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Often on the mailing list there is confusion about NOT_ANALYZED.
Besides being useless (Just use KeywordAnalyzer instead), people trip up on this
not being consistent at query time (you really need to configure KeywordAnalyzer for the field
on your PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper so it will do the same thing at query time... oh wait
once you've done that, you dont need NOT_ANALYZED).
So I think StringField is a trap too for the same reasons, just under a
different name, lets remove it.
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Setting this as blocker (sorry).
Its a huge trap when someone sets the same Analyzer on IndexWriter and QueryParser
but the analysis isn't "actually the same".
On 3.x, I'd like to deprecate NOT_ANALYZED for the same reasons. This at
least discourages people from running into that trap there and using
KeywordAnalyzer instead.
The backside of this is now, that you need to explicitely use a KeywordAnalyzer now for Primary Key fields. If you don't run those through a query analyzer (e.g. generally produce TermQuery directly) then you have lots of additional work. For simple "lookup" queries and indexing a PK key, this is a no go.
-1 on removing that completely, it should simply called different. We should maybe add PKQuery (a ConstantScore TermQuery) and PKField to have a symmetry.
Well we are at a standstill. We constantly get these problems on the users list from NOT_ANALYZED
and I don't like reintroducing the trap again.
So I'm -1 to StringField in 4.0
I said call it different.
If you don't run those through a query analyzer (e.g. generally produce TermQuery directly) then you have lots of additional work.
Thats not true, because keywordanalyzer does nothing to the terms, you can continue to produce termquery directly and it will work.
So expert users are fine.
This issue isnt about expert users, its about how our API traps people that are not expert users.
Well we are at a standstill. We constantly get these problems on the users list from NOT_ANALYZED
You cannot prevent users from doing the wrong thing. If you remove StringField completely, pleaese also remove NumericField and force users to use PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper with a NumericTokenStream. If you add a numeric field you cannot ask for it with query parser. If you add a StringField, you cann ask with QueryParser. Simple rule. It must just be clearly documented. And possible StringField renamed.
People using primary keys or other untokenized values should simply not use QueryParser. Use a ComstantScoreTermyQuery and you are fine.
This is all just a documentation problem, so I am completely against removing that. Not everybody is using Lucene purely as a full-text engine.
If you remove StringField completely, pleaese also remove NumericField and force users to use PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper with a NumericTokenStream.
I actually am not sure this is such a bad idea?
If we were to enforce such a thing, it would also be possible to add a modification to the queryparser (instanceof NumericTokenStream)
so that numeric fields then work out of the box with the query parser nicely?
Not everybody is using Lucene purely as a full-text engine.
But we cannot let "non-fulltext" uses break the design for the intended use case (full-text).
Its obvious Uwe and I aren't going to agree here immediately, so here is a patch adding a big warning to 3.x javadocs.
For now I'd like to apply the same warning to StringField in trunk (I just made the patch against 3.x)
Sorry, incomplete wording (I forgot to save before svn diff).
I am fine with that. As I said: We need correct documentation to prevent traps. But removing traps by removing possibilities is the wrong way to go. It will force users to have crazy code for simple things, thats my problem. I don't use QueryParser, so I don't want solutions prefering QueryParser over anything else. QueryParser is just a convenience API around new BQ()...new TQ... E.g., I have my own query parser (and I suggest everybody else to have the same for user-facing queries) that simply analyzes the text and creates a BQ out of all anaylzed terms. No syntax, nothing. And I only execute that one on the field in question. Thats very simplistic but another way to look on things.
OK, i think seriously it would take major work to do something here that would make everyone happy.
I still don't like the situation, but unless there are serious objections, I'd like to commit the javadocs,
just to hopefully reduce the amount of time this trap gets answered on the user list.
StrawMan suggestion off the top of my head:
- rename NOT_ANALYZED to something like KEYWORD_ANALYZED
- document KEYWORD_ANALYZED as being a convenience flag (and/or optimization?) for achieving equivalent behavior as using PerFieldAnalyzer with KeywordAnalyzer for this field, and keep using / re-word rmuir's patch warning to make it clear that if you use this at index time, any attempts to construct queries against it using the QueryParser will need KeywordAnalyzer.
...would that flag name == analyzer name equivalence help people remember not to get trapped by this?
Hossman I think KEYWORD_ANALYZED is the ideal name for 3.x actually. I think in combination with the javadocs it would be more clear.
This still leaves the question for trunk (currently StringField):
positives are that its actually a "nice" name, concise and to the point.
another positive is that StringField omits things like positions, and in trunk we don't silently fail if you form a phrase from this.
one negative is that both StringField and TextField confusingly take String in their ctors, (I've chosen the wrong one myself before on accident).
Basically to me, this is a combination of traps. Trunk is somewhat better because it throws exceptions for positional queries if
you actually excluded positions...
in all cases in 3.x, the wrong 'configuration' here creates a situation where the user just 'does not get results' and they have
no idea why... despite the fact they used the same Analyzer at query-time and index-time like a good user. thats what I find so frustrating.
one negative is that both StringField and TextField confusingly take String in their ctors, (I've chosen the wrong one myself before on accident).
