican ambassador to Cuba, Monsignor Giovanni Angelo Becciu, a key figure in Vatican dialogue with the Castro regime, was promoted last May to the No. 2 position in the Vatican's Secretariate of State.
Please click through the slideshow to see the different countries that the Pope has travelled to:
Pope Benedict XVI gestures on the boat in front of the Cologne Cathedral during his trip on Rhein River on August 18, 2005 in Cologne, Germany. Pope Benedict XVI is in his native Germany for a four-day visit to celebrate the XX World Youth Day during his first travel outside Italy as the pope. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano-Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Oswiecim, POLAND: Pope Benedict XVI visits the Auschwitz camp 28 May 2006, in Oswiecim. Pope Benedict XVI ends Sunday his pilgrimage to Poland with an emotional and significant visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest death camp set up by the Nazis on Polish territory. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
Valencia, SPAIN: Pope Benedict XVI (C) walks toward the altar to give mass in Valencia, 09 July 2006. Organisers said they expected more than a million people to attend the open-air mass, the culmination of a two-day visit designed to galvanize Church opposition to what Benedict called the 'rapid secularisation' of the former bastion of Catholicism. (JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 10: Pope Benedict XVI greets believers who are waiting for his arrival in front of the Cathedral Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) on September 10, 2006 in Munich, Germany. The Bavarian capital Munich is one of the most important stations in the life of Joseph Ratzinger, the priest, archbishop and cardinal, who was elected pope on April 19, 2005. Born on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn in the diocese of Passau, Ratzinger grew up within the borders of the archbishopric of Munich and Freising, where he later served as archbishop from 1977 - 1982. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Istanbul, Turkey: Pope Benedict XVI speaks with Mustafa Cagrici, mufti of Istanbul, as he visits the Blue Mosque ,30 November 2006. Benedict XVI, only the second pope in history -- after John Paul II in Damascus in 2001 -- to set foot in a Muslim house of worship, turned towards Mecca. (OSSERVATORE ROMANO ARTURO MARI/AFP/Getty Images)
APARECIDA DO NORTE, BRAZIL: Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air mass in the vast explanade of the Aparecida basilica, in Aparecida, some 180 km from Sao Paulo, 13 May 2007. Pope Benedict XVI later will open a major bishops' conference as part of the Catholic Church's effort to extend its missionary reach in Latin America. (OSSERVATORE ROMANO / ARTURO MARI/AFP/Getty Images)
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - SEPTEMBER 07: Pope Benedict XVI. (L) and Austrian President Heinz Fischer attend a meeting of high representatives of the Republic of Austria in the Imperial Hofburg Castle in the late afternoon of the Pope's first day of his visit to Austria on September 7, 2007 in Vienna, Austria. On Saturday the 8th September the Pope celebrates a holy mass at the place of pilgrimage Mariazell. The Apostolic journey is his first visit to Austria since his nomination as Pope. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
George W. Bush shakes hands with Pope Benedict XVI on his arrival to the White House.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 17: The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Pilgrim Crowd at the Papal Welcome Ceremony at Barangaroo, on Sydney Harbour on July 17, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Organised every two to three years by the Catholic Church, World Youth Day (WYD) is an invitation from the Pope to the youth of the world to celebrate their faith. The celebration, being held in Sydney from July 15 to July 20, 2008, will mark the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Australia. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)
LOURDES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 14: Pope Benedict XVI gives communion to a pilgrim during Holy Mass in the open air, September 14, 2008 in Lourdes, France. The four day trip by the Pope to Paris and Lourdes is seen as an attempt to reinvigorate Catholicism in France. (Photo by Pascal Parrot/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI (R) greets Angolan local dancers on March 21, 2009 at the 'Stadio dos Coqueiros' in Luanda, duirng the Pope's meeting with the Angolan youth. After visiting Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI is in Angola for the second length of the first african trip of his pontificate. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
NAZARETH, ISRAEL - MAY 14: Pope Benedict XVI holds a mass at the Church of the Annunciation, believed to stand at the site of Mary's house where angel Gabriel appeared and announced that she would give birth to Jesus Christ on May 14, 2009 in Nazareth, northern Israel. The Pontiff is nearing the end of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy sites in Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI kneels in front of the Holy Child at the Our Lady Victorious church in Prague on September 26, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI hailed the fall of 'oppressive regimes' in eastern Europe as he landed in Prague Saturday for a three-day visit, his second to eastern Europe. The trip by the head of the Roman Catholic Church comes shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a peaceful coup that toppled Communist rule in former Czechoslovakia in 1989. (Max ROSSI/AFP/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI (L) stands on a boat next to Vatican State Secretary Tarcisio Bertone during a trip from Kalkara ferry to the Valletta waterfront on April 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday expressed his personal 'shame and sorrow' to victims of paedophile priests at a surprise meeting during a visit to Malta. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Madonna statue in Fatima, on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrived today at Fatima, one of Christianity's most popular shrines, cheered by tens of thousands of flag-waving pilgrims. Benedict, the third pope to visit Fatima, toured the shrine's vast esplanade, which turned into a sea of colour as the huge crowd waved yellow and white Vatican flags and hats, as well as the red and green of Portugal. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI leaves following a mass at the Eleftheria Sports Centre in Nicosia on June 6, 2010 on the third and final day of the pontiff's visit to the mostly Greek Orthodox Mediterranean island. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 16: Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI (L) chat in the gardens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse during day one of his four day state visit to the United Kingdom at Holyrood House on September 16, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pope Benedict XVI is conducting the first state visit to the UK by a Pontiff. During the four day visit Pope Benedict will celebrate mass, conduct a prayer vigil as well as beatify Cardinal Newman at an open air mass in Cofton Park . His Holiness will meet The Queen as well as political and religious representatives. (Photo by Dylan Martinez - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 06: Prince Felipe of Spain (2L) and Princess Letizia of Spain (C) attend an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in front of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral on Obradoiro square on November 6, 2010 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The Pope is on a two-day visit to Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI (C) is helped by assistants at the end of an open air gathering in central Zagreb on June 4, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI set off for Croatia on June 4 for a two-day visit aimed at reaffirming Christian values that he believes are under threat in increasingly secular societies across Europe. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI (C) is greeted by two Captain Regents (R), leaders of the Republic of San Marino, as he arrives at the 'Public Palace' and Government House, during his one-day visit to San Marino state, on June 19, 2011. The pope is paying his first visit to San Marino, the world's oldest sovereign state nestled on the eastern slopes of Italy's Appenine Mountains. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - AUGUST 19: Pope Benedict XVI waves from the Popemobile at Cibeles square during a via crucis during World Youth Day 2011 celebrations on August 19, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. Initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985, World Youth Day youth-oriented events for the celebration of the Catholic faith are held every three years in a different country; this time in Madrid from August 16th to 21st, with Pope Benedict XVI in attendance. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
ERFURT, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 24: Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead morning mass at Domplatz square in front of the Erfurter Dom cathedral on September 24, 2011 in Erfurt, Germany. The Pope later lead morning mass for tens of thosands of assembled pilgrims. The Pope is in Erfurt on the thrid of a four-day visit to Germany. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the Catholic faithful as he departs following Sunday Mass, at the national stadium in Cotonou, Benin Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. On Sunday at Cotonou's soccer stadium, Benedict presided over an open-air mass that drew thousands. During the mass, he ceremoniously handed over a detailed pastoral guide which articulates his spiritual vision for Africa.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In this file photo taken on March 25, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico. Turin's La Stampa newspaper reported Thursday, Feb. 14, 2014, that Benedict hit his head and bled when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar bedroom in Leon, Mexico. The report said blood stained his hair, pillow and floor. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi confirmed the incident but said "it was not relevant for the trip, in that it didn't affect it, nor in the decision" to resign. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)
Lebanon's Christian Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai (L) greets Pope Benedict XVI before celebrating an open-air mass in Beirut's waterfront on September 16, 2012, on the final day of his visit to Lebanon. Pope prayed that leaders in the Middle East work toward peace and reconciliation, in his homily at an open-air mass where an estimated 350,000 people attend. AFP PHOTO/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE


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The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Hayyim Nahman Bialik. There are two separate prizes, one specifically for "Literature", which is in the field of fiction, and the other for "Jewish thought" (חכמת ישראל). The prize was established in January 1933, Bialik's 60th birthday.
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Xylion had been assigned a small hut in the settlement which wasnt much more than a single room with a cot, a chest as well as a table and a couple of chairs. It was of course more than sufficient for him. It wasnt the spartanly furnished accommodations that concerned him but the odd behavior of the settlers.
At first he had attributed Telas interest in him as nothing more than some sort of physical attraction exasperated by her youth and her lack of Vulcan mental discipline. But the fact that Vorik, her father and a Vulcan elder seemed to be as insistent that he not only marry his daughter but also procreate as soon as possible was unlikely and unexpected. Regardless how living in isolation had affected many of the younger Vulcans over the years, Volik was clearly a man who had spent a great amount of time following pragmatic Vulcan ways and so his illogical behavior was much more difficult to reconcile.
And then of course there were the many other oddities about the settlement he had come across. He had of course noticed the lack of children which seemed strange considering Voliks resolve on preserving the future of the settlement. The most likely explanation could have been some sort of sterility which had affected the male Vulcans but initial scans did not support that theory.
A knock on the door of his hut interrupted his considerations.
The door opened and Tela slowly entered. Xylion, may I enter?
She gingerly stepped inside, almost as if she wasnt sure if she were welcome here. I have come to apologize for my fathers behavior.
It was not right of him to announce our marriage in such a way without consulting the matter with you first, she said.
Agreed, said Xylion and stood.
Especially since you had already indicated previously that you had no intentions of taking me as your wife.