Would renaming StringField, as suggested earlier, alleviate this? KeywordAnalyzedField?
A couple of comments:
- NOT_ANALYZED has two variants - with and without norms. I always uses NOT_ANALYZED_NO_NORMS. Is the KWD_ANALYZED suggestion meant to create two variants too? If not, we should somehow let the user be able to express a KWD analyzed field with and without norms.
- How about renaming StringField to KeywordField? Same as Chris's idea, but removing Analyzed ... shorter name and still captures the essence of it.
- And maybe TextField -> TokenizedField?
NOT_ANALYZED has two variants - with and without norms.
You are right, I forgot about this. For NOT_ANALYZED with norms, we should probably just throw CoderMalfunctionError()
+1 for KeywordField
For symmetry i would propose to add a KeywordQuery, too (that rewrites to new ConstantScoreQuery(new TermQuery())).
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As you say it doesnt matter if its just a text trademark, with or without a logo.
If I understand you right, and its a just a single word you wish to register be careful that your trademark is not "deviod of any distinctive character" Single words often are not percieved to be a trademark by the average consumer as an indication of origin.
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tang with ich no quarintine tank any thought ????
new to tank like 1week has a few spots on fins did a 20% water change will it go away if healthy feed well water great charts
well ich is going to be a common occurance with a tang. as long as you make sure he is well fed he should survive. do you have any corals or inverts?
Re: tang with ich no quarintine tank any thought ????
One thing I will say is get a UV Sterilizer.
yes i do have coral and inverts , and a clown and bicolor , cleaner shrimp he is well feed daily has algie to eat from the tank do 20% water change every 7 to 10 days hope he dont spread he has 3 spots if it gets worse will it do it know or after a few days it may start to get better
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Electrical Wiring for Light Switches
By Dave Rongey - Summary:
The Difference Between Commercial and Home Electrical Wiring: In this example a commercial medical building has a 277/480volt system.
Light Switch Wiring in a Commercial Building
Electrical Question: How do I wire two separate lights and switches in one supply junction box?
- I have a junction box with a top conduit that goes to one switch and one light.
- The left side top conduit is the power supply coming from another junction box.
- The bottom left side of the junction box has a conduit for a light and one switch.
- On the right side are two conduits that are controlled by switch #2 which is wired through the bottom conduit.
These are Two Separate Rooms with Two Separate Switches
- I need to know how to wire the orange wire which is confusing to me because that wire is coming from light fixture #1.
- I think the wire should be black.
- There are two wires with black tape and I need to know what they are used for.
This is a Commercial Medical Plaza in Laguna.
I really appreciate your help with this, and why it is wired this way.
This electrical question came from: Chris, a Handyman from Laguna, California.
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Thanks for your electrical question Chris.
The Difference Between Commercial and Home Electrical Wiring
IMPORTANT: Here in the USA, commercial electrical wiring is not the same as home electrical wiring.
- For Example:
- The voltage for most commercial light fixtures is typically 277 volts, which is not the same as the home electrical voltage for lighting which is 120 volts.
- Since the voltage is different, the standard used to identify the wires is different as well.
A Warning about Commercial Electrical Systems
- In the example of this electrical question, a handyman working in a commercial medical building which has a 277/480volt system poses a higher risk and danger of electric shock and arc flash hazard because of the higher voltage. Therefore for your own safety, I do not recommend that a handy-person perform electrical work in a commercial environment unless you are fully experienced and knowledgeable.
- Working with electricity, especially higher voltage requires a Qualified Licensed or Certified Electrician.
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- Home electrical wiring diagrams are an important tool for completing your electrical projects.
- An electrical wiring diagram can be as simple as a diagram showing how to install a new switch in your hallway, or as complex as the complete electrical blueprint for your new home or home improvement project.
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Wiring a Light Switch – Diagram 1
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Interviewed by trade magazine MCV, head of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer has stated that Project Natal will have games to play at launch on the Xbox 360.
To quote: "I see it as like the launch of the Xbox 360 back in 2005 - there will be a launch portfolio of games to support it," he said.
Plenty of developers now have access to Natal kits and we've already seen Lionhead's Milo game in action.
Some of us here at OXM (well, Ben) have still to be convinced by motion games, but the prospect of big names lining up to develop for this hardware could make all the difference.
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Thank you! It has been really fun pairing quotes from some of my favorite authors with pictures I have taken over the past several years!
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The leading media brand for all things animal, this is an exciting and innovative book program that continues to deliver engaging, high-quality information about the animal kingdom. Launched in 1997, Animal Planet today has a unique global reach. It is broadcast in more than 96 million US households and 165 other countries, in 24 languages.
In Incredible Journeys: Amazing Animal Migrations by Animal Planet, follow the amazing migration stories of creatures as diverse as the African wildebeest, the plains zebra, the American monarch butterfly, the Mexican free-tailed bat and the Pacific bluefin tunas as they travel from one habitat to another to find food, avoid predators and extreme temperatures, or to breed. Readers will learn how they navigate huge distances with pinpoint accuracy and observe how scientists and conservationists track these amazing creatures using a combination of bushcraft techniques, satellite navigation and state-of-the-art technology to uncover some of the natural world's most intriguing secrets.


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Movies Madera will receive the Crystal Tower Award at the ninth annual Business and Education Shareholders' Luncheon starting at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The event is sponsored by the Madera County Compact. The Crystal Tower Award is given to businesses that have displayed exemplary partnerships with schools in Madera County.
Bobby Gran, owner of Movies Madera, and also chair of the City of Madera Planning Commission, was nominated by Ozzy De Luna, director of curriculum and instruction for the Madera County Office of Education.
For the past five years, Gran has donated Movies Madera and employee time, and personally assisted with the Madera County Academic Decathlon Lecture Day. Nearly 500 students from throughout California come each year to listen to lectures on specific Decathlon topics...


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A Internet marketing strategy utilizing content is a new, innovative way of marketing your law firm online. This technique uses the creation and distribution of relevant, valuable content to attract new visitors to your website.
A good content strategy will attract a niche audience, and encourage them to engage with you online.
Internet marketing strategy is an art, not just a technique. It requires finding creative ways to communicate with your online visitors without attempting to sell them anything. You provide your niche audience with information related to your product or service, that would be of value to them.
The heart and soul of this technique is the premiss that these online visitors begin to trust your company as one that is skilled in your field.
This trust builds a customer loyalty, so that when they are ready to make a purchase, they will be more likely to purchase from you because you have established a relationship with them.
Not much different than traditional networking, but your audience is now worldwide, not just your local Chamber of Commerce.
A productive marketing strategy will include a content creation plan that strives to achieve multiple goals. Here are just some of the advantages of acquiring clients through Internet marketing utilzing content:
A Internet marketer, also known as a Internet engineer, describes a new type of Internet strategy marketer who concentrates more on inbound marketing than the old-fashioned, traditional marketing methods to bring more traffic to your website.
The problem that most business owners run in to is the lack of time to get the content creation done in a timely manner. Maintaining the website typically takes a backseat to more pressing matters.
Savvy business owners who understand the value and importance of online marketing hire these folks to get it done for them. Here are some of the goals an Internet marketer will focus on:
Now that you have a better understanding of Internet marketing, it's time for you to start building your Internet strategy program. Encourage all of your employees and sales team members to actively participate.
This will help you provide a larger variety of content from various contributors.
Here are three creative ideas to help with your Internet strategy program:
Build a company blog and contribute to it regularly. Allow visitors to post comments and share Internet with their network members using social media widgets.
Many people do not know this, but commenting on other users' blog posts is another Internet strategy that can help bring visitors to your site. Visit related blogs, and post relevant, original, interesting comments that can lead visitors back to your site or blog.
Online visitors love free downloads. Provide your customers with comprehensive ebooks that can be downloaded directly from your site or blog.
You may already have lots of content existing, you just need to get it aligned with your Internet marketing strategy so that you are able to put the content to good use. For more on ideas on how to re-purpose content, see "Effective Marketing Strategies: 10 Ways To Re-Purpose Your Content", an article that I wrote so that businesses would see the value of the existing content they already have.
Many small business owners are much too busy working on the success of their companies to dedicate quality time to their Internet strategy.
If this is you, it may be more productive to hire a professional Internet Marketer for assistance. Your Internet Engineer will help you bring more valuable traffic to your website, and increase your online sales.
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I am Nigel, Tour Director for the BWA which generally means I just don't get out on the water that much as too busy organising! Every year I have a full quiver to sell on that has had little use! Great condition. Part of set. Well looked after and washed after every use.
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It's a crazy-good story. The Eli Young Band—four musicians who met during their college days in Texas—is now 11 years into a career built on touring without a single lineup change. That dedication is paying off big-time as the band enjoys a crazy new level of success. They sell a crazy amount of tickets. Get a crazy amount of airplay. And are selling a crazy amount of downloads—EYB received their first platinum record for "Crazy Girl" and have sold over 1.5million downloads of the track.Their growing TV presence, their continuing road-warrior commitment and the imminent Gold of "Crazy Girl" all point Life At Best in one direction: a crazy little thing called success.


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This hotel features rooms with free Wi-Fi in Norg, only 25 minutes' drive from the centre of Groningen. Hotel Norg includes an intimate garden terrace, a cosy bar and a restaurant with a fireplace which serves French-Dutch cuisine. Each of the rooms at Norg is equipped with cable TV, desk and a seating area. Tea and coffee making facilities are also provided. The bathroom comes with a bath or shower. On weekdays, guests can enjoy breakfast from 06:00. The Drentse Golf & Country Club is just over a 10-minute drive from the hotel. The Drentse Aa National Park is 15 minutes away by car. Norg Hotel is 20 minutes' drive from Assen and the TT Circuit. Guests can rent bicycles or order a packed lunch for their day trip on site.
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This biography is no longer current; at present, no other official U.S. Department of State biographical information is available.