It had been a premature decision considering that we had only just met at the time.
She nodded. But now you have joined our settlement.
Is your father pressuring you to bond with me?
She quickly shook her head and stepped closer. Not at all. This is my decision. I wish to become your wife.
Even though you have known me for only a very short period of time?
I understand that marriages on Vulcan are usually prearranged during childhood. We do not have that same option here.
He offered a minuscule nod to accede to that point. True. But regardless, you must understand that what you are proposing is highly uncommon in most societies. It is much more customary to allow some time for two people to get to know each other before proposing marriage. This in turn will ensure maximum compatibility between the betrothed parties.
But is it not proper to be wed before procreation? she said.
His eyebrow climbed towards the ceiling. You wish to procreate?
For the good of the settlement.
The future of the settlement does not depend on our procreation at this time.
She didnt seem to have an answer to that. Instead she took another step closer. When Xylion didnt seem to react to this gesture, she placed the palm of her hand onto his chest and looked up at him. How long has it been since you have been with a woman?
I do not understand the relevance of that question.
She pushed herself even closer. You find me attractive, do you not? Do you not wish to have my body?
Xylion reached out for her and she closed her eyes when he touched her shoulder and his hand moved towards her neck. Then they opened wide suddenly when she felt a sudden pinch.
Tela went slack and Xylion grabbed her before she could fall. I apologize for having to take this action, however your behavior is leading me to believe that you are not being entirely honest with me, he said as he carefully placed her onto the floor and sat her up against the bed. He considered her peaceful features for a moment. I must also apologize for what I must do next. I believe that neither you nor the other settlers have provided me with satisfactory answers and I am convinced that you are keeping information which may be vital to our survival, he said and reached out for her face. He spread his fingers and then carefully touched her in various places near her nose, temple and cheekbone to initiate a mind meld.
This was not something he did lightly. But the evidence had been mounting that something was very wrong with the settlement and the Vulcans who lived here and Telas latest, illogical behavior had given him enough reason to attempt such drastic action.
It had been a long time since he had attempted a meld and the first time he had done so without the other persons permission. It was of course an intrusive procedure, an assault on another beings mind and privacy. Xylion saw no other option.
He closed his eyes as he concentrated on making contact with her mind. Not knowing what he would find there, he probed very slowly, intending to be as non-intrusive as possible. In the unlikely even that Tela had spoken the truth he didnt want to hurt her or invade her privacy too deeply.
He met resistance almost immediately and it surprised him. A mind like Telas with no learned Vulcan disciplines should have opened up to him like a book, especially considering her current state of unconsciousness. Instead he found something very much aware and ready to defend itself. And more than that, something immensely powerful.
His curiosity getting the better of him, he decided to dig deeper and push harder and past those initial defenses to see what lurked beneath the surface.
It took a great deal of effort, sweat pearls began dripping into his eyes and he could feel his own concentration slipping. And yet he pushed on.
He found recent memories of hers most of which were clearly focused on him. The most prominent memory which stood out was also the most disturbing.
Xylion could see as if through her eyes, as she travelled from the settlement to the canyon in which the runabout had been stranded. But this was not a memory of one of the visits he had been aware of. This one had taken place during the night. And she had not come to seek him out. Instead her only interest had been the runabout itself. And like an experienced engineer, she knew exactly what she was doing. She had gone directly to the access panel which had housed the thruster module and removed it like an expert. Once complete, she could have easily returned to the settlement. Instead she stayed and lured an unsuspecting Ensign Srena outside. She surprised the other woman and just when the Andorian had let down her guard, Tela struck with unrelenting violence. She was too fast for her unprepared victim and unleashed blow after blow until Srena no longer moved.
Deeply disturbed by these images, Xylion penetrated deeper still and past the outer layers of her mind which contained her recent memories. What he found was a flood of thoughts. And not those of a twenty-three year old Vulcan woman but an endless amount of information belonging to a being many times older. It was far too much for him to handle without having prepared for this.
His eyes shot open to see her dark eyes staring back at him.
You should not have done that.
The voice blasted through his mind with such ferocity he flinched noticeably.
Then he felt something else. It reached out for him and he realized too late that this was not in his mind. No, this was something very much physical and it struck him in the chest with such force he went flying backward through the room, crashing into a couple of chairs which splintered under the impact.
Slightly dazed, he still managed to get back onto his feet. Tela remained sitting by the bed, her eyes closed again and she looked for all the world like nothing more than a young Vulcan woman, sleeping peacefully.
Xylion now understood that this was not the case at all. She was not Vulcan and neither were any of the settlers on this world. They had not crashed on this planet two decades earlier and they were not interested in growing their colony. They were interested only in him and what a merger between them could mean for these beings. He wasnt entirely certain what that would be, only that he could not allow it.
He found a phaser and an emergency subspace beacon, both of which he had brought from the runabout before it had left, and quickly departed his hut.
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