Gregory Winston Slayton was sworn in as Principal Officer to Bermuda by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on August 15, 2005.
Before becoming the United States senior diplomat to Bermuda, Mr. Slayton was the Managing Director of Slayton Capital, a private venture capital firm headquartered in Tyson's Corner, Virginia with offices in Silicon Valley.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Slayton graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and, as a Fulbright Scholar, received a Masters in Asian Studies with honors. His Masters thesis focused on the structural causes of - and solutions to - poverty in India and Southeast Asia. Later, at Harvard Business School, he received an M.B.A. with honors.
For most of his twenties, Mr. Slayton lived and worked extensively in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America managing micro-credit and economic development programs for the poor. He remains active in international development and speaks four languages in addition to English.
Early in his business career Mr. Slayton served at McKinsey and Company and was the President/CEO of a number of successful technology companies, both public and private. More recently, he ran Slayton Capital, a private venture firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia. As Managing Director of Slayton Capital, Mr. Slayton served on the Board of Advisors of Google, Salesforce.com and other high tech leaders.
Mr. Slayton occasionally co-teaches at the Harvard Business School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.


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A Springs police officer spring into action after spotting a fire in front of a home early Saturday morning.
Officer Steven Wren was on his way to an unrelated call just before 4 a.m. when he passed by a home and saw flames in front of the garage--which were starting to spread. He immediately evacuated the six people inside the house and called the fire department.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames before they reached the structure, keeping the fire contained to the area in front of the garage.
At this time, there's no word on what caused the fire.
The house is located on the 2800 block of Wyatt Street, which is on the southeast side of the Springs off of Hancock Expressway.
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This fall nearly 800 new teachers have entered classrooms in the Milwaukee Public Schools for the first time. According to recent statistics from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, upwards of half of them will be gone by the fall of 2008. Like school leaders across the country, administrators in Milwaukee are working hard to slow down this revolving door in the profession and keep their best teaching talent in the classroom.
A new professional development initiative that provides mentoring for teachers at the click of the computer mouse may help to slow these high teacher attrition rates. At any time of day, novice teachers in Milwaukee can go online to share ideas with and seek support from experienced teachers as well as others new to the profession.
"The program is a huge benefit for new teachers," says EDC's Kirsten Peterson. "Typically, schools don't have anything set up for new teachers. They're often left to sink or swim on their own. With this program, new teachers take a six-week online workshop facilitated by a veteran teacher in the district. The workshop allows new teachers to learn and contribute to a larger system, along with more experienced teachers."
An team of educators in EDC's Center for Online Professional Education (COPE), in collaboration with researchers at Harvard University, is working with teacher leaders in Milwaukee to incorporate the program, called Online Professional Development (OPD), into their existing professional development programs. Funded by the Joyce Foundation, the program offers 25 online workshops (see box to the right) led by teachers who have taken a facilitator training course.
The OPD program provides stability for a large, spread-out district like Milwaukee that has changing priorities and agendas due to the constant change in staff and administration. "One way to maintain continuity is to have a solid ongoing professional development program that doesn't change from year to year," says Peterson. "Research shows that stability in professional development programs helps retain teachers. This online program allows professional development to put down roots."
A distinct benefit of the OPD program is the time and location flexibility it affords busy teachers. "The program provides access to professional development any time, any place," says Peterson. "Teachers can take part in professional development during a prep period, during lunch, after school, and at home." In a survey of teachers who took an online workshop, 92 percent cited 'could work according to own schedule' and 'didn't have to travel' as advantages of the online workshop versus a face-to-face seminar.
Critics may point out the impersonal nature of an online mentoring program. However, the OPD program incorporates face-to-face meetings that infuse a sense of community among teachers. "The initial meeting is face-to-face, which helps teachers connect to one another, put faces with names, and jumpstart the feeling of community before they begin the online workshop," says Jennifer Wilson, a teacher facilitator in Milwaukee. One of the first to go through a facilitator preparation course, Wilson helps promote conversations among teachers during the online workshops. Teachers appreciate the face-to-face meeting, which not only helps them feel a sense of connection with other workshop participants, but also prepares them to use the technology that drives the online interactions. "I couldn't imagine beginning the class without the initial meeting in which the technology was explained," says a teacher.
Promoting comfort with technology is a distinct benefit of the OPD program for veteran teachers who are wary of computers. "The workshop helped me to overcome my lack of confidence in the use of computer technology. It has given me the tools to use this form of technology effectively and efficiently," says a teacher. New teachers in the OPD program, who are already comfortable using computers, are learning how to use technology to enhance their student's learning, rather than using technology for the sake of using it. "The new folks learn a great deal about curriculum development and classroom management from the veteran teachers—this is why it's so wonderful to have both groups in the same course for several weeks," says Peterson.
Keeping participants involved and motivated is a challenge for workshop facilitators. An additional incentive to take the online workshops, new teachers can earn graduate credit from a local university. Graduate credit is particularly valuable in light of PI 34, Wisconsin's Quality Educator Initiative. Effective July 1, 2004, PI 34 dictates the standards teachers in Milwaukee must meet in order to be licensed, one of which is completing a professional development plan. "We saw PI 34 coming down the pike and we realized that we could use the OPD program to meet that need," says Wilson.
The workshops turn out to be a valuable experience for many who initially log on merely to earn the graduate credit. As one teacher explains, "I signed up for the course to get the one graduate credit—if I learned something I could use then all the better. I'm happy to report that what I learned in the course and what I learned about my classmates' views on making their teaching better has made taking this course extremely satisfying. There is, indeed, fresh thought being put into how to better educate children, how to make it more meaningful, and how to help teachers achieve higher levels of accomplishment. I like to think of courses like this as vitamins for teaching."
Although there is abundant anecdotal evidence of the effectiveness of the OPD program, Peterson says stay tuned because NSF just awarded a major grant to provide empirical evidence of the impact of online professional development versus face-to-face and hybrid approaches.
Originally published on September 30, 2003


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On the upside
Retreating oil prices and better than expected earnings from American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) lifted shares of United Air Lines (Nasdaq: UAUA), Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA).
News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) retained the services of Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) to explore strategic options for three European television stations.
Upbeat earnings from Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) lifted shares of Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM).
On the downside
Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey downgraded St. Mary Land & Exploration (NYSE: SM).
EXCO Resources (NYSE: XCO) hired Goldman Sachs to assist the oil and natural gas company research and explore possible joint venture initiatives.
Leerink Swann analyst Bret Jones downgraded eResearch Technology (Nasdaq: ERES) over valuation concerns.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 3 to 1 on both the NYSE and on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks jumped 24 points to 687.


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.3-.5 cm Black stems with bluish to whitish, translucent spore mass. Other stems were thicker and fading from black to brown, with the spore mass becoming irregularly shaped, somewhat like a molar tooth.
Veined Cup Fungus
Very small white poroid fungus with off white/brownish pores. The fruiting body looks like half of an old-fashioned telephone receiver.
Growing on a fallen oak.
The underside and pore surface is slightly darker than the upper side. Pores 5-6 per mm.
Chaga--looks like cracked charcoal growing out of a birch tree. It is a medicinal mushroom. See Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus
Red Velvet Mite
Tiny, bright red arachnid. It moves very quickly. Sighted on trees, plants, leaf litter, fallen logs.
Hypoxylon Canker of Oak--White crust fungus about a meter wide with fruiting bodies appearing as black spots. On a fallen oak log where the bark has been dislodged.
The pure white petals above the clasping leaves make this flower easy to recognize.
Small flower with pink-striped, white petals.
White to lavender flowers. Large three-lobed, hairy leaves.
Small (less than 1 cm), orangish red, broadly cup-shaped. Fringed with fine hairs that resemble eyelashes.
Found under Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera). Morchella taxonomy has been newly revised, and M. diminutiva is the name for the "Tulip Morel". It is small, from 2-9 cm tall, with a whitish stem, which may or may not have mealy granules of the same whitish color. All morels are hollow from stem through cap.
The flowers look like a Cardamine species, but are the leaves right for Cardamine? The plant grows in wet areas in open woods.
Extremely common and invasive plant. Leaves have a sharp, garlicky odor. Garlic mustard is nutritious, and though strongly flavored, makes a decent pesto, especially when mixed half with parsley or basil. Pick as early in the year as possible, before the plants flower and the leaves become more bitter.
Medium sized morel, commonly called a "Black Morel". These were found under Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera).The head is yellowish-brown with many pits created by vertical and horizontal ridges. The stem is whitish with tiny granules of the same color. Like all true morels, it is hollow from top to bottom.
Morchella taxonomy has been newly redefined, so the official name is new.
Brittle brown cup-shaped fungus growing on the ground.
Solomon's Seal
I found this along a path. I like the reddish coloration in the leaves.
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I'm trying to fix my dell xps since about a week. It's only 1 year old. I have recovery disk for the computer and we used the disc to recover and restore the computer to the day we first bought it. The reason for the restore was because windows wouldn't start up in safe mode or anything. Now the computer will work immediately after it is restored from the disk but as soon as the computer is shutdown.... windows won't start!!. Before we shutdown the computer we did virus scans using macfee and found no issues..
so to sum it all up as soon as the disk reformats the computer it works and can install things, do scans, access internet etc until it is shutdown or has to be restarted. then the same problem occurs again. any help greatly appreciated.
Press F12 at powerup and boot to the Dell diagnostics. Run an extended hard drive test.
They symptoms point to a bad hard drive - which is why you should run the extended diagnostics.


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Rediscover Brunei Darussalam through the eyes of the People
Hello World. Get ready for Yasmine, the first feature film from Brunei. The official release will be in August 2014 but already it has gained the attention of the film world and many from the international media including the Monocle and The Guardian.
The team behind the movie shared, "Yasmine is a beautifully choreographed story that inspires us to revisit our dreams. Action, comedy and drama come together powerfully in this unforgettable journey."
Yasmine will be introduced to the international film industry at the Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 24 to April 7) and at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year. Find out more via the Yasmine website.
Let's get to know Liyana Yus who plays the lead role of Yasmine.
What do you do?
I'm an actress.
Describe yourself in a few words.
Hyper, musically influenced, has a passion for sports and loves chocolate!
You play a key role in Yasmine - Brunei's first feature film. Share with us some highlights from that experience.
Getting told that I got the role of Yasmine, working with massive talents during the production, and all the training I had to go through for acting as well as the action sequences.
Are you naturally 'dramatic'? Or was there a steep learning curve in preparing for your role in Yasmine?
I had help from the best individuals in their respective fields, so it was a great advantage to my learning process. Of course being new to all this, there was a bit of a struggle in making sure the director was satisfied with the takes. I was constantly learning as I was shooting for the film.
Describe a typical day on the Yasmine set. Super glamorous? Or super hard work?
It was definitely super super hard work, since this is our first film. And since it's an action movie as well, the preparation in getting into character and making the action sequences look so natural was intense and incredibly challenging.
What are your thoughts about Brunei's creative scene.
I think Brunei has great talents. It's just not so often that people get an opportunities to share it. We lack the proper exposure and platforms, but we can start with supporting each other to develop a productive and healthy artistic scene.
Who are some key people you would like to thank or acknowledge?
I would like to thank my family, my manager and director Siti Kamaluddin and the Origin Films family, my friends for supporting me and keeping me motivated. And of course the most important, all of my fans for the never ending support even though they haven't seen Yasmine yet but they are still patiently waiting for it.
What's next for you?
Next would be promoting Yasmine as it's coming out this year. I also just shot a short film for International Women's Day in Malaysia, part of the Ikal Mayang and WOMEN:girls Initiative, called Mentari which was written and directed by Siti Kamaluddin. It's part of an anthology of six films, comprising of female directors from Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
There is a saying that goes, "Variety is the spice of life." I like that saying. It is more than sentiment. I have found it to be true. The more I take the road less traveled, the more people I meet, the more I broaden my music intake, the further out of my comfort zone I step, the fuller my life becomes. Of course, colour and adventure do not come around every day, but this should not stop us from looking for them.
I was looking around, and I came across @Fayen's journey on Instagram. I cannot recall when exactly, but one day I noticed she posted up a picture of a typewriter. And then of a tlr camera. And then of a bunch of other really vintage-y photographs. I made it a point to connect, and she agreed to share her story. Check out her other photographs here.
Who are you?
A girl who believes that everyone has their own story and their own little ways in shaping their lives. As for me, I graduated from UBD last year with my first degree in something I did not expect to major in, which was English Language & Linguistics and have since been trying to get myself a job. Apart from that, I always feel like I am this 23 year old with a very old soul and always so sure that I might be having some kind of quarter-life crisis, however, that's not necessarily a bad phase.
Describe yourself.
This is Max Jerry Horrowitz, a character from an Australian clay-animated film called Mary and Max. I know this may be an unfamiliar movie to you, but this is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen in my life. It is basically "a tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a fourty-four year old, severely obese man living in New York" (IMDB).
An old friend once described me as, "a girl whose spirit is stuck in the vintage zone, who takes pictures and uses a typewriter. She writes letter too." I see myself somewhere in between Mary and Max, a girl whom without reasons would just randomly sends letter to people (like Mary) and then always feeling anxious about (mostly unnecessary) things (like Max).
What get's you going?
Meet my little family.
I don't exactly remember when was the first time I held a camera and took my first picture but I've always been drawn to them, especially Analog Cameras.
When I was 12, my family and our relatives went to visit Mt. Kinabalu. My parents were so kind to let me hold the camera at that time, it was a Canon Automatic Point & Shoot camera, and everything about the place was so beautiful and there was this really bright yellow flower that really caught my attention so I took a picture of it. When we finally developed the film, and printed out the pictures - it was the only one that made me realised how much fun capturing moments can be.
Would you say you've pursued photography ever since?
According to my parents, pursuing Arts at that time was not exactly an ideal approach. As parents, they ought to seek for the best in their kids so they were hoping I'd choose something that would benefit me in the future, career wise of course. However, I was stubborn and tried to convince them day to day on why I made my choices on wanting to study Photography, alongside Design & Technology until eventually my father gave in and bought me my first Analog SLR camera, which was a Nikon F801-S (I call her Casandra). It's semi-automatic, has both auto and manual focus, fairly modern and pleasant to work with.
Your thoughts on Analog vs Digital photography?
I took Photography for my A-Levels and I spent so many hours being in the darkroom; it's located at the basement of my school, since it's a darkroom, it's always dark and cold. Nothing about it is quiet though since you can always hear water passing through the pipelines. To me, there is something beautiful about taking a picture and then processing the film with your own hands. I am glad that I've been given the opportunity to learn on how to do so because most camera shops and photo studios in Brunei are no longer using these manual methods to process their films, which is a bit frustrating.
So in my final year of A'level, everyone in my class seemed to slowly move away from the analog phase and jumped into digital photography. I didn't want to be left behind, so I saved up some money and bought my first DSLR. It was a second-hand Canon EOS 350D (I named this one Fayera). The first two or three thousand shots were meaningless for me but with a digital camera, there was plenty of room for improvements. Also, with the power of editing, a digital image can be so easily manipulated and you can even turn a bad picture to a good one.
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TIMBERLAND APPOINTS NEW BRAND MARKETING MANAGERMunich-based Timberland World Trading GmbH, the German arm of footwear and apparel company The Timberland Co. has appointed Silke Hochhauser to the newly created role of brand marketing manager Central Europe to push forward the strategic development of its brands in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The 36-year-old is also responsible for the development and implementation of marketing strategies, in-store communication, visual merchandising and training programs.
Hochhauser, who is long experienced in brand management for companies such as Swarovski and S.Oliver, will be in charge of the core Timberland brand, as well as the premium brands Timberland Boot Company and Abington, the Welsh brand Howies, the skater brand IPATH, and the merino wool brand SmartWool. She reports to Fouad Gross, commercial director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Timberland.
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History of the prison system
Prison is just one of a number of sanctions available to the courts to deal with those who commit criminal offences. Imprisonment today is the harshest sanction available, but this has not always been the case.
16th and 17th Centuries
Sanctions for criminal behaviour tended to be public events which were designed to shame the person and deter others; these included the ducking stool, the pillory, whipping, branding and the stocks. At the time the sentence for many other offences was death.
Prison tended to be a place where people were held before their trial or while awaiting punishment. It was very rarely used as a punishment in its own right. Men and women, boys and girls, debtors and murderers were all held together in local prisons.
Evidence suggests that the prisons of this period were badly maintained and often controlled by negligent prison warders. Many people died of diseases like gaol fever, which was a form of typhus.
The most important innovation of this period was the building of the prototype house of correction, the London Bridewell. Houses of correction were originally part of the machinery of the Poor Law, intended to instil habits of industry through prison labour. Most of those held in them were petty offenders, vagrants and the disorderly local poor. By the end of the 17th century they were absorbed into the prison system under the control of the local Justices of the Peace.
18th Century
Although the 18th century has been characterised as the era of the 'Bloody Code' there was growing opposition to the death penalty for all but the most serious crimes. Such severe punishment was counter-productive, as jurors were refusing to find thieves guilty of offences which would lead to their execution.
By the mid-18th century imprisonment, with hard labour, was beginning to been seen as a suitable sanction for petty offenders.
Transportation was a much-used method for disposing of convicted people. Convicts were shipped to the British colonies like America (until the end of the American War of Independence in 1776), Australia, and Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).
Transportation was curtailed at the end of the 18th century. Other sanctions therefore had to be found. The two prominent alternatives were hard labour, and for those unable to do this, the house of correction. This practice lead to the use of prison hulks from 1776 until their phasing out in 1857.
Prison hulks were ships which were anchored in the Thames, and at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Those sent to them were employed in hard labour during the day and then loaded, in chains, onto the ship at night. The appalling conditions on the hulks, especially the lack of control and poor physical conditions, eventually led to the end of this practice. But the use of prison hulks did much to persuade public opinion that incarceration, with hard labour, was a viable penalty for crime.
In 1777, John Howard (namesake of the Howard League) condemned the prison system as disorganised, barbaric and filthy. He called for wide-ranging reforms including the installation of paid staff, outside inspection, a proper diet and other necessities for prisoners.
Jeremy Bentham, and other penal reformers of the time, believed that the prisoner should suffer a severe regime, but that it should not be detrimental to the prisoner's health. Penal reformers also ensured the separation of men and women and that sanitation was improved.
In 1791 Bentham designed the 'panopticon'. This prison design allowed a centrally placed observer to survey all the inmates, as prison wings radiated out from this central position. Benthams panopticon became the model for prison building for the next half century.
In 1799 the Penitentiary Act specified that gaols should be built for one inmate per cell and operate on a silent system with continuous labour.
19th Century
The first half of the 19th century represented a watershed in the history of state punishment. Capital punishment was now regarded as an inappropriate sanction for many crimes. The shaming sanctions, like the stocks, were regarded as outdated. By mid-century, imprisonment had replaced capital punishment for most serious offences - except for that of murder.
Ideas relating to penal reform were becoming increasingly popular thanks to the work of a few energetic reformers. Many of these ideas were related to the rehabilitation of offenders. Religious groups like the Quakers and the Evangelicals were highly influential in promoting ideas of reform through personal redemption.
The 19th century saw the birth of the state prison. The first national penitentiary was completed at Millbank in London, in 1816. It held 860 prisoners, kept in separate cells, although association with other prisoners was allowed during the day. Work in prison was mainly centred around simple tasks such as picking 'coir' (tarred rope) and weaving.
In 1842 Pentonville prison was built using the panopticon design; this prison is still used today.
Pentonville was originally designed to hold 520 prisoners, each held in a cell measuring 13 feet long, 7 feet wide and 9 feet high. Pentonville operated the separate system, which was basically solitary confinement. In the next 6 years, 54 new prisons were built using this template.
In 1877 prisons were brought under the control of the Prison Commission. For the first time even local prisons were controlled centrally. At this time prison was seen primarily as a means to deter offending and reoffending. This was a movement away form the reforming ideals of the past.
The Prison Act 1898 reasserted reformation as the main role of prison regimes. This Act can be seen to set the penal-welfare context which underlies todays prison policy. It led to a dilution of the separate system, the abolition of hard labour, and established the idea that prison labour should be productive, not least for the prisoners, who should be able to earn their livelihood on release.
20th Century
The development of the prison system continues. At the end of the 19th century there was recognition that young people should have separate prison establishments - thus the borstal system was introduced in the Prevention of Crime Act 1908. Borstal training involved a regime based on hard physical work, technical and educational instruction and a strong moral atmosphere. A young person in borstal would work through a series of grades, based on privileges, until release.
In 1933, the first open prison was built at New Hall Camp near Wakefield. The theory behind the open prison is summed up in the words of one penal reformer, Sir Alex Paterson: "You cannot train a man for freedom under conditions of captivity".
The Criminal Justice Act 1948 abolished penal servitude, hard labour and flogging. It also presented a comprehensive system for the punishment and treatment of offenders. Prison was still at the centre of the system, but the institutions took many different forms including remand centres, detention centres and borstal institutions.
In April 1993 the Prison Service became an Agency of government. This new status allows for greater autonomy in operational matters, while the government retains overall policy direction.
The 1990s have also seen the introduction of prisons which are designed, financed, built and run by private companies. Supporters of privatisation argue that it will lead to cheaper, more innovative prisons, while organisations like the Howard League argue that private prisons are flawed both in principle and in practice.


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By Paul Vieira
Maybe Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is worried about the pace of job growth. Or maybe the Conservative government is beginning to look ahead to the 2015 election.
Regardless, Mr. Flaherty said Monday his government would freeze payroll tax levels at current rates over the next three years, arguing this initiative is possible because fewer Canadians are making claims for jobless benefits as the unemployment rate drops. The latest annual data, for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2012, indicated the Canadian government paid out 17.65 billion Canadian dollars ($16.96 billion) in benefits to unemployed Canadians, down from a peak of C$21.59 billion distributed in the 2009-10 fiscal year, or during the height of the global recession.
As a result, the payroll tax rate will stay at C$1.88 per C$100 earned through 2016. The payroll tax rate had been set to rise to C$1.93 per C$100 on Jan. 1.
Firms and workers, who both contribute to Canada's jobless-benefits scheme, are expected to save C$660 million next year as a result of the freeze, said Mr. Flaherty, who went to a recreational-vehicle dealership in Ottawa to make the announcement. The savings "will help provide the certainty and flexibility employers, especially small businesses, need to keep growing," he added.
Mr. Flaherty and the Conservative government have touted their efforts over the years to reduce the tax burden for households and businesses as evidence of their deft handling of the economy. The Canadian government has cut corporate tax rates, and offered a series of tax benefits that targeted households, such as money for parents who enroll their children in athletic programs. And it has promised more tax relief for Canadians, but that's conditional on hitting a budget surplus in 2015 — and Mr. Harper's re-election in the next national vote, in 2015.
But recent economic data, most notably a slowdown in hiring, could also have played a factor in Mr. Flaherty's decision. With the August data, job growth in Canada averaged roughly 12,000 a month on a six-month basis, or lower than the 27,000-a-month average recorded in the comparable year-ago period. On a three-month basis, job growth averaged 6,500 a month, versus 7,800 a month in the same year-ago period.
Mr. Flaherty didn't elaborate on the government's motives Monday, but said the move would have no impact on Conservative government plans to hit a balanced budget in 2015, which he said should unfold "without difficulty."


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I've been riding my bike to work for a few weeks now, and even running some errands on it. It wasn't until yesterday that I first rode to the library on it. On the way there, there are some old railroad tracks that cross the road.
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose two points to 55 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released this week. This third consecutive monthly gain brings the index to its highest level since January.
"As the employment picture brightens, builders are seeing a noticeable increase in the number of serious buyers entering the market," says NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly, a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del. "However, builders still face a number of challenges, including tight credit conditions for borrowers and shortages of finished lots and labor."
Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as "good," "fair" or "poor." The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as "high to very high," "average" or "low to very low." Scores from each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.
All three HMI components posted gains in August. The indices gauging current sales conditions and expectations for future sales each rose two points to 58 and 65, respectively. The index gauging traffic of prospective buyers increased three points to 42.
"Each of the three components of the HMI registered consecutive gains for the past three months, which is a positive sign that builder confidence appears to be firming following an uneven spring," says NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. "Factors contributing to this rise include sustained job growth, historically low mortgage rates and affordable home prices, which are helping to unleash pent-up demand."
Every region saw a gain in its three-month moving average HMI score in August. The Midwest posted a seven-point increase to 55 and the West registered a four-point gain to 56. The Northeast posted a two-point gain to 38 and the South was up one point to 52.
